July i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER -WORLD 



333 



THE RUBBER TRADE AT AKRON. 



HV A KIvSIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



TO THic EiuToR OK The Indi.v Rukiucr World; Akron 

 and Barberton rubber industries wore never seen to 

 better advantage than early in June, wlien the Pittsburgh 

 merchants and manufacturers who control the trade of west- 

 ern Pennsylvania and West N'irginia came here on a visit 

 and inspected all the rubber factories. Every plant in both 

 of the cities is now working full time and the inspection, 

 while it proved a treat to the visitors, had a tendency to ad- 

 vertise this local industry in a way never before presented. 

 Ill consequence of the visit here several of the plants in l)oth 

 cities reported having received large orders for mechanical 

 rubber goods and druggists' sundries. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., who have done more in the waj' 

 of advertising Akron than any other plant in the city, will 

 again introduce a novel scheme to advertise the company 

 and incidentally advertise Akron. The local lodge of Elks 

 is preparing to attend the national reunion of the order to be 

 held at Denver, Colorado, in July. Each of the members 

 going on the trip will be supplied with a large stock of rub- 

 ber balloons and other rubb r souvenirs which will be dis- 

 tributed at the convention to the delegates. Last year at 

 Buffalo The B. F. Goodrich Co. sent with the local delegation 

 a large number of rubber souvenirs, which jiroved a big 

 draw'ing card for .Vkron and also for the comjiany. 



The city of Barberton, a suberb of Akron which has three 

 flourishing rubber manufactories and a new reclaiming plant, 

 believes in the policy adopted by congress, as laid down bj' 

 Senator Dick, <if Akron, in the building of the Panama canal, 

 in which all the material possible is to come from the United 

 States. Barberton councilmen believe in this policj', and to 

 carry it out the council adopted a resolution at its latest 

 meeting, in the matter of purchasing fire hose, that the 

 .\kron companies be given a preference over foreign compa- 

 nies. Many samples were submitted by foreign corporations 

 seeking to supply hose for the fire department, but The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co. landed the contract. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. through their San Francisco 

 agency have received w'ord that their trademark has been 

 registered in Japan. For several years past the company 

 have been seeking to have their trademark registered, in 

 Japan as they have been exporting a large amount of rubber 

 goods to the Far East. 



Mr. Frederick Clause, who has been with the Goodyear Tire 

 and Rubber Co., has received a fine appointment — that of dep- 

 uty in the prosecuting attorney's ofiice in Summit county. 



Work has been started at The B. F. Goodrich Co. 's plant 

 for the building of another large addition to their plant. 

 The new addition is being erected adjoining the Specialties 

 building of the company. When completed it will be five 

 stories high and have a width of 72 feet on Main street, on 

 which the plant faces. The new addition will afford a floor 

 space of 25,000 square feet, and will be devoted to general 

 manufacturing purposes. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. have acquired considerable ad- 

 ditional land on Jackson street, adjoining their present 

 plant. Secretary William B. M'ller stated that the plans of 

 the company have not matured as yet. It is understood, 

 however, that thej- contemplate building a large addition up- 

 on the new property-. 



The International Automobile and Vehicle Tire Co. (Mill- 

 town, New Jersey) arc making a strong bid for tire builders 

 in Akron. The companj- advertse in the local newspapers 

 that they desire young men to learn tire making. At the 

 present time the .■\kron tire manufacturers are also in the 

 field for all the tire builders available. 



One of the events of the season alwajs looked forward to 

 by emplojes of The B. F. Goodrich Co. is tliQ annual outing 

 which is given by the company. The outing will be held on 

 August 4 at Silver Lake, near Akron. Last year over 25,000 

 people attended the outing. Transportation and admissions 

 to the grounds and privileges are furnished by the company 

 to every employ^-. 



David Webster Miller, father of William B. Miller, secre- 

 tary' of The Diamond Rubber Co., and who was also inter- 

 ested in the companj-, was instantlj- killed on the evening 

 of June 10, by being struck bj- an automobile in Vonkers, 

 New York. Mr. Miller was on his way home in that city 

 and alighted from the wrong side of a street car. He stepped 

 in front of an automobile and was knocked down. Both 

 wheels of the car passed over his neck, breaking it. Mr. 

 Miller was 6;, years old and is survived by two sons, Wil- 

 liam B. Miller, of Akron, and Harry C. Miller, of St. Louis, 

 and one daughter, Mrs. Arline Mills, ofYonkers. Mr. Miller 

 was connected with the New York branch of the company. 



The great demand for smoking pipes, now that pipe smok- 

 ing on the streets has become a fad, has been a boon for The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co., who manufacture vulcanized rubber pipe 

 stems. This department is turning out between 7000 and 

 Sooo pipe stems a day and large orders are still to be filled 

 for different pipe manufacturers throughout the country 

 who are rushed with orders. 



The Faultless Rubber Co. are enjoying a brisk trade. A 

 large number of orders for druggists' sundries and rubber 

 sundries are being filled by the company and the force at 

 the plant is being greatly enhanced. 



The Diamond Rubber Co., against which suit w-as filed by 

 A. E. Ellinwood. a mechanical engineer, for $317.24 alleged 

 to be due for making certain designs and drawing for a new- 

 cord wrapping machine, filed a motion to the suit in which 

 the company asks that the plaintiffs be compelled to file a 

 copj- of the contract alleged to have been entered into by the 

 company and that al o state the name of officer of the com- 

 pany with whom the contract was entered into. 



An answer was filed in the county courts at Newark, Ohio, 

 in the suit of Frank T. Lippincott v. James F. Lingafelter 

 etat., in which the plaintiff asked for the appointment of a 

 receiver to take charge of the assets of the Lingafelter- Lip- 

 pincott Manufacturing Co., which concern manufactured a 

 patent rubber hose clamp. The answering defendant, Ling- 

 afelter, alleges that he furnished the mone}- with which to 

 conduct the business and that his interest in the patent was 

 never transferred to him. 



C. C. Sliults, general manager and superintendent of the 

 Alden Rubber Co. is perfecting a new patented seamless 

 water bottle which will be manufactured by the Alden com- 

 pany in the near future. This company is enjoying an 

 active trade in rubber sundries. 



The plant of A. Adamson is being equipped with the 

 most modern tools for the manufacture of rubber machinery. 

 Mr. Adamson stated that he has purchased several thousand 

 dollars' worth of new tools which are being put into the 



