Seitember 1, l"^'!.!.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



631 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



WHY THE MILLER RUBBER CO. INCREASES ITS CAPITAL. 



THE August issut of this inihlication called attention to the 

 tact that the stockholders of the Miller Rubber Co., of Akron, 

 Ohio, had voted to increase the capital stock from $1,000,- 



000 to $2,000,000, $500,000 of the increase to be in 7 per cent, cu- 

 mulative preferred stock, the rest being common stock. The reason 

 of this increase in capitalization is found in the large increase re- 

 cently made in the factory buildings and facilities. The addition 

 to its plant has doubled the factory's producing capacity. This 

 increase was necessitated by the growth of the company's busi- 

 ness, which during the first seven months of the present fiscal 

 j'ear advanced 55 per cent, over the same period for last year. 

 The company will now be able to make 1,000 pneumatic auto- 

 mobile tires per day, and has doubled its capacity in molded 

 surgical and sundries departments. 



MR. DUNLOP AT THE GOODRICH FACTORY. 



Among the recollections of the recent joint convention of the 

 American Society of Automobile Engineers and the English In- 

 stitute of Automobile Engineers, none is more vivid than that 

 of the visit to .Akron of a party of members from the two bodies. 

 This visit had been carefully planned, its details having been 

 arranged by the advance guard of the Goodrich Reception Com- 

 mittee, who visited Detroit for the purpose of formally extend- 

 ing the invitation. 



Upon arriving at the factory the visitors (about 80) were 

 divided into groups of twelve and enjoyed a thorough inspection 

 of its many interesting features, thanks to the excellent arrange- 

 ments made by \V. O. Rutherford, assistant general sales 

 manager. 



One of the noticeable and appropriate features of the day was 

 the presence among the visitors of Mr. J. 1'. Dunlop, the veteran 

 inventor of the pneumatic tire. From his ideal to its realiza- 

 tion at the Goodrich factory with its 9.000 tires a day is a "far 

 cry." His interest jn this great factory with its vast production 

 of tires can readily be imagined. 



.\n excellent page of photographs illustrating the visit is a 

 feature of the July number of "The Goodrich," an interesting 

 publication issued by the Goodrich company, and will serve as 

 an interesting souvenir of this memorable occasion. 



DIVIDENDS PAID BY RUBBER COMPANIES. 



The directors of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., of 

 Boston, have declared a quarterly dividend of $3 per share on 

 the common stock of the company, payable September 13 to 

 stock of record September S. 1913. 



The Plymouth Rubber Co. of Canton. Massachusetts, has de- 

 clared a quarterly dividend of $1.75 per share on its preferred 

 stock, payable September 1 to stock of record August 25, 1513. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. has declared a quarterlj- dividend 

 of 1^ per cent, on its preferred stock, payable on October 



1 to stock of record September 20. 



KATZENBACH & BULLOCK COMPANY ELECTS OFFICERS. 



At a meeting of the lioard of directors of the Katzenl)ach 

 & Bullock Co.. Inc., held in tlie main office of the company 

 in Trenton, New- Jersey, August 13, the following officers 

 were elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 

 Welling S. Katzenbach: Edward L. Bullock, of Xew York, 

 president; Frederick F. Katzenbach, of Trenton, vice-presi- 

 dent and treasurer, and Robert F. McGrory, of Trenton, 

 secretary. 



The United States Tire Co. is now occupying its new build- 

 ing at 2109 Commerce street. Dallas. Texas. 



BUSINESS GOOD W^TH THE HOOD CO. 



If there is any sucli thing as business depression in the coun- 

 try, it does not seem to have reached the factory of the Hood 

 Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts. The company's busi- 

 ness for the first six months of the current year showed a gain 

 over the corresponding six months of 1912 of more than 15 

 per cent. — and the business of 1912 exceeded that of any former 

 year. The company closed down its factory early in August 

 for the usual ten days' vacation. 



FIRESTONE TIRES ON MANY WINNING CARS. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. certainly has no reason 

 to complain at the record established by the company's tires in 

 the various automobile races that have taken place this sum- 

 mer. In the 500-mile Internationa! Sweepstakes at Indianapolis, 

 May 30, first and second places were won by cars equipped with 

 Firestones. Firestone-equipped cars took first, second and third 

 places in the Panama-Pacific road race on July 4. Firestones 

 were also on the winning cars in the three Montamara Festo 

 races of July 5 and 7 ; and at the Santa Monica race at Los 

 Angeles, on .August 9, the first and second winners were 

 equipped with these tires, the time made being over 73 miles an 

 hour. 



THE ADAMSON CO. GETS AN INJUNCTION. 



The .Adamson Mfg. Co. of East Palestine, Ohio, w-as recently 

 granted an injunction to restrain the Marshall Iron Works from 

 making or selling a portable tire vulcanizing device infringing on 

 U. S. Patent Xo. 1.057,911. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The addition now under way at the Elm street plant of the 

 Rubber Regenerating Co. at Xaugatuck, Connecticut, will 

 enable the company, when completed, to double its present 

 output. 



A strike of the raincoat workers at the factor}' of the 

 Wilson Manufacturing Co. at 134 Main street, Yonkers, has 

 led to the arrest of several strikers. Similar difficulties have 

 been going on in X'ew York for several weeks, the workers 

 contending, through their union, for a forty-eight hour week 

 at 75 cents an hour. The Wilson brothers, who only recently 

 removed from Xew York to Yonkers, declare that they will 

 not make any agreement through the union. 



The rublier plant of the W. G. Hendrie Rubber Co. at Tor- 

 rence, California, has been completed at a cost to the com- 

 pany of $180,000, and was formally open«d on August 16. 



The use of motor vans has been adopted by the post office 

 department at Rio Janeiro, where six cars of this class, im- 

 ported from Germany, are now in use; and it is the intention 

 of the government, should the operation of these trial cars 

 be found economical, to install them generally throughout Brazil. 



-A company is being organized at Columbus, Ohio, for the 

 manufacture of a new motor truck tire. One of the new fea- 

 tures about this tire — which is covered by patent — is that the 

 tread is fitted with a steel shoe to receive the wear. The 

 patentees are C. E. Herman and S. C. Munson, 55 West Blake 

 avenue, Columbus. 



Work on the S. & M. Rubber Co.'s plant at Coshocton, 

 Ohio, is now under way, and most of the neeessarj' equipment 

 therefor has been purchased, so that no delay may be experi- 

 enced in installation after the building operations have suit- 

 ably advanced. 



The Chester Tire & Rubber Co., incorporated under the 

 laws of Delaware, with a capital stock of $250,000, has 

 located at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it will engage in 

 the manufacture of automobile tires. 



