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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 

 'T'llli Adamson Machine Co. is extending its present machine 

 *■ shop 240 feet, giving a total machine shop length of 480 

 feet, two stories high, equipped with modern machinery and 

 machine shop conveniences. The company expects to occupy 

 this plant completely by November 1. Mr. Adamson has recently 

 been granted a patent on a hose mold, curing SCO feet or more 

 at a single operation. 



This company will be represented at the New York Rubber 

 Exposition by its secretary and treasurer, R. B. Koontz. Mr. 

 .■\damson, the president, will be there part of the time. The 

 present shop is crowded with work for rul)ber manufacturers — 

 not only American, but English, Continental and other foreign 



concerns. ^ ^ ^ 



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The Swinehart Tire and Rubber Co. has offered $150,000 worth 

 of treasury stock to stockholders. Each stockholder will be al- 

 lowed to take an amount equal to 23 per cent, of his present 

 holdings. This offering is subject to the action of a meeting of 

 the directors at their regular stockholders' meeting to be held 

 September 25. The notice reads, "This action is made necessary 

 by the company's inability to take care of the volume of business 

 with its present capital." The quarterly dividend was reduced 

 from 2 per cent, to Ijj per cent, in anticipation of the increased 



stock. 



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The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plans to increase its auto 

 tire output and working force 60 per cent, within the next year. 

 It has under construction a new six-story factory building 80 x 

 400 feet, and an addition of two stories to another factory build- 

 ing. It is stated that the approximate cost of these improvements 

 will be $300,000. It is expected that these buildings will be ready 

 for occupancy by next spring. This will increase the working 

 force two or three thousand, which means an increase in Akron's 

 population of four to six thousand. F. A. Seiberling, president 

 of this company plans to take care of the new employes by build- 

 ing houses on 300 acres, comprising several farms, which he has 

 purchased just east of Blue Pond. It is expected that 100 houses 

 will be built on the land at once as an experiment. The em- 

 ployes will be given the privilege of allowing the rent to apply 



on the purchase price of the home. 



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Mrs. Mary Perkins, widow of Simon Perkins, lately deceased, 

 and one of the heaviest stockholders of the B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 has given their old homestead located at the corner of Perkins 

 and Prospect streets to the .Association for the Aged, to be used 

 as a temporary home until a permanent structure can be built 

 by the association. C. B. Raymond will act as trustee of the 

 property until it is turned over to the association. It is believed 

 that the gift will place the organization on a permanent basis. 

 Although it was founded several years ago, the trustees through 

 lack of funds have never been able to start the construction of 

 buildings on their property. A number of years, ago, Mrs. 

 Louisa Sumner died, leaving a farm of 80 acres located on high 

 ground overlooking the city to the Board of Trustees to be used 

 for a home for the aged. Mrs. Dr. Milligan, Mrs. Henry Robin- 

 son, F. A. Seiberling, Frank Adams and a few others have been 

 very active, and by contributions and other means have preserved 

 this excellent location for the purpose desired by the donor. 



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On account of the increased railroad traffic out of Akron, 

 caused by the enormous enlargement of the various rubber com- 

 panies, the Erie Railroad Co. this coming season expects to spend 

 $400,000 to remodel the large yards south of Exchange street and 

 the 40 acre property which it lately bought in Kenmore. Mr. 

 Dunkel, general superintendent of this company said, "We fully 

 realize that we have not kept pace with the growth of Akron. 

 \Ve also realize that Akron is one of the best cities in the State 



and has shown more growth during the past few years than any 

 other city in the State." Vice-President Stewart of the Erie was 

 in town last week and expressed surprise at the city's growth, 

 and promised the above improvements. The Kenmore property 

 will be developed into new yards. This will give the company a 

 side track extending clear into the city, and will relieve the main 

 track. It will also relieve the shippers by the buildiiig of side 

 tracks leading to many of the larger factories. 



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The work on the Akron-Youngstown road is being pushed 

 rapidly from Mogadore to the city of Akron. It is expected that 

 this will be completed during the first half of 1913. This, when 

 completed to Mogadore gives the manufacturers of East Akron 

 another outlet and connects closely with the Wabash. It is be- 

 lieved by many that this new road will be controlled and operated 

 1)y the Northern Ohio, one of the Lake Shore tributaries. 



Last summer the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. bought 40 

 acres of land along its line just north of Akron, which it expects 

 to develop into new yards to facilitate its Akron trade. 



The Cleveland, .Akron & Columbus Railroad Co,., one of the 

 Pennsylvania lines, has, within the last few years, bought most 

 of the land bounded by Mill, Prospect, East Market streets, and 

 the Pennsylvania railroad lines, and has more than quadrupled 

 its capacity for handling Akron freight. It contemplates within 

 the next few years, building a large new office building for the 



head offices of the company. 



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The Akron division of the Philadelphia Rubber Works Co. is 

 increasing its capacity by erecting additions to its present build- 

 ings. * * * 



A. H. Noah, former treasurer of the Diamond Rubber Co. has 

 donated to the boys' camp of the Akron Y'oung Men's Christian 

 Association funds to help buy Cottage Grove, a summer resort 

 located on the East Reservoir, six miles from Akron. The site 

 consists of IV/: acres, with 1,156 feet of water front. The equip- 

 ment to date consists of two tennis courts, a ball ground, three 

 private cottages, bathing beach, large pavilion (the second floor 

 of which is used for sleeping rooms, and the first floor for dining 

 room and kitchen), one launch, steel boats and fishing boats. 

 The camp will be used all the year round and cottages are being 

 equipped with heating apparatus, so that the boys can take 

 "hikes" there, in the winter and remain overnight. Mr. Noah 

 says, "I think that the idea of boys having their recreation to- 

 gether is one of the best plans that can be arranged. There is 

 nothing that will rub the rough spots off the boys more than to 

 meet one another in play and endeavor. All of us have a dirty 

 streak in us somewhere, and there is nothing better in the world 

 to eradicate this streak than to associate with a bunch of clean- 

 cut boys. I think that although any recreation is beneficial, out- 

 side recreation is the best, for it strengthens character and body, 

 and these two arc in as much need of development as is the 

 mind. 



"I am very well pleased with the uses to which the camp has 

 been put, and am equally as well pleased with the bunch of boys 

 who are using the camp. My hope is that when they grow older, 

 they will see it as much their duty to aid the coming generations 

 with either their physical, moral or financial support as we who 



are here now have done." 



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B. G. Work, who has been in Europe for some time, overseeing 

 the building of The B. F. Goodrich plant at Colombes. France. 



has returned home. 



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Miss Irene Seiberling, daughter of F. A. Seiberling, president 

 of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., had a thrilling experience 

 Saturday night, September 7, when a negro burglar, entered 

 their home at 158 East Market street after the family had re- 

 tired. Miss Seiberling awoke to see a man crawling on his hands 



