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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[JUxNE 1, 1913. 



a summer residence and a motor boat, both of which he thorough' 

 enjoys throughout the summer and early fall months. 



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Captain Francis H. Applcton (every rubber man in the country 

 knows him) completes his year as commander of the Ancient 

 and Honorable .'\rtillery Company this month. On the first 

 Monday in June he will march, at the head of this distinguished 

 military company, to the Old South Church, thence to the world- 

 renowned Boston Common, where, after a drum-head election, 

 he will surrender his insignia of office to the Governor of Massa- 

 chusetts, who will confer it upon his successor. But his duties 

 will not yet be done, for there will be a monster banquet at 

 Boston's newest hotel, where he will preside, in the evening. 

 This will be an unusually brilliant function, for this year rounds 

 out two and three-quarters centuries in the history of the com- 

 pany, and due cognizance will be taken of this event. Captain 

 .-Xppleton's year in command has been a notable one, and he 

 retires with honors heaped upon him by his fellow officers and 

 the rank and fde of the organization. 



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George E. B. Putnam, editor of the rubber department of the 

 "Boot and Shoe Recorder" of this city, sailed from New York 

 on a vacation voyage to Panama and neighboring Central Ameri- 

 can and South American ports, and will be gone several weeks. 

 During a service of nearly a quarter of a century this is the first 

 time he has absented himself from duty for a longer period than 

 two weeks. Mrs. Putnam accompanies him. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



By a Rcsidi'iit Correspondent. 



ONE is reminded of the recent strike that lasted for a num- 

 ber of weeks in Akron by the letter which has recently 

 been sent by Mr. E. C. Shaw, second vice-president of the B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., to Mayor Rockwell of Akron, in which he en- 

 closes a check of $2,000 to be apphed to the Police Pension 

 Fund. In his letter Mr. Shaw writes as follows : 



"Generally speaking, to no class of workers is less appreciation 

 shown for fidelity and integrity in the performance of duty than 

 to our public officers and servants. It is. therefore, with great 

 pleasure that we, along with all other law-abiding and order- 

 loving citizens, hereby express our approval of the manner in 

 which the police department of our city, under the guidance and 

 direction of yourself and the chief of police, and the sherif? of 

 our county and his assistants, so ably protected life and property. 

 preserved order and enforced obedience to law during the recent 

 attempt on the part of certain irresponsible individuals to de- 

 moralize the usual .good behavior of some of our citizens. 



"We are enclosing a check, payable to the trustees of the police 

 fund, as a slight token of our appreciation for the services ren- 

 dered, not -SO much to ourselves as to the city generally. In so 

 doing, we have no apologj- to offer to the breeders of discontent 

 or to the preachers of anarchy, all of whom we are sure will have 

 no hesitancy in criticising the police department for its conduct 

 and our action in commending it." 



The Mayor in his reply wrote : "I heartily agree with you that 



our police force deserves the hearty commendation of every law- 



abidin.g and order-loving citizen for the courageous and impartial 



manner in which the situation was managed, and thank you for 



the substantial manner in which you manifest j'our appreciation 



of their conduct." 



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The Akron rubber factories are running full force and are 

 working day and night and need more help than they can secure. 

 It is claimed that there is need of 5.000 workingmen in Akron 



at the present time. 



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Mr. E. C. Shaw, second vice-president of The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co., is making a trip to Paris to inspect the Goodrich plant at 



that place. This plant is having marvelous success and although 

 established in a foreign country and in the seat of the foreign 

 tire business, has made great progress. It is manufacturing a 

 full line of auto and truck tires and is pushing work in the line 

 of mechanical goods manufactured by the factory in Akron. 

 It is the first and only complete American plant in a European 

 country. The foreign sales organization of the Goodrich 

 company is now complete and radiates chiefly from London. A 

 large number of the tires for this foreign trade are supplied 

 by the Paris plant. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. has combined the old Diamond sales 

 office and the service station with the Goodrich sales office and 

 service station in Pittsburgh, and is moving into a large new 

 building at 414 Craig street, erected for the Pittsburgh trade. 



The Goodrich company's combined newspaper, magazine and 

 outdoor advertising for a period of six months, if carried on one 

 bulletin board, more than a mile high, would reach over ten 

 miles, or from one end of Manhattan Island to the other. The 

 lamps of their electric signs would illuminate the streets of a 

 large city, while their road markers would cover over 30,000 



miles of road. 



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Mr. Anthon Ber.g, a noted expert on balata belting and pack- 

 ing, has just completed the installation of the balata belting and 

 asbestos sheet packing plant of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co., of Akron. Mr. Berg has installed several large balata belt- 

 ing plants in Europe and has spent more than a score of years 

 in the balata belting business. He expects soon to return to 

 -Sweden, his native country, where he will spend the summer, 

 returning in the fall to the United States. 



On account of their increased trade, the Firestone Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co. has been compelled to build a new service station for 

 solid tires at West End avenue and Sixty-second street, New 

 York City, which will be opened about July 1. It is of concrete 

 fireproof construction, four stories and basement, and is built so 

 that additional stories can be added as needed. The building 

 will cover between 30,000 and 40.000 square feet. It is aimed to 

 make this station complete in every respect, with facilities for 

 the repair of 50 trucks at a time. It has a complete steel and 

 woodworking shop, so that all parts of the wheel can be furnished 

 immediately. In addition, this building will be used as a dis- 

 tributing point for New York and vicinity for all rim and solid 

 tire equipment. The plant will be open 24 hours a day and seven 

 days a week. No expense has been spared to make this a time 

 saving service station. It is the plan of the Firestone company 

 to connect a similar service station directly with its tire branches 

 in all the larger cities. A year ago similar, though smaller 

 service stations were built in Boston and Philadelphia. 



The Firestone factory is running day and night, on account of 

 the immense growth of business. 



The rim plant of the Firestone company has shown a won- 

 derful growth and is running day and night. During the past 

 eighteen months the business has increased 600 per cent. It is 

 claimed that more than half the new cars put out this year are 

 equipped with Firestone rims. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has opened a new branch in 

 Syracuse, N. Y.. under the management of E. A. Huffman, at 

 502-504 East Genesee street. 



A RUBBER COMPANY HELPING CIVIC WORK. 



On ]\Iay 13 an entertainment, with an accompanying exhibi- 

 tion, was held in the assembly hall of the Hood Rubber Co. plant 

 at Watertown, Massachusetts, under the auspices of the North 

 .America Civic League of that town. The exhibition showed the 

 character of the work done at the League settlement house, and 

 the entertainment consisted of music, dramatic selections and a 

 stereopticon lecture. 



