August 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



585 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



K. J. McMaitin has been appointed manager of the Butte, 

 Montana, braneh of the Fisk Rubber Co., with the Minneap- 

 olis branch of which he was formerly connected. 



J. G. Goudie is now in charge of the Detroit office of the 

 Pennsylvania Rubber Co., of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, and 

 is to cover for that company the states of Michigan and 

 Ohio. Mr. Goudie has been for some time manager of the 

 Diamond Rubber Co.'s Detroit branch. 



Charles White has been promoted to the position of man 

 ager of the Detroit house of the Firestone Tire and Rubber 

 Co., from a similar position in its office at Syracuse, New- 

 York. 



J. S. Sleeper, who has recently become sales manager of 

 the Colonial Printing Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, was formerly 

 connected with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., as ad- 

 vertising manager. 



W. A. Earley has been made manager of the Pittsburgh brancii 

 of the Motz Tire & Rubber Co., of .\kron, Ohio. 



J. J. Moriarty, at one time engaged in laboratory work 

 in the plant of The B. F. Goodrich Co., later in the employ 

 of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. as assistant superintendent 

 of its plant at Jeannette, Pennsylvania, and since that time 

 general superintendent of the Canadian factory of the Good- 

 year Tire and Rubber Co., has lately been made superin- 

 tendent of the factory of the Frontier Tire and Rubber Co., 

 of Buffalo, New York. 



Mr. M. B. Fctchcr, formerly connected with the Maxwell Motor 

 Co., has been engaged by the Findeisen & Kropf Manufacturing 

 Co., makers of the Rayfield Carburetor, as manager of its 

 branch recently moved to 1211 Woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich- 

 igan. 



Mr. Charles E. Wood, who for many years was connected with 

 the New York Commercial Co., but now in the crude rubber 

 business for himself at 26 Stone street. New York City, has 

 taken the selling agency for The Derby Rubber Co. Mr. Wood 

 will handle all of its several grades of reclaimed rubber in the 

 West, as well as in New York and vicinity. 



MR. W. E. BARKERS ETTROPEAN TRIP. 



Mr. W. E. Barker, manager of sales of the United States 

 Rubber Co., left for Europe on July 26. by the "Prinz 

 Friedrich Wilhelm." During his trip he will visit Continental 

 Europe and Great Britain, combining business with pleasure. He 

 expects to return about the middle of September. 



VACATION SCHEDITLE OF UNITED STATES RUBBER CCS OFFICIALS. 



The vacation schedule of the officials of the United States 

 Rubber Co. is as follows : 



Colonel S. P. Colt, president, is spending his vacation at 

 Bristol, R. I., and later may take a short trip to Europe. 

 Mr. James B. Ford, vice-president, will be yachting most of 

 the time. Mr. Homer E. Sawyer, general manager of foot- 

 wear business, after passing some time at Easthampton, ex- 

 pects to spend August at the Mount Washington, Bretton 

 Woods, New Hampshire. Mr. W. E. Barker, manager of 

 sales, has gone to Europe. Messrs. Palmer and Hichborn 

 have sailed for Panama. Mr. Lester Leland, second vice- 

 president, will remain for most of his vacation at Manchester- 

 by-the-Sea. Mr. W. S. Ballou, director, is spending the time 

 in Europe. 



Mr. W. G. Parsons, treasurer, is commuting from Green- 

 wich, Connecticut. Mr. S. Norris, secretary, expects to pass 

 his vacation at Newport, Rhode Island, and to enjoy some 

 automobile tours. Mr. N. Myers, counsel of the company. 

 will take a trip to Europe, while Mr. John D. Carberry, assistant 

 secretary, intends to do some autornobile touring and to spend a 

 short holiday in Vermont. 



THE MYSTIC RUBBER CO. 



The Mystic Rubber Co., with offices and factory at West 

 Medford, Massachusetts, manufacturing high grade rubber 

 sheeting for hospitals, dress shields and novelties, besides 

 doing a large business in rubberizing of clothing, auto tops 

 and ducking, reports a very satisfactory business and a steady 

 and increasing demand for its product. The plant of this 

 company, illustrated herewith, is located on the Mystic River, 



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a short distance from Boston, and is possessed of splendid 

 shipping facilities. This is one of the newer companies in 

 the rubber industry, and it is well organized, its equipment is 

 strictly up to date, and its management thoroughly efficient. 

 It is a Massachusetts corporation, the officers of which are: 

 Herman T. Dean, president; William B. Marshall, treasurer, 

 and Herbert A. Derry, managing director. 



FEDERAL RUBBER MFG. CO. AND BABY-CARRIAGE TIRES. 



Baby-carriage tires to the amount of 8.900,000 feet— a quantity 

 sufficient to equip about 875,000 infant vehicles— have been sold 

 by The Federal Rubber Mfg. Co., of Milwaukee, thus far this 

 year, a period of less than seven months; in addition to which 

 it is stated by an officer of the company that it will produce 

 1,000,000 pneumatic tires. 



THE STAR RUBBER COMPANY. 



Having decided to sell only the jobbing trade, the Star Rubber 

 Co., of Akron, has just reorganized its arrangements. W. 

 W. Smith, formerly with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and 

 the Faultless Rubber Co., is the new manager of sales; the 

 Eastern representative being Howard H. McGee, previously with 

 the Seamless Rubber Co., the Davol Rubber Co. and the Ajax- 

 Grieb Rubber Co. This firm makes a complete line of rubber 

 druggists' sundries, having one of the most complete plants in 

 that branch. George Clark has been appointed superintendent 

 of the factory. 



THE MADERO BROTHERS INCORPORATE. 



Ernesto and Salvador Madero. brothers uf the late President 

 of Mexico, Francesco I. Madero, have incorporated under the 

 laws of the State of New York, in the name of Madero 

 Brothers, Incorporated. They intend to do a general commis- 

 sion, export and import business with Mexico, and will act as 

 selling agents of the Madero guayule rubber interests there. 

 They do not intend to take any part whatever in Mexican poli- 

 tics, which is not at all to be wondered at in view of the un- 

 happy fate of their distinguished brother. 



FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1918. 



Among the features of the 1912 report of the New York City 

 fire department is the statement that there is an urgent need for 

 the rcplacenient of fire hose. The total shortage in various sizes 

 was 178.200 feet, the estimated cost of replacing which would 

 be $202,370. The total purchases for 1912 represented 109,210 

 feet. 



