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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, igio. 



stock and that if each member would subscribe to $300 or $400 

 worth of stock the amount that could be raised would be suffi- 

 cient to operate a large plant and maintain it. Managers of the 

 local "branches of the big rubber tire manufacturers when seen 

 relative to the scheme proposed by the local automobile club, 

 looked upon the scheme with considerable doubt if such a plan 

 could be worked out. 



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CoucHLiN & Davis, who arc reputed to be the largest buyers 

 of automobile tires in the Central West and who carry all the 

 leading makes in stock, have dissolved partnership, Mr. C. D. 

 Coughlin retiring from the firm. This firm is well known in 

 the rubber trade throughout the United States. Mr. J. R. Bur- 

 gamy, who for a number of years has been city salesman for 

 Morgan & Wright, has resigned to associate himself with Cough- 

 lin & Davis. 



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There was argued in the United States court of appeals in 

 this city several days ago and submitted, the case of the Rub- 



ber Tire Wheel Co., and the Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. 

 against the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. The suit was orig- 

 inally brought because of an alleged infringement of certain 

 patents. Rubber manufacturers throughout this section are 

 interested in the decision of the court of appeals with reference 

 to this case. 



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Local rubber dealers, together with Cincinnati chemists lis- 

 tened recently to an interesting discussion of "Protal-Backelite," 

 a new substitute for rubber. An interesting paper describing the 

 ne^v substitute was read before the Cincinnati chapter of the 

 American Chemical Society at its meeting in this city several 

 days ago by Professor H. M. Goetsch, of the University of 

 Cincinnati. The speaker contended that the new substitute 

 would ultimately oust rubber from its present monopoly, and 

 would go far toward keeping down the price of rubber. Pro- 

 fessor Goetsch declared that Protal has been found by demon- 

 stration to be adapted for automobile tires, as well as all the 

 uses of hard rubber. 



The Rubber Trade at Akron, Ohio. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



THE shareholders of The Diamond Rubber Co. held their an- 

 nual meeting on October 19, when the old directors were 

 reelected, with the exception that G. E. Norwood, assistant 

 treasurer, was placed on the board to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the retirement of O. S. Hart, who resigned and is now traveling. 

 Mr. 'Hart was cashier of the company. The board now stands: 

 F. A. Hardy (Chicago), Ohio C. Barber, A. H. Marks, W. B. 

 Miller, R. C. Lake (Chicago), G. E. Norwood, and A. H. 

 Noah. The directors met and reelected the officers as follows : 



President — F. A. Hardv. 

 Vice-President — A. H. Marks. 

 Secretary — W. B. Miller. 

 Treasurer — A. H. Noah. 



The reports submitted showed a year of unprecedented pros- 

 perity, and expressed the prediction that the coming season will 

 not be dull, by any means. ''We have a great deal of raw mate- 

 rial on hand," Treasurer Noah said, "and have enough con- 

 tracts to make the outlook very encouraging." During the year 

 the company have erected four new buildings, increasing the 

 working floor space to 31 acres, and added 1,200 to the number 

 of employes, the clerical and selling forces now amounting to 

 5,500. The company have obtained exclusive rights for the manu- 

 facture of the Palmer Cord tire, controlled by the India-Rubber, 

 Gutta-Percha, and Telegraph Works Co., Limited, of Silvertown, 

 London. The dividend declared for the year was 14 per cent. 



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One of the very large structures that The B, F. Goodrich Co. 

 are adding to their plant is a manufacturing building which, 

 w-hen completed, will be 100x500 feet long, and six stories high. 

 The first unit of this building, the construction of which is now 

 under way, will be 100x140 feet. The basement will be used 

 entirely for belt and mat presses, the ground floor for belt 

 making, and the second floor for the manufacture of mats. The 

 uses of the other floors have as yet been undetermined. The 

 building will have two high-speed electric freight elevators. The 

 form of structure consists of riveted steel columns and girders 

 protected by concrete, and reinforced concrete floors. The walls 

 are of brick, and the building fireproof throughout. 



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The American Tire and Ruljber Co., capitalized at $200,000, 

 [see The India Rubber World, October i, 1910 — page 30] and 

 whose chief claim to distinction lies in the possession of a secret 

 of mechanical process for reclaiming rubber, have purchased a 

 site and will begin work upon the construction of a factory at 

 once, it is announced. The company will manufacture carriage 



and vehicle tires, as well as automobile tires, inner tubes, and a 

 general line of mechanical goods. The officers of the concern 

 are Adam Duncan, president; Gilbert C. Waltz, vice president; 

 F. L. Kryder, secretary and treasurer, and \\'. J. Veager, super- 

 intendent. 



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The department of rubber chemistry of Buchtel College, it is 

 expected, will receive much of the attention of the Ohio State 

 Academy of Science when that organization meets at the Knight 

 chemical laboratory of the college on November 24-26. At a 

 general meeting to be held the last day of the meeting, the scien- 

 tific side of the rubber industry will be discussed, and an address 

 probably will be delivered by some one, as yet unselected, who 

 is well versed in rubber. 



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W. W. WiLDMAN, general manager of the United Rubber jCo., 

 of Barberton, has been selected a director of the new Portage 

 Rubber Co. to succeed Will Christy, who recently explained in a 

 public statement that he had severed his connection with the 

 company because, he said, its promises of profits to the prospec- 

 tive investor were too glowing. The Portage company are to 

 invest $100,000 of its $500,000 cash capital in the business of the 

 United Rubber Co., the reclaiming capacity of which is to be 



doubled. 



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The rapid growth of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. is- 

 evidenced not alone by the construction in Akron of several 

 large buildings, but by its continual branching out as well. An 

 office has been opened in Toledo, Ohio, under the management 

 of M. M. Norton, and another branch, opened recently in Dallas, 

 Texas, is in charge of Herman Coulter. 



Mr. G. M. Stadelman, secretary of the Goodyear Tire and 

 Rubber Co., is combining business with pleasure on a vacation 

 trip upon which he set out not long ago. bound for tlie pic- 

 turesque wilds of northern Canada. Returning, he will visit 

 Goodyear agencies along the Pacific coast and throughout the 

 West. 



Mr. Frank E. Cooke, of the Bruner-Goodhuc-Cooke Building 

 and Loan Association, says that so many .^kron people have 

 invested their savings in rubber stocks that a consequent marked 

 money tightness has been noticeable for several months past. 



Failure of shipments of iron to arrive will delay tlie comple- 

 tion of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.'s new office and fac- 

 tor>- buildings until after the first of the year. 



