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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1911. 



The Rubber Trade at Akron, Ohio. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



COUPAHY MEETINGS. 



A'l' the aiimial meeting of sliarclioldcrs oi the B. F. Goodrich 

 to., on January 18, the reports presented showed that the 

 volume of business transacted during 1910 exceeded that 

 for any previous year. The outlook for this year is said to be 

 exceedingly satisfactory. Xo announcement of additional build- 

 ings this year was made, but the company will build extensions 

 to the factory as necessary, as they did during the past year, 

 when several large structures were erected. The directors were 

 reelected George T. Perkins, George W. Grouse, B. G. Work, 

 F. H. Mason, H. E. Raymond, E. C. Shaw and C. C. Goodrich. 

 The board reorganized and elected officers as follows. 



President — Bertram d. Work. 

 First Vice-President — Fr.\nk H. M.\son. 

 Second Vice-President — H. E. Raymond. 

 Secretary and Assistant Treasurer — Charles B. Ravmoxd. 

 Treasurer and Assistant Secretary — William A. Means (succeeding 

 W.ilter A. Folger). 



General Manager of Works — E. C. Shaw. 



Arthur P. Lumsden, of Akron, will be general manager of 

 the French works of the Goodrich company, near Paris, w'hich 

 will be put in operation this year for the manufacture of the 

 company's tires for the European market. 



The shareholders of the Swinehart Tire and Rubber Co. met 

 on January 16. The statement for the year 1910 shows a very 

 substantial growth, the sales amounting to $820,000, compared 

 with $139,000, the actual amount of business done during the 

 previous year. The prospect for 1911 is that a very large in- 

 crease will be made in the business of the company. The regular 

 quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, was declared. The directors 

 chosen were : W. W. Wuchter, Joseph Dangel, R. A. May, 

 Frank B. Theiss. William A. Byrider, C. O. Baughman, August 

 Blessman, and W. E. Wright. The three last named are new 

 members of the board; James A. Swinehart and Frank R. Talbot 

 retire. The officers elected are : 



President and General Manager — W. W. Wuchter. 

 Vice-President — Joseph Dangel (succeeding James .-X. Swinehart). 

 Secretary — C. O. Baughman. 

 Treasurer — R. A. May. 



The Swinehart company have established new distributing 

 points with The Keatpn Vulcanizing Co., San Francisco; The 

 Terminal Taxicab Co., No. 2131 Twentieth street, N. W., Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; and the Empire State General Vehicle Co., 

 Rochester, New York. 



The Portage Rubber Co., incorporated under the laws of Ohio, 

 have increased their capital stock from $10,000 to $1,000,000. The 

 United Rubber Co., of Barberton, with a reclaiming plant in 

 operation have been merged with the company. The following 

 list of officers comprises also the board of directors : 



President — II. C. IIacelbarger. 

 Vice-President — Howard Kendel. 

 Secretary — G. H. Doolittle. 

 Treasurer — A. S. Mottinger. 



W. W. Wildman, who was general manager of the United 

 Rubber Co., is now general manager of the Portage company. 

 They intend to engage in the manufacture of rubber goods gen- 

 erally, and to locate a new plant in or about .^kron. 



The annual meeting of shareholders of the Royal Rubber Co. 



was held on January 18. when the following directors were 



chosen : W. M. Blecker, Frank A. Wilcox, James E. Whigham, 



J. C. Gibson and J. A. H. Myers. The officers elected are : 



President — W. M. Blecker. 

 Vice-President — Frank A. Wll.cox. 

 Secretary — J. A. II. Myers. 

 Treasurer — J. E. Whigham. 

 General Manager — J. C. Gibson. 



The Royal company have bought nut the Mil ford Rubber 



Works (Milford, Illinois), the c(|uipnient of which is to be re- 

 moved to .Akron and added to their plant there. The Koyal com- 

 pany are capitalized at $200,000, and will add solid and pneumatic 

 tires to their production of mechanical goods. 



The lederal W'aterprooliing Co., lately organized at St. Joseph, 

 Missouri, have removed to .Akron, and secured factory space 

 from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., which they will occupy 

 until a new building can be erected. The directors are ; L. C 

 Rockhill. (i. W . Rogers, H. H. McClosky. H. S. Bryan, and 

 \\. S. Hendrick. The officers are : 



President — L. C". Rockhill. 



Vice-President — G. W. Rogers. 



Secretary and Treasurer — 11. H. McClosky. 



Charles C. Measure, for three years past manager of the New 

 York branch of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has been 

 appointed general manager of the company. 



INCREASING BUSINESS. 



The Miller Rubber Co. report an increase in business for the 

 past year of 125 per cent. Their productive capacity was nearly 

 doubled during the year. The latest addition to their plant has- 

 been a new press department. Their quarterly dividend of ZYz 

 per cent, was announced on January 10. They have placed oiv 

 the market a novel non-skid tire, in connection with which Mr. 

 W. F. Pfeiffer, treasurer of the company, attended the automobile- 

 shows at New York. 



The .Alkali Rubber Co. during the year past have doubled their 

 factory, both in size and capacity. They have constructed a three- 

 story mill building of reinforced concrete, 75 x 231 feet; a two- 

 stor.v grinding building of concrete, 55 .x 216 feet ; a new brick 

 and steel power house, SO x 180 feet; a concrete converting build- 

 ing, 60 .X 150 feet; a two-story concrete boiling building, and an 

 assorting house of concrete, 18 x 240 feet, together with new 

 yards 325 x 120 feet, and crane service. The new power house 

 is equipped with a 1750 hp. Hamilton-Corliss engine, and 

 generators. 



The Buckeye Rubber Co. (the Akron branch of the Con- 

 solidated Rubber Tire Co.) have almost trebled their volume of 

 business within a year, having increased their capacity propor- 

 tionately. They contemplate building this summer a two-story 

 brick addition, 60 x 120 feet. 



The Stein Double Cushion Tire Co. report a constant increase 

 of output, to accommodate which they will be compelled to build 

 an addition to their factory this summer. 



The Lyons Rubber Co., since their fire, have rebuilt a three- 

 story brick building, 50 .x 70 feet. They have added to the manu- 

 facture of drug sundries a line of pneumatic tires. O. G. Lyons 

 is general manager, and A. A. Peterson has charge of the tire 

 department. 



The Faultless Rubber Co., of Ashland, have nearly completed 

 a large and modern office building which they expect to occupy 

 by March 1. 



A FEW NOTES. 



John J. Moriarty, formerly a chemist with the B. F. Good- 

 rich Co., has been appointed factory superintendent by the Good- 

 year Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited, at Bow-manville. 

 He recently resigned the position of superintendent of the Penn- 

 sylvania Rubber Co. (Jeannette. Pennsylvania), to go to the 

 Canadian factory. 



The rubber manufacturers of Akron claim that 65 per cent. 

 of all the cars exhibited at the Madison Square automobile show 

 in New York were equipped with their tires. 



