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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1914. 



A COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO MR. RODENBACH. 



After the regular meeting of the Rubber Reclaimers' Clul), held 

 on April 2 at the Hotel X'anderbilt. Xew York, the metnbers ad- 

 journed to one of the handsome banquet rooms of that famous 

 hostelry for the purpose of giving a complimentary dinner to Mr. 

 W. T. Rodenljach, who, having recently resigned from his posi- 

 tion in tlie reclaiming work of the United States Rulibcr Co. at 

 Naugatuck, Connecticut, gives up his association witli this impor- 

 tant industry in which he has been such an important ligure for 

 the last quarter of a century. The dinner was presided over 

 by Capt. F. H. Appleton, the president of the club. When they 

 had completed an appreciative consideration of the menu — which 

 was a tine illustration of what the \'anderbilt chef could achieve 

 when giving his genius a free rein — Capt. Appleton addressed the 

 guest of honor and read the following resolution, passed by the 

 club : 



"A committee appointed by tlie Rubber Reclaimers' Club for 

 the purpose of presenting resolutions on the occasion of the 

 severance of your connection with the club, hereby 



"Resolve, That your withdrawal from membership in this club, 

 thereby severing the ties that have liound us together for so many 

 years, prompts us at this time to tender to you an expression of 

 our ap|)reciation of your many acts of friendship and kindness 

 to all the members of the club. 



"Knowing your usefulness and efficiency, as we do, and the 

 strong impression you will leave with our members who have 

 been so long associated with you, and our realization that through 

 your zeal and fidelity to the club your words and acts have always 

 been helpful to its members ; 



"We, therefore, tender to you our most gracious wishes for 

 your future success in any business upon which you may enter. 

 and hope that the ties which have existed in the past between 

 you and the members of tliis club may never be severed. 



"And it is further 



"Resolved, That this testimonial be presented at a dinner .given 

 in vour honor at the Hotel \'anderbilt, Xew York Citv, April 

 2, 1914." 



The Captain paid Mr. Rodenl)ach a most eloquent tril)ute and 

 was followed in similar vein by practically everyone present. And 

 last of all Mr. Rodenbach rose to respond. His many years of 

 activity in the civic life of the community in which he has lived 

 has made Mr. Rodenbach an exceptionally ready speaker, and his 

 address was a great addition to the enjoyment of the evening; 

 and, incidentally, it showed how thoroughly he appreciated the 

 genuineness of the tribute paid him by these men with whom he 

 had been associated so intimately and so pleasantly for so many 

 years. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The extent and growth ot the business done by the Minne- 

 apolis branch of the Fisk Rubber Co.. of Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts, demanding larger quarters and improved facilities, the 

 company has secured a building of its own, at 1423 Hennepin 

 avenue, to which this distributing depot has been removed. 



The Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co. is erecting an addition to 

 its tire manufacturing plant at Mansfield. Ohio. 



The Miller Rubber Co., of Akron, has established sales offices 

 in Indianapolis. Indiana, at 429 Xorth Meridian street, of which 

 L. B. Broering is manager. 



A concern known as the Alamo Tire & Rubber Co. has been 

 formed at San Antonio, Texas, for the sale in that section of 

 Republic tires. Alfred AluUer. who is well known in the local 

 tire trade, is at the head of this new concern. 



A branch store has recently been opened at 15U6 Pacific 

 avenue, Atlantic City, by the Hardman Tire & Rubber Co. for 

 the sale of its tires in that city and the surrounding sections 

 of X'ew Jersey. 



A new factory is to be erected by the Bishop Gutta Percha 

 Co. at 417 East Twenty-fourth street, X"^ew Y'ork Citv. This 



building is to be five stories high, to have a floor area SO x 98 

 feet, and is expected to cost in the neighborhood of $30,000. 



.\ branch sales store has been opened at 2032 Commerce 

 street, Dallas, Texas, by the Automobile Tire Co., of New 

 ^'ork City, in charge of Robert Clausius. 



The agency for Republic tires at Indianapolis, Indiana, formerly 

 located at 25 West Michigan street, has been moved to 425 

 Xorth Capitol avenue. 



The entire plant and property of the F'ronlier Tire & Rubber 

 Co., of Buffalo, New York, has been disposed of by the referee 

 in bankruptcy, by sale to Al. G. Irr, at a price of $10,250. This 

 amount is almost $4,000 in advance of that offered on bids by 

 parcels. 



At the .-innual meeting of the Detroit Pneumatic Tire Co. 

 recently held at Detroit. Michigan, the following officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year : E. W. Wilson, president ; Peter 

 J. Jeup, vice-president ; T. S. Sprague, secretary ; W. C. Morgan, 

 treasurer. The board of directors is composed of these officers 

 together with Frank H. Watson and Arthur P. Hicks. 



The Batavia Rubber Co., whose plant and facilities at Batavia, 

 Xew York, have been considerably enlarged, has secured as 

 manager of sales for the Eastern district John B. Maus, at one 

 time connected with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and more 

 recently with the United States Tire Co. His headquarters will 

 be at 1906 Broadway, Xew York. 



The Texas Climatic Tire Manufacturing Association, recently 

 organized, with a capital of $150,000. is to erect a plant at San 

 Antonio, Texas, for the manufacture of automobile tires 

 especially adapted to the climatic conditions of that state. Eliot 

 W. Knight is named as general superintendent of the business 

 of the association, whose officers are: J. A. Graham, president; 

 Francis T. Parks, secretary ; Edward H. Hicks, treasurer. 



The Diamond Rubber Co.'s tire sales department in New 

 York City has moved to 1780 Broadway from its former location 

 at 225 West Fifty-seventh street. 



The Ontario Tire & Rubber Co., Limited, incorporated Feb- 

 ruary 14, 1914, under the laws of New York, with a capital of 

 $50,000, to manufacture and deal in tires and rubber goods, 

 has purchased a factory building at Welland, Ontario, where 

 machinery is being installed. 



A NEW COKMISSION HOUSE IN COTTON GOODS. 



Taylor, .Armitage & Co., Inc., is the name of a new concren 

 organized to carry on a general commission business in cot- 

 ton goods, with an office at 346 Broadway, X'ew Y'ork. The 

 president of this company is M. C. Taylor, formerly president 

 of the International Cotton Mills. The manufacturing inter- 

 ests will be looked after by J. F. Armitage, formerly general 

 manager of the International mills and also vice-president of 

 the J. Spencer Turner Co. The secretar3' and sales manager 

 is R. P. M. Eagles, well known to the rubber trade, having 

 formerly been vice-president of the Boston Y'arn Co. and also 

 having been associated with the J. Spencer Turner Co. This 

 new company will act as the sole selling agent for the Passaic 

 Cotton Mills and the American Textilose Co. and probably 

 \erv soon for several other mills. 



MOTOR THUCKS AND STREET CLEANING. 



Compilations of figures on the cost of street cleaning show 

 that the use of motor trucks in this department of its work 

 has saved the city of Chicago probalily not less than a million 

 dollars a year. Similar statistics compiled in London show a 

 saving during the year 1911-12. when motor trucks were in use, 

 over the year 1905-06. when horse-drawn vehicles were employed, 

 of amounts rangin,g as high as $895 per mile in certain boroiighs. 

 The total saving is estimated at S220 a mile on 2.154 miles of 

 street, or $473,880 annually. 



