July 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The firm of Mac Namara & W'adbrook, Inc., 136 Liberty street. 

 New York, N. Y., crude rubber brokers, will be dissolved, and 

 Alfred B. Mac Namara and Elston E. Wadbrook will continue 

 in business at the same address, but as separate individuals. 



The .Achilles Rubber & Tire Co., Binghamton, New York, is 

 now running full force as it has been for three years past. A 

 new power house is now under construction, and new vulcanizing 

 and shipping rooms and a warehouse are to be added, increasing 

 the capacity ne.xt year to 1.000 tires a day. 



PENNSYLVANIA 



-As advertising and sales promotion manager Andrew W. 

 Crawford has become connected with the H. H. Robertson Co., 

 First National Bank building, Pittsl)urgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. 

 Crawford has had previous experience in sales and factory 

 work with several other companies. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has placed 

 L. L. Evans in charge of truck tire sales at Philadelphia, Pa. 



Incorporated for the purpose of repairing tires and selling 

 rubber goods, the New Kensington Tire & Rubber Co., 735 

 Fifth avenue. New Kensington, Pennsylvania, was organized 

 August 17, 1920, with a capitalization of $10,000. The officers 

 are : A. E. Greenwald, president ; Charles E. Moore, vice- 

 president ; H. S. Douglas, secretary and treasurer ; Fred La 

 Mountain, manager. 



C. E. Pumphrey, formerly sales manager of The ^[cGraw Tire 

 & Rubber Co., has become sales manager of the Corona Cord 

 Tire Co., East Butler, Pennsylvania, manufacturer of cord tires 

 and inner tubes marketed exclusively through wholesale channels. 

 Mr. Pumphrey's experience in the tire business dates from 1910. 

 when he was with the Goodyear selling organization; 



A wireless communication service for the transaction of com- 

 pany business is being established at the several plants of the 

 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Service between 

 the plant at East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the foundry at 

 Cleveland, Ohio, was formally opened on May 31, and stations 

 are being installed at the Newark, New Jersey, and Springfield, 

 Massachusetts, works. 



SOUTHEHN NOTES 



The Sterling Carbon Co., Inc., Shreveport, Louisiana, reports 

 that the present officers of the company are : O. A. Wright, 

 president ; N. C. McGowan, vice-president and treasurer ; E. J. 

 McGowan, Jr., secretary. The firm was chartered October 17, 

 1919, under the laws of Louisiana. The company's plant is 

 located at Sterlington, in that state. 



The recently erected plant of the Louisiana Carbon Co., near 

 Monroe, Louisiana, on the Missouri Pacific railroad, is now in 

 full operation. The company manufactures carbon black, gaso- 

 line and other b}'-products from natural gas. The company 

 was chartered August 6, 1920, with the principal oflice at 

 Clarksburg, West Virginia. The authorized capital stock is 

 $100,000. The officers are as follows : Lynn S. Hornor, presi- 

 dent ; H. G. Evans, vice-president ; Percy Byrd, treasurer ; Philip 

 P. Steptoe, secretary, and G. A. Williams, general manager. 



that Mr. Seiberling will again become actively engaged in the 

 rubber industry. The New Castle plant underwent extensive 

 development a year ago and now includes two large factory 

 buildings, new modern office buildings, several dwellings and 

 seven and one-half acres of ground. 



PURCHASE OF NEW CASTLE RUBBER CO.'S PLANT 



The New Castle Rubber Co. at New Castle, Pennsylvania, was 

 purchased May 27, at receiver's sale, by R. C. Ellsworth of 

 Akron, private secretary to F. A. Seiberling, former president 

 of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. It is reported that Mr. 

 Ellsworth bid in the plant as the representative of Mr. Seiberling. 

 who also attended the sale. TIic plant is valued at over $500,000. 

 The sale price was $103,500. 



F. A. Seiberling held a controlling interest in the New Castle 

 Rubber Co., purchased over a year ago. It is stated that the 

 purchase of the plant through Mr. Ellsworth does not mean 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW JERSEY NOTES 



' I 'HE New Jersey Fire Chiefs' Association has endorsed a stand- 

 *■ ard thread for fire-hose couplings in order that one munici- 

 pality may aid another in case of fire. The hose with a diameter 

 of 3 1/16-inches and with T'A threads to an inch, which is said 

 to be the standard set by the United States Government, was 

 selected. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., which sold its modern tlirce- 

 story and basement building at Broad and Kinney streets, Newark, 

 to the Federal Drug Co., will use the upper floors of the build- 

 ing as a distributing and service station for Northern New Jer- 

 sey. This arrangement will cover a period of seven years. 



The United Auto Stores, Inc., will shortly open a branch at 

 Burlington, with John K. Gunn as manager. The company operates 

 a chain of forty-five stores in various parts of the counto' and 

 handles standard tires and automobile accessories. 



The Lambcrtville Rubber Co., is operating only on part time. 

 The boot department is being run but three days a week, while 

 men are employed in the main calender room five days a week. 

 The department where balls are made has been closed and there 

 are but few at work in the rubber-band room. 



The New Jersey Rubber Co., I-ambertville, manufacturer of 

 reclaimed rubber, is running on part time only. The concern is 

 owned by the E. H. Clapp Rubber Co., of Boston. 



The plant of the Stockton Rubber Co., Stockton, New Jersey, 

 which went into the hands of a receiver some time ago, has been 

 closed. 



Joseph H. Dwork, inventor of an automobile tire for which he 

 received 2,500 shares worth $25,000 from the Ideal Wheel & Tire 

 Co., Newark, New Jersey, organized for the manufacture of the 

 product, will receive $2,000 for his interest. In an opinion filed 

 by Vice-Chancellor Backes, it appears that Dwork is entitled to 

 the fund remaining after creditors have been paid by the receiver. 

 Charles Frankel. The firm became insolvent some time ago. A 

 war embargo on rubber prevented exploitation of the invention, 

 it was .said, and the company turned to the repair of tires instead. 

 It was contended that Dwork was not entitled to a dividend on 

 the surplus because the patent was not assigned. Dwork was 

 orifiinally half-owner of the company. 



TRENTON NOTES 



The Miller-Sleiner Rubber Co., of 678-694 North Olden avenue, 

 has recently been incorporated with an authorized capitalization 

 of $100,000, divided into 1,000 shares of the par value of $100. The 

 incorporators are George W. Page, 1438 Brunswick avenue; John 

 H. Miller, 1845 Greenwood avenue, and Julius D. Steiner, 101 

 West End avenue. The new company has taken over the plant of 

 the Olden Rubber Co. Operations will begin shortly upon com- 

 pletion of alterations and installation of new machinery. Mechan- 

 ical rubber goods and specialties will be manufactured. Mr. 

 Miller, president of the company, will also be general manager, 

 and will be assisted by Mr. Steiner. Both have had extensive ex- 

 perience in the rubber industry, having been connected for a num- 

 ber of years with the Empire Rubber & Tire Corporation and 

 other rubber plants. Mr. Page, who is one of the Trenton city 

 commissioners, holds an inactive interest with the company. The 



