Deoemher 1, 1920 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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J. D. Flanagan, formerly in charge of the development of 

 tires, tubes and accessories of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 

 has resigned to accept the position of superintendent of The 

 Rotary Tire & Rubber Co., Zanesville, Ohio, succeeding William 

 Sherbondy, resigned. 



The Thor Tire & Rubber Co., Willoughby, Ohio, has erected 

 a building 200 bj' 35 feet in dimension to accommodate its rubber 

 heel and mechanical department, and has started production. 



CLEVELAND NOTES 



The McElrath Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, recently 

 raised its capitalization from $515,000 to $3,500,000. The plant, 

 which is operated entirely by stockholders, expects to go into 

 production about March 1, 1921, manufacturing "Track-Tread" 

 cord tires. 



At a recent animal meeting. The Owen Tire S: Rubljer Co., 

 Cleveland, Ohio, elected as directors O. M. Dickison, W. J. 

 Owen. W. R. Green and J. S. Green. Besides these directors, the 

 present officers of the company are W. C. Owen, president ; E. M. 

 Blatz, vice-president, and W. I. Creese, secretary-treasurer. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE MID-WEST 



THE MID-WEST MANUFACTUHEES' ASSOCIATION 



THE Xovember meeting of The Mid-West Rubber Manufac- 

 turers' Association was held at the Chicago Athletic Associa- 

 tion, November 9 and was attended by 40 members. After lunch- 

 con, brief remarks were made by a number of those present, in- 

 cluding : Waller B. Dcnman, Deninan-Myers Cord Tire Co., 

 Cleveland, Ohio ; J. O. Schuize, Mississippi Valley Rubber Co., 

 Iowa City, Iowa ; W. E. Wilson, Akron Rubber Mold & Machine 

 Co., Akron, Ohio ; V. E. Gustafson, Cleveland, western representa- 

 tive, Taylor, Armitagc & Eagles, Inc., and the Hunter Manufac- 

 turing & Cominission Co., New York City ; R. T. Conant, Brighton 

 Mills, Passaic Co., New Jersey; P. H. Ober, Mansfield Tire & 

 Rubljer Co., Mansfield, Ohio : Edward S. Babcox, The India Rub- 

 ber Rez'iezv, Akron, Ohio ; Edward F. Pfaff, The India Rubber 

 World, New York City ; Scott Kingwill, western representative, 

 Tires, New York City, and J. B. Miller, Brunswick-Balke-Col- 

 lender Co., Chicago, Illinois. 



The following new members were elected : 



Regular Members : Denman-Myers Cord Tire Co., Cleveland, 

 Ohio : Mississippi Valley Rubber Co., Iowa City, Iowa. 



Associate Members : Taylor, Annitage & Eagles, Inc., New 

 York City; The Trade Press Co., publisher of Rubber, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. 



President J. T. Christie announced that the second annual 

 meeting and banquet of the Association would be held on Decem- 

 ber 14, at a place to be announced later, and appointed the follow- 

 ing committee to make the necessary arrangements and provide 

 entertainment: W. H. Stillwell, chairman, Allen Machine Com- 

 pany, Erie, Pennsylvania ; W. E. Wilson, Akron Rubber Mold & 

 Machine Co., .'\kron, Ohio; T. J. Carroll, Brunswick-Balke- 

 Collender Co., 623 South Wabash avenue, Chicago, Illinois ; P. P. 

 Parker, Parker Tire & Rubber Co., Indianapolis, Indiana ; A. C. 

 Eide, American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., Ill West Washing- 

 ton street, Chicago, Illinois; J. B. Longini, Pittsburgh Valve 

 Foundry & Construction Co., Chicago, Illinois ; H. S. Vorhis, 

 secretary, Mid-West Rubber Manufacturers' .Association, 332 

 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 



MISCELLANEOtrS MID- WESTERN NOTES 



.Announcement is made of a change in the corporate name of 

 Strcsen-Rcuter & Hancock, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, dealer in 

 colors, minerals and chemicals, which will be known in future as 

 Stresen-Reuter & Biser, Inc. The change in name does not 

 indicate change in personnel and the past policies of the com- 

 pany will be adhered to. The old officers remain, as follows : F. 

 A. Stresen-Reuter, president; A. S. Proctor, vice-president; 



J. L. Biser, secretary and treasurer. The company has renewed 

 its foreign connections and will import high grade lake colors. 



The Monsanto Chemical Works, St. Louis, Missouri, has estab- 

 lished a branch olTice in the Marine Building, 209 North La Salle 

 street, Chicago, Illinois, with W. L. Filmer in charge, where a 

 complete stock of the company's products is carried. 



The Morse Chain Co. has opened a plant in Detroit to manu- 

 facture sprockets for front end drives, including the Morse 

 adjustment. The company will continue to manufacture chains 

 and power transmis,sions at its main plant at Ithaca, New York. 

 The Detroit plant will be under the general management of 

 F. C. Thompson, with F. M. Hawley as chief engineer and C. B. 

 Mitchell as factory manager. The sales and engineering offices 

 are located at the new plant, corner 8th and Abbott streets, 

 Detroit. 



R. R. Hayward has recently been promoted to general sales 

 manager for the Premier Rubber & Insulation Co., Dayton, 

 Ohio, with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. 



The annual stockholders' meeting of The Wildman Rubber Co., 

 Detroit, Michigan, was held at Lansing, Michigan, November 8, 



1920. Officers and dii^ectors for the coming year were elected as 

 follows : W. W. Wildman, president and general manager ; 

 L. C. MacGregor, vice-president ; J. C. McCabe, secretary ; 

 C. R. Twynham, treasurer. The directorate includes W. W. 

 Wildman and L. C. MacGregor, both of Detroit ; H. P. Orr, 

 Lansing ; J. C. McCabe, Bay City ; and C. R. Twynham, Akron, 

 Ohio. Work on the new million-dollar plant at Bay City, Michi- 

 gan, is progressing in a satisfactory manner and a contract has 

 been let for the main building, which is to be 155 by 365 feet, 

 three stories and basement, of reinforced concrete. 



Zwebell Brothers Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer 

 of high pressure retreading molds, sectional molds, rubber prod- 

 ucts and accessories, has increased its capital from $15,000 to 

 f300,(XX) to provide for expansion and take care of the growing 

 demand for its tire repair equipment. The company is erecting 

 a machine shop 60 by 100 feet at Schleisingerville, near Mil- 

 waukee, which will lie used for the manufacture of tire repair 

 machinery. 



The She-boy Rubber Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been 

 capitalized at $675,000 and expects to be in operation by March 1, 



1921, manufacturing rubber belting, rubber knee pads, automobile 

 tubes, automobile inner tires, rubber boots and shoes with wooden 

 soles. Officers are Leo Hofmeister, president and general man- 

 ager; E. A. Hickey, secretary and office manager; Corty M. 

 Halderson, treasurer and financial inanager ; Dr. Daniel F. Nauth, 

 vice-president. The directorate includes Dr. A. W. Sicker, 

 William Eickhoff, Robert Bellin, E. J. Larson, Alfred Halderson, 

 Albert Suemnicht, and B. Brennan. The company has selected 

 a factory site in Sheboygan, Michigan, where a plant is now in 

 process of erection. The executive offices are at 176-182 Six- 

 teenth street, Milwaukee. 



The Jeft'erson Rubber Co., Jefferson, Wisconsin, was incorpor- 

 ated Octol)er 1, 1920, with a capitalization of $303,000, to manu- 

 facture a highly specialized line of rubber products in addition 

 to a specially constructed 30 by 3V2-inch cord and fabric tire and 

 a general line of tubes. Directors of the company are: R. W. 

 Lyons. C. R. Girton. William E. Taube, W. S. Henry, and W. 

 F. Copeland. Its officers are R. W. Lyons, president; C. R. 

 Girton, vice-president; Williatri E. Taube. secretary; W. S. 

 Henry, treasurer. Mr. Lyons was formerly connected with The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co., and the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, and the Gates Rubber Co., Denver, Colorado. Mr. Girton, 

 and Mr. Taube were also connected with the Gates Rubber Co. 

 The Jefiferson Rubber Co. has a factory site of fifteen acres in 

 Jefferson. Wisconsin, and has begun surveying for the first unit 

 of the buildings. It is expected that the plant will be finished 

 and in operation by .April 1, 1921. 



