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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Januaby 1, 1921 



present prices higher grade rubbers can be used. Meanwhile 

 the public has been won to the comfort of walking on resilient 

 footwear and will give greater consideration to this quality in 

 the future. Rubber companies generally report a largely increased 

 demand both from manufacturers and retailers. 



Sales of sport shoes thus far have not altogether met manu- 

 facturers' expectations, owing, they beheve, to dealers holding 

 back their orders on account of the upset condition of the shoe 

 market generally. Retailers assert that advanced prices on this 

 class of footwear have deterred them from placing large orders 

 and point to a drop of some 15 per cent on leather footwear. 

 Sport shoes are still more attractive in price than similar shoes 

 in leather and manufacturers are inclined to await the outcome. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH 

 By Our Regular Correspondent 

 NEW YORK AND EASTERN NOTES 



ADDITIONS to the Utica Spinning Co.'s mill at Utica, New 

 York, recently purchased by the Dunlop Tire & Rubber 

 Corporation of America, are progressively rapidly, and approxi- 

 mately $2,500,000 will be spent in enlarging the plant to a 36,000- 

 spindle capacity. The additions will cover 150,000 square feet 

 of floor space, or nearly four acres, and include a warehouse 

 covering 35,000 square feet. This plant, which will employ 1,000 

 hands, will manufacture cord tire fabric- exclusively, producing 

 at the rate of 344,000 pounds each month. 



Frederick C. Walcott, president of the Dunlop Tire & Rubber 

 Corporation, is also president of the Utica Spinning Co. ; P. D. 

 Saylor is vice-president and general manager of both companies. 

 Other officials include James J. Boyle, superintendent of the 

 Utica Mill in charge of manufacturing operations, and Richard 



E. Hatfield, assistant treasurer in charge of commercial opera- 

 tions. 



The Wallers Rubber Co. of New York, Mineola, New York, 

 wholesale distributer of Federal tires and tubes and Walters red 

 tubes, has increased its capital from $20,000 to $100,000. 



The American Chicle Co., New York City, which has com- 

 pleted its new $2,000,000 factory in Long Island City, of which 

 a preliminary description appeared in The India Rubber World, 

 July 1, 1919, for the purpose of economy in production will 

 concentrate its manufacturing operations under the one roof 

 instead of maintaining a number of smaller plants. In accord- 

 ance with this plan, the company's properties in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, and Kansas City, Missouri, have been sold ; the factory 

 in Portland, Maine, has been closed and is for sale; and the 

 factory at Rochester, New York, has been closed. The new 

 plant at the Degnon Terminal occupies the entire block, being 

 200 by 600 feet, six stories high, and is built of reinforced 

 concrete. 



At a meeting of the board of directors of the National Aniline 

 & Chemical Co., Inc., New York City, held December 21, Orlando 



F. Weber offered his resignation as president and F. M. Peters 

 resigned from the board. J. W. Newlean was elected president 

 of the company. Mr. Weber continues as chairman of the 

 board of directors of the National .\nilinc & Chemical Company, 

 Inc., and has accepted the presidency of the Allied Chemical 

 Dye Corporation. E. L. Pierce, president of the Solvay Process 

 Co., was elected a director, and B. A. Ludwig, C. F. Weber and 

 Dr. L. H. Cone, vice-presidents, of the National .Aniline & Chem- 

 ical Co., Inc. 



The highway experts representing every field of interest in 

 modern road improvement who have consented to act on the 

 Lincoln Highway Association's technical committee to determine 

 the final specifications for an ideal section to be financed by the 

 United States Rubber Co., which the Association will construct 

 on the Lincoln Highway next year, comprise some of the best- 

 known highway engineers and commissioners in the United States. 



The final decision to be reached by the committee is expected to 

 have a far-reaching influence on the future of American road 

 construction. 



The General Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has appointed 

 W. A. Young representative for New York State, with offices 

 at 1778 Broadway, New York City. 



Recent additions to the personnel of the Syracuse Rubber Co., 

 Syracuse, New York, maker of the Syra-Cord tire, include E. R. 

 Caldwell, general manager; J. B. Losey, assistant general man- 

 ager ; and George C. Mecklin, head of the calender department. 

 Associated with Mr. Mecklin is W. F. Pike, both men being 

 well known for their success in tire building and calendering. 

 G. R. Loggie, formerly general manager, has resigned to become 

 distributer for central New York State. 



The Holly-Wood Chemical Co. has removed its office from 

 101 Beckman street, New York City, to its plant at 2005-2009 

 Palmetto street, Brooklyn, New York. 



The Kelley Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, 

 whose factory at West Haven is nearing completion, expects to 

 start production in February, with an initial output of 500 tires 

 per day. 



SOUTHERN NOTES 



The Standard Rubbers Finance Co., 708 Common street, New 

 Orleans, Louisiana, recently incorporated to manufacture auto- 

 mobile tires, inner tubes and a general line of mechanical goods, 

 intends to break ground for the first unit of its new factory 

 after the first of the year. Officers of the company are : L. C. 

 St. Germain, president; G. W. Gish, vice-president and general 

 manager; John T. Powers, Jr., secretary; J. M. Olivier, treas- 

 urer; John R. Hunter, general counsel. Mr. Gish, the vice- 

 president and general manager, has been active in the rubber 

 industry for the past fifteen years, and has been connected 

 with the Quaker City Rubber Co., the Ehman Tire & Rubber 

 Co., and other prominent rubber companies. 



PENNSYXVANIA NOTES 



The new Philadelphia sales branch of The Mason Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, will cover eastern Pennsylvania, 

 part of Delaware, and southern New Jersey. It is in charge 

 of Leslie W. Weir associated with E. J. Stoeser. 



The Plexus Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., Tacony, Philadelphia, 

 has installed new machinery in its factory at State road and 

 Levick street that will enable it to increase production to 

 2,000 tubes per day. The company reports most encouraging 

 sales of its "Tuf" tubes, and is also developing a line of small 

 molded goods, including druggists' sundries, plumbers' sup- 

 plies, rubber tubing, windshield rubber and channel rubber. 



Recent additions made by the Westinghouse Electric & 

 Manufacturing Co. to its works at South Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, include a new foundry building of the "daylight" 

 design, 120 by 200 feet, which will be used to make castings 

 weighing from one-half pound to one-half ton; also a three- 

 story warehouse, with 86,650 square feet of floor space; two 

 pattern storage buildings, 30 by 256 feet; and two garages 

 to accommodate a total of 60 cars. The new extensions will 

 practically double the employed force, which now numbers 

 3,500 workers. 



The Belmont Packing & Rubber Co., 133-35 North Second 

 street, Philadelphia, is negotiating with the George Kessler 

 Contracting Co., Drexel Building, for the erection of an ad- 

 dition to its factory. The new building will be 130 by 120 

 feet, one story and basement, and will be used for the stor- 

 age of raw materials and to take care of increased produc- 

 tion in the flax spinning and asbestos textile departments. 



A. F. Alexander has been appointed district manager of the 

 Philadelphia branch of the Owen Tire & Rubber Co., Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, with offices at 719 North Broad street. This 



