August 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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the visitors through the plant and later through the Firestone 

 Steel Products Co. plant. H. S. Firestone, president of the com- 

 pany, welcomed and accompanied the group through the factory. 



CLEVELAND NOTES 



The Cleveland Rubber Clearing House Co., 2006 East 46th 

 street, Cleveland, Ohio, has been appointed distributer for Erie 

 cord tires throughout northern Ohio. The officers are : Fred 

 Dettling, president; J. D. Fackler, secretary, and J. C. McHannan, 

 treasurer. 



The National Tire Dealers' Association will hold its second 

 annual convention at Cleveland, Ohio, from October 18-20. A 

 special feature of the meeting will be a Tire and Accessory Show, 

 arranged under the direction of R. F. Valentine, vice-president 

 of the Association. 



Newton D. Baker and E. S. Griffiths have been appointed re- 

 ceivers to continue the operation of the property of the Ideal 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, by order of the United 

 States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Eastern 

 Division. No allegation of insolvency has been made and internal 

 dissensions and business obligations are said to be the basis of 

 the receivership action. The output has been increased under the 

 direction of the receivers. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, has appointed 

 E. W. McCreery manager of pneumatic tire sales and H. C. 

 Geer manager of solid tire sales. Mr. McCreery has been eastern 

 district manager for two years and Mr. Geer has been a special 

 representative of the company in the solid tire department. 



The Akron Universal Tire & Rubber Co., Medina, Ohio, has 

 acquired the entire equipment of the Superfix Rubber Co., for- 

 merly at Elyria in the same state, and is now manufacturing 

 "Superfix" rubber-fix in quantity. This company has also ab- 

 sorbed the Keck Manufacturing Co., West Unity, Ohio, and will 

 manufacture the Keck safety tire boot, described elsewhere in 

 this issue. The officers of the Akron Universal company are: 

 C. R. Baker, president ; R. E. Kimmell, vice-president ; R. J. 

 Hyde, treasurer, and E. J. Schwartz, secretary. 



Production at The Erie Tire & Rubber Co.'s plant, Sandusky, 

 Ohio, which began under order of court in March, 1921, is 

 being maintained. Incidentally about 20 per cent of the indebted- 

 ness of the estate has been reduced through the operation of the 

 receivership up to the present time. At the factory some new 

 equipment is being installed, while building operations, which 

 have been suspended since the latter part of 1920, are now being 

 continued. Julian Victor has left The Cord Tire Corporation, 

 Chester, West Virginia, and become associated with the Erie 

 company. 



Three rubber companies at Cuyahoga Falls, a suburb of Akron, 

 have responded to the improved conditions and are either running 

 full, or overtime. The Eclat Rubber Co. is working day and 

 nisht shifts and its officers are considering the advisability of 

 adding to factory space. The Marathon Tire & Rubber Co. is 

 doubling production by increasing working forces and the Falls 

 Rubber Co. has gone to full time. 



The Eclat Rubber Co. of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, early in the 

 month shipped more than 400,000 radiator hose connections to 

 the Ford Motor Co. It was necessary to operate the factory on a 

 tliree shift basis and on holidays to complete the shipment in time. 



REPUBLIC RUBBER CO. RESUMES PRODUCTION 



C. H. Booth, who was recently appointed receiver of The Re- 

 public Rubber Corporation, Youngstown, Ohio, is also 

 vice-president of The Republic Rubber Co., of Youngs- 

 tov\Ti, and The Knight Tire & Rubber Co., of Canton. 

 Mr. Booth reports that factory operations at the Re- 

 public plant in the manufacture of pneumatic tires, tubes 

 and solid tires were resumed July 11, while in the 

 departments for manufacturing mechanical goods work was again 



undertaken July 18. Operations, it is said, will continue for the 

 present at about 25 per cent capacitj'. 



SAND SUCTION HOSE 



Pumping sand and gravel from the bottoms of rivers and lakes 

 has developed into an industry of magnitude. All along our 

 navigable rivers and the Great Lakes are boats which constantly 

 requisition the bottoms of these streams and lakes for their car- 

 goes. Tlie sand and gravel is sucked up by big pumps through 



Sand Sucker Fitted with 30 Feet oe Goodyear 15-inch 

 SuCTio.M Hose 



a large suction hose. This hose is usually so large that it has 

 to be made and joined together in sections, usually about ten 

 feet long. 



The boat in the illustration is the "Kelley Island," one of the 

 sand fleet of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co., Detroit, 

 Michigan. Tlie boat has a carrying capacity of 900 cubic yards 

 and requires about three hours for loading. Last season 216 car- 

 goes were loaded through the big suction hose. 



WHEELS MADE OF ALL HARD RUBBER 



Wheels made throughout of "Garbonite," a new hard rubber, 

 are claimed to be superior to wheels of wood and metal. They 

 are made with rubber tires as an integral part of the wheel, 

 which therefore cannot crack or come off. "Garbonite" wheels 

 are supplied in any diameter from one inch upwards, and if 

 required for heavy weights are bushed with steel or phosphor 

 bronze. These wheels are being used for railroad platform 

 trucks, electric platform wagons, every description of truck, 

 wheelbarrows, hand carts, motor scooters, auto scooters, wheeled 

 toys and extension ladders. They are being tested on motor 

 cars and lorries with excellent results. Castors for bedsteads, 

 furniture, pianos, cabin trunks, etc., are also being made of 

 "Garbonite." — The India-Rubber Jnumal. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE MID-WEST 



By Our Regular Correspondent 



MID-WEST RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



'X'he regular monthly meeting of the Mid-West Rubber Manu- 

 *■ facturers' .Association was held July 12 at the Chicago 

 Athletic .Association. At this meeting Vice-President W. W. 

 Wuchtcr presided, while short speeches were made by various 

 members, including E. O. Sessions, of the Sessions Engineering 

 Co.; L. A. Vaughn, of the Vaughn Machinery Co., and Sydney 

 J. Roy, of the Hannibal Rubber Co. 



As the Chicago meetings have met with such success it was 

 proposed that regular monthly meetings be held at Omaha, St. 

 Louis, Indianapolis, and other centrally-located cities. Mr. Roy 

 advocated this plan, which was seconded by Mr. Sessions. The 

 matter will undoubtedly come up for continued discussion at 

 the .August meeting when a large attendance is expected, as 

 during that week the Pageant of Progress will be held in 

 Chicago. 



