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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



February 1, 1921 



rapidly growing hiisiiifss in tires and nu-ehaniials. It is quitting 

 retail service and supplying dealers wholly. 



Guasti, House & Giulii. I'erfeelion and Kelly-Springlicid tire 

 distributers, are building at Eighth and Merchant streets, Los 

 Angeles, one ol the finest tire supply houses on the Coast. 



The Reliance Manufacturing Co.. Pasadena, California, has 

 bought the Coast rights to sell tlic rolread molds of the \\ estcrn 

 Rubber Mold Co., of Chicago, and will distribute through the 

 Rubber Products Machinery Co., of Los Angeles; the Vulcanizing 

 Machine Co., of Seattle, and Watcrhousc & Lester in Portland 

 ai!(l San Francisco. 



SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY 



The large modern tire factory of the Coast Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Oaklaiid, California, which will start production shortly after the 

 fir^t'of the year, is located on a six-acre site extending from East 

 12th street to East 10th street, and from 48th to 50th avenues. 

 Oakland, California. It has a spur track connecting with the 

 Western Pacific and the Southern Pacific main lines, which affords 

 the company, ample outlet for its product. 



The main building occupies 60,000 square feet and includes re- 

 ceiving department, mill and calender room, fabric room, inner 

 tube department, superintendent's and chief engineer's office, vul- 

 canizing pits, finishing room and shipping department. Executive 

 offices and power plant adjoin the main building. The equipment 

 is of the latest type, arranged by an efficiency engineer to avoid 

 lost motion and duplication of effort. The company w-ill manu- 

 facture "Coast" cord and fabric tires, which are already well 

 known on the West Coast. 



H. G. Blanchard, who was associated with the United States 

 Rubber Co. for fifteen years, and who was also consulting engi- 

 neer for the Kelly-.Springfield Tire Co., is now connected with 

 the Coast Tire & Rubber Co.. Oakland, California. Mr. Blanch- 

 ard is recognized as one of the authorities in efficiency engineering 

 and his ability will have ample opportunity and wide scope in his 

 new connection. 



The .Standard Tire Co.. Willoughby, Ohio, has opened a branch 

 at 895 Post street, San Francisco, for the sale of Tiger-foot tires. 



F. C. Nevvbauer has been appointed territorial sales manager in 

 San Francisco by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Philip La 

 Tourette succeeds Mr. Newbauer as manager of the Goodyear 

 Oakland branch. 



J. B. Magee, manager of the Southern California and Arizona 

 branches of the United States Rubber Co., attended a recent con- 

 ference in San Francisco of the company's coast representatives. 



NORTHWESTERN NOTES 



Seattle expects much benefit from the recent decision to reduce 

 ocean rates on crude rubber from the Far East to Pacific Coast 

 ports mnde by the Pacific Homeward Conference of Shipping 

 Board operators in the Orient. In 1918 and 1919 Seattle led all 

 cither western ports in the importation of rubber, but last year 

 trade fell off largely because of the high ocean freight rates. As 

 the latter have been reduced from $22.50 to $12.50 per forty cubic 

 feet, Seattle counts on a decided revival in its rubber imports. 



J. V. Lynn has been appointed manager of the Seattle branch 

 of the Spreckcls "Savage" Tire Co., San Diego, California. 



SOUTHWESTERN NOTES 



The Ocofillo Products. Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, which has a 

 plant at Salome, .Arizona, for the extraction of ocotillo gum. has 

 shipped a carload of the material, described as having a rubber 

 cellulose base, to Los Angeles to be used in waterproofing a large 

 cement construction job. The corupany has just installed another 

 large retort and is planning a considerable extension of the plant. 



The Southwest Cotton Co., Phoenix, Arizona, has contracted 

 for more than 20,000 acres of Pima Egyptian cotton in 

 Imperial Valley at 60 cents a pound, and since the first of the 



year has been buying in the open market, much to the relief of 

 many planters who had been holding their cotton. L'p to January 

 1 there had been no open market for Pima. Prices for mixed 

 grades ot short-staple cutton range between 12 and 13 cents a 

 poimd. 



Henry Hlackman, general manager of the Savage Tire Sales 

 Co., Wellington, Xcw Zealand, was a recent guest of the manage- 

 ment of the Sprcckels "Savage" Tire Co., in San Diego, Cali- 

 fornia. 



SALES MANAGER OF THE DOMINION RUBBER 

 SYSTEM 



J'a.mes Morris S.al.mox C.\rroli., sales manager and a director 

 of the Dominion Rubber System, Limited, Montreal. Canada, 

 is one of the best-known and most popular sales executives in 

 Canada, as indicated by his i^lccfion to the presidency of the 



Dominion Commercial Travelers' 

 Association, an organization of 

 some 11,000 active members. 



His life has been a varied and 

 active one. Of Manx and Scotch 

 ancestry, he was born at Ballarat, 

 .\ustralia, in 1877, and was edu- 

 cated at Douglas, Isle of Man; 

 St. Malo, Brittany, and privately. 

 .\fter some years at sea, voyaging 

 ill sailing ships to many distant 

 parts of the world, he revisited 

 Western Australia, where he be- 

 came connected with- many impor- 

 tant mining and construction en- 

 terprises, including Bunbury Har- 

 bor Works, Boulder Brown-Hill 

 Railway, Menzies-Leonora Rail- 

 way, Collie-Boulder Coal Co., etc. 

 He also organized a sales agency specializing in mining and rail- 

 road construction supplies, explosives, etc., aiid visited mining 

 fields in various |iarts of .Australia, New Zealand, South and 

 West Africa. 



Ill 1902 Mr. Carroll went to Winnipeg. Canada, and joined the 

 construction department of the Canadian Pacific Railway, going 

 to Montreal in 1903. The same year, after a short period in the 

 office of the vice-president of the Canadian Express Co., he joined 

 the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, as secretary to 

 the general manager, also advertising manager. In 1905 he was 

 transferred to the sales department where he has occupied the 

 positions of Montreal branch manager, Quebec division manager, 

 and, since 1914, sales manager. 



Mr. Carroll is a director of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Mon- 

 treal. Limited, Walpole Ruliber Co.. and the provincial sales coin- 

 panies of the Dominion Rubber System in the maritime provinces, 

 Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, .Alberta and British 

 Coluiribia. He is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade, 

 Montreal .-\iTiateur -Athletic Association, St. Andrews Societ}', 

 and various Masonic bodies. He is devoted to outdoor sports 

 and his clubs include the Engineers, Kanawaki Golf, Montreal, 

 and the Circumnavigators, Xew York. 



C.\RROLL 



CANADIAN NOTES 



THK U.MTED Shoe M.\chinerv Co. of C.'KN.mi.-n, LiMiTtn, has 

 established a permanent representative in Calgary. .Alberta, 

 where supplies of parts of the stitchers will be carried in stock. 

 This will mean better service to tlic repair man. as he can secure 

 needed parts much sooner than formerly, when Toronto was the 

 nearest supply point. A. L. Baldwin, Calgary, Alberta, is the 



