September 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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of large buying power, and to manufacturers the advantage of 

 an established market for tires. 



The Culp company will maintain a staff of experts who will 

 take care of the financial, market, technical and commercial prob- 

 lems for the "Culp Plan" distributers. The distributer is also 

 allowed to make his own tire adjustments. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH 



By Our Regular Correspondent 



EASTERN NOTES 



THE business of Poel & Kelly, crude rubber importers, 347 

 Madison avenue, New York, N. V., will be carried on in 

 the future under the name of Poel & Kelly, Inc. The directors 

 and officers of this company arc : Frank Poel, president ; William 

 J. Kelly, vice-president; and Fred Pusinclli, treasurer. 



French & Handy, Inc., crude rubber dealer, 347 Madison ave- 

 nue, announces that William T. Easley has been placed in charge 

 of the company's foreign department. 



The Howe Rubber Co., Inc., 4614 Prospect avenue, Cleveland, 

 Ohio, has established a branch house and warehouse at 232 West 

 58th street, New York, N. Y., under the management of Lewis E. 

 Gensler as eastern district manager. 



R. H. Hale has been appointed manager of the New York 

 branch of The Mason Tire & Rubber Co. of New York, Inc., with 

 offices at 233 West 58th street. Mr. Hale was formerly con- 

 nected with The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., and subsequently 

 became head of R. H. Hale & Co., wholesale dealers in automo- 

 bile tires. 



At the plant of The Electric Hose & Rubber Co., 12th street, 

 Wilmington, Delaware, a one-story addition is being erected to 

 enlarge the lead press department, and provide improved facilities 

 for handling the work. The company manufactures metal armored 

 rubber hose, etc. The officers are : George S. Capelle, presi- 

 dent; Edmund Mitchell, vice-president; and C. D. Garretson, sec- 

 retary, treasurer, and general manager. 



The I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co., 719-727 Broadway, New York, 

 N. Y., has let the contract for a new factory, to be built at Fifth 

 avenue and 18lh street. College Point, Long Island. The new 

 plant, which will cost approximately $200,000, will be a four-story 

 and basement structure, 75 by 150 feet. The officers of the I. B. 

 Kleinert Rubber Co. are: V. Guinzburg, president; H. A. Guinr- 

 burg, vice-president and treasurer ; and A. B. Salinger, secretary. 

 The company manufactures sanitary rubber specialties. 



H. K. Simmons, formerly New York manager for The Dayton 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Ohio, has been recently ap- 

 pointed eastern district manager, supervising the activities of the 

 Boston, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia branches. H. P. Canniff, one 

 of the company's former salesmen, succeeds Mr. Simmons in the 

 management of the New York City branch. 



The A. J. Goldsmith Co. announces the removal of its offices 

 from 27 East 22d street and the establishment of a factory for 

 the manufacture of rubber, fabric and waterproof products, at 

 433 Broome street. New York, N. Y. 



The Electrical Exposition, displaying electric machinery, equip- 

 ment, and vehicles, will be held at the 71st Regiment Armory, 

 New York, N. Y., September 28 to October 8. 



Former Congressman Augustine Lonergan of Hartford has been 

 named by Judge Edwin S. Thomas of the United States District 

 Court as receiver for The Kelley Tire & Rubber Co., New Haven, 

 Connecticut. Mr. Lonergan displaces the Bridgeport Trust Co., 

 Attorney A. H. Barclay of New Haven and Moses Ullman of 

 New York City as joint receivers of the company, under appoint- 

 ment of the Superior Court. The Kelley company, originally 

 capitalized at $1,000,000, was later incorporated under Delaware 

 laws at $5,000,000. 



The Akron Standard Mold Co., Akron, Ohio, has appointed S. 



E. Johnson eastern representative to handle its standard line of 

 mold equipment and rubber machinery. Mr. Johnson has had 

 much experience in the rubber industry, in both foreign and do- 

 mestic lines of trade. His headquarters will be at 154 Nassau 

 street, New York, N. Y. 



Joseph M. Dine, recently vice-president and general manager of 

 The Oldlield Tire Co., has been appointed general sales manager 

 of The Aladison Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., 20 West 60th street, 

 New York, N. Y. Mr. Dine takes the position left vacant through 

 the resignation of J. C. Matlack. 



Charles S. Leslie, crude rubber broker, has removed to Room 

 405, 24-26 Stone street, New York, N. Y. 



A copartnership, under the name of Oliver, Keeler & Scud- 

 der, has been formed by J. William Oliver, Louis V. Keeler, and 

 Seldon S. Scudder. The firm, with offices at 24 Stone street, 

 New York, N. Y., will deal in crude rubber. Mr. Oliver recently 

 sailed from San Francisco for the Far East, where he will 

 visit Singapore, Java, and Colombo, returning to New York by 

 the way of London. 



J. J. Hansc has been appointed director of production by 

 George K. Culp, Inc., 56 West 45th street, New York. For the 

 past ten years Mr. Hanse has been connected with the United 

 States Tire Co. as a department executive, and his experience 

 there makes him particularly well fitted for his new position. 



Weber deVorc has been elected secretary and acting treasurer 

 of George K. Culp, Inc., 56 West 45th street, New York, suc- 

 ceeding William M. Sperry, 2d, secretary, and C. C. Dobbs, 

 treasurer. Mr. deVore will be in charge of the financial and 

 legal departments and will work out a policy for the complete 

 protection of the financial and legal interests of the Culp asso- 

 ciated stores. He has been associated in the past with rubber 

 activities in the East and Middle West and more lately with a 

 New York financial house. 



W. D. Schwartz, vice-president of the L. H. Butcher Co., Inc., 

 239 Front street, New York, sailed August 23, for England and 

 the Continent. Mr. Schwartz is on a business trip in the com- 

 bined interests of the company's offices in New York City, and 

 also on the Pacific Coast. 



The Askam Rubber Co., Milford, Connecticut, manufacturer of 

 reclaimed rubber, w'ent into receivership last June. William B. 

 McCarthy, receiver, states that the plant is at present closed down, 

 and that the property is for sale. 



NEW JERSEY NOTES 



THENTON 



The tire manufacturers of Trenton, New Jersey, report a de- 

 cided boom in the industry during the past month, and according 

 to present indications the mills will be kept busy for some time. 

 While this applies to the tire industry alone, it is believed by 

 manufacturers that the mechanical end will gradually pick up 

 later. 



The Ajax Rubber Co. is one of the busiest concerns in Tren- 

 ton and is operating twenty-four hours a day. The tire makers 

 are working in eight-hour shifts. There is a big demand for 

 cord tires at the present time. 



The Empire Tire & Rubber Corporation, Trenton, reports an 

 increase in tire output with men working in two shifts. The 

 company is operating about 70 per cent of normal. The molded 

 hose department is now very busy and its production equals that 

 of August of last year. The Bcrgougnan Rubber Corporation 

 has been compelled to employ a Sunday force of tire makers be- 

 sides its day workers. The Mercer Rubber Co. announces that 

 there has been no change in business conditions during the sum- 

 mer and that the mechanical business is not making a very good 

 showing. The Essex Rubber Co. has many orders ahead for rub- 

 ber heels, the other departments also being busy. The Puritan 

 Rubber Co., manufacturer of mechanical goods, is operating 

 twenty hours a day with two shifts. 



