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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



April 1, 1921 



unit involves an investment of approximately $250,000. It is to be 

 used for the production of continuous length molded garden hose, 

 and will have an annual capacity of approximately 15,000,000 feet. 



Milton M. Katz has been appointed office manager of the San 

 Francisco warehouse of The Federal Rubber Co. of Illinois, 

 Ciidahy, Wisconsin. 



J. F. Damon, formerly with The B. F. Goodrich Co., Minne- 

 apolis, is now special factory representative of the Samson Tire & 

 Rubber Corporation, Los Angeles, with San Francisco head- 

 quarters. 



LOS ANGELES 



J. Elden Shaw, former sales manager of the Savage Tire Sales 

 Co., of Des Moines, has returned to the Pacific Coast, where he 

 is now district manager of the Standard Four Tire Co.'s coast 

 business, with headquarters in Los Angeles. He had been with 

 the Spreckels "Savage" concern six years. F. R. Eyer will be 

 general sales manager for the Standard Four coast branch. 



G. C. Williams, branch manager, has opened the Stephens Tire 

 Store at 1224 South Grand avenue, Los Angeles, for the distri- 

 bution of the products of the A. J. Stevens Rubber Co., Kansas 

 City, Missouri, makers of tires, tubes, blow-out patches, etc. 



The Samson Tire & Rubber Corporation, Compton, California, 

 the main office of which is at 333 West Pico street, Los Angeles, 

 of late has been running full capacity and overtime. The annual 

 report shows assets five times in excess of liabilities, and that its 

 crude rubber is being carried at 1921 prices. Last year Samson 

 tire dealers increased 715 per cent and sales 315 per cent. The com- 

 pany is "running strong" on its cord tire in various sizes. In the 

 middle of February the State of California officially adopted the 

 Samson cord and fabric tires, also the red tubes, for its fleet of 

 vehicles. 



The West American Rubber Co., 400 North Avenue A, Los 

 Angeles, which has been making several improvements re- 

 cently in its plant, has been specializing lately on rubber supplies 

 for oil drillers and various novelties for the motion picture and 

 general theatrical business. The concern also does much vulcan- 

 izing of giant truck tires and extra large work for repairmen. 



A. C. Lester, former manager of the Los Angeles branch of 

 The Spreckels "Savage" Tire Co., San Diego, has been made 

 Pacific Coast district manager. He is succeeded by Paul R. 

 Stockton. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, has opened a direct 

 factory branch at 1232 South Grand avenue, Los Angeles, with 

 J. M. McCoy in charge. 



SOUTHWESTERN NOTES 



A. E. Kelley, formerly San Francisco branch manager of The 

 Spreckels "Savage" Tire company, has been made manager of the 

 company's export department at San Diego. 



J. C. Collins has been advanced from the accounting depart- 

 ment of the Spreckels company to the post of branch manager at 

 Dallas, Texas. 



The Ardmore-Akron Tire & Rubber Co. was incorporated 

 February 17, 1917, under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, with 

 authorized capital stock of $1,000,000 divided into 10,000 shares of 

 the par value of $100 each, fully paid and non-assessable, of 

 which $500,000 is 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock and 

 $500,000 common stock. The incorporators were John C. Har- 

 mony and Charles A. BeSaw, both of Canton, Ohio, and Elmer S. 

 Wood, Fort Smith, Arkansas. The plant is located at Ardmore, 

 Oklahoma. The building was begun in 1917, with a floor space 

 of 27,000 square feet and a capacity of 500 tires and tubes per 

 day. One unit of the plant has been in operation for some time 

 and the second unit will be operating shortly. Orders on hand will 

 necessitate the manufacture of from 250 to 300 tires a day 

 within the next sixty days. 



The officers of the company are : Fox Wood, president and 



general manager; Elmer S. Wood, vice-president; Roy G. Wood, 

 secretary ; .Arthur C. Wood, treasurer and J. E. Harris, sales 

 manager. Mr. Harris brought to the company a complete 

 sales organization and it is said the entire output of the pla.it 

 for 1921 has already been sold. 



NORTHWESTERN NOTES 



The Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, has made 

 Seattle its Northwest distributing point, having bought the busi- 

 ness of the West Coast Rubber Co., 214 South Second avenue. 

 This concern has distributed Hood products for the past eight 

 years. H. L. Hansen, manager of the old concern, will be man- 

 ager of the new factory branch. 



P. W. Hall, formerly with the Mid-Continental Tire Co., is now 

 district manager of the Samson Tire & Rubber Corporation, Los 

 Angeles, with headquarters at Seattle, Washington. 



George G. Vogt, head of the Rubber Service Co., 1023 Pike 

 street, Seattle, has taken the local agency for Kelly-Spring- 

 field tires. 



The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. has removed its Portland, 

 Oregon, branch from the old headquarters at Broadway and 

 Burnside street to its new $45,000 building at Twelfth and Glisan 

 streets. Wholesale business only will be handled. Carl B. Cad- 

 well is Goodrich Portland manager, his territory including all of 

 Oregon and the Columbia river counties of Washington. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, has opened a 

 branch establishment at 82 North Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 

 with Catlin L. Wolfard in charge. 



CANADIAN NOTES 



The Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co. Limited, Toronto, Ontario, 

 announces the appointment of S. C. Mitchell, for many years 

 sales representative in the Saskatoon territory, as divisional man- 

 ager for the company with headquarters at Regina, Saskatchewan. 



The K. & S. Tire & Rubber Goods, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, 

 has recently completed its tire and tube factory and is now 

 manufacturing about 200 tires and 300 tubes daily. The company 

 anticipates doubling the output within a few months, as there are 

 sufficient orders on hand to warrant working 24 hours a day until 

 the end of the tire season. The druggists' rubber sundries de- 

 partment is working on a 24-hour-day basis. 



The Kaufman Rubber Co. Limited, Kitchener, Ontario, has 

 secured the Great West Rubber & Footwear, Limited, recently 

 organized in Lethbridge to carry on a wholesale footwear busi- 

 ness, as its representative for "Life-Buoy" rubbers in the terri- 

 tory adjacent to Lethbridge, Alberta. 



F. B. Mcllroy, president and general manager of The Mcllroy 

 Belting & Hose Co., Hanmiond, Indiana, a short time ago or- 

 ganized The Mcllroy Belting Works of Canada, Limited, having 

 headquarters at Kingsville, Ontario, with a capital of $50,000. 

 Mr. M'cllroy who is the sole owner of the stock, is also the 

 president, treasurer and general manager of the company, the 

 vice-president, and secretary will be elected at the first meeting of 

 the stockholders to be held shortly. The products manufactured 

 by the Canadian company will be the same as those of the Ham- 

 mond, Indiana, company, namely, "Rubber-ite" solid woven and 

 ■Stitched canvas belting, and lire hose. It is the intention of the 

 Canadian company to sell to the .Australian and South African 

 trade, also to large jobbing houses in Canada. 



The Nanyo Gomu Takusho Kaisha, a Japanese company 

 engaged in the cultivation of rubber in Johore, Malay Peninsula, 

 and capitalized at 2,000,000 yen (1 yen equals normally $0.4985 in 

 United States currency), has declared an 8 per cent per annum 

 dividend and a net profit for the past term of 21,388 yen. This 

 season's crop showed an increase of 17,600 pounds over that of 

 the previous term. 



