November 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



95 



THE KOKOMO CO. ELECTS OFFICEES. 



At the election of officers of the Kohomo Rubber Company, 

 Kokorao, Indiana, held October 11, Fred I. Wills, of Indianapolis, 

 was elected vice-president, and George H. Hamilton, of New 

 York City, sales manager. Both Air. Willis and Mr. Hamilton re- 

 cently acquired large holdings in the company. The Kokomo Rub- 

 ber Company has a capital and surplus in the neighborhood of 

 $750,000. Heretofore it has manufactured vehicle, motorcycle and 

 bicycle tires, but, according to the plans of the company, automo- 

 bile tires w-ill also be manufactured in the near future. 



Fred I. Willis, George H. H.\milton', D. L. Spr.\ker. 



Mr. Willis was formerly secretary-treasurer of the Hearsey- 

 Willis company of Indianapolis, and Mr. Hamilton has been con- 

 nected with a tire company in the East for ten years. Both men 

 have been active in the welfare of the Federation of American 

 Motorcyclists. For two years Mr. Willis was president of the 

 federation, but was recently succeeded by Mr. Hamilton. For 

 the past seven years, since the organization of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Cycle Jobbers, Mr. Willis has been secretarj'. D. C. 

 Spraker, the president, continues in that capacity. D. L. Spraker 

 remains as treasurer, and George W. Langdon is secretary. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Walpole Rubber Company, Walpole, Massachusetts, paid 

 on October 16 a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, on the common 

 stock and If^ per cent, on the preferred stock. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, expects 

 by reason of its enlarged facilities to have a capacity next year 

 of 3,500 automobile tires, 500 motorcycle tires and 30,000 pounds 

 of solid rubber truck and carriage tires per day. 



The Hood Rubber Company had one feature in its exhibition 

 at the Chamber of Commerce Fair in Boston that attracted par- 

 ticular attention. That was a half biscuit of Para rubber, on 

 the weight of which visitors were invited to guess. Over a 

 thousand guesses were often recorded in a single day, these 

 guesses showing a very wide range, indicating that a great many 

 people have not much conception of the weight of crude rubber. 



A new use for rubber, at least one new to the writer, is in 

 connection with the secret rites of the excellent society known as 

 the "Patrons of Husbandry." For what purpose it is used we 

 do not know, but a part of their paraphernalia is a lightning 

 machine to which rubber hose is attached. 



The U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Works, Buffalo, New York, is 

 erecting a new mill to be exclusively devoted to high-grade 

 reclaiming, with special reference to the reclaiming of tires and 

 inner tubes by a new process. The new mill will have a 2,700- 

 horsepower motor, which in addition to the motor now in use 

 will give a combined power of 6,000 horsepower, the power being 

 derived from Niagara Falls. The enlarged mill will have a 

 capacity of 25 tons per day and will employ 350 men. The 



plant has a laboratory which is equipped with all the latest test- 

 ing appliances. 



This column contained an item in the October issue to the 

 effect that the American Asphaltum & Rubber Company, Chicago, 

 had secured a contract for paving certain streets in Grand 

 Rapids, Michigan, but had been obliged to suspend work owing 

 to an injunction. That paragraph was based upon information 

 derived from a local source and apparently most reliable, but it 

 appears to have been inaccurate, as we are advised by the Amer- 

 ican Asphaltum & Rubber Company, as follows : "We are not in 

 the paving business, and in the second place we never secured a 

 contract for paving in Grand Rapids or any other place; we have 

 therefore not been obliged to suspend work." It is a pleasure to 

 make this correction. 



Over 40 branch managers, salesmen and agents of the Swine- 

 hart Tire & Rubber Company held an interesting meeting, Sep- 

 tember 29 and 30, at the factory office in Akron, Ohio. The 

 policy for the ensuing year was discussed and plans laid for the 

 distribution of the cellular anti-skid truck tire, which is a com- 

 paratively new product of the company. At the conclusion of the 

 first day's conference automobiles conveyed the party to Young's 

 Hotel at Turkeyfoot Lake, where they were the guests of the 

 company for the evening. 



The Maj'nard Rubber Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, have 

 installed a new plant for reclaiming rubber which is working 

 most successfully. They are also adding new boilers and other 

 machinery. 



The Republic Rubber Company (Youngstown, Ohio) has be- 

 gun the erection of a building for the Pacific coast branch in 

 San Francisco — of which !M. W. Murray, their general western 

 agent, will be in charge. 



Mr. Heinz, the pickle man, is not the only one to boast of 57 

 varieties. The manufacturers of the Kleinert dress shields make 

 59 different kinds, and as each kind is made in 10 different sizes, 

 they are prepared to supply the trade with 590 distinctly different 

 shields — a sufficient number it would appear to cover every want. 



Mr. Arthur C. Squires, after many years' absence is back in 

 Naugatuck, Connecticut, for the purpose of interesting business 

 men of that place in a new rubber clothing factory. Mr. Squires 

 was connected with his father's rubber clothing factory in Nauga- 

 tuck 30 years ago. Since that time he has spent many years in 

 Akron, and has been engaged in various departments of rubber 

 manufacture. Incidentally, he has been the author of quite a 

 number of rubber inventions. 



On October 10 a meeting was held in New York, when it was 

 decided to organize a company to be known as the Squires 

 Rubber Process Company, under the laws of the State of New 

 York, and to locate the factory at Naugatuck as soon as the 

 necessary charter could be obtained. 



The Diamond Rubber Company has added $2,000,000 to its 

 surplus and at present has that amount of cash on hand and no 

 debts. The company has declared dividends of 14 per cent, for 

 the coming year, the same rate as was paid a year ago. 

 - The John A. Roebling's Sons Co., Trenton, New Jersey, is 

 building 116 dwelling houses at Roebling, New Jersey, for the 

 company's employes. These houses will occupy 12 city squares. 



The Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis- 

 consin, which early in the summer acquired the properties of the 

 old Federal Rubber Co., wishes to emphasize the change of 

 name. All communications of every sort should be sent to the 

 new company, as the old company has gone out of existence. 

 Owing to the similarity of the two names a great many people 

 fail to give the present company its proper address. 



Franklin Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts, within the next 

 few weeks will erect a three-story reinforced concrete addition 

 to their present plant in Maiden. 



