January 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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chinery, vulcanizing presses, motorcycle and bicycle tire molds, 

 and has a total capacity of about 1,000,000 automobile and other 

 tires per year. The company has its own reclaiming plant, to 

 which an entire building is devoted. 



In addition to automobile, motorcycle and bicycle tires, the 

 Federal Company's line includes solid truck, vehicle and baby cab 

 tires, motor accessories, rubber horseshoe pads, rubber heels and 

 mechanical rubber goods of all descriptions, including matting, 

 packing, moulded goods and plumbers' supplies. 



The officials of the Federal company are well known to the 

 rubber and automobile trade. Byron C. Dowse, formerly presi- 

 dent of the G & J Tire Co., of Indianapolis, is its president; 

 Herbert A. Githens, vice-president and sales manager, formerly 

 held the same position with the G & J company, and Richard 

 Ward, secretary-treasurer, formerly served the G & J company 

 in that capacity. The good-will enjoyed by these gentlemen in 

 their former connections, and their wide acquaintance in the 

 automobile, motorcycle and bicycle tire market, have already 

 "brought to the Federal company a large volume of business. 



basement used for storage purposes. The first floor is occupied 

 by the offices and the shipping department. The second floor 

 includes the hand-made department, dining room, hospital room, 

 girls' rest room, and packing room, and the third floor com- 

 prises the paper box department, stock and storage room for 

 finished merchandise. 



The power building is SO .x 100, one story high. When pres- 

 ent improvements are completed the power will be electricity 

 generated by gas engines, the gas for which, as well as for 

 the boilers, comes from the company's local wells. The mill 

 and calender room occupies a building SO x 100, one story high, 

 and the compound and dry rooms a building 50 x SO, three 

 stories high. In the two wings, one 50 x 250 and three stories 

 high, the other 50 x 125 and two stories high, are the tubing 

 department, press goods department, machine and carpenter 

 shop, vulcanizers, vapor and acid cure rooms and finishing 

 rooms for dipped goods. 



The new dipped goods plant is 85 x 155, one story and base- 

 ment. A feature of this building is that it is divided into five 



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THE PLANT OF THE FAULTLESS RUBBER CO. 



"T^HE Faultless Rubber Co., Ashland, Ohio, has one of the 

 ■^ most modern and completely appointed plants for the man- 

 ufacture of rubber sundries and specialties to be found any- 

 where. It has an extensive group of buildings as is shown by 

 the reproduction of the ground plan given below, and its floor 

 space is in excess of 150,000 square feet. 



The buildings are of brick and concrete construction, the 

 main building being SO x 300 and three stories high, with a 



fireproof compartments, has no windows in the side walls, and is 

 lighted by means of a saw-tooth roof. The air in each of the 

 five departments is continually changing and is automatically 

 regulated as to temperature and humidity. 



The company's product embraces hand-made, molded and 

 dipped water bottles, syringes, gloves, nipples, cots and miscel- 

 laneous sundries, a general line of surgical rubber goods, bath 

 caps, sponge bags, soap trays, brushes and a general line of 

 toilet goods, a line of novelty goods, including decorated, gas, 

 and air balloons, tubing, rubber cements, rubber sponges, and 

 sponge products of ail descriptions. 



