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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February, 1, 1912. 



Another change in the rubber shoe trade in this city is the 

 resignation of Chester J. Pike from the management of the Con- 

 gress Shoe and Rubber Co. to engage in another line of business. 

 Mr. Pike is known to the rubber footwear trade all over this 

 country, having been connected with the United States Rubber 

 Co. as its Boston selling agent for many years. He left that 

 company some time ago, and connected himself with the first 

 named company, taking special charge of the selling end of the 

 line of rubbers handled by that house. He originated the .^^elling 

 plans, mapping out the advertising campaign which brought 

 success to the concern, and drew to himself the attention of the 

 A. W. Ellis Advertising Agency, with the result that a very 

 flattering offer was presented to him to connect himself with 

 that establishment. He will now devote himself to preparing 

 and planning pubHcity campaigns, mainly for the footwear trade. 



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A recent engagement announcement is likely to interest the 

 many friends of Charles A. Coe, of the United States Rubber Co., 

 and Chester J. Pike, whose recent retirement from the rubber 

 business is mentioned above. These two gentlemen have been 

 business friends and residential neighbors for many years, and 

 now Mr. and Mrs. Pike announce the engagement of their 

 daughter, Louise Gerrish Pike, to Kersey Fell Coe, second son 

 of Charles A. Coe. Mr. Coe is stationed at Kobe, Japan, where 

 he occupies an important position with the Standard Oil Co. 

 Your correspondent understands that Miss Pike will journey to 

 Japan, where the wedding will take place early ne.xt autumn. 



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The making room of a rubber shoe factory may not generally 

 be considered as Cupid's headquarters, but tlien again it might. 

 Two groups of three sisters each keep house on the co-operative 

 plan in Belmont, and five of them work in the factory of the 

 Hood Rubber Co., while the oldest of the six runs the house and 

 acts as chaperone. On New Year's Day all five of the shoe 

 workers announced that they were engaged to be married in the 

 not far distant future, and plans are already being formed for a 

 quintuple, or perhaps a sextuple, wedding. Meantime, it is said, 

 applications for positions are coming into the making department 

 from spinsters of certain and uncertain ages who find in this an- 

 nouncement encouragement for hope that the fashion may be- 

 come epidemic. 



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Ever since the first of October, Friday has been a red letter 

 day with the Hood Rubber Company Organization, for on each 

 Friday evening the teams representing the factory and Boston 

 office gather at the Old Colony alleys and have a session with 

 the pins. The freight department of the Boston office teams 

 holds all the records, except the individual single, and also has 

 the lead on points won, having won 45 out of 60. AU the first 

 division teams are having a warm contest. The prizes are indi- 

 vidual silver cups, and the season will end March 1. 



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Mention was made in this letter last month of the fierce 

 rivalry of the teams of the Rubber Tire Bowling League. The 

 tournament goes on apace, and the scores are piling up to rather 

 remarkable figures, and fond hopes are swelling several manly 

 bosoms regarding the winning of the several prizes offered. At 

 the time of writing this letter the score stood as follows : 



Won. Lost. Pinfall. 



Goodyear 23 5 8,561 



Goodrich 22 6 8,808 



Swinehart-Rep IS 13 8,174 



Diamond 13 IS 8,075 



Kelley-Springfield 11 17 8,071 



United States 10 14 6,770 



Fiske 8 16 6,832 



Firestone" 6 22 7,792 



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Work has been begun on the new $500,000 wing of the Mu- 

 seum of Fine Arts in this city, made possible by the gift of Mrs. 



Ruliert D. Evans as a memorial to Mr. Evans, who was well 

 known in the rubber trade. With the completion of this addition, 

 which will measure 312 by 95 feet, the available space will be in- 

 creased more than one-third, and this museum will rank among 

 the most important in the western hemisphere. This vast build- 

 ing is in the immediate vicinity of another beneficence of a rub- 

 ber man, namely, the Forsyth Dental Infirmary, some account 

 of which was given in the Indi.*, Rubber World of November, 

 1911. 



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The .American Rubber Co. of East Cambridge has had an 

 excellent sale for its clothing this season, and the outlooH'^S^or 

 a continuance of this statt of affairs. The lines for next 

 contain some few novelties in fabrics and patterns, bul 

 change lieing noted in the styles of their garments, which 

 to hit the popular taste exactly. The factory is running tol 

 ticket, principally on orders. 



The Boston Belting Co^j.has taken on two new agencies i^ 

 South. They are the Norvell- Wilder Hardware Co., Beaumd 

 Texas, and the Reliance Machine & Supply Co., New Orleans, 

 Louisiana. Both these houses will carry the specialties of the 

 Boston Belting Co. in stock, a convenience which will be appre- 

 ciated by users of these goods in these sections. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



(By a Resident Coryespoiideiit.) 



"THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER CO. held their 

 •*• annual meeting in January, electing the following officers: 

 President, F. .\. Seiberling; vice-president, C. W. Seiberling; 

 secretary, G. M. Stadelman ; treasurer, F. H. Adams : assistant 

 treasurer, W. E. Palmer ; factory manager, P. W. Litchfield. 

 The directors are as follows : F. A. Seiberling, C. W. Seiberling, 

 F. M. Stadelman, F. H. Adams, P. W. Litchfield, J. P. Loomis, 

 H. B. Manton. 



The common stock of this company has increased over $100 

 per share in the last two months and there are some sales as 

 high as 307. They are paying 12 per cent, dividend on new stock. 



Since December 1, 1911, the Goodyear company has opened the 

 following branches with the following persons in charge: 



In charge of 



Albany, N. Y W. B. Moseley 



Birmingham, Ala. . .424 S. 20th St J. G. Caldwell 



Charlotte, N. C. . . .225 N. Tryon St 



Des Moines, la 511 7th St F. C. Moyer 



Denver, Colo 1562 Broadway S. E. Gillard 



Omaha, Neb 2212 Farnam St T. V. Graves 



Portland, Me 47 South St I. W. Penniman 



Rochester, N. Y... Court & Courtland St.C. L. Stackhouse 



St. Paul, Minn 



Salt L'ke City, Ut'h.l23 E. 2d South St.... J. C. Riley 



Syracuse, N. Y....413 S. Warren St H. H. Munday 



Worcester, Mass... 671 Main St F. J. Redemann 



Waco, Tex 614 ."Xustin St J. H. Carlson 



London, Ontario... 



The yearly statement of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 

 shows total assets of $6,953,768, outstanding capital stock, 

 $3,284,100 and surplus $1,119,752. 



The officers of the B. F. Goodrich Co. for the ensuing year are 

 as follows: Bertram G. Work, president; Frank H. Mason, vice- 

 president; H. E. Raymond, second vice-president; Chas. B. Ray- 

 mond, secretary and assistant treasurer; William A. Means, 

 treasurer and assistant secretary. 



The directors are: B. G. Work, F. H. Mason, H. E. Ray- 

 mond, C. B. Raymond, W. A. Means and C. C. Goodrich. W. A. 

 Means succeeds Geo. W. Grouse lately deceased. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., at their annual stockholders' meeting 

 held January 17, 1912, in addition to the regular dividend of 12 



