October i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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themselves. They have had to pay heavily for permission to 

 display their goods, and they do not believe the advertising has 

 been sufficient to warrant them to make the expenditure. Of 

 course they will have men on the grounds looking for business, 

 but the large displays they have made heretofore will be lack- 

 ing. This has been practically decided upon in connection 

 with the shows operated for private gain, and what action will 

 be taken in regard to the legitimate carriage and automobile 

 shows in this respect is problematical. According to the opin- 

 ion of a man well known in the rubber tire trade, this action 

 may be the beginning of a movement among local tire makers 



to "cut out " displays of this nature altogether. 



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The annual meeting of the Whitman & Barnes Manufactur- 

 ing Co. was held in this city on September 3. The election 

 resulted in but one change in the officials, Hon. George W. 

 Crouse retiring from the directorate in favor of J. A. Vining, of 

 Akron. Reports from the officers showed that the business, 

 particularly in the rubber department, had been very good dur- 

 ing the past year, a dividend of $1 per share being ordered, 

 payable October 1. Mr. Vining, who succeeded Mr. Crouse, 

 will have charge of the manufacturing interests in both Akron 

 and Chicago. The officers are: C. E. Sheldon, Akron, presi- 

 dent ; George E. Dana, Syracuse, chairman : William W. Cox, 

 St. Catharines. Ontario, vice president ; William Stone, Chi- 

 cago, treasurer; C. E. Caskey, Chicago, assistant treasurer; 

 fames Barnes, Syracuse, N. Y., secretary ; Hon. Frank Hiskok, 

 Syracuse, general counsel. The directors are : Messrs Shel- 

 don, Dana, Cox, and Hiskok — named above — and I. C. Alden, 

 W. H. Gifford, George C. Kohler, C. I. Bruner, and J. A. Vin- 

 ing. 



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The article in the August number of The India Rubber 

 World on fires in rubber factories was of interest here, where 

 the big rubber companies have taken exhaustive measures to 

 be prepared in the event of a fire. Perhaps there is no other 

 rubber factory in the country better equipped for fire protec- 

 tion than that of The B. F. Goodrich Co. This company 

 have a well drilled fire department of their own, equipped with 

 every convenience for fighting fire, and besides their plant is 

 within a minute's run of No. 4 engine house. Within the fac- 

 tory the company have a fire alarm system connected with this 

 house which communicates to the firemen the exact spot where 

 a fire is located, so that no lime is lost in getting to it. Fires, 

 however, are a very rare occurrence at this plant, owing to the 

 care which is exercised in handling chemicals, etc. Some 

 other rubber factories here are also well equipped with fire 

 fighting apparatus. 



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It is understood that at the annual meeting of The Diamond 

 Rubber Co. in October plans for the construction of a hand- 

 some new office building will be decided upon, and contracts 

 let as soon as possible thereafter. Need of an office building 

 has long been felt by this company, but for the past two or 

 three years they have been so busy erecting buildings in con- 

 nection with their plant that the office building has been lost 

 sight of. It is said that the reports to be presented at the an- 

 nual meeting will show that this year has been the most suc- 

 cessful in the history of the company. Rumor also has it that 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co. have found their new addition insuf- 

 ficient to accommodate their growing trade, and that they will 

 also erect an addition next spring. 



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Workmen are busily engaged in installing machinery in the 

 plant of the Superior Rubber and Manufacturing Co. at Cuya- 



hoga Falls, and it will be only a short time until the plant is 

 ready for operation. The company was organized over a year 

 ago, and about the middle of August was reorganized, at which 

 time final arrangements were made for equipping the plant. 

 The company will manufacture dipped goods, employing about 

 50 people at first. Mayor E. M. Young of Cuyahoga Falls, was 

 one of the promoters of the new company, and it was through 

 his efforts that it located in Cuyahoga Falls instead of Akron, 

 as at first intended. The officers now are : W.J. Bailey, Cleve- 

 land, president ; W.J. Hart, Cleveland, vice president ; E. M. 

 Young, secretary and treasurer; E.J. Ellis, general manager. 



Mr. H. B. Camp, president of the Faultless and Camp rubber 

 companies, had a narrow escape from death on August 31. He 

 was experimenting with natural gas in one of the kilns at the 

 plant of The L. W. Camp Co., of this city, in which he is inter- 

 ested. A defective valve allowed the kiln to be filled with gas, 

 and when Mr. Camp applied a match to the burner under the 

 kiln there was an explosion which demolished the kiln, 

 knocked three or four workmen down, buried one man under 

 a pile of bricks, and threw Mr. Camp backwards against a brick 

 wall. Fortunately he was not injured beyond a few bruises, 

 but the damage to the plant was considerable. 



The Ashland Rubber Co., recently promoted by Mr. Frank 

 Ward of Barberton, has passed into the hands of Ashland 

 people. Mr. Ward, who has been general manager and secre- 

 tary, and Walter Leatherow, superintendent, have resigned. 

 Mr. A. V. Snyder, who was formerly connected with The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., is understood to be slated to succeed Mr. Ward. 

 By the change of the management, it is claimed that money 

 will be saved, and that it will not injure the business in any way. 



Reports from Ashland indicate that the Camp Rubber Co. 

 are doing the biggest business in their history, and that their 

 trade in the line of articles manufactured by them is constantly 

 on the increase. The company have just installed a new 250 

 HP. engine, the increased business of the company making this 

 move necessary. 



Every little while there is a rumor to the effect tnat the plant 

 of the People's Hard Rubber Co. here will be leased by some 

 company interested in the manufacture of automobiles. The 

 latest rumor was that the Peerless Motor Works of Cleveland 

 would be removed to Akron and would occupy the plant, but 

 so far it has been impossible to secure a confirmation of the 

 rumor. 



Mr. Don O. Allen, manager of the tire department of the 

 Diamond Rubber Co., and Miss Blanche Hale, daughter of Mr. 

 and Mrs. O. W. Hale, of Akron, were married on the evening 

 of September 9, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. D. 

 T. Thomas, of Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Allen will reside at 

 No. 23 Hawthorne avenue, Akron. ==Mr. Frank Richardson 

 Peabody, manager of the reclaiming plant of the Diamond 

 Rubber Co., and Miss Ethel Webb Wright, daughter of Dr. 

 and Mrs. S. J. Wright, of Akron, were married on September 

 17, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Howard S. 

 MacAyene, of Akron. 



James W. Hoffert, assignee of the People's Hard Rubber Co., 

 has been ordered by Probate Judge Pardee to proceed at once 

 to offer the claims of the company to the highest bidder. 



The suit of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. against the 

 Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. has been transferred to the 

 United States district court for northern Ohio. 



Goodrich tires were used by Charles J. Glidden, of Lowell, 

 Massachusetts, in his automobile trip beyond the Arctic circle, 

 and Diamond tires were used in the trans-continental trip of 

 L. T. Whitman and E. T. Hammond in their 850 pound Olds- 

 mobile. 



