January i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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besides being much smaller than when new, while a rubber ball 

 will retain its size and weight indefinitely. Since the Ameri- 

 can Bowling Congress have limited the weight of the ball to 

 i6}4 pounds, and the size as well, bowlers who use the lignum 

 vitae ball have been considerably worried. It is a well known 

 fact that the heavy ball makes large scores possible, and with a 

 wood ball the weight can only be secured by loading the ball 

 with lead, which requires the services of an expert. With the 

 rubber ball any desired weight can be had, and this weight will 

 be retained for years. A number of local bowlers are using the 

 rubber balls, and orders from out of the city are being received. 

 Local bowlers will take a large number of the balls to the na- 

 tional bowling tournament at Cleveland in February. 



Mr. Dangel is also a member of the Akron city^ council, and 

 at a recent meeting of that body, presented to the president of 

 that body a beautiful gavel of hard rubber which he had made 



for the purpose. 



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The " Diamond challenge cup " for manufacturers, offered 

 by the Diamond Rubber Co., is creating a great deal of interest 

 among automobile racers. It was last won by Mr. F. A. LaRoche 

 at the second annual race meet of the Long Island Automobile 

 Club at Brighton Beach, on October 31. For some time the 

 cup had been in the possession of Tom Cooper, by whom it was 

 won twice. The cup was also won once by Mr. Alexander Win- 

 ton. It must be won three times before it becomes the prop- 

 erty of the winner. The cup is valued at $250. 



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The promoters of the Superior Rubber and Manufacturing Co., 

 at Cuyahoga Falls, have promised that the plant will be placed 

 in operation by the first of the year. For some time workmen 

 have been engaged in placing machinery in place, and it had 

 been expected that the plant would be in operation long be- 

 fore this. Announcement is now made that the plumbing and 

 steam heating apparatus have been installed, and that as 

 soon as all the machinery that is now in place, work will be 



started. 



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The Federal Rubber Co. is the name of a new company, just 

 organized by Akron men, to manufacture dipped goods on a 

 small scale. It has been capitalized at $15,000, and the incor- 

 porators are Frank E. Ream, John F. Halderman, Harry Boyer, 

 W. R. Griswold, and M. F. Boerstler. The incorporators are 

 not ready to tell of their plans further than that they will se- 

 cure a factory building here which has stood idle for some 

 time, and equip it with rubber machinery. The company has 

 been incorporated under Ohio laws. 



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The Diamond Rubber Co.'s hard rubber department is re- 

 ported by Mr. J. R. Bailey, its superintendent, as doing all the 

 work that can be taken care of with the present equipment. 

 This branch was started as an experiment, but has become a 

 profitable department of the company's factory. 



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The American Hard Rubber Co. make every year large quan- 

 tities of supplies for the Edison Storage Battery Co., and a 

 large part of the yearly output is made at the Akron plant of 

 the company. The statement is made that one contract alone 

 calls for rubber goods to the amount of almost $250,000 a year. 



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Mr. A. H. Marks, vice president and general manager of the 

 Diamond Rubber Co., has returned from Europe. He was in 

 Liverpool, where he attended the annual meeting of the North- 

 western Rubber Co., Limited, of which he was reelected presi- 

 dent. Mr. O. C. Barber, a director of the Diamond Rubber 



Co., was also reelected director in the Northwestern company' 

 The latter company has been in operation but a year, but Mr. 

 Marks states that its ^business is very satisfactory, and is con- 

 stantly increasing. According to Mr. Marks, an all-absorbing 

 topic in England at present is the fiscal question, and he is of 

 the opinion that Mr. Chamberlain, with his protective tariff 

 scheme, will win. 



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Charles Ammerman, president of the Lilly Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., of Barberton, has disposed of his stock in the First 

 National Bank, of that place, and has been succeeded by F. 

 Keifer as president of the institution. Mr. Ammerman, who is 

 a prominent member of the Summit County Bar Association, 

 is one of the most prominent business men of Barberton, being 

 connected with a number of the business enterprises which 

 have made that an important manufacturing city. 



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Some time about the first of the year the Faultless and Camp 

 rubber companies will be consolidated under the name of the 

 Faultless Rubber Co. The Faultless plant is located in Akron 

 and the plant of the Camp Rubber Co. at Ashland, Ohio. Both 

 companies being controlled by the same people, it has been de- 

 cided to combine them so that the management may be more 

 economically conducted. Mr. H. B. Camp, of Akron, is presi- 

 dent of both companies, and Mr. T. W. Miller treasurer and 

 general manager of both. Mr. Miller stated to The India 

 Rubber World correspondent that it is not the purpose of 

 the company to make any changes in the management of the 

 two plants, but that the business of both concerns will be con- 

 ducted from one office. The new company will be capitalized 

 at $325,000, and incorporated under the laws of Ohio. The 

 Camp Rubber Co. makes a specialty of manufacturing rubber 

 horse collars, and since its organization the growth of its busi- 

 ness has been phenomenal. It is stated that on account of the 

 growth of the business of the company which uses the rubber 

 collars it may be removed from Holland, Michigan, to Ash- 

 land, to be near the source of supply. Mr. Miller states that the 



company is 200,000 behind its orders at the present time. 



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The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. are understood to have 

 a good trade in Cuba. Mr. S. G. Carkhuff, of this company, 

 lately returned from a stay of several weeks in Cuba, during 

 which he contracted with their resident agent for the delivery 

 in 1904 of a large number of vehicle tires. Many rubber tires 

 are already used in the new republic, and the Firestone com- 

 pany have made a special bid for this trade by supplying a 

 " side wire " solid tire that has a broader tread and is a little 

 heavier than the tires used in the United States. In order to 

 take care of their growing trade, the Firestone company are 

 building an addition to their plant, 60X40 feet, to be used as a 

 warehouse and shipping room, which, when completed, will 

 give them a building 2IOX75 feet. 



Somebody in giving an account of how footballs are made, 

 after going into the details of the preparation of the leather 

 cover, says : " The outer cover is now ready for the bladder. 

 This is made of the best Para rubber, and involves even more 

 care in its construction than the leather cover itself. It is of 

 immense strength, and is an expensive item, representing 

 nearly half the cost of manufacture. The next operation is the 

 inflation of the ball. This is done in a second by machinery, 

 and then the ball is laced up. However, even yet it is not com- 

 plete, for it still has to pass through the hands of the shaper, 

 who pats down any inequalities in the seams or contour of the 

 ball." 



