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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1919. 



ron is reported as being the head of a $1,000,000 trans-Pacific 

 navigation company which is being organized in Los Angeles. 



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John F. Rae, for two years a member of the Bureau of Mu- 

 nicipal Research in Akron, is the latest man drafted by the 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for an executive position. He is 

 well known in New York, and recently assisted in a survey of 

 the state institutions of Virginia. 



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A new aviation school has been opened in Akron with John 

 F. Aston as general manager. The purpose of the school is to 

 train air pilots and also to make photographs and carry pas- 

 sengers. Lieut. H. C. Miller is chief pilot. 



The Mohawk Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, organized six years 

 ago, has found it necessary to construct a substantial addition 

 to its factory, because of the heavy demand for its tires, and 

 especially its cord tires, which are a comparatively recent 



Plant of the Mohawk Rubber Co. 



addition to its line of manufacture. The accompanying illus- 

 tration shows the factory as it is to-day, including the new 

 building recently completed. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES. 



Buildings for several new rubber factories are being erected 

 in the vicinity of Akron. The Arnold Rubber Co., with a 

 capitalization of $50,000, is constructing a new building in 

 Ravenna. Rubber heels are to be the principal product and about 

 50 persons will be employed. 



The Cascade Tire & Rubber Co. is breaking ground for its 

 plant at Ravenna, Ohio. The capitalization of this company 

 is $1,000,000, and approximately 300 men will be employed when 

 operations are begun. Tires will be the principal product. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, reports progress 

 in the erection of its new buildings which it expects to occupy 

 by January 1, 1920. The additions comprise about 125,000 

 square feet of floor space and include a three-story heater room 

 addition which will house six additional vulcanizers; a three- 

 story calender building; a three-story tire building; a complete 

 two-story solid tire manufacturing plant comprising an entire 

 wing, having its own mills, tubing machines, and vulcanizers; 

 and a new garage to house company and employes' cars. At 

 .the same time the present cafeteria will be enlarged to three 

 times its present size to acommodate the prospective additional 

 employes of The Mason Tire & Rubber Co. and of The Mason 

 Cotton Fabric Co. The office building is also being trebled. 

 All the additions will be of reinforced concrete steel construc- 

 tion with brick facing. 



The Anchor Rubber Co., Barberton, Ohio, which recently 

 suffered the loss by fire of its leased plant at Columbus, has 



purchased ground in Barberton and is erecting a two-story 

 building, 45 by 100 feet, to cost $25,000. The company will 

 manufacture druggists' sundries, mechanical rubber goods, and 

 advertising and toy balloons. 



The Pharis Tire and Rubber Co., Newark, Ohio, has pur- 

 chased five acres of canal property from the state and is now 

 planning an addition for the increased production of fabric tires 

 and the manufacture of cord tires. The new structure will be 

 three stories high, 100 by 145 feet, with complete boiler house 

 and steam plant. It is hoped that the new building will be ready 

 for occupancy before winter. 



The Pelletier Rubber Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, manufactures a 

 tire interliner which it calls the "Lyner Tyre." 



The Wayne Tire and Rubber Co., Orrville, Ohio, has succeeded 

 to the business of the Orrville Rubber Co., and has assumed 

 all liabilities and acquired all assets. The management, however, 

 will remain the same, the change being only in name and 

 ownership. H. R. Piatt is general manager. 



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The Owen Tire & Rubber Co., Bedford, Ohio, has ;ncreased 

 its board of directors from five to seven, adding O. M. Dick- 

 ison, secretary-treasurer of The Tuscora Rubber Co. E. M. 

 Blatz was reelected director and vice-president. Mr. Blatz is 

 president of The Tuscora Rubber Co., which is building a new 

 plant between Dover and New Philadelphia, Ohio. 



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The Galion Rubber Co., Gallon, Ohio, has bought the Flat Iron 

 Building, formerly leased, and will build a two-story addition. 

 J. X. Smeltzer is president and E. F. de la Croix, vice-president. 



PRESIDENT OF THE MASTER TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY. 



WiLLT.\M B. RusTON, president and general manager of the 

 recently incorporated Master Tire & Rubber Co., Dayton, 

 Ohio, is peculiarly well-fitted by 

 ability and experience for the 

 position, having been in the rub- 

 ber business more than a score of 

 years. He entered the employ of 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, as errand boy in 1897, and 

 his rise was steady and sure, for 

 five years later he was transferred 

 to the Philadelphia branch as as- 

 sistant branch manager. After 

 eight years there he resigned and 

 tires manufactured by the Lee 

 formed a company to market' the 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Conshocken, 

 Pennsylvania. 



From this business he resigned 

 to become associated with the 

 Thermoid Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey, as salesman, cov- 

 ering five Stales, and working up a business which placed him 

 at the head of the sales force of that company in the amount 

 of goods sold. After occupying this position for five years 

 he accepted the offer of the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., 

 Dayton, Ohio, to sell its goods in certain territory on a com- 

 mission ba.sis. So successful did he prove in this work that the 

 company management called him to the home oflSce to take 

 entire charge of the sales department, and this position he 

 resigned last April to take an active part in the formation of 

 The Master Tire & Rubber Co., which will manufacture cord 

 tires at Dayton, Ohio. 



William B. Ruston. 



