October 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW McGRAW SALES MANAGER. 



. BacoNj the newly appointed sales manager of the Mc- 



Graw Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine and Cleveland, 



; one of the most widely known executives in the 



automotive industry. As one of 



the pioneers, he became interested 



in the manufacture of motor cars 



in the early days, and for some 



^^H time was identified with the indus- 



^Hr try in Detroit, Michigan. This 



^^ ^^jk %a.yt him close touch with the tire 



\f^. >^'^f% and accessory field, and in 1911 



^■' ' he joined the Diamond Rubber 



^ d^> Co., Akron, Ohio, three years 



^^^3 later, assuming full charge of the 



IV sales of Diamond tires and ac- 



^ cessories, a position which he held 



^^k .*k!I***^jfl^ ""'"' •'^"8"^' °^ ^^ present year, 



^^■^ j^SM^j^^^^^ resigning to accept the manage- 



^HA' VBil^l^^^^B ment sales for the McGraw 



^^■k^^ ^^^H Tire & Rubber Co., with head- 



^^^^^ ^^^^=1 quarters at Cleveland, Ohio. 



H. M. Bacon. Previous to establishing himself 



there he is making a tour of all 

 the McGraw agencies throughout the country to come into per- 

 sonal touch with the representatives and salesmen. 



MID-WESTERN NOTES. 



By Our Regular Correspondent 



THE Wilson Tire & Rubber Co., Springfield, Illinois, has re- 

 cently completed a 100 by 200-foot addition to its factory 

 building, in the form of a court to the old building, to be 

 used as a vulcanizing shop. Two new vulcanizers and addi- 

 tional tire building equipment has been installed; the new 

 addition and equipment representing an investment of about 

 $60,000. 



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The Lincoln Highway Tire Co. has placed orders for con- 

 siderable additional machinery and equipment to keep pace 

 with the growing demand for the company's tires and tubes. 

 The company contemplates the building and equipment of a 

 new unit -early in 1920. 



The Great Republic Tire & Rubber Co., with the executive 

 officers in Muskogee, Oklahoma, which recently began op- 

 eration of their new factory at McAlester, Oklahoma, plans 

 to increase its production to 150 tires and 250 tubes daily. A 

 full line of accessories as well as rubber heels and soles will 

 also be manufactured. W. H. Owens is vice-president and gen- 

 eral manager, and C. W. O'Donnell is factory manager. Mr. 

 O'Donnell has had many years of experience in the manufacture 

 of high-grade tires and tubes, having been formerly connected 

 with the Mohawk, Racine, Perfection and others. 



At a meeting of the board of directors of the Standard Four 

 Tire Co., Keokuk, Iowa, July 18, three vacancies were filled, 

 making the new board of directors as foUow-s: J. B. Gabeline, 

 Burlington, Iowa; Henry Trout, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; W. G. 

 Feignspan, Quincy, Illinois; L. L. Birkett, West Liberty, 

 Iowa; James Guthrie, Hamilton, Illinois; T. Thompson, 

 Brighton, Iowa; E. P. .^rmknecht, Donnellson, Iowa; E. S. 

 Anderson, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Lee T. Gobble, Fairfield, Iowa. 



A new addition is being added to the present plant which 

 when completed, will increase the capacity from 500 to 1,000 

 tires and tubes a day. By the first of the year, this company 

 expects to have a cord tire on the market. The personnel of 

 the new organization follows: President and general man- 

 ager, J. B. Gabeline; vice-president, T. Thompson; secretary. 



C. O. Frazier; auditor and temporary treasurer, W. E. Vance; 

 general sales manager, F. R. Eyer. Mr. Eyer was formerly 

 western district manager of the Amazon Rubber Company of 

 Akron, Ohio, and Mr. Frazier has been connected with the 

 Standard Four Company ever since its organization. 



The Archer Tire & Rubber Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 

 is putting in a new battery of boilers which will double its power 

 plant; also a converter for the calender and a new sixty-inch vul- 

 canizing press. It has recently added a full line of equipment for 

 all sizes of fabric casings and has increased its output in 

 the past five months about 120 per cent. The production for 

 the month of August will exceed 450 tires and 600 tubes a 

 day. A year ago the production was 36 tires a day and no 

 tubes. 



The Ten Broeck Tyre Co., Louisville, Kentucky, has dis- 

 continued the manufacture of 2,500 mile guaranteed casings 

 and will soon be in a position to fill orders on an 8,000-mile 

 guaranteed semi-cord casing. The company has made some 

 extensive improvements in its plant and the officials expect 

 to direct their efforts towards the production of a casing 

 that will give mileage far beyond the 8,000-mile guarantee. 



Walter H. Grote, at one time connected with the United 

 States Tire Co., The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., and the 

 National Tire & Rubber Co., is now factory superintendent 

 and assistant general manager for the Archer company. Mr. 

 Nicol, former general manager, has resigned and Robert J. 

 Garrene, vice-president, has taken charge of the management 

 of the company. 



The Nebraska Tire & Rubber Co., Omaha, Nebraska, has 

 recently completed its plant and is now prepared to produce 

 500 finished tires and tubes per day. The new factory build- 

 ing contains 35,000 square feet of floor space and has been 

 equipped with new and modern machinery. The company 

 owns one and one-half acres of land and its transportation 

 facilities are excellent. The factory organization is headed 

 by W. W. Wuchter, general manager, and J. W. Whighamas, 

 chief chemist; both are experienced rubber men. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, has appointed 

 E. E. Gessert, manager of its branch office at 450 Jackson street, 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, controlling the company's business in 

 Wisconsin and northern Michigan. 



The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland and East Palestine, 

 Ohio, has a4)pointed Harry R. Brownless district manager of 

 the Michigan territory, with headquarters at Detroit. 



The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, has reopened its office at 1003 City Trust 

 Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, in charge of Knox Easterling. 

 This office was closed during the war, but increasing business 

 has now made it necessary to have headquarters in Indiana. 

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The Premier Tire & Rubber Co., Montgall and Nicholson 

 avenues, Kansas City, Missouri, has purchased a building at 

 that address, containing approximately 20,000 square feet of 

 floor space, and sufficient ground for another building 85 by 

 200 feet, three stories high, for which it is soliciting bids. The 

 ofticers of the company are: Grover Joce, president; F. W. 

 Willis, vice-president; O. W. Dunham, secretary and treasurer. 

 L. E. McKim, the chemical engineer and rubber expert, has 

 been secured as general manager. He was formerly with the 

 Republic Rubber Corp., Youngstown, Ohio. The company is 

 making tires and tubes by a special method called McKimm's 

 "Tensilene" process. 



