XnVKMBER 1, 1919] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



The Federal Rubber Co. of Illinois, Cudahy, Wisconsin, has 

 appointed J. W. Culver, formerly district manager of the Bos- 

 ton Woven Hose & Rubber Co., as manager of its mechanical 

 rubber goods division. 



The Racine Rubber Co., Racine, Wisconsin, is building a four- 

 story brick addition with basement, 175 by 80 feet. New equip- 

 ment is being installed in the company's power house, including 

 additional boilers and a low-pressure turbine with direct-con- 

 nected generator. The cost of these improvements will be ap- 

 proximately $500,000 and it is expected that the plant will be 

 ready for full operation about the first of February. L. T. Vance 

 is vice-president and general factory manager. 



The Surety Tire & Rubber Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has in- 

 creased its capitalization to $1,500,000. 



The International India Rubber Corp., South Bend, Indiana, is 

 building an addition to its plant which will give it 4,000 extra 

 square feet of floor space for storage purposes. A new factory 

 building will also be erected at an early date. 



Charles E. Miller, of the Anderson Rubber Works, Anderson, 

 Indiana, is building additions to the plant to add about 40,000 

 square feet of floor space, making the total available floor space 

 about 100,000 square feet when these improvements are com- 

 ""plfetfe'd. One building is 108 by 108 feet, with basement, and all are 

 of concrete, steel, and brick construction. It is expected that 

 the new buildings will be roofed in by the end of November and 

 will be operating in the spring after the installation of new 

 machinery for the manufacture of the company's tires and rub- 

 ber-working machinery. 



The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has appointed 

 Frank S. Thrope local manager succeeding J. B. Olson at its 

 store at South Bend, Indiana. 



The Indiana Cord Tire Co. has removed from South Bend, 

 Indiana, to Mishawaka, Indiana, the adjoining town. The com- 

 pany manufactures the "cord-inner-tire" composed of cord fabric 

 with a breaker strip. R. W. Thomas is president and A. A. Peter- 

 son is treasurer and general manager. 



The Palmer Tire & Rubber Co., St. Joseph, Michigan, manu- 

 facturer of Palmer safety cord tubes and Palmer molded tubes, 

 contemplates the building of an addition to its factory next 

 year so as to enable it to manufacture a tire by a process de- 

 signed by its president, John E. Palmer. 



The Canton-Blackstone Co., Youngstown, Ohio, has received 

 authorization to do business in the State of Michigan with a 

 capital stock of $15,000. Arthur L. Irish is secretary. 



W. P. Kastner, 2125 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Illinois, who 

 makes a specialty of dealing in rims and rim parts for automo- 

 biles which have not been recently manufactured, has opened a 

 branch at 1741 Woodward avenue, Detroit, Michigan, with N. J. 

 Gender as manager. Standard equipment is also carried. 



The Jaxon Steel Products Division of the General Motors 

 Corp., Jackson, Michigan, manufacturer of automobile wheel 

 rims, is enlarging its plant at an approximate cost of $250,000, to 

 include two one-story buildings, 100 by 460 feet, respectively, 

 which will be completed at an early date. 



SOUTHERN NOTES. 



Jack Miller has been appointed special Texas representative of 

 The Portage Tire & Rubber Co., Akron and Barberton, Ohio, 

 with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. 



The Hibbs Rubber Co., 200 South Boaz street. Fort Worth, 

 Texas, has recently purchased a 20-acre site on the outskirts of 

 the city, on which it will build a modern three-story factory 

 building. This company has recently installed at Houston, Texas, 

 a complete tire rebuilding plant equipped throughout with its 

 own special machinery. It is also shipping this machinery into 

 other slates. C. D. Hibbs, the president, is the originator of 

 the process and patentee of the machinery used in rebuilding 

 tires bv the Hibbs method. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has appointed 

 K. L. Benham manager at its branch at Houston, Texas. M. T. 

 Smith, one of Firestone's city salesmen in San Antonio, has 

 gone to Houston with Mr. Benham. 



The Black & Decker Manufacturing Co., Baltimore, Mary- 

 land, has broken ground for a new and larger building, 100 by 200 

 feet, to be erected west of the present factory and connected 

 with it. It will be of steel and brick construction to conform 

 architecturally with the eight residences the company is building 

 on Joppa Road, and will be finished like them in stucco. It 

 is expected that the new unit will be completed by December 1 

 so that operation may begin soon after the first of next year. The 

 company has already moved its general offices from 105 South. 

 Calvert street to Towson Heights, Baltimore. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City, has awarded 

 the contract for its new plant at Cumberland, Maryland. This 

 will cost approximately $8,000,000 and will be ready for oper- 

 ation in May, 1920. The capacity will be 10,000 tires and 5,000 

 truck tires daily. The company's "Caterpillar" truck tire is 

 meeting with great success. 



The Portage Rubber Co., Akron and Barberton, Ohio, has pro- 

 moted A. M. Fisher to the position of sales manager at its 

 branch at Atlanta, Georgia, succeeding J. D. Pasho, resigned. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., East Jeannette, Pennsylvania, 

 has opened a branch office at Charlotte, North Carolina, in 

 charge of John D. Williamson, formerly North Carolina repre- 

 sentative of the company. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



LOS ANGELES NOTES. 



A SCOT Park, the site of the new plant of the Goodyear Tire & 

 *^ Rubber Co. of California, at Los Angeles, is now the scene 

 of great activity. Construction work is being rushed on a tire 

 factory building 580 by 300 feet, of steel and brick, a warehouse 

 580 by 340 feet, and a cotton fabric mill 580 by 130 feet. The ulti- 

 mate plans call for enlargement to four times the initial capacity. 



The steel strike in the East has to some extent interfered with 

 the construction of the California Goodyear plant, but the work 

 is progressing as rapidly as possible under the circumstances, and 

 the company expects to be able to use as many as 4,000 workmen 

 by the first of March. Practically all the men who assist in build- 

 ing the plant will be given an opportunity to stay with the concern 

 and to learn the tire-making business. 



The Goodyear company at Akron, Ohio, has turned over to the 

 California company its established business in the states of Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Hawaii. Until 

 the completion of the Los Angeles plant, the Akron company will 

 supply the California one at wholesale. A. F. Osterloh, secretary 

 of the Akron company, has arrived in Los Angeles to assume the 

 active management and succeeds Harry Chandler as vice-president 

 of the California company. He is also vice-president and general 

 manager of the Pacific Cotton Mills Co. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, has 

 opened a branch oflice at Los Angeles. The manager in charge 

 is Mr. Edelman, who was formerly with the company's branch at 

 Omaha, Nebraska. i 



An active movement in support of the plan to make Los Angeles 

 the cotton handling and shipping center of the Pacific coast is 

 urged by the California Development Board. The board in its 

 bulletin explains that the cotton production of the Southwest 

 will reach approximately $43,000,000 this year, which is consid- 

 erably more than half the value of the citrus crop. This is urged 

 as a reason why the United States Railroad Administration 

 should grant the city rates designed to develop this new industry 

 of Los -Angeles. It is believed that making Los Angeles a con- 



