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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1919. 



centration point will have the eflfect of greatly stimulating pro- 

 duction, as there are many thousands of acres in the Southvi^est 

 on which cotton can be grown successfully. 



The first Southern California motor-truck tour, which ended in 

 Los Angeles recently, proved to be a highly successful event. The 

 caravan was a concrete demonstration to cities, towns and rural 

 communities of the economy and reliability of the motor truck. 

 Los Angeles tire dealers, automobile and business men are now 

 talking of making it an annual event like the farm tractor demon- 

 stration. Thousands of persons in cities, towns and along the high- 

 ways gathered to see the trucks go by and to get an idea of what 

 the motor truck will mean to them in future transportation mat- 

 ters. The first section of (he caravan included a motorcycle and 

 side car for the train captain, a pilot car for the tour manager, 

 and a scout truck entered by the Automobile Club of Southern 

 California. Then came a giant motor fire engine followed by a 

 line of 21 trucks of nearly as many makes, all carrying capacity 

 loads, varying from hay to drug store supplies. 



A new departure for tire companies is the establishment at 

 various points by the Miller Tire Sales Co., of Los Angeles, of 

 tire service stations for its customers 



The Planet Rubber Co., Los Angeles, has completed arrange- 

 ments for the marketing of its new stock issue, the proceeds of 

 which will be used for the enlargement of its plant. 



SAN FRAirCISCO NOTES. 



The Pacific Rubber Co., in order to take care of its increased 

 business, has opened a branch in San Francisco at ISO Mission 

 street. P. H. Stortz, the company's sales manager in Los Angeles, 

 who has an extensive business acquaintance throughout the state, 

 has been given charge. 



W. C. Fitzgerald, manager of the San Francisco branch of the 

 Mohawk Rubber Co., has made arrangement with the National 

 Tire & Rubber Co., of that city, to distribute its tires through 

 Contra Costa and Alameda counties. 



The Pacific Coast Rubber & Supply Co., Inc., 316 Mission street, 

 San Francisco, is now controlled by the following officers, who 

 hold all of its stock: Irvin Reed, president and manager; Henry 

 D. Byrne, vice-president; Frank C. Stephens, secretary and 

 treasurer. Mr. Reed was formerly Pacific Coast manager of the 

 Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio. Mr. Byrne was a 

 member of the old firm, Squires & Byrne Rubber Co., Pacific 

 Coast jobbers. 



The Hewitt Rubber Co. of California, 1210 Claus Spreckels 

 Building, San Francisco, is the Pacific Coast division of the 

 Hewitt Rubber Co., Buffalo, New York, and is in charge of 

 Charles W. Harris. This office also controls the company's busi- 

 ness in Hawaii and the Philippines. Pacific Coast distributors 

 have been appointed as follows : Howard & Litchfield, 700 Polk 

 street, San Francisco ; General Auto Supply Co., Broadway at 

 Hobart street, Oakland, northern California ; J. B. Wood Tire Co., 

 927 South Hill street, Los Angeles, southern California and 

 Arizona ; American Tire & Rubber Co., Broadway at Oak street, 

 Portland, Oregon; Tomford Tire Co., 2115 Fourth street, Seattle, 

 Washington. 



Salesmen of the Samson Tire & Rubber Corporation, of Comp- 

 ton, California, in the Los Angeles district, held an enthusiastic 

 meeting at the factory during the past month. A. Sleicher, presi- 

 dent of the concern, gave a talk upon the technicalities of sales- 

 manship, at the same time explaining the salient points of tire 

 construction. 



UISCEI,I.ANEOnS \rESTRaN NOTES. 



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

 following branches on the Pacific Coast : Bakersfield, California, 

 J. E. Bradley; Fresno, California, W. A. Kidwell ; Portland, 

 Oregon, C. H. Mead ; Seattle, Washington, H. M. Gagne. 



The cotton crop of the Tucson, Arizona, section is expected 

 to reach 800 bales this year, valued at about $200,000. An ex- 

 hibit of the local long staple will be displayed at New Orleans 

 at the World Cotton Congress, under the direction of H. Lyon, 

 managing editor of the "Tucson Citizen." Local growers are 

 preparing to undertake a campaign to destroy the wild cotton 

 plants near the cultivated cotton fields of the Santa Cruz Valley 

 with funds contributed by the State Horticultural Board and 

 the county of Pima. No particular danger from the boll weevil 

 which infects these plants is feared, as the variety of the weevil 

 is not the same as that which has done damage in the southern 

 fields, but it is considered best to take proper precautions. It is 

 thought that this species of weevil cannot live through the sum- 

 mer heat of Arizona. 



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

 has appointed C. H. Mayer manager of its western district, includ- 

 ing the states of California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, 

 Oregon and Washington. Mr. Mayer was formerly with the 

 United States Rubber Co. at San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland, 

 and was its branch manager in the latter city for a number of 

 years. 



NORTHWESTERN NOTES. 



The Northwestern Tire Corporation, with Jack Rosenstroh as 

 president and manager, has opened quarters at 444 Stark street, 

 Portland, Oregon, for the distribution of the Keystone, National, 

 Speedway and Batavia tires. The Northwestern Tire Corporation 

 is one of 145 similar stores in the principal cities of the United 

 States from one coast to tlie other. It will do both a wholesale 

 and retail tire business. 



Frazar & Co., New York City, manufacturers of chemicals for 

 the rubber trade, have opened an office at Seattle, Washington, 

 to facilitate Pacific Coast exports and imports. 



CANADIAN NOTES. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 'T^HE Can.^dian Consolid.^ted Rubber Co., Limited, Montreal, 

 ■^ Quebec, has made the following changes in its officers and 

 directorate : directors — Sir Charles G. Gordon succeeds R. C. Colt, 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Molson, M. C, succeeds Ernest Hop- 

 kinson, and W. Binmore succeeds Hugo Wellein. J. G. Barrows 

 has been made an assistant treasurer and Walter Binmore has 

 assumed the duties of treasurer in addition to those of secretary 

 of the company. 



The Ames Holden Tire Co., Limited, a subsidiary of Ames- 

 Holden-McCready, Limited, Montreal, Quebec, has nearly com- 

 pleted its new plant at Kitchener, Ontario, including a main 

 building 40O by 90 feet, two stories in height, and a power house, 

 machine shop, laboratory, office, and cement house. 



The new plant of the Mount Royal Rubber Co., 1399 Messier 

 street, Montreal, Quebec, is shortly to be completed and machinery 

 is due to arrive this month. Talmon H. Rieder is president of 

 the company. 



The Montreal Waterproof and Clothing Co., Montreal, Quebec, 

 has increased its capital from $99,000 to $198,000. 



W. A. Black, vice-president and general manager of the Ogilvie 

 Co., Montreal, Quebec, has been elected a director of Ames- 

 Holden-McCready, Limited, of the same city. 



Ames-HoIden-McCready, Limited, Montreal, Quebec, has 

 opened branches in Regina and Saskatoon, of which L. T. Mc- 

 Giverin will have charge. 



The Columbus Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, Montreal, 

 Quebec, has established a complete line of rubber footwear at its 

 warehouse at 41 Princess street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. G. W. 

 Barrett is manager. G. H. Connolly is manager of the company's 

 branch warehouse at 709 Second street, west, Calgary. Alberta. 



