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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Ai'RiL 1, 1920. 



The Star Rubber Co., Akron, has authorized an increase in 

 capitalization from $1,200,000 to $4,000,000, of which $1,500,000 

 will be eight per cent preferred and the balance common stock. 



The Lambert Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has elected the fol- 

 lowing officers: Henry M. Lambert, president; Judge Arthur 

 Langguth, first vice-president and chairman of board of direct- 

 ors; J. W. Coyle, second vice-president; Porter E. Ramsey, 

 director in charge of production, and John Hausam, secretary- 

 treasurer and director in charge of Akron factory. 



The H. B. Bixler Co. has been organized at Akron, Ohio, to 

 supply engineering service to manufacturers in supervising 

 processes and testing raw materials and finished products as 

 well as in erecting plants and installing equipment. Plans are 

 completed for erecting a two-story building, 80 by 300 feet, in 

 which a complete modern rubber factory will be installed where 

 all necessary machinery and new processes may be tested on a 

 commercial scale. It will include a chemical and physical lab- 

 oratory. 



Makers of rubber-working machinery will be able to ffevelop 

 their machines and to demonstrate them under operating con- 

 ditions. Manufacturers of rubber goods may use the plant 

 while their own are under construction, and inventors may find 

 the equipment to develop their ideas. A temporary laboratory, 

 47 by 80 feet, has already been put up and is handling work. 

 H. B. Bixler is manager of the mechanical and electrical division, 

 M. L. AUord of process and production work, and H. C. Roller 

 of the technical laboratories. 



The India Tire & Rubber Co., Akron and Mogadore, Ohio, 

 expects to double its production of tires this year. It is adding 

 more space to the present plant and will soon break ground for 

 its new factory building, to be completed before the end of 

 the year. 



The Rubber Engineering Co., Akron, has removed from 325 

 Ohio Building to 46 South Broadway. On account of increased 

 business, it was necessary for the company to secure larger 

 quarters in order to improve its service to its customers. 



A team to play the game of lacrosse will be formed among 

 employes of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, this year. 

 This game is played with a hard rubber ball and specially con- 

 structed racquets. 



The Amazon Rubber Co., Akron, has elected the following 

 officers for the ensuing year; President, Dr. E. E. Quirk; vice- 

 president, Frank B. Burch ; treasurer, Walter Herberich ; secre- 

 tary and assistant treasurer, George Hupp. The directors include 

 Messrs. Quirk, Burch, and Hupp, besides Gus Burkhardt, Albert 

 Kroehle, W. A. Boesche, M. D. Kuhlke, and J. A. Berke. 



Managers and salesmen of the Amazon company held a con- 

 vention in Akron March 15-17, concluding with a banquet at the 

 Akron City Club. The speakers included Edward S. Babcox, 

 the newly elected vice-president of The Akron Advertising 

 Agency Co. 



The Avalon Rubber Manufacturing Co., Akron, has increased 

 its capitalization from $200,000 to $1,500,000, and elected the fol- 

 lowing officers : J. Fred Hower, president and general manager ; 

 L. K. Hower, vice-president and factory manager; C. A. Carl- 

 ton, secretary; and C. E. Siegfried, treasurer. These, with W. S. 

 Salisbury, George Landis, and I. W. Maibach, constitute the board 

 of directors. 



The company expects to have its new tire plant at Sterling, 

 Ohio, in operation by June 1. The Barberton plant will continue 

 to handle mechanical goods and reclaiming. 



The Columbia Tire & Rubber Co., Columbiana. Ohio, has elected 

 the following officers : G. W. Henne, president ; W. G. Henne, 

 vice-president and general manager; Baird Broomhall, secretary; 



VV. F. Henne, treasurer; directors— W. B. Martin, F. M. Bush- 

 nell, L. C. Chase, E. O. Townsend, and J. C. Henne. 



The company's plant at Mansfield, Ohio, is to be known as 

 plant No. 1 and that at Columbiana as No. 2. 



B. C. Wilson, formerly of the Martin \'. Kclley Advertising 

 Agency, Toledo, and the Miller Rubber Co. in Akron, has joined 

 the Akron Advertising Co., Akron, Ohio. 



C. A. Damen. of the sales force of L. H. Butcher Co., Inc., 

 New York City and San Francisco, dealer in colors and chemicals 

 for the rubber trade, has been assigned to the Akron office, suc- 

 ceeding George H. Jacobs, resigned. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES. 



J. W. Blaser has been elected treasurer and director of sales 

 for The Rubber Products Co., Barberton, Ohio. 



W. S. Dellett succeeds Edward S. Babcox, resigned, as sales 

 manager of the same company. 



The National Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine, Ohio, has 

 reorganized its financial plan and will issue preferred stock to 

 the amount of $1,000,000 in addition to 75,000 shares of no-par 

 common stock. The present capitalization is $1,000,000. The 

 officers are: C. I. Merwin, president; S. L. Warner, vice-presi- 

 dent and general manager ; R. B. Taggart, treasurer, and C. W. 

 Helman, secretary. 



The W. F. Gammeter Co., Cadiz. Ohio, is planning to build 

 a new factory, 80 by 240 feet, to take care of its increasing 

 business, and a foundry for making semi-steel castings, in order 

 to insure always having a supply of shell heads. 



The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Ohio, has 

 increased its capital to $10,000,000 of 7 per cent cumulative pre- 

 ferred stock, par $100 per share, and 100,000 shares of common 

 stock without par value. The additional working capital obtained 

 from tlie underwriting of this stock, of which a considerable 

 amount has already been secured, will be used in building a large 

 addition to the present plant and for the installation of additional 

 equipment. The new building will have approximately 100,000 

 square feet of floor space and will be all on one floor with a 

 ceiling 30 feet high containing extensive skj-lights. This addition 

 will be completed and machinery installed by July next. 



The company will specialize in both cord and fabric pneumatic 

 tires during 1920, in addition to its "Dayton Airless." 



The officers and directors of the company are : John A. Mac- 

 Millan, president; C. E. Heiser, vice-president; C. E. Hooven, 

 secretary and treasurer; William R. Craven, Walter L. Kuhns, 

 and A. O. Eberhart, directors. 



F. N. Hammond has been appointed special representative of 

 the sales department of The Portage Rubber Co., Barberton, 

 Ohio. 



The J. W. P. Tire Co., 952 Valley street, Dayton, Ohio, in- 

 corporated in July, 1919, built and sold its first tire in the latter 

 part of the following September and has now ordered additional 

 equipment for delivery within 60 days with which it hopes to 

 be turning out 200 tires daily within six months. 



The Reynolds Machine Co., Massillon, Ohio, will add a tire 

 mold plant to its present equipment. No foundry will be erected 

 before next year, but additional floor space will be provided for 

 boring mills and other machinery, which have already been 

 purchased to the extent of more than $50,000. One mill has 

 alreadv been installed and several more are expected for delivery 

 May 15. 



The officers of the company are: F. C. Snyder, president; 

 E. H. Birney, vice-president, and O. F. Binford, secretary- 

 treasurer. The company has increased its capital stock from 

 $200,000 to $500,000 to provide for the above expansion. 



The Knox Tire & Rubber Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio, has begun 

 work on its new factory, ground having been broken on Jan- 

 uary 3, with appropriate ceremonies. B. E. Frantz is president. 



