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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1920. 



licence to do business as a foreign corporation. This is a branch 

 of the selling organization of The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Kent, Ohio. 



Packard Tire Stores, Inc., 436 Milwaukee street, Milwaukee, 

 Wisconsin, has increased its capital stock from $50,000 to $100,- 

 000. It distributes McClaren tires, J. & D. brand, in Iowa, Wis- 

 consin, and the upper peninsula of Michigan. It has one branch 

 in Des Moines, Iowa. H. A. Packard is president. 



The Tomah Rubber Corp., 176-1S2 Sixteenth street, Milwaukee, 

 Wisconsin, lias been organized as a preliminary company to de- 

 velop a number of patents in tires and tubes, including a patent 

 valve and a puncture-proof inner tire. The officers are: Leo 

 Hofmeister, president and treasurer; Ray W. Slater, secretary; 

 John R. Matthews, vice-president. 



If this development work proves satisfactory, a new company 

 called AUenton Rubber Mills will be organized and a three- 

 story factory office, 96 by 96 feet, will be built at Allenton, Wis- 

 consin, as soon as weather conditions permit. A site has already 

 been purchased. 



The Tomah Rubber Corp. is associated with the North Star 

 Oil & Rubber Corp., 176 Sixteenth street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 as are also the Sheboygan Oil & Rubber Corp., Sheboygan, Wis- 

 consin, the Fond du Lac Oil & Rubber Corp., Fond du Lac, 

 Wisconsin, and the Multi-Products Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 



The Otto Tire & Rubber Co., 208-210 Upper Fifth street, 

 Evansville, Indiana, incorporated in December, 1919, has pur- 

 chased several pieces of property on Sycamore street in order 

 to remodel its vulcanizing department and enlarge its Gates half- 

 sole and Maxotire department. It expects to be in full opera- 

 tion by May 1, confining its business to tires and accessories. 

 H. J. Otto is president and general manager, G. H. Bippus treas- 

 urer and A. J. Hoffman secretary. 



The Kansas City Tire & Rubber Corp., formerly of Kansas 

 City, Missouri, was placed in the hands of receivers on May 24, 

 1919, on application of certain stockholders for the protection of 

 tlicir interests. In July, P. E. Werner, who organized the com- 

 pany, was appointed manager by the receivers to straighten out the 

 affairs of the concern. About the middle of October the court 

 granted permission to operate the factory at Kansas City, Kansas, 

 manufacturing fabric tires. In December certain creditor banks 

 applied for the sale of the property, but were refused by the judge 

 at a hearing held on December 29. It is probable that operation 

 will be continued by the receivers until a satisfactory reorganiza- 

 tion can be accomplished. Meanwhile the factory at Kansas 

 City, Kansas, is being operated day and night with two shifts 

 of workmen, each shift working 8Vz hours. Mail should be 

 addressed to the general office at Fourth and Central streets, 

 Kansas City, Kansas. The company owns a second factory at 

 Chester, West Virginia, which has been rented. 



The Two-in-One Tire Co., 418-420 Bridge street, N. W., Grand 

 Rapids, Michigan, which operated its reliner business under the 

 name of the National Tire & Reliner Co., has increased its capi- 

 talization to $675,000 and changed its name to First National 

 Tire & Reliner Co. The officers are: R. Roden, president; I. 

 Warsaw, secretary; A. J. Gorney, treasurer and general manager. 



The Council Rubber & Tire Co., Broadway and Main street, 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa, incorporated last December, will build a 

 factory for the manufacture of mechanical rubber goods, pneu- 

 matic and solid tires and inner tubes, and the reclaiming of rub- 

 ber goods. W. R. Blowers, president of the company, has been 

 in the rubber business over 30 years. The other officers include 

 F. A. Nabb, vice-president; William E. Hyland, secretary, and 

 Elmer E. Weberg, treasurer. The authorized capital of the 

 concern is $1,500,000. 



The Madison Tire & Rubber Co.. Inc., New York City and 

 Buffalo, New York, has opened a branch for the sale of its tires 

 and tubes at 1606 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, Illinois, in 

 charge of John H. Tones, Jr., and John M. Erickson. 



The Burlock Rubber Clothing Co., 297 Third street, Milwaukee, 

 Wisconsin, recently incorporated at $250,000, for the purpose of 

 rubberizing and manufacturing leatherette and suede coats as 

 well as a general line of raincoats, is building a rubberizing plant 

 at Wausau, Wisconsin, which will later be the company's head- 

 quarters. 



The Quality Tire & Rubber Co., Anderson, Indiana, and the 

 Long-Wear Rubber Co., Elyria, Ohio, which has changed its 

 name to The Long-Wear Tire & Rubber Co., have arranged to 

 consolidate under the last name. The capital of the Quality com- 

 pany was $750,000 and of the Long-Wear company, $500,000. The 

 new concern is capitalized at $5,000,000, divided into $700,000 pre- 

 ferred and balance in common stock. General offices will be 

 maintained at Anderson, Indiana. Frank W. O'Brien is general 

 manager. The Elyria plant will be enlarged later by an addi- 

 tion for the building of cord tires. 



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

 has increased its capital stock from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000 to 

 take care of its increased business. The present plant is operat- 

 ing both day and night in the effort to increase production until 

 the new plant additions under construction can be put into 

 operation. 



The company has promoted its Pacific Coast representative, C. 

 H. Mayer, to the position of assistant sales manager at the South 

 Bend office. 



The Standard Four Tire Co., Keokuk, Iowa, maintains a branch 

 at 245 North Penn street, Indianapolis, Indiana. 



The Jostam Manufacturing Co., 1036 Montana street, Chicago, 

 Illinois, has made a special arrangement with The B. F. Goodrich 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, whereby it becomes the distributer of 

 the Goodrich recoil pads known as ".^kron," "Norka," and "H. 

 R. B." The first two are slip-on pads and the last is the silver 

 pattern pad. 



The Brunswick-Balke-CoUender Co., Chicago, Illinois, has con- 

 tracted for additional equipment and improved processes to be 

 used in its new factory at Muskegon, Michigan, which adds at 

 least $250,000 to the estimated $1,500,000. Housing accommoda- 

 tions for employes are being made as well. 



The Pan-American Rubber Co., Watertown, Wisconsin, has 

 elected the following officers and directors : Max G. Kusel, presi- 

 dent ; Charles Christman, vice-president ; O. C. Wertheimer, secre- 

 tary and treasurer ; directors — the above together with A. F. 

 Mayer and Frederick Saxmann. 



The Dryden Rubber Co., 1014 South Kildare avenue, Chicago, 

 Illinois, is building a new power plant and a new factory building 

 180 by 70 feet, two stories, for the exclusive manufacture of inner 

 tubes. Both are of brick, concrete, and steel construction. The 

 company reports sales greatly increased over the corresponding 

 period of last year. 



The Latex Tire & Rubber Co., Fond du Lac. Wisconsin, or- 

 ganized last May, has already put up the first unit of its factory, 

 a two-story building, 50 feet by 150, with a capacity of 300 tires 

 and 700 tubes a day, on the shores of Lake Winnebago, with 

 good railroad connections. The company expects to be manu- 

 facturing tires and tubes within a few weeks. It will specialize 

 in the Latex Non-Skid and Ribbed Tread tires and the Lambright 

 cushion tire. 



The officers of the company are: F. S. Dannenberg, president 

 and general manager; J. T. Brofka, vice-president: J. T. Jones, 

 secretary and sales manager; Orlando J. Koll, treasurer. Grant 

 Lambright, for many years with The B. F. Goodrich Co., is gen- 

 eral superintendent, and D. J. T. Kennedy is assistant superin- 

 tendent in charge of publicity. 



Rub-Tex Products. Inc., 454 Lemcke Annex. Indianapolis, 

 Indiana, has recently been incorporated to make mechanical 

 rubber goods from used and discarded automobile tires; also- 



