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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1920. 



The Western Rubber Co., Tacoma, Washington, has begun 

 operations in its new plant. Tires are being manufactured in 

 limited quantities only and chiefly for testing purposes, but the 

 plant and equipment are equal to a capacity of 1,000 tires and 

 1,000 tubes a day. 



The Tri-State Tire Co., distributer of Perfection tires, has 

 leased a new building being erecicd at the corner of 10th and 

 Stark streets, Portland, Oregon. A few stores in the building, 

 which is 108 by 120 feet, will be subleased to accessory dealers, 

 but the remainder will be occupied by the Tri-State Tire Co. 

 A service station will be maintained, with a repair shop in the 

 rear, reached by a driveway from the street. 



Barry Wilson, formerly with the United States Rubber Co., 

 and well known in the trade in San Joaquin and Sacramento 

 Valleys, has taken charge of Firestone's Nevada tire business, 

 with office at Reno, Nevada. 



TIRE REPAIRING ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



Coincident with the rapid development of the automobile trade 

 on the Pacific Coast, and influenced in no small degree by the 

 rising cost of tires, has come about a notable growth in the 

 tire-repairing industry. A year ago there were scarcely 400 

 vulcanizing shops on the Pacific coast, but to-day there are 

 close to 600, over one-half the number being in California. 



PIONEER PNEUMATIC-TIRED TRUCK. 

 A Packard truck equipped with Goodyear cord pneumatic tires 

 has established the world's record for motor trucks in a coast 

 to coast run from Los Angeles. California, to New York City. 

 The total distance of 3,451 miles was covered in a total elapsed 

 time of 13 days, 13 hours and IS minutes. The actual running 



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time was 8 days, 12 hours and 55 minutes, and the average speed 

 was 15.8 miles. Not a single tire change was inade on the trip, 

 which demonstrates the practicability and advantages of pneu- 

 inatic tires in truck transportation. 



As direct evidence that pneumatic tires prolong the life of a 

 truck, the history of this one is interesting. Built in* 1918, it has 

 been in continuous service a little more than two years and has 

 traveled approximately 120,000 miles. It has a three-ton chassis 

 with a five-ton motor and carries a big enclosed body in which 

 is a sleeping bunk, as well as room for a consignment of freight. 



Its initial service was on the Akron to Boston express route, 

 carrying Goodyear products to eastern points and bringing back 

 fabric from mills, round trip 1,500 miles, time SYz days. In 1918 

 and 1919 it was part of the motorcade carrying boy scouts on 

 long tours through the eastern states. In the autumn of 1918 

 it made the first transcontinental trip from Boston to San Fran- 

 cisco and return carrying a consignment of airplane tires, round 

 trip, 7,763 miles. Its second transcontinental trip was made in 



July, 1919, with the army motor convoy to San Francisco over the 

 Lincoln Highway and return, carrying the Goodyear band which 

 furnished music for the soldiers in convoy. 



CANADIAN NOTES. 



The Premier Tire & Rubber Co., Limited, Hamilton, Ontario, 

 has been incorporated, under the laws of Ontario, with letters 

 patent granted January 10, 1920. A fectory building, one 

 story in height, 50 by 150 feel, is going up rapidly at Beamsville, 

 Ontario, probably to cost $27,000. The company hopes to be 

 turning out tubes at the rate of 400 to 1,000 a day by January, 1921. 

 The officers are : Heber Tremaine Pyke, president, and William 

 S. -Attwood, vice-president. Estelle Margaret Pyke is a director, 

 in addition to the above-named, and Messrs. Barr & McBride 

 have been appointed auditors. 



F. M. Morgan has returned to the Ames-Holden-McCready 

 System, Regina, Canada, as manager of the Saskatchewan divi- 

 sion, with headquarters at Regina. 



Following the return of J. Westren, general manager of the 

 Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co., Toronto, Ontario, Limited, 

 from England and the Continent, W. B. Northam, general sales 

 manager of the Dunlop company, has sailed for England to be 

 gone two months. 



The building operations and the installation of the machinery 

 in the new cord tire plant of the Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods 

 Co., Limited, at Toronto, are nearly completed and manufactur- 

 ing will probably begin early in August. 



The Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co., Limited, Toronto, 

 Canada, has inaugurated an employes' insurance plan as an evi- 

 dence of their interest in the welfare of their employes and their 

 goodwill toward them. More than 2,000 people are insured for 

 3mounts ranging from $500 to $2,500 according to length of 

 service. The policy increases as the term of service lengthens, 

 and the premiums are paid by the company, the employe being 

 under no obligation. However, in the event of an employe 

 becoming totally and permanently disabled before the age of 

 sixty he or she receives the proceeds of the policy. 



In 1919, Canadian automobile factories manufactured 94,000 

 motor vehicles and sold more than $100,000,000 worth. There 

 were 325,000 automobiles registered in the Dominion, compared 

 with about 90,000 in 1915. The demand for motor trucks is in- 

 creasing. 



TARIFF NOTES. 



Modifications of existing tariffs have been made in several 

 European countries : Belgium, from June 21 on, adds to the tariff 

 duties for rubber tires a "coefficient of increase of 2." Poland 

 until further notice suspends the duties on rubber packing. Por- 

 tugal imposes an export tax, from June 5 on, of 10 per cent ad 

 valorem on wares of rubber, gutta percha, balata and similar 

 products in any condition. A license to export is required. 



The All America Cables Co. hm orEXEo -\ new cable 

 service connecting Rio de Janeiro and Santos with the United 

 States, and the rate from New York to Brazil has been reduced 

 from 85 to 65 cents. The new cable system embraces over 22,500 

 miles of cables and land lines, and has recently entered Bolivia. 

 Cables from Colon to points on the north coast of Colombia are 

 now being laid, and soon a triplicate cable from Ecuador to 

 Peru will be in operation. 



S. Y.\M.\D-\, WELL KNOWN IN THE .T.\P.\NESE RUBBER TRADE AND 



formerly director of the "Gomu-Sekai" (Rubber World), has 

 been appointed editor-in-chief of the "Gomu Jiho" (Rubber 

 Times), the monthly journal of the Tokio Rubber Association. 



