1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



247 



NEW BUILDINGS OF THE FISK RUBBER CO. 



■"piIE three new buildings of the Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee 

 *■ Falls. Massachusetts, mention of which was made in tlie 

 last issue of The Indi.v Rubber World, are illustrated in the 

 photographs reproduced herewith. These buildings all lie on the 

 tract of land situated between Grove street and the railroad and 

 bring the total number of buildings comprising the plant up to 20. 

 The administration building, of impressive appearance, is built 

 of stone and tapestry brick and contains 70,000 square feet of 

 floor space. 



The five stories and basement of the new mill building have 

 388,800 square feet of floor space. This is said to be one of 

 the best lighted mill buildings in New England. I\Iorc than 90 



tinunig as assistant superintendent. E. A. Krannich, who is 

 superintendent of the Columbia Tire & Rubber Co., Columbiana, 

 Ohio, which company is composed of the same stockholders and 

 directors as the Mansfield company, will have charge of the 

 "compounds" of both organizations. Mr. Krannich will be as- 

 sisted at the Mansfield plant by A. J. Bethea, chemist. 



The Universal Rim Co., Chicago, Illinois, has removed from 

 1301 to 1502 Michigan avenue, increasing its floor space about 

 five times that previously used. 



We are informed by the Akron Tire Co., Inc., Philadelphia, 

 Penn.sylvania, that the decision concerning the use of this name 

 by a New York company operating in Pennsylvania, recorded in 

 the December, 1915, issue of The India Rubber World, has been 

 reversed. At a final proceeding before Judges Shoemaker, Pat- 



per cent of its e.xterior surface is made up of windows fitted with 

 prism glass, and four fire towers afiford an unusual safeguard 

 for the employes. The storehouse, which is also equipped with 

 fire towers, sprinklers and prism glass windows, has half of the 

 floor space of the new mill building. Tunnels connect it with 

 the adjacent buildings, and a spur track on the south side will 

 facilitate the handling of freight. 



TRADE NOTES. 



A new building is being erected for the Detroit, Michigan, 

 branch of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. It is 

 to be a four-story structure, 181 x 300 feet, located at Wood- 

 ward and Canheld avenues, and is expected to cost between $30,- 

 000 and $50,000. 



The floor space of the Omaha, Nebraska, branch of the Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, is being increased to 

 about 14,000 square feet. Last spring, when the branch first 

 moved into its present quarters, it occupied about 5,000 square 

 feet of floor space. A credit and a mechanical rubber goods de- 

 partment have been established. 



The Norwalk Tire & Rubber Co., Norwalk, Connecticut, has 

 purchased the land and buildings of the Norwalk Woolen Mills 

 Co. at Winnipauk, a suburb of Norwalk, and reports selling its 

 unissued preferred stock, amounting to $300,000, thereby secur- 

 ing a total working capital of $500,000. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited, Toronto. 

 Canada, has recently purchased 27 acres of land in New Toronto, 

 about seven and one-half miles from the center of the city of 

 Toronto. The company plans to build a new plant on this prop- 

 erty for the manufacture of tires, continuing the plant now in 

 operation at Toronto for manufacturing mechanical goods. 



Several changes have been made in the factory management 

 of the Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co., Mansfield, Ohio, owing to 

 the resignation of George McConnell, formerly superintendent. 

 Garth A. Dodge, a man of experience in the tire business, who 

 has acted as mechanical engineer at the plant for the past eighteen 

 months, had been appointed superintendent, George Whalon con- 



tcrson and Bregy, the New York company was restrained from 

 using the name of the Philadelphia company for advertising or 

 business purposes in the State of Pennsylvania. 



The Fisk Rubber Co. has opened a branch at 1313 New York 

 avenue N. W., Washington, District of Columbia. 



The Chester Rubber Tire & Tube Co., Chester, West Virginia, 

 will receive bids in March for a plant to cost $720,000. Three 

 structures will be included, one 50 x 170 feet, another 40x75 feet, 

 and the third 42x75 feet. 



The Tubeless Tire & Rubber Co., Millersburg, Ohio, the notice 

 of whose incorporation appears elsewhere in this issue, will make 

 the King tire, which is claimed to be punctureless and which will 

 be sold with a guarantee of 8.000 miles. The company expects to 

 have employment for 100 men at the start, and an output of at 

 least lOO tires a day. The officers are as follows : W. R. Price, 

 president; O. J. Hicks and G. B. Helmuth, vice-presidents; G. A. 

 Jordan, secretary and treasurer; C. T. Rood, assistant secretary; 

 John Lcmmon, assistant treasurer. 



THE STANDARD FOUR IS MANUFACTURING TIRES. 



The Standard Four Tire Co., Keokuk, Iowa, whose incorpora- 

 tion was mentioned in the October, 1915, issue of The India 

 Rubber World, began operations on January 3. The company 

 has erected a modern factory building which has been equipped 

 uith the latest tire-making machinery. It purchased its mill 

 equipment from the Birmingham Iron Foundry, Derby, Connecti- 

 cut, and its mold equipment and vulcanizers from the .Adam- 

 son Machine Co., Akron, Ohio. 



The officers are as follows : J. R. Beaver, president ; C. F. 

 McFarland, vice president; A. L. Higbee, secretary; E. A. French, 

 treasurer, and W. J. Richards, formerly with the J-onesboro Tire 

 & Rubber Co., Jonesboro. Indiana, general manager. The 

 other directors are H. S. Charles and C. M. Rich. R. II. Sother- 

 land, formerly factory manager of the Mansfield Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., Mansfield, Ohio, is superintendent, and has associated 

 with him a number of practical men from Akron, who have 

 charge of the diflFerent departments in the new plant. 



