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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1916. 



OTIS R. COOK. 



/^TIS R. COOK, general sales manager of the Kelly-Spriiig- 

 ^^ field Tire Co., New York City, who has his offices at 

 Cleveland, Ohio, when a mere lad, back in 1893, started to learn 

 the rubber business. He was tirst employed by The B. F. Good- 

 rich Co. When H. E. Raymond became sales manager of that 

 ci.iurni. he l^.nk m.ihil; C..,,k nut nf the ofTicc. believing that he 

 possessed qualities 

 that would win suc- 

 cess on the road as 

 a bicycle tire sales- 

 man. His success 

 was marked and 

 Hiially earned for 

 him the position of 

 general representa- 

 tive of the company. 

 In 1906 Mr. Cook 

 became connected 

 with the Firestone 

 lire & Rubber Co. 

 as special represen- 

 tative. Two years 

 later he accepted a 

 position with the 

 Federal Rubber Co., 

 Milwaukee, Wiscon- 

 sin, where he re- 

 iTiained until 1910. 

 He then was made 

 general representa- 

 tive of the Kelly- 

 Springfiekl Tire Co., and in one week he is said to have sold 

 more tires than the company had manufactured during the whole 

 period during which it had made pneumatics. 



In 1912 Mr. Cook decided to open a branch in Cleveland, of 

 which he took personal charge. This venture was looked upon 

 with doul)t by soine officers of the company, but two years later 

 the report is that the business of this office reached the million 

 dollar mark. 



In recognition of his valued services, he was then advanced te 

 the position of general sales manager, and in March, 1915, he was 

 made a director of the company. Besides being a salesman of 

 unusual ability, Mr. Cook is a natural leader who inspires the 

 confidence of all with whom he comes in contact. His resource- 

 fulness and ability are shown by the splendid sales organization 

 that he has built up. 



MID-CONTINENT CO. ENLARGES DIRECTORATE. 



The directorate of the ;\lid-Continent Tire Manufacturing Co., 

 Wichita, Kansas, has recently been enlarged from five to seven 

 members. A. O. Rorabaugh, a prominent merchant of Wichita. 

 was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of 

 R. E. Price, former director and general manager of the com- 

 pany. L. H. Powell, president of the Board of Trade, and 

 Henry Lassen, President of the Kansas Milling Co., were 

 elected to the board as additional members. The other directors 

 are: Ransom Stephens. C. D. Darrigrand. C. .\. Matson and 

 W. T. Watson. 



BHAENDER RUBBER & TIRE CO. OPENS TWO BRANCHES. 



The Braender Rubber it Tire Co., Rutherford, New Jersey, 

 has established two new branches. One is located at 1327 Race 

 street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is under the management 

 of W. L. Porter. The other at 13S0-13S4 South Michigan avenue, 

 Chicago, Illinois, is under the management of W. J. Heathcock. 

 formerlv of the New York branch. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, held a con- 

 vention at Columbus, Ohio, on February 17 for the Columbus 

 district, at which 275 dealers and representatives were present. 

 At the banquet. President II. S. I'"irestonc was among the speak- 

 ers, and E. W. BeSaw, district manager of the Cohmibus terri- 

 tory, acted as toastmaster. 



The Dryden Rubber Co. has purchased property adjoining its 

 present plant at Twelfth street and Kildare avenue and will 

 erect an automobile tire and inner tube factory in the spring. 



At a special meeting of the stockholders of The Savage Tire 

 Co.. San Diego, California, held January 27, the capital stock of 

 the company was increased from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Ar- 

 rangements were also perfected at this meeting for extended 

 additions to the factory buildings and equipment which will allow 

 for a material increase in output. 



The Michelin Tire Co., Milltown, New Jersey, is adding about 

 30,000 square feet of floor space to its plant. 



The name of the Cleveland-Ford Tire Co., Ashtabula, Ohio, 

 has been changed to the Pearce Tire & Rubber Co. This change 

 was thought advisable owing to the fact that the name "Ford" 

 created the impression that only Ford sizes would be manufac- 

 tured, whereas it is the intention of the company to manufacture 

 all standard sizes of tires. 



The authorized capital stock of the Worcester Tire Fabric 

 Co., Worcester, Massachusetts, has been increased from $50,000 

 to $100,000; $36,000 of this increase to be issued and paid for 

 in cash in full. 



The Samuel Cupples Wooden Ware Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 

 is going into the manufacture of inner tubes and casings for 

 automobile tires. 



The offices of the Favary Tire & Cushion Co.. New York 

 City, have been removed from Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh 

 street to 30 East Forty-second street. 



The Hardman Tire & Rubber Co., Belleville, New Jersey, 

 announces the opening of a new tire store at 2728 South Michi- 

 gan Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, under the management of J. W. 

 Culver, formerly district manager at St. Louis, Missouri, for the 

 Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



The Baltimore Sewed Tire Co., recently formed in Baltimore, 

 Maryland, has purchased the tire equipment of the Service Tire 

 & Rubber Corporation of that city. It will enter into the manu- 

 facture of tires in a three-story building, which is being prepared 

 for that purpose. T. James Curtin, an .\kron, Ohio, man will 

 take charge of the plant. 



The Syracuse, New ^'ork. 1)ranch of the Firestone Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Akron. Ohio, has removed to the spacious new 

 building the company has purchased at the corner of Genessee 

 and State streets. S. E. Douglass continues as manager of the 

 Syracuse branch. 



.\ i)lant is being erected at Wakefield. Massachusetts, by 

 Thomas E. Dwyer, licensed representative for the Motor Tire 

 Re-Construction Co., New York City, for the establishment 

 of the reconstruction tire business. It will be equipped with 

 modern machinery, sufficient to care for 200 to 250 tires a day. 



The Akron Repair & Tire Co., Toledo, Ohio, recently increased 

 its capital to $5,000 and elected new officers. P. J. Hooper, former 

 manager, is now president ; S. D. Brewster, vice-president ; Ray- 

 mond Gates, secretary, and William C. Braatz, treasurer. These 

 men, together with Emil J. Ernst, form the board of directors. 

 The company, which is the exclusive agent and distributor of 

 Swinehart tires for northwestern Ohio, maintains a complete 

 vulcanizing plant for repairs. 



