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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



LAprii. 1. 1916. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Standard Tire & Rubber Co., manufacturers of tires, 

 mill supplies and mechanicals, with offices in the Hippodrome 

 JUiikling, Cleveland, Ohio, and factory at Willoughby, Ohio, has 

 appointed R. F. Valentine, for 12 years sales manager for the Me- 

 chanical Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, as director of sales. The 

 newly elected board of directors is as follows : Mark J. Gillen, 

 Cliristian Narten, D. O. Summers, Robert S. Winsley, E. L. 

 Thompson, John F. Schulte, Charles F. Groth, Charles B. Shaw 

 and R. F. Birch. 



The Williams Tire iS: Rubber Co., McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 

 whose new plant at Lavista, Pennsylvania, is about one-half 

 completed, expects to begin manufacturing by July 1. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has en- 

 larged the storage facilities of its branch at Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, by the addition of a new warehouse at 24th 

 and Locust streets, which has a capacity of 25,000 tires. The 

 Philadelphia branch is under the management of Woodson 

 Reese. 



The Brooklyn, New York, branch of the Firestone Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, whose prospective removal was 

 mentioned in the January issue of The India Rubber World, 

 is now occupying its new quarters at the corner of Bedford 

 avenue and Sterling place. The building is of brick, two 

 stories high, and contains 8,000 feet of floor space. E. L. 

 Bixby is manager. 



The Empire Rubber & Tire Co., Trenton, New Jersey, is 

 now producing red tires exclusively. Four years ago the 

 company made its first red case and for the past two years 

 the Empire red tire has been featured so successfully that it 

 has now been decided to concentrate on this well-known type. 



At the annual meeting of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New 

 York City, held on March 14, at the office of the company at 

 Jersey City, New Jersey, the directors were reelected as fol- 

 lows : Stephen Peabody, Jacob Oppenheim, Arnold L. Scheuer, 

 Gustavus Maas, Austin M. Poole, Otis R. Cook, Frederick A. 

 Seaman, and Van H. Cartmell. Mr. Cartmell is president and 

 Mr. Seaman secretary. 



The Luck Tire & Manufacturing Co., which once proposed to 

 build a factory in San Antonio, Texas, has located at Jonesville, 

 Michigan. Special machinery is being installed and the com- 

 pany expects shortly to begin the manufacture of a new tire. 



The Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis- 

 consin, has discontinued its Denver, Colorado, branch, ar- 

 ranging with the Federal Rubber Tire Works Co. of Denver 

 to act as its distributor for Colorado and adjacent territory. 

 E. R. Cumbe is president of the new distributing concern. 



The Marathon Tire & Rubber Co. of New York, Inc., has 

 taken over the business of the Akron-Marathon Rubber Co., 

 Omaha, Nebraska, formerly owned and operated by H. H. 

 Replogle, who remains as manager in charge of this branch, 

 which will handle the business of the company in the Middle 

 West. 



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

 increased its capital stock from $1,400,000 to $3,000,000. 



The National Tire Service Association, recently organized 

 at Indianapolis, Indiana, will hold its second meeting at 

 Louisville, Kentucky, April IS. The association is composed 

 of tire distributors who endeavor to provide road service for 

 tourists and it is planned to establish tire service stations 

 throughout the LTnited States. The officers of the association 

 are as follows: Roy E. Warner, Louisville, Kentucky, presi- 

 dent; Frederick C. D. Dobson, secretary; B. O. Leftwich, 

 treasurer — both of St. Louis, Missouri. Membership commit- 

 tee: Clem T. Strauss, Indianapolis, E. J. Goetze, Kansas City, 

 Missouri, and L. P. Hallaran, Cleveland, Ohio. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $250,000 to $1,000,000. 



The Baltimore Rubber Tire Manufacturing Co. has I)een or- 

 ganized, and expects to be ready to manufacture tires and inner 

 tubes about July 1. The company has secured a plant at 

 Orangeville, Maryland, which was formerly occupied by the 

 Maryland Mantel & Manufacturing Co. The capital stock of 

 the Baltimore company is placed at $200,000, all common. 

 George W. Habbersett is president, Harry M. Rever secretary- 

 treasurer, and Albert S. Mauk vice-president and general man- 

 ager. Mr. Mauk, who will be superintendent of the factory, is 

 a rubber expert, and holds several patents for improvements in 

 tires, which will be exploited by this new corporation. 



The Niblette Rubber Co. has secured location at 1777 Broad- 

 way, New York City, and will distribute through dealers the 

 "Stronghold" tires and tubes manufactured by the Rubber Prod- 

 ucts Co., Barberton, Ohio, handling in addition thereto a line 

 of mechanical rubber goods over a large section of eastern terri- 

 tory. H. B, Niblette, the proprietor of this company, was for 

 17 years associated with The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, 

 and for the last six years managed the Buffalo branch of that 

 concern, previous to which time he was a salesman connected 

 with the New York branch. He has a large acquaintance in the 

 territory which he will cover in this new connection. 



JOHN B. MAUS JOINS FISK RUBBER CO. 



John B. Maus, formerly Eastern district manager of the 

 Batavia Rubber Co., Batavia, New York, has joined the Fisk 

 Rubber Co., of New York City, and will have charge of the 

 export department at the general office in Chicopee Falls, 

 Massachusetts. Mr. Maus began his career in the tire in- 

 dustry ten years ago, as special factory representative of 

 the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, later coming 

 to New York as district manager for that company. Four 

 years ago he became connected with the United States Tire 

 Co. and remained witli that company until he joined the 

 Batavia force in 1914. 



FISK RUBBER CO. OPENS NEW WELFARE DEPARTMENT. 



Dr. William Hall Coon, whose affiliation with the Fisk Rubber 

 Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, was mentioned in the Decem- 

 ber issue of The Indi.\ Rubber World, has recently announced 

 the completion of a plan to center all activities which concern 

 the relation of the Fisk company with its employes under a de- 

 partment of Industrial Relations. The work of this department 

 will be arranged in three main divisions, under the following 

 heads: Division of Safety and Hygiene, Division of Medicine, 

 and Division of Labor. 



The Division of Safety and Hygiene will strive to reduce the 

 number of accidents occurring within the plant; to educate the 

 employe in habits of safety and caution, and will take those meas- 

 ures necessary to secure in all parts of the factory the best of 

 working conditions. 



The Medical Division will, through a well-equipped hospital 

 and corps of physicians and nurses, care for all those who may 

 become injured or ill during working hours. Visiting nurses will 

 give assistance in the homes to those who may require or wish 

 their services. 



The Division of Lalior will concern itself with the relations of 

 the company to the individual employe, and through this division 

 an attempt will be made to bring about conditions of labor within 

 the factory which will react with equal benefit to the employe, to 

 the company and to the community. 



In the furtherance of this plan, and without any cost to the 

 employe, the company has provided for the compensation of all 

 those in its employ who may become ill for any reason or who 

 may be disabled through accidents foreign to their occupation. 



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