November 1, 1915. J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



73 



The Tire Trade. 



THE McGRAW COMPANY OPENS PACIFIC COAST BRANCHES. 



AT the annual meeting .if the stuekholders of The McGraw 

 Tire & Rubber Co held at the company's executive offices. 

 East Palestine, Ohio, October 4, the following officers were 

 re-elected for the ensuing year: E. C. McGraw, president; 

 R. W. McGraw. vice-president; John Morgan, vice-president 

 and treasurer; L. M. Keyes, secretary, all of East Palestine. 



It was decided to establish direct factory branches on the 

 Pacific Coast, at San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland. 

 Oregon, linder the district management of S. L. Warner, 

 and the sales management of C. K. Whittaker. with head- 

 quarters at San Francisco. C. 11. Connelly, heretofore Buffalo 

 manager, will take charge of the Kansas City branch, while 

 his former assistant, G. J. Marshall, will succeed to the man- 

 agership of the Buflfalo store. R. G. Nelson, who has been 

 connected with the McGraw sales department for the past 

 six months, has been appointed superintendent of branches. 



The company is adding new buildings of steel and brick to its 

 plant at East Palestine which will give 800.000 square feet of 

 additional floor space. It is also expending $300,000 for new 

 machinery. 



UNITED STATES BICYCLE TIRES. 



The United States Tire Co.'s 1916 line of bicycle tires includes 

 16 different styles of casings, most of which closely resemble in 

 appeararite the automobile tires manufactured by the company, 

 such as "Nobby Tread," "Chain Tread.'' etc. 



NirW TIRE FACTORY IN COLORADO. 



The Dry Climate Tire Manufacturing Co., which was recently 

 formed in Colorado with a capital of $200,000. has started manu- 

 facturing operations at Arvada, Colorado, about 7 miles from 

 Denver. This new tire manufacturing company expects in a few 

 weeks to be able to produce 100 casings and 350 inner tubes a 

 <lay. The factory as it now stands cost $28,000 and $35,000 of 

 machinery has been installed in it. 



BALTIMORE REGULATES USE OF SOLID RUBBER TIRES. 



An ordinance of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, requires users 

 of motor trucks equipped wi'th solid tires to take out licenses 

 for the use of these tires. This measure is intended to prevent 

 users of trucks from running their machines with tires so worn 

 and damaged that they injure the pavements. 



A NEW NONSKID TIRE CASING. 



The accompanying cut shows a new non- 

 skid tire casing, the feature of which is an 

 exceptionally thick, heavy tread designed to 

 combine the valuable qualities of suction-type 

 treads with those of raised or studded types. 

 Hence the designation "Universal Tread" 

 which the manufacturer, the Michelin Tire 

 Co., Milltown. New Jersey, has given this cas- 

 ing. The extra lieavy. broad tread of special 

 ilesign, it is claimed, causes this tire "to stick 

 tr. the ground" when the car is being started 

 and when the brakes arc applied, thus obviat- 

 ing slipping and the resultant friction which 

 wastes substantial quantities of valuable rub- 

 l>er. Superior resiliency, perfect non-skid 

 qualities and greater durability are the prin- 

 cipal advantages claimed for this new casing. 



"Rubber Machinery," Mr. Pearson's newest book, filled with 

 valuable information for rubber manufacturers, is now r^ady for 

 mailing. Price, $6. 



CAN BRAZIL BE PERSUADED TO LOWER THE TARIFF OH TIKES! 



Early in October the secretary of the Rubber Club sent out 

 a letter to the tire manufacturers calling their attention to the 

 fact that while rubber boots and shoes entered Brazil under a 

 20 per cent, differential tariff, rubber tires enjoyed no such 

 privilege, and suggesting that they make an appeal through the 

 State Department of Washington to the Brazilian Government 

 to have tires included under the differential tariff clause, in mak- 

 ing up the revenue budget for the coming year. 



GENERAL NOTES REGARDING TIRE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. 



The Luck Tire & Manufacturing Co., of San .Antonio, 

 Texas, is erecting a $100,000 factory to manufacture the 

 Luck pneumatic puncture-proof tires for automobiles. This 

 tire was invented by John J. Luck, of San Antonio, and its 

 qualities have been tested during the past eighteen months. 

 It is stated that a set of tires has traveled 14.000 miles over 

 some of the roughest roads of Texas. 



The Republic Rubber Co., of Youngstown. Ohio, reports very 

 satisfactory service from its solid truck tires. These are manu- 

 factured of a stock which resists the tendency to break and crum- 

 lile by the heat developed under severe conditions of road use. 



The Republic Company is marketing a new automobile tire of 

 specially designed cord construction. 



The salesmen and office force of the Philadelphia branch of the 

 (joodyear Tire & Rubber Co. held a banquet at the .\dclphi Hotel. 

 Philadelphia, on the evening of October 15. 



The plant of the Perfection Tire & Rubber Co. in Factoria — 

 the new factory addition to Fort Madison, Iowa — is rapidly 

 nearing completion. The output of the factory has been con- 

 tracted for by an eastern jobbing firm. The officers are: 

 J. H. Christian, president: C. R. Cole, vice-president; D. A. 

 Stickleman. treasurer; and L. .\. Rockwell, secretary. 



A new rubber plant called the Sebring Tire & Rubber Co. 

 is under way at Sebring. Ohio, a building 60x190 feet with 

 power house separate being in jjrocess of construction. The 

 company's officers are as follows: II. D. Weaver, president; 

 C. B. Smith, vice-president; William Stevenson, secretary; Ed. 

 Stanley, treasurer; John Hotchkiss. manager. 



The Punctureless Auto Tire Co., recently formed at Akron, 

 has elected the following officers for its first bnsiness year : W. 

 R. Price, president; D. A. Messner, vice-president and general 

 manager ; S. Arthur Messner, secretary and D. I. Evans, treasurer. 



The United States Wheel & Tire Co., which for some time has 

 been operating at Pierre, South Dakota, has been reincorporated 

 in Illinois with a capital of $300,000, to manufacture automobile 

 wheels, tires and complete motor trucks. 



It is reported that the American Tire & Rubber Co., .\kron, has 

 a contract to furnish 1,000 tires weekly to the Russian government. 

 The contract was negotiated through the Imperial Russian consul 

 m Toronto, Canada, and it is said that it is for the duration of 

 the war. 



The new three-story brick building of the Marathon Tire &■ 

 Rubber Co. at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is nearing completion. 



It is said that the purchase of tires just made by the Keystone 

 Tire & Rubber Co., of 1650 Broadway, New York, is the largest 

 cash tire deal ever made. The company has bought a million 

 dollars' worth of casings from one of the leading manufacturers. 



The Southern Tire & Rubber Co., of Augusta, Georgia, is 

 increasing its staff from SO to 90 employees and doubling its out- 

 put, which now amounts to about 75 tires per day 



