May 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



431 



DRJEADNAUGHT TIBE Sc RUFB£E CO. SAL£. 



The plant of the Dreadnaught Tire & Rubber Co. at Orange- 

 ville. Baltimore County, Maryland, was sold on April 12 at public 

 auction to 11. James Lepper, a member of the stockholders' re- 

 organization committee who had been designated to make a bid 

 on behalf of the committee. The price paid was $80,000, being 

 the amount of the upset price fixed by the court. The sale will 

 be ratified, unless cause to the contrary is shown, on May 18. 



.\s indicated by its name, this committee intends to reorganize 

 the business of the old Dreadnaught company and to continue 

 the manufacture of tires at the plant. 



THE PERFECTION TIRE ORGANIZATION. 



The Perfection Tire & Ruliber Co.. which has a factory at Fort 

 Madison. Fowa, a fabric plant at Wabash, Indiana, and is also 

 purchasing a plant in California, and the Perfection Tire & 

 Motor Co., of Canada, Limited, are under the same management. 

 The latter company has purchased a plant at Guelph, Ontario. 

 The tire plant of the Champion Auto Equipment Co. at Wabash, 

 Indiana, is also under the supervision of the Perfection Tire & 

 Rubber Co. All three companies have separate offices in the 

 Marquette building, Chicago. Illinois. 



LEE TIKE & RUBBER CO. EXPANDS. 



Plans and specifications have been completed for a large new 

 mill to expand the present plant of the Lee Tire and Rubber Co. 

 at Conshohockcn, Pennsylvania, and it is e.xpected that this addi- 

 tion will be completed in three months' time. The new mill will 

 be located 300 feet in the rear of No. 2 mill and will be two 

 stories in height, 130 feet in length and 80 feet in width. The 

 architecture will conform to the style of the other buildings, 

 which are of the modern type of steel and concrete construction. 



The new building will be used for the manufacture of miscel- 

 laneous rubber goods and hospital supplies, thus enabling the Lee 

 company to materially increase its tire departments, enough space 

 being available in the present plant to run the total output up to 

 2,000 tires per day. 



TRADE MARK SUIT DISMISSED. 



The suit for alleged infringement of trade-mark brought by 

 the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. against the Dreadnaught Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co. in the United States District Court at Wilmington, 

 Delaware, was closed on March 23, when a decree was entered, 

 dismissing the suit, the Circuit Court of Appeals sustaining the 

 decision of Judge Bradford. The costs of the case were divided 

 between the two parties interested. 



VERDICT FAVORABLE TO TIRE COMPANIES. 



In the .suit of the .\utomobile Cooperative Association 

 against The P.. F. Goodrich Co., the Republic Rubber Co. and 

 the Diamond Rubber Co., ail of Akron, Ohio, the jury gave its 

 verdict in favor of the tire manufacturers, and the judge 

 strongly approved the verdict. This practically closes the litiga- 

 tion. Originally five companies were sued, but late in March 

 the suit was dismissed against the United States Tire Co. and 

 the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. It may be remembered that 

 the .Automobile Cooperative .-Xssociation was formed by auto- 

 mobile owners to buy tires and other supplies at wholesale. The 

 companies refused to sell this association at the prices they sold 

 to dealers. Hence the suit for "restraint of trade." It was proven 

 that there was no combination in restraint of trade, each com- 

 pany acting independently. 



COLORED STREAK TIRE TRADE-MARKS. 



.\mong the rulings in regard to trade-marks, it is noted that 

 "a red stripe or tread for rubber automobile tires is not to be 

 rejected because of the prior registration of a blue stripe 

 similarly used and apparently intended to suggest the name 

 'Blue Streak.' There is enough doubt of the similarity of the 

 marks to pass the application for publication, and register it, if 

 not opposed." We understand this ajjplication was by the Fisk 

 Rubber Co. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Marion Tire & Rubber Co., Marion, Ohio, has plans 

 under way for a new automobile tire and tube manufacturing 

 plant, to be equipped with the most up-to-date machinery. The 

 building will be constructed of steel and concrete, fireproof 

 throughout, 60x150 feet in dimensions, two stories and base- 

 ment, with an additional power plant of like construction, 40 x 80 

 feet in size. The architect is Mr. Dobbins and the contractor, 

 E. Elford, both of Columbus, Ohio. 



The Walters Rubber Co. of New York, Inc., recently incor- 

 porated, has for its secretary and treasurer Howard S. Walters, 

 for seven years connected with the United States Tire Co. as a 

 salesman and for three years with the Federal Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., resigning .-\pril 1 to organize and manage this 

 new corporation, which will have the exclusive distributing 

 agency for Long Island for Federal tires and tubes, as well as 

 marketing tires and tubes bearing the company's name. The 

 general office of the company is at 54 Main street, Mineola, New 

 York. 



The Gordon Tire & Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, has com- 

 menced the manufacture of hard rubber parts for use in the ex- 

 tensive line of druggists' sundries which constitutes an im- 

 portant part of this company's output. 



The Victor Rubber Co., Springfield, Ohio, is erecting two new 

 buildings, one 150x40 feet and the other 50x40 feet. These addi- 

 tions are made necessary by the increased pneumatic tire busi- 

 ness of the company. The present production of the Victor 

 company is 150 hand-made tires per day, and the entire plant is 

 being worked with a night and day force. 



The Perlman Rim Corporation of New York has acquired the 

 automobile rim business of the Jackson Rim Co., Jackson, Michi- 

 gan. Ground has been broken for an additional building with 

 40.000 square feet floor .space. 



The Western Union Telegraph Co. employs 8,200 messenger 

 boys, it is said, and about 5,000 of this number use their own 

 bicycles in delivering the company's messages. The increased 

 cost of tires has added considerable burden to the upkeep of a 

 wheel. In the future, however, the boys will be able to buy tires 

 at wholesale prices, for it is announced that the company has 

 made arrangements to supply tires at cost. 



The .Vtlas Yarn Co., Globe Village, Massachusetts, recently 

 incorporated with Fred L. Hewitt as president and Frederick 

 J. Quinn as treasurer, has purchased the 16,000 spindle cotton 

 yarn mill of the Hamilton Woolen Co. The mill is in full opera- 

 tion and tlie new concern intends to increase the output to in- 

 clude the manufacture of tire fabric yarn. Mr. Quinn, who will 

 be the operating head of the new concern, is a practical cotton 

 mill man, having been identified with the textile industry for 

 many years. 



Tires may last longer and motorists be less liable to acci- 

 dents in New York state, now that the Slater liill has become 

 a law. This makes it a misdemeanor to place an any road, high- 

 way or public place glass, tacks, nails or other articles which 

 might injure an animal or person, or puncture a tire. 



The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that 

 the name "Neverleak" applied to a tire fluid, the composition of 

 which is secret, did not become public property upon the expira- 

 tion of the patent because the tire fluid itself was never patented, 

 and therefore the original owner of the preparation has the sole 

 right to use this name on his goods. 



An interesting computation of the cost of operating an indus- 

 trial electric truck, as presented by C. E. Ogden, manager of 

 the Walker Vehicle Co., gives as one expense 14 cents per day 

 for tire renewals, or about 9 per cent of the total daily cost. 

 The electric truck referred to is considered the logical successor 

 of the ordinary hand truck used in warehouses, factories and 

 railway terminals. 



