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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1916. 



quarters, Newark. The concern, as the name indicates, is to 

 manufacture automobile tires. Accessories will also be turned 

 out. The capital stock is $10,000. The incorporators are: 

 Nathan Schwartz, Belleville; I-Ved D. Rauslcr and 1. (i. Farmer, 

 Newark. 



The Trenton Chamber of Commerce is negotiating with a 

 company of New York capitalists who are considering the ad- 

 visability of locating a factory here for the manufacturing of a 

 popular-priced car, not yet on the market. The names of the 

 promoters are being kept secret pending the negotiations. 



Finishing touches are being put upon the $20,000 addition to 

 the plant of the Thcrmoid Rubber Co. 



WESTERN TRADE NOTES. 



THF .Southwestern Tire Manufacturing Co.. whose incorpora- 

 tion was noted in the April issue of The India Rubber 

 WiiRLi), has secured a factory site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 

 and will begin the construction of its plant this month. The 

 officers of this company are as follow-s ; John L. McClelland, 

 president; Charles VV. Gunter, vice-president; W . E. McClelland, 

 .secretary, and C. H .Everist, treasurer. 



The Denver, Colorado, branch of tlie Fisk Rublier Co., Chico- 

 pee F"alls, Massachusetts, has been removed from 1635 Broadway 

 to a new building at 1168 Broadway, constructed with large space 

 for service use. 



Samuel McDonald, who resigned his position as salesman for 

 the .'Vcme Rubber Manufacturing Co. some time ago to open a 

 tire salesroom in Trenton, has again taken a position with the 

 Acme, 



The Zee Zee Rubber Co.. which has liegun the making of 

 "Brazilian" tubes in its new plant at Yardville, a few miles south 

 of Trenton, has already seen the necessity of practically tripling 

 the present capacity of the plant by additional' buildings, although 

 the mortar has scarcely had time to dry in the plant now occu- 

 pied. The new addition will be erected at once. 



.\, L, Devault, formerly manager of the Detroit. .Michigan, 

 branch of the Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Illinois, 

 has been transferred to Chicago as manager of the central dis- 

 trict, with headquarters at the Chicago Warehouse, 1434 Michigan 

 avenue. Mr. Devault entered the rubber business in 1905, with 

 the G. & G. Tire Co., Detroit, finally being given charge of that 

 branch, and still later becoming special representative for the 

 United States Tire Co. 



J. G. Smith has been appointed manager of tlie Dallas, Texas, 

 branch of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. of New York. Mr. 

 Smitli has been connected with the Pennsylvania company for the 



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The story of the Zee Zee Rubber Co. is interesting. About 

 eleven years ago Irvin Zimmerman, the president of the com- 

 pany, was a banker and broker in Philadelphia. He determined 

 to go into the automobile tire business and formed a selling 

 company with his brother as a partner. Their original stock of 

 tires, made under their brand in a Trenton factory, was worth 

 about $3,000. Such was the beginning. When it is stated that 

 last year this company sold $1,500,000 worth of tires and didn't 

 even have its own factory, the statement will probably be rated 

 as remarkable. But it isn't so remarkable when one knows Irvin 

 Zimmerman, a man who fairly radiates "pep" and who gives 

 the impression that he could start a garage in Venice and get 

 rich at it. He is a born salesman, and under his business meth- 

 ods the Zee Zee output is sold far into the future. There are 

 now 400 branch salesrooms for the Zee Zee tires and tubes. 

 About 60,000 autoists are regular users. 



The company expects to be making tires in its own plant by 

 July. According to the plans of the concern, 3,000 tubes and 800 

 tires a day will be turned out when the new building is com- 

 pleted and all the machinery installed, and 180,000 feet of floor 

 space will be occupied. 



The Detroit. Michigan, office of the Westinghouse Electric & 

 Manufacturing Co., East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly at 

 1201 Woodward avenue, has removed to 1109 Kresge building. 



last eight years, being, for the past three years, with the selling 

 organization at the .\tlanta, Georgia, branch. 



J. W. Wildman, formerly with the New York branch of the 

 Portage Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has been made manager of the 

 branch at Des Moines, Iowa. 



The United States Rubber Co.. Detroit branch, is the name 

 now given to the consolidation of two branch stores of this 

 company which were previously known as the Detroit Rubber 

 Co. and the Hub Mark Rubber Co, This concern will continue 

 at 81 and 83 JefTerson avenue, carrying the lines formerly car- 

 ried by both branches. There will be no change in the manage- 

 ment, both A. H. Crum and J. C, Huff being connected with the 

 agency. * * * 



O. S. Johnson has been placed in charge of sales and service in 

 Detroit, Michigan, as branch manager for the Gibney Tire & 

 Rubber Co.. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; H, L. Winter, former- 

 ly Detroit branch manager, having resigned. Mr. Johnson was 

 formerly with the United States Tire Co, as district manager. 



The Banigan Rubber Co, and the Standard Rubber Shoe Co., 

 Chicago, Illinois, have consolidated, operating under the latter 

 name, with J. J, Hawkins as president and E. C. Yarnell as 

 treasurer. 



