JCNE 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



495 



FERSOMAL MENTION. 



Lli'vd L. Seaman has been made district representative for The 

 Kiiii;l.t Tire & Rubber Co.. Canton, Ohio. Mr. Seaman's terri- 

 tory will cover the western and northern parts of New York 

 State, with headquarters at Syracuse. 



George \V. Larkin, formerly with The B. F. Goodrich Co. at 

 its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, branch, has been placed in charge of 

 the tire department of the Woodward Tire & Repair Co., Detroit, 

 Michigan. The Woodward company acts as distributor of the 

 Miller tire, and although the tire end of the business is the prin- 

 cipal feature, a completely equipped accessory stock is also car- 

 ried by this company. 



J. D. Hess, Jr., is now manager of the Cleveland, Ohio, branch 

 of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, having been 

 for three years a salesman in the Detroit, Michigan, branch. 



E. D. Hensley has been appointed resident manager of the 

 Dajton, Ohio, branch of the United States Tire Co., New York 

 City, having been a traveling salesman for the company since 1913. 



George L. Sullivan, formerly associated with a prominent 

 advertising agency in New Y'ork City, assumes the office of 

 advertising manager of the Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, 

 Massachusetts, on June 1. Mr. Sullivan's experience as 

 advertising man for the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. 

 and later in advertising and in the establishment of agencies 

 with the American Locomotive Co.. as supervisor of branches 

 and manager of the Chicago. Illinois, branch of the latter 

 company, renders him peculiarly fitted for his new position. 

 Miss M. G. W'ebber, who has supervised the Fisk company's 

 advertising in the past and who lias been responsible for 

 many of its unique ideas, and George B. Hendricks, who has 

 been in charge of the publicity department, will act as as- 

 sistants to Mr. Sullivan. 



E. T. Battin has been elected a member of the board of directors 

 of the Midcontinent Tire Manufacturing Co., Wichita, Kansas. 



A. S. Hetzell, formerly connected with The Knight Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, has been appointed sales manager of 

 The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio. 



J. W. Alexander has been appointed superintendent of the 

 auto tire duck department for the new mill which is being built 

 at Lawrence, Massachusetts, by the Arlington Mills. 



MARATHON TIRE COMPANY CHANGES. 



H. H. Replogle, formerly manager for The Marathon Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Inc. of New York, at Omaha. Nebraska, has been 

 made manager of sales, with headquarters at the home office of 

 the company at Cuyahoga Falls. Ohio. 



G. R. Howell, who has been representing the Marathon com- 

 pany in Iowa, has been promoted to the division managership at 

 Omaha. 



C. M. Folger, Southern representative for Marathon tires, has 

 been made division manager at San Francisco. 



NEW BALTIMORE BRANCH FOR EIRESTONE. 



A tboriiughly complete and up-to-date l)ranch has been estab- 

 lislicd by the I-'iresti>ne Tire & Ru])1ier Co., Akron, Ohio, at 

 Baltimore, Maryland, in the new Walter Scott building on St. 

 Paul street at Mount Royal avenue. This branch is well equipped 

 to care for the demands from the territory it covers, including 

 -Maryland, Virginia, parts of West Virginia and half of North 

 Carolina. It occupies 16.000 square feet of space, 4,000 square 

 feet being used for the offices, which are furnished in quartered 

 oak, with quartered oak wainscotting and terazza floor. .\ 

 garage occupies 3,000 square feet on the first floor. This is to be 

 used for motor trucks and contains a hydraulic press of 200 

 tons' capacity for solid tires. B. R. Leisure, the manager, came 

 to Baltimore from Salt Lake City, Utah, where he formerly man- 

 aged the Firestone branch in that city. 



RIGHTS OF TIRE DEAiEBS IN NEW ZEALAND. 



A litigation affecting tire importers and exporters and of 

 interest to the tire trade generally was recently decided in 

 New Zealand. 



The Dunlop Rubber Co. of Australasia, Limited, lias the 

 sole right of manufacturing and selling Dunlop tires in 

 Australasia and New Zealand. Certain concerns, however, 

 imported English-made Dunlop tires into New Zealand with- 

 out the consent of the Australasian company. The latter, 

 after repeated warnings, brought suit against the importers. 

 The Supreme Court of New Zealand held that the trading 

 rights of the Dunlop Rubber Co. of Australasia, Limited, 

 should be protected and issued a permanent injunction against 

 the defendants, restraining them from selling, offering or 

 advertising for sale any goods under the name "Dunlop" 

 other than those made by the Australasian company. Fur- 

 ther, the defendants were ordered to pay the costs of the 

 litigation in addition to a substantial sum for damages. 



THE J. Sc D. TIRE & RUBBER CO. 



The directors not named in the incorporation notice of the 

 J & D. Tire & Rubber Co., Charlotte, North Carolina, appearing 

 in the May issue of The India Rubber World, are as follows: 

 H. S. Leyman, Thomas J. Northway, L. A. Folger, J. D. McCul- 

 lough and E. Thomason. H. O. Smith, president of the com- 

 pany, first entered the rubber business in 1893. He was one of 

 the organizers of the Indianapolis Rubber Co., remaining with 

 that company about 13 years. The Indianapolis company and 

 one other concern were the only manufacturers of the Gormully 

 and Jeffery tires until the G & J patents were sold and the 

 G & J Tire Co. was organized, with Mr. Smith at the head. 

 The other officers of the J. & D. Tire & Rubber Co. are : Thomas 

 J. Northway, vice-president; C. C. Coddington, treasurer, and 

 L. A. Folger, secretary. 



The J. & D. company is erecting a new plant consisting of 

 three buildings, all of concrete construction. A one-story vul- 

 canizing room will be located between the two main manufactur- 

 ing buildings. Electric drive will be employed throughout and 

 automobile tires of the conventional types will be manufactured. 



SOME TIRE DON'TS. 



The touring season being almost here. The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co., Akron, Ohio, urges motorists to give the proper care to 

 their tires by heeding the following : 



"Don't overload your tires. 



"Don't underinflate. 



"Don't neglect small cuts. 



"Don't run in ruts, car tracks or against curbing, 



"Don't start or stop suddenly or skid around corners. 



"Don't let oil, grease or gasolene remain on your tires. Wash 

 only with pure, cold water and a little soap. 



"Don't keep a spare tire out of use too long. Change over 

 occasionally. 



"Don't let your rims get rusty. Common stove polish will 

 keep them in good condition. 



"Don't let the weight re.st on a deflated tire. Jack up the 

 wheel or remove the tire. 



"Don't pinch the inner tube, when applying or removing an 

 outer casing. Pass the hand around inside before re-applying 

 the outer bead. Don't try to force a tire onto the wheel. If 

 it goes unusually hard, look for some trouble." 



The Trainer Spinning Co., Trainer, Penn.sylvania, is now pro- 

 lucing tire fabrics, additional equipment consisting of twisters 

 ind looms having been added, and a warehouse built. 



Should be on every rubber man's <lesk— Crude Rubber and 

 Compounding Ingredients; Rubber Machinery; Rubber Trade 

 Directory. 



