THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[DELtMBER 1, 1915. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The United States Tire Co., according to President Samuel P. 

 Colt, is bringing out a new "non-skid" tire, to be known as "Union 

 Tread," at a price not much higher than plain tread tires. With the 

 well-known "Chain" and "Xobby Tread" types, the company's line 

 of tires is now complete. 



The newspapers have of late bristled with tlie news that some 

 $80,000 worth of pneumatic tires had been stolen to keep them 

 from being shipped to the .Allies and used on motor trucks, etc., 

 in the war zone. They also claimed that some of these tires were 

 once the property of The B. F. Goodrich Co. From that com- 

 pany, however, comes this disclaimer : "So far as we know 

 none of our tires were included in this theft." The fact that the 

 size of the tires said to have been stolen was indicated in metric 

 measures, would arouse suspicion if they were offered for sale in 

 the United States. Several arrests are reported to have been 

 made in connection with the theft. 



At a meeting of the stockholders held at Toledo on November 

 15, the corporate name of the Toledo-Ford Tire Co., Findlay, 

 Ohio, was changed to the Toledo-Findlay Tire & Rubber Co. 

 This course was necessary owing to the objection of the Ford 

 Motor Co. to the use of the word "Ford" in the original name. 

 It was also agreed that the word "Ford" on other than Ford sizes 

 ■was not desirable. 



The Akron Tire Co., Inc., New York, informs us that its appeal 

 from a decision of Judge Sulzberger in the Court of Equity. Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania, enjoining the company, on application of 

 the Akron Tire Co., Philadelphia, from using that title when 

 doing business in Pennsylvania, as recorded in the September 

 issue of The Indi.\ Rubber World, has been sustained. The New 

 York Company was able to furnish indisputable evidence of the 

 transaction of a large amount of business in Pennsylvania for 

 several years and the expenditure of consideralile sums for adver- 

 tising and other propaganda. 



The Gordon Tire & Rubber Co.. Canton, Ohio, has recently 

 opened a branch in New York at 1737 Broadway, of which 

 W. A. Y"oung is manager. 



The A. L. A. Tire Co. is reported to l)e erecting a 275 x 100 

 foot factory building in Flint, Michigan, where they contemplate 

 starting manufacturing operations with a capacity of 200 tires 

 daily. The company is capitalized at -$500,000. 



The Marion Tire & Rubber Co., Marion, Ohio, whose incorpo- 

 ration was mentioned in the October issue, has elected the fol- 

 lowing officers: W. W. Holverstott, president; Charles W. Fair- 

 banks, vice-president; D. H. Lincoln, treasurer, and Wilbur 

 Jacoby, secretary. 



A convention of Firestone salesmen and representatives of Des 

 Moines, Iowa, was recently held in that city to discuss trade 

 matters. President H. S. Firestone, the speaker of the evening, 

 stated a few reassuring facts in regard to the available supply 

 of crude rubber. Other prominent members of the Akron or- 

 ganization who attended the convention were R. J. Firestone, 

 sales manager ; Edward Eabcox, advertising manager ; F. C. 

 Blanchard, Henry Wallace. Henry Ingham and C. C. Carlton. 



Trustees in Bankruptcy of the New York Commercial Co. have 

 sent out a circular letter announcing that 627 shares of the 7 per 

 cent., cumulative preferred stock of the Seamless Rubber Co.. 

 New Haven, Connecticut, are included in the assets of the bank- 

 rupt concern and asking for bids on all or any part of the shares. 

 The bids fsealed) will be received up to 2 p. m., December 20, 

 1915, at the office of Hon. J. Townsend, Referee in Bankruptcy. 

 at 45 Cedar street. New York, and must be accompanied by 10 

 per cent, of the amount in cash, or certified check. 



The Victor Rubber Co., Springfield, Ohio, has increased its 

 capital stock from $150,000 to $300,000 to finance its rapidly 



growing business. During the past year this company has added 

 a complete line of pneumatic tires, tubes and motor truck tires. 

 The plant is operating night and day, and enlargements are being 

 considered which will more than double the present capacity. 



.American Ruliber Co., Chicago, Illinois, has increased its capital 

 slock from $10,0(X) to $15,000. 



.\fter January 1, 1916. the Mishawaka Woolen Manufactur- 

 ing Co.. Mishawaka, Indiana, will manufacture a full line of 

 rubber boots and shoes, including light weight shoes not here- 

 tofore made by the company. For this purpose a building 

 400 X 100 feet and four stories high has been erected. 



The estate of the late Isaac B. Kleinert, of the I. B. Klein- 

 ert Rubber Co., whose obituary appeared on page 421 of the 

 May, 1913, issue of The iNDi.\ Rubber World, has recently been 

 appraised at $1,811,209. Mr. Kleinert gave $174,736 to his 

 widow and, in a codicil, $75,000 in Kleinert bonds. His daugh- 

 ters. Belle Sessler and Herminie Kleinert, each received $296,- 

 099, and to Henrietta K. Cniinzlierg and Leonie K. Guinzberg 

 he left $266,805 each. 



■ The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, has taken a 

 lease on a 4-story building to be erected at 806 North Broad 

 street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania'. The new building will con- 

 tain over 10,000 square, feet of floor space — more than five times 

 that of its present Philadelphia premises — and will be completed 



The Racine Ruliher Co., Racine, Wisconsin, has begun a 

 $75,000 three-story addit><jn, 52x77 feet, to be used as a mill 

 room and crude ruljber storage. It will be finished February 1. 



It is the intention of the Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden. 

 Massachusetts, ^arly in "1916, to increase jthe capacity of its 

 mill from 8.000 to 15,000 pairs of shoes a day, in order to keep 

 [lace with the demand for its goods. 



A NEW OHIO TIRE FACTORY. 



The .Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland. Ohio, recently 

 incorporated, has offices at 1836 Euclid avenue, pending the 

 selection of a location for the plant, which will be in the 

 Cleveland-.Akron district. The company plans to erect a 

 liuilding .containing 30,000 square feet, to be finished in four 

 montlis. and it is hoped that the factory will be in operation 

 by .\pril 1. .-\ full line of strictly handmade tires and tubes of 

 a 4.500-mile quality will be manufactured. The officers of the 

 company are; O. M. Mason, president; W. E. Sexton, vice- 

 president; M. B. Mason, treasurer; I. R, Davies, secretary; 

 D. M. Mason, general manager. B. E. Frantz, a practical tire 

 man. is superintendent. 



NON-EXPLOSIVE NAPHTHA BENCH CAN. 



ifetv first" appliance is the McNutt tioating vah 



aphtha bench 

 A floating v: 



on the naphtha or gasolene, as the case 

 may be, and permits the operator 

 to use either a light brush, a 

 sponge, or a cloth where a small 

 quantity is desired. The pressure 

 upon the float automatically forces 

 the naphtha up through a fine 

 screen to the brush or sponge, the 

 excess flowing back in the same 

 manner when the pressure is re- 

 leased. 



A lighted mat(;h may be dropped 

 into the can and the vapor will 

 liuui slowly. It is immediately extinguished, however, by closing 

 the top. There is absolutely no danger of an explosion, for the 

 evaporation is but slight even when the top is open. . [United 

 Slice Machinery Co., Boston. Massachusetts.] 



