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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[JoLv 1, 1916. 



THE GOODWEAK TIEE CO. BUILDS. 



.The Goodwear Tire Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, incorporated 

 January 6, 1916, with a capital stock of $300,000, is building a 

 factory at Red Wing, Minnesota, 120 by 150 feet, two-story and 

 basement, and a power plant, 60 by 50 feet. The plant will be 

 equipped with the most up-to-date machinery obtainable and the 

 company expects to begin operations by November with a pro- 

 duction of 200 tires and tubes daily and a full mechanical line. 

 The olTiccrs and directors are as follows: H. Scott Ewers. 

 president; G. W. Franson, vice-president; Frank E. Oberg, sec- 

 retary; C. W. Oberg, treasurer; Harry J. Smitli, i)iirchasing 

 agent and factory manager. 



AEMORED CAR FOR THE MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD. 



Ruliber men all over the country are interesting themselves in 

 the present Preparedness movement. The Maryland National 

 Guard will have a first class armored car of the latest approved 

 type if the plans of four Baltimore men prove successful. They 

 are at this time endeavoring to raise the necessary funds through 

 subscription, and a good start had already been made the latter 

 part of June. At the head of the committee is George P. Thomas, 

 3d., of the Goodyear's Rubber House, Baltimroe, of which 

 his father, George P. Thomas. Jr., is principal. The other 

 memljtrs of the committee are Addison de Goll, E. L. Bartlett, 

 3d., and Gordon T. Parks, the latter being treasurer. 



THE NEW DHEADNAUGHT COMPANY. 



The Dreadnaught Tire and Rubber Co. of Maryland, incorpo- 

 rated under the laws of Maryland, has purchased flie entire plant 

 and assets of the old Dreadnaught Tire and Rubber Co. of Dela- 

 ware, the new organization being completed Snd the plant at 

 Orangeville, Maryland, ready to commence operations July 1. 

 The general offices of the company are also located at the Or- 

 angeville plant. 



The new company is capitalized at $700,000, of which $300,000 

 is preferred and $400,000 common ; nearly one-half has ah-eady 

 been subscribed to. The officers are as follows : John Hiltz, 

 president: John P. Lauber, vice-president; Wm. C. Schnieisser, 

 treasurer; H. James Lepper, secretary, and W. V. Sleek, general 

 manager. All of these men, with the exception of Mr. Sleek, 

 are weil-know^n Baltimore business men. Mr. Sleek has for the 

 past four years been connected with the Mansfield Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Mansfield, Ohio, as purchasing agent and efficiency engineer 

 and for ten years previous, in executive capacities, with some of 

 the largest motor car manufacturers. 



complaints were made, it was pointed out that the contract with 

 members provided that they would furnish the goods listed in 

 the catalog, "when such giiods are in stock." The legislative 

 committee is to be congratulated on this outcome of its activities. 



TIRES AT THE INDIANAPOLIS AUTOMOBILE SWEEPSTAKES. 



The first three cars in the 300-mile automobile sweepstakes 

 race at Indianapolis, May 30, were equipped with Goodrich Silver- 

 town cord tires. The fourth and fifth cars used Firestone tires. 



The leaders using the Silvertown tires covered the 300 miles 

 with but one change each, while the Firestone tires completed 

 the distance w-ith four changes. Left front tires were unchanged, 

 but several right front tires were blown, this tire being most 

 dangerous of all and requiring most careful attention. Generally 

 speaking, the tire changes were made often to insure safety. 

 Tires were inflated to about 60 pounds, although some drivers 

 inflated to 100 pounds, and then, before starting, let the pressure 

 down to the required amount. 



Many drivers used smaller tires in front than in rear on ac- 

 count of the strength required in steering with 5-inch tires. 



One driver used a novel attachment for cooling his tires. 

 Water was conducted from a special tank by pipes to each wheel, 

 ending in spray nozzles. The apparatus worked by air pressure, 

 the control-valve being operated by the mechanic. 



T. G. RICHARDS BUYS THE B. & R. RUBBER CO. PLANT. 



Tlie plant o! tlie B. & R. Rubber Co., North Brookfield, Massa- 

 chusetts, which has been in the hands of the receivers, was ad- 

 vertised to be sold at public auction as a going concern in one 

 lot, at a price of not less than $265,000. The sale was to be on 

 June 28, at the office on the premises, but was, on that date, post- 

 poned till June 29, when it was sold to Thomas G. Richards, 

 who was president and treasurer of the B. & R. Rubber Co. 

 According to the terms of the sale, the property is to be deliv- 

 ered within IS days from the confirmation of the sale by the 

 court. 



CRUSADE AGAINST FRAUDULENT TIRE AND SUPPLY SCHEMES. 



Tlic .American .\utomobile Association is conducting througli 

 its legislative committee a campaign against fraudulent schemes 

 in the accessories field. Richard- H. Lee. of Cleveland, Ohio, 

 the chairman of this committee, is president of the Cleveland 

 Automobile Association and the^Ohio State Automobile Asso- 

 ciation. This crusade is directed against leagues and associa- 

 tions which promise standard automobile supplies and accessories 

 at cut rates. Through the eflforts of this committee two men 

 pleaded guilty to fraud in St. Johns, New Brunswick. Canada: 

 one man was arrested in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and pleaded 

 guilty to fraud; and a fourth was arrested in Valdosta, Georgia: 

 and in Washington on June 24. the president of the Inter- 

 national .Automobile League was arrested at the close of his 

 testimony before the solicitor-general of the Post Office De- 

 partment, on an action brought to prevent "the use of the 

 tnails by the league, which purports to supply its members 

 with tires and auto accessories at greatly reduced prices to those 

 who pay an annual fee of $10 to join the organization. But it is 

 claimed that members, who wrote for standard accessories and 

 tires listed in the catalog, have been informed that they were 

 "just out," and have been offered unnamed tires "manufactured 

 by the concern exclusively" instead of those cataloged. When 



A FIREMAN IN HIS YELLOW SLICKER. 



A fire chief in one of the Southern cities recently took a news- 

 paper man into his confidence relative to the yellow oil coatt 

 known as "slickers." When he joined the fire department his 

 first act was to possess himself of one of these coats. Shortly 

 after an alarm was sent in. The rest of the story can very 

 properly be told in his own words: 



"My, that was a hot fire! But wdien we got there it,,\v:i> >up- 

 posed to be my job to be on the business end of the steamer 

 line. I had on my pretty little yellow slicker and was a lit sub- 

 ject for a swell drawing room, and started with the captain of 

 the company for the fire. By the time I got half way across the 

 street that coat began to melt from the heat of the fire, and the 

 liquid rubber began to run down my neck, raising a blister 

 w-herever it touched my then tender hide. 1 began to try to 

 squirm out of it. and one of the boys pulling slack behind me 

 thought I was trying to pull it further up on me. and he came to 

 help. Great Caesar, the very thing I didn't want done was being 

 done. 1 suppose we have all formed an idea of the inferno. 1 

 bad mine before that, but let me tell you one thing, and you 

 can take my word for it — my idea of the inferno before that 

 man pulled that coat up on my neck and back would make the 

 warm place an ice palace beside the new idea I formed from 

 that experience 



"Yes. sir; I am "agin' rubber coals to fight fire in and have 

 been from that night." 



This is an interesting story, and nobody can blame the chief 

 for looking with marked disfavor on the yellow "slicker." but 

 his description of it as a "rubber" coat is quite inaccurate, be- 

 cause there is no rubber in these yellow coats — they are water- 

 proofed with boiled linseed oil. and. — are they ever worn by 

 firemen ? 



