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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1916. 



GOODRICH BRANCH CHANGES. 



W. \\ . Ledger lias been made local manager uf the branch 

 of The B. F. Goodrich Co. at San Diego, California. 



William J. Schwan is now manager of the service station at 

 Vosemite, California. This station is to be classed as a tire 

 depot. 



H. W. L. Kidder has been appointed local manager at the 

 Columbus, Ohio, depot of the Goodrich company. 



A. H. VVillett has succeeded R. Hasler as manager at New 

 Orleans, Louisiana. 



The Phoenix, Arizona, branch is now located at the corner 

 of First and Monroe streets. 



PERTECTION TIKE & RUBBER CO. 



It is reported that the Perfection Tire & Rubber Co.. with 

 ofiiccs in the Marquette Building. Chicago, and factories at Fort 

 Madi.son, Iowa, and Wabash. Indiana, has purchased a large 

 tract of land in the Factoria district of Fort Madison for the 

 erection of 100 houses for the use of the company's employes. 

 Five thousand dollars has been dep^isited with a local bank 

 as a guarantee of good faith. 



On September 1 a change in officers of this company went 

 into effect, and they are now as follows : C. R. Cile, president ; 

 R. J. Evans, vice-president; E. A. Stickelman. treasurer, and 

 C. W. Harris, secretary. 



Charles C. Gehring, formerly manager of the Pittslnirgh 

 branch of the United States Tire Co., has been transferred to the 

 Cleveland, Ohio, branch, where he will art in the same capacity. 



PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. CONVENTION. 



.-\t the recent convention of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., 

 Jeannette, Pennsylvania, managers of 14 branches, including 

 such distant points as San Francisco, California, and Seattle. 

 Washington, gathered together at 

 the home plant. Important problems 

 of the coming season were taken up 

 and discussed with tlie greatest in- 

 terest, and announcenients were made 

 concerning the Xew Bar Circle au- 

 tomobile tire, shown herewith, and a 

 new bicycle tire similar in style of 

 tread, and also called the Bar Circle. 

 Two of the meetings were held at 

 the Greensburg Country Club, where 

 luncheon was provided, and oppor- 

 tunity atTorded the visiting managers 

 to play golf. The social features of 

 the conference were exceptionally 

 pleasant, including a reception at the 

 home of Seneca C. Lewis, general 

 manager of the Pennsylvania com- 

 pany, a chicken and waffle dinner at 

 .Si Poole's Farm, and a lamb roast 

 and picnic at Immel's Reservoir. 



The new slogan adopted by the 

 company is "Eight Million Dollar 

 Sales in 1917." The .August sales of 

 the company were the most satisfactory in its history, reaching 

 over the half million dollar mark. 



BOONE TIRE Sc RITBBER CO. TO BUILD. 



The Boone Tire & Rubber Co. will shortly erect a plant at 

 Belvidere, Illinois, containing 25,000 square feet of floor space. 

 The buildings will be U-shaped in plan. The dimensions of the main 

 building will be 50 by 180 feet, with two wings, 60 by 120 feet. 

 The initial plant will have a capacity of 150 casings per day, and 



a full line line of mills, calenders, and mold and heater eqiiip- 

 inent will be installed to handle this number of tires. 1. V. 

 Maclean, formerly president and general manager of the. Hawk- 

 eye Tire Co., is president of the Boone company. 



A SIMPLE METHOD OF ALIGNING MOTOR CAR 

 WHEELS.* 



T TXDCIA' rapid wear of tires is in almost every case due to 

 ^-^ disalignment of the wheels. This results in greatly re- 

 ducing the normal mileage, even though wheels are only slightly 

 out of parallel. To detect this defect and properly correct it 

 requires something more reliable than the eye, but nothing very 

 elaborate is called for. 



The illustration shows a very simple and practical method. 

 Two strips of wood about 7 feet long are placed together and 

 a small hole is then bored in the ends of both strips at the 

 same time. Two pieces of twine must )>e cut in exactly e(|ual 



lengths (about 15 feet each) and the ends passed through the 

 holes in the strips and knotted, care being taken that the two 

 lengths of twine are still equal. Two ordinary kitchen chairs are 

 then placed, one in front and the other at the rear of the car, 

 with their liacks toward the vehicle. Each chair serves to sup- 

 port one of the wood strips and the two lines of twine are 

 stretched on either side of the car parallel to each other. The 

 lines being roughly in position, adjust one of the wood strips 

 by sliding it on the chair until one of the rear wheels and its 

 corresponding line is found to be exactly parallel, fore-and-aft, 

 by measuring the distance between the twine line and the rim. 

 Then bring the front wheel on the same side of the car into 

 alignment with the twine, without disturbing the first rear wheel, 

 which is easily done if the front wheels are jacked up. 



If the four measurements are the same, the wheels "track" per- 

 fectly. However, a slight variation between the front and rear 

 wheels is permissible, but the measurements fore-and-aft of each 

 wheel must be equal. Similar measurements are then taken of 

 the second rear wheel on the opposite side of the car and the 

 remaining front wheel is measured in the same way as pre- 

 viously described. 



CORRECTION. 



Owing to a clerical error in rearrangement of the list of the 

 Rubber Trade Preparedness Committee, in the September 1 

 issue, the name of the Continental Rubber Co. of New York was 

 omitted. President G. H. Carnahan's name being credited to 

 another corporation with a somewhat similar title. 



"From an .irticle by the Palmer Tire Co., Limited. London, England. 



