October 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



33 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, has sent 

 to the trade an announcement, effective Octover 1, of a reduc- 

 tion in the prices of its Vacuum Cup, Ebony Tread and 

 Bar Circle tires, claiming that, notwithstanding the present 

 high average level in the raw material market, the growing 

 demand for its tires has enabled the company to effect sub- 

 stantial savings in cost, in which it permits its customers 

 to share. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, received the 

 only prize offered for tires at the Exposition Nacional de Pan- 

 ama, held in the city of Panama in the spring to commemorate 

 the discovery of the Pacific ocean by Balboa. This award was 

 in the form of a diploma and gold medal, which have been re- 

 cently received by the company. 



Under the direction of H. H. Replogle, manager of sales, the 

 sales organization of the Marathon Tire & Rubber Co., Cuyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio, held a convention at the home plant during the 

 week of September 11. The conference was devoted to im- 

 portant matters of sales business, particularly items pertaining 

 to taking care of the increased business of the company, which 

 has practically doubled during the last 12 months. The man- 

 agement was much impressed with the enthusiasm and loyalty 

 of the sales staff", and it is planned to hold similar conferences 

 annually. 



The Hawkcye Tire & Rubber Co., Des Moines. Iowa, is now 

 operating in all departments. Charles A. Besaw, president of 

 the Quahty Rubber Co.. Hartsville. Oliio. is the consulting 

 chemist. 



The Tire Reconstruction & Supply Co., Inc., New York City, 

 has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $75,000. This 

 company is the exclusive Eastern distributer of the "Reliable" 

 tire. A service station is maintained at 685 Eleventh avenue 

 for repairing of all kinds of tires and tubes, especially for the 

 trade, and the reconstruction of old tires, which are guaranteed 

 fcr 3,000 miles at approximately one-half the cost of a new tire. 



The Lion Tire & Rubber Corporation, which some months 

 ago acquired the H. J. Heinz Co. factory at Lafayette, Indiana, 

 will shortly commence operation. 



H. J. Succop has been placed in charge of tlie Oklahoma 

 'branch of the Atlas Tire Co., New York City, tire jobbers and 

 retailers. Mr. Succop has been in the tire business for seven 

 years, starting with The B. F. Goodrich Co., and prior to his 

 connection with the Atlas company was manager of the Knight 

 Tire Co. at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He reports that the 

 Atlas company has almost doubled its business this year, and is 

 about to open five more branches. 



The Wakers Rubber Co. of New Y'^ork, Inc., distributer of 

 the product of The Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, 

 and "Walters" red tube, contemplates opening a tire storehouse 

 at Mineola, Long Island, from which prompt delivery may be 

 made. H. S. Walters, secretary and treasurer of the company, 

 was previously connected with the United States Rubber Co., 

 and the Federal company. 



John McTaggart, an automobile engineer of Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, has invented an inner tube said to be practically 

 impervious to puncture. The inventor decreased the air chamber 

 22 per cent and introduced a flexible steel mesh into its con- 

 struction, producing a tube which has withstood remarkable 

 tests. 



Indiana has a new rubber enterprise in prospect in the Alpha 

 Rubber Manufacturing Corporation, notice of whose incorpo- 

 ration appeared in the August issue of The Indi.^ Rubber 

 World. Fifty thousand dollars of the authorized capital of 

 $1,000,000 has been dispo.sed of, and $75,000 is about to be issued 

 to pay for a plant in Indiana. The new company expects to 

 manufacture tires as well as reclaim rubber. 



It is expected that tlie new factory of the Brunswick- 

 Balke-Collender Co. at Muskegon, Michigan, will be com- 

 pleted within two months' time. The plant occupies 40,000 

 square feet of floor space and will cost between $40,000 and 

 $50,000. In order to provide for the increase in the number 

 of its employes, the company has also contracted for the 

 erection of at least 24 double dwellings, to be occupied only 

 by its own workers. 



8EWELL CUSHION WHEEL CO. EXPAUDS. 



The Sewell Cushion Wheel Co., Detroit, Michigan, is enlarg- 

 ing all facilities to allow for an increased output of its product — 

 a wood and steel wheel with a soft rubber cushion between the 

 inner wheel and outer felly. Ample precautions are being taken 

 to guard against shortage of material, the new addition increas- 



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ing the floor s])ace fourfold and enabling the company 'to carry 

 a large reserve stock of rubber cushions, wood and steel, and 

 at the same time to greatly increase production, the sales so 

 far this year showing more than 100 per cent increase over the 

 same period last year. 



The new building is of reinforced concrete and steel con- 

 struction, 71 by 74 feet in dimensions, three stories and base- 

 ment, and is located at the rear of the company's property at 

 the corner of Gratiot and Beaufait avenues. The executive 

 offices, private offices of officials, and a large general office and 

 reception room will occupy the second floor, the remaining 

 space on this floor to be used for manufacturing the wooden 

 part of the wheeLs. The entire first floor will be used for a 

 machine shop, assembling departments and a fireproof vault for 

 valuable papers, etc., a large vault for storing rubber having 

 been provided in the basement. Careful attention has been 

 paid to all details affecting the health and comfort of employes, 

 and every modern convenience, including several sanitary drink- 

 ing fountains on each floor, will be supplied. 



THE ALLIANCE RUBBER GO. REINCORPORATES. 



The reorganization of the Alliance Rubber Co., decided upon 

 at a stockholders' meeting on .\ugust 24, will include reincorpora- 

 tion under the name of the Alliance Tire & Rubber Co. Stock- 

 holders will receive preferred stock at par and a 20 per cent 

 stock dividend payable in common stock of the new company, 

 also having first call on the securities offered to the general 

 public. The factory management will remain the sarnie as it has 

 been since the business was begun. 



The Alliance company has been unable to take care of all the 

 business that came its way during the past year and the extra 

 capital will be used for the enlargement of the factory, including 

 a three-story structure closely resembling the original plant ; 

 the installation of additional mills, calenders, vulcanizers, molds, 

 cores, etc., and the purchase of crude rubber and fabrics in 

 larger quantity than has heretofore been possible. 



