December 1. 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



157 



F. E. PARTRIDGE HEADS NEW RUBBER FIRM IN 

 CANADA. 



P E. PARTRIDGE, president of the recently established rub- 

 * • ber manufacturing corporation bearing his name, has been 

 identified with the rubber industry for over 20 years. He started 



in 1894 with the 

 Maynard Rubber 

 Co., Claremont, 

 New Hampshire, 

 and rose step by 

 step to the posi- 

 tion of superin- 

 tendent. From 

 tliere he went to 

 tlie Boston 

 Woven Hose 

 and Rubber Co., 

 Cambridge, Mas- 

 sachusetts, a s 

 night superin- 

 tendent. H i s 

 next step was to 

 the superintend- 

 ency of the plant 

 of the Combina- 

 tion Rubber Co., 

 Bloomfield, New 

 Jersey. Later he 

 was called to the 

 Canadian Rubber Co., Montreal, Canada, where he was made 

 vice-president, and given the management of the production of 

 all goods made l:)y that company, with the exception of footwear. 

 Early in 1915 Mr. Partridge formed a partnership with Vincent 

 Cooke for the purpose of manufacturing druggists' sundries and 

 inner tulies, and worked up business to such an extent as to 

 demand a much larger plant. ."-Kt the opportune moment, the 

 Independent Rul)ber Co., Merritton, Ontario, Canada, discontin- 

 ued business, and the plant, valued at $175,000, was leased by the 

 F. E. Partridge Rubber Co. for a term of years, with an option 

 to purchase on advantageous terms. 



A new company was formed, with headquarters at Gtielph, On- 

 tario, Canada, under the above corporate name, with a capital of 

 $125,000. Mr. Partridge is president and general manager. Asso- 

 ciated with him are Vincent Cooke, vice-president, and F. M. 

 Ker, secretary and treasurer. The factory is now turning out 

 tires an)i tubeSj hot water bottles, and a varied line of druggists' 

 sundries, while alterations are being made and extra equipment 

 installed to enlarge further the variety and quantity of the output. 



F. E. P.^RTRIDGE. 



BERGOUGNAN TIRE CORPORATION. 



After December 11, 1916, the Gaulois Tire Corporation, 49 

 West Sixty-fourth street. New York City, American sales 

 agents for fitablissements Bergougnan, ClermontrFerrand, 

 France, will change its name to Bergougnan Tire Corpora- 

 tion. J. Grenier will continue as vice-president and general 

 manager. 



NEW CANADIAN TIRE COMPANY. 



The Sterns Tire & Tube Co. of Canada, Limited, has been 

 formed with an authorized capital of $1,000,000, and will locate 

 at Windsor, Ontario, with a one-story factory, 100 by 150 

 feet. The officers of the company include N. J. Morrissey, 

 Pickering, Ontario, president; Edward Sterns, St. Louis, 

 Missouri, director and consulting engineer; C. J. Gibson and 

 A. S. Chapin, Toronto, directors; E. M. Carruthers, Toronto, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Carl P. Cartmell will liandle the sales of Kelly-Springfield 

 tires in the Buffalo (New York) territory for the Kelly- 

 Springfield Tire Co., New York City. Mr. Cartmell was 

 formerly treasurer and purchasing agent for the Victor 

 Rubber Co., Springfield, Ohio, but has disposed of his inter- 

 est in that company. 



A. L. Edwards, son of George D. Edwards, notice of whose 

 death appeared in the November issue of The India Rubber 

 World, has succeeded his late father as manager of the Detroit 

 (Michigan) branch of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. 



J. P. Carney, for the past 20 years associated with the 

 Portland (Oregon) branch of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co., has now joined the forces of the Imperial Belting Co., 

 of Chicago, Illinois, having charge of the Northwest territory 

 of the latter company, with headquarters in Portland. 



Horace De Lisser, chairman of the board of directors of 

 the Ajax Rubber Co., New York City, recently went to Cuba 

 for a several weeks' trip combining business and pleasure. 



Leland J. Sparks has been appointed manager of the 

 Portland (Oregon) branch of the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co., having formerly been connected with the branch at San 

 Francisco, California. 



William L. Burgess has been appointed sales manager of the 

 Sterns Tire & Tube Co., St. Louis,' Missouri. For the past two 

 years Mr. Burgess was general sales manager of the Dorris 

 Motor Car Co. and prior to that had charge of the sales of the 

 rim department of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. 



H. S. Wheeler has succeeded H. T. Richards as manager of the 

 Memphis (Tennessee) depot of the B. F. Goodrich Co. 



A. E. Hertzig, manager of the Baltimore branch of the Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has been appointed mana- 

 ger of the Washington branch of the company and will take care 

 of the territory in both sections. L. J. Gemmil, who was mana- 

 ger of the Washington branch, will look after all of the govern- 

 ment business exclusively. 



S. P. Woodard is now president of the Gillette Safety Tire 

 Co., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and will have offices in New York 

 City. 



It was recently announced that Ralph C. Ridge, former 

 superintendent of the Marathon Tire & Rubber Co, Cuyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio, has succeeded C. F. Pickton as superintendent 

 of the Porter Rubber Co., of Salem, Ohio. 



Fred E. Boylan has resigned as Detroit manager of the 

 Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, to become factory 

 representative of the Sewell Cushion Wheel Co., Detroit, 

 Michigan. 



V 



EXPANSION OF THE EAST PALESTINE RUBBER CO. 



The East Palestine Rubber Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

 with a factory at East Palestine, Ohio, has acquired additional 

 property of about 12 acres, adjoining the present plant and lying 

 directly upon the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with 

 a 'railroad frontage of 1,800 feet. This land has been purchased 

 for enlargements and additions to be erected in the immediate 

 future. These improvements will be of single unit type, one 

 story, saw tooth, brick, steel and glass construction. The build- 

 ings are to be equipped with the latest type of tire and tube 

 making machinery and will quadruple the present manufacturing 

 capacity. 



On completion of the first unit, the construction of the com- 

 pany's "Nabob" tire will be changed from the wrapped tread to 

 the full mold type, but the tire will remain a strictly hand-made 

 product. As soon as the necessary special equipment is obtained, 

 the company also intends to manufacture a cord tire. 



