March 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



349 



FISK BUBBEE COMPANV INSTALLS WBAPPING MACHINEb. 



In October, 1915, the Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Mas- 

 sachusetts, installed a machine for wrapping tires with burlap 

 or paper, prior to shipment. This was the first machine of its 

 kind ever built. 



After having operated this machine successfully for more than 

 a year, requirements demanded a second machine, which was duly 

 installed. 



This type of machine, which has a capacity of fifty bundles an 

 hour, is not only being used in this country, but in Europe as 

 well, where its efficiency is recognized on account of the scarcity 

 of labor. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Federal Rubber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, recently pur- 

 chased a 4,000-hor5e-power turbine from the Allis-Chalmers Man- 

 ufacturing Co., which will furnish power for the new mills and 

 calenders to be located in the addition to the company's plant 

 now in process of erection. 



The Tubeless Tire & Rubber Co., Millersburg, Ohio, maker 

 of tubeless and pneumatic automobile tires, has increased its 

 capital stock from $75,000 to $1,000,000 for the purpose of selling 

 its own products. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, announces 

 through its Michigan manager, H. A. Coffin, that a building cost- 

 ing in the neighborhood of $500,000 is to be erected on the com- 

 pany's leased site at the northeast corner of Woodward and Can- 

 field avenues in Detroit, just opposite the present location. A 

 portion of the new building v^-ill be sub-leased, but under condi- 

 tions that will make it possible for the Firestone company to ex- 

 pand its facilities whenever necessary. 



The Mohawk Rubber Co. of New York, Inc., has opened a 

 branch at 86 Brookline avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, where a 

 complete stock of tires made in its Akron, Ohio, factory will be 

 kept on hand. Norman W. Biggart, of New York City, will be 

 manager. 



The Ten Broeck Tyre Co., Louisville, Kentucky, will manu- 

 facture the cotton fabrics needed in its production of rubber tires 

 for automobiles and other vehicles and is now arranging to 

 install an equipment for spinning and weaving. The new machin- 

 ery will be used for making the fabric for the Atlasta puncture 

 and blow-out proof tube, for which the company has contracted 

 with the Servis Tire & Tube Co. to manufacture for a period of 

 five years. 



The Bowling Green Rubber Co. has removed its plant from 

 Bowling Green, Ohio, to Toledo. Ohio, gaining thereby bett.-r 

 shipping facilities and larger manufacturing space. 



The Midland Tire & Rubber Co., Coshocton. Oliio, has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $10,000 to $500,000. 



At a recent stockholders' meeting of the Norwalk Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Norwalk, Connecticut, $500,000 additional preferred 

 capital stock was authorized, $250,000 worth to be issued at 

 once, this action rendered necessary to care for the increased 

 volume of business and additional manufacturing space and 

 equipment. 



The California Tire & Rubber Co., tire distributer, San 

 Francisco, California, is capitalized for $25,000, and operates 

 an effective vulcanizing department in connection with its 

 business. The principal officers of the company are Captain 

 William H. Homer, president, and George C. Homer, vice- 

 president and secretary. Wesley D. Smith is sales manager. 



The Toliver Punctureproof Tube Co., Denver, Colorado, 

 has moved into new quarters which have a capacity of 500 

 tubes per day. Joseph Stein is vice-president and general 

 manager. 



The H. H. H. Tire & Manufacturing Co., jobber of auto- 

 mobile supplies and accessories, Newark. New Jersey, takes 

 possession on March 1 of an entire building at 21 Baldwin 



street, which will serve as a general office and warehouse, 

 the present store at 263 Halsey street being retained as a 

 salesroom. This company has recently issued $25,000 worth 

 of preferred stock in order to obtain additional working capi- 

 tal to care for its greatly increased business. 



At the recently held first annual meeting of the Hawkeye Tire 

 Co., Des Moines, Iowa, it was voted to change the name to the 

 Hawkeye Tire & Rubber Co. John Christie, president ; John 

 Fredericks, vice-president, and C. B. Hextell, secretary-treasurer, 

 were all reelected. 



The newly organized Red Cross Rubber Co., Norwalk, Ohio, 

 expects to commence operations in the early Spring. C. V. 

 Martin is manager of the company. 



The National Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine, Ohio, has 

 recently been acquired by a syndicate of local capitalists. New 

 plans deal with a material increase in the scope and province 

 of the concern. 



The plant of the Toledo-Findlay Tire & Rubber Co., Findlay, 

 Ohio, was offered for sale February 13 but was not sold owing to 

 the extreme cold weather and delayed railroad traffic. The next 

 date of sale has not yet been decided upon. 



The Amazon Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has appointed Tritt 

 & Gockley, Canton, Ohio, distributers for Stark and Tuscarawas 

 counties, with exclusive selling rights. 



The Ehman Tire & Rubber Co., succeeding the Vail Rubber 

 Co., Chicago, Illinois, has become, under the direction of A. C. 

 Ehman, its president, one of the important rubber manufactur- 

 ing concerns of the West. The present output is 300 tires daily 

 and an e.xtensive line of mechanical goods and molded special- 

 ties. The additions now under construction will materially in- 

 crease the capacity of the plant and there is every indication of 

 a greatly augmented volume for 1917. 



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

 contract to supply its Vacuum Cup tires for the 30 new motor 

 vehicles of the Frank Parmelee Transfer Co., the principal trans- 

 portation company of Chicago, Illinois. 



The Centaur Tire & Rubber Co., Gallipolis, Ohio, is reported 

 bankrupt. Pittsburgh capital was principally interested. 



FIRESTONE APPOINTMENTS. 



D. F. White, since 1910 head of the salesmen's department of 

 the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has been ap- 

 pointed Southern district manager. 



W. S. Dellett has been given the managership of tlie Houston, 

 Texas, branch. 



R. L. Benham is now manager of the company's branch at San 

 Antonio, Texas. 



H. A. Lane, former salesman for the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co.. is now manager of the Brooklyn, New York, branch. 



NEW APPOINTMENTS OF THE GOODYEAK TIRE & RUBBER CO. 



C. W. Martin, Jr., for five years manager of the motor truck 

 tire department, has been placed in charge of the Southern 

 district, with headquarters at .'\tlanta, Georgia. 



R. S. Wilson, formerly in charge of the service department, 

 is now manager of the motor truck tire department, G. E. 

 Brunner, his assistant, being advanced to the position of man- 

 ager of the service department. 



W. R. Bliss, formerly manager of the Boston, Massachu- 

 setts, branch, has been made manager of the New York dis- 

 trict, the assistant managership being given to D. M. Colwell, 

 formerly manager of the Southern district. 



B. S. Waterman, assistant manager of the New England 

 district, assumes management of the Boston branch, con- 

 tinuing to care for the company's manufacturers' business in 

 the New England district. 



