April 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



409 



TKADE NOTES. 



The Manstield Tire & Ruhlier Co., Mansfield, Ohio, ha.s raised 

 its capital stock from $200,000 common and $100,000 preferred 

 (o $800,000 common and $450,000 preferred, of which all the 

 common stock and $200,000 of the preferred has been subscribed 

 for and paid in, this additional capital providing for the in- 

 creased demands for Mansfield tires. 



A new concern in Fort Worth, Texas, is the Texas Tire & 

 Rubber Co., formed for the purpose of doing a general automo- 

 bile tire business. This company also operates a Goodyear 

 service station. John Edward Gill is the manager. 



The Cupples Co., formerly Samuel Cupples Woodenware Co., 

 St. Louis, Missouri, is manufacturing a rubber tire with a rough 

 safety tread of reversed and staggered C's ; also the Rhinos pat- 

 ented inner tube which is made in fairly heavy thickness with 

 fabric insert and is molded and cured in the exact size and exact 

 form of the inside of the casing for which it is intended. This 

 company produces a))out -lOO tires and tubes a day and plans are 

 now under way for doubling this production. 



The Lee Tire & Rubber Corp., Conshohocken, Peiinsylvania, 

 is now making double the number of tires it turned out last year 

 at this time. January's output was reported as 18,000 tires, 

 February, 26,000, and in March the production was estimated to 

 aggregate 30,000 tires. 



The Triple -Airless Tire Co., Butler, Pennsylvania, has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $50,000 to $150,000, this increase 

 to include the United States, France, Germany, Cireat Britain 

 and Canada patents. 



The Boone Tire & Rubber Co. is establishing a plant at Chiji- 

 pewa Falls, Wisconsin, for the manufacture of approximately 

 200 casings and 200 tubes per day. F'ive 7-platen presses will 

 also be installed for the manufacture of rubber soles and heels, 

 together with a 5-ton capacity reclaiming plant. .\ portion of 

 this equipment has already been ordered. 



Attorney H. C. Koehler has been appointed receiver for tlie 

 Alliance Rubber Co. and the .Mliance Tire & Ruljber Co., of 

 Alliance, Ohio. The property will not be operated under the 

 receivership, but will be appraised with the assets of the com- 

 pany, and as soon as an order of the court can be obtained the 

 property and plant as a whole will be sold. The Alliance Rub- 

 ber Co. was organized in March, 1913, and" in 1916 a reincorpo- 

 ration was effected, with an increase in capital from $58,000 to 

 $2,500,000, and the name changed to that of the Alliance Tire & 

 Rubber Co. 



The Peerless Tire & Rubber Co., Portland, Oregon, has been 

 formed as a tire distributer and also maintains a well-equipped 

 tire repair shop. Albert Courts is sole owner of the company. 



The Marathon Tire Co. is owned by Clark C. Wortl^y, who 

 is opening up a jobbing business in "Marathon" tires for the 

 State of Iowa, with headquarters at Des Moines. Mr. Wort- 

 ley expects shortly to open up branch retail stores in all the 

 large cities in Iowa and will also sell to dealers. 



The Reliable Tire & Repair Co., Dayton, Ohio, notice of 

 whose incorporation appears elsewhere in this issue, will erect 

 a new building in the automobile district of Dayton, 125 feet 

 long, 39 feet wide and two stories high, v.-ith every facility for 

 carrying on its business along the most modern lines. Fred 

 A. Kline is secretary and general manager of the company. 



The -newly reorganized Dreadnaught Tire & Rubber Co., of 

 Baltimore, Maryland, is making arrangements for a largely in- 

 creased output of its tires and inner tubes, and has appointed 

 Charles F. U. Kelly to take charge of the sale and distribution. 

 FI. Lawton Pettingell will be one of the heads of the sales or- 

 ganization, continuing his association with Mr. Kelly. The new 

 organization is starting out on an aggressive policy. New ma- 



chinery and equipment have been provided, capable of doubling 

 the former capacity of the plant, and plans have been formu- 

 lated for the erection of new buildings to take care of the antic- 

 ipated increase of business. The headquarters of the sales de- 

 partment are 1834 Broadway, New York City. 



The Racine Auto Tire Co., Racine, Wiscoitsin, which has a 

 present output of 300 tires and 350 tubes per day, is now break- 

 ing ground for a new factory, the first unit of which will give a 

 capacity of approximately 1,500 tires per day. The site of the 

 new plant is the old Wisconsin-Illinois baseball park, consisting 

 of approximately four acres, which will allow for expansion in 

 output to S.OOO or 6,000 tires a day. The officers of this company 

 are: L. J. Elliott, president; J. H. Wright, vice-president; C. H. 

 Wright, secretary and treasurer. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, has 

 opened a new branch and service station at 154 Rayen avenue, 

 Voungstown, Ohio, in charge of A. J. Sharpe. 



The .Ardmore-Akron Tire & Rubber Co. will be the name of a 

 new ruliber manufacturing enterprise to be located at Ardmore, 

 CJklahoma. John C. Harmony will be president and Charles Be- 

 Saw, vice-president and general manager. It is reported that 

 .Ardmore has guaranteed a bonus of $75,000 cash and donated 

 a S-acre tract of land for the erection of the plant. Mr. BeSaw 

 is the president of the BeSaw Rubber Co., of Hartville, Ohio. 



A company has been organized at Bangor, Michigan, for the 

 manufacture of a variety of articles from marl, a substitute for 

 hard ruliber. The officers of the new company are L. P. Walker, 

 president, and Edwin Hickey, secretary. 



The Palmer Rubber Tire Co., St. Joseph, Michigan, is located 

 in the remodeled quarters of the old Truscott Boot Co. The 

 company is said to be backed by Chicago capital. 



R. B. Pierce is the new Cleveland, Ohio, manager for the Kelly- 

 Springfield Tire Co. He was formerly connected with the com- 

 pany's Cleveland branch, but has spent the past year at tlie plant 

 in Akron. 



J. E. Lemmon, who has been connected with the Falls Rubber 

 Co.. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has recently been appointed manager 

 of the company's branch at Cleveland, Ohio. 



The capitalization of the Gordon Tire & Rubber Co., Canton, 

 Ohio, has been increased from $600,000 to $1,600,000. The in- 

 crease was authorized by the stockholders to take care of future 

 expansion. 



The Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., New York City, is moving 

 into new quarters in the "Keystone Building," at Broadway 

 and Sixty-second street. 



The National Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine, Ohio, re- 

 cently purchased by a syndicate of local capitalists prominently 

 identified with the local rubber industry, will be operated with- 

 out change of name. Rapid expansion of the business is antici- 

 pated. The officers of the new corporation are : C. L. Merwin, 

 president ; S. L. Warner, vice-president and general manager ; 

 R. B. Taggart, treasurer, and E. N. Herrick, secretary. 



THE GREAT REPUBLIC TIRE COMPANY. 



The Great Republic Tire & Rubber Manufacturing Co., Wil- 

 mington, Delaware, notice of whose incorporation appeared in 

 the February issue of The Indi.\ Rubber World, will presently 

 increase its capital to $2,500,000, $1,000,000 of 7 per cent preferred 

 stock and an issue of common stock to be offered for sale. The 

 factory location has not been definitely decided upon but will be 

 in Oklahoma or Texas. J. M. Owens, president of the company, 

 owns large rubber interests in Me.xico ; \^^ H. Owens, vice- 

 president and general manager, is a thoroughly experienced tire 

 man. and J. L. Walker, secretary and treasurer, is well known as 

 a wholesale dealer in hardware, automobiles, tires and accessories. 



