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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1917. 



TSADE NOTES. 



The Twin Tube & Rubber Co., Chicago, Illinois, is preparing 

 to manufacture a general line of rubber goods, specializing in a 

 new type of inner tube for which many advantages are claimed. 

 Joseph F. Davis is president of the company, A. S. Johnson, vice- 

 president, and F. I. Chichester, secretary-treasurer. 



The Consumers Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired the 

 interests and resources of The Cleveland Tire & Rubber Co., and 

 Thomas J. Jones, who has been the directing head of the latter 

 company, is now secretary and treasurer of The Consumers Rub- 

 ber Co. B. E. Frazier is president, and J. N. Kirby, vice-presi- 

 dent and general manager. 



At the annual stockholders' meeting of the BeSaw Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Hartville, Ohio, held May 7, the following direc- 

 tors were elected for the coming year: C. A. BeSaw, I. M. 

 Putnam, D. W. BeSaw, G. F. Kline, P. P. Parker, Chas. Von 

 Weise, Mark Kirkpatrick. The following officers were also 

 elected: C. A. BeSaw, president; I. M. Putnam, vice-president; 

 D. W. BeSaw, secretary and treasurer. 



Three former employes of the Federal Rubber Co., Milwaukee. 

 Wisconsin, two Austrians and an Italian, met under peculiar 

 circumstances not long ago in Europe. Upon the outbreak of 

 the war each returned to his native land and joined the army. 

 The two Austrians were recently captured in battle, and among 

 the Italian soldiers parceled off to guard them was their co- 

 worker in America. Although nominally enemies, the meeting 

 was a happy one, and the incident served to show how fate 

 separates and brings people together again in real life. 



The Standard Tire & Rubber Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, 

 Ohio, has increased its capital stock to $750,000 by an issue of 

 $350,000 7-per cent cumulative preferred stock. The growth of 

 the company's business requires the installation of additional 

 equipment to operate the increased volume of production ef- 

 ficiently, and the proceeds of this issue will be used for this 

 purpose at the factory at Willoughby, Ohio. The previous 

 capitalization was $400,000 m common stock. 



At the last stockholders' meeting of the Gryphon Rubber & 

 Tire Corp., New York City, the following officers and directors 

 were elected : Xorman W. Peters, president ; A. E. Gordon, 

 vice-president and general manager; S. A. Cunningham, treas- 

 urer; A. G. Vellek, secretary. Norman W. Peters. A. E. Gor- 

 don, S. A. Cunningham, Robert W. Schuette, R. M. Owen, Hicks 

 A. Weatherbee, Dr. D. \V. Whipple, Chas. W. Hunt, and Geo. 

 Van Keuren, directors. 



The Luck Tire & Manufacturing Co., Joncsville. Michigan, 

 has increased its capital stock from $500,000 to $1,500,000. 



The Fabricord Tire Co., which recently took over the plant 

 of the American Case & Register Co., of Salem, Ohio, is equip- 

 ping "for the production of 50O tires a day. It is estimated that 

 the factory will be in full operation by the latter part of the 

 year. 



.\ new rubber mill to employ between 300 and 500 men and 

 to be located at Tarentum, Pennsylvania, is said to be projected. 

 The promoter of the prospective plant is Milton Bejach. The 

 new company will be capitalized at from $500,000 to $600,000, 

 which will be distributed between local and eastern investors. 

 The product will be tires and tubes. 



Construction of several factory buildings is in contemplation 

 by the new Columbus Climax Rubber Co., recently incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $200,000. Temporary headquarters are 

 located in the Citizens' Bank Building, Columbus, Ohio. 



The Giant Tire & Rubber Co. has outgrown its Akron plant 

 and in order to accomplish a much needed expansion has pur- 

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

 Findlay, Ohio. The machinery in the Akron plant will be taken 

 to Findlay and utilized as well as that purchased with the new 

 plant. Twenty skilled workmen and foremen will be sent from 



.'\kron to Findlay, approximately 50 men in all being employed 

 at first, with a gradual increase. The company will enter upon 

 the manufacture of automobile tires at once, and a little later 

 on will manufacture inner tubes and a general line of rubber 

 goods. The capital stock has been increased to $150,000. The 

 purchase price of the Findlay plant was $25,000. 



The Meyer Rubber Co., Massillon, Ohio, is turning out a line 

 of automobile tires in all standard sizes. Frank Ridge, formerly 

 of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., and more recently of the 

 Marathon Rubber Co., is superintendent of the new plant. The 

 officers are, Fred W. Hatchel, president; A. A. Walter, vice- 

 president ; W. E. Evans, treasurer ; W. S. Lynch, assistant treas- 

 urer, and R. J. Hatchel, secretary. 



The Anderson Steam Vulcanizer Co., maker of the Anderson 

 steam vulcanizer, has recently qualified to do business in Indiana, 

 its agent being Newton M. Anderson, Worthington, Indiana, 

 also president, treasurer and director of the company. W. D. 

 Schwarting, of Dayton, Ohio, is secretary. This firm was 

 incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, September 19, 

 1916, with a capital stock of $100,000 and an office at Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. The factory is located at Worthington, Indiana, and all 

 business is transacted from that point. 



The Good-\\'ear Rubber Co., Elyria, Ohio, manufacturer of 

 automobile tires and tubes, has changed its name to The Long- 

 Wear Rubber Co. 



The A. J. Stephens Rubber Co., successor to the McFall 

 Rubber & Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, Missouri, whose 

 plant was destroyed by fire on April 12, has opened up at 

 1318-26 Chestnut avenue, having purchased 150 feet fronting 

 on Chestnut avenue. The new company manufactures tire 

 accessories — inside blow-out patches, outside boots, reliners, patch- 

 ing material, cements and fan belts. Eighty persons are now 

 employed and the number will soon be increased to over 100. A. 

 J. Stephens is sole owner and manager. 



The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., manufacturer of air- 

 less and pneumatic automobile tires, will display its products in 

 the permanent Dayton Manufacturers' Exhibit being established 

 by The Greater Dayton Association at Dayton, Ohio. 



KILLINGLY IS NOW GOODYEAR. 



It is particularly appropriate that Connecticut, the state where 

 Charles Goodyear was born, and where many of his experiments 

 were performed, should have a post office bearing his name, and 

 such has now become the official designation of the manufacturing 

 town formerly known as Williamsville and later as Killingly. 

 The cotton mills of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. are in this 

 village, and undoubtedly it was because of this fact that the name 

 has been changed to Goodyear. The company has in successful 

 operation there a large plant for the manufacture of tire fabrics, 

 ' and this plant is to be enlarged by the erection of several new 

 buildings, among them a storehouse with a capacity of 10.000 

 bales of cotton, and upon completion of the present building oper- 

 ations the mills will have a capacity of more than 150,000 pounds 

 of tire fabrics weekly. 



UNDERWRITERS' LABORATORIES IN NEW QUARTERS. 



On May 1 the New York office and testing station of Under- 

 writers' Laboratories was removed to the twelfth floor of the 

 Evening Mail Building, 25 City Hal! Place, in order to provide 

 increased space and better facilities for the conduct of their 

 work. 



The new building of the Plymouth Rubber Co., at Canton, 

 Massachusetts, is nearly completed, and it is expected that it 

 will lie in condition to commence manufacturing early next 

 month. 



