JUNE 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



537 



A. E. Friswell. 



ARTHUR E. FRISWELL. 



A RTHUR E. FRISWELL, tire expert, was born in Coventry, 

 **■ England, in 1870. He was brought to this country at the 

 age of 14 by his father, the late E. D. Friswell, who became a 



partner in the 

 Bridgeport Elastic 

 Web Co., Bridge- 

 jiort. Connecticut. 

 -After a term of 

 school in Bridgeport 

 he went to the Re- 

 \fre Rubber Co., 

 Boston, Massachu- 

 setts, working under 

 the late James 

 Leigh. He worked 

 there for eight years 

 during which period 

 the pneumatic tire 

 came into existence. 

 .\ f t e r becoming 

 foreman of the Re- 

 \ ere Rubber Co.'s 

 Inst tire department 

 lie assumed charge 

 of the tire depart- 

 ment of the Me- 

 chanical Fabric Co., 

 Providence, Rhode Island, wdiich was then an offshoot of the 

 firm of David Moseley & Sons, Limited, Manchester, England, 

 making thread for the Bridgeport Elastic Web Co., and tires for 

 the Dunlop company in America. Mr. Friswell spent a further 

 eight years building up the tire department of the Mechanical 

 Fabric Co. Then that department became merged in the Rubber 

 Goods Manufacturing Co. and was shifted to Hartford, Con- 

 necticut, where he went as assistant superintendent of the Hart- 

 ford Rubber Works Co. During four years there Mr. Friswell 

 saw the pneumatic bicycle tire begin to expand into the motor 

 tire, and contributed towards its success. 



Deciding that a bit of the world not bounded by rubber and 

 w'ith latitude and longitude not defined by the pneumatic tire 

 might enlarge his horizon, he started for a world tour with let- 

 ters of introduction to all the leading tire makers in Europe, and 

 some of the then infant plantations ; but he did not get very far. 

 His technical knowledge was wanted by Messrs. Moseley, in 

 Manchester, England, and they got it. For almost four years he, 

 as man.-iger of the tire department, fought an up-hill battle in 

 a country of free imports against all comers, foreign and do- 

 mestic. 



His father's death compelled his return to America where, 

 for a time, he was soon engaged by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Akron, Ohio. Feeling entitled to a rest, Mr. Friswell then 

 took it on his bungalow estate in- Bermuda, where his wife was 

 born. But, as he says, a man's work is part of the fabric of his 

 life He has. therefore, been back to England for two years, 

 doing special work in rubber, and now, that work being finished, 

 he is again in America with an important tire connection. 



BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR SEBRING TIRE COMPAUY. 



At a special meeting of stockliolders of the Sebring Tire & 

 Rubber Co.. Sebring. Ohio, held May 10. it was voted to increase 

 the capital stock from $200,000 to $500,000, and a stock dividend 

 of 25 per cent, to present stockholders was declared. Bright 

 prospects were reported and the production is to be immediately 

 increased to 200 tires per day. E. H. Trump, maker of the orig- 

 inal "Quality Tire" at Hartville. Ohio, is the practical man in 

 the concern and J. S. Hotchkiss is general manager. 



PERSONAL MENTIOK. 



J. Wilbur Hobbs has been placed in charge of the New York 

 City branch of the Lee Tire & Rubber Co., Conshohocken, Penn- 

 sylvania, which has been moved from 1966 Broadway to 236 

 West Fifty-fourth street. 



L. W. Kennedy has been appointed special truck tire repre- 

 sentative for the United States Rubber Co., in the Southern 

 district, with headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia. 



Fred L. Gayton, formerly with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co.. has now joined the New York City forces of the United 

 States Rubber Co. 



Theodore F. MacManus, of Detroit, Michigan, has been 

 retained by the Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, as 

 advertising and business counsel for the extensive advertising 

 campaign of the company's Prodium Process tires. 



Herman Ditt, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, has been ap- 

 pointed superintendent of the Lion Tire & Rubber Co., Lafayette, 

 Indiana. 



T. R. Cheshire succeeds R. T. Murphy as manager of the At- 

 lanta, Georgia, branch of The B. F. Goodrich Co., Mr. Murphy 

 liaving entered the automobile business as distributer for Oak- 

 land motor cars. 



George A. Richards has been appointed special representative 

 for the manufacturers' sales department of the Firestone Tire & 

 Rubber Co. in the Detroit, Michigan, territory. Mr. Richards 

 has been connected with the sales department of the company for 

 several years, during the past three years occupying positions 

 as branch manager at Columbus, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



S. A. E. SUMMER" MEETING. 



Plans lor the summer meeting of the Society of Automotive 

 Engineers to be held at the Bureau of Standards in Washington, 

 D. C, June 25-26, are now fully completed. On Tuesday war 

 airplanes will be considered. Wing Commander I. W. Sadden, 

 R. N. .A. S., and Major Reese, of the British Commission in this 

 country, will read papers and answer questions on this subject. 

 Motor trucks, farm tractors and motor boats will be considered 

 by men prominent in these branches. A professional session will 

 be held at the Bureau of Standards and the various departments 

 of the Bureau will be open to inspection of the members on Mon- 

 day, the 25th, when special demonstrations of testing materials, 

 etc., will be shown. An informal dinner will be held at the New 

 Willard Hotel Tuesday evening, June 26, at which Secretary of 

 ^^'ar Newton Baker will make the principal address, and there 

 will be other speakers. Over 30 guests representing the Army 

 and Na\'y will be present, in addition to the Council of National 

 Defense and other organizations now cooperating with the 

 Government. It is expected that more than 800 members will 

 attend this meeting and dinner, .^t the last meeting of the 

 council 227 new members were admitted. 



THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. PROMOTIONS. 



C. M. McCreery, formerly assistant manager of the Chicago, 

 Illinois, district, has been made special manufacturers' represen- 

 tative for the same district, G. H. Barmore being transferred from 

 Milwaukee, \\'isconsin, to fill the vacancy. A. J. Sears, formerly 

 branch manager at Sioux City, Iowa, succeeds Mr. Barmore as 

 branch manager at Milwaukee, and W. A. Ziegler, formerly city 

 salesman at Milwaukee, has been made branch manager at Sioux 

 City. 



W. 5 Boone, formerly supervisor of city sales in Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, is now special manufacturers' representative for the 

 New York district. 



