June 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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boots and shoes ; insulated wire and cables ; druggists' sundries, 

 surgical goods and specialties ; hard rubber goods ; clothing and 

 proofers ; dental and stamp rubber, stationers' and artists' sun- 

 dries ; sporting goods, golf balls, etc. ; dress shields and notions ; 

 rubber cement ; reclaimed rubber. Manufacturers and dealers 

 in : Rubber substitutes ; chemicals ; rubber machinery ; fabrics ; 

 scrap. 



Firm members are requested to send to the Secretary names 

 of one or more men, either officials or employes, indicating the 

 particular branch in which they are qualified to act. 



Tlie Committee on Arbitration follows : 



W. G, Ryckman, \V. G. Ryckman Co., Inc., New York City, chairman. 



A. H. Brown, Mever & Brown, New York City. 



W. E. Bruyn, L. Littlejohn & Co., Inc., New York City. 



W. F, Bass, General Rubber Co., New York City. 



Horace De Lisser. Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., Ne^ York City. 



R. B. Woodbury, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts. 



M. L. Cramer, Michelin Tire Co., Milltown, New Jersey. 



H. S. \'orhis. New York City, Secretary. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



A KRON never lags behind the times in any question affecting 

 ■*^ industrial activity, and the recent adoption of Eastern time 

 in this city is in accordance with her progressive policies. This 

 change, setting the clocks one hour ahead, allows the working 

 hours to confonn most satisfactorily with daylight conditions. 

 Women workers here are being swept into the emancipating 

 spirit of the war and have adopted a working garb of khaki 

 blouses and bloomers, a sensible and attractive uniform that al- 

 lows perfect freedom and timely economy. 



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At a meeting of The General Tire & Rubber Co. on May IS, 

 the capital stock was increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The 

 company is working its plant day and night and producing an 

 average of over 380 tires per day. An addition half the size of 

 the original plant has lately been erected, in which a full equip- 

 ment of machinery is now being installed. 



Ten acres of land east of the factory has been donated by the 

 company to its employes for garden plots. 

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The Adamson Machine Co. has recently installed equipment 

 for cutting cast iron or steel spur gears up to 6 feet in diameter 

 by 20-inch face. 



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The enormous factory of The B. F. Goodrich Co. now has a 

 subway system of its own by means of which rubber-tired elec- 

 tric tractor trains are enabled to transport materials underground 

 from one building to another. 



The main line of this traffic tunnel is about 110 feet long and 

 its laterals, or communicating tunnels, measure an additional 

 600 feet. The tube is of reinforced concrete and brick construc- 

 tion, rectangular in shape, 14 feet wide and 9>^ feet high. 



Tlie cars employed are so constructed that they may be handled 

 by men in the workrooms as well as by the tractor in the tunnels, 

 and they may be switched off in any factory building. Each 

 building is a receiving and shipping depot on the subway line. 



In order to successfully handle the 18,000 calls received at the 

 Goodrich factory, a special telephone system is being installed, 

 which includes a private telephone directory giving the name and 

 'phone number of most of the employes and the attachment of 

 electric bells which ring in each department when a man is 

 wanted. 



The 20.000 employes of the Goodrich company have begun 

 working on eight-hour shifts for the summer months, allowing 

 the workmen opportunity to cultivate the flower and vegetable 

 gardens which they are encouraged to plant in their home yards. 

 The value of this in social economy is self-evident. 



Upon the departure of Arthur H. Leavitt, assistant sales man- 

 ager of the motor truck tire department of the Goodrich com- 

 pany for Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to serve as Captain in the 



E. W. BeSaw. 



Quartermaster's Reserve Corps of the United States Army, a 

 handsome sword was presented to him as a token of the regard 

 of his associates. W. O. Rutherford, on behalf of the Operating 

 Committee, made the presentation speech. 

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E. W. BeSaw has been selected to fill the newly created posi- 

 tion of assistant general sales manager for the Firestone Tire 

 & Rubber Co., H. A. Grubb, Texas man- 

 ager, succeeding him as western district 

 manager. Mr. BeSaw became connected 

 with the company in 1912, as salesman at 

 the Chicago, Illinois, branch, a year later 

 becoming manager of the branch at Des 

 Moines, Iowa, and on January 1, 1916, re- 

 ceiving the appointment of western dis- 

 trict manager, from which he comes to his 

 new position. 



C. H. Sorrick is the newly appointed 

 manufacturers' sales manager, J. D. Hess, 

 Jr., Cleveland branch manager succeeding 

 him as manager of the pneumatic sales 

 department. Mr. Sorrick joined the Fire- 

 stone forces in 1911, in the carriage tire 

 department, and in 1914 became manager 

 of the pneumatic sales department. His 

 latest appointment is to fill the vacancy 

 created by the death of Frank C. Blanch- 

 ard last February. 



The Firestone fellowship in Akron Uni- 

 versity has been won by H. A. Smith, 

 who will specialize in rubber chemistry. 

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The Amazon Tire & Rubber Co. will 

 hereafter be known as the Amazon Rub- 

 ber Co. It has been recapitalized at 

 $500,000. It manufactures anti-blow-out 

 pneumatic auto tires, and a line of heavy 

 brown inner tubes. The officers remain 

 the same as under the old organization, 

 namely: L. J. Schott, president and sec- 

 retary; L. F. Smith, vice-president and purchasing agent, and 

 C. E, Bettler, treasurer. 



The American Rubber & Tire Co. has increased its capital 

 stock to $1,000,000. Of this amount only $100,000 is issued at 

 present and it has all been taken by the stockholders. A new 

 addition to the company's plant is under course of construction. 



C. H. Sorrick. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN BOSTON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 A T the annual election of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, 

 ** May 15, Everett Morss, president of the Simplex Wire & 

 Cable Co., was one of the seven prominent business men elected 

 to serve three years as directors of the Chamber, and at a meet- 

 ing of the directors was elected a member of the executive com- 

 mittee. Mr. Morss is a man of large business interests. Besides 

 being president of the above-named company he is a director 

 in the Boston Belting Co., and the Chemical Products Co., vice- 

 president of the Simplex Electric Heating Co., president and 

 director of the Morss & Whyte Co., trustee of the Morss Real 

 Estate Trust, and director of the First National Bank. He is 

 also a member of the corporation, and of the executive com- 

 mittee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Fel- 

 low of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the 

 .American Society of Mechanical Engineers. There is an old 

 saying that if you want a thing well done, ask a busy man to 

 do it. Mr. Morss should certainly be able to qualify as a busy 

 man. 



