July 1, 1917.; 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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COMMANDANT OSTERRIETH IN AMERICA. 



1\/IAXV of the visitors to the International Rubber and Allied 

 ^'* Trades Exhibitions of 1911 and 1914 will remember Com- 

 mandant Leon Osterrieth as the delegate for Belgium. With his 



brother and other rel- 

 atives he was associat- 

 ed with Osterrieth & 

 Co., Antwerp, a firm 

 of merchants dealing 

 in rubber and allied 

 tropical products and 

 owning considerable 

 interests in the plan- 

 tation industry of 

 Java, and British 

 Malaya. When war 

 was declared in 1914 

 Commandant Oster- 

 rieth was on his way 

 to attend the Rubber 

 Congress in Java. 

 He heard the news 

 at Port Said, returned 

 hastily and until re- 

 cently has been fight- 

 ing with his country- 

 r- ,-■ I ,-> rnen in the trenches 



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ot I'landers. His moth- 

 er, too, well known and beloved in .Antwerp for her many acts of 

 benevolence covering a period of many years, has continued to do 

 much to alleviate the suffering of those about her. Commander 

 Osterrieth's active cooperation has aided materially in the success 

 of the International Rubber E.xhibitions, and it will be recalled 

 that rubber from his own and his brother's estates was exhibited in 

 New York in 1912. The welcome of the American rubber trade 

 to such a distinguished visitor is the w'armer in that it is ex- 

 tended to an honored comrade in' arms. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



George O. Simpson has been appointed manager of the Kan- 

 sas City branch of The B. F. Goodrich Co., succeeding F. A. 

 Oberheu. Mr. Simpson has been connected with the Goodrich 

 company for ten years, having been for three years a salesman 

 in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, territory and for the past 

 seven years manager of the Philadelphia branch. 



The transfer of George O. Simpson, Philadelphia branch man- 

 ager of The B. F. Goodrich Co., and the welcome of his succes- 

 sor, Edward H. Fitch, was the occasion of a recent banquet given 

 at the headquarters of the Philadelphia Automobile Trade Asso- 

 ciation. Prior to the dinner, a solid silver service was presented 

 to Mr. Simpson as a demonstration of the loyalty and friendship 

 of his' associates, Among the speakers was C. B. Raymond, 

 second vice-president of the Goodrich company. 



Alfred L. .\iken, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of 

 Boston and a potent factor in the success of the New England 

 drive for Liberty Bond subscriptions, is a grandson of the late 

 Governor Buckingham of Connecticut, who was one of the found- 

 ers of the old Hayward Rubber Co., of Colchester. 



O. R. L. J. Magnee, who has rubber planting interests in Suma- 

 tra, was in New York City last month on business. 



C. E. Labelle, treasurer of the St. Jerome, Quebec, factory 

 of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, recently 

 married Miss Jeanne Belair, the couple taking a honeymoon trip 

 down the Saguenay River. The overseers and office staff pre- 

 sented to them a cabinet of table silver. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Central Tire Co., distributer of Diamond tires, San 

 Antonio, Texas, has increased its capital stock from $12,000 

 to $25,000. 



The Polack Tyre & Rubber Co., New York City, has moved 

 its general and sales offices to more commodious and pleasanter 

 quarters on the second floor of the Motor Mart, 1876 Broadway. 

 This change was made necessary by a rapidly expanding busi- 

 ness with truck users and truck manufacturers. 



The Perfection Asbestos Tire Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has been 

 formed as Ohio distributor for The Perfection Tire & Rubber 

 Co. H. L. Oakley is president and Edward F. Carran, secretary 

 and treasurer. 



The Perfection Tire & Rubber Co. is enlarging its plant at 

 Wabash, Indiana, and installing machinery that will triple its 

 capacity. This factory is utilized for the manufacture of asbestos 

 automobile tire fabric, asbestos yarns and fabrics, asbestos gaskets 

 and packing, and asbestos shoe soles. 



Bids are being received for the'erection of a one and two-story 

 building, 125 by 60 feet, to be built for the Plexus Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



Tlie Newark Rubber Tire Co., Newark, New Jersey, dealer 

 in standard makes of tires and tubes, has increased its capital 

 stock from $10,000 to $100,000. The officers of the company are : 

 William F. Rothlisberger, president ; Harry Martin, vice-presi- 

 dent and secretary ; E. B. Degenring, treasurer. 



The plant of the Mid-Continent Tire Manufacturing Co., 

 located at Wichita, Kansas, is rapidly nearing completion and 

 it is claimed that it will be the largest factory building in Kansas. 

 That the new plant will be turning out "Made in Wichita" tires 

 by midsummer is the hope of the management. 



The Camel Tire Co.. jobber in standard brand tires, has 

 opened new quarters at 712 Madison avenue, Toledo, Ohio. 



HANES RUBBER CO. 



The Hanes Rubber Co., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will 

 soon start manufacturing tires and inner tubes, the daily capacity 

 being 300 tires and 200 tubes. This is not a stock company, but 

 a private corporation having a capital of 

 $500,000. A. S. Hanes, the president, 

 and J. W. Hanes, Jr., secretary and 

 treasurer, are identified with the Hanes 

 Knitting Mills Co. of the same place, 

 and it is planned that this company will 

 make the tire faljrics. The plant is ad- 

 mirably situated, as regards railway 



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facilities, being closely connected with the Southern, the Norfolk 

 & Western and the South Bound railways. Being near a town of 

 35,000 inhabitants, in a cotton industrial center, the plant is very 

 favorably situated also, as regards labor supply. 



It is reported that the North Star Rubber Co., of St. Paul, 

 Minnesota, will soon be in a position to operate. The company 

 has temporary headquarters in the National Exchange Bank 

 Building. 



