THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1918. 



\RLHS A. 



CHARLES A. RICE. 



'T'HREE years ago the city of Youngstowii, Ohio, suffered 

 ■*■ from a flood which put the municipal water supply service 

 out of commission, the needs of the city for both fire pro- 

 tection and gen- 

 eral use being 

 supplied, in the 

 emergency, by 

 connecting the in- 

 dependent system 

 of The Republic 

 Ruhlier Co. with 

 the city water 

 mains until the 

 subsidence of the 

 flood allowed the 

 pumping station to 

 resume operations. 

 The history of 

 this water supply 

 is interesting 

 Four years ago 

 The Republic Rub- 

 ber Co. found it 

 necessary to se- 

 cure an independ- 

 ent water supply. 

 . Sufficient pressure 

 ,j and volume were 

 available, but the water was too warm and its mineral action 

 was destructive to boilers, pumps, etc. 



The problem was solved by Charles A. Rice, who was then, 

 as now. in charge of the mechanical and electrical equipment 

 of the plant. Two miles from the factory, in the hills, was 

 an abandoned coal mine, at the bottom of which was a lake 

 of clear, cold water. Mr. Rice devised a system of syphonage 

 and pumping by which the water, brought to the surface, forms 

 a brook for nearly half a mile, and then enters a 10-inch pipe, 

 through which, by gravity, it siiiiplies the factory constantly 

 with pure spring water. 



During his 15 years with t!ie company, Mr. Rice has made 

 many other important mechanical improvements at the plant, 

 including the equipment of individual motor drives in the cal- 

 ender room, the installation of low-pressure turbines supersed- 

 ing high-pressure reciprocating engines, and the addition of coal 

 and ash-handling equipments, centrifugal pumping machinery and 

 other up-to-date improvements. 



Mr. Rice was born in Deerfield, Ohio, in 1875, and supplemented 

 a common-school education by a course in electrical engineering. 

 In 1859 he became engineer in a flour mill, and two years 

 later for a short time was in the electrical department of the 

 Carnegie Steel Co. at the Ohio works ; thence going to The 

 Republic Rubber Co. as assistant electrician, becoming chief 

 electrician in 1906, and in 1912 being given full charge of all 

 mechanical and electrical equipment. 



He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers, and of all the Masonic bodies, up to and including 

 the thirty-second degree. His home is at Youngstown, Ohio. 



NEW OFFICERS OF BOONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. 



The Boone Tire & Rubber Co., Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 

 at its annual meeting elected the following oflicers and 

 directors for the ensuing year: I. V. Maclean, president; 

 F. W. Edgell, vice-president; Holmes Ives, secretary; and 

 J. M. Andrejeski, treasurer; directors — all the above and J. 

 C. Clink. C. B. Culver, Charles F. Oashgar, W. W. Shong. 

 and W. J. Fulton. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 

 James K. Beach has been appointed supervisor of the Texas 

 territory of the Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., New York City, and 

 will have his headquarters at Dallas. He was previously the 

 company's California supervisor, witli lieadquarters in San 

 Francisco. He succeeds H. C. Burnett who has entered gov- 

 ernment service. 



J. B. Bleiler has been appointed special representative of the 

 truck tire division of The Republic Rubber Corp., Youngstown, 

 Ohio, with headquarters at 1745 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. 



George M. Hoffman holds a record of 15 years' service as 

 manager for The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, at 

 its branch at 2020 Locust street, St. Louis, Missouri. 



L. N. Bartlett has been appointed assistant manager for 

 The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, at its branch 

 at St. Louis, Missouri. 



H. D. Chipley is manager for the United States Tire Co., 

 New York City, at its branch at 1311 East Main street, Rich- 

 mond, Virginia, to which address it has recently removed. 

 This branch is in the Philadelphia district of the company. 



Ernest L. Patten, Maiden, Massachusetts, has been granted 

 a patent on his sole-cutting machine described in The India 

 Rubber World of August 1, 1918. 



Prescott C, Ritchie has succeeded H. S. Johnson, who re- 

 cently resigned, as western district representative for the 

 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Indianapolis, 

 Indiana. He was formerly in charge of headquarters inquiry 

 work for the same company in its western district and main 

 offices. Previous to that he was connected with the Thomas 

 B. Jeffrey Co., Kenosha, Wisconsin. 



William E. Barker, for some years manager of shoe sales of 

 the United States Rubber Co., but who resigned from that posi- 

 tion last summer, and later made a lour of inspection of the 

 company's Hczra plantations in Sumatra, has been appointed 

 general sales manager of the wire division of the National India 

 Rubber Co., Bristol. Rhode Island, a subsidiary of the United 

 States Rubber Co. 



J, Ix. Hall, president of J. R. Hall & Co. and vice-president 

 of the I'irst .\ational Bank of Flemington, New Jersey, has 

 succeeded G. Frank Ginglen, resigned, as secretary of the Dural 

 Rubber Corp. of that town 



H. M. Murdock formerly manager of the branch of the 

 United States Tire Co. at Amarillo, Texas, has succeeded Frank 

 Kathman as manager of the company's branch at 224 North 

 Sixth avenue, Quincy, Illinois. 



A. M. Hill has been appointed sales manager of The Fisk Co. 

 of Texas. San .Antonio, Texas. 



G. H. Carnahan. of the International Rubber Co., West Har- 

 rington, Rhode Island, has been appointed vice-president of The 

 Bayer Co.. Inc., n^anufacturer of aniline colors and pharmaceuti- 

 cal products by the Alien Property Custodian, who recently 

 took over The Bayer Co., and will sell its capital stock to 

 American citizens as soon as the books have been audited and 

 the property appraised. 



Stuart Webster, formerly treasurer of the Racine Rubber Co.. 

 Racine, Wisconsin, and vice-president of the Ajax Rubber Co., 

 Inc., has come East from Racine to act as treasurer of the 

 Ajax company in New York City. He succeeds Harold Stimp- 

 son, who has resigned to enter government service. 



Dr. E. .\. WuUenweber has signed a contract for a term of 

 years as chief chemist for The Mid-Continent Tire Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Wichita, Kansas. 



Miss Hazel McCarthy succeeds Miss Frances E. Silbaugh as 

 nurse in charge of the first aid department at The Federal Rub- 

 ber Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, Miss Silbaugh being with the Red 

 Cross in France. 



