THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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TRADE NOTES. 



Tlie United States Rubber Co., New York City, announces 

 that the net earnings of the company for the six months ended 

 June 30, 1918, amounted to $10,242,365.46 after deducting all 

 interest charges and allowing for depreciation, federal taxes, 

 and reserves. 



Tile Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, at its 

 recent annual meeting elected the following officers : H. W. 

 DuPuy, president (reelected) ; Charles M. DuPuy, vice-presi- 

 dent ; Seneca G. Lewis, general manager ; and G. W. Shively, 

 secretary. 



The Burdick Tire & Rubber Co., 220 South State street, 

 Chicago, Illinois, announces its removal to Noblesville, Indi 

 ane, where all mail should be addressed. Plans of this com 

 pany for the building of a factory and other operations in 

 Noblesville were mentioned in our issue of March 1, 1918 



The Zwebell Brothers Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which has 

 been engaged in the motor car sales and repair business for some 

 years, has recently developed an improved method of dry cure 

 retreading and will begin the manufacture of a mold for re- 

 treading tires. The company has incorporated at $25,000 for 

 this purpose. 



The Neilson Rubber Co., 533 South Ervay street, Dallas, 

 Texas, distributer of "Quaker" tires, is adding a two-story, 

 35-foot addition to its present building to take care of its in- 

 creasing business. S. P. Neilson is manager of the company. 



The Life Preserver Suit Co., Inc., has removed its offices 

 from 11 to 1358 Broadway. It is now putting on the market a 

 new improved life-saving suit made of rubberized fabric, de- 

 scribed on another page of this issue. 



The American Mineral Co., Johnson, Vermont, mining and 

 milling talc, has completed installation of motors at its mill 

 and is now operating with hydro-electric power supplied from 

 the village of Morrisville over an eight-mile transmission line 

 built especially for it. It uses approximately 225 horse-power 

 twenty-two hours daily. It plans to extend this equipment to 

 its mines, also. 



The Whitestone Tire h Rubber Co., Inc., 1215 Fourth avenue. 

 Seattle, Washington, has undertaken the distribution of Mason 

 tires and tubes for that state. Maurice Kline is president of 

 I he concern. 



The Motor Equipment Co. of America has changed its name 

 to the Wheel and Rim Works Corp. The office of the corpora- 

 lion is with the United States Corporation Co., 311 South State 

 street, Dover, Delaware. 



The Southland Tire & Rubber Co., Fort Worth, Te.xas, is 

 completing its new factory, which is of fireproof construction, 

 80 by .300 feet, four stories high. Modern machinery and equip- 

 ment has been purchased and most of it delivered ready for 

 installation. In the meantime the company is turning out it- 

 jiroduct in another plant on its own cores, molds, etc.. under 

 the supervision of its superintendent of production. The officers 

 of the company are: William Ginnuth, president; J. C. Vernor. 

 'ice-president; and C. M. Zeigle, secretary. W. H. Vernor 

 IS the fiscal agent of the concern. 



The Cleveland Tire & Rubber Co., formerly at 309 Nonli 

 15th street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has removed to 685 

 North Broad street and changed its name to the Gillette Tire 

 Co. of Philadelphia. J. W. Paul is general manager. 



The Lion Tire & Rubber Corp., Inc., East Union street, la 

 Fayette, Indiana, has appointed as its distributer in parts of the 

 state, the Lion Supply Co., corner of Fifth and Columbia street- 



The Eagle-Picher Lead Co., manufacturer of red lead, 

 litharge, and orange mineral, 208 South La Salle street, Chi- 

 cago. Illinois, celebrated September 19 as Flag Day, raising 

 service flags at its different plants, showing 650 former employes 

 In service. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., at its August meeting. 



adopted a resolution providing for insurance of all workers 

 who have been in the employ of the company for more than thirty 

 days. The amount increases for each year of service up to the 

 lifth year, when the maximum of $1,000 is reached. 



Employes of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and their 

 friends to the number of 50,000, attended the third annual field 

 meet and family picnic at the company's forty-acre athletic field, 

 Seiberling Park, on Labor Day. Over 500 employes took part in 

 the various contests, and a community sing and dancing followed 

 the athletic events at the end of the day. 



The Amazon Rubber Co.. Akron, Ohio, has purchased the tire 

 accessory business of the O'Neil Tire & Rubber Co., including 

 the exclusive right to the name "O'Neil," the good-will of the 

 trade, and all unfilled orders on hand. It will put out reliners, 

 wing blowout patches, lace-on boots, cementless patches, etc., 

 under the name "O'Neil Pioneer Accessories." 



TAUNTON RUBBER CO. ELECTS OFFICERS. 

 The Taunton Rubber Co., Taunton, Massachusetts, at a 

 stockholders' meeting held September 13, 1918, elected the 

 following officers who are also directors: William L. Gil- 

 ford, president; Joseph L. Gifford, clerk and treasurer; 

 Charles S. McCall, Henry G. Crapo, and Warren Swift. 

 Joseph L. Gifford, who has recently acquired a controlling 

 interest in the company, retains the management of the com- 

 pany which he has had in charge for the last four years and 

 there will be no radical changes in the business affairs of 

 the company. 



QUABAUG RUBBER CO. ELECTRIFIES PLANT. 



The Quabaug Rubber Co., North Brookfield, Massachusetts, 

 is installing electrical equipment for motive power which is 

 to be supplied by the Central Massachusetts Electric Co. at 

 22,000 volts, amounting to about 700 electric horse-power. 

 When this installation is completed, steam will be used only 

 for heating purposes and the vulcanization of rubber goods. 



TRAVELER TIRE AND RUBBER CO. TO BUILD. 

 The Traveler Tire and Rubber Co., Traveler Building, 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has acquired title to three acres 

 of ground on the Pennsylvania & Reading railroad, between 

 Hellertown and Bethlehem, for the purpose of erecting a 

 factory for the manufacture of automobile tires. The officers 

 of the company are as follows: Guy de la Rigaudiere, presi- 

 dent; \'ictor Durand, Jr., first vice-president; G. J. P. Raub, 

 second vice-president; E. E. Pollard, secretai-y and treasurer. 

 The board of directors includes the above and Latimer R. 

 Baker. Henry L. Renard. Martin H. Fritz, and Joseph Reichl. 



CANADIAN NOTES. 



'T'HE Canadian National Exhibition has opened in Toronto 

 *■ under most' favorable conditions. Some twenty-five or 

 thirty new features have been added this year for the comfort 

 and entertainment of exhibitors and visitors. 



Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited, has an exhibit of tires in 

 the Transportation Building, and a showing of miscellaneous 

 liroducts in the Process Building. .\n immense rubber belt is 

 included, and the display of tennis and other sport shoes and 

 "Tenax" soles is no small feature. 



The Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, has an ex- 

 tensive exhibit in the Process Building. Before a handsome 

 background depicting a rubber plantation, every process of 

 manufacture is shown from crude rubber to the finished products. 

 Rubber soles and heels, sport shoes, and rubbers are featured 

 strongly as well as new things in rubber-soled pumps, slippers, 

 etc. 



