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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 191& 



Territory. The company Ts the Pacific Coast representative of 

 the Akron Rubber Mold and Machine Co., Akron, Ohio. 



Brighton Mills, Passaic, New Jersey, have discontinued their 

 New York office at 257 Fourth avenue, and hereafter will handle 

 all business from their office at Passaic, New Jersey, nie officers 

 of tlie company are : William L. Lyall, president and treasurer ; 

 Harry V. R. Scheel, assistant treasurer ; Thomas M. Gardner, 

 secretary; and Timothy J. Kelly, superintendent. 



The Sterling Tire Co., 234 West S5th street, New York City, 

 has registered with the Secretary of State of New York and re- 

 ceived authorization to do business in that State. The concern 

 is a Delaware corporation. 



The Owen Tire & Rubber Co. has removed its office from 1900 

 to 2336 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, but correspondence 

 should be directed to the factory at Bedford, Ohio. 



The Manhasset Manufacturing Co., Putnam, Connecticut, man- 

 ufacturer of tire fabrics and yarns, has recently completed a 

 two-and-one-half-story addition, 60 by 60 feet, to its main mill, 

 and will use it for plant extension in the general manufacture 

 of tire duck. 



The Eagle Packing & Rubber Co., Inc., 123 Chambers street. 

 New York City, manufacturer of asbestos packings and mechani- 

 cal rubber goods, has leased the second loft at the above ad- 

 dress. H. W. Austin is president of the company and J. E. 

 Paul is superintendent of production. 



The rubber substitute and chemical business of the late George 

 F. Lufbery, Jr., at Elizabeth, New Jersey, has been taken over by 

 W, J. Moren, who has been in Mr. Lufbery's employ for the past 

 eleven years. The business will be continued along the same 

 lines as formerly. 



The Cameron Machine Co., 51-61 Poplar street, Brooklyn, New 

 York, has opened a new sales office and service station at 503 

 First National Bank building, Cincinnati, Ohio, in charge of 

 Frank C. Risselt, who is well-known to the rubber trade. 



The Guaranteed Tire Service Co., 241 Main street, Dubuque, 

 Iowa, has changed its name to Tire Service Co. It has also 

 discontinued acting as distributor for the Savage Tire Corp., 

 San Diego, California, and is now e.xclusive branch distributor 

 for the entire line of the Miller Rubber Co., .-^kron, Ohio, cover- 

 ing northeastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin and northwest- 

 ern Illinois. A large tire-repair plant has been installed, which 

 makes a specialty of retreading. 



The Ehman Tire & Rubber Co., La Salle and 27th streets, 

 Chicago. Illinois, has changed its name to the Inland Rubber 

 Co.. which name will he used in all business transactions on and 

 after December 1, 1918. 



GOODRICH IN CALIFORNIA. 

 M. D. Bixby w^as recently appointed manager of the Los 

 Angeles, California, branch of The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., 

 -■^kron, Ohio, controlling all Southern California and .\rizona 

 territory. Mr. Bi.xby has been with the Goodrich company 

 since 1914 and previous to that time was with the Diamond 

 Rubber Co. in Chicago. He has made the following appoint- 

 ments in his territory: L. E. Nollen, district superintendent of 

 operations ; E. G. Ketchum, manager mechanical sales ; M. B. 

 McKinsey, manager pneumatic tire sales ; E. W. Perry, manager 

 . of truck tire sales ; G. M. Gay, in charge of service department : 

 J. F. Howard, manager of credit department ; B. Schuttere. 

 manager of traffic department, and E. Hegerling, manager of 

 stock department. 



DIVIDENDS. 



The .\jax Rubber Co., Inc., 17% Broadway, New York City, 

 has declared its quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share, payable 

 December 15 to stock of record November 30, 1918. 



E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware, de- 

 clared a dividend of one per cent, payable November 11, for the 

 benefit of the United War Work Campaign, the checks being 

 specially marked and the recommendation made that they be 

 turned over directly to the fund by the recipients. 



Tlie General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, has de- 

 clared quarterly dividends of $2 per share and two per cent in 

 common stock at par, both payable January 15, 1919, to stock of 

 record December 7, 1918. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, on October 31, 

 declared a six per cent cash dividend, payable at the rate of two 

 per cent on the 20th of February, May, and .^ugusl, 1919. 



BOSTON TO SAN FRANCISCO LINKED BY MOTOR TRUCKS. 



Two three-ton motor trucks of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co. recently made a successful journey from Boston to San 

 Francisco and return, a distance of 7,763 miles. The freighters 

 left Boston on September 1, with a cargo of airplane tires for the 

 military authorities at San Francisco, and completed the 3,700- 

 mile run in 21 days, allowing a one-day stop at Akron, Ohio. 

 The trucks followed the Old Post Road to New York, then the 

 Lincoln Highway to San Francisco, by way of Philadelphia, 

 Pittsburgh, Akron, Fort Wayne, Cedar Rapids, Omaha, Chey- 

 enne, Salt Lake City, Carson City, Sacramento and Stockton. 



From San Francisco the trucks proceeded to Los Angeles, by 

 way of Stockton. Fresno and Bakersfield, and thence over the 

 National Old Trails Route, through the Mojave Desert and 



Needles. California, to Phoenix, .\rizona. where the Goodyear 



PRODUCTION OF RUBBER IN FIJI ISLANDS. 

 The British Trade Commissioner to New Zealand, who has 

 lately visited the Fi.ii Islands, reports that rubber cultivation 

 is receiving much attention there, New Zealand farmers having 

 started large plantations on Fiji lands of a suitable nature. 

 Quantities of rubber of a very high grade have already been 

 produced. 



Boston — S.\n Fr.\ncisco Freight Trucks. 



cotton plantation is located. Here a load of baled cotton was 

 taken on for delivery to the Goodyear Cotton Mills, at Goodyear, 

 Connecticut. 



Doubling back to .^sh Fork, Arizona, the trucks picked up the 

 National Old Trail and continued on through IHagstaff, Albu- 

 querque. Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Trinidad, Kansas City, St. Louis, 

 Indianapolis, Dayton and Columbus to Akron, and from .\kron 

 to Boston over the regular route through Pittsburgh. Philadel- 

 phia, and New York. 



The trucks were equipped with 44 by 10-inch all-weather cord 

 tires on the rear wheels and 38 by 7-inch, rib-tread tires on the 

 front wheels. 



RUBBER PLANTING A FAILURE IN HAWAII. 



Rubber planters in Hawaii who some years ago took up Ceara 



rubber cultivation in vigorous fashion, are being disappointed in 



their expectations. In fact, a very great part of the plantations 



has already been abandoned or planted to other crops. 



