March 1, 1919] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



323 



Casper Smith, sales director of the Katzenbach & Bullock Co., 

 New York City, recently called on the trade in Akron and 

 other points in Ohio. + * * 



D. W. Brown has resigned his position as advertising man- 

 ager of The Republic Rubber Corp., Youngstown, Ohio, to de- 

 vote his entire attention to his weekly publication, the "Youngs- 

 town Citizen." He is succeeded by Honor Blocker, who for two 

 years has been Mr. Brown's understudy and assistant. 



Charles E. Wood, dealer in crude rubber, 149 Broadway, New 

 York City, announces that, owing to a change of name of the 

 building where the Akron office is located, correspondence 

 should be addressed to the Akron representative at 328 Central 

 Savings & Trust Building instead of 328 Hamilton Building. 



The New Tread Tire Co., Columbiana, has been recently in- 

 corporated, as noted elsewhere in this issue. It is equipping 

 with modern machinery a two-story brick building with about 

 20,000 square feet of floor space for a factory where it will re- 

 build and retread auto tires. The officers of the company are : 

 F. H. Groves, president; S. W. Tidd, vice-president; C. U. Cal- 

 vin, secretary and treasurer ; and E. P. Altenburg, general man- 

 ager. The capital stock is $100,000. 



At a recent meeting of the stockholders of The Mansfield 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Mansfield, Ohio, George W. Stevens was 

 elected vice-president and general manager, succeeding George 

 W. Henne who retires from the office to direct his attention to 

 other interests, although he retains his place on the board of 

 directors. Mr Henne is president of the New Jersey Car 

 Spring &- Rubber Co., Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey, which he 

 reorganized some months ago. Mr. Stevens was formerly with 

 the Federal Tire & Rubber Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 



The Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co., has elected the following 

 officers: Judge C. R. Grant, president; George W. Stevens, 

 vice-president and general manager ; Jesse E. LaDow, secre- 

 tary ; Charles Hotifman. treasurer: and .A. C. Moore, assistant 

 treasurer. « * ♦ 



The Rotary Tire & Rubber Co., Columbus, with factory ai 

 2anesvillc, has made Barton (Iriffith treasurer of the company 

 and Charles W. Bryson and Mr. Griffith are two of its directors. 



The Sandusky Tire & Rubber Co., formerly at Sandusky. 

 Ohio, has changed its name to The Ohio State Rubber Tire Co.. 

 and is now located at Port Clinton, Ohio. S. M. and W. O. 

 Bruess are interested in the company. 



The National Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine. Ohio, is 

 building a large addition to its factory, in which it plans m 

 manufacture two new brands of high-grade guaranteed tires for 

 the jobbing trade. 



This company has just arranged for life insurance for its 

 employes along the lines followed by other similar companies. 

 the policy costing the employe nothing and increasing in value 

 automatically with the employe's increased length of service. 



The Bucyrus Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., Bucyrus, Ohio, has 

 changed its name to Henderson Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.. but 

 the officers and organization remain the same. 



Samuel L. McClune, Cleveland, Ohio, has been elected a 

 director of The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine. 

 Ohio. ^ * .., 



The Gordon Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, at its amuial meeting 

 elected the following directors : Samuel .-Vke, E. A. Bowman, 

 Judge Henry W. Harter, C J., C W. and W. E. Keplinger. H. 

 B. McMaster. T. F. O'Oea. and H. S, Rcnkert. The directors 



have elected the following officers: H. B. McMaster, president 

 and general manager ; C. K. Keplinger, vice-president ; C. J. 

 Keplinger, secretary and treasurer. The company is now manu- 

 facturing only automobile tires and tubes, having disposed of 

 its druggists' sundries business. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 A SPECI.\L meeting of the foremen and executives of the 

 ■'^ Stoughton Rubber Co., Stoughton, Massachusetts, was 

 held at the office of the plant January 29. at which Ira F. Burn- 

 ham, for more than 40 years at the head of that factory, m- 

 troduced as his successor C. L. Wanamaker, a young man who 

 had been specially fitted for such a position by intensive practical 

 education. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and also of 

 the Tuck School of Business Administration and Finance, and 

 his practical education in the rubber business was acquired at 

 Xaugatuck and New Haven, Connecticut, Williamsport, Penn- 

 sylvania, and Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. He is thus well- 

 trained in both technical and administrative duties. 



Mr. Burnham will still live in Stoughton, and will, to a 

 certain extent, hold an advisory position in connection with the 

 Stoughton Rubber Co., but being relieved of the detail, will 

 be able to devote himself to the perfection of a new plan, and 

 the installation of a new department of the United States Rubber 

 Co. 



At the meeting, as special guests and representatives of the 

 general management of the United States Rubber Co., were : 

 Myron H. Clark, general factory manager; Arthur T. Hopkins, 

 assistant genera! manager footwear division ; Charles T. Mc- 

 Carthy, secretary to Mr. Hopkins; and W. D. Holden. 



Edwin H. Kidder, manager of 

 the Boston branch of the United 

 States Tire Co., who has been in 

 military service for several months, 

 lias returned to civilian life, and re- 

 sumed the duties of the above office. 

 Mr. Kidder is one of the best known 

 and most popular men connected with 

 the tire industry in Boston, and he 

 received a royal welcome on his re- 

 turn to business. 



Foil, 



iig the resignation of W. 



H. Kioom 



Gleason as secretary-treasurer of the 

 Revere Rubber Co., Chelsea, Massa- 

 chusetts. John D. Carberry was chosen secretary and W. H. 

 Blackwell treasurer, with offices in New York City. F. L. 

 Bunker as assistant treasurer has his headquarters at the plant 

 in Chelsea. 



The United Slates Rubber Co. has sold a large plot of land 

 in Chelsea to the Winnisimmet Land Co., wliich will improve 

 and develop it for a ship-yard. Situated in the down-town 

 section of the city and extending to the Harbor Commissioners' 

 line, the property is admirably fitted for such use. Containing over 

 90,000 square feet, it is pronounced one of the finest pieces of 

 wharf property in the city, and was assessed at $109,700. It is 

 said that the price paid was largely in excess of that figure. 

 The plots (there were two of them), were not being industrially 

 utilized by the United Stales Rubber Co. at the time of the sale. 



Tlie C. & C. Raincoat Co.. formerly at East Boston, but which 

 has a factory on Washington street, Boston, has purchased a 

 tract of land in Stoughton, Massachusetts, on which it proposes 

 to erect a two-story factory. 200 feel long and 40 feet wide, 

 mill construction, in which to mamifaclure raincoats and over- 



