April 1. 1919.) 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



177 



News of the American Rubber Industry. 



REELECTED OFFICERS OF THE B. F. GOODRICH CO. 

 HE B. F. Goodrich Co., at its annual meeting held on March 

 12, 1919, at its New York City office, reelected for three 

 years its si.x directors whose terms of office expired, as fol- 



lows: L. D. Brown, W. C. Geer, C. C. 



Goodrich, F. H. Mason, W. A. Means, 

 and A. H. Noah. E. C. Shaw, who has 

 served the company in an advisory ca- 

 pacity for the last year, will continue 

 a director. 



At the subsequent meeting of di- 

 rectors, the officers of the company were 

 also reelected, namely: B. G. Work, 

 president; H. E. Raymond, vice-presi- 

 dent ; C. B. Raymond, W. A. Means, 

 W. C. Geer, A. B. Jones, H. K. Ray- 

 mond, and W. O. Rutherford, second 

 vice-presidents ; F. C. Van Cleef, sec- 

 retary : L. D. Brown, treasurer ; H. 

 Hough, controller; J. C. Lawrence, assistant treasurer: H. C. 

 Miller, manager tire sales. 



DIVIDENDS. 



The .-Kpslcy Rubber Co., Hudson, Massachusetts, manufacturer 

 of rubber clothing and footwear, has declared its semi-annual 

 dividend of three and one-half per cent on its common stock of 

 record March 31, payable April 1, 1919. 



The Dodge Manufacturing Co., Mishawaka, Indiana, manufac- 

 turer of transmission machinery, has declared the following div- 

 idens : quarterly, one and one-half per cent and one and three- 

 quarters per cent, respectively, on its common and preferred 

 stock, and extra, one per cent ; due April 1 on stock of record 

 March 28, 21 and 28, respectively. 



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

 ufacturers of rubber chemicals and artificial leather, have de- 

 clared the regular quarterly dividend of four and one-half per 

 cent on its stock of record February 27, payable February 14, and 

 one of one and one-half per cent on its debenture stock of record 

 April 10, payable April 25, 1919. 



The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Firestone Park, Akron, 

 Ohio, manufacturer of tires, rubber footwear and other kinds of 

 rubber goods, declared its quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share, 

 payable March 20 to stock of record March 10. 1919. 



The General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, manufac- 

 turer of electrical machinery and equipment, has declared a div- 

 idend of $2 per share, payable April 15 to stock of record March 

 15, 1919. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, manufacturer 

 of tires, balloons and all kinds of rubber goods, declared its 

 quarterly dividend of three percent, payable March 15 on stock 

 of record March 1, 1919. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City, tire manu- 

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

 on its six per cent preferred stock, payable April 1 to stock of 

 record March 17, 1919. 



Tlie Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., New York City, tire manu- 

 facturer, has declared a stock dividend of 15 per cent on stock 

 of record May 1, payable May 20, and the regular quarterly div 

 idend of three per cent on its common stock of record March 21, 

 payable April 1. 



The Portage Rubber Co., Barberton, Ohio, tire manufacturer, 

 has declared a quarterly dividend of three per cent on its common 

 stock of record May 5, payable May 15, and one of one and three- 

 quarters per cent on its preferred stock of record March 20, pav- 

 able April 1, 1919. 



The Standard Four Tire Co., tire manutac 

 Iowa, recently paid a cash dividend of 20 per cent 

 stock. 



Keokuk, 

 common 



ALLEN MACHINE CO.S NEW PLANT. 



The Allen Machine Co. is now operating its new plant at 

 Erie, Pennsylvania. It comprises a group of modern buildings 

 specially designed and erected for engineering purposes, and 

 includes, besides the office and engineering departments, build- 

 ings for patterns, storage, foundry and machine departments. 



The foundry is 250 by 120 feet, divided into bays served by 

 several cranes ranging from four to thirty tons in capacity. Two. 

 cupolas permit 100 tons of metal to be melted per day and in- 

 dividual castings up to 35 tons can be handled. 



The machine department is 332 by 200 feet, with a gallery 

 250 by 60 feet for the lighter machine tools and assembling of 

 small machines. 



The Allen Machine Co. manufacture an extensive line of 

 rubber mill machinery, including crackers, washers, and refiners. 

 Mills up to 22 and 26 by 84 and calenders up to 32 by 92 are 

 now in process of manufacture. The well-known Allen tubing 



New Pl.^nt of Allen Machine Co. 



machine is built in sizes inclusive of 12 inches bore, with heads 

 adapted for straining stock, running solid truck tires, insulating, 

 et cetera. 



Other rubber working machinery produced by this company 

 comprises vulcanizer presses, accumulators, hydraulic presses of 

 all sizes, spreaders, fabric dryers, and a complete line for the 

 manufacture and finishing of inner tubes. 



WASTE MATERIAL DEALERS' CONVENTION. 



The sixth annual meeting of the National Association of 

 Waste Material Dealers was held at the Hotel Astor, New York 

 City, on March 18 and 19, 1919. 



The following are the newly elected officers for the ensuing 

 year: Frederick W. Reidenbach, president; James Rosenberg, 

 first vice-president; Henry Lessberger, second vice-president; 

 Ivan Reitler, third vice-president; Paul H. Loewenthal, fourth 

 vice-president ; Mark B. Speer, fifth vice-president ; Harry 

 Klonick, sixth \-ice-president ; David Feinburg, treasurer; Charles 

 M. Haskins, secretary; directors for two years — George B. 

 Smitheman, Julius Rosenberg, Herman Muehlstein, Herman 

 Goldstein; other directors — Emanuel Salomon, ex-officio; Louis 

 Birkenstein, ex-officio; Clarence White, H. H. Ciimmings, F. C. 

 Overton. Daniel M. Hicks, Henry Atterhury. 



