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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



TRADE NOTES. 

 The Rubber Trading Co., 9-15 Murray street, New York City, 

 by unanimous consent of its stockholders has dissolved and a 

 co-partnership has been formed to take over the business. The 

 name remains the same and the members of the co-parinership 

 are William T., Collier W., and Robert Lyie Baird, general part- 

 ners, with Robert B. Baird as special paruier. 



The Gillette Tire Co., 1122 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, 

 Illinois, has opened a distributinR oftice al 347 Locusl street. St. 

 Louis, Missouri. 



The Story Rubber Corp., 1328 Broadway, New York City, has 

 purchased a plant at Hempstead, Long Island, where it expects 

 soon to manufacture its "Bonner" tubes. The officers of the com- 

 pany are: Ernest D. Story, president; Elmer G. Story, vice- 

 president, and Charles S. Fowler, treasurer. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City, at its annual 

 meeting of stockholders, held March 14, 1919, reelected the tol- 

 lowing directors: Van H. Cartmell, Stephen Feabody, A. L. 

 Scheuer, Jacob Oppenheim, Gustavus Maas, A. M. Poole, O. R. 

 Cook, and F. A. Seaman. 



The Lincoln Tire & Rubber Co., Detroit, Mich., has leased the 

 entire building at No. 224, in addition to its previous location 

 at No. 226, Jefferson Avenue East. This concern sells Meyer, 

 Portage, Mohawk, Pennsylvania, and United States tires, and is 

 sole distributor of Meyer tires for seven of the Central States. 

 Guy B. Cross, president, is one of the directors of The Meyer 

 Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



The Batavia Rubber Co., Batavia, New York, has been granted 

 an order in the United States Circuit Court, terminating the re- 

 ceivership of M. H. Bochow. Mr. Bochow continues, however, as 

 president. The creditors of the company received 50 per cent 

 of their claims during the receivership and will now be paid the 

 remainder. The company's plant is now running 24 hours daily, 

 with three shifts of workmen. 



The Ford Motor Co., automobile manufacturer, Detroit, Mich- 

 igan, has built and is operating a small rubber tire factory. 

 "simply learning how," it says, without intending at the present 

 time to go into the manufacture of tires in any volume. 



The Horseshoe Rubber Co., distributor of the Racine Auto 

 Tire Co., Racine, Wisconsin, now has branches in fifteen cities of 

 the United States. 



The Broadway Tire Jobbers, Inc., 250 West 34th street. New 

 York City, recently incorporated at $125,000, carries standard 

 makes of factory-blemished tires converted into seconds, as well 

 as tubes, which it supplies to dealers. 



The Lee Rubber & Tire Corp., New York City, held its annual 

 meeting of stockholders on March 27, 1919, at its offices at 61 

 Broadway. The third annual report of the company for the fiscal 

 year ended December 31, 1918, shows net sales for the year 

 amounting to $4,609,924.47, and a net profit of $200,348.20, after 

 deducting for federal taxes. 



The Parker Tire & Rubber Co., 1014 Merchants Bank Building, 

 Indianapolis, Indiana, is specializing on supersizes of cord tires. 

 The company has completed its plant, 250 by 60 feel, with a boiler 

 house 60 by 30 feet. 



The Overland Tire & Rubber Co., Omaha, Nebraska, at its 

 stockholders' annual meeting in January elected the following 

 officers : Jaines H. Davies, president ; W. R. Blowers, vice-presi- 

 dent and general manager, and Harry Hildreth, Jr., secretary- 

 treasurer. The concern also voted to spend $200,000 for machin- 

 ery and an equal amount for buildings to comprise the first unit 

 of its factory. Tlie foundations and footings up to the first floor 

 are now completed. The company expects to operate the factory 

 about September 1, 1919. It will manufacture pneumatic tires 

 and tubes, solid truck tires, and a general line of mechanical rub- 

 ber goods. 



The Nebraska Tire &• Rubber Co., Inc., 3167 Spaulding street. 



Oniaba, Nebraska, has recently elected W. W. Wuchtcr treas- 

 urer and general manager of the company, succeeding E. G. 

 Wolfe, resigned. The other officers are: Alva Smith,, president; 

 G. C. Feironnct, vice-president, and F. M. Holloway, secretary. 

 These, with J. E. Cornish and S. C. Wolfe, compose the direct- 

 orate. The concern is reorganizing under these officials and will 

 equip its plant with the latest improved machinery, to begin 

 operations July 1, 1919. 



Tlie Globe Rubber Tire Manufacturing Co., 1851 Broadway, 

 New York City, at its annual stockholders' meeting on February 

 4, 1919, elected the following officers: J. B. Linerd, president; 

 H. W. Kuglcr and H. L. Hornberger, vice-presidents ; F. H. 

 Craig, secretary; H. B. James, treasurer, and R. E. Glass, assist- 

 ant treasurer. 



The Advance Ruhlier Co.. 1717 Eighth avenue, Brooklyn, New 

 York, has increased its capital from $150,000 to $1,000,000. 



The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co. of New York, Inc., has leased 

 the store at 1891 Broadway, New York City, and has also re- 

 cently opened several new branches in other cities. 



The Standard Four Tire Co., Keokuk, Iowa, is to build a two- 

 story addition with basement to its plant, 60 by 125 feet. It will 

 be equipped with new machinery with a view to increasing the 

 company's production to about 1,000 tires daily. It is now turn- 

 ing out about 425 tires and 150 tubes a day. 



The Johnstone Tire & Rubber Co., Peoples Gas Building, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois, at its meeting held January 22, 1919, elected the 

 following officers : E. C. Walton, president ; B. R. Blackwelder, 

 vice-president, and C. W Mussey. secretary-treasurer. The con- 

 cern is preparing to put on the market its patented braided cord 

 tire, but at present is manufacturing solid truck and pneumatic 

 fabric tires. 



Henry P. and LeRoy H. Rindskopf, president and secretary- 

 treasurer, respectively, of the Brooklyn Shield & Rubber Co., 397 

 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, New York, have changed their name 

 to Rand. Announcement of this was made March 10, 1919. 



The Traveler Rubber Co. of Bethlehem, U. S. A., with offices 

 in the Traveler Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will break 

 ground about April 1, for a new two-story automobile tire plant, 

 60 by 200 feet, with power plant, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 

 The cost is estimated at $250,000. 



The Chester Novelty Co., Inc., Chester, New York, manufac- 

 turerer of novelties, including the "American Inkless War Pen," 

 illustrated in our issue of August 1, 1918, has increased its capital 

 from $15,000 to $60,000. 



The trade-mark "Lowell," used by the J. Spencer Turner Co., 

 New York City, on its yacht duck, is now to be used also on its 

 tire fabric. These goods were formerly sold by the Boston Yarn 

 Co., Boston, Massachusetts, but are now handled exclusively by 

 the Turner company. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co. held a house-warming at its new 

 home, 160 Front street. New York City, on March 7, 1919, ar- 

 ranged by C. A. Stedman, advertising manager. Moving pictures 

 were shown and views of the company's mines at Franklin, New 

 Jersey. F. C. Ryan gave a talk on the development of the in- 

 dustry. Before leaving, the guests were shown over the building, 

 which contains, among other interesting features, a museum of a 

 great variety of zinc products. A detailed description of the 

 building, illustrated, was given in our issue of February 1, 1919. 

 The Okonite Co., 501 Fifth avenue. New York City, has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $650,000 to $1,500,000, to consist of 

 $1,000,000 common and $500,000 preferred, of which only $200,000 

 preferred is to be issued at present. 



The Morse Chain Co., Ithaca, New York, has announced the 

 removal of the Kansas City office of its western representative, 

 the Morse Engineering Co., from the R. A. Long Building, to 

 211-212 Finance Building. W. V. Warner is district manager in 

 Kansas City. 



