THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



TRADE NOTES. 



'I'lie Pemisylvania Rubber Co., Jeaniiette, Pennsylvania, lias 

 established a branch office at Jacksonville, Florida, on the corner 

 of Forsythe and Clay streets, in the heart of the automobile 

 district. Captain J. L. Branan, recently returned from service 

 in France, is in charge. 



The Newman Tire & Rubber Co.. Inc.. 244 West .^4th street. 

 New York, has increased its capital from $5,000 to $200,000. It 

 has added three additional stores to its chain and greatly in- 

 creased its jobbing business. 



The Pearson Products Co., New York City, has recently been 

 incorporated for the purpose of selling certain patented articles 

 and products. Herbert P. Pearson, the incorporator, was for- 

 merly with the Cravenette Co. 



The Black Hawk Tire & Rubber Co., Hippee Building, Des 

 Moines, Iowa, is building the first unit of its new factory on 

 liast 20th street, between Capitol avenue and Walnut street, 

 along the right of way of the Chicago-Great Western, Chicago- 

 Rock Island, and Interurban railway tracks. This unit will be 

 two and one-half stories high, with basement, 216 by 73 feet. 

 The officers of the company are: William Moran, president; 

 John F. Griffin, vice-president; E. A. Lewis, secretary; and 

 J. J. O'Malley. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent. Ohio, has bought 

 the three-story building at 233 West S8th street. New York 

 City, where it will make extensive alterations. .\ large stock 

 of solid and pneumatic tires will be carried in the new quar- 

 ters, which will be in charge of W. M. Doucette, eastern 

 district manager of the company. 



The Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has estabhshed 

 branches at Charlotte, North Carolina; Memphis, Tennes- 

 see; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, each fully equipped with a com- 

 plete stock of tires, tubes, accessories, and repair materials. 



The Harmon Rubber & Manufacturing Co., Inc.. 1211 Har- 

 mon place, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has prepared plans for a 

 two-story plant, 40 by 160 feet, to be located in the Midway 

 District, between Minneapolis and St. Paul, for the purpose of 

 manufacturing. inner tubes. This company is a reorganization 

 of the Harmon Tire & Repair Co. of Minneapolis, and it manu- 

 factures high-grade inner tubes and rubber goods. It will sell 

 to jobbers in the Northwest. The officers are: J. F. Brown, 

 president; W. F. Rickley, vice-president and general manager; 

 and J. E. Johnson, secretary and treasurer. 



The Century Rubber Works, Chicago, Illinois, on .\pril 26, 

 suffered by a fire on its premises on Rawson street at Elston 

 avenue. The loss was covered by insurance and the company is 

 again operating at full capacity. Plans are also being drawn for 

 a new plant to be erected at an early date. E. B. Tozier is general 

 manager. 



The Carlisle Cord Tire Co., Inc., New York City and Andover, 

 Massachusetts, at its special meeting of stockholders held May 3, 

 1919, voted to increase its authorized capital stock from $500,000 

 par value preferred and 10,000 shares of common stock, with 

 no par value, to $1,000,000 par value preferred stock and 25,000 

 shares of common stock with no par value. 



The Archer Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 

 has elected the following officers: W. F. Bigelow, president; 

 William A. Beiter, vice-president; and M. A. Hessian, secre- 

 tary and treasurer. 



The Carlisle Tire & Rubber Co., Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has 

 completed a new factory addition, doubling its facilities. It 

 also expects to bwild another addition of reinforced concrete, 

 steel and glass, three stories high, 300 feet by 190. It intends 

 to begin manufacturing automobile tire casings before the spring. 



The C. A. Shaler Co., Waupun, Wisconsin, manufacturer of 

 vulcanizing apparatus and tools, is building a three-story ware- 

 house, 42 by 90 feet, and when that is completed will build an 

 additional factory building of twice that size. 



The Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, New York, is building 

 a one-story, reinforced concrete structure, 70 by 134 feet, so 

 constructed that four additional stories can be added later. 

 This building is to be used as an additional calender room. 



The American Rubber Co. of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, has 

 increased its authorized capital stock from $95,000 to $1,000,000. 



The Johnstone Tire & Rubber Co., People's Gas Building, 

 Chicago, Illinois, has elected the following officers: E. C. Wal- 

 ton, president; B. R. Blackwelder, vice-president; C. W. Mussey, 

 secretary and treasurer ; A. P. Eves, consulting rubber chemist 

 and engineer. Mr. Eves was four years with the Kelly-Spring- 

 field Tire Co., four with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., and 

 eight with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 



The Rubber Trade Association of New York has removed 

 its offices to 44 Broad street. Room 824, New York City. 



The General .'\sbestos & Rubber Co. has removed from 106 

 West Lake street to 14 North Franklin street, Chicago, Illinois. 



The .American Eagle Rubber Cement Co. has removed its 

 general offices and factory from 59 East 43d street to 3026- 

 3030 South La Salle street, Chicago, Illinois. 



The American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 

 has appointed the American Zinc Sales Co., its representative, 

 at 1415 Conway Building, Chicago, Illinois. A. C. Eide is in 

 charge as manager. 



The Hill Pump Valve Co., Archer avenue, Canal and 23d 

 streets, Chicago, Illinois, is building a modern plant to be 

 equipped with electric furnaces and the latest automatic ma- 

 chinery. The building will be one story high and contain about 

 50,000 square feet of floor space. It is located on the company's 

 recently acquired property at the southeast corner of Belmont 

 and Kno.x avenues, which fronts 213 feet on the former and 

 964 on the latter. 



A. Daigger & Co., 54 West Kinzie street, Chicago, Illinois, 

 dealers and importers in chemicals, oils, and fillers for the 

 rubber trade, whose factory was damaged by fire a short time 

 ago, report that their building has been remodeled and that 

 they are in position to handle all orders. 



Nulsen, Klein & Krausse Manufacturing Co., Levee and Sid- 

 ney streets, St. Louis, Missouri, dealers in barytes, whiting, 

 and other ingredients used in rubber compounding, has changed 

 its firm name to Nulsen Corporation. 



The Stanley Insulating Co., Inc., 43 Exchange place. New 

 York City, and Great Barrington, Massachusetts, manufacturer 

 of the "Ferrostat" rubber-finished vacuum bottle, is a Maine 

 corporation and has been authorized to do business in the 

 State of New York. W. S. Hood is the New York represen- 

 tative and the officers of the concern are ; Otis A. Glazebrook, 

 Jr., president; Horace W. Davis, vice-president; William S. 

 Hood, assistant secretary and treasurer; and R. G. Williams, 

 assistant treasurer. 



The Parker Pen Co., Janesville, Wisconsin, manufacturer 

 of the "Lucky Curve" fountain pen, will erect a four-story 

 office and factory building, with basement and sub-basement, 

 of reinforced cement and brick veneer, at the corner of Court 

 and South Division streets, to cost $125,000. 



The Essenkay Products Co., Chicago, Illinois, manufacturer 

 of the "Essenkay" tire filler, has elected the following offi- 

 cers: F. D. Mayer, president and treasurer; R. Peisef, G. 

 Weir and J. E, Duffield, vice-presidents; and W. B. Russell, 

 secretary. 



The \V. -A. Sheaffer Pen Co., Fort Madison, Iowa, manu- 

 facturer of the "SheafTer" fountain pen, has been authorized 

 to do business in New York State, and A. L. Kugel has been 

 designated representative and manager of its New York 

 City office, at 440 Canal street. The company also has offices 

 in Chicago and San Francisco. The officers are: W. A. Sheaf- 

 fer. president; B. T. Coulson, vice-president; J. C. Brewster, 

 treasurer; and W. A. Scherfe, secretary. 



