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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1919. 



FOR THE HEALTH OF THE WORKERS. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jcaniicttc. Pennsylvania, lakes 

 particular interest in the welfare of its employes. Eveo' worker 

 after a year's service receives a $3C0 insurance policy, which 

 after two years is advanced to $500, and automatically increases 

 $100 a year until a ma-ximun: of $1,000 is reached. 



An up-to-date hospital is maintained at the plant where 

 registered nurses and a staff of physicians are subject to call 



at all hours. There is an operating room, a first-aid room, a 

 sterilizing room, and a ward with three beds. Any injury to 

 a workman, however slight, must be attended to at the hospital, 

 thus minimizing chances of infection or secondary complications. 

 The drinking water for the workers is filtered, 'Sterilized, and 

 then cooled and piped throughout the factory buildings. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Republican Rubber Co., Kansas City, Missouri, a branch 

 of the Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, has leased for 

 tin years the two-story building at the corner of Nineteenth 

 and McGee Streets, Kansas City. It is so constructed that addi- 

 tional stories can be added if necessary. This will be the district 

 headquarters for the states of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and 

 Western Missouri, including the sub-branch and territory at 

 St. Louis. F. W. Osmun is district manager. 



The BeSaw Tire & Rubber Co., Ardraore, Oklahoma, has sold 

 its plant at Hartville, Ohio, to the Monarch Rubber Co. and 

 will center its operations at Ardmore, where it expects to begin 

 the manufacture of high-grade tires early in the fall. At a 

 special meeting of its stockholders on June 16, 1919, the classi- 

 fication of the company's stock was changed from $500,000 to 

 $900,000 common and from $500,000 to $100,000 preferred. The 

 newly elected officers and directors are S. A. Apple, president ; 

 Charles von Weise, vice-president ; Mark Kirkpatrick, secretary- 

 treasurer ; Edward Gait and Frank S. Gates, directors. 



The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., Chicago, Illinois, is build- 

 ing an addition to its tire factory at Muskegon, Michigan, to 

 be devoted exclusively to the manufacture of its "Brunswicl>" 

 cord tires. 



The Fort Wayne Tire & Rubber Manufacturing Co., Fort 

 Wayne, Indiana, has completed its new factory and installed 

 the power plant. It is now installing the necessary machinery 

 and equipment for the manufacture of automobile and truck tires 

 and expects to begin manufacturing early in August. The elec- 

 trical equipment is being furnished by the General Electric 

 Co., Schenectady, New York, and the tire-building machinery 



for both cord and fabric tires, all of which is motor-driven, by 

 ilie .Mien Machine Co., Erie, Pennsylvania, and the Williams 

 Foundry & Machine Co., Akron, Ohio. The company will manu- 

 facture its tires under the trade-name "Wayne." 



C. A. Braley and .Mbert Mebus, receivers of the Kansas City 

 Tire & Rubber Corporation, Fourth and Central Streets, Kansas 

 City, Missouri, announce that the company's plant at Chester, 

 West Virginia, has Iieen leased to the Cord Tire Co., which is 

 now operating the same. 



The International Toy Co., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has con- 

 : acted for the construction of one unit of its factory to be 60 by 

 _'(I0 feet. These units, three in all, will be of concrete substruc- 

 iion brick pilasters, four feet wide, and brick wall, four feet 

 Irah, to windows, with steel sash for windows. The main build- 

 :i K to be erected in front of these units will be crescent-shaped, 

 U) form a background for the children's playground which the 

 company will feature as one of the attractions of the Northwest, 

 supplying it with all kinds of amusement devices. The company, 

 in addition to its rubber-tired express wagons for children, will 

 manufacture kindergarten toys, coated with a preparation con- 

 Mining rubber which will injure neither the children nor their 

 « lothing. 



The Akron. Tire Co.. Inc., Long Island Cit>-, New York, 

 ( \pects soon to build a larger factory and is constantly improv- 

 ing its machinery. It already has added to its real estate hold- 

 ings until it now owns an entire block. This company, incor- 

 jiorated under the laws of the state of New York in 1911, for 

 the purpose, among other things, of making rebuilt automobile 

 tires by a special process invented and patented by George E. 

 Datcheller, treasurer of the concern, in 1915 increased its capital 

 from the original $5,000 to $300,000. It now employs 100 men. 

 The officers are William H. Batcheller, president ; George E. 

 Datcheller, treasurer, and Minnie C. Batcheller, secretary. 



The Ray Tire & Rubber Co., 833 Rees Street, Chicago, Illinois, 

 manufacturer of the Ray puncture-proof interliner for tires, is 

 contemplating constructing additional plants at Birmingham, .Ma- 

 hama ; one in Los Angeles or San Francisco ; and one in the 

 East, to take care of increased business. 



The Perfection Tire & Rubber Co.. Fort Madison. Iowa, is 

 building a three-story addition to its plant, 100 by 200 feet, to 

 cost approximately $120,000. It is expected that it will be fin- 

 ished early in .August. 



The Triple .\irless Tire Co., Manorville, Pennsylvania, expects 

 lo begin the operation of its new factory about .\ugust 1 for 

 the manufacture of its specially designed tires. The officers of 

 the company are A. M. Mateer, president ; W. A. Iseman, vice- 

 president, and A. C. Hileman, secretary-treasurer. 



The Seamless Rubber Co., Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, is 

 to build a new plant on the waterfront which will comprise a 

 group of buildings covering an area 240 by 300 feet. There 

 will be three five-story buildings, connected by one-story ones, 

 and a large power house. It is expected that the plant will be 

 completed by February, 1920, when the present one will be 

 offered for sale. 



The Gillette Rubber Co., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is building 

 a two-story brick and steel addition to its factory, which is nearly 

 completed. The first floor will be devoted to the tire-building 

 department and the second to repairing, fabric cutting and stock 

 repairing. 



The Syracuse Rubber Co., Inc., 301 Herald Building, Syracuse, 

 New York, is building the first unit of its plant on its property 

 on Thompson Road, East Syracuse. It will be of reinforced 

 concrete, faced with brick, three stories high, with inside dimen- 

 sions 60 by 200 feet. The incorporation of this company was 

 noted in The Indta Rubber World June 1, 1919. The officers 

 are E. R. Caldwell, president; Richard Byrne, vice-president; R. 

 L. Caldwell, secretary ; G. R. Loggie, treasurer and general 

 manager ; F. A. Shane and A. E. Wing, directors. 



The Century Rubber Works, Chicago Illinois, has secured 



