THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN OHIO. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 AKRON NOTES. 



I.\- THE COLRSE OF THE RECE.XT PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE INTERSTATE 

 Commerce Commission relative to revision of the crude rub- 

 ber freight classification ratings, it was asserted that 30,000 dif- 

 ferent articles made of rubber are now produced in the city of 

 Akron, representing in value more than 40 per cent of the an- 

 nual production of rubber articles in this country arid requiring 

 in their manufacture one-fourth of the world's supply of crude 

 rubber and one-half of the amount imported by the United 

 States. In that city alone nearly 70 per cent of the automobile 

 tires made in the United States are produced. Over 60,000 

 persons are employed in the rubber factories of northeastern 

 Ohio, and because of their rapid e.xpansion the population of 

 Akron, for example, has increased from 70,000 in 1910, to 

 158.000; Canton from 50,000 to 75,000; and Youngstown from 

 8O,C0O to 120,000. 



years a member of The B. F. Goodrich 

 Rubber Co. organization, first at Akron, 

 Ohio, with the mechanical goods de- 

 partment, and later as Pacific Coast 

 manager, with headquarters at San 

 Francisco, and for the last two years 

 located at' Akron, Ohio, in connection 

 with branch operating work, has been 

 made sales manager of mechanical goods, 

 for that company. 



His long and varied experience with 

 the Goodrich organization fits him for 

 the larger responsibilities his new posi- 

 tion entails, and he is receiving the con- 

 gratulations of his friends in the trade. 



C. E. Cu 



The employes of The B. F. Goodrich Co. are to have an 

 athletic field at Liberty Park. The announcement was made by 

 A. B. Jones, second vice-president and director of plant adminis- 

 tration, at the victory dinner in honor of the Goodrich track 

 team, thrice winner of .'\kron's industrial athletic meet. 



What is said to be the largest swimming pool in the world 

 is being built at Summit Beach Park, Akron. It is 80 by 100 

 feet, and from 30 inches to 11 feet deep, with four diving boards 

 and a 20-foot steel tower. John R. Gammeter, inventor of rubber 

 machinery, is president of the Akron Natatorium Co., owner of 

 the pool. 



The Mohawk Rubber Co., Akron, is completing its new fac- 

 tory addition, in the form of a new wing to house portions of the 

 cord-tire building and curing departments. The company has 

 just opened a new branch at Dallas, Texas. 

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Teams of girls from Goodrich, Firestone, Miller, and Good- 

 year are planning to organize baseball nines for a fall series, to 

 contest for the city title. Goodrich and Goodyear each have two 

 teams practicing. 



This company's new three-story plant extension will be used 

 for tube and curing rooms. It is built of concrete and is said to 

 have cost $150,000. 



John B. Tuttle, until recently research chemist for the Firestone 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has been appointed chief chemist of 

 Plant No. 2. He is succeeded by Norman A. Shepard. 



A. Huetter, founder of the Premier Rubber & Insulation Co., 

 Dayton, Ohio, has resigned his position as vice-president and 

 general manpger and disposed of his holdings in that concern to 

 accept a position in the industrial engineering department of the 

 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron. 



Boxing and wrestling smokers will start at Firestone after 

 Labor Day, at least three being planned for the season. An 

 athletic carnival for both men and women will also be held dur- 

 ing the fall and winter season. 



The Phoenix Rubber Co., Akron, at its recent stockholders' 

 annual meeting, elected the same directors and officers, but added 

 to its board of directors Joseph Dangel, superintendent of the 

 American Hard Rubber Co., and Morris E. Mason, secretary 

 of the Mohawk Rubber Co. 



The company plans to spend over $250,000 in new buildings 

 to be built at an early date, for the manufacture of tires and 

 mechanical rubber goods of all kinds. E. C. Deibel is president; 

 Theodore Krumeich, vice-president; E. F. Krumeich, treasurer; 

 S. G. Rigdon, secretary and general manager, and J. G. Bretson, 

 factory superintendent. 



H. H. McCloskey has been made second assistant 

 of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron. He has been with 

 the company since 1902, during which time he has been cashier 

 since 1910. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, operates four busses 

 equipped with pneumatic cord tires, between the factory and 

 Goodyear Heights, its employes' community. In one month 

 125,000 passengers were carried. The fare is 3'/4 cents. Two 

 additional busses are to he put on the route. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has met the problem 

 of instructing salesmen on the road by sending to them week- 

 end traveling sales schools. Class-room work covers policy, 

 product and salesmanship, with reference to tires, accessories 

 and mechanical goods. The company publishes, among other 

 house-organs, "The Triangle," intended for the salesmen only 

 and held confidential by them. 



CLEVELAND NOTES. 



The district sales managers of The McGraw Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Cleveland, Ohio, held an important meeting at the home 

 office in that city June 20 to 23, at which plans were formulated 

 covering the immediate broadening of the field of distribution 

 of this company's products. The McGraw company recently 

 increased its guarantee on fabric tires from 5,000 to 6,000 miles 

 and also established an 8,000-mile guarantee on cord tires and 

 10,000 miles on their "Standard Profile'' and "HiTread" truck 

 tires, and much new business is anticipated. 



The General Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has added what it 

 claims to be the most effective vulcanizing department in the tire 

 industry. Instead of the usual "pit," with the vulcanizers sunk 

 in the ground, the vulcanizers extend from the first floor to the 

 ceiling — 20 feet — and their tops are accessible from the second 

 floor, where the men can work in a temperature no higher than 

 in other parts of the factory. This floor is well ventilated, the 

 story being 24 feet high in the clear. Twenty-one vulcanizers 

 will be installed, having a capacity of 3,000 tires per day. A 

 traveling crane, electrically propelled and operated, will handle 

 all molds and cores. 



The Ideal Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland, is having plans drawn 

 for the first additions to its factory, to take care of increased 

 business. 



The D. & M. Cord Tire Co., Cleveland, will build a three-story 

 factory unit of the E-shapcd type, 80 by 225 feet, of reinforced 

 concrete and brick, on the property which it secured from the 

 Board of Trade of 'Warren, Ohio. It is expected that construc- 

 tion will begin late in August and that the factory will be ready 

 for operation in December. Walter E. Myers is president and 

 Walter R. Denman, secretary and general manager. 



