THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1919. 



worth ol additional machinery will be installed at the plant and 

 Mr. Reader will be manager. 



The Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, has 

 added a three-story extension to its plant, which will provide- 

 about 12,000 additional square feet of floor space. The com- 

 pany has just installed a complete department for the manufacture 

 of high-grade molded garden hose. 

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The Puritan Rubber Co., successor to the Panther Rubber Co., 

 Trenton, has filed articles of incorporation in the office of the 

 Secretary of Stale. The new company will occupy the Panther 

 plant on Pcrrine avenue, and manufacture rubber heels, soles, 

 and similar articles. Associated with the new company are, 

 Frank Bernstein, William Bernstein, Miah Marcus and Tobias 

 Gordon, who is the Trenton agent of the new firm. The Puri- 

 tan company is capitalized at $250,000, of which $80,000 is paid 



Trenton rubber manufacturers find enjoyment in different di- 

 versions during the summer months. John A. Lambert plays golf 

 at the Trenton Country Club ; Howard C. Whitehead cruises in his 

 yacht ; John S. Broughton takes frequent trips to the seashore 

 resorts ; Horace B. Tobin enjoys fishing at Forked River ; Charles 

 H. Semple is now on an extended motor trip through the New 

 England states ; Robert J. Stokes spends the summer months with 

 his family in the Pocono Mountains ; A. Boyd Cornell motors 

 when he is not playing golf at the Trenton Country Club; Clif- 

 ford H. Oakley is also a devotee to golf; Bruce Bedford spends 

 a few weeks each summer with his family at Wilkes-Barre, Penn- 

 sylvania, and William J. B. Stokes enjoys motoring and golf. 



The Brighton Mills, Passiac, New Jersey, manufacturer of 

 cotton fabrics, has let contracts for Unit No. 2 at its Allwood 

 plant, to be a duplicate of Unit No. 1 with the exception that 

 the equipment will include particularly machinery for increasing 

 the output of cord tire fabric. It is expected thai the new plant 

 will be in operation by January 1, 1920. 



The Overland Tire Co., Newark, New Jersey, has purchased 

 a plot on Cortland street and will erect a one-story plant cover- 

 ing about 35,000 square feet at a cost of about $100,000. The 

 plant will be used for making new tires and rebuilding used 

 ones. John D. Olwell is president and James A. Whitman 

 secretarv and treasurer of the company. 



F. V. Harrington, manager of the accessory department of the 

 Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, on his recent coast trip ap- 

 pointed the International Sales Co. of Los Angeles, distributors 

 of the Miller Ad-on-a-Tire in Los Angeles and the southern 

 part of the state. 



The Ehman Tire & Rubber Co. of California has opened 

 offices at 742 South Olive street, Los Angeles, for the distribu- 

 tion of Ehman fabric tires. The local representatives are E. F. 

 Riley, H. S. Turner and C. P. Turner. Mr. Riley was at 

 one time in the tire business in Pasadena while Mr. Turner is 

 a Los Angeles pioneer in the tire business. 



The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. in its campaign to 

 the interest in touring in California has this year distributed 

 approximately 250,000 route maps through the state. The peak 

 of travel was reached during August when motorists from all 

 over the United States applied to its various bureaus for in- 

 formation. A large number of tourists made the trip to the 

 East by way of the Midland or Arrowhead trails to Salt Lake 

 City, thence along the Lincoln highway, while others took the 

 route via the Santa Fe Trail, taking in the scenic spots, such 

 as the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and the Rocky Mountain 

 resorts. 



The Rubber Products Co., Barberton, Ohio, manufacturers of 

 Stronghold tires and tubes, has entered the Southern California 

 field. The company plans to limit dealers' territory in order 

 to provide more secure protection of their trade. The B. & B. 

 Tire & Supply Co. on South Main street has been appointed 

 Los Angeles representative. At the head of the Pacific Coast 

 organization of the Rubber Products Co. is Edward Slosson, 

 formerly with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.'s motorcycle 

 tire department. He will make his headquarters in San Fran- 

 cisco, leaving B. W. Cunningham in charge in Los Angeles. 



Edwin M. Fowler & Co., Los Angeles, cotton dealers, are pro- 

 jecting a tire fabric plant which will be equipped to utilize its 

 own waste. 



The San Francisco branch uf the Mohawk Rubber Co., Akron. 

 Ohio, has practically doubled its facilities to take care of increased 

 business. W. G. Fitzgerald, formerly Kentucky representative 

 of the company, is in charge. 



OVERLAND RUBBER CO. BECOMES STANWOOD RUBBER CO. 



The Overland Rubber Co., Newark, New Jersey, which, by the 

 way, is not a subsidiary of the Willys-Knight interests, has re- 

 incorporated as the Stanwood Rubber Co., with an authorized 

 capital stock of $3,000,000 preferred and 500,000 shares of com- 

 mon stock without par value. The change of name has been 

 made in order to avoid confusion with other companies includ- 

 ing the name "Overland" in their corporate titles, with none of 

 which it has any conhection. The Stanwood Rubber Co. has 

 purchased the plant of the Militor Corp., at Newark, New Jersey, 

 in which it is installing equipment for the manufacture of "Stan- 

 wood" tires and tubes at an early date. Orders for machinery 

 and equipment are being placed, including that for the 

 power-house. The officers of the company are Charles E. Barker, 

 president; Edward Hutchens, vice-president and engineer; R. B. 

 Gillette, secretary and treasurer: S. P. Woodard, chairman board 

 of directors. 



PACIFIC COAST NOTES. 



ELM.VR S. FiRE-STOXE. manager of the Los Angeles branch of 

 the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., has been in .Akron attend- 

 ing a conference of the factory branch managers. 



M. P.. Rapp, San Francisco, has left for .Xkron, Ohio, to 

 put the finishing touches to his education as a tire salesman 

 for the Granfield-Baston Tire & Supply Co., distributors for 

 Diamond cords and fabrics and Goodrich solid tires. He is well 

 known as a hand-ball player and all around athlete. 



P. H. Lyon of San Francisco, secretary of the Chanslor Lyons 

 Co., distributor for Lee tires, has just returned from a trip to 

 the Lee factories at Conshohocton, Pennsylvania. 



The energy with which the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. is 

 pushing its "ship-by-truck" movement is attested by the thousands 

 of celluloid buttons, papers of matches and watch fobs on which 

 is shown a large truck wheel, across the face of which are the 

 words in script "Ship-by-Trucks." The recent parade held in 

 Oakland was a huge success. 



Munnell-Sherrill Co., 40 First street, Portland, Oregon, a tire 

 jobbing house, has been appointed a distributer of Mohawk tires 

 and will carry a large enough stock to facilitate prompt ship- 

 ments in the Northwest. 



