1, 1915. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



3' >7 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



\ conipanj is being organized at Wichita. Kansas, for the 

 manufacture ami sale of automobile tires Hie promoters "i 

 this enterpri e an lohti I lain, .it" Wichita, ami T. W. Black- 

 well, ..i Indianapolis, Indiana, the latter of whom en cot 

 nected for the past 12 years with Thi B I i 



The I 'nited States "■■ Co has m a sail i branch 



.ii it. Forest avenue, Portland, Maim-, to servi the trade in that 

 state and also in sections of New Hampshin and Vermont. 



The i onsalus ["in Co., although only recently incorporated, 

 is not a new concern, having been in busini ibbers and 



dealers in automobile tires and tubes for si eral yi i nth 1 id 

 quarti rs a ''•• and br; 



Sett tady and Troy, New York. The companj handles Mo- 

 hawk ami Gordon casings in addif'on to a lini nadi undi it 

 own special brand, "Veco." V. E Consalus, piesidcnt oi 

 mj . is the prim ipal st< ickhobter. 



I a output of the Fisk Rubber ( o., oi ( hicopee Falls, Ma 

 chusetts, according to the animal report, has been at the rati oi 

 2,700 tires per daj foi several months past, 



J. \\ Coulston & Co., of Wu York, importers and manu- 

 facturers of colors for the rubber trade, are showing especially 

 prepared reel oxides of iron for rubber tires and treads, and also 

 rouge for water bottle manufacture 



I he Goodyear Rubber Hose & Packing Co., of Philadelphia, 

 has removed from 221 to -'41 Chestnut strei 



igures sent out by the Firestone Tire & Rubber ( o., of 

 Akron, show a 78 per cent, increase in output for 1 1 '14 and 

 an increase oi 50 per cent, in number of dealers handling the 

 Firesti me t ire. 



The Excel Rubber Co., of \kr.m. wln.se capital stock was 

 recently increased from $10,000 to $50,000, is making prepara- 

 tions to remove its plant to Wadsworth, Ohio, where it has 

 secured a fa< ti t\ site. 



II, Gaulois I in- i 0., Of New York, which represents in 

 this country the Establissements Bergougnan, of Clermont- 

 Ferrand, France, makers of the Gaulois tire, has reduced the 

 price of this tire, in line with the reductions recently an- 

 nounced bj the \nicrican manufacturers, about 21 ' _■ per 

 cent. 



The Simplex Wire & ("aide Co., of Boston, has been 

 awarded a contract for the manufacture and laying ol a three- 

 conductor submarine cable about a mile long, to be laid 

 across Great Bay just above the city ol Portsmouth, New 

 Hampshire. 



Tlie Charles T. Wilson Co., Inc., of which Charles T. Wil- 

 son is president and which does a crude rubber importing 

 business at 46 Cortlandt street. New York, has become a 

 member of the Merchants' Association of New York. 



The Thermoid Rubber Co.. of Trenton, New Jersey, has 

 opened an office and service department in the Dime Savings 

 Bank building, Detroit, Michigan, with W. E. Carpenter, J. 

 H. I.iston and H. R. Portugal as factor) representatives 



In a race at Salduro, Utah, recently, between a locomotive 

 and an automobile, a record of a mile in -'5.2 seconds, or at 

 the rate of 142.85 miles an hour, was made by the latter, the 

 track consisting of a bed of crystalized salt, giving a hard 

 level surface offering almost no friction to the rubber tire 

 tread. 



A building has been erected on the Panama-Pacific Inter- 

 national Exposition grounds at San Francisco for the conveni- 

 ence of visiting representatives of the press, to whom it will 

 be open until December 24. 



In 1914 the United States imported rubber waste to the value 

 of $26,537 from Denmark, as compared with $30,527 in 1913. 



MANHASSET MANUFACTURING CO. 



I h, tati mi nt ul mitti d at the recent annual meetii i the 

 Manhassel Manufacturing Co., .it Providei land, 



show, d a net surplus of $44,717 in qui e li- 



abilities. The largest item in the list oi assets, with the e? 

 ii, ,ii oi ma, Inn. ■ ruction, was for raw i ck in 



nd finished ■■ $141,296 ["he company, whose plant 



is at Putnam, I onnecticut, and whose main ofh\ . 

 Providence, specializes m high grade automobile tire duck, the 

 demand for which during the past year has kept the factory 

 continuously operating day and night. A new weave shi 

 being added which will considerably increase pn 

 The officers elected for the year are: President, Edwin D. 

 Livesey; vice-president, Ubert Howarth; treasurer, Roland II. 

 Ballou . ecn tary, 1 1 J Inayer. The e i ers, with tie 

 ception of the treasurer, an member; oi the board oi din 



includes alsi William S. Cheney, Arthur Lord and Will- 

 iam Mouii 



ELECTRICAL SUPPLY MANUFACTURERS ORGANIZE. 



An association ol the manufacturers ,1 supplies was 



formed on March 9 at a meeting called for that purposi at the 

 Hotel Biltmore, N'ev. York. It is to be known as The \ 

 ated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies, \ constitution and 

 by-laws were adopted, and a hoard of governors, in whori 

 management shall t>i ested el ted. On this board, at 

 others, are R. K, Sheppard, of The B. F. Goodrich ( o.; V W. 

 Berresford, of the t utler-l lammer Manufacturing Co 

 Durland, of the General Electric Co., and LeRoy (lark, of the 

 Safi i\ In ii!, Med Wire & < 'able Co I he - 

 with 41 members, each of whom may have one or more "i 

 live" and "associate"' representatives, whose annual clues shall 

 he $4(1 and $10 respectively, with $25 initiation i, ■ Mi 

 are divided into groups, according to the character ol 

 supplies or materials they manufacture. 



MANSFIELD TIRE & RUBBER CO. BUYS COLUMBIANA PLANT. 



The Columbia Tire & Rubber Co. has been rganized ! take 

 over the property and assets of the Columbia Rubber ( o., of 

 Columbiana, Ohio, which will be dissolved. The new company, 

 capitalized at $300,000 two-thirds common and one-third 

 ferred stock will bi operated as an auxiliary of the Mansfield 

 Tire & Rubber ( o., of Mansfield, Ohio, a majority of thi 

 being owned bj the present management and stockholdet 

 that company, and the hoard of directors ,,f the Columbia Tire 

 & Rubber I o being practically identical with that of the M 

 field concern. The factor; at I olumbiana was completed 

 years ago, at a cost, with equipment, of about $135,000, at 

 said to bi on, oi '1" fines! in thi state, but it has never been 

 operated. W. < l Hemic, sales manager of the Mansfield Tire 

 & Rubber Co., will become general manager of the Columbiana 

 concern, and A. I, Krannach, formerly superintendent at M 

 field, has been appointed factory manager of the new plant. 

 This purchase will not interfere in any way with plans for ex- 

 tension of the Mansfield plant. 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 



The dan of the fiftieth meeting of this society — at New Or- 

 leans, Louisiana— is March 31 to April 3, inclusive. The sum- 

 mer meeting of 1915 will be held at Seattle. Washington, August 

 31 to September 3, following which a day will be spent at Port 

 land, Oregon, and thi vill then continue together to 



San Francisco for a social session of one evening \ spi :ial 

 train is being at I anged for. 



The American I hemical Society, organized in i876, is otii of 

 the large-t organizations of its kind in the world, having now 

 more than 7,100 members. Membership is open to any reputable 

 person interested in chemistry. The policj i mem- 



bers into divisions has been adopted, and seven such divisions 

 have been formed. There are also 45 local sections, situated in 

 various parts of the country, which hold frequent meetings. 



