Mai 1, 1915. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 





TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Fisk tiro, made by the Fisk Rubber Co., of Chicopee 

 Falls, Massachusetts, was displayed at the auto show held 



at Phoenix, Arizona, late in March, an agency for its sale 

 having been established in that city, with the Kenyon Tire 

 Supply Co. '1 I company has also established a direct 



Factorj branch in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 163 East Broadway. 



1 In- Warner Rubber Co., of 68 Huntington avenue, Boston, 

 distributors oi the Quaker tire, made by the Quaker City Rub- 

 ber i o., of Philadelphia, has taken over and will continue thi 

 tire and accessory business of the Back Baj Motor Supply 

 ( o., located at the same address. 



'Flu- Milwaukee Tire cc Rubber Co. has taken an agency for 

 the State of Wisconsin and part ol Michigan for the sale of 

 Marathon tires, made by The Marathon Tire & Rubber Co., 



yah iga I alls, ( diio. L. J. Engel and J. J. Griffin, who 



compose the linn, were both formerly with the Standard 

 Racine Rubber t o. The headquarters of the company an at 

 456 Milwaukee street, Milwaukee. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., of \kn,n. Ohio, has opened a 

 factorj branch at Pallas. Texas, in charge of II. L. Smith. 



rhe Dreadnaught Tire & Rubber Co., of Baltimore, which 

 recently installed a new mill, is at present working on the 

 foundation of a vulcanizer, which will increase the number 

 to Tour. It is stated by the management that both equipment 

 and floor space will soon be further increased. 



Ilk Maibohm Rubber * o., now in process oi organization at 

 Chicago, contemplates the erection of a plant in that city for the 

 manufacture of a new type of non-skid tire on which a patent 

 has recentlj been secured. 



I he plant of the Parker Hammerton Manufacturing Co., at 

 Saugus, Massachusetts, was considerably damaged early in April 

 by the explosion of dynamite in work of excavating for a 

 garage foundation on a site across the street from the factory. 

 Rocks — some of them weighing, it is said, from 200 to 300 

 pounds — were hurled through the side of the factory, where 60 

 operatives were at work, every window in that side of the 

 building being broken. 



The sale of the Walpole Tire & Rubber Co., of Walpole, 

 Massachusetts, to a committee of Xew York creditors — which 

 has been pending for several weeks — was confirmed by the 

 federal court on April 12. Shareholders of the company who 

 ottered $20,000 over the price at which this property was sold 

 at auction have given notice that they will appeal from the 

 decree of confirmation. 



The Royal Tire & Rubber Co., whose main office and sales- 

 rooms are located at 267 Halsey street, Newark, New Jersey, 

 has commenced the manufacture of automobile and motorcycle 

 tires and lubes at a factory in Brooklyn, Xew York. The brand 

 "Royal" will be applied to the first products of the factory, 

 later manufactures to be made under special brands. 



A factory has been purchased at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, by 

 the Auto Tire Armor Co., for the manufacture of automobile 

 tires, and equipment is being installed. This company, of which 

 Jay Baldwin and A. A. Bennett are the principal stockholders, is 

 capitalized at $10,000. 



The Ailing Rubber Co., of Springfield, Massachusetts, re- 

 cently instituted a novel contest among the school children of 

 that city, in which prizes were awarded in the form of raincoats, 

 gloves and rubbers. Each child was invited to designate, in a 

 statement of 20 words, the best way to locate the Ailing rubber 

 store so that everyone who read the company's advertisement 

 would know just where to go, prizes being given for the best 

 replies. 



A MODEL BROOKLYN PLANT 



Oi i 1 I ' i l\', an entire bluck on Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, and 

 I meeting streets, stands the 



imp.. plant of A Schradei - Son, Inc., manufac- 



turers of the well-known Schradei tire yalve, tire gage, dust 

 cap and valve tool. In addition to these valuable and widely- 

 distributed devices, this company makes the diving apparatus in 



by the United States Government, and naturallj -^nized 



as standard 



The factorj is oi steel construction throughout and absolutely 

 fireproi f, in addition to which, by way of "making assurance 



Plant of A. Schrader's Sox, Inc. 



doubly sure." each floor is equipped with an automatic sprinkler 

 system. The front entrance, on Atlantic avenue, and the stair- 

 way leading to the first floor are of bronze, giving an exceedingly 

 artistic and substantial effect. Connected with the main factory 

 building is a large garage and automobile repair shop, wdiich 

 houses the two large electric trucks and the various motor cars 

 in use by factory officials. 



The power plant, which includes a complete electric equip- 

 ment, is modern in every respect and has an automatic coal- 

 handling and ash-disbursing system. The power plant reflects, 

 as does every other department, a carefully conceived theory of 

 the highest efficiency at the smallest cost. 



The offices are light and commodious, accommodating a large 

 staff and a very busy one. The various departments of manu- 

 facturing, assembling, shipping and receiving are always working 

 full capacity. The company has in its employ practically a thou- 

 sand people, for whose convenience and welfare every provision 

 has been made. \mong the facilities for the promotion of the 

 comfort and health of the employes are two large and well-ap- 

 pointed lunchrooms, a thoroughly appointed hospital department. 

 with nurse in attendance, and the provision of umbrellas during 

 inclement weather, as well as a supply of dry stockings for the 

 young women in case of wet feet. Libraries and reading rooms 

 are also provided and open to use by employes. 



The manager of this plant and the man to whose genius and 

 kindliness this model factory and these agreable conditions are 

 due, is M. C. Schweinert, who is favorably known to tire manu- 

 facturers, not only in this country but in England as well, where 

 the company has a very large plant. 



THE PIONEER ASPHAT.T CO. 



The old American Asphaltum & Rubber Co. has been re- 

 organized under the name of The Pioneer Asphalt Co., which 

 will resume the manufacture of "Pioneer M. R." at the mills in 

 Lawrenceville, Illinois, formerly occupied by the American 

 company. 



