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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Ji we l. 1915. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The firm of Johnstone, VVhitworth & Co., which imports and 

 deals in crude rubber, on May 1 changed it> name to J. T John- 

 ind its address from 130 132 Pearl street to 22 

 \\ illiam street, New York. 



Fred. Stern & I o., crude rubber brokers, with offices in Lon- 

 don and Liverpool, announce the opening of a New York branch 

 in the South Ferry building, 4-1 Whitehall street 



The explosion of a vulcanizing machine did considerable dam- 



recentlj to the building, stock equipment of the Todd Rub- 



icts ,i service and supply station at Norwich, 



ut. The failure of the safety steam pressure valve to 



work is given as the presumable cause of the explosion. 



Ih, I I Bowers Co., of 326 North Broad street, Philadel 

 phia, has been appointed exclusive selling agent in that city for 

 the Miller tire, made by the Miller Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio. 

 the 18th animal meeting ol th< American Society for Test- 

 Materials, to be lu-ld at the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, 

 New Jersey. June 22-26, committee D-9, of which C. E. Skinner 

 is chairman, will report on Standard Tests of rnsulating Ma 

 terials. 



The Converse Rubbei Shoe < O., of Maiden. Massachusetts, has 



ight suit in the Superior I ivil Couri at East Cambridge 



against the Boston \ Maine Railroad for $300,000 fire damagt 



which it alleges resulted from a spark dropped from one of the 



railroad company's locomotives. 



An order recently received by the Republic Rubber Co., of 

 Youngstown, Ohio, for solid rubber tires for export, was dupli- 

 i few days later with the result that this department will 

 be more than usually busy for some months to come. The garden 

 hose department is also reported to be fully occupied, the out- 

 put for April being 300 per cent, greater than that of any previous 

 mi null. 



This company has opened a factory sales branch, under the 

 management of Glen P. Thayer, at 44 North Division street. 

 Grand Rapids, Michigan, to serve the trade of western Michigan. 

 The Mansfield Tire & Rubber I o. will shortly begin the erec- 

 ti ;i ol a foui story and basement addition to its plant at Mans- 

 field. Ohio this new structure to be 100 \ 41 feet. 



Work is being rushed on the plant of the Marathon Tire ..V 

 Rubbei I o it Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, which it i* hoped to have 

 readj for occupancy by the middle of July. The building when 

 completed will he 300 s 196 feet, four stories high, with basi 



I and will cost in the neighborhood of $100,000. Tt is being 

 ented in thret sections, two of which are well under way. 



Mir Biggs Boiler Works Co., of Akron. Ohio, which manu- 

 factures vulcanizers, devulcanizers, tire repair equipment, etc., is 

 increasing i i -- capacity by the erection of a one-story brick fac- 

 tory addition 30 x 150 fi 



The Gordon Rubber Co., of I tnton, Ohio, has just completed 

 a factory addition 28 \ 110 feet, and has two small buildings 

 now in course of construction, to he used for tire ami sundries 



departments. 



The Fast Palestine Rubber G .. "i East Palestine, < Him. is 

 putting an additional ston on its factory, which will enable the 

 company to triple it* present capacity in tires and tubes 11. L. 

 Larsen, formerly with the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., 

 ambridge, Massachusetts, and more recently with the Fed- 

 eral Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Milwaukee, v\ iso nsin, is the 

 intendent 



The Vdamson Machine Co., Vkron, Ohio, has added a new 

 building, 80x160 feet, in which it has commenced the manu- 

 factui nverted steel castings of very high grade, ranging 



from 1 to 5,000 pi vnd-. for making steel molds, \ new ad- 

 ministration building, which will house the offices and dn 

 departments, is also under construction. 



THE NAVY DEPARTMENT AWARDS BALLOON CONTRACT. 



i ontract was awarded to the Connecticut Mr l raft ( o., of 

 New Haven, Connecticut, May 14, by Secretary Daniels, for a 

 dirigible balloon foi the United States Navy, on a bid of $45,- 

 636.25 'If the four bids submitted, the Connecticut company 

 was the onlj one accompanied by complete data and specifica- 

 tions rhe contract .ill- foi deliver} within four months. This 

 dirigible is designed to carrj 8 men. It is to be 175 feet long 

 and 55 feet high, and will have a - ity of 110.000 cubic 



feel I he construction of the gas bag will require thousands of 

 vards of rubber coated silk. The last naval appropriation hill 

 carried a specific appropriation of $1,000,000 foi aeronautics. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



A Russian business man requests the names of American 

 firms desiring to purchase old rubber. Report No. 16,689. 



A manufacturer of photographic materials in France wishes 

 to be put in touch with manufacturers of spi nge rubber, to 

 conform to samples which may be examined at th( Bureau 

 and its branch offices. Report No. 16,768. 



THE MCHAWK RUBBER CO. ESTABLISHES AGENCIES. 

 The Mohawk Rubber Co., of Akron. < dim. which manufac- 

 tures tires and tubes under the trade name "Quality," has re- 

 cently given distributing agencies to the following concerns: 

 Scanlon Auto Tire & Supply Co., Rochester. New York: 

 1 tica ' ycle Co., Utica, New York; W. J. Holliday ( o., In- 

 dianapolis. Indiana: Erie Supply Co., Toledo. Ohio, and The 

 Southern Motors Co., Louisville. Kentucky. 



GOODYEAR TIRE i- RUBBER CO. CLOSES ITS NEW YORK RETAIL 



STORE. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, has dis- 

 continued its retail department in New York City and will 

 distribute its product in that section hereafter through its 

 service station and truck tire department at 207 West Fiftieth 

 street, and its mechanical goods branch at 30 Church street, 

 both of which are in charge of P. E. Smith, branch manager. 

 under the general supervision of J. W. Hobbs, New York 

 district manager. The district office and warehouse are lo- 

 cated at 588 Jackson avenue. Long Island City. 



RUBBER COMPANY TO LOCATE AT KEOKUK. 



The Standard l : . ur Tire Co. has been organized, along co- 

 ipei itivf lines, to manufacture automobili tin specializing in 

 standard sizes 30 x 3. 30 x 3yi, 32 x 3% and 34 x 4 inch. 

 - have been established at Keokuk. Iowa, where the erec- 

 tion oi a factory is to be started not later than July 15, arrange- 

 ments having been effected with the local industrial association 

 by which a three-acre site has been secured for this purpose. It 

 required that $20,000 worth of 8 per cent preferred stock 

 ubscribed locally, work to start when total subscriptions 

 reach $49,000. The company's capitalization is 5200.000. and its 

 ers are: President. J. R. Reaver: treasurer. F. M. Sweet- 

 Mi; secretary. V L. Higbee— all of Marion. Indiana. The en- 

 terprisi has eon promoted by I. V. Maclean, of Toledo. Ohio. 

 The plans provide for the erect, on of a one-story brick and 

 steel building, not les> •ban 200 x 60 feet, to be completed by 

 t>er 15, and the employment of 40 operatives at the start. 

 \s i protection against the gases employed in the bombs with 

 winch Germany is now waging warfare, the German soldiers are 

 provided with rubber respirators, such as are commonly used by 

 chemical workers in the factories of that country. These respira- 

 tors are snout-shaped and a moistened plug neutralizes the ef- 

 fect* i i tli, gas, while a valve at the side provides for exhala- 

 ! ii- In other instances their outfits have included a small bag 

 containing a pad to be placed over the mouth when charging 

 o\er gas-swept area*. 



