June 1. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



513 



eai that it has been necessarj to run both daj and night shifts 

 ..I workers. The Paramounl companj i hi. Rosen 



f( 1.1. i if 1 1( i eland, I Ihii i, and Fred I R< ibei ts and II. R. Str; 



of Trenton. 



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Tlu Vja ' is making preparations for the 



erection of a small i n m, 28 \ 88 fe< t, 



cent! een asked. 

 rhi ci mpanj . thri mgh its pi esident, I 



lunch tot tin . ew York 



children who ecti participate in the annua! 



iven by the Orphans' Automobile I n, June .*. 



if a sufficient number i ii 



Marry Freedman, a dealer in scrap ru 



by Judge Marshall in M of the 



Aja\ Grii i the alleged thefl i Ii was 



i.l that Freedman paid fosepli Varney, an employe i 

 ci mpany, to load on his trucl mon bundles oi scrap rubber than 

 he had actually purchased. 



1 he scrap rubber 

 siderable trouble ol late Soi have even gone 



so far as to patch up tires ' -crap and to dispose oi 



them as products ol thi companies which had stamped their 

 names upon them. ["o unci this situation the factories have 

 adopted a plan of mutilating defectivi tin at it is im- 



possibli ti i 'assi mble" the parts. 



Trentcn promoters have leased a building at Spots" I, New 



Jersey, where they propose to manufacture a line of drug sun- 

 dries. Dr. J. G. Denelsbeck is at the head of the movement. 



* 

 Roberl I Logan, formerly Trenton representative for the 

 National Cash Register Co., has been appointed manager of the 

 Pittsburgh office of the Empire Rubber & Tire < 

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The Universal 1 ire & Tube Market has been established at 

 249 North Broad street, this city, to "reclaim" tires by the pn 

 ..I stitching together two worn casings, one over the other, a 

 method of utilization of old tires which since the war is said to 

 have become quite common in Europi 



A handsomely engraved cup. presented by the Vulcanized Rub- 

 ber Co., to be contested for in the Delaware River Baseball 

 League, has been on exhibition in the window of a Trenton 



sporting i: U -puc It ha- attracted much attention. 



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John L. Brock, a leading auto dealer, in a recent Trenton ad- 

 dress, took the position that the manufacturers of automobile 

 tile- are not trying to sell as many tires as possible to a Ei ■ 

 people, but are trying to sell as few tires a s possible to many 

 people. In other words, it is to the interest of the manufacturer 

 to have his product give long service, as this will eventualh mean 

 most to him. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN AKRON. 

 By Our Regular ( i 'dent. 



PAUL E. WERNER, for many years identified with the 

 printing and publishing industry, is preparing to enter the 

 rubber trade. He is now- working on plans for the organization 

 i t . $1,000,000 rubber company for the manufacture of tires 

 and other rubber g Is. Although the location of the new- 

 plant has not beet d ided upon, n is reported that it will la- 

 located in a Kansas city. 



It is understood that the financing has been practicall) 

 pleted, and that tlu company will be incorporated soon. Mr. 

 Werner is more than 65 years of aye. and for about fort) 

 was at the head ol one of the world's largest printing and pub- 

 lishing concerns. He retired from the New Werner Co., now 

 the Superior Printing Co., about two .ears ago. 



rk was started Maj 11 on the new -i\-st,,r> nild- 



be add< d ti tin plant of The B ch C 



workmen commenced to ■ 

 the 13 



when comp ; during the pn 



summer will he used in part as a wareho 



manufacturing department. It will cost, with 

 "DO. 

 About 1 |! echanical : art- 



iiu-i.t of tin i all parts of the country, 



for con- 

 id instruct 



A special nn i 

 Rubbi i ' or June 1 I 



< -■ plaim d, urn ifficially, thi 



litalization ol $15,000,000: am. 



■i oi the 

 direct i h w ill pr 



from from $8,000,- 



000 to $17,000,001 n for 



wth and ■ 

 \ oted to capital i m >• -- ■ [1 is ide a 



this nee, i distribution . 



■ii tin policj mpany pr< the entire 



distribute n - f its last comnn k issue t -. the pur- 



iiy certain s of ci unmoti shares 



payment plan, permitting accumulated dividends ' n the 



purchas< | 



I-'. \ Si president of thi i .ir company, n 



send d tin I niversity of Akron at tlu- World Court congress at 



1 1' '.i l.ii !, i ihio, May 12-14, held in the interest of international 

 peace. 



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Officials of Akron rubber companies decline 



a "too silly." newspaper reports of tin- past mouth that a 

 merger of tin- big tire companies of tin- Uni being 



''-red. 



According to unofficial reports, Akron's three- largest i 

 companies, the Goodrich ' .ir ami Fin 



mon than $400,000 to employes weekly. The figures re]: 

 an increase of mon than 20 per cent. > m-r the same period of 



,.ne yeai ago 



An addition to thi I tils Rubber Co. w ill be completed early 

 in September. It will 1. eet, threi s1 Ties high This 



compam i; mal im; a tin- with Mack tread. 



Linemei cavation under the Miller Rubber Co.'s 



warehouse early in the month undermined a hrick wall, causing 

 a ] artial i 'Hap i and slight dan: 



T C. Marshall denies reports that the Kclley-Springfield Tire 



Co. has decided t> leave Akron. Although the local plant has 

 me trouble getting a proper water supply, it is said that 

 no arrangements have been made to move the factor) l 

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The Punctureless Tire Co. is tin- latest rubbei compai 

 he in. orpor; ted in Aki 



Rubl i anies here are supporting tlu- Akron chamber 



of commerce in its fight to prevent the sale- and abandonment 

 of tin ' 'id for railway purposes. O. C. Barber, Akron's 



match kin^. litis offered to purchasi the canal land to build a 

 railway from 1 e Ol io river. 



Mi ire than 39 an being in Akron 



resent, the- largest number operating on Saturda) afteri 

 and Sundays, when many of the- empl rubber 



companies take advantage of tin 



nej Nearh 200 cars are operated daily, 

 res late the 'bus I'lisme-s- in Akron thus far have failed. 



