July 1, 1915. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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means a SO per cent, increase ovei the output of the first 

 months of 1914. This i mpani is also increasing its output "i 

 footwear, and the new eight-story building on which work has 

 been started will be devoted in great part to this line of manu- 

 facture. In the mechanical goods department new men have 

 been taken on to handle the orders coming in from the railways, 

 the first orders of their kind given out for mor< than a year, 

 and therefore quite generously large. Ml of which appeal •■ 

 serve as a reasonable basis for rumors of a dividend soon to be 

 declared on Goodrich common stock. 



The manufacturing departments are not the only a< 

 branches oi this large organization, however. ["he "Safety 

 First" bureau is equally active. In an address to Goodrich i 

 men and superintendents on the subject on how accidents can 

 be prevented. \ ictor I Noonan, director of safety of the State 

 Industrial Commission, recentlj stated that ten per cent, of all 

 workmen in Ohio arc killed or injured ever} year. It is the 

 aim of the Goodrich company to reduce the percentage in its 

 own factory to the minimum. 



In connection with its welfare work among employees, the 

 pan} lias donated the property formerl} occupied by its 

 chemical department for the use of the G Irich Athletic Vs 



sociation, which is composed if all the- young men in the em 



ploy of lh( company. It lias also contributed a share of the 

 $2,500 fund collected to convert this property into a first class 



li.ischall and athlclii held. \nd it has lately completed an 

 addition to its employees' restaurant, so that now 2,500 to 3.000 

 prisons can be served in half an hour. In facilitating the work 

 of its executivt departments, new telephone service has re- 

 cently been installed, so that at the present time it has in its 

 plant 21 trunk lines, with 30S stations 



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The condition of the business of the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co. is indicated by the fact that, although two large wings have 

 recently been added to this great plant, plans have been pre- 

 pared for two additional factory buildings, a representative of 

 the company stating that: "We have got all the efficiency possi- 

 Mi out of the present plant, and in order to gel more efficiency 

 and catch np with orders we must increase our facilities." I hese 

 and other additions contemplated, to he completed during the 

 \ear. will add 45 per cent, to the present factory floor space. 



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Mention was made in these notes in the June issue of a new 

 rubber enterprise organized by P. E. Werner, of this city. \ 

 company has since heen incorporated in Xew York under the 

 name of the Kansas City Tire & Rubber Co. This company has 

 purchased the business of the Chester Rubber Tire & Tube 

 Co., of Chester. West Virginia, wdiich has been in operation for 

 the past two years, besides which it expects to take over and 

 equip another plant in Kansas City within a very short time for 

 the production of tires and other rubber goods. Philip Fresh- 

 water, general manager of the Chester company, is associated 

 with Mr. Werner in the new enterprise, together with W. W. 

 Wuchter, who has been identified with tire manufacture for 

 the past twenty years, first with The B. F. Goodrich Co.. then as 

 superintendent in the Firestone plant, and later becoming presi- 

 dent and general manager of the Swinebart Tire & Rubber Co. 



disadvantagi in tin matter .it it. water supply, which is obtained 

 from wells. Such a move would leave all the Akron build 



Hie sundries division, which i o rushed that it is 



ed u W'.uld before long be abh I letelj occupy the 



present plant. An increased demand for surgical rtihlier goods 

 and rubber gloves, in which this company specializes, has 



■ business ,,i its London branch since the outbreak 



of tile war. 



i cob Pfeiffer, president of tin- Miller company, who recently 

 returned from a trip to South America, i his belief that 



"ship subsidies" is thl onl} means by which tin manufacturers 

 of tin United States can successfully compete for the trade of 

 the South American republics. 



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I lie < lyi ,i'- Tin ,\ I ' ber I j. aim. cm. ed plans fi 



three new buildings, one an eight -story factory building, and two 



seven-story additions, to cost in the neighbi f $400,000. 



This company is making a special hid for foreign trade, having 

 recently sent representatives to Buenos Vires, t.. Australia and to 

 India, to establish agencies, feeling that the competition of 

 European manufacturers who have hitherto enjoyed most of 



the business in foreign countries will not he hard to meet at 

 the present time, thl needs of the nations at war demanding 

 m.st ol the European tire output. 



Reports an- current of phenomenal tire production records in 



tie Goodyear plant, with 14,394 tires cl s one day's output. • The 

 continued daily capacity of the plant is said to be about 12,000 

 tins, and. besides a large increase in tin mechanical di 

 incut, the additions mentioned above are intended to increase the 

 tire capacity to 15,000 a day. 



An unfortunate accident occurred at the <\ [year plant on 



the evening of June 9, when an explosion blew of! on< sidi and 

 part of the roof of plant No. 2, killing one man. August I 

 and inflicting painful injuries on another, 1 1, hi .Id Xeiderbauser. 

 a chemist. The damage don< to the building is placed at $2,000 

 and the cause of tile explosion is not known. 



Between 8,000 and 10.000 people from Akron ami vicinity at- 

 tended the annual picnic of tin I lyear Relief Association, at 



i i dar Point, on June 19. 



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The Falls Rubber Co.. of Cuyahoga Falls, not far from 

 Akron, is rushing work on its factory addition' I'.eside- tin 

 three-story building, 80x200 feet in size, started late in May, 

 a power plant is also being erected at the rear of the factory. 

 The additions will provide space for 500 more workmen. 



The Marathon Tire & Rubber Co., of the same place, expects 

 to have its new four-story and basement plant ready for occu- 

 pancy by July 10. This building covers an area of 196x300 

 feet, and will cost in the neighborhood of $10X000. 



At the plant of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. here both 

 the pneumatic and truck tire forces are working day and night. 

 sales having increased more than 85 per cent, over those of the 

 corresponding period last year. Some minor building operations 

 are going on at this plant. 



The Swinebart Tire & Rubber I o. has recently completed one 

 new building 65x100 feet, and another almost as large will 

 he ci niij.lt H d early in July. 



At the Miller Rubber Co.'s plant work is being rushed on 

 additions that will give three acres more floor space than the 

 present accommodations afford. These include one six-story 

 building and three one-story additions, all of which are to be 

 completed by fall. The Miller company is considering the possi- 

 bility of moving the tire division of its plant to Kenmore. ten 

 acres along the canal, recently purchased, being in preparation 

 for a move of this kind if it should be finally decided upon. 

 Besides being cramped for room, the Miller plant has been at a 



The grounds ,.f "Elmcourt," tin beautiful home -I A. H. 

 Marks, vice-president of The B. F. Goodrich Co.. in this city, 

 are being still further improved. This property since its pur- 

 chase a few years ago has been transformed by the introduction 

 of trees, shrubs and flowering plants. Wells have been driven 

 from which water is pumped to form an artificial lake stocked 

 with fish, and on which boating is enjoyed. There 

 hue bathing pool. And now a hr.n.k is being introduced A 

 large trench is being excavated, banked on both sides with n 



