-r 1. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



619 



The B.F.i G ["his building will be L-shaped, with 



each wing about the length of a city block. I I • 

 company has promised its completion, read) 

 installatii >n, - I ite fall. 



The publicitj department of this company has recently 

 n making - i if the saving to tin 



throughout the countrj effected by the price rrilucii.ni> that 

 took effect irly in the present year. This i, placed, 

 avera 50 per tire, al |>25,000,000 pei year. It 



would, however, undoubtedly reach considerably larger tig- 

 ures, for this i is based on but one set oi tires per 



year for each i I the 1,623,555 cars carrying pneumatic tires 

 no : in the United States. 



I In Goodrich Silvertown Cord tin has been conspicuous in 

 a number i f the late racii nts. 



I In- Goodricl - mpam has issued the following statement in 

 regard ti - - results in the first half of 1915: 



"Ai'u-r making proper allowances for maintenance, depreciation, 

 hail debts and all outstanding liabilities, etc. the net profit 

 the period - to approximately > ' J.hikmiiiii 



"The companj has redeemed and cancelled out of surplus pre- 

 ferred -tock to the value of $2,000,000, leaving $28,000,000 out- 

 standing, ["he amount of quick assets over current liabilities 

 shows a gain of approximate!) $3,016,866.16 for the peri 



"The ohVers have recommended to the board of directors that 

 no dividend bi declared on the common stock at this time." 



["hesi figures indicate a considerable gain over those for the 

 corresponding six months of 1914, when the net income after 

 maintenance and depreciation had been provided for amounted 

 to $2,651,2 



* * * 



At the factor) of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., where 

 work is being rushed both in the present plant and on the 

 new additions, the employees are enthusiastic over the annual 

 picnic which is to be held at Silver Lake Park on Saturday. 

 July 31. A full program of sport events has been arranged, 

 and an attendance of about 5.000 is expected. 



The Firestone company has announced plans for a club 

 house for employees, to be built this summer opposite the 

 plant on South Main street. It will contain a swimming pool, 

 .shower baths, bowling alleys, a barber shop and a model 

 restaurant, and will be connected with the factory by a tun- 

 nel under the street. 



* * * 



The Portage Rubber Co. will give an annual outing to its 

 employees on August 7. Arrangements have been made for 

 special cars I convey them to Springfield, where the outing 

 will be held on the shores of the lake. 



* * * 



1 Mi August 14 the Miller Rubber Co. will i^ive an outing. 

 The Miller company is making a new rubber sponge said to 

 possess all the qualities of the ordinary rubber sponge with 

 added durability and to be made by the addition to the rubber 

 of a compound which has the same effect on the rubber that 

 yeast has in bread, the mixture being baked and expanding 

 as it becomes heated. 



This company is enjoying a war business in tires not only 

 in Europe, but in Mexico, where automobiles have come to 

 1 > 1 . i > an important part in the continued military operations. 

 Miller tires are being supplied for the army transports and 

 military automobiles of the Villa forces 



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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reports an excellent busi- 

 ness in hose during the season, as well as in all lines 

 mechanical rubber goods. During the first six months of the 

 year 3,700,000 fi --<-. a quantity equal to its entire pro 



duction in 1914, was turned out in the Goodyear factory, and 

 in one recent week alone the "input amounted to 240,000 feet. 



'1 his company is abi ml I nstruct a mi - m of gas 



tanks approved by building inspectors as completely eliminat- 

 ing d g from the storage of gasoline, against 

 which legislative restrictions were passed a few weeks ago. 

 This system provides for 10 to 15 tanks, each insulated in 

 water to prevent le; consequent danger of explo 



The rumor — not as yet officially veri urrenl in this 



city that a gigantic war dirigible is now in pn manu- 



facture b) tin Goodyi the I Initi 



eminent, as a test machine, which, if successful in opera- 

 tion, will be adopted as a typi in the aerial servii 

 this country and to form a nucleus of a dirigible squadron. 



* * * 



Work was begun early in July on an addition to the tire 

 plant of tl iwk Rubber Co. This company doubled its 



plant area by its buildm o] I lions of last spring, and this 

 new addition will mean a similar incn 



* * * 



The manufacturers of rubber mill machinery are also run- 

 ning their plants to . and the Adamson Machine I o., 

 in a report at its recent quarterly meeting, -bowed all de- 

 partments operating 24 bouts a day. The pan) ha 



clared a quarterly divide] payable Vugust 1, 



which is ! _• per cent, in excess of the | quarterly stock 



di\ idends i if this o mi i i n 



* * * 



Tin- court has dismissed, on a technicality, a petition tiled 

 by a stockholder of the East Palestine Rubber Co., of East 

 Palestine. < >hio, that that company be placed in the h 

 of a receiver. 



The Republic Rubber Co.. of Youngstown, about July 1 

 received a cable order for $500,000 worth of solid rubber tires 

 for export to Europe, the order calling for delivery of 10.000 

 tires per month, built on special steel rims, for use on army 

 trucks. This followed an order now almost completed, from the 

 same source, for $250,000 worth of similar tin - 



The McClurg Rubber I o. recently organized to manufac- 

 ture rubber tires, expects soon to commence operations. The 

 following officers have been elected: President and general 

 manager. J. S. McClurg; vice-president. C. M. Christensen; 

 secretary and treasurer. II. T. Forrest. These officers, with 

 W. '/.. Davis and J. I.. McClurg, compose the board of 

 directors. 



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A. II. Marks, vice-president of The B. F. Goodrich Co.. 

 spent a few days in Akron early in July, attending a meeting 

 of directors of the City hospital, for the consideration of plans 

 for hospital additions, and also to look after business at the 

 plant, returning to his summer home al Marblehead, where 

 bis yacht is stationed, lie has recently had a pipe organ in- 

 stalled in this new yacht. 



\Y. I'. Pfeiffer, secretary and general manager of the Miller 

 Rubber Co.. and Mrs. Pfeiffer have returned from their visit 

 to th, i alifornia expositions and other points of interest on 

 the coast 



W. C. Swift has resigned his position as efficiency engineer 

 with the Miller Rubber Co. and is reported to intend removing 

 to Xew- York. 



P. \Y. Litchfield, factory manager of the Goodyear Tire & 

 Rubber Co.. completed 15 years with that concern 



on July 15. A banquet was tendered him by the company, at 

 which he announced his intention of donating $100,000 to the 

 welfare work of the employees, and a committee of workers 

 has been chosen to formulate rules by which this fund is to 

 be used for their welfare. 



Irene Seiberling and Penfield Seiberling, daughter and son 

 ,f F. A. Seiberling. president of the Goodyear company, were 

 u^ers in one of the recent flights of the balloon "Good- 

 year" 



