Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-12
PRICES
For Bicycle Tires.
Manufacturers Of Single
Tubes Are Agreed.
Minimum Rate Will be
Large Enough.
Property Of Diamond Rubber
Co. Not For Sale.
Officers Elected-Vehicle Tire Depart
ment--L0cal Items.

The manufacturers of single tube
pneumatic tires have agreed on prices
for the ensuing year.
The patents for this class of tires
is now owned and controlled by The
Single Tube Automobile and Bicycle
Tire Company, OF New Jersey. Col.
Theodore Dodge is president.
Licenses to make single tube tires
for bicycles and automobiles have been
granted, within few days past, to all
the manufacturers of such tires who
were not already licensees, so that
there are now no "outsders." The IL
censees are:
Old-Hartford Rubber Works Co.,
Mechanical Fabric Co., Boston Woven
Hose and Rubber Co., Revere Rubber
Co., l.. C. Chase & Co., Hodgman Rub
Der Works, Newton Rubber Works,
and the Il. +. Goodrich Company Of
Akron.--S.
Ncw-Diamond Rubber Co., Good
year Tire 4 Rubber Co., India Rubber
Co., all of Akron; Fisk Rubber Co.,
Kokom0 Rubber Co., National India
Rubber Co, Indiana Rubber and In
| sulated Wire Co., Pennsylvania Rub
ber Co., and the Empire Rubber Man
ufacturing Colo.
When the litigation over the patents
was decided recently In favor of Col
onel Dodge, the defendants, +. IL. Por-
ter ct al, acting for the United States
Rubber Co., promptly appealed, but
since the United States Go. have sold
their tire interests to the Rubber Goods
Manufacturing Co., who are Interested
largely in Colonel DOdgcs new COM
pany, 1t appears probable that the liti-
cation will not be long continued.
Licenses are obligated to maintain a
minimum trade price of $4.25 per pair
OH guaranteed cycle tires and $2.75 on
unguaranteed tires.
NEW CATALOGUE.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany has issued handsome new cata-
loguc of the Goodyear pneumatic We
hiclc tires, for automobiles and car
riages,
VEHICLE TIRE PLANT.
The vehicle tire department of the
Peoria Rubber and Manufacturing
company, will not be removed to this
city, 1t did not figure in the consolida-
ton OF that company's interests with
the India Company. Monroe Seiberling
president of the Peoria company, has
announced that he would build new
factory for the manufacture OF vehicle
tires.
OFFICES MOVED.
The Miller Rubber Manufacturing
Go. have removed their officers from
No. 233 South Main st.. to their works
in South Akron. t
EASTERN AGENT.
The Alden Rubber Company has ap-
pointed John II, Graham & Co., 113
Chambers ST., New York general sales
,uonta fnr tho dtStrIhut ion nf hi,v,l,
and vehicle tires, nodded and mechani.
cal rubber goods,
ANNUAL ELECTION.
The annual meeting Of the Indiana
Insulated Wire and Rubber Co., was
: held at Marion, Ind, recently. The
, officers elected were: j. II. Soldering
of Doylestown, president and general
manager; NJ. Seiherlug, vice presi
dent; A. S. Selberlng, superintendent
=. H. Miller, treasurer; II. Il. Lucas
secretary. The usual dividend was
declared. The factory has 100 hards
employed, of whom GO have been work
ing overtime OF late. An electric light
ing plant has been pu, in.
NOT FOR SALE.
Relative 10 recent report, the Da
mond Rubber Company has issued tn,
following card "We have issued n,
! statement as regards any proposition
we may have received from the Rub
Der Goods Manufacturing Co., aud fur
s. ther regarding any rumors which ma.
q, exist, we can only say that they az
Y without foundation and have no prob
!; ability whatever, nor do we wish t
sell our property The company
making extensive additions to IT'S plan
y Of the most modern machinery. Ele,
trio motive power is being substitute