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storing and shipping cars. This build
ing will be triangular in shape. one
story building will also be built TO De
used as a dynomometer room Tor test
ing the motors. Owing to the crowded
condition of the factory. a number of
large circus tents have been placed in
commission. and here the work of paint
ing and testing the cars and making
final inspections is carried on without
interruption.
Appersons' Plant Busy.
The plant of Apperson Brothers,
where Apperson cars are manufactured,
was also running full time turning out
the new models for next season. Next
year approximately $500 cars will be
built, consisting of skies and Fights.
About 600 men are now engaged in pro-
duction work. One of the features Of
the new line is ee-passenger
"chummy' roadster which is now In
this city.
New Buildings for Goodrich Co.
The Goodrich Tire and Rubber Com
pany at Akron, Ohio. is now construct
ing three new buildings, to cost APP
proximately 100000, and is providing
work for about 1000 additional men.
At the present time there is quite
boom going on in the Rubber city
The buildings now under way and prof.
ected will provide about twenty more
acres of floor space and will mean the
employment of about 1000 more men.
Practically every factory is being oper-
ated to capacity. Many of them are
employing night shifts and practically
all are employing more men than ever
before in their history.
The Goodrich Company Is receiving
bids for a huge eight-story warehouse
which will be completed in about six
months time. The company normally
plans to store about 100000 tires during
the dull season. The factory Is now
far behind in it's orders. In the city Of
Akron alone more than one million
postal cards showing a bird's-eye view
of the factory were sold by local deal
ers during the past year At the pres
ent time about $4,000 men are employed
in producing rubber products.
Enlarging Firestone Factory.
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany has at the present time under
construction buildings which will al
most double the present factory. The
are again racing southwark in their eff
forts to catch up with the public de-
mand. Four huge parallel wings were
built four years ago In alternate steps
these four big extensions have been
reaching out-never for a single week
has the builders hammer been silent
since the original plant was built. Con-
tracts have been let for the immediate
extension of three of the big main
wings, plus the doubling Of a six-story
separate factory building and the erec-
ton of restaurant This latter build
ing will be three stories and a base
ment high and will be about $50 feet
square with floor space of about 90
coo square feet. These new additions
will add 100000 square feet of floor
space to the present factory and will
enable the Firestone people to nearly
double their output. The original fac
tory was built in 1902 Here carriage
tires were first made. Thirteen years
ago Mr. Firestone and six others con-
stituted the entire office force. Today
over 700 persons are required to handle
the Office work of the company. The
factory buildings are ideal for SANTA
ton. safety, ventilation and general
healthful conditions A trip through
this modern tire plant is convincing.
Labor Saving devices are found on ev-
cry side--:raveling cranes. automatic
conveyors, electric interde partment
trucks, and SO forth. Not movement
is wasted. And every employe is a spe-
cialist on his particular work.
Plans of the Goodyear Company.
pany contemplates further charging
it's present plant, which will enable an
increase in the production OF the daily
output from 1900 to $4,000 tires The
buildings are to be completed by the
q q fall
rloyed daily in the big plant and more
are being taken on from time to time,
The company is now buster than at any
time in its history and has just begun
the construction of building that will
add about 1890 square feet Of floor
space and permit an increase Of over
1000 tires per day output
factory library is an important de-
partment of the company. All the i'm
portant scientific and trade journals
for genera! reference. There are thou
sands of pamphlets and clippings on
almost every conceivable subject.
touching the equipment and work Of
the factory departments.
The Goodyear Company. in it's effort
to attain the utmost efficiency, has in
augurated Suggestion system"
whereby employees with ideas concern
ing methods may bring them to the at
tention of the management. and If
adopted. receive suitable reward. There
has been general response to this
offer and many employees have received
the companv's check for their ideas.
In 190s Goodyear made 102.869 automo-
bile tires. In 1914 the number had
grown to 1,478,39s, showing how rap
idly the tire business has grown.
Briggs-Detroiter Reorganization.
The Briggs Detroiter Company. which
recently went into the hands of re-
ceivers in Detroit, Mich. has been pur
chased by Alfred O. Dunk of that city.
Mr. Dunk was formerly president of
the Auto Parts Company, and has Sc
cured by outright purchase the prop
erty of the automobile company. He
has associated with him a coterie OF
Detroits strongest financial men, who
stand ready to place the company on
Il firm financial basis. The personnel
of the old organization has been large
1y retained. and the manufacture and
shipment of Defroiter cars will be con-