The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-06-07
This Is Truly
An Innovation

y Are you aware of the ;a:t that
Pennington has an enterprise the
like of which does not exist anywhere
west of the Mississippi River--pos-
sibly throughout The entire country |?
This is fact. And yet there are
perhaps comparatively few people,
even in this immediate vicinity, who
are aware Of the splendid work that
is being done by such establishment,
though it has been engaged in a most
profitable and ever increasing bust
ness since last January.
On Monday afternoon the writer
by chance dropped into the Farming
ton Tire Works, located next door
west of Gierse's Tailoringa establish
ment, and was surprised to find that
establishment, which occupies fair
ly good sized room, crowded to the
ceiling with workmen, machinery and
all manner of equipment not only for
the repairing of auto tires, but ac-
tuaAy remaking old tires into new
ones, and better than they were-orig-
inally.
After having the manner of re-
building explained, the writer was sur
prised that such an exclusive plant
should be- located in this city, and
drawing business from practically all
parts of the State, especially from
st. Louis. The facts are that this
plant makes speciality Of vulcaniz-
ing together two old automobile tires
and making therefrom a tire that
they guarantee to last as long as a
new tire. In fact tests have proven
that they usually last much longer,
bur~a guarantee goes with the tires
that they will last fully as long as the
most enduring new tire.
The Pennington Tire Works are
owned by w. ID. Druce and w. q.
Chalk, with Mr.. Druce, who has had
long and varied experience in all man
ner of auto repair and tire work, in
active charge of the plant. Before
opening this establishment, Mr..
Druco had completed, after much ex-
perimenting, a process by which he
vulcanizes together two old tires,
which gives to the new tire much add
ed wearing service, as well as max
ing the new tire practically puncture-
proof. This process has been patent !
ed by Mr.. Druce, and while he has /
already had number of opportuni- |
ties to sell his patent for considera-
BILE sums, as well as receiving offers |
to set him up in business in Chicago,
st, Louis and elsewhere, he appears .
to be satisfied with the business he
is doing right here in Pennington,
where hundreds of dollars of work are
coming III every week from points |
both nsah and far.
This plant also retreads tires and !
rebuilds them as the customer may
desire. In fact they are usually busy
day and night, attempting to keep up
with orders for work that are pour-
ing in upon them. Mr.. Druce, who is
a modest and unassuming man,
thoroughly in love with his business,
recently gave travelling man an or
der for 100 pounds of rubber. 1t be-
ing his first order from that house,
they suspected that the salesman had
made an error in writing the order,
as no little vulcanizing establishment
such as they supposed the Farming
ton establishment to be, Would order
rubber in 100 pound lots, rubber sell
ing at about 81 pound So they
wrote for confirmation of the order.
To which Mr.. Druce replied to make it
200 pounds, and to forward imme-
diately. He states that they are now
using about 500 pounds of rubber
week, which is slight indication of
the enormous business they are now
doing.
AS another indication of the splen-
did business which is now being hand
led by this company, it is only neces-
sary to say that the Pennington Tire
Works has turned out 1877 rebuilt tires
since starting in business last Janu-
ary, all of which are now in use and
none of which have been returned as
in any way deficient. At the present
time their most pressing need is for ,
more room, which they must have soon
+ they are to keep pace with their rap
dly increasing business. II