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VOL. 2 :W PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED" 4 SALVAGE DEPT. MAKES STRIDES It was stated in the Wingfoot Clan some time ago that the Salvage Depart-nieiit had 44 justi•ed itself in the eyes of the Cost Department # " but since then many improvements in system and method have been made, and, from a minor position, the Salvage Depart. ment has become an important factor in Goodyear prosperity. All scrap rubber, with cured and un-eured trimmings from the factory were , formerly junked and sold to the junk dealers for whatever price could be ob. tained. The dealers in turn sorted the ' gum and probably got rich on the pro-ceeds. All sorting of this kind is now done in Plant No. 2 by the Goodyear, the work being much more intricate than most persons imagine. The scrap must be separated into 4 • grades, " each of uniform quality, so that, if used in compounding, the quality of finished product can be insured. The scrap rubber collected in the fae-tory aggregates a total of many thous-and pounds per month. The uneured scrap from the shop is cleaned and re-turned to the mill room. Frictioned trimmings- are-. treated with a chemical which dissolves - the fabric and leaves the gum, thus little uncured stoek is wasted. The cured serap is not directly usable, but may be ureclaimed" which puts it into the form of a cheap gum. This is commonly called 4 c shoddy. " Gum from old solid tires and white and red gum from mechanical goods is ground up and made into springs. The supply from the factory is usually in-sufficient and a large quantity must be bought from outside. Air bags are treated in a manner not unlike the tires. The plies of fabric are stripped and the gum from the inner surface is removed. The department has twelve men at -work-in-the --factory to see -that the scrap rubber is not mixed to any great extent. This obviates considerable work that would otherwise have to be done in Plant No. 2. Three baling presses are used steadily and take eare of about 25,000 pounds of marketable stock per day. Owing to the passage of a reeent federal law, the Goodyear Wireless De-partment is installing s an auxiliary transmitting outilt in addition to the regular 16 K. W. set. The law states that all stations within liearing dis· tanee of vessels on either lake or ocean must be so equipped that they can re. ceive a 600 meter waver the standard wave length for boat stations, in order to •catch any possible signals of distress. As the normal wave length of the Goocl. yoar Station is about 1700 meters, this • necessitated the putting in of a smaller aerial of about two hundred feet in length, running' from . the top of the general omee to a shorb staff of Build-ing 11. The one kilowatt Marconi out-ilt which had been used on the wireldss experiments of the ill-fated dirigible 4 4 Akron " .Will be installed soon to be used in connection with the shorter aerial so that, communication may be earried on by means of it without in-terfering with the work of the regular station. * 1A -I *** 61 254' 1IYEAVR 1 11. UU'1 AKRON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1913 .. Twin Dies in the Hot Desert * 'Naughty, Naughty, Such Language" . -,-=. - .'.- -1. ... 10 W. r \.-41 / &"gnF C..sa T,i - V 000000 ri-Wii-TrT o • Vat, - --L ' 47 •GUY McHILLAHI zO:A 1 -*I,-7 *-, -9 87/.44 1 10,< 1>0ff, 7-n C - 1 \ CRIFIK RON JSM) .. 1 4 --: / a ......I - \\ 4\14 11-/ **WORK, FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING" 4 Like many another Goodyear motorcycling enthusiast, Guy McMinan, of the Salvage Department planned to put his trusty steed to good use during his vacation. It was on a most be-e-eautiful day that Guy started out to visit friends in a small town somewhere on the other side of Canton, and the sun was nice and bright-and hot. The mercury in the thermometer was trying for an altitude record. * But naught troubled Guy. Was not his machine victor over countless im-passable roads? Was not hin trusty ' * Twin " bowling along without a miss? The cooling breeze fanned his cheek, little birds twittered in the tree tops, never had the world seemed so fair. BUT-even Napoleon had his Waterloo, and on the other side of Canton, McMillan hit a long, long stretch of fine, dry sand. Passing teams had pulverized it finer than sugar, and the slightest puff of wind swirled clouds of it into the air. -The•<fywixift made-a brave effort but- W-w-w-wsh-sh-sh-sh--Sh,-1-she died,-the wheels spun round in vain. It is on record that Guy's language enabled the mercury to succeed in ita attempt It broke the altitude record. PRESTON OUALIFIES A novelty in the shape of an inter. mediate landing was introduced in the I fourteenth flight of the 4 4 Goodyear" which took plice last Sunday iii*ht from the grounds of the Gas Company on North Howard St. The balloon was i piloted by R. A. D. Preston with E. R. Preston and J. F. Reddiek of the Gen-eral. Office as passengers. The ilight started.shortly after 12 o'clock and the balloon slowly rose, hanging for quite a while over the eity in the calm air. In attaining a height of 700 feet the bal. loon described a circle and then floated southwest over the • Portage Lakes, passing directly .over Albert-son's Hotel at State Mills. The ball 0021 also passed over the town of Orrville and some time later tlie eity of Wooster. About six miles west of Wooster a ddscent was made at 5:10 0'elock and the passengers disem- 1 barked. The pilot, R. A. D. Preston aseended again alone at 6:20 and eon-tinued the -ilight•landit*-#ear ·Iiours later about 36 miles west of Lakeville, having .made a distance of only 16 miles in the four. hours. The air was.al-most calm and it was the slowest trip which the balloon has so far made. The total time that the balloon was in the air was about nine liours, during wbieli time it covered a distance of, 45 miles. The four hour flight which Mr. Preston , ma<le alone completes the requirements of the International Aeronautical Fed-l eration for a licensed· pilot, and Mr. Preston expects to reeeive his official license shortly. \ i - ... - - GIRDLES THE GLOBE It was not so many L modern NO. 23 ./.Ill.Il.Il.... *-I- ---.------ ... -.i- ••RIDE THE PLANK" CHALLENGE ISSUED KLEIN AND NEIGER WIN MEDALS A 44 riding the plank" challenge has been posted by E. Kline and N. A. Neiger, foremen in the tire building de-partments, who have just returned froni a two weeks' sojourn at Long Lake. The two, with Allie Braley, from 5 A-1, kept bachelor's hall at a Long Lake , cottage, and spent their daytime in per-suit of the elusive plank. The 6 6 sTS. ' W tem" is this: .... A small plan]c is hitched to the rear end of a motor boat and is mounted by the would-be 6 4 broneho-buster. " The boat is started and the man at the helm puts the plank through its stunt. It is no eineh to balance oneself on the plank when it is going in a straight line, for the swells from a high powered I motor boat are not noted for their gentle behaviour, but when the boat begins to go 6 4 steady by jerks" and swing back and forward and then ' around in a complete circle the land-seape begins to look like a sample of impressionistic art. Included in the • challenge to the plank riding competi-tion 19 also a gasoline-consuming clause, for Kline and Neiger managed to use up' exactly 175 gallons of John D.'s best in their chase of the wobbly plank. The part of the clay time .not spent 6 in eating was wholly spent in,the water, • and the crowd looks it. If there is a spot on their bodies not covered with tan or of a firey hue tliey have not yet discovered it. c c Riding the plank" was the ehief diversion, and hour after i hour they Spent in circling the shores Representing the New York Evening Sun, J. H. Mears recently completect a round· the world trip in 35 days, 21 , hours and 35-minutes, lowering the pre-, vious record of A. Jaeger-Schmidt 036 made in 1911, by nearly four days. Transportation companies all over the i world co·operated to produce this result by means of speeial trains and en-deavoring to cut out all needless de. lays and accidents. years ago that Jules Verne qtartled the world with his daring 4 4 Around the world in eighty days " but methods have now more than halved this .time: ' : Who knows how. soon.the r new record itself may be lowered. But' a few weeks ago a Freneh airman made the journey from Paris to Warsaw, a ' distance of 933 miles, in one clay, flying but· six hours and thirty-nine minutes ' of the thirteen hours it took him: to • complete t he journey. By merely dupli-catilig the ilight each day it would take i only a matter of twenty-eight days to complete the circuit, while continuous • flying at liis average speed, 93.3 miles per hour, would accomplish ·it in slightly ' over 11 r (lays. Another use has been found for Serg. bracBride 's oxy.weld cuttin• toreh., After the fire at Plant 2 021 August 1 ltli. ' it was found that the.door of the safe • could not be opened on account of the L great expansion whicli the conibiiiation lock had undergone, so 4 f Serg. " went on the job with his torcph and eut a i liole throngli the door iii,out six inehev • sqrlare. 0 e 0 P t e h S t h 0 1 1 t 1 g f the lake at expressspeed. Kline laims h6nors as champion rider, for n one trip the rope caught and the lank started to explore the bottom of he lake. For a hundred yards all that ould be seen of Kline was the top of is head, but somehow he managed to tiek on and though it was accidental, o hear him talk afterwards, one would ave thought that he had planned it all Ut. Swimniing and fishing.were not neg-eeted by these Goodyear exponents of he simple life, and on one occasion hey indulged iIi the gentle pastime of ife.saving< K m0a3n 6and woman liad otten out beyond their depth, and the woman, who could not swim, grabbe<1 the man by the throat so that he was 1,owerless. Our heroes promptly swam to the rescue and 1•nuled them out. It was a prdtty pale looking couple that walked away after several quarts of water had been drained from their hitigs, and the boys are still expeet-atitlb' awaitilig the artival of the medals. As ilsliing did not pan out very well, Neiger 0a3f6ter discoursitig luridly on their piseatorial lnek, startell out one afterlloon . 1'0wing dire i en· geanee on all the finny tribe. The slaugllter he was going to cause was friglitful. He returned, however, about slinclown, tire<1 and liungry, with one little pereli. Great attention was paid tl,roughoiat tlie entire two weeks to the eonditioti of the ice box. In fact they even got up in the 11 igllt to illvestigate. While Braley, who served as cook, and Neiger, wlio refuse,1 to wash dislies, both.eotil. 4 ( Contititied oil page - B 6, \ * * . 4 ./ ..... i...4 -0 r V' C- . -* 1 -- ..". - .0-3.6.,....--'-,------ --- ..0....3.. 6 1.-- i-.--- I. i- -. .... r--0...4-1.•-J--4 - 1 *1 , e .. ,w ,. 1 1 I ,4 1 . 1 4 * 0. .) L--*-- L ... 4 4 * / -- .--I---I - - -h . . - - .'11 - -& . ...I- V .-'..... *.--- - 1.. 9 ....
Object Description
Title | The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 2, No. 23 (August 23, 1913) |
Creator | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
Date Original | 1913-08-23 |
Description | The 'Wingfoot Clan' is the employee newsletter of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The publication consists of numerous editions including the Akron Edition, the Aircraft Edition, and special editions. |
Subject Terms |
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company--Periodicals Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company--Employees--Periodicals |
Location | Akron (Ohio) |
Type | Text |
Publisher | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
Digital Publisher | University of Akron. Archival Services |
Date Digitized | 2012-09-07 |
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Medium |
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Description
Title | 08-23-1913 1 |
Type | Text |
Source Collection | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Records |
Medium |
Periodicals |
Collection Category | Rubber Industry |
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UA Department | Archival Services |
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transcript |
VOL. 2
:W PENNY SAVED
IS A PENNY EARNED"
4
SALVAGE DEPT. MAKES STRIDES
It was stated in the Wingfoot Clan
some time ago that the Salvage Depart-nieiit
had 44 justi•ed itself in the eyes
of the Cost Department # " but since
then many improvements in system and
method have been made, and, from a
minor position, the Salvage Depart.
ment has become an important factor
in Goodyear prosperity.
All scrap rubber, with cured and un-eured
trimmings from the factory were
, formerly junked and sold to the junk
dealers for whatever price could be ob.
tained. The dealers in turn sorted the '
gum and probably got rich on the pro-ceeds.
All sorting of this kind is now
done in Plant No. 2 by the Goodyear,
the work being much more intricate
than most persons imagine. The scrap
must be separated into 4 • grades, " each
of uniform quality, so that, if used in
compounding, the quality of finished
product can be insured.
The scrap rubber collected in the fae-tory
aggregates a total of many thous-and
pounds per month. The uneured
scrap from the shop is cleaned and re-turned
to the mill room. Frictioned
trimmings- are-. treated with a chemical
which dissolves - the fabric and leaves
the gum, thus little uncured stoek is
wasted. The cured serap is not directly
usable, but may be ureclaimed" which
puts it into the form of a cheap gum.
This is commonly called 4 c shoddy. "
Gum from old solid tires and white
and red gum from mechanical goods is
ground up and made into springs. The
supply from the factory is usually in-sufficient
and a large quantity must be
bought from outside. Air bags are
treated in a manner not unlike the tires.
The plies of fabric are stripped and the
gum from the inner surface is removed.
The department has twelve men at
-work-in-the --factory to see -that the
scrap rubber is not mixed to any great
extent. This obviates considerable
work that would otherwise have to be
done in Plant No. 2. Three baling
presses are used steadily and take eare
of about 25,000 pounds of marketable
stock per day.
Owing to the passage of a reeent
federal law, the Goodyear Wireless De-partment
is installing s an auxiliary
transmitting outilt in addition to the
regular 16 K. W. set. The law states
that all stations within liearing dis·
tanee of vessels on either lake or ocean
must be so equipped that they can re.
ceive a 600 meter waver the standard
wave length for boat stations, in order
to •catch any possible signals of distress.
As the normal wave length of the Goocl.
yoar Station is about 1700 meters, this •
necessitated the putting in of a smaller
aerial of about two hundred feet in
length, running' from . the top of the
general omee to a shorb staff of Build-ing
11. The one kilowatt Marconi out-ilt
which had been used on the wireldss
experiments of the ill-fated dirigible
4 4 Akron " .Will be installed soon to be
used in connection with the shorter
aerial so that, communication may be
earried on by means of it without in-terfering
with the work of the regular
station.
* 1A -I
***
61 254' 1IYEAVR 1
11. UU'1
AKRON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1913
..
Twin Dies in the Hot Desert
* 'Naughty, Naughty, Such Language"
. -,-=. - .'.- -1. ... 10 W. r
\.-41 / &"gnF
C..sa T,i
- V 000000 ri-Wii-TrT o • Vat,
- --L ' 47 •GUY McHILLAHI zO:A 1
-*I,-7 *-, -9
87/.44
1 10,< 1>0ff, 7-n C -
1 \ CRIFIK RON JSM)
..
1 4 --: /
a
......I
- \\
4\14
11-/
**WORK, FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING"
4
Like many another Goodyear motorcycling enthusiast, Guy McMinan, of the
Salvage Department planned to put his trusty steed to good use during his
vacation. It was on a most be-e-eautiful day that Guy started out to visit friends
in a small town somewhere on the other side of Canton, and the sun was nice and
bright-and hot. The mercury in the thermometer was trying for an altitude
record.
*
But naught troubled Guy. Was not his machine victor over countless im-passable
roads? Was not hin trusty ' * Twin " bowling along without a miss?
The cooling breeze fanned his cheek, little birds twittered in the tree tops, never
had the world seemed so fair. BUT-even Napoleon had his Waterloo, and on
the other side of Canton, McMillan hit a long, long stretch of fine, dry sand.
Passing teams had pulverized it finer than sugar, and the slightest puff of wind
swirled clouds of it into the air.
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