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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1907. 



retaining band has also been simplified and improved. The 

 Goodyear detachable rim shows some changes, and is now 

 applicable to small solid tires. 



Other exhibits were the Hubbard solid tire, made of rub- 

 ber sections bolted into recesses in a cast steel section, and 

 the rubber cushioned automobile tire of the St. John Rubber 

 Tire Co. The Traver blowout patch, shown by the Electric 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. is about 12 inches long, of heavy 

 fabric, rubber coated, with a brass lip riveted to one edge to 

 fit under the rim. The Goodrich emergency band is designed 

 to go outside the tire in case of trouble, being laced around 

 it. The " Adwear " tire sleeve, of leather, steel studded, is 

 also held in place by lacing. The Newmastic Tire Co. ex- 

 hibited " newmastic " tire filling. 



The tire manufacturing companies occuping spaces at the 

 Grand Central Palace show were : 



Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. . . Trenton, N. J. 



Coiuinental Caoutchouc Co New York. 



The Diamond Rubber Ce Akron, Ohio. 



Electric Rubber Manufacturing Co Rutherford, N. J. 



Firestone Tire and Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



The Fisk Rubber Co Cliicopee Falls, Mass 



G & J Tire Co Indianapolis, Ind. 



Tlie B F. Goodrich Co Akron, Ohio. 



Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



Harburg Tire Co New York. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co Hartford, Conn. 



International Rubber Co Milltown, N. J. 



Micheliii Products Selling Co., Inc New York. 



Morgan & Wright Detroit. Mich. 



Motz Clincher Tire Co Akron, Ohio. 



Pennsylvania Rubber Co Jeannette, Pa. 



Sociele Industrielle des Telephones Paris, France. 



The Swineliart Clincher Tire and Rubber Co Akron, Ohio. 



The second New York automobile show this season will 

 be held at Madison Square Garden January 12-19, under the 

 auspices of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manu- 

 facturers. The Chicago show will be held, as last year, in 

 the Coliseum and First Regiment armory, on February 2-9. 

 The various tire exhibits that have been mentioned presura- 

 ablv will be duplicated at the two coming shows. 



THE LONDON AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 



The fifth international motor exhibition at the Olympia, 

 in London, under the auspices of The Societj- of Motor Man- 

 ufacturers and Traders, Limited (November 15-24) was by 

 far the most important yet held. Rubber tires were as usual 

 a prominent feature, more than 20 firms making exhibits. 

 This show being reserved for automobiles, tires for this class 

 of vehicles predominated, though several exhibits included 

 tires for motor vehicles. It was in the latter department, 

 perhaps, that the principal novelties appeared. Owing to 

 the expiration of the Dunlop-Welch and Bartlett clincher 

 patents, the manufacture of these types is now open to all 

 comers, and most of the British tire factories are now produc- 

 ing them. Most exhibits embraced some form of non skid 

 tread. 



The Collier Tyre Co. showed a mechanically fastened 

 pneumatic tire. The Dunlop company showed solid motor 

 truck tires, and the Sirdar Rubber Co., Limited, for the first 

 time exhibited pneumatics. The Continental company exhib- 

 ited their detachable rim, which had been seen first at the late 

 Vanderbilt Cup race. The B. F. Goodrich Co. exhibited de- 

 tachable tiies with the Bailey tread. Exhibits were made 



by three French firms — Hutchinson, Michelin, and the 

 " Gaulois " company. 



The Stanley Show, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, 

 during the last week of December, was devoted more to bi- 

 cycles, but the rubber firms exhibiting there generally in- 

 cluded motor tires in their displays. 



THE BERLIN AUTOMOBILE SHOW. 

 At the international automobile exposition at Berlin, held 

 in the exhibition hall of the zoological gardens November 

 1-12, the rubber tire trade was fully represented, not only in 

 the matter of the leading firms, but in the fullness and inter- 

 esting character of their exhibits. The German tire firms 

 were : 



Asbest- und Gumniiwerke Alfred Calmon, A -G Hamburg. 



Berlin Rixdorfer Gummiwaaren-Fabrik Hans Schumann. . .Berlin 



Gunnuiwerke Fulda, G. ni. b. H Fulda. 



Mitteldeutsche Gumniiwaaren-Fabrik Louis Peter, A. G. 



Frankfort o/M. 



Continental Caoutchouc- und Guttapercha Co Hannover. 



Gummiwerke Oberspree, G. m b. H Oberschoneweide. 



Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. , G m. b. H Hanau. 



Hannoversche Gumnii- Kamni Co., A -G Hannover 



Yereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaaren-Fabriken 



Gelnhausen. 



Yereinigte Gummiwaaren-Fabriken Harburg-Wien 



Harburg a/d Elbe. 



Hannoversche Aktien-Gummiwaaren-Fabrik Linden. 



B. Polack Waltersbausen. 



Frankfurter Gummiwaaren-Fabrik Carl Stocckicht 



Frankfort o/M. 



There were other firms in rubber exhibiting specialties, 

 repair outfits, and the like. The foreign tire industry was 

 represented by the exhibit of Michelin et Cie., though this 

 was supplied from the firm's branch at Frankfort. Em- 

 peror William was prevented by illness from opening the 

 exhibition, as was intended, but he was an interested visitor 

 on a later date. 



SOME WANTS OF THE TRADE. 



[367] TNFORM.A.TION is wanted by a reader of The India 



-L Rubber World as to where a machine may be 



obtained that will wind wire hose from 3s inch to 2ji inches. 



[368] Addresses of companies making bias cutting ma- 

 chines are mentioned among the wants received at this 

 office. 



[369] Can any reader furnish a correspondent with the 

 name of the firm manufacturing the "Diana" tobacco 

 pouch ? It is an English company. 



[370] An inquiry as to who furnishes sulphide of zinc 

 for the rubber trade has reached The Indi.\ Rubber World. 



[371] A correspondent wishes to ascertain names of com- 

 panies who manufacture the latest improved machines for 

 turning out heavy rubber covered insulated wires, and also 

 the machines for the drawing of copper wire from the rod. 



[372] -V Chicago reader wishes to get a line on the man- 

 ufacture of a rubber marking pen. [It has been learned that 

 they were manufactured over 25 years ago. Our correspon- 

 dent is referred to the Tower Manufacturing and Novelty Co., 

 No. 306 Broadway, New York.] 



[373] A large rubber concern wish to purchase some 

 scales for office use. They desire a graduated scale by which 

 a small washer or rubber article could be weighed, the bal- 

 ance beam to indicate the weight per dozen, gross, or 

 hundred. 



