January i, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



125 



TIRES AND TIKE MAKERS. 



THli I'isk Rubber Co. (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts) 

 have reelected their directors and officers and added 

 John C. Cole to the list of vice presidents. 



= The recently organized Independent Tire and Rubber 

 Co. (Akron, Ohio) are marketing a new tire designed espe- 

 cially for light touring cars. 



= The steady growth in popular favor of the Goodrich 

 tires is shown not alone by the fact that their tire factory is 

 running night and da3-, or by the construction of an addi- 

 tional large six story building, but by the notable contracts 

 with motor manufacturers which have been made recentlj'. 

 The 1907 Goodrich tires will form the regular etiuipment 

 of White, Thomas, Winton, Thomas-Detroit, Pierce " Great 

 Arrow, " Cleveland, Stoddard-Day ton, Moon, Premier, and 

 Stanley cars. 



= Michelin Products Selling Co., Inc. (New York), issue 

 a readable little monthly Ptieus Miclielhi, devoted to tires and 

 accessories. 



= In order to simplify the marketing and avoid confusion 

 in classification by tire makers using same, the name of the 

 Hartford Universal rim has been changed to the Midgley 

 Universal rim. This rim is widely used, as it takes either 

 the Dunlop or clincher type of tires. 



= The Aja.x Rubber Co. have been formed, at Los Angeles, 

 California, to market on the Pacific coast the tires of the 

 Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. (New York). J. C. Martin, formerly 

 of Arizona, is president, and C. F. Start/.man secretary and 

 treasurer. 



= The Denver Bicycle Cement Co. have been incorporated 

 at Denver, Colorado, by Harrj- E. Gougar, George F. Frid- 

 wfell, and J. E. Jones ; capital $5000. 



= It is stated that 57 exhibition cars at the New York 

 automobile show were equipped with the Diamond Rubber 

 Co.'s tires. The tires on the remaining i ;,9 cars were sup- 

 plied by 17 other makers. 



=According to the report of the supervisor of the Tire 

 Association, recently dissolved, during the eleven months 

 ended July 31, 1906, the percentage of replacements of tires 

 sold by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. was 1.41 — that is, 

 a little over one tire in a hundred — a record with which the 

 company are greatly pleased. 



^The Elastro Manufacturing Co. (Hartford, Connecticut), 

 recentlj' incorporated with ^50,000 capital, have cOmi)leted 

 their organization. Halsej' B. Philbrick is president, 

 Charles H. Cooley vice president, and Ed"ward S. Young 

 .secretary. The company will make a rubber-like compound 

 for filling tires. 



= A Michelin tire which ran for 19,000 miles on a car 

 owned by Mr. H. V. Price, of Chicago, has been presented 

 bj' him to the Michelin agency in that city, .\nother tire 

 on the same car ran 17,000 miles. 



= Mr. E. S. Benson, who recently joined the staflfof the 

 G & J Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana), was elected treasurer 

 of that company at a recent meeting of the directors, to suc- 

 ceed C. L. Pepper, resigned. 



IN EUROPE. 

 At the Berlin international motor exhibition, in Novem- 

 ber, of the 1768 wheels on all the vehicles shown, 1187 were 

 fitted with "Continental " tires. 



— The liiiulop company, in England, have added to their 

 line of tire production a solid tire designed especially for 

 motor 'buses and other heavy vehicles. 



=The Peter Union Tyre Co. (London) recently supplied a 

 .set of solid tires for an omnibus at Brighton, I'"ngland, to 

 replace a set with a record of 16,890 miles. 



= The journal .)folor Traclion says that the average " life " 

 of a solid rubber motor 'bus tire in London is 8000 to 9000 

 miles. The endless tire now leads in popularity, but it is 

 being superseded by the block or stud type. The block tire 

 has the advantage of easj' repair when only one block is 

 faulty. 



=J. W. & T. Connolly, Limited (London), have received a 

 letter from a customer staling that a set of solid tires put on 

 front wheels for him seven years ago, and since run for 80,000 

 miles, are still good. 



=The Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Limited, of 

 England, have opened an ofl'ice in Montreal, with a view to 

 entering the Canadian tire market coincidently with the ex- 

 piration of the '■ G & J ", or clincher, patents. 



= Michelin tires are offered for winter service with the 

 reinforced "Samson " tread. 



= The Hartridge " non skid " solid rubber tire is divided 

 into sections, both circumferentially and lengthwise. Cor- 

 rugated pieces of metal are interposed between the blocks of 

 rubber. As a result, while on the road each driving wheel 

 has never less than six entirely independent contacts with 

 the road, and twelve contacts whenever a cross division 

 comes down to the road surface. It is marketed by The 

 Hartridge Tire Syndicate, Limited, London. 



= David Moseley & Sons, Limited (Manchester, England) 

 have adopted the Schrader tire valve as their standard equip- 

 ment. 



BtLGlAN MOTOR TIRES FOR AMERICA. 



Tin; Jenatzy Rubber Co. filed articles of incorporation un- 

 der the laws of New York, November 21, 1906, with $150,- 

 000 capital. The incorporators are James Wolflfsohn (gene- 

 ral manager of the company), G. W. Newgass, and J. J. 

 Franc. Offices have been opened at No. 36 West Forty-third 

 street, New York. The object is the sale of the Jenatzy au- 

 tomobile tires, made in Brussels. Belgium, by the Manufac- 

 ture General de Caoutchouc C. Jenatzy-Relaux, whose fac- 

 tories are long established and important. Mr. Camille Je- 

 natzy, the grandson of the founder, and well known in rac- 

 ing circles, holds a block of stock in the American concern, 

 and he and his brothers personally superintend the construc- 

 tion of the tires. 



PATENTS EXPIRING IN CANADA. 



TiiF. expiration of the first of the Canadian patents granted 

 to Thomas B. Jeffery for a "clincher " pneumatic tire calls 

 attention to the fact that the monopoly on this type of tire 

 in the Dominion is near an end. The life of a patent in 

 Canada, by the way, is only 15 years, instead of 17 as in the 

 United States. The patent referred to corresponds to the 

 .\merican patent No. 454,1 15, dated June 16, 1891, and which 

 expires at home in 1908. Two other patents granted to Jef- 

 fery were dated January 5 and 12, 1892, and have a few days 

 more than two years to run in the United States. These 

 patents are controlled in this country by the G & J Tire Co. . 

 but the Canadian rights were retained by Mr. JeflTery per- 

 sonally. 



