April I. 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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IMPROVED PACKING OF RUBBER. 



"T^HE high vahie of crude rubber, compared with its weight, 

 •^ has always afforded a special temptation to larceny on the 

 part of those engaged in handling it. The aggregate of the losses 

 which have been sustained by the trade on this account is very 

 great. In addition, there have been losses due to defective pack- 

 ing. With a view to protecting the owners of rubber against loss 

 from either of the reasons mentioned, Mr. James Forsyth 

 Bcnnet, of the Boston Belting Co., has suggested the idea of 

 strapping and sealing bales, boxes, cases and bags of rubber, as 

 illustrated herewith, and since putting into effect this idea his 

 company have suffered no inconvenience. The cost of strapping 



packages ni this way is very sliglit, and even if it were many times 

 as much as it is. the end apparently would justify the means, for 

 in the very many cases that have been received and shipped by 

 them, all have arrived at their destination in good condition. In 

 addition to their own satisfaction, they have been accorded much 

 praise and many words of appreciation for the ingenious and 

 careful method of packing. Four lines crossing the sides of the 

 box in the illustration and the single line across the end represent 

 a strong wire, and the white spots on the top show how the seal- 

 ing is done. It would seem that this might serve as a suggestion 

 to the buyers of crude rubber which they would gratefully accept 

 and profit by, with results as gratifying as those derived by the 

 originator of this packing system. 



The firm "Provodnik," of Riga, Rusia, who have developeji 

 an important tire department in their extensive rubber works, 

 are about to introduce their pneumatic and motor 'bus (solid) 

 tires in the English market. 



The K. T. Syndicate (London) are putting on the market a 

 heavy tire designed to prevent side slip, the tread looking very 

 much like an exaggerated Bailey tread, the huge rubber lozenges, 

 however, being hollow and thus semi-pneumatic. The thought 

 would be naturally that the wear on a tire of this type would 

 be such that it would make it very expensive in use. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) are offering to the 

 trade, in addition to their ordinary lines of solid carriage tires, 

 which, of course, are black or gray, a white tire. Not that it is as 

 white as alabaster, but it is white, and as most rubber men know 

 properly compounded white rubber is very tough and resilient 

 and wears like iron. 



The Philadelphia agency for Jenatzy tires has been secured by 

 Henry A. Rowan, Jr., No. 2028 Samson street. These tires, by 

 the way, are new in the United States, but are made at Brussels 

 under the supervision of Camille Jenatzy, a well known European 

 racing man. 



The Kokomo Rubber Co. (Kokomo, Indiana) are out with a 

 new cycle tire — the "New Oxford" — that is making very many 

 friends. 



Herz & Co. (No. 203 Lafayette street. New York) are im- 

 porting a new pneumatic tire, made by the Wien-Traiskirchner 

 Gummiwaren-Fabriken Josef Miskolczy & Co. (Vienna. Austria), 

 which they market as the Herz Paragon. It has a specially con- 

 structed tread, the fabric on which lies in diagonally applied 

 narrow sections. 



The Morgan & Wright advertisements — white letters on black 

 background — are so distinctive that they are recognized every- 

 where. Besides this, when they put in something like this — 

 "Occasionally a rider will insist on having a cushion tire. We 

 make them" — they are very readable. The "occasionally" tells 

 the story. 



TIRE INTERESTS, HERE AND ABROAD. 



A r the annual meeting of the Palmer Tyre Co., Limited (Lon- 

 don) there was declared a dividend of 5 per cent, and the an- 

 nouncement was made that a substantial sum had been added to 

 the reserve fund. The chairman also reported that a machine 

 was about to lie produced which would appreciably lessen the cost 

 of production of the Palmer Cord tire. 



It is rumored that his Majesty, King Edward VII, who was 

 formerly advertised as being the user of various excellent auto- 

 mobile tires of English make, has become a convert to the use of 

 the Continental tire. Whether he experimented personally and 

 discovered that the Continental was the best does not appear. At 

 any rate, one of his latest cars is fitted with them. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (.A.kron, Ohio) are win- 

 ning out exceedingly well with the use of their new rim for 

 motor cycles, a difficult place to put any tire, or rather a type of 

 vehicle from w hich it is difficult to detach and repair the ordi- 

 nary tire. 



.A.n electric vulcanizer designed for repair men has been 

 brought out by C. A. Schaler, of Wapun, Wisconsin. 



The Sirdar Rubber Co., Limited, have received another repeat 

 order from the British war office for Royal Sirdar Buffer tires. 



"Victor" Electrically 0per.\ted .Air Compressor, for Inflat- 

 ing Tires. 



[\'ictor Electric Co., Chicago.] 



