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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i 1903. 



A NEW RACK FOR GARDEN HOSE. 

 THERE has long been a demand for a practical, simple, and 

 inexpensive device for supporting and stowing garden and lawn 



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hose. Such a device, to be appreciated and used oy the house- 

 holder, must consist of few parts and be understood at a glance. 

 It would seem that the "Champion "hose rack, shown in the 

 accompanying illustration, fills all of these requirements. It is 

 made entirely of heavy galvanized wire and can be hung by the 

 side of the house, stable, or cellar, where it offers a perfect sup- 

 port for the hose, either in a tight or loose coil, keeping it out of 

 the way, in a good condition, and always ready for immediate 

 use. [Boston Belting Co., Boston, Massachusetts.] 



caulfield's patent grip wheel. 

 United States patent No. 670,664, granted to John Caul- 

 field (No. 74 Nelson street, Brooklyn, New York), relates to the 



gripping members upon the rims 

 of wheels for automobiles for the 

 purpose of preventing slipping 

 on mud, ice, or snow. It is 

 stated that they can run on ice 

 on a 60 per cent, grade, and one 

 advantage is that they will ex- 

 tend the life of a tire in prevent- 

 ing damage from its tearing loose. 

 They may be easily and quickly 

 removed when summer comes. 



TELESCOPIC POCKET ATOMIZER. 



The rubber bulb in this device is so made that when the 

 atomizer is not in use the cylindrical glass reservoir can be 

 pushed into the bulb, forming a 

 very compact instrument, the bulb 

 also furnishing a good protection 

 for the glass when carried in the 

 pocket. The spray tubes are made 

 of glass attached to and forming 

 part of the outer glass tube, which 

 serves as a container for the medica- 

 ment used. The reservoir is designed 

 to hold sufficient for at least one 

 day's treatment. The smaller cut 

 herewith shows the instrument ready 

 for the pocket. The other shows 

 the same when ready for use. United 

 States patent granted October 28, 

 1902. [Whitall Tatum Co., Nos. 46- 

 4S Barclay street, New York.] 



RUBBER COMPLEXION BULB. 



This illustration suggests the form 

 of a rubber bulb which is offered as cap- 

 able of being used with advantage in 

 connection with massage cream and 

 other like preparations for facial mas- 

 sage. [The Pompeian Manufacturing 

 Co., Cleveland, Ohio.] 



4_plexion bulb 



GOODRICH AIR BRAKE HOSE. 

 The illustration herewith will give an idea of the method of 

 construction of the air brake hose manufactured by The B. F. 

 Goodrich, Co. 

 (Akron, Ohio), 

 involving a spe- 

 cial feature 

 which is pecul- 

 iar to their line 

 of hose. This 

 reenforcement 



on the inside by a nipple cushion serves to extend the length of 

 satisfactory use, in a way which will be apparent to all who are 

 accustomed to handling air brake hose. 



SUCCESS OF A YOUNG ENGINEER. 



« TN all the annals of 

 *■ ing," says the Ne\ 



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the New South's industrial awaken- 

 lg," says the New York Sun, in one of a series of arti- 

 cles on modern conditions in the southern United States. 

 " there could not be found a more typical chapter than is af- 

 forded by the extraordinary career of this young southerner " — 

 referring to a man who has taken the lead in cotton manufac- 

 turing enterprises at Columbia, South Carolina. This success- 

 ful man is W. B. Smith Whaley.a native of Charleston. "He had 

 a passion for machinery and had worked his way through New 

 England cotton mills to Cornell [University], and through Cor- 

 nell to a New England architect's office, whence he was gradu- 

 ated with a good training and an immense amount of enthusi- 

 asm." Such had been his preparation for life's work when, in 

 1892, he settled at Columbia, and, in connection with a partner, 

 under the style of W. B. S. Whaley & Co., invited commissions 

 in mill designing and construction. The firm have since de- 

 signed mills for sixteen cotton manufacturing companies, 

 employing 539,676 spindles, 14.560 looms, and a capital of 

 $8,500,000. 



But Mr. Whaley has not been content with designing mills; 

 he has organized companies, as well, and is now president of 

 three cotton manufacturing corporations with mills at Colum- 

 bia, employing §3,000,000 of capital and working 191,000 spin- 

 dles and 4620 looms. This represents the largest cotton man- 

 ufacturing investment in the South, and one of the largest in 

 the United States. One of these mills — the Olympia, with 10 

 acres of floor area — is not only the most extensive in existence 

 under one roof, but it is regarded as the best and most com- 

 plete cotton mill in the world. There has come into existence 

 a new and prosperous and more populous Columbia, all through 

 the development of water power into electric power and its 

 application to the cotton industry. Speaking of the success of 

 Mr. Whaley in connection with this development, the New 

 York Sun says : "Perhaps nowhere else in the United States 

 would such a career have been possible within the past decade, 

 for nowhere else were such opportunities offered to a young 

 man with the energy and the brains to seize them and make 

 the most of them." Mr. Whaley is yet in his early "thirties." 



