February i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



153 



association cables, in the belief that, although admittedly the 

 quality was lower, they should secure these special orders 

 owing to their long experience in manufacture and their tech- 

 nical skill. This action and the recognition by engineers 

 and contractors of the advantages of buying from makers of 

 the highest standing has led those makers whose trade ex- 

 isted on the basis of low price alone to misrepresent the mo- 

 tives of the Cable Makers' Association. 



" Having thus officially explained our position, we suggest 

 that where cables of the best grades are required, engineers 

 should specify association grades made by a member of the 

 Cable Makers' Association, but in case where an inferior class 

 can be used, we believe the buyers will get the best value for 

 his money by ordering non-association class from a member 

 of this association. In order to prevent misunderstanding, 

 the two classes have distinctive labels attached to the coils. 

 Association cables have, under the canvas wrapping a j-ellow 

 label, stating the class of cable and also its electrical partic- 

 ulars. This label is tied round each coil by a tape secured 

 by a lead seal. The tape and seal must be broken before the 

 coil can be unwound. Non-association cables have a green 

 label giving similar particulars, which is attached to each 

 coil in the same way. Outside the canvas wrapping each coil 

 has an ordinary tag label — either yellow or gwen as the case 

 may be — giving manufacturer's name and address and class 

 of cable. 



"THE ANCHOR CABLE CO., LTD. 



"THE BRITISH INSUL.VTED & HELSEY CABLES, LTD. 



" CALLENDER'S CABLE & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. 



"CONNOLLY BROS., LTD. 



"W. T. GLOVER & CO., LTD. 



" W. T. HENLEY''S TELEGRAPH WORKS CO. 



"THE INDIA-RUBBER, GUTTA-PERCHA 



WORKS CO., LTD. 

 " THE LONDON ELECTRIC WIRE CO., LTD. 

 " SIEMENS BROS. & CO., LTD. 

 "THE WESTERN ELECTRIC d ' 



LTD. 



.S: TKLI-;i",R.\PH 



NEW HOME OF THE "SIRDAR" TIRE. 



FROM England Mr. J. M. MacLulich, managing director 

 of The Sirdar Rubber Co., Limited, writes to the Ed- 

 itor of The Indi.\ Rubber World the following breezy de- 

 scription of their 

 new works at Limp- 

 ley Stoke : 



' ' And now for a 

 few facts about the 

 new mill. We are 

 doing it in regular 

 American style : we 

 don't get possession 

 of the buildings un- 

 til January 14, yet 

 the machinists have 

 delivered and are 

 erecting a train load 

 of machiner}-. and 

 the majority of the 

 foundations are in. 

 The buildings are al 1 

 built of the best 

 Bath stone, and the 

 floor space is about 



100,000 square feet ; there are three independent sets of en- 

 gines and small water power (about 45 HP.) which is very 

 acceptable, as it is so cheap and constant. 



'■ We are right in the middle of a coal district, and can get 

 coal delivered to the mill under 10 shillings a ton ; we have 

 a canal close by, and two railway services with good connec- 

 tions to the Midlands and to London, the train taking only 

 about two hours. For shipping we are verj' central, being 

 within easy distance of Southampton, London, or Bristol, 

 and labor and living is cheap in West Wiltshire. 



"The old mills, even through the dead season, are working 

 all day and night, with two shifts ; and I anticipate before a 

 fortnight expires, after our taking possession of the new 

 mills, w-e shall have a large portion of the new machinery 

 erected and working. So you see you have not got it all 

 j-our own way in America ; we can do things ijuickly here 

 if things are set about in the right way ; yet I must say I do 

 admire the quick way in which our cousins across the At- 

 lantic move in business." 



The Sirdar Rubber Co., Limited, are justly pleased with a 

 letter received from the Star Omnibus Co., Limited, of 

 London, who are operating motor buses, which says, in 

 substance, that .Sirdar tires supplied for their double deck 

 omnibuses have proved so satisfactory that the company have 

 decided to contract to supply the whole of their buses with 

 Sirdars for the next year. Besides the buses now running 

 they will need 25 additional ones by the end of February, 

 with more to follow. They look forward to a very large ex- 

 pansion of the motor bus service. 



Charles Macintosh & Co., Limited, have in their offices 

 at Manchester a great curiosity in the shape of a beautiful 

 carved statue of a Crusader that probablj- no money could buy. 

 One of their workmen becoming impressed with a picture, 

 took a block of hard rubber and from it carved the statue 

 which is in every way a most beautiful and artistic piece of 

 work. The lines are perfect ; the expression of loft}' resolve 

 on the face of the warrior zealot, the armor, the huge sword 

 with its hilt made in the shape of a cross, speak eloquently 

 for the genius of the man who was, after all, through life 

 only an humble rubber worker. 



NEW FACTORY OF THE SIRDAR RUBBER CO. 



