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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1900. 



182. Benetfink & Co., Limited, London. — Tires and acces- 

 sories; motor clothing. 



183. Glovegrove & Co., Limited, London. — "Otterma" non 

 skid ; motor clothing. 



184. The Dunlop Rubber Co., Limited, Birmingham. — Wide 

 range of motor clothing and rubber automobile accessories. 



195. The Rotax Motor and Cycle Co., London. — "Rotax" vul- 

 canizer for use of steam without a boiler. 



199. A. W. Gamage, London. — Non skids ; mechanical and 

 compressed gas tire inflators. 



201. J. B. Brooks & Co., Limited, Birmingham. — Tire boxes ; 

 spare tire wrappers. 



209. Harvey Frost & Co., Limited, London. — The "H. F." vul- 

 canizer; vulcanizing materials. 



211. Markt & Co., London. — "LTnique" portable vulcanizer. 



221. The Parsons Non Skid Co., Limited, London. — "Parsons" 

 non skids ; detachable rims. 



224. The Acetylene Illuminating Co., Limited, London. — 

 "Scioco" tire inflators. 



252. R. & J. Pullman, Limited, Godalming. — "Pullman" non 

 skid bands ; "Pullman" tire lever. 



CYCLES AND TIRES AT THE STANLEY SHOW. 



The thirty-second yearly Stanley Show at Royal Agricul- 

 tural Hall, London, November 20-28, 1908, was such an 

 exhibition of bicycles and accessories as America has not seen 

 for many a day. No other evidence is needed of the strong 

 hold which cycling has on Great Britain. In fact the thirty- 

 second Stanley Show was even more complete than for several 

 years past — perhaps fuller than in any previous years, except 

 1898 and 1899, when cycling trade and sport reached their zenith. 



These facts are all the more notable in view of the standard- 

 ization of the bicycle and the absence of novelties in construction. 

 Inventors have not been idle, however, in the field of accessories 

 and fittings, and the object of many accessory makers seems to 

 be to provide means for cyclists to use their machines with a 

 minimum amount of trouble, since the modern cyclist resents 

 being called upon to do as much to his machine as the old-time 

 riders. 



One section of the hall was devoted to a comprehensive hut 

 small exhibit of motor cars, and in an adjoining building an 

 American team of cycle polo players gave an exhibition of their 

 skill daily. 



The total number of exhibitors at the Stanley Show was 252 

 —including cycles, motorcycles (which appeared in larger num- 

 ber than before), components, accessories, parts, and machinery. 

 Many of these exhibits were very extensive, it not being unusual 

 for some to occupy several spaces. 



A feature of the Show was the announcement of prices of 

 the wheels on exhibition. Thus the James Cycle Co. showed 18 

 models marked at figures ranging from £16 16 [=$81.75] down 

 to £5 ID [=$26.77]. The Rover Co. also exhibited 18 models, 

 ranging in price from £15 15 downward; the New Hudson 

 Cycle Co., Limited, 20 models, marked from £14 14 down ; the 

 Humber, 20 models from £14 down, and so on. 



The rubber trade was well represented by the standard makers 

 of tires, both English and Continental, and by a number of 

 firms who make a speciality of trading in tires, and it was not 

 an unusual thing to see half a dozen or more tire models 

 oflFcred by one company. The Dunlop company were not 

 exhibitors in the sense of occupying a "stand," but their tires 

 appeared on hundreds of bicycles throughout the building, and 

 this fact was not allowed to escape the visitor. 

 List of the Tire Exhibitors. 



The Midland Rubber Co., Limited Birmingham 



Palmer Tyre, Limited London 



India-Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works Co., 



Limited London 



North British Rubber Co., Limited Edinburgh 



Capon, Heaton & Co., Limited Stirchley 



Great Eastern Rubber Co London 



East London Rubber Co London 



Self Sealing Rubber Co Birmingham 



The Gorton Rubber Co., Limited Openshaw 



Leicester Rubber Co Leicester 



W. & A. Bates, Limited Leicester 



Coventry Rubber Co Coventry 



Representing Finns on the Continent. 



Bavarian Rubber and Asbestos Works London 



Continental Motor Co London 



Michelin Tyre Co., Limited London 



Continental Tyre and Rubber Co.. Limited London 



Calmon Asbestos and Rubber Works, Limited London 



Etablissements Hutchinson London 



Peter Union Tyre Co London 



The Polack Tyre Co London 



Hanover Rubber Co London 



There were other rubber items to be seen than tires, tubes and 

 repair outfits. There were rubber sponges from Germany, "Sil- 

 vertown" rubber tiling, various forms of sporting goods, and of 

 course waterproof goods, because when the Britisher wants to 

 go out on a wheel he refuses to be deterred by the weather. 



A GOODRICH PRESSROOM. 



PROEABLY no house in the world has devoted more atten- 

 ^ tion to the scientific manufacture of small molded goods 

 than have The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio). How many 

 hundreds of presses they operate does not appear, but the writer 

 remembers one battery in which there were 150 in line. The 



A Pressroom at the B. F. Goodrich Co.'s F.\ctoky. 



illustration accompanying this shows a portion of one of the 

 press rooms. It is shown particularly to call attention to the 

 method of ventilating. Under each press is a large galvanized 

 iron pipe leading to a still larger main from which air is con- 

 stantly extracted. This draws not only the hot air but the gases 

 freed by vulcanizing away from the workmen, and delivers them 

 into the open air many feet distant. 



A p.«>racr.ipher in one of the monthly reviews has been very 

 much impressed with the various inventions of Mr. C. J. Bailey, 

 and particularly with his rubber exerciser. Indeed he attributes 

 all of Bailey's good looks and excellent physique to its use. 

 This is what he says : "On that day I chanced to meet Mr. Bailey, 

 and I could readily see that he was in himself an excellent adver- 

 tisement of his exerciser. Health, muscle and good red blood 

 had evidently been the gifts imparted by the use of the new 

 rubber invention, which I learned was devised on the basis of 

 the old but never to be despised motion of 'sawing wood.' " 

 Whether Bailey uses the exerciser himself nobody knows, but he 

 is continually "sawing wood" at the old stand, and incidentally 

 making a notable success of his specialties. 



