Mav I, 1909.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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rate on automobiles and other auto accessories. Local men say 

 that the former rate of 30 per cent, was sufficiently high to pre- 

 vent competition, and that the now rate will make no change in 

 the situation 



In the journal Finaiui', the leading financial authority in the 

 state, the thriving condition of the automobile tire industry in 

 Akron, this city, is mentioned as the basis of the prosperity ap- 

 parent in this community. Among other manifestations of pros- 

 perity mentioned by the journal is the fact that gross passenger 

 earnings of city street car lines show a month by month increase 

 of from 15 ta 25 per cent, over last year. 



The factory forces of Akron rubber companies are now the 

 largest they have ever been. .According to an estimate compiled 

 by the .Akron Chamber of Commerce, more than 2.000 addi- 

 tional employes have been added to the forces of the four prin- 

 cipal rubber companies since .lanuary i. This increase is dis- 

 tributed as follows: Goodrich, 800; Diamond. 800; Goodyear, 

 250, and Firestone, 275. The increased number is due partly to 

 the completion of factory additions. 



The Diamcnd Rubber Co. began excavations during the latter 

 part of April for a new office building and laboratory. It will 

 be 14S .X 50 feet and three stories high. The laboratory is in- 

 tended to be the best equipped of any establishment connected 

 with the manufacture of india-rubber in the United States, ac- 

 cording to a statement of an officer of the company. The part 

 of the building to be devoted to office purposes will serve merely 

 as an addition to the present office. The company are also 

 planning a new firestone building about 200 x 100. feet. This 

 will bo uniform in style with the insulated wire building recently 

 completed. 



NEW CABLE SHIP FOR NEW YORK HARBOR. 



' I 'HE fire control system maintained by the United States gov- 

 ■*■ ernmj.Mit, through the signal corps of the war department, 

 embraces a most important application of submarine telegraphy. 

 It is a system of wires, cables and instruments by means of 

 which an exact sight or aim can be obtained on a vessel some 

 distance from shore, for the purpose of 'firing upon her. The 

 cables run to several points, at which men are stationed who 

 calculate the distance, speed, etc. This information is telephoned 

 or telegraphed to the adjacent fort, and from the commanding 

 officer to the gun crews. Allowances for speed, distance, and so 

 on, are all calculated to a nicety, the aim is invariably correct 

 and the fire is, therefore, cflfective. There are now in commission 

 slightly more than 2,000 conductor miles in 212 linear miles of 

 submarine cable, chiefly in connection with the principal fortifi- 

 cations on the Atlantic coast. 



There are hundreds of wires in New York harbor alone, liable 

 to constant injury from ocean lines and local shipping as well, 

 and repair facilities are a necessity. There has just been com- 

 pleted for the government a cable ship, to be stationed near New 

 York, which will be put at the disposal of the signal service. This 

 is the Joseph Henry, measuring 165 feet over all and 32 feet 

 beam; displacement 500 tons; engines, i.ooo hp. ; speed 13 miles 

 an hour. A second and similar ship has been ordered for the 

 signal ship. Tlie government already has a cable ship. The Bum- 

 side, of 2.104 gross tons, maintained in connection with the cable 

 services in the Philippines and between Seattle and Alaska. 



Hitherto repairs to signal service wires have been delayed in 

 some instances, due to the necessity for placing orders for cable 

 to be used in making repairs. This will be obviated in the future 

 by providing in each artillery district reserve lengths of cable 

 which will be available at all times. 



THE LAW AND WIRE INSULATION. 



'T~'HE owners of high-tension electric wires, located at places 

 A where people have the right to go for work, business or 

 pleasure, must see to it that the insulation is made as perfect as 

 IS -reasonably possible and exercise care to keep them in that 

 condition; otherwise they may be held in damages for injuries 

 resulting without negligence on the p:.rt of the person injured. 

 This was held where it appeared that a smelting company main- 

 tained an insufficiently insulated wire, strung 4 feet above 

 the roof of its building and carrying about 2.500 volts. The 

 plaintiff in the action was in the employ of the company at the 

 time of the accident, and had been sent out on the roof of the 

 building to make certain repairs. The roof was in a wet and 

 slippery condition, and the plaintiff, being a common laborer and 

 ignorant of electrical knowledge, grasped the wire to keep from 

 slipping and falling. It was held that in sending the employe 

 on the roof the company was bound to anticipate that he might 

 come in contact with them, and should have provided against 

 such an unfortunate contingency by having its wires in a properly 

 insulated condition. Such was the decision in Colusa Parrot 

 -Mining and Smelting Co. v. Monohan, in the United States 

 circuit court of appeals. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



TnK new edition of Mr. Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Com- 

 pounding Ingredients," advertised on another page, has now been 

 completed and is ready for distribution. 



PUREK.V Fire Hose Manufacturing Co. issue a General 

 '— • Catalogue of Fire Hose and Supplies for Fire Department-^, 

 Railways. Steamships. Wharves, I'aclories, Hotels, Public Institu- 

 tions, etc., which is the most elaborate publication of the kind 

 which has yet appeared. It lists the various styles of cotton and 

 linen rubber lined and unlined hose for fire department use and 

 interior fire protection, the variety of which is suggested by the 

 fact that the company have registered no fewer than 46 trade 

 marks on their products in this field in the United States, in 

 addition to those registered in Canada, Great Britain, Cuba, 

 Mexico and South American countries. This catalogue em- 

 braces, in addition to hose, a great variety of fittings and hose 

 appliances, covering indeed the whole equipment of a city or 

 village fire department, with the exception of fire engines of the 

 larger class, which, as a rule, are manufactured 'by companies 

 devoted exclusively to their production and under patent pro- 

 tection. Nearly every page carries one or more illustrations, and 

 the index embraces 18 columns. [s]<i" X 8". 224 pages.] 



The Bristol Co. (Waterbury, Connecticut), have issued ad- 

 vance partial lists of Bristol's Recording Pressure and Vacuum 

 gages which are adapted, ."tmong other purposes, for rubber 

 dryers, and feed water of steam boilers. [8" X lO'/z". 24 pages.] 



Thk C.\nadi.\n Rurbkr Co. of Montreal, Limited, devote 

 their Catalogue L to Fire Hose, Brass Fittings and Fire De- 

 partment Supplies. They manufacture these articles in large 

 variety, and many of them are illustrated in this attractive cata- 

 logue. [6" X 9". 65 pages.] 



Stewart & Holihan (New York), issue their catalogue No. 

 34 of Rubber Stamps. It illustrates a number of their patented 

 designs in this field, together with ni.iny accessory articles. 

 1 6" X 4" ?2 pages.] 



The VV1LLIAM.S F'oundrv and Machine Co. (.\kron, Ohio), 

 under the title "Automobile Tire Building and Repair Equip- 

 ment," issue descriptions of their products in this line, including 

 several novelties of more than ordinary .interest. [/'A" x 9^" 

 26 pages.] 



E. J. Wn.Lis & Co. (New York), in their 1909 catalogue of 

 Automobile Supplies and Clothing list and illustrate more than 

 600 items, embracing so many articles into which rubber enters 

 as to demonstate that without rubber there would be little 

 motoring. (9" X 6Ji". 64 pages.] 



ALSO ri-:ci:i\'i;d. 



C. Kknyov Co., Brooklyn, New York=.\uto Coats and Dusters. 16 i»p. 



