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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1904. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) have issued a new 

 illustrated and priced catalogue of Mechanical Rubber 

 Goods, which merits more than a mere formal mention. In 

 the first place, it represents notably the advance in attractive- 

 ness which has been apparent of late in trade publications re- 

 lating to the rubber industry, until now lists of such prosaic 

 commodities as belting and hose are made as pleasmg to the 

 eye as any other trade announcements published. But it is 

 progress of a different sort to which we desire to call attention 

 more particularly. 



This catalogue presents, in contrast, a view of the small build- 

 ing in which the Akron Rubber Works had its inception, in 

 1S69. and one of the present Goodrich plant, covering i 5 acres, 

 which represents the result of their 35 years of business life. 

 To a certain extent this comparison may be considered as typi- 

 cal of the growth of the rubber industry in America as a whole, 

 though it is only fair to the company under review to recognize 

 that their growth has been much beyond the average of the 

 industry. 



Coming now to the reading matter in this catalogue — and 

 apart from the fuller details and better arrangement of matter 

 relating to the leading staples than were formerly to be seen in 

 a book of this class — its perusal is of no little interest on account 

 of the number of items embraced which are comparatively new 

 to the rubber trade, though already of great importance in the 

 industrial world. Pneumatic tool hose, for example, is treated 

 prominently, together with air drill hose, air brake hose, and a 

 great number of other items that did not figure largely, if at 

 all, in the mechanical rubber goods catalogues of a dozen years 

 ago. The pictorial representation of the growth of the Good- 

 rich rubber works is instructive, but it is not more striking than 

 would be a comparison of the list of industrial applications of 

 India-rubber in 1869 with those indicated in the latest Goodrich 

 catalogue. IsX" X Syi". 71 pages.] 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. (7, Snow Hill. London, E. C.) issue 

 "A Catalogue of India-Rubber Druggists' Sundries and Other 

 Rubber Specialties," which is a very comprehensive and at- 

 tractive presentation of their products in these lines, the book 

 being well printed on good paper and profusely illustrated 

 with excellently executed engravings. [554^" X S}^".] 62 pages. 

 ^= —Prices are not given in the preceding catalogue, but these 

 are supplied in an accompanying list of 22 pages, dated August 



15. '904- 



New York Bei.tinc; and Packing Co., Limited, issue 

 from their branch at No. 150 Lake street, Chicago, their " Fire 

 Department Catalogue No. 12," which is an exceptionally I'ull 

 list of fire department supplies. It begins with a list of hose 

 brands made at the factory of the Fabric Fire Hose Co. (Sandy 

 Hook, Connecticut) — which is an affiliated company — followed 

 by hose carts, reels, trucks, hand engines, and a long list of ac- 

 cessories, which serves belter perhaps than any other catalogue 

 yet issued to indicate the great variety of rubber factory 

 products which enter into the equipment of a modern municipal 

 fire service. The book is liberally illustrated, and prices are 

 given of all the goods listed. [&}C )■'. ''H'- '9° pages.] 



Morgan & Wright (Chicago) issue a brochure with the 

 title " Book of Vehicle Tires," descriptive of their line of solid 

 and cushion rubber tires, adapted to standard channels. The 

 attention of dealers is directed to their tire stock on reels of 

 500 feet. The Morgan & Wright tire fitting machines are also 

 described, in addition to which a number of tire sundries, 

 especially for the repair shop, are listed. [6' )< 9". 32 pages.] 

 ==" Modern Horseshoeing," issued by the same firm, is a 



treatise on the advantages of rubber pads for horseshoes, fol- 

 lowed by a list of Morgan & Wright products in this line. 

 [3/+'X6'8-. 20 pages.] 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) are issuing some 

 distinctively original and attractive booklets, relative to their 

 products, a recent specimen of which, entitled " The Delectable 

 History of a Peaceful Servant," introduces the subject of Gar- 

 den Hose in a style quite out of the ordinary. [3X" X 6". 16 

 pages.] 



Neponset Rubber Co. (Hyde Park. Massachusetts) have 

 issued their first catalogue, devoted to Mechanical Rubber 

 Goods. The priced list relates to belting, hose, packing, gas- 

 kets, matting, mats, springs, diaphragms, tubing, rubber carriage 

 drill and duck, and molded sundries. [S"X7!4'- 35 pages.] 



Banner Rubber Co. (St. Louis) issue, as a souvenir of the 

 St. Louis World's Fair, a brochure entitled " How Rubber 

 Boots and Shoes are Made," giving the history of an article of 

 rubber footwear in detail, from the extraction of the rubber in 

 the forest. The text has been excellently prepared by Mr. W. 

 E. Hemenover, secretary of the company. [3' X6". 16 pages.] 



Actiengesellschaft Metzler & Co. (Munich, Germany) 

 have issued Preis-Lisle B No. i, of surgical rubber articles and 

 kindred goods, of their manufacture. It is a very complete 

 publication, illustrated with several hundred cuts, and bound 

 in boards. [7" x 9/4°. 180 pages.] 



David Bridge & Co. (Castleton Iron Works, Manchester, 

 England) issue, as "An Addition to Our Catalogue," a series 

 of half tone views of India-rubber washing machines, mixing 

 machines, calenders, and vulcanizing presses, with shafting 

 and gearing, of the latest types ol their production. [g%"Y, 6". 

 15 leaves.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



Rex Buggy Shield Co., Connersville, Indiana. = Vestibule Storm 

 Shield. 6 pages. 



Charles E. Miller, Nos. 97-101 Reade street, New York.=Automo- 

 bile Catalogue, No. 6. [Automobile, motor boat, motor cycle, and 

 bicycle parts and accessories.] 160 large pages ; illustrated. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Connecticut. — Hattford 

 Solid and Cushion Tires. 15 pages. 



The Diamond Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. = Dianiond [Tires] for 1905. 

 12 pages. 



The Sweet Tire and Rubber Co., Batavia, New York. = Sweet Rubber 

 Tire Applying Machine. 4 pages. 



Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., Jersey City, New Jersey. = 

 Rubber Tires. 4 pages. 



The Milwaukee Rubber Works Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin. = Solid and 

 Cushion Tires. 11 pages. 



Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, New Jersey. = The 

 Auto Tire Protector. 4 psges. 



^ Continental Caoutchouc Co., No. 298 Broadway, New York. ^Auto- 

 mobile Accessories. 32 pages. 



COLOR BAROMETERS FOR ADVERTISING. 



AVERY neat and attractive advertising novelty is the 

 color barometer. One form of it, and a cheap and 

 effective one, is a figure ol a little maid on card board, with a 

 real cloth skirt on. This skirt being chemically heated, 

 changes color, for fair or for rainy weather, and also when a 

 change (not of clothing, but of weather) is imminent. There 

 are scores of figures, and hundreds of devices to which this 

 idea lends itself. For an advertising novelty it beats the 

 calendar out of sight. The Hohman & Maurer Manufacturing 

 Co. (Rochester, New York), thermometer makers for the rub- 

 ber trade, will tell any reader of this just what type of figure 

 will fit their business. 



