January i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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greatly in public favor during two years past, and has become 

 a serious rival of the small car of 6 Hi', or thereabouts. Some 

 such machine shown weighed complete about 460 to 480 

 pounds, and were priced at ;(|i30 [=$650]. 



Hardly any changes were seen in pedal cycles. Alterations 

 as regards motorcycles have mainly been directed toward the 

 reduction of weighty in some instances the weight-cutting lend- 

 ing toward insecurity. 



The number of rubber firms exhibiting was larger than for 

 many years past, one reason for which is to be found in the ifi- 

 creasing number of concerns making tires of the type protected 

 formerly by the Dunlop (Welch) and Bartlett patents. The 

 principles involved in these types were represented in almost 

 every tire display in the show. The principal exhibitors of 

 tires, and some of the exhibitors of tire accessories, named in 

 alphabetical order, were as follows: 



The Avon India-Rubber Co., Limited (Melksham). — Motor 

 and cycle tires; Lovelace non slipping treads a specialty. 



W. & A. Bates, Limited (St. Mary's, Leicester). — Beaded 

 edge and wired on tires; repair accessories. 



Bavarian Rubber and Asbestos Works (Munich, Germany). 

 — " Metzeler " wired on and beaded edge tires, now introduced 

 into Great Britain for the first time. 



The Black Pneumatic Tyre Co., Limited (Glasgow). — 

 " Clydesdale " and " Waverley " tires; the former made with 

 Moseley's " flexifort " fabric. 



Capon Heaton & Co., Limited (Stirchley, near Birmingham). 

 — Beaded and wired on tires, including the Fleuss tubeless; 

 pedal rubbers, cushion tires, etc. 



Clifton Rubber Co., Limited (Birmingham). — "Wapshare" 

 and " Clifton " tires, manufactured, under license, by the 

 Doughty process ; " Clifton " detachable inner tube. 



Continental Caoutchouc and Guttapercha Co. (London, and 

 Hanover, Germany). — Beaded edge and wired on tires for 

 motors and cycles: cycle accessories, sporting articles, and me- 

 chanical rubber goods. 



Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co., Limited (London). — Regular 

 types of Dunlop tires, vulcanized by the Doughty patent pro- 

 cess; inner tubes, repair outfits, and waterproof garments from 

 the company's Birmingham factories. 



Edlin Sinclair Tyre Co., Limited. — " In Equilibrio " wired on 

 and beaded edge tires. 



Hanover Rubber Co., Limited (Hanover, Germany). — Tires 

 for cycles and motors; " Gloria " rubber belting for motor- 

 cycles ; mechanical rubber goods. 



J. E, Hopkinson & Co., Limited (West Drayton). — Hopkin- 

 son patent solid tire for motors; wired on and beaded edge 

 pneumatic tires. 



Hubbard's Patents and Tyre Syndicate. — "Constrictor" 

 tires. 



Imperial Tyre and Rubber Co., Limited (London). — Tires 

 for motors, cycles, and motorcycles, with non skidding bands. 



Le Paris Tyre Co., Limited (London). — " Le Paris " and 

 "Cuirasse" tires, made of special fabrics; detachable leather 

 non skidding device for motor tires. 



London and Manchester Rubber Co. — " Hammond " patent 

 easy-fitting tire. 



Charles Macintosh & Co., Limited (Manchester). — Motor, 

 cycle, and motorcycle tires, under the firm's own brands, and 

 also the brands of large customers, as " Humber," etc. ; also 

 rubber solution and repair outfits. 



Midland Rubber Co., Limited (Birmingham). — Beaded edge 

 and wired on tires, vulcanized, under license, by the Doughty 

 process; inner tubes, repair outfits. 



Michelin &Co. (Clermont-Ferrand, France). — Michelin pneu- 



matic motor tires, exhibited by M. Wolfl, their London agent. 



David Moseley & Sons. Limited (Manchester). — Tires for 

 cycles and motors ; a specialty was Seddon's motor tire, of which 

 the company are now sole manufacturers. 



The North British Rubber Co., Limited (Edinburgh). — 

 " Clincher " tires in four grades. 



The Palmer Tyre, Limited (London). — Palmer " Cord " tires 

 for motors, first exhibited at last year's show. 



F. Reddaway & Co., Limited (Manchester). — Beaded edge 

 and wired on tires, for cycles and motors ; especially the 

 " Camel " brand, with a special rim, and made either with or 

 without inner tubes. 



The Reilloc Tyre Co., Limited (London). — A new company ; 

 showed a new patented solid tire. 



The Self Sealing Air Chamber Co., Limited. — "Hermetic" 

 self sealing tire inner tubes. 



Scottish Tyre, Limited (Edinburgh). — Beaded edge and 

 wired on tires, made with " flexifort " fabric, and vulcanized, 

 under license, by the Doughty process. 



The South British Trading Co., Limited (London). — Motor 

 tires of The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls (Mass.), United 

 States. 



Shaw Motor Tyre Tread Co. — Leather detachable band for 

 motor tires. 



The Warwick Tyre Co., Limited.— " Warwick " and "Cam- 

 bridge" tires, wired on and beaded edge. 



EUROPEAN RUBBER SECRETS. 



THE New York //^ra/^ (December 9) printed a communica- 

 tion signed " Rubber Goods Maker," the pith of which 

 appears in the subjoined paragraphs: 



What the lubber industry seeks and has sought for a good many years, 

 is an article or substance which will combine perfectly with and vulca- 

 nize at the same point as the natural product, which will tend to preserve 

 the rubber and add to its strength and wearing powers instead of weak- 

 ening them. 



Such a compound is in use in large establishments in Europe, and a 

 company that will discover this secret (a difficult undertaking) and man- 

 ufacture it in this country as a commodity for sale to the rubber goods 

 makers has several large fortunes in the undertaking. 



The foreign made tires, and, in fact, most rubber goods from abroad, 

 are notoriously far superior to those made in this country, and the only 

 reason is that the foreign manufacturers possess the secret of a better 

 compounding material, which secret they probably will not divulge for 

 the benefit of their competitors. 



In a later issue of the Herald (December 13) a letter signed 

 C. C. King, New York, corroborates the assertions made above. 

 He goes further, and asserts that notonly are the rubber goods 

 made in any European country " better than ours," by reason 

 of " the secret materials used," but the European manufacturers 

 use cheaper grades of rubber than their competitors in Ameri- 

 ca. All of which would indicate that Americans have yet a 

 good deal to learn about the rubber industry. 



An American rubber manufacturer, writing to The India 

 Rubber World in regard to the above mentioned publications, 

 adds : "If you happen to knowMr. C. C. King, ask him if he has 

 ever seen any German make of steam hose working under pres- 

 sure." 



Not so good a.s it might be.— According to a British week- 

 ly paper: " Here is one little fact worth noting in connection 

 with new rubber articles, tires or others. You will observe a 

 whitish deposit, which you generally regard as proof of the su- 

 perior quality of the substance; as a matter of fact, it is often 

 a sign that the rubber is not so good as it might be. ' 



