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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1905. 



irons are needed in keeping this shoe in place and it can be 

 readily put on or taken off. The shoe is corrugated inside and 

 can be applied to hoofs of different sizes by the adjustment of 

 the straps. The bottom of the shoe is open for the purposes of 

 ventilation, and to prevent the hoof from drawing and sweat- 

 ing. [The Mehlbach Saddle Co., No. 106 Chambers street, 

 New York.] 



THE "WEDGE LAP " ROBE FOR AUTOMOBILISTS. 

 Among the products of the extensive and long established 

 robe manufacturers, L. C. Chase & Co. (New York and Chi- 

 cago) there are now included a large list of robes designed to 

 meet the requirements for wind, water, and dust proof cover- 

 ing, in weights, styles, and sizes especially adapted for automo- 

 bile use. There are rubber robes, rubber interlined plush 



robes, plush, leather, and linen dust robes, not to mention 

 others, in the extensive catalogue of the firm name. The pur- 

 pose of the present paragraph is to refer to the wedge shaped 

 lap robe illustrated in an accompanying cut. This robe is 

 made 80 inches long at the top and 65 inches at the bottom, 

 which shape renders it well adapted for automobiles with wide 

 seats and narrow body. 



THE ARCTIC TONGUE SHIF.LD. 



This is a small rubber article designed for the use of pipe 

 smokers, for the purpose of breaking the direct stream of 

 smoke on the tongue, making it cooler, and preventing it from 

 biting the tongue. It is a small piece of soft rubber specially 

 shaped and adapted to fit the mouthpiece of any pipe, render- 

 ing it soft and easy on the teeth. The article is intended to be 

 retailed at 5 cents. [American Tongue Shield Co.. No. 504 

 Ninth street, N. W., Washington, D. C] 



THE RUBBER GOODS PLAN. 



TO THE Editor of The Evening Post— 5/>.- Ought 

 not shareholders of Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. 

 who have not accepted the Brady proposition to combine for 

 mutual protection ? If our company were to be wound up, that 

 would mean par for the preferred, a stock which pays 7 per cent, 

 dividends. What would it mean for the common, which we are 

 told now can earn 8 per cent. ? 



The management of our company in the past has been able 

 but utterly selfish. It is not the United States Rubber Co. 

 which should have been the first to inform us that we can earn 

 not less and probably more than the sum of $1,800,000 yearly. 

 The last annual report of our company admits a net income of 

 only S981. 186.66. 



The mystery has remained inpenetrable while speculators 

 were accumulating our stock at low prices. They have now 

 secured at least 60 for themselves, while depositing stockholders 

 have received 50 per cent, only, in United States Rubber com- 

 pany second preferred stock. a. heckscher. 



New York, June 27. 



MACHINE FOR GRINDING RUBBER TILING. 



ANEW machine designed for the grinding of either inter- 

 locking or sheet tiling of rubber is shown in the accom- 

 panying illustration. The necessity for grinding rubber tiling 

 arises from the fact that the surface is apt to be slightly dis- 

 colored by the preparation applied to the plates to keep it from 

 sticking during vulcanization. The machine itself is quite sim- 

 ple, its salient feature being a large drum covered with emery 

 or carborundum, held in place by glue, revolving at a speed 

 from 1500 to 1800 revolutions a minute. The feeding is 

 done by means of the friction of the grinding roll and the two 



smaller rolls placed on the bed of the machine. The machine 

 is made in two sizes, the larger taking tiling up to 4 feet in 

 width and the smaller up to 2 feet and is adjustable for any 

 thickness up to one inch. As tiling thickness usually varies 

 from '/s to ^i of an inch it will be seen that there is ample 

 clearance and adjustment for anything in that line. During 

 operation very little is taken off by the grinding, the surface 

 being left perfectly clean and absolutely even. Under ordinary 

 conditions the goods are run through the machine but once, 

 although in special cases they may be run through again and 

 again without injury. This machine, which is now in use in 

 some of the largest rubber factories in the United States, is 

 manufactured by A. Adamson, Akron, Ohio. 



BUKIT RAJAH RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



[See The India Rubber World, May i, 1004 — page 27^.] 



THE report presented at the second annual meeting of share- 

 holders at the Londn office, on July 25, 1905, showed re- 

 ceipts for the first year of working of /8r32 6s. i Jii. [ = $39,576, 

 gold] and expenditures on the plantation and in London of 

 _£So37 3.t. [ = $39,112.80] leaving a balance of £95 ^s. ud., which 

 was applied to writing off preliminary expenses. Sales of rub- 

 ber included 5702 pounds of Para at the average price in Lon- 

 don of 5i. gd., and 1009 pounds rambong (Fi'cus elasitca) at i,s. 

 \d., average. There are now on the estate 138,589 rubber trees, 

 of various plantings from 1897 down, and arrangements have 

 been made to plant 200 acres with rubber this year. The man- 

 ager estimates the rubber yield for the current business year 

 at 25.000 pounds. Recent London quotations were £2. lod. 

 and higher for full paid shares of £1 each. 



