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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1902. 



cut by the rim, and the tire maintains under all loads the same 

 tread surface. When deflated this tire, it is claimed, will not 

 collapse to the same extent as the ordinary pneumatic tires of 

 circular section, and it is therefore less liable to sustain injury 

 from becoming deflated. The " Whalebone " and other special 

 forms of tires are offered by the American Rubber Works Co., 

 No. 277 Broadway, New York, reference to whose business ar- 

 rangements was made in The India Rubber World of May 

 I [page 265.] 



NEW LASTS IN "BOSTON" GOODS. 

 The Boston Rubber Shoe Co. have introduced two new 

 styles of toe, which are not shown in their 1902 catalogue. 

 They are the " Spartan " toe in men's, and the " Sharon " toe 

 in women's, misses', and 

 childien's shoes. The 

 " Spartan " is a happy 

 medium between the 

 •' Saxon " toe and the 

 "Cadet." It avoids the 

 bulldog swing of the 

 former and the straight 

 lines of the latter. It 

 has a fairly broad toe 

 and a moderate swing 

 at the ball of the foot, 



... , , , SHARON. 



and is intended to be 



worn on a shoe with a medium extension sole. In short, it 

 conforms to the latest lasts in leather shoes, in which the ex- 

 treme bulldog swing and wide extension sole of a year ago have 

 been greatly modified. The " Sharon " toe is similar to the 

 "Spartan." It is just between the " Avon " toe, intended for 

 the extreme mannish shoes which women afltected some time 

 ago, and the " Regent ' toe. It fits the leather shoe now so 

 much in vogue among women, which has fair breadth of toe. 

 a moderate swing, and a narrow extension sole. 

 UNIVERSAL COTTON JACKET. 

 The widespread and growing use of rubber hose for air and 

 steam drill work, and kindred purposes, has led to new de- 

 mands for hose which shall have extra strength, and likewise 



capacity to withstand 

 the wear and tear of 

 being dragged about. 

 Such considerations 

 I have led to the intro- 

 ! duction of the " Uni- 

 versal " cotton jacket, 

 which is a heavy seam- 

 less fabric, woven 

 directly over the rubber hose. The " Universal " cotton jacket 

 is painted, which renders it waterproof. It does not kink or 

 get bent or out of shape, and does not unwind should a single 

 strand be cut. The manufacturers issue a special price list for 

 putting the " Universal " cotton jacket on air, gas, steam, and 

 air and steam drill hose. The word " Universal," used in this 

 connection, has been registered as a trade mark. [Boston 

 Belting Co., Boston and New York.] 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



Rubber Egg Shells. — Grover Hashman.a poultry raiser of 

 Tiffin, Ohio, claims to have made a discovery which may revo- 

 lutionize the present inconvenient method of shipping eggs. 

 He has invented an egg shell which is elastic and unbreakable. 

 He has done away with lime as diet for hens, and instead feeds 

 them on pulverized rubber mixed with corn meal. This forms 

 a rubber film around each egg, and the sulphur contained in 

 the egg vulcanizes the soft rubber into hardness. — Newspaper. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values for the first nine months 

 of the current fiscal year, compared with the same 

 months of three years preceding — not including exports to 

 Hawaii and Porto Rico : 



(rt) Included in "All Other" prior to July 1, iSgg. 



Pairs of rubber footwear exported during the same periods: 



1898-99, 1899-00. 1900-01. Igol-o2. 



379,119 572,952 1,316,38c 2,319,714 



ITALY. 



Values of imports and exports of rubber goods, expressed 

 in lire [=19.3 cents.] 



Imports. Exports. 



January-March, 1901 3,162,013 2,232,239 



January-March, igo2 3,952,514 1,943,806 



SOME WANTS OF THE RUBBER TRADE. 



[246] T7ROM a Philadelphia jobbing house: "We should 

 -I- like you to advise us, who manufactures a rubber 

 door bumper, with a rubber ball hanging on a string." 



[247] " Will you kindly advise us where we can purchase 

 rubber elastic cord, such as is used in the Whiteley exerciser?" 



[•248] From a rubber factory : " Kindly advise us where we 

 can purchase a genuine English vermillion." 



[24!)] From a rubber factory : " Can you inform us where 

 to buy the whistles used in rubber dolls and toys ?" 



ANSWERS. 



[239] Saven & SCHULTZ (No. 21 North Thirteenth street, 

 Philadelphia) advise us that they are prepared to furnish silk 

 covered rubber tubings for compressed air apparatus. 



[240] Tyer Rubber Co. (Andover, Massachusetts) mention 

 that they are in a position to supply spread rubber street, cut 

 in strips.-==C. Roberts Rubber Co. (Newark, N. J.) write that 

 if what is wanted is fine cut sheet — of which insulated wire 

 manufacturers use considerable — they can supply it. 



[242] J. W. Buckley Rubber Co. (No. 69 Warren street. New 

 York) state that they can supply machines for winding flat wire 

 on hose. 



[243] George Borgfeldt & Co. (Third and Wooster streets, 

 New York) refer to their Hanover department as prepared to 

 furnish rubber mending tissue. 



The Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. (Columbus, Ohio) issue 

 a very complete catalogue of their " Century " rubber belt con- 

 veyor and elevating and conveying machinery. Reference is 

 made to the good quality of the rubber belting used, besides 

 which use is made of Gandy and cotton and leather belting. 

 The " Century " belting carriers are peculiar to the Jeffrey sys- 

 tem. The catalogue contains cuts showing their system in use 

 in conveying ore, broken stone, sand, and gravel, and in chemi- 

 cal works, a carpet store, and in handling packages generally. 

 [6"X9"- 32 pages.] 



