December i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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very busy with this class of work, on orders from both Ameri- 

 can and foreign manufacturers. Mr. Adamson, by the way, is 

 building a handsome home on Sherbondy Hill, to be known 

 as " Highland Springs." 



The Whitman & Birnes Manufacturing Co. observed their 

 usual custom of presenting Thanksgiving turkeys to all their 

 employe,, notwithstanding the high cost of these birds this 

 year. 



The Alden Rubber Co. are very busy at their factory at Bar- 

 berton, especially in making their interlocking rubber tiling. 

 They recently made a single shipment of a carload of baby car- 

 riage tires. 



Akron tire manufacturers were well represented at the an- 

 nual convention of the Tri-State Vehicle, Harness, and Imple- 

 ment Dealers' Association in Cincinnati, November 17-22. 

 There were some extensive exhibits of tires, which attracted 

 more attention than any other feature. 



Orders for golf balls have continued to be received in large 

 numbers, notwithstanding the practical close of the season in 

 the northern states. Thus far manufacturers have had no op- 

 portunity to put goods into stock for next season's demand. 

 The Haskell ball continues a great seller. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. have equipped with 

 Wheeler solid endless tires five machines of the San Francisco 

 fire department, including a water tower weighing 19,000 

 pounds. 



The five story addition to the premises of The B. F. Good- 

 rich Co., now practically completed, is one of the handsomest 

 structures in Akron's rubber factory group. 



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The Combination Rubber Tire and Supply Co. have met 

 with delays in getting steel for rims, but expect to be in opera- 

 tion during December. They report many inquiries for their 

 newly patented " Combination " tire and the larger amount of 

 their capital stock has been sold. It is likely that the Diamond 



Rubber Co. 

 will make 

 their rubber 

 tires. At the 

 shop fitted 

 up here by 

 the Combi- 

 nation corn- 

 pa n y the 

 rubber and 

 steel parts 

 will be as- 

 s e m bl e d. 

 The tire is 

 the inven- 

 tion of Wil- 

 liam R.Har- 

 ris, an Ak 

 ron black- 

 smith, who 

 caught the 

 idea while 

 setting rub- 

 ber tires and 



finding dirt and foreign matter in the channels between the 

 tires that had long been in use. This tire does away with the 

 ordinary steel channel, a series of transverse wires bent over 

 a specially shaped rib along the steel rim taking its place. 

 These transverse wires are designed to hold the longitudinal 

 bands in place and to prevent their spreading and cutting the 



rubber. The absence of the channel, it is claimed, and the 

 compact manner in which the rubber hts the steel, will prevent 

 the admission of dirt and water beneath the rubber. In the 

 illustration Fig. i shows a section of a bicycle wheel rim with 

 the new tire. Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly in section, show- 

 ing another form of construction which may be adopted in 

 combining the reinforcing elements ol the invention. Fig. 3 

 is an end view showing still another form of construction for 

 the reinforcing devices. This tire is designed for use also on 

 vehicles. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. 



By A RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



TO THE Editor of The India Rubber World: The 

 Grieb Rubber Co. have devoted their attention for the 

 past two years to the manufacture of rubber specialties, and 

 for the shoe trade in particular, with such success that addi- 

 tional facilities have become necessary, and a plant for the 

 manufacture of all kinds of rubber cement has been added. 

 Besides, an additional wing to the factory 36 X 50 feet is build- 

 ing. C. H. Oakley, for eight years superintendent of one of 

 the plants of the Mechanical Rubber Co., is the manager of the 

 factory, and associated with him. as sales manager, is George 

 E. Sislin, formerly a New York city salesman for the Mechan- 

 ical Rubber Co. 



The Crescent Belting and Packing Co. are understood to 

 have booked many orders ahead and the outlook for next sea- 

 son's hose business is bright. 



The Crescent Insulated Wire and Cable Co. continue to be 

 crowded with all the business they can handle. Day and night 

 shifts are kept constantly at work. 



The Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. are erecting a one-story build- 

 ing, 40 X 100 feet, to be used as a polishing and buffing room. 

 The company have put in two large new lathes and five smaller 

 ones. 



The Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co. are rushed with 

 orders, working 25 men in their mixing department four nights 

 a week. 



The Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co. have completed a 

 brick building for use in boiling the oil used in the manufac- 

 ture of their carriage cloth. The company will soon begin the 

 manufacture of enamelled oil cloths in the new buildings men- 

 tioned in The India Rubber World last month. Formerly 

 the goods of this class marketed by the Empire company were 

 manufactured by the Trenton Linoleum and Oil Cloth Co. 



Mr. John S. Broughton, secretary of the United and Globe 

 Rubber Manufacturing Cos. is chairman of a committee of the 

 Fellowcraft Club— an organization of members of the local 

 lodge of Masons— which has arranged to give a series of smok- 

 ers this winter, the first of which was held on the evening of 

 November 7. Mr. Broughton is also a vestryman of Trinity 

 Episcopal church, and assisted at a reception given to the 

 men of the church by the rector and vestry on the evening 

 of November 24. 



In the United States district court at Trenton on Novem- 

 ber 12, Judge Kirkpatrick handed down an opinion giving 

 judgment to the United States in the sum of $2190 against 

 Charles Brabender, of New York city. The defendant pur- 

 chased in Barmen, Germany, a lot of manufactured India- 

 rubber and five packages of machinery which arrived at Ho- 

 boken, September 7, 1900. Mr. Brabender did not call for 

 them and the goods were sold to satisfy the duty charges of 

 $4000. As the goods did not bring that amount Brabender 

 was sued for the difference. 



