December 



1902.] 



THE INDIA JRUBBER WORLD 



103 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



ROB I MS Conveying Belt Co. (New York) issue a new and 

 enlarged edition of Belting Conveying Machinery, wliich 

 is more of the nature of a mechanical treatise than a catalogue 

 of machinery for sale, though it serves admirably tlie latter pur- 

 pose. When, a few years ago, Mr. Thomas Robins, Jr., read a 

 paper before one of our engineering societies on the principles 

 of the conveying belt system [see The India Rubber World, 

 May 10, 1896], it was quoted all around the world, since which 

 time the practical demonstration of this system has been equal- 

 ly widespread. In addition to illustrations of the various de- 

 tails of construction of the Robins system, this book contains 

 four score views of mining, mill, and other plants of widely 

 varying character in which these belt conveyors are in practical 

 use. [6" X 9.' 72 pages.] 



The Co.MBiNATiON Rubber and Belting Co. (Bloomfield, 

 New Jersey) issue a catalogue of Vulcanized Rubber Goods 

 Adapted to Mechanical Purposes, among which they give 

 prominence to conveyor belts with reinforced covers ; " Inde- 

 structene " rubber belting, frictioned by a special process ; "In- 

 destructene " air brake and signal and fire hose; and sheet and 

 other packings. The catalogue includes all the other staple 

 lines of mechanical goods, and mentions many specialties, some 

 of which do not appear in most of the rubber manufacturers' 

 catalogues. [5" X 7'/i". 84 pages.] 



New Jersey Car Spring and Rubber Co. (Jersey City, 

 N. J.) issue an illustrated catalogue and price list devoted ex- 

 clusively to Rubber Mats and Matting. It presents a large 

 number of designs of perforated mats, each one of which is 

 stated to have been engraved from a line of mats in actual use. 

 A very wide variety of such goods is illustrated, including some 

 involving different colors of rubber, and presenting an orna- 

 mental appearance. There is also a wide variety of corrugated, 

 tile, and other matting illustrated, rubber stair nosings, coin 

 mats, etc. [4'A"X6}i"- 4^ pages.] 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) are sending out 

 a large picture in colors, labeled "The Fire Department in the 

 Year 1952," illustrating the kind of apparatus that may be 

 needed for handling their hose at fires when there shall be no 

 longer any city buildings but skyscrapers too tall to see to the 

 top of. The Diamond company are confining their energies to 

 the sale of hose in the present, however, for who knows but. 

 before their artist's prophesies can be realized, the invention of 

 fireproof materials may have rendered fire fighting a lost art ? 



VooRHEES Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City. New 

 Jersey) issue a catalogue of Rubber and Rubber Lined Cotton 

 Garden Hose for the season of 1903, illustrated with sections 

 of their leading brands with their trade marks \v\ fac simile. 

 [5"X6". 12 pages.] 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), in re- 

 cognition of their semi-centennial, have prepared a handsome 

 Fiftieth Anniversary Calendar, for 1903. The company began 

 the manufacture of rubber shoes in 1853, making 250 pairs per 

 day. For ten years past they have made 55,000 pairs, daily, 

 having become the largest establishment of the kind in the 

 world. The calendar is attractive from an artistic standpoint, 

 and will be sent free to dealers in rubber shoes, and to other 

 persons on receipt of 6 cents in postage stamps. 



Cliff & Guibert Co. (No. 198 West Broadway, New York), 

 issue a catalogue of Interior Fire Hose Equipment, with special 

 reference to the Cliff Safety Automatic Reel. Illustrations are 

 given of several large buildings equipped with this reel, and 

 testimonials of a high class respecting its merits. [6X"X9'^". 

 1 5 pages.] 



Western Rubber Co. (Goshen, Indiana) have issued a small 

 booklet to take the place temporarily of their first catalogue 

 of India-Rubber Goods, soon to appear. It illustrates their 

 " Western " rubber horseshoe pad and " Western " rubber heel, 

 and calls attention to their Middleton " Tough " and other 

 brands of packing, together with stopples, tubing, mats, and 

 molded specialties. [3K " X 5 Vi"- 20 pages.] 



W. D. Allen Manufacturing Co. (Chicago, Illinois) issue 

 a catalogue, No. 18, devoted to Leather Belting, Brass Goods, 

 Piston Packing, and Specialties in Mill Supplies, with the an- 

 nouncement that " this catalogue advertises only such goods 

 as we manufacture," which would indicate a wide range of pro- 

 ducts of this company. It is the first catalogue to reach us 

 dated 1903. [iiW X 10". 64 pages.] 



Goshen Rubber Works (Goshen, Indiana) issue a catalogue 

 of Steam Packings, of which they are making a specialty. They 

 reprint testimonials from users of their various packings, com- 

 mending them for steam, water, and gas. [5X" X SM^'. 16 

 pages.] 



THE LAWN SPRINKLER SEASON. 



THERE may have bpr-; a time when alawn sprinkler was sim- 

 ply a lawn sprinkler, and when no further detail was need- 

 ed in ordering one of these devices, no matter what its intended 

 j/h^-^ use might be. That tiitie has long past, however, 

 and to-day there are sprinklers varying in size 

 or style or finish for different sizes of grounds, 

 for different water pressures, for different tastes 

 as to appearance, and for different prices. A 

 particularly full line of lawn sprinklers is that 

 COLUMBIA. made by the W. D. Allen Manufacturing Co. 

 (Chicago, Illinois), in which apparently is embraced something 

 for every imaginable demand for goods of 

 this class. Descriptions of these goods 

 have appeared in the pages of The India 

 Rubber World, hitherto, so that it will 

 suflfice merely to call attention to them 

 again, their line being too extensive to per- 

 mit of the illustration in this space of pkeston. 

 more than a few of the different types. The first to be men- 

 tioned is the Columbia sprinkler, the base of 

 which is of heavy cast iron, and it is so construct- 

 ed that the legs can be unscrewed and the sprink- 

 ler set up or taken down with little effort. While 

 this sprinkler has been on the market for several 

 years, new improvements have been made from 

 BLAKE. time to time, so that all the neWer ideas covering 

 revolving sprinklers are now embodied in its construction. One 

 of the most effective sprinklers manufactured 

 is the Preston, which is practically the Colum- 

 bia on a sled. It gives a fine spray, covers a 

 large circle, distributing the water evenly, and 

 presents a very attractive appearance on the 

 lawn. The Blake revolving lawn sprinkler 

 gives all the execution that could be demand- 

 ed of a large and expensive lawn sprinkler, and is so arranged 

 that the spoon revolves, no matter at what angle the hose or 

 sprinkler may be held. When used in connection with a hose 

 holder, or attached to the end of garden hose and set in any 

 position, the spoon revolves rapidly and freely and will throw a 

 spray fully as far as many sprinklers of greater cost. The "Susy'' 

 sprinkler is another adaptation of the Blake. The prime object 

 of a lawn sprinkler is to distribute water, and there is no ques- 

 tion but that the various forms here do it thoroughly and well. 



" BUSY." 



