February i, 1903] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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rivets, driven from the inside and clinched on the outside, the 

 purpose being to prevent punctures and slipping. This device 

 has been shown before, but this year the rivets are placed more 

 closely together than in the past. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) exhibited as their 

 principal type the Goodrich Clincher vehicle tire, which has 

 been their leader in this field since the automobile industry 

 first attained important dimensions. It is made this year with 

 a new and simpler clip, which dispenses with the thumb 

 screw of the former clips. They manufacture also the Good- 

 rich single tube motor tire. In solid tires they offer two 

 types: the Goodrich Solid, which they have begun to make 

 on their own account since certain decisions adverse to the 

 Grant patent were made, and the Goodrich Side-wire, manu- 

 factured under license from the owners of Swinehart patent. 



CoNSOLiD.^TED RuBiiER TiRE Co. (New York) exhibited 

 their widely known Kelly-Springfield solid tire, with retaining 

 wires which are electrically welded, and made in sizes of 14" 

 inch to 4 inches. The company again showed the Hall sec- 

 tional tire, which has now been made in sizes up to 8 or 10 

 inches square for the projecting rubber parts. In these large 

 sizes a separate piece of rubber is used for each projection, 

 some of which are 3^2 inches deep. They showed for the first 

 time a new Traction tire of novel section, which is held in 

 place by two rows of bolts extending through tire and felly. 



G & J Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana) exhibited their 

 widely known "G & J " detachable tire, in styles for vehicles 

 up to 2400 pounds in weight. These tires are held in place, on 

 special rims, by air pressure. Tl.ey are now made with smooth 

 treads, though the long familiar corrugations will be supplied 

 to those preferring them. 



iNTERNATiONAt, Automobile AND Vehicle Tire Co. (New 

 Yoik) exhibited their line of single tube pneumatic motor 

 tires, and also solid rubber wired-on tires, and cushion tires, 

 made at their new factories in Milltown, New Jersey. Their 

 pneumatic tires are made in various types, two of which are the 

 " Fox brand" and " Endurance." The latter is made with two 

 vulcanized inner tubes. 



Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) exhibited their "Con- 

 tinental " type of detachable tire, now manufactured under ar- 

 rangement with the G & J Tire Co. Diamond Single-tube 

 and solid tires were also shown. Inner tubes of red rubber, 4 

 inches in diameter, served to attract additional attention to 

 this booth. Another new feature is the making of inner tubes 

 by a process warranted to prevent " blooming," which will be 

 helpful in the aoplication of repair patches. 



The Goodyear Tire AND Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) ex- 

 hibited the Goodyear Et:dless solid tire which they have been 

 making for sometime past; the Goodyear Detachable pneu- 

 matic tire ; the new Goodyear reinforced single tube tire ; the 

 Goodyear " Wing " carriage tire, and cushion and " puncture 

 proof " pneumatic tires. Also the Akron Clincher tire, and a 

 new " Notched " tire for pleasure cars. The advertising mat- 

 ter distributed from this exhibit was devoted to illustrations of 

 heavy trucks and other vehicles, including a piece of fire ap- 

 paratus in San Francisco, California, weighing 19,000 pounds, 

 equipped with Endless solid tires. 



STAND.A.RD Anti- FRICTION EQUIPMENT Co. (New York) ex- 

 hibited the " Be-no-ca," or Beasley elastic tire, for automo- 

 biles, and also a tire of somewhat different construction, but 

 made under the same patent, for bicycles. This tire, patented 

 by Colonel W. R. Beasley, of Baltimore, consists of an outer 

 tube of rubber and an inner core, also of rubber, the latter 

 being "constructed on the principles of a trust bridge." The 

 object is to produce a resilient tire which will not be injured 



by any number of punctures, since the tire is not inflated. 

 This tire is made for the company by the Alden Rubber Co. 

 The Standard company exhibited the Batavia " Star Brand " 

 solid tire, which is held in place by a longitudinal band with 

 beaded edges. 



The only exhibit in the tire field not made by a rubber tire 

 concern was the Cummings " Cinch tire protector," which con- 

 sists of a band of waterproofed leather, wire quilted, anchored 

 to a base of specially prepared heavy duck, all of which may be 

 " cinched " around any pneumatic tireby means of wires. This 

 i« designed not only to prevent punctures and rim cutting, but 

 also to exclude moisture and dust from the tire. This protector 

 on an automobile can be painted to correspond with the run- 

 ning gear. Made by the Cummings Tire Manufacturing Co., 

 No. 68 William street. New York. 



The B. F. Goodrich and Diamond Rubber companies for the 

 first time exhibited tires made to metrical measurements — 

 /. e., in millimeters — a desirable feature in equipping wheels of 

 imported motors, which are less easily fitted with tires made 

 to inch measurements. 



A novelty in horns fresh from Paris was shown in the gallery. 

 It is a big affair that makes noise enough (or a tugboat and the 

 feature of it is a covering of soft sheet rubber stretched over 

 the mouth to keep the dust out of the reed. This rubber dis- 

 tends slightly when the horn is blown and does not injure the 

 tone. Ordinarily wire gauze is used as a dust screen. 



GUARDING RUBBER FACTORY SECRETS. 



TO THE Editor of The India Rubber World : We are 

 continually reading in the newspapers and elsewhere 

 about the uniform courtesy that is shown to foreigners who 

 wish to inspect American factories and manufacturing plants. As 

 far as I know — and my business has taken me to a number of rub- 

 ber works— this has been true and is true for the most part, of our 

 rubber factories. To be sure, a stranger is greeted generally by 

 the words, in cold black and white : " No admittance without a 

 pass from the superintendent." but this pass has been as a rule 

 quickly forthcoming. In fact in one large factory that I have 

 visited, the management often provides a guide who will pilot 

 one to every crook, cranny, and recess of the immense factory, 

 and who will explain and answer all questions to the best of his 

 ability. I have noted lately, however, a disposition here and 

 there to cut down this freedom of access, and but a short 

 time ago was brought face to face with a new "proposi- 

 tion " — a small card posted in a prominent place in the office 

 of a large factory, reading: " Owing to our many secret pro- 

 cesses and special machines, we admit no guests to our factory." 



This is a new departure, indeed. Is this a sign that we are 

 acquiring the secretive disposition of some of our European 

 friends, and that it is simply an excuse to bar all outsiders, or 

 is it simply the truth ? I am inclined to take the former view 

 and I deprecate it. I am still of the opinion that brains and 

 push are the only processes and machines that go to make a 

 company successful ; "special tnachines " are on all sides of us, 

 and "secret processes " are not the foundations of success. In 

 fact I doubt whether there are many secret processes in use 

 in our factories. The secret of success is in the all round care- 

 ful management of the business, not in mixing up secret com- 

 pounds on the rolls. 



I trust that this movement will not spread, and believe that 

 it will not. Secrecy breeds suspicion and the more open we are 

 the better will be the general good feeling among the trade, 

 and all our companies will be paying just as good dividends, to 

 boot. D L r. 



