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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



lOcTuiitu 1, 1912. 



has been completed, and that a large new belt press has been 

 installed. This factory is also working on a new ribbed-edged 

 automobile.tire which is considered very successful. 



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The California Rubber Co. has been incorporated in Los 

 Angeles with a capital stock of $5,000. The directors are C. C. 

 Booth, W. D. Walsh and \V. C. Earhufif. 

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The Portland Rubber Mills Co. has been incorporated at Port- 

 land, Oregon. It has a capital stock of $25,000 and the in- 

 corporators are J. A. Spencer Smith, H. C. Huntington and 



G. C. Frisbie. 



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The Portland Belt and .Manufacturing Co. has been incor- 

 porated at Portland by M. P. Klepper, with a capital stock of 



$25,000. 



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W. H. Halliwell, president of the Halliwell Co., has just re- 

 turned from a trip to the factories in the East, and while there 

 made a contract for the entire Pacific Coast on Knight tires. 

 The Halliwell stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle 

 and Portland will receive the tires in carload lots, and after 

 that by regular shipments, so that within a very short time the 

 entire coast territory will be fully supplied. 



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The California League of Municipalities is now holding a 

 public welfare exhibition at Berkeley, California, and many hose 

 manufacturers are displaying their products at the show. 



EQUIPMENT FOR REPAIR DEPARTMENT. 



THE Fisk Rubber Co.. Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, nut 

 only make tires, but they make the wherewithal to keep 

 the tires in repair. The two accompanying illustrations show 



for lifting the hinged cover. This heater is made of J^-inch 

 steel, with heavy bolts, and is equipped witli traps and reducing 



re- 



The Fisk Power Bench. 



valves, making" a fine apparatus for curing treads and 



building tires. 



The gas boiler, which appears in the centre of the picture, is 



a convenient arrangement for producing steam for a repair shop. 

 The cut also shows two vulcanizers on the ex- 

 treme right. Pressure for curing tubes is obtained 

 liy placing weights on the end of the levers. This 

 gives a po5iti\ e pressure which is always the same, 

 instead of an uncertain pressure obtained by 

 screw-ed clamps. 



The second cut gives a view of a power bench, 

 which is designed to give maximum efficiency within 

 minimum space There is a single line of shafting 

 connected with motor and with the various pieces 

 of its equipment. The motor is of sufficient horse- 

 power not only to operate the buffing brushes and 

 wheels, but also to pump sufficient air for shop use 

 and for inflating tires; the air is carried into the 

 tow tanks at the top of the power bench. The re- 

 treading or the buffing drum, shown at the extreme 

 left of cut, is rapidly becoming a necessity where 

 retreading work is done. The buffing heads shown 

 in the foreground contain two emery wheels, a wire 

 buffing brush and a rotary rasp. The power bench 

 ,l1so contains an air compressor. The cut shows 

 tlie compact design of the equipment. 



The Fisk He.ater and Boiler. 



some of their tire-repair equipment. The larger cut shows the 

 pot heater for retreading tires, and the boiler; while the other 

 cut shows the power bench. 



The heater is shown on the extreme left with weights attached 



f~ " "^ A British diplomatic report states that a con- 



tract has been signed between the Ministerio de 

 Fomento and Senor A. Elozria, for the establish- 

 ment of factories in Mexico for the manufacture 

 of all kinds of rubber goods; including motor and 

 carriage tires, waterproof cloth, insulated wire, etc. At least 

 $125,000 must be spent upon the first factory. The materials 

 and plant necessary for establishing the industry may be im- 

 ported free of duty. 



