November 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



93 



THE EXPOSITION PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 



' I ' WO competitions marked the course of the Exposition. One 

 •^ was for the $1,000 silver trophy, which had been pre- 

 sented by Mr. Henry C. Pearson, editor of The India Rubber 

 World, an illustration of which appeared in the special Exposi- 

 tion number. It was awarded on the merits of the samples ex- 

 hibited, no special entry being required. It was won by the State 

 of Amazonas. The presentation of the shield through the Bra- 

 zilian Ambassador was one of the features of the closing ban- 

 quet. 



The other consisted of the gold, silver and bronze medals 

 (each with diploma) of the Rubber Growers Association, Lon- 

 don, awarded for the three samples of Plantation Rubber (irre- 

 spective of the method of preparation or country of origin), 

 specially entered for this competition, which may be placed high- 

 est by the jury. The entries were 135 in number, of which 75 

 were from Malaya, 54 from Ceylon, 3 from Burma, 2 from 

 Brazil and 1 from German East -\frica. The list of awards 

 follows : 



Highlands and Lowlands Estate, Federated Malay States — 

 First award, smoked sheet ; gold medal. 



Rosehaugh Estate, Ceylon — Silver medal. 



West Country Estate, Federated Malay States — Bronze medal. 



Klanang Estate, Federated Malay States — Smoked sheet; 

 highly commended. 



Bukit Rajah Estate, Federated Malay States — P. R. crepe; 

 highly commended. 



Maddagebcra Estate, Ceylon — crepe ; highly commended. 



Cicely Estate. Federated !\Ialay States — Pale thin crepe; com- 

 mended. 



Highlands ai;d Lowlands Estate, Federated Malay States — 

 Unsmoked sheet; commended. 



Batu Caves Estate, Federated Malay States — Smoked sheet ; 

 commended. 



The West Country E.state, Federated Malay States — Com- 

 mended. 



The medals were presented to the successful competitors at 

 the Exposition banquet, through Messrs, Cyril E. S. Baxendale, 

 F. Crosbie-Roles and Leonard Wray; the results of the two 

 competitions illustrating the views expressed on that occasion 

 that wild and plantation rubber can harmoniously co-operate 

 for the benefit of the industrv. 



RUBBER STREET PAVING. 



T OOKIXG ahead a few years when low priced rubber may 

 '— ' make the article economically available for street pave- 

 ment, the "Standard Asphalt & Rubber Co." of Chicago, 

 through their selling agents. Geo. A. Alden & Co., of Boston, 



having grooves along the sides as shown in the accompanying: 

 cut. 



The wearing surface on top. one inch thick, contains 50 per 

 cent, of M. R. X., and 25 per cent, of rubber, etc., a mixture of 



"SiV^^^ 



sufficient tenacity to resist the wear and tear of street travel 

 and to remain unaffected by weather changes. 



The base or underpart of these bricks is of "Sarco." 

 They are to be laid an inch apart, the spaces all around being 

 filled with melted "'Sarco." This, flowing into the horizontal 

 grooves, will form, when cooled, a dove-tailed anchorage to 

 prevent the bricks being pried up in the night and carried off 

 to the junk shop; and at the same time prevent the slipping of 

 the horse and the skidding of the motor car. 



A practical demonstration of the wearing quality of the top 

 rubber and "M. R. X." surface of the bricks was given by means 

 of an old fashioned tread mill, in which a relay of horses sharp- 

 shod with heel and toe caulks, pounded along in an endless 

 journey to nowhere, on lags or treads made of the "M. R. X." 

 mixture, without in the least cutting or bruising them. 



-An amusing incident occurred in connection with this exhibit 

 that aflfords a striking illustration of the eccentricities of the 

 human mind. These horses, one white and the other black, 

 were hired from the "Ben Hur" show, where they nightly ap- 

 pear in the great feature of the chariot race, running on mov- 

 able platforms revolving against them. 



The groom in attendance on these animals, a thoroughbred 

 circus man, knowing horses from forelock to fetlock, after ob- 

 serving the pair go through their paces in the tread mill for 

 several days, finally toward the close of the exhibition, circled 

 curiously around the machine and said to Mr. Whitehouse, 

 Alden's attendant: "Say! I don't see where the power is jined 

 on that makes this thing go I" 



made an exhibition of what "Sarco" and "M. R. X." will do 

 for the purpose. 



The exhibit consisted of rubber bricks 8 x 4 x lli inches. 



NORIH BRITISH RAILWAY TESTS. 



In the specifications for buffers, issued by the North British 

 Railway Co., it is stipulated that after 48 hours' compression, the 

 rubber should return to one-half its original size, and should like- 

 wise sustain without injury 40,000 strokes of a hammer. 



This certainly is rather heroic treatment for rubber buffers, 

 but buffers can be made to stand these tests if a sufficiently good 

 quality of rubber is used. The question naturally arises whether 

 this class of goods would warrant the use of such high grade 

 rubber as this test w-ould call for. 



