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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1912. 



THE BRAENDER AUTO TIRES. 



The illustration below shuus a tire made by the Braender 

 Co., which has a somewhat peculiar tread. These tires are said 

 to be made of e.xeeedingly line faljric and rubber, with particular 



The Br.\ender Tre.\d. 



attention given to the tread, so that it is unusually durable. 

 These tires range in size from 30 x 3 inches to 37 x 5^ inches. 

 (The Braender Rubber & Tire Co., Rutherford, New Jersey.] 



A FINE USE FOR OLD AIR-BRAKE HOSE. 



To rind a good use for a useless thing is to confer a benefac- 

 tion on all mankind. That is practically what one of the East- 

 ern railroads has done in converting worn-out air-brake hose 

 into rubber mats on which to drop trunks. To be sure, old 

 air-brake hose is not absolutely useless, for the rubber can be 

 extracted from it. but if it can be converted into a satisfactory 

 mat its -value is much enhanced. The mats used by this par- 

 ticular railroad consist of about 24 pieces of old hose, cut a 

 •little less than 2 feet in length. These pieces are put side by 

 side close together and fastened to four strips of wood that 

 form a base and serve to keep the strips in place. This makes 

 a mat nearly 2 feet wide by about AYi feet long, and when trunks 

 are pulled out of the cars or dumped off of trucks, instead of 

 being smashed on stone or concrete flooring, they land on these 

 resilient mats with very little harm. Probably some other sort 

 of base made of rope or fibre would be even better than the 

 wooden base, but the essential feature, of course, is the layer 

 of rubber tubes that form the mat. 



RUBBER COMPANIES AT THE AUTO. SHOWS. 



THE automobile manufacturers will hold their annual shows 

 in New York, Chicago and Boston as follows : In New 

 N'ork there will be two shows, one in the Madison Square Gar- 

 den and the other in the Grand Central Palace. Both will con- 

 tinue two weeks, from January 11 to January 25. The Chicago 

 show will continue two weeks, from February 1 to 15. and the 

 Boston show will be held for one week, from March 5 to 

 March 12. 



The following tire and accessory manufacturers will take part 

 in the two weeks' show at the Madison Square Garden : 



Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co.. New York ; S. F. Bowser & Co.. Fort 

 Wayne, Indiana ; Consolidated Rubber Tire Co.. New York ; 

 Continental Caoutchouc Co.. New York : The Diamond Rubber 

 Co., Akron, Ohio : Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City. New 

 Jersey; Empire Tire Co., Trenton, New Jersey: Firestone Tire 

 & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio ; The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee 

 Falls, Massachusetts ; G. & J. Tire Co., Indianapolis. Indiana : 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio : The Goodyear Tire and 

 Rubber Co., .Akron, Ohio; The Hartford Rubber Works Co.. 

 Hartford, Connecticut; Link-Belt Co., Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania; Michelin Tire Co., Milltown, New Jersey; Morgan & 

 Wright, Detroit. Michigan ; The Motz Tire and Rubber Co.. 

 Akron, Ohio ; Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette. Pennsyl- 



vania ; The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio ; .\. Schra- 

 dcr's Son, Inc., New York; Swinehart Tire and Rubber Co., 

 .Akron, Ohio; The United Rim Co., Akron, Ohio. 



The following tire manufacturers will exhibit in Madison 

 .Square Garden only for the first week ; 



The Batavia Rubber Co., Batavia, New York; Endurance 

 Tire and Rubber Co., New York ; New Jersey Car Spring and 

 Rubber Co., Jersey City, New Jersey ; The Pantasote Co., New 

 York; The Seamless Rubber Co., New Haven, Connecticut; 

 Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., Jersey City ; Walpole Rub- 

 ber Co., Boston; Marathon Tire and Rubber Co., Cuyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio. 



A. Schrader's Son, Inc., New York, will exhibit at the Grand 

 Central Palace for two weeks. The Continental Rubber Works 

 Co., Erie, Pennsylvania, will exhibit at the Grand Central Pal- 

 ace for the first week only. 



The following tire manufacturers will exhibit at the Chicago 

 show for the entire two weeks : 



Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co.. New York; S. F. Bowser & Co., Fort 

 Wayne. Indiana; Consolidated Rubber Tire Co., New York; 

 Continental Caoutchouc Co., New York; The Diamond Rubber 

 Co., Akron, Ohio ; Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New 

 Jersey ; Empire Tire Co., Trenton, New Jersey ; Firestone Tire 

 and Ru1)ber Co., Akron, Ohio ; The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee 

 Falls. Massachusetts; G. & J. Tire Co.. Indianapolis, Indiana; 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio ; The Goodyear Tire and 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio ; The Hartford Rubber Works Co., 

 Hartford, Connecticut ; Link-Belt Co., Philadelphia. Pennsyl- 

 vania ; Morgan & Wright, Detroit, Michigan ; The Motz Tire and 

 Rubber Co., .Akron, Ohio ; Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette. 

 Pennsylvania ; The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown. Ohio ; 

 Swinehart Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio ; The L'nited Rim 

 Co., Akron, Ohio. 



The following manufacturers will exhibit at the Chicago show 

 for one week only : 



The Batavia Rubber Co.. Batavia, New York; Double Fabric 

 Tire Co.. Auburn, New York; Endurance Tire and Rubber Co., 

 .New York ; Federal Rubber Manufacturing Co., Cudahy, Wis- 

 consin ; Leather Tire Goods Co., Niagara Falls, New York; 

 Lee Tire and Rubber Co., Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; ^Michelin 

 Tire Co., Milltown, New Jersey; New Jersey Car Spring and 

 Rubber Co., Jersey City; The Pantasote Co., New York; Racine 

 Rubber Co., Racine. Wisconsin ; The Seamless Rubber Co.. New 

 Haven. Connecticut ; C. A. Shaler Co., Waupun, Wisconsin ; 

 Universal Tire Protector Co., Angola. Indiana; Voorhees Rub- 

 ber Manufacturing Co., Jersey City. 



The following tire manufacturers will exhibit at the Bos- 

 ton show: .Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., New York; S. F. Bowser 

 & Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana ; Consolidated Rubber Tire Co., 

 New York ; Continental Caoutchouc Co., New York ; The Dia- 

 mond Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio ; Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.. 

 .\kron, Ohio: The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts; G. & J. Tire Co., Indianapolis. Indiana: The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., 

 .Akron ; Hartford Rubber Works Co.. Hartford, Connecticut ; 

 Morgan & Wright, Detroit, Michigan ; The Motz Tire and 

 Rul)l)er Co., .Akron; Pennsylvania Ruliber Co.. Jeannette. Penn- 

 sylvania ; Swinehart Tire and Rubber Co.. .Akron : The United 

 Rim Co., .Akron; \'oorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co.. Jersey 

 City; The Batavia Rubber Co., Batavia, New York; Double 

 Fabric Tire Co., Auburn, Indiana ; Endurance Tire and Rubber 

 Co., New York; Empire Tire Co., Trenton, New Jersey: Federal 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin ; Leather Tire 

 Goods Co., Niagara Falls, New York ; Lee Tire and Rubber Co., 

 Conshohocken, Pennsylvania ; IMichelin Tire Co., Milltown, New- 

 Jersey ; The Pantasote Co.. New A'ork ; The Republic Rubbei 

 Co.. A'oungstown, Ohio : The Seamless Rulilier Co.. New Haven. 

 Connecticut; C. .A. Shaler Co., Waupun, Wisconsin. . 



