March 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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ufacturing site, which was practically purchased last November, 

 mention being made in this column at the time. The company 

 will be in full operation as soon as special machinery which is 

 being built is installed. The product to be manufactured by the 

 company is a patented steel wheel which makes possible the 

 use of a puncture-proof cushion tire at all speeds. 



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While the agreement entered into by the rubber tire manufac- 

 turers of the country prohibits exhibits of their products at the 

 automobile shows given outside of the cities of New York, Chi- 

 cago and Boston, several of the managers of the big companies 

 maintaining branches in this city arranged to run side shows of 

 their own' at their respective branches during the Cincinnati 

 Automobile Show, which opened February 24 and continues to 

 March 5. Manager B. M. Lovell, of the B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 has a display at the spacious quarters of that company on Race 

 street in the form of a rear automobile system equipped with 

 safety treads. A similar exhibit has been held in other parts 

 of the country and always with marked interest to the public. 

 The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., The Diamond, The Fisk 

 and The United States Tire companies are also making a spe- 

 cial point to interest visitors to the show in their products. 



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The Seamless Rubber Co., represented locally by Bumiller & 

 Remelin, dealers in automobile and bicycle accessories, golf balls 

 and sporting goods, has a large display of its products at the 

 Automobile Show. The display is unique for this city, as it 

 shows the process of manufacture of rubber goods in their vari- 

 ous forms, from crude rubber to the finished product. 



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The I. J. Cooper Rubber Co., at 717 Main street, has taken 

 over the agency of the Motz Tire and Rubber Co., which was 

 formerly held by the Selden Motor Co. The Cooper company 



also handles Racine tires. 



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Dr. C. L. Bonifield, president of the Cincinnati Automobile 

 Club, and Gustav Drach, an architect, are the president and 

 secretary of the National Cement and Rubber Co., which has 

 its principal offices in Toledo, Ohio. The specialty of this com- 

 pany is a patented clamp by which any make of casing or inner 

 tube may be cured of blow outs and punctures in five minutes. 



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The Fisk Rubber Co. has become a prominent factor in the 

 local rubber field. It has recently opened a branch in this city 

 at S16 Main street and placed M. J. Kirby in charge. The local 



branch will cover the Central states from this city. 



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Edward Barrett, who was formerly connected with the Federal 

 Tire Co.'s branch at Columbus, Ohio, as assistant manager, has 



resigned and has taken a position with the Fisk Rubber Co. here. 



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John Barrett, the director-general of the Pan-.'\merican Union. 

 and former United States Minister to Panama and other South 

 American countries, in an address at the annual dinner of the 

 Chamber of Commerce, urged Cincinnati business men to be 

 awake to the trade possibilities which the Panama canal will 

 develop. He advised them to make preparations to study the 

 buying and selling field of all of the South -American countries 

 and canvass the trade conditions, in order that this city may not 

 be outstripped in the race for commerce there. Declaring that 

 he recognized the strategic position which this city occupies in 

 the commerce of the United States and especially in the great 

 Ohio and Mississippi valleys, the speaker said he wanted to see 

 it awaking to the importance of the Panama canal and of Pan- 

 American commerce. He laid particular stress upon the rubber- 

 producing countries of South .'America and the importance of 

 Cincinnati becoming one of the leading points of distribution of 

 that product, in view of the fact that it has as its immediate 



neighbors ^ome of the most important rubber manufacturing 

 cities in the world. Mr. Barrett in speaking of the rubber trade 

 possibilities in the South American countries said: "I urge upon 

 the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, manufacturers, the busi- 

 ness men, the exporters and importers to take a direct interest 

 in what the Panama Canal actually means not only to Cincinnati, 

 but to the entire country, and to study intimately the twenty 

 sister republics of the Western hemisphere lying south of the 

 United States. Nothing better could happen to Cincinnati than 

 that you should start here what might be called a Panama Canal 

 and Pan-American movement which would not only benefit this 

 city, but expand all over the Ohio Valley and the Central West. 

 'Gel ready for the Panama Canal, and go after Pan-American 

 trade' should be the slogan of your Chamber of Commerce." 



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Local representatives of the manufacturers of anti-skid and 

 non-skid tires are lending every possible encouragement to the 

 movement started by city officials to follow New York in taboo- 

 ing the use of tire chains on asphalt streets. With the increase 

 in use of motor vehicles in this city it has been found that many 

 of the more travelled thoroughfares, paved with asphalt, are 

 rapidly becoming destroyed, it being claimed that the constant 

 wear and friction of the steel edges of the chains cut into the 

 asphalt. The agitation, however, is meeting with a storm of 

 protest on the part of accessories dealers and auto owners who 

 have invested in chains. 



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Recently the Schaefer Rubber Co. entered into a lease for its 

 present quarters on East Fourth street for a term of years. 

 After the lease was executed the owner decided to improve the 

 premises by building a skyscraper, and it was necessary for this 

 company to seek other quarters. As a result, and in order to 

 accommodate the owner, it will be necessary for the Schaefer 

 company to move twice before it will be permanently located 

 again. The company will occupy temporary quarters at 418 Vine 

 street until April, 1914, at which time it will again be located 

 on East Fourth street. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



■yV/ORKMEN have just finished their labors on the new store- 

 " house for the Revere Rubber Co. in Providence, and the 

 contractors are ready to turn the structure over to the company. 

 The building is of modern construction and is connected with the 

 main building of the plant by a bridge 150 feet long. It was 

 erected as a result of the increasing business of the company. 

 It is the second storehouse that the concern has erected during 

 the past year. It is of reinforced concrete of flat slab construc- 

 tion, no beams or girders being used to support the floors. The 

 size is 75 feet by 300 feet. The five floors give a floor area of 

 more than 100,000 square feet. The floors are designed for a 

 live load of 250 pounds per square foot. Brick curtain walls 

 enclose the building, while each floor is divided into three rooms 

 by terra-cotta fire walls provided with automatic fire doors. All 

 the concrete is reinforced with Havemeyer deformed steel bars, 

 and steel sash and wire glass are used in all the windows. The 

 roof is of concrete slab, with tar and gravel roofing. This build- 

 ing was erected for the storage of raw materials and manufactured 

 goods. As soon as the building is occupied the space now used 

 for storage will be available for manufacturing purposes, and 

 this, together with other extensions and improvements, will pro- 

 vide for about SO per cent, increase in the production of tires. 

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Judge LeBaron B. Colt, who on January 21 was elected United 

 States Senator from Rhode Island by the General Assembly, 

 mailed to President Taft on February 3 his resignation as United 

 States Circuit Judge from the First Judicial Circuit. The resig- 



