November i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER 'JVORLD 



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RUBBER TIRES AT A CARRIAGE EXHIBITION. 



THE twelfth annual convention of the National Retail 

 Carriage and Harness Dealers' Protective Association 

 was held in New York, at the Grand Central Palace, on 

 October 14-17, in connection with which was held the 

 eighth annual exposition of vehicles and accessories, lasting 

 throughout the week. Whether or not the number of entries 

 may have exceeded those of former expositions, the impression 

 made upon the visitor was that the collection of displays was 

 larger, more complete, and more varied than in any previous 

 year. There were carriage factories represented from over a 

 dozen states, from Michigan to New Hampshire, and the num- 

 ber of styles of vehicles shown, and the chaiacter of the finish 

 of many of them, was such as to lead one to doubt any reports 

 that may have been current of a decline in the manufacture of 

 fine carriages in the United States. 



Likewise the exhibits of accessories was very complete, in- 

 cluding carriage cloths, woolens, springs, forgings, paints, var- 

 nishes, lubricants, bells, couplings, poles, shafts, gears, brake 

 shoes, lamps, wooden and wire wheels, axles, dashes, fenders, 

 canopies, harness, whips, robes, horse tonics, and what not. 

 The attendance was good, and to the onlooker it seemed that 

 everybody who entered the building was intent upon business. 

 On the whole, it probably is safe to say that the eflect of the 

 exhibition was to lend strength to the policy of continuing these 

 annual displays of products in connection with the manufac- 

 turers' conventions. 



In the official catalogue of exhibits a separate heading was 

 devoted to " Rubber tires," and if all the displays under this 

 classification had been grouped together, the result would have 

 been an exhibition of no small interest to carriage manufacturers 

 and dealers, and to the rubber trade as well. As a rule these 

 rubber exhibits were not crowded with material. There was 

 ample space for the reception of visitors, and the salient feature 

 of each display was shown prominently, while competent and 

 experienced attendants stood ready to talk business upon every 

 occasion. 



Naturally there was not much shown in tires that was strictly 

 new. The prevailing type was, as usual, the wired on solid 

 tire. The endless solid tires, first introduced prominently at 

 last year's exhibitions, again appeared, but not apparently in a 

 larger proportion this year. There were cushion tires in more 

 exhibits than formerly, and the customary displays of pneu- 

 matics. There was the usual number of tires which belong to 

 none of the above types — the class of tires that seldom appear 

 at more than one exhibition. In several tire exhibits were 

 shown tire applying outfits, including some novelties. Several 

 of the tire manufacturers also exhibited rubber mats and mat- 

 ting for carriages and automobiles. The tire exhibits, to take 

 them m the order followed in the official catalogue, were : 



Samuel Alexander (Hartford, Conn.)— The Tuttle solid 

 rubber and cushion tires, mounted without the use of channeled 

 rims, and held in place by a series of bolts with eyes, engaging 

 the retaining wire and going through the felloe. 



Brooke Airless Pneumatic Tire Co. (Denver, Colorado). 

 — A company incorporated recently, under Colorado laws, to 

 exploit a tire patented by M. E. Brooke (who is general man- 

 ager of the company), and which is described as " pneumatic," 

 though it is not inflated. The internal construction involves 

 a rubber core "which produces riding qualities similar to a 

 pneumatic tire." 



Calumet Tire Rubber Co. (Chicago). — Exhibited the 

 " Calumet " solid tire, held in place by a retaining band with 

 beaded edges, and also a "Calumet" applying apparatus, in- 

 cluding a special compressor — a powerful but compact little 

 machine. 



Columbia Vehicle Tire Co. (Boston.)— The distinctive 

 feature of the solid tire shown by this company is a flat locking 

 galvanized tape, jointed mechanically instead of by brazing or 

 welding. The rubber stock is made by the India Rubber Co. 

 (Akron, Ohio.) 



Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. (New York.)— Exhibited 

 the Kelly-Springtield solid tire, in all sizes. The company have 

 filled many orders for heavy work, as for fire apparatus and the 

 like. They are using three wires instead of four, as in the past, 

 for large tires. This exhibit embraced cushion tires for the 

 first time in iX and lyi inch sizes. In this display was in- 

 cluded also Frank E Hall's sectional solid vehicle tire. 



Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio)— An exhibit of solid 

 tires, electrically welded on, in large and small sizes, three wires 

 at the utmost being used ; also, cushion tires. The " Diamond " 

 pneumatic tires, as usual, were a prominent feature of this dis- 

 play. 



Emery Tire Co., Inc. (Providence, R. I.)— A pneumatic 

 tire, so called, though it is not inflated, the internal construc- 

 tion consisting of a skeleton core made of rubber, with air 

 cells so arranged as to form air chambers, utilizing the air as a 

 cushion. The core is covered with a rubber casing that may 

 be replaced or repaired without injury to the core. 



Firestone Tire and Rurher Co. (Akron, Ohio).— The 

 tire shown here was of the side-wire type. Another feature of 

 construction is the molding of the stock in a coil of small di- 

 ameter, by means of which the compression is brought onto the 

 wearing surface of the tire. The exhibit embraced a machine 

 for applying the tires, which appeared to be simple m construc- 

 tion and easy of operation. 



Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).— This 

 exhibit embraced solid tires of the wired on type, both of the 

 ordinary form and also the " Wing " section, patented by the 

 company; endless solid tires; cushion tires; and pneumatic 

 tires. There was also a new tire machine, the introduction of 

 which the company is pushing actively. 



Hartford Rubber Works Co. (Hartford, Conn.)— Here 

 were the well known " Hartford " single tube pneumatic car- 

 riage tires, the ordinary wired on solid tire, the " Turner " 

 endless tire. This exhibit also included the Dunlop pneumatic 

 carriage tires, since the Dunlop goods are now manufactured at 

 Hartford, instead of there being, as formerly, a separate Dun- 

 lop exhibit. 



India Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio). — An exhibit embracing 

 two wired solid tires, Wheeler endless solid tires, cushion tires, 

 and pneumatic carriage tires, and also a special equipment for 

 mounting the company's various solid tires. 



International Automobile and Tire Co. (New York). — 

 In addition to the wired on solid and pneumatic solid tires 

 made by this company, their exhibit embraced the Lattina cel- 

 lular tire, which they manufacture for the Rubber Tire Co., 

 Inc. (Philadelphia), and the Kempshall tire. Also, a new tire 

 applying equipment patented by H. W. Keyes, who is con- 

 nected with the company. 



KOKOMO Rubber Co. (Kokomo, Indiana.)— Solid wired on 



