June i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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JAPANESE RUBBER MACHINERY. 



THE Japanese have long been known as the 

 Vankees of Asia, and they have very well 

 deserved the name, for they are notable for both 

 enterprise and ingenuity. There are a number 

 of rubber factories running there to-day, one of 

 the first of them being established by a Japan- 

 ese, whose only knowledge of India rubber or 

 rubber machinery was derived from very incom- 

 plete descriptions found in various encyclopae- 

 dias. Nothing daunted, however, this enterpris- 

 ing oriental built a mill, designed his own 

 machinery, and to-day is manufacturing rubber 

 goods. The two illustrations accompanying 

 this, show a washer and a mixing mill now used 

 in this factory. It will be noted that the rolls in 

 the mixer are unusually large, nor is there, ap- 

 parently, any arrangement for heating or cool- 

 ing them. It, would, however, be perfectly pos- 

 sible to mix on such a machine by heating the 

 rubber first and allowing it to run until the mill 

 itself got warmed up a little. Later Japanese 

 manufacturers have placed their orders for ma- 

 chinery in Germany and in the United States. 



THE NEW MILL AT YOUNGSTOWN. 



JAPANESE RUBBER WASHER. 



THE Mahoning Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 (Youngstown, Ohio) are installing a plant 

 for the manufacture of rubber belting, hose, 

 packings, automobile and vehicle tires, molded 

 goods, and a complete line of mechanical rubber 

 goods, which is designed to be the most up-to- 

 date of any mechanical rubber factory yet built. 

 The machinery will all be new and of the latest 

 and most effective designs. 



Cheap power, absolutely new machinery of 

 the best makes, combined with modern ideas of 

 arrangement — all will make possible the mott 

 economical production. 



Economical production of goods means low 

 prices to buyers and economical production can 

 be obtained only by the use of the most modern 

 machinery systematically planned and superin- 

 tended by men of experience. The capacity of 

 the plant, when completed, will be $2,000,000 of manufactured 

 goods annually. Thirty acres of land with the best water facil- 

 ities have been acquired, thus allowing for future increase. 

 The freight and shipping facilities are unsurpassed, insuring 

 quick delivery of goods to any part of the country. Express 

 orders can be delivered to New York or Chicago in one night, 

 which means much to buyers of rubber goods. 



While the plant is entirely new. the management is composed 

 of reliable men, thoroughly experienced in rubber mill con- 

 struction. The manufacture will be under the supervision of 

 John S. McClurg, well known through his connection with the 

 technical branches of the best concerns in this country and 

 Germany. He will be assisted by the best and most experienced 

 foremen obtainable for the various departments. 



The sales department will be under the management of J, 

 EdwinDavis, so many years connected with the Boston Woven 

 Hose and Rubber Co., and who is well and favorably known 

 to purchasers of rubber goods. He will be assisted by the best 

 experienced salesmen that money can obtain to cover the several 



JAPANESE HUbBEH MIXING MILL. 



territories. Any inquiries concerning positions or agencies 

 should be addressed to the company at Youngstown, Ohio. 



MR. FLINT AND HIS AUTOMOBILE. 



NASSAU street at midday is so congested that it is not an 

 easy task to guide a cab through it safely. The narrow 

 sidewalks are so inadequate for the lunch crowd that pedes- 

 trians overflow into the roadway. A light automobile entered 

 Nassau street shortly after noon on Wednesday and attracted 

 attention by the skill with which it was guided. The man who 

 directed it steered it around cabs and delivery wagons, avoided 

 pedestrians skillfully by sharp turns and kept up an animated 

 conversation with a young man who sat beside him. He was 

 absolute master of the machine and he ran it through openings 

 that seemed to be hardly wide enough for a bicycle. Several 

 people stopped to watch this automobile's winding passage 

 down the street, expecting to see it come to grief. Here and 

 there the man who ran it recognized an acquaintance on the 

 sidewalk. He was Charles R. Flint. — New York Sun. 



