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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1910. 



RUSSIA. 

 The newspapers report a strike of "50 workers employed by 

 the Moskauer Gesellscliaft fiir Giimmiwaren-Fabrikation, at 

 Moscow, on account of a new method of making galoshes. If 

 was alleged by the employes that more time was required, with- 

 out an increase in wages. At a special meeting the directors re- 

 solved to set aside 50,000 rubles [=$25,750] for the extension of 

 the business. 



The mercantile firm of Pichlau & Brandt, of Moscow— dealing 

 particularly in rubber goods — are insolvent. At a meeting of 

 creditors on October 2 the liabilities were stated at 400,000 

 rubles, of which 220.000 rubles were due the Russian-American 

 India-Rubber Co. "Treugolnik" and 105,000 rubles to the firm of 

 E. Brandt, also of St. Petersburg. 



FEANCE. 



The Society Anonynie des .•\nciens Etablissenients Chauvin 

 has been formed to engage in the manufacture and sale of rub- 

 ber goods. The capital is $900,000 francs [=$180,000], and 

 the headquarters rue des Boulets, 50. The new company will 

 continue the factories of the former companies Garrousse fils ; 

 Beauquier & Co., in Garnay; and Chauvin, in Pavillon-sous- 

 Bois. 



The French engineer Villiam Hausser, connected hitherto with 

 important rubber factories in this country, has been appointed 

 sub director of the branch which the American firm of Goodrich 

 are organizing in Paris as the Societe Frangaise B. F. Goodrich. 



GEBMANY. 



At a general meeting of shareholders in Deutsche Zakinwerke 

 .•\.-G., at Nordhausen, on October 18. it was resolved to change 

 tine title to Gummiwerke Nordhau.sen A.-G. The original pur- 

 pose of the company [see The 1ndi.\ Rubber World, July 1, 

 1909 — page 357] was to manufacture "Zakingummi" and other 

 substitutes for rubber. The manufacture has since been taken 

 on of mechanical rubber goods in general, for which a special 

 factory was erected during the summer and is now in opera- 

 tion. The official board of the company is unchanged. 



Regarding the Frankfurter Gunimiwaren-Fabrik ,\.-G.. in 

 liquidation [which must not be confused with the Gummiwerken- 

 I'rankfurt A.-G. — see The India Rubber World, October 1, 

 1910, page 21], a compulsory administration has been declared, 

 on the petition of the Allgemeinen Deutschen Kreditanstalt in 

 Leipzig. The court appointed as administrator Herr Otto OlofT, 

 former director of the rubber works and liquidator under legal 

 proceedings already had. 



It has been recorded in the German mercantile register by the 

 firm Vereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaren-Fabriken, with 

 headquarters in Berlin and a branch at Gross-Lichterfelde un- 

 der the title Vereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaren-Fab- 

 riken branch, formerly Aktien-Gesellschaft fiir Fabrikation 

 Technischer CJummiwaren C. Schwanitz & Co.. that Eduard 

 Brendle, of Triberg, now in Heidelberg, is no longer a member of 

 the board of directors. 



Charles Archibald Proctor, of Frankfort o/M., has been ap- 

 pointed a member of the board of The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre 

 Co., .A.-G., of Hanau, with authority to represent the company, 

 with another member of the board, or another procurator. 



The title of Kommcrzienrat has been conferred upon Ilerr 

 .\dolf Bensinger, director of the Rlieinische Gummi- uiul Cellu- 

 loid-Fabrik A.-G., of Mannhcim-Neckarau. 



On account of the retirement of Henri Felix Herrmann, the 

 firm known hitherto as Linke, Hermann & Co., rubber goods 

 manufacturers at Zittau, in Saxony, will trade as Linke & Co., 

 G. m. b. II. 



DUNLOP TIEES FOE KING GEORGE. 



The chairman of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co., Limited, 

 announces to the company's employes: "It is with the ut- 

 most pleasure I have to inform you that His Gracious Ma- 



jesty King George V. has been pleased to command that 

 this company be appointed manufacturers of motor car tires 

 to His Majesty." 



It is stated that the Dunlop Pneumatic Tire Co.j Limited, have 

 in their possession a set of brougham wheels fitted with the 

 original Thomson tires, made under the patent of 1845. 



BRITISH NORTH EUBBEE PRIZES AT BRUSSELS. 

 The North British Rubber Co., Lmiited (Edinburgh), for 

 their exhibit of cycle, niotcircyclc and motor tires at the Inter- 

 national Exhibition ;it Brussels were awarded the grand prix 

 (the highest possible award). In addition to tires, the com- 

 pany made exhibits of their other manufactures of rubber, for 

 which awards were made as follows : 



Belting, grand prix. 

 .Xeroplane fabric, silver medal. 

 Hose, etc., diploma of honor. 

 Rubber overshoes, grand prix. 

 Traveling requisites, grand prix. 



The North British Rubber Co., Limited (.Edinburgh), operate 

 what is claimed to be the largest and most powerful hydraulic 

 vulcanizing press in Europe. It was manufactured by Bertrams, 

 Limited, of St. Katherine's Works, Edinburgh. 



GOOD SHOWING MADE BY TIRES. 



'T'HE second international road race for the Grand Prize — a 

 ■* $5,000 gold cup of the Automobile Club of America, at 

 Savannah, on November 12, was notable for many reasons. The 

 IS machines contesting represented eight leading makers in the 

 LJnited States and Europe, and the drivers were among the best 

 known and most successful on the two continents. Every condi- 

 tion was favorable, it seems, and a new record for rtiad racing was 

 established. The winner covered the 415.2-mile course in 5 hours 

 53 minutes 5.35 seconds, or at an everage of 70.55 miles per 

 hour, and the second contestant was less than D2 seconds be- 

 hind. Much faster time was made here and there during the 

 race, one car covering the course once at the rate of 76 miles 

 per hour. Several "laps" were covered by the leaders in the 

 race at the rate of 74 miles an hour. 



Good as the cars were, however, and skillful as were the 

 drivers, it would seem that the honors belong to the tire makers 

 represented. Of the 15 cars entered only six scored at the finish, 

 the other nine having fallen by the wayside or been withdrawn 

 for one reason or another. There were broken crank shafts, 

 mishaps due to broken chains, cracked cylinders, and the like, 

 but no report attributes one of the.se breakdowns to any tire 

 trouble. It is true that trouble with tires was e.xperienced, but 

 not to the extent of interfering with the race. 



The winner, Bruce-Brown, in a Benz car, on the fourteenth 

 of the 24 laps stopped to change one tire, and the second, 

 Hemery, also in a Benz car, changed two tires at the end of the 

 ninth lap. The worst showing in the matter of tires was on the 

 Buick car, driven by Burman, who had to make eleven tire 

 changes, but this did not prevent his coming out third in the 

 race, in 6 hours 11 minutes 23.5 seconds — or better than the 

 previous American record. Any other troubles with tires 

 evidently were not regarded by the reporters present as worth 

 mentioning. 



The score at the finish was: 



No. Car. Driver. Time. 



1 Benz Bruce-Brown 3.53m. 05s. 



2 Benz Hemery 353m. 06s. 



3 Buick Burman 371m. 23s. 



4 Lozier Mulford 386m. 12s. 



5 Lozier Moran 390m. 02s. 



6 Marmon Harroun 390m. 22s. 



The tire makers were not so generally represented as in some 

 former events, all the cars mentioned here having been equipped 

 from the same rubber factory. 



