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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[January 1, 1911. 



No. 41 California street, states that business has been pretty 

 Kood with liim, considering his is a new firm in the business, 

 .ind he expects to sec continued growth and development. 



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The Pacific Mill Mine and Supply Co., on Mission street, near 

 First, have issued their first catalogue. This firm has given a 

 great deal of attention to the setting out of every article con- 

 nected in any way with belting, whether generally carried as 

 a part of the belting line or not. Their catalogue has been made 

 valuable on account of the many reference tables for practical 

 mechanical use where belting and its installation is necessary. 



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\V. .\. Daggett coast representative for the Eureka Fire Hose 

 Manufacturing Co., was lately visiting the factory in the East, 

 returning just before the first of the year. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE catalogues of the various footwear companies embraced 

 in the United States Rubber Co., for the season of 1911, 

 reached the trade earlier than usual this year, having been sent 

 out during the past month. This series of illustrated catalogues 

 has appeared annually for so long that the majority of the trade 

 have been familiar with them throughout their business careers. 

 While footwear styles have changed, and there may have been 

 from time to time a difference in the arrangement of the cata- 

 logues, and new reading matter was introduced frorn year to 

 year, there was one feature which seemed destined to be per- 

 petual—a size of page 314 x 6 inches, with usually 62 pages. 



There was an occasional departure from this, however, in the 

 case of some of the companies, and this year a larger size has 

 been adopted for the catalogues of all companies to which this 

 notice relates. The new catalogues are 4;4 x 8^ inches, while 

 the number of pages has been decreased, though without elimin- 

 ating any of the usual contents of these publications. The 

 changed size of page permits of the use of larger illustrations than 

 formerly and this fact in turn gives an opportunity for depicting 

 better than in the past the appearance of the goods described. 

 The boots and shoes which are shown in these half tones look 

 more "lifelike" than anything seen in the pictures of rubber shoe 

 catalogues in the past, particularly in the case of goods having 

 soles or heels of special designs or rubbers having cloth tops. 

 For this reason alone the change in style of these catalogues 

 cannot fail to meet with favor. 



Without going into detail, the number of styles of toes illus- 

 trated appears larger than in previous yeai;s. Rubber footwear 

 made in this country long has had the distinction of being "close 

 fitting," and it is evident that this quality is being emphasized 

 even more in the attempts of the rubber factories to turn out 

 goods that will fit every possible shape in leather footwear. .-Xs 

 has been the case with these catalogues recently, prices are 

 omitted, as the frequent changes in the crude rubber market have 

 made less practicable than formerly the guaranteeing of footwear 

 prices for a year at a time. 



The 1911 catalogues sent out from tlie general offices of the 

 United States Rubber Co. are those of the following companies : 



American Rubber Co. 

 The Joseph Banitjan Rubber Co. 

 Bostcn Rubber Shoe Co. 

 L. Candee & Co. 



Goodyeav's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. 

 The Lycoming Rubber Co. 

 Maiden Rubber Shoe Co. 



Meyer Rubber Co. (including "Meyer" brand and "Jersey" brands.) 

 Walcs-Goodyear Shoe Co. (Made by the Goodyear's Metallic Rubber 

 Shoe Co.) 



Woonsoeket Rubber Co. 



The whole series is exceedingly creditable to the advertising 

 department which M^r. John P. Lyons has managed for so many 

 years for the United States company. 



American Steel and Wire Co. issue a "Catalogue and Hand- 

 book of Electrical Wires and Cables" which is unique in the 

 matter of trade publications. It differs about as far as possible 

 from the ordinary form of catalogue of manufacturing products. 

 .^s a handbook, it is a very complete account of the construction 

 of electrical conductors and their properties, with the dimensions 

 requisite for any required results. The installation of electrical 

 wires and cables is also dealt with fully. Much of the informa- 

 tion may be found in books of reference, but some of it is 

 published here for the first time. The data have been carefully 

 compiled and arranged, with a view of rendering the customer 

 all- possible assistance in selecting and specifying the material 

 best suited to his requirements. The illustrations in this volume 

 form a notable feature, most of them being of a nature not con- 

 tained usually in electrical w-orks. Beginning with illustrations 

 of specimens of crude rubber, for instance, all the processes of 

 insulating are shown very clearly, together uitli specimens of 

 the products and the means employed for transporting and in- 

 stalling the latter. The illustrations relate to other means of 

 insulation than with rubber, and there are views of braiding and 

 wire covering machines, and the like. The details of dimensions 

 are very complete. Nearly 50 pages are devoted to a glossary 

 of electrical words, terms, and phrases, the same being offered 

 as an abridgement of Houston's "Dictionary." The only features 

 in this handsome volume of 234 octavo pages suggestive of the 

 ordinary manufacturers' catalogue are (1) a page list of the 

 products of the American Steel and Wire Co.. and (2) a list of 

 their sales offices. The New York address given is No. 30 

 Church street. 



The Maumee Rubber Co. (Toledo, Ohio), issue Catalogue A 

 of Mechanical Rubber Goods, calling attention to the products 

 of several leading manufacturers whose agencies they hold. 

 [41X" X 634". 100 pages.] 



The Williams Foundry and Machine Co., (Akron, Ohio) 

 issue a catalogue of Automobile Tire Repair Equipment for 1911. 

 They are producers of a number of devices in this line, for which 

 a large demand has grown up. [6" x 9". 16 pages.] 



W. D. Allen Manufacturing Co. (Chicago) devote their 

 Circular No. 168 to Lawn Sprinklers for the season of 191 1, 

 which shows that they are beginning in good time for next year's 

 trade. It is interesting to notice that they list a number of 

 novelties. [3}^" x 6". 32 pages.] 



The Springfield Rubber Co. (Springfield, Massachusetts) 

 issue a catalogue of Latest Styles in Waterproof Clothing, in 

 which a number of attractive models for meii and women are 

 illustrated. [5^'" x 9,'4"- 32 pages.] Also: A descriptive cata- 

 logue of Garden Hose and Sundries. [3;^" x 6". 8 pages.] 



Mme. J. Lefrant & Co. (Ham [Somme], France) issue a 

 booklet on French India-Rubber Substitutes, giving details of in- 

 terest to the trade in relation to the various substitutes for hot 

 and cold cure, which they manufacture. The trade generally 

 will do well to look it over. [6" x 9". 8 pages.] 



.\LSO RECEIVED. 



The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown. Ohio^The Tire Perfect. 

 .\ :^hort talk on Tires. [Relates to the Republic Staggard Tread Tire.] 

 22 pages. 



Viking Rem — & Paknings=Fabrik, Christiania, Norway. = Special List of 

 Balata and Leather Belting. 4 pages. 



Knox Manufacturing Co., No. 704 -Arch street, Philadelphia. =Knox 

 Specialties. Couplings. Clamps, etc 16 pages. 



Parker Manufacturing Co., Boston. = 'rhc Standard Recording Ther- 

 mometer. 12 pages. 



J. W. Paxson Co., Philadelphia. =Patent ^lagnetic Metal Separator. 6 

 pages. 



The Peerless Rubber Manufacturing (To., New York.^Belts that Move 

 the Mechanical World. 16 pages. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., .-\kron. Ohio.=:Instrnctions for Oper- 

 ating "Firestone" Quick Detachable Kims and Quick Detachable Demount- 

 able Rims. 12 pages. 



.\t the fifteenth annual meeting of the -Self Sealing Rubber 

 Co., Limited (Birmingham: October 21), the continued pros- 

 perity of the company was referred to, and the usual dividend of 

 10 per cent., free of income tax, was declared. 



