February 1. 1911.] 



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the limpire company, known as the disk tread, lias disks of fabric 

 placed at intervals, which makes it a non-skid. The disks 

 extend down into the tread, so that they cannot wear out before 

 the balance of the tire is worn out. The disks are of fabric 

 tightly wound, frictioned with high-grade rubber, and when the 

 tire is cured, they become an integral part of the tire. 



Where separate clamps are used for holding the rim in place, 

 these are sometimes arranged so that they may be turned side- 

 ways when the nut is loosened, so that the nut and clamp need 

 not be taken entirely off the bolt to remove the rim, and so be- 

 come lost. Such an arrangement is used in the Empire demount- 

 able. In this rim the wooden felloe carries a steel band, which is 

 flanged on the inner side of the wheel. The outside of the band 

 is smooth, so that the continuous rim can be slipped over it into 

 place. To this band arc riveted eight L-shaped stirrups, extend- 

 ing down over the felloe. The bottom of each stirrup has a 

 shoulder in which rests the end of a clamp, which is held in place 

 by a bolt passing through it and the felloe. When the nut is tight 

 the rim is held between the flange of the band and the upper end 

 of the clamp. The nut has a collar over which the clamp rests, 

 so that a few turns loosen the nut sufficiently to allow the clamp 

 to be turned sideways, permitting the rim to be slid off. 



Representatives. — Charles H. Semple, president; A. B. Cornell, secre- 

 tary: E. B. Murray, treasurer; W. J. Whillock, sales manager. Branch 

 managers: J. M. Shacklcford, New York; Winslow H. Chadwick, Boston; 

 K. B. McKay. Chicago; William H. Perrctt, Detroit; C. H. Beardsley, 

 Kansas City; Charles Weiland, Indianapolis; R. N. Paddock, Buffalo; E. 

 li. Richardson, Philadelphia. 



Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio). 



The feature of the Firestone exhibit was the demountable rims 

 for pneumatic tires and also for solid tires. The latter is de- 

 scribed in the main article. The pneumatic tire rim is of the 

 separate clamp type. These are arranged so that the nut need 

 not be taken entirely off. This is accomplished by using a clamp 

 which presses against a wedge ring. The clamp has a slot 

 through which the bolt passes, and the lower end rests on a 

 shoulder of a plate or stirrup fastened to a felloe. When the nut 

 is loosened, the lower end of the clamp can be lifted from the 

 shoulder, and will then drop down out of the way. allowing for 

 the removal of first the wedging ring and then the rim. Other 

 rims of the type have the bolts so arranged that when the nut has 

 been loosened a certain number of turns, the wedge lug is auto- 

 matically turned out of the way of the rim to allow of its re- 

 moval, and is again automatically turned up into clamping posi- 

 tion when the nut is tightened. 



The Firestone exhibit also included pneumatic tires of the 

 smooth tread and anti-skid types, and solid tires of the side 

 wire type. 



Representatives. — H. S. Firestone, president and general manager; 

 Will Christy, vice president; R. J. Firestone, sales manager; F. C. Blanch- 

 ard, assistant sales manager: J. F. Singleton, advertising manager; .X. P. 

 Cleaveland, show manager. Branch managers: W. R. Walton, Philadel- 

 lihia; J. \'. Mowc, Detroit; F. H. Martin, Chicago; T. J. Glenn, Boston; 

 C. E. Jackson. Pittsburgh. C. H. Gerhold, O. J. .*\ben, W. F. Bailey, W. 

 F. Ridge and P. B. Boswortli, .\kron. 



Fisk Rubber Co. (Cliicopee Falls, Massachusetts). 

 The adaptation of its regular product, in the shape of a dual 

 pneumatic tire on a renewable rim for commercial motor ve- 

 hicle use, was easily the feature of the Fisk cxliibit. The Fisk 

 demountable rim, which is used on both single and dual pneu- 

 matic tires, has the felloe beveled off through half of its width 

 at an angle of about 45 degrees. Upon the felloe fits a band, 

 which conforms in shape to it and which bears a shoulder upon 

 the side opposite to the bevel. This band is held in place by 

 bolts which pass through the felloe, the band, and lastly a con- 

 tinuous wedge ring which has a similar shoulder. The wedge 

 ring is thus forced up the beveled side and the shoulders grasp 

 a U-shaped channel ring to which the tire is fastened. The web 

 band seen in the older model's has been done away with, allow- 

 ing the use of longer spokes in the wheel and making it lighter. 



Representatives. — H. T. Dunn, president; John C. Cole, vice presi- 

 dent; H. G. Fisk, secretary; G. A. Ludington, factory superintendent. 

 Branch managers: Claude Pratt, Chicago; Fred K. Ayers, Boston; W. J. 

 Kearny, Toronto and Montreal; C. H. Buchman, Providence: J. P. Ripley, 

 Baltimore; L. J, Gilchrist, Philadelphia; J. B. Cothran, New York; A. G. 

 Bolster, Syracuse. New York salesmen; George A. Campbell, Milton R. 

 Brown, George L. Simpson, Walter W. Adams, Louis N. Mansuy, and 

 C. A. Tremmel. 



G and J Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana). 



Tires of both the smooth and Bailey tread types to fit Clincher, 

 Dunlop and Q. D. rims were shown by this company. G and J 

 tires were also shown fitted to the various standardized types of 

 quick detachable rims, the patents of which arc now held by 

 the United Rim Co. 



Representatives. — B. C. Dowse, prcsiilcnt; U. W. Wood, treasurer; 

 H. A. Githcns, sales manager; G. H. Hamilton, assistant sales manager. 

 Branch managers: F. A. Drake, Philadelphia; H. A. Harmer, Chicago; 

 A. L. Hasey, Boston; Marcus Allen, New York. Distributors: H. G. Mar- 

 tin, Brooklyn; Frank Bcrrowdin, Philadelphia. 



B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio). 

 In addition to its regular line of pneumatic tires for pleasure 

 automobiles, the B. F. Goodrich Co. displayed a number of its 

 solid tires, both single and dual, which are of the side wire type. 

 This company, by the way, advocates the use of pneumatic tires 

 on commercial motor vehicles up to one ton capacity. 



Representatives. — B. G. Work, president; H. E. Raymond, second 

 vice president; W. O. Rutherford, assistant to second vice president: A. 

 J. Wills, sales manager, pneumatic tires; S. V. Norton, sales manager, 

 solid tires; W. H. Allen, factory manager; II. K. Raymond, assistant gen- 

 eral superintendent. W. II. Yule, general manager of The B. F. Good- 

 ricli Co. of New York; E. A. Bedell, assistant general manager. New 

 York; T. A. Asp^ll, manager solid tires. New York; W. R. Kay, man- 

 ager motorcycle and bicycle tires. New York city, Virginia, and North 

 Carolina. Salesmen solid tires: C. E. Anderson, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, and North Carolina; G. A. Walters, New York, Massachusetts, 

 and Connecticut; J. A. Reed, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Salesmen 

 pneumatic tires: E. W. Bonhain (head salesman). New York city; A. F. 

 Schober, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; Ray Rhyne, upper New York; 

 J. F. Haire, Connecticut and Massachusetts; J. H. Groth, New Y'ork city 

 and Staten Island; W. A. Coles, Brooklyn and Long Island; R. W. Decker, 

 North Carolina and Virginia. 



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

 This company has made a specialty of solid rubber tii:es and 

 these naturally attracted the most attention at the show. These 

 tires have the retaining wires imbedded in a hard rubber base 

 or core, which is united by a Goodyear process to the soft rub- 

 ber tread, making them practically one piece. 



Representatives. — F. .\. Seiberling, president: C. W. Seiberling, vice 

 president; G. M. Stadelman. secretary and sales manager; P. W. Litch- 

 (ield, factory superintendent; L. C. Van Bever, vice president of the Cana- 

 dian branch; W. E. Kavenaugh, factory superintandent of the Canadian 

 branch; W. D. Shilts, manager automobile tire department; S. F. Falor, 

 manager bicycle tire department; H. B. Hamlin, manager solid tire depart- 

 ment; L. C. Rockhill. manager aeronautic supplies. Branch managers 

 and salesmen: C. W. Martin, .Atlanta ; J. B. Mans, E. C. Neuhauer, and 

 J. C. MacFadyean, Akron; E. F. Jackson and R. P. Dowse, Detroit; A. F. 

 Osterloh, Chicago; F. W. Powers, Washington, D. C. ; H. G. Filler, Phila- 

 delphia; W. T. Tcagan, William Tenzler, I. W. Penniman, and E. B. 

 Sigerson, Boston. 



Hartford Rubber Works (Hartford, Connecticut). ' ■ 



Pneumatic tires of various types, solid tires of the center wire 

 type and demountable rims for tliese solid tires, and which are 

 described in the main article, comprised the exhibit of the Hart- 

 ford Rubber Works. This company claims to have made the 

 first endless solid tire and its product has long been favorably 

 known to users of commercial motor vehicles. 



Representatives. — J. 1). .\nderson, president; E. S. Benson, secretary; 

 C. B. Whittelesey. factory superintendent. Branch managers: E. S. Roe, 

 New York; N. R. Barnes, Philadelphia; Chase Sangmaid, Boston; O. S. 

 Johnson, Buffalo; W. T. Powell, Chicago. Salesmen : J^'. Brown, A. L. 

 Cruden, E. H. Fahey and J. Skelley, New York; E. 11. Johansen, E. L. 

 Duffee, and H. Korns, Philadelphia; G. D. Niles and C. Havener, Bos- 

 ton; S. N. Keller. BufTalo; W. H. Reed, M. C. Stokes, C. Clark, E. S. 

 Edwards, James Morgan and F. Kesser, Hartford. 



