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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1913 



Joseph P. Hickcy, traveling representative for the Acme Rub- 

 ber Manufacturing Co., covering Maryland, West Virginia, Vir- 

 ginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and the District of Columbia, re- 

 ports trade conditions unusually good in that section of the 

 country. * * * 



Edward Cornell Murray, son of General C. Edward Murray, 

 treasurer of tlie Crescent Belting & Packing Co., and the Em- 

 pire Tire and Empire Rubber Co., is to wed Miss Mildred Apgar, 

 daughter of former Prosecutor W. Holt Apgar, this month. 

 The wedding is to be one of the fashionable events of the autum- 

 nal season in this section. 



THE DE FORD NASAL SOMNOFORM INHALER. 



I 'HE fact that rubber lends itself readily to aseptic treatment 

 renders it particularly adaptable to use in dental as well- as 

 surgical operations ; and the accompanying illustration shows the 

 important part it plays in contributing to painless dentistry. This 

 apparatus is designed for the inducing of analgesia or anaes- 

 thesia by the nasal administration of somnoform, and, as will be 

 observed, rubber enters largely into its construction, being em- 

 ployed in the ring or .soft pad which adapts the nasal cover to the 

 face and also in the bag which contains the somnoform vapor. 



The new brick and steel three-story building being erected by 

 the Woven Steel Hose & Rubber Co. of this city, to replace the 

 one destroyed by lire July 4 last, will be ready for occupancy 

 within another month. The building is being made fireproof and 



fitted with every modern factory convenience. 

 * * * 



The Empire Rubber Co. is building an addition to the boiler 



house of the plant at a cost of $2,000. 



* * * 



.A permit has been issued to The Empire Rubber & Tire 

 Co., of Trenton, for the erection of an addition to its boiler 

 house on East Clinton avenue. It is estimated that the cost 

 of this addition will be about $1,400. At a recent test in 

 New York City of double-jacket fire hose, preparatory to the 

 placing of contracts, the product of this company stood a 



test of 1,000 pounds pressure. 



* * * 



A quantity of material consigned from Rotterdam to the 

 Katzenback-Bullock Chemical Co., of Trenton, was lost in the 



fire which destroyed the steamer "Volturno" early in October. 



* * * 



In a recent report of Director of Public Safety Frank 

 Hague to Jersey City council, a request is made for equip- 

 ment which includes the following items; 10,000 feet of hose; 

 new wheels and rubber tires for engine 12; new rubber tires 

 for engines 14, 15 and 16, and for tenders 5 and 6. 



THE ASBESTOS ANT RUBBER WORKS OF AMERICA ENJOINED. 



A petition was filed in the court of chancery at Trenton, 

 New Jersey, on October 25 by John H. Scudder, president of 

 the First National Bank of that city, asking for the appoint- 

 ment of a receiver for the Asbestos and Rubber Works of 

 America with office in New York City and factory in Camden, 

 Mr. Scudder charging that the company could not meet its 

 obligations. The court granted an injunction restraining the 

 company from continuing business and also compelling it to 

 show cause why a receiver should not be named. The total 

 assets of the company are given at $43,000 and the liabilities 

 at $49,000. 



A RUBBER TUBE AS A LIFE SAVER. 



There is a young boy in Connecticut who can thank the 

 manufacturers of rubber hose- for the fact that he is alive 

 today. A little while ago he was taking a swim in the 

 water at New Haven, near tide gates erected at a certain 

 point to protect the meadows from overflow, and being bent 

 on some "stunt," as is the habit of boys, he got his foot 

 caught in the mechanism of the gate. He couldn't extract 

 his foot; neither could his companions or anyone else who 

 came to his assistance, altho the police department and 

 the fire department both came to his aid. In the meantime 

 the tide was rising. But somebody bethought him of a 

 rubber tube, which was passed to the boy, who put one end 

 of it in his mouth and held it there for Several hours, while 

 the tide rose to a considerable height above his head. After 

 a long delay the gate was broken open and the boy's foot re- 

 leased; but the rubber tube that supplied him with air while 

 he was entirely immersed was the thing that saved his life. 



EXHALING VALVE 



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SLIP nasal' 



JOIN" 



RUBB 

 CUSH 



VALVE CONTROLLING 

 SOMNOFORM 

 AND AIR 



CAPSULE 

 CHAME 



The Inh.\l£r in Oper.mion. 



The vapor is conveyed from tlie rubber bag to the nasal cover 

 by means of a metal tube which extends between the two. passing 

 over the head, and in which is situated a lever-operated valve 

 that permits the regulation of the supply of somnoform adminis- 

 tered and the admission of air if desired. The somnoform is 

 projected into the rubber bag by means of a metal screened 

 capsule chamber, situated just above the union of the bag and the 

 metal tube, and lined with surgical gauze, in which the somno- 

 form capsule is placed, a slight tap on the cover of this cylinder 

 breaking the capsule and causing the somnoform to fall on the 

 gauze and thence being conveyed to the vapor bag below, the 

 metal screens catching the particles of glass. This appliance is 

 secured by means of a strap, which is passed firmly around the 

 head. Not only the rubber portion of the apparatus, but the 

 metal parts also, if wiped dry while hot, may be sterilized by im- 

 mersion in boiling water, and it can very readily be taken apart 

 for this purpose. [E. DeTrey & Sons, Philadelphia.) 



RUBBER HOSE FOB CARRYING GASOLENE. 



On account of the destructive effect of gasolene on rubber it 

 has been found difficult to obtain a suitable hose for carrying 

 this liquid from one point to another and still have the hose last 

 long enough to pay for its installation. However, after consid- 

 erable experimentation one company claims to have solved the 

 problem by producing a hose especially adapted to conduct gaso- 

 lene from the storage tank to the car by means of a pump. It 

 is said that the hose — which is known as the "Arcadia" — has 

 been rated as standard for this purpose by the National Board 

 of Fire Underwriters. [New Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co., 

 Jersey City. New Jersey.] 



