jL-xN-E 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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force of 500 employes and a daily output of 'JOO automobile an 

 tires, being inadequate to take care of the demand. 



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William Durkhardt, for the past 30 years in the employ ot the 

 John A. Roebling's Sons Co., as foreman of the steam fitting 

 department, died at his home at 24 Hewitt street, this city, on 

 May 5, from a complication of diseases. He was in the sixtieth 

 year of his age, a member of the Working Men's Sick and 

 Beneficial Society of the John A. Roebling's Sons Co. and of a 

 number of lodges and German singing societies. 



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Garden hose used to stop the progress of the flames until the 

 arrival of firemen was quite effective recently when a liarn at 

 Lambertville caught fire, and was the means of saving it from 

 complete destruction. 



THE RUBBER TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



/.'_V Our Rciiular Corrcsl^ondcnl. 

 P REDICTIONS are made that an unusually large number of 

 ^ tires will be sold in California this season to meet the de- 



mand of tourists, one large San Francisco dealer stating that his 

 sales in a recent week to owners of cars who arc contemplating 

 long trips into the country were more than double lliosc of a year 

 ago. The condition of tlie roads in the state is favoral)le to such 

 trips. ^ ^ ^ 



.■\ new service station has been completed and opened l)y the 

 San Francisco branch of the Fisk Rubber Co., in connection with 

 its sales department. When this branch moved into its present 

 quarters on Van Ness avenue early in 1913 a service station was 

 installed which was felt to be adequate to meet the demands anti- 

 cipated. The contrary proved to be the case, however, and it was 

 found necessary to secure extra accommodations in the adjoining 

 property and to considerably increase the size and capacity of 

 this station. 



.■\n agent of the company gives some valuable advice to pros- 

 pective purchasers of tires in the matter of supplying correct 

 specifications when ordering. He states that if the particular 

 style or type is mentioned much delay and annoyance could be 

 avoided, going on to say that : "Regular clincher tires have 

 stretchable beads and are designed for use on regular clincher 

 (one-piece) rims; altho they are sometimes used on quick 

 detachable clincher rims. When used on regular clincher rims, 

 it is rulable for sizes including the four-inch and above to use 

 chips and staybolts. 



'if regular clincher tires are used on quick detachable clincher 

 rim.s, it is necessary to use flaps with them to protect the inner 

 tubes. Quick detachable clincher cases have non-stretchable 'ads 

 and can only be used on quick detachable rims liaving removable 

 clincher side rings. This style should always be equipped with 

 flaps. 



"The quick detachable cable-base tires, otherwise known as 

 straight-side or straight-bead, have non-stretcha1)le cal)les im- 

 bedded in the base and are designed for quick detachable rims. 

 This style should be equipped with flaps." 



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.'\ new company lias been formed in San Francisco, under the 

 name of Schniid-Jeffress Co., for the retail distribution of tires. 

 The firm, wliich is composed of E. F. Jefl'ress, formerly manager 

 in northern California for the W. D. Newerf Rubber Co., and 

 Chris Schmid, has secured desirable quarters on Van Ness 

 avenue. « t « 



The policx- of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in separating its 

 wholesale and retail departments lias led to the discontinuance 

 of the elaborately fitted up Van Ness avenue headquarters and to 

 the establishment of a stock warehouse in the downtown district. 

 Two representatives of the company, A. F. Osterloh, assistant sec- 

 retary and head of the sales organization, and H. B. Hamlen. 

 in charge of the credit and accounts department, have made quite 



extended visit to the coast, outlining the company's policy and 

 going over matters generally with their various branch managers. 

 The San Francisco branch, of which Frank Carroll is manager, 

 is to remain headquarters and central distributing point for the 

 Pacific Coast, and a much larger and more varied stock of tires 

 and accessories will be carried than ever before. 



This company's Los Angeles branch, under the management of 

 E. Lingenfclder, has moved to Twelfth and Olive streets, where 

 they have taken the entire three-story and basement building 

 formerly occupied by the Maxwell company. In the new quar- 

 ters the truck tire department is in the basement, an electric 

 elevator being provided to convey the trucks to this department 

 to have tires fitted. * » * 



There is a prospect that San Francisco will soon have a gum 

 factory, a representative of the .American Chicle Co. having re- 

 cently been looking over sites in this city for such an industry. 

 Should it be established, the expectation is to invest $200,000 in 

 the enterprise, which is to give employment to about 300 persons. 



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The W. IX Newerf Rubber Co. has opened its new branch at 

 Pico and Hope streets, Los .\ngeles, with Walter Sahland as 

 manager. , * * 



A shipment of machinery recently arrived for installation at the 

 plant of the Panama Rubber Co. at Compton included a hydraulic 

 ram and pot heater weighing fifteen tons. The installation of 

 niachinen- for this plant, now nearing completion, has been in 

 charge of E. E. Harding, a mechanical engineer. 



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The Spokane branch of the L'nited States Tire Co. has had 

 added to its territory i'wQ counties formerly belonging to the 

 house at Butte, Montana. "Nobby Treads" are making a steady 

 advance in popularity, and being equally adapted for summer and 

 winter service, they have been adopted for exclusive use by one 

 of the San Francisco taxicab companies on their taxis and tour- 

 ing cars, a service which is probably harder on cars and tires 

 than any other in which they are ever engaged. 

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.A new type of inner tube is now on the market, made by The 

 Savage Tire Co., of San Diego, and known as the "Red-Grafite." 

 This tube is made of red gum and is so constructed that both the 

 splice and the valve-base — which is different from that of the 

 ordinary type— are guaranteed for the life of the tube. Its walls 

 are thick — Ks of an inch in a 34 x 4 inch tube— and fine graphite 

 is applied in such a manner that it will not flake off with use, 

 giving the tube a permanent graphite surface and thus eliminat- 

 ing the internal heat caused by chafing and sticking in the casing, 

 as well as reducing the danger of pinching. 



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The B. F. Goodrich Co., of .\kron, has established a new 

 branch at San Diego, of which A. J. Straney, for some time 

 connected with tile Los .\ngeles agency, is manager. 

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Negotiations are in progress for the building of a plant at 

 Colfax. California, for the manufacture of fireproof material 

 from asbestos obtained in the Iowa Hill mines of that section, 

 where there is a large deposit of asbestos reported on by experts 

 as being of superior quality. 



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The Norman Peart Tire Co., of Oakland, distributors of Ajax 

 tires in that section and one of the oldest established tire vul- 

 canizing and retreading concerns on the coast, has moved to 

 larger quarters at 1776 Broadway, where a stock of motor sup- 

 plies will also be carried. 



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The Seattle branch of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has 

 moved from its former location at Broadway and Pine street 

 lo the two-story building at 814-816 East Pike .street. 



