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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1914. 



AUTOMOBILE CLUBS AS RUBBER RETAILERS. 



.'\ catalog recently issued by one of the leading automobile 

 clubs, shows almost a full line of automobile supplies. It con- 

 tains nearly all the rubber goods used by the motorists. Over one 

 hundred and tifty different rubber articles are listed. 



\o tires are shown or quoted, but there are several types of 

 tire gages, pumps and covers. There are four kinds of brake 

 lining; several rubber pedal grips and rubber mats; rubber seat 

 and top covers; lamp covers and window cleaners; gas bags for 

 lamps, rubber lamp connections ; braided tubing and red rubber 

 tubing, and horns and bulbs of all sorts. There are shown gaso- 

 lene tubing, pump tubings, radiator hose, channel and dash rub- 

 ber ; spring rubber Inimpers, washers and rubber packing in 

 variety. 



The ignition and lighting systems are provided for with light- 

 ing cables of all kinds; lamp cord and dual lamp cord; three 

 kinds of armored cable ; half a dozen kinds of braided cable and 

 four kinds of imported rubber cable ; high tension magnetos, 

 high tension secondary and ignition cables, and two and four- 

 strand low tension primary cables. 



To provide for blow-outs there are various tire fillers, rubber 

 cements, patches and tire bands; and for inner tubes there are 

 blow-out patches and testing tanks. For more serious blow- 

 outs on the road, there are complete vulcanizing outfits for re- 

 pairing casings and inner tubes. These outfits include three types 

 of portable electric vulcanizers and four portable steam vulcan- 

 izers. Several types of garage steam vulcanizers and garage 

 electric vulcanizers are shown. Paints of pure rubber for tires 

 and rubber mats are recommended. To prevent skidding seven 

 types of chains are listed : also studded grips for treads and 

 grips for solid tires. Rubber sleeves and rubber aprons for the 

 hostler are also catalogued. For the motorist there are rubber 

 goggles and goggles with rubber covered temples ; rain coats of 

 double texture, auto rubber shirts, and linen dusters. 



RECCED AUTO SHIPMENTS FOR MARCH. 



Figures compiled by the Detroit freight and traffic office 

 of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 

 show that during the month of March shipments of automo- 

 biles in the western district included more than 60,000 cars, 

 for which 13,510 freight cars were required. Alfred Reeves, 

 general manager of the N. A. C. C, has recently returned 

 from a visit to 41 of the automobile plants in Ohio, Michigan, 

 Indiana and New York, and his report indicates that the 

 companies are apparently all in excellent condition, with pro- 

 duction far behind the demand. He states that while the ex- 

 traordinary demand for moderate priced cars continues, tliere 

 is a sustained and increasing demand for higher priced ma- 

 chines, and that in Detroit alone there are now 114 factories 

 producing automobiles or parts, of which 35 are makin.g 

 pleasure cars or trucks complete. 



THE NATIONAL MANUFACTURERS IK CONVENTION. 



.\t the Nineteenth .\nnual Convention of the National Associa- 

 tion of Manufacturers, held on May 19 and 20 at the Waldorf- 

 .\storia Hotel, New York, many topics of general interest were 

 discussed. Resolutions were adoi>tcd favoring the recommenda- 

 tion of the association's Committee on Patents, wdiich advocated 

 the creation of a court of patent appeals and the erection of a 

 new building for the Governement Patent OfiFice. Another resolu- 

 tion endorsed the bill now pending in the House of Representa- 

 tives, known as "The Oldfield Design Registration Bill," to pro- 

 vide legal protection for the original designs for manufactured 

 products. An interesting address was delivered during the con- 

 vention by Manuel Gonzales Zeledon, Consul General for Costa 

 Rica in New York, on "Central America as a Field for the Ameri- 

 can Manufacturer." 



REVERE RUBBER CO. ANNUAL REPORT, 



The report of the Revere Rubber Co., filed with the Secretary 

 of State of Massachusetts, showed assets on December 31 last 

 amounting to $7,314,778, of which real estate and machinery 

 represented a value of $2,449,255, material — stock in process — • 

 $2,730,531 and investments $148,471, while cash and debts receiv- 

 able are placed at $1,867,827 and deferred accounts at $118,693. 

 The liabilities of the company, in addition to the capital stock 

 of $4,000,000. include accoimts and bills payable to the amount 

 of $1,927,868. deferred and surplus accounts $15,111 and a profit 

 and loss surplus of $1,371,798. 



PLANT EXTENSION BY DAYTON RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. 



1 he Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Dayton, Ohio, 

 Hbnse increase in capitalization was mentioned in the April 

 number of The Inpia Rubber World, lias in contemplation the 

 erection of a new factory building 500 x 75 feet in area and 

 three stories high. This company made its first tire for motor 

 fire apparatus in August. 1911. and now its tires are said to 

 be in use as a part of the motor fire, ambulance and patrol 

 apparatus of more than 400 cities in the United States and 

 Canada, the increasing demand necessitating the erection of this 

 addition to the plant. 



THE INSIDE OF A COMPREHENSIVE RUBBER 



MILL. 



OUTSIDE views of rubber factories are often imposing be- 

 cause of the tuagnitude of some of these great American 

 plants, but inside views are what really show the interesting 

 phases of the industry. Here are seven interior views taken 

 in different departtuents of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co. plant 

 at Jeannette. Pennsylvania. These views — which are exception- 

 ally sharp and distinct in dttail for pictures of this size — not 

 only give something of an idea of the work done in the different 

 rooms of this big plant, but show the wide variety of manu- 

 facture carried on by this company. The first view shows the 

 milling room — which is very much the same in all rubber plants — 

 where the crude rn1)lier is mixed with various compounds. The 



View .^uong Miu. Line. 



second view shows the calender room, which is also aliout the 

 same in general character in all rubber factories. Number three 

 shows a corner of the molding room, where the presses are at 

 wnrk on small molded goods. Four and five show the building 

 up of bicycle and automobile tires, while six and seven give 

 glimpses of the department devoted to tlie manufacture of 

 tc?inis lialls. 



