July 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THIRTY YEARS OF SUCCESS. 



pUOBABLY a good many well informed men in the rubber 

 *■ trade would have said that the rubber reclaiming business 

 in this country did not date back more than 15 

 or 20 ytars, but they would discover their error 

 were they tr. look over the handsome little book 

 entitled "Thirty Years of Success," recently is- 

 sued by the United States Rubber Reclaiming 

 Co., whose executive offices are in New York, 

 but whose plant is in Buffalo. This company 

 has been in existence thirty years, and among 



liduk about the reclaiming industry, as, for instance, the state- 

 ment that last year's consumption of reclaimed rubber amounted 

 to 160,000 tons — which is about 60.000 tons in excess of the pro- 

 duction of new rubber for the vear 



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Origix.vl Pl.v.st. 



the very interesting illustrations in its handsome 

 booklet arc two factory reproductions, one show- 

 ing its original factory witli a capacity of IJ^ 

 tons per day and employing 15 workmen, and 

 the other showing its present plant covering an area of 4>4 

 acres, employirig 600 workmen and having a daily capacity of 

 64 tons. There is a good deal of interesting information in this 



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Present Plant. 



The book consists of 16 large pages and a handsome em- 

 bossed cover, and contains a number of halftone cuts showing 

 various phases of the company's work. 



Laboratory 



Completely equipped for quick and thorough experi- 

 mental tests, both chemical and physical. 



Pile of Shoes in Yard Stureroum for Scrai- Tires 



Showing part of a stock of 5,000 tons of old rubber Where the inner tubes go after they have had all the 

 _, _.._j ynnnn^r,r, . blow-outs thcy Can stand. 



boots and shoes, shed from nearly 10,000.000 feet. 



Devulcanizers Drying Room for Tire Stock. Mill Room 



Showing three of these great^ retorts, each with a Showing the material practically finished, except that Whe-e the material is run through rollers and sheeted 



it must be refined and sheeted. for shipment. 



capacity of 40,000 pounds. 



