April 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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being a guest and speaker at the first annual banquet of the 

 National Association of Waste Material Dealers, held at the 

 Hotel Astor in New York on the 17th ult. Both gentlemen 

 made eloquent speeches, which were heartily applauded. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN CHICAGO. 



By Our Regular Lorrespoiidi'iil. 

 D EPAIR work has started in a number of the western ele- 

 •'^ valors, and Chicago belting firms are receiving an increasing 

 number of orders by every mail. Extensive paper mill building is 

 promised for tills spring in the iiorthcrn part of Michigan and the 

 belting people are coiitidenl that they are going to have an excel- 

 lent season. Packing is now in good demand among the coal 

 mines of the middle west, which have started spring eqiiipnieni 

 work earlier than usual this year. 



Fire Marshal C. F. Seyferlich has announced that the Manhat- 

 tan Rubber Mfg. Co., 61 West Lake street, was the lowest bid- 

 der in a comi)etition by a number of local rubber houses for 

 70.000 feet of rubber tire hose. The Electric Hose & Rubber Co. 

 was the lowest bidder for 5.000 feet of chemical hose. John H. 

 Merrel, assistant manager of the Manhattan company, said that 

 its order would be filled with "Economy" brand of underwriters' 

 labeled cotton rubber lined fire hose, with the double jacket. 

 The competition is thought to have been rather keen for the 

 contract this year. Last year H. Channon &■ Co. were the suc- 

 cessful bidders. 



In addition to the two contracts mentioned a contract was 

 given at the same time for a number of solid rubber tires, the 

 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. securing this award. 



The P. A. Salisbury-Schulz Co., one of the largest manufac- 

 turers of rubber stamps in the city, has recently added a retail 

 stationery department. P. A. Salisbury is one of the oldest rub- 

 ber men in the city and has been in business at the same location 

 for the past 35 years. The new addition to the store does not 

 mean that the company will in any manner cease to emphasize the 

 rubber end of the business, but merely that advantage is being 

 taken of an o|)portunity which exists because of no stationery 

 store being located in the immediate vicinity. 

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This is a photograph of a ten-ply nihber composition belt 



Ten weeks were required for manufacture in the company's 

 large factory at Buffalo, New York, and it was found neces- 

 sary to remove the door frame of the shipping room before 

 it could be loaded upon a Hat car and cleated for transporta- 

 tion. The belt will be used in the plant of the cement com- 

 pany at Buffington. Indiana, near Chicago, to convey hot 

 cement from the grinders to the refining department. 



This firm manufactures rubber belts of all kinds, and pays 

 particular attention to grain elevators. Repair work is going 

 on now in the giant elevators of the west and in southern 

 Canada and a large number of orders has been received 

 from the managers of these great enterprises. W. 11. Salis- 

 bury & Co. make a special study of the problems which con- 

 front these managers in installing belts. One of the greatest 

 troubles is to get them to buy a belt with a heavy enough 

 ply, their inclination being to purchase a belt which is just 

 strong enough to do the work, rather than one which can do 



the work and still have left a surplus of strength. 



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D. H. Cassel, formerly of the Ruboid Belting Co.'s sales force, 

 has joined the selling staff of the Boston Belting Co., and will 

 travel in Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. 



K.NORMous Rubber Composition Belt. 

 made by Salisbury & Co. for the Universal Portland Cement 

 Co.— length. 1.250 feet; width. 36 inches; weight, 9,132 pounds. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



By Our RcnuUir Correspuiidcnl. 



Till-; frequency of wet and stormy weather during January, 

 February and early March materially stimulated the rub- 

 ber business, especially among such concerns as operate footwear 

 departments. The resultant reduction in stock has furnished 

 work for the employes, and it will be a couple of months before 

 lines are fully replenished. Those factories making automobile 

 goods are finding an increasing trade, which, however, is not as 



great as for the corresponding time a year ago. 



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A decree was entered in the United States District Court for 

 Rhode Island about the middle of the month by Judge Arthur 

 1.. Brown, holding that the American Locomotive Co. does 

 not infringe on the patent of the Dual Tired Wheel Co. This 

 is one of the first cases to be decided in Rhode Island under 

 the new law allowing patent cases to be tried in the I'"ederal 

 District Court. 



The Dual Tired Wheel Co. interests are patentees and makers 

 of a wheel whereon are mounted two parallel rubber tires with 

 a central metal tread between them, intended to act as the tread 

 of the wheel when a heavy load is being carried. These wheels 

 are designed to run on tracks, but may be used on roads where 

 there are no tracks if it is so desired. The American Loco- 

 motive Co. got out a wheel which had mounted two parallel 

 rubber tires separated by a small piece of metal about three- 

 quarters of an inch in diameter. The contention was that a tire 

 of this description was an infringement of the patent granted the 

 plaintiff, but the defendant locomotive company claimed that in 

 the design of this tire it was not intended to use the metal strip 

 as a tread. Judge Brown, in his opinion, states that the metal 

 strip used by the American Locomotive Co. is too small to be 

 used as a tread and that the wheel was not designed to run on 

 tracks. He holds that the patent granted to the wheel company 

 has not been infringed. On several other allegations Judge 

 Brown finds it unnecessary to give an opinion. 



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C. H. Oakley, of the Essex Rubber Co., lost on Mach 9 a 

 pair of tires valued at $70, these having been stolen from the 

 rear of his car. 



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The severe rain storm that swept over this State early in the 

 month caused considerable damage by reason of swollen streams. 

 For the first time in its history, the Alice mill of the Woon- 



