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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



I l IER I. ItJOg. 



1 the scringacs (rubber estates) nol b< ing ivorked? 



Arc the causes that liave prevented its development up to the 

 present time of an economic or physical nature! 



Agriculture. — Causes that retard another flourishing state 

 of agriculture in the Amazonian regions; methods to adopt 

 for restoring old plantations; what zones arc best adapted > 

 diversity of cultivation without detriment to products of the 

 soil, and to what extent can they be made auxiliary to the 

 cheapening of these latter; will the cultivation of food plants 

 result in a falling ofl of hands for the rubber harvest; would 

 not a proper division of time and labor in the harvesting of 

 rubber facilitate the cultivation of food plant-, contributing 

 at the same time in this way to the value of the -"il and the 

 benefit of the rubber plantations 



TELEGRAPHING ON THE AMAZON. 



The president of Brazil on Jul) 29 signed a decree author- 

 izing the Amazon Telegraph Co., Limited, to duplicate their 

 cable between Para and Manaos. The expense i> to Lc borne 

 by the company alone, in consideration of the concession 

 being extended a further jo years, after which the system 

 revert- to the government, without indemnification 



The Amazon cable 1,326 miles in length, including branches 

 - proved of great advantage to the rubber trade since 

 1896, 'Alien it was first put down. The service has been inter- 

 mittent, however, and the frequent breaks, coming without 

 warning, were often disturbing to the trade, to say nothing 

 of the embarrassment of the management and the disappointment 

 of shareholders unable to realize dividends. 



The Amazon company was registered July 5, [895, with 

 i-'.so.ooo [==$1,216,625] capital The cable between Para and 

 Manaos was constructed and laid by Siemens Brothers & Co., 

 Limited (London), and turned over to the company in work- 

 ing order for £211,000 [=$1,026,831.50]. The company were to 

 ive a government subsidy of £17.1 -15 [=$83,338.81] an- 

 nually for 20 years. There have since been authorized deben- 

 tures amounting to £350.000 [=r $1,703,275], most of which base 

 been 1 led for extending the cable to other point- than Para 



and Manaos, for making repair-, and the like. The first year 



hit which the accounts -bowed a net profit was that ending 

 Inn. 30, 1905, but the earnings were only credited against a 

 heavj debit balance, and the company ha- never yet paid a 

 dividend The difficulties encountered in laying the Amazon 

 1 ibli were pointed out in an address by Mr. Alexander Sie 

 men-, head of the cable laving company, reported in Tin, India 

 Ki 1:1:1 k World August to iNo (p 129) 



The hope is now entertained that, with duplicate cables, the 

 failun of one wire at any time will prevent an interruption 

 oi communication, which -top- the income of the cable com- 

 pany while interfering with the rubber trade. 



FRENCH ENTERPRISE IN THE AMAZON REGION. 



In an official report, the United Slate- consul general a: 

 Rio de Janeiro refers t" tin- steady increase in the amount of 

 French capital invested in Brazil. What i- of particular inter- 

 est 1- tin assertion that although conci ions tor important 

 public improvements have been granted lately to an eminent 

 American engineer, be has been unable to find 111 thi Uni 

 States the necessary capital for working them, lie went to 

 France, therefore, for funds, which he obtained on the condi 

 tion that contract- for actual construction work should be 

 given i" French companies and French material- used. The 

 consul general -ay-: "Having furnished the money for the 

 enterprises, French investor- are disposed to favor French 

 methods, materials, machinery, and manufacture- generally. 

 and this is already having a marked effect upon Brazilian im 

 ports. Such enterprises will draw upon France indefinitely in 

 the future for their supplies." Among the improvement 

 ferred to is that of the port of Para and to ,1 certain exti nl 

 : instruction of the Madeira-Mamore railway. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



T" 1 HE latest issue of Im Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing 



* Co. (Passaic. Xcw Jersey), is a special catalogue of Fire 

 Hose, embracing the leading brand-, of lire and mill hose 

 made by them. Among the specialties listed is a hose for 

 1 hi mical 1 limine- and a line of lire extinguisher tubing. Such 

 accessories a- play pipe-, ring couplings, and the like are also 

 illustrated. 1 5" \ 7 1 /'. .'4 pages.] 



The importance of the rubber stamp trade and the allied 

 businesses i- suggested by the size and variety of contents 

 of Catalogue No. 34 issued bj Tin-: R. II. Smith Manufact- 

 uring Co. (Springfield, Massachusetts). Here are illustrated 

 vulcanizers, molding presses, and accessories, in great num- 

 ber, planned, for large and -mall establishments. A number 

 of pages are devoted to Specimen faces of the metal-bodied 

 rubber type which is a specialty with (his firm. [6!<J" x 9^4". 

 17b pages. I 



Thi: Buffalo Poinhky ami Machine Co. (Buffalo, New 

 York) send out a novel-appearing advertising booklet having 

 the outward appearance of a bank pass book. The point of 

 the contents is that there is economy in the purchase of the 

 product- of this company, including their vacuum dryers, 

 which are recommended for use in rubber factories. [3I/2" x 

 %%". 28 pages.] 



Xew Jersey Car Spring and Rubber Co. (Jersey 

 City) issue an illustrated catalogue of Rubber Mats and 

 Matting, which relates to an interesting line of such goods. 

 which is the result of many years of experience, l-t/i" x 6%". 

 48 pages. I 



The Mason Regulator Co. (Boston) is>ue their general cata- 

 logue No. 58 of Mason Regulating Appliances, for use in con- 

 nection with every form of steam equipment, including pumps: 

 also Mason balance valves and Mason steam pumps. The cata- 

 logue i- profusely illustrated. [6" x gVt". 178 pages.] 



Abbe Engineering Co. (Xew York) issue their Catalogue No. 

 4 of Pebble Mill Specialties for line grinding and thorough 

 mixing. Several of their mill- have been used with success in 

 connection with grinding guayule, and also waste rubber. |6" x 

 q". 62 page- I 



Theodore Hofeller & Co. (Buffalo, Xew York) have issued 

 a Private Telegraph Code for the use of their customers in the 

 waste rubber trade. They have attempted to -end one to every- 

 one with whom the) have had business relation-, but if any such 

 should not have received one the) are invited to apply for it. 

 I3V x 5"s". 60 page I 



Walker Sons X Co, Limited (Colombo and Kandy, Ceylon). 

 1 ne an elaborate illustrated catalogue of Para Rubber Appli- 

 ances, including tapping knives, coagulating machines, rollers 

 and other item- of equipment for the preparation of rubber on 

 plantation! [8%" x 11". 20 pages.] 



Tin. Bristol Co. (Waterbury, Connecticut) -end their Bulle- 

 tin No. [03, devoted to Bristol Recording Instruments for vari- 

 ous purposes. These devices have found wide use in rubber 

 factories. [8" \ 10". ib pages | 



ALSO kl.c EIVED. 



Barrei 1 Co., New Vork and Philadelphia. =Tarvia. [For 



' ing dust.] 1- t>;i^<'s 

 I. K. Krieg Co., New Vork.=Die Blocks, Mallets, Dicing Out Machine?. 



W. II Salisbury & ' 0., ( lien-, \ \\ : 1 -- on Rubber Pelting. 8 pages. 

 E. J. Willi- Co.. New Vfork. Reduced Prices "n Automobile Supplies. 



Hubert II. Want & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio.=The Seaton Spring 

 Wheel. 4 pa 



tlag 1 B Manufacturing Co inc., Undsborg, Kansas=I r agstrom 



I nside Tire Sleev e. 16 pag< - 



\uto-Tire Vulcanizing Co., Lowell, Vlassachusetts.—Auto Tire Vulcaniz- 

 ing Machines, '> p; 



\ rvKiv of students from London made a tour of Germany 

 during July, under the auspices of Ihc Institution of Electrical 

 Engineers. A number of important works were visited, particu- 

 larly those of Allegemcine Elektricitats Gesellschaft (Berlin). 



