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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



| M w i, 1910. 



MECHANICAL RUBBER ASSOCIATION. 



A MEETING of the Mechanical Rubber Goods Manufactur 

 ers' \ssociation, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 

 i.ril 26, beginning at 10.30 a. m., was more largelj attended, 



ps, than any preceding meeting of the kind. Not only 

 was every company on the list of membership represented at the 

 ineiting. but several companies had more than one representative. 

 Besides the leading linns in the industry in the United States. 

 Canada was represented for the first time, in the name of the 

 Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co.. Limited. The proceedings 

 were not of a public character, and it was the sense of the 

 association that publication of any conclusions reached with re- 

 gard to the condition of the trade should be deferred. A num- 

 ber of new lists for rubber goods were proposed and several 



The officers of the association are William T. Cole, president; 

 Leonard J. Lomasney, vice president ; and John J. Voorhees, 

 treasurer. The next meeting of the association is scheduled for 

 ( Ictober 25. 



RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA. 



""PI IE annual meeting of the Rubber Club of America (formerly 

 •*■ New England Rubber Club) was scheduled for April 18, on 

 which day seevral members assembled at No. 140 Essex street, 

 Boston, at ,i P. m. In the absence of a quorum, the meeting was 

 adjoined to Friday, May 13. At that time the Editor of The 

 [ndia Rubber World will give a smoke talk on his experience 

 up the Amazon, illustrated with some new latern slides. 



ONE THOUSAND TON VULCANIZING PRESS. 



' I "HE accompanying cut shows a 1,000-ton ten cylinder vulcan- 

 *■ izing press, with plates 48x218 inches, built under the super- 

 vision of Mr. O. P. Bushnell, superintendent of the Monarch 

 Machinery Co.. No. .10 Church street, New York. Mr. Bush- 

 nell ha devoted 30 years to designing and constructing hy- 



One Thousand Tox Vulcanizing Press. 



draulic presses for various uses, and his extensive experience is 

 demonstrated by the splendid design, perfect radiation and uni- 

 formity of heated plates supplied with "Monarch" presses. These 

 presses are built in various sizes to suit customer's requirements, 

 and steam or power hydraulic pumps are supplied of capacities 

 to conform to size of press. This company's factory is etpiipped 

 with large electric cranes and modern tools, enabling them to 

 handle large presses. Mr. E. B. Van Atta, president of the 

 company, has been well and favorably known among the users 

 of hydraulic presses for a quarter century, and the methods 

 adopted for proper care and protection of customers have 

 worked to the material advantage of the company and secured 

 for them the confidence of their patrons. 



TWO CYLINDER VULCANIZING PRESS. 



THE subject of the accompanying illustration is a two cylin- 

 der vulcanizing press that is coming into general use in 

 the rubber trade, and is made by William K. Perrin & Co. (of 

 Chicago), wdio manufacture a standard line of hydraulic power 



Two Cylinder Vulcanizing Press. 



screw and filter presses. This concern specializes in presses for 

 the rubber trade and is amply equipped to supply any type re- 

 quired, as they operate one of the largest press producing con- 

 cerns in this country, with branches abroad. 



