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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



February 1, 1981 



The National Automobile Show 



THE Twenty-first Annual National Automobile Show, 

 under the auspices of the National Automobile Chamber of 

 Commerce, was held in New York City, January 8 to 15, 

 1921. The exhibits fully occupied four floors of the Central 

 Square Building, formerly known as Grand Central Palace. 

 Eighty-eight makes of cars were shown, while the exhibitors of 

 automobile accessories numbered 231. 



The popular interest in the exhibition was evidenced by the 

 continuous throngs that viewed the exhibits daily. The spirit of 

 the show was in accord with that of the leading national authori- 

 ties in automobile matters, by whom the prediction is made that 

 there will soon develop the most gigantic building program ever 

 known in the history of any nation. Reasons for this hopeful 

 ■outlook are found in the pressing need for public works neglected 

 for three years because of the war's demands, high costs and 

 labor shortage. With the passing of these abnormal conditions 

 the repair and development of industrial, trade and transportation 

 facilities will respond to the urgency of national needs. 



AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION 



An idea i>i tlie influence of the automobile as a factor in modern 

 ■social and industrial development may be had by noting tlie 

 rapidly increasing numbers of motor cars registered in the United 

 States. The official report of passenger cars and trucks registered 

 in this country in 1919 was 7,604,016 and 9,295,252 in 1920. an 

 increase of 22.2 per cent. To maintain the present number of cars 

 in service will require a normal replacement of a million per 

 year, each car being conservatively valued at $1,000, and, in 

 addition, the unknown, but doubtless large, increase in registra- 

 tion, possibly 22 per cent as of last year. In that event 2,000,000 

 more cars will be required, a total of 3,000.000 new cars for 1921. 

 These items of car building will require 12,000,000 tires for initial 

 equipment. Spare tires and replacement of worn tires for cars 

 already in use will bring the total estimated demand for tires in 

 1921 to approximately 35,000,000. 



In connection with the show it was noted that designers and 

 makers of cars have endeavored with marked success to simplify 

 the motors and lubricating systems, strengthen the chassis and 

 perfect the driving control. These features are for the benefit of 

 the increasing class of owner-drivers, by adding the elements of 

 dependability, durability, ease of operation and reduction of cost 

 of upkeep. 



RUBBER AND MISCELLANEOUS PASSENGER CAR ACCESSORIES 



The accessory exhibits occupied all of the fourth floor space 

 and a small proportion of that of the third floor. Something for 

 every motoring need would seem to have been included in the 

 great variety of accessories shown. Those in which rubber 

 formed an essential feature included the product of the following 

 tnanufacturers. 



Auto Pedal Pad Co., Inc., 318 West 52nd street. New York 

 City. Rives' "Neverslip" auto pedal pads molded in designs for 

 ■every car, Also Rives' adjustable accelerator pad and heel rest. 



Automatic Safety Tire Valve Corporation, 1753 Broadway, 

 New York City. "Lox-on" air chuck. "Whistler" tire pressure 

 indicator. 



Breeze Metal Hose & Mfg. Co., 248 South street, Newark, 

 New Jersey. Flexible metallic hose. 



Coffield Tire Protector Co., Dayton, Ohio, High grade 

 molded endless protector of rubber for insertion between tube 

 and casing. 



Eastern Rubber Co., Philadelpliia. Pennsylvania, Demonstra- 

 tion of "Magic Rubber Mend" for re|)air of cuts and punctures in 

 tubes and soft rubber articles generally. 



Eicix Rubber .\ce Co,, Elgin, Illinois, "Rubber Ace" inner 

 tires consisting of two annular interlocking sponge rubber mwii- 

 bers molded to fit and completely fill a tire casing for which very 

 specific claitns of practical utility are made. 



Jon-Con Tire Protector Co., 2124 North 15th street, Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania, "Jon-Con" tire protector, and endless molded 

 nil)ber band reinforced by a centrally inserted duck pl\. 



James Martin, 134 West 52nd street. New \'ork City, Mariin 

 cord .tires, ribbed and non-skid, 



Martin Tire Corporation, 903 Sixth avenue. New York City. 

 Cord and fabric tires, red and gray inner tubes. 



Rawhide Products Corporation, Inc., 1834 Broadway, New 

 York. "Miracle" blow-out patches, non-puncturable by reason of a 

 ply of raw hide interlaminatcd with rubberized duck. Also 

 ".Miracle" fan belts made non-stretchable by a single central ply of 

 rawhide, the outer plies being of 8-ounce frictioned duck, and a 

 red rubber cover, lightly cured and with edges stitched through 

 and through, 



Sevvell Cushion Wheel Co,, 1300 Gratiot avenue, Detroit, 

 Michigan. Sewell cushion wheel. 



Weldo Patch Manufacturing Co., 230 Fifth avenue. New 

 York. Demonstration of the self-welding "Weldo-Patch," ap- 

 plied to mend holes, cuts and tears in inner tubes, rubber shoes, 

 water bottles or other soft rubber goods without cement or vul- 

 canization. 



S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co., 7 Union Square, 

 New York City. Flexible shafts, 



Collins Puncture-Proof Tube Co., Hackensack, New Jersey. 

 Special red inner tube containing a self-healing puncture fluid. 



Interesting displays of motor batteries were those of Electric 

 Storage Battery Co., Allegheny avenue and 19th street, Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania; Hartford Battery Manufacturing Co., Mill- 

 dale, Connecticut; Luthy Storage Battery Co., 1170 Broadway, 

 New York; A. H. Lyons & Co., Girard Building, Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania; Paul M. Mako & Co., Inc., 1402-12 Atlantic avenue, 

 Brooklyn, New Y'ork; Pliiladelphia Storage Battery Co., 1789 

 Broadway, New York; Westinghouse Union Battery Co., Swiss- 

 vale, Pennsylvania; Willard Storage Battery Co., 246 East 131st 

 street. Cleveland, Ohio; Witherbec Storage Battery Co., Inc., 643 

 West 43rd street. New York City. 



Among the exhibits of accessories not of rubber many were 

 of special interest, such, for example, as the following : 



Link-Belt Co., 202 Hunting Park avenue, Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania. Link-Belt silent chain, front end drives. 



Morse Chain Co., Ithaca, New York. Morse front end silent 

 chain drives. 



Salmon F'alls Manufacturing Co., 50 State street, Boston, 

 Massachusetts. Toron-treated tire fabrics and toronized tires. 

 Demonstrations were in progress by means of a Scott testing 

 machine with autographic recording device, showing the value 

 of Toron in uniformly enhancing the holding power of friction 

 on tire-building fabric. 



A, Schraper's Son, Inc., 783 .Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, New 

 'Wirk, Universal tire-valves, dust caps, pressure gages, pump 

 connections, etc. 



C. A. Shaler Co., 21 Jefferson street, Waupun, Wisconsin. 

 Vulcanizcrs and equipment for tire and tube repair, Shaler road 

 lighter headlight lenses. 



Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, Rectigon batterj' charger; Mazda lamps; 

 automobile wiring systems and small motors for household pur- 

 poses. 



