December 1. 19] 1. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Some Rubber Interests in Europe. 



A DEPENDABLE LINE OF MACHINERY. 



A COMPLETE and effective line of rubber plantation, rub- 

 ber factory, gutta percha and balata machinery is made by 

 David Bridge & Co., Limited, engineers and rubber nia- 

 cliinists, of Manchester, England, and sold extensively wherever 

 rubber is grown or manufactured. 



Among the specialties made by this company are a three-bowl 

 steam-driven calender ; easy to reverse and said to do exceed- 

 ingly effective work ; hydraulic, belting and sheeting presses 

 made with three platens or two-day lights, twenty-five feet long 

 and fifty inches wide, complete with hydrauHc gripping and 

 stretching features, claimed to be the largest made in England, 

 or on the Continent. 



The Bridge company issue a number of comprehensive and 

 profusely illustrated catalogues indicating the size, appearance 

 and general province of their various machines, which may be 

 had upon request. 



This well-known machinery is produced under the personal 

 supervision of Mr. Robert Bridge, the head of the house, and 

 one of the most successful rubber machii ery n.en in Europe. 



E. DE HAENS NEW YOHK AGENTS. 



Here is a view of the extensive plant of E. De Haen in 

 Seelze, near Hannover, Germany, a concern now celebrating the 

 fiftieth anniversary of its founding by Dr. Eugen De Haen. This 

 is one of the oldest and largest chemical factories in Europe. 



One of the chief specialties manufactured by this firm is sul- 

 phuret of antimony, used in the rubber industry. They can de- 

 liver this article in any desired shade, either alisolutely free of 



Che-mic.\l Pl.\nt of E. De Haen. 



free sulphur or with any desired percentage of free sulphur up 

 to SO per cent, and there is, moreover, the absolute guarantee 

 that they will always deliver the same quality and color as they 

 have first delivered. 



E. De Haen will always make a special analysis of any sample 

 which may be sent by their .American agents. They have ap- 

 pointed as their American agents Messrs. Pfaltz & Bauer, 300 

 Pearl street, this city, who will at any time quote prices and 

 send samples and who will also carry a stock. 



NEW HAMBURG RtTBBER SUBSTITUTE. 



Under the style of Elastozen G. m. b. H., a limited com- 

 pany has been incorporated at Hamburg to manufacture a 

 rubber substitute under the patent of H. Knoll. 



PROWODNIK CO. PUSHING AUSTRIAN TRADE 



With a view of marketing the products of the Prowodnik 

 Company, of Riga, the Russishe Gummiwaren-Import Actien- 

 Gesellschaft (Russian Rubber Goods Import Co.), has been es- 

 tablished at Vienna. 



A COAT BY DAY. A TENT BY NIGHT. 



Clever people the Germans. Here is an ingenious device of 

 theirs that considerably lightens the burdens of the infantryman. 

 They have devised a rubber coat which when taken off at night 



Co.ATS M.MIE J.NIii 



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Rubber Co.\t. 



and buttoned into a few other coats can be converted into a tent 

 that adequately covers as many men as have contributed to it. 



Here is a cut taken from a photographic reproduction in 

 "Popular Mechanics," which shows on one side a soldier in his 

 rubber coat and on the other side the combined coats being formed 

 into a tent. 



GERMAN RULES FOR SORTING AND PAIRING RUBBER SHOES. 



According to the Gummi-Zeitung, many complaints are heard 

 in Germany as to rubber shoes not matching, this complaint 

 being due to want of care in sorting and pairing. It is a mis- 

 taken policy, it is added, to allow such an occurrence, as nothing 

 is a better advertisement for a factory than for its shoes to be 

 carefully assorted in description, size, quality, shape, color, etc. 



Particular attention should be paid to uniformity of height of 

 the back, front and sides in each shoe of a pair. A good eye 

 and some experience are needed for this work. Each single pair 

 should be fastened together, either with string or press-buttons, 

 or even with clips. Thus, it is remarked, the overseer responsible 

 for the supervision of this branch of manufacture should not lose 

 sight of the shoes after vulcanizing, but should keep strict watch 

 on them until they are packed. 



For the purpose in view, the following course is suggested : 



1. After leaving the last the shoes to be sorted by quality into 

 "firsts" and "seconds." 



2. Every shoe ought to be examined separately for manufac- 

 turing or other defects. 



3. Shapes, widths and numbers to be sorted. 



4. The various marks to be correctly stamped. 



5. The separate pairs to be grouped right and left, according to 

 numbers. 



6. The fastening together of the separate pairs. 



The shoes are then ready to be sent to the packing room.. By 

 the observance of these rules it is claimed that quick and satis- 

 factory service will result. 



The ITEM WHICH appe.\red among the trade notes in the No- 

 vember issue of this publication — which, coming from a European 

 correspondent, seemed to be well substantiated— which stated that 

 it was rumored that the United States Rubber Reclaiming Works 

 contemplated erecting a reclaiming plant in St. Petersburg, was 

 an error, as it is stated by that company that no such enterprise is 

 in contemplation. 



