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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1904. 



EUREKA FIRE HOSE CO. AT THE WORLDS FAIR. 



THE exhibit made by the Eureka Fire Hose Co. (New 

 York) at the St. Louis exposition is a very attractive 

 one, and will well repay a visit to Machinery Hall, where it is 

 located in Aisle A, Section 28. The exhibit consists primarily 

 of a series of handsomely pol- 



electric covering. This feature of the exhibit shows about 

 two hundred 4" samples of fabrics manufactured by the Eureka 

 Fire Hose Co., which are regularly carried in stock or made 

 to order. 



In one of the cases before mentioned is a section of the first 

 seamless circular woven multiple fire hose ever made, and 



which was woven in 1875 by 



EUREKA FIRE HOSE CO.'S EXHIBIT. 



ished oak cases, 7 feet high, 

 mounted upon a raised plat- 

 form of the same material, 25 

 feet long and 12 feet deep. 



A flight of three steps leads 

 up to a large central case, on 

 top of which is a square plat- 

 form supported by a number 

 of 30" Underwriters play pipes. 

 On this platform is placed a 

 large coil of the company's 

 brands of firehose — "Eureka," 

 " Paragon," and " Red Cross " 

 — the whole surmounted by 

 an immense golden eagle, 

 representing the widely known 

 trademark of the Eureka com- 

 pany. The entire height of 

 the exhibit is 20 feet or more. 



The cases, five in number, 

 are arranged to show all the 

 various products manufact- 

 ured by the Eureka Fire Hose Co., 

 at their factory at Jersey City, and 

 include a complete line of fire hose, 

 mill hose, jacket hose, steam hose, 

 refining hose, garden hose, etc., of 

 which they are the largest manu- 

 facturers in the world. 



On top of the three central cases 

 is an assortment of brass work that 

 is especially attractive, consisting 

 of Underwriter play pipes in the 

 center of each, with play pipes of 

 graduated sizes on either side. 

 Above one of the side cases are 

 shown expanding rings from 6° to 

 I* diameter and on another is an 

 exhibit of spanners, wrenches, and 

 the like, all made of solid brass. At 

 one side of the platform is placed 

 an interesting assortment of coup- 

 lings arranging from 6" to 1" diam- 

 eter, and on the other side, various 

 other makes of couplings of 2%" 

 diameter manufactured by the Eu- 

 reka company. 



A feature of the exhibit is a tree 

 25 feet in height, the trunk and 

 branches of which are covered en- 

 tirely with Eureka hose, ranging 

 from 6" water boat fire hose down ,N THE FIRE FIQHTINQ exhibition. 



to %" garden hose. Another part of the display which attracts 

 considerable attention is a huge spear shaped standard 30 feet 

 high, covered with hydraulic mining hose rubber lined and 

 unlined, arranged in sizes from 12" to 5"; also 7" to yi" linen 

 hose and razor strap fabrics, fire hose from 6" water boat fire 

 hose to I* chemical engine hose, mill hose, hydraulic hose, and 



Mr. B. L.Stowe, now vice presi- 

 dent of the Eureka company. 

 There is also a piece of the first 

 circular woven multiple fire 

 hose rubber lined, which was 

 made in 1875, and the rubber 

 in which apparently is yet in 

 good condition. There are 

 also samples in the same case 

 of seamless canvas hose from 

 12" to 5" in diameter. 



The entire exhibit is encir- 

 cled by an unique railing made 

 of fire hose, arranged to leave 

 an opening in front at the cen- 

 ter, where the hose terminates 

 with Eureka play pipes. This 

 railing starts at the back of 

 the exhibit from either side 

 leading from iron standards, 

 one of which supports a hose 

 reel and the other a hose rack 

 of the latest design. 



Altogether the exhibit is even 

 more attractive than the splendid 

 displays made by the same company 

 at the Paris and Buffalo expositions, 

 at which they were awarded gold 



medals. 



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The Eureka Fire Hose Co. have 

 a secondary display in Chief Hale's 

 Fire Fighting Exposition at the St. 

 Louis fair. It consists of a large 

 and attractively designed pagoda, 

 standing more than 20 feet high. 

 Four of the eight sides are utilized 

 for doors or entrances, in the shape 

 of arches formed with sections of 

 Eureka hose, while the alternate 

 arches are occupied by cases show- 

 ing samples of Eureka fire hose and 

 other products. The roof, which 

 is formed almost entirely of play 

 pipes, is most ingenious in its con- 

 struction and shows a dome sur- 

 mounted by a play pipe of large pro- 

 portions. The exhibit is built up 

 in its various sections, of pipe 

 couplings and other fire department 

 materials, manufactured by the Eu- 

 reka company. 



At the annual meeting of the American Chicle Co., in 

 Jersey City, the president reported that during the year ended 

 June 30 dividends had been paid amounting to $900,000, and 

 $21 1,000 added to the surplus, which amounts now to $988,000. 

 The capital is $3,000,000 preferred and $6,000,000 common. 



