NoVEMIilCR, I, 1907.) 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



53 



TIRES AT THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW. 



THE eighth aniuial automobile show of the Automobile Club 

 of America, held in New York, October 24-31, at the Grand 

 Central Palace, was of more than usual interest to the rubber 

 trade. Not only is it on a larger scale than previous automobile 

 shows in New York, but many of the tire concerns had new 

 features to exhibit. 



The tire exhibits showed a continued departure from the era 

 of "freaks" in tire construction, toward the smooth, round, 

 wrappcd-tread clincher type. Antiskid features were not nu- 

 merous and were simpler, the popular type having a few rows 

 of rivets embedded in the tread, without leather. There were 

 two or three new removable rims, but several of last year's 

 types have been withdrawn from the market. Detachable 

 flanges were fewer than last year, with no new ones. The turn- 

 buckle type seems the most popular. There were several new 

 tires, but several old companies did not appear. This cushion 

 type of tire has about disappeared from the market. The 

 Bailey tread has grown in popularity. 



Morgan & Wright exhibited the Dunlop, standard clincher, and 

 quick detachable clincher mounted on the new Midgley rim. A 

 conspicuous feature of the exhibit was a 40 x 4 inch tire with 

 Bailey tread. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. showed their standard 

 line of tires — detachable and clincher — and their "Universal" 

 rim. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. exhibited their regular types of 

 smooth and narrow flat tread, and their detachable rim. 



The Fisk Rubber Co. exhibited their regular line of tires, with 

 flat, round, and Bailey treads. They have also brought out a 

 removable rim, with a felloe band, raised on one side, upon 

 which an inflated and mounted tire can be slipped and held 

 on by wedge-headed through bolts, on the general Vinet 

 principle. 



The Michclin Tire Co.. now American as well as French 

 manufacturers, showed their standard tires, and the beautiful 

 "Sciiicllc Michelin" (Michelin tread). They also showed their 

 well known removable rim. 



The Pneu 1' Electric Co. showed the tires made by the Societe 

 Industrielle des Telephones, and the Samson, which they are 

 now licensed to use. They also had an exhibit of insulated wire. 



The Automobile Utilities Co. showed their Shaw self sealing 

 inner tube, the tube Ijeing double, with a layer of thick, gummy 

 material within. 



The Crescent Parts Co. showed their removable rim, known 

 formerly as the Harburg rim. 



The Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. showed their regular tires. 



The Republic Rubber Co. showed their round and flat tread 

 tires, the flat tread having two very deep grooves. They also 

 show'ed twin solid truck tires, and featured their new detach- 

 able flange rim. 



Herz & Co. showed the Miskolczy (Vienna) flat tread and 

 antiskid tire, with embedded rivets and a thick rubber cushion 

 between the fabric and the tread. 



The Empire Automobile Tire Co. showed their smooth and 

 thickened tread pneumatics, and their buttoned tire case. 



Charles J. Downing showed the Genesee clincher tires. 



The Motz Clincher Tire and Rubber Co. showed their regular 

 solid tires apd their dual-tread solid cushion tire. 



The Leather Tire Goods Co. showed the Woodworth tread, 

 the Kantskid climber, and their leather covered inner tube. 



The G. & J. Tire Co. showed, besides their standard type, with 

 thickened, flat tread, a smooth, round, wrapped tread type. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co. had their regular line of 

 clincher and Dunlop tires, and also a combination type, being 

 the wired-on tire with a clincher bead added. They also furnish 

 the Midglcv tread already ground or flat. 



The Diamond Rubber Co. showed their standard pneumatic 

 and wire-mesh-base solid tires, and their improved antiskid, with 

 narrow, fiat, raised tread, the rivets imbedded in the tread, with- 

 out any leather. They showed smooth round and flat treads, 

 their Marsh rim, and their new demountable rim, used in the 

 Vanderbilt race, but not before exhibited at an automobile show. 

 The rim is slipped over the felloe band and held by clip-headed 

 through bolts. 



The National Sales Corporation showed Pirelli tires. 



The Mitchell Punctureless Tire Co. showed one of their 

 tires running against a roller, sections of the rim being cut out 

 to show the action of the tire. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. showed their regular line of 

 round, flat, smooth and corrugated treads and antiskid tread. 



The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. displayed their pneumatics 

 prominently, as well as great and small solid tires, and a large 

 lire hosewagon wheel with twin solid tire. They also showed 

 their removal rim, and their dual-tread tire. 



The Swinehart Clincher Tire and Rubber Co. showed their 

 standard solid cushion tire, and their twin truck tire with central 

 chain to prevent slipping. 



The Continental Caoutchouc Co. showed their regular tires, 

 made to fit American rims. They also showed their adaptation 

 of the Vinet removable rim, the felloe band being adapted to 

 hold any standard rim. It can be fitted on any wheel. 



The Trenton Rubber Manufacturing Co. showed their Home 

 detachable tire, in round, flat and thickened tread, with red and 

 gray tubes, floor mats, rubber matting and thermoid wire-meshed 

 brake lining, packings and rubber matting. 



The Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. had a fine display of hard 

 rubber goods, including various hard rubber automobile acces- 

 .'ories, as steering wheels, lever grips, tank caps, faucets, battery 

 jars and covers, besides hard rubber surgical goods, shaving 

 brushes, water-meter paddle and turbine wheels, dye-spinning 

 tanks, new and old types of telephone receivers and mouth- 

 pieces, and many other hard rubber specialties, the vi\\o\s making 

 a beautiful display, which attracted much attention. 



The Long & Mann Co. showed their tire tools and their new 

 detachable rim. Half of this rim is fast, while the other half 

 is held on by through bolts, and also by offsets underneath, 

 which fit into tangential slots in the felloe barud. 



Arthur H. Middleton showed his clincher block solid tire, 

 the rubber sections being capped with iron. 



The Morris Auto Co. showed their standard tire protector, 

 which is a thick rubber and fabric casing, with inextensible edges, 

 and holds fast so long as the tire is inflated. 



The Newmastic Tire Co., the Elastic Tire Filling Co., William 

 Wooster and Smalley Daniels showed their elastic tire fillers. 

 The Newmastic Tire Co. had a "Newmastic" and a pneumatic 

 tire mounted alongside, so that their comparative resilience 

 might be tested with a hinged lever. 



The Gilbert Manufacturing Co., the Allen Auto Specialty Co., 

 the Nathan Novelty Manufacturing Co. and Post and Lester 

 showed their tire cases. The buttoned type of tire case was 

 much in evidence. The Traver Blowout Patch Co. also showed 

 their patches. 



In addition to the displays mentioned in the preceding lines, 

 several of the rubber manufacturing companies exhibited auto- 

 mobile clothing, rubber mats and matting, and hard rubber goods 

 for automobiling uses. 



COMING EVENTS. 



The annual automobile show under the direction of the Asso- 

 ciation of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers will be held at 

 the Madison Square Garden, in New York, November 2-9. 

 The leading tire companies will be represented at this show 

 practically by the same exhibits that were seen at the Grand 

 Central Palace. 



The Chicago automobile show will open on November 30 

 and continue until December 7. 



