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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1907. 



NEW HODGMAN SPECIALTIES. 



IT is not always lliat illustrations of rubber surface clothing 

 * give a fair idea of either the value or finish of the garments. 

 The picture of the V neck auto shirt shown here, however, is 

 fairly descriptive. The coat, which is an original design just 

 brought out by the Hodgman Rubber Co. (New York), and for 

 which a patent has been applied, is of the shirt type without 

 buttons or fastening of any sort, the neck and collar being made 

 of a series of gussets filled with thin elastic rubber, so that the 

 collar may easilj' be stretched, allowing the garment to be put 

 on over the head. The sleeves also have the same type of 



gussets. The garment 

 is made of very light 

 weight fabrics and in 

 two colors — black and 

 a dark rich red — the 

 rubber surface being 

 upon the outside. The 

 red coat, by the way, 

 has the collar and 

 cuffs finished in black 

 rubber, the whole ef- 

 fect being very ele- 

 gant. The coat is 

 windproof and rain- 

 proof, and is so light 

 in weight and the 

 finish of the coat is so 

 ' good, that any objec- 

 tion to a rubber sur- 



; face garment that the 



most finical may have 

 disappears at sight. 

 These garments in 

 black retail at $10 and 

 in red at $12.50. 



The Hodgman spe- 

 cialties in water- 

 proof clothing in- 

 clude a line of silk 

 goods both for auto- 

 mobile and street 

 wear. No doubt many have seen these goods without having 

 entered the Hodgman stores, as they appear in the warerooms 

 of the great cloak houses and are often described as "imported 

 garments." In making up these garments, the patterns, which 

 are exclusively Hodgman designs, are made to closely follow 

 the cloak fashions of the best houses here and abroad. The silk 

 goods are what are known as "confined" fabrics ; that is, the 

 Hodgman company have them exclusively, and the manager of 

 their silk coat department revises and changes these designs 

 every month, alternating and combining checks, stripes, change- 

 able silks, and using whatever the taste of the best dressed may 

 demand at that particular time. All of the garments are finished 

 with a delicate coating of transparent Para rubber on the inside 

 of the garment, and all seams are cemented. An idea of the type 

 of garments made may be had when one remembers that retail 

 prices range from $15 to $60 a garment. 



THE NEW "SKIPPER" OVERSHOE. 



HoDGM.\N "V" Xeck Auto Shirt. 



WANTS AND INQUIRIES. 



[443] YV/ AX TED names of 

 ' • reels for garden 



)f manufacturers of wooden hose 

 garden hose. 



[444] From a rubber manufacturer in New Jersey comes an 

 inciuiry regarding where to buy olear gum. 



[445I "Where are regular hose armoring machines built?" 

 [446] Wanted information about gum tragasol — if it has 

 another name, and where it can be procured. 



T OW cut rubber shoes, in fact very low cut, so much so that 

 ■*— ' they are practically sole and heel protectors, are exactly 

 what a great many people want. For city wear, particularly, 

 if the sole and heel are protected, that is all that is necessary. 

 An overshoe, however, that does not come over the upper of 



the leather shoe is 

 difficult to keep on, 

 and there have been 

 many types all 

 shaped toward this 

 end. Without hav- 

 ing worn it — as it 

 "Skipper" Overshoe. is only just on the 



market — one patent- 

 ed lately by Frederic C. Hood, of the Hood Rubber Co. (Bos- 

 ton), looks very much as if it had solved the problem. As will 

 be seen from the illustration, a reinforcing strip of frictioned 

 fabric with its upper edge folded upon itself is vulcanized to 

 the upper edge of the shoe, on the inside, forming a bead under 

 which the sole of the leather shoe naturally and easily slips. 

 The bead is entirely out of sight and its only office is to hold 

 the shoe on in whatever position the foot may be. The shoe, by 

 the way, is called the "Skipper," and is manufactured under 

 United States patent No. 867,882, issued October 8, 1907. It is- 

 manufactured bv the Hood Rubber Co. 



CANADIAN TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



' I 'HE business formerly known as the Vancouver branch' 

 •^ of the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 of Toronto, Limited, has recentlj' been incorporated under 

 the name of the Vancouver Rubber Co., Limitsd. A. G. Mc- 

 Kenney is general manager and the location is No. 160 Hastings 

 street. West, Vancouver, British Columbia. The company are 

 selling agents for the Gutta Percha company. 



The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. of Toronto. 

 Limited, as an evidence of interest in the health of their emplo3"es, 

 have arranged to supply the latter with mineral water from a 

 series of sanitary coolers throughout the works. 



The rubber footwear factories in Canada have been kept busy 

 all season and still have large orders on hand. The unusually 

 fine fall weather was not conducive to sales by retailers, though 

 the general outlook is promising for a good winter trade. The- 

 sale of heavy goods is expected to be large in the regions lately 

 opened up in the west and north. 



The Aluminum Flake Co. (Akron, Ohio) announce that Mr. 

 A. J. MacLaren will handle aluminum flake for the rubber trade 

 throughout Canada. 



The largest asbestos mine in Canada, it is said, is owned by 

 (I, W. Johns-Manville Co., of New York. 



INSULATED WIRE IN CANADA. 



The display made by The Wire and Cable Co. of Montreal, at 

 the recent first annual Electrical Show in that city, attracted 

 much attention. Their booth contained exhibits of insulated 

 wire of almost every description, all attractively arranged. Rub- 

 ber insulated wires fill an important place among their products, 

 and a display of crude rubber was an interesting feature in 

 their space. 



CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS IN SESSION. 



.•\t the thirty-sixth annual convention of the Canadian Manu- 

 facturers' Association, held recently at Toronto, the rubber in- 

 dustry was well represented. At the election of officers, D. Lome 

 McGibbon, president of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co.. 

 Limited, was placed on the list of vice-presidents. The executive 

 council of the association includes John J. McGill, of the Durham- 

 Rubber Co., Limited, and Robert J. Vounge, of the Canadiaii 

 Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited. 



