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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May I, 1908. 



SAVmSON RTTBBEB 00.— MORE NEW EQriPMENT. 

 The new heater room at the Davidson Rubber Co., now in com- 

 mission, is exceedingly complete. The vulcanizers, of which 

 there are five, are set horizontally about two feet below the 

 floor level of the room, are covered in with asbestos to prevent 

 radiation and equipped with recording gages, and so piped that 

 when they are blown off the steam is carried above the building. 

 In front of the heaters are tracks and switches which take the 

 cars from the various departments. The mold room, which is 

 just back of the heater room, is also connected by track, but be- 

 fore a heat of molds on the way from the vulcanizer reach the 

 mold rooms, they pass through a very ingenious spraying pan 

 which cools them so they can be easily handled. The room is 

 lighted from the sides and a monitor top roof and for night work 

 by electricity. 



RUBBER GOODS FOR THE GOVERNMEKT. 



The requirements of rubber goods for the bureau of en- 

 graving and printing, at Washington, for the fiscal year beginning 

 July I, 1908, include — 



1400 yards rubber cloth for plate printing, 45 inches wide. 

 600 yards rubber cloth, 36 inches wide. 

 24 printers' blankets. 18 x 26 inches. 

 210 pairs rubber boots. 

 120 gross rubber finger tips. 



The United States postoffice department has advertised for 

 proposals, to be sent to Washington by April 15, for sup- 

 plies- for the fiscal year beginning July I, including rubber 

 items of a greater amount than in any former year. The 

 specifications call for — 



11,000 poinids rubber bands. 



2,000 bevel erasers. 



1,925 dozen typewriter erasers. 



148,946 rubbei- stamps, in great variety. 



87s items of rubber stamp repairs. 



2,525 sets rubber type; also, 



14,750 pieces rubber type. 



7,020 dozen pads for rubier stamps. 



1,300 rubber stamping pads. 



10 gross finger cots. 



The specifications last year called for 104,801 rubber stamps. 

 This year's specifications do not mention "flexible stamps of 

 printers' roller composition," of which a considerable number 

 were taken at one time. 



RtTBBER GOODS FOR THE NEW YORK INSANE. 



Bids were opened on March 10 for furnishing supplies to the 



13 New York state hospitals for the insane, for a period of six 



months from October I, 1908, including the following items of 



rubber goods : 



240 men's black rubber coats. 

 184 dozen men's rubber boots. 

 SSVi dozen women's rubber boots. 

 161 dozen men's storm rubbers. 

 338 dozen women's storm, rubbers. 

 55 dozen men's felt boots, with pure gum overs. 

 5 dozen extra overs. 



GLENDALE ELASTIC FABRICS CO. ANNUAL. 



At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Glendale 

 Elastic Fabrics Co. (Easthampton, Massachusetts, March 27) 

 the following directors were elected: W. G. Bassett, Harry 

 E. Converse, Lucius Tuttle, Edmund K. Turner, George 

 Astill, and Edward P. Dickerman. William G. Bassett was 

 reflected president, George Astill general manager, and 

 Clifford A. Richmond clerk and assistant treasurer. The 

 affairs of the company were reported to be in a very pros- 

 perous condition, and the usual dividend was declared. 



AMERICAN MADE TAXIMETERS. 



First of the .American taximeters to be made and put in use 

 is the one made by the Westchester Appliance Co. { Yonkers, 

 X. Y.) and marketed through the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. (New 

 York). The taximeter is made under United States patent No. 

 760,125, owned by the Taximeter and Cab Co. of America, and 

 the first order was for 2,600, since which time, it is stated, other 

 orders have been placed. This taximeter shows the number of 

 trips ; the total cash for the day ; the total number of miles cov- 

 ered and each individual fare. Moreover, by a unique device it 



is arranged that when there is any discussion regarding fare 

 after the occupant leaves the cab, there is no chance of the 

 driver allowing the fare to be running up. This is accomplished 

 by a further low-ering of the flag. The selling rights are owned 

 by the Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co., who make a combination offer of 

 tires and taximeters to the trade. Horace De Lisser is president 

 of both the rubber company and the Westchester Appliance Co. 



THE MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. 



At the election of officers for the current year on March 5, 

 Mr. Henry R. Towne, president of the Yale & Towne Manu- 

 facturing Co., was chosen president, succeeding Mr. Clarence 

 Whitman, who declined reelection. The executive committee 

 have approved a bill introduced at Washington by Senator Bev- 

 eridge (Senate bill No. 3163), providing for the creation of a 

 permanent nonpartisan tariff commission. The association has 

 also been committed to the proposal that a special training school 

 be founded by the United States government for preparing 

 appointees to the diplomatic and consular services. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



Owing to the difficulty experienced by the Banigan Rubber Co. 

 in getting help in Providence in the past, arrangements have 

 been made to manufacture their product in Woonsocket as soon 

 as the necessary preparations can be made. 



The stock of the Pacific Coast Rubber Co., at Portland, Oregon, 

 burned on March 18, was insured for $64,000. 



Mr. Clifford H. Oakley, general superintendent of the Com- 

 bination Rubber Manufacturing Co., at Bloomfield, New Jersey, 

 and foririerly general manager of the Grieb Rubber Co., at 

 Trenton, tendered a dinner to the executive committee and ad- 

 visory board of the Trenton Manufacturers and Employers' 

 Association on the evening of March 26, in the Chamber of 

 Commerce Building, Trenton. Mr. Oakley has been president 

 of the association during the past year and the dinner was given 

 by him to mark his retirement from the office. Following the 

 banquet the association held its annual meeting and elected offi- 

 cers. Those chosen were : John Woodhouse, of the Woodhouse 

 Chain Works, president; William R. Thropp, manufacturer of 

 rubber machinery, vice-president ; Carl F. Adams, of the Adams 

 Electric Co., secretary ; Arthur Moon, of the Henry R. Fell 

 Paving Co., treasurer. 



Raw Products Co. (New York) favor us with a sheet of 

 statistics of crude rubber for 1907, including a chart of prices 

 of the leading Para sorts for three years past. 



The Woonsocket Rubber Co. are installing at their "Alice" 

 mill, at Woonsocket, a new 20" and 40" X 60" Rice & Sargent 

 horizontal compound condensing engine, designed to develop, 

 at 65 per cent, cut off, 950 hp. at 65 revolutions per minute. 

 The flywheel is 22 feet in diameter and weighs 80,000 pounds. 

 The stripping weight of the engine complete is 247,000 

 pounds. Charles F. Parker has the contract for building the 

 foundation for the engine, concrete floors, and so on. 



One of the most interesting of recent advertising novelties 

 brought out by any firm is the "Wales-Goodyear Arctic Inkwell," 

 distributed to their patrons by the rubber company indicated by 

 its title. It is of glass, in the form of a very useful article of 

 footwear, with an appropriate nickeled cover, and it is pointed 

 out that when filled with ink "it looks still more like an arctic." 



Edward G. Robertson has been elected treasurer of the 

 Rubber and Celluloid Harness Trimming Co. (Newark, New 

 Jersey), succeeding the late William McMurtry. 



The office of president and general manager of the Elk- 

 hart Rubber Works (Elkhart, Indiana) is now filled by Mr. 

 R. A. McKinney, identified formerly with Pittsburgh steel 

 interests. W. F. Schacht, who has had several years" practical 

 experience in rubber manufacturing, is superintendent. Mr. 

 George M. Graham, formerly manager, has retired from the 

 company and entered another line of business in Elkhar.t. 



