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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1908. 



BER World: "Up to June 30, 1908, there have been 57,85/ state- 

 ments of owners of motor vehicles hied in this office. How- 

 ever, this does not show that there are that number of machines 

 being operated in New York State, as 20,000 or more of these 

 statements have been canceled. There were 8,522 statements 

 filed last year from January i to June 30, and 8,246 filed this 

 year from said dates." 



The number of automobiles registered in New Jersey under the 

 law of 1906, between April 12 and December 31 in that year, 

 was 13,759. A new registration being required each year, the 

 total number in 1907 was 17,619. The registration for the first 

 half of 1908, to July i, was 11,532, against 8,521 during the first 

 half of last year. 



The registration of automobiles is required in every state, but 

 there is a lack of uniformity in systems, and it is practically im- 

 possible, in most states, to learn the number under registration. 

 A suggestion has been made for a uniform system of registra- 

 tion throughout the country, for which various advantages are 

 claimed. 



AtriOMOBILES IN GERMANY. 



The number of motor vehicles in Germany on January i, 

 1908, was stated officially at 36,022, of which 14,671 were auto- 

 mobiles, 1,778 commercial vehicles, and 19.573 motor cycles. The 

 increase in the number of all such vehicles in the city of Berlin 

 during the year appears to have been only 6, although the in- 

 crease throughout the empire was 33 per cent.— the number on 

 January I, 1907, being 27,026. The numher of foreign owned 

 cars which entered Germany for touring purposes during 1907 

 was 5,686. 



TIRES AND TIRE MAKERS. 



A COMPETITION for mechanically operated tire inflators for 

 automobiles will be a feature of the coming Paris automobile 

 show in the Grand Palais. Any type of apparatus is eligible to 

 compete which does not use compressed air prepared in ad- 

 vance. 



Mr. Fred C. Hood, of the Hood Rubber Co. (Boston), 

 took with him on a recent visit to Europe an automobile equipped 

 with his firm's "Shawmut" tires, which withstood 2,900 miles 

 of touring without reinflation, which is not a bad showing for 

 Boston air. 



The tires made by the long-established factory of O. Englebert 

 fils et Cie., at Liege, Belgium, are represented in the United 

 States by the William Sanford Co., in Philadelphia. 



"Americ.\n" Puncture Pkiihf Mcituk Tire. 

 [American Motor Car Tire Co., Mansfield, Ohio.] 



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The use of solid rubber tires on the better class of carriages 

 is increasing in Copenhagen, according to the American consul, 

 Mr. Frank R. Mowrer. The introduction of ta.ximeter cabs 

 is leading to an increased demand for pneumatics. Solid 

 tires are imported mainly from England. American made 

 solids are referred to as being too soft, and while relatively 

 cheaper at the factory than British makes, the transportation 

 charges offset this advantage. 



A tire endurance test of interest resulted from a tour of 

 3,000 miles across Queensland, by the Hon. J. W. Blair, of that 

 country, in a Panhard car, fitted with "Continental" tires. He 

 covered the whole trip on one complete set of tires, which at 

 the end of the journey showed very little wear, though the 

 roads in many cases were very rough. 



Rubber tires of American make, if imported into France, 

 pay a duty of 90 francs per kilogram [^$17.37 for 220 pounds], 

 while tires from other countries are dutiable at only 70 francs 

 [:= $13.51] for the same weight. In consequence, according 

 to the American general consul at Marseilles (Mr. Robert P. 

 Skinner), France imports very few tires from the United States. 



The American consul general at Marseilles reports that the 

 use of pneumatic tires with chains woven about them, such 

 as are seen in New York, would not be permitted in French 

 city streets. But he reports an extensive used of nail studded 

 tires, which he thinks are doing incalculable damage to the 

 roads. 



ELEAZER KEMPSHALL IN EUROPE. 



In London Motoring Illustrated is pictured a street scene 

 showing a row of "sandwich" men, who, in addition to bearing 

 over their heads boards advertising the Kempshall Tyre Co., 

 wear motoring coats and parade the streets with Kempshall 

 tires flung over their shoulders. A procession of these men 

 in the picture mentioned is headed by a motor car, one of 

 the occupants of which is described by our contemporary as 

 "Colonel Eleazer Kempshall, inventor of the tire and the golf 

 ball which also bears his name." 



ANYBODY CAN USE "RUBBER.' 



THE United States circuit court of appeals at St. Louis, 

 on August 14, handed down a decision in the case of the 

 Trinidad Asphalt Co., a corporation of Missouri, and the Stand- 

 ard Paint Co., a corporation of Virginia. The suit grew out of 

 an article put upon the market in 1904 by the Standard Paint Co. 

 called "Ruberoid." In 1904 the Trinidad .\sphalt Co. put out 

 a similar line of goods and marked it "Rubber O." The 

 Standard company enjoined the Trinidad from using the name. 

 The lower court sustained the contention. An appeal was taken 

 by the Trinidad company and as a result the decree was re- 

 versed. The appellate court held that "rubber" belongs to the 

 public and that any one can use it. 



'.American" Puncture Proof Mutuk Iire. 



[Sectional view, showing compartments.] 



The Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Limited, report 

 trading profits for the year ended June 30, 1908, of £37,094 

 [^=$180,519.55]. The directors recommended a dividend for 

 the last six months of 5 per cent., making, with the interim 

 dividend, yyi per cent, for the year. The carry over is £7,874, 

 against £1.262 last vcar. 



E.xcelsior Inner Tuee Stea.m \'ulc.\nizer. 



[Will vulcanize at one setting long cuts, or severe punctures at a time. 

 John Wishart Machine Works, Inc., Chicago.] 



