Febrvarv 1, 1916. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



245 



TRADE NOTES. 



During the holiday season the Chicago Rubber Clothing Co., 

 Racine, Wisconsin, used for its correspondence its regular 

 lithographed letterhead, in the lower left-hand corner of which 

 was specially printed a green and red holly wreath inscribed 

 with appropriate season's greetings. 



The Faultless Rubber Co., Ashland, Ohio, has erected a new 

 addition of modern fireproof construction to its factory which 

 adds 30,000 square feet to the 135,000 square feet of floor 

 space now in use. In the mill room, which will occupy the 

 ground floor of the new structure, the mills and calenders will 

 rest on concrete foundations extending to bed rock. The sec- 

 ond floor will be devoted to various manufacturing depart- 

 ments. All machinery will be driven by electricity made in the 

 factory from steam generated in 250 horse-power boilers by local 

 natural gas. 



The plant at Lowell. Massachusetts, formerly occupied by the 

 Patterson Rubber Co., has been taken over by the R. B. Phillips 

 Co., manufacturer of munitions. 



The Okonite Co., New York City, has established at its factory 

 a research department with J. P. ^Millwood in charge. Mr. 

 Millwood was head of the Chemical Research Department of 

 the United States Navy Yard at New York for 20 years, and 

 is held in high esteem as a rubber chemist. Dr. Comfort A. 

 Adams, professor of electrical engineering at Harvard University, 

 is retained as consulting engineer of the new department. 



Philip De Ronde, president of the Oriental Navigation Co., 

 announces the removal of the company's offices to Room 1134, 



17 Battery place. New York City. 



A remarkable record of efficiency was made recently by the 

 Quebec division of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., 

 Limited, Montreal, Canada, when 55,100 pairs of hip rubber boots 

 required by the British army in Flanders, were finished in 45 

 days. These boots had special features, that added considerably 

 to the work of making such as an extra heavy skirt and much 

 wider mouth than the standard style and special straps at ankle 

 and knee, with automatic buckles, A supplementary order has 

 since been received by the company. 



The rubber overflow trimmer made by Arthur Jackson Wills, 

 North Brookfield, Massachusetts, has evidently qualified with 

 the rubber trade. It is reported that 33 of these machines have 

 recently been installed in the finishing room of one of the largest 

 manufacturers of mechanical goods in the country. 



In addition to the storage warehouse recently completed for 

 the Electric Hose & Rubber Co., Wilmington, Delaware, on the 

 eastern end of its mill, a second story, 30 x 225 feet, is being 

 erected over the braiding room on the western side for the pur- 

 pose of installing new braiding machines. Additional machinery 

 is also being installed to take care of the demand for molded 

 hose, which, when in place, will increase the daily capacity to 

 about 125,000 feet. 



At the thirteenth annual meeting of the Electrical Contrac- 

 tors' Association of Wisconsin, held in Milwaukee, January IT 



18 and 19, Henry A, Morss, vice-president of the Simplex Wir 

 & Cable Co., read a paper on "The Manufacture of Insulate I 

 Wires and Cables," which was illustrated with motion-pictures 

 and lantern slides. 



In the announcement of promotions and changes in office and 

 factory staffs of the Standard Underground Cable Co.'s plant at 

 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, it is noted that H, W. Fisher con- 

 tinues as chief electrical engineer of the company, and in addi- 

 tion becomes manager of the lead-cable works and rubber wire 

 and cable factories. Tracy D. Waring will be assistant manager 

 of the lead-cable works and of the rubber-wire factory, and 

 Albert C, Meyers will be superintendent of the rubber-wire 

 factory. 



THE KEW "USCO- TIEE. 



The successful combining of rubber and fabric has never been 

 simple proposition, but in tli.e new "Usco" tire it is claimed a 

 practically perfect union has been 

 effected and that the plies of fabric 

 are so unified by the rubber that 

 they cannot possibly separate. 



This new tire, which has been 

 subjected to the most severe tests, 

 is adapted for use on small or large 

 cars. The very attractive tread 

 design is said to offer protection 

 against skidding. The letters "U," 

 with their curves and angles, grip 

 and cling to the slippery roads. 

 From the illustration it may be seen 

 that the tread rubber is of unusual 

 thickness, which feature adds to 

 endurance and mileage. The com- 

 pany will also offer to the trade this 

 season a new high grade cord tire 

 under the name of "Royal Cord." 

 [United States Tire Co., New York.] 



THE MATTSON HAND-MADE TIRE. 



The Mattson Rubber Co., one of the 

 oldest rubber manufacturing companies 

 in the United States, began chiefly as a 

 druggists' sundries concern. From time to 

 time it has, however, added other lines. 

 One of its specialties today is the Mattson 

 hand-made tire. The illustration shows 

 the depressed type of non-skid used. 

 This tire adds one more to the large list 

 of distinctive American motor tires. 

 [Mattson Rubber Co., Lodi. New Jersey.] 



THE SIMMONS TIRE. 



A new tire known as the "Simmons" promises to interest 



owners and manufacturers of auto trucks. 



As will be seen in the accompanying illustration, this tire 



is made up of cylindrical rubber blocks, held in place by 

 flanges and by rough-faced steel 

 forgings that are tightly bolted 

 through the rim of the wheel. 

 After the rubber cylinders have 

 shown wear, the bolts holding the 

 forgings are loosened and the rub- 

 ber blocks are turned, thus present- 

 ing a new wearing surface to the 

 tread. 



It is claimed that the rubber 

 blocks can be turned at least six 

 times and that each time the tire 

 will be practically as good as new, 

 that skidding is overcome and that 

 better traction is obtained than 

 with a dual tire. Each tire is guar- 

 [ Modern Railway Appliances Co., 



Alba 



SMALL TIRES IN THE MAJORITY. 



The tendency toward lighter weights in automobile construc- 

 tion is reflected in the reduced size of tires. The "Automobile" 

 finds that, taking the average for all cars, the nearest regular tire 

 size corresponding to this average figure is now 33x4i/^ inches. 

 In 1910 and 1911 the average size was 34x4 inches. This in- 

 creased until 1914, when the average was raised to 35 x 4]4 

 inches. Since then it has declined. 



