June 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



TRADE NOTES. 



The U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Co., Inc., Xew York City, is 

 adding to its factory at Buffalo, Xew York, a storehouse, 150 x 

 150 feet, equipped with electric cranes for handling scrap, with 

 a capacity of about 3.000 tons. Ground has also been broken for 

 a new mill z-.t Buffalo, which will be three stories and basement, 

 150 X 100 feet. The storehouse will be completed within two 

 months, and the mill in the early fall. 



We understand that W, M. Mackintosh, inventor of "Gal- 

 bulose," and who has recently been connected with the Columbus 

 Rubber Co., Montreal, Canada, contemplates starting a factory 

 in the neighborhood of that city for the purpose of treating fab- 

 rics with his process, which renders cloth substances so treated 

 waterproof, rot and mildew-proof, and is guaranteed an abso- 

 lute repellant, and of special value at the present time for treating 

 fabrics for army blankets, tents, ponchos, etc. Mr. Mackintosh 

 is a thorough rubber man. He started with the North British 

 Rubber Co. in 1880 and was w-ith them ten years, after which 

 he was with several Continental and European rubber factories, 

 returning to England and later coming to this country and to 

 Canada. 



Joosten & Janssen. rubber brokers, Amsterdam, Holland, have 

 established a branch office at 15 William street. New York City, 

 which will be in charge of Ernest Janssen, one of the partners, 

 and A. F. Baarslag. 



The Charles Harley Co., of San Francisco, among the largest 

 operators on the Western coast in scrap rubber and other mate- 

 rials, has opened a New York office in the Woolworth building. 

 H. Greene,' well known in waste rubber circles, is the New- 

 York representative. 



The Berkshire Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, has changed its 

 name to the Scioto Rubber Co. and is now located at Columbus, 

 Ohio, at Fifth avenue and the Big Four Railroad. Installation 

 of machinery is completed and the company will manufacture 

 rubber heels, toy balloons, rubber fabric and novelties of all 

 kinds. It is the first rubber factory to locate in Columbus. 



The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, has placed on 

 the market a new black tread tire of remarkable strength and 

 toughness. It is made of their exclusive Prodium Process Rub- 

 ber or "Prodium." The characteristics of this new triumph in 

 compounding are wonderful tensile strength ; practical freedom 

 from cutting or chipping on rough stony roads; remarkable re- 

 siliency; smooth wearing; heat resisting quality and light weight. 

 Rosenwal<i,& Weil, Chicago, Illinois, report having sold 250.- 

 000 yards of. rubber sheeting and considerably more than 1,000.- 

 000 yards of other goods within a year. This concern has re- 

 cently organized a new department in the plant for calendering 

 cloths. This is in addition to its regular business of proofiny 

 .cloth for the trade and the manufacture of a regular line 

 men's raincoats and similar garments. This firm is rapidly estali- 

 lishing agencies throughout the United States for the products 

 turned out in its establishment. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, ha^ 

 sent to the trade an announcement, effective May 15, of a rr 

 duction of prices on its Vacuum Cup and Ebony Tread tires, 

 claiming that although the tendency of the market in many raw 

 materials is, in a general way, distinctly upward, the saving 

 effected, through improvements in its new plant, resulting in a 

 largely increased production, has enabled the company to make 

 this change in prices. Prices on their Paruco Gray and Puregum 

 tubes are unchanged. 



A drawback allowance was granted on May 24 on dress shields 

 manufactured by the I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co., New York City, 

 with the use of imported silk piece goods after the same have 

 been dyed for its account by the United Piece Dye Works, Lodi, 

 New Jersey, 



FIRESTONE TRUCK TIRES ADAPTED TO RAILWAY 

 TRACKS. 



'T'lIK adaptation of the automobile to run on standard gage 

 railroad tracks is an accomplished fact. A Riker truck, made 

 by the Locomobile Co. of America recently ran from Columbus, 

 New Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, 9i miles, at an average speed 

 of 18 mdes an hciur actual running time, carrying 20 soldiers and 



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a machine gun. On its arrival, the steel rims were removed and 

 the truck proceeded on its pneumatic tires to the hotel in El 

 Paso, where Generals Scott and Funston made a careful in- 

 spection of the vehicle. General Scott and his engineers pro- 

 nounced the test to be most satisfactory. The truck left El Paso 

 the same evening for the return trip to Columbus, which was 

 accomplished without incident. . 



A number of these trucks, equipped with Firestone tires, are to 

 be used by the United States Army in Mexico, below Cases 

 Grandes, where Gen. Pershing controls the railroad. They are 

 c(|Uipped with flanged steel rims, fitted over the wheels, which 

 take the rails the same as a locomotive wheel. These rims can 

 be carried on the truck while on regular road service, and when 

 desirable to run the truck over the railway lines, the flanges can 

 lie fitted over the tires of the truck wheels, in 15 minutes, and 

 the truck is ready to take the rails under its own p.iwer. The 



device was invented and developed by A. L. Riker, vice-president 

 and chief engineer of The Locomobile Co. of America. His 

 achievement opens up a new and important field of endeavor for 

 the gas motor truck. Mr. Riker is chairman of the Committee 

 on Internal Combustion Motors of the United States Naval 

 Advisory Board. 



