THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1916. 



boy's kite, being beld at an angle from horizontal so that the 

 wind helps to hold it steadily in suspension. Experiments at 

 the Goodyear Tire & Rnbber Co. factory have developed a 

 balloon which it is claimed can be operated in any weather 

 conditions, and will not pitch, roll nor yaw even in a stiff gale. 

 The new balloon is 81 feet long and 22 feet in its largest di- 

 ameter. Hydrogen gas is used for inflating. Tlie method of 

 rigging is readily shown in tin- iiiclurc, taken during the test 



last month which was conducted under the observation of rep- 

 resentatives from two foreign governments, and one each from 

 the United States Army and Navy, and pronounced satisfactory. 



The use of an automobile for holding the balloon was a novel 

 proceeding. The "kite string" was a wire cable. This was 

 passed over a drum, and power was transmitted to the drum 

 from the driving wheel of the automobile, thus allowing the 

 balloon to be raised or lowered as desired, an experiment found 

 to be fully successful. 



It is claimed that in 1907 the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 

 made 28,685 tires ; that this year it will make more than 3,000,000, 

 and that in 1917 the output of Goodyear tires will exceed 5,000,000. 



To make a larger area available as a site for the Goodyear 

 company's new mechanical goods and chemical plants, a new 

 channel is being excavated for the Little Cuyahoga River, in- 

 cidentally shortening its course. 



The third smoke-stack of the Goodyear company, which 

 was recently completed, is the highest in the State, and re- 

 quired 1,585 tons of brick in its construction. It is 21 feet 6 

 inches in diameter at the top, which is 250 feet above floor level. 

 On June 22. the Goodyear company set a new record in tire 

 production by turning out in 24 hours 28,499 tires. 



A delegation of the American .'Association of Chemical Engi- 

 neers recently were shown through the factory of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., and subsequently entertained at luncheon at the 

 Portage Country Club, Akron, Ohio. 



Garth A. Dodge, one of the well-known rubber engineers of 

 Akron, and a member of the American Society of Automobile 

 Engineers, has recently accepted the position of factory manager 

 and mechanical engineer with The Dayton Rubber Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Dayton. Ohio. 



.•\. J. Cethca, a chemist of cxiicricnce schooled in the Akron 

 plants, lias also joined the staff nf the Dayton company. 



.-\mong the recent visitors to Akron well known in rubber and 

 allied lines were: William D. Anderson, Bibb Manufacturing 

 Co., Macon, Georgia ; R. P. M. Eagles. Taylor Armitage & Co., 

 New York City; F. H. Peaty, H. A. Astlett & Co., New York 

 City; Merton A. Turner, Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., South 

 Braintree, Massachusetts, and Thomas Midgley, The Interlock 

 Core Co., Columbus, Ohio. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN BOSTON. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 

 D EG.\RDING the rubber trade generally, 1 find no one com- 

 * *■ plaining very greatly of dull times. To be sure, some lines 

 are in more demand than others, but all are having a pretty fair 

 call. Manufacturers of automobile tires report a better call than 

 last month, and this is but natural, for as the season proceeds 

 more machines are going into use. and those already in use are 

 wearing out tires, thus there is both a manufacturer's and a con- 

 sumer's demand. This has been a record season in rubber foot- 

 wear and the demand for tennis goods has been wonderfully ex- 

 panded. Just now jobbers are sending in additional and duplicate 

 orders for rubber footwear, the time limit for the extra discount 

 allowed by some coni]ianiis ixpirinR July 1. In mechanicals the 

 call continues to nuna^t i.,r lirUing. this because of the con- 

 tinued high price of leather. But this is to some extent balanced 

 by the small demand on the manufacturers for garden hose, owing 

 in great measure to the backward spring and the large amount 

 of rain which has fallen during the last two months. The rubber 

 clothing business, in the retail trade, at least, has been excep- 

 tionally good, owing to the aforesaid rainy weather. Manu- 

 facturers have more orders for waterproofed garments than they 

 have ever had at this time, and some are making preparations to 

 increase their output. Taken altogether, the rubber trade in this 

 section is in a most satisfactory condition. 



Like all other sections of the country, the Massachusetts 

 militia responded quickly to the call of the President and at this 

 writing are already on their way to the Texas border. And 

 here, in the emergency, the Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Chil- 

 dren offered its services to treat free the dental needs of those 

 who were going into military service. The infirmary, which was 

 intended for free service for children only, was enabled in the 

 short time between the call to arms and the departure of the 

 troops, to give several hundred treatments, the 65 chairs being 

 continuously occupied during Saturday and Sunday, June 24 

 and 25, and even a portion of Monday, the day when the com- 

 panies departed for the South. Here is another example of 

 the public benefaction of the president of the Boston Belting 

 Co., and as a side thought, a tribute to his ingenuity, for it 

 was through his insistence, and his own suggestions and designs, 

 that the chairs in the infirmary, though made primarily to 

 accommodate children, were so adjustable that they could be 

 used, while being treated, by the troopers of all dimensions and 

 weights. Adjutant-General Cole and Mayor Curley have both 

 sent their thanks to Thomas A. Forsyth and Superintendent 

 Dr. W. H. D. Cross for this timely assistance. And it might be 

 added that Dr. George A. Sullivan, of the Carney Hospital 

 Clinic, and 20 dental assistants went immediately to Camp 

 Whitney to do similar work for other soldiers there. 



The Peimsylvania Rubber Co.'s Boston store has been moved 

 from Boylston street to the new Lewis building at 683 Beacon 

 street. This move is an important one, as it brings the company's 

 headquarters right into the heart of Boston's automobile district, 

 which will undoubtedly redound to the material benefit of the sale 

 of the Pennsylvania company's well-known tires. 



