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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1917. 



plasters, outer boots, reliners, pump, generator and lamp tubing, 

 brake band lining, radiator hose, spring bumpers, gas engine 

 packing, fan belts, rubber matting, hard rubber radiator caps and 

 steering wheels, bicycle grips and goggles, many of which were 

 shown. 



An exceptionally complete line of rubber accessories was shown 

 by the Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., Jersey City, New 

 Jersey. Of principal interest were the "Ideal" (red) and "Model" 

 (gray) laminated tubes for automobiles and motorcycles. In 

 addition to reliners, inner sleeves, boots, patches and all the 

 customary materials for roadside repair, the firm deals in vulcan- 

 izing gums of all sorts, rebuilding fabrics and cements for the 

 professional tire repairman, and also manufactures hose and 

 tubing, fan belts, windshield packing, matting, sheet packing, 

 bumpers, round springs, washers and rubber mallets. 



Charles O. Tingley & Co., Rahway, New Jersey, offered a com- 

 prehensive line of sundries for automobile and cycle tire repair, 

 featuring the C. O. T. Cement Cure Patches, Cure Tisiht Gum for 

 tube blowouts, and String Repair Kit Plugs. 

 ELECTRICAL DEVICES. 

 The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of motors for all purposes, 

 presented automobile motor-generator sets for charging, lighting, 

 starting and ignition. 



The General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, also offered 

 generator lighting and starting systems, electric lamps, bulbs, 

 rectifiers and other specialties. 



Other exhibitors of lighting and starting systems included the 

 A. B. C. Starter Co., Detroit, Michigan; Bosch Magneto Co., 

 New York City; Disco Electric Starter Corporation, Detroit, 

 Michigan; Gray & Davis, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; the John 

 Heinze Co., Springfield, Ohio; Kemco Electric Manufacturing 

 Co., Cleveland, Ohio; Leece-Neville Co., Cleveland, Ohio; North 

 East Electric Co., Rochester, New York; A. J. Picard & Co., 

 New York City; United States Light & Heat Corporation, Niag- 

 ara Falls, New Y'ork ; Wagner Hoyt Electric Co., New Y'ork 

 City; Ward-Leonard Electric Co., Mount Vernon, New York. 



The Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 well known for its electrical control devices used extensively in 

 rubber factories, attracted favorable notice with the compact, 

 efficient C-H Magnetic Gear Shift and small, rugged automobile 

 lighting switches for dash and steering post. 



The General Bakelite Co. of New York City made an interest- 

 ing display of molded electrical insulation. 



Storage batteries were displayed by the Detroit Battery Co., 

 Detroit, Michigan; Dyneto Electric Co., Syracuse, New York; 

 Electric Storage Battery Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Gould 

 Storage Battery Co., New York City ; Paul N. Marko, Brooklyn, 

 New Y'ork ; Philadelphia Storage Battery Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania; Prest-0-Lite Co., Indianapolis, Indiana; United 

 States Light & Heat Corporation, Niagara Falls, New Y'ork; 

 Wagner-Hoyt Electric Co., New Y'ork City; Willard Storage 

 Battery Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Ignition devices for gasolene engines of every sort are manu- 

 factured by the following firms which were numbered among the 

 exhibitors: Bosch Magneto Co., New York City; Ericsson Manu- 

 facturing Co., Buffalo, New Y'ork ; Emil Grossman Manufacturing 

 Co., Brooklyn, New Y'ork ; The John O. Heinze Co., Springfield, 

 Ohio ; Heinze Electric Co., Lowell, Massachusetts ; Herz & Co., 

 New Y'ork City ; Kent Manufacturing Works, Atwater, Philadel- 

 phia, Pennsylvania ; K. W. Ignition Co., Cleveland, Ohio ; Mosier 

 & Co., Mount Vernon, New York; New York Coil Co., New 

 Y'ork City ; Splitdorf Electrical Co., Newark, New Jersey. 



MISCELLANEOUS ACCESSORIES. 



Charles E. Miller, New Y'ork City, with 15 stores in nine states, 



offered its complete line of sundries for motor-cars, motor-boats, 



motorcycles and motor-planes, among which were pneumatic tires 



.ind tubes of leading makes, repair materials and devices, together 



with many varied tire and other rubber accessories, including the 

 Twombly foot pump, which indeed "makes hard work a pleasure." 

 The Vul-car, said to be the only alcohol-burning, portable vul- 

 canizer for roadside repairs that protects the rubber with moisture 

 so it cannot burn, was also of interest. 



The silent chain employed in connection with the electrical 

 equipment of rubber factories also supplies the "front end drive" 

 of many automobiles, as exhibited in its latest improved form by 

 the Morse Chain Co., Ithaca, New York. 



A. Schrader's Son, Inc., Brooklyn, New Y'ork, offered the well- 

 known "Universal" line of tire valves and accessories, in con- 

 nection with which a unique circular vi'as distributed. It 

 had the appearance of an inter-line coupon railway ticket, as long 

 as a man's arm, dividend into eight detachable portions, one bear- 

 ing the legend, "A Joy Ride to Contentment via A. Schrader's 

 Son, Inc., Air Line," and each of the others bearing a cut and de- 

 scription of one of the "Universal" devices together with bright 

 headlines in railway parlance. 



The Raybestos Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, showed its well- 

 known brake linings and also demonstrated Royal brakes. 



The Invincible Tire Tester, manufactured by the United States 

 Gauge Co., New York City, in the shape of a watch, not only 

 records the actual air pressure, but shows the proper pressure to 

 be maintained in tires of various sizes. 



Adams & Findley, New Y'ork City, offered the Rives Adjustable 

 Neverslip Pedal Pads for greater safety in driving. 



The Mattson Rubber Co., Lodi, New Jersey, showed the Matt- 

 son Slip-On Pedal Pads, readily adjustable in a few minutes and 

 no metals to attach. 



In connection with the Hoskyns Universal -Ml-Weather Top 

 for Ford Cars, displayed by the Universal Motor Products Co., 

 Indianapolis, Indiana, rubber weather strips are ingeniously used 

 to keep out drafts and eliminate noise. 



The Metal Specialties Co., Chicago, Illinois, had a varied line 

 of accessories and parts, including a few rubber goods. 



THE BILTMORE SHOW. 



The Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, displayed its large and 

 varied line of rubber goods, featuring the new Miller "geared 

 to the road" black-tread tire, red and gray tubes, and miscel- 

 laneous tire accessories 

 and repair materials, in- 

 cluding retread bands, 

 vulcanizing cement, 

 Pluggum and the Shur- 

 tite tube repair kit, self- 

 vulcanizing. An air bag 

 for vulcanizing casings 

 was shown and consider- 

 able interest was mani- 

 fested in the Miller De- 

 mountable Cushion Pad, 

 a shock-absorbing device 

 for truck tires. It com- 

 prises a flat ring to be 

 placed between the 

 wooden felly of the 

 wheel and the steel base 

 of the solid rubber tire, 

 consisting, of a single 

 strip of soft but tough 

 resilient rubber ?^ inch 

 thick with steel flanges 

 on each side held in 

 place by bolts let through 

 the rubber from side to side at regular intervals. Many attractive 

 circulars in English and Spanish were distributed, including a few 

 devoted to balloons and toy novelties and druggists' sundries, also 

 a convenient vest-pocket tire mileage record. 



Miller Demount.^ble Cushion P-\d 

 For Trlxk Tires. 



