March 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



The New York Automobile Show, 



THE New York Automobile Show for 1919 was held under 

 the auspices of the Automobile Dealers' Association, Inc., 

 of New York, in Madison Square Garden and the 69th 

 Regiment Armory, February 3-15. 



The first week was devoted to the exhibition of passenger 

 cars and the second to commercial vehicles, with accessories 

 on exhibition in the gallery and a portion of the basement at 

 the Garden, during both weeks. The attendance, interest, and 

 sales at each section of the show were phenomenal. 

 THE PASSENGER CAR SECTION. 

 The outstanding feature of the passenger car exhibition was the 

 fact that closed cars greatly 

 predominated. This seems to 

 be a very sensible development 

 as the fixed top of the closed 

 car body obviates delay and 

 labor incident to erecting the 

 removable top of the ordinary 

 touring car, often necessary 

 under trying circumstances. 



By its permanent structure 

 the closed body affords better 

 protection against dust and 

 weather conditions, without 

 appreciably diminishing the 

 advantages of light and air. 

 This development in car bodies 

 will be more appreciated by 

 car users than by manufac- 

 turers of rubber and artificial 

 leather automobile topping 

 materials, as it promises to 

 eliminate much of the former 

 demand for such goods. 



Another noticeable feature is 

 the steady increase in appreci- 

 ation of the cord tire, espe- 

 cially on the more expensive 

 and heavier cars. 



Certain of the accessories 

 exhibits were of special rub- 

 ber interest although there was 

 tures in this department of the sliow. 



RUBBER ACCESSORY EXHIBITORS. 

 The Bull's Eye Rubber Co., Long Island City, New York. 

 A self-curing patch for inner tubes. 



A. Shrader's Son, Inc., Brooklyn, New York. Maker of tire 

 valves and tire-pressure gages, exhibited the well-known spe- 

 cialties of this company. 



The Story Rubber Corp., 'New York City. Bonner self-heat- 

 ing inner tubes, closing punctures by compression of the spe- 

 cially constructed tread. 



DuRAL .Rubber Corp., I'lemington, New Jersey, Antimony-red 

 hand-made inner tubes. 



Para-Bell Rubber Co., Columbiana, Ohio. Tires and lubes. 

 Eastern Rubber Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Magic 

 Mend for repairing inner tubes. 



Geo. H. Rives Manufacturing Co., Inc., New York City. 

 Auto pedal pads. 



The Coffield Tire Protector Co., Dayton, Ohio. A thick 

 tread protector of firm elastic rubber without fabric which func- 

 tions by turning and clinching nails that may pierce the tread 

 of the tire casing. 



J. & D. Tire Co., Charlotte, North Carolina. Pneumatic tires 

 guaranteed for 5,000 miles. 



irked scarcity of 



Gates Rubber Co., Denver, Colorado. Gales Half-Sole lires 

 and Gates tested tubes. 



The Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co., Norwalk, Connecticut. 



High-Pressure casings and tubes. 



DuPlex Tire Co., Inc., New York City. DuPlex non-skid tires. 



Carlisle Cord Tire Co., New York City. Carlisle cord tires, 



specially constructed with two plies of single unbroken strands 



of rugged, large-diameler cotton cord. 



The Shaw Tire Co., Boston, Mass. A leak-proof moldccl 



endless inner tube secure against loss of air when punctured, 



by compression imparted to the entire tube by reason of the 



scientific principle involved in 



ils formation and inflation. 



KuHHKK FuKSKKViNC Co„ Chi- 

 cago, Illinois. A patented liquid 

 preparation known as "Kepu- 

 ruber," for preserving rubber 

 goods of all kinds. It over- 

 comes the tendency of rubber 

 goods 10 deterioraie by oxida- 

 tion, llnis mainlaiiiing elastic- 

 ity, flexibility, resilience and 

 usefulness indefinitely. 



THE COMMERCIAL CAR 

 SECTION. 

 From the point of view of 

 rubljer interest, the exhibits at 

 the commercial car section of 

 the show presented few novel- 

 ties. For the tire manufac- 

 turer, however, there were cer- 

 tain exhibits which were 

 notable because they signalize 

 recognition of the factors of 

 economy involved in adapting 

 wheels and tires to conditions 

 of roads, loads, and speeds, 

 brom this point of view, in- 

 jury 10 the truck and mech- 

 anism depends on the selection 

 of tires and how they func- 

 tion. In line with this pur- 

 pose the increasing use of pneumatic tires, particularly 

 the larger sizes of cord tires, was noticeable, some of these 

 tires being 42 by 9 and 44 by 10 cords of Firestone and Goodyear 

 make, fitted to steel wheels. 



The Brunsvvick-Balke-Coi.lender Co., Chicago, Illinois, 

 made an interesting display of their line of solid tires, cord and 

 fabric pneumatics, and inner tubes, all recent developments from 

 the company's extensive model plant at .Muskegon, Michigan. 



Substitutes for air for filling tire casings, such as the prepara- 

 tion manufactured by the Essenkay Products Co. and that by 

 the Standard Filler Co. were demonstrated very effectively. 



An interesting tire was that exhibited by the Eacle Puncture 

 Proof Tirf. and Wheel Co., of New York City, comprising 

 two side pneumatic cylinders supporting a solid tire tread backed 

 by a shock-absorbing device. 



The Sewei.l Cushion Wheel Co., Detroit. Michigan, exhib- 

 ited a wood wheel of composite structure, comprising a spoked 

 center with a zig-zag molded soft-rubber cushion filling the 

 annular space between two wood felloes, the outer one of 

 which carries a standard solid tire. 



Other lines of accessories shown were: rubber patches for 

 inner tubes, by the Bull's Rye Rubber Co., Long Island City, 

 New York; Magic Mend for inner tube puncture repairs, by 

 the Eastern Rubber Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



