Now MBER 1, 1914. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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GOOD RECORD FOR "VACUUM CUP" TIRES. 



The test of Oilproof Vacuum Cup tires inaugurated last March 

 has recently been completed and results in a fine record, the total 

 distance recorded for the nine tires on trial being 60,772 miles, 

 or an average of 6,752 miles for each tire. This test was made 

 under the direction of the laboratory of the Automobile Club 

 of America, official observers of the club accompanying the driv- 

 ers of the cars on which the tires were used, and all the tires 

 were purchased by the club, from different dealers in several | 

 eastern cities, so that only stock tires should be employed in 

 the test. The average mileage for tires used on wire wheels 

 was 5,470; on wood wheels 8,076. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, 

 which makes the Vacuum Cup tire, has brought suit against the 

 Dreadnaught Tire & Rubber Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, in an 

 effort to restrain the latter company from use of the terms 

 "Vacuum Tread" and "Vacuum Cup Tread" in connection with 

 its tire product. 



THE UNION RUBBER & SUPPLY CO. TAKES LARGER QUARTERS. 



The Union Rubber & Supply Co., of St. Louis, Missouri, an- 

 nounces its removal from 410 Market street to larger and more 

 conveniently located quarters at 18 South Broadway, in the dis- 

 trict known as the "White Way.'' This company, which has made 

 continued progress since its establishment thirteen years ago, car- 

 ries a complete line of mill supplies, including balata and leather 

 belting; fire department equipment; automobile tires, and a full 

 line of the Revere Rubber Co.'s rubber belting, air and water hose. 

 valves and sheet and piston packings. 



RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR OVERMAN TIRE CO. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the Overman 

 Tire Co., Inc., and a receiver appointed by the court, authorized, 

 under a bond of $5,000, to continue the carrying on of the busi- 

 ness for a certain period. The company's liabilities are given 

 as between $60,000 and $70,000, and the assets $60,000. This 

 company, located at 250 West Fifty-fourth street, and with sales- 

 rooms at 1855 Broadway, New York, was incorporated in Feb- 

 ruary, 1913, under the laws of Delaware, with a capital stock 

 of $3,000,000. 



THE NEXSON SURF COASTER. 



The cut below shows a new device for surf coasting intro- 

 duced this season at Long Beach, California, and reported to 

 have become quite popular at that resort. While designed 

 primarily for sport and amusement, it may be used also as a 

 safety device in case of cramps or accidents. This coaster 



is made with rigid frame and air-tight compartment entirely 

 coveted with waterproof canvas. It varies in size from 2 to 

 7 feet in length and from 10 to 18 inches in width and weighs 

 from 3% to 9 pounds. [Nelson & Woods Manufacturing Co;, 

 Long Beach. California.] 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Peerless Tire & Rubber Co. has been incorporated at 

 Louisville, Kentucky, to carry on a jobbing and distributing busi- 

 ness in tires and tubes, rubber accessories and mechanical rubber 

 goods. It is located at 624-6 South Third street, has a capitaliza- 

 tion of $15,000 and is controlled by men thoroughly acquainted 

 with the rubber goods trade. 



The New York branch of the Braender Rubber & Tire Co., of 

 Rutherford, New Jersey, will soon remove from 1987 Broadway 

 to larger quarters at 250 West Fifty-fourth street. 



I. Xovick & Co., manufacturers of coats and raincoats at 133 

 West Twenty-first street, New York, have filed schedules in 

 bankruptcy showing liabilities of $50,331, and assets amounting to 

 $13,100. 



At the autumn festival held October 17 in connection with the 

 Grill dances at the Plaza Hotel in New York, a toy balloon 

 blowing contest was one of the special features of the evening's 

 entertainment. 



A method of effecting tire economy which can easily be fol- 

 lowed by motorists generally has been adopted by an ingenious 

 tire user. He places a worn-out casing over a good one, making 

 slits across the outer casing about 4 inches apart, to gi 

 non-skid effect. 



A fourth story has been added to the brick and concrete ware- 

 house on Schuylkill avenue, Philadelphia, owned by the Phila- 

 delphia Rubber Works Co. The cost of this addition is estimated 

 at $15,000. 



The Williams I X L Tire & Rubber Co., a corporation cap- 

 italized at $300,000, has purchased a site at Buena Vista, Penn- 

 sylvania, for a plant to manufacture automobile tires and other 

 rubber goods. 



The York Co-operative Tire & Rubber Co., of New Orleans, 

 Louisiana, is said to be looking about for a suitable site for a 

 factory for the manufacture of tires and a new tire fabric. 

 Leslie Dunn, president of the company, recently visited Canton, 

 Ohio, with this end in view, the proposed plan calling for the 

 erection of a factory equipped to turn out 2,000 tires daily, and 

 providing that only automobile owners shall be stockholders in 

 the concern. 



Insulated wire and cables to the value of $127,697 were ex- 

 ported from the United States during July of the present year. 

 Similar shipments for July, 1913, amounted to $147,948. 



The plant of the Patterson Rubber Co. at Lowell, Massachu- 

 setts, will be sold at public auction on October 31 as a result 

 of foreclosure of the mortgage held by Francis H. Appleton, 

 one of the organizers of and principal stockholders in the con- 

 cern. This is a comparatively new plant, and it is believed that 

 work will not be interrupted but that several of the present 

 stockholders will unite in reorganizing the company. 



A test of car and tire endurance was recently made by Henry 

 J. Adams, of Fostoria, Ohio, on a 3,000-mile trip, which in- 

 cluded all the principal cities from Cleveland to Montreal, thence 

 to Boston, Baltimore, and across the Alleghany Mountains into 

 West Virginia and back into Ohio. This trip was made in a 

 Reo car equipped with tires made by the Miller Rubber Co., of 

 Akron, Ohio. At the end of the trip Mr. Adams reported as 

 follows : "The tour lasted twenty-five days, and the tires are good 

 for another trip." 



C. A. Dunham, for the past three years manager of the Pitts- 

 burgh branch of The B. F. Goodrich Co., has been promoted to 

 the management of a larger branch at Cleveland, Ohio. Before 

 leaving for this new field Mr. Dunham was presented with a 

 diamond scarf pin by the employes of the Pittsburgh branch' 

 The position vacated by his transfer will be filled by F. F Titus. 

 formerly located at Buffalo, New York. 



