August 1. 1915. | 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



615 



DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF BENZOL. 



There an- about ten ben "1 plants now being erected in the 

 United States, oi contemplated, some of them being very near 

 completion. The United States Steel Corporation is putting 

 up three, oni in the West, one in the Pittsburgh district and 

 the third at Birmingham, and is planning to build I 

 I ii Republic [ron & Steel ( o. is building a benzol plant in con- 

 nection with it-. Hazleton coki works, Vmong other con 

 erecting similar plants art- the Lackawanna Steel, the Inland 

 Steel and i 'ambi ia 5ti el companies. 



I In- estimated yield oi benzol from a ton of ial is 



between two and three gallons. A conservativi i timate of the 

 total production from the plants now under construction is 

 30,000 gallons daily. 



The Sydney (Nova Scotia) Steel Mills have established a 

 benzol plant, the product being converted into toluol and naph- 

 thaline. 



["he Edison benzol plant at Bessemer, Mai,. una. has been 

 completed and is turning out about 2,000 gallons i I benzol per 

 day. It is the first of its kind in the South. 



SWITZERLAND SEEKS DYESTUFF TRADE WITH AMERICA. 



Soon after the outbreak of the war the German govern- 

 ment placed severe restrictions on the export of coal tar 

 intermediates. Since then England has been sending quan- 

 tities of benzol, toluol, naphthalene, aniline, etc., to Switzer- 

 land and receiving finished dyestuffs in return. This arrange- 

 ment has contributed materially to lessen the scarcity of 

 colors in Great Britain. But because of the demand for 

 high explosives England now needs for herself all these ma- 

 terials she can produce. The Swiss are now looking to the 

 United States as a source of coal tar intermediates for manu- 

 facturing the dyestuffs so much in demand here and in othi i 

 countries. Certain Swiss linns propose that American pro- 

 ducers oi intermediates send them pure coal tar hydrocarbons 

 such as benzol, toluol, naphthalene, etc.. to be paid for by an 

 equivalent amount of finished dyes. This offer may be well 

 worth considering; for a proper arrangement might lessen 

 the discomfort to American textile and other industries, rub- 

 ber included, resulting from the shortage of dyestuffs. 



CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES EXPOSITION. 



The National Exposition of Chemical Industries will he held 

 ilu week of September 20 at the Grand Central Palace, New 

 York. It promises to be of great interest and educational value 

 to technologists, manufacturers using chemical products and the 

 t al public. Space has been taken for exhibits by several 

 United States Government Bureaus and also for a collective 

 exhibit by Canadian manufacturers. An interesting program 

 is in preparation for lectures and chemical and engineering meet- 

 ings during the exposition. 



The Exposition has been organized, with the Co-operation of 

 the International Exposition Co., by Messrs Nagelvoort and 

 Koth with executive offices at Grand Central Palace, Forty-sixth 

 street and Lexington Ave.. New York. 



ATTRACTIVE HARD RUBBER SPECIALTIES. 



The Vaughan-Upton Co.. 251 Causeway street, Boston, is 

 making an exceedingly attractive line of hard rubber writing 

 specialties under the trademark name of "Vuco." The line con- 

 sists of fountain pens, pencil holders for the economical consump- 

 tion of small pencil ends, and holders carrying small leads, as well 

 as the "Yuco" self-ejecting pen-holder and the "Golfer," a com- 

 pact little gold-banded pencil with a chain ring, especially adapted 

 fi ir the use i if gi 'If players. 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers. — Mr. 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients." 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Harmer Rubbet Works at East Millstone, New Jei 

 • ed damage from the si 



no], rooi oi tiie plant being conn the wind. 



The Braender Rubber & Tire I o., ol Rutherford, New 



[ersey, is now re] nd by the 



M i.i i'. In. i , Inc., of 10 West Oliver street, Baltimore, 

 it iiner distributing arrangements in that city being dis- 



nued. This company has also ma.l. a cha 

 itation in .Yew Jersey, where it purpi 

 luct with dealers in the principal largi 



an. .1 ai the Barrett Manufacturing Co.'s 

 ..| plant at Philadelphia, about the middle of July, caused 



only slight damage, being extinguished by the 



ghting |..t.. before the arrival of city firemen. 

 The June "Bulletin of the Pan-American Union" contains 

 a lour and a hall page article, re-printed from the April niira- 

 li. i oi i!n- Spanish edition of the "Mont n the 



ih Dental Inlirmary at Boston, which has been men- 

 tioned ..t sarious times in this publication and which was 

 erected by John Hamilton Forsyth and Thomas Alexander 



I'orsyth. of the Boston Belting Co., ill memory of their de- 

 ceased brothers and presented to the city as an iniirmai'. 



the children • f Boston 



The Pennsylvania Rubber i i . reannette, Pennsylvania, is 

 manufacturing a lord type oil-proof vacuum cup tire, 31x4. 

 This casing is of extra weight and strength, designed for use 



on rear wheels of Ford cars used for commercial pur, 

 is guaranteed for 4,(KX) miles 



The tire output oi the United States Tire Co. totals slij 

 over 9,000 automobile tires per day. or 30 per cent, ahead i f 

 last year. With the addition of more machinery in the Detroit 

 factory that plant alone will be in position to manufacture 

 10.000 tires a day. The company expects a production of 1,500,- 

 000 tires this year. 



Among the exhibitors ,,f the Railway Supply Manufacturers' 

 Association at Atlantic (in. held June 9 to 16 were the Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, which showed samples 

 of Suber's hose; Jenkins Bros., Yew York City, exhibiting 

 mechanical rubber goods, sheet packing, gaskets, valve discs 

 and rings, new oil-proof sheet packing and car heating d 

 and II W. Johns-Manville Co., New York City, which had a 

 displaj of friction and rubber tapis. 



The name of the Peerless Tire & Rubber Co. has recently 

 been changed t.. tin A. F. \\'..lke Rubber Co. The capital 

 stock has also been increased from $10,000 to $25,000. The debt 

 limit is fixed at $10,000. Incorporators are A. F. Wolke. Charles 

 If. Wolke, Keith L. Bullitt and J. B. Glenn. 



The receiver of the Pope .Manufacturing Co., Hartford. Con- 

 necticut has sold an option on an unexpired contract for auto- 

 mobile tires, signed by the Hartford Rubber Works Co., now part 

 of the United States lire Co., to the .Maxwell Motor Co., of 

 it, f..r $70,000 cash. 



W. J. Spencer, of Philadelphia, expects to place his "Xoair 

 Compression Tire" I and illustrated on | 



May issue of this publication — on the market through the Essex 

 Rubber G ["rent >n, Yew Jersi 



William Wiltshire of the Cline Co.. of Los California, 



levised a means of protecting the cheekbone of the gunner 

 who uses a hard-kicking "Springfield." He cuts away the - 

 of the gun at the offending point and s e ts in soft sponge n 

 covered with chamois leather. 



A new tri-car chemical fire engine has just been brought out 

 in Yew York by the Woodhouse Manufacturing Co. This ma- 

 chine, which is made by the I 'axis Sewing Machine Co., of 

 Dayton, Ohio, is supplied with Dayton airless tires, made by the 

 Dayton Manufacturing Co.. and carries, with its other equip- 

 ment, 200 Feet nch chemical hose. 



