Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-01-30
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From the Boston CentiDel.

From the Boston Centinel.
Uses OF INDIA RUBBER. To the id
qairy of +. M. who, in the Atlas of III
2lst inst, asks why the newly dscovere
preparation OF lndia-ruhber is not en-
ployed, as yet, in the covering of umbre
las would reply, that such is the id
mand for the manufacture for yariou
other more important purposes, that d
present the company have neither tim
nor means for applying itin the form p M
suggests, and for which. as he remarks,
is peculiarly adapted.
The daily, indeed hourly, increasin
importance of this discovery and the mum
berless new articles for which it is sequ
red, have almost exhausted the industr
lot the conductors of the establishment
and though they are constantly addiny
new buildings, machinery, stock and work
men, they find il impossible to keep pac
with the demand.
Many enterprizing young men, with tri
Ting capital might lay the foundation o
future wealth, by the Introduction of sin
gle branches of this manufacture into va
IRONS parts Of the Union.
Iake for example the India-rubbe
CORK beds, what an immense annual 81
wing OF III would be made by their pener
al use on board the stcamt oats ON orr >vcs
tern waters.
Scarcely newspaper reaches US with
out an account OF some accident where
many lives are lost, solely for the want q
means OF reaching the shore from "A snan1
ged or burning steamboat. The use o
these beds would completely ohyiate ,he|
peril.
Look too at the Numerous instances .
mailbags, The valuable contents of whic,|
are ruined by exposure to the eIementsl
and by falling into swollen streams; which
II made OF lndia'rubber, might lie under
water for weeks without injury.
LOOK at the vast amount ofproduce trans
ported thro' Pennsylvania in their 6 g. 81
horse baggage wagons, which are ofle1|
many weeks on the road and rarely shell
tered from the weather, even at night. by
substituting for their present duck covers
ihgs those made Of India rubber they might
transport the most delicate materials or
fabrics from Georgia to Maine, without
the POSSIBILITY OF injury from damp, and
the saving, from this source alone, would
amount to more than the cost of all
the articles now made in the India-rubber
factory.
lake the article Of engine hose, which
can b" made without seam, rivet or ice.
die, as plable as the thnnest cloth. at two
thirds the cost of leather hose; vet which
Will out last five times the same quantity of
leather, and bear pressure uniniured,
which would burst leather hose into frag,
ments; while the tedious and expensive
operation of weekly oling, would be whoS
~ dispensed with, and the delay IN winter
occasioned by the Stiffness Of frozen hose.
avoided. .-...
Look at the almost incalculable saving
of health and life which must result from
the general introduction of India.rutber
garments not only into our army. navy
and commercial marine, but among evcrv
class of citizens; which, light, thin and
Pllable as the softest silk, are vet capable
OF withstandng for any length of time,
inc hercest assaults of the shower or the
tempest; as impenetrable as adamant.
have named two or three of the i'm
portant uses to which the valuable discov.
cry is already applied, and the demand for
winch, scarcely leaves opportunity at pres,
ent for the thought of new applications;
TO show P. M. and the public the true rea-
son why it has not as yet, been employed
IN the manufacture Of umbrellas and oth-
err small articles.
With the contemplated increase of case
lfal and .conyeniences, and the advances t.
perfection which increased experience ent
ables the company to make, the publis|
may shortly expect such supply of tbiS
manufacture as they demand.
ONE OF THE COMPANY n