The Newtown bee., 1888-05-04

pletely take the ''stretch"out of the larg- est sized belt. The press will take a belt six feet wide and l5 feet of it's length, steam being let into it's bed and platen so that the temperature can be readily regulated and the pressure and heat ap- piled while the belt is under the full ten sion of the heaviest strain it may be de- sired to put upon it, thus setting it's fibers as compactly as they are formed in a steel spring. The company owns the pat ent for this stretcher. in combination with the press, as well as many other patents of great value in the business. They have made speciality of this branch of their business and call atten- tion to the immense quantity of their rubber belting which has been running for years in the manufactures through out our country and abroad and invite examination of some of the great eleya- tors which they have supplied, among which we may mention: David Dows' Stores, in Brooklyn, the largest in the world, now using five miles in length of their belts, from two to four feet in width; those of the Erie railroad and Pennsylvania railroad at Jersey City. To the latter they supplied the Champion Carrying Belt, the largest ever made of either rubber or leather, weighing l6. .0OO pounds and 2,666 feet long; also for Ar mour, Dole & Co.,, Chicago, ank J. & E. han ( the Chesapeake & Ohio Co.,, Newport News, Va; the Dakota Elevators, Buff falo, N. Y.; all the large elevators of the Lake Superior Co. and Union Improve ment Co.,, Duluth; the Minneapolis Ele- vator Go. and G. ". Van Dusen dS Go. at Minneapolis, Minn.
 Vanderbilt's two great elevators of the New York Central & Hudson River rail- road, New York, after using their belts over eight years, say:
 GENTLEMEN :--I am pleased to hear the new belt for Elevator "A" is finished In regard to the old one, must say it has done excel lent service. It is now eight years since the belt was put up and great portion ofthe first five years it was run 20 hours a day and 30 days in the month.-[ George ". Phelon, Su- perintendent.
 The following letters from Mr Charles E. Davis, superintendent of the Girard Point Storage Co, Philadelphia, and oth- CTS, explain themselves:
 In October, 1871, we received from the New York Betting and Packing Co. Is elevator belts 20 inches wide, nine conyeyor belts 30 inches wide and two main driving belts 30 inches wide. They have been running con tlnually since, part ot the time night and day equivalent to F years ordinary running time l have never had to patch piece any one of them and at the time our elevator was de- stroyed by fire, last April, they were yet in an excellent condition and bid fair to last for an indefinite period.
 GENTLEMEN-We take pleasure in stating that for the past IA years we have been and are now using in our elevators belts of your manufacture and have the greatest confidence In their durability. fours very truly,-[Dole Company.
 GENTLEMEN-In September, Is69 Messrs C. < c. Cooper Of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, placed q rubber belt of your manufacture as a main driving belt in our central elevator B. This belt was 4s inches wide 320 feet long, six ply and was in constant service until April, 1886, covering period of IS years and seven months Yours truly,-[J. X E. Buckina ham.
 Chicago, August i, 1ss7
 The principal factory of the company. the oldest one enga ged in the rubber bus mess, is at Newtown, Conn.,, although