New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-25

more the rubber betting is now subjected to great
tensile strain by machinery before the duck IL put
into II, ana the od-tme stretching OF the nnshed
product is thereby obviated
The principal Improvement in rubber hose has
been the production of a seamless article. Formerly
the tube proper-the inner ring-was made by lap
ming the rubber over solid cylinder some nifty feet
long and then vulcanizing the edges together If
workman careless. crack would permit
water to get into the duck filing between the tube
and the rubber covering and the duck would then
rot. Now tubing machine turns out the tube en-
tire
INTRODUCTION OF THE PNEUMATIC TIRE
The growth OF the tire is mainly one Of five years
only Half a decade ago the tire was solid Then
came the cushion variety. characterized by large
tire with small hole running through Its centre
a much elastic article than its predecessor
The pneumatic tire began 20 come into use some
four years ago. 1t made a great ana WONDERFUL
| improvement. much that TO 1t Is mainly al
tributed the present popularity OF the bicycle
Experts in the trade are puzzled to estimate the
amount of rubber going into bicycles, Tor they
can only guess at the number Of the machines
manufactured within the year. Estimates OF the
number vary from 10000 to 100000. Bicycle manu-
facturers have sprung up all over the country AS
there are two tires to each bicycle. and each weighs
from one and half to two pounds. there may De
way OF calculating the amount of rubber used
But the tire is not more than third rubber. so that
not more than pound of pure rubber may go into
pair of tires. The estimate of rubber thus used
annually is put therefore at 100000 pounds the last
year by conservatives, and 100000 by those more
sangulne.
Aside from these main branches marking the bulk
OF the trade in mechanical rubber goods. one could
readily write book upon the great variety Of rub
Der goods coming under this division. Tubing and
corrugated or futed mating are among the i'm
portant minor developments.
The latest application Of rubber for utility and
tfo, tgpa Of
sylvania railroad station at BrOadst.. Philadelphia
to the ship on the companion ways. the promenade.
made so ams BY Being
noseless 20 the feet easily accommodating itself TO
have ideal use aboard ship. especially since it is
made ornamental in design and coloring.
material for steam packing 1t is used where a
water or steam leak Is to be prevented although
There is a trade OF millions of dollars annually
fe ~hoy "sea the as a
These rings afford an alright joint; They form one
chanicai goods other interesting minor forms of
goods are the rubber-covered rollers in typewriting
ture and wherever diminution of noise is desira-
ness is the rubber covering for wheels in carpet
sweepers as We! as the bands which prevent
alone sells 10000 worth of rubber annually in
The emery wheel has been deprived of its latent
deadly power through the mixture Of rubber with
tnt emery. Inc WneelS, from one ana nail lncneS
four feet in diameter make from 800 TO 2ico
iutlons minute, and in the past many an operator
wheel; The use OF the rubber now prevents this.
The developments in the electrical field have re-
which is constantly being added to.
GROWTH OF MANUFACTURING PLANTS.
There only two three manufactures Of
note in the mechanical goods in 1870 Now there are
four in the West-one recently opened in San Fran
| cscO-ten in NeW-JerSey, In BROOKLYN
Matteawan and three in the Eastern States. The
capital invested is sl2Oco.OcO and the annual
production from s5.coOcOo s2oOoo0Oo Some 81 500
00O is invested in bicycle plants
In the branch of rubber clothing the first great
in the the so for % ,h oda nd
houses in the trade began making a speciality then
general and by 1870 it fully started in its pres
ent direction: Good judges estimate that the bust
was in $50 There has been great development
in the variety Of goods as well as the style and
quality
The u mnskntosh cSh s is an 9utsrOwth Of the
With rubber between The b e been
steady in texture and in colors. A macintosh over
1t has silk lining and is as attractive to the eye
as any cloth garment. while its weight is about the
same as that of the other. Driving coats are made
Of Light buff material and, ornamented with large
White pearl buttons they make an attractive article
ments in these goods are being brought to the
same stage OF apparent perfection
These mackntoshes for women made so
i i9 that they are suppanting the gossamer. AL
| TINS means an Improvement In machinery and
The rubber shoe business has grown into great
ton Of making 10000 pairs day. while one com
pan y o in this city says il manufactures from 220o
| ference in rubber shoes in the leather product
Style shape. quality and make now. enter equally
the case Of both. razor toe rubber shoe is as
leather
THE RUBBER BOOT NOT ENTIRELY SUP
pIANTEn
Nevertheless. there is plenty OF room for the old
fashioned rubber boot. we'll as for the old heavy
rubber overcoat A umberman's rubber shoe.
thick cumbersome. fannel-ined, and with eyelets
and leather strings seemingly eighth OF an inch
In diameter. is OF the interesting and useful
products of the trade. Beside IT may place a
fine toe-polnted woman's rubber shoe which weighs
scarcely scarcely two ounces and great Is the contrast
has now resulted in a good expor. trade in the
best grades of goods which now being shipped
in this city sells $4,000 worth OF fine shoes to one
firm in Copenhagen annually
as in that OF mechanical goods. Yet the best in
capitalization Of the rubber shoe manufactoTes in
this country would be s65 100000 One company. the
ing an aggregate Of several houses. Its capacity
is $4,000 pairs Of shoes day. The total capacity
actual total output is estimated at SOOOOoOO pairs
the last year. This is extraordinary, however.
held on to their old rubbers and retailers had run
their stock down low. pair OF rubbers a year Tor
every third person is the estimate made in the shoe
trade.
There has been healthy development in the
branch of druggists sundries. The trade has
doubled within the last ten or fifteen years The
business is small compared with the other branches.
and it is confined TO dozen or so houses The
goods embrace principally bulbs. water bags and
bottles. atomiZers, syringes and elastic bands The
manufacturers Of these goods are all in the East
except one in Akron Ohio and branch In Cleve
land There has been something OF an increase in
the variety Of goods yet few are now made which
were not the market twenty-five years ago. The
great increase however mas been IN Inc Otner three
/ great branches OF the industry.
There is cheap form Of rubber goods in which
oxide OF zinc is used. And there is so-called rub
! Der substitute in which lnseed oil and metallic
! mi in