Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-23
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MADE FROM old
Product In Big Demand and
Industry is Growing
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VddAInB new IHcS Out Vi OIu OuSS -
q new industry in Denver. Colo. which
promises to play an important part In
making Colorado a manufacturing cen.
ter Of nationwide Importance. Thc
Western Rubber Supply company,
1920 Broadway. Is q new manufac'
turing concern in that city which has
built q factory In the last two months
and has started manufacturing auto
mobile tires-new tires on large
scale from casIngs which have out
worn their original usefulness.
This il q unique industry. 1t Is
strictly Colorado industry, and 1t IS
unique in that It is the only industry
Of its kind between the Rocky Noun
tains and the Atlantic ocean. A plant
built and equipped at q cost OF SIC 900
at Thirteenth aven1e and Inca street,
is turning out fifty tires q day, and has
established in the last months a de-
mand for its product which has made
it necessary for the concern to pur-
chase additional equipment and in
crease the capacity Of the plant five
fold.
Two months ago this concern start.
ed with five men to manufacture new
automobile tires from old ones. Today
10 employs thirty-swo men and ma.
chinery has been ordered for hcreas-
ing the capacity AMI the working force
to five times its present output When
this new macninery is installed the
factory will be turning out $50 tires a
day, besides various rubber acceSso.
ries.
The Western Rubber Supply COM
pany buys all the ole tires 1t can find.
1t buys new rubber and fabric from
one of the largest rubber producing
pounds Of outer tire covering, 1000
pounds Of breaker fabric, 1000. pounds
Of cushion rubber and $50 gallons Of
cement in 3 week. The monthly pay
roll now is $4,000. . In q short time II
viii be three or four times that much
II present indications materialiZe.
1 The plant is two-story brick struc.
ture just completed. Already the com.
pany Is searching for another site,
however, somewhere on South Broad
way, where tracking facilities viii be
available, in order that the tires can
be shipped out defcctly from the plant.
The retail office Of the concern is al
1870 Broadway. This office handles
the retail sale OF tires for the Denver
trade. Motorists can take their worn.
out tires there and have them rebuilt.
According to Richard A Lehigh, presi-
dent OF the company, the old tires caa
be rebuilt to order. 10 ~.
Today these rebuilt tires are being
sold in all the western states sur
rounding Colorado, as far east as Chi.
cago and as far south as Texas. The
concern is strictly a Colorado indus.
try, financed by Colorado capital an
throughout by Colorado men.
e. A. Austin is vice president and L
Nj. Richeson is treasurer. 4
The process o. masking new tires
from old tires is an interesting one.
The dilapidated remnants Of poten
Ial speed and distance are placed on
buffing machines, which separate the
fabric from the old, dead rubber. TIE
old fabric is then painted over with
new rubber cement and placed on
building and shaping forms. A new
cushion, new breaker strip and a !
new four-piy outer tread are hers
built into the reiuvenaied fabric and
D two-ply lining Is placed inside the
casing. The casing is then Placed On
j steel rim and a tightly compressed
,uter wrapper is applied. An inflated
tube is then placed inside the casing |
70 give It pressure and the casing Is
The wrapper is then c.itI
Or the inside Of the tire, the steei
rim is removed and the new tire Is
ready for insnncfion and shinmept.