Identifier: indiarubberworld24phil (find matches)
Title: India rubber world
Year: 1899 (1890s)
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Subjects: Rubber industry and trade
Publisher: (Philadelphia, Bill Brothers Publishing Corp.)
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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4 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD (AiRii, I, 1901. THE MONARCH RUBBER CO. (ST. LOUIS.)The factory of thiscompany is one thateastern rubber men arenot likely to visit very often, because of its remoteness. At thesame time, it is well worth a journey to St. Louis to have a lookat the most southern of American rubber shoe factories. Strictlyspeaking, the plant is not in the city, but is some six miles out,the distance being easily covered, however, by means of a wellequipped trolley road. The factory buildings are of brick, sub-stantially built, and sit-uated close to the rail-road, so that the ship-ping facilities are excel-lent. In addition to this,there is the feature ofcheap coal, the price perton being $1.30 at thefactory. The plant isequipped with a 900horse power Hamilton-Corliss engine, and twoHeineboilersof 250horse power each. Therubber machinery,which consists of theusual equipment ofwashers, mixers, warm-ers, calenders, etc., is ofBirmingham make, and factory of the monarch rubber co.
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in addition there are heel presses, accumulators, dieing-outmachines, and a variety of lesser mechanical appliances com-mon to all rubber shoe factories. This plant, however, is indi-vidual in many ways. For example, the largest friction clutchin use in any rubber factory (1600 horse power) is operated onthe main shaft, with an arrangement so that the slight pressureon a wire running over any of the mixing mills serves to stopall the machinery instantly and incidentally shuts steam of!from the engine, effectually closing it downin a moments time. Another original featureis the improved shoe rack at the making uptables, where each girl has her days workdisplayed in front of her, and, by the systemfollowed, the same lasts return for her indi-vidual use. By an ingenious yet simple post-office system, everything that comes from thecutting room is assembled in boxes for eachworker, so that the product known as wastestock is practically eliminated. There aremany other lesser innovations, ev

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