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New Goodrich Tyre rROAI American sources we Which Needs No I learn that the Goodrich con Inner Tube . . cern has announced a revolti tionary type of heavy-vehicle tyre, which requires no inner tube. The maker claims, after elaborate tests, that this tyre will perform as perfectly as a normal tyre in any circumstances. A specially designed locking member, which retaintlhe air in the casing, is the secret of this new development, and no special tools or great skill are required to repair punctures, whilst considerable time Is saved.
Encourage Passengers THE input of salvaged tickets
to Salvage their Used to London Transport is still Tickets far below output. A box for
used tickets is fitted at the right of the exit on most buses, and the floors are carefully swept at the garages, but the paper saved by the latter method is apt to be dirty, and it seems to us that the provision of at least two receptacles would be better. At present people from the upper deck.cannot easily reach over to the present box, yet there would seem
to be plenty of room for another behind the off-side rear seat at the top, or next to the mirror on the staircase. The material required should be readily available, and we believe that if the Board wished to do so it could easily fix such further boxes. Conductors would wecorne them, but apparently some of the men and women are inclined to the belief that suggestions on this and other matters made by them have not reached the proper quarter.
°Overcoming the Tin eiNE of the most important Shortage by Emer\--I materials, of much of which gency Economies . . the enemy has deprived us, is tin. In this connection all those who use this metal in solder, bearing materials and in various other forms, should obtain the July issue of the review, entitled "Tin and Its Uses," published by the Tin Research Institute, Fraser Road, Greenforil, Middlesex. This issueis devoted to emergency economies in this -vital metal. One exampie given is a saving of something like 99 per cent. by using a cup and cone type of joipt on lead pipes instead of the usual wiped joint. Ford Sets Good ExnVESTANDING efforts to ample in Power v./obtain economy in various
Economy directions, thus helping the war effort, are being made by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. For example, in connection with lighting and heating, the consumption of . electricity at the Ford showrooms has been reduced by 92 per cent. of the pre-war figure, only 26 units per day being used now in lieu of 332 then, and this
despite the lighting necessary for the Munitions from Waste Paper" exhibition which is being 'held there and which has already attracted nearly 300.000 visitors. At the Dagenham works every possible scrap of waste products is employed. Thus, the tar by-product of the coke ovens is used to fire, the steel mills, saving thousands of tons of coal per year, whilst gases from the blast furnace provide heat for the boilers of the power house. Similarly, cooling of the glowing coke in its ovens is carried out by means of gases, which, consequently, become heated ,and are )hen pacsed to the boilers. . AFEW days ago we-paid a visit to the Fulham works of Barimar, Ltd., around which we were escorted by that very energetic and versatile managing director, Mr. C. W. Brett, M.Inst.W. We wereagreeably surprised at the way in which the company has settled down in its comparatively new quarters, also-at the large number of Machine tools in operation, and which we found had been rescued and renovated after the serious fire in which they had been involved at their old site. Whilst work on almost every type of equipment is being undertaken, we.were particularly impressed by the large number of broken crankshafts under treatment, some of these being of a size far beyond the capacity of the ordinary lathe or grinding machine, but they are . successfully tackled and finished to fine limits. Incidentally, Mr. Brett figures on the front cover of the August issue of "Pitman's Business Education," which includes a page interview with him by the Editor of th$ journal.
Barimars Busy as Bees BuildFng Broken Bits