May 25, 1917. THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. 1015 THE WHITECROSS CO. WARRINGTON. Ltd. ESTABLISHED ?86J, Manufacturers of All Descriptions of WIRE & We make a Speciality of HEYWOOD & BRIDGE’S PATENT FRICTION CLUTCHES and HAULING INSTALLATIONS. (Electrical and Mechanical, Vertical and Horizontal.) We are WIRE ROPES Codes Al, ABC. 4th & 5th Editions. LIEBERS, WHITECROSS, WESTERN UNION. Telegrams— WHITECROSS, WARRINGTON. Telephone— Nos. 9, 10 & 11. V-SHAPED BRAKES. These are a source of endless trouble unless lined with Ferodo fabrics. There is always a difficulty of securing efficient working owing to the great heat generated and the varying peripheral speeds. These difficulties have been solved by the use of Ferodo fabrics. At a large colliery in Scotland where constant trouble was experienced with V brakes, we fitted Ferodo fabrics over four years ago, and they are still working efficiently without further trouble. If you have any brake troubles write us. We can solve them. Clutch and Brake Linings. Contractors to the War Office and Admiralty, London General Omnibus Company, and Underground Electric Railways of London and Paris. List H from THE HERBERT FROOD CO. LTD., Works—CHAPEL-EN-LE. FRITH. We hold stocks at London, Birmingham, Belfast, Bristol, Car- diff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester & Newcastle. Agents for India: THE ASBESTOS & BELTING CO., H4 3 & 4, Waterloo Street, CALCUTTA. PATENT wp/r£ fop pppros. ro SQt£ REASER OVER 1400 PAIRS SOLD. NEW PfltENT NQ 20901.1913. AUTOMATIC (EVANS Er DODD, k I CANNOCK. I supplying our Hauling Gears to the leading Gold Mines, Collieries, Quarries, Brickworks, etc., etc., and are continually receiving repeat orders. Triple Endless Rope Hauling Gear. For underground work in a Colliery, driven from surface by Wire Rope. OUR EXPERIENCE IS AT YOUR SERVICE. Send for Catalogue Free. Patentees & Sole Makers, DAVID BRIDGE & CO. LD., Haulage Works, CASTLETON, MANCHESTER. A and B Couplings and many others. The 1912 lever has large lateral stops and a wedge-shaped shouldered head. The catch C is not essential. Drop-Forged Shells. Drop-Forged Catches. Drop-Forged Levers. Drop-Forged Couplings. SMALLMAN patent HAULAGE CLIPS. British Patents No. 8476 of 1906 ; No. 19533 of 1910 : No. 9983 of 1911 ; and No. 4362 of 1912. Automatic Detachment. 1912 Pattern ; nine sizes. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. Patentee and Sole Manufacturer:— JAMES W. SMALLMAN, Nuneaton, England. JOHN WOOD & SONS, L" Engineers, BARLEY BROOK FOUNDRY, WIGAN. Telephone—No. “ 55 ” Wigan. Telegrams—“ Haulage, Wigan.” 100-H.P. “ENDLESS" Fitted with AUTOMATIC BRAKE I I and Improved “ OUTSIDE- BAND” FRICTION CLUTCH. Haulage Gears of every type. WINDING, PUMPING & AIR COMPRESSING ENGINES.