The tires were 30 years later than the fiber cleaning machine, and he was getting the rubber for them from the Amazon according to newspaper reports. The cotton fabric for the tires in 1914 was purchased from Brighton Mills of Passaic, NJ.
I was wondering where forgotten weapons got their hemp link, because I couldn't find anything. Not saying it's wrong, it's quite possible.
But the first smokeless powder was introduced in 1885. Guncotton had been introduced in 1846, and by the 1860's it had progressed to be used in some artillery - including torpedoes. But while very powerful, it was unstable. The development of smokeless powder actually expanded on guncotton - both of them being based on nitrocellulose. Would Arthur have been dabbling in commercial machinery right before diving into firearms? Or had he seen that black powder was becoming obsolete and was dabbling with getting involved in it's replacement?
Large pic here of a newspaper article from Jan 1, 1914 on Arthur W. Savage and the tire company, AJ was the superintendent. Had to keep it large to be easily read. Around 1920
Spreckels industries bought into Savage Tires, and with the advancement of technology in the 20's the company didn't keep up and faded away.Spreckel was already involved at this point in 1914, my bad. I believe they took over almost totally later on from accounts that I've read.