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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1907. 



and the officers were the same as in The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 though the business was kept entirely separate. A tew years ago 

 the hard rubber company was merged with others to fcrm the 

 American Hard Rubber Co., with a large capital, and in which 

 Colonel Perkins has since been a director. He is likewise a direc- 

 tor in the Alkali Rubber Co., a large Akron concern in the rubber 

 reclaiming business. He is interested largely in the chemical and 

 other industries, the details of which may be spared here. 



Colonel Perkins has endeared himself to the people of his 

 native town by his liberal public spiritedness. The city has been 

 beautified by the opening of a park of 76 acres, on Perkins Hill, 

 which is entirely the gift of Colonel Perkins. He has been an 

 unostentatious contributor to many charities. He has at all times 

 taken an interest in reunions of his comrades in arms, having 

 been president for years of the Reunion Association of the One 

 Hundred and Fifth Regiment, and has participated actively in the 

 Memorial Day exercises at Akron. 



"Old fashioned" in his tastes is Colonel Perkins — that is. as far 

 as dislike for ostentation or pretense goes. "New fashioned," 

 however, in his broad grasp of affairs, quiet energy, and shrewd 

 knowledge of men and methods. With all his business acumen, 

 and in spite of his gathered riches, he is the same simple, sane, 

 everyday man that he always was. 



The tolerance with which he views the mistakes of others and 

 the kindness that is so genuine a part of the man are an object 

 lesson to the critical and the impetuous. May he live long to 

 enjoy his well deserved laurels. 



THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY. 



Mr. Bertr.\m G. Work, who succeeds Colonel Perkins to the 

 presidency of The B. F. Goodrich Co.. might be thought, at first 

 blush, to be rather a young man for so important a position. 

 When one remembers, however, that he is 39 years old, his birth- 

 day, by the way, falling on the day of the annual meeting that 

 elected him to the office, it will be seen that he is not really a 

 youth. Further than this, his experience and education have been 

 such as to equip him naturally, easily and completely for the 

 place. After graduating from the Sheffield Scientific School at 

 Yale College, he entered the employ of the Goodrich company in 

 1887 as correspondence clerk. Later he had charge of the book- 

 keeping, and still later was made assistant superintendent. For 

 nearly 12 years as assistant superintendent and. later superin- 

 tendent, he was at the factory every morning at 6 o'clock, often 

 remaining until late at night, and not only thoroughly mastered 

 every detail of rubber manufacture, as expressed in the products 

 of the Goodrich company, but was more or less a prolific inventor 

 and a very practical systematizer, so that even before he became 

 vice president, which occurred some three years ago, he had 

 proved himself possessed of a high order of executive ability. 

 Colonel Perkins, while retirihg from active work in the company, 

 still remains on the board of directors, and the election of Mr. 

 Work to the presidency means that aJ! the other officers take one 

 step in advance. 



THE LATEST GOODRICH BUILDING. 



The reinforced concrete construction for great buildings is 

 what progressive manufacturers through the United States are 

 rapidly adopting. The illustration shows a huge new building of 

 that construction now being erected by The B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 (Akron, Ohio). Tlie building has been designed by the Osborn 

 Engineering Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Frank B. Gilbreth 

 Co., of New York. It is intended for the storage of heavy mer- 

 chandise and is one of the heaviest buildings of this type ever 

 constructed. All of the floors have a carrying capacity of 1000 

 pounds per square foot. The building is 127 X 75 feet, six 

 stories in height, and will have approximately 50,000 square feet 

 of floor space. All windows throughout the building are glazed 

 with factory ribbed glass, and special precautions have been taken 

 to guard against danger by fire, the stairs being entirely of rein- 



forced concrete. The form work for the first floor was begun 

 October 27; second story, November 9; third story, November 17; 

 fourth story, November 24 ; fifth story, December 7; and the sixth 

 sti>r\, December II. Tlio aross amount of materials used in the 



Nhw loxckete. Building — The B. F. Goodrich Co., .\kron', Ohio. 



construction of the building was 4500 tons of Portland cement, 

 800 tons of limestone, 200 tons of sand, and 360 tons of steel. 

 The entire building is of reinforced concrete construction, with 

 brick curtain walls supported on concrete lintels. 



MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS. 



HIGH-PRESSURE HYDRAULIC HOSE. 



T^HE new conditions which have to be confronted in modern 

 engineering operations have made new drafts upon the in- 

 genuity of rubber manufacturers. For instance, in the construc- 

 tion of the tunnels now in progress under the East and North 

 rivers, at New York, a demand has arisen for hose capable of 

 withstanding greater pressures than have been known before in 

 connection with the use of rubber. The experiments entered 

 upon in this connection by the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. (New York) have resulted in their being able to turn out 

 hose which has been tested successfully for pressure up to 10,000 

 pounds to the square inch, whereas it is not so long since the 

 highest pressure test recorded was about 3500 pounds. The new 

 hose referred to is used in operating the hydraulic jacks that 

 move the shields used in the subfluvial tunnel work, and also by 

 some of the electrical manufacturing companies. The new Peer- 

 less hose is described as being stronger than the couplings, which 

 stand about 7000 pounds pressure. It is understood that the 

 Peerless company have applied for a patent on their new hose. 



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The "Tuebor" brand of rubber lined cotton fire hose, made 

 by the New Jersey Car Spring and Rubber Co. (Jersey City. 

 N. J.), is approved by the Associated Factory Mutual Fire In- 

 surance Companies and the National Fire Protection Associa- 

 tion, for factory and mill protection. It weighs 40 pounds per 



section and is guaranteed to withstand a pressure of 400 pounds. 



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The Garlock Packing Co. (Palmyra, New York) have ob- 

 tained the exclusive selling agency in the United States (east of 

 the Rocky mountains), and in Mexico and the West Indies, for 

 the "Tauril" sheet packing, which is claimed by many foreign 

 experts to be the finest packing of its kind made. It is recom- 

 mended for gas engine work and for superheated steam, air, 

 water, and oil; it has great tensile strength, and is made in any 

 thickness. 



