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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[ \i GUST I, I903. 



= A certificate has been filed with the secretary of state of 

 Connecticut reducing the capital stock of the Bridgeport Elas- 

 tic Web Co. from $100,000 to $2000. This company was 

 merged into a Massachusetts corporation some two years 

 ago, since which time the work formerly done by it has been 

 consolidated at Boston. 



= The Springfield Tire and Rubber Co. (Springfield, Ohio) 

 have added a large three roll calender and hydraulic press to 

 their plant, and in addition to their regular line of mold work 

 have taken on the manufacture of mats and matting, 



= Typke & King, whose specialties for rubber manufacturers 

 the world over are so well known, have removed their London 

 office from 47, Wilson street, to 16, Mincing lane. 



= The July 22 issue of the Boot and Shoe Recorder as a " Rub- 

 ber number" is the most interesting copy of that live weekly 

 that has appeared in a long lime. Editor Putnam has massed 

 a lot ol information, illustration, and incidentally good adver- 

 tising that makes a fine total. One question, however, occurs 

 to the writer : What happened to the many kodak pictures 

 that he apparently took at the recent New England Rubber 

 Club outing ? Wasn't the box loaded, after all ? 



= P. W. Saunders, of North Waterford, Maine, former post- 

 master of that town, has been engaged by the Lowell Rubber 

 Co. (Lowell, Mass.), one of the oldest wholesale and retail rub- 

 ber stores in New England, to take charge of their business. 

 PERSONAL MENTION. 



William G. Hill, who died at his home in Maiden, Massa- 

 chusetts, on July 10, in his fifty-third year, was a nephew of the 

 Hon. Elisha S. Converse, being a son of an elder sister of the 

 latter — Sarah Converse [1811-1850], who married James Hill, of 

 Thompson, Connecticut. Mr. Hill had been, since 1853, con- 

 nected with the leather trade in Boston. He is survived by 

 his wife (nee Thompson, of Richmond, Virginia) and two sons, 

 the elder of whom, William G. Hill, Jr., is the transportation 

 agent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. 



= Mr. John P. Lyons, advertising manager of the United 

 States Rubber Co. accompanied by Mrs. Lyons, sailed from Bos- 

 ton on July 9 for Europe, on a vacation of four weeks, most of 

 which will be spent on the water. Mr. Lyons has made a rec- 

 ord for himself with the United States company as a brilliant 

 and tireless worker — indeed, he hasalways been an overworker. 

 It is therefore the hope of all that the rest which he has so 

 richly earned may do him much good. 



= Mr. James A. Braden, hitherto correspondent at Akron, 

 Ohio, for The India Rubber World, and connected in an 

 important way with Akron journalism, has retired from his va- 

 rious positions to become advertising manager for the Diamond 

 Rubber Co. On the evening of June 27 a complimentary din- 

 ner was tendered to Mr. Braden at the Empire House, in 

 Akron, by a number of local newspapermen, who, while regret- 

 ting his retirement from journalism, wished him every success 

 in his new field. 



= Mr. Joseph Thomas Hart and Miss Margaret Annie Stew- 

 art were married on June 24, in Montreal, at the Erskine Pres- 

 byterian church, by the pastor, the Rev. A. J. Mowat. Mr. 

 Hart is superintendent of the boot and shoe department of the 

 Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, the employes of which com- 

 pany joined in making a handsome wedding present, which was 

 tendered at the reception, held at Stanley Hall, in a speech 

 by Mr. A. D. Thornton, superintendent of the mechanical de- 

 partment. The wedding journey included Niagara Falls, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., and Williamsport, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. Hart visiting 

 relatives and friends. 



= Mr. Ira Walton Henry, the electrical engineer of The 

 Safety Insulated Wire and Cable Co, (New York), accompan- 



ied by his family, lately returned from an absence in Europe of 

 several weeks, during which he attended several technical meet- 

 ings and inspected a number of new electrical installations of 

 interest. 



= The will of the late Charles Albert Hoyt, a director in the 

 American Hard Rubber Co., who died on April 18, leaves to 

 his widow their house at No. 15 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn, 

 together with a large sum of money. The son, Dr. Albert Sher- 

 man Hoyt, is also well provided for. There are seventeen spe- 

 cific legacies, amounting to $29 500, mostly to Roman Catholic 

 charitable institutions. 



= The marriage is reported, at Stockholm, Sweden, of Mr. 

 R. M. Howison, European agent for the Pennsylvania Rub- 

 ber Co., with offices in London, and Miss Madeleine, daugh- 

 ter of Charles de Lacy MacCarthy, M. B., B. a. Mr. Howison 

 will be pleasantly remembered by many who knew him in 

 the rubber trade in Boston and Hartford, some years ago. 



= The Editor of The India Rubber World is in receipt of 

 a beautiful specimen of Japanese woodcut printing, the inven- 

 tion of the famous water color artist, Mr. K. Miyake. The pic- 

 ture shows twenty eight shades of color and is a marvelously 

 artistic piece of work. The recipient becomes its possesor 

 through the kindness of Mr. Kenzo Okada, now a iubber 

 manufacturer in Japan, but formerly employed in rubber fac- 

 tories in the United States. 



= Mr. C. J. Bailey, of No. 22 Boylston street, Boston, will 

 spend the month of August at the beautiful summer resort 

 known as " Casco Castle," South Freeport, Maine. 



= Mr. Eben H. Paine, sales manager of the United States 

 Rubber Co., is utilizing the hot months by taking a trip to 

 Europe. 



= Mr. William C. Coleman, who is well known in the rubber 

 trade, was married on July 18, to Miss Winona Taylor. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Coleman will be at homeat" The Highlands," Ninety- 

 first street, New York, after September 1. 



= Mr. Ernest Baldwin, New York manager for the Voorhees 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Jersey City), is a member of the 

 Essex Troop of the New Jersey National Guard, and joined his 

 regiment in the annual encampment at Seagirt during the lat- 

 ter part of July. The camp was favored with an inspection by 

 Mr. Root, secretary of war of the United States. 



RUBBER NOTES FROM THE AMAZON. 



TO the Editor of The India Rubber World: It us- 

 ually is taken for granted here that heating the latex be- 

 fore smoking injures the quality of the rubber. In 1873, when 

 this method was first introduced, the Para rubber houses — 

 Man&os did not then exist — especially Singlehurst & Co., 

 sent representatives up country, asking the seringuieros not to 

 adopt it. Nowadays, however, when only greenhorns smoke 

 cold rubber milk, little is said about the practice. There can 

 be no doubt that heating the milk hastens the effect of the cure 

 by smoking, but whether it does or does not injure the rubber, 

 I cannot say; I think, however, that it does. I will try to ob- 

 tain samples of cold and hot smoked rubber, and send to the 

 United States for comparison. 



You may be interested in hearing of the enormous yield of a 

 rubber tree (Mevea Brasiliensis) in Murumurutuba, on the 

 river Madeira. It was discovered by an old man nearly three 

 years ago, since which time it has been tapped regularly 90 

 days in the year— 25 days in the month during the season — 

 yielding an average of 2 liters of latex per day. This would 

 give a total of 180 liters [=190 quarts] per year. L. G. 



Mangos, Brazil, May 7, 1903. 



