August i, 1906. J 



THE INDIA HUBBEH WORLD 



373 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. Fukderick C. Hood, treasurer of the Hood Rublier 

 Co., and a member of the Harvard class of '86, was chair- 

 man of the committi-e on arrangements for the reunion of 

 his class in Hoston recently. 



= The friends of Mr. K. I'. Towner, junior member of 

 Towner & Co., rubber goods jobbers, of Memphis, Tennes- 

 see, have received cards reading: "Richard Paul Towner 

 and Edna B. Holbig announce their marriage in New York 

 cit}', June 17, 1906. At home after .August i, Memphis, 

 Tennessee." 



=:The man J" friends and business associates of Mr. Charles 

 H. Norton, advertising manager for (leorge BorgfeUlt & Co. 

 (New York) are congratulating him on the announcement of 

 his engagement to Miss -Vdele Ivddy Black of New York city. 



THE TEXTILE GOODS MARKET. 



^ I '*HERE is very little of interest that can be said about 

 -*- the cotton situation at this writing as there has been 

 no appreciable change since our last report. The persistent 

 rains have had a more or less adverse effect on the crop, 

 which has also been retarded by labor conditions, which in 

 certain sections of the South are ver\' unsatisfactor3'. Cer- 

 tain rumors from Te.xas indicate a relatively early move- 

 ment of the crop of that state. This theory, however, is not 

 in accord with the views of the president of a large vSouthern 

 mill and one of the best authorities on the cotton situation, 

 who in writing prominent New York factors says: " In our 

 mind cotton is a purchase now for 4 nifintlis. Crop will not 

 be large and will be sold slowly." 



The rubber trade demand is as active as ever and a number 

 of manufacturers of mechanical goods have exceeded the pro- 

 portion due them on contracts. The speculative market is 

 active though in a rather chaotic condition. The general 

 opinion, at least that which prevails in rea.sonably conserva- 

 tive circles, indicates a rather late and slow moving crop, 

 though on the other hand there is a considerable element 

 who predict a relatively earlj' movement and quick sale. 



RUBBER NOTES FROM TRENTON. 



1!V A RESIDENT CORRESl'ONDENT. 



'^ I "*0 THE Editor of The Indi.\ Rubber World: The 

 -*• plant of the Perfei.tion Rubber Co., on Paul avenue, 

 Trenton, narrowl}- escaped destruction by fire on July 14. 

 At 6.45 p. M. an alarm was turned in, which brought the fire 

 department on a run — and for a time things looked verj' ser- 

 ious. The building is a two story frame structure with boiler 

 room adjoining. The fire started in the boiler room and the 

 roof of this building was almost destroyed. The firemen got 

 quickly to work and while two companies devoted themselves 

 entirely to the blazing building the energies of the others 

 were directed toward saving the other buildings, in which 

 efforts they were successful. The engineer of the plant says 

 he cannot account for the fire. The loss is placed at $1200. 

 The officers of the Perfection Rubber Co. are John W. Cook, 

 president ; J. M. Lawshe, secretary and treasurer. 



Permits have been granted to the Crescent Belting and 

 Packing Co. for the erection of two new buildings each to 

 cost Ssooo. The buildings will be of brick, one of three 

 stories and one of one story. 



C.eneral C. Edward Jlurray, of the Empire Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., during two weeks in July left the cares of 

 rubber manufacturing, and devoted himself to his duties as 

 Quartermaster C.eneral at Camp Edward C. Stokes, at Sea 

 C.irt. 



Work has been resumed at the Lambertville Rubber Co. 

 after an extended shut down, during which extensive repairs 

 were made and a new set of calenders put in. 



The meml)ers of the fire brigade of the L'nited and 

 Globe Rubber Manufacturing Co. 's, left the factorj-on Satur- 

 day', July 21, for a day's outing up the Delaware river. A 

 cam]) site was selected near Scudder's Falls, where an enjoy- 

 able day was spent. 



A baseball team of employes of the United and Globe Rub- 

 ber Manufacturing Co. 's on July 14, played an interesting 

 game with a tuaui from the Union Boiler Co., at Pennington, 

 N. J. The latter won by a score of 10 to 7. 



OBITUARY. 



TN the death of Joseph Stokes, the nineteen year old son 

 -*- of Joseph O. Stokes, of the Trenton Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., the Home Rubber Co., and the Joseph Stokes 

 Rubber Co., the trade suffers a distinct prospective loss. 

 The young man showed wonderful promise both in charac- 

 ter and sound Inisiness judgjnent, and was fitting himself to 

 become the head of the rubber company that bears his 

 grandfather's name. That .so bright a future cannot fulfill 

 its promise is exceedingly sad, and his parents, relatives, 

 and friends are assured of the deepest sympathj- of the 



trade. 



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Cii.VRLES C. Miller, for man\- years connected promi- 

 nently with the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., at Pittsburgh, 

 and later secretar}' of the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. (New Y'ork), died on Jul}- 17 at his home in Bath ave- 

 nue, Long Branch, N. J., of progressive paralysis, in his 

 sixty-fifth year. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1S51. Be- 

 coming interested in the rubber business he became a resi- 

 dent of New York. When the company with which he was 

 connected was acquired hy the Rubber Goods Manufactur- 

 ing Co. he retired from business, and about two j-ears ago 

 he moved to Long Branch. He is survived by one brother 

 and five sisters. The brother is Orlando Miller, purchasing 

 agent for the Westinghouse concern at Pittsburgh. Funeral 

 services were held at Long Branch on July 20. 



Ferdin.\nd ('7. BoRGE.S, One of the principals behind the 

 various " I'bero " rubber plantation companies, whose con- 

 viction on charges of conspiracy and larceny in connection 

 with their promotion, in the criminal section of the superior 

 court at Boston was reported in the last India Rubber 

 World, was called before Judge White for .sentence on July 

 5. The prisoner made a lengthy statement in court, throw- 

 ing the blame for any wrongdoing upon the organizer of the 

 companies — Ex-Congressman William D. Owen, who es- 

 caped prosecution by leaving the country — and exonerating 

 the other officers of the company. Borges was sentenced to 

 serve for from 12 to 15 3'ears in the Massachusetts state 

 prison, and began his sentence on July 6. 



The reorganization of the I'bero Company as the Tolosa 

 Rubber Co. is reported in another column. 



