June i, 1909.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE REED GOLDEN WEDDING. 



THE golden wedding nf Mr. .-md Mrs. Henry A. Reed was 

 celebr^ated on the evening of May 14 at their residence, No. 

 88 North street. Roseville. Newark, New Jersey. Mr, Reed has 

 long been idcntiticd with the Bishop Gutta-Percha Co. (New 

 York), of which he is now president, regularly devoting attention 

 to business. 



Henry Augustus Reed and Miss Alice Amelia Boardinan were 

 married at Poughkeepsie. New York, fifty years ago. Already 

 Mr. Reed had become proficient in the then new art of telegraphy, 

 although at the date of his marriage he was interested in a 

 bookstore. Mr. Reed's interest in telegraphy continued, how 

 ever, and he was in charge of the Poughkeepsie telegraph office 

 at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War. When Fort 

 Sumter was fired upon, .-Vpril 12, 1861, Mr. Reed received the 

 news in his office. By his side was .Admiral Farragut, anxious 

 and expectant. When Mr. Reed told Farragut the contents of 

 the dispatch the admiral remarked: "That means that I must 

 go to Norfolk at once. 1 have many friends there, Init if duty 

 requires, I will blow up the city." 



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Upon the death of Sanuicl C. Hishnp. prciprietnr nf the pioneer 

 gutta-percha factory in .America, Samuel Boardman, as executor 

 of his estate, took control of the business, in which he had the 

 assistance of his brother-in-law. Mr. Reed, as an expert account- 

 ant. Mr. Reed's knowledge of electricity was also of value in 

 this connection, particularly in respect of certain litigation pend- 

 ing over an insulation patent. Upon the organization of the 

 Bishop Gutta-Percha Co., in 1885. Mr. Reed was elected secre- 

 tary. Two years later he was made manager of the company ; 

 in 1893 he was elected treasurer, and in 1905 president. His three 

 sons — William Boardman, Henry Douglas, and Louis F. — are 

 now respectively treasurer, vice-president and secretary of the 

 Bishop company, and the family hold the greater part of the 

 capital stock. 



The celebration of the anniversary began with a luncheon at 

 the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reed at 2 p. m., for the relatives and 

 friends who were present at the wedding in 1859. Among those 

 present were two of the bridesmaids. Miss A. Julia Reed, a sister, 

 of Carmel, New York, and Mrs. Frederick A. Sawyer, of 

 Garden City, Long Island. Three brothers' of Mr. Reed were 

 present with their wives; another brother and sistcr-in-Iaw were 



unable to attend. At the luncheon the anniversary gifts were 

 presented. Mr. Reed's gift to his wife was a diamond brooch. 

 The children presented him with a diamond ring and Mrs. Reed 

 with a gold belt buckle. The presents included a TifTany vase 

 from the office force of the Bishop Gutta-Percha Co., and the 

 factory employes were represented. There was a handsome 

 present — a dozen gold encased finger bowls from Tiffany — con- 

 tributed by members of a number of firms in the rubber covered 

 wire trade, Mr. Reed's business competitors, and a Tiflfany ma- 

 hogany chime clock from thirty members of the Presbyterian 

 church at Roseville. of which Mr. Reed and his family are mem- 

 bers. A reception in the evening was largely attended. 



Mr. and Mrs. Reed were married on the forty-eighth anniver- 

 sary of the wedding of the latter's parents, in Manchester, Eng- 

 1,111(1. They lived together for 60 years, while Mr. Reed's parents 

 liveil together for 63 years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reed attended 

 the golden weddings of their parents. Mr. Reed was 80 years 

 old in February last and his wife 74 in .April, and they celebrated 

 their birthdays in Florida. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



" I "HE principle of specializing in production so general in the 

 •^ United States applies to the manufacture of machinery 

 even to a greater extent, perhaps than in almost any other line, 

 which thought is suggested by the new "Bulletin" issued by the 

 F.^RRELL Foundry .'Vnd M.^chine Co. (.Ansonia, Connecticut), who 

 so long have devoted themselves to supplying rubber factory 

 equipment for use both at home and abroad. The firm here 

 named make machinery for every branch of the rubber industry, 

 but the publication before us is devoted solely to ''Rubber Shoe 

 Machinery," and the fact that it contains illustrations of no 

 fewer than 28 different machines and appliances, many of them 

 of special design, indicates the wide scope which now obtains in 

 the shoe machinery field. Of course, the washers and grinders 

 would be equally applicable in other lines of the rubber manu- 

 facture, but they are all embraced 'in this bulletin^ to make it 

 a complete catalogue of equipment for a rubber footwear factory. 

 [8" X 10V4". 33 leaves.] 



BiRMiNGHA.M Iron Foundrv (Derby. Connecticut), in view of 

 there being several distinct classes of rubber mill machinery, 

 each including a variety of types and sizes, do not regard it ex- 

 pedient to illustrate and describe them all in permanent bound 

 form, but issue from time to time circulars such as may be of 

 special interest to individual inquirers. .A collection of such 

 circulars recently issued contains illustrations of no fewer than 

 53 machines from which might be chosen equipment for a very 

 complete mechanical rubber goods factory. [9ji " X y'A"- 64 

 leaves.] 



VooRHEES RuHBER M.^NUFACTURING Co. (Jersey City, New Jer- 

 sey) devote their latest illustrated catalogue principally to rubber 

 and cotton Fire Hose, of which they are very large manufac- 

 turers under the specifications of the Underwriters and the 

 United States Navy. There are included also various fire depart- 

 ment appliances, and reference is made to various other rubber 

 goods made by this company. [5" X ""■ 28 pages.] 



Ch.arles E. Miller (New York) issues for 1909 his annual 

 -Automobile Catalogue which, in addition to the leading makes of 

 tires, lists such a variety of automobile accessories of rubber as 

 to suggest that the products of the rubber factory called for by 

 the motoring interest arc far from being confined to tires. 

 (7!4"X9"- 236 pages.] 



Phoenix Auto Supply Co. (St. Louis), in their Catalogue 

 No. 5, for 1909, list as large a variety of tire and automobile 

 accessories as any other catalogue in this field which we have 

 seen. Not the least interesting suggstion which comes from 

 an inspection of this catalogue is that a house catering particu- 

 larly to the Western trade finds itself justified in carrying so 

 large a line of automobile supplies. [8j4" X 10}^". 144 pages.] 



