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THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



[April i, 1905. 



ary 12, 1867] for a special process for the coating of metal with 

 rubber and his goods were made by the Novelty Rubber Co. 

 (New Brunswick, N. J.) until 1869, when he established himself 

 at Newark in the manufacture of harnessbuckles and trimmings 

 under his patent. Later he obtained other patents, both for 

 vulcanizing processes and for the special dies used in making 

 his prod'icts. 



After some years a contest arose with the Celluloid Harness 

 Trimming Co., which had been formed in 1873, over an alleged 

 infringement of patents, the result of which was a consolidation 

 of interests and the organization of the present stock company, 

 December i, 1877, with Mr. Albright owning a majority of the 

 shares and filling the office of president. The capital stock of 

 the new corporation was increased in 1889 to $500,000. His 

 only son, Andrew Albright, Jr., has been vice president and 

 William McMurtry treasurer. The business has been very suc- 

 cessful, and while Mr. Albright was not in the habit of talking 

 freely about his affairs, his fortune has been locally estimated at 

 between $500,000 and $750,000. He owned a handsome resi- 

 dence at No. 727 High street, and considerable other Newark 

 real estate. 



Mr. Albright was well known for the assistance which he gave 

 to inventors whom he considered deserving, and it is said that 

 many men upon whom he conferred substantial financial aid 

 have perfected inventions of great benefit to the public. He 

 took an active interest in the Newark Library Association and 

 also in politics. Mr. Albright is survived by his widow, who 

 was Mrs. Philemon B. Strong, of Dryden, N. Y. ; by his son 

 above mentioned, and a daughter, Mrs. G. J. Spur, of Newark ; 

 also by a stepdaughter, Mrs. R, J. Maches, of Newark. There 

 were funeral services at the late home of the deceased, on 

 March 22. Andrew Albright, Jr., will become president of the 



company. 



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EUGENE F. PHILLIPS. 



Eugene F. Phillips, who died at his home in Providence, 

 Rhode Island, on Fedruary 22, was one of the founders of the 

 insulated wire industry in America and at the time of his death 

 was identified with one of the most important establishments 

 in this industry. Mr. Phillips was born in Providence on No- 

 vember 10, 1843, his father being David 

 _ .^^ Greshen Phillips, and was educated in 



' ^^B the public and high schools of that 



city. His course at the high school was 

 interrupted by a term of service in the 

 Tenth Rhode Island volunteer regiment 

 during the civil war. After the war Mr. 

 Phillips was interested at various times 

 in banking and other business until 

 1870, when he began in a small way to 

 insulate telegraph wires, in a barn in 

 the rear of his residence. The business 



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Courtesy of TAt Eitctrical t"us founded grew steadily with the 

 World and Enginter .\ development of the electrical business 

 until, in 1882, the name was adopted of the American Electri- 

 cal Works, which has now become one of the largest com- 

 panies of the kind in the country. In 1893, the buildings 

 formerly occupied no longer proving adequate, a new location 

 was chosen on the Seekonk river, and the result was the growth 

 of a village that was named Phillipsdale in Mr. Phillips's honor. 

 Four or five years ago Mr. Phillips became a director and vice 

 president, and later president, of the Washburn Wire Co. 

 (Providence), while the leading officers of that company joined 

 the Electrical Works board, since which time close relations 

 have existed between the two coinpanies. In 1889 Mr. Phil- 



lips established a plant in Montreal, which is now the largest 

 of its kind in the Dominion. Mr. Phillips married Miss Jose- 

 phine J. Nichols, who survives, with two sons and a daughter, 

 the sons being Frank F. and E. Rowland, who long have been 

 active in the management of the Electrical Works, the former 

 having been president of the company for some years past. 



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 JAMES B. HENDERSON. 



J.-i.MES Bui.sr Hi;nuers(xn' was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 

 August 14, 1875; his early schooling was in Yorkshire, Eng- 

 land, until his family moved to America, in i886, and settled in 

 Ludlow, Massachusetts. He attended the common schools of 

 that town, and pursued his studies so diligently that he was ad- 

 mitted to the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology in 1892, before his sev- 

 enteenth year. As a boy he was quiet 

 and rather reserved, but fond of foot- 

 ball and cricket and a great favorite 

 with his teachers and schoolmates. He 

 devoted himself to his work, attacking 

 each subject with energy and persist- 

 ence until it was mastered, but contin- 

 ued his interest in athletics. In his 

 senior year he secured an opportunity 

 on theengineering staff engaged in the 



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extension of the New Bedford Water 

 Supply, and after graduation he went to a similar position 

 with the Metropolitan Water Board at Clinton. 



He went to the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. in 1898 

 Here as elsewhere, his work was characterized by the same 

 quiet earnestness and thoroughness. For some years he work- 

 ed in the cost department on the costs and the specifications 

 which control the manufacturing operations of the company. 

 In 1902, after the death of Mr. Robert Cowen, the technical 

 manager and the founder of the company, he was placed at the 

 head of the technical department. In this capacity he had 

 charge of the compounding of rubber stocks and of the large 

 amount of experimental work which this process entails. His 

 success in this work was marked. 



He was married in Swampscott in 1901 to Miss Marion E. 

 Lowd and lived in Cambridge until he moved to Arlington in 

 1903. It was while his house was building that his disease, dia- 

 betes, declared itself. He made a gallant struggle for life and 

 health, but his strength failed until the end came suddenly on 

 March 4. During all this time he kept at his work, though 

 with gradually lessened hours and decreased responsibility. 

 He died at the home of his parents, in Ludlow, where he had 

 gone on a vacation urged by the management of the company. 



The expressions of grief and sympathy for the bereaved wife 

 and two little children and for the stricken parents and sister 

 were numerous. The fiag at the factory was half masted and 

 the greatest concern and regard was expressed by his associ- 

 ates. One of the compensations of this terrible trial to his 

 family has been the universal testimony of those who knew 

 him, and particularly by his business associates, to his sterling 



worth. 



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THOMAS ADAMS. 

 Thomas Adams, who claimed to be the pioneer of the Chicle 

 chewing gum business, died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, 

 on February 7. He was born in New York city. May 4, 1818, 

 and during^the civil war was photographer by appointment in the 

 army of the Potomac, taking many photographs which have be- 

 come famous. His son Thomas was with him at that time. 

 Daring a visit to Mexico, after the war, Mr. Adams became in- 



