November i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



51 



SECRETARY STUDLEY. 



PRESIDENT OITTENHOEFER. 

 OFFICIALS OF THE VULCANIZED RUBBER CO. 



VICE-PRESIDENT PELLINGER. 



The banquet closed with mutual congratulations upon the 

 great success of the event. There were present, in addition to 

 all the gentlemen named on the preceding page : 



The burgess of Morrisville. Charles Sine, and Councilmen C. H. 

 Gantz, R. V. Hutchinson, Margerum, Case, and Palmer ; Bernard Long, 

 Wilkesbarre, Pa : Jacob Schmidt and Jacob Schmidt, Jr., contractors 

 for the buildings, Wilkesbarre, Pa. ; L. L. Meredith, engineer, Morris- 

 ville, Pa. ; Edmund Wright, C. C. Humphreys, and William G. How- 

 ell, Morrisville ; S. S. Parkinson and Councilman Charles F. Golden- 

 baum, of Trenton; Charles E. Worthington, Boston ; George Pellin- 

 ger, Jr., L. F. Dittenhoefer, James Moeser, C. S. Taylor, H. Swatz, 

 and Marion UUman, New York; J. Ruggaber, superintendent comb de- 

 partment; Oscar Beck, superintendent stock department; Fred Taylor, 

 head bookkeeper; and the following foremen: George Jenkins, William 

 Carmen, Joseph Tinery, George Van Buskirk, Edward Sutterly, Joseph 

 Lester, Benjamin Peze, Charles Parsons, C. H. Young, Edward Neu- 

 man, Patrick Doherty, C. Nolan, Fred Willand. 



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At the conclusion of the exercises at the building, the em- 

 ployes of the company repaired to Mershon's Hall, Morris- 

 ville, where a banquet was served. Covers were laid for about 

 300. The committee in charge consisted of Charles E. Taylor, 

 chairman; L. Z. McGannon, Joseph Pellinger, Edward Swope, 

 Mahlon T. Moon, Elmer Jenkins, William Stradling, Thomas 

 Nevins, Aaron Van Buskirk, Fred Cox, William Meyers and 

 Michael Giblin. Dancing followed the lunch and the festivi- 

 ties continued until late in the afternoon. In the morning 

 teams from the polishing rooms and the turners' department 

 met at baseball, the latter winning by a score of 11 to 5. 



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The new building of the Vulcanized Rubber Co. is in three 

 sections, all af brick, two stories high, of modern mill con- 

 struction. The structure nearest the railroad line, on Smith 

 street, is 40 X 210 feet, with an extension 125 feet long. The 

 central building is 40X277 feet, and the one on the north 

 40 X 263 feet. The structures are well under way, one being up 

 to the second story line, and the others up to the window sills. 

 The new building and the equipment will cost about $200,000. 

 The engines are of the Harris-Corliss type, and the drive will 

 be a new feature in rubber mill work, being a chain drive on 

 the same principle as the chain used on a bicycle. 



SOME WANTS OF THE RUBBER TRADE. 



[2C5] 11? ROM a firm importing crude rubber comes a request 

 A for the name and address of some manufacturer of 

 machines tor pressing rubber. 



[2(j>(>] From Chicago : " Please inform us who builds rubber 

 mixers ; also, where to buy washed Pard rubber." 



[267] From a Southern city : " We should like to learn of a 

 suitable material for use in waterproofiug cotton duck, with a 

 view to the manufacture of tarpaulins." 



[268] From the West: " We have an inquiry for prices on 

 rubber return balls. Kindly Inform us who makes them." 



[269] From New Jersey: " Please give me the address of a 

 dealer in reclaimed white rubber." 



[270] From New England : " We wish you would kindly ad- 

 vise us where we can purchase two-ounce bottles for rubber 

 cement." 



[271] From Philadelphia: "Please refer us to some party 

 making a rubber coated cork for ammonia bottles. 



[273] "Will you kindly mention the address of the manu- 

 facturers of Smith's bias cutting machine, described In The 

 India Rubber World for September?" 



[274] From England: "Where can I buy thin rubber sheet, 

 such as is used in dress shields ? " 



[275] From Japan : " Can you tell me how to make varnish, 

 polish, or gloss, for India-rubber goods, or where to procure 

 same, similar to enclosed rubber sheet? "==[The sample sent 

 is of ordinary red rubber, which owes its gloss to the fact that 

 It was cured on a perfectly smooth surface, potashed, and then 

 wiped over with glycerine.] 



[276] From England : " We shall esteem it a great favor if 

 you will kindly inform us of any firm or firms in America which 

 you know to make a specialty of the manufacture and engrav- 

 ing of steel molds for golf balls." 



[277] From Canada: "In the British foreign office annual 

 series. No. 2876, under the head of rubber in French Guinea, 

 it is stated that ' the only rubber allowed to be exported would 

 be that prepared by the Foulah method, in red filaments, which 

 was found to be the only one which permitted the detection of 

 resinous adulteration.' Can you tell us what the Foulah 

 method is ? " 



