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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1902. 



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their common stock, \a addition to the 7 per cent, guaranteed 

 on the preferred. Since April i monthly dividends of i per 

 cent, have been declared on the common. A new plant at 

 Newark, New Jersey, it is stated, will be ready by February i. 



FORTY-FOUR YEARS A RUBBER MAN. 

 tThomas S. Judson died at Matteawan, New York, on No- 

 vember 10, in his 70th year. He was born at Newtown, Con- 

 necticut, and became employed in a rubber factory at Sandy 

 Hook with which the late Henry A. Alden was connected. 

 Forty-four years ago Mr. Alden went to Matteawan as super- 

 /■**" ^ intendent of the New 



'' ^-^' '■*' - ' • ' York Rubber Co.'s 



factory, and Mr. Jud- 



son'sconnection with 



^ y ' the works dated from 



the same time. When 

 Mr. Alden died, in 

 1882, Mr. Judson be- 

 came superintendent 

 of the mechanical 

 floods department of 

 the factory, which po- 

 sition he held until 

 his death. Mr. Jud- 

 son was a director of 

 the Matteawan Na- 

 tional Bank and a 

 trustee of the Mattea- 

 wan Savings Bank. 

 THOMAS s. JUDSON. For several tcrms he 



held the office of village president, and he had been the town 

 supervisor. The funeral, on November 13, was attended with 

 Masonic honors, and the interment was at Fishkill. The rub- 

 ber works were closed for the day, many of the employes at- 

 tending the funeral. Mr. Judson was survived by his wife, two 

 sons, and a daughter — all of Matteawan, and several brothers 

 and sisters in Connecticut. Mr. Judson was not only one of 

 :«the successful pioneer superintendents in the rubber industry^ 

 ••--.• but was a loved and trusted employe in the substantial com. 

 ii.pany with which, for so many years, he was so closely con- 

 ' nected. His whole life and thought were centered about the 

 'ntplant that he, as a faithful helper, had helped to create, and his 

 loss is keenly felt throughout the whole organization. 



NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. 

 United States Rubber Co. : 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co.: 



The fifteenth regular quarterly dividend of i^ per cent, on 

 the preferred shares will be payable December 15, to holders of 

 record December 3. 



THE CAMP RUBBER CO. ( ASHLAND, OHIO). 

 This company, lately incorporated, is now completing a four 

 story building, 50X150 feet, of fireproof tile construction. 

 This construction is the invention of Mr. H. B. Camp, the 

 president of the company, who has made a fortune out of it. 

 The company is also putting up a separate power house, and 

 the mill will be equipped electrically throughout. The other 

 officers are L. W. Camp, vice president ; C. E. Campbell, secre- 

 tary ; and T. W. Miller, treasurer and general manager — the 

 latter being also the active head of the Faultless Rubber Co., 

 of Akron. 



A TEST OF "eureka" FIRE HOSE. 



The National Cash Register Co. recently purchased 1200 

 feet of 2j^-inch " Eureka " fire hose, to be used on its out- 

 side fire system at Dayton, Ohio. In order to give this hose a 

 thorough trial under pressure, an interesting test was made at 



the new powerhouse 

 of the company. 

 Two lines of hose 

 from the pump were 

 attached by means of 

 a two-way Siamese 

 connection to a hose 

 pipe having a two- 

 inch nozzle, and an 

 attempt was made to 

 throw a stream of 

 water over the stack 

 of the powerhouse, 

 175 feet high. The 

 pump delivered 

 water at a pressure 

 of 190 pounds, and 

 the stream was 

 thrown within 20 

 feet of the top of the 

 stack. A three-way 

 Siamese connection 

 was then substituted 

 for the two- way, and, 

 with the three hose 

 lines discharging into 

 a two-inch stream, 

 water was thrown 

 over the top of the 

 stack. The photo- 

 graph reproduced on 

 this page was taken 

 just as this was ac- 

 complished. The force of this stream was so great that, with 

 a special holder attached to the pipe, six men were necessary 

 to manage the hose. Had it not been for a brisk breeze which 

 was blowing at the time, which broke the stream of water to a 

 considerable extent, it is probable that the water would have 

 been thrown to a greater height. 



HOOD RUBBER CO.' S JOBBERS. 

 The Western Association of Hood Rubber Co.'s Jobbers, or- 

 ganized in the spring of 1 901, still maintains an active existence. 

 A meeting was held in Chicagoon November 21, at which there 

 was a full attendance. It was presided over by ]. G. Olmstead. 

 of Bentley & Olmstead (Des Moines, Iowa), president of the 

 association. Edward I. Aldrich, selling agent for the Hood 

 Rubber Co., was present. It was voted to hold the annual 

 meeting in Chicago during the first week in January. It was 

 resolved to demand of the Hood company that the same re- 



TEST OF EUREKA FIRE HOSE. 



