May 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



421 



The Obituary Record. 



FRANK E. HALL, 



IN the April issue of The India Rubber World there appeared 

 a brief notice of the death of Frank E. Hall, which occurred 

 ill March. It is possible now to give a more adequate account 

 of his active and interesting life. 



Frank E. Hall, for many years prominently identified with the 

 ruliber industry, was born in Boston, May 20, 1852, the eldest 

 son of Henry A. and Amelia W. Hall. His father was one of 

 the pioneer retail rubber merchants, and from his business grew 

 the Hall Rubber Co., for many years among the leaders in the 

 trade. 



The Sim, Frank, early in life showed marked mechanical and 

 inventive genius, and during his sixty years of life was responsi- 



The last few years of his life were spent in VVollaston, where 

 he purchased the old Quincy homestead, and where he died, 

 March 14, 1913, just two years after the death of his wife. 



ISAAC B. KLEINEBT. 



Isaac B. Kleinert, president of the I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co., 

 died at his home, 31 West 87th street. New York City, on April 

 18th in his 84th year. Mr. Kleinert was born in Borek, Prussia. 

 He came to this country in 1850 and soon became interested in 

 manufacturing enterprises. About thirty-three years ago he 

 took up the manufacture of dress shields. At that time the 

 articles of this description most used in this country came from 

 France, and there was at first considerable prejudice against 



Frank E. Hall. 



Isaac B. Kleinert. 



Adolf Prixzhorx. 



ble for many improvements and inventions of more or less 

 value. Entering the business world at the age of 19, he almost 

 immediately established a retail store at Portland, Maine, which 

 he continued to run until his father's death in 1879, which com- 

 pelled him to take charge of his father's affairs, and his own 

 store soon became a branch of the larger firm, and the name of 

 the latter was changed to the Hall Rubber ^o. 



About two years later he established a fa^ry at Bemis. Mass., 

 and for the next ten years devoted much of his time to the 

 manufacture of the highest grade of clothing. He retired from 

 the rubber business in 1890. selling out to the Stoughton Rubber 

 Co. From then until 1898 his interests varied until again he 

 entered the ruljber field with the Newton Rubber Works Co., in 

 the tire business. 



His ingenuity was responsible, among other things, for the 

 first hose nozzle capable of various streams from one pipe, the 

 first dull finished rubber boots, the rubber lined rubber boots, 

 the first mackintosh goods of American manufacture, the block, 

 or sectional tire so prominent on motor trucks and several im- 

 provements on ball and socket buttons to make them practical on 

 heavy clothing. 



He was married in 1874 to Lucy A, Sprague, of Hridgeuater, 

 Mass., and they are survived by three children, Stanley F., asso- 

 ciated with the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.; Harry B.. with the 

 Boston Belting Co., at Portland, Oregon, and Amelia F. Pills- 

 bury, of Prince Rupert. British Columbia. 



any other kind; but Mr. Kleinert rapidly overcame this prejudice 

 and built up a large business in this particular article. About 

 twenty years ago, the I. B. Kleinert Rubber Co. was incorporated, 

 with its principal factory at College Point, Long Island. The 

 company soon established branches and selling agencies, not 

 only in Europe, but in various other parts of the world. 



Mr. Kleinert was not only a successful manufacturer, but he 

 was a philanthropist, and took a deep interest in the welfare of 

 all his employees. Their regard for him was shown on his 75th 

 birthday, which occurred on August 19. 1905, when he was pre- 

 sented with a massive silver loving cup, to which 1,200 of his 

 employees had contributed. 



ADOLF PHINZHOKN. 



On March 28 Adolf Prinzhorn died at Stuttgart, Germany. 

 Having been for thirty years a member of the board of the Han- 

 over corporation, the "Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta- 

 Percha-Compagnie" he was one of the leaders of the industry. 

 His death constitutes an irreparable loss for the company towards 

 the development of which his remarkable technical and com- 

 mercial capacity had largely contributed. 



After retiring from the board, his experience continued at the 

 service of the company as a member of the committee of inspec- 

 tion. He w-as beloved alike by his colleagues and by the work- 

 ing staflf of the concern. 



Adolf Prinzhorn will long be honored, as intimately connected, 



