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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1901. 



DEATH OF JAMES W. GODFREY. 



/^N the afternoon of November 9 a fatal accident befell 

 ^^ James W. Godfrey, manager of the sales department of 

 the India Rubber and Gutta Percha Insulating Co. (New York). 

 While driving a valued trotting horse, he was thrown from his 

 runabout, sustaining injuries which led to his death the same 

 evening at the J. Hood Wright hospital in New York. 



Mr. Godfrey was born in New York city September 15. 1855, 

 and received a collegiate education. He began at once on 



leaving college an active busi- 

 ness career, which proved also 

 to be a successful one. He 

 was interested first in the man- 

 ufacture of fire arms, but when 

 the development of electrical 

 industries began, he was 

 strongly attracted by the op- 

 portunities offered in this new 

 field, and turned his attention 

 to the production of insulated 

 wire. He was connected for 

 several years with the New 

 York Insulated Wire Co., after 

 JAMES w. GODFREY. which — about January i, 1894 



[By courtesy of the £-/^.;r;Va/ WorW.] _j^g formed the association 



with Dr. W. M. Habirshaw in the India Rubber and Gutta 

 Percha Insulating Co., which lasted until his death. 



No member of the branch of the trade with which Mr. God- 

 frey was identified was better known in connection with it, his 

 acquaintance extending throughout the country. It is said that 

 he knew personally some one connected with every electric 

 lighting station in the United States. He was a member 

 of the Electrical Society of New York, and was a regular 

 attendant upon the electric lighting and other similar con- 

 ventions, taking special interest in the exhibitions held in 

 connection with them, and aiding in the latter both with his 

 advice and in a financial way. He was also an active member 

 of the Electrical Contractors' Association of New York, and 

 was secretary of the Dale Co., manufacturers of electric light 

 supplies. Mr. Godfrey took an active part in building up an 

 export trade in electrical goods, especially in the far East. 



The funeral exercises took place on November 12 and the 

 interment was private. The Episcopal services were rendered 

 at the late home of Mr. Godfrey, and a Masonic service was 

 also conducted by Rome Lodge. Mr. Godfrey is survived by a 

 widow and two daughters, one of whom is married. 



THE GERMAN OXYLIN WORKS. 



THE direetors of the Oxylin-Werke, Aktiengesellschaft 

 (Piesteritz, Germany), issued early in October a circular 

 to the creditors of the company, stating that after the failure 

 of the Leipziger Bank, they found it impossible elsewhere to 

 renew the credit for 600,000 marks which had been allowed by 

 that institution. The directors thereupon agreed upon terms 

 with the Leipziger Gummiwaaren-Fabrik, Akt.- Ges., whereby 

 the Oxylin works should be transferred to the latter firm on Sep- 

 tember 28 last, subject to the sanction of the stockholders of 

 the Oxylin company at a general meeting. At such meeting, 

 on September 25, the desired sanction was not granted. 

 Meanwhile the Oxylin works had lost six week's time. There 

 has since been held a meeting of the principal creditors of the 

 Oxylin company, representing nine-tenths of the indebtedness, 

 who have consented to an extension of time for the settlement 



of their claims. These creditors, it is stated, are of the opinion 

 that the works can be disposed of advantageously. For these 

 reasons the directors ask from all creditors an extension to the 

 end of this year. 



RUBBER INDUSTRY IN THE CENSUS. 



CENSUS Bulletin No. 93. issued from Washington, is de- 

 voted to manufactures in Rhode Island for the period 

 covered by the census — the year ending June 30, 1900. Bullet- 

 in No. 109 contains similar information for the state of Con- 

 necticut. From these bulletins is compiled the following de- 

 tails regarding the rubber industry in the two states named : 



RHODE ISLAND. 



Rubber Boots 

 and Shoes. 



Number of establishments 6 



Total capital $7,37q,867 



Land • $141027 



Buildings 



Machinery 



Cash and Sundries 



Salaried officers and clerks.... 



Salaries 



Average number wage earneis. 



Men 



Women 



Children, under 16. 



$T 217,428 



$5,045,=87 

 105 



|i24,955 

 3.170 



1,726 

 1,360 

 84 



Rubber and 

 Elastic Goods. 



9 



$1,631,869 



S42.500 



S160858 



»27S.843 



$1,152,6(8 



63 



$S8.732 



1,039 



480 



55° 



9 



I359.244 



$200,011 



S16.300 



S3,7Io 



$180,001 



$1,659,676 



$1,637,271 



$22,405 



12,518,268 



Total wages $1,281,705 



Miscellaneous expenses $443,853 



Rent of worlts 



Taxes $8888 



Rent of offices, interest, etc $434,965 



Cost of materials. $3,794,027 



Principal materials $3,731,730 



Fuel and rent of power $62,297 



Value of products $8,034,417 



The Bulletin says: "Special attention should be called to 

 the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes. There was one 

 establishment engaged in this industry in 1890, and its statis- 

 tics, therefore, were included in the group of ' All other indus- 

 tries,' and cannot be used for the purpose of comparison with 

 the totals for 1900. Six establishments were reported for the 

 manufacture of rubber boots and shoes in the twelfth census, 

 with a product valued at $8,034,417, and the industry ranked 

 fourth in importance according to the value of its products." 

 CONNECTICUT. 



Number of establishments 



Total capital 



Land 



Buildings 



Machinery. . . 



Cash and Sundries 



Salaried ofificers and clerks. . . . 



Salaries 



Average number wage earners. 



Men 



Women 



Children under 16. 



Total wages $1^986,023 



Miscellaneous expenses 



Rent of works 



Taxes 



Rent of offices, interest, etc ... . _ 



Cost of materials $7,176,701 $5-697.899 



Principal materials $7. '"5 073 $5,610,702 



Fuel and Tent of power $71,628 $87,197 



Value of products $11,999,038 38,246,240 



The Connecticut bulletin contains a note on the work done 

 in this state by Charles Goodyear in the development of the 

 rubber industry. The census of 1890 showed in Connecticut 16 

 " Rubber and elastic goods " factories, with $2,300,590 capital, 

 employing an average of 2245. hands, using $2,093,148 worth of 

 materials, and producing goods worth $3 476.390. 



The increase in the rubber industry shown by this census 

 promises to be greater than for any other within forty years. 

 It is interesting to note that these returns are coiping forward 

 much more promptly than ever before. 



