June 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



DOSTON Woven Hose & Rubber Co., (Cambridge, Mass.) 

 ^ Newly-issued special catalogues of garden hose and of 

 mats and matting and a condensed general catalogue, all of 

 artistic execution and furnishing much valuable information 

 concerning their productions, are issued by this company. 

 Their convenient size, 3'/2 x 6J.:4 inches, will appeal to the 

 ordinary user, while the completeness of the information they 

 furnish and the tasteful design are fully in keeping with the 

 company's publications. 



The Wm. Powell Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio), send out catalogue 

 and price list No. 10 of their engineering specialties, including 

 a full line of valves, oilers, lubricators and other engineering 

 specialties. It is compiled with evident care, dimension tables 

 and sectional views, in blue print style, accompanying each 

 article. Prices are given with each line and a telegraphic code 

 is included in the book, which is octavo size, bound in cloth and 

 contains 286 pages, with a 20-page supplement of valuable tables 

 and useful information. 



The Biggs Boiler Works Co. (Akron, Ohio), in a recently 

 published and handsomely printed and illustrated catalogue No. 

 IS, furnish information regarding the vulcanizers of every 

 description, special plate and tank construction which they supply 

 for rubber works, and their line of repair outfits ; 16 pages, 9 x 

 6 inches. 



Chas. E. Miller (Anderson, Md.). The vulcanizers and rubber 

 specialties manufactured at the Anderson Rubber Works are 

 described in a profusely illustrated catalogue they send out, 

 valuable information of a practical character being embodied in 

 the descriptions of the various articles its twenty-eight 6 x 8J4 

 inch pages contain. 



Byerley & Sons (Cleveland, Ohio), publish a booklet of 12 

 pages, 6 X 3j4 inches, descriptive of their Byerlyte, a petroleum 

 product that replaces asphaltum in the manufacture of varnishes, 

 paints, pipe dipping, waterproofing for roofs, walls and founda- 

 tions, etc. 



Boston Belting Co. (Boston, Mass.), describe in an attractive 

 booklet "Roxboro" Braided Non-Kinking Hose for air and 

 water. Its advantages for every service are set forth in its 

 sixteen 31/2 x 6 inch pages, which also quote prices for the 

 different styles and sizes. 



The Goodrich Route Books. — These exceedingly valuable 

 volumes are the direct result of the work that the B. F. Good- 

 rich Co. have been doing all over the United States in establish- 

 ing road markers over routes travelled by motorists. A series is 

 now being arranged for the Atlantic coast, another for the Middle 

 West, and still another covering roads from the Mexican border 

 on the Pacific coast as far north as roads go. Each book con- 

 tains an abstract of the motor vehicle laws of the States, informa- 

 tion regarding tires, repair, inflation, etc. It will also have 

 tabulated, the locations of gasolene stations, repair garages, 

 hotels and places where Goodrich tires are kept regularly in 

 stock, together with excellent road maps indicating main roads, 

 intersecting roads, steep up-grades, electric railroads, etc. Street 

 and town maps will also be a valuable adjunct to the volumes. 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. (Now in the press.) 



THE DAILY PRESS AND IKDIA-RTTBBER. 



The New York Sun announces that Wiedgerite (an asphalt) is 

 sometimes high in sulphur and is said to be especially valuable 

 for the manufacture of rubber substitutes. 



The Waterbury (Connecticut) American comes out strongly 

 against rough crushed stone spread on the roads and not rolled 

 down, as doing great injury to automobile tires. 



DR. PEHL OLSSON-SEFFER. 

 •"PHE sad news comes from Mexico of the death of Dr. Pehl 

 ■*• Olsson-Scffer, one of the best known of the foreign residents 

 there, and one also whose name was familiar to the whole 

 rubber world. Dr. Seffer was travelling by train on the Mexican 

 Central Railroad from Mexico City to Cuernavaca, when the 

 train was held up by revolutionists at El Parque, about twenty 

 miles from Cuernavaca. They fired first into the engine and then 

 into the Pullman. After a lull in the shooting Dr. Seffer at- 

 tempted to leave the train and was shot and instantly killed. 

 The revolutionists then drove the passengers from the cars and 

 lining them up took all of their valuables. They then started 

 them down the tracks, bidding them walk to Cuernavaca. The 

 next day the Jcfe Politico of Cuernavaca, disguised as a physi- 

 cian, secured the body of the unfortunate scientist and conveyed 

 it to this city. 



The Late Dr. Pehl Ols son -Seffer. 



Dr. Olsson-Seffer, who was 47 years of age at the time of his 

 death, was born in Sweden, but educated in Finland, where his 

 family had considerable property. At eighteen he graduated at 

 Helsingfors University, but continued his studies there for a 

 number of years. As newspaper journalist and editor, college 

 professor, and business man, he was very active, particularly 

 during the ten years that followed his graduation. He 

 was an unusual linguist, being familiar with some ten languages. 

 His travels were very extensive, covering the whole of Europe 

 and most of the British possessions in the Far East. He was 

 the author of many books and essays on scientific subjects and 

 was a holder of fellowships in several universities. He came to 

 the United States in 1903 and was instructor in systematic botany 

 at the Leland Stanford University in California for two 

 years. Here it was that he received his degree of ph. d. In 

 1905 he went to Mexico to install an experiment station and 

 rubber laboratory for the La Lacualpa plantations at Soconusco. 

 While in California he married Miss Helen Rolf, who was a 

 teacher at the Stanford University. Some five years ago Dr. 

 Seffer took up special expert work in connection with the various 

 Castilloa plantations in Mexico. He also edited the planting 

 notes in the Mexican Investor. Dr. Seffer is said to be a 

 naturalized British subject, although born in Sweden. His 

 death removes one who had great gifts in scientific lines and 

 one, too, whose loss will be much felt. 



The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch announces gravely that the 

 roots of the guayule yield a juice from which rubber is extracted. 



A BOOK for rubber planters — Mr. Pearson's, 

 the Tropics." 



"What I Saw in 



