August 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



435 



The Editor of The India Rubber World was enthusiasticallj' 

 toasted at the banquet as the founder of the club. Actually the 

 toast should have embraced George P. Whitmorc, whose hard 

 work and wise suggestions made the beginning infinitely easier. 



President Frederic C. Hood, who has always disclaimed any 

 ability to address dinner crowds, proved conclusively that he 

 had underrated his own gifts. As a presiding officer, with his 

 clear enunciation, strong voice, and perfct poise, he is "all to 

 the good." 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



THE "LEA" WATER FLOW RECORDER. 



r\EVOID of complicated mechanism, and employing for 

 •"-^ measuring the flow, a simple V notch plate, by means of 

 which great and unvarying accuracy is ensured at all flows, the 

 "Lea" Water Flow Recorder, is ideal for the measurement of 

 boiler feed water, pump discharges, acids and other liquids. It 

 is useful wherever a continuous record of the running of 

 boiler plant, production of steam, evaporation per pound of coal, 

 and flow of water are kept, and is conducive to economy and 

 efficiency in operation. 



Working under a head of about 18 inches, it can be installed 

 in existing plants ; it has no mechanism in contact w ith the water 

 and the same instrument can be varied as to measuring capacity, 

 by simply changing the notch plate for one of wider or narrower 

 angle aperture. The first cost of this device is the last. 

 Engine and boiler plants aggregating upwards of 500,000 liorse 

 power, have Lea recorders now in use. 



The accompanying illustration shows tlie instrument com- 

 plete, with its V notch tank, as applicable to any of the purposes 

 above stated. It is guaranteed to produce records which shall be 



A Simple Flow-Recording iNSXRUiViENT. 



within one and one-half per cent, of absolute accuracy by weight 

 and in which the average error, due to variations in tempera- 

 ture over a range of SO degs. Fahr. (i. e. 25 degs. Fahr. on 

 either side of the normal) shall not exceed 0.5 per cent. Vari- 

 ous methods of applying the records are shown in the catalogue 

 published by the manufacturers. No erection is required except 

 connecting inlet and outlet, while its reasonable first cost has the 

 additional advantage of being the last. [Yarnall- Waring Com- 

 pany, 1109 Locust street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.! 



WELLING G. SICKEL. 



A I'"TER suffering from heart trouble for nearly two years, 

 ■'»• Welling G. Sickel passed away at his summer home at 

 Spring Lake, New Jersey, July IS. 



Born at Trenton on November IS, I8S8, Mr. Sickel received 

 his education at the Trenton .Academy. After leaving the 

 academy he took a course at the business college of Rider & 

 .\llcn, and from there entered the employ of the Mercer Pot- 

 tery Co. At the end of two years, spent in gaining practical 

 knowledge of the potter's art, Mr. Sickel became western repre- 



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sentative for the pottery company. He remained about six years 

 with this concern, and in 188S organized the United Rubber Co. 

 at Trenton, which subsequently built up a very large business 

 in railway supplies. 



In 1897 Mr. Sickel was elected mayor of the City of Trenton, 

 receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate for that 

 office. During his administration many important improvements 

 were effected, and the foundations laid for many lasting monu- 

 ments to his untiring activity for the general welfare of the 

 people. The Trenton Art School (now one of the foremost of' 

 its kind in the country) was launched through the efforts of Mr. 

 Sickel. Trenton's Free Public Library was urged by him in 

 every message to the city council, and he appointed committees 

 that afterwards settled down to foundation work. 



Mr. Sickel was for some years Vice President of the United 

 and Globe Rubber Co. In November, 1909, along with United 

 States Senator Elkins, he disposed of his holdings and withdrew 

 from the company. Later he became associated with the Hewitt 

 Rubber Co., with a factory at Buffalo, New York. 



The funeral was held in Trenton on the 18th, the interment 

 lieing at Riverview Cemetery. Prominent men from the rubber 

 trade in Trenton and from a distance were in attendance. 



A PRACTICAL WATERPROOF VEIL, 



A GREAT discomfort to women for a long while has been the 

 fact that rain either spoiled outright or impaired tlie looks of 

 veiling of any sort. This difficulty has at last been overcomt 

 and a waterproof veil called the "Grenadine" is the result which 

 can be had at one of New York's leading stores. The water- 

 proofing of transparent fabrics affords a new field for that im- 

 portant branch of industry, bringing it more closely in touch with 

 the development of fashions. 



