April 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



371 



COMMODORE BENEDICT SAILS AGAIN. 



K. C. Benedict, initil recently a director of the United States 

 Rubber Co., who arrived in New York harbor on February 18 

 after an 8.000-miIe cruise tlirough the West Indies and up the 

 Amazon, sailed again on March 6 for another five-weeks cruise 

 among the West Indies, taking with him eight or ten guests. 

 The weather conditions in New York and New England during 

 the latter part of February and first of March were so highly 

 unattractive that the Commodore decided that it was preferable 

 to board his yacht, the "Oneida." again, and sail back to a 

 more comfortable clime. 



MR. MATCHETT JOINS THE ROBINS CONVEYING BELT CO. 



Thomas Matchett, who has been identil'ied with the Re- 

 pulilic Rubber Co. since 1904, recently resigned his position 

 .as manager of the mold and lielt departments to become vicc- 



Thom.\s M.mchett. 



president and manager of the R.iliin^ ('(luveying Belt Co., of 

 New York, which is closely associated with the Republic 

 company and i^ a large distributor of conveyor belts. 



MR. liLENDENNING LEAVES THE MANHEIM COMPANY. 



W. J. Glcndenning. \vh<i for the last three years has been 

 connected with the Manheim Manufacturing & Belting Co., 

 Manheini, Pennsylvania, has sent in his resignation, to take 

 effect on April 18. Mr. Glendenning came from England in 

 1911 to instal machinery at the Manheim plant for the manu- 

 facture of balata belting. He had previously been engaged in 

 the manufacture of this sort of belting in England. 



TIKE COST IN OPERATION OF FIRE APPARATUS. 



In the substitution of motor fire apparatus for horse-drawn 

 - equipment the expense of operation — in which tires form a 

 factor — is an important item of consideration. A report sub- 

 mitted to the National Fire Protective Association by a repre- 

 sentative of the National Board of Fire Underwriters contains 

 a table of comparative yearly operative cost between horse- 

 . drawn and motor-driven machines in which the following figures 

 are given: Hose Wagon — horse-drawn, repairs and tires, $30; 

 Steam Fire Engine, tires and repairs, $70; Two Wheel Tractor, 

 tires, $40; Automobile Hose Wagon, tires, $60; Automobile 

 Combination Pumping Engine and Hose Wagon "Z," tires, $80; 

 ; Steam Fire Engine and Tractor, repairs and tires, $125. 



MR. RODENBACH RESIGNS FROM THE REGENERATING COMPANY. 



Mr. William T. Rodenbach recently resigned from the rub- 

 ber Regenerating Co., of Naugatuck, Connecticut, with which 

 the reclaiming plant of the United States Rubber Co. lately 

 merged. This does not mean, however, tli.it be is retiring 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers- 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients." 



-Mr 



W. r. RoDEXB.Xt H. 



Ironi the rubber industry, for such is far from being the case. 

 He still retains his position as treasurer of Goodyear's 

 Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., a position which he has filled for many 

 years. But his resignation from the Regenerating company 

 indicates that he will no longer take the active part in rubber 

 reclaiming that he has taken in the past. Mr. Rodenbach has 

 been identified with the rubber reclaiming department of the 

 United States Rubber Co., as manager, ever since its forma- 

 tion in 1892, during which time he probably bought a larger 

 volume of scrap rubber — principally old boots and shoes — 

 than anybody else on either side of the water, his aggregate 

 purchases running into the hundreds of thousands of tons, 

 all of which was made into reclaimed rubber under his direc- 

 tion. His personal ac(iuaintance among scrap rubber dealers 

 and collectors practically includes everybody at all promi- 

 nent in that industry in the United States and Europe. 



As Mr. Rodenbach, in addition to his position in the Good- 

 year company, still maintains his connection with various 

 other manufacturing companies, as. for instance, the presi- 

 dency of the Xaugatuck Manufacturing Co. and the vice- 

 i)residency and treasurership of the Naugatuck Chemical Co.. 

 uid continues his varied interests in the civic life of Nauga- 

 tuck, his time is still likely to be fairly well occupied. 



AVIATORS WITH PARACHUTES SEWED ON. 



One great drawback about aviation is the unhappy fact that 

 so many aviators take tumbles of anywhere from SO to 

 5,000 feet, with direful — and generally fatal — results. A great 

 many active minds are busy at present on the problem of 

 life-preservers for aviators. .\ big parachute would serve, 

 except that it is difficult to arrange it so that it will operate 

 when needed. One genius has devised the following scheme: 

 He has made a jacket with front, back and arms covered 

 with inverted pockets — that is, opening down instead of up — 

 and they are made loose and baggy. The theory is that when 

 a man begins to drop all these little pockets will open and 

 catch the air and sustain his weight. They probably would 

 sustain a little of his weight, but it would be a venturesome 

 aviator who would care to drop very far with nothing to break 

 his descent except this parachute jacket. 



