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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1909. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



A RECEPTION TO PRESIDENT COLT. 



IT was a notable tribute which the citizens of Bristol, Rhi de 

 Island, paid to Colonel Samuel P. Colt, on his arrival in 

 that town on the evening of October 12, alter an absence 

 from his home there for more than two years. Within that 



Home," outlined in electric lights. The various officials of the 

 company and the other representatives of the rubber industry 

 in Bristol were active in the reception plans. 



It has been an open secret f r the last two years that Colonel 

 Colt was far from well. In spite of bis magnificent physique, he 



time Colonel Colt had been very ill, but his recovery bad been had always been an exceedingly hard worker, and he went so 



made evident by bis ability again to give active attention to his 

 po ition of president of the United States Rubber Co. 



The reception was one in which all Bristol joined enthusiasti- 

 cally. Without any advance notification to Colonel Colt, a 

 parade had been arranged, the route of which was decorated and 

 brilliantly illuminated, extending from the railway station to 

 Colonel Colt's residence, in front of which was an arch electri- 

 cally emblazoned with the legend, "Welcome Home." On arriv- 

 ing at Bristol, Colonel Colt was greeted with cheers by the 

 waiting fellow townsmen, after which he was escorted to a 

 carriage in which he rode with his brother, Judge Le Baron B. 

 Colt, of the United States court, followed by carriages contain- 

 ing other leading citizens, and a parade which embraced the 

 greater part of Bristol. 



There were town officials, the local 

 militia, and representatives of about all the 

 organizations of whatevetflpnd in Bristol. 

 More than 1,000 employes of the National 

 India Rubber Co., vyith which Colonel 

 Colt for so long has been identified, 

 marched in companies, representing the 

 various departments. There were also 

 companies of boys from the Colt Memo- 

 rial High School, founded by Colonel 

 Colt in memory of his mother. All the 

 bands in town assisted in furnishing 

 music. 



The parade halted in front of the 

 porch of the Colt school, where the Hon. 

 Augustus O. Bourn — ex-Governor of 

 Rhode Island, and himself a veteran rub- 

 ber manufacturer — spokesman of the re- 

 ception committee, made an address of 

 welcome, in the course of which he pre- 

 sented Colonel Colt with a framed picture 

 of the new Memorial School, will; an ex- 

 pression of the appreciation of tlr; people 

 of Bristol for this magnificent gift. He extended congratulations 

 upon Colonel Colt's recovery from his illness, and an assurance 

 of the pleasure of the whole town over his return home. 



Colonel Colt, in replying, said that words did not suffice to ex- 

 press his feelings upon bis return to the home of his boyhood, 

 under such circumstances. While his return had not been 

 planned with this fact in view, this date happened to be the 

 birthday anniversary of bis mother, in whose memory the 

 school had been founded. For nearly a half century be bad 

 seen in Bristol the rising and setting of the sun, and here he 

 expected to pass the remainder of his days ; it was here that 

 his ashes would repose. After Colonel Celt had repeated two 

 stanzas of "Home, Sweet Heme," the members of the parade- 

 filed by, bowing then welcomes. 



Thence Colonel Colt was escorted by the Bristol Train of Ar- 

 tillery, of which be is an honorary member, to the Hotel Bel- 

 videre, where a largely attended reception to the business men 

 of Bristol was held. 



All Bristol was decorated in honor of Colonel Colt, but men- 

 tion may be made here of the illumination of the works of the 

 National India Rubber Co., including the words "Welcome 



Colonel Samuel Pomerov Col - ; 



.tit United States Rubber Co.] 



near to the limit of his strength that his condition for more 

 than a year was serious. The fact that he is really well again 

 and his old energetic, capable, courteous self is something upon 

 which the whole trade may congratulate itself. 



THE COMING AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 



The first American automobile show of importance this sea- 

 son is to be held in Atlanta, Georgia. November 6-13, under the 

 auspices of the National Association of Automobile Manufac- 

 turers, or practically the same management as the ninth annual 

 Chicago show, to be held in February next. The fact that an 

 automobile show on a larg scale is to be held so much farther 

 south than hitherto, and in a city not in the first rank in the 

 matter of population, is not only a tribute 

 to the enterprise of Atlanta, but an indi- 

 cation of a recent great increase in in- 

 terest in automobiling in the southern 

 United States. This has occurred hand 

 in band with a growing interest in good 

 roads, and in actual improvements in 

 roads. Recently the New York Herald 

 and the Atlanta Journal joined in an auto- 

 mobile survey, so to speak, of the high- 

 ways between the two cities named, with 

 a view to marking out a good automobile 

 route, and this has been most favorably 

 received in the states through which the 

 route runs. The result can hardly fail 

 to be most helpful to road progress, which 

 of course leads to more automobiles, and 

 more rubber tires. 



The earliest "big" show in New York 

 will be at the Grand Central Palace, be- 

 ginning on New Year's eve. The second, 

 that of the Association of Licensed Auto- 

 mobile Manufacturers, will open a week 

 later at Madison Square Garden. The 

 Chicago show is scheduled lor February 5-12, and that in Boston 

 March 5-12. 



The Olympia show, in I. on. Ion, is down for November 12-20. 

 Pans will have no auto show this winter. 



TIRES FOR THE CARRIAGE BUILDERS. 

 Ix connection with the thirty-seventh annual convention o£ 

 tin 1 arrwrge Builders' Association (Washington, October 19-21) 

 was held -the customary exhibition of all sorts of parts and ac- 

 cessories for carriage and automobile builders. The leading tire 

 makers were represented by creditable exhibits, in the hands of 

 important members of their staffs. The rubber carriage cloth 

 makers also were repesented. 



NEW JERSEY CAR SPRING IN CHICAGO. 



The New Jersey Car Spring and Rubber Co. (Jersey City, 

 New Jersey) announce the opening of a new- office and sales- 

 rooms in Chicago, at No. 1337 Michigan avenue, in charge of 

 C 1. Race. '1 In- company will carry a complete stock of their 

 mechanical rubber goods at their new address, and in addition 

 their new "Carspringco" automobile tire. 



