July 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



735 



THE OBITUARY RECORD 



A PIONEER TIRE MANUFACTURER 



PRED \V. Morgan-, founder of the firm of Morgan & Wright. 

 •T bicycle and later motor tire manufacturers, Detroit, Mich- 

 igan, died of angina pectoris, aged 67, at his home in Chicago, 



Illinois, May 27, 1921. 



Mr. Morgan was born in Kian- 

 tone. New York, March 20, 1854, 

 and received his education at the 

 Jamestown High School. He went 

 to work for the Akron Rubber 

 Works, Akron, Ohio, at the age 

 of sixteen, and was in every sense 

 a self-made man. 



One of the pioneer business men 

 (if Chicago, Illinois, he went to 

 that city in 1876 and built up the 

 Chicago Rubber Works, the busi- 

 ness growing from a small, two- 

 story building to what was at 

 one time the largest tire plant in 

 the world — Morgan & Wright, 

 Fred W. Mokg.vx Detroit, Michigan. In this busi- 



ness, of which he was senior part- 

 ner and later president, his partner, Mr. Wright, was his father- 

 in-law. The double-tube bicycle tire, brought out by this firm, 

 and for which it was chiefly known, earned a fortune. 



In the early days Mr. Morgan was a pioneer in the mixing 

 of rubber. At first his experiments were conducted at home in 

 the kitchen sink, but he soon became an expert rubber compounder 

 and, although he retired from active business about fifteen years 

 ago, was still experimenting with rubber compounds up to the 

 time of his death. 



Mr. Morgan stood for sterling honesty and was a fine example 

 of the conscientious, successful business man. He told his work- 

 men as well as his friends how to get the best out of life, and 

 what is more, he showed them how. Strikes were never known 

 in the Morgan & Wright plant. He mingled freely with his 

 w'orkmen and was the head of a big happy family. His name 

 is known the world over, not only as a successful tire manu- 

 facturer and patentee of tire making processes and equipment, 

 but as a great industrial leader. 



In his leisure hours, Mr. Morgan was an exceptionally fine 

 landscape artist. He painted for recreation and has many pictures 

 of merit to his credit. A lover of the outdoors, for many years 

 he cruised the Great Lakes on his fine steam yacht "Pathfinder." 

 He was one of the founders and president of the Country Club 

 of Beloit, Wisconsin, a member of the Oak Park Country Club, 

 Chicago, Illinois; the Clearwater and. Bellair Golf Clubs, Florida; 

 Chicago Athletic Association ; Chicago Yacht Club ; life, govern- 

 ing and sustaining member of the Art Institute, Chicago, and of 

 the Chicago Arts Club. 



He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary A. Morgan, two 

 daughters and two sons. Interment was in Rosehill Cemetery 

 Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois. 



HEAD OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WIRE MILL 



Karl G. Roebling. president of John A. Roebling's Sons Co., 

 manufacturers of insulated and other kinds of wire, Trenton, 

 New Jersey, and prandson of the man who initiated the building 

 of the Brooklyn Bridge, died of apoplexy on May 29 at Spring 

 Lake, New Jersey, aged 47. Since assuming the presidency of 

 the company in 1898, his business burdens have been very heavy 

 and overwork had impaired his health. His untimely death, how- 

 ever, came as a great shock to his many friends, relatives and 

 business associates. 



Like the other members of the Roebling family, he began as a 



laborer and advanced from one department to another, familiar, 

 izing himself with every detail of the firm's production. He 

 was a director of numerous other companies, including the Woven 

 Steel Hose & Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey, and was a mem- 

 ber of several clubs and commercial organizations. 



Mr. Roebling is survived by his widow, three children, a brother 

 and two sisters. Interment was at Ewing, New Jersey. 



HEAD OF THE MERCER RUBBER CO. 



William Henry Sayen, president of the Mercer Rubber Co., 

 Hamilton Square, New Jersey, and president of the Valley Forge, 

 Pennsylvania, Park Commission, died suddenly of heart disease 

 at his home in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, on June 14, aged 73 

 years. Mr. Sayen had been active in business and civic welfare 

 work until the time of his death, and had lived in or near 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, practically all of his life. He founded 

 the Mercer .Rubber Co., near Trenton, twenty-five years ago, and 

 was active with his sons in its development. In addition he was 

 connected with several civic and welfare organizations at St. 

 Davids. 



The deceased was born in Philadelphia in 1848 and saw active 

 service in the Civil War as a drummer boy, being in action at the 

 battle of Gettysburg. After the war he was made an honorary 

 colonel. Some twenty-five years ago Mr. Sayen built one of 

 the first bungalows in America on an island in Barnegat Bay. 

 There "The Bold Buccaneers" were organized with the late 

 Francis Fennimore as "pirate chief." He was a member of the 

 Union League, of Philadelphia, and other organizations. 



Besides his second wife, Mr. Sayen is survived by one daugh- 

 ter, Mrs. Emily Schultz, also of St. Davids, and three sons, 

 Frederick and William H. Sayen, Jr., who were interested with 

 their father in the Mercer Rubber Co. plant, and Osgood Sayen, 

 who is serving with the French Armv in France. 



FORMER NEW JERSEY RUBBER MAN 



Robert Edward Oakley, who for a number of years was asso- 

 ciated with his brothers, Clifford H. and Lawrence M. Oakley in 

 the rubber business, died recently at his home, 92 Dentz avenue, 

 Trenton, New Jerse}-. He is survived by his widow, one son and 

 a daughter. The interment was at Trenton. 



PIONEER IN INSULATED WIRE 



William L. Candee, who died April 24, at the age of 70, was 

 one of the pioneers in the telephone industrj- and also an or- 

 ganizer and director of the Okonite Co., Passaic, New Jersey, 

 manufacturer of insulated wire and cables. Six years ago he 

 retired from business. In the early '90s he was captain of Com- 

 pany B, Twenty-third regiment, N. Y. S. N. G., resigning in 1893. 

 He is survived by his widow, two daughters, and two sons, one 

 of whom is W. C. Candee, of the Ackurate Rubber Co., New 

 York, N. Y. 



CITIZENS' MILITARY TRAINING CAMP 

 Announcement is made by the Connnanding General, Head- 

 quarters 2nd Corps .Area, Governor's Island, New York, that 

 the War Department is reviving the Plattsburg idea with the 

 following modifications : 



The War Department is to pay all expenses for the successful 

 applicants, including transportation, food, clothing, supplies needed, 

 medical attention, dental work and entertainment. No pledge is 

 required from anyone. All those who complete the camp will 

 be given certificates and will be eligible for the organized re- 

 serves when they are formed. It is desired to obtain as candi- 

 dates those who have had no previous military training although 

 others will be considered. 



Applications for the camp may be made at any of the branches 

 of the Citizens' Military Training Camps Association ; at any 



