March 1, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE OBITUARY RECORD 



A PIONEER IN RUBBER SUNDRIES 



WtJKD coiiH-s from Columbus, Ohio, of the passing of one who 

 was one of the well-known Eastern rubber men, who 

 became in time a resident of the Middle West. 



The record of achievement of 

 Albert Thompson Holt is most in- 

 teresting. Born in Andover, Mas- 

 sachusetts, educated in the public 

 schools, he entered the employ of 

 the Tyer Rubber Co. at the age 

 of 17 years. Later he became 

 superintendent of the Davol plant 

 in Providence, Rhode Island, .^fter 

 two years he took charge of the 

 Brooklyn factory of C. B. Dickin- 

 son. Becoming interested in rub- 

 ber reclaiming, he associated him- 

 self with Loewenthal & Morgan- 

 stein, at Jersey City, having charge 

 not only of manufacture but of 

 marketing as well. In his travels 

 he became struck with the develop- 

 ment of the rubber business in 

 Ohio, and first entered the special- 

 ties department of The B. F. Goodrich Co., then took charge of 

 the plant of the Victor Rubber Co., and finally settled in Colum- 

 bus as consulting rubber expert. 



Mr. Holt was a thoroughly equipped and practical rubber man, 

 the inventor of many processes of value and an excellent organ- 

 izer. Personally, he was dignified, courteous, firm in his con- 

 victions, and a tireless worker. An accident in a factory where 

 he was doing expert work brought on heart trouble, which 

 resulted in his death. 



Albert T. Hoi.t 



FORMER MASSACHUSETTS RUBBER MAN 



Barnabas Thachcr Morrison, furnierly treasurer and general 

 manager of the Reading Rubber Manufacturing Co., Reading, 

 Massachusetts, died at his winter home in Pasadena, California, 

 January 7, after bearing bravely an illness of nearly six years. 

 In 1S09 he retired from active business, after having been identi- 

 fied with the rubber trade for twenty-three years, and has since 

 devoted himself to the care of large property interests which came 

 to him partly through inheritance. 



Mr. Morrison is survived by his wife, daughter of the late 

 Daniel Demmon, of Boston, and Weston, Massachusetts ; by a 

 brother, Philip G. Morrison, and two sisters. Miss Mary G. Mor- 

 rison and Mrs. George Horace Blake. 



FOUNDER OF TWO RUBBER COMPANIES 



Dorman T. Warren, founder of the Gutta Percha & Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., New York City, died suddenly, on January 

 20, at his home, 170 Central Park South, New York City. He 

 was born in West Townsend, Massachusetts, in 1827, and re- 

 ceived his education at .Andover Academy, Andover, Massachu- 

 setts. On graduating, he went to New York and became inter- 

 ested in the jewelry business, where he gained the friendship of 

 the late ."Vmedce Spadone, another jeweller in the same building. 



.\t the close of the Civil War Mr. Warren established the 

 Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co. of New York, of 

 which Mr. Spadone became a director and afterward president. 

 In 1887 Mr. Warren organized the Canadian concern of the same 

 name at Toronto, Ontario, now known as Gutta Percha & Rubber, 

 Limited. In time, however, the New York and Toronto com- 

 panies became entirely distinct, Mr. Warren relinquishing all 

 interest in the former and Mr. Spadone in the latter. In 1892 

 Mr. Warren retired from the Canadian firm and his son, the late 

 Henry D. Warren, became head and guiding spirit of the busi- 



ness. On the latter's death in 1909, his son, Captain Trumbull 

 Warren, served as president and treasurer until killed in action 

 overseas in 1915. Mrs. S. T. Warren is now president of the 

 company. 



Dorman T. Warren was a member of the New York Board of 

 Trade and the Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by two 

 sons. Professor Howard C. Warren of Princeton University, 

 and Kalpli 11. Warren of Montclair, New Jersey. 



PROMINENT AKRON MANUFACTURER 



\\ illiani Franklin Warden, president of The Burt Mainifactur- 

 ing Co., and also vice-president of the .Akron Gear & Equipment 

 Co., both of .Xkron, Ohio, died of acute heart trouble at De Land, 

 Florida, on January 19, 1921. 



Mr. Warden was born in North Robinson, Oliio, h'ebruary 23, 

 1874, and received his education at the Soldiers' & Sailors' 

 Orphans' Home, Xenia, Ohio. His first work was with a print- 

 ing concern in Giicago. Later he was employed on The IVads- 

 zvorth Banner, and for the past thirty years has been connected 

 with The Burt Manufacturing Co. as president. He was also 

 president of The Burt Building Co. and vice-president of The 

 .\kron Gear & Engineering Co. 



Mr. Warden was a member of the Akron Qiamber of Com- 

 merce, Portage Country Club, De Land Golf Club of De Land, 

 Florida, and a member of Ihe Grace Reformed Church. 



Interment was at Wadsworth, Ohio, the body being accompa- 

 nied by the widow, his elder son, William, and Mr. Warden's 

 brother-in-law, E. O. Curry, of Wadsworth. 



Mr. Warden's death comes as a great shock to a large circle 

 of friends and he will be sadly missed by his business associates. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE 



"RUBBER GOODS .MANUFACTURE." UV ••FACTORY MANAGER" 

 Maclaren & Sons, Limited, London, 1920. Cloth, illustrated, 496 page's. 

 6 by 9^ inches. 



T-His woEK embraces 28 chapters, which appeared originally 

 1 as a series of articles published in The India-Rubber Journal. 

 London. The early chapters treat of factory location, plans, 

 equipment and the various departmental divisions of the manu- 

 facturing operations. A special chapter is devoted to the discus- 

 sion of the machinery and other equipment employed for each 

 line of goods, the making of which is described in detail. In 

 these chapters also are given many typical formulas for the rubber 

 mixings employed. 



The last two chapters are devoted to factory management and 

 costing, followed by a series of ten appendices that treat on a 

 variety of matters, such as compounding ingredients, milling, 

 calendering, vapor cure, molding of heavy springs and the manu- 

 facture of miscellaneous articles. 



The book is furnished with a very full index, which is a con- 

 venience always appreciated in a reference work. The subject 

 matter details English rubber factory practice, which in many 

 respects is much difTerent from American methods. 



"CREATIVE CHEMISTRY." BY EDWIN E. .SLOSSON. M.S., PH.D., 

 The Crnttiry Co., New York, 1920. Cloth, ilhistrated. 311 panes, S'A 

 by 8 inches. 



This book is one of "The Century Books of Useful Science." 

 The wonderful story of scientific discovery and development in 

 the varied departments of industrial chemistry is clearly and 

 most entertainingly told in untechnical language for the instruc- 

 tion of the layman interested to learn what civilization owes to 

 the chemist. 



The rubber worker will be particularly interested in the chapter 

 on rubber, in which is sketched the chemistry of rubber, the dis- 

 covery of synthetic rubber, the development of plantation rubber, 

 vulcanization, and the future possibilities dependent on cheap raw 

 rubber. 



