Octcher I, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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OBITUARY. 



SIR DIETRICH BRAXDIS, ll. d., f. r. s., who died at Bonn, 

 Germany, May 28, 1907, entered the forestry service of India 

 at the age of 32 and retired from it in 1883, after a notable career, 

 having practically created the state forest department. Eight 

 years subsequently were spent in connection with the royal 

 botanic gardens at Kew, where again he rendered distinguished 

 service. As Dr. Brandis, Sir Dietrich made a contribution of 

 value to the "Report on the Caoutchouc of Commerce" by James 



Collins (London: 1872), which has now become a classic. 

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DuRAND Woodman, ph.d.. died at Fanwood, New Jersey, Sep- 

 tember 4, 1907, at the age of 47. He was born in New York city 

 and was graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 

 the class of 1880, after which he studied at the University of 

 Berlin and the analytical laboratory of Fresenius, in Wiesbaden. 

 From 1883 to 1886 Dr. Woodman was chemist for the United 

 States Electric Light Co. In i^oi he opened a laboratory as 



Dr. Duranu Woodman. 



analytic and consulting chemist in New York city, which he con- 

 tinued until his death. Much of his work here was in connection 

 with india-rubber and its applications, which brought him into 

 contact with many members of the rubber trade. Dr. Woodman 

 was a member of the American Chemical Society, Society of 

 Chemical Industry (London), Deutscher Chemische-Gesellschaft 

 (Berlin), Verein Deutcher Chemiker, Chemists' Club, and the 

 Stevens Alumni. * * * 



Horace W. Butler, who died at Akron, Ohio, on September 17, 

 in his eighty-eighth year, was born in Weatherfield, Connecticut, 

 and had lived in Akron since 1865. He was a foundry pattern 

 maker until ten years ago, when he gave up work. He was the 

 father of Charles J. Butler, president of Morgan & Wright, the 

 rubber manufacturers at Detroit. 



COMING AUTOMOBILE SHOWS. 



THE automobile show season this year, in the United States, 

 will begin this month. The first of the big shows will be 

 the eighth annual of the Automobile Club of America in con- 

 nection with the American Motor Car Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, at the Grand Central Palace, New York, October 24-31. The 

 space allotted to e.xhibitors on September 7 amounted to 65.000 

 square feet, or about 10,000 more than last year, the increase 

 to be provided for by remodelling portions of the building. A 

 considerable amount of space was drawn by the 104 members 

 of the Motor and Accessories Association, Inc. The tire trade 

 promises to be well represented, in the way of standard tires 

 and also those less known, and tire specialtips. 



New York's ne.\t show, the third held under the auspices of 

 the Association of Licensed .'\utomobile Manufacturers, will be 

 held in the Madison Square Garden, November 2-9. Here, too, 

 more space will be required than at any previous show, the extra 

 space to result from remodelling the basement of the building. 

 Last season there were 255 individual exhibitors at the Garden; 

 this year the number is expected to reach 325. 



The Garden will be opened again, from December 28 to Jan- 

 uary 4, for the Importers' Salon. 



The Chicago automobile show, under the auspices of the 

 National .'\ssociation of Automobile Manufacturers, will be held 

 November 30-December 7, in the Coliseum and the armories of 

 the First and Seventh regiments. This will be Chicago's eighth 

 annual automobile show, in connection with which will be held 

 the first annual commercial vehicle show. The allotment of 

 spaces was announced in September, indicating a total of 250 

 intending exhibitors, against 222 last year. The list embraces 90 

 car builders, and the rest will exhibit accessories, including 16 

 rubber tire makers of prominence. 



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London's Olympia motor show is scheduled for November 

 11-23; the Grand Palais show of Paris for November 12- Decem- 

 ber I : and the Berlin show for December 5-12. 



RECORD OF RUBBER PLANTATIONS. 



AV.\LU.\BLE book of reference is the "Tropical Investors' 

 Guide"— a register of rubber and tea companies in Ceylon, 

 Malaya, and elsewhere in the Far East, lately brought out by 

 the puWishers of The Times of Ceylon, of Colombo. It lists 

 more than 200 companies engaged in rubber planting, or rubber 

 in connection with tea or other crops, giving just such details 

 as an investor or intending investor would wish to know or be 

 able to refer to, the information in most cases being brought 

 down to July I of this year, or later. The names of the directors 

 are given, together with location of head offices, amount of capital 

 authorized or paid in, acreage in rubber, statistics of production, 

 dividends, quotations for shares, etc. The book will be of in- 

 terest doubtless to many non-investors, as a record of the loca- 

 tion, extent, and results of rubber culture in the East. This 

 book of 277 octavo pages is supplied by Capper & Sons, 27, Minc- 

 ing lane, E. C, London, for 7 shillings or $1.75 (gold). 



WANTS AND INQUIRIES. 



[429] A X inquirer in Canada wishes to obtain a really good 

 ■^*- solution to prevent rubber from sticking to iron 

 molds in vulcanizing. 



[430] "In your issue of November, 1906, you have an in- 

 teresting article on Petrolatum as a rubber compoundmg 

 ingredient. We should be pleased to know where to obtain this 

 material." 



[431] Information is asked for regarding the manufacture of 

 golf balls and where machinery for the same can be procured. 



[432] The names of manufacturers of corn oil are asked for. 



[433] Details are wanted regarding machines for quickly vul- 

 canizing w^ire-edged cycle tires, and information as to where they 

 can be procured. 



[434] A foreign concern wishes prices and samples of ma- 

 terials used by Americans in the manufacture of rubber balls. 



[435] From Germany comes a request for the names of pro- 

 ducers able to supply "Ceylon" graphite direct to European cus- 

 tomers. 



[436] A member of the cotton goods trade desires informa- 

 tion regarding "Methley patent cloth," a fabric adapted for auto- 

 mobile tops. 



[437] The name and address are desired of any firm con- 

 trolling articles made from vulcan fiber or silesith. 



