December 1, 1916. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The Obituary Record. 



THE DEAN OF FIRE HOSE SALESMEN. 



ISAAC BELKNAP MARKEY, vice-president of the Eureka 

 Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, died 

 at his residence in Brooklyn, New York, November 7, aged 83 



New York and New England when Robert D. Evans traveled 

 in the western states. Upon Mr. Evans' retirement from the firm 

 of C. H. Clapp & Co., Mr. Silliman secured an interest, and when 

 the firm went out of bu.siness he associated himself with the 



F. S. Silliman. 



I. B. Markey. 



Philip Braendek. 



years. Mr. Markey was bom in Little Britain, New York, and 

 for the last 45 years was actively connected with the fire hose 

 industry, most of this time with the above-named company. For 

 25 years he was a traveling salesman, visiting every part of 

 the country, and becoming intimately acquainted with city 

 officials, and fire department chiefs. During his business life he 

 saw many important changes in the fire hose trade, including 

 the evolution from leather hose to copper riveted linen hose, 

 and then to the tubular woven, rubber-lined linen hose of today. 



Mr. Markey was a familiar figure at the conventions of the 

 International Association of Fire Engineers, attending every 

 convention of that body since 1873, and the appreciation in which 

 he was held was evidenced by the presentation to him, a few 

 years ago, of a beautiful diamond-studded badge of that associa- 

 tion. He was familiarly known as "Uncle Ike" by his many 

 friends and associates. Mr. Markey was a member of several 

 Masonic bodies, a life member of Mecca Temple, a member 

 of the Independent Order of Elks, and of the Machinery Club. 



He leaves a widow, two sons and three daughters. 



WELI^KNOWN VETERAN KUBBEE SALESMAN. 



Francis F. Silliman, for many years a salesman in the rubber 

 business, died at his residence in Maiden, Massachusetts, Novem- 

 ber 14, aged 81 years. 



He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, and on completing 

 his education entered the factory of the Hayward Rubber Co., at 

 Colchester, Connecticut, where he learned the trade of making 

 rubber boots. With several others he went to Maiden when E. 

 S. Converse organized the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. In the 

 early sixties he was sent by C. M. Clapp & Co. to Cincinnati 

 to straighten out some trouble over a government contract, 

 and soon after became salesman for that firm, then handling the 

 goods of the National India Rubber Co. at Bristol. He covered 



Cable Rubber Co., retiring from business about tive years ago 

 because of old age. 



Mr. Silliman was a member of the Maiden Commun Council 

 for several years, and in 1885 and 1886 was an alderman. He 

 was a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge of Masons and Hugh de 

 Payens Commandery of Knights Templars, a trustee of the Mai- 

 den Savings Bank, and for many years a member of the First 

 Baptist Church in that cit\'. He is survived by his widow and 

 one son, Edwin B. Silliman, western salesman for the .American 

 Rubber Co. 



A PROMINENT TIRE MANTTFACTURER. 



Philip Braender, president of the Braender Rubber & Tire Co., 

 Rutherford, New Jersey, passed away at his home in White 

 Plains, New York, November 4. Mr. Braender was born in Ger- 

 many in 1849, and at the age of 16 came to America where he 

 entered the real estate and building business in New York City. 

 Some of his best-known buildings are the Braender Apartment 

 House and the Ashland Building, the latter being on the site 

 of the old Ashland House. 



While still maintaining his active connection with the promin- 

 ent New York firm of contractors and builders bearing his name, 

 he entered the rubber business in 1911 in conjunction with 

 the late Frank McGowan under the firm name of Cable Pneu- 

 matic Tire Co., and later in 1912 took over this interest un- 

 der the present name and associated with him the late G. Strauss, 

 formerly with the Goodyear Rubber Co. in the manufacture of 

 bicycle tires. 



Mr. Braender was also president of the Braender Building & 

 Construction Co., of New York, a member of the Arion Society 

 of New York and Teutonia Lodge No. 617 A. F. & A. M. He 

 leaves a widow, and four sons connected with the company. His 

 estate of $1,000,000 is divided among the members of his family. 



