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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1915. 



RUBBER CLUB MEETINGS AND MEMBERSHIP. 



A 1 the regular quarterly meeting of the Executive I om 

 ■** mittee of the Rubber Club of America, held at the I 



ue Club, New York. January 5, 1915, ten new members 

 were elected, lisi of whom, with firm representatives, follows 



FIRM MEMBERS. 



Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co., Trenton, New Jersey — 

 .1. A. Lambert 



\m\ i, mtIi Rubbei ' o., Inf., 1796 Broadway, New Yi>rl< — 

 William G. Grieb. 



Bishop Gutta Percha Co.. 4_'n East Twenty fifth street, New 

 \ Hi k II enry I ). Reed. 



Braender Rubber & Tiro Co, Rutherford, New lorsey — 

 W. P Braender. 



1 ombination Rubber Manufacturing Co., Bloomfield, New 

 Jersey — Fred L. Conover. 



Dryden Rubber Co., 1014 South ECildare ayeniie, Chicago — ■ 

 i rei 'i ge B. Dryden. 



Hour Rubber Co., New Brunswick, New Jersey — John J. 

 I enney, Jr. 



Keystone Rubber Manufacturing Co., Erie, Pennsylvania — 

 J. (i. Mooiny. 



Mattson Rubber Co., Lodi, New Jersey — J. H. Behrens. 



Western Rubber Co., Goshen, Indiana — (i. B. Slate. 



UTIVF. MEMBERS. 



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Myron Henry (lark. United States Rubber Co.. 

 Broadway, New York. 



John Morgan, vice-president and treasurer. McGraw 

 & Rubber Co., East Palestine, Ohio: 



Tbe II. O. Canfield Co.. of Bridgeport, Connecticut 

 thorized tbe transfer of their active membership to 

 membership, with A. H. Canfield as linn representative. 



R. I.. Chiprnan, of 25 Beaver street. New York, authorized 

 th< transfer 'if his active membership to firm membership. 



The B. & R. Rubber Co., of North Brookfield, Massachu- 

 setts, have authorized tbe transfer of their active membership 

 to firm membership, naming T. 1 1. Richards as firm repre- 

 sentative. 



The following is a list of former members of the Mechanical 

 Rubber Goods Manufacturers' .Association who have come 

 into the Rubber Club of America: 



Beck, William and Charles, Lawrence. Massachusetts — 

 Mfred Beck, firm representative. 



lis Rubber Works, San Francisco. 



1 I l I ue Hose 6c Rubber Co., Boston. 



1 ornelius Callahan Co.. Boston. 



Continental Rubber Works Co.. Erie. Pennsylvania — 

 Tberon R. Palmer, firm representative. 



Crescent Insulated Wire & Cable Co., Trenton, New Jer- 

 sey — C. Edward Murray, firm representative. 



Canadian Rubber Co., Montreal, Quebec. 



Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., New York. 



Empire Rubber & Tire Co., Trenton. Xew Jersey — C. 

 Edward Murray, firm representative. 



Gutta Percha & Rubber; Limited. Toronto, Ontario. 



Hewitt Rubber Co.. Buffalo. Xew York— II. II. Hewitt, 

 representative. 



Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



X'icdncr's Smi, ( ,... Charles, Maiden, Massachusetts. 



Xew Jersey Gar Spring & Rubber Co., Jersey City. New 

 Jersey— John J. Fields, firm representative. 



Xew York Belting & Packing I b.\ ''1 Chambers street. Xew 

 York- J. II. Cobb, firm representative. 



Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co:, 16 Warren street, New 

 York- Charles Y Hunter. Jinn representative: 



United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing | .>- . Trenton, New- 

 Jersey. 



Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., Jersey City. Xew 

 Jersey— John J. Voorhees, firm -representative 



\ftcr the regular meeting a joint ses>iou ,,f tbe Executive 



Committee ami the Embarg mmfttee was held Reports 



of the I i ommittee's work in Washington were read, 



special mention being made of the prompt and efficient as- 

 sistance rendered by the British Ambassador. 



A meeting of tbe Mechanical Rubber Goods Manufacturers' 

 Division of the Rubber Club of America is to be held in 

 Xew York on Tuesday, February Id. 1915. 



ALEMBIC RUBBER. 



P \\ ( ) exceedingly friendly ami g llm kin:-; young men called 



*■ at The I.Nt'iA Rrmai; Hum office the other day, by re- 

 quest, with the story of the new "Alembic" rubber that is about 



to bi manufactured in Perth Vmboy, Xew Jersey, by the Membic 

 Process I o Whether or not they are one day going to be able 



Laboratory of Alembk Process Co. 



to really produce synthetic rubber in commercial quantities w< 

 do not know, but thej certainly believe it. 



Their storj is that 10 years ago a German chemist, familiar 

 with synthetic work at Elberfeld, came to this country and, in 

 tbe attempt to manufacture synthetic rubber by a process of his 

 own, spent a fortune of something like $50,000. Incidentally, an 

 explosion ill bis factory killed his wife, and a later one killed 

 his chief assistant. Not discouraged, he started again to manu- 

 facture, this time dispensing with the high pressures that hither- 

 to had proved so disastrous. The result was. so his assistants 

 claim, a gum which looks very much like a fair grade of guayule. 

 which is produced at a cost of 12 cents per pound. There is also 



Furnace Rohm at Perth Amboy. 



a by-product which has a ready market in soap manufacture. 

 The present equipment, which is said to be very simple, allows 

 the production of something like 18 pounds a week. The com- 

 pany has filed a brevet on its process and product and is seeking 

 capital to put in more machinery, so as to be able to turn out 

 from 1.000 to 6.000 pounds a day. The base from which the so- 

 called rubber is made is said to be turpentine. 



