190 American Gutta Percha Company. 
"and already they send out to Europe — whence it is obtained here 
— several hundred tons annually. The first introduction ol" this 
gum into this country was made as recently as September of last 
year by Mr. S. T, Anthony, who had been for some months in 
England and on this continent, for the purpose of making himself 
familiar with its manufacture, and who purchased in England, of 
the London Company, the exclusive right for this country, and 
who immediately, or in the month of October, commenced manu- 
facturing it under their patents. He with others have associated 
themselves into what is called the American Gutta Percha Com- 
pany, and they have, as we understand, a capital that can be ex- 
tended to any amount that may be desired or that the necessities 
of the company may require. Already the orders for the different 
articles made from this gum are so numerous, that they have been 
obliged to change the scene of their operations, and they have 
purchased, at considerable expense, the machinery, and rented the 
extensive buildings recently occupied by the New York India 
Rubber Company, in Water-street, Brooklyn. They have been 
obliged to make many alterations and additions to the machinery 
that had been used here, and to introduce others entirely new and 
of a different character. These latter are of English manufac- 
ture, and are very expensive. They have on the first floor of 
their establishment ten machines used in the manufacture of this 
gum, weighing from four to twenty tons each. And from the per- 
fect manner in which these machines perform their work, very 
few hands are sufficient to manage them. The whole of them are 
driven by one engine of from eighty to one hundred horse power 
— in fact, this engine serves to heat and warm the whole building, 
and is the only moving power requisite for every part of the estab- 
lishment. 
The process of manufacturing is first by means of a machine, 
procured from England, to clean the gum, (which, in its imported 
state, is of a whitish gray color, and filled with bai'k, leaves, 
chips, &c.,) from its different impurities; for which purpose it is 
first reduced to a semi-liquid state, and as it passes through the 
machine it is separated from all foreign matter. In this state it 
has little tenacity. It is next amalgamated by means of a second 
machine, with a soft elastic gum, called jintiwan, which gives to 
the Gutta Percha the additional strength, durability, &c., for 
which it is so remarkable. After two or three other operations, 
by means of additional machinery, it is ready to be converted into 
the different articles of manufacture required. The numerous pur- 
poses for which it can be employed is truly astonishing, such as 
soles for boots, covers for books, ornaments for houses, decorations 
for steamboats, floor cloths, carriage covers, gai'ments, &c. In 
short, there seems to be scarcely a limit to its application for pur* 
