. India rubber world. accident occurred will probably never 1 e known,altho the matter is being thoroughly investigated. Some of thesurviving workmen say that there was a large vat of moltenrubber in the center of the roon. but the manager ofthe company says it is q lite pos;i!ile that the heat of the sunmay have caused an explosion of mixed ether ;nd alcohol. Thischemical is contained in iron barrels which are kept sealed whennot in use. The illustration shown btlow, made from a jjliotograph takenshortly after the explosion especialy for this paper, shows thecompleteness of the ruin,
. India rubber world. accident occurred will probably never 1 e known,altho the matter is being thoroughly investigated. Some of thesurviving workmen say that there was a large vat of moltenrubber in the center of the roon. but the manager ofthe company says it is q lite pos;i!ile that the heat of the sunmay have caused an explosion of mixed ether ;nd alcohol. Thischemical is contained in iron barrels which are kept sealed whennot in use. The illustration shown btlow, made from a jjliotograph takenshortly after the explosion especialy for this paper, shows thecompleteness of the ruin, the only part of the wall left standingbeing the steel frame. The Mexican Crude Rubber Co. was eight yearsago with a capital of $1,500,000, and a plant erected at Coaluiila,Mexico, which later was moved to San Luis Potosi, but owingto the serious interruption of its work by the Mexican war itwas moved to Detroit about a year ago. It is engaged in themanufacture of artificial leather by a secret Plant OF the Mexican- Crude Rubber Co. After the Explosion. 492 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [June 1, 1914. PERSONAL MENTION. -Mr. George B. Hodgman, president of the Hodgman RubberCo. and also president of the Rubber Club of .\merica, wasrecently elected a member of the committee on arbitration ofthe Chamber of Connnerce of the State of New York. .Mr. FAigene llofeller, secretary and treasurer of TheodoreHofeller & Co., well-known scrap rubber and waste materialdealers of Buffalo, and Mr. hinnigan. of the Empire SmeltingCo., of Depew, New York, have purchased the plant and equi])-ment of the New Columbus Buggy Co., at Columbus, Ohio, andwill engage in the manufacture of a full line of electric and gaso-lene automobiles as well as high grade buggies. Mr. Hofellerwill devote only a small part of his time to the new business,continuing his interest in and association with the Hofellercompany. Mr. Hermann Reimers, for many years known by the wholeof the .American rubber t
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