New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-27

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[CHA-LEs GOODYEAR
ia ciaaeefy -ros.s ss-i + d..
The a!da.i; Of Wsm Beers, Of Woburn, in the County Of
ajddlesez and Comuioawea;h Of Massachusetts
l. W;i.n beeIs o. 'eli " oDurn hsed my !esls ana
sufy and say iat was eGployed by the Eagle ladia
RgateF Company al said o0aa as early as the spring OF
1886 and remained somewhat acquainted with the business
OF anuia -lgrag lnda Rubber goods until the month OF
September 1913, as nea- % can recolect
iy employment for The Company, during tile aforesaid
period .az pr.lci9ully ,cGnag wHs occasionally
pioyed in lie Mandatory. !eared during the period
in ,her business sulphur White Lead LeI1acs Spirits
Turp-ntine Rubber ana other articles vas likewise
pioved the IN pedd!iug manufactured india
Rubber goods sold ladies' aprons o different coJrs
aud carriage cloths which -meiI Strongly sulphur
and shoes As early 1870 Charles Goodyear showed me
pieces OF lnta Rubber cloth, which ne said mabuac
ured ny Malta mel Hayward ouid beating with
on. niiril tue texture Of The cO lie had them
bouSh, in Boston, aud elsewhere, Sulpher and White
crd Tor said Hayward, early $780, and before aud
scr which have car.d and delivered al Woburu at the
Eagle Factory and Hayward told used them in MAX
IL the goods have repeatedly him grinding these
,ee-;, mn 1-anarra then TO aGf 70 the Rubber reco-
ect thai yghi,e green and BLOCK aprons early
1881 About sep ember eil, Goodyear had CONVERSE
ton ": me abou, heath. Rubber goods aGt ne said that
h. and HAYWARD had gt The compound be heated 10
perfection sni it singular Inst he and Hayward
had both ht the proportions IN mixing The lDgTed
ens which gr-dieut5 We're ~ the best OF NY belief Rub
bsr White L.a! aud sulphur Al or about s time Good
year AID HaJ ward each OF them showed pieces Of II
Rub1t. goods shout l= SIC u mBns hand, wica had
been eNpolet 20 neat TIC method aeans iien was BY
placing ths pieces before : fire, which him do, aud
: y
By The blaze o; lamp as he showed me- lie nso SAID tley
had got composition 10 be heated 10 poriecon bat coud
hea, the pieces Goodyear Try 10 heat some
Rubber shoes in sand, heated 10 very hgh degree OF ea
perature. The shoes Immediately spoiled. When /
the Shoes spoiled in this way said 10 him il is use
less for YOU y heat the goods that way for you VIII
spoil them all N episd thai hs could rot invent any way
Of doing IT, and he had employed Hayward 20 invent some
urg way, ana he elmer would mol Or coud not
You speak he continued as though !iwas very easy ma
do You 90 ana study this rlne-' expert
ment aud invent al sng expense aud viii pay you one COL
lar you employed. 100 hlGi
steadily a. l. that could uora taree hours
forenoon Und three N TIE eieTLoon, Gni ate nd Iomy
ether business. pom A!s elt 10 work and experiment.
ed ~ Ous HI 1T AID .s gay and Manner dc experiment
was to hoa; lie Rubber IA experimental rs
general lhu. from half past eight O'CLOCK The evening
eleven uco.s after az FAMILY had retired found "
putting tie Rubber into very not ovenlt WouG Dls'er ana
be imperfect hen put Il the h. very 10" de-
gree winch he Rubber 10 cause TO lfow on
very diss agreeable gas i-r. alter the gas wa thrown
or raised the heaivery gradually up 10 Yery high iepefa
lure found by this process The pieces heated even
all over alike kept The crack OF the door open and
Kept Tie pieces tina; HEY mig HI heat eyen and
found that they did After had discovered his iof vas
employ ed gtUut different eXpeTiments-l made on
t'ei;e different days or as much IS Aours ior
mat Ia what CHARGED Inn Tor peodyea! Game - me
and says why have you experimental and brought out
what you agreed My yu-I nave and Then stat
cd 10 Goodyear the following PLAN VIZ nave a o.en
huil win rnance under II tina: would give steady nea
and place the goods the drum OFFENDER revolving
IN me oven and TO Keep The goodS ~ constant a
when the goods rs placed 10 lheoven 10 have neat-
ed moderated degree OF hes: and 10 have the heat
gradually increased any degree wished told hn me
drum might he Ia motion by band passing from the
drum puy III the shalt Before ts mere Ehd MOI "
knowledge any large pieces OF hubher nestled a. nHt
Factory where else, eud the above mode or process
my cole invention and discovery Goodyear had
wished me 10 make my experiments al anal ocR Oud-
ing The Factory hut made them NJ my house. aud he
did know that had been al work upon this tnst!er
until told hin The result as above stated tmeda'e!y
told Goodyear what had Invented or discovered as
have before stated. Goodyear went and had an oven
according my psn and IL proved 10 h- al hht was
desired accomplish augt heard. This discovery
invention was male by ms IN the Summer or Ag,ann OF
1871. WILLIAM BEERS.
Bo.roS, Oct /. 1915.
Sworn - before me, GEO. ) ElLLakD
United States COMMIT sonsr
As il possibly may ne my privilege 10 give The whole BIS
tory Of Charles Goodveas sui ~ HaywgTds connection
with India Rubber before die VIII stac now that this
Mr. GOODYEAR who sell the author OF SO INA
ny the Improvements in lnds Ruhner Ms IA some way
ia IN. hardware business IN fmsdelpha about tile years
1885. 81 IS and first heard Of his operations IN India
Ribb-r NewYo'k and Staten Island 10 The years
Sc, 81, aud thnh part oil when hppears ~ removed
with Hayward icn which he has been better Sno
Hayward has been engaged in The absolute details oil The
work certaiay an9 constantly from lo3i 20 the pre-
time ard | understand has some inleFest no."
10 uphold G0odyeafs patents. This interest, how
ever, has been assumed lately and about the time
OF my Diminishing GoodyesI's motion FOR H. junction
given the ard residences OF many Witnesses To-
gecr with many fscs Hence the importance, just
OF Goodycars having him IN position 10 dischim Inc
honor -
In the above conclusive testimony fad enough justify
thu position which hsve sssuInec and II va not
conscious Of the clear justice my course anc acts would
al once absIlonor rather would have entered the
field Feeling as DO, viii defend my rights II usand
men combine crush on this i.sue Thai this business
IL do deny The rubber business aas assrIr-
an IMPORTANCE sufficient magnitude 10 enlist tc ener-
qjes OF men commenced my first experiments Ia II l9
wears ago have been constantly engaged IN more or
Jess every year since sud Eteac 20 make my business Tor
life during which VIII not ahsndon OEe OF ny clear Tlgh.s
in il Cy-CLsAR uF Thai STOCKING KNIT PNTEEr
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