June i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER "WORLD 



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Samuel P. Colt, Providence, Rhode Island. [11] 



President: Bristol County Gas and Electric Co., Industrial Trust Co. of 



Providence, National Eagle Bank of Bristol, Rhode Island Safe Deposit Co. 

 I'ice President : First National Bank of Bristol. 

 Director : American Woolen Co., Denver City Tramway Co., Newport Trust 



Co., Providence Banking Co.. Providence Telephone Co. 



Elisha S. Converse, No. ioi Milk street, Boston, Massachusetts. [5] 

 President : Maiden National Bank. 

 Director : E.xchange Nationvil Bank of Boston, Colorado Smelting Co. 



Harry E. Converse, No. ioi Milk street, Boston, Massachusetts. [5] 

 Dire-to*- : E-xchange National Bank of Boston, GlenarkJKnitting Co.. Glendale 

 Elastic Fabrics Co., Metropolitan Storage Warehouse Co., E.xport Lum- 

 ber Co. 

 Trustee : Maiden Savings Bank. 



CosTELi.o C. Converse, Boston, Massachusetts. [2] 



President Revere Rubber Co., Boston and l.'olorado Smelting Co., Phccni.x 

 Furniture Co. (Grand Rapids), Grand Kapids Plaster Co. 



rice Presi tent ; First National Bank of Maiden, Boston Land Cc. 



Director: National Bank of the Republic, Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual 

 Insurance C6.. Grand Rapids Brush Co. 



Trustee : Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. 



James B. Ford, No. 15 Murray Street. New York. [11] 



Ttustee : American Bank Note Co. 



Director : New York Mutual Gas Light Co., Export Lumber Co. 



J, Howard Ford, New York. [11] 



Francis L. Hine, No. 2 Wall street. New York, [i] 



President : Nashawannuck Manufacturing Co. 



Vice President : First National Bank of New York. 



Treasurer : East Jersey Water Co. 



Trustee : Brooklyn Trust Co,. South Brooklyn Savings Institution. 



Director : Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Home Life Insurance 

 Co., Liberty N.ilional Bank of New York. New Domestic Sewing Ma- 

 chine Co., Review of Reviews Co. 



Henry L. Hotchkiss, New Haven, Conn. [11] 



Lester Leland, ioi Milkstieet, Boston. Massachusetts. [4] 



Director : Shoe Hardware Co. .State National Bank of Boston, Georgetown and 

 Western Railroad, Industiial Mutual Insurance Co. 



Frederick C. Sayles, Providence, Rhode Island. [4] 



Frederick M. Shepard, East Orange, New Jersey. [11] 



President : Goodyear Rubber Co., Rut-ber Clothing Co., LMion India Rubber 

 Co.. Orange Water Co., East Orange Safe Deposit and Trust Co. 



Director: Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark. 



Francis Lynde Stetson, No. 15 Broad street, New York, [i] 



Of Stetson, Jennings & Russell, lawyers. 



Vice President : Cataract Construction Co. 



Director : Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co., .Alabama Great Southern 

 Railway Co.. Buffalo and Lockport Railway, Buffalo and Niagara Falls 

 Electric Railway, Buffalo, Tonavvanda and Niagara Falls Electric Rail- 

 road, Buffalo Traction Co.. Buffalo Railway, Chicago and Erie Railroad 

 Co., Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway. Crosstown 

 Street Railway of Buffalo, Erie Railroad Co., Lockport and Olcott Rail- 

 way, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Co.. Niagara Devel- 

 opment Co., Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge Railway, Niagara 

 Falls, Whirlpool and Northern Railway, Niagara Falls Power Co., Niag- 

 ara Junction Railway South Carolina and Georgia Railway Co . Southern 

 Railway Co. in Kentucky, Southern Railway in Mississippi, United States 

 Express Co. 



John D. Vermuele, No. 503 Broadway, New York. [6] 

 President : Holland Trust Co., York Cliffs Improvement Co. 

 Treasurer : York Water Co. 



Director : Chatham National Bank of New York, Amsterdam Casualty Co., 

 Empire Realty Co., Brigantine Co., Philadelphia and Brigantine Rail- 

 road Co. 



The first meeting of the newly elected board of directors was 

 held at the office of the company in New York on May 23, and 

 the following officers were elected : 



Preiident — Samuel P. Colt. 



Vict President— C0ST1ilA.O C. CONVERSE. 



Second I'ice President — LESTER Lei.aND. 



Treasurer — Jamer B. Ford. 



Assistant Treasurer — John J. Watson, Jr. 



Secretary — Samuel Norris, Jr. 



The Executive Committee consists of Samuel P. Colt, Cos- 

 tello C. Converse, Lester Leland, James B. Ford, and Fran- 

 cis L. Hine. 



Summary of the Constituent Companies. 



NEW JERSEY RUBBER SHOE CO. 

 New Brunswick, New Jersey. 

 Organized and incorporated in New Jersey in 1S77 ; capital, .$200,- 

 000. Successive presidents, Lewis L. Hyatt, John R. Ford, and Mahlon 

 C. Martin (elected 1S90. ) The latter was one of the first to suggest a 

 consolidation of the rubber shoe trade, and the Jersey factory was the 

 first to be acquired by the United States Rubber Co. Its plant and 

 business were bought with the preliminary issue of shares by the United 

 States company, which has since operated the plant in its own name, the 

 New Jersey Rubber Shoe Co. going out of existence in 1S92. 



MEYER RUBBER CO. 

 Mill 1 OWN, New Jerse\-. 

 Organized by Christopher Meyer and incorporated in New Jersey in 

 1858 ; capital, $200,000. In 1861 the stock company of Ford & Co. was 

 merged into it. Acquired in 1892 by the United States Rubber Co., for 

 |i, 200,000, John R. Ford being the principal owner. Factory hasbeen 

 idle since March 3, 1897, the "Meyer" brands being manufactured 

 since at the United States company's New Brunswick factory. The 

 Meyer Rubber Co. continues its corporate existence. 

 NEW BRUNSWICK RUBBER CO. 

 New Brunswick, New Jersev. 

 Incoriorated in New Jersey, April 18, 1850 ; capital $60,000 ; in- 

 creased 1881 to .f 300,000. Acquired by the United States Rubber Co., 

 1892. Manufacture consolidated with the Jersey plant in 1894. Name 

 changed to New Brunswick Tire Co. in 1896 and factory devoted to 

 making tires, and later passed from control of the United States com- 

 pany. Now under lease to American Rubber Works Co. 

 BOSTON RUBBER CO. 

 Franklin ..\nd Chelsea, Massathusetts. 

 Organized by George H. Hood. Incorporated in Massachusetts, 

 1878. with a factory at Chelsea. First manufactured wringer rolls and 

 later mackintoshes, carriage cloth, and mold work. In iSSS purchased 

 a factory at Franklin, and began the manufacture of rubber foot- 

 wear. In 1892, having then $300,000 capital, was acquired by the 

 United States Rubber Co. Work ceased May 9, 1896. The rubber 

 shoe machinery was sold later to the Boston Rubber Co. of Montreal, 

 Limited, and the last of the material at Chelsea was sold in Igoi to a 

 dealer in second hand machinery. 



THE L. CANDEE & CO. 

 New Haven, Connecticut. 

 Leverett Candee was the first to make rubber shoes under the 

 Goodyear patents. He formed a company which was incorporated 

 under Connecticut laws July 21, 1852; capital, |2oo,ooo. Acquired 

 by the United States Rubber Co., 1892, with $400,000 capital and .$1,- 

 500,000 surplus. 



NATIONAL INDIA RUBBER CO. 



Bristol, Rhode Island. 

 Incorporated in Rhode Island April 17, 1888, succeeding to the 

 plant and business of the National Rubber Co., incorporated in 1864, 

 which in turn succeed the old Providence Rubber Co., one of the pioneer 

 concerns. In 1887 Colonel Samuel P. Colt became receiver of the Na 

 tional Rubber Co.. and the reorganization was effected by him. Ac- 

 quired by the United States Rubber Co., 1892, with $1,500,000 capital 

 and more than $500,000 surplus. The factory produces, in addition to 

 rubber footwear, insulated wire, rubber clothing, and druggists' sun- 

 dries. 



AMERICAN RUBBER CO. 



Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. 



Established by Robert D. Evans in 1873, as a jobbing concern. 

 In 1877, consolidated with the Eagle Rubber Co. and a factory es- 

 tablished for rubber clothing, carriage cloth, boots and shoes, and wringer 

 rollers. Incorporated in Massachusetts ; capital, .$200,000. Factory 

 burned in December, 1881, and replaced with new building the next 

 year. Acquired by the United States Rubber Co. in 1892, with $1.- 

 000,000 capital and $1,500,000 surplus, since which time the production 

 has been confined to boots and shoes and mackintoshes. 



GOODYEAR'S METALLIC RUBBER SHOE CO. 

 Naugatuck, Connecticut. 



Founded in 1843 as Samuel J. Lewis & Co. ; incorporated under 

 Connecticut laws February 7, 1845, with $30,000 capital, which has 

 been increased gradually to $1,000,000. The company were first to in- 

 troduce " arctics," invented by Thomas C. Wales, and hence became 

 widely known as the Wales- Goodyear Shoe Co. Acquired 1892 by the 

 United States Rubber Co. There are two shoe factories and an exten- 

 sive rubber reclaiming plant, which has been employed in supplying re- 

 claimed rubber to factories of the United States Rubber Co. 



