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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



December 1, 1920 



NEW INCORPORATIONS 

 Ash, Claudius, Sons & Co., U. S. A., Inc., October 11 (New 

 York), $150,000. Charles A. Sykes, president and treasurer; 

 Clarence E. Greene, vice-president ; Matthews Brown, secretary. 

 Principal oflice 1 and 3 Union Square, New York City. To manu- 

 facture dental rubber. 



Cartwell-Wilson Tire Co., Inc., November 6 (New York), 

 $10,000. \V. R. and J. Wilson, both of 64 Bedford avenue; I. M. 

 Coggins, 804 Mutual Life Building— all of Buffalo, Xew York. 



Chase Tire Sales Corporation, October 26 (Xew York), $50,- 

 000. L. G. and A. M. Chase— both of 14 Verona place: B. C. 

 Ribman, 125 Prospect Park, West — all of Brooklyn, New York. 

 To deal in automobile tires. 



Cotton Rubber Works, The, November 6 (Delaware), $25.(X)0. 

 W. I. N. Lofland, F. Jackson, C. L. Harmonson — all of Dover, 

 Delaware. 



Downing Tire Stores Corporation, November 19 (New 

 Y'ork), $100,000. D. R. Downing. 1985 Creston avenue, Bron.x, 

 N. Y.; C. M. and C. J. Downing — both of South Orange, N.J. 

 To manufacture automobile tires, etc. 



Estates Crude Rubber Corporation. The. November 16 (New 

 York), $25,000. E. C. Sweeney, Jr., Hartsdale; W. P. McKown 

 and L. Caminez. both of 50 Church street, New Y'ork City — 

 both in New Y'ork. Principal office. New York City. To deal in 

 crude rubber. 



Federal Detachable Rim & Wheel Corporation, November 17 

 (New Y'ork), $2,000,000. L. G. Lacy, P. H. Fitzpatrick, C. Hanna 

 — all of Syracuse. New Y'ork. Principal office. Syracuse, New 

 York. To manufacture automobile wheels and rims. 



International Products Corporation, November 18 (Dela- 

 ware), $1,000,000. T. L. Croteau, M. A. Bruce, S. E. Dill— all 

 of Wilmington, Delaware. To deal in crude rubber and to manu- 

 facture rubber, etc. 



Jefferson Rubber Co., The, October 1 (Wisconsin). $303,000. 

 R. W. Lyons, president; C. R. Girton, vice-president; W. E. 

 Faube, secretary ; W. S. Henry, treasurer. Principal office, Jef- 

 ferson, Wisconsin. To manufacture rubber products, including 

 cord and fabric tires and inner tubes. 



Leathcrware Company. The. October 28 (New Jersey). $250.- 

 000. H. H. Picking; C. O. Geyer; (iordon Grand. Principal 

 office. 525 Main street. East Orange, New Jersey. To buy, sell 

 and otherwise deal in and with, and to export and import, leather- 

 substitute compositions and compounds, rubber compositions and 

 compounds, paper compositions and compounds, etc. 



Lorraine Rubber Co., Inc., November 10 (New York), $20,000. 

 C. and R. Bernheim, 18 Wilson place, Mt. Vernon; S. Solomon, 

 616 W. 207th street. New York City — both in New Y'ork. Prin- 

 cipal office, Bronx, N. Y. To manufacture rubber goods. 



Northeastern Rubber Co., Inc., October 22 (New York), 

 $250,000. M. Roylc; R. Swinnerton ; A. B. Royce— all of 31 

 Nassau street. New York City. To deal in crude rubber, etc. 



Paragon Tire Corporation, November 10 (Delaware), $20,000. 

 W. I. N. Lofland; F. Jackson; R. Dunn— all of Dover, Delaware. 



Protex-In-Tire Co., Inc., October 26 (New York), $25,000. 

 J. Steinman; L. E. Jennings — both of 176 Livingston street; H. 

 W. Brock, 478 Jefferson street— both of Brooklyn, New York. 

 To manufacture inner liners for tires. 



Star Rubber Co., The, November 19 (New York), $10,000. 

 G. Norris, F. L. Driscoll, H. Buette— all of 115 Broadway, 

 New York City. Principal office New York City. To manu- 

 facture automobile tires, etc. 



Tire Improvement Corporation. October 22 (Delaware), $500,- 

 000. T. L. Croteau ; M. A. Bruce— both of Wilmington, Dela- 

 ware. 



PERSONAl. MENTION 



Edward S. Babcox has become vice-president of the India Rub- 

 ber Kn'iew, published in Akron. Ohio, which has recently been 

 taken over by a corporation, the editorial and business policies 

 remaining unchanged. Mr. Babcox is well known through former 

 connections with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., the Rubber 

 Products Co.. The Christian Herald, and The .Akron Advertising 

 .Agency Co. 



I harlcs E. Campbell, for the past 18 years factory manager of 

 the -Ashland, Ohio, plant of the Camp Rubber Co. and the Fault- 

 less. Rubber Co.. has removed to his new home at Great Neck, 

 Long Island. Mr. Campbell expects to spend the balance of the 

 current year in a study of manufacturing conditions in the East, 

 with the idea of establishing himself in the rubber sundries manu- 

 facturing line about January 1. 



J H. Mullen, who is associated with the St. Louis office of The 

 Manliattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., recently sailed fur Paris 

 on the "Olympic." accompanied by Mrs. Mullen. They will tour 

 France. Italy, Switzerland and Spain. 



John B. Tuttle, recently chief chemist of Plant No. 2 of the 

 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has severed his con- 

 nection with that company to enter business for himself. He has 

 opened an office at 68 Bank street. New York City, as a consult- 

 ing chemist and rubber technologist. 



.Arthur G. Spurlock has been appointed treasurer of the H. H. 

 Robertson Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in charge of finances, 

 accounting, credit, collections, etc. For the past four years, Mr. 

 Spurlock has been associated with the American Refractories Co., 

 Chicago, in a similar capacity. The large growth of the H. H. 

 Robertson Co.'s business has necessitated separating the duties 

 of secretary and treasurer, formerly fulfilled by Joseph Myshrall. 

 Mr. Myshrall will continue as secretary in charge of corporate 

 records and correspondence, contracts, office management and 

 similar duties. 



S. R. Converse, since 1916 assistant advertising manager ot 

 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., has resigned to become ad- 

 vertising manager of the Dunlop Tire & Rubber Corporation of 

 .\merica, Buffalo, New York. 



RECENT CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF 

 UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. 



The new organization plan of the I'nited States Rubber Co. 

 places under unified control the manufacturing and selling activ- 

 ities of the two groups of the company heretofore known as the 

 Mechanical Goods Division and the Footwear Division. It cre- 

 ates the position of second vice-president for four of the com- 

 pany's executives, and it effects a new grouping of other depart- 

 ments and provides new responsibilities for many individuals in the 

 organization. 



Vice-president Homer E. Sawyer takes general charge of the 

 two divisions which have been merged. Vice-president J. New- 

 ton Gtnni will remain in general charge of tires and accessories. 



George H. Mayo and Edward j'. Coughlin have been made 

 second vice-presidents to serve under Mr. Sawyer. Mr. Mayo 

 will have under his general direction all sales of footwear, cloth- 

 ing, mechanical and miscellaneous goods, while Mr. Coughlin 

 will have charge of the large group of factories engaged in their 

 manufacture. 



Mr. Mayo will be assisted by Charles C. Case as general man- 

 ager, mechanical sales ; William F. Enright. general manager of 

 footwear sales ; N. Lincoln Greene, general manager of clothing 

 sales ; and W. E. Barker, general manager, tire sales. 



