THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1920. 



Newtown Tire Co.. Inc., January 12. 1920 (New York). $100,000 M. M. 

 Burnet. 19 East Ninth street; J. F. Brandenberg, 111 West Eleventh street, 

 both of New York City; G. A. Senior, Arlington. New Jersey, lo manu- 

 '"poMnoUubber Cloth Co.. The, December 18, 1919 (New Jersey). $500,000 

 N. E. Bowman; T. S. Cart, both of Mt. Vernon. New York; R. H. Gulliver. 

 Trenton, New Jersey. Principal office, 137 East State street, Trenton New 

 Jersey. Agent in charge, F. R. Brace. To manufacture rubberized cloth and 



Portage Tire & Rubber Co.. January 7. 1920 (Ne 

 Howard; G. V. Reilly; R. K. Thistle— all of New 



"^Puncture-Proof Pneumatic Tire Protector. Inc.. October 1. 1919 (Dela 

 v»are) $75,000. S. B. Howard; A. W. Britton. G. V. Reilly— all of N — 

 York. To manufacti 

 tires. 



Ramo Ti 



The, December 4. 1919 (New Jersey). 

 A. Wilson, both of 19 Burgess place; 

 treets- all of Passaic; J. H. Smith, Jr., 



nd sell devices of all kinds for the protection of 



Rubber Co.. September 23. 1919 (Delaware). $1,000,000. 

 S. G. and D. Bear and C. K. Weter— all of Pittsburgh. Pa. To manufacture 

 and sell tires and tubes. „ _. „ 



Red Seal Rubber & Cement Co.. The, December 

 $250,000. George B. and Clarence A. W" 



W. A. Wilson, Second and South streets- . . ^ ^ 



183 WashiiiKton avenue. Rutherford- both in New Jersey; R. C. vviison. 

 157 West 47th street. New York City. Principal office, Second and South 

 streets. Passaic, New Jersey. Agent in charge, C. A. Wilson. To manu- 

 facture, buy and sell all kinds of patent rubber, cement, etc. 



Rosbach & Bros., J. H., September 15, 1919 (Delaware), $4,000,000. H. R. 

 Limburg; W. A. Hirsch; W. J. Mayer— all of New York. To deal in hides, 



* Rubber Tracflrig Co^lf'nc, September 26, 1919 (Delaware). $500,000. T. L. 

 Croteau; H. E. Knox. S. E. Dill — all of Wilmington, Delaware. To import 



*"sincSirVubbe"'cV.';'lnc.. September 16. 1919 (New York). $25,000. C. M. 

 Pyle. president; I. J. Solomon, vice-president; E. P. Brown, secretary and 

 treasurer. Principal office, 1679 Broadway. New York City. To remold tires. 



Slohm Tire & Mould Co.. Inc., January 8. 1920 (New York), $10,000. 

 H. Raflovich; L. Slohm; W. Hartsberg— all of Buffalo, New York. Princi- 

 pal office, Buffalo. New York. To manufacture tires. . 



Tomah Rubber Works, September 24. 1919 (Wisconsin), $25,000. , L. 

 Hofmeister, president and treasurer. 174 Sixteenth street; C. E. Gage, vice- 

 president. 8S1 Klevcnth street; M. E. Prentiss, secretary 1101 North avenue 

 —all of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Principal office. Milwaukee. Wisconsin. To 

 manufacture, buy. sell and deal in rubber tubes, tires, and rubber specialties. 



Union Rubber & Asbestos Co.. January 3, 1920 (New Jersey), $50,000. 

 D. M. Lovett, Trenton, New Jersey; C. H. Swoger, Pittsburgh; J. M. 

 Shear and R. A. Mackie— both of Bradford; H. M. Prill and D. W. 

 Mackie— both of Warren— all three in Pennsylvania. Principal office, 224 

 South Warren street, Trenton. New Jersey. Agent in charge. D. M. Lovett. 

 To manufacture, buy. sell and deal in all goods, merchandise, and articles 

 made wholly or in part of rubber. 



Universal Rubber Goods Co.. October 30, 1919 (Delaware), $1,000,000. 

 A. W. Britton; S. B. Howard; G. V. Reilly— all of Wilmington. Delaware. 

 To manufacture and build tires of rubber or metal. 



Weinman Elastic Web Co.. October 17. 1919 (New York), $50,000. L. 

 Weinman; J. P. Segal; H. Danziger— all of 258 Broadway, New York City. 

 To manufacture braid, lace and webbing. 



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West Side Auto Tire & Supply Co., November 28, 1919 (N 

 $25,000. Walter and Thomas Troy, both of 226 Wilkinson avenu 

 444 Jersey avenue — all of Jersey City, New Jersey. Principal 

 West Side avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. Agent in chargf 

 To deal 



Wigg Tire Corp.. January 5, 1920 (N( 

 vVigg, both of Nutlev, New Jersey; B. 

 York City. To manufacture tires, etc. 



w York), $1 

 W. Everett, 



),000. ( 



VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF SALES. 



AG. P.\RTRIDGE, recently elected vice-president in charge of sale 

 . and a director of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, has been in ihe tire business since its infancy. Born in James- 

 town, New York, he began his 

 rubber career with the Diamond 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, in 1899. 

 Si.x years later, while in charge of 

 the New York Diamond branch, 

 he resigned to join the Firestone 

 sales force. His advancement 

 thereafter was rapid. In 1911 he 

 was appointed assistant sales man- 

 ager, in which capacity he visited 

 the principal cities of the country 

 developing new avenues of trade 

 and promoting enthusiasm among 

 the branch offices. On the election 

 of R. J. Firestone to a vice-pres- 

 idency in 1916, Mr. Partridge suc- 

 ceeded him as general sales man- 

 ager, which position he held dur- 

 ing the company's greatest growth 

 and up to his own election to the 

 directorate. He has been well prepared for his larger responsi- 

 bilities by those he has carried for the company in the past, and 

 his election is in accord with the Firestone policy of advancing 



A. G. Partridge. 



nu-ii who have made good. His entire career has been in sales 

 uiirk, and in that side of the firm's activities he will continue. 



JOHN W. THOMAS, VICE-PRESIDENT. 



JOHN W. Thomas, newly elected vice-president in charge of 

 manufacturing of the Firestone 'Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, has been with the company for twelve years. He has been 

 works manager for some time and 

 responsible for production since 

 1911. Having made his way up 

 through the production end of the 

 plant, he is well fitted for his 

 larger work by intimate knowl- 

 edge, experience and conspicuous 

 ability. 



A native son of the Buckeye 

 State, Mr. Thomas was born in 

 Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1880. He 

 spent his boyhood days on a farm, 

 entering Buchtel Academy at the 

 age of 17, and completing his edu- 

 cation at Buchtel College, from 

 which he graduated in 1904 with 

 a degree of Ph. B. Shortly after 

 graduation he entered the labora- 

 tory of The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 Akron, Ohio, where he spent three 

 \ears in research and experimental work. In January, 1908, he 

 joined the Akron, Ohio, organization of the Firestone Tire & 

 Rubber Co. and installed its laboratory, where he served as 

 chemist for two years, going thence to the manufacturing de- 

 partment, serving an apprenticeship in one tire manufacturing 

 unit after another, and becoming manager of one of the depart- 

 ments. In 1911 he was appointed superintendent of the factory, 

 and in 1916 he was elected a member of the board of directors 

 of the company. As chairman of the solid tire division of the 

 War Service Committee of the Rubber Industry of the U. S. A. 

 he has earned the gratitude of the trade. Mr. Thomas makes his 

 home in Akron, is married and has four children, two boys and 

 twin girls. He is a member of the Congregational Church, of 

 the Lone Star Fraternity, the Portage Country Club, Akron City 

 Club, Rotary Club, Ohio Society of New York, Society of Auto- 

 motive Engineers, Knights of Pythias, and the Akron Chamber 

 of Commerce, of which last organization he is a director. 



John W. Thomas. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Victor W. Fink, for the last ten years connected with the 

 Rubber Importers' & Dealers' Co., Inc., New York City, has 

 been placed in charge of the crude rubber department of the ( 

 firm of E. S. Kuh & Valk Co., Produce Exchange Building, New j 

 York City. 



R. W. Wheeler, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, New York, has 

 been appointed representative in the State of New York for 

 the Cleveland Osborn Manufacturing Co., authorized to do -' 

 business in New York. 



Thomas F. Hetherman, formerly connected with Neuss Hess 

 lein & Co., Inc., on January 1 formed a new corporation with 

 Robin & de Laurant, under the name of Hetherman & Co., Inc., 

 at 487 Broadway, New York City, as a broker specializing in Far 

 Eastern produce. 



J. E. May!, who has been New England district sales manager 

 of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, with head- 

 quarters in Boston, has been promoted to Eastern sales manager 

 with headquarters in New York City, replacing Lewis G. Fair- 

 banks, who has been elected vice-president and general manager 

 of the Firestone Steel Products Co., manufacturers of rims, etc. 



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