December 1, 1918.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



149 



News of the American Rubber Industry. 



AN ACTIVE WORKER IN CONNECTION WITH THE 

 WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD. 



/^NE of the men who is doing most valuable work for the 

 ^^ Government, is J. C. Matlack, one of the assistants to Harry 

 T. Dunn, chief of the Rubber and Rubber Goods Section of the 

 War Industries Board. As a young man Mr. Matlack was em- 

 ployed by the Sim- 

 mons Hardware 

 Co,. St. Louis, 

 Missouri, rising to 

 be head of the bi- 

 cycle and acces- 

 sory department of 

 that concern, after 

 which he left to 

 become eastern 

 sales manager of 

 the A. Fetherstone 

 Co., Chicago, Ill- 

 inois. On the or- 

 ganization of the 

 American Bicycle 

 Co. he was ap- 

 pointed purchasing 

 agent for the more 

 than sixty fac- 

 tories, and in 1901 

 was made the com- 

 pany's western 

 sales manager. 

 The following year he resigned and became president of the 

 Internationa! Automobile and Vehicle Tire Co., Milltown, New 

 Jersey. When this company was succeeded by the Michelin Tire 

 Co., he was made vice-president and general manager, retaining 

 those offices until 1911, when he joined the newly organized 

 Ajax Rubber Co., New York City, as secretary and general 

 manager. During the six years he was with the Ajax company 

 the value of the business was multiplied many times. Mr. Mat- 

 lack was elected vice-president of the American Writing Paper 

 Co. in 1917, resigned during the present year, and returned to the 

 rubber business, becoming president and general manager of 

 the Globe Rubber Tire Manufacturing Co., of Trenton, New 

 Jersey. 



Matlack. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Frank R. Carroll has been promoted to the district manager- 

 ship of The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, in San 

 Francisco. He was formerly manager of the Los Angeles 

 branch. 



H. L. Hall has been appointed branch manager at 1328 Michi- 

 gan avenue, Chicago, Illinois, for The Swinehart Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Akron, Ohio. He has been connected with the automobile 

 and bicycle business for a number of years and for the last 

 eight years has had charge of the western territory of the Troy 

 Carriage Sunshade Co., Troy, Ohio, manufacturing automobile 

 specialties. 



Lewis E. Klug. formerly with the Victor Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Springfield, Ohio, has been appointed factory superintendent of 

 the Electric Rubber Reclaiming Co.. Barberton, Ohio, succeed- 

 ing J. F. Johnston, resigned. 



J. S. Benner. secretary of the Electric Rubber Reclaiming Co., 

 Barberton, Ohio, has been appointed general manager, also. 



Garfield List recently succeeded S. S. Poor as district manager 

 of the United States Tire Co., New York City, in Philadelphia, 

 with headquarters at 329 North Broad street 



G. A. Binz, sales manager for the Yarnall-Waring Co., Chest- 

 nut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has transferred his head- 

 quarters to the company's New York office, at 90 West street. 



R. H. Wilson has been appointed assistant to the president of 

 the Walter A. Zelnicker Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri, dealer 

 in machinery, mill and factory supplies, etc. 



E. O. Griffin, well-known in southwestern railroad circles, 

 has been appointed representative of the Walter A. Zelnicker 

 Supply Co., St. Louis, Missouri, at Houston, Texas, succeeding 

 R. H. Wilson. 



Ernest Newton, a salesman for the Sterling Tire Corp., Ruther- 

 ford, New Jersey, in the Hartford, Connecticut, territory, has 

 been appointed manager of the Hartford branch, succeeding W. 

 H. Lacey, now in government service. 



Julius Lichtenstein, president of the American Sumatra To- 

 bacco Co., has been elected a director of the Keystone Tire & 

 Rubber Co., New York City. 



On and after January 1, 1919, Byron T. Mottinger, E. E., will 

 be associated with the Quaker City Rubber Co., Wissinoming, 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as chief engineer and master me- 

 chanic. He is now general superintendent of power of the Fort 

 Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad, Boone, Iowa. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Republic Rubber Corp., Youngstown, Ohio, has acquired 

 the entire assets of The Knight Tire & Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, 

 and has taken over the operation of the Knight plant. The sell- 

 ing organization of the Knight company will continue indefinitely 

 under that name and the capital stock has been reduced from 

 $1,500,000 to $15,000. 



The Ailing Rubber Co., Danbury, Connecticut, has removed 

 from 264 to 268 Main street, where is has nearly double floor 

 space and better shelving accommodations. The comapny in- 

 tends to add new lines. It now deals in rubber goods, automo- 

 bile tires and supplies. 



The plant of the Rubber & Celluloid Products Co., 56 Ferry 

 street, Newark, New Jersey, situated on Wilson avenue of the 

 same city, which was recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt 

 at an approximate cost of $50,000. The new structure will be 

 one and two stories in height, 42 by 390 feet. The officers of 

 the company are : A. Albright, Jr., president ; T. B. Denton, vice- 

 president ; T. M. Kays, secretary, and C. M. Freeman, treasurer. 

 This concern manufactures the "Rubberset" brushes. 



The Combination Rubber Manufacturing Co., Bloomfield, New 

 Jersey, manufacturer of "Viking" tires and tubes and mechanical 

 rubber goods, at the annual meeting of its stockholders on No- 

 vember 4, elected the following officers: William H. Servis, 

 president; Horace T. Cook, vice-president: Fred L. Conover, 

 treasurer: Frank W. Servis, secretary; Arthur R. Colvin, fac- 

 tory manager, and William A. Robbins, superintendent. 



The Denver Rubber Co., 1645 Lawrence street, Denver, Colo- 

 rado, western distributor for The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. 

 Akron, Ohio, has four men — Ferguson, Davis, Gary and Holmes, 

 its entire force of traveling salesmen — in service. The officers 

 of the concern include R. A. Kincaid president and treasurer, 

 and V. C. Wist, secretary. It was established in 1889. 



The George W. Eno Rubber Co., Inc., has just moved into its 

 new building at 1159-63 Post street, San Francisco, California, 

 which will be the headquarters for its business north of Teha- 

 chapi. R. T. MacMillin, managing director, is in charge of this 



