January 1, 1919/ 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



205 



News of the American Rubber Industry. 



CHARLES B. SEGAR, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

 RUBBER CO. 



CHARLES B. SEGER, chairman of the board of directors of 

 the Union Pacific Railroad System, was elected president of 

 the United States Rubber Co., New York City, at the regu- 

 lar meeting of its board of directors held December 5, 1918. :Mr. 

 Seger will retire from railway management and devote himself to 

 the rubber industry. Colonel Samuel P. Colt, who has served the 

 company for eighteen years as president, was elected chairman 

 of the board. Lester Leland, for many years vice-president of 

 the company, was elected vice-chairman. 



Resolutions were passed by the board of directors express- 

 ing high appreciation of Colonel Colt's faithful and able serv- 

 ices in advancing the company's annual business from $23,- 

 000,000 to $200,000,000; in greatly expanding the scope of its 

 manufactures, notably in tires; by acquiring other companies; 

 in making direct provision for the production of a substan- 

 tial part of its crude rubber on its own plantations in 

 Sumatra; and in the permanent funding of the company's 

 large indebtedness. 



The control of the company remains the same as for many 

 years. Colonel Colt will continue to direct the financial pol- 

 icy, with more time to devote to special work for the bene- 

 fit of the company. Mr. Leland, long with the company, is 

 known to be in hearty accord with Colonel Colt's policies. 

 Under the by-laws revised last year Mr. Seger, the newly 

 elected president, will have direct charge of operation. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS— 1918. 



Connecticut Tire & Rubber Co.. Inc., December 18 (New 

 York), $2,000. H. S. Hartstein, 250 Havemeyer street, C. S. 

 Weldon, 591 7th street, M. Kittay, 723 Monroe street— all of 

 Brooklyn. New York. To manufacture tires, etc. 



Highland Rubber Corp., December 18 (New York), $50,000. 

 L. R. Eastman, 116 West 39th street, C. L. Eastman, 213 West 

 40th street, D. D. Deutsch, 1789 Broadway— all of New Y'ork 

 City. To deal in tires and tubes. 



Hygeia Respirator Co, The, December 11 (New Jersey), 

 $35,000. N. Schwartz, 251 West 34th street. New York City; 

 L. Schwartz, 32 Monroe street, B. Spitzer, 21 Monroe street — 

 both of Passaic, New Jersey. Principal office, 32 Monroe street. 

 Passaic. New Jersey. Agent in charge, L. Schwartz. To manu- 

 facture, buy and sell gas-masks. 



Keystone Solether Corp., December 3 (New Jersey), $25,000. 

 G. H. Bruce, 320 Broadway, New Y'ork City; D. Stone, 524 

 Ingham avenue, Trenton, New Jersey; F. J. Bruce. 286 Sixth 

 avenue. Brooklyn, New York. Principal office, 524 Ingham ave- 

 nue, Trenton, New Jersey. Agent in charge, D. Stone. To 

 manufacture synthetic and artificial leathers, floor coverings, 

 gasket sheeting and combined rubber and fiber products of all 

 varieties. 



Ninigret Mills Co.. The, November 20 (Rhode Island), $550,- 

 000. F. E. and C. S. Fowler and C. Perry— all of Westerly, 

 Rhode Island. Principal office. Westerly, Rhode Island. To 

 manufacture, buy, and sell all kinds of textile fabrics, including 

 auto tire fabric. 



O'Connor & Haupt. Inc.. December 6 (New York). $2,000. 

 J. Wagner, 19th street, Elmhurst, New York; H. J. O'Connor, 

 1517 avenue A, W. Haupt, 325 east 51st street— both of New 

 York City. To deal in tires and rubber goods. 



Para Tire Sales Corp., December 18 (New York), $3,000. 

 T. O'Callahgan, Hollis, Long Island ; C. W. Reynolds and W. B. 

 Harris— both of 129 West 37th street. New York City. To sell 

 tires. 



Tire Export Co.. Inc.. December 5 (New York), $2,000. S. 



Bernheim, 35 Nassau street. New York City ; C A. Weldon, 

 591 7th street, M. Kittay, 723 Monroe street— both of Brooklj-n, 

 New Y'ork. To manufacture tires. 



Universal Rubber Products Co., Inc., December 4 (New 

 Y'ork), $250,000. L. and G. Harrington and E. Renard^all of 

 1476 Broadway, New York. To manufacture tires, rubber 

 goods, etc. 



White Plains Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., December 18 (New 

 York), $1,000. H. S. Hartstein. 250 Havemeyer street; C. S. 

 Weldon, 591 7th street; M. Kittay, 723 Monroe street— all of 

 Brooklyn, New York. 



RUBBER FLOORING EXHIBIT. 

 The United States Rubber Co., New York City, made a very 

 interesting exhibit of rubber tiling and matting at the National 

 Hotel Men's Exposition held in Madison Square Garden. New 

 York, December 16 to 21. The display consisted of "Usee" 

 molded sheet rubber flooring, stair treads and perforated mat- 

 ting. The flooring is made in a wide range of designs and color 



Goods Divisio.x. 



effects and is rapidly increasing in popular favor. Owing to its 

 excellent wearing quality and security of footing it is replacing 

 carpets on marble stairs in many of the large hotels and thea- 

 tres. Areas totaling from 1,000 to 5.000 square feet are in serv- 

 ice in several of the principal hotels in Xew York City. 



.Another interesting feature was the "Usco" non-slip stair . 

 iread which is secured in place by means of rubber cement and 

 requires no drill holes or metal nosings. 



The exhibit was in charge of Albert C. Heyman. sales mana- 

 ger of the United States Rubber Co.'s tiling department for 

 New York City and State. 



J. P. DEVINE CO. EXPANDING. 

 The J. P. Devine Co., Buffalo. Xew York, manufacturing 

 vacuum drying apparatus and equipment for rubber mills, is 

 building a two-story brick and steel addition to its machine 

 shop, to be 26 by 102 feet, at a cost of $11,000. New machinery 

 to be installed for the manufacture of special apparatus on a 

 large scale made this extension necessary. The foundations for 

 a new foundry are also being put in. This building will be 90 

 by 160 feet when completed. 



