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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1919. 



Charles B, Seger. 



CHARLES B. SEGER. 



r^HARLES BRUNSON SEGER, the newly elected president 

 ^-^ of the United States Rubber Co., was born in New Or- 

 leans, Louisiana. .August 29, 1867. He was educated in the 

 public schools of that city, his business experience beginning as 

 office boy with Mor- 

 gan's Louisiana & 

 Texas Railway and 

 Steamship Co., suc- 

 cessively rising from 

 clerk to steamship 

 auditor, traveling 

 auditor, and chief 

 clerk to general au- 

 ditor, he became 

 auditor and secre- 

 tary of the Galves- 

 ton, Harrisburg & 

 San Antonio Rail- 

 way Co., and Texas 

 and New Orleans 

 Railroad and Direct 

 Navigation Co., also 

 holding the same of- 

 fices in the Galves- 

 ton, Houston & 

 Northern Railway 

 Co. In 1900 he 

 went to San Fran- 

 cisco as auditor of 

 the Pacific System of the Southern Pacific Railway Co., a few 

 years later becoming general auditor of the Union Pacific Sys- 

 tem, rising to comptroller in 1911, and being elected vice-presi- 

 dent in 1913. In 1918 he was made chairman of the executive 

 committee of that system. 



It will thus be seen that Mr. Seger has spent the larger part 

 of his business life in leading railway systems, but he is con- 

 nected with the management of many important corporations, 

 including the United States Trust and Mortgage Co., Western 

 Union Telegraph Co., New York Central Railroad Co. and 

 Illinois Central Railroad Co., being a member of the executive 

 committees of the last two organizations mentioned. For the 

 past two years he has been a member of the board of directors 

 of the United States Rubber Co. and of its executive committee. 

 He will retire as chairman of the board of directors and as 

 president of the several companies comprising the Union Pacific 

 System and devote his time largely to the afifairs of the United 

 States Rubber Co. His broad general experience and his fa- 

 miliarity with the affairs of this company will make him emi- 

 nently fit for the new and responsible duties now devolving upon 

 him. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wiscon- 

 sin, manufacturer of electric controlling devices, held a con- 

 ference =n that city during the week of December 7, 1918, for. 

 the benefit of its men who direct the district oflfice sales of wiring 

 devices, push-button specialties, and molded insulation. W. C. 

 Stevens, sales manager, A. H. Fleet, manager of the wiring 

 devices department, and Edward Karl were in charge. The vari- 

 ous district offices were represented by M. F. Coyne, Boston; F. 

 J. Walker, New York ; G. W. Donkin, Pittsburgh ; C. N. Gilmore, 

 Cleveland, and Z. S. Myers, Chicago. 



The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, in addition to 

 its offices in the Singer Building. New York City, its premises 

 at 229 West 58th street, and its service station at 213 West 64th 



street, has leased a part of the building at 228-230 West S8th 

 street, in the same city- 



The Hardman Rubber Corp., Belleville, New Jersey, has ac- 

 quired the business of the Endurance Tire & Rubber Co., New 

 Brunswick, and will move to the latter place where it will make 

 a new line of cord tires for pleasure cars and trucks, as well as 

 tire tubes. 



The G. & J. Tire Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, a subsidiary of 

 the United States Rubber Co., New York City, is building a new 

 warehouse. 



nie .American Rubber Corp., New York City, has removed 

 from 225 West 52nd street, to 1974 Broadway, where it will 

 maintain offices and sales room. It has also opened a repair 

 department. 



Tlie Independent Airless Tire Co. has secured a factory at 

 Independence, Missouri, and is installing machinery which it 

 hopes to have in operation within the next few months. The 

 officers of the company are : E. S. Galloway, president ; Eben 

 Miller, vice-president; Harold Galloway, treasurer; and E. C. 

 Harrington, secretary. 



The Yarnall-Waring Co., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, manufacturer of "Yarway" power-plant devices, has 

 acquired a three-acre tract of land at Mermaid lane and Devon 

 street, on the line of the Chestnut Hill division of the Philadel- 

 phia & Reading railroad. A three-story stone mansion on the 

 premises is being converted into general offices and a one-story 

 machine shop has been erected and is now in operation. 



The Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co., Inc., Norwalk, Connec- 

 ticut, is making a new fibre sole composed of long-strand fibres 

 and rubber in such a manner as to permit it to be sewed or 

 nailed in the same way as leather soles. 



Tlie Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., New York City, at a meeting of 

 its directors held on December 17, 1918, duly resolved to issue 

 20,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $50, in 

 order to provide $1,000,000 additional working capital. The en- 

 tire issue has been underwritten to net the company the amount 

 needed. Stockholders of record on December 27 were entitled 

 to subscribe for the new shares at the rate of ten for each 71 

 shares already held, at $55 per share. 



The Archer Cord Tire & Rubber Co., 711 ISth avenue, N. E., 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota, at a stockholders' meeting held on No- 

 vember 18, 1918, elected the following directors: W. P. Bige- 

 low, William A. Bieter, Maurice A. Hessian, Frederick Graham, 

 Dr. W. B. Cory, Thomas Wilder, and Vance Chamberlain. 

 These, in turn, elected the following officers: W. F. Bigelow, 

 president ; William A. Bieter, vice-president ; and Maurice A. 

 Hessian, secretary and treasurer. The company will manu- 

 facture cord fabric casings and automobile tubes on a large 

 scale, in addition to its regular cord tires. It has installed 

 special machinery for the purpose. 



The Rouden Manufacturing Co., 1361-1365 Atlantic avenue, 

 Brooklyn, New York, makes "Liberty Brand" hospital sheeting, 

 "Gem" metal hot-water bottles, and "Excellento" ice bags. It 

 is one of the largest producers of ice bags in the world. It also 

 manufactures high-grade metal caps and collars for manufactur- 

 ers of druggists' sundries. This plant is unique in that it manu- 

 factures for itself all of its own varied products under one roof. 



After the first of the year, J. Spencer Turner Co., 86 Worth 

 street. New York City, will handle the product of the Lowell 

 Weaving Co., manufacturer of Sea Island and Egyptian tire 

 fabrics. 



J. Spencer Turner Co., New York City, will move this month 

 to 56 Worth street. The interior of the building has been 

 remodeled, aflfording modern offices in the center of the cotton 

 goods district. 



