June 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



News of the American Rubber Industry. 



A RUBBER TECHNOLOGIST. 



THERE are few men with scientific training wlio have had 

 such a wide experience in rubber chemistry as Dr. Albert A. 

 Somerville, who is now associated with the R. T. Vanderbilt 

 Co., SO East 42nd street, New 

 York, dealer in rubber chemicals 

 and ingredients. 



Dr. Somerville studied and 

 taught at DePauw and Cornell 

 Universities, specializing in sci- 

 ences and engineering. Summers 

 he worked at Franklin Institute 

 and at the Bureau of Standards 

 in Washington. In 1912 he took 

 charge of the physical testing lab- 

 oratory of the India Rubber Co., 

 New Brunswick, New Jersey, 

 where guayule was one of tlie 

 chief materials handled. The next 

 year he was taken into the de- 

 velopment department of the 

 United States Rubber Co., and for 

 five years supervised the <^^V<ir\-,c) underwood & Undcr^vood.N Y 

 mental and development work at ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ Somerville. 

 its laboratory m New l ork City, 



mainly on mechanical goods, but to some extent on tires and 

 footwear. \ year ago he was appointed technical assistant to 

 the general manager of all the factories of the United States 

 Rubber System. 



During the war he represented the company on the War 

 Service Committee, and he was the company's representative as 

 a member of the American Society for Testing Materials, in the 

 rubber section of which he has been especially active. He is 

 also a member of the American Physical Society and of Masonic 

 organizations. 



Dr. Somerville therefore brings to his new position a wide, 

 practical, and scientific knowledge of many lines of rubber 

 manufacture, which will make him a valuable man, not only to 

 the company, but also to its customers. 



DIVIDENDS. 



The Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., New York City, manufacturer of 

 tires and inner tubes, has declared its quarterly dividend of $1.50 

 per share, payable June 15, on stock of record May 31, 1919. 



The Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, Massachusetts, man- 

 ufacturer of rubber footwear, has declared its semi-annual 

 dividend of three and one-half per cent on preferred stock, pay- 

 able June 1 on stock of record May 24, 1919. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, manufacturer of lires, 

 balloon fabric, and other rubber goods, has declared its quarterly 

 dividend of one and three-quarters per cent on preferred stock, 

 payable July 1, 1919. 



The India Tire & Rubber Co., Akron and Mogadore, Ohio, 

 tire manufacturer, has declared a quarterly dividend of two per 

 cent, payable July 1 on common stock ; also one of one and three- 

 quarters per cent on preferred stock, payable at the same time. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, manufacturer of 

 tires, declared a dividend of two per cent, payable May 20 on 

 preferred stock of record January 31, 1919. .\ further divi- 

 dend of ten per cent has been declared, payable July 15 on com- 

 mon stock of record June 10, 1919. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co., New York City, manufacturer of 

 zinc products, declared a quarterly dividend of four per cent, 

 payable April 30 on stock of record May 10, 1919. 



The Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, man- 

 ufacturer of tires and other rubber goods, has declared quarterly 

 dividends of one and one-half per cent on common shares, and 

 one and three-quarters per cent on preferred shares, payable 

 June 30 on stock of record June IS, 1919. 



The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, manufacturer of automotive machinery, 

 electric control devices, etc., has declared quarterly dividends of 

 two per cent, payable July 15 and 31, respectively, on preferred 

 and common stock of record June 30, 1919. 



CHANGES IN PERSONNEL OF THE NEW JERSEY ZINC CO., INC. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co., Inc., 160 Front street. New York 

 City, and its branch, the Mineral Point Zinc Co., 1111 Mar- 

 quette Building, Chicago, Illinois, announce the following re- 

 cent changes in organization: E. V. Peters, general sales man- 

 ager, succeeding H. G. Clopper, resigned. New York; Bushnell 

 Bigelow, manager of Eastern sales, New York; R. M. Neumann, 

 manager of Western sales, Chicago; W. P. Hardenbergh, Jr., 

 manager of export sales. New Y'ork; J. Matthias, Jr., assistant 

 sales manager, Chicago; Walter I. Hess, assistant sales man- 

 ager. New Y'ork; F. C. Fuller, assistant sales manager, New 

 York; and R. L. Cathcart, assistant sales manager, Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania. 



THE UNITED STATES RUBBER PLANTATIONS, INC. 



The organization meeting of the United States Rubber Planta- 

 tions, Inc., was held Tuesday, May 20, 1919, and the following 

 directors and officers were elected : 



BOASD OF DIEECTOKS. 



H. Stuart Hotchkiss, Samuel P. Colt, Lester Leland, Charles 

 B. Seger, Nicholas F. Brady, Edgar B. Davis, Ernest Hopkinson, 

 W. J. Gallagher, Walter B. Mahony, Homer E. Sawyer, J. 

 Newton Gunn, John W. Bicknell, L. D. Tompkins, W. H. Black- 

 well, and W. F. Bass. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



H. Stuart Holchkiss. Samuel P. Colt, Lester Leland, Charles 

 Fl. Seger. Walter B. Mahony, John W. Bicknell, and L. D. 

 Tompkins. 



OFFICERS. 



Samuel P. Colt, chairman; Lester Leland, vice-chairman; H. 

 Stuart Hotchkiss, president; W. J. Gallagher, vice-president; W. 

 S. Gordon, vice-president; John W. Bicknell, vice-president, 

 treasurer, and assistant secretary; L. D. Tompkins, vice-pres- 

 ident and secretary; T. H. Lee, assistant treasurer: Walter B. 

 Mahony, counsel for the company. 



The L'nited States Rubber Plantations, Inc., holds all the United 

 States Rubber Co.'s plantations in Sumatra. The authorized capi- 

 tal is $40,000,000 preferred and $60,000,000 common, of which 

 $10,000,000 preferred and $20,000,000 common has been issued. 

 Extensions to the vast estates are contemplated in the near future. 



PERFECTION MAKES KEYSTONE BRAND OF TIRES. 



Since the publication of the many conflicting reports concern- 

 ing the output of the Perfection Tire & Rubber Co., Fort 

 Madison, Iowa, the following facts have been ascertained. The 

 Perfection company makes under a cost-plus agreement with the 

 Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., New Y'ork City, tires branded 

 with the Keystone name and design. This does not affect the 

 output of Perfection tires which are being marketed through 

 the company's regular channels. In addition, the Nemours 

 Trading Corp., New York City, has the exclusive export sales 

 representation for the Perfection tire. 



