THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[I It roBER 1. 1914. 



GENERAL C. EDVVAKD MURRAY. 



Military men arc always interesting, and doublj so al the pres- 

 ent time, when thru- achievements occupj so large a pari of the 

 world's attention 



General C Edward Murray, treasurer of tin Empire Rubber & 

 Tire Co., of Trenton, New Jersey, and interested in a variety 

 ■ther rubber enterprises, has been a military man continu- 

 ously fur nearly thirty year-, and fur the last fifteen years has 

 been Quartermaster General ••!' the State of New Jersey, with 



the rank ot Bngadiei General. General Murray in fact has 

 been extremely active iii several different directions — first, as a 

 rubber manufacturer; second, as a leader in New Jersey politics. 

 and third, in his varied but continuous association with the 

 militia of that state. 



lie was born in Lambertville in 1863, and it was quite natural 

 that after finishing school and business college lie should attach 

 himself to the business controlled by his father. J. Howard Mur- 

 ray, wh.. was ; , manufacturer of reclaimed rubber. This inter- 

 esting event occurred in 1883, when Mr. Murraj was rounding 

 ..tit his twentieth year, the firm name being Murray. Whitehead & 

 Murray. Nine years later lit had full charge of the business and 

 ii"t long .i tei organized the Crescen! Belting & Packing Co 

 and the (res. cut Insulated Wire & Cable Co. These various 

 companies, however, did not seem sufficient to engross his atten- 

 tion, so in 1902 he bought out the Empire Rubber Co., and four 

 years later organized the Empire Tire Co.; these two companies 

 being: consolidate,! in 1913 and incorporated as the Empire Rub- 

 bei i\ lire Co. 



One would imagine that these varied interests would fairly 

 well occupy any one man's time, but, as mentioned above, Gen- 

 eral Murraj became interested in military matters many years 

 ago. He enlisted in the Seventh Regiment of New Jersey when 

 he was twentj i live years later was made paymaster 



of the regiment, and a few years later given the rank of Captain. 

 In 1899 he was appointed Quartermaster General of the state, 

 a position he has occupied ever since. 



He early developed marked abilities as a political leader, and 

 twenty year- was prominent in the higher Republican 



circles of bis state and frequently represented his district at 

 national Republican conventions. From 1894 to 1904 he was 

 I itj Clerk of Trenton. When the Progressive party was or- 

 ganized two years ago he became one of its conspicuous figures. 



He was married in 1891 to Miss Cornell, daughter of John W. 

 i .null, of Trenton, and has three children, the two oldest being 

 boys, who have already associated themselves with the Empire 

 Rubber & Tire Co., one — J. Cornell Murray — as vice-president, 

 the other— C. Edward Murray, Jr. — being connected with the 

 manufacturing department. 



The secret of General Murray's successful career is not diffi- 

 cult to fathom In the first place, be has the greatest of all 

 human assets, a magnetic personality. He is well disposed 

 towards the whole world, consequently the whole world is well 

 disposed toward him. Notwithstanding the innumerable de- 

 mands upon his time, he is never too busy >o see a friend or 

 listen to a stranger. \dded to this the possession of an in- 

 exhaustible energy, which enabled him to take up each task 

 witli enthusiasm; to build up to their present importance the 

 various rubber enterprises which are under his control; to give 

 much service to the military organization of New Jersey, and 

 to continue year after year such a potent factor not only in the 

 lifi of his city inn in the best political development of bis 

 state. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



I heodore Hofeller, president of Theodore Hofeller & Co., 

 dealer- in old rubber at Buffalo, New York, who with his 

 wife -ailed for Europe on June 16 last with the expectation 

 i returning about the middle of September, arrived at Bos- 

 ton, September 9. on the "Laconia," having left Carlsbad. 

 Austria, soon after war was declared and visiting Munich 

 and Lucerne en route. 



W. J. Kreuder, who has succeeded Clark Swinehart as fac- 

 tory manager of the Vulcan Rubber Co. at Erie, Pennsylvania, 

 was formerly superintendent of the Walpole Tire & Rubber 

 Co. plant at Walpole. Massachusetts. 



F. C. Millhoff has been promoted from the tire sales man- 

 agement of the Miller Rubber Co. Akron, to the position of 

 general sales manager. 



Earl E. Bain, formerly assistant secretary of the Chicago 

 Motor (lull, has been appointed manager of the Dayton Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., of Dayton, Ohio. 



R. P. Dowse has withdrawn from the sales force of the 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and is now connected with the 

 Kelly-Springfield company's selling department. 



J. S. Paul, formerly connected with the Pittsburgh Rubber & 

 Leather Co., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has joined the sales 

 ion, ol the Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Jersey City. 

 New Jersey. 



Mr. J. Wrench, sales manager of tin- Industrial Chemical 

 Co., under whose management the company has materially in- 

 creased its business in the rubber trade in this country, returned 

 on the Mauretania on September 3, from the English provinces. 

 where he had been visiting friends. 



Mr. J. J. Monaity, formerly assistant superintendent of the 

 plant of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. al \kron, and later 

 superintendent of thi company's plant in Canada, has severed 

 hi- connection with the Goodyear company. Mr. Moriarty has 

 had many year-' experience in the management of rubber fac- 

 torii • in the United States and Canada. 



Mr William Few ell has been made manager of the New York 

 i itj branch of the Lee Tire & Rubber Co. of Conshohocken, 



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Pennsylvania. 



Mr. Trumbull Warren, president and treasurer of the Gutta 

 Percha & Rubber. Ltd.. Toronto, was among the first to volunteer 

 for war service in the Canadian contingent. 



