India rubber world . me partners in the rubber business at the latterplace; in 1846 they were licensed to make rubber shoes; andin 1850 the New Brunswick Rubber Co. was organized withMr. Letson as president—a position which he filled until hisdeath, in 1885. Martin A. Howell was then elected presidentof the company, and Mr. Langdon vice president and the death of Mr. Howell, in 1889. Mr. Langdon becamepresident, still retaining the position of manager, which officeshe held up to his death, on February 28 last. In 1892the New Brunswick Rubber Co. became a part of the UnitedStates R
India rubber world . me partners in the rubber business at the latterplace; in 1846 they were licensed to make rubber shoes; andin 1850 the New Brunswick Rubber Co. was organized withMr. Letson as president—a position which he filled until hisdeath, in 1885. Martin A. Howell was then elected presidentof the company, and Mr. Langdon vice president and the death of Mr. Howell, in 1889. Mr. Langdon becamepresident, still retaining the position of manager, which officeshe held up to his death, on February 28 last. In 1892the New Brunswick Rubber Co. became a part of the UnitedStates Rubber Co., Mr. Langdon serving for several yearsas a director of the latter company. Early in 1896 the NewBrunswick factory took up the manufacture of tires insteadof shoes, and is now operated under the style of the NewBrunswick Tire Co. Mr. Langdons long residence in New Brunswick made himone of the best known citizens of the place, and his active in-terest in the welfare of the community caused him to be held in. 198 THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD [April i, 1901. universal esteem. Few men were more charitable. He wassenior ruling elder in the Second Presbyterian church, presi-dent of the New Brunswick Humane Society, and president ofthe Charity Organization Society. The funeral on March i,was attended by the leading citizens and by many persons froma distance. Mr. Langdon had been a widower since 1891. Hisfortune is left to an unmarried daughter and a son—SamuelP. Langdon, superintendent of the factory of the Gutta-Perchaand Rubber Manufacturing Co.,of Toronto, Limited. The New Brunswick Rubber Co. were incorporated April18, 1850, under the New Jersey laws, with $60,000 began business with $30,000. On May 13, 1881, it was in-creased to $300,000. The incorporators were : Charles P. Day-ton, Johnson Letson, Benjamin D. Stelle, James Hutchings,Peter C. Onderdonk, Jonathan C. Ackerman, John Acken,Martin A. Howell, William McDonald, Peter P. Runyon, LewisStout, and J
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