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Though but thirty-one years of age, Reuben Borland, one of the native-born sons of the city of Yonkers, occupies a position of responsibility and trust such as few young men of his age are honored with. The confidence and regard in which he is held by his employers, however, is not misplaced, for no one could have a more thorough sense of duty or more earnest desire to meet every requirement of an important and difficult position than he, and during the fifteen years of his service for his firm he has always been found faithful to their interests, active and anxious to promote their welfare.

The birth of Reuben Borland took place in Yonkers on the 2nd of March, 1868. He is a son of James and Sarah (Sloss) Borland, and when he had attained a suitable age he became a student in the public schools of this city. He was graduated here in 1883 and soon afterward entered upon his business career. Entering the employ of the famed Alexander Smith Carpet Company, he began at the bottom rounds of the ladder, and was gradually promoted from spool-boy in the sitting department to one and another position, and finally was made foreman of the yarn department. Then, having become thoroughly familiar with every detail of the sitting department, and having served for four or five years as assistant foreman, he was promoted to the post of foreman, and acted in that capacity until 1894. For the past four years he has been superintendent of the great "moquette" mill, where he has five foremen to assist him, and has under his supervision about eighteen hundred persons. In this mill are manufactured moquette carpets, the handsomest and most expensive carpets that are made. The Alexander Smith Carpet Company has a world-wide reputation, and is, indeed, the most extensive concern of the kind in this or any other country. Forty-five hundred persons are employed by the establishment, and the carpets which are manufactured here find their way into every portion of the civilized world. The highest possible excellence of goods, quality, style and workmanship is maintained, and thus the great importance of Mr. Borland's position is apparent. He duly appreciates the high esteem in which his superiors hold him, and for years their business relations have been of the pleasantest and most satisfactory nature all around.

In local society Mr. Borland is a great favorite, and he is a member of the Hollywood Gun Club. His principal diversion in his leisure moments, however, is music. He has become very proficient on the violin, and is taking a special course of instruction to further perfect himself in the use of that instrument. In political affairs he is a stalwart Republican. He is a member of the Episcopal church, and is liberal in his gifts to religious and charitable enterprises.