May r, 1907. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



243 



The Late Arthur Winship Clapp. 



PROBABLY no man was more widely known 10 tlie Ameri- 

 can rubber trade than Mr. Arthur W. Clapp, late treasurer 

 of The E. H. Clapp Rubber Co. The news of his death, 

 which occurred April 6, at the Motel Lenox, Boston, came as a 

 great shock to even those who were closest to him. lie was ill 

 only a short time, although for some two years past he has 

 been slightly ailing. At the same time, with his magnificent 

 physique and healthy appearance, it did not seem possible that 

 he could so soon fall a victim to disease. Mr. Clapp was only 

 48 years old at the time of his death, and had been identified 

 with the rubber trade since he was 17. 



After his graduation from the public schools in Boston, Mr. 

 Clapp went to work for his brother, the late Eugene H. Clapp, 

 at the rubber reclaiming works at Hanover, Massachusetts. 

 Later he took over the sale of the product and traveled all over 

 the United States, wherever rubber factories were lotated, and 

 became not only well known in the trade, but much respected. 

 At the time of his brother's death, in 1892, he took charge of 

 the business, not only of rubber reclaiming, but the very large 

 interests in pulp mills in Maine which 

 had been created by his brother's 

 energy, lie became treasurer of The 

 E. H. Clapp Rubber Co., and also of 

 the Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co. .\t 

 the time of his decease he was active in 

 both of these large corporations. 



He was also president of the Ru:.- 

 ber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance 

 Co. At the time of the formati^m <<i 

 the New England Rubber Club he wr.s 

 one of its enthusiastic founders, and ;it 

 one time served on the board "t 

 directors. For relaxation, Mr. Clapp 

 was a great lover of the ocean, and his 

 yacht Harriet, which he kept in com- 

 mission for a number of years, was one 

 of the finest that went out of Boston 

 harbor. He was treasurer of Massa- 

 chusetts Lodge F. and A. M., one of 

 the oldest lodges in the United States; 

 and a member of Roxbury Council, Mt. 

 Vernon Chapter (at Ro.xbury), and 

 Joseph Warren Commandery (at Rox- 

 bury). He was also a member of many 

 clubs, among theni' the Algonquin Club, 

 and was a member of the Ancient and 



Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. The funeral services 

 took place at the house of his nephew, Eugene H. Clapp, No. 490 

 Beacon street, Boston, on the afternoon of Tuesday. .April 9, and 

 were largely attended. 



Masonic services were conducted by the ^^assacluIsett5 Lodge. 

 the Rev. Edward A. Chase, chaplain. The Rev. Parris T. Far- 

 well, of the Wclleslcy Hills Congregational Church, as.'istcd. as 

 did the Adelphi Quartette. The honorary pallbearers were James 

 Bennett Forsyth, C. H. Delano, C. E. Brush, Benjamin Taft, 

 William A. Paine and C. D. Annable. The rubber trade of New 

 England and New York was well represented. Among the floral 

 tributes, which were particularly beautiful and nuxerous, were 

 those from the New England Rubber Club, the Rubber Manu- 

 facturers' Mutual Insurance Co., Massachusetts Lodge, the 

 Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co., the directors of the Penobscot 

 Company, the Rubber Reclaimers' Club, and individual members 

 of the Algonquin Club, and many others who were personal or 

 business friends. The interment was in the family lot at Mt. 

 .\uburn Cemetcrv. 



.\KTI1UR WlNSIlIl' Cl.M'I 



Tkiblie of the -Nkw E.ngl.v.sd Rubbek Club. 

 \\'HEKE.\S, Our friend and fellow member, Arthur W. Clai'P, 

 h.is been stricken with death, we, the members of the New Eng- 

 land Rubber Club, as a last tribute to his worth, are moved to 

 record the following: 



Resolved, That this Association, together with the whole of 

 the great industry in which he was for years an active f,-ctor, 

 have suffered a great loss. 



Resolved, That his honest, fearless, friendly persoiu.j.i'.. iu^ 

 force, his instant condemnation of evil, and his frank apprecia- 

 tion of good, made of him one whom his associates and friends 

 can ill spare and whom all will truly mourn. 



Resolved, That this Association express to members of his 

 family our heartfelt sympathy in the great loss they have sus- 

 tained. 



Resolved, i hat an engrossed copy of these resolutions be sent 

 to his family, and that they also be spread upon the records of 

 this Clul). 



A. \V. STEDMAN. 

 E. E. WADBRfK>K 

 GEO. P. WHU ■ 

 Ciiinmiltcc on Hc- 

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The rubber reclaiming business at 

 Hanover, Mass., was begun in 1871 by 



I he late Eugene H. Clapp, after having 

 consulted with Mr. James Bennett 

 I'orsyth, of the Boston Belting Co., in 

 regard to the prospective demand for a 

 i;ciod reclaimed stock. Mr. Clapp per- 

 ucted a process for removing fiber 

 i Vom ground rubber by means of an 

 lir blast, and the first order filled was 

 t'lr Mr. Forsyth. The business pros- 

 I'crcd from the beginning, and was the 

 tViundation of the fortune left by Mr. 

 t'lajjp at his death, in 1892. Meanwhile 

 he had become interested in numerous 



ither enterprises, including the paper 



II anufacture, and was a director in 29 

 corporations, of w^hich he was president 

 of six. Upon his death the reclaiming 

 business was incorporated as The E. 

 H. Clapp Rubber Co., which style has 

 ~incc been retained. Eugene H. Clapp, 

 it may be added, w-as one of the found- 

 ers of the Rubber Manufacturers' 



.Muiual Insurance Co. The president of the rubber company 

 to-day is E. II. Clapp, a son of the founder. 



OBITUARY NOTES. 



George W. Linscott, of The Hyde Park Rubber Co. (Hyde 

 Park, Massachusetts), died suddenly of heart failure at his 

 home, on February 8. He was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, 

 on May g, 1843, and was educated in the public schools. In 1862 

 he enlisted in the National Rangers, Company K, Thirty-ninth 

 Massachusetts \'olunteers, with whom he served until the close 

 of the Civil War. For 20 years he was connected with S. Klous 

 & Co. (Boston Gossamer Rubber Co.), latterly as their general 

 sales manager. On Mr. Klous retiring from business, Mr. Lin- 

 scott was for a while engaged in the real estate business, after 

 which he purchased an interest in The Hyde Park Rubber Co. 

 The funeral was attended by many of his trade associates. 



The Textile Finishing Machinery Co. (Providence, Rhode 

 Island) announce the death on March 18 of Henry Anthony 

 TiLLixGH.^ST, their secretarv and treasurer. 



