February i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



163 



OBITUARY. 



JOHN L. CHAPMAN. 



THE rubber trade in Trenton, New Jersey, and indeed the 

 jobbing trade in many parts of the United States, are 

 sincerely mourning the death of Mr. John L. Chapman, who 

 for man}' years was a well known figure in mechanical rub- 

 ber circles, his introduction to the rubber trade dating back 

 some twenty-five years, when he entered the employ of The 

 Star Rubber Co. , (Trenton ). at the time when the late Thomas 

 A. Bell was the controlling factor in that business. Later 



he was employed 

 by the Empire 

 Rubber Co., ami 

 later still carried 

 a line of goods for 

 the Home Rubber 

 Co. II e was a 

 m ember of the 

 selling force of 

 the Hero Fruit 

 Jar Co. (Philadel- 

 phia) for man J' 

 3'ears, and contin- 

 ued his connec- 

 tion with that, 

 c om ]) an y up to 

 the time of his 

 death. He, how- 

 ever, through his 

 wide acquaint- 

 ance was able to 

 hold much of his trade in mechanical rubber goods, and 

 never lost his interest in that line of work. 



Mr. Chapman was born in Philadelphia 53 j-ears ago, and 

 had been a resident of Trenton for some 30 years. About a 

 year ago he was forced to retire temporarily from business, 

 being attacked by Bright 's disease. He apparently recov- 

 ered, however, and went again on the road, but falling ill in 

 Chicago, was obliged to relinquish work and soon after 

 passed away. During his years of travel Mr. Chapman 

 made many warm friends, and particularly in his home city. 

 Trenton, was he greatly esteemed. 



The funeral, which took place in Trenton on Januarj- 11, 

 was attended by prominent manufacturers, resident in Tren- 

 ton, Philadelphia, New York, and the West. The services 

 were c inducted by the Rev. A. J. VVeisley. the Rev. Dr. 

 Sann 1 S i Idiford, of Trenton, and the Rev. Dr. James 

 Bjyle, of I'.iiladelphia. The interment was at Riverview 

 Cemeterj', Trenton. 



H G TIPl'hT. 



The death of Henry Grendon Tippet will cause wide- 

 spread regret in the rubber trade, because he was well- 

 known in the United States as well as in Great Britain. 

 Mr. Tippet's retirement from business with the idea of en- 

 joying a well earned leisure was reported in Tiiii Ixdi.x Rib- 

 BKR World of December I. On December 23 his death oc- 

 curred at his country seat, the " Cleeve, " Ross, Hereford 

 shire, England. 



Mr. Tippet was born in Stanley, New Brunswick, Canada, 

 December 15, 1.H43, his father being a clergyman of the 

 Church of England. At an earlv age he went to Ensrland, 



his father's home, and as a young man entered the employ 

 of a large business house in Manchester. He was soon trans- 

 ferred by the firm to one of their India houses, and remained 



in India for about 

 1 5 years. Return- 

 ing to England 

 he married and, 

 entering the rub- 

 ber field, soon be- 

 came chairman 

 (or, as the Amer- 

 icans say, presi- 

 dent) of The Liv- 

 erpool Rubber 

 Co., Limited. 

 Under his careful 

 and wise manage- 

 m e n t the com- 

 pany became one 

 of the best known 

 rubber firms in 

 the British em- 

 pire, and their 

 product was well 

 known through its many good qualities. He worked like- 

 wise for the benefit of the trade as a whole, as shown by his 

 active connection with the India-Rubber Manufacturers' 

 Association. 



Mr. Tippet had visited the United States several times. 

 He was a man of deep and sincere religious convictions, a 

 leader in many good works, a thorough business man, and 

 the father of a charming family. He leaves a wife, a 

 daughter, and five sons, the oldest son being at present 

 located in the United States, while the second son is a lieu- 

 tenant in the I'Inglish royal navj-. 



W. H. ACKEN. 

 Wn.i,i.\.M H. AcKEx, president of the New York Rubber 

 Co. died on Sunday evening. January 28, at his residence. 

 No. 29 West I'lighty-second street, New York, of a complica- 

 tion of diseases, after an illness of about two weeks. Mr. 

 Acken was in his seventy-fourth year, having been born 

 January 11, 1S33, at New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was 



graduated from 

 Rutgers College 

 in 1851, at the 

 age of 18. In 

 1858 he became 

 connected with 

 the New York 

 Rubber Co., then 

 in its seventh 

 year, and remain- 

 ed with it con- 

 tinuousU- until 

 the end of his life. 

 In 1S68 he became 

 treasurer, and in 

 1 87 1 was elected 

 also a trustee of 

 the company, and 

 in 1883 he suc- 

 ceeded to the 



