The Washington herald., 1914-10-21
HISTORY BUILDERS.
How Arctic Grinneli Land Got Its
Name.
twdtien Expressly for Ths Hend.l
by DIR. e. j. EDWARDS.

ny In NSs 90 Ell !" HAAASs
william w. Crapo took with him when
he went 10 Congress In the latter part
OF President Grants second adminlstra-
tion such. reputation, both as lawyer
and as a business man. as caused him to
be conspicuous among the new members
OF the Lower House. Mr.. crapo was born
at New Bedford, Mass, and through all
his various business activities some OF
which identified him with important rail-
way enterprises in the West, he main
taind his legal residence in that city.
His early associations at New Bedford
were with some Of the older men. who.
after having gained a fine business ex-
perience In Eastern Massachusetts,, went
to New York City, where their successes
in business were such as to give them
national reputation as well as fine for
tunes.
Mr. Crapo was conspicuous personally
among the members OF the House be-
cause, in spite Of the fact that he became
a member of that body when only forty
five years OF age, his hair and beard were
prematurely white. He had acquired the
art that makes # possible to combine
simplicity with something like elegance
In dressing.
II was my good fortune to have several
conversations with Mr.. Crapo in the year
1881, and he told me many interesting
facts associated with some of the abler
business men OF New York who were born
in Eastern Massachusetts and who had
their first business training there.
! happened to mention to Mr.. Crapo
one day that I had been told by DR. Isaac
Hayes. who was associated with DIR.
Kane in the Sir John Franklin expedition,
that Henry Grinnell. in one way or an
other. gave a good deal more than the
$4,000 which, by common report, he had
contributed toward the expenses of the
first Kane expedition.
II think that was probable" said Mr..
Crapo. Mr.. Grinnell was a man who
would not balk at any expense within
his means. II he were determined TO carry
out any project.
You probably know that Mr.. Grinnell
was a native Of New Bedford. He was
one of that able group OF business men
who. in early life, went from Eastern
Massachusetts to New York and there
set the pace for the business life OF that
city.
Il can tell you something that is not
generally known about Mr.. GrinnelrS as
ISOLATION with the Kane expedition. In
his early life Mr.. Grinnell was engaged
in the whaling business, which, when he
was a young man. was extensively car
ried on from New Bedford. He was fond,
when a whaler returned from a long
voyage. OF talking with the skipper or
any of the sailors. He wanted to learn
about their experiences and was especial
ly interested IL any Of them were able
to tell him of discoveries of islands or Of
land which had not before been put on
the maps. He was especially interested
in the yarns told him by sailors who had
been whaling in the arctic regions. They
excited his imagination. They led him
to believe that there were wonders of
exploration awaiting intrepid explorers
and mariners.
AT last. when he learned that the
English expedition which was sent out to
search for Sir John Franklin had re-
turned after an unsuccessful trip. he
made up his mind that he would do what
he could to supplement that search. He
recalled the stories which sailors had told