people · updated 2026-08-29
A. H. Morton
confidence: single-source weakest: ev-0040
A. H. Morton, listed as vice president in the 1922 incorporation and probable founding investor of Three Rivers Glass
One of the Three Rivers Glass Company’s original named officers, documented only in period trade press: listed as vice president in the company’s April 1922 incorporation notice.
The April 6, 1922 Manufacturers Record lists “A. H. Morton, V.P.” [ev-0040] A separate April 15, 1922 American Gas Engineering Journal item lists “A.H. Morton, secretary” for the Three Rivers Construction Company, the entity that built the gas pipeline — likely the same person given the overlapping timeframe and initials, but not explicitly confirmed as identical. [ev-0040]
Tips’ own 1973 prepared marker speech names “Arthur Morton” among the friends who put in the balance of the $50,000 founding capital — very likely the same A. H. Morton, which would make him a founding investor as well as the first vice president, though the identification rests on the shared surname and context only. [ev-0040]
See Also
- Henderson Coquat — built the gas system serving the factory; Morton was secretary of the Three Rivers Construction Company, the 1922 gas-pipeline entity
- James Kapp — fellow officer in the April 1922 Manufacturers Record roster (Kapp as president, Morton as vice president)
- D. J. Woodward — Smith’s “first vice-president,” in tension with Morton’s 1922 listing