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Municipal Building 
 Dedication 
 
 I'his book is dedicated to mv wife, Margaret Mary 
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 1915 
 
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 Dedication 
 
 Proaram of Exercises, Pictorial Review 
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 PRESIDING CHAIRMAN 
 
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 HATCH'5 ORCHESTRA, Charles P. Hatch, Director 
 
 PRAYLR, Rev. Ldwin Pond Parker, D. D. 
 
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 ORCHESTRA 
 
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Committees 
 
 Entrusted with the Dedication Exercises of 
 
 Hartford's Municipal Building 
 
 Municipal Biiildino^ Commission 
 
 Mayor lOSEPH H. LAWLER, Chairman 
 Judge Edward L. Smith Morgan G. Bulkelev, Jr 
 
 Fred j. BHss Wilhs E. Caulkins 
 
 Major E. Henry Hyde 
 
Mayor Joseph H. Lawler 
 
 Chairman Municipal Building Commission 
 
 MAYOR Joseph H. Lawler has been Chairman of the Municipal 
 Building Commission since his election as Mayor of Hartford, April, 
 1914. Prior to that time, the Mayor's services in the Board of 
 Aldermen had made him familiar with the general details of the various con- 
 tracts under which the building was being erected. The Comm^ission, under 
 the Chairmanship of Mayor Lawler, has been harm_onious and the members 
 have found their association pleasant. 
 
 Mayor Lawler is a native of Hartford and is in his thirty-first year. Although 
 the youngest in years of any of the line of Mayors of the city, his experience in 
 public affairs has been extensive. He served in the Court of Common Council 
 and in the General Assembly. The Mayor is a graduate of Georgetown Univer- 
 sity and of Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Hartford County Bar 
 and of the law firm of Rohrmayer and Lawler. He lives with his brothers and 
 sisters at No. 79 Farmington Ave, 
 
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Hon. EDWARD L. SMITH 
 
 Edward Laurence Smith, Judge of the Court of 
 Common Pleas, former Mayor of Hartford, and 
 member of the N'^unicipal Building Commission, was 
 born in Hartford, January 22, 1875; the son of Andrew 
 and Julia Burke Smith, both of whom were natives of 
 Ireland. .'Andrew Smith was a printer and well known 
 in Hartford. Judge Smith attended the Wadsworth 
 School and High School in Hartford, after which he at- 
 tended Yale College from which he graduated with the 
 B. A. degree, getting his degree of LL. B. at Yale Law 
 School, in which he was an honor man. 
 
 Upon his graduation from Yale, Judge Smith be- 
 came engaged in the practice of law with Judge William 
 F. Henney, who has also been Mayor of Hartford. In 
 1902 he was appointed a member of the Board of 
 Water Commissioners and remained until 1909. In 
 1910 he was elected Mayor of Hartford, defeating 
 Edward W. Hooker. In 191 1 he was appointed Judge 
 of the Court of Common Pleas to succeed Judge John 
 Coats, retired 
 
 Judge Smith is a very able lawyer and a forceful 
 speaker. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, 
 the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Hartford Club, 
 the Graduates Club of New Haven and the University 
 Club. Judge Smith is married and has one daughter. 
 In 1912, Trinity College honored Judge Smith with the 
 honorary degree of Master of Arts in recognition of his 
 professional and literary attainments and in honor of 
 his public service. 
 
 MORGAN G. BULKELEY, Jr. 
 
 Morgan G. Bulkeley, Jr., was appointed 
 a member of the Municipal Building Com- 
 mission by Mayor Edward L. Smith in 1910c 
 
 Mr. Bulkeley was born in Hartford, De- 
 cember 25, 1885. He prepared for college in 
 the Hartford Public Schools and was gradu- 
 ated from Yale University in 1907. In October 
 of that year, he entered the financial depart- 
 ment of the ^tna Life Insurance Company 
 and was elected Assistant Treasurer in 19|0. 
 Mr. Bulkeley served in the Common Council 
 of Hartford from 1 909 to 1 9 1 1 . He is a director 
 of the JEtna. Life Insurance Company, of the 
 Phoenix National Bank, of the Hartford Steam 
 Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, and 
 of the Hartford City Gas Light Company. 
 
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EPHRAIM HENRY HYDE 
 
 Ephraim Henry Hyde, of Hartford, one of the leading 
 members of the Connecticut bar, was born in Stafford, 
 this State, October 5, 1848, the son of Hon. Ephraim 
 H. Hyde and Hannah Converse Young Hyde. 
 
 In 1871 he was admitted to the bar, and until 1875 
 was associated with the late Samuel F. Jones. He 
 is the senior member of the firm of Hyde, Joslyn, 
 Oilman & Hungerford. 
 
 Mr. Hyde was assistant clerk of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives in 1873; clerk in 1874, and in 1875 was clerk 
 of the Senate. He was prosecuting attorney in the 
 Hartford Police Court from October 1, 1875, to April 1, 
 1877, and from April 1, 1879, to April 1, 1880. From 
 1893 to 1904 he was a member of the commission on 
 Uniform State Legislation, and from 1896 to 1901 was 
 president of the Board of Charity Commissioners, and 
 is at present a member of the Municipal Building Com- 
 mission of Hartford. 
 
 He is a Past Master of St. John's Lodge of Masons, 
 of Hartford, a member of the Hartford Club, Hartford 
 Golf Club, Country Club of Farmington, Army and 
 Navy Club of New York. He was Commandant of the 
 First Company Governor's Foot Guard from 1891 to 
 1898. 
 
 He was married June 2, 1881, to Miss Clara Pearce 
 Tuttle. Mr. Hyde is a man of unusual attainments, of 
 pleasing personality, and has a host of friends through- 
 out the state. 
 
 FREDERICK J. BLISS 
 
 Frederick J. Bliss was born in Hartford August 1 5, 
 1870. He was educated at the Wadsworth Street 
 School and the Hartford High School. On leaving 
 High School he entered business with his father, the 
 late Watson H. Bliss, building contractor, becoming 
 a member of the firm later, which became well-known 
 in Connecticut as Watson H. Bliss & Son. In 1904 
 he was appointed Building Inspector by Mayor Henney, 
 and held office for three full terms, a period of six 
 years, and was reappointed by Mayor Henney and by 
 Mayor Hooker. In 1910 he became a member cf 
 the Municipal Building Commission under the ap- 
 pointment of Mayor Smith, and has served since the 
 organization of the Commission. He is engaged in 
 private business as a general insurance appraiser. 
 His work extends throughout New England and the 
 East. At present he is a member of the Repub- 
 lican State Central Committee from the Third 
 District. 
 
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WILLIS E. CAULKINS 
 
 Willis E. Caulkins. the subject of this sketch, and 
 member of the Municipal Building Commission, is one 
 of Hartford's most successful building contractors. 
 
 The firm of Willis E. Caulkins & Son is widely known 
 throughout the State of Connecticut as being one of 
 the most prominent in their line — fifty men being 
 employed by the firm, and they are kept busy almost 
 the entire year, contracts amounting from $250,000 to 
 $300,000 a year, being filled. 
 
 Willis E. Caulkins & Son occupy a three-story brick 
 building on Trumbull Street, with a floor space of about 
 12,000 square feet, where all kinds of carpenter, build- 
 ing construction and cabinet work is done in a manner 
 that IS both modern and in accordance with the latest 
 methods of architectural procedure. One of the not- 
 able contracts filled by the firm was the remodeling of 
 the senate chamber at the State Capitol, and it is said 
 that the interior furnishings in mahogany of the senate 
 chamber is one of the finest specimens of interior work 
 to be found anywhere. The Hartford Post building was 
 another of the excellent specimens of work, and another 
 notable contract is that of the Corning building on 
 Trumbull Street. 
 
 JOHN A. GLEASON 
 
 Few people outside of those in close touch 
 with city affairs realize the arduous duties 
 connected with the position of Secretary to the 
 Mayor. Mr. Gleason's duties have been con- 
 siderably above the average secretaries, and he 
 has performed them very creditably. 
 
 By virtue of his office as Secretary to the 
 Mayor Mr. Gleason is also Secretary of the 
 Municipal Building Commission, and his 
 services in this post have proved of great aid 
 to all concerned. He is a well-known news- 
 paper man, on the staff of the "Hartford 
 Times," and is a native of Hartford County; 
 and. prior to coming to Hartford, was City 
 Editor of the New Britain "Herald." 
 
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Alderman ic Committee 
 
 John T. Clancy John W. Guilfoil 
 
 Thomas F. Leavy WilHam P. Currv 
 
 Francis W. Cole Samuel H. Havens 
 
JOHN T. CLANCY 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a member of 
 the Aldermanic Committee appointed by 
 Mayor Joseph H. Lawler to arrange for the 
 Dedication of Hartford's Municipal Building. 
 
 He was born in Hartford, June 18, 1882. He 
 attended and graduated from St. Patrick's 
 School, after which he attended the Hartford 
 Public High School. As a young man Mr. 
 Clancy always showed great interest in public 
 affairs, which accounts for the diligent and cap- 
 able service he has rendered the citizens of 
 Hartford, since he has engaged in public life. 
 He represented the Second Ward in the Com- 
 mon Council in 1909-10 and again in 191 2-1 3. 
 He has been an alderman since 1914, being the 
 President of the Board of Aldermen at the pres- 
 ent time. Mr. Clancy is a member of F. 0. 
 Eagles, Rymers Club and Court Samuel Colt 
 of the Order of Foresters. He is engaged in the 
 plumbing business, and has been doing busi- 
 ness under the firm name of Clancy & Dema- 
 rais, since May 1, 1914; place of business, 
 326 Windsor Street. Mr. Clancy is married 
 and resides at 316 Garden Street. 
 
 JOHN W. GUILFOIL 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the Alderman 
 from the 6th ward. Mr. Guilfoil is known as 
 a hard and diligent worker for his party. He 
 is a clerk in the Board of Assessors' office, and 
 IS well known among his fellow citizens for 
 his congenial nature and good fellowship. 
 
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THOMAS F. LEAVY 
 
 The subject of this sketch has made a very 
 creditable showing as Alderman from the First 
 Ward, from which he was elected in 1914. 
 Before becoming an alderman Mr. Leavy repre- 
 sented the First Ward in the Court of Common 
 Council, 1912 to 1914. 
 
 Mr. Leavy is known as a very capable and 
 level-headed man, and looked upon with respect 
 by all those who know him. He is Chief Clerk 
 to the Freight Agent of the Central New Eng- 
 land R. R. Co., having entered the employ of 
 said company as checker, from which position 
 he was promoted to cashier and then to the 
 position he now holds. 
 
 WILLIAM P. CURRY 
 
 Mr. Curry is a valuable acquisition to 
 Hartford's Board of Aldermen, that fact has 
 been proven by the good work done by Mr. 
 Curry since becoming the aldermanic repre- 
 sentative from the seventh ward. 
 
 Mr. Curry was born in Hartford in 1882. 
 and received his early schooling at St. Peter's 
 Parochial School and South School. He then 
 went to Holy Cross College. In the spring of 
 1914 Mr. Curry was elected Alderman from 
 the seventh ward. 
 
 Mr. Curry is a man of good business ability 
 and has always shown keen judgment on mat- 
 ters of great importance. His is a congenial 
 nature and he is very well thought of by his 
 great many friends and followers. He is in 
 the real estate busmess. 
 
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FRANCIS W. COLE 
 
 Francis W. Cole was born in Hartford in 
 883. He graduated from the Hartford High 
 School in 1899, and from Yale University in 
 1 904. He then went to the Harvard Law School 
 md in 1907 graduated from there cum laude. 
 In June, 1907, he was admitted to the Hartford 
 iZounty bar and m that year commenced to 
 Dractice law in the office of Robinson & Robin- 
 son. On January 1, 1913, he became a member 
 3f the firm, at which time the partnership name 
 was changed to Robinson, Robinson & Cole. 
 
 Mr. Cole was elected Councilman from the 
 Tenth Ward m Hartford in 191 2, 191 3 and 1914. 
 and Alderman from the same ward in 1915. 
 He is also a member of the High School Build- 
 ing Commission. 
 
 SAMUEL H. HAVENS 
 
 Samuel H. Havens was born January 17, 
 1875, at Hartford, Conn. He attended Second 
 North and Arsenal Grammar schools; gradu- 
 ated from Hartford Public High School, Class 
 of 1892, and was one of the youngest members 
 of his class. He entered the employ of Henry 
 Kohn & Sons, Jewelers, January 2, 1893, as 
 bookkeeper, in which capacity he served them 
 until 1898, when he relinquished that position 
 to accept the position of salesman with the 
 same firm, which position he has held ever since, 
 now being head salesman in the diamond and 
 jewelry department and assistant buyer. 
 
 He was one of the original members of the 
 Second Division Naval Battalion, and had just 
 received the appointment of Coxswain when the 
 Spanish-American War broke out. On account 
 of an operation for appendicitis he was unable 
 to accompany the militia when they were 
 enrolled for the war. 
 
 He is now a member of the Veteran Corps 
 of the Second Division Naval Militia, member 
 of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He 
 was elected Councilman by the Republicans of 
 the Fourth Ward in 1913, and Alderman of the 
 same ward in 1914. 
 
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Citizens Coniniittee 
 
 Col. Louis R. Cheney .Uidge William F. Henney 
 
 Augustine Lonergan Isadore Wise 
 
 Willie O. Burr 
 
COL. LOUIS R. CHENEY 
 
 The citizens of Hartford are fortunate in having 
 Col. Louis R. Cheney represent them on the Citizens 
 Committee on this great occasion, the dedication of 
 Hartford's Municipal Building. Mr. Cheney, while 
 Mayor of Hartford, had the honor of laying the corner 
 stone of this grand building and we feel sure that it 
 gives him great joy to see its doors thrown open to 
 the public and now housing the officials of the city. 
 A full detailed biography of this distinguished citizen 
 of Hartford can be found in the section of this book 
 devoted to "The Prominent Men of Hartford." 
 
 WILLIAM F. HENNEY 
 
 The subject of this sketch attended the public 
 schools of Hartford and graduated from the Hartford 
 Public High School. After graduating from Prince- 
 ton College in 1874, he took up the study of law with 
 the late Henry C. Robinson, and was admitted to the 
 bar two years later. In 1904, Mr. Henney was elected 
 mayor of the City of Hartford upon the Republican 
 ticket, and so pleasmg was his admmistration that he 
 was elected for a second term. 
 
 While Mayor of Hartford Mr. Henney had the honor 
 of laying the corner stone of the new Hartford bridge, 
 April 16, 1904, and presided at the setting of the last 
 stone on Aug. 19, 1907. 
 
 Mr. Henney has also served as a member of the Court 
 of Common Council, Clerk and Judge of the Police 
 Court and City Attorney. He is a member of St. John's 
 Lodge A. F. & A. M., Pythagoras Chapter R. A. M., 
 Washington Commandery, Knights Templar, B. H. 
 Webb Council No 702, Royal Arcanum, and by virtue 
 of his parentage is affiliated with the Order of the Scot- 
 tish clans. 
 
 Mr. Henney has had the distinguished honor of being 
 appointed a member of the Republican National Com- 
 mittee, in place of Chas. F. Brooker. 
 
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AUGUSTINE LONERGAN 
 
 The subject of this sketch was educated in the schools 
 of Rockville and Bridgeport, by studying nights while 
 employed days, and at Yale. Augustine Lonergan was 
 admitted to the Connecticut bar in June, 1901, since 
 which time he has practiced law in Hartford. He was 
 for three years with the law firm of Perkins & Perkins. 
 He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of 
 the United States and of the American and Con- 
 necticut Bar Associations. 
 
 While active and successful in his profession, he has 
 also devoted time to public matters, years ago having 
 attained prominence in the Democratic party. He is 
 a former member of the City Plan Commission and 
 was assistant to Hon. William Waldo Hyde when he was 
 Corporation Counsel. He was three times the nominee 
 of his party for Congress in the First District and was 
 elected to the Sixty-Third Congress, where he estab- 
 lished a high reputation for fidelity to duty and effi- 
 cient service. 
 
 Mr. Lonergan holds membership in several organi- 
 zations. He is a citizen member of the dedication 
 committee of the Municipal Building. 
 
 He is a director of the Chamber of Commerce and 
 the American Industrial Bank & Trust Company, 
 and is otherwise identified with the business interests 
 of Hartford. 
 
 ISIDORE WISE 
 
 Isidore Wise, born in Hartford, and educated in the 
 Hartford Grammar schools; the senior member of the 
 firm of Wise, Smith & Co., has taken an earnest in- 
 terest in the civic and business affairs of Hartford. 
 
 He has served the city as councilman, alderman and 
 police commissioner and has also been president of 
 the Hartford Business Men's Association and the Con- 
 necticut Merchants Association. 
 
 He is the President of the United Jewish Charities, 
 and the Congregation Beth Isreal, Vice President and 
 Director of the Hartford Morris Plan Bank, and the 
 Connecticut Merchants Association, Director of the 
 Connecticut Children's Aid Society, the Masonic Home 
 in Wallingford and the Hartford Chamber of Commerce 
 as well as a member of Lafayette Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 Pythagoras Chapter, R. A. M., B. H. Webb Council, 
 R. A., Ararat Lodge, I. 0. B. B., the Touro Club, 
 the Republican Club, and the Harmonic Club of New 
 Haven. 
 
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A Detailed Review of Hartford's 
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 Bv its Architects 
 
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 The land on which the new Municipal Building is constructed, including the land comprised 
 in Atheneum Street, South, came to the City of Hartford under three conveyances. An appro- 
 priation of a Hundred and Seventy Thousand (170,000) Dollars was made for the purchase 
 of that part that had to be purchased. Eighty-Five Thousand (85,000) Dollars was paid for 
 what is known as the "Conklin piece" located on the corner of Arch Street and Main Street, 
 ninety (90) feet front on Main Street, and about a hundred and thirty (130) feet deep. This 
 was conveyed to the city February 6, 191 1. Seventy Thousand (70,000) Dollars was paid for 
 the plot known as the "Kinsella and Smith" land, which was forty-eight and nine-tenths (48.9) 
 feet front on Main Street, and extended backward irregularly to a depth of about two hundred 
 and five (205) feet. This was conveyed to the city March 17, 191 1. The balance of the site, 
 and the land used for the construction of Atheneum Street, South, is the piece known as "the 
 Morgan gift." This was conveyed June 29, 1911, to the city by the Wadsworth Atheneum, 
 to be held by the city, first, for a public street sixty (60) feet wide, and, second, the balance 
 for some worthy municipal building, or for a public square. It was the offer of this last piece 
 of land by J. Pierpont Morgan to the city, through the Wadsworth Atheneum, that virtually 
 
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solved the difficult proposition of a site for the Municipal Building. When the offer was made 
 public the city authorities rapidly reached a decision in favor of what was then known as 
 "the Morgan site," now the actual site of the new Municipal Building. 
 
 The Hartford Municipal Building Commission held a competition for the selection of an 
 architect from among ten invited competitors. This competition was held under the direc- 
 tion of the late John M. Carrere as professional adviser to the Commission who, by means of 
 a very comprehensive program, set forth many fundamental ideas and conditions of the pro- 
 posed building. 
 
 It was to be essentially an office building but municipal in its character as distinguished 
 from a commercial office building and it was to be a stone building, simple and dignified in 
 conception and in its details, expressing its purpose and designed to harmonize in scale and in 
 character with the Morgan Memorial building which it adjoins. 
 
 It was furthermore pointed out in this program that Hartford, as one of the chief cities 
 of early New England, had an architectural character of its own which it would be desirable 
 to follow in the erecting of this building and all ten competing architects concurred in this 
 and submitted designs of the Georgian style. 
 
 The number and height of stories was also determined by the program. 
 
 It will, therefore, be appreciated that the important factors just enumerated determined 
 the form of the building within certain limitations, the scale of the building and its general 
 style. In all the further study bestowed upon this problem in the preparation of the drawings 
 from which the building was built, neither the Commission nor the architects have found 
 any reason for departing from these suggestions. 
 
 GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 
 
 The plot, after half the width of Atheneum Street, South, was deducted, measured about 
 147 feet on Main Street and Prospect Street and was 357 feet deep. The building is a simple 
 rectangle, with very slight architectural breaks, 1 1 2 feet on Main and Prospect Streets and 246 
 
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feet long, and is placed with the center of the length coincident with the center of the Morgan 
 building. This leaves a space of 68 feet between the building and Main Street, which has been 
 treated as a plaza bounded by grass plots with granite copings and embellished with two granite 
 fountains and ornamental light standards. Between the building and Prospect Street there 
 is a space of 43 feet which has been treated as a terrace with direct entrance for vehicles. 
 
 In order to balance as nearly as possible the broad space to the south of the Morgan Memo- 
 rial and in view of the published purpose of the City Plan Commission to convert into a park 
 the space between Arch Street and the Park River, the building was set about 22 feet from 
 the North property line, leaving about 12 feet between the building and Arch Street. 
 
 The exterior architecture is in the late Georgian style and is comparable in pericd and 
 story composition to the present City Hall. The first story is treated as a rusticated arcade 
 over a strongly rusticated base forming the Ground Floor story. The other two stories are 
 grouped and embraced between a Corinthian order which appears as pilasters on the end pavil- 
 ions, as engaged columns on the central pavilion of the Main Street facade and as a delicately 
 rusticated wall surface between the pavilions, over which is a low attic or fourth story. The 
 end pavilions finish with a balustrade and hip roof. The atrium, or great central court, expresses 
 itself on the exterior by masonry pediments at each end with a glass roof stretching between. 
 
 The general plan arrangement of this rectangular building is as simple as its form: the 
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 covered with a skylight. There are four entrances at the center of each of the sides but the 
 grade of the surrounding streets is such that from Prospect and Arch Streets the entrance is 
 into the ground floor, from Main Street it is midway between the first floor and ground floor, 
 while from Atheneum Street, South, it is to the first floor only. This disposition of entrances 
 has obvious advantages. It does not break but at two points the continuity of the first floor 
 and most important offices; it permits of a high and spacious lobby convenient to both levels 
 from Main Street, which it is natural to suppose will be the most used entrance, and combines 
 the north entrance with the grand staircase appropriately to its use as the formal entrance 
 from the principal facade facing the center of the city and the formally treated space and 
 roadway bounding the building on this side to be known as Atheneum Street, South. 
 
 There are four elevators, two of which are now installed, situated at the corners of the 
 atrium and directly available from the east and west entrances. 
 
 The circulation on the ground and first floors is directly across this atrium space, giving 
 great freedom of intercourse between the departments. The atrium is 25 x 1 50 feet at the 
 first floor and is bounded by the vaults of the offices whose outer rusticated marble walls form 
 the first story of this interior court. 
 
 From the first floor the atrium is entirely open to the arched ceiling light above and the cir- 
 culation of the second floor is over the vaults of the first floor in the form of an open gallery 
 or promenade, while the circulation of the third floor is behind the arcaded walls of the atrium 
 itself. 
 
 This increase of width as the atrium ascends not only produces an agreeable effect of space 
 and elegance in the interior but corresponds to the diminishing width needed for the offices 
 themselves in the upper floors. 
 
 The entrance lobby from Main Street opens directly into this atrium up a double flight of 
 marble steps, so that the full proportions of the interior are at once apparent. The two upper 
 
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 stories of the atrium are, in conformity to the exterior, embraced in a Corinthian order which 
 here is in the form of an arcade with Corinthian pilasters between the arches. 
 
 Opening from the atrium at the center of the north side is a semi-elliptical space contain- 
 ing the grand staircase with the order carried across in the form of columns. The whole is 
 surmounted by a delicately ribbed ceiling light segmental in form and terminated at each end 
 by segmental coffered vaults in the tympanums of which are two large sculptural panels of 
 local historical intent. The eastern panel suggests (right side) the river, with 
 the hart crossing the ford in the background, and the Indian giving way to (left side) the re- 
 ligious and agricultural civilization of our Puritan forefathers with their New England village 
 background. 
 
 The western panel suggests (right side) the Revolutionary period with the armed camp 
 in the background, continental soldiers and the figure of Liberty passing on the wealth and 
 privileges gathered by our forefathers (left side) to modern Hartford, in the person of the 
 god of commerce with its manufactures and the modern city, appearing as a background. 
 
 In the panels of each bay of the atrium between the second and third floors will be found 
 reliefs of interest typifying each department of the City Government housed in the building. 
 
 In view of the omission of legislative chambers in the scheme only two rooms of architec- 
 tural importance were called for, the Mayor's Reception Room, designed to provide an impres- 
 sive and dignified setting for all formal occasions in which the City should take part, and the 
 City Court Room. Both these rooms are on the second floor, the former at the center of the 
 west end, the latter at the east, and both extend through the third story. 
 
 The Mayor's Reception Room is about 35 feet square, embellished by a richly decorated 
 Ionic order on a low pedestal forming the wainscot and by a canopy ceiling with a flat ellipti- 
 cal dome. Richly decorated mantels with antique mirror glass over occupy a panel on each 
 side. 
 
 Staircase at Third Floor 
 
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The scheme of color, dull white architecture, with certain ornaments relieved in the gray 
 blue of Wedgwood and with a red carpet and hangings is intended to recall the flag of our 
 country, whose emblem appears in the pediments of the over-mantels and the corner span- 
 drils of the rug design. The seal of the City is woven into the center of the rug and embossed 
 upon the leather doors of the entrance. 
 
 The City Court Room at the opposite end of the atrium is 37 feet wide and has a length 
 of 58 feet across the building with a rectangular recess at one end containing the bench and an 
 elliptical recess opposite. The room has a high wainscot and is embellished by an architect- 
 ural screen of coupled Doric pilasters above which the ceiling is vaulted with penetrations 
 from each arched window head and corresponding panel opposite. 
 
 THE DEPARTMENTS. 
 
 The entrance to the various principal departments is uniformly from the ends of the atrium 
 north and south, or on the central axis or opposite the staircase on the minor axis. This makes 
 the directory and the use of the building by the public very simple. Each department dealing 
 with the general public has its own public lobby separated from the clerks of the department 
 by a metal and glass screen with pass-windows and has a tile floor, marble wainscot and mar- 
 ble trim. 
 
 The various other rooms of the department, such as private offices, board meeting rooms, 
 record rooms, etc., are accessible from this department lobby. The disposition and accom- 
 modation of the various departments in the building is briefly as follows: 
 
 Main Doorwcw in Mayor's Reception Room 
 
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Ground Floor. 
 
 The southwest corner is occupied by the Health Department, consisting of a room for 
 the inspectors, with vault adjoining, a meeting room for the Board and a laboratory for the 
 doctor, occupying in all 2,600 square feet of floor space. 
 
 The southeast corner is occupied by the Charity Department, consisting of a public 
 lobby and clerk space, with an adjacent room for the storage and distribution of supplies, 
 a Board meeting room, and beyond is the Dispensary consisting of a waiting room, a dressing 
 room and doctor's office. 
 
 The Dispensary is especially equipped from a sanitary standpoint with white tile floor, 
 high marble wainscot and white enamel furniture. There is a direct outside entrance from the 
 Prospect Street lobby. This department occupies 2,685 square feet of floor space. 
 
 On the south side of this floor, in addition to the above, are general public toilets and space 
 provision for Public Comfort Stations reached directly from the Arch Street lobby and having 
 no connection with the inside of the building. 
 
 The northeast corner is occupied by the Sealer of Weights and Measures whose four 
 rooms occupy 1,460 square feet of floor space. There are also two unassigned rooms in this 
 section, the only ones in the building. 
 
 The northwest corner is occupied by the Registrars of Electors and the Selectmen. The 
 Registrars have a public lobby and clerk space with two private rooms and a vault, and occupy 
 1 ,880 square feet of floor space. The Selectmen occupy a room of 728 square feet. 
 
 In addition, there is on the north side, as on all other floors, the toilets for the occupants. 
 There is also on the ground floor a rest room for the women employees of the departments 
 and toilets and locker rooms for the men and women caretakers. 
 
 City Court Room 
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First Floor. 
 
 The southwest corner Is occupied by the Water Commissioners and their clerical force, 
 who have five rooms and occupy 3,000 square feet. 
 
 The center of the south side is occupied by the Assessors, two rooms and a vault with 1 ,500 
 square feet of floor space. 
 
 The southeast corner and entire Prospect Street end is occupied by the Town Clerk 
 with a public lobby and clerk space entered from the center of this end of the Atrium. To the 
 right is the large room for the land records with vault and with an adjacent room for the copy- 
 ists, while on the left is the private office of the Town Clerk and direct connection with the 
 Collector. The Town Clerk occupies 4,500 square feet besides a 5-story vault with 280 square 
 feet on each floor. 
 
 The balance of the northeast corner is occupied by the Collector, with public lobby, 
 clerk space, private office and vault, 2,220 square feet. 
 
 The northwest corner is occupied by the Treasurer and Controller, four rooms with 
 public lobby and vaults, 2,750 square feet of floor space. 
 
 The Superintendent of Public Buildings has an office near the center of the north side. 
 
 Second Floor. 
 
 The southwest corner is occupied by the Educational Department, three rooms and vault, 
 with 2,100 square feet of floor space. 
 
 The southeast corner is occupied by the Probate Court with a public lobby and clerk 
 space. Court Room and Judge's room to the left and the Record Room to the right, 3,770 
 square feet in all. 
 
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 Probate Court Room 
 
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As already mentioned, the City Court occupies a spacious two-story room in the center 
 of the east end. The dependencies of the Court occupy the northeast corner, about 3,650 
 square feet in all. 
 
 The northwest corner is occupied by the Mayor's two offices, adjacent to the Public 
 Reception Room, and by three offices for the Corporation Counsel. 
 
 Provision is also made on this floor for a meeting room for the Fire Commissioners and 
 a room is assigned to the proposed Municipal Library. 
 
 Third Floor 
 
 The southwest corner is occupied by the Park Department with five rooms and an area 
 of about 2,300 square feet. 
 
 The southeast corner is occupied by the Street Department with five rooms and an area 
 of about 3,000 square feet. 
 
 The Building Inspector occupies the northwest corner with two rooms of 850 square 
 feet and the rest of the north side is occupied by the Engineering Department with three rooms 
 and a library to the left of the staircase and a large draughting room with locker room to 
 the right, about 3,600 square feet in all. 
 
 There is a fourth story over the center on the north and south sides, affording some room 
 for expansion. There are here about 5,000 square feet of available office space, but only part 
 of this is now finished for the use of the Engineering testing and blue print work. 
 
 Attic space over the east and west pavilions and room in the basement story, which is 
 on the level of the Boiler Room, is available for general storage and work rooms. 
 
 MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION. 
 
 The building is of masonry construction with brick bearing walls forming the atrium 
 as well as the exterior. The floors are carried on steel beams and terra cotta arches. The 
 
 Typical Department Lobb\ 
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exterior is faced with Bethel white granite and the inside is plastered on gypsum furring, 
 which also forms the partitions. All finish floors in the public portions of the building are mar- 
 ble or tile, all office floors are of cement covered with battleship linoleum in the work rooms 
 and with a one-piece Axminster rug in the private offices. All window and door casings are 
 of plaster, except where they are of marble or metal. 
 
 The only woodwork in the building is the inside office doors, which are mahogany, and 
 the sash and frames. In such critical places as the Record Rooms and about the mechanical 
 plant these are metal covered. 
 
 The roof is of fireproof construction covered with copper and tile and the big central 
 skylight is of wire glass. 
 
 MECHANICAL PLANT. 
 
 Advantage was taken of the lower level at Arch and Prospect Streets to place the boilers 
 and coal storage wholly outside of the building proper and under the terrace already described. 
 
 The heating is by hot water, both direct and indirect, and electrically run fans force fil- 
 tered air in and exhausts by ducts to the roof. Every office in the building is given some indi- 
 rect heat and ventilation and the larger and more used rooms complete ventilation. 
 
 In addition to the usual toilet accommodations, the plumbing is so distributed along the 
 outer walls of the building that lavatories may be installed wherever they are found essential. 
 There is a fire service standpipe in each corner of each floor. The building is equipped with 
 an icewater machine supplying four fountains on each floor near the elevators, and with a 
 vacuum sweeper. 
 
 In addition to the direct lighting of the public spaces there is behind the great central 
 ceiling light a system of lamps and reflectors producing a beautiful daylight illumination over 
 the whole atrium. 
 
 The offices are entirely lighted by indirect or semi-indirect light, but are provided with 
 plugs for such electrically run fans, machines or extra lights as may be desired. 
 
 The building is completely wired for telephones with a central station in the Superintend- 
 ent's office; there is an electric clock system with four dials in the public parts and one in each 
 of the principal rooms, and there is a watchman's clock system. 
 
 FURNITURE AND FI XTURES. 
 
 The office furniture is partly of steel and partly of mahogany. 
 
 In general all vaults and counters, filing cabinets and the entire furniture of the Record 
 Rooms are steel. The desks, tables and chairs and incidental pieces are of wood. 
 
 The lighting fixtures, notice and directory boards, are of bronze. All the wood furniture 
 and the fixtures have been carefully designed to harmonize in period and character with the 
 architecture surrounding them. 
 
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CHARLES H. ROBINS 
 
 Public Buildings Commission 
 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 PHILIP H. MASON. Supt. 
 
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A Biographical Sketch of 
 Our Old City Hall 
 
OLD CITY HALL 
 This view shows the original front entrance 
 
A Biographical Sketch of 
 Our Old City Hall 
 
 BUILDING INTERESTING HISTORY 
 
 It is not certain today just what is to become of the old City Hall. Yet there are hundreds of people who would 
 feel very badly if it should be torn down. They have shown this in the past when the question of the disposition 
 of the building, now that the new municipal building is about to house all the city departments, has been discussed. 
 
 On September 30, 1792, John Trumbull, painter, wrote the following letter to Oliver Wolcott, Esq., comptroller 
 of the treasury of the United States, at Philadelphia. 
 
 Hartford. September 30, 1792. 
 Dear Sir: - A new State House is to be built here next year upon a design of Mr. Bulfinch, which I think is worth 
 executing in the best Materials. The committee have determined to make great use of Middletown Stone — but as 
 the Colour of that is not beautiful, I have propos'd to them to make use of the Philadelphia marble, such as us'd in 
 the front of the new library (if the price be not too extravagant;, in the more elegant parts of the building. 
 
 I will thank you therefore to ask of some of the principal workmen the price at which they will execute the follow - 
 mg work: — a band of facia such as is common in the Philadelphia Houses, IJ o feet Deep or wide to project out of 
 the wall two inches — how much pr foot.-* 
 
 — another facia 9 inches wide to project an Inch & half at bottom & the wall retiring above it half a brick so 
 that the upper surface will be 61 Inches from the face of the wall — sloping to serve as a watertable. 
 
 — a Doric Cornice the proportion of which is Two feet and a half — its depth proportional. 
 
 — a Doric Column whose Shaft is 19 feet high: — Diameter 2 feet 4 inches L — the base to be one block, the 
 Column in Three. 
 
 — a Doric Pilaster of the same proportions. 
 
 • — The pedestal six feet high, but divested of its mouldings. 
 
 — The entablature five feet Deep with its triglyphs & Stars. 
 
 — The blocks over windows of four feet plain. 
 
 The whole of the work to be executed in the style of the Pilasters of the new Library — that is Chissell'd only, 
 not polish'd. 
 
 as I may be out of the way — you will be so good as to convey the answers to these questions to Col. Chester at 
 Wethersfield, who is one of the Committee: & who enters with zeal into the idea of having an elegant and durable 
 building. 
 
 if you will further take the trouble of making some enquiry whether it be possible to get one of the best work- 
 men of Philadelphia to superintend the Masonry and Brick work of the Building, you will further oblige, — I presume 
 that Mr. John Morgan who is another of the Committee will be in Philadelphia in the course of the month on this 
 subject the previous enquiries you may be so good as to make will be of much use to him. 
 
 .As you are a Connecticut and almost a Hartford man, I need make no apology for so many questions, since they 
 tend to the Honor of the state. 
 
 I beg my best respects to Mrs. Wolcott & am with much Esteem, 
 
 Dr. Sir, 
 
 Your friend & servant, 
 
 JOHN TRUMBULL, painter. 
 
 BUILDING COMMITTEE'S WORK 
 
 In May, I 792, the General Assembly appointed a building committee consisting of John Chester and four others 
 to superintend the erection of a new statehouse in Hartford, and at the same time appropriated il,500 for that purpose, 
 provided the citizens of Hartford would raise a like amount by subscription on or before May, 1793. The citizens 
 of Hartford took hold of the matter at once and the original subscription paper is now in the possession of the Con- 
 necticut Historical Society. It reads as follows: — 
 
 "The subscribersdoengage to pay into the handsof John Chester, Noadiah Hooker. John Trumbull. John Cadwell 
 and John Morgan, when requested, the several sums of money annexed to their names to be appropriated by the 
 above-mentioned persons in erecting and finishing a State House in the town of Hartford. 
 
 "Dated June 12, 1792." 
 
 Then follows a list of the subscribers, fifty-four in number, with amounts varying from $25 to $500. Upon report 
 of the building committee that the money appropriated was insufficient, the General Assembly authorized the com- 
 mittee to raise by lottery the sum of £5,000 for the completion of the building. Some of the states were beginning to 
 oppose lotteries, others wanted only their own, and the yellow fever had created a panic in the large cities. Nothing 
 came of the enterprise, and for the purpose of completing the building a contract was made with General Andrew Ward 
 of Guilford and Jeremiah Halsey of Norwich, the state agreeing to convey to them a tract known as the "Gore Lands, 
 lying within the limits of the charter granted by Charles 11. in 1662, north of and adjacent to the north line of Penn- 
 
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sylvania. In consideration of this grant. Ward and Ha Isey agreed to complete the statehouse. The cost of the building 
 was $52,480; of this, the citizens of Hartford contributed $3,500 citizens of the county $1,500. the state $12,480, and 
 Messrs. Ward and Halsey $35,000. 
 
 The "Gore Tract" of land conveyed to these men proved a failure, as the title of the estate was imperfect, and 
 finally in 1828 $20,000 was voted to them by the Legislature as a sort of compensation. 
 
 BALUSTIU DE - CUPOLA - BELL 
 
 The balustrade on the roof was added in 1815 in order to protect people who might have to go up on the roof 
 to extinguish fires, an alarm about that time having demonstrated that, unprotected, the roof was so very dangerous 
 that volunteers were scarce. The cupola was added in 1822. Hartford having voted $300 with which to purchase 
 a bell, which it gave the state, the Legislature ordered the cupola to be built for its accommodation, modeling the 
 structure after that on the old City Hall in New York. At the time of its completion it is said that this was the finest 
 statehouse in the country. The materials used in its construction were Portland stone for the first story and brick 
 above. It was not painted until 1827, when in charge of the late Solomon Porter. 
 
 As few now remember, the structure originally faced to the east, but the greater part of the city at the time the 
 building came into the hands of the city was upon the opposite side, and as the new City Hall faced to the west 
 the statue of Justice on the cupola being turned around so as to face west instead of the river. 
 
 The architect was, without much doubt. Charles Bulfinch, the leading architect of his period. The east section 
 of the building was formerly a portico, used for public addresses to the crowd which stood where the post office is now 
 located. 
 
 HISTORIC FUNERAL SERMON 
 
 It was here that Parson Strong preached the funeral sermon of the murderer Done at his own request, while he 
 sat beside him. This was on June 10, I 797, soon after the completion of the building. As there had not been an execu- 
 tion in Hartford for a considerable number of years, a large concourse assembled from the neighboring towns to witness 
 the spectacle. It is said that there were from 8.000 to 10,000 persons present, a great crowd for those days, when the 
 population of Hartford was about 3,000. After the sermon the murderer was escorted to Gallows Hill by two companies 
 of militia, and attended by several clergymen, the high sheriff of the county and his deputies and by an immense con- 
 course of people. Gallows Hill, where the prisoner was executed, is the present location of the State Capitol. 
 
 Five presidents, Monroe. Jackson. Polk. Johnson and Grant, have visited this building. In thealdermen's chamber 
 in 1814 was held the famous Hartford convention, which occasioned great excitement and much comment throughout 
 the country. In the same chamber the convention met in 1818 which framed the constitution of the state. There 
 also General Lafayette held a public reception when making his last visit to this country in 1825. Fifty years had 
 elapsed since he first drew his sword in defense of American liberty. 
 
 DEDICATED AS CITY HALL 
 
 The first session of the General Assembly which convened in this building was in May, I 796. The last was in 
 March, 1878. At the May session in 1871, a resolution was introduced by Hon. W. W. Eaton, member from Hart- 
 ford, providing for the erection of a new statehouse in this city and for the transfer to the city of all rights and title 
 of the state in and to the statehouse upon the ccmpletion of the new State Capitol. The final conveyance of the state's 
 interest was consummated in March. 1880, and on Wednesday evening. October 22. 1879. the formal dedication of 
 the new City Hall took place. An address was delivered by Mayor George C. Sumner, and a historical address was 
 delivered by Colonel William E. Cone, then an alderman. 
 
 "For nearly 250 years the history of statehouse square has been intimately connected with the history of cur city 
 and state.' concluded Cclcnel Ccne. "Here cur ancestors for many generations met in council and enacted those 
 laws and laid the foundations for those institutions which have distinguished our state above her sisters. Let us trust 
 that this building and square may long be preserved as a memento of former genera ticns. and may those who in future 
 years occupy these chambers as legislators be governed by the same patriotic motives and wise judgement which i.ave 
 distinguished their predecessors. " 
 
 QUESTION OF PRESERVATION 
 
 When plans for the new municipal building were fully under way, the question of the disposition of the historic 
 City Hall became prominent. The land on which it stands is probably the most valuable piece of real estate in the 
 city, and if used for business purposes would be worth a great many thousands cf dcllars. There were those who 
 advocated tearing down the old building and making a park on its site. Others were cf the opinion that the historic 
 value of the building would be preserved if it were moved to some less valuable site. Many public hearings have 
 been held during the past five years regarding the dispositicn of the City Hall, and at one time it seemed quite well 
 decided that the old building was to be preserved, and its rooms used as meeting places for various civic and patri tic 
 societies. 
 
 $10,000 GIVEN BY COLONIAL DAMES 
 
 The first practical move that was made for the restoration of the historic building, however, came from the 
 Colonial Dames, led by Mrs. John M. Holccmbe. Mrs. Holcombe had led the fight of the Colonial Dames and th; 
 Daughters of the American Revolution to clean up and widen Gold Street and preserve the ancient burying ground 
 behind the Center Church, and the new task seemed in every way the equal of the one so well accomplished. A letter 
 was written to the common council offering $10,000 on behalf cf the Colonial Dames, provided the city appropriated 
 a like amount, the whole to be used for the permanent restoration of the building. 
 
 The city promptly appropriated the $10,000 asked for and in November, 1900, a letter was received saying that 
 the Colonial Dames had raised their share and that work might be commenced. Meanwhile the condition of the build- 
 
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ing had been thoroughly canvassed and it was found that the restoration would have to be much more thorough than 
 at first thought. In March, 191 1. a letter was sent by the Colonial Dames which, for the time being, withdrew the 
 offer. The $10,000 was to be put at interest, however, until the proper lime for the restoration work, which, in the 
 opinion of the society, would be when some "comprehensive plan embracing the complete and permanent restoration 
 of the building and its adaptation to the needs of the city" should have been developed. The trust fund of $10,000, 
 therefore, still exists, "to be expended in harmony with the plans which may hereafter be adopted by the authorities 
 of the city." The city appropriation, however, was returned to the treasury of the city and expended through other 
 channels. 
 
 Again, in October. 1913, the subject was revived and largely attended hearings on the subject were held by a 
 committee of the common council which had been appointed for the purpose. At that time many letters were written 
 to the papers pleading the case of the historic structure. The committee reported to the common council on October 
 27. 1913, favoring the preservation of the building and recommending that the question be not decided until after 
 the occupancy of the new municipal building. This report was accepted and the committee passed out of existence. 
 Nothing can be done about the future of City Hall until the board of aldermen takes the matter up for consideration. 
 
 View ol Main Street, Looking South 
 
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Prominent People Petitioned Council for 
 Preservation of Historic Building 
 
 Manv Names Siirned to Document, Presented in 1906 to City's Legislative 
 
 Body, Pleading that the Old Structure be Renovated and 
 
 Restored to Original Condition 
 
 Many names of people prominent in Hartford s civic life, as well as the names of leading citizens of other places 
 in the state, were signed to a petition presented to the court of common council on February 12. 1906. pleading for the 
 preservation of the eld City Hall. This petition was referred to the joint special committee on city buildings and the 
 special committee on the restoration of City Hall. This petition and the names signed follows: 
 
 Gentlemen — Conspicuous alike for its beauty, its history, its age and its architect, stands the old Connecticut 
 statehouse. in the center of Hartford. Designed by the celebrated Bulfinch. it was built in 1 796. and during the cen- 
 tury following many historic events occurred within its walls. Thus it links us to men and things of past generations, 
 and is an inheritance dear to the whole state as well as to Hartford, in whose charge this priceless heritage has been 
 placed. In the city of Washington stands, perhaps, the greatest work of Bulfinch. the noble Capitol of the nation, 
 a center of interest and admiration for eighty millions of people. Boston has its statehouse and Faneuil Hall, works 
 of the same great architect. Faithfully restored and reverently cherished, they have become the greatest treasures in 
 the state of Massachusetts. 
 
 Connecticut also has her Bulfinch creation. Alone it stands, the only public building in the state of like age and 
 worth. To destroy or let it go to destruction would be to inflict on coming generations an irreparable and unpardon- 
 able loss. It is not on the ground of sentiment alone that this appeal is made. A due regard for the material interests 
 of the city requires the preservation of this unique relic. Features like this are of far greater value than any price 
 which can be put upon them merely as piles of stone, brick and lumber. They serve as reminders of past deeds and thus 
 educate and elevate the citizens. But they also attract visitors, and looking into the future one can easily see how the 
 preservation of this historic building, a genuine Bulfinch. will secure to the city an asset as real as in Shakespeare's 
 humble home for Stratford or Blarney Castle for the city of Cork. 
 
 There has been, in recent years, an awakening to the value, both sentimental and material, of historic landmarks. 
 There is an association called the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, with Walter Seth Logan as its 
 president and J. Pierpont Morgan as its honorary president, which has been laboring to preserve both the natural 
 beauties and the ancient landmarks of the country for the benefit of future generations. A statistician with a business 
 turn cf mind has estimated that the monuments and historic places of Paris, together with the civic pride of the 
 people which has kept it the city beautiful, pay im.mense dividends. 
 
 Hartford cannot afford to part with a property which distinguishes it above all other cities of the state and which 
 could never be replaced. We, the undersigned, therefore appeal to you to protect the interests of the city and the 
 state by restoring this building to its original condition — the brownstcne and brick of the exterior to be cleaned and 
 the woodwork renovated, that all may see it as it stood when it left the hand of its famous designer: the interior of 
 the building to be arranged for such purposes as may hereafter be desired and all preserved in the most thorough and 
 durable manner possible. 
 
 Governor Henry Roberts. ex-Governor George P. McLean, Rt. Rev. M. Tierney. Rt. Rev. C. C. Brewster, Judge 
 N. Shipman. Colonel F. W. Cheney. A. R. Hillyer. Dr. E. T. Simpson. Charles E. Perkins. Rev. J. H. Twitchell. Lucius 
 Robinson. John T. Robinscn. Judge W. Hamersley. Judge S. 0. Prentice. James P. Andrews. Rev. F. Goodwin. James 
 J. Gccdwin. Rev. James Goodwin. Nelson J. Goodwin. Rev. R. H. Potter, Robert H. Schutz. Walter S. Schutz. Rev. 
 E. deF. Miel. Rev. W. DeLoss Love, Daniel A. Markham, Francis Parsons. D. R. Howe. John F. Gunshanan, George 
 S. Gcdard. Hon. Lewis Sperry. Charles Noel Flagg. John B. Lunger, John M. Taylor. Herbert White. D. H. Wells, 
 Will am H. Deming. Charles E. Thompson. John D. Parker. Charles E. Prior. Alfred T. Richards. Nathan F. Peck, 
 P. H. Woodward. Charles G. Woodward. R. W. Huntington. Jr., Jonathan B. Bunce. John M. Holcombe. William A. 
 Mcore, A. A. Welch. Silas H. Cornwell. Charles E. Gross. Charles Welles Gross. William W. Hyde, William B. Clark, 
 Alexander C. Adams. John R. Hills. Edward Milligan. Atwood Collins. W. H. King. Samuel G. Dunham. Rev. E. P. 
 Parker, Professor J. J. McCook, Professor C. F. Johnson. Prcfessor H. A. Perkins. Rev. C. Brenton. Professor Robert 
 B. Rig^s. Professor W. R. Martin. Professor Elmer T. Merrill. Professor Wilbur M. Urban, Professor J. D. Flynn, 
 A. H. Shearer, H. C. Swan. Charles E. Rogers. K. W. Genthe. Frederick R. Hovey . 
 
 New Haven — President A. T. Hadley. Colonel Norris G. Osborn. Prcfessor H. W. Farnam. William W. Farnam, 
 Morris F. Tyler, Prcfessor W. Walker. Judge S. E. Baldwin. Hon. Eli D. Whitney. 
 
 Berlin — Hon. Charles M. Jarvis. Hon. F. L. Wilcox. 
 
 Willimantic — General William A. King. 
 
 We are indebted to the Hartford Sunday Couranl for the use of this article. 
 
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WL must believe 
 that there was 
 something in the Past! 
 The Past has produced 
 Homer, Shakespeare 
 and Michael Angelo. 
 Don't give a judgment 
 upon them before you 
 are ready! No use in 
 shutting up your fu- 
 ture. Leave it open so 
 that you can believe. 
 
 W. M. HUNT 
 
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THL CITY SE.AL OF HARTFORD, CONNLCTICUT 
 
City Seal 
 
 The motto, "Post Nubila Phoebus" — we can speak of it freely, as we did 
 not originate it, but only now apply it. Is it not rich, poetical, sublime in meaning? 
 How true as to Hartford in the past — historically. How applicable in 
 all tirne. The old world darkly oppressed our Settlers ere they left their 
 homes across the seas, the New World set them free. "After the clouds 
 the sun." Cold and famine frustrated them in their first attempt at settle- 
 ment — their next succeeded. "After the clouds the sun." The startled, 
 vindictive savages of our coast threatened them early with destruction, but they 
 were scattered like chaff before the wind, and down the stream of time the 
 tomahawk and the scalping knife were again and often brandished for the de- 
 struction of our town, but the glimmer of these savage weapons faded in the 
 superior flash of the pistol and the gleam of the pike. "After the clouds the sun." 
 The soil our early townsmen tilled forgot at times to yield its increase — cold and 
 rain stifled their seeds and fruits, but the friendly Indians around them and at the 
 sources of the Connecticut river husbanded their stock and made the pale 
 man's face of famine to smile. "After the clouds the sun." 
 
 The Dutch vexed them from the Point — intruded on their lands — 
 attempted at times to seize the fort which guarded the mouth of the river that 
 floated their commerce, but sequestration made the Point peaceful, and bold 
 hearts and a little ordnance preserved the fort. "After the clouds the sun." A 
 tyrant attempt to seize and steal the charter, that protected their township — 
 the instrument was hid triumphantly in an oak. "After the clouds the sun." 
 A minion of the Duke of York attempted in our own Main street to usurp the 
 command of our Train Band, but fled ingloriously away, "dumbed" and deafened 
 by the drums and menaces of its brave commander. "After the clouds the sun." 
 
 French power severely annoyed our townsmen, in common with all Eng- 
 lish colonists, but it was annihilated for all time at the battle of Louisburg. "After 
 the clouds the sun." Again, and often subsequently, the hand of British tyranny 
 lay heavy and sore upon our town liberty; in common with sister towns we 
 triumphantly threw off its pressure. "After the clouds the sun." Toil, difficulty, 
 peril — disappointment, occasionally even despair — the lot of all communi- 
 ties — have at various times encompassed the path of our town on its journey 
 of 215 years, but they have seldom long embarrassed, never choked our progress. 
 From about 200 we now have 18,000 souls. From a few colonial pounds" worth 
 of property we now have our millions. From a little commerce in skins, now a 
 commerce almost as various as human wants, whose merchandise, in heaps 
 almost colossal, stares us daily in the face, upon our wharves, in our vessels, or 
 in our warehouses, our depot and its cars. Instead of struggling against foreign 
 foes for life and a livelihood, we are now dangling in the lap of peace, and nurs- 
 ing the useful arts. Instead of wants we have abundance. The "hope deferred" 
 of our first settlers are hopes fulfilled, and still fulfilling of our own day. Their 
 wilderness aspirations are our present garden of enjoyment. Though thus, 
 in the past, skies have been at intervals dark and the tempests have lowered. 
 
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and the elements burst into storm, yet day has been sure to break clear, peace- 
 ful and radiant, and so in spite of all temporary obstructions, if we but well act 
 our part, will continue to break, long as time on earth, immortal as hope, and as 
 sure as the goodness of heaven. "After the clouds the sun." Let us thank God 
 and be happy. 
 
 [From Hartford Municipal Year Book.] 
 
 HARTFORD POSTMASTERS AND DATES OF APPOINTMENT. 
 
 William Ellery,t . 
 Thomas Hilldrup, . 
 Ezekiel Williams, . 
 John Dodd, . 
 Jonathan Law, 
 Benjamin H. Norton, 
 John M. Niles, 
 Gideon Welles, 
 Charles L. Porter, 
 Joseph Pratt, 
 Normand Lyman, 
 Ezra S. Hamilton, 
 William J. Hamersley, 
 Edward S. Cleveland, 
 Edward W. Whitaker, 
 John H. Burnham, 
 William Faxon,* 
 Leonard A. Dickinson, 
 Charles R. Chapman, 
 John C. Kinney, . 
 Edward B. Bennett, 
 Frank P. Furlong, 
 Edward B. Bennett, 
 Frank A. Hagarty, 
 David A. Wilson, . 
 
 1770. 
 
 February 16, 1779. 
 January 1, 1795. 
 January 31, 1803. 
 July 1, 1809. 
 April]], 1829. 
 April, 20, 1829. 
 January 7, 1836. 
 March 26, 1841. 
 March 3, 1843. 
 August 6, 1846. 
 May 9, 1849. 
 May 6, 1853. 
 April 10, 1861. 
 April 16, 1869. 
 October 7. 1871. 
 March 10, 1881. 
 May 5, 1881. 
 May 18, 1885. 
 January 16, 1890. 
 June 1, 1891. 
 January 18, 1896. 
 February 1, 1900. 
 June 1, 1907. 
 1915. 
 
 * Did not qualify. f As per Christ Church History by Dr. Hoadley. 
 
 [Courtesy Geer's Hartford Directory.] 
 
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Hartford's New Water Supply 
 The Nepaug Water System 
 
 Caleb M. Savillc, Chief Engineer 
 
 How much do the business men and taxpayers of Hartford — and citizens generally, for 
 that matter — know about an enterprise now being carried on by the municipality which is, 
 without question, the biggest single enterprise ever undertaken in Hartford, whether under 
 private or public ownership? 
 
 Out in the Nepaug valley, where Hartford is building a waterworks system — capable 
 of supplying a community three or five times as big as this, there is a work going on which 
 impresses every one who sees it with its magnitude and its importance. 
 
 Of course, Hartford knows casually that it is necessary to remove two cemeteries and a 
 score of farms have been purchased to make room for the vast reservoir; that it has been 
 necessary to construct a compensating reservoir for manufacturers otherwise deprived of power 
 and that it has been necessary to relocate a number of miles of highways. Hartford ought 
 to have a picnic in the Nepaug region and see what is being accomplished. Then the work 
 would take on new significance. 
 
 Stop and consider, citizens of Hartford, that when this system is done the Hartford res- 
 ervoir will be twice as big as the biggest enclosed body of fresh water in the state of Con- 
 necticut today — bigger than any existing lake, pond or reservoir, artificial or natural. 
 
 Consider, also, that if the system were finished today and the outlets blocked so that none 
 of the water that is now running to waste could escape but gather into the basin, six months 
 would be required to fill it to what will be the normal height. 
 
 The present reservoir system has a total capacity of 2,100,000,000 gallons. The new 
 system will give Hartford a storage capacity of 9,000,000,000 gallons in addition to what is 
 already available. In addition to that Hartford is building a compensating reservoir to fur- 
 nish water power for manufacturers in the Nepaug valley which has a capacity of 3,000,000,- 
 
 Nepaug Dam, Being Built by The Fred T. Ley Co. of Springfield, Mass. 
 
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000 gallons — more than the capacity of the city's present system. The new system will 
 give Hartford an estimated average daily flow of about 30,000,000 gallons. The average 
 consumption now is 9,300,000 gallons daily and is increasing at the rate of about 300,000 
 gallons a day annually. 
 
 The new system will increase the pressure in the mains by about ten pounds. 
 
 All this is really no description of what Hartford is doing at the cost of something like 
 $4,000,000, a job that will not be finished until 1919. In order to grasp the import of detached 
 facts like these one should visit the region; see the great dam at the point where Phelps brook 
 is turned from a mountain torrent into an underground stream which has already prevented 
 Hartford from using polluted river water. This dam, now about one-third done, will stretch 
 1,300 feet across the valley between two hills. It is an earthern embankment nearly 400 feet 
 wide at the base, built with a concrete masonry core. These dimensions give one a glimpse 
 of the magnitude of the work but a still better view of it is to be had at almost the opposite 
 end of the proposed reservoir where the valley of the Nepaug or Nepash river, high above 
 the village of Collinsville, is being dammed to complete the basin. A solid cyclopean masonry 
 dam from one rock-ribbed hill to another will have a length of 690 feet and will measure about 
 1 50 feet deep from the top to the bottom of the excavation of its foundations. There will be 
 a depth of 100 feet of water at this dam and it will be wide enough at the top so that a 20-foot 
 roadway will be carried over the structure. 
 
 The site of the compensating reservoir is on the East Branch of the Farmington river 
 located partly in Barkhamsted and partly in New Hartford. Along the bank of the river in 
 what will be the basin of this reservoir was until within a few weeks a splendid forest of pines 
 and hemlocks. This forest has been removed preparatory to the flooding when the dike which 
 is to form one retaining wall is completed. Where the trunks of the trees stand will be 90 
 feet under water when the work is done. 
 
 The compensating reservoir dam, located in New Hartford, is the second biggest contract 
 of the entire work. It is from 800 to 900 feet long and 90 feet wide. There will be about 65 
 feet of water against this dam. The east dike, so called, which completes the compensating 
 reservoir is an earthen embankment about 900 feet long. 
 
 Not the least part of the undertaking is the filter system which is planned to insure clean- 
 liness of the water. The exact type of filter has not been determined but it is estimated that 
 it will cost about $350,000 to install such a system as is required. The water will be aerated 
 before passing through it and will be subjected to the chlorine gas treatment which is now 
 in use at reservoir No. 1 and which has been found an eminently satisfactory and econom- 
 ical way of purifying water. 
 
 A new water main will also be constructed to provide for future growth and also as an 
 added means of fire protection. Just at present telegraph and telephone lines are being moved 
 to new locations, as made necessary by the construction work, and good progress is being made 
 in the matter of cemetery relocation. 
 
 The land purchases made by the water board in the vicinity have been considerable. 
 To say that a score of farms have been bought is nowhere near as impressive a statement as 
 to refer to the fact that in one section it was necessary to purchase 45 separate parcels of land 
 and in another 51 parcels, to say nothing of other purchases. 
 
 All this work has been accomplished in the last three years. The right to undertake the 
 project was not secured until the legislative session of 1911, under the administration of Waier 
 Board President John L. Dower. Mr. Dower gave way as president to F. Spencer Goodwin, 
 
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and a year and a half ago Walter S. Garde became president of the Board. From first to last, 
 these administrations have been highly efficient and each has had the valuable assistance 
 of Chief Engineer Caleb Mills Saville who has furnished the expert and technical knowledge. 
 
 And consider, moreover, Mr. Business Man and Tax Payer, if the city of Hartford were 
 bankrupt tomorrow and had to realize on her assets to meet her obligations, this Nepaug 
 system could be sold to private ownership for a sufficient sum to pay every debt the city owes 
 and give us our schools, fire houses and public buildings of all sorts clear of indebtedness and 
 still leave a handsome balance in the treasury. 
 
 We are indebted to the Chamber of Commerce for this article. 
 
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 Superintendent of Schools 
 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
Hartford Public Schools 
 
 The Hartford Board of Education has general supervision, under the State, 
 of the public schools of Hartford. It certifies all teachers, approves all plans 
 for school buildings, establishes the courses of study, and has charge, for the town 
 of Hartford, of the execution of all laws of the State affecting schools or school 
 children. It is also charged by the State with the control of the Evening Schools, 
 by the town with the manual training and domestic science departments in the 
 schools. It also carries on the vacation and playground work in the summer, 
 an outdoor school for delicate children and an ungraded school for special pupils. 
 The members of the Board are: James J. Peard, President; John J. McMahon, 
 Secretary; Wilbur F. Gordy, Charles B. Cook, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Bacon, John 
 L. Purcell, Dr. M. Bailey and Thomas S. Weaver. 
 
 Its executive officers are: Superintendent of Schools, Thomas S. Weaver; 
 School Attendance Officer, Randolph W. Williamson. 
 
 The district schools of Hartford care for something more than 16,000 children. 
 There are nine school districts, having immediate charge of the schools, under 
 the general supervision of the Board of Education. The financial support of 
 these schools comes from what is known as the "flat" school tax laid by the city 
 and distributed to the districts, under the law, from state grants, from corpora- 
 tion taxes, and from the town deposit fund. 
 
 The district schools are housed in twenty buildings, all of fine types and in 
 convenient locations for the pupils. Each district has a committee of three, 
 which looks after the physical needs of the schools, provides school buildings 
 and cares for them, and appoints teachers, under the certification of the Board 
 of Education. The District Superintendents have immediate charge of the 
 schools, working with the city school superintendent. The superintendents in 
 each district are: Brown, Charles L. Ames; South, Louis H. Stanley; Second 
 North, Solon P. Davis; West Middle, James W. Freeman; Arsenal, B. Norman 
 Strong; Washington Street, Miss Elizabeth J. Cairns; Southwest, C. Edwin 
 Blake; Northeast, Jonas M. Tompkins; Northwest, Frank 0. Jones. 
 
 There are 515 teachers in the elementary schools of the city. 
 
 The Hartford Public High School has the distinction of being the only high 
 school in the country having the word "public" in its title. It is maintained by 
 the city from appropriations from the general fund, no special tax being laid 
 for its support. A new building was opened for the High School this year, but 
 the relief was not enough to accommodate the 2,362 pupils without both morning 
 and afternoon sessions. The teaching force comprises: Clement C. Hyde. Prin- 
 cipal; R. Eston Phyfe, Vice Principal; William C. Holden, Vice Principal and 
 102 teachers. 
 
 The expense for maintenance for the year ending July 14, 1915, was 
 $172,156.80. 
 
 The total amount of money expended for all schools, including new build- 
 ings, payment of interest and of loans, and all features of maintenance was 
 $1,378,749.69 for the year ending July 14, 1915. 
 
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Young Men's Christian Association 
 
 of Hartford 
 
 Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin George C. Hubert Martin Welles 
 
 President General Secretary Treasurer 
 
 ORGANIZLD 1878 
 INCORPORATED 1884 
 
 The first rooms were located at the southwest corner of Grove and Prospect 
 Streets, and were opened April 29, 1 878. Later, the house on the opposite corner 
 (southeast) was occupied by the Association. In January, 1887, the Association 
 removed to the Foster Building, corner of Asylum and Ann Streets, occupying 
 a large portion of the second fioor, and introducing a Physical Department. 
 On November 8, 1893, the new and commodious building, now occupied, was 
 opened to the public with appropriate exercises. In April, 1913, Mr. Appleton 
 R. Hillyer gave $150,000 toward a sum for erecting an addition to the building 
 erected in 1893. To this was added a sum of $160,000, given by about four thou- 
 sand other citizens of Hartford. The total sum, $310,000, was used for erecting 
 a seven-story building, adjoining the first building, and is devoted to the use 
 of the Boys" Division and to Dormitories for young men. This building is a 
 center for the religious, social, educational and physical welfare of young men 
 and boys. 
 
 The Association is organized into departments, such as Business, Educa- 
 tional, Information and Relief, Boys, Physical, Social and Religious. Under 
 these different departments, the needs of a varied and very large class of young 
 men are met; the fee charged for many privileges offered being placed at a 
 moderate figure, and adjusted by departments, so that a member is not obliged 
 to pay for features in which he is not particularly interested. 
 
 The Educational Department was endowed in December. 1892, with fifty 
 thousand dollars ($50,000) by Mr. Appleton R. Hillyer and Clara E. Hillyer, 
 as a memorial to their deceased father, Gen. Charles T. Hillyer, and in May, 1906, 
 was further endowed with $50,000 by a bequest from Miss Clara E. Hillyer, 
 who died that month. It is known as 
 
 THE HILLYER INSTITUTE OF THE 
 
 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 
 
 OF HARTFORD. 
 
 In the Industrial, Commercial, Agricultural, Art and Language Depart- 
 ments, nearly 35 teachers are employed. 
 
 The Bushnell Boys' Club is the division of the Y. M. C. A. boys' work 
 designed to be of help to the boy who is unable to pay any membership fee. 
 The equipment consists of assembly and recreation rooms, class rooms, shower 
 baths and swimming pool, entrance being on Jewell Street, facing Bushnell Park. 
 
 -See page 133, Advertising Section 
 
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Musical Activities in Hartford 
 
 The musical activities of Hartford are many, as would naturally be expected 
 in a city of so much wealth and refinement. In past years Hartford has had 
 within its borders musicians of national reputation, such as Dudley Buck, the 
 noted composer, organist and conductor — a native citizen — and George E. 
 Whiting, noted organist and composer. Henry Wilson, for many years organist 
 of Christ Church, was also a church musician who exercised considerable influ- 
 ence upon the progress of Church music here and elsewhere. 
 
 Besides these, many other talented musicians have aided the musical develop- 
 ment of the city, until today Hartford is the center of a vigorous and manifold 
 musical life. First may be mentioned the Hartford Philharmonic Orchestra, 
 which for fifteen years has been an important factor in bringing good music to 
 our citizens. It comprises about fifty local musicians whose enthusiasm leads 
 them to rehearse weekly, with small compensation, and to donate their services 
 at the public concerts and rehearsals. Many of the standard symphonies and 
 overtures have been creditably performed by this organization, and eminent 
 soloists have been heard at its concerts. Three evening concerts and three after- 
 noon public rehearsals are given during the season. The standard of local orchestral 
 music has been decidedly improved through the influence of this orchestra, 
 while many promising young players have been developed through association 
 and practice with it. There have been three conductors, Richard P. Paine, 1900- 
 1902; John Spencer Camp, 1903-1912, and Robert H. Prutting, who is the present 
 conductor, having succeeded Mr. Camp in 1913. The Choral Club, Ralph L. 
 Baldwin, conductor, is composed of some eighty enthusiastic amateur male 
 singers. This excellent and flourishing organization gives two concerts each year, 
 which are largely attended and of good quality. The German-Americans support 
 two male choirs: The Saengerbund, A. Weidlich, conductor, and the Maenner- 
 chor, Samuel J. Leventhal, conductor. The concerts of these societies are always 
 interesting and meritorious, and they constitute likewise social centers which serve 
 to keep alive a healthy interest in art. There are also several male quartettes; 
 of these the Tempo Quartette, composed of four well-known church singers, 
 has a deservedly fine local and outside reputation, and is a worthy successor to 
 the famous Germania Quartette which flourished here some fifty years ago. 
 
 Hartford has a state-wide reputation for its church choirs. Several churches 
 maintain choirs of exceptional quality, and the traditions established by Dudley 
 Buck and others are fully maintained by the present generation. Excellent 
 
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modern organs are to be heard in most of our prominent churches and the standard 
 of both the choir and organ music is excellent. 
 
 The Military Bands of Hartford have always been noted for their excellence. 
 The Foot Guard Band, Colt's Armory Band, and Hatch's First Infantry Band 
 are fine organizations and furnish stirring martial music for military occasions, 
 besides playing pleasing and popular programs for general occasions where good 
 and effective music is required. 
 
 Considerable attention is paid to music in our public schools. Mr. James D. 
 Price in the Northeast and Northwest grammar schools, Mr. W. D. iMonnier in 
 the South grammar school, and Miss Jennie E. Langdon at the Washington 
 Street grammar school, are all doing efficient and earnest work — principally 
 along the lines of vocal music. The other four grammar schools are under the 
 skilled direction of Mr. Ralph L. Baldwin, who is also in charge of the music at 
 the High School. In all the schools there is a daily, though limited, period given 
 to musical instruction. At the High School there is also a two years' course in 
 Harmony and the same in Musical Appreciation, this being one of the very few 
 schools in the United States to offer these courses. Both courses are of great 
 value in enlarging the musical grasp and insight of the pupils. The High School 
 also has a large choir and a Glee Club of selected mixed voices. Each organiza- 
 tion gives an excellent concert during the year, with orchestra and soloists under 
 Mr. Baldwins direction. The work in the public schools is having a steady and 
 increasingly beneficial effect upon the music of the city, and there has been a 
 decided advance in both the quality of music sung and the standard of its 
 rendition. 
 
 There are several music schools which aim to give a complete and thorough 
 musical education. Foremost among these is the Hartford School of Music, 
 which originated in the School of Church Musicians, a branch of the musical 
 department of the Hartford Theological Seminary. Chester D. Hartranft, D. D., 
 President of the Seminary, was the first President of the School of Music. Later 
 it separated from the Seminary and became incorporated in its present form. 
 It aims to give thorough instruction in the various branches of vocal and instru- 
 mental music and to train teachers and concert performers. It now has over 
 200 students and many of its pupils are holding responsible positions, both locally 
 and elsewhere. 
 
 The Hartford Conservatory of Music, founded and conducted by Mr. W. V. 
 Abell, also trains and prepares pupils for a public career, both as teachers and 
 performers, and its graduates are holding positions in many different states. 
 
 The Musical Club, whose active membership comprises some fifty enthu- 
 siastic female amateur and professional musicians, holds meetings for study 
 
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and analysis throughout the season. This club also arranges two high-class 
 concerts each season by famous artists and is an efficient factor in upholding a 
 high musical standard in the city. There is also a considerable associate member- 
 ship, and the club, as a whole, is representative of the highest standards, both 
 musical and social. 
 
 No sketch of Hartford should omit to mention the prominent music stores 
 which efficiently serve the city, not only in the sale of excellent pianos and musical 
 merchandise, but also in many cases by giving financial support to excellent 
 concerts. In past years much money has been expended in this direction by dif- 
 ferent firms, the benefit of which has accrued to the public. Prominent among 
 these firms are Sedgwick & Casey, Gallup & Alfred, Watkins Bros., successors 
 to Wander & Sons, and L. Barker & Co. Among the newer firms are Morgan & 
 Beers, The Cushman Music Shop, The Wheeler Piano Co., The Hallet & Davis 
 Co., C. L. Pierce Co. and H. A. Caulfield. In most cases the founders of these 
 firms were originally well-known local musicians, and, taken as a whole, they 
 give admirable service to the city and the surrounding towns. 
 
 The Austin Organ Co., manufacturers of Electro Pneumatic Pipe Organs, 
 is, although only about fifteen years old, one of the important organ companies 
 of the United States. It stands for the very best in all departments of organ 
 building and has one of the largest and most modern plants in the country. Its 
 strong financial position, the inventive genius of the Messrs. Austin, and the large 
 volume and high quality of its output, all combine to give the Austin Company 
 a foremost position among the organ companies of the world. 
 
 In bringing this sketch to a close, it must not be forgotten that the many 
 conscientious and talented players, singers and teachers who live and work here, 
 contribute very largely indeed to the musical development and life of the city. 
 While great artists visit us not infrequently and are admired and cordially wel- 
 comed, yet the steady and reliable local musician is the one whose efforts are 
 worth most in developing monthly and yearly a high musical standard and atmos- 
 phere, Hartford is to be congratulated upon the possession of a goodly number 
 of such, and therein lies the real reason for its musical progress and excellent 
 standards. 
 
 R. Augustus Lawson is one of the younger teachers who is meeting with 
 well-merrited success. 
 
 This article would not be complete without mentioning Miss Coe's School 
 of Oratory, owing to the fact of Miss Coe teaching voice culture to a great many 
 of Hartford's students who have taken up either a musical or stage career. 
 
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Woman Suffrage 
 The Next Natural Step 
 
 The imminent success of the woman suffrage movement is indicated by its 
 remarkable progress during the past five or six years. There was a strong move- 
 ment for votes for women at the close of the Civil War, and the Connecticut 
 Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1869, the same year that saw the 
 birth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. For many years 
 Isabella Beecher Hooker, one of the pioneers for women's rights, was the leader 
 of the Connecticut forces. She was succeeded by her friend and fellow worker, 
 Elizabeth D. Bacon, also of this city, who is today one of the ablest workers in 
 this state. 
 
 The work for woman suffrage was a part of the great movement to secure 
 for women equal opportunities with men. During the last half of the nineteenth 
 century the advocates of woman suffrage secured for women the right to enter 
 many of the trades and professions, the right to go to college, the right of married 
 women to own their own property and in some states the right of a mother to be 
 equal guardian with the father of her children. In 1869 woman suffrage was 
 granted in Wyoming. In 1893 the women of Colorado were given the right to 
 vote. After this success, the suflragists concentrated their efforts on the western 
 states, and in 1896 Utah and Idaho were added to the list of states where women 
 vote. In 1910, in the state of Washington, a Constitutional Amendment enfran- 
 chising women was adopted by popular vote. Eight more states followed in rapid 
 succession: California in 1911. Arizona and Kansas in 1912, Illinois, with presi- 
 dential and municipal suffrage, in 1913, and Nevada and Montana in 1914. At 
 the elections in October and November, 1915, New Jersey, New York, Massachu- 
 setts and Pennsylvania will vote on constitutional amendments that have twice 
 passed the respective state legislatures. 
 
 In Connecticut, the work for woman suffrage received new impulse in 1910, 
 when the women of the younger generation, who had profited by the greater 
 opportunities for women secured to them by the pioneers, enlisted in the work. 
 At the Annual Convention of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association in 
 October of that year, a number of new members were added to the Board of 
 
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Officers and Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn was elected president. Active campaigning 
 all over the state now began in earnest. In 1909-1910 the income of the Associa- 
 tion had been about $350.00 and the number of affiliated leagues only six. In 
 1910-11 the income rose to over $5,000.00 and since then it has quadrupled. 
 There are now about seventy affiliated leagues in the state association and each 
 county has its chairman carrying on organization work with diligence and success. 
 There are over 27,000 enrolled members in the state association and a petition to 
 the last Legislature asking for the passage of the constitutional amendment con- 
 tained the names of 43,867 men and women of Connecticut. Every name on this 
 petition was secured within the twelve months previous to the vote in the Legis- 
 lature. 
 
 The constitutional amendment failed to pass in the session of 1915. Never- 
 theless, the Suffragists felt that they had secured a moral triumph. The vote 
 stood 108 to 126 and a turnover of nine votes would have given the women the 
 necessary majority. This large vote for suffrage acted as a spur to the suffrage 
 workers, and organization work on a larger scale was at once planned and is now 
 under way. Side by side with work for the state amendment, Connecticut suffra- 
 gists are pushing the movement for an amendment to the United States Consti- 
 tution to enfranchise women all over the country. 
 
 Hartford Bridge Crossing the Connecticut River 
 
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Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn. 
 President Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association 
 
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 Mrs. George H. Day, 
 
 Chairman Enrollments, 
 
 Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association 
 
 Mrs. Carlos F. Stoddard, 
 
 President, 
 
 New Haven Equal Franchise League 
 
 
 
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 Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, 
 
 Greenwich, Conn., Vice-President, 
 
 Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association 
 
 Miss Emily Pierson, 
 
 State Organizer, 
 
 Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association 
 
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Working women who went from Connecticut to Washington to interview 
 President Wilson in behalf of a Constitutional Amendment enfranchising 
 
 women, 1914 
 
 Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett. President Hartford 
 
 Lqual Franchise League, carrying the banner at 
 
 the head of the woman suffrage parade held in 
 
 Hartford, May 2. 1914 
 
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 j| Poland, O man with a grouch, and slink into your hole and 
 
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 11 an absentee heart and missing nerve. Cheer up, go to 
 
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The Bankingr Situation in Hartford 
 
 The banking situation as it exists in Hartford at the present time is worthy 
 of special consideration. For years the city has been well supplied with banks, 
 and today the nineteen financial institutions which constitute the local banking 
 strength, have resources far in excess of those of any other city of like size in the 
 United States. These institutions, comprise: four national banks, nine trust 
 companies, two state banks and four savings banks. Another national bank is 
 in process of organization, and will open for business as soon as its banking rooms 
 are ready for occupancy. 
 
 The banks have shown a very substantial increase in assets during the past 
 few years, the last published statements showing the aggregate deposits of the 
 nineteen institutions to be $104,400,000, while the total assets were $124,900,000. 
 By comparing these figures with those of ten years ago, when the aggregate 
 deposits were $71,600,000, and total assets $87,400,000, it will be seen that the 
 increase is approximately 30%. When it is taken into consideration that during 
 some of the intervening years the country was experiencing a period of busi- 
 ness depression, the percentage of increase is quite remarkable, and it shows the 
 stability of business conditions at home as compared with those of some other 
 sections of the United States. 
 
 The importance of Hartford financially is not generally realized, and it 
 perhaps could not be shown more forcibly than by stating that with the entire 
 banking resources of the United States, amounting to twenty-six billions of 
 dollars, the banks of this city hold very close to one-half of one per cent, of the 
 country's total. It may also be of interest to know that there are fourteen of the 
 states and territories in none of which are the banking resources as large as those 
 of Hartford; that the combined assets of the banks of Wyoming, New Mexico, 
 Nevada and Arizona are not in excess of those of the Hartford banks, and that 
 between 20 % and 25 % of Connecticut's banking assets are held by Hartford 
 banks. 
 
 The field of the commercial banks is radically different from that of the 
 savings banks, consequently the tables showing the comparison of resources with 
 those of a decade ago are given separately. The figures relating to the commer- 
 cial banks are as follows: 
 
 1915 1905 
 
 Total assets $66,000,000 $44,300,000 
 
 Deposits 48.590,000 30,200,000 
 
 Capital 7,190.000 7,415.000 
 
 Surplus and Profits 7,000,000 5,200,000 
 
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The decrease in capital is due to the fact that the number of national banks 
 has been reduced through consolidation and liquidation. The loss in number, 
 however, has been offset by the increased assets of those remaining. 
 
 The trust companies predominate in number, owing to the increasing popu- 
 larity of that form of institution, due to the broader scope allowed by their char- 
 ters, but their total assets are not quite equal in amount to those of the national 
 banks. 
 
 The substantial increase in the assets of the commercial banks has developed 
 greater earning power, and this, together with the conservative, efficient manage- 
 ment which is characteristic of Hartford banks, has resulted in increased dividends 
 and handsome additions to surplus. All but two of the commercial banks are on 
 a dividend-paying basis (these two banks having been organized recently), the 
 rate varying from 5 % to 20 % per annum, nine of the institutions paying 8 % 
 or more. The market value of their stock has kept pace with their prosperity, 
 and the quotations now range from $132 (par value $100) to $500 per share. 
 The stock is closely held, and very little of it changes hands. 
 
 It is interesting to note that ten years ago only three of the local banks 
 were on the so-called honor roll. (Meaning that their surplus and profits were 
 equal to or exceeded the amount of capital.) Today eight of the banks are roll- 
 of-honor institutions. 
 
 The savings banks have also had their share of prosperity, as will be seen 
 from the comparative table which follows. It has been necessary to show figures 
 for the year 1914, as the 1915 reports have not yet been published. 
 
 1914 1905 
 
 Total Assets $58,900,000 $43,100,000 
 
 Deposits 55.900,000 41 ,400,000 
 
 Surplus and Profits 2 , 200 , 000 1 , 200 , 000 
 
 Total number of accounts 1 1 7 . 300 9 1 , 400 
 
 These banks are all paying interest at the rate of 4 % per annum on deposits, 
 and their ability to keep up this rate when so many savings banks elsewhere 
 have been obliged to reduce to 3i2%' and in some cases 3%, indicates the 
 careful management that these institutions are under. 
 
 The last few years have brought many changes in banking. Twenty years 
 ago it was generally considered that banks were intended principally for the use 
 of business concerns, as a rule only the wealthy people having checking accounts. 
 Today almost everyone of at least ordinary means has an account, and the con- 
 venience of such an arrangement is demonstrated by the number of people who 
 pay their bills by check. 
 
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Perhaps the most important of these changes is the progress that has been 
 made in the way of additional facilities which the banks have placed at the dis- 
 posal of their customers. This, of course, called for more elaborate quarters, 
 and the changes that have been made in the banking houses stand out conspicu- 
 ously. Some have erected buildings of their own which rank among the finest 
 in the city, while others have taken the ground floors of some of the magnificent 
 structures built by the insurance companies. 
 
 In arranging the interiors of their banking rooms, no effort has been spared 
 to provide for the comfort and convenience of their customers. For the ladies 
 special rooms have been provided where they may write their checks or arrange 
 their deposits, and special windows have also been provided for the transaction 
 of their business. Writing rooms, public telephones, committee rooms and 
 numerous other things have been provided in order to make the transaction of 
 business comfortable and easy. The safety feature has not been overlooked, 
 massive vaults of fire and burglar-proof construction having been installed. 
 These are protected by huge doors with bolts and locks operated by time clocks. 
 Additional protection in the way of concealed electric wires connected with auto- 
 matic alarms are now a part of nearly every banks vault equipment. These 
 strong vaults have made possible another branch known as the safe deposit 
 department, individual safes being rented to the customers. These safe deposit 
 boxes, as they are called, were considered a luxury a few years ago, but are now 
 within the reach of anybody who has the slightest need of one. Consequently, 
 the person who owns securities, insurance policies, savings bank books or valuable 
 documents would be foolish, indeed, to trust to the bureau drawer for the safe- 
 keeping of his treasure, when for a merely nominal sum he can have every pro- 
 tection known to the ingenuity of man. 
 
 Reference was made, in a previous paragraph, regarding the popularity of 
 trust companies. In addition to the transaction of a general banking business, 
 they are rapidly extending their sphere of usefulness through their ability to act 
 in fiduciary capacities, and people are realizing more and more the wisdom of 
 naming a trust company to act as executor of their will, trustee of their estate, 
 or in other positions of trust. The local trust companies are well equipped to 
 handle such business as evidenced by the volume which has come to them in the 
 last few years. While it is impossible to quote exact figures, it is safe to say 
 that at the present time the amount of trust funds which are being administered 
 by these local companies is in excess of fifty millions of dollars. 
 
 Special mention should be made of the savings banks as their business is 
 related more closely to the rank and file of people. Through these institutions, 
 people who can save only small amounts are provided with a place where their 
 
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money will be safe and where it will earn interest. These banks also fill an im- 
 portant need through making first mortgage loans on improved real estate. They 
 have made hundreds of such loans, without which it is safe to say, many people 
 of this city would not have been able to own their homes. That the savings 
 banks can well be spoken of as monuments of industry and thrift is shown by the 
 number of depositors they have at the present time, the figures given in a previous 
 paragraph showing the present total to be II 7,300. 
 
 Limited space will not permit the mentioning of many facts of interest, 
 historic or otherwise, regarding the local banks. It is of interest to know, however, 
 that Hartford has had banking facilities since the year 1792, when its first bank 
 was organized. That institution is still in existence, and is the fifth oldest bank 
 in the United States. The city has the two largest national banks in New Eng- 
 land outside of Boston, as well as two of the largest trust companies in the State 
 of Connecticut. Hartford also has the distinction of having had the first trust 
 company to be organized in the State. 
 
 The value of banks to a community is in direct proportion to the extent 
 that they assist their depositors, and the progress of Hartford, industrially and 
 commercially, is due in no small measure to the attitude the local banking insti- 
 tutions have shown toward business enterprises. They have always extended 
 liberal credit accommodation to concerns, either large or small, which were prop- 
 erly managed and working along legitimate lines. Many concerns which were 
 of small proportions at the outset have now grown to be large industries, but 
 without the assistance of the banks during their earlier period, they would never 
 have been able to reach their present size and importance. 
 
 The local banks are splendidly managed, their prosperity and growth attest- 
 ing to that. Their officers are broad-minded, efficient men, and their boards of 
 directors are made up of representative men chosen from the leading lines of local 
 industries. Under such guidance it is safe to say that the banking institutions 
 of Hartford will continue to grow in strength, and will, in the future, as in the past, 
 do their share to assist in the continued progress of the city. 
 
 October 11,1915. 
 
 ARTHUR H. COOLEY, Assistant Treasurer, 
 
 Security Trust Company, Hartford, Conn. 
 
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Insurance 
 
 "Why don't you Americans build with more of a view to future needs?" This 
 is a question often asked by Europeans. The answer must be that it is wholly 
 impossible to discount future growth by more than a decade or so. No one sur- 
 passes in brains and foresight the managers of our great insurance corporations, 
 and yet we have the constant evidence around us that their "building for the 
 future" has to be renewed quite frequently. 
 
 
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 The Bulfinch State Capitol was far ahead of Connecticut's needs when it 
 was built. In not much over three-quarters of a century it was utterly insufficient. 
 It was, however, ample for the needs of the municipal government headquarters — 
 some thought rather extravagantly so. But its capacity and facilities were 
 exceeded long before this wondrous Municipal Building was begun. "I guess 
 that'll hold you for a time," says the taxpayer at least, but, in the light of history 
 who would prophesy even for ten years? Yet we wouldn't check the progress if 
 we could. We are proud of it. 
 
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 And for how much of the progress is insuraiice responsible, not only for 
 Connecticut but for the state, which takes its share of the income? Lump the 
 figures and the imagination is staggered. At best we can take in no more than a 
 iew o^ the main features. 
 
 Nearly 160 million dollars comes into this city yearly for insurance companies 
 which have their headquarters here, say nothing of those which have agencies 
 here. These companies are sponsors for over 10 billion insurance, exclusive of 
 accident, casualty, fidelity and miscellaneous. The assets of the companies total 
 nearly half a billion and their capital over 32 million — their liabilities nearly 
 400 million. Their annual disbursements are in the neighborhood of 150 million, 
 and that is 12 million less than comes in. 
 
 No business furnishes such detailed information as does insurance. A special 
 state department compels returns of every kind of an item, particularized down to 
 the last penny. To substantiate what has been said and to give us basis for future 
 calculation, we may collate and compare some of the figures with those of only 
 seven years ago: 
 
 (Accident and Miscellaneous not included) 
 
 Jan. 1, 1915. Jan. 1, 1908. 
 
 Insurance Guaranteed by Hartford companies, 
 
 Life $ 1,184,172,527 $ 774.943,657 
 
 Fire 9,645,888,086 5,773,993,428 
 
 Total . . . $10,830,060,613 $6,548,937,085 
 
 Capital (and two companies have none) — 
 
 Life $ 9,650,000 $ 3,650,000 
 
 Fire 16,350,000 10,900,000 
 
 Accident, etc 6,750,000 3,500,000 
 
 Total .... $32,750,000 $18,050,000 
 
 Assets — 
 
 Life $312,361,131 $229,515,782 
 
 Fire 114,660,170 65,681,897 
 
 Accident.etc 44,466,514 104,761,538 
 
 Total .... $741,487,815 $399,957,217 
 
 Liabilities — 
 
 Life $287,993,693 $217,970,329 
 
 Fire 67.051,919 42,253,299 
 
 Accident, etc 36,465,769 96,900,918 
 
 Total .... $391,511,381 $357,124,546 
 
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Income — 
 
 Life $55,639,649 $43,811,294 
 
 Fire 67,976,072 44,406,901 
 
 Accident,"etc 32,181,082 30,420,860 
 
 Total .... $155,796,803 $H8,'639,055 
 
 Disbursements — 
 
 Life $43,569,993 $31,436,313 
 
 Fire 72,171.920 39,330,883 
 
 Accident, etc 27.826,761 24,328,734 
 
 Total . . . . $143,568,674 $95,095,930 
 
 In 1908 there were included two small mutual fire companies not now here 
 and the Hartford Life's capital was $500,000 instead of the $250,000 of last 
 January. In 1908 the foreign companies with their United States headquarters 
 here were only the London & Lancashire and the Scottish Union and National; 
 today there are also the Balkan, and the Rossia. The list of local fire insurance 
 companies has been increased by the Automobile Insurance Company, the First 
 Reinsurance Company and the Standard Fire Insurance Company. There have 
 been other changes which would increase our totals if brought down to the minute, 
 and there will be more, in companies, capital and assets in the immediate future. 
 
 But the point here is that all this vast business is done in buildings to be seen 
 from the roof of the Municipal Building — or could be seen if one or two of the 
 companies had not had to resort to skyscrapers to meet their demands for more 
 space. In no place in the world, of such area, is there so much business of this 
 kind — no other few city blocks upon which eleven billion dollars of the world's 
 commercial welfare and human protection depend. 
 
 And a fact that Hartford is proud of is that this has been the record, in pro- 
 portion, ever since the day when the old City Hall was built, which happens to be 
 the very time when Hartford took up insurance. The pioneers, the Wadsworths, 
 the Morgans, the Caldwells and the rest, were blessed with good vision or they 
 would not have been so courageous, but they could have foreseen little of what 
 is now almost commonplace with the people of Hartford. 
 
 The growth of the first company, the Hartford Fire (now the "Two Hart- 
 fords"), is shown on another page. Then came the /Etna in 1819, the Hartford 
 County Mutual in 1831, the Connecticut (now one with the Phoenix) in 1850, 
 the Phoenix in 1 854, the National in 1 87 1 , the Orient in 1 872, the Standard in 1 9 1 0. 
 the Automobile of America in 1913, and the First Reinsurance Company in 1913. 
 
 The first life companies were among the very first in America to be established, 
 and the coterie of 1915 holds place among the first on measurement by true worth. 
 The Connecticut Mutual dates from 1846, the y€tna Life from 1850, the Phoenix 
 
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Mutual from 1851, the Travelers from 1863, the Connecticut General from 1866 
 and the Hartford Life from 1 866. Original purely life or fire insurance lines were 
 amended to include casualty, liability, indemnity, surety — whatever was de- 
 manded by the country's marvelous development. The Hartford Steam Boiler 
 Inspection and Insurance Company was incorporated in 1866. 
 
 In lack of space for a full history of this great phase of the city's life, a word 
 about one or two of the companies can suffice to suggest the general outline and 
 variety. The Hartford Fire having led the way, the /^tna came on largely because 
 it was felt that there was room for more than one local office right here in Hartford. 
 The company filled the requirement as it has filled it for hundreds of other com- 
 munities on a scheme wholly unimaginable in 1819. With its capital of $5,000,000 
 it has a reserve of $9,820,313, a net purplus of $6,668,448, assets of $23,400,526, 
 surplus to policyholders of $1 1 ,668,448, and in its 96 years it has paid $144,000,000. 
 
 The Orient — so well known to everybody for its beautiful oriental structure 
 over near the Capitol and so well known throughout the country for its good 
 work — was born in 1871 of the determination of a few men, after the Chicago 
 fire, to do still better things for fire insurance. While other companies were 
 collapsing, Hartford companies had done well and there should be yet another 
 Hartford company to do well. Today, with its capital of a round million, assets 
 of $3,625,672, capital and surplus of over two million, and nearly three hundred 
 thousand at risk, it is housed with the great London & Lancashire, whose United 
 States manager, A. G. Mcllwayne, Jr., is the president of it. 
 
 Famous among the foreign companies which have chosen the "Insurance 
 City" for their American seat, is the Scottish Union and National which likewise 
 has added not only to the city's fame and wealth but to her beauty by its new 
 building on Elm street. Its admitted American assets are nearly six million, 
 liabilities nearly half that figure, capital and surplus nearly three and a half 
 million and amount at risk close to 90 million. 
 
 The Rossia is another foreign company which has made Hartford better 
 and more lovely — with its replica on Farmington avenue of the home office in 
 Petrograd. There is no community of size in the civilized world where "Rossia" 
 is not known. Its particular field here is that of reinsurance, a phase of the business 
 which the all-around magnitude of insurance undertakings made for still stronger 
 protection. The Rossia's American assets and amount at risk exceed six million 
 each and its liabilities, exclusive of capital, are almost five million. 
 
 Housed with the Rossia are two other reinsurance companies from foreign 
 lands — the Prussian National, though not formally a Hartford resident, with its 
 two and a half millions of American assets, and the Balkan National of about 
 equal size. Hartford ever has had a kindly welcome for all good workers. 
 
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Among the life companies two may be cited as dating from the middle of the 
 last century when the value of life insurance was beginning to be realized — the 
 i^tna Life and the Phoenix Mutual. Each is a splendid type of its particular kind 
 of life insurance, the /Etna for the stock company and the Phoenix Mutual for the 
 mutual company. The germ of the /Etna, found in the charter of the /Etna fire, 
 was not developed till 1850. At least as often as once in ten years since then, it 
 has been thought that it was fully developed, but today, while it has a group of 
 companies and departments covering nearly all kinds of insurance, no man would 
 say that the limit is yet reached. Its strength and power are felt everywhere. In 
 its total assets of 120 million dollars, its building stands for $1,000,000 — near 
 neighbor of the Municipal building. It has paid policyholders the enormous 
 total of $263,717,904. 
 
 The Phoenix Mutual, when it built its handsome home office in Pearl street, 
 in 1897, could conveniently allow room for some of the city department offices. 
 Today its increased demands for space make it welcome the fact of a new City 
 Hall. It is practically doubling in size every decade, and yet it is not size but 
 quality of business — good "Hartford quality" — that has been its watchword. 
 Since its birth in 1851 it has paid policyholders $182,000,000. It has assets of 
 nearly $40,000,000 and nearly $165,000,000 in force. 
 
 What has been true of one company has been true of them all, namely, that 
 they have wished to preserve and carry to the ends of the world the good name of 
 Hartford. In times of stress they have stood by each other, and the city's great 
 financial institutions have stood by them. They are an exemplification not only 
 of what city is in originality, in finance and in fidelity, but what it is in brotherly 
 regard and mutual upbuilding. 
 
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 In the year 1810 the Legislature of Connecticut granted a perpetual charter 
 to the Hartford Fire Insurance Company for the writing of insurance against loss 
 by fire and for more than a hundred and fifteen years this corporation has offered 
 the property holders of America indemnity for losses by fire. At the close of the 
 year 1914 The Hartford Fire Insurance Company reported a premium income of 
 $16,203,400, and since its organization has paid losses amounting to the imposing 
 total of over $182,000,000. 
 
 The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, the associate company of 
 the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, was organized in 1913 to conduct a general 
 casualty and bonding business. The new company is progressing along the liberal, 
 yet sound, lines that have always been the keynote of the parent organization. 
 
 The "Two Hartfords" now sell practically every kind of insurance except 
 life insurance. A partial list of the policies written by the "Two Hartfords" 
 follows: 
 
 Fire Insurance 
 
 Accident Insurance 
 
 Health Insurance 
 
 Disability Insurance 
 
 Automobile Fire Insurance 
 
 Automobile Liability Insurance 
 
 Automobile Collision Insurance 
 
 Automobile Theft Insurance 
 
 Tornado and Windstorm Insurance 
 
 Hail Insurance 
 
 Burglary, Theft and Hold-up Insurance 
 
 Rent Insurance 
 
 Use and Occupancy Insurance 
 
 Elevator Insurance 
 
 Plate Glass Insurance 
 
 Race-horse Insurance 
 
 Live Stock Insurance 
 
 Live Stock Transit Insurance 
 
 Sprinkler Leakage Insurance 
 
 Golfer's Insurance 
 
 Parcel Post and Register Mail Insurance 
 
 Salesmen's Sample Insurance 
 
 Employers' Liability Insurance 
 
 Workmen's Compensation Insurance 
 
 Marine Insurance 
 
 Baggage Insurance 
 
 Mr. R. M. Bissell is the President of both the Hartford Fire Insurance 
 Company and the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, and the Board of 
 Directors of both companies is the same. 
 
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Hartford's Industrial Growth 
 
 By Thomas J. Kelley. 
 
 From a trading post in 1633 to a place among the leading manufacturing 
 cities of America in 1915 measures Hartford's industrial stride. Today the reputa- 
 tion of our city belts the globe. Her automatic and special machinery, firearms, 
 typewriters, tires, electrical devices, tools and other products are standard wares 
 in the markets of the world. The stamp of Hartford on a product means that it 
 can command a value ranging from 5 to 10 per cent, in excess of competing pro- 
 ducts anywhere. The very name is a business asset. Such a reputation was not 
 easily achieved. It is the result of transmitted ingenuity, business sagacity and 
 integrity. 
 
 History informs us that the characteristics of the early settlers in Hartford 
 were "honesty in dealing with the natives, integrity, perseverance and thrift." 
 Evolution's handiwork has not affected these fundamentals. Hartford first won 
 national renown for its products as early as 1789 when no less distinguished a 
 person than George Washington assisted in advertising our goods. Just a year 
 earlier the first woolen mill in America had been established in Hartford near the 
 foot of Mulberry street. In the course of his New England tour President Wash- 
 ington visited that factory in October and during the following session of Congress, 
 January, 1790, the immortal president addressed both houses of Congress attired 
 in "a crow-colored suit" made from cloth woven in the Hartford mill. 
 
 In 1797 Dr. Apollos Kinsley, after whom Kinsley street is named, built the 
 first steam road wagon ever operated. He also invented the first brick-pressing 
 machine. 
 
 Over a century ago bell making was a flourishing Hartford industry. 
 
 In 1747 Col. Joseph Pitkin was prohibited by Parliament from operating an 
 iron mill in this city, such business being barred in the colonies under a heavy 
 penalty. The Pitkin family, in those days, were irrepressible industrial leaders. 
 They made the first American lever watch and their successor is the Waltham 
 Watch Company. 
 
 In 1794 the saddlery manufactory of Smith-Bourne & Co. was first estab- 
 lished here. 
 
 In 1818 the skilled artisan had made his presence felt in this community. 
 There was one cotton factory, six tanneries, five potteries, one tin shop, also hat, 
 button, paper, shoe and other factories doing a successful business. 
 
In 1850 we find a new school of mechanical geniuses at the industrial helm. 
 Colonel Samuel Colt, after many discouragements, laid the foundations in 1852 
 of the great plant still bearing his name. Ten years earlier Pliny Jewell, Sr., came 
 here and opened a tannery. James L. Howard, in 1845, established the business 
 of the present firm of J. L. Howard & Co. In 1846 Asa H. and W. H. Rogers 
 established here the first electroplating industry in America. About 1856 Francis 
 A. Pratt and Amos W. Whitney went into business together and in 1866 they 
 erected the first building, the present site of that world-renowned plant still bearing 
 their name. About this time Sharp rifles, which John Brown used in his raid on 
 Harper's Ferry, were being manufactured in Hartford. Other modern pioneers 
 whose names are entitled to a place on our industrial scroll of honor are: Asa S. 
 Cook, A. F. Cushman, George A. Fairfield, Colonel A. A. Pope, C. E. Billings, 
 George A. Capewell, L. B. Plimpton, R. N. Pratt, H. W. Johns. 
 
 In 1880 Hartford's Manufacturing establishments employed approximately 
 6,000 hands, disbursed $3,156,600 annually in wages and turned out a product 
 worth $12,000,000. In 1915 they employed 20,000 hands, disbursed $18,571,000 
 in wages and turned out a product valued at $62,000,000. These figures tell the 
 story of our industrial development. 
 
 About 1890 Hartford awoke to a full realization of its splendid potential 
 advantages, developed them by co-operative activity and aroused outside interest. 
 Prior to that time it was a victim of the economic doctrine of laissez faire — letting 
 things take their own course. The new order of things — practical civic pride — 
 has doubled our population and quadrupled our business in two decades. It has 
 converted tillage land into sites for some of the finest and most progressive manu- 
 facturing establishments in America. 
 
 In the typewriter industry Hartford leads the world in production. This city 
 gives more persons employment and turns out more machines than any other 
 city and has the largest typewriter factory in the world — the Underwood. 
 
 The plants of our two typewriter manufactories (,the Royal and the Under- 
 wood) occupy approximately one million square feet and furnish employment 
 to 4,500 people. In the Underwood plant a complete machine is turned out every 
 minute and a half. 
 
 The substantial community today is the one with diversified industries. 
 
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Accountancy 
 
 The profession of accountancy having been formally recognized in this country 
 as such, for some twenty years, has taken its place with permanency as one of the 
 exact sciences. The several associations which have come into existence for its 
 protection and promulgation have been of great benefit in establishing the 
 principles upon a sound and uniform basis. 
 
 It is well known in all circles of business enterprise, large and small, that no 
 superstructure can be safe unless the foundation is secure; and that is the vital 
 principle upon which the public accountant bases and builds his fabric. It is a 
 matter of common notoriety that when a business man begins to neglect or ignore 
 the accuracy of his accounts, and the propriety of his methods, decadence is not 
 far away, and disaster will surely follow; It Is the function of the public account- 
 ant to offer his advice and experience to avert and prevent impending calamity. 
 
 The advantages of auditing are not even yet as well known or understood 
 as they should be; and there has also been more or less opposition upon the part 
 of principals, and officials connected with public or private corporations and com- 
 panies, to submit their records to the scrutiny of unbiased professionals who could 
 undoubtedly give valuable assistance and suggestions for the safeguarding and 
 promotion of their interests. 
 
 The auditor, who in his capacity of confidential adviser, works without fear 
 or favor, and submits his reports based upon fact, stripped entirely of sentiment, 
 is a powerful factor in maintaining the morale and integrity of the general workmg 
 staff of employes. 
 
 Within the space of these few lines it would be absolutely Impossible to give 
 a minute description of the advantages of auditing, but as In Its progress, every 
 transaction is analyzed, and traced as to its accuracy and relevancy, it stands to 
 reason that any irregularities or Improprieties, if they exist, will Inevitably be 
 brought to the light. 
 
 A further and equally important function of the public accountant. Is the 
 devising and introduction of methods and systems in connection with the ascer- 
 tainment of manufacturing and other costs. At times it is of the greatest neces- 
 sity that before entering upon a contract the specific basic costs of the goods to 
 be produced should be known. The present competitive conditions ruling in the 
 
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business world, make this imperative; and when detail has been neglected in 
 "estimating" very serious losses have been incurred. The occasions upon which 
 the services of the public accountant should be secured are numerous, but among 
 them may be stated the following: 
 
 Scientific production cost and factory efficiency systems; periodical audits 
 in all businesses; corporation and municipal examinations; reports on behalf of 
 investors, creditors and others; the affairs of railroads, banks, and insurance 
 companies; trustees and executors' accounts; partnership adjustments; reports 
 and surveys for improvements in plant distribution and development, etc., etc. 
 
 The accountant must be familiar with all these, and many other subjects, and 
 ready to enter upon instant consultation in regard to them. Constant study and 
 experience must therefore be preserved, in order to reach a high degree of pro- 
 ficiency and practical utility. With this borne in mind, it will be seen that the 
 accountant must at all times keep up with the march of events, if he is to maintain 
 his position of supremacy in the business world. 
 
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Brown, Thomson & Company 
 
 CONNECTICUT'S Representative Department Store, first opened 
 their doors for business in March, 1866, almost half a century 
 ago. 
 
 Beginning in a small way, occupying one-half the store where 
 the Boston Branch Grocery now is, this firm introduced many new 
 methods into the mercantile life of Hartford. Such as the One-Price 
 system; Shorter Hours; the giving of Vacations, with pay, to their 
 employees. These, with many other good things, are to the credit 
 of Brown, Thomson and Company. 
 
 From the very start this firm won the confidence of the public 
 by their square dealing. 
 
 Goods bought of them were sure to please. Honest values, no 
 misrepresentation of merchandise, one price to everybody and years 
 of honest endeavor have made for them the splendid reputation that 
 this house enjoys today. Occupying acres of floor space in their 
 splendid building, filled with the largest and best selected stock of 
 merchandise in the state, the public's every want can be filled by 
 this great establishment. 
 
 Brown, Thomson and Company are one of the original members 
 of the Syndicate Trading Company, having their building at No. 2 
 Walker Street, New York City, and with foreign offices in England, 
 France, Germany and Switzerland, with expert buyers continually 
 in the best markets of the world, enables them to buy, with their 
 Syndicate combination, goods from first hands, saving them the 
 jobber's profit. Every convenience is provided at Brown, Thomson 
 and Company's for the accommodation and pleasure of their patrons. 
 
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 The career of Morgan G. Bulkeley is a story of achievement. He began 
 with the ^tna Life as a boy by sweeping out the office, for which he received the 
 sum of one dollar a week. Since 1879 he has been connected with the company 
 continuously and the ^tna Life is today largely what he has made it. 
 
 Mr. Bulkeley was fortunate in birth and ancestry. The founder of the 
 Bulkeley family in this country was Peter Bulkeley, a fellow of St. John's College, 
 Cambridge, England, who emigrated to Massachusetts in 1635, and in 1636 
 with others established the settlement of Concord, Massachusetts. From such 
 stock came Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, father of Morgan G. Bulkeley. A graduate 
 of Yale, he studied law and practised in East Haddam for a number of years. 
 Moving to Hartford, he at once became connected with the city's leading finan- 
 cial institutions and was recognized as a foremost citizen. E. A. Bulkeley was 
 the first president of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. He took 
 an active part in politics and was one of the founders of the Republican party. 
 He was a judge, commissioner of the school fund, state senator, speaker of the 
 house of representatives. 
 
 Morgan Gardner Bulkeley was born in East Haddam, December 26, 1837. 
 In 1851 he went to Brooklyn, N. Y., and began his business career in a mercan- 
 tile house, rising in seven years from the grade of errand boy to partner. When 
 the civil war came he enlisted in the Thirteenth New York Regiment and went 
 to the front. 
 
 On the death of his father in 1872. Morgan G. Bulkeley located in Hart- 
 ford, where he took up many of the business interests that had engaged the 
 attention of his father. In 1879 he became president of the ^tna Life which 
 office he has since held with conspicuous success. Except for an interval of seven 
 years, the /Etna Life has been directed during its entire existence by father and 
 son. 
 
 The assets of the /Etna Life in 1879, when Morgan G. Bulkeley assumed 
 the presidency, were $25,503,138, and he has seen this sum grow to the vast 
 figure of $1 19,516,736 which were the assets of the ^tna Life on January 1, 1915. 
 His progressive spirit was not content to let the .€tna simply continue along with 
 life insurance, so he opened an accident department of the company in 1891. 
 The accident business grew very rapidly and in 1 898 a health department was 
 added, while the liability department of the company was organized in 1902. 
 Mr. Bulkeley organized The ^tna Accident and Liability Company in 1907 and 
 The Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1913, of both 
 
 87 
 
of which companies he is president. These two companies are affiliated with the 
 y^tna Life, and the trio is one of the strongest and most progressive organiza- 
 tions in the world. 
 
 With all his devotion to the ^tna Life, Mr. Bulkeley has found time to serve 
 his city, state and country in various capacities, from mayor to United States 
 Senator. 
 
 His taste for politics was early indicated. After serving as councilman and 
 later as alderman, in 1880 he was elected mayor of Hartford, and for eight years 
 he was the city's chief executive. As mayor Mr. Bulkeley exercised the same 
 care as in the conduct of his life insurance company and his was markedly a busi- 
 ness administration. The city's income was guarded closely and the expenditures 
 were as closely watched. 
 
 When Mr. Bulkeley had finished his last term as mayor, he was a man of 
 state-wide prominence, and the Republican state convention of 1888 nominated 
 him governor by acclamation. He was elected in spite of the fact that the Demo- 
 cratic presidential electors were chosen. Governor Bulkeley gave the State also 
 a business administration, conducting its affairs as though it were a corporation 
 of which he was the head. In 1905 Mr. Bulkeley was chosen United States 
 Senator from Connecticut, and for six years represented the State in the upper 
 house of Congress, where his ability as a businessman and his sound common 
 sense made him a leader. He was one of the most frequently consulted and one 
 of the strongest members of the upper house. 
 
 Since leaving the Senate, Mr. Bulkeley has given his attention entirely 
 to the business of the y^tna Life and its affiliated companies. He is found daily 
 at his desk going through an amount of business that would stagger a younger 
 man and doing it as easily as he did a score of years ago. Still with the vigor 
 of middle age, he refuses to admit that he has reached the period when most men 
 have found it necessary to rest. 
 
 Mr. Bulkeley was married in 1885 to Miss Fannie B. Houghton of San 
 Francisco. They have three children, Morgan G. Bulkeley, Jr., who is Assistant 
 Treasurer of the ^tna Life, Miss Elinor Houghton Bulkeley and Houghton 
 Bulkeley. 
 
 Second only to his interest in the ^^tna Life and in public affairs is Mr. 
 Bulkeley's interest in patriotic societies. He has held various offices in the Con- 
 necticut Society Sons of the American Revolution, The Connecticut Society 
 of Foreign Wars, The Connecticut Society of the War of 1812, The Mayflower 
 Society, The Society of Colonial Wars, The Grand Army of the Republic, the Massa- 
 chusetts Commandery, Loyal Legion, and he is an hereditary member of the 
 Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati. 
 
 88 
 
Hon. Edward W. Hooker 
 
 October 19, 1865— September 3, 1915 
 
 Edward W. Hooker was born October 19, 
 1865, at No. !00 Ann Street, this city, the son 
 of Bryan E. and Martha H. (Williams) Hooker. 
 He attended the Northeast School, following 
 which he entered the Hartford Public High 
 School, being graduated with the class of 1885, 
 having distinguished himself as a scholar and 
 being popular with his 
 schoolmates. 
 
 When 20 years old, he 
 went to Broad Brook 
 to work in the mills of the 
 Broad Brook Company, 
 manufacturers of woolen 
 goods, where his father 
 had been many years. 
 Later, he entered the 
 company's office on State 
 street, remaining there 
 untilhebecame identified 
 with the Perkins Elec- 
 tric Switch Manufactur- 
 ing Company on Wood- 
 bine street, which is now 
 the Franklin Electric 
 Company. He was the 
 treasurer of that com- 
 pany. 
 
 Then Mr. Hooker 
 went into the brokerage 
 business, forming the 
 Hooker & Nickerson 
 Company with Hiram C. 
 Nickerson, who is now 
 in New York. For a 
 long time, the firm had 
 offices in the Catlin 
 building, which stood on 
 the site of the present Hartford National Bank 
 building at the corner of Main and Asylum 
 streets. He next became a member of the firm 
 of Hooker & Penrose, fire insurance agents, and 
 was interested in it up to the time when illness 
 made it necessary for him to drop business cares. 
 The firm still exists and has offices in the Con- 
 necticut Mutual Life Insurance Company build- 
 ing. 
 
 IN POLITICAL LIFE 
 
 In 1906 Mr. Hooker was elected to the House 
 of Representatives, his Republican colleague 
 being Ernest Walker Smith. Fred P. Holt and 
 James T. Murray were the democrats defeated, 
 and he was made House chairman of the com- 
 mittee on banks. 
 
 He was elected Mayor of Hartford April 7, 
 1908, after a long campaign. He won the Re- 
 
 Hon. LDWARD W. HOOKER 
 
 publican nomination from Colonel Patrick 
 McGovern, carrying all wards in which there 
 were contests, the only delegates chosen favor- 
 able to Colonel McGovern being in the few wards 
 in which there was but a single ticket. 
 
 The Democrats named ex-Mayor Ignatius A. 
 Sullivan as their candidate and there was a 
 
 strenuous campaign. The 
 election was close and 
 the result was not known 
 with anything like 
 certainty until returns 
 from all the wards had 
 been received. It is 
 recalled that the figures 
 in nine wards (all but 
 the Tenth) had been re- 
 ceived in The Couranl 
 office showing that Mr. 
 Sullivan had a plurality 
 of 344. The Tenth 
 Ward gave Mr. Hooker 
 1,169 and Mr. SuUivan 
 473, the former having 
 a plurality of 696, thus 
 turning the Sullivan 
 plurality of 344 in nine 
 wards into a Hooker 
 plurality of 352 in ten. 
 The final figures were: 
 Hooker, 7,384; Sullivan, 
 7,032. 
 
 Mayor Hooker was 
 renominated by the Re- 
 publicans in 1910, with- 
 out a contest, and was 
 opposed by Edward L. 
 Smith, now judge of the 
 court of common pleas. The Democratic nom- 
 inee was elected by a plurality of 357, in a light 
 vote. 
 
 In 1910 Mr. Hooker was the Republican can- 
 didate for the Senate from the Second District, 
 being elected by 384 plurality over Edward B. 
 Dix, Democrat. In the Senate of 1911, he was 
 a member of the committee on appropriations. 
 He was also chairman of the State Library com- 
 mittee. In the election of November, 1912, he 
 was re-elected to the Senate, defeating John W. 
 Nolan, Democrat, by a plurality of 224. During 
 the session of 1 91 3, he was a member of the ap- 
 propriations and State Library committee. 
 
 Mayor Lawler appointed Mr. Hooker to serve 
 on the Citizens' Committee at the dedication 
 of the Municipal Building, but to the sorrow of 
 all, Mr. Hooker died the day on which the com- 
 mittee was to hold its first meeting. 
 
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 5YLVE.5TLR CLARK DUNHAM 
 April 24. 1846— October 26, 1915 
 
Sylvester Clark Dunham 
 
 To be remembered for doing one thing great 
 is an honor, strived for by all, but to do many 
 things great is an honor very rarely reached by 
 any, but such is the honor earned by Mr. Dun- 
 ham. He will be missed by all those who knew 
 him, and more especially so by those who were 
 in his employ. 
 
 Sylvester C. Dunham was 69 years old. He 
 had been connected with the Travelers for thirty 
 years and had been its president for a few days 
 more than fourteen years. He was born April 24, 
 1846, in Mansfield, Tolland County, the son of 
 Jonathan Lyman Dunham and Abigail Hunt 
 (Eldredge) Dunham. 
 
 Jonathan Dunham was a farmer. When his 
 son was eleven years old he moved with his 
 family to Portage County, Ohio. The son, having 
 scholastic tastes, attended the district schools, 
 was graduated from two academies in Ohio, and 
 then entered Mount Union College, at Alliance, 
 Ohio. He left college at the end of his freshman 
 year. 
 
 Mr. Dunham returned to Connecticut in 1865, 
 and entered the New Britain Normal School 
 where he studied for two years and was graduated 
 at the head of his class. After graduation he 
 began to study law in the offices of Charles E. 
 Mitchell of New Britain. With this study he 
 combined newspaper work and he soon became 
 editor of the New Britain Record. While still 
 studying law he was appointed clerk of the city 
 and police courts of New Britain, his first public 
 office, and one which he held for three years. 
 
 In 1871, Mr. Dunham was admitted to the bar 
 of Hartford County, and soon after moved to this 
 city, where he continued his study of law in the 
 office of the late Henry C. Robinson. 
 
 Mr. Dunham soon established a reputation 
 as a lawyer of unusual ability, especially in cases 
 involving much research and study, and in 1882, 
 he was appointed city attorney of Hartford, an 
 office now termed corporation counsel. This was 
 one of the three public offices he held in Hartford 
 during his lifetime. He was city attorney in 
 1882 and 1883. He was appointed a member of 
 the board of water commissioners about ten 
 years later, an office which he held during the 
 years 1893, 1894 and 1895. He was also a mem- 
 ber of the board of finance in 1910 and 1911. 
 
 After he had finished his term of city attorney 
 in Hartford, Mr. Dunham returned to New 
 Britain as secretary of the Corbin Companies, 
 later becoming a director of the American Hard- 
 ware Corporation. The next year, however, he 
 became connected for the first time with the 
 Travelers Insurance Company of this city and 
 returned to Hartford, where he has lived ever 
 since. 
 
 Travelers Counsel 
 The business of the Travelers had grown in 
 1885, to such an extent that it was considered 
 necessary to attach a lawyer to the home office 
 
 staff. At the invitation of the late James G. 
 Batterson, who was president, Mr. Dunham was 
 selected for this service and was appointed general 
 counsel for the company. 
 
 Mr. Dunham's first official connection with the 
 company appears in the records of a directors' 
 meeting on November 2, 1885, when he was ap- 
 pointed lawyer at Denver and assumed oversight 
 of the company's interests in Colorado. Because 
 he was accustomed to responsibility and to action 
 in an executive capacity, and had a thorough 
 acquaintance with financial interests, insurance 
 law and the history and general policy of the com- 
 pany, Mr. Dunham was elected to the board of 
 directors January 27, 1897, and this action was 
 followed on January 11,1 899, by his election to 
 the vice-presidency. 
 
 While he was still vice-president, Mr. Dunham 
 was selected by Mr. Batterson as the logical suc- 
 cessor to the highest office in the gift of the com- 
 pany. President Batterson died September 18, 
 1901, and the directors of the company, on 
 October 14, 1901, confirmed his choice by the 
 election of Mr. Dunham as his successor. It is 
 worthy of note that under his efficient direction 
 the assets of the Travelers Insurance Company 
 have increased from $33,000,000 in 1901 to more 
 than $100,000,000 at the time of his death. Mr. 
 Dunham was a prominent member of the Asso- 
 ciation of Life Insurance Presidents and had 
 served as president of the American Board of 
 Casualty and Surety Underwriters, and his coun- 
 sel and advice were much sought after by the 
 leading men in the insurance and financial world. 
 
 At the time of his death Mr. Dunham was an 
 officer and director in a great many companies 
 and corporations. 
 
 Lecturer at Yale 
 Since being elected president of the Travelers, 
 Mr. Dunham has been a lecturer at Yale Univer- 
 sity. He gave a series of special lectures recently 
 on the science of insurance, which have since been 
 published in book form. 
 
 Leaves Wife and Son 
 
 Mr. Dunham married Miss Mary M. Austin, 
 daughter of Dr. James A. Austin of Bristol, 
 October 18, 1877, who survives him. Besides his 
 wife, he leaves one son, Donald Austin Dunham, 
 assistant secretary of the Travelers. Donald A. 
 Dunham was graduated from Yale in the class 
 of 1903. Mr. Dunham also leaves two grand- 
 children. 
 
 Societies and Clubs 
 
 President Dunham was a member of many 
 social and honorary societies, among them the 
 New England Society of Mayflower Descendants, 
 the Sons of the American Revolution, the Order 
 of Founders and Patriots, the Union League Club 
 of New York, the Hartford Club, the Country 
 Club of Farmington and the Hartford Golf Club. 
 Mr. Dunham was a Republican. 
 
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J. PIERPONT MORGAN 
 
J. Pierpont Morgan 
 
 April 17. 1837 — March 31. 1913 
 
 The name of J. Pierpont Morgan will always remain dear to Hartford's 
 citizens, not only for the fact of Hartford being the city of his birth, but for the 
 great good he has done our city from a philanthropic standpoint. 
 
 Mr. Morgan was born in Hartford April 17, 1837, the son of Junius Spencer 
 and Juliet Pierpont Morgan, in a modest brick house near the center of the city. 
 He got his early education in what is now the West Middle School District. 
 It is said that while in school he was a fair pupil, but did not excel in any one 
 branch of study. While at school Mr. Morgan was a typical boy, taking part 
 in all sorts of athletic games, and was especially fond of the water. When 14 
 years old he removed to Boston with his father and in July, 1851, entered the 
 English High School of Boston, graduating in 1854. From Boston he went to 
 Goettingen, Germany, where he studied for two years. During his boyhood in 
 Hartford he was a regular attendant at Christ Church. When he was 21 years old 
 Mr. Morgan returned to the United States and that marked the beginning of 
 his banking career, of which our readers are fully familiar with and which is too 
 extensive to mention here. In this city he was a director of the ^etna (Fire) In- 
 surance Company and a trustee of the Wadsworth Atheneum, with which, through 
 The Morgan Memorial, he had long been closely connected. He made his last 
 visit to Hartford in December, 1912, and when here on that occasion few, if any, 
 of his friends thought that before another year he would have passed away. 
 
 Mr. Morgan's main gift to the City of Hartford was the Junius Spencer 
 Morgan Memorial, although he had made many other gifts to the city. The 
 Memorial forms a part of the Wadsworth Atheneum group, in which is included 
 The Atheneum itself, the Colt Memorial between the two buildings, the Watkin- 
 son Library and the Hartford Public Library. The cornerstons for the Morgan 
 Memorial was laid in 1908, and was completed and dedicated January 19, 1 910, 
 and on that day Mr. Morgan was present and made a brief address. A great 
 deal of credit is due Mr. Morgan for the help he gave the city in securing the site 
 on which our Municipal Building now stands, and we would not think our dedi- 
 cation complete unless a few words of appreciation of Mr. Morgan's past services 
 were mentioned. 
 
 To the great sorrow of all who knew him, Mr. Morgan died March 31, 1913, 
 while on a visit to Rome, and his body was laid at rest in the Morgan family 
 lot in Cedar Hill Cemetery in this city on April 14, 1913. 
 
 Upon Mr. Morgan's death, his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr., took charge of his 
 father's interests to carry on the great work of the "House of Morgan" and to 
 the great satisfaction of all concerned, J. P. Morgan, Jr., has proved to be a 
 worthy successor to a successful father. 
 
 93 
 
Hon. LOUIS R. CHLNLY 
 
Hon. Louis R. Cheney 
 
 Colonel Louis R. Cheney, senator -elect 
 from the First District, was born in South 
 Manchester, April 27, 1859, son of George 
 Wells Cheney and Harriet Kingsbury Rich- 
 mond Cheney. His father was connected with 
 the well-known firm of Cheney Brothers, 
 manufacturers of silk goods. 
 
 He was brought up in the ideal manufactur- 
 ing town of South Manchester, in an atmos- 
 phere of progress and industry that could not 
 fail to engender ambition in a healthy, active 
 boy like himself. He attended the private and 
 public schools of his native town and then 
 entered the Hartford Public High School, 
 being graduated in the class of 1879. After 
 three years in the home mills he spent seven 
 years in the Cheney factory as superintendent 
 and four years in New York, from 1889 to 
 1893, during which time he had charge of the 
 Philadelphia branch of the business. He then 
 returned to Hartford, which he has since made 
 his home and the center of his business in- 
 terests. Colonel Cheney was assistant quar- 
 termaster general of Connecticut in 1895 and 
 1896, on the staff of Gov. 0. Vincent Coffin, 
 and in 1898 was unanimously elected Major of 
 the First Company, Governor's Foot Guard, 
 serving until 1903, when he went on the retired 
 list on account of business interests. Upon the 
 
 retirement of Major F. R. Bill, Major Cheney 
 again accepted the command of the Company 
 and remained at its head for a time, being suc- 
 ceeded by Major Frank L. Wilcox, He has 
 been prominently identified with many manu- 
 facturing and banking interests of the city. 
 For a number of years he was treasurer of the 
 Austin Organ Company. At present he is 
 connected with the Hartford Hospital, and is 
 a director in a number of other institutions. 
 He is a member and former president of the 
 Hartford Club, a member and former secre- 
 tary of the Republican Club, and numerous 
 other organizations. He has served in the 
 court of common council, and in 1912 was nom- 
 inated by the Republican party to run for 
 Mayor against Thomas J. Spellacy, whom he 
 defeated by a plurality of 649. 
 
 He was again nominated in 1914 to run 
 against Joseph H. Lawler, the Democratic 
 nominee, who was elected by a small margin. 
 
 Major Cheney was the delegate of the city 
 of Hartford at the Hertford, England, millen- 
 ary celebration, held in the historic borough 
 after which Hartford is named, from June to 
 July 4, 1914. 
 
 Mr. Cheney at the present is president of 
 the Hartford Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 1)5 
 
Walter S. Garde 
 
 President Board of Water Commissioners 
 
 Walter S. Garde, President of the Board of 
 Water Commissioners, is a man who may 
 justly be called a success. He is a man who 
 is very favorably known, not only in Hart- 
 ford and vicinity, but throughout the State 
 as well. Mr. Garde is a man of very forceful 
 character and of fine 
 personality and is well 
 known for his congenial 
 manner. 
 
 Mr. Garde was born 
 in Meriden, Conn., 
 thirty-nine years ago. 
 He was educated in 
 the Southington High 
 School, the Hopkins 
 Grammar School and 
 the Yale Law School of 
 New Haven. He has 
 been a resident of Hart- 
 ford ten years, but 
 during that time has 
 firmly established him- 
 self in the business, 
 social, and fraternal 
 life of Hartford. 
 
 Mr. Garde attained 
 great success while en- 
 gaged in the hotel business. His first start in 
 the hotel business was in New Haven, in 
 which city he and his father, William H. 
 Garde, were partners in the ownership of the 
 Hotel Garde. He came to Hartford in Janu- 
 ary, 1905, and with his father and brother, 
 William R. Garde (deceased), opened the 
 Hotel Garde, May 23, 1906. After the death 
 
 WALTER 5. GARDL 
 
 of his father and brother, he continued to run 
 the Hotel Garde in partnership with his 
 mother, until August, 1913. at which tim° the 
 busmess was sold to E. H. G. Meyer and 
 F. H. Meyer. 
 
 Since then Mr. Garde has built and now owns 
 
 the new Hotel Garde, 
 New Haven, and also 
 owns Hotel Volk in 
 New Haven. 
 
 He is at present 
 President of the Board 
 of Water Commis- 
 sioners, President Ros- 
 lyn Investment Co., 
 President Hartford In- 
 vestment Corp., Vice 
 President Eastern Ma- 
 chine Screw Corp., 
 Director Fidelity Trust 
 Co., Director Peoples 
 Bank and Trust Co., 
 New Haven, and a 
 Director in various 
 other organizations and 
 companies. He is a 
 member of various or- 
 ganizations and clubs. 
 Mr. Garde is a staunch Republican and has 
 served four and one-half years on the Repub- 
 lican State Central Committee; is Past 
 President Hartford Auto Club, and Hartford 
 Dispensary, and is Past Potentate of the 
 Sphinx Temple. Mr. Garde is married and 
 has one daughter. 
 
 96 
 
Hon. L. P. Waldo Marvin 
 
 L. P. Waldo Marvin, Judge of Probate of 
 Hartford, was born in Hartford, October 19, 
 1870, the son of Edwin E., who died Jan. 24, 
 1914. and Cynthia P. (Waldo) Marvin. His 
 Father was a captain in the Fifth Connecticut 
 United States Volunteers in the war of the 
 Rebellion and for several 
 years had been clerk of 
 the United States Dis- 
 trict and Circuit Courts 
 and a United States Com- 
 missioner. His mother, 
 who died March 18, 1908, 
 was a daughter of Loren 
 P. Waldo, a former Rep- 
 resentative in Congress, 
 a Judge of the Superior 
 Court and United States 
 Commissioner of Pensions. 
 
 Judge Marvin has al- 
 ways resided in Hartford. 
 He graduated from the 
 West Middle District 
 School in 1884; the Hart- 
 ford Public High School 
 in 1888; the Academic 
 Department of Yale Col- 
 lege in 1892 and from 
 the Yale Law School in 
 1894. 
 
 Immediately after his 
 graduation he began the 
 practice of law, in which he has had a most 
 successful career. He has twice been a Demo- 
 cratic candidate for Representative of the city 
 of Hartford in the State Legislature. From 
 January, 1904, until April, 1906, he was chair- 
 man of the Democratic Town Committee, 
 and his resignation was accepted with keen 
 regret. In November, 1906, after a notable 
 
 campaign, he was elected Judge of Probate 
 for the district of Hartford, defeating Judge 
 William J. McConville, the Republican can- 
 didate and succeeding Harrison B. Freeman, 
 who was obliged to retire on account of the 
 age limit. Judge Marvin has had the liberal 
 
 support of both parties, 
 and in the fall election of 
 1910, also in 1912 and 
 1914, was the regular nom- 
 inee of both the Demo- 
 cratic and Republican 
 parties. 
 
 He has been secretary 
 of the Hartford Public 
 High School Committee 
 and a member of the 
 Board of Street Com- 
 missioners. He is a trustee 
 of the Hartford Theological 
 Seminary, president of the 
 Y. M. C. A., president of 
 the City Club of Hartford 
 and of the Open Hearth 
 Association, and a vestry- 
 man of Trinity Episcopal 
 Church. He is a member 
 of the Hartford Club, the 
 Hartford Golf Club, the 
 University Club, the Elihu 
 Club of New Haven, the 
 Country Club of Farming- 
 ton, Connecticut Historical Society, Municipal 
 Art Society, and many other local organizations. 
 On June 4, 1895, he was united in marriage 
 to F. Belle Watrous, a daughter of Chris- 
 topher and Lottie C. Watrous of Chicago. 
 They have two children. Florence Watrous 
 Marvin, born December 2, 1896, and Edwin 
 Waldo Marvin, born June 13, 1899. 
 
 p. WALDO MARVIN 
 
 97 
 
JOHN PORTER 
 
John Porter 
 
 To think of John Porter is to think of the 
 Capitol Lunch System, for John Porter is the 
 Capitol Lunch System. Mr. Porter, who was 
 born in Hebron, Connecticut, May 25, 1873, began 
 his Lunch Business career in Hartford, August 3, 
 1902, after having had a thorough business training 
 in various other lines of business. 
 
 With only $500.00 he came to Hartford in 1902 and 
 opened his first lunch room at 711 Main St. It was 
 quite a job to fit up the new place, but Mr. Porter 
 put all his money and time into the project with the 
 result that the business grew with rapid strides. 
 His next venture was in Springfield, Mass., where 
 on June 2 of the following year the Capitol Lunch 
 Room at 251 Main St. was opened. The next store 
 was opened at 364 Main St., Worcester, Mass. The 
 following year the store on Chapel St., New Haven, 
 was opened and the same year the branch stores 
 at 220 Asylum St., Hartford, and at 230 Middle St.. 
 Portland, Me. Seven years ago Mr. Porter opened 
 his first New York store at 353 Broadway, conceded 
 at that time and now the largest chair lunch room in 
 the United States. It occupies two entire floors of 
 a building 30x165 feet, having a seating capacity 
 of 400 at one time. 
 
 From that time on Mr. Porter has opened seven large 
 stores in the business district of New York City, also 
 opened up in Waterbury, two more in New Haven 
 and Worcester and an additional one in Portland, Me., 
 making a total of 20 stores, which supply lunches to 
 18,000 people daily and employ about 400. 
 
 The New England Office of the Capitol Lunch 
 System is at 709 Main St., Hartford, Conn., and the 
 New York Office is located in the New York Life 
 Insurance Building at 346 Broadway. 
 
 Mr. Porter claims that the success of the Capitol 
 
 Lunch System is largely due to the fact of their 
 doing all their own baking and making of their pastry, 
 in each city each day, purchasing only the best of 
 materials and foodstuffs, thereby making their stan- 
 dard "Quality First." 
 
 About five years ago The Capitol Lunch System 
 came to the conclusion that the best way to hold 
 their best stands was to buy the property, so they 
 decided to purchase central Real Estate, so as to 
 always have permanent locations for their Lunch 
 Rooms, and at the same time have a sound investment. 
 At this time the Capitol Lunch System own the prop- 
 erty where five of their stores are located, as well as 
 the adjoining in several cases. In fact, the Real 
 Estate Department, which started from a very small 
 beginning has grown so rapidly, that today it plays 
 a very important part in the Capitol Lunch System. 
 The property owned by the Capitol Lunch System 
 comprises the following; — 709-1 ! Main St., Hartford 
 Conn., also the adjoining property which extends 
 from 695 to 707 Main St.; 98 to 1 16 Asylum St., Hart- 
 ford, 848-850 Chapel St.. 105-n. 1 Meadow St., and 799 
 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn.; 30-34 North Main 
 St., Waterbury, Conn., and the latest purchase at 
 251-253 Main St., Springfield, Mass. These proper- 
 ties represent a value of over $1,000,000.00. 
 
 Mr. Porter, besides being head of the Capitol 
 Lunch System, is also President of "The Hotel Bond 
 Company" which own and operate the beautiful 
 Hotel Bond and Hotel Bond Annex, and is also a 
 Director of the City Bank & Trust Co. of Hart- 
 ford. 
 
 Mr. Porter has a place in the hearts of everyone in 
 his employ, and they respect him for his congenial 
 manner and honor him for his ability as a business 
 man of the highest type. 
 
 99 
 
Charles John Dillon 
 
 Charles John Dillon, the well-known under- charge of all details, where requested, and 
 taker at 559 Main St., was born in Hartford, furnishes hearses, carriages, and all necessary- 
 March 13, 1854. He is the son of James Dillon, equipment on the shortest possible time, 
 an engineer, and Catherine (King) Dillon, Mr. Dillon has been a public man for years, 
 both of good Irish ancestry. Charles J. Dillon, Always a prominent Democrat, he has served 
 like many other Hartford boys, now success- the Democratic party faithfully and well, and 
 ful in business in Hartford and vicinity, se- has never asked for recognition. He has 
 
 cured his early education in 
 the public schools and was 
 for a time a regular attend- 
 ant at the Brown School, 
 which was then one of the 
 main and most important 
 schools in Hartford. 
 
 When quite young, Dillon 
 entered the store of James 
 B. Stone, dealer in paper 
 and paper stock at 99 
 Asylum Street, as a clerk, 
 and remained with this busi- 
 ness man for years, workmg 
 by day and studing by 
 night and at odd times to 
 complete his education. All 
 the time he was preparmg 
 himself for a busmess enter- 
 prise of his own, and in 
 July, 1 880, he formed a part- 
 nership with Martin Kenney, 
 and opened an undertaking 
 establishment in the place where he is now 
 located, and has been there since he began 
 business for himself. 
 
 In 1899, at the death of Mr. Kenney, Mr. 
 Dillon bought out the interest of Mr. Kenney, 
 and since then has conducted the business 
 alone. He has built up a business and per- 
 fected an establishment that is second to none 
 in New England. Mr. Dillon is prepared to 
 meet any emergency in the undertaking line, 
 and has all the stock, equipment and parapher- 
 nalia to fill any demand that can be made upon 
 him. He is prepared to furnish not only all 
 of the funeral requirements, but takes entire 
 
 CHARLF.S JOHN DILLON 
 
 served as chairman of the 
 Town Committee and has also 
 been a member of the State 
 Central Committee and is a 
 member of that Committee 
 at the present time. His 
 services have always been 
 of the ablest kind, and his 
 advice and help in political 
 entanglements have aided 
 materially many times in 
 bringing order out of 
 chaos. 
 
 In social and civic or- 
 ganizations Charles J. Dillon 
 has been a power. He is a 
 charter member of Hartford 
 Lodge of Elks, Green Cross 
 Council, No. 1 1 , Knights of 
 Columbus, a member of the 
 First Division A. 0. H., the 
 Hartford Tent Knights of 
 the Maccabees of the World, 
 and the Veteran Corps of the Hillyer Guard. 
 
 Mr. Dillon is a member of the Board of Fire 
 Commissioners for the City of Hartford, also 
 a member of the Veteran Association of Fire- 
 men, having been an active fireman in the old 
 days. He is also a member of the State Board 
 of Embalmers. 
 
 He was married twice, both his wives being 
 dead. He is the father of one son, James 
 Campbell Dillon, 18, a promising young man, 
 who with his father is a regular attendant 
 at St. Peter's Church. 
 
 100 
 
Hon. John L. Purcell 
 
 Hon. JOHN L. PURCLLL 
 
 Comfort Station, Hartford Public Baths, Elks 
 Machine Screw Co.'s new plant. 
 
 John Leo Purcell, Senator, member 
 of the Board of Education, and Major of 
 Infantry, was born in Hartford, October 2, 
 1880, and was educated in St. Patrick's 
 Parochial School and the Hartford Public 
 High School. 
 
 Senator Purcell is a bright and bril- 
 liant example of what can be done by a 
 native Hartford boy, who, through his own 
 efforts and without any assistance, has 
 risen to a high place of honor in his home 
 city and native state in public life as well 
 as in business and military circles. When 
 only fifteen years of age, young Purcell 
 entered the employ of the late Edward 
 Lawler to learn the plumbing trade and 
 after working five years with the tools, 
 started in business for himself at 391 Main 
 Street, and conducted a contracting busi- 
 ness for nine years. In 1909 Mr. Purcell 
 engaged in the wholesale plumbing and 
 supply business with an office at II 8 Asylum 
 Street, and since that time has furnished 
 the plumbing fixtures for some of the finest 
 buildings in Connecticut. No better 
 evidence of the quality of the goods in- 
 stalled can be asked than the mention of 
 a few of the buildings in Hartford which 
 were equipped according to his specifica- 
 tions, namely, A. E. Burr School, Pilgard 
 Office Building, Northeast School, Public 
 Home, St. Peter's School and Hartford 
 
 In public life. Senator Purcell has always made it his endeavor to make honest efforts in 
 behalf of the people and during his seven years of service on the board of education and two 
 consecutive terms in the Senate he has diligently and conscientiously discharged the duties of 
 these important offices. Senator Purcell is chairman of the important Evening Schools 
 committee on the Board of Education and in the Senate is the Democratic floor leader, serving 
 his state and party with marked distinction and ability, his leadership being characterized by 
 his masterly resourcefulness and forceful debate. 
 
 In the military service he has also distinguished himself after enlisting in the ranks as a 
 private in Company H, 1st. Conn. Infantry (Hartford Light Guard), being rapidly promoted 
 to Corporal and Lieutenant. He was made Captain and finally elected Major by the line 
 officers of the regiment March 8, 1911, and is now commanding the Second Battalion, con- 
 sisting of Companies E of New Britain, G of South Manchester and F and H of Hartford. 
 Major Purcell is considered a field officer of ability and is well thought of by the U. S. Army 
 officers detailed with the regiment. 
 
 He is a member of the Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus, B. P. 0. Elks, Fraternal 
 Order of Eagles, Hartford Saengerbund, Michael Davitt Club, Modern Woodmen, Tigers of the 
 World, Automobile Club of Hartford, and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as several other 
 societies. 
 
 101 
 
FERDINAND D'LSOPO 
 
 Ferdinand D'Esopo 
 
 Ex-Alderman Ferdinand D'Esopo was born 
 in Hartford. May 12, 1883, the son of the late 
 Donato and Grazia M. D'Esopo who settled 
 in Hartford in the early seventies. 
 
 Mr. D'Esopo was educated in the public 
 schools of Hartford, having graduated from the 
 Brown School and the Hartford Public High 
 School. He was then admitted to the Yale 
 Law School, from which institution he was 
 graduated with the degree of LL. B. In Janu- 
 ary, 1908, he was admitted to the bar and is 
 engaged in active practice. His office is in the 
 D'Esopo Building, 647 Main Street. He had a 
 branch law office in New Britain for about six 
 years, but discontinued it over a year ago and 
 devotes all of his time in Hartford. 
 
 In politics, Mr. D'Esopo is a staunch and 
 loyal Republican. In 1909 he was elected 
 Councilman from the Fifth Ward and was re- 
 elected for two more consecutive terms to the 
 lower board of the Common Council, which 
 lower board is now out of existence. In April, 
 1912, he was elected Alderman from the Fifth Ward and served for two years, 
 making a total of five years that he was engaged as a City Father, during which 
 time he performed his duties in a faithful and enthusiastic manner. He was Clerk 
 of the City Ordinance Committee for two years, a member of the Committee on 
 Education for one year and a member of the Committee on Charities for two 
 years. He was a strong advocate of the establishment of a Municipal Public 
 Market, on which committee he served for three years. He is full of civic pride 
 and loves his native City of Hartford. 
 
 In August, 1914, at the Republican Primaries for the Nomination of State 
 Senator, Mr. D'Esopo was a candidate from the Second District and he made a 
 splendid run, Thomas J. Molloy defeated him by a mere handful of votes. It 
 was a close contest and after it was over, like a good Republican, he did all he 
 could to elect the nominee and took the stump. 
 
 Mr. D'Esopo is a fraternalist in every sense of the word. He is National Vice- 
 President of the Order of Owls, which has a membership of over 350,000 in the 
 United States. He also belongs to Hartford Council, Knights of Columbus; 
 Hartford Nest, Order of Owls; Court Samuel Colt, Foresters of America; Ulrich 
 Camp, Modern Woodmen of America; Arrow Head Tribe, Improved Order of 
 Red Men; Improved Order of Heptasophs; Robert 0. Tyler Post Citizens 
 Corps; B. H. Webb Council, Royal Arcanum; Glenwood Council, F. B. L. 
 No. 59; Wauwaume Council D. of P.; Humbert First Society; The Tunxis Club, 
 The Republican Club, and Hartford Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 Elks, together with many other fraternities. 
 
 On June II, 1913, Mr. D'Esopo married Miss Carmela (Nellie) J. Tremont 
 of Hartford. As a lawyer, politician, and fraternalist, he has a wide acquaint- 
 ance and has very many friends. Mr. D'Esopo is the sixth son of a family of 
 seven brothers who are all living in Hartford and are engaged in either business 
 or professional pursuits. 
 
 102 
 
Joseph I. Kopelman 
 
 Joseph I. Kopelman, son of Rev. and 
 Mrs. Hirsh Kopelman. came to Hartford 
 sixteen years ago and regards Hartford as 
 his home. He obtained his early educa- 
 tion at the Brown School, and at the 
 Hartford Public High School. He attended 
 Yale Law School, from which he gradu- 
 ated with distinction to himself, and was 
 later admitted to the Hartford County Bar. 
 After practicing law for two years in the 
 City of New York he returned to 
 Hartford and formed a partnership with 
 the present United States District Attor- 
 ney, Thomas J. Spellacy, and Edward M. 
 Yeomans, Referee in Bankruptcy, and 
 great success has marked the activities of 
 the firm. Mr. Kopelman is sincerely 
 interested in Hartford and is a careful student of municipal affairs. While he is 
 a democrat by party affiliation, he has in the past shown himself to be more of a 
 citizen of his city than a partisan politician. He was elected to the Board of 
 Aldermen last spring from the second ward and has proved himself to be a repre- 
 sentative to the City Legislative Department of which it may well feel proud. 
 His duties as a member of the City Ordinance, Auditing and Amusement Com- 
 mittees keep him very busy. He is clean cut, aggressive, and conscientious. 
 He believes in Hartford, is for Hartford, always has and always will work for 
 the good of Hartford. Mr. Kopelman is a prominent member of many fraternal 
 organizations. 
 
 He is Vice-President of Judith Lodge No. 33, L 0. F. S. 0. L; Vice-President 
 of the Young Men's Hebrew Association; is an officer of John Hay Lodge No. 61 , 
 K. of P.; a member of Hira Temple No. 90, D. 0. K. K.; he is also a member 
 of the Hartford Get-to-Gether Club; the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, and 
 the Yale Alumni Association. 
 
 JOSE.PH I. KOPF I MAN 
 
 103 
 
HON. P. DAVIS OAKEY 
 The subject of this sketch came to Hart- 
 ford the second day of March, 1886. He en- 
 gaged in mercantile and newspaper work for 
 a number of years and was connected with 
 Hartford's municipal life for over 22 years. 
 He was elected to the sixty-fourth Congress 
 at the November election in 1914. 
 
 HENRY F. SMITH 
 
 Henry F. Smith, City and Town Clerk of Hartford, 
 and one of the most popular men in Hartford county, 
 was born in Germany July 12, 1853. Since 1854, 
 when he was less than a year old, he has resided in 
 Hartford. He attended the old Center school until 
 1865, when he went to Germany and completed his 
 education. 
 
 He was councilman of the old Fourth Ward in 1887 
 and 1888, being elected thereto on the Republican 
 ticket. In 1 872 he joined Company A, First Regiment, 
 C. N. G., and resigned with a lieutenant's commission 
 in 1891. He has twice been Major of the Germania 
 Guard Veteran Association, and for over fifteen years 
 has been a member of the Putman Phalanx of which 
 he is Captain of the second Company, having been 
 Adjutant for 1 5 years. 
 
 In May, 1906, he was elected Major of Robert 0. 
 Tyler Post Citizens' Corps, G. A. R. He holds mem- 
 bership with Sphinx Temple, M. S.; Washington Com- 
 mandery. No. 1, K. T.; Wolcott Council, No. I. R. 
 and S. M.; Pythagoras Chapter, No. 17, R. A. M.; 
 Lafayette Lodge, No. 100, A. F. and A. M.; Charter 
 Oak Lodge, No. 2, I. 0. 0. F.; Lincoln Lodge, No. 55, 
 K. P.; Hartford Lodge, No. 19. B. P. 0. E.; Sons 
 of Hermann, Maccabees and Modern Woodmen of 
 America. He is also a member of the Hartford Cham- 
 ber of Commerce, Republican Club, Hartford Saenger- 
 bund, Maennerchor, Turnerbund, Get-Together-Club 
 and the German Rifie Club, and other societies. In 
 1878 he was joined in marriage to Miss Rose Bihl 
 of Hockanum. 
 
 104 
 
FRANCIS ANTONIO PALLOTTI 
 
 JOHN W. COOGAN 
 
 John W. Coogan was appointed Corporation 
 Counsel May 1, 1914, for 2 years, by Mayor 
 Lawler, succeeding Edward L. Steele. 
 
 John William Coogan was born at Windsor 
 Locks, June 3, 1855, educated in the public 
 schools of his native town, entered St. John s 
 College, Fordham, N. Y., graduated from that 
 college with degree of A. B. in 1876. In 1878 
 the college conferred upon him the degree of 
 A.M. 
 
 Mr. Coogan studied law with his brother, 
 
 the Hon. Timothy C. Coogan. Mr. Coogan ^ ■ i • imt i i r t t n / 
 
 .• J 1 • X. J- -4.1 4-L 1 4- U \Y/'l bchool in IVII, receiving the degree ot LL. b. (cum 
 
 continued his studies with the late Hon. Wil- i , \ i • ^u j- ,.• ^- cu ; ^u^ -j ^ 
 
 ,. r^ /-^ f 1 f T 1 wrii- r^ n laude), having the distinction or being the president 
 
 ham C Case, rather or Judge Wilham L. Lase. ^f j^jg ^\^^^ ^^ Yale 
 
 Francis Antonio Pallotti, attorney-at-Iaw, 877 
 Main Street, Hartford, is a self-made man. He is 
 the son of Nicholas Pallotti, banker and real estate 
 dealer, and Mariantonia (Bonadies) Pallotti, both 
 Italians. 
 
 He was born in Hartford, August 21, 1886, going 
 through the various branches of the public schools, 
 including the Brown School and the Hartford High 
 School. 
 
 He studied in the Holy Cross Prep. School and was 
 graduated from Holy Cross College in the class of 
 1908, with the degree of A. B., and from the Yale Law 
 
 Mr. Coogan graduated from the Yale Law 
 School in 1879. In September of the same 
 year, he began the practice of law in this city. 
 From 1885 to 1886, Mr. Coogan was prose- 
 cuting attorney of Hartford. He was appointed 
 a member of the Street board by Mayor 
 Harbison in 1901, and served on that board 
 
 Beginning business in Hartford as an attorney, 
 Mr. Pallotti has made not only friends but many 
 business acquaintances. His affable manner, his 
 independent attitude and his many personal qualities 
 are sure to bring him into the limelight of public 
 commendation and there are indications that he will 
 
 some day be recognized by his fellow men with some 
 . , , T,/f r- -1 emolument of public trust commensurate with the 
 
 for a term ot three years. Mr. Loogan married ability he exhibits. 
 Miss Susan Nolan, daughter of a prominent 
 
 business man in Albany, N. Y. They have 
 two children, and live at the corner of Woodland 
 and Ashley Streets. 
 
 Mr. Coogan is a member of the Knights of 
 Columbus and the Hartford lodge of Elks. 
 
 Mr. Pallotti is a Republican in politics, and is Vice- 
 President of the Board of Street Commissioners. 
 
 Mr. Pallotti is a member of the Knights of Columbus, 
 the Chi Tau Kappa, which is the Yale Law School 
 Honorary Society. 
 
 105 
 
Senator 
 Thomas J. MoUoy 
 
 877 Main Street 
 
 James Campbell 
 
 Mr. Campbell is very well known to all the 
 citizens of Hartford. He came to this city in 
 1854, and was a leading factor in local political 
 circles for 40 years, being Chairman of the 
 Democratic Committee of Hartford for 15 years. 
 He is at present taking life easy and entertain- 
 ing his many friends at n51 Main Street. 
 
 106 
 
FRANK MALVERN MATHER 
 
 Frank Malvern Mather, born in Painesville, Ohio, 
 on the Western Reserve, graduate of the Law Depart- 
 ment of the University of Michigan, having the degree 
 of LL. B., came to Hartford from Cleveland in 1896. 
 
 Sworn in as clerk of the Probate Court by Judge 
 Harrison B. Freeman, January 1, 1897, and has served 
 continuously smce then. 
 
 Member of the bar, served two years in the Court 
 of Common Council from the 5th ward, and two years 
 from the 4th ward. 
 
 Member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M. ; Sum- 
 mit Lodge, L 0. 0. F,, Republican Club and City 
 Club. 
 
 Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the First Uni- 
 tarian Congregational Society and one of the Society's 
 Committee. Member of Veteran 2nd Division Naval 
 Reserves. Is married and lives at 156 Vine Street. 
 
 HART TALCOTT 
 
 Has spent the greater part of his life in pub- 
 lic service, and has always endeavored to per- 
 form his duties not only to the best of his 
 ability but for the best interests of his fellow 
 citizens. He represented the town of Lebanon 
 in the Legislature in 1872. From 1896 to 1913 
 Mr. Talcott was a member of Hartford's 
 Board of Selectmen. On April 4, 1904. he 
 was elected City Marshal, and has held that 
 office up to the present time. He was in the 
 office of The Travelers Insurance Co. for 23 
 years. He is a member of the Windsor Avenue 
 Congregational Church and is a Mason. 
 
 101 
 
Clayton H. Case 
 
 Clayton H. Case is a man who is not only 
 highly respected by his fellow men, but loved 
 by them as well. Mr. Case has always been 
 a man of high ideals and has always endeavored 
 to be of service to all those who came within 
 his acquaintance. He was born in Hartland, 
 Conn., in which town he attended the little 
 schoolhouse wherein he received his education. 
 
 Mr. Case, even from his earliest boyhood, 
 always had a desire to be a soldier; so, as a 
 young man, he joined the 10th Connecticut 
 Regulars, after which he served in the 14th 
 Regular United States Infantry, during which 
 service he put in two strenuous years among 
 the Indians in Arizona. In the days of Mr. 
 Case's service the Indians were no cigar signs 
 — they kept Mr. Case and his companions on 
 the jump most of the time. 
 
 Mr. Case started in the jewelry business 
 in Hartford in the spring of 1 868, being in that 
 business continuously up to the present time, 
 and is the oldest jeweler in continuous business 
 in Hartford, 
 
 Mr. Case has served in the National Guard, 
 was Major of the Putnam Phalanx, served 
 on the Governor's Staff under Governor Cook. 
 He has traveled extensively, covering not only 
 the United States and Canada, but also the 
 British Colonies and South America. Mr. Case 
 made a complete tour of the world in 1910. 
 He is a member of various fraternal organiza- 
 tions, including Masonic, Washington Com- 
 mandery, 32d Degree Mason and member of 
 Sphinx Shrine. 
 
 THOMAS C. McCONE 
 
 Thomas C. McKone was born in Hartford, August 
 12, 1887, the son of Christopher J. and Annie Fagan 
 McKone. He obtained his early education at St. 
 Peter's Parochial School and the Hartford Public 
 High School, later attending Holy Cross College and 
 Boston University Law School, from which latter 
 institution he was graduated with the degree LL. B., 
 in June, 1912, "Magna Cum Laude." He was admitted 
 to the practice of lavt^ in Massachusetts on March 1 , 
 1912, prior to his graduation from Law School, and 
 to the Connecticut Bar on June 18, 1912. Since 
 that time he has pursued the practice of law at 902 
 Main Street, this city. He is a Democrat in politics 
 and was appointed Clerk of the City Police Court 
 by Judge Eberle in December, 1913. 
 
 108 
 
Miss Ella M. Olmstead and Her Antecedents 
 
 Miss LLl A M. OLMSTLAD 
 
 James Olmstead came to Boston, 
 Mass., from England, September 16, 1632, 
 and settled at Cambridge. He removed 
 to Hartford, Conn., in 1636, died Sep- 
 tember 18, 1640, and was buried in the 
 old Center Church burying ground. 
 
 The nephews of James who came from 
 England were Richard Olmstead and 
 John Olmstead. John settled in Norwich, 
 Conn., and left no issue. 
 
 Richard Olmstead, nephew of James, 
 with his uncle, was one of the original 
 proprietors of Hartford, Conn., in 1639. 
 Richard removed to Norwalk, Conn., in 
 1651. He with others from Hartford 
 were purchasers of the township from 
 Roger Ludlow, Esq., of Fairfield, June 
 19, 1650. He was a Representative to 
 the General Assembly 1653 until 1679, 
 and seems to have enjoyed the public 
 confidence until the end of his life. James 
 Olmstead, son of Richard, was among 
 the most prominent men of the times. 
 He was Town Clerk and Town Judge and repeatedly a Representative. 
 
 John Olmstead, son of Richard, married Mary Benedict, daughter of Thomas 
 Benedict, in 1670. His sons, Daniel and Richard, with others of Norwalk and 
 Milford, Conn., purchased the township of Ridgefield, Conn., September 30, 1708. 
 of Catoonah, sachem of the Ramapoo Indians of the State of New York, 20,000 
 acres for one hundred pounds sterling, and both removed there. 
 
 Daniel, son of John, married Hannah Ketchum of Norwalk in 171 1. Their 
 son Ambrose, one of eight children, was born 1719 and died 1792. He married 
 Martha Comstock of Norwalk, Conn., who died in her ninety-first year. Both 
 Daniel and his son Ambrose lived and died in Ridgefield. 
 
 Erastus Olmstead. one of the sons of Ambrose, was born in 1766, died in 
 1852. He married Jane Covenhoven, and left Ridgefield when a young man, 
 and settled in New York state in 1 797, where his son Ezekiel was born and died 
 on the old homestead, 1905, which he inherited from his father. 
 
 ELLA M. OLMSTEAD 
 
 the last descendant of Ezekiel Olmstead, has resided in Hartford for several 
 years. She owns and conducts the Olmstead's Select School of Shorthand, which 
 was founded in 1887, and has always been located in the Hartford Trust Com- 
 pany's building. In this school have been trained some of our brightest young 
 men and women engaged in Hartford's business life today. 
 
 Miss Olmstead comes of a very prominent family, whose history can be 
 traced back 283 years. The true definition of a "Woman of Note" means a woman 
 who has really accomplished something; a definition which applies to Miss Ella 
 M. Olmstead. 
 
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William Joseph Martin 
 
 The subject of this sketch has been a resident of Hartford for the past five 
 years, during which time he has gained a position of respect among the business 
 people of Hartford for the ability he has displayed along his line of work. 
 
 Mr. Martin was born in New York City, April 5, 1885, and received his early 
 education at the Clason Point Military Academy in Westchester, New York, 
 from which school he entered Manhattan College of New York City. Having 
 also a desire to get an education from the school of hard knocks and experience, 
 Mr. Martin, upon leaving college, went to sea; and during the three years spent 
 in that line of endeavor visited all the principal countries of the world. 
 
 In 1908 Mr. Martin took up advertising work with the System Company of 
 Chicago, for which company he covered the United States and Canada. 
 
 In 1910 Mr. Martin was sent to Cuba and South America on special promo- 
 tion work by Charles R. Flint & Co.. Bankers and Promotors, of 25 Broad Street, 
 New York City. Upon his return from this mission he came to Hartford on 
 special business — his trip here was so successful that he decided to locate in 
 Hartford. 
 
 Mr. Martin, in 1912, married Miss Margaret Mary Cosgrove, and with 
 their son, William J. Martin, Jr., resides at 353 Wethersfield Ave. Mr. Martin 
 is engaged in the advertising business at 647 Main Street, Hartford, and, 
 besides being the publisher of this book, he has done a great deal of other 
 work along the same line in connection with his general advertising work. 
 
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This book was printed by The Plimpton Press, 252 Pearl Street, 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 The photographs were taken by Frank Chudoba, 730 Main 
 Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 The plates used in this book were made by The D. W. 0. Photo 
 Engraving Co., 25 Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 The arranging of the book and the soliciting of the advertise- 
 ments was done by "The House of Martin," 647 Main Street, Hart- 
 ford, Conn., and was published by Wm. Joseph Martin, 647 Main 
 Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 This is a Hartford book and all the work connected with the 
 publishing of it was handled by Hartford people. 
 
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 OCCASIONALLY we are presented with an oppor- 
 tunity to show our civic pride and public spirited- 
 ness in our City, our business and ourselves, 
 and the publishing of this book brought forth such an 
 opportunity. 
 
 By studying the pages in the advertising section, 
 the reader can readily come to the conclusion as to whom 
 the credit is due for the publishing of it. 
 
 These advertisers came forward and lent their aid to 
 the publishing of this book so that it would be possible 
 for not only the citizens of Hartford, but for the people 
 of other cities as well, to become fully conversant with 
 Hartford and its beautiful new Municipal Building 
 
 Therefore, we think that it would be fitting to state 
 here that our advertisers should be given credit for the 
 grand support they gave this publication. "OF COURSE, 
 IT IS NEEDLESS TO SAY HERE AS TO WHOM 
 YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR PATRONAGE IN THE 
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Connecticut — And Advertising 
 
 Reprinted from PRINTERS' INK 
 
 Among her rights to fame, Connecticut produced the man who produced 
 "The Greatest Show on Earth" — Barnum — the one and only P. T. 
 
 He may have said that "people like to be humbugged," but he certainly 
 didn't believe it, for he couldn't have won the patronage and friendship which 
 he enjoyed alike from the millionaire and the millionairen't if he had humbugged 
 them. 
 
 Barnum did say, "to send away my visitors more than doubly satisfied 
 was to induce them to come again and bring their friends" — and in saying that 
 he said a mouthful of horse-sense, which every business man will do well to heed. 
 
 P. T. was a pioneer in advertising and his appreciation and application of 
 publicity were far in advance of his time. Above all things he had initiative. 
 He struck out and did things that nobody had ever done before, and when, at 
 the age of forty, he lost his great fortune, he struck out and made it all over 
 again. 
 
 "The world bestows its big prizes for but one thing — and that is Initia- 
 tive" — and Barnum's initiative is typical of Connecticut. 
 
 Because Connecticut has this "get-up-and-get-after-it" spirit, the world 
 has been busy bestowing prizes and medals and honors upon her for one thing 
 and another ever since she came into being. 
 
 About every year it's something new. One year it was a new sewing- 
 machine. Not only the machine but the idea was new. It was such a good idea 
 that millions of men and women have risen up to call the inventor blessed. 
 
 Another year a Connecticut youth decided he wanted to go to Calcutta. 
 When they got well under way he found that the tedium of social life on board 
 ship had palled on him. So he slipped away by himself to have an entertaining 
 session with his Yankee ingenuity. The result was the Colt revolver — and 
 all the nations of the world united in bowing down to Samuel Colt — and then 
 divided to use one another for targets in the legitimate consumption of Colt 
 firearms. So Catling guns, rifles, revolvers, the bristling implements of war, 
 are now made in a peaceful Connecticut town and then bustled away to fight 
 the decisive battles of all nations. 
 
 There's nothing specially wonderful about the making of cotton thread — 
 until you stop to think how much intelligence and patience and skill is required 
 to pick, unravel, draw, comb, rove, spin, twist, wash, bleach, dye, spool, label 
 and box 3,000 acres of Sea Island Cotton yearly. It takes about 39,000,000 miles 
 of thread to keep the American people's clothes in condition for public appear- 
 ance for a year. Yes, thirty million. And close on to a third of that comes from 
 the Willimantic Linen Company, up in Willimantic, Connecticut. They make 
 28,000 miles of it every day, in 5,000 varieties and 300 colors. Of course, it 
 is the greatest corporation of its kind in America — or it wouldn't be in Con- 
 necticut. 
 
And pins. The earth opens up and swallows ten billion of them just on 
 our side of the Atlantic every year. Most of these come from Connecticut, too. 
 The very first American pin manufacturing that ever showed a pin's worth of 
 profit or stability was in Connecticut. In Connecticut — up in Waterbury — 
 there is a pin concern displaying its Initiative and forehandedness right now by 
 using advertising space to exploit its uncommon "common" pins and safety pins 
 under trade-marked names. 
 
 The first man that ever had his house insured lived in Connecticut. The 
 date was 1 794 and the place was Hartford. Some years later the Hartford Fire 
 Insurance Company organized with two expense items — $300 a year for a secre- 
 tary and $30 a year for firewood. Today they carry risks exceeding one billion 
 dollars and Hartford is the leading fire insurance city of the United States. 
 
 The first accident insurance policy was written for a Hartford man, also. 
 The policy was for $5,000 and protected its holder from accident between the 
 post-office and his home. The premium was two cents. But it was a beginning; 
 somebody had the Initiative to be first, and the great Travelers Insurance Com- 
 pany is the oak that small acorn sprouted. 
 
 Initiative — somebody to start something. That's all it needs and the 
 whole world sits up and wags its tail and yaps for it — after it becomes known. 
 And that's another story — "after it becomes known." 
 
 Connecticut has developed her Initiative biceps through practicing 
 publicity as much as through production. All the world and his brother knows 
 Connecticut and gives thanks for her. 
 
 Take clocks, for instance. Clocks are as much a matter of course as sus- 
 penders or sausage. But it took some Initiative to get that first clock up on the 
 kitchen shelf and get it going. Eli Terry did his part and then the Yankee 
 pack peddler took up the theme where he left off. He was indigenous to the 
 Connecticut soil and his department was distribution, also transportation. He 
 figured largely in both; in fact, the Yankee pack peddler's lank, lean, loose- 
 jointed legs seem to have set the longitudinal limits for all distribution prob- 
 lems in those days. 
 
 Then along came Seth Thomas and found out the right way to produce 
 clocks. Not only grandfather's clocks and Colonial clocks and common every- 
 day clocks, but tower clocks. After a hundred years of producing exceptionally 
 good clocks, the Seth Thomas Clock Company found that was only half the bat- 
 tle. So they celebrated their hundredth anniversary by — advertising — and 
 brought their account down to us close under the shadow of one of their own famous 
 tower clocks in Independence Hall. Now there are Seth Thomas Tower Clocks 
 in East India, Peru, Greece, Hawaii — even the Chink listens for the boom of 
 the Seth Thomas Tower Clock in the square to know when to get up and braid 
 his pig-tail for another day. 
 
 Is this "sordid commercialism" that they raise such a hue and cry about? 
 Not according to our Webster. It is romance of the purest dye and Connecti- 
 cut has boodles of it. 
 
If publicity hadn't spelled the second half of Connecticut Initiative, 
 what would it have benefited the International Silver Company to make silver 
 plate so good that it couldn't be better? They made it (Connecticut was the first 
 State in the Union to have successful silversmiths plying their trade), then they 
 advertised it. Consequently, 1847 Rogers Bros. Silver Plate is a household 
 word in every nook and corner of the country. And "greatest in the world" 
 is the particular leaf the International Silver Company has added to Connecticut's 
 laurels. 
 
 Our great-grandmothers had a liking for pompous, imposing costumes 
 of gros-grain silks, so they say. That gave the Brothers Cheney their opportu- 
 nity to show the world what silk manufacturing was like when science was applied. 
 Initiative plus Publicity have placed the best silks in the world in every conven- 
 ient market in this country — and brought the worlds silk record to the Cheney 
 Brothers' door. 
 
 Connecticut is full of intelligent, cultured, interesting people. She has 
 more college students in proportion to her population than any other State 
 flying Uncle Sam's flag. Yes, and she has so many schools and colleges that, 
 after we got the first thirty-two on our list of clients, we lost count. Right here 
 we would like to dictate a note to the court stenographer to the effect that the 
 results of advertising for those thirty-two schools have been so satisfactory to all 
 concerned that we're out after thirty-two more of the same brand. "Old Eli" 
 with her 3,000 strong, and the new Connecticut College for women both have 
 a story to tell that would get the advertising pages read to good purpose. Loomis 
 Institute, which was one of our late comers, has proven a comer in every sense 
 of the word. 
 
 Connecticut or Advertising — which is our theme? You can't separate 
 them. Advertising has made Connecticut known to all the world, and, in pro- 
 portion to her size, she boasts more signal advertising successes than any other 
 State. 
 
 How much have we had to do with the advertising of these Connecticut 
 successes? Put it up to the Colt Firearms Company, or the Cheney Brothers, 
 or the International Silver Company, or Manning Bowman, or — but the list 
 is too long. All this information is on file for reference at the pleasure of those 
 interested. 
 
 N. W. AYER & SON 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 New York Boston Chicago 
 
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 HAT people re- 
 member is what 
 they are interested 
 in. If, therefore, 
 you are interested in much, 
 you will remember much. 
 Widen the range of your in- 
 terests. It may be asked. 
 How am I to become inter- 
 ested in new subjects? To 
 this thei:answer is, Learn 
 something about them. 
 The more you know, the 
 more interested you will 
 be in adding to your 
 knowledge. 
 
 — Claudius Char. 
 
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 CAPITAL 
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 SURPLUS 
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 DEPOSITS, $8,820,000.00 
 
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 H Secy, and Trust Officer Asst. Cashier 
 
 |1 DIRECTORS 
 
 j*[ E. S. Goodrich Amos P. Mitchell 
 
 11 Stewart N. Dunning Frederick C. Billings 
 
 11 George R. Ford Fred J. Castonguay 
 
 1*1 Fred P. Holt Michael C. Mantenach 
 
 II Jean E. Shepard John L. Dower 
 
 11 John Porter Arthur L. Foster 
 
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 Transacts a general banking bnsiness, giving careful and courteous 
 attention to the accounts of individuals and corporations. 
 
 Letters of Credit ^ Travelers* Cheques ^ Foreign Drafts 
 
 SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES TO RENT 
 
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 CHARLL5 L. 5PLNCLR, President 
 MARTIN WLLLLS, Vice-President H. W. LRVING, Cashier 
 
 H. J. MALRCKLLIN. Asst. Castiier FRE.DLRICK F. FISHLR, Asst. Cashier 
 
 Dirrrtors 
 
 CHARLLS L. SPLNCLR ARTHUR D. COFFIN MARTIN WLLLLS 
 
 President President C. H. Dexter & Sons, Inc. Vice-President 
 
 5TANLLY B. B05W0RTH A. N. WILLIAMS L. E.DMUND ZACHLR 
 
 Manufacturer Vice-President Aetna Insurance Co. Treasurer Travelers Insurance Co. 
 
 HON. LOUI5 R. CHLNLY ARTHUR L. 5HIPMAN 5YLVL5TLR C. DUNHAM 
 
 Ex-Mayor of Hartford Attorney at Law President Travelers Insurance Co. 
 
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 Travelers Building, Corner Main and Grove Streets 
 
 ACTS AS 
 
 Executor, Trustee, Administrator, Conservator, Guardian and Agent 
 Registrar and Transfer Agent for Corporations 
 
 SAVINGS ACCOUNTS RECEIVED 
 
 Deposits made on or before the third of each 
 month, draw interest from the first. 
 
 Officers 
 
 5. C. DUNHAM, President 
 
 CHAS. L. SPLNCLR, Vice-President 
 
 MARTIN WLLLLS, Secretary and Treasurer 
 
 R. C. DICKLNSON, Trust Officer 
 
 Directors 
 
 5. B. BOSWORTH D. A. DUNHAM A. L. SHIPMAN 
 
 WM. BR05MITH S. C. DUNHAM CHAS. L. SPLNCLR 
 
 L. L BUTLLR B. A. PAGL A. N. WILLIAMS 
 
 L. L. ZACHLR R. C. DICKLNSON 
 
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FOUNDED 
 1868 
 
 (Fl|0 l^artfnri ©ntst Olompang 
 
 756 Main Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Desires the Accounts of Banks, Corporations, Firms and Individuals, and endeavors 
 to ^ive prompt and efficient service by personal and courteous 
 
 attention to its Customers. 
 
 Our Trust Department offers the services of Specialists in Drawing Wills free of 
 charge, where this Company is named as Lxecutor or Trustee. 
 
 Safe Deposit Boxes 
 To Rent 
 
 RALPH W. CUTLLR. President 
 HLNRV H. PLA5L, Secretary 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 CHA5. M. JOSLVN. Vice-Pres't 
 
 CHARLL5 C. RU55. 
 
 Trust Officer 
 
 Capital . $500,000 
 
 Undivided Profits 600,000 
 
 FRANK C. 5UMNE.R. Treasurer 
 HLRBLRT 5. HOWARD. 
 
 5afe Deposit Officer 
 
 TRUSTEES 
 
 CHARLES M. J05LYN, 
 
 Of Hyde. Joslyn, Oilman & 
 
 Hun^erford, Attorneys 
 
 THE.ODORL LYMAN, 
 Attorney at Law 
 
 RALPH W. CUTLLR, 
 
 President of ttiis 
 
 Company 
 
 HENRY ROBERTS, 
 
 Ex-Governor 
 State of Connecticut 
 
 CHARLES E. BILLINGS. 
 President Billings & Spencer 
 Company 
 
 W. E. A. BLILKELEY, 
 
 Auditor Aetna Life 
 
 Insurance Company 
 
 EDWARD MILLIGAN, 
 
 President Phoenix Insurance 
 
 Company 
 
 JOHN L. WAY, 
 
 Vice-President Travelers 
 
 Insurance Company 
 
 FRANK C. SUMNER. 
 
 Treasurer of tfiis 
 
 Company 
 
 FRANCIS T. MAXWELL. 
 
 President The Hockanum 
 
 Mills Company 
 
 Adding to Subtract 
 
 13 Y using a Burroughs adding machine 
 a business man can subtract a great 
 deal of tiring detail from the day's work, 
 and use that time in developing more 
 business. 
 
 The Burroughs Adding Machine Company 
 
 Hartford Office 
 
 179 Allyn Street 
 
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Harold G. Hart 
 
 Investment Securities 
 
 36 Pearl Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 Charter 4000 
 
 Municipal 
 Railroad and 
 Public Utility 
 Bonds 
 
 Equipment Notes, Local Securities 
 
 Wires to New York and Boston 
 
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Merwin Gray Kenneth S. Adams Arthur H. Merrill 
 
 Merwin Gray & Co. 
 
 Members New York Stock lixchange 
 
 Hartford National Bank Bldg., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Local Securities 
 Investment Bonds 
 Guaranteed Stocks 
 Unlisted Securities 
 
 Correspondents of 
 
 Kidder, Peabody & Co. 
 
 BOSTON NEW YORK 
 
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Connecticut Trust and Safe 
 Deposit Company 
 
 Corner Main and Pearl Streets, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION 
 
 Organized and Oualified Through Years of Efficient, Trustworthy Service to 
 Act as Trustee, Conservator, Guardian, Executor or Administrator. 
 
 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 
 One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars 
 
 ($1,500,000) 
 
 BANKING DEPARTMENT 
 
 MEIGS H. WHAPLES. Pres. NATHAN D. PRINCE, Vice-Pres. 
 
 JOHN M. TAYLOR. Vice-Pres. HOSMER P. REDFIELD, Trcas. 
 
 ALLEN H. NEWTON, Assi. Treas. 
 
 TRUST DEPARTMENT 
 
 ARTHUR P. DAY. Vke-Pres. 
 J. LINCOLN FENN, Secretary. 
 
 ALBERT T. DEWEY. Assi. Sec 
 
 The Hartford 
 Morris Plan Company 
 
 Capital $100,000 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 LOUIS R. CHENEY, President 
 FRANCIS R. COOLEY, Vice-President 
 
 ISIDORE WISE, Yice-Piesident 
 
 LOUIS E. STOXER, Secretary and Treasurer 
 
 D. Newton Barney 
 George G. Williams 
 Francis R. Cooley 
 Louis R. Cheney 
 Isidore Wise 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 Charles B. Cook 
 Joseph H. King 
 Shiras Morris 
 Daniel M. Wright 
 Thomas Hewes 
 
 Ralph W. Cutler 
 Richard J. Goodman 
 Charles Hopkins Clark 
 Frederick W. Davis 
 Georue R. Ford 
 
 Walter L. Goodwin 
 
 Ralph Sanger 
 
 RICHARD J. GOODMAN, General Counsel 
 MORRIS, GARNETT & GOTTEN, Advisory Counsel 
 
 13 HAYNES STREET 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Office Hours: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 
 
 Saturday, 1) A. M. to 1. P. M. 
 
 Evenings : Thursday and Saturday, 7 to 9 
 
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BEACH & AUSTIN 
 
 18 Asylum St. Hartford, Conn. 
 
 LOCAL SECURITIES 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Bank, Insurance and Manufacturing Stocks. 
 
 New York 
 
 Bank and Insurance Stocks. 
 
 Standard Oils 
 
 Commission Orders Executed in 
 Listed and Unlisted 
 
 Stocks and Bonds 
 
 PRIVATE WIRES TO NEW YORK, BOSTON 
 AND LEADING MARKETS 
 
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 Telephone, Charter §602 
 
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 HAIRTFOIPlDp COHHo 
 
 Does a general banking business. 
 
 Solicits accounts of individuals, firms, corporations, and 
 societies. 
 
 Acts as Lxecutor, Trustee, Administrator, Guardian, or 
 in any fiduciary capacity. 
 
 Agent in care of real estate. 
 
 Safe deposit boxes to rent. 
 
 Travelers checks and foreign drafts issued. 
 
 We shall be glad to consult with you when you have 
 any banking or trust business. 
 
 FRANK L. WILCOX LOOMiS A. NLWTON 
 
 President Secretary 
 
 THOMAS A. SHANNON 
 Assistant Secretary 
 
 L. \\'. F'risbie 
 C. G. Frisbie 
 C. R. Knapp 
 
 Telephones 
 Charter 1706 
 Charter 1707 
 
 Frisbie Sz Co. 
 
 36 Pearl Street 
 HARTFORD, .-. CONN. 
 
 Local 
 Securities 
 
 Investment Bonds 
 
 Pallotti, Andretta & Co. 
 
 BANKERS 
 
 96 Windsor St., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone 3087 
 U. S. Post Office Sub Station 15 
 
 630 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Foreign Exchange, Steamship Agency 
 Drafts, Fire and Life Insurance 
 
 Commission orders executed 
 in all inarkets 
 
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 Notary Public 
 
Service to Business Men 
 Results to Students 
 
 MERCHANTS & BANKERS' BUSINESS SCHOOL furnishes a high-grade 
 and reliable SERVICE to Business Men, in its "Quality Graduates" — furnishes 
 the best possible SERVICE to Students in preparedness for the best positions as: 
 
 Bookkeepers, Secretaries, Stenographers, Touch-Typists, Clerks, Etc. 
 
 Ours is a commercial school of the close-to-business type, employing the 
 best known methods and dedicated to thoroughness. 
 Fine quarters ; delightful environment ; quiet location. 
 
 Full particulars sent upon request. 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1913 
 
 AIerchantssBankerc 
 
 IBUSINESS SCHOObJ 
 
 61 PRATT STREET HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 F. H. JARVIS, Principal 
 
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PLRCY ROTHWLLL 
 
 Fellow Accountants Association 
 
 PERCY ROTHWELL 
 
 Percy Rothvvell, F. A. A., public accountant, and 
 Fellow of ttie Central Association of Accountants, 
 London, England, was born in Bolton, England, July 
 2. 1873, son of Peter Richard and Alice Chatburn 
 Rothweil, the former being an insurance broker. Mr. 
 Rothwell was educated at All 5ouls College, Bolton, 
 England, after which he entered the employ of 
 Andrew Knowles & Sons, colliery proprietors, at 
 Bolton. 
 
 Before he had attained his majority, Mr. Rothwell 
 left the land of his nativity and began work with the 
 Guardian Assurance Co. of Montreal, Canada. Later 
 he removed to Hartford, entering the employ of the 
 Scottish Union & National Insurance Co., remaining 
 nearly five years. In 1898 he accepted a position 
 with the Raritan Copper Works, Perth Amboy, N. J. 
 From 1900 to 1905 he was chief accountant for the 
 company. Subsequently he identified himself with 
 Price, Waterhouse & Co., chartered accountants, and 
 Jones, Caesar, Dickinson, Wilmot & Co. certified 
 public accountants of New York. 
 
 Since 1906 he has been located in Hartford, as a 
 public accountant and auditor, and as secretary of 
 the Audit Company of Hartford. His office is located 
 at No. 50 State Street. Mr. Rothwell has made a 
 specialty of office and factory systematizing, bank 
 examinations and general accounting. He has done 
 highly creditable work for some of the largest con- 
 cerns in the state. 
 
 R. N. HUTCHISON 
 Certified Public Accountant 
 
 RICHARD N. HUTCHISON 
 
 Richard N. Hutchison, Certified Public Accountant, 
 of the University of the State of New York, was born 
 at Bromley Lodge, in the County of Kent, England ; 
 the son of William and Martha M. Hutchison. Mr. 
 Hutchison enjoys the distinction of belonging to 
 one of England's most prominent families, all his 
 relatives, as well as himself, being of service to their 
 country in their various lines of endeavor. Mr. 
 Hutchison's experience in accountancy is extensive. 
 Seven years as accountant with Great Northern 
 Railway System in England. 
 
 Since his residence in this country, he has con- 
 sistently followed the same profession. Is one of 
 the very few accountants in Hartford or Connecticut 
 familiar with American as well as European methods 
 of accounting. He is of the number of the earlier 
 practicing accountants, upon whom the degree of C. 
 P. A. was conferred by the Board of Regents of the 
 University of the State of New York. 
 
 Having an experience of twenty-five years, he is a 
 recognized authority on factory cost and manufactur- 
 ing accounts, as well as commercial, corporation, 
 municipal methods, banking and financial matters 
 and systems; efficiency and economics generally. 
 
 Mr. Hutchison has t)een a resident of Hartford 
 for nearly three years, with offices in the Hartford 
 National Bank Building. 
 
 PERCY ROTHWELL 
 Fellow Accountants Association 
 
 R. N. HUTCHISON 
 Certified Public Accountant 
 
 Rothwell, Hutchison & Co. 
 
 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 
 
 Business Reorganizers, Scientific Lconomists and Lfficiency Specialists 
 
 Auditing Investigations Examinations 
 
 Systems and Costs 
 
 HARTFORD NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 
 
 Telephone, Charter 7576 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
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56 PLARL 5TRLLT, HARTFORD, CONNLCTICUT 
 offers you the service of 
 
 A 5TRONG TRUST COMPANY 
 
 Trusts — Banking — Safe Deposit Vaults 
 
 IN5PLCT the completeness of our equipment; INVL5TIGATL 
 the integrity and business standing of our Trustees and Officers; 
 INQUIRE of our depositors and clients as to their experience, 
 especially as to the QUALITY OF OUR 5LRVICL. 
 The more thorough your investigation, the more certain it is that 
 we shall eventually do business together! 
 
 OFFICLR5 
 
 ATWOOD COLLINS. President 
 
 CHA5. LDW. PRIOR. Vice-President and Treasurer 
 
 FRANCIS PARSONS. Vice-President and Trust Officer 
 CHAS. LDW. PRIOR. Jr.. Secretary 
 
 ARTHUR H. COOLLY. Assistant Treasurer 
 
 ARTHUR M. BUNCL. Assistant Secretary 
 
 LARLL L. DIMON. Assistant Trust Officer 
 
 Spencer & Zweygartt 
 
 BONDS 
 
 Local Securities 
 
 Wires : New York, Boston 
 
 18 Asylum Street .'. Hartford 
 
 Telephone, Charter 7100 
 
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United States Bank 
 
 872 MAIN STREET HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Capital, $100,000 
 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $300,000 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 MORGAN G. BULKELEY 
 
 President /Etna Life Insurance Company 
 
 SAMUEL G. DUNHAM ATWOOD COLLINS 
 
 President Hartford Electric Light Company President Security Trust Company 
 
 JOHN O. ENDERS 
 
 WILLIAM E. A. BULKELEY MORGAN B. BRAIN ARD 
 
 Auditor /Etna Life Insurance Company Vice President and Treasurer ^tna Life Insurance Company 
 
 D. NEWTON BARNEY 
 Treasurer Hartford Electric Light Company 
 
 HENRY L. BUNCE 
 
 HENRY L. BUNCE, President 
 WILLIAM B. DAVIDSON, Cashier 
 
 JOHN O. ENDERS. Vice-President 
 WILLIAM H. ROWLEY, Ass't Cashier 
 
 INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS 
 
 Cert if hates of Deposits Trave/ers' Cheques 
 
 rORGIVE U5 our ti-e5|)a5se5 
 as we forgive them \\\(\\ 
 trespass against us. Mciij 
 our trespasses be- less than 
 the trespasses we forgix'e. 
 
 —A. H. McQuUkin 
 
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"The Leading 
 
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 January 1. 1915 
 
 CASH CAPITAL, .... 
 Reserve for Re-Insurance, . 
 Reserve for Unpaid Losses, 
 Reserve for Otiier Claims, . 
 NET SURPLUS, .... 
 
 TOTAL ASSETS, .... 
 
 SURPLUS FOR POLICY-HOLDERS, 
 
 $5,000,000.00 
 
 9,820,313.94 
 
 1,027,654.70 
 
 884,109.96 
 
 6,668,448.39 
 
 . $23,400,526.99 
 . $11,668,448.39 
 
 The /Etna Has Paid Losses 
 
 OF OVER 
 
 $144,000,000 
 
 DURING THE PAST NINETY-SIX YEARS 
 
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 Fire Insurance Co. and 
 Accident and Indemnity 
 
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 CHA5. L. CHA5E., 
 
 THLODORL LYMAN, Capitalist 
 GLORGL ROBLRT5, Capitalist 
 
 WILLIAM C. 5KINNE.R, 
 
 / 'ice- President Coifs Patent Fire Anns Mfg. Co. 
 
 MLIG5 H. WHAPLL5, 
 
 President Conn. Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 
 
 R. M. BI55LLL, 
 
 President Hartford Fire Insurance Co. 
 HLNRY 5. R0B1N50N, 
 
 J 'ice-President Conn. Mutual Life Insurance Co. 
 C. L. F. R0BIN50N, 
 
 President Colt's Patent Fire Anns IMfg. Co. 
 WALTER L. GOODWIN, Capitalist 
 
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 M. BI55LLL, President 
 WHITNLY PALACHL, Vice-President 
 JAME.5 WYPLR, ] 'ice-President 
 FRLD'K 5AM50N, .Secretary 
 5. L. LOCKE, Secretary 
 GLAZIER, Rec. Sec' v and Ireas. 
 THOMAS H. SCOTLAND, Ass't SeCy 
 
 E. A. BOLMAR, Assistant Secretary 
 
 DEPARTMENTS 
 
 Western Department, Chicago, lU. 
 
 DUGAN & CARR, General Agents 
 
 W. C. BOORN J. J. PURCELL 
 
 HENRY W. MORRISON 
 
 Assistant General Agents 
 
 Southern Department, Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 EGLESTON & PRESCOTT, Gen'l Agents 
 
 Pacific Department, San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 DIXWELL HEWITT. General Agent 
 ADAM GILLILAND, Ass't Gen'l Agent 
 
 Texas Department, Dallas, Texas 
 
 J. B. HEREFORD, General Agent 
 
 Northwestern Department, Winnipeg, Man. 
 
 W. W. SCRIMES, General Agent 
 W. J. SCRIMES, Ass't Gen'l Agent 
 
 Marine and Transportation Department 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 C. 5. TIMBERLAKE, General Agent 
 J. D. VAIL, Ass't General Agent 
 
 Special Risk and Inspection Department 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 FREDERICK C. MOORE, Superintendent 
 
 The Vessel Agency 
 58 Maiden Lane, New York, N. Y. 
 
 S. D. McCOMB, Manager 
 O. E. CARTER, Assistant Manager 
 
 Advertising and Service Department 
 
 J. W. LONGNECKER, Manager 
 
 Executive Officers 
 
 Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company 
 
 R. M. BISSELL, President 
 NORMAN R. MORAY, 
 
 / 'ice-President and Manager 
 JAS. L. D. KEARNEY, Secretary 
 W. G. FALCONER, Ass't SeCy 
 D. J. GLAZIER, 
 
 Recording Secretary and Treasurer 
 
 DEPARTMENTS 
 
 Agency Department 
 
 J. COLLINS LEE, Superintendent 
 
 Liability and Compensation Department 
 
 W. G. FALCONER 
 Assistant Secretary and Underwriting Committee 
 
 Burglary Department 
 
 FRANK R. AIKIN, Superintendent 
 
 Plate Glass Department 
 
 EDWARD L. DUNCAN, Superintendent 
 
 Accident and Health Department 
 RALPH A. FERSON, Superintendent 
 
 Inspection Department 
 
 S. E. WILLIAMS, Superintendent 
 
 Comptroller 
 
 R. C. L. HAMILTON 
 
 New York Office 
 
 PAUL RUTHERFORD, Manager 
 
 Pacific Department 
 
 DIXWELL HEWITT. Resident Vice-President 
 JOY LICHTENSTEIN, Manager 
 
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 "T^vo Hartf ords" 
 
 The Hartford Fire Insurance 
 Company has transacted a 
 fire insurance business, 
 honorably, for more than 
 one hundred years. Its 
 reputation and traditions 
 are its most valuable assets 
 and forbid sharp practice. 
 It has ample financial re- 
 sources. 
 
 The Hartford Accident and 
 Indemnity Company has 
 been organized to conduct 
 a general casualty and lia- 
 bility business. It is pro- 
 gressing on the liberal, yet 
 sound, principles that have 
 always been the keynote 
 of the growth of the parent 
 organization. 
 
 /\SScLS, • • • 
 
 $26,954,099.46 
 
 Assets, . . . 
 
 $2,057,508.06 
 
 Liabilities, . 
 
 18,910,996.34 
 
 Liabilities, . . 
 
 673,261.66 
 
 Surplus to Policy- 
 holders, . 
 
 9,543,103.12 
 
 Surplus to Policy- 
 holders, 
 
 1,384,246.40 
 
 Hartford Fire Insur- Hartford Accident and 
 ance Company Indemnity Company 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 R. M. BISSELL, President 
 
 "Hartford" Methods 
 
 "Hartford" Service 
 
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 This large local corporation — in a business where records 
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 Filing Equipment 
 
 "GIVES More Room and TAKES Less** 
 
 Big concerns choose G. F. ALLSTEEL 
 — Because of superior patented construction 
 — Because it gives lasting protection 
 
 — Because it gives greater filing capacity in less floor space 
 — Because the price is right. 
 
 If you will make the same investigation as do these other 
 concerns, you will select G. F. ALLSTEEL. Call at our office 
 and see our display — discuss your filing needs with us, or phone 
 and we will call on you. 
 
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 OFFICE FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES 
 
 
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 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 TELEPHONE, CHARTER 7966 
 
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 Insurance Company 
 
 Telephone, Charter 2664 
 Incorporated June 28, 1867 Began Business January, 1872 
 
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 20 and 22 TRINITY STREET, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 ARCHIBALD G. McILWAINE, Jr., President 
 
 HENRY W. GRAY, Jr., Vice-Pres't and Secretary 
 
 Statement of Condition, January 1, 1915 
 
 Capital Stock, Paid-up in Cash . 
 
 Net Surplus over all Liabilities, 
 
 Reserve for Re-Insurance .... 
 
 Outstanding Losses and all other Liabilities, 
 
 Total Cash Assets, 
 
 Surplus, 
 Losses Paid, 
 
 $1,000,000.00 
 
 1,002,065.44 
 
 1,478,035.93 
 
 145,570.63 
 
 $3,625,672.00 
 
 AS REGARDS 
 
 POLICY-HOLDERS, 
 
 SINGE ORGAiMZA- 
 TION TO DATE, 
 
 $2,002,065.44 
 $24,091,317.00 
 
 SILAS CHAPMAN, Jr., Local Agent, 102 PEARL STREET 
 
 Western Department — CHARLES E. DOX, Manager, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Pacific Department — SAM B. STOY, Manager, San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 
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OF EDINBURGH 
 
 Office Building, 75 ELM STREET, Facing Bushnell Park 
 
 I'elephone, Charter, 3620 
 
 Head Office for Nort/i Ameiica 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 JAMES H. BREWSTER, Manager 
 HENRY J. HOUGE, B. M. CULVER, 
 
 Assistant Secretaries 
 
 American Trustees 
 
 Morgan G. Biilkeley, Meigs H. Whaples, Morgan B. Brainard 
 
 THE GEORGE B. FISHER COMPANY 
 
 Resident Agents 
 HARTFORD NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 
 
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Plimpton Mfg. Company 
 
 252-256 Pearl Street 
 
 Printers of this book 
 
 STATIONERS :: ENGRAVERS 
 
 MANUFACTURERS of 
 ENVELOPES 
 
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ROSSIA 
 
 Insurance Co 
 
 Farmington Avenue 
 and Broad Street 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
Balkan National iusitratirr OIomjiani| 
 
 of Sofia, Bulgaria 
 
 Home Office Building 
 
 United States Department Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Wm, C. Scheide & Co., Inc., Managers 
 
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/Etna Life Insurance Co. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 Organized 
 
 1865 
 
 Entered U. S. 
 1905 
 
 Home Office Building, 62 Mohren Strasse 
 
 United States Department Hartford, Conn. 
 
 TRANSACTS LIFE REINSURANCE 
 
 
 Don't pan the manager. 
 If you knew more than he 
 does, you'd have his job. 
 
 — The Philistine 
 
 
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Old City Hall 
 
 was good but Development and Progress of the City made a 
 
 New City Hall Imperative 
 
 Your Old Policy 
 
 was enough, perhaps, in your days of small income and 
 obligations, but your Development and Progress make 
 
 More Life Insurance Imperative 
 
 Voluntarily, you should do for yourself and family 
 what the city is forced to do for itself 
 
 PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE 
 
 49 Pearl St. Est. 1851 
 
 PROGRESS IN 10 YEARS 
 
 Year Prem. Income Assets Ins. in Force Year 
 
 1904 $3,212,531 $18,472,276 $80,494,884 1904 
 
 1909 4 472,034 27,987,469 118,503,588 1909 
 
 1914 5,839,264 38,207,387 162,931,810 1914 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 JOHN M. HOLCOMBL, President 
 
 ARCHIBALD A. WE.LCH, Vice President and Actuary 
 
 51 LAS H. CORNWLLL. Secretary 
 
 WIN5LOW RU55LLL. Agency Manager 
 
 HARRY L. J0HN50N, Assistant Secretary 
 
 OLIVLR M. THURMAN. Assistant Secretary 
 
 GLORGL S. MILLLR. Superintendent of Agencies 
 
 CARL A. SLCOY, Assistant Agency Manager 
 
 HLNR'i' N. KAUFMAN, Associate Actuary 
 
 WILLIAM D. MORGAN. M. D., Medical Director 
 
 ROBLRT L. ROWLL\', M. D.. Medical Director 
 
 WILLIAM B. BARTLLTT. M. D., Assistant Medical Director 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
 
 JOHN M. HOLCOMBL, President Phoenix Mutual Lite 
 
 JAMLS P. ANDRLWS, Reporter Supreme Court , ex . c t 
 
 ISAAC W BROOKS, Treasurer Torrington Savings Bank; Former President State Senate 
 LOUIS R. CHLNLY, Director in Connecticut River Banking Company, Hartford Llectric Light 
 
 Company and Colt's Patent Fire Arms Company; Former Mayor of Hartford 
 ATWOOD COLLINS, President Security Trust Company of Hartford 
 SILAS H. CORNWLLL, Secretary Phoenix Mutual Life 
 JOHN P. LLTON, Treasurer American Brass Company; President of Blake <y Johnson Company. 
 
 Vice President Colonial Trust Company, Waterbury 
 JOSEPH R. LNSIGN, Vice President Lnsign-Bickford Company, Simsbury. Conn. 
 CHARLES L. GROSS, of Gross. Hvde & Shipman. Attorneys at Law, Hartford 
 CHARLES M. JARVIS, Former President American Hardware Corporation. New Britain, Conn. 
 JAMES NICHOLS. Chairman Board of Directors. National Fire Insurance Company 
 GEORGE DWIGHT PRATT. Trustee Springfield Institution for Savings. Springfield. Mass. 
 WINSLOW RUSSELL, Agency Manager Phoenix Mutual Life 
 ARCHIBALD A. WELCH, Vice President and Actuary Phoenix Mutual Lite 
 FRANK L. WILCOX, President Fidelity Trust Company, Hartford 
 
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Charles M. Webster Raymond W. Webster George C. Hadlock 
 
 AGENCY ESTABLISHED 1871 
 
 Webster & Co. 
 
 GENERAL 
 INSURANCE 
 
 721 Main Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
 HOOKER 
 
 AND 
 
 PENROSE 
 
 Fire, 
 
 Automobile 
 
 and 
 
 Com pensation 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 FIDELITY and 
 SURETY BONDS 
 
 Conn. Mutual Building 
 Hartford. Conn. 
 
 Fhe Insurance and 
 litle Guarantee Co. 
 
 Insurance 
 
 and Real Estate 
 
 Collection of Renls, Care and Man- 
 agement of Properties a Specialty. 
 
 Loans Negotiated 
 
 FRED P. HOLT, Pres. 
 
 'OHN F. GAFFEY, Treas. and Mgr. 
 
 Office, 75 PRATl SI. 
 
 Stearns Building 
 
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 INSURANCE 
 
 Telephone, Charter 885 
 
 ALIGN L. VOODIORD 
 
 A. cL:RT1S cash 
 
 Fire, Marine, l^urglary, Plate Glass, Steam Boiler, 
 Accident and Health, Workmen's Compensation 
 
 Liability 
 
 Employers, Contractors, Elevator, Public, Teams 
 
 Automobile 
 
 Liability, Property Damage, Collision, Fire 
 
 FIDELITY AND 
 SURETY BONDS 
 
 803 Main Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Phoenix National Bank Building 
 
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M. V. B. Stevens, Agent 
 
 Office Telephone, Charter 4143 
 House Telephone, Charter 3218 
 
 LIFE, ACCIDENT, HEALTH, 
 
 S. E. Herrup 
 
 LIABILITY, PROPERTY 
 
 
 DAMAGE, COLLISION 
 
 State Agent for 
 
 AND FIRE ON 
 
 General Accident Corp. 
 
 AUTOMOBILES 
 
 of Philadelphia 
 
 STEAM BOILER, PLATE GLASS, 
 
 
 BURGLARY and COMPENSATION 
 
 Mortgage Loans, Real Estate 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 and Insurance of all Kinds. 
 Prompt and Reliable Service 
 
 
 Guaranteed 
 
 The Travelers Insurance Co. 
 
 
 700 MAIN STREET 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 Phone, Charter 1930 
 
 Room 601, Hartford National Bank Building 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 MANUFACXrRER OF 
 
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 Notary Seals 
 
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 Pattern Letters 
 
 
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 Burning Brands, For Moulders and Fonndry Men 
 
 
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 Rubber Stamps, 
 
 
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 5teel Stamps and Stencils of 
 
 
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 Lvery Description 
 
 Badges, Key Checks, Ink Brushes, 
 
 
 
 
 JAML5 R. GRAHAM 
 
 Flour Brands. Stamp Ribbons, Door Plates, Etc. 
 
 CONSTABLE 
 
 
 OFFICL: 
 
 71 Asylum Street 
 
 Room 14, Hartford Trust Company Building 
 
 756 Main Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
 HARTFORD, - CONN. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 2442 
 
 Telephone, Charier 167-2 
 
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Life Accident Health Automobile 
 
 Workmen's Compensation 
 
 A. L. HOWARD 
 
 HOME OFFICE BUILDING 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 SPECIAL AGENT 
 The Travelers Insurance Company 
 
 Phone: Res.. Elizabeth 13S5 
 Office. Charier 1930 
 
 The Charles Merriman Agency 
 
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 nsurance 
 
 65 PEARL STREET 
 
 CHAS. R. MERRIMAN, Manager 
 
 SEAL PRESSES 
 
 Numbering 
 
 Machines 
 
 Stencils 
 
 Ink Pads 
 
 Daters 
 
 Steel Stamps 
 RUBBER TYPE 
 
 Rubber Stamps 
 
 The Only Perfect Nonsmear Ink 
 
 Printers' Rollers 
 >€TNA STAMP WORKS 
 
 33 Asylum St. First Floor Up 
 
 Phone. Charter 6IS6 
 
 Room 314 
 
 3() Pearl Street 
 
 ARTHUR LEWIS & CO. Inc. 
 
 Connecticut Mutual Buildine 
 
 HARTFORD, . . CONN. 
 
 Robert C. Knox 
 
 Insurance 
 
 and 
 
 Surety Bonds 
 
 39 Pearl St., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Teleplnone Connection 
 
 ®lmtt ilrrranttli^ Ag^ury 
 
 COLLECTIONS 
 
 : : AND : : 
 
 REPORTS 
 
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H. W. Conklin & Co. 
 
 Real Estate 
 
 and 
 Insurance 
 
 9 Central Row Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 'riRSTriATl BAtlK BLDG HARTrORD, COfin - 
 
 REAL ESTATE 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 MORTGAGES 
 
 KENYON COMPANY 
 
 18 Asylum St. 
 Hartford National Bank Bldg. 
 
 H. C. Long & Co. 
 
 H. C. Long C. C. Scarborough 
 
 REAL ESTATE 
 and INSURANCE 
 
 CITY 
 
 SUBURBAN 
 FARMS 
 
 Specialists in West Hartford and 
 Other SubLir[)an Properties. 
 
 36 Pearl 51 
 
 Room 627, Conn. Mutual Building 
 
 Telephone Connection 
 
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Charles M. Starkweather 
 
 Real Estate Broker 
 
 Conn. Mutual Bldg. 
 36 Pearl Street Room 315 
 
 House Telephone Office Telephone 
 
 Middle! own, 686-14 Charter 8495 
 
 GEORGE S. BUTLER 
 
 Country Real Estate 
 
 FARMS, COUNTRY HOMES, 
 
 "^A SUBURBAN COTTAGES, LAND, ^^ 
 
 ^— T INSURANCE ^H^ 
 
 36 Pearl Street Hartford, Conn. Room 525 
 
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A. Judson Glazier George S. Glazier 
 
 
 A. J. Glazier & Co. 
 
 Chas. H. Martin 
 
 Incorporated 
 
 
 Conn. Mutual Building 
 
 Real Estate 
 
 
 and 
 
 Insurance Brokers 
 
 Country Homes 
 Practical Farms 
 
 
 Shore Cottages 
 
 8 STATE STREET 
 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 
 F. G. WHITMORE H. B. WHITMORE 
 
 E. C. HALLIDAY 
 
 F. G. Whitmore & Son 
 
 Real Estate and 
 
 Jljsal Estate 
 
 Fire Insurance 
 
 Hartford-Aetna Bank Building 
 
 18 Asylum Street 
 HARTFORD, .'. CONN. 
 
 902 Main Street Room 83 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
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EDWARD F. O'BRIEN 
 
 THE REAL ESTATE 
 INSURANCE MAN 
 
 Room 210 — 647 Main Street — D'Esopo Building 
 
 We always "Make a Hit" with our Cus- 
 tomers — Vv^hy? — Because we not only 
 give them their money's worth, but also 
 give them the best of Service. 
 
 Our time is always at your disposal, there- 
 fore we will be pleased to call on you at 
 your convenience — DAY OR EVENING. 
 
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 If you are unable to call at our office, just 
 drop us a postal and we will call on you 
 at either your home or your office. 
 
 OUR LNSURANCE POLICIES 
 
 ARE LIKE THIS DRUM ^ > 
 
 THEY CAN'T BE BEAT 
 
 Telephone Us At Any Time For An 
 
 Appointment 
 
 Office Phone 
 House Phone 
 
 Charter 1289 
 Charter 7403 
 
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 HE maniifacturer or 
 merchant who lormerly 
 deah with a few hun- 
 ^ dred people now deals 
 with thousands. 
 
 There is no reason why the 
 ambition of the business man of 
 today should stop at anything if he 
 can do the right kind of advertising 
 as well as the right kind of manu- 
 facturing. 
 
 For many years to come adver- 
 tising as a profession will grow in 
 importance and in profit. 
 
 The advertising man is a dis- 
 tributor of wealth. The advertis- 
 ing man represents the short 
 road to success. 
 
 ARTHUR BRISBANE 
 
 Editor, New York American and Journal 
 
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 CapeweU" Horse Nails 
 
 
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 Nails 
 
 Used 
 
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 Made 
 
 — by- 
 
 are made in all styles and sizes to 
 meet every need. Adapted to driv- 
 ing into the lightest and most deli- 
 cate hoofs as well as those of the 
 heaviest dray horse. 
 
 Easiest to drive — Surest to hold — 
 Safest to use — Most perfect in form 
 and finest in finish — the world's 
 leading horse nail. Capewell nails 
 
 Excel in 
 Quality 
 
 
 Factory and Main Office 
 
 Trade 
 
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 The Cushman Chuck Company 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 cushman; 
 
 In Many Styles and Sizes 
 
 Factory, Office and Sales Department 
 
 806 Windsor Street 
 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 Branch Offices 
 
 NEW YORK 
 38 Vesey St. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 Monadnock Bldg. 
 
 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 
 114 Queen Street 
 
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The Jacobs Manufacturing Company 
 
 ORGANIZED OCTOBER 30, 1903 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 JACOBS IMPROVED DRILL CHUCKS 
 
 Made in ten different sizes and forms 
 
 Pat. Sept. 16, 1902 
 
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 ^ J oftered to Drill Chuck users twelve years ago, was im- 
 mediately recognized as a superior Drill Chuck and, 
 therefore, met with readv purchasers. Its first purchasers have 
 since continuously and increasingly purchased Jacobs Improved 
 Drill Chucks. During June, 1915, without solicitation, more 
 Jacobs Improved Drill Chucks were purchased than during 
 any other month ot our phenomenally successful career. This is a 
 significant tact and is the strongest possible evidence of the satisfac- 
 tory service Jacobs Improved Drill Chucks have rendered. 
 
 The Jacobs Manufacturing Company 
 
 Hartford, Conn., U. S. A. 
 
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Jewell Belt: 
 
 The Belt that puts 
 
 the Prod in 
 
 Production 
 
 Jewell Belting Co. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Chicao^o, 111. 
 
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Green & Bauer 
 
 I ncorporated 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 X-Ray Tubes 
 
 234 Pearl St. 30 E. Randolph St. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. Chicago, 111. 
 
 The Fuller Brush Company 
 
 ALFRED C. FULLER, Pres. and Treas. 
 
 GEO. L. MARSH, Sec'y 
 
 Manufacturers of the Fuller Sanitary line of 
 Wire Base Brushes for all cleaning and dust- 
 ing purposes; the Fuller Dustless Dry Mop; 
 the Fuller Fountain Auto Washer. 
 
 Head Office and Factory 
 
 8 Hoadley Place, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Branches: Rock Island, 111., San Francisco, and Los Angeles, Calif. 
 
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The 
 
 Henry & Wright Mfg. Co. 
 
 Wish to Congratulate the City of Hartford 
 
 on its 
 
 New Municipal Building 
 
 The Henry and Wright Manufacturing Company's 
 
 Patented 
 
 Bali Bearing Sensitive Drilling Machines 
 
 Are Known Throughout the Manufacturing World 
 
 They are made in over 100 styles; 2 over-hangs. Ac- 
 cepted as the standard by the majority of the best 
 manufacturers in the world. 
 
 Thirty-five Hartford manufacturers use from 1 to 2,000 
 spindles each. 
 
 Our machines are famous wherever drilling is done, on 
 account of the advantage they give. 
 
 The Henry and Wright Mfg. Co. 
 
 ROBERT G. HENRY, President ESTABLISHED 1901 
 
 DANIEL M. WRIGHT, Sec'y and Treas. INCORPORATED 1905 
 
 JOSEPH H. KING, Vice-President CAPITAL, $80,000.00 
 
 OFFICE and FACTORY 
 
 760 Windsor Avenue, Hartford, Conn. 
 
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The "Last Word" in 
 
 Press Construction 
 
 TheHartford 
 
 POWERFUL 
 
 SILENT 
 
 EFFICIENT 
 
 Made in One Size 
 Half Super Royal 
 
 14x22 
 
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 For excellence of product, large output and min- 
 imum operating expense. The Hartford is in a 
 class by itself, its New Scientific Ink Distribution 
 and other exclusive features challenge the admira- 
 tion of Pressmen and Printers. 
 
 Write for illustrated circulars. 
 
 Designed and Manufactured by 
 
 National Machine Company 
 Hartford, Conn., U. S. A. 
 
 Sold exclusively through leading Type Founders 
 and Dealers in Printing Machinery 
 
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 Allen 
 
 Safety Set Screws 
 
 Any length, point or thread. We 
 make a specialty of short lengths. 
 
 Allen Socket Gap Screws 
 
 are very neat in api)earance and 
 
 exceedinglv strong. 
 
 Send for 
 
 circular and free sample screws. 
 
 The Allen Manufacturing Co. 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 173 Princess St. 
 Manchester. England 
 
 Bishop Ladder Co*^ 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 TLa66er5, Steps, 
 (riotl)e5 ^^eeb, TEtc. 
 
 J. B. THOMAS, Proprietor 
 
 Lawn and Piazza Furniture 
 
 34 Capen Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone Charter 4J<? 
 
 P. O. Box 5" 
 
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 158 Woodland Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 OFFICERS : 
 JOHN T. AUSTIN, President 
 BASIL G. AUSTIN, Vice-President 
 JOHN SPENCER CAMP, Treasurer 
 WALDO S. PRATT, Secretary 
 
 Y^UILDERS and designers of Pipe Organs of tlie 
 ^^ highest grade for Churches, Theatres, Concert 
 Halls and private residences. We use the best mate- 
 rials and the most scientific system of manufacture, 
 and secure the best results tonally and mechanically. 
 
 We have built and installed the Municipal Organ, 
 Portland, Maine, the famous Tabernacle Organ, Salt 
 Lake City, Utah, and the two magnificent organs at 
 the San Francisco and San Diego Expositions. 
 
 We have now in use over SIX HUNDRED organs, 
 varying in size from 5 stops to 120 stops. 
 
 Write for illustrated catalogue de luxe, which will 
 be sent free to any address. 
 
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 BURN5IDL, CONN. 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 Hioh-Qradc Papers 
 
 OUR 5PLC1ALT1L5 
 
 Last Hartford Linen Flats 
 Damask Linene Flats and Folded 
 Penman's Linen Flats 
 Charter Oak Bond Flats and Folded 
 Pequot Bond Flats 
 
 Belford Parchment Flats 
 Lisle Parchment Bond 
 Old Scotland Mills Flats 
 Half Tone Writing Flats, Lxtra 
 Quality 
 
 Artistic Ti/its^ 21 x J J, 6o lb. 
 
 Artistic Wedding Papers and Br is to Is 
 
 LAST HARTFORD MFG. CO., Burnside, Conn. 
 
 The Hogan Manufacturing Co. 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 PLUMBERS' SPECIALTIES 
 
 Water Closets, Tanks, 
 Tank Valves, Etc. 
 
 74 Grove Street, 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 J. W. ROCKWELL R. C. ROCKWELL 
 
 Telephone, Charter 4109 
 
 J. W. Rockwell & Son 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 All Kinds of Packing Boxes 
 
 Tobacco Cases Supplied 
 on Short Notice 
 
 111 Grove Street 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
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Telephone, Charter 2339 
 
 JAMES J. DUANE, 25 Years Experience 
 
 AUTOMOBILE WORK A SPECIALTY 
 
 The Hartford Polishing & Plating Co. 
 
 PLATING OF ALL KINDS OF METAL 
 AND IN ALL FINISHES 
 
 MANUFACTURERS' WORK SOLICITED 
 
 Stove Trimmings, Brass Beds, Chandeliers and 
 
 Plumbers' Supplies. Dental and Surgical 
 
 Instruments, Store and Office Fixtures 
 
 Refinished 
 
 734 Main St. Hartford, Conn. 
 
 In Rear, over Bond's 
 
 H. G. Murk & Co. 
 
 Manufacturers and Dealers in 
 
 Brushes 
 
 All Kinds of Factory and Mill Work 
 Made to Order 
 
 Fine Wire, Floor and Bench Brushes a Specialty 
 
 82 Park Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 487-12 
 
 J0l|tt J. Irnui^r 
 
 PUBLISHER OF THL 
 
 HAR TFORD 
 
 Municipal Year Book 
 
 Copyright 1911. « Issued Yearly. 
 
 A Book of Useful I/formatio/i Re/afi/i^ to the 
 
 Practical Operation of the Municipal 
 
 Government of Hartford 
 
 37 LEWIS STREET 
 
 Telephone, Charter 1162 
 P. O. Box 191 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 If your competitor tall^s about i/ou 
 p lit III 111 on th e p ay roll. Ne o er miii d 
 wliat lie says as long as be tall^s 
 
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 Fulfil your 
 duty to your 
 neighbor 
 
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 SPENCER CENTRAL 
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 are installed in a large percentage of the finest buildings of all kinds through- 
 out the country, including the new Municipal Building, New York City, Bankers 
 Trust Co. Building, New York City, The Widener Memorial Library, Harvard 
 University, the Harvard Freshman Dormitory Buildings, the Cincinnati General 
 Hospitals, the Woolworth Building, New York City, the new U. S. Post Office 
 Building, Washington, D. C, etc., etc. 
 
 Specifications and estimates on cleaning apparatus for all 
 kinds of buildings will be gladly furnished on request. 
 
 The Spencer Turbine Cleaner Company 
 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
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 Davis & Brooks 
 Architects 
 
 Ford, Buck & Sheldon 
 Engineers 
 
 The Switch Board and All Panel Boards 
 and Cabinets used in Hartford's New 
 Municipal Building- ^vere of our manu- 
 facture. 
 
 You also will find our Switch Boards, Panel Boards 
 and Cabinets installed in most of Hartford's largest 
 buildings, Hotels and Department Stores. 
 
 The Trumbull Electric Mfg. Go. 
 
 PLAINVILLE, CONN. 
 
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OTIS ELEVATORS 
 
 are what they are and where they are only 
 because of anticipating every modern require- 
 ment for elevator service. Over 40,000 Otis 
 Electric Elevators are now in service in this 
 country. 
 
 The Hartford Municipal Building 
 (Davis & Brooks, Architects) has 
 two Otis Worm Gear Traction 
 Passenger Elevators and one 
 Plunger Ash Lift. 
 
 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 
 
 Eleventh Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street 
 
 NEW YORK 
 Offices in All Principal Cities of the World. 
 
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The Henry D. Temple Company 
 
 Electrical Engineers and Contractors 
 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 The Capitol City Glass Co. 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
 
 Plate and Windo^v Glass 
 
 We Specialize on W^indshields 
 270 Market Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 GROWTH IN TEN YEARS 
 
 1914 
 
 23,458 
 43,997,800 
 
 $0.08 
 17,511 
 
 3,519 
 20,579 
 
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The City Coal Company 
 
 1095 MAIN STRF.KT 
 
 Dealers in 
 
 OLD COMPANY'S LEHIGH 
 
 The Hartford Cement Company 
 
 ( [he Builders' i\L'iterial Department of The City Coal Company) 
 
 Supplied the Non-Staining White Cement and 
 Waterproof Coatings for setting the Granite and 
 Marble in the New City Hall. 
 
 If the Mason Builder Uses It— We Have It 
 
 New Municipal Building 
 
 Plastered with 
 
 King's Windsor Asbestos 
 Cement Wall Plaster 
 
 Windsor Cement Co, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers 
 
 Masons' and Plasterers' Supplies 
 
 King's Windsor Cement Drg Mortar 
 High-Grade Portland Cements 
 
 Office and Warehouse, 
 
 FOOT OF POTTER ST., DUTCH POINT 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Tel.. Charter 4457-4458 
 
 IRA G. GOODRICH, Prest. and Treas. 
 WALTER S. RAY, Secy 
 
 ARTHUR A. JACKSON, Resident Manager 
 
 The 
 
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 Brick Co. 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
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 Open Yard Brick 
 
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 J. G. BATTERSON, PRES. 
 
 WESTERLY, R. 
 
 Monumental and Building Work 
 
 Contract for granite work for Hartford Municipal 
 Building awarded to us by City of Hartford 
 
 Quarries and Works 
 Westerly, R. I. 
 Concord. N. H. 
 
 New York Office, 489 Fifth Ave. 
 Main Office, 
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 Ventilating Apparatus 
 
 164 State St. 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
 CONN. 
 
 BUILDINGS REMOVED IN SHORT NOTICE 
 
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 New and Second Hand 
 
 BUILDING 
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 Office and Yard 
 
 SUFFIELD AND WINDSOR STREETS 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 3326 
 
 The Edward Balf Co. 
 
 CRUSHED STONE 
 
 SAND 
 
 TRUCKING 
 
 and 
 
 EXCAVATING 
 
 26 State St. 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
P=-VERY ADVERTISER in this 
 I — - book can be depended upon 
 to not only give you value for your 
 money, but service of the highest 
 standard. 
 
 Study the names of these advertisers 
 and then deal with them as often as 
 you can. 
 
 The mere fact of their helping to 
 publish this book, proves their willing- 
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 book should prove to be of great interest to the 
 reader, for they not only acquaint you with the 
 names of the prominent and well-known con- 
 cerns who are now, or have been in the past, 
 engaged in doing work for the City of Hartford 
 on some of its greatest projects and improve- 
 ments, such as the Nepaug Water System, the 
 New High School, its New Roads, etc., but also 
 the names of prominent companies who are 
 responsible for a great amount of the work done 
 in and about Hartford in its upbuilding, as well 
 as the names of the prominent concerns who 
 furnished most of the building matenal and 
 supplies. 
 
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ISAAC A. ALLEN, Jr. 
 
 Architect and Designer 
 Expert on Construction 
 
 NINE HUNDRED AND FOUR MAIN STREET 
 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 
 
 Plans of all kinds furnished for Schools, Dwellings, 
 Mills, Theatres, Blocks, Etc. 
 
 Have drawn plans for, and supervised the construction 
 of, over 1 200 Buildings in Hartford and Vicinity 
 during the past 22 years 
 
 Wo E. Caulkins & Son 
 
 Builders 
 
 401 Trumbull Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
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THL NLPAUG DAM, Collinsville, Conn. 
 
 CALKl? MILLS SAVILLK, CliM-f Engineer 
 Board of Water Coiiiinissioners, Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 SITE OF DAM. MAY 19, 1914. SHOWING START OF EXCAVATION 
 
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 VIEW FROM SAME POINT ONE YEAR LATER. SHOWING SPLENDID PROGRESS 
 
 THIS tremendous undertaking to supply the City of Hart- 
 ford with an unlimited supply of pure water, was divided 
 into sections, the big storage dam, illustrated above, costing 
 over $500,000, and to be completed in three years, was 
 awarded to 
 
 rPCD T. LEY & CO., Inc. 
 
 NEW YOKK 
 
 General Contractors 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
 
 BOSTON 
 
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PORTLAND BROWNSTONE 
 
 The Brainerd, Shaler and Hall Quarry Company 
 
 Portland, Connecticut 
 
 Reference is made to the following buildings in Hartford, 
 in which this STONE is used: 
 
 OLD CITY HALL. Erected 1794-1795 COLT MEMORIAL 
 
 TRINITY COLLEGE BUILDINGS CHRIST CHURCH 
 
 HARTFORD HOSPITAL BUILDINGS HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL 
 
 Also WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS 
 
 Middletown 
 
 No Dust in Summer 
 
 Means No Mud in Winter 
 
 \^ -^HE dusty summer road becomes sticky and muddy 
 ■^ J in winter. Cure one and you cure both. Use the 
 ^^^ road binder that maintains an even surface, free 
 from dust and raveling. 
 
 SOLVAY 
 
 Granulated Calcium Chloride 
 
 works right into the road and keeps it smooth, hard and 
 dustless. Applied by hand or machine. More economical 
 than any other treatment — even sprinkling. 
 
 Interesting Solvay Road Book sent on request. Excel- 
 lent opportunity for local agents. WRITE TODAY ! 
 
 SEMET-SOLVAY COMPANY 
 
 SOLVAY, N. Y. 
 
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THE PHELPS BROOK DAM 
 
 CONTRACT No. 6 OF THE NEPAUG WATER SYSTEM 
 
 CALEB MILLS SAVILLE, Chief Engineer 
 
 BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, Hartlorcl, Conn. 
 
 IS BEING BUILT BY 
 
 tl\}t ^lerson Cngmeering; ^ Construction Co. 
 
 MARTIN E. PIERSON, Pres. and Treas. 
 
 Office: 860 MAIN STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 
 
 Close View of the Dam — 1200 feet long, 8S feet high 
 
 Birclseye View to show the immensity of the Job — Sept. 23, ly 15 
 
 "We are experts ill the construction of DAMS, \^^ATER SUPPLY, SEWAGE 
 DISPOSAL, PIERS, TUNNELS, RAILROADS, W^ELL BORING, PROPERTY 
 DEVELOPMENT and MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION, STEEL and REIN- 
 FORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, FOUNDATIONS and PILING 
 
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H. J. HARWOOD'S SONS, Inc. 
 
 69 Pearl Street, Boston, Massachusetts 
 
 Manufacturers of Seating for 
 
 SCHOOLS 
 
 THEATRES 
 
 HALLS 
 
 CHURCHES 
 
 AUDITORIUMS 
 
 LECTURE ROOMS 
 
 Among prominent buildings we have seated are the HARTFORD 
 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, UNITED STATES CAPITOL, Wash- 
 ington, D. C, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D. C, 
 NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM, Washington, D. C, NEW HAMP- 
 SHIRE STATE CAPITOL, Concord, N. H., MUNICIPAL 
 BUILDING, Elmira, N. Y., and many other fine buildings 
 throughout this country and abroad. 
 
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 PRIME FACTORS 
 
 in the Life of 
 
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 Supplied by 
 
 The Hartford City Gas Light Company 
 
 
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 Vault Lights 
 Fireproofing 
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 Floors, Ltc. 
 
 R. LLME.R CURTISS 
 House Telephone, Llizabeth I 487 
 
 GLORGL W. DE.AN 
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 23-25 Hoadley Place, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 1226 
 
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 MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN 
 
 BUILDERS' SUPPLIES 
 
 Like the City of Hartford, have also Outgrown its Office 
 
 Building and for the convenience of its Patrons 
 
 Have Opened Up its New 
 
 Office at 14 Central Row 
 
 L. R. WILLIAMS. President, 
 
 Residence, 644 Albany Ave. 
 
 Phone Charter 83 1 
 
 Nails, Corner^Bead, 
 
 Flashing, Sheathing, and 
 
 Roofing Paper, Staging 
 
 Brackets, Wire Fencing, 
 
 Rope and Twine, Bracket 
 
 Shelves, Interior Trim 
 
 and Stair Work, Medicine 
 
 Chests, Mantels and 
 
 Drawer Cases, Veranda 
 
 Material, Mirrors, Plate 
 
 Window and Art Glass, 
 
 Window and Door Frames, 
 
 Windows, Doors and 
 
 Blinds, Sash Weights, 
 
 Cord and Irons 
 
 L. J. 5TARKLL. Treasurer. 
 
 Residence, 22 Saunders 51. L. Hlil. 
 
 Phone Charter 3648-12 
 
 We take this means of congratulating our 
 
 city on its New Municipal Building, and to also 
 
 extend to you an invitation to visit us in Our New 5tore 
 
 B. p. S. PAINTS AND VARNISH 
 
 "The Paint that is Sold by Years and Square Yards, Not Gallons" 
 
 MANUFACTURED BY 
 
 Patterson, Sargent Company 
 
 BUILDERS' HARDWARE 
 
 Russell & Erwin Locks Stanley Works Butts 
 
 Warehouses: 
 
 73-79 Arch Street 
 
 Factory : 
 
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 729 Main Street 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephones, Charter 1 725, 1 726 and 1 727 
 
 Mr. GLORGL P. CHANDLfLR. 
 Pres't and Treas. 
 
 Mr. \vM. L. FARNSWORTH, 
 Vice-Pres't 
 
 Mr. GLORGL A. CHANDLLR, 
 Sec'y and Ass't Treas. 
 
 Leads, Oils and Glass 
 
 Also Agents for 
 
 RLADY MIXLD BRIDGE.PORT PAINTS 
 
 The Paint That Lasts 
 
 Our experience confirms the opinion that this 
 is the best Mixed Paint on the Market. 
 
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C, G. BOSTWICK 
 
 Manufacturer of 
 
 Architectural Sheet Metal Work 
 
 of Every Description 
 
 Cornices, Skylights 
 
 Finials, Etc. 
 
 Sheet Brass 
 
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 Copper Work 
 
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 Asphalt, Mastic 
 
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 Tar-Rok Floors 
 
 Slate, Tile 
 
 Gravel and Slag 
 
 Roofing 
 
 10 Hoadley Place, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 3249 
 
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UILD ™« BRIC 
 
 THE EVERLASTING MATERIAL 
 
 The Park Brick Company 
 
 Manufacture IS of 
 
 PALLET BRICK 
 
 Post Office: HARTFORD, CONN. Yard: ELMWOOD, CONN. 
 
 P. 0. Box 801 East Side of Railroad 
 
 WILLIAM McKONL. President and Treasurer 
 
 William McKone, Inc. 
 
 Successors to McKONL BROS. 
 
 CONTRACTORS 
 and BUILDERS 
 
 Telephone, Charter 4189 
 
 16 WELLS STREET HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
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 Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
 
 Doors, 5ash, Blinds, Frames and Trim 
 
 Glass of All Kinds Windshield Glass Re-set 
 
 ILUMBEIR AT ^^MOLESAILE 
 
 Only Fireproof Storage Warehouse in Hartford 
 
 Safety Vaults for Silverware 
 
 Packing 
 
 Crating 
 
 and 
 
 Shipping 
 
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 Pianos 
 
 Furniture 
 
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 China 
 
 MOVTNO 
 
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 Office : 
 
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 335 Trumbull St. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 ALL KINDS OF IRON WORK 
 
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 Fire Escapes 
 
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 2 Iron Railings 
 
 V** Iron Fences 
 
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 Enclosures 
 
 Pipe Railing 
 
 Foot Bridges 
 
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 Corrugated Iron 
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 Iron Verandas 
 
 Hung Ceiling 
 
 Iron Doors 
 
 All Kinds Black- 
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 OFFICE, AND WORKS. LA5T HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 
 
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Your new Mnni(*ipal Building is considered one of the fiiusl m Ameriea. 
 ^\'HY NOT be as partieulai- in selecting an aitistic monument for your 
 family burial plot, from a tirm of intelligent designers and builders! 
 
 The R. L. McGovern Company 
 
 6 CHARTER OAK AVE., HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 WHITAKER & BACON 
 
 General Trucking and Installing 
 
 Our Specialty 
 
 Heavy Machinery, Safes, Boilers, Structural Steel, 
 Setting and Taking Down Smoke Stacks, 
 Carting and Setting Monumental Work .'. 
 
 Experiencecl Labor for Moving Furniture, Household Goods and Pianos 
 
 Agents for DIEBOLD SAFE & EOCK CO. 
 
 Office, 412 Trumbull Street - - Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 1388 
 
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Home Ofhce .^:TNA LIFE INSURANCE CO., Ec^iipped With 
 
 OFFICES 
 
 New York 
 
 Boston 
 
 Hani or d 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 Baltimore 
 
 Washington 
 
 Cleveland 
 
 Jersey City 
 
 Montreal 
 
 Toronto 
 
 A. B. SEE 
 ELECTRIC 
 
 ELEVATORS 
 
 MAIN 
 OFFICE 
 
 220 Broadway 
 
 New York 
 
 City 
 
 WORKS 
 
 Jersey City 
 New Jersey 
 
 EST. 1883 
 
 HARTFORD OFFICE 
 
 THIRTY-SIX PEARL STREETQ 
 
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G. W. CUNNINGHAM, 
 Pres. and Treas. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 5051 
 
 FRED M. MANSUR 
 Sec'y 
 
 The G. W. Cunningham Co., Inc. 
 
 Engineers and Contractors 
 
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 We install heating apparatus in HOMES and 
 BUILDINGS of every description. 
 
 HEATING 
 
 We also install POWER PLANTS and do 
 GENERAL STEAM FITTING. 
 
 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED. 
 
 G. W. CUNNINGHAM 
 
 39 MULBERRY ST. 
 
 HARTFORD. CONN. 
 
 The L. F. Dettenborn W. W. Co. 
 
 Maiuifaiturers of 
 
 Bank, Office and 
 Store Fixtures 
 
 Special Show Cases 
 
 High-(irade Interior Trim, Special 
 Wood Work, Etc. 
 
 Nos. 307-337 Sheldon Street 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Phone, Charter .'>174 
 
 FORESTRY and SPRAYING 
 
 GRADING and TURFING 
 
 LANDSCAPE DESIGNS and SURVEYS 
 
 The James L. Goodwin 
 Associates, Inc. 
 
 Landscape 
 Architects 
 
 Rooms 49 and 50 
 26 State St. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 3381 
 
 P. O. Box 447, Hartford, Conn. 
 
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The American Cement Co. 
 
 Jas. R. Goodrich, Pres't and Treas. 
 
 F. W. Barhoff, Vice-Pres't 
 
 M. S. Sheketoff, Sec'y and Mgr., Tel. Ch. 6387 
 
 House— Cliarter 2cS()7 Office— Charter 3970 
 JOBBING A SPECIALTY 
 
 Dealers in 
 
 Robert T. Alcorn 
 
 MASONS' SUPPLIES 
 
 BUILDER 
 
 CEMENT, LIME, PLASTER, 
 
 PLASTER BOARDS, MORTAR COLORS 
 
 SEWER PIPE, FLUES, 
 
 Store and Office Fixtures ' 
 Fine Cabinet Work, Etc. 
 
 WALL COPING, ETC. 
 
 
 Office and Warehouse 
 
 
 590 Windsor Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
 19 Gold Street 
 
 Telephone, Charter 5497 
 
 Hartford, - Conn. 
 
 C. H. St. John P. K. Bradley 
 
 Ollice Phone. Char. 904 Yard Phone. Char. 8431 
 
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 The Capitol City Aerial Company 
 
 The Hartford Sand 
 
 CONTRACIORS 
 
 and Stone Co. 
 
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 Painting of Every Description 
 
 Dealers in 
 
 
 Sand and Crushed Stone 
 
 Steeples Pointed, Slated 
 
 Delivery bg Auto Truck 
 
 and Crosses Ciilded. 
 
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 314 TRUMBULL STREET 
 HARTFORD, - - CONN. 
 
 Phone, Charter 4216 
 
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Established 1866 
 
 W. W. Sherman, Pres. 
 
 The Roger Sherman Transfer Co. 
 
 Storage 
 
 General Trucking 
 
 Rigging 
 
 We Move Anything Anywhere 
 
 Pianos Sand 
 
 Household Goods Stone 
 
 Heavy Machinery Cinders 
 
 Telephone, Charter 615, 616 1056 Main Street 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 By Comparison shall ye remember us. 
 No order too small or too large for its. 
 
 Orders received before noon shipped the 
 
 same day 
 
 The 5uffield Berlin Trap-Rock Co. 
 
 J. L. HASTINGS 
 Pres't 
 
 H. M. 5TLLLE. 
 Gen. Mgr. 
 
 H. R. CAPLN 
 Sales Mgr. 
 
 No. 18 ASYLUM 5T. Hartford National Bank BIdg. 
 
 HARTFORD, CONNLCTICUT 
 
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C. D. RVDLR. C. E... President 
 
 J. C. N. GUIBLRT. C. L., 5ec\ and Trea^. 
 
 The Ryder-Guibert Corporation 
 
 CONSULTING and 5AN1TARY LNG1NLLR5 
 
 STRUCTURAL MLCHANICAL. HYDRAULIC, LANDSCAPE 
 
 and MUNICIPAL LNGINLLRING, L5TIMATL5, RLPORT5, 
 
 5UPLRINTLNDLNCL and CONSULTATION ON ALL 
 
 LNGINLLRING 5UBJLCT5 
 
 Suite 315-16-17 
 
 647 Main Street 
 
 Corner Main and Gold Sts. 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 2454 
 
 Office, 756 Main Street 
 
 Phone, Charter 719 
 
 Nevels Brothers 
 
 Builders 
 
 Manufacturers of and Dealers in 
 
 Brick 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Yard, 737 Windsor Avenue 
 
 Phone, Charter 1248 
 
 JOHN O'DONNELL, President THOS. L. ODONNELL, Treasurer 
 
 DON O'CONNOR. Vice-President S. J. HURLEY, Secretary 
 
 THOS. L. O'DONNELL, Manager 
 
 The O^Donnell Co. 
 
 INCORPORATED 
 
 General Contractors 
 and Carmen 
 
 Crushed Stone, Sand and Cinders 
 Trucking, Grading and Excavating 
 
 We Make a Specialty of Handling Steel, Brick, Cement 
 and All Other Building Material 
 
 Main Office, Times Building, Rooms 6-7 
 720 MAIN STREET 
 
 Main Office, Charter 3488-2 
 Stables 54 Commerce St., Charter 3488-3 
 
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ALL KINDS OF 
 
 ELECTRICAL WORK 
 
 Including House Wiring, Motor and Dynamo Rewinding 
 
 Repairs, Inspection and Maintenance Given Prompt 
 Attention. 
 
 Distributor for the Frantz Premier Electric Suction 
 Cleaner and Other Household Electrical Appliances 
 
 HENRY M. STEINHOLTZ 
 
 190 PEARL STREET 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 2512 
 
 Richard Johnson 
 
 MASON BUILDER 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 Office, 327 Trumbull Street 
 
 Wise&Upson 
 
 John Wise 
 
 W. W. Upson 
 
 Building 
 Contractors 
 
 Fine Residential Work 
 a Specialty 
 
 Mill Construction 
 
 Reinforced Concrete 
 
 36 PEARL STREET 
 HARTFORD, - CONN. 
 
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Established 1850 
 
 Incorporated 1908 
 
 The Bill Brothers Co. 
 
 TRANSFER 
 and STORAGE 
 
 46 Ann Street, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Superior facilities for the Moving of Machinery, 
 Safes, Furniture, Pianos, Etc. Household effects 
 of every description properly packed for storage 
 or shipment. 
 
 STORAGE WAREHOUSES 
 
 Witli separate apartments for household Goods and 
 private railroad siding for carload shipments. 
 
 E. D. Robbins 
 
 Repairs 
 Everything 
 
 Safe Work, Locksmith and 
 Gunsmith 
 
 17 KINSLEY STREET 
 HARTFORD. CONNEOTICT T 
 
 MEMORIAL WINDOWS 
 
 HARD METAL SETTINGS 
 
 Hartford Stained Glass Works 
 
 WILLIAM G. MARTIN, Proprietor 
 
 ART LEADED and STAINED GLASS 
 
 METAL CEILINGS CANVAS CEILINGS 
 
 COMPO CEILINGS 
 
 O. V. Marsh 
 
 Formerly of The Bonner-Preston Co. 
 
 Painting and Decorating 
 
 All Kinds of Interior and Exterior Painting 
 Proprietor Preston & Kenyon Signs 
 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 Residence 
 184 Ashley Street 
 
 Charier 6790 
 
 Office and Shop 
 7 Ford Place 
 Charier 7388 
 
 REPAIRING 
 
 REAR 599 MAIN STREET 
 
 The Tunnel Paint Store 
 
 N. A. PUGLISE, Prop. 
 Residence, 84 Barbour Street 
 
 Painting and Decorating 
 
 Estimates Furnished 
 
 We carry a full line of Wall Papers, 
 Paints, Oils and Varnishes 
 
 Telephone. Charter 299-3 
 
 275 High Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Wadsworth, Howland 
 and Co., Inc. 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 BAY STATE BRICK 
 and CEMENT COATING 
 
 and a Full Line of 
 
 Bay State Varnishes and Paints 
 
 153 Asylum Street, HARTFORD, CONN. 
 ¥. W. FOSS, Mana2:er 
 
 95 
 
FRANK H. SNEATH & SON 
 
 92 Pearl Street 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Slate and Tile Roofers 
 
 And Dealers in 
 Roofin" Slates of All Kinds 
 
 Roofs Repaired and Warranted Tiuht 
 
 Office Telephone, Charter 2379-2 
 House, FARMINGTON, CONN., Telephone 170 
 
 M. J. STLCKLLR 
 
 Manufacturer of 
 
 Architectural Sheet Metal Work 
 
 Cornice and 
 Copper Work, 
 Gutters, 
 Ventilators, 
 Metal Ceilings, 
 Warm Air 
 Furnaces, 
 Conductors, 
 
 Tin Roofing, Skylight Work in Copper and 
 Galvanized Iron, and All Kinds of Job Work 
 
 55 John St. Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone Connection 
 
 LSTABLI5HLD 1907 
 
 The Sanitas Window Cleaning Co. 
 
 M. APTLR, Proprietor 
 
 1 1 74 Main Street 
 
 Telephone, Charter 2360 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
 CONN. 
 
 J. Lyon & Sons 
 
 PLUMBERS 
 and TINNERS 
 
 Bakery, Restaurant and Dairy Supplies 
 20 Central Row Phone.ses Hartford, Conn. 
 
 90 
 
Mercantile Hartford 
 
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 HE advertisements on tlie following pages in 
 this section will prove to the home-owner 
 and housewife that there is no need of their 
 going out of town to do their shopping. No matter 
 what you may need in the line of furniture, clothing, 
 eatables, or otherwise, your wants can be readily at- 
 tended to by tlie merchants of your own town — 
 Hartford. 
 
 Hartford's department stores, clothing stores, 
 ladies' specialty shops, hairdressing parlors, markets, 
 grocery stores and drug stores, are all of the best; 
 therefore, we take this opportunity of advising our 
 readers to deal witli tlie merchants whose advertise- 
 ments are printed on the following pages. 
 
 '' You need their ^oods^ they tieed yoi/r trade^ so 
 GET TOGETHERr 
 
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Buy in New England 
 
 (Exchange.) 
 
 When you buy, Mr. New Englander, buy New England made goods. 
 
 There's a reason, and if you stop to think it over it's a mighty big reason. 
 
 Your associates, your neighbors, your friends and your acquaintances are largely New 
 England people. Your wages, or your salary are paid you by New England business men. 
 Among the safest and most profitable investments are New England industrial securities. 
 
 To a large extent New England is a manufacturing community. The prosperity of New 
 England depends upon her industrial success. The quality of New England made goods 
 is famous everywhere. New England made goods are good enough for you and for me because 
 there are none better and there are few manufactured articles that you want that are not made 
 here. When you buy them, your money goes to your friends and helps them to prosper. 
 
 But it is the fad to wear only gowns that are made in Paris, clothes that are made of Eng- 
 lish worsted and even razors made of Sheffield steel, jackknives and rubber combs and an 
 extravagant array of more or less useful knick-knacks labeled "Made In Germany," and to 
 buy shoes and hats and pins and needles and clocks and watches and anything from a spool 
 of thread to an automobile at the first place which happens to make a price that suits you 
 for an article of the grade desired. 
 
 You earn your wages in New England. You enjoy your social life among New England 
 people. You receive your political honors from New England citizens. 
 
 Why don't you do the biggest thing you can to help them prosper and insist that they 
 do the same for you? Almost any New England city can boast some mill or factory that 
 makes the most or the best goods of a certain article in the entire world, or a chain of factories 
 that beats the world in the manufacture of a certain product. 
 
 When you buy a dollar's worth of goods made outside of New England only twenty cents 
 of that dollar stays here. Likewise, when a man outside of New England buys a dollar's 
 worth of New England made goods, eighty cents of the money comes here. 
 
 Sell what we don't need of our manufactured products outside and let the money come 
 here, but when you buy, insist upon getting New England made goods. 
 
 You can make New England prosperous by buying only New England made goods, and 
 you'll find a New England brand of satisfaction in looking over the manufactured articles you 
 use and saying, "They were all made in New England." 
 
 Ask for New England made goods first. 
 
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Hartford's Shopping Center 
 
 Biggest 
 
 Stocks 
 
 in 
 
 the 
 
 State 
 
 To 
 Supply 
 
 the 
 
 Biggest 
 
 Demand 
 
 (Main and Temple Streets) 
 
 All Kinds of Dependable Merchandise 
 
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 William L. Ledger 
 
 George A. Gay Harry B. Strong 
 
 Agents for Cadillac Cars 
 
 Full Line of Auto Supplies 
 
 Complete Service Station 
 
 (Telephone, Charter 5200) 
 
 Brown, Thomson and Co. 
 
 99 
 

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 DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY 
 
 William H. Bucklly 
 
 5TLLL AND COPPLR PLATL LNGRAVLR 
 PLATL PRINTLR and LMB055LR 
 
 FORMLRLY WITH BaILLY, BaNKS AND BiDDLL Co., PHILADELPHIA 
 
 Our Nlw Linl of Lngravld Christmas 
 AND Nlw Ylar Grllting Cards Arl on 
 Display at Our 5tudio for Your Insplction 
 
 Wl arl Notld for Our Workmanship in thl Lngraving, Lmbossing and 
 Printing of Visiting Cards, Wldding Invitations. Business Stationery. 
 Book Plates. Coats of Arms. Monograms and Crest Dies :: :: :: :: 
 
 Studio : 
 
 ninl hundrld and four 
 Main 5trllt 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 100 
 
Cramk^ S>l|0p 
 
 Machine and Hand Scalloping 
 Hemstitching^ Button Making 
 Accordion and Side Plaiting 
 
 ROOMS 46-47 DILLON BUILDING 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Phone, Charter 4134-5 
 
 Curtis H. Moyer, 
 PICTURES 
 
 AND 
 
 ..FRAMES.. 
 
 105 Pratt Street. 
 HARTFORD, - - CONN, 
 
 The Connecticut Business Protectors 
 
 Members of Co-operative liureaii 
 
 A.iiiericaii Collection Service 
 
 1026 Main Street 
 HARTFORD, CONNKCTICl T 
 
 Wa^es, rents and all other claims 
 
 collected and adjnsted for 
 
 everybody every^vhere. 
 
 We make no charges >vhatever 
 nnless successful. 
 
 Teleplioiie Charter 5932 
 
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 HATS, GC 
 
 FUES, MECKWEAE 
 AMP VEILS 
 
 No. 91 PRATT STREET 
 
 TELEPHONE, CHARTER 2445 
 
 101 
 
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 Distributors of the- 
 
 Artistic Mason & Hamlin 
 
 and other Famous 
 
 PIANOS 
 
 EDISON DIAMOND DISC PHONOGRAPHS 
 
 and RECORDS 
 
 LARGEST STOCK IN CONNECTICUT 
 ^01 Asylum Street, l^artforb 
 
 "Forty-eight Years in Business Means Something" 
 
 C. H. CASE & CO. 
 
 Diamonds JEWELERS batches 
 
 Optical Goods 
 
 Cut Glass Precious Stones 
 
 Silverware-Smiths and Platers 
 
 Rooms 58-58A, Hills Block 
 847 MAIN STREET 
 
 (Over old store) Phone, Charter 3587 
 
 "TAKE ELEVATOR AND SAVE MONEY" 
 
 We Have a Fine Assortment of Goods 
 
 Compliments of 
 
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 MERCHANT TAILORS 
 
 Manufacturers and Retailers of 
 
 Fine Ready- Made 
 Clothing 
 
 64, 66 and 68 Asylum Street 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
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 THE FIFTH AVENUE SHOP 
 
 rs PRATT STREET 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 HATS 
 
 GOWNS OF ALL KINDS 
 
 WAISTS 
 
 EVENING WRAPS 
 
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 The Cushman Music Shop, Inc. 
 
 71 PRATT STREET, HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Victrolas, Victor Records, 
 
 Pianos and Player Pianos 
 
 ARTHUR E. CUSHMAN, 
 
 President 
 
 JOSEPH P. MULCAHY, 
 
 Secretary 
 
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 "Some ships sail East and some sail West 
 By the selfsame tvinds that bloiv ; 
 It's the set of the sails and not the gales 
 That determines which ivay they go." 
 
 When yovi think of Flowers, set your sails for 
 
 STORES: 
 741 
 
 Main Street 
 
 364 
 Asylum Street 
 
 Greenhouses : 
 
 Plant No. 1 
 
 Benton Street 
 
 Plant No. 2 
 
 South Street 
 
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 DAVID C. COE 
 
 SANBORN & COE 
 
 Tailors and 
 Importers 
 
 5IDNLY 5. SANBORN 
 
 Suite 102 Phoenix Bank Building 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
 CONN. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 7437 
 
 104 
 
Pratt of Pratt g'trrft 
 
 C. W. [^RATT 
 
 LSTABLISHFD 1887 
 
 The Oldest House in Hartford 
 devoted exclusively to 
 
 LADIES' OUTER 
 
 WEARING APPAREL 
 
 Highest grade fabrics used in 
 the most exclusive designs. 
 
 From stock or 
 made-to-measure 
 
 Suits 
 Coats 
 Waists 
 Furs 
 
 C. W. PRATT, 75-77 Pratt Street 
 
 L. BL LLF, PLA5L. 
 Pre.s"t and Man'g'r 
 
 Madam ADE.L VAN RLN5ALE.UR, 
 Vice-Pres't 
 
 Dr. CHA5. H. WORCtSTLR, 
 
 5ec'v and Treas. 
 
 The Pease Beauty Parlors, Inc. 
 
 Conducting the following departments, viz.: — 
 Orthopedic, Chiropody, Dermatology, Trichology, Manicure, Pedicure. Ladies' and Children's 
 Hair Cutting and Dressing. Llectrolysis, etc. Personal attention given to Wigs, Toupees, 
 Ventilating, also the manufacture of seasonable and latest designs in Hair Goods. First quality 
 
 of hair only used. 
 
 Proprietors of The Queen Quality Toilet Preparations. 
 Special Attention Given to Amateur Theatricals. 
 
 903 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. Rooms 10, 11, 12 and 13 
 
 Tel. Charter 239 (Dr. Worcester) 7497-2 
 
 105 
 
Ward W. Jacobs & Co. 
 
 Established by Daniel Phillips in 1846 
 
 Steamship and Tourist Agency 
 
 Steamship tickets, tours and cruises to all parts of the world. 
 Reliable information on all trips furnished. 
 Railroad timetables and resort booklets gratis. 
 
 Foreign Exchange 
 
 Travelers^ Cheques 
 
 Letters of Credit 
 
 Baggage Insurance 
 
 OFFICE AT MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK, 44 PEARL ST. 
 
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 HOWARD F. COLTON 
 
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 Connecticut Mutual BIdg. 
 
 Phone, Charter 316-4 
 
 1 A5YLUM 5TRLF_T 
 Near Main Street 
 
 Phone. Charter 7582-4 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
 CONNLCTICUT 
 
 Bring your films to be developed, printed and enlarged, to The Camera 5hops 
 where high-grade work is always obtainable. All work is guaranteed. The service 
 is prompt and prices are reasonable. 
 
 For cameras and supplies you will always find in stock a full assortment of 
 Cameras and Kodaks. Fresh Films and Papers, and other Sundries. 
 
 These shops are headquarters for the Lveready Flashlights. 
 
 BRING IN YOUR ORDER FOR PICTURE FRAMING. 
 
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Men's 
 
 Hats, 
 
 Shoes, 
 
 Clothing, 
 
 Haberdashery 
 
 Women's 
 
 Coats, 
 
 Suits, 
 
 Gowns, 
 
 Blouses 
 
 Smart Appearance 
 
 Is one of the essentials in the life of the man of today which, 
 with a little care in selecting, can be easily acquired. 
 
 Horsfall's is a store that caters to men who regard the 
 choosing of their wearables with more than perfunctory inter- 
 est — to men who, for a reasonable price, want something more 
 than mere merchandise. 
 
 Here is an array of quality wearables which will appeal 
 to the man who wishes to be individual in his dress. 
 
 Horsfall wearables carry with them an air of distinction 
 and refinement not found in the commonplace. 
 
 And lastly, you buy here with the absolute assurance 
 that every detail of style is correct. The Horsfall Label is a 
 guarantee of satisfaction and the articles you purchase are in 
 every way worthy of the price you are asked to pay. 
 
 "IT PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND" 
 
 The Luke Horsfall Company 
 
 Men's Shop 
 93-97 Asylum St. 
 
 OUTFITTING SPECIALISTS 
 
 Custom Tailors 
 for Men and Women 
 
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 Women's Shop 
 140 Trumbull St. 
 
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 A. L. FOSTER & CO. 
 
 27 STORES 
 
 Clothiers, Shoes, Hats, Furnishings 
 
 45-55 Asylum Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
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The Only Store in Hartford 
 
 Where SPORTING or 
 ATHLETIC GOODS 
 
 are Not a Side Line 
 
 We have been the only store in Hartford devoted 
 exclusively to these lines for over 25 years. We 
 carry a complete line of everything in Athletic and 
 Sporting Goods for ladies as well as gentlemen. 
 We invite you to call and inspect our stock. 
 
 THE ANDRUS & NAEDELE CO. 
 
 52 Asylum Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
 The Gladding Drug Company 
 
 of 1203-1205 MAIN STREET, HARTFORD, CONN. 
 who are known as the Headquarters for 
 
 ELASTIC HOSE 
 
 Knee Caps, Anklets and Abdominal Belts, and all Sick- 
 Rooin Necessities, has had the distinction of watching 
 Hartford grow from a town of 25,000 to the City it is 
 today. Therefore, it joins in with other merchants and 
 citizens of Hartford in congratulating the City on its new 
 MUNICIPAL BUILDING. 
 
 We have the Prescription Books of S. G. Moses 
 & Co., and S. Goodrich & Co. for the last 60 years 
 
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Weeks' Linen 5hop 
 
 93 Pratt Street 
 
 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 
 
 LINENS 
 
 LMBROIDE.RY MATERIALS 
 
 WILLIAMS 
 
 FURS 
 
 Reliable Up-to-Date Prices are Right 
 
 SAVE ONE PROFIT BY BUYING 
 OF THE MANUFACTURER 
 
 ALFRED G. J. M ILLIAMS, 
 
 3S All VII S(ree<. 
 
 DYE WORKTf 
 
 COMPANY^ 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Leading Dyers and Cleaners 
 in Connecticut 
 
 MILLS REPRESENTATIVES 
 
 Sltr 
 
 Specialty 5tore 
 
 904 Main 5t. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 The largest and best lighted store in 
 New England devoted exclusively to 
 
 Silks and Dress Goods 
 
 FROM THE MILLS TO YOU AT WHOLESALE PRICES 
 
 Hartford's Leading Tailor 
 
 BILL BATTEY'S SHOE SHOP 
 
 1029 Main Street 
 
 SHOES for 
 Men, Women and Children 
 
 Agency for 
 "The Barry 
 Shoe for Men' 
 
 Dorothy Dodd 
 
 Shoe for Women 
 
 Sole Agency in this 
 
 City 
 
 111 
 
Telephone 464 
 
 Photographic 
 Portraits 
 
 45 Pratt Street 
 
 HARTFORD. CONN. 
 
 rArCH AMPS' 
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 212 Asylum Street 
 HARTFORD, - - CONN. 
 
 Photojjrapliy 
 In All Its Branches 
 
 William J. McDonough 
 
 Bookseller 
 
 and 
 
 Stationer 
 
 64 Pratt Street, Unity Building 
 The Arcade, Conn. Mutual Building 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 PHONE CHARTER 6543-2 ESTABLISHED 1912 
 
 Gompliments of 
 
 M. P. MFISTER 
 
 Ladies' and Genls' Tailor 
 
 Cleanlnji, l*ressinj^. Dyeing and Repairlnj* 
 Neatly Done at L,o>v Prices 
 
 5 Windsor Street 
 
 Corner Main Street HARTFORD. CONN. 
 
 All Work Guaranteed 
 Work called for and delivered 
 
 We are the Only Agents for Royal Tailor 
 
 J05^=>H ^ CO. 
 TAILORS 
 
 81 Asylum 5t. 
 5UIT MADL TO ORDER 
 
 Best of Trimmings 
 
 
 CLOTHES FOR MEN 
 
 Made by expert workmen and of 
 
 the best of materials can 
 
 be obtained from 
 
 John Akerlind 
 
 MERCHANT TAILOR 
 
 16 Charter Oak Avenue 
 
 Near Main Street 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Cleaning and Pressing a Specialty 
 Goods called for and delivered 
 
 Telephone Charter 332-14 
 
 
 
 
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Votes for Women a Success 
 
 The Map Proves It 
 
 Alaska 1913 
 
 W'liite States— FULL SUFFRAGE. Shaded States— PAET I AL SUFFRAGE. 
 
 Illinois— PRESIDENTIAL AND MUXIGIPAU FJlack States— NO SUFFRA(iE. 
 
 SUFFRAGE GRANTED 
 
 lS(i!) — Wyoming 
 18;».S— (^dorado 
 LSlXi— Utah 
 189<)— liUiho 
 lino- Washington 
 1911— Galifornia 
 1912— Oreaon 
 
 1912— Arizona 
 1912— Kansas 
 191.S_Iilinois 
 191 .{—Alaska 
 I in 4 — Montana 
 1!>U— Nevada 
 
 For Membership or Literature, Apply to 
 
 Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association 
 
 55-57 PRATT STREET 
 Hartford, - - - Connecticut 
 
 113 
 
F. F. JT DD, President 
 
 THE HARTFORD ICE CREAM CO. 
 
 MANLIFACTITKKKN €»F 
 
 Hij[|h-Gracle Ice Cream 
 
 AND FROZEN DESSERTS 
 
 Orders delivered in 
 ' '^ all parts of the city 
 
 in qnantities of ONK 
 QITART or more. 
 
 Orders for Dances, 
 Parties, Receptions, 
 WeddinjAs, etc.. Solic- 
 ited. 
 
 Cleanliness is our 
 First Consideration. 
 
 Capacity 
 2,50() Gallons a Day 
 
 F. A. .lUDI), r/u-Pn-s-i, Gen'lAfgr.Qixetlity and Service 
 
 UNEXCELLED. 
 
 380 WINDSOR STREET 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Telephone Charter oOUO 
 
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 1391 
 
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 THE LAR6EST AND MOST MODERN SANITARY ICr. CREAM 
 IN NEW ENGLAND 
 
 QUALITY BOOT SHOP 
 
 OUR MOTTO 
 
 "Quality" 
 
 "We Fit the Foot 
 
 and 
 
 SUIT THE PURSE" 
 
 1001 Main St. 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 An Up-To-Date Cleaning and Dyeing 
 Establishment in an Up-To-Date City 
 
 Do you realize what a great service this plant of ours can be to you } 
 We have facilities that are not equaled by any like establishment in New England. 
 We Dye, Clean, Renovate and Repair such Personal and Household Goods as Men's 
 Clothing of all Kinds, Ladies' Garments, including even the most delicate weaves of Silks, Crepes, 
 Laces, Etc., without taking them apart. 
 
 We guarantee not to injure the finest fabric and to give you the exact shade you desire. 
 
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 We employ expert workmen in this line and we produce surprising results. 
 
 Simply call us up and our team will call for your goods ; our man will give you estimates 
 on the work. 
 
 There is no experimenting and no guesswork here ; we have a system that guarantees 
 the desired results absolutely. 
 
 Quick Service 
 
 We make a specialty of doing quick work for our customers and can deliver goods, 
 cleaned and repaired, the same day as received. This is a service on which we pride our- 
 selves and cannot be equaled in the city. Try us and be convinced. This service, when 
 applied to Suits, will be greatly appreciated by all office workers who are busy all day long 
 in the office. 
 
 The Imperial Dyeing and Cleaning Co< 
 
 214 PARK ST. Branch Office, 8 CHURCH ST. 
 
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MUSICALLY 
 
 IT IS THE MOST 
 
 VALUABLE TO 
 
 YOU AND 
 
 ALWAYS AT 
 
 YOUR SERVICE 
 
 FORTY YEARS OF THOROUGHLY TESTED. 
 
 FAITHFUL AND EFFICIENT SERVICE. HAS 
 
 MADE THIS NAME PROMINENT ABOVE 
 
 OTHERS. WHICH SIGNIFIES THE 
 
 BEST IN MUSIC 
 
 THERE IS NO 
 
 SERVICE 
 TOO SMALL 
 
 OR 
 
 TOO LARGE 
 
 FOR US 
 
 CONDUCTOR AND MANAGER 
 
 THE Beeman 8c Hatch Orchestra 
 
 AND 
 
 HATCH'S First Infantry Band, C. N. G. 
 
 Phone. Charter 792 
 
 Charles P. Hatch. 
 
 18 Windsor Ave. 
 
 Exclusive Imported and Domestic 
 
 Fabrics Fashioned Into Correct 
 
 Garments for Gentlemen 
 
 H. W. BRINKMANN & CO. 
 
 (Successors to U. H. Brockway & Co.) 
 
 Merchant Tailors 
 
 Room 72, Dillon Building 
 
 HARTFORD, /. CONN. 
 
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 It is a paper for all the people and 
 for every member of the family. 
 It is alive and alert and has 
 the courage of its convictions. 
 Its definite and permanent pol- 
 icy is the advancement of Hart- 
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 It tells all the news, tells it 
 promptly, tells it truly and tells 
 it interestingly. 
 
 Advertisers will note that The 
 Post has the second largest 
 home delivered circulation in 
 Hartford. The Post's circulation 
 is growing faster than that of 
 any other paper in Connecticut. 
 
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The Alderman Drug Co. 
 
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 ''Hartford's Busiest Corner" 
 
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 The most reliable drugs and chemicals used 
 
 [Lastman Kodak Agency 
 
 Fresh films and supplies always on hand. 20-hoiir 
 service for developing and printing. Enlarging and 
 copying a specialty. 
 
 At Our Candy Department 
 
 Will be found a fresh stock of SAMOSET, GREEN 
 SEAL, CRANE'S, MARY GARDEN and FARM 
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 Our 5oda Fountain 
 
 Speaks for itself. 
 
 Our Toilet Goods Department 
 
 Is complete. 
 
 Lverything for the 5ick Room 
 
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BLUMER COLLEGE OF 
 NATUREOPATHY, Inc. 
 
 Bluiiu-r Colleye of Na- 
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 of giving a full course in 
 Natureopathy. embodying 
 the sulijects of Anatomy, 
 Physiology, Chiropractic, 
 Spincopathy. M ec h an o 
 Therapy, Mental and Sug- 
 gestive Therai)eutics, Bio- 
 chemistry. Food and Mate- 
 rial Science, Hydro-Ther- 
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 ology and Diagnosis, and 
 all other methods which 
 are found to be in har- 
 mony with nature. 
 
 ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT - 
 
 A high x-h.iol (Mhiratioii I*R- HIAWIER 
 
 or its equivalent, but those w ho liK'k the necessary entrance 
 
 requirement are given the iirixilege to ac<(uire the necessary 
 
 credits without loss of time for admission. 
 
 It is our aim to give the Students a chance to rise to a 
 
 hit;h dciiree of efliciency. 
 
 LENGTH OF COURSE— Full course of this c<, liege requires 3 
 years, which will cover a periml of S months in each year. 
 Special Courses on ai)plication. All communications re- 
 garding same should be sent to the President, <i7 Ann St . 
 Hartford, Conn. This college has an able body of in 
 structors. each an expert in his particular branch. 
 
 OFFICE AT 
 
 97 ANN STREET HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
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 FOR COUGHS AND COLDS 
 
 So. 
 
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 STAMPED "E.J.h: 
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 MANUFACTURED BY 
 
 SILVER BROS. 
 
 For Sale Everywhere 
 
 JOHN M. ROSENTHAL 
 
 Prescription 
 Druggist 
 
 4 Maple Avenue, Cor. Congress St. 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 S. MAX 
 
 721 Main Street 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone Connection 
 
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 36-38 PRATT STREET 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
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 Mr. THOMAS A. SMITH 
 
 Kingsley & Smith 
 
 Lstablished 1886 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
 Finest Grades of 
 
 Butter, Cheese and Eggs 
 
 Agents for 
 
 E. L. C. Creamery Butter 
 
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 571 MAIN ST. 1023 MAIN ST. | 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 3494 
 
 
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Boston Branch Grocery 
 
 The W. W. Walker Co. 
 
 BAKERS 
 
 CANDY MANUFACTURERS 
 
 and dealers in 
 
 EVERYTHING EATABLE 
 
 Our Luncheon Buffet for ]\ren and 
 Wiuucn is the best place to dine. 
 
 745 and 751 Main Street 
 Hartford, .*. Connecticut 
 
 We Deal in 
 
 The Highest Class of Goods 
 in Every Department 
 
 GROCERIES 
 FRUITS, BAKED GOODS 
 
 Our Own Confectionery, Etc. 
 
 Two Specialty Stores With 
 Soda, Ice Cream and Lunch Departments 
 
 One First- Class Complete Restaurant 
 
 Newton, Robertson & Co. 
 
 338-342 Asylum Street 
 653 Main Street 858-862 Main Street 
 
 Extensive Dealers in the 
 Finest of all 
 
 Food Products 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1872 
 
 We purchase higb-grade table 
 supplies direct from the pro- 
 ducer or i)acker, from Maine 
 to California, on a wholesale 
 basis. 
 
 The Hartford Market Co. 
 
 Corner Main and Mulberry Sts. 
 Hartford, - - Connecticut 
 
 Telephone, Charter 700 
 
 Newton & Burnet, Inc. 
 
 Only the Best in 
 
 Meat 
 
 Poultry 
 
 Fish 
 
 and 
 
 Vegetables 
 
 PROMPT 5LRV1CL 
 
 319 Asylum Street 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 GEORGE F.LANE 
 
 ISO ASYLUM STREET 
 
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 J. M. Cohn 
 
 Leading Dealer in 
 
 COAL 
 
 Office and Yard, 86 PLEASANT STREET 
 
 Telephone, Charter 186 
 
 Hartford, - Conn. 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1826 
 
 Robbins Brothers^ Inc. 
 
 Furniture 
 
 310 Pearl Street 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
 CONN. 
 
 YUEN SING & COMPANY 
 
 Importers and Dealers in 
 
 TLA, CROCKLRY 
 
 . . AND . . 
 
 FANCY GOODS 
 
 1 28 State Street 
 HARTFORD. CONN. 
 
 Standard Piccalilli 
 
 A Snappy One 
 
 Made from Selected Materials 
 
 and put up under Best Sanitary 
 
 conditions. 
 
 STANDARD PICCALILLI is 
 DELICIOUS and HEALTHFUL 
 
 Free from all adulteration. Try it 
 and you will keep on using it. 
 
 Standard Pickle Co. 
 
 84 Pleasant Street 
 HARTFORD, - CONN. 
 
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M. G. KRETZMKR, Sec'v 
 
 F. G. HUMPHREY, President L. K. HUAH^HRKV, Tieas. 
 
 The Tunnel Coal Corporation aT^RlrAiL anthracite COAL bituminous 
 
 LEHIGH AND FREE BURNING, ALL RAIL COAL 
 Office, 3-5 ALBANY AVENUE Telephone, Charter 1436 
 
 VERTICAL COKE 
 
 is no experiment — it's an established fact, 
 which spells efficiency and a saving to 
 you. A trial order will prove that it 
 
 IS CHEAPER 
 
 than coal in many ways. First, it costs 
 less ; second, it contains more available 
 heat ; third, there is less ashes. It's 
 
 BETTER THAN COAL 
 
 because it's cleaner, more sanitary and 
 goes further. 
 
 ORDER NOW TO INSURE DELIVERIES 
 
 J. H. LLOYD 
 
 60 Front Street and Gas Office, Main Street 
 
 Telephone, Charter 242 
 
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Colt Gas Li^htiii^ System 
 
 Water Supply Outfits, Llectric 
 Pumps, Pressure Tanks, 5ilos, 
 Tanks, Lightning Protection, 
 Lnsilage Cutters, Gasoline Lngines, 
 Artesian Wells, Steel Flag Poles. 
 
 The E. R# Clark Company 
 
 1 1 Haynes Street - Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 Organized 1809 
 
 BIBLE HOUSE, 
 
 1 77 Asylum Street, Hartford 
 
 Bibles in all styles, versions and languages. Prayer Books, Hymnals, 
 Hymn Books, Gift Books, Sunday School and Church Supplies 
 
 Unique Greeting Cards, Post Cards and Little Gifts 
 
 L5TABLI5HLD STANDARDS 
 
 LXCLUSIVL MLRCHANDISL 
 
 MODLRATL PRICES 
 
 SAMULL W. RAYMOND, Manager 
 
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 The State Publishing Co. 
 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 ALBERT M. SIMONS ARTHUR FIFOOT 
 
 President Sec y and Treas. 
 
 Publishers of the Connecticut Motor Vehicle ^ 
 Register, which is an advertising medium that is bringing 
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 EVKRETT SELDEN GEEK, 
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 E. HOWARD GEER, 
 Born June 30, 1S40. 
 T)io(l Fcl.iuaiy 21. 1912. 
 
 tRA.-sTUS C. GEER, 
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 Born December 1, 1817. 
 Died March 27, 1887. 
 
 ELIHU GEER SONS, 
 
 PUBLISHERS OF 
 
 GEER'S 
 Hartford City Directory. 
 
 TELEPHONE CHARTER 3683-4. 
 
 E. HART GEER, 
 Director. 
 Ex-Fish a7id Game Commissioner. 
 
 Dr. ETHELBERT F. GEER. 
 
 Everett S. Geer. 
 
 E. J. E. Geer. 
 
 ELITHAN E. GEER. 
 
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Hartford's Leading 
 Business and Musical Schools 
 
 THE schools advertised in this book, both business and musical, are 
 considered as being the best in the state. 
 
 These schools knew that this book was going to be taken to 
 the best of homes, so therefore, showed not only their civic pride, but 
 the pride in their schools as well, by putting their advertisements herein. 
 In the future, dear reader, when you are looking for a good business 
 or musical school, just look in this book and you will find the names and 
 addresses of the leading and best schools of their kind in the City of 
 Hartford. 
 
 Hartford School of Music 
 
 Incorporated 
 
 Organized 1890. Twenty-sixth Season opens October 4, 1915. 
 
 Voice, 
 
 Violin, 
 
 HOARD ItV .>IA>A<iK14S: 
 
 MRS. A. A. WELCH, President 
 
 MRS. T. B. BEACH, Secretary 
 
 MRS. JULIUS GAY 
 MISS LUCY PERKINS 
 MRS. S. B. ST. JOHN 
 MRS. C. D. WARNER 
 
 MRS. J. P. ANDREWS 
 MISS K. E. ANDREWS 
 MISS MARY CLARK 
 MRS. ANSEL G. COOK 
 
 MRS. WALTER L GOODWIN MISS VILLA W. WHITE 
 
 INSTRLTCTOKS : 
 
 WILLIAM L. WHITNEY 
 [EDWARD H. NOYES 
 LILLIAN L. BISSELL 
 Piano, ; HAROLD M. WEBSTER 
 
 IfLORENCE a. ATKINS 
 'ELLIOT S. FOOTE 
 I FRANZ MILCKE 
 ( LAURA WHEELER ROSS 
 Violoncello, SUSAN LORD BRANDEGEE 
 Organ, ARTHUR PRIEST 
 
 History, WALDO S. PRATT 
 
 VoT further iiiforiuation, 
 apply ♦" 
 MISSIM. C. WELCH. 
 
 HARTFORD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 
 
 H Sprine Street, 
 Teh-plioiie, Charter 2SS7. HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
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AN UNIQULLY LFFICILNT SHORTHAND 
 
 @\sTMw^( 5CHOOL WITH HIGH STANDARDS 
 
 " ; 29th Year 
 
 OLMSTLAD'S 
 SLLLCT SHORTHAND SCHOOL 
 
 Offers exceptional advantages to a limited number of 
 desirable students. We study the personal needs of 
 each pupil, give entirely individual instruction, limit our 
 numbers. SESSIONS DAY AND LVLNING 
 
 Early application necessary for admittance. Catalogue on request. 
 
 Address : 
 
 L. M. OLM5TLAD, Proprietor 
 756 MAIN STREET, .'. HARTFORD 
 
 Typewriter Supplies Adding Machines 
 
 General Typew^riter Exchang'e 
 
 C. O. BLOMQUIST, Manager 
 
 Typewriters— All Makes 
 
 Sold Rented Exchanged Repaired 
 
 New Address 
 
 119 Pearl St. (opp.Trumbun) Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 4247 
 
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^■^Hairlfordl^s Leading Bnasmess ScHnooF^ 
 
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 CHARLES E. HUDSON 
 NINA P. HUDSON 
 C. F. REMSEN 
 W. M. WOTTON 
 
 INEZ M. BECKWITH 
 RUTH M. JACKSON 
 JULIA BOUVE 
 EMMA C. HEIN 
 
 bimirses of Stad j 
 
 BOOKKEEPING 
 
 and 
 ACCOUNTANCY 
 
 SECRETARIAL 
 
 and 
 
 NORMAL 
 
 SHORTHAND 
 
 and 
 TYPEWRITING 
 
 Li¥e=Wire Orgam^ati<oini 
 New IRooms 
 The Last Word im Text 
 Beamtiful New Fuimituire 
 Expert Imstructors 
 Centrally L©eated 
 
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The Hartford Conservatory of Music 
 
 W. V. ABE.LL, Director 
 
 Leading Musical Institution 
 in Southern New England 
 
 118 ASYLUM ST., cor. Trumbull St., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 The faculty of fifteen includes, besides W. V. Abell, Director 
 (piano and voice culture), Theodore Van Yorx, tenor ; Davol 
 Sanders, violinist ; and Hans Kronold, cellist, artist instructors 
 from New York, also assistant instructors in all departments. 
 The Conservatory provides graded Beginners', Teachers' and 
 Artists' courses in the Vocal, Pianoforte, Violin and Violoncello 
 departments, and aw^ards a certificate upon the completion of a 
 course. For terms and further particulars, address 
 
 W. V. ABELL, Director 
 
 118 ASYLUM ST. 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Phone Hartford Conservatory of Music 
 
 F. B. SKIFF & CO, 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 Signs, Awnings, Tents and Flags, Favors and Novelties 
 
 Tents, Canopies, Tables and Chairs for Rent 
 
 40-42 Ann Street Hartford, Conn. 
 
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The Young Men's Christian 
 Association of Hartford, endeavors 
 to inspire and help young men 
 and boys to live clean, useful lives 
 of Christ-like service to their fellows 
 and the community, and to develop 
 themselves physically, mentally 
 and spiritually to their fullest 
 capacity. 
 
 Look for article on this subject in the write-up section of this book 
 
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R. H. PRUTTING 
 
 Conductor 
 Harlfarb ^hiihnrmonir ©rrhrstra 
 (The iHnsnntr €\\mt of Hartforb 
 
 Organist and Musical Director 
 
 yirst iHrthobtst tutsropal Churrh anb 
 
 nf thr iWasanti UJabirs at l^artfarb 
 
 Teacher of Theory of Music 
 and Piano 
 
 studio, 1 1 8 Asylum Street 
 
 R. Augustus Lawson 
 
 PIANIST 
 
 and 
 TEACHER 
 
 Brown-Thomson Bldg., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 7516-6 
 
 HOURS : 
 
 9 A. M. to 1 2 M. 1 P. M. to 8 P. M. 
 
 Sunday, lO A. M. to 2 P. M. 
 
 DR. M. W. BELZER, 
 intttBt, 
 
 1 26 1 Main Street, 
 
 HARTFORD, 
 
 CONN 
 
 MISS COE'S 
 SCHOOL OF ORATORY 
 
 Suite 20, Seventeen Haynes Street 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 All of Miss Coe's work is founded on 
 educational principles. 
 
 Miss Coe has been very successful in the 
 Production of Plays. 
 
 PRIVATE PUPILS RECEIVED IN ORATORY, DRAMATIC 
 ART, VOICE AND PHYSICAL CULTURE 
 
 Miss Cce is a Graduate of Emerson College 
 of Oratory, Boston, Mass. 
 
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 Next Door to Star Theater 
 
 Shorthand 
 Typewriting 
 
 Bookkeeping 
 Penmanship 
 
 and other commercial branches 
 taught by experienced teachers 
 
 DAY OR LVLNING 5L55ION5 
 
 Write today for catalogue. 
 
 The Connecticut Business College 
 
 36 Pearl 5t. Hartford. Conn. 
 
 G. H. WILCOX, Principal 
 
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Hotel and 
 Automobile Section 
 
 THE advertisements in this book of Hartford's Hotels, 
 Cafes, Dining Places, Automobile Dealers and Garages 
 will prove to the reader that Hartford is very well taken 
 care of in these lines of endeavor. The advertisements herein 
 are of those who are the acknowledged leaders in their line. 
 
 Mr, WILLIAM TEE 
 
 begs to annou7ice that he has assumed the 
 manage??ient of the 
 
 ALLYN HOUSE 
 
 where he will be pleased to meet his friends and 
 
 extend to them the comforts and conveniences 
 
 of a first- class hostelry 
 
 A. ALBERT IN I 
 
 for the past sixteen years with the Hotel Heuhlein^ has been 
 
 engaged as Chef de Cuisine^ an assurance that this 
 
 feature of the service will be unexcelled 
 
 Special attention will be given to Private Dancing Parties in our New Ball Room, 
 Banquets, Wedding Receptions, Afternoon Teas and like social functions 
 
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 Where 
 
 Good Food 
 
 is Served 
 
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 Heublein 
 
 Standard 
 
 Maintained 
 
 CLIFFORD D. PLRK1N5, Proprietor 
 
 Facing Bushneli Park 
 
 HARTFORD. CONN. 
 
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 You will enjoy your 
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 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 The Hotel That Makes YOU 
 WELCOME 
 
 The Hotel Delaney is conducted as a Moderate Priced Hotel, 
 where one can secure all the comforts of home in the heart of 
 the city. 
 
 The Up-to-Date Features of the Hotel Delaney are : Hot and 
 Cold running water ; Telephone in each room ; Shower and 
 Shampoo Baths ; Elevator service ; Modern ventilation system ; 
 All latest conveniences; Courteous attention to all guests. 
 Especially recommended to all seeking an up-to-date, homelike 
 and restful hostelry. 
 
 RATES— $1.00 per day and up 
 
 Special weekly rates. European Plan 
 
 'A HANDY AND DANDY PLACE TO STOP AT WHEN IN HARTFORD" 
 
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The 
 
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 THOMAS C. HARDIE 
 
 WILLIAM J. HARDIL 
 
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 A QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN BUSINESS 
 
 In the year 1890, 25 years ago, Thomas C. Hardie, Sr., started a small store at 
 287 Park St. As the business grew T. C. Hardie, the present owner, succeeded 
 his father. Since that time the business has attained a most remarkable growth. 
 Tw^o retail stores and a wholesale department are now engaged in giving the 
 public the very best in liquors. 
 
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 Princely 
 Three States 
 Private Stock 
 
 Old 1890 
 
 Garrison Club 
 
 Red Label 
 
 White Label 
 
 Blue Label 
 
 HARDIE'S 
 
 COCKTAILS 
 
 Manhattan 
 Martini 
 
 *~w. 
 
 
 The delivery 
 service is most 
 satisfactory. 
 
 Telephone or 
 mail orders 
 given at any of 
 the three stores 
 always receive 
 proper care and 
 consideration. 
 
 WHOLESALE DEPT. 
 
 1088 Broad St. 
 
 Charter 6127 
 
 RETAIL STORES 
 
 232 Asylum St. 
 
 Charter 8143 
 
 283-287 Park St. 
 
 Charter 8159 
 
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 Long Brothers, Proprietors 
 
 78 to 96 State Street 
 
 City Hall Square, Opp. Post Office 
 
 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 
 
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 REFINED CABARET 
 
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Hartford is Proud ^ 
 of Its BEST 
 
 — and one of the best plants in Hartford 
 is the model Brewery of The New 
 England Brewing Co. which produces the 
 superior New England Ale, Lager and 
 Porter. 
 
 Sold in Leading Hotels, Clubs and Bars 
 Try our Brewery Bottling for your home use 
 
 The New England Brewing Co. 
 
 Sk WINDSOR ST., HARTFORD ^ 
 
 The Wooster 
 
 Billiards, Bowling 
 and Cafe 
 
 Finest in New England 
 
 50 and 60 A5YLUM 5TRLLT 
 
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G. F. Heublein & Bro. 
 
 Distillers, Importers and Exporters 
 
 UNITED STATES AGENTS 
 FOR THE 
 
 Famous "Brand's A 1 Sauce'' 
 
 196-200 Trumbull Street 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 BRANCH OFFICES 
 29 Broadway, New York 53 Hainerweg, Frankfurt, Ger. 
 
 20 Piccadilly W., London, Eng. 
 
 BONDED WAREHOUSE FOR EXPORT 
 
 J. F. Shulthiess 
 
 Cor. Asylum and Trumbull Streets 
 
 UP ONE. FLIGHT 
 
 «"!S",'.'SJB!JSJ 
 
 City Bank and Trust Co. Bldg. 
 
 BARBLR SHOP 
 
 TLLLPHONE., CHARTLR 2441-2 
 
 Daniel J. Mahoneg 
 
 287 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 PHONE 8115 
 
 Parsons Theatre Cafe, Inc. 
 BOWLING 
 
 3 CENTRAL ROW 
 
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PURITY FIRST 
 
 THE BASIC PRINCIPLE 
 THAT HAS MADE 
 
 ROPKINS^ BREW 
 
 UNDENIABLY POPULAR 
 
 ORDER A CASE OF 
 
 Ropkins* Light Dinner Ale 
 
 and Test Its Superior Taste and Goodness 
 
 Leading Cafes or Phone Charter 4034 
 
 
 Telephone Connection. 5969 
 
 CONNECTICUT 
 TIRE AND REPAIR CO. 
 
 Dealers in 
 
 Automobile Tires and 
 Accessories 
 
 VULCANIZING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 
 
 Tubes Vulcanized, 25c. 
 Why pay more ? 
 
 359 Trumbull Street, HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
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The City Auto 
 Repair Company 
 
 GLORGL C. BARNARD, Treas.-Mana^er 
 RALPH E. CARPLNTfLR. Superintendent 
 
 Service Station for the 
 
 FORD CARS 
 
 5TUDLBAKLR 
 
 HUPMOBILL 
 
 and 
 
 CHANDLLR 
 
 TLLLPHONEL. CHAKTLR 5660 
 
 Automobile Repairing 
 Storage Garage 
 
 A Complete Line 
 of Accessories 
 
 36 Chapel 5t. 
 Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 Steam Vulcanizing 
 
 OF THE BETTER KIND 
 
 AUTO TIRES 
 
 A large stock of Firsts, New, 
 Seconds and slightly used 
 Tires and Tubes, Always on 
 Hand 
 
 Capitol Tire Company 
 
 13 WELLS STREET Near Main 
 
 Phone, Charter 422-5 
 
 FREE AIR OPEN EVENINGS 
 
 W1LL15 L. HAYL5 
 
 MOTORCYCLL5 
 and BICYCLL5 
 
 HARLEY- DAVIDSON 
 
 ^qEP> 
 
 Supplies, Parts and Repairing 
 
 1341 Main 5t. 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Telephone Connection 
 
 Rubber Goods 
 Auto Tires 
 
 and Supplies 
 Sporting Goods 
 
 Rubber Coats 
 and Rain Coats 
 
 Hartford's Leading Rubber Store 
 
 The Ailing Rubber Co. 
 
 167-169 Asylum St. 
 
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 Sturdy as the Oak" 
 
 It is an 
 
 Oakland 
 
 Four, Six and Eight-Cylinder Cars 
 High-Speed Motors 
 
 Have greatest economy and longest 
 life and improve in flexibility and 
 power with wear. 
 
 Buy them in the Oakland. 
 
 THE A. C. HINE CO. 
 
 Tel. Charter 6034 314-316 PEARL STREET 
 
 State Distributors 
 
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Robert R. Ashwell 
 
 Service Station 
 
 REPAIRING, PAINTING, TOPMAKING, 
 
 By skillful men with years of experience who 
 can transform your Old Car into a New One. 
 
 Our 1 1-2 Ion Wrecking Truck is the Bitrorest and Best 
 
 Equipped Truck in the State and is Always at 
 
 Your Service, Day and Nio^lit 
 
 Distributors and Service Station for the 
 
 Gray & Davis Starting and Lighting Systems 
 
 Gray & Davis Batteries 
 
 Westinghouse Starting and Lighting Systems 
 
 Bosch Magnetos and 
 
 Sauer Truck Service 
 
 A Central Place to Board or Store Your Car 
 
 341 Trumbull St., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Telephone, Charter 7609 
 
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GEORGE W. DEAN, President 
 
 R. ELMER CURTISS, Treas. 
 
 JOHN W. MORRISON, Sec'y 
 
 The City Garage Co. 
 
 23-25 Hoadley Place 
 
 Telephone, Charter 1226 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
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 BRISeOE Eight, Fully Equipped 
 
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 $750 
 $950 
 
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 GOOD 
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 EVERY FACILITY 
 
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 Efficient Service Station. 
 
 Taber system in back of it will reduce 
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 RUSSELL P. TABER 334 Peari st. 
 
 18-20 Elm St. 
 
 Stanley Touring Car 
 
 Five-Passenger, Twenty Horse- 
 Power. Wheel Base, 130 inches. 
 
 34x4' J- inch Silvertown Cord 
 Tires on Demountable Rims. 
 
 Electric Light from Dynamo. 
 
 Mayo V Shaped Condenser giving 
 a water capacity of from*200 to 300 
 miles. 
 
 Body, Aluminum, Hand Made. 
 
 One-Man Top and Clear Vision 
 Ventilating Windshield. 
 
 PRICE, FULLY EQUIPPED 
 $1750 
 
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