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LEONARD MORSE, Recorder.
EDWARD J. GARVAN, Clerk.
WILLIAM J. MCCONVILLE, City Attorney. JOSEPH DAWSON, City Marshal.
CHARLES E. OLMSTED, Messenger.
Was established in 1784 to try civil cases arising within the city limits, whenever one or both parties reside therein, and jurisdiction is unlimited as to amounts.
POLICE COURT.
Daily at 9 A. M. in Police Court Room, 44 Kinsley st ALBERT C. BILL, Judge, till April, 1899.
ARTHUR PERKINS, Assistant Judge.
J. GILBERT CALHOUN, Prosecuting Attorney.
HARRISON B. FREEMAN, Jr. Special Pros. Attorney. ROBERT C. DICKENSON, Clerk.
Bennett H. Pepper, Messenger. Salary, $100.
Was established in 1852 ; jurisdiction in criminal cases, and final jurisdiction in all offenses where the penalty does not exceed a fine of $200, or six months' imprisonment, or both ; all other hearings are simply preliminary. Appeals are taken only to the superior court. Previously these cases were tried before the Justice of Peace.
JUDGES OF THE POLICE COURT OF HARTFORD.
1852-1854. Eliphalet A. Bulkeley.
1855-1857 Goodwin Collier.
1858
George S. Gilman.
1859
. Good win Collier.
1860
George S. Gilman.
1861
. Elisha Johnson.
1862
. George S. Gilman.
1868 . Elisha Johnson.
1864-1865. . George S. Gilman.
1866
. Samuel F. Jones
1867-1870.
Monroe E. Merrill.
1871-1878. Harrison B. Freeman.
1874-1876. . Monroe E. Merrill.
1877-1882 .Arthur F. Eggleston.
1888-1888 William F. Henney.
1889-1892. William J. McConville.
1898-1894.
Sylvester Barbour.
1895- Albert C. Bill.
PROBATE COURT.
(District includes Towns of Hartford, Bloomfield, Glastonbury, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor Locks.) Regular sessions, daily, except holidays, at 114 Pearl street, Halls of Record, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. HARRISON B. FREEMAN, Judge. FRANK M. MATHER, Clerk.
GRAND LIST OF HARTFORD, OCT. 1ST, 1897.
10 per cent for making lists. $ 291,978
7,481 Dwelling Houses, . 27,452,670
666 Acres of Land,. 1,419,471
962 Stores, Manufactories and Mills, 18,919,659
2,164 Horses, 184,699
278 Neat Cattle, 6,790
Carriages, ..
129,845
Time Pieces, Jewelry, etc. 87,570
Musical Instruments, .. 35,495
Furniture and Libraries, 149,161
Bank Stock, 1,304,934
Insurance Stock. 10,101,915
State, Canal and all other Stocks,. ..
25,972
Railroad, City, and other Corporation Bonds, 84,500
Amount employed in Merchandise & Trade, 2,828.805
2,552,529
Investments in Mechanical and Mnf'g op'ns, " in Vessels, Steamboats and Com. 107,800
Money at Interest,.
on hand or on deposit,.
176,797
Taxable property not specified,. 68,844
$60,350,878
Less Soldiers exemption etc.,.
291,540
As returned to State Comptroller, $60,069,188
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TRANSTULLY
Motto :- HE WHO TRANSPLANTRD, STILL SUSTAINS.
tate of Connecticut.
Description of Capitol, see pages 658-655.
The LEGISLATURE meets biennially at Hartford, on Wednesday after 1st Monday in January (odd years).
Next State election will be for Members of Congress, State Officers, Senators, Representatives and Justices of the Peace, for two years, on the Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November, 1898.
For TOWN OFFICERS, annually, on the 1st Monday in October, excepting Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven.
Connecticut State Offrets, 1898.
OFFICERS IN CAPITOL. BALARY.
LORRIN A. COOKE, Winsted, Governor, $4,000
JAMES D. DEWELL, New Haven, Lieut. Gov. 500 GEORGE HAVEN, Adjutant General, 1,200 WM. E. F. LANDERS, Assistant Adjutant General, 1,800 THERON C. SWAN, Hartford, Clerk. WALTER PEARCE, Hartford, Clerk. LORENZO D. CONVERSE, New London, Clerk.
LOUIS N. VANKUREN, Quartermaster General, 1,200 HENRY C. MORGAN, Assistant Q. M. General. MICHAEL J. WISE, Clerk.
GEORGE E. KEENKY, Somers, Paymaster General, 600 ALBERT P. DAY, Hartford, Commissary General. ALBERT W. PHILLIPS, Surgeon General.
JOHN F. CARPENTER, Putnam, Judge Advocate Gen'l. JAS. B. HOUSTON, Thompsonville, CLAYTON H. CASE, Hartford,
CHAS. W. PICKETT, New Haven, WILLIAM B. MCCRAY, Hartford, JOHN H. BUCK, Executive Secretary, FRANK D. ROOD, Hartford, Executive Clerk,
1,200
1,500
CHARLES PHELPS, Rockville, Secretary, ROBINSON S. HINMAN, Chief Clerk. RICHARD J. DWYER, Hartford, Clerk. ALBERT R. PARSONS, Hartford, Clerk.
CHAS. W. GROSVENOR, Pomfret, Treasurer, 1,500 B. FRANK MARSH, Chief Clerk. ROBERT J. MATHEWSON, Pomfret, Clerk. CHARLES F. SUMNER, Jr., Clerk.
BEN.J. P. MEAD, New Canaan, Comptroller, 1,500 F. CLARENCE BISSELL, Willimantic, Chief Clerk. JOHN H. WADHAMS, Clerk.
HERBERT E. BENTON, School Fund Commis' er, 2,000 CARNOT O. SPENCER, Hartford, Chief Clerk. WILLIAM H. POND, Hartford, Clerk.
FREDERICK A. BETTS, Insurance Commissioner, 8,500 ARTHUR A. WILSON, Hartford, Actuary. THERON UPSON, Hartford, Chief Clerk. FREDERICK W. SKIFF, West Haven, Clerk.
· GEORGE D. BLAKESLEY, Hartford, Clerk. HARLEY M. BLAKESLEY, Hartford, Clerk.
SAMUEL B. HORNE, Winsted, Labor Commis'er, 8,000 WILLIAM W. IVES, Norwich, Clerk.
CHARLES J. HOADLY, Hartford, Librarian, 1,800 For State Institutions, Officers, etc., see page 658.
ROLL OF THE SENATE All Republicans.
* Resigned November, 1897. t Resigned March, 1898. Lieut. Gov. JAMES D. DEWELL,, New Haven, President. Hon. WM. H. MARIGOLD, Bridgeport, Pres't protem. SAMUEL A. EDDY, North Canaan, Clerk. Dist. 1, Hon. LINUS B. PLIMPTON, Hartford. =
2 ELIZUR S. GOODRICH, Wethersfield.
3, GEORGE F. KENDALL, Suffield.
4, ERASTUS GAY, Farmington.
EDWARD D. STEELE, Waterbury.
6 JOHN W. MIX, Wallingford.
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DWIGHT W. TUTTLE, East Haven.
WILLIAM S. BEECHER, New Haven.
BENJAMIN H. LEE, New London.
4 9. 10, LUCIUS BROWN, Norwich.
11, JOHN N. LEWIS, Voluntown.
" 12, GEORGE E. LOUNSBURY, Ridgefield,
18, EDWIN O. KEELER, Norwalk.
14, .WILLIAM H. MARIGOLD, Bridgeport.
15, JOHN N. WOODRUFF, Sherman.
¥ 16, MONROE F. LATHAM, Eastford.
17, GEORGE M. HARRINGTON, Windham.
18, SAMUAL A. HERMAN, Winsted.
19, DONALD T. WARNER, Salisbury. BURTON H. MATTOON, Watertown.
= 20,
21. ALFRED M. WRIGHT, Essex.
22. CHARLES G. R. VINAL, Middletown.
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28. tTHOMAS A. LAKE, Rockville.
24,
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J. CARL CONVERSE, Stafford.
ROLL OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Republican, except * Democrats ; t Nat'l Democrata ; # Dead : || Resigned. JOSEPH L. BARBOUR, Hartford, Speaker. HARTFORD COUNTY.
Avon Robert J. Holmes.
Berlin
.Daniel E. Bradley.
Bloomfield
. George F. Humphrey.
Bristol . George H. Hall, Adrian J. Muzzy.
Burlington . Samuel G. Winchester.
Canton Walter L. Wilder.
East Granby ... George L. Viets.
East Hartford. .. Norman S. Brewer, A. W. Wickham. East Windsor. . . Louis F. Helm, Sylves'r D. Rockwell. Hugh Young, Jr., Thompson S. Grant.
Farmington ....
Glastonbury .... P. Henry Goodrich, Chas. O. Tryon.
Granby ... . Hector Case, Marcus A. Griffin.
Hartford .
.. Joseph L. Barbour, Rob't A. Griffing.
. Bryant J. Marks, Edgar B. Case.
Manchester ...
. Francis H. Whiton, W. R. Tinker.
Marlborough .. .. Charles E. Carter. New Britain .. .. Chas. J. Parker, Morris C. Webster. . tJohn H. Fish.
Newington ..
Plainville . . Burwell Carter.
Rocky Hill ..... Luther B. Williams.
Simsbury .
. Alex. T. Pattison, Chauncey H. Eno.
Southington .... Sherman F. Guernsey, Wm. L. Ames.
South Windsor .. Norman F. Stoughton.
Suffield. . Horace K. Ford, Edwin .J. Sheldon.
West Hartford. . William H. Mansfield.
Wethersfield ... Robert S. Griswold, Frank J. Welles.
Windsor ........ James J. Merwin, Eli S. Hough. Windsor Locks. Alfred W. Converse. NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
Ansonia .. Reuben H. Tucker, Franklin Burton.
Beacon Falls ... "Daniel J. Carrington.
Bethany.
. Dwight L. Humiston.
Branford.
*Charles S. Bradley.
Cheshire. . Fred'k Doolittle, Herbert J. Morse.
Derby Edwin Hallock, "Albert K. Kennedy.
East Haven .. . Francis F. Andrews.
Guilford Herbert E. Parmelee, +Wm. P. Hill. Hamden. . John O. Shares.
Madison. Edwin W. Munger
Meriden . Wm. G. Gallager, George W. Couch.
Enfield . A. N. Wadsworth, tSamuel Frisbie.
Aids-de-Camp to Governor.
1,800
Hartland
...
8,
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Middlebury .... G. Fred. Abbott.
Milford ..
...
. Dumond P. Merwin, Theo. Thompson.
Naugatuck. .... James Hughes, "William J. Neary.
New Haven .... T. Atwater Barnes, Fred'k L. Averill. North Branford. Ralph Beers.
North Haven. .. Anson B. Clinton.
Orange.
. Charles E. Graham.
Oxford ..
. Samuel W. Buckingham.
Prospect
Stephen A. Talmadge.
Seymour
. Theodore B. Beach.
Southbury
. Curtiss H. Smith.
Wallingford.
W. J. Leavenworth, Sam. Hodgkinson.
Waterbury. . George H. Cowell, Warren L. Hall.
Wolcott. Albert N. Lane.
Woodbridge ... Henry E. Baldwin.
NEW LONDON COUNTY.
Bozrah.
. F. Judson Miner.
Colchester
Edward M. Day, William Daudey.
East Lyme
."Arthur B. Calkins.
Franklin
Gris wold
.James H. Hyde.
"Ira F. Lewis.
Groton.
. Robert P. Wilder, Donald Gunn.
Lebanon
.George A. Mills, George A. Fuller.
Ledyard.
Nathan S. Gallup.
Lisbon *Charles B. Bromley.
Lyme. James L. Lord, E. Hart Geer.
Montville . George N. Wood.
New London .. . . Robert Coit, "Cyrus G. Beck with.
No. Stonington .. Amasa M. Main, Samuel Thompson.
Norwich. .John H. Barnes, Currie Gilmour.
Old Lyme. *John H. Noble.
Preston
.Chas. F. Boswell, Chas. B. Chapman.
Salem.
Albert Morgan.
Sprague Ebenezer Allen.
Stonington James Pendleton, Elias Williams.
Voluntown *Charles E. Main.
Waterford "John L. Payne.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Bethel
. William S. Wortman.
Bridgeport
.. Matthew H. Rogers, Geo. E. Somers.
Brook field
*James Lee.
Danbury. .Charles S. Peck, Frank L. Butler.
Darien .. *George Gregory.
Easton.
Ellis F. Wheeler.
Fairfield.
H. N. Wakeman, Sherwood Banks.
Greenwich ..
... Seaman Mead, John F. Close.
Huntington .... Sturges Whitlock.
Monroe . David A. Nichols.
New Canaan . .
. Russell L. Hall.
New Fairfield .. . "Daniel A. Murphy. Newtown *Martin F. Houlihan, " Aaron Sanford.
Norwalk. . .J. Belden Hurlbutt, Russell Frost.
Redding . Henry S. Osborn, Nathan Perry.
Ridgefield. . Louis L. Valden, Hiram J. Kellogg.
Sherman. George A. Barnes.
Stamford. . Michael Kenealy, Charles E. Rowley.
Stratford. J. Henry Blakeman.
Trumbull . Arthur E. Plumb.
Weston .Iverson C. Fanton.
Westport. .Joseph G. Hyatt.
Wilton Frederick D. Benedict.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Ashford. E. Lincoln White, H. R. Woodward.
Brooklyn
. John G. Potter.
Canterbury ...* Charles S. Hyde, "Oliver S. Francis.
Chaplin. Theron L. Neff.
Eastford .Leander H. Snow.
Hampton Addison J. Greenslit.
Killingly. .James M. Paine, John A. Paine.
Plainfield . Charles E. Barber, Walter Kingsley.
Pomfret .I. W. Trowbridge, tReuben G. Weeks.
Putnam. .Wm. R. Barber, Charles H. Brown.
Scotland William M. Burnham.
Sterling. .* Orren W. Bates.
Thompson . Geo. T. Bixby, ||Cornelius V. Chapin.
Windham. . Huber Clark, #John Brown.
Woodstock ... Geo. M. Sampson, Francis B. Chaffee.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
Barkhamsted. .. Hubert B. Case, Baker Cleveland.
Bethlehem.
..... William Griswold.
Bridgewater ... .. |Reuben M. Warner.
Canaan
. Edwin W. Spurr.
Colebrook
. Samuel A. Cooper, Wm. H. Raidart.
Cornwall
. Chas. W. Everett, "Rob't N. Cochrane.
Goshen ...
Frank W. Griswold, Lorrain Apley.
Harwinton
.Patrick Hogan, Jr., D. B. Mansfield.
Kent
Thomas D. Barclay.
Litchfield .Geo. W. Mason, "Edw'd E. Champlia
Morris #Samuel J. Bissell.
New Hartford ... Henry C. Messenger, C. F. Loomis
New Milford. .. Turney Soule, George H. Jackson.
Norfolk ....... . Leopold .J. Curtiss, fFred M. Darrow.
North Cansan. . Alberto T. Roraback.
Plymouth ..... Richard Baldwin.
Roxbury ..
. Edward W. Seeley.
Salisbury
.James M. Selleck, [Hubert Williams.
Sharon .. . Simeon B. Jewett, "M. F. Whitney.
Thomaston ..
... Byron W. Pease.
Torrington
Ed. H. Hotchkiss, Willard V. Barber.
Warren
Robert H. Perkins.
Washington ..
. Henry Upson, "Charles P. Lyman.
Watertown
. Edson B. Lock wood.
Winchester
. Lester C. Strong, S. Landon Alvord.
Woodbury ...... Asahel W. Mitchell, G. H. Drakeley.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Chatham
. Henry T. Sellew, C. F. Shepard, Jr.
Chester.
Clinton.
James Smith Deuse.
Cromwell
. Charles B. Frisbie.
Durham
John H. Ball, "Henry I. Page.
East Haddam .. . Frank C. Fowler, Charles H. Rich.
Essex ...
.John I. Hutchinson.
Haddam .
. Roland R. Tyler, Henry E. May.
Killingworth ... Edward P. Nichols, Nathan H. Evarts.
Middlefield ..... Otis A. Smith.
Middletown .... D. Luther Briggs, Dale D. Butler.
Old Saybrook . . Joseph L. Hayden.
Portland. ...... George G. McLean.
Saybrook.
Milon Pratt, Louis D. Pratt.
Westbrook.
. William I. Lewis.
TOLLAND COUNTY.
Andover.
. Albert H. Lyman.
Bolton.
. tCharles G. Tryon.
Columbia
.* Warren A. Collins.
Ellington.
.Charles A. Thompson.
Hebron
. Horace F. Porter, Charles D. Way.
Mansfield
. Charles T. Crane, Martin W. Atwood.
Somers
. Amos Pease, Charles H. Ricketts.
Stafford.
.John M. Leach, Adorno S. Eaton.
Tolland
Edwin S. Agard, "John S. Usher.
Union
.Harry E. Back, Henry F. Corbin.
Vernon. Edwin L. Heath, George Arnold, Jr.
Willington . William H. Hall, Frederick C. Juul.
POLITICAL RECAPITULATION; 1897.
Senate: Republicans, 24. House: Republicans, 218, Democrats, 29, National Democrats, 5. Total, 252.
Republican majority in Senate, 24; Republican in House, 184; on joint ballot, 208. There are 101 Farmers, 84 Merchants, 19 Manufac- turers, 15 Attorneys, the balance are from one to six each in other vocations.
Of the 24 Senators, 19 were born in Connecticut; of the Representatives, 214 were born in this state.
AUDITORS PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
F. B. Noves, Stonington, July 1, 1899; D. Ward Northrop, Middletown, July 1, 1899.
. Henry C. Hull.
Coventry
Charles E. Hunt, George Keeney.
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tate Capitol in the City of Hartford;
Approached from Asylum, Ford, Pearl, Trumbull, Jewell, Mulberry, Wells, Elm, West, Clinton, Trinity, Wash- ington, Lafayette, and Hungerford streets, and Capitol avenue.
CHARLES H. BUTLER, Sup't, room 13, salary, $1,600 BENJ. C. MCKENNEY, Ass't Sup't, room 13, salary, $1,400
DOME open at 10 and 11.30 A. M .; 2 and 3.30 P. M. ELEVATORING, 4 stories, from 7 A. M. till 6 P. M.
OCCUPANCY AND LOCATION OF THE ROOMS.
See page 617 for the State Officers occupying these rooms.
All even numbered rooms are on the north side of the building-all the odd numbered on the south side The rooms on the east end are numbered 1 to 19 on the first floor; 21 to 80 on the second floor; 41 to 50 on the third floor; 61 to 70 on the fourth floor. On the west. end are Nos. 11 to 19 on first floor; 81 to 89 on second floor; 61 to 61 on third floor; 72 to 80 on fourth floor. Adjutant General, room 19, 1st floor. Agricultural Committee, room 50, 8d floor. Ante room, House, room 88, 2d floor. Appropriations Committee, room 26, 2d floor. Attorney's retiring room, 60, 8d floor. Bank Commissioners, room 55, 8d floor. Bank Committee, room 55, 8d floor. Battle Flags of Connecticut, in west corridor. Cities and Boroughs Committee, room 60, 8d floor. Claims Committee, room 5, 1st floor. Comptroller of Public Accounts, r'ms 2 & 4, 1st floor. Connecticut Prison Association, room 45, 8d floor. Constitutional Amendments, room 72, 4th floor. Dairy Commissioners, room 54, third floor. Education Committee, room 42, 8d floor. Executive Secretary, room 85, 2d floor. Engrossed Bills, room 86, 2d floor. Finance Committee, room 54, 8d floor. Fisheries Committee, room 25, 2d floor. Forfeited Rights, room 75, 4th floor. Governor's room, 89, 2d floor. Grand Army of the Republic, room 70, 4th floor. Hall of Representatives, south side on 2d floor. Highway Commission, rooms 25 and 27, 2d floor. House coat rooms, 80 and 82, 2d floor. Hlouse Members retiring rooms, 27 and 88, 2d floor. Humane Institutions Committee, room 47, 8d floor. Incorporations Committee, room 27, 2d floor. Inspector of Factories, room 26, 2d floor. Insurance Commissioner,rooms 14, 16, 18, 20, 1st floor. Insurance Committee, room 14, 1st floor. Janitor's room, 11, 1st floor.
Judges retiring room, 59, 8d floor. Judiciary Committee in Supreme Court room. Labor Statistics, room 48, 8d floor. Ladies' reception room, 58, 8d floor. Lieutenant Governor's room, 21, 2d floor. Manufactures, room 76, 4th floor. Military Affairs Committee, room 15, 1st floor. New Towns and Probate Districts, room 79, 4th floor. Paymaster General, room 19, 1st floor. Pharmacy Commission, room 72, 4th floor. Quartermaster General, rooms 56, 58, 3d floor. Railroad Commission, room 48, 8d floor. Railroad Committee, room 41, 8d floor. Restaurant, room 8, 1st floor. Roads and Bridges, room 78, 4th floor. School Fund Commissioner, rooms 5 and 7, 1st floor School Fund Committee, room 7, 1st floor. Secretary of State, rooms 38 and 40, 2d floor. Senate Chamber, east end, 2d floor. Senate Clerk's and Coat room, 24, 2d floor. Senator's retiring room, 22, 2d floor. Speaker's room, 23, 2d floor. State Board of Charities, room 80, 4th floor. State Board of Education, room 42, 3d floor. State Board of Health, room 47, 8d floor. State Library, north room, 3d floor. State Prison Committee, room 45, 3d floor. Superintendent's room, 18, 1st floor. Stuart's painting of Washington, Senate Chamber. Supreme Court, west end, 3d floor. Supreme Court Clerk's room, 57, 3d floor. Supreme Court Reporter's room, 57, 8d floor. Temperance Committee, room 80, 4th floor. Treasurer of State, rooms 1 and 3, 1st floor. United States Standard Scales, Weights and Meas- ures for this State, room 76, 4th floor. Washrooms, 28 and 84, 2d floor. Water Closets, 12, 1st floor; 28 and 84, 2d floor; 49 3d floor.
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THE CONNECTICUT CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS adver- tised for plans for a Capitol edifice in 1871. Among the several plans which were first submitted, was one modeled from the Bradford Town Hall, in England. The present edifice is not modeled therefrom, but was planned solely in reference to the site on which it stands, and to the wants of the State.
The main idea of the architect was to follow the order of the 13th Century Gothic, though the strict rules of this order were materially modified at every step in the construction of the building. It is not even Victoria Gothic, but a modernized and Ameri- canized improvement upon all the various changes that have been made in many centuries upon the or- der of Gothic architecture. The ground was first broken therefor in the spring of 1872. But before the foundation was completed, so much public dissatis- faction was exhibited, with the plan first adopted, and the universal desire expressed for a fire proof building, that the first commission resigned, and a new one ap- pointed, that went forward, in the year 1874, to erect the present edifice on an improved plan.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
The portion of Bushnell Park allotted to the State Capitol, is bounded, north by a roadway, east by Trinity street, south by Capitol avenue, and west by Broad street and the Park river; without any fences.
The edifice on Bushnell Park, in the City of Hart- ford, of the modern secular Gothic in style, is unrivaled in location. The general ground plan of building is that of a parallelogram. It has four fronts, nearly corresponding with the four cardinal points of the compass. Its extreme length is 295 feet 8 inches ; depth of center part 189 feet 4 inches; depth of wings, 111 feet 8 inches ; depth of intermediate parts, 102 feet 8 inches; height from ground line to top of crowning figure 256 feet 6 inches ; level of building ground line is 84.7 feet above mean low water at Saybrook. Ma- terial, white marble. The frame work of slated roof is iron. The building is fire proof-probably the only fire proof Capitol in this world. There are over 500 windows, 200 doors, and over two acres of flooring to beswept and kept clean. The Commissioners spent about $400,000 annually, during its erection, of the $2,000,000 that was appropriated for this fire proof structure; and upon completion of their labors they reported to the State about $18,000 unexpended of the amount the State had appropriated. Competent critics from other states pronounce it as "unique and unrivaled among structures of this kind in America."
The Connecticut Legislature met in the new Capitol March 26, 1878, and its annual sessions on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1879. The State Offices were moved therein, Oct. 26, 1878. Since January, 1888, the Legislature has met here biennially.
When a State flag is raised over the west wing of the Capitol the Governor is in his office; and when over the east wing the Senate is in session; and when over the south wing the House of Representatives is in session-aside from public occasions.
Completed in January, 1880, costing. ... $2,584,024.46 Land, 14 acres paid by City, April 15, 1872, 600,000.00
Halfacre of ground paid for by State,' 82, 7,200.00 Furniture, carpets, gas fixtures, etc., .... 98,740.00 Five grading appropriations, ... 70,594.60 Compensation of Capitol Commissioners, 15,000.00 Paid for a defaulting contractor in 1881, 5,041.67 " 1882, 5,000.00
Commission for grading around Capitol. 1,500.00 Completing four unfinished rooms, Jan. '85, 5,000.00 Drinking fountain in Capitol, Jan. 1885, 450.00 Total cost of land, building, furniture, etc.,$8,342.550.78 Of above, Hartford donated land, $600,000 cash, 500,000
Hartford pays two-fifths of taxes,
which adds as paid by Hartford,860,000, 1,960,000.00 Leaving, as paid by rest of State, about $1,882,650.78
Four steam boilers of fifty horse power each are set in a vault outside of the building, and are working satisfactorily in every respect. Much attention has been given to properly warming and ventilating this spacious building, and from results already attained, efforts in this respect are entirely successful. Thirty miles in length of steam, water and gas pipes were laid as the building progressed.
The statues of Roger Sherman#, Thomas Hookert, Jonathan Trumbullf and John Davenporti, cut in fine statuary marble, seven feet in height, also medallions of Noah Websters and Horace Bushnell? are placed on each side of the center tympanum over the east entrance, upon which a correct representation of the historical Charter Oak Tree is cut. Places have been left for many marble statues, busts, and historical de- signs upon the tympana.
In the Agricultural room, No. 50, third floor, is a rare exhibit of Connecticut productions.
On the second floor near Representatives hall is that celebrated Vienna premium fountain, presented this State, on a marble base.
ARRANGEMENT OF ROOMS.
As the interior of the rooms of the building have been arranged by the Commissioners, the rooms of the State Officers are on the first floor, the Executive and Legislative rooms on the second or main floor, the Legislative Committee rooms on the third and fourth floors, above the Senate and House floors. Except the floors of the Legislative halls and offices, which are of hard pine, the only woods used in the building for fin- ishing, fittings and furniture, are oak, black walnut and ash. There is no veneer or varnish used in the entire building. The woods are left in their natural state, except that the pores are filled with some pre- paration and rubbed down with hard oil finish, thus giving a smooth surface without a shining polish.
In the corridor is the celebrated HISTORICAL WHEEL, battle scarred, etc. Also in the office of the Adjutant General is a portrait of Gen. NATHANIEL LYON, who was born at Ashford, July 14, 1819; grado- ated at West Point; entered U. S. Army as Lieuten- ant, July, 1841; was in the Florida Indian war; ako in the Mexican war; was is command of U. S. Arsenal at St. Louis at breaking out of the rebellion in 1861; and was killed while leading his command at the battle of Wilson Creek Mission, Aug. 10, 1861; and his remains were interred at Eastford, Conn., Sept. 5, 1861.
THE SENATE CHAMBER
Has a floor 50 by 40 feet with a height from floor to ceiling of 87 feet. Three windows on the east front of the building admit herein direct light, and the cen- tral panel in the ceiling is also a skylight. The desks are placed in three lines of eight each, one fac- ing the President's desk and the others on the sides at right angles; on the east or fourth side there are six desks for Reporters, corresponding with Senators' desks, leaving a large rectangular area in the center and ample passage ways around the outside. Bows of desks do not meet at the corners, leaving passage ways toward the severa" angles of the room. The
*ROGER SHERMAN, born in Newtown, Mass .. 1721; a shoemaker; les yer; representative of Milford and New Haven in Conn. Colonial Amcity, Statesman; judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut; treasurer of Yake College: member of Convention that framed United States Constitution, 1793; In United States Senate 19 years, and died July 23, 1793.
+THOMAS HOOKER, born In England, 1586, came to Hartford is 1634. and was pastor bere until his death in 1647.
+JONATHAN TRUMBULL, born in Lebanon, Conn , June 10, 1710. pt ated at Harvard, 1727: elected to the Assembly 1733: Ito speaker 1 judge of courts; Heut. governor 1766; then ex officio chtet justice superior court: governor 1769, and until resigning. 1783; died at Lebanon, Art- 17, 1785. Washington called him "Brother Jonathan."
JORN DAVENPORT, born in England, 1597, went to New Haven, 1638; died in Boston, 1670.
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