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East Hartford. .. Edward W. Pratt, James S. Forbes. East Windsor. .. E. Morton Granger, Fred J. Barnes.
Enfield . Andrew Gordon, Charles D. Bent.
Farmington ..... A. R. Wadsworth, Samuel Q. Porter.
Glastonbury. .. . Samuel C. Hardin, Alpheus D. Clark.
Granby ...
. Dwight F. Newton, B. B. Messenger.
Hartford
Henry Roberts, H. B. Freeman, Jr.
Hartland .
. David N. Gaines, Wilbur S. Miller.
Manchester.
.Chas. R. Hathaway, H. O. Bowers.
Marlborough .. .* Henry G. Austin.
New Britain .. .. Chas. H. Moore, "Thomas H. Brady.
Newington . George E. Churchill.
Plainville
. Burwell Carter.
Rocky Hill .
Sherman E. Deming.
Simsbury ....
. Lewis G. Eno, Samuel T. Welden.
Southington .. .
. Charles H. Clark, Charles D. Barnes.
South Windsor .. William R. Wood.
Suffield .. ... Clinton Spencer, George A. Harmon.
West Hartford. .. John O. Enders.
Wethersfield ... S. N. Woodhouse, Edw'd J. Bulkley. Windsor ......... J. S. Leonard, "Lawrence Mullaley. Windsor Locks. James C. Gourley.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
Ansonia.
Reuben H. Tucker, S. G. Gardner.
Beacon Falls. . . Herbert C. Baldwin.
Bethany ..
.* Arthur H. Doolittle.
"Branford.
.* Charles S. Bradley.
Cheshire.
. Chas. S. Spaulding, Jas. R. Lanyon.
Derby. Benj. Hubbell, "Albert K. Kem edy.
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East Haven. . Charles W. Granniss.
Guilford.
.F. W. Rossiter, "Oliver N. Brooks.
Hamden ...
. John H. Davis.
Madison .. John H. Meigs.
Meriden . George W. Couch, George L. Ellsbree.
Middlebury .. .John T. Basham.
Milford ....
Naugatuck
Frank H. Woodruff, James L. Miles.
."John M. Page, "John J. Gorman. New Haven .... "Alfred W. Forbes, "James P. Bree.
North Branford. David S. Stevens.
North Haven. .. D. Walter Patten. Orange. *Edwin S. Thomas.
Oxford.
*William Q. Davis.
Prospect.
Edgar B. Jeralds.
Seymour.
Clifford J. Atwater.
Southbury ...
Robert C. Mitchell.
Wallingford.
. .. Sam'l Hodgkinson, *J. B. Kendrick.
Waterbury. . Herold R. Durant, *Frank P. Brett.
Wolcott. . t Arthur W. Harrison.
Woodbridge .... Samuel O. Clark.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
Barkhamsted ...* Samuel H. Case, .Wm. J. Martin.
Bethlehem
. Frederick. H. Thomson.
Bridgewater ..... "Marcus B. Mallett.
Canaan
.John -H. Belden.
Colebrook.
*Patrick O'Donnell, *Wm. M. Curtiss.
Goshen ..
.* Edwin O. Wright, John P. Porter.
Harwinton .... James Martin, Lucius W. Fox.
Kent *Fred H. Chase.
Litchfield .* Jas. P. Woodruff, "John H. Harrigan. Morris *George H. Page.
New Hartford ... "Frank P. Marble, Edgar A. Clarke. New Milford ... "Noble Bennitt, "J. Leroy Buck.
Norfolk .... .Henry H. Bridgman, Melvin E. Snow. North Canaan. . + Horace E. Holt.
Plymouth .* Wilbert N. Austin.
Roxbury
*George R. Crofut.
Salisbury
William B. Rudd, William Conklin.
Sharon .
*Myron F. Whitney, "J. D. St. John.
Thomaston
. George A. Stoughton.
Torrington .. James A. Carpenter, Elias Pratt.
Warren.
*William Forrestelle.
Washington .. . Powell G. Seeley, Geo. A. Tomlinson.
Watertown. *Albert A. Stone.
Winchester ... George S. Rowe, Elliott B. Bronson.
Woodbury. . Edward Cowles, Charles S. Curtiss.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Ashford. *Clifton H. Wright, Theo. M. Lyon.
Brooklyn
"John C. Williams.
Canterbury Geo. H. Green, "Braman M. Johnson.
Chaplin. Winslow B. Gallup.
Eastford Edwin O. Sumner.
Hampton Lester H. Jewett.
Killingly . Oliver W. Bowen, Geo. A. Williams.
Plainfield . John W. Atwood, Moses A. Linnell.
Pomfret . Fayette L. Wright, William D. Fay.
Putnam. Franklin W. Perry, Byron D. Bugbee.
Scotland . George S. Carey.
Sterling. . Robert L. Johnson.
Thompson . O' Meara G. Chase, "E. F. Thompson.
Windham .. ... Charles A. Gates, William A. King.
Woodstock .. Luther J. Leavitt, Jarvis T. Hall.
TOLLAND COUNTY.
Andover. *Edgar D. White.
Bolton.
*Charles N. Loomis, Jr.
Columbia.
. Frederick A. Hunt.
Coventry
*Alex S. Hawkins, "Henry C. Walker.
Ellington.
. Charles A. Thompson.
Hebron. .Francis G. Waldo, Frank R. Post. .* George P. Hanks, Fred O. Vinton.
Somers . Jas. A. Thompson, Frank'n V. Kibbe.
Stafford.
.* Richard G. Beebe, Oscar W. Sanford.
Tolland. *Albert D. Stedman, *F. A. Newman. Union Rob't E. Webster, Francis L. Upham. Vernon . Francis T. Maxwell, E. A. Kuhnly.
Willington . Origin Hall, Charles H. Brown.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Bethel
*Frederick N. Porter.
Bridgeport.
.Charles C. Godfrey, Hugh Stirling.
Brookfield
. Robert W. Green.
Danbury
Darien.
Clifford L. Taylor, William E. Luke.
Easton.
Daniel W. Edwards.
Fairfield.
Rufus B. Jennings, F. P. Sherwood.
Greenwich
. Seaman Mead, Nathaniel A. Knapp.
Huntington . Frederick G. Perry.
Monroe . . David A. Nichols.
New Canaan James Hoyt.
New Fairfield .. . Frederick E. Knapp.
Newtown
.John F. Keating, John F. Houlihan.
Norwalk.
John H. Light, fClarence F. Osborn.
Redding.
. Albert A. Gorham, John Todd.
Ridgefield.
John P. Keeler, Ebenezer A. Hoyt.
Sherman.
.J. M. Pickett, died April 18, 1899.
Stamford
. Michael Kenealy, Watson E. Rice.
Stratford Edwin F. Hall.
Trumbull
. Daniel M. Nichols.
Weston
. Iverson C. Fanton.
Westport
John Henry Jennings.
Wilton . George F. Brown.
NEW LONDON COUNTY.
Bozrah.
.* William Kilroy.
Colchester
. Addison C. Taintor, Edw'd E. Brown.
East Lyme ..
. John F. Luce.
Franklin
. Frank B. Greenslit.
Griswold
Samuel S. Edmond.
Groton.
. Wm. H. Allen, "Ralph H. Denison.
Lebanon
.L. B. Smith, Edward H. McCall.
Ledyard.
.* Jacob Gallup.
Lisbon ..
. James B. Palmer.
Lyme ..
. S. N. Jewett, "J. Raymond Warren.
Montville *Moses Chapman.
New London ... . F. B. Brandegee, Chas. B. Whittlesey.
No. Stonington .. William B. Carey, George F. Coats.
Norwich
.Currie Gilmour, Edwin W. Higgins.
Old Lyme
*Frank L. Saunders.
Preston
."D. L. Jones, "Gilbert S. Raymond.
Salem. Frank Smith DeWolf.
Sprague
*Henry Buteau.
Stonington
Frank H. Hinckley, Geo. H. Maxson.
Voluntown.
Ezra Briggs.
Waterford. .A. H. Lanphere.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Chatham
. Wm. B. Tibbals, Gwinnette Carpenter.
Chester ..
Andrew F. Warner.
Clinton ..
. Z. Silas Wellman.
Cromwell
. William R. McDonald.
Durham
Wilbur L. Davis, John R. Smith.
East Haddam .. . Wm. H. Scoville, Norris W. Rathbun. Essex. ... Frank R. Gallaher.
Haddam .* Wilbur F. Smith, "Irving T. Shailer.
Killingworth ..
*Chas. N. Davis, J. S. Griswold.
Middlefield ..... Charles N. Burnham.
Middletown .... Robert G. Pike, Charles W. Warner.
Old Saybrook . . Henry I. Clark.
Portland. .
. George C. Bell.
Saybrook ..
. Henry M. Snell, Fred. W. Williams.
Westbrook ..... Carlos H. Chapman.
POLITICAL RECAPITULATION; 1899.
Senate: Republicans, 21; Democrats, 8. House: Republicans, 181; Democrats, 68; National Demo- crats, 8. Total, 252. Republican majority in Senate, 21; Republican in House, 109; on joint ballot, 180. There are 102 Farmers, 28 Merchants, 26 Manufac- turers, 22 Attorneys, the balance are one or more each in other vocations. Of the 24 Senators, 20 were born in Connectrut; of the 252 Representatives, 208 were born in this state.
Mansfield
.* Wm. H. Vining, Homer P. Deming.
Cornwall.
Thaddeus Bell.
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State 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 R. KEENEY, Sup't, room 13, salary, $1,600 JOHN L. WILSON, Ass't Sup't, room 13, salary, $1,400
DOME open at 10 and 11.30 A. M .; 2 and 3.30 P. M. ELEVATORIKG, 4 stories, from 7 A. M. till 6 P. M.
OCCUPANCY AND LOCATION OF THE ROOMS. See page 651 for the State Officers occupying these rooms. 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. Pharmacy Commission, room 72, 4th floor. Quartermaster General, rooms 56, 58, 3d floor. Railroad Commission, room 48, 3d floor. Railroad Committee, rooms 41 and 48, 8d floor. Restaurant, room 8, 1st floor.
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; 51 to 61 on third floor; 72 to 80 on fourth floor. Adjutant General, room 19, 1st floor. Agricultural Committee, room 50, 3d floor. Ante room, House, room 83, 2d floor.
Appropriations Committee, room 26, 2d floor. Attorney's retiring room, 60, 8d floor. Attorney General, rooms 45 and 47, 3d floor. Bank Commissioners, room 78, 4th floor. Battle Flags of Connecticut, in west corridor. Board of Education for the Blind, room 79 4th floor. Cities and Boroughs Committee, room 60, 8d floor. Commissioner on Building and Loan Associations, room 79, 4th floor.
Comptroller of Public Accounts, r'ms 2 & 4, 1st floor. Connecticut Prison Association, room 55, 8d floor. Dairy Commissioners, room 54, third floor. Education Committee, room 42, 8d floor. Executive Secretary, room 85, 2d floor. Engrossed Bills, room 88, 2d floor. Fisheries Committee, room 66, 4th floor. Forfeited Rights, room 75, 4th floor. G. A. R. Putnam Memorial Camp, room 79, 4th floor. Governor's room, 85, 2d floor. Hall of Representatives, south side on 2d floor. Highway Commission, room 27, 2d floor. House coat rooms, 80 and 82, 2d floor. Hlouse Members retiring rooms, 27 and 88, 2d floor. Humane Institutions Committee, room 79, 4th 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.
Roads and Bridges, room 73, 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, 8d floor. State Board of Health, room 79, 4th floor. State Library, north room, 8d floor. State Prison Committee, room 55, 3d floor. Superintendent's room, 18, 1st floor. Stuart's painting of Washington, Senate Chamber. Supreme Court, west end, 8d 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 8, 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 8d floor.
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THE CONNECTICUT CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS adver- tised for plans for # 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 $13,000 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 Half acre 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
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1882,
5,000.00
Commission for grading around Capitol. Completing four unfinished rooms, Jan. '85, Drinking fountain in Capitol, Jan. 1885,
1,500.00
5,000.00
450.00
Total cost ofland, building, furniture, etc ,$3,342.550.73 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 $1,382,550.78
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 Davenport||, 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; gradu- ated at West Point; entered U. S. Army as Lieuten- ant, July, 1841; was in the Florida Indian war; also 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 fect. 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. Rows of desks do not meet at the corners, leaving passage ways toward the severa. angles of the room. The
ROGER SHERMAN, bor in Newtown, Mas .. 1721; a shoemaker; law- yer: representative of Milford and New Haven in Conn. Colonial Assembly; statesman; judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut; treasurer of Yale 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 in 1636, and was pastor bere until his death in 1647.
+.JONATHAN TRUMBULL, born in Lebanon, Conn., June 10, 1710. grado- ated at Harvard. 1727: elected to the Assembly 1733; its speaker 1739; judge of courts; lleut. governor 1766; then ex officio chief justice superior court; governor 1769, and until resiguing. 1783; died at Lebanon, Aur. 17. 1785. Washington called him "Brother Jonathan."
[ JOHN DAVENPORT, born in England, 1597, went to New Haven, 1638; died in Boston, 1670.
& NOAH WEBSTER, born In Hartford, Conn., in 1758; author of Web- ster's Spelling Book and Webster's Unabridged Dictionary; died In New Haven, Conn., In 1843.
? HOMACK BUSHNELL, born in Litchfield, Conn .. April 14, 1809; grada- ated at Ynle, 1827; called at North Congregational Church of Hartford, Feb. 1833; ordained May 22, 1833; settled only over this church; dis- missed In April, 1859, on account of ill health; died at Hartford, Feb. 17, 1876,
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entire chamber is finished in oak. The carpet has a small pattern agreeable to the eye and in harmony with the walls. "The gas fixtures, also, for these halls and the Supreme Court room, which are all of similar pattern, and are of plain, solid finished brass, with no imitations. These fixtures are typical of everything throughout the entire building -- being solid, substan- tial, honest and durable. The desks and chairs of the Senate are oak. The top levels or backs of the desks have a covered recess for the reception of pens, ink and pencils, and under the desks-which is also a re- ceptacle for papers, documents, etc. The chairs have cane seats and backs covered with crimson leather, the back upholstering bearing in emboss work the State coat of arms. The chairs move on hard rubber casters, which are noiseless.
In the Senate Chamber is the celebrated ORIGNAL FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON, taken from life by STUART, for which this State in 1800 paid less than the sum of $800-now it has a priceless value. And a copy of the same, by another artist, is in the Aldermen's chamber in the City Hall. Also, the Lieu- tenant Governor's Chair, carved from Charter Oak wood, is in the Senate Chamber.
The Colonial Legislature of Connecticut was with- out a Senate for the first sixty years after its settle- ment. From the union of the colonies of New Haven and Connecticut under the new charter in 1662 to 1701, all the sessions of the General Court or Legisla- ture, were held in Hartford; but at the latter date, it was enacted that the October session should be held in New Haven, and this prevailed till the Constitution of 1818 was adopted, when annual sessions were held the even years, as 1820, at New Haven, and the odd years, as 1819, at Hartford. This remained till the amendment to our State Constitution was adopted in 1878, to take effect on and after first Wednesday in May, 1875, restoring Hartford as the sole capital. So it seems to be no new thing to have one capital, and that, Hartford. And on and after January, 1877, it met here annually, on the Wednesday after the first Monday in January. Since January, 1888, the Legis- lature has met here biennially.
THE REPRESENTATIVES' HALL
Is on the central projecting building of the south front, and supported on an arcade of polished granite columns with carved marble caps, and is lighted by windows on the east, south and west. It has a floor area 84 by 56 feet, and a height of 49 feet. The gal- lery for spectators being on the north side, on which side is the Speaker's desk. The length of the Repre- sentatives hall is from east to west, and the floor is a series of platforms four feet six inches wide, with risers, or steps, of seven inches. On these the mem- bers' desks and seats, in amphitheatrical form, are arranged with radial aisles, having the space around the Speaker's desk for the center. There is a central aisle, and two running to the corners of the desk with a shorter aisle in the center of each section of seats, the largest groups or sections having seven seats, and there being only two of this number. By this arrange- ment no member in reaching his seat is obliged to pass by more than two of his fellow members. In this hall the woodwork and furniture are of black walnut, similar to those in the Senate chamber, except that they are upholstered in maroon leather. 'The gallery has seats for about 250 persons.
THE GOVERNOR'S ROOMS.
The Governor's rooms consist of a private office, audience room and private secretary's room, finished in oak and furnished with adjoining safety vault. In the southwest corner of the second floor, lighted by windows on the south and west.
In the Governor's room is the portrait of Major Gen. ISRAEL PUTNAM, commander at "Battle of Bunker Hill," .June 17, 1776; born at Salem, Mass., Jan. 7, 1718; died at Brooklyn, Conn., May 19, 1790.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S ROOMS.
The corner rooms south of the Senate chamber at the east end of the building are for the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House. They are con- nected by a doorway In these rooms are portraits of . several Lieutenant Governors and ex-Speakers of the House.
THE COMMITTEE ROOMS,
Twenty-three in all, are on the second, third and fourth floors, in close vicinity to the halls of the as- sembly, and are amply sufficient in number for all the business of a session. In all there are eighty rooms for the use of State officers, committees, and the con- venience of them and members of the legislature.
STATE DEPARTMENT ROOMS.
On the first floor are rooms for the Treasurer, Comp- troller, School Fund Commissioner, Insurance Com- missioner, Adjutant General, Paymaster General; on second floor, the Secretary of State; on third floor, the Quartermaster General and Labor Commissioner.
THE SUPREME COURT ROOM
Is on the third floor in the west portion of the build- ing, and is lighted by six windows on the west side, arranged in two rows. It is 50 by 81 feet on the floor, and has a height of 85 feet from floor to ceiling. It is finished in ash.
THE STATE LIBRARY ROOM
Is on this floor, and has a superficial area of 85 by 55 feet with a height same as the supreme court room- 85 feet. It is situated on the north center; its north windows overlook the northern entramce.
In the State Library are the portraits of all the Gov- ernors of the State of Connecticut, up to 1898 inclu- sive, excepting those of John Haynes, Edward Hopkins, Thomas Wyllys, Thomas Welles, John Webster, Wil- liam Leet, Robert Treat, Joseph Talcott, Jonathan Law, Roger Wolcott, Thomas Fitch, William Pitkin, Matthew Griswold, Roger Griswold, also the old origi- nal State Charter.
A CLOCK
Is located in room No. 71, on the fourth floor, with 17 dials, connected by the electric system in the sev- eral rooms.
ELEVATOR AND FLOORS.
A steam elevator, six by eight feet, is located near the center of the building. The floors throughout the Capitol are built with brick arches turned against iron beam«. In the construction of the roof, iron has been extensively used, so that the building is considered thoroughly fire proof.
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