History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut, Volume I, Part 57

Author: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873- ed
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Chicago, New York The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 642


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Dental Association, Waterbury, 291


Departments of Education and Public Health, 5 Diamond drills, 240


Dime Savings Bank, Waterbury, 151


Dissolved Corporations, 333


Domestic Science, 76


Donovan, M. C., 83


Doolittle, Thomas B., telephone pioneer, 101 Draft, The, 314


Drainage and water supply, 33


Drainage Bonds, 10


Drama and Music, 298


Eagle Brewing Co., 243


Eagles, Fraternal Order of, 261 Earle's Hotel, 156


Early closing movement in Waterbury, 282


Early History of Thomaston, 377


Early History of Torrington, 387


East Main Street high school, 64


East Mountain Reservoirs, 33


Eastern Brass & Ingot Company, 196, 218


Education, department of, 5, 6; the Water- bury board of, 64 Egan, Chief George M., 15, 16, 19, 21


Electric Railroad System, 96


Electric Railroads, noted managers of, 105


Elks, The, of Waterbury, 255


Elks Club in Waterbury, 291


Elks Clubhouse, Torrington, 402


Elm-beetle year, the, 54, 55


Elton, John P., 11, 15


Elton Hotel, 156


Employment Offices, Waterbury, 187


Engine Company No. 1. Waterbury, 21


Eucl'd Avenne Park, 55


Eureka Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M., 248


Evangelical Lutheran St. John's church of Waterbury, 119


Evening schools, average attendance of, 61; attendance in 1911, 69


439


INDEX


Exemption boards, 314 Exercises at dedication of City Hall, 47 Express Companies, 100


Factory contruction in Waterbury, 190 Farrel Foundry & Machine Company, 230 Federal Building of Waterbury, 50


Finances of Waterbury in last twenty-five years, 6-11


Fire of 1902, 22; fighting the, 24, 25; loss of life, 25; buildings destroyed and value, 25, 26; its effects, 156


Fire Alarm Station, the Central, of Water- bury, 22


Fire and police departments, Naugatuck, 361 Fire and police departments, Winsted. 413


Fire Department of Waterbury, history of for 1893 to 1917, 21; buildings of, 21; volunteers of, 21; equipment of, 22; force in 1917, 22; chief engineers of, 27; new home in City Hall, 45


Fires of last quarter century in Waterbury, 26


First Baptist Church of Waterbury, 116


First Baptist Church, Winsted, 422


First Church, Congregational, Waterbury, 10? First Church of Christ, Scientist, Waterbury, 130


First Congregational Church, Thomaston, 379 First Methodist Episcopal Church of Water- bury, 114


First settler in Torringford, 389


First town meeting, Winchester, 408


Fitzhenry, Peter, 14


Fitzsimons, Father, 59


Flag, Waterbury's Municipal, 47


Flag-Pole, The, 56 Flanders Hotel, 160


Foreign-born population, 79 Foresters, 259


Foresters of America, 259


Foundries and machine shops, 230


Fountains, publie, 53; on The Green, 58


Foxboro Company, The, 237


Franklin, Benjamin, monument of, 56


Franklin House, 156


Fraternal Order of Eagles, Waterbury Lodge, 361 French Manufacturing Company, 195, 217 French Societies, 265 Fry, B. H. & Company, 190


Gaffney, James F., 198 Garbage Disposal, problems of Waterbury's, 29


G. A. R. Post, Waterbury, 295


Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, 174


General Manufacturing Company, 197, 222 German Evangelical Lutheran church of Wa- terbury, 118 German Societies, 266 Gilbert Home for friendless children, 406 Gilbert Home, The William L., 416 Gilbert School, 406


Girls' Club and Industrial School, Water- bury, 278 Goodyear, Charles, 350 Goss. donation to park system, 55 Gothic Hall, 42 Grade Crossings, elimination of, 93 Grand List of Waterbury since 1893, 6, 7


Grand List, Borough of Torrington. 403 Grandview Avenue Bridge, 32 Green, The, 52; later history of, 55 "Green" Line, The, 100 Grace Baptist church, Waterbury, 118 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Water- ville, 115


Half holidays, 282


Hall, S. W., bequest for Memorial Chapel, 58 Hamilton Park, one of beauty spots of Wa- terbury, 52


Ilarmony Lodge, No. 42. F. & A. M., 245


Hartford, Windsor and Winsted land claims, 407


Hartford Register Company, 101


Hart Hollow, 390


Hartley, George, 196


Hartley Wire Die Company, 241


Harty, Rev. William A., 59


Hayden collection, 90


Hayes, A. P., 13


Health, Board of Publie, 28; officers, 28; in- spectors, 28; commissioners, 29


lleavy chemicals, 239


Ileitman, Chief Engineer Henry H., 27


Hellman Brewing Company, 242


Heminway & Bartlett. Silk Company, 195


Henderson Brothers, 234


Hendricken, Father, 59


Hendricken School, additions to, 72


Highways, Torrington's first, 389


High school attendance, 68


High school pupils, member of Waterbury's, 62 High Schools, The Crosby, 67; The Wilby, 81 Historical Society, the Mattatuck, 61


History of Waterbury, interesting happen- ings in the, 86


History of Catholic Church in Winsted, 424


Ilistory of Torrington's Cemeteries, 402


History of Winsted's Churches, 419


Hoadley, H. G., 232


Hodson's Hotel. Waterbury, 160


Holmes, Booth & Haydens, 228


Holy Name Societies, 132


Home of Rubber Industry, 346


Homes, Some Naugatuck, 362


Ilook and Ladder Company No. 2. Water- bury. 21 Hooks and Eyes, Pins, Needles, ete., 224


Hesiery Makers, 242


Hospital. Charlotte Hungerford, 400; Litch- field County, 418


Hotelkiss, William B., 11, 12


Hotels, 156


Housing problem. Waterbury's. 141 Hungerford. Charlotte, Hospital, 400


Ice Companies of Waterbury, 242 Improved Order of Red Men, 261


Improvement Bonds. 10


Improvements on Waterbury's streets. 31 Incorporations filed, 1894-1917, 323


I. O. O. F., 251


Independent Order of Foresters, 260


Industrial Development, Watertown's. 342


Industrial Development, Winsted's, 427 Industrial Expansion, Torrington's, 391


Industrial School and Girls' Club. Waterbury, 278


440


INDEX


Industries of Torrington, larger, 386 Ingersoll "Dollar" Watch, 187, 224 Ingersoll, R. H. & Brother, 225


Insurance and Banking History of Water- bury, 146; recent development of, 155 Institute of Craft and Industry, 280 International Silver Company, 190, 237 Iron horse's first visit, 409


Italian Congregational Church, 111 Italian Societies of Waterbury, 266


Jackson, Thomas F., 195 Jacques' Theater, 302 Jewish Cemeteries, 60 Jury and Court Rooms in New Courthouse, 50


Kalbfleisch Corporation, The, 190, 239


Kellogg, Frank W., hero of Manila Bay, 312 Kennedy, Joseph P., 83


Kiefer, Daniel, 4


Kilduff, Hon. E. G., 4, 11, 15, 18 Kingsbury Hotel, 160 King's Daughters, 177


Knights of Columbus, 256


Knights of the Golden Eagle, 263


Knights of Maccabees, 264


Knights of Pythias, 253 Kork-N-Seal Caps, 240


Labor Organizations, 267 Ladies' Auxiliary, A. O. H., 258 Lamps, 187


Lane Manufacturing Company, 241


Larkin, William J., 13


Leavenworth, Elisha, 229


Leavenworth, Elisha, donation to Franklin Monument, 56


Leavenworth, Elisha, gifts of, 54, 87, 283 Letter carriers' organization, 51


Lewis, Truman S., gift toward clock, 56


Liberty Loans, Red Cross, etc., 316


Liberty Street Bridge, 32


Library, The Bronson, 84; Seymour, 368; Torrington, 399; Waterbury, 61; Water- town, 342


Library Park. 54, 58, 86


Lilley, Hon. George L., 13, 319


List of Incorporations filed, 1894-1917, 323


Litchfield County Hospital, 418


Local Unions, 268


Long-Wind Waterbury. The, 225 Loose-leaf metal ring, 241 Losses. few manufacturing, 243 Loss of Life in Fire 1902, 25 Loval Order of Moose, 260


Ludington Cigaret Machine Company, 233 Lux Clock Manufacturing Company, 227


McGivuey day, 135 McGrath, John F., 13 Machine Shops and Foundries, 230 Mad River, 405 Mad River Bridge, 32 Manufacturers' Foundry Co., 191, 235 Manufacturers' National Bank, 152


Manufacture, Seymour's, 368


Manufacturing Corporations, Waterbury's, 337 Manville Brothers Company, 243 Manville, E. J. Machine Co., 191, 231


Margaret Croft School, 66 Masonic and other fraternal orders, 245 Masonie Building Fund Trustees, 245 Masonic Choir, 300


Masonic Temple, 250; dedicated, 251 Mattatuck Historical Society, The, 61; erec- tion of Sled Hall Brook memorial tablet, 48; purposes, etc., 86; list of collections, 88; officers and committees of, 91 Mattatuck Manufacturing Company, 194, 221 Mattatuck Rod & Gun Club, 294


Matthews & Willard Manufacturing Com- pany, 198, 213 May Festival, 1917, 300


Mayors of Waterbury, 11; vote on, 11, 12 Medical Association, Waterbury, 291


Memorial Chapel, the, 58; dedication of, 59; renovation of and donations to, 59


Merchants Trust Company, 153


Metal buttons, buckles, etc., 241


Metal Specialties Company, 236


Metal Specialty Manufacturing Company, 197 Methodist church, Thomaston, 380; Winsted, 421 Mexican border troubles, 313


Military activities, 312


Military Band, Boys' Club, 276


Miller, Mahlon D., railroad man, 104


Modern Woodmen of America, 262


Monuments to Rochambeau's army, 317


Morden Manufacturing Company, 241


Morris Plan Bank, 149


Morris Reservoirs, 33


Mothers' Club, The, 293


Mount Olive A. M. E. Zion church of Water- bury, 116 Movie period, The, 303


Mulcahy, Rev. John A., 59. 80


Mulcahy School, the, 65; fire of the, 71


Murder cases, celebrated. 17


Museum, the Bronson Library, 85


Musie and the drama, 298


Mutual Aid Society, The, 15


Naturalist Club, The, 290


National Company, 197, 218


National Guard arrives in Street Car Strike, 19, 20


National Wire Mattress Company, 243 Naugatuck, 346 Division, 92 Division double-tracked, 30


Fire and Police Departments, 361


From Colonial Period, 347


Homes, some, 362


Public Utilities, 360


Railroad Company, 409


River Conservation, 30, 37


River, diverting the, 30


Schools, 353 Y. M. C. A., etc., 362


Naugatuck's Banks, 359


Naugatuck's Churches, 354


Naugatuck's early industrial 349


development,


Naugatuck's new post office, 361


Naugatuck's principal industries, 350 Needles, pins, hooks and eyes, 183, 224 New Britain Machine Company, 232 New England Order of Protection, 263


441


INDEX


New England Watch Company, 194 Newspapers, Torrington, 401; Waterbury, 307; Winsted, 425


New York and New England Railroad, 94 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, double tracks Naugatuck Division, 30 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, improvements on, 93


New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, viaduct, 32


Noera Manufacturing Company, 196, 222 Nosahogan Piscatorial Association, 290 Notre Dame, Academy of, 80 Novelty Manufacturing Company, 220


Oakville Company, The, 195, 229 Odd Fellows, 251 Odd Fellows Hall dedieated, 253 Old Home Week, 44


Old Home Week, addresses by Revs. Daven- port, Buckley, Anderson, Fitzsimons, Cap- tain Wolff, Mayor Scully, and others, 48; celebrations, banquets and parades in hon- or of Governor Holcomb and other notables, Colonel Geddes, grand marshal, 48; ehil- dren's parade, 47; dedication of new city hall, 47 O'Neil & Warner, 193 One thousand hands employed, 229 Open Air School, the, 78 Open air sports, 55 Oratorio performances, 299


Order of Heptasophs, 261


Order of Owls, 264 Order of the Silver Star, 265 Order of United American Mechanics, 262 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 129 Over Age classes, 76


Panneton, George, 198 Paper making, 373 Park appropriations, Waterbury, 52


Park Bonds, Waterbury's, 10 Park property, valuation of, Waterbury, 55 Parks and cemeteries, Waterbury, 52


Parks, Torrington's, 402 Parochial Schools, Waterbury, 80 Patrick Sarsfield Club, 297 Patriotic Societies, 296 Patriotic and Social Clubs, 285


Patrons of Husbandry, 265 Pavement record, Torrington, 404 Paving Bonds, Waterbury, 10 Peasley, James A., 13


Pension Fund, Waterbury poliec department, 15


Philanthropy, ete., 270 Physical training in Waterbury schools, 68 Pilling Brass Co., 196, 217 Pin Companies, The, 237 Pine Grove Cemetery, 59; trustees of, 60 Pins, needles, hooks and eyes, 187, 224 Pitch Brook reservoir, Prospective, 33 Platt, Lewis A., 13 Platt, A. & Co., 220 Platt Brothers & Co .. 193, 219 Playgrounds, 53: first community, 68 Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co., 190, 199, 214, 229 Poli's Theater. 302 Vol. I-29


Police, Department of, 13; private, 16; super- intendents of, 21; modern quarters in new City Ilall, 45


Police Commissioners, Board of, 15


Police Garage, 45


Police pension fund, 15


Police reserve fund, 15


Police signal system, the Gamewell. 15


Police and fire departments, Winsted, 413 Population, growth of Waterbnry's, 31


Population of Torrington, 385


Porter College Bequest, the David G., 83 Postoffice, The old Waterbury, 50; in Odd Fel- lows Building, 50; site of new building, 50; guaranty fund, 50; growth of, 51


Postoffice, new, Naugatuck, 361


Postal deliveries, 51


Postal routes and postal carriers, 51


Postal savings department, 51


Postal substations, 51


Postmasters of Waterbury, 51


Princess Theater, 304


Probate, Judges of, since 1893, 13


Professional and Business Clubs, 285


Proprietors, Common, 53


Protestant churches, Waterbury, 107


Public Health, Department of, 5; commis- sioners of, 29 Public Safety, Board of 5, 15


Public Works, Board of, 5


Public, private and parochial schools, 61


Public utilities, Naugatuck, 360


Pupils, Enumeration of School, 61


Purification tanks and sewage disposal, Wa- terbury, 35


Queen's Danghters, 178


Railroad contests, Waterbury's, 98


Railroad viaduct, 32


Randolph & Clowes Company, 194, 199, 215


Rapid growth of Torrington, 385


Rare editions in Library, 85


Recent Insurance History of Waterbury, 155 Reeves, Francis T., 11, 12


Reforms, etc., 270 Recreation Rod and Gun Club, 293


Red Cross, Liberty Loans, etc., 316


Red Men, Order of, 261


Red Mountain, 387


Representatives, Waterbury's, to State Leg- islature, 13 Reservoirs, built and prospective, 33


Reservoirs for water supply, 30


Rialto Theater, 304


Riggs, G. G., 198


Riots, Street Car, 17, 18


Riverside Cemetery, 53; Waterbury's oldest burial plot. 58: trustees. 59


Riverside Drive, improvements on, 54


Rochambean, Monuments to, 317


Rogers & Brother, 196, 237


Rogers & Hamilton Company, 237 Root. Judge Charles G., 4 Rowbottom Machine Company. 191, 233 Royal Arcanım. 265


Rubber industry, the, 346 Rubber industry at Beaeon Falls. 352 Rural Routes, 51


Russell School. the, 65


442


INDEX


St. Ann's church, Waterbury, 126 St. Cecilia's parish, 127


St. Francis Xavier parish, 128


St. James' Protestant Episcopal church, Win- sted, 422


St. John's Episcopal church, Waterbury, 112 St. Joseph's cemeteries, old and new, 59


St. Joseph's parish, 128 St. Margaret's parish, 130


St. Margaret's School for Girls, 79


St. Mary's Hospital, 164


St. Mary's Parochial School, 80 St. Patrick's church, Waterbury, 124


St. Paul's Episcopal church, Waterville, 114


St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, Water- bury. 115


St. Stanislaus parish, 131


St. Thomas' Catholic ehureh, Thomaston, 381


St. Thomas parish, Waterbury, 129


Sacred Heart church, Waterbury, 125


Sacred Heart Convent, 80


Saengerfests in Waterbury, 301


Salvation Army, 178


Sandland, William H., 11, 12


Savings Banks, 147


Savings Records, 148


School, The Continuation, 76; the open air, 78; the salesmanship. 78; the vocational, 72 School additions in 1910, Waterbury, 68 School and city governments. consolidation of, 63 School Bonds, Waterbury, 10


School Census, 61; in 1904, 66: in 1907, 67; in 1912, 69; in 1917, 82


School conditions in 1911 deseribed by super- intendent, 68 School districts, consolidation of, 4, 5 School enumeration in 1916, Waterbury, 72 School enrollment, Torrington's, 385 School expenses, Waterbury, 62 School property, vahie of, Waterbury, 74 School registration. 1917, 82; medical inspee- tion, 82


School report of superintendent in 1912, 69 School rooms, number of, 61


School taxation, 62


Schools, Waterbury, 61; crowded conditions of, 66; physical training in, 68; superin- tendent given full control of, 71; new, in 1915, 72: parochial, 80; private, 79


Schools of Watertown, 341; of Naugatuck, 353; of Seymour, 367: of Torrington, 393 Seovill House, 156


Scovill Manufacturing Co., 194. 199, 204; private police of, 16 Scovill Park donations, 55 Scully Martin, 11, 12, 16


Second Advent Christian Church of Water- bury. 119 Second Baptist church of Waterbury, 118 Second Church, Congregational, 109


Second Congregational church, Winsted, 420 Senators. Waterbury's, to the state legisla- ture, 13 Seth Thomas, 383


Sewage, bonds, 10; pollution and damages recovered, 35; disposal, 30; plan for plant, 35


Sewer construction, 20; during last twenty- five years, 37 Sewers, prineipal, 36


Seymour Smith & Son, Inc., 234


Seymour churches, 364


Seymour Electrie Light Co., 374


Seymour Publie Library, 368


Seymour Record, The, 364, 375


Seymour schools, 367


Seymour, the town of, 364


Seymour Water Co., 374


Seymour's Bank, 368


Seymour's Fire Department, 375


Seymour's Manufacturing interests, 368


Seymour's Park and monument, 375


Seymour's three names, 364


Seymour's town offieers, 376 Shepherds of Bethlehem, 263


Sheriffs, city of Waterbury, 13


Shoe Hardware Co .. 190, 219


Silk Industry in Winsted, 431


Simonsville Manufacturing Co .. 223


Site of Waterbury, 30


Skating rink, Waterbury, 53


Sled Haul Brook Tablet, 47


Slocum, Very Rev. William J .. 59, 132


Slocum school plans, 70


Small-wire drawing, 240


Smith, J. E. & Co., 195


Smith's Hotel. 160


Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Co., 196, 219 Snagg, Samuel C., 22; report of, 22, 23; biog- raphy of, 27


Snap buttons, etc., 236


Snap fasteners, buckles, etc., 241


Social Service Club, Waterbury. 171


Social Clubs, Waterbury, 285


Societies, Seymour, 376


Soldiers' Monument, Waterbury, 56


Soldiers' Monument, Watertown. 344


Soldiers to Ticonderoga. 409


Somers Co., Inc., 223


Sons of St. George, 263


Sons of Veterans, 296


Southmayd Home, 176


South Methodist Episcopal and West Side Hill Churches, 116


Spanish-American War celebration, 313


Sporting Organizations, 293


Sprague School, the, 66: fire of the, 70: gym- nasium, 71 Spring Lake Ice Company, 242 Stafford House. 160 Stag Hotel, 160


Standard Electric Time Company, 244


Standard Engineering Company, 197


Stanley Park, 53


State Free Employment Bureau, 187 State Legislature, representatives of Water- bury to, 13


Steele's Brook bridge, 32


Steele & Johnson Manufacturing Company, 193, 218


Strand Theater, 304 Stratton Hotel, 156


Streets, widening and reconstruction of, Wa- terbury, 31 Strike, Street car, of 1903, 17


443


INDEX


Superintendent of Waterbury sehools in full charge of physical as well as educational end of system, 71 Superior Court for New Haven County, 49


Swedish Baptist Tabernacle, 118


Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church of Waterbury, 119 Swedish Soeieties, 266


Swimming pool, Waterbury's publie, 53 Symphony and Philharmonic orchestras, 298


Tanneries, 427 Taxation of sehools, 62 Tax collectors, City, since 1893, 12, 13


Tax rate for twenty-five years, 8, 9


Teachers, the training school for, 65 Telegraph companies, 100


Telephone advancement, 102


Telephone exchange, the first in the world, 102


Telephone, list of subscribers, 103


Telephone managers of Waterbury, 105


Telephone, present equipment, 103


Telephone, The, in Connectieut, 101 Temperance movement, The, 280


Tennis courts, community, 68


Tennis grounds, 54


Terry, Eli, 381


Theaters and amateur dramatics, 301


Third Church, Congregational, Waterbury, 110


Thomaston, town of Clockmakers, 377


Thomaston's industrial development, 381


Thomaston's town history, 378


Thomas, Seth, 383


Thomas. Seth, Clock Co., 384


Thoms, William E., 11, 14 Thoroughfares, Construction of principal. 30


Tinker, B. W., sketch of, 80


Tierney, Rev. Michael, 59


Torringford Settlement 389


Torrington churches, 394


Torrington geographically, 387


Torrington Library, 399 Torrington News, The, 401


Torrington Register, The, 401


Torrington's Banks, 398 Torrington's borough history, 403


Torrington's cemeteries, 402


Torrington's chamber of commerce, 399


Torrington's Elks Clubhouse, 402


Torrington's first highways, 389


Torrington's industrial expansion, 391


Torrington's larger industries, 386


Torrington's newspapers, 401


Torrington's parks, 402 Torrington's rapid growth, 383 Torrington's schools, 393


Torrington's Y. M. C. A., 400


Town Clerks, Waterbury. 13


Town officers, Seymour's, 376


Town plot school district, The, 64


Town's cemetery, 60


Tracy, Cornelius, 13 Training School for Teachers, 65


Transportation and communication, 92


Transportation, Seymour's, 375 Treasurers sinee 1893, city of Waterbury, 12 Trinity Episcopal church, Thomaston, 380; Waterbury, 113


Trolley catastrophe of 1907, 93; strike of 1903, 17; report on by chief of poliee, 19; expense of, 20 Trolley system, expansion of, 96; managers of. 105


Union Chapel, Mill Plain, 120 Union Station, 93 Unions, Local, 268 United Charities, 175 United Order of Golden Cross, 264


United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, 264


Village Improvement Society, Watertown, 344 Vocational School, the new. 72


Vote on Mayor, 1893-1917, 11, 12


Wadham Post, G. A. R., 295 Wage Earners. 188


Walsh School, the, 65


War and Military Activities. 312


War Funds, 316


War relics, revolutionary and civil, 90


Watches, clocks. pins, etc., 224


Washington House, The General, 362


Water Bonds, Waterbury, 10


Water resources of the Naugatuck valley, 38


Water System, 30, 32


Water tower on Hill Street, 34 Waterbury American, The, 307


Waterbury Automobile Club, 290


Waterbury Battery Company, 192, 239


Waterbury Boys' Club, 273


Waterbury Building Trades Council, 267


Waterbury Brass Company, 192


Waterbury Brass & Bronze Company, 197


Waterbury Brass Goods Company, 196, 217


Waterbury Buckle Company, 197, 221


Waterbury Button Company, 195


Waterbury Castings Company, 190, 235


Waterbury Clearing House, 147


Waterbury Clock Company, 187, 192. 225


Waterbury Club, The. 288


Waterbury Corporations, active and lapsed, 323


Waterbury Conneil, No. 21. R. & S. M., 248


Waterbury Crucible Company, 195, 243


Waterbury Cutlery Company, 192. 241


Waterbury Day Nursery, 175


Waterbury Democrat, The, 307


Waterbury-Derby Barge Canal Project, 30. 40


Waterbury Driving Association. 290


Waterbury Farrel Foundry Company, 230


Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Com- pany, 191 Waterbury Foundry Company, 198, 235


Waterbury Hospital, 161


Waterbury Ice Corporation. 242


Waterbury in State Affairs, 319


Waterbury Instrument Company. 242


Waterbury Jewel Company. 240


Waterbury Enmber & Coal Company, 198 Waterbury Machine Company, 192, 230 Waterbury Manufacturing Company, 193 Waterbury Masonic Aid Association, 249 Waterbury Masonic Temple, 250


Waterbury Metal Wares Company, 223


Waterbury National Bank. 134


Waterbury Paper Box Company, 195, 238 Waterbury Pistol and Rifle Chib. 294


444


INDEX


Waterbury Pressed Metal and Tool Company, 236


Waterbury Republican, The, 308


Waterbury Rolling Mills, 196, 216


Wigwam Reservoirs, 33


Wilby High School, the new, 81


Wilby, Stephen W., sketch of, 81


Williams Sealing Corporation, 240


Wilmot, Robert, 198


Winchester Center Congregational Church, 421


Waterbury Welding Company, 198


Winchester merged, 406


Windermere Park, 52


Waterbury's Catholic Churches, 122


Windsor Hotel, 160


Waterbury's housing problem, 141


Windsor Land Claim, 407


Waterbury's nearest neighbor, 346


Winsted Banks, 434


Watertown and its industries, 339


Watertown Census, 345


Winsted History from Colonial Days, 406


Watertown Church History, 340


Winsted in the Hills, 405


Watertown, D. A. R., 345


Winsted lighting system, 414


Watertown Fire Department, 344


Winsted newspaper history, 425


Watertown industrial development, 342 Watertown Library, 342


Watertown Schools, 341


Winsted Y. M. C. A., 434


Watertown Town Officials, 345


Winsted's Church History, 419


Waterville Cemetery, 60


Winsted's Industrial Development, 427


Waterville Chapel, 121


Winsted's public library, 417


Waterville Corporation, 193


Winsted Silk Co., The, 431


Webster & Briggman, 197


Webster, Daniel F., 11, 13


Wire-working machinery, 236


Wolcott, Governor, 388


Wolcottville, 388


W. C. T. U., 282


Women's Clubs and Associations, 292


Woodmen of the World, 262


Workmen's Circle, 263


Workmen's Compensation Law, 189


Whipping post, 411


White, L. C. Company, 222


White & Wells Company, The, 239 Whittemore Bridge, The, 357


Whittemore Gifts, The, 358 Whittemore, John H., 37


Whittemore Memorial Library, 354


Waterbury Savings Bank, 150


Waterbury Standard Tool Company, 236


Waterbury Superior Court, 49


Waterbury Tool Company, 197, 232


Waterbury Traction Company, 96


Waterbury Trust Company, 154


Waterbury Women's Club, 292


Winsted Club, The, 434


Winsted Schools, History of, 414


Winsted Sewer System, 414


Wire-drawing dies, 240


Webster School, improvements on, 67


Weekly and Monthly Press, The, 310


Welch, H. L. Hosiery Company, 242


Wells, A. H. & Company, 194, 216


Welton Fountain, the, 58


Westover school, the, 79 West Side Savings Bank. 153


Young, Alden M., 105


Y. M. C. A., etc., Naugatuck, 362; Torring- ton, 400; Waterbury, 270; Winsted, 434


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