USA > Connecticut > New Haven County > Waterbury > The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the aboriginal period to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Volume III > Part 63
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93
UNITED ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CROSS.
The United Order of the Golden Cross was organized in 1876. Life insurance is one of its chief features, and the temperance requirement distinguishes it also as a temperance society.
STERLING COMMANDERY, No. 300, of Waterbury was instituted June 30, 1886, with twenty-two charter members. Its membership in
1167
THE MASONIC AND OTHER FRATERNITIES.
1894 was 100, and its members carried $153,000 of insurance. Its officers were: Past noble commander, Walter F. Hinckley; noble commander, Charles W. Hotchkiss; vice-noble commander, S. Nel- lie Clapp; prelate, Harriet Sage; keeper of records, Joel E. Dicker- man; treasurer, Herbert J. Clark; financial keeper of records, Wil- bur F. York; herald, Stella Sloan; warder inner gate, Ada E. Dick- erson; warder outer gate, John Eccles. Past commanders are Wil- bur F. York, Laura A. Mann, Elmore J. Bassford, Frank W. Wheeler, Charles R. Lawrence, Sarah M. Burns, Charles E. Mann, Fannie Mirfield, Alexander E. Burkitt, Walter F. Hinckley, Henrietta R. Hinckley, George F. Clapp, George Angrave, Carrie P. Angrave and Elizabeth Thebault. Dr. W. F. Hinckley is a past grand com- mander.
UNITY COMMANDERY, No. 565, was organized March 27, 1894, with eighty-four members. Its present membership is 132, and they carry $170,000 of insurance. Its officers are: Past noble commander, Henry P. Rusher; noble commander, James H. Hunt; vice-com- mander, Cora E. Rusher; keeper of records, Frank A. Henry; treasurer, Amos F. Champlin; prelate, Mary E. Hunt; warder inner gate, Frederick Minnaman; warder outer gate, Nellie Megin; trus- tees, Seron Decker, Henry D. Hotchkiss, Oscar W. Noble.
THE NEW ENGLAND ORDER OF PROTECTION.
The New England Order of Protection was organized in Massa- chusetts, and received its charter under the laws of that common- wealth, November 12, 1887. The main object of the order, as the name implies, is the insurance of its members. Its business is con- ined exclusively to the New England states, inasmuch as none but residents of New England are admitted to membership,-although here is no restriction whereby a member may not continue in good tanding after removing from New England. Subordinate lodges of the order may be formed wherever in New England twenty or nore eligible persons associate themselves together for that pur- ose, the subordinate lodge being subject to the authority of the Grand lodge in each state, and the Grand lodge in turn being sub- ect to the authority of the Supreme lodge of the order, which has ts headquarters at Boston. The local lodges are obliged to hold wo stated meetings in each month and make regular returns of heir doings to the Grand lodge of the district and to the Supreme odge. The order has for its motto, "Equity, benevolence and harity," and the local lodges are organized on a social basis. No nember in good standing is permitted to see his insurance lapse ecause of sickness or other disability, and members out of
1168
HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
employment are provided for in case of need. Each lodge has a relief committee, whose duty it is to look after the sick and dis- tressed, and an entertainment committee.
Waterbury has five lodges of the order, as follows. The table shows the dates of institution, and the number of the charter mem- bers and of the members at the beginning of 1895:
ANCHOR, No. 40,
June I, 1888, 30
134
MATTATUCK, No. 187,
March 16, 1892, 34
78
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, NO. 210,
February 23, 1893, 43 I23
SHERIDAN, NO. 218,
May 31, 1893, 3I 82
BRASS CITY, NO. 244,
December 5, 1894, 33
66
From this it appears that the total membership at the beginning of 1895 was 483.
OTHER INSURANCE FRATERNITIES.
PATUCKO ASSEMBLY, NO. 229, ROYAL SOCIETY OF GOOD FELLOWS, was organized November 8, 1889, with thirty-two charter members and the following officers: Ruler, George H. Cowell; instructor, Charles R. Upson; counsellor, Benjamin L. Coe; past ruler, Charles S. Chapman; director, Albert H. Mills; prelate, Charles R. Russell; secretary, Bertis I. Russell; financial secretary, Charles E. Hall; treasurer, Dennis Hawley. The membership in 1895 was forty-six. Both sexes are eligible to membership.
A branch, No. 1138, of THE IRON HALL was organized in Water- bury December 20, 1889. At that time the national organization was one of the most successful insurance associations of the coun- try. In August, 1892, with the collapse of the national body the local branch ceased to exist.
UNITY LODGE, NO. 36, ORDER OF THE RED CROSS, was instituted May 5, 1890, with twenty-two charter members and the following officers: President, Edgar A. Moree; vice-president, Robert J. Mac- Granor; past president, Edward J. Thomas; secretary, Bertis I. Russell; treasurer, William E. Norris. The object of the order was to furnish an endowment certificate for $100, payable in one year. at a cost of from $50 to $60. Thirty-six members received the endowment from the superior president on August 7, 1891, and the other members sold their certificates to a broker in Boston without great loss and surrendered the charter.
WATERBURY COUNCIL, NO. 309, CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT LEGION. was instituted July 11, 1890, with thirteen members. The following officers were elected: President, Michael T. Maloney; vice-presi- dent, Patrick F. Bannon; secretary, Daniel J. Maloney; treasurer, Edward B. Reiley; chancellor, Miles McNiff. The membership on
1169
THE MASONIC AND OTHER FRATERNITIES.
May 1, 1895, was fifty-three and the officers were: President, Edward B. Reiley; vice-president, John McElligott; treasurer, John Clohessy; chaplain, the Very Rev. John A. Mulcahy. The object of the organization is insurance, the amount of which, carried by the members on the above date, was $66,000.
ALTA COMMANDERY, NO. 81, PEOPLE'S FIVE YEAR BENEVOLENT ORDER, was organized about 1890. It ceased to exist.
IVANHOE COMMANDERY, NO. 211, PEOPLE'S FIVE YEAR BENEFIT ORDER, was organized about 1890. It ceased to exist.
THE UNIVERSAL WORKMEN'S SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT FUND is a creation of the Social Labor party and was begun in 1881. It organized into a central body January 1, 1889. In 1891 there were four branches in Connecticut. The Waterbury branch, No. 42, was nstituted February 16, 1891, with ten members. Its objects are nsurance against sickness and death. Women are admitted to membership.
THE ORDER OF THE HELPING HAND was incorporated October 7, 889, under the laws of Massachusetts, with headquarters at Lynn. ts object is insurance. MATTATUCK TENT, No. 115, was instituted n Waterbury, April 13, 1891, with eighteen members. It ceased to xist.
MOHAWK COUNCIL, NO. 172, HOME CIRCLE, was organized in Vaterbury in 1893. The order, which was founded about 1880, dmits both men and women to membership, and its chief object is fe insurance. The membership of Mohawk council in 1895 was ineteen and its officers were: Past leader, Daniel F. Webster; ader, Albert G. Finney; vice-leader, Harris Hayden; secretary, rank F. Cook; financier, Milton W. Stebbins; treasurer, Harvey L. lauson; instructor, Paul Asheim.
MANTOW CONCLAVE, NO. 326, IMPROVED ORDER OF HEPTASOPHS, as instituted November 26, 1894, with sixty members and the fol- wing officers: Past archon, George H. Cowell; archon, G. Fred. arnes; provost, George E. Sellew; prelate, Edgar A. Moree; secre- ry, Victor M. Shaw; financier, Bertis I. Russell; treasurer, Albert H. ills; inspector, Irving N. Welton; warder, Edward H. Landers; ntinel, James S. Peck. The membership was about 100 in 1895. ne order at large was chartered in Maryland in 1878.
MIZPAH COLONY, NO. 163, UNITED ORDER OF THE PILGRIM THERS, was organized March 15, 1895, with thirty-six charter mbers and the following officers: Ex-governor, Edward M. Stan- 1 '; governor, Jacob B. Blakeslee; lieutenant governor, Henry A.
1 hwartz; secretary, Carrie E. Doe; collector, Charles H. Lighte; 74
II70
HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
treasurer, Charles Partree; chaplain, Sarah A. Warner; sergeant-at- arms, F. G. Pierce. The meetings of this insurance organization are held in Congress hall.
The Waterbury branch of the NATIONAL MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION of New York was organized October 15, 1889. The following were the officers elected: President, Frederick B. Rice; vice-presidents, H. F. Baker and William E. Crane; secretary, Frederick C. Abbott; treasurer, Charles M. Upson; appraisers, Fred- erick B. Rice and Gordon B. Lawrence.
The Waterbury local club of the GRANITE STATE PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION of Manchester, N. H., was organized August 13, 1893. The object of the association is to loan money to its stockholders and furnish them a safe and profitable means of investment. The first annual report of the local club showed that about 200 shares had been sold in Waterbury, and $1000 loaned to its members. The par value of the stock is $200. The officers of the association are: President, Charles A. Cotter; vice-president, George J. Lines; secre- tary, Harry D. Kelsey; treasurer and attorney, W. R. Mattison; directors, the officers of the club and the following: Chauncey Seeley, John H. Morse, C. S. Chapman, Joseph F. Platt, E. N. Fol- som, A. F. Champlin, G. F. Clapp, Thomas D. Knowles; appraisers, E. N. Folsom, Chauncey Seeley, J. F. Platt.
The Waterbury branch of the Co-OPERATIVE SAVINGS SOCIETY of Connecticut was organized February 19, 1894. The main society was formed in Hartford, July 1, 1893. It offers a system for regular savings and for applying the same to the payment for a home. The officers of the Waterbury branch are: President, George H. Clowes: vice-presidents, George F. Hughes, Warren L. Hall; secretary, Roger S. Wotkyns; treasurer, Daniel E. Fitzpatrick.
UNIONS FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION.
The Bakers' and Confectioners' union, No. 155, is a branch of the Bakers' and Confectioners' international union, and was organized in Waterbury in June, 1882, with thirty-nine charter members. The first officers were: President, James Stout; vice-president, John Yager; recording secretary, William Bryant; financial secretary, Peter Connolly; treasurer, Matthew Smith; trustees, James Stout and John Doran. The membership in 1895 was thirty-four and the officers for that year were: President, Joseph Buchanan; vice-presi- dent, Patrick Boyle; recording secretary, Peter Connolly; financial
II7I
THE MASONIC AND OTHER FRATERNITIES.
secretary, Louis François; treasurer, Charles Yoos; trustees, James Stout and Patrick Boyle. The union is now affiliated with the Cen- :ral Labor union.
Washington Local assembly, No. 2961, of the Knights of Labor, was organized with twenty-four members, November 12, 1883, by Richard Trevellick, general organizer. The first officers were: Master workman, M. H. Johnson; worthy foreman, John Malone; inancial secretary, Louis Benger; recording secretary, Lawrence Morgan; treasurer, John Byron. Out of this organization sprang ive other local assemblies of the Knights of Labor, but this first ocal assembly and also Local assembly No. 5489 ceased to exist bout 1893.
Local assembly, No. 3089, Knights of Labor, was organized March , 1891, with eighteen members and the following officers: Master yorkman, John S. Hayes; worthy foreman, John Buttomer; vener- ble sage, M. H. Johnson; financial secretary, A. E. Babin; record- ig secretary, John Dempsey; unknown knight, James S. Carroll; orthy treasurer, John J. Maher. On April 1, 1895, the assembly ad a membership of forty-four and the following were its officers: [aster workman, Paul G. Schultze, Jr .; worthy foreman, James S. arroll; venerable sage, F. C. Holmes; recording secretary, John uttomer; financial secretary, George H. Stearns; treasurer, William [. Nolan; unknown knight, C. G. Williams. The assembly is filiated with the National Trade of Brass Workers, No. 252, the eneral Assembly of the Knights of Labor, and the Central Labor nion of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Typographical union was organized February 8, 91, with fourteen members. The following officers were elected: resident, Treat D. Andrews; vice-president, Cornelius Loughery; cretary, William E. Cross; treasurer, Peter Hapenny. The union sbanded March 28, 1892.
R. J. Costello lodge, No. 423, of the Brotherhood of Railway Train- en was organized in Waterbury, August 16, 1891, with seventeen arter members. The first officers were: Master, William Ennis; ce-master, Matthew Kinney; secretary, C. Bert Beeman; financier, C. McDonough; journal agent, Guy C. Pollard. The membership 1895 was twenty-two and the officers were: Master, Thomas ompson; vice-master, Terence Brazel; secretary, James O'Connor; ancier, Guy C. Pollard; journal agent, Edwin Flint. The lodge ys sick benefits and the Brotherhood pays $1200 in case of death total disability. The lodge meets in Pfaff's hall. It gives a ball e first Friday in February each year.
1
I172
HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
Painters' and Decorators' union, No. 210, is a branch of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America, which was organized at Baltimore, March 15, 1887. It was organized Decem- ber 1, 1892, with forty-six charter members and the following offi- cers: President, Walter D. Austin; vice-president, J. Clarence Polley; recording secretary, George H. Woodruff; financial secretary, Cor- nelius Mahaney; treasurer, John Houston; warden, Henry M. Keat- ing; conductor, Joseph P. Smith. The present membership is seventy and the present officers (1895) are: President, Thomas F. Burke; vice-president, Fred C. Pratt; recording secretary, Millard F. Clark; financial secretary, Henry M. Keating; treasurer, Joseph N. Valentine; conductor, Michael Emonz; warden, Joseph Lynch. The union meets in Labor hall every Wednesday night.
The local union, No. 22, of Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters and Steam Fitters' Helpers was organized January 2, 1893, with thirty-nine charter members and the following officers: President, Thomas F. Bolger; vice-president, Patrick McKeon; recording sec- retary, James T. Fox; financial secretary, Edward Maloney; treas- urer, Robert Walker. It is under the jurisdiction of the United Association of the United States and Canada, and is affiliated with the Central Labor union of Waterbury. Its officers for 1895 were: Past president, James T. Fox; president, John M. Gill; vice-presi- dent, John Davis; recording secretary, John McGrath; financial sec- retary, Thomas F. Bolger; treasurer, Patrick McKeon.
Carpenters' union, No. 260, Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join- ers of America, was organized in Waterbury, January 30, 1893, with fifty members. Its membership in 1895 was about 150. The union meets every Tuesday in Labor hall, and gives a public entertain- ment every year on its anniversary. The members receive a benefit of $5 during sickness, and at death the family receives from the national organization a sum of money from $200 to $500 according to the length of time during which the deceased has been a member of the union. The first officers were: President, William Waters; vice-president, Robert Mackie; recording secretary, John J. Roggy; financial secretary, George Waldo; treasurer, James McInerney. The officers for 1895 were: President, William Quinn; vice-presi- dent, W. H. Clark; financial secretary, Joseph E. Sandiford; record- ing secretary, Barney Coyle; treasurer, James McInerney.
The Central labor union was organized February 24, 1893, with five local unions, each with three representatives, as follows: Local assembly, No. 3089, Knights of Labor, represented by John S. Hayes, Daniel F. Kelly, and James S. Carroll; Buffers' and Polishers' local assembly, No. 2286, Knights of Labor, represented by Thomas Cal-
II73
THE MASONIC AND OTHER FRATERNITIES.
lahan, John M. Joy and Patrick Halpin; Bakers' and Confectioners' International union, No. 155, represented by James Stout, Matthew J. Smith and Patrick Mulvaney; Painters' and Decorators' Interna- tional union, No. 210, represented by George H. Woodruff, J. Clar- ence Polley and Henry M. Keating; Carpenters' and Joiners' union, No. 260, represented by Robert Mackie, A. H. Ashborne and Wil- liam Waters. The first officers of the Central union were: President, George H. Woodruff; secretary, Daniel F. Kelly; treasurer, James Stout. At subsequent periods other unions affiliated with the Cen- tral union, as follows: On April 14, 1893, the Cigar Makers' Interna- tional union, represented by J. H. Blackman, Walter Crossland and J. H. Voight; July 28, 1893, Bricklayers' and Masons' union, No. 16, represented by John McEvoy, John H. Suder and Reuben J. Teal; August II, 1893, Plumbers' and Gasfitters' union, represented by Thomas F. Bolger, Edward Hubner and John M. Gill; same date, Brass Molders' Local assembly, No. 826, Knights of Labor, repre- ented by Charles B. Overton, P. J. Higgins and Norton Blodgett; anuary 12, 1894, Barbers' local union, represented by William C. Kleinecke, Frank D. Fagan and Frank Corner; March 23, 1894, Machinists' International union, represented by John Withey, James Fitzpatrick and William T. Smith. The Barbers' local union dis- anded January 1, 1895. With that exception the Central Labor nion on April 1, 1895, comprised the above organizations, with a otal membership of 600. The officers were: President, John M. ¥il1; secretary, Daniel F. Kelly; treasurer, James Stout; trustees, Thomas F. Bolger, John E. Finley and C. W. Lockwood. The con- titution and by-laws of the Central Labor union are published in amphlet form and the objects of the union are declared to be as allows:
To unite all trade and labor organizations in Waterbury and vicinity, and öperate with each other for the advancement of everything in the interest, wel- re and benefit of honest labor; to discuss and explain all questions affecting the orking classes; to use every endeavor to impress upon the various branches of or the necessity of organization and the maintenance of unions; to use every norable means in its power to adjust difficulties which may arise between work- en and employers. We hereby pledge ourselves to assist each other in securing r wages to the workers, and we shall withdraw and use our influence to have iers withdraw all patronage and business from those opposing the demands of ganized labor.
The Brass Molders' union, Local assembly, No. 826, of the nights of Labor, was organized March 16, 1893, with thirteen embers and the following officers: Master workman, Charles B. erton; worthy foreman, Norton Blodgett; recording secretary, hn D. Smith; financial secretary, John F. Flaherty; treasurer,
II74
HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
Charles B. Curtin. The number of members April 1, 1895, was thirty-seven. The officers were as follows: Master workman, Charles B. Overton; worthy foreman, Norton Blodgett; recording secretary, Edward Overton; financial secretary, Edward Costigan: treasurer, Charles Curtin. The union is affiliated with the National Trade assembly, No. 252, the General Assembly of the Knights of Labor, and the Central Labor union.
The Masons' and Bricklayers' Local union, No. 16, was organized June 5, 1893, with thirty-three members and the following officers: President, Reuben J. Teal; vice-president, William T. Tinsley; recording secretary, John H. Scudder; financial secretary, John M. Scovill; treasurer, John Miller. The membership on April 1, 1895, was 150. The officers were as follows: President, William J. Ber- gen; vice-president, Edmund A. Butler; treasurer, Joseph R. Leg- gett; financial secretary, Reuben J. Teal; recording secretary, Wil- liam Forrest. The union affiliated with the Central Labor union July 28, 1893, and with the Bricklayers' and Masons' International union April 5, 1894.
The Barbers' Local union was organized January 4, 1894, with (nominally) fifty-three members and the following officers: Presi- dent, George Lambert; vice-president, Frank Corner; treasurer, Frank D. Fagan; secretary, William C. Kleinecke. Interest was not strong from the beginning and the union expired July 14, 1894.
The cigar makers of Waterbury are not organized in a local union, but are jurisdiction members with Union No. 103 of Ansonia and through it members of the Cigar Makers' International union of America. They are also affiliated with the Central Labor union of Waterbury. The Cigar Makers' International union was organ- ized in 1864, and after various ups and downs has become a strong trade union with nearly 30,000 members. It pays strike, sick, death, travelling and out-of-work benefits, amounting in 1894 to $430,555.32 and in fifteen years past to $2,522,378.40. The blue label pasted on a box of cigars is the guarantee of union made goods.
An association of stationary engineers was formed in Providence, R. I., in the early part of the year 1881, the object of which was the education and assistance of its members. The preamble of its con- stitution declared that the furtherance of strikes for any purpose was not the aim of the association, nor interference between em- ployers and employees. The Waterbury association was the third branch of this order to be established in Connecticut, and was instituted January 11, 1884, with fifteen charter members and the following officers: President, William E. Crane; vice-president, H.
1175
THE MASONIC AND OTHER FRATERNITIES.
F. Caswell; secretary, E. J. Schuyler, financial secretary, F. R. Bald- win; treasurer, F. Willard; conductor, Edwin Wilkwire; trustees, F. H. LaForge and H. J. Barker. Dissatisfaction with the national association, which fell temporarily into the hands of men who used it for private ends, led the Waterbury association to disband in 1890. Another association, known as the American Order of Steam Engineers, had grown up meantime into formidable rivalry to the National association, a branch of which was formed in Waterbury, February 24, 1891, named (in honor of a well-known local engineer) the W. E. Crane council, No. 4. There were fifteen charter mem- bers and the following officers were elected: Chief engineer, John Blacker; corresponding engineer, S. W. Wood; recording engineer, S. R. Munson; first assistant engineer, J. M. Baril; treasurer, W. E. Crane; senior master mechanic, E. R. Snagg; junior master mechanic, F. Blacker; financial engineer, E. Rowley; chaplain, A. Rowley; inside sentinel, C. Grange; outside sentinel, E. Lambert; trustees, E. Rowley, S. W. Wood, F. Blacker. By 1893 the National associa- tion began to recover in character and strength and the American order to decline. On September 1, 1894, the W. E. Crane council disbanded, and on September 28 the Waterbury association of the National Association of Stationary Engineers was organized with twenty-seven charter members and the following officers: Presi- dent, J. M. Baril; vice-president, E. Rowley; treasurer, E. A. Black- well; financial secretary, M. Cunningham; recording secretary, E. R. Snagg; corresponding secretary, J. G. Baril; conductor, H. A. Case; doorkeeper, W. J. Blacker. The National association has an edu- cational scheme on the plan of the Scranton school of correspond- ence, by which any member may perfect himself in mathematics and mechanics so far as his tastes and talents enable him to take advantage of it. The association also has a life and accident insur- ance company.
The Butchers' Protective association was organized March 5, 1888, with the following officers: President, Louis M. Meyer; vice-presi- dent, Michael Guilfoile; treasurer, Imri A. Spencer; recording sec- etary, Theodore Seiter; financial secretary, T. C. Baird. The officers in 1895 were: President, James Coughlan; vice-president, Charles Ochsner; treasurer, William A. Guilfoile.
The Journeymen Butchers' Protective association was organized April 27, 1895, with fifty charter members and the following officers: President, B. Frank Pierce; vice-president, Hugh Sullivan; secretary, Samuel F. Weible; treasurer, B. Frank Pierce.
The Waterbury Letter Carriers' association is branch No. 168 of he national association, the object of which is to improve by legis-
1176
HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
lation or otherwise the condition of employees in this department of government service and to create and establish the United States Letter Carriers' Mutual Benefit association, an insurance feature of the organization. The national association was organized in 1889 and incorporated in 1891. The Waterbury branch was instituted in May, 1891, with ten members and these officers: President, John Loughlin; vice-president, C. H. Tomlinson. In 1895 there were sixteen members, two of whom are ex-carriers who remain in the organization to retain their insurance. The officers in 1895 are: President, U. A. Warner; vice-president, C. H. Tomlinson; secretary and treasurer, C. W. Hotchkiss.
The Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers' association of Waterbury was organized October 23, 1893, with forty-five members and the fol- lowing officers: President, Peter H. Seery; vice-presidents, Daniel J. Mahaney and James Horigan; financial secretary, James H. Mur- nan; recording secretary, Christopher C. Russell; treasurer, Henry J. Flanagan. The membership of the association on January 1, 1895, was 130 and the officers were: President, Michael J. Colloty; vice-presidents, Bernard F. Reid and James F. Lunny; financial sec- retary, James H. Murnan; recording secretary, Samuel Munch; treasurer, Timothy L. Horigan. The object of the association is to secure the enforcement of the license laws and protect its members from unjust legislation.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.