Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
FROM THE CHARTER OAK CITY.


Editor Register Hartford is so close
" identified with all parts of the country
in its insurance relations that an occa-
Sional communication from this city
may be of interest to many of your read
erS. We might name a score or more of
the fire and life insurance companies hay
ing headquarters here, and they would
at once be recognized by most readers of
the REGISTER. The handsome and sub
stantially built buildings owned by the
leading companies denote prosperity
But of all the companies none is 50 we'll
known AS "old reliable" Travellers, for
there is hardly Il railroad station in the
nited States but has one of that COM
panys signs somewhere around the ticket
office warning all to ENSURE against ac-
cidentS."
While insurance is considered lead
ing business here, there are also manu-
featuring concerns with national, yes, we
may say, worldwide regulations. The
Colts Fire Arms Co. is among the fore
most; this company, in addition to the
manufacture of their well-knOwn rifles,
revolverS, etc, make the wonderful Cat
ling gun, and are now filling orders tO
foreign countries for large number OF
these destructive implements of war. The
gun is mounted on two wheels, the same
as other field pieces, and is model OF
mechanical skill. 1t fires as fast as a
man can turn crank-seventy shots Il
minute is the number, believe. Lieut.
| Howard of the Connecticut National
Guard, it will be remembed. was sent
with one of these guns to assist the Ca
madam government in putting down the
Reil rebellion in the Northwest, and il
the first battle in which he was engaged
annihilated the whole half-breed army
The Weed Sewing-machine company Is
another of the well-known establish
ments of this city. At these shops is
made the Columbia bicycle, and the large
daily shipments of these beautiful wheel,
indicate a wide popularity of this mode
of travelling. These machines are man
ufactured for the Pope Manufacturing
company of Boston.
Hartford has one of the very best OF
systems for supplying the city witt
water, and as the subject of water Ga,
well as something stronger) has Otter
agitated the people of Middlebury, "A brie
description of the Hartford works vii
not be amiss. The storage reservoirs AZ,
five in number, and situated ON tn,
mountain in West Hartford, six mile
from the center of the city. The waite
is brought through 20-nch iron mains
and thence distributed throughout tn,
entire city. The series of reservoirs arr
built one above the other, so that tn,
lower ones are supplied from the upper
and still beyond in the adjoining town o
Pennington is good-sized lake, all be
longing to the city's water system. Thu
upper reservoir, which is the largest, i
over forty feet deep and holds 2s3,694,
375 gallons, and the total storage capa
city of all the reservoirs is 1000, 00
gallons, and the lake has a capacity o
60l 900, 600 gallons more, making in al
nearly thirteen hundred million Q,27l,
OO0, 1000 gallons, and they are now abou
full. With such "A large supply of waite
it ought to be at all times sufficient for
city of this size, but it is not, for yer
| frequently the pumps at the Connection
river are resorted to in order to suppl
/ the demands. Ii is said that Harttor
uses and wastes more water, per head c
} population, than any other city. III
records of the city of Worcester with il
4 10000 population, show "a daily use {
/ 1000, 900 gallons of water; Provdenc,
; with population of about 10000, us'
4 100000 gallons, while Hartford, wit