New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
FIRE LOSSES At HARTFORD.
GATLING TORPEDO BoAT-UNsANITARY SCHOOL
HoUsES-PERsONALI

UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
Hartford Conn. Nov. 30 (Specian-The fire In
srance companies OF this city sngulary fortunate
in the small number of heavy risks they carried OF
both the Lynn and Boston fires. The losses TO loca
underwriters VIII be somewhere in the ncghborhood
81 $500 600 which all consider light As It Is, tht
losses will seriously interfere with the years business
which I'D 10 this date had been good, making dividends
sure and large The ThomIsonville fire, which came
close upon the two big fires and which affected the
Hartford Carpet Company some 100000, did mol
affect the Hartford insurance companies at all as the
burned property insured in the Manufacturers
Mutual companies of Boston and Providence. Never
thele.s insurance men here have been very anxious
for the last three days. and only became satished
far as they could be when they found that the tota
loss was not as bad 1t might have been
Dr. r. j. Calling. the inventor Of the Calling gum
has been for some time engaged in this city III pr
fectng plans for torpedoboat which Will De capapie
OF being used a. a cruiser. The wellknown inventive
genius of the Doctor has brought about good dea Vi
curiosity as 10 what sort OF an engine of war he has
devised II will be of steel throughout 15o feet long
and II feet beam 1t Will carry crew OF Wen'!
three men, and VIII have for propelhng power 'n'
engines two for the twin screws and one 10 hahP"i
a number OF pneumatic guns, which VIII De par
the eonjpment In addition to these guns. which VIII
he used for plojectiles in the shape OF torpeoocS ~
cruiser is intended to carry several rapidirng "ans
and Uotchlass guns a spar torpedo and torFuo
eun with two dynamite guns. She IS ntenue' I" w
seaworthy enough to tho ocean ana 10 nav "
armament which would make her formidaoie ]" ~
action The manufacture of this new boat w" NV
he undertaken in this city. because OF the laoN vi az
ad.ouate waterfront but naval experts are pronounce
in favor of the Doctors plans, and 1t "
the inventor that he will have an opport"l's " -
ing his new floating devastation on the wafer oelo'
a great while certainly within year or wv
Tho Labor Bureau, under tho drecuoh VI N
sioner Hotchkiss and his chief cIerh MI N'
man. is preparing what bids fair to DC the "o9
valuable report ever issued by IT, Las' So" $3.50
nos .ible for the Bureau only TO present s'a"S'",
catbered from some ninety manufacturing hrms' anu
,be ,anort while considered valuable one al'u
IN accord with practical Ideas rather thah WIN any
special theories, not up 10 the s'a"uai'
nv the Commissioner This year the report VIII '
tain statements according to formulated scheouies anu
IN many instances from the books OF the
.l.oI,.os from a. many as 900 possibly more
Those statistics have been gathered and now arc
g., nroccss of tabnlation The conclusions upon thom
win he written by the Commissioner for the most pal
although the experience OF Mr. COuhuImdh a. ."
stf ed newspaper writer will be brought into requSo
mon some topics which he has made spec'a sVuu!
There has been profound sensation IN the CITY 10
cas of the revelations made during the repairs Oh inc
Htcb.st school house. II appears that an unused
cistern of stagDant water had been under me Wah
building for several years, being filed conthua! i"h
roof drainage but never drawn from except by eNaPo
lion When II was disturbed the odor was very strongly
,mnreqnated with the worst sort of sewer gas, ana
the other sanitary appointments were of the most neon
pleo and unsatisfactory character. Several children
who have been attending this school have been Ill win
dipbthera and some have died but the district manage
ment has promised 10 have the DulolDg pun Ill coh-
plete repair as soon practicable. -
III. r. Sperry who for the last twenty-three years
has been the editor and principal owner OF Ine
Evening Post" of this city has disposed OF MS lnUest
TO John Addison Porter, who has been connected WIN
the paper for the Mr. SperTy who Is one OF
The hest known the Republican politicians OF me
also IN look after business interests Mr. Porter is a
Young man of energy and abundant capital, who VIII
push the paper the front In political and business
circles and make more Of power than II has been
Miss Amelia b. Edwards. the Egptologist, has had
most hattcring I'm this city. appearing before
two very large audiences. She also urged to be
the recipient of many social attentions, which She
however, felt obliged decline except those that were
of the most informal character