The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-11
A STATE OF INVENTORS.
Connecticut in the Lead a. 60 Per-
ccnla%c of Patents.
statistics n- to Her Manufacturing
mud Mechanical Industries Issued
in SPCCinI BuIIrtiu From Census
Once - Personal RcmiuisccuccS.

once - PERSONA; "Reminiscences.
report giving tho statistics of manurac-
turing and mcdaniel Industries iu tho
State of Connecticut for Cine year OF 1900
WAS made public this morning hy the
Census Bureau TN. report sets forth
that there arc NOW iu Connecticut six
cities each of which has e. population OK
c,cdinE 90 son. namely Bridgeport Hart
ford. M,ridrn. New Britain. New Haven.
and Waterbury,
An interesting feature of the report is
the statement showing the number of lu-
E'utIaus made hy citizens of the Nutmeg
state during the past uT. hundred years
Concerning this subject IN. report Says
In Connecticut more industries ar, Sc
cured 10y patents than IU amy other state.
For many years the State has Tel th,
country Iu number of patents ISSUED in
proportion To- population iu $500 IL was
] patent 10 every '+j persons, I'm 1850, ! 10
every I.-lG.
Connecticut has been widely known as
the manufacturing centre Tor Yankee no.
uous- The Census Office clBssiucatiuus.
being SS"riIy general cannot show
tho great variety OF these wares They
are found largely in such claSSIucatiouS as
glassware foundry and machine shop
products. fancy articles not elsewhere
specified. etc. The manufacturing .tutis-
Tics of the country are assigned go aJ$
or Chief value. OF iheS" Come cucuj Us aC-
credited with q o. or CA per cent
The patents granted 10 Jhc inventors
of one city in Connecticut show a small
percentage OF am iuhuItude Of small
wares. such as boJtIe-tUp handles shot
pouch chargers. lamp holders. bread
coasters. scissors sharp+n'rs, machines
Tor sticking pins nm paper, which helped
Connecticut TO uudcrSrU other markets
picture nails, carpet fasteners clothes
u-- ,--. ut CAiIr fasteners. tygletS. napkin
holders. utensils for mixing liquids per
lorated music sheets. washing machines.
drawer yJilers, and Church-pew head
rests.
The Yankee reddI,~ was DEVELOPED 10y
tho manufacture of tiuware. clocks. and
other small wares. and Connecticut he
came Ia, lard OF Yankee notions and
Brother Jonathan TiUwaIe was first
manufactured IT, Connecticut I'm Berlin.
about lllg I'm 1925 Mark Loaycuwarth
began the ma-Nracture OF axes. steel
yards. ramrgds bsyuuets. and other
small articles of steel. In 1901 Ec jour
uDy,d To- Georgia with axes and Steel
Yards. exciting much wonder
Eli Terry. one of the founders OF the
clock manufacture. received pay for
clock i'm sal; pork, which ne carried home
I'm his sat1lgbaES- fl1uncry jerome. an
other Of the founders. went 20 SUrr0 md
ing towns with clocks 10 sell He would
take one under each arm and go from
house 20 house In t>fa. Gideon Roberts
used 10 take three or -Four clocks at
time 10 New York State to sell
New Haven produced the inventor OF
tn process "f vulcHntzir@ India rubber,
Charles Goodyear HIS father was az in
Nal...'. ltta..r shop al NaIgtluCk.
while he himself made iron forks Tor aE-
TiJultuTU rise and started a hardware
stcre iu PHILADELPHIA As no method OF
hardening rubber had get been discovered.
rubber shoes melted lD summer auo Tee
manned sticky and od1roUs in winter.
-NathauiJI Hayward. of WObUTU. Mass.
who. in 1850. started the Hayward Rubber
Works AT Colchester. Conn. had dI-COv-
cred a. method 81 hardening the surface
OF the gum by adding powdered sulphur
He assigned this patent 20 Goodyear. who.
one cold winters night. while with his
family around the stove. accidentally
dropped a bit Of the gam on the reC-hot
iron. Il vuicanizcd- He nailed Do To the
outside Of the house until morning. and
found 81 perfectly elastic Thus vas cs-
tau.ished the Principle on which the rub
her goods Of tho world arc made. HIS
first patent was secured IN 1874. he secure
more than fifty in all. won many medals
at foreign exhibitions and received the
ribbon OF the Legion OF Honor IIUf1 the
Emperor Of France. Upon his license
were founded the large factories al Nau-
gatuck New Haven has q large plant.
In 1879 Samuel Colt Of Hartford. while
on voyage to Calcutta devised SIX
harrelcd revolver. to be used with per
CussiOn caps Tn 1870 he perfected a Six
blTelcd rotating breeCh. and Lieutenant
Colonel Harvey used this arm iu lST in
fighting the Indians Then came tue
Mexican war and the California gold
colonel factories ~
Hartford costing half q million dollars
Ia lo5s Ec was turning cut 5000 revo vers
year They were used Hy the ElSliSh
I'm the Crimta and by Garibaidi I'm Italy.
The Spencer rife and the Sharp rifle were
also made III Connecticut prior To 1861.
The Winchester rifle is made sJ New Ha-
Ven ln large quantities The Calling gun
is made az the Colt works AT Hartford.
and ordnance Of improved type is made
az bridgeport and Derby.
"A large steel sulpbUilaiUE plant Us iu
active operation az Eastern Point. Grotuu,
opposite New London, ON one Of the best
EaTnoTs "a the country just above Nor
Wich a cGmureSSed-aiy p.aEt-Slld to De
the first Of its peculiar kind Ora the United
Stat's-has Dee followed CUt of the rock
on tho Cu.rehaug River with water as
the compressor
The Increase in the value OF products
during tho decade from lS.a 10 1890 iu
number OF the leading industries was
Ammunition. 1888 per cent, bells. -G-7.
buttons. l,-2, brass manufacture Ii.5.
carriages and wagons. Igg. CLOCKS. A.
cersgts. 81. cutlery and edge tools S5.Z.
envelopes. s5-t. firearms. SO. foundry and
r.Chlug shop products. go fur hats. i'm
cluacd iu hats and caps iu 1890. as. hard
wac, ..s. hardware, saaa.-ry. 10, no.
S.,rT and al-t goods. -. I-auWGrk. srrn-
itsCtuIaI and urudw- utrI. sZ.4. mUsiC.l in
zjrEmeuts pianos. and materials .09,
needles and pins. Us q. plated and Britain
mia ware. -. Rubber and elastic goods
1872. sewing machines and attachments.
stG. SilE and silk goods. -G5- stamped
ware, 1906. and typ"WEtors ana supplies.
Connecticut is one Of the chief centres
~ the textile industry and uscuuigE The
same ra-E aS textile manufacturing
1893 valued 20 $40 -as.l5Z. being exceeded
only nv AaEgEr husstas. Penn Ey.vaUiI.
New YORK Rhode Island. and New Jgrs, =.
In Che oHttnH manufacture In Connecticut
there were. iu 1870. 1901 .s.f alJIg. srlld-ls.
Hu increase from H.ff-s -rluI.az iH 1895.
and 1850 looms. an increase from 1889