The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13
ICE, BUTTONS, BOOTS.
Some Census Figures Concerning Con-
 necticut

Some Census Figures Concerning Con- necticut.
 Several bulletins that have just been
 issued from the census office give some
 interesting information concerning va
 rious Connecticut industrial products. One bulletin shows that in 1900 there
 were five establishments in Connecticut
 for the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes. This is an increase of three over 1890. The value of the produce
 was s11,999, ,03S. The product represent ed 15,375, ,035 pairs of rubber boots and
 shoes. Of this number 7,6S9,297 were mems boots and shoes; 6,247,549 pairs were women's and 1,438, ,139 pairs were children's.
 The five establishments represent an invested capital of $9,530, 71S, divided as follows: Land, $29, 400; buildings $S55,- 613; machinery, tools and implements, S209,4 cash and sundries, S7174, BOA. The total number of salaried officials and clerks was 107 and their compen- sation aggregated S150,39 The great est number of wage-earners employed at one time was 5,041; the smallest, 1,425; the average, 4,217. The total amount paid in wages was $1, ,9S6 ,023 of which $5,3S8 was paid to seventeen chill dren under sixteen years of age. The aggregate cost of meatrials used during the year was $7176,701. The fuel bill was s71, 1928. The miscellaneous expen- ses amounted to $405,S52
 BUTTON MAKING.
 Another bulletin shows that in 1900 there were eleven Connecticut estab- lishments actively engaged in the man. ufacture of buttons and that Connecti- cut stands second, New York being the first. The eleven establishments repre- scented an invested capital of $532, ,17S The salaried officials, including clerks, numbered twenty-four, and their sala- ries aggregated S30,S12. The average number of wage -earners was eight hundred, and their total wages amount ed to s305 ,6S7. Of the eight hundred op- eratives 305 were men, 460 women and thirty-five children under sixteen. The miscellaneous expenses amounted to $117,643 cost of material used was s430,- 187, and the value of the product was S1 ,0S7 ,235. There were turned out 4,66S,- 359 gross of buttons during the year. Of this number 2,995,7 ,7S4 gross were brass buttons, and Waterbury is given the credit for being the center of the metal button industry of the country.
 WATCHES AND CASES.
 Another bulletin shows that in Con- necticut in 1900 there was one establish ment devoted exclusively to the manu- foo of ,oT ol, tol1 I,o the course of historical summary the bulletin says:
 "The rise of the low priced grade of watches dates from the time of the long wound Waterbury watch. The founda- ton patent for this was issued to D. A. A. Buck, May 21, 1878. The feature thta made the watch a success was the i'm provenent of the old duplex escape ment, by which the parts were simpli- fled so that they could be cheaply stamped out. None of these watches are now made. They have given place to a much higher grade, in which, however, the improved duplex escape ment is still used. But the demand they excited continued and had to be satisfied. A number of clock companies now make the low-priced watches, case and all, as a by-product. Whether the revolution can be traced wholly to the Waterbury may be questioned. The clock companies for years have been making clocks of increasingly small di- mensions, all with lever movements, such as the marine and the small shelf and alarm clocks Some of these sizes became quite small for clocks, and at least one was made as an experiment for a pocket piece. It was think and large, and used as toy and far adver- Using purposes, retailing in some in- stances for two dollars and half, whereas to-day a much better watch both in appearance and in accuracy can be bought for a dollar, guaranteed for a year. But it was a beginning.
 MANUFACTURED ICE.
 Another bulletin shows that in 1900 there were in their state five establish ments devoted to the manufacture of ice Three of these establishments were started subsequently, to 1890. The five concerns represented an invested carital of s3t67 of which s171 ,s43 stood for machinery, tools and imple- ments. The total salaries paid to off, cials. clerks and salesmen amounted to S17,6S1. The wage-earners, ranging from maximum of sixty to mini mum of twenty-seven, averaged thirty eight and the total amount paid in wages was S21, 1,041. The miscellaneous expenses for the year amounted to S11. .363. the cost of materials user was $16.014; the aggregate value of the pro- duct was $95, BOA. The product repre- sented 25, $50 tone, of which 21,650 aons were can ice and 4,300 tons were plate ice.