New Britain herald., 1925-08-15
"Xe Ode Home Towne" Seen in
 New Britain Directory Of 1872
10 Saloons In Town

lAFlF N'lt bbl NNp tRiNh iitN''N lecturers at that time. They were as follows l" Moulthrop. $, Main | near limits; Wheaton and Andrews | II. r, and r. k. R. one-half mile north of Pratts station, That the building business was booming even in those days is shown by the fact that there were 19 builders and car penters in the village. There was one dealer in carpets and oilClotls' three carriage makers one china, crockery and glassware dealer, 10 mems furnishings merchants, three coal dealers, two dentists, eight dresSlnakcrs, one circulating library, three druggists, six dry goods deal CTS, four express offices, three Of them being delivery offices; five hat and cap doakrS one horseshoer, three hotels. they being the Hum- phrcy house, tho Strickland house and the Kew Britain house: one ice dealer one jeWelry manufacturer, seven lawyers five livery stables, three lumber dealers, two marble works, two mattress manufacturers | three stone masons, 10 meat mar | kots, three miliners, two dealers in | mineral waters, one needle manu- i facturer. three news dealers, two newspapers (wceklies) and one job printer, two trained nurses, one "ornamcntal hair dresser" six paint CTS and paper hangers, two paint dealers, three paper box manutac~ turers, one patent agent, one pat tern maker, two phot ographers. F physicians and surgeons, one picture framer, three plumbers and steam filters. and --sh-h-h, say II with whspcrS-l6 " saloons. two sash and door establishments, two sewing ma chine stores. four shirt manutac- turerS, four stove dealers; one to- hacco store, one tool handle manu- facturer: one umbrella and para asol stretcher, two undertakers, of which one was the late B. C, Porter; two wagon makers, one wood dealer and one wood turner.
 The city officials (NeW Britain became city in t571 were as fol- lows: Mayor, g. W. Hart; clerk. r.. L. Goodwin: treasurer. A. P. Col lins; auditor, ]. X. Pickett; sheriff, James F. Lewis; city surveyor, Ar thur w. Rice; collector. Henry R. Goodrich; street commissioner, z, A.
 Moore: water commissioners, R, l.. Hubbard, x. r. Woodruff and
 Thomas McCabe; chief of police, A.. W. Spaldinf; aldermen, ", l., Nor
 gan, T. II. Brady and D. NJ, Camp
 There were r councimen.
 Prominent among the list ot or
 ganizations at that time was found
 Harmony lodge A, F. and A, NJ,
 which in lS71 was 80 years old, the
 lodge having been organized in r791
 and now is 1S4 years old Other
 lodges included Ciiddings chapie or,
 E. A. M., Doric council R. and
 s. M., Phoenix lodge, I, c, c, F, St,
 Elmo lodge. K. of F., St, Andrews
 rouncil K, S C.; Stanley Post, G,
 A. R.; Lincoln lodge, I. o, of G, T
 Good Templars): Good Samaritan
 society, St, Marys Benevolent Tee total society, Welcome lodge, Sons . and Daughters of Samaria, S'. Tat.
 rick's Benevolent society and the . New Britain SChutzen Nercin,
 There were seven churches, listed as follows; Baptist, Catholic, Con gregatonaI, South Congregational, ? Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal and { Second Advent. There were four , fire companies under the direction , of John J, Mulvihill, chief engineer ! They were: Niagara Engine O.. No 1; Niagara Hose Co. No, 1; Allan | tir Hose Co. and Hook and Lad . der Co.