New Britain herald., 1930-02-07

ular schedule. not counting the many specials.
 The Case Engine Co. no longer is among the New Britain factories. but the Corbin Cabinet Lock division of the American Hardware Corp which includes the Corbn Screw corporation, the Russell X Erwin plant and the r. X F. Corbin branch, is said 10 h" the largest Of its kind in the world. The Stanley Works with its subsidiary the Stanley Rule and Level plant, also i, numbered among the largest in the world. Lan- dcrs. Frary X Clark is said to be the largest firm in the world making electrical and aluminium home needs. Each of these three corpora tions now own factories in many parts of Europe and Asia as well as in other parts of North America. North X Judd Mfg. Co. is the World's $ largest producer of saddlcry hard ware and buckles.
 The Fafnir BcarinG Co. plant makes more varieties ot ball and roller bearings than any other cor poration. New Britain factories to- day employ between lS,0o0 and 2Q,- GOO persons. These factories all cN- istcd then as did many others but mol on as large q scale as today.
 At that time New Britain had what was known as the Park. later 10 become Walnut Hill park Trauts park and Ecntschler's park Today inc city has almost l 1000 acres of de- yolopcd park land
 When. Mr Hill left New Britain R. l.. Hubbard had a shoe store in ,~lc Nusswin building. The store has gone beyond recall and the RussWin building, later the city hall, is con sidcrcd far from modern. The Ad- kins Printing Co. was listed as "AIer- canlilo steam job printers" Cornelius Andrews was Il farmer at West Main street and Mountain road. The pro. prrty now is storage yard for a construction firm and the corner is known as West Main street and " UDttti ENI 'tt. ! Il1i . Ito iiC iNNO' V Of Minnie Andrews
 George E. Ashley was clerk in the store of the l.. C, BaDCock X Co., McSsrs. Ashley and Babcock arc gone and Mr. Ashlcy's son, Stanton, is manager of the Langrock Ashley company successors to the Ashley BahCock Co. Agostina Bcrtini ran q hair dresser and bathroom" cStab- llshmcnt in the basement or tho part. hotel, A modern $80o.000 hotel stands now where St. Marks Episco- pal church stood then, St, Mark $ farther west on Main street, boasts d modern house of worship
 John Boyle lived al the corner O; Main street and Franklin squa- 6 and did house and sign painting. The John Boyle Co. today occupies the building as modern hou-g painting business. MT. Boyle has passed on and stephen Eobb. Il mouse painter who boarded on Maple sicpt. now is president of the firm. iEcidentiy Mr. and Mrs. Robb rcsiic in a homo on kcn&ington avenue, then known as l[onsincton Strc -t. opposite home occupied by lholr daughter and her husband, neither O. whom were born when Mir. Hifl lived here.
 Abbott C. Butler and William l.. Hatch were insurance and real ca- tate agents. Tho ". l.. Hatch CD now occupies Il now modern busl- ness block on Washington street Aurroundod by modern buildins- 4uch as the Professional building the ltiks' homo and the Burritt ho. tel all erected since lS9u.
 Theron II. Camp was secretary and treasurer of the. .Amcrican But. ton Fastener Co. 9fIc company ha' gone but Mir. Camp, retired 50l many years, still is among the city'S . venerable residents.
 Steele Brothers ran the city gar dens in the east end of the city now barely east Of the center and . iu the heart Of built-up distric'. William F.. Latham was tax col ] lcctor. George Cooley was supcrin-