The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-27
State Business
in January
Moderate Decreases Evil
dent in Many Lines

Hartford, Feb 81 -- Sixteen bus
mess factors indicative OF condi-
tons In Connecticut during jan
uary 1892 compared with the pre-
vious month and with the corre-
spending month n year ago are
graphically tabulated In the new
monthly business survey made pub
lie to-day by the Connecticut
Chamber of Commerce In conjunc-
ton with sixteen leading local
Chambers Of Commerce through
out the state.
The new survey was undertaken
at the request of public utility re-
representatives., executives Of indus
trial concerns, statisticians and edu
bcntional instructors and Includes
every economic figure available in
Connecticut On anything like a
NtAte-wide basis an dsome that
never before were so cOllated.
Business trends as set forth In
the survey follow: In January
1892 there were 250,103 telephones
In use In. 16 cities compared with
26l.771 in December 1881 which
was O. decrease OF g per cent mad
26S,293 In January 1881, de-
crease of 8 per cent. Post office re-
ceipts In IS cities totaled $586,833,
n decrease OF 31.8 per cent com
pared with the total OF 1851. 404 in
December and a. loss OF 1l.6 per
cent compared with the January
1881 total of $864,430. Savings de-
posts In IA Connecticut cities
amounted to $5l3.561,2S7 in Jan
uaYy 1892 compared with 1924
92S,135 in December loss Of FL
per cent. Bank debts reported In
nine communities amounted to
33s8.949,217 against $402,375,281
In Decem her, a drop Of 8.3 per cent
and against $43S,132,931 In Jan
uary a year ago, or decrease of
1915 per cent. Bank clearings In
eight cities totaled $1G8.047,302. a
decrease OF 8.S per cent compared
with $1l8,581.494 in December and
a decrease of POI per cent COM
pared with $135,266.300 In January
1881.
Payrolls in nine Connecticut cit
les totaled $15.5884,733 in January
and $19.610,064 In December. a
decrease of 1879 per cent. There
were S46.831, 400 cubic feet OF gas
consumed in IL cities in January,
an increase of 6.3 per cent over the
total of 796,343,000 cubic feet used
In December and a. loss of 8.4 per
cent from the total Of 324,O19,3O0
cubic feet used In January 1891.
Electricity consumption In 1G cities
amounted to 73.229,G23 XVIII. a
drop of Is per cent from the total
Of 74,365,240 XVIII used In Decem-
Der and IL per cent from the total
of 74.142.74S XVIII In January a
year ago.
Man hours in 207 plans totaled
9.S34,850 compared with 10.411.
287 In December, or q decrease OF
SIS per cent. In January. $50 build
ing permits were issued having Il
total value of $1,290.314 compared
with 1000 at value Of $1,304,918
issued In December, a decrease OF
48.6 per cent In number and 32.2
percent in value. Compared with
January 1891 when 622 permits
were issued valued at $2,320.818
this was a decrease OF 10.1 per cent
In number and 44.4 per cent in val
ue.
Carloadings In IA cities totaled
S,839. a decrease OF 2 per cent
from the total of 1882 In Deem
Der and Of 81 per cent compared
with 9,544 in January 1881. There
were 1852 bales OF cotton consum-
ed in January, an increase of 1.s
per cent over the total OF 1859 In
December and decrease of 24.4
per cent from the total OF G,157 in
January 1881.
Automobile sales in Connecticut
during January 1892 totaled 1893
at a total value OF $952.340. de-
crease OF Al per cent in number
and SIS per cent in value compar-
ed with December when the totalf
were 1904 and $1.013,380 respec-
lively. Compared with January q
year ago. when 1897 sales were
consummated at a. total value Of
$1.23e,206. the decreases were 22.z
per cent and 22.3 per cent respec-
lively.
Life insurance sales for tn,
month amounted to $11,37l. 900, q
decrease Of 1T per cent from the
total of $14,558,000 In December
and an increase OF IT. per cent
over the total OF $10,714,000 In jan
uary 1891. There were 81 bank
ruptcies reported for January and
123 for December, g. drop OF 21.1
per cent and a drop Of 27.s pei
cent compared with January 1891
when there were 1874 reported. Ir
January 1892, 1916 new incorpora.
lions were reported. an increase oil
115 per cent over December when
the number was 35 and a decrease
of as per cent from January 1891
whe nthe total was III.