. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. icent elm and maple trees. The educational interests ofthe town are carefully provided for; from the earliest times they have been the object of painstaking and assidu-?«ius activity. The scholars of New London are not only provided with comfortable and finely arranged build-ings, but the teachers arc also carefully selected and competent. The religious sentiment of the people is?shown in the number and beauty of their churches, which include the St. James Episcopal Church, the Firstand Second Congregational Churches, the
. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. icent elm and maple trees. The educational interests ofthe town are carefully provided for; from the earliest times they have been the object of painstaking and assidu-?«ius activity. The scholars of New London are not only provided with comfortable and finely arranged build-ings, but the teachers arc also carefully selected and competent. The religious sentiment of the people is?shown in the number and beauty of their churches, which include the St. James Episcopal Church, the Firstand Second Congregational Churches, the First and Second Baptist and Huntington Avenue Baptist Churches,liie Roman Catholic Cathedral, the First Methodist Episcopal Church, the Peoples Church, the Universalistaptist Society. BANKS, THE PRESS, banks, all of which have substantial buildings, are the Savings Bank of New London, the MarinersSavinjfs I^>ank, the National Bank of Commerce, the Union Bank of New London, the National Whaling Bank,. state St., from New London City National Bank, and the Equitable Trust Company, which has a capital of $1,.500, enterprising local journals are at present being published : The Day, published every evening exceptSunday ; and by the same company the Week, issued every Tuesday, both bright, newsy sheets and with a widepopularity. The Moruing Telegraph, founded in 1885, and issued every day except Sunday, has established aleading position among the dailies of Connecticut. The municipal and kindred arrangements include aFire Department excellently equipped with steam fire-eno;ines and the most approved apparatus, Police Depart-ment, five Masonic lodges, two Odd Fellows lodges, five temperance societies, a Ladies Seamens FriendSociety, Historical Society, Telephone Exchange, tWo bands of music, and a beautiful cemetery called Cedar<jrove, as well as three old burial-grounds, and a ferry which makes hourly trips to Groton. Delightfullysituated, with e
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