. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. ^irls, disburse |i:?,15t),600 annually in wages, and turn out an an-nual product of 13,000,000, the cost of materials in some bearing a high ratio to the cost of labor. Assum-ing that every man thus engaged supports on an average three and two-tenths persons, and that the femalessimply take care of themselves, the shops of the city maintain directly 17,261 people. As the percentage.)f liighly skilled workmen is unusually large, embracing inventors and mechanical engineers who are continuallyimproving existing methods as w
. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. ^irls, disburse |i:?,15t),600 annually in wages, and turn out an an-nual product of 13,000,000, the cost of materials in some bearing a high ratio to the cost of labor. Assum-ing that every man thus engaged supports on an average three and two-tenths persons, and that the femalessimply take care of themselves, the shops of the city maintain directly 17,261 people. As the percentage.)f liighly skilled workmen is unusually large, embracing inventors and mechanical engineers who are continuallyimproving existing methods as well as enlarging the command of man over the forces of Nature, the value of thiscomponent of our population can hardly be overestimated. The above does not include newspaper offices, builders,masons, plumbers, painters, tailors, slioemakers, scattered workmen occupied mainly with repairs, or oersons?onnectcd with the manufacturing departments of mercantile houses. In 1750 Hartford ranked as the third town in population within the present limits of the county, Wind-. Coiinty Building, ^-^^ sor Standing first and Faruiington second. Since then tlie boundaries of esfclj have been materially curtailed bythe creation of new townships. The decennial census of 1790 was the first to place Hartford, with a popula-tion of 4,090, at the front. During tlie next thirty years growth was slow, the number of inhabitants reachingbut 6,901 in 1820, a gain of loss than seventy per cent while a generation was crossing the stage. The popula-tion increased to 9,789 in 1830; 12,793 in 1840; in 1850; 29,152 in 1860; 37,743 in 1870 ; and to42,551 in 1880. The population of the city in 1890 was STREETS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. \ Hartford is very compactly built upon unchilating ground, and presents a very pleasing scene from what-ever quarter approached. The buildings are for the most part built of brick and freestone, and the variousmsnrance offices are architectural ornaments of the city. The trai
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