. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. Thus in 1860 there was about |(750,000 invested in manufacturing ; to-day there is in theneio-hborln> of §9,000,000. The many concerns employ some 0,000 hands, and disburse in wages each yearupwards of %3,000,000. Although the city is still true to its name of the Brass City of the worlil, altlioughits citizens are so frequently dubbed the Yankee , and although a large per cent of all thebuttons—of whatever material—used in the world still come from here, those old and evfr stable industries are WATERBLl
. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. Thus in 1860 there was about |(750,000 invested in manufacturing ; to-day there is in theneio-hborln> of §9,000,000. The many concerns employ some 0,000 hands, and disburse in wages each yearupwards of %3,000,000. Although the city is still true to its name of the Brass City of the worlil, altlioughits citizens are so frequently dubbed the Yankee , and although a large per cent of all thebuttons—of whatever material—used in the world still come from here, those old and evfr stable industries are WATERBLlRY 81 by no means tlio onlj ones; neitlicr is the limit foiuul in the vasi amdimt, of pins, needles, hosiery, machinery,webbing, lamps, knick-knacks, beer, paper boxes, malleable iimi, silverware, electric goods of all kinds, car-riages, aluminum, metals of various sorts, blank-iiooks, > j i //and Waterbury watches that are sent out daily. \A\ i /I |)/ I:, ] Aj/n^/ hyBANKING. Anv attempt to review the manufaeturino-and com- X \V 1)IIIIIS^a?W\*1!1 ulllA W-~^. niercial resources of any business centre must give a position of the first importance to the banks and moneyedinstitutions. They hold the great me<lium of exchange between trade centres, and occupy the position of 82 WATERBURY. arbiters between debtors and creditors. Tlie success and ability displayed in their management forms animportant link by which to estimate and value the commercial standing of the community where their iufiuenccis felt, and a close inspection of their resources gives a valuable index to the condition of all business national banks number four, with a combined capital of $1,000,000; surplus, $277,500, and one Statebank. In the three savings-banks—one just started—the deposits are about |i3,000,000. SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. Educational.—The general excellence, thorough instruction, and wide range of the educational advantagesof Waterbury have made themselves felt not only i
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