. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. ufactured per anuuni .5,500,000 Estimated lbs. of freight per annum 6,000,000 Number of spindles 23,000 Number of hands employed 550 Freiitht paid per annum .^2 1,000 annually paid for labor $160,000 IlIK SlIKTrcKKT Co. Capital stock $500,000 Lbs. cotton consumed per annum 2,400,000 Yards colored goods manufactured per annum 6,000,000 Estimated lbs. of freight per annum 4,500,000 Freights paid per annum -S 22,000 Number of hands employed 500 Amount aMUually paid for labor $150,000 ToTOKKTT Mills. Number of spind
. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. ufactured per anuuni .5,500,000 Estimated lbs. of freight per annum 6,000,000 Number of spindles 23,000 Number of hands employed 550 Freiitht paid per annum .^2 1,000 annually paid for labor $160,000 IlIK SlIKTrcKKT Co. Capital stock $500,000 Lbs. cotton consumed per annum 2,400,000 Yards colored goods manufactured per annum 6,000,000 Estimated lbs. of freight per annum 4,500,000 Freights paid per annum -S 22,000 Number of hands employed 500 Amount aMUually paid for labor $150,000 ToTOKKTT Mills. Number of spindles 16,000 Lbs. cotton consumed per annum 400,000 Yards sheetings manufactured per annum 3,000,000 Estimated lbs. of freight per annum 4,000,000 Amount paid for freight per annum $5,000 Amount paid for labor per annum $50,000 Number of hands employed 250 So far we have dipped into statistics and actual figures as regards the cotton manufacturing industry ofXorwich as being her staple interest. The limits of this sketch, however, prevent us doing more than to recapi- r. Main Street. 178 NORWICH, tulate. nominally the other sources of produelicMi which have materially aidcil to place the city on its presentexalted commercial plane. Thus we may mention lier maimfacture of woolens, tire-arms, dyeing and printinirworks, car and machine shops, lock, stove, paper, iron, cork, belt, file, liosiery, and other industries—statisticsof the more prominent of whicli appear in the pages succeeding this brief sketch. Under the lieading of Com-mercial, a few words may apjiropriately be added as to tlic banking facilities of Norwich. The city boasts ofno less than six national banks and three savings institutions, having an aggregate capital of nearly $18,000,000. Ecclesiastical.—One of the primary objects of the early Now England settlers was the erection of a suit-able place of worship, religious observances being to them as important as meat and drink, and in this respectthe Norwich colon
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