. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. uring enterprise in Norwich will showthe wide range of interests that have found lodgment here, the versatility of local labor, and the mutual advan-tages with which it has been employed by capital, business enterprise, and sagacious direction. Cotton Manufactories.—For longer than a generation of men this industry has continued; with constantenlargement and improvements, no doubt, it will long be maintained as by far the most important interest ofthe city. A large portion of Norwichs population are thus born to an inheri
. Connecticut of to-day : its chief business centres. Illustrated. 1890. uring enterprise in Norwich will showthe wide range of interests that have found lodgment here, the versatility of local labor, and the mutual advan-tages with which it has been employed by capital, business enterprise, and sagacious direction. Cotton Manufactories.—For longer than a generation of men this industry has continued; with constantenlargement and improvements, no doubt, it will long be maintained as by far the most important interest ofthe city. A large portion of Norwichs population are thus born to an inheritance for this and kindred textilelabor. A perusal of the following approximate items in this direction will enable the reader to form a fairconception of the status of the city as a cotton manufacturing centre. PoNEMAii Cotton Mills. Capital stock $1,500,00C Bales cotton consumed [icr aiiiiuin 6,500 Number of spindles 125,000 Yards goods made annually 20,000,000 Amount annually paid for labor §450,000 Number of hands employed 1,500 Falls Co. Capital stock $500,000. City Hall and Court House. NORWICH. 177 Lbs. cotton consunicil per annum 2,600,000 Yards colored goods manufactured 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
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