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CONNECTICUT Kon-net'e-kut.
"NUTMEG STATE."
Name of Indian origin, signifying Long River.
One of the thirteen original States; first permanent settlement made by
English at Hartford, 1635.
Area, 4,990 square miles; average length, 86 miles; average breadth, 55
miles; seacoast, over 100 miles. Principal river valleys: Thames,
Connecticut and Housatonic. Most important harbors: Bridgeport, New Haven,
New London, Saybrook and Stonington. Number counties, 8.
Temperature at New Haven: winter, 27deg to 40deg; summer, 68deg to 74deg:
rainfall, 44 inches.
Hartford the capital, and noted for banking and insurance business;
population, 42,015. New Haven, "City of Elms," the metropolis, and noted
for educational institutions; population, 62,882. Bridgeport, noted for
manufacture of fire-arms and sewing machines; population, 27,343.
Waterbury, an important manufacturing city; population, 17,806. Fairfield,
Middletown, New Haven, New London and Stonington are ports of entry.
Number farms, 30,598. Average value per acre, cleared land, $29; woodland,
$24.50. Corn crop of 1884, 1,767,790 bu.; wheat, 86,200 bu.; oats,
1,112,000 bu. Latest reported dairy products: milk, 12,289,893 gals.;
butter, 8,292,360 lbs.; cheese, 1,028,015 lbs.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $4,000
Lieut. Gov. 500
Sec'y of State 1,500
Treasurer 1,500
Comptroller 1,500
Sec. State Bd. Ed. 3,000
Adjutant Gen. 1,200
Ins. Com'r. 3,500
3 R. R. Com'rs. 3,000
Chief Justice 4,500
4 Asso. Justices 4,000
Senators, } $300 and
Representatives } mileage
District Judge 3,500
2 Colls. In. Rev. 3,000
13 Deputy Collectors 800 to 1,775
Stmpd. En. Agt. 2,500
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Ansonia $2,100
Birmingham 2,200
Bridgeport 3,100
Bristol 1,900
Danbury 2,400
Hartford 3,400
Meriden 2,700
Middletown 2,600
New Britain 2,500
New Haven 3,400
New London 2,600
Norwalk 2,000
Norwich 2,700
South Norwich 2,000
Stamford 2,400
Waterbury 2,700
Willimantic 2,100
38 Offices 1,800 to 1,000
Number different industries, 4,488. Capital invested in manufacture: rubber
goods, $1,681,600; carpets, other than rag, $3,085,000; clocks, $1,816,400;
cotton goods, $21,104,200; woolen goods, $7,907,452; sewing machines and
attachments, $6,490,650.
Ranks first in clocks, third in silk goods, fourth in cotton goods, eighth
in tobacco.
Population, 622,700: male, 305,782; female, 316,918; native, 492,708;
foreign, 129,992; white, 610,769; colored, 11,547; Chinese, 123; Japanese,
6; Indians, 255.
State elections, annual, at same date as congressional and presidential;
number Senators, 21; Representatives, 249; meeting of legislature,
Wednesday after first Monday in January; limit, none; term of Senators, 2
years; of Representatives, 1 year.
Number electoral votes, 6; number voters, 177,291. Convicts and those
unable to read are excluded from voting.
Number colleges, 3, having about 160,000 volumes in libraries; Yale
College, at New Haven, founded, 1701. School age, 4-16.
Legal interest rate, 6; no penalty for usury, but more than 6 per cent. can
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