History of Fairfield County, Connecticut

is in either water, steam, or compressed air, together with a variety of valves, gaskets, and rings for similar use; hose for fire-engines and watering gardens, be- sides heavy steam and brewers' Ixise ; wagon- and ear- springs, gas-tubin.g, solid vuleanite enieiy-wheels, eorrugated mattin.tr and mats, cushions i'or billiard- tables, ete. A full list of their productions w-ould, in- deed, nuike a formidable catalogue, but the interest therein to the general reader would be enhanced by the reflection that in so few years a eomparativ<'ly un- known substance had eonn- to play so important a part in our industries.'' We illustrate one of the most wonderful machines for nuuiufaeturing vulcanized rublier belting, etc., wdiereby perfectly smooth surfaces and great soliditv are insured. This press will take a belt six feet wide and fifteen feet of its length at once ; it weighs eighty- five thousand pounds; the steam is let into the bed and platen so that the temperature can lie readily THi; NEW YORK I!EI.TIN(i AND PAf'KINC (DMI'ANY. cates the full fruition of Charles (xooclyear's anticipa- tions, whether we consiiler the (piantity and variety of goods made or the highly imjiortant relations which these productions hold to all industrial pursuits, for ill nuuiy cases they meet wants never before satisfied and fit neeils for which no equally good substitute could be devised. The articles regularly manufac- tured at this factory include bands or belting for run- ning machinery, from the largest belts ever made down to the smallest sizes in use; packing, to nnike tight joints in pumps, engines, etc., where the W(n-k regulated; the platen is stationary, and the bed is lifted by hydraulic pressure. Tlie most inivel feature of this great jiress, however, is th.at it is arranged with appliances at each end for stretching the belts, so tluit, while the belt is under the full tension of the heaviest strain it may be ilesired to jmt upon it, it may at the same time be compressed between the hot plates, and thus .set its fil)res as firmly as a bar of steel. They man\ifaetured the immense driving ami ele- vator belts for the Buckingham elevators at Chicago, which have been running i>crfectlv for more than HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT. twelve years; also those for Armour, Dole & Co., | Chicago, and VaiKk'ibilt'.s great elevators of the New York Central anj Hudson River Railroads, New York, being the largest belts in the world. They have just manufaetured (1880) an elevator belt thirty- six inehes wide and two thousand five hundred feet in lengtli, which will Aveigh over eighteen thousand pounds. Tiie company own the patent for this stretcher in combination with the press, as they do many other patents of great importance in the busi- ness. The principal Goodyear patent on vulcanizing expired in ]S()"), but this company had then been many years maiuifacturing, and had obtained subse- quent patents for improvements, some of which are of great value in their present manufactory. The offices, salesroom, and warehouse of the com- pany are at 37 and 38 Park Row, New York. John H. Cheevcr is tlic treasurer of the company and gen- eral manager of the business. Mr. D. C Gately is superintendent of the works, which are located at Sandy Hook. In addition to tlie numerous establishments men- tioned above are the following manufactories : Blan- ket factory, owned by Sturtevant & Son, of New York ; combs and buttons, Sanniel Curtis & Sons ; button-factory, .lolm (irilTen ; and tlic establishment of S. A. Blackman A Co. RAILROADS. The town is well supplied with railroads. The Housatonic extends northwest tlirough the centre of the town, with stations at Botsford, Newtown, and Hawlcyvillc, intersecting at the latter place with the Sliepaug Railroad, which crosses tiie nortliern part of tlic town. This road extends from Litchfield, in Litchfield County, to Bethel in this county. Tlie New York and New Englan<l Railroad, now in iiro- cess of construction, will also intersect with the above roads at at Hawleyville. civil, AND MILITARY IIISTOllY. KErUKSENTATIVES FROM 1747 TO ISSO. The following is a list of the representatives to tlie Ciencral Court from Newtown from 1747 to 1880: 1717, Cnpl.TliomnsTimBio-, John Nortlm.|.; \HH, C»|it. TlmniBS Toimc.v, Henry Glover, Ilinth Pick: I711I, Henry Glnver, .lulin Norlhnii', JmIiii lA'UVenttwortli, Cn|»t. Juhn GIuvit; IIM, Opt. John Glover, Culi'l' Ilivhlwhi, Cnjit. Kjihrnini Peek; I7ol, Ciipt. Thnnitu Toui»ey, Nathaniel N'Ukols, Diiniel llimtli,John nnlitr.iril; I T.-i2, Daniel ll.K>th, r'npt. Henry Glover; I'-Vi, Leninel Camp, Heath Peek, Daniel BiMith, Capl. Henry Glover; I'M, Daniel Booth, aipl. Henry Glover; 17,'m, Dnnlol DMitli, Capt. Henry Glover, t'aleti l{alilw'iu,CHpt..lolin Glover; 17a«, Daniel U<vlh, I'apt. Henrv' Gluver, Caloh Uahlwin, Aln>l Duolh ; 17.'i7, David Booth, John llotehfonl, Daniel llootli, John Glover ; 17.'.s, Daniel IbMth, Henjaniin OnrllK, ('apt. Hofiry (Mover; 17.'iti, . Daniel IhMitli, Itietianl Fairnian, (*apt. Henry Glover; 17G0, Daniel llooth, l'a|>t. Henry Glover, Jonuthan llootli ; 17(11, Ihiniel lluoth, (apt. John Glover, (nh'h llaMwin, ItlehanI Kail man ; 17IVJ, Daniel Uootli, itieliatxl Kalrman, Caleh ItiUiluin; I7(V>, Daniel llooth, Capt. AniiM Ilnlxronl, Abel Ikn'tli, (apt. Henry lilover; lTn4, Oliver Tonnoy, 4'apt. Henry Glover, Daniel IkHtlii; 17(1.'>, Uiehanl Fuirinan, Capt. Henry (plover, Oliver TAuoy; 17ri(;, Hichnnl Fairman, Capt. Henry tilover, Oliver Tonsey; 1707, (.'apt Henry Glover, Oliver Tonwy, Heath Peck; 17(>l(, Capl. Henry Glover, Heath Peik, Uiehanl Fair- man; 17G0, BIctianI Foimiaii, Capt. Henry <ilov 177(1, Capt. Henry Glover, Daniel Booth, Abel Booth ; 1771, Capt. Henry Glovor, Rieliard Fairnian, John Clianillor; 1772, Oliver Tonsey, Mivj. John Chan<ller, (^'apt. Henry Glover; 1773, Maj. John Chandler, Peter Nichols, Capt. Henry Glovor; 1774, Capt. Henry Glover, Oliver Toiltiey, Capt. Peter Nichols; 1775, John Bea<-li, Jr. ; 1770, no record; 1777, Capt. Caloh Baldwin, Henry Peck ; 1778, Miy. Caleb Baldwin, Capl. Joseph Smith, Henry Peck; 1770, Slaj. Caleb Baldwin, Col. John ('handler, Hein-y Peck; 1780. Uicimrd Fairman, Henry Peck, Miy. Caleb Baldwin: 1781, Col. John Clianiller; 17S2, Col. John Chandler, Henry Peck, Maj. Caleb Baldwin, Amos Northrop; 17sa, Col. John Cliandler, Heliiy Peck, Mi\j. Caleb Baldwin, Capt. Jal>ez Botsford: 17S4, Neheniiali Strong, Gen. John Chaniilor, .lolin Beach, Henry Glover; 1785, (ien. John Chandler, Capt. I'eter Nichols; 17stj, Gcit. John Cliandler. John Beach, >Iaj. Caleb Baldwin; 1787, John Beach, Abtjah Cni-tis; 178S, (ten. John Chan<ller, John Beach, Capt. Pct^r Nichols; 1780, Ab^ah ('nrtis, Jotbam ShemiQll, John Beach; 1700, Jolin Ilencb, Wni. Kdmi>n<l ; 1791, Wm. Kdniond, I'eter NiclioU j 1702, Wni. E<lmond, David Baldwin, Jolin Beach; 170;!, John Beach, Wm. Kdniond; 1704, William Kdlnond, John Be.icb, David Baldwin; no."), William IMniond, David Baldwin; 170(;, Wm. Wniond, David Baldwin, Zacli. Fen is, (;ideoii IW>tsford: 1707, Wm. Kdmond, David Baldwin, Zacliariab Fen is ; 1708, David Baldwin, John Beacli ; 1700, Gideon Hotsford, David Ualdwiii, Zu.b. Ken is; ISCK.I. Gideon IVilsfoni, Zacli. KeiTis; ISOl, .\sa Chapman, J>din Saiifonl, William E«lniond; 1802, Zacli. Ferris, Wm. Edmonils, David Baldwin, Gideon Botsford;