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One of Nation's Smallest States Looms Large On
Economic Chart; Growth Based on Manufacturing
By SIDNEY A. EDWARDS,
Maiuilnf DIrMter
Connecticut Dtrtlopment
Ctmmlulaa
HARTFORD, Com. To resi
dents of larger states and there
are 43 of them in the United
States compact Connecticut may
seem very small indeed. The im
pression sains in dramatic effect
when one reflects on the state's!
wide acclaim for the myriad
products that pour out of its fac
tories, its reputation as a vaci
tionland, and its nearly univer
sal respect as one of the nation's
prime residential areas.
With an area of less than 5000
square miles, the state is unde
niably small ma geographic
sense. No Connecticut citizen liv
ing in the farthest corner of the
sUteJa aAjnuchaa jutwo-hour's
Avenue, and at the same time, t gorics as hotels, transportation,! Poultry and poultry products ind VYaterbury, New Britain
essentially, New England with and personal services are those head the agricultural list in terms Sartford. Bristol and Torrington
gracious colonial homes and the who derive their livelihood from )f annual dollar value. In 1954, aeing perhaps, the most conspicu-
characteristic white-soiredthe state's recreation industry. ' .he latest full vear for which Mil nf th 2dvM that juuiM Ka
church sitting with dignity about for the same factors that early iigures are available and a year named. At the same time. East'
sulci uage greens, lome 01 minta lonnecucui ior inaus-wnicn was noi relatively gooa lor riarttora, which few Connecticut
them little changed from pre-! trial growth the rushing streams 'Connecticut farmers, the poultry -esidents have learned to regard
Revolutionary days. Two-thirds : that furnished power and the na-1 ntsiness accounted for an income u an industrial town, has one
of compact Connecticut is eover-i rural woodlands that supplied the Jf over $60 million dollars. Dairy j Jmployer, United Aircraft Co
ea Dy wooaiana, wnne li is ineeany iuei make Connecticut an iarmers were second in the, which employs 23,000.
lourm mosi aensciy popuucea laeii vacsuoniana.
state in the country with a 464
population per square mile,
!rU!P:..lt.i.orth noting that of the
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E. New Y.rk Neighbor. he'nuS washed fef though uC fttadl.
HS'ift P-rt-time job, and Z?tomtH Eminent ;
next-door neighbors. Between
these two cities, Connecticut can
be crossed diagonally, the long
est way through, without refill
ing the gasoline tank.
- The compactness of the state
serves 'to dramatize its variety
and its contrasts. Thus, Connecti
cut's forest-clad mountains, which
rise modestly out of the north-
porary employment, officiaLW1"1 -grSJOJeAJbe Jxpetuijce.
ployment, official employment ,T vacat,omn n.V? mountains
figures listed 873.620 persons atl enuine and inv,tlnl- . '
work. The relative importance of Broad -Variety of Resorts "
the various economic factors in I Not many miles. away, the lr
the overall picture of Connecticut regularity of Connecticut's coast
is indicated by the distribution line doubles its length of shore
of these workers. An overwhelm-1 front into more than 200 miles,
ing percentage of them 420,790, Here, along quiet cove and jut-
was- accounted for by the'jne oromontorv. the varietv nf
western corner of the state en-!?11'1 diversified' manufacturing jesort is even broader-swank
circling cool inland lakes, are industry. ; watering places with elegant
little more than an hour's drivel Trade, including wholesale, re-iwmmer homes, glittering mod
frora the sandy beaches and. the tail and restaurants, accounted ;rn hotels, homey village inns,
salt breezes of Long Island I for the employment of 147,480 inv modest guest homes and literally
Sound. Less than an hour apart dividuals. Finance, insurance and thousands of cottages for rent by
are the winter resorts beloved of , real estate were using the serv-.tne weeK, ine montn or the sea-
ices of 45,690 persons. Just overiwn.
30,000 of the state's residents, in
cluding owners, working mem
bers of their families and hired
help,' were working on Connecti
cut farms.
Numbered among the
'TtnayrahrgeTrambenrf"
Jing industrial centers thrive
ithin the state's compact bor
iers Bridgeport, New Haven
the ski enthusiasts from the near
by cities and the tobacco-growing
area of the Connecticut Valley.
Two-thirds Woodland
Connecticut is both suburb to
New York City, peopled by com
muting, high-salaried executives
and oriented to shopping on Fifth
In the statefs northwestern tota 1954 income of $48 mil- 153 industry types recognized by
:ounty, the picturesque Litch- on- Concentrated in a relative-j. he U.S. Census of Manufactur
field Hills, Connecticut's small ima f thf ConnecUcut ! ;r$i 75 pt o( tbem Ire (ound
share of the Appalachian Chain, "w Vally. the states tobacco ; Connecticut
jncircle sparkling inland lakes powers produced a $25 milium! Meanwhile, the state ranks
ind snug historic villages. Here, I fc0,rin . .thcir had- first in the production of hats,
in modern hotels, lakeside cot-!pwnJea' wa u "Iieved to be firrms, hardware, silverware
ages and atmospheric old village the nations richest per acre yield .fai, ind watches, brass and
Oins (some of them in business nanT agricultural product. Flon- :opper rolling, aircraft engines
tince the eighteenth century).!-'" ure accounted for another $13' md-propellers, needles, nins fa,.
u, iiiuuiuiiu .cuc aim iiie,,. " . 7,7. , r.T rrom iju 10 11134. inr in.
- . imira nn w n cinii 1 1 1 ih im 9 w 1
ftance. the population growth of
Connecticut was 10.5 percent.
while for the nation as a whole,
icreas-in- popu U tion wis
8 percent
Near Great Market
Proximity to large urban mar
kets is. undoubtedly, a factor at
tracting manufacturing industries
to Connecticut. ; ! r
Connecticut ranks first of all
the 48 states in the ratio of its
skilled workers to the entire la
bor force.
Attesting to the state's desira
bility for residence is the fact
that Connecticut leads the entire
nation in the percentage of its
citizens listed in "Who's Who."
Nicknamed "the Land of
Steady Habits" or "The Constitu
tion State," Connecticut has also
been called "the cradle of Ameri
can industry" and there are
many who prefer to think of it
as "the state of success," but all
will agree that it is a state of
variety.
Down the wooded valley of the
Connecticut River below Middle
town, on the shores of jewel-like
lakes throughout the state, and
down rural roads out of quiet vil-
other vacation resorts
amonff the manv;iages,
thousands classified in such cate-, thrive by the dozens.
Connecticut-
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Population 2,00781 (1950)
(28th). .
Area 5009 sj. sal. (46th).
Capital Hartford. 1
FJower Mountaia Laurel.
. Bird American Robin.
Tree White Oak.
Admitted to talon Jan. I,
1788 (5th).
Larger Cities H a r t f r 4
(177,397); New Haven (164,
443); Bridgeport (158,709);
Waferbury (104,477).
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Hartford, Conn.-Tht simpla beauty of tho colonial church is to bt found in dozens of ConnsctW
cut communities. Tho ono abovo Is in Clas:onbury, near tho capital city, Hartford. T'nen are
literally kindreds of fino old homrs surviving from the Colonial period, most of t!icm mod
erniitd and si ill in use as comfortable homos after two centuries or mora of service. (All pSt
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Hartford, Conn.-Despite tho concentration of population In Con
, nocticufs cities and suburban area, and its small size, more
than two-thirds of tho states aroa is in woodlands, and rhoro
aro many delightful lakes available for boating and fishing.
The view above I on Lake Waramaug, In northwestern Con
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in tne Nonneast aro to DO TOUna along konnecmurt towmam men m ine mire auommna Hrrnt ri inwir piaii
border, on long Island Sound. Tho view above is in the harbor training.
ai new lonaon. nere, 100, it ine nsaaquarrar or in nTji(
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Hertford, Conn.-Almost within light of (amove historic landmarks aro modern plants turning
ut $ wide variety of intricate machined products which have made Connecticut famous as a
manufacturing state for mere than 100 years. The view abovo Is In the Pratt 1 Whitney Divi
ajon of United Aircraft In East Hartford, largest producer of jet aircraft engines In the free
world. This aircraft engine plant alone, one of the several in Connecticut, employs 25,000
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Hartford, Conn.-The serene beauty of tho New England village
may be enjoyed In all sections of compact Connecticut, and
short journeys off the principal highways bring one to elm-
,' lined village streets lined with fino eld hornet like Ihe.ent
above, little changed In outward appearenco for several geneoa
aliens. The New England atmesphoro Is greatly enjoyed by vlo
Itlng motorist from tho west.