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HAETFOED 478 HAETY besides it is noted for its many insurance companies. Area, 17 square miles. Public Interests. — The city is lighted by electricity, has a waterworks system with 115 miles of mains owned by the city, 115 miles of streets, of which 84 miles are paved, and 89 miles of sewers. It is the seat of Trinity College, Hart- ford Congregational Theological Semi- nary, American Asylum for the Deaf, Insane Retreat, Old People's Home, and the High School, Young Men's Christian Association building. There are a Roman Catholic Cathedral (St. Joseph's), and many elegant churches, a large free pub- lic library, and several valuable libraries connected with the educational institu- tions of the city. The City Hall and Capitol Buildings are the two most fa- mous buildings in Hartford. The former was used as a State House for nearly 100 years and housed the famous Hart- ford Convention. Near the City Hall is tlie Center Church, which was con- structed in 1807, and has adjoining a burying ground which was in use from 1640 to 1803. Opposite is the Wadsworth Atheneum, containing the Connecticut Historical Society, the Hartford Pub- lic Library, and the Morgan Memorial. These three are noted buildings in Hart- ford, and contain many works of art, rare collections of paintings and books. A few blocks away from the center of the city is a tablet which marks the site of the Charter Oak, a famous old tree, in the hollow of which was hidden the Connecticut Charter to save it from Sir Edmund Andros. The State House is an imposing structure completed in 1880 at a cost of $3,100,000, having its main approach by way of a bridge over Park ri-ver, on which bridge a soldiers' memorial arch has been built. Business Interests. — The city's manu- factures are varied and extensive, in- cluding machinery, tools, firearms, bi- cycles, carriages, sewing machines, type- Avriters, nails, boilers, engines, hosiery, brass goods, woolens, tobacco, silver and plated ware, stoneware, etc. In 1919 there were 4 National banks. The ex- changes at the United States clearing house during 1919 amounted to $427,- 118,000. History. — The first settlement was made by the Dutch in 1623, but it was not till 1636 that a permanent settle- ment, called Newton, was made by the English. The name was changed to Hartford in 1637. The Dutch were ban- ished from Connecticut in 1654, and in 1687 an attempt was made by the English Governor Andros to seize the Charter, which was thwarted by hiding it in the Charter Oak. The city was incorporated in 1784 and became the State capital in 1873. Pop. (1910) 98,915; (1920) 138,036. HAETFOED CITY, a city of Indiana, the county-seat of Blackford co. It is on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, and the Lalie Erie and Western railroads. It is the center of an important natural gas and oil region and has manufactures of paper, tile, brick, wagons, and glass. Pop. (1910) 6,187; (1920) 6,183. HAETFOED THEOLOQICAL SEM- INAEY, an institution for theological education, founded in 1834, at East Windsor Hill, Conn., as The Theological Institute of Connecticut. It was removed in 1865 to Hartford, and its name was changed to Hartford Theological Semi- nary. It was affiliated in 1902 with the Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy. It includes a department of missions, known as the Kennedy School of Mis- sions in memory of John Stewart Ken- nedy. The library contains over 100,000 volumes. In 1919 there were 12 instruc- tors and 48 students. President, W. D. MacKenzie, D. D. HAETLEPOOL, an English seaport in the North Sea, consisting of Hartlepool proper and former West Hartlepool, separated by Hartlepool Bay. A par- liamentary borough of Durham County. The first harbor was constructed at West Hartlepool in 1847, of 12 acres, and has since been greatly enlarged. The dock area of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool together, including the tim- ber and shipbuilding yards, etc., is over 300 acres in extent. Extensive iron shipbuilding yards, cement works, wood pulp works, and marine engine building establishments have been established. Governed from 1854 by a local commis- sion, the town was created a municipal borough in 1887. Pop. of municipal borough about 85,300. Hartlepool was bombarded by the Germans in 1914. HAETMANNSWEILEEKOPF, a vil- lage of Alsace, situated on a hill, which was a center of fighting during the World War. Following the French thrust into Alsace at the beginning of the war it was captured by the Germans Jan. 21, 1915, and recaptured by the French, March 27, who lost it again on April 25 only to retake it three days later. It changed hands repeatedly, but was per- manently held by the French after Oct. 16, 1915. HAETY, JEEEMIAH J., a Roman Catholic archbishop, born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1853. He was educated in St. Louis University, and St. Vincent's Col- lege. He was ordained to the priesthood