Hartford Fire Insurance Company: purchase of Garden Street Reservoir is a done deal

1. The article stated that the special committee and officials of Hartford Fire had met more than once.
2. The Courant could not reach any of the members of the special committee for comment.
3. The special committee appointed by the Hartford Board of Fire Commissioners was expected to report on its findings at a meeting of the fire board tomorrow night.

1.  Using September 25, 1919, the date on which the water board voted to offer the reservoir property for sale to Hartford Fire, it appears several things happened between that date and today:

• The special committee of the fire board met with unidentified officials of Hartford Fire at least twice, possibly more.
• Unidentified officials of Hartford Fire inspected the reservoir for themselves.
• Unidentified engineers working for Hartford Fire issued a report on the condition of the reservoir.
• Members of the Hartford Board of Water Commissioners also inspected the reservoir.

These actions are corroborated by other articles in the Courant, but that corroboration extends only to the fact that they happened.  Unfortunately, the record thus far remains silent on when they happened.

2.  Also, the only source quoted by this article was Whitney Palache.

1. Hartford Fire agreed to the terms for the sale as presented by the water board on September 30, 1919.
2. The special committee planned to meet with officials of Hartford Fire on October 4, 1919.

The fire board dropped this matter at its meeting this evening.

The closing on the sale of the reservoir to Hartford Fire was reported to be ready to go on October 17, 1919.

“While the insurance company and the water department are of the opinion that to make the reservoir available a large sum of money would be required for repairs, members of the fire board think otherwise.”

1. Whitney Palache was vice president of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company.
2. Thomas Garvan, John McIntyre, and Jacob Schwolsky comprised the special committee of the fire board.

Unattributed, “City reservoir no longer dependable,” Hartford Courant, October 6, 1919, page 2.