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In November, 1889, he took up his resi-
dence in Hartford and purchased the
interest of Oscar Gross in the partner-
ship of William Tallcott, who was the
proprietor of a restaurant, which was
well patronized. The firm name was
changed to Tallcott & Long, and this continued
until December 18, 1893, when
Timothy J. Long, brother of John C.
Long, purchased the interest of Mr. Tall-
cott, and the firm name was changed to
Long Brothers. In 1895 they took pos-
session of their first building on State
street, which they remodeled into a hotel.
The following year they purchased a
storehouse in the rear of their building,
which they remodeled, and on May 20,
1897, opened the first addition to their
hotel. From this fact it will be seen that
the enterprise was successful from the
very beginning. The business increased
steadily and greatly, and on August 11,
1903, Long Brothers purchased the
Boardman property adjoining their hotel
which enabled them to further increase
their capacity for business. On January
1, 1905, they purchased the Roswell Blod-
gett property and this enabled them to
add one hundred rooms to their hotel and
gave them besides two stories, giving
them a total capacity of two hundred and
twenty rooms. In 1915 they purchased
the property adjoining the Blodgett prop-
erty known as the Clay block, containing
six tenements and two stores ; later they
purchased the block known as the Peter
Chute block containing twelve tenements
and three stores. The National Exchange
Bank building was the next purchase
ttiade by Long Brothers, which is now re-
modeled at an expense of many thousands
pf dollars into a first-class American and
Chinese restaurant, known as the Far
East Garden, and enjoying large and suc-
cessful patronage. In 1916 they purchsaed
the old Exchange Bank property whereon
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an addition to the hotel will be erected
in the near future. The house con-
ducted by the Long Brothers is one of
the leading hostelries of Hartford, patron-
ized by the traveling public, who appre-
ciate quiet and refinement outside their
own homes, and everything for the com-
fort of the guests is provided for in a lav-
ish manner, the table is furnished with
the best the market affords, hence the
popularity enjoyed by them. Mr. Long
is a director of the New England Brewery,
and a member of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Long married, June 24, 1900, Eliz-
abeth Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith,
of Hartford, Connecticut. They are well
and favorably known in the community
and enjoy the acquaintance of a wide circle
of friends, who appreciate their many
sterling qualities of mind and heart.
RAWLINGS, William J.,
Representative Citizen.
A prominent citizen of New Britain,
William J. Rawlings has won his way to
a high place in the esteem of his fellowtownsmen
by his own sterling American
qualities. He is a business man of un-
usual ability, and his services for the
community-at-large have always been
generous and unstinted. He was born in
Berlin, Connecticut, in April, 1854, a son
of Noah Rawlings, a native of England,
who came to this country in 1850, and
was a prominent farmer in Berlin, Connecticut.
Noah Rawlings married Agnes
Brashure, and their children were
William J., of whom further; Alice,
George, Lucy. Noah Rawlings died in
1882.
William J. Rawlings had the usual
farm experience of a country boy, and
was sent to Berlin Academy, after fin-
ishing the course of which he came to
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