EXHIBIT 23
                                                                               
                                ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                               Hartford, Connecticut
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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         As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
   incorporation of our report dated November 21, 1995, included in this Form
   10-K, into the Company's previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-
   8 (Registration Statement No. 33-54643) concerning its Employee Savings
   Plan, Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 33-
   54653) concerning its Union Employee Savings Plan and Registration
   Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No.33-38087) concerning its
   Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                                     S/ Arthur Andersen LLP    
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                                                       (ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP)   
                                                                               
                                                                               
   Hartford, Connecticut
   December 18, 1995