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BESSEY'S
SPRINGFIELD
DIRECTORY.
1857 -8.
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HAMPDEN Fire Insurance Company. OFFICE NO 2 PYNCHON BLOCK, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $220,000.
Insures Real and Personal Property against Fire On favorable terms.
DIRECTORS.
WM. B. CALHOUN, HOMER FOOT, P. B. TYLER, ANSEL PHELPS, JR., -
EPHRAIM W. BOND, JOSEPH C. PYNCHON, OTIS CHILDS, WILLIS PHELPS,
ROGER S. MOORE, JOHN HAMILTON, EDWARD F. MOSELY, EDWIN SEEGER.
HON. WM. B. CALHOUN, President. JOS. C. PYCHON, Secretary.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE & MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE, CITY HOTEL, BLOCK. Cash Capital, $150,000.
Insures against loss or damage by fire. Also, against the haz- ards of Marine and Inland Navigation on as favorable terms as other well established companies. Losses promptly adjusted and paid.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Edmund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Andrew Huntington, Edward Southworth, Jacob B. Merrick,
Daniel L. Harris, Charles Merriam, Marvin Chapin, Albert Morgan, Waitstill Hastings.
George Walker. Willis Phelps, Samuel S. Day. William Birnie. Lombard Dale.
WM. 'ONNER, JR., Secretary. EDMUND FREEMAN, President.
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BESSEY'S
Springfield Directory
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1857-1858.
CONTAINING EVERY KIND OF INFORMATION VALUABLE FOR REFERENCE TO STRANGERS AND CITIZENS.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
EY MBRAR
CITY, OF SPRINGFIELD.
SPRINGFIELD.
ORGANIZED A TOWN
1.CHUBDUCK SC
A CITY MAY 25.1852.
MAY
4.1636. O.S.
FIRST CITY ELECTION, MAY 13TH, 1852.
FIRST CITY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED MAY 25TH, 1852.
REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION IST MONDAY IN DECEMBER.
YEARLY ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY GOVERN- MENT IST MONDAY IN JANUARY.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
MUNICIPAL REGISTER, 1857-8.
Legislative and Executive Department.
The Legislative Power of the City is vested in the City Council, chosen annually, and consists of eight Aldermen' chosen from the City at large, and eighteen Common Councilmen chosen from the eight Wards in the following proportion :- From Ward 1, three ; Ward 2, three; Ward 3, three ; Ward 4, three; Ward 5, three; Ward 6, one; Ward 7, one; Ward 8, one .- The Executive Power is vested in the Mayor and Al- dermen. The Municipal year commences on the 1st Monday in January.
City Officers, 1857. ANSEL PHELPS, Jr., Mayor. SALARY, $400.
CITY CLERK AND TREASURER. JOSEPH INGRAHAM.
ALDERMEN.
Ward.
1. Samuel S. Day.
2. Henry Fuller, Jr.
· 3. H. Alexander, Jr.
4. Stephen C. Bemis.
Ward.
5. John Hannis.
6. James Warner.
7. Henry Pomery.
8. George A. Cooley.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
COMMON COUNCIL.
PRESIDENT, GEORGE WALKER.
Ward
1. C. O. Russell, C. L. Covell, James Stebbins.
2. Lyman King, Erastus Hayes, F. B. Bacon.
3. Marvin Lincoln, Henry Avery, John R. Hixon.
Ward
4. William Birnie, George Walker, Samuel Leonard.
5. Charles Woodman, Luther Upton, Dr. George A. Otis.
6. Elbridge Barton.
7. William Smith.
8. George A. Cooley.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
CHARLES O. CHAPIN.
MESSENGER.
W. P. HODGETT.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CITY MARSHAL. GEORGE ENSWORTH.
ASSISTANT MARSHALS.
S. P. Howard, Wells P. Hodgett,
C. L. Shaw,
John Hannis.
POLICEMEN.
B. M. Durfee, John M. Whitney, 1 George Saunders, Charles W. Rice, 2d.
George A. Gowdy.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ward
1. Josiah Hooker,
2. R. B. Hildreth,
3. Samuel Osgood,
4. John B. Kirkham,
Ward
5. V. L. Owen,
6. Edwin L. Hall,
7. John Kimberly,
8. Samuel Mills, Jr.
ASSESSORS.
Henry Smith, 1 J. B. M. Stebbins, Roderick Ashley.
TAX COLLECTOR. DAVID A. ADAMS.
CITY PHYSICIAN. A. S. McLEAN.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Mayor, ex-officio,
Elijah Blake,
Henry Gray,
R. T. Safford.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF ENGINEER. GEORGE DWIGHT.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.
Henry Gray, P. A. Rockwell,
James D. Brewer,
Elisha Gunn, Jr.,
Edward Ingersoll, Amos Call,
Hosea C. Lombard, J. H. Osgood.
Ward Officers.
Ward 1-Henry Gray, Warden ; James Wells, Clerk; Wilson Eddy, Thomas Mulloy, J. S. Robinson, Inspectors.
Ward 2-Thomas Chubbuck, Warden ; Charles B.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
Trask, Clerk; A. A. Allen, Albert Adams, Geo. W. Wilson, Inspectors.
Ward 3-A. F. Cowles, Warden ; William H. Smith, Clerk ; Moses M. Brown, Lewis L. Fitts, Noah B. Clark, Inspectors.
Ward 4-Reuben T. Stafford, Warden; George C. Fisk, Clerk; George E. Howard, Moses Lyman, Chauncey Shepard, Jr., Inspectors.
Ward 5-William Crossman, Warden ; A. F. Strong, Clerk ; Elijah Chapin, John Hannis, Philo H. Cook, Inspectors.
Ward 6-Willard C. Ellis, Warden ; Charles B. Rice, Clerk ; James Bennett, George C. Fisk, William S. Reynolds, Inspectors.
Ward 7-Sydney R. Cook, Warden; Isaac H. Smith, Clerk; F. S. Strong, C. V. R. Austin, George H. Pomeroy, Inspectors.
Ward 8-Jonathan Lovering, Warden; James H. Osgood, Clerk ; Simeon F. Kendall, Salmon Packard, George Foster, Inspectors.
HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
Incorporated Feburary 20, 1812. Population in 1840, 37,336 ; number of towns, 18; number of square miles, 65 ; population to a square mile, 57. Population in 1850, 51,285; number of towns, 21; population in 1855, 54,875 ; population to a square mile, 79. Shire town, Springfield.
. Time of Holding Courts.
Supreme Judicial Court, Nisi Prius Terms. At Springfield, eighth Tuesday after first Tuesday in March, and first Tuesday in September.
Court of Common Pleas. At Springfield second Monday in March and June, and first Monday of October.
Criminal Terms, third Monday of May, and first Monday of December.
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
Probate Court holden at Springfield on the first Tuesdays of January, February, March, April, June, July, November, and fourth Tuesdays of April, August, and September.
At Westfield, on the third Tuesdays of March, June, September and December.
At Monson, on the second Tuesday of June ; and at Palmer, on the second Tuesday of September.
Police Court of Springfield. JAMES H. MORTON, Justice. Special Justices.
CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, HARVEY CHAPIN.
Court held Mondays and Thursdays at the Police Court Room, City Hall.
County Officers.
Judge of Probate, Oliver B. Morris, Springfield.
Register of Probate, Charles R. Ladd,
Clerk of Courts, George B. Morris, Register of Deeds, William Rice,
County Treasurer, Norman Norton,
Crier of Courts, H. D. Braman, Jailor, Elihu Adams,
Overseers of House of Correction, Stephen C. Bemis, William Stowe, Elijah Blake.
Sheriff, Robert G. Marsh, Holyoke.
Deputy Sheriff's, Levi P. Rowland for Springfield, Alonzo Wait for Chicopee, Morris Morton for Chicopee Falls, Tomas H. Wellington for Holyoke, Timothy M. Cooley 2d and Frederick Bush for Westfield, Lyman S. Hills for Palmer, George Moores for Thorndike, William B. Morgan for Wilbraham, Edmund Bliss for Ludlow, Adams Stewart for Wales, Camden H. Babcock for Chester, A. M. Bradley for Russell, Hiram M. Smith for Mittineaque, Sherabiah B. Day for West Springfield, and Ansel Wright for North- ampton, in Hampshire County.
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
County Commissioners.
Francis Brewer, Springfield, Chairman ; Henry F. Brown, Brimfield ; Henry Fuller, Westfield.
Special Commissioners, Gamaliel Collins, Palmer ; Daniel G. White, West Springfield.
Times of Meeting .- At Springfield, on the second Tuesday of April, and first Tuesday of October, and fourth Tuesdays of June and December.
JOHN M. STEBBINS, Judge of Insolvency.
WILLIAM R. SHURTLEFF, Register of Insolvency.
COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OFFICERS.
Springfield, Erasmus D. Beach, George Bliss, Richard Bliss, William B. Calhoun, James W. Crooks, George B. Morris, Justice Willard, Oliver B. Morris.
Westfield, W. G. Bates, J. Fowler, N. T. Leonard. Wilbraham, L. B. Bliss, H. C. Spelman. Palmer, J. G. Allen, Gordon M. Fisk.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
( Including also, Justices of the Peace and Quorum, designated by a *, and Justices throughout the Commonwealth by a t )
Agawam, Alfred Flower, Samuel Flower, Spencer Flower, Enoch Leonard, Newbury Norton, Samuel Palmer, William F. Wolcott, Charles G. Wright.
Blandford, Lyman Gibbs, William H. Gibbs, Albert Knox, Eli Pease, David P. Robinson, David Shurtleff, James Hinsdale.
Brimfield, P. Allen, Henry F. Brown, Ebenezer Knight, Jairus Walker, John W. Foster, George C. Homer, Gilman Noyes.
Chester, John J. Cook, E. Kelso, Forbes Kyle, T. K. D'Wolf, Elisha D. Cook, C. H. Babcock.
Chicopee, Sylvanus Adams, Emilius S. Albro, Robert E. Bemis, Pliny Cadwell, Otis Chapman, Jonathan R.
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
Childs, Timothy W. Carter, Charles R. Ladd, Closson Pendleton, Charles Sherman, George M. Stearns, War- ren Smith, *John Wells, Mortimer D. Whitaker, Ar- mory Doolittle, Samuel A. Shackford, George L. Squire, Jarvis Barstow, Martin J. Severance.
Granville, ¡Rufus H. Barlow, Charles F. Bates, *James M. Goodwin, Martin K. Bates, Vincent Hol- comb, Samuel Root, +Elijah Seymour.
Holland, John Wallis, William A. Webber.
Hoyloke, Stephen Holman, Hervey Chapin, Henry Ely, George C. Ewing, Cyrus Frink, James K. Mills, Lester Newell, William B. C. Pearsons, Irving Allen, Porter Underwood.
Longmeadow, Gad O. Bliss, Henry J. Crooks, *William White.
Ludlow, Charles Alden, George Booth, John P. Hubbard, Eli M. Smith, Jerre Miller.
Monson, Austin Fuller, Warren Fuller, Hiram New- ton, Timothy Packard, Joseph L. Reynolds, Walter Smith, John W. Smith, Jacob Thompson, Francis L. Smith, Ira G. Potter, Samuel D. Brooks, Sherman Converse, William N. Flynt, John Newton, Nelson F. Rogers, Samuel Shaw.
Montgomery, David Allen, Edward Taylor, William Squire.
Palmer, Moses Barnes, Alonzo V. Blanchard, Rufus Brown, Gamaliel Collins, Franklin Morgan, A. R. Murdock, David Tenny, Calvin Torrey, John Ward, James G. Allen, Enos Calkins, Gordon M. Fisk, Elias Turner.
Russell, Newman Bishop, Jr., N. D. Parks, Roland Parks.
Southwick, Homer M. Forward, Joseph M. Forward, Amasa Holcomb, Carmi Shurtleff, Theron Warner.
Springfield, David Ames, Charles T. Arthur, tGeorge Ashmun, Frederick A. Barton, Francis Bates, Richard Bliss, 1George Bliss, *Erasmus D. Beach, Stephen C. Bemis, Elkanah Barton, E. W. Bond, Walter H. Bow- doin, William Bridgman, Samuel Bowles, William L. Bemis, William Bryant, 1William B. Calhoun, *James
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
W. Crooks, Chester W. Chapin, Harvey Chapin, *Reuben A. Chapman, F. Chamberlain, Samuel S. Day, Elijah W. Dickinson, Solomon Hatch, *Josiah Hooker, tCharles Howard, R. B. Hildreth, Joseph Ingraham, N. A. Leonard, Daniel Lombard, tJohn Mills, Roger S. Moore, *Henry Morris, Richard D. Morris, George B. Morris, James H. Morton, Simeon Newell, Horatio S. Noyes, Norman Norton, Ansel Phelps, Jr., T. G. Phipps, William Rice, George W. Rice, Otis A. Seamans, Henry Smith, William L. Smith, Augustus L. Soule, John M. Stebbins, Heman Smith, Charles Stearns, Eliphalet Trask, P. B. Tyler, Henry Vosc, *Solomon Warriner, George Walker, Leonard B. Wight, *Justice Willard, Charles A. Winchester, Samuel Webber.
Tolland, Hiram C. Brown, Joseph D. Slocum, Fow- ler T. Moore.
Wales, Absolom Gardner, Ferdinand L. Burley, Elijah Shaw, John Smith.
Westfield, Jehicl Abbott, +W. G. Bates, tPatrick Boics, Henry Fuller, tJames Fowler, Samuel Fowler, Comfort Gibbs, Hiram Harrison, Edward B. Gillett, *N. T. Leonard, Henry B. Lewis, David Moseley, Reuben Noble, Asa P. Rand, Silas Root, Asa B. Whit- man, Milton B. Whitney, Lucius Wright.
West Springfield, Richard Beebe, Homer Ely, Addi- son Harger, Edward Parsons, Daniel G. White, Lester Williams, Henry White, Charles C. Wright.
Wilbraham, *L. B. Bliss, Marcus Beebe, Roderick Burt, Marcus Cady, J. W. Langdon, John M. Merrick, John B. Morris, Samuel F. Merrick, Jr., Loren C. Pease, Jesse W. Rice, Solomon C. Spelman, Eleazer Scripter, William V. Sessions, William P. Spelman.
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NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Chicopee, John Wells, Mortimer D. Whitaker, George M. Stearns.
Holyoke, Lester Newell, Stephen Holman.
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
Palmer, Frederick T. Wallace.
Springfield, Ephraim W. Bond, James W. Crooks, J. F. Comstock, A. L. Soule, J. M. Stebbins, J. H. Morton, Otis A. Seamans, Henry Vose, George Walker, John Wells, James M. Thompson.
Westfield, Henry Fuller, E. B. Gillett, M. B. Whit- ney.
Wilbraham, L. V. Chaffee.
Monson, John Newton.
CORONERS.
Brimfield, Alvin Janes ; Chester, H. S. Lucas ; Hol- yoke, Alpheus B. Clark; Monson, Hiram Newton ; Palmer, Elias Turner; Southwick, Gideon Stiles; Springfield, William G. Breck, Elijah Blake, Harvey Chapin, John B. Kirkham; Westfield, Jehiel Abbott, James Holland ; Wilbraham, Solomon D. Brewer, Roderick Burt.
BANKS IN SPRINGFIELD. AGAWAM BANK.
Capital, $200,000.
Theodore Stebbins, President. F. S. Bailcy, Cashier. Chester W. Chapin, M. Chapin, Theodore Stebbins, J. B. M. Stebbins, Lombard Dale, Daniel L. Harris, J. B. Vinton, E. Southworth, Roderick Ashley, Direc- tors. William H. Harrison, Assistant Cashier. J. F. Hartwell, Teller.
Discount Daily.
CHCOPEE BANK.
Capital, $300,000.
Philo F. Wilcox. President. T. Warner, Jr., Cash- ier. P. F. Wilcox, Henry Fuller, Jr., J. D. Brewer, Elijah W. Bliss, G. O. Bliss, George Walker, J. B. Rumrill, Directors. H. S. Lee, Teller. G. S. Phipps, Assistant. F. H. Fuller, Clerk.
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BANKS.
JOHN HANCOCK BANK. Capital, $150,000.
James M. Thompson, President. Edmund D. Cha- pin, Cashier. James M. Thompson, Edward Ingersoll, Solomon Hatch, W. H. Bowdoin, E. Gunn, Pliny Cadwell, George Ashmun, Directors. John P. Wilcox, Clerk.
Discount Daily.
PYNCHON BANK. Capital, $150,000.
H. N. Case, President. H. Alexander, Jr. Cashier. H. N. Case, James Kirkham, H. B. Crane, Willis Phelps, E. W. Bond, Homer Foot, B. K. Bliss, George Bliss, Jr., J. C. Pynchon, C. R. White, Directors. T. H. Sargeant, Teller. J. H. Appleton, Clerk.
SPRINGFIELD BANK. Capital, $300,000.
E. A. Morris, President. Lewis Warriner, Cashier. Josiah Hooker, George Dwight, William Gunn, Lewis, Gorham, H. Brewer, Jr., Benjamin Day, George B. Morris, F. Chamberlain, Directors. E. C. Robinson, Teller. John L. Kilburn, Clerk.
WESTERN BANK. Capital, $150,000.
Caleb Rice, President. J. L. Warriner, Cashier. C. Rice, E. Freeman, E Trask, William Rice, W. C. Sturtevant, S. S. Day, William Birnie, C. L. Covell, Wilson Eddy, Directors. H. Blasdell, Teller. J. C. Adams, Clerk.
Discount Daily.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK. Willis Phelps, President. E. W. Bond, Secretary.
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BANKS.
Joseph C. Pynchon, Treasurer. Deposits received every day and evening, (Sundays excepted) from five cents to a thousand dollars. Banking Room, first floor in Pynchon Bank Block.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK.
S. C. Bemis, President. Augustus L. Soule, Secre- tary. F. S. Bailey, Treasurer. Deposits received every business day at the Agawam Bank, from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS.
Josiah Hooker, President. Henry Vose, Secretary. Henry Sternes, Treasurer. Banking Room, Foot's Building.
MASSASOIT LOAN AND TION. FUND ASSOCIA-
J. M. Thompson, President. tary. J. M. Stebbins, Attorney. Office, No. 6, Good-
Heman Smith, Secre-
rich's Block.
SPRINGFIELD LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIA- TION.
E. D. Beach, President. F. B. Bacon, Secretary, Office in Foot's Building.
HAMPDEN LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION. Organized January 12, 1857.
Daniel Gay, Springfield, President. D. Chandler, Longmeadow, Vice President. C. A. Winchester, Secretary. N. A. Leonard, Attorney. D. A. Adams, Surveyor. Office over H. & J. Brewers' Store, corner of Main and Sandford Streets.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Insurance Companies in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Springfield, Mass. Capital, (all paid in, ) $150,000. Office, City Hotel Block. Edmund Frec- man, President. William Conner, Jr., Secretary.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM- PANY, of Springfield, Mass. Capital, $100,000. Caleb Rice, President. F. B. Bacon, Secretary.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Elijah Blake, President. Lewis Gorham, Secretary. Office over Chicopee Bank.
HAMPDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, $100,000. Wm. B. Calhoun, President. Joseph C. Pynchon, Secretary. Office in Pynchon Bank Building.
Hampden County Agricultural Society.
George Bliss, President, Springfield ; A. A. Allen, Secretary and Treasurer, Springfield. Silas Root, Westfield ; George M. Atwater, Springfield ; Thomas J. Shepard, do .; J. H. Demond, do .; Phineas Sted- man, Chicopee; George Ames, do .; H. R. Plympton, Westfield ; H. E. Moseley, Springfield ; H. M. Sessions, South Wilbraham, Directors.
UNITED STATES ARMORY, SPRINGFIELD.
Established by the U. S. Government in 1794.
OFFICERS.
James S. Whitney, Superintendent.
Erskine S. Allin, Master Armorer.
Edward Ingersoll, Paymaster and Military Store- keeper.
James W. Preston, George W. Winchester, John W. Barrett, Salmon Adams, Clerks.
Cyrus Buckland, Master Machinist.
Cyrus E. Buckland, Draughtsman.
Albert D. Allin, Assistant do.
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UNITED STATES ARMORY.
John D. Lord, Master Carpenter.
George O. Dunlap, H. B. Johnson, James Stillman, F. A. Strong, Wm. Smith, Henry Tracy, Foremen.
L. C. Allin, W. G. Chamberlain, C. G. Curtis, Joseph Hannis, C. W. Hartwell, S. Lehman, W. North, Isaac H. Smith, Assistant Foreman.
We gather the following facts from the official " Report of Operations," for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856.
The operations for that year consisted largely of work preparatory to the manufacture, with rapidity and accuracy, of the new model Rifle Musket and Pistol Carbine, with Maynard's Patent Primer, which has required the fabrication of new tools or the alteration of old ones for every component part of these arms.
Three Rifle Muskets and three Rifle Pistol Carbines with their appendages, have been constructed with the greatest accuracy and in the highest style of the art, to serve as models or standards in the manufacture of all others. Among the principal results, we notice :
1003 Rifle Pistol Carbines complete, and components for 3000 more in progress. 5513 Guard Plates for Rifle Musket, model 1855.
6511
Bows
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5974 Swivels
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8059 Cones
12493 Barrels
3721 Mid. Band Swivels "
5926 Band Springs
2021 Ramrods
66
8177 Bayonets
&c., &c.
From 1,000 to 10,000 each, of the various appendages, Wipers, Screw-drivers, Ball Screws, &c., for the new model and the altered arms.
500 each Artillery Musketoons and Sappers do. 720 Cavalry Rifle Carbines.
1001 Muskets, model 1842, rifled and sighted, rear sights graduated from 100 to 1000 yards range, with a large number of components of the same model. 4441 Tools completed.
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UNITED STATES ARMORY.
Several important machines, among them are 6 power, and 4 hand Rifling machines, completed.
A complete set of standard verifying and working gauges, made with the utmost accuracy.
A large amount of labor and time has been spent in perfecting and arranging the Machinery, Machine Fixtures, and Shop Fixtures, preparatory to the regular work of manufacturing the new arms to the best advantage.
The Iron Fence on the east side of Union Square has been completed, and the Armory Grounds have been kept in thorough repair.
THE NEW WATER SHOPS belonging to the Armory, were, at the close of the last fiscal year, in a state of progress, as rapid as was compatible with thoroughness and durability. Up to that time some 40,000 cubic yards of earth had been excavated, and 22,500 cubic yards of rock cutting, 11,493 perches stone masonry dry and laid in cement, and 292,000 bricks laid in cement and mortar, accomplished.
Since that period the work has been carried vigor- ously forward, and it is hoped and expected that another year will suffice for the completion of this, one of the most important and beautiful works of the city.
We are happy to learn that several hundred of the new Rifle Muskets have been completed, and that there is no obstacle, at present perceived, to the completion of a number of thousands of these highly finished and effective arms during the year 1857.
A very desirable and valuable improvement which has been contemplated for several years past, will soon be effected. We refer to the construction of a highway on the west and north sides of the Armory Grounds on the Hill. This will not only be a very great con- venience to the Armory and to the whole of that part of the city, but with the addition of five or six acres of land, recently purchased for this purpose, at the north west angle of the enclosure, will add greatly to the symmetry and beauty of the public possessions in our city.
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CLERGYMEN AND SCHOOLS.
Clergymen of Springfield.
Samuel Osgood, D. D., Congregational.
H. M. Parsons,
Samuel G. Buckingham,
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Raymond H. Seeley,
George De Forrest Folsom,
William S. Child, Episcopal.
Mark Trafton, Methodist.
Oliver Howe,
George B. Ide, D. D. Baptist.
Francis Tiffany, Unitarian.
J. J. Twiss, Universalist.
Schools of Springfield.
High School-Ariel Parish, Principal, Salary $1000. Gram. -J. K. Lombard,
-E. F. Foster,
" -Charles Barrows,
-J. D. Stratton,
-Frank Child,
Hampden County Teacher's Association.
Organized in January, 1847. Officers chosen annu- ally in November. C. Barrows of Springfield, Presi- dent. B. F. Foster, Springfield, Recording and Corres- ponding Secretary. A. Parish, Springfield, Treasurer.
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DIRECTORY.
ABBE MRS. JOSHUA, h Pynchon st. Abbey Miss Julia, music teacher, h E. Union st. Abbe Daniel N. painter, h Washington st. Abbe Ceo. emp H & N HR R, h Water st. Abbe E. W. bds Pynchon st.
Abbe James, stoves and tin ware, Main st. h Pearl st. Abbe Mrs Martha, widow, Pynchon st.
Abbe Henry, stoves and tin ware, bds Pynchon st. Abbe John, farmer, Liberty st.
Abbot Willard W. teamster, h Wilcox st.
Abbot G. W. oyster dealer, h cor Water and Howard sts. Abbott Martin, clerk Haskell's grocery, h E. Worth- ington st. Abell Mrs. Abigail, h cor Factory and Bay st. Adams Ezekiel, Exchange Hotel, Main st. Adams F. C. clerk, Tinkham's, h Elm st.
Adams Horatio, clerk, Greenleaf & Taylor, bds Amer- ican House.
Adams Joseph B, emp Littlefield & Co. h Boylston st. Adams J. C. clerk Western bank, bds Cooleys.
Adams & Gowdy, tripe dealers, Goose Pond.
Adams, Theodore J. emp Kibbe & Crane, h So Main st. Adams Benjamin, farmer, Indian Orchard. Adams H. G. American House.
Adams Elihu, jailer, East State st.
Adams P. F. emp Rumrill & Shumway h Morris st. Adams N. allopathic physician, h Howard st.
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DIRECTORY .
Adams Chauncey, armorer, high st.
Adams J. B. barber, h East State st.
Adams Henry, farmer, h Main & Margaret st.
Adams Henry, 2d, dyer, h West Bridge st.
Adams D. A. (Adams & Gowdy) h cor Main and Cen- tral sts.
Adams A, A. & Co. carpenters, North Main st. Adams A. A. (A. A. Adams & Co.) Charles st.
Adams Albert, (A. A. Adams & Co.) h Pynchon st.
Adams Salmon, clerk U. S. armory, h Union Square. Adams J. B. conductor W R R h North Chestnut st. Adams Benjamin, emp Wason's, h Spring st.
Adams Benjamin, emp Wason's bds Spring st. Adel Geo. shoemaker h Stockbridge st.
Adey A. A. music dealer, h Howard st.
Adkins Enoch M. emp C R. R. R. h Auburn st.
Aikens Warren, h cor Maine & Stockbridge sts.
Aitcheson Thomas, clerk, C R R R, bds cor Water & William sts.
Aitcheson Samuel, harness maker, h cor Water & Wil- liam st.
Aitcheson James, joiner, h Water st.
Ainsworth O. W. armorer h E Union st.
Alden Orville, farmer, Wilbraham road
Alden Elijah, farmer Wilbraham road.
Alden Albert, painter, h Charles st. cor Liberty.
Alden Mrs. Betsey, h William st.
Alden Wm W. emp Arthur Rumrill & Co. bds Wilcox st.
Alden Charles, clerk, H. & J. Brewer, bds Howard st.
Alden Philander, emp D. W. Carwins fish market bds W Ferry st.
Alden J. B. brakeman W R R, bds Congress st.
Aldrich Pliny M. cigar maker, h Essex st.
Almguviest Charles J. emp Alley Haynes & Co. bds Elm st.
Alderman C. W. emp W R R, h Fairbanks st.
Alexander R. armorer, h East Union st.
Alexander Henry, jr. cash. Pynchon Bank, h Maple st. Alexander Robert, fireman, h Fort st.
Alexander Henry emp H & N HR R, bds W. Bridge st.
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Alexander Robert, emp Galpin & Hubbard, h Fort st. Alexander John, emp Galpin & Hubbard bds Pynchon st Allais Geo. dyer, h South Main st. Allen Adin, laborer, h Mechanic st.
Allen A. A. (Allen & McElwain, ) h Elm st.
Allen & McElwain, agricultural store, Main st. Allen A. W. (Allen & Colwell) market, h High st. Allen Carlos, machinist W R R, h Long Hill. Allen Wm. gardener, h back of Bowdoin st.
Allen Edmund, h East State st.
Allen Thomas H. market, h North st.
Allen Baxter, emp am. mach. works, h Central st.
Allen Joseph, gardener, h Mill st.
Allen Mrs Cynthia, widow, h Pine st.
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