Springfield, West Springfield, Chicopee and Longmeadow directory 1953, Part 2

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1953
Publisher: Price & Lee Co.
Number of Pages: 1212


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Woodstock Strcet


4


South Main Street (Hampden) South Main Street (Wilbraham) So. Street Court


8 5


Thornfell Street


4


Washington Boulevard


8


9


Thornton Street


4


Washington Road


8


8


Tiffany Strect


8


Washington Street


9


Wason Avenue


7


5


Tinkham Road


8


Watling Street


4


8


Townsley Avenue


3


Waterman Street (E. Long- meadow)


8


Spruce Street


5


Trafton Road


8


Waverly Strcet


7


Spruceland Avenue


8


Tremont Street


8


Weaver Road


Wyckoff Street


8


Trillium Street


8


Wehh Street


Trinity Terrace


8


Webber Street


-x-


8


Tulsa Street


8


Webster Street


4


"X" Court


8


9


Turner Street


8


Welcome Place Wellesley Street


9


- Y -


Yale Street


9


Uncas Street


9


Wendell Place


5


York Avenue York Street


5 5


State Street Avenue State Street Court


5


Union Street 1-457


5 West Alvord Street


8 8


All streets in Longmeadow, Mass. are in Zone 6


Stearns Square


3


458 on


9 Westernview Street


7


LONGMEADOW, MASS.


State Street Terrace


9


Underwood Street


4 Wentworth Street


4


9 9


Undine Circle


9 Wesson Street West Street


8


Sanderson Street Sanford Street san Miguel Street Santa Barbara Street Santa Maria Street Saratoga Street


7 Stebbins Street Sterling Street 3 Sterns Terrace 1 Stetson Street 4


Upland Strcet Upton Street 1-36 37 on Utica Street


4


8


8


8


8


9


4


8


9


Van Dyke Road (E. Long- meadow)


8


Whittier Street


8


9


4


Van Horn Place


A


Whittum Avenue Wight Place


3


Van Ness Street


7


Wigwam Place


8


4


Vassar Street


9


Wilber Avenue Wilber Street


4


5


Ventura Drive


8


Veranda Street (E. Long- meadow)


8


Sewell Street


Q


8


8


4


Q


8 4 8


9


7


7


-T-


Virginia Street


8


Q


Tacoma Street


Q


9


Taft Street


8


Wait Street Walden Street


8


Winter Street Winthrop Street


Waldorf Strcet Wales Conrt


4


Winton Street


Silver Strcet Sioux Avenue Sixteen Acres Slatcr Avenue


8


Tenth Street


Terrence Street


Wood Ridge Drive Woodbine Avenue Woodlawn Street


Somerset Street Sorrento Street South Street


5


8


Thomas Street


7


Warren Place


9


Woodside Terrace


Thompkins Street (E. Longineadow)


9 Warrenton Strect Warriner Avenue 8 Warwick Street


5


Woodworth Avenue


Thorndyke Street


8


Washburn Street


4 7


Woodworth Place Worcester Avenue Worlds End Road (Wilbraham)


8 5


Soule Street (Wilbraham) Springfield Street


7


Tracy Street


4


Wayne Street


8


Worthy Street Wrentham Road


Stafford Street Standish Street Stanley Street Stanton Street Stapleton Road


State Street 1-195 196-478 479 on


3 5


Tyler Street


9


- U-


Wellington Street


9


Worthington Court Worthington Street 1-390 391-946 947 on


3 muataa 5 Q 9


Southampton Street Spencer Court Spencer Street Spring Street


8


Tilton Street


Wareham Street Warehouse Street


8


8


8


8


Woodmont Street Woodrow Street


5 3558449 5 8


O 8


C


8


Switzer Avenue Sycamore Street Sylvan Street Sylvester Street Symonds Avenue


Q


Q


9 8 Williams Street Willow Street 1-45 46 on


9 5 3


5


O


3


Voyer Street (E. Longmeadow) 8


Winchendon Street Winchester Square Winchester Street


Q


7


Sheridan Lane Sherman Street Sherrington Court Sherwood Road Shillingford Street Short Street Shumway Street Sidney Place Silas Street


Tavistock Street


Q


Wilbraham Avenue Wilbraham Road 1-1861 9


4 9


8


Sunrise Terrace


Wilcox Street Wilkes Street


Surrey Road


Swanton Court Swift Court


Sexton Street Seymour Avenue Shamrock Court Shamrock Street Sharon Street Shattuck Street Shaw Street (E. Longmeadow) Shaw's Lane


Whitney Place


5


9


Stuart Street Stuyvesant Street Suffolk Street Sullivan Street Summit Street


Van Horn Circle


A


Wexford Street Weymouth Street Wheeler Avenue Whitfield Street White Street


Sargeant Street Sargon Street Savoy Avenue Savoy Place Schley Street Scantic Corner School Street Schuyler Street Scott Street Searle Place Second Street Sedgelia Street Segnal Street Senator Street


A


4


Storms Court Stony Hill Road Stratford Terrace


8


5 Stevenson Avenue


Westford Avenue Westford Circle Westminster Street Westwood Street (E. Long- meadow)


9


9 9


Wolcott Street Wolfe Street


Wood Avenue (E. Long- meadow)


4


9


8


5 5 7


4


Trenton Street


778 8 7


9


9


Shawmut Street Sheffield Street Shefford Street Sheldon Street


9


8


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1953 -THE PRICE & LEE CO.'S


CONTENTS


Page


Page


Abbreviations


381


Fire Department


21


Aldermen, Board of


20


Governmental Directory


20


Aldermen, Standing Committees of


20


Halls


325


Alphabetical Directory


381


Homes and Asylums


326


Apartment Buildings


277


Hospitals and Dispensaries


327


Associations, Clubs and Societies 280


Index to Advertisers


13


Buildings-Office and Public


296


Justices of the Peace


333


Buyers' Directory


25-274


Libraries


336


Cemeteries


298


Map


Inside Back Cover


Churches


299


Notaries Public 344


Numerical Directory 887


Parks and Playgrounds


351


Police Department


21


Post Office


24


Postal Zones


7


Railroads


358


School Department


23


Councilmen, Standing Committees of


20


Schools, Colleges and Academies


366


County Officers (Hampden)


23


Springfield-"What You Should Know About"


15


Courts 24


State Government


24


Day Nurseries


308


United States Armory


24


Express Companies


315


United States Government


24


Fire Alarm Telegraph


21


Water Works


22


275


Convents


307


Corporations and Chartered Institutions


See Alphabetical Directory


Councilmen


20


City Officers


20


Classified Directory


WEST SPRINGFIELD, LONGMEADOW (SEE FOLLOWING LAST PAGE OF SPRINGFIELD PINK SECTION)


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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1953


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


A A 1 Realty Corp


Front Cover top lines and 232


Ace Rug Co 249


Ace Sanitation System Front Cover Adams Ruxton Construction


Aetna Life Affiliated Companies 157 American Rexoil Heating Fuel Co 212 American Saw & Mfg Co 192


Anchor Electric Service Co Inc 125


Anderson C E Associates 131 Anderson John E & Son Inc 110 Anderson & Benson Corp Back Cover Angers H E & Bros Inc 237


Angers Lumber Co


173


Armory Lehigh Fuels Inc Back Cover Art Cement Products Co 252


Associated Building Wreckers 84 Astmann-Furs Inc Front Cover Atlantic States Warehouse & Cold Storage Corp 259


Atlas Lumber Co 173


Atlas Window Cleaning Co Inc 271


Automatic Oil Heating Co 212


Automobile Club of Springfield 27


Automobile Sales Company


28


Avery Paper Stock Corporation 224


Bacon Ralph N 225


Bailey M J & Son


Bailey-Wagner Inc


127


Baldarelli A Corp 81


Bannon John J Co 116


Barker Chemical Co side lines and 89 Barker Personnel Service 224


Barrett M C Inc


44


Baxter J E


79


Bay State Film Productions Inc 205 Bay State Spray Equipment Co 194 Ellis Title Company 264


Bay State Tool & Machine Co 203 Estabrook & Co 75


Bay State Wrecking Company 85 Bay Street Radio & Television 128 Fagan's Paint Centre 222


Beaudry Construction Co 106 Beaupre School of Fine Arts and Springfield Gallery The 26 Ferrara Spring and Parts Co


Belcher Leonard E Inc 218


Berkshire Plastics Co Inc ... insert opp Numerical Directory and 200 Better Traller Sales & Service 264A


Better Used Car Exchange Inc 45


Black Dlamond Coal Co 92


Blue Line The


87


Blyth & Co Inc


74


Boilard A Sons Inc opp Title Page and 81


Boston & Springfield Despatch Co 269 Brigham Company Inc The 122 Brightwood Upholstering Co .... 270 BrInn V H Real Estate foot llnes and 237


Brooslin S B Agency 161


Brown Roofing Co 245


Byrnes James C Co 29


Byron's Funeral Home Inc 133 Cabrini Moving Service Inc 207


Campbell Ralph E


233


Capltol Radlo Engineers


264


Capuano Inc 97


Cardee Distributing Corp 25


Carlisle Hardware Co 139


Carlson Ernest F Inc 98


Carlson Oscar F Co 73


Carlson Pattern Shop Inc


199


Center Arthur E Inc


30


Chapdelalne Joseph Inc 106


Chapman Valve Mfg Co The 195


Chemical Corp The


Cheney Bigelow Wire Works 203


Cheney J E & Staff Inc


Back Cover


Childs R P Stamp Co 254 Hampden Coal & Oil Co Inc 217


Chlz Willlam Z


top corner


card


Hampden Savings Bank


Christensen 0 N 203


City Coal Co of Springfield Inc


foot llnes and Back Cover


Clty Dye Works 90


Cltv Spring and Brake Corp 55


Clty Stamp Works


256


Clty Tlre Co Inc 53


City Wrecking Co 84


Clark Henry M Co foot lines and 234


Collins C E & Sons Inc 110


Collins Helena M


208


Collins Lumber Inc


180


Page


Columbia Dentists-Surgeons


&


Hospital Supply Co foot lines Hinch Edward A (Ed) 239


Connecticut Valley Block Co The


80


Hinckley R L Inc


13€


Holland T V & Appliances


127


Hollywood Restaurant


& Grille


Inc


88


Home Makers Mart 168


Hope Rubber Co Inc


246


Hopkins Office Supply Co Inc 210


Hotel Bridgway


14


Hotel Charles


148


Hotel Clinton


145


Hotel Kimball


149


Howatt Insurance Agency


Front Cover


Hoye Warren F Inc


83


Newell's Inc


166


Hurley William A Inside Front Cover


Industrial Equipment & Supply


Co


152


International Harvester Co


38


Interstate Tire Stores Inc


58


Jenney R P Co Realtors


239


Jensen F G & Sons Inc Front Cover


Jilson Ralph


Back


Cover


Johnson E D Co 240


Johnston R J Inc 38


Jones Ralph D Inc top llnes and 39


Judd & Parsons & Parker 158


Kelleher & Mixer Inc


39


Kelly John E & Son


161


Kinney Insurance Agency Inc 153


Kittredge M J Inc 166


Klempner H Co


164


Kolodzlej Frank J


114


L & R Ambulance Service


25


Lake Engineering Co


214


Lane A J Co The


93


LaPlante Albert Construction Co In 107


Lee-Ways Freight Lines Inc 267


Leete Bradford W side lines and


158


Phaneuf George A


109


Leger Thomas P & Son


111


Leo's Used Car Exchange


46


Letendre B & Sons Co


100


Lewis Boiler & Iron Works Inc 258


Lewis Charles C Co The


258


Ley Construction Co


101


Liberty Metal Shop The


143


Line W C Co Inc


foot lines


Litch Elmer D


270


Lomas Charles B Co The


Front Cover


Lotus China and Glass Co Inc


123


Louis Motors Inc


40


Public Loan Company


169


Lucia Lumber Company 176 Punderson Coal Co foot lines and 93


Lumber Centre Inc


171


Quimby Electrical Appliance


Co 245


Lynch H F Lumber Co


176


Radio Statlon WTXL


231


MacDonald & Johnson Inc


top lines and 154


Main & Cypress Garage


50


Mallory F B Inc


204


Manning H A Company


227


Marcus Leonard H Inc


253


Marrin E S Real Estate


240


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur-


ance Co Insert


opp name Alphabetical Directory


Massasoit Engraving Co


225


McClean Fred C Heating Supplies Inc 144


McClintock & Cralg Inc 131


Mckesson & Robbins Inc 124


Meacham L E & Co Inc


159


Merrill "Bud"


114


Metal Craft Sales & Service 51


Methe Inc


131


Mever Co The


59


Miller Taxi Service


263


Modern Electric Co


113


Monarch Life Insurance Co


insert


opp name Alphabetical Directory


Moore Drop Forging Co


184


Morach Frank Appliance


128


Morln Insurance Agency


foot lines and 244


Morin Realty Corporation


foot lines and 244


Morris Fur Storage Co Inc 135


Mortgage Service Co


241


Moss Motor Sales Inc


slde lines and 40


Movie Center


206


Page


Muriel's


122


Murphy Edw J Co Inc


top lines


Murphy J Frank Associates


243


Murray Thomas J


foot lines and


side


lines


Mutual Fire Assurance Co


159


National Gage & Die Co


Back Cover and 201


National Library Bindery Co The 74


National Life Insurance


Co of


Vermont


161


New England Container Co


197


New England Wrecking Co


84


New York-Massachusetts Motor


Service Inc


268


Newhouse Automotive Service


56


Nims B D Lumber Co


177


Northeast Tool and Engineering Co 185


Oakes Electrical Supply Co


130


Oliver Auto Body Co Inc


48


Oliver Bros


108


O'Malley M J Co The


226


Omartian Toros & Son Inc side llnes


Orenstein Max


115


Orr Sterling A Inc


41


Package Machinery Co


198


Paine Chester D Inc


top lines and 112


Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis .. 76


Park Cleaners & Dyers Inc foot lines and 91


Parker Motor Sales Inc


41


Parkhurst R A


108


Pearson T A Associates Inc 111


Perkins B F & Son Inc 191


Perkins Machine & Gear Co


189


Petit Leo A


243


Petroleum Engineering Corp


214


Pieroway Electric Co


129


Pine Point Motor Sales Inc


Pioneer Valley Laundry Inc


Powell Benj Sons Inc


side lines and 272


Preston and Olmsted Inc


top lines


Price & Lee Co The


228


Proctor-Carnig Inc


136


Production Pattern


& Foundry


Co


198


Production Tool & Die Co Inc 201


Redden-Sanderson Inc 42


Redfield R S & Co 155


Redl-Flyer Model Aircraft Co


202


Reliable Heating Co


142


Remon


162


Reopell A V Inc 44


Republican Publishing Co 209


Retail Furniture Warehouse Inc 136


Ricardi Alfredo and Son 102


Rivest Alfred V Co


219


Roberts C J Engineering Co side lines


Roberts F L & Co Inc


215


Robinson Auto Body Co 49


Rogers Heating


& Engineering


Co Front Cover and 141


Roncarl Construction Co Inc 103


Ross H L Co Inc


221


Rostowski Electric Co 129


Rourke-Eno Paper Co Inc The 223


Roy J G Lumber Co 177


Roy J G & Sons Co


104


Russ Building Products


178


Ruxton D D Co Inc 82


Ryland Thomas P Co opp inside Front Cover


St Germain D J & Co


slde lines and 76


St Jean Electrical Co Inc


130


Sanderson-Gelin & Co


262


Sanford F L Co


33


Sapelli Construction Co Inc


slde Ilnes and 105


Sarat Motor Sales side lines and 42 Schaffer's Inc of Springfield Mass 92


Schultz Frank & Son


274


Co 96 Cook Bullders' Supply Co 204


Cook Motor Sales Inc 37


Cordner Co Inc opp inside Back Cover


Country Club Soda Co Inc


73


Crandall Realty Corp


238


Credit Bureau Inc


117


Croft T C & Co


142


Cunningham Livery Inc


insert


opp Alphabetical Directory


Curran-Jones Ine side lines and 1042 Curtis Universal Joint Co Inc 202


Daigle J A


226


Daley T A & Sons


99


Day Lumber Corp


174


Day R L & Co


75


Daylight Dairy


Products


204


Deane David G


132


Decker Edward S Inc


top edge and


174


Decoteau N Paul


242


Del Padre L L Associates 263


Dentists' & Surgeons' Supply Co 144


DePalma Motor Sales Co 31


edge


225


Devens Realty Co foot lines and 238


Dickinson-Streeter Co


back


Duchess Realty


235


Dusty's Taxi Service


262


East Longmeadow Lumber Co


175


East Springfield Roofing Contrac- tor 116


Eastern States Storm Window Inc 260


Easton C Clement Agency 157


Ferri John 107


Field Eddy & Bulkley top lines and 152A


Filos Convalescent & Nursing


Home 117


Fisher Carl Co Inc


253


Fisk Tire Service Inc 54


Fitzgerald Inc Cleaners & Dyers 90


Flagg Raymond H


242


Forbes & Wallace Inc


top lines and 119


Foss W J Company


151


Frederick's Jewelers Inc 163


Freedman Irving 0


236


Gallant William D Co 261


Gaugh School of Business The


250


Gay's Furniture for Little Folks 137 Genden Bros Inc 37


General Fibre Box Co 196


Gifford A W Co


170


Gilbert & Barker Mfg Co 211


Gleason Alton E Back Cover and 78


Gleason J ] Co


133


Grodsky Harry & Co Inc


115


Guarantee Typewriter Exchange inside Back Cover


Guest Pattern Works 199


Gustafson C & E Ine 219


Haarmann Steel Co


254


Hafey Funeral Service


Front Cover


Hall's Hardware Co


89


140


Hallahan Fred C Lumber Co


175


Hampden Brass and Aluminum Co 188


top llnes and 65


Hampden Window Cleaning Co


Inc 271


Hamre 0 C Co


255


Hartranft-Sullivan G M C Trucks Inc 32


Harvey-Whipple Inc 213


Haynes & Company Inc 9


Henricks Bros 125


Highland Co-operative Bank


69


Highland Hotel The


146


Highland Palnt & Wall Paper Co


Inc


220


Page


Hill Bert Mover Inc


266


Construction Service Inc 82


Converse-Carlisle Coal Co front edge


F & F Tool Co Inc


200


Farm Credit Administration


of


68


Inc 56


side lines


168


Radner Samuel Inc 218


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1953-THE PRICE & LEE CO.'S


Page


Sears Roebuck and Co 120


Security Banking Co 71


Sheraton Hotel 150


Siano L & Son 109


Simons Burner and Petroleum Corp opp Inside Front Cover and 215 Skinner Bradford S 160


Skipton M K Co Inc 118


Skolnick Samuel 113


Smith Seymour M 241


Spartan Saw Works Ine 193


Spear Lumber Co Inc 178


Springfield Alignment Co 55 Springfield Auction Co 190


Springfield Buick Co 34


Springfield CIvil Service and Com- mercial School 251


Springfield Coal Co bottom edge


Springfield Co-operative Auction Market Assn Inc 124


Springfield Co-operative Bank 70 Springfield Finance Co Inc top lines and 50


Springfield Fire and Marine Ins


Co insert opp Classified Directory


Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank insert opp Five Cents Savings Bank Alphabetical Directory Springfield Gas Light Co 138


Springfield Ice & Fuel Co


inside Front Cover


Springfield Institution for Sav-


ings insert opp Institution for Sav- ings Alphabetical Directory and 66


Springfield Lincoln-Mercury Sales


Co 35


Page


Springfield Memorial Company 205 Superior Rug Cleaning Co 247


Springfield Nash Motor Sales Inc 36


Sprinfield National Bank 60


Springfield Public Market Inc .. 139


Springfield Real Estate Exchange foot lines


Springfield Roofing Co 246


Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co insert opp name Alphabetical Di- rectory and 61


Springfield Stamp & Die Co Ine side lines and 257


Springfield Steam Carpet Cleaning Co 247


Springfield Trucks Inc 44


Springfield Veos Tile Co 111


Springfield Wallpaper & Paint


Co foot lincs


Springfield Wrecking Co Inc 86


Springfield & Suburban Express .. 269


Standard Electric Co


112


Standard Foil Products Corp 182


Standard Tire Sales Inc 57


Steer-O-Master Safety Service


47


Steiger Albert Company top lines and 121


Steiger's Home Appliance Divi-


sion 126


Steinert M & Sons Co Inc The Back Cover


Stevens Inc of Springfield Mass .. 249


Storms Drop Forging Co 186


Sullivan J J The Mover 1nc 265


Sullivan T J Coal Co


94


Page


Page


WHYN and WHYN-FM Radio Station side lines and 230 Walker T M Co 221


Waish Daniel M Jr inside Front Cover Walsh Holyoke Boiler Works Div 196 Warriner Pontiac Co 43


Weake Fred A Ine 115


Webster Leon N 244


Webster Pinney & Webster Inc 150


Wellman Elmer G & Son 216


West Springfield Branch of West- field Savings Bank 67


West Springfield Trust Co Insert tabbed W'Spfd and 64


Western New England College opp inside Back Cover


White A C Jr Realtor foot lines


White Rug Co ... foot lines and 248 White Service Corp side lines and 243


Whitney Detective Service .. side lines Winchester Auto School 52


Winn Insurance Agency 160


Woodcraft 273


Worcester Federal Savings and Loan Association 205


Wright Charles A Inc 113


Wright Roy M


114


Wrona John Inc 136


Young J O Co Inc 272


Young Men's Christian Associa-


tion


274


Victoria Tire Co Ine


58


Young W F Inc


Back Cover


Young W M Regalia Co The


197


YOUR CITY


A. ALPHABETICAL


B. BUYERS


C. CLASSIFIED


G. GOVERNMENTAL N. NUMERICAL


DIRECTORY


8


G


C


N


Swett Bros Ileating & Appliance


Co 216


Taplin F C Co 229


Tarbell } C Associates Inc


183


Tebaldi Bros


111


Tchan John F-Realtor .. Front Cover Ten Broeck W R 167


Thibault Bros


220


Thibert P D Lumber Co Ine 172


Third National Bank & Trust


Company of Springfield .. insert opp name Alphabetical Directory and 62 Thyberg Realty Co 243


TIfft Bros 77


Topor Motor Sales Inc 43


Trombly Everett & Leroy 244


True Brothers Inc 165


Union Central Life Insurance Co The foot lines Union Federal Savings & Loan Assn 72


Union Trust Company of Spring- field Mass insert opp Name Alphabetical Directory and 63


United States Envelope Co 187


Vadnais George Associates Inc 110 Vadnais Lumber Company Inc 179 Valentine Conerete Co Inc 95


Valentine Lumber & Supply Co 179


VanNorman Co


202


Varelas Marie L 246


Vogel Fred A


242


is Standardized.


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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1953


A SUMMARY


Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted as a regular feature in all directories published by the Association of North American Directory Publishers Completed and corrected annually through the courtesy of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce


SPRINGFIELD, MASS.


"The City of Homes"


Form of Government Bicameral with Mayor.


Population


U. S. Census (1950) 162,601. Estimated (1953) 165,000.


Area


31.90 square miles. Altitude 40 to 243 ft.


Temperature


51.2°. Ten year average.


Rainfall


41.6". Ten year average.


Parks, Playgrounds, Zoo and Land


150 with 2,200 acres valued at $7,837,396. Estimated value of Zoo buildings, $70,000. Animals valued at $15,000.


Assessed Valuation $279,190,240 (1952).


Tax Rate $52.00 per $1,000 (1952).


Bonded Debt $17,666,000 (Dec. 31, 1952). Gross Debt.


Financial


Six commercial banks having trust depart- ments with total deposits of $223,488,- 610.50 (Dec. 31, 1952) ; total resources of $247,736,777.83 on Dec. 31, 1952 and clear- ings of $560,856,492. Four savings banks with total deposits of $154,023,007.66 on Dec. 31, 1952.


Post Office Receipts


$2,955,768.09 for year ending Dec. 31, 1952.


Churches


Total 93. 75 Protestant, Jewish and Nonde- nominational, 18 Catholic.


Building Construction-1952


11,083 new permits issued $7,696,683


854 alterations and additions $2,218,031


11,937 $9,914,714


Radio Broadcasting Stations


WBZA; WSPR; WMAS; WTXL, WSpfd; WACE, Chicopee; WJKO.


Television


WWLP-Channel 61; WHYN-Channel 55.


Industrial


Chief manufactures of the city and sur- rounding territory (manufacturing) ; elec- trical machinery, apparatus and supplies, foundry and machine shop products, ma- chine tools and machine tool accessories, firearms, plastic materials, printing and publishing, envelopes, motorcycles and parts, forgings, clothing, bronze and alu- minum castings, knit goods, games and toys, handbags and billfolds, chemicals, tires, magnetos, valves, electrical appli- ances, sporting goods.


Trade (Retail and Wholesale)


Retail area has radius of 50 miles and popula- tion of 450,000. Wholesale arca extends 100 miles and population of 800,000.


Newspapers


Two daily. One Sunday.


Hotels


Twenty-three with total of 2,286 rooms.


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Railroads


NY Central (Boston & Albany), Boston & Maine, New York, New Haven and Hart- ford.


Highways


Route No. 5 north to Canada and south to New Haven; Route No. 20 east to Boston, west to Albany; Route No. 57 connects Springfield with College Highway; Route No. 116 to Amherst ; Route No. 83 to Som- ers, Conn.


Airports


American Airlines, Eastern Airlines, North- east Airlines and United Airlines, serving Springfield from Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Conn., 12 miles from city.


Amusements


15 moving picture theatres. Municipal audi- torium seating 3,218. One legitimate the- atre seating 1,530.


Golf Courses


Eight in Metropolitan area, including two municipal.


Hospitals (Metropolitan Area)


Eleven hospitals include two in Holyoke, one in Ludlow and the Municipal Spring- field Infirmary and Shriners. Total number of beds, 2,633.


Educational-1952


American International College; Springfield College; Western New England College and State University Extension-Spring- field Division. Bay Path Junior College.


Public Schools : 38, 29 elementary, four junior highs, two senior highs, one com- bined junior and senior high, one combined elementary and junior high and one Trade High School. Number of pupils in public schools, 21,860. Number of parochial schools, 10. Number of pupils, 4,795. Num- ber of teachers in public schools, 794. Value of public school property, $16,285,- 000.


Public Libraries


Seven branches with a total of 526,188 vol- umes.


Latest City Statistics


Total public street mileage, 270.91 with 269 .- 770 paved miles. Miles of gas mains, 308.8; of sewers (storm and sanitary), 361.13 (8.64 put in during 1952. Number of water meters, 29,907 ; light meters, 57,719 and gas meters, 40,550 (last three figures for Springfield only). Capacity of water works 50 to 55 million gallons per day with a daily average water consumption of 25,- 501,000 gallons, 431.64 miles of water mains and water plant gross value is $23,- 787,529.11. Fire department has 472 paid men with nine autos, 10 engines, 13 hose wagons, nine hook and ladder trucks and 14 station houses. Value of fire depart- ment real estate and equipment, $1,913,- 369.50. Police department has 351 paid men, with three stations, 43 pieces of mo- tor equipment. 20 of these being motor- cycles. Value of police department equip- ment, $441,972.15. There are 80,565 tele- phones operating out of the Springfield Central office.


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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1953


THE CITY TODAY


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Springfield, Massachusetts was settled in 1636, as a result of the efforts of William Pyn- chon and a band of faithful followers who sought the fertile valleys in this part of the coun- try, for homesteading purposes. It was made a town May 14, 1636, and incorporated a city May 25, 1852.


The city and area have grown to a community having a population estimated to be 463,- 000. Springfield is 89 miles from Boston, 103 miles from Albany, and 135 miles from New York City. Immediately surrounding Springfield are numerous smaller towns and cities, in- cluding West Springfield, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Ludlow and Chicopee.


Springfield has, since the last part of the eighteenth century, been continuously developing as a manufacturing center, although surrounded by communities agricultural in character. The industry of the community is of varied quality. The skill of workmen to be found here has developed the popularity of the community as an industrial section for the manufacture of many varied products. For the most part, raw materials and supplies are transported to the city. The location of the city nearly equidistant from the three large centers-Boston, Albany and New York-is an enviable one.


The rolling hills rising from the Connecticut River Valley provide excellent residential sections.


The prevailing meteorological conditions give Springfield typically New England seasons with charming summers and cold winters.


SERVICE INSTITUTIONS


Springfield is fortunate in having a group of public utility organizations which aid, in the development of the community. Under the municipality, there operates a Springfield Wa- ter Works the activities of which provide the community with excellent drinking water, piped to the city from the eastern foot-hills of the Berkshires. An excellent reservoir system of great capacity provides a flow adequate to care for the city for many years to come.




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