Springfield, West Springfield, Chicopee and Longmeadow directory 1956, Part 2

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Price & Lee Co.
Number of Pages: 1196


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8


Tenth Street


4


Walter Street


7


Terrenee Street


9


Waltham Avenue


9


Texel Drive


8


Ward Court


4


Thames Street


4


Wareham Street


8


Woodlawn Street


Thayer Avenue


8


Warehouse Street


Thetford Road


9


Warner Street


8


Thomas Street


7


Warren Place


9


Woodside Terrace


So. Braneh Boulevard So. Church Court


5


Thompson Street


9 Warrenton Street


9 Woodstock Street


5


8 5


Tbornfell Street


4


Washington Boulevard


Southampton Street


9


Thornton Street


4


Washington Road


8


8


Tiffany Street


8


Washington Street


Tilton Street


9


Wason Avenue Watling Street


5 7 4 8 Worthington Court Worthington Street 1-390 3


Soule Street (Wilbraham) Springfield Street Spruce Street


5


Trafton Road


8


Waverly Street


7


4


Spruceland Avenue


8


Tremont Street


4


Wayne Street Weaver Road


7


Wyekoff Street


Standish Street


8 4


Trinity Terraee


8


Webber Street Webster Street


4


"X" Court


8


Stapleton Road


9


Turner Street


8


Welcome Place


9


Tyler Street


9 Wellesley Street Wellington Street


9


Yale Street


9


Uneas Street


9 Wendell Place


5


York Avenue York Street


5 5


State Street Avenue State Street Court


9


Undine Cirele


9 Wesson Street West Street


7


LONGMEADOW, MASS.


State Street Terrace


9


Union Street 1-457


5 West Alvord Street


Stearns Square


3


458 on


9 Westernview Street


8 All streets in Longmeadow, Mass. are in Zone 6 8


9


O


4


7


Upland Street Upton Street 1-36 37 on Utica Street


Westford Avenue 9 Westford Circle 9 Westminster Street Westwood Strcet (E. Long- meadow) 8


5 Stevenson Avenue 4 4 Stockbridge Strect 4 4 9 Stocker Street Stoekman Street Storms Court Stony Hill Road Stratford Terrace


8


5


Strathmore Street Strong Avenue


4


Stuart Street


9


Van Horn Cirele


4


4 Wigbt Plaee


3


9


Van Ness Street


7 Wigwam Place


8


4


Vassar Street


9


Wilber Avenue Wilber Street


Sedgelia Street Segnal Street Senator Street


8


Sumner Avenue


8


Sewell Street Sexton Street


9


9


8


8


4


9


8 4


8


9


Symonds Avenue


7


7


-T-


Virginia Street


8


Winehendon Street


Q


Sberidan Lane Sherman Street


7


9 7


Sherrington Court Sherwood Road Shillingford Street Sbort Street


8


Taylor Street 1-116 117 on


Shumway Street Sidney Place Silas Street


9 9


9


Tembey Street


9


Wallace Street


Silver Street Sioux Avenue Sixteen Aeres Slater Avenue


Wood Avenue (E. Long- meadow) Wood Ridge Drive Woodbine Avenue


8 0 8


Somerset Street Sorrento Street South Street


8 Woodmont Street Woodrow Street


9 8 4


Warriner Avenue Warwick Street


4


Thorndyke Street


Washburn Street


7 8 8 Woreester Avenue Worlds End Road (Wilbraham)


Spencer Court Spencer Street Spring Street


5


Tinkham Road


8


3


Waterman Street (E. Long- meadow)


391-946 947 on


5


7


Tracy Street


4


8


Wortby Street Wrentham Road


9


Stafford Street


4


Trenton Street


8


8


Webb Street


7


8


-x-


8


Tulsa Street


8


9


-Y-


State Street 1-195 196-478 479 on


3 5


9


Underwood Street


4 Wentwortb Street


4


8


4


4


4


Wexford Street Weymouth Street Wheeler Avenue


8


Valrieo Road


8


8 8 Wbiting Street Whitney Place Whittier Street


7


9


Van Dyke Road (E. Long- meadow)


Scott Street Searle Place Second Street


Stuyvesant Street Suffolk Street Sullivan Street


4


Van Horn Place


9 98


Sumner Terraee Sunapee Street


8


Sunrise Terraee Surrey Road


8


Swanton Court Swift Court


Switzer Avenue Syeamore Street Sylvan Street Sylvester Strect


9


Wilmont Street


8


3


Viola Street


9


Wilton Strect


Winchester Street


9


Taft Street


8


Wachusett Street


Waldorf Street


9


Winter Street Winthrop Street


8


95 5


Smith Street


8 8


5


8


8 Thompkins Street (E. Longmeadow)


Woodwortb Avenue Woodworth Place


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


8 8


5 7


8


8


Townsley Avenue


Q


8


Trillium Street


Stanley Street Stanton Street


- U-


9


Williams Street Willow Street 1-45 46 on


5


Shawmut Street Sheffield Street Shefford Street Sheldon Street


9


8


Wilbraham Avenue Wilbraham Road 1-1861


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


1862 on Wilcox Street Wilkes Street


5


Whittum Avenue


4


4


5 Woleott Street Wolfe Street


4


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5


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1956-THE PRICE & LEE CO.'S


CONTENTS


Page


Page


Abbreviations


349


Fire Department


24


Aldermen, Board of


23


Governmental Directory


23


Aldermen, Standing Committees of


23


Halls


298


Alphabetical Directory


349


Homes and Asylums


299


Apartment Buildings


255


Hospitals and Dispensaries


299


Associations, Clubs and Societies


257


Index to Advertisers


13


Buildings-Office and Public


272


Justices of the Peace 305


Buyers' Directory


29-252


Libraries


26


Cemeteries


274


Map


Inside Back Cover


Churches


275


Notaries Public 315


Numerical Directory 861


321


Police Department


24


Post Office


7


Railroads


327


Councilmen


23


School Department


26


Councilmen, Standing Committees of


23


Schools, Colleges and Academies


334


County Officers (Hampden)


26


Springfield-"What You Should Know About"


15


Courts 27


State Government


27


Day Nurseries


283


United States Armory


27


Express Companies


289


United States Government


27


Fire Alarm Telegraph


24


Water Works


25


City Officers


23


Classified Directory


253


Parks and Playgrounds


Convents


282


Corporations and Chartered Institutions


See Alphabetical Directory


Postal Zones


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


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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1956


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


A A 1 Realty Corp


Front Cover top liues and 214


Adams & Ruxton Construction Co 93


Aetna Life Affiliated Companies .. 146 American Exterminating Co Inc Front Cover


American International College


90


American Saw & Mfg Co


178


Anchor Electric Service Co Inc 118


Andersen and Scolari 94


Andersou C E Associates


121


Anderson & Benson Corp


Back Cover


Angers H E & Bros Inc


223


Angers Lumber Co 163


Angers Real Estate 225


Armory Lehigh Fuels Inc .. Back Cover


Art Cement Products Co


231


Ascher Harold R Funeral Home


125


Asphalt Hot Mix Inc


205


Associated Building Wreckers


81


Astaire Fred Dance Studios 113


Astmann-Furs Inc Front Cover Atlantic States Warehouse & Cold Storage Corp 238


Atlas Window Cleaning Co Inc 249


Automatic Oil Heating Co 196


Automobile Club of Springfield 29


Automobile Sales Company 30


Bailey M J & Son


206


Baldarelli A Corp 78


Baldwin Simons & Campbell Inc 146


Bannon John J Co 243


Barker Chemical Co 83


Barron Manufacturing Company


Inc 170


Bay State Elevator Co 120


Bay State Film Productions Inc


189


Bay State Tool & Machine Co


186


Beaudry Construction Co


107


Belcher Leonard E Inc 200


Berkshire Plastics Co Inc


insert opp Numerical Directory


and 183


Better Heat Inc 195


Better Used Car Exchange Inc 37


Black Diamond Coal & Oil Co 87


Boilard A Sons Inc opp Title Page and 78


B-Line Taxi Co 240


Bon-Ton Cleaners & Dyers Inc 84 Boyer Arthur J Inc 95


Bradley Milton Co 180


Brightwood Bowling Alleys 72


Brooslin S B Agency 147


B'Shara's Half-Hour Laundromat 157


Byrnes James C Co 31


Byron's Funeral Home Inc 125 Estabrook & Co 73


Cabrini Moving Service Inc 190 Farm Credit Administration of


Carlisle Hardware Co 129 Springfield 66


53


Field Eddy & Bulkley


top lines and 140


Firestone Tire Center


55


First Financial Corporation side lines and 74


First Springfield Corporation


side lines and 74


Fischer Chester O Jr


98


Kelly J E & Son


151


Fisher Carl Co Inc


232


Fisk Tire Service Inc 51


Fitzgerald Iuc Cleaners & Dyers 85


Fitzgerald Michael J Jr 226


Flagg Raymond H & Son


226


Forbes & Wallace Inc


top lines and 114


Forest Park Dairy Inc 187


Forest Products Company ..


Back Cover


City Spring and Brake Corp


53


Foss W J Company


City Stamp Works


236


137


Frank Bros Paper Co Inc


204


Frederick's Jewelers Inc


153


Freedman Irving O front edge and 217 Garrettson-Ellis Lumber Co Back Cover Gaugh School of Business The 230


Gays Nursery Furniture and Toys


Inc 126


Genden Bros Inc


40


General Fibre Box Co


182


General Ice Cream Corporation


136


Gentile Associates


top lines and 218


Gifford A W Co


159


Gilbert & Barker Mfg Co


128


Gleason Alton E Co Inc


Back Cover and 76


Graham-Wallengren Funeral Home


side lines


Greylock Express


245


Grodsky Harry & Co Inc


108


Guarantee Typewriter Exchange inside Back Cover


Haarmann Steel Co


234


Hafey Funeral Service


Front Cover


Hall's Hardware Co


130


Hampden Brass and Aluminum Co 174


Hampden Coal & Oil Co Inc


199


Hampden Reporting Service


89


Hampden Savings Bank


top lines and 63


Hampden Window Cleaning Co Inc 249 Hamre Osmond C 235


86


Hedges-Sattler Inc


35


Hertz Rent-A-Car System 49


Hieks Thomas J Inc


99


Highland Co-operative Bank 67


Highland Hotel The


139


Hinch Edward A (Ed) 224


Hinckley R L Inc


119


Hotel Bridgway


133


Howatt Insurance Agency Front Cover


How-Dee Co Inc


82


Hoye Warren F Inc 80


Hurley William A .. inside Front Cover


Hutchinson William


110


Ideal Home Supplies Inc.


239A


Industrial Credit Corporation Springfield 157


of


Industrial Equipment & Supply Co 138 Interstate Overall Service Corp 201 Interstate Tire Stores Inc 56


Jefferson Garage


244


Jensen F G & Sons Inc ...


Front Cover


Jensen Insurance Agency Inc 151


Jilson Ralph Inc


Back Cover


Jodoin Herme R Const Co Iuc


108


Johnson E D Co


226


Jones Ralph D Inc 40


Joni's Dance Studio


113


K-V Homes Inc


109


Keiser M Clayton 151


Kelleher & Mixer Inc


36


Kinney Palmer Goodell & Keeney 141


L & R Ambulance Service Inc 29


Lane A J Co The


87


LaPlante Albert Coustruction Co


Iuc


109


Flynn Robert J Agency


216


Leduc Marc V


100


Page


Chiz William Z top corner card 186


Christensen O N


City Coal Co of Springfield Inc


foot lines and Back Cover


City Tire Co Inc 50


City Wrecking Co


81


Clark Henry M Co foot lines and 215


Coast of Maine Lobster Pound


158


Cobb Beesley & Miles


122


Collins C E & Sons Inc


160


Collins Helena M


191A


Collins Lumber Inc 160


Community Feed Stores


123


Concrete Construction Co Inc side lines and 110


Connecticut General Life Insurance Company 139


Connecticut Valley Block Co The 77


Construction Service Inc 92


Continental Collection & Investiga-


tion Service Inc


89


Cook Builders' Supply Co 187


Cook Motor Sales Inc


39


Cooley Arthur F


155


Cordner Co Inc .. opp inside Back Cover


Country Club Soda Co Inc


70


Crandall Realty Corp 225


Credit Bureau Inc


112


Croft T C & Co


131


Curran-Jones Inc ....


side lines and 1042


Curtis Universal Joint Co Inc 185


D L S Insurance Agency Inc 147


Daley T A & Sons Inc 97


David's Inc of Springfield


233


Davis & Daggett Co


196


Day R L & Co 73


Daylight Dairy Products 187


Decker Edward S Ine top edge and 163 Decoteau N Paul 226


Dee Distributing Company 29


DePalma Motor Sales Co 33


Devens Realty Co .. foot liues and 223


Dickinson-Streeter Co


back edge


Dillon J J


foot lines


Drum Shop and Temple of Music The 192


Duchaine M


233


Durkee White & Towne 121


Dusty's Taxi Service. 241


Eastern States Storm Window Inc 239


Easton C Clement Agency 148


Elliott's Springfield Lincoln-Mer- cury Co 34


Ellis Title Company 243


Carlson Ernest F Inc 96


Carlson Pattern Shop Inc


204


Carparts Inc 47 Center Arthur E Inc 32


Chapdelaine Joseph Inc 107


Chapman Valve Mfg Co The 181


Chase Russell D Inc 151


Chase Sales House


152


Chemi-Graphic Inc 185


Chemical Corp The 84


Cheney Bigelow Wire Works 186


Cheney J E & Staff Ine . .. Back Cover Chicopee Motor Sales Co 39


Childs R P Stamp Co


foot lines and 234


Page


Ferrara Spring and Parts Co Inc


Haynes & Company Inc


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Page


Lecte Bradford W . side lines and 148


Leger Thomas P & Son Inc 111


Lewis Charles C Co The 237


Ley Constructiou Co 101


Line W C Co Inc foot lines


Lomas Charles B Co The .. Front Cover


Lucia Lumber Company 164


Lumber Centre Inc 161


Lynch H F Lumber Co 164


MacDonald & Johnson Ine


top lines and 142


Madamas Funeral Home 125


Main & Cypress Garage 46


Mallory F B Inc 188


Manning H A Company 209


Marcus Leonard H Inc 233


Markarian & Markarian Inc


Front Cover


Martin's S & S Laundry Inc . 156


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur-


ance Co insert opp name Alpha-


betical Directory


Massasoit Engraving Co


206


Mayo Bros Automotive Inc 49


McClean Fred C Heating Supplies Inc side lines


McClintock & Craig Inc 121


MCKesson & Robbins Inc 117


Meacham L E & Co Inc 149


Megliola Michael J 149


Melbourne J W Moving & Storage 191 Metal Craft Service 48


Methe Inc 123


Miller A G Company 232


Miller J H Picture Framing Co 206


Miller Taxi Service 241


Monarch Life Insurance Co


insert opp Insurance (Accident & Health) Classified Directory


Mondoux J Rolland


110


Moore Drop Forging Co 171


Moore John E 102


Morin Realty Corporation


foot lines and 227


Morrissey Brothers Co


130


Mortgage Service Co 219


Mulvihill General Tire Co Inc 56A


Muriel's 117


Murphy Edw J Co Inc top lines


Mutual Fire Assurance Co


150


Mutual Oldsmobile Inc 37


National Gage & Die Co Inc Back Cover and 184


National Library Bindery Co The 72 New England Container Co 169


New England Wrecking Co 81 New York-Massachusetts Motor Service Inc 247


Newhouse Automotive Service 54 Northeastern Printing Company 207 Oakes Electrical Supply Co 120


O'Malley M J Co The 208


Optical Shop The 201


Orenstein Max 112


Orr Sterling A Inc


41


Ott Ray J 79


Package Machinery Co 182


Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis 74


Park Cleaners & Dyers Inc


foot lines and 85


Pearson T A Associates Inc 111


Perkins B F & Son Inc 177


Perkins Machine & Gear Co 175 Petit Leo A 227


Petroleum Engineering Corp 196


Springfield National Bank 59 Phelps A L Inc 103


Pieroway Electric Co


119


Pioneer Shade & Screen Co 248


Powell Benj Sons Inc side lines and 250 Co insert opp name Alphabetical Directory and 60 Preston and Olmstead Inc .. top lines Springfield Steam Carpet Cleaning Price & Lee Co The 210 Co


Production Tool & Die Co Inc 184


Public Loan Company 157


Punderson Coal Co .. foot lines and 88 Quimby Electrical Appliance Co .. 228


Radio Station WTXL 212


Radner Samuel Inc 200 220


Ramal Realty Co Inc


Raymond's Paint & Hardware 130


Redfield R S & Co 143


Republican Publishing Co 193


Retail Furniture Warehouse Inc 126


Rivest Alfred V Co 201


Roberts C J Engineering Co side lines


Roberts F L & Co Inc 197


Robinson Auto Body Co 45


Robinson Florist 124


Roncari Construction Co Inc 104


Ross H L Co Inc 202


Rourke-Eno Paper Co Inc The 203


Roy J G Lumber Co 165


Roy J G & Sons Co 105


Ruxton D D Co Inc 80


Ryland Thomas P Co


opp inside Front Cover


St Germain D J & Co side lines and 74


Sanford F L Co 38


Sapelli Construction Co Inc


side lines and 106


Sarat Ford Sales


side lines and 41


Schaffer's Ine of Springfield Mass 86 The foot lines Scott Robert F Co Inc 52 Union Trust Company of Spring- Sears Roebuck and Co 115 field Mass insert opp Name


Security Banking Co 69


Shearson Hammill & Co 75


Sheehan James T


227


Shelton Hotel 134


Sheraton-Kimball Hotel The 135


Simons Burner and Petroleum Corp


opp inside Front Cover and


197


Skinner Bradford S


150


Skolnick Samuel Co 111


Smith Seymour M 224


Spartan Saw Works Inc


179


Spear Lumber Co Inc 165


Springfield Alignment Co


52


Springfield Auction Co 176


Springfield Buick Co 42


Springfield Celery Co Inc 83


Springfield Coal Co bottom edge


Springfield Co-operative Auction


Market Assn Inc 118


Springfield Co-operative Bank 68


Springfield Federal Savings and Loan Association 188


Springfield Finance Co Inc


top lines and 46


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 127


Springfield Heat Treating Corpora- tion 131


Springfield Ice & Fuel Co inside Front Cover Springfield Institution for Savings


insert opp Institution for Savings Alphabetical Directory and 64


Springfield Oil & Coal Co .. bottom edge Springfield Public Market Inc 129


Page


Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust


229


Springfield Television Broadcasting Corp 242


Springfield Veos Tile Co


111


Springfield Wallpaper & Paint Co foot lines


Springfield Wheel Service Inc 43


Springfield & Suburban Express Inc 248 Standard Tire Sales Inc 57 Steer-O-Master Safety Service 44


Steiger Albert Company


top lines and 116 Storms Drop Forging Co 172


Strom Realty Co 221


246


Sullivan J J The Mover Inc


Sullivan T J Coal Co . top corner card .. 112 Superior Plumbing & Heating Inc


Superior Rug Cleaning Co Inc 228


Swett Bros Heating & Appliance Co 198


Tait-Maynard Fuel Co Inc


88


Tarbell J C Associates Inc 168


Tehan John F & Son-Realtor


Front Cover


Thibert P D Lumber Co Inc


162


Third National Bank & Trust Com- pany of Springfield insert opp


name Alphabetical Directory and 61 Trombly Everett & Leroy 225


True Brothers Inc


154


Union Central Life Insurance Co


Alphabetical Directory and 62


United States Envelope Co


173


Vadnais Lumber Company Inc 166


Valentine Concrete Co Inc 91


Valentine Lumber & Supply Co 166


Valley Sales Co Inc


71


Van Norman Industries Inc 185


Victoria Tire Co Inc


58


WACE Radio Station 211


WHYN-TV Channel 55 Radio Sta- tion 213


Walker Millwork Co Inc


top lines


Walker T M Co


top lines


Walsh Daniel M Jr 144


Walsh Holyoke Fabricators Divi- sion 183


Warriner Pontiac Co


Webster Pinney & Webster Inc


145


Wellman & Son Inc 198


West Springfield Branch of West- field Savings Bank 65


Western New England College


opp inside Back Cover


Westfield Ford Motor Sales Inc 43 Westover Publishing Company Inc 194 White A C Jr Realtor


foot lines and 222


White Service Corp


side lines


Wiggins Old Tavern


side lines


Worcester Federal


Savings


and


Loan Association 189


Wright Roy M 122


Wynne W J and Sons


131


Yankee Pedlar Inn


side lines


Yarsley T Jr & Co


250


Yenian Charles Co Inc The


229


Young J O Co Inc


250


Young Men's Christian Association 251


Young W F Inc


Back Cover


Young W M Regalia Co The


124


Page


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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1956


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 Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce


SPRINGFIELD, MASS.


"The City of Homes"


Form of Government


Bicameral with Mayor. 8 Aldermen. 18 Coun- cilmen.


Population


Estimated (1955) 166,342. U. S. Census (1950) 162,601.


Area


31.90 square miles. Altitude 75 to 243 ft.


Temperature


51.2°. Ten year average.


Rainfall


41.6". Ten year average.


Parks, Playgrounds, Zoo and Land


149 with 2,129.91 acres valued at $7,831,- 053.64. Estimated value of Zoo buildings, $70,000. Animals valued at $15,000.


Assessed Valuation $337,331,910 (1955).


Tax Rate $55.80 per $1,000 (1955).


Bonded Debt $20,075,000 (Dec. 31, 1955) Gross Debt.


Financial


Five commercial banks having trust depart- ments with total deposits of $239,408,463 (Dec. 31, 1955) ; total resources of $265,- 275,193 (Dec. 31, 1955) and clearings of $693,554,337. Three savings banks with total deposits of $149,250,293 (Dec. 31, 1955).


Post Office Receipts $3,426,126.26 (year ending Dec. 31, 1955).


Churches


Total 95. 75 Protestant, Jewish and Nonde- nominational, 20 Catholic.


Building Construction-1955


1,735 new permits issued $12,738,475.


1,044 alterations and additions $ 2,233,882.


2,779


$14,972,357.


Radio Broadcasting Stations


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


Television WWLP-Channel 22; WHYN-Chanmel 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 656,512. Wholesale area extends 100 miles and population of 700,000.


Newspapers


Two daily. One Sunday.


Hotels


18 with total of 2,711 rooms.


Motels 15 in Springfield and West Springfield.


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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.


Mohawk Airlines from Barnes Airport West- field, 13 miles from city.


Amusements


13 moving picture theatres. Municipal audi- torium seating 3,218. One theatre seating 1,530. 4 drive-in theatres.


Golf Courses


Eight in Metropolitan area, including two municipal.


Hospitals (Metropolitan Area)


Eleven hospitals include two in Holyoke, two in Westfield, one in Ludlow and the new Municipal Springfield Infirmary and Shriners. Total number of beds, 2,252.


Educational-1956


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


Public Schools: 41, 32 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, 22,511. Number of parochial schools, 14. Number of pupils, 7,000. Num- ber of teachers in public schools, 801. Value of public school property, $15,441,- 000


Public Libraries


Seven branches, Central Building, and a bookmobile with a total of 544,056 vol- umes.


Latest City Statistics


Total public street mileage, 276.48 with 274 .- 37 paved miles. Miles of gas mains, 700; of sewers (storm and sanitary), 361.13 (8.64 put in during 1952). Number of water meters, 33,193; electric meters, 61,044 and gas meters, 40,732. 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 493 paid men with nine autos, 10 engines, 13 hose wagons, nine hook and ladder trucks and 15 station houses. Value of fire depart- ment real estate and equipment, $1,913,- 369.50. Police department has 352 paid men, with three stations, 66 pieces of mo- tor equipment, 21 of these being motor- cycles. Value of police department equip- ment, $448,000. There are 90,249 tele- phones operating out of the Springfield Central office.


SPRINGFIELD GAS LIGHT RATES, JANUARY 1, 1956


Household rate


First 100 cu. feet $1.15 ; next 400 cu. feet at .321/2 cents per 100 cu. feet; excess .25 cents per 100 feet.


Water heat and refrigeration


500 cu. feet at $2.45; next 500 feet at .25 cents per 100 cu. feet; anything above is 16 cents per 100 cu. feet.


Heating rate


First 500 at $2.45; next 500 feet at 25 cents per 100 cu. feet.


Over 2,500 at 16 cents per 100 cu. feet.


First 60 hour use of demand at 151/2 cents per 100 cu. feet.


Over 60 hours use of demand at 121/2 cents per 100 cu. feet.


1,000 B.T.U. Natural Gas replacing 581 B.T.U. Manufactured Gas.


WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES, JANUARY 1, 1956


Household rate and refrigeration


First 12 KWH or less $1.00; next 88 KWH at 31/2 cents per KWH ; balance over 100 KWH is 2.8 cents per KWH.


Water heating


for off-peak storage water heating-first 50 KWH, 3 cents per KWH; over 50 KWH, 1 cent per KWH.


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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1956


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 411,- 500. 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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THE QUADRANGLE


The historical and educational center of Springfield. Located in the heart of the city, State st and Chestnut st rear of library. Here the latest books or the oldest paintings may be enjoyed by everyone. In the Quadrangle are located the Museum of Fine Arts, the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum (William Pynchon Memorial Building), the Museum of Natural History with Seymour Planetarium, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, and the City Library.




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