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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
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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
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8
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Tulsa Street
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9
-Y-
State Street 1-195 196-478 479 on
3 5
9
Underwood Street
4 Wentwortb Street
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8
4
4
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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
4
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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