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SPRINGFIELD BANK-State street near Main .- Capital $300,000. President, Henry Alexander, Jr .; Cashier, Lewis Warriner; Teller, G. H. Sanderson; Directors, Henry Alexander, Jr., Josiah Hooker, Benjamin Day, Gurdon Bill, William Gunn, Lewis Gorham, Alfred Rowe, George B. Morris, Henry Brewer, J. P. Bigelow, Horace Kibbe.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS-Foot's Block, corner Main and State streets. Incorporated 1827-President, Josiah Hooker ; Vice President, Philo F. Wilcox ; Trustees, Josiah Hooker, Philo F. Wilcox, Benjamin Day, James M. Thompson, John B. Stebbins, Wil-
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BANKS .- INSURANCE COMPANIES.
liam Gunn, Henry S. Lee; Treasurer, Henry S. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Shurtleff. Deposits, $1,193,014,92. Business hours, from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. and from 2 to 3 P. M. Receives deposits and pays inter- est on all sums from One to One Thousand Dollars.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK-Hampden House Block, Court street .- President, Joseph C. Pynchon ; Vice Presidents, E. D. Beach, William B. Calhoun, Marvin Chapin; Trustees, E. W. Bond, A. W. Chapin, Daniel Pynchon, Thos. Warner, Jr., B. K. Bliss, Chas. O. Chapin, E. F. Moseley, Rev. George B. Ide, David Smith, J. T. Rock- wood, H. Fuller, Jr., Rev. M. P. Galligher, Charles Marsh, James E. Russell, Springfield ; Aaron Bagg, West Springfield ; J. B. Merrick, Palmer; Gilbert A. Smith, South Hadley ; J. C. Parsons, Holyoke; M. Raymond, Wilbraham; Treasurer, Daniel J. Marsh; Secretary, E. W. Bond. Deposits $300,126,89. Business hours from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. and from 2 to 4 P. M. Deposits received from Five Cents to One Thousand Dollars.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK, at Agawam Bank, Corner Main and Ly- man streets, near R. R. Depot .- President, Stephen C. Bemis; Vice Presidents, C. W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, E. Trask, F. Morgan; Trus- tees, James A. Rumrill, W. H. Wilkinson, A. L. Soule, Caleb Rice, M. Chapin, H. Gray, T. W. Wason, E. Southworth, W. K. Baker, John M. Stebbins, William Melcher; Secretary and Treasurer, F. S. Bailey. Deposits $275,000. Business hours, every business day at Agawam Bank from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Deposits made at any time between the quarters ending the third Mondays of February, May, August, and November, will be put on interest on the quarter day succeeding the deposit, at the rate of five per cent. per annum.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY-Cash Capi- tal $200,000. President, Edmund Freeman; Secretary, William Conner, Jr .; Book-keepers, J. A. Schlessinger, E. Bliss Vinton ; Clerk, George Patch; Directors, Edmund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L. Harris, Marvin Chapin, Edward Southworth, Jacob B. Mer- rick, William Birnie, William Stowe, James Brewer, George Walker, Lombard Dale, Charles Merriam, Henry E. Russell. H. S. Humphrey, General Agent. Office, Fort Block.
MASSASOIT INSURANCE COMPANY-Cash Capital $200,000. Presi- dent, Abijah W. Chapin; Secretary, S. J. Hall; Book-keeper, J. D. Comstock ; Clerk, Richard W. Rice ; Directors, Chester W. Chapin, J. B. Vinton, Stephen C. Bemis, Henry Fuller, Jr., J. B. M. Stebbins, E. S. Chapin, William Birnie, A. W. Chapin, A. D. Chapin, C. L. Co- vill, A. L. Soule, O. H. Greenleaf, James H. Morton. Office, Fort Block.
HAMPDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY-Capital $150,000. Presi- dent, Joseph C. Pynchon; Secretary, Charles Marsh; Book-keeper, T. B. Reynolds; Directors, Jos. C. Pynchon, F. H. Harris, E. W. Bond, H. B. Crane, George T. Bond, E. D. Chapin, Homer Foot, E. F.
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LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATIONS .- RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
Moseley, W. E. Montague, G. B. Morris, Willis Phelps, J. B. Rum- rill, Edwin Seeger, Charles L. Shaw, P. B. Tyler, Charles Marsh. Office, Pynchon Bank Block, 210 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY-President, Elijah Blake ; Secretary, Lewis Gorham. Office over Chicopee Bank.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-Capital and surplus, exceeding $500,000. President, Caleb Rice ; Secretary, Francis B. Bacon ; Clerk, William H. Bowdoin; Medical Examiner, Alfred Lambert, M. D .; Directors, Caleb Rice, E. D. Beach, Henry Fuller, Jr., Edmund Freeman, Otis Childs, W. C. Sturtevant, James Kirkham, P. B. Tyler, F. B. Bacon, Samuel Bowles, E. F. Moseley, Alfred Lambert, Elam Stockbridge, Joseph Stone, C. W. Bryan, E. W. Bond; Sylvanus Adams, Chicopee, Ralph W. Holman, Boston, E. C. Cowdin, New York. Office in Foot's Block.
LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION.
SPRINGFIELD LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION-President, Geo. W. Winchester; Vice Presidents, C. R. Ladd, E. Stockbridge, J. C. Mc- Intosh; Directors, Edward Southworth, H. B. Crane, Silas Cook, George E. Page, L. Hitchcock, L. Clark, James Kirkham, Horace Kibbe, J. O. Moseley, C. L. Shaw, S. C. Rockwood, R. E. Ladd, H. Hutchins, Thomas Chubbuck, Edwin Chase; Secretary, F. B. Bacon ; Surveyor, C. L. Shaw; Attorney, E. W. Bond.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN SPRINGFIELD.
When Founded, and Date of Settlement of present Pastor.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL-Court Square, between Elm and Court streets. Founded 1637. Rev. Henry M. Parsons, November, 1854. OLIVET CONGREGATIONAL-State street, opposite Armory Grounds. Founded 1833. Rev. George N. Gould. Temporary Supply.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL-Bliss street, near Main street. Founded 1843. Rev. S. G. Buckingham, January, 1847.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL-Main street, between Bridge and Worth- ington streets. Founded 1846. Rev. L. C. Seelye, January 20, 1863.
UNITARIAN-State street, near Main street. Founded 1819. Rev. Francis Tiffany, December, 1852.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-State street, near junction of Chest- nut and Maple streets. Founded 1838. Rev. George H. McKnight, November 1st, 1859.
BAPTIST-Corner Main street and Harrison avenue. Founded 1811. George B. Ide, D. D., October, 1852.
FIRST METHODIST-Near Upper Water Shops. Founded 1815. Rev. John Smith, April, 1862.
UNION STREET METHODIST-Corner Union and Mulberry streets. Founded 1823. Rev. Nelson Stutson, William Rice, April, 1863.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PYNCHON STREET METHODIST-Pynchon street near Main. Founded 1844. Rev. Andrew Mckeown, April,.1862.
UNIVERSALIST-Main street opposite Bliss street. Founded 1827. Rev. Josiah Marvin, January, 1859.
ST. MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC-Corner State and Elliott streets. Founded 1861. Rev. M. P. Galligher, 1857.
THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, OR SWEDENBORGIANS-Organized 1853. Meet for Divine worship Sabbath afternoons at No. 11 Maple street.
SECOND ADVENTISTS, or the Association of Believers in the Pre- Millennial Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, hold meetings in Rice's Building on State street. Preaching every Sabbath, and prayer meeting on Thursday evenings.
THE SPIRITUALISTS, hold meetings at Central Hall, in Union Block, nearly every Sunday afternoon and evening, generally employing lecturers.
ZION M. E. CHURCH (Colored)-Sanford street. Founded 1849. Pulpit vacant.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL-Court street. Teachers, Ariel Parish, Margaret Bliss, Lavinia B. Hastings, Caroline Burt.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-Court street-Teachers, Thomas H. Tucker, Melia Newhall, Celeste Newhall. Auburn street-J. D. Stratton, Hattie A. Judd. Union street-Charles Barrows, E. F. Cady, S. A. Rawson. Central street-E. F. Foster, Clara J. Eaton. York street, Intermediate-Mrs. A. F. Chandler; State street, Intermediate-Ma- ry S. Alden, Mrs. Amnie Hubbard; First Intermediate-Carrie E. Crane, Carrie S. Leonard; Second Intermediate-M. Etta Griffin, Delia Montague; Bridge street, Intermediate-Clara J. Loomis, M. Louise Dunbar ; Auburn street, First Intermediate-Electa Miller, M. Eliza Tyler; Emery street, Second Intermediate-Ellen Miller, Susan J. Harris. Charles street, First Intermediate-Jennie M. Gil- bert; Second Intermediate-Maria W. Pease. Oak street, First In- termediate-Emily E. Dickinson; Second Intermediate -- A. E. Col- ton. Central street, Intermediate -- Louisa Bartlett. Indian Orchard, Intermediate-Lizzie C. Glidden. New Intermediate, Town Hall; First Intermediate-Amanda S. Ellis; Second Intermediate-Helen M. Bagg. Pine street, Intermediate-Miss Charles.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS-State street-Teachers, Helen B. Hodgett, Mary Bodurtha. Bridge street, First Primary-Lucy H. Pearl; Sec- ond Primary, Hannah W. Goodman. West Union street-Grace Aitcheson, Hannah P. Blake. School street-E. P. Hawley, Sarah M. Bliss. Emery street, First Primary-Dolly Ann Clark; Second Primary-Martha Calhoun. Charles street, First Primary-Lizzie S. Ashley ; Second Primary-H. Annette Newell. York street- Mary A. Cooley. East Union street, First Primary-Elnora Swet-
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PRIVATE SCHOOL .- MASONIC ORDERS .- I. O. OF O. F.
land, Ann E. Collins; Second Primary-Georgiana Moore. Pine street-Harriet Adams. Central street-Ellen M. Strickland. In- dian Orchard-H. F. Worthen.
MIXED SCHOOLS-Long Hill-Melinda Charles. Carlisle District -Mary E. Streeter. Five Mile Pond-Emily J. Brown. Sixteen A.cres-L. Ellen Dwight. Wachogue-Lucia D. Pease. Putts' Bridge-Mary L. Bliss. Calhoun school, Alms House-Mary E. Kenney.
PRIVATE SCHOOL.
SPRINGFIELD ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL INSTITUTE-Rev. C. G. Bur- nett, Principal, Court street, next to Court House.
MASONIC ORDERS.
SPRINGFIELD ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHT TEMPLARS-Instituted A. L. 5827. A. H. Kirkham, M. E. G. C .; M. Elmer, Gen .; H. B. Lewis, C. G .; D. Reynolds, Pre .; S. E. Bailey, Treas .; W. R. Ladd, Rec .; Jas. H. Call, S. W .; I. D. Gibbons, J. W .; J. P. Woodworth, Sw. B .; I. N. Weston, St. B .; A. E. Leonard, Warden; A. Call, 3d G .; D. B. Chapin, 2d G .; A. P. Casey, Ist G .; W. M. Hall, Arm .; C. D. Leet, Sen.
SPRINGFIELD COUNCIL OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS-Instituted A. L. 5818. Thomas Snow, M. I. G. M .; A. H. Kirkham, R. I. G. M .; M. Elmer, I. G. M .; F. T. Merrick, M. of E .; W. R. Ladd, Rec .; A. E. Leonard, M. of C .; S. E. Bailey, C. of G .; O. Dickinson, C. of C .; E. Howland, Stew .; C. D. Leet, Sen.
MORNING STAR CHAPTER, R. A. MASONS-Instituted A. L. 5817. I. D. Gibbons, M. E. H. P .; James H. Call, E. K .; Albert E. Foth, E. S .; F. T. Merrick, C. H .; A. E. Leonard, P. S .; W. E. Granger, R. A. C .; S. E. Bailey, Treasurer ; Joseph M. Hall, Sec'y ; E. Howland, M. 3d V .; D. B. Chapin, M. 2d V .; W. H. Spooner, M. Ist V .; W. M. Hall, Tyler; J. S. Cushman, Chaplain.
HAMPDEN LODGE, F. & A. MASONS-Organized A. L. 5817. F. T. Merrick, W. M .; W. E. Granger, S. W .; H. S. Lee, J. W .; S. E. Bailey, Treasurer; W. R. Ladd, Sec'y; W. H. Spooner, S. D .; L. W. Hatch, J. D .; E. H. Sollace, S. S .; G. D. Rollins J. S .; C. E. Moore, Organist; J. Marvin, Chaplain ; A. E. Leonard, Marshal; W. M. Hall, T.
I. O. OF O. F.
AGAWAM ENCAMPMENT, No. 25, I. O. OF O. F .- Instituted in Springfield, January 1st, 1847. F. W. Sanderson, C. P .; Geo. Smith, H. P .; Andrew Titus, Scribe; S. R. Crane, Treasurer ; Charles Dick- erman, S. W .; S. W. Porter, J. W. Meet the 2d and 4th Monday evenings of each month, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Foot's Block.
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AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES .- STAGES.
HAMPDEN LODGE, No. 27, I. O. oF O. F .- Instituted in Springfield, February 7th, 1844. S. W. Porter, N. G .; L. Dustin, V. G .; A. Titus, Recording Secretary; A. H. Clark, Permanent Secretary ; B. B. Trask, Treasurer. Meet every Monday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Foot's Block, Main street.
CONCORDIA DIVISION, NO. 58, SONS OF TEMPERANCE-Meets every Wednesday evening at " Concordia Hall," in the second story of Rice's building, East State street, and numbers two hundred and eighty members and lady visitors. Its officers are: E. F. Pierce, W. P .; Wm. J. Hynes, W. A .; James C. Hardey, R. S .; Wm. H. Cate, A. R. S .; Thomas Chubbuck, F. S .; E. M. Elwell, T .; J. A. Chapin, Chap :; John Hopewell, Jr., Con .; M. R. Udell, A. C .; Geo. F. Merriam, P. W. P. Thomas Chubbuck of Springfield, P. G. W. A. of Massachusetts, is D. G. W. P. over the Divisions of the Sons of Temperance in the Connecticut valley district of the State.
HAMPDEN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Incorporated in 1844, annual meeting third Wednesday of Decem- ber. President, Phineas Stedman, Chicopee; Secretary and Treas- urer, J. N. Bagg, West Springfield; Directors, Silas Root, Westfield ; Aaron Bagg and Reuben Brooks, West Springfield ; William Pynchon, Henry Fuller, Jr., and J. S. McElwain, Springfield; R. Stebbins, Long- meadow; H. M. Sessions, Wilbraham; C. L. Buell, Ludlow. Eight- een towns are represented in its Vice Presidency.
HAMPDEN COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Organized January, 1861. Its officers for 1863 are J. B. Stebbins, Springfield, President; Dr. T. L. Chapman, Longmeadow; Geo. E. Howard, W. L. Smith, Springfield, Vice Presidents; J. E. Taylor, Sec- retary, Springfield; Gurdon Bill, Treasurer, Springfield ; Directors, Rev. Geo. B. Ide, D. D., E. S. Allen, Richard Bliss, C. L .· Covell, B. K. Bliss, T. Amidon, A. D. Briggs, C. W. Bryan, I. P. Dickinson, J. E. Russell, Springfield; Henry Dickinson, West Springfield ; Dexter Snow, Chicopee. The membership of the Society is about three hundred. The Society hold a Spring and Fall exhibition and during the summer a weekly exhibition.
STAGE ROUTES, EXPRESSES, &c.
Head Quarters of Stages at Exchange Hotel, Main Street.
SOUTH WILBRAHAM AND EAST LONGMEADOW-F. K. Lathrop, Proprietor. Tri-weekly. Leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur- days, at 2 P. M.
AGAWAM, FEEDING HILLS AND WEST SUFFIELD-Edward Albro, Proprietor. Leaves daily at 2 P. M.
SPRINGFIELD AND HOLYOKE EXPRESS-G. W. Philbrick, Proprie- tor. Leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 2 P. M. Slate at Homer Foot, & Co.'s. Stage stops at Collins' Stable.
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EXPRESSES .- CITY LIBRARY .- MUSEUM.
SPRINGFIELD, WEST SPRINGFIELD, AND MITTINEAQUE EXPRESS- Theodore Damon, Proprietor. Leaves Bridgman & Whitney's Book- store, daily, at 10} A. M., 4 of 4 P. M. Leaves Mittineaque } of 8 A. M., 4 of 1 P. M.
G. H. MALLORY'S WESTFIELD AND SPRINGFIELD EXPRESS-Book in Springfield at Tim Henry's Stable. Arrive at 11}, leave at 12.
SOUTH HADLEY EXPRESS-Pendleton & Judd, Proprietors. Leave Thompson & Co.'s daily, at 1 P. M.
THOMPSON & Co.'S AMERICAN EXPRESS-Proprietors, J. M. Thomp- son, Springfield ; W. N. Melcher, Boston ; R. L. Johnson, Albany. Springfield Office No. 3, Court street ; James M. Thompson, President and Treasurer; George P. Geer. Cashier; Edwin R. Colton, Agent; George P. Hammet, Outward Clerk; Henry G. Davis, Delivery Clerk ; C. G. Bryar, Driver ; Louis S. Taylor, Depot Freight Master.
ADAMS EXPRESS CO .- Thompson & Co., Agents; Geo. E. Frink, Chief Clerk. Office No. 3, Court street.
OMNIBUS ROUTES-Between Railroad Depot and Rockingham House, opposite U. S. Armory. Between Railroad Depot and Water Shops.
CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION-Library in City Hall building. Of- ficers-Librarian, William Rice; President, John L. King; Vice President, George Merriam; Clerk, William Rice ; Treasurer, James D. Safford ; Lecture Committee, A. L. Soule, E. W. Bond, J. L. King, Wm. Rice, C. W. Bryan, Gurdon Bill; Library Committee, Chester W. Chapin. Ethan S. Chapin, George Walker, Daniel L. Harris, John B. Stebbins, C. C. Chaffee, Samuel Bowles, James M. Thompson, E. W. Bond, George Bliss, P. B. Tyler, T. W. Wason, F. S. Bailey, Homer Foot, R. A. Chapman, A. Parish, Charles Merriam, Wm. H. Smith, Henry S. Lee, C. L. Covell, Josiah Hooker, Rev. F. Tiffany, James Kirkham, Henry Smith, O. H. Greenleaf; Auditors, Henry S. Lee, R. F. Hawkins. Number of volumes, June, 1863, about 14,000, exclusive of unbound pamphlets. The additions during the past year exceed 4,000 volumes, nearly one-third being donations, and "still they come." The Library Committee intend to purchase all the new works of popular interest as rapidly as they appear. The various works have been classified and arranged in departments, and there are 1000 paying subscribers. For the six months ending May 1st, 31,000 volumes were drawn from the Library for perusal. The Library is open for drawing books on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from 9.30 A. M. till 12.30 P. M., and from 3 to 5 P. M .; also on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, from 7 to 9 P. M. Sub- scriptions $1.00 per annum, for which two volumes can be drawn at once, and exchanged every Library day.
SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY .- This institution originated in 1860 with the Library Association, and two rooms were assigned to it in the City Hall, which have been fitted up with appro-
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CEMETERY .- PUBLIC HALLS .- ARMORY.
priate shelves and cases, ånd now contain about 1258 species and upwards of 3000 specimens of shells, classified by Dr. George A. Otis, now Surgeon of the 27th Massachusetts Regiment; also 130 species and over 300 specimens of stuffed birds; 25 stuffed quadru- peds, including two enormous wildcats, killed in this County ; 80 species of fish and reptiles ; small cabinets of insects, coral and crus- tacea; an extensive mineralogical cabinet; a large and very curious collection of fossils ; numerous Indian and foreign antiquities, and several flags and other trophies captured from the Southern rebels by our home troops. Additions are frequently made by the generos- ity of our citizens, and the Museum is in quite a flourishing state for so young an institution. The Museum is open and admission free to the public on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday evenings. At other times a permit from one of the trustees or curators is requisite for admission. The Trustees of the Museum are : D. L. Harris, Pres- ident; Dr. George A. Otis, Judge R. A. Chapman, John L. King, Samuel Bowles, T. N. Dale, Rev. Francis Tiffany, D. A. Wells, James Parker, R. B. Hildreth.
SPRINGFIELD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION -- George Bliss, President; Lewis Gorham, Clerk and Treasurer. The Cemetery grounds cover an extent of nearly forty acres, and from their opening in June, 1841, to January 1863, 5494 interments have been made in them, 202 of that number being from January, 1862, to January, 1863. The whole amount received for lots from May, 1862, to May, 1863, was $2,169,10.
PRINCIPAL PUBLIC HALLS IN SPRINGFIELD-City Hall, having seats for 2,700 persons. Application for the Hall to be made to the City Clerk. Music Hall, corner of Main and Pynchon streets, owned by Tilly Haynes, will seat 1,200 persons, is rented for lectures and first class entertainments only. Union Hall, adjacent to the Union House, South Main street; Rice's Hall, State street ; and Central Hall, in the new Union Block, are all commodious and pleasant places for assemblies, meetings, etc. The two latter are occupied for Sunday meetings.
PLACES WORTHY OF NOTICE FROM STRANGERS.
THE CITY HALL, fronting Court Square, erected at an expense of $100,000, ranks among the finest buildings in New England. It has an audience room, capable of holding 3,000 persons, and accommoda- tions for all city officers, Police Court, City Library, and City Museum.
THE CEMETERY-In the south-easterly part of the city, has its main entrance from Maple street, near its junction with Central street, with an entrance for carriages also from Pine street. and for people on foot from Mulberry and from Union streets. It has great natural ad- vantages of location and scenery, combining a fine variety of hill and dale, and is constantly being beautified and adorned by the hand of art.
THE UNITED STATES ARMORY-Has undergone much improvement and its working capacity been pushed to the utmost, during the past year, it being the only Government Armory in the country since the
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HAMPDEN PARK .- FRESHETS .- POPULATION.
destruction of that at Harper's Ferry by the rebels. The rules of admission are now quite stringent, as is necessary in war time, and visitors are not admitted to the workshops without a pass from the Superintendent. The magnificent view from the tower of the Arse- nal can, however, be enjoyed by respectable persons without such formality. The following comparative statistics will show the vast increase in the business of the armory: In the month of April, 1861, there were 504 men employed; in April, 1862, there were 1912 ; and in April, 1863, 2635. The number of muskets fabricated in April, 1861, was 1202; in May, 2000; in June, 3000; and the increase has been rapid and steady up to May, 1862, when 12,700 muskets were fabricated, and the production is now about 1000 muskets daily.
HAMPDEN PARK-Inaugurated September 29, 1857. Purchased and improved by the Hampden County Agricultural Society at a cost of $31,600, for an exhibition ground; "the finest and most conven- ient location the Society could have fixed upon, and unsurpassed for beauty and fitness by any lot devoted to a similar purpose, in the world." These grounds, sixty acres in extent, enclosed on the river side by a costly levee, on the other side by a substantial fence, con- tains a splendid barn, with stalls for cattle and horses, and extensive sheds in addition, devoted to a like purpose ; a mile and also a half- mile track, graded and kept in good condition; a range of seats three hundred feet long; and a judges' stand, tasteful in appearance and permanent in construction. Here are held the far-famed Springfield Horse Shows, and the annual Cattle Shows of the County Society. Its use as a public park is strikingly appropriate, for it was the first lot of land granted by the early settlers, within the first month after their arrival in 1636.
GREAT FRESHETS-Highest Rise of Water in Connecticut River- 1801, twenty-one feet six inches; 1843, April 18, twenty feet eight inches; 1854, May 1, twenty-two feet four inches; 1856, August 21, eighteen feet nine inches, (Camp Thompson inundated) ; 1859, March 20, twenty feet six inches; 1862, April 20, twenty-two feet two inches (Hampden Park flooded). The four last are taken from Mr. Butler's record at the Bridge.
POPULATION OF SPRINGFIELD-Census of 1860, 15,200, since which it has rapidly increased, and the number is now (summer of 1863) about 24,000.
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BANKS .- BLOCKS.
BANKS, BLOCKS, HOTELS, AND IN- SURANCE COMPANIES.
BANKS.
Agawam Bank, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street. Chicopee Bank, Main street, west side, corner Elm street. First National Bank, Main street, east side, opposite Court square. Five Cents Savings Bank, West Court street, opposite Court square. Hampden Savings Bank, at Agawam Bank, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street.
John Hancock Bank, Main street, west side, corner Fort street. Pynchon Bank, Main street, west side, near State street.
Springfield Bank, East State street, south side, near Main street. Springfield Institution for Savings, second floor Foot's Block, Main street, west side, corner State street.
BLOCKS.
Allis' Block, north Main street, west side, between R. R. Depot and Cypress street.
Barnes' Block, (stores,) Main street, west side, opposite Harrison avenue.
Barnes' Block, (dwellings,) East Bridge street, south side, midway between Main and Chestnut streets.
Bridgman's Block, Main street, west side, near corner of Howard street.
Burt's Block, Main street, west side, corner Bliss street.
Byers' Block, Elm street, south side, opposite Court square. Chicopee Bank Block, Main street, west side, corner Elm street. Colton's Block, Howard street, north side, near river bank.
Day & Jobson Block, North Main street, west side, corner Cypress street.
Foot's Block, Main street, west side, corner West State street. Fort Block, Main street, west side, corner Fort street.
Goodrich Block, Main street, west side, corner Hampden street. Hampden Hall Block, Main street, east side, corner East Court street.
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BLOCKS .- HOTELS.
Hampden House Block, Main street, west side, corner West Court street, and opposite Court square.
Hitchcock's Block, Main street, west side, corner Pynchon street. Hooker's Block, rear of small park on East State street, near junc- tion of Maple and Chestnut streets.
Hubbard's Block, East State street, south side, corner Walnut street, and opposite Armory grounds.
Kirkham's Block, East State street, south side, opposite Armory grounds.
Kirkham's Block, West State street, north side, near Main street. Massasoit Block, Main street, west side, next south of R. R. Depot. Music Hall Buildings, Main street, west side, corner Pynchon street. Old Republican Office Block, Sanford street, north side, corner Mar- ket street.
Old John Hancock Bank Block, East State street, south side, opposite Armory grounds.
Post Office Block, Elm street, south side, near Main street, and opposite Court Square.
Pynchon Bank Block, Main street, west side, between State and Elm streets.
Pynchon House Block, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street. Republican Block, Main street, east side, between Harrison avenue and East Court street.
Rice's Block, East State street, south side, opposite Dwight street. Stockbridge Block, Main street, east side, corner Stockbridge street. Trask's Block, river bank, near foot of Pynchon street.
Union Block, Main street, east side, corner Harrison avenue, and opposite Pynchon street.
Walker's Block, East State street, south side, corner Maple street.
Western Railroad Buildings, Main Street, east side, south of and adjoining railroad track.
Wilcox Block, Main street, west side, between Worthington and Fort streets.
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