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BLOCKS.
Allis' Block, North Main street, west side, between R. R. Depot and 1 Cypress street.
Allis' New Block, Main street, north of R. R. Depot.
Barnes' Block, (stores,) Main street, west side, opposite Harrison avenue.
Barnes' Block, (dwellings,) East Bridge street, south side, midway between Main and Chestnut streets.
Birnie's Block, Liberty street, near Chase's lumber yard.
Boston and Albany R. R. Block, first north depot, west side. Brewer's Block, Brewer's Court, North Main street.
Bridgman's Block, Main street, near corner of Howard street. Burbank's Block, corner of Stockbridge and Willow streets.
Burt's Block, Main street, west side, corner Bliss street. Bush's Block, South Main street, opposite Howard street. Byer's 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. Cody's Block, corner North Main and Ferry streets.
Day & Jobson's Block, North Main street, west side, corner Cy- press street.
Fallon's Block, Main street, near Vernon street.
First National Bank Block, Main street, east side, opposite Court Square.
Franklin Block, corner Main street and Townsley avenue.
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BLOCKS.
Foot's Block, Main street, west side, corner West State street. Fort Block, Main street, west side, corner Fort street.
Gilmore's Block, Main street, west side, adjoining Music Hall Block. Goodrich Block, Main street, west side, corner Hampden street. Granger's Block, Main street, south of Union House.
Gunn's Block, opposite Armory Grounds, East State street. Hale's Block, corner Main and West Worthington streets. Hampden Hall Block, Main street, east side, corner East Court street. Hampden House Block, Main street, west side, corner West Court street, and opposite Court Square.
Haynes' Hotel Block, corner Main and Pynchon streets.
Hitchcock's Block, corner Main and West Worthington streets.
Hubbard's Block, East 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. Lincoln Hall Block, Mill street, near Water Shops.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Block, Main street, south of Franklin Block.
Massasoit Block, Main street, west side, next south of R. R. Depot. Montague's Block, East Bridge street, north side, near Main street. Music Hall Block, Main street, west side, corner Pynchon street.
Old John Hancock Bank Block, East State street, south side, oppo- site Armory Grounds .
Old Post-Office Block, Elm street, south side, near Main street, and opposite Court Square.
Parker's Block, Harrison avenue, north side, near Main street.
Parsons' Block, Main street, west side, corner Howard street. Patton & Loomis' Block, corner Main and Hampden streets.
Pynchon Bank Block, Main street, west side, between State and Elm streets.
Pynchon House Block, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street. Rice's Block, East State street, south side, opposite Dwight street. Savings' Bank Block, north-east corner Main and State streets. Sceery's Block, Market street.
Shaw's Block, Main street, opposite Barnes' Lot. Smith's Block, river bank, foot Pynchon street.
Stebbins' Block, North Main street, near Carew street.
Stockbridge Block, Main street, east side, corner Stockbridge street. Taylor & Olmsted's Block, Main street, corner of Taylor street.
Trask's Block, river bank, near foot of Pynchon street.
Townsley's Block, Main street, opposite Vernon street.
Union Block, Main street, east side, corner Harrison avenue, and opposite Pynchon street.
Union House Block, corner Main and Bliss streets.
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.
The City.
ITS GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES, AND OBJECTS OF NOTE.
CITY OFFICERS FOR 1869.
MAYOR-CHARLES A. WINCHESTER.
ALDERMEN-Ward One, J. M. Cooley; Ward Two, Geo. Dwight; Ward Three, William H. Smith; Ward Four, W. S. Marsh; Ward Five, Joseph M. Hall; Ward Six, George E. Howard; Ward Seven, Charles Gage ; Ward Eight, Charles J. Goodwin.
CLERK-A. T. Folsom.
COMMON COUNCILMEN-President, Henry S. Lee; Ward One, George M. Atwater, Josiah Bumstead, John Olmsted; Ward Two, Charles R. Ladd, O. H. Greenleaf, C. C. Smith; Ward Three, A. J. McIn- tosh, E. H. Patch, J. H. Appleton; Ward Four, Henry S. Lee, E. G. Norton, L. J. Powers; Ward Five, Alden Warner, E. B. Haskell, W. P. Taylor; Ward Six, I. P. Dickinson; Ward Seven, William H. Pinney; Ward Eight, George Swetland.
CLERK-Lucius E. Ladd.
CITY CLERK AND TREASURER-Albert T. Folsom.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-At Large, Horace Kibbe; Ward One, John M. Stebbins; Ward Two, William Rice; Ward Three, S. G. Bucking- ham; Ward Four, John L. King; Ward Five, S. W. Porter; Ward Six, John B. Stebbins; Ward Seven, Marcellus Pinney ; Ward Eight, Hiram Warner.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-E. A. Hubbard.
SCHOOL-HOUSE AGENT-R. Kinsley.
MESSENGER-J. D. Bigelow.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
CITY ENGINEER-W. B. Harris,
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS-J. Q. A. Sexton.
SUPERVISORS OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-The Mayor, ex-officio; Alderman Smith,-Councilman Patch.
ASSESSORS- Francis Norton, D. A. Adams, and J. G. Capron. TAX COLLECTOR-Francis Norton.
BOARD ON CLAIMS-The Mayor, Alderman Dwight, and President of the Common Council.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE COURT-James H. Morton, Justice. Special Justices, Charles A. Winchester, Edward Morris. Court held daily (Sundays excepted) at 9 A. M., in the Police Court Room, City Hall.
CITY MARSHAL-L. H. Pease.
ASSISTANT MARSHAL-E. S. Crosier.
NIGHT AND DAY WATCHMEN-E. C. Pettis, J. C. Shamp, H. A. Braman, Nelson Witt, Willard Hutchins, W. T. Smart, A. M. Piper, P. V. B. Havens, Alfred Clough, Charles Chapman, S. M. Dennen, Charles M. Wright.
CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH-E. C. Pettis.
POLICE OFFICERS-Marcus Houghton, Charles Osborne, Larkin Newell, K. B. Webster, Albion Jones, J. W. Brainard, Solomon C. Warner, Jr., Luther Clark, Frederick B. Miller, George B. Russell, Benjamin Lyon, E. F. Foster, Samuel S. Damon, Peter Platt, Charles Geckler, S. P. Howard, Silas P. Brooks, E. B. Boyd, George K. Jacobs, Lester Smith, A. P. Leshure, H. L. Filmore, B. M. Durfee, Henry Coggswell, J. L. Briggs, J. K. Ramsdell, D. P. Woolson, Hiram Patterson, John Batchelder, John Flynn.
TRUANT OFFICERS-J. L. Ames, J. C. Shamp, Willard Hutchins, E. C. Pettis, Richard C. Barrett, P. V. B. Havens.
OVERSEERS OF POOR-The Mayor ex-officio, L. H. Pease, D. A. Adams, D. J. Bartlett.
CITY PHYSICIAN-H. G. Stickney.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF ENGINEER-L. H. Powers.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS-C. F. Hovey, E. D. Stock, Peter Platt, T. E. Emery, J. S. Frost.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, 1869.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
ON ENROLLED BILLS-Messrs. Goodwin, Smith and Hall. ON BILLS IN SECOND READING-Messrs. Smith, Cooley and Gage. ON ELECTIONS-Messrs. Dwight, Howard and Marsh. ON ORDINANCES-Messrs. Howard, Cooley and Goodwin.
ON SEWERS AND DRAINS-Messrs. Cooley, Marsh and Gage.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
ON FINANCE-The Mayor, Alderman Howard, the President of the Common Council, Councilmen Greenleaf and Atwater.
ON ACCOUNTS-Aldermen Hall and Dwight, Councilmen McIntosh, Patch and Norton.
ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS-Aldermen Smith and Cooley, Coun- cilmen Patch, Dickinson and Haskell.
ON CITY PROPERTY-Aldermen Marsh and Dwight, Councilmen Warner, Bumstead and Appleton.
ON PAUPER DEPARTMENT-Aldermen Gage and Goodwin, Coun- cilmen Swetland, Olmsted and Warner.
ON LIGHTING STREETS-Aldermen Cooley and Goodwin, Council- men Taylor, Olmsted and McIntosh.
ON FIRE DEPARTMENT-Aldermen Dwight and Hall, Councilmen Bumstead, Pinney and Powers.
ON EDUCATION-Aldermen Howard and Smith, Councilmen Ladd, Norton and Powers.
ON PRINTING-The Mayor, President of the Common Council, and Councilman Smith.
JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
ON WORTHINGTON STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE-Aldermen Marsh and Smith, Councilmen Norton, Ladd and Appleton.
ON STATE AID-The Mayor, Alderman Cooley, Councilmen Swet- land, Taylor and Smith. .
COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
ÔN ENROLLED BILLS-Messrs. Norton, Swetland and Pinney.
ON BILLS IN SECOND READING-Messrs. Patch, Taylor and At- water.
ON ELECTIONS-Messrs. Warner, Greenleaf and Dickinson.
ON ORDINANCES-Messrs. Ladd, Haskell and Powers.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK-Luther Bliss, Jr., Harvey Ly- man, W. A. Spooner, C. J. Eaton, George H. Converse, Hiram A. Keith, R. W. Pinney, Charles A. Woolson, W. H. Pinney, S. W. Sex- ton, Charles A. Call, Daniel Hitchcock, E. H. Patch, George A. Graves, O. H. Houston, Charles Chapman.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-A. B. Manley.
INSPECTORS OF LIME-E. S. Crosier, Marcus Houghton.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER-James Goodwin, Oshea Page, Edward Cooley.
POUND KEEPERS-S. P. Howard, W. L. Keyes, Joseph Mosier.
FENCE VIEWERS-David A. Adams, Harvey Butler, I. P. Dickin- son, Alvin N. Kibbe, William Pynchon.
WEIGHERS OF COAL-H. W. Worden, W. H. Haley, Charles W. Chapin, R. W. Rice, J. T. Ripley, J. R. Crooks.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS-E. W. Browne, A. H. Warriner, R. W. Rice, S. W. Sexton, Hiram E. Emery.
MEASURER OF GRAIN-Franklin Richmond.
INSPECTORS OF CHARCOAL BASKETS-L. H. Pease, E. S. Crosier.
WARD OFFICERS.
WARD ONE-Warden, Henry Clark ; Clerk, L. E. Ladd; Inspec- tors, Noyes W. Fisk, Ariel Ladd, William Pynchon.
WARD Two-Warden, E. A. Perkins; Clerk, Henry F. Trask; Inspectors, W. W. Thomas, C. W. Mutell, E. F. Farmer.
WARD THREE- Warden, Nelson C. Newell; Clerk, F. S. Graves, Jr .; Inspectors, H. O. Kendall, James S. Adams, B. C. English.
WARD FOUR-Warden, William J. Phelps; Clerk, H. W. Pearl; Inspectors, Marcus Houghton, Edward M. Walker, H. M. Phillips.
WARD FIVE-Warden, James S. Brown; Clerk, Eugene A. Mills; Inspectors, George K. Jacobs, Daniel C. Pease, William H. Shattuck.
WARD SIX- Warden, Amos Call; Clerk, Elijah A. Newell; Inspec- tors, Daniel Schoonmaker, Elbridge Barton, S. C. Warner, Jr.
WARD SEVEN-Warden, Robert Morris; Clerk, John A. Hall; In- spectors, John Chattaway, J. F. Brierly, T. W. Shaw.
WARD EIGHT- Warden, Samuel Mills; Clerk, George H. Glid- den; Inspectors, Daniel P. Woolson, James H. Butler, William L. Converse.
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POPULATION-HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
POPULATION AND VALUATION.
The population of Springfield by the census of 1865, was as follows: Ward 1, 3,775; Ward 2, 3,417; Ward 3, 4,051; Ward 4, 2,880; Ward 5, 3,470; Ward 6, 1,405; Ward 7, 1,494; Ward 8, 1,546 ; total, 22,038. A large number left the Armory before this census. Rev. J. W. Denton's recent careful canvass gives the num- ber of families as 4,355, and classifies the foreign population thus : Irish, 5,045; Germans, 455; English, 470; other nationalities, prin- cipally French Canadians, 972. In 1860, the population of the city was 15,200; in 1869 (estimated), 30,000.
The Assessors report the present real estate valuation of Spring- field at $15,125,520, an increase of $2,367,100 over last year ; valua- tion of personal property, $5,322,640, an increase of $211,830; total valuation $20,448,160. The number of polls is 6,094, 76 less than last year.
HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
TIME OF HOLDING COURTS-Supreme Judicial Court, law term, fourth Monday in September; nisi prius term, fourth Tuesday in April. Superior Court, civil terms, second Monday in March and June, and fourth Monday in October; criminal terms, third Monday in May and first Monday in December. Probate Court, holden at Springfield on the first Tuesdays of every month, except August and October; at Westfield on the third Tuesdays of March, June, Sep- tember and December; at Monson on the second Tuesday of June, and at Palmer on the second Tuesday of September. The Court of Insolvency is held at the discretion of the Judge, according to the requirements of business to come before it.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
JUDGE OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY - William S. Shurtleff, Office in the Old Post-Office Block, Springfield.
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY-Samuel B. Spooner of Springfield. Office in Court House.
CLERK OF COURTS-George B. Morris of Springfield. Office in Court House.
REGISTER OF DEEDS-James E. Russell of Springfield. Office in Court House. 2
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
COUNTY TREASURER-M. Wells Bridge. Office in Court House.
OVERSEERS OF HOUSE OF CORRECTION-George Dwight, Gideon Wells of Springfield ; E. V. B. Holcomb of Chicopee.
SHERIFF-Addison M. Bradley of Springfield.
JAILOR-Joseph S. Noble of Westfield.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS-Springfield, David A. Adams, A. H. G. Lewis, William H. H. Blair; Henry C. Fuller, Indian Orchard.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-William M. Lewis of Blandford; Phineas Stedman of Chicopee; Randolph Stebbins of Longmeadow. Special Commissioners-Newton S. Hubbard of Brimfield ; Albert D. Bagg of West Springfield. Times of Meeting-at Springfield on the second Tuesday of April, and the first Tuesday of October, and fourth Tuesdays of June and December.
COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OFFICERS-Springfield-George Bliss, George B. Morris, Oliver B. Morris, William S. Shurtleff, Sam- uel B. Spooner.
CORONERS-Springfield -Eliphalet Trask, 'Joseph Ingraham, Wil- liam E. Montague.
NOTARIES PUBLIC-E. W. Bond, A. L. Soule, J. M. Stebbins, J. H. Morton, George Walker, J. M. Thompson, Charles Marsh, William Stowe, Horace C. Lee, Henry S. Lee, James A. Rumrill, J. E. McIn- tire, William S. Greene, Edward Morris, T. Alden Curtis, Edward H. Hyde, Stephen E. Seymour, H. M. Phillips.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-including Justices of the Peace and Quo- rum designated by a *, and Justices throughout the Commonwealth by a +-Henry Alexander, Jr., +George Ashmun, William K. Baker Charles A. Beach, Richard Beebe, S. C. Bemis, +George Bliss, Henry W. Bosworth, Milton Bradley, Melville W. Bridge, *Ephraim W. Bond, Walter H. Bowdoin, Timothy M. Brown, Augustine Burt, Roderick Burt, Harvey Butler, Wm. G. Chamberlain, Chester W. Chapin, Harvey Chapin, Thomas Chubbuck, Benjamin Day, Benjamin, Davis, (Indian Orchard,) E. W. Dickinson, Hugh Donnelly, Calvin J. Eaton, Edmund Freeman, Albert T. Folsom, Horatio R. Fletcher, Joseph B. Gardiner, Henry Gray, William S. Greene, Sanford J. Hall, Joseph W. Holmes, Erastus Hayes, R. B. Hildreth, *Josiah Hooker, *Charles Howard, Nathaniel Howard, John W. Hunt, Henry S. Hyde, James Kirkham, Joseph Ingraham, Charles R. Ladd, Horace C. Lee, Henry S. Lee, N. A. Leonard, Charles Marsh, James E. McIntire William E. Montague, R. S. Moore, *Henry Morris, George B. Morris,
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER-BANKS.
R. O. Morris, Edward Morris, *James H. Morton, Harvey E. Mose- ley, Simeon Newell, *Smith R. Phillips, Samuel W. Porter, Joseph C. Pynchon, Marcellus Pinney, *Caleb Rice, Charles W. Rice, James E. Russell, William S. Shurtleff, Henry Smith, Heman Smith, *Wil- liam L. Smith, A. L. Soule, Samuel B. Spooner, John M. Stebbins, *William Stowe, James M. Thompson, Lewis A. Tifft, *Eliphalet Trask, George Walker, C. A. Winchester, Gideon Wells.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER-William L. Smith.
COMMISSIONERS, resident in Springfield, appointed to take testimony to be used, and acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded, in the following named States-Illinois, George Walker; Iowa, George Walker; Maine, James H. Morton; Michigan, George Walker; New Hamp- shire, George Walker; New York, George Walker, E. W. Bond, A. L. Soule, William S. Shurtleff, S. R. Phillips; Ohio. George Walker; Pennsylvania, George Walker; Rhode Island, James H. Morton; South Carolina, James H. Morton; Connecticut, S. R. Phillips; Ore- gon, S. R. Phillips.
BANKS.
AGAWAM NATIONAL BANK-Corner Main and Lyman streets, near R. R. Depot-Capital, $300,000. President, Marvin Chapin; Cashier, F. S. Bailey ; Teller, P. S. Bailey ; Book-keeper, R. H. Loomis; Clerks, S. S. Bailey, W. M. Willard; Directors, Marvin Chapin, James A. Rumrill, D. L. Harris, Edward Southworth, Arthur I. Bemis, L. J. Powers, H. S. Hyde, J. H. Appleton.
CHICOPEE NATIONAL BANK-Corner Main and Elm streets, Cap- ital, $400,000. President, Henry Fuller, Jr .; Cashier, Thomas War- ner, Jr .; Teller, A. B. West ; Book-keeper, C. H. Churchill ; Clerks, H. K. Simons, Charles L. Hubbard; Directors, Philo F. Wilcox, Henry Fuller, Jr., James D. Brewer, Gad O. Bliss, Elijah W. Bliss, Horace Smith, Henry S. Lee.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK-Main street, opposite Court Square- Capital, $300,000. President, James Kirkham; Cashier, J. D. Saf- ford; Teller, Dustin A. Folsom; Book-keeper, W. M. Gray; Clerk, F. L. Safford ; Directors, James Kirkham, O. H. Greenleaf, Henry Morris, D. B. Wesson, W. K. Baker, T. W. Wason, George E. Howard.
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BANKS.
JOHN HANCOCK NATIONAL BANK-Fort Block, corner Main and Fort streets-Capital, $150,000. President, R. S. Moore; Cashier, Edmund D. Chapin; Teller, James A. Bryan; Clerk, George K. Tap- ley ; Directors, R. S. Moore, Elisha Gunn, A. L. Soule, Abijah W. Chapin, W. H. Wilkinson, John Kimberly, James M. Thompson.
PYNCHON NATIONAL BANK-212 Main street-Capital, $150,000. President, H. N. Case; Cashier, Charles Marsh ; Teller, E. M. Bart- lett; Book-keeper, Wm. C. Simons; Directors, Benjamin K. Bliss, H. N. Case, Homer Foot, E. W. Bond, Willis Phelps, N. W. Talcott, R. M. Cooley, James Abbe.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK (formerly Springfield Bank)-205 Main street, New Building-Capital, $300,000. President, Henry Alex- ander, Jr .; Cashier, Lewis Warriner; Teller, Charles B. Fisk ; Book- keeper, William F. Adams; Clerk, Fred Harris; Directors, Henry Alexander, Jr., Josiah Hooker, Benjamin Day, William Gunn, Alfred Rowe, George B. Morris, Horace Kibbe, Gurdon Bill, Hinsdale Smith.
THIRD NATIONAL BANK-Barnes' Block, Main street-Capital, $500,000. President, George Walker; Cashier, Frederick H. Harris; Teller, F. S. Bacon; Book-keeper, William G. Twing; Directors, George Walker, John L. King, Edmund Freeman, Clark W. Bryan, John Wells, Joseph Carew, J. C. Parsons, Aaron Bagg, James H. Morton.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK, at Agawam National Bank, corner Main and Lyman streets, near R. R. Depot-President, Stephen C. Bemis; Vice-Presidents, C. W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, E. Trask, F. Morgan ; Trustees, James A. Rumrill, W. H. Wilkinson, T. M. Brown, M. Chapin, T. W. Wason, E. Southworth, W. K. Baker, John M. Steb- bins, William Melcher, R. F. Hawkins, Arthur I. Bemis; Secretary and Treasurer, F. S. Bailey. Deposits, $600,000. Business hours, every business day at Agawam National 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 six per cent. per annum.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK-Hampden House Block, No. 2 Court street. President, Joseph C. Pynchon; Vice Presidents, Willis Phelps, Aaron Bagg, A. W. Chapin; Trustees, Daniel Pyn- chon, H. Fuller, Jr., T. Warner, Jr., William Rice, Charles Marsh,
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BANKS-INSURANCE COMPANIES.
David Smith, George B. Morris, William L. Smith, James E. Russell; Secretary, E W. Bond; Treasurer, D. J. Marsh. Deposits, $625,- 287.98. Business hours, from 9 A. M., to 1 P. M., and from 2 to 3. P. M. Deposits received from Five Cents to One Thousand Dollars.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS-New building, corner of 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. Steb- bins, William Gunn, Henry S. Lee; Auditors, Homer Foot, E. Free- man, J. D. Brewer; Treasurer, Henry S. Lee ; Secretary, W. S. Shurtleff; Teller, W. H. Hawkes; Book-keeper, Henry H. Bowman. Deposits, $3,200,000. Business hours, from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., and from 2 to 3 P. M. Receives deposits and pays interest on all sums from One to One Thousand Dollars. Interest, six per cent. com- pounded.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY-President, Elijah Blake ; Secretary, Lewis A. Tifft. Office over Chicopee National Bank.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY-Cash capi- tal, $500,000. President, Edmund Freeman ; Vice President, Dwight R. Smith; Secretary, Sanford J. Hall; Book-keeper, A. J. Wright ; Clerks, H. W. Royce, Henry M. Gates, Loyal Rogers, R. W. Day; Directors, Edmund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L, Harris, Marvin Chapin, Edward Southworth, William Birnie, William Stowe, James Brewer, George Walker, Lombard Dale, Charles Merriam, Henry E. Russell, Waitstill Hastings, George A. Hull, Dwight R. Smith. Office, Fort Block, Main street.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-Capital and surplus, exceeding, $2,500,000. President, Caleb Rice; Vice Presi- dent, E. W. Bond; Secretary, Francis B. Bacon; Actuary, James Weir Mason; Clerks, George C. Andrews, E. D. Capron, C. T. Mer- rill, N. A. Winans, J. A. Schlessinger, C H. Lang, Howard A. Crofts, H. H. Leonard; Medical Examiner, David P. Smith, M. D .; Direc- tors, Caleb Rice, Henry Fuller, Jr., Edmund Freeman, Otis Childs, W. C. Sturtevant, Samuel Bowles, Ephraim W. Bond, James Kirk- ham, Joseph Stone, Clark W. Bryan, F. B. Bacon, Sylvanus Adams, Springfield; Elliot C. Cowdin, Alfred Lambert, New York; A. I. Benyon, R. W. Holman, Boston, Mass .; William Bross, Benjamin 2*
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BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS-RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
Lombard, Chicago, Ill .; J. L. Erringer, Philadelphia, Pa .; John S. Kidder, Manchester, N. H,; Gen. George J. Stannard, St. Albans, Vt .; James M. Churchill, Portland, Me .; Superintendent of Agencies, M. V. B. Edgerly. Office in Company's new building, 211 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS-Organized February 22, 1869. Meetings are held every Saturday morning at James M. Por- ter's office in Music Hall Block. President, A. W. Chapin; Vice President, J. W. Holmes ; Secretary, James M. Porter.
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. L. H. Cone, October, 1867.
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. R. G. Greene.
MEMORIAL CHURCH-Round Hill, at junction of Main, Chicopee, and Bradford streets, and Plainfield road. Organized October 29, 1865. Rev. W. T. Eustis, June 2, 1869.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (Indian Orchard)-Rev. William Rice, stated supply, March, 1866.
FREE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (Colored)-Sanford street. Found- ed 1849. Rev. Samuel Harrison, November, 1866.
CHURCH OF THE UNITY, UNITARIAN-State street, above Maple street. Founded 1819. Rev. Charles A. Humphreys, November 29, 1865.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-State street, near junction of Chest- nut and Maple streets. Founded 1838. Pulpit vacant.
FIRST BAPTIST-Corner Main street and Harrison avenue. Found- ed 1811. Rev. George B. Ide, D. D., October, 1852.
STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH-State street opposite Dwight street. ª Organized 1864. Rev. A. K. Potter, installed January, 1865.
FIRST METHODIST-Corner Florence and Hancock streets. Founded 1815. Rev. Samuel Roy, April, 1868.
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RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES-Y. M. C. ASSOCIATION.
UNION STREET METHODIST-Corner Union and Mulberry streets. Founded 1823. Rev. J. H. Mansfield.
PYNCHON STREET METHODIST-Pynchon street, near Main street. Founded 1844. Rev. Charles D. Hills, April, 1867. This society will remove to their new church (The Trinity) on East Bridge street, in October.
CENTRAL METHODIST-Main street, opposite Bliss street. Organized January 3, 1867. Rev. Dr. Edward Cooke.
UNION METHODIST (Colored)-Hold services in the Chapel on Lor- ing street. Rev. George Bailey, April, 1866.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, UNIVERSALIST-Corner Chestnut and East Bridge streets. Founded 1827. Rev. H. R .. Nye, June, 1867.
ST. MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC-Corner of State and Elliot streets. Founded 1861. Rev. P. Healy.
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, ROMAN CATHOLIC (Indian Orchard)-Or- ganized in 1863. Services every Sabbath morning. Church under pastoral care of Rev. P. Healy.
THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, OR SWEDENBORGIANS -- Organized 1853. Meet for Divine worship Sabbath afternoons, at their Chapel, No. 3 Maple street.
SECOND ADVENTISTS, or the Association of Believers in the Pre- Millennial Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ-Chapel on Vernon street.
FREE CONFERENCE SOCIETY, SPIRITUALISTS-Hold meetings in Barnes Block, Main street, every Sabbath afternoon at 2 o'clock.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
The Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield offer a pleasant place of resort for evenings and leisure hours, enable young men to become acquainted with each other, and welcome and befriend strangers. Rooms in new Insurance Building, 211 Main street, second floor; open from 9 A. M. till 10 P. M. The leading political and religious newspapers, daily and weekly, to- gether with the magazines, may be found here. President, H. W. Hallett; Vice-Presidents, F. H. Goldthwait, C. S. Hurlburt; Secre- tary, A. L. Leonard ; Treasurer, W. F. Adams; Directors, A. H. Kirkham, J. C. Hancock, W. H. H. Wooster, A. J. Pease, A. L. Covell, H. S. Bushnell, J. E. Stanton, Augustus Coolidge, John M. Chapin.
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