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CONCORDIA DIVISION, NO. 58, S. OF T. - Meets every Wednesday evening, at room 27, Foot's block, 502 Main street. Officers
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-W. P., A. H. Kendall; W. A., John J. ident, P. J. Ryan ; secretary, Patrick Mc- Denver; R. S., Thomas Chubbuck ; F. S., Miss Mary A. Dickinson ; T., A. J. Cook ; Chaplain, Samuel Colton ; C., Charles N. Packard.
Relief Associations.
FIREMEN'S MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIA- TION-Object to provide for members of the Fire Department, who are disabled in the discharge of duty, $10 per week being allowed in each case. The fund amounts to about $3,300, of which $500 was re- ceived from the Second National Bank, after the fire of February 6; over $400 has been paid to firemen disabled while on duty the past year. Each company contributes $7 per year, and the income from the an- nual firemen's ball is added. Officers- president, H. C. Lombard; vice - presi- dent, S. B. Chapman; secretary, W. A. Withey; treasurer, E. D. Chapin ; trus- tees, L. H. Powers, H. C. Lombard, H. Knapp, John A. Lynch, E. D. Stock, Samuel B. Chapman, C. Mayne, R. Car- gill.
MASONIC MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS-Organized in 1870, and composed exclusively of Ma- sons. Members pay an admission fee of $3, if 50 years of age or under, and a larger sum if older. In case of death, the family of the deceased receive $1 from each member. Officers-President, George W. Ray; vice-president, J. E. Taylor ; treasurer, T. Warner, Jr .; secretary, Silas L. Kenyon. Membership, about 850.
ODD FELLOWS MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCI- ATION OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VAL- LEY .- John M. Wood, president, Hamp- den Lodge, Springfield; H. A. Bowen, vice-president, Alethian Lodge, Shelburne Falls; W. P. Beals, treasurer, St. John's Lodge, Chicopee ; W. W. Gardner, secre- tary, De Soto Lodge, Springfield. Fee for admission, $1.50 for applicants under thirty- five years, and half a dollar more for eachı five years of age from thirty-five to sixty- five; if sixty-five or above, $10. In case of death, the family of the deceased receives $1 from each member of the Association.
ST. MICHAEL'S MUTUAL RELIEF SOCI- ETY-Meets the second Sunday in each month, at room in rear of Cathedral. Pres-
Namara ; treasurer, Owen O'Connor; chap- lain, Rev. J. J. McDermott. Membership, 100; fund, $1,000; initiation fee, $1; dues, 25 cents a month. Sick members receive $4 a week and care of associates ; in case of death, $30 is granted.
YOUNG CATHOLIC FRIENDS SOCIETY- Object, relief of needy orphans in this city. Officers-President, Rev. Charles E. Burke; vice-president, F. J. Donoghue ; recording secretary, John F. Stapleton ; financial secretary, Thomas F. Russell ; treasurer, Owen O'Connor. Meets first Sunday in each month in the room in the rear of the Cathedral. Membership, 265. Raised and expended for charitable pur- poses, the past year, $1,500.
MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE EMPLOYES OF THE B. & A. R. R. Co .- Trus- tees, C. O. Russell, J. W. Clark, H. C. Hamilton, A. S. Bryant, W. H. Stearns, Robert Eccles, Marcus Cadwell; secretary and treasurer, Albert Holt. Meets in the secretary's room in the Boston & Albany Railroad block, first Wednesday evening in every month, and annually on the fourth Wednesday evening of March, at 712 P. M.
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE BENEVOLENT SOCI- ETY-Organized 1864. Meets in Foot's block the first and third Wednesday in each month. Officers-D. J. Darche, president ; J. B. Prevost, vice-president ; Joseph Grise, recording secretary, Eli Deschamp, treasu- rer. There are about 50 members.
Street Railway.
The corporation was organized in 1869, with $100,000 capital stock, of which, only $50,000 has been issued. Directors-G. M. Atwater, Homer Foot, C. L. Covell, H. W. Phelps, John Olmstead ; superintendent, F. E. King ; clerk of the corporation, Gideon Wells. Office at the station, 278 North Main street.
The new and very complete time tables for the street cars are given on page 22. Fare, 8 cents; sixteen tickets for $1, for adults; twenty tickets for $1, for children. The route of the railway is from Hooker street through Chicopee and Main to State street, and thence up State street to Win- chester Park ; also from State street through Main to Locust street.
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Hotels.
Allis House, Allis' new block, 230 Main street; Thatcher & Field.
Carlton House, 11 and 13 Hampden street; A. Hanrahan.
Cooley's Hotel, 205 and 211 Main street, north of Railroad depot; J. M. Cooley.
Exchange Hotel, 478 Main street ; Adams & Fuller.
Gruendler's Hotel, 17 and 21 Bridge street; Berthold Winkler.
Haynes' Hotel, 406 Main street, corner Pynchon ; Tilly Haynes.
Indian Leap House, Indian Orchard, Main street, near Horse Railroad ; Samuel Pease.
Massasoit House, 236 and 238 Main street and 3 Railroad street, near Railroad depot; M. & E. S. Chapin.
Nayasset House, 35 Railroad street ; William L. Clegg.
Pynchon House, 243 Main street, corner Lyman; Chandler & Bemis.
Revere House, 193 Main street ; Mrs. A. L. Smith.
Rockingham House, 481, 483 and 485 State street; A. Nason.
Sanford Street House, 10 and 12 Sanford street ; B. Jobson, Jr.
Springfield House, 75 and 77 State street ; August Sheppert.
Sulphur Springs Hcuse, Indian Orchard ; Charles Simonds.
Union House, 528 Main street, corner Bliss ; H. M. French.
United States Hotel, 547 Main street; George Burbach.
Public Halls.
CITY HALL, Court street, has seats for 2,700 persons. Application for it to be made to the City Clerk.
MUSIC Hall, corner Main and Pynchon streets, will seat 1,200 persons, and is rented for lectures and first class entertainments only. Applications for it may be made to Tilly Haynes, at Haynes' Hotel, Main street.
GILMORE'S HALL, Gilmore's Block, will seat 600 persons. Applications may be made to D. O. Gilmore, Gilmore's block, Main street.
INDEPENDENCE HALL, State street, nearly opposite United States Arsenal.
INSTITUTE HALL, Savings Bank block will seat 350 persons. Applications may be made at the Springfield Institution for Sav- ings.
UNION HALL, Union House block, will seat 600 persons. Applications may be made to H. M. French, Union House, 428 Main street.
FRANKLIN HALL, 28 Pynchon street, near Post-office, will seat 500 persons. Applica- tions may be made to Dr. Higgins, 489 Main street.
GUNN'S HALL, Gunn' block, corner State and Walnut streets, will seat 250 persons. Applications may be made to William Gunn & Co., 87 State street.
LINCOLN HALL, corner Mill and Walnut streets, at the Water shops, will seat 500 persons. Applications may be made to W. H. Pinney, Lincoln Hall block.
Stage Routes, Expresses, etc.
SOUTH WILBRAHAM AND EAST LONG- MEADOW-Frank Davis, proprietor. Leaves the Exchange Hotel every day (Sundays excepted ) at 2 P. M.
AGAWAM, FEEDING HILLS AND WEST SUFFIELD-S. Viets, proprietor. Leaves V. M. Blaisdell's Restaurant, 471 Main street, at 2 P. M., and railroad depot, daily, at 2.15 P. M.
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY-W. B. Dins- more, president ; E. S. Sanford, vice-presi- dent; J. M. Thompson, secretary ; Henry Sanford, general superintendent ; E. G. Wescott, superintendent New England Di- vision. Office, 14 Court street. F. H. Fos- ter, agent. Lines extending south and south-west.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY-William C. Fargo, president ; Theodore M. Pome- roy, vice-president ; E. P. Ross, treasurer ; J. N. Knapp, secretary ; J. C. Fargo, gen- eral superintendent ; M. B. White, assist- ant general superintendent Eastern Divi- sion ; H. W. Dwight, superintendent East -. ern division. Office, Albany, N. Y. Spring- field office, Lyman street, near Main street ; also a receiving office at J. T. Webber's, 507 Main street. H. M. Morehouse, agent. Lines extending north, east and west.
SPRINGFIELD AND HOLYOKE EXPRESS -E. Whitney, proprietor. Leaves Spring- field, daily, at 2 P. M. Orders may be left at Homer Foot & Co's, Whitney & Adams', Gunn & Merrill's, and E. C. Barr & Co.'s saloon, 471 Main street.
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SPRINGFIELD, WEST SPRINGFIELD, AND MITTINEAQUE EXPRESS-L. W. Shepard, proprietor. Leaves Whitney & Adams' and Dow's, daily, at 1012 A. M. and 312 P. M. Leaves Mittineaque post-office at 8 A. M. and 1 P. M.
CITY PARCEL EXPRESS-Jonathan A. Ames, proprietor. Order slates at various places in the city, as announced in adver- tising card on p. 143.
INDIAN ORCHARD AND JENKSVILLE EX- PRESS-H. W. Keyes, proprietor. Leaves Indian Orchard post-office, daily, at 7 and 8.15 and 10.30 A. M., and 3.40 and 6.15 P. M. Leaves Jenksville, daily, at 7.50 and 10 A. M., and 12.45 P. M.
Telegraph Companies.
FRANKLIN .- J. W. Brown, president ; G. R. Williamson, treasurer ; E. D. L. Sweet, executive manager; J. G. Smith, superin- tendent; Mrs. L. E. Gouge, manager. Office in Townsley's block, 363 Main street.
WESTERN UNION .- William Orton, pres- ident; R. H. Rochester, secretary and treas- urer, New York; Thomas T. Eckert, gen- eral superintendent, New York. Offices, Haynes' Hotel block, Main street, and cor- ner Main street and Railroad row. W. J. Denver, Manager.
Omnibus.
WATER SHOPS AND RAILROAD DEPOT LINE-J. W. Lull, proprietor. Leaves Water Shops at 6.30, 8, 9.30, and 11 A. M. ; 12.30, 1.30, 2.30, 3.30, 4.30, 5.30, 6, 7, and 8.30 P. M. Returning, leaves R. R. Depot at 7, 8.30, 10, and 11.30 A. M., and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.30, 8.30, and 9 P. M. Fare, 10 cents : fourteen tickets for $1.
Hampden County Agricultural Society.
Incorporated 1844. President, N. T. Leonard of Westfield ; one vice-president from each town in the county ; secretary, J. N. Bagg of West Springfield ; treasurer, James E. Russell of Springfield. Delegate to Board of Agriculture, Horace M. Sessions of South Wilbraham. Membership, about 1,000 ; initiation fee, $5 for gentlemen, $2.50 for ladies. Fair at City Hall, and exhibition of cattle, horses, etc., on Hampden Park, October 7 to 11. Address before the Society, October 8, by Chan Laisun of China, impe- rial commissioner of education.
Licenses and Stamps.
Licenses of various kinds are required for certain dealers and peddlers, before they can do business. The provisions of law in the matter are somewhat numerous, and are changed from to time by new legislation. Some perplexity results, and it is said that people violate the statutes, in this matter, without knowing it, and have to suffer by forfeitures and fines. It has, therefore, been desired that the essential portions of the li- cense laws, as affecting business people, be published liere for ready reference.
MANUFACTURERS OR DEALERS IN CI- GARS, TOBACCO OR LIQUORS, do not now have licenses as formerly, under the internal revenue law. But they still contribute very largely for the support of the government, and what is required of them by the last enactment is thus stated by tlie Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue ;
"The law of December 24, 1872, requires every person engaged in any business, avo- cation, or employment which renders him liable to a special tax, to procure and place conspicuously in his establishment or place of business a stamp denoting the payment of said tax before commencing business. The taxes embraced within the provisions of the law above quoted are the fol- lowing, viz: Rectifiers, $200; dealers, retail liquor, $25; dealers, wholesale liquor, $100; dealers in malt liquors, wholesale, $50; dealers in malt liquors, retail, $20; dealers in leaf tobacco, $25; retail dealers in leaf tobacco, $500; and on sales of over $1,000, fifty cents for every dollar in excess of $1,000 ; dealers in manufactured tobacco, $5 ; manufacturers of stills, $50 ; and for each still manufactured, $20 ; and for each worm manufactured, $20; manufacturers of tobac- co, $10 ; manufacturers of cigars, $10; ped- dlers of tobacco, first class (more than two horses), $50; peddlers of tobacco, second class (two horses), $25; peddlers of tobac- co, third class (one horse), $15; peddlers of tobacco, fourth class (on foot or public con- veyance), $10; brewers of less than 500 barrels, $50; brewers of 500 barrels or more, $100."
PEDDLERS .- Extracts are given below from the fiftieth chapter of the Revised Statutes of Massachusetts, but changed essentially,
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in some portions by subsequent amend- ments. The emendations up to the pres- ent time are here presented.
No license is required for peddling some articles, as appears from the following in the chapter mentioned above : "Section thirteen -Any person may go about from town to town, or from place to place, or from dwel- ling house to dwelling house in the same town, exposing to sale or selling fruits and provisions, live animals, brooms, agricultu- ral implements, fuel, newspapers, books, pamphlets, agricultural products of the United States, and the products of his own labor or the labor of his family," but, " no articles of the growth or production of any foreign country " are included in this free permit. Minors may be required to procure a license before they may sell articles that adults can sell without license, if a town or city by vote so direct.
Honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, partially disabled by wounds or sickness in the service of the United States, may ob- tain a special state license to peddle without paying anything therefor, on applying to the secretary of the commonwealth, and presenting satisfactory proofs of such service, disability and discharge, and of personal identity.
Peddling is forbidden by law, in the case of certain articles, as will be seen from sec- tion fifteen : "The sale of spirituous liquors, playing cards, indigo, and feathers, in the manner specified in section thirteen, is pro- hibited." Violation of the law in this and other matters is perilous, as will be seen by section twenty-seven, farther on.
How to obtain a license for peddling, what must be paid for it, what sort of a "character" is needed, and what things may be dealt in, are set forth by the law in the chapter referred to, as amended at vari- ous times, in words following :- "Section six- teen-The secretary of the commonwealth may grant a license to go about exposing to sale and selling any goods, wares or mer- chandise, not prohibited in the preceding section, to any applicant who files in liis of- fice a certificate signed by the mayor of the city or a majority of the selectmen of a town, stating that to the best knowledge and belief of such mayor or selectmen, the ap- plicant therein named is a citizen of the United States, or has declared lis intention
to become a citizen of the United States, and is of good repute for morals and integ- rity. The mayor or selectmen, before grant- ing such certificate, shall require the appli- cant to make oath that he is the person named therein; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States ; which oath shall be certified by a justice of the peace and accompany the certificate. Every license so granted shall bear date the day it is issued, and shall continue in force one year and no longer. Section seventeen- The secretary shall cause to be inserted in every license the names of such cities and towns as the applicant selects, with the sum to be paid to the respective treasurers thereof annexed, and shall receive from the applicant one dollar for each city or town so inserted. Every person so licensed may sell as aforesaid any goods, wares and merchan- dise, not prohibited in section fifteen, in any city or town mentioned in his license, upon first paying the sum so required to the treas- urer of such city or town, who shall certify on the face of the license the sun so re- ceived. Section eighteen-Every person li- censed under the two preceding sections shall pay to the treasurer of each city or town mentioned in his license, the sums fol- lowing : For every town containing not more than one thousand inhabitants, according to the United States census next preceding the date of his license, three dollars; for every town containing more than one thousand and not more than two thousand inhabitants, six dollars; for every town containing more than two thousand and not more than three thousand inhabitants, eight dollars ; for every town containing more than three thou- sand and not more than four thousand inhab- itants, ten dollars; and for every city and town containing more than four thousand in- habitants, ten dollars, and one dollar for ev- ery one thousand inhabitants over four thou- sand contained therein ; but the sum so to be paid to a treasurer shall in no case ex- ceed twenty-five dollars. Section nineteen- Any person resident, paying taxes upon his stock in trade, and qualified to vote in a city or town, may there expose to sale and sell goods, wares or merchandise, upon obtaining a license pursuant to the provis- ions of sections sixteen and seventeen, and shall not be required to pay to the treasurer
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of such city or town any sum therefor." For a special state license, fifty dollars must be paid the secretary of the commonwealth; and for a county license, one dollar to the secretary for each county taken, and an ad- ditional sum to the treasurer of such county, varying in amount from four dollars for the richest county to one for the poorest county. Licenses may be transferred.
Peddlers must post and show licenses, as will be seen by the following :- "Section twen- ty-four-Every person licensed to peddle as herein before provided shall post his name, residence, and the number of his license, in a conspicuous manner upon his parcels or vehicle, and when such license is demanded of him by any mayor, alderman, selectman, town or city treasurer or clerk, constable, police officer, or justice of the peace, shall forthwith exhibit it, and if he neglects or refuses so to do, shall be subject to the same penalty as if he had no license. So much of this chapter as relates to hawkers and ped- dlers, or a synopsis thereof, shall be printed on every license. "
Forfeitures for violation of this law are from fifty to one thousand dollars. Half the money thus obtained goes to complainant.
PAWNBROKERS, DEALERS IN OLD JUNK, AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICES, must procure license annually from the Mayor and Alder- men ; and if they fail to do it, heavy forfeit- ures are incurred.
OWNERS OF DOGS must annually pay $2 to City Clerk the first of May, for license of a male, and $5 for a female. A penalty of $15 against an owner, and of $100 against an officer, for not complying with the law
OTHER LICENSES obtained from Mayor and Aldermen, are numerous, and are re- quired for refining, storing or selling kero- sene ; for hackmen and truckmen ; for inn- keepers ; for auctioneers ; and for erection of new buildings, etc., (see page 50).
Hampden Park Association.
President, L. J. Powers ; secretary, H. M. Phillips : treasurer, D. J. Marsh ; 20 mem- bers. Control Hampden Park under a lease, and maintain it as a place for public recrea- tion and active sports. Exhibition of horses here August 19, 20, 21 and 22; premiums offered, $40,000.
Springfield Water Works.
WATER COMMISSIONERS - Charles O. Chapin, President; Samuel W. Porter, secretary ; Daniel L Harris, A. D. Briggs, George C. Fisk. Book-keeper and collec- tor, George F. Farmer; engineer, Phineas Ball. Office, 18 Barnes' Block. The Board were elected in 1872, and under authority of the Legislature have purchased for the city the property of the Springfield Aque- duct Company, and considerably increased the supply of water by pumping into the aqueduct reservoirs from Garden Brook.
A steam pump will also be in operation at Brightwood, which will bring into the reservoir a million gallons of water daily from the Connecticut River alone. As the daily consumption is only one and a quar- ter millions a day, it will be seen that the city is well provided for. The two reser- voirs in use are east of Armory street ; one is near it, north of Morgan road, and holds forty million gallons; the other is more distant from the street, and near the Boston and Albany Railroad, and holds fifteen million gallons.
There is also a storage reservoir north of Morgan road, whose capacity is more than double both the others combined.
It is proposed to bring water from the Broad and Higher Brooks of Ludlow, over twelve miles to the city. More than ten million gallons a day can thus be had. An immense reservoir is to be built at Ludlow, covering 300 acres, and holding twelve to fourteen hundred million gallons. The dam will be constructed across Higher Brook, just in the rear of the Silas Billings homestead, and will be 1,300 feet long and 40 feet high in the center. The water in the reservoir will of course vary greatly in depth, but will be 16 feet deep on the aver- age. A large part of the land is covered with wood and bushes, which will be removed even to their roots, while the swampy land which might contain poisonous matter will be covered with at least six inches of grav- el. At the junction of the old Belchertown road with the south road by the Billings farm, a dam 14 feet high will be erected to keep the water from running through the gap towards Ludlow center. Here will be the head gates and the starting point of the two-foot main which is to supply the city:
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Annual rates for water-dwelling house, for one family, $8; two families, $12; $3 additional for bathing tub. Store or office, $4; hotel, $50 to $250; manufacturing es- tablishments, 75 cents for each employe. Stationary steam engine, not exceeding ten-horse power, $6 per horse-power ; each additional horse-power above ten, $4. Pri- vate stable for one horse, $4; each addi- tional horse, $2. Livery stable, for each horse, $2; building purposes, $10 for each hundred thousand brick used. Rents due on the first of April and October and pay- able at the office.
United States Armory.
Commanding officer-James G. Benton, Brevet Colonel Ordnance Corps; As- sistants to Commanding Officer, Captain J. R. Edie and Second Lieutenant Henry Metcalf, of the Ordnance Corps; Ord- nance Storekeeper and Paymaster, Major E. Ingersoll.
The arsenal, offices, store-houses and principal shops are on nearly the highest ground in Springfield, on State street, and command a fine view of the Connecticut river and the surrounding country. The heavier operations required are carried on at the Water Shops on Mill river. Prob- ably in no other part of the world has the manufacture of muskets been carried to such perfection. The breech-loader, model of 1868 and of 1870, which has been made here, was the combined result of the inventions and improvements applied by the government and the highest skill dis- played by private enterprise, and it is probably the best breech-loading arm in the world.
The Small Arms Board began its ses- sions here last summer, and closed its la- bors at New York in May, 1873. Ninety- nine specimens of guns were brought be- fore it. After a very severe trial, every possible test being applied, the Springfield gun was chosen. Slight changes are made for the model of 1873, the one adopted, and consist chiefly in a reduction of the caliber bore and of the weight of the gun; the lock plate being made thinner, and flush with the stock, and the barrel lighter. Fifteen hundred very excellent swords for line and staff officers, and also cavalry
sabers, have been made here the past year, besides a large number of Reming- ton guns. The work done has included scientific experiments, which are made here with projectiles, fire-arms, gun mate- rial, and other matter connected with the manufacture of arms. To results thus ob- tained by the government private manu- facturers are largely indebted, and would not themselves, in many cases, undertake the processes by which important facts have been demonstrated that materially benefit them. Making a liberal allowance for all items of expenditure, labor, super- intendence, depreciation, condemned work, interest, etc., guns were manufactured here through the war at a cost of only $11.70 each, while similar arms from con- tractors cost $20 each, besides charges for proving and inspection.
The chief arsenal of the government for small arms is here, and there are now stored in it about 300,000 fire-arms of va- rious kinds for the military service.
The ingenious machinery, the perfect system in every department, and the taste and beauty displayed on the grounds, are the wonder and admiration of visitors from all parts of the world. The succes- sive steps of progress in gun-making may be seen in the specimens of arms made here at different periods, and kept in the museum. Various muskets of other coun- tries are also shown, and there are curious relics from the battle-fields of the war of the rebellion.
Most of the men work by the piece. The eight-hour law prevails, the working hours being from 7 A. M. to 4 P. M. in summer, and 7} A. M. to 42 P. M. in win- ter. During the war about 3,000 men were employed here, turning out about 1,000 muskets dai y, but requiring some portion of the works to be run nights.
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