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FEEDING HILLS AND WEST SUFFIELD-M. H. Johnson, Proprie- tor. Leaves Swetland & Gillett's Saloon, 267 Main street, at 2 P. M.
SPRINGFIELD AND HOLYOKE EXPRESS-G. W. Philbrick, Proprie- tor. Leaves Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 2 P. M. in the summer, and 1 P. M. in the winter. Orders may be left at Homer Foot & Co's, Stoddard & Gunn's and at the Sanford Street House.
SPRINGFIELD, WEST SPRINGFIELD AND MITTINEAQUE EXPRESS- Geo. H. Ingraham, Proprietor. Leaves Bridgman & Whitney's Book- store, daily, at 10} A. M., ¿ of 4 P. M. Leaves Mittineaque 8 A. M. and 1 P. M.
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EXPRESSES .- OMNIBUSES .- LIBRARY.
G. H. MALLORY'S WESTFIELD AND SPRINGFIELD EXPRESS-Tri- weekly-Book in Springfield at Tim Henry's Stable. Leaves Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11 A. M.
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 and D. Barrett, Outward Clerks ; Cyrus A. Foster and Ezra T. Smith, Delivery Clerks; S. J. Peirce and D. Barrett, Drivers ; Francis H. Phelps, Receipting Clerk; D. W. Wentworth, Depot Freight Master.
ADAMS EXPRESS CO .- Thompson & Co., Agents; F. H. Foster, Chief Clerk. Office No. 3, Court street.
OMNIBUS ROUTES.
U. S. ARMORY AND R. R. DEPOT LINE-D. Bates, Proprietor. Om- nibus leaves Armory Hill at 8 A. M., and every half hour thereafter until 8} P. M .; returning, leaves R. R. Depot at 8} A. M., and every half hour thereafter until 9 P. M.
ROUND HILL, R. R. DEPOT AND WATER SHOPS LINE-R. P. & E. F. Markham, Proprietors. Leave Round Hill at 63, 9 and 11 A. M., 1, 2, 4, 52, 6 and 9 P. M .; returning, leave Water Shops at 7, 9} and 11} A. M., 13, 22, 43, 6, 6% and 9} P. M.
CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CITY HALL BUILDING.
OFFICERS-President, John L. King; Vice President, Daniel L. Harris ; Clerk, William Rice; Treasurer, J. D. Safford; Directors, Geo. Bliss, Chester W. Chapin, J. M. Thompson, George Walker, Charles Merriam, J. G. Holland, James Kirkham, E. W. Bond, John B. Stebbins, Samuel Bowles; Auditors, O. H. Greenleaf, Henry Smith.
LIBRARY.
LIBRARIAN, William Rice.
Number of volumes June 1866, about 21,914 exclusive of unbound pamphlets. The additions during the past year amount to 2,950 volumes. The Directors intend to purchase all the new works of popular interest as they appear, and are also continually adding to the Library standard works of permanent value in the various departments of literature, science and art. There are now 1,600 subscribers. During the last year the circulation amounted to 89,850 volumes.
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, Friday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 P. M. Subscriptions, $1.00 per annum, for which two volumes can be drawn at once, and be exchanged every Library day.
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MUSEUM .- CEMETERY .- PUBLIC HALLS, ETC.
MUSEUM.
CURATORS, R. B. Hildreth, C. A. Emery, C. W. Bennett, J. A. Al- len, and Solomon Stebbins.
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 appropriate shelves and cases, and now contain about 1258 species and upwards of 3000 specimens of shells, classified by Dr. George A. Otis, recently Surgeon of the 27th Massachusetts Reg- iment; also 6407 specimens of insects, 441 specimens of stuffed birds; 103 stuffed quadrupeds, including two enormous wildcats, killed in this county; 258 species of fish and reptiles; small cabinets of coral and crustacea ; an extensive mineralogical cabinet; a large and very curious collection of fossils ; numerous Indian and foreign an- tiquities, and several flags and various other trophies captured from the Southern rebels by our home troops. Additions are frequently made by the generosity 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 Saturday evenings. At other times a permit from the Librarian or one of the curators is requisite for admission. Donations for the Library or the Museum may be left with the Librarian.
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 1866, 6080 interments have been made in them, 216 of that number being from January 1865, to January, 1866. The whole amount received for lots from May, 1865, to May, 1866, was $5,699.72.
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, Massasoit Hall, in Fallon's Block, and Lincoln Hall, in Brown & Pinney's Block, near the Water Shops, are all commodious and pleasant places for assem- blies, meetings, etc.
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 offices, 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
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PLACES WORTHY OF NOTICE .- FRESHETS. - POPULATION.
on foot from Mulberry and from Union streets. It has great natural advantages 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 enlargement during the war, but the reduction of the force em- ployed has of late been very great. The following comparative sta- tistics 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 num- ber of muskets fabricated in April, 1861, was 1202; in May, 2000; in June, 3000; May, 1863, 25,000 ; April, 1864, 26,000. The des- truction of some of the buildings by fire, July 2, 1864, reduced the production to 15,000 per month for six months, when it was increased to 25,000 till July 1st, 1865, since which time, but few guns have been fabricated. The greatest number of men employed at any one time during the war was 2,992; 828 men were employed May 1st, 1866, the entire force being engaged in repairing old guns.
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 con- venient 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- tain 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 per- manent in construction. Here have been held the far-famed Spring- field 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); 1865, March 18, eighteen feet ten inches.
POPULATION OF SPRINGFIELD-Census of 1865, 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. In 1860, the popu- lation of the city was 15,200.
BANKS, BLOCKS, HOTELS, AND IN- SURANCE COMPANIES.
BANKS.
Agawam National Bank, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street. Chicopee National 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 National Bank, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street.
John Hancock National Bank, Main street, west side, corner Fort street.
Pynchon National Bank, Main street, west side, near State street. Second National Bank, (formerly Springfield Bank ) East State street, south side, near Main street; new building being erected in summer of 1866, corner of Main street and Townsley avenue. Springfield Institution for Savings, second floor Foot's Block, Main street, west side, corner State street; new building being erected in summer of 1866, corner of Main and State streets. Third National Bank, Barnes' Block, Main street.
BLOCKS.
Allis' Block, North Main street, west side, between R. R. Depot and 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.
Brewer's Block, Brewer's Court, North Main street.
Bridgman's Block, Main street, west side, 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.
Byers' Block, Elm Street, South side, opposite Court square.
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BLOCKS.
Chicopee Bank Block, Main street, West side, corner Elm street. Colton's Block, Howard street, north side, near river bank.
Commercial Block, corner Main and Hampden streets, formerly called Patton & Loomis' Block.
Day & Jobson's Block, North Main street, west side, cor Cypress street. Dunham's Block, corner North Main and Ferry streets.
Fallon's Block, Main street, near Vernon street.
Franklin Block, corner Main street and Townsley avenue.
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.
Gunn's Block, opposite Armory Grounds, East State street.
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.
Harthan's Block, river bank, foot Pynchon street.
Haynes' Hotel Block, corner Main and Pynchon streets.
Hooker's Block, East State street, near junction of Maple and Chest- nut 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. Lincoln Hall Block, Mill street, near Water Shops.
Massasoit Block, Main street, west side, next south of R. R. Depot. Music Hall Block, 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, oppo- site Armory grounds.
Old 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. Rice's Block, East State street, south side, opposite Dwight street. Stebbins' Block, North Main street, near Carew street.
Stockbridge Block, Main street, East side, corner Stockbridge street. Taylor & Olmstead'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.
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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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
HOTELS.
Carlton House, Hampden street, south side.
Cooley's Hotel, Main street, east side, corner Liberty street, north of R. R. Depot.
Eagle Hotel, East State street, south side, opposite Government square.
Exchange Hotel, Main street, west side, between Elm and State streets. Gruendler's Hotel, West Bridge street, south side, corner Water street. Hampden House, West Court street, corner Main street, and oppo- site Court square.
Haynes' Hotel, corner Main and Pynchon streets.
Massasoit House, Main street, adjoining R. R. Depot, south side. Myrtle Street House, Myrtle street, between State and High streets. Nayasset House, Railroad Row, adjoining R. R. Depot, south side. Park Street House, Main street, east side, corner Park street. Pynchon House, Main street, east side, corner Lyman street.
Rockingham House, East State street, south side, corner Walnut street.
Russell House, Main street, west side, adjoining R. R. Depot on north side.
Sanford Street House, corner of Sanford and Market streets.
Union House, Main street, west side, corner Bliss street.
United States Hotel, Main street, east side, nearly opposite Howard street.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Hampden Fire Insurance Company, office second floor of Pynchon Bank Block.
Massasoit Insurance Company, office second floor Fort Block.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, office second floor Foot's Block.
Springfield Fire Assurance Company, office second floor Chicopee Bank Block.
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company, office second floor Fort Block.
STREETS, PLACES, SQUARES, ETC.
Adams, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Alden, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Allen, from Water Shops southeast- erly.
Armory, from Federal northward.
Ashley, from Pine to East.
Auburn, from Main to Conn. R. R. track.
Bancroft, from Chicopee to North.
Barnes' Avenue or Hillman street, from Main st. through Barnes' lot. "Benton Hollow," on the Boston road.
Berlin, from East State to Sanford. Blandford, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Bliss, below State, from Main to Conn. River.
Bliss Avenue, from Water to H. & N. H. R. R., between Margaret and William.
Boston Road, continuation of State from Oak eastward.
Bowdoin, from Factory to E. Worth- ington.
Boylston, from Cypress to Clinton.
Bradford, from Main to Conn. R. R. track.
Brewer's Avenue, from Main east- ward, near Congress.
Bush Avenue, from Main, near U. S. Hotel.
Byers, from State to Pearl.
Calhoun, from Main to Chestnut. Carew, from Main to Chicopee line. Cass, from Franklin to Liberty. Cedar, from Central to Hancock. Central, from Main to Mill.
Central Avenue, from Spruce to East. Chaffee Avenue, from. Walnut street to Eastern Avenue, near the Water Shops.
Charles, from Western R. R. to Franklin. Cherry, from Central to Mill. Chestnut, from State northward to Chicopee line.
Chicopee, continuation of Main from Carew to Chicopee line.
Clinton, from Main to south entrance to Hampden Park and Conn. River. Columbian, from Spring to Winter. Commercial Row, from Main east, north side W. R. R.
Congress, from Main to Chestnut. Cook's Avenue, from W. Bridge to W. Worthington.
Court Square, opposite the Court House and City Hall.
Crossett Avenue, from Main to Wil- low.
Cross, from Main to Maple.
Cypress, from Main to Conn. River. Cypress Court, off Cypress street. Dale, from E. Union to Hubbard avenue.
Douglass Avenue, from Fairbanks west to Nettleton's pond.
Dwight, from State to E. Bridge. East, from Alden to Mill.
East Bridge, from Main to Chestnut. East Court, from Main to Dwight. East State, from Main to Boston road. East Union, from Main to Oak.
East William, a continuation of Wil-
liam street east of Main.
East Worthington, from Main to Factory.
Eastern Avenue, from State to Hick- ory.
Elliott, from State to Salem.
Elm, from Main to Conn. River. Emery, from Main to Fulton. Essex, from Main to Chestnut. Factory, from State to Chicopee line. Fairbanks, from E. Worthington north below Spring.
Federal Square, in U. S. Armory grounds.
Ferry, from Main to Chestnut. Florence, from Pine to East.
Florida, from old Bay road to East Worthington.
Fort, from Main to Water.
Franklin, from Main to Nursery. Fremont, from Main to Water.
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STREETS, PLACES, SQUARES, ETC.
Frost, from Spring to Byers.
Fulton, from Cypress to Plainfield. Garden, from E. Worthington north below Spring.
Gardner, from Main to H.& N.H.R.R. Gray's Court, off Cypress.
Greene, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Grosvenor, from North to Chestnut. Hampden, from Main to Water.
Hancock, from E. Worthington to Alden.
Hancock Avenue, from Spruce to Hancock, sometimes called Cen- tral avenue.
Harrison Avenue, from Main at cor- ner Union Block eastward.
Hickory, from East to Wilbraham. High, from Maple to Walnut.
Highland, from Water Shop hill near the dam, running south.
Hillman, from Main to Chestnut across Barnes' lot.
Holyoke, from Main to Conn. R. R. track.
Howard, from Main to Conn. River.
Hubbard Avenue, from Main east to Dale.
Ingraham Avenue, from E. Union to High.
James, from Cedar to Walnut.
John, from Plainfield west to Conn. R. R.
John Brown Tract, near Indian Or- chard.
King, from Walnut to Hancock.
Lebanon, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Liberty, from Main to Chicopee line. Lincoln, from Magazine to Federal. Linden, from Chestnut east, opposite Essex.
Loring, from Main to Water.
Lombard, from Main to Water.
Lotus, from Main over Blake's hill. Lyman, from Main to Spring.
Magazine, from State to E. Worth- ington.
Main, from Mill River to Carew.
Maple, from State to Mill.
Margaret, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
Marble, from Main east, below Wil- low avenue.
Market, from State to Harrison ave- nue.
Massasoit, from Carew northward.
Mechanic, from Water to H. & N. H. R. R.
Mechanics' Row, from Howard to Bliss.
Mill, from Main to the Water Shops. Monroe, from Hancock to Eastern avenue.
Morris, from Main to Central.
Mulberry, from Maple to E. Union. Myrtle, from State to High, east of School.
New, from E. Court north.
North Church Avenue, rear North Church west.
North, from Carew to Chestnut.
Nursery, from Liberty northward.
Oak, from State to Walnut.
Old Bay Road, from Factory east- ward.
Orleans, from State to Pendleton avenue.
Park, from Main to Maple.
" Parker Street," road from School House at Five Mile Pond to School House at Sixteen Acres.
Pearl, from Chestnut to Federal.
Pendleton Avenue, from Walnut to Hancock.
Pine, from Walnut to Mill.
Plainfield, from Bradford on river bank to Chicopee line.
Pynchon, from Main to Water.
Quincy, from Oak to Eastern avenue.
Railroad Row, fronts depot, south side, west of Main.
Ravine, from Magazine to Armory.
Ringgold, from North to Chestnut. Salem, from Spring to Pearl.
Sanford, from Main to Dwight.
Sargeant, from Main to Conn. R. R. track.
School, from State to Mulberry.
Seventh, from Main west to Fulton. Sharon, from Main east to north Chestnut, between Ferry and Con- gress, (not shown on the map.)
South, continuation of Main from Mill River to Longmeadow line.
Spring, from State to Western R. R. track.
Spruce, from Central to Florence.
Stearns' Avenue, from E. Bridge to E. Worthington.
Stebbins, from State to Swan.
Stebbins Avenue, from Maple to Pine. Stockbridge, from Main eastward near State.
Summer, from Spring to Worthing- ton.
Swan, from Oak to Hancock.
Symonds Avenue, from W. Bridge to W. Worthington.
Taylor, from Main to Chestnut.
Terrence, from Swan to Boston road. Townsley Avenue, from Main to Market, at corner of Republican Block.
Tyler, from Oak to Hancock.
Union Square, in U. S. Armory grounds.
Vernon, from Main to Water. Vine, from Main to Conn. R.R. track. Walnut, from State to Water Shops.
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STREETS, PLACES. SQUARES, ETC .- POST OFFICE TIME TABLES.
Walnut Avenue, from junction of Walnut and Oak to Cemetery.
Washington, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
Water, from Gardner to near R. R. Depot.
Webster, from Franklin to Liberty. Webster Avenue, from Salem across Pearl.
West Bridge, from Conn. River to Main.
West Court from Water to Main.
West State, from Conn. River to Main. West Union, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
West Union Street Avenue, from W. Union to Wilcox, below Water.
West Worthington, from Water to Main.
White, from Allen southward.
Whitney Avenue, from Water to H. & N. H. R. R., opposite Fremont. Wilbraham, from Boston road east- ward.
Wilcox, from Main to Conn. River. William, from Main to H. & N. H. R. R.
Willow, from State to E. Union.
Willow Avenue, from Main east be- low Central.
Winter, from Columbian northward. Woodworth Avenue, from State south to High, near Walnut.
York, from Main to Conn. River.
SPRINGFIELD POST OFFICE.
SUMMER TIME TABLE-Post office open from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M .; Sundays, from 9 to. 10 A. M. Mails close-Northern, 6} A. M., 124 P. M .; New York, 11} A. M., 5 and 9 P. M .; Connecticut, 11 A. M., 1 and 5 P. M .; Washington, 5 P. M .; Eastern, 6} and 10} A. M., 8 P. M .; Western, 7} A. M., 5 P. M .; Chicopee Falls, 6} A. M., 3 P. M .; Agawam, Feeding Hills and West Suffield, 1 P. M .; East Long- meadow and South Wilbraham, daily, at 1 P. M .; Sunday night mail, for Boston and New York, 7 P. M. Delivery of mails-North- ern, 12 M., 6} P. M .; Southern, 7 and 11 A. M., 1% P. M .; Eastern, 7 and 8} A. M., 12 M., 6} P. M .; Western, 7 and 114 A. M.
WINTER TIME TABLE-Post office open from 7} A. M. to 8 P. M .; Sundays, from 9 to 10 A. M. Mails close-Northern, 6} A. M., 124 P. M .; New York, 11} A. M., 5 and 9 P. M .; Washington, 5 P. M .; Connecticut, 11 A. M., 1 and 5 P. M .; Eastern, 6} and 11§ A. M., 8 P. M .; Western, 11} A. M., 5 P. M .; Chicopee Falls, 6} A. M., 3 P. M .; East Longmeadow and South Wilbraham, daily at 1 P. M .; Agawam, Wednesday and Saturday at 1 P. M .; Sunday night mail, for Boston and New York, 7 P. M. Mails arrive-Northern, 12 M., 6} P. M. ; Southern, 7} and 10% A. M., 1% P. M .; Eastern, 11} A. M., 12 M., 6} P. M .; Western, 7} A. M., 1} P. M.
New Buildings.
OUR city took a long stride ahead in building matters during the years 1864 and 1865, and a larger number of tenement houses espe- cially were erected in that period than during the whole ten years previous. After the falling off at the armory, and the decrease in many departments of industry, consequent upon the close of the rebel- lion, it was prophesied by the croakers, who did not see Springfield's financial prospects in the proper light, that tenements by dozens in certain localities would stand empty for months together, and one would have thought, taking these prophecies for granted, that build- ing in any shape would be the least profitable of all investments of capital for the year to come. But the ominous changed their tune when they saw new industrial enterprises springing up on every business street, bringing in large numbers of working people, who quickly filled all the lately vacated tenements, and demanded more. So more went up rapidly.
But of course this furor for tenement building could not continue steadily. Even the most sanguine did not prophesy this. They only claimed that the departure of some two thousand people from the armory was not to leave as many vacant rooms in the city. They expected that there would perhaps be a decrease in the rapidity of the growth of the smaller streets, while the larger ones were built up. This is evidently the case, and since the issue of the Directory of 1865-66, property on Main street has increased at an astonishing figure, and many new blocks have gone up there, while tenement building has not been so much in progress. Numerous elegant man- sions, however, are now in process of erection in various parts of the city. Some description of the newer buildings, and those now in process of erection or to be erected during the current year, will be of interest here.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The new North Main street school-house, about the cost of which there was so much grumbling while it was in progress, was com- pleted during the past year, and fully justified by its appearance all the appropriations which had been made for its erection and com- pletion. It stands opposite Clinton street, on a fine terraced elevation.
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