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Trillium Street
8
Webb Street
7
Stanley Street Stanton Street
8
Tulsa Street
"X" Court
Tyler Street
9
Welcome Place Wellesley Street Wellington Street
9
3 5 Uncas Street
ao 9
Underwood Street Undine Circle
4 Wentworth Street
4
York Street
5
7
Worthy Street Wrentham Road
Q Q 8
State Street 1-195 196-478 479 on
5
Texel Drive
9 Wood Ridge Drive Woodbine Avenue
8
Thayer Avenue
Waldorf Strcet
9
Winter Street Winthrop Street
5
9
Taylor Street 1-116 117 00
Wolfe Street
Q
-T-
8
Tacoma Street
Winchester Street
4 9 9
Q
Sumuer Terrace Sunapce Street
8
Verge Street
8
Seymour Avenue Shamrock Court Shamrock Street Sharon Street
8
Stuart Street Stuyvesant Street Suffolk Street Sullivan Strcet Summit Street
Wigwam Place Wilber Avenue
Wilber Street
Schuyler Street Scott Street Searle Place Second Street Sedgelia Street Segnal Street Senator Street Seventh Street
3
Westminster Street
4
5 Stevenson Avenue Stock hridge Street A Stocker Street
Stockmau Street Storms Court Stony Hill Road Stratford Terrace
Whitfield Street White Street
Q
Van Dyke Road (E. Long- meadow)
5
Swift Court
4
Wilson Street Wilton Street
Talcott Street
4 9 8
8 Thompkins Street (E. Longincadow)
8
Tiffany Strect
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CONTENTS
Page
Abbreviations
205
Alphabetical Directory
206
Apartment Buildings
134
Associations, Clubs and Societies.
137
Buildings - Office and Public
149
Buyers' Directory
37-132
Cemeteries
15 1
Churches
152
City Officers
29
Classified Directory
133
Con vents
158
Corporations and Chartered Institutions
See Alphabetical Directory
Councilmen
29
Councilmen, Standing Committees of
29
County Officers (Hampden)
32
Courts ..
32
Day Nurseries.
158
Express Companies
163
Fire Department
30
Governmental Directory
29
Halls
169
Homes and Asylums.
170
Hospitals and Dispensaries.
171
Index to Advertisers
13
Justices of the Peace
175
Libraries
3]
Map
inside Back Cover
Notaries Public
184
Numerical Directory
(Pink Section) - 821
Parks and Play grounds
188
Police Department
30
Post Office
33
Postal Zones
7
Railroads
193
School Department.
3]
Schools, Colleges and Academies
199
Springfield - "What You Should Know About"
19
State Government 3.3
Green Section
United States Armory
33
United States Government
33
Water Works
30
Telephone Numerical Directory
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Acme Site Work Co .
65
Adams Nursery Inc .
109
Adams & Ruxton Construction Co
66
Add-A -Phone.
top lines
American International College
63
American Saw & Mfg Co.
101
Andersen and Scolari Inc
73
Anderson C E Associates
77
Anderson & Benson Corp
. Back Cover
Angers Real Estate . ·
119
Ascher Harold R Funeral Home Inc .
81
Automatic Oil Heating Co
111
Automobile Sales Company
38
Baldwin-Simons & Campbell Inc
.opp inside Front Cover
Balise Motor Sales Co.
39
Bannon John J Company
127
Barry Coal Inc .
62
Bay State Film Productions Inc
106
Bay State Fire Brick Co Inc
58
Beaumier Real Estate Co
118
Belanger Antonio & Sons Inc .
67
Better Letter Service of Springfield Inc
.Back Cover and 37
Boilard A Sons Inc
.side lines
Boilard Bros Block Co Inc .
.side lines
Bradley Milton Co
104
Brian-Lincoln-Mercury Inc
43
Brody James C .
118
Brooks P W & Co Inc
top lines
Buckley James H & Son Inc
Back Cover
Buxton Inc ·
97
Byron's Funeral Home Inc . .
80
CIA-Ciciarelli Insurance Agency
86
Carlson Ernest F Inc
68
Carparts Inc .
48
Center Arthur E Inc. 43
Chapdelaine Joseph and Sons Inc
73
Chase House of Decor Inc
89
Chemical Corp The
102
Cheney J E & Staff Inc.
. Back Cover
Christensen O N
105
City Rambler.
47
City Stamp Works Inc
125
Clark Henry M Co
119
Cobb Beesley & Miles
78
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Coleman Harold J.
top lines
Collins C E & Sons Inc
69
Collins Helena M . . 107A
Connecticut Valley Block Co The . 61
Credit Bureau Inc of Greater Springfield
76
Curran-Jones Inc . Back Cover and side lines
Curtis Universal Joint Co Inc
105
Daigle J A .
115
Davis & Daggett Co
111
Decoteau N Paul
119
DelPadre Supply
top lines
DePalma Motor Sales Co
44
Devens Realty Co .
foot lines
Dickinson-Streeter Co.
back edge
DiMauro Electric Co
77
Ducharme R Inc
106
Dusty's Taxi Service
126
Earle's Wallpaper & Paint Co Inc.
130
Easton C Clement Agency
inside Front Cover
Elkas Bros Inc.
127
Estabrook & Co
58
Farm Credit Banks of Springfield.
57
Firestone Tire Center.
49
Flagg Richard C .
119
Foss W J Company
85
Freedman Irving O Company Inc
116
Fullam and Company Inc.
121
Gays Nursery Furniture and Toys Inc .
81
General Fibre Division of Longview Fibre Co 102
Gimbel Company The .
130
Gleason Alton E Co Inc
75
Goodrich B F Co
49
Graves R S Co
131
Hafey Funeral Service
Front Cover
Hall's Hardware Co Inc
83
Hampden Brass and Aluminum Co
96
Hampden Coal & Oil Co Inc
110
Hampden Savings Bank 55
Hotel Charles 83
How -Dee Co div Automatic Retailers of America .
84
Hurley William A . inside Front Cover
Interstate Industrial Uniform Rental Service Inc 130
Interstate Tire & Brake Stores Inc 50
Jensen Insurance Agency Inc . 88
Jones Ralph D Inc 44
K-V Homes Inc .
· 73
Keiser M Clayton C. L. U. .
89
Kelleher & Mixer Inc
40
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Kerr Robert C & Co.
top lines Kimball Service
. 48, 128
Kinney Palmer Goodell & Keeney Front Cover
Kirkland Realty, Realtors
Front Cover
Land Planning Associates Inc Front Cover and top lines
LaPlante Albert Construction Co Inc
. 74
Leete Bradford W Front Cover and 88
Leger Thomas P & Son Inc.
74
Ley Construction Co
70
Licursi Nicholi A Insurance Agency. 89
Litch Elmer D Inc 107
Lomas Charles B Co The
120
Lynch H F Lumber Co.
90
MacDonald & Johnson Inc .Back Cover Manning H A Company. 115
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co insert opp
name Alphabetical Directory
McClintock & Craig Inc
77
Merrill & Sears
78
Miller A G Company Inc .
105
Miller Taxi Service Inc 126
Moore Drop Forging Co . 93
Morris Roofing & Sheet Metal Corp . 124
Mutual Fire Assurance Co of Springfield top lines
Mutual Ford Inc 41
National Cash Register Co The . ·
. top lines
National Gage & Die Co Inc Back Cover and 103
New England Container Co. .
92
New York - Massachusetts Motor Service Inc 129
Norman's Pharmacy 77
Old Storrowton Tavern .foot lines
O'Malley M J Co The 115
Omartian Toros & Son Inc Front Cover
Orenstein Max . 76
Orr Sterling A Inc
45
Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis
C 59
Parker Discount Center top lines
Parker Motor Sales Inc 45
Parker Upholstering Co
130
Pearson T A Associates Inc
74
Penn Travel Agency
Front Cover
Perkins B F & Son Inc
100
Phelps A L Inc . o
71
Pioneer Valley Refrigerated Warehouse Inc 131
Powell Benjamin Sons Inc top lines
Preston and Olmstead Inc
top lines
Price & Lee Co The. 35
Production Tool & Die Co Inc
104
Public Finance Company.
89
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Radner Samuel Inc
. 111
Realty Sales & Service Co
Front Cover
Reiter Oldsmobile Inc . 46
Republican Publishing Co 108
Robinson Florist .
79
Roncari Industries Inc.
74
Ross H L Co Inc .
112
Rourke-Eno Paper Co Inc The
114
Ryland Thomas P Co .opp inside Front Cover
St Germain D J & Co .top edge, side lines and 59
Sanford F L Co .
42
Sarat Ford Sales side lines and 46
Schine Inn . top lines
Security National Bank of Springfield 51
Sheehan James T Co
120
Smith Seymour M . 120
Speed Hegeman and Dandy
122
Spencer's Automatic Transmission Service top lines
Spring Street Drug Inc. . Back Cover
Springfield Auction Co. 98
Springfield Federal Savings and Loan Association ·
124
Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank insert opp Five Cents Savings Bank Alphabetical Directory
Springfield Gas Light Co
82
Springfield Heat Treating Corporation 103
Springfield Institution for Savings. insert opp Institution for Savings Alphabetical Directory
87
Springfield Oil & Coal Co
Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
insert opp
name Alphabetical Directory and 52 Springfield Sand Blasting & Steam Cleaning Co Inc 72
Springfield Wallpaper & Paint Co . . foot lines
47
Steiger Albert Company
76
Stephen Stores Inc 113
Storms Drop Forging Co.
94
Strathmore Paper Co
99
Sullivan J J The Mover Inc.
129
Swett Bros Inc top lines
Tehan John F & Son - Realtors . Front Cover Third National Bank of Hampden County . insert opp
name Alphabetical Directory and 53
60
Union Federal Savings and Loan Association 123
United States Envelope Co 95
Valentine Concrete Co Inc 64
Valley Bank & Trust Co . 54
WHYN-TV Channel 40. 115
Weidner Travel Bureau Inc 128
Springfield-Monarch Insurance Companies. .bottom edge
Steer-O-Master Safety Service Inc
Tucker Anthony & R L Day.
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West Springfield Branch of Westfield Savings Bank .
56
West Springfield Co-operative Bank.
58
Western New England College . opp inside Back Cover
White A C Jr Realtor . top and foot lines and 117
Wright Roy M
78
Yankee Pedlar Inn
foot lines
Young J O Co Inc
74A
Young W F Inc
Back Cover
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A SUMMARY
Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted as a regular feature in all directories published by the Association of North American Directory Publishers
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. "The City of Homes"
Form of Government Mayor. Plan A with 9 Councilors.
Population
U. S. Census Advance Reports (1960) 173,734. Mass. Census (1955) 166,052. U. S. Census (1950) 162,- 399.
Area
31.90 square miles. Altitude 75 to 243 ft.
Temperature 51.8°. Eight year average.
Rainfall 49.3". Eight year average.
Parks, Playgrounds, Zoo and Land 150 parcels. 2,228 acres valued at $7,898,904 (1960).
Assessed Valuation (Total Real and Personal Property)
$616,197,654. (1961).
Tax Rate $44.00 per $1,000 (1961).
Bonded Debt
$27,141,000 (Dec. 31, 1961) City Debt. $11,713,000 (Dec. 31, 1961) Water Debt.
Financial
Four commercial banks with total deposits of $291,- 745,326 (Dec. 31, 1961); total resources $329,- 161,141 (Dec. 31, 1961). Eight savings institu- tions in city area branches and home office with total deposits $349,468,212 (Dec. 31, 1961). Springfield is the headquarters for the Federal Farm Credit system of the Northeast.
Post Office Receipts $5,055,483.50 (year ending Dec. 31, 1961).
Churches and Synagogues
Protestant: 60. Jewish: 8. Catholic: 20. Total: 88.
Building Construction - 1961
302 new permits issued
$16,524,158
642 alterations and additions 1,724,546
149 demolitions 145,099
1,093 total $18,393,803
Radio Broadcasting Stations
WBZA; WSPR; WMAS; WHYN; WTYM, East Longmea- dow; WTXL, West Springfield; WACE, Chicopee; WREB, Holyoke; WDEW, Westfield.
Television
WWLP - Channel 22; WHYN - Channel 40.
Industrial
Principal manufacturing of the city and surrounding territory: electrical machinery, apparatus and sup- plies, foun dry and machine shop products, mach- ine tools and machine tool accessories, firearms, plastic materials, printing and publishing, enve- lopes, forgings, clothing, bronze and aluminum castings, knit goods, games and toys, handbags and bill folds, chemicals, tires, magnetos, valves, electrical appliances, sporting goods.
Trade (Retail and Wholesale)
Retail area has radius of 50 miles and an approximate population of 693,000. Wholesale area extends 100 miles with population over 800,000.
Newspapers Daily: Springfield Union, Springfield Daily News. Sunday paper: Springfield Republican.
Hotels
4 major hotels.
Motels
20 in Springfield and West Springfield.
Railroads NY Central (Boston & Albany), Boston & Maine, New Ha ven .
Highways
Route No. 5 north to Canada and south to New Haven; Route No. 20 east to Boston, west to Albany; Route No. 57 connects Springfield with College Highway; Route No. 116 to Amherst; Route No. 83 to Somers, Conn .; Mass. Tumpike east to Boston and west to Albany. (Under construction: U. S. Route 91 from New Haven through Springfield to Canada).
Airports
American Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Northeast Airlines, United Airlines, Trans-World Airlines, Slick Air- ways and Mohawk Airlines serving Springfield from Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Conn., 12 miles from city. Airlines scheduled over 18,694 flights and carried over 545,819 passengers for 1961. Barnes Airport, Westfield, is 13 miles from city. (Charter and air taxi services.)
Amusements
9 moving picture theatres. Municipal auditorium, seat- ing 3,218. 4 drive-in theatres.
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Two municipal. Golf Courses
Haspitals
Eight hospitals are listed, including one in Holyoke and one in Ludlow. Total number of beds, including the Holyoke and Ludlow hospitals, was 1,853 in early 1961. (Three other hospitals are utilized to some extent by Springfield residents, one in Holy- oke and two in Westfield.)
Educatian - 1961
American International College; Springfield College; Westem New England College and State University Extension - Springfield Division. Bay Path Junior College. Ursuline Academy. MacDuffie School for Girls.
Public Schools: 48, including seven junior highs and four senior high schools. Number of pupils in pub- lic schools as of October 1961, 31,342. Entire pro- fessional staff, 1,271. Total value of land, build-, ings and equipment as of January 1, 1962, $22,- 733,309. Springfield ranked first in the common- wealth in the number of teachers with Master's degrees. In Massachusetts, the city placed second in the total number of degrees for all its teachers and fifth in the maximum salaries paid to teachers with bachelor degrees. Modem Trade High School graduates over 200 highly skilled workers each year. Academic High School sends over 80% of graduating class to college each year. Number of parochial and private schools, 21. Number of pupils, about 11,088.
Public Libraries
Seven branches, Central Building, and a bookmobile with a total of 571,171 volumes as of December 31, 1961)
Museums
Six museums including 2 historical, 1 fine arts, 1 art, 1 science including Planetarium and 1 small arms.
Protectian af Persons and Praperty - 1961
Fire Department: 480 paid employees, 10 autos, 13 pumpers, 8 hose wagons, 10 ladder trucks, 4 trucks, 14 station houses, 1 fire alarm headquarters build- ing, 1 repair shop, 1 drill school, 1 squad car and 1 ambulance. One new 750-gallon pumper purchased. Police Department: 377 regular paid employees and 60 school traffic supervisors, 46 pieces of motor e- quipment, 3 stations.
Public Warks - 1961
Total paved miles of public streets, 310.673. 5.073 miles of public streets accepted. Miles of storm and sanitary sewers, 500.913, with 10.986 miles of sanitary sewers and 5.408 miles of storm water drains constructed in 1960. Reconstruction of 4.429 miles of city streets and construction of .804 mile of highway under state aid. All sewage is treated and purified before discharge into the Connecticut River. Public waste and garbage collections pro- vided for all residences and businesses, with down- town collections nightly and collections weekly from curb.
Telephane - (Feb. 1, 1962)
There were 106,352 telephones in the three exchanges which serve Springfield, West Springfield, Indian Orchard and Agawam.
Telephone rates: one-party resident line, $6.00 plus tax; two party line, $4.90 plus tax; four-party line, $4.05 plus tax. Business lines: (1) measured business line, local service, $8.80 plus tax, allowing 80 calls; 53/4¢ each additional call; (2) straight busi- ness line, $16.30 monthly rate plus tax.
Water - 1961
Rates: First 5,000 cubic feet, 24¢ per 100 cubic ft., 5,001 to 60,000 cubic feet, 16¢ per 100 cubic ft. Over 60,000 cubic feet, 9¢ per 100 cubic ft. Service: Capacity of water works, 45 to 60 million gal- lons per day with average daily consumption of 32.8 million gallons; total capacity, 25 billion gallons. Present supply by gravity could adequately serve three times the present population served.
SPRINGFIELD GAS LIGHT RATES, JANUARY 1, 1962
Hausehold Rate - First 100 cu. feet $1.15; next 400 cu. feet at 321/2¢ per 100 cu. feet; excess 25¢ per 100 feet.
Water Heat and Refrigeratian - First 500 cu. feet at $2.45; next 500 feet at 25¢ per 100 cu. feet; anything above is 16¢ per 100 cu. feet.
Heating Rate - First 500 cu. feet at $2.45; next 500 at 25¢ per 100 cu. feet. Next 2,500 at 16¢ per 100 cu. feet. First 60 hour use of demand at 151/2¢ per 100 cu. feet. Over 60 hours of demand at 12/2¢ per 100 cu. feet.
Service - The area is served by two natural gas pipelines. On January 1, 1962 there were 792 miles of mains and over 66,000 meters.
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC RESIDENTIAL LIGHT RATES, JANUARY 1, 1962
Residential Schedule A-1- First 12 KWH or less, $1.00; next 88 KWH at 31/2¢ per KWH; balance over 100 KWH is 2.8¢ per KWH. As of January 1, 1961 the typical monthly 250 KWH residential usage amounted to $8.27.
Optianal Residential Schedule A-H - The standard energy rate is the first 400 KWH or less computed at rate of available residential schedule. All over 400 KWH at 2.1¢ per KWT. Inducement energy rate-all KWH's used between 11:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or such other hours as the company may deem advisable but not less than 71/2 hours daily shall be at the rate of 1.3¢ per KWH.
Water Heating - For off-peak storage water heating - first 50 KWH, 3¢ per KWH; over 50 KWH, lø per KWH. Service - Three bulk supply stations in City directly interconnected with 115,000 volt underground cable surrounding the City. Approximately 66,000 meters serve the public.
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FINANCIAL SITUATION
Earnings and savings in this area are high. Cash savings, savings banks, and savings and loan associations in the Springfield Area were estimated by Future Springfield, Inc. to be over $1,000 per capita in 1959. Moreover, the prospects remain good for the continuing availability of risk capital in the Springfield Area.
Springfield has four commercial banks, five savings banks, and three savings and loan assoc- iations. The city was chosen as the logical location for the establishment of the district branch of the Federal Farm Credit System covering New England, New York and New Jersey, and comprising the Federal Land Bank, various Production Credit Associations, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, and the Springfield Bank for Co-operatives.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1295 STATE STREET, SPRINGFIELD
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company was founded in 1851 and is one of the oldest companies in the country. It now has 111 general agencies, 40 group insurance offices, and 9 mortgage loan and real estate offices in key cities throughout the United States.
With assets of over $2.6 billion, Massachusetts Mutual today ranks 10th among the more than 1,500 life insurance firms in the nation. The company's life insurance sales have more than trebled in the past decade and currently total over a billion dollars annually. Massachusetts Mutual has more than $9 billion of insurance in force, protecting more than one million persons, and in excess of $2 billion has been disbursed to policyholders and beneficiaries since the company was organ- ized. Described as "particularly a policyholder's company," Massachusetts Mutual enjoys a nationwide reputation for the quality of its policy contracts and service and its outstanding pro- fessional sales force.
Springfield Insurance Company and Monarch Life Insurance Company became affiliated in 1958. These companies, with their affiliates, are now known as Springfield-Monarch Insurance Companies and write all major forms of insurance.
Springfield Insurance Company ("Fire and Marine" was deleted from the corporate name of the company as of December 31, 1960) was incorporated in 1849 and has paid dividends to stockholders continuously since 1867. Monarch Life was founded in 1901 and is one of the nation's leading writers of non-cancellable, guaranteed continuable health and accident insurance with a guaranteed premium rate. The other companies in this group are: New England Insurance Company, Springfield, Mass .; Freeport Insurance Company and Horizon Insurance Company, Freeport, Ill .; The Standard Insurance Company, Tulsa, Okla .; and Springfield Life Insurance Company, Inc., Brattleboro, Vt.
These two insurance organizations (Massachusetts Mutual and Springfield-Monarch) employ over 2,800 persons in the local area.
This digest of the history of Springfield's two largest insurance companies is intended to in- dicate the scope of one of the city's white collar industries. The city's claim of diversification does not apply alone to diversified manufacturing. We have maintained a healthy balance between diversified manufacturing and diversified service industries of which insurance is a fine example.
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Springfield College Memorial Field House, dedicated in February, 1948, to Springfield College Students and Alumni who died in World War II.
THE CROSSROADS OF NEW ENGLAND
Springfield is the Western Gateway to New England. The city's effective location serves to enhance the area as a transportation, industrial and trade center.
In transportation the greater Springfield Area is bisected by two major highways and serviced by two major commercial airports and three major railroads. Tourists drive on excellent roads to Springfield, to the rest of Massachusetts and to the other New England states. The construction of U. S. Route 91 will eventually place Springfield and the surrounding area along a continuous ex- pressway from Philadelphia to Canada.
For over one hundred years Springfield has been characterized by widespread industrial diver- sification and outstanding skill amongits mechanical trade workers. Of more recent origin has been Springfield's development as a trading center.
The city attracts persons from the greater Springfield Area who seek ample shopping facilities, excellent stores, fine restaurants and hotels. Particularly in recent years the city has grown as a wholesale as well as a retail center. In the greater Springfield Area are also located the Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, the Hampden County Improvement League and other agencies working for agricultural improvement in New England.
The Springfield Area has an ample share of fine hotels and motels and each year the city of Springfield becomes headquarters for approximately 36,000 convention delegates. The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce operates a Convention and Visitors Bureau which actively solic- its convention business. For over sixty years it has functioned as a counsel and guide to those seeking information and advice about Springfield. Future Springfield, Inc. is another research agency which makes reliable studies based on full time research on Springfield and the greater Springfield Area.
THE CITY TODAY
Springfield was settled in 1636 as a colonial outpost by a band of men led by the explorer and entrepreneur, William Pynchon. The outpost became a town in 1641 and was incorporated as a city in 1852. The smaller towns of West Springfield, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Ludlow, Agawam and the city of Chicopee eventually grew up adjacent to the original settlement.
The city and the rest of the Springfield-Holyoke Metropolitan Area have grown to a population of approximately 477,000, according to preliminary returns of the 1960 Federal Census. Excellent turnpike routes make Springfield accessible to Boston (90 miles), New York City (126 miles), and Albany (94 miles).
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BUSINESS SECTION - CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTIONS
Springfield is fortunate in having public utility organizations which aid in the development of the com- munity. Under the municipality there operates a Springfield Water Works which provides the community with excellent drinking water piped to the city from the eastern foothills of the Berkshires. An excellent reservoir system of great capacity provides a flow adequate to care for the city for many years to come.
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