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Respectfully submitted,
BELLE W. CORWIN.
Agawam, March 11, 1898.
Appropriations Recommended for 1898.
Schools, Superintendent and Supplies,
$6,000.00 .
High School Tuition, .
. 1,000.00
Highways and Bridges,
2,500.00
Care of Poor, .
2,500.00
Contingencies,
800.00
Town Officers,
1,200.00
State Aid,
250.00
Interest,
1,600.00
Sinking Fund, .
1,000.00
Care of Town Halls,
50.00
Repairs on Buildings,
200.00
Street Lights, .
100.00
Collection of Taxes,
300.00
Discount on Taxes,
750.00
Memorial Day,
50.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF AGAWAM,
For the Year Ending March IO,
1 899.
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HOLYOKE, MASS .: GRIFFITH, AXTELL & CADY CO. 1899.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1898-'99.
Town Clerk and Treasurer. JUDSON W. HASTINGS.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.
HENRY E. BODURTHA, R. MATHER TAYLOR, JOHN H. REED.
School Committee.
EDWIN LEONARD, Chairman, term expires 1899.
CHARLES P. DAVIS, Secretary, term expires 1901.
ROBERT O. HARPER, Purchasing Agent, term expires 1900.
Tax Collectors.
MONROE HAY WARD, Agawam, DANIEL W. CORWIN, Feeding Hills, FRANK L. DUGAN, Mittineague.
Auditors.
JOHN G. FREELAND, FREDERICK A. SYKES.
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Trustees of Whiting Street Fund.
SETH N. BENNETT, term expires 1899. OSCAR A. PARKS, term expires 1900.
Trustees of the Public Library. S. NEWELL SMITH, term expires 1899. HENRY L. TOWER, term expires 1900. RALPH PERRY.
Highway Surveyors.
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL, Agawam. DANIEL L. WIIITE, Feeding Hills. H. PRESTON WORDEN, Mittineague.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. GRANGER, term expires 1899. TIMOTHY J. O'BRIEN, term expires 1900. LEWIS A. BARDEN, term expires 1901.
Constables and Special Police.
ALSON W. ALLEN, WOODMAN PILLSBURY,
JAMES M. BEAN, FRANK J. POMEROY,
ALBERT H. BROWN, EDWARD M. WRIGHT,
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL, EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK,
ROBERT ELY, JR., WILSON J. WARRINER,
ELMER E. MCINTIRE, OLIVER SMITH,
DANIEL MURPHY, JACOB DIEGEL,
HENRY S. PHELPS.
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Fence Viewers.
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL,
JAMES F. BARRY,
SANDFORD H. SAWYER, EPHRAIM PRINCE, CHAUNCEY P. WILSON.
Field Drivers.
F. A. SCOTT,
MONROE HAYWARD,
JERRE ADAMS,
JAMES G. KING,
JAMES H. CLARK,
ELMER E. MCINTIRE,
ROLLIN C. POMEROY, JAMES S. SMITH,
THOMAS HOLLORAN, JOHN WRIGHT,
ETHAN D. ALLEN, ROBERT ELY, JR.
Surveyors of Lumber.
ROBERT ELY, JR., FRED. A. BODURTHA.
Measurers of Wood.
CHARLES W. HASTINGS,
HARVEY E. PORTER,
HENRY L. TOWER,
ALSON W. ALLEN,
WILLIAM H. MORSE, EDWARD A. KELLOGG.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
EDWARD A. KELLOGG.
Sealer of Leather. SUMNER CLARK.
Public Weighers.
CHARLES W. HASTINGS, HARVEY E. PORTER, WILLIAM H. MORSE, DANIEL LEONARD.
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Fish Wardens.
LEVI RIVERS, FRANK P. COVELL.
Forest Fire Wards.
EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK, WILSON J. WARRINER,
WILLIAM H. PORTER, BYRON C. ROBERTS.
Burial Agent. EMERSON L. COVELL.
Inspectors of Animals and Provisions.
EDWIN LEONARD, ELIJAH D. ALLEN.
Assistant Town Clerk. CHARLES W. HASTINGS.
Registrars of Voters.
GEORGE D. FISK, Chairman, term expires 1900. HENRY A. HUNTINGTON, term expires 1899. EDWARD A. KELLOGG, term expires 1901. JUDSON W. HASTINGS (ex officio).
Representative in General Court, Second Hampden District.
CALVIN S. MILLER, of Southwick.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
RECORDS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 10, 1899.
ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 4, 1898.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Elmer E. McIntire and Lewis A. Barden, appointed ballot clerks, were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Result of vote for Moderator :-
William H. Porter received 38
ARTICLE 2. To choose by ballot for the ensuing year, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the poor, a Board of Health of three members, three Collectors of Taxes, two Auditors, three Surveyors of Highways, ten Constables, one member of the School Committee for three years, one Library Trustee for three years, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, one Trustee of Whiting Street Fund for two years, also to vote upon the same ballot "Yes" or " No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town? "
A package containing six hundred official ballots was delivered to the ballot clerks and their receipt taken for the same. Ballot box
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was inspected, found empty, dial set at o-o-o, locked and key delivered to a constable. Polls declared open for the purpose of voting for the officers specified in Article 2, and on the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "
Voted-To close the polls at 4 p. m.
At the close of the polls the Moderator appointed as tellers to assist in the counting of the ballots, John R. Bodurtha, Samuel A. Read, Frank R. Pomeroy, Daniel O'Connell, Charles W. Hastings, Robert O. Harper, Fred. A. Worthington, Henry A. Huntington, Scott Adams, Eugene L. Thompson, James H. Clark, Fred. A. Johnson, Jr. They were all sworn to a faithful discharge of their duties by the Moderator.
Dial registered, 340
Names checked,
340
Number of ballots found in the box, 340 .
Result of the vote as declared later :-
For Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Judson W. Hastings of Feeding Hills, received 215
Ralph Perry of Agawam, received
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. Blanks, .
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Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.
Henry E. Bodurtha of Agawam, received 243
George H. Reed of Agawam, received 125
John H. Reed of Mittineague, received
239
R. Mather Taylor of Feeding Hills, received 259
Frank L. Johnson of Feeding Hills, received I Homer W. Halladay of Feeding Hills, received 3 Blanks, 150
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School Committee For Three Years.
Charles P. Davis of Agawam, received 170
Caroline L. Hayward of Agawam, received ยท 145
Blanks,
25
Tax Collectors.
Daniel W. Corwin of Feeding Hills, received 192
Monroe Hayward of Agawam, received I74
Woodman Pillsbury of Mittineague, received 180
H. Van Ness Roberts of Feeding Hills, received . William Savin of Mittineague, received
93
93
Albert E. Worthington of Agawam, received I30
Blanks,
158
Library Trustees for Three Years.
Caroline L. Hayward of Agawam, received 149
Fred. A. Sykes of Agawam, received 157
Blanks, 34
Auditors.
John G. Freeland of Feeding Hills, received 177
Frank L. Johnson of Feeding Hills, received I34
Fred. A. Sykes of Agawam, received . I54
John B. Warren of Mittineague, received I30
Blanks, 85
Trustee of Whiting Street Fund for Two Years.
Oscar A. Parks of Feeding Hills, received 269
Blanks,
7I
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Highway Surveyors.
Willis C. Campbell of Agawam, received 251
Daniel J. Collins of Mittineague, received 161
Daniel L. White of Feeding Hills, received .. 228
169
H. Preston Worden of Mittineague, received E. A. Kellogg of Feeding Hills, received Blanks, 210
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Sinking Fund Commissioner for Three Years.
Lewis A. Barden of Agawam, received 156
David L. Bowe of Agawam, received 14I
Blanks, .
43
Constables.
Alson W. Allen of Agawam, received . 167
James M. Bean of Mittineague, received 138
Albert H. Brown of Feeding Hills, received 193
Willis C. Campbell of Agawam, received 222
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Robert Ely, Jr., of Agawam, received . Amos Gosselin of Mittineague, received Elmer E. McIntire of Feeding Hills, received Daniel Murphy of Mittineague, received Woodman Pillsbury of Mittineague, received Frank J. Pomeroy of Agawam, received J. Arsene Roy of Mittineague, received
1 69
I52
I30
I37
73
88
Daniel Sullivan of Feeding Hills, received Wilson J. Warriner of Mittineague, received Daniel L. White of Feeding Hills, received Irving White of Mittineague, received
85
109
102
Chauncey P. Wilson of Agawam, received 83 Albert E. Worthington of Agawam, received II7 Edward M. Wright of Feeding Hills, received 148 William Fletcher of Agawam, received I Blanks, 1037
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Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
Yes, 147
No,
165
Blanks,
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ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary town officers not provided for in the foregoing article.
The following were elected by acclamation :-
FENCE VIEWERS .- Willis C. Campbell, James F. Barry, Sanford H. Sawyer, Ephraim Prince, Chauncey P. Wilson.
FIELD DRIVERS .- F. A. Scott, Monroe Hayward, Jerre Adams, James G. King, James H. Clark, Elmer E. McIntire, Rollin C. Pom- eroy, James S. Smith, Thomas Halloran, John Wright, Ethan D. Allen, Robert Ely, Jr.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER .- Robert Ely, Jr., Fred. A. Bodurtha.
MEASURERS OF WOOD .- Charles W. Hastings, Harvey E. Porter, Henry L. Tower, William H. Morse, Alson W. Allen, Edward A. Kellogg.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .- Edward A. Kellogg.
SEALER OF LEATHER .- Sumner Clark.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS .- Charles W. Hastings, Harvey E. Porter, Will- iam H. Morse, Daniel Leonard.
Voted-On motion of James W. Moore, that the Town Clerk be directed to prepare blank forms and to summons every public offi- cer elected to qualify as required by law, and commit the same with his warrant to either of the Constables of the town for service.
ARTICLE 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.
Voted-On motion of James W. Moore, that the reports of all the Town Officers be accepted, errors and omissions excepted, and that they be taken up in order as printed for discussion and comment.
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ARTICLE 5. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Voted-On motion of James W. Moore, that the care of the poor be left in the hands of the Overseers of the Poor.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow temporarily in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, a sum not to exceed seven thousand dollars, as the same may be from time to time required, and to give a note or notes of the town for money so borrowed, and that he be also authorized to pay such loans from said taxes.
Voted-On motion of Thomas M. Roberts, unanimously.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote a discount on taxes.
Voted-On motion of James W. Moore, that the Town allow no discount on taxes for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will charge interest on taxes.
Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts, that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts, to reconsider action taken under Article 7.
Voted-On the original motion, in the negative.
Voted-On motion of D. J. Collins, that a discount of 5 per cent. be allowed on all taxes paid in on or before October 20, 1898.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will accept " Deep Gutter " road, so called, as located by the Selectmen.
Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts, to accept it.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the care of the town library.
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Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts, to indefinitely postpone action on this article.
ARTICLE II. To see if the Town desire to sell the school prop- erty situated on " River street," so called.
Voted-On motion of E. K. Bodurtha, that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will take any action relative to changing the district of School Superintendent, which now exists.
Voted-On motion of James W. Moore, that the Town of Agawam hereby withdraws from the existing union district, composed of the towns of Agawam, Southwick and Granville, in the employment of a School Superintendent, this vote to take effect at the close of the present school year.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to divide Precinct B, and accept a division as made by the Selectmen.
On motion of T. M. Roberts to indefinitely postpone, it was voted, affirmative 37, negative 52.
T. M. Roberts moved to accept the division as made by the Selectmen, and that the annual town meetings shall be hereafter held alternately at Feeding Hills and Agawam, the next annual town meeting to be held in Feeding Hills.
D. J. Collins moved to amend by addition of the word Mittineague.
Voted-On the amendment, in the negative.
Voted-On the original motion, in the negative.
Scott Adams moved that the town divide Precinct B, and accept the division made by the Selectmen.
T. M. Roberts moved to amend by the addition of the words, and that the annual town meetings be held successively at Mittineague, Feeding Hills and Agawam, the next annual town meeting to be held at Mittineague.
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Voted-On the amendment, in the negative.
Voted-On the original motion, in the negative.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town desire to make any change in the officers to be hereafter elected annually.
Scott Adams moved that the Town of Agawam shall choose from the inhabitants thereof by ballot at its annual meeting in every year hereafter the following named Town Officers, who shall, unless oth- erwise provided, serve during the year : A Town Clerk, who shall also be Treasurer and Tax Collector ; three Selectmen, who shall also be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health ; two Auditors; three Surveyors of Highways; ten Constables; one mem- ber of the School Committee for three years; one Library Trustee for three years ; one Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years; one Trustee of Whiting Street Fund for two years. All former votes of the town inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked.
T. M. Roberts moved to amend by striking out the words, " three Highway Surveyors."
Voted-On the amendment, in the negative.
Voted-On the main question, in the negative.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will make any special appropri- ation for highway work.
James W. Moore moved that the sum of $2,000 be appropriated for special highway work to be done the ensuing year, $1,000 to be expended in Agawam and Mittineague, and $1,000 in Feeding Hills, said appropriation to be taken from the sum raised by tax in 1897 for Agawam bridge.
O. A. Parks moved to amend by taking only $1,000 from money raised by taxation in 1897 for new Agawam bridge.
Voted-On amendment, in the negative.
E. K. Bodurtha moved that the Selectmen be authorized to secure estimates for improving the highway between George H. Huntington's and H. W. Fitzgerald's and between cemetery and the brook near D. L. White's, these proposals to be submitted at a fut- ure meeting.
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J. W. Moore moved to amend so as to have estimates for road be- tween watering tank in Feeding Hills and the brook near D. L. White's.
D. J. Collins moved to amend that they furnish estimates also for road between John H. Reed's and Robert Ely's.
Voted-On the Collins amendment, in the affirmative.
Voted-On the Moore amendment, in the affirmative.
Voted-On the question as amended, in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 16. To make the necessary appropriations for the en- suing year, and to vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be required for the same.
Voted-To appropriate and raise by tax, for
Schools, Supplies and Superintendent,
$6,000.00
High School Tuition,
1,000.00
Paupers, .
2,500.00
Contingencies,
800.00
Town Officers,
1,000.00
State Aid,
250.00
Interest, .
1,600.00
Sinking Fund,
1,000.00
Care of Town Halls,
50.00
Repairs on Town Buildings,
200.00
Street Lights,
115.00
Collection of Taxes,
300.00
Discount on Taxes, .
750.00
Memorial Day,
50.00
Voted-On motion of James W. Moore, that fifteen dollars ($15) be appropriated for street lights 'in Feeding Hills Center and one hundred dollars for the rest of the 1own.
Voted-On motion of H. E. Bodurtha, that action with regard to appropriation for highways be postponed until an adjourned meeting. .
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Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts, that all town officers whose compensation is fixed by vote of the town shall receive two dollars per day for actual service, except those already provided for.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will accept the following list of jurors : Andrew J. Todd, Samuel McVeigh, Frank E. Campbell, Charles F. Barden, Frank R. Pomeroy, John Ahl, Charles T. Crouss, William H. Porter, William A. Fletcher, William B. Rice, James H. Clark, George E. Arnold, John F. Hamilton, Fred. P. Halladay, Willis L. Huntley, Fred. A. Johnson, Jr., Oscar L. King, Edward A. Kellogg, Byron C. Roberts, Sandford H. Sawyer, Dexter M. Steere, Alfred Maynard, Everest S. Gauthier, Daniel Murphy, Dennis M. Crowley, Charles Gosselin, H. Willis Austin, Edward M. Hitchcock, Robert O. Harper.
Voted-To substitute the name of Eugene L. Thompson for Frank E. Campbell.
Voted-To substitute the name of Edwin M. Hitchcock for Edward M. Hitchcock.
Voted-To accept the list as amended.
ARTCILE 18. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Voted-On motion of D. J. Collins, that the Selectmen be in- structed to have notices posted to prevent dumping of rubbish in the highways of the town.
Voted-On motion of E. K. Bodurtha, that when this meeting adjourns, it adjourn to meet at this place two weeks from to-day at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Edwin Leonard moved to reconsider the action taken under Article 12.
Voted-In the negative.
Voted-To adjourn until 2 p. m., April 18, 1898, at this place.
JUDSON W. HASTINGS,
Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED MEETING, APRIL 18, 1898.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 2 p. m. Henry E. Bodurtha reported for the Selectmen the estimates for improving certain sections of the highways as directed by vote of the town at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE 15. The motion of J. W. Moore, made under Article 15, not having been acted upon was restated by the Moderator.
Voted-In the affirmative.
E. A. Kellogg moved that this money be expended at the discre- tion of the Selectmen.
T. M. Roberts moved to amend by the addition of the words " under the direction of a competent engineer."
Amendment carried in the affirmative.
Voted-On motion as amended, in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 12. Voted-On motion of J. W. Hastings, that the time limit made in the vote taken under Article 12 be extended one year.
ARTICLE 16. Voted-To appropriate and raise by tax the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for highways and bridges.
Vated-To appropriate and raise by tax the sum of ninety dollars ($90) for building the town's portion of a division fence about the Mittineague school lot.
Voted-On motion of E. K. Bodurtha, that the sum of seventeen thousand two hundred and five dollars ($17,205) in addition to the State and County taxes, be assessed upon the polls of the in-
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habitants, and the estates of the residents and non-residents of Aga- wam and be committed to the Collectors of Taxes on or before September 1, 1898.
ARTICLE 8. Moved by T. M. Roberts, that all taxes shall be paid by November 1, 1898, and that on all taxes unpaid January 1, 1899, interest be charged at 7 per cent.
A. P. Loomis moved to amend by making the rate 6 per cent.
Voted-On the amendment, in the affirmative.
Voted-On the motion as amended, in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 18. Voted-On motion of J. G. Freeland, that the Selectmen be authorized to employ such town counsel as they deem best.
Voted-On motion of A. P. Loomis, that this meeting be dis- solved.
JUDSON W. HASTINGS, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1898.
HAMPDEN SS.
To either of the Constables in the Town of Agawam in said County:
GREETING :- In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to warn and notify the inhabitants of the Town of Agawam qualified to vote in elections, to meet in their re- spective polling places, viz. : Those resident in Precinct A, in the basement of the schoolhouse situated in said precinct and those resident in Precinct B, in the Town Hall in Feeding Hills, on Tues- day, the eighth day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, then and there to bring in their votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Councillor for the Eighth District, Sen- ator for the Second Hampden District, County Commissioner, two Special County Commissioners, District Attorney, Register of Pro- bate and Insolvency, Representative in Congress. The polls will be opened at six o'clock a. m., and may be closed in four hours, and must be closed before sunset.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies, one in each of the Post Offices in said Town and one in the store of Hermenegilde Letellier at least seven days before the time of holding said election. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this
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warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the time of holding said election.
Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
HENRY E. BODURTHA, R. MATHER TAYLOR, JOHN H. REED. Selectmen of Agawam.
I have this day served the above warrant by posting attested copies as directed.
ELMER E. MCINTIRE, Constable. Agawam, Mass., Nov. 1, 1898.
DIGEST OF THE REPORTS OF THE PRECINCT CLERKS.
NOVEMBER 8, 1898.
Voters assembled at the polling places designated in the warrant. Sealed packages of Official Ballots received from the Secretary of State were delivered to the Wardens, who gave receipts for the same. The ballot boxes were inspected, locked and keys delivered to Constables. The Wardens were sworn by the Town Clerk and the other precinct officers were sworn by the Wardens or the Town Clerk.
In Precinct A, George D. Cooley was appointed Inspector in place of William Savin who failed to appear.
In Precinct B, at 9 a. m., the ballot box refused to received the ballots as intended. The remainder of the ballots were deposited in the lower part of the box under the direction of the Warden.
In Precinct A, it was voted to close the polls at 3 p. m.
In Precinct B, it was voted to close the polls at sunset.
At close of polls, names checked in Precinct A, . 66 66 66 66 B, . 261
95
Number of ballots found in the box in Precinct A,
95
B, 261
Dial registered in Precinct A, . 71
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RESULT OF COUNT.
FOR 'GOVERNOR.
PRECINCT A. PRECINCT B. TOTAL.
Alexander B. Bruce of Lawrence,
49
73
I22
George R. Peare of Lynn,
3
2
5
Winfield P. Porter of Newburyport,
2
O
2
Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston,
O
5
5
Roger Wolcott of Boston,
37
I72
209
Blanks,
4
9
I3
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Michael T. Barry of Haverhill,
3
I
4
W. Murray Crane of Dalton,
38
I71
209
John L. Kilbon of Lee,
O
7
7
Isaac W. Skinner of Brockton,
3
3
6
Edward J. Slattery of Framingham,
43
65
108
Blanks,
8
14
22
FOR SECRETARY.
Charles H. Bradley of Haverhill,
5
I
6
Henry A. Inman of Newton,
I
7
8
Henry Lloyd of Boston,
45
66
III
William M. Olin of Boston,
31
165
196
James F. Stevens of Boston,
3
I
4
Blanks,
IO
2I
3I
FOR TREASURER.
Marther Moore Avery of Boston,
5
3
8
Harry Jaquith of Wellesley,
47
64
III
Edward P. Shaw of Newburyport,
32
168
200
Herbert Morley Small of Templeton,
I
5
6
Charles W. White of Winchester,
2
2
4
Blanks,
8
19
27
23
FOR AUDITOR.
PRECINCT A. PRECINCT B. TOTAL.
Charles S. Grieves of Amesbury,
2
I
3
John W. Kimball of Fitchburg,
33
168
201
John Palme of New Bedford,
4
I
5
Charles F. Parker of Boston,
46
67
II3
Walter E. Sanford of Attleborough,
5
5
Blanks,
IO
19
29
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Patrick Kilroy of Springfield,
53
73
I26
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford,
30
170
200
Clarence E. Spelman of Westfield,
4
4
8
Blanks,
8
14
22
FOR COUNCILLOR, EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Enos W. Boise of Blandford,
56
95
151
Parley A. Russell of Great Barrington, Blanks,
29
I55
184
IO
II
21
FOR SENATOR, SECOND HAMPDEN DISTRICT.
William B. Mahoney of Westfield,
79
90
169
Moritz E. Ruther of Holyoke,
2
2
George N. Tyner of Holyoke,
15
16I
I76
Blanks,
8
9
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
Calvin S. Miller of Southwick,
23
I37
160
Charles W. Noble of Southwick,
61
I20
18I
Blanks,
II
4
I5
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
William Provin of Westfield,
58
89
I47
28
160
188
James M. Sickman of Holyoke, Blanks,
9
I 2
2I
24
FOR SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS. PRECINCT A. PRECINCT B. TOTAL.
James F. Dickey of Holyoke,
41
55
96
Harrison Loomis of West Springfield,
20
133
153
William H. Porter of Agawam,
26
161
187
John H. Reed of Agawam,
60
97
157
Blanks,
43
76
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FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Charles L. Gardner of Springfield,
77
22I
298
Blanks,
18
40
58
FOR REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
Samuel B. Spooner of Springfield,
73
224
297
Blanks,
22
37
59
FOR SHERIFF.
Embury P. Clark,
28
I74
202
George W. D. Upton of Springfield,
57
77
I34
Blanks,
IO
IO
20
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
Edward A. Buckland of Holyoke,
3
2
5
Charles P. Davis of Agawam,
57
IIO
167
George P. Lawrence of North Adams,
25
145
170
Blanks,
IO
4
14
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the several towns comprising the Second Hampden Representative District held at the Court House in Springfield at 12 o'clock (noon), on Friday, the eighteenth day of November, 1898, the transcripts were examined and com- pared and the whole number of ballots cast for Representative in said district were found to be thirteen hundred and twenty-six, of
25
which Calvin S. Miller of Southwick received seven hundred and twenty-one votes and Charles W. Noble of Southwick received six hundred and five votes, as follows by towns :
MILLER.
NOBLE. PLANKS.
Agawam,
160
18I
I5
East Longmeadow,
76
29
I3
Granville,
60
47
2
Hampden,
35
57
4
Longmeadow,
56
19
7
Ludlow,
I28
63
I 2
Southwick,
75
I38
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Tolland,
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