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78.27
Amount due March 9, 1899 .
1,102.44-
6,650.21 .
To Frank L. Dugan was committed for collection
5,035.04-
5,035.04
Upon which he has been credited :
Cash paid Treasurer
4,159.28
Discount allowed .
185.32
Abatements allowed
3.38
Commission
62.38
Amount due March 9, 1899 ..
624.68-
5,035.04
37
Abatements Allowed.
WOODMAN PILLSBURY, Collector.
1897.
William Chamberlain ... $2.00
Albert Gamprea .
.
2.00
Patrick Mitchell.
2.00
Joseph H. Payette.
.
2.00
Mrs. S. A. Wells . . . 3.40
D. W. CORWIN, Collector. 1897.
Arthur E. Moran . .... . $2.00 1898.
Daniel A. Crowley . · 2.00
Albert I. Hayward. . ... 2.00
Henry Smith 2.00
E. S. Powers ... 2.48
March 10, 1899.
MONROE HAYWARD, Collector.
1897.
James E. Rogers. . .
.
$3.70
Walter B. Smith .
2.00
FRANK L. DUGAN, Collector. 1898. Charles La Fond. ..... $2.00 Dennis J. Crowley . · 1.38
JOHN H. REED, HENRY E. BODURTHA, R. MATHER TAYLOR,
Assessors.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Northampton Lunatic Hospital :-
Care of James D. Johnson. $169 46
Care of Catherine Flynn . 169.46
Care of Catherine Brady 70.II
Care of Honora Dean 22.75
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, care of Francis Fowler
53.60
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, care of Wm. Deslories ...
161.10
Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics :- Care of Catherine Brady 99.35
Aid to Mrs. Harriet Parker. 113.00
N. L. Byron, casket for Mrs. Parker. 10.00
W. C. Campbell, opening grave. 2.50
Aid to Mrs. Michael Finnegan, one child 48.00
Aid to Michael Moran. . 8.00
Aid to Mrs. Frank Willette, five children 84.00
E. S. Gauthier, rent for Mrs. Willette 63.75
Taylor Bros., wood for Mrs. Willette
4.00
C. W. Hull, wood for Mrs. Willette.
3.50
C. D. Farnsworth, coal for Mrs. Willette.
18.00
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for Mrs. Willette 12.50
Aid to Mrs. Charles La Fond, four children 47.00
Cornelius Crowley, rent for Mrs. La Fond 15.00
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for Mrs. La Fond 1.25
Aid to David Mahoney, wife . 55.00
C. D. Farnsworth, coal for Mahoney 5.75
G. A. Chapman, milk for Mahoney. 3.60
H. Letellier & Son, goods for Mahoney 9.00
Aid to Geneva Brooks, 31.00
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J. W. Hastings, medical aid for Geneva Brooks $7.75
Aid to Mrs. Bazanait, two children . 16.80
Mittineague Market Co., supplies for Julia Murphy ... 3.94
House of Mercy, care of Julia Murphy. 53.93
Henry & Marsh, ambulance for Julia Murphy. 3.00
Town of Dalton, aid to James Weatherbee 82.09
Town of West Springfield, aid to Alex Menard 6.66
C. D. Farnsworth, coal for Menard. 2.00
H. L. Tower, milk for Mrs. Quirk. 3.00
G. A. Chapman, miik for Mrs. Quirk, three children .. 6.00
H. Letellier & Son, supplies for Mrs. Quirk 13.50
C. E. Smith, supplies for Mrs. Quirk . 57.05
C. D. Farnsworth, coal for Mrs. Gervais 5.25
King Bros., supplies for Mrs. Gervais .. 13.94
Mittineague Market Co., supplies for John Grady .... 4.07
Town East Longmeadow, burial of Sylvester Kibbee .. . 14.00
C. E. Smith, medicines for Leon Debour, wife. 2.05
Aid to Leon Debour. 6.00
Mittineague Market Co., supplies to Debour 4.97
W. F. Cook, coal for Debour. 3.00
Servanto Constantino, rent for Debour 9.00
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for Debour
3.75
Aid to James Menard 2.00
L. R. Button, care of W. C. Button 52.00
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for Button 2.50
C. W. Hastings, aid for Timothy Devine, wife. .54
H. Letellier & Son, supplies for Devine 1.00
W. F. Cook, wood and coal for Devine. 4.00
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for Devine . 1.25
C. E. Smith, supplies for Devine.
2.63
C. E. Smith, supplies for Peter De Forge 4.27
C. W. Hastings, supplies for Henry Burke. 14.68
W. C. Campbell, care of tramps 3.50
F. A. Scott, care of tramps. 2.50
A. E. Fuller, care of tramps 1.00
$1,694.30
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Persons having settlement elsewhere have been aided as follows :
Calix Duclos, rent for Fred Hilpold, Sunderland. $12.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies for Hilpold . 8.00
Springfield Co. Milk Association, milk for Hilpold 7.08 . .
House of Mercy, care of Mary Brown, Russell. 34.28
Henry & Marsh, ambulance for Mrs. Brown 3.00
C. J. Downey, medical aid for Mrs. Brown
6.00
D. A. Toomey, burial of Mrs. Brown ..
14.50
W. F. Cook, coal for Mrs. Comfort, Russell 3.00
N. L. Byron, burial of Oliver Ruell, State 13.00
E. A. Kellogg, opening grave for Ruell. 2.00
House of Mercy, care John Nicholson, State. 37.43
Henry & Marsh, ambulance for Nicholson 3.00
Kate Van Slycke, nursing Ina Cline, Westfield 6.00
Mrs. F. A. Scott, nursing Ina Cline. 6.25
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for Ina Cline 10.00
H. E. Bodurtha, cash paid for Ina Cline 1.75
Aid to Mrs. Le Chance, Northampton ..
3.00
Aid to E. H. Morse, Granville. . .
1.75
$172.04
ALMSHOUSE.
Inmates, William R. Dewey . 52 weeks
Ellen McDonnell 52 weeks
Morgan Hollister 36 weeks
Eliza Brennan .
Eliza Roberts 27 weeks
24 weeks
Margaret Haley 21 weeks
Hannah Reardon 21 weeks
Bridget Donahue. 2 weeks
M. B. Parks, salary as Master $275.00
M. B. Parks, supplies. 25.59
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies 256.47
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, fertilizer 45.IO
4I
J. W. Hamilton, meat. $77.63
Old Corner Wall Paper Co., paper and paint 12.18
Forbes & Wallace, supplies 8.63
Mrs. D. B. Arnold, supplies 1.25
C. L. Huntley, strawberry plants 3.00
Mrs. M. L. Raiche, sewing. 15.00
B. L. Bragg Co., supplies. 4.75
W. W. Houghton, shoeing and repairs 17.95
C. W. Twist, shoeing and repairs 6.70
3.40
Taylor Bros., wood and posts. .
J. E. Taylor, supplies
2.00
T. M. Herting, pork .
5.00
C. D. Farnsworth, coal
51.30
J. J. Othick, plow and fertilizer
29.50
E. M. Pomroy, labor.
9.25
D. A. Toomey, burial of Margaret Haley II.OO
D. A. Toomey, burial of Eliza Brennan Washburn Undertaking Co., casket for Eliza Roberts. .
10.00
W. C. Campbell, opening grave for E. Roberts. .
2.00
Washburn Undertaking Co., casket for M. Hollister ... 6.30
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for M. Hollister 6.25
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for E. Brennan
2.50
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for M. Haley 8.75
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for E. Roberts 2.50
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for H. Reardon. 1.25
J. W. Hastings, medical aid for E. McDonnell 3.00
$914.25
Total expenditures for care of poor
$2,780.59
Less receipts and amount to be reimbursed. 2,538.72
Appropriation 2,500.00
R. MATHER TAYLOR, HENRY E. BODURTHA, JOHN H. REED,
Overseers of Poor.
II.00
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Highway and Bridge Department.
South End Bridge.
City of Springfield, snowing. $4.52
City of Springfield, railing . 142.95
$147.47
Agawam and Mittineague Bridges.
Town of West Springfield, replanking.
$225.38
H. P. Worden, repairs . 2.50
R. Ely, Jr., lighting and repairs 11.63
$239.51
Miscellaneous.
Edmund Halladay, scraper blade.
$8.50
A. J. Slater, repairing road machine. 1.55
J. G. Freeland, plank 17.42
$27.47
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Agawam.
James F. Barry, plank $16.81
William Begley, gravel.
.80
S. S. Bodurtha, labor. 7.00
W. H. Porter, labor. 29.40
B. L. Bragg Co., plow points and clevis. 3.00
F. H. King, lumber
123 04
James Green, labor
28.00
John Oldroyd, labor
16.00
Joseph Work, labor
.
5.50
Wilber Benn, labor
10.65
Charles R. Ewing, labor
13.10
H. F. Davitt, castings
12.60
L. H. Nason, labor
51.22
Agawam Brick Co., brick.
2.75
John Murphy, labor.
6.00
Patrick Riley, Jr., labor 9.00
Thomas Riley, labor 12.75
John G. Burt, labor and gravel. 45.72
P. O. Riley, labor . 33.90
M. A. Maynard, pipe .
46.87
WV. H. Harmon, labor and gravel.
33.08
F. E. Campbell, labor
55.80
John Reilly, labor ..
1.65
Monroe Hayward, labor.
6.70
E. J. Bitgood, labor.
3.45
Ambrose S. King, labor and lumber
23.90
M. L. Ahl, labor and sand
25.77
Lewis Sikes, gravel.
4.00
John Ahl, labor.
3.00
George H. Reed, labor 19.05
Peter Campbell, railing 1.50
L. A. Barden, railing 2.00
J. H. Clark, labor. 9.38
James A. Fitzgerald, labor 4.00
William Edgar, labor 7.00
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William J. Edgar, labor. $7.73
William Cook, labor and stone I 7.50
C. W. Hastings, nails, etc. 7.51
John Dean, labor. 3.50
Eugene Chagnon, labor 8.00
A. W. Allen, labor. 11.00
O. A. Cushman, labor. 5.50
Oliver Cushman, labor and filling .
5.55
L. R. Button, labor and gravel
24.40
M. A. Boies, gravel ..
1.04
A. E. Worthington, labor
3.65
W. B. Rice, labor. 2.40
J. W. Wilder, cement. 1.15
C. A. Bartholomew, repairing tools 3.00
Richmond & Wood, lumber. 2.14
E. K. Bodurtha, gravel. ·
2.40
W. C. Campbell, surveyor .
60.00
$840.86
Snow Bills.
George Coville, labor $4.40
E. La Violette, labor
1.35
M. L. Ahl, labor. 9.60
James Green, labor.
9.75
James Fitzgerald, labor.
1.00
Monroe Hayward, labor
17.65
Edward Lester, labor
1.40
E. L. Thompson, labor
7.78
William Hayward, labor.
3.30
WV. A. Wilkinson, labor 4.20
Octave Shambo, labor 1.13
Thomas Riley, labor
2.40
A. F. Trask, labor
2.85
W. A. Hart, labor
2.17
J. G Burt, labor 14.70
.
45
F. J. Pomeroy, labor
$11.40
Byron Pierce, labor.
4.35
James Bigelow, labor 2.25
E. J. Bitgood, labor 4.65
Frank T. Rice, labor
.98
F. H. King, labor
7.05
A. S. King, labor.
13.95
William J. Edgar, labor
1.80
John Oldroyd, labor
1.60
John Murphy, labor
13.69
John Reilly, labor
.60
W. H. Porter, labor
3.65
E. L. Campbell, labor
2.25
Frank P. Covell, labor.
2.56
Jerre Adams, labor.
1.50
W. C. Campbell, surveyor
31.25
$187.21
Feeding Hills.
J. H. Easton, surveyor $2.50
Dennis Shea, labor.
2.20
C. E. Hitchcock, pipe
A. E. Belden, labor . 2.25
H. L. Harrington, labor 60.00
19.35
Theodore Brown, labor
4.50
A. G. Demond, labor.
4.50
James McCarthy, labor 6.00
Jesse Frost, labor . 4.50
C. A. Frost, labor.
22.00
D. W. Corwin, labor 16.00
E. M. Wright, labor . .
47.00
W. E. Cooley, labor
13.50
H. F. Flower, gravel
13.60
E. A. Kellogg, nails, shovels, etc. 2.05
Fred Hilpold, labor. 1.50
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U G. Neale, labor. $3.00
D. W. Brown, labor
1.98
James Rising, gravel. 4.80
Taylor Bros., labor
20.00
John Shea, labor.
8.00
William Halladay, labor
2.25
C. A. Thayer, labor.
4.50
Joseph Vodrine, labor
.75
William Vodrine, labor
3.00
Francis O'Brien, labor.
6.00
John Cleary, gravel 2.10
Josiah Miller, labor.
6.00
James Miner, labor
3.00
John Miner, labor.
3.00
Hiram Williams, labor
2.25
M. A. Maynard, pipe
13.80
Gordon L. White, labor. 15.00
D. L. White, surveyor, labor 105.80
$426.68
Snow Bills.
E. M. Wright, labor $9.35
W. E. Cooley, labor.
1.50
John Miner, labor . 1.50
Hiram Williams, labor
1.50
Gordon L. White, labor
7.50
W. H. White, labor. 7.50
Francis O'Brien, labor
2.25
John McCarthy, labor
2.25
James McCarthy, labor
3.75
E. L. Johnson, labor 14.25
James Carroll, labor .75
Dwight Taylor, labor
1.50
Ethan D. Allen, labor
3.30
Edward E. Smith, labor
2.70
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F. A. Johnson, labor $3.45
George Spear, labor. 5.55
Dexter Steere, labor. 1.65
Fred Hilpold, labor 3.45
J. G. Freeland, labor
.75
H. V. Roberts, labor 10.15
E. E. McIntire, labor 13.20
4.05
Henry Glenn, labor .
1.35
John Glenn, labor
1.20
A. H. Brown, labor
2.85
C. W. Brown, labor
1.35
H. J. Shaw, labor. 2.85
3.00
Joseph Vodrine, labor 1.50
William Vodrine, labor 1.50
Oliver Vodrine, labor. 1.50
George Struthers, labor
1.50
David Struthers, labor
1.50
George Armstrong, labor
1.50
Arthur Moran, labor.
1.80
Ezra Blakesly, labor.
1.80
Howard Steere, labor
1.80
Judson Westcott, labor .
1.50
William Sears, labor 1.65
E. M. Pomroy, labor 5.75
James Kane, labor
1.05
George Arnold, labor
1.80
D. L. White, surveyor, labor
24.55
$165.15
Mittineague.
James Collins, labor
$29.25
D. L. White, labor. 19.40
A. E. Belden, labor. 19.40
Taylor Bros., labor
Peter Vodrine, labor ·
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Davitt & Shea, grate . $1.66
Milton Phillips, labor 14.00
John Curran, labor. 18.75
H. B. Worden, gravel 24.50
A. J. Todd, labor.
35.00
W. H. Harmon, labor.
15.45
P. Crowley, labor cleaning manholes.
16.00
Springfield Lumber Co., lumber .
5.93
H. P. Worden, surveyor, labor 97.05
$296.39
Snow Bills.
H. P. Worden, labor and cash paid $35.20
Total
2,365.94
Appropriation 1,500.00
Special Work.
Agawam.
W. C. Campbell, surveyor, labor $32.50
R. J. Smith, labor. 24.75
J. G. Bigelow, labor 38.00
A. J. Todd, labor. 51.08
WV. H. Porter, labor I2.00
Michael Burke, labor 8.00
H. S. Kelsey, labor 6.00
S. N. Bennet, labor 4.00
F. A. Le Count, gravel 12.80
T. W. Fowler, labor. 15.20
Sumner Schwartz, labor 10.50
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James H. Clark, labor $12.00
George E. Coville, labor
25.90
C. W. Hull, labor. 31.50
William Hayward, labor 13.50
Frank P. Covell, labor 19.48
Thomas Welch, labor 13.50
James Menard, labor
3.75
William Lester, labor 14.25
H. W. Fitzgerald, labor 1.50
John Murphy, labor
12.75
H. W. Cook, labor
18.45
H. B. Worden, gravel
.80
G. H. Huntington, sand.
4.90
H. W. Austin, sand.
1.30
J. W. Wilder, cement
1.15
H. C. Puffer & Co., cement
5.60
H. F. Davitt, grates.
28.25
Standard Brick Co., brick .
17.00
W. A. Brown, engineering services
17.00
M. A. Maynard, pipe 191.90
$649.31
Feeding Hills.
D. L. White, surveyor, labor $82.88
Gordon L. White, labor
27.68
C. A. Frost, labor 43.80
John Westcott, labor
14.23
Joseph Vodrine, labor
20.33
William Vodrine, labor
15.53
Peter Vodrine, labor 13.06
Fred Hilpold, labor
7.20
George Van Horn, labor
3.00
A. G. Demond, labor.
3.00
Hiram Williams, labor
12.45
50
Jesse Frost, labor $1.80
A. E. Belden, labor 46.80
John Miner, labor. 7.95
James Miner, labor
15.45
Francis O'Brien, labor
23.48
C. A. Thayer, labor 21.98
W. E. Cooley, labor 23.48
Theodore Brown, labor 17.48
Julius Wheeler, labor
15.80
E. M. Wright, labor
46.00
Taylor Bros., labor
18.80
John F. Shea, labor
7.80
Sackett Bros., labor
6.50
H. F. Flower, gravel 42.32
Hampden Brick Co., brick
12.40
A. J. Slater, repairing tools
1.00
H. F. Davitt, grates 9.60
T. Shea, cement.
5.50
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, cement, lantern, etc.
4.32
City of Springfield, well rims
6.00
W. A. Brown, engineering services 22.00
M. A. Maynard, pipe. 171.86
$771.48
Total.
1,420.79
Appropriation 2,000.00
Contingent.
Griffith, Axtell & Cady Co., printing reports, · $61.74
Griffith, Axtell & Cady Co., printing check book, 5.39
John H. Reed, distributing town reports, 9.00
F. K. Williams, printing ballots,
10.00
Hubbard & Taber Co., printing,
2.50
Cecil T. Bagnall, envelopes, .
3.00
H. R. Johnson, assessors' books,
11.20
F. N. Stearns, fire extinguishers,
43.50
W. J. Warriner, fighting forest fires,
7.90
Edwin Leonard, inspection of slaughter house,
43.82
E. D. Allen, inspection of slaughter house,
66.00
W. F. Cook, use of team, 7.50
E. C. & E. E. Davis, services on river bank,
11.45
W. C. Campbell, labor and cash on river bank, 35.00
Bert A. Kelsey, labor on river bank,
2.25
James Fitzgerald, labor on river bank,
10.00
J. C. Drake, signs, 11.40
John Glenn, mowing cemetery lot, 1.00
H. E. Bodurtha, copying valuation books, 15.00
C. L. Goodhue, water rent, 50.00
E. A. Kellogg, water rent, 50.00
C. W. Hastings, use of telephone and supplies,
14.96
C. W. Hastings, insurance,
8.48
Mrs. J. W. Moore, dinners for town officers,
2.45
E. E. McIntire, police court fees, 3.7I
Studley & Miller, police court fees, 7.76
H. W. Bullock, police court fees, 5.28
J. G. Freeland, justice fees, 3.00
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Town of Westfield, surveying town line 1895, $68.08
J. W. Hastings, return of births, 5.75
J. W. Hastings, use of telephone and expressage, 15.42
J. W. Hastings, recording births, marriages and deaths, 57.15
C. J. Downey, return of births,
4.50
George D. Fisk, Memorial Day,
15.00
A. P. Loomis, Memorial Day, 25.00
H. S. King, injuries on highway,
25.00
H. H. Bosworth, legal services, 2.50
E. F. Lyford, legal services, 25.00
Spellman & Spellman, counsel for 1898, 50.00
Spellman & Spellman, expenses and legal services ou South End bridge, 64.00
$860.69
Appropriation, .
800.00
Town Officers.
W. H. Porter, moderator, $5.00
J. G. Freeland, auditor, .
5.00
J. B. Warren, auditor, . 5.00
E. E. McIntire, election officer, 5.00
J. F. Barry, election officer, 2.50
A. E. Worthington, election officer,
2.50
J. R. Bodurtha, election officer,
2.50
Scott Adams, election officer, . 2.50 Ralph Perry, election officer, 2.50
2.50
2.50
J. G. Freeland, election officer, F. L. Johnson, election officer, J. B. Warren, election officer, . 2.50 Amos Gosselin, election officer, 2.50
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Woodman Pillsbury, election officer,
$2.50
G. D. Cooley, election officer, . 2.50
D. J. Collins, election officer, . 2.50
John O'Connell, election officer,
2.50
P. T. Donovan, election officer,
2.50
Daniel Murphy, election officer,
2.50
L. A. Barden, election officer,
2.50
E. E. McIntire, constable,
. 3.00
W. C. Campbell, constable,
5.00
J. M. Bean, police,
184.00
J. W. Hastings, clerk and treasurer,
I 75.00
J. W. Hastings, registrar,
23.00
G. D. Fisk, registrar, .
18.00
E. A. Kellogg, registrar,
18.00
H. A. Huntington, registrar,
18.00
Mrs. C. L. Hayward, school committee,
5.00
Edwin Leonard, school committee, .
34.35
R. O. Harper, school committee,
45.00
C. P. Davis, school committee,
42.00
H. E. Bodurtha, selectman, assessor, etc.,
139.75
R. M. Taylor, selectman, assessor, etc., 124.34
J. H. Reed, selectman, assessor, etc.,
1 10.35
$1,004.79
Appropriation, .
1,000.00
Care of Town Halls.
W. C. Campbell, janitor, $40.25
F. A. Scott, janitor, ·
.
.
25.25
F. A. Scott, supplies, .
.
.
1.46
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies, .
1.97
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G. O. Andrews, supplies, Alfred Bruffee, supplies, C. W. Hastings, supplies,
$1.15
2.34
9.69
$82.II
Appropriation, .
50.00
Repairs on Town Buildings.
Charles A. Gosselin, shelving, $7.20
J. V. Wolcott, shelving and repairs, 8.81
M. B. Parks, labor at almshouse, 10.00
G. E. Arnold, labor at Town Hall, 1.75
J. J. Othick, repairs on schoolhouse, 16.25
G. R. Estabrook, repairing furnaces,
20.24
S. J. B. Leonard, cementing cellar, .
2.50
H. C. Earle, painting schoolhouse, 32.27
F. A. Bodurtha, repairs on schoolhouse,
3.07
$102.09
Appropriation, .
200.00
Mittineague Schoolhouse Fence.
Bodurtha & Hitchcock, material and labor, $90.00
Appropriation, . 90.00
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Street Lights.
James M. Bean, lighting,
$10.00
Michael Moran, lighting,
60.00
Edgar Daniels, lighting,
5.06
Robert Ely, Jr., lighting,
1.25
P. W. Hastings, lighting,
6.09
H. Letellier & Son, supplies,
16.36
W. H. Morse, supplies,
.78
Charles Hall, lamps,
18.25
Richmond & Wood, posts,
2.80
C. E. Rice, oil cans,
.70
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies,
.85
Alfred Bruffee, supplies,
1.75
W. L. Robinson, supplies,
1.60
$125.49
Appropriation, .
115.00
State and Military Aid.
William Hitchcock, Chap. 301, Acts 1894,
$48.00
Mary E. Howes,
48.00
Marcia E. Stevens, 66 66
48.00
Emma C. Brown,
8.00
Hubert P. Osborne,
66
16.00
David Woodworth, Chap. 279, 66
144 00
$312.00
Appropriation, .
250.00
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Interest.
Desire A. Pyne,
$ 1 20.00
Springfield Institution for Savings,
526.67
Spencer Savings Bank, .
200.00
Chicopee Savings Bank,
200.00
Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, 200.00
Leicester Savings Bank,
400.00
$1,646.67
Appropriation, .
1,600.00
Sinking Fund.
W. H. Granger, Treasurer of Commissioners, .
. $1,000.00
Appropriation, . 1,000.00
Town Debt.
Springfield Institution for Savings, on note, . $700.00
No appropriation.
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Liabilities of the Town.
With Interest to April 1.
One note payable to Desire A. Pyne, on demand, interest at 6 per cent., . $2,009.50
Five notes payable at the National Bank of the Common-
wealth, June 1, 1914, interest 4 per cent., . 25,333.33
One note payable to the Springfield Institution for Sav- ings, on demand, interest 4 per cent., 818.52
One note payable to Springfield Institution for Savings, June 1, 1900, interest 4 per cent., ·
1,013.33
One note payable to Springfield Institution for Savings, June 1, 1901, interest 4 per cent., ·
1,013.33
One note payable to Springfield Institution for Savings, June 1, 1902, interest 4 per cent., ·
1,013.33
One note payable to Springfield Institution for Savings, June 1, 1903, interest 4 per cent., .
1,013.33
One note payable to Springfield Institution for Savings, June 1, 1904, interest 4 per cent., · 1,013.33
One note payable to Springfield Institution for Savings,
June 1, 1905, interest 4 per cent., 5,066.65 ·
$38,294.65
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Available Assets March 10, 1899.
Cash in treasury, $708.44
Due from D. W. Corwin, collector 1897,
39.50
D. W. Corwin, collector 1898,
1,102.44
F. L. Dugan, collector 1898, 624.68
M. Hayward, collector 1898, 823.67
State, care of poor, . 40.43
State, cattle inspection,
19.4I
State, State aid,
302.00
Sewer assessments,
780.25
Cornelius Crowley, demand note,
1,000.00
Russell, care of poor,
3.00
Westfield, care of poor, .
24.00
Northampton, care of poor,
3.00
Granville, care of poor, .
1.75
Sinking Fund,
4,850.25
$10,322.82
Excess of liabilities over assets,
27,971.83
HENRY E. BODURTHA, R. MATHER TAYLOR, JOHN H. REED,
Selectmen.
Agawam, March 10, 1899.
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Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Amount deposited in Springfield Institution for Savings, $1,003.56 Amount deposited in Springfield Five Cents Savings
Bank, .
937.24
Amount deposited in Pynchon National Bank, · 2,909.45
$4,850.25
W. H. GRANGER, Treasurer.
Whiting Street Fund.
Balance on hand March 1, 1898, $167.00
Income from fund, 210.00
$377.00
Seven persons have been aided from this fund to the amount of, I 20.00
Balance on hand March 13, 1899, $257.00
The undersigned Auditors of the Town of Agawam have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and Trustees and find them correct with proper vouchers.
FREDERICK A. SYKES, JOHN G. FREELAND,
Auditors.
Agawam, March 14, 1899.
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Mary A. Phelon School Fund.
JUDSON W. HASTINGS, Trustee.
DR.
To amount received from John G. Freeland, executor of the will of Mary A. Phelon, $21.40
To amount invested March 10, 1898, . 4,000.00
To amount income unexpended March 10, 1898, 60.22
To amount received from interest, I32.94
$4,214.56
CR.
By amount paid teachers in Feeding Hills schools,
$60.00
By amount paid for care of schoolrooms, 7.00
By amount paid for books,
9.25
By amount of legacy, .
4,017.21
By amount of unexpended income,
121.10
$4,214.56
The undersigned Auditors of the Town of Agawam have exam- ined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct with proper vouchers.
FREDERICK A. SYKES, JOHN G. FREELAND,
Auditors.
Agawam, March 14, 1899.
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REPORT OF THE
Public Library Trustees for 1899.
The teachers and pupils of the public schools have had the use of such books as would help in their studies.
Catalogues have not been printed because of the expense and be- cause they would be complete only for a very limited time.
Little available space is left for shelves in the rooms at Agawam. Where to shelve the books will soon be a perplexing question.
No just reason exists why the town asks the services of the libra- rians without compensation.
Much work was involved in establishing, arranging and cataloguing the library. Though less than in its first years, it still requires much time and labor. So far the town has vouchsafed not even a vote of thanks to its trustees and librarians. Unless the trustees can give some equivalent they cannot demand from the librarians that punct- uality and efficient work necessary to make the library of increasing value to the community.
Money Available.
Balance in treasurer March 10, 1898,
$142.39
Appropriation, dog fund,
247.36
Phelon fund,
20.20
$409.95
Amount Expended.
Henry R. Johnson, books,
$48.06
Goodenough & Woglom Co., books,
113.05
C. A. Nichols Co., books,
25.00
F. L. Johnson, book,
2.25
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H. M. Burt, books, .
$10.00
Charles Scribner's Sons, books,
37.50
Mrs. C. A. Barton, books,
2.90
C. W. Hastings, book covers,
5.00
$243.76
Amount in treasury, March 10, 1899, . 166.19
Books.
Number of books in Agawam, . 722
Number of books in Feeding Hills,
912
Number of books in Mittineague,
362
Books and pamphlets given by C. H. Churchill,
60
Worn out,
7
Borrowers.
Agawam,
163
Feeding Hills, .
158
Mittineague,
87
Circulation.
Agawam,
192I
Feeding Hills,
.
2684
Mittineague,
373
Librarians.
Agawam,
. Emma F. Pyne,
Feeding Hills, .
·
.
.
. S. Newell Smith,
Mittineague,
. Julia E. Tower.
Repectfully submitted, S. NEWELL SMITH, RALPH PERRY, HENRY L. TOWER,
Trustees.
.
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REPORT OF
Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
To the Selectmen of Agawam :
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit my report for the year ending March 1, 1899. Owing to the lack of an appropriation by the Leg- islature of 1898, there has been no general inspection of neat cattle, sheep and swine. I have attended ninety-four (94) slaught- erings at which were killed 122 veal calves, 10 swine and 2 beevęs. I have condemned one carcass of beef which was badly diseased with tuberculosis.
EDWIN LEONARD, Inspector.
SCHOOL REPORTS.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee, in accordance with custom and the statutes of the Commonwealth, have the honor to submit herewith their annual report.
The various matters relating to the details of school work are so fully set forth in the report of the Superintendent as to spare your committee the necessity of dwelling upon them here. It should be remembered, however, that the views therein expressed are those of the Superintendent and not necessarily in all respects those of this committee. There appears to be, among parents and others, a considerable difference of opinion as to the benefits of the so-called " modern methods " of education. Your committee is not bound to any particular theory. Having but one wish and purpose- namely, to secure for the pupils the best education obtainable with the funds placed'in our hands-we are disposed to " hold fast that which is good " in the older methods, while remaining free from prejudice against such real and practicable improvement as the ex- perience of trained educators may suggest. But little criticism of the " modern methods " comes from those who are familiar with them; and it is believed that a better understanding of what these methods really are and what they accomplish, will in most cases call forth hearty approval. The public lecture given at the Agawam Town Hall on February 24th by Mr. G. T. Fletcher, agent of the State Board of Education, had an excellent effect in this direction and caused not a few critics to reverse their former opinion. If
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