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500.00
Received from State Treasurer for State aid
386.00
Received from State Treasurer for corporation tax. .
1,401.75
Received from State Treasurer for bank tax.
368.91
Received from State Treasurer for street railway tax
5,356.84
Springfield Street Railway Co., excise tax.
3,260.67
Springfield Street Railway Co., repairs on highway Liquor licenses
2,700.00
Grove license .
75.00
Amusement licenses
536.00
Junk licenses
42.00
Pool licenses.
12.00
Victualers' licenses
2.00
Slaughter-house licenses
9.00
Rent of Town Farm
160.00
Rent of Library tenement.
126.67
Rent of halls.
78.50
Town of Barre, care of poor
302.00
Refunds on freight.
.
.
17.43
.
721.50
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Refunds from U. S. Cast Iron Pipe Co
$478.92
Refund from J. S. Lane & Son.
1.00
Reimbursements for care of poor
102.00
Hampden County, dog fund.
533.93
Dog fines .
22.00
Sale of pipe and plank
35.00
Police Court fines
230.44
Spraying .
11.00
Interest on deposits.
923.22
C. H. Wood, for sidewalk.
26.00
Sealer's fees.
18.70
Water bond issue
102,190.00
Temporary loans
8,000.00
Sewer connections
639.83
Water connections
1,575.77
Water rents.
2,395.88
Interest on taxes
441.01
1910 taxes
50.08
1911 taxes
525.62
1912 taxes.
6,295.26
1913 taxes.
39,730.30
$181,542.94
CR.
By paying :-
State Treasurer, State tax
$4,880.00
State Treasurer, license fees
675.00
State Treasurer, refund on corporation tax
7.74
County Treasurer, County tax.
2,219.99
Union Trust Co., temporary loans
8,000.00
Schoolhouse loan
2,000.00
Water loans
2,000.00
Bureau of Statistics, certification of notes.
6.00
Old Colony Trust Co., preparation and sale of bonds Schools.
192.00
17,407.66
Care of poor .
3,097.77
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Highways and bridges $12,960.21
Town Office .
1,384.80
Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector
600.00
Contingencies
846.63
Sewers
3,915.22
Police .
1,380.48
Library
740.24
State and military aid.
452.00
Care and repair of Town buildings
525.50
Health department
88.15
Forestry
878.17
Assessors' department.
368.95
Water construction
94,127.44
Water maintenance
1,463.43
Fire department
1,219.19
Interest .
5,887.14
Surety bond .
90.00
Memorial Day observance
100.00
Street lights.
3,405.64
Balance in Treasury, January 31, 1914.
10,623.59
$181,542.94
TRUST FUNDS.
MARY A. PHELON SCHOOL FUND.
DR.
To amount of legacy
$4,017.21
To unexpended income, January 31,
1913.
437.86
To income.
275.54
$4,730.61
CR.
By paying orders of School Committee
$438.22
By balance of income, January 31, 1914
275.18
By amount of legacy .
4,017.21
$4,730.61
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WHITING STREET FUND. DR.
To balance in Treasury, January 31,
1913. .
$458.35
To income from fund
270.00
$728.35
CR.
By paying orders of Trustees
$305.73
Balance in hand, January 31, 1914. 422.62
$728.35
OLD CEMETERY, FEEDING HILLS, FUND.
DR.
To amount of fund . $300.00
Received from Ambrose Leonard,
Treasurer, on fund 300.00
Income for two years.
30.48
$630.48
CR.
By payments to Edwin Leonard, Treas-
urer
$30.48
By amount of fund
600.00
$630.48
DESIRE A. PYNE FUND.
DR.
To amount of legacy $2,000.00
To balance in Treasury, February 1,
1912. 222.94
To income from fund
171.48
$2,394.42
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CR.
By aid rendered.
$230.03
By balance in Treasury, February 1,
1914.
164.39
By fund . 2,000.00
$2,394.42
MARY A. PHELON LIBRARY FUND.
DR.
To amount of fund .
$500.00
To income for two years
41.20
$541.20
CR.
By amount of fund.
$500.00
By balance in Treasury
41.20
$541.20
We have examined the above report of the Treasurer and find it correct with the proper vouchers.
FREMONT H. KING, EDWARD W. PILLSBURY,
February 16, 1914.
Auditors.
Assessor's Report
PROPERTY ASSESSED APRIL 1, 1913.
Horses
605
Cows.
1,051
Sheep
16
Neat cattle .
348
Swine .
381
Fowls
6,165
Houses.
821
Acres of land
14,163
VALUATION.
Real estate
$2,184,215.00
Personal estate 409,416.00
$2,593,631.00
Upon which taxes have been assessed as follows :-
State tax.
$4,880.00
State highway tax
199.50
County tax.
2,219.99
Schools, Superintendent and supplies ..
14,600.00
Care of poor
2,000.00
Town Office.
1,400.00
Salary of Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector
600.00
Police.
1,200.00
State and military aid
200.00
Memorial Day .
100.00
Board of Health 100.00
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Assessors' department. $400.00
Forestry department.
800.00
Fire department.
800.00
Highways and bridges
3,000.00
Indebtedness
4,000.00
Street lights
3,500.00
Libraries
200.00
Care and repair of Town buildings
600.00
Interest.
5,000.00
Surety bonds.
100.00
Contingencies .
500.00
Sewers.
1,000.00
Services for the Mittineague Fire de- partment.
250.00
Steam roller
1,000.00
Overlay .
219.86
$48,869.36
Tax on real and personal estate at the rate of $18.00 per thousand
$46,685.36
Tax on 1,092 polls at $2.00. 2,184.00
$48,869.36
To Henry E. Bodurtha was committed
for collection the sum of $48,869.36
Additional assessments. 175.12
$49,044.48
ABATEMENTS ALLOWED.
1910.
Vincenzo Caruso $6.80
John B. Minor 2.00
Pietro Barale. 2.00
$10.80
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1911.
Anthony Bencevenni $2.00
James Fogarty .
2.00
Roman H. Schwenzfeirs
2.00
Edward S. Wright.
23.35
George A. Clark
2.00
Harry L. Merrill
2.00
John B. Minor
2.00
Louis Radding
2.00
Carlo Rottotti.
2.00
Thomas J. Ashe.
11.41
Wilfred Belanger
2.00
James Burk.
2.00
Louis F. Cusson.
2.00
Fred N. Duclos.
2.00
Jerry Haggerty
2.00
Paul Leroux. . .
2.00
Giuseppe Pedante.
2.00
Ferdinand Rogier
2.00
Luigi Scherpa, Jr.
2.00
Umbred Servanti
2.00
Andrew Sharov
2.00
Mary Shea
13.04
$85.80
1912.
Fred M. Barber
$2.00
Pisano Berrangario.
2.00
Charles R. Burgess.
2.00
Joseph Dolman .
2.00
Silver Lake Ice Co.
77.44
Alfred Gotthart.
2.00
Henry H. Grout.
2.00
William Lazenby
2.00
Wilber C. Lee.
2.00
Ernest Madan.
2.00
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Fred M. Musgrove $2.00
William D. Murphy
2.00
Edwin Pluff
2.00
John Ryan
2.00
Charles R. Schadel .
2.00
Roman H. Schwenzfeirs
2.00
Augustus W. Sturdevant.
2.00
George W. Warren
2.00
Pioeter Zatoske.
2.00
James W. Cesan
2.00
Earle E. Dickinson
2.00
Thomas Kane.
2.00
John B. Minor.
2.00
Andrew Nacewicz
2.00
Philomena Roberts
10.56
Treat L. Sanford .
2.00
Gaetano Tommasini
2.00
Frank H. Wyman
2.00
Ovila Boivin .
2.00
James Burk.
2.00
Margaret Callanan
17.60
Julius Duvall.
3.52
William Fitzgerald
2.00
Matthew J. O'Brien
2.00
Luigi Scherpa.
2.00
Charles W. Hegeman
5.28
$176.40
R. MATHER TAYLOR, ALMON JONES, H. PRESTON WORDEN,
Assessors.
Tax Collector's Report
1913 TAX. DR.
To amount committed September 1. . . $48,869.36
To additional assessments. 175.12
To interest collected 67.49
$49,111.97
CR.
By amount paid into Treasury . .
$39,797.79
39,797.79
Amount due January 31, 1914.
. ..
$9,314.18
1912 TAX.
DR.
To amount due January 31, 1913. $8,327.50
To interest collected . 273.65
$8,601.15
CR.
By amount paid into Treasury. .
$6,568.91
By abatements.
176.40
6,745.31
Amount due January 31, 1914 ....
$1,855.84
1911 TAX.
DR.
To amount due January 31, 1913 . $658.68
To interest collected . 83.61
$742.29
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CR.
By amount paid into Treasury
$609.23
By abatements. 85.80
$695.03
Amount due January 31, 1914. .. . $47.26
1910 TAX.
DR.
To amount due January 31, 1913.
$60.88
To interest collected . 16.26
$77.14
CR.
By amount paid into Treasury
$66.34
By abatements. 10.80
$77.14
HENRY E. BODURTHA,
Tax Collector.
REPORT OF THE Selectmen, Overseers of Poor and Board of Health of the Town of Agawam
To the Voters of Agawam :----
In presenting our annual report to the voters of the Town of Agawam, we feel that a few words of explanation might bear out our expenditures in the past year. Our highway expenditures have principally been on extending macadam road on Main Street in Agawam and resurfacing the present macadam road in the Town, and we would recommend the extension of macadam on Main Street, as there are many other roads that we have to keep in repair.
In the Mittineague part of the Town we have extended our sewers on Moore, High, and Church Streets, and Highland Ave- nue, and, by orders of the State Board of Health, we have had to build a sewer on Walnut Street, for which we had no appropria- tion. We took the entrance fee from sewer connections to meet the necessary expense.
We have exceeded our appropriation in the Pauper Depart- ment this year, as it has been one of the hardest years we have had, and there were a great many heads of families out of work, and we were obliged to help them. Owing to the increase in hospital rates and the high cost of living, our expenditures have been more this year.
Your Board of Health has had several cases of contagious disease in the past year. We have had four cases of typhoid fever in one family on Moore Street, known as "The Patch." The State Board of Health was called in and served notice on the
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Town to have sanitary vaults, and also to extend the water system through that section of the Town, as the condition was dangerous to public health.
Our Police Department's work is increasing each year. We have exceeded our appropriation, but have been able to meet the extra expense by fines received from the Police Court.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL J. COLLINS, FRANK J. POMEROY, JAMES H. CLARK,
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
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CARE OF POOR.
John Pajer, supplies $179.32
Cornelius Crowley, rent
190.50
Mary Connor, rent.
120.00
Kate McIntire, board
120.00
Tellis Dubour, board
96.00
Cash aid .
273.00
C. W. Hegeman, supplies
181.59
M. McCarthy, supplies
39.50
Sisters of Providence, care
220.00
J. E. Dalton, medical aid
16.00
Mercy Hospital, care.
122.87
P. W. Mclaughlin, medical aid
11.50
W. F. Cook, coal.
16.00
W. H. Gibbs, supplies.
12.22
W. G. Frink, supplies.
98.44
H. H. Longwell, medical aid
20.00
City of Springfield, aid rendered
482.88
T. F. Broughall, burial.
15.00
N. L. Byron, burial.
15.00
W. J. O'Connors, coal
74.00
E. S. Connor, expenses
12.00
Frank Specos, rent
7.00
H. A. Downey, medical aid
5.00
F. E. M. Weeks, ambulance
22.00
Agawam Water Dept., connection and rent.
22.98
Town of Agawam, taxes.
28.80
George Gareeb, supplies
24.83
D. D. Bessette, supplies.
170.32
City of Chicopee, aid rendered 183.75
Fantoni & Balboni, supplies
77.76
J. A. Warner, opening grave.
3.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies for office. . .
7.06
J. W. Hastings, medical aid. 11.00
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C. W. Hastings, insurance.
$12.00
Erastus Avondo, board
21.50
E. J. St. Louis, wood.
2.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies
2.20
C. E. Smith, supplies
5.75
C. Pezzani, supplies
20.00
James Kerr, rent.
8.00
D. J. Collins, expenses and services
82.00
J. H. Clark, expenses and services. 65.00
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Rent of Town Farm
160.00
Reimbursements .
102.00
Chargeable to the State and other towns.
611.24
$2,873.24
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
City of Springfield, repairs on S. E.
$17.51
Bacon & Donnovan, supplies
1.95
J. D. Law, supplies. 3.70
C. H. Annable, lumber
6.50
C. E. Terry, cement .
8.00
Oliver & Howland, supplies
2.97
C. W. Hastings, supplies.
39.16
O. C. Alderman, supplies
1.00
W. R. Winn, supplies
5.60
F. H. Sanborn, inspecting boiler
5.00
Springfield Machine Co., repairs.
13.38
Springfield Brazing & Welding Co., re- pairs.
3.00
W. F. Cook, coal.
55.38
J. L. Pratt, engineer 56.85
Durkee, White & Towne, engineering ..
369.94
$3,097.77
bridge .
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W. H. White, gravel.
$51.75
B. & A. Railway Co., freight.
4.00
George King, gravel.
12.80
Ernest Freeman, gravel
8.90
F. S. Bidwell & Co., plow
21.50
Vaughan & Kibbe, labor
37.50
John Lloyd, sand .
27.00
G. H. Reed, sand .
40.40
John S. Lane & Son, macadam
1,517.76
Geo. W. Clampit, repairs.
3.00
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., final pay- ment .
994.50
W. H. Porter & Son, coal
61.57
F. A. Worthington, sidewalk.
34.67
H. L. Spear, gravel.
5.60
G. W. Hayden, sidewalk
630.90
H. Foot & Co., supplies
14.65
Geo. L. Pratt, repairs.
1.80
H. P. Worden, sand
7.00
American Tar Co., tar
1,107.82
D. M. Crowley, sand
28.00
M. A. Maynard, pipe
33.82
E. S. Decker, pipe.
40.20
State Treasurer, repairs
199.50
F. J. Pomeroy, sand
45.00
C. H. Frink, repairs
1.00
J. P. Mercier, repairs
3.35
C. E. Smith, gravel.
8.60
H. E. Bodurtha, sand.
15.00
C. O. Campbell, gravel .
4.60
M. S. Converse Co., coal
27.55
L. H. Scott & Co., lumber and labor . .
61.74
Austin Mfg. Co., scraper blade 8.00
J. W. Moore, surveying 12.00
H. J. Cordes, gravel 15.40
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J. T. Brady, sand . $10.00
D. E. Bailey, gravel .
10.70
J. F. Fleming, repairs
6.85
J. F. Cleary, gravel.
10.40
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies
2.57
L. A. Gregg, gravel .
17.10
V. E. Moore, cement.
1.20
J. A. Roy, supplies .
20.00
Pay rolls 7,204.57
$12,960.21
MONEY AVAILABLE.
Appropriations
$4,500.00
Street Railway excise and corporation
taxes .
8,617.51
Reimbursements
783.50
$13,901.01
TOWN OFFICE.
Springfield Printing & Binding Co.,
printing
$219.01
Election officers.
223.00
Registrars of voters.
120.00
A. H. Bartlett, printing
1.25
Johnson's Bookstore, blanks
1.75
F. A. Hayden & Co., safe.
100.00
F. H. King, Auditor
5.00
Cecil T. Bagnall, supplies
7.50
Hobbs & Warren, blanks.
2.42
Carter Ink Co., ink.
1.25
W. H. Granger, Sinking Fund Com- missioner .
10.00
W. H. Porter, Moderator
5.00
C. W. Hastings, stamped envelopes.
21.36
Express and postage. 20.26
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D. J. Collins, services as Selectman. .. $252.00
J. H. Clark, services as Selectman. ... 220.00
F. J. Pomeroy, services as Selectman . . 175.00
$1,384.80
Appropriation
$1,400.00
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR.
Henry E. Bodurtha, services $600.00
Appropriation $600.00
CONTINGENCIES.
Edwin Leonard, Inspector of Animals. $52.10
E. U. Leonard, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 124.93
E. W. Oatley, cartage.
30.10
Springfield Republican, advertising
4.05
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies
22.15
Oliver & Howland, supplies
2.22
A. W. Gifford, dog tags
8.15
Scott Adams, legal services
83.80
R. O. Morris, filing petitions.
6.00
Returns of births and deaths.
32.75
George A. Graves, supplies.
1.00
G. W. Todd & Co., protectograph
30.00
A. H. Bartlett, printing
1.25
G. W. Taylor, repairing ballot box.
2.00
Union Trust Co., safety box
2.00
State Treasurer, supplies
3.75
C. W. Hastings, insurance
25.65
C. W. Hastings, supplies
1.53
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., ma- chine 200.00
Heirs of C. L. Goodhue, water rent ...
50.00
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H. E. Bodurtha, indexing, recording, and returning births, marriages, and deaths. $73.20
H. A. Downey, damages. 15.00
A. E. Snow, damage claim 75.00
$846.63
Appropriation.
$500.00
CARE AND REPAIR OF TOWN BUILDINGS.
Agawam Electric Co., lighting $132.81
Springfield Gas Light Co., lighting. 2.48
H. L. Davis, wiring. 15.30
Oliver & Howland, pipe.
6.09
C. H. Wood, repairs.
49.07
H. L. Coe, repairs
16.85
E. T. Goss, repairs
9.00
C. Z. Bailey, repairs
10.40
Wadsworth-Howland Co., supplies
16.71
A. K. McDougall, repairs.
6.80
F. H. Sanborn, inspecting boilers
8.00
Young Bros., gutters.
113.64
John McCleary & Son, repairs
47.50
L. H. Scott & Co., repairs
13.95
Otto Baab, tuning piano
2.00
H. Letellier, janitor . .
15.00
C. H. Wood, janitor .
23.40
E. L. Campbell, janitor
29.50
Town of Agawam, water rent
7.00
$525.50
Appropriation .
$600.00
STREET LIGHTS.
Agawam Electric Co. .
$3,300.86
United Electric Light Co. 104.78
$3,405.64
Appropriation .
$3,500.00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Edward S. Connor, salary
$890.00
Edward S. Connor, expenses.
18.35
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., serv- ice
11.63
W. F. Sullivan, services
5.75
Giles Halladay, salary
315.00
W. E. Allen, services.
8.00
Jasper Deforge, services.
11.50
Frank Connor, services
2.50
John E. Hickey, services
48.45
Fred M. Moore, team
2.00
John Daley, services.
4.00
Fred Larro, services.
2.00
C. M. Wright, lock-up fees
12.00
West Side Express Co
13.92
Wm. Buckley, team
2.00
E. J. St. Louis, team.
1.50
Philip Jasmine, team
2.00
A. H. Rowley, services
25.88
J. H. Clark, transportation
4.00
$1,380.48
AVAILABLE.
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Police Court fines
230.44
$1,430.40
SEWERS.
Cordner & Montague, contract $2,112.58
George W. Hayden, contract. 1,652.80
Springfield Republican, advertising
2.00
Springfield Union, advertising 2.70
John Donovan, inspector
48.00
D. F. Murphy, inspector
26.00
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Pay Roll
$21.14 50.00
John Buckley, care of manholes
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Liquor license fees.
2,025.00
Assessments received
639.83
$3,664.83
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Stevens-Duryea Co., auto-truck $512.80
Revere Rubber Co., hose. .
104.00
Eureka Fire Hose Co., hose
271.00
Agawam Electric Co., lighting
9.69
Bowman Gregg Co., repairs. .
4.50
Graves Hardware Co., supplies
2.00
E. J. St. Louis, wood.
2.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies
3.20
J. F. Wilson, rent.
60.00
Fireman's Pay Roll .
250.00
Appropriation .
$1,050.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
E. H. Guild, services
$16.00
State Board of Health
2.65
J. W. Hastings, services. 1.50
D. J. Collins, services and supplies .
20.00
J. H. Clark, services and supplies. .
28.00
F. J. Pomeroy, services and supplies. . .
20.00
$88.15
Appropriation
$100.00
SURETY BOND.
C. W. Hastings, premium on bond.
$90.00
Appropriation . $100.00
$3,915.22
$1,219.19
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OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.
A. P. Loomis
$50.00
L. A. Barden
50.00
$100.00
Appropriation $100.00
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
R. Mather Taylor, services
$133.95
Almon Jones, services.
86.75
H. P. Worden, services
82.00
A. H. Bartlett, printing.
6.50
W. J. Eldridge, supplies.
7.25
Johnson's Bookstore, supplies
19.50
Louise Brown, copying.
30.00
H. E. Bodurtha, services
3.00
$368.95
Appropriation.
$400.00
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Union Trust Co., on temporary loans. . .
$197.14
Spencer Savings Bank, on funded debt.
200.00
Leicester Savings Bank .
400.00
Plymouth Savings Bank.
200.00
Sinking Fund Commissioners of Aga- wam .
200.00
Sinking Fund Commissioners of Hull (schoolhouse loan)
240.00
Southbridge Savings Bank.
400.00
Chelsea County Savings Bank
40.00
C. D. Parker & Co
80.00
Old Colony Trust Co., on water bonds.
1,200.00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on water loan. 160.00
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Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, on water loan. . $320.00
Old Colony Trust Co., on water bonds. 2,250.00
$5,887.14
Appropriation.
$5,000.00
Interest on deposits .. 922.22
$5,922.22
PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES.
C. D. Parker & Co., schoolhouse loan. $2,000.00
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, water
loan 1,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water bond 1,000.00
$4,000.00
Appropriation .
$4,000.00
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Five notes payable at National Bank of the Commonwealth, June 1, 1914. . $25,000.00
Seven notes held by Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, due $1,000 annually January 1, 1915-21 (water loan) .. 7,000.00 Four notes held by Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, due $1,000 annually January 1, 1922-25 (water loan) . . 4,000.00 Nine notes payable at office of C. D. Parker, Boston, payable $2,000 annually July 1, 1914-22 (school- house loan) . 18,000.00
Twenty-nine notes payable $1,000 an- nually October 1, 1914-42 (water loan) 29,000.00
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Coupon Bonds of water loan of 1913,
payable commencing July 1, 1914, $3,500 $100,000.00
$183,000.00
ASSETS, JANUARY 31, 1914.
Cash in Treasury
$10,623.59
Due on 1911 Taxes
47.26
Due on 1912 Taxes
1,855.84
Due on 1913 Taxes
9,314.18
Due on State Aid
400.00
Sinking Fund.
24,335.15
Excess of liabilities over assets, includ- ing water debt. $136,423.98
$46,576.02
DANIEL J. COLLINS, JAMES H. CLARK, FRANK J. POMEROY,
Selectmen.
REPORT OF Sinking Fund Commissioners
Amount on deposit in :-
Union Trust Company
$11,149.39
Monson Savings Bank.
1,545.78
Mechanics Savings Bank, Holyoke
1,401.93
People's Savings Bank, Holyoke.
1,401.93
Dime Savings Bank, Hartford.
1,414.08
Ludlow Savings Bank.
1,345.76
Hampden Savings Bank.
1,076.28
Note, Town of Agawam
5,000.00
$24,335.15
W. H. GRANGER,
Treasurer.
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Report of Library Trustees
EXPENSES.
F. P. Halladay, annuity .
$120.00
Agawam Electric Co., lighting
17.87
M. J. Mecum, care.
8.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies.
3.00
C. H. Wood, repairs.
29.15
Agawam Water Department, water
rent.
8.00
A. R. McDougall, repairs.
9.60
E. S. Decker Co., supplies.
14.45
W. J. O'Connors, coal.
33.75
Geo. Methe, supplies.
2.50
Hampden County, shelving.
5.00
H. R. Huntting Co., books
33.87
Library Bureau, supplies.
47.30
G. W. Anderson, book
2.10
F. N. Newell, books.
5.25
Johnson's Bookstore, books
260.40
Ralph Perry, services
60.00
A. K. Gleason, services
60.00
Julia E. Tower, services
20.00
$740.24
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation .
$200.00
Dog Fund.
533.93
Rent of tenement.
126.67
Unexpended balance
447.32
1,307.92
$567.68
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BOOKS.
Number at Agawam. 3,345
Number at Feeding Hills
2,600
Number at Mittineague
390
CIRCULATION.
Agawam.
4,203
Riverside .
121
Feeding Hills.
4,780
Mittineague.
620
BORROWERS.
Agawam
241
Riverside.
14
Feeding Hills.
205
Mittineague
65
LIBRARIANS.
Agawam. Ralph Perry
Feeding Hills.
A. K. Gleason
Mittineague Julia E. Tower
Riverside . Mrs. T. C. Parsons
RALPH PERRY, HENRY L. TOWER,
AVERY K. GLEASON,
Trustees.
Report of the Tree and Forest Warden
According to the latest (1913) Federal Survey, Agawam is now included in the quarantined or infested area of gipsy and brown tail moths. Although nests and eggs of these pests have been found in surrounding towns, yet, to my knowledge, none have been found in this Town.
An expert Federal entomologist from Washington called on your servant last fall for the purpose of making a collection of eggs and nests of these pests, being quite positive there were plenty here, but after tramping four or five hours acknowledged that he could not find a single nest. He stated that he found quite a few in the towns of Westfield and Southwick; also that they were on the increase in all towns east of Springfield, and that previous to 1913 none were found in Hampden County west of the Connecticut river.
Your servant wishes to emphasize what he said relative to these pests in his 1913 report.
Last season we lost several apparently healthy maple trees in Precinct A and, as some of them were situated near gas mains, we caused all mains to be inspected and ground barred, but found no leaks.
The season of 1912 we had a disease or blight which attacked a few maple trees in Precinct A, causing certain limbs to die when in full leaf. These limbs were removed and the disease did not spread, but in 1913 two of the affected trees died. In 1912 this disease or blight was general throughout the New England states, and Federal and State experts could find no cause or name for it. Although this disease or blight did, with- out a doubt, weaken these trees, yet your servant believes that
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the extremely dry summers, and the extreme temperatures, with but little snow to protect the roots in winter, are the main causes of the trouble, and furthermore he is afraid we will lose many more from the same causes unless there is a material change in our climate.
Other pests and diseases to which our shade and forest trees are subject were about normal, except perhaps the elm leaf beetles were a little less in evidence.
Besides the usual spraying for elm leaf beetles we have planted 125 shade trees and removed several dead trees, and large dead limbs, but have not done as much highway work as usual on account of lack of funds.
FOREST FIRES.
Again we have been fortunate in regard to forest fires, not fortunate as to the number of fires (because we have had a large number), but fortunate regarding the damage done, and I wish to thank all Deputy Forest Wardens and others who, by their quick response and hard work, have helped to keep the damage estimate so low with the large number of fires extinguished.
We had no very large fires last season, but any number of small ones, most of which were extinguished with practically no damage.
Seventy-seven permits were granted.
Number of acres burned (estimated) . 200
Amount of damage (estimated). $1,000.00
EXPENSES.
E. M. Hitchcock, labor and supplies. . .. $75.30
M. C. Hitchcock, lumber . 4.50
L. F. Walsh . 21.00
T. J. Regnier, repairs. 1.00
O. C. Alderman, supplies. .35
Starr Electric Co., supplies .35
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Post & Lester Co., supplies.
$1.00
S. B. Church, repairs.
17.60
H. Huck, cartage.
3.00
Welding Co., repairs.
4.00
Oliver & Howland, repairs.
6.47
J. W. Adams, trees. 53.15
H. C. Puffer Co., supplies.
160.00
Hisgen Bros., gasolene.
14.90
S. C. Warriner, insurance
6.00
C. W. Hastings, insurance.
6.00
$878.17
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
$800.00
Receipts.
11.00
$811.00
E. M. HITCHCOCK, Tree and Forest Warden.
REPORT OF THE Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Board of Selectmen.
GENTLEMEN :- In making my report to you this year I wish to make some suggestions to housekeepers in the Town.
I urge all housekeepers to be business women as well :-
1st-To supply themselves with the following: A good scale of 10 lbs. capacity weighing in ounces, a peck measure, a dry quart, a liquid quart, a 60-inch steel tape, an 8-ounce graduate. These should be submitted to the Sealer of Weights and Measures for test. There is no charge.
2d-To check up all goods received to ascertain if full quantity has been delivered.
3d-To order in terms of weight or measure. Don't order "a pail of lard," "print of butter," "thirty cents' worth of potatoes," "basket of fruit," unless you know how much that pail, print, etc., contains. 1
4th-To insist when buying cloth on having it measured, not to accept measurement by the "fold."
5th-To purchase goods that are legibly marked on the out- side of package the net quantity it contains.
6th-To require all "trimmings" to be included in purchase of meat, otherwise a correct check of goods cannot be made.
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