Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1911-1915, Part 28

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 648


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Feb. 13 | David Blackburn ..


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m


76


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12


Hemorrhage of lungs Child anencephalis .


1


Feb. 22 Anna Roy


f


m


49


6


17 Interstitial Nephritis


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Mich. Cem Springfield St. Mich. Cem Springfield Agawam


Laborer


Italy


Mar. 16 John N. Cook


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m


76


10


7


Mar. 19 Cassie May Lewis.


f


W


59


2


12


Mar. 26|James Hale Easton ..


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m


57


8


14


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..


Farmer


Hatfield


Mar. 19 Oliver Forssey


m


m


39


11


20 Acute Nephritis Uremic convul's Carcinomaof stom- ach


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Southboro


Laborer


Canada


Philomen Provinsal Canada


Mar. 29 Fannie L. Whitaker William R. Fay


...


f


m


42


9


23


Springfield Agawam Springfield Agawam


Oak Grove Cem Prop. of horse Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Feeding H Cem At home Agawam Springfi'ld Cem At home Cremation St. Thos. Cem Plaza Cashier W Springfield Springfi'ld Cem At home At home Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield


boarding stable Driver


W Springfield Springfield


James W. Howes Hawley Dennis J. Crowley, Ireland William Gette, Canada Amariah Wildes, Mass.


Francis Bouley, Canada


Elizabeth Parent, Thorndike Sara Richardson, Mass. Mary Picard, Canada Hannah Stevens, Tolland, Ct. Mary Beck. Austria Poland Unknown,


Feb. 8 Delia Menard James White 8 Elmer E. McIntire


Springfield Agawam


Feeding H Cem Farmer Agawam Feeding H Cem Wool spinner Agawam Agawam


At home


Hartford Ct


Mar.


f


3


18 Empyema and in- filtration of lungs Springfield Lobar pneumonia


Mar. 6 Pasquale Damato


m


m


77


Agawam acute car. dilitat'n Springfield Chronic interstitial Agawam Nephritis


..


Agawam


Housekeeper


Brooklyn NY


Henry Merrell, Camden, Ark. Louis Roy, Chicopee Louis F. Lafleur, Lewiston, Me, John Damato, Italy Ansel Cook, Unknown George Lewis, Huntington, L. I. Wm. W, Easton, Southwick Lewis Covill, Conn. Antoine Forssey, Canada


Sophronia J. Eggle- ston, Unknown Margaret Baldwin. Huntington, L. I. Margaret Bagg, Benardston Elizabeth Marsh, Conn.


Mar. 26 Emerson L. Covill .. m


m


77


4


25 Sudden cerebral embolism


.


Feeding Hills Agawam Agawam


Carpenter


Mendota Ill


William Blackburn, Betsey Holt, England


Feb. 17


Merrell


f


Measels Bron pneumonia Ulcer of chronic duodenum Gunshot wound of chest


Agawam


Canada


Suffield Ct


England


Springfield


England Edw. J. Todd, Agawam Unknown,


Solomon Benjamin 4 Lillian Lafleur


Agawam


Mabel Hodgson, Bradford, Eng. Unknown, Italy


David Raynor


Lobar pneumonia of both lungs Chronic valvular disease of heart


House wife


Marlboro Vt


Foster S. Whitaker, Josephine Blash- Westminster. Vt. field, Dover, Vt.


Hatfield


Roxilla Wheeler, Canada


Ella T. Holland, Ireland


John C. Healey


Barre


Canada


Scranton R I


Jan. 31| Nancy J. Knapp James Dunakin


Moses Knapp, Johnson, R. I. Adolph Morezow- ski, Poland Treffle Menard. Canada Elbridge McIntire, Ellen Easton, Maine Suffield, Ct.


Jan. 25|Anna Bouley ..


Septic pneumonia Puerperal sepsis Arteriosclerosis .....


1. Residence


Disease or Cause of Death


2. Name of Husband


Age


Springfield Agawam


Pattern maker Torrington Ct


Date of 1. Death


Name of Deceased 2. Name of Husband


Sex


Condition


yrs.


mos.


days


2. Place of Death


Place of Burial


Occupation


Place of Birth


Name and Birth- place of Father


Name and Birth- place of Mother


Mar. 30 Willis C. Campbell


m


m


59


1


Agawam


Agawam


Farmer


Agawam


Apr. 11 Lewis Chaffee


m


m


82


11


26 Cerebral hem- orrhage 27 Bronchitis due to influenza 24 Marasmus


Stafford, Ct.


Farmer


Monson


Charles L. Camp- bell, Killingw', Ct Iva Chaffee, Monson


Eliza Kelsey, Killingworth, Ct. Unice Davis, Unknown Sophie Barkawka, Austria Poland Harriet Ashley, W Springfield


Apr. 2 -


Root


m


3


Uremic convul's .... 3


Agawam


Agawam


Apr. 23 Thomas Ray


m


m


63


8


15 Gen debility and acute bronchitis


Oak Grove Cem Laborer Springfield Agawam


At home


Longmeadow


Sarah Stone, Unknown


Lewis Chaffee ] Mary J. Collins.


f


S


47


3


28 Mitral regurgita'n


At home


Agawam


Thomas Ray, Unknown Almon Parker, Unknown James Collins. Ireland


Mary Mccarthy, Ireland


May


2 Gertrude M. Johnson ...


E


3


4


21 Whooping cough ...


.


May 10 Edina Marrianna.


4


8


00


6


Gastro Enteritis ....


Holyoke


May 11 James A. Green


m


m


61


Pul'ry tuberculosis Agawam Laryngeal


Slater


Canada


Letetia Johnson Ireland


May 20|Albert E. Worthington


m


m


65


7


2 Lobar pneumonia ...


Farmer


Springfield


Michael Green, Ireland Henry Worthing- ton, Unknown


May 24 John Fitzgerald


m


m


71


Acute nephritis ....


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Easthampton


At home


Canada


Wheeler


May 25 Roxilla H. Wheeler. ...


f


W


90


Chronic bronchitis Old age


6


Unknown


May 28|Rosalie Pelkey


f


m


69


11


26 Gastro enteritis and diarrohea


May 30 Henry J. Bessette ..


m


m


39


3


16 Pulmonary tuberculosis


May 9 Orville G. Prior.


m


m


34


11


10 Appendicitis oper- ation


12


Appoplexy ..


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Agawam


Blacksmith


Moriah NY


m


m


63


2


Diabetes, gangrene of leg Appoplexy


Springfield Agawam


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield


House wife


Ireland


George Lamoy, Unknown Daniel Wrenn, Ireland


Catherine Lacey, Ireland


June 7 Margaret Wrenn Nicholas Fitzgerald


f


W


60


6


7 Lobar pneumonia ...


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Feeding H Cem Agawam St. Mich. Cem Springfield St. Mich. Cem Springfield Agawam


Agawam


Lewis E. Johnson, Agawam


Daisy M. Humiston, Agawam Marcella Bartol- ucer


Henrietta Benton, Englond Unknown, Ireland Unknown,


William J. Hall


At home


Keesville N Y


Antoine Pelkey, Canada


Augustis Morin


Drug clerk


Agawam


Farmer


Bristol Ct


Pierre Bessette, Canada James Prior, E Windsor, Ct. Cornelius Connor, Ireland


Rosalie Jasmin, Canada Alice Lane, Wilcott, Ct. Catherine Brosna- han, Ireland Mary Anger, Unknown


John Danahy June 6 Calvin L. Lamoy


f


W


71


At home


Ireland


June 6 |Mary Connor


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Enfield, Ct.


Laborer


Ireland


Unknown, Ireland


Springfield Unknown,


Apr. 29 Caroline E. Parker .. ...


f


W


70


May


Apr. 18 Harriet Ashley Bowe ... Joseph V. Wolcott


f


W


82


9 Cerebral hem- orrhage


.


Calvary Cem Chicopee Agawam


At home


Agawam


Stanish Piskor, Austria Poland Wm. S. Bowe, Agawam Herbert F. S. Root, Catherine Romaine, Warren


Apr. 17 Annie Piskor


f


S


3


Agawam


White PIN Y


Agawam


Henry Marrianna, Italy


.


Springfield Agawam


...


Age


Disease or Cause of Death


1. Residence


Date of| 1. Name of Deceased Death 2. Name of Husband


Sex


Condition


yrs.


mos.


days


2. Place of Death


Place of Burial


Occupation


Place of Birth


Name and Birth- place of Father


Name and Birth- place of Mother


June 24 Agnes Cristoforo.


f


8


11


July 10 Agnes E. Ewing


f


m


54


6


25


28 Lobar pneumonia Whooping cough Agawam Chronic intestinal Nephritis Accid'al drowning Springfield Cramps Agawam


St. Mich. Cem Springfield Easthampton


House wife


Easthampton


Christopher A. Fraser


July 11 Schenatti Pacifico ......


m


8


34


July 31 Abbie Ruth Crocker ...


f


57


1


17


Suicide ..


Springfield Agawam


Miller


Ellington Ct


Aug. 10|Harlow A. Lord


m


m


69


2


9 Pulmonary tuber- culosis


Aug. 13|Dennis A. Quirk


m


S


25


8


7 Acute diabetes


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Agawam


Plumber


Agawam


Aug. 26 Pauline M. Bailey


f


8


Sept. 1 Anna May Koppell


f


m


27


3


Sept. 1 William W. Day


m


W


90


1


24


6 Pulmonary con- sumption Angina pectoris chronic


St. Mich. Cem Springfield Springfield Cem Retired Springfield Agawam


Farmer


Ireland


Sept. 12 Michael B. Kelley ...


m


m


64


Chronic eudocar- ditis


Sept. 13|Ida Hammer Ferre


f


8


66


27 Cerebral hem- orrhage


Sept. 19 Frank Jonovicz ..


m


9


...


11


29 Entero collitis Varicello


18 Convulsions


19


Bronchial pneu- monia


Sept. 30 Albert K. Fuller


m


m


71


4


24 Myocarditis


Farmer


Stafford Ct


Robert S. Fuller, Conn.


Oct. 2 Clarence Z. Bailey, Jr.


m


S


23 Malformation


Chronic nephritis ...


House wife


Canada


William Voudran Oct. 16 Joseph Belcher.


m


8


..


f


8


19


7


14


20 Broncho pneu- monia Pulmonary tuber- culosis


Calvary Cem Chicopee Agawam Cem Agawam St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Mich. Cem Springfield F. H. Cem. Agawam Agawam Cem Agawam St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Agawam Cem Agawam


At home


Newfane Vt


Frank C. Perry, Newfane, Vt.


Alice Yelensky, Lithunia Evelyn Pettergill, Boston


...


f


3


1


11


- Decelles Sept. 26 Elizab'h C. Mercadante


f


8


11


Agawam


Louis Mercadante, Italy


At home


Springfield


Oct. 13 Celia Lature Voudran f


m


56


6


7


6


·


Agawam


Clarence Z. Bailey, Jane E. Worthing- S Newfane, Vt. ton, Agawam Unknown Louis Lature. Unknown Joseph Belcher, Lithunia


Oct. 16 Eleanor M. Perry.


Katherine Bowe, Ireland Emily Porter, Agawam Millie Winicke, Russia Margaret Morris, Ireland Raphaella LePare, Italy Hannah Bugbee, Conn


Sept. 3|Mary Colesworthy Ray Tertullus Ray


f


W


80


2


13


Pochy meningitis ...


Springfield Agawam


At home


W Warren


So Hadley


Coustan S. Lord, Ellington. Ct. Maurice Quirk, Ireland George D. Bailey, Vermont John Griffin, Chicopee Falls Major Day, So. Hadley


Elizabeth Nye, Boston Norah Riley, Ireland Florence A. Birge, Conn


Mary Horlihan, W Warren Maletha Mander- ville, Masonv', NY Geo.C.Colesworthy Nancy Coffin, Nantucket


Nantucket James Kelley, Ireland


Agawam


James H. Ferre, Agawam


N Britain Ct


Suffield Ct


John Jonovisz, Russia Donet J. Decelles, Canada


Italy Agnes E. Wheeler, England Maria Dioli, Italy Alethea W. Ed-


St. Mich. Cem Springfield Stockton Spr. Maine Agawam


Laborer


Italy


Bookkeeper


Agawam


Gaetam Cristoforo, Mary Dalavo, Italy John Ewing, Ireland Jafet Schenatti, Italy


Stockton S, Me Hiram Crocker. Stockton Sp, Me. wards, Brooks, Me.


Springfield


3 Hemophilia causine hemorrhages


1. Residence


Disease or Cause of Death


Age


Sept. 24 Alberta Rosanona ..


At home Nantucket


At home


Age


Date of 1. Name of Deceased Death 2. Name of Husband


Sex


Condition


yrs.


mos.


days


2. Place of Death


Place of Burial


Occupation


Place of Birth


Name and Birth- place of Father


Name and Birth- place of Mother


Oct. 17 Gilbert Ashley


m


m


78


Chronic ceptitis ....


Agawam


Oct. 18 Frank Di Donato


m


8


7


3 Broncho pneu- monia


-


Oct. 20 Augustus G. Demond ...


m


m


79


10


9 ¡Arterio sclerosis ...


.


,


Enfield


Oct. 20 John L. Burr.


m


m


62


11


11 Typhoid fever ..


3


26 Pertussin


,


Oct. 25 Edward L. Johnson ...


m


W


62


26


Central pneu- monia


Oct. 26 Elmire C. Boivin Edward Boivin


m


m


79


5


28


Shock caused by accident


Springfield Agawam


Springfield Agawam


St. Mich. Cem Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield St. Thos. Cem W Springfield F. H. Cem Agawam Belchertown


At home


Thorndike


Pierre Fortier, Canada


Marie Lambour, Canada


Nov. 17 Mary Callanan .


f


8


37


3


9 Chronic valvular heart disease


·


At home


Agawam


Joseph F. Callanan, Ellen O'Brien. Ireland


Dec. 8 Esther G. Gosselin


f


m


64


9


1 Nephretic taxemia


At home


Canada


Dec. 20 Carl Leonard


m


m


61


10


16


Chronic bronchitis


.


Carpenter


Sweden


- Lindquist Dec. 20 Charles L. Randall ..


m


m


87


7


15 Broncho pneu- monia


.


Farmer


Belchertown


Dec. 22 Lucie M. Deslauriers ... f


W


95


5


..


Aortic regurgita- tion


.


Dec. 26 Elizabeth W. Kathan ...


f


W


82


9


21 Grip Bronchi'l asthma


Dec. 26 James Minor


m


m


38


5


14


Lobar pneumonia ..


St. Thos. Cem W Springfield


Milling


Rockville Ct


Dec. 11 Robert E. Cartier.


m


m


48


7


4 Paralysis of the insane


Northampton


Evergreen Cem Lunch man E Brookfield


Williamsburg


Robert Cartier, Canada


Clarissa Sackett ' W Springfield Rosie Gindile, Italy


Lura Muzzey. Rutland Soloma Brown, Ashford Ct. Alvina Lemire, St. Regis F., N.Y. Ruth A. Smith, Agawam Osite Mayotte. Canada Jennie Morris, Italy Georgiana Fortier,


Nov. 9 Marie R. Lecour ..


f


8


5


Perpura hemmor- agica


Archille Lecour, Canada


Nov. 16 Exilda St. John


f


W


49


10


5 Chronic articular rheumatism


.


Springfi'ld Cem Retired Springfield St. Mich. Cem Springfield Ashleyville Cm Farmer Mason W Springfield Spgfd St. Cem Agawam St. Thos. Cem Farmer W Springfield F. H. Cem Agawam Iperville, Can.


At home


Canada


Edward Chevalier, Canada


Oct. 30 Mary Morris


8


...


1 Convulsions


Springfield


Joseph F Morris, Italy


Ireland Flavia Poisent, Canada


Unknown,


Sweden


Jerusha Dwight, Belchertown Unknown,


At home St. Thos. Cem W Springfield Brattleboro, Vt. At home


Canada


Xavier Giroux, Canada Lindavist, Sweden Samuel Randall, Petersham Joseph Menard, Canada


Guilford Vt


Caleb Briggs. Guilford, Vt. John B. Minor. Canada


Elizabeth Wood, Brattleboro, Vt. Laura Garon, Canada Elizabeth Mckay, Williamsburg


Oct. 22 Aldege E. Goyette ..


m


Agawam


Noah P. Ashley, West Springfield Dom. Di Donato, Italy Otis Demond, Rutland Eli Burr, Ludlow Geo. E. Goyette, Agawam


Springfield


Agawam


-


Rutland


Agawam


Fred A. Johnson, Agawam


Agawam


·


Amos Gosselin


,


Dorr Kathan


1, Residence


Disease or Cause of Death


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Treasurer's Report


Henry E. Bodurtha, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Agawam for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1915.


Dr.


To balance in treasury Dec. 31, 1914.


$1,446.97


Received from Treasurer of Commonwealth-


Care of poor


1,645.95


Superintendent of Schools.


500.00


State aid


421.00


Burial of soldiers


100.00


Corporation tax, .public.


88.87


Corporation tax, business.


275.82


Bank tax


252.08


Tuition of State children.


4.50


Tuition in industrial schools


71.25


Spraying


85.00


Street railway corporation tax.


2,836.26


Springfield St. Railway Co., excise tax


3,258.44


Springfield St. Railway Co., widening highway.


200.00


Baker Construction Co.


400.00


Liquor licenses


2,700.00


Junk licenses


28.00


Pool licenses


12.00


Slaughtering licenses


10.00


Grove licenses


85.00


Amusement licenses


892.00


Police court fines


18.00


Dog fines


12.00


County Treasurer, dog fund.


565.60


Town of Westfield, care of poor


50.86


Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees


11.18


35


Phelon Library fund 33.12


Refund in Memorial Day observance.


1.40


Sewer entrances 200.04


Rent of halls. 121.50


Oukamore Club, rent.


25.00


M. J. Mecum, rent of tenement.


139.92


Interest on deposits.


158.59


C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., temporary loans.


40,000.00


Water rents


5,837.41 -


Water connections


2,006.01 -


Taxes of 1911


11.70


Taxes of 1912.


133.39


Taxes of 1913


2,941.85


Taxes of 1914.


8,819.59


Taxes of 1915


43,299.80


Interest on taxes


607.26


$120,307.36


Cr.


By paying State Treasurer, State tax


$5,947.50


Liquor license fees


675.00


County Treasurer, County tax


2,349.99


Union Trust Co., temporary loans.


5,000.00


C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., temporary loans.


25,000.00


Schoolhouse loan


2,000.00


Water loans


5,500.00 ·


Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes.


10.00


Care of poor


3,635.78


Town office


1,237.47


Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector.


800.00


Schools


26,964.37


Highways and bridges


12,074.09


Contingencies


518.47


Sewers


50.00


Police


2,133.72


Street lights


4,667.94


Library


787.11


.


36


State aid and soldiers' relief


464.00


Town buildings


1,115.19


Fire Department


975.28


Board of Health


149.19


Forestry


808.06


Water Department


8,244.77


Assessors


474.29


Memorial Day observance


100.00


Schoolhouse lot


1,000.00


Surety bonds


90.00


Interest


7,143.22


Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1915.


391.92


$120,307.36


TRUST FUNDS Mary A. Phelon School Fund Dr.


To amount of legacy


$4,017.21


Unexpended income Dec. 31, 1914. .


176.65


Income from fund.


198.85


$4,392.71


Cr.


By paying orders of School Comm ..


$236.20


Balance of income


139.30


Amount of legacy


4,017.21


$4,392.71


Whiting Street Fund


Dr.


To balance reported Dec. 31, 1914. .


$471.11


Income from fund.


270.00


Interest on deposits. 1.30


$742.41


37


Cr.


By paying orders of Trustees. . $372.00 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1915. . . 370.41


$742.41


Desire A. Pyne Fund Dr.


To amount of legacy.


$2,000.00


Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1914.


110.71


Dividends on fund.


124.86


$2,235.57


Cr.


By aid rendered


$62.75


Balance of income


172.82


Fund


. . 2,000.00


$2,235.57


Feeding Hills Old Cemetery Fund


Dr.


To amount of fund


$600.00


Income


24.24


$624.24


Cr.


Paid Bradford P. Smith, Treasurer.


$24.24


Amount of fund.


600.00


$624.24


Mary A. Phelon Library Fund


Dr.


To amount of fund.


$500.00


Balance of income Dec. 31, 1914.


41.20


Income of fund


33.12


$574.32


Cr.


By cash paid Town treasury . ..


$33.12


Balance of income Dec. 31, 1915.


41.20


Amount of fund.


500.00


$574.32


HENRY E. BODURTHA, Treasurer.


38


To the Voters of the Town of Agawam :


Gentlemen-Your auditors have endeavored to fulfill the requirements of their office as defined by the laws of the State (chapter 25, sections 79 and 80, R. L.).


We have verified the report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1915, as to the amounts charged to the various de- partments and the amounts received from the State and County Treasurer. We find the balance of cash on hand and in bank to be $391.92. We have examined the vouchers and, where possible, the original bills.


We have examined the vouchers and verified the ac- counts of the various Trust Funds.


We have examined the Tax Collector's record of taxes paid and abatements allowed.


We do not wish to cast any reflections on the Town Of- ficers, either past or present, but we are not entirely satisfied with the vouchers as we have found them. Although we do not find sufficient cause for refusing to accept them in sup- port of the Treasurer's account, we consider that the Town's interests are not properly safeguarded.


The Auditor should be able to establish beyond question from the books, vouchers and bills, without verbal explana- tion, that the Town's funds have been properly accounted for, and it is also for the interest of the Town Officials that their work be thus verified.


We have made a report to the Selectmen and Treasurer, a copy of which is placed on file with the Town Clerk, cover- ing this matter, and containing suggestions for certain changes in procedure, which will at least facilitate the work of an auditor.


We would recommend that the Town make an appro- priation for the use of the Auditors, sufficient to enable them to employ a certified public accountant to assist in the exam- ination, if they so desire.


Respectfully submitted, EDWARD W. PILLSBURY, WALTER B. SMITH, Auditors.


39


Assessors' Report


PROPERTY ASSESSED APRIL 1, 1915


Horses


612


Cows


997


Sheep


22


Neat cattle


334


Swine


446


Fowls


9,440


Value of fowls


$5,635.00


Houses


911


Acres of land


14,226


VALUATION


Buildings


$1,608,215.00


Land


1,113,195.00


$2,721,410.00


Personal estate


545,775.00


$3,267,185.00


Upon which taxes have been assessed as follows :


State tax


$5,947.50


State highway tax


436.66


County tax


2,349.99


Schools, Supt. and supplies


23,000.00


Care of poor


2,500.00


Town office


1,300.00


Salary of Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector


800.00


Police


2,500.00


State and military aid.


100.00


40


Memorial Day


100.00


Board of Health


150.00


Assessors' Department


600.00


Forestry Department


800.00


Fire Department


1,200.00


Highways and bridges


5,000.00


Street lights


4,000.00


Libraries


200.00


Care and repair of Town buildings


800.00


Surety bonds


100.00


Contingencies


800.00


Interest


2,000.00


Indebtedness


4,000.00


Purchase of Peirce lot.


1,000.00


Overlay


308.30


$59,992.45


Tax on real and personal estate at the rate of $17.60 per thousand $57,502.45


Tax on 1,245 polls at $2. 2,490.00


$59,992.45


To Henry E. Bodurtha was commit- ted for collection the sum of .. $59,992.45


Additional assessments


86.96


$60,079.41


R. MATHER TAYLOR, ALMON JONES, H. PRESTON WORDEN, Assessors.


41


Tax Collector's Report


1915 TAX


Dr.


To amount committed Sept. 1. $59,992.45


To additional assessments. 86.96


To interest collected. 34.06


$60,113.47


Cr.


By amount paid in treasury


$43,333.86


By abatements 35.20


By amount due Dec. 31, 1915


16,744.41


$60,113.47


1914 TAX


Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1914. $16,145.76


To interest collected.


292.56


$16,438.32


Cr.


By amount paid into treasury .


$9,112.15


By amount due Dec. 31, 1915


7,326.17


$16,438.32


1913 TAX


Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1914 $4,732.07


To interest collected.


266.21


$4,998.28


Cr.


By amount paid into treasury


$3,208.06


By amount due Dec. 31, 1915.


1,790.22


$4,998.28


42


1912 TAX


Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1914


$365.51


To interest collected 12.07


$377.58


Cr.


By amount paid into treasury.


$145.46


By amount due Dec. 31, 1915


232.12


$377.58


1911 TAX Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1914


$27.09


To interest collected


2.36


$29.45


Cr.


By amount paid into treasury


$14.06


By amount due Dec. 31, 1915.


15.39


$29.45


HENRY E. BODURTHA, Collector.


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REPORT OF THE Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health


To the Citizens of Agawam :


The care of highways and bridges during the past year has taken all the available funds, the income for road work being about $1,000 less than was estimated.


Early in the year the condition of Springfield street de- manded attention. The cost of macadamizing so large a section was prohibitive. Gravel being near at hand, we de- cided to use that material. Leonard Hill has received con- siderable attention in the way of widening the roadway, filling washouts and in drainage. Suffield street has been improved by the use of cinders from the Agawam bridge southerly for some distance. Other work done has been in general dressing up the roads, replacing several culverts and some gravelling. We recommend the oiling of Springfield street the coming season to keep the work already done in good condition. Some resurfacing of macadam roads prob- ably will be needed. Some bridges should be replaced with more permanent structures. Leonard Hill should also have further attention in the way of widening, hardening and caring for the surface water.


The care of the poor has not greatly increased in ex- pense although necessary to some extent with our growing population. We have been enabled to keep within our ap- propriation for our own people. Our largest expense is for two families cared for by the State. No one can forecast the expense in this department for the coming year.


The continual passing of new laws safeguarding the health of our communities calls for increasing appropria- tions in that department.


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During the coming year our Town must face the solu- tion of several problems of both temporary and permanent importance, some of which call for the expenditure of con- siderable sums of money.


We must build a schoolhouse upon land already pur- chased upon the Plains; we must plan to build another for next year probably in Agawam. At some time we must con- tribute, probably, through the County, to the cost of a new bridge between West Springfield and Springfield, to replace the old toll bridge, and depending upon its location we may have to build other bridges and roads as an incident thereto. Real estate developments in West Springfield have made it seem necessary for Agawam and West Springfield to peti- tion the Legislature to relocate the rather indefinite boun- dary between the towns,. There is agitation for a sewer in Agawam which can be built only at great expense. Mit- tineague desires a permanent building for a Fire Depart- ment. The State's road building program in Western Mas- sachusetts calls for a long stretch of expensive road in Feed- ing Hills. A proposal for a library and the further enlarge- ment of the schoolhouse lot in Agawam call for expense.


Most of the money which we may have to raise for these things can be met by bond issues, for the Town still has some borrowing capacity ; some of them must be met by tax- ation ; and we always have our ordinary running expenses to meet that way. Last year we had to borrow $5,000 as a temporary loan against uncollected taxes. This year our temporary loan against the same kind of assets is $15,000, and we still have the assets to borrow against. The excess of this loan is accounted for by three things-that owing to the condition of the times our tax collections are at least $5,000 behind last year's record, by the fact that we have had to pay for the Mittineague school heating plant out- right rather than issue bonds therefor, and by the further fact that a payment of interest of $2,500 was not provided for. This loan must be paid from this year's taxes. Last year's tax rate was $17.60.


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We are changing from a rural to a suburban community and these conditions, problems and expenditures come to us as they always come to every like community with this change. It is our business to meet them, and the way we do meet them will decide whether our financial situation will be easy or hard hereafter.


We ask that you look ahead and decide what and how much will serve our needs, always remembering that what is bought must be paid for. We recommend that our expen- ditures for permanent works be paid for by bond issues. Further, we recommend that we get square with our ordin- ary expenses as soon as possible, even if it should mean a slight increase in tax rate.


CARE OF POOR


Heirs of Cornelius Crowley, rent. $169.00


Kate McIntire, care. 120.00


James Kerr, rent and fuel.


71.00


Wilbur G. Frink, milk. 95.44


Antonio Balboni, supplies


407.78


Dickieson & Co., supplies


56.03


C. E. Smith, supplies.


7.45


Charles Rezzani, supplies


88.00


C. W. Hegeman, supplies


97.08


C. E. Hubbard, supplies


3.63


City of Worcester, care


17.14


Adelard Gagnon, care.


51.00


Franciscan Sisters of Mary, care


188.80


M. McCarthy, supplies


53.00


W. F. Cook, coal.


8.00


W. E. Caldwell, medical attendance ...


3.00


H. A. Downey, medical attendance ....


6.00


J. W. Hastings, medical attendance ...


22.00


J. E. Dalton, medical attendance. . ...


16.75


C. J. Downey, medical attendance. 1.00


A. P. Norris, medical attendance. 10.00


James H. Clark, transportation.




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