USA > Massachusetts > Hampden County > Agawam > Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1911-1915 > Part 28
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30
m
47
5
21
Feb.
m
m
54
26
Feb. 13 | David Blackburn ..
m
m
76
8
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
m
m
76
10
7
Mar. 19 Cassie May Lewis.
f
W
59
2
12
Mar. 26|James Hale Easton ..
m
m
57
8
14
.
..
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
28
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.
43
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.
44
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.
45
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.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.