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Mercy Hospital, care 161.28
City of Springfield, care. 536.17
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies 96.50
City of Holyoke, care. 33.45
Italian Co-operative Ass'n, supplies. . 31.76
D. D. Bessette, supplies. 104.00
Dominec Ferrioli, rent
45.00
Pomeroy-Williams Co., supplies
6.50
Mary Gareeb, supplies. 7.25
Peter Bildi, moving goods. 8.00
Joseph Borgatti, supplies.
15.00
American Writing Paper Co., taxes. . ..
3.52
W. H. Gibbs, wood.
3.00
Carroll & O'Connor, coal.
144.25
Arthur Roberts, material and labor ...
48.00
P. W. Mclaughlin, medical attendance 3.00
Cash aid 726.00
James H. Clark, services.
75.00
Daniel J. Collins, services.
85.00
$3,635.78
Less amt. chargeable to State and towns.
1,239.54
$2,396.24
Appropriation
2,500.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
General
City of Springfield, repairs S. E. bridge $27.93
R. J. Smith, damages, Commissioners' order 600.00
Leary, Cummings & Leary, expenses. . 1.40
C. W. Hastings, liability insurance .... 118.30
Town of West Springfield, repairs on bridges 123.84
Springfield St. Ry. Co., repairs on abutment 100.00
Clarence Ferrell, painting signs 10.00
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Hampden County Improvement League, expenses 50.00
F. L. Sanborn, inspecting boiler. 5.00
M. B. Blanchard, repairing watering cart 35.00
Oliver & Howland, supplies.
.78
W. R. Winn, oil
3.60
W. J. Foss, supplies.
2.00
W. H. Gibbs & Son, wood.
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10.50
C. E. Terry, cement. .
1.00
New England Metal Culvert Co., road drags 45.00
$1,134.35
Agawam
B. G. Bacon, labor and material $4.36
E. S. Decker, tile.
18.24
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., pipe.
140.04
D. J. Bloom, labor on parks.
53.50
City of Springfield, oiling streets
37.71
C. W. Hastings, supplies . 7.95
Treas. of Commonwealth, repairs
436.66
Pay rolls 1,550.16
$2,248.62
Feeding Hills
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., pipe ... ... $9.72
C. N. E. R. R. Co., repairs on bridge. .
102.51
American Sewer Pipe Co., pipe.
108.07
Springfield Foundry Co., grates
18.00
W. J. Letellier, cartage.
1.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies.
5.45
H. J. Cordes, gravel. .
49.50
W. L. Thompson, gravel.
14.50
John Fleming, repairs.
6.00
Durkee, White & Towne, engineering.
17.85
Pay rolls
1,628.29
$1,960.89
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Mittineague
C. W. Hegeman, supplies. $1.05
C. H. Fink, repairs. .50
D. M. Crowley, sand. 22.50
Mrs. A. D. Cooley, sand. 3.80
C. E. Smith, gravel.
40.40
L. H. Scott & Co., labor
13.46
Springfield Lumber Co., supplies 7.50
Pay rolls 1,381.16
$1,470.37
Resurfacing Macadam
J. S. Lane & Son, rock. $54.39
American Tar Co., tar
853.95
Graves Hardware Co., supplies.
4.50
H. P. Worden, sand.
20.00
J. T. Brady, sand. 23.80
Pay rolls 1,052.25
$2,008.89
Gravelling Springfield Street
H. F. Flower, gravel
$324.00
F. T. Ley, supplies.
1.25
Carroll & OConnor, coal
25.77
Pay rolls
2,899.95
$3,250.97
Total expense
$12,074.09
Available-
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Street railway excise tax.
3,258.44
Street railway corporation tax.
2,836.26
Street Railway Co., widening highway
200.00
Baker Construction Co ..
400.00
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Taxation for State highway repairs ..
436.66
$12,131.36
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TOWN OFFICE
M. J. Doyle Ptg. Co., Town reports. . $120.31
Springfield Ptg & Binding Co., ballots 24.95
K. E. Sanders, printing. 6.50
P. B. Murphy, printing
1.90
A. H. Bartlett, supplies. 8.00
Rachel Mellor, typewriting
11.50
C. W. Hastings, postage.
32.44
H. E. Bodurtha, expenses, expressage, etc.
9.87
E. W. Pillsbury, Auditor
5.00
F. H. King, Auditor
5.00
Election officers
222.00
Registrars
120.00
W. H. Porter, Moderator 5.00
D. J. Collins, Selectman
250.00
J. H. Clark, Selectman
225.00
F. J. Pomeroy, Selectman
190.00
$1,237.47
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Balance of 1914 110.95
$1,410.95
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR
Henry E. Bodurtha, services.
$800.00
$800.00
Appropriation
$800.00
$800.00
CONTINGENCIES
Edwin Leonard, Inspector of Animals. $19.70
E. U. Leonard, Sealer Wts. and Meas .. 98.20
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies. 7.50
A. W. Brownell, supplies 4.35
A. W. Gifford, supplies 8.15
Johnson's Bookstotre, suppliese .50
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Graves Hardware Co. 3.30
Indexing, recording and returning births, marriages and deaths. 88.80
D. J. Collins, expenses. 42.00
T. J. Regnier, repairing harness 6.75
Old Colony Trust Co., expenses. 1.40
Springfield Union, advertising. 5.40
Springfield Republican, advertising .. 3.35
C. E. Burt, printing 7.20
Scott Adams, legal services
114.30
Burrough Adding Machine Co., repairs
2.15
A. H. Rowley, repairs.
6.27
W. H. Warner, engraving. .35
J. W. Moore, searching records.
5.00
Carter's Ink Co., ink. 1.25
C. W. Hull, Jr., water rent.
50.00
J. A. Warner, damages
5.00
Birth returns
26.50
Death returns 10.25
C. W. Hastings, supplies
.80
Transferred by vote to Town Building Department
250.00
$768.47
Appropriation
$800.00
Balance of 1914.
190.10
$990.10
CARE AND REPAIR OF TOWN BUILDINGS
Agawam Electric Co., lights $169.24
L. H. Scott & Co., repairs. 27.43
George Methe, cement. 18.25
W. M. Shaylor, wiring
6.64
E. C. Belden, wiring. 2.40
C. H. Wood, repairs.
36.13
C. H. Wood, painting
137.63
C. H. Wood, janitor. 22.50
C. W. Hastings, insurance 414.16
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E. A. Kellogg & Sons, paint and oil ... 72.10
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies. 9.45
E. S. Decker, lumber 50.05
T. M. Walker, supplies. 10.94
Edwin Goss, repairs. 8.00 .
C. P. Chase & Co., lumber
50.08
C. H. Wyman, repairs.
18.00
C. Z. Bailey, repairs.
14.40
C. W. Hastings, supplies
5.29
B. J. White, repairs. .
3.00
D. J. Bloom, janitor .
39.50
$1,115.19
Appropriation
$800.00
Transferred from Contingent.
250.00
Rent of halls
121.50
$1,171.50
STREET LIGHTS
Agawam Electric Co., lighting streets $4,563.17
United Electric Light Co., lighting S.
E. bridge
104.77
$4,667.94
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Balance of 1914. 1,335.79
$5,335.79
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Edward S. Connor, services $1,020.00
Dwight S. Dickinson, services 535.00
Giles W. Halladay, services. 417.00
Michael Harrington, services
3.28
Jasper DeForge, services.
28.00
George Deno, services.
6.00
Archie Trudeau, services
10.00
New England T. & T. Co., telephone tolls 3.04
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E. S. Connor, expenses 24.50
G. W. Halladay, expenses 10.90
John Gurry, boat service 5.00
Town of West Springfield, supplies. . .
3.50
Joseph Coran, team.
12.50
W. J. Letellier, team
4.00
J. H. Clark, team.
3.00
Alvin Kellogg, team.
2.00
Herman Cordis, team
3.00
Wm. Buckley, team
5.00
Joseph Borgatti, team
1.00
W. J. O'Connor, team.
25.00
Scott Adams, legal services
12.00
Appropriation
$2,133.72 $2,500.00
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
R. M. Taylor, services. $164.00
H. P. Worden, services.
153.50
Almon Jones, services. 123.50
Johnson's Bookstore, supplies. 12.00
Wakefield Daily Item, supplies. .45
William Jones, services
1.34
Louise Brown, copying.
20.00
$474.29
Appropriation
$600.00
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
C. O. Worthington
$50.00
C. H. Wyman
50.00
$100.00
Appropriation
$100.00
Refund
1.40
$101.40
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SEWERS
John Buckley, cleaning manholes. . $50.00
$50.00
Received from entrance fees. $200.04
$200.04
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Emerson Laboratory $24.00
E. H. Guild 34.00
J. W. Hastings 15.94
C. B. Dolge Co. .
13.00
B. & A. R. R., freight
1.25
Johnson's Bookstore .
4.00
F. J. Pomeroy, services
10.00
J. H. Clark, services. . 15.00
D. J. Collins, services
32.00
Appropriation
$149.19 $150.00
SURETY BOND
C. W. Hastings, premium on bond. $90.00
$90.00
Appropriation
$100.00
$100.00
INTEREST
C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., on temporary loans $759.47
Natick Five Cent Savings Bank, wa- ter loan 240.00
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, water loan 160.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan.
1,120.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan .....
4,263.75
Southbridge Savings Bank, school- house loan 360.00
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Hull Sinking Fund Commissioners,
schoolhouse loan 240.00
$7,143.22
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Interest on deposits and taxes.
765.85
Balance of water rents received.
1,864.80
$4,630.65
TOWN DEBT
Natick Five Cent Savings Bank, water loan
$1,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan of 1912 issue
1,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan of 1913 issue
3,500.00
C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., schoolhouse loan
2,000.00
$7,500.00
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Income from all licenses
3,052.00
Corporation and bank taxes.
616.77
$7,668.77
LIABILITIES DEC. 31, 1915
Five notes held by Natick Five Cent Savings Bank, due $1,000 annually
$5,000.00
Jan. 1, 1917-21, water loan. . . Four notes held by Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, due $1,000 annually Jan. 1, 1922-25, water loan. Seven notes payable to C. D. Parker & Co., due $2,000 annually July 1, 1916-22, schoolhouse loan.
4,000.00
14,000.00
Bonds of $1,000, payable annually Oct. 1, 1916-42, to Old Colony Trust Co., water loan.
27,000.00
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Bonds of 1913 water loan, payable July
1, 1916-43, $3,500 annually . 93,000.00
Temporary loan, payable April 3, 1916, to C. D. Parker & Co., Inc .. . 5,000.00 Temporary loan, payable April 15, 1916, to C. D. Parker & Co., Inc. . 10,000.00
$158,000.00
ASSETS
Cash in treasury
$391.92
Due on 1911 taxes.
15.39
Due on 1912 taxes.
232.12
Due on 1913 taxes.
1,790.22
Due on 1914 taxes
7,326.17
Due on 1915 taxes.
16,744.41
Due on water connections
2,012.45
Due on water rents.
3,635.37
Due on sewer entrance fees
380.00
Due for care of poor
443.96
Due for State aid.
344.00
DANIEL J. COLLINS, JAMES H. CLARK, FRANK J. POMEROY,
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Board of Health.
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Report of Library Trustees
BOOKS
Number at Agawam. 4,004
Number at Feeding Hills 2,965
Number at Mittineague
396
CIRCULATION
At Agawam 4,040
At Riverside 131
At Feeding Hills. 6,864
At Mittineague
725
BORROWERS
Agawam 207
Riverside
28
Feeding Hills 322
Mittineague
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LIBRARIANS
Agawam Ralph Perry
Riverside Mrs. T. C. Parsons
Feeding Hills. A. K. Gleason
Mittineague Julia E. Tower
EXPENSES
F. P. Halladay, annuity . $120.00
H. R. Huntting Co., books 20.53
Johnsons Bookstore, books. 303.56
Underwood & Underwood, books 28.88
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P. F. Collier & Son, books. 10.80
C. M. Rounds, books 43.00
A. K. Gleason, books. 4.90
Harper & Bros., books.
18.80
Agawam Electric Co., light.
18.29
Mrs. M. J. Mecum, services
2.50
Carroll & O'Connor, coal. 43.50
C. H. Woods, painting 4.35
F. E. Trenchett, metal ceiling
23.00
Julia E. Tower, Librarian. 25.00
Avery K. Gleason, Librarian
60.00
Ralph Perry, Librarian
60.00
$787.11
AVAILABLE
Appropriation
$200.00
Rent of tenement
139.92
Dog fund
565.60
Phelon Library fund.
33.12
$938.64
RALPH PERRY, AVERY K. GLEASON, HENRY L. TOWER,
Trustees.
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Report of Fire Commissioners
We are fortunate in passing the year without devastat- ing fires. The few that have occurred have been well hand- led by the department when water was available, and the several companies deserve our fullest commendation. An excellent spirit is manifest throughout the department, each one connected with it striving for the highest efficiency.
The principal addition made to the equipment during the year was a light motor truck at the Center similar to that at Feeding Hills. Experience proved that the hand truck at that station was impracticable for long distances. This truck with its more complete equipment will supplement the motor when needed. Notwithstanding this unexpected expenditure we have been able to keep within the appropri- ation made for the department.
We desire to call attention to the unsatisfactory accom- modations for the company at Mittineague. The building that has been rented for several years is not convenient, is too small and without heat for the hose room, and the $60 yearly rental would help meet the interest on a building owned by the Town. We therefore recommend the consid- eration of a new fire station in that district.
No definite policy of compensation for members of the department has been adopted. The companies at Agawam and Feeding Hills have received no pay, the men cheerfully giving their services, and in addition they have provided themselves with coats, boots and hats at no expense to the Town. When we remember that the companies meet regu- larly, insisting upon full attendance, spend time in caring for the equipment and hold themselves ready day or night to protect our property, it would seem that some definite com- pensation should be decided upon either individually or by companies.
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EXPENDITURES
Agawam Electric Co., light. $13.28
Maynard Rubber Co., supplies 3.30
W. D. Rising, stove. 10.00
S. J. Cordner, pump.
2.00
E. S. Decker, lumber 49.79
I. L. Dimon, truck.
250.00
H. Foot & Co., supplies
6.10
F. H. King, lumber
29.28
American LaFrance Fire Co., supplies
16.00
Manhattan Rubber Co., hose
204.00
Fisk Rubber Co., supplies.
26.05
Stevens-Duryea Co., supplies
7.94
George W. Porter, supplies
3.80
W. H. Porter, supplies.
7.14
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies
18.75
O. C. Alderman, supplies 5.60
Oukamore Club, light 6.00
J. F. Wilson, rent.
50.00
Carroll & O'Connor, coal.
16.25
Payroll Mittineague firemen
250.00
Appropriation
$975.28 $1,200.00
J. A. ROY, W. J. LITTLEFIELD, W. H. PORTER, Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE Tree and Forest Warden
To the Citizens of Agawam :
Besides our usual spraying we have removed many large dead limbs which were considered dangerous, but it has not been necessary to remove many trees entirely. We have also done a large amount of trimming, especially in Feeding Hills, this work being necessary on account of changes in electric light and telephone wires and there will be considerable more of this work to do as fast as other changes are made so that all wires except trolley wires will go on one set of poles. We hope eventually these changes will be a benefit, as at least one side of our streets will be available for trees.
Our annual spraying of the elm trees not only kill the elm leaf beetle but greatly helps to hold in check other in- sects such as the gipsy and brown-tailed moths. The latter are slowly spreading, several nests being found by your servant the past fall in the Town.
Would advise all fruit tree owners to thoroughly in- spect their trees when dormant for this pest, especially pear and apple trees.
We have planted 165 shade trees, mostly in Mittineague Village, and relative to this planting would recommend that the Town acquire land suitable for a shade tree nursery as it will be much cheaper to grow them than to purchase, be- sides having them on hand when wanted.
FOREST FIRES
Although the number of forest fires has not increased, yet the damage was somewhat greater the past season, esti-
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mated at $1,500.00. Ninety-six permits have been granted for building fires. Again I wish to call your attention to the following :
LAW RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF SLASH OR BRUSH FOLLOWING WOOD OR LUMBER OPERATIONS
Sect. 1. Every owner, tenant or occupant of land, and every owner of stumpage, who cuts or permits the cutting of wood or timber on woodland owned or occupied by him or on which he has acquired stumpage by purchase or other- wise, and which borders upon the woodland of another or upon a highway or railroad location, shall clear the land of slash and brush wood then and there resulting from such cutting for such distance, not exceeding forty feet, from the woodland of such other person, highway or railroad location as the local forest warden shall determine, and within such time and in such manner as he shall determine.
Sect. 2. Any person who cuts or causes to be cut trees or brushes or undergrowth within the limits of any highway or public road shall dispose of the slash and brush wood then and there resulting from such cutting within such time and in such manner as the forest warden of the city or town wherein such cutting is done shall determine.
Sect. 3. Whoever neglects to comply with the direc- tions of the forest warden with regard to the disposal of slash and brush, as provided in sections one and two of this act, may be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect on the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen.
EXPENDITURES
Merrick Job Print, envelopes $2.50
Chas. E. Miller, supplies. 1.60
E. M. Hitchcock, cash for supplies 5.90
Hisgen Bros., gasolene and oil. 8.35
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J. W. Adams & Co., trees. 116.00 Hampden Co. Farmers Exchange, sup- plies 90.47
H. W. Fitch, repairs
1.00
H. Foot & Co., supplies. 2.25
Oliver & Howland, supplies
1.35
Graves Hardware Co., supplies
7.89
C. W. Hastings, insurance.
9.17
P. F. Cormier & Son, repairs
2.25
Forest fire payrolls.
85.83
Payrolls
473.50
$808.06
Appropriation
$800.00
For spraying State highway 1913-14-15
85.00
$885.00
E. M. HITCHCOCK,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF THE Board of Water Commissioners
To the Voters of the Town of Agawam :
The Board of Water Commissioners respectfully present the twelfth annual report of the department, covering all operations for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1915.
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1914. $3,128.09
Water rents and meter rentals. 5,837.41
For connections and materials. 2,006.01
$10,971.51
EXPENDITURES
For construction $4,272.16
For maintenance
5,837.41
Balance available for construction. 861.94
$10,971.51
EXPENDITURES Maintenance
City of Springfield, water $2,941.69
John Merrell, services 25.00
W. J. Eldred. 1.00
Daily News Job Print. 34.25
Scott Adams, legal services 80.30
Isabella Healy
6.50
John R. Elmer
5.00
O. C. Alderman.
4.16
National Meter Co
547.80
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W. L. Miller, repairs on meters. 44.01
City of Springfield, repairs on meters. .88
A. W. Gifford, safe ..
34.00
D. M. Crowley, freight. 3.27
D. M. Crowley, Superintendent.
132.75
Payroll
112.00
Paid on interest account.
1,864.80
Received for water and meter rentals.
$5,837.41
CONSTRUCTION
Expenditures
Springfield Republican, advertising ... $ .70
Springfield Union, advertising.
1.05
A. Williams & Co., 1913 contract.
641.82
A. Williams & Co., 1915 contract.
650.57
R. D. Woods Co., cast iron pipe.
1,403.32
City of Chicopee, cast iron pipe.
121.43
City of Springfield, cast iron pipe
35.65
W. R. Conard
34.83
Springfield Foundry Co.
9.00
Chapman Valve Co., supplies.
112.00
H. Mueller Co., supplies. 203.20
Crane Co., supplies.
9.54
New England Plumbing Supply Co. ..
118.08
National Meter Co., meters.
125.00
J. L. Tighe, engineering.
127.50
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight.
73.90
C. N. E. R. R., freight.
1.22
J. J. Healy
13.35
C. W. Hull, Jr.
2.00
D. M. Crowley, freight.
2.50
D. M. Crowley, Superintendent.
170.00
Payrolls
415.50
$4,272.16
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$5,837.41
MONEY AVAILABLE
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1914. .. .. $3,128.09 Received for connections and material
sold 2,006.01
$5,134.10
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT FROM INCEPTION OF WORKS
To January 31, 1912. $21,054.30
To January 31, 1913 51,226.08
To January 31, 1914. 145,352.52
To December 31, 1914 153,689.01
To December 31, 1915 157,961.17
The construction work during the year consisted in the extension of the 6-inch pipe line in River road from River- side Park to within a few feet of the State line, a distance of 2,550 feet or thereabouts. The total cost of this extension was $1,906.46.
The work was duly advertised and let by contract to the lowest bidder, A. Williams & Co., the same contractor who built the pipe lines in 1913. He performed his contract in a satisfactory manner. The cost per lineal foot was some- what higher than the 6-inch pipe line laid in 1913 owing to rock excavation in the trench near the State line.
No new loan had to be made to pay for this work, as it was taken from the balance of the bond issue of $100,000 of 1913.
PIPE LINES BUILT IN 1914.
Pipe
Homer street from Springfield street. 1,200 ft. 2 -in. galv. Leonard street from Main street .. 500 ft. 2 -in. galv.
Leonard street from River road. 1,500 ft. 2 -in. galv. New street from Maple street. 400 ft. 2 -in. galv.
Perry street extended from end of 4-in. C. I.
700 ft. 11/4-in. galv.
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Silver street from Suffield street. 900 ft. 2 -in. galv.
Westfield street from end of 6-in main towards State line. West street from end of 6-in main to Peter Peterson homestead. ...
1,000 ft. 11/4-in. galv.
300 ft. 1 -in. galv.
PIPE LINES BUILT IN 1915
River road from Riverside Park to State line, 2,550 ft. 6-in. C. I. pipe.
Homer street extended from end of 2-in. galvanized pipe, 600 ft. 2-in. black pipe.
STATISTICAL TABLE RELATING TO AGAWAM WATER WORKS
Population of Agawam by Federal census of 1910. 3,501
Population of Agawam by State census of 1915 4,500
Date of Construction of Water Works: -
Mittineague Village 1906
Feeding Hills 1912
Agawam Center 1913
Source of supply, Springfield Little River pipe line.
Mode of supply, gravitation.
Works owned by the Town
Number of families supplied, about. 620
Number of taps installed in 1915. 38
Total number of taps installed. 526
Range of pressure in mains, 60 pounds to 150 pounds per square inch.
Length of Mains :---
1,700 ft. 11/4-in. galvanized iron. .322 miles
4,500 ft. 2 -in. galvanized iron .852 miles
10,775 ft. 4 -in. cast iron. 2.040 miles
72,057 ft. 6 -in. cast iron 13.647 miles
72,905 ft. 8 -in. cast iron. 13.808 miles
30.669 miles
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Number of public hydrants. 244
Number of private hydrants 7
Number of 11/4-in. valves installed 2
Number of 2 -in valves installed.
6
Number of 4 -in. valves installed.
33
Number of 6 -in. valves installed.
47
Number of 8 -in. valves installed.
35
Service pipe used, 1-in. galvanized iron pipe.
Meters Installed :---
Large meters 5
5/8 Empire 521
Percentage of services metered. .100%
Total quantity of water purchased from Springfield in 1915
39,418,100 gallons
Cost of water purchased, 7.5 cents per 1,000 gal. . $2,942.13
FINANCIAL
Total amt. of serial bonds issued in 1906
$12,000
1908 (and notes)
4,500
1912
30,000
1913
100,000
Grand total
$146,500
Bonds and notes matured and paid.
17,500
Net debt, Dec. 31, 1915. $129,000
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OFFICERS OF THE AGAWAM WATER WORKS
Henry E. Bodurtha Elected 1906, term expired 1912
J. Arsene Roy
66 1906, “ 66
1910
Amos Gosselin
1906,
" “1908
66 1911
John Merrill
1912,
66
19.15
Dennis M. Crowley.
1910,
expires 1916
Edward A. Kellogg
1911,
1917
Charles W. Hull, Jr
1915, "
1918
INVENTORY OF STOCK ON HAND AND VALUE THEREOF IN WATER DEPARTMENT IN FEEDING HILLS AND MITTINEAGUE
Feeding Hills, estimated value
$200.00
Mittineague, estimated value. 600.00
Total
$800.00
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William H. Granger
1908,
REPORT OF THE Sealer of Weights and Measures
Since making my last report to you there have been enacted some rather drastic measures to which I beg to call your particular attention.
First, the pedlars' and hucksters' law, so called. It will be necessary for the Town to make a by-law about this mat- ter or forfeit the fees to the State.
Second, the net weight law. Made to correspond to the United States law, but applying to intra-state shipments where the United States law applies only to inter-state ship- ments.
Third, under the rulings of the present Commissioner of Weights and Measures the Town Sealer is required to keep a minute record of all work done by him, necessitating many record books; to keep and classify all letters, pam- phlets, bills, etc., received by him as Sealer. All of which, in Agawam, like the One of old, have "no place to lay their head."
A detailed report is subjoined.
Articles sealed 138
Articles condemned 7
Store inspections 41
Pedlars and hucksters 33
Junk dealers 17
Complaints received
25
Written 3
Verbal 22
Complaints examined 14
Goods weighed in stores 82, Overweight 9, Underweight 11
Goods weighed in transit 9, Overweight 0, Underweight 2
Coal weighed in transit 5, Overweight 3, Underweight 0
Respectfully submitted, EDWIN U. LEONARD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF THE Caretaker of Soldiers' Graves
To the Selectmen of Agawam:
Appointed by you under the provisions of chapter 122, Acts of 1914, relating to the care of soldiers graves in Aga- wam, my report is respectfully presented.
Much time has been spent in research work, collecting data and as evidence of service from the official records.
All the soldiers of record within the Town have been carefully noted. The list is not complete, but nearly so.
Soldiers graves are located as follows, to wit:
Feeding Hills, West Street Cemetery. Corporation.
Soldiers of the Revolution 2 graves
War of 1812. 1 grave
Mexican War, 1847 1 grave
Civil War, '61-'65 1 grave
5 graves
Feeding Hills, Old Cemetery. Corporation.
Soldiers of the Revolution. 23 graves
French and Indian War 1 grave
Civil War 1 grave
25 graves
Feeding Hills, Springfield St. Cemetery. Corporation. Soldiers of the Revolution. 1 grave
War of 1812 1 grave
Civil War 16 graves
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18 graves
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Agawam Center Cemetery. Corporation.
Soldiers of the Revolution.
8 graves
Civil War 27 graves
35 graves
Agawam, Old North Cemetery. Public Cemetery.
Soldiers of the Revolution 14 graves
Civil War 1 grave
15 graves
Existing conditions are as follows :
West Street Feeding Hills Cemetery, good.
Feeding Hills Old Cemetery, improvement should be made therein.
Feeding Hills, Springfield street, neglect and lack of care is evident.
Agawam Center Cemetery, well cared for, conditions best in town.
Agawam, Old North Cemetery, a shame and disgrace to the Town and the officials in charge of it.
The sum appropriated for this work was utterly inade- quate for the labor involved, and I cheerfully waive all claim for service.
JAMES W. MOORE.
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