Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1916-1920, Part 10

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 538


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150.61


$1,090.24


1912 TAX.


Dr.


To amount due Dec. 30, 1916


$140.96


To interest collected 13.19


$154.15


Cr.


By amount paid Treasurer


$61.72


By abatements


67.50


By amounts due Dec. 31, 1917


24.93


$154.15


HENRY E. BODURTHA, Collector.


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REPORT OF THE


Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health


Agawam, Mass., February 2, 1918


To the citizens of the Town of Agawam we present our report as follows :-


HIGHWAYS.


We kept within our appropriation this year. Labor and team work was higher, and we could not do as much as we anticipated, although we have done quite a lot of permanent work, such as building new sluices, replanking bridges and building several hundred feet of new railing.


Laid a new culvert in cement at State Line, which we think will take care of spring freshets. As the culvert was washed out several times, we went to the expense of a cement face, which we trust will hold.


Patched and resurfaced all the State Road running from Mittineague to the River Road. Built about three thousand feet of new permanent road. This piece of work was in Agawam Center and at Todd's Curve.


We succeeded in getting the state to go in with the Town, giving two thousand dollars for Elm Street, which we have well under way. Cold and snow coming so early, we had to suspend work, but this will have to be com- pleted in the Spring. The contract was let to the L. C. Fay Company.


We gravelled about a mile on West Street, Feeding Hills; also did quite a lot of gravelling on other streets.


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Had one bad washout on Springfield Hill, Mittineague, which cost the town several hundred, but it was unavoid- able. There should be a culvert laid there to take care of the sudden freshets.


Springfield Street was resurfaced with gravel twice, and some parts three times. Several hundred feet of the road was given a coat of oil as an experiment. We find travel is so heavy on this street that it is almost impossible to find a surface that will hold. Our recom- mendation would be to do most, if not all, permanent work on this street from now on. We would suggest having the proper authorities take it up with the State Highway Commissioners to see if they will not aid the Town in building a through thoroughfare from where they left off to Agawam Bridge, as the State Road is completed to Feeding Hills Center. This road will have a very heavy traffic from Granville, Southwick and other places, and we feel that they should do a big part in helping to finish this length. We also have another piece of road with which it is impossible to do much, namely, Meadow Street, Agawam. This road should have something done to it quite soon. Would suggest that the worst parts be dug out and a rock bottom foundation laid and covered with sand, so as to be ready for macadam when the time comes, or a heavy coat of cinders would relieve it if they can be secured. We find that cinders work very well on Suffield Street.


Would recommend one new bridge to be built on Perry Street. Think other parts of road are in as good shape as usual. Recommend the work be continued along these lines.


THE TOWN POOR.


We feel that this department is in as good shape as it has been for many years. Have several hundred dol-


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lars left in the treasury which was not expended this year.


We have succeeded in finding work for some who are able to work and have others in institutions for the poor, where they receive the best of care. Have taken care of all the needy cases brought to our attention, and recom- mend that the work be carried on as heretofore.


BOARD of HEALTH.


We have a small amount left in this department. Think as a rule the town is in a very healthy condition. Have had a very small percentage of contagious diseases. Would suggest that when cases of contagious diseases develop the Board of Health be promptly notified, so as to avoid adverse criticism, as in some instances the Board of Health did not get in touch with contagious cases as soon as desirable on account of this lack of notification, and because in many instances doctors have sent the notification by mail, causing an unnecessary. delay.


SEWER DEPARTMENT.


The Sewer Department finished the contract left over from last Fall and have a small amount left from the $27,000.00 worth of bonds sold for that work. We feel that the sewer is a great improvement to the Town and think we have a very good system.


Fees for entering amounted to over a thousand dol- lars this year, which went to help pay the Town debt and interest. There should be an appropriation made for the maintenance of this department.


POLICE WORK.


Have tried to keep a clean, moral atmosphere in the Town with the men elected, and also by appointing several others. Have had a man on duty at Feeding Hills


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and two on River Road during the summer months. Mr. Conners has been attending to duty in all parts of the Town, with marked success.


By licensing jitneys we have received $645.00 and about $500.00 from Police Court cases, which amounts were turned in for the Town dept and interest.


OTHER DEPARTMENTS.


We are under our appropriation in all departments except for Town officers. Most of this was due to the fight made to keep the excise and corporation tax, which amounted to $5,235.58 this year, and also in trying to keep the trolly fare zones as they stand and not let our Town go in as a ten-cent zone. As it is, the towns have succeeded in having the Commissioners hold off until the first of next March before giving their decision. It took a great many days to do this, and was quite expensive, as it necessitated the hiring of counsel, and we felt that one of the Board, and sometimes all of us, should attend the hearings, which were held in Boston.


We recommend that several new light extensions be made, if the Agawam Electric Light Company can secure the material necessary for the work. We have ordered several extensions to be made this year, but the work has not been completed because the Electric Light Company could not secure the material, all of which is now ordered through the Government.


We hereby attach the report of the Hampden County Improvement League, for which the Town appropriated $300.00 :-


Two hundred and sixty-seven boys and girls enrolled in the several projects which were presented to them in their schools. The following number completed their work and actually made some definite progress in the thing which they undertook :-


61


7


Gardening 80


Corn and potato growing 14


Poultry raising


Pig 6


74


Canning 32


Sewing and bread making 17


Permanent clubs have been organized in all of the schools of the Town, where boys and girls meet once a month, to consider and discuss those projects in which they are interested and carry on regular meetings under their own management.


Miss Theresa Custer organized a Home Economic Club in Feeding Hills with seventeen members, who made fifty-nine garments during the three months contest. The Canning Club was under the supervision of Miss Edith Meade, who received $100.00 during the summer for that purpose, putting in three days a week from June 15th until September 15th. Over 600 quarts of fruits and vegetables were put up by the boys and girls in Aga- wam this first year in which they learned how to can.


The value of garden and field crops raised by the boys and girls of Agawam was $1,540.00.


The value of pork raised by the Pig Club members was $2,220.00.


Respectfully submitted,


(Signed) ROBERT. P TRASK. County Club Leader.


EXPENDITURES-CARE OF POOR.


Town.


C. W. Hegeman, supplies $54.03


Joseph Borgatti, supplies 31.65


W. H. Gibbs, wood 8.00


Frank Ladd, care


34.00


Ernest Collins, transportation 5.00


62


Kate McIntire, care 120.00


American Writing Paper Co., rent 30.00


W. F. Cook Coal Co., coal 17.35


Providence Hospital, care


195.00


Little Franciscan Sisters, care ... John Buckley, transportation


5.00


E. A. Kellogg & Son, supplies .


2.94


Albert Provost, rent 55.00


J. F. Barry, coal and wood


14.40


M. Tongas, care


40.00


Max Packer, supplies


13.99


F. E. Morley, milk.


92.04


City of Springfield, aid rendered. .


193.68


S. L. Lasker, rent


18.00


Mercy Hospital, care


72.15


City of Holyoke, aid rendered.


6.75


D. M. Crowley, rent


37.50


Josephine Corriveau, supplies .


15.00


City of Worcester, aid rendered .. .


3.43


Lea La Bonte, rent


40.00


N. G. King, wood


6.50


George Gareeb, supplies


6.50


J. W. Hastings, medical aid.


6.25


J. H. Clark, services.


18.00


J. R. Lloyd, services


85.00


D. J. Collins, services 90.00


Cash aid 195.00


$1,708.16


Other Towns and State.


W. F. Cook Coal Co., coal 21.35


Albert Steiger Co., supplies


22.72


W. H. Gibbs, wood


8.00


Antonio Balboni, supplies 288.62


George R. Estabrook, stove 12.90


Dr. C. R. Chapman, services


12.00


63


196.50


A. L. Gordon, glasses 3.75


Dickieson & Co., clothing


10.00


Carlo Prati, rent 156.00


J. F. Carroll, coal and wood 6.30


D. J. Ferioli, rent


76.50


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies .


32.55


Morris Diamond, repairing shoes 6.10


1.50


Dr. H. A. Downey, medical aid. . . J. F. Barry, coal 26.65


Dr. P. W. Mclaughlin, medical aid


22.00


Mercy Hospital, care


14.58


John A. Warner, opening graves. . 10.00


D. A. Toomey, burial


20.00


T. P. Sampson, burial


18.00


City of Springfield, care


55.86


American Writing Paper Co., taxes 3.70


Cash aid


437.00


$1,266.08


Total for poor


$2,974.14


Appropriation


$2,200.00


Balance of 1916 298.44


$2,498.44


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.


General.


City of Springfield, care of South End Bridge $93.00


State Highway Commission, repairs 798.00


C. D. Farnsworth, Inc., coal 53.48


W. A. Winn, oil 1.25


American Tar Co., tar and oil .... 1,193.51


C. W. Hastings, liability insurance 164.57


O. C. Alderman, supplies .


12.00


64


J. W. Collins, brick


10.00


Clark B. Jones, labor


7.70


Peter David, supplies


.78


$2,334.29


Agawam.


George Methe, cement


$19.13


George H. Reed, plank


3.75


City of Springfield, rock


75.58


N. E. Metal Culvert Co., pipe


68.40


C. E. Terry, cement


4.13


Charles Nelson, railing


12.00


J. R. Lloyd, sand


8.55


Taddia Construction Co., blocks ...


33.66


C. D. Farnsworth, rock and labor.


1,710.10


Randall Bros., plank


2.04


L. C. Fay & Co., contract


1,599.06


Sumner C. Schwartz, labor 86.45


E. L. Campbell, labor 7.75


F. J. Pomeroy, labor


16.78


M. Hayward, labor


60.50


Pat. Cavaneigh, labor


60.39


John Merrell, labor


260.75


Susan A. Bosworth, labor


10.65


D. J. Collins, labor


18.00


C. O. Campbell, labor


222.68


C. A. Devenew, labor


12.00


Thomas Riley, labor


15.00


E. J. St. Louis, labor


15.00


John McLoughlin, labor


6.00


D. F. Crowley, labor


6.00


A. Pezzini, labor


3.00


W. L. Robinson, labor


3.00


Moser Tongas, labor


37.50


Pat. Bresnahan, labor


3.00


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Frank Charvat, labor


80.95


George H. Reed, labor


52.25


George DeForge, labor


259.88


Charles Nelson, labor


250.50


C. Z. Bailey, labor


91.89


Edward T. Cordes, labor


35.30


A. J. Todd, labor


100.50


Tom Stack, labor


29.56


Chas. Hayward, labor


3.75


Henry Otto, labor


3.75


J. F. Buckley, labor


232.50


D. M. Crowley, labor


14.44


John Finn, labor


30.75


Frank Menard, labor


11.69


James Collins, labor


41.06


Randall Bros., labor


348.43


$5,968.05


Feeding Hills.


George W. Hayden, labor and


supplies


$106.40


City of Springfield, oil and labor. . 78.40


John Donnelly, gravel 104.28


Taylor Bros., gravel


57.48


H. F. Flower, gravel


29.10


D. E. Bailey, gravel


4.36


George King, gravel


3.36


John Skelly, gravel


1.20


V. S. Dipento, gravel


5.52


N. G. King, lumber


148.32


J. L. Fleming, repairs


8.95


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, labor and supplies


32.05


E. H. Smith, labor 17.87


Chas. Moffatt, labor


15.00


66


Arthur Ryan, labor 5.00


Cornelius Soper, labor 5.67


George Bourds, labor 1.50


D. O. Cesan, labor


7.90


Felix Decoteaux, labor 1.20


Howard D. Steere, labor


13.20


Chas. H. Wood, labor


15.50


John Buckley, labor


5.00


1


Thomas Stack, labor


3.75


G. A. Blish, labor


1.20


J. F. Buckley, labor


24.75


J. F. Crowley, labor


27.00


Thomas Quirk, labor 54.75


33.00


Howard Wilson, labor


68.40


Howard Barnes, labor


22.50


John C. Healey, labor


64.88


A. H. Brown, labor


36.00


Marceli Yezerski, labor


84.00


Thomas Kerr, labor


276.85


H. V. Roberts, labor


227.70


R. S. Farnsworth, labor


10.80


Sanford Sawyer, labor


19.60


C. H. Wyman, labor


23.40


Taylor Bros., labor


7.80


John J. Kane, labor


87.00


J. F. Cleary, labor


198.00


Ashley Cooley, labor


171.00


Cuba Conn. Tobacco Co., labor


77.00


John A. Warner, labor


30.00


John Donnelly, labor


63.00


Karl Nooney, labor


28.87


W. H. White, labor


247.02


D. L. White, labor


1,371.20


$3,926.73


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Robert Brutnell, labor


Mittineague.


C. W. Hegeman, supplies $2.58


T. Shea, pipe 220.83


C. E. Smith, gravel 21.00


G. Ardizoni, brick


3.50


D. M. Crowley, sand


18.00


H. P. Worden, sand


15.00


Frank Barnes, labor


12.00


J. F. Buckley, labor


593.25


John Buckley, labor


3.00


Charles Nelson, labor 18.00


54.00


H. P. Worden, labor


140.75


John Finn, labor 139.50


29.60


J. F. Crowley, labor


2.40


Peter Menard, labor


1.20


J. Fortier, labor


3.00


Quinto Avondo, labor 1.20


Paul Roberts, labor


4.50


Thomas Coughlin, labor


1.20


Frank Forni, labor


9.00


Wm. M. DeForge, labor


7.20


Frank Reddy, labor


2.50


Exavier Boulerice, labor


7.50


Philip Jasmin, labor


4.00


Thomas Stack, labor


32.25


George Goyette, labor


110.25


Frank Charvat, labor


42.00


James Collins, labor


120.60


George DeForge, labor 72.00


Thomas Quirk, labor


26.45


George Provost, labor


17.25


Howard Wilson, labor


30.90


M. Jandreau, labor


40.50


C. A. Devenew, labor


Frank Menard, Jr., labor


68


Alex. King, labor


125.13


John Finn, Jr., labor


60.00


James Jasmin, labor


82.90


Edward St. Louis, labor


28.09


D. M. Crowley, labor


217.50


D. J. Collins, labor


242.00


$2,562.53


Total expense


$14,791.60


Available.


Appropriation $8,837.39


St. Railway, excise tax 3,743.35


St. Railway, corporation tax


1,492.23


Taxation of state highway repairs


798.00


Appropriation of liability insurance


100.00


Received from Highway Commis- sion


639.62


$15,610.59


TOWN OFFICES.


J. H. Herbert, supplies $15.00


O. H. Adams, auditor


15.00


E. W. Pillsbury, auditor 15.00


Daily News Job Print, printing reports


158.71


Daily News Job Print, printing. .


32.25


Esther G. Hall, typewriting ..


4.02


E. L. Campbell, distributing re- ports 5 00


A. W. Brownell, supplies


3 25


E. U. Leonard, Sealer of Weights and Measures 81.19


Edwin Leonard, Animal Inspector 1


57.04


Library Bureau, supplies


.75


69


1


Johnson's Bookstore, supplies 1.00


Loring, Axtell Co., printing 28.75


A. W. Gifford, license tags 10.50


Travelling expenses


104.00


Carter Ink Co., ink 1.25


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., service 3.00


H. J. Brewer Co., supplies


6.00


W. H. Porter, Moderator


5.00


J. H. Clark, services as Selectman. 45.00 Theodore Smith, services as Select- man 200.00


John R. Lloyd, services as Select- man 260.00


Daniel J. Collins, services as Select- man 275.00


J. D. Pond & Son, printing


28.10


James Maspo, cartage


8.00


Postage, expressage, etc. 59.19


Scott Adams, counsel 448.84


J. W. Hastings, Registrar 30.00


Elmer F. Bodurtha, Registrar .


30.00


Patrick T: Donovan, Registrar. .. 30.00


Henry E. Bodurtha, Registrar. 30.00


Ralph Perry, Precinct Officer. .. 22.50


O. H. Adams, Precinct Officer 13.00


P. V. Hastings, Precinct Officer. .. 22.50


C. F. Barden, Precinct Officer. . .. 17.50


N. E. Bosworth, Precinct Officer. . 17.50


Wm. H. Lester, Precinct Officer. . 17.50


Fred C. Pomeroy, Precinct Officer. 4.50


A. A. Randall, Precinct Officer. . . .


15.50


W. H. Porter, Precinct Officer. . ..


4.50


R. M. Taylor, Precinct Officer. ..


22.50


H. W. Smith, Precinct Officer. ...


17.50


70)


J. D. Cleary, Precinct Officer. . 22.50


P. W. Hastings, Precinct Officer ... 11.00


A. W. Taylor, Precinct Officer .... 17.50


M. E. Clark, Precinct Officer ..... 11.00


W. J. O'Connor, Precinct Officer .. 6.50


H. V. Roberts, Precinct Officer ... 11.00


E. U. Leonard, Precinct Officer. 4.50


P. T. Shea, Precinct Officer. . . 6.50


J. H. Clark, Precinct Officer


4.50


J. A. Donovan, Precinct Officer . . 17.00


D. J. Curran, Precinct Officer 17.50


E. W. Pillsbury, Precinct Officer. . 17.00


J. L. Roy, Precinct Officer. 8.50


Fred Larro, Precinct Officer


13.00


E. A. Gosselin, Precinct Officer . . 17.50


F. A. Goulet, Precinct Officer


18.50


M. V. Bessette, Precinct Officer ...


7.50


Edwin Ferrell, Precinct Officer ...


4.50


J. Fountain, Precinct Officer. . .


4.50


F. Menard, Jr., Precinct Officer .. . 4.50


James Collins, Precinct Officer. ... 4.50


David Consolati, Precinct Officer. . 9.00


Arpha Trudeau, Precinct Officer. . 4.50


$2,408.84


Appropriation


$1,900.00


CLERK, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.


Henry E. Bodurtha, services $1,000.00


$1,000.00


Appropriation $1,000.00


CONTINGENCIES.


Scott Adams, counsel . $99.40


Esther G. Hall, typewriting 1.13


Edwin U. Leonard, sealer 41.70


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W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies . 20.04


Daily News Pub. Co., printing .. 5.25


The Republican Co., advertising .. 8.10


Publicity Printing Co., printing


50.50


Shean Adv. Co., honor roll 62.23


Buchholz Co. 50.00


Buchholz Co.


16.00


Edwin Leonard, services


3.17


George W. Adams, damages


20.00


D. J. Collins, expenses 16.00


Filing petition for location of high- way 3.00


Recording, indexing and returning


Births, Marriages and Deaths


82.90


Scott Adams, fees for recording. . 4.60


Durkee, White & Towne, surveying


25.49


Return of Births


22.75


Return of Deaths 13.75


H. C. Puffer Co., 1.70


John P. Fox, expert


22.50


Appropriation


SEWERS.


T. Shea, pipe $728.25


L. C. Fay, on contract 2,976.31


J. D. Pond & Son, printing 7.25


E. S. Decker, pipe


630.42


Geo. W. Hayden, labor


67.00


F. J. Pomeroy, labor


16.50


Davitt Iron Foundry


6.00


Durkee, White & Towne. 197.35


W. J. Letellier, expressage 3.00


Scott Adams, counsel


17.16


C. W. Hegeman, cement


5.41


$570.21 $580.25


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T. M. Walker Co., supplies 3.03


Agawam Co., cement


2.85


D. J. Collins, labor


290.00


J. F. Buckley, labor


14.60


James Collins, labor


159.65


August Morin, labor


2.40


Frank Menard, Jr., labor


43.65


D. F. Crowley, labor


36.45


Clayton Collins, labor


23.53


Thomas Quirk, labor


3.00


Wm. DeForge, labor


3.00


Frank Connor, labor


3.00


Thomas Stack, labor


4.13


Alex. King, labor


81.38


George Goyette, labor


20.50


John McLoughlin, labor


6.00


Edward St. Louis, labor


40.50


John Finn, labor


141.00


L. C. Fay, labor


48.00


Christi Gindixi, labor


6.00


Luigi Civanus, labor 6.00


Alphonse Brissette, labor


5.00


Warren C. Bodurtha, labor


9.00


John Buckley, labor


25.00


$5,632.32


Balance of bonds


$5,904.66


POLICE.


E. S. Connor, salary


$1,140.00


E. S. Connor, expenses


50.74


Dwight S. Dickinson, services


80.80


W. J. O'Connor, services


74.00


G. W. Halladay, services


16.00


Karl Birk, services


6.50


Wm. DeForge, services


4.00


73


Fred A. Goulet, services 4.00


A. R. Randall, services 58.45


Frank Connor, services 2.00


W. E. Allen, services 25.00


A. R. Kellogg, services 8.00


F. H. Campbell, services


378.00


W. S. Safford, services


332.00


Antonio Pajer, transportation


2.00


H. C. Wisenburn


2.00


George Meyers 4.00


John Merrell, transportation 2.00


Herbert Taylor, transportation


2.00


W. J. O'Connor, transportation


20.00


J. F. Buckley, transportation


38.00


W. J. Letellier, transportation


2.00


Ernest Collins, transportation


2.00


Frank Kellogg, transportation


3.00


Chas. Thompson, services


3.00


August Morin, services


1.50


James Jasmin, Jr., services


1.50


Fred Sparks, services


15.00


Scott Adams, counsel


35.00


Dr. J. W. Leonard, medical aid. .


4.00


City of Springfield, lock up fees .. . 10.20


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. .


3.30


$2,329.99


Appropriation


$1,970.25


Court fines


751.50


$2,721.75


CARE AND REPAIR OF TOWN BUILDINGS.


Agawam Electric Co., lights $164.22


A. H. Rowley, repairs 5.00


The Tuohey Co., repairs 41.77


A. E. Coville, repairs 24.50


Springfield Brick Co., brick 3.60


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H. W. Smith, expressage 1.50


Meekins, Packard & Wheat, supplies


36.86


C. H. Woods, repairs and materials


109.20


C. W. Hastings, insurance 282.00


H. Letellier, repairs


5.00


W. M. Shaylor, repairs


16.18


John Smith, labor


3.60


Richard Turner


38.35


C. H. Woods, janitor


64.50


D. J. Bloom, janitor


57.00


H. Letellier, janitor


33.19


$886.47


Appropriation


$1,076.49


Rent of halls


140.00


$1,216.49


STREET LIGHTS.


Agawam Electric Co., lighting


streets


$4.999.14


United Electric Light Co., lighting S. E. Bridge 104.77


$5,103.91


Appropriation


$5,229.20


ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.


R. M. Taylor, services $213.00


H. P. Worden, services 273.55


C. F. Barden, services 167.50


Louise M. Brown, copying 20.00


Wakefield Daily Item, supplies. . .


.45


Johnson's Bookstore, supplies


20.25


P. B.Murphy, supplies 9.85


$704.60


Appropriation


$700.00


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Central City Chemical Co., supplies $44.86


Emerson's Laboratory 26.50


Dr. E. H. Guild 126.00


J. W. Hastings, M. D. services ...


2.00


Dr. J. M. Leonard, services


5.00


John R. Lloyd, services


25.00


Theodore Smith, services 20.00


D. J. Collins, services


36.00


$285.36 $355.32


Appropriation


SPRINGFIELD STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.


M. B. Harding, architect $359.13


Graves Hardware Co. 175.00


Richardson Electric Co., wiring ... 141.50


M. J. Walsh & Son, on contract. . 2,101.70


Expenses of committee


15.25


$2,792.58


Balance of appropriation


$2,916.40


Total cost of building


$17,876.18


AGAWAM SCHOOL ADDITION.


E. T. Davis & Son, on contract. ... $14,304.00


Bryan Hardware Co., hardware ... 89.50


The Republican Co., advertising .. 2.70


M. B. Harding, architect 510.00


$14,906.20


Available-


Bonds issued


$15,000.000


Appropriation


3,500.00


$18,500.00


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NORTH CEMETERY


R. M. Taft, labor $49.09


Frank Charvat, labor


32.50


H. C. Bennett, labor 3.00


D. J. Bloom, labor 24.08


C. W. Smith, labor 6.25


T. W. Fowler, labor 6.00


Chapman Brooks Co., fencing


8.03


Annable Lumber Co., lumber 22.28


F. L. Hewes & Co., paint 13.55


$164.78


Appropriation


$75.00


Income from timber and wood . . 80.00


$155.00


MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE


Avery K. Gleason, committee ...


$50.00


Charles O. Worthington, com- mittee


50.00


$100.00


Appropriation


$100.00


MITTINEAGUE FIRE STATION


J. N. Trudeau, balance of contract


$793.95


J. H. Healey, plumbing 117.64


G. W. Hayden, cement work. 182.50


W. W. Bewsee, painting


83.00


L. H. Scott & Co., labor and ma- terial 145.66


The Tuohey Co., wiring


108.53


Benjamin Powell, eavestroughs .. 8.28


Forbes & Wallace, furnishings ...


11.49


Meekins, Packard & Wheat, furn- ishing's 6.00


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James Jasmim, labor 27.50


Springfield Gas Light Co., 15.25


Balance of appropriation


$1,499.80 $1,095.20


AGAWAM FIRE STATION


Amos Gosselin, on contract $2,357.90


Springfield Gas Light Co., con-


nection 18.50


$2,376.40


Appropriation


$4,800.00


INTEREST


R. L. Day & Co., on temporary loans $432.37


Metropolitan Trust Co., temporary loans 244.64


C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., temporary loans 62.94


Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, water loan


160.00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, water loan 160.00


Southbridge Saving Bank, school- house loan


200.00


Hull Sinking Fund Commissioners schoolhouse loan 240.00


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan.


1,040.00 .


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan.


3,948.75 -


Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan 700.00


Old Colony Trust Co., sewer loan. .


1,080.00


Old Colony Trust Co., interest on coupons 5.93


$8,274.63


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AVAILABLE


Interest on taxes and deposits $1,436.09


Sewer entrance fees


1,430.00


Appropriation


4,018.07


Income from water rents


1,431.90


$8,316.06


TOWN DEBT


Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, water loan


$1,000.00


C. D. Parker & Co.,Inc., school- house loan


2,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan


1,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan


3,500.00


Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan


1,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., sewer loan


1,000.00


$9,500.00


AVAILABLE


Appropriation $3,876.46


Premium on 1916 bonds


786.59


License fees 4,322.00


Bank and Corporation Taxes 952.82


$9,937.87


LIABILITIES DECEMBER 31, 1917


Three notes held by Natick Five Cents Savings Bank due $1,000 annually Jan. 1, 1919- 21, water loan $3,000.00


Four notes held by Boston Five Cents Savings Bank due $1,000, annually Jan. 1, 1922- 25 water loan 4,000.00


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Five notes payable to C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., due $2,000 annual- ly July 1, 1918-22, school- house loan 10,000.00


Twenty-five bonds of $1,000, pay- ably annually Oct. 1, 1918-42, to Old Colony Trust Co., wa- ter loan 25,000.00


Bonds of 1913 water loan payable July 1, 1918-43, $3,500 annual- ly Old Colony Trust Co., .... 86,000.00 Bonds of 1916, school-house loan, payable $1,000 annually, July 1, 1918-34, to Old Colony Trust Co. 17,000.00


Sewer bonds of 1916 issue, pay- able $1,000 annually, Decem- ber 1, 1918-43, to Old Colony Trust Co. 26,000.00


School-house bonds issue of 1917, payable $1,000 annually, Sept. 1, 1918-32, to Old Colony Trust Co. 15,000.00


Water bonds, issue of 1917, pay- able $1,000 annually, Sept 1, 1918-32, to Old Colony Trust Co. 25.000.00


Temporary loan, payable April 1, 1918


5,000.00


- $211,000.00


ASSETS.


Cash in treasury $1,255.31


Due on 1912 taxes


24.93


Due on 1913 taxes .


150.61


80


Due on 1914 taxes


846.55


Due on 1915 taxes


4,332.51


Due on 1916 taxes


8,807.38


Due on 1917 taxes


21,876.22


Due on water connections


1,567.46


Due on water rents (estimated) ..


4,500.00


Due on sewer connections


510.00


Due for state aid


248.00


Due for care of poor


300.00


$44,418.97


DANIEL J. COLLINS JOHN R. LLOYD THEODORE SMITH


Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Board of Health.


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REPORT OF THE


Library Trustees


BOOKS.


Number at Agawam 5,351


Number at Feeding Hills 3,385




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