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6,500.00
Liability insurance,
100.00
Boys' and Girls' Club work,
300.00
Overlay,
316.64
$98,129.88
Income tax received from State,
3,356.64
$94,773.24
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Tax on real and personal estate at the rate of $21.50 per thou- sand, $92,145.24
Tax on 1,314 polls at $2.00,.
2,628.00
$94,773.24
To Henry E. Bodurtha was com- missioned this sum, $94,773.24
Additional assessments, 10.75
$94,783.99
Abatements allowed,
339.71
$94,444.28
R. MATHER TAYLOR, H. PRESTON WORDEN, CHARLES F. BARDEN,
Assessors.
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Report of Tax Collector
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1918 TAX
Dr.
To amount committed, $94,773.24
Additional assessments, 10.75
Interest collected,
49.09
- $94,833.08
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer, $67,651.46
Abatements, 339.71
Amount due Dec. 31, 1918, 26,841.91
$94,833.08
1917 TAX
Dr.
To amount due Dec. 31, 1917, . .. . . $21,876.22
Interest collected,
367.09
$22,243.31 -
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer, $10,931.32 Abatements, 6.48
Amount due Dec. 31, 1918,
11,311.99
$22,243.31
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1916 TAX Dr.
To amount due Dec. 31, 1917, $8,807.38 Interest collected, 304.02
$9,111.40
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer, $2,979.39
Amount due Dec. 31, 1918, 6,132.01
$9,111.40
1915 TAX
Dr.
To amount due Dec. 31, 1917, . $4,332.51
Interest collected, 336.51
$4,669.02
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer, $2,154.38
Amount due Dec. 31, 1918, 2,514.64
$4,669.02
1914 TAX
Dr.
To amount due Dec. 31, 1917,
$846.55
Interest collected, 50.81
$897.36
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer,
$268.68
Amount due Dec. 31, 1918, 628.68
$897.36
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1913 TAX
Dr.
To amount due Dec. 31, 1917, $150.61 Interest collected, .50
$151.11
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer,
$7.77
Amount due Dec. 31, 1918, 143.34
$151.11
1912 TAX
Dr.
To amount due Dec. 31, 1917, $24.93
$24.93
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer,
$24.93
$24.93
HENRY E. BODURTHA,
Collector.
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REPORT OF THE
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health
To the voters of the Town of Agawam:
We present herewith our annual reports.
It has been expensive to conduct the town's affairs or engage in any amount of new work, on account of the high prices of labor and materials, caused by war conditions dur- ing the past year. We have attempted to keep the town's plant up to a reasonable state of efficiency and also have attempted to add to it when we could do so wisely and at not too great expense. In the early spring we finished the un- completed work in Elm Street; later we continued this stretch of highway. We are indebted to both the Massachu- setts Highway Commission and to the Agawam Company for substantial assistance in these respects. We have plans under way for the improvement of Springfield Street for the coming year and recommend that this street receive atten- tion next. Our expenditures have exceeded our appropri- ations in the highway department to an extent. We, how- ever, had counted on street railway taxes to meet this de- ficiency and had we received them it would not have existed.
Conditions of disease have increased our expenditures in the pauper department yet we are within our appropri- ation.
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As the Town grows its expenses and necessities will necessarily grow, yet we see no reason to recommend any substantial increase in the appropriation for the coming year.
EXPENDITURES-CARE OF POOR
Home Relief ·
Dr. H. A. Downey, med. attendance
$36.00
Dr. J. E. Dalton, med. attendance. . 32.00
Dr. J. W. Hastings, med. attendance 6.00
Mercy Hospital, care.
172.93
Providence Hospital, care
232.58
Sisters of Mary, care ..
179.25
State Board of Charity, aid ren.
6.00
S. L. Lasker, rent. 12.00
D. M. Crowley, rent.
142.50
L. M. Billings, board 100.00
Kate McIntire, board
134.00
F. J. Ladd, board
8.00
C. D. Farnsworth Co., coal
12.35
Evelyn Trevallion, supplies.
1.11
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies.
26.86
C. W. Hegeman, supplies
16.19
F. E. Morley, milk.
72.02
Steiger & Co., supplies.
5.24
J. Borgatti, supplies. 16.00
Andy Ott, wood.
5.50
Lea LaBonte, rent
96.00
Delia Fouche, board
72.00
J. Cesan, transportation 3.00
E. S. Connor, transportation 5.00
Cash aid.
260.00
J. R. Lloyd, services.
85.00
D. J. Collins, services. 90.00
J. H. Clark, services. 20.00
$1,847.53
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State and Other Town's Poor
A. Balboni, supplies $42.50
Carlo Prati, rent 56.00
Mercy Hospital, care. 18.88
Gaetano Ardizoni, rent 96.00
Dr. G. L. Steele, med. attendance 25.00
T. P. Sampson, burials . 20.00
J. A. Warner, opening grave 6.00
C. W. Hastings, supplies.
85.16
Mary Grimes, nursing
20.00
Southworth Paper Co., taxes
4.30
Cash aid. 396.00
769.84
Total for Poor
2,617.37
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Chargeable to State
769.84
$2,969.84
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES,
General
C. W. Hastings, supplies.
$16.13
C. W. Hastings, lia. ins
240.52
City of Springfield, care of S. E.
Bridge.
58.85
Town of W. Springfield, care of Bridges ..
395.07
Adams & Ruxton, rock .
23.38
F. C. Hinckly, inspecting boiler
5.00
State Highway Commission, repairs .
798.60
N. E. Paint Co., paint.
14.80
E. S. Stacy Mach. Co., repairs.
3.30
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T. C. Parsons, watchman
108.00
J. Domineh, supplies
1.30
C. O. Campbell, supplies.
.. 90
W. R. Winn, oil .
7.36
Carlisle Hardware Co., supplies
11.00
C. D. Farnsworth Co., coal.
34.46
Oliver & Howland Co., supplies.
1.52
Publicity Printing Co., signs
1.25
$1,721.44
Agawam
Frank Chriscolo, labor
16.87
C. Z. Bailey, labor
15.75
C. O. Campbell, labor
492.82
Davitt Foundry Co., grates
11.00
G. Statkurn, labor.
9.00
John Merrell, labor.
73.00
Howard Wilson, labor
57.73
J. F. Buckley, labor
213.25
F. Menard, Jr., labor
16.50
Charles Nelson, labor.
6.00
George DeForge, labor,
18.00
D. M. Crowley, labor
9.00
Randall Brothers, labor
6.00
Fred Pemsse, labor
43.35
David Lawrence, labor
3.00
Fred Campbell, labor.
1.50
E. J. St. Louis, labor
39.00
Harry Cooley, labor.
18.00
Joseph Bun, labor
15.00
James Collins, labor
22.50
John Finn, labor.
18.00
Meddio Jasmin, labor
15.00
A. J. Todd, labor .
10.50
D. J. Collins, labor
81.00
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John Irwin, labor 11.10
Edwin Sullivan, labor
3.00
Eugene Balboni, labor
9.00
Frank Chawat, labor
25.50
M. Hayward, labor
59.75
H. E. Porter, wood.
4.50
D. O'Connell & Sons, rock
29.30
Frank Bloosky, labor 12.00
A. Devenen, labor
6.50
Walter Allen, labor.
42.75
Joe Crowley, labor
3.00
E. M. Carter, labor
28.00
B. & A. R. R., freight .
10.30
C. D. Farnsworth Co., rock
500.15
Angelo Filisi, labor.
37.28
John Sapioni, labor
37.28
Octavio Pocchecci, labor
27.68
Lorenzo Pia, labor
35.53
Edwin Goss, labor
10.00
Clark Jones, labor
4.00
Peter Duffizzi, labor
1.88
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., pipe
288.80
Harry Hudson, labor
17.07
J. R. Lloyd, sand
13.00
J. Brady, sand.
14.40
Fred Dudley, labor
24.00
A. S. Bailey, repair
4.25
F. C. Pomeroy, labor
96.00
C. W. Hastings, supplies.
48.91
S. C. Schwartz, labor
105.00
John Dean, sand.
5.50
F. C. Pomeroy, sand .
8.00
J. S. Lane & Sons, rock
240.23
American Tar Co., tar, oil
879.50
, $3,854.93
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Feeding Hills
Charles W. Brown, labor
$12.00
John Kane, labor
3.00
C. A. Wyman, labor
9.00
Kerr Brothers, labor.
54.00
A. H. Brown, labor
23.32
E. A. Grout, labor
18.02
C. H. Woods, labor
8.50
W. S. Halladay, labor
4.00
Giles W. Halladay, labor
1.50
Richard Fuller, labor
1.50
Herbert Coe, labor
6.00
James H. Clark, labor
10.00
J. H. Clark, spikes
2.50
L. F. Hart, labor
4.00
Felix Kozlowski, labor.
15.00
John C. Henley, labor
96.00
D. M. Steere, labor
10.50
Tony Di Donato, labor
3.50
Gorden L. White, labor
11.25
Daniel L. White, labor
1,003.22
D. E. Bailey, gravel.
2.55
Micheal Dipento, gravel .
7.50
Wladislov Krykosky, gravel.
3.60
W. R. Freeman, gravel .
7.65
N. G. King, gravel, plank.
198.82
Taylor Brothers, gravel.
23.80
Homer Flower, gravel .
.40
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies.
8.05
$1,549.18
Mittineague
James Collins, labor.
48.00
Thomas Quirk, labor
51.00
E. J. St. Louis, labor
48.00
John Finn, labor.
105.00
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Frank Menard, Jr., labor
34.50
Abraham Devenen, labor
222.75
Joseph Pileh, labor
4.50
Frank Szettela, labor
6.00
Fred Menard, labor
6.00
Howard Wilson, labor
108.00
John Finn, Jr., labor
13.50
Ransom Willette, labor
3.00
James Jasmin, labor
7.00
Frank Menard, labor
12.00
Joseph Crowley, labor
54.00
J. Irvine, labor .
11.10
P. J. Hennessy, labor
112.50
Charles Baiardi, labor
9.00
Louie Fellagan, labor.
15.00
Meddie Jasmin, labor
3.00
Eugene Scibelli, labor
67.50
Frank Chawat, labor
57.00
Joe Hickey, labor 87.00
Frank Batista, labor
6.66
Alfonse Brissette, labor 31.50
Camelia Baiardi, labor
3.00
George Provost, labor
12.00
George DeForge, labor
32.50
Frank Bloosky, labor
27.00
A. Provost, labor and material 15.73
Fred Pemsse, labor .
4.50
William DeForge, labor
4 .. 50
John F. Buckley, labor
536.25
C. O. Campbell, labor
168.50
D. M. Crowley, labor
228.25
D. J. Collins, labor 124.00
C. E. Smith, gravel ..
30.00
Alice D. Cooley, sand
9.00
F. L. Keynon, wood.
12.00
W. F. Cook Coal Co., coal
1.20
American Tar Co., tar and oil
350.00
$2,681.94
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Elm Street Work
State Pay Rolls. $2,558.39
C. B. Jones, car fares 64.14
E. S. Decker, pipe . 60.84
Oliver & Howland, supplies 24.69
C. D. Farnsworth Co., coal 19.35
C. E. Terry, cement. 4.40
C. P. Chase & Co., lumber 13.99
W. C. Crouss, sand. 25.00
H. E. Bodurtha, sand . 16.40
L. C. Fay Co., 1917 contract 4,247.89
$7,035.09
Total expense $16,842.58
Available
Appropriation $8,000.00
St. Railway, excise tax 3,888.98
Taxation for State Highway repairs .
798.60
Appropriation for liability ins. 100.00
State Highway Commission
1,292.00
Agawam Company.
1,000.00
City of Springfield in S. E. Bridge account.
201.45
Sale of rock
12.00
L. C. Fay & Co., reimbursement.
86.45
L. C. Fay & Co., use of roller
145.00
C. N. E. R. R. Co., reimbursement. . 204.45
$15,728.93
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TOWN OFFICES
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies. 1.75
Johnson's Bookstore, supplies 1.82
C. W. Hastings, supplies. 4.60
E. W. Leonard, sealer
181.49
J. F. Buckley, distributing reports .. .
5.00
Daily News Job Print, printing reports 207.19
O. H. Adams, auditor
20.00
E. W. Pillsbury, auditor
20.00
E. Leonard, inspector of animals.
69.84
Scott Adams, counsel
250.00
Pond, Eckberg Co., printing.
83.00
Hobbs & Warren Co., supplies
14.31
A. H. Bartlett, supplies
2.35
Esther G. Hall, copying.
2.00
Carlisle Hardware Co., supplies
1.50
W. H. Porter, moderator
5.00
J. W. Hastings, registrar
30.00
E. A. Roy, registrar
25.00
C. W. Hall, Jr., registrar
12.00
Elmer F. Bcdurtha, registrar
10.00
Ralph Perry, precinct officer 14.00
O. H. Adams, precinct officer
6.50
Frank Sexton, precinct officer
4.50
P. V. Hastings, precinct officer
14.00
C. F. Barden, precinct officer
11.00
N. E. Bosworth, precinct officer
11.00
Wm. H. Lester, precinct officer.
6.50
C. O. Worthington, precinct officer. . 6.50
A. A. Randall, precinct officer 4.50
N. F. Winter, precinct officer. 4.50
Wm. H. Seaver, precinct officer 4.50
C. A. Barden, precinct officer
4.50
R. M. Taylor, precinct officer
8.50
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A. K. Gleason, precinct officer 5.50
H. W. Smith, precinct officer 11.00
P. W. Hastings, precinct officer 13.00
J. D. Cleary, precinct officer 5.50
P. T. Shea, precinct officer 11.00
A. W. Taylor, precinct officer
E. U. Leonard, precinct officer 11.00
C. H. Denver, precinct officer 11.00
4.50
W. J. O'Conner, precinct officer 6.50
H. V. Roberts, precinct officer
6.50
J. O. Donovan, precinct officer 5.50
F. J. Sullivan, precinct officer 4.50
J. J. Cavanaugh, precinct officer
3.00
E. A. Ferrell, precinct officer 5.50
Fred Larro, precinct officer 11.00
E. A. Gosselin, precinct officer 11.00
A. Trudeau, precinct officer 4.50
D. Consolati, precinct officer 4.50
E. W. Pillsbury, precinct officer 8.50
Jasper J. DeForge, precinct officer . . 2.00
J. Leo Roy, precinct officer 2.00
F. A. Goulet, precinct officer 12.00
Wm. DeForge, precinct officer 6.50
J. F. Buckley, precinct officer 4.50
G. N. Deno, precinct officer 4.50
E. J. St. Louis, precinct officer 4.50
T. Smith, selectman. 50.00
James H. Clark, selectman 200.00
John R. Lloyd, selectman 260.00
D. J. Collins, selectman 290.00
$2,026.85
Appropriation
$2,000.00
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CLERK, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
Herny E. Bodurtha, services $1000.00
$1,000.00
Appropriation . 1
$1,600.00
CONTINGENCIES
John P. Fox, services.
18.04
Edgecomb, Sheehan & Whitehall,
counsel
13.61
Sheehan Advertising Co., lettering .. .
11.00
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies.
11.82
G. W. Taylor, repairing ballot box .
8.75
C. W. Hastings, supplies.
1.90
Birth returns.
19.50
Death returns
15.50
E. U. Leonard, inspecting swine
21.00
Postage.
88.00
Wakefield Daily Item, blanks.
3.00
W. J. Eldred, record book
15.00
A. W. Gifford, dog tags
11.00
Transportation
45.50
J. Maspo, cartage.
25.00
C. P. Chase & Co., lumber
89.60
Amos Gosselin, labor
90.65
Edwin Goss, painting.
12.25
Chapman, Brooks Co., paint
4.00
L. H. Scott & Co., honor roll
85.08
J. C. Gauthier, painting
60.00
C. A. Devenen, labor
3.00
Scott Adams, counsel.
59.68
$712.88
Appropriation .
600.00
Received from St. Railway Co., in waiting station 50.00
$650.00
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SEWERS
B. & A. R. R. Co., freight. 67.48
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight. . 58.17
Springfield Contractors Supply Co., pipe. 97.32
G. W. Hayden, labor
123.23
Jasper J. DeForge, labor
5.00
Edward J. St. Louis, labor
3.00
John Finn, labor
12.00
James Collins, labor
23.50
Wm. DeForge, labor.
4.00
Augustus Morin, labor 2.00
Erwin H. Parent, labor
5.00
Frank Menard Jr., labor
3.00
D. F. Crowley, labor.
3.00
John Finn, Jr., labor.
13.50
E. Laroux, labor.
6.00
D. M. Crowley, labor
16.00
D. J. Collins, labor
14.00
$456.20
Sewer Connections . $310.00
POLICE
Edward S. Conner, salary.
$1,300.00
Wm. J. O'Conner, services
475.00
Frankie H. Campbell, services
490.64
A. Raymond Randall, services.
26.50
Wm. DeForge, services
4.00
Daniel O. Cesan, services
19.00
James Cesan, services
3.00
Frank Conner, services .
5.00
George A. Lemay, services
10.00
Karl W. Birk, services.
18.50
N. E. T. & T. Co., telephones
8.13
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City of Springfield, lock up fees. 45.45
Publicity Printing Co., signs 30.00
E. S. Conner, expenses. 84.17
S. C. Schwartz, transportation.
6.00
Joseph Borgetti, transportation
8.00
Herbert G. Taylor, transportation.
6.00
Ruth B. Reed, transportation .
2.00
James H. Clark, transportation
2.00
V. M. Frost, transportation
3.00
Wm. F. Buckley, transportation
65.50
S. F. Leonard, transportation. 4.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, transportation
2.00
$2,617.89
AVAILABLE
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Jitney licenses
511.50
Court fines.
288.50
$2,600.00
CARE AND REPAIR OF TOWN BUILDINGS
Durkee, White & Towne,
$36.32
Agawam Electric Co., light
108.23
C. W. Hastings, insurance 579.35
James Jasmin, repairing
16.68
T. M. Walker, supplies .
37.35
E. S. Decker, lumber
11.25
Mosely & Maschum, radiators
86.00
C. W. Hayden, walks. . 96.00
Interstate Electric Co., supplies.
5.40
C. J. Fairfield, tuning pianos
5.00
George Loncto, labor. 7.00
Karl W. Birk, labor
6.00
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D. J. Bloom, janitor. 19.50
C. H. Woods, janitor.
21.60
H. Letellier, janitor 20.00
$1,055.68
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Rent of Halls 61.00
$1,061.00
STREET LIGHTS
Agawam Electric Co., lighting. . $5358.00
United Electric Light Co., lighting
South End Bridge. 113.67
$5,471.67
Appropriation 5,200.00
ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT
R. M. Taylor, services. $250.50
H. P. Worden, services 234.00
C. F. Barden, services . 186.00
Wright, Potter Printing Co., blanks . 2.75
H. L. Jordan, searching records. .
9.00
Johnson's Bookstore, supplies
36.75
Wakefield Daily Item, supplies .51
Louise M. Brown, copying
25.00
$744.51
Appropriation
$750.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
S. E. Fletcher $3.00
Emerson's Laboratory, tests.
4.20
Dr. W. J. Glasgon, services
8.00
Fred D. Jones, services
14.00
Rutland State Sanatorium, care.
66.29
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Publicity Printing Co., printing. 8.50
City of Springfield, care . 21.43
J. R. Lloyd, services 25.00
D. J. Collins, services 45.00
J. H. Clark, services. 20.00
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$215.42 $400.00
Appropriation
AGAWAM FIRE STATION
Amos Gosselin, balance of contract .. $2,041.85
Norman F. Winter, architect 219.98
$2,261.83
Balance of Appropriation
$2,423.60
Total cost of building
$4,638.23
AGAWAM SCHOOL ADDITION
E. T. Davis & Son, bal. of contract .. $2,759.00 Richardson Electric Co., supplies .. . . 86.21
N. B. Harding, architect. 510.00
$3,355.21
Balance of Appropriation
$3,593.80
Total cost of building $18,261.41
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
Avery K. Gleason, committee . $50.00
Charles O. Worthington, committee. . 50.00
$100.00
Appropriation $100.00
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FEEDING HILLS SCHOOL HOUSE LOT
J. W. Moore, services. $10.00
G. W. Burnham, moving barn. 140.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies 2.65
J. H. Clark, labor. 16.00
James Collins, labor
4.50
John Griffin, labor
18.00
Howard Wilson, labor
25.50
John Finn, labor
21.00
John Finn, Jr., labor
3.00
Dominee Di Donato
48.24
Charles Flower
9.68
$298.57
INTEREST
C. D. Parker & Co., temporary loans $1,164.58
R. L. Day & Co., temporary loans. . 421.78
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, water loan 120.00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
water loan 160.00
Southbridge Savings Bank, school house loan 120.00
Hull Sinking Fund Commissioners school house loan 240.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan .. .
1,000.00 ·
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan. . .
3,791.25
Old Colony Trust Co., school house . loan. 660.00
Old Colony Trust Co., sewer loan. . .
1,040.00
Old Colony Trust Co., school house loan. 675.00
1,125.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan. . . Old Colony Trust Co., commission. . 3.96
$10,521.57
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AVAILABLE
Interest on taxes and deposits $1,234.87
Appropriation . $10,000.00
Income from Water Dept 1,192.93
$12,427.80
TOWN DEBT
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank,
water loan
$1,000.00
C. D. Parker & Co., 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., school house loan
1,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co., sewer loan .. .
1,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co., school house loan.
1,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co., water loan. 1,000.00 ·
$11,500.00
AVAILABLE
Appropriation . $6,500.00
Premiums in 1917 issue of bonds. 382.25
License fees
1,012.00
Bank & Corporation taxes
1,500.62
$8,394.87
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LIABILITIES DECEMBER 31, 1918
Two notes held by Natick Five Cents Savings Bank due $1000, annually Jan. 1. 1920-21 at 4% water, loan $2,000.00
Four notes held by Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, due $1000, annu- ally Jan. 1, 1922-25 at 4% water loan. 4,000.00
Four notes payable to C. D. Parker & Co., due $2000, annually July 1, 1919-22 at 4% school house loan 8,000.00 Twenty four bonds of $1000, payable annually Oct. 1, 1919-42 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4% water loan. 24,000.00
Bonds of 1913 water loan, payable $3500, annually July 1, 1919-43 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2%. 82,500.00
Bonds of 1916 school-house loan, $1000 payable annually July 1, 1919-34 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%. $16,000.00 Sewer bonds of 1916 issue payable $1000, annually Dec. 1, 1919-43 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%. 24,000.00 School-house bonds of 1917 issue payable $1000, annually Sept. 1, 1919-32 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 412% 14,000.00 Water bonds of 1917 issue payable $1000, annually Oct. 1, 1919-42 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 412% 24,000.00 Temporary loan payable April 1, 1919 15,000.00
$214,500.00
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ASSETS
Cash in Treasury
$46.42
Due on 1913 taxes
143.34
Due on 1914 taxes
628.68
Due on 1915 taxes
2,514.64
Due on 1916 taxes
6,132.01
Due on 1917 raxes
11,311.99
Due on 1918 taxes
26,841.91
Due on water connections estimated. .
1,400.00
Due on water rents estimated
4,800.00
Due for State aid .
400.00
Due for care of Poor
300.00
$54,518.99
DANIEL J. COLLINS JOHN R. LLOYD JAMES H. CLARK
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Board of Health
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REPORT OF THE Library Trustees
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BOOKS
Number at Agawam . 5410
Number at Feeding Hills 3610
Number at Mittineague
422
BORROWERS
Agawam. 267
Feeding Hills. 436
Mittineague 75
Riverside
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CIRCULATION
Agawam. 5,984
Feeding Hills.
7,020
Mittineague 448
Riverside
538
LIBRARIANS
Agawam, Ralph Perry
Feeding Hills, Avery K. Gleason Mittineague, Julia E. Tower
Riverside, Mrs. T. C. Parsons
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EXPENDITURES
Johnson's Bookstore, books
$308.81
Forbes & Wallace, books.
178.04
Agawam Electric Co., light.
24.94
J. F. Barry, wood and coal.
48.50
Pomeroy & Hyde, repairing furnace . 27.75
L. H. Scott & Co., shelving
175.00
Wadsworth & Howland, supplies
7.82
Albert H. Havens, expressage.
1.85
T. M. Walker Co., supplies
2.15
C. H. Wood, repairs.
3.50
C. H. Barrows, Exc., annuity.
5.66
Ralph Perry, services.
75.00
Avery K. Gleason, services.
75.00
Julia E. Tower, services
35.00
$969.02
AVAILABLE
Appropriation
$800.00
Income from Dog Fund.
649.93
Phelon Library Fund
20.20
Rent of tenement
156.00
$1,626.13
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REPORT OF THE Tree and Forest Warden
To the Citizens of Agawam:
Again your servant is compelled to report the loss by gas of several more of our large shade trees. Eleven large trees were killed on Main Street, Agawam, two large and seventeen smaller ones on Maple Street, Mittineague. Several other large trees on Main Street, Agawam, are more or less affected by gas poisoning, which we hope to save.
LABOR ON TREES
Last March we continued our policy of bolting dan- gerous trees and those liable to split by wind, ice or snow, and removing large dangerous limbs, especially dead ones.
We also cleaned up several of the worst places on roadsides, making it possible for vehicles to pass, at least.
We also planted 24 shade trees and 24 last Fall, mak- ing 48 planted in 1918. Quite a number of new ones should be planted the coming season, especially to replace those killed by gas.
This last Fall we completed the partly-finished work of removing all dead trees killed by gas, or otherwise,
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in Mittineague and Agawam, also several dead or nearly dead in Feeding Hills. Last August we repaired and trimmed the shade trees in Mittineague, making a thor- ough job as far as we went, which was about two-thirds of the village. The remainder will have to go over until another season.
SPRAYING
The elm leaf beetle seems to have left us. Perhaps they had cold feet last winter, at least there are not enough in this town to do any material damage. Certainly not enough to warrant the expense of spraying. However, in certain parts of the town we have an infestation of the maple scale, and although as yet not serious, yet your servant thinks it would be well to spray the worst in- fested trees this March or April. The cost would be small compared to what it would be if allowed to become serious, although it may never become serious, as there are several natural enemies that feed on this scale, which in normal seasons usually keeps this pest under control. I presume the unusually cold weather of last winter killed some of their enemies, thus allowing this scale to in- crease more than usual.
MOTH WORK
We covered the town very thoroughly last winter and succeeded in finding but very few new webs, and those never developed any larvae that were alive. This season as far as we have been we have not found a single web or nest.
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FOREST FIRES
The past season we have had two bad forest fires, one on Westfield Street, Feeding Hills, and one on Spring- field Street, Mittineague. I should think the damage from these two fires would amount to about $1,500, with a total acreage burned over of 150 to 200 acres. The other fires were small with no material damage. We have granted 161 fire permits.
Deputy Fire Wardens appointed for 1919:
Walter E. Allen, Agawam; River 4606-M. W. C. Crouss, Agawam, Walnut 1073-M. W. H. Lester, Agawam; River 3089-R. F. C. Pomeroy, Agawam; River 3764-W. Chas. S. Wyman, Feeding Hills; River 3726-M. Homer Flower, Feeding Hills; River 8097-M. K. W. Birk, Feeding Hills, River 7163-J. Dwight E. Bailey, Agawam; River 3165-W.
James Kerr, Feeding Hills; River 6026-J. James H. Clark, Feeding Hills; River 7821-W.
In case of forest fire call the nearest warden.
EXPENDITURES
Henry W. Fitch, repairs, $9.00
Carlisle Hardware Co., supplies, . 27.40
H. Foot & Co., supplies, . 2.65
J. W. Adams & Co., trees, 22.50
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Morris A. Cohen, supplies,
6.65
E. M. Hitchcock, warden,
287.00
F. W. Randall, labor,
16.00
John Smith, labor,
82.50
Robert Ely, labor,
13.00
R. M. Taft, labor,
5.00
Fred Hillpold, labor,
45.00
Wm. Voudrau, labor,
3.00
Wm. Drew, labor,
6.00
Stanley Fraszkas, labor,
104.00
Charles Thompson, labor,
36.00
Forest fires,
145.75
$811.45
Appropriation,
$800.00
EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK,
Tree and Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF Fire Commissioners
We have not had many serious fires during the year and the department has had fewer calls than usual. The station at the Center has been completed and it not only provides for the needs of the department, but serves the public with a convenient place for social and business gatherings.
The carelessness of smokers with matches or partly burned cigarettes thrown from trollies started some brush fires that were difficult to handle and not appre- ciated by the men, and especially because they were need- less.
We feel that the American people need another cam- paign of conservation: that of prevention of loss by fire. When we consider that almost all fires are caused by evi- dent carelessness, either with matches or other inflam- ables, it would seem that some effort should be made to check this indifferent public attitude. Individual respon- sibility does not cease because property is insured and fire departments are maintained at large expense. We wish every resident of the town would feel that they be- long to a special committee to prevent fires.
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