Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1921-1925, Part 24

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 584


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Fire department


3,000.00


Forestry department


600.00


Gipsy moth extermination


300.00


Street lights


8,700.00


Libraries


300.00


Town buildings


2,000.00


Contingencies


600.00


Surety bonds


100.00


Liability insurance


300.00


County aid to agriculture


400.00


Rebuilding Main Street


4,000.00


Water department


2,000.00


Street numbering


100.00


Care of North Cemetery


50.00


North Agawam school


2,000.00


Interest


25,500.00


Indebtedness


40,000.00


Overlay


1,892.45


$267,161.35


Less estimated receipts :


Income tax


$ 16,826.10


Bank tax


150.00


Licenses


900.00


Fines


900.00


Assessments not pledged


3,229.44


Rentals


300.00


Police


400.00


Charities


200.00


Health


400.00


Schools


1,300.00


Soldiers' exemption


30.00


Interest on deposits


300.00


Interest on taxes


5,400.00


Corporation tax


5,200.00


$ 35,535.54


Total amount to raise


$231,625.81 Tax on 1712 polls at $2.00 $ 3,424.00


Tax on personal and real estate at $29. 228,201.81


$231,625.81


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To H. Preston Worden, Deputy Col-


lector was committed for collection the sum of $231,625.81


153.70


Additional assessments


$231,779.51 622.29


Abatements allowed


$231,157.22


R. MATHER TAYLOR, ADOLPHUS PROVOST, E. HAROLD HAMBLEN, Assessors


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


In submitting our report for the year 1925, we feel that the past year has been an important one in the growth of Agawam. Many new buildings have been erected which shows progress. The Town, County and State have completed the paving of Main Street from the Agawam Bridge to the River Road. A new addition has been built to the North Agawam schoolhouse. In some departments we have run over our original appropriation, but we feel that where that has occurred it was entirely unavoid- able, owing to the increased business that had to be taken care of.


BOARD OF HEALTH


The Town has had no serious epidemic of contagious disease's in the past year. Several cases of tuberculosis have had to be taken care of in the State Hospitals, but this dreaded disease is gradually on the decrease in our Town, owing to the vigilance of our school nurse and the Hampden County Health Officials.


TOWN POOR


This department has been run as economically as possible, but Fate has dealt some hard blows through accident and death to the bread winners in several large families, which necessitates large expenditures in this department.


POLICE


The Police Department has been under the direction of Chief Melvin H. Ransom, and we feel that the work has been well handled.


TOWN OFFICE


This work has remained in the hands of the same officers as last year. James C. Atwater, the elected Auditor, resigned and Leafie N. Maynard was appointed.


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TOWN BUILDINGS


Nearly all of our appropriation in this Department was re- quired to pay for Fire Insurance which came due this year.


Much work needs to be done on our Town buildings which should be taken care of this coming year to keep them in first class condition, which after all is the most economical way.


HIGHWAYS


The state will rebuild with concrete that part of Main Street from River Road to the State Line early this year, which will give Agawam a twenty-foot concrete road the entire length of Main Street.


Main Street from the Agawam Bridge to the State Line is now a state highway.


About two and one-half miles of Springfield Street was tarred this year. This is an expensive part of road maintenance, but absolutely necessary to keep the surface in condition.


We have gravelled several miles of dirt road this year in an attempt to at least keep them passable.


Some new equipment is needed to care for the roads.


EXPENDITURES


Care of Poor


Beaven Kelly Home, care $ 298.35


Providence Hospital, care


420.72


City of Springfield, care


974.05


City of Cambridge, care


13.71


Springfield Hospital, care


60.50


City of Holyoke, care


172.50


Wesson Memorial Hospital, care


90.00


Hampden County Children's Aid Ass'n.


15.71


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies


274.05


F. E. Morley, milk


52.70


John Clo, supplies


102.04


Morris Brooslyn, supplies


25.35


Philip Jasmin, Jr., supplies


7.99


Forbes & Wallace, supplies


9.85


Di Donato Ice Co., wood


31.50


H. C. Puffer Co., coal


31.85


Chas. D. Farnsworth, Inc., coal


4.40


Walter L. Smith, wood


30.00


D. M. Crowley, rent


102.00


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R. R. Ranney, rent


240.00


Josephine Specos, rent


143.00


Petro Barufaldi, rent


72.00


W. M. Young, rent


154.00


Joseph Andrews, rent


128.00


Gaetano Ardizoni, rent


48.00


Meekins, Packard & Wheat, supplies


19.17


Frank Sosineki, repairing shoes


39.00


Dr. H. N. Carr, attendance


58.00


Dr. H. A. Downey, attendance


47.00


Tony August, care 20.00


A. D. Humason, care


50.00


Mario J. Cariani, supplies


14.00


Dickinson-Streeter Co., burial


40.00


Cash Aid


621.00


G. W. Halladay,; services


75.00


J. L. Hanchett, Jr., services


75.00


H. Preston Worden, services


75.00


Appropriation


$


4,700.00


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES


City of Spfld., care of S. E. Bridge $ 1,456.14


City of Spfld., care of Memorial Bridge 126.21


Dearden & Co., cartage 3,372.39


B. & A. R. R. Co., cinders 40.00


American Tar Co., oil


1,877.60


J. S. Lane & Son, rock


482.08


Berger Mfg. Co., pipe


597.55


H. P. Worden, lumber


16.10


Bonner Land Co., sand


50.00


L. Houghton & Son, truck repairs and supplies


328.77


M. B. Tyler Co., signs


10.50


H. E. Brown, railings


60.75


Walter M. Brown, lumber


10.94


Chas. E. Terry, cement


17.30


Carlisle Hardware Co., supplies


14.83


W. J. O'Connor, repairs and supplies


21.55


C. W. Hastings Co., supplies


15.98


Gustafsons Garage, repairs and supplies


215.06


Taffy Marieb, supplies 6.47


$


4,635.44


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Agawam Garage, supplies 5.40


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies


437.91


N. G. King, lumber 45.01


C. C. Lewis Co., supplies


4.24


C. W. Hegeman, supplies


2.35


H. C. Puffer Co., supplies


15.20


Paul Weidenmiller Co., sharpening mowers


7.50


Harry Spear, supplies


2.53


J. J. Borgalli & Co., supplies


1.75


Joseph Shibley, supplies


8.85


M. J. Fitzgerald, supplies


.90


R. F. Mahoney, repairs


2.40


Evariste Ste. Marie, repairs


5.60


W. H. White, posts


25.00


Chas. Fazis, labor


16.50


John Griffin, labor


29.00


Joseph Mclaughlin, labor


2.00


J. J. Marshall, labor


18.00


C. B. Twining, labor


1.25


G. W. Halladay, labor


6.00


J. F. Kirby, labor


47.50


Edward St. Louis, labor


31.00


D. F. Crowley, labor


42.00


Ernest Jasmin, labor


29.00


Raymond Provost, labor


10.00


E. S. Connor, labor


1.00


Raymond Lewis, labor


1.25


Jasper De Forge, labor


1.25


Meddia Provost, labor


1.25


Frank W. Randall, labor


3.00


J. A. Warner, labor


7.00


F. H. Campbell, labor


59.00


Thomas Kerr, labor


128.99


Allen B. Wood, labor


4.00


Clarence Andrews, labor


26.00


Sidney C. Granger, labor


166.50


L. F. Hart, labor


36.50


Oliver Parent, labor


132.00


C. Gauthier, labor


27.00


T. Crumb, labor


28.00


Merrell Spear, labor


4.00


Dennis Finnegan, labor


11.00


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John Daglio, labor


14.00


Batista Bonomi, labor


22.75


Bailey and Dickinson, labor


49.50


S. F. Leonard, labor


13.50


William Drew, sand


37.50


E. L. Campbell, labor


13.75


Andrew Chriscolo, labor


17.00


James Jasmin, labor


4.00


Herbert Bogur, labor


4.00


George Moran, labor


4.00


A. Provost, labor


2.60


A. Kellogg, labor


9.00


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, labor


75.00


Wm. J. Coughlin, labor


32.00


William Sullivan, labor


12.50


A. Brissette, labor


11.70


Philip W. Hastings, labor


12.00


D. M. Crowley, labor


166.00


Karl Nooney, labor


152.00


Edward Cox, labor


204.00


D. O. Cesan, labor


29.00


James J. Cesan, labor


78.00


David E. Cesan, labor


99.00


C. O. Campbell, labor


70.50


Paul Parent, labor


37.00


Ambrose Cleary, labor


312.00


Robert Coville, labor


502.75


Bert Hazleton, labor


336.00


W. S. Safford, labor


726.25


H. E. Brown, labor


703.50


J. C. Healey, labor


678.00


C. H. Wyman, Supt.


943.74


Appropriation


$ 15,600.00


MAIN STREET CONSTRUCTION


Lane Construction Co.


$ 20,000.00


$ 20,000.00


Appropriation by taxation $ 4,000.00


Appropriation by bond issue


16,000.00


$ 20,000.00


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$ 15,527.39


TOWN OFFICE


N. E. T. & T. Co., service


14.54


W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies 12.39


Underwood Co., supplies 1.00


Carters Ink Co., ink


2.50


C. W. Hastings Co., supplies


1.37


P. B. Murphy Co., supplies


6.90


A. W. Gifford, supplies


26.50


Hobbs & Warren, supplies


31.51


Johnson's Bookstore, supplies


1.80


A. H. Bartlett Co., supplies


1.06


Shover Stove Fixture Co., supplies


6.00


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies


4.00


L. M. Meyer & Co., screens


57.74


Lothrop Press, printing


481.82


Spfld. Printing and Binding Co., printing


6.25


S. F. Leonard, transportation


3.00


L. Raplus, transportation


1.50


D. J. Collins, service


2.00


Postage, express and supplies


245.61


James C. Atwater, auditor


50.00


J. H. Clark, slaughter inspector


802.00


J. H. Clark, animal inspector


133.00


E. U. Leonard, sealer


391.00


W. G. Brownson, legal services


225.00


Dudley Carlton, M. D., witness


75.00


H. C. Puffer Co., transportation


1.50


Sergeant Meyers, witness


5.00


Election officers


275.00


C. H. Granger, moderator


5.00


E. A. Roy, registrar


20.00


C. W. Hull, registrar


20.00


P. W. Hastings, registrar


15.00


H. P. Worden, clerk


700.00


J. F. Kirby, selectman


70.00


G. W. Halladay, selectman


325.00


J. L. Hanchett, Jr., selectman


300.00


H. P. Worden, selectman


300.00


$ 4,619.99


Appropriation


$ 4,800.00


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TOWN CLERK, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR Henry E. Bodurtha, salary $ 2,000.00


$ 2,000.00


Appropriation


$ 2,000.00


POLICE


John H. Madden, prosecuting atty. $ 300.00


Richard S. Bellows


120.00


Quilty's Detective Agency, service 470.35


L. Houghton & Sons, auto and service


319.52


R. E. Crossman, service


51.50


Auto. Sales Co., repairs


.34


E. O. Serra, supplies


25.25


A. Provost, supplies


50.68


M. J. Fitzgerald, supplies


206.59


Ames Sword Co., supplies


13.11


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies


1.20


J. S. Lane & Sons, dynamite


6.95


N. E. Laboratories, service


10.00


Springfield Rendering Co.


3.00


N. E. T. & T. Co., service


31.15


City of Springfield, lockup fees


42.15


J. F. Cleary, services


12.00


Wm. DeForge, services


.75


Moise Bessette, services


13.00


W. S. Safford, services


22.00


James W. Cesan


33.00


F. H. Campbell, services


67.00


Daniel O. Cesan, services


37.00


Jasper DeForge, services


354.00


Frank R. Tubert, services


16.00


Edward St. Louis, services


10.00


Charles H. Wyman, services


8.00


A. J. Berthiaume, services


8.00


Walter E. Allen, services


8.00


Warren C. Bodurtha, services


12.00


Adam Letendre, services


8.00


Earl E. Dickinson, services


6.00


Wm. Laroch, services


8.00


Wm. Bagley, services


8.00


John Burke, services


4.00


M. H. Ransom, services and expenses ....


1,679.97


-$


3,966.51


Appropriation (balance of 1924 and 1925) $ 4,000.00


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CARE AND REPAIR OF TOWN BUILDINGS


C. H. Wood, repairs $ 23.78


T. M. Walker & Co., supplies 9.28


E. C. Atwater & Co., repairs


62.47


Agawam Electric Co., service


192,52


John McCleary & Sons, repairs 20.67


C. W. Hastings, insurance


1,562.54


A. E. Hale Co., supplies


11.31


J. L. Burke, repairs


6.80


J. H. Kerr, repairs


5.00


H. J. Campbell, repairs


63.65


Taddia Construction Co., repairs


120.00


Fred Hillman, painting


73.00


Forbes & Wallace, supplies


4.00


Richard Johnson, repairs


21.00


Charles Williams Stores, supplies


38.04


F. W. Randall, repairs


5.00


Price Music House, repairs on piano


4.00


$


2,223.06


Appropriation


$


2,250.00


SEWERS


Cook Builders' Supply Co., pipe $ 699.02


C. P. Kibbee, pipe


535.30


Davitt Iron Foundry, grates


28.00


Springfield Brick Co., brick


49.40


H. C. Puffer Co., cement


44.79


Arthur Benjamin, labor


2.00


E. S. Connor, labor


38.00


Ernest Jasmin, labor


4.00


Amedee Jasmin, labor


21.00


Frank Connor, labor


4.00


Jerry Corckery, labor


2.00


Harry M. Cooley, labor


11.50


Karl Nooney, labor


16.00


Edwin Hastings, labor


20.00


Paul Leroux, labor


7.50


Edward St. Louis, labor


50.50


Edward Cox, labor


16.00


Ambrose Cleary, labor


120.00


Donald Parker, labor


24.00


James Jasmin, labor


16.00


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Paul Parent, labor 14.00


Oliver Parent, labor


36.00


John Griffin, labor


30.00


James F. Kirby, labor


97.27


D. F. Crowley, labor


61.50


Alphonse Brissette, labor


77.00


Robert Coville, labor


134.00


Sidney C. Granger, labor


13.50


Clarence Andrews, labor


4.00


James Cesan, labor


4.00


David Cesan, labor


4.00


Harry E. Brown, labor


118.50


W. S. Safford, labor


197.75


Bert Hazleton, labor


120.00


John C. Healey, labor


180.00


C. H. Wyman, labor


225.00


Appropriation


$ 600.00


Entrance fees


2,471.72


-$


3,071.72


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Hampden County Sanatorium $ 893.00


Hampshire County Sanatorium 263.99


Westfield State Sanatorium 858.00


Dr. E. H. Guild, examinations


6.00


Dr. F. D. Jones, examinations


21.00


G. W. Halladay, services


50.00


J. L. Hanchett, Jr., services 50.00


H. P. Worden, services


50.00


-$


2,191.99


Appropriation


$ 2,200.00


STREET LIGHTS


Agawam Electric Co., lighting


$


8,188.25


United Electric Light Co., lighting 351.00


City of Springfield, lighting 7.78


$


8,547.03


Appropriation


$ 8,700.00


CONTINGENCIES


H. W. Cook, census enumerator


$


40.10


Louise M. Brown, census enumerator


..


39.04


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$


3,025.53


James P. Kirby, census enumerator 47.10


Wm. T. Bagley, expressage


.78


James O. Conkey, electric work


6.00


Buchholz Sign Co., lettering


5.00


Tranfers to other funds


317.68


-$


455.70


Appropriation


$


600.00


NORTH AGAWAM SCHOOLHOUSE


Paul B. Johnson, architect


$ 2,098.26


W. W. Davis, contract


32,168.70


Lincoln Co., contract


6,783.53


J. O. Conkey, contract


940.00


Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies


2,160.40


Meekins, Packard & Wheat, supplies


28.45


J. Douglas Law, supplies


53.60


Robinson & Son, supplies


56.00


$ 44,288.94


Appropriated by taxation $ 2,000.00


Bonds issued


44,000.00


$ 46,000.00


LIABILITY INSURANCE


C. W. Hastings, agent $ 393.68


-$ 393.68


Appropriation


$ 300.00


Transferred from Contingent


93.68


-$


393.68


SURETY BONDS


W. I. Davis, agent $ 100.00


Frank M. Kinney, agent


200.00


$ 300.00


Appropriation


$ 100.00


Transfer from Contingent


200.00


-$


300.00


MEMORIAL DAY


Sons of Veterans


$ 75.00


American Legion


75.00


$


150.00


Appropriation


$


150.00


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NUMBERING OF HOUSES


Steele Bros., service $ 100.00


$ 100.00


Appropriation


$ 100.00


AID TO AGRICULTURE


Hampden Co. Improvement League


$


400.00


$ 400.00


Appropriation


$ 400.00


ASSESSORS


R. M. Taylor, services $ 556.00


E. H. Hamblen, Jr., services 401.00


Adolphus Provost, services 348.00


Wakefield Item Co., supplies


3.75


Louise M. Brown, copying


80.00


Johnson's Bookstore, supplies 8.05


Harry W. Stacey, supplies


4.00


Appropriation


$ 1,400.00


Transfer from Contingent .80


-$


1,400.80


INTEREST


C. D. Parker & Co., temporary loans $ 2,627.34


Grafton Co., temporary loan


1,101.87


West Spfld. Trust Co., temporary loan ..


158.49


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan


720.00


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan


2,688.75


Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan Old Colony Trust Co., sewer loan


380.00


760.00


Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan .


360.00


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan


810.00


West Spfld. Trust Co., highway loan ....


200.00


315.00


Old Colony Trust Co., highway loan ... Old Colony Trust Co., high school loan ..


10,550.00


C. D. Parker & Co., highway loan .. Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan Old Colony Trust Co., Memorial Bridge loan


1,891.25


2,640.00


Old Colony Trust Co., highway loan .... 720.00


Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan


880.00


$


1,400.80


J


360.00


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Old Colony Trust Co., highway loan .... 320.00


Old Colony Trust Co., commission 6.50


Division of Accounts, certifying notes 34.00


$ 27,523.20


Appropriation


$ 27,500.00


Transfer from Contingent


23.20


$ 27,523.20


TOWN DEBT


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


Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan


1,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., water loan 1,000.00


West Spfld. Trust Co., highway loan .... 2,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., highway loan .... Old Colony Trust Co., high school loan


13,000.00


C. D. Parker & Co., highway loan .... Old Colony Trust Co., schoolhouse loan


3,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., Memorial Bridge loan


4,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., highway loan


2,000.00


$ 40,000.00


Appropriation


$ 40,000.00


LIABILITIES, DEC. 31, 1925


Seventeen bonds of $1,000, payable an-


nually, Oct. 1, 1926-42, to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%, water loan $ 17,000.00


Bonds of 1913 water loan, payable $3,500 annually, July 1, 1926-34, to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2% 58,000.00


1916 schoolhouse loan, $1,000, payable annually July 1, 1926-34, t Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


9,000.00


Schoolhouse bonds of 1917, payable $1,000 annually, Sept. 1, 1926-32, to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2% 7,000.00


Sewer bonds of 1916 payable $1,000 an- nually, Dec. 1, 1926-43, to Old Col- ony Trust Co., at 4% 18,000.00


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-


3,500.00


4,000.00


Water bonds of 1917 payable $1,000 an- nually, Oct. 1, 1926-42, to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2% 17,000.00


Note payable to West Springfield Trust Co., Dec. 5, 1926, highway loan, at 5% 2,000.00


Note payable Old Colony Trust Co., Dec. 15, 1926, at 41/2%, highway loan High School bonds, payable to Old Col- ony Trust Co., $13,000 annually, Sept. 1,1926-31; $12,000, Sept. 1 1932-41, at 5%


3,500.00


198,000.00


4,000.00


Memorial Bridge loan payable $4,000 an- nually, Oct. 1, 1926-30; $3,000 an- nually, Oct. 1, 1931-44, to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


62,000.00


Highway loan payable $2,000, annually, Oct. 1, 1926-33, to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


16,000.00


Schoolhouse loan of 1925, payable $3,000 annually, June 1, 1926-40, to Old Col- ony Trust Co., at 4% 44,000.00


Highway loan of 1925 payable $4,000 an- nually, June 1, 1926-29, to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


16,000.00


Temporary loans


80,000.00


$594,500.00


One note payable Dec. 15, 1926 to C. D. Parker & Co., at 41/2%, highway loan Schoolhouse loan of 1924 payable $3,000 annually, June 1, 1926-30; $2,000, June 1, 1931-44, to Old Colony Trust Co. at 41/4%


43,000.00


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ASSETS


Cash in Treasury


$ 5,672.59


Due from 1920 Taxes


920.55


Due from 1921 Taxes


1,136.57


Due from 1922 Taxes


3,227.05


Due from 1923 Taxes


12,012.97


Due from 1924 Taxes


35,634.62


Due from 1925 Taxes


93,674.99


Estimated water rents due


2,000.00


$154,279.34


GILES W. HALLADAY, JAMES L. HANCHETT, JR., H. PRESTON WORDEN, Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Board of Health.


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REPORT OF Board of Water Commissioners


The Board of Water Commissioners respectfully presents the twenty-second annual report of the department covering opera- tions of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1925.


RECEIPTS


From water rents


$ 15,978.36


From water connections 5,219.25


EXPENDITURES


City of Springfield, water .. $ 3,532.30


New England Plumbing, supplies


336.28


The Farm Store, supplies


17.35


Crane Co., supplies


232.07


H. P. Worden, clerical work


530.00


Johnson's Bookstore .60


D. A. Colburn, repairing meters 227.11


Paul Schults, stamp ..


7.50


J. L. Burke, postage and clerical work


12.00


Neptune Meter Co:, meters


129.00


George Snell Co., repairs


29.40


Wolley Brass Co., repairs


27.00


Raymond Bill Co., supplies


1,082.10


Federal Meter Co., meters


258.24


Springfield Machine Co., repairs


7.25


B. & A. Railroad, freight


2.50


E. A. Kellogg, supplies


59.90


Chapman Valve Co., supplies


1,202.35


National Meter Co., meters


987.00


W. C. Johnson, reading meters


20.00


C. Wilson Machine Co., repairs


7.30


D. M. Crowley, Superintendent


1,575.30


F. Menard, labor


105.00


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D. F. Crowley, labor


293.50


E. Finn, labor


310.00


E. S. Connors, labor


316.00


Joe Crowley, labor


332.50


C. Crowley, labor


24.00


Steve Gendreau, labor


173.00


Jeery Corkery, labor


108.50


J. Griffin, labor


138.50


J. Kirby, labor


62.50


E. St Louis, labor


52.00


J. Mclaughlin, labor


118.50


D. Finnigan, labor


70.50


-


$ 12,397.25


NEW CONSTRUCTION


Central Foundry Co., pipe


$ 7,093.76


N. Y. N. H. & H. Railway, freight


165.24


Town of West Springfield


260.90


City of Chicopee


56.00


W. T. Bagley, trucking


143.31


D. M. Crowley,


231.00


E. Provost, labor


8.00


H. Cooley, labor


32.00


F. Menard, labor


70.00


A. Blair, labor


30.00


W. Martin, labor


12.00


D. F. Crowley, labor


100.00


E. Finn, labor


100.00


E. S. Connor, labor


100.00


S. Willett, labor


20.00


J. Jasmin, labor


32.00


J. Miner, labor


18.00


A. Miller, labor


36.00


A. Ethier, labor


6.00


J. Collins, labor


6.00


J. Johnson, labor


54.00


R. Premo, labor


36.00


H. Houle, labor


36.00


T. Houle, labor


38.00


M. Borris, labor


30.00


J. Sullivan, labor


46.00


L. Scarpa, labor


125.00


T. Kelly, labor


19.00


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W. Couture, labor


4.00


A. Paro, labor


26.00


M. Assid, labor


239.00


E. Prouty, labor


2.00


J. Delevo, labor


28.00


W. Brown, labor


12.00


A. Sullivan, labor


34.00


S. Amato, labor


4.00


W. Gauthier, labor


4.00


C. Stratca, labor


4.00


T. Daley, labor


38.50


H. Mahoney, labor


30.50


T. Todd, labor


27.50


B. Connor, labor


8.00


R. Sweatland, labor


18.50


A. Carmel, labor


10.00


W. Whitford, labor


23.00


J. King, labor


66.50


A. Parent, labor


82.00


P. Parent, labor


102.50


A. Lamonte, labor


10.00


B. Martin, labor


26.00


J. Abdow, labor


20.00


L. Petitory, labor


17.50


E. Stone, labor


60.50


W. Perusse, labor


36.50


E. Larock, labor


18.00


T. Perusse, labor


34.50


C. Perusse, labor


46.50


F. Perusse, labor


36.50


$


9,978.71


$ 9,978.71


WALTER S. KERR, JOHN L. BURKE, DENNIS M. CROWLEY, Commissioners.


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E. Jasmin, labor


10.00


Report of Board of Fire Engineers


In submitting our report for 1925 we wish to call attention to the ever increasing number of calls made upon our depart- ment.


This has happened each year for at least five years, and is bound to increase in the future, as quite a number of high class dwellings are being built each year.


Each of three stations needs painting on the outside and at least two need it on the inside.


The station at Feeding Hills needs a new heating system and we recommend that a steam plant be installed there. This would have been done during 1925, but owing to the absence of one of our members, such action was deferred.


During 1925 some of the original tires on our Fire Trucks were discarded as worn out. Much work in the line of repairs will have to be done on our Trucks during the early part of 1926 and many supplies will have to be purchased; some of our hand extinguishers are obsolete and replacement of worn or broken parts is impossible without having them made to order.


We wish to thank each and every member of the Depart- ment for his unselfish and efficient effort to reduce the loss by fire in Agawam, which during the year amounted to $88,000.00. The value of the property saved by the Fire Fighters is estimated at $165,000.00.


CALLS DURING 1925


Dwellings


23


Barns .


3


Tobacco sheds


2


Chimneys


7


Hen houses


3


Wagons


2


Automobiles


1


Brush and Grass


25


55


Freight cars 1


Church


1


Dumps 4


False 10


Total 82 Of these 38 were at North Agawam, 21 at Feeding Hills and 23 at Agawam Center.


EXPENDITURES


C. D. Farnsworth, Inc., coal $


414.62


Agawam Electric Co., lighting 58.58


Springfield Gas Light Co., gas 2.16


A. Provost, supplies


6.31


Agawam Garage, supplies 9.50


Frank T. Goss, supplies


4.71


E. J. Gosselin, supplies


7.75


H. & J. Brewer Co., supplies


3.64


Edwards Garage, repairs


18.40


Reo-Springfield Co., repairs


16.98


New House Service Co., supplies


54.29


L. Houghton & Sons, repairs


1.70


J. J. Borgatti & Co., supplies


11.26


Maynard Rubber Corp., supplies


3.00


C. W. Hastings Co., supplies


17.32


E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies


49.52


H. H. Shaylor, repairs


19.00


Meddie Jasmin


7.00


Valley Bronze Co., repairs


8.80


Richard Johnson, repairs


12.00


Edward L. Barnard, janitor


40.00


Ralph Pomeroy, janitor


40.00


D. K. Bodurtha, janitor


40.00


Pioneer Rubber Mills, supplies


397.01


N. E. Fire Appliance Co., supplies


389.92


Firemen's payroll


900.00


$


2,533.47


Appropriation


$ 3,000.00


EDWARD J. GOSSELIN, RILEY S. FARNSWORTH, FRANK T. GOSS,


Fire Engineers.


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REPORT OF TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE, 1925


TOGETHER WITH REPORT OF


HAMPDEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE, 1925


While not the largest Town in Hampden County from the standpoint of square miles in territory, Agawam is one of the largest Towns when measured by the work done with and through the Hampden County Improvement League operating for the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture. The League's activities are extensive in all three of its major departments.


Mr. W. T. Locke, County Agricultural Agent reports that during the year 1925 there were held five meetings to discuss poultry, one general meeting on orcharding, and another meeting on the subject of dairying at which professors from the Agri- cultural College were present. Visits were made to more than 100 individual farmers in the Town to help solve immediate problems through some form of special advice and service. Market gardeners were given special assistance through Director Koon of the State Market Garden Field Station at Waltham. Tobacco growers were assisted in the control of root rot by Prof. Jones of Massachusetts Agricultural College. An interesting develop- ment of the agricultural program in the town has been the es- tablishment of two or three experimental alfalfa fields. The agri- cultural department has found a great field for the service it ren- ders, in the Town of Agawam in 1925.


Among the women there were 10 organized groups studying different projects throughout the last year. In Feeding Hills there were groups studying Millinery, Home Nursing, Vegetable


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Cookery and General Cookery. In West Agawam there were groups studying the 2A Clothing Project, two groups studying the 2B Clothing Project and one group studying Cookery; in Agawam proper one group studying food selection and another group home nursing. In all nearly 150 women were regularly enrolled in women's work in Agawam the last year. In Feeding Hills the work has been under the direction of the following com- mittee and project leaders: Mrs. Ralph Hamilton, chairman, Mrs. Wm. Rising, Vice-chairman, Mrs. W. J. O'Connor, secre- tary, Mrs. Charles Wood, Mrs. Dora Allen, Mrs. C. A. Sunden, Miss Ethel Snow, Mrs. Harry Brown, and Mrs. M. Etta Steb- bins. In Agawam Center Mrs. Dwight Hawley has served as chairman in charge of the projects there.




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