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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
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$ 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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