text: Title page, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.439-440 Chicopee, MA Streets, Etc., In Chicopee, Chicopee City Directory 1875-76 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. Streets, Etc., In Chicopee. Abbey, from junction of West, Center and Hampden, to Kimball. Ash, from Center, opposite Chestnut, to South. Bullens, from Exchange to School, between Chestnut and West. Cabot, from Front south to Center, opposite Union Canal. Canal, from Front northerly and easterly to Grape. Center, from Market Square south-west to Stevens. Chapin, from Springfield westward, between South street and Newton avenue. Chestnut, from Exchange. near Depot, and Newton avenue, to Center. Chapman, from Springfield, opposite High, to School. Cross, from Center, between School and Union to Chapin. Davenport Avenue, from Springfield to Hampden, south of Chestnut Grove place. Depot, from Exchange to Front. Dublin, from West to C. R. U.. between .Emerald and Tremont. , Dwight, from junction of Park and Cabot to Front. East, from Springfield, opposite South, eastward. Elm, from Grape, to Maple. Emerald, from West to C. R. R., near junction depot. Exchange-, from Market square to Connecticut River bridge. Franklin, from Hampden to William. Front, from Exchange, following line of Chicopee Falls Branch R. R., to center depot, thence east to Bemis' Brook. Gaylord, from Springfield, near Chapin, to Grant. Grant, from East south to Gaylord. Grape, from Springfield, near South, to C.R.R. Grove, from Grape, near Springfield, eastward. Hampden, from Center, opposite West, southerly. High, from Springfield, opposite Chapman, to Grape. Howard, from Springfield to School, between Chapman and Pleasant. Kimball, from Emerald south to Abbey. Maple, from Front to Elm, east of Wintworth. Market Square, at junction of Springfield, Exchange and Center streets. Miller, from Exchange to School, between Center and Cabot. Monroe, from Springfield east, opposite Chestnut Grove place. . Newton Avenue, from Springfield to Hampden. Park. from Cabot, near Dwight, to West. Perkins, from School, between Dwight and Cabot, to Front. Pleasant, from Springfield to School, near South. Prospect Avenue, from Springfield, south of Davenport Avenue, westward. School, from West, south of Exchange, to South.• Sherman Road, from Springfield south east. South. from Springfield, opposite East, to Center. Spring, from Springfield, near Market square, to Front. Springfield. from Market square south to Springfield line. Stevens, from Center north to Wyman. Spruce, from School to Park, between Chestnut and West. Summer, from School to Union. Tremont, from West, nearly opposite Park, to C. R. R. Union, from Center, opposite Cabot, to South Wintworth, from Front to Elm, east of Grape. West, from Exchange to Center, opposite Hampden. William from Hampden westward. Wyman from Center west to Stevens. BLOCKS. Cabot Hall Block, Market square, corner Exchange street. Bullens Block, corner Exchange and . Cabot streets. Exchange Block, corner Exchange and Miller streets. Grandfield's Block, corner Perkins and' Exchange streets. Kent's Block, Exchange street, near Center street. Kendall's Block, west side Market Square. Leavitt's Block, Exchange street, near Center street. Shaw's Block, Center street, near Exchange street. Union Block, corner Exchange and Cabot streets. White's Block, between. Center. and Miller streets. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.448 Chicopee, MA Chicopee, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. CHICOPEE AS once a part of Springfield proper, and now so closely allied to it in its business and social relations, as to still make it substantially a. prominent branch of the growing family which cling to "the old folks at home." It has, nevertheless, a name and fame of its own, most worthily won, and in point of industry, enterprise and intelligent thrift, ranks among the first New England manufacturing towns. We append a brief sketch of many of its prominent industries and business establishments THE DWIGHT MANUFACTURING COMPANY. OF the manufacturing interests of Chicopee, the Dwight Company is the most important, occupying seven large mills, and furnishing employment, at the present time, to 1,500 operatives. It was organized about 1833, with a capital of $1,200,000 which has remained unchanged to the present time. The first mill was begun July 15, 1833; the last one, June 8, 1844. Originally, there were three separate corporations, but these were early combined in one. The total number of spindles, now in operation, is 110,000, of looms, 2,671. The stock is nearly all owned in Boston, as it has been from the first, and the avowed policy of the management is to allow the outside world the least possible knowledge of their affairs. John A. Vernon of Boston, is president, Charles W. Freeland of the same city, treasurer, G. W. Bedlow, agent, and Minot, Hooper & Co. of Boston and New York, are the selling agents. THE AMES MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Second in magnitude of its operations, though first in public interest, is the Ames Company, located on the Chicopee River, just above the Dwight Company's mills, and close by the Center Depot, on the Chicopee Falls branch. It was organized in 1842, with a capital of $30,000, James T. Ames and N. P. Ames, of Chicopee, and J. K. Mills, Edmund Dwight, founder of .the Dwight Manufacturing Company, and Ignatius Sargent of Boston, being the principal Stockholders. Mr. Dwight was its first president. Its early history shows a steady growth and repeated enlargement of its capital, until in 1850, it reached the sum of $250,000, its present figure. During the war, from 1500 to 1600 hands were employed, and large supplies of cannon, swords, and projectiles were furnished the government. In 1867, a change in the management occurred, Messrs. Emerson Gaylord, T. W. Carter and E. 0. Carter, of Chicopee, securing, with Mr. James T. Ames, a majority of the stock, and transferring the headquarters of the Company from Boston to Chicopee. Mr. Ames, who had previously been the Company's agent, now became its president, and held the position until January, 1872, when Emerson Gaylord was chosen ashis successor, and held the place until last January, when, a majority of the stock having been previously purchased by Clifford Arrick, of Washington, D. C., and Mr. A. C. Woodworth, son-in-law of Mr. .Ames, there was another change in the management, and Mr. Arrick was chosen president, Mr. Woodworth agent, A. G. Bowles, of Boston, treasurer, and Messrs. Arrick and Woodworth, with Nathaniel Hooper, of Boston, A. G. Dexter and James T. Ames, directors, 'with E. 0. Carter as clerk. A short time before his death, Hon. Samuel Hooper, of Boston, purchased a large interest, his stock being subsequently bought by Messrs.' Arrick and Woodworth. The new president will be remembered for his sharp contest with General Dyer, two or three years ago, and is· best known in military circles as the owner of the Eureka projectile which is now being tested by the ordnance department at Washington; so far with very satisfactory results. Should the government approve this projectile, its manufacture will be brought to these works and insure-a material increase of the present working force of 350. At present the Company is manufacturing bronze statuary, for which the works are· widely noted, fancy swords of which from 50 to 10_0 per day are produced, machinists' tools and special machinery. The whole history of the Company has been a prosperous one, the dividends from January, 1847, to April, 1871, aggregating 432 per cent. During the war and immediately after they ranged from 20 to 35 per cent. THE GAYLORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY. The Gaylord Company, manufacturers of cabinet locks and malleable iron castings, are located just above the works of the Ames Company. Their corporate existence dates back only from 1863, but their business dates back to 1856, when Emerson Gay lord, who for fifteen years previous had been employed as a workman and contractor for the Ames Company, bought out its interest in the manufacture of military accoutrements; fire hose and leather belting, and set up for himself, employing only three or four hands. In July, 1859, he received the contract for the construction of all the mail bags used by the general government, a contract renewed in 1863 and again in 1867 and this at once gave a great impetus to his business. At the opening of the War the government called upon him for supplies, a new mill was erected, the working force increased to 400, and every nerve strained to meet the demand. Growing out of this came the organization of the Company having a capital ·stock of $100,000, with Emerson Gaylord as president, Jerome Wells as treasurer, and Messrs. Gaylord, Wells, T. W. Carter, James T. Ames and E. N. Snow as directors. Like most institutions of the class they reaped a rich harvest from the war, and after it was over were in good shape to undertake the manufacture of cabinet locks, a difficult and rarely successful work, but one in which their success was all that could be wished. They now make over 2,000,000 locks per year, in 350 styles. The Company has undergone few changes. Sereno Gaylord, brother of Emerson, succeeded Mr. Wells as treasurer in 1864, and was succeeded by A. F. Gaylord, son of the president of the Company, in 1870. The firm at present employs about 60 hands. James L. Pease is agent of the corporation. S. BLAISDELL, JR. & CO. A business wonderful in its growth, and remarkable in its prosperity, is that of S. Blaisdell, Jr. & Co., whose modest office is close by the Chicopee Junction Depot. Its origin dates back to 1863, when George Mattoon and Andrew Hubbard engaged in the Cotton waste business, at Chicopee Falls. Mr. Hubbard died not long after, and in 1865 It was removed to Chicopee, and Mr. Mattoon continued the business alone, untill868, when S. Blaisdell, Jr. joined him, the firm name being Mattoon & Blaisdell, and so continuing until Mr. Mattoon's retirement in May, 1872. At the time the new co- partnership was formed, the firm had a capital of $10,000, and did a yearly business of from $30,000 to $50,000. In less than two years; this was increased over 100 per cent, and the two following years saw it again doubled. Since that time, its growth has been even more rapid, and during the twelve montl1s ending April 30, 1875, the sales aggregated more than a million of dollars, those for the last three months of it reaching the sum of $350,000. The capital stock is now $150,000. The freight bills of the firm for the year, were upwards of $37,000; their telegraph bills, 75 per cent of the total business of The town. The cotton waste business has long been one of secondary importance, their trade being principally in cotton itself, which they receive direct from the cotton sheds, through every port in the South, from Norfolk, Va., to New Orleans and Galveston. They make a specialty of supplying extra fine cotton to manufacturers of fine under· wear, and deal largely in fine waste, to be mixed with wool for spinning purposes. They do likewise a considerable business in paper stock and paper, and anticipate, for the coming year, a trade largely in excess of anything hitherto. The firm at present consists of the three brothers, S. Jar, Charles M. and George A. Blaisdell. CARRIAGE MANUFACTURING. Half a mile west of the Chicopee Junction Depot of the Connecticut River Railroad, and in plain view of it, is the extensive carriage manufacturing establishment of Edison Clark. The business was started about twenty years ago, in two buildings; one sixty feet in length, and two stories in height, and the other sixty-five feet long, and a story and a half high. The works at present occupy four separate buildings, two and three stories high, and respectively, one hundred by twenty-five feet, ninety by twenty-five, eighty-five by twenty-five, and sixty-five by thirty-five. About thirty men are employed, and the business done exceeds that of any other carriage manufactory in the State, outside of Boston, amounting yearly to something more than $40,000. All sorts of light work, buggies, carryalls, etc., are built, and nothing is allowed to go out which is not in every respect first-class work... Most of the workmen are employed steadily, year in and year out, instead of being discharged at the close of the busy sea· son, insuring a reliable force of competent men at all times. In the same line is the establishment ·of W. H. Gilmore, at the intersection of summer and Cross. Streets, just outside the business section of Chicopee. A single small building, now used as a wood shop, sufficed for its beginnings in 1842, since which it has been three times enlarged, and the two or three hands, at first employed, have been in creased to from eighteen to :twenty-five, according to the demands of the season. Formerly Mr. Gilmore as engaged largely in building heavy wagons, his goods having the very· highest reputation, and being sold largely at the South. Recently he has confined himself principally to lighter work, his sales some years reaching $10,000 or more, but has never sacrificed his reputation for perfect maternal and honest work. His goods are mostly marketed in this vicinity, though occasional sales are made at the West and South, and some have been sent as far off as California. BYRT & BULLENS. Byrt & Bullens, tanners and curriers, do business on the bank of the Connecticut river, opposite the Chicopee Junction depot, and have been so occupied for the past twelve years, employing from five to ten men and using from 100 to 200 sides of leather weekly, mostly' calfskins, their business being principally in harness and suspender leather. BOBBINS. B. Leavitt is one of the oldest, if not the oldest manufacturer in Chicopee, now actively engaged in business, having occupied his present location between the establishments of the Ames· and Gaylord manufacturing companies, for more than forty years, his yearly business varying from $5,000.00 to $20,000.00. He formerly made both bobbins and shuttles, but for some years past has confined himself to bobbins, supplying the home demand and something beyond it. ATTORNEYS. At the head of the local bar, is George D. Robinson, for nearly twenty years a resident of the town, a practicing lawyer for the past nine years, and for a like number Previously, principal of the High School. Mr. Robinson was a member of the Legislature of 1874, and was last fall a candidate for a second term, when he ran largely ahead of his ticket, but failed of an election. His office is in Cabot Hall block. In the same block is the office of Luther White, for the past five or six years a successful practitioner. He is a young man yet, and has held no public office except that of school committee. L. E. Hitchcock, who has his office in Kendall's block on Market Square, was admitted to the bar about a year ago. Jonathan Allen, a graduate of the office of E. B. Maynard, of Springfield, has been in practice in Chicopee about eighteen months. He has just opened an office in Burke's new block on lower Exchange Street. H. L. Sherman is also a late comer. His office is with Mr. Robinson. BAKERY. Chicopee's only bakery is that of W. C. Wedge & Co., who have been in business for the past fourteen years on Center street. As patentees and manufacturers of Wedge's rotary oven, the firm has a reputation far beyond its local limits. BANKS. The First National, formerly the Cabot Bank, has a capital of $150,000.00, with a large surplus. The following are its officers: President, Jerome Wells; cashier, F. B. Doten; directors, Jerome Wells, T. W. Carter, Emerson Gaylord, Erastus Stebbins, and E. 0. Carter. The Cabot Bank was instituted March 1, 1845, John Chase being its first president. The Chicopee Savings Bank was organized in 1854 with Jerome Wells as president and Henry H. Harris as treasurer. The latter has held his office ever since. Mr. Wells retired at the close of last year. The present official board is constituted as follows: President, George D. Robinson; vice-presidents, E. 0. Carter, A. G. Parker, Emerson Gaylord, G. H. Chapman; secretary, George V. Wheelock; treasurer, Henry B. Harris; trustees, Benning Leavitt, J. A. Dennison, George S. Taylor, N. Cutler, John B. Wood, C. M Kendall, E. Stebbins, Lewis M. Ferry, John Dixon, George V. Wheelock,. A.S. Hunter, A. F. Gaylord. The present location is in Kendall's new block, opposite the Town Hall, to which it removed in December last, having previously been kept in the same building with the First National Bank. It has at present 1,250 depositors with an aggregate of $4:43,266 deposits. BOOKS, NEWS AND STATIONERY. E. M. Alden, Merchants' row, is proprietor of the only bookstore in Chicopee, combined with which is an extensive circulating library, and large stationery and newspaper department. Mr. Alden has been engaged in his present business, which he has built up with much energy, since 1870. He is, and has been for many years, the local agent of the American Express Company. J. Stackpole, an old and esteemed resident of the town, opened about a year ago a· news and variety store on Center street. .Mr. Stackpole makes the sale and repairing of clocks something of a specialty. He l1as lately taken a partner, the firm at present being J. Stackpole & Co. BARBER SHOPS. Three barbers do the legitimate shaving for Chicopee people, Charles H. Blackmer, who has prominent and attractive quarters in Temple's block, R. A. Page and T Cronin? BOOTS AND SHOES. Prominent in his line is Mr. W. L. Blackmer, who came to Chicopee in 1861, and after four years' service in the employ of the Gaylord Manufacturing Company opened a fancy goods store on the site of the Masonic Hall block. This he sold· in 1869, and entered upon his present business on Exchange street. Mr. Blackmer does a large custom business in men's fine work. 445 Farther down Exchange street J. O'Donnell is doing a considerable business in boots and shoes. Other prominent dealers are Chapman & Folsom, S. W. Parshley and W. P. Beals. COAL. Carlos Allen, the popular coal dealer, has his office in Temple's block and does a large business. A. B. Abbey, R. W. Bemis and Jolt Dixon are also engaged in it. CONCRETE PAVING. Messrs. Mead & Richards are engaged in the business of putting down the popular concrete paving, and will respond promptly to orders from any part of the country. CUSTOM AND READY-MADE CLOTHING. In the line of custom clothing, Chicopee bas something to be proud or in the establishment of J. P. Buckingham, who has been engaged in the business there over 20 years, sometimes, as at present, alone, though more frequently with a partner. He formerly kept a line of ready-made clothing, but now limits himself to custom work and furnishings. Mr. Buckingham usually employs from twelve to fifteen hands. J. M. Lane and B. Moffit are engaged in the same business. Hitchcock & Hosley is the only American house engaged in the ready-made clothing business. The senior partner, Harvey Hitchcock, started the business about twelve years ago at the stand now occupied by the firm, and in May, 1866, were joined by Mr. James E. Hosley. They deal to some extent in boots and shoes, and are located in Bullens' block on Exchange street. DRUG STORES. Chicopee's three drug stores are all of long standing, but the honor of seniority among the present dealers belongs to W. W. Johnson, who has been engaged _in the business in Cabot Hall block, on Market square since August, 1861. Mr. Johnson has been a resident of the town for 40 years, and was postmaster during the administrations of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan. Warren Smith has occupied his present stand on Exchange street for the past ten. years. He has been a resident of Chicopee most of the time since 1853. Hooker & Co. are later comers, occupying the Exchange street store where Dr. Rou Roudiez was previously located. DRY GOODS. The house of Warren S. Bragg & Co., the Company consisting of Jerome Wells and F. B. Doten, cashier of the First National Bank, is confessedly the leading one in the dry goods trade in Chicopee. Located on the corner of Exchange street and Market square, on the site where it was first established by Mr. Wells nearly forty years ago, it occupies three large and commodious stores in Cabot Hall block, one being devoted to dry goods, the second to the carpet trade, and the third to the hardware business. From a yearly business of $40,000 in 1865, the firm showed one of $110,000 in 1873, and now count safely upon one of $100,000 or more yearly. A. J. Jenks was formerly with Bragg & Co., but went into business for himself on the opposite side of Exchange street, about three years ago. Later he bought out Hale & Oakes and removed to the stand in Bullens' block on the same street, formerly occupied by them, where he is now carrying on a large and prosperous business. John B. Wood, whose dry goods establishment is located on the corner of Exchange and Center streets, is one of the old business men of Chicopee, He came here in 1850 from Holyoke, having served his apprenticeship in a country variety store in Ireland Parish, and was for thirteen years engaged in the grocery business, after which he entered upon his present line of trade. In both he has been very prosperous. For the past ten years Mr. Wood has filled the office of tax collector. C. H..Merrick on Exchange street, is the only other dealer of note. 57 446 CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. FUR ITURE. The furniture business in Chicopee is limited to the spacious warerooms of Lafayette Temple in Temple's block on Center Street. YEars ago the business was carried on by Josiah Whitney, and afterwards passed into the hands of Hosley & Co., Mr. Temple being the junior. member of the firm for nine years, and for the past four months sole proprietor. He carries a stock valued at from $12,000 to $13,000, and does large undertakers' and picture frame business. The establishment has always done a safe and fairly remunerative trade. GROCERIES. The Bullens family was the pioneers in the grocery business of Chicopee, and is identified more than any others with its mercantile history. As far back as 1838, the business was established by the four brothers, E. A. I, I. M., on the site now occupied by Isaac Bullens & Sons, on the corner Of Exchange and Cabot streets. Their business was immense for those times, amounting to $100,000 a year, and they were reckoned the largest retail grocers in the State outside of Boston. Later the brothers separated, each taking a separate line of the business. The junior members of the present firm of I. Bullens & Sons, are I. Newton Bullens, who has been associated with his father for some twenty-three years, nod Lewis C., who was a1lmittell to partnership about four years ago.· All the American grocers in Chicopee were trained in this store. Dullens & Sons do a large business, and carry a considerable line of crockery. C. A. Bullens, representing- another branch of the family, also conducts a large grocery business nearby, and is proprietor of Exchange Hall, which has a seating capacity of about 400. Carter & Spaulding at present do the largest grocery business in Chicopee, their location on Market square being one of the best in the town, and their business having increased every year since they first opened. The present firm dates back ten years Mr. Carter having been in the business alone for three years preceding. Other prominent dealers in this branch are P. Rourke, corner of West and Emerald streets, and Lankton & Pond, on Exchange street. HOTELS. The Cabot House, kept for the past eleven years by W. H. Dickinson, is located on Front street opposite the Town Hall, and close by the Center depot. 1t is well kept, and has a good feeding stable connected with it. The Chicopee House, kept by Merrick Abbe, is near the Junction depot. JEWELRY. C. F. Kent, near the head of Exchange street, carries a well selected $10,000.00 stock of watches and Jewelry. Previous to entering on his present business, Mr. Kent kept a drug store for fifteen or twenty years. E. A. Gallupe occupies a portion of E. M. Alden's store on Market Square, and carries on a watch repairing and general jewelry business. LIVERY STABLES. W. E. Wheeler has carried on a large livery business at his Exchange street stand for the past ten years, and for a year past has combined with it a considerable trade in harness and trunks. He also supplies brass foundries largely with sand for cores, his tra1le in this line reaching from Montreal to Philadelphia. ,V, II. Dickinson's stable, near Mr. Wheeler's, is also an old and prosperous stand as are those of R Corey in the same vicinity, and Merrick Abbe who is located at the Chicopee House near the Junction depot. MEAT AND FISH. The oldest meat market is that of J. A. Denison & Co. on Cabot street, where it has been established for thirty years or more. Mr. Denison himself withdrew from the business in 1873, leaving the firm name to the present proprietors John D. White, W.P. Ferry and A. E. Jones. J. U. McClench is also one of the veteran marketmen of the town, having been for many years on Center street, and lately in his new block on Exchange street W. S. Wood has lately started the business on Center street, where he is building up a prosperous trade. Stoddard & Stedman have been in the same line for five or six years. The fish and oyster business is carried on by Quimby & Beckwith who, not long since, bought out George Barrett's old stand on Exchange street, and by N. Cleveland who opened last September on Center street, near the head of Exchange. MILLINERY. Misses A. & A. McQuade have not been long in the millinery business, but are building up a large and prosperous trade at their establishment in Dixon's block on the corner of Exchange and Dwight streets. Other millinery houses are those of Mrs. A. B. Bagg, Miss A. J. Fuller, John Colby, Mrs. I. F. Connor and J. & M. Follis. PAINTERS. W D. Manchester & Co., Center street, do all kinds of painting and decorative paper hanging. Mr. Manchester has been engaged in the business for eight years, most of the time without a partner, and has prospered. Frank 0. Dayton has opened a shop this Spring on Exchange street. He was, for about two years with Mr. Manchester and pursues the same general line of business. PHOTOGRAPHER. The only established picture gallery in Chicopee, is that of W. S. Butler, on the corner of Exchange and Cabot streets, an old and prosperous stand. PLASTERER. Few men of any station in life, are more highly esteemed than the veteran, Michael McDermot, who resides on Spruce street, and is responsible for a great many firs t class jobs performed during the past ten or fifteen years. PRINTING. G. V. Wheelock, the only job printer in Chicopee, is located in Cabot Hall block, does good work, and keeps two men steadily employed. RESTAURANT. The need of an up-town restaurant has been met by Mr. C. N. Manchester, who has just opened on Center street, nearly opposite Temple Block, the most finely fitted up dining-rooms the town has yet known. STOVES AD TINWARE. H. Cogswell has been for the past six years located at the old stand, on Exchange street, where William G. Bliss, for a quarter of a century previous, carried on the stove and tinware business. .Mr. Cogswell came originally from Keene, N. H., and before going to Chicopee, had charge of the work department of D. B. Montague's Establishment at Springfield. He manufactures tinware extensively, and does a large business otherwise. A. M. Moore, successor to Southworth & Moore, is located, in a handsome brick block, on the north side of Exchange street, and divides the stove trade with Mr. Cogswell. This establishment, like that of the latter, dates back a number of years, though it has passed through several changes, Mr. Simon G. Southworth retiring from the firm about a year ago. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.441-447 Chicopee, MA Chicopee in detail, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. Chicopee in Detail. Town Officers. THE Annual Town Meeting is held the first .Monday in April at the Town Hall. The officers elected are qualified and sworn within seven days thereafter, usually the following Monday. SELECTMEN-Carlos M. Kendall, chairman; Patrick Rourke, John R. Wilbur Giles S. Chapin, George N. Morton; salary, $100 each. TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER-Lester Dickinson, office Town Hall ; office hours, 8.30 A. M. to 12 M., and from 1 to 5 P. M. Residence, Grape street; salary, $1,000. ASSESSORS -- W. P. Beals, Charles A. Taylor, Dwight L. Shaw. Total compen sation, $600. COLLECTOR OF TAXES-John B. Wood, office in his store, corner Exchange and Center streets; residence Springfield street second house from Third Congregational Church; salary, $600. SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Harvey Hitchcock, B. B. Belcher, John F. Hurley, Luther White, George V. Wheelock, Samuel Alvord. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR - C.M. Kendall, office selectmen's room, Town Hall; office hours from 8 to 9 A.M.; residence, Springfield street. Salary, $300. Dr. J. H. Wilbur, Chicopee Falls, office and residence Market Hall block, Center street. Salary, $150. The selectmen of the town act as . overseers of the poor, but the more particular duties of the department are assigned to the above. HIGHWAY SuRVEYORs-C. E. Damon, U. Hamilton, Q J. Smith. JANITOR-Town Hall, Hiram Downing. Police. POLICE DEPARTMENT - E.0. Carter, justice, residence Grove avenue, Chicopee Falls; salary, $1,600. Special justices, S.G. Southworth and Luther White. Court held daily (Sundays excepted) at 9 A.M., in the Police Court room, basement of new Town Hall. POLICEMEN-Leonard C. Hill, Frederick J. Smith, John E. Conners, Chicopee ; George McQueen, A. W. Learment, Chicopee Falls ; salary, $900 each. Policeman of the Chicopee and West Springfield bridges, Edward Hickey; salary, $600. Police office in basement of Town Hall. CONSTABLES - Nathaniel Cutler, James Summers, Leonard C. Hill, George Mc Queen, H. S. Newell, W. E. Wheeler, Edward P. Stedman, John Pease, William O'Neil, Moses G. Gowin, Michnel Houlihan, Thomas Carmody, Jarvis P. Kelly, John E. Conners, George F. Williston, William Blake, Jr., Edward Hickey, Jeremiah P. McCarty, Andrew L. Sherman, Stephen Millard, Andrew W. Learment, Jas. Noonan, Frederick J. Smith, Daniel Donnovan, John B Potter. • Fire Department. The central fire district of Chicopee is bounded by the Chicopee river on the north, "Bemis brook" on the east, south by the Springfield line, west by Connecticut river. The following officers were elected April 30: Chief Engineer, C. F. Hadley ; First Assistant, Timothy Canty ; Second Assistant, James E. Hosley; Third Assistant, Robert Hickey; Fourth Assistant, S.L. Scribner; Clerk, A.S. Alden; Treasurer, J.A. Carter; Prudential Committee, S. S. Hodgkins, John Dixon and S. A. Jacobs. The working force of the department consists of 108 men, divided among the following companies: Chicopee Steamer No. 1, Pacific Hose Co No 1, Owego Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, Fountain Extinguisher Co. No. 1, and Independent Hose Co. No. 2 Banks. I FIRST NATIONAL BANK - East side Market square. Capital, $150,000; surplus, $75,000. President, Jerome Wells; cashier, F. B. Doten: teller, W.A. Faulkner; directors, Jerome Wells, E. 0. Carter, T. W. Carter, Lewis M. Ferry, Emerson Gaylord, Erastus Stebbins, Sidney Chapin. CHIOPEE SAVINGS BANK - West side Market square. President, George D. Robinson ; vice-presidents, E. 0. Carter, A. G.. Parker, E. Gaylord, G. H. Chapman; trustees, Benning Leavitt, J.A. Dennison, George S. Taylor, N. Cutler, John B Wood, C. M.Kendall, E. Stebbins, Lewis M. Ferry, John Dixon, G. V. Wheelock, A. S. Hunter, A. F. Gaylord; secretary, George V. Wheelock; treasurer, Henry H. Harris. Deposits, $430,000. There are about 1,200 depositors. Bank open from 9 A. M. to 1P.M. and from 2 to 8 P. M. Deposits commence interest the first day of each month. Churches. PERKINS STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Rev. J. S. Barrows, pastor ; residence, corner Perkins and School streets. S. Newton Bullens, Sunday School superintendent. Sabbath Services: preaching at 10 ½ A. M.; Bible service at 2; prayer meeting at 6 ½ P.M. Sacrament the first Sabbath in each month at 12 M. Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings at 7 1/2 - Class meeting Saturday evenings at the same hour. The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Social Union meets Thursday afternoon and evening preceding the first Sunday in the month. Mrs. S. N. Bullens is president. Trustees: W.C. Wedge, president ; R.T. Hendrick, George Babcock, R. L.Hitchcock, E.H. Rice, A. Haskins, L. Dickinson, John Pease, sexton. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Chicopee street. Rev. E. Benedict Clark, pastor; settled October 16, 1839; residence near the church. Deacons, Sidney Chapin, Marshall Pease. Superintendent of Sunday School, Phineas Stedman. Meetings Sunday at 10 ½ A.M., with sermon, at 2 P.M., Sunday School. Prayer meeting Thursday evening. This is the oldest church in Chicopee ; was organized as the "Second Church of Springfield,'' and bore that title until the new town of Chicopee was set off from Springfield in 1848. There are 72 members and the Sunday School numbers 59. Benevolent contributions the past year, $284.87. CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH- Chicopee Founded 1835. Membership, 100. Pastor, Rev. A. Def Palmer; residence, corner of Grant and Gaylord streets. Deacons, Henry Gates, Ira M. Bullens. Prudential committee, J. P. Kelly, S.W. Parshley. E. L. Whitney. Sabbath services at 10:30 A.M., and 6:30 P.M. Sunday School at 12 M. E. A. Gallupe, superintendent. UNITARIAN CHURCH- At the junction of Cabot and Dwight streets. Founded in 1841. Rev. L.F. Porter, passtor; settled December 8, 1872; salary, $1,500; pastor boards with Mr. J.M. Lane, on Chapin street. Pastor is superintendent of Sunday School. Deacon, Charles McClallan. Meetings-Sunday at 10 ½ A.M., and at 6 ½ P. M. From June 1st to September 1st the evening service is usually omitted, and the annual vacation occurs during the month of August, when no service at all is held. Sunday School immediately after morning service. Parish committee: George D. Robinson, A.S. Hunter, N.S. Field, A.J. Jenks, .A.S. Alden, Mrs. Justin Spaulding, Mrs.J.M. Lane; c1erk, Nelson Whittier; treasurer, J. A. Carter. Choir: director, George D. Robinson ; organist, Miss Carrie Hall; soprano, Miss Katie Bacon; alto, Miss Carrie Wood; tenor, W. F. Tinker; bass, George D. Robinson. THIRD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- 0n Springfield street. Was organized October 16, 1884. Church edifice dedicated September 9, 1837; taken down in April, 1868. Present edifice dedicated February 15, 1870. Pastors of church have been: Rev. David Cushman, stated supply; Rev. Amos Blanchard, stated supply; Rev. Sumner G. Clapp, April 26, 1837, to January 22, 1850; Rev. George A. Oviatt, October 15, 1850, to December 17, 1855; Rev. L. H. Cone, supply January 15, 1856, installed pastor February 191 1857; to November 16, 1867; Rev. W.S. Kerr, supply in 1868; Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, June 10, 1869, to March 31, 1875. At present without a pastor. Deacons, Gamaliel Marsh and Joseph Stackpole. Superintendent of Sunday School, Roland T. Oakes; assistant superintendent, James L. Pease; librarian, Charles L. Pepper; treasurer, L. Temple. Meetings-Sunday 10.30 A. M., and 6.30 P. M. Sunday School 2 P.M. Evening meetings on Monday and Wednesday at 7:30. Members of church, 184. Members of Sabbath School, 800. Clerk, D.Frauk Hale. FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH- South side Market Squarc. Founded 1835. The pulpit is supplied by Rev. J. H. Johnson of Westfield; Sunday-school superintendent, A.M. Moore. .Meeting on Sunday, with preaching, at 10 30 A. M. Sunday-school immediately after morning service. There are 60 families in the parish. Trustees, W. W. Johnson, J. B. Wood,. J. U. McClench, J. B. Rumrill, A.M. Moore; J. B. Wood, treasurer; R.E. Robertson, clerk. CHURCH OF TIlE HOLy NAME OF JESUS- Roman Catholic, Sou th street. Pastor, Very Rev. Patrick Healy, vicar general; Rev. James O'Donahue. assistant. Residence of the clergy, South street, next the church. Sunday services: low mass at 8, high mass at 10.30 A.M., vespers, 3 P. M. Schools. HIGH ScHOOL- Grape street. E. H. Rice, principal, $2,000; Miss Vila M. Barton, $600; .Miss Helen E. Joslyn, $600. GRAMMAR SCHooL- High School building, Grape street. Wm. Valentine, principal, $1,500; Miss Ella Robertson, $500; Miss Cara A. Lamson, $500. lNTERMEDIATE SCHOOL- School street. Miss Adeline Howard, $500; Mrs. Lucy E. Doten, $400. SECOND PRIMARY- School street. Miss Ella A. Goldthwait, $400. SECOND PRIMARY-Grape street. Miss Helen J. Bacon, $400. FIRST PRIMARY-School street. Miss Minnie Hitchcock, $400. FIRST PRIMARY -Grape street. Miss Elizabeth Blaisdell, $4oo. ExcHANGE STREET PRIMARY- Miss Katie C. Chapin, $400. MIXED ScnooL- Chicopee street. Miss AdDie J. Torrence, $400. WILLIMANSETT UNGRADED ScHooL MisS Clara F. Hadley, $400. ST. JOSEPH's PAROCHIAL SchooL South street, adjoining the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, is under the general care of Very Rev. P H..Ealy. It has about 600 pupils. The girls' department being under the charge of the Sisters of the Heart of Mary. Gas Company. CHICOPEE GAS COMPANY George W. Bedlow, agent; Nelson Whittier, treasurer; Edwin N Snow, superintendent. All the stock in this Company is owned By the Dwight Mfg. Co., and the Ames Mfg. Co., the former, seven-eighths of the whole. There are 50 public lamps. Price, $4.50 per 1,000 feet. Societies. CHICOPEE LoDGE, F. & A.M.-Instituted 1819. Annual communication, second Tuesday in November. Regulars, first Tuesday in each month. Specials, other Tuesdays. Officers- W.M. Charles N. Smith; S.W., Richmond Danks; .J.W., John B. Potter; See'y, E. F. McLean; Treas., Benning Leavitt; S.D., G.V. Bangs; J. D., Charles Burt; S. S., Orrin Nickerson; J. S., Edw. P. Shores; Chap lain, Rev. J. S. Barrows; Tyler, A.W., Stebbins. Meets in Masonic Hall, Leavitt's block, corner Exchange and Center streets. ST. John's LodGE, No. 62, I.O. of 0.F. Re-instituted, March 8, 1870. Officers -N. G, L. E. Tyler; V. G., E.M. Alden; Rec. sec'y, G.D. Bartlett; Per. Sec'y, M. E. Kendall; Treas., W.H. Dayton; Warden, 0. Nickerson; Conductor, EJw. Cook; R. S. S., James Collored; L.S.S., E. Ferry; L G., G. Dillaber; 0. G., William Powers. Meets at Odd Fellows' Hall Union block, Exchange street, every Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC- Otis Chapman Encampment, Post 103, Department of Massachusetts. P. C. , A. 0. Kinney; S.V.C, James Kenyon; J.V.C., Geo. H. Whitney; Adjutant, Chas. Tracy; Surgeon, John Grout; Q.M.M.R. Bart lett; Chaplain, Isaac Pratt; 0.D., H.H. Underwood; 0. G., Robert Gregory; S. M., -- --; Q. M. S, G. V. Bangs Meets every Thursday evening, in Kendall's block, over the Post-office, Market square. FATHER MATHEW TOTAL ABSTINENCE AND BENEVOLENT SociETY- Pres., James Noonan; V. P., Cornelius Driscoll; Sec'y, George W. Gibson; Treas., Michael Donahue. Initiation fee $1, dues 25 cents a month. Nursing and medical attendance provided in case of sickness. ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANs; No.l Pres., Jeremiah McCarty; V. P., James Reagan ; Cor. Sec'y, P. H. Houlihan; Fin. Sec'y, Edw. Dalton; Treas., James McDermott. Meets in White's block, Exchange street, every Friday evening. There are 65 members. SHAMROCK BENEVOLENT SOCIETYPres., Daniel O'Brien; V. P., Jas. O'Connor; Sec'y, Geo. W. Gibson; Treas., John McKeag. Initiation fee $1.00, dues 25cents a month. Sick members receive $4.00 per week and care of associates. In case of death, $30.00 is granted. HUIPDEN COUNCIL No.3, SOVEREIGNS OF INDUSTRy-Organized January 17, 1874. Officers - President, E. G. Heath; Vice President, Wm Heathcote; Secretary, Geo. W. Winchell; Treasurer, S. F. Hamilton. Membership, 130. Meets at Good Temp. lars' Hall, every Friday evening. CHICOPEE . PHILIIAR3lONIC SOCIETY President, E. N. Snow; Vice President, John B. White; Clerk and Treasurer, James L. Pease; Director, E. G. Heath; Assistant Director, Wm. L. Blackmer. Meets in Police court room, Town Hall, every Monday evening, from October to May. CARLYLE CLUB- Organized October 26, 1871. Its officers are, for the present quarter Prest., Geo. W. Robbins, Jr.; Vice Prest., John Heardon ; ec., Chas L. Pepper; Treasurer, Isaac N. Collord; Clerk, Edwin S. Smith. Meetings are held each Tuesday evening,• in G. A. R. Hall. The object of the organization is two-fold, the improvement of its members in debating and literary exercises; and the promotion of sociability among young people. Its membership consists of 35 active, (male and female,) and 50 honorary members. Library. CHICOPEE TowN LIBRARY-Town Hall, G. V. Wheelock, Librarian. Open Saturday afternoons, 1.30 to 5, and 7 to 8. It has about 4,000 volumes. Library Committee, E. 0. Carter, Geo. V. Wheelock, Luther White. Public Halls. TowN HALL-East side Market square, has .seats for 900 persons. Application for it to be made to C. M. Kendall, chairman selectmen; residence, Springfield street, opposite Pleasant street. CABOT IlAJ.L-Market square, corner Exchange street. Applications for it may be made to W. E. Wheeler's livery stable, Exchange street, near Market square. ExcnANGE HALL-Exchange block, Exchange street, has seats for 450 persons. Application for it may be made to C. A. Bullens, grocer, in the block. Hotels. CABOT HousE- Front street, opposite Town hall. .W. H. Dickinson, proprietor. CHICOPEE HousE- Corner Front and Exchange streets, opposite the Junction depot, A. .M. Abbey, proprietor. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.449-452 Chicopee, MA Abbey-Arrik, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. Chicopee Directory. ABBEY AbnER B., office Exchange st, opposite Chicopee House, h Exchange Abbey Charles C., elk and bds A. B. Abbey, near Cabot and W Spfd bridge Abby Merrick, proprietor Chicopee House, corner Exchange and Front streets Abell E.D., M.D., office and house corner Centre and School streets Achim Charles, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chicopee street Adams Charles, baggage master, C R R, boards 96 Front street Adams Mrs. Horace, boarding-house, corner Exchange and Perkins streets Adams William G., clerk H. Keyes & Co., Springfield, house Emerald street Alden Albert S., foreman machine shop, house Front street D.M. Alden DEALER IN Newspapers, Periodicals, Blank Books, Stationery, School Books, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, ETC. ALSO FANCY GOODS, FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY. No.1 Merchants' Uow, 11ext door to the POI!!It-01fice. ALD"F:N'S CIRUULATING LIBRARY. Books Loaned for Two Cents a day. New Pub• lications added duily. - Allbe Silas D., machinist, house corner Grape and Elm streets CARLOS DEALER ALLEN, COAL. Office, market square. Boards Charles Blaisdell, Springfield street. Allen Jonathan, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office and house Exchange street. Ames James t., house corner Front and Grape streets Ammill John; laborer, house Depot street Anderson B. B., painter, boards B. J. Anderson, Chicopee street Anderson B. J., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chicopee street Anderson Joseph B., clerk B & A R R, boards B. J. Anderson, Chicopee st Armstrong John, house Chapman street Arnold Charles H., cmp and boards Charles Sherman, Sherman street Arrick Clifford, president Ames Manufacturing Co., boards Cabot House J.P. Buckingham. Merchant Tailor, Dealer in Gent's Furnishing Goods, 6 Exchange St., Chicopee. 58 Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.453 Chicopee, MA Ash-Bixby, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. A. M. MOORE, Exchange . Street, opp. Miller Street. 454 CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. Ash Mrs. Joanna, house Abbey street Ashworth William H., emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., h .48 Perkins st Aspin Matthew, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Exchange street Atkins Henry, mason, house Center street Austin Abraham, emp Wason Manufacturing Co., h cor Exchange and West sts Austin Alic, wagon-maker, house ncar Chicopee House Austin .John, house near West Springfield bridge Aval Honore, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., boards Springfield street BABCOCK GEORGE, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Union street Babcock J.W., emp Carter & Spaulding, house Center street Babcock Sumner, house School street Backus William, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 35 Perkins street . Bacon Henry, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house 27 Canal street Bagg Mrs. J. S., millinery, house and store Exchange street Baggs Henry H. W., emp Gaylord Manufacturing Co., boards Grant street Baggs Orrin, harness-maker, house Grant street Baggs Patrick, laborer, house Emerald street Bagley Mrs. Bridget, house Emerald street Bagley John, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Spruce street Bagley Michael, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Kimball street Baker Charles E., boards Joel Baker, Chicopee street Baker Charles L., emp W. C. Wedge & Co., house School street Baker George T., rooms Joel Baker, Chicopee street Baker James J., emp S. Gaylord, house Springfield street Baker Joel, farmer, house Chicopee street Baker LaForest, (W. C. Wedge & Co.,) house School street Baker Mrs. L. F., dress-making, room and shop School street Baker William J., student, rooms Joel Baker, Chicopee street Baldwin Mrs. Elsie B., house corner School and Summer streets Baldwin John H., emp and boards Eli A. Stoddard, Chicopee street Ball Edwin P., house Springfield street Ball Mrs. Laura, house School street Ballard A. H., emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 111 Exchange street Ballard Chester H., emp Dennison & Co., house Park street Ballard Washington A., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house East street Bangs Gilbert V., overseer Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 57 Front street Barchum Frank, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Center street .Barker George, emp Dwight Mfg Co., bds Alonzo L. Decatur, Exchange st Barrett George, blacksmith, house Cottage place Barrows Rev. J. S., pastor Methodist Church, h corner Perkins and School sts Barry Bartholomew, grocer Exchange street, house Dwight street Barry Mrs. Ellen, house Center street Fine Custom Clothing Made to Order, Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces. CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. 455 Barry Mrs. Margaret, house 3 Front street Barry Peter, house Exchange street Barry William, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Exchange street Bartlett E. C., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chestnut street Bartlett Martin, carriage-maker Center street, house Springfield street Barton Isaac, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Cabot street Bassett Antoine, carpenter, house West street Basterdes Ferdinand, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house 9 Front street Basterdes George F., emp.Ames Manufacturing Co., house 8 Front street Bates Homer W., mason and builder, house corner Summer and Union streets Baxter Mrs. Elizabeth, house Cottage place • Beals William P., shoe store Exchange street, house Spring street Beaudry Octave, emp Abner B. Abbey, house West street Beckwith Daniel N., (Quimby & Beckwith,) house Exchange street Beckwith H. J., mason, house Cross street Bedlow George W., agent Dwight Manufacturing Co., house School street Beesley George, shoe-maker shop corner Miller and Exchange sts, h Cabot st Beycey John, farmer, house Exchange street Belcher Miss H. A., dress-making, shop and house Miller street Beliveau Stanislas, boarding-house 61 Dwight street Bell H. W., book keeper, boards T. J. Bell, Front street Bell Thomas J., house Front street Bellows Dexter C., foreman iron foundry, house Front street Bellows Lewis E., emp Springfield Envelope Co., boards Front street • Benn Gabriel, tinsmith, house Center street Bennett George, emp C R R, house 2 Front street Bennett Joseph, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chapman street Bennomon William, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 14 Cabot street Benoit Henry, emp R. F. Hawkins, city, house School street Benoit Seymour, clerk Jenks & Brother, house West street Benway Fred, emp Dwight Mfg Co., bds John Douglass, near Chicopee House Bergie Louis, house near Chicopee House. Bergley Mrs. Honora, house Tremont street Beswick William, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 47 Perkins street Betterly George, emp Gaylord Mfg Co., boards Mrs. L. Betterly, Cabot street Betterly Mrs. L., laundress, house Cabot street Bigelow William, laborer, house School street Billings Gilbert, farmer, house Chicopee street Billings Jas. W., emp Dwight Mfg Co., bds Alonzo L. Decatur, Exchange st Bishop Austin L., mason, boards Elias A. Gallupe, Chicopee street Bisseau Louis, emp Wason Manufacturing Co., house 23 Springfield street Bixby O. M., emp Gaylord Manufacturing Co., house Center street. Bixby William P., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house East street J. P. BUCKINGHAM, Chicopee. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.454-455 Chicopee, MA Blackmer-Burton, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. A. M. MOORE, Exchange Street, opp. Miller Street. 456 CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. Blackmer Charles H ., Hair Cutter. Also Cigars and Tobacco. Temple's Block, next to Universalist Church. House Howard street. Blackmer W. L., Dealer in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. Exchange street. Also Manufacturing and Repairing. House Springfield street. Blaisdell Charles M., cotton waste dealer, house Springfield street Blaisdell George A., boards Charles Blaisdell, Springfield street Blaisdell Samuel, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Springfield street Blaisdell S., Jr. & Co., cotton, cotton and wool wastes, office opp Junction depot Blaisdell Thomas, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., bds Samuel Blaisdell, Spfd st Blake John, laborer, house Tremont street Blakeslee Charles W., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house 6 Front street Blanchard Charles, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Miller street Blanchard Hiram, emp Stebbins Manufacturing Co., city, house Pleasant street Blanchard Hiram H., book-keeper B. B. Hill, city, bds H. Blanchard, Pleasant st Blanchfill John, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Spruce street Blasdale E. J., florist, house Front street Bliss Joel K., pattern-maker. house East street Bly Arthur J., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., rooms Mrs. Heath, Center st Bodfish S. C., hydraulic engineer, house Center street Bolan Miss Hannah, house Emerald street Bolen Mrs. Joanna, house Tremont street Bolster William, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 19 Cabot street Bond Houghton, boards 42 Exchange street Bonner Thomas, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chestnut street Booth Mrs. R. O., house Chicopee street Borey John, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house near the Chicopee House Bostwick William T., emp Gaylord Manufacturing Co., boards Park street Boullie Joseph, house School street Bousquet Samuel, shoe-maker, house Depot street Bouvier Louis, moulder, house Center street Bouvier Louis, Jr., machinist, boards Louis Bouvier, Center street Bowe Edward T., moulder, house Center street • Bowe Thomas, janitor Catholic Church, house Center street Bower George L., carpenter, house Chicopee street . Bowlin Thomas, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 66 Dwight street Bowman Charles G., carpenter, house Gaylord street Boyden Joseph, emp Ames Manufucturing Co., rooms John Miller, Center st Boyden Warren C., emp A. G. Parker & Son, bds cor Exchange & Perkins sts Bradbury Daniel, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house 14 Spring street Brady Francis, mason, house Depot street Brady John, emp Wason Manufacturing Co., house near Brightwood Brady John, mason, boards Francis Brady, Depot street Brady Thomas, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 36 Perkins street Cheapest and Best Place to Buy Clothing in Western Mass., Sinks, Pumps and Lead Pipe. CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. 457 Bragg W, S., (W. S. Bragg & Co.,) house corner Spring and Springfield sts Bragg W. S. & Co., (Warren S. Bragg, Jerome Wells, Fred B. Doten,) cor- ner Exchange street and Merchants' row Bray Thomas, farmer, house Chicopee street Breck Louis, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Center street Brembley Thomas F., hotel waiter, house Exchange street Brennan Mrs. Nancy, house 15 Cabot street Brewer Miss Eunice, house Spring street Briley Thomas, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 82 Dwight street Britton Mrs. Mary A., boarding-house School street Broadley Robert, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Abbey street Brodeur David, boards Joseph Boullie, School street Brown John, mason, house Bullens' court Brown Mrs. Thomas, house Pleasant street Browning Mrs. L. C., house Cross street Bryant Charles A., clerk W. S. Bragg & Co., boards High street Buckingham J. P., tailor 6 Exchange street, house School street Buckley James C., pay-master Gaylord Mfg Co., h corner East and Grape sts Buckley Jeremiah, laborer, house corner Park and Spruce streets Buckley John A., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chapman street Bugbee D. W., emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 52 Perkins street Bullens Amaziah, grocer Exchange street, house cor Cabot and Park streets Bullens Clarence A., grocer Exchange street, house Center street Bullens I. M., ticket agent, house Cabot street Bullens I. Newton, (I. Bullens & Sons,) house Chestnut Grove cottage Bullens Isaac, (Isaac Bullens & Sons,) house corner Center• and Cabot streets Bullens Isaac & Sons, (Isaac Bullens, I. Newton Bullens, Lewis C. Bullens,) grocers, corner Exchange and Cabot streets Bullens Lewis C., (Isaac Bullens & Sons,), house Cabot street Bullock Edwin, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Howard street Burgess James, carpenter, house Wyman street Burgess John W., emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 91 Front street Burke Mrs. Johanna, saloon and house Exchange street Burke Patrick, farmer, house corner School and West streets Burke Patrick T., farmer, house Chicopee street Burnett George H., painter, boards Cottage Place Burnett Mitchell, house Exchange street Burns James F., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., h cor Center and Chestnut sts Burns John, mason-tender, house Dublin street Burns Michael, house Exchange street. Burns Patrick, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Park street Burns Richard, house Exchange street Burton J. H., superintendent Ames Manufacturing Co., boards Cabot House At BUCKINGHAM'S, Chicopee. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.456-457 Chicopee, MA Bush-Clifford, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. A. M. MOORE, Exchange Street, opp. Miller Street. 458 . CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. Bush Charles w., painter, house Exchange street. Butler W. S., Photographer, Exchange street. Specialty, Photographs and Ferreotypes, • Buttrick Edwin A., emp U S A, house Chicopee street Button Mrs. Elizabeth, house Center street Buxton Benjamin, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house School street Byrt Charles, (Byrt & Bullens,) house Cottage Place Byrt & Bullens, (Charles Byrt, Isaac N. Bullens,) tanners and curriers Cabot House, W. H. Dickinson, proprietor, Front street, opposite Town Hall. A Good Feeding Stable is connected with the House. Cadwell Mrs. A. C., house Cabot street Cadwell Joseph, emp Dwight J. Manufacturing Co., boards 61 Dwight street Cahill John, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 17 Cabot street Cain Mrs. Mary A., house 41 Perkins street Callahan Jerry, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house 21 Springfield street Callahan John, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Dwight street Callahan Patrick, house Dublin street Callannan Mrs. Mary, house Tremont street. Campbell Michael, mason, house Dwight street Campbell Samuel, house Exchange street Canavan Wm.,emp Ames Mfg Co.,bds Michael W.Gleason, cor Center and Ash sts Cannon Mrs. Margaret, house West street Cannon Patrick, emp Gaylord Manufacturing Co., house Center street Canty Dennis, laborer, house Center street Canty Dennis, grocer School street, house Hampden street Canty Dennis G., mason, boards Hampden street Canty Timothy, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chestnut street Canty Timothy W., clerk, boards Hampden street Carrier Joseph, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 61 Dwight street Carrigan Thomas, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Hunter avenue Carron Victor, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Tremont street Carter J. A., (Carter & Spaulding,) house ;Dwight street Carter & Spaulding, (J. A. Carter, Justin Spaulding,) Grocers, Market Square. Casey Daniel, laborer, house Park street Casey Edward, emp G.M. Atwater, house Center street, near Brightwood Casey James, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 51 Perkins street Casey John, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 51 Perkins street Casey Patrick, laborer, boards Daniel Casey, Park street Casey Thomas, emp William Smith, West Springfield, house Emerald street Casey Thomas, card-grinder, house 51 Perkins street Caswell_ Charles, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Exchange. street La.rge Stock o£ Gent's Furnishing• Goods, Tin, Copper, Galvanized and Sheet Iron Goods. CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. 45D Cavanaugh Daniel, emp B & A R R, house Dublin street Cavanaugh John, laborer, house Kimball street Cavanaugh Michael, house Abbey street Cavanaugh Thomas, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 6G Dwight street Chabot Damas, cigar-maker, store and house Exchange street Chace Mrs. Calvin, house Front Street Chapin Bryan, farmer, house Chicopee street Chapin Edward E. C., market gardener, house Chicopee street Chapin George C., farmer, house• Chicopee 8treet Chapin Giles S., farmer, house Chicopee street Chapin Horatio P., emp Ames Mfg Co., rooms Sidney Chapin, Chicopee street Chapin John B., machinist, house Chicopee street Chapin Josephus, farmer, house Springfield street Chapin Mrs. Led, nurse•, house Springfield street Chapin Lysander, farmer, house Chicopee street Chapin Sidney, broom manufacturer, shop and house Chicopee street Chapin Sumner, farmer, house Chicopee street Chapin Theodore L., farmer, house Chicopee street Chapin William D., farmer, house Chicopee street Chapman Edward D., student, boards corner Springfield and Chapman streets Chapman George H., (Chapman & Folsom,) house cor Spfd and Chapman sts Chapman & Folsom, (George H. Chapman, David Folsom,) shoe dealers, store Exchange street Cheever Frederick, farmer, house Chicopee street Cheever Frederick P., farmer, house Chicopee street Chicopee Savings Bank, Market square, G.D. Robinson, pres., H.H. Harris, treas. Chidley James G., janitor high school, house Grape street Churchill S., emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 52 Perkins street Clark Mrs. Bridget, house Ash street Clark Charles E., emp Gaylord Manufacturing Co., house Springfield street Clark Rev. E. R, pastor First Congregational Church, house Chicopee street Clark George, clerk and boards Cabot House Clark Levi F., peddler, house north side river Clary John, laborer, house corner Dublin and West streets Clancy Mrs. Mary, house Maple street Clapp Charles H., emp Dwight Mfg Co., bds Alonzo L. Decatur, Exchange st Clapp Frank 0., emp Dwight Mfg Co., bds Alonzo L; Decatur, Exchange st Cleveland N., Dealer in Fresh Fish and Oysters, Clams, Eggs, etc. Centre street. Clement Edward E., emp Ames Mfg Co., rooms Mrs. 0. S. Cowles, School st Cleppen John, shoe-maker, house Chestnut street Clifford Mrs. L. A., dress-maker, house School street Clifford Michael, farmer, house Abbey street At BUCKINGHAM'S, Chicopee. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.458-459 Chicopee, MA Clyde-Cunningham, Chicopee City Directory, 1875-1876 Chicopee (Mass.) -- Directories. .A. M. MOORE, Exchange Street, opp. Miller Street. 460 CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. Clyde Peter, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Emerald street Cochran John, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 36 Perkins street H.CogswELL, Practical Tinner, AND DEALER IN ALL THE LEADING STOVES AND RangeS, sinks AND PUMPS,Drive Wells, Magee Plate Iron Furnaces, Tin Roofing, Eave Troughs, Etc. EXCHANGE STREET.House, Springfield street. Cohn Max, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Parker's block Collins Jeremiah, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., boards T. Collins, Chicopee st Collins John, laborer, house Kimball street Collins Michael C., mason, house West street Collins Richard, inventor, house Front street Collins Timothy, mason, house corner Emerald and Kimball streets Collins Timothy, board.James McLoughlin, West street Collins Timothy, emp Ames Mfg Co., house Chicopee street Collord Isaac N., engraver, house Cabot street • Collord James, Jr., emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Park street Collord Walter, painter, house School street Collared James, house Park street Colton George, emp and boards Henry Mack, old Willimansett road Colton Horatio, emp A. G. Parker & Son, house Park street Como Joseph, carpenter, house corner School and Bullens street Conlan Mrs. Margaret, house and saloon Exchange street Conley John, boards John Granfield, Center street, near Brightwood Conley Patrick, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house 24 Springfield street Conley Thomas, emp Terrence Hogan, house Chestnut street Conliffe Ellis, billiard saloon, Exchange street, house School street Conna1y Henry, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Dublin street Connel Patrick, amp C. 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Curran Mrs. Catherine, house West street Curran James, laborer, house Wyman street Curran Jerry, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., boards 76 Dwight street Curran William, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house West street Currin Timothy, boards Mrs. Bridget Bagley, Emerald street Curtin Patrick, waste-picker, house Park street Curtis James S, e. mp Ames Manu.facturing Co., house Center street Cush Michael, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Chestnut street Cushman Michael, laborer, house Abbey street Cutler Nathaniel, deputy sheriff, office C. McClallan's block, house High street DADY JAMES, laborer, house Park street Dady Robert, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house 70 Dwight street Dalton Edward, emp C R R, house Park street Dalton John, laborer, house Depot street Daly Charles, emp G.W. 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E., house Grape street Davis .Edward P., milkman, house near Springfield street Davis Mrs. Hiram, house Front street Davis Richard, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house Depot street Dayton Frank 0., House Painter, Grainer and Paper Hanger, and Dealer in Dry Paints, Colors, White Lead, Oils, Turpentine, Varnishes, Glass, Brushes, Artists' Materials, Paper Hangings, etc. Exchange street. House Springfield street. Dayton W m., book-keeper H. Cogswell, bds D. Dane, cor School and Dwight sts Decater Alonzo L.; emp Dwight Mfg Co., house Exchange st . Delile Eugene, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house near Chicopee House Demmers Frank, emp W. C. Wedge, house School street Demond Charles W.,, arpenter, bouse Chapman street Deneefe Martin, mason, house West street Denief Michael, laborer, house 65 Dwight street Dennison John A., house Center street J.P. BUCKINGHAM, Merchant Tailor, Plumbing, Tin Roofing, and General Jobbing. CHICOPEE DIRECTORY. 463 Dennison J. A. & Co., (Wm. P. Ferry, Albert E. Jones, John D. White,) meat market, School street Dennison Mrs. T. A., house Center street Devine Cornelius, emp C. McClallam & Son, house cor Abbey and Kimball sts Devine John, grocer, store and house Exchange street Deviney James, emp Michael Deviny, house Springfield street Deviney Michael, market, house and shop Springfield street De Witt Richard, emp Dwight Manufacturing Co., house Pleasant street Dickinson Lester, town clerk, bouse Grape street Dickinson Sullivan, emp Ames Manufacturing Co., house 13 Front street Dickinson W. 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Stebbins, Center street, near Brightwood Dore Peter, boards Ed ward H. Dore, School street Dealer in Gent's Furnishing Goods, 6 Exchange St., Chicopee. Clark W. Bryan and Co. No known copyright restrictions CCD-1875-6.462-463 Chicopee, MA


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- Jul 9:
- Mercury News editorial: Bay Bridge still lacks review by independent experts
- Bay Bridge's steel bolt failures reveal inadequate metallurgy expertise, experts say
- Roadshow: Bay Bridge delay gets mixed reviews
- Jul 4:
- Bay Bridge: Bolt test results looking good, but final numbers still coming in
- Jun 12:
- Bay Bridge: Open new span with or without bolt repairs, experts say
- May 31:
- Daniel Borenstein: Bay Bridge officials don't walk the transparency talk
- May 24:
- Bay Bridge bolt maker says report 'exonerates' it from blame
- May 22:
- Details emerge on who picked steel for Bay Bridge that later broke
- May 21:
- Dan Walters: Is Bay Bridge debacle a harbinger?
- Gov. Jerry Brown: Bay Bridge 'not going to open unless it's ready'
- May 8:
- Bay Bridge: Caltrans to reveal how it will fix bolt problems on span
- May 7:
- California Gov. Jerry Brown breaks silence on cracked Bay Bridge bolts
OAKLAND -- The Bay Bridge's broken bolts have busted the schedule, forcing the construction team to postpone for weeks or months the opening of the Bay Area's new signature bridge while critics lambast the builders for missteps that contributed to the delay.
Citing a longer than expected timetable to retrofit the seismic stabilizers where key anchor rods snapped in March, the span will not open to traffic immediately the morning after Labor Day as planned. No new opening date has been set.
"Heads should roll," said Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Mark DeSaulnier, D-"Concord. "It's unconscionable that people have been exposed to so much risk of an earthquake on the old the bridge and paid so much for the new one. People need to be held accountable on these big projects."
Bay Area legislators got the bad news during a closed-door meeting in Sacramento on Monday morning with the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee, comprised of directors of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, California Transportation Commission and Caltrans.
The committee also released a scathing report detailing a cascade of missteps and errors that triggered the catastrophic failure of the high-strength bolts and a crisis of public confidence in the $6.4 billion span's seismic safety.
The oversight committee spread the blame liberally among Caltrans, bridge consulting engineers of record at T.Y. Lin and Moffatt & Nichol, and bridge contractor American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises.
The panel concluded that Caltrans and the consultants inappropriately applied a single industry standard for bolts without factoring the unique purposes and heavy loads required of the Bay Bridge fasteners.
The committee also criticized principle suspension span contractor American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises for allowing water to collect around the shear key bolts that later broke.
The foul-ups eventually led to the need for repairs to the seismic stabilizers in the large pier east of the tower where 32 out of 96 anchor rods snapped after contractors tightened them down.
Those repairs won't be done until Dec. 10 at an estimated cost of up to $20 million.
To fix the problem and handle the heavy loads originally intended for the steel rods, engineers have designed an exterior saddle and cable system. A saddle will be affixed to the top of the shear key with cables stretched over it and anchored on the outside of the shear key. Then the entire assembly will be encased in concrete.
None of the other fasteners on the bridge show signs of imminent fracture after subsequent testing although some may need to be replaced in coming years.
A new date for opening the span will likely be the topic of considerable debate Wednesday when the oversight committee appears before the Bay Area Toll Authority, the board of county and city elected officials who oversee toll funds.
The committee will "select a bridge opening date based upon actual completion of the east pier retrofit work, weather windows, traffic impacts and other information as it becomes available," according to a published statement.
The switch to the new span requires a four-day shutdown of the old bridge and Caltrans initially chose Labor Day weekend because traffic volumes are lower.
A post-Dec. 10 opening date puts the possible timetable into the Christmas season when the numbers of commuters on the bridge also declines.
But the shift also means potentially poor construction weather for paving, pouring concrete and lane striping.
Commuters asked Monday about the prospect of more delay expressed disappointment but preferred safety over speed.
"Safety first," said Dupriest Hill, who works in Oakland. "I think we should get it right. I would hate for a travesty to happen, like a failure of the bridge."
The open vs. close question once again pits engineers' predictions of an even more disastrous collapse of the 1936 span in the next temblor against public fears about the safety of a new bridge on the technological edge.
Some experts say any delay is dangerous. Waiting for the shear key retrofit is unnecessary, according to renowned experts including Frieder Seible, chairman of the Toll Bridge Program Seismic Safety Peer Review Panel.
The bridge doesn't need the shear keys except during an earthquake and the old 77-year-old span's extraordinary earthquake vulnerability outweighs the "minuscule" risk that the new span would weaken or fail without fully functioning shear keys, Seible said.
"The likelihood that a big earthquake will come between now and the time that the bolts are fixed is a very small exposure window when compared to the 150-year life span of the bridge," Seible said. "It is a risk worth taking compared to keeping traffic on the old bridge."
The opening day dilemma is the latest nail-biter in a suspense story that began 24 years ago. That's when the Loma Prieta earthquake shook loose a 250-ton piece of the Bay Bridge's upper deck and killed a motorist, one of 63 people who lost their lives in the shaker.
Bay Area residents ultimately demanded a safer, albeit iconic, bridge.
After years of bickering over the design and who would pay the fivefold cost overruns, the $6.4 billion span was on the verge of opening.
The modern 2-mile bridge is actually two spans -- a reinforced concrete box girder viaduct and the world's largest single-tower self-anchored suspension span -- linked to Oakland and Yerba Buena Island via complex transition structures.
The 2013 bridge is packed with seismic and construction innovations, many of them unprecedented at this scope and size, and tested only in laboratories.
Yet, nearly every engineer who has studied the existing 77-year-old bridge predicts it will suffer a catastrophic and possibly deadly failure when the next big temblor strikes the adjacent Hayward or San Andreas faults.
"The evidence is convincing that the new bridge is many, many times safer than the proven vulnerable old bridge," said Metropolitan Transportation Commission spokesman Randy Rentschler. "So, I don't have any doubt that we take the earlier opportunity we can to get traffic onto the new span. It is a function of the time it will take to get the retrofit done."
Reporter Brittny Mejia contributed to this story. Contact Lisa Vorderbrueggen at 925-945-4773, firstname.lastname@example.com, politicswithlisav.blogspot.com or Twitter.com/lvorderbrueggen.

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Net Metering
Net metering is a special metering and billing agreement between utilities and their customers, which facilitates the connection of small, renewable energy-generating systems to the power grid. Our net metering program encourages small-scale renewable energy systems, ensures that customers always have a reliable source of energy from the grid during times when their renewable generators are not producing energy, and provides substantial benefits to the electric power-generating system, the economy, and the environment.
When a net metering customer's renewable generator is producing more power than is being consumed, the electric meter runs backward, generating credits. When a net metering customer uses more power than is being produced, the meter runs forward. Net metering customers are charged only for the "net" power that they consume from the electricity service provider that has accumulated over a designated period or, if their renewable energy-generating systems make more electricity than is consumed, they may be credited for the excess electricity contributed to the grid over that same period.
It has been shown that customers with net metering systems tend to be much more aware of their energy consumption, so they usually consume less energy than the average retail customer. Net metering is also a way to increase the energy in the power grid to keep up with increases in demand during peak power-use times.
Customers interested in pursuing the net metering option should view Standard Contract Rider No. 57 - Net Metering, as well as information about interconnecting with our grid.
Cogeneration, also known as combined heat and power (CHP), is used at some generating facilities. The process sequentially produces electricity and another form of useful thermal energy – such as heat or steam – that can be used for industrial, commercial, residential or institutional purposes.
All power plants must emit a certain amount of heat during electricity generation. This can be released into the natural environment through cooling towers, flue gas or by other means. By contrast, CHP captures some or all of the by-product heat for heating purposes, either very close to the plant or as hot water for district heating.
Customers interested in pursuing the cogeneration option should view Standard Contract Rider No. 50 – Parallel Operation – For Qualifying Facility and Standard Contract Rider No. 51 – Parallel Operation – Other Than Qualifying Facility.


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David Fitzgerald
- Located in San Francisco, CA
- Writer, Public Speaker, Historical Researcher
- Former SSA Regional Campus Organizer for California/Nevada region
- Director/Co-Founder of the world's first Atheist Film Festival, Evolutionpalooza! (San Francisco's oldest annual Darwin Day celebration) and Godless Perverts Story Hour (with Greta Christina)
- Author of NAILED: Ten Christian Myths that Show Jesus Never Existed at All and The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, Book One: The Mormons
- Has spoken around the country at national conventions such as American Atheists, American Humanist Association, Rapture Day, Reasonfest and Skepticon.
Currently, he is at work on the follow-up book to his NAILED: Ten Christian Myths that Show Jesus Never Existed at All and his new series, The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion (Secretly, he is also a fiction writer under the name Kilt Kilpatrick).
He lectures around the country at universities, churches and national secular events - he is always a crowd favorite at Skepticon. He also speaks to religious groups such as Stands to Reason. David lives in San Francisco with writer, producer and movie actress Dana Fredsti.
A Short List of Topics David is Eager and Qualified to Talk About:
Prepared Presentations Include:
- "Sexy Violence! Violent Sex! The Weird-ass Morality of the Bible" - IS every sperm sacred? Was Paul gay? Where's MY concubines? Asks these and other important biblical morality questions ( note: As you can guess, this talk gets a little racy & contains strong language)
- "Ten Beautiful Lies about Jesus" Argues why the "Real Jesus" of secular historians is just as mythical as the "Jesus of Faith." Popular talk.
- "The Ten Thousand Christs and the Evaporating Jesus" - Lays out the Jesus Myth theory (that Jesus of Nazareth wasn't a historical figure at all) - more fun than it sounds!
- "The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion: Mormonism" – Everything the LDS church would rather you didn't know about Mormon origins and beliefs
- "The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion: Christmas" – Have we forgotten the real spirit of Christmas? Or have the Christians?
- David says "I can also put together presentations on a variety of other topics (given enough advance warning). I also enjoy doing debates and/or dialogues with believers, workshops, and talking about better ways to promote atheism without being a dick about it."
David charges a $250 honorarium from any group hosting him, but is flexible.
If you're interested in having this speaker come to your school and give a presentation, click here to fill out our online Speaker Request form.


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BEAVER CREEK - Welcome to the New Guy Club, also known as the Birds of Prey World Cup super-G race.
For the fifth time in 10 years, and nine races over that span, Beaver Creek's super-G was conquered by a first-time World Cup winner as Italy's Matteo Marsaglia notched his first World Cup triumph Saturday with a time of 1 minute, 14.68 seconds, followed Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal (1:14.95) and Austria's Hannes Reichelt (1:15.38).
"Amazing," Marsaglia said. "It's my first victory, my first podium. I know I can do it on this slope. I really like this slope. ... After inspection today, I was liking a lot this setting. I tried to push everything, more than 100 percent, for sure."
That's two wins in as many days for the Italians, as Christof Innerhofer took the downhill Friday. Marsaglia was ninth in last weekend's Lake Louise, Alberta, super-G. His two best previous finishes had been fourth places in Sochi, Russia, (super-combined) and Schladming, Austria, (super-G) last season.
If one believes in omens, those are good places to have the best finishes of a young career - Schladming, site of this season's World Alpine Ski Championships, Sochi, the home of the 2014 Winter Olympics and Beaver Creek, the host of the 2015 Worlds.
Marsaglia skied 12th and took the lead from Reichelt. And there he sat and sat and sat on the hot seat. France's Alexis Pinturault had a particularly fast start before ending as a DNF. Marsaglia's teammate Peter Fill was the last serious challenge from the top 30 before he made a mistake on Screech Owl.
"I'm still nervous," said Marsaglia, while watching racers wearing 40s and higher. "I'm waiting for the end."
It's official, Matteo.
And he is the second first-time winner in super-G at Birds of Prey in as many years - Switzerland's Sandro Viletta won this race last year for his first tour triumph. That's also five times a newbie has won in the last nine runnings of the discipline, dating back to 2003 - super-G was not contested in 2006. Ironically, Reichelt, Saturday's bronze medalist, "repeated" here in 2005, with his first win, and 2007, his second.
As for why first time winners tend to break out at the Beaver Creek super-G, Svindal has a theory.
"There are a lot of risks. It's a high tempo. It's very easy to go out," said Svindal, who has the 2008 Birds of Prey super-G as one of his 18 World Cup wins. "I think that's why younger guys starting in the front risk a lot because they're like, 'This is going to work or it's not going to work.' It might be less than a 50-50 chance, but they go for it. I think if you look at the stats, we have a lot guys doing that."
On the podium ... again
Svindal definitely qualifies as an authority all things ski racing these days. He swept the Lake Louise downhill and super-G last weekend and he's finished second in those same events here. That's vaulted him into the World Cup overall lead with 360 points, 140 ahead of American Ted Ligety, who had an impressive fourth-place finish in Saturday's super-G.
"It's good. I'm enjoying it," the Norwegian said. "Sometimes, you win. Sometimes, you're third or fourth. The race happens with the fight for the top few places. If you're there, it's a good day."
Svindal's chance for a win likely went by the boards with a small error on Screech Owl. That turn threw a lot of the field into a bad line for the Golden Eagle Jump, the third-to-last of the course, and the ensuing compression, appropriately known as The Abyss.
While Svindal was perfectly clear that Saturday's course was fair when asked, that section was tough for him.
"I thought the gates were set to make the rolls as tough as possible, especially on the bottom," he said. "I think I had a great line going through that - I carried a lot of heat- but I couldn't keep the skis on snow because I was hitting terrain instead of snow."
Home away from home
Reichelt is the latest Austrian to fall in love with Beaver Creek. His "worst" finish in a Birds of Prey super-G during his career has been 13th in 2010. Otherwise, his finishes have been first, first, 10th, fifth and third.
"I like this course, especially in super-G," Reichelt said. "If I had bad races before, I can come here to the super-G and do a good race. That's really fun. It's nice that this discipline is on the (schedule). It helps me get in shape. ..."
"It was a really tough course. I had two big mistakes, especially at the bottom. At the compression, I was too straight and lost too much time on Marsaglia. That's the seven-tenths (of a second)."
Sports Editor Chris Freud can be reached at 970-748-2934 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CANNABIS :OUR POSITION FOR A CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY; REPORT OF THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ILLEGAL DRUGS - SUMMARY; Chairman: Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chairman: Colin Kenny; SEPTEMBER 2002
Nevertheless, we do not doubt that for some medical conditions and for certain people cannabis is indeed an effective and useful therapy. Is it more effective than other types of medication? Perhaps not. Can physicians currently prescribe cannabis at a known dosage? Undoubtedly not. Should persons suffering from certain physical conditions diagnosed by qualified practitioners be permitted to use cannabis if they wish to do so? Of this, we are convinced.
The regulations made in 2001 by Health Canada, even though they are a step in the right direction, are fundamentally unsatisfactory. They do not facilitate access to therapeutic cannabis. They do not consider the experience and expertise available in compassion clubs. These regulations only govern marijuana and do not include cannabis derivatives such as hashish and cannabis oils.
It is for these reasons that the Committee recommends that Health Canada amend the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations in order to allow compassionate access to cannabis and its derivatives.
We observed that:
Ø The quality and effectiveness of marijuana, primarily smoked marijuana, have not been determined in clinical studies;
Ø There have been some studies of synthetic compounds, but the knowledge base is still too small to determine effectiveness and safety;
Ø Generally, the effects of smoked marijuana are more specific and occur faster than the effects of synthetic compounds;
Ø The absence of certain cannabinoids in synthetic compounds can lead to harmful side effects, such as panic attacks and cannabinoid psychoses;
Ø People who smoke marijuana for therapeutic purposes self-regulate their use depending on their physical condition and do not really seek the psychoactive effect;
Ø People who smoke marijuana for therapeutic purposes prefer to have a choice as to methods of use;
Ø Measures should be taken to support and encourage the development of alternative practices, such as the establishment of compassion clubs;
Ø The practices of these organizations are in line with the therapeutic indications arising from clinical studies and meet the strict rules on quality and safety;
Ø The studies that have already been approved by Health Canada must be conducted as quickly as possible;
Ø The qualities of the marijuana used in those studies must meet the standards of current practice in compassion clubs, not NIDA standards;
Ø The studies should focus on applications and the specific doses for various medical conditions; and
Ø Health Canada should, at the earliest possible opportunity, undertake a clinical study in cooperation with Canadian compassion clubs.
Source: CANNABIS :OUR POSITION FOR A CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY; REPORT OF THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ILLEGAL DRUGS – SUMMARY; Chairman: Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chairman: Colin Kenny; SEPTEMBER 2002
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STOCKTON - A federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant from the U.S. Department of Justice has been activated that covers the cost of hiring 17 additional officers for the Stockton Police Department, Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Police Department, said Monday.
With the addition of two officers and five recruits who will be sworn in at 2 p.m. today at downtown police headquarters, Silva said that will bring the department's sworn staff up to 345, one more than the allocated budgeted positions that were needed to trigger the federal grant.
The department has been working toward that goal for almost a year.
LODI - Firefighters managed to keep a second-floor apartment fire from spreading to adjoining units Monday morning despite extensive damage to the unit and the attic from the two-alarm blaze.
Upon arrival around 10:30 a.m. at the apartment complex at 400 Chestnut Street - near the busy intersection of West Lodi Avenue and South Hutchins Street - Lodi Fire Battalion Chief George Juelch called the second alarm, bringing in off-duty firefighters and mutual aid engines from the Woodbridge, Stockton and Waterloo-Morada fire departments. A total of 26 fire personnel responded to the scene.
The fire apparently started accidentally while someone in the apartment was cooking with oil that ignited, spreading to the kitchen cabinets and extending into the attic, Juelch said.
"It was pretty intense for a few minutes. Our guys made an aggressive knockdown on it," Juelch said, keeping it confined to the single unit. At least two other units had some water damage. Juelch estimated total damage at $200,000 to $250,000.
The three adult residents of the burned apartment were displaced, as were another five residents from neighboring apartments. The American Red Cross was called in to assist them. Firefighters also discovered a cat that had perished in the fire.
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When Darian's next mark turns out to be Xander Peck, King of the Shaede Nation, her whole worldview is thrown into question. Darian begins to wonder if she's taken on more than her conscience will allow. But a good assassin never leaves a job unfinished…
Dear Reader Letter
Dear Reader,
Long ago, when the Fae held dominion over the land, the Shaede race was born. Our beginnings were neither humble nor easy. Our very existence was borne of rebellion. I've seen conflict in my life. And death. My father passed forever into shadow during the third uprising when he took up arms against his great, great, grandfather and his crown passed to me. I am Alexander Peck, fourth king of the Shaede Nation. My kingdom has enjoyed centuries of peace, but a usurper hides in the shadows and my hand has been forced.
I've only been here a month or so, but I think I like Seattle. The city has a certain…regality to it that suits me. I am the king, after all. And since I'm the king, I'm used to getting what I want. What I want has been tucked safely away, hidden among the mundane masses of humans who inhabit this city. I've come here for one reason and one reason only: to find her before he does.
She's special. I don't know why, or how, and frankly, I don't care. Nothing matters more to me than the safety of my kingdom. I'm not above doing anything—and I mean anything—to secure that safety. And lucky for me, I think I've found what I'm looking for. She doesn't even realize she's been hiding, and over the years, her reputation has made her visible in certain circles.
So it seems an assassin is what I've come to Seattle to find. A trained killer without conscience. From what I've heard, she used to work freelance. But for the past five years, a private contractor in the city employs her. The contractor's name is Tyler and the assassin…her skills are without equal. One might say,inhuman. Tyler guards her like a sacred treasure, refuses to provide her name. I've paid a mint for her services, though her skills as an assassin aren't high on my list of interests. My instincts are never wrong. All I need is one good look at her and I'll know if she's the one I'm looking for.
She thinks she's alone in this world but she has no idea how wrong she is. No matter how she came to this end, a Shaede she is, and my subject by virtue of her very existence. She'll do my bidding whether she wants to or not. I am her King, and she will obey my commands. I can be very persuasive when I want to be. When I don't, I have people who do my persuading for me. Though I have to say, their methods are anything but gentle.
It's too late to turn back now, dear reader. I've settled in and I invite you to join me. Like I said, Seattle agrees with me. The supernatural community has shifted its gaze to the Emerald City, anxiously awaiting the outcome of a war they have no intention of joining. My enemy is close; the wolves are at the door. But I'm far from weak. In fact, the tides are about to turn. The fate of my kingdom hangs in the balance. I am the Shaede High King. And she is the one who will sway the outcome.