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. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . M View of Westjord Avenue -Looking up Je^erson Avenue. Springfield Present and Prospective 103 was incorporated and organized in 1852. The Springfield FiveCents savings bank was chartered and organized in 1854. TheMutual fire assurance company of Springfield was chartered andorganized in 1827, and its place of business was in the ChicopeeBank building. The Springfield Fire and Marine insurance company was incor-porated in 1849. It occupied rooms at first in the City hotel build-ing. In 1858 it occupied the building that it had erected
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . M View of Westjord Avenue -Looking up Je^erson Avenue. Springfield Present and Prospective 103 was incorporated and organized in 1852. The Springfield FiveCents savings bank was chartered and organized in 1854. TheMutual fire assurance company of Springfield was chartered andorganized in 1827, and its place of business was in the ChicopeeBank building. The Springfield Fire and Marine insurance company was incor-porated in 1849. It occupied rooms at first in the City hotel build-ing. In 1858 it occupied the building that it had erected on the siteof the old Pynchon fort. Now it occupies its magnificent buildingon State street. Hampden park was officially opened in October, 1857, withceremonies in which the civic, military and fire organizations tookpart. Gas was introduced for lighting purposes in 1849, and electriclight in 1887. Electricity as a motive power for street cars wasapplied in 1890. The first telephone appeared in 1879, following a demonstrationhere of his discovery by Professor Bell. For several years after the incorporation o
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