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maples ; many of its residences are detached, and as 

 a whole it bears the stamp of taste and refinement. 



Springfield is within easy reach of many points of 

 interest. It is ninety-eight miles from Boston, one 

 hundred and twenty miles from New York, and 

 twenty-six miles from Hartford. 



The growth of the Springfield Street Railroad 

 Company has been phenomenal. In 1869 this com- 

 pany started out with only $50,000 capital stock. Its 

 length was only about two miles. It had only four 

 cars and twenty -five horses. Three years ago horses 

 were displaced by electricity. Now, in the busy season, 

 the daily mileage of transit on the thirty-five miles of 

 track is equal to the distance from Springfield to San 

 Francisco and half-way back. During the fiscal year 

 closing October first, 1892, 7,500,000 fares were taken. 



The stores of Springfield are remarkably large and 

 tasteful. Haynes & Company have the largest clothing 

 house in Massachusetts, out of Boston. 



In 1875 Meakins & Packard started in business 

 with only one boy to help them. Now their building 

 is One hundred feet square, and seven stories high, 

 while they now have over one hundred employees. 



Springfield has three great manufactories, Smith 

 & Wesson Pistol Works ; R. F. Hawkins Iron 

 Works ; and the Wesson Car Manufactory. Smith & 

 Wesson employ about 500 men, with an annual output 

 of 80,000 weapons. They ship goods to Russia and 

 other countries. The Wesson Car Company in 1860 

 sent $300,000 worth of goods to the Egyptian govern- 

 ment. They have also done considerable work for 

 South America. They have done $150,000 worth for 



