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ANNUAL REPORT
the
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Comn of Milford
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 11,
1879.
MILFORD, MASS. COOK AND SONS, STEAM JOB PRINTERS, Journal Ofice. 1879.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MILFORD,
CONTAINING REPORTS OF
THE TREASURER, THE SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY, TOWN CLERK, ENGINEERS, AND TRUSTEES. OF THE TOWN LIBRARY,
FOR THE .
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 11, 1879.
MILFORD, MASS. COOK AND SONS, STEAM JOB PRINTERS, Journal Office, 1879.
TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 13, 1879.
212 58 Amount in hands of Treasurer, February 19, 1878. .. $6,155 88 Received of J. D. Hunt, collector, tax of 1874.
66 66 66 66 1875 100 00
66 66 66 1876 3,211 80
66
66
1877 7,708 86
J. H. Wood, 1878. 69,735 30
Borrowed of Home National Bank
9,000 00
Milford National Bank.
8,000 00
66 A. J. Sumner 3,000 00
Received of
Edward A. Brown, County Treasurer, rent of police court room, two years. 600 00
Edward A. Brown, County Treasurer, dog tax. . .
497 03
Charles Endicott, State Treasurer, corporation tax ....
1,992 48
יי. school fund. 345 62
National Bank tax ... 966 29
66
state aid.
3,984 80
Kidder, Peabody & Co., interest on Hop. R. R. bonds. 489 00 B. H. Montague, rent of town hall 387 27 66 66 lockup 176 50
Milford Savings Bank, bonds sold.
40,000. 00
Cook Brothers, pigs sold.
53 27
John S. Mead,
18 32
66 1 yoke of oxen
146 37
66
136 81
A. Hixon, Auctioneer's license 2 00
A. W. Keene, 66
2 00
W. A. Coles, 2 00
E. F. Morse, 66
2 00
N. B. Williams, 66
2 00
4
Wm. H. Daniels, land sold . 250 00
N. W. Heath, bowling alley license 10 00
Joseph Shields, peddler's license 15 00
Wm. Remick, billiard license 10 00
Wm. A. Pond, 20 00
Thos. Kelley, 66
10 00
O. Quimby,
20 00
Wm. M. Parker, druggist's license
1 00
Henry E. Morgan, ור
1 00
J. Allen Rice,
1 00
A. H. Sweet, 66
1 00
T. B. Bailey,
66
1 00
Alfred Goucher, work by town teams
5 00
B. E. Harris, 66
21 00
S. Mathewson,
66
66
40 00
Thomas Coyne,
66
13 80
L. Grow, 66 66
10 50
Isaac Cushing, 66 66
13 50
F. A. Taft,
66
66
7 50
Charles Colburn,
22 50
A. C. Rounds,
66
33 55
Alfred Goucher, assessment on drain and labor 18 00
Albert Adams, 66
26 50
W. B. Hale, 66
66
66
13 00
A. C. Mayhew, 66
25 00
Aaron Claflin, donation 100 00
Mixter Gibbs, assessment on drain 25 00
A. Wheeler,' 25 00 66
E. Taft, work by town teams. 3 00
G. M. Greene, . 4
10 00
Patrick Gillon, 66
4 50
Cook Brothers, 66
3 00
E. L. Wires, 66
30 50
A. A. Taft,
13 50
Rufus Taft, 66
3 00
J. E. Walker,
66
114 70
5
Heirs of Nathan George, work by town teams . .
27 50
Wm. Staples,
. . .. 75
H, C. Skinner, 66
50
G. N. Hayward, 66
66
...
..
. .
3 00
S. Mathewson, 66
. .......
2 80
I. N. Davis, 66
66
. . ...
50
L. P. Jones, 66
66
·
.. .
50
J. M. Woods,
66
66
. ..
3 00
Henry E. Fales, 66
2 00
E. B. Taft, 66
80
R. P. Harrington, concrete walk on Bow street
14 41
Nelson Parkhurst, 66
17 97
H. A. Yeoman, 66
·
. 20 48
Mrs. A. H. Hastings, 66 66
. 14 38
Geo. L. Thayer, 66 66
62 18
A. G. Underwood, sidewalk on Pearl street
24 66
Geo. Whitney, 66
16 28
Mrs. A. R. Tilden,
23 78
B. H. Spaulding, 66 66
25 68
C. Sweeney,
66
16 42
B. H. Spaulding, rowen. 12 00
1 50
John Murphy, glass globe
1 00
Wm. Ball, glass globe 1 00
Thos. Eastman, gas post. 10 00
D. B. Rockwood, administrator, concrete walk. 13 00
Jos. H. Wood, collector, discount on county tax. 35 00
$158,204 62
Paid on Selectmen's orders.
152,102 41
'Amount in hands of Treasurer, Feb. 13, 1879. $6,102 21 All of which is respectfully submitted,
ETHAN C. CLAFLIN,
Treasurer.
. .
3 30
Aaron Claflin, 66
66
. .
.
·
Fred. A. Hill, gas dome.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
J. D. HUNT, COLLECTOR FOR 1875.
DR.
Balance in his hands uncollected, Feb. 19, 1878. $1453 84
Received for interest 22 75
$1,476 59
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$100 00
Abatements 1255 71
-- $1,355 71
Balance uncollected in his hands, Feb. 11, 1879 ....
$120 88
J. D. HUNT, COLLECTOR FOR 1876.
Balance in his hands uncollected, Feb. 19, 1878 $4425 68
Reassesed in 1878 72 38
Received interest on 1876 tax. 224 11
$4,722 17
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer .
3211 80
Abatements.
1146 31
$4358 11
Balance in his hands uncollected Feb. 11. 1879
$364 06
7
J. D. HUNT, COLLECTOR FOR 1877.
DR.
Balance of uncollected taxes Feb. 19, 1878. $11661 33 Reassesments . 109 38
Received interest 449 70
$12,220 41
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$7708 86
Abatements
227 01
Discount on taxes for 1877 8 44
$7,944 31
Balance in his hands Feb. 11, 1879
$4,276 10
JOSEPH H. WOOD, COLLECTOR FOR 1878.
DR.
Taxes committed in 1878 $82926 34
Reassesments
201 13
Received for interest.
111 12
$83,238 59
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $69735 30
Paying County Tax.
5201 89
Discounts
3645 25
Abatements
689 62
$79,272 06
Balance in hand uncollected Feb. 12, 1879. $3966 53 Paid Ethan C. Claflin, Treasurer, for discount for early payment of County Tax $35 00
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
Statement of Appropriations and Receipts for the year ending Feb- ruary 10th, 1879.
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid Lewis Phipps, labor $ 505 50
66 paying help 5204 74
C. O. Woodbury, labor 708 30
Bartlett & Ellis .. 121 02
Aaron Claflin, breaking roads, 1877. 18 00
T. C. Eastman, grain. 372 43
J. E. Walker, use of horse, 1877. 11 75
John Bradley, handles for sledges 1 50
Jeremiah Wheelock, 1 yoke of oxen 150 00
John L. Mead, hay. 17 70
Samuel Gaskill, breaking roads, 1877. 3 50
Galon Davis & Co., labor and stock, water works. . ..
. .
5 04
Field & Crosby, coal, hay, straw and lumber 312 72
H. M. Taft, 1 yoke of oxen. 150 00
Lewis Wood, six bridge sleepers 20 00
David Kenney, gravel. 1 90
Arne & Co, feed .. 16 00
C. T. Crosby, furnishing and labor 40 40
Adin Ball, labor
8 75
O. C. Cook, breaking road, 1877
2 62
Mrs. Fox, 1 chestnut tree.
3 50
C. A. Ambler, grain 71 95
E. A. & L. A. Cook, wood.
15 16
Henry Willard, labor and expenses 124 05
C. F. Wood, repairs, etc. 3 50
Stevens & Moran, repairs, etc. 59 56
George W. Lothrop, belt for crusher 46 65
9
E. J. Prentice, grain. 87 17
Smith Cushman, repairs 32 60
I. N. Davis, hay. . 12 90
H L. Shattuck, painting 4 00
Otis Nelson, gravel. 27 90
13 00
T. G. Kent, chestnut trees . 450 00
John S. Mead, services and use of team
D. B. Rockwood, labor and lumber 6 45
A. A. Taft, 33 chestnut trees. 30 00
Ira Ide, rent of barn and blacksmithing 146 54
2.00
John Madden, grain.
7 15
Boston & Albany Railroad, freight on castings 4 48
Samuel Walker, labor in 1877. 10 00
S. Mathewson, overpaid on street scrapings. 5 75
A. Thwing, breaking roads in 1877 7 00
Biake Crusher Company, castings. 66 22
A. Stevens, blacksmithing. 65 84
Hopedale Machine Company, repairs of tools
12 87
Elizabeth Sherman, curb stone. 43 82
80
Hopedale Stable, breaking roads 84
B. E. Harris, horse blankets 3 50
J. H. Putnam, use of horse 9 days, 1877. 4 50
H. S. Cushman, repairs. 14 80
A. C. Rounds, 3 chestnut trees 3 00
Elias Whitney, poles for railings 10 06
D. B. Jenks, supplies . 10 53
J. S. Mead, oil and tallow . 9 03
66 pasturing oxen, 6 weeks 4 50
6. keeping oxen on hay, 13 weeks 39 00
,66 pasturing two horses 18 25
66 710 lbs. hay 7 10
$9,183 28
James Boyden, breaking roads, 1877.
C. C. Fisk, sawing logs 25 44
M. McTague, breaking roads
10
TEACHING SCHOOL.
Appropriation, $16,500 00.
Jennie L. Goodrich $249 00
Maggie L. Murphy 306 00
Susan E. Inman
306 00
Faustina M. Knight 307 00
Anna L. Adams
306 00
Ada A. Skinner
306 00
Mary F. Aylward
306 00
Mrs. J. A. Whiting
672 00
Mrs. L. Pierce
132 00
Sarah F. Burns .
306 00
Alice B. Chapin
342 00
Helen S. Eames
672 00
Mary F. Devine.
306 00
Annie E. Sheldon
294 00
S. Eldora Sheldon
306 00
Mrs. M. T. Cole
114 00
Orianna Cheney
294 00
Sarah C. Belcher
330 00
Minnie L. Mann
366 00
Anna E. Gates
132 00
Kate Chapin
306 00
Eva L. Chapman.
81 60
Mary J. Kelley
306 00
Carrie V. Saddler
318 00
Minnie E. Jones.
228 00
Carrie L. Harris
366 00
Eva R. Draper.
438 00
Delia E. Gleason.
342 00
Maggie F. Madden 252 00
Kate E. Martin
366 00
Eva E. Norcross .
396 00
Ellen A. Moriarty
306 00
Mary E. Cochrane
306 00
11
Kate A. Wallace 306 00
Mary J. Kelly
306 00
Julia M. Barry 276 00
Mrs. A. E. Tarr
132 00
Julia E. Connolly
306 00
A. Augusta Cay.
306 00
Lucy M. Wilber.
175 00
Clara M. Howard 600 00
S. W. Hale. 1670 00
Susan R. Broderick 204 00
Flora M. Knowlton 204 00
Emelie T. Hart 204 00
Jennie M. Russell 204 00
Anna M. Bancroft 325 00
Lilla B. Godfrey 87 50
Minnie I. Folger
182 00
Lilla A. Cook.
102 00
$15,952 10
Less appropriation .
547 90
$16,500 00
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation $1000.
Barney & Son, wood .
$177 75
E. A. & L. A. Cook, coal. 12 28
Field & Crosby, coal
527 50
$717 53
Less appropriation $282 47
- $1000 00
12
CARE OF SHOOL HOUSES.
Appropriation $1000.00.
Ira Wight.
155 50
Eva E. Norcross.
18 00
Eva R. Draper
24 00
Alfred Paige
75 75
Kate Chapin.
6 00
Anna E. Gates.
6 00
Minnie L. Mann
30 00
Mary Milan.
54 00
Orianna Cheney
19 50
Mary F. Devine.
6 00
Kate A. Wallace
18 00
Helen S. Eames
63 00
Mr. Madden
54 00
Ada A. Skinner.
6 00
Mary J. Kelly, High street.
18 00 .
Mrs. E. A. Tarr
12 00
Frank R. Claflin 36 00
A. Augusta Cay
~18 00
S. W. Hale.
100 00
Susan Broderick.
12 00
Emilie T. Hart.
12 00
Julia E. Connolley
12 00
Flora M. Knowlton
12 00
Carrie L. Harris.
12 00
Willie Cochrane
66 66
Frank E. Morrell. 72 00
William Kelly 37 25
$955 66
Less appropriation.
$44 34
$1000 00
13
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS, INCLUDING SERVICES OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Appropriation, $2250.00.
John W. Simonds, services.
$1500 03
paid incidentals for schools. 339 76
66
for rent of office 35 00
66
66
R. C. Eldridge.
5 78
66 .
66 exchange of books
300 00
66
delivering books 57 91
" desk books. 104 97
66
cleaning school houses 186 79
66
66
school books 417 28
N. W. Tukesbury 1:0 25
66
60 A. C. Stocking 180 00
Parkhurst & Crockett, use of well. 10 00
John Gleason, use of well.
10 00
Charles E. Whitney, services on School Committee
30 00
Richmond Stone, use of well 5 00
J. C. Coffey, cleaning privies 5 00
E. D. Lothrop, supplies 2 15
Milford Gas Co., gas.
27 99
James T. Canavan, services
20 00
J. W. Harris, supplies 237 66
Cook & Sons, printing. 60 50
D. B. Jenks, supplies 95 42
A. S. Tuttle, supplies 20 10
Everett Cheney, supplies
3 65
Ira Wight, labor etc. 7 90
Bartlett & Ellis, supplies
34 89
David Ahern, use of well . 10 00
C. W. Wilcox, repairing clocks. 9 25
R. C. Eldredge, repairing 16 clocks 18 50
G. W. Stacy, furnishing books for indigent parents
59 29
66 supplies for schools 81 72
66 200 copies of school reports 10 80
66 printing for schools. 49 40
.
14
Timothy Wallace, supply of water 5 00
G. E. Stacy, sundries, bill paid. 37 33
services as Sec'y and Committee on re- pairs to March 1. 100 00
George O. Hatch, use of well.
5 00
Sidney W. Pierce, patching and cleaning chimney
2 00
Henry L. Patrick, 1 coal hod 87
C. J. Thompson, teaching evening school. 200 00
H. E. Morgan, supplies . 4 80
$4,471 99
Exceeded appropriation . $2221 99
TOWN INCIDENTALS.
Leander Holbrook, for insurance $282 95
Bartlett & Ellis, supplies 72 31
M. L. Tarbell, supplies
95
O. D. Holmes, serving town warrants, etc. 28. 00
John O'Bryan, night watch. 60 00
George B. Blake, services. 20 00
66 rubber bands 60
David Nelson, services as Overseer of Poor · 90 00
E. C. Claflin, paid Thurber and Hunt in Blake case 3 00
Officers in Town House 2 00
66 Error in order 364 last year. 10 00
Appleton Bragg, vote of town on bill of 1871. 19 00
66 interest .. . 14 76
T. G. Kent, for services, vs. Fay and others
400 00
66
1878. 17 00
66 66 on Cemetery Committee 50 00
10 00
66 making papers for water works
5 25
George Chapin, trimming trees .
82 40
State Reform School.
325 00
Field & Crosby, coal and lumber
E. D. Lothrop, repairing street lamps. 2 50
J. B. Bancroft, expenses to New Haven · 11 00
15
Blake Crusher Co., for stone crusher 303 02
G. W. Stacy, printing town report 133 40
66 66 book for collector 3 50
66 66 and stationery .. 15 80
A. Thwing, services as Assessor, 1877
66 for A. Ballou, work on Town History 57 73
66 repairing clock . 3 00
John Usher, use of water tubs.
5 00
Cook & Sons, printing in 1877.
66
66 66 Board of Health
40 00
E. A. & L. A. Cook, coal. 59 88
Henry Williard, repairing bell. 8 44
H. E. Morgan, 2 doz. cans milk for lockup 6 00
Adin Ballou, labor and cash paid on Town History ...
110 06
John S. Mead, services as Selectman and expenses. . 325 00
J. B. Bancroft, 66
275 00
I. N. Davis, 66
250 00
J. C. Coffey, posting bills 1 50
W. F. Reynolds, case for Town House. 7 25
James R. Davis, services on V. G. cemetery case 20 00 .
Adin Ball, labor 22 63
J. H. Barker, services as Assessor 207 90
A. J. Sumner, 66 and expenses 239 10
500 00
S. A. Eastman, 34 cans milk for lockup.
6 80
66 oil, chimneys, etc., for street lamps ... 1 62
C. J. Thompson, surveying 24 50
L. Cheney, posting bills . 1 75
P. McGerry, services as Assessor.
172 80
D. Healy, killing and burying three dogs
4 50
J. F. Burke, 60 one dog. 1 50
J. W. Harris, stove and pipe for Town House 12 38
J. D. Hunt, collecting $72,650.87 taxes for 1877 (3-4). 544 87
A. C. Fay, abatement of taxes 16 15
Catherine Fitzgerald, abatement of taxes 11 31
16 80
85 00
35 00
1
J. H. Wood, collecting taxes.
16
Leonard Fairbanks, removing remains 143 50 Lewis Fales, paid for book, postage, etc. 11 83
recording births. marriages and deaths. 147 20
services as Town Clerk 85 00
Stephen Albee & Co., setting glass 1 30
Dexter Claflin, use of water 5 00
Milford Gas Light Co., globes and lamp posts 123 63
setting lamp post 5 00
66 66 1 doz. cocks 4 00
Thomas Coyne, services. 10 00
Howard & Pierce, oil and chimneys for street lamps .. . 2 97
Charles Endicott, 1-4 liquor licenses . 1 25
Elias Whitney, services as Overseer of Poor. 325 00
" Sealer of Weights and Measures 25 00
care of Jones Brothers' property. 25 00
M. J. Dyott, globes and domes 45 73
Eldridge & Beatty, repairing lanterns, etc.
6 50
C. A. Sumner, printing
10 00
H. C. Scott, supplies for street lamps.
lockup
66 Town House
9 76
Delano Patrick, money refunded on L. Patrick's tax ...
1 47
E. C. Claflin, services as Treasurer. 66 traveling expenses, express and postage.
18 58
B. H. Montague, services as Janitor.
245 83
66 cash paid for supplies 36 85
M. J. Burke, returning 91 deaths 22 75
G. G. Parker, insurance. 120 00
$6,850 87
Appropriated.
$6,500 00
Exceeded appropriation
350 87
$6,850 87
6 05
25 74
250 00
66 at lockup. 100 00
17
INTEREST ON TOWN DEBT.
Milford Savings Bank for interest $1468 75
66 National
104 25
Hide and Leather Bank for 66 6850 00
Home National Bank for 66
104 64
Chas. Endicott, Treas., for
2100 00
Worcester County Institute for Savings for interest. .. 1050 00
G. W. Kimball, for interest 162 50
Elisha Chapin, 66 66
25 00
Sarah F. Pierce 66
36 00
A. J. Sumner
40 71
John S. Chapin
50 00
Silas A. Hill 66
25 00
Wm. F. Draper, 2 years interest on Sarah Whipple note
12 00
Milford Fire Insurance Co. interest . 120 00
Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery 21 00
$12,169 85
Appropriated . .
$12,000 00
Exceeded appropriation 169 85
$12,169 85
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Appropriation $750.00.
Elbridge Hayward 2 75
Galon Davis.
2 48
James Bergin.
71 37
Field & Crosby
63 37
John Farquhar & Sons
42 05
Sidney W. Pierce
43 41
E. M. Noyes, painting
211 14
Eldridge & Beatty, painting
471 68
B
18
T. E. Morse, painting . 105 92
Stephen Albee & Co., painting 139 25
Adin Ball, labor 4 75
$1,158 17
Exceeded appropriation
$408 17
$1158 17
PAYMENT OF TOWN
DEBT.
Paid two Park notes $5000 00
Milford Fire Insurance Company .
500 00
$5,500 00
Appropriation $2,000 00 .
Exceeded
3,500 00
$5,500 00
MONEY BORROWED AND PAID.
Home National Bank. $9,000
Milford National Bank. 8,000
A. J. Sumner
3,000
$20,000 00
There became due this year, for which we drew or- ders, $40,000 in bonds, which were paid by issuing the same amount of bonds, which were taken by the Mil- ford Savings Bank for 15 years, at a rate of 5 per cent. payable semi-annually ·$40,000 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Elias Whitney .
$11,539 23
Appropriation . $10,000 00
Exceeded
66
1,539 23
-$11,539 23
19
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS ON TOWN FARM.
Elias Whitney Appropriation, $300.
$300 00
TOWN LIBRARY.
Paid J. Allen Rice half of dog tax
$252 20
66 66 66 700 00
" E. D. Bancroft 300 00
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
Half dog tax,
252 20
$1,252 20
PAY OF MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid H. C. Skinner, clerk $3,600 00
Appropriation .
$3,600 00
REPAIRS OF ENGINE HOUSES AND RESERVOIRS.
Paid H. C. Skinner, clerk. $225 00
Appropriation.
$300 00
Less appropriation
75 00
INCIDENTALS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid J. M. Wood $200 00
H. C. Skinner 900 00
Appropriation .
$1,200 00
Less appropriation.
100 00
NEW HOSE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid H. C. Skinner, clerk. $1000 00
Appropriation. . . .
$1000 00
20
GAS AND STREET LAMPS AND LIGHTING.
Paid Milford Gas Light Company, street lamps. $1593 95 66 66 66 Town House 348 46
Less appropriation .
$1,942 41
57 59
Appropriation
$2,000 00
DECORATION DAY.
B. H. Montague $132 00 Appropriation, $132.00.
J. D. HUNT, SPECIAL VOTE OF TOWN FOR COLLECT-
ING TAXES.
J. D. Hunt
$50 00
Appropriation, $50.00.
SETTING CURBSTONES ON PEARL STREET.
Paid Amial Littlefield, labor. $26 37
Elizabeth Sherman, curbstone . 507 36
$533 73
Paid Highway Department, labor and teams
419 33
$953 06
By appropriation $275 00
assessment on abutters. 462 76
Exceeded appropriation 215 30
$953 06
STATE ANNUAL TAX.
Paid Chas. Endicott, Treasurer
$2860 00
21
DRAIN ON CORNER OF SOUTH MAIN AND FRUIT STREETS.
S. W. Pierce . $ 5.67
Bartlett & Ellis, pipe.
64 00
$69 67
Highway paid labor
21 88
Unexpended appropriation
8 45
$100 00
Appropriation $100.00.
SEWER FROM GROVE TO CENTRAL STREETS.
$686 19
Bartlett & Ellis, pipe.
10 70
Field & Crosby, brick, etc.
E. A. & L. A. Cook, cement. 9 50
S. W. Pierce, labor. 22 85
6 00
$735 24
Highways credit by labor, etc.
194 50
By appropriation .
$300 00
Assessment on A. Adams.
25 00
Mrs. Hannon, unpaid
25 00
M. Gibbs.
25 00
A. Wheeler
25 00
F. Goucher
15 00
W. B. Hale 10 00
A. C. Mayhew, donation .. 25 00
A. Claflin, donation
100 00
$550 00
Exceeded appropriation
$379 74
L. Grow, blacksmithing
$929 74
$929. 74
22
WATER WORKS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Bartlett & Ellis, pipe and supplies $925 09
William Fitzgerald, blacksmithing 8 11
Hopedale Machine Co., labor 43 11
A. Thwing, surveying. 6 51
I. N. Davis, cement, freight, etc. 21 14
Galon Davis, labor 16 25
E. C. Claflin, paid laborers
171 00
L. Grow, blacksmithing 8 50
J. J. Nutter, labor 22 00
$1,221 71
Highway department paid labor, plank, etc.
257 00
$1,478 71
NATIONAL BANK TAX.
Charles Endicott, Treasurer $2733 68
POOR AND INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
Amount expended
$1914 09
STATE AID.
Paid Ethan C. Claflin,
$3934 00
COURT, GRANT AND PURCHASE STREETS.
Highway Department, paid on Court. $ 75 00
66 Grant. 154 62
Less appropriation
70 38
$300 00
By appropriation . : $300 00
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ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Five hundred shares in Milford & Woonsocket R. R ... $50000 00 Seventy-five shares in Hopkinton R. R .. 7500 00 Bonds of Hopkinton Railroad. 7500 00
J. D. Hunt for taxes of 1875 120 88
6 66 66 1876 364 06
66
1877. 4276 11
Joseph H. Wood for taxes of 1878 3966 53
.
Land and gravel pit on Greene street
150 00
B. D. Godfrey, for labor and teams 7 00
Mr. Esterbrooks, concrete walk
21 93
F. O. Mason, 66
52 26
Mary F. Griffin
66
16 76
Hayward and Fales " 66
16 00
S. W. Hayward, 66 66
47 69
Mrs. Hannon, for assessment and labor
33 00
A. A. Coburn, 66 ·sidewalk.
38 31
Zimri Thurber, 66
16 28
Itheal Farnum,
16 33
D. B. Jenks,
66
33 49
Luther P. Jones,
66
20 56
O. Underwood,
66
58 17
Nelson Parkhurst, 66
33 38
R. E. Foster,
66
20 41
R. C. Hill,
66
24 37
Joseph Williams,
66
24 90
Mrs. Leland,
37 20
P. B. Wakefield, 6. 66
7 02
Chas. Williams,
16 21
Due from the State for poor and indigent soldiers, 1914 09
16 66 66 " State Aid.
3925 50
Cash in hand of Treasurer Feb. 12, 1879 6102 21
$86,360 65
24
TOWN DEBT.
Milford Savings Bank notes $25000 00
66 town bonds. 40000 00
National Hide & Leather Bank, railroad bonds 50000 00
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, town bonds
30000 00
Worcester County Institution for Savings
15000 00
Park notes
5000 00
Elisha Chapin, note. 500 00
John S. Chapin, "
1000 00
Milford Fire Insurance Co.
1500 00
Sarah F. Pierce, note.
600 00
State Treasurer's note
30000 00
Silas A. Hill.
500 00
Trustees of Hopedale cemetery .
100.00
Vernon Grove Cemetery
350 00
$199,550 00
These amounts were left by the following named persons for the care of their burial lots :
Sarah M. Whipple. 100 00
Mrs. Theron Holbrook
100 00
Mrs. Obadiah Albee. 100 00
W. B. Dyer .
150 00
APPROPRIATIONS.
For Town Incidentals. $6500 00
Highways .
8000 00
Teaching schools
16500 00
Care of school houses
1000 00
Fuel for schools
1000 00
School incidentals, including Superintendent.
2250 00
Repairs of school houses
750 00
Interest on town debt 12000 00
1 Gas and street lamps. 2000 00
25
Pay of members of Fire Department. 3600 00
Repair of Engine Houses and Reservoirs 300 00
Incidentals for Fire Department
1200 00
Support of poor
10000 00
Town Library.
1000 00
Payment on town debt
2000 00
Discount on taxes
3000 00
Decoration Day.
132 00
Setting curbstones on Pearl street.
275 00
Building Court, Grant and Purchase street.
300 00
Sewer from Grove to Central st.
300 00
" on South-Main and Fruit st 100 00
J. D. Hunt extra on collecting taxes 50 00
Purchase of new hose for Fire Department. 1000 00
Repairs on buildings at town farm 300 00
$73,557 00
RECAPITULATION.
Repair of Highways, Bridges and Cash Paid for Labor on Water Works, sewers, curbing of Pearl street and labor on Court and Grant streets . $9183 28
Paid for Teaching Schools
15952 10
Fuel for 66 717 53
Care of 66
955 66
School Incidentals
4471 99
Town
6850 87
Interest on Town Debt. 12169 85
Repairs of School Houses
1158 17
Payment of Town Debt.
5500 00
Money Borrowed and Paid
20000 00
Town Bonds issued.
40000 00
Support of Poor
11539 23
Repairing buildings at Town Farm
300 00
Town Library 1252 20
Payment Members of Fire Department, 3600 00
26
Repairs of Engine Houses and Reservoirs 225 00
Incidentals of Fire Department. 1100 00
New Hose. 1000 00
Gas and Lighting 1942 41
Decoration Day 132 00
J. D. Hunt special vote of town. 50 00
Setting Curb Stones on Pearl Street. 533 73
Drain on corner of So. Main and Fruit Sts .. . . 69 67
Sewer on Bow Street 735 24
State Annual Tax. 2860 00
National Bank Tax. 2733 68
Water Works for Fire Department.
1221 71
Poor and Indigent Soldiers. 1914 09
State Aid. 3934 00
$152,102 41
All of which is respectfully submitted to the inhabitants of Milford, February 13, 1879.
JOHN S. MEAD, J. B. BANCROFT, I. N. DAVIS,
Selectmen of Milford.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor respectfully submit the following report for the year ending February 1, 1879 :
Expense of Farm, $4,597.99.
H. C. Scott, 701 pounds sugar $ 155 66
573 gallons oil. . 18 56
51 pounds cheese . 6 97
132 gallons molasses 58 38
Tobacco and snuff.
79 21
80 pounds coffee. 10 65
104 pounds rice. 9 34
165 pounds salt fish, 1 barrel herring 15 38
167 pounds tea.
75 43
175 pounds potash 15 00
Salt 11 43
3 gross matches. 6 60
. Baskets, tubs, mops, pails, saw-horse, wash-boards, slate pencils 11 87
Rope, twine, brooms, stove polish, fly pa- per, lamp chimney, tacks 8 56
129 empty barrels.
17 35
Medicine . 4 52
Hoes, scythes and rakes 12 62
Yeast powder, pepper, cream tartar, sala- ratus, ginger, cloves, lemons, raisins, soda, nutmegs. 19 80
. Sweet potatoes and apples. 3 67
Seed peas 1 20
28
Paris Green mixture 7 00
Soap. 11 80
Beans 4 12
Hay seed. 13 68
Scraps and hen feed 1. 29
24 barrels flour 201 00
4 bags meal.
5 22
$786 73
T C Eastman, grain, 449 bags meal, 438 lbs. shorts ... 578 14
E J Prentice, grain, 6580 lbs. shorts. 81 04
6 barrels flour 51 25
$132 29
John Madden, 1 barrel flour. 7 00
David Nelson, 8000 lbs. shorts. 74 00
$81 00
Fred Woods, fish
36 50
J I Whitney, fish
15 45
Congden & Chapman, fish
1 68
$53 63
Thompson Brothers, boots and shoes 112 20
H E Morgan, medicine. 23 89
Burials by M J Burke 21 00
Burials by Leonard Fairbanks.
25 00
Dr Eaton, services
2 00
$184 09
Labor in-doors and on Farm 333 56
A A Wescott, grind-stone.
3 86
D B Rockwood, repairs
41 33
Bartlett & Ellis, hardware and tools.
106 74
Labor of persons who needed aid, April 1, 1878. 108 24
J E Eldridge, oxen . 136 35
29
L W Adams, oxen. 85 00
Cash paid David Nelson.
3 07
E A & L A Cook, fertilizer 145 00
Ira Ide, blacksmithing 27 79
H N Madden, driving cattle 6 00
B E Harris, clothing 214 05
A S Tuttle, furniture 12 46
J S Mead, et al, meat 296 39
J McCuen, ice.
7 00
Repairs over appropriation
59 22
S Mathewson, bread
14 75
Field & Crosby, coal.
121 61
S Harrington, salary
600 00
Bills paid by S Harrrington
132 54
A A Coburn, dry goods
112 63
J O'Leary, dry goods
2 76
Six cows.
211 76
$4597 99
RECEIPTS FROM THE FARM.
Produce sold H C Scott
186 15
Oxen .
155 61
Bills paid by Harrington
132 54
Produce sold to help
44 00
D Wedge, pension
13 00
Quinlan, pension
74 00
S Mathewson .
8 45
John S Mead
423 35
Board of Mrs Jones
156 00
$1193,10
One thousand forty-six dollars and seventy-six cents has been collected ; $156.34 now due to go to newaccount. Labor and tools, repairs over appropriation, painting, etc., amounting to $180.61, should be deducted from the cost of Farm as not belonging properly to the same, amounting to $180.61, which would leave the net ex- pense of Farm at $3.324.28.
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