Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1879, Part 1

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 94


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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


23


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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