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TOWN
MILFORD
BRARY Letter
No. 542
TWO WEEKS. Fine 2 cts. for each day after.
INSTI 1858.
UTED AUG. 30,
BOUND BY
DURA BINDING CO.
MARLBORO, MASS
1895-1898
4 0 45 2 4 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MILFORD,
CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Board of Health, Engineers, Overseers of the Poor, Trustees of Town Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Park Commissioners, Town Clerk, Auditor, School Committee, and Superintendent of Schools,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 1, 1896.
MILFORD, MASS .: G. M. BILLINGS, PRINTER, GAZETTE OFFICE. 1896.
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN. ABBOTT A. JENKINS, GEORGE F. BIRCH, GEORGE S. WHITNEY.
TOWN CLERK. DOMNICK J. LANG.
TOWN TREASURER. CLIFFORD A. COOK.
TAX COLLECTOR. WM. P. FOLEY.
AUDITOR. HORACE A. BROWN.
ASSESSORS.
GEORGE E. STACY, HARRY C. TILDEN, THOMAS H. COYNE.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH,
JAMES W. BURKE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN J. DUGGAN,
JOHN. T. McLOUGHLIN,
GEORGE L. COOKE,
GEORGE E. STACY,
CHARLES MACKIN.
HEBER D. BOWKER,
BOARD OF HEALTH.
WM. J. CLARKE, JOHN M. EATON. ROBERT H. COCHRAN.
TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY. JOHN M. WOOD, HENRY C. SKINNER, GEORGE L. MAYNARD,
HENRY A. POND, THOMAS LILLEY, HENRY HANCOCK.
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CONSTABLES.
MARTIN BRODERICK,
GEORGE R. SEVERANCE,
LAWRENCE V. CORBETT,
DAVID E. CASEY,
EDWARD J. DALTON,
JEREMIAH DAVOREN,
MICHAEL W. EDWARDS,
OLIVER D. HOLMES,
JAMES HOWARD,
THOMAS F. KELLY,
JOHN MOORE, PHILIP P. O'DONNELL,
MICHAEL LARKIN,
CHARLES H. WATERS, NAUM GASKILL.
FIELD DRIVERS.
JOHN SHOCKROW, EDMUND MURPHY.
FENCE VIEWERS.
ISAAC N. DAVIS, CHANDLER CHENEY, CHESTER L. CLARK.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Z. C. FIELD, C. W. WILCOX,
TIMOTHY KIRBY.
POUND KEEPERS.
JOHN SHOCKROW, EDMUND MURPHY.
Officers Appointed by the Selectmen.
CHIEF OF POLICE. HENRY C. SNELL.
ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
J. H. SCOTT, JOHN T. KELLY,
P. P. O'DONNELL, L. E. BELKNAP, CHARLES H. COOK.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
HENRY J. BAILEY, *WALTER S. V. COOKE,
OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, DOMNICK J. LANG, WENDELL WILLIAMS. * Resigned.
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TOWN SOLICITOR.
JESSE A. TAFT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. GEORGE D. RHODES.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
D. J. LANG,
LOCK-UP KEEPER. JOHN SMITH.
JANITOR OF MEMORIAL HALL.
MARTIN JENKINS.
JANITOR OF TOWN HOUSE.
JOHN SMITH.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
C. T. DAY, IRVING W. SWEET,
FRANCIS T. QUIRK,
MATTHEW BURNS,
GEORGE MOORE,
AUGUSTUS STEVENS, JESSE HOWARD, JAMES JOHNSON,
MAURICE FOLEY.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
C. T. DAY, MAURICE FOLEY, JOHN SMITH, MURTY REYNOLDS,
I. W. SWEET, MARTIN McMAHON. JESSE HOWARD, JAS. S. MULLANE.
POLICE OFFICERS.
DANIEL HAYES, M. McKEAGUE,
F. M. HOWE, (G. & U. R. R.,)
JOHN T. RYAN,
WM. H. CARBERRY,
HUMPHREY RICHARDS, LUCIUS R. DODGE, (G & U. R. R.,) ANTHONY SHIELDS, GEORGE JULIAN, MORTIMORE EDWARDS, W. PRENTICE LELAND, M. P. BURNS, GEORGE D. RHODES, M. C. HARVEY, MARTIN JENKINS, M. G. LYNCH, FRANK WHIPPLE, MURTY REYNOLDS, JAMES W. BURKE, PETER ROSS.
P. H. FITZGERALD, C. H. RANDLETT,
RAPHAEL MARINO, P. M. HUNT,
CHAS. CARUSO, ORRIN SWEET, MATTHEW BURNS, JOHN SMITH,
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS. WALDO PHIPPS.
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INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM. T. J. LYNCH.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
JOHN MCENANY,. STEPHEN SWEET,
PERLEY P. FIELD,
ALBERT W. JONES, CHARLES E. GUILD, WILLIAM. H. PYNE,
FRED A. BISHOP.
SPECIAL JUROR. A. J. NEALON.
Appointed by Overseers of Poor. TOWN PHYSICIAN. JOHN J. DUGGAN, M. D.
APPROPRIATIONS.
At a legal meeting held March 4, 1895 :- Highways [$2,500 for Water St.]
$12,500 00
Incidentals
3,600 00
Salaries
7,600 00
Memorial Hall
550 00
Street lights
6,000 00
Town Library
600 00
Schools
27,000 00
Poor Department .
10,000 00
Interest
4,900 00
Water for fire purposes
5,200 00
Vernon Grove cemetery
150 00
Military aid
300 00
Fire Department
8,000 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Town Park
200 00
Sidewalks .
1,000 00
Town debt
5,700 00
Chapter 298, Soldiers' Relief
2,000 00
Expenses Chap. 440, Acts of 1890
450 00
Town Hall
400 00
Emergency fund
500 00
For purchase of land at Town Farm
500 00
At a legal meeting May 27, 1895:
Straightening Holliston road $ 400 00
New hose .
500 00
Cedar street (conditional)
2,000 00
Electric lights (Spruce and West Pine)
200 00
Hook and Ladder house
5,500 00
Water street, additional
2,500 00
.
$97,300 00
11,100 00
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At a legal meeting Nov. 5, 1895 :-
Hydrants on East Main and Pros- pect streets
$80 00
Purchase of land on Chapin street
50 00
130 00
$108,530 00
Voted: That the Treasurer be authorized to use any money unappropriated in his hands, to pay the expenses of the Town under Chapter 298, Acts of 1889, Memorial Hall sala- ries, and Chapter 440, Acts of 1890.
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
Total Expense.
Balance Unexpended.
Exceeded Appropriation.
Highways
·
$10,888 38
Water Street .
5,025 00
Salaries
11,416 66
Memorial Hall .
697 02
Street Lights .
5,484 96
$ 715 04
Town Library .
1,291 09
Schools
27,013 99
Poor Department
9,987 00
13 00
Interest
4,400 47
499 53
Water for fire purposes
5,162 75
37 25
Vernon Grove Ceme- tery
332 14
21 75
Military Aid
.
740 00
$ 70 00
Fire Department
8,725 09
71
Memorial Day .
150 00
Town Park
222 00
Sidewalks
1,026 31
Town debt
5,700 00
Chap. 298, Relief
Soldiers'
2,250 26
Expenses, Chap. 440, Acts of 1890
825 41
Town Hall
851 23
69 27
Incidentals
3,777 41
507 79
So. Union Street
150 00
Holliston road .
400 00
Hook and Ladder
House, unfinished
3,701 50
1,848 50
Land at Poor Farm
500 00
New Hose
500 00
.
$111,218 67
$3,712 84
$70 00
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
HIGHWAYS.
By appropriation at March meeting $10,000 00
By cash from George D. Rhodes 870 54
George A. Sherborne .
17 84
Sundries :---
Paid Milford Water Co., Lincoln Sq. trough $40 00
Milford Water Co., Pur- chase St. trough 40 00
Milford Water Co., Town
barn . W. L. Billings, doctoring
15 00
horses .
53 50
John Usher, West Street trough. 5 00
George A. Sherborne,
sprinkling streets 25 00
T. L. Martin, profession- al services 6 50
Hopedale Mch. Co. (En-
gineers' services) · Milford Water Co.,
12 45
drinking fountain .
4 00
W. G. Wheelock jr., sur- veying 114 75
George D. Rhodes, paid out for sundries 3 09
B. & A. R. R., freight 3 77
Milford Water Co.,
(Steamer House) 11 50
Keene & Westcott, sur- veying 13 50
$348 06
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Repairs :-
Paid L. E. Belknap, re- pairs . $236 96
T. N. Ide, blacksmith bill
45 68
T. F. Lawton, black- smith bill 3 30
Ira N. Ide, blacksmith bill 34 15
B. F. Worth, blacksmith bill
34 38
A. H. Barker, blacksmith bill
31 14
R. C. Eldridge, repairing clock
50
Milford Water Co., low- ering pipes
11 08
Hersey & Annette, grinding 1 00
Jas. McDermott, setting glass . 70
Milford Water Co., flush- ing sewer 19 06
Eldredge & Beatty, paint and glass 3 30
Otis Whitney, repairing West St. trough ·
10 80
$432 05
Rent :-
Paid C. R. Scott, Town
barn
300 00
Horses for Fire Duty :-
Paid Wm. Johnston & Co.
$70 50
G. A. Sherborne 45 00
115 50
Supplies :-
Paid .W. F. Wheeler, three
snow plows
$180 00
12
Frank L. Young, oil $ 8 75
Geo. E. Allen, edges and necks . 21 00
Orrin C. Cook, handles
4 00
Franklin Iron Foundry Co., grates .
5 28
Clark Ellis & Sons' bill
(Holliston road) 11 95
Concord Foundry Co.,
grates .
48 00
A. W. Gould, dipper and supplies 2 35
Walter Bennett, salve . 3 00
P. Toomey, rubber boots 6 50
Geo. W. Stacy, station-
ery
3 20
Avery & Woodbury, 2 office chairs . 3 30
C. M. Thayer & Co., pails
67
Shea & O'Neil, salt
90
Macuen Bros. & Co., coal 3 25
H. A. Barney, coal ·
5 75
C. A. Hill, bill . 5 63
H. S. Cushman, supplies
and repairs 75 65
E. E. Vaughan, supplies and repairs 34 76
Clark. Ellis & Sons, sup-
plies and repairs 97 49
P. Lynch, hoes and shovels 8 05
Hickory Broom Fiber
Co., sweeper . 375 00
B. & A. R. R., freight
on sweeper 20 20
$924 68
Material :-
Paid Milford Electric Light & Power Co., ashes . $21 00
13
L. A. Cook, coal and
cement ·
$ 9 28
Z. C. Field, spruce 34 67
Norcross Bros., screen-
ings . 30 50
J. W. Anderson, cap stones . 6 00
Ames Plow Co., plow .
26 67
George Fairbanks, cov- ering stone 3 00
Williams Bros., cement
22 75
T. H. Dwyer, gravel .
11 65
N. T. Sherman, roller 14 00
$179 52
Hay and grain :- Paid Eastman & Hobart,
hay, grain, etc. $409 35
Prentice & Son, hay,
grain, etc.
183 24
Lally & Baxter, hay,
grain, etc. 108 00
Macuen Bros., hay 53 23
J. J. Nutter, hay
91 90
F. M. Aldrich, hay 41 30
E. I. Danforth, rye straw
14 25
901 27
Team Work :- Paid George A. Sherborne, man and team $ 20 20
Fire Department, man and team 487 00
J. F. Haskell, man and team (Holliston road) 51 10
P. Dwyer, man and team (Holliston road) 64 00
H. A. Barney, man and team (Holliston road) 99 00 Macuen Bros. & Co., man and team · 19 51
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T. Quirk, man and team $137 44
P. Dwyer, man and team 16 00
Wm. Johnston, man and team . ·
18 75
W. T. Claflin, man and team . ·
56 80
H. A. Barney, man and team . 36 00
$1,005 80
Labor :-
Labor pay roll
5,322 36
Paid G. A. Sherborne bal- ance due
150 00
George D. Rhodes, Supt. of Streets 425 00
C. O. Woodbury, labor .
524 99
T. Burtt Pratt, concrete- ing gutters 204 40
Ethan Kinsman, cut-
ting brush 10 00
Andrew Clines, labor
4 00
George Mc Dermott, labor . 5 80
Richard Costello, labor .
7 40
Otis Whitney & Son, labor on barn .
3 85
P. Cunniff, labor
3 20
John Callery (extra)
sweeping streets
20 50
6,681 50
$10,888 38 $10,888 38
CASH RECEIVED BY GEORGE D. RHODES AS SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1896.
Edward Gahagan . $ 5 00
E. Dempsey
.
.
·
1 00
L. H. Cook .
.
. 1 50
. .
15
James Lanigan
. . $ 2 50
Joseph McClure
·
·
· 5 00
Martin Coppinger
10 00
Dennis O'Connell
1 50
John Eldredge
1 00
James Walls
3 00
P. Ross
60
Indian Chief
1 50
G. Cenedella
6 75
P. Morgan
.
.
1 00
W. E. Cheney
·
.
3 50
R. Thayer
.
12 50
W. Bandy
50
M. McMahon
50 05
William Sprague
1 00
Waldo Phipps
25 00 ·
Sundry small bills collected .
8 70
John Cuddihy
12 00
$157 60
Uncollected Bills.
Patrick Minton, '95 .
. $2 00
Mrs. L. Graves, '94 .
·
.
2 60
H. W. Harvey, '93
·
·
9 50
James Kinney, '93 .
.
$17 10
INCIDENTALS.
By appropriation at March meeting $3,600 00
Amory rent received from state 362 50
Amount received from Washburn's Circus
25 00
Reynolds' Circus
25 00
66 Town Histories
4 00
66 66
H. E. Morgan, theatre li-
35 00
cense .
Amount received from auctioneer licenses 66 66 J. A. Taft, (Harrington case) . 20 50 ·
4 00
.
4 00
J. W. Roberts
.
·
.
·
·
·
·
3 00
·
16
Amount received from Kickapoo Medicine Co.
$25 00
W. E. Cheney 7 70
Pool and billiard licenses
10 00
Merry-go-round licenses
27 00
66
Palace Museum license
3 00
C. A. Lindeman
5 00
66
A. A. Jenkins, ink
2 00
66 Slaughter house license
. 2 00
R. H. Chamberlain, Chap-
ter 416.
127 50
Returns :---
Paid John M. Wood, death
returns
$17 50
M. W. Edwards, death returns
25 00
John J. Duggan, M. D.
birth returns . 25 75
M. W. Knight, M. D., birth returns . 11 75
Levi White, M. D., birth returns 3 50
Thos. Monroe, M. D., birth returns . 4 00
L. Blake, M. D., birth re- turns . 75
A. Osborne, M. D., birth returns 1 00
W. J. Clarke, M. D.,
birth returns .
.
3 00
$92 25
Sundries :- Paid P. M. Hunt, Ins. Board of Health $113 30 P. King, whitewashing for Board of Health . 1 00
R. Folger, rubber stamp 1 10
Macuen Bros. & Co., coal (Armory) 24 77 .
17
H. A. Barney, coal (Ar- mory) . $12 75
Fairbanks Scale Co., fix-
1
ing scales 4 31
C. H. Farrington, fixing ballot-box ·
9 00
Fred Lyons, burying 2 cats 1 00
P. B. Murphy, dog
blanks 4 00
James Burke, abating nuisance 1 00
M. W. Edwards, team for officers 1 00
P. M. Hunt, paid out abating nuisance 1 00
M. Broderick (circus
day) 4 00
John M. Wood, burial of G. Davis, jr., .
35 00
D. E. Casey, patrol 11 00
R. Merino, duty July 3 and 4 . 6 00
N. E. Gaskill, duty July 3 and 4 6 00
L. V. Corbett, duty July 3 and 4 . 6 00
D. Hayes, duty July 3 and 4 . 6 00
John Moore, duty July 3 and 4 4 00
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John Smith, duty July 3 and 4 6 00
C. H. Waters, duty July 3 and 4 6 00
M. G. Lynch, duty July 3 and 4 6 00
John T. Ryan, duty July 3 and 4 . 6 00
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E. J. Dalton, duty July 3 and 4 $ 5 00
M. Broderick, duty July 3 and 4 ·
5 00
M. McKeague, duty
(Sagwa Co.) ·
18 00
James W. Burke, duty July 3 and 4 . 6 00
H. C. Tilden, team for Assessors ·
10 00
H. J. Dearing, cask
(S. W. H.) 35
Clark Ellis & Sons, pipe and elbow (S. W. H.) . 1 16
L. E. Belknap, labor on cesspool (S. W. H.) ·
2 85
Jas. Flanigan, cleaning cesspool (S. W. H.) . Jas. Flanigan, cleaning cesspool (S. W. H.) .
6 00
12 00
John Coffey, labor on cesspool (S. W. H.) . 7 00 Jas. Flanigan, cleaning privy (S. W. H.) 2 00
John Coffey, labor(M.N.) 2 00
H. J. Dearing, cask (M. N.) 35
Clark Ellis & Sons, pipe and elbow (M. N.) 3 58
H. F. Haven, team, Board of Health 3 75
Thomas Kelly, duty Ju- ly 3 and 4 6 00
C. H. Collins, supplies, (Board of Health) 4 20
Williams & Williams, paid out recording lease . 70
19
C. J. Tagliabue, 1 pyrom- eter $ 12 00
P. Burns, killing and
burying dog . ·
1 00
W. Camel, killing and burying dog . 1 00
R. C. Eldridge, pens 75
E. J. Dalton, duty Field Day .
3 00
M. Broderick, duty Field Day 2 50
Otis Whitney & Son, la- bor, target shoot 9 40
10 00
. John Moore, dcg officer Gravity Ballot-Box Co., ballot-box 50 00
T. S. Johnson, recording By-Law .
1 25
H. W. Gaskill, survey and plan ·
8 00
H. L. Burbank, rebate on tax 3 64
M. Reynolds, watchman, Board of Health ·
18 00
M. P. Burns, watchman, Board of Health 15 00
S. Panello, watchman, Board of Health 3 25
D. E. Casey, watchman, Board of Health 21 0G
Greenough, Adams & Cushing, ink . 8 00
A. A. Jenkins, serving notices (S.W.H., M.N.) 4 00
John Wood, paid out on North Purchase ceme- tery 5 00
D. J. Lang, recording marriages, births and deaths 106 70
20
Hilton Bros. & Crofoot,
pipe and connection (S. W. H.) $5 00
G. F. Birch, expenses to Amesbury and New- ton 5 00
M. R. Warren, license blanks 7 50
₹672 16
Lighting :-
Paid Milford Gas Co., (Armory) . 77 94
Stationery :-
Paid Corlies, Macy & Co. check-book $27 50
Thomas Groom & Co.,
order books · 33 00
James Lally, jr., enve-
lopes and stamps 28 59
C. A. Cook, postage, etc. 5 31
Wheelock & Davis, re-
binding 5 00
D. J. Lang, express, post- age, etc. 24 70
Geo. W. Stacy, station- ery (Assessors) 21 79
Geo. W. Stacy, station- ery (Town Clerk) 5 78
151 67
Town meeting expenses :- Paid H. C. Snell, duty March meeting, 1894 . $ 5 50 O. D. Holmes, serving warrants, March, May and November 30 00
W. H. Carey, teller, March and November 10 00 H. B. Spaulding, teller, March . 8 00
21
A. H. Harding, teller, March . $ 5 00
John A. Cook, deputy inspector, March 5 00
Wm. C. Lang, teller,
March and November 10 00
W. Prentice Leland, tel- ler, March 8 00
D. P.Flynn, teller, March 8 00
T. F. Waters, teller, March and November W. F. Sherborne, teller, March . ·
13 00
8 00
James J. Connor, teller, March and November 13 00
D. H. Bates, teller, March and November, 13 00
A.D. White, teller, March and November 13 00
W. W. Pedrick, teller, March . 5 00
T. F. Quinn, teller,
March . 5 00
Archie Boyd, teller, March and November 13 00
J. T. Murphy, teller, March and November 13 00 T. F. Connors, inspector, March . 10 00
T. F. Connors, teller, No- vember 5 00
S. C. Sumner, inspector, March and November 20 00
Matthews & Webber, dinners, March 9 50
O.D.Holmes,duty, March, May and November 11 50
E. J. Dalton, duty, March and November 8 00
22
M. Broderick, duty, March and November $ 8 00
A. A. Jenkins, teller, March and November
13 00
J. F. McGuinness, din- ners, March and No- vember .
22 00
W. R. Hartshorne, tel- ler, March 8 00
M.Sweeney, teller, March 8 00
John Finnigan, teller, March 8 00
M. J. Kelly, teller, March 8 00
C. W. Harris, teller, March
5 00
Johh J. Quinlan, teller, March 8 00
P. H. Curran, checking, March and Nov. 20 00
A. W. Shedd, teller, March and Nov. 13 00
James O'Connor, jr., tel- ler, March 5 00
Wm. Fleming, lunch,
March 3 10
S. A. Eastman, deputy inspector, March 5 00
P. M. Hunt, duty, Mar. 5 00
J. P. Remick, teller, March 5 00
C. A. Sumner, teller, March and Nov. 13 00
John Smith,fixing booths 10 00
H. I. Carpenter, teller, March and Nov. 13 00
F. P. Dillon, teller, Mar. 8 00
D. J. Sullivan, deputy inspector, November 5 00
23
Lewis Hayden, teller,
November $ 5 00
Geo. W. Ellis, teller,
November 5 00
H. C. Tilden, teller, Nov. 5 00
C. A. Cook, deputy in- spector, November 5 00
R. H. Cochran, inspec-
tor, November 10 00
P. M. Hunt, duty, Nov. 3 00
Webber & Tobin, din- ner, November 10 50
$496 10
Rent :--
Paid C. R. Scott (Armory rooms) . $100 51
C. F. Claflin (Armory rooms) 458 37
J. T. Raftery, land for target shoot 15 00
573 88
Damage and law suits :--- Paid John P. Remick (set- tled by Selectmen in 1894). $600 00
T. Shea, settling up Remick case (settled by Selectmen in 1894) 50 00
Mrs. Geo. Sennott 50 00
700 00
Printing :- Paid Cook & Sons, Town . reports $328 20
Cook & Sons, ballots and cards 37 50
Cook & Sons, printing and advertising 196 33
Milford Daily News,
advertising 146 98
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G. M. Billings, printing
and advertising $141 40
G. M. Billings, Asses- sors' books 60 00
J. P. Gallagher, printing and advertising 73 00
M. Harris Avery, print- ing 3 00
$986 41
Burial lots :-
Paid Henry Hancock, care of lots . $15 00
Pine Grove Cem. Corp., care of lots 12 00
27 00
$3,777 41
Amount unexpended
507 79
$4,285 20 $4,285 20
SALARIES.
By appropriation .
. $7,600 00
Appropriation, November meeting
.
3,816 66
Paid E. J. Dalton, patrolman, balance due, 1894 $101 00
P. M. Hunt, patrolman, bal- ance due, 1894 . 18 00
James Howard, patrolman, balance due, 1894, 92 00
M. Broderick, patrolman, balance due, 1894, 61 00
John Moore, patrolman, balance due, 1894 111 25
T. F. Kelly, patrolman, balance due, 1894 146 25
J. A. Taft, Town solicitor, 1894 .
250 00
25
J. M. Eaton, M. D., Board of Health, 1894 . $150 00
W. J. Clarke, M. D., Board of Health, 1894 . 150 00
R. H. Cochran, Board of Health, 1894 150 00
Jas. W. Burke, balance due Overseer of Poor, 1894 . 50 00
C. L. Clark, balance due Overseer of Poor, 1894 . 175 00
H.C.Snell, balance due, 1894 289 29 Geo. E. Stacy, balance due Assessor, 1894 50 00
M. E. Nelligan, balance due Selectman, 1894 . 125 00
G. F. Birch, balance due Selectman, 1894 . 125 00
C. R. Scott, balance due Selectman, 1894 . 250 00
C. A. Cook, balance due Treasure, 1894 . 160 00
H. A. Brown, balance due Auditor, 1894 100 00
Waldo Phipps, inspector of cattle, 1894 300 00
$2,853 79
1895.
Paid D. J. Lang, Town Clerk 300 00
O. D. Holmes, watchman . 144 00
O.F. Croughwell, Registrar 100 00
H. J. Bailey, Registrar 100 00
W. S. V. Cooke, Registrar 100 00
D.J.Lang, Registrar(Clerk) 125 00
John Moore, police duty .
637 75
M. Broderick, 66
299 75
E. J. Dalton, 66
301 75
T. F. Kelly, 66
197 00
D. E. Casey, 66
234 75
James Howard, 66
365 00
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P. M. Hunt, police duty $238 50
P. M. Hunt, liquor officer . 100 00
D. J. Lang, Clerk of Se- lectmen . 300 00
H. A. Brown, Auditor
200 00
C. A. Cook, Treasurer,
300 00
W. P. Foley, taxes of 1893 60 00
W. P. Foley, taxes of 1894
470 00
W. P. Foley, taxes of 1895
525 00
D. J. Lang, marriages, births, and deaths 90 00
T. H. Coyne, Assessor
138 25
H. C. Tilden,
175 62
H. C. Snell, liquor officer
800 00
A. A. Jenkins, Selectman G. F. Birch, 66
250 00
250 00
Geo. S. Whitney, 66
250 00
C. L. Clark, Overseer of Poor 325 00
John Smith, Overseer of Poor
100 00
James W. Burke, Over- seer of Poor 100 00
George E. Stacy, Assessor
225 00
W. J. Clarke, M. D., Board of Health 150 00
J. M. Eaton, M. D., Board of Health 150 00
R. H. Cochran, Board of Health 150 00
J. A. Taft, Solicitor ·
250 00
D. J. Lang, sealer of
weights and measures 50 00
$11,416 66
$11,416 66 $11,416 66
STREET LIGHTS.
By appropriation .
$6,200 00
27
Paid Milford Electric Light
and Power Co. . . $3,994 74
Globe Gas Light Co. 223 02
Milford Gas Co. .
165 00
M. H. Finn 958 47
Globe Gas Light Co., glass 14 75
Globe Gas Light Co., 36 lanterns . 90 00
Boston & Albany R. R., freight on lanterns 1 73
M. H. Finn, carting lan- terns 1 50
Globe Gas Light Co., frames
17 00
B. & A. R. R., freight on frames 25
M. H. Finn, putting down and removing posts 16 00
C. H. Farrington, repairs on lamps 2 50
$5,484 96
Amount unexpended
715 04
$6,200 00 $6,200 00
INTEREST.
By appropriation
$4,900 00
Paid Milford Savings Bank . $3,293 17
National Hide and Leather
Bank 900 00
Milford Co-operative Bank 38 89
P. P. Field 168 41
$4,400 47
Amount unexpended
499 53
$4,900 00
$4,900 00
TOWN DEBT.
By appropriation
Paid Milford Savings Bank .
$5,700 00
$5,700 00
$5,700 00 $5,700 00
28
WATER FOR FIRE PURPOSES.
By appropriation
$5,200 00
Paid Milford Water Co. rent of hydrants
$5,162 75
Amount unexpended
37 25
$5,200 00 $5,200 00
MEMORIAL HALL.
By appropriation, March 66 November
·
$550 00
Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., rent
·
·
76 00
Paid Martin Jenkins, janitor
$300 00
Milford Water Co., water
50 61
Milford Gas Co., gas
30 78
Clark Ellis & Sons, labor and supplies
25 86
Jos. Regan, labor .
·
7 75
A. H. Sweet, supplies
2 30
Mrs. Magee, labor .
4 50
J. H. Morris, fixing slate .
6 00
T. E. Morse, finishing in- side hall
115 00
Mrs. A. S. Pickering, labor and repairs 5 73
Otis Whitney & Son, fixing register .
3 93
Henry Willard, repairs
37 06
Williams Bros., coal
105 00
C. H. Farrington, repairs .
2 50
$697 02
$697 02
$697 02
TOWN HALL.
By appropriation .
$400 00
Cash, rent of court room .
.
·
300 00
; Cash, rent of Town Hall .
·
220 50
Paid John Smith, janitor $300 00
·
71 02
29
John Smith, janitor, bal-
ance due, 1894 . $ 12 50
John Smith, for sundries . 12 10
Clark. Ellis & Sons, repairs and supplies 75 89
Clark Ellis & Sons, fixing stove
3 50
Milford Water Co., water .
25 41
Milford Gas Co.
156 96
C. W. Wilcox, repairing clock
2 00
Hixon Bros., mirror
1 00
C. A. Hill, labor
4 80
George Smith, labor
1 50
W. H. Britton, labor
3 70
W. S. Wood & Co., supplies
5 79
C. M. Thayer & Co., sup- plies
13 50
W. A. Mathewson, crackers
7 65
S. Mathewson, crackers ·
9 65
Milford Gas Co., burner .
2 60
Williams Bros., coal
131 25
James McDermott, setting
glass .
4 25
Otis Whitney & Son, book- case
29 92
Otis Whitney & Son, labor, locks 4 00
L. A. Cook, coal and wood 25 50
Eldredge & Beatty, labor . 12 51
J. Allen Rice, supplies
5 25
$851 23
Amount unexpended .
. 69 27
$920 50
$920 50.
MEMORIAL DAY.
By appropriation
$150 00
Paid H. J. Bailey for Post 22, G. A. R.
$150 00
$150 00
$150 00
·
.
30
SIDEWALKS.
By appropriation
Concrete :-
Paid T. Burtt Pratt $779 10
Material and labor :-
Paid Highway Dep't, labor 71 50
J. W. Anderson, curb- ing 48 00
Highway Dep't, setting curbing and drawing gravel
127 71
$1,026 31
By betterments collected and paid Treas .:-
1894, Frank Fairbanks $10 31
1894, Granite Block estate 11 00
1895, Mrs. Sabrina Daniels 5 00
26 31
$1,026 31 $1,026 31
By betterments uncollected :- -
Mrs. Thomas Sheehan
.
. $ 7 50
Mrs. John Nolan . ·
33 50
Michael Sheehan .
·
7 50
Otis Nelson
47 25
Thomas Nelson
31 00
Fred Ellis .
52 00
W. H. Baker
5 25
Stephen Sweet
17 75 .
$201 75
STATE AID.
Aid paid various persons
$6,099 00
By amount paid due from state $6,099 00
$6,099 00
$6,099 00
MILITARY AID.
By appropriation .
$300 00
Aid paid various persons . $740 00
.
.
.
.
.
$1,000 00
31
By one-half amount paid due from
state ·
·
Amount exceeded .
.
$740 00
$740 00 i
CHAPTER 298-SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
By appropriation, March
$2,000 .00
By appropriation, November
250 26
Aid paid various persons
$2,250 26
$2,250 26 $2,250 26
WATER STREET.
By appropriation
·
$5,000 00 .
Cash from Geo. D. Rhodes
25 00 1
Paid Highway Department, labor pay roll
$2,866 32
Dexter Cushman, land for
gravel 150 00
Darling Bros., stone and covering 38 50
J. W. Anderson, stone steps 25 00
Williams Bros., cement
6 80
Ford & Kimball, sewer
grates 48 00
Mrs. A. S. Pickering, labor 2 00
Charles Emery, labor 6 40
Hussey Bros., planing
3 38
Otis Whitney & Son, rail- ing 22 20
L. E. Belknap, 2 drags ·
10 00
Z. C. Field, lumber
.
12 40
D. B. Rockwood, repairs .
4 85
Clark. Ellis & Sons, sup- plies ·
76 53
E. E. Vaughan, supplies . 17 87
$370 00
70 00
:
-
3.2
James A. Boyce, repairs $ 9 91
B. Masterson, sharpening drills 5 10
W. Prentiss, posts 2 50
Charles Lanee, labor
1 80
Mrs. A. S. Pickering, use of derrick 10 00
Michael Kelly, labor 7 40
Daniel Doherty, labor
2 20
T. N. Ide, repairs .
13 32
Andrew Clines, labor
6 00
B. & A. R. R., freight on grates
1 80
Macuen Bros., man and
team 47 50
J. E. Macuen, man and team 44 00
P. Dwyer, 66
188 00
W. T. Claflin, 66
57 00
Wm. Hines, 66
59 20
Wm. Johnston & Co., man and team 178 43
J. F.Haskell, man and team 8 00
Bridget Flanigan, man and team 134 00
T. Hanigan, man and team
10 00
Wm. Ahearn,
55 67
T. Quirk, 6.
335 82
E. Casey, 66
135 11
Fire Department «
226 25
Walter Thompson, man
team
10 00
H. A. Barney, man and team 118 90
Peter F. Curley, building wall 54 75
Braman Dow & Co., pipe
for railing · 12 09 .
$5,025 00
.
$5,025 00 $5,025 00
33
SOUTH UNION STREET.
By appropriation
$150 00
Paid L. W. Moore, labor
$150 00
$150 00
$150 00
HOLLISTON ROAD.
By appropriation
$400 00
Paid Highway Dep't pay roll $295 50
L. W. Moore, labor 80 00 J. F. Haskell, man and team ·
24 50
$400 00
$400 00
$400 00
HOOK AND LADDER HOUSE (UNFINISHED).
By appropriation .
$5,500 00 ·
Cash, old building
50 00
Paid Milford Daily News, advertising $ 1 50
E. F. Lynch, part payment 3,700 00
-
$3,701 50
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