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TOWN
LIBR
MILFORD
A
No. 544 Letter
TWO WEEKS, Fine 2 cts. for each day after.
1858.
INSTITUTED
AUG. 30,
BOUND BY
DURA BINDING CO. MARLBORO, MASR.
1901-1904 4 0 4 5 2 24 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, 1902.
MILFORD, MASS. : G. M. BILLINGS, PRINTER, GAZETTE OFFICE. 1902.
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN.
GEORGE P. COOKE, ABBOTT A. JENKINS, JOSEPH F. HICKEY. TOWN CLERK. JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN. TOWN TREASURER. CLIFFORD A. COOK.
TAX COLLECTOR. AUDITOR. WILLIAM P. FOLEY. THOMAS F. MANNING.
ASSESSORS.
GEORGE E. STACY,
SULLIVAN C. SUMNER, JOHN F. BARRETT. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH,
JAMES W. BURKE. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GEORGE E. STACY,
GILBERT M. BILLINGS,
WALDO B. WHITING, RICHARD GILFOYLE,
JOHN C. LYNCH, WILLIAM J. WELCH.
BOARD OF HEALTH. CHARLES H. COLE, M. D., DANIEL T. SULLIVAN, M. D. ALFRED A. BURRELL. TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHAS. A. DEWEY, OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, PATRICK E. SWEENEY, NATHAN W. HEATH, JAMES S. MULLANE.
NATHANIEL F. BLAKE,
CHARLES W. JOHNSON, GEORGE L. MAYNARD,
TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY. HENRY C. SKINNER, THOMAS LILLEY, WILLIAM C. MORRISON, WILLIAM EMERY.
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CONSTABLES.
PATRICK J. BIRMINGHAM, LAWRENCE V. CORBETT, THOMAS F. KELLEY,
MARTIN BRODERICK,
OLIVER D. HOLMES,
WILLIAM J. CORBETT,
MICHAEL W. EDWARDS,
EDWARD .J. DALTON,
CHARLES H. WATERS,
NAUM GASKILL,
WILLIAM E. HAYES, JAMES HOWARD,
CHARLES CARUSO, JOHN MOORE,
DAVID E. CASEY.
FIELD DRIVERS.
JOHN SHOCKROW, EDMUND MURPHY.
FENCE VIEWERS.
ISAAC N. DAVIS, GEORGE S. WHITNEY, CHESTER L. CLARK.
TREE WARDEN. THOMAS GILMORE.
PARK COMMISSIONERS. WILLIAM H. BOURNE, CHARLES W. WILCOX, MICHAEL McKEAGUE.
POUND KEEPER. EDMUND MURPHY.
Officers Appointed by the Selectmen. ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JOHN H. SCOTT, ALBERT O. HERSEY,
LAWRENCE V. CORBETT, L. E. BELKNAP, CHARLES H. COOK. REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
HENRY J. BAILEY, WENDELL WILLIAMS,
JAMES J. CLANCY, JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Clerk.
TOWN SOLICITOR. SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
JESSE A. TAFT. MAURICE E. NELLIGAN.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. JOHN SMITH. JAMES J. SMITH, Assistant.
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LOCKUP KEEPER. JOHN SMITH.
JANITOR OF MEMORIAL HALL. JANITOR OF TOWN HALL. JOHN SMITH.
MARTIN JENKINS.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
AUGUSTUS STEVENS,
F. T. QUIRK,
GEORGE A. MOORE,
H. A. BARNEY,
LEWIS H. BARNEY,
ARTHUR A. JENKINS,
HAROLD M. CURTISS,
CHARLES S. MULLANE,
J. A. WALLACE,
MORTIMER EDWARDS.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
JAMES S. MULLANE,
JOHN SMITH,
F. T. QUIRK,
LEWIS H. BARNEY,
ARTHUR A. JENKINS,
H. A. BARNEY,
HAROLD M. CURTISS,
J. A. WALLACE,
CHARLES S. MULLANE,
MORTIMER EDWARDS.
POLICE OFFICERS.
LEONARD ALDRICH, JOHN SMITH,
E. J. NUTTER,
MATTHEW BURNS,
*DANIEL HAYES, W. N. PRENTISS,
JOHN T. RYAN,
JAMES J. SMITH,
P. M. HUNT,
PATRICK J. DUDDY,
M. MARCUS MORAN,
MICHAEL McKEAGUE, M. G. LYNCH, RAPHAEL MARINO,
GEORGE JULIAN,
MATHEW FITZPATRICK,
BENJAMIN VITILINI,
MICHAEL J. MCCARTHY,
NELSON SHERMAN,
JOHN H. SCOTT,
WALDO D. WHITE, WILLIAM E. HOGAN, JOSEPH MORCONE.
EDWARD H. WHEELER,(R. R. Police Officer, G. & U. R. R.) FRANK M. HOWE, (R. R. Police Officer G. & U. R. R.) JAMES S. MULLANE, (R. R. Police Officer for N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.) MARCUS Q. JACKSON, (R. R. Police Officer B. & A. R. R. *Died Sept. 25, 1901.
JOHN LAWSON,
TIMOTHY KIRBY, MARTIN JENKINS,
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INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS. JAMES M. COUGHLIN.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. EDWARD E. COOK.
INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM. THOMAS J. LYNCH.
BURIAL AGENTS.
H. A. POND,
B. H. MONTAGUE.
GRAND JUROR. RICHARD D. CARROLL.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
ALFRED A. BURRELL, PATRICK H. CARR,
GEORGE E. STACY,
GEORGE H. FULLER,
PATRICK KING,
SOLON S. COOK,
JOHN H. SIDLEY, HENRY A. POND,
DAVIS H. BATES, PATRICK LARKIN,
PATRICK H. FITZGERALD.
Appointed by Overseers of the Poor. TOWN PHYSICIAN. JOHN J. DUGGAN, M. D.
APPROPRIATIONS.
At a legal meeting held March 22, 1901, and adjourned meeting held April 1, 1901 :-
Highways
·
$12,000. 00
Incidentals
4,000 00
Memorial Hall
600 00
Street lights .
6,800 00
Town library
. Dog tax and
600 00
Schools and repairs
34,000 00
Poor department .
14,000 00
Interest
·
5,900 00
Water for fire purposes
.
5,600 00
Vernon Grove cemetery
150 00
Military aid
100 00
Fire department :-
Pay of members $5,600 00
Incidentals
1,500 00
New hose
300 00
Coats and hats .
500 00
7,900 00
Memorial Day
165 00
Town park
300 00
Sidewalks .
1,000 00
Town debt
11,700 00
Soldiers' relief
3,000 00
Chapter 440, Acts of 1890
1,000 00
Town Hall
600 00
Emergency fund
1,000 00
Salaries
8,500 00
Watering streets .
1,200 00
Care of shade trees
300 00
Fire alarm box-Water street
225 00
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School street sewer . $ 800 00
Bragg street 100 00
Church street extension, damages
500 00
Electric light corner Main and
Spring streets . 100 00
July 15, 1901, meeting :-
Prentice avenue 200 00
November 11, 1901, meeting :-
Orrin street 150 00
December 9, 1901, meeting :-
Land damages, Congress street
250 00
Hook and Ladder house, roof re- pairs 250 00
Highway department
2,000 00
$124,980 00
July 15, 1901, meeting :- Grading and furnishing new high school, loan $6,000 00 November 11, 1901, meeting :- Fire escape Town farm, loan ;. $400 00
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
Total Expense.
Balance Unexpended.
Exceeded Appropriation.
Highways
$14,894 28
$175 00
Incidentals
4,450 06
526 94
Street lights
.
6,483 96
416 04
Salaries
8,495 95
4 05
Memorial Hall
587 02
13 98
Town Hall
1,431 93
5 07
Town library
1,370 10
63 37
Schools
34,077 62
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Poor department
18,644 61
18 43
Repairs Town farm .
364 37
35 63
Interest
5,597 31
302 69
Water for fire purpo- ses
5,546 67
53 33
Vernon Grove ceme-
tery
659 35
Military aid .
84 00
58 00
Fire department, pay
of members
5,822 62
Incidentals
1,983 70
1 18
New hose
300 00
Coats and hats
499 50
50
Fire alarm box
224 03
97
State aid
5,580 00
Memorial Day
165 00
Town park .
249 32
' 50 68
Town debt
.
11,700 00
Sidewalks
2,053 82
172 72
Chapter 298, soldiers' relief .
3,092 99
265 01
IO
Chapter 440, Acts of 1890
$ 1,855 93
Emergency fund
500 00
Watering streets
1,795 28
$
33
Care of trees
250 95
49 05
School street sewer
800 00
Bragg street .
100 00
Church street exten-
sion, damages
500 00
Electric light, corner Main and Spring streets ·
100 00
New Town Hall
17,567 25
11 60
New high school
·
38,678 96
664 99
Furnishing high
school
3,556 56
2,443 44
Prentice avenue
200 00
Orrin street .
150 00
Land damages, Con- gress street
250 00
Repairs hook and lad- der house
250 00
$200,663 15
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
HIGHWAYS.
By appropriation . $14,000 00
Cash from M. E. Nelligan, superintendent 835 70 ·
Cash from various persons To Sundries :-
233 58
Paid Milford Gas Light Co. $ 5 61
Milford Water Co. 8 00
Dr. A. W. Baker, doctor- ing horses 2 00
Dr. Wm. Wallace, doc-
toring horses 48 50
James Donahoe, use of
driveway to pit 20 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight 2 61
M. E. Nelligan 24 25
Dr. H. H. Newcomb, pro- fessional services 3 00
Henry W. Gaskill, profes-
sional services . 46 00
$ 159 97
Hay and grain: -
Paid S. A. Eastman .
$ 295 70
Prentice & Son
439 28
James Lally
·
263 74
P. Lynch . 47 70
B. T. Clancy
39 00
I. N. Davis
72 40
1,157 82
Supplies :-
Paid E. E. Vaughan . $53 80
J. W. O'Connor, boots .
3 00
E. C. Claflin, paint
2 70
12
L. P. Jones, oil
$
5 00
C. L. Fair .
27 00
Harold M. Curtiss
83 86
H. A. Barney ·
5 78
Mrs. F. T. Quirk
.
10 10
Hersey & Annette
1 10
Patrick Quinn, hammer
handles . 2 25
R. Folger .
.
18 20
Williams Bros.
7 13
James McDermott
2 70
J. J. O'Connor, rubber
boots 6 00
G. C. Adams, wheel-jack .
1 41
Norris & Staples .
39 86
W. N. Prentiss, drag
5 50
C. A. Hill
8 31
James Woodard, wagon- jack
4 75
S. A. Eastman
1 46
J. L. Mott, iron works
54 00
Milford Water Co., pipe
22 40
P. Lynch, lanterns
3 26
John J. Hennessey
2 00
Otis Whitney & Son
50
Franklin Iron Foundry
35 79
Edwards & Mullane
5 62
Cooney & Higgiston
2 00
Tewksbury & Weir
33 18
Fred Cheney, painting car- riage
12 00
P. H. Gaffney, oil .
2 50
C. M. Thayer
3 89
Clark Ellis & Sons
153 25
H. S. Cushman
47 45
G. E. Stacy, stationery 3 66
A. H. Sweet, drugs
2 75
.
·
$674 16
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13
Repairs :-
Paid James A. Boyce, black-
smith $ 69 14
T. E. Glennon, blacksmith 47 20
James H. Murphy, black- smith
60 50
Ira N. Ide, blacksmith
29 82
L. Grow & Son, blacksmith
2 75
L. E. Belknap, black- smith 109 21
$ 331 62
Material :-
Paid Norcross Bros., crushed
stone
$701 91
E. B. Taft, gravel .
35 10
B. F. Cook, gravel 8 60
Rupert F. Bates, plank
92 50
Macuen Bros., lumber 13 80
J. E. Macuen, lumber .
2 50
Z. C. Field, lumber
7 00
861 41
Labor and team work :-
Paid labor as per warrant . $9,781 20
M. E. Nelligan, Supt. ·
1,100 00
C. O. Woodbury . 546 00
Milford Fire Department .
143 00
J. F. Haskell
5 50
Wm. Johnston & Co.
26 50
G. A. Sherborne
·
61 75
F. T. Quirk .
5 00
John Flanagan, labor
9 00
Patrick Lowery, labor
5 00
P. J. Shea, labor .
3 00
Toney Presto, labor
15 30
Joseph Morcone, labor
1 20
N. Spindel, labor
2 80
John Fitzpatrick .
13 80
Walter A. Gaskill .
3 25
.
11,722 30
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Amount unexpended
$ 175 00
$15,069 28 $15,069 28
CASHI RECEIVED BY M. E. NELLIGAN AS SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND PAID TO TOWN TREASURER, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1902.
Joseph Lebbossiere
$ 2 50
William Greenwood
5 00
William Phillips .
1 00
John Moore
4 00
Cash
1 00
P. Doyle
1 00
P. H. Powers
17 50
G. C. Adams
20 00
M. W. Edwards
3 00
William Bandy
35
Emmons Fletcher .
50
Matthew Mullane .
1 50
B. T. Clancy ·
15 00
L. K. Barber
4 05
W. II. Sprague
1 00
Street Watering Dept., use of horses, etc.
758 30
$835 70
CASH PAID DIRECTLY TO C. A. COOK, TOWN TREASURER, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1902.
Peter Curley
$ 1 75
Charles Gillon
.
2 00
G. B. Williams
9 10
George Scripture .
2 00
A. A. Jenkins
19 40
Trinity Parish
76 50
E. F. Lynch
50 63
Harry W. Chapin
22 13
C. F. Claflin
38 62
Rev. J. T. Canavan
.
4 00
.
. ·
15
Milford Water Co.
$ 5 65
Newcomb Heirs
1 80
$233 58
INCIDENTALS.
By appropriation
. $4,000 00
Armory rent received from state . 400 00
Amount received from pool and billiard licenses 35 00
66 66 auction eers' licenses
20 00
66
66
miscellaneous licenses
282 00
fines, Chapter 416
144 00
66
66
lockup keys
7 00
66
66
Mr. Chichi, for old boiler
10 00
66
Town Histories . 6 00
66
66 proceeds of auction at
Town Hall
73 00
$4,977 00
Printing :-
Paid Herald Publishing Co., Town Reports
$ 200 00
Cook & Sons, printing and advertising
202 65
G. M. Billings, printing and advertising . 118 94
Milford Daily News, ad- vertising
70 06
$591 65
Armory expenses :-
Paid C. F. Claflin, rent
$500 04
Milford Gas Co. .
96 73
Edwards & Mullane, coal
15 04
Macuen Bros., coal
36 88
Allowance for rifle range, 1901
35 00
683 69
Burial lots :-
Paid trustees of Vernon Grove cemetery, care of lots $84 42
.
16
Trustees of Pine Grove cemetery, care of lots .
$ 15 00 Wm. Emery, care of North Purchase cemetery 5 00
$ 104 42
Returns :-
Paid Dr. George F. Curley, return of births $18 75
Dr. Le Grande Blake, re- turn of births 3 00
Dr. M. W. Knight, return of births . 8 00
Dr. T. W. Monroe, return of births 4 00
· Dr. J. J. Duggan, return of births 23 50
Dr. D. T. Sullivan, return of births 3 75
Dr. P. F. Gardiner, return of births 5 00
Dr. Charles H. Cole, re- turn of births . Dr. W. J. Clarke, return of births ·
1 50
2 25
Dr. Harvey, return of births 1 25
M. W. Edwards, death re- turns 27 00
Emery & Wood, death re- turns 43 50
Town meeting expenses :- Paid O. D. Holmes, printing and posting warrants $ 27 50 C. H. Waters, printing and posting warrants 17 00 E. J. Dalton, police duty March and November meetings 6 00
141 50
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M. Broderick, police duty March and November meetings $ . 6 00
Thomas F. Kelley, police duty November meeting 2 50 II. C. Snell, police duty March and November meetings 11.50
Tellers and officers, March 5
224.00
Tellers and officers No- vember 6 117 .00
1
John Smith, labor on
booths .
5 00
Weed Bros., labor on
31 97
.
Board of Health :-
Paid A. B. Morse, supplies $ 44 30
P. M. Hunt, inspector 282 35
Daily News, advertising .
37 40
Cook & Sons, advertising
73 15
30 00
G. M. Billings, advertising C. H. Cole, M. D., profes- sional services . 9 82
Daniel T. Sullivan, M. D., professional services 19 66
Battista Barberi, burying dog
1 00
Vincenzo Calabresse, bury- ing horse 2 00
Williams Collins, burying cat
50
Thomas Hynes, burying cat
50
Edward Dunphy, burying dog ·
1 00
Joseph Milani, burying
three cats 1 50
$448 47
booths
18
Charles T. McCarty, bury-
ing cat . $ 75
James Connor, burying cat 50
Sanitary Construction Co., supplies . 6 50
Red Cross Chemical Co., supplies . 4 35
S. E. Hapgood, carriage 12 00
A. H. Sweet, supplies 32 45
Jas. M. Coughlin, inspector of meat and provisions . 47 40
E. D. Taylor, supplies 25 00
E. J. Dalton, police duty .
19 25
T. F. Kelly, police duty . Avery & Woodbury, sup- plies 50
15 25
Charles H. Waters, police duty 2 00
$669 13
Sundries :-
Paid Milford Water Co., Pur- chase street trough $40 00
Milford Water Co., Lincoln Square trough .
40 00
Milford Water Co., Lin- colnįSquare fountain 4 00
John Usher, West street trough
7 00
S. C. Sumner, carriage and hire
21 00
George A. Sherborne, fire duty 23 50
John Nelligan, fire duty
9 00
J. B. Price, care of clock . 6 00
C. A. Hill, repairs 3 75
Avery & Woodbury 50 S. E. Hapgood, carriage hire 9 00
19
W. J. Corbett, labor town
clerk's office $16 60
Highway department,labor 96 00
Hammond Typewriter Co. 4 10
Tewksbury & Weir
18 00
J. Davoren
10 00
C. A. Cook, professional services . .
5 50
W. C. Gillman, boxes
1 20
Fairbanks & Co., repairing scales
46 78
Waldo D. White, lockup
keys returned . 1 00
Mrs. Daniel Hayes, lockup keys returned 1 00
Michael Larkin, lockup
keys returned 1 00
Adams Express Co. 3 40
Charles Tufts, rebate on tax
3 76
Otis Whitney & Son, labor
34
C. F. Davis, labor on town bounds 8 00
$380 43
Insurance :-
Paid John P. Remick $ 50 00
W. J. Walker & Co.
100 00
Lewis Hayden
·
150 00
H. A. Daniels
279 99
F. E. Mann & Co. . 100 00
Leander Holbrook 100 84
Joseph F. Hickey .
30 00
810 83
McKinley Memorial services:
Paid G. M. Billings, printing 40 50
Daily News, advertising 70
W. J. Corbett, labor 11 81
Miss Annie Lawless, flags 3 75
20
T. J. Kelley & Co., bunting $ 9 77 George P.Walcott, bunting 90 09
G. E. Raney & Co., bunting 17 35
Weed Bros., labor 22 73 ·
Trowbridge Piano Co., use of piano . 8 00
E. B. Stowe, music, etc. .
4 00
Franklin Tompkins, pic- tures .60
$209 30
Damages awarded :-
Paid H. Phipps, repair of team ·
$ 2 00
Bee Hive Grocery Co., re- pair of team ·
2 30
M. Sheehan, injuries at gravel pit
56 00
60 30
Extra police services :- Paid C. A. Sumner, fire . po- lice
$ 3 50
E. J. Dalton, dog officer 10 00
July 3 and 4 as per. war- rant 147 50
H. C. Snell, fire police 28 11
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Stationery :-
Paid John T. McLoughlin $ 19 09
George E. Stacy . 31 83
Carter Ink Co., ink 1 25
George G. Cook, P. M., stamped envelopes . 10 70
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks 4 75
Adams, Cushing & Foster 3 50
Henry M. Meek
1 11
F. S. Blanchard, order
books 42 00
F. S. Webster
1 25
2 I
Corliss, Macy & Co.,
checks
$ 31 00
Hobbs, Warren Co.
11 50
Amount unexpended · 526 94
$157 98
$4,977 00 $4,977 00
SALARIES.
By appropriation $8,500
Paid J. A. Taft, due from last year
$269 15
C. A. Cook, due from last year 100 00
C. A. Cook, treasurer, on account . 200 00
George P. Cooke, selectman .
250 00
Abbott A. Jenkins, selectman :
250 00 ·
Joseph F. Hickey, selectman. .
250 00
C. L. Clark, overseer of the poor
325 00
John Smith, overseer of poor . 100 00
James W. Burke, overseer of poor 100 00
T. F. Manning, auditor
200 00
George E. Stacy, assessor, due from last year 339 50
John F. Barrett, assessor
297 50
S. C. Sumner, assessor
.
378 00
R. Marino, assisting assessors ·
42 00
E. E. Cook, inspector of cattle
218 75
James M. Coughlin, inspector of
meats and provisions 85 20 .
HI. J. Bailey, registrar .. .
100 00
James J. Clancy, registrar
·
100 00
Wendell Williams, registrar . .
100 00
John T. McLoughlin, clerk of regis- trars . 125 00 '
John T. McLoughlin, clerk of select-
men 250 00
John T. McLoughlin, town clerk 300 00
W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1898 65 20 .
W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1899
150 00
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W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1900 $500 00 Daniel T. Sullivan, M. D., board of health 50 00
A. A. Burrell, board of health
50 00
W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1901
600 00
O. D. Holmes, watchman
144 00
John Moore, police duty
656 50
James Howard, police duty
242 00
E. J. Dalton, police duty
349 00
M. Broderick, police duty 299 75
D. E. Casey, police duty
240 00
T. F. Kelly, police duty
162 50
John T. McLoughlin, recording births, deaths and marriages 225 40
Company M, M. V. M., range allow-
ance .
35 00
George E. Stacy, assessor, 1901 346 50
Amount unexpended .
4 05
$8,500 00 $8,500 00
WATER FOR FIRE PURPOSES.
By appropriation
$5,600 00
Paid Milford Water Co., rent of hy-
drants
. $5,546 67
Amount unexpended
53 33
$5,600 00 $5,600 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
By appropriation
·
$165 00
Paid H. J. Bailey, for Post 22, G. A. R.
$165 00
$165 00
$165 00
TOWN DEBT.
By appropriation
.
.
$11,700 00
Paid Milford Savings Bank
.
. $11,700 00
$11,700 00 $11,700 00
·
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INTEREST.
By appropriation
$5,900 00
Paid Milford Savings Bank
. $5,597 31
Amount unexpended
302 69
$5,900 00 $5,900 00
EMERGENCY FUND.
By appropriation
$500 00
Paid Highway Dept., labor
·
$444 70
A. T. Macuen, labor
23 80
James E. Macuen, labor
5 00
Frank T. Quirk, labor
7 50
E. A. Kinsman, labor .
15 50
E. W. Mowry, labor
.
1 30
C. F. Davis, labor
.
2 20
$500 00
$500 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF_CHAPTER 298.
By appropriation
$3,000 00
Cash from Town of Upton
78 00
Cash from indigent soldiers' and sail- ors' fund .
280 00
To amount paid various persons . $3,092 99
Amount unexpended .
265 01
$3,358 00 $3,358 00
STATE AID.
Aid paid various persons
· $5,580 00
By amount paid by state
.
·
$5,580 00 $5,580 00
MILITARY AID.
By appropriation
$100 00
Aid paid various persons
$84 00
By one-half amount paid, due from state
.
42 00
Amount unexpended
58 00
.
.
.
.
$5,580 00
$142 00 $142 00
24
STREET LIGHTS.
By appropriation
$6,800 00
Cash, extra appropriation, Spring
street electric light .
100 00
Paid Milford Electric Light & Power Co. $5,260 81 Frank Cahill
1,223 15 .
Amount unexpended
416 04
$6,900 00 $6,900 00
WATERING STREETS.
By appropriation $1,200 00
Amount received from W. P. Foley, tax
collector 595 61
Paid Milford Water Co. .
$548 03
Milford Fire Department, use of horses
564 50
Highway Department, use of horses .
632 05
L. Grow & Son
49 70
J. L. & H. K. Potter, supplies
1 00
Amount unexpended .
33
$1,795 61 $1795 61
CARE OF TREES.
By appropriation ·
$300 00
l'aid Thomas Gilmore, tree warden $167 20
Miss Mary E. Cutler, trees
83 75
Amount unexpended .
49 05
$300 00
$300 00
PRENTICE AVENUE.
By appropriation
$200 00
Paid Highway Department, labor $200 00
$200 00
$200 00
25
SCHOOL STREET SEWERS.
By appropriation
$800 00
·
Paid Cenedella' Bros., labor .
$466 44 .
Norris & Staples, pipe
333 56
$800 00 $800 00
BRAGG STREET.
By appropriation
$100 00
Paid Highway Department
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
DAMAGES.
By appropriation, Church street exten- sion .
$500 00
Paid M. W. Knight, M. D.
$500 00
$500 00
$500 00
LAND DAMAGES, CONGRESS STREET.
By appropriation
$250 00
Paid Heath, Hale, et al. .
$250 00
-
$250 00
$250 00
ELECTRIC
LIGHT, CORNER MAIN
AND
SPRING
STREETS.
By appropriation
$100 00
Paid Street Lights appropriation
$100 00
$100 00 $100 00
ORRIN STREET.
By appropriation
$150 00
Paid Highway Department, labor ·
$150 00
$150 00
$150 00
·
26
REPAIRS HOOK AND LADDER HOUSE.
By appropriation
$250 00
Balance on hand
$250 00
$250 00 $250 00
[NOTE-Contract for above repairs not complete Feb. 1, 1902.]
MEMORIAL HALL.
By appropriation
Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., rent .
1 00
Paid Martin Jenkins, janitor
$275 00
Milford Water Co.
38 71
Milford Gas Co.
45 29
John Coffey, labor
3 00
Shea & O'Neil, supplies
1 00
Otis Whitney & Son, repairs
4 99
C. A. Hill, repairs
6 34
Dwight Tower, repairs ,
1 50
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
19 49
Avery & Woodbury, duster
2 50
J. L. Buxton, repairs
1 70
H. M. Curtiss, coal
62 50
Macuen Bros., coal
125 00
Amount unexpended
13 98
$601 00
$601 00
TOWN HALL.
By appropriation
$600 00
Cash, rent of court room
425 00
Cash, rent of Town Hall
412 00
Paid John Smith, janitor
$320 00
John Smith, supplies .
3 00
Milford Water Co.
39 10
Milford Gaslight Co. .
69 19
W. A. Mathewson, crackers
13 07
C. A. Hill, repairs
10 69
Weed Bros., repairs .
12 01
.
.
·
$600 00
27
C. M. Thayer, supplies
$ 23 02
Williams Bros., coal
.
47 50
Harold M. Curtiss, coal
121 81
H. A. Barney, coal
94 75
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
24 99
George P. Cooke, supplies
2 00
Empire Palm Oil Co., oil
6 00
Bigelow & Dowse, ash-barrels
30 00
J. B. Price, care of clock H. M. Curtiss, lime
25
John Hayes, labor
75
William Burns, labor .
75
Mrs. Mary Grant, labor
12 15
Mrs. M. Ahern, labor .
3 00
W. J. Corbett, labor
1 00
John Gerstner, labor .
9 40
Cooney & Higgiston, labor
1 30
H. H. Lent, labor
1 67
James J. Smith, labor
46 40
F. W. Draper, supplies
12 50
Coughlin Bros., express
1 50
Edwards & Mullane, coal
125 00
James Lilley, painting and lettering . 15 70
Milford Electric Light & Power Co.
235 38
E. F. Lynch, labor 70 29
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.
12 76
John Smith, care of lockup
40 00
Amount unexpended .
5 07
$1,437 00 $1,437 00
ENLARGEMENT OF TOWN HALL.
By amount on hand $17,578 85 ·
Paid E. F. Lynch, contractor
. $10,950 40
R. A. Cook, architect . 720 36 .
C. L. Fair, lettering granite slab 40 00
R. Hollings & Co., gas and electric fixtures 1,157 57
25 00
28
Morris, Ireland Safe Co., vault doors $ 120 00
Avery & Woodbury, seats 1,748 52
William Johnston & Co., teaming 47 02
Cook & Sons, advertising
1 50
Shepard, Norwell & Co., curtains 98 25
Norris & Staples, range and fixtures
15 91
Hilton & Crofoot, heating apparatus .
508 27
Grand Rapids Furniture Co., chairs .
325 44
George A. Sherborne, teaming
1 80
John T. McLoughlin, desk
10 00
Weed Bros., labor
31 22
Henry M. Clark, boiler
746 00
Daily News Co., advertising
.
50
James McDermott, labor and supplies
109 54
Highway Dept., labor
600 00
W. G. Pond, furniture
10 00
Tewksbury & Weir, labor and sup- plies .
324 95
Amount unexpended .
11 60
$17,578 85 $17,578 85
NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
By amount on hand $39,343 95
Paid Dillon Bros., contractors
. $31,373 00
R. A. Cook, architect .
700 00
G. M. Billings .
2 07
Smith, Anthony Co. ..
4,900 00 .
Cenedella Bros., grading
1,000 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, plumbing
.
533 58
Dillon Bros., extra labor
156 31
Henry W. Gaskill, survey
14 00
Amount unexpended .
664 99
.
$39,343 95 $39,343 95
GRADING AND FURNISHING HIGH SCHOOL. By appropriation $6000 00 Paid Tewksbury & Weir, labor and fixtures $ 553 55
.
29
Blodgett Bros. & Co., fixtures . $ 442 50
Cenedella Bros., grading
198 00
Avery & Woodbury, furniture
896 55
Grand Rapids Furniture Works, fur- niture
904 20
The Typewriters Exchange, type-
writers .
84 00
Thomas Gilmore, trimming trees 2 50
James L. Lilley, painting and lettering
4 25
Otis Whitney & Son, labor
16 55
J. Allen Rice, supplies
374 46
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
80 00
Amount. unexpended .
2,443 44
$6,000 00. $6,000 00
SIDEWALKS.
By appropriation .
$1,000 00
Cash collected by M. E. Nelligan
74 45
Cash paid directly to town treasurer .
1,152 09
Paid New England. Felt Roofing Co., pitch .
$378 49
Milford Gas Ligut Co., tar
231 00
M. E. Nelligan, rent of land
50 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight
7 00
Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight
27 76
Carroll Bros., curbing .
100 00 ·
Vincenzo Calabrese, curbing
i
100 00
Highway Department, labor
1,113 45 ·
G. C. Adams, horse hire
34 00
Daniel Fitzpatrick, labor
12 12
Amount unexpended .
172 72
$2,226 54 $2,226 54
CASH RECEIVED BY M. E. NELLIGAN FOR REPAIRS ON SIDE- WALKS. AND PAID TO TOWN TREASURER FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1902.
George Birch $ 1 65 G. Cook . 2 40
30
P. Larkin .
·
$ 7 00
James Lilley
10 00
D. F. Chaisson
7 70
A. O. Hersey
4 95
C. Birmingham
1 75
Mrs. B. C. Thayer
6 40 .
John Kelley
2 20
Frank Mann
17 15
Leopoldo Castiglione
2 75
John Smith
10 50
$74 45
CASH RECEIVED BY C. A. COOK, FOR REPAIRS ON SIDEWALKS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1902.
E. L. Willis
$ 8 83
Daniel Fitzpatrick
20 32
George F. Tully
15 40
Harry C. Tilden .
1 47
H. H. Lent
36 40
Frank A. Bragg .
14 11
Mrs. Mary Minon
5 50
Alfred Goucher .
11 70
George Scripture .
5 50
Patrick Coleman .
6 60
Greene Bros.
45 32
Mrs. T. B. Thayer
2 00
W. H. Bourne
1 50
Mrs. Charlotte M. Sweet
2 00
Wm. A. Pond
·
5 13
Michael Swift ·
22 40
Rose and Nora Glennon .
14 85
Patrick Lynch
12 28
W. P. Burbank
9 10
John Moran
.
9 50
William Sheehan
16 17
M. A. Vant
18 70
S. E. Hapgood
9 19
.
36 76
Mrs. I. R. Spaulding
.
1
31
C. A. Cook
$ 45 83
F. A. Gibson
.
.
40 40
Thomas Swift
13 50
H. E. Morgan
1 00
Mrs. E. Hale
1 50
John P. Downs
·
·
11 73
Mrs. M. M. Putnam
6 05
Milford Electric Light & Power Co.
10 18
Mrs. T. Sheedy
9 35
Joseph Dolan
10 00
W. J. Clarke, M. D.
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