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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MILFORD
CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE
Selectmen, Highway Surveyor, Treasurer, Tax Col- lector, Assessors, Town Accountant, Town Library Trustees, Fire Engineers, Sewer Commissioners, Board of Public Welfare, Park Commissioners, Board of Health, Chief of Police, Inspector of Wires, Inspector of Animals, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Town Solicitor, School Committee, Superintendent of Schools and Town Clerk,
FOR THE
Year Ending December-31, 1928.
MILFORD, MASS .: G. M. BILLINGS, PRINTER, GAZETTE OFFICE:
1929
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN. John E. Higgiston, Chairman,
Isaiah C. Trask,
P. Eugene Casey.
TOWN CLERK. Dennis J. Sullivan.
TOWN TREASURER. Benjamin J. Clancey.
TAX COLLECTOR. William J. Read.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR. Edward C. Beaulac. ASSESSORS. William F. Clancy, Chairman, Term expires 1930, Frederick W. Holland, Term expires 1929, Frederick A. Nealon, Term expires 1931. BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
Michael B. Sweeney, Chairman, Term expires 1928, Fred J. Coleman, Term expires 1929, Fred M. Crowell, Term expires 1930. BOARD OF HEALTH.
William J. Clarke, M. D., Chairman, Term expires 1929, (Elected to fill vacancy). Francis H. Lally, M. D, Secretary, Term expired 1930, (Resigned). Oscar Ayotte, Secretary, Term expires 1929, Maurice J. Quinlan, Term expires 1931.
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SEWER COMMISSIONERS. Frank P. Dillon, Chairman, Term expires 1931 Alfred F. Martin, Term expires 1930, Louis P. Pratt, Term expires 1929. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. John C. Lynch, Chairman, Term expires 1930, John E. Swift, Term expires 1930, Herbert W. Shaw, Term expires 1929, George F. Grayson, Term expires 1929, William J. Moore, Term expires 1931, Joseph Roy Kerr, Term expires 1931. TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Thomas J. Nugent, Chairman, Term expires 1929, Thomas J. Quirk, Secretary, Term expires 1929, Gilbert C. Eastman, Term expires 1930, William K. Coombs, Term expires 1930, Stephen J. Reynolds, Term expires 1931. Frederick H. Gould, Term expires 1931. TRUSTEES VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
Herbert S. Eldredge, Chairman, Term expires 1929, Arthur L. Maynard, Term expires 1929, Frank E. Cheney, Term expires 1930, Frank Roy Hixon, Term expires 1930, Herbert B. Hill, Term expires 1931, Emerson Robinson, Term expires 1931. PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Edward V. Burns, Chairman, Term expires 1930, Charles F. Gillon, Term expires 1929, Simon P. Hickey, Term expires 1931. CONSTABLES.
Arthur Raymond Cross, John L. Keefe,
Thomas McDonald, Roland F. Milan,
Arthur H. O'Keefe. : PLANNING BOARD.
John C. Lynch, Term expires 1930, Arthur Webb, Term expires 1929.
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TREE WARDEN. Patrick F. Fitzgerald.
Officers Appointed by the Selectmen. TOWN SOLICITOR. Chester F. Williams. TOWN ACCOUNTANT. Joseph V. Carey. ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. Joseph J. Fahey, Chief, Perley S Johnson, First Assistant, Cesare Comoli, Jr., Second Assistant, Clerk. INSPECTOR Of WIRES. Fred M. Daniels.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
George W. Billings, Chairman, Joseph A. Visconti, John J. Best,
Dennis J. Sullivan, Town Clerk, Ex Officio.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. (Classified under Civil Service). Daniel M. O'Brien.
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL AND LOCKUP KEEPER.
Daniel M. O'Brien.
JANITOR OF MEMORIAL HALL. Arthur L. Maynard. FIELD DRIVER. Peter Gallagher. FENCE VIEWERS
Samuel Bickford, Charles H. Kimball.
CONSTABLES.
John J. Moloney, Ernest E. O'Brien, Raphael Marino,
Daniel M. O'Brien, James J. Fullum, Elmer J. Mills.
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CHIEF OF POLICE. (Classified under Civil Service). John J. Moloney. PATROLMEN.
(Classified as Police Officers Under Civil Service).
James J. Birmingham,
William J. Corbett,
Iginio A. Pantano,
Alphonse J. Calzone,
Ernest L. Bagley,
John C. Wilson,
James J. Fullum.
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS.
John Larson, .
William F. McAvoy,
Daniel F. Tynan,
James F. Egan,
Oscar A. Williams,
William J. Carley,
William Taylor,
Joseph Renda,
Lyndhurst A. MacGregor,
William N.Prentiss,
Frank I. Ward,
James H. Reynolds,
Giuseppe Cellini,
George I. Spindel,
Myron Morey,
John J. Harrington,
Michael Fitzpatrick,
Edward F. Harrington,
William S. Davis,
Alfred P. Henderson,
Otis J. Julian, Joseph L. Gibbs,
Cornelius J. Foley,
Patrick F Fitzgerald,
Frank E. Hill,
Gaetano Bonini,
Walter F. Snowling,
Herman G. Sawler,
William Morgan,
William Ahern,
John F. Cuddihy,
Frank M. J. Hynes,
Antonio Santosuosso,
John F Damon,
John J. Donigan,
Frank De Cesare,
Frank J. Davoren,
Mark T. Thibedeau,
William Davoren,
Edward Davoren,
Luigi Iacovelli,
Axel W. Pearson, James Doyle,
Hugh F. Mears, Augustus C. Blain, (Dodd Bros. Granite Co ), Arthur. I .. Maynard, (Memorial Hall), George L Harlow, (Claflin Property), John Jones, (B. & A R R),
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Lucius R. Dodge, Harry C. Barker, (G. &. U. R. R.), Wallace A. Lindsey, (Archer Rubber Co.), John McGrath, (Legion Hall), George P. Ingalls, (Congregational Church Property)y. William A. Birmingham, (K. of C. Hall),, Harold Trudell, (Red Men's Hall), Benjamin F. Davis, (M. & U. Car Barn), Edric Temple, (Odd Fellows Hall), Antonio DeLuzio, (East Street District), Arthur C. Munyon, (Golf Links), D. J. Pond, (M. & U. Car Barn), Joseph B. Hurl, (Milford Opera House), Patrick H. Rabbitt, (State Theatre), Herbert C. Hopkins, (Sewer Station), James Murphy, (Post Office), Daniel Carey, (Milford Iron Foundry), John Anderson, (Pickett's Straw Factory), William Hixon, (Vernon Grove Cemetery), Antonio Zocchi, (Driving Park Hall). PUBLIC WEIGHERS AND WEIGHERS OF COAL.
Joseph P. Shaughnessy,
Benjamin Vitalini,
E. M. Royce,
Harold Shauhnessy,
Grace Doherty,
Helen Shaughnessy, Helen Morgan,
William St. George,
Lewis F. Aldrich,
Daniel M. O'Brien,
Eimer I. Goddard,
Batista J. Vitalini,
Harold M. Curtiss, Philip P. Clarke,
Fred J. Doherty,
James B. Lester,
W. Ramus Vitalinı.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
Harry A. Macuen, John Morey,
Myron Morey, Ada B. Daniels,
George A Moore,
Daniel B Watson,
Clarence D. Burnett, John P. Arata.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
Benjamin Vitalinı, Albert Taylor, Lewis F. Aldrich, Myron Morey,
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Harry A. Macuen,
Nathaniel Spindel, James J. Cahill,
James B. Lester, John Morey, Edward O'Connor,
Frank Murphy,
Batista J. Vitalini,
John P. Remick,
Ada B. Daniels,
Elmer I. Goddard, W. Ramus Vitalini, Arthur C. Johnson, Joseph P. Shaughnessy,
George A. Moore,
Philip P. Clarke,
Harold Shaughnessy,
Louis Kempton,
Frank M. J. Hynes,
Ernest H. Johnson.
Appointed by Director, Division of Animal Industry. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. Dr. Benjamin F. Hartman.
Appointed by the State Forester. FOREST FIRE WARDEN. John H. Egan. GYPSY MOTH SUPERINTENDENT. Patrick F. Fitzgerald.
Appointed by Board of Public Welfare. TOWN PHYSICIAN. John V. Gallagher, M. D. ALMONER John H. O'Brien. SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN FARM. Frank E. Hill.
Appointed by Board of Health. INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS. Frederick A Gibson. Edward J O'Sullivan, Assistant.
William N. Prentiss, ·George Spindel, I Leo F. Ross,
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INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING. (Classified under Civil Service) John E. Higgiston. ASSISTANT INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING. (Classified under Civil Service). Maurice J. Quinlan.
Appointed by Sewer Commissioners. CLERK AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS. Charles F. Cahill.
Appointed by School Committee. SCHOOL PHYSICIANS. John M. French, M. D. John V. Gallagher, M. D.'
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND SECRETARY OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Almorin O. Caswell. ATTENDANCE OFFICER. Raphael Marino.
Appointed by the Selectmen. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Thomas J. Welch, Chairman, Term expires 1931, William A. Murray, Secretary, Term expires 1929, John F. Damon, Term expires 1930, Joseph Morcone, Term expires 1930, Philip S. Kimball, Term expires 1930, Patrick C. Dacey, Term expires 1930, Rudolph Mainini, Term expires 1930, Paul Williams, Term expires 1929, Marcus W. Rose, Terin expires 1929, Myron Morey, Term expires 1929, Norry Miett, Term expirre 1929.
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Walter L Adams, Term expires 1931, Alton H. Metcalf, Term expires 1931, Fred T. Cabill, Term expires 1931, William H. Casey, Term expires 1931. TRUSTEES OF NORTH PURCHASE CEMETERY.
Myron Morey, Mabel F. Kinney,
May Bickford, Adolphus Tyler,
Nelson Morey, Jennie Morey.
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS.
Made at the Annual Town Meeting, March 5, 9, 14, 1928.
Moderator
$ 125 00
Selectmen ·
.
.
1,400 00
Finance Committee ·
75 00
Town Accountant .
2,500 00
Town Treasurer
1,500 00
Town Treasurer's Bond, Premium
220 00
Tax Collector
4,700 00
Tax Collector's Bond. Premium .
440 00
Assessors .
4,200 00
Publishing poll lists
.
600 00
Certifying Town Notes .
50 00
Town Solicitor
1,500 00
Town Clerk
.
1,700 00
Planning Board
15 00
Elections and Registration
3,000 00
Elections and Registration. Unpaid Bill
95 00
Town Hall, General Appropriation
2,800 00
Town Hall, Unpaid Bills .
8 69
Memorial Hall, General Appropriation
1,200 00
Memorial Hall, Repairs
300 00
Memorial Hall, Special for new copper gutters
2,500 00
Police Department.
17,300 00
Court Fees
100 00
Fire Department. Salaries
16,962 50
Fire Department. Unpaid Bill Supt. Fire Alarm
50 00
Fire Department. Incidentals
3,500 00
Fire Department. Repairs
·
Fire Department. Brush Fires .
300 00
Fire Department. New Hose
500 00
Fire Department. New Floor Hook & Ladder
.
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.
500 00
House, Cement Construction . 1,600 00
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Fire Department. Unpaid Bills
$ 157 00
Hydrant Service
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8,100 00
Rifle Practice, Co. I
400 00
Inspector of Wires
400 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
690 00
Gypsy Moth Suppression .
500 00
Care of Trees and Shrubs .
1,000 00
Dog Officer
150 00
Board of Health. General
8,000 00
Board of Health.
Unpaid Bills
70 50
Board of Health. Dental Clinic .
2,400 00
Board of Health.
Inspector of Animals .
220 00
Board of Health.
Inspector of Plumbing
300 00
Board of Health. Worcester County Hospital
District for Tuberculosis
1,776 30
sewer Department. Maintenance
5,000 00
Sewer Department. New Construction
20,000 00
Sewer Department.
New Construction. Foun-
tain Street
5,000 00
Sewer Department. Repairs to pump and new equipment at station .
5,000 00
Highway Department. General Appropriation .
60,000 00
Highway Department: Sidewalks
5,000 00
Highway Department. Oiling streets
3,000 00
Street Lighting
17,502 64
Public Welfare. General Aid
35,000 00
Public Welfare. Mother's Aid
21,500 00
Public Welfare. Unpaid Bills
434 00
State Aid
800 00
Military Aid
500 00
Care of Graves (Soldiers and Sailors)
100 00
Soldiers' Relief
5,500 00
Soldiers' Relief. Unpaid Bill
60 00
School Department. General Appropriation
199,965 00
Town Library. (Raised and appropriated)
2,442 01
Town Library. (Dog Tax appropriated)
1,557 99
Town Parks. General Appropriation
2,500 00
Town Parks. Unpaid Bill
45 00
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Town Parks. Special for sidewalks $ 1,000 00
Town Parks. Playgrounds 1,200 00
Town Parks. Playgrounds. Unpaid Bill
10 63
Printing Town Reports
1,289 10
Workmen's Compensation and Public Liability, Premium ·
1,700 00
County Aid to Agriculture
50 00
Damages to Persons and Property (Claims) .
1,000 00
Memorial Day. Post 22, G. A. R.
200 00
Memorial Day. J. W. Powers Post, A. L.
200 00
Memorial Day. Spanish War Veterans . 30 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery. General Appropriation
2,000 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery.
Special for fencing
1,000 00 75 00
North Purchase Cemetery . .
Interest
.
15,500 00
Maturing Debt . . .
22,000 00
Reserve Fund .
·
.
5,000 00
Town Almoner
800 00
Central Street Drain
4,500 00
Fountain Street. Resurfacing and macadamiz- ing ·
3,000 00
Planting Trees on Town Farm 100 00
Flag Pole. Soldiers' Lot, Vernon Grove Cemetery 75 00
New Fire Alarm Boxes 500 00
New Pump. Hose Co. No. 1
1,500 ( 0
Street Lights. Dilla Street
72 00
Hayward Street Extension. Repairing, regrading,
rebuilding and draining
1,000 00
Total Appropriations . $ 548,613 36
Total amount raised and appropriated . $ 547,055 37
A true copy of the records. Attest:
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk. 1
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Appropriation made at a Special Town Meeting May 9, 1928.
For 30 additional hydrants for furnishing water for fire purposes
$750 00
A true copy of the record. Attest:
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk.
Total appropriations
$549,363 36
Total amount raised and appropriated . $547,805 47
A true copy of the records. Attest:
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MILFORD, MASS .:
The report of the Town for the fiscal year ending Decem- ber 31, 1928, prepared by the Town Accountant shows that the Town is in a better financial condition than it ever has been. There is a credit balance in the surplus revenue ac- count of $141,918.36 on December 31, 1928, against $126,- 847.99, December 31, 1927, in spite of the fact that $15,000 was appropriated at the last annual Town Meeting from this account.
There was a cash balance in the treasury December 31, 1928, of $49,925.51, as against $12,111.07, December 31, 1927.
It is gratifying to report that all Town Departments kept within their appropriation, and there is a balance in the re- serve fund of $4,015.93.
There was a reduction of the tax rate in 1928. With proper consideration of the actual needs of the Town a further reduction is possible in 1929.
The Central street drain was completed during the year at a cost of $3319.86, leaving a balance of $1180.14 in the ap- propriation.
There is a necessity for traffic signals at the junction of School and Spruce streets, Main and Exchange Streets, and Congress and Exchange Streets, for regulating traffic. In view of the excellent financial condition of the Town we feel that an appropriation should be made for this purpose and we do so recommend.
The Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, proposes to reconstruct the State highway on East Main Street between the junction of East Main and Medway Streets and the Holliston Town Line; and the State highway between Mil-
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ford and Upton. As this will be a great improvement we recommend that the Town appropriate money to pay land damages that may arise caused by the reconstruction on said highways.
We have petitioned the Department of Public Works and. the County Commissioners for the reconstruction of South Main Street from Milford and Hopedale Town line to the junction of Main and South Main and we hope for favorable action upon these petitions.
As the Street Railway Company is to remove the rails on Main Street from N. Y ., N. H. & H. Railway crossing to South Main Street and as that part of the street where rails were located will have to be reconstructed we feel that it would be economy for the Town to reconstruct that part of the street, a permanent cement construction and the remainder of the street be so constructed later.
We recommend that an appropriation be made at het Annual Town Meeting for this purpose.
We have had several conferences with the Street Railway Company relative to the rebuilding of this section of the street and have tried to protect the interests of the Town, we are in hopes that the St. Railway Co. will bear a reasonable portion of the expense of said reconstruction.
JOHN E HIGGISTON, P. EUGENE CASEY, ISAIAHI C. TRASK,
Selectmen of Milford.
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD:
I hereby submit my report as Highway Surveyor of the Town of Milford for 1928:
NEW MACADAM STREETS.
The entire or sections of the following streets were m- built with tarvia or asphalt, including the shoulders of old ma cadam road on West Street where repairs were required due to the damage caused by the flood of 1927, also Fells At- enue which was a special appropriation. These streets Da- ceived from three to six inches of two inch trap rock covered with three-quarter inch and one- half inch trap rock amount- ing to 4,365 tons, penetrated and sealed with 48,000 gallons of tar or asphalt, removed thirty-five cubic yards of ledge; used three hundred and fifty cubic yards of gravel for sub-grade laid sixty-six feet of fifteen inch and twenty-four inch irom pipe. The lengths of new macadam on these various streets are as follows:
Water Street, 2150 feet in length -- 35 feet wine.
Hayward Street, 2112 feet in length-24 feet wide.
Chestnut Street, 1125 feet in length-22 feet wide. Fells Avenue, 650 feet in length-26 feet wide.
West Street, 600 feet in length-8 feet wide.
Court Square, 240 feet in length-20 feet wide. (Rear of Town Hall.)
REPAIRS TO GRAVEL ROADS. DAMAGE CAUSED BV FLOOD.
The gravel roads received five thousand, eight hundred and forty-seven cubic yards of gravel, stone and cinders whicin was required to repair the damage caused by flood.
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HAYWARD STREET EXTENSION.
Hayward Street Extension received one thousand yards of stone and gravel, seventy five feet of twelve inch corrugat- ed iron drain pipe. This street had a special appropriation of one thousand dollars.
GRAVEL STREETS, TREATED WITH TAR OR ASPHALT.
The following gravel streets were treated with tar or as - phalt, covered with pea stone or sand, receiving fifty-seven thousand gallons of tar or asphalt: Meade, Columbus, North, Short, Free, South Free, Dominic, Reade, Middleton, Plain, Cook, Parkhurst, Carroll, Fair View, East Walnut, High, South High, Pond, Purchase, Bancroft, Gibbon, Glines, Green, Prospect, Hollis, Chapin, Leonard and Otis Streets.
RESURFACING.
The following old macadam streets or sections of same were resurfaced with tar or asphalt and covered with sand: Cedar, East, Main, North Bow, South Bow, Jefferson, Spruce and Congress.
Patching old macadam streets, six hundred and eight cu- bic yards of one-half and three-quarters stone and cold patch was used on the various old macadam streets.
WOODEN BRIDGES.
Six thousand fifty feet of three inch chestnut plank and several stringers of various lengths, were used on the various wooden bridges.
SCRAPING AND SCARIFYING, ETC.
All gravel streets and country roads were scraped or scarified with the steam roller or tractor, gutters elevated, brush cut, guard rails repaired and stones removed. Several streets were treated with a heavy or light road oil; several old stone drains cleaned and repaired and pipe drains fiushed. Twenty-one new brick catch basins were built and five bun- dred sixty· tight feet of corrugated iron pipe laid of various sizes.
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SIDEWALKS.
New concrete sidewalks were constructed, including the entire length or section of the following streets: Water, Con- gress, West Spruce, West Pine, Church, Gibbon Avenue, Dan- iels, Main, Prospect, South High, West, Glines Avenue, School, Park Terrace, Forest, Franklin and Grove Streets. Several sidewalks were constructed with one inch trap rock and stone dust, considerable curbing was reset and bunters and cement curb was constructed on various streets.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD C. BEAULAC, Highway Superintendent.
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TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1928
Balance on hand January 1, 1928
Receipts for year
$
12,111 07
1,002,390 78
Total
$1,014,501 85
Disbursements for year
.
$ 964,576 34
Balance on hand January 1, 1929
49,925 51
Total
$1,014,501 85
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
Balance on hand January 1, 1928
$18,931 18
Received for perpetual care during year 1,652 00
Received for interest during year . 852 94
Total
$21,437 11
Interest withdrawn and placed to credit
of Cemetery trustees 852 94
Balance on hand January 1, 1929 $20,584 17
TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.
Unbound copies on hand January 1, 1928 52
Unbound copies sold during year
3
Unbound copies on hand January 1, 1929 49
Respectfully submitted,
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B. J. CLANCEY,
Treasurer.
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAXES REMAINING UNPAID JANUARY 1, 1928.
Year.
Balance of Levy
Cash paid Treasurer
Abatements
Balance Uucollected
1924
$ 202 61
Interest
8 86
54 94
54 94
102 54
1925
9,287 19
Interest
691 40
7,035 12 2,471 34
472 13
1926
71,993 34
Interest
2,145 33
63,402 09
2,652 39
8,084 19
1927
172,898 70
Interest
4,175 46
92,305 78 1,077 68
83,690 70
1928
467,666 25
Interest
235 40
310,099 51 1,242 50 156,559 64
STREET SPRINKLING UNPAID JANUARY 1, 1923.
1925
139 39
7 38
132 01
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
1914
215 41
215 41
1920
271 17
271 17
1922
236 12
Interest
15 19
64 39
186 92
1925
118 86
Interest
2 80
53 59
68 07
1927
4,385 21
Interest
46 42
684 18
3,747 45
1928
10,954 51
4,056 46
(App. 1928
to 1937
$711 80)
6,186 25
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APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
Year.
Balance of Levy
Cash paid Treasurer
Abatements
Balance Uncollected
1910
7 91
7 91
1911
14 48
14 48
1912
26 34
26 34
1913
35 58
35 58
1914
26 68
26 68
1915
68 26
68 26
1916
18 26
18 26
1917
29 53
29 53
1918
23 10
23 10
1919
23 28
23 28
1920
20 46
20 46
1921
31 00
Interest
5 14
11 86
24 28
1922
28 12
Interest
5 14
21 86
11 40
1923
39 69
Interest
3 24
7 92
35 01
1924
3 82
3 82
1925
3 82
3 82
1926
3 82
3 82
1927
58 43
Interest
74
13 14
46 03
1928
Bal.
121 08
Levy
118 96
Interest
7 57
63 50
187 11
As to 1924 and 1925 outstanding taxes, these amounts are all in course of settlement, by tax deeds and litigation.
I wish to thank the citizens, and particularly the Town Officials, for their cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully Yours,
W. J. REED,
Tax Collector.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Town appropriations
8547,805 37
State tax
.
19,380 00
State highway tax
2,241 84
Auditing municipal accounts tax
50 58
County tax
22,108 00
Amount to raise
$591,585 79
Estimated income plus poll taxes 1
138,718 79
Net amount to raise
$452,867 00
Overlay
5,875 13
Tax on Real, Personal and Overlay 4299 Poll Taxes at $2.00 per
$458,742 13
8,598 00
Total Tax on Collector's Book
$467,340 13 ·
Additional Dec. Levy for 1928 Real Estate 35 52
Additional Dec. Levy for 1928 Personal Estate 66 60
Additional Dec. Levy for 1928 Polls 112 at $2.00 ·
224 00
Total tax on Collector's Book, including Dec. Levy
$467,666 25
VALUATIONS.
Buildings, excluding Land
$10,140,270 00
Land, excluding Buildings .
2,868,075 00
Total Real Estate Valnation $13,008,345 00
Personal Estate
2,489,700 00
Total Valuation of Town, Real Estate and Per-
$15,498,045 00 sonal
Dec. Levy Real Estate Valuation 1200 00
Dec. Levy Personal Estate Valuation 2250 00
Total Valuation of Town, including December Levy
$15,501,495 00
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TAX IN MONEY.
Real Estate
$385,047 01
Personal Estate
73,695 12
Assessed Polls at $2.00
8,598 00
Total Real, Personal and Polls
$467,340 13
Amount on Collector's Warrant $467,340 13
Dec. Levy Real Estate Tax in money
35 52
Dec. Levy Personal Tax in money
66 60
WDec. Levy Poll Taxes 112 at $2.00 per
224 00
Total on Collector's Warrant, including Decem- ber Levy
$167,666 25
Tax Rate
$29 60
Number of Polls
.
.
.
89
Number of Cows .
258
Number of Neat Cattle .
18
Number of Swine
123
Number of Fowl 3545, and value of same
$4,260 00
Number of Dwellings
3686
8.564 Acres and 21,780 Square Feet of Land.
ESTIMATED INCOME FOR 1928.
Corporation Tax
$26,075 15
Street Railway Tax
27
WNational Bank
.
1,192 16
Trust Companies
21 27
Income Tax 1928
48,950 80
"Veteran's Exemptions
51 60
Licenses and Miscellaneous
1,456 15
Court Fines
1,018 62
Permits .
78 45
Continuation Schools
244 56
Dog Licenses
1,454 68
Sale of Town History
1 00
Town Hall
2,473 90
.
.
4411
Number of Horses
. .
.
.
25
Memorial Hall
$ 152 00
Fire Department
10 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
150 80
Health Department
10 00
Dental Clinic
236 20
Sewer Department
205 00
Highway Department
753 10
Town Infirmary
2,047 73
Public Welfare
.
5,701 55
Mothers' Aid
3,828 85
Soldiers' Benefits .
998 50
School Department
6,403 84
Library
192 19
Cemeteries
987 00
Interest
.
10,425 42
$115,120 79
Free Cash by Vote of Town
15,000 00
$130,120 79
4299 Poll Taxes at $2.00
8,598 00
Total Income, Plus Polls
· $138,718 79
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WILLIAM F. CLANCY, FREDERICK W. HOLLAND, FREDERICK A. NEALON, Assessors of Milford.
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND VOTERS OF MILFORD :
I herewith present my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1928, showing in detail the appropriations, ex- penditures, and receipts from each source of income. I have also included a table showing, again, the borrowing capacity of the Town, a detailed statement of the Funded Debt, and a Balance Sheet that should be of inestimable value to the voters in determining the policy of the Town for the ensuing year.
The financial position of our Town is one that we can be justly proud of-a funded debt that is steadily decreasing, and a substantial increase in our Surplus Revenue Account may be noted, in spite of the $15,000.00 Appropriation, to be used as Free Cash, that was voted last year. I feel now that another substantial appropriation may be made this year without, in the least, impairing our financial condition.
I have been in close contact with the Finance Commission during the year and I cannot speak too highly of the work that they are doing, and strongly urge upon the voters consid- eration of their recommendations. They are arrived at after careful deliberation and an impartial discussion of the particu - lar needs of the community. As proof of their co-operation I point to an unexpended balance of $4015 93 in the Reserve Fund, and the fact that every known bill for the year has been paid. That is a healthy condition, showing, on the one hand, the wisdom of the recommendations of the Finance Commission, and on the other hand, a sincere effort on the part of all departments to keep strictly within the appropria- tions granted at the annual Town meeting.
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