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Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OF MILFORD
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1931
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MILFORD
CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE
Selectmen, Highway Surveyor, Treasurer, Tax Collector, 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, 1931
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS. 1932.
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN. Philip Cenedella, Chairman, Timothy W. Hannigan, P. Eugene Casey.
TOWN CLERK. (Clerk of Selectmen). 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 1933, Frederick W. Holland, Term expires 1932, Frederick A. Nealon, Term expires 1934.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE. Fred J. Coleman, Chairman, Term expires 1932, Charles A. Humes, Term expires 1933, Frank J. M. Hynes, Term expires 1934.
BOARD OF HEALTH. James Cervone, Chairman, Term expires 1934. Oscar C. Ayotte, Secretary, Resigned, Term expires 1932, Arthur J. Chambers, Sec., Term expires 1933, Clifton Tyler, Elected to fill vacancy,
Term expires 1932.
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SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
Louis P. Pratt, Term expires 1932,
Alfred F. Martin, Term expires 1933, John F. Rooney, Term expires 1934.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
John C. Lynch, Chairman, Term expires 1933, Alfred B. Cenedella, Term expires 1933, George F. Grayson, Term expires 1932, Herbert W. Shaw, Term expires 1932, William J. Moore, Term expires 1934, Carroll A. Cole, Term expires 1934.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Thomas J. Nugent, Chairman, Term expires 1932, Thomas J. Quirk, Term expires 1932, William K. Coombs, Term expires 1933, Gilbert C. Eastman, Term expires 1933, Stephen H. Reynolds, Term expires 1934, Frederick H. Gould, Term expires 1934.
TRUSTEES VERNON GROVE CEMETERY. Herbert S. Eldredge, Chairman, Term expires 1932, Arthur L. Maynard, Term expires 1932, Herbert B. Hill, Term expires 1934, Elected to fill vacancy. Emerson Robinson, Term expires 1934, Elected to fill vacancy. Herbert E. Scott, Term expires 1933, Frank Roy Hixon, Term expires 1933. John F. Curran, Resigned, John F. Ruhan, Resigned.
PARK COMMISSIONERS. Edward V. Burns, Chairman, Term expires 1933, William D. Baxter, Term expires 1932, Simon P. Hickey, Term expires 1934.
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PLANNING BOARD. John C. Lynch, Term expires 1933,
Thomas F. Maher, Term expires 1932.
TREE WARDEN. Michael D. Burke.
CONSTABLES.
Michael Bianchi, Edward Davoren
Thomas McDonald, Roland F. Milan,
William F. Fitzpatrick.
Officers Appointed by the Selectmen.
TOWN SOLICITOR. Alfred B. Cenedella.
TOWN ACCOUNTANT. Michael J. Hannigan.
ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Ernest E. O'Brien, Chief, Perley S. Johnson, First Assistant, Luigi Abbiuso, Second Assistant.
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.
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JANITOR OF TOWN HALL AND LOCKUP KEEPER. Daniel M. O'Brien.
JANITOR OF MEMORIAL HALL. Arthur L. Maynard.
BURIAL AGENT. Charles A. Goucher.
FIELD DRIVER. Peter Gallagher.
FENCE VIEWERS. Charles H. Kimball, Umberto Tosti.
CONSTABLES.
John J. Moloney,
John L. Gillon,
James J. Fullum,
Raphael Marino, rnest E. O'Brien,
Daniel M. O'Brien,
Thomas H. Heagney, Arthur Raymond Cross, John L. Keefe, Edward J. O'Sullivan,
.Charles F. Gillon.
CHIEF OF POLICE. (Classified under Civil Service) . John J. Moloney.
PATROLMEN. (Classified as Police Officers under Civil Service).
James J. Birmingham,
Ernest A. Lombardi,
William J. Corbett,
Ernest L. Bagley,
Iginio A. Pantano,
John C. Wilson,
Arthur Raymond Cross,
James J. Fullum,
RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS. (Classified under Civil Service) . William F. Fitzpatrick, James J. Curley, William R. Cenedella.
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SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS.
William W. O'Brien,
John Larson,
Oscar A. Williams,
Lyndhurst A. MacGregor,
Giuseppe Cellini,
Michael Fitzpatrick,
Alfred P. Henderson,
Frank J. Davoren,
Antonio Santosuosso,
William F. McAvoy,
Luigi Iacovelli, Joseph Renda,
Gaetano Bonini,
Joseph L. Gibbs,
Mark T. Thibedeau,
John F. Damon,
Michael Di Orio,
Gaetano Introini,
Daniel F. Tynan,
Agostino Chianese,
Frank I. Ward,
William Taylor,
William S. Davis,
Myron Morey,
Walter F. Snowling,
Cornelius J. Foley,
John J. Donigan,
John F. Cuddihy,
Hugh F. Mears,
John J. Harrington,
William N. Prentiss,
Herman G. Sawler,
Otis J. Julian,
Pasquale Iadarola,
James Doyle,
Nicholas Ruscitti,
Frank DeCesare,
J. Burke Cahill, John F. Crowley,
Clement Moran,
Louis Volpe,
Charles Carley,
Frank Lamborghini,
Antonio Battuelli,
William J. Carley,
Ralph S. White,
Joseph Micelotta,
Maurice L. Brittle,
Salvatore Salvia,
Edward J. O'Sullivan,
William H. Birmingham, John T. O'Brien,
Ralph Shirland,
Martin Casey,
James J. Cahill,
Roger Fertitta,
Charles H. Kimball,
John McGrath,
Peter Moran,
Dominick Bozzini,
Simon P. Hickey (Town Park),
William D. Baxter (Town Park), Elmer Howarth (Town Park), Leslie Vaughn (Town Park),
Salvatore Micelotti,
Edward J. Larkin.
Rudolph Introini,
George I. Spindel,
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Joseph B. Hurl (Opera House, State Theatre), Arthur Mabey (State Theatre), Patrick H. Rabbitt (State Theatre), Arthur L. Maynard (Memorial Hall), George L. Harlow (Claflin Property), John Jones (B. & A. R. R.), Lucius R. Dodge (G. & U. R. R.), Wallace A. Lindsay (Archer Rubber .Co.), George P. Ingalls (Congregational Church Property), William A. Birmingham (K. of C. Hall), Harold Trudell (Red Men's Hall), Benjamin Davis (M. H. & F. Bus Co.),
George S. Edmands (Odd Fellows Hall), Antonio DeLuzio (East St. District), Arthur C. Munyon (Golf Links), Herbert C. Hopkins (Vernon Grove Cemetery), James Murphy (Post-Office), Daniel Carey (Milford Iron Foundry), John Anderson (Pickett's Straw Factory), William Hixon (Vernon Grove Cemetery), Louis Rizoli (Driving Park Hall), Albert Rizzi (Driving Park Hall),
Charles Frascotti (Plains School), John F. Smith (State Armory), Charles Lundgren (Haskel Quarry).
PUBLIC WEIGHERS AND WEIGHERS OF COAL.
Joseph P. Shaughnessy, Frank T. Ballou,
Lewis F. Aldrich,
Michael Nugent,
Benjamin Vitalini,
Elmer I. Goddard,
Daniel M. O'Brien,
Harold Shaughnessy,
Batista J. Vitalini,
Grace Doherty, Harold M. Curtiss,
James B. Lester,
Helen Shaughnessy,
Charles A. Brisson,
Philip P. Clarke,
E. M. Royce,
Fred J. Doherty,
William St. George,
W. Ramus Vitalini,
Helen Morgan,
Walter W. Goddard.
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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 Vitalini,
Albert Taylor,
Harry A. Macuen,
James J. Cahill,
George Spindel,
John P. Remick,
George A. Moore,
Philip P. Clarke,
John Morey,
Frank Murphy,
Elmer I. Goddard,
Joseph P. Shaughnessy,
Frank J. M. Hynes,
Charles H. Brisson,
Lewis F. Aldrich,
Myron Morey,
Nathaniel Spindel,
William N. Prentiss,
Leo F. Ross,
Ada B. Daniels,
Louis Kempton,
Edward J. O'Connor,
Batista J. Vitalini,
W. Ramus Vitalini,
Arthur C. Johnson,
Harold Shaughnessy,
Smith Fielding,
Ernest H. Johnson.
Appointed by Director, Division of Animal Industry.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. Dr. Benjamin F. Hartman.
Appointed by State Forester. FOREST FIRE WARDEN. Ernest E. O'Brien.
GYPSY MOTH SUPERINTENDENT. Michael D. Burke.
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Appointed by Board of Public Welfare. TOWN PHYSICIAN. John V. Gallagher, M. D.
ALMONER. John T. O'Brien.
SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN FARM. Maurice L. Brittle.
Appointed by Board of Health.
INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS. Jeremiah Macchi.
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS. Benjamin F. Hartman.
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. SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS. Alfred F. Martin. Clerk, Charles J. Ferrante.
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Appointed by School Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND SECRETARY OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Almorin O. Caswell.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS. John M. French, M. D., John V. Gallagher, M. D.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER. Raphael Marino.
Appointed by Engineers of Fire Department.
SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM.
Ernest E. O'Brien.
CLERK OF ENGINEERS. John N. Julian.
Appointed by Selectmen. .
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Marcus W. Rose, Term expires 1932,
Myron Morey, Term expires 1932, Norry Miett, Term expires 1932, Michael S. McMahon, Term expires 1932, L. Blaine Libbey, Secretary, Term expires 1932. John F. Damon, Term expires 1933, Philip S. Kimball, Term expires 1933, Patrick C. J. Dacey, Term expires1933, Rudolph Mainini, Term expires 1933, Joseph Morcone, Term expires 1933,
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Walter L. Adams, Chairman, Term expires 1934, Alton H. Metcalf, Term expires 1934, John H. Cunniff, Deceased, Frederick T. Cahill, Term expires 1934, William H. Casey, Term expires 1934. Patrick L. Lally, Term expires 1934. (Appointed to fill vacancy.)
TRUSTEES OF NORTH PURCHASE CEMETERY.
Myron Morey,
Nelson Morey,
Jennie Morey,
May Bickford,
Mabel F. Kinney,
James A. Tyler.
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS
Raised and appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting, March 2, and 6, 1931.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Moderator
$ 125 00
Selectmen (Salaries and Expenses) . 3,300 00
Finance Commission 75 00
Town Accountant (Salary and Expenses)
2,400 00
Treasurer (Salary and Expenses)
2,000 00
Treasurer's Bond 220 00
Tax Collector (Salary and Expenses) 4,300 00
Tax Collector's Bond 440 00
Assessors (Salaries and Expenses)
4,200 00
Publishing Poll Lists 600 00
Other Finance Offices and Accounts 50 00
Publishing Valuation Book 800 00
Town Solicitor (Salary and Expenses)
1,200 00
Town Clerk (Salary and Expenses)
1,800 00
Planning Board
15 00
Elections, Registration and Town Meet-
ings
2,500 00
Town Hall
2,800 00
Memorial Hall
1,200 00
Memorial Hall Repairs
800 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
Police Department
20,000 00
Court Fees
100 00
Fire Department :
Pay of Members
$18,650 00
Incidentals
3,500 00
Repairs
1,500 00
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New Hose
1,000 00
Brush Fires
350 00
25,000 00
Rifle Practice, Co. I. M. N. G.
400 00
Hydrant Service
10,000 00
Inspector of Wires
400 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
750 00
Tree Warden:
Gypsy Moth Suppression $ 500 00
Care of Trees
1,000 00
New Trees
150 00
1,650 00
Dog Officer
250 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Health Department
$ 8,500 00
Inspector of Animals
350 00
Inspector of Plumbing
500 00
Dental Clinic
2,400 00
Worcester County T. B. Hospital
2,307 69
Sewer Maintenance
8,000 00
Sewer Construction
6,500 00
Surveying Cedar Swamp Pond (Unpaid Bill)
43 20
Sewer Construction (Unpaid Bills, 1930)
184 09
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
General for Highways
$ 45,000 00
Oiling Streets
3,000 00
Sidewalks
4,000 00
Street Lighting
18,500 00
Highway Department
(Unpaid Bills,
1930)
1,282 46
Main Street Sidewalk
(Unpaid Bill,
1930) ·
34 47
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CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Public Welfare, General and Mother's Aid $ 69,000 00
State Aid 700 00
Military Aid 500 00
Soldiers' Relief
25,000 00
Care of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
100 00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES.
School Department
$214,230 00
Town Library ·
3,700 00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Town Parks :
General
$ 2,500 00
Sidewalks
300 00
Playgrounds
1,200 00
4,000 00
Town Reports
1,355 20
Workmen's Compensation Premium
2,500 00
Damages to Persons and Property
1,000 00
Town Parks (Unpaid Bill, 1930)
10 00
Playgrounds (Unpaid Bill, 1930)
20 50
Memorial Day : G. A. R. $ 200 00
American Legion . 200 00
Spanish War Veterans . 50 00
450 00
Armistice Day (Veterans of Foreign
Wars) 200 00
Land Damages on East Main Street 750 00
Worcester County Extension Service 100 00
Reserve Fund
5,000 00
CEMETERIES.
Vernon Grove Cemetery
$ 2,000 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery, Wire Fence 1,000 00
No. Purchase Cemetery
75 00
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INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT.
Interest $ 22,000 00
Maturing Debt . 37,000 00
Rebuilding West Street
12,000 00
Land, grade and drainage damages, on
South Main, Courtland, Elm and Prospect Streets 8,000 00
Purchase of piece of land owned by Nellie Batchelor, between Hayward and Beach Streets 800 00
Settlement of Claim of Robert Allen Cook 2,400 00 Building a new, or repairing old smoking room at local infirmary . 2,800 00
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS.
Raised and appropriated at a Special Town Meet- ing, August 5, 1931:
For Public Welfare $30,000 00
Soldiers' Relief 5,000 00
$ 35,000 00
Appropriated (Dog tax of 1930)
$ 1,243 71
Total amount appropriated . $640,911 32
Total amount raised and appropriated $639,667 61
A true copy of the records. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
As a preface to the Selectmen's report we want to disgress long enough to say a few words in behalf of Milford and other communities that at this time are being so generally criticized from State officials, news- papers and others.
To the numerous distress signals now being raised throughout the State warning cities and towns of the dire financial plight they will shortly find themselves in, and the implication of State officials charging cities and towns with extravagance and mismanagement, the Se- lectmen speaking for Milford would like to make the following simple observation, and that is this:
The tax rate of Milford for the year 1931 was $34.40 and 70% of this tax was compulsory through the mandatory laws with which we are governed, so that if there was extravagance the State, we feel, is partly responsible. After deducting $24.00 from our tax rate which was mandatory for us to appropriate, there was $10.40 left to carry on all the other departments of the town, such as Highways, Police, Fire, Sewers, Parks, Salaries, Board of Health, Selectmen, Debt, Interest, Tree Warden, Reserve Fund, Assessors, Public Build- ings, Library, etc. Thus three departments, namely the Welfare, Soldiers Relief and Schools absorbed over 70% of our appropriation and about 30% was left for other numerous departments of the town.
If banks, as it is rumored, will not loan cities and towns money in anticipation of taxes, unless 90% of the previous year taxes are collected we are afraid that a good many cities and towns will have to stop function-
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ing for part of the time the coming year, and Milford may be one of them.
Is Milford or any of its officials responsible for the world wide depression which has been growing more acute in the last few months? Is not Milford a victim of this economical chaos? A chaotic state that the best minds in the country are striving hard to remedy and yet no cure for it has been found. What of the frozen assets we hear so much about? Do we as a town have not our share of frozen assets in the larger percentage of uncollected taxes on our books? It is not the less safety in notes and bonds of towns that compel banks to look askance at loaning money to the town, but rather the larger degree of liquidity that banks strive to main- tain for their own protection.
Numerous tax payers, owners of homes, have no jobs, no pay envelopes coming in. Not only were they unable the past year to pay their taxes but many of them had to be relieved by the welfare or soldiers relief de- partment. Advertising and selling out their property would not have brought any money in the treasury. In the scheme of co-ordination and re-organization of vari- ous departments, which we recommend in this report, these men should be given the opportunity to earn some money towards the payment of their taxes.
The town is fundamentally sound financially. What is owed to the town in taxes exceeds by hundreds of thousands of dollars what the town owes on notes in an- ticipation of taxes. The ratio of our bonded debt to the valuation of the town is less than 1%. That means, to put it graphically, a mortgage of $10.00 for every $1000.00 worth of property.
Like other cities and towns we will be crimped for cash for current expenses. In as much as the town can- not appropriate more money than what it requires to carry on to various departmental activities should we next March cut our appropriation in half, which of
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course is absurd to even think of it; it would not help us in the least to tide us over the present situation.
Economical distress is general. Unemployment continues and grows. The corner we have been looking for to turn into the wide avenue of plenty has not been reached yet and nobody knows how far away it is. The emergency real and actual is here. Drastic ills call for drastic remedies. This board feels by virtue of the mandatory laws imposed on cities and towns to spend, in the case of Milford, $24.00 of its $34.40 tax rate for only three departments, that the State is a co-partner with the towns in its expenditures and therefore, is as much responsible for the present critical situation as the towns are. That being the case, we feel it is essential for the State to bolster up and assist the cities and towns in keeping up their credit and thus continue the benevo- lent activities of our municipalities.
The town will do its part in the collection of taxes. In the fiscal year ending December 31, 1931 thirty-seven thousand dollars more were turned into the treasury by the Tax Collector than in the fiscal year ending Decem- ber 31, 1930. Faced with the present grave situation every effort will be made to collect more money this year than last year. However, it must be remembered that the same distressing conditions that make collections hard for financial institutions and business houses ap- ply to the collection of taxes. What we need is less fear, more courage and confidence in the future of our country.
The past year saw the completion by the State of the Cape Road from West Street through the cut-off to South Main Street a distance in Milford of about 8000 feet. This stretch of road will be kept by the State and all it will have cost the town is approximately $4000.00 for land damages.
West Street from Clancy property to Main Street, was also built under Chapter 90 with an appropriation
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from the town of $12,000.00. In this case the Select- men are free to admit that we were unfortunate in the selection of the contractor recommended by the State which contractor caused the town, laborers, and material men a lot of trouble.
With the special appropriation of $2000.00 obtained in November the Selectmen were authorized to proceed with the removal of the abutment East of the Boston and Albany Railroad on Medway Street. The work is now being done, and we feel the whole abutment will be removed within the appropriation by taking advantage of part of the labor contributed by those of our citizens receiving aid from either the welfare department or the soldiers relief department.
We also contracted following an appropriation for the purpose for the installation of a petro-oil burner in town hall at a price of $1200. Seven bids were received on this contract and the Selectmen after consulting with the heating engineer and following his recommendation let the job to the highest bidder. This burner burns the cheaper grade of oil which is now being furnished to the town for $.05 per gallon.
An appropriation of $800.00 was made for the in- stallation of traffic lights at the junction of Main, Elm, and Prospect Streets. After consulting with Mr. Taylor, Traffic Engineer of the Department of Public Works, Mr. Taylor felt that due to the late season it was best to postpone the installation until Spring when a more ac- curate traffic count can be taken.
A critical year is ahead of us. It will require fore- sight and courage on the part of the officials to tide us over the next few months. A co-ordination of our de- partments is imperative, and especially the Highways, Sewer and the Parks to the end that money spent by these departments will reach the most number of people. These departments should be re-organized as to per- sonnel; a four day week should be established and the
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employment of laborers, mechanics, and drivers from among the needy people of Milford should be rotated so that the money spent will be divided as far as possible among those who need it the most. Machine work should be avoided and any extra appropriation that might be made for the relief of the unemployed for needed improvements should be of a character where the maximum expense would be for manual labor.
In line with the above suggestion we recommend that appropriations be made as follows :
$10,000.00 for the cleaning of Godfrey Brook and other brooks, throughout the town.
$5,000.00 for covering Charles River with stone masonry side walls and reinforced concrete top slab from Central Street northerly as far as the appropriation will go.
$4,000.00, in addition to the usual Park appropria- tion, for the building of tennis court, the laying of a drain pipe where the present brook is now and other general Park improvements.
EAST MAIN STREET
The State and the County have alloted $20,000.00 each for the construction of East Main Street of rein- forced concrete. We believe it to be good business for the Town to appropriate its share for this construction and we therefore recommend that the sum of $20,000.00 be appropriated by the Town for East Main Street.
MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES RECORDED
Automobile agents 8
Motorcycle agent
1
Used car dealers .
7
Motor vehicle junk dealers
2
Pool and billiards
9
Bowling alleys
2
22
Sale of ice cream, soda water, fruit and confection-
ery on the Lord's Day 66
Junk collectors 6
Shops for second hand articles . 9
Theatrical
2
Entertainments on Lord's Day (State Theatre) 52
Common victuallers . 40
Innholders .
7
Lodging houses
5
Sale of firearms 4
Auctioneers
8
Oleomargarine 6
Busses
3
Liquor (third class registered pharmacists) 6
Fuel oil (tanks and pumps) .
2
Special auctioneer
1
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP CENEDELLA, TIMOTHY W. HANNIGAN, P. EUGENE CASEY,
Selectmen of Milford.
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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 1931.
Due to the reduction in the general appropriation for Highways and the extra cost of snow removal of the past winter I was unable to construct any new macadam streets.
NEW GRAVEL STREETS.
The upper sections of Pleasant Street and Varney Street were widened and rebuilt, 25 cubic yards of ledge removed, 300 cubic yards of gravel were placed, graded, rolled and treated with oil.
STREETS TREATED WITH OIL OR TARVIA.
The following streets or section thereof were treated new or resurfaced with oil or tarvia, most of which were patched with hot dressing or cold patch and some were scarified with gravel or stone dust and rolled.
Dilla, Cedar, Medway, Beaver, East Ext., Pond, Whit- ney, North, Short, South Free, Dominic, Reade, Middle- ton, Lawrence, Lee, Quinlan, Madden Ave., Union, Cherry, Thayer, Congress, Freedom, Fairview, Commo, E. Walnut, Mt. Pleasant, Meade, Parkhurst, Vine, Over- lea and Richmond.
REPAIRS TO GRAVEL ROADS.
The following roads were widened, stones and brush removed, graded and rolled using 1,000 cubic yards of coarse gravel. These are mostly country roads and in the wet seasons were almost impassible to auto travel.
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Highland Street from Wadleigh farm to Congress Street. Fiske Mill Road for a distance of over a mile towards East Upton. West Fountain, Asylum, Camp, Courtland, Beaver, Maple, Central and Blanchard Road.
TAR CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.
New tar concrete sidewalks, consisting of a crushed stone and tar base and a hot top surface were built on both sides of Genoa Ave., Leonard and Otis Streets.
This money was appropriated from the general side- walk appropriation at the annual town meeting.
Tar concrete sidewalks or sections thereof were built or resurfaced, new stone curbing set or reset on the following streets :
Exchange, Central, Winter, Lincoln, Franklin, Grove, Bancroft Park, Forest, East Main, Mt. Pleasant and Purchase Street.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
Several wooden bridges were repaired, new stringers installed and covered with 3" chestnut plank, guard rails repaired, brush cut and burned, several hundred feet of new 10 and 12 inch drain pipe laid, new brick catch basin built, old stone drains and culverts replaced with tile, cement or iron pipe, culverts, drains and brooks cleaned and flushed, gutters and basins cleaned, curb re- moved from driveways, snow plowed and removed and sidewalks and streets sanded.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD C. BEAULAC, Highway Surveyor.
TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1931
CASH
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1931 .
. $
38,164 59
Receipts for year . 1,172,196 84
$2,210,361 43
Disbursements per warrant
. $1,177,130 24
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1931 . 33,231 19
$2,210,361 43
TRUST FUNDS
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1931 .
$21,984 17
Received for perpetual care
400 00
Interest credited during year 1,514 78
$23,898 95
*Interest withdrawn and credited to Ceme- tery Trustees account $ 1,115 94
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