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Dennis Pyne,
52
66
Mary Flagg,
20
66
Charles H. Dunham,
52
66
John Wallace,
14
66
John Ward,
52
66
Edward McCullum,
6
66
Orra W. Cheney, .
20
John Hayes,
2
66
Johanna McCarty,
52
Martin Jenkins,
2
66
Net expense at the farm,
$2,703 58
Appraisal of town farm, $4500 ; interest, 270 00
personal property, $3,285.40, " 197 12
$3,170 70
Whole number of persons admitted during the year, Average 6 66 66 66 66
58
weekly cost of each person, 学1.52号多
There has been but one death at the farm during the year. John Hayes died Jan. 4, 1888, aged 53.
40
John Flynn,
52
Maria H. O'Connor,
47
Elizabeth Gabbrie,
25
William O'Connor,
47
Mary Sergurson,
52
Michael McCarty, 17
66
Patrick Conniff,
52
Bridget O'Reagan,
17
14
PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Milton H. Aldrich,
$ 53 00
Thomas Hanigan,
$ 21 78
Mrs. Thomas Barry, 67 40
John Hayes,
17 00
Mrs. Eliza Buxton,
9 75
Mrs. Bernard King,
101 60
William J. Blanchard,
88 90
Mrs. Thomas Lyons,
73 00
Mrs. William Bren,
55 18
Mrs. Charles Murphy, 71 50
Patrick Butler, 5 65
Mrs. Patrick Manion,
114 75
Frank Baxter,
26 70
Bridget Murray,
2 00
James Boland,
6 50
Mrs. Edward Murphy,
74 00
Benjamin Cottrell,
11 13
Mrs. Thomas Murray,
53 85
Mrs. Mary Cronan,
56 38
Patrick McGrath,
23 70
Hannah Connor,
11 77
Edward McKenna,
96 30
Mrs. Winnifred Casey,
42 79
Patrick McQuaid,
48 07
John Collins,
33 13
Peter McGovern,
27 40
Mrs. Patrick Cloonan,
123 87
Patrick Nugent,
58 80
Mrs. Mary Coy,
90 85
Robert Nichols,
2 95
Mrs. Timothy Carey,
111 96
John Nugent,
23 00
Nancy McCool,
159 00
Owen O'Hara,
19 45
Mrs. James Comee,
154 07
Mrs. Mary Quinlan,
73 96
James Coffee,
8 87
Mrs. Michael Quirk,
35 64
Mrs. Peter Collins,
8 50
Mrs. Dennis Ryan,
48 95
Michael Connor,
10 70
John Rogers,
15 00
Mrs. William Dacey,
96 00
James O'Reagan,
46 05
Mrs. David Doyle,
102 47
Edgar P. Smith,
10 00
Martin Donahue,
7 00
Mrs. Bridget Sweeney,
60 00
John Delman,
10 35
Mrs. Daniel Shea,
59 00
Mrs. Darius S. Flagg,
53 00
William Stewart,
17 50
John Fay,
25 66
Hugh Smith,
3 75
Mrs. William Fahey,
111 67
Michael Smith,
54 80
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald,
16 77
Miss Minnie M.Stanford, 14 00
Miss Ellen A. Guild,
71 00
Mrs. Michael Toolan,
50 15
Mrs. Andrew Gilroy,
171 52
Fred L. Tillston,
2 70
John J. Grant,
96 00
Mrs. Laura Tucker,
8 00
Loughlin Gahagan,
44 50
Margaret Welch,
23 38
Howard Holland,
164 63
John Wallace,
35 15
Patrick Hanigan,
52 97
Mary Wallace,
15 55
Michael Hageney,
70 55
John Welch,
1 65
Mrs. Michael Halpin,
10 00
Medical attendance for
Miss Lucretia Hayward,
44 79
the above, 100 00
Thomas Hughes,
64 87
Mrs. Bridget Hennesey,
3 80
$3,858 03
PERSONS BELONGING TO MILFORD AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Mrs. James A. Hern, Natick,
$ 58 75
Mary Beatty, Fall River,
2 73
John A. Boyd, Worcester,
12 20
Sarah Butts, Tewksbury Alınshouse,
21 53
John Cain, Ashland,
22 25
Martin Coppinger, Boston city hospital,
347 00
Alvin Collins, Medway,
93 00
Orra Cheney, Mendon,
2 50
15
Mrs. Andrew Doyle, Southboro,
$149 25
Mrs. Annie Fay, Lynn,
108 75
Laura J. Green, Lynn,
39 00
Michael Holland, Somerville,
4 70
Mrs. Toby Hart, Spencer,
117 82
Eva Jones, Boston city hospital,
4 00
Charles F. Lynch, Lyman school,
15 71
Mahan children, Boston,
75 00
James Murphy, Marlboro,
174 99
Bridget Maloney, Spencer,
12 81
Lawrence O'Hare, Salem,
16 00
John O'Brien, Boston city hospital,
16 00
Julius L. Johnson, Bellingham,
24 50
Mrs. Bridget Roach, Blackstone,
42 90
Edward Sireack, Medway,
21 52
Thomas Stewart, State Primary school,
38 14
Joanna Slattery, Hopkinton,
92 50
Julian Sireack, Boston city hospital,
9 00
Sarah Tiernan, Worcester,
2 00
Mary White, Franklin,
136 51
$1,661 06
PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD.
John Clancy, Upton,
$189 96
Mrs. Maria A. Claire, Brookline,
9 75
Richard Carey, Boston,
5 00
Mrs. Jerry Daley, Northbridge,
4 60
Thomas Finn, Natick,
22 77
Patrick Gleason, Medway,
24 05
John Galvin, Boston,
11 75
Daniel Harrington, Hopkinton,
15 25
Emory Hall, Holliston,
13 85
James Healy, Natick,
54 79
Patrick Jones, Boston,
1 54
Mrs. Timothy Murphy, Natick,
20 3c
Michael Mellen, Hopkinton,
2 00
Willis Dexter Perham, Blackstone,
7 00
Charles H. Snowling, Northbridge,
81 35
Mrs. Lucy A. Tibbetts, Abington,
130 00
$591 01
INSANE.
Margaret Bradley,
$182 04
William Mulcahy,
$ 45 03
Henry Cain,
177 41
John Nugent,
73 39
Caroline Coughlin,
183 26
Abbott L. Perry,
169 46
Mary Connell,
172 16
Joseph Reagan,
26 03
John Cook,
164 15
Maria Ripley,
170 44
Thomas H. Donovan,
60 06
James Sullivan,
181 06
Hannah H. Davis,
37 61
$1,642 10
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STATE PAUPERS.
A. T. Bushee,
$ 0 81
Mary Cleveland,
8 00
John Gillis,
85 49
George Gabbrie,
50
William Harty,
57 84
Joseph Leaxrou,
136 18
Michael Murphy,
43 35
Michael Murray,
77
John Moore,
3 00
Sarah McGrath,
18 00
Daniel McNeil,
25 89
Mrs. Lucelia E. Nichols,
19 26
D. H. Purrington,
1 06
543 tramps, care and bedding, for tramps' room,
$30 55
INCIDENTALS.
Printing orders, notices, etc.,
$8 55
Books and stationery,
2 61
Postage stamps,
4 00
$15 16
Cash in hands of Overseers,
$14 65
RECEIPTS.
Lewis Hayden, treasurer,
$10,040 00
Income at the farm,
1,675 69
State,
196 09
Upton,
145 87
Abington,
130 00
Military Aid,
96 00
Hopkinton,
81 28
Northbridge,
78 85
Natick,
73 10
Medway,
33 55
Holliston,
13 89
Boston,
13 29
Brookline,
9 75
Blackstone,
7 00
Cash on hand from 1886,
82
---- $12,595 18
RECAPITULATION.
Expense at the farm, Persons aided outside of the farm, 3,858 03
$4,379 27
Persons aided in other towns,
1,661 06
$400 15
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Persons aided belonging to other towns,
594 01
Insane,
1,642 10
State poor,
400 15
Tramps,
30 55
Incidentals,
15 16
Cash in hands of Overseers,
14 85
-- $12,595 18
BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Northbridge,
$8 10
Upton,
4 45
Natick,
2 00
Boston,
5 00
$19 55
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED DURING THE YEAR.
Insane,
13
State,
25
Farm,
58
Other persons,
354
Total, 450
The Superintendent and Matron are paid to March 1, 1888, salary $600. The Town Physician is paid to April 1, 1888, salary $150.
At the town farm the buildings are in good repair and also most of the farming implements. The cattle are in fine condi- tion. We have made an improvement at the barn by widening the cow-stable four feet, at an expense of about $150, this addi- tion making the stable much better for the cattle, a great deal more convenient for those taking care of them and much pleas- anter for visitors to look at them.
The Overseers have caused an article to be inserted in the town warrant, asking the town to appropriate the sum of $300 to purchase iron bedsteads for the almshouse. Many of the old wooden ones being in a very rickety condition, it will be necessa- ry to replace them with new ones the coming year, and we think it would be more economical for the town to have the wooden bedsteads replaced with iron ones, as they are more durable, much more easily kept clean, and also more comfortable to sleep upon, as they have a good spring bed in connection with them.
There have been 58 persons admitted to the almshouse during the year. Of these, 30 have been at the farm throughout the year. In regard to the Martin Coppinger case, we would say that he was admitted to the city hospital of Boston in 1886. The Overseers of Boston immediately notified the Overseers of Mil- ford of his being in the hospital, and the case was investigated by the Milford Overseers. The patient was found to have sustained
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a compound fracture of the skull, which required three separate surgical operations before the fracture was reduced. He remained in the hospital 347 days, their charges being one dollar a day. We caused his removal as soon as the hospital authorities permit- ted us to do so.
The suit of the Overseers of Milford against the state to re- cover money expended for the support of Susan Twohey, a state pauper, we referred to in our last report (for the year ending Feb. 1, 1887), as being undecided at that time. You will remem- ber that we first presented a petition at the legislative session of 1885, asking for the payment of this claim by the state. This petition was referred to the committee on claims, who reported against the town, because the town had a remedy in the court of claims. After the rejection of the petition, a suit was commenced in the court, for the recovery of the claim. The Attorney-Gen- eral, who appeared for the state, decided that this claim was not such a claim as was contemplated by the law of 1879, which is to the effect that any claims against the state, founded on contract, might be heard and determined by the three justices of the supe- rior court, sitting as a court of claims; and as there had been no contract between the previous Overseers and the state, the court decided against the town. In order to make a test of this decis- ion, we carried the case to the supreme court, where the former decision was affirmed, and we had our second defeat. Although the Overseers had been twice defeated in trying to recover this money, they concluded to make one more attempt, and therefore, at the opening of the legislature in 1887, presented a petition, asking the passing of a resolve providing for the payment of this claim.
After passing through the different stages of the House and Senate, this resolve became a law, which will probably be of in- terest to the whole state. Therefore, the Overseers of Milford, after a long and obstinate contest of nearly three years' duration, were enabled to recover for the town the sum of $1,479.50, this amount having been expended for the support of Susan Twohey, a state pauper, during a period of nearly ten years. This amount has been transmitted to the town treasurer of Milford, from the state treasurer.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH, PHILIP P. O'DONNELL, 1
Overseers of the Poor.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
PHILIP A. GLEASON, COLLECTOR FOR 1886-7.
DR.
Balance uncollected for the year 1886, as per collect- or's report for that year, $3,763 13
CR.
Abatements, Collected,
$ 557 20 2,350 09
$2,907 29
Balance uncollected,
$855 84
Collected as above, $2,350 09
Paid Lewis Hayden, treasurer,
2,350 09
1887.
DR.
Total amount taxes committed, Re-assessed, Interest on collections as per vote of town,
$82,625 22
387 52
30 95
$83,043.69
CR.
Paid Lewis Hayden, treasurer,
$69,310 46
Paid Edward A. Brown, county treas.,
4,131 00
2,044 91
Discount (on collections to Sept. 15, '87), Abatements, Uncollected, Feb. 17, 1888,
995 90
6,561 42
$83,043 69
Trustees of the Town Library.
NATH'L F. BLAKE, OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, VALENTINE N. RYAN, JAMES A. GILMORE, CHARLES A. DEWEY, JOHN P. NEALON,
Term expires 1888
Term expires 1889 Term expires 1890
CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman. OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, Secretary. NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, Treasurer.
MARTIN J. KELLY, Librarian.
Nothing has occurred in the affairs of the Town Library during the past year to call for special comment on the part of the Trustees. We regret that our ordinary and somewhat lim- ited means for purchasing new books have not been increased by any pecuniary gifts, such as we have been favored with in some former years. We shall always be happy to report any presents of that sort, whenever any of our philanthropic fellow-citizens may be disposed to invest some of their spare funds in that very laudable manner. While our people continue to show their ap- preciation of the library tolerably well, yet we heartily wish they might use it much more generally than they have ever done. Here is a grand storehouse of useful knowledge, and those who avail themselves of its rich and varied treasures will be amply re- paid. If our young men would read and study some of the more solid books, replete with valuable information, or would even roam through the pleasant fields of fictitious literature, it would be vastly better for them than to squander their time, as so many of them do. While it is highly important to read the daily newspapers and thus keep well informed in regard to current events, they would find the reading of good books .much more profitable than devoting so much time, as some do, to reading of matters of ephemeral and inferior interest. A taste for reading books of the better class is one that is easily acquired, and also one that is readily lost, but it surely ought to be cultivated by young people of both sexes. And their parents and friends should exert themselves to foster such a spirit on the part of those who may be under their care.
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We cannot doubt that the general influence of such a library as we possess is of the greatest value to the town, in educating, elevating and ennobling our boys and girls, our young men and young women, and we hope our fellow-citizens, in town meeting assembled, will realize the actual worth of the institution, and will give it a warm and hearty support.
While there is still a balance in the treasury, it should be borne in mind that nearly two hundred books should be bound at once, and that almost three hundred more have been worn out and used up and ought to be replaced.
Under the circumstances the Trustees recommend an appro- priation of six hundred dollars for the benefit of the Library the coming year.
CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
NATH'L F. BLAKE, Treasurer, In account with the Milford Town Library. DR.
Feb. '88.
Balance from last year's report,
$ 31 14
Received
Town appropriation,
500 00
66
One-half dog tax,
337 02
From fines and catalogues, 50 68
$918 84
CR.
Paid M. J. Kelly, Librarian,
$308 33
66
66
Covering books,
11 76
66
66 Work on catalogue,
5 00
66
Books,
305 78
Table and chairs,
65 00
66
Covering paper,
8 29
Supplies,
9 68
66
Express,
4 20
66
Printing catalogue,
28 00
Balance cash on hand,
172 80
$918 84
NATH'L F. BLAKE, Treasurer.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF TOWN LIBRARY :-
Gentlemen : The annual report for the year ending Feb. 10, 1888, is as follows: The distribution of books began Feb. 7, 1887, and ended Jan. 14, 1888, with a circulation of 26,756 volumes. The largest daily circulation was 331 volumes, and the smallest 30 volumes. The library contains, according to the catalogue, with
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the addition of duplicates, 7635 volumes, of which 420 were add- ed the present library year. They have been placed in the differ- ent classes as follows : History, 50; Biography, 48 ; Politics, Law and Oratory, 11; Travels, 15; Science, 31; Miscellaneous, 70; Religion, 11; Poetry, 26; Public Documents, 33; Fiction, 68. With the exception of the Public Documents, the books were ob- tained by purchase. We have not been so fortunate as some in respect to donations from generous citizens, and I may state that the library needs more financial support from some source, if it is desired to keep the standard of our library as high as others which possess no better facilities. It may be out of place in a librarian's report to recommend it, but I trust the town will show a generous disposition in this matter.
The library serves two purposes; the first and most important is to provide such books as will be of practical benefit to those who read them. Of secondary importance are the books provid- ed for mere pleasure. If you will examine the appended sun- mary, you will notice that the majority of patrons devote their attention to the latter. A large number of books are not read by the generality of patrons, for the reason that they do not know that such books are in the library. If they would purchase the catalogues, they would find themselves amply repaid.
During the year, a certain portion of the library room was assigned to those who desire to examine reference books, and serves to a limited degree, the purpose of a reading-room. The appended schedule shows the work of the library in detail.
Respectfully,
MARTIN J. KELLY, Librarian.
SUMMARY.
MONTHS.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
Amount.
Days Open.
Average.
Cataloguee and Fines.
February, 1887,
37
54
5
79
33
1146
87
5
21
610
1
2078
18
1154
$3.35
March,
·
·
·
.
52
87
6
133
70
1621
143
8
21
869
3010
27
11118
5.05
April,
·
·
.
46
90
4
119
52
1701
130
5
25
851
1
3024
26
116.45 13
5.64
May,
42
72
3
98
47
1304
105
3
29
686
2389
25
951:
5.12
June,
43
73
6
112
38
1162
115
6
20
639
2
2216
26
85,62
5.05
July.
38
69
5
116
49
1148
142
9
37
683
1
2297 1895
27
7057
5.30
September,
34
55
8
97
66
1018
108
8
22
623
2039
25
8123
3.50
October,
35
54
8
94
70
996
88
7
19
581
1952
25
78.2
3.75
November,
48
70
2
109
91
1115
124
11
34
679
2283
25
9123
3.02
December,
73
80
83
47
1179
119
12
69
877
2539
26
9712
3.80
January, 1888,
20
37
2
53
39
483
55
2
10
330
3
1034
12
86-%
1.99
Totals,
499
795
52
1156,642
14017
1291 81
321
7894
8
26756
287
93.65
$50.68
·
·
.
·
.
31
54
3
63
40
1144
75
10
14
466
25
9133
5.11
August,
·
·
·
·
·
.
·
·
25
·
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MONEY LEFT BY THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSON'S FOR CARE OF BURIAL LOTS, AND WHICH THE TOWN OWES.
One year's interest on the several Burial Lots.
Amount expended on each lot during the year as
follows :
Balance of interest due on each lot for the year 1887.
Mrs. Theron Holbrook, $100
Holbrook, $6
H. Hancock,
$ 2.00
Holbrook, $13.17
Mrs. Obadiah Albee,
100
Albee,
6
H. Hancock,
2.00
Albee, 14.17
Win. B. Dyer,
150
Dyer,
9
H. Hancock and L. H. Cook,
9.50
Dyer, 16.50
Henry S. Dean, 100
Dean,
6
H. Hancock,
3.00
Dean,
4.17
Abigail H. Adams,
100
Adams, 6
Pine Grove Cemetery Corporation,
4.00
Adams,
5.17
Mary E. Buck,
50
Buck,
3
H. Hancock,
2.00
Buck,
4.17
$600
$36
$22.50
$57.35
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REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 6, 1888.
Jan. 13, 1887, To cash on hand, 71 93
May 20, 20,
To cash of C. H. Farrington, lot No. 507, 8 00
R. N. Fairbanks, lot No. 496, 8 00
20,
66 E. F. Smith, lot No. 562, 5 00
26,
Lewis Hayden, Town Treasurer, 100 00
26, D. C. McIntosh, lot No. 525, 66 5 00
July 2,
66
E. U. Hall, lot No. 526, 5 00
Jan. 24, 1888,
66 Henry Hancock, care of lots, 39 00
24,
66 Lewis Hayden, Town Treasurer, 50 00
Feb. 6,
Wood & Nye, digging graves, 77 00
$368 93
CR.
By cash paid Henry Hancock, labor, $186 00
66 Martin Jenkins, labor,
17 25
John Coffee, labor, 23 25
H. C. Skinner, labor,
10 00
C. A. Ambler & Co., merchandise,
11 25
By cash on hand, 121 18
$368 93
There have been 55 interments in Vernon Grove Cemetery during the past year.
The terms of the Committee expire as follows: Leonard Fairbanks and Isaac N. Crosby, in 1888. II. C. Skinner and John M. Wood, in 1889. Geo. L. Maynard and Henry Hancock, in 1890.
HENRY C. SKINNER, Secretary.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineers' Office, February 12, 1888.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :-
Gentlemen : Inaccordance with our annual custom, the Board of Engineers have the honor to submit the following re- port of the department under our charge, together with receipts and expenditures, a correct record of the fires and alarms, cause as near as could be obtained, amount of insurance and insurance paid, the expense of maintenance in the department, and such recommendations for the coming year as the Board think will tend to improve the same.
RECEIPTS.
Received of Lewis Hayden, town treasurer, $4,750 00
W. P. Leland, coal and wood, 3 00
66 M. J. Buckley, water rent, for hose, 5 00
Cash on hand Feb. 12, 1887,
71 88
$4,829 88
EXPENDITURES.
PAY OF MEMBERS.
Paid
Milford S. F. E. Co., No. 1,
$455 00
Excelsior H. &. L. Co., No. 1,
600 00
Wide Awake Hose Co., No. 1,
455 00
Washington Hose Co., No. 2,
455 00
Wm. C. Gillman Hose Co., No. 4,
455 00
F. M. Walker, driver Steamer No. 1,
175 00
F. J. Rockwood, " Hose Co., No. 2,
12 50
C. L. Wetherell, « 66 No. 1,
27 00
L. E. Dolliff, steward, Hose Co., No. 1,
21 50
F. J. Rockwood, " 66 No. 2,
43 00
Michael Casey, 66 No. 4,
20 00
Michael Hanagan, steward, Hose Co., No. 4,
20 00
Michael Burke,
20 00
John J. Kelley, 66
H. & L. Co. No. 1, No. 1,
20 00
Geo. H. Thompson, 66 Hose Co. No. 1,
21 50
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Henry Willard, engineman Steamer No. 1,
$175 00
N. B. Fairbanks,
No. 2,
160 00
Board of Engineers,
295 00
Total expense for pay of members,
$3,430 50
INCIDENTALS.
Paid
Thos. F. Davoren, storing hose carriage, etc., Spruce St., $ 9 50
M. W. Edwards, horses for H. & L. Co. No. 1, 100 00
Thos. F. Davoren, horses for Hose Co's 1 and 2, 58 33
A. L. Smith, horses for Hose Co., No. 4, 38 50
Geo. A. Sherborne, horses to fires and reserve, 25 15
W. P. Leland, water closet in steamer house, 25 00
15 00
Heirs of S. P. Carpenter, rent of land, Hose No. 4, James C. Coffey, labor, etc.,
11 50
Electric Light Co.,
242 31
B. H. Montague, ringing bell 1887-8,
8 00
Milford Water Co.,
44 00
N. B. Fairbanks, cleaning clock and 1 gal. oil,
2 10
Henry Willard, labor and supplies,
51 14
Field Bros. lumber for H. & L. house,
46 00
O. D. Holmes, ringing bell,
12 00
N. K. Sprague, labor at H. & L. house,
25 50
John J. Hennessy, supplies,
2 70
L. E. Belknap, repairs, Spruce street,
3 00
D. R. Johnson, repairs and painting, Spruce street, H. A. Barney, coal,
84 55
Fred M. Walker, setting glass, oil, etc.,
2 00
John E. Ward, team to fire,
1 00
C. A. Ambler & Co., supplies,
11 04
James A. Boyce, repairs on ladders,
11 00
J. Allen Rice, sponges,
2 00
P. J. Donohoe, chamois skin,
60
Mann & Leahy, printing,
50
Geo. E. Daniels, ringing bell,
10 00
A. S. Tuttle, supplies,
10 10
King Bros. rubber coats;
10 87
James Powers, teams to fire,
2 00
W. E. Cheney, distributing cards,
6 00
Wm. A. Coffey, work on H. & L. house,
2 00
R. B. Greene, fire alarm whistle,
107 83
Patrick Lynch, bbl. kerosene oil,
5 21
Milford Gazette, printing cards,
7 50
Geo. H. Thompson, repairs on hose,
50
M. F. Hanagan, supplies,
91
L. A. Cook, wood,
8 06
C. A. Hoyt, plumbing, hose house Spruce street,
32 19
Lysander Grow, repairing H. & L. truck,
18 25
21 80
28
Boston & Albany, railroad express,
Michael Slattery, digging vault on Spruce street, 16 00 Bartlett & Ellis, supplies, 2 10
L. R. Hazard, vitriol,
1 00
Eldredge & Beatty, labor and supplies,
6 07
Patrick Dillon, building water closet, Spruce street,
93 03
Henry S. Cushman, repairs,
5 25
Henry E. Madden, supplies,
5 60
A. S. Jackson, waste for steamer,
3 70
E. Daisley, lanterns,
3 00
Cole Bros. Pawtucket, R. I., repairs ou steamer,
7 02
H. A. Brown, repairs on water guage,
1 50
D. B. Rockwood, repairs,
2 65
Boston Woven Hose Co., hose,
140 00
Milford Gas Co., coal,
6 40
John J. Kelly, oil, powder and broom,
1 59
Total expense for incidentals. $1,376 34
RECAPITULATION.
Total amount drawn from town treasurer,
$4,750 00
Received from W. P. Leland for wood and coal,
3 00
M. J. Buckley, water rent for hose, 5 00
1
71 88
Total receipts for the year, $4,829 88
Total expenditures for the year,
4,806 84
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1888,
$23 04
Pay of members, Incidentals, 1,376 34
$3,430 50
Total expense for the year, $4,806 84 Appropriations, 1887, 4,600 00
Exceeded appropriation,
$206 84
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We would recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year :-
Pay of members,
$3,430 50
Incidentals, Repairs,
169 50
New hose,
500 00
$5,000 00
25
C. M. Thayer, supplies,
5 54
900 00
Cash on hand, Feb. 12, 1887,
29
The excess over appropriations is due greatly to the moving of one of our hose houses from Lincoln square to Spruce street. This alteration cost us $175.52 to put the house in a fair condi- tion for our companies.
Citizens, you will also take notice that we have placed an alarm whistle on the Electric Light station, at a cost of $107.83, which we think is a very profitable expenditure, and we think that you will say that it has done good service for the firemen since its erection.
MANUAL OF MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief Engineer, Ass't. 66
P. J. BAXTER
D. R. JOHNSON
66 66
66
THOS. E. NUTTING A. D. WHITE JOHN J. MANNING HENRY E. MADDEN
Clerk and Treasurer,
MILFORD STEAM FIRE ENGINE Co., No. 1 .- Foreman, N. Gaskell; first assistant, James H. Keane ; clerk and treasurer, W. P. Leland ; janitor, Fred M. Walker ; engineman, Henry Wil- lard ; stoker. Henry E. Rockwood; driver, Fred M. Walker ; hosemen, E. F. Pond, Wm. M. Bowker, William Brown, George Whiting, James A. Boyce, Clarence W. Gardner, George W. Kibby, Wm. C. Norton, A. H. Smith.
AARON CLAFLIN STEAM FIRE ENGINE, in reserve .- En- gineman, N. B. Fairbanks; stoker, W. A. Fairbanks. The above Steamer is kept in good repair and is ready for use, at any time when called upon, and is operated by the Steamer Co. No. 1.
WIDE AWAKE HOSE Co., No. 1 .- Foreman, H. I. Benney ; first assistant, J. H. Bates ; second assistant, C. H Bagley ; clerk, R. P. Hadley ; treasurer, John J. Hennessy ; steward, George H. Thompson ; hosemen, Henry Willard, C. L. Witherell, E. B. Bates, Walter Steele, S. W. Blunt, Geo. B. Pond, Geo. H. Hart, E. G. Hubbard, B. A. Hart.
WASHINGTON HOSE Co., No. 2 .-- Foreman, L. E. Belknap ; first assistant, T. F. Martin ; second assistant, Emmons Fletcher ; clerk, Wm. J. Pyne ; treasurer, L. E. Belknap ; steward, F. J. Rockwood ; hosemen, P. J. Connor, Bart Harrington, Edward Dalton, John Glenfield, T. E. Condon, J. J. Ring, T. P. Cronan, D. F. Ring, John Mathews, J. J. Connors.
WILLIAM C. GILLMAN HOSE CO., No. 4 .- Foreman, Owen Gormley; first assistant, D. J. Connors ; second assistant, George Juhan; clerk, M. J. Buckley ; treasurer, M. J. Buckley ; steward, Michael Hanagan ; hosemen, C. A. Cheney, M. Higgins, M. Casey, Fred Joslyn, P. Coyne, John Kcalon, Fred Basford, Wm. Cur- tain, John Bradley, John J. Cronin.
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