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Received the following sums in connection with the Highway Department :-
W. H. Bourne, gravel, by J. D. Shippee, Supt.,
$ 4 50
N. W. Weed, street cleanings,
66
66
26 00
F. W. Mann,
66
5 00
66
66
6 50
Peter Cauley,
66
66
6 40
C. H. Metcalf,
66
66
66
2 00
M. Edwards,
66
66
1 50
Dea. Bradish,
66
66
10 00
D. B. Rockwood,
66
66
66
4 00
L. H. Cook, 66
1 00
Solon Hapgood,
50
P. Nealon,
66
66
2 00
John Mack,
66
66
3 00
C. Fiske,
66
66
50
Mrs. Mann,
66.
66
66
50
Edwin Willis,
66
66
1 00
Wm. B. Hale,
labor,
66
66
40 45
Gillon block,
66
66
66
34 00
W. H. Bourne,
16 80
Park Comm'rs,
66
66
66
40 00
Milford Water Co.,
66
66
144 20
A. W. Keene,
66
9 00
Wm. Sheehan,
66 .
66
5 00
P. Cuddihy,
66
66
21 08
Milford Gas Co.,
2 00
C. Ellis & Sons,
66
15 42
A. Cook,
stone,
2 50
Universalist church, 66
66
66
3 00
D. O'Connell,
66
66
8 00
P. Casey,
66
"ל
2 00
Music Hall Co., gutter,
66
66
15 00
L. Hunt,
sidewalk,
66
88 42
Z. C. Field,
66
81 85
C. W. Wilcox,
41 19
J. E. Walker,
66
66
12 00
A. Seaver,
66
66
52 50
T. & P. Donohue,
66
66
45 50
L. C. Cheney,
66
66
14 67
66
13 00
G. N. Hayward,
66
66
66
16 20
P. Dwyer,
66
66
S. Mathewson, 66
O. D. Holmes "barges" 8
C. H. Walker, (2) 50
66
58 64
A. Seaver,
66
66
32
A. Supple, sidewalk, 66
by J. D. Shippee, Supt., 66
31 25
Peter Cook, heirs,
66
66
66
20 00
C. C. Cheney, 66
66
57 70
I. N. Crosby,
66
66
20 60
Hannah Crowley,
66
66
66
30 10
Owen Keefe, 66
66
42 30
School committee, .6
66
13 50
Margaret Roach,
66
66
66
37 80
M. W. Edwards,
66
66
33 00
H. E. Fales,
66
66
66
107 12
Dwight Russell, 66,
66
66
60 00
H. E. Morgan,
66
66
34 10
C. Noyes,
66
66
20 00
P. Cuddihy,
29 50
P. Lynch,
66
.6
66 .
11 50
Total, ' RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS.
$1,497 33
Incidental receipts, including amount in treasury,
$142,115 54
Licenses of all kinds,
6,761 00
Receipts from Highway Dept.,
1,497 33
Total,
$150,373 87
Paid on Selectmen's orders,
149,457 47
Balance in treasury, Feb. 18, 1889, TOWN DEBT.
$916 40
Statement of town debt, as it appears at time of closing the books :-
Bonds (5's) held by Milford Savings Bank, due 1893, $40,000 00
Memorial Hall note (43), on demand, 15,000 00
Bonds (6's) held by Milford Savings Bank, due 1897, 10,000 00 Bonds (6's) held by Boston parties, due 1897, 15,000 00
Treasurer's note held by Savings Bank (5's) on demand, 66 66 66 (5's) 66
5,000 00
Selectmen's
66 (5's)
5,000 00
66
66
יו (5's)
3,500 00
$98,500 00
Total debt, Increase debt over 1887, $4,500.
I have to report all bound volumes of the Town History as sold, except five volumes. We have some 200 volumes (uncov- ered) stored in the Town House. It is for the tax-payers to say what we shall do with them. The agent for the Town History Publishing Co. has never made a report of his doings. It is pos- sible he may have some books unsold.
LEWIS HAYDEN, Treasurer.
14 36
Israel Patch,
66
66
77 68
B. H. Spaulding, sewer, 66
66
5,000 00
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
I have the honor to submit herewith my report for 1888. In my report last year, the attention of the citizens was called to the advisability of overhauling the records in the fire-proof vault in the Selectmen's room, and the purchasing of a cabinet file, in which the bills, orders, petitions, records, etc., could be filed, in order as to years, and finally indexed; so that any information desired could be readily and easily found, instead of the neces- sary delay now consequent upon its disordered condition. As no appropriation was made to carry out this recommendation, the same condition still exists. I again deem it proper that this mat- ter should be brought to your attention, and believe that if an appropriation is made for this purpose, the town will be amply repaid by the economy, utility and convenience that will result.
I also wish to submit for your consideration, certain recom- mendations which seem to be necessary for the better preserva- tion and improvement of the records, especially the records of births, marriages and deaths. The legal and historic value of these records, by which very often are decided "questions of legitimacy, legal settlement in towns, and various other contested points, to say nothing of the important deductions relating to vital and mortuary statistics," ought to act as an incentive for vigilance and care in preserving the same. As the law now stands, the clerk of each city and town is required to annually transmit to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, certified copies of the records of births, marriages and deaths which have oc- curred therein during the preceding year.
If, from fire or other causes, the original records since 1841 (when the Act in Relation to Registration Returns was passed) were lost, obliterated or destroyed, copies could be taken from those in the Secretary's office; but the official records prior to 1841 are only in the custody of the Clerk of the town, and could not be replaced in case of destruction.
Unfortunately, our public records are not written on parch- ment, as is the custom in England, and in consequence are sub- ject to decay from atmospheric action on them, cansing the paper to decay and the ink to fade, so that our early records (from 1782 to 1841) are now in a condition which I think warrants me in thus calling your attention to them. While I am aware that a great part of the information contained in these records is com- piled in the "Biographico-Genealogical Register" of the "History of Milford," still it does not cover the ground which these re-
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cords do, and would not supply the deficiency, if they are allowed to decay. The most feasible plan to remedy this, appears to me to be the system adopted by several cities and towns, namely, the printing of the records (from 1782 to 1850) in one volume, and stereotyping the form, so that if none of the copies should survive, the plates would remain, and copies could be printed for the mere cost of presswork and paper, at any time.
All the records of births, marriages and deaths are in imme- diate need of binding, and in cases of some books, the leaves are so loose that great care is required to keep them intact. Some provision ought to be made to have these bound at once. With these suggestions I leave these matters for your consideration, and if they meet with your approval, an appropriation should be made at the coming meeting to carry them out.
MARRIAGES.
Intentions issued,
Marriages recorded,
Number solemnized in Milford, 66
61
Hopedale,
6
Worcester,
2
Uxbridge,
2
Hopkinton,
2
66
Lowell, Newton Upper Falls,
Franklin, Southboro, Leicester, Spencer, Mill- ville, Foxboro, West Brookfield, Quincy, Hol- liston, Woonsocket, R. I., East Weatogue, Conn., and Bangor, Me., 1 each,
14
First
marriage, grooms, 78,
brides, 75, 66 12,
153
Second 66 66 9, - 87
87
174
Average age of groom,
29
bride,
26
Oldest groom,
67
« bride,
59
Youngest groom,
18
bride,
17
Grooms whose age exceeds bride's,
63
Brides whose age exceeds groom's,
13
Same age, in years, 11
87
Greatest difference in ages of one couple, 28 years. Parents' consent filed, 4.
BY WHOM PERFORMED.
By Rev. James T. Canavan, 66 Adin Ballou, .
17
10
81 87
87
-
21
35
By Rev. D. F. McGillicuddy,
66 Charles Tilton,
9
66 J. B. Wicks,
6 4
2 1
2
Austin Howard, Justice of the Peace,
Revs. Sanford B. Sweetser, Lowell; M. O'Brien, Newton Upper Falls; Dennis Scannell, Worcester; M. Sullivan, Worcester; Arthur Page Sharpe, Franklin; Jos. Neal, Holliston; Edward Norton, Quincy; J. Frank Winkley; Thos. Earle Babb, West Brookfield; F. H. Burbank; M. F. Johnson, Foxboro; Daniel A. Wade; M. D. Murphy, Hopkinton; H. L. Robinson, Uxbridge; W. Wignall, Hopkinton; P. Farrelly, Woonsocket, R. I .; D. E. Ad- ams, Southboro; Charles W. Lyon, East Weatogue, Conn .; Edw. P. Phreamer, Millville; Thos. B. Lowney, Medway ; Oliver S. Dean, Holbrook; Thos. W. Nicker- son, Leicester ; M. O'Brien, Bangor, Me .; Henry G. Gay, Southboro; 1 each,
Lewis Hayden; Geo. P. Ladd, Spencer, and A. A. Put- nam, Uxbridge, Justices of the Peace, 1 each,
-
87
DEATHS.
Number recorded,
204
111
93
- 204
Died in January,
males, 14,
females, 12,
26
February,
66
7,
8,
15
March,
10,
6,
16
April,
14,
8,
22
May,
9,
66
6,
15
June,
11,
66
6,
17
July,
7,
7,
14
August,
11
13,
24
September,
9,
10,
19
October,
66
11,
66
5,
16
November,
66
4,
6,
10
December,
66
4,
66
6,
10
111
93
204
CONDITION OF PERSONS DECEASED.
Marrried,
males, 46,
females, 35,
81
9
66 S. A. Gardner,
Henry A. Cook,
66 Webster Woodbury,
24
3
of males,
females,
-
36
Single,
66 51
33,
84
Widowers,
14,
· widows, 25, 39
111
93 204
Causes of death, as reported by the physicians: Consump- tion, 36; pneumonia, 16; heart disease, 17; old age, 17; kidney diseases, 9; cholera infantum, 8; apoplexy, 8; bronchitis, 5; diphtheria, 4; tubercular meningitis, 7 ; cerebro-spinal meningitis, 4; general debility, 5; chronic diarrhea, 4; convulsions, 4; paralysis, 3; dysentery, 3; typhoid fever, 3; softening of the brain, 2; hydrocephalus, 2; nervous prostration, 2; suicide, 2; premature birth, 2; cancer, 2; shock from burns, 2; uraemia poi- son, 2; accident, 2; inflammation of bowels, 2; various other diseases, 31. Total, 204.
Of the 204 deaths, 172 were interred in Milford; 32 in other places.
BIRTHS.
Whole number registered,
180
87
93
180
Children of foreign parentage,
46
66
native
100
mixed 66
34
- 180
Number of instances of twins, 3
Illegitimate,
6
Born in January,
males, 5
females, 4
9
February,
9
66
9
18
March,
6
14
20
April,
66
9
66
6
15
June,
66
66
7
14
July,
66
10
66
7
17
August,
66
9
11
20
October,
66
7
6
13
November,
66
7
66
7
14
December,
66
6
66
5
11
87
93
180
LICENSES.
Liquor licenses recorded, first
class,
39
66
fourth 66
15
66
66 sixth
6
-
60
5
10
15
May,
7
September,
66
7
14
Number of males, 66 females,
37
Auctioneers' licenses recorded, 7
18
Pool and billiard licenses recorded, The number of licenses issued to dealers in oleomargarine was 2; received for same and paid Town Treasurer, $1.
DOG LICENSES.
Whole number licensed-males, 372; females, 62,
434
Amount received for same,
Amount sent County Treasurer,
$1,054 00 967 20
Number licensed last year, 359
Amount received last year, $862 00
Increase over last year, 192 00
MORTGAGE RECORDS.
Chattel mortgages recorded,
74
Assignment of wages, 13
Transfer of mortgage, 1; mortgages discharged, 15.
Attachment of bulky articles, 1
MARRIED WOMEN.
Certificates recorded of married women doing business on separate account,
8
NATURALIZATION.
Number of applications for naturalization under Chapter 345, Acts of 1885, 2
ROADS.
Descriptions recorded, 7
TOWN MEETINGS.
March 5, 1888; April 30, 1888 ; November 6, 1888. Total, 3. . All of which is most respectfully submitted.
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
To THE TAX-PAYERS OF MILFORD :-
The first duty of the Selectmen after March meeting was to elect a Superintendent of Highways, and after four weeks' delib- eration, John D. Shippee of Holliston was elected, he having had several years' experience in building and repairing roads. In consideration of the fact that some of the appropriations have been exceeded during the current year, the Selectmen deem it only right that the citizens should know where and how the ex- tra money has been expended. Owing to the late heavy rains taking the frost out of the ground, the streets washed very badly, which necessitated large outlays to put them in condition; and we have expended a large amount in the outskirts of the town. We had hoped to keep within the appropriations.
We have had two men nightly acting as patrolmen during the year, their services ending Jan. 1, 1889. This was an addi- tional expense to the town, and we would recommend that some provision be made in the future to meet such expense, as it is our opinion that a street patrol is necessary. We find the town treasury depleted at the present time, owing to overdrawing last year and this. Last year the following accounts were over- drawn :-
On bonds,
$7,000
Memorial Hall Square,
7,500
Damages on highways and cost of Shea suits, .
2,739
Total last year, $17,239
This year the amount overdrawn will reach, on highways, about
$ 2,500
Poor department, 3,000
Total, $22,739
The Selectmen would recommend that the town raise, in addition to the current expenses for the next year, $10,000.
Any tax-payer wishing to examine bills can do so by apply- ing to the clerk of the board.
TOWN INCIDENTALS.
Orders drawn.
Times Pub. Co., 1,000 copies reports, sewer
committee,
$ 22 75
39
Times Pub. Co., printing and advertising, $ 59 25 P. P. Field and M. W. Edwards, expenses to Ansonia, Conn., 26 58
C. A. Sumner, services as teller, 6 00
John Miller, shooting and burying dog, 1 0(
Milford Water Co., water for armory, 9 00
66 66 Main street trongh, 40 00
66
66 Dilla 66
40 00
Daily News, Board of Health notice, advertising,
77 50
S. C. Sumner, checking voting list,
10 00
John Gilbride, military aid on acc't of Rock- land, 24 00
Thomas Jago, damage to fence, 3 15
G. M. Billings, 1,500 copies town reports, 123 00
66 printing and advertising, 70 00
3 00
Crohen Connell, abating nuisance,
50
M. P. Burns, money paid for abating nuisance,
2 50
Murty Reynolds, abating nuisance,
1 00
Chas. L. Walker, 66
50
Wm. Shockrow, 66
2 00
John Ahearn, 66
1 00
J. M. Eaton, M. D., paid for abating nuisance,
50
T. F. Davoren, watching at water works trench, 15 00 Jeremiah Davoren, 9 00 66
66 66
8 50
G. W. Stacy, supplies, 15 24
66 66 for Assessors, 21 03
J. H. Burns, services as constable March 5, 2 50
25 00
Capt. J. T. Berrill, for target range for Co. M, P. P. Field and M. W. Edwards, expenses to Boston and Worcester for horses, 35 00
Alton A. Cook, surveying and measurements,
99 43
Cook & Sons, printing and advertising,
10% 00
C. R. Scott, rent of armory,
275 00
M. J. Buckley, services as teller,
6 00
J. H. Wood, legal advice,
25 00
T. F. Davoren, reward for a conviction of ille- gal liquor selling,
25 00
John Usher, water,
5 00
G. A. Sherborne, express,
40
moving safe,
3 00
Hapgood & Mayhew, team for Assessors,
9 00
B. & A. R. R. Co., freight bill,
86
M. R. Warren, license blanks,
12 42
H. C. Snell, police duty,
63 00
O. H. Bailey & Co., views of Memorial Hall and Town, 10 00
T. P. Mahon,
Bernard F. Kelly, services as teller,
37 10
40
Cary Safe Co., safe,
$ 40 00
C. B. Fletcher, reimbursement fax of 1887, 1 13
Mrs. P. B. Draper,
66 1888,
3 00
Geo. W. Lane,
66
1888,
73
Robert Rivers, 66
1888,
3 00
R. P. Harrington, 66 1888,
3 00
Hon. H. B. Pierce, new "Register of Voters,"
3 50
C. F. Walter & Co., record book,
5 50
J. F. McGuinness, bills,
15 50
Field Bros., lumber,
90
John M. Wood, mowing and cleaning North Purchase cemetery, 6 00
J. T. McLoughlin, postage and express, '
9 84
66 compiling and copying new register, 25 00
Jos. D. Crosby, services as teller,
2 50
Geo. A. Sherborne, sprinkling street,
15 00
A. J. Sumner, copying for Assessors,
2 50
Thos. Lyons, damage to stone wall,
4 86
French & Co., bill,
8 50
M. W. Edwards, team to clerks' meeting, Mendon,
1 50
W. H. Pyne, services as teller,
6 00
Hixon Bros., bill,
6 50
N. F. Blake, services as teller,
3 00
S. A. Brock, supplies,
5 08
P. H. Curran, services as teller,
3 00
Murty Reynolds, damage to stone post,
1 50
L. Hayden, postage, stationery and express, 5 00
J. P. Stedman, M. D., return of births, 2 25
E. C. Atkins, M. D.,
5 00
John J. Duggan, M. D.,
66
6 25
Jerome Wilmarth, M. D.,
75
Chas. Mackin, M. D., 66
12 25
C. D. Albro, M. D., 66
50
M. W. Edwards, return of deaths, 30 00
Wood & Nyc,
21 00
$1,587 75.
DAMAGES AND LAWSUITS.
Miss Delia Grainey, for injuries received on sidewalk, $ 50 00
Frank W. Phipps, damages received on high- way, 30 00
J. A. Taft, attorney for L. R. Hazard on highway, 100 00
Stephen Sweet, services as witness, Beatty case ('87), 3 00
41
P. P. Field, expenses and money paid wit- nesses in Shea case, $ 84 00 Henry E. Fales, Esq., legal services Shea case, advice and notices for different boards, 263 20
$530 20
SALARIES. .
M. Broderick, services at town meeting, $ 5 00
66 police duty July 3 and 4, 3 00
66 services as patrolman,
140 25
James H. Burns, 3 00
140 25
Mathew Burns, police duty, July 3 and 4,
M. W. Edwards; officers for duty, July 3 and 4,
10 00
Thomas F. Davoren, 66 3 00
66 services as police officer,
19 00
O. D: Holmes, night watch,
66 constable,
29 00
66 police duty July 3 and 4,
3 00
Charles Mackin, M. D., services on board of health ('87), 41 00
Charles Mackin, M. D, services on board of health for 1888, 39 00
J. M. Eaton, M. D., services on board of
health for 1888, 50 00
111 30
A. Wheeler,
100 00
James Murray, jr., 66
100.00
J. T. McLoughlin, 66
100 00
T. J. Connor, services as assessor, 66
124 75
G. E. Stacy,
185 00
Lewis Hayden,
170 00
66 treasurer,
250 00
E. J. Dalton, constable for registrars,
C. L. Clark, services as overseer of poor, 325 00
P. P. O'Donnell, 66
100 00
John Smith, 100 00
P. P. Field, 66 selectman (chairman), 275 00
M. W. Edwards,
265 00
C. H. Walker, 66
265 00
B. H. Montague, sealer of weights, 20 00
J. T. McLoughlin, clerk selectmen,
100 00
66 town clerk, 75 00
66 coll't'g, indexing and re-
turning births, marriages and deaths, 120 45
M. J. Reynolds, tax collector, '86 taxes, 4 39
66 987 66 39 63
84 00
M. P. Burns, services on board of health ('88),
Jesse A. Taft,
registrar,
100 00
2 00
42
M. J. Reynolds, tax collector, '88 taxes $781 59
$4,283 61
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. INCIDENTALS.
T. N. Ide, blacksmithing,
$ 78 43
Prentice & Son, grain,
535 12
S. Johnson, blacksmithing,
19 55
C. C. Fisk, hay, 66 repairing bridge,
1 25
James A. Boyce, blacksmithing,
124 25
Mrs. A. M. Holmes, rent of barn,
75 00
A. E. Sumner, repairs,
5 00
P. Conniff, repairs,
11 90
C. O. Woodbury, sundries,
10 45
T. C. Eastman, grain,
309 40
Peter McCabe, sand and cement,
2 85
Hopedale Machine Co., castings,
7 35
D. B. Rockwood, painting four carts, 66 supplies and labor,
26 60
Norcross Bros., stone and labor,
41 80
Ira N. Ide, blacksmithing,
10 25
C. A. Ambler & Co., supplies,
12 23
Henry S. Cushman, harness supplies,
74 35
William L. Billings, sundries,
7 75
Greene Bros., team,
3 00
J. J. Grothe, blacksmithing,
51 43
John W. O'Connor, supplies,
33 90
T. F. Davoren, supplies,
5 00
Field Bros., lumber and straw, 66 coal,
64 25
Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight bill,
35 47
Geo. D. Wellington, supplies,
69 55
American Spiced Food Co , bill,
17 50
G. M. Billings, printing,
8 25
Frank D. Mann, repairing,
1 20
A. S. Tuttle & Co., supplies,
19 83
G. W. Howland, powder,
3 50
P. Lynch, supplies,
28 67
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies,
401 60
C. A. Hoyt, labor and supplies,
8 86
Ball & Sprague, repairing fences,
8 76
Fred M. Walker, supplies,
2 40
Weed Bros. & Lent, labor,
198 31
C. R. Scott, rent of barn,
150 00
Dwyer Bros., sign, 66 painting,
6 85
1 25
Cook Bros., tallow,
3 30
-
$6,401 56
94 52
25 00
143 82
48
Lysander Grow, blacksmithing,
$ 32 43
Thos. Quirk, posts,
8 40
J. D. Shippee, supplies, 33 56
Henry Bullard, hay,
45 00
Squire Holdsworth, use of oxen,
4 00
R. Folger, stamp brand,
1 00
B. H. Spaulding, man and team,
159 45
M. W. Edwards, team,
31 50
Milford Water Co., water for town barn,
7 50
66 66 stone crusher,
S. A. Brock, iron pump,
Chester L. Clark, man and team,
70 87
John J. Conroy, oil,
2 60
Hussey Bros., bill,
5 50
L. A. Cook, supplies,
98 24
Win. Johnston & Co., teaming,
111 14
E. C. Claflin, straw,
30 96
Geo. C. Buck, supplies,
11 30
P. J. Donohoe, supplies,
13 85.
Geo. W. Stacy, sundries,
4 12
Eldredge & Beatty, labor and supplies,
24 09
Henry Willard, supplies for stone crusher,
25 28
L. E. Belknap, labor and supplies,
35 40
J. N. Lilley, repairing harnesses,
1 50
M. A. Goldsmith, posts,
23 75
Arthur Hill, repairs,
2 00
P. Cronan, repairs,
4 80
Orrin C. Cook, team and labor,
36 00
Wm. Sheehan, grate and cover,
5 00
H. A. Barney, supplies,
68 44
M. P. Burns, repairs,
85
Appleton Bragg, gravel,
23 15
Barton Cook, gravel,
8 08
Mrs. Laura Graves, gravel,
15 00
Samuel Hayward, gravel,
11 75
I. N. Crosby, gravel,
7 52
Geo. A. Wight, gravel,
6 60
L. H. Cook, gravel,
73 20
J. E. Macuen, gravel,
8 96
Rev. P. Cuddihy, stone and gravel,
6 00
Miss A. Percival, gravel,
W. B. Hale, loam,
55 20
J. P. Daniels, Joam,
4 00
G. N. Hayward, loam,
2 80
Farrel Foundry & Machine Co., crusher and engine, 1,600 00
T. S. Sloan, one pair of horses, 600 00
Geo. A. Sherborne, horses on acct. fire dept., 114 00
Wm. Johnstone & Co., :01 50
$6,298 51
15 00
3 25
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CENTRAL STREET SEWER EXTENSION.
Alton A. Cook, services,
$ 5 00
Field Bros., lumber,
52 37
Jas. H. Magee, mason work,
12 93
Geo. D. Wellington, supplies,
13 84
Clark, Ellis & Sons, supplies,
384 49
Milford Water Co., brick,
48 15
use of trench pump,
15 00
Hussey Bros., lumber,
3 50
Total cost of sewer :-
Supplies etc., as above,
$535 98
Labor and team work,
1,013 55
$1,549 53
SIDEWALKS.
Cuddihy & McGuff, curbing,
$99 00
John Cuddihy, curbing,
781 16
Timothy Shea, curbing, (1887),
17 50
Chandler Cheney, labor,
4 50
F. M. Ballou, concrete work,
1,537 93
$2,440 09
AMOUNT FOR LABOR.
Highways, Sewers and Sidewalks :-
W. L. Billings, superintendent,
$ 195 00
J. D. Shippee, superintendent, 10 months,
900 00
C. O. Woodbury,
799 92
W. L. Billings, labor as per orders,
1,130 00
J. D. Shippee, 66
8,247 21
Henry Willard,
113 45
$11,385 58
Total amount expended,
$20,660 16
Appropriations :-
$10,500 00
Sidewalks,
2,000 00
Central street sewer,
2,000 00
Building new streets,
900 00
Lincoln street sewer,
100 00
- $15,500 00
Sidewalk betterments collected by J. D. Shippee, paid to Treas .:-
M. W. Edwards, $33 00
P. Cook, heirs,
20 00
I. N. Crosby,
20 60
L. Hunt,
88 42
$535 98
Highways,
45
A. Supple,
$14 36
T. & P. Donohoe,
45 50
Mrs. Cheney,
14 67
I. Patch,
31 25
A. Seaver,
52 50
Dr. D. Russell,
79 68
H. E. Fales,
107 12
J. E. Walker,
58 64
C. Wilcox,
41 19
Z. C. Fields,
81 85
C. Cheney,
57 70
Hannah Crowley,
30 10
Owen O'Keefe,
42 30
Margaret Roche,
37 80
Water Co. repairs,
35 00
Music Hall Co.,
15 00
A. Seaver, gutter,
12 00
$918 68
Due the town :-
D. J. Cronan,
$20 78
J. Barrett,
18 17
M. Casey,
28 05
T. Jago,
22 03
I. R. Spaulding,
88 38
P. Lyons,
27 62
Mr. Ritinger,
4 50
S. Sweet,
54 78
Edward Roach,
27 00
Owen Waters,
29 92
Patrick Maher,
31 55
John Kirby,
26 10
Mrs. Broughey,
13 95
Cash received for street cleanings and stone,
122 60
66 labor,
Sewer betterments paid :-
B. H. Spaulding,
60 00
C. Noyes,
20 00
H. E. Morgan,
34 10
$114 10
Due the town :-
W. C. Gillman, 38 00
Farrel Foundry and Machine Co., for old crusher, ·
100 00
Rent of town barn,
83 00
Work done for other departments :--
164 20
Town Hall, concrete,
76 56
Fire Department, concrete at Hooks' House,
50 69
Memorial Hall, grading, etc.,
$392 83
343 95
46
Fire Department, horses for fire duty, $215 50
$18,120 11
Exceeded appropriation, $2,540 05
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
S. F. Blodgett, Superintendent, $22,638 60
Ball & Sprague, repairing fences, 8 25
--- $22,646 85
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Chester L. Clark, chairman, $12,239 51
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
H. E. Madden, clerk and treasurer,
2,378 00
T. F. Davoren, use of horses, 41 67
Fred M. Walker, 3 months' pay, 29 16
Fred M. Walker, sheeting, 3 00
D. R. Johnson, painting, 97 75
C. Callahan & Co., bill,
344 50
P. Dillon, repairs, 166 60
John J. Manning, clerk and treasurer,
1900 00
W. H. Bourne, supplies,
$4,960 68 10 09
$4,970 77
TOWN LIBRARY.
N. F. Blake, treasurer,
$600 00
N. F. Blake, ¿ dog tax,
383 01
$983 01
INTEREST.
Milford Savings Bank,
$4,319 45
Hide & Leather Bank,
900 00
$5,219 45
GAS AND STREET LIGHTS.
Milford Electric Light and Power Co.,
$3,022 61
Milford Gas Co., 729 11 788 52
Globe Gas Light Co.,
$4,540 24
TOWN HALL AND LOCKUP ACCOUNT.
Milford Water Co., water,
$ 9 00
I. L. Wheelock, repairs, 2 10
47
Field Bros., coal and wood,
$185 52
N. K. Sprague, labor,
1 50
Cyrus Noyes, labor and supplies,
48 03
S. A. Brock, stove and fixtures,
42 20
William Hinds, cleaning vault,
10 00
P. Dillon, labor,
3 15
Clark Ellis & Sons, labor and supplies,
44 81
Henry Willard, labor,
4 00
Frank H. Scanlon, return of lockup keys,
1 00
B. H. Montague, supplies,
47 32
salary as janitor,
200 00
66
66 lock-up keeper,
100 00
66
lock-up expenses, 7 16
$706 79
MEMORIAL HALL ACCOUNT.
H. B. Thayer, services as janitor,
$300,00
Milford Water Co., water,
32 41
H. T. Merriam, fire escape,
225 00 .
T. E. Morse, supplies,
7 83
C. A. Ambler, supplies,
14 74
W. F. Reynolds, repairs,
1 00
Field Bros., coal and lumber,
71 03
E. McKay, supplies,
11 17
A. C. Kinney, cleaning steps,
5 00
P. Dillon, labor,
3 10
L. L. Wheelock, mason work,
6 35
A. S. Crofoot, labor,
75
Clark Ellis & Sons, labor and supplies,
32 44
F. W. Mann, grinding, cleaning lawn mower,
1 00
C. A. Hoyt, labor and supplies,
20 15
Eldredge & Beatty, labor and supplies,
3 52
Henry Willard, labor and supplies,
3 15
T. N. Ide, hitching posts,
1 50
Milford Gas Co., for library,
159,20
$899 34
MEMORIAL DAY.
B. H. Montague, appropriation, $100 00
VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
H. C. Skinner, trustee, appropriation,
$100 00
WATER FOR FIRE PURPOSES.
Milford Water Co., rent of hydrants,
$3,220 00
NATIONAL BANK TAX.
A. W. Beard, state treasurer, $4,297 65
48
STATE TAX.
A. W. Beard, state treasurer, $6,952 50
SUPPORT OF PAUPERS.
A. W. Beard, state treasurer,
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