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2,530 07
Liquor Licenses
1,596 35,
Pine street.
167 25
Edwards sewer suit
458 35
Town vs. Lovina H. Cook, drain suit
58 70
Town Hall and lock-up account.
410 15
Town deht.
2,000 00.
$95,040 32:
WM. B. HALE,
D. J. CRONAN, I. N. CROSBY,
· Selectmen of Milford.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
EXPENSES AT THE FARM.
Sled
$ 3 00
Kindlings
1 50
Dry goods
82 58
Cattle bought
202 00
Whitewashing
14 00
Soft soap.
21 00
Stockbridge and lime
27 50
Labor
547 72
Meat
334 01
Fish
235 18
Clothing ..
61 00
Medicine and medical attendance.
61 31
Ladders, two.
5 52
Newspapers
3 00
Sugar .
110 54
Molasses
45 00
Kerosene oil.
13 40
Tea.
65 48
Cream Tartar
3 45
Coffee
8 20
Tobacco
75 28
Butter
185 97
Making cider
4 17
Repairing stoves
18 46
Curing hams, two years
11 89
Paid sow and pigs
68 00
Blacksmith's bill
32 18
Bartlett & Ellis.
68 92
Glass and putty
75
Boots and shoes .
29 70
Paid for pasturing cattle
16 00
66 two burials
25 00
Bill of S. Mathewson.
15 00
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Sawing and grinding
18 74
Meal and flour
758 28
Coal
37 37
Lard
6 58:
Soap, hard.
10 00
Grass seed.
4 30
Flour bbls
15 00
Brooms
4 70
Whip
1 40
Meat bbls
1 50
Saleratus and spices, .
5 19
Farming implements, etc.
9 69
Paris green, baskets, etc.
4 34
Salt ..
7 00
Scythes, knives, forks, etc
3 29
Rice and oat meal.
5 62
Seed potatoes, lamp, etc.
7 13
Shoe findings, etc. .
3 78
Mittens, beans, sieve, etc.
5 48
Dried apple, twine, etc
4 09
$3,310 20 Salary of Supt. of Farm to March 11, 1883 600 00
$3,910 20
RECEIPTS OF FARM.
Milk.
$549 55
Apples .
291 23.
State aid and board of soldiers
189 50
Trade in cattle.
259 00
Vegetables, etc., sold.
148 47
Discount and premiums
13 76-
Apple tree lumber sold.
10 12
Ox work and pigs sold
20 30
Hay ..
29 26
John Gloucester .. 24 00
S. Mather.
21 64
S. S. & L. P. Jones.
17 00
John Madden, produce
34 84
F. N . Inman.
4 50
$1,613 17
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PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Mrs. M. A. Ahern
$ 96 73
Mrs. Henry Anthony .
2 15
Mrs. John Barlow
65 71
Mrs. Thomas Barry.
205 48
Mrs. Patrick J. Burns
17 20
Patrick Butler
7 15
Eli D. Boover
29 70
Patrick Curry
52 76
Mrs. Mary Cronan
39 25
Mrs. Patrick Cloonan
239 36
Michael Coy, jr.
67 38
Patrick Conniff
56 00
John Cook
72 25
Wm. Cain.
26 75
Miss Nora Crahan
69 86
Patrick Clancy
56 63
Alexander Coy.
24 30
Mrs. Winnefred Casey .
14 50
Mrs. Michael Dillon.
38 83
James Donahue.
3 75
Mrs. Joseph Durham
10 20
Thomas Donovan .
7 67
Mrs. Thomas Finton
46 06
Mrs. D Flagg .
47 00
Mrs. . Donohue
63
Mrs. Wm. Dacey.
201 29
Mrs. Patrick Gahagan.
108 75
Mrs. Hugh Glennon. .
52 00
Andrew Gilroy
14 95
William Hayes .
24 52
Mrs. John Hogan.
31 98
Mrs. Michael Halpin.
164 66
Jerry Haynes
4 75
Tim Hurley . ..
43 01
Michael Hagney . .
39 92
Mrs. Ellen Hartnett ..
14 00
Mrs. James A. Kennedy
266 22
Mrs. Barney Kelley .
61 45
Mrs. Terrence Cain
2 00
Mrs. Michael Lyons.
92 45
Mrs. Thomas Lyons
138 97
Michael Lavin 20 00
Patrick Nugent
9 35
Ellen O'Connor . .
22 25
Mrs. Hannora O'Connor
6 75
Mrs. Wm. O'Connell
32 34
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Mrs. Martin O'Connell
7 81
Patrick Powers.
14 25
Thomas Surgerson . 81 30
Miss Bridget Sweeney . 39 50
Daniel Shay ...
138 92
Mrs. Harry Sidley
43 23
Joel L. Stanford .
25 63
Mrs. Thomas Shaughnessy .
11 00
John Quinlan .
97 53
Mrs. Michael Tulon .
41 20
Mrs. Daniel McCarty.
13 50
Mrs. Patrick McGrath
36 70
Mrs. John C. Morrissey
34 00
Mrs. Peter McCabe.
3 50
Mrs. John P. Moore
223 54
Thos. Mullin.
52 43
Edward McKenna.
11 88
Mrs. Hosea Marshall
122 76
Miss Nancy McCool
220 76
Mrs. Patrick Manion
97 40
Mrs. Edward Murphy
43 70
Mrs. James Middleton
35 00
Mrs. Martin Ward.
89 43
Mrs. Margaret Welch
52 13
Timothy Wallace .
58 00
John W. Wilson
24 00
Mrs. Thomas Rabbitt
157 85
Mrs. Dennis Ryan
83 79
Mrs. Mary Rogers
26 48
Borrowed
108 79
$4675 52
Six families have borrowed $108.79, who, we are happy to say, have pride enough to pay the same and keep their names from Town Report. $47 has been already paid, and we think the balance will soon be. Their names and amounts can be found on book by our successors.
PERSONS BELONGING TO MILFORD AIDED IN OTHER
TOWNS.
Mrs. Fleming Adams, Sheldonville $ 52 00
Mrs. Mary Bernard, Boston 34 00
Mrs. John W. Foley, 66
18 00
Mrs. Abby Reed,
10 35
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$4566 73
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Mrs. Mary Moran, Boston 115 65
John Moore, 66
14 89
James Miller, 66 25 00
Patrick Mahan, 66 2 00
Patrick Boyle, Worcester
62 30
Mrs. Mary E. Hayward, "
70 00
Thomas Larkin, (1881) "
2 75
Joseph Legesy, ·
7 10
Mrs. Mary Shehee, 66
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7 40
Mrs. Josephine Sawyer, “
3 70
Mrs. Sarah Tiernan,
66
12 00
John Dogherty, Holliston.
9 90
Lewis Hinkley, Ware.
10 00
Willard N. Howe, Ashland.
30 00
Michael Holland, Somerville
52 66
Mary Holland, 66
12 00
Toby Hart, Spencer.
102 13
Julius L. Johnson, Bellingham.
55 00
Mrs. Huldah (Johnson) White, Abington
18 66
John O'Sullivan, Mendon .
45 75
Mrs. Ann Quinlivan, Spencer.
44 00
Mrs. Margaret Quinn, Lowell.
14 75
Mrs. Edward Sireiack, Bellingham
91 75
Lewis C. Shepard, Mansfield.
42 76
Win. J. Stewart, Marlboro
74 75
James Murphy,
97 75
Launcelot Waldron,
39 70
Mrs. Joanna Slattery, Hopkinton
59 50
Mrs. Marcus Wilcox, Douglas
149 55
Patrick McQuaide, Blackstone.
125 30
Thomas Moran, Fall River, 38 63
Mrs. Patrick Toohey, Holliston 119 00
$1,670 68
PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS, LIVING IN
MILFORD.
Charles Adams, Millbury .. $ 5 60
Mrs. Hiram Adams, Blackstone. 105 00
William H. Bigelow, Hopkinton 10 50
F. B. Butterfield, Lowell. . 4 90
Mrs. Mary Clapp, Hopkinton. 8 00
Michael Murphy, 73 08
Richard Carey, Boston.
16 00
John Lynch, 66
9 38
Isaac Cox, Stoughton
3 00
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Mrs. Jerry Dailey, Northbridge.
182 30
Chas. H. Snowling,
159 28
John F. Hilferty, Medway.
12 01
Thomas Hogan,
20 00
Geo. D. Kendall, Framingham
9 38
Joshua O. Langley, Warren
168 78
John Powers, Bellingham ..
8 17
Thomas Roberts, Berkeley.
7 50
Mrs. Anna D. Smith, Uxbridge.
28 01
Mis. Dennis Hayes,
22 50
Mrs. Sarah Tree, Charlestown
17 70
Leonidas Tourtelotte, Upton.
32 95
John L. Hadley, Medway ..
3 70
Wm. Carberry, Hopkinton .
3 75
Mrs. William Maley, Blackstone
14 00
$925 49
INSANE.
Henry Cain .
$169 46
Caroline Coughlin
195 91
Abbott L. Perry .
170 15
M. A. Goldsmith
49 56
Maria Ripley
2 73
Bridget Hudner
53 82
Dennis Pyne.
193 01
Charles W. Dunham
184 69
Anna Mee.
84 06
John Coffee.
114 18
Henry Wall.
13 81
Kate Collins
62
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$1294 23
STATE PAUPERS.
Mrs. James O'Brien,
Mrs. Margaret Callanan,
Michael Murphy,
William Harty,
William Fahey,
Crohen Connell,
Mrs. Daniel Gilmore,
Patrick Tarpy,
Mrs. Hannah Cooney,
Michael Finn,
Mrs. Susan Toohey,
John Pettit,
Mrs. Charlotte Paul,
Ernest Bernard,
Joseph Durham,
Thomas Kennedy,
Henry Paradise,
John Hayes,
William O'Connell.
Amount
$773 38
Tramps 15 00
Incidentals 15 59
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BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Medway
$ 3 70
Warren
26 70
Hopkinton.
13 78
Uxbridge.
32 50
Northbridge
12 25
Framingham
9 38
Charlestown
17 70
Stoughton
3 00
Lowell.
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4 90
Berkeley
7 50
$131 41
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Feb. 1882
$ 7 62
John Drona .
1 00
Cash of E. C. Claflin
10,600 00
Millbury
5 60
Upton
32 95
Gloucester
4 25
Stoughton .
3 75
Hopkinton.
180 56
Northbridge
365 95
Boston.
88 53
Uxbridge.
18 01
Medway
32 01
Warren
142 08
Blackstone
105 00
Produce from Farm
1,613 17
Refunded by borrowers.
47 00
State
11 50
Due Elias Whitney.
21 11
$13,280 09
RECAPITULATION.
Expense of Farm
$3,910 20
. Persons aided away from Farm
4,675 52
in other towns ...
1,670 68
66 belonging to other towns
925 49
State paupers.
773.38
Insane . .
1,294 23
Tramps and incidentals
30 59
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$13.258 98
$13,280 09
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Whole number admitted
55
Average number . 353
Average weekly cost, about . $1 25
The valuation does not vary much from year to year, only in the rise and fall of stock. It is necessary to keep the property in prop- er repair and in working order. The warden of the farm is paid up to March 11, 1883, it being one year up to that date. The town doctor is paid up to April 1, 1883 ; salary, $150. The sick State poor are paid to Jan. 1, 1883. Nancy McCool's board is paid to March 1, and that of'Mrs. Marcus Wilcox of Douglas is paid to Feb. 1, and hired help to Feb. 1. The expenses for the year ending Feb. 1, 1883, have been somewhat higher than in 1882, ow- ing to the high price of grain and meat and many other things we have to buy. But the income is also much more than last year .- Our crops suffered by the dry weather, but we had a good average with our neighbors.
ELIAS WHITNEY, Overseers of
JOHN MADDEN,
G. F. BIRCH. Poor.
Report of the Board of Engineers OF THE MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 7, 1883.
Cash on hand February 8, 1882. $ 50 49
Cash received of H. L. Patrick for use of steamer 12 00
66
T. N. Sherman for use of derrick .. . ..
36 00
Estabrook & Wires for use of hose ...
2 50
W. J. Blanchard for rebate on bill ....
9 00
5 00
66
A. S. Sampson & Co. for old harnesses
18 00
F. J. Dutcher for use of steamer.
5 00
39 75
66
15 00
Ethan C. Claflin for purchase of hose.
994 73
" repairs of houses.
200 00
66
pay of members .. 2500 00
66
66
incidentals. 1200 00
$5153.67
EXPENDITURES.
O'Donnell and Powers $ 2 50
O. D. Holmes.
12 00
C. L. Witherell. 29 00
Milford Gas Light Company .
250 90
A. Claflin Steam Fire Engine Company No. 2. ....
261 75
Field Bros.
58 94
Wide Awake Hose Company No. 1.
302 00
Dennis Cahill
1 00
Frank Foley
8 00
Fred Wales
1 00
Moore & Co. for use of hose. . . Engineers of Hopkinton for help at fire 66 " Holliston 66
50 00
9 54
Hopedale Machine Co. for use derrick T. C. Eastman for use of derrick. . . . J. L. Smith for old rubber hose. ...
3 66
W. E. Cheney for bill-board room. 3 00
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F. D. Holbrook .
44 50
F. G. Mclaughlin
15 10
Extinguisher Engine Company No. 1.
135 00
C. E. Peirce.
15 00
F. L. Andrews.
15 00
Hopedale Stable Company .
3 00
Washington Engine Company No. 1
692 48
Board of Engineers . 257 50
Weed Bros. & Lent.
5 73
Irons & Hoyt.
85
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company.
300 00
Henry Willard.
110 75
Milford Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1 .
177 50
Hapgood & Mayhew
5 00
Wm. J. Blanchard.
41.00
E. E. Cook
2 00
Geo. A. Sherburne
5 00
J. O. Simonds.
6 00
M. W. Edwards
21 00
N. B. Fairbanks
175 75
W. L. Billings
4 00
Boston & Albany Railroad.
9 54
Bartlett & Ellis ..
38 01
North Star Engine Company No. 4.
319 00
A. Tyler
15 59
Lysander Grow, agt.
20 00
C. O. Woodbury.
119 48
J. E. Wagner
145 80
Crosby & Co ..
18 50
Wright & Waterhouse.
30 00
Henry C. Skinner
11 16
Barney Kelling
1 20
J. N. Lilley ..
3 00
C. W. Wilcox
3 50
Sanders & Sloan. .
7 72
A. J. Morse & Son
178 83 7 00 7 41
Ross, Turner & Co
261 00
Fabric Fire Hose Co.
472 63
American Fire Hose Co
255 00
H. E. Morgan. .
1 00
L. Wheelock.
10 11
Hopedale Machine Co
17 85
J. C. Coffee
32 19
C. Bouret ..
25
Moses Joy, jr
18 35
A. J. Ames .. . .
87 50
J. P. Quinlan .
14 00
1
J. Haskins & Co
Asaph Withington
30
Thomas Gilmore 3 00
A. S. Tuttle ..
90
W. H. Britton. .
27 25
D. B. Rockwood. 5 50
T. C. Eastman
4 13
Scott and Bell
5 90
E. G. Bell
2 50
J. H. Scott.
2 50
Richard Taft.
1 25
Whittemore & Marceau .
1 20
Eldredge & Beatty
10 02
George A. Frost
10 75
C. E. Clark.
7 00
B. H. Montague.
4 00
Balance cash on hand 2 90
$5153 67
There has been twenty-two alarms of fire from Jan. 1, 1882, to Jan. 1, 1883, from the following causes :
Fire in buildings, 14; out of town, 2; woods, 3; chimney, 1; Catholic cemetery, 1 ; burning brush, 1.
The present number of members in the department is 94, as follows :
ENGINEERS, EIGHT.
Asaph Withington, chief,
Joseph B. Bancroft,
James Powers, 1st asst.,
O. D. Holmes,
E. G. Bell, 2nd asst.,
P. P. O'Donnell,
H. C. Skinner, clerk and treas.,
John H. Scott.
WIDE AWAKE HOSE, FIFTEEN.
S. W. Blunt foreman and treas.,
William J. Stimpson 1st asst., Charles W. Adams, 2nd asst.,
William S. Walker, clerk,
Fred H. Wales, Standing
H. D. Withington,
Austin D. White, Committee.
Frank D. Holbrook, steward, 1
Walter B. Carpenter,
David L. Stimpson, Frank N. Adams, J. P. Remick, George H. Fuller, E. R. Burrill, Charles E. Dewing.
MILFORD STEAMER NO. ONE, . THIRTEEN.
G. A. P. Hancock, foreman and treasurer,
F. R. P. Mann, 1st asst., A. W. Cheney, clerk and treas., Andrew J. Amnes, engineer, J. E. Wagner, driver, H. E. Rockwood,
Edgar F. Pond, G. S. Merrill, · William Kelley, Thomas O. Nelson, A. F. A. G. Libby, J. F. Kimball, Lewis E. Dolliff.
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EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER, TWENTY.
P. J. Baxter, foreman,
Timothy Kelley,
E. J. Gahagan, assistant,
Patrick Slattery.,
T. J. Connor, clerk,
Thomas Quirk,
M. T. Kenney, treasurer,
Thomas Mahon,
J. P. Quinlan, steward,
John O'Conner,
Dennis Cahill,
John Manning,
William Halpin,
John Kelly,
Neil F. Devine,
John Crahan,
James Birmingham.
Michael Small,
James Murphy,
James Lalley.
EXTINGUISHER ENGINE CO. NO. ONE, NINE.
G. E. Frink, foreman and treas.,
G. S. Arnold, 1st asst.,
O. S. Knapp, 2nd asst.,
F. L. Andrews, steward,
E. L. Chichester, clerk.
G. H. Cole, A. R. Fowler, C. E. Pierce,
Samuel Pillings.
AARON CLAFLIN STEAMER NO. TWO, FIFTEEN.
Halah Harden, foreman and
treasurer,
Frank E. Mathewson, 1st asst.,
William A. Fairbanks, clerk,
John G. Shurtliff,
Charles Allen,
William H. Schoville,
E. Waldo Whitmore, Walter A. Otis.
WASHINGTON HOSE CO. NO. TWO, FOURTEEN ..
D. R. Johnson, foreman and treas- urer,
Daniel Ring,
, Lyman E. Belknap, 1st asst.,
T. J. Berrill, 2d asst.,
Bart Harrington,
C. R. Blanchard,
D. E. Messenger, T. F. Martin.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Five engine-houses and fixtures. Two steam fire engines and hose carriages.
Two hand-engines and hose carriages without companies.
One four-wheeled hose carriage and fixtures. One Babcock fire extinguisher, with fixtures.
One hook and ladder carriage, with the usual amount of hooks, forks, ladders, buckets and ropes for roping off the streets to pre- vent people from driving over the hose while in use at a fire.
There are sixteen reservoirs, in good condition, and located in the following places :-
One near the Town House on South Bow street; one in Lincoln Square ; one on the Parish Common; one on the corner of Main
W. J. Pyne, clerk, Geo. A. Frost, steward, F. J. Mclaughlin,
P. J. Connor,
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Albert J. Watkins,
Charles H. Cook, John Harden,
Nahum B. Fairbanks, engineer, C. Oscar Woodbury, driver,
Albert H. Manly,
Joseph H. Morse,
Frank Rockwood, Emmons Fletcher,
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and Fruit streets ; one on West street, near Samuel Walker's shop ; one at the corner of Fayette and Congress streets ; one on Ex- change street, near the Post-Office ; one on Jefferson street, near Bragg's slip ; one at the junction of Pearl and School streets ; one on Walnut street, opposite the house of Mr. Morrill; one on the North road, near the house of Joseph Hancock ; one near the North Star engine house ; one at Jonesville ; one on the corner of. West and Lee streets ; one on Grove street, near Forest; and one on the corner of Hayward street, near the B. & A. Railroad crossing. There is a hydrant near the coal yard of L. A. Cook ; one near the B. & A. Railroad depot ; one near M. W. Edwards' stable, and one at the corner of Central street and Bragg's slip. (These hydrants are worthless, except for the use of steamers or hand machines, the same as the reservoirs. )
HYDRANTS OF THE MILFORD WATER WORKS-WHERE LOCATED.
One two-way on Jefferson street, opposite Bragg's slip ; one on Pine street, opposite. Baptist church ; one on Congress street, opposite the head of Pine street; one on Congress street, opposite the head of Spruce street ; one on Congress street, opposite the head of Walnut street ; one on Walnut street, corner of Emmons street ; one on Mechanics street, opposite the head of Winter street ; one on Winter street, corner of Granite street ; one on Sumner street, opposite the foot of Granite street ; one on East Main street, cor- ner of Short street ; one on East Main street, corner of Hopkinton road ; one on East Main street, corner of Cook street ; one of East Main street, at the head of Beach street ; one on Beach street at the foot of Simonds street ; one on Beach street, at the junction of Central street ; one three-way on Central street, at the junction of Depot street ; one two-way on Central street, corner of Bragg's slip ; one.on Central street, ncar R. E. Foster's shop : one on Con- gress street, at the junction of Exchange street ; one at the corner of West and High streets ; one at the corner of West and Quinlan streets ; one on Lawrence street, at the head of Quinlan street ; one at the corner of School and Spruce streets ; one three-way on School street, opposite the High school house; one at the junction of School and Pearl streets; one two-way on the north road, near Dilla street ; one on the North road, near Alfred Gibson's ; one at the corner of Pearl and Granite streets ; one three-way at the cor- ner of North Bow and Spring streets ; one two-way at the foot of North Bow and Jefferson streets ; one three-way at the corner of North Bow and Central streets ; one two-way at the corner of North Bow and Claflin streets ; one at corner of South Bow street and - slip one ; at junction of Claflin and Franklin streets ; one on Claflin street, near R. C. Hussey's : one three-way at the june- tion of Claflin and Forest streets; one two-way on Grove street, near G. G. Parker's ; one at the corner of Grove and South Main streets ; one at corner of South Main and Forest streets ; one at
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corner of South Main and Orchard streets ; one at corner of Chest- nut and Orchard streets ; one at corner of Chestnut and Franklin streets ; one on Fruit street, corner of Otis street; one on Main street, corner of Sumner street ; one on Main street, corner of South Bow street ; one three-way on Main street, corner of Pearl street ; one two-way on Main street, corner of Court street; one on Main street, corner of Spruce street; one on Main street, corner of Spring street; one on Main street, corner of Jefferson street ; one three way on Main street, corner of Pine street ; one two-way on Main street, near Lawrence Block; one three-way on Main street, corner of Central street; one-two way on Main street, corner of South Bow street ; one three-way on Main street, corner of South Main street ; one two-way on Main street, corner of Hollis street ; one on Main street, corner of Chapin street ; one on Main street, corner of Fruit street ; one three-way on Main street, corner of .Greene street; one-two way at corner of Congress street and Church place ; one three-way at corner of Adin and Hopedale streets ; one two- way at corner of Freedom and Hopedale streets ; one four-way, Chapman independent valve hydrant (private) in the mill yard of the Hopedale Machine Company ; one two-way (pri- vate) on Central street, opposite the shoe factory of Jones & Shippee.
ENGINES AND CARRIAGES.
Milford Steam Fire Engine No. 1, Cole Brothers, builders, lo- -cated in the steamer-house, South Main street.
Aaron Claflin Steam Fire Engine No. 2, Amoskeag build, located in the steamer-house, South Main street.
Washington Engine No. 1, Button & Son, builders, located in No. 1 engine-house, at Lincoln square.
North Star Engine No. 4, Jeffers, builder, is located in North Purchase in engine-house No. 4.
Wide-Awake Hose Carriage No. 1 is located in No. 1 engine- house, at Lincoln square.
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Carriage is located in the old No. 3 engine-house, at the junction of Main and Spruce streets.
Extinguisher Engine No. 1 is located in the engine-house at Hopedale.
All the above apparatus is in good working order.
There is in the department one first-class heavy derrick, in good repair.
There are 3650 feet of good reliable hose in the department.
There are 350 feet of fabric, 750 feet of rubber and 500 feet of leather hose in the department, in addition to the above. that is not reliable, and would not be put into a line for use at a fire, until all the other (or good) hose 'was used.
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RECOMMENDATIONS.
That the pay of members be the same as last year, and the ap- propriation of the following sums of money :
For pay of members.
$1800 00
1200 00
Incidental expenses 3,00 00
Repairs, etc. ..
Purchase of new hose. 1800 00
The buying of a new hose carriage for use in Hopedale, and the forming of a company to run with the same.
That the town build on the vacant lot, known as the old ceme- tery, a building suitable for the use and accommodation of all ap- aratus and companies located in the center of the town, and for a fire alarm.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ASAPH WITHINGTON, Chief Engineer.
JAMES POWERS, 1st Assistant
E. G. BELL, 2d Assistant 66
JOSEPH B. BANCROFT,
P. P. O'DONNELL,
JOHN H. SCOTT,
HENRY C. SKINNER, Clerk and Treasurer.
Town Clerk's Report.
There were 72 marriages recorded in the town in 1882, of which 12 were of foreign and 60 American birth; 16 marriage ceremonies were performed by Rev. Adin Ballou, 15 by Catholic clergymen, and the balance by clergymen of other denominations.
There were 174 births recorded-93 male and 81 female; 104 had fathers of American birth, and 70 of foreign ; 118 mothers of American. and 56 foreign birth.
The total number of deaths from all causes were 162, of which 39- were 5 years and less; 17 were 5 and under 20; 46 were 20 and less, than 50 years; and in 60 cases they were 50 years and upwards.
The following were the causes of death: Puerperal, 1; consump -- tion, 29; Bright's disease, 3; pneumonia, 6; heart, 8; hemorrhage of bowels, 1; pleuritis, 1; old age, 13; erysipelas, 1; carditis, 1; enteritis, 2; rupture of brain (by fall), 1; apses, 1; decline, 3; congestion of bowels, 1; unknown, 2; cancer in uterus, 2; still-born, 8; acute hy- drocephalis, 2; peritonitis, 1; neuralgia, 1; chicken pox, 1; convul- sions, 2; bronchitis, 2; liver complaint, 2; typhoid fever, 2; diarrhoea, 3; croup, 2; acute nephritis, 1; tubercular meningitis, 1; spinal men- ingitis, 1; blood poison, 1; anema, 1; growth on stomach, 1; lung fever, 3; marasmus, 2; hemorrhage, 1; accident, 1; congestion, 1; paralysis, 5; congestion of brain, 1; hernia, 2; fever, 3; cramps, 1; anema, 1; suicide, 2; rheumatism and dropsy, 1; colic acute collapse, 1; spine, 1; cholera infantum, 6; water on the brain, 2; debility, 1; dyspepsia, 1; fever and insane, 1; old age and insane, 1; tumor, 1; softening of the brain, 1; rheumatism. 2; diphtheria, 1; inflammation of bowels, 1; paralysis of brain, 1; phthisis pulmonalis, 2; apoplexy, 4; myelitis. I ; cancer in bowels, 2.
"There were 59 liquor licenses recorded, and 260 dog licenses issued- 234 male and 26 female.
LEWIS HAYDEN,
Town Clerk.
Report of Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery.
FOR THE YEARS ENDING FEB. 15, 1881, 1882, 1883.
We have given deeds of twenty lots, for which we have received $231.
There have been 112 interments in the cemetery during the years 1880, 1881 and 1882.
DR.
By balance cash on hand. $ 19 24
Cash received for sale of lots 231 00
Cash from interest on notes 42 00
$292 24
CR.
Paid Perry & Enslin, well, 1880.
$22 85
L. Perham, labor on well, 1880.
19 00
Bartlett & Ellis, pumps and repairs, 1880. 31 82
Labor, 1880.
36 50
Labor, 1881.
20 80
Flowers, 1881
5 95
L. Fairbanks, labor, tools, etc
26 40
Trimming trees, 1882. 6 00
Laying out lots .. . .
11 00
Cleaning avenues .
24 00
Bartlett & Ellis, pump
7 95
66 cultivator
5 75
Labor on fountain.
2 00
$220 02
Cash on hand. $72 22
IV. I. BRADBURY,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Report of Trustees of Town Library.
During the past year, as usual, the Town Library has been well patronized. ' Though not what it might be nor what it ought to he, it is deservedly a popular institution. While it is a source of in- tellectual pleasure, of gratification of the higher sort to so many of our people, it should not be forgotten that it claims our support as one of the means of popular education, and may well be deemed in that respect second only in importance to our public schools.
We have a goodly library of some 6400 volumes, to which addi -. tions should be made yearly, in order to keep up with the times, to maintain and increase the interest of those who avail themselves of its privileges. During a period of nearly two years, scarcely any new books were bought-the first year owing to the great expense of issuing a new catalogue, and the last year owing to the reduced appropriation made by the town. The catalogue reflects credit on those who had charge of the work, is well worth all the money it cost, and adds greatly to the value of the library.
The small amount appropriated last March, and the condition of many of the books which required that they should be rebound or replaced, led the Trustees to consider the expediency of closing the reading-room, so that they might be able to purchase some new books. After considerable discussion and due consideration, the majority of the board thought best to keep it open the present year. The same question will be likely to arise the coming year, unless a larger appropriation is made by the town. Though the reading -. room has its warm friends, and many would regret'to see it closed, yet very many more are interested in the acquisition of new books. If the greatest good of the greatest number is to be regarded, it would seem that the reading-room must yield to the superior claims of the Library. But the Trustees hope that a sum may be appro- priated large enough to give both a reasonable support.
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