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The work of teaching Music was commenced the first week in November under the direction of Mrs. S. E. Whitney, who had been elected as special instructor in this department.
In my former reports I have said so much in favor of the in- troduction of Music, that it is needless for me to repeat the ad- vantages which I believe the pupils will derive from it. I am sure that no action of the Committee will be more heartily ap- proved by the citizens of the Town. About $250 has already been expended for the purchase of Music charts and readers, and it will be necessary to spend about the same sum for readers the coming year. This will be the total outlay for Music supplies, un- til the readers become so much worn as to need replacing, and with careful usage they will last for several years.
DRAWING.
Excellent work is done in this department under the direc- tion of Miss N. I. Curtis, who was re-elected to the position of special instructor of Drawing. Miss Curtis spent much time dur_ ing the summer vacation in the preparation of an outline of the year's work for each teacher under her charge. At her request
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the Committee has voted to adopt the Prang system of Drawing in place of the White system, which had been used since the in- troduction of Drawing as a special study.
It has been decided to hold a public exhibition of Drawing and Penmanship at the close of the schools in June, and parents will then have an opportunity to judge of the work being done in these branches.
CARRA V. SADLER.
The sad duty devolves upon me at this time to record the death on Nov. 12, of Miss Carra V. Sadler, who at the time of her death was principal of the South Grammar school. Having taught in Milford since 1873, only four teachers remain who have served so long as she, and none excelled her in conscientious at- tention to duty and faithful performance of work. To visit her school has always been a pleasant part of my work as Superinten- dent. The aim of her life as a teacher was to know the right thing to do, and knowing it, to do it thoroughly and faithfully. She endeavored to develop among her pupils the spirit of self- reliance and an honest performance of duty.
CHANGE OF TEACHERS.
RESIGNATIONS. Miss M. A. Parkhurst, resigned in July. Mr. W. C. Whiting, resigned in December. TEACHERS TRANSFERRED.
Miss M. J. Kelly from No. 2 to No. 1, South Grammar. Miss E. O. Taylor from No. 3 to No. 2, South Grammar. Miss A. M. Ames from No. 4 to No. 3, South Grammar. Miss L. Gilfoyle from Town House to No. 4, South Grammar. Miss M. E. Whitney from Deer Brook to Town House. Miss E. M. Waters from Silver Hill to Chapin Street.
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TEACHERS ELECTED.
Miss A. G. Simmons, assistant in High school, August.
Miss M. L. Toohey, Deer Brook, August.
Miss S. M. Gorman, Silver Hill, August.
Mrs. S. E. Whitney, Music, October.
Mr. G. B. Chandler, High school,
January.
Miss L. McNamara and Miss K. McDermottroe, assistants,
EXPENSES.
The amount expended shows a large increase over the sum used last year. The pay-roll of teachers and janitors is increased by the employment of an additional teacher at the Chapin street school, at a salary of $38 per month since last September ; the em- ployment of a teacher of Music since November, at a salary of $30 per month ; and an increase in the salaries of the janitors of the four large buildings, amounting to $24 per month for the year.
The following large bills were paid for repairs : $400 to the Barstow Stove company, balance due from last year, mentioned in the last report ; $455 for painting the Plains, Park, High school and Claflin buildings ; $216.15 for new out-buildings and fence at the Fountain street school; $240.45 for repairs at the Plains school ; $266.53 for changes made at the Chapin street building ; and $117.50 for shingling and repairing fence at Hoboken.
In the supply account the following sums were paid for bills not included in the estimate for the year: $187.98 for unpaid bills mentioned in the last report ; $250 for music charts and read- ers, and $103 for chemical apparatus at the High school.
The amount for repairs is large, but is not excessive, when we consider the fact that very little repairing has been done for a number of years, and that many of the buildings are old and in need of repairs.
NECESSARY APPROPRIATIONS.
The pay-roll for the coming year will call for $17,800 for teaching and supervision, and $1100 for janitors. $1200 will be needed for fuel, and $1000 for incidentals. $1600 will be needed for regular supplies, and $300 more for the purchase of Music readers.
The Park, Fountain street, Deer Brook and Purchase Primary buildings should be shingled; a new floor is needed at the Ho-
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boken school, and a new fire-escape must be provided at the Claf- lin. All the wooden buildings not painted last year should be painted, and the rooms at the Plains building should be calcimined.
These repairs are necessary and will require not less than $2000, and probably more than that amount will have to be ex- pended. These estimates will require an appropriation of $25,000.
Our income outside of the appropriation is small, amounting this year to only $409.51. Under the new law concerning the distribution of the Massachusetts School Fund, towns whose val- uation exceeds three million dollars receive no money from the state. As the valuation of Milford is nearly five millions, we shall in the future receive no share of the fund. Our portion last year was $77.33.
Respectfully submitted,
S. F. BLODGETT, Superintendent.
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TEACHERS' RESIDENCES AND SALARIES.
G. B. Chandler,
Mansion House, $1,500
E. F. Abbe,
11 Jefferson Street, 550
A. R. Hayward, South Milford, 550
A. G. Simmons,
18 Jefferson Street, 500
K. E. Edwards,
41 Sumner Street, 600
H. M. Broderick,
37 Pine Street, 378
37 Pine Street,
342
L. Madden,
101 West Street, 342
M. J. Kelly,
87 High Street,
600
E. O. Taylor,
9 Otis Street, 378
14 Fruit Street, 342
46 High Street, 342
M. F. Devine,
M. E. Cochran,
201 East Main Street, 378
342
J. F. McGann,
71 Hayward Street,
342
A. B. Chapin,
250 Main Street,
468
L. Smith,
4 Pearl Street,
342
K. McNamara,
250 Central Street,
342
K. Chapin,
250 Main Street,
342
M. T. Kirby,
33 Pond Street,
342
M. E. Whitney,
16 Grant Street,
342
S. E. Sheldon,
31 Franklin Street,
342
E. A. Devine,
55 Beach Street,
342
E. M. Waters,
8 Carroll Street,
342
N. M. Conely,
25 Taylor Street,
342
N. F. Gorman,
10 Huntoon Street,
342
A. A. Conroy,
40 East Street,
342
S. E. Inman,
7 Taylor Street, 378
E. E. Wilson,
Silver Hill Street, 432
L. McNamara,
40 Sumner Street, 342
S. M. Gorman,
10 Huntoon Street, 342
B. F. Powers,
193 Main Street, 378
B. J. McLoughlin,
40 Main Street, 414
K. F. Tully,
21 East Main Street, 414
M. E. Toohey,
10 Baker's Slip, 342
N. I. Curtis,
25 Sumner Street, 450
S. E. Whitney,
16 Church Street, 300
A. M. Ames,
L. Gilfoyle,
55 Beach Street, 600
J. L. Devine,
55 Beach Street,
S. R. Broderick,
ITEMIZED REPORT OF THE SCHOOLS FROM JAN. 1, 1891, TO JAN. 1, 1892.
SCHOOLS.
Grade.
Total
Enrolment.
Belonging.
Average Daily
Per cent of Attend-
Number Belonging.
Half Days'
Tardiness.
Dismissals.
Corporal
Punishment.
Truancy.
Visits by
Committee.
Visits by
Visits by
Others.
TEACHERS.
HIGH.
140
101
99
97
934
177
51
30
75
A. R. Hayward. A. G. Simmons.
8 & 9
62
47
45
96
715
51
31
22
34
K. E. Edwards.
56
46
13
93
800
56
33
29
H. M. Broderick.
PARK.
48
40
37
90
1226
59
2
1
30
9
S. R. Broderick.
5
54
43
40
92
1256
86
39
3
2
22
19
L. Madden.
8 & 9
66
48
46
94
934
104
106
4
26
20
M. J. Kelly.
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
6
46
39
36
92
1180
113
180
1
1
23
11
A. M. Ames.
5
53
46
43
93
1344
158
168
5
3
23
22
L. Gilfoyle.
7,8 & 9
40
28
27
96
441
45
69
3
1
35
5
M. F. Devine.
5 & 6
55
53
43
93
1573
175
400
10
30
5
M. E. Cochran.
3 & 4
40
32
30
93
823
36
32
9
30
5
J. L. Devine.
1 & 2
72
56
52
92
1636
125
88
28
17
J. F. McGann.
4
33
30
27
91
567
25
120
2
1
23
43
A. B. Chapin.
3
44
38
35
93
1016
56
53
2
3
21
18
L. Smith.
2
47
31
29
93
733
57
21
20
65
K. McNamara.
CLAFLIN.
1
46
38
34
89
1293
34
11
20
16
K. Chapin.
3 & 4
40
34
32
94
802
24
5
1
20
57
M. T. Kirby.
1 & 2
47
44
41
92
1439
54
10
1
20
42
M. E. Whitney.
3 & 4
52
48
45
94
1059
138
29)
2
26
28
S. E. Sheldon.
1 & 2
44
53
49
91
1688
66
41
8
24
65
E. A. Devine.
CHAPIN STREET.
1
45
43
40
93
572
18
18
10
30
E. M. Waters.
3 & 4
32
29
27
93
697
24
10
3
2
15
6
N. M. Conely.
WEST STREET.
1 & 2
44
35
30
85
1733
41
11
7
1
15
1
N. F. Gorman.
20
-1
18
39
36
92
1130
93
139
25
5
E. O. Taylor.
3
PLAINS.
91
37
Superintendent.
Average Number
Attendance.
ance to Average
Absence.
G. B. Chandler. E. F. Abbe.
-
FOUNTAIN STREET. PURCHASE GRAMMAR.
1, 2, 3, 4
38
29
27
93
729
37
42
12
36
S. E. Inman.
5-9
43
31
28
91
804
49
66
1
12
20
E. E. Wilson.
1-1
23
22
20
89
879
82
29
1
12
20
M. L. Kinon.
PURCHASE PRIMARY. SILVER HILL. CITY.
1-9
17
12
10
86
601
38
16
2
12
18
S. M. Gorman.
1-9
24
13
15
92
518
20
23
3
12
25
B. F. Powers.
BEAR HILL.
1-9
27
20
19
93
499
60
38
12
21
B J. McLoughlin.
BRAGGVILLE.
1-9
16
14
94
330
63
20
1
13
3
K. F. Tully.
DEER BROOK.
1-9
17
12
11
92
407
9
44
13
27
M. E. Toohey.
HOBOKEN.
1 & 2
23
21
19
93
415
38
5
14
14
A. A. Couroy.
Totals,
1482
1219
1129
92.6 30769
2210
2251
87
19
1
779
819
.
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GRADUATING EXERCISES
OF THE
CLASS OF 1891, MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
Motto-Sapientia nobis est praeceptor, virtus, dux. Colors-Gold and white.
PROGRAM.
Overture
Milford Orchestra
Singing ·
.
The School
Address Rev. A. E. Winship . . .
Music Orchestra
Valedictory Address Frank C. Morgan School .
Class Ode
Presentation of Diplomas
Rev. A. E. Winship
Music
Orchestra
GRADUATES OF 1891. English, French and Latin.
Luella Hattie Ballou,
John Joseph Conely,
*Frank Joseph Cooney,
John Charles Lynch,
Maurice Joseph Foley,
Frank Carlton Morgan.
English and French.
Daniel William Burns, John Frederick Cronan, George Edward Gilmore, Patrick Joseph B. Hines,
Daniel Joseph Hogan, James Patrick Kehoe,
Clifford Dwight Montague, Mary Warner Haskins.
Classical.
Grace Godfrey, Bessie Johnson.
*Entered fourth year.
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PARTIAL DIPLOMAS. (Given for incomplete courses.)
English, French and Latin.
Bessie Frances Bailey, Fred Joseph Egan,
Nellie Frances McDonough,
Ernest Otis Thayer,
Matthew John Carbary, Ada Blanche Macuen, Arthur Eugene Sheedy,
Edith Cassandra Wires.
English and French. Guy Lincoln Noyes.
Special. Lillian Nelson White.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Following is a list of school buildings :- High School, 2 stories, 6 rooms, on School St. Park, 2 stories, 4 rooms, on Walnut St. South Grammar, 2 stories, 4 rooms, on Main St. Plains, 2 stories, 4 rooms, on East Main St. Claflin, 3 stories, 6 rooms, on South Bow St. Chapin St., 1 story, 3 rooms, on Chapin St. West St., 1 story, 2 rooms, on West St. Hoboken, 1 story, 1 room, Central St. Fountain St., 1 story, 1 room, Purchase St. Purchase Grammar, 1 story, 1 room, on Purchase St. Purchase Primary, 1 story, 1 room, on Purchase St. Silver Hill, 1 story, 1 room, on Silver Hill. City, 1 story, 1 room, on Upton Road. Bear Hill, 1 story, 1 room, on Bear Hill. Braggville, 1 story, 1 room, on Holliston Road. Deer Brook, 1 story, 1 room, on Hopkinton Road.
UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS. Plains, 2 stories, 2 rooms, on East Main St. Old Town House, 2 stories, 2 rooms, near Main St. The South Grammar, Town House, and Purchase Primary are brick buildings, the others are wooden.
The High School is heated by steam, the Park and South Grammar by furnaces, and all others by stoves.
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
WINTER TERM .- High School :- Begins Jan. 4, 1892. Closes March 25. Vacation, one week.
Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 4. Close March 11. Vacation, two weeks.
SPRING TERM .- High School :- Begins April 4. Closes June 24. Vacation, ten weeks.
Other Schools :- Begin March 28. Close June 10. Vacation, twelve weeks.
FALL TERM .- All Schools :- Begin Sept. 6. Close Dec. 23. Vacation-High School, one week. Other Schools, two weeks.
WINTER TERM, 1893 .- High School :- Begins Jan. 2, 1893. Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 9.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
HIGH SCHOOL .- November to April, 8.30 A. M. to 1.30 P. M. April to November, 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 4 P. M.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
COUNTRY SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1 to 3.30 P. M.
HOLIDAYS .- Feb. 22, Fast Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
STORM SIGNALS .- The steam whistle at the electric light station, two blasts sounded four times (11-11-11-11). When this signal is sounded at 8 A. M., there will be no morning session When it is sounded at 12.30 P. M., there will be no afternoon ses- sion. When it is sounded at 8 A. M. and not repeated at 12.30 P. M., there will be an afternoon session.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester ss.
To Either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County,
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, quali- fied by law to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1892, punctually at eight o'clock in the fore- noon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. A Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Auditor, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, two members of the School Committee, two Trustees of Public Library, three members of the Board of Health, two Trus- tees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and fifteen Constables, to be voted for on ballots prepared and furnished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1890 ; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"'
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the report of the Select- men, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Engi- neers of the Fire Department, Tax Collector, Trustees of Public Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and any other officers and committee of said Town.
ARTICLE 4. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the year ensuing.
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ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year.
ARTICLE 6. To determine when all taxes shall be collected and paid into the treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the com- pensation of the Collector of Taxes for collecting the same.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the expense of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen to take charge and control of all legal proceedings in which the Town shall be interested.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will grant the free use of the Town Hall one night in each week in the interest of temper- ance and labor.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Committee on Road Roller, and appropriate money for the purchase of such Road Roller.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will reimburse Chandler Cheney for sidewalk betterment paid in 1888 in excess of the amount which was required by law.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will transfer the pair of horses now used on the steamer from the Highway Department to the Fire Department, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will increase the Fire Alarm system by a striker on the Town House bell and three additional street boxes, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will appropriate money for a new boiler and other repairs for Steamer No. 1, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to erect a new school building on land adjoining Memorial Hall on Spruce street, appropriate money for the same, or take any action in regard to providing additional school accommodations.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the widening of, and building a sidewalk on Hayward street, or take any action in relation to the same.
And you are hereby directed to serve This Warrant by post-
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ing up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town ; also cause an attested copy to be published in The Milford Daily News, Milford Daily Journal, Milford Gazette, and the Milford Times, newspapers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Milford, this twenty-fifth day of February, A. D., 1892.
AMARIAH A. TAFT, EPHRAIM L. WIRES, WILLIAM B. HALE,
Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.
INDEX.
Appropriations
4
Assessors' Report
33
Auditor's Report
58
Board of Health, Report of .
57
Collector of Taxes, Report of
31
Fire Engineers' Report
44
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
35
Selectmen's Report .
6
Summary of Expenses
5
Town Clerk's Report .
·
62
Town Officers, List of
2
Town Park Commissioners' Report
56
Town Treasurer's Report .
24
Trustees of Town Library, Report of
·
51
Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Report of
55
Town Records 1-45
School Committee, Report of
·
1
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
.
8
Town Warrant ·
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MILFORD,
CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Board of Health, Engineers, Overseers of the Poor, Trustees of Town Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Ceme- tery, Park Commissioners, Town Clerk, Auditor, School Committee, and Supt. of Schools,
For the Year Ending February 1, 1893.
MILFORD, MASS .: G. M. BILLINGS, PRINTER, GAZETTE OFFICE. 1893.
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN.
WILLIAM B. HALE, CLINTON R. SCOTT, MAURICE E. NELLIGAN.
TOWN CLERK. DOMNICK J. LANG.
TOWN TREASURER.
CLIFFORD A. COOK.
TAX COLLECTOR.
AUDITOR.
MORTIMORE J. REYNOLDS. THOMAS J. LYNCH.
ASSESSORS.
GEORGE E. STACY,
THOMAS J. CONNOR,
LUCIUS E. HEATH.
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH,
JAMES W. BURKE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GEORGE G. PARKER (Deceased), ROBERT H. COCHRAN, GILBERT M. BILLINGS, JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, GEORGE L. COOKE, GEORGE E. STACY, HEBER D. BOWKER (to fill vacancy).
TRUSTEES OF TOWN LIBRARY.
CHARLES A. DEWEY, NATHANIEL F. BLAKE,
OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, BENJAMIN ADAMS,
NATHAN W. HEATH, JOHN P. HOLMES.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
WILLIAM J. CLARKE, M. P. BURNS, ROBERT H. COCHRAN.
TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY. JOHN M. WOOD, HENRY C. SKINNER, GEORGE L. MAYNARD,
HENRY J. BAILEY, ISAAC N. CROSBY, HENRY HANCOCK.
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CONSTABLES.
MARTIN BRODERICK, JAMES HOWARD,
JAMES W. BURKE,
PEARLEY M. HUNT,
MATTHEW BURNS,
THOMAS F. KELLY, MICHAEL LARKIN,
DAVID E. CASEY,
EDWARD J. DALTON, JOHN MOORE,
JEREMIAH DAVOREN, PHILIP P. O'DONNELL, OLIVER D. HOLMES, HENRY C. SNELL,
CHARLES H. WATERS.
FENCE VIEWERS.
ISAAC N. DAVIS, CHANDLER CHENEY, CHESTER L. CLARK.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
HENRY E. FALES, Z. C. FIELD, CHARLES W. WILCOX.
FIELD DRIVERS.
J. D. HUNT, JOHN J. SHOCKROW.
POUND KEEPER. J. D. HUNT. Officers Appointed by the Selectmen. CHIEF OF POLICE. ABBOTT A. JENKINS (resigned).
ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
J. H. SCOTT, M. J. BUCKLEY,
P. P. O'DONNELL, J. T. BERRILL, THOMAS E. NUTTING (resigned).
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
JAMES MURRAY, JR.,
WALTER S. V. COOKE,
DOMNICK J. LANG.
HENRY J. BAILEY,
TOWN SOLICITOR.
JESSE A. TAFT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
GEORGE A. SHERBORNE,
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. D. J. LANG.
LOCK-UP KEEPER.
JOHN SMITH.
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MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
C. T. DAY,
IRVING W. SWEET,
FRANCIS T. QUIRK,
MATTHEW BURNS, CHARLES F. CHAPIN (deceased), AUGUSTUS STEVENS.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
C. T. DAY, MURTY REYNOLDS, JR.,
IRVING W. SWEET,
MARTIN McMAHON.
POLICE OFFICERS.
M. P. BURNS,
PETER ROSS,
HENRY B. THAYER,
FRANK M. HOWE (G.& U.).
JOHN T. RYAN,
ORRIN SWEET,
JOHN SMITH,
FRANK SCANLON,
MURTY REYNOLDS,
RAPHAEL MARINO,
M. W. EDWARDS, JAMES POWERS,
JOHN NELLIGAN.
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.
WALDO PHIPPS.
INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM.
JOHN SMITH.
Appointed by the Overseers of the Poor.
TOWN PHYSICIAN. JOHN J. DUGGAN, M. D.
APPROPRIATIONS.
At a legal meeting, March 7, 1892 :-
. Highways
$10,000 00
Incidentals
3,000 00
Salaries
5,000 00
Memorial Hall
800 00
Street Lights
4,500 00
Town Library
600 00
Schools.
28,000 00
Poor Department
9,500 00
Interest
5,000 00
Water for Fire Purposes
5,000 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery
100 00
Military Aid
·
·
800 00
Fire Department
7,400 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Town Park
200 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Town Debt
5,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
2,000 00
Expenses under Chap. 440, Acts of 1890
800 00
Fire Alarm System
1,000 00
Chandler Cheney, Sidewalk betterment
19 70
Town Hall
450 00
Widening of Hayward street
500 00
--- $90,819 70
At a legal meeting, May 2, 1892 :- Laying out and widening Fayette street At a legal meeting, Nov. 8, 1892 :- For repairs on Steamer No. 1 .
1,300 00
1,047 20
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$93,166 90
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
Total Expenses.
Balance Exceeded Unexpended. Appropriation.
Highways
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$10,930 12
$ 65 03
Incidentals
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3,499 51
6 09
Salaries
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4,999 85
15
Memorial Hall .
796 86
79 14
Street Lights
4,498 60
1 40
Town Library
1,049 95
8 91
Schools
28,404 06
2 71
Poor Department
9,494 09
5 91
Interest
4,982 00
18 00
Water for Fire Purposes
5,103 33
$103 33
Vernon Grove Cemetery
230 35
Military Aid
696 00
452 00
Fire Department
8,047 58
5 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Town Park
215 00
Sidewalks
1,551 36
5 45
Town Debt
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5,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,875 72
234 28
Expenses under
Chap. 440,
Acts of 1890
800 00
Fire Alarm System
995 00
5 00
Chandler Cheney, sidewalk bet-
terment
19 70
Town Hall
776 96
56 54
Widening Hayward street
499 66
34
Laying out and
widening
Fayette street
1,338 36
18 06
$95,954 06
$964 01
$103 33
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
HIGHWAYS.
By appropriation at March meeting $10,000 00
Cash from W. L. Billings 5 00 .
George A. Sherborne 741 15 .
66 G. & U. R. R. 150 00
Milford & Hopedale St. R. R. Co. 99 00
Sundries :-
Paid Milford Water Co., water for stable $31 50
Eastman & Hobart, sawing planks 61
G. A. Sherborne, express bill 1 60
Georgiana F. Cook and
others, building man- hole expenses 53 36
G. A. Sherborne, watering streets 25 00
G. Cennedella, putting in catch-basin, Congress St. 15 00
$146 80
Repairs :- Paid Henry S. Cushman, bills
$ 53 75
L. E. Belknap, bills 82 95
W. H. Britton, bills
50
G. C. Buck, bills .
3 70
Ira N. Ide, blacksmith bill 36 69
T. N. Ide, .
126 51
T. F. Lawton,
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110 31
John Burnett 66
5 61
Lysander Grow & Son,
blacksmith bill .
. 8 20
428 22
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Rent :- Paid C. R. Scott, town barn $300 00
J. A. Taft, land for crusher 60 00
$360 00
Horses for fire duty :-
Paid G. A. Sherborne
$105 35 105 35
Supplies :-
Paid C. W. Dodge, tamping irons
4 39
Geo. Tyler & Co., hand wheels 10 00
Fred A. Houdlette, iron
beams
49 90
So. Boston Iron Works, crusher plates
28 53
Sherborne Bros., express bill
2 17
Clark Ellis & Sons, bills
157 40
Edward E. Vaughan, bills
40 06
Geo. A. Sherborne, ladder
3 00
Geo. A. Sherborne, belting
1 65
Fred H. Clark, bills
6 00
Butts & Ordway steel bars
9 57
Jenning Mfg. Co., oil
10 18
Fulton Iron Foundry Co., sewer rim and cover 10 00
Farrell Foundry & Ma- chine Co., steel cheeks . 72 66
Morss & Whyte, wire net
7 70
G. A. Sherborne bill, mon- ey paid out by him for supplies . 169 66
East Lexington Wagon Works, snow plow 40 00
P. P. Field, coal .
58 04
L. A. Cook, coal ·
39 99
711 90
Material :-
Paid Mrs. Flanagan, gravel . $ 3 29 John P. Daniels, gravel 4 00
W. M. Sherman & Son, bill 150 00
10
Milford Pink Granite Co.
chips $ 61 50 .
C. P. Corbet, loam 2 40
G. & U. R. R., gravel 106 21
Milford Electric Light & Power Co., ashes 12 25
L. A. Cook, brick and cement 40 33
Norcross Bros., stone
2 40
Peter Ross, crushed stone
866 60
Elisha Chapin, posts
6 00
Edwin B. Taft, stone
19 00
Jeremiah Davoren, gravel
5 70
C. F. Claflin, gravel
96 90
Z. C. Field, lumber
25 49
G. A. Sherborne, gravel
61 90
$1,463 97
Hay and grain :-
Paid M. McMahon, hay $ 15 00
J. J. Nutter, hay . 78 90
G. A. Sherborne, straw
10 60
Lally & Baxter, hay, grain
331 83
Prentice & Son, 66
290 76
Eastman & Hobart, "
235 25
Ethan Claflin, straw
10 02
972 36
Team work :-
Paid G. A. Sherborne, labor,
man and team . $ 6 50
Milford Fire Dept., labor, man and team . 601 13
607 63
Labor :---
Paid W. L. Billings, labor, $133 34
Henry Willard, 108 57
E. D. Walker, labor and material . 37 64
H. E. Rockwood, labor
3 00
C. O. Woodbury, ·
799 92
G. A. Sherborne, Supt. 800 00
Highway labor pay roll 4,243 92
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Otis Whitney & Son, labor $ 7 50
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$6,133 89
Amount unexpended
65 03
$10,995 15 $10,995 15
CASH RECEIVED BY GEORGE A. SHERBORNE FOR TOWN OF MILFORD IN ACCOUNT WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPART- MENT, 1892.
Fire department
$114 20
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