Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1890-1895, Part 17

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 788


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Sale of horse


·


125 00


Sidney Nason


2 00


Owen O. Wales .


2 32


William B. Hale


54 10


Fire department


49 90


W. H. Mague .


46 00


Fayette street appropriation


117 00


N. W. Heath


1 25


Anthony Kneeland


12 60


Frank W. Mann


4 00


Warren Buck


.


.


4 20


J. E. Macuen


29 75


Methodist society


5 50


Dr. Dwight Russell


2 25


Lysander Grow .


2 00


A. S. Pickering


1 25


Alonzo Thompson


50 00


J. H. Robinson .


36 00


Charles Cushman .


3 50


Town Hall department .


83 00


M. McMahon


51 75


Hopedale Electric Company paid C. A. Cook . 99 00


--- $896 57


Uncollected Bills.


Daniel Hayes .


$ 1 00


Town Park Commissioners


.


123 50


Town Park Commissioners


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.


J. W. Roberts .


16 00


Samuel Gaskill .


5 00


.


Isaac Cushing . ·


4 00


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8 50


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~ $257 00


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The Superintendent of Streets has been appointed to enforce the By-Laws in relation to cleaning sidewalks, etc., and is obliged to attend to the same without compensation.


INCIDENTALS.


By appropriation


$3,000 00


Armory rent received from state


. 300 00


Amount received from Auctioneers' licenses Town Histories


6 00


Lock-up keys .


7 00


Liquor applications .


32 00


Harper Bros.' circus .


20 00


Hunting Bros.'


20 00


Reed & Mckenzie, merry-go-round


14 00


Pool and billiard licenses .


18 00


H. E. Morgan, theatre license


33 00


R. H. Chamberlain, Chap. 416 Fire department


40 00


9 60


Returns :-


Paid M. W. Knight, M. D., birth returns


$12 25


C. Albro, M. D., birth re- turns 50


I. E. Hobart, M. D., birth returns 1 75 · J. J. Duggan, M. D., birth returns 16 50


W. J. Clark, M. D., birth returns 4 75


J. M. French, M. D., birth returns 2 00


M. W. Edwards, death re- turns


24 25


$62 00


Sundries :-


Paid Wood & Nye, burial of Charles Snowling $35 00


Wood & Nye, burial of William F. Reynolds . John T. Ryan, lock-up key 1 00


35 00


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6 00


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13


W. L. Billings, perambula- ting Town lines . J. A. Simpson, fencing burnt district 2 85


$ 9 00


J. N. Darling, surveying Davis street 5 50


Nelson Sherman, lock-up key 1 00


O. D. Holmes, duty March 17 3 00


John Moore, duty March 17 and July 3 8 00


P. M. Hunt, duty March 17 3 00


James Howard, duty March 17 and July 3 8 00


M. Broderick, duty March 17 and July 3 8 00


E. J. Dalton, duty March 17 and July 3 6 00


Michael Larkin,duty March 17


3 00


David Casey, duty Mar. 17


3 00


Thomas Kelly, duty March 17 3 00


James W. Burke, duty March 17 3 00


T. F. Martin, lock up key


1 00


Jerry Davoren, duty March 17 3 00


John Moore, notifying offi- cers 2 00


P. B. Murphy, dog blanks 5 75


W. E. Cheney, posting bills 1 50


Fred H. Clark, bill to Board of Health 7 60


P. P. O'Donnell, team of State Aid Agent ·


2 00


3 00


P. P. O'Donnell, duty March 17 3 00


John Cochran, services to Board of Health 3 00


14


P. J. Donohoe, bill to Board of Health $ 1 12


D. J. Lang for dog blanks, 1891 5 25


N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Co., freight on steamer boiler 9 60


M. P. Burns, abating nui- sance 5 00


A. A. Jenkins, Chief of Police


423 81


Frank Scanlon, duty July 3 and 4 .


4 75


John T. Ryan, duty July 3 and 4 . 8 75


Brigham & Co., Town Seal 20 00


John Smith, July 4 4 00


Charles Waters, duty July 3 and 4 . 6 00


H. C. Snell, duty March 17 5 00


Orrin Sweet, duty July 3 and 4 5 50


John Pratt, use of target shoot 15 00


L. A. Cook, coal and wood for armory 14 38


John H. Cutter, rebate on tax 1 80


L. E. Heath, team for


Assessors 10 00


John Moore, dog officer 11 00


Milford Water Co., moving hydrant . 25 49


John Smith, services to Board of Registrars 4 00


James Powers, serving no- tices 12 00


John M. Wood, cleaning cemetery 5 00


James Powers, team to Mendon . 1 50


P. M. Hunt, patrolman . 176 00,


15


Thomas Kelly, patrolman . $131 50


David E. Casey, patrolman 81 25


Edgar A. Hayward, labor on sewer 7 00


H. J. Dearing, curtains 7. 50


Jas. McDermott, removing paint


2 30


G. A. Sherborne, burning old mattresses


3 83


W. B. Hale, expenses on the Potter case and money paid for hotel bills for witnesses 22 00


C. R.Scott, fares to Boston and expenses to New Bedford on steam road roller


7 08


M. E. Nelligan, fares to Boston


1 54


W. B. Hale, fare to Boston and New Bedford 8 62


A. A. Jenkins, summoning witnesses and paying same on Potter case 40 08


$1,253 85


Water :--


Paid Milford Water Co., Pur- chase St. trough $40 00


Milford Water Co., Lin- coln Sq. trough . 40 00


C. R. Scott, water for Ar- mory 26 00


John Usher, West St. trough 5 00


111 00


Lighting :- Paid Milford Gas Co., (Ar- mory)


$77 94


77 94


Stationery :-


Paid Geo. F. King & Merrill,


books


$12 00


16


Greenough, Hopkins' &


Cushing . $ 3 50


Corlies, Macy & Co., check book 25 50


M. J. Reynolds, stationery 2 60


M. R. Warren, license blanks 8 00


C. A. Cook, postage and express . 8 91


T. J. Lynch, paper .


40


W. M. Olin, Reg. for vo-


ters . ·


7 00


D. J. Lang, express, post-


age, etc. . .


25 15


$ 93 06


Town meeting expenses :- Paid O. D. Holmes, police services . $13 50


O. D. Holmes, serving war- rants


30 00


E. J. Dalton, constable 9 00


M. Broderick,


11 00


John Smith, police officer .


5 00


M. P. Burns, 66


11 50


W.J.Coakley, Teller Mar. 7


10 00


T. F. Waters, 66 Mar. 7 10 00 P. M. Hunt, Deputy In- spector Mar. 7 and Nov. 8 10 00


W. D. Leahy, Teller Mar. 7 10 00


F.A. Shepard, 66 Mar. 7 10 00


H. J. Pyne, 66 Mar. 7 and Nov. 8 20 00


George W. Ellis, Teller Mar. 7 10 00


A. F. Sadler, Teller Mar. 7 10 00


W. J. Welch, Mar. 7 10 00


John H. Stratton, Teller


Mar. 7


10 00


S. C. Sumner, Inspector


Nov. 8, May 2, Mar. 7 . 25 00


17


Jas. Murray, jr., Mar. 7 ·


$10 00


N. F. Blake, Teller Mar. 7 10 00


J. J. Toomey, Mar. 7 10 00


P. H. Curran, checking list May 2 and Nov. 8 12 50


W. H. Pyne, Deputy In- spector Mar. 7, May 2 and Nov. 8


25 00


John Smith, fixing booths


10 00


J. F. McGuinness, dinners


Mar. 7 and Nov. 8 62 60


S. W. Heath, Deputy In- spector Nov. 8 . 5 00


John W. Zuver, Teller Nov. 15 5 00


W. P. Foley, Teller Nov. 8 10 00 1


F. P. Dillon, 66 Nov. 8 10 00


$385 10


Damages and Law Suits :- Paid Michael Nugent, dam- age to buggy


$ 8 00


L. E. Fales (John Griffin suit) 200 00


Dr. M. W. Knight (John . Griffin) . 12 50


M. J. Kelly on account (M. McAvoy suit) 175 00


395 50


Rent :-


Paid C. R. Scott (Armory Rooms) . $331 25


331 25


Printing :-


Paid G. M. Billings, Town Reports $238 00


G. M. Billings, printing and advertising . 105 75 Cook & Sons, printing and advertising 297 33


Milford Daily News, adver- tising 100 23


18


Times Pub. Co., advertis-


ing


$21 00


M. Harris Avery, printing 1 50


$763 81


Burial Lots :---


Paid Henry Hancock, care of lots $12 00


Pine Grove cemetery cor-


poration, care of lots 14 00


26 00


Amount unexpended


6 09


$3,505 60 $3,505 60


SALARIES.


By appropriation . $5,000 00


Paid T. J. Connor, Assessor $160 00


L. E. Heath, Assessor 191 25


James Murray, jr., Registr'r 100 00


H. J. Bailey, Registrar 100 00


W. S. V. Cooke, Registrar


100 00


D. J. Lang, Clerk


1.25 00


O. D. Holmes, night watch- man 132 00


D. J. Lang, collecting, re- cording, indexing and re- turning births, deaths and marriages . 149 10


John Moore, Patrolman


513 00


E. J. Dalton,


296 75


M. Broderick,


296 75


D. J. Lang, Sealer of


Weights and Measures . 20 00


T. J Lynch, Auditor 200 00


M. J. Reynolds, Tax Col- lector 800 00


Clifford A. Cook, on ac- count Treasurer . 100 00


D. J. Lang, on account Town Clerk 191 00


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Chester L. Clark, Overseer of Poor . $325 00


John Smith, Overseer of Poor


100 00


James W. Burke, Overseer of Poor . 100 00


D. J. Lang, Clerk of Se- lectmen


250 00


W. B. Hale, Selectman 250 00


C. R. Scott, 66


.


250 00


M. E. Nelligan, 66


250 00


$4,999 85


Amount unexpended


, $5,000 00


GAS AND STREET LIGHTS.


By appropriation $4,500 00 .


Paid Globe Gas Lt. Co., gas-


oline


$ 872 34


Milford Electric Lt. & Power Co., lights ·


3,116 74


Milford Gas Co., gas .


463 32


Globe Gas Lt. Co., re-


pairs ·


46 20


$4,498 60


Amount unexpended


1 40


·


$4,500 00 $4,500 00


INTEREST.


By appropriation at March meeting . . $5,000 00


Paid Milford Savings Bank . $4,082 00 National Hide and Leather Bank 900 00


$4,982 00


Amount unexpended .


18 00


$5,000 00 $5,000 00


15


20


TOWN DEBT.


By appropriation


Paid Milford Savings Bank


$5,000 00


$5,000 00


$5,000 00 $5,000 00


WATER FOR FIRE' PURPOSES.


By appropriation .


·


$5,000 00


Paid Milford Water Co., rent of hydrants $5,103 33


Exceeded appropriation 103 33


$5,103 33 $5,103 33


MEMORIAL HALL.


By appropriation $800 00


Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., rent .


76 00


Paid Henry B. Thayer, janitor 300 00


Milford Gas Light Co., gas . 91 98


Milford Water Co., water 35 45


L. E. Fales, for F. J. Hoyt, labor 1 80


J. L. Buxton, repairs


2 05


L. A. Cook, fuel


65 00


C. H. Metcalf, loam


2 00


W. L. Bennett, painting


27 50


P. P. Field, fuel


172 50


Avery & Woodbury,cuspidor 60


H. J. Dearing, supplies 3 00


A. C. Kinney, labor


2 50


A. S. Pickering, labor .


1 39


C. W. Johnson, labor,


1 75


Mrs. Glennon, labor .


4 00


George Christian, labor


3 50


Addison Aldrich, labor


3 75


Dennis Burns


11 40


Dwight Tower,


1 00


John Coffey, 66


6 00


Martin Jenkins,


66


19 50


Henry Willard,


66


.


2 00


21


Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies $38 19


$796 86


Amount unexpended .


79 14


---


$876 00


$876 00


TOWN HALL.


By appropriation


$450 00


Cash, rent of court room


300 00


Cash, rent of Town Hall


166 50


Paid John Smith, janitor and


lock-up keeper


$325 00


Milford Gas Light Co., gas


139 14


Milford Water Co., water


26 23


T. E. Morse, glazing


1 50


James McDermott, glazing


1 95


P. P. Field, fuel


117 50


L. A. Cook, fuel


6 50


Thomas Quirk, fuel


30 99


Z. C. Field, lumber


5 53


C. A. Hill, plumbing


12 29


H. J. Dearing, chairs


9 00


Mathewson Bros., crackers


16 65


H. A. Barney, fuel


25 00


W. H. Britton, labor


6 50


Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies


30 10


Pierce & Wood, coffee, milk, etc.


11 51


T. Sheedy, shoveling snow


50


James Coffey,


1 00


Otis Whitney & Son, labor


1 00


John Smith, sundries and supplies .


9 07


Highway department ma-


nure, etc. 83 00


$859 96


Amount unexpended


56 54


$916 50


$916 50


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22


MEMORIAL DAY.


By apppropriation . $150 00


Paid H. J. Bailey for Post 22, G. A. R. : $150 00


$150 00


$150 00


REIMBURSEMENT OF SIDEWALK BETTERMENT.


By appropriation .


$19 70


Paid Chandler Cheney


$19 70


$19 70


$19 70


SIDEWALKS.


By appropriation


$1,000 00


Concrete :---


Paid D. F. Grady, concrete work $810 34


Material and labor :-


Paid W. G. Wheelock, surveyor 16 65


W. M. Sherman, curbing


353 59


Z. C. Field, material, lumber 7 04


Highway department for labor 363 74


By betterments collected and paid Treasurer :-


Mrs. Raftery $70 50


John P. Nealon 22 50 ·


Timothy Kirby 34 50 .


Mrs. John McDonough ·


24 00


John Gallagher .


11 50


Henry W. Harvey


.


21 00


Clinton R. Scott


64 26


$248 26


By betterments collected from 1891 :-


W. R. Saul . $11 30


Milford & Woonsocket R. R. 26 48


Mary Lyons 7 50


John Barrett . 9 50


James Thom . ·


38 50


Daniel Connors 9 52 ·


George R. Withington


6 73


.


H. H. V. Lilley


·


29 52


Edwin Withington


18 74


.


23


Lewis Stone . . $10 00


B. F. Aldrich


19 80


Nora Jordan .


9 77


Frank Kennedy


4 72


Dwight Russell


.


James S. Kelly


18 90


Kate O'Connor


15 00


Thomas Holland


7 00


Eliza Fox


4 57


$308 55


$1,551 36


Amount unexpended


5 45


$1,556 81 $1,556 81


By betterments uncollected :-


-


Stephen Sweet $17 75


Patrick Hilferty heirs 14 95 .


J. Warren Buck


.


29 70 -


$62 40


STATE AID.


Aid paid various persons . $5,762 50 .


By amount paid due from State $5,762 50


$5,762 50 $5,762 50


MILITARY AID.


By appropriation . $800 00


Aid paid various persons


$696 00


By one half amount paid due from State .


348 00


Amount unexpended


452 00


$1,148 00 $1,148 00


CHAPTER 298 .- SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


By appropriation $2,000 00


Amount received from South Braintree


110 50


Aid paid various persons ·


$1,875 72


Amount unexpended


234 78


$2,110 50 $2,110 50


.


.


61 00


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24


HAYWARD STREET.


By appropriation .


$500 00


Paid W. G. Wheelock, surveyor $ 9 90


1


Highway for labor 489 76


$499 66


Amount unexpended


34


$500 00


$500 00


FAYETTE STREET.


By appropriation


$1,300 00


Cash received from G. A. Sherborne


56 42


Paid Highway Dept. for labor


$390 52


J. N. Darling, surveyor 17 70


W. M. Sherman & Sont curbing 46 20


Otis Whitney & Son, labor and material ·


93 66


A. S. Pickering, labor


25 75


D. F. Grady, concreting 172 53


Highway Dept., material


. 117 00


W. B. Hale, land taken


. 475 00


$1,338 36


Amount unexpended


18 06


$1,356 42 $1,356 42


BILLS THE TOWN OWES TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS.


Street lights :-


Globe Gas Light Co.


$156 24


Milford Electric Light & Power Co.


574 20


Milford Gas Light Co. . 42 12


$772 56


Incidentals :-


M. P. Burns


$ 7 50


W. G. Wheelock


63 00


C. A. Cook


3 74


A. H. Sweet


3 00


.


Milford Gas Co. .


10 44


·


25


David E. Casey .


$16 75


Dr. S. B. Woodward


5 00


P. M. Hunt,


21 50


George W. Stacy


13 41


George W. Stacy


19 46


C. R. Scott


68 75


W. J. Clarke, M. D.


20 00


George W. Stacy


1 20


Miss Margaret McAvoy .


93 50


L. A. Cook


13 10


Dwight Russell, M. D. .


27 00


W. B. Hale


2 00


Albert Wood, M. D.


5 00


$394 35


A. H. Mayhew, Teller Nov. 8, '92 *$10 00


R. H. Cochran, Teller Nov. 8, '92 *10 00


F. D. Field, Teller Nov.8, '92


*10 00


F. A. Shepard, Teller Nov. 8, '92 *10 00


G. W. Ellis, Teller Nov. 8, '92 .


*10 00


$50 00


*Price agreed upon by Selectmen.


Salaries :-


C. A. Cook .


$200 00


O. D. Holmes


12 00


M. P. Burns


225 00


Jesse A. Taft


282 33


George E. Stacy .


200 00


R. H. Cochran


100 00


W. J. Clarke


·


150 00


D. J. Lang


59 00


James Howard


288 75


James E. Macuen, sewer (Charles River) .


$550 00


All of which respectfully submitted.


WM. B. HALE, C. R. SCOTT, M. E. NELLIGAN,


Selectmen of Milford.


Milford, February 1, 1893.


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$1,517 08


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MONEY LEFT BY THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS FOR CARE OF BURIAL LOTS, AND WHICH THE TOWN HOLDS IN TRUST.


Names and Amount Left.


One year's interest on the several burial lots.


Amount expended on each lot during the year, as follows :-


Balance due on each lot for the year 1892.


Mrs. Theron Holbrook, $100 Holbrook,


$6 Henry Hancock,


$2 Holbrook,


$33 17


Mrs. Obadiah Albee,


100 Albee,


6


2 Albee,


34 17


William B. Dyer,


150 Dyer,


9


3 Dyer,


41 50


Henry S. Dean,


100 Dean,


6


66


3 Dean,


9 17


Abigail H. Adams,


100 Adams,


6 Pine Grove Cemetery Corporation,


7 Adams,


17


Mary E. Buck.


50 Buck,


3| Henry Hancock,


2 Buck,


7 17


D. C. Morey,


150 Mowry,


9 Pine Grove Cemetery Corporation,


7 Mowry,


5 00


$750


$45


$26


$130 35


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


CLIFFORD A. COOK, IN ACCONT WITH TOWN OF MILFORD, MASS., AS TREASURER.


DR.


CR.


To amounts received :-


Cash on hand Feb. 22, 1892


$ 118 31


Liquor licenses :-


State tax $4,025 00


James H. Mathews ·


$1,300 00


Patrick Gillon


1,300 00


Corporation tax 62 60 ·


Patrick Gillon


1,300 00


One fourth of liquor licenses . 3,252 00


Lewis R. Hazard


1,300 00


- $12,445 66


Lewis R. Hazard


1,300 00


Treasurer of Worcester County, Mass .:--


County tax


3,956 00


Highways


10,930 12


Incidentals


·


·


.


·


·


28,404 06


John F. McGuinness .


1,300 00


Poor ·


·


13,183 20


J. Allen Rice


1 00


Fire


·


9,049 58


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.


·


·


.


1,300 00


3,499 51


David Quinn


1,300 00


Schools ·


.


Thomas Kelley


1,300 00


Bryan Manion


1,300 00


Alfred Goucher


.


By amounts paid :-


Treasurer of Massachusetts :-


National Bank tax ·


.


5,106 06


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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.


Fred H. Clark


$1 00


Street Lights


$4,498 60


Arthur B. Morse


1 00


Sidewalks


1,551 36


Albert H. Sweet


.


·


1 00


Town Park


215 00


Henry E. Morgan


1 00


Town Library


982 08


Patrick J. Donohoe .


1 00


Town Hall


859 96


Buckley, Richardson & Fitz. 1 00


Bartholomew F. Colleary ·


1 00


Interest .


4,982 00


- $13,008 00


Pool and Billiard Table licenses :-


James H. Mathews


$2 00


Thomas Kelley


2 00


Amasa L. Smith


2 00


Salaries


4,999 85


Chap. 440, Acts 1890, fees


810 48


Bryan Manion


2 00


Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889 ·


696 00


James E. Kneeland .


2 00


State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889 ·


5,762 50


John F. McGuinness .


2 00


Soldiers' Relief, Chap. 298, Acts 1889


1,913 22


Owen O'Keefe


2 00


Hayward Street


499 66


Timothy A. Murphy .


2 00


Fayette Street .


·


·


1,338 36


Fire Alarm ·


.


Auctioneers' licenses :-


Leonard Hunt


$2 00


Money borrowed by vote of Town


Abbott A, Jenkins


2 00


March 7, 1892, in anticipation of


·


.


·


.


·


·


·


·


·


1


·


·


5,103 33 ·


Memorial Day .


·


150 00


Memorial Hall .


796 86


Vernon Grove Cemetery


230 35


William A. Pond


2 00


·


·


·


·


18 00


995 00


Chandler Cheney .


19 70


·


·


ão


·


.


.


Water, fire purposes


5,000 00


Town Debt


.


.


·


Daniel J. Cronan


2 00


taxes


6 00


Miscellaneous licenses :-


Harper Brothers' circus ·


20 00


Hunting's circus ·


20 00


. Reed & Mckenzie, flying horses


14 00


Milford Music Hall Co. 33 00


87 00


Treasurer of Massachusetts :---


Corporation tax


·


$4,345 39


National Bank tax


567 71


Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889


896 50


State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889 .


5,152 00


Amory rent ·


300 00


State paupers, support


108 25


State paupers, temporary sup- port


125 26


Expense of contagious dis-


eases


142 46


11,637 57


·


·


·


.


32,000 00


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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.


Treasurer of Worcester County, Mass .:-


Dog tax $781 98


Rent of Court Room, 1 year to Jan. 1, 1893


300 00


$ 1,081 .98


Tax Collector, M. J. Reynolds :-


Taxes 1888


·


$ 26 90


66 1889


53 01


1890


·


·


1,073 85


66


1891


·


4,327 55


1892 . 89,803 11


95,284 42


Sidewalk Department :-


552 24


M. J. Reynolds, Tax Collector Memorial Hall Department :- Post 22, G. A. R. rent to Jan. 1,1893 1 00


Post 22, G. A. R., heating to Jan. 1, 1893 75 00


76 00


Town Hall Department :- John Smith, rent of hall


166 50


30


Highway Department :-


Grafton & Upton R. R. Co. . 150 00


W. L. Billings 5 00


George A. Sherborne, Supt. . 741 15


Hopedale Electric Co. 99 00


995 15


Town Park Department :- C. W. Wilcox


15 00


Fire Department :- M. J. Buckley


.


602 38


Poor Department :-


C. L. Clark


3,313 14


School Department :- S. F. Blodgett


15 78


Vernon Grove Cemetery Department :- H. C. Skinner ·


130 35


Fayette Street Department :- .


George A. Sherborne, Supt. . 56 42


Incidental Department :- Fire Department 9 60


Soldiers' Relief, Chap. 298, Acts 1889, Department :- Town of Braintree, Mass. 110 50


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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.


Chap. 440, Acts 1890, Department :- Charles A. Dewey, court funds .


14 10


Town History Department :- 6 unbound copies sold Publishing applications for liquor li- censes ·


6 00


32 00


Lockup keys sold


7 00


·


R. H. Chamberlain, fines, Chap. 416, Acts 1891


40 00


Money borrowed by vote of Town March 7, 1892, in anticipation of taxes .


30,000 00


Balance Feb. 18, 1893 $ 2,511 00


$157,383 44


$157,383 44


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TOWN DEBT.


Bonds. 5's, 15 years, due Nov. 1, 1893 6's, 30 years, due Aug. 10, 1897 Note. 32, to Milford Savings Bank, due Nov. 1, 1893


$40,000 00


.


·


25,000 00


.


.


21,500 00


Total .


.


$86,500 00 .


CLIFFORD A. COOK, Treasurer. 33


TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.


Copies (unbound) on hand Feb. 22, 1892 .


.


·


239


Copies (unbound) sold .


.


.


·


.


6


Copies (unbound) on hand Feb. 18, 1893


233 CLIFFORD A. COOK, Treasurer.


·


COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


1886.


Amount uncollected, (Gleason taxes) $ 281 57


1887.


Amount uncollected, (Gleason taxes)


$1,070 62


1888 .- DR.


Amount uncollected


$260 42


Interest


4 95


$265 37


CR.


Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer


$26 90


Abatements


16 15


Uncollected


222 32


$265 37


1889 .- DR.


Amount uncollected


$670 20


Interest


6 69


$676 89


CR.


Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer


$ 53 01


Abatements


28 78


Uncollected


595 10


$676 89


1890 .- DR.


Amount uncollected


$2,848 18 .


Interest


84 94


$2,933 12


CR.


Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer


.


$1,073 85


Abatements


·


228 11


Uncollected


.


.


1,631 16 - - $2,933 12


.


.


.


35


1891 .- DR.


Amount uncollected


-


$8,617 05


Interest


198 96


$8,816 01 -


CR.


Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer


·


$4,327 55


Abatements


272 80


Uncollected


4,215 66 --


$8,816 01


1892 .- DR.


Amount of tax committed .


. $101,971 11


Reassessed


129 39


Interest


87 31


-$102,187 81


CR.


Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer


·


$89,803 11. ·


Abatements


495 54


Discounts


2,031 22


Uncollected


9,857 94


-- $102,187 81


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.


DR.


Uncollected from 1891-2 .


$341 25


Committed in 1892


277 96


CR.


Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer


$552 24


Cash on hand


4 57


Uncollected


.


.


$619 21


M. J. REYNOLDS, Collector.


Milford, Feb. 20, 1893.


.


.


.


.


.


$619 21


62 40


.


ASSESSORS' REPORT.


Town appropriations


$92,119 70


State tax


4,025 00


County tax


3,956 00


Amount raised


$100,100 70


Tax on Collector's book


96,807 83


Underlay


$3,292 87


VALUATION.


Buildings, excluding land $2,594,597 00


Land, excluding buildings 1,434,806 00 .


$4,029,403 00


Personal, excluding resident bank $780,099 00


Resident bank


260,352 00


$1,040,451 00


Total valuation


$5,069,854 00


Tax cast on valuation and polls $96,807 87


Tax on Collector's book, not including non-resi- dent bank tax 96,807 83


Collector's book short $ 04


Non-resident bank tax


$5,163 28


Resident bank tax


$4,686 30


Tax on Collector's book, including resident bank tax


$96,807 83


Non-resident bank tax


5,163 28


.


.


-


Total amount committed to Collector $101,971 11 Tax rate, $18 per $1000.


37


Number of Polls, male


2,775


Polls,female


1


66


Horses


697


Cows


409


Sheep


none


Cattle other than cows .


45


66


Swine


19


Dwelling houses


1,559


66


Acres of land


9,352


On the present valuation of Milford the rate of taxation will be about $1 for every $5000 to be raised.


GEORGE E. STACY,


THOMAS J. CONNOR, LUCIUS E. HEATH,


Assessors of Milford.


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.


CHARLES A. DEWEY, BENJAMIN ADAMS, Term expires 1893


NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, OWEN F. CROUGHWELL,


66


1894


NATHAN W. HEATH, 66 1895


CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman, OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, Secretary, NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, Librarian.


Nothing of special interest has occurred in the history of the Town Library during the past year. About the usual amount of money has been spent in buying new books. Our means have always been somewhat limited, and the number of volumes has not increased so rapidly as in some other libraries. Yet every year has seen an increase, and the Trustees have endeavored, to see that the money appropriated by the Town was carefully and wisely expended.


More than twelve years have now elapsed since the last gen- eral catalogue was issued. At that time the number of volumes in our library was 5915, while at the present time it is 8879. A meagre and unsatisfactory supplement was published indeed in 1887, but for several years past the need of a new catalogue has grown more and more pressing.


It is surely needless to urge the vital importance of a good catalogue to enable the patrons of the library to reap the full benefit of the institution. Without such aid most people will not take the trouble to find out what treasures are stored away on our shelves. We all know its help is indispensable.


The Trustees have been looking forward for some time to a new issue, and have had an additional catalogue prepared, mod- eled largely after the former one, though not quite so elaborate. While it has not the historical references of the old one, it will be a comprehensive and systematic catalogue. The Trustees en- trusted the important work of preparation to Mr. N. F. Blake, Librarian, and he has devoted much time, for a moderate com-


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pensation, to perfect the same, and we trust it will prove entirely satisfactory to the public. That work at least has been done and paid for.


As no regular catalogue has been issued since 1881, and the manuscript for the new one is now ready for the printer, we hope the Town will be willing to appropriate money enough to pay for the printing. With that in view, at a meeting of the Trustees holden on the tenth day of February, it was voted that . we ask for an appropriation of $900 for the benefit of the library for the year ensuing.


CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman.


LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.


TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.


GENTLEMEN: I hereby submit the report for the year ending Jan 31, 1893.


The circulation for the year is 22,953 volums, a gain over the previous year of 831 volumes. The largest daily circulation was March 12, 1892, 284 volumes; and the smallest April 21, 1892, 10 volumes.


The following is a classified list of circulation :-


A


BCDE


F


G


HIJK


Total


Feb.,


1892


80


53


64


61


1092


119


8


14


693


2184


March,


66


52


54


6


80


46


1172 121


3


21


741


2296


April,


57


56


7


67


48


1247


109


3


17


590


1


2202


May,


66


64


40


6


62


37


1011


70


6


19


469


1784


June,


66


39


24


7


40


31


1004


54


2


16


470


1687


July,


66


41


37


4


43


42


1042


82


2


24


467


1784


August


66


31


35


4


53


39


1125


71


3


13


472


1846


Sept.


66


69


22


3


43


33


942


53


3


17


416


1


1602


Oct.


66


65


47


5


55


27


1041


60


3


27


451


1781


Nov. .


66


56


41


5


59


22


998


80


31


519


2


1813


Dec.


66


57


59


9


76


23


1115


88


1


36


570


2034


Jan.,


1893


75


51


3


74


24


1033


78


3


39


560


1940


686 519 59 716


433


12822 985 37


274 6418


4


22953


Number of days open, 305. Average daily circulation, 75,7%. Amount received for fines, $62.97; for catalogues, $4.90. Number of books covered, 1177. Number of notices sent delin- quents, 29.


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The library contained, as per last report, 8598 volumes. There have been added during the year 271 volumes, making a total of 8879 volumes.


The additions have been classified as follows: History, 22; Biography, 34; Travels, 20; Science, 7; Fiction, 83; Miscella- neous, 40; Religion, 1; Poetry, 8; Juvenile, 32; Public Docu- ments, 24.


The whole library is now classified as follows; History, 678; Biography, 903; Politics, Law and Oratory, 304; Travels, 628; Science, 814; Fiction, 1890; Miscellaneous, 1023; Religion, 430; Poetry, 369; Juvenile, 823; Public Documents, 1007.


The following have donated books during the year :-


State of Massachusetts 16


Topographical survey commission, Massachusetts 1


Commissioner of Education, U. S.




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