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Secretary of Treasury, U. S. . 2 .
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Smithsonian Institute . 1 .
Civil Service Commission
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Woman Suffrage Association .
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I. G. Dalton 1 .
H. L. Gordon, Minneapolis, Minn.
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G. F. Williams, Washington, D. C.
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Samuel P. Bates, Meadville, Pa.
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Gen. Wm. F. Draper, Hopedale, Mass.
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Additions by purchase 242 271
The library has been more largely used than in any previous year by the scholars of the public schools, and this, with the liter- ary and reading clubs, has called for a much larger circulation of books in History, Biography, Oratory, Science, and Poetry. Thus the gains in History have been 211; in Biography, 53; Ora- tory, 42; Science, 45; Poetry, 88; while the department of Travel has shown a loss of 62; Religion of 54; and the Miscellaneous of 9.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
N. F. BLAKE, Librarian.
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE MILFORD TOWN LIBRARY.
GENTLEMEN : The receipts and expenditures of the Town Library for the year ending Feb. 1, 1893, have been as follows :- Receipts :-
Town appropriation
$600 00
One-half dog tax
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390 99
Fines and catalogues .
67 87
$1,058 86
Expenditures :-
Librarian
$350 00
Books
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357 98
Supplies
19 15
Light
116 74
Covering Books
10 86
Express
6 65
Post-office box
2 00
Binding
36 57
Compiling Catalogue
150 00
Unexpended appropriation
8 91
$1,058 86
All of which is respectfully submitted.
O. F. CROUGHWELL, Secretary.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Pay of members . $5,500 00
Incidentals and repairs . 1,800 00
Fall parade . .
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100 00
Extension of fire alarm system ·
. 1,000 00
Repair of boiler, Steamer No. 1 . 1,047 20
$9,447 20
Received for labor performed by W. R.
Bennett and horses 602 38
$10,049 58
EXPENDITURES.
Pay of members :-
Steamer Co. No. 2 . $ 755 00
Hose Co. No. 1 755 00
Hose Co. No. 2 755 00 ·
Hose Co. No. 4
755 00
Hook & Ladder Co. · 1,000 00
Board of Engineers 382 50
N. B: Fairbanks, engineer Steamer No. 2 175 00
H. E. Rockwood, engineer Steamer No. 1 109 10
F. J. Rockwood, steward Hose No. 2 43 00
G. H. Thompson, steward Hose No. 1 43 00
R. J. Hoey, steward Hose No. 4 . 43 00
Thomas Lally, steward Hook & Ladder .
40 00
M. W. Edwards, horses and driver, Hook & Ladder 100 00
P. P. O'Donnell, horses and team for En- gineers, and horse and driver for Hose No. 4 . 150 00
J. J. Hennessey, driver Hose No. 1 31 25
G. H. Thompson, driver Hose No. 1 18 30
G. H. Whiting, driver Hose No. 2 162 50
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Walter Bennett, driver Steamer No. 2 . $736 20 George A. Sherborne, express and horses €
for steamer 107 09
G. M. Billings, printing 9 50
Milford Water Co., water
43 50
O. D. Holmes, watching, and ringing alarms 18 00 ·
T. E. Morse, supplies .
3 53
C. A. Cheney, supplies 3 90
L. Grow & Son, painting and repairs on Hook & Ladder truck 42 60
Pettingill, Andrews Co., supplies . 18 75
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., supplies . 19 91
Milford E. L. & P. Co., labor setting poles
7 20
Z. C. Field, lumber
4 44
A. J. Morse & Sons, supplies
4 50
Municipal F. & P. Telegraph Co., key boxes and supplies 15 13
T. E. Morse, blinds and painting Hose Co. No. 4 building 54 45
J. A. Taft, repairs
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21 83
Eldridge & Beatty, supplies .
25 61
J. H. Scott, telegrams, express, etc.
15 41
M. J. Buckley, postage and express
6 00
C. H. Kimball, repairs 2 25
L. E. Belknap, repairs 1 75
D. B. Rockwood, repairs . 1 45
Municipal F. & P. Telegraph Co., repairs
10 02
George Julian, labor
2 00
T. F. Callahan, repairing coats
16 70
J. J. Hennessey, repairs ·
83
N. E. Gamewell Co., repairs
12 65
F. W. Mann, repairs
70
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Bos- ton ladder 178 83
B. & A. R. R. Co., freight on ladder 21 00
Hannah M. Barber, rent of land for Hose No. 4. 15 00
J. H. Scott, electrician
200 00
D. B. Rockwood, repairs 2 25 ·
L. E. Belknap, repairs 11 00
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T. Quirk, supplies . $ 5 00
L. A. Cook, supplies
2 00
P. H. Gaffny, oil . 4 68
Jeremiah Davoren, fire duty
80
Edward Davoren, fire duty
40
Lally & Baxter, grain and hay 195 60
Eastman & Hobart, grain and hay 51 38
Milford Gas Co. 231 77
H. S. Cushman, repairs 1 00
Avery & Woodbury, supplies
4 38
Milford brass band, parade
45 00
John Smith, labor
1 00
G. H. Thompson, Treasurer, repairs 10 00
George Julian, labor
2 00
E. R. Richmond, supplies .
3 00
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., supplies .
6 34
Boston Woven Hose Co., supplies
28 75
J. A. Boyce, repairs
4 75
P. P. O'Donnell, team
4 00
Citizens' Concrete Co., concrete
41 80
W. M. Bowker, labor
5 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
38 60
J. A. Simpson, repairs
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26 77
Ira N. Ide, shoeing .
21 60
- C. A. Hill, repairs . .
4 75
G. C. Buck, agent, repairs
13 10
F. H. Clark, supplies
23 13
H. A. Barney, coal
42 59
$7,770 82
Repair of Steamer No. 2 :-
Cole Bros. .
. $1,025 00
N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Co., freight to and
from Pawtucket
22 20
1,047 20
Repair of Exchange street reservoir :-
W. L. Billings $ 2 30
Highway Department .
164 10
A. S. Pickering .
59 12
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T. N. Sherman & Co. .
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4 95
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B. & A. R. R. Co.
$1.09
$231 56
Total expenditures
$9,049 58
Total receipts
$9,049 58
FIRE ALARM.
Appropriation
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$1,000 00
Paid Municipal Fire & Police Telegraph
for extension .
$985 00 .
C. P. Corbett
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995 00
On hand
$5 00
BUILDINGS.
There are four buildings owned and occupied by the depart- ment, one on South Main street, occupied by Steamers 1 and 2, in poor condition ; one on Spruce street, occupied by Hose 1 and 2, in poor condition ; one on Central street, occupied by Hose 4, in good condition ; one at the corner of Spruce and Main streets, oc- cupied by Hook & Ladder Co., in poor condition.
REPORT OF HOSE.
We have hose in good condition amounting to 5200 feet, dis- tributed as follows; Hose No. 1, 1100 ft .; Hose No. 2, 1400 ft .; Hose No. 4, 1200 ft .; Steamers, 1500 feet.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Pay of members
$6,100 00
Incidentals
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1,500 00
Repairs .
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300 00
Fall Parade
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100 00
$8,000 00
BILLS CONTRACTED BUT NOT PAID.
E. A. Barney .
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$68 49
Eastman & Hobart
25 86
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$94 35
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ROLL OF THE DEPARTMENT.
J. H. SCOTT, .
Chief Engineer
J. T. BERRILL,
Assistant Engineer
P. P. O'DONNELL, Assistant Engineer
M. J. BUCKLEY,
Clerk and Treasurer
AARON CLAFLIN STEAMER Co. No. 2 .- Captain, Nahum Gas- kell; lieutenant, William J. Struthers; clerk and treasurer, Wil- liam A. Fairbanks ; engineer, N. B. Fairbanks; hosemen, F. M. Walker, W. P. Leland, A. S. Allen, J. H. Morse, W. H. Brown, E. A. Hastings, F. A. Abbott, Edward G. Cook, Edward Han- cock, F. W. Joslyn, G. K. Webber.
WASHINGTON HOSE Co. No. 2 .- Captain, L. E. Belknap; first lieutenant, T. F. Martin ; second lieutenant, E. Fletcher; clerk, W. J. Pyne ; treasurer, L. E. Belknap; steward, F. J. Rock- wood ; hosemen, P. J. O'Connor, E. J. Dalton, J. J. Ring, J. F. Callahan, J. Matthews, F. L. Richardson, E. B. Quinn, George. Whiting, E. M. Temple.
WIDE AWAKE HOSE CO. No. 1 .- Captain, E. G. Hubbard ;. first lieutenant, H. I. Binney ; clerk and treasurer, G. H. Thomp- son ; steward, G. H. Thompson; hosemen, J. L. Lilley, C. A .. Mowrey, H. L. Willard, E. B. Bates, J. Shurtlieff, W. M. Miller, George Fletcher, F. G. Clarke, C. E. Dewing, L. E. Doliff, J. J. Hennessey, James McKay.
WM. C. GILLMAN HOSE Co. No. 4 .- Captain, William H. Curtin; first lieutenant, T. Shea; clerk and treasurer, M. F ... Hannigan ; steward, R. J. Hoey ; hosemen, D. J. O'Conner, C. A. Cheney, J. Herlihy, C. Voyer, A. Hersey, T. Hanigan, W. Williams, J. Fitzsimmons, J. Keelon, J. Cronin.
EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER CO. No. 1 .- Captain, T. J Connor ; first lieutenant, John T. Kelley; clerk, Thomas F. Con- nors ; treasurer, James F. Baxter ; steward, Thomas Lally; ladder- men, James Lally, jr., Edw. Roach, Michael Burke, Philip Cal- lery, John Callery, Thomas F. Waters, P. H. Gaffny, William Place, John O'Neil, Stephen Quirk, James A. Boyce, John J. Nelligan, Frank Quirk, Edward Reiley, D. }'. Flynn.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Milford Steam Fire Engine No. 1, in good condition. Aaron Claflin Steamer No. 2, in good repair.
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Wide Awake Hose Carriage No. 1, in good repair, with ne- cessary equipments.
Washington Hose Carriage No. 2, in good repair, with neces- sary equipments.
William C. Gillman Hose Carriage No. 4, in good repair, with necessary equipments.
Excelsior Hook & Ladder Truck, in good repair, with neces- sary equipments.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
FEBRUARY 13, Box 65 .- Chimney fire in house owned by Mrs. Mary Fox, Forest street. No damage.
FEBRUARY 24, Box 26 .- Chimney fire in house owned by P. Handmore, on East Main street .. No damage.
FEBRUARY 27, Box 25 .- Granite block of James Thom, Main street. Damage $15,000. Insurance paid, $10,900. Cause, overheated store.
MARCH 11, Box 27 .- Ice-house of J. E. Macuen on Hopkin- ton road. Damage $1800. Insurance paid, $1500. Cause, sup- posed incendiary.
MARCH 22 .- Still alarm for chimney fire in house occupied by Patrick Shea on Central street. No damage.
APRIL 6 .- Brush fire on land owned by Henry Morgan on Bear Hill.
APRIL 6 .- Brush fire on land owned by Chester Clark and. others on Silver Hill road.
APRIL 6 .- Brush fire in wood lot owned by Thomas Quirk. Damage $300. Insurance paid, $231.
APRIL 18, Box 46 .-- Brush fire on land owned by J. E. Ma- cuen on Congress street.
APRIL 18 .-- Brush fire on land owned by Samuel Gaskill and others, rear Pine Grove cemetery.
APRIL 19 .-- Brush fire on land of W. Vezey and others on Silver Hill road.
APRIL 20 .-- Brush fire on land of Freeman Shippee and oth- ers at Deer Brook, so called.
MAY 2, Box 47 .-- House owned by Albert Lavery on Branch street, North Milford. Damage $50. Cause, supposed incendiary.
JULY 28, Box 26 .-- House owned by Thomas Lyons on Pond: street. Damage $25. Cause, spontaneous combustion.
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OCTOBER 2, Box 25 .- Fire in crate of straw back of H. J. Dearing's store on Main street. Cause, dropping of lighted match. No damage.
OCTOBER 13, Box 73 .-- Chimney fire in house owned by Mrs. John McDonough on Spruce street. No damage.
OCTOBER 27, Box 35 .- Chimney fire in house owned by Mar- tin Fahey on Lawrence street. No damage.
NOVEMBER 18 .- Still alarm for chimney fire in house owned by Mrs. Donnolly on Pine street. No damage.
NOVEMBER 14 .- Still alarm for fire in building owned by heirs of Aaron Claflin, and occupied by Mrs. Manheim. Insur- ance paid, $171. Cause, fireworks.
NOVEMBER 29 .-- Still alarm for chimney fire in house owned by James Breen on Depot street. No damage.
DECEMBER 15 .- Still alarm for fire in King Bros.' store, Music Hall block. Insurance paid, $100. Cause, electric light wire.
DECEMBER 27, Box 25 .- Barn owned by Mrs. Annie Burke, occupied by her and P. Handmore. Insurance paid, $716.25. Cause, supposed incendiary.
JANUARY 12, '93, Box 52 .-- Chimney fire in house occupied by Mr. Carley. No damage.
CONCLUSION.
We would recommend that the Town allow the Fire De- partment the use of the Witherell horses, so called, on the Hook & Ladder truck, for fire purposes, on the same basis as the horses now driven by George Whiting for the Hose Carriages No. 1 and 2, viz., $150 per year, this being $50 more than what we are now paying. But when the citizens take into account the necessity of this piece of apparatus being first at the fire, for without lad- ders the firemen are handicapped in the performance of their duty, and in chimney or brush fires where extinguishers are needed, same are on truck.
We would also recommend the establishment of a central house for the Department, as most of the houses now occupied by the Department are practically worthless.
We would also call the attention of the citizens to the fact that we have maintained a pair of horses and driver for same, for the Steamer company, for which no appropriation had been made, out of the Fire Department appropriation, also the repair-
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ing of Exchange street reservoir, amounting to $231.56, for which repairs came out of our appropriation.
We thank the Board of Selectmen for the many courtesies extended, and the citizens of the Town for their hearty co-opera- tion, and the firemen for their faithful performance of their duty.
J. H. SCOTT, Chief, J. T. BERRILL, First Assistant, P. P. O'DONNELL, M. J. BUCKLEY, Clerk and Treasurer, Engineers of Fire Department.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSE AT THE FARM.
Grain
$731 30
Salary of Superintendent to March 1 650 00
Labor
471 00
Flour, bread and crackers
384 83
Meat .
328 75
Butter
277 58
Clothing .
179 35
Dry goods
170 12
Cows
135 00
Hardware, plumbing, etc.
107 69
Tea and coffee
93 61
Washing
88 50
Coal .
87 05
Fresh fish
. 84 82
Boots and shoes
68 34
Medicine
65 46
Carpenter work
64 60
Tobacco and snuff
61 32
Sugar
54 98
Medical attendance .
50 00
Burials
48 00
Heavy harness
40 00
Small bills paid during the year by. G. D. Rhodes . ·
39 41
Small groceries and spices .
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37 82
Phosphate and plaster 36 15
Horse shoeing and jobbing .
35 41
Exchanging sewing machines
35 00
Salt fish
29 70
Soft soap
22 00
Hard soap .
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21 92
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Sawing lumber
. $21 69
Potatoes
17 90
Molasses
16 48
Plank for bridge to wood lot
16 28
Grass and garden seeds
16 21
Leather and shoe findings
12 00
Straw
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16 00
Oil
15 09
Painters' supplies
15 73
Repairs on harnesses, oil, etc.
14 40
Lumber
14 15
Eggs .
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13 15
Hay .
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12 00
Bull .
20 00
Crockery, tinware, etc.
11 58
Mason work .
9 00
Millinery
8 25
Cheese
8 25
Sawdust
7 75
Taxes on wood lot in Upton
7 60
Horse blankets
7 50
Grinding corn
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6 32
Making cider
6 17
Salt .
5 68
Brooms and baskets
5 60
Auction goods
4 80
Stone drag .
4 00
Lamp chimneys, burners and wicks
3 85
Milford Gazette
2 50
Stationery, etc:
2 40
Pasturing heifer
2 00
Fruit jars
1 75
Cider barrel
1 25
Pails
1 20
$4,828 24
INCOME AT THE FARM.
Milk .
. $1,318 06
Board, Catherine Hannon
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142 00
Oxen
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100 00
Pigs .
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75 50
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Apples
$72 85
Board, Frank Hughes
60 50
Board, Mary Beatty
37 75
Use of bull .
13 00
Use of boar .
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7 00
Pie·plant
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9 50
Cow .
9 00
Cucumbers
9 00
Pickles
4 00
Hens
3 00
Stone drag
2 50
Sweet corn
1 00
Bar posts
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$1,876 28
INMATES AT THE FARM' DURING THE YEAR.
Age. Weeks.
Age.
Weeks.
John Cook,
54
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Frank Hughes,
17 36
Lydia A. Parkhurst,
53 .52
Martin Coppinger,
64
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Prudence S. Burrell,
81 52
Bridget Shaw,
52
34
Frank Surgerson,
81
52
John Manion,
39
32
Patrick Conniff,
80
52
Mary Beatty,
72
30
Ellen Middleton,
53
52
Michael McCarty,
73
29
Dennis Pyne,
53
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Joseph Sireack,
10
25
Fred H. Tillottson,
13
52
Mary Sireack,
44
22
Mary Flagg,
70
52
Johanna O'Hare,
64
22
Edward McCullum,
81
52
Daniel Curran,
55
21
Thomas Hughes,
70
52
William W. Green,
75
16
Bridget McGovern,
75
52
Michael F. Caine,
23
15
James Murray,
9
52
Frederick Caine,
15
12
William Blanchard,
70
52
Michael H. Hughes,
65
12
Bridget Sweeney,
77
52
Elizabeth Gabry,
31
9
Patrick Ward,
79
52
Harry W. Gabry,
5
9
Catherine Hannon,
74
52
Mary A. Gabry,
3
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Edmond Donovan,
67
52
Michael Dunn,
35
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Wm. O'Rouke,
43
52
Moses Smith,
69
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John Flynn,
39
52
George C. Warren,
49
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Mary Roach,
87
52
Mary Fitzgerald,
80
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Frank Sireack,
16
52
Orra W. Cheney,
32
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Johanna McCarty,
76
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James Alley,
23
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Urilla Forbush,
82
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William Mulcahey,
43
52
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Calves
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50
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Net expense at the farm $2,951 96 Appraisal of Town Farm and wood lot, $5,400; interest 324 00
Appraisal personal property, $3,311.05; interest 198 66
-- $3,474 62
Whole number of inmates 48 ·
Average number .
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Average weekly cost of each person $2 12
There were two deaths at the Farm during the year as fol- lows :-
July 3, Johanna O'Hare, age 64, enteritis.
Sept. 19, Urilla Forbush, age 82, heart disease.
PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Mrs. Patrick Burns, $ 33 60
66 Wmn. Blanchard, 78 00
" Eliot Bowker, 30 70
66 Thomas Lyons, 58 50
66 Kate McDermott, 80 40
Mrs. James Boland, 12 00
Edward McKenna, 34 63
James F. Butler, 7 20
Benjamin Cottrell, 66 35
James C. Coffey, 35 63
Mrs. Peter Collins, 60 65
66 James Clancy, 21 55
Michael Callanan, 122 00
" John Condon,
35 08
John Collins,
61 70
Charles Cooper children, 34 75
Mrs. John Carroll, 53 00
" Edw. F. Donovan, 133 68
" David Doyle, 105 62
Michael Dunn, 105 15
John Dillon, 79 50
Melissa Daniels, 53 28
William Fitzgerald, 142 60
James Finnegan, 32 00
Ellen A. Guild, 78 50
John Knight, $15 00
Daniel McCarty, 78 80
William Milan, 28 50
Thomas R. May, 143 64
Patrick McQuaid, 76 50
Mrs. William Murphy, 44 70
Michael McCarty, 61 61
Owen McGurren, 7 25
Catherine Mullen, 7 00
Edward Nelligan, 54 35
Mrs. Patrick Nugent,
77 50
John Nugent, 61 63
66 Martin O'Melia, 11 26
Mary O'Connell, 6 25
Thomas F. Powers, 41 70
Mrs. George Platt, 6 35
66 Michael Quirk, 80 50
66 Dennis Ryan, 77 24
66 James Regan, 50 00
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Mrs. George Kimm, 7 26
Lorenzo Ball, 75 50
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Orrin G. Goodwin, $156 00
John Smith (Short st.), $108 01 Frank H. Scanlon, 47. 20
Mrs. Mary Hildreth,
16 50
Michael Hageney, 19 12
Mrs. William Tracey, 115 00
Mrs. Kate Hennessy, 41 05
Laura Tucker, 68 53
Lucretia Hayward, 94 50
66 George H. Turner, 52 00
Frank D. Holbrook,
104 00
Jeremiah Tynan, 5 85
Michael Hughes,
34 65
Medical attendance, 100 00
James Kirby, 7 00
Francis P. Kane,
15 00
$3,553 02
PERSONS BELONGING TO MILFORD AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Minnie Brigham, Boston
$ 5 00
Anna E. Brigham, Boston .
6 25
Hannah Barton, Medford .
6 25
Michael Coy, Boston City Hospital
56 00
Charles A. Collins, Webster
89 44
Alvin Collins, Medway
84 50
l'eter F. Donovan, Boston .
5 15
Delia Delaney, Hopkinton .
44 38
Dennis Ford, Boston City Hospital
10 00
Mrs. James Ahern, Natick .
61. 25
Alton Handley, Waltham and Newton 169 78
Mrs. Michael Holland, Somerville . 8 95 .
Mrs. Toby Hart, Spencer
36 00
Robert H. Harden, Marlboro
79 50
Maria Hadlock, Springfield
9 59
John Gilbride, Oxford
30 00
Mrs. George Gabry, Mendon
90 35
Catherine McGee, Worcester
5 25
James Murphy, Marlboro
146 50
Mahan children, Boston
110 00
Joseph F. Rooney, Boston City Hospital
53 00
Julian Sireack, 66
45 15
Mrs. Edgar P. Smith, Hanover
58 25
Edward Sireack, Holliston .
42 00
Johanna Slattery, Hopkinton
90 00
Mrs. Samuel R. Saunders, Hopkinton 9 00
To be paid back in 1893, Ashland .
10 00
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$1,361 54
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PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD.
George W. Brown, Uxbridge
$ 29 60
John Clancy children, Upton
112 38
Maria A. Claire, Brookline
2 60
James E. Butler, Upton
134 23
Felix Goodnow, Grafton
21 00
Annie Moore, Mendon
75 40
John O'Neil, Waltham
20 25
Fred C. Parren, Wrentham
94 68
Mrs. Michael Savage, Franklin
8 35
Mrs. Lucy A. Tibbetts, Abington
130 00
Mrs. Isaac E. Welch, Holliston
54 00
$682 49
INSANE.
Effie M. Brooks,
$142 49
Kate Geary,
$169 92
Margaret Bradley,
174 92
Hannah Kennedy,
212 17
Peter Brown, jr.,
112 82
John Nugent,
27 00
Henry Cain,
169 92
Maria Ripley,
169 94
Caroline Coughlin,
146 40
Charles H. White,
169 92
Peter Corrigan,
101 67
To be paid back, 1893,
39 92
Orra W. Cheney,
67 21
Ellen Flynn,
119 49
$1,823 79
STATE POOR.
Frank Dufresno,
$45 67
Edward Madigan,
$7 50
Ernest Fortier,
4 50
Frank Schmekel,
5 19
John Gillis,
50 25
George Wilson,
77
William H. Hartwick,
24 94
William Harty,
35 65
$174 47
956 tramps .
$42 20
INCIDENTALS.
Expense looking up unsettled cases
$6 94
Postage stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards, etc.
4 20
Printing orders
3 50
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Expense taking child to Orphans' Home $3 18
Envelopes and printing same 2 50
Books, stationery, etc. ·
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3 22
Publishing notice in daily papers .
1 00
Orders given for insane, poor people, etc., Town reimbursed
$692 91
RECEIPTS.
Full amount of orders drawn on C. A.
Cook, Treasurer,
$13,183, 20
Income at the Farm
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$1,876 28
State Treasurer to Town Treasurer
375 97
Upton Poor Department
141 56
Abington
130 00 .
Upton from Act 298
117 38
Wrentham .
100 96
Mendon . .
75 40
Holliston
56 00
Franklin .
29 85
Uxbridge .
29 60
Grafton
21 00
Waltham
20 25
Money returned where aid was given in . 1891 ·
16 75
Brookline
5 20
Money reimbursed the Town from dif-
692 91
ferent persons
$3,689 11
Net amount taken from the treasury
$9,494 09
RECAPITULATION.
Expense at the Farm $4,828 24 ·
Persons aided outside the Farm 3,553 02 ·
Persons aided in other towns
1,361 54
Persons aided belonging to other towns
682 49
Insane
1,823 79
State Poor . .
174 47
Care of tramps . .
42 20
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$24 54
57
Incidentals $ 24 54
Orders given, Town reimbursed
692 91
$13,183 20
Appropriation for the Poor Department
$9,500 00
Amount expended
9,494 09
Unexpended
$5 91
BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Upton
$ 8 00
Holliston
2 00
State
134 32
.
$144 32
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED DURING THE YEAR.
At the Farm
48
At the insane hospitals
14
Persons belonging to other towns
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27
All other persons
224
361
The Superintendent and Matron are paid to March 1, 1893, salary $650; the Town Physician is paid to January 1, 1893, salary $150 ; the hired help at the Farm are paid to January 1, 1893.
The State Inspector of Public Buildings made the Farm a visit February 14, and said he should make a report requiring the stairways cased up and the house heated by some means other than stoves.
There have been no special improvements at the Farm dur- ing the year. The house and barn are in as good a condition as could be expected. The Superintendent and Matron remain at the Farm another year.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
1
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH, JAMES W. BURKE,
Overseers of the Poor.
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48
State
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Report of the Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1893.
DR.
To cash received for sale of lots sold in 1891 $ 14 79
86 66 1892 35 56
66 66
digging graves 80 00
Town appropriation
100 00
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$230 35
CR.
By paying Leahy Brothers, printing
$ 1 00
66
Cook & Sons, printing
1 00
W. C. Morrison, labor
33 80
66 Henry Hancock, labor
173 10
66
John M. Wood, supplies
11 45
H. C. Skinner, labor
10 00
$230 35
HENRY C. SKINNER, Treasurer.
There have been fifty-two (52) interments in Vernon Grove cemetery during the past year.
The terms of the Committee expire as follows: George L. Maynard and Henry Hancock in 1893; Isaac N. Crosby and Henry J. Bailey in 1894; Henry C. Skinner and John M. Wood in 1895.
HENRY C. SKINNER, Secretary.
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Report of Town Park Commissioners.
Town appropriation .
$200 00
Chester L. Clark, hay and grass
15 00
$215 00
Expended :-
Michael McTague, labor
$24 00
A. F. Putnam, labor and team
7 20
Cornelius Birmingham, labor
2 70
Thomas Hickey, labor
17 37
Patrick Dempsey, labor
18 37
D. A. Conant, labor
1 00
A. F. Putnam, labor
8 25
Martin Jenkins, labor
30 73
Addison Aldrich, labor .
36 74
N. K. Sprague, labor
8 65
Z. C. Field, lumber
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6 39
E. E. Vaughan, supplies
1 18
Daily News, advertising
1 25
Michael McTague, labor
7 00
Michael Larkin, police duty
37,75
Otis Whitney & Son, supplies .
3 09
Otis Whitney & Son, labor
3 33
Bills due not paid :-
Cook & Sons, printing .
$ 1 25
Highway Department ·
8 50
Highway Department
123 50
$133 25
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$215 00
Respectfully submitted, C. W. WILCOX, HENRY E. FALES, Town Park Commissioners.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
LICENSES.
Liquor licenses recorded :-
First class
8
Fourth class . .
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2
Sixth
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18
Auctioneers' licenses recorded
8
Pool and billiard licenses recorded 8
DOG LICENSES.
Whole number licensed-males, 389;' females, 38
427
Amount received for same . $968 00
Amount sent County Treasurer
$882 60
MORTGAGE RECORDS.
Chattel mortgages recorded
55
Assignment of wages
10
Mortgages discharged
11
Bill of sale
3
JURORS DRAWN.
For grand jury : Albert R. Cheney.
For traverse juries : Samuel W. Heath, William H. Bourne, Patrick King, Patrick Larkin, Norman Weed, George D. Wel- lington, Henry E. Lamb, Chester L. Clark, Anthony J. Nealon, Michael G. Lynch, Albert W. Shedd.
For petit juror : William A. Pond.
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS.
Marriage intentions issued . 88
CERTIFICATES TO MARRIED WOMEN.
Certificates recorded of married women doing business on separate account 1
DOMNICK J. LANG, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health have to report that during the year past a large number of nuisances have been reported or observed, and in all cases were abated.
In the spring of 1892 a few mild cases of scarlet fever ap- peared, also in the fall of 1892, and up to the present time there have been reported some sixty cases, none of which have proved fatal.
There has not been any diphtheria to speak of, three cases being reported.
In the fall of 1892, during the cholera scare, at the request of the State Board of Health, the local Board ordered a house in- spection to be made, which was done by one of the Board (M. P. Burns). The result was very satisfactory, the recommendations of the Board having been in nearly all cases cheerfully complied with. The Board of Health would recommend such inspection to be made in the spring.
Late in the fall the Board received a formal complaint signed by the requisite number of complainants calling for a cleansing of the Charles River, and in accordance with law gave a public hear- ing Oct. 14, 1892, at which 40 were present, and the sentiment in favor of action was so strong that the Board employed an engineer to draw plans and specifications for the purpose. Notice was given in the two daily papers, and the contract was finally award- ed the lowest responsible bidder, J. E. Macuen, who completed the work satisfactorily to the Board.
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