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1,500 00
$33,000 00
Total,
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$98,000 00 CLIFFORD A. COOK, Treasurer.
TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.
Copies (unbound) on hand Feb. 19, 1890 . Copies (unbound) sold ·
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Copies (unbound) on hand Feb. 18, 1891 .
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247
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CLIFFORD A. COOK, Treasurer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1886 .- Dr.
Amount uncollected $ 297 12
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
13 55
Uncollected
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$297 12
1887 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
$1,145 05
Interest
6 23
$1,151 28
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
$
45 16
Uncollected
1,106 12
1888 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
$1,975 78
Interest
119 74
$2,095 52
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
$1,235 86
Abatements
176 55
Uncollected
683 11
$2,095 52
1889 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
$5,901 29
Interest
139 08
$6,040 37
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
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$3,426 74
Abatements
382 31
Uncollected
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2,231 32
$6,040 37
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$1,151 28
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283 57
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1890 .- Dr.
Amount of tax committed
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$93,271 19
Interest
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63 71
Re-assessments
82 58
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$93,417 48
Cr.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
. $82,834 08
Discounts
2,224 65
Abatements
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285 31
Uncollected
8,073 44
$93,417 48
M. J. REYNOLDS, Collector.
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS. DR
Cash on hand from 1889
$ 20 30
Uncollected .
155 24
Committed in 1890
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$840 47
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
$563 35
Abatements, etc.
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25 80
Cash on hand
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7 00
Uncollected
244 32
$840 47
M. J. REYNOLDS, Collector.
Milford, Feb. 19, 1891.
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664 93
Feb. 18, 1891.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Town appropriations
$87,300 00
State tax .
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4,392 50
County tax .
3,610 00
$95,302 50
VALUATION.
Buildings, excluding land
$2,456,706 00 .
Land, excluding buildings . .
1,399,520 00
$3,856,226 00
Personal, excluding resident bank $790,368 00
Resident bank
225,160 00
$1,015,528 00
Total valuation
$4,871,754 00
Tax on Collector's book not including non-resi-
dent bank tax
$88,445 69
Non-resident bank tax
4,825 50
Total on Collector's book $93,271 19
Resident bank tax
$3,827 70
Number of Polls (male)
2812
‹‹ Polls (female) .
None
Horses .
678
66 Cows .
392
66 Sheep .
None
66 Cattle other than cows
91
66 Swine .
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Dwelling-houses
1,504
66 Acres of land
9,348§
Tax rate, $17 per $1000.
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GEORGE E. STACY, T. J. CONNOR, LEWIS HAYDEN, Assessors of Milford.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSE AT THE FARM.
Salary of Superintendent to April 1
· $700 00
Grain
594 31
Labor
383 50
Butter
203 07
Meat
185 91 .
Flour
183 10
Dry goods .
182 87
Hardware, farming tools & garden seeds
96 40
Clothing
95 08
Medicine
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81 84
Boots and shoes
81 47
Coal
81 00
Sugar
80 07
Cows
80 00
Salt fish
78 45
Fresh fish
76 49
Tobacco
57 27
Tea
51 85
Medical attendance
50 00
Peterboro wagon .
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50 00
Small groceries and spices
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47 82
Crackers, cookies, etc.
48 37
Mowing machine
45 00
Manure
40 00
Shoeing horses, oxen and jobbing
36 49
Lime, plaster and phosphate
35 67
Molasses
31 40
Small bills paid by G. D. Rhodes
31 91 .
Burials
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30 00
Soft soap .
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27 50
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Furniture, tinware and crockery ·
$ 24 03
Oil .
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21 02
Milk tank and feed box
20 01
Wood
15 00
Team work
13 50
Hard soap .
13 42
Potatoes
13 00
Repairing harness .
12 41
Dress cutting and making
10 25
Painters' supplies .
9 67
Pasturing heifers
9 00
One shoat .
9 00
Salt
8 75
Ox hay cart
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8 00
Worcester fire pails
7 50
Carpenter work
7 00
Onions
6 62
Stone drag
5 50
Leather
5 38
Grindstone
4 00
Extracting teeth
3 75
Coffee
3 70
Sawdust and grinding
3 64
Brooms
3 25
Butchering
3 00
Horse sled .
2 50
Daily Journal
2 50
Daily News
2 50
Repairing sewing machine
2 35
Lumber
2 16
Meadow grass
2 00
Stationery .
1 60
Corn sheller
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1 50
Ox yoke
1 00
$4,025 35
INCOME AT THE FARM.
Milk
$1,078 39
Pigs
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99 00
Hay
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91 29
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Beef, hide and tongue
$ 20 90
Use of bull
16 50
Board Catherine Hannon to Jan. 1
18 00
Cider apples
12 34
Pie Plant
12 00
Chickens
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12 00
Calves
10 85
Board and expense for John Daley
8 00
Buggy wagon
4 75
Use of boar
3 00
Vinegar
3 00
Stone
1 60
Seed corn
75
Cucumbers
70
Tomatoes
50
Cabbage plants .
50
Small potatoes .
40
$1,394 47
INMATES AT THE ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
Weeks.
Weeks.
Michael Coy
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Sarah Blanchard
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John Cook
52
Patrick Conway
43
Daniel McCarty
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52 Catherine Ahern
27
Lydia Ann Parkhust
52 .
· Mary A. Johnson . 22
Prudence S. Burrell
52
William O'Rouke . 22 ·
Frank Surgerson .
52
. Mary E. Middleton 33
Mary Surgerson
52
James Ahern 21 .
Patrick Conniff
52
Matthew Cannon
. 14
Ellen Middleton
52
John Flynn
12
Dennis Pyne
52
James McCormick
12
Johanna McCarty .
Ellen Knight
11
Fred H. Tillotson
52
Catherine Hannon
11
Mary Flagg 52 ·
John Knight 10 .
Edward McCullum
52
Orra W. Cheney
. 10
Thomas Hughes
52
Frank Hughes
10
Bridget McGovern
52
Mary Sireack
9
James Murray
52
Frank Sireack
9
Johanna O'Hare
52
Joseph Sireack
9
Bridget Sweeney .
52 Gertrude Johnson .
6
Michael McCarty
· 52 Ernest Johnson
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Patrick Ward 52
Joseph Caine 3
William Mulcahy .
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44 · Maria Connors 3
John Holland
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45 John Mce . 3 .
Charles White
42 Frederick Caine 3
Arthur O'Keefe
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41 Abisha Webster
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Bridget Cane
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41 Moses Smith
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Mary O'Connell
. 37 John Dailey
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Net expense at the farm
$2,630 88
Appraisal of Town Farm $5,000, Interest 300 00
66 personal property $3,417.70,
Interest
204 06
$3,134 94
Whole number admitted during the year
55
Average number
· 3333
Åverage weekly cost of each person 1 82 .
There were six deaths at the Almshouse during the year, as follows :-
1.890.
Apr. 25, James McCormick, Pneumonia.
May 2, Abisha Webster, Diabetes.
June 26, James Ahern, Heart Failure.
Nov. 12, Bridget Cain, Old Age.
Nov. 15, John Knight, Consumption.
Dec. 4, Arthur O'Keefe, Bright's Disease.
ADDITION TO BARN.
Contract for labor
$208 00
Extra labor
5 50
Stone work
74 95
Lumber
113 81
Sawing lumber
38 20
Hardware .
49 09
Window
3 52
Moving derrick
3 00
Plan
2 00
Publishing notices
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1 25
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$499 32
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PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM
THE FARM.
Thomas Barry (chil-
Sarah Hannigan, $ 17 65
dren),
$ 96 50
Miss Lucretia Hayward, 74 35
James Boland, 11 75
John Holland, 21 00
Patrick Butler, 78 77
Frank D. Holbrook, 61 00
Mrs. Patrick Burns,
55 77
Mrs. Thomas Lyons, 63 97
Mrs. Jane Burns, 44 69
Mrs: Charles Murphy, 29 00
Michael B. Ryan, 21 00
Mrs. William Murphy, 78 00
Lorenzo Ball, 13 00
James Murray,
11 75
Mrs. William Blanchard, 21 75
Thomas Mullen,
85 25
Mrs. Mary Carey, 41 04
Mrs. Martin O'Mealy,
27 52
Mrs. Peter Collins, 73 04
Mrs. Patrick Manion for 1889, 8 26
John Collins, 34 29
Thomas R. May, 61 46
John Miller, jr., 17 60
Mrs Mary Coy, 67 50
John F. Moore,
72 75
Mrs. Charles Cooper, 142 76
Mrs. John Nugent, 54 19
Benjamin Cottrell, 18 17
Mrs. Patrick Nugent,
89 44
James C. Coffey. 126 55
James O'Regan,
93 50
James Comee (ch'd'n),
82 00
Mrs. Dennis Ryan,
68 05
Miss Melissa Daniels,
18 34
Mrs. Edgar Remick,
2 45
John Dillon, 78 00
Edward McKenna,
78 38
Michael Dunn, 7 38
Patrick McGrath, 1 50
Kate McDermott,
77 20
Patrick McQuaid, 76 50
Miss Maria O'Connor,
30 08
Mrs. Albert L. Fletcher, 127 56
William Fitzgerald,
116 67
Thomas Powers,
20 53
Mrs. William Fahey,
100 20
Mrs. Michael Quirk,
54 76
John Fay,
30 81
Samuel R. Saunders, 5 00
John J. Grant,
25 00
Mrs. William Tracey,
108 50
Miss Ellen A. Guild,
79 00
Mrs. Laura Tucker,
63 34
Patrick Gallagher,
40
Mrs. Jeremiah Tynan, 46 25
Orrin G. Goodwin,
36 00
Mrs. Mary Hildreth,
82 50
Michael Hageney,
19 24
Thomas F. Hayes,
23 88
$3,623 93
Medical attendance for the above, 100 00
Mrs. David Doyle,
100 61
Mrs. John Delman for 1889, 1 50
Mrs. Chas. H. Peterson, 42 00
Mrs. John Carroll, 61 82
Mrs. Michael Callanan, 142 21
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PERSONS BELONGING TO MILFORD AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Mrs. James Ahern, Natick $ 66 15
John A. Boyd, Worcester
50 70
Patrick Boyle, 66
71 12
Thomas P. Brown, Springfield
3 67
Alvin Collins, Medway
80 50
Mahan children, Boston
69 00
John Doherty, Spencer
23 00
James Dowd, Worcester City Hospital 12 85
Mrs. Annie Fay, Lynn
92 25
Patrick Gilbride, Worcester
45 23
Mrs. George Gabbrie, Mendon
8 87
James Murphy, Marlboro . .
155 00
James E. Hannon, Boston City Hospital
211 00
Mrs. Michael Holland, Somerville
5 00
Fred and James O'Brien, Boston
42 29
Luzerne E. Jaige, Hopedale
55 59
Charles Gilmore, Marlboro
31 33
Mrs. Daniel Shea, Hopkinton
26 00
Moses Smith, Boston
6 29
Julian Sireack, Boston City Hospital
15 25
Mrs. James Small, Medway
204 00
Mrs. Johanna Slattery, Hopkinton
89 50
Edward Sireack, Holliston
36 00
Mrs. Edgar P. Smith, Hanover
28 00
Mrs. Sarah Tiernan, Worcester
5 15
Mary White, Franklin
26 50
Abisha Webster, Upton
33 65
$1,493 89
PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD.
George W. Brown, Uxbridge $138 26
Mrs. James E. Butler, Upton 79 20 ·
John Clancy (children), Upton
93 56
John E. Cullen, Medway . 67 11
Mrs. Maria A. Claire, Brookline
87 01
William P. Cox, Randolph 35 .
Margaret Coggshall, Attleboro
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John H. Daley, Northbridge
$ 2 00
James O'Donnell, 2d., Medway
29 92
Mrs. Francis Finn, Holliston
16 00
Jeremiah Newton, Medway
9 57
Charles H. Snowling, Northbridge
167 16
Mrs. Lucy A. Tibbetts, Abington
130 00
Hannah K. Thompson (Cox), Uxbridge .
6 50
Mrs. Isaac E. Welch, Holliston
52 00
William B. Waddington, Gloucester
2 00
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$881 59
INSANE.
Margaret Bradley,
$171 93
Ellen Flynn,
$110 96
Henry Cain,
169 46
John Nugent,
172 48
Mary Connell,
169 46
Maria Ripley,
171 48
Mary Cleveland,
95 65
James Sullivan,
169 46
Peter Corrigan,
20 86
Michael Sullivan,
34 31
Caroline Coughlin,
148 50
Effie M. Brooks,
169 46
Charles H. Dunham,
169 46
Jane Doyle,
- 100 74
$1,874 21
STATE POOR.
John H. Bemis,
$ 1 50
Celia McDermott,
$62 23
John Brant,
28 35
Edward Mathews,
24 85
John Gillis,
40 11
Leander Parker,
44 60
John Hickey,
1 65
John Shaughnessy,
11 49
William Harty,
91 63
Johanna Galvin,
21 69
Mary T. Kelley,
37 92
Catherine Linthlop,
9 80
$402 51
Mrs. David McIntosh,
26 69
Care of 793 tramps .
$20 00
INCIDENTALS.
Printing orders, notices, etc. $ 7 50
Books and stationery
3 25
Postage stamps, postal cards and stamped envelopes
5 25
Expense looking up unsettled cases
12 50
$28 50
Orders given for Insane poor people, etc.,
Town reimbursed $840 55
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RECEIPTS.
Full amount of orders drawn on C. A. Cook, Treasurer .
$13,689 85
Money rec'd from the following sources and turned over to the Treasurer :- Income at the Farm . $1,394 47
State Treasurer to Town Treasurer 175 88
Upton
172 61
Northbridge
166 86
Uxbridge
140 96
Abington
130 00
Medway
86 18
Holliston
80 50
Brookline
79 81
Military Aid 65 00
Money paid back, Northbridge case, 1889 54 00
Cash on hand from 1889
19 56
Gloucester
2 00
Money reimbursed the Town from differ-
840 55
ent persons
$3,408 38
Full amount taken from the Treasury .
$10,281 47.
RECAPITULATION.
Expense at the Farm $4,025 35
Repairs and addition to barn 499 32 .
Persons aided outside the Farm
3,623 93
Persons aided in other towns
1,493 89
Persons aided belonging to other towns 881 59
Insane
1,874 21
State Poor
402 51
Tramps .
20 00
Incidentals
28 50
Orders given, Town reimbursed
840 55
$13,689 85-
Appropriation for Poor
$10,000 00
Amount expended
9,782 13
Unexpended
$217 87
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Appropriation for addition to barn
$500 00
Amount expended
499 32
Unexpended
$ 68
BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Upton
$11 90
Brookline
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10 00
Medway .
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20 42
Northbridge
8 80
Holliston
4 00
$55 12
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED DURING THE YEAR.
At the Farm
55
At the Insane Hospitals
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State
35
All other persons
280
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The Superintendent and Matron are paid to April 1, 1891 ; salary $650. The Town Physician is paid to April 1, 1891 ; sal- ary $150. The hired help at the farm are paid to January 1, 1891.
At the farm during the past year the principal improve- ment was the addition of 24 feet to the barn, making the whole length of the barn 80 feet. This addition gave us stable room enough for all the cattle and horses, but the space for storing the hay and corn fodder was not large enough. This was proba- bly due to the large grass crop everywhere the past year. The filling in of the meadow along the Fisk mill road is nearly com- pleted. We have commenced the reclaiming of the so-called Johnson meadow, and that will probably be in a grass-bearing condition soon.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH, JAMES W. BURKE,
Overseers of the Poor.
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Persons belonging to other towns
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriations :-
Pay of members . . $3,500 00
Incidentals and repairs
. 1,200 00
Hose ·
500 00
Fall parade 100 00 .
Fire alarm telegraph 1,500 00 ·
Repair of boiler, Steamer No. 2
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1,000 00
Received for sale of ladders
2 00
$7,802 00
EXPENDITURES.
Pay of members :-
Steamer Co. No. 2 $455 00
Hose No. 1 .
455 00
Hose No. 2 .
455 00
Hose No. 4 455 00 .
Hook and Ladder
600 00
Board of Engineers
295 00
N. B. Fairbanks, Engineer Steamer No. 2 175 00
H. E. Rockwood, 66 No. 1 87 80
F. J. Rockwood, Steward Hose No. 2 43 00
G. H. Thompson, " No. 1 43 00
M. Hanigan, 66
No. 4 21 50
Richard Hoey,
No. 4 21 50.
John Kelley, Steward Hook and Ladder 20 00
John Callery, 66 20 00
L. E. Doliff, driver HIose No. 1 12 50
J. J. Hennessey, " 66 No. 1 25 00
F. M. Walker, Steamer No. 2 29 19
W. R. Bennett, “
No. 2 145 80
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$7,800 00
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Geo. H. Whiting, driver Hose No. 2 $ 150 00 $3,509 29
Incidentals :-
John Moore, services at Main street fire $3 00
G. A. Sherborne, horses for Steamer, freight and cartage 64 67
H. M. Carpenter, rent of land Hose No. 4 M. Burns, fire police
15 00
16 00
James Howard, fire police ·
19 00
J. T. Kelly, sundries ·
60
J. J. Ring, services at brush fire ·
80
John Matthews, 66 66
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T. F. Callahan, 66 66
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Chas. Voyer, 66 66
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C. A. Cheney and three others, services at brush fire 2 40
W. J. Struthers, services at brush fire 80
T. F. Connors, services of 5 men at brush fire 4 00
Thos. Slattery, services at brush fire .
80
Bernard Swift, 66
80
Wn. Doherty, 66 66
80
John Pratt and men, 66
5 00
P. P. O'Donnell, horse and team for engineers and horses for Hose No. 4 76 00
J. H. Scott, expenses to firemen's con- vention at Lawrence, and sundries 14 35
. O. D. Holmes, alarms and watching ·
18 00
J. Hinman, supplies for extinguishers .
22 25
D. B. Rockwood, repairs $6 00
T. Quirk, lanterns, etc. .
5 32
M. W. Edwards, horses for Hook and Ladder, and team for men 103 00
George Julian, labor, hose No. 4 4 00
B. ston Belting Co., suction hose for steamer 72 05
Boston Woven Hose Co., repair of play pipe 7 50
Rhode Island Coupling Co., play pipes. 60 00
E. R. Richmond, polish . 3 00
F. W. Mann, repairs on hose ·
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C. Callahan Co., gong for engineers' wagon and repairs $ 16 00
Stephen Tague, whitewashing 3 00
Wm. Hynes, labor, Hook and Ladder 7 00
Otis Whitney, Son & Co., repairs at Basin 36 30
N. B. Fairbanks, machine oil and repairs 4 40
G. M. Billings, printing envelopes, paper, etc. 26 25
R. Folger, lettering tins for fire alarm boxes and lettering Chief's coat 5 00
A. J. Morse, supplies 19 15
Milford Brass Band, services fall parade 40 00
J. A. Simpson, repairs 26 58
L. E. Belknap, 66
3 10
F. W. Morse, kerosene oil, etc. .
5 05
C. A. Hill, repairs
50
J. E. Welch, repairs chimney, Hook and Ladder 7 75
Rogers & Decrow, repairs and supplies for fire alarm telegraph 9 39
H. A. Barney, coal 67 76
Milford Shoe Co., boxes .
1 25
McDormand, Warner & Co., ladders 39 96
J. B. Leonard, rubber coat for Chief 8 00
J. L. Buxton, repairs 30
L. Grow, repairs
2 00
Milford Gas Co., coal for steamers
13 68
L. A. Cook, wood for steamers
2 13
F. H. Clark, chemicals .
12 68
Abbot-Downing Co., repairs on Hose carriage No. 1 13 00
C. M. Thayer & Co., supplies
26
H. S. Cushman, repairs on harnesses, etc 3 65
Milford Water Co., water 41 00
Milford Gas Co., gas
275 91
Clark Ellis & Sons, repairs, supplies, etc.
57 72
$1,286 31
Fire Alarm Telegraph, as per contract
1,494 50
Hose, Hamilton Rubber Co. 500 00
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Freight on steamer to and from Manches- ter, N. H.
$ 20 80
Repairs on steamer and boiler
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915 29
$ 936 09
$4,216 90
Total receipts,
$7802 00
" expenditures,
7726 19
Balance unexpended,
, 75 81
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Milford Steam Fire Engine No. 1, in poor condition, the boiler of same being practically worthless, and if to be used, a new boiler is absolutely necessary.
Aaron Claflin Steamer No. 2, in good condition, the same having been put in thorough repair last year.
Wide Awake Hose Carriage No. 1, in good repair, with necessary equipments.
Washington Hose Carriage No. 2, in good repair, with necessary equipments.
Wm. C. Gillman Hose Carriage No. 4, in good repair, with necessary equipments.
Excelsior Hook & Ladder Truck, in good repair, with neces- sary equipments.
There are four buildings owned and occupied by the depart- ment; one on South Main street occupied by Steamers 1 and 2, in fair condition. One on Spruce street occupied by Hose 1 and 2, in poor condition, the foundation to the same being in a de- plorable condition, necessitating considerable outlay to put it in good repair. The water pipes at this building need changing, as their present position renders them sure of freezing, as the shut- offs are not in the proper place. One on Central street, occupied by Hose No. 4, in good condition. One at the corner of Spruce and Main streets, occupied by Hook & Ladder Co., in poor con- dition, not being suitable for its present use.
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REPORT OF HOSE.
We have hose in good condition amounting to 5250 feet, dis- tributed as follows: Hose No. 1, 1300 ft .; Hose No. 2, 1250 ft .; Hose No. 4, 1200 ft .; Steamer, 1500 ft.
To put the department in good condition as regards hose 6300 feet is needed as follows. Hose No. 1, 1600 ft. ; Hose No. 2, 1600 feet ft .; Hose No. 4, 1300 ft .; Steamer, 1800 ft.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Pay of members . $3,600 00
Incidentals and repairs . .
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1,500 00
Hose ·
. 500 00
Fall parade
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100 00
$5,700 00
ROLL OF THE DEPARTMENT.
J. H. SCOTT,
Chief Engineer
J. T. BERRILL,
Assistant Engineer
P. P. O'DONNELL, Assistant Engineer
T. E. NUTTING, Assistant Engineer
M. J. BUCKLEY, Clerk and Treasurer
AARON CLAFLIN STEAMER CO., No. 2 .- Captain, Nahum Gaskill; first lieutenant, W. P. Leland; clerk and treasurer, F. M. Walker; engineer, N. B. Fairbanks; stoker, W. A. Fair- banks ; hosemen, J. H. Morse, A. S. Allen, Wm. Struthers, WI. Brown, W. Bradbury, A. H. Smith, E. A. Hastings, E. E. Rowe, Charles Wood, F. Abbott.
MILFORD STEAM FIRE ENGINE Co., No. 1 .- In reserve. Engineer, H. E. Rockwood.
WASHINGTON HOSE Co., No. 2 .- Captain, L. E. Belknap; first lieutenant, T. F. Martin; second lieutenant, Emmons Fletcher ; clerk, W. J. Pyne ; treasurer, L. E. Belknap ; steward, F. J. Rockwood ; hosemen, P. J. O'Connor, E. J. Dalton, John J. Ring, T. F. Callahan, John Matthews, A. B. Montague, F. L. Richardson, E. B. Quinn, George Whiting, E. M. Temple.
WIDE AWAKE HOSE Co., No. 1 .- Captain, S. W. Blunt; first lieutenant, H. I. Binney ; second lieutenant, E. G. Hub- bard; clerk and treasurer, John J. Hennessey ; steward, G. H.
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Thompson ; hosemen, H. L. Willard, E. B. Bates, C. A. Mowrey, W. H. Miller, W. A. Ide, A. D. White, George Fletcher, J. Shurtlieff, F. G. Clarke, W. F. Williams.
WILLIAM C. GILLMAN HOSE CO., No. 4 .- Captain, George Julian ; first lieutenant, W. H. Curtin ; second lieutenant, D. J. O'Connor ; clerk and treasurer, C. A. Cheney ; steward, R. Hoey ; hosemen, M. Hannigan, A. Hersey, T. Hannigan, T. Shea, W. Williams, J. Keelon, C. H. Voyer, W. Chasson, J. Herlihy, J. Ahern.
EXCELSIOR HOOK & LADDER CO., No. 1 .- Captain, Thomas J. Connor; first lieutenant, James Lally, jr .; clerk, Thomas F, Connors; treasurer, M. H. Sullivan ; steward, John Callery ; lad- der-men, John T. Kelly, Edw. Roach, John L. Keefe, Michael Burke, Philip Callery, L. V. Corbett, Patrick Slattery, James Baxter, Thomas F. Waters, Patrick Gaffney, William Place, Thomas Lally, John O'Neil, William Cratty, Stephen Quirk.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
There were twenty general and three still alarms during the year ending Feb. 1, 1890.
The value of buildings was Value of contents
. $51,400 00
. $22,581 00
Insurance on buildings · . $36,650 00 ·
Insurance on contents ·
. $88,550 00 .
Insurance paid on buildings
$22,154 00 ·
Insurance paid on contents $35,861 50
MARCH 18 .- Union, Raftery, "Flat Iron," and Taft buildings on Main street were destroyed with contents. Loss on buildings and stock, $31,125.50 ; insurance paid, $25,271.50. Cause, defec- tive chimney.
MARCH 26 .- Dwelling house on East street owned and occupied by Dennis McMahon. Loss, $326; insurance paid, $326. Cause unknown.
APRIL 17 .- Brush land owned by John Pratt.
APRIL 21 .- Brush land owned by Pink Granite Co.
APRIL 24 .- H. Schultz's storehouse. Loss, $38; insurance paid, $38. Cause, rats and matches.
APRIL 28 .- Fire in store at James Bradley's block, Main street, occupied by George Newhall. Damage, $35; insurance paid, $10. Cause, supposed incendiary.
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MAY 9 .- Chimney fire in house owned by Michael Cooney on Spring street, and occupied by Mrs. Tully. No damage.
MAY 13 .- Fire on the roof of S. Mathewson's bake-shop on Central street. Cause, sparks from chimney. No damage.
MAY 30 .- Same as May 13.
JULY 26 .- P. Gillon's block, Main street. Loss $26 ; insur- ance paid, $26. Cause, electric light wires.
JULY 30 .- Wooden building owned by Catherine Middleton and occupied by Edward McCann. Loss, $700; insurance paid, $500. Cause, overheated stove.
SEPT. 6 .- Chimney fire in the house of Mr. Taft on Pros- pect street, occupied by Mr. Sullivan. No damage.
SEPT. 19-Wooden building owned by L. E. Heath on Con- gress street, occupied by Mr. Washburn. Loss, $10; insurance paid, $10. Cause, upsetting of kerosene lamp stove.
Nov. 12 .- B. H. Spaulding's straw factory on Pearl street. Loss, $21,499 ; insurance paid, $21,499. Cause, carelessness of an employe in the use of matches.
Nov. 18 .- Chimney fire in house owned and occupied by Margaret Kennedy on Oliver street. No damage.
Nov. 22 .- Barn on Lawrence street owned by Martin Fahey. Loss, $150 ; no insurance. Cause, boys playing with matches.
DEC. 3 .- Barn on North Bow street owned by S. W. Hay- ward and occupied by William Stimpson. Loss, $100; no in- surance. Cause, boys playing with matches.
DEC. 4 .- Chimney fire in house of William Barlow on Beach street. No damage.
DEC. 6 .- Fire in work-shop of Dennis McMahon on East street. Loss, $35; insurance paid, $35. Cause, spontaneous combustion.
DEC. 23 .- Fire in barn of J. F. Stratton on Central street. No damage. Cause, carelessness with matches.
CONCLUSION.
We would recommend the addition of three fire-aların boxes to the present number, same to be located by the Selectmen and Engineers.
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We would also recommend the extension of the Fire Alarm Telegraph one mile, and location of extra box, into Purchase, as this section of the Town is without any protection, although con- taining large assessable property.
In conclusion, we wish to express our sincere thanks to the members of the department for their kind assistance rendered to keep the department in good condition, also to the citizens iu general who have assisted us so willingly when called upon.
JOHN H. SCOTT, Chief,
J. T. BERRILL, First Assistant,
P. P. O'DONNELL,
T. E. NUTTING,
M. J. BUCKLEY, Clerk and Treasurer.
THE
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
In submitting my first annual report I desire to say that the system has worked satisfactorily and nearly perfectly, there being only one partial failure, that of the first alarm from Box 54; and at that alarm all the engine-house gongs and tappers worked cor- rectly, but the whistle machine refused to work on account of water on the magnets and armature, caused by heavy rain. However, that has been fixed, so that in all probability it will not occur again.
The weather this winter has been the severest for telegraphy that has been known for a number of years. All over the coun- try a great amount of damage has been done; but our system has stood it very well under the heavy pressure of snow, and ice, and wind, which recommends it as being thoroughly constructed, and a system that is reliable in every sense of the word.
I consider it one of the greatest auxiliaries to our Fire De- partment that has ever been introduced, although it requires con- stant care and must not be neglected a moment. If that is given to it I think I am safe in saying that it will never fail to do its work satisfactorily to all. Regarding the supposition of some of our adverse critics, that there has been too much testing of the apparatus, I wish to say that not one unnecessary stroke has ever been given, and I am informed by expert electricians that I do not give it sufficient tests for the good of the system. Of this I am very well satisfied since the tests of the evening of Feb. 9,
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but as we grow older in experience, the more perfect we shall be- come and the less trouble we shall have.
That the system has not been a detriment to the Town is fully proven by the circumstances of the fire in the barn in the rear of Colburn, Fuller & Co.'s factory, at which a stream of water was put on the fire in less than one third the time it would have taken under the old style of giving an alarm ; thereby ex- tinguishing it before it broke through the roof, as at one time it was in danger of doing. There was a strong wind blowing di- rectly against the factory, and the excellent time made was all due to getting the location of the fire promptly, which could not have been done under the old style.
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