Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1890-1895, Part 25

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


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B. J. McLoughlin,


Bear Hill,


1889 1 Sumner St.


342


K. F. Tully,


Braggville,


1889 21 East Main St.


342


M. E. Toohey,


Deer Brook,


1891/10 Bakers Slip.


342


N. I. Curtis,


Drawing,


1890 76 Congress St.


500


S. E. Whitney,


Music 2 d. per wk. 1891 16 Church St.


300


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J. F. McGann,


Plains,


1887 71 Hayward St.


SCHOOL CALENDAR.


WINTER TERM .- High School :- Begins Jan. 2, 1893. Closes March 24. Vacation, one week.


Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 9. Close March 17. Vacation, two weeks.


SPRING TERM .- High School .- Begins April 3. Closes June 23.


Vacation, ten weeks.


Other Schools :- Begin April 3. Close June 9. Vacation twelve weeks.


FALL TERM .- All Schools :- Begin Sept. 5. Close Dec. 22. Vacation-High School, one week. Other Schools, two weeks. WINTER TERM, 1893 .- High School :- Begins Jan. 1, 1894. Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 8.


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 SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 1893, punctually at eight o'clock in the fore- noon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-


(The Polls may be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon on said day of meeting.)


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.


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, three members of the School Committee (one to fill vacan- cy), three Trustees of Public Library (one to fill vacancy), three members of the Board of Health, two Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and fifteen. Constables, to be voted for on ballots pre- pared 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 Fire Department, Tax Collector, Trustees of Public Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and any other offi- cers 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.


ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the report of the Selectmen on lighting its streets.


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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasur- er to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year.


ARTICLE 7. 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 8. To see if the Town will raise and' appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the expense of Memorial Day.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the appoint- ment of a committee to take into consideration the necessity for a suitable Armory and drill hall for the use of Co. M, 6th Regt., M. V. M., with the requirements and cost of the same, and to make a report with their recommendations to a future meeting, or take any other action in regard to an Armory.


ARTICLE 10. 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 11. 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 12. To see if the Town will widen Water street to its original bounds, extend a sidewalk and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will build a sidewalk on the westerly side of Main street from Thayer street to the Hope- dale line, and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will case up the stairway and put in steam heat in the house at the Poor Farm, and furnish fire extinguishers, and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will allow the Fire Depart- ment the use of the Witherell horses (so called) on the Hook & Ladder truck for fire purposes, or take any action in regard to same.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will locate an electric light at the corner of the Medway and Holliston roads, or take any action in relation to the same.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to build an addi- tional stairway from the second to the third story of Memorial Building, appropriate money for the same, or take any action in regard to providing additional means of entrance and exit in case of public meetings or of fire.


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ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to grade East street, and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to lay out and grade Central street from a point near electric car station to a point at corner of stone wall about sixteen rods east of house now occupied by William C. Gillman, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in regard to widening and grading said portion of Central street.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will accept Park street as now laid out, or take any action in regard to the same.


ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will appoint an attorney to protect the interest of the Town in the matter of the disposi- tion of its sewage, or take any other action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will accept Bakers slip as a Town way as it is now laid out.


ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will accept Taylor street as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate money for the same.


ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will accept the gravel pit on Cedar street as laid out, and appropriate money for same.


And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town; also cause an at- tested copy to be published in the Milford Daily News, Milford Daily Journal, Milford Gazette and 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 21st day of February, A. D. 1893.


.


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


Selectmen of Milford.


A true copy. Attest:


OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.


INDEX.


Appropriations


6


Assessors' Report


36


Auditor's Report


63


Board of Health, Report of .


61


Collector of Taxes, Report of


34


Fire Engineers' Report


42


Overseers of the Poor, Report of


50


Selectmen's Report .


8


Summary of Expenses


7


Town Clerk's Report


60


Town Officers, List of


3


Town Park Commissioners' Report


59


Town Treasurer's Report 27


Trustees of Town Library, Report of


38


Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Report of


58


Town Records 1-45


School Committee, Report of 1


Superintendent of Schools, Report of .


12


Town Warrant .


34


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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 CEMETERY, PARK COMMISSIONERS, TOWN CLERK, AUDITOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1894.


MILFORD, MASS. : COOK & SONS, PRINTERS, IS94.


TOWN OFFICERS.


WM. B. HALE,


SELECTMEN. MAURICE E. NELLIGAN, CLINTON R. SCOTT.


TOWN CLERK. DOMNICK J. LANG.


TOWN TREASURER.


CLIFFORD A. COOK.


TAX COLLECTOR.


WM. P. FOLEY.


AUDITOR. HORACE A. BROWN.


ASSESSORS.


GEORGE E. STACY,


THOMAS J. CONNOR,


LUCIUS E. HEATH.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH,


JAMES W. BURKE.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


GILBERT M. BILLINGS, JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,


GEORGE L. COOKE, GEORGE E. STACY, HEBER D. BOWKER.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, (1 year). JOHN J. DUGGAN.


BOARD OF HEALTH.


WM. J. CLARKE, JOHN M. EATON,


ROBERT H. COCHRAN.


TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.


JOHN M. WOOD, HENRY J. BAILEY (Resigned),


HENRY C. SKINNER, ISAAC N. CROSBY,


GEORGE L. MAYNARD,


HENRY HANCOCK.


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CONSTABLES.


MARTIN BRODERICK, JAS. W. BURKE,


MATTHEW BURNS


DAVID E. CASEY,


EDWARD J. DALTON,


JEREMIAH DAVOREN,


MICHAEL W. EDWARDS, OLIVER D. HOLMES,


JAMES HOWARD, THOMAS F. KELLY,


MICHAEL LARKIN, JOHN MOORE,


PHILIP P. O'DONNELL, JAMES POWERS,


CHARLES H. WATERS.


FIELD DRIVERS.


J. D. HUNT (deceased), JOHN SHOCKROW, EDMUND MURPHY.


FENCE VIEWERS.


ISAAC N. DAVIS, CHANDLER CHENEY, CHESTER L. CLARK.


PARK COMMISSIONERS.


Z. C. FIELD, C. W. WILCOX,


JOHN P. NEALON.


POUND KEEPER.


J. D. HUNT (deceased), EDMUND MURPHY.


Officers Appointed by the Selectmen. CHIEF OF POLICE. WALTER F. DELANO. ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.


J. H. SCOTT, JOHN T. KELLY,


P. P. O'DONNELL,


J. T. BERRILL,


WM. J. PYNE.


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


HENRY J. BAILEY,


OWEN F. CROUGHWELL,


WALTER S. V. COOKE,


DOMNICK J. LANG.


TOWN SOLICITOR.


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.


JESSE A. TAFT.


GEORGE A. SHERBORNE.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


D. J. LANG.


LOCK-UP KEEPER. JOHN SMITH.


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JANITOR OF MEMORIAL HALL. HENRY B. THAYER.


JANITOR OF TOWN HOUSE. JOHN SMITH.


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.


C. T. DAY, IRVING W. SWEET,


AUGUSTUS STEVENS,


FRANCIS T. QUIRK, MATTHEW BURNS, RICHARD BARRY.


PUBLIC WEIGHERS.


C. T. DAY, PRENTICE FIELD,


I. W. SWEET,


MARTIN McMAHON.


POLICE OFFICERS.


PHILIP E. CLARKE, DANIEL HAYES,


PETER ROSS,


RAPHAEL MARINO,


M. McKEAGUE,


P. M. HUNT,


F. M. HOWE (G. & UJ. R. R.),


CHAS. CARUSO,


JOHN T. RYAN,


ORRIN SWEET,


FRANK SCANLON (Resigned),


GEO. WINKLEY,


FRANK W. STEWART,


HENRY HANCOCK,


ARTHUR RUGG (N.Y.& N.E.R.R.),


WM. H. CARBERY.


INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.


WALDO PHIPPS.


INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM. JOHN SMITH.


GRAND JUROR. ALBERT O. HERSEY.


TRAVERSE JURORS.


BETHUEL E. HARRIS, FRANK E. MANN,


THOMAS MANION (West St.), HENRY A. POND,


CHAS. W. WILCOX,


MARTIN COONEY,


FRANK A. USHER, PATRICK F. CAREY,


CHANDLER CHENEY,


PATRICK H. FITZGERALD.


Appointed by Overseers of Poor. TOWN PHYSICIAN. JOHN J. DUGGAN, M. D.


APPROPRIATIONS.


At a legal meeting held March 6, 1893 :-


Highways


$10,000 00


Incidentals. 2,500 00


Salaries


6,500 00


Memorial Hall 800 00


Street Lights


5,600 00


Town Library.


600 00


Schools


25,000 00


Poor Department


9,500 00


Interest ..


4,500 00


Water for Fire Purposes.


5,200 00


Vernon Grove Cemetery.


100 00


Military Aid .


500 00


Fire Department


8,100 00


Memorial Day.


150 00


Town Park


200 00


Sidewalks


1,000 00


Town Debt.


4,500 00


Chap. 298, Soldiers' Relief.


1,800 00


Expenses under Chap. 440, Acts of 1890 Town Hall.


400 00


Execution and Expenses Potter Suit .... 4,200 00


Expenses Straightening Charles River ... 600 00


Putting Steam Heat Poor Farm ...


1,000 00


Purchase of Gravel Pit. 200 00


--- $93,850 00


At a legal meeting, Oct. 9, 1893 :-


Fire Department 2,175 32


Poor Department.


1,000 00


Interest 550 00


3,725 32


At a legal meeting, Nov. 7, 1893 :-


Highways 1,000 00


Incidentals 1,000 00


2,000 00


Total appropriations


$99,575 32


900 00


SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.


Exceeded


Total Expense.


Balance Unexpended. Appropriation


Highways


$11,880 20


$ 291 35


Incidentals


4,015 18


225 32


Salaries


6,499 94


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Memorial Hall


645 82


230 18


Street Lights


5,597 72


2 28


Town Library


945 52


7 32


Schools


25,308 16


1 13


Poor Department.


10,498 93


1 07


Interest


5,045 22


4 78


Water for Fire Purposes


5,126 67


73 33


Vernon Grove Cemetery


297 64


Military Aid.


468 00


266 00


Fire Department


10,729 33


338 49


Memorial Day.


150 00


Town Park.


220 00


Sidewalks


1,011 25


124 60


Town Debt


4,500 00


Chap. 298, Soldiers' Relief ...


1,712 29


230 21


Expenses Chap. 440, Acts of 1890.


252 29


1,647 16


Town Hall .


831 27


135 23


Execution and Expenses Pot- ter suit


4,035 00


165 00


Straightening Charles River ..


613 00-


$13 00


Gravel pit.


200 00


Total


$100,583 43 $3,743 51


$13 00


SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


HIGHWAYS.


By appropriation at March meeting $10,000 00 66 66 " November meeting 1,000 00


Cash from G. A. Sherborne 1,158 81


66 Farrell Foundry & Mch. Co. 12 74


Sundries :-


Paid Milford Water Co.,


Lincoln Sq. trough. ... $40 00


Milford Water Co., Pur-


chase street trough . 40 00


Milford Water Co., Town barn 15 00


John Usher, repairs and


water for West St. trough 6 50


T. L. Martin, veterinary surgeon 8 00


Geo. A. Sherborne, water- ing streets 25 00


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$134 50


Repairs :-


Paid C. H. Farrington, bill .. $7 67


A. S. Crofoot, bill .. ...


75


T. N. Ide, blacksmith bill


189 28


Ira N. Ide, 66 35 74


H. E. Rockwood,


8 20


T. F. Lawton, 49 20


Killion, Mahoney & Suther- land, blacksmith bill. ... 6 23 L. Grow & Son, blacksmith bill 5 60


C.E. Wood, repairs on bridge 10 00


9


Chas. A. Hill, bill . $ 8 17


Thomas Jago, bills


2 00


L. E. Belknap, "


77 05


H. S. Cushman 43 70


443 59


Rent :-


Paid C. R. Scott, Town barn


300 00


Horses for fire duty :-


Paid Geo. A. Sherborne. ..


168 00


Supplies :-


Paid Geo. A. Reynolds, rub- ber boots.


$6 80


Edward E. Vaughan, bills


19 76


Clark, Ellis & Sons, bills .. 93 92


F. H. Clark, bills.


7 55


P. Lynch, shovels. . ...


4 50


L. A. Cook, coal, Town barn


27 76


Otis Whitney & Sons, bill


4 50


P. H. Gaffney, oil bill . .


3 75


Z. C. Field, bill 9 78


G. A. Sherborne, cartage ..


1 75


G. M. Billings, bill . . . ..


1 75


Geo. D. Wellington, bill ... 4 00


$185 82


Material :-


Paid Milford Electric Light &


Power Co., ashes ...


$ 11 62


31 00


Peter Ross, crushed stone .. N. H. Holbrook, planks ... 105 69 A. T. Macuen, posts . ..... 5 00 Chester L. Clark, planks ... 5 25 J. E. Macuen, gravel .. 30 00 Milford Pink Granite Co., crushed stone 1,450 00


Mrs.L.Graves, paving stones 2 00


G. A. Sherborne, gravel ... 16 10


E. B. Taft, gravel. 4 30


1,660 96


IO


Hay and grain :-


Paid Lally & Baxter, hay, grain, etc. $435 17


Eastman & Hobart, hay,


grain, etc. 356 38


Prentice & Son, hay, grain, etc .. ..


98 55


J. J. Nutter, hay . . .


50 19


940 29


Team work :-


Paid Geo. A. Sherborne, labor,


man and team ... $158 65


Milford Fire Dept., labor, man and team 613 25


771 90


Highway :---


Labor pay roll. .. $5,374 38


Paid Geo. A. Sherborne, Supt.


825 00


C. O. Woodbury, labor ....


716 62


T. N. Sherman, labor on


120 00


Pond street bridge ...... C. E. Wood, surveying grav- el pit. .


16 00


Leon Foster, labor.


.


5 00


W. G. Wheelock, surveying


50 79


Geo. A. Sherborne, breaking roads


80 60


C. F. Davis, breaking roads


2 40


Pat'k Cronan, 66


4 75


Jerry Rogers,


2 00


Jas. Flanigan,


2 10


Wm. Hynes, 66


7 20


E. A. Galvin,


1 00


Geo.Greenway, 66


2 50


H. Russell,


66


3 40


N. Russell,


. . 3 20


E. A. Kinsman,


66


1 00


II


T. Mowrey, breaking roads $1 00


S. Mowrey, 66


1 00


A. Wardell, 66


1 40


M. Mowrey,


1 40


C. King, 66


3 20


J. O'Brien,


3 20


T. O'Brien, 66


1 50


J. Casey,


60


P. Furguson, 66


7 00


D. Furguson,


2 80


M. Newton,


2 80


J. Sullivan,


2 80


F. Lynch,


2 00


E. Lynch,


2 00


M. Casey,


1 00


Wm. Harrigan,


66


1 20


Jas. Russell,


1 00


Frank Cline,


66


6 20


E. O'Brien,


66


1 00


J. Mowrey,


40


Peter Gouhier,


7 40


Wm.N.Prentiss,


66


1 80


C. P. Conant,


2 00


Frank E. Hart,


2 50


7,275 14 -


Amount unexpended,


291 35


$12,171 55 $12,171 55


CASH RECEIVED BY GEO. A. SHERBORNE FOR TOWN OF MILFORD IN ACCOUNT WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1893.


Geo. L. Cooke $ 60


J. W. Roberts 16 00


Daniel Hayes 1 00


Isaac Cushing


4 00


Mrs. C. F. Claflin


75


I 2


High School B. B. Club $14 00


Samuel Gaskill 5 00


Mr. Conant. 50


S. Mathewson.


3 50


Samuel McDonald


50


L. Hayden, for G. G. Parker estate. 37 40


John S. Mead. 26 06


D. C. Leahy .


5 00


Mathew Toohey.


3 50


L. H. Cook. .


50


Edward Gahagan


2 00


Mrs. C. Cook. 5 00


A. S. Pickering 5 00


Patrick Glennon


2 00


A. T. Wilkinson.


50


A. J. Morse 15 00


Mr. Collins, So. Main St.


2 00


Bridget Farlon 3 00


Mrs. F. Adams. 1 00


I. E. Jones. 14 00


Patrick Morgan 2 00


James Lanigan 2 00


John Smith


3 00


Hopedale Electric Co


145 90


Sidewalk department. 546 00


Town Hall department 45 80


T. Kirby 8 80


Chas. Cushman.


19 00


Jos. McClure


23 00


Martin Dempsey


2 50


Dr. J. J. Duggan.


50


Fire department. 24 40


Dr. Geo. L. Cooke


1 50


Patrick Larkin 3 00


E. C. Claflin. 2 50


John Quinn. 1 00


Thomas Donohoe 6 00


I3


Mr. Connolly, Congress St. $ 15


Mr. Mee. 15


Mahan Bros


55 00


A. Thompson


50 00


Chas. A. Dewey 1 80


J. H. Robinson .. 36 00


P. Lynch. 3 00


A. W. Keene


5 00


Bridget Glennon 3 00


Farrell Foundry & Machine Co.


12 74


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$1,171 55


Uncollected Bills.


F. H. Chandler $ 12 50


James Kinney 3 00


H. Taylor .. 1 00


Henry Harvey 9 50


Town Park Com., 1892 132 00


$158 00


INCIDENTALS.


By appropriation at March meeting $2,500 00


By appropriation at Nov. meeting 1,000 00


Armory rent received from state 300 00


Amount received from Auctioneers' licenses


8 00


Town Histories 7 00


Lock-up keys 4 00


Pool and billiard licenses . 14 00


H. E. Morgan, theatre license 26 00


N. Y. & N. E. (4, Hopkinton Suit).


262 50


R. H. Chamberlain, Chap. 416 65 00


Scribner & Smith's circus 25 00


Robert Hunting's circus 20 00


Merrick & Myrick, merry-go-round. 9 00


Returns- :


Paid F. W. Patten, M. D.,


birth returns


$ 1 00


14


I. E. Hobart, M. D., birth returns.


$ 1 00 C. D. Albro, M. D., birth re- turns 75


D. Russell, M. D., birth re- turns 50


J. M. French, M. D., birth returns 2 75


J. M. Eaton, M. D., birth returns 75


A. Osborne, M. D., birth returns 1 25


W. J. Clarke, M. D., birth returns 2 75


L. White, M. D., birth re- turns 1 00


T. Monroe, M. D., birth re- turns 2 75


M. W. Knight, M. D. birth returns 9 00


Chas. Mackin, M. D., birth returns 9 00


J. J. Duggan, M. D., birth returns 15 75


$48 25


Sundries: -


Paid M. P. Burns, abating nuisance. $ 7 50


A. H. Sweet, bill to Board of Health 3 00


D. Russell, M. D., (Potter case) 27 00


Wm. B. Hale, letter press. 2 00


W. J. Clarke, (Potter case)


20 00


L. A. Cook, coal and wood for armory 31 93


S. B. Woodard, M. D., (Potter case) . .. 5 00


I5


Albert Wood, M. D., (Pot- ter case) $ 5 00


W. T. Butler, repairing bal- lot box .. 3 15


John T. Ryan, lock-up key 1 00


Mongreat Santi, rebate on tax . 4 12


S. M. Spencer, rubber


stamps. 1 40


Jas. Powers, teams to Board of Health. 11 00


H. J. Dearing, sundries 10 00


C. R. Scott, water for - armory. 26 00


M. Spellman, burying dog. 50


17 00


S. O. Aborn, police badges W. F. Delano, car fares, etc W. E. Cheney, posting bills Jas. Powers, teams to W. F. Delano 19 50


A. W. Keene, lock-up key. 1 00


P. B. Murphy, dog blanks.


6 50


Chas. Cronan, burying dog


50


O. D. Holmes, care of Jos.


3 00


W. F. Delano, supplies for office.


9 69


8 00


8 00


E. J. Dalton, duty July 4 and Muster day. ... M. Broderick, duty July 4 and Muster day. ... . . . John Smith, duty July 4. .. 3 00


John Moore, duty July 4 .. 5 00


E. A. Hayward's bill . .. . . . 1 00 C. H. Waters, duty July 4 6 00


Jas. Howard, duty July 4 and Muster day. ...... 8 00


22 70


1 75


Regan . ..


16


Jas. W. Burke, duty July 4 $ 6 00


J. T. Ryan, duty July 4. . . 6 00


P. M. Hunt, patrol ....... 9 90


Thomas Kelley, duty July 4 and Muster day. 9 00


J. F. Haskell, team to White's bridge. 3 00


J. P. Lovell Arms Co., cuffs,


twisters and clubs .. ... P. E. Clark, car fares ..... 2 84


31 85


Wood & Nye, burial of Le- roy Glazier. 35 00


C. A.Cook, punch and hooks 3 30


M. P. Burns, lock-up key .. 1 00


Cora A. Mayhew, rebate on tax 25 66


P. J. Donohoe, supplies to Board of Health. 13 00


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Maggie F. Roche, rebate on tax


9 17


Littlefield Pub. Co., Town Directory


2 00


John Luby, burying dog ... 1 00


J. E. Macuen, killing and burying horse. 6 00


E. E. Vaughan, lock and keys 37


70


Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies M. W. Edwards, burial of M. Cunniff 35 00


P. M. Hunt, inspector for Board of Health ..


68 40


M. McKeague, inspector for Board of Health 64 20


L. E. Heath, team for as- sessors . 10 00


M. W. Edwards, team to Mendon 1 50


I7


C. H. Farrington, repairs on ballot box. $ 4 75


Mary Quinlan, cleaning .... 2 00


D. J. Lang, marriages, births and deaths . .


155 70


C. A. Hill, bill


3 00


4 00


Milford Water Co. .... T. E. Morse, painting drink- ing fountain. 1 00


F. Tompkins, Jr., papers .. 54


1 35


F. H. Clark, supplies to Board of Health. ... A. A. Jenkins, serving no- tices


4 00


J. Allen Rice, supplies to Board of Health. ... J. M. Wood, cleaning cem- etery . ..


55 42


5 00


Wm. B. Hale, car fares, etc. 11 90


872 79


Lighting :- Paid Milford Gas Co. (Armory)


109 60


Stationery :----


Paid C. A. Cook, postage, ex- press, etc. .


$8 87


Geo. E. Stacy, stationery, assessors, 1892-93. ..... Geo. E. Stacy, stationery, Town Clerk, 1892-93 ....


23 61


Geo. E. Stacy, stationery, auditor, 1892


1 20


Corlies, Macy & Co., check book.


23 50


G. G. Cook, postmaster, envelopes and stamps .. . . 20 00 J. C. Hill Co., auditor's book 3 25 Putnam Davis & Co., books 6 50


38 84


I8


Thomas Groom & Co., order


books $66 00


W. F. Delano, stationery .. 1 50


Ernest H. Price, 66 9 00


T. J. Lynch, 66


2 85


Aaron R. Gay & Co. " 10 40


D. J. Lang, postage, ex- press, etc. 24 89


C. B. Godfrey, spring binder 5 00


245 41


Town meeting expenses :-


Paid H. C. Snell, services Nov. 8, '92, Mar. 6, July 4,' 93 T. F. Waters, teller Nov. 8 and Mar. 6.


$17 50


22 00


O. D. Holmes, serving Town Warrants 30 00


44 75


J. F. McGuinness, dinners Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 ...... J. H. Mathews, dinners Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 ... .... O. D. Holmes, services Mar. 6 and Nov. 7. 12 00


12 50


C. A. Sumner, teller Mar. and Nov., '92, and Mar. 6 and Nov. 7, '93.


29 50


S. C. Sumner, ballot clerk Mar. 6 and Nov. 7. ..... 20 00 T. H. Lynch, teller Mar. 6 Jas. J. Connors, teller Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 .. 17 50


12 00


F. D. Field, teller Nov. 8, '92, and Mar. 6, '93 ..... F. P. Dillon, teller Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 .. 17 50


22 00


Wm. J. Welch, teller Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 17 50


19


John J. Toomey, teller Nov.


7,'92 ... $10 00


S. W. Heath, teller, Mar. 6 12 00


John Moore, services Mar. 6 5 00


John Smith, fixing booths and services 12 50


P. M. Hunt, Dept. Ins. Mar. 6 and Nov. 7. 10 00


A. H. Mayhew, teller Nov. 7


10 00


J. J. Manning, teller Mar. 6 E. J. Dalton, services Mar. 6 and Nov. 7. . 8 00


12 00


M. Broderick, services Mar. 6 and Nov. 7. 8 50


20 00


P. H. Curran, checking list Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 .. .... A. Boyd, teller Nov. 8, '92, and Mar. 6, Nov. 7, 93 .. F. A. Shepard, teller Nov. 8, Ins. Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 Wm. Corbett, teller Mar. 6 J. A. Finnigan, teller Mar. 6 R. H. Cochran, teller Nov.


27 50


20 50


12 00


12 00


8, '92, and Nov. 7, '93 .. Jas. Burke, services Mar. 6 W. R. Hartshorne, teller Mar. 6. . 12 00


15 50


6 00


A. W. Shedd, teller Mar. 6 and Nov. 7.


17 50


M. P. Burns, services Mar. 6


5 50


Geo. B. Blake, recounting votes.


5 00


A. A. Jenkins, teller Mar. 6 and Nov. 7. 17 50


Geo. W. Ellis, teller Nov., '92, and Mar. 6 and Nov. 7, '93 27 50


20


Wm. Fleming, lunch for tellers Nov. 7 .. ...... 7 50


T. F. Connors, teller Nov. 7 5 50


Wm. H. Carey, 4 50


H. I. Carpenter, 66


5 50


Lewis Hayden, 66


5 50


H. C. Tilden, 66


5 50


H. B. Spaulding,


5 50


C. A. Cook, Dept. Ins. Nov. 7. 5 00


Wm. H. Pyne, inspector


Mar. 6 and Nov. 7 ...... 20 00


C. W. Wilcox, spectacles,


town meeting


1 50


627 25


Damages and law suits :-


Paid M. J. Kelley, balance due on McAvoy case. ...... $93 50 Kate Fitzgerald, damage. .. 75 00


F. P. Goulding, on Charles river sewage. 50 00


J. A. Taft, to settle suit (Hopkinton parties) .... H. E. Fales, services to Board of Health ...


525 00


25 00


... A. A. Jenkins, services on the Wood, Bridges, Bin- ney and Etter case . 17 50


786 00


Rent :-


Paid C. R. Scott (armory rooms) $468 75


J. T. Raftery, land for tar- get shoot. 15 00


483 75


2I


Printing :-


Paid G. M. Billings, town re- ports


$262 50


G. M. Billings, printing and advertising 234 25


J. P. Gallagher, printing and advertising . ... Milford Daily News, print- ing and advertising. .... 82 88


59 00


Cook & Sons, printing and advertising . 174 33


812 96


Burial lots :-


Paid Henry Hancock, care of


lots


$16 00


Pine Grove Cemetery Corp.,


care of lots 13 17


29 17


Amount unexpended.


225 32


$4,240 50 $4240 50


SALARIES.


By appropriation $6500 00


Paid J. A. Taft, town solicitor and incidentals, 1892 .... $282 33


Geo. E. Stacy, assessor, '92 200 00


M. P. Burns, Board of Health, 1892


225 00


R. H. Cochran, Board of Health, 1892 100 00


Wm. J. Clarke, Board of Health, 1892. 150 00


James Howard, patrolman, 1892 288 75


O. D. Holmes, watchman .. 144 00


22


D. J. Lang, balance due from 1892 $ 59 00


C. A. Cook, balance due from 1892 200 00


M. J. Reynolds, balance due from 1892. 158 36




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