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Expense of repairing hose house on Spruce street, caused by the fire of March 25, '93 :-
Otis Whitney & Son, labor $574 20
Z. C. Field, lumber .
448 51
Callahan & Co., hose
275 00 -
Boston Woven Hose Co., hose. 165 00
L. E. Belknap, material and labor 149 35
Clark Ellis & Sons, roofing and piping. 119 72
Milford Wall Paper Co., painting. .
120 00
A. S. Pickering, cementing and pointing cellar 88 44
E. E. Vaughan, supplies 70 40
C. A. Hill, gas fixtures and labor 46 59
Holliston Harness Co., harness 40 00
Highway Dept., labor 24 40
T. E. Morse, inside finish 22 81
D. C. York, blankets. 12 00
Eldridge & Beattey, paint and glass 4 55
T. N. Ide, repairing . 1 95
$2,162 92
Total receipts
$11,067 82
Total expenditures 10,729 33
Unexpended
$338 49
ROSTER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Board of Engineers :-
JOHN H. SCOTT,
Chief Engineer
JOHN T. KELLY,
JOHN T. BERRILL,
1st Assistant Engineer Assistant Engineer Assistant Engineer
PHILIP P. O'DONNELL,
WILLIAM J. PYNE,
Clerk and Treasurer
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WILLIAM C. GILLMAN HOSE CO. No. 4 .- Captain, Wm. H. Curtin ; lieutenant, Thos. M. Shea; clerk, M. F. Hannagan ; treasurer, M. F. Hannagan ; steward, John W. Keelan ; hosemen, George Julian, R. P. Hoey, T. W. Hannagan, Chas. H. Voyer, John J. Herlihy, C. A. Cheney, Albert O. Hersey, Dennis O'Con- nor, W. J. Williams, Henry Marchesault, Jas. E. Fitzsimmons.
AARON CLAFLIN STEAMER CO. No. 2 .- Captain, Naum E. Gas- kill ; lieutenant, Wm. J. Struthers ; clerk, W. P. Leland ; treasurer, Wm. A. Fairbanks ; engineman, Naum B. Fairbanks ; stoker, W. A. Fairbanks ; hosemen, Fred L. Walker, Fred N. Abbott, G. K. Webber, Edward Cook, Fred Joslin, Albert S. Allen, Chas. W. Carson, H. A. Bagley, Daniel D. Wheeler, Robert M. Trask.
EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER Co. No. 1 .- Captain, T. J. Connors ; lieutenant, M. H. Burke; clerk, Thos. F. Connors ; treasurer, Jas. F. Baxter ; steward, Thos. Lally ; Jadder men, Ed- ward Roach, Philip Callery, John Callery, Thos F. Waters, P. H. Gaffney, Stephen Quirk, Jas. A. Boyce, John J. Nelligan, Frank Quirk, Edward Rielly, D. P. Flynn, M. H. Sullivan, P. J. Slattery, Wm. Cratty, Daniel Chaisson.
MILFORD STEAM FIRE ENGINE Co. No. 1, in reserve .- H. E. Rockwood, engineman.
WIDE AWAKE HOSE Co. No. 1 .- Captain, E. G. Hubbard ; lieutenant, H. I. Binney ; clerk, Chas. E. Dewing ; treasurer, Chas. E. Dewing ; steward, John J. Hennessey ; hosemen, Henry L. Willard, Wm. Miller, Fred G. Clark, Geo. Fletcher, Edwin B. Bates, Louis Doliff, H. E. Warren, A. J. Whitcomb, Geo. McCormick, Jas. Mckay, Jas. A. Lessor.
WASHINGTON HOSE CO. No. 2 .- Captain, Lyman E. Belknap ; lieutenant, Thos. F. Martin ; clerk, Edward B. Quinn ; treasurer, L. E. Belknap ; steward, Geo. H. Whiting ; hosemen, P. J. Con- nors, Emmons Fletcher, Edward J. Dalton, John J. Ring, Thos. F. Callahan, Edwin M. Temple, Wm. H. Quinn, Chas. E. Blais- dell, John F. Hynes, John Mathews.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
There were fourteen bell and twelve still alarms during the year ending Feb. 1, 1894.
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Value of buildings $114,300 00
contents. 90,000 00
Insurance on buildings. 65,000 00
on contents
56,000 00
paid on buildings 3,552 00
paid on contents
2,640 00
FEB: 3, still alarm, 9 P. M .- Chimney fire in house owned by the A. A. Taft heirs, numbered 21 Chapin street and occupied by Mrs. Cunningham. No damage.
FEB. 4, still alarm .- Chimney fire in house owned and occu- pied by Mrs. Palm, Dilla street. No damage.
MARCH 11, still alarm .- Chimney fire in house 234 Central street, owned and occupied by James Teeling. No damage.
MARCH 25, Box 25, 12.25 A. M .- Hose house on Spruce street, owned by the Town and occupied by hose companies No. 1 and No. 2. Loss on building, $2000 ; no insurance. Loss on contents, $1400. Insurance on contents, $900. Insurance paid, $725. Cause unknown.
MARCH 28, Box 27, 3.30 A. M .- House and barn owned by Mrs. Koulter, occupied by the owner ; situated on Cedar street. Loss on buildings, $3000. Insurance, $4000. Insurance paid, $3000. Loss on contents, $1600. Insurance, $2100. Insurance paid, $1600. Cause unknown.
MARCH 30, Box 15, 12.25 P. M .- Slight fire on the roof of a building on Central street, owned by Eastman & Hobart and occu- pied by C. A. Sumner. No damage. Cause, sparks from chimney.
APRIL 19, still alarm, 12 M .- Brush fire on the land of C. Magnoni and others. Loss on cut wood, $600. Inquest held. Cause, want of due care in burning brush.
MAY 25, Box 26, 1.55 P. M .- Fire on roof of house, 20 Main street, owned by Mrs. Annie Burke, occupied by four families. Loss, $10. Insurance, $1500. Insurance paid, $10. No loss on contents. Cause, defective chimney.
JUNE 17, Box 27, 12.30 P. M .- Chimney fire in house, 9 Hay-
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ward street, owned by Thomas Tracey, occupied by Mrs. Turner. Building insured for $650. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
AUG. 17, Box 26, 3.15 P. M .- House, 36 Main street, owned by Mrs. Mary J. Ward, occupied by Mrs. Frank Ward. Loss on building, $425. Insurance, $2500. Insurance paid, $425. Loss on contents, $325. Insurance on contents, $1500. Insurance paid, $325. Cause, unknown.
AUG. 30, Box 27, 5.20 A. M .- Barn on Braggville road owned and occupied by Thos. Graven. Loss on building, $15. Insur- ance, $300. Insurance paid, $15. Thought to be due to the care- lessness of somebody smoking in the building.
OCT. 5, still alarm, 9 P. M .- Chimney fire in the house, 230 Central street, owned by Peter Shields, and occupied by himself and others as tenants. No damage. Cause, defective chimney.
Ocr. 9, still alarm, 7 P. M .- Chimney fire in house, 49 Beach street, owned and occupied by J. H. Burns. No damage.
OCT. 14, still alarm, 8 A. M .- Chimney fire in house, 55 For- est street, owned and occupied by Geo. J. Saul. No damage.
OCT. 19, Box 25, midnight .- Slight fire in Thos. Kelly's bil- liard rooms in the basement of Gillon Block. Building owned by P. Gillon. Loss on building, $5. Insurance, $40,000. Insurance paid, $5. Cause, a lighted cigar thrown into a wooden box.
OCT. 28, still alarm, 12.30 A. M .- Chimney fire, Irving Block, owned by the Claflin heirs, occupied by several tenants as stores and offices. No damage.
Nov. 14, still alarm, 11.30 A. M .- Chimney fire, house, 60 De- pot street, owned by Chas. Foley and occupied by P. J. Connors. No damage.
Nov. 17, Box 24, 11.20 P. M. House, 3 Depot street, owned by M. W. Edwards and occupied by Mrs. Callanan. Loss on building, $25. Insurance, $500. Insurance paid, $25. Cause, defective chimney.
Nov. 17, Box 15, 11.55 P. M .- Same fire.
Nov. 18, Box 54, 1 A. M .- False alarm.
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DEC. 21, Box 26, 4.30 P. M .- House, 18 Parkhurst street, owned by Jos. Dolan, occupied by Cassavario Giurcio. Loss on building, $57. Insurance, $500. Insurance paid, $56.50. Cause, carelessly throwing a lighted match on a bed.
DEC. 22, Box 25, 7.40 P. M .- Steamer No. 2 and Hose No. 2 detailed to Upton in answer to a request for aid from that town.
DEC. 23, still alarm, 4,10 P. M .- Chimney fire in house, 28 Water street, owned by Mayhew heirs, occupied as tenements. No damage.
JAN. 8, still alarm, 11.45 P. M. Chimney fire in building oc- cupied by the Home National Bank and owned by the Claflin heirs. No damage.
JAN. 14, still alarm, 9 A. M .- Chimney fire, house, 25 Beach street, owned by B. E. Harris, occupied by Geo. Davenport and John Collins. No damage.
JAN. 23, Box 17, 5.10 P. M .- False alarm.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Milford Steam Fire Engine No. 1, in good condition. Aaron Claflin Steamer No. 2, in good condition. Washington Hose Carriage No. 2, in good condition. Wm. C. Gillman Hose Carriage No. 4, in good condition. Excelsior Hook & Ladder Truck No. 1, in good condition. Wide Awake Hose Carriage No. 1, in poor condition. Hose in good condition, 4850 ; in poor condition, 250.
There are four buildings owned and occupied by the depart- ment : One on South Main street, occupied by Steamer 1 and 2 and department headquarters, in fair condition ; one on Spruce street, occupied by Hose 1 and 2, in good condition ; one on Cen- tral street, occupied by Hose 4, in good condition ; one corner of Spruce and Main streets, in poor condition.
RESERVOIRS.
There are seventeen reservoirs situated as follows : One each on Grove, Fruit, Exchange, Jefferson, No. Bow, Walnut, Law- rence, West, Hayward and Congress streets, one on Plains, one at
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the junction of Pearl and School streets, one in Lincoln Square, one in the rear of the Foster place, Main street, one on Parish Common, one near Hancock house on Purchase street, one near the old engine house in No. Purchase.
LOCATION OF FIRE ALARM BOXES.
Box 14. Central street, opposite Baker's slip.
Box 15. Corner Central and Depot streets.
Box 16. Depot street near Clapp, Huckins & Temple factory.
Box 17. Colburn and Fuller factory.
Box 24. Town House.
Box 25. Lincoln square.
Box 26. Main street, near the Basin.
Box 27. Corner Main and Cedar streets.
Box 35.
Corner West and Cherry streets.
Box 43. Corner School and Walnut streets.
Box 46. Corner Fountain and Purchase streets.
Box 47. Purchase street, opposite Mr. Kibby's.
Box 52. Main opposite Water street.
Box 54. Corner Main and Fruit streets.
Box 65. Corner Grove and Forest streets.
Box 73. Corner Spruce and Congress streets.
Box 142. Private, inside Milford Shoe Co. factory. [S]
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Pay of members
$6,100 00
Incidentals 1,500 00
Repairs
300 00
Fall parade
100 00
New hose
300 00
$8,300 00
The Board recommends the building of a fire station in some central location for the accommodation of the two steamers, hose carriages Nos. 1 and 2, and the ladder truck, as thesteamer and lad-
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der truck houses are not suitable for the accommodation of the apparatus.
The Board also recommends the alteration of hose carriages Nos. 1 and 2 into hose wagons, and that the sum of $500 be ap- propriated for that purpose ; also the appropriation of $300 for the purchase of new hose.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. H. SCOTT, Chief, J. T. KELLEY, JOHN T. BERRILL, P. P. O'DONNELL, W. J. PYNE, Clerk and Treas. Engineers Milford Fire Department.
Feb. 1, 1894.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSE AT THE FARM.
Grain. $700 08
Salary of Superintendent
650 00
Labor
567 00
Butter
270 83
Flour, bread and crackers.
257 37
Meat
229 46
Oxen
125 00
Clothing.
116 44
Boots and shoes
113 49
Sugar.
96 14
Dry goods
94 42
Medicine 88 98
Hardware, farming tools and plumbing.
86 74
Coal .
79 80
Burials
78 00
Fresh fish.
77 26
Salt fish
66 76
Cows
65 00
Tea
65 87
Medical attendance
50 00
Salt pork. 41 00
Tobacco and snuff 40 32
38 50
Small bills paid during year by G. D. Rhodes .. Phosphate and plaster . 36 20
Assessment in Milford Mutual Fire Ins. Co .. 34 20
Horse, ox shoeing and jobbing 31 76
Garden and grass seeds. 30 19
Small groceries and spices 28 75
Soft soap.
22 00
60
Hewing R. R. ties $ 20 23
Painting wagons. 20 00
Oil . 18 35
Molasses. 17 38
Milk cooler, tester, etc
14 70
Team work
14 15
Furniture and crockery
13 31
Pasturing heifers
12 00
Hard soap.
10 40
Wheelwrighting, filing saws, etc
10 50
Beans
10 69
Potatoes
9 50
Lime, brick and cement.
8 25
Repairing harnesses and horse supplies
24 07
Taxes for Upton woodlot
6 80
Eggs
6 75
Coffee
7 62
Lard
6 25
Cheese
5 71
Repairing clocks and spectacles
4 90
Butchering
4 75
Books, stationery, etc
4 08
Ice
3 52
Salt
3 30
Brooms
3 25
Leather for repairs.
2 75
Daily News, one year
2 50
Onions .
2 25
Clipping horse .
2 00
Dress cutting
1 75
Cider barrel
1 00
Sawing lumber
1 00
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$4,455 27
INCOME AT THE FARM.
Milk
$1,512 07
Pigs
186 50
Board for Catherine Hannon
142 00
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Railroad ties
$129 60
Oxen
125 00
Beef cow
35 00
Fat hogs
34 52
Board for Mary Beatty.
23 75
Eggs.
18 43
Calves
17 25
Potatoes
16 40
Use of bull
14 00
Hay
12 00
Apples
11 12
Board for C. H. Allen
6 45
Pie plant
4 66
Stove
·
4 00
Beef hide
3 78
Cucumbers
1 45
Old refrigerator
1 00
Cider.
20
$2,299 18
INMATES AT THE FARM DURING THE YEAR.
Age Weeks
Age Weeks
John Cook,
55
52
William Green,
75 52
Lydia A. Parkhurst,
54 52
James Finnegan,
82
48
Prudence S. Burrell,
82 52
Edward Sireack,
56
45
Frank Serguson,
82
52
Kate Quirk,
75
41
Ellen Middleton,
54
52
James Murray,
10
39
Dennis Pyne,
54
52
Joseph Sireack,
10
39
Johanna McCarty,
76
52
Daniel Curran,
56
37
Fred Tillottson,
15
52
Patrick Conniff,
80
34
Mary Flagg,
71
52
Michael Dunn,
35
33
Thomas Hughes,
71
52
William Gabry,
16
29
Bridget McGovern,
76
52
John Manion,
40
28
Patrick Ward,
80
52
William O'Rouke,
54
28
Catherine Hannon,
75
52
Elizabeth Gabry,
32
27
Frank Sireack,
17
52
Michael H. Hughes,
66
26
Edmond Donovan,
68
52
John Flynn,
40
24
Martin Coppinger,
65
52
William J. Blanchard, 71
24
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Age Weeks
Michael F. Caine,
24 21
Walter Gabry,
6 wks. 6
Wm. Mulcahey,
44 19
Harry Gabry,
6
5
Bridget Sweeney,
78 18
Mary Ann Gabry,
4 5
Anna Greigg,
69
'18
Alexander Greigg,
67
4
Emma Sireack,
10
17
Peter Quirk,
30
4
Lorinda N. Blake,
76
17
Lorin Adams,
73
4
Mary A. Blake,
46
17
Edward Gahagan,
40
2
Andrew S. Fuller,
46
15
Charles H. Allen,
28
2
Mary Beatty,
72
14
James Hilery,
60
2
Edward McCullum,
82
12
George C. Warren,
50
2
Orry W. Cheney,
33
8
James Alley,
23
1
Mary Fitzgerald,
80
8
John McGrath,
50
1
William Conley,
41
8
Thomas Glennon,
58
1
Mary Roach,
77
Net expense at the farm. $2,156 09
Appraisal of Town Farm and wood lot, $5900 ; interest.
354 00
Appraisal of personal property, $2,845.50 ;
170 73
interest.
$2,680 82
Whole number of inmates 59
Average number. 31215
Average weekly cost of each person $1.66-4 1'3
There were nine deaths at the Farm during the year, as fol- lows :-
1893, Sept. 26, Patrick Conniff, old age, age 80. July 15, William J. Blanchard, paresis, age 71.
Oct. 28, Michael F. Caine, consumption, age 21. June 7, Bridget Sweeney, old age, age 78.
May 10, Mary Beatty, apoplexy, age 72.
April 25, Edward McCullum, Bright's disease, age 82.
March 28, Mary Roach, old age, age 72. Oct. 7, Alexanda Greigg, Bright's disease, age 67. 1894, Jan. 9, James Hillery, consumption, age 60.
Age Weeks
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SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
For a system of steam heat and repairs.
Contract for Page system steam heat ...... $620 00
Brick wall in cellar and plastering stairways 115 00
Carpenter work. 37 35
Lumber 40 17
Two pony Babcock extinguishers
73 10
Painting
61 38
Papering
32 47
Hardware
6 83
Traveling expense.
9 95
Plan of house for estimates 2 00
$998 25
PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Mrs. W. J. Blanchard, $106 04
John Doherty, $ 43 48
Mrs. Patrick Burns, 29 00
Mrs. Melissa Daniels, 18 94
Mrs. Eliot Bowker, 42 51
James Finnegan, 8 00
Lorenzo Ball, 45 00
William Fitzgerald, 155 63
James F. Butler, 67 00
David A. Fisk, 55 00
George E. Brown, 140 99
Charles Gillis, 3 50
Mrs. James Boland, 6 50
Orrin G. Goodwin, 156 00
Miss Ellen A. Guild, 78 00
Alexanda Greigg, 75 92
Edward Gahagan, 8 50
Mrs. Peter Collins, 57 92
Loughlin Gahagan, 31 75
Mrs. John Condon, 59 60
Frank D. Holbrook, 88 00
Mrs. Jas. Clancy, sr.,
32 25
Mrs. Kate Hennessy, 10 85
Benjamin Cottrell, 44 40
Alton Handley, 37 75
Mrs. John Carroll,
52 00
Michael Hageney, 48 75
John Collins,
36 50
Hannah Cooney, 24 64
Miss Lucretia Hayward, 78 83 James Hillery, 16 00
Mrs. David Doyle, 114 46
Mrs. George Kimm, 11 26
Mrs. Edw. F. Donovan, 15 40
Mrs. Thomas Lyons, 18 00
Michael Dunn, 144 55
Mrs. Patrick Lundy, 58 05
John Dillon, 89 10
Daniel McCarty, 78 25
Mrs. Michael Callanan, 161.43
John Bird and Charles
Cooper children, 91 80
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Mrs. Thos. R. May, 122 30
Mrs. Michael Quirk, 17 33
Patrick McQuaid, 81 00
Peter Quirk, 3 75
Kate McDermott, 84 05
Mrs. James Regan, 54 65
Patrick McGrath,
1 50
Mrs. Dennis Ryan,
54 34
Catherine Mullen, 52 00
Frank H. Scanlon, 93 46
Mrs. Michael McCarty, 3 25
William Milan,
12 00
Edward McKenna,
33 75
John Manion,
1 60
Mrs. Wm. Tracy, 115 25
William Tormey, 1 25
John McKenna (Valley,) 7 00
John F. Moore,
21 00
Mrs. Mich. Toolan, (1887) 1 00
Edward Nelligan, 54 60
Mrs. Jas. A. Turner, 95 50
Mrs. John Nugent, 57 50
Mrs. Patrick Nugent,
64 75
Mrs. Martin O'Melia, 36 42
Mary O'Connell, 2 25
Mrs. Thos. F. Powers, 140 38
$4,130 68
PERSONS BELONGING TO MILFORD AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS.
John A. Boyd, Worcester $ 34 25
Mrs. L. N. and Mary A. Blake, Dover 23 45
Henry G. Brigham, Boston 14 00
Mrs. Anna E. Brigham, Boston 19 75
Curtis L. Claflin, Upton. 35 50
Alvin Collins, Medway
84 50
Leslie Fiske,
61 88
Patrick Gilbride, Worcester 9 00
Mrs. George Gabry, Mendon 121 58
Mrs. Toby Hart, Spencer 67 00
Mrs. Maria H. Hadlock, Springfield 8 58
Mrs. Michael Holland, Hull. 108 90
James Murphy children, Marlborough . 146 00
Mahan children, Boston
74 50
John McGrath, Boston. 77
James Stafford, Cambridge 2 00
John Smith, (Short st.) 116 38 Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah
Tynan,
117 17
Owen McGurren,
14 75
Mrs. Laura Tucker, 122 45
To be paid back, 1894, 6 50
Medical attendance for
above, 100 00
1
65
Moses Smith, Sherborn
$ 1 50
Edward Sireack, Holliston. 27.87
Johanna Slattery, Hopkinton 92 75
$933 78
PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD.
Mrs. James E. Butler, Upton $157 25
Soldiers' relief, Uxbridge.
153 61
John Clancy children, Upton
99 85
Patrick Dolan, Natick .
7 42
Mrs. Geo. D. Edmands, Hopedale.
36 25
William W. Grover, Holyoke.
2 04
Mrs. Ann Pike, Medway.
9 15
Mrs. Michael Savage, Franklin.
3 75
Mrs. Almira A. Sanford, Holliston
31 00
Mrs. Lucy A. Tibbetts, Abington
64 00
Mrs. Isaac E. Welch, Holliston
50 00
-- $614 32
INSANE.
Peter Brown, jr.,
$ 71 04
Leon Z. Garmley, 60 36
Margaret Bradley,
169 46
Maurice Murphy, 118 39
Albert L. Brigham,
82 18
Wilber F. Norcross,
110 96
Henry Cain,
169 46
John Nugent, 1892,
60 96
Peter Corrigan, 14 36
Maria Ripley, 171 98
Caroline Coughlin,
182 80
Joseph Regan, 34 82
Mary Connell, 1892-3, 339 37
Charles H. White, 169 46
James F. Curran, 12 07
Cora E. Weatherhead,
193 60
Margaret Casey, 154 61
Patrick Wall, 284 75
Chas. H. Dunham, '92-3, 339 42
To be paid back, 1894,
22 61
Kate Geary,
171 31
Hannah W. Kennedy, 171 31
$3,105 28
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STATE POOR.
James Alley,
$ 2 64
Sarah McGrath,
$ 6 50
Daniel Brassel,
15 35
William Marshal, 5 00
Vincenzol Calabrese,
15 00
Celeste Magnoni,
14 00
Mrs. Arthur Chapuet,
8 00
Daniel McNeil,
11 00
Frank Dufresno,
2 50
Supard Seribin,
20 00
Patrick Gallagher,
1 02
John Ward,
6 00
William Harty,
14 78
Edward M. Young, 65
Francis Halpin,
15 00
Bernard Halbeig,
57 35
$212 14
Celia McDermott,
17 35
1078 tramps ..
$37 25
INCIDENTALS.
Expense looking up unsettled cases .....
$11 25
Postage stamps, postal cards, stamped en- velopes, etc.
4 82
Books, stationery, etc.
4 00
Printing orders.
3 50
Expense looking up insane case
2 25
Orders given for insane, poor people, etc.,
Town reimbursed .
$754 79
RECEIPTS.
Full amount of orders drawn on Clifford A. Cook, treasurer $15,267 58
Money received from the following sources and turned over to the treasurer :
Income at the farm $2,299 18
State treasurer to town treasurer 85 38
Upton poor department 137 20
Uxbridge soldiers' relief 135 31
Upton
100 85
Holliston 79 00
Abington.
64 00
$25 82
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Hopedale
$36 25
Ashland 10 00
Medway 7 00
Holyoke
2 04
Hopedale Machine Co., for Supard Seribin
8 44
Franklin
3 75
Mrs. Wm. J. Blanchard
7 29
Money paid back, insane case, 1892
39 92
Money reimbursed the town from differ- ent persons
754 79
$3,770 40
Full amount taken from the treasury .
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$11,497 18
RECAPITULATION.
Expense at the farm $4,455 27
Special appropriation . 998 25
Persons aided outside the farm
4,130 68
Persons aided in other towns
933 78
Persons aided belonging to other towns
614 32
Insane
3,105 28
State poor
212 14
Tramps
37 25
Incidentals
25 82
Orders given, town reimbursed
754 79
$15,267 58
Appropriation for poor $10,500 00
Amount expended . 10,498 93
Unexpended 1 07
Special appropriation for steam heat and repairs $1,000 00
Amount expended. 998 25
Unexpended $1 75
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BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS AND STATE.
Upton $ 27 05
Natick 1 50
Cambridge 2 00
Holliston 4 00
Uxbridge
18 30
Medway
2 15
State
225 41
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$280 41
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED DURING THE YEAR.
At the farm 59
At insane hospitals 22
Persons belonging to other towns 41
State 41
All other persons 240
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The Superintendent and Matron are paid to March 1, 1894. Salary, $650. The Town Physician is paid to Dec. 1, 1893. Sal- ary, $150. The hired help at the farm are paid to January 1, 1894. We have re-engaged Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Rhodes to superintend at the almshouse for another year.
The State Inspector of Public Buildings visited the almshouse and demanded a change in the method of heating the house, and desired the stairways to be cased in a smoke proof manner. He also demanded some method in case of fire, for its extinguishment.
The above requirements we have complied with by placing the Page system of steam heat, put in by Henry Willard of Milford, and the system is very satisfactory.
We have purchased two Babcock Fire Extinguishers, one for each hall, and the stairways have been cased, as required by law.
The whole of the inside of the almshouse has been painted twice, the work being performed by one of the inmates.
We have had both halls, women's sitting-room, dining-room, kitchen, and some sleeping-rooms papered.
The men's sitting-room we have had sheathed and finished.
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Several framed pictures have been given to us from some of the townspeople for the almshouse, that will add very materially to the appearance of the walls of the rooms.
During the fall and winter the men (inmates) at the farm have been busy reclaiming the so-called Johnson meadow.
The expense of caring for the insane has become quite an item for the townspeople to consider. The full' amount expended for the poor and insane is $10,498.93, the amount used for the insane, $3,105.28, leaving only $7,393.65 of the whole appropriation to be expended for the support of the poor of Milford.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH, JAMES W. BURKE, Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The members of the Milford Board of Health for the years 1893 and 1894, submit the following report :
The general health of the town has been good, and with the exception of a mild epidemic of scarlet fever and "La Grippe" but little to report.
The scarlet fever epidemic, by continuous efforts of the Board. was quarantined so that but one death was the result.
We report but one fatal case of diphtheria, and the circum- stances connected with it demand recognition in this report.
The physician in attendance could not have recognized the character of the case in its incipient stages, or there was great remissness in reporting it to the Board of Health.
He was prosecuted for neglect of professional duty, under the statute.
The case was "placed on file." We believe the prosecution was demanded, and will result in much better protection of the town against contagious diseases.
An epidemic of smallpox being imminent, a thorough and free vaccination of the unprotected has been carried out
The Board have vaccinated about eight hundred. and pro- tection according to the statute has been more thorough than ever before.
It may be well again to make mention of the great importance of a system of general sewerage for the town of Milford. Increased population, health and wealth will be the result. Without it, any great progress is impossible.
The work of the sanitary inspector, Mr. Hunt, was efficient. and, with few exceptions, nuisances were abated without taking advantage of the process which the statute allows.
JNO. M. EATON, M. D., Chairman,
W. J. CLARKE, M. D.,
DR. R. H. COCHRAN, Secretary,
Milford Board of Health.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the books of Treasurer and Tax Collectors and find them to be correct, and I have also examined the books of the various departments and find that the vouchers correspond with the orders drawn on and paid by the Treasurer, and that the accounts as presented are correct.
Respectfully submitted, HORACE A, BROWN,
Auditor. Milford, Mass., Feb. 14, 1894.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1893.
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 re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified 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 forenoon, 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 meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year en- suing. 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 vacancy,) 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 prepared and furnished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1890; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall li- censes be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"
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