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J. W. Roberts, rebate on tax ·
6 21
W. P. Foley, cash for Goldsmith property . 34 86
L. Grow, repairs on E. O'Connor's cart 2 75
C. T. A. & B. Assn., rent of hall for cau- cus ·
10 00
O. Whitney & Son, work on target 10 11
G. A. Sherborne, sprink- ling streets ·
25 00
H. W. Gaskill, survey 25 00
H. C. Snell, killing Ca- sey horse 2 00
G. A. Sherborne, bury- ing Casey horse 4 00
Dan Buckley, white-
washing Casey barn . 1 50
Co. M, car fare to rifle range 35 00
21
W. E. Cheney, distribu- ting notices . $3 25
$552 55
Town Meeting Expenses :-
Paid E. J. Dalton, ser- vices March 2 and Nov. 3 $ 5 50
M. Broderick, services March 2 and Nov. 3 . 5 50
John Smith, fixing
booths 10 00
O. D. Holmes, printing, posting and serving warants 28 00
O. D. Holmes,
services
at meetings 5 75
S. C. Sumner, Inspector March 2 and Nov. 3 . 18 00
T. F. Connors, Inspector March 2 and Teller Nov. 3 16 00
S. A. Eastman, Deputy Inspector March 2 and Nov. 3 7 50
R. H. Cochran, Teller March 2 and Inspec- tor Nov. 3 11 00
H. B. Spaulding, Teller
March 2 and Nov. 3 . 12 00
J. A. Cook, Deputy In- spector March 2 5 00
W. C. Lang, Teller
March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
M. J. Kelly, Teller March 2 6 00
Morgan Sweeney, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
J. J. Quinlan, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
22
A. D. White, Teller
March 2 and Nov. 3 . $13 75 F. D. Field, Teller Mar. 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
J. J. Connors, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 12 00
D. J. Sullivan, Teller March 2 6 00
J. T. Murphy, Teller
March 2 6 00
D. P. Flynn, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
T. F. Waters, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
J. A. Finegan, Teller March 2 6 00
H. I. Carpenter, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
C. A. Sumner, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
C. A. Carpenter, Teller March 2 6 00
A. A. Jenkins, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
Archie Boyd, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
A. W. Shedd, Teller,
March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
W. F. Sherborne, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
C. W. Harris, Teller March 2 and Nov. 3 13 75
George Littlewood, Tel- ler Mar. 2 and Nov. 3 13 75
D. H. Bates, Teller Mar. 2 and Nov. 3 . 13 75
T. H. Coyne, Teller March 2 6 00
23
W. H. Quinn, Teller March 2 $ 6 00
P. H. Curran, checking list March 2 and Nov. 3 18 00
W. W. Pedrick, Teller Nov. 3 6 00
R. T. Bunker, Teller Nov. 3 . 7 75
J. E. Wallace, Teller Nov. 3 7 75
W. H. Eagan, Teller Nov. 3 7 75
Thomas Moore, Teller Nov. 3 7 75
J. T. McLoughlin, Tel- ler Nov. 3 7 75
M. J. Carbary, Teller Nov. 3 7 75
M. G. Lynch, Dep. Ins. Nov. 3 2 50
James Murphy, Teller Nov. 3 ·
7 75
Fred Cook, Teller Nov 3 7 75
A. I. King, Teller, Nov. 3 6 00
P. H. Burke, Teller Nov. 3 6 00
Lewis Hayden, Teller
Nov. 3 6 00
H. A. Fourcy, Teller
Nov. 3 6 00
Webber & Tobin, din-
ner and supper Mar. 2 25 00
J. F. McGuinniss, din- ner and supper Mar. 2 15 50
$551 25
$3,353 05
24
Amount unexpended $793 95
$4,147 00
$4,147 00
STREET LIGHTS.
By appropriation $5,700 00 .
Paid Milford Electric Light and Power Co. .
$4,162 88
M. H. Finn
1,535 85
·
$5,698 73
Amount unexpended
1 27
$5,700 00 $5,700 00
SALARIES.
By appropriation $7,800 00
Paid George F. Birch, Se-
lectman . $250 00
George S. Whitney, Se-
lectman . 250 00
Benj. T. Clancy, Select- man 250 00
D. J. Lang, Clerk to Se- lectmen . 250 00
Chester L. Clark, Over- seer of Poor ·
325 00
John Smith, Overseer of Poor
100 00
James W. Burke, Overseer of Poor . ·
100 00
John Smith, sealer of weights and measures 50 00 C. A. Cook, Treasurer, on account . 250 00
H. A. Brown, Auditor, on account . 125 00
Waldo Phipps, Inspector Cattle and Provisions 1895 50 00
25
W. P. Foley, Tax Collec- tor 1893 . $175 38
W. P. Foley, Tax Collec- tor 1894 . 200 00
W. P. Foley, Tax Collec- tor 1895 . 350 00
W. P. Foley, Tax Collec- tor 1896 . 500 00
Owen F. Croughwell, Re- gistrar .
25 00
H. J. Bailey, Registrar 100 00
Wendell Williams, Regis- trar 100 00
James J. Clancy, Regis- trar
75 00
D. J. Lang, Clerk, Regis- trars 125 00
O. D. Holmes, watchman . 144 00
300 00
D. J. Lang, Town Clerk . H. C. Snell, enforcing law, January to April 121 58
H. C. Snell, enforcing law 440 00
C. H. Waters, enforcing law .
440 00
H. C. Tilden, Assessor
1895 .
4 05
T. H. Coyne, Assessor
1895 3 75
J. Barney Leonard, Asses .. sor 1896 . 160 00
Michael Larkin, Assessor 1896 135 00
David Casey, police duty . 215 00
John Moore,
693 50
P. M. Hunt,
33 50
Martin Broderick, police duty
306 00
James Howard, police duty 366 00
26
Thomas F. Kelly, police
duty
$198 75
Edward J. Dalton, police duty 301 00
D. J. Lang, recording mar- riages, births and deaths on account 285 00
--
$7,797 51
Amount unexpended
2 49
$7,800 00 $7,800 00
TOWN HALL.
By appropriation $400 00
Cash, rent of court room
300 00
Cash, rent of Town Hall
.
·
. 291 75
Paid John Smith, Janitor .
$300 00
Charles A. Hill, repairs
53 44
Otis Whitney & Son, re- pairs
35 16
James McDermott, setting glass
3 85
George K. Allen, covering table
2 40
Milford Water Co., water
26 82
Milford Gas Co., gas
164 57
J. Allen Rice, flag 10 00
C. M. Thayer & Co., sup- plies
20 47
Clark Ellis & Sons, sup- plies 12 84
J. Allen Rice, supplies 8 10
Pike Mfg. Co., supplies 2 50
W. A. Mathewson, crack- ers 12 95
Williams Bros., coal and wood .
32 50
Macuen Bros., coal
78 00
.
27
H. A. Barney, coal
$77 46
$841 06
Amount unexpended
150 69
$991 75
$991 75
MEMORIAL HALL.
By appropriation . .
$550 00
Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., rent
.
76 00
Paid Martin Jenkins, Jani- itor
$300 00
Milford Water Co., water 52 25
Milford Gas Co., gas 24 84
Williams Bros., wood and grass seed .
3 50
J. H. Morris, repairing
slate
·
5 00
Shea & O'Neil, supplies ·
1 50
Avery & Woodbury, sup- plies ·
5 95
Clark Ellis & Sons, sup- plies ·
7 91
T. E. Morse, painting flag- pole
2 75
Otis Whitney & Son, labor
3 25
James Slattery, labor 3 00
Mrs. Murray, labor
7 50
Richard Taft, labor
1 00
T. Quirk, coal
78 00
Williams Bros., coal
78 00
G. A. Sherborne, loam
8 00
$582 45
Amount unexpended
43 55
$626 00
$626 00
CHAPTER 298-SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
By appropriation $2,500 00
To amount paid various persons $2,493 72
28
Amount unexpended
$6 28
$2,500 00
$2,500 00
MILITARY AID.
By appropriation ·
$400 00
Aid paid various persons
$634 00
By one-half amount paid, due from state
317 00
Amount unexpended
83 00
$717 00
$717 00
STATE AID.
Aid paid various persons $6,036 00
By amount paid, due from state
$6,036 00
$6,036 00
$6,036 00
INTEREST.
By appropriation
$4,500 00
Paid Milford Savings Bank . $3,583 33
National Hide and Leather
Bank 900 00
Milford Co-operative Bank
16 67
$4,500 00
$4,500 00 $4,500 00
SIDEWALKS.
By appropriation ·
$1,000 00
Paid F. M. Ballou, concrete . $653 01
Darling Bros., curbing 200 00
Highway Department, la- bor 187 60
Wm. McGrath, labor 5 00
Stephen Sweet, material 17 75
$1,063 36
29
By betterments collected and paid Treas :-
1895, Mrs. Thomas Sheehan $ 7 50
1895, Mrs. John Nolan 33 50
1895, Fred Ellis
52 00
Frank D. Field
9 97
$102 97
Stephen Sweet
17 75
Amount unexpended
$57 36
$1,120 72 $1,120 72
By betterments uncollected: -
Otis Nelson
$47 25
Thomas Nelson
·
31 00
Michael Sheehan
·
7 50
W. H. Baker
5 25
$91 00
WATER FOR FIRE PURPOSES.
By appropriation
$5,300 00
Paid Milford Water Co., rent of hydrants
$5,255 00
Amount unexpended
45 00
$5,300 00 $5,300 00
GRANITE STREET EXTENSION.
By appropriation
Paid Highway Dept., labor and material
$150 00
$150 00
$150 00
BEAR HILL SIDEWALK.
By appropriation
$500 00
Paid Cennedella Bros., labor $500 00
$500 00
$500 00
.
$150 00
30
TOWN DEBT.
By appropriation
$7,700 00
Paid Milford Savings Bank .
$7,700 00
$7,700 00 $7,700 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
By appropriation .
$150 00
Paid H. J. Bailey for Post 22, G. A. R.
$150 00
$150 00
$150 00
LINDEN STREET.
By appropriation
$200 00
Paid Highway Department, labor and material
$200 00
$200 00
$200 00
BANK WALL ON SOUTH UNION STREET. (DAVID QUINLAN'S.)
By appropriation
$100 00
Paid Matthew Curley, labor $68 00
Highway Dept., labor ·
32 00
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
. EMERGENCY FUND.
By appropriation
$500 00
Paid Highway Dept., labor on snow . $198 10
Stephen Lavin, shoveling snow 2 50
H. E. Rockwood, pumping
out cellar
6 00
$206 60
Amount unexpended
293 40
$500 00
$500 00
31
HOOK AND LADDER HOUSE. (COMPLETED.)
By appropriation
$5.500 00
By cash received on old build- ing
50 00
Amount paid out last year $3,701 50
Paid C. A. Hill, plumbing ·
275 00
Charles Allen, supplies .
20 00
E. F. Lynch, balance due .
1,353 34
Robert Allen Cook, archi- tect .
200 00
$5,549 84
Amount unexpended
16
$5,550 00 $5,550 00
GEORGE F. BIRCH, GEORGE S. WHITNEY, BENJ. T. CLANCY, Selectmen of Milford.
MONEY LEFT BY THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS FOR CARE OF BURIAL LOTS, AND WHICH THE TOWN HOLDS IN TRUST.
Name and Amount left.
One Year's Interest on the several burial lots.
Amount expended on each lot during the year, as follows :-
Balance due on each lot for the year ending 1896.
Mrs. Theron Holbrook, $100 Holbrook,
$6|Paid Henry Hancock,
$2 00|Holbrook, $49 17
Mrs. Obadiah Albee,
100 Albee,
6
66
7 00 |Albee, 44 17
Wm. B. Dyer,
150 Dyer,
9 66
2 00 Dyer, 68 50
Henry S. Dean,
100 Dean,
6
3 00 Dean, 22 17
Abigail H. Adams,
100|Adams,
6 Paid Pine Grove Cemetery Corp.,
6 00 Adams, 6 00
32
Mary E. Buck,
50 Buck,
3
Henry Hancock,
5 00 Buck, 9 17
D. C. Mowry,
150 Mowry,
9
Pine Grove Cemetery Corp.,
9 00 Mowry, 19 00
Charlotte Howard,
100 Howard, 6
Henry Hancock,
2 00|Howard, 24 00
Anna S. Cross,
100 Cross,
6
2 00|Cross,
14 00
A. Wilkinson,
50 Wilkinson,
3
Wilkinson, 6 00
Statira Drake,
50 Drake,
3 Paid Henry Hancock,
2 00 Drake, 8 00
$1,050
$63
$40 00
$270 18
TREASURER'S REPORT.
CLIFFORD A. COOK, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MILFORD, MASS., AS TREASURER.
DR.
CR.
To amounts received :-
Balance on hand Feb. 7, 1896 :- New Hook and Ladder House appropriation(un- expended)
$1,798 50
Cash
·
$ 5,215 83
Treasurer of Massachusetts :-
33
Money borrowed in anticipa-
One fourth of liquor li- censes .
$3,251 50
State tax . 3,867 50 ·
National Bank tax ·
4,986 42
Liquor Licenses :-
12,105 42
Treasurer of Worcester County, Mass :-
County tax
6,448 00
Highways ·
.
.
·
11,135 35
Incidentals
·
·
·
3,353 05
Henry Pyne & Charles J.
School
.
·
26,002 18
Smith
1,300 00
School, repairs
.
1,000 00
tion of taxes for the year of
1896, as per vote of Town passed March 9, 1896 ·
25,000 00
Patrick and Louis Gillon . $1,300 00
Patrick and Louis Gillon .
1,300 00
·
Henry Pyne & Charles J. Smith
1,300 00
By amounts paid :- Money borrowed in antici- pation of taxes for the year 1896, as per vote of town passed March 9, 1896 $25,000 00
3,417 33
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Bryan & Margaret Manion John H. Stratton . ·
$1,300 00
Poor .
$14,441 63
1,300 00
Fire .
1,509 63
Fire, pay of members
6,472 34
Loring P. Webber & John F. Tobin ·
1,300 00
Fire, New Hook and Ladder House (including unexpended appropri- ation of last year) ·
2,347 88
John Cronan
1,300 00
Street Lights
5,698 73
Arthur B. Morse
1 00
Sidewalks · .
·
1,045 61
Albert H. Sweet
1 00
Town Park .
·
·
.
1 00
Town Library
1,265 97
34
Henry E. Morgan .
1 00
Town Hall
841 06
Charles H. Bridges
1 00
Interest
·
4,500 00
Water for fire purposes
5,255 00
$13,006 00
Pool and Billiard Table Licenses :-
Webber & Tobin .
$2 00
Thomas Kelley
2 00
Antonio De Pasquele
·
2 00
Chap. 440, Acts of 1890
770 37
Joseph Morcone 2 00 ·
William Cratty .
2 00
634 00
John F. McGuinness
2 00
Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1894 · State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts of 1894 .
6,036 00
.
.
·
·
.
.
·
Charles H. Collins
.
1 00
·
582 45
Memorial Day .
150 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery ·
·
150 00
Salaries ·
.
.
·
7,797 51
.
·
.
.
Thomas & Martin E. Kelly 1,300 00
Alfred & Louisa Goucher
1,300 00
.
·
·
·
250 00
J. Allen Rice
·
Memorial Hall
·
.
John Cronan
$2 00
Frank Bowen
2 00
William Curtin
2 00
John H. Stratton .
2 00
Hose wagon No. 4
313 31
South Union street . 100 00 ·
West Brook street
200 00
Michael W. Edwards
$2 00
Henry L. Willard
2 00
Joseph Richer
2 00
6 00
Miscellaneous Licenses :- M. P. Burns (merry-go- round)
$10 00
Milford Music Hall Co.
29 00
Sig. Sautelle circus
·
15 00
Great American circus
.
10 00
Washburn's circus
15 00
F. A. Gibson, slaughter- house
1 00
L. Lovelett, slaughter-house 1 00
C. Magnini, slaughter- house 1 00
82 00
·
$20 00
Auctioneer's Licenses :-
·
Granite street extension
.
150 00
Bear Hill sidewalk .
.
500 00
Emergency fund
206 60
·
Soldiers' Relief, Chap. 447, Acts of 1894 · Town debt
$2,493 72 ·
.
·
·
7,700 00
·
35
·
·
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Treasurer of Massachusetts :----
Corporation tax $2,623 09 ·
National Bank tax 473 06
Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1894 356 00
State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts of 1894 .
6,052 00
Armory rent
·
400 00
State paupers, burial ·
15 00
State paupers, support
160 15
Indigent soldiers and sail- ors, burial 70 00
-
$10,149 30
Treasurer of Worcester County, Mass. :-
Dog tax .
$667 03
Rent of court room 1 year to Jan. 1, 1897 .
300 00
967 03
Tax Collectors :-
M. J. Reynolds, taxes, 1888
$11 54
66 1889
19 36
36
M. J. Reynolds, taxes, 1890 $ 30 55
66
1891
101 05
1892
202 44
W. P. Foley, taxes,
1894
799 89
1895
7,634 23
66
1896
93,676 86
-$102,475 92
Sidewalk Department: -
G. D. Rhodes, Supt. $ 9 97
W. P. Foley, Tax Collector 93 00
102 97
Highway Department :- G. D. Rhodes, Supt. of streets · ·
$897 48
G. F. Birch
.
·
51 03
B. T. Clancy
.
·
25 00
G. S. Whitney
·
25 00
Macuen Bros. Coal Co.
200 00
1,198 51
Memorial Hall Department :- Post 22, G. A. R., rent 1 year to Jan. 1, 1897 $ 1 00
37
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Post 22, G. A. R., heating 1 year to Jan. 1, 1897 $75 00
$76 00
Town Hall Department :- John Smith, janitor .
291 75
Fire Department :-
L. E. Belknap, Treasurer, pay of members ·
$372 34
L. E. Belknap, Treasurer, miscellaneous 144 01 .
516 35
Poor Department :- C. L. Clark, Chairman
4,267 24
School Department :- C. W. Haley, Supt. 2 81
Lockup Department :-- Walter F. Snowling, 1 set lockup keys $1 00 Waldo D. White, 1 set lockup keys 1 00
38
Joseph Morcone, 1 set lockup keys Thomas F. Donnelly, 1 set lockup keys 1 00
$1 00
Patrick Birmingham, 1 set lockup keys 1 00
Luigi Lucchini, 1 set lock- up keys 1 00
William H. Carbary, 1 set lockup keys 1 00 ·
Town History Department :- Nine copies (unbound) · Chap. 440, Acts 1890, Department :- C. A. Dewey, court fines . R. H. Chamberlain, fines, Chap. 416, Acts 1891
$7 00
Balance Feb. 10, 1897 :- Town Barn (unexpended appropriation) ·
$2,000 00
42 74
Proprietors records of Town of Mendon (unex- pended appropriation) . Cash
300 00
130 00
4,810 64
$163,566 45
$163,566 45
39
9 00
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
TOWN DEBT.
Bonds: 6's, 30 years, due Aug. 10, 1897 .
$25,000 00
Notes: 42, (payable in gold) due Sept. 15, 1897 . 4}, (payable in gold) due Sept. 15, 1898 .
5,700 00
5,700 00
4₺, (payable in gold) due Sept. 15, 1899 .
5,700 00
4}, (payable in gold) due Sept. 15, 1900
5,700 00
43, (payable in gold) due Sept. 15, 1901 .
5,700 00
4}, (payable in gold) due Sept. 15, 1902 .
5,700 00
4₺, (payable in gold) due Sept. 15, 1903
5,700 00
4, (payable in gold) due Oct. 5, 1897
2,000 00
4, (payable in gold) due Oct. 5, 1898
·
2,000 00
4, (payable in gold) due Oct. 5, 1899 4, (payable in gold) due Oct. 5, 1900
2,000 00
4, (payable in gold) due Oct. 5, 1901 ·
2,000 00
4, (payable in gold) due Oct. 5, 1902 .
.
·
2,000 00
4, (payable in gold) due Oct 5, 1903
2,000 00
.
.
.
.
·
·
$78,900 00
40
·
.
2,000 00
.
.
·
·
TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.
Copies (unbound) on hand Feb. 7, 1896 .
211 · . Copies (unbound) sold
.
.
·
.
9
Copies (unbound) on hand Feb. 9, 1897
· 202
CLIFFORD A. COOK,
Treasurer.
41
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1886 .- DR.
Amount uncollected (Gleason taxes) $269 57
1887 .- DR.
Amount uncollected (Gleason taxes) $1,057 12
1888 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
$172 85
Interest .
.
3 54
$176 39
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
$ 11 54
Uncollected
164 85
$176 39
1889 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
$502 04
Interest .
5 36
$507 40
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer .
$ 19 36
Uncollected
488 04
$507 40
1890 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
$1,156 16
Interest .
7 15
$1,163 31
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer ·
$ 30 55
Uncollected ·
1,132 76
$1,163 31
.
·
48
1891 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
·
$2,237 59
Interest
16 89
$2,254 48
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
·
$ 101 05
Uncollected
2,153 43
$2,254 48
1892 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
.
$2,842 32
Interest .
38 04
$2,880 36
CR.
Paid C. A.[Cook, Treasurer ·
$ 202 44
Uncollected
2,677 92
$2,880 36
M. J. REYNOLDS, Collector, 1888-1892.
Milford, Feb. 10, 1897.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR THE YEARS 1894, 1895 AND 1896.
1894 .- DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb. 3,
1896
$890 80
Interest .
85 48
.
$976 28
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer .
$799 89
Abated .
176 39
$976 28
1895 .- DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb. 3,
1896 .
$8,830 13 ·
Interest
417 64
$9,247 77
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
$7,634 23 ·
Abated .
.
.
636 15
Amount uncollected
977 39
$9,247 77
1896 .- DR.
Amount committed
. $106,415 51
Re-assessed
·
.
1,284 48
Interest
.
168 85
$107,868 84
.
.
45
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer
£ $93,676 86
Discounts
.
·
2,085 20
Abatements
.
·
3,093 16
Amount uncollected
9,013 62
$107,868 84
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb. 3,
1896
$184 00
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, Treasurer .
$93 00
Amount uncollected
91 00
$184 00
Respectfully submitted,
WM. P. FOLEY,
Collector, 1893-1896.
Milford, Mass., Feb. 5, 1897.
.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Town appropriations
$100,350 00
State tax
.
3,867 50
County tax
6,448 00
Amount called for
$110,665 50
Tax on Collector's book
101,317 55
Underlay
$9,347 95
VALUATION.
Buildings, excluding land
$2,885,458 00
Land, excluding buildings 1,467,481 00
$4,352,939 00
Personal, excluding resident bank $820,690 00
Resident bank .
255,888 00
$ 1,076,578 00
Total valuation
. $5,429,517 00
Resident bank valuation ·
.
$255,888 00
Non-resident bank valuation
.
291,312 00
Total bank valuation
$547,200 00
Tax on Collector's book, including resident bank .
$101,317 55
Non-resident bank tax .
5,097 96
Total amount committed $106,415 51
Tax rate, $17.50 per $1000,
47
Resident bank tax
.
$4,478 04
Non-resident bank tax
.
5,097 96
Total bank tax
$9,576 00
Tax on personal estate .
$18,840 12
real estate .
76,176 43
" polls
6,298 00
Total
$101,314 55
Gain of fractions in casting tax .
3 00
Amount on Collector's book
$101,317 55
Number of polls .
3149
horses ·
.
·
·
349
sheep
none
cattle other than cows
41
swine
27
dwelling-houses
.
1639
acres of land .
.
9352
.
·
765
COWS
.
.
GEORGE E. STACY, JAMES B. LEONARD, MICHAEL LARKIN, Assessors of Milford.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Pool and billiard licenses recorded 10
Slaughter-house licenses recorded 3
Auctioneers' licenses recorded . 3
Common victuallers' licenses
10
Innholders' licenses
10
DOG LICENSES.
Whole number returned by Assessors
324
Whole number licensed (males 327; females 26) 353
Amount received for same .
. $784 00
Amount sent County Treasurer . $713 40 .
MORTGAGES RECORDED.
Chattel mortgages recorded 51
Assignment of wages recorded .
16
Mortgages discharged .
.
.
9
Bills of sale recorded .
.
1
Married woman's certificate recorded .
1
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS.
Marriage intentions issued
104
Whole number marriages recorded
109
DOMNICK J. LANG,
Town Clerk.
.
REPORT OF TOWN PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Appropriation
$250 00
Labor, John Regan
$ 7 40
John Coffee .
·
84 40
Addison Aldrich
33 00
"
Mr. Conant .
3 00
N. K. Sprague
16 15
$143 95
Carting, Wm. Johnston
5 75
Police, Timothy Kirby
21 25
Trees, Martin McMahon, 1895
$ 3 34
" Michael Larkin
20 70
24 04
Lumber, Z. C. Field
$11 18
Macuen Brothers .
4 80
15 98
Supplies, Clark Ellis & Sons
7 40
Fertilizer, Mr. Conant
.
3 50
Order book, Thomas Groom & Co.
.
7 75
Street scrapings, highway department
20 38
.
.
·
$250 00
BILLS UNPAID.
Highway Department for street scrapings $242 62
C. W. WILCOX, TIMOTHY KIRBY, Town Park Commissioners.
REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS. -
By appropriation March, 1896 :-
Pay of members .
$6,100 00
Incidentals ·
1,400 00
Completion of Ladder House ·
500 00
New Hose wagon No. 3 .
350 00
Labor by steamer team from Highway Depart- ment .
491 50
Various small jobs
11 75
Sale of old hose and junk
13 10
$8,866 35
EXPENDITURES. PAY OF MEMBERS.
Board of Engineers
$395 00
Hose Co. No. 1
·
755 00
No. 2 738 34 ·
No. 3
717 50
Engine Co. No. 2
755 00
Ladder Co. No. 1
987 50
J. H. Scott, Supt. Fire Alarm Telegraph
300 00
Walter Bennett, driver Engine No. 2 775 00 ·
John Callery, driver Ladder No. 1 187 50
P. P. O'Donnell, horses and driver Hose No. 3 and engineers 175 00 .
W. P. Leland, driver Hose No. 2 . 150 00
N. B. Fairbanks, engineman Engine No. 2 ·
175 00
H. E. Rockwood, engineman Engine No. 1
87 50
J. J. Hennessey, driver Hose No. 1 .
75 00
J. J. Hennessey, steward Hose No. 1 ·
43 00
W. H. Quinn, steward Hose No. 2 ·
.
43 00
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·
.
·
.
·
.
·
51
Richard Hoey, steward Hose No. 3 Thos. Lally, steward Ladder No. 1
$43 00
40 00
G. H. Whiting, driver engine No. 2
30 00
$6,472 34
Receipts
372 34
$6,100 00
INCIDENTALS.
Milford Gas Light Co.
$ 172 29
Milford Water Co.
69 05
Mrs. H. M. Barber, lease of land
15 00
Wm. Johnston & Co., fire duty
47 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, labor and supplies
131.76
H. L. Marston, harness hanger
15 00
Williams Bros., coal and wood
22 88
H. A. Barney, coal and wood
36 39
T. Quirk, coal and wood .
17 98
Eastman & Hobart, hay and grain
95 08
Lally & Baxter, hay and grain
108 84
Prentice & Son, hay and grain
94 84
L. E. Belknap, repairs, labor and material
113 05
Ira N. Ide, horse-shoeing .
39 67
Hilton Bros. & Crofoot, labor and material
2 00
Irving E. Jones, labor and material
2 00
N. E. Telegraph and Telephone Co., rent of tele- phone . 42 00
Pettengill, Andrews & Co., fire alarm supplies .
25 20
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., fire alarm supplies ·
27 44
Charles L. Bly, fire alarm supplies .
31 20
F. L. Fairbanks, heater at ladder house ·
42 50
G. A. Sherborne, express and teaming
5 60
J. P. Ryan, labor
.
.
24 89
Eldredge & Beattey, paint .
.
2 10
T. E. Morse, paint .
U. S. Fire & Police Telegraph Co., and fuses 10 00 ·
break-key
1 35
N. B. Fairbanks, labor and material
10 95
.
.
52
A. J. Morse & Son, copper rings . $ 4 92
T. L. Martin, veterinary surgeon . 3 50
G. T. Fales, cotton flannel
58
C. A. Hill, labor and material
8 05
J. H. Scott, incidental expenses
15 73
C. H. Collins, chamois and sponges
4 54
F. Tompkins, Jr., record book .
1 25
F. L. Fairbanks, heater at engine house Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., supplies C. Callahan Co., supplies
69 80
J. L. Buxton, repairs
1 80
Cook & Sons, letter heads and envelopes .
.
4 50
H. H. Easterbrook, book fire laws . 1 00 ·
T. J. Curley, salt .
50
George Julian, cleaning vault
·
.
2 00
John Kavanagh, labor
.
.
5 00
P. F. Slattery, watching at fires
5 00
L. P. Jones, oil
5 00
Blanchard Oil Co., oil
5 40
J. A. Boyce, repairs
2 50
The Rollins Press, fire record book
4 00
Fire and Water, one year .
3 00
Otis Whitney & Son, repairs
21 96
C. W. Harris, repairing eaves trough
1 00
Damon & Avery, repairing engines
15 15
Austin Howard, heater .
8 00
J. E. McDougall, bi-carb. soda
16 82
F. L. Fairbanks, electric lighting apparatus
28 25
H. S. Cushman, harness supplies and repairs
18 00
E. E. Vaughan, supplies
1 62
D. B. Rockwood, repairs .
1 20
$1,509 63
Receipts, :
109 63
$1,400 00
Balance of receipts on hand .
$34 83
·
3 50
.
.
40 00
·
.
53
LADDER HOUSE.
Appropriation
Paid F. M. Ballou, concrete $129 62
Patrick Ferguson, cementing cellar .
74 00
C. A. Hill, gas fixtures and piping 40 05
Bryan Manion, rent
72 00
F. L. Fairbanks, electric lighting
apparatus 35 00
John H. Clay, door springs, etc.
40 00
Otis Whitney & Son, labor and
material ·
35 92
Charles Allen, door bolts and trips ·
12 82
L. E. Belknap, labor and material 12 45 .
Avery & Woodbury, furniture . 17 85 .
H. L. Marston, harness hanger . 15 00 ·
S. R. Emerson, labor
3 98
Eldredge & Beattey, setting glass
2 25
F. R. Adams, setting glass 2 00
N. B. Fairbanks, labor . 3 25 .
W. B. Whiting, bed clothing
3 35
$499 54
Balance,
46
$500 00
$500 00
HOSE WAGON.
$350 00
Paid L. Grow & Son, one wagon as per contract . ·
$225 00
L. Grow & Son, extras . ·
1 50
Scrannage Bros., gong, brackets, etc. 41 25
Knight & Thomas, extinguishers
45 56
$313 31
Balance
36 69
$350 00
$350 00
.
.
$500 00
Appropriation
· . ·
54
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations
. $8,350 00
Receipts
516 35
$8,866 35
Expended .
8,794 82
Balance in treasury
$71 53
Balance on hose wagon
36 69
$34 84
Balance on ladder house .
46
Balance
$34 38
ROSTER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
J. H. SCOTT,
Chief Engineer
P. P. O'DONNELL,
First Assistant Engineer
J. T. KELLEY, Engineer
C. H. COOK,
Engineer
L. E. BELKNAP, Clerk and Treasurer
HOSE COMPANY NO. 1. H. I. Binney, Captain; F. G. Clark, Lieutenant; A. M. Bagley, Clerk; J. J. Hennessy, Driver and Steward; L. R. Joy, W. L. White, F. A. Hoyt, E. G. Hubbard, C. E. Dewing, G. E. Fletcher, H. L. Willard, A. J. Whitcomb, W. I. Rose.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 2. T. F. Martin, Captain; Emmons Fletcher, Lieutenant; C. E. Blaisdell, Clerk and Treasurer; W. H. Quinn, Steward; W. P. Leland, Driver; P. J. Connors, J. J. Ring, E. M. Temple, John Mathews, W. P. Dacey, Fred Gas- kill, F. L. Kimball, L. F. Gillon, T. F. Callahan.
HOSE COMPANY No. 3. W. H. Curtin, Captain; D. O'Connor, Lieutenant; A. O. Hersey, Clerk and Treasurer; Richard Hoey, Steward; George Julian, John Keelon, John Kirby, William Sheehan, Thomas Shea, Charles Voyer, Henry Marchassault, C. A. Cheney, John Hurley.
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