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ENGINE COMPANY No. 2. F. M. Walker, Captain; O. F. Eldredge, Lieutenant; H. A. Bagley, Clerk and Treasurer; N.
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B. Fairbanks, Engineman; W. A. Fairbanks, Stoker; Walter Bennett, Driver; N. E. Gaskill, William Struthers, George Dudley, I. C. Trask, H. Trask, G. A. Wilcox, J. B. King, William Annette.
ENGINE COMPANY No. 1. In reserve. H. E. Rockwood, Engineman.
LADDER COMPANY No. 1. J. F. Baxter, Captain; J. L. Keefe, Lieutenant; D. P. Flynn, Clerk; M. H. Sullivan, Treas- urer; Thomas Lally, Steward; John Callery, Driver; M. H. Burke, T. F. Waters, T. F. Connors, Stephen Quirk, Frank Quirk, J. J. Nelligan, Edward Riley, J. A. Boyce, Daniel Chaisson, L. V. Corbett.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
There were 15 box alarms and 28 still alarms during the year ending Feb. 1, 1897.
Feb. 8, 12.30 p. M. Still alarm .- Lawrence lane, dwelling owned by Wm. Sheehan. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
Feb. 9, 3 p. M. Still alarm .- School street, dwelling owned by John O'Donnell. Damage, $10. Cause, child play- ing with matches.
Feb. 17. No alarm .- South Main street, dwelling owned by Patrick Lowrey. Damage $11. Cause, overheated stove.
March 3, 7 A. M. Still alarm .- Walnut street. Dwelling owned by H. E. Fales. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
March 4, 7.30 P. M. Still alarm .- Water street, dwelling owned by William Eagan. No damage. Cause, foul chim- ney.
March 25, 8 P. M. Still alarm. Central street, dwelling owned by Claflin heirs. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
March 27, 9.30 A. M. Still alarm .- Depot street, dwelling owned by John Keelon. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
April 1, 2 P. M. Box 27 .- Dominick street, dwelling owned by L. Legretti. Damage to building $300; insurance on building, $800; damage to contents $50; no insurance. Cause, hot ashes in wooden box.
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April 4, 2 P. M. Still alarm-Walnut street, dwelling owned by II. E. Fales. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
April 5, 1 P. M. Still alarm .- Forest fire in Vernon Grove cemetery, burned over 20 acres.
April 8, 9.30 A. M. Box 24. Grass fire off Sumner street, near the iron foundry, burned over 2 acres. No damage.
April 9, 5 P. M. Still alarm .- Forest fire near Ross granite quarry, Cedar street, burned over 50 acres.
April 15, 7.30 p. M. Still alarm .- Forest fire near Hop- kinton on land owned by Macuen Bros., burned over 50 acres.
April 17, 1 P. M. Still alarm .- Forest fire near Braggville schoolhouse, land owned by P. Flannigan, burned over 10 acres.
April 24, 7 A. M. Still alarm .- Sumner street, dwelling owned by John Bird. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
May 3, 2.40 P. M. Box 26 .- Pond street, dwelling owned by Patrick Lyons. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
May 5, 7.45 P. M. Box 27 .- East Main street, barn owned by Mrs. H. Leonard. No damage. Cause unknown.
May 6, 1.25 P. M. Box 24 .- Winter street, dwelling owned by Rev. P. Cuddihy, occupied by J. Gallagher. Dam- age to building $500; insurance $1000; damage to contents $100; insurance $500. Cause, rats and matches.
May 7. Still alarm .- Forest fire on Bear Hill, burned over 20 acres.
May 10. Still alarm .- Forest fire back of Congress street, land owned by the Eames estate, burned over 15 acres.
May 16, 6.30 P. M. Still alarm .- Central street, dwelling owned by Peter Shields. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
June 4, 9.30 A. M. Box 27 .- East Main street, barn owned by Mrs. H. Leonard. Damage $500; insurance $500. Cause unknown, supposed incendiary.
June 6, 11.45 P. M. Still alarm-Main street, dwelling owned by Mrs. McGee. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
June 7, 6 P. M. Still alarm .- Depot street, dwelling owned by Mrs. J. Ahearn. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
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July 4, 12.07 A. M. Box 24 .- Off Sumner street, boat house owned by E. Hayward. Damage $125. Cause incendi- ary.
Aug. 9, 2 p. M. Still alarm. East street, dwelling owned by John Shea. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
Aug. 10, 3 P. M. Still alarm .- Baker's slip, dwelling owned by Lewis Hayden. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
Sept. 5, 2.30 A. M. Still alarm .- Main street, wood build- ing owned by Cook heirs, occupied by J. Zernino and others. No damage. Cause, leak in gas-pipe became ignited.
Sept. 11, 11.30 P. M. Box 25 .- School street, high school. Damage, $25 ; no insurance. Cause unknown; supposed care- less pipe smoking.
Sept. 17, 8 P. M. Still alarm .- West street, dwelling owned by George F. Birch. Damage $47; insurance $500. Cause. lamp tipped over.
Sept. 25, 1.45 A. M. Box 35 .- Highland street, barn owned by Henry Leland. Damage $500; insurance $50. Cause unknown, supposed tramps.
Sept. 26, 8.45 P. M. Box 24 .- Main street, wooden build- ing owned by S. P. Carpenter heirs, occupied by H. Ray & Co. and others as stores. No damage. Cause, spark in pile of rubbish in the cellar.
Oct. 10, 6.05 P. M. Box 15 .- Front street, wooden build- ing owned by Excelsior Cement Co., occupied by M. J. Buck- ley and others as shoe factory and bone cutter factory. Damage $2600; insurance $4000. Cause, lighted lamp fell from bracket.
Nov. 5, 11.30 A. M. Still alarm .- Beach street, dwelling owned by Miss Devine. No damage. Cause foul chimney.
Dec. 20, 1.20 A. M. Box 25 .- Main street, wooden build- ing owned by C. R. Scott, occupied by Mrs. Cunningham and others as dwelling and stores. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
Dec. 21, 6.25 A. M. Box 14 .- Central street, wooden build- ing owned by Milford Shoe Co. No damage. Cause, over- heated thermostadt. No fire.
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Dec. 23, 6.25 A. M. Still alarm .- Thermostadt alarm from the same building, and same cause. No fire.
Dec. 25, 11.30 A. M. Still alarm .- Main street, brick building owned by Milford Music Hall Co., occupied as stores, theatre and club rooms. Damage to building, $50; contents C. L. & D. Association, $97; insurance $51,500. Cause, careless smoking.
Dec. 26, 5 P. M. Still alarm .- Depot street, dwelling owned by M. W. Edwards. No damage. Cause, foul chim- ney.
Jan. 12, '97, 7.05 P. M. Box 26. Cook street, dwell- ing owned by Patrick Sullivan. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
Jan. 19, 3 P. M. Still alarm .- Thayer street, dwelling owned by Mrs. Kelley. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
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Jan. 24, 5.58 P. M. Box 25 .- Corner School and Spruce streets, stone building owned by Town of Milford, occupied as library and G. A. R. Hall. Damage $10, no insurance. Cause, careless smoking.
Jan. 27, 4 P. M. Still alarm-North Bow street, dwelling owned by S. W. Hayward. No damage. Cause, foul chim- ney.
Value of buildings in which fire occurred $146,275 00
Damage to buildings in which fire occurred 3,181 00
Insurance on buildings in which fire occurred 73,550 00
Value of contents of buildings in which fire oc- curred 77,050 00
Damage to contents of buildings in which fire oc- curred 2,844 00
Insurance on contents of buildings in which fire occurred
37,320 00
Total value of buildings and contents ·
223,325 00
Total damage to buildings and contents . 5,925 00 ·
Total insurance on buildings and contents
110,870 00
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Four buildings ; 2 steam fire engines; 3 hose wagons ; 1 ladder truck; 2 hose jumpers ; 2 horses; 3 sets double harness-
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es; 4 sets single harnesses ; 1 two-horse tip-cart; 1 sled; 5000 feet double jacket hose; 5 stoves ; furniture for three sleeping rooms ; 8 three-gallon chemical extinguishers; necessary amount of spanners, belts, nozzles, pipes, lanterns, etc. ; 75 woolen coats ; 5 rubber coats; 5 siamese connections; 1 fur- nace; 2 gas heaters; 1· hot-air heater; electric lighting appa ratus at engine house, ladder house and hose houses No. 1 and No. 2; bob runners for hose wagon No. 1 and ladder truck; 1 pung; 1 express wagon.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
1 3-circuit repeater; 1 3-circuit switch-board; 73 battery cells; 4 galvanometers; 18 miles of wire ; 4 mechanical gongs ; 4 direct-action tappers; 1 whistle machine; 1 bell striker ; 1 8- inch Crosby chime steam whistle; 130 poles; 16 street boxes.
RESERVOIRS.
There are seventeen reservoirs, situated as follows : One each on Grove, Fruit, Exchange, Jefferson, North Bow, Wal- nut, Lawrence, West, Hayward, and Congress streets; one on the Plains; one at 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 at North Purchase.
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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 & 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.
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Box 46. Corner Fountain and Purchase streets.
Box 47. Purchase street, opposite Mr. Kibby's.
Box 52. Main street, 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 Company's factory.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We would recommend the following appropriations :- For pay of members .
$5,500 00
For incidentals ·
1,500 00
For new floor and sills at engine house 250 00
$7,250 00
We find that the sills, floor joist, and floor at the engine house have become decayed quite badly, and for the safety of the engines we would recommend that the above appropria- tion be made for its repair.
We would respectfully call the attention of the citizens to the valuation, damage and insurance upon buildings in which fires occurred the past year, which ought to be a sufficient guarantee that the fire department of our town is not excelled by any within the Commonwealth. We have had several fires the past year that might have extended into conflagrations had not our fire department been efficient in every particular and detail.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. H. SCOTT, Chief, P. P. O'DONNELL, 1st Assistant, JOHN T. KELLY, C. H. COOK, L. E. BELKNAP, Clerk and Treas.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
EXPENSE AT THE FARM.
Salary of superintendent
$600 00
Grain
527 71
Meat
440 31
Labor
381 00
Flour, bread, and crackers
277 36
Cows
261 00
Butter
191 66
Coal
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147 84
Dry goods
131 35
Painting, papering, etc. .
110 00
Sugar
124 12
Boots and shoes
106 65
Clothing .
·
101 33
Fresh fish
84 86
Hardware, plumbing and farming tools
72 72
Fire insurance
68 40
Tea
.
59 56
Medical attendance
50 00
Land plaster and fertilizer
50 20
Medicine .
49 05
Horse shoeing and jobbing
48 22
Small groceries and spices
37 71
Tobacco
34 00
Hard soap
24 90
Oil
22 17
Soft soap .
22 00
Lumber
28 00
Carpenter work
17 66
Furniture, etc. 18 45
Small bills paid by M. C. Harvey
17 53
Salt fish .
45 06
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Lard
$16 85
Molasses .
·
15 75
Grass and garden seeds
16 18
Burial
15 00
Harrow
16 00
Repairing harness, etc.
13 50
Repairing heater .
10 75
Beans
10 48
Salt
9 00
Sawing lumber
6 94
Taxes on Upton wood lot
6 40
Making cider
6 33
Straw
·
6 57
Milford Times, 5 years
6 25
Coffee
6 50
Milford Daily News, 1895 and 1896
6 00
Tubs
5 75
Iron kettle
5 00
Standing grass
5 00
Veterinary surgeon
5 00
Repairing wringer
4 15
Axes
4 00
Pails
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3 63
Apples
3 44
Crockery, etc.
3 44
Repairing clocks .
3 50
Baskets
2 10
Curing hams
3 09
Paris green
3 00
Brooms
2 75
Stationery, etc.
1 60
Lamp chimneys
1 40
Onion sets
1 25
Advertising
1 50
Cheese
.
1 20
Extracting teeth
1 00
$4,381 12
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INCOME AT THE FARM.
Milk
. $1,075 16
Patrick Casey and wife, board
208 00
Curtis Claflin, board
156 00
Catherine Hannon, pension
142 00
Sarah McGrath, board
72 00
Pigs
57 25
Apples
.
·
31 83
Potatoes
21 75
Eggs
19 42
Peas
9 00
Calves
8 25
Old iron
5 94
Cranberries
5 00
Corn
4 30
Poultry
4 34
Hide and tallow
4 00
Beets
3 88
Rhubarb
3 61
Board
3 00
Service of boar
2 00
Service of bull
1 50
Calf skins
1 50
Currants .
1 20
Tomatoes
1 20
Cucumbers
15
$1,842 28
INMATES AT THE FARM DURING THE YEAR.
Age. Wks.
Age. Wks.
Lydia A. Parkhurst,
56 52
Frank Sireack,
19
52
Ellen Middleton,
56 52
Edward Donovan,
69
52
Dennis Pyne,
56
52
William O'Rouke,
56
52
Johanna McCarty,
78
52
John Flynn,
42
52
Mary Flagg,
73
52
John Manion, 42
22
Thomas Hughes,
73 52
Michael Hughes, 68
52
Patrick Ward,
82
19
Lizzie Gabry,
34
52
Catherine Hannon,
84
47
Anna Greigg,
71
52
Martin Coppinger,
67
52
Andrew S. Fuller,
48
20
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Age. Wks.
Age. Wks.
Walter Gabry,
3 52
James McCormick,
30
7
Loring Adams,
75
52
Edward Powers,
60
5
Ellen Magee,
70
52
Frank McCool,
35
12
Mary Brown,
90
50
Peter Quirk,
32
6
James Degan,
62
52
John McGrath,
54
3
Celia Conlan,
61
52
Julia Masterson,
47
7
Patrick Casey,
70
52
Thomas Sireack,
22
7
Michael Dunn,
76
52
Frank Lackey,
79
9
Michael Dunn, jr.,
38
34
William Riley,
48
35
Margaret Casey,
69
52
John Kennedy,
66
34
Harriet Smith,
73
52
Thomas Murray,
49
34
Michael King,
47
52
Daniel Curran,
58
29
Orry Cheney,
36
2
Mary O'Connell,
50
30
Linda Sireack,
28
3
Edward Sireack,
64
29
Winnefred Burke,
97
24
Thomas Williams,
42
1
Daniel Bergin,
61
52
Mary Williams,
39
1
Curtis L. Claflin,
71
52
Nellie Williams,
13
1
Mary Sireack,
52
52
John Williams,
9
1
Moses Smith,
72
12
Nicholas Frazier,
57
7
Mary A. Johnson,
43
52
William Coy,
32
17
Bridget Shaw,
62
52
William F. Tormey,
40
8
Jennie E. Stewart,
22
20
Edward Hanson,
52
14
George C. Warren,
52
3
Patrick Mitchell,
51
9
Michael Hinds,
63
52
John F. Moore,
56
9
Sarah McGrath,
89
40
David A. Fisk,
80
7
Nellie L. Gabry,
1 52
William Conley,
42
7
Alice Cisco,
27
1
John Minon, 59
6
Ethel Cisco,
16 wks 1
Thomas N. Hannigan, 30
5
Bridget Regan,
76
9
Net expense at the farm
$2,538 84
Appraisal of Town farm and wood lot, $6,400; interest 384 00
Appraisal of personal property, $3,380.80; interest
202 84
$3,125 68
Whole number of inmates during the year .
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75
Average number
.
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4333
Average weekly cost
$1 40
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There were three deaths at the farm during the year as follows :-
Patrick Ward, died June 7, 1896, age 81; consumption. Winnefred Burke, died June 15, 1896, age 97; old age. Mary Brown, died Jan. 18, 1897, age 91; heart failure.
PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Hattie Adams,
$ 84 00
Edward McKenna, $77 08
Mrs. James Boland,
16 13
Patrick McQuaid, 69 85
Mrs. Patrick Burns,
44 75
Mrs. Kate McDermott, 84 60
David Butler,
5 00
Owen McGurren, 73 50
Mrs. Ann Cahill,
82 45
James McKenna, 1 73
John H. Coyne,
33 50
Edward Nelligan, 47 60
Callanan children, 152 25
Mrs. John Nugent, 49 00
Mrs. Peter Collins,
52 88
Cooper children,
114 52
Benjamin Cottrell,
95 75
Mrs. Martin O'Melia,
66 64
Mrs. Hannah Cooney,
24 39
Mary O'Connell,
2 90
Thomas Crowley chil- dren,
27 50
Mrs. Thos. F. Powers, 100 00
John Callahan,
33 25
Mrs. Margaret Shea,
43 00
William Coy,
2 70
William O'Rouke,
1 54
John Doherty,
122 83
Frank H. Scanlon, 31 45
Mrs. David Doyle,
39 42
Mrs. William Tracey, 102 50
David A. Fisk,
55 00
Mrs. Jerry Tynan, 87 23
Ellen A. Guild,
182 00
Laura Tucker, 103 50
John Griffin, 37 75
Mrs. James A. Turner, 63 00
Mrs. Michael Hageney, 92 27
Henry Voyer,
15 50
Lucretia Hayward,
70 58
Edmond White,
51 98
John Hayes, 61 75
Lewis Phipps, 2 00
James Johnstone, 10 00
William Graves,
13 50
Mrs. George Kimm,
13 00
Julia Masterson, 10 65
Joseph W. Littlefield, 46 30
Medical attendance for
Frank Lackey,
33 00
the above, 100 00
John F. Moore, 35 60
Mrs. Thomas R. May, 108 75 James Mowry, 3 00
$2,897 07
Mary Donahoe, 18 00
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PERSONS AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS BELONGING TO MILFORD.
Mrs. Lorinda A. Blake, Malden . $ 51 00
Mrs. Eliphalet Bailey, Holliston · 58 50
Alvin Collins, Holliston . 78 00
Mrs. Mary Clancy, Ashland .
26 00
John Baxter, New Bedford .
27 25
William P. Fisk, Natick 14 50
Patrick Gilbride, Worcester
20 60
Robert H. Harden, Lynn and Marlboro
54 50
Edward Hanson, Tewksbury
7 14
James Murphy children, Marlboro
144 00
Mahan children, Boston .
50 00
Laura McGowan, Boston
8 00
Mrs. Lawrence O'Hare, Salem
19 29
Patrick Petitt, Boston City Hospital
19 00
William Riley, Upton
24 29
Mrs. Joseph P. Kelly, Lynn
123 30
Johanna Slattery, Hopkinton
89 25
Mrs. Jenny Stewart, Chester
37 36
Thomas Sireack, Holliston
3 00
George O'Donnell, Natick
76 70
$931 68
PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD.
Mrs. James E. Butler, Upton $ 84 00
Mrs. Joseph Brodeur, Gloucester
66 15
Frank N. Cox, Uxbridge
19 00
Charles Deeds, Holliston
4 38
Charles M. Emery, Natick
122 50
Mrs. George D. Edmands, Hopedale
150 00
Mrs. Charles Gaines, Medway 43 50
Felix Goodnow, Grafton . 11 50
William Hagerty, Lynn .
.
4 00
James H. Lee, Worcester
.
3 50
John L. Morrison, North Adams
.
53 98
Thressa Moore, Mendon .
1 00
.
67
Mrs. Oscar Mann, Natick
$122 65
33 27
181 35
81 10
12 40
107 36
6 00
Mrs. Michael Savage, Franklin .
19 25
Martin V. Tingley, Bellingham .
51 00
Mrs. Isaac E. Welch, Holliston .
46 00
Soldiers' Relief, Uxbridge
.
74 95
Soldiers' Relief, Upton .
60 00
Mrs. Herbert Parker, Nantucket
156 00
$1,514 84
INSANE.
Christopher Beatty, Taunton Lunatic
$169 92
Albert Brigham, Danvers Insane
117 00
Peter Corrigan, Worcester Lunatic
39 93
Caroline Coughlin, Tewksbury .
109 20
Thomas Conway, Worcester Lunatic
65 93
Charles H. Dunham, Worcester Insane
169 92
John Droney, Worcester Insane
169 94
Munroe A. Goldsmith, Worcester Luna- tic
169 92
Kate Geary, Medfield Insane
156 36
Harriet M. Harden, Worcester Lunatic
38 21
Joseph P. Kelly, 66
66
169 94
Anna A. Murphy,
66
169 92
Hannah Murphy,
66
148 10
Jeremiah McGrath
66
506 41
Abbot L. Perry,
66
169 92
Hannah W. Kennedy,
169 92
Effie M. Russell, 66
169 92
Maria Ripley, Westboro Insane
169 94
Lucy M. Wilber, Worcester Lunatic
169 92
Charles H. White,
169 92
George C. Warren,
. 46 54
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$3,266 78
Mrs. Sarah A. Murray, Boston Mrs. Robert McAuliffe, Randolph Benjamin Newton, Shrewsbury Charles E. Newton, Shrewsbury Mrs. Adelia A. Pitman, Franklin William Papineau, Marlboro
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STATE POOR.
Constantine Ackleman, $10 50
John Kiathouski, $10 00
Mrs. Dan'l Brassell,
74 13
Angelo Mancastrippi, 2 00
Mrs. Octave Cotie, 27 00
Mrs. John Marshal, 64 07
George Donald,
36 98
Daniel McNeil,
52 80
Albert Gilboa,
3 00
Daniel McIsaac,
13 85
Joseph Gilboa,
29 00
James McNamara, 47 03
Patrick Gallagher,
77
Andrew Regan,
5 00
Mary Gilleny,
8 00
Charles Sweeney,
7 00
Patrick Hadlock,
81 50
Mrs. John Feldman,
6 00
Mary Hennessy,
4 25
John Williams,
5 54
Mrs. Michael Finn,
3 50
John Gillis,
2 00
$493 92
1520 tramps
$36 05
INCIDENTALS.
Expense looking up unsettled cases
$26 80
Postage stamps and postal cards
5 50
Letter heads
3 50
Orders
3 00
Books and stationery
2 22
History blanks
2 00
Envelopes
1 75
Stamped envelopes
1 10
$45 87
RECEIPTS.
Full amount of orders drawn on C. A. Cook, Treasurer
$14,441 63
Money received from the following sources and turned over to the Treasurer :-
Income at the farm
. $1,842 28
State
175 15
Randolph
189 45
Nantucket
180 00 .
Hopedale
157 00
Natick .
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116 15
Gloucester
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124 38
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69
Shrewsbury
$ 93 50
Upton .
.
85 25
Upton Soldiers' Relief
67 50
Marlborough
84 03
Uxbridge Soldiers' Relief
74 95
Bellingham
65 75
Sutton .
62 60
Holliston .
52 00
Medway
56 38
Grafton
35 50
Uxbridge
19 00
Franklin
18 75
Boston .
31 27
Worcester
11 20
Ashland
5 00
Mendon
1 00
Town reimbursed from 1894 report
5 00
Town reimbursed from 1895 report
15 00
Money reimbursed the Town from different persons .
874 30
$4,442 39
Full amount taken from the treasury
$9,999 24
RECAPITULATION.
Expense at the farm . $4,381 12
Persons aided outside the farm . 2,897 07
Persons aided in other towns 931 68
Persons aided belonging to other towns
1,514 84
Insane
3,266 78
State poor
493 92
Tramps
.
36 05
Incidentals
45 87
Orders given, town reimbursed .
874 30
Appropriation for the poor
$10,000 00
Amount expended .
.
9,999 24 $ 76
Amount unexpended
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$14,441 63
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BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS AND THE STATE.
State
$516 83
Franklin
.
.
129 25
Natick
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157 35
North Attleboro .
·
104 00
North Adams
53 98
Uxbridge
16 00
Nantucket
12 00
Shrewsbury
5 00
Holliston
4 38
Boston
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7 50
Randolph
$1,008 29
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED DURING THE YEAR.
At the farm
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75
Insane hospitals
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21
Person belonging to other towns
93
State
64
All other persons
178
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The superintendent and matron are paid to March 1, 1897; salary $600. The town physician is paid to Dec. 1, 1896; sal- ary $150. The hired help are paid to Jan. 1, 1897.
We would recommend that the Town vote an appro- priation to paint the almshouse and also to provide the first and second floors of the house with water closets. As the house is supplied with water from a spring, and last year a large cess-pool was made by the inmates of the farm under the direction of the superintendent, the expense would be only for the set bowls, and the necessary plumbing for the same. We think the expense would not be very large, and it would be a much needed convenience.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH, JAMES W. BURKE,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, NATHAN W. HEATH, Term expires 1897. THOMAS F. MANNING, 1898
CHARLES A. DEWEY, BENJAMIN ADAMS, " 1899
OWEN F. CROUGHWELL was chosen last September to fill a va- cancy till March, 1897.
CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman. OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, Secretary. NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, Librarian.
At the meeting of the Trustees held on the second day of February, 1897, it was voted to recommend an appropriation of six hundred dollars for the benefit of the Town Library during the ensuing year.
CHARLES A. DEWEY,
Chairman.
REPORT OF SECRETARY.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
GENTLEMEN : The receipts of the Library for the year ending Jan. 31, 1897, were as follows :
Appropriation
$600 00
Dog tax .
.
667 03
Catalogues
.
.
4 25
Fines
·
54 86
Sundries
50
.
Total
$1,326 64
72
Expenditures :-
Lighting .
$155 55
Express .
7 20
Covering books .
14 02
Librarian
360 00
Supplies
63 43
Binding .
38 25
Books
.
.
-
$1,325 58
Unexpended
$1 06
All of which is respectfully submitted. O. F. CROUGHWELL,
Secretary.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
GENTLEMEN : I hereby submit my report for the year ending Jan. 30, 1897.
Number of days open, 306. Circulation for the year, 28,781 volumes. Circulation the previous year, 28,756 volumes, a gain of 25 volumes.
Largest daily circulation, March 21, 1896, 361 volumes. Smallest daily circulation Nov. 10, 1896, 16 volumes. Average daily circulation 9421g volumes. Number of notices sent delinquents, 78. Amount received for fines, $54.86. Amount received for catalogues, $4.25. Number of volumes covered during the year, 1958.
687 13
73
CIRCULATION.
ABCD
E
F
GH
I | J K Total.
Feb.,
1896,
78
77
7
78
47
1592 103
9
41
885
2 2919
March,
80
68
9
79
48
1558
79
17
32
895
1 2866
April,
66
71
50
3
41
50
1425
63 14
22
761
2500
May,
48
27
6
42
55
1317
64 10
23
585
2177
June,
66
33
48
3
46
24
1400
58
11
27
460
2110
July,
17
21
2
27
19
1395
44
5
17
382
1929
August,
66
38
40
40
27
1442
66
4
17
426
2100
Sept.,
70
40
59
32
1384
82
3
15
439
2126
Oct.,
51
34
3
70
30
1588
60
3
29
648
3 2519
Nov.,
66
38
47
2
55
36
1400
73
4
33
546
3
2235
Dec.,
51
70
4
47
49
1500
72
5
34
639
3
2474
Jan.,
1897,
89
49
2
59
64
1693
59
10
35
766
2826
664 573 39 643 481 17694 823 95 325 7432 12 28781
The Library contains as per last report 9773 volumes. Added during the year, by purchase, 412 volumes; by dona- tion, 145 volumes; making the whole number of volumes as per catalogue 10,329 volumes, a gain of 557 volumes.
The donors were Gen. Wm. F. Draper, M. C., 101 volumes; State of Massachusetts, 24 volumes; Robert C. Winthrop, Jr. 7 volumes; U. S. Bureau of Education, 5 volumes; Susan B. Anthony, 3 volumes; Andrew Carnegie, Charles W. Wilcox, Mrs. Alice George, Anson P. Stokes, and U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1 volume each.
229 volumes have been rebound; 55 volumes have been purchased to replace worn-out books.
With continued use of the Library the number of volumes to be re-bound and to replace those worn out by use, constantly increases.
Many valuable books of reference and standard works in all the departments have been added during the year.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
N. F. BLAKE,
Librarian.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1897.
1896. DR.
Jan. 3. To cash on hand $ 21 75
May 23. To order on C. A. Cook, appro- priation
50 00
July 11. To order on C. A. Cook, appro- priation 18 00
July 29. Toorder on C. A. Cook, appro- priation 32 00
Aug. 17. To order on C. A. Cook, appro- priation 11 37
Aug. 17. To order on C. A. Cook, appro- priation
8 25
Aug. 31. To order on C. A. Cook, appro- priation 9 00
Sept. 8. To order on C. A. Cook, appro- priation 21 38
1897.
Jan. 16. To cash of John M. Wood, digging graves 49 33
Jan. 16. To cash of John M. Wood for sale and care of lots 62 50
$283 58
CR.
By paying Italians for labor $ 23 85
W. C. Morrison for labor
47 42
66 Henry Hancock
129 50
John A. Pierce
8 25
William Johnston & Co., labor
and supplies . 17 00
75
By paying H. C. Skinner for labor
$10 00
By balance on hand
47 56
$283 58
H. C. SKINNER,
Treasurer.
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