Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1895-1898, Part 6

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 552


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Frank Knight, Charles Ryan,


George White, Sadie Kehoe,


Eva Murray,


Florence Rockwood, Blanche Graves,


Edward Dalton, Mary Glennon, Mary Carey,


Henry Dwyer, Florence Sweet, John Gilmore, Leon Albee.


Two TERMS. Frank Gilmore, Agnes Clancy.


Gertrude Clancy,


Ray Wilkinson,


William Brady,


Florence Kennedy,


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ONE TERM.


Frank Sweeney, Michael Curley, Mollie Conley,


William Gilmore,


Edward Kendrick,


James McCann,


William Clancy,


Clair Kendrick,


John Matthews, Frederick Luby,


Ray Clancy, Hazel Leland.


FOUNTAIN STREET SCHOOL.


FOR THE YEAR.


Fred R. Daniels, L. Belle Edmands,


H. Linnea Hammarquist. Two TERMS.


Harry de Gez, Charles McDonald, Ora McDonald, Charles Saunders. ONE TERM.


Clarence Cheney, Frank Droney,


C. Louise Parkhurst,


George S. Edmands, Pauline Campbell.


PURCHASE GRAMMAR.


FOR THE YEAR.


Evelyn Hilton,


Charlie Hilton.


Two TERMS.


Perry Cheever,


James Casey,


Grace Hilton.


ONE TERM.


Susie Casey, Herbert Parkhurst,


Charlie Parkhurst, Fanny Clark, James Casey.


BEAR HILL SCHOOL. Two TERMS. May Burlingame. ONE TERM.


Effie Burlingame,


Annie Burlingame.


SILVER HILL SCHOOL. Two TERMS. Jennie Casey.


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Henry Casey, 1


BRAGGVILLE SCHOOL. ONE TERM.


Cecil Bragg,


Ralph Bragg.


DEER BROOK SCHOOL. FOR THE YEAR. Lizzie Conlin.


ONE TERM.


Alma Palm,


Leo F. Ross.


PURCHASE PRIMARY SCHOOL.


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FOR THE YEAR. Ella Clark.


Eugene Casey, Arthur Hilton,


Two TERMS.


Forrest Mann, Carrie Daniels, Georgie Clark.


ONE TERM. Warren Cheever.


HOBOKEN SCHOOL. Two TERMS. Charles O'Reilly. ONE TERM.


Clarence Hatten, Frank Butler, Edward Brennan, Charles Roberts, Michael Tynan,


Henry Julian, John Cleary, James Hogan, James Gallagher, Kate Small, James Hogan.


Partrick Carey, William Ahearn, Frank Coyne, Carroll Dewing, Florence Coyne,


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ONE TERM. Eva Casey, George Cook.


TOWN RECORDS,


1895-96.


TOWN RECORDS, 1895-96.


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1895.


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, qualified by law to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1895, 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 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, two members of the School Committee, three Trus- tees of Public Library, three members of the Board of Health, (1, 2, 3 years,) two Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and fifteen Constables; to be voted for on ballots prepared and fur- nished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1893; 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 ?"


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Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Select- men, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Engineers of Fire Department, Tax Collector, Trustees of Public Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and any other officers and committees 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 regard to lighting its streets, and appropriate money for the same.


Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the cur- rent year.


Article 7. To determine when all taxes shall be collected and paid into the Treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the compensation 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 expenses of Memorial Day.


Article 9. To see if the Town will accept a By-Law for the Regulation of Plumbing, as recommended by the Board of Health, in accordance with provisions of Chapter 455, Acts of 1894, now on file in the Town Clerk's office, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to heat the pres- ent Town House by steam or other improved heating appara- tus, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action in rela- tion to the same.


Article 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Over- seers of the Poor to purchase about 23 acres of land adjoining the Poor Farm, laying on the northerly side of the Upton road, and on both sides of New Asylum street, appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 12. To see if the Town will establish a by-law or by-laws to provide for the removal of snow or ice from side-


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walks within the limits of the highways or town ways therein, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to assign the entire amount of the dog-tax to the use of the Town Library, or take any action in regard to the same.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to locate an electric light at some suitable point on Congress street, above Walnut street, and appropriate money for the same.


Article 15. To see if the Town will instruct the Asses- sors to incorporate in their annual report all taxes abated, and for whom so abated.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to locate an electric light on Fayette street, and appropriate money for the same.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to locate an electric light on North Bow street, and appropriate money for the same.


Article 18. To see what action the Town will take, if any, in relation to erecting a building for the accommodation of the Fire Department apparatus, or take any action in rela- tion to the same.


Article 19. To see what action the Town will take in relation to changing Hose Carriage No. 2 into a hose wagon, and appropriate money for the same.


And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town; also cause an attested copy to be published in The Milford Daily Journal, Milford Daily News, 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.


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Given under our hands at Milford, this 20th day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1895.


M. E. NELLIGAN, G. F. BIRCH,


Selectmen of Milford.


A true copy. Attest :


OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Worcester, ss.


Milford, March 4, 1895.


Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Milford herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purpose within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this Warrant at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town; and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Milford Daily News, Milford Daily Journal, Milford Gazette, and Milford Times, newspapers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.


Attest:


OLIVER D. HOLMES. Constable of Milford.


A true copy of the Warrant and the return thereon. Attest:


DOMNICK J. LANG, Town Clerk.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1895.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Worcester, ss.


Milford, March 4, 1895.


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, qualified by law to vote in elections and in Town


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affairs, holden this, the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, the said inhabitants proceeded as follows :---


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who then read the Warrant.


Article 1. Balloting, the meeting made choice of Lowell E. Fales as moderator, the check list being used. One ballot being cast by George B. Blake, it was then voted to close the polls.


The polls were opened at 8.08 A. M.


Voted: That Article 3 and all other articles contained in the Town Warrant lay upon the table until an adjourned meeting to be held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, March 11, 1895, at 7.30 o'clock, and that a committee of 15, consisting of the present board of Selectmen and others to the number named, be appointed by the moderator, the duty of such committee to be the investigation of the various articles in the Warrant, and to report regarding the result of such investigation at the above mentioned adjourned meeting.


The moderator appointed the following named persons : M. E. Nelligan, George F. Birch, George E. Stacy, Chester L. Clark, John H. Scott, S. F. Blodgett, Z. C. Field, Henry E. Fales, W. D. Leahy, C. F. Claflin, J. Allen Rice, P. Gillon, P. Lynch, George P. Cooke, and Patrick H. Curran.


Voted: That the polls be closed at 4.30 P. M.


S. C. Sumner and Thomas F. Connors, appointed Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen, were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.


S. Alden Eastman and John A. Cook, who were appointed additional Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen, were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.


P. H. Curran, who had been appointed to check the list at the polls, was duly sworn by the Town Clerk.


The moderator appointed the following persons as tellers, and they were duly sworn to faithfully perform the duties of their office by the Town Clerk: James J. Connors, J. T. Mur- phy, D. P. Flynn, John J. Quinlan, Morgan Sweeney, T. F.


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Waters, H. I. Carpenter, F. P. Dillon, Michael J. Kelly, John A. Finnigan, Archie Boyd, A. W. Shedd, A. D. White, H. B. Spaulding, W. Prentice Leland, C. A. Sumner, Arthur A. Jen- kins, W. R. Hartshorne, W. F. Sherborne, and Davis H. Bates.


Later in the evening the moderator appointed the follow- ing persons as additional tellers, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk: Wm. W. Pedrick, Thomas F. Quinn, Wm. H. Carey, A. H. Harding, John P. Remick, Charles W. Harris, James O'Connor, jr., and Wm. C. Lang.


Voted: That ten (10) more be added to the committee on appropriations.


The moderator appointed E. L. Wires, M. W. Edwards, C. W. Wilcox, V. N. Ryan, Edwin A. Thomas, Thomas Quirk, C. A. Dewey, James F. Stratton, A. A. Jenkins, and M. F. Green.


During the voting the-ballot box was opened by the unan- imous consent of the moderator and Town Clerk for the pur- pose of taking out the ballots, and sorting and counting the same.


First at 11.15 A. M. to press down the ballots; then at 1.10 P. M., when it registered 1241; and again at the close of the polls (4.30 P. M.), when the box registered 1561.


List at the polls: Males, 1719; females, 98; total, 1817.


List at table: Males, 1719; females, 98; total, 1817.


The difference between the count of the ballot-box and the lists at the table and polls was due to the ballot-box failing to register.


Due notice having been given, the polls were at 4.30 P. M. declared closed.


The names of those on the list of voters which had been checked were audibly counted, and found to be eighteen hun- dred and seventeen (1817).


The ballots having been sorted and counted, the moderator declared the following persons elected, viz :----


Town Clerk-Domnick J. Lang, 327 Main street.


Town Treasurer-Clifford A. Cook, 9 Church street.


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Tax Collector-William P. Foley, 15 Sumner street.


Auditor-Horace A. Brown, 5 Orchard street.


Selectmen-George F. Birch, 27 West street; Abbott A. Jenkins, 29 Congress street; George S. Whitney, 20 Fruit street.


Assessors-Thomas H. Coyne, 9 Mayhew slip; George E. Stacy, 76 School street; Harry C. Tilden, 52 Purchase street.


Overseers of the Poor-James W. Burke, 137 West street; Chester L. Clark, 61 Purchase street; John Smith, 41 West street.


School Committee (3 years)-George L. Cooke, 29 Grove street; George E. Stacy, 76 School street.


Trustees of Public Library (3 years)-Samuel F. Blodgett, 75 Congress street; Thomas F. Manning, 30 West street.


Trustees of Public Library (2 years)-Nathan W. Heath, 116 Congress street.


Board of Health (3 years)-William J. Clarke, 36 School street.


Board of Health (2 years)-John M. Eaton, 255 Main street.


Board of Health (1 year)-Robert H. Cochran, 204 Main street.


Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery (3 years)-Henry C. Skinner, 45 Jefferson street; John M. Wood, 76 Congress street.


Constables-Martin Broderick, 45 Sumner street; David E. Casey, Purchase street; Lawrence V. Corbett, 101 East Main street; Edward' J. Dalton, 299 Main street; Jeremiah Davoren, Cedar street; Michael W. Edwards, 23 Spring street; Nahum E. Gaskill, 26 Beach street; Oliver D. Holmes, 8 Leon- ard street; James Howard, 52 Depot street; Thomas F. Kelly, 26 South High street; Michael Larkin, 71 High street; John Moore, 27 North street; Philip P. O'Donnell, 67 Central street : George R. Severance, Purchase street; Charles H. Waters, 8 Carroll street.


Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town? resulted, "Yes."


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The following is the number of votes cast for the several candidates for Town offices :--


FOR TOWN CLERK.


Votes.


Domnick J. Lang, 1304


C. A. Cook, 1


M. J. Kelly, 1


Blanks, 412.


FOR TOWN TREASURER.


Clifford A. Cook,


1420


I. E. Mason, 1


Blanks, 297.


FOR TAX COLLECTOR.


Wm. P. Foley, 1313


I. E. Mason, 1


W. S. V. Cooke, 1


S. Sweet, 1


Blanks, 402.


FOR AUDITOR.


Horace A. Brown, 1290


I. E. Mason,


1


Thomas Connors,


1


Blanks, 426.


FOR SELECTMEN.


George F. Birch, 815


Benjamin T. Clancy, 723


Abbott A. Jenkins, 853


Stephen J. Onion, 648


Francis T. Quirk,


722


George S. Whitney, 784


W. H. Baker,


1


Ezra Hunt, 1


Otis Whitney, 1


Wm. C. Gillman,


1


James Butler, 1


Blanks, 604.


FOR ASSESSORS.


Votes.


Thomas H. Coyne, 813


John J. Manning, 757


George E. Stacy, 1315


Harry C. Tilden, 1150


R. Folger,


1


F. A. Bragg,


1


Blanks, 1117.


FOR OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


James W. Burke, 931


Chester L. Clark, 1386


Rowland Folger,


671


John Smith,


1296


Blanks, 870.


FOR


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


(3


YEARS).


George L. Cooke, 1425


George E. Stacy, 1398


H. J. Bailey, 2


Mrs. M. J. C. Russell,


1


I. E. Mason,


3


W. H. Hooker, 1


C. B. Godfrey, 9


T. W. Monroe,


3


W. B. Whiting,


5


Blanks, 785.


FOR


TRUSTEES


OF PUBLIC LI-


BRARY


(3 YEARS).


Samuel F. Blodgett, 953


Charles F. Butterworth, 713


Thomas F. Manning, 893


A. W. Vant,


1


Blanks, 876.


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FOR TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LI- BRARY (2 YEARS).


Votes.


Nathan W. Heath, 782


Arthur W. Vant, 473


Blanks, 463.


FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (3 YEARS.)


Wm. J. Clarke, 968


John P. Clancy,


1


John J. Duggan, 2


I. E. Mason, 2


R. H. Cochran, 1


Blanks, 744.


FOR BOARD OF HEALTH YEARS).


(2


John P. Clancy, 657


John M. Eaton, 743


M. W. Knight, 1


Blanks, 317.


FOR BOARD OF


HEALTH


(1


YEAR).


Michael Paul Burns, 578


Robert H. Cochran,


693


Blanks, 447.


FOR TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY (3 YEARS).


Henry C. Skinner, 1063


John M. Wood,


1060


Blanks, 1308.


FOR CONSTABLES.


Martin Broderick, 1104


David E. Casey, 863


Lawrence V. Corbett, 744


Edward J. Dalton, 990


Jeremiah Davoren, 774


Michael W. Edwards, 1023


Nahum E. Gaskill, 637


Frank L. Gerstle, 453


Oliver D. Holmes, 984


James Howard, 908


Pearley M. Hunt, 527


John L. Keefe, 558


Thomas F. Kelly, 868


Michael Larkin, 600


Michael G. Lynch, 513


John Moore, 686


Philip P. O'Donnell, 734


George R. Severance, 561


James Sherman, 542


Jeremiah H. Sweet, 444


Charles H. Waters, 747


A. S. Allen,


1


M. F. Emery, 1


Henry F. Haven, 1


Blanks, 10,507.


"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating li- quors in this Town?" Yes, 965 votes; no,483 votes; blanks, 270.


The result having been declared, it was voted: To adjourn until Monday evening, March 11, at 7.30 P. M.


The ballots cast and the list of voters used at the polls and by the ballot-clerks were then sealed up and endorsed by the moderator and tellers, and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, as provided by law.


The unused ballots remaining, all soiled and canceled, and


Votes.


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certified by the ballot-clerks to be such, were sealed up and delivered to the Town Clerk, as provided by law.


The oath of office was administered to Domnick J. Lang, Town Clerk, in open meeting by Lowell E. Fales, moderator.


Voted: To adjourn.


A true copy of the record. Attest :


DOMNICK J. LANG, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 11, 1895. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Worcester, ss.


Milford, Mass., March 11, 1895.


In pursuance to a vote passed at the annual Town meet- ing, held March 4, 1895, the inhabitants of the Town of Mil- ford met in the Town Hall, and proceeded to act upon the various articles in the Town Warrant of March 4, 1895.


The meeting was called to order by Lowell E. Fales, moderator.


The warrant was then read by the Town Clerk.


Article 3. Voted :-


To accept the report of the Selectmen.


To accept the report of the Treasurer.


To accept the report of the Tax Collector.


To accept the report of the Assessors.


To accept the report of the Overseers of Poor.


To lay on the table the report of the Board of Engineers. To accept the report of Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery.


To accept the report of Trustees of Public Library.


To accept the report of School Committee.


To accept the report of Auditor.


To accept the report of Park Commissioners.


To accept the report of Board of IIealth.


To accept the report of Town Clerk.


Article 4. W. D. Leahy, secretary of the committee on appropriations, reported the following recommendations :-


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Departments.


Recommended by Committee.


Appropriated.


Highways (of which $2500 is to be spent on Water street)


. $12,500 00


$12,500 00


Incidentals


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3,600 00


3,600 00


Salaries


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7,600 00


7,600 00


Memorial Hall


550 00


550 00


Street Lights


6,000 00


6,000 00


Town Library


600 00


600 00


Schools


27,000 00


27,000 00


Poor Department


10,000 00


10,000 00


Interest


4,800 00


4,900 00


Water for Fire


5,200 00


5,200 00


Vernon Grove Cemetery


150 00


150 00


Military Aid


300 00


300 00


Fire Department


8,000 00


8,000 00


Memorial Day


150 00


150 00


Town Park


200 00


200 00


Sidewalks ·


1,000 00


1,000 00


Town Debt .


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5,700 00


5,700 00


Chapter 298, Soldiers' Relief


2,000 00


2,000 00


Chapter 440, Acts of 1890


450 00


450 00


Town Hall


300 00


400 00


$96,100 00


Voted: That the sum of $500 be appropriated, to be known as the Emergency Fund, to be drawn on at any time after the books are closed, for the purpose of removing snow or other expenses caused thereby .


500 00


Total appropriation $96,800 00


Each item in the report of the committee was taken up and acted upon separately.


Article 5. Voted : To pass over.


Article 6. Voted: That the Treasurer is hereby author- ized to borrow money at any time during the municipal year in various amounts, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,- 000) in all, and give the negotiable notes of the Town therefor, the same to be paid out of the taxes assessed for the year 1895.


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Article 7. Voted: That the taxes become due Sept. 10, and that all taxes paid on or before that time shall be discounted 2} per cent, and that one half of one per cent per month be added to all taxes not paid by Sept. 10, and that the Collector be authorized to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer when appointed Collector may use.


Voted: That the Collector be paid for collecting the first seven tenths of the taxes committed to him one half of one per cent; for the next two tenths, one per cent, and for the remaining one tenth, five per cent of all taxes collected or abated.


Article 8. Passed over.


Article 9. Voted : To pass over.


Article 10. Voted : To pass over.


Article 11. Voted: That the Overseers of the Poor be authorized to purchase the 23 acres of land adjoining the Town Farm on Asylum street, and appropriate $500 for the same, to be for the use of the Highway Department and Town Farm.


Article 12. Voted: To accept the following By-Law :-


If a person shall suffer any snow or ice to remain on a concrete or curbed sidewalk abutting on the premises owned or occupied as a tenant by such person within the limits of the highways of the Town of Milford for a longer period than twenty-four hours after the snow or rain shall have ceased to fall, such person shall be liable to a penalty to be recovered in an action of tort in the name of said Town, of not less than one nor more than ten dollars.


Article 13. Voted: That the Town assign the entire dog tax to the Town Library.


Article 14. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to locate an electric light at some suitable point on Congress street above Walnut street.


Article 15. Voted : To pass over.


Article 16. Voted: To pass over.


Article 17. Voted: To pass over.


Article 18. Voted: To pass over.


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Article 19. Moved: To exchange hose carriage No. 2 into a hose wagon, and appropriate $450 for the same.


(This motion was put and lost.)


Charles W. Carroll presented the following resolutions, which were read and accepted :-


Whereas, The people of Milford have for years been sub- jected to very poor depot accommodations by the railroad cor- porations doing business in the Town, and


Whereas, These depots are inadequate and unfit for the purposes for which they are used, and are entirely out of keep- ing with the general growth and prosperity of the Town,


Be it resolved: That we, the citizens of Milford, in Town meeting assembled, do respectfully request the Boston & Alba- ny, New York & New England, and Grafton & Upton railroad corporations to build a union station for the accommodation of their patrons.


Be it resolved: That a committee of five (5) be appointed by the moderator of this meeting to confer with the railroad corporations in regard to this much needed improvement, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to the three railroad corporations.


The moderator appointed Charles W. Carroll, George P. Cooke, Z. C. Field, Abbott A. Jenkins, and James F. Stratton. Voted: To dissolve the warrant.


A true copy of the record. Attest:


DOMNICK J. LANG, Town Clerk.


WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MAY 27, 1895.


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, qualified by law to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of May, A. D., 1895, punctually at two o'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following arti- cles, namely :-


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Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Article 2. To see if the Town will accept a By-law for the Regulation of Plumbing, as recommended by the Board of Health, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 455, Acts of 1894, now on file in the Town Clerk's office, or take any ac- tion in relation to the same.


Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the Town.


Article 4. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the alteration, grading and discon- tinuing of a portion of the Holliston road, appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 5. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out and grading of Pop- lar street, appropriate any money to build the same, or take · any action in relation thereto.


Article 6. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out, grading, and exten- sion of Fruit street from South Main street to Depot street, appropriate any money to construct the same, or take any ac- tion in relation thereto.


Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to contract for the expenditure on Water street of $2500 of the general appropriation for highways, voted at the last annual meeting, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate $500 for the purchase of new hose, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to repair Hose Carriage No. 2, or to build a new hose wagon, appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 10. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Engineers of the Fire Department, made at the last an- nual meeting, or take any action in relation to the same.


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Article 11. To hear and act upon the reports of any com- mittees.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to widen, grade, and repair the Hopkinton road, known as Cedar street, from the Hopkinton line to East Main street, appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation to the same.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to locate an electric light at the junction of West Pine street and Gibbon avenue, and appropriate money for the same, or take any other action in relation thereto.




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