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Milford. Boston. Italy. Ireland. Milford.
John Coffey, 66
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1895 .- CONTINUED.
DATE
DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
AGE.
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
AUG. 6 6 6 11 14 15 16 18 21
Mary (Crowley) Ahern, Margaret E. (Connors)
Manion,
34 75
6
11 |Acute Catarrhal Enteritis,
9| Gastro Enteritis, Chronic Cystitis, 5 18 Gastro Enteritis,
5 8 Blood Poison,
8
9 Recurrent Appendicitis, Cholera Morbus,
Frank Thayer,
20
9 Tuberculosis Pulmonalis, cum Laryngitis Phthisis, Pneumonia,
Milford. Ireland.
Patrick Fahey,
56
Annie D. Murray,
3
7
21 Vesicular Bronchitis,
21 Marasmus,
Clarence Davis, John Moore,
65
21 Cholera Infantum, Paralysis Agitans,
Ireland.
8
Daniel McNiel, John R. Hayward,
75 9
21 Cholera Infantum, Pneumonia Faetiel
Mendon.
Delia (Bixby) Walker,
65
1
20 Paralysis, Soft. of Brain, Consecutive Apoplexy, Chron. Interstitial
Nephritis,
17 16
Susan Fales, Hattie E. (Smith)
Sturtevant|28
16
2
28 Acute Tuberculosis, Malarial Fever, Hypertrophy of Heart and Mitral Stenosis,
77 11 3 Disease of Liver,
1 2 28 Dysentery,
50
Chronic Nephritis,
Bridget (Mahon) Noon,
Exposure,
Ireland. Milford. Guilford, N. H.
Lena T. Handmore, Stephen Mead Weeks, Octave Cotie,
32 82 10 53 18
Heart Failure,
Ireland.
Milford. Weymouth.
Guiseppe Bazziesi, William Greene,
79
Apoplexy,
Natick.
Isaac S. Claflin,
36 6 29
Acute Gastritis,
Milford.
Daniel McIntosh, Charlotte J. (Perkins)
Hussey, 63
S 9
13 Angina Pectoris, Pneumonia,
Nantucket. Milford. Milford.
Leonard Hunt,
83 4 22 Pneumonia,
Edmund Baxter,
11 Congestive Bronchitis, Chronic Bronchitis,
Ireland.
Elizabeth Mills,
5
Capillary Bronchitis,
Grafton.
Abbie Louise Hixon,
Carrie A. Harvey,
9
Bethuel Edwin Harris,
Hannah (Hartigan) Carroll 57 John T. Walker,
11 13 14 25
25
26
John Flynn,
66
11
6 Apoplexy,
Ireland. :
Milford. Canada. Milford. Ireland. Milford. Springfield. Milford. Ireland.
25 30 SEPT. 2 5 6
8 10 16
Mary McArdle,
32
58 1 20 Dropsy,
Vomiting of Pregnancy,
4|10 Exhaustion,
20
Bella Rennie, Nellie Barry, Catherine J. Kelly,
7
68
John Barns,
18 27 27 28 28 1 4
OCT. 1 7 8 13 17 17 21 21 B1
NOV. 1 3 7 7 8
Alice (Gallagher) Ward,
17 3 1 2
2 20 Paralysis of the Left Side, 6 27 Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 28|11|29 Apoplexy Cerebral Fol- lowing Neurasthenia, 26 Pneumonia, Pulmonary Tuberculosis Following Pneumonia, 25 Typhoid Malarial Fever, 9|29 Acute Tuberculosis, 8 12 Membranous Laryngitis,
Milford.
Worcester.
Milford. Ireland.
Milford. Ireland. Milford. Milford.
Mathew Horgan, Sheldon M. Emery, Frederica Riva,
5 70 6 Heart Disease,
Ireland.
Oxford, Me. Scotland. Milford.
Ireland. England. Milford. Italy.
Cora Irena Sherman, Giocondo Milina,
GS 18 79 2 18 Old Age,
Phthisis Pulmonalis,
Fracture of Cervical Spine, Canada. Old Age, Ireland.
No. Attleboro.
Bridget (Quinn) Flannigan Florence Mae Bartlett, 9 19 Pneumonia, Celia (Burke) Higgiston, Mary Louisa Wight, Charles A. Merritt, 41 10 2 21 Dementia, Pneumonia, Pneumonia,
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Italy.
Nova Scotia.
28 2 Accident,
Mary Murray,
Milford.
8 8 8 8
John G. Carpenter, Margaret McCann, Patrick Burke, Harold F. Carr, Eunice I. Williams, Sullivan Sumner Jones, John Foley,
7.1
68 59
Milford. Milford. Milford.
Thomas Gallagher,
Milford.
Bronchitis,
Hopkinton.
Milford. Milford.
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Abscess of Gall Bladder
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1895 .- CONCLUDED.
DATE OF
DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
AGE.
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRRH.
NOV. 26 29 DEC. 2 4
Nellie A. (Cornish) Grant, Charles Riva,
28 1
15
Tuberculosis, Diphtheria,
Hartford, Ct. Milford.
Wm. L. Sloan,
63 8
4 29 Dilatation of Heart, Diphtheria, Diphtheria,
Cambridge, Milford. Needham.
12
Fred P. Cole,
17
John R. Maroney,
8
1|Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Cumb'rl'd, R.I. Whooping Cough,
18
Joseph F. Dwyer,
20 60
4
Phthisis Pulmonalis,
Upton, Hopkinton.
19
Daniel Dipper,
Ulceration of Stomach and Liver,
27
Charlotte A. (Strom)
Nylander, 31 7 21 Phthisis Pulmonalis,
England. Sweden.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
DOMNICK J. LANG,
Town Clerk.
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Alosia Riva, John Daly,
13 11 7
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TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, SS.
To Either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the Second day of March, A. D., 1896, 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 ensuing. A Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Colleo- tor, Auditor, Three Selectmen, Three Assessors, Three Over- seers of the Poor, Two Members of the School Committee, Two Trustees of Public Library, One Member of the Board of Health, (for 3 years,) Two Trustees of Vernon Grove Ceme- tery, and Fifteen Constables ; to be voted for on ballots pre- pared and furnished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1893, and amendments thereto; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the So- lectmen, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer,
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Engineers of Fire Department, Tax Collector, Trustees of Pub- lic 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 re- gard 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 col- lected 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 appropri- ate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the ex- penses of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the Town.
ARTICLE 10. To see what action the Town will take in relation to changing Hose Carriage No. 4 into a Hose Wagon, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to locate an Electric Light at some suitable point on North Bow street, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to locate an Electric Light at some suitable point on School street, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to locate an Electric Light at some suitable point on Green street, and appropriate money for the same.
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to locate an Electric Light opposite Chapin street on Main street, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Se- lectmen to petition as provided in Chap. 428, Acts of 1890, and amendments thereto, to abolish the grade crossings on Cen- tral street, hear the report of the committee on Union Depot, and to take any action concerning the same.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to build a bank wall in front of the residence of David Quinlan's on South Union street, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to build a Town Barn in the rear of Hose House on Spruce street, and appropriate money for the same or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to continue the sidewalk on the north side of Central street beginning at East street, near land of Michael McNama- ra, and continuing in an easterly direction about fifty rods more or less to a point near the residence of Thomas G. Gill- man, said walk to be curbed, graveled and topped out with coal ashes, and appropriate five hundred dollars for the same, or take any action in relation to said sidewalk.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will unite with the Town of Mendon in causing to be printed copies of the Proprietors' Records of the original Town of Mendon, or act in any way in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 20. To seeif the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out and grading of a way leading in a northerly direction from Congress street by land of N. W. Weed and Owen Wales, appropriate any money to build the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out and grading of a way called Granite Street Extension, appropriate any money to build the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out and grading of a way leading from Pearl street to School street through land of L. A. Cook and heirs of Peter Cook, appropriate any money to build the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out, grading, and extension of Fruit street from South Main street to Depot street, appropriate any money to construct the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meet- ing 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 be- fore the time set for said meeting.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Milford, this 20th day of Feb- ruary, A. D., 1896.
ABBOTT A. JENKINS, GEORGE F. BIRCH, GEORGE S. WHITNEY,
Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
OLIVER D. HOLMES,
Constable of Milford.
INDEX.
Appropriations 7 .
Assessors' Report ·
48
Auditor's Report 85
Board of Health, Report of . 80
44
Fire Department, Report of . .
52
Overseers of Poor, Report of
63
Property in Highway Department
82
Selectmen's Report . ·
10
Summary of Expenses .
9
Town Clerk's Report .
50 .
Town Officers
3
Town Park Commissioners, Report of 51 .
Treasurer's Report . 35 .
Trustees of Town Library, Report of 75 .
Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Report of . 78
SECOND SECTION.
School Committee, Report of
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Superintendent's Report
11
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THIRD SECTION.
Town Records
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Town Warrant
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Collectors' Reports
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MILFORD,
CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Board of Health, Engineers, Overseers of the Poor, Trustees of Town Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Park Commissioners, Town Clerk, Auditor, School Committee, and Superintendent of Schools,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 1, 1897.
MILFORD, MASS .: G. M. BILLINGS, PRINTER, GAZETTE OFFICE.
1897.
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN.
GEORGE F. BIRCH, GEORGE S. WHITNEY, BENJAMIN T. CLANCY.
TOWN CLERK. DOMNICK J. LANG.
TOWN TREASURER. CLIFFORD A. COOK.
TAX COLLECTOR. WILLIAM P. FOLEY.
AUDITOR. HORACE A. BROWN.
ASSESSORS.
GEORGE E. STACY, J. BARNEY LEONARD, MICHAEL LARKIN.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH. JAMES W. BURKE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN J. DUGGAN,
HORACE E. WHITNEY,
GEORGE L. COOKE,
GEORGE E. STACY,
RICHARD GILFOYLE, CHARLES MACKIN.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
WM. J. CLARKE, JOHN M. EATON, ALFRED A. BURRELL.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHAS. A. DEWEY, THOMAS F. MANNING,
BENJ. ADAMS, OWEN F. CROUGIIWELL,
NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, N. W. HEATH,
S. F. BLODGETT (Resigned).
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TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
JOHN M. WOOD, HENRY C. SKINNER,
GEORGE L. MAYNARD,
HENRY A. POND, THOMAS LILLEY, HENRY HANCOCK.
CONSTABLES.
MARTIN BRODERICK,
OLIVER D. HOLMES,
LAWRENCE V. CORBETT,
THOMAS F. KELLY,
EDWARD J. DALTON,
PHILIP P. O'DONNELL,
MICHAEL W. EDWARDS,
CHARLES H. WATERS,
JAMES HOWARD,
JOHN MOORE,
DAVID E. CASEY,
RAPHAEL MARINO, JAMES W. ANDERSON, JEREMIAH DAVOREN,
NAUM E. GASKILL.
FIELD DRIVERS.
JOHN SHOCKROW,
EDMUND MURPHY.
FENCE VIEWERS.
ISAAC N. DAVIS, CHANDLER CHENEY, CHESTER L. CLARK.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
H. E. FALES (Deceased), C. W. WILCOX, TIMOTHY KIRBY.
POUND KEEPERS.
JOHN SHOCKROW,
EDMUND MURPHY.
Officers Appointed by the Selectmen. OFFICERS TO ENFORCE THE LAWS. HENRY C. SNELL, CHARLES H. WATERS.
ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
J. H. SCOTT, JOHN T. KELLY,
P. P. O'DONNELL, L. E. BELKNAP,
CHARLES H. COOK.
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
HENRY J. BAILEY,
JAMES J. CLANCY,
WENDELL WILLIAMS, DOMNICK J. LANG.
TOWN SOLICITOR.
JESSE A. TAFT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. GEORGE D. RHODES.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. JOHN SMITH.
LOCK-UP KEEPER. JOHN SMITH.
JANITOR OF MEMORIAL HALL.
MARTIN JENKINS.
JANITOR OF TOWN HOUSE.
JOHN SMITH.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
JAMES JOHNSTON, C. T. DAY, F. T. QUIRK, I. W. SWEET,
AUGUSTUS STEVENS, GEORGE A. MOORE, MAURICE FOLEY, EBEN WILLIAMS.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
C. T. DAY, JOHN SMITH, MARTIN McMAHON, JAMES S. MULLANE,
I. W. SWEET, MAURICE FOLEY, MURTY REYNOLDS EBEN WILLIAMS.
POLICE OFFICERS.
M. C. HARVEY, JOSEPH MORCONE, CHARLES CARUSO, W. F. SNOWLING, M. G. LYNCH, ANTHONY SHIELDS, PATRICK BIRMINGHAM, EDWARD KENDRICKS, JOHN SMITH, TIMOTHY KIRBY, MATTHEW BURNS, LUIGI LUCHINI,
ORRIN SWEET, JAMES W. BURKE, WILLIAM CARBARY, H. RICHARDS, MORTIMER EDWARDS, THOMAS DONNELLY, MURTY REYNOLDS, MARTIN JENKINS, DANIEL HAYES, P. M. HUNT, GEO. R. SEVERANCE, J. T. RYAN,
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W. D. WHITE, M. McKEAGUE, C. H. RANDLETT, GEORGE JULIAN, W. P. LELAND, P. H. FITZGERALD, WILLIAM N. PRENTISS, LUCIUS R. DODGE AND FRANK M. HOWE (R. R. Police Officers, G. & U. R. R.). JAMES S. MULLANE (R. R. Police Officer for N. E. R. R.).
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND PROVISIONS. WALDO PHIPPS.
INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM. T. J. LYNCH.
BURIAL AGENTS.
H. A. POND,
B. H. MONTAGUE.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
D. J. LANG,
TIMOTHY KIRBY,
ALBERT B. MORSE,
GEORGE M. GREENE,
GEORGE F. BIRCH, DANIEL M. O'BRIEN, CHARLES W. WILCOX.
GRAND JURORS, U. S. COURT. PATRICK T. CRONAN, PATRICK KING.
PETIT JURORS.
PATRICK GLENNON, HERBERT S. ELDREDGE,
CLARENCE A. SUMNER, FRANK P. DILLON.
GRAND JUROR. J. ALLEN RICE.
Appointed by Overseers of Poor. TOWN PHYSICIAN. JOHN J. DUGGAN, M. D.
APPROPRIATIONS.
At a legal meeting held March 2, 1896, and adjourned meetings held March 9, March 30, and April 1, 1896 :-
Highways . ·
. $10,000 00
Incidentals ·
3,500 00
Memorial Hall .
.
550 00
Street lights
5,500 00
Town Library, and entire dog tax
600 00
Schools
26,000 00
Schools, repair of schoolhouses
1,000 00
Poor Department .
10,000 00
Interest
4,500 00
Water for fire purposes
5,300 00 .
Vernon Grove cemetery ·
150 00
Military aid
400 00
Fire Department (Pay of mem- bers $6,100, Incidentals $1,400) 7,500 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Town Park
250 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Town debt
7,700 00
Chapter 298, Soldiers' Relief
2,500 00
Expenses, Chap. 440, Acts of 1890
750 00
Town Hall
400 00
Emergency fund .
500 00
Engineers of Fire Department, to
finish and furnish Hook & Lad- der house 500 00
Salaries .
7,800 00
New hose wagon
350 00
Bank wall on South Union street
100 00
Town barn
2,000 00
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Sidewalk on Bear Hill
$500 00
Proprietors' records of Town of Mendon
300 00
Linden street ·
200 00
Granite street extension
150 00
Electric lights on School and Green streets .
200 00
$100,350 00
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
Total Expense.
Balance Unexpended.
Exceeded Appropriation.
Highways
$11,135 35
$ 63 16
Salaries
7,797 51
2 49
Memorial Hall
582 45
43 55
Street Lights .
5,698 73
1 27
Town Library .
·
1,265 97
1 06
Schools, repairs
1,000 00
Schools
·
26,002 18
63
Poor Department
14,441 63
76
Interest
·
4,500 00
Water for fire purposes
5,255 00
45 00
Vernon Grove ceme-
tery
236 02
47 56
Military aid
634 00
83 00
Fire Department, pay of members .
6,472 34
Fire Department, inci-
dentals
1,509 63
34 38
State aid
.
6,036 00
Memorial Day .
.
150 00
Town Park
250 00
Sidewalks
1,045 61
Town debt
7,700 00
Chapter 298, Soldiers' Relief
2,493 72
6 28
Emergency fund
206 60
293 40
Town Hall
841 06
150 69
Bear Hill sidewalk
500 00
Incidentals
3,353 05
793 95
Hose wagon
331 31
36 69
Hook & Ladder house
499 54
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Hook & Ladder house
(Last year) .
5,549 84
16
West Brook street
200 00
Granite street
150 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
HIGHWAYS.
By appropriation
$10,000 00
Cash from George D. Rhodes
.
313 48
Town of Hopedale 26 03
66 sale of horses 275 00
66 sidewalk fund 187 60
Appropriation for Linden street
200 00
" Granite street extension 150 00
.
46 40
Cash from emergency fund Sundries :-
Paid Milford Water Co., Lincoln Sq. trough .
$40 00
Milford Water Co., Pur- chase street trough 40 00
Milford Water Co., Town
barn 15 00
Milford Water Co.,drink- ing fountain 4 00
Milford Water Co., flush- ing sewer 10 14
John Usher, West street trough 5 00
George A. Sherborne, sprinkling streets 10 00
W. L. Billings, doctoring horses 15 00
H. D. Clark, doctoring horses 1 50
B. & A. R. R. Co. freight bill ·
1 11
F. Williams, clipping horse . 2 00
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11
S. M. Spencer, stamp $1 55 75
G. A. Sherborne, express
$146 05
Rent :-
Paid C. R. Scott, Town barn
300 00
Horses for fire duty :-
Paid W. Johnston & Co. Repairs :-
36 00
Paid B. F. Worth, black- smith bill $66 83
I. N. Ide, blacksmith bill 11 70
L. Grow & Son, black- smith bill
39 73
A. H. Barker, blacksmith bill
44 16
F. Kenney, blacksmith bill
24 40
T. P. Tully, blacksmith bill
3 75
J. H. Murphy, black- smith bill 6 75
L. E. Belknap, bill 106 67
C. A. Hill, bill 7 67
H. Lindsey, bill
4 00
James McDermott, bill 8 87
Eldredge & Beatty, bill 15 44
O. Whitney & Son, bill 51 55
Amer. Road Mach. Co.,
parts for scraper ·
61 90
Morss & Whyte, screen bottom 3 75
Hersey & Annette,grind- ing .
60
Hussey Bros., planing .
2 00
Geo. D. Rhodes, paid out for sundries . 15 80
Ames Plow Co., pick points 12 45
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12
D. B. Rockwood, bill $7 75
$495 77
Hay and grain :-
S. A. Eastman
$363 42
Lally & Baxter
115 42
Prentice & Son
230 72
Geo. E. Thayer, hay
29 20
J. J. Nutter, hay .
36 85
C. L. Clark, straw
26 04
801 65
Supplies :-
Paid Franklin Iron Foun-
dry, castings . $21 25
Macuen Bros. Coal Co., plank and coal
49 75
Williams Bros., coal,
cement, etc. .
42 20
F. L. Young & Kimball, oil 7 30
P. H. Gaffny, oil
1 30
J. P. Hennessey, oil
10 45
A. W. Gould
6 37
W. N. Prentiss,chestnut
poles . 13 60
E. E. Vaughan, .
16 67
Clark Ellis & Sons
112 00
Cheney Bros. & Co.
2 69
E. C. Claflin
6 31
Hixon Bros., chairs
5 00
N. B. Phipps, curry- comb . 1 00
W. L. Bennett, salve
1 00
Z. C. Field, lumber
29 06
M. McMahon, carrots 9 07
D. J. Cronan, boots
7 00
342 02
Material :-
Paid Milford Pink Granite Co., curbing . $575 00
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Michael Doyle, gravel . $27 90
Mills Palm, gravel
6 90
George A. Wright, gravel
2 95
R. C. Hill, gravel
2 30
Samuel Gaskill, gravel .
1 70
Darling Bros., stone 3 90
B. H. Spaulding, ashes 3 45
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$ 624 10
Labor and team work :--
Labor as per pay rolls . $5,451 30
Paid Milford fire depart-
ment
491 50
Thomas Quirk . .
256 00
Macuen Bros.
1 00
Macuen Bros. Coal Co. .
147 50
J. P. Henderson
98 00
Thomas Manion
7 32
W. Johnston & Co.
64 25
George D. Rhodes
800 00
C. O. Woodbury
655 66
T. Fahy
1 80
P. Milan
9 00
W. N. Prentiss
10 60
P. Ferguson
6 53
G. Lasher
10 40
Andrew Cline
8 40
George Fairbanks
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5 30
W. H. Quirk
1 50
S. R. Emerson .
4 25
J. E. Welch, on Central street sewer .
6 00
S. Sweet, cleaning un- der Pond street bridge 3 00
.J. Moran
10 40
W. Ahern
12 50
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8,062 21
J. G. Dewey, survey of Granite street 52 55
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John Moore, pair of horses,
cart and harness
$275 00
Amount unexpended
63 16
$11,198 51 $11,198 51
CASH RECEIVED BY GEORGE D. RHODES AS SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1897.
W. H. Flynn
$100 00
W. J. Clarke .
. 50 00
L. H. Cook . .
. 22 40
C. E. White . .
. 25 00
J. W. Roberts
. 12 00
C. H. Metcalf
. 12 25
Macuen Bros.
. 15 00
N. W. Heath
. 10 70
Park Commissioners 20 38 .
G. D. Kibby .
3 50
A. A. Jenkins
2 10
John Henderson
40
P. Morgan
50
E. W. Snare .
5 50
W. E. Cheney
2 50
A. Cook 1 00
William Quinlan
2 00
David Quinlan
1 00
Mrs. Quigley
1 00
William Bandy
1 00
B. Thayer
1 00
J. J. Ring
1 00
F. H. Thomas
3 00
J. B. McClure
2 00
P. Curley
1 50
D. Tynan
2 00
C. E. Whitney
3 00
Mrs. McGann
2 00
E. C. Claflin .
.
·
1 00
M. Dempsey .
.
1 50
.
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.
.
.
·
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·
15
L. Grow
$ 50
Ed. Gahagan
1 00
W. H. Sprague
1 00
D. C. Leahy .
1 00
P. Costello
75
W. Clifford
3 00
$313 48
GEORGE D. RHODES,
Superintendent.
Uncollected Bills.
Patrick Minton, '95 .
$2 00 ·
Mrs. L. Graves, '94
2 60
H. W. Harvey, '93
·
.
9 50
James Kinney, '93
3 00
Park Commissioners, '96 .
. 242 62
$259 72
GEORGE D. RHODES,
Superintendent.
INCIDENTALS.
By appropriation
$3,500 00 ·
Armory rent received from state
Amount received from merry-go-round
10 00
Great American circus ·
10 00
Sawtelle's circus
.
15 00
66
Town Histories ·
9 00
auctioneers' licenses 6 00
¿ pool and billiard licenses
20 00
66 66
slaughter licenses
3 00
Leon Washburn's circus
15 00
R. H. Chamberlain, Chap-
ter 416
130 00
Amount received from H. E. Morgan, theatre
license
29 00
Returns :- Paid John M. Wood, death
returns
$16 50
·
400 00
.
.
·
.
.
16
M. W. Edwards, death
returns $18 25
M. W. Knight, M. D.,
birth returns . 8 00
J. M. French, M. D., birth returns . ·
3 75
Dr. Fish, birth returns . 25
LeGrand Blake, M. D., birth returns . 1 75
A. Osborne, M. D., birth returns 1 00
Thomas Monroe, M. D., birth returns . 5 25
Dr. Hamilton, birth re- turns . 25
Levi White, M. D., birth returns 7 00
J. J. Duggan, M. D., birth returns . 33 00
$ 95 00
Printing :-
Paid G. M. Billings, Town reports $311 49
G. M. Billings, printing and advertising 197 05
Cook & Sons, printing and advertising 163 88
Leahy Bros., printing and advertising 104 18 .
J. P. Gallagher, printing and advertising 18 00
794 60
Burial Lots :- Paid Henry Hancock, care of lots $25 00 W. C. Morrison, care of lots 3 00
17
Pine Grove Cem. Corp. care of lots $15 00
John Wood, care of No. Purchase Cem. . 5 00
$48 00
Rent :---
Paid C. F. Claflin, rent of armory $500 04
J. T. Raftery, rent of target range . 15 00
$515 04
Law suits and damages :- Paid J. A. Taft, witness fees, etc., Dipper case $58 00 Dr. W. J. Clarke, pro- fessional services, Dip- per case 25 00
Dr. Levi White, profes- sional services, Dipper case 25 00
H. W. Gaskill, survey of Exchange street, Dip- per case 6 00
E. L. Temple, photo- graphing, Dipper case E. McMahon, damages 62 50
2 00
178 50
Lighting :- Paid Milford Gas Co., Ar-
mory rooms 111 88
Stationery :- Paid Wheelock, Davis & Co., record book $12 50
A. E. Mantell 7 35
M. R. Warren, lincense blanks ·
7 50
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks .
6 00
18
Littlefield Directory
Pub. Co. $ 2 00
King & Merrill, mort-
gage book 10 00
C. A. Cook, postage, etc.
4 87
G. E. Stacy, Town House supplies 10 87
G. E. Stacy, Assessors' supplies 19 35
Corliss, Macy & Co.
check book 27 50
D. J. Lang, postage, ex- press, etc. 37 65
J. A. Rice, stationery 1 80
James Lally, jr., stamped envelopes 22 89
$170 28
Board of Health :- Paid P. M. Hunt, inspec- tor
$163 25
D. E. Casey, services at "Castle" ·
27 50
L. Lucchani, services at "Castle" ·
9 00
J. Morcone, services at "Castle" 3 00
M. Reynolds, services at "Castle" 26 00
C. H. Collins, disinfec- tants, etc. 12 95
J. A. Rice, disenfec- tants, etc. .
5 00
246 70
Extra police services :--- Paid E. J. Dalton, July 4 $5 00
M. Broderick, 5 00
D. Hayes,
6 00
D. E. Casey, 66
5 00
19
P. M. Hunt, July 4
$ 7 25
John Moore,
66
4 00
James W. Burke,
6 00
Thomas Donnelly, 66
6 00
N. E. Gaskill,
66
6 00
John Smith,
66
6 00
R. Marino, 66
6 00
J. T. Ryan,
66
6 00
M. G. Lynch,
66
6 00
T. T. Kelly,
66
5 00
John Moore, dog officer
.10 00
$89 25
Sundries :----
Paid Macuen Bros. Coal Co., coal and wood to armory
$68 15
R. Folger, rubber stamp
75
J." G. Dewey, survey and plans of Gibbon Ave.
13 00
John Smith, care of po- lice room 17 00
Boston Shelving Co.,
cabinet case 15 00
C. B. Godfrey, spring binder
1 55
Willie Quirk, burying cat
50
G. F. Birch, expenses to Amesbury, Hanson
case .
10 00
George S. Whitney, ex- penses to Newbury- port, Hanson case · Natl. N. Jones, land at Chapin school ·
5 00
125 00
George A. Sherborne, fire duty 73 00
20
J. H. Anderson, bound stone . $ 5 00
C. A. Cook, recording deed ·
1 34
D. Lawrence Wilkinson, survey and services, Water street . 34 00
W. H. Flynn, team for Selectmen 1 50
R. Marino, work with Assessors 8 75
E. E. Cook, team for As- sessors 8 00
Charles A. Wight, re- bate on tax 5 33
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