Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1895-1898, Part 9

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


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Milford. Boston. Italy. Ireland. Milford.


John Coffey, 66


2


OF


Y MD


45


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,


14


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.


OF


YM|D


Abscess of Gall Bladder


4


46


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.


6


Alosia Riva, John Daly,


13 11 7


4


YMD


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


.


1


Superintendent's Report


11


.


THIRD SECTION.


Town Records


1-46


Town Warrant


.


.


.


.


.


47


.


Collectors' Reports


·


·


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).


4


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.


5


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


·


.


·


8


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


46


Hook & Ladder house


(Last year) .


5,549 84


16


West Brook street


200 00


Granite street


150 00


·


·


.


·


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


·


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


-


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


13


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


-


$ 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


·


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


·


8,062 21


J. G. Dewey, survey of Granite street 52 55


14


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


.


·


·


.


.


.


·


·


·


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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