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S. C. J. Quirk and others, forest fires W. J. Struthers and others, forest fires
4 00
A. J. Whitcomb and others, forest fires W. L. Annette, watching at fires .
2 00
H. E. Trask, watching at fires
2 00
D. P. Flynn, watching at fires
50
Ed. Riley, watching at fires
50
Highway Department, concreting
8 00
T. H. Dwyer, painting and varnishing
30 85
T. H. Dwyer, use of old wagon
30 00
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.
·
2 60
J. F. Haskell, use of horse
.
Thomas Lally, oil and broom
8 28
5 75
.
$2,488 68
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By appropriation
.
$1,900 00
Receipts .
583 80
$2,483 80
Expended
.
2,483 68
Balance .
$ 12
INDICATORS.
W. E. Decrow, 3 indicators .
$425 00
By appropriation .
.
$425 00
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FIRES AND ALARMS. There were 48 alarms: 29 box alarms, 12 still alarms, 6 fires where no alarm was given, and 1 military call.
Date.
Box.
Time.
Street.
Class of
Building.
Purpose
Used.
Owner.
Occupant.
Cause.
Value
Building.
Damage to
Insurance
Building.
Value of
i Contents.
Contents.
Insurance
Contents.
Total Loss.
Total
Paid.
Feb.
11
46 27 Still
3.35 a Fountain 5 p Main
Wood Dwelling Wood
Dwelling
D. J. Lang
Mar.
17
*5
18
73 17
5.35 a At M'dw'y 7.50 p|W. Spruce| Wood 6.40 р No. Bow
Hotel Dwelling Wood |M'nf. rub- Harvard ber goods Rubber Co.
Unoccupied Harvard Rubber Co.
Unknown No fire
275 00 No
No No
No
275 00
275 00
30
Apr.
5 Still
3
p|Bear Hill E. Main
Forest Grass Forest
R. B. Greene R. B. Greene Incen. att'pt
No
No
24
4
1.20 p RossCedar Forest
24 Still 29
4
6.40 p | Bear Hill
Forest
Mr. Cook
May
4
65
11,49 a S. Main
Wood Dwelling
W. H. Baker Jas. Rose & Co.
Foul chim.
No
No
14
27
1.40 p Domnick 4 a West
Stone Brick
H. Tassireni Sev'l fams. C. F. Claflin Jas. Killian
Foul chim. C'l'ss sm'k'g
5000
15 00
4000
500 00
500
40 00
40 00
B Still
No
1000
1000 00
12 00
1000
12 00
12 00
20 No
10 p High
Jas. Lally
June
3 p Beach
J. Crowley
Foul chim.
73
7.20 p
Congress
16
35
11.50 p West
July
26 00
26 00
3
p
Wood Dwelling
Han'h Boan J. Davoren
Lightning
2000 30001
55 50 5 00 NO
1500
1000 00 No 150 001No
No INO
55 50 5 00
55 50
19 15
7.50 p Spruce 8.55 plCentral
Wood Dwelling
D. Duggan
D. Duggan
Fire cr'ck'rs
1000
26 00
700
400 00 No
No
3
24 +666 8 Still
11.55 a Goodrich 3
Wood Wood Wood
Dwelling Dwelling Barn
J. Crowley L.S. Mowrey L.S. Mowrey Rats Macuen Br's Vacant
Incendiary
1000| No 2000 300
1000 1500
10 00 850 00
500 1000
10 00 2850 00 300 00 No
10 00 2350 00
2000 00 300 00 No
500 00 1000 00 No
No 25 00 No
17 No
6.30 a Central
Wood Wood
|Dwelling Dwelling Dwelling Dwelling
L. V. Gillon L. V. Gillon Foul chim. Jas. Lally Unknown
1000
7 27
1.30 p
15 Still
8.30 p High
21 No
2.30 a Congress
Wood Barn
A.W.Keane
G. D. Kibby G. D. Kibby Defct.chim. Foul chim. |D. J. Lang
$1500 $1000 00 None
$1300
$ 500 00 $ 500 00 None
$ 100
$1500 00 $1100 00
1000
1000 No
Building.
on
Damage to
on
of
Insurance
Wood IStoreh'se |J. P. Daniels J. P. Daniels Incendiary
No
3 No 9
2.30 p | Bear Hill
Forest
for which
231
14 112.29 a/Central
[Brick |Dwelling |C. F. Claflin|Several fam-|Overturned
ilies
lamp Incendiary
200
200 No
No
No
175 28
175 28
Sept. 3 Oct. 17
14
9.21 p No
Wood
Barn
C. Cronan
C. Cronan
Lightning
200
150 00
150
100 00
75
225 00 9 85
9 85
Nov.
7 Still 10
24
11.30 p | Exchange 1.28 p| Main
Wood Office Wood
Wm. J'nst'n J.E. Maeuen S. P.Carpen- Several ter heirs
10000
9500
No No
15 00
15 00
10
25
9.20 p | Main
Wood
Stores
S. Boone C. R. Scott John Tobin Swift & Co.
Swift & Co.
Foul chim. L'mp explo. ¡Foul chim. No fire
3000
No NO No
2000
2000 00
10 00 No
2000
10 00
10 00
16 No 17 Still 17 18
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7.56 a W. Pine
Wood |Dwelling I. N. Davis
J. A. Water- Carel'ss con- man
2000
300 00 No
2000 00
673 72
1150
973 72
678 72
21
27
5.46 p|Cedar
Wood
Shed
L. Castigli- oni
L. Castigli- oni
E.R. Connor|Unknown
300
200 00
200
150 00
150 00
160
350 00
350 00
Dec.
25 |No
6.15 p Franklin
Wood Dwelling
Clark & Rockwood Ed. Tatro
Clark & Rockwood Ed. Tatro
Lamp fell to f1001 Foul chim.
2000
2 00
1500
700 00 No
700
2 00
Jan.
8 Still 9
8.30 a Beach 3.16 p| Reade 3 p Cedar
Wood |Dwelling Stone Wood Dwelling Dwelling
John Shea H. Tasserini|Sev'l fams.
10000
No 1941 00 No
5000
1000 00
No 300 00|No No
2241 00
1941 00
27 10|Still 12 14
6.40 a Central
NO
23 Still 24
1.32 p
Main
Wood Shoe factory Dwelling Wood Wood Dwelling
No No
25
26
6.19 p E. Main
Wood Dwelling |P. Tonoli
No
No
$64075 $7138 63 $46100 $16695 10 $8549 86 $11085 $10688 49 88773 49
*Response to call from Medway for Hotel Gladstone fire.
¡Military call by request of Capt. Barrett of Co. M.
3000
4 00
20001
500 00
10 00|No
14 00
4 00
27 Aug. 22
25
8.45 p Linc'n Sq.
Wood Hotel
L. E. C'lidge J.H.Stratt'n
Carelessness 10000
8500
3000 00
392 14 75 00
2500 722 14
722 14
26
2.05 a E. Main
Wood |Bl'ksm'h |J. Burnett
J. Burnett
Sparks from forge
500
9 85
450
200 00|No
No
shop
Stores
stores Ovrht'd stve Spark from plumb.furn. G. W. Stacy Mary Lynch Unknown heirs
2000
250 00
1600
945 10
500 00
600
750 00
750 00
12
16 8.11 p|So. Cedar 7.30 p|Pearl 8.45 p Quinlan 15 9.21 p Central
Wood Dwelling Wood Dwelling Wood |Dwelling Wood Beef re- frigerator
G. E. Stacy S. Boone C. H. Cook
st'cted furn. Overheated oil stove
75
50 00|No
50 00
30 00 No
80 00
25
73
11.35 p Pleasant
Wood | Barn
A. W.Keane
3000
35 00
3000
1000 00
12 00
800
47 00
47 00
29 Still
7 p Vine
Wood Dwelling
John Shea
Foul chim. Defct.chim. ney ilies W. H. Baker Several fam- Foul chim- & Co. Milford Shoe Co. Milford Shoe Co. T. Shea J. A. Taft
Overheated thermostadt Wm. Flynn Foul chim. W. F. Sher- borne P. Tonoli
No
2 p Cedar
No No
52
Sp'ntaneous combustion Lamp tipped over
175 28 330 00
73 12.05 a Pleasant
Wood |Hen h'se |E. Hemnw'y | Vacant
225 00
No 15 00
No
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ROSTER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF ENGINEER,
JOHN H. SCOTT
FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER,
SECOND ASSISTANT ENGINEER, ASSISTANT ENGINEER,
CLERK AND TREASURER,
PHILIP P. O'DONNELL
CHARLES H. COOK
STEPHEN C. J. QUIRK LYMAN E. BELKNAP
HOSE COMPANY NO. 1 .- Captain, L. R. Joy; Lieutenant, A. J. Whitcomb; Clerk and Treasurer, C. E. Dewing; Steward and Driver, J. J. Hennessey; Hosemen, E. G. Hubbard, G. E. Fletcher, F. G. Clark, H. I. Binney, W. I. Rose, W. D. White, S. A. Marso, James Furse, A. M. Bagley.
HOSE COMPANY No 2 .- Captain, T. F. Martin; Lieuten - ant, E. E. Fletcher; Clerk and Treasurer, C. E. Blaisdell; Steward, F. L. Belknap; Hosemen, P. J. O'Connor, J. J. Ring, T. F. Callahan, John Mathews, Fred Gaskill, F. L. Kim- ball, E. B. Quinn, I. N. Ward, James Horne; Driver, W. P. Leland.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 3 .- Captain, W. H. Curtin, Lieuten- ant, D. E. O'Connor, Clerk and Treasurer, A. O. Hersey; Stew- ard, R. P. Hoey; Hosemen, J. W. Keelon, C. A. Cheney, George Julian, T. M. Shea, J. T. Kirby, H. Marchessault, C. H. Voyer, W. F. Sheehan, M. Casey.
ENGINE COMPANY No. 2 .- Captain, W. J. Struthers; Lieutenant, G. A. Wilcox; Clerk and Treasurer, H. L. Hagar; Engineman, N. B. Fairbanks; Stoker, W. A. Fairbanks; Hosemen, G. S. Dudley, H. E. Trask, I. C. Trask, William Annette, Ed Hancock, A. L. Watkins, E. E. Allen, H. A. Bag- ley; Driver, E. M. Temple.
ENGINE No. 1, RESERVE .- Engineman, H. E. Rockwood.
LADDER COMPANY No. 1 .- Captain, J. L. Keefe; Lieuten- ant, M. H. Sullivan; Clerk, D. P. Flynn; Treasurer, J. F. Bax- ter; Steward, Thomas Lally; Laddermen, M. H. Burke, J. A. Boyce, J. J. Nelligan, D. Chaisson, 'T'. F. Waters, Ed Riley, L. V. Corbett, William Place; Driver, J. Callery.
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IN MEMORIAM.
WILLIAM P. DACEY, DIED DEC. 14, 1899. Member Hose Co. No. 2, MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Four buildings, 2 steam fire engines; 1 engineer's wagon; 3 hose wagons; 1 ladder truck; 2 hose reels; 2 horses; 3 set double harnesses; 4 set single harnesses; 1 two-horse tip cart; 1 sled; 4 stoves; furniture for four sleeping-rooms; 8 three-gal- lon extinguishers; 1 two-gallon extinguisher; 1 Vajen-Bader smoke protector; 1 cellar pipe; necessary amount of spanners, wrenches, belts, nozzles, pipes, lanterns, etc .; 5 rubber coats; 63 woolen coats in poor condition; 5 Siamese connections; 2 furnaces; 2 gas heaters; 2 bath tubs; 1 hot air heater; electric gas lighting apparatus at Hose No. 1 and 2, Ladder and En- gine houses; hub runners for Hose No. 1 and Ladder No. 1; 1 pung for Hose No. 3; 1 express wagon; 4,500 feet of hose; 175 feet lawn hose.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH
1 3-circuit repeater; 1 3-circuit switch-board; 1 volt meter and switch-board: 92 battery cells; 4 galvanometers; 19 miles of No. 9 galvanized iron wire; 4 mechanical gongs; 4 direct- action tappers; 1 whistle machine; 1 bell striker; 1 8-inch Crosby chime whistle; 140 poles and 16 street boxes.
RESERVOIRS.
Sixteen, located as follows: One each on Grove, Fruit, Exchange, Jefferson, North Bow, Walnut, 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 rear of Foster place, so-called, Main street; one on Par- ish common; one near Hancock house, Purchase street; che near 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 and Temple factory.
Box 17. North Bow Street, opposite 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 41. Electric Car Power House.
Box 43.
Corner School and Walnut streets.
Box 46.
Corner Fountain and Purchase Streets.
Box 47. Purchase Street, near Kibby farm, so-called.
Box 52. Main Street, opposite Water Street.
Box 54. Corner Main and Fruit Streets.
Box 65. Corner Forest and Grove Streets.
Box 7. L. E. Belknap's residence, Congress street.
Box 73. Corner Spruce and Congress Streets.
Box 142. Private, Milford Shoe Co., factory No. 1.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We would recommend the following appropriation for the year ensuing :-
For pay of members
$5,600
For Incidentals,
$1,900
For New Hose
$550
We do not desire to appear persistent in the advocacy of a chemical engine or combination wagon for quick ser- vice, but we feel that it is our duty to again call the at- tention of the Town to the necessity of this piece of ap- paratus. Several fires have occurred the past year which could have been extinguished by a chemical, where we were obliged to use water in large quantities. Then again fires have occurred in the farming district which could have been extinguished with slight loss, which were a total loss. Take
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the Mowry fire, for instance; we do not hesitate to say that the loss would not have exceeded seventy-five dollars had we had a combination wagon such as we recommended last year.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. SCOTT, Chief,
P. P. O'DONNELL, 1st Assistant,
C. H. COOK, 2nd Assistant, STEPHEN C. J. QUIRK, 3rd Assistant,
L. E. BELKNAP, Clerk and Treasurer.
REPORT OF TOWN PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Appropriation for 1899
$200 00
Bills unpaid in 1898 :- Milford Water Co.
$11 37
Milford Highway Department
44 40 .
Timothy Kirby, police
20 25 ·
1899.
N. K. Sprague, labor
$ 4 65
George W. Peasley, labor
2 00
George F. Pierce, labor 5 30 .
L. G. Barnard, labor
7 10
William Foster, labor
5 40
Thomas Daffon, labor
19 70
John McEnany, labor
31 50
Dennis Sullivan, labor
5 40
John Conway, labor
.
5 40
William H. Bourne, supplies
5 12
Macuen Bros., loam
5 00
Z. C. Field, lumber .
1 28
Leahy Bros., printing
1 00
Cook & Sons, printing
1 00
C. A. Hill, plumbing
3 79
Timothy Kirby, police
20 25
Balance unexpended
09
·
$200 00
Bills still unpaid :- Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies $ 91 .
Respectfully submitted, C. W. WILCOX, TIMOTHY KIRBY, W. H. BOURNE,
Town Park Commissioners.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSE AT THE FARM.
Grain
$834 10
Salary of Superintendent .
600 00
Meat
564 54
Flour, bread and crackers
256 87
Labor
208 83
Coal
171 09
Hardware, farming tools, etc.
168 27 .
Butter
150 01 .
Boots and shoes
144 99
Sugar
136 19
Medicine, part for 1898
133 80
Farm and Peterboro wagons
133 55
Fresh fish, part for 1898 .
99 85
Tea
·
.
93 05
Cows
.
.
85 00
Dry goods . ·
·
.
84 03
Carpenter work
63 11
Furniture
57 82
Small groceries and spices
55 51
Tobacco and snuff
50 73
Small bills paid by L. Aldrich
50 38
Range, 1898
50 00
Medical attendance
50 00
Lumber
47 88
Burials
45 00
Horse-shoeing and jobbing
42 90
Repairing harnesses and supplies
40 58 ·
Hogs
40 00 .
Clothing · .
.
40 69
Painters' supplies .
35 82
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.
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.
.
.
·
.
.
.
·
·
66
Wheelwrighting and jobbing
$33 03
Soft soap
28 05
Salt fish
42 00
Bull ·
26 00
Standing grass
24 00
Kerosene oil
23 45
Crockery and tinware
25 20
Seed potatoes, 1898
21 85
Phosphate, 1898
21 55
Ice .
18 90
Grass and garden seeds
17 94
Pasturing cattle, 1898 and 1899
17 50
Spectacles and repairing
16 45
Molasses
15 60
Carpets
19 25
Sawing lumber
.
14 04
Hard soap .
13 79
Bone cutter
13 00
Cabbage
13 00
Mops and brooms
12 15
Painting wagon
12 00
Cheese
11 79
Milk cans .
10 50
Lard ·
9 85
Coffee
9 22
Wire fencing
.
Taxes on Upton wood lot
6 80
Daily News, 2 years to Jan. 1, 1900
6 00
Stationery, etc.
6 06
Rubber hose
.
.
.
5 25
Onions ·
.
.
4 64
Salt
4 79
Lime
2 90
Cabbage slicer
2 50
Clothes-lines
2 10
$5,053 53
INCOME AT THE FARM.
Milk
.
. $1,008 10
Board, Lucius C. Fisk
.
156 00
.
·
7 79
67
Board, Curtis L. Claflin
$156 00
Board, George Buckingham
82 00
Potatoes
70 00
Board, Mary Cavanaugh
63 82
Pigs
.
32 50
Board, Jane Fay
32 00
Board, Mary Bradley
25 00
Pork
14 50
Beef hides
12 95
Calves
11 75
Service of bull
6 50
Old junk
1 59
Rhubarb
75
Corn
85
$1,674 31
INMATES AT THE FARM DURING THE YEAR.
Age. Wks.
Age. Wks.
Lydia A. Parkhurst,
60 52
Michael Spellman, 77 52
Ellen Middleton,
60 52
Lucius C. Fisk, 78 52
Dennis Pyne,
60
52
George Buckingham,
65 42
Johanna McCarty,
82
52
Mary Sireack,
56
42
Mary Flagg,
76
52
Mary Cavanaugh, 56
41
Thomas Hughes,
76
52
Joseph Sireack, 15
40
Edmund Donavan,
73
52
Michael McNulty, 80
25
William O'Rouke,
60
52
Patrick Campbell, 64
25
Michael Hughes,
72
52
Elmira Kelly;'
42
24
Annie Greigg,
75
52
John Flynn,
48
52
Ellen McGee,
74
52
Nellie Gabrey,
5
26
Michael King,
51
52
Joseph Kelly,
6 mos. 23
Daniel Bergin,
64
52
William Young,
75
20
Curtis L. Claflin,
75
52
Patrick Murray,
46
15
Michael Hines,
67
52
William Campbell,
42
6
Mary O'Connell,
60
52
Melinda Sireack,
31
12
Patrick Mitchell,
65
10
Edward' Sireack,
62
11
John Moore,
60
22
Frank Sireack, 23
11
Thomas Hannigan,
40
52
John Manion,
46. 33
David Butler,
19
52
John Minon,
61
4
Celia Conlin,
65
52
Mrs.FrancisMcGinniss, 75
3
.
68
Age. Wks.
Age. Wks.
Lulu Kelly,
7 24
Frank Ferguson, 27 12
Lillian Kelly,
14 23
Thomas Fahey,
28
1
Rhea Kelly,
13 24
Mary Johnson,
39
4
Violet Kelly,
10
24
Catherine Mars,
60
1
Mary Cottrell,
41
26
John Hickey, 35
11
Nora Cottrell,
8
26
William Minton,
41
5
Benjamin Cottrell,
6
26
Orry Cheney, 40
12
Robert Cottrell, 4
26
Daniel Griffin, 64
7
Michael Dunn,
43
7
Martin Coppinger,
77
11
Charles Remick,
43
8
Net expense at the farm . . $3,379 22
Appraisal of town farm and wood lot $6,400; interest .
384 00
Appraisal of personal property $3,728.00, interest
223 68
$3,986 90
Whole number of inmates during the year
62
Average number .
36
Average weekly cost
$2 13
There were two deaths at the farm during the year, as follows :-
Martin Coppinger, died April 22, of cancer; aged 77. Andrew S. Fuller, died July 12, of apoplexy ; aged 51.
PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Mrs. James Boland, $28 50
Mrs. Patrick Burns, 59 95
Lucius F. Bagley, 1898, 3 00
Callanan children, 136 00
Cooper children, 102 00
Mrs. Peter Collins,1898 1 73
John Callahan, 79 98
Benjamin Cottrell chil- dren, 35 35
Hannah Cooney, 41 61
Mrs. Mary Clancy, $10 75 Mrs. Sarah A. Cheney, 36 00 Mrs. Mary C. Cavan- augh, 14 00
Daniel Curran, 4 85
John E. Coates,
4 50
Thomas Crowley chil- dren, 25 75
John Doherty,
61 96
Mrs. Wm. F. Drew,
44 00
51
2
Edward Hanson,
54
8
Andrew S. Fuller,
69
Geo. M. Davenport, $ 1 50
Andrew S. Fuller, $ 40
Edward Nelligan, 76 25
Mrs. John Nugent, 50 50
Mrs. Martin O'Melia, 91 75
Giovanni Giocomuzzi, 112 50
Edward Gahagan, 3 00
Alice Jordan, 1 65
William Graves, 1898, 7 60
Lewis Phipps,
132 85
Mrs. Michael Haganey, 88 19
Mrs. Michael O. Ryan, 81 75 James A. Russell, 23 28
Darius Healey, 141 88
Mrs. Wm. Tracey, 50 00
Lucretia Hayward,1898 15 75
Margaret Shea, 49 65
Mary Herlihy, 28 40
Mrs. Jerry Tynan, 104 30
Mary A. Johnson, 1 50
Laura Tucker,1898, 7 73
James E. Killion, 58 00
Fred Tillotson, 4 75
Mrs. James E. Sullivan 24 78
Abbie Shepard, 28 00
Mrs.Timothy Wallace, 1898, 50
Medical attendance for
Lorry Merritt, 2 35
the above,
100 00
Edward McKenna, 62 55
Owen McGurren, 88 68
$2,523 43
PERSONS AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS BELONGING TO MILFORD.
Mary A. Arnold, Boston . $ 55 00
Alvin Collins, Holliston
78 00
Peter Callahan, Boston City Hospital
10 00
John Curry, Tewksbury almshouse
6 57
Andrew Doyle, Spencer . 114 50
Thomas Dowd, Worcester City Hospital
8 00
James Dowd, Worcester City Hospital
23 00
Rose Delaney, North Easton
54 00
Laura McGowan Day, Boston 89 75
Mrs. Patrick Fahey, South Framingham 159 16
William J. Ferguson, Mattapoisett 166 00
John H. Hilferty, Boston City Hospital 79 00
Alton Handley, South Framingham 22 67
John Delaney, 5 10
John Griffin, 18 00
Ellen A. Guild, 82 00
John Minon, 11 90
John Hayes, 81 00
52 56
Mrs. Frank Lackey,
Mrs. John F. Moore, '98 and '99, 113 00
Mary Mingst, 5 90
Joseph Milani, 24 00
70
Mrs. Nellie Hayward, North Brookfield . $131 50
Mrs. Joseph P. Kelly, Lynn 164 40 .
John J. Kane, Randolph . 33 00
Charles W. Knowlton, Boston City Hos- pital .
25 00
Neil Lundstrom, Fall River 8 00
Charles A. Moore, Worcester
.
2 70
Patrick Murray, Worcester
8 50
James Murphy, children, Marlborough
144 00
Ida M. Normandin, Hudson
58 75
Mrs. Lawrence O'Hare, Salem
12 72
George O'Donnell, Natick
247 20
Albert P. Snow, Worcester
.
6 63
George W. Scisco, Mendon
5 00
Johanna Slattery, Hopkinton
86 38
Deborah Cherry Riley, Worcester City Hospital 20 00
Sarah Tiernan, Worcester
60
To be paid back in 1900, Worcester City Hospital 5 00
To be paid back in 1900, Boston City Hospital 30 00
$1,855 03
PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD.
Mrs. James E. Butler, Upton $ 84 00
Arthur Bronner, Boston . 2 64
George W. Coleman, Boston 44 13 ·
Andrew T. Cook, Medway
5 00
Mary H. Davis, Somerville 17 00
Mrs. George D. Edmands, Hopedale 144 00
Charles M. Emery, Natick 44 60 ·
Nellie Fleming, Rockland
71 00
James H. Lee, Worcester .
22 48
Mrs. Kate Mann, Natick .
145 90
Mrs. Robert McAuliff, Randolph 84 00 ·
Mrs. Patrick F. McCue, Natick .
15 00
71
Martin Newton, Shrewsbury
$ 2 65
Charles E. Newton, Shrewsbury . 4 00
Mrs. Thomas O'Connell, Medway William Papineau, Marlborough
105 63
38 50
Mrs. Charles Rooney, Waltham
8 00
John M. Robbins, Oxford
.
31 95
Soldiers' Relief, Uxbridge
·
134 15
Frank D. Snow, Holliston
42 50
Mrs. Michael Savage, Franklin
5 45
Mrs. Calvin Taft, Upton .
36 04
Mrs. Joseph Whalen, Hopkinton
5 50
$1,094 25
INSANE.
John Herney, Worcester Insane Hospital $ 42 71 Mary T. Sullivan, Worcester Insane Hos- pital .
25 54
Herbert E. Eames, Worcester Insane Hospital 26 46
William Geary, Worcester Insane Hos- pital . 85 42
Patrick Fahey, Worcester Insane Hos- pital . Henry Wall, Worcester Insane Hospital Annie E. Eliason, Worcester Insane Hos- pital
42 71
36 68
49 68
Charles H. White, Worcester Insane Hospital 169 46
Abbott L. Perry, Worcester Insane Hos- pital . 169 46
Monroe A. Goldsmith, Worcester Insane Hospital 169 46
Thomas Conway, Worcester Insane Hospital. 169 46
Martin Fleming, Worcester Insane Hos- pital . 169 46
Nellie A. Sullivan, Worcester Insane Hospital 169 46
.
.
72
Edward W. Fox, Worcester Insane Hos- pital . $ 16 57 Charles H. Dunham, Worcester Insane Asylum 169 45
John Droney, Worcester Insane Asylum 169 48
Peter Callahan, Taunton Insane Hospital 42 71 Christopher Beatty, Taunton Insane Hos- pital 169 46
Jane Doyle, Taunton and Palmer Insane Hospitals 400 21
John F. Donavan, Westboro Insane Hos- pital .
42 71
Albert J. Brigham, Westboro Insane Hospital
118 58
Joseph P. Kelly, Danvers Insane Hos- pital .
169 46
Cyrus E. Lane, Danvers Insane Hospital Hannah M. Kennedy, Palmer Hospital for Epileptics
338 93
Mary E. Collins, Palmer Hospital for Epileptics 156 65
Kate E. Geary, Medfield Insane Asylum
146 00
Effie M. Russell, 66
140 40
Lucy M. Wilber, 66 66
.
146 00
Maria Ripley, 66
67 31
Annie M. Murphy,
66
146 00
Caroline Coughlin, Tewksbury
Insane
Hospital
146 40
Margaret Saunders, Tewksbury Insane Hospital 146 40
Jennie E. Stewart, Tewksbury Insane Hospital 109 60
Jerry McGrath, Tewksbury Insane Hos- pital .
110 40
$4,448 75
STATE POOR.
Mrs. Daniel Brassell
. $ 60 11
Mrs. Aidor Bouley
·
97
Mrs. Fred Beaudin
.
1 45
169 47
73
Mrs. Edward Crofton
$ 15 10
Mrs. Octave Cotie .
3 00
E. A. Darling
1 95
Michael Galvin
4 25
Patrick Hadlock
112 71
William E. Johnson
10 25
Edward Lagannesse
4 50
Mrs. George Luty .
58 13
Chester F. Laird
2 50
Angelo Mancastrippi
2 00
Daniel McNeil
2 00
Frank Rafferty
24 50
Mrs. Charles Sweeney
10 20
Michael Scalpini .
15 50
Carmini Sostilio
5 50
Domino LeClair
2 50
John Ray .
3 60
Francis E. Smith
1 50
James Williams
85
Francisco Vergobi .
23 50
Feligi Vegentini
7 00
Edward Young
45 52
$419 09
Tramps, 1349
$31 85
INCIDENTALS.
Expense looking up unsettled cases
$20 59
Books
21 00
Postage stamps, postal cards and stamped envelopes ·
6 15
Stationery .
.
.
.
3 40
Ink
75
.
$51 89
RECEIPTS.
Full amount of order's drawn on Clifford
A. Cook, Treasurer .
$17,565 93
Income at the farm . $1,674 31
State
·
669 18
·
.
74
Natick
$225 75
Insane account of 1898, returned
171 46
Hopedale
144 00
Uxbridge
.
134 15
Upton
120 04
Medway
108 03
Marlboro
96 50
Randolph
82 00
Rockland
71 13
Boston
46 77
Holliston
42 50
Oxford
31 95
Somerville .
28 15
Worcester .
19 73
Franklin .
12 45
Joseph Fitzsimmons from report 1898, Town reimbursed 4 00
Town reimbursed by different persons . 2,088 71 - $5,570 81
Full amount taken from treasury
$11,995 12
RECAPITULATION.
Expense at the farm . $5,053 53
Persons aided outside the farm . 2,523 43
Persons aided in other towns · . 1,855 03
Persons aided belonging to other towns . 1,094 25
Insane
. 4,448 15
State poor ·
·
·
·
419 09 ·
Tramps ·
·
31 85
Incidentals
51 89
Orders given, Town reimbursed . . 2,088 71
- $17,565 93
Appropriation for the poor
·
$12,000 00 .
Amount expended
11,995 12
Amount unexpended
$4 88
.
.
·
1
75
BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS AND THE STATE.
State
$320 84
C. T. G., North Attleboro
.
·
208 50
Somerville
17 00
Waltham . .
11 00
Hopkinton . ·
5 50
Worcester . ·
.
2 75
Medway
.
2 60
$568 19
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED DURING THE YEAR.
Farm
62
Insane in hospitals
.
.
34
State
.
.
.
.
49
All other persons .
.
235
- 380
The superintendent and matron are paid to March 1, 1900; salary $600. The Town physician is paid to Dec. 1, 1899; salary $150.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
1
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH, JAMES W. BURKE,
Overseers of the Poor.
.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1899.
1899. DR.
Jan. 1. To cash on hand . $ 7 81
Receipts :-
May 4. Wm. Emery, for digging graves 22 00
Aug. 26. C. A. Cook, town appropriation 100 00
Sept. 6. C. A. Cook, town appropriation 50 00
Oct. 10. Wm. Emery, for digging graves 37 00
Oct. 10. Wm. Emery, sale of lots 125 00
1900.
Jan. 1. Wm. Emery, sale of lots 24 00
Jan. 1. Wm. Emery, digging graves . 40 00
Jan. 1. Wm. Emery, fitting and care of lots
180 40
Jan. 1. Wm. Emery, sale of wood ·
2 50
Jan. 1. Wm. Emery, perpetual care of
lots
78 17
$666 88
CR
By paying George W. Brown for labor $234 92
Wm. C. Morrison, for labor . 75 75
Wm. Johnston & Co., labor and sup- plies
84 50
Emery & Wood, supplies
16 25
Eldredge & Son, labor
1 65
Franklin Foundry, supplies
.
18 50
George W. Johnston, labor
7 05
James E. Macuen, supplies .
1 50
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies .
16 06
.
L
77
Macuen Bros., supplies Wm. Emery, supplies
$46 75
·
26 46
John A. Pierce, labor
12 82
H. L. Sweet, labor
22 72
Michael Doyle, supplies
18 00
E. E. Vaughan, supplies
4 00
Wm. Emery, labor
35 00
H. G. Skinner, labor .
·
10 00
Cash on hand
34 95
$666 88
H. C. SKINNER, Treasurer. WILLIAM EMERY, Chairman.
There have been sixty interments during the past year.
The terms of the committee expire as follows: Thomas Lilley and Charles W. Johnson in 1900; H. C. Skinner and William Emery in 1901; George L. Maynard and William C. Morrison in 1902.
HENRY C. SKINNER, Secretary. WILLIAM EMERY, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALH.
The Milford Board of Health call the attention of the voters of the Town to our annual report for 1899 and 1900.
The year has been quite free from cases of infectious diseases; Diphtheria 4; Scarlet fever 9; Membranous Croup, 3; Measles, 5; Typhoid fever, 12. It would appear that there must have been negligence, on the part of physicians in re- porting cases of measles.
On account of the prevalence of smallpox in Boston and immediate cities, the State Board of Health called for a thorough vaccination of neighboring cities and towns. In addition to four or five days of vaccination at the Town ' House, the Board made a thorough work of visiting every school and examination of every scholar. Over one thousand were vaccinated and the results were very satisfactory.
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