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Samuel A. Fairbanks,
68 19 7
2 Consumption, Phthisis Pulmonalis,
Monson.
9 14 Cholera Infantum,
Milford.
3
Gaetano Lanza,
1
59
Phlebitis,
Ireland.
12 12 13
Crohan O'Connell,
52
("rebro-spinal Me'ngitis, 2
86 7
25 Old Age,
11
10 Old Age,
8
16 Meningitis,
Milford.
10
17 Uræmia,
Mystic, Conn.
29
Henry Schulz,
76
1 23 Valvular Incompetency,
Germany. Milford.
31 SEPT. 2 4
Edgar O. Tillotson,
51 29
4 1
6.
Pneumonia.
Hartford, Conn.
5
Bridget Kelley, Parmelia A. Soule,
60 72 5
2 18 6
Pneumonia, Meningitis,
Milford. Milford.
36 1
6
Pneumonia,
Milford.
26
Grace Ethel C. Healey, Lucy C. Morrison,
70
29
Apoplexy,
Grafton, Vt.
26 OCT. ·2
Ellen Shea,
Cardiac Asthma,
3
Joseph Daige,
27 Pneumonia,
4
Freddy Montani,
2 Capillary Bronchitis,
4
John Casey,
78
Pneumonia, Meningitis,
Milford.
5 6 6
Catherine Cobb,
5 Apoplexy,
Holliston.
8 10
Marion Elizabeth Kay, Everett R. Dalrymple, Robert Wall,
1
19 Entero-Colitis, Malaria,
Ireland.
10
Nancy Parkhurst,
Cincinnati, O.
11
28
11
27 Consumption,
77 2
21 Apoplexy, Paralysis,
1
2 Convulsions,
Milford.
22
Giuseppe Bertorelli,
39
2 22 Capillary Bronchitis, Hepatic Carcinoma,
Milford. Milford.
25
George Wm. Rumble,
39
3 27| Uræmia,
48 Phthisis,
Milford. Milford. Ireland. Milford. Woonsocket. Lebanon, Me. Milford.
12 14 Parthenia R. Crockett,
15 Giuseppe Visconti, 15 Edwin Silas Tingley, 16 Hannah H. Nelson, 17 William Hynes, Alfred Edward Young, Joseph Martin,
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12 Accidental Burning, 1 Carcinoma of Throat.
Bellingham. Mendon. Ireland. Milford.
22 24 James F. Sweeney, 25 Susannah E. Whitehead, 25 Albert Henry Young, Ida May Pond,
19
10|11 |Cholera Infantum, 7
51 7
Phthisis Pulmonalis, Cerebral Hemorrhage,
27 7
20 Tuberculosis,
60 6
1 Phthisis,
Uxbridge. Scotland. New Bedford.
9 11
Thomas Dalton, Honora Lynch, Francesco Mazzarelli,
6
4 Cholera Infantum, Cerebral Apoplexy,
Ireland.
23 24 26 .26 29
Betsey Angell, Alice Ryan, Fred E. Saunders,
84 29
3
6 Cholera Infantum,
Milford.
Cora Estelle Bagley, William Cloonan,
B Sarcoma, 18 Inanition, Brights Disease,
Hyde Park, Vt. Milford.
Ireland.
6 10 12 13 15
Mabel C. Sawyer, John M. Connors, Luigi Cenedella,
1
13 Pulmon. Tuberculosis,
26 11 14 Consumption,
Ashland.
65 64
Ireland. Canada. Milford.
14 78 5 3 1
7 Cellulitis,
Milford. Milford.
68 72
11
26 Nephritis, Peritonitis,
19 19 22
Frederick Hess, Willie Jones, Lewis Phipps,
Danville, Va. Milford. Milford.
Peter Consoletto,
25 Annie M. Coyne,
27
Richard Munn,
England. New York.
29
Dennis Sullivan, Mabel Hutchings,
2 Inanition, Entero Colitis,
Milford.
Milford.
Milford.
Lester Lyons, Louisa Thayer,
Milford. Milford. Holliston.
Felice Vigentini,
Annie E. Flynn,
17 5 General Peritonitis,
Somersett, Vt.
Ireland.
Jennie Connor,
10 Convulsion,
Wrentham.
22
DEATH.
9 .10 Austin McGuire,
45
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF MILFORD, 1899 .- CONCLUDED.
DATE
DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
AGE.
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
OCT. 31 NOV. 3 5
Mary Parmelee Croswell,
85|10|12 Cerebral Apoplexy,
New Haven, Ct.
Patrick Gillon,
56
Typhoid Fever,
Ireland. Ireland.
Bridget Coffey,
63
Typhoid Malaria,
6
Edwin Cooper,
32
Railway Accident,
Scotland.
13 15
Michael McNamara,
65
Pneumonia,
Ireland.
15
Charles J. O'Brien,
25 4
Pneumonia,
Milford.
16
Thomas Corning Tedford,
4 2
6
Pneumonia,
Milford.
21
Hannah Peard,
73
Pneumonia,
Ireland.
29
John P. Kellett,
21 Convulsion,
Milford.
29
Stanistova Gaieski,
31 Valvular Dis. of Heart,
Milford.
DEC.
5
George Solari,
7 |Convulsion,
Milford.
13
Nellie A. Sherman,
5
3 Pulmon. Tuberculosis,
Milford.
14
Thomas F. Kelley,
Pneumonia,
Milford.
16 Michele Ozella,
5
Empyæma,
Milford.
19
William C. Mullen,
37
Heart Failure,
Milford.
21
Francis D. Montague,
81
6 11 Old Age,
Grafton.
26
Catherine Gibbons,
65
Hæmorrhagia Cerebri,
Ireland.
Francis Roche,
2
6|Croupous Pneumonia,
Milford.
24 Margaret Filmore,
50 10|11 | Shock following Scald,
Nova Scotia.
20
Catherine McNamara,
65
Pneumonia,
Ireland.
YMD
OF
30 36 1
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 Mon- day, the fifth day of March, A. D., 1900, punctually at six o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles namely :-
[The Polls may be closed at four o'clock in the after- noon 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 Col- lector, Auditor, Three Selectmen, Three Assessors, Three Overseers of the Poor; Two Members of the School Com- mittee, Three Trustees of Public Library, two for three years, and one for one year, One Member of the Board of Health, (3 years,) Two Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and Fifteen Constables; to be voted for on ballots prepared and furnished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1898; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the ques- tion, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Selectmen, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treas- urer, Engineers of Fire Department, Tax Collector, Trustees
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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 collect- ed 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 appro- priate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to locate an electric light on Central street near Alden street, and ap- propriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will appropriate two hundred dollars ($200) to build a sidewalk on the east side of Emmons street, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1895, it being en- titled, "An Act Relative to Watering of Streets in Towns."
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to water its streets or any portion thereof, and determine what portion, if any, of the cost thereof shall be assessed upon the estates abutting upon the streets watered, raise and appropriate money therefor, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will purchase a chemi- cal engine or combination wagon for the fire department, ap- propriate money for the same, or take any action in relation to the same.
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to locate a fire alarm box on West street, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to locate an electric light on the Town Park, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to widen and rebuild the bridge on West street, near land of John Ring, ap- propriate money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to be used for the transplanting and care of shade trees, under the direction of the Tree Warden, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to appoint an inspector of wires under the provisions of Chapter 337 Acts of 1899, it being entitled, "An Act Relative to the Regulation and Supervision of Wires over Streets and Buildings in Towns."
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out, grading and ex- tension of Church street, or take any action in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will accept a deed of gift of a piece of land for a park, enclosed by a private way, called Church Place, now owned by William F. Draper and William Bancroft, 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, grading and ex- tension of Domnick street, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the widening and grading of Congress street, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will have the upper story of Memorial Hall finished and floored over and a better stairway provided to reach the same, and that the sum of
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Eight Hundred Dollars be appropriated for the carrying out of the same.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to take or purchase in fee a strip of land on the south- erly side of Fruit street, for the purpose of enlarging the schoolhouse lot on which stands the "South Grammar School- house," appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the schoolhouse on Chapin street, appropriate any money there- for, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to take or purchase in fee a strip of land on the south- erly side of West street, for the purpose of enlarging the schoolhouse lot on which stands the "West street School- house," appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will reconsider the vote passed March 2, 1885,-Page 135, Book 6-as follows: "Voted, That the reports of Town meetings and Town Warrants be published in all the local papers;" or take any action in rela- tion to the same.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to repair, en- large or remodel the present Town Hall, raise and appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to issue bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), at a rate of interest not exceeding 4 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, for the purpose of repairing, enlarging or remodeling said Town Hall, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to pave a por- tion of Main and Central streets or either of them, provided the Street Railway Companies pave a portion of either or both of said streets, raise and appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to issue bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding ($16,000) sixteen thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not to exceed four per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, for the purpose of paving or repairing a portion of Main and Cen- tral streets or either of them, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will establish a by-law or by-laws to provide for preserving the peace and good order of the Town in relation to children under sixteen years of age.
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, and Milford Gazette, 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 twenty-first day of February, A. D., 1900.
B. T. CLANCY, GEO. P. COOKE, ABBOTT A. JENKINS, Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.
INDEX.
FIRST SECTION.
Appropriations 7
Assessors' Report
.
.
. 52
Auditor's Report
.
84
Board of Health, Report of . 78 ·
Collectors' Reports . .
48
Fire Department, Report of
54
Overseers of Poor, Report of
65
Selectmen's Report . ·
11
Summary of Expenses
9
Town Officers ·
3
Town Park Commissioners, Report of 64
Treasurer's Report . .
34
Trustees of Town Library, Report of 79 .
Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Report of
76
SECOND SECTION.
School Committee, Report of
.
1
Superintendent's Report 10
THIRD SECTION.
Town Records
.
1
Town Warrant
.
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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 FEB. 1, 1901.
MILFORD, MASS. : WILLIAM P. CLARKE, PRINTER, 1901.
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN.
GEORGE P. COOKE, ABBOTT A. JENKINS, JOSEPH F. HICKEY. TOWN CLERK. JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN. TOWN TREASURER. CLIFFORD A. COOK.
TAX COLLECTOR. AUDITOR.
WILLIAM P. FOLEY, THOMAS F. MANNING.
ASSESSORS.
GEORGE E. STACY, SULLIVAN C. SUMNER, JOHN F. BARRETT.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH,
JAMES W. BURKE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
+GILBERT M. BILLINGS, WALDO B. WHITING,
*GEORGE L. COOKE, GEORGE E. STACY,
RICHARD GILFOYLE, JOHN C. LYNCH,
WILLIAM J. WELCH.
BOARD OF HEALTH. CHARLES H. COLE, M.D., DANIEL T. SULLIVAN, M.D. ALFRED A. BURRILL.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHAS. A. DEWEY,
OWEN F. CROUGHWELL,
PATRICK E. SWEENEY, NATHAN W. HEATH,
NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, JAMES S. MULLANE.
* Died Aug. 3, 1900 i Elected by Selectmen and School Committee to fill vacancySept- 17, 1900.
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TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
CHARLES W. JOHNSON, THOMAS LILLEY,
HENRY C. SKINNER,
GEORGE L. MAYNARD,
WILLIAM C. MORRISON, WILLIAM EMERY.
CONSTABLES.
MARTIN BRODREICK, OLIVER D. HOLMES,
LAWRENCE V. CORBETT,
THOMAS F. KELLEY,
EDWARD J. DALTON, *PHILIP P. O'DONNELL,
MICHAEL W. EDWARDS,
CHARLES H. WATERS.
JAMES HOWARD, CHARLES CARUSO,
JOHN MOORE, JOHN L. KEEFE,
DAVID E. CASEY, RAPHAEL MARINO,
THOMAS J. BIRMINGHAM.
FIELD DRIVERS.
JOHN SHOCKROW; EDMUND MURPHY, FENCE VIEWERS.
ISAAC N. DAVIS, GEORGE S. WHITNEY. CHESTER L. CLARK. TREE WARDEN. THOMAS GILMORE.
PARK COMMISSIONERS. WILLIAM H. BOURNE, CHARLES W. WILCOX, TIMOTHY KIRBY.
POUND KEEPRR. EDMUND MURPHY. Officers Appointed by the Selectmen. ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARMENT.
JOHN H. SCOTT, *P. P. O'DONNELL'
LAWRENCE V. CORBETT, L. E. BELKNAP,
CHARLES H. COOK. REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
HENRY J. BAILEY, WENDELL WILLIAMS, JAMES J. CLANCY, JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Clerk. * Died Jan. 5, 1901.
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TOWN SOLICITOR. SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. MAURICE E. NELLIGAN
JESSE A. TAFT.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
JAMES J. SMITH, Assistant. JOHN SMITH,
LOCKUP KEEPER.
JOHN SMITH.
JANITOR OF MEMORIAL HALL.
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL.
MARTIN JENKINS. JOHN SMITH.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
JAMES JOHNSTON, AUGUSTUS STEVENS,
F. T. QUIRK,
GEORGE A. MOORE,
EBEN WILLIAMS,
H. A. BARNEY,
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, S. C. J. QUIRK,
LEWIS H. BARNEY, ARTHUR A. JENKINS,
GEORGE L. MACUEN,
J. A. WALLACE.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
STEPHEN C. J. QUIRK,
' JAMES JOHNSTON,
EBEN WILLIAMS,
JOHN SMITH.
MORTIMORE REYNOLDS,
JAMES S. MULLANE, I. T. QUIRK, WILLIAM JOHNSTON,
LEWIS H. BARNEY, ARTHUR A. JENKINS,
II. A. BARNEY, GEORGE L. MACUEN.
J. A. WALLACE.
POLICE OFFICERS.
LEONARD ALDRICH,
E. J. NUTTER, TIMOTHY KIRBY,
JOHN SMITH,
MATTHEW BURNS,
HUMPHREY RICHARDS,
MARTIN JENKINS, DANIEL HAYES,
JOHN T. RYAN,
W. N. PRENTISS,
JAMES J. SMITH,
P. M. HUNT,
PATRICKJ. DUDDY,
M. MARCUS MORAN,
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BENJAMIN VITILINI,
NAHUM E. GASKILL,
MICHAL J. MCCARTHY,
WALDO D. WHITE,
NELSON SHERMAN, PATRICK BIRMINGHAM
WILLIAM E. HOGAN, JOHN H. SCOTT, JOSEPH MORCONE,
FRANK M. HOWE, (R. R. Police Officer G. & U, R. R.) JAMES S. MULLANE, (R. R. Police Officer for N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.) MARCUS Q. JACKSON, (R. R. Police Officer B. & A. R. R.)
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS. EDWARD E. COOK.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. EDWARD E. COOK.
IMSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM. THOMAS J. LYNCH.
BURIAL AGENTS.
H. A. POND,
B. H. MONTAGUE.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
JAMES B. EDWARDS,
WM. F. SHERBORNE,
H. A. BARNEY,
WILLIAM H. PYNE,
GEORGE W. CALDICOTT, Jr., WILLIAM A. POND,
T. FRANCIS MANNING, CHARLES H. METCALF,
PATRICK A. CLANCY.
HENRY J. BAILEY.
Appointed by Overseers of the Poor. TOWN PHYSICIAN. JOHN J. DUGGAN, M. D.
APPROPRIATIONS.
At a legal meeting held March 5, 1900, and adjourned
meetng held March 7, 1900 :-
Highways
$12,900 00
Incidentals .
.
3,000 00
Memorial Hall
600 00
Street lights
6,100 00
Town library (and entire dog tax)
600 00
Schools and Repairs
30,000 00
Poor Department
12,000 00
Interest
2,900 00
Water for fire purposes .
5,500 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery
200 00
Military Aid
150 00
Fire Department :-
Pay of members
$5,600 00
Incidentals
1,900 00
New Hose
550 00
8,050 00
Memorial Day
165 00
Town Park
300 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Town Debt
10,700 00
Chap. 447, Soldiers Relief
4,000 00
Expenses, Chap. 440, Acts of 1890
1,200 00
Town Hall
500 00
Emergency fund .
500 00
Salaries
8,000 00
Care of Shade Trees
.
200 00
Watering Streets
2,000 00
Pearl street Church Property
·
"
"
Repairs 200 00
.
.
.
.
.
·
2,800 00
.
.
.
.
8
Memorial Hall Repairs
800 00
Land on West street 100 00
Fire alarm box, West street
150 00
Emmons Street Sidewalk
200 00
West Street Bridge
100 00
Land on Fruit Street
100 00
$115,015 00
Town House loan
· 25,000 00
March 26, 1900, meeting :--
New High School loan · 60,000 00
Nov. 6, 1900, meeting :-
Voted: That upon orders drawn by the Selectmen, the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to use any unexpended appropriations or funds in his hands unappropriated, to pay expenses of the Town under Chap. 440, Acts of 1890, Highways and Incidentals.
Dec. 17, 1900, meeting :-
Completing and Furnishing Town House Loan · 15,000 00
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
Total Expenses.
Balance Exceeded
Enexpended. Appropriation.
Highways
$18,131 82
Incidentals ·
.
4,890 60
Street lights-
5,971 91
128 09
Salaries
7,914 20
85 80
Memorial Hall
579 23
96 77
Town Hall .
761 19
244 81
Town Library
1,725 53
Schools and
School repairs
30,252 43
Poor Department
17,340 09
32
Interest
2,900 00
Water for fire pur-
poses
5,481 01
18 99
Vernon Grove Cem-
etery
691 30
Military Aid
99 00
100 50
State aid
6,570*00
Fire Department,
Pay of members
5,829 52
Incidentais ·
2,611 57
85
New Hose
-
550 00
Fire Alarm Box
143 52
Memorial day
165 00
Town park
290 57
9 43 .
Town debt .
10,700 00
Sidewalks ..
1,521 09
1,267 71
Chapter 298 Sol-
diers' Relief
3,698 05
379 95
Chapter 440 Acts of 1890
2,205 84
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Emergency fund
358 40
141 60
Proprietor's records
of town of Mendon
225 00
Watering streets
2,292 04
397 31
Care of Trees
200 00
Repairs on
Memorial Hall
206 00
594 00
Purchase of Old Uni-
versalist Church
2,800 00
Repairs on old Uni-
versalist Church
200 00
Land, So. Grammar
School House . 100 00
West street bridge . 100 00
Electric light, Alden st.
100 00
Emmons street
sidewalk
200 00
Land West street
schoolhouse
100 00
Enlargement of Town
Hall
22,446 15
17,578 85
New High school
20,711 05
39,343 95
$180,449 11
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
HIGHWAYS.
By appropriation 6 $12,900 00
Vote of November meeting
4,747 47
Cash from M. E. Nelligan, superintendent
370 25
Cash from C. A. Cook, treasurer
114 10
To Sundries -:
Paid Milford Gaslight Co. $ 9 40
Milford Water Co. .
19 50
M. E. Nelligan 23 19
Dr. A. H. Newcomb, ·
professional services 5 00
Jas. Donahoe, use of drive-
way to pit
20 00
Thomas Gilmore, trimming
trees
37 60
J. P. Ryan . 4 00
Coughlin Bros., Express 9 00
B. A. & R. R. Co. freight . 5 05
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. freight . .
25
$ 132 99
Hay and grain :-
Paid Prentice & Son . . $355 38
S. A. Eastman
·
161 38
Jas. Lally . 204 23
I. N. Davis, hay,
. 103 30
Ann Kelley, hay
65 35
.
$889 64
Repairs --: Paid Thomas E. Glennon, blacksmith į 53 90
12
Tra N. Ide 32 37
James Boyce.
blacksmith 51 53
J. HI. Murphy,
blacksmith 92 30
L. Grow & Son,
blacksmiths 19 15
Wm. E. Ollis,
blacksmith 5 25
L. E. Belknap,
blacksmith 50 62
C. A. Hill, plumber
2 83
L. E. Fairbanks, Gas and Steam Fitter 87 00
Otis Whitney & Son, carpenters 160 37
555 32
Supplies :-
Paid Hixon Bros. ·
1 00
Clark Ellis & Sons 189 46
P. H. Gaffny, oil . 2 00
H. S. Cushman
113 00
E. E. Vaughn 86 96
J. J.O'Connor,rubber boots
10 00
Johnson & Co., oils
2 50
E. C. Claflin .
2 95
L. P. Jones, oil, ·
4 70
C. L. Fair, roller parts 5 86
P. Lynch · 3 00
Welch & Hall, pair horses, 305 00
Burton Oil Co. 8 00
Jos. Breck & Sons. 5 25
Good Roads Machine Co. 25 50
Franklin Iron Eoundry 1 62
Macuen Bros., coal 9 96
Williams Bros., " .
63 50
H. A. Barney, 4 20
Mrs. M. E. Quirk, coal
6 00
13
Jas. McDermott
18 00
C. M. Thayer
.
5 22
873 68
Material- :
Paid Norcross Bros., stone .
254 26
Bay State Pink GraniteCo. 10 00.
Z. C. Field, lumber
8 73
A.T. Macuen "
11 52
Jas. E. Macuen, lumber 2 50
Walter Gaskill
24 25
W . N. Prentiss
42 03
Alex Barton
54 00
Jas. E. Macuen, gravel
8 40
F. W. Mann,
4 50
M. Hall
21 90
P. Gleason
2 70
444 79
Labor and team work -:
Paid labor as per pay rolls . 1350 35
M. E. Nelligan ·
·
900 00
C. O. Woodbury . .
409 50
Milford Fire Dept.
292 25
Cenedella Bros., labor Domnick street . 350 55
A. Taft, labor
2 00
Geo. C. Greenway, labor ·
20 00
John Lynch
4 75
James Casey,
6 00
- 18,131 82
CASH RECEIVED BY M. E. NELLIGAN AS SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND PAID TO TOWN TREASURER FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1901.
West St, Bridge fund $ 100 00
Emmons St, sidewalk fund . . 200 00
Cash at various times ·
.
2 85
Thomas Quinlan .
. 10 00
14
T. Kirby
3 00
Charles Metcalf
.
.
8 00
B. Cook
50
M. Larkin
1 50
Frank Wood
1 00
A. W. Sterans
4 00
John Douns
2 00
P. Ferguson
1 00
Thomas Coyne
2 00
Harvey M. D
1 90
Jas. Drummond
2 00
Joseph Lebbossire .
3 00
B. T. Clancy
15 00
Edward Gahagan
5 00
James Lanigan
2 50
William Carey
2 50
W. H. Sprague
1 50
$ 370 25
CASH PAID TO C. A. COOK, TOWN TREASURER, FOR WORK ON HICHWAY FOR YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1901.
Geo. Stacey
2 00
Chas. Tufts
·
.
1 00
Chas. Metcalf
22 00
B. Adams .
2 00
P. Lynch .
2 00
C. E. White
21 50
M. H. & F. Street R. R. Co.
3 20
M. J. Casey
6 00
L. Watson Ward .
1 00
Geo. G. Cook
·
.
2 25
L. H. Cook
3 00
W. D. Leahy
28 25
Geo. S. Scripture
14 50
John Tobin
1 50
P. Morgan
2 00
Geo. Whitney
1 90
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Amount due Highway Department from variious persons, $1,214 03
114 10
15
INCIDENTALS.
By appropriation
3,000 00
Armory rent, received from state
400 00
Amount received from pool and billiard licences
21 00
auctioneers' licenses
20 00
miscellaneous licenses
177 00
fines, Chapter 416
212 00
lockup keys
4 00
Town Histories . .
6 00
Dr. C. H. Cole, supplies 3 00
1,093 60
Vote of November meeting
Printing -:
Paid G .M. Billings,
town reports
286 60
G.M . Billings, printing
and advertising· 177 88
Cook & Sons, printing
. and advertising
110 60
Milford Daily News, ad-
vertising
56 40
Herald Publishing Co.,
printing ·
4 75
636 23
Armory expenses :---
Paid C. F. Claflin, rent
500 04
Milford Gas Co .. 124 74
Williams Bros., coal and wood .
31 63
Macuen Bros., coal and
wood . 10 10
John F. Barrett . 4 00
Otis Whitney, labor on .
target
8 85
-- 678 86
Burial Lots --- : Paid Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery 87 50
I6
Trustees of Pine
Grove Cemetery 21 00
108 50
Returns -:
Paid Dr. Le Grand Blake, return of births 1 00
Dr. M. W. Knight, return of births 12 75
Dr. Geo. F. Curley, return
of births
12 25
Dr. J. J. Duggan, return of births 20 25
Dr. T. W. Monroe, return of births 4 00
50 25
Board of Health -:
Paid A. B. Morse, supplies 48 25
C. A. Ilill, 7 35
Dr. C. M. Cole, supplies
5 71
Sanitary ConstructionCo.
4 75
Jas. J. Smith, inspector,
20 20
P. M. Hunt, 222 15
Daily News, advertising . 65 25
Milford Journal, advertising 82 10
Milford Gazette, 52 38
C. M. Cole, M. D., profes- sional services 87 50
Daniel T. Sullivan, profes-
sional services 87 50
Mrs. J. M. Eaton, express
85
Chas. H. Waters, police duty 5 00
Alex Coye, buryng cat 75
Geo. Flanigan, burying cat 75
F. E. Mann, "
75
Patrick Cunniff,
burying three cats .
2 25
17
Frank Battles, burying cat
75
J. Allen Rice, supplies · 4 15
698 39
Stationary :-
Paid J. T. McLonghlin
17 00
R. Folger, stamp
65
Carter Ink Co.
75
Henry M. Meek, book
2 50
M. R. Warren & Co.
8 79
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks
4 75
Corliss, Macy & Co.
31 00
C. A. Cook
9 00
Alex H. Irwin, paper fas- teners . .
2 50
Jas. Ryan, stamps ·
2 50
George G. Cook, postmas- ter, stamped envelopes- 10 70
Geo. W. Stacey . 28 89
119 03
Sundries :-
Paid Milford WaterCo., Pur-
chase street trough 40 00
Milford Water Co., Lin-
coln square trough 40 00
Milford Water Co., Lin-
coln Square fountain . 4 00
Milford Water Co., Park fountain 4 00
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