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September 2. Box 24, 5.15 P. M .- Sumner street, wood dwelling owned by Mr. Nealon. No damage. Cause, careless use of gasoline stove.
September 27. Box 27, 9.53 A. M .- Cedar street, wood horse-sheds owned by Merchants' National Bank, St. Johns- bury, Vt., occupied by Quirk Bros. Insurance on building, $815; loss, $450; insurance on contents, $350; loss, $277.75. Cause, unknown.
October 20. Still alarm, 8 A. M .- Union street, wood
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dwelling owned by Mrs. McDonald. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
October 27. Box 666, 4.30 P. M .- Military call, by request of reception committee. Return of Co. M, 6th Regiment, U. S. V.
November 26. Box 73, 5.10 A. M .- West Pine street, wood dwelling owned by I. N. Davis. Insurance on building, $2000; loss, $650. Cause, defective fireplace.
November 27. Still alarm, 11.45 A. M .-- West street, brick tenement block owned by S. Walker heirs. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
December 9. Box 25, 2.20 P. M .- Main street, wood building owned by W. B. Hale estate. Insurance on building, $650; loss, $175; insurance on contents, $150; loss, $40. Cause, sparks from Macuen Bros.' chimney.
December 12. - Box 27, 12.40 A. M .- Cedar street, wood dwelling owned by P. J. Duddy, occupied by Richard Gordon. Insurance on building, $800; loss, $800; insurance on contents, $800; loss, $800. Cause, defective chimney.
December 31. Box 17, 12.30 P. M .- North Bow street, wood dwelling owned by S. W. Hayward heirs. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
January 7, 1899. Box 52, 9.05 P. M .- Franklin street, wood dwelling owned by H. A. Macuen. Insurance on build- ing, $2500; loss, $30; insurance on contents, $1500; loss, $103. Cause, overheated oil stove.
January 11. No alarm, 8.30 P. M .- Church street, wood dwelling owned and occupied by C. A. Blaisdell. Insurance on building, $2400; loss, $7.50; insurance on contents, $1000; loss, $5. Cause, overheated oil stove.
Jan. 21. Box 65, 3 P. M .- South Main street, wood dwell- ing owned by C. H. Randlett. Insurance on building, $900; loss, $85. Cause, defective chimney.
January 23. No alarm, 3 P. M .- Sumner street, wood dwelling owned by Mrs. D. J. Sprague. Insurance on build- ing, $4000; loss, $12.50; insurance on contents, $2500; loss,$130. Cause, explosion of oil stove.
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January 26. Still alarm, 10.30 A. M .- Granite street, wood dwelling owned by James Bradley. No damage. Cause, foul chimney.
Value of buildings at risk where fires oc- curred . Insurance on buildings at risk where fires oc- curred ·
$141,905
86,825 00
Damage to buildings at risk where fires oc- curred 10,377 00
Value of contents of buildings at risk where fires occurred
22,765 00
Insurance on contents of buildings at risk where fires occurred .
12,450 00
Damage to contents of buildings at risk where fires occurred 5,243 00
Total value of buildings and contents at risk 164,670 00
Total insurance on buildings and contents at risk 99,275 00
Total damage to buildings and contents at risk . 15,620 00
Total insurance paid on buildings and contents
10,128 90
ROSTER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
JOHN H. SCOTT, Chief Engineer
PHILIP P. O'DONNELL,
First Assistant Engineer
CHARLES H. COOK,
Second Assistant Engineer
STEPHEN C. J. QUIRK,
LYMAN E. BELKNAP,
Assistant Engineer Clerk and Treasurer
HOSE COMPANY No. 1. Lewis R. Joy, Captain; A. J. Whitcomb, Lieutenant; C. E. Dewing, Clerk and Treasurer ; J. J. Hennessy, Steward and Driver; E. G. Hubbard, W. I. Rose, F. G. Clark, G. E. Fletcher, A. M. Bagley,~W. D. White, H. I. Binney, S. A. Marsoe, Charles Parker, Hosemen.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 2. T. F. Martin, Captain ; Emmons Fletcher, Lieutenant; C. E. Blaisdell, Clerk and Treasurer ; F. L. Belknap, Steward; P. J. O'Connor, J. J. Ring, T. F. Callahan, John Mathews, Fred Gaskill, W. P. Dacey, F. L. Kimball, W. L. Comey, E. B. Quinn, Hosemen ; W. P. Leland, Driver.
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HOSE COMPANY No. 3. W. H. Curtin, Captain; D. E. O'Connor, Lieutenant; A. O. Hersey, Clerk and Treasurer; R. P. Hoey, Steward; J. W. Keelon, G. Julian, T. M. Shea, C. A. Cheney, H. Marchessault, C. H. Voyer, W. F. Sheehan, M. Casey, Hosemen; J. T. Kirby, Driver.
ENGINE COMPANY No. 2. W. J. Struthers, Captain ; G. A. Wilcox, Lieutenant; H. A. Bagley, Clerk and Treasurer ; N. B. Fairbanks, Engineman ; W. A. Fairbanks, Stoker ; A· L. Watkins, George Dudley, Ed Hancock, Harry Hagar, I. C. Trask, H. Trask, W. L. Annette, W. J. Malcombe, Hosemen ; Edgar Temple, Driver.
ENGINE Co. No. 1. In reserve. H. E. Rockwood, engine- man.
LADDER Co. No. 1. John L. Keefe, Captain; Michael H. Sullivan, Lieutenant ; Dennis P. Flynn, Clerk; James F. Bax- ter, Treasurer ; Thomas Lally, Steward ; Michael Burke, James A. Boyce, John J. Nelligan, Daniel Chaisson, Thomas F. Wat- ers, Thomas F. Connors, Edward Riley, Frank T. Quirk, Law- rence V. Corbett, William Place, Laddermen; John Callery Driver.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Four buildings ; 2 steam fire engines ; 1 engineers' 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 ; 5 stoves; furniture for four sleeping-rooms; 8 three-gal- lon extinguishers ; 1 two-gallon extinguisher ; necessary amount of spanners, wrenches, belts, nozzles, pipes, lanterns, etc .; 5 rubber coats; 72 woolen coats in poor condition ; 5 Siamese connections ; 1 furnace ; 2 gas heaters; 2 bath tubs ; 1 hot air heater ; electric gas lighting apparatus at Hose No. 1 and 2, Ladder and Engine 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 ; 84 battery cells ; 4 galvanometers ; 18 miles
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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 ; 130 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 ; one near old engine house at North Purchase.
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 & 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 School and Walnut Streets.
Box 43.
Corner West and Cherry 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 73. Corner Spruce and Congress Streets.
Box 142. Private, Milford Shoe Co., factory No. 1.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We would respectfully recommend the following appro- priations for the year ensuing :- Pay of members
$5,600
Incidentals .
.
.
1,900
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We would also recommend that a chemical engine or com- bination wagon be purchased for quick service in the business districts and outlying portions of the town ; also the purchase of three fire-alarm indicators for the Engine, Hose and Ladder houses ; and as we will be obliged to locate our steam fire alarm gong at the electric car power house on or before April first, we would recommend that the striking apparatus connected with the town clock be discontinued. The steam gong being located at so great a distance from the center of the town, makes it imperative that we should have something near the center used exclusively for fire alarm purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. SCOTT, Chief, P. P. O'DONNELL, 1st Assistant,
C. H. COOK, 2d Assistant, STEPHEN C. J. QUIRK, Assistant,
L. E. BELKNAP, Clerk and Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
EXPENSE AT THE FARM.
Grain
$698 27
Salary of the superintendent
600 00
Meat
485 03
Labor
372 95
Flour, bread and crackers
321 23 ·
Butter
157 08 .
Coal
156 05 ·
Sugar
140 14 .
Dry goods .
·
139 06 .
Boots and shoes
119 05 .
Clothing
99 65
Tobacco and snuff, part for 1897 .
93 20
Fresh fish .
64 26
Hay and standing grass
59 61
Medical attendance
50 00
Tea
48 44
Salt fish
39 95
Kerosene oil and naphtha .
40 05
Wheelwrighting and jobbing
32 34
Small groceries and spices
39 39
Horse shoeing and jobbing
30 80
Burials
30 00
Small bills paid by M. C. Harvey
28 42
Soft soap
27 50
Hardware, etc.
26 58
Medicine
.
·
26 45
Phosphate .
25 50
Bull
25 00
Potatoes
24 95
Hard soap .
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.
22 35
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Repairing Page heater
$19 50
Crockery, tin ware, etc.
17 88
Molasses
·
15.60
Lumber
15 49
Pasturing cattle, 1897
15 00
Salt
·
·
14 58
Coffee
10 80
Repairing harness, etc.
10 10
Mattresses .
8 00
Taxes on Upton wood lot .
7 00
Soapine
5 75
Onions
.
5 50
Apples
5 00
Cow trade .
5 00
Horse blanket and robe
4 75
Lime and cement .
4 35
Beans
4 30
Sawing lumber
4 27
Daily News, one year
3 00
Daily Journal, one year
3 00
Empty barrels
2 90
Stationery .
2 70
Milford Gazette, two years
2 50
Milford Times, one year
1 25
Condition powders
1 00
Harness oil
1 00
Varnish
75
$4,214 27
INCOME AT THE FARM.
Milk
$915 24
Apples
214 05
Board, Curtis Claflin
156 00
Potatoes
48 60
Board, Lucian Fisk
64 50
Mary Bradley, board on account
35 00
Eggs
26 68
Louis Lovershire, board
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26 00
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68
Board, Jane Fay
$16 00
Poultry
11 04
Cow
10 00
Rhubarb
7 41
Calves
7 25
Beef hide
6 00
Squash
4 00
Service of boar
4 00
Parsnips
3 25
Beets
3 00
Old bedsteads
3 00
Pig .
3 00
Service of bull
2 00
Tomatoes
2 20
Turnips
1 60
Cucumbers
1 25
Seed corn
30
Cabbage
.
$1,571 52
INMATES AT THE FARM DURING THE YEAR.
Age. Wks.
Age. Wks.
Lydia A. Parkhurst,
58 52
Michael King,
49 52
Ellen Middleton,
58 52
Daniel Bergin,
63
52
Dennis Pyne,
58
52
Curtis L. Claflin,
73
52
Johanna McCarty,
80
52
Mary Sireack,
53
31
Mary Flagg,
74
52
Bridget Shaw,
64
40
Thomas Hughes,
75
52
Michael Hinds,
65
52
Martin Coppinger,
69
52
Nellie Gabry,
3
52
Edmond Donovan,
71
52
Frank McCool,
37
10
William O'Rouke,
58
52
William Riley,
49
52
John Flynn,
44
52
Daniel Curran,
60
35
Michael Hughes,
70
52
Mary O'Connell,
58
52
Anna Greigg,
73
52
William Coy,
34
7
Andrew S. Fuller,
50
17
Edward Hanson,
54
12
Loring Adams,
77
51
Patrick Mitchell,
53
16
Ellen McGee,
72
52
John Moore,
58
15
Michael Dunn, sr.,
78
52
William Conley,
44
12
15
69
Age. Wks.
Age. Wks.
John Minon,
61 11
Thomas Fahey,
26
9
Thomas Hannigan,
38
17
Otis Cole,
50
3
David Butler,
17 52
Frank Ferguson,
25
46
John Manion,
44 52
To be paid back,
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2
Mary Cottrell,
40
52
Celia Conlin,
63
42
Nora Cottrell,
7
52
Michael Dunn, jr.,
40
10
Benjamin Cottrell,
5
52
Michael King,
49
22
Robert Cottrell,
2
52
Oliver Walters,
19
7
William Mulcahey,
58
10
Michael Spellman,
75
28
Louis Lovershire,
73
8
Lucius C. Fisk,
76
28
Mary Bradley,
81
9
Alonzo Perhamn,
63
6
Melinda Sireack,
30
9
John Delaney,
40
4
Orry Cheney,
39
16
Daniel Griffin,
58
11
William Minton,
40
15
Jane Fay,
88
6
Net expense at the farm .
$2,642 75
Appraisal of town farm and wood lot, $6,400 ; interest .
384 00
Appraisal of personal property, $3,840.10; interest
230 40
$3,257 15
Whole number of inmates during the
year .
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60
Average number .
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38
Average weekly cost
· $1 65
There were two deaths at the farm during the year as follows :-
Michael Dunn, died May 10, 1898, age 78 ; old age. Loring Adams, died Jan. 21, 1899, age 77; consumption.
PERSONS RECEIVING AID IN MILFORD AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Mrs. E. A. Aldrich, $ 42 00 Cooper children, $98 00
Mrs. James Boland, 23 08 Mrs. Peter Collins, 54 17
Mrs. Patrick Burns, 35 50 John Callahan, 73 34
Lucius F. Bagley, 61 55 Benjamin Cottrell chil-
Callanan children, 151 00 dren, 96 00
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70
John J. Corcoran, $ 20 00
Hannah Cooney, 27 80
Mrs. Mary Clancy, 9 49
Thomas Crowley chil- dren, 29 25
Mrs. Sarah A. Cheney, 24 00
Celia Conlin, 22 50
William H. Coy, 38 10
Martin Coppinger(Mass.
Gen. Hos.) 6 12
Michael Callery, 13 40
Mrs. Mary C. Cavanaugh, 2 00
John Doherty, 134 79
Mrs. William F. Drew, 58 00
Margaret Shea, 52 50
William P. Fisk, 2 77
James Sullivan, 2 50
Ellen A. Guild, 186 50
Mrs. Abby F. Shepard, 28 00
John Griffin, 18 00
William H. Galvin, 3 00
Mrs. William Tracey, 100 00 Mrs. James A. Turner, 28 00 Mrs. Jerry Tynan, 83 56
Mrs. Michael Hageney, 106 70
John Hayes, 78 93
Laura Tucker, 51 50
Darius Healy, 74 00
Mrs. Timothy Wallace, 17 00
Lucretia Hayward, 96 37
Medical attendance for the above, 100 00
Thomas Hannigan,(Mass.
Gen. Hos.) 60 25
James E. Killion, 147 63
$3,088 39
PERSONS AIDED IN OTHER TOWNS BELONGING TO MILFORD.
Mrs. Mary A. Arnold, Boston . $ 133 50
Walter Butler, Holyoke
15 00
Alvin Collins, Holliston
78 00
Orry Cheney, Blackstone .
3 00
Laura Day, Boston .
19 65
Rose Delaney, Easton .
10 00
James Dowd, Worcester
2 00
Nicholas Frazier, City Hospital, Boston
23 60
JosephFitzsimmons, City Hospital, Boston 4 00
Mrs. Frank Lackey, $ 75 88 Mrs. Thomas R. May, 52 00 John Moriarty, 45 02 John F. Moore, 59 80
Edward McKenna, 68 94
Owen McGurren, 82 25
Mrs. Kate McDermott, 43 30
Mrs. John Nugent, 57 85 Mrs. Martin O'Melia, 75 59 Mrs. Thomas F. Powers, 33 36
Lewis Phipps, 84 00
Mrs. Michael B. Ryan, 71 65
Edward Nelligan, 72 45
James F. Kirby, 9 00
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Mrs. Patrick Fahey, Hopkinton
$125 50
William Gassett, Worcester City Hos.
34 75
Mrs. Toby Hart, Spencer,
3 00
Jennie Harden, Boston
4 74
Kate Ahern, Hopkinton
34 50
Mrs. Elbridge Hayward, Grafton .
3 50
Samuel S.Johnson, Worcester City Hos.
3 00
Mrs. Joseph P. Kelley, Lynn . .
128 00
Neil Lundstrom, Fall River
2 55
Mrs. George O'Donnell, Natick
155 41
James Murphy children, Marlborough
147 00
Mrs. Lawrence O'Hare
2 60
Margaret Quinn, City Hospital, Wor- cester
106 68
Jennie E. Stewart, City Hospital, Bos- ton .
45 29
Johanna Slattery, Hopkinton .
96 00
.
$1,181 27
PERSONS BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS AIDED IN MILFORD.
Mrs. James E. Butler, Upton $ 80 50
Ernest R. Babb, Hyde Park
3 50
Mrs. David D. Bennett, Warren
2 00
Mrs. George D. Edmands, Hopedale
144 00
Mrs. Mary H. Davis, Somerville
23 77
Charles M. Emery, Natick Nellie Fleming, Rockland
54 55
Owen Hollahan, Hopkinton
2 80
James H. Lee, Worcester
13 50
Mrs. Kate Mann, Natick
150 05
Mrs. Robert McAuliffe, Randolph
124 50
Charles E. Newton, Shrewsbury
9 00
Benjamin Newton, Shrewsbury .
22 20
10 00
.
16 70
53 50
87 45
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Mrs. Thomas O'Connell, Medway Mrs. Herbert Parker, Nantucket William Papineau, Marlborough Soldiers' Relief, Uxbridge
.
96 00
72
John M. Robins, Oxford
.
$ 9 40
Frank D. Snow, Holliston 23 75
Mrs. Michael Savage, Franklin
7 00
Mrs. Calvin Taft, Upton
14 00
Mrs. Isaac E. Welch, Holliston . .
24 00
Mrs. Joseph Whalen, Hopkinton
7 00
$979 17
INSANE.
Catharine Milan, Worcester Insane Hospital $ 80 65 Lucy M. Wilber, 1897 and 1898, Medfield 272 80
Kate Geary, Medfield
. 146 00
Effie M. Russell, Medfield .
. 146 00
Maria Ripley, Medfield
.
146 00
Anna A. Murphy, Medfield
157 58
Chas. H. White, Worcester Insane Hospital
164 20
Abbott L. Perry, 66
·
169 46
Munroe A. Goldsmith,
.
169 46
Thomas Conway, 66
. 169 46
Martin Fleming,
. .
169 46
Thomas F. Fahy,
66
11 29
Edward W. Fox,
66
. 169 46
Charles H. Dunham, Worcester Insane Asy- lum 169 45 . John Droney, Worcester Insane Asylum . 169 48
Christopher Beaty, Taunton Insane Hos- pital 169 46
Albert J. Brigham, Westboro Insane Hos- pital 132 78
Caroline Coughlin, Tewksbury Insane Hos- pital 72 40
Margaret Saunders, Tewksbury Insane Hospital 72 40
Jerry McGrath, Tewksbury Insane Hos- pital 72 40
Cyrus E. Lane, Danvers Insane Hospital . 42 71 Hannah W. Kennedy, Palmer Hospital for Epileptics . 169 46
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Joseph P. Kelly, Danvers Insane Hospital $169 47 Nellie A. Sullivan, Worcester Insane Hos- pital 135 10
To be paid back, 1899, Worcester Insane Hospital 171 46
$3,518 39
STATE POOR.
Mrs. Daniel Brassell
$ 59 04
Edward Crofton .
34 75
Mrs. George Duffy
11 00
Mrs. Patrick Eustis
7 00
John Fahey
3 85
John Flynn
15 00
Giovanni Giocomozzi
110 50
Patrick Hadlock .
80 75
William E. Johnson
4 73
Patrick Kelley
15 00
Mrs. John H. Kelley
7 52
Chester F. Laird .
100 15
John Landry
124 11
Mrs. George Luty
26 67
Mrs. Angelo Mancastrippi
35 51
Mrs. John McGillvary
14 35
Martin Matson
15 00
C. H. Pugsley
·
1 00
Mrs. Robert Rapp
55 08
Mrs. Andrew Regan
3 38
John Ray
6 00
Michael Scalpini .
.
27 00
Charles Sweeney
10 50
Nelson Tero
15 00
Luigi Vegentine .
20 00
Edward Young .
1 50
Burial of unknown child
5 00
1359 tramps
$809 39 $33 00
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INCIDENTALS.
Expense looking up unsettled cases
$13 75
Postage stamps, postal cards and
stamped envelopes . ·
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State and town notices ·
3 75
Printing orders .
3 00
Denial blanks and stamp
.
.
1 75
Book
1 25
$30 50
RECEIPTS.
Full amount of orders drawn on Clifford
A. Cook, Treasurer .
$15,378 81
Special appropriation
394 84
$14,983 97
Income at the farm
. $1,571 52
State
689 11
Natick
.
.
204 60
Hopedale .
·
.
144 00
Randolph .
142 50
Upton
104 79
Soldiers' Relief, Uxbridge
98 65
Rockland
96 00
Somerville
52 39
Quincy
.
34 75
Medway ·
25 88
Holliston .
47 75
Shrewsbury
22 20
Framingham
18 35
Worcester
18 00
Nantucket
16 70
Oxford
11 40
Franklin
12 38
Hopkinton
.
.
9 80
Hyde Park
3 50
Warren
2 00
Town reimbursed by different parties
1,129 59
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7 00
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75
Town reimbursed from 1897 report ·
$24 00
66 66 1894 «
. 4 35
$4,484 21
Full amount taken from the treasury
$10,499 76
RECAPITULATION.
Expense at the farm . $4,214 27
Persons aided outside the farm .
3,088 39 ·
Persons aided in other towns 1,181 27
Persons aided belonging to other towns 979 17
Insane
·
3,518 39
State poor .
.
809 39
Tramps
·
.
33 00
Incidentals
30 50
Orders given, town reimbursed .
1,129 59 .
$14,983 97
Appropriation for the poor
·
·
$10,500 00
Amount expended .
10,499 76
Amount unexpended
$ 24
Special appropriation .
·
·
.
$400 00
Amount expended
394 84
Amount unexpended
$5 16
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
Shingling by contract $285 00
Extra work not in contract
48 00
Painters' supplies
32 39
Lumber, irons and labor .
24 95
Daily News, advertising for bids ·
2 25
Daily Journal, advertising for bids
2 25
$394 84
BILLS DUE MILFORD FROM OTHER TOWNS AND THE STATE.
State . $462 24 ·
C. T. G., North Attleboro . 208 50 .
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.
.
76
Marlborough .
$53 50
Somerville
28 15
Shrewsbury
13 00
Franklin
7 00
$772 39
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED DURING THE YEAR.
At the farm
60
Insane in hospitals .
.
.
·
28
State
81
All other persons
204
437
The superintendent and matron are paid to March 1, 1899; salary $600. The town physician is paid to Dec. 1, 1898 ; sal- ary $150. The hired help are paid to Jan. 1, 1899. The im- provements at the farm the past year are the shingling of the house, wood-shed and shed connected to the barn.
The increase of the expense of maintaining the insane has become a question of much importance to Milford tax-payers. This current year we have paid $3,548.39 and $680.74 more to be paid, making a total of $4199.13 for the year. Consequent- ly we have less than two thirds of the sum appropriated for the Department of the Poor, to be used in aiding the poor of Milford.
One person was committed to the insane hospital in 1859, and died in the hospital in 1894. Another was committed in 1868, and is an inmate of the insane hospital at the present time. The expense to the town for these two people is over ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
In 1858 the town maintained no insane.
In 1868
66
3
66
at a cost of
$ 327 95
In 1878
8
66
1,449 28
In 1888
66
14
66 1,914 22
In 1898 66
28
66
66
66 4,199 13
.
25 are paid for, and 3 to be paid.
During the last ten years the number has just doubled.
Frank B. Sanborn, the expert on insanity, says "that in
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1868 the average number of insane in Massachusetts, under public care, was about 2200, and in 1898 the number is 7500 under public care. During the thirty years passed the popu- lation of the state has doubled, and the number of insane has trebled. In 1868 the state had four (4) hospitals for the in- sane, and in 1898 it has nine (9)."
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHESTER L. CLARK, JOHN SMITH, JAMES W. BURKE,
Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1898.
1898. DR.
Jan. 1. To cash on hand $ 12 92
July 1. To cash of Wm. Emery, care
of lots, 1897 4 75
July 1. To cash of Wm. Emery, sale of lots, 1897-8 ·
23 00
July 1. To cash of Wm. Emery, care of lots, 1898 · July 1. To cash of Wm. Emery, single grave .
34 00
2 00
July 1. To cash of Wm. Emery, digging graves to date ·
35 75
July 1. To cash of Wm. Emery, sale of wood .
108 00
Sept. 3. To cash of Wm. Emery, sale of lots
14 00
Sept. 3. To cash of Wm. Emery, care of lot · Sept. 3. To cash of C. A. Cook, town appropriation . 100 00
1 00
Oct. 15. To cash of C. A. Cook, town appropriation . 50 00
Dec. 8. To cash of Wm. Emery, sale of wood . 62 00
Dec. 8. To cash of Wm. Emery, sale of lots .
31 00
Sept. 3. To cash of Wm. Emery, labor fitting lots 15 15
7.9
Dec. 8. To cash of Wm. Emery, care of lots
$116 25
Dec. 31. To cash of Wm. Emery, fitting up lot . ·
10 00
Dec. 31. To cash of Wm. Emery, sale of grass .
19 00
$638 82
CR.
Paid Geo. W. Brown for labor .
. $252 35
James Stimpson
·
.
15 00
N. D. Rhodes 66
.
46 93
W. A. Brown 66
3 37
Wm. Johnston & Co. for labor and supplies
34 85
D. Contra for labor
133 12
Macuen Coal Co. for labor and sup- plies
22 50
Mary S. Wood for labor and supplies
18 00
Clark Ellis & Sons for supplies
24 00
Wm. Emery for labor and supplies · 27 54
Emery & Wood for labor and sup- plies
12 00
G. M. Billings for supplies
2 00
Cook & Sons for printing
50
Daily News for printing
·
60
George E. Stacy for supplies
50
H. C. Skinner for labor 10 00
A. C. Kinney for labor
1 75
Wm. Emery for labor and supplies
26 00
Cash on hand
7 81
$638 82
HENRY C. SKINNER,
Treasurer.
There have been forty-three interments during the past year, five less than last year.
The terms of the committee expire as follows :-
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George L. Maynard and Henry Hancock in 1899; Thomas Lilley and Charles W. Johnson in 1900; H. C. Skinner and William Emery in 1901.
HENRY C. SKINNER,
Secretary.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
CHARLES A. DEWEY, BENJAMIN ADAMS, Terms expire 1899.
NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, NATHAN W. HEATH, 1900.
THOMAS F. MANNING, OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, 1901.
CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman. OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, Secretary. NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, Librarian.
The Trustees of the Town Library recommend that an appropriation of six hundred dollars be made for the benefit of the Library during the ensuing year.
CHARLES A. DEWEY,
Chairman.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
TRUSTEES OF TOWN LIBRARY.
Gentlemen : I respectfully submit a report of the receipts and expenditures of the Milford Town Library for the year ending Jan. 31, 1899.
Receipts :--
Appropriation
$600 00
Fines
57 22
Catalogues
.
.
.
4 45
Dog tax .
.
.
.
$1,536 07
Expenditures · -
Light
.
$135 53
Supplies
.
.
37 00
Express
.
·
.
·
6 51
·
.
874 40
82
Covering books .
$ 11 70 .
Librarian .
.
·
360 00
Supplies .
·
·
.
.
69 21
Books
.
.
791 77 .
$1,411 72
Unexpended dog tax
$124 35
There is an outstanding bill for books which will be paid from the unexpended dog tax.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
O. F. CROUGHWELL, Secretary of Trustees.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
Gentlemen: I hereby submit my report for the year end- ing Jan. 31, 1899.
Number of days open, 306. Circulation for the year, 27,182 volumes. Circulation the previous year, 28,955 vol- umes, a loss of 1773 volumes. Largest daily circulation, March 5, 1898, 329 volumes. Smallest daliy circulation, Jan. 24, 1899, 11 volumes. Average daily circulation, 8819§ volumes. Amount received for fines, $57.22. Amount re- ceived for catalogues, $4.45. Number of volumes covered dur- ing the year, 1780.
83
CIRCULATION.
A B CD
E
F
G
HIJ
K Total.
Feb. 1898.
50
76
6
93
83
1549
144 11
31
657
2700
March, «
77
78
4
92
88
1526
151
9
42
624
2691
April,
6
66
63
3
.4
65
1522
107
5
40
567
2521
May,
66
54
47
5
53
61
1327
73
3
27
473
2123
June,
66
33
43
8
55
39
1359
91
11
24
405
2
2070
July,
66
15
33
3
56
34|
1466
68
7
12
427
2121
August,“
24
34
6
28
32
1363
49
4
18
509
2067
Sept.
38
32
3
49
50
1266
53
3
26
367
1887
Oct.
66
61
62
3
72
38
1386
72
8
23
455
2180
Nov.
66
43
42
4
73
40
1423
88|12
31
450
2206
Dec.
35
55
4
68
42
1501
76
8
23
530
2342
Jan.
1899.
38
38
2
66
35
1451
73
|11
33
536
2283
534 603 51 779 607 17139 1045 92 330 6000
2| 27182
The library contained as per last report, 10,856 volumes. Added during the year, by purchase, 575 volumes; by dona- tion, 44 volumes; by binding Patent Office Gazettes, 18 vol- umes ; making the whole number of volumes as per catalogue 11,493 volumes, a gain of 637 volumes.
The donors were: State of Massachusetts, 22 volumes ; United States government, 9 volumes ; Smithsonian Institu- tion, 3 volumes ; Interstate Commerce Commission, Gen. Wm. F. Draper, Dr. J. M. French, F. W. Mann, Mrs. C. F. Palmer, Cambridge W. C. T. Union, Dr. Joseph Simms, City of Chel- sea, D. H. Olmsted, and F. W. Hacket, 1 each.
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