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$37 08
$1,677 08 $1,677 08
MEMORIAL HALL.
By appropriation
$600 00
Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., rent
1 00
Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., heating ·
75 00
Paid Martin Jenkins, janitor
$300 00
Milford Water Co.
30 19
Milford Gas Light Co.
15 47
Otis Whitney & Son, repairs
23 52
Dwight Tower, repairs
1 50
H. M. Curtiss, coal
139 89
L. E. Belknap, repairs
·
55
Prentice & Son, fertilizer
2 60
John Coffey, labor
3 00
Cheney Bros., supplies
1 00
Thomas Daffon, labor
6 00
Hilton & Crofoot, labor
4 00
T. E. Morse, painting
9 13
J. F. Damon, labor
6 35
Haverhill Fire Appliance Co., ex- tinguishers
20 45
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
.
20 20
Amount unexpended
92 15
$676 00
$676 00
INSURANCE TOWN HOUSE.
By appropriation
$1,500 00
Paid Leander Holbrook
.
$200 00
F. E. Mann & Co. ·
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140 00
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Lewis Hayden
$300 00
W. J. Walker
200 00
Henry A. Daniels
350 00
John P. Remick
100 00
J. F. Hickey
160 00
Clifton E. Bates
50 00
$1,500 00 $1,500 00
CARE OF TREES.
By appropriation
$300 00
Paid Thomas Gilmore, labor
$160 10
H. L. Frost, labor
30 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
2 03
Norris, Staples & Gould, supplies
12 29
Amount unexpended
95 58
$300 00
$300 00
WATERING STREETS.
By appropriation
$1,200 00
Cash, street watering tax
482 49
Paid Milford Water Co.
$617 34
Fire department, use of horses
642 00
Amount unexpended
423 15
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$1,682 49 $1,682 49
STREET LIGHTS.
By appropriation $6,550 00
Cash; extra appropriation, Depot street light
100 00
Cash, extra appropriation, South Main street light . ·
100 00
Paid Frank H. Cahill
$1,315 00
Milford Electric Light & Power Co. .
4,949 94
Amount unexpended
485 06
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$6,750 00 $6,750 00
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NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
By amount on hand . .
$3,108 43 ·
Paid R. A. Cook, architect
$ 900 00
R. A. Cook, supplies .
27 77
Smith, Anthony Co., heating
plant . 1,527 00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., furni- ture
653 66
$3,108 43 $3,108 43
EMERGENCY FUND.
By appropriation
$1,000 00
Paid highway department, labor
$778 20
M. E. Nelligan, salary
.
100 00
Amount unexpended
121 80
$1,000 00 $1,000 00
SIDEWALKS.
By appropriation
$1,000 00
Cash collected by M. E. Nelligan
471 50
Cash paid directly to C. A. Cook, treasurer Paid Milford Gas Light Co ..
$359 25
M. E. Nelligan, rent of land
50 00
N. E. Felt Roofing Co., pitch
160 75
B. & A. R. R. Co., freight
·
12 98
Carroll Bros., stone
177 00
Highway department, labor
986 27
Wm. Hill, labor
11 25
A. T. Macuen, wood
23 18
Edwards & Mullane, coal
16 38
F. W. Mann Co. .
7 00
National Coal Tar Co.
33 03
Amount unexpended
49 39
$1,886 48 $1,886 48
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404 98
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CASH RECEIVED BY M. E. NELLIGAN AS SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND PAID TO TOWN TREASURER, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1903.
James Ettinger
$ 14 85
Mrs. T. Sheehan
4 95
Joseph Dolan
5 00
John Cunningham
22 05
James Johnson
1 50
A. A. Jenkins
23 40
P. Gillon & Co.
64 10
Milford school board
335 65
$471 50
CASH RECEIVED BY C. A. COOK, FOR REPAIRS ON SIDEWALKS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1903.
Frank Thomas
$ 1 00
Miss Ellen Connors
8 00
Ann Kelley
24 95
Wendell Williams
23 54
O. Avery .
8 45
George G. Cook
31 17
David Quinn
37 13
Delia M. Johnson .
13 00
L. E. and N. W. Heath
10 13
Carroll, Hixon, Jones Co. .
10 07
A. H. Sweet 74 15
W. E. Cheney
·
10 00
J. E. Hastings
.
5 20
P. P. Davidson
5 20
Paul Williams
5 50
Horace Pond
18 80
Martin Jenkins
26 57
John W. Eldredge
11 39
John P. Hennessey
31 20
E. J. Larkin
7 35
John Kane
5 20
Edward O'Connor
·
4 98
F. E. Withington .
3 00
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25
H. A. Brown
$31 20
Wm. Shea .
7 80
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$414 98
INTEREST.
By appropriation
$6,100 00
Paid Milford Savings Bank
·
$5,729 33
Amount unexpended
370 67
$6,100 00 $6,100 00
WATER FOR FIRE PURPOSES.
By appropriation
$5,600 00
Paid Milford Water Co.
$5,580 00
Amount unexpended
20 00
$5,600 00
$5,600 00
MILITARY AID.
By appropriation
$100 00
One half amount paid by state
42 00
Paid aid to various persons Amount unexpended
58 00
$142 00
$142 00
STATE AID.
Aíd paid various persons
$5,773 00
By amount paid by state
$5,773 00
$5,773 00 $5,773 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
By appropriation
$3,000 00
Cash from town of Upton
78 00
Cash from indigent soldiers' and sailors' fund .
140 00
To amount paid various persons
$3,098 36
Amount unexpended
119 64
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$3,218 00 $3,218 00
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$84 00
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MEMORIAL DAY.
By appropriation
$150 00
Paid H. J. Bailey for Post 22, G. A. R.
$150 00
$150 00
$150 00
TOWN DEBT.
By appropriation
$13,100 00 .
Paid Milford Savings Bank
$13,100 00
$13,100 00 $13,100 00
FINISHING VAULT IN TOWN HOUSE.
By appropriation
Paid Art Metal Construction Co. $500 00
$500 00
$500 00
HOOK AND LADDER HOUSE ROOF REPAIRS.
By appropriation
$250 00
Paid Geo. A. Barnard, as per con- tract
$250 00
$250 00
$250 00
DEVENS MEMORIAL TABLET.
By appropriation
$200 00
Paid Nathaniel Paine, treasurer
$200 00
$200 00
$200 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT, CORNER DEPOT AND SOUTH MAIN STREETS.
$100 00
By appropriation
Paid to street lights appropriation
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
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$500 00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT CORNER DEPOT AND FOREST STREETS.
By appropriation ·
$100 00
Paid to street lights appropriation
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
SALARIES.
By appropriation
$8,000 00
Paid J. A. Taft, due from last year
$251 00
C. A. Cook, due from last year ·
100 00
C. H. Cole, M. D., due from last year
50 00
C. A. Cook, treasurer, on account
150 00
Chester L. Clark, overseer of poor
325 00
John Smith, overseer of poor
100 00
James W. Burke, overseer of poor
100 00
George E. Stacy, assessor
42 00
John F. Barrett, assessor
.
257 25
S. C. Sumner, assessor
.
308 00
R. Marino, assisting assessors
49 00
E. E. Cook, inspector of cattle, due from last year .
31 25
E. E. Cook, inspector of cattle
201 75
· James M. Coughlin, inspector of meats and provisions, due from last year
92 70
James M. Coughlin, inspector of meats and provisions 156 60
H. J. Bailey, registrar .
100 00
Wendell Williams, registrar .
100 00
James J. Clancy, registrar
100 00
John T. McLoughlin, registrar clerk .
125 00
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John T. McLoughlin, clerk to se- lectmen
250 00
John T. McLoughlin, town clerk 300 00
W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1900 .
150 00
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W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1901 . $475 00 Daniel T. Sullivan, M. D., board of health 50 00
O. D. Holmes, watchman .
144 00.
John Moore, police duty .
777 25
James Howard, police duty
365 00
E. J. Dalton, police duty .
433 75
M. Broderick, police duty
249 25
D. E. Casey, police duty .
285 75
T. F. Kelley, police duty .
204 00
Charles H. Waters, police duty .
43 50
Charles H. Waters, police duty, . due from last year 500 00
W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1902
650 00
W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1899
52 33
Charles H. Cole, M. D., board of health 50 00
John T. McLoughlin, recording births, deaths and marriages
212 30
T. F. Manning, auditor, on ac- count .
150 00
Amount unexpended
18 32
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$8,000 00 $8,000 00
ABBOTT A. JENKINS, JOSEPH F. HICKEY, WALTER S. V. COOKE,
Selectmen of Milford.
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MONEY LEFT BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS FOR CARE OF BURIAL LOTS AND WHICH THE TOWN HOLDS IN TRUST.
Name and amount left.
One year's interest.
Amount expended on: each lot during year.
Balance due for year
ending 1902.
Mrs. Theron Holbrook, $ 100 $
6 00 Paid Tr. Vernon Grove Cem., $ 9 17
$ 30 00
Mrs. Obadiah Albee,
100
6 00
10 17
36 00
William B. Dyer,
150
9 00
12 50
48 00
Charlotte C. Dean,
100
6 00
66
66
7 00
6 00
Mary E. Buck,
50
3 00
3 00
3 00
Charlotte Howard,
100
6 00
9 00
19 00
Anna V. Cross,
100
6 00
6 00
6 00
A. T. Wilkinson,
50
3 00
66
66
66
66
5 00
3 00
John S. Tucker,
100 50
6 00
66
66
66
6 00
6 00
George C. Jones,
50
3 00
66
.€
66
66
3 00
3 00
W. W. Warfield,
100
6 00
66
66
6 00
6 00
Abigail H. Adams,
100
6 00
Pine Grove Cemetery Corp., 6 00
0 00
D. C. Mowry,
150
9 00
66
16
66
9 00
0 00
Henry Willard,
100
6 00
Tr. Vernon Grove Cem.,
3 00
6 00
Charles M. Clark,
50)
3 00
66
66
66
3 00
3 00
George A. Brown,
100
6 00
6 00
6 00
Edwin S. Tingley,
150
9 00
9 00
9 00
Mrs. Elbridge Gerry,
50
3 00
Sarah Gore,
150
9 00
=
66
66
4 50
9 00
Harriet E. Daniels,
100
6 00
66
66
66
3 00
6 00
Arthur C. Johnson,
100
6 00
66
66
Eleanor V. Paine,
100
6 00
66
60
66
66
1 00
6 00
Sarah E. Dean,
75
2 25
Robert F. Wilkinson, est., 50
1 25
Arabella Gillman,
50
1 00
Nathan Durfee,
100
2 00
$2525 $127 50
$134 84
$219 00
66
66
66
66
3 00
8 00
Statira Drake,
50
3 00
3 00
66
3 00
3 00
Annie M. Tinker,
66
66
66
66
8 00
3 00
4 50
6 00
66
66
66
66
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
CLIFFORD A. COOK, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MILFORD, MASS., AS TREASURER. CR.
DR.
To amounts received :- Balance February 7, 1902 :- Emergency fund (appro- priation) . $1,000 00
West street school land (appropriation) 100 00
By amounts paid :- Money borrowed in antici- pation of taxes for the year 1901, as per vote of town passed March 22, 1901 . $ 1,500 00
Hook and Ladder house, repairs (appropriation) 250 00
Money borrowed in antici- pation of taxes for the year 1902, as per vote of town passed March 7,1902 41,000 00
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Furnishing new high school and grading lot (appropriation, unex- pended balance) ·
2,443 44
Town library (unexpend- ed balance of dog tax) 63 37 Cash 47 85
$ 3,904 66
Money borrowed in antici- pation of taxes for the
Treasurer of Massachusetts :- One fourth of liquor li- censes . ·
$42,500 00
. $4,551 00.
State tax
3,105 00
·
National bank tax
·
5,416 76
13,072 76
year 1902, per vote of town, passed March 7, 1902 . Liquor licenses :-
47,000 00
Patrick Gillon & Co. . $1,300 00
Patrick Gillon & Co. ·
1,300 00
Charles J. and Philip P. Smith . ·
1,300 00
Charles J. and Philip P. Smith . . ·
1,300 00
Loring P. Webber and John F. Tobin . ·
1,300 00
Bryan and Thomas F.
Manion 1,300 00
John H. and Catherine E. Stratton
1,300 00
Thomas Kelley and John Boyle . Alfred and Louisa
1,30.0 00
Goucher
1,300 00
David Quinn and Thomas Donovan · 1,300 00
16,672 61
James F. Stratton and
Treasurer of Worcester County, Mass .:-- County tax 6,663 00
Town debt :-
Note, 4}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1902 .
$5,700 00
Note, 4, (payable in gold) due October 5, 1902 2,000 00 Note, 3}, (payable in gold) due September - 15,1902 1,500 00
Note, 33, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1902 . Note, 3}, (payable in
2,500 00
gold) due September 15, 1902 1,000 00
Note, 3}, (payable in gold) due September 10,1902 400 00
13,100 00
Highways . Incidentals .
.
.
.
3,856 90
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Thomas H. Sheridan . $1,300 00
Schools
.
.
$34,112 27
James F. Stratton and
Poor
18,586 40
Thomas H. Sheridan 1,300 00
Soldiers' relief
3,098 36
Martin J. McCormick and
Salaries
7,981 68
Michael A. Sheehan 1,300 00
Street lights
6,264 94
Michael and Mary Hig-
Fire, pay of members
5,959 03
gins
1,300 00
Fire, incidentals ·
2,302 16
Walter A. De Wire
1 00
Fire, new hose ·
600 00
Albert H. Sweet .
1 00
Fire, coats and hats
148 00
J. Allen Rice .
·
1 00
Fire, repair of buildings
296 56
Henry E. Morgan
1 00
Fire, unpaid bills
388 60
$18,204 00
Town park .
·
Pool and billiard table licenses :-
Patrick E. Burns $ 5 00 ·
Higgins & Co. 5 00 .
John H. Buckley
5 00
Water for fire purposes
5,580 00
Thomas Kelley & Co. 5 00 ·
Memorial Day
150 00
Henry F. Lyons . 5 00 ·
Memorial Hall
583 85
Furnishing vault in town house
500 00
Frank Colli
· 10 00
35 00
Insuring town house
1,500 00
·
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1,583 04
Town library
.
Town Hall .
·
1,677 08
Sidewalks .
1,837 09
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319 61
664 99
Auctioneers' licenses :- F. E. Mann $2 00 .
J. P. Remick ·
2 00
A. A. Jenkins 2 00 ·
W. H. Baker
. 2 00
$8 00
Common victuallers' licenses :-
Antonio De Pasquale $1 00
Frank II. Gilmore .
1 00
Mrs. Bessie Ernest 1 00 ·
Mahoney, Rockwood & Co. 1 00 ·
Mrs. Mary Markie
1 00
George D. Wellington 1 00
George D. Wellington
1 00
Benjamin Franklin 1 00 .
James Murray 1 00
Fred M. Walker . 1 00
10 00
Junk dealers' licenses :---
Thomas Birmingham ·
$10 00
James Birmingham 10 00
E. D. Hall
10 00
New high school
Grading and furnishing new high school .
·
2,443 44
Interest
·
5,729 33
Vernon Grove cemetery ·
150 00
Emergency fund
878 20
Watering streets
·
1,259 34
Care of shade trees ·
204 42
Devens memorial monument ·
200 00
Hook and ladder house, repairs 250 00 · Military aid 84 00
Fees to officers for their services in criminal cases · ·
3,180 59
State aid
.
·
33
5,773 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Max Kolter
$10 00
J. L. Smith
·
10 00
Edward W. Howe
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Miscellaneous licenses : -
Lee Brothers, circus $35 00
Pawnee Bill's Wild West
25 00
Walter L. Main, circus .
50 00
J. J. Fremont, show
3 00
Pascoe St. Lawrence, show
1 00
Julene Robertson, show .
7 00
Zeller and Conklin, show
25 00
James McGlyn, shooting gallery .
40 00
Warren E. Parkhurst, bowling alley . 5 00
John Kelekles, hawker's
17 00
Bernardo Spiro, pedlar's 1 00
Cook & Carey, slaughter house 1 00
10 00
$60 00
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Cheney Brothers & Co., oleomargarine .
50
Music Hall Co., theatre . 40 00
Annie Lawless, fireworks
2 00
C. H. Bridges, fireworks 2 00
2 00
M. J. Reynolds, fireworks M. J. Kelley, fireworks .
2 00
Nellie G. Cahill, fireworks 2 00 F. Tompkins, fireworks . 2 00
J. S. Macuen, fireworks . 2 00
J. S. Macuen, fireworks . 2 00
L. K. Barber, fireworks . 2 00
2 00
E. Castiglioni, fireworks Macuen Brothers, fire- works . ·
2 00
Mahoney, Rockwood &
Co., fireworks . ·
2 00
A. Stevens, fireworks · 2 00
276 50
Treasurer of Massachusetts :-
Corporation tax. $2,447 54 .
National bank tax .
458 38
Military aid
42 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
State aid .
. $5,572 00
Armory rent
400 00
State paupers, support
27 35
State paupers, temporary support
208 68
Indigent soldiers and
sailors .
140 00
Street railway tax
1,063 19
Transportation, state
board of charity
. 6 00
$10,365 14
Treasurer of Worcester county :-
Dog tax . ·
·
$833 09
Rent of court room 1
year to January, 1903 550 00
1,383 09
Tax collectors :-
M. J.Reynolds, taxes 1889
$ 6 96
1890
10 08
66 1891
13 20
66 1892
15 65
.
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W. P. Foley, taxes 1900 1,167 99
1901 9,217 52
1902 108,785 29 street rail- way excise tax 1901-1902 430 35
45 89
Highway department :--- M. E. Nelligan, superin- tendent of streets, and others . ·
Incidental department :- Dr. C. H. Cole, vaccina- tion points, etc. ·
$
47
A. H. Sweet, entrance fee, School street sewer ·
50 00
L. B. Thomas, entrance fee, School street sewer 200 00 Town of Hopedale, one half expense resetting bound . 4 00
J. T. McLoughlin, use of telephone 9 50
·
- 119,601 15
211 87
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
John Larson, one set of lockup keys . · John F. Mathews, one set lockup keys . . Clerk of courts, Worces- ter, fine, case of Com- monwealth vs. Bien- stock
$1 00
1 00
20 00
$285 97
School department :- C.W. Haley, superintend- ent
116 27
·
Poor department :- Chester L. Clark, chair- man . 5,344 82
Street watering department :- W. P. Foley, collector, assessments 1900 $ 31 31 W. P. Foley, collector, assessments 1901 ·
118 29 W. P. Foley, collector,
38
assessments 1902 332 89
482 49
Soldiers' relief department :- Town of Upton . 78 00
Fire department :-
A. O. Hersey, treasurer, pay of members $359 03
A. O. Hersey, treasurer, incidentals 402 44
761 47
Town hall department :- .
Universalist society, rent
$ 75 00
Milford hospital, rent
28 00
John Smith, janitor 387 00
490 00
Sidewalk department :- M. E. Nelligan, superin- tendent of streets, and others . ·
886 48
Memorial hall department :- Post 22, G. A. R., rent and heat to Jan. 1, 1903 76 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Town library department :- Trustees of town library Town History department :- Ten copies, (unbound) W. G. Pond, clerk of third district court, fines . James Howard, reimburse- ment
$ 86 58
·
10 00
$1,811 88
2 58
1,814 46
R. H. Chamberlain, keeper of jail and master of house of correction, Worcester, fines $128 00
B. D.Dwinnell, jailor, Fitch- burg, fine 6 00
Sarah E. Green, for care of burial lot No. 138, in Vernon Grove ceme- tery, Milford, Mass., under the provisions of
134 00
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the revised laws of Massachusetts ·
J. A. Taft, administrator of the estate of Robert S. Wilkinson, for care of burial lot No. 69 in Vernon Grove ceme- tery, Milford, Mass., under the provisions of the revised laws of Massachusetts . · Arabella Gillman, for care of one half of burial lot No. 296 in Vernon Grove cemetery, Mil- ford, Mass., under the provisions of the re- vised laws of Massa- chusetts ·
Nathan Durfee, for care of burial lot No. 297 in Vernon Grove ceme- tery, Milford, Mass.,
75 00
50 00
4I
50 00
Balance February 10, 1903 :-- Emergency fund (appro- priation) · $1,000 00
West street school land (appropriation) · Electric light, corner of Forest and Depot
100 00
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
under the provisions of the revised laws of Massachusetts
streets (appropriation) $100 00
Cash
595 59
$100 00
$1,795 59
$211,946 84
$211,946 84
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43
TOWN DEBT.
Notes : 4}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1903 $5,700 00
4, (payable in gold) due October 5, 1903 . . . 2,000 00
4, (payable in gold) due August 10, 1904 . · 6,250 00
4, (payable in gold) due August 10, 1905 . . 6,250 00
4, (payable in gold) due August 10, 1906 . 6,250 00
4, (payable in gold) due August 10, 1907 . 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1908
. 6,250 00
33, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1909
5,000 00
. 5,000 00
· 5,000 00
. 5,000 00
. 5,000 00
. 5,000 00
. 5,000 00
5,000 00
. 5,000 00
5,000 00
· 5,000 00
2,500 00
. 2,500 00
. 2,500 00
2,500 00
. 2,500 00
2,500 00
. 2,500 00
. 2,500 00
33, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1903
. 1,500 00
. 1,500 00
. 1,500 00
· 1,500 00
. 1,500 00
1,500 00
. 1,500 00
. 1,500 00
. 1,000 00
. 1,000 00
33, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1905
1,000 00
3g, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1910 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1911 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1912 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1913 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1914 3₺, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1915 33, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1916 33, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1917 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1918 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1919 33, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1903 33, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1904 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1905 33, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1906
3₺, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1907 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1908 3₺, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1909 3}, '(payable in gold) due November 1, 1910
3}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1904 3}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1905
3}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1906 32, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1907 33, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1908 32, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1909 3}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1910
3}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1903 33, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1904
. 5,000 00
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3}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1906 . $1,000 00 3}, (payable in gold) due September 15, 1907 . 1,000 00 4, due on demand . 6,000 00
$135,700 00
TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.
Copies, unbound, on hand February 7, 1902 157 Copies, unbound, sold . 10
147
CLIFFORD A. COOK,
Treasurer.
-
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1889 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
$442 79 ·
Interest
.
.
.
$445 75
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer
$ 6 96
Amount uncollected
.
438 79
$445 75
1890 .- DR.
Amount uncollected ·
.
. $1,050 54
Interest
4 08
$1,054 62
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer
$ 10 08
Amount uncollected
1,044 54
$1,054 62
1891 .- DR.
- Amount uncollected
$1,955 26
Interest
5 08
.
$1,960 34
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer ·
$ 13 20
Amount uncollected
1,947 14
$1,960 34
1892 .- DR.
Amount uncollected
.
$2,197 38
Interest
5 65
$2,203 03
.
.
.
2 96
46
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer
$ 15 65
Amount uncollected
2,187 38 ·
$2,203 03
M. J. REYNOLDS,
Collector.
Milford, Feb. 6, 1903.
1
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR THE YEARS 1900, 1901, 1902.
1900 .- DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb.
3,1902 .
.
$1,394 98
Interest
116 03
$1,511 01
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer
$1,167 99
Abatements .
112 63
Amount uncollected
230 39
$1,511 01
1901 .- DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb.
3,1902 .
$10,719 54
Re-assessments
·
14 00
Interest
548 97
$11,282 51
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer .
$9,217 52
Abatements .
782 22
Amount uncollected
1,282 77
$11,282 51
1902 .- DR.
Amount committed . ·
. $124,728 26
Re-assessments
·
·
40 63
Interest
188 59
$124,907 48
·
.
48
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer . . $108,785 29
Discounts
·
2,519 98
Abatements . ·
·
1,777 38
Amount uncollected
11,824 83
$124,907 48
STREET WATERING TAXES. 1900. - DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb. 3, 1902 $32 10
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer .
$31 31
Abatement
79
$32 10
1901 .- DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb. 3,1902 .
$129 51
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer . $118 29
Amount uncollected 11 22
$129 51
1902 .- DR.
Amount committed (Jan. 7, 1903) . $635 82
CR
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer .
.
$332 89
Amount uncollected
302 93
$635 82
STREET RAILWAY EXCISE TAXES.
1901 .- DR.
Amount uncollected, report of Feb. 3, 1902 $31 52
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer
$31 52
1902,-DR.
Amount committed
. $398 83
49
CR.
Paid C. A. Cook, treasurer
$398 83
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. FOLEY,
Collector, 1893-1902.
Milford, Mass., Feb. 3, 1903.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Town appropriations .
$123,750 00
State tax
.
.
3,105 00.
County tax
.
.
.
6,663 00
Amount called for
$133,518 00
Tax on collector's book
119,116 11
Underlay
$14,401 89
VALUATION.
Buildings, excluding land
$3,329,449 00
Land, excluding buildings ·
1,546,591 00
$4,876,040 00
Personal, excluding res. bank $919,395 00
Resident bank 261,454 00
$1,180,849 00
Total valuation
$6,056,889 00
Resident bank valuation
$261,454 00
Non-resident bank valuation .
303,346 00
Total bank valuation
$564,800 00
Tax on personal estate ·
$21,845 71
Tax on real estate
.
·
90,206 74
Tax on polls .
7,060 00
Gain by fractions in making tax
3 66
.
.
Tax on collector's book, including res. bank $119,116 11 Non-resident bank tax 5,612 15
' Total amount committed
$124,728 26
51
Rate, $18.50 per one thousand dollars.
Resident bank tax
$4,837 11
Non-resident bank tax
5,612 15
Total bank tax
$10,449 26
Number of polls
3530
66
horses
669
COWS
317
cattle other than cows
56
"
sheep
none
swine
27
dwelling houses .
.
1868
66
acres of land assessed
8693
GEORGE E. STACY, SULLIVAN C. SUMNER, JOHN F. BARRETT,
Assessors of Milford.
MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
By appropriations :-
Pay of members
. $5,600 00
Incidentals 1,900 00 .
New hose 600 00
Coats and hats
150 00 ·
Repairs of buildings
300 00
Unpaid bills
400 00
Labor by steamer team
691 50
Sale of old junk
53 35
Rebate on telephones
16 62
$9,711 47
EXPENDITURES. PAY OF MEMBERS.
Board of engineers
$370 00
Engine Co. No. 2
.
650 84
Hose Co. No. 1
655 00
Hose Co. No. 2 ·
655 00
Hose Co. No. 3
558 10
Ladder Co. No. 1
745 83
E. M. Temple, driver Engine 2
793 73
W. P. Leland, driver Hose 2
150 00
J. Callery, driver Ladder 1 .
.
150 00
J. H. Scott, superintendent fire alarm for 1901
300 00
N. B. Fairbanks, engineman Engine 2
175 00
T.M. Shea, steward Hose 3 . 43 00
F. L. Kimball, steward Hose 2
43 00
L. R. Joy, steward Hose 1 43 00
L. R. Joy, driver Hose 1 75 00
Thomas Lally, steward Ladder 1
41 50
·
.
.
53
G. C. Adams, horse keeping and driver $233 53
H. E. Rockwood, engineman Engine 1 87 50
Fred M. Metcalf, driver Engine 2
30 00
N. B. Fairbanks, superintendent fire alarm 75 00
H. A. Haskell, horse and driver Hose 3 84 00
$5,959 03
By appropriation
$5,600 00
Receipts applied
359 03
$5,959 03
Expended
. 85,959 03
1
INCIDENTALS.
S. A. Eastman, hay and grain .
$ 92 81
Prentice & Son, hay and grain
174 85
James Lally, jr., hay and grain ·
76 68
Edwards & Mullane, coal ·
48 25
H. M. Curtiss, coal .
64 50
H. A. Barney, coal and wood
138 29
J. P. Ryan, labor
24 60
Am. Steel Wire Co., 2 coils wire
16 66
Milford Gas Light Co., gas .
124 95
Am. Locomotive Go., 2 link blocks
14 00
Ira N. Ide, horse shoeing
45 40
Milford Water Co., water rent
75 83
Fire and Water, 1 year's subscription
3 00
C. Callahan Co., supplies
107 54
N. B. Fairbanks, labor and supplies
21 70
J. H. Scott, incidental expense 5 35
117 58
Norris & Staples, labor and material A. B. Morse, supplies
6 60
Mrs. H. M. Barber, lease of land
15 00
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., rent of telephones
30 76
L. E. Belknap, labor and material 228 33
J. H. Scott, 1 gong
25 00
William L. Annette and others at forest fire
5 43
George A. Sherborne, expressing
29 37
.
G. M. Billings, printing 7 75 .
.
.
·
1
54
Everett Allen and others, brush fires E. G. Hubbard and others, brush fires 8 75
$ 4 50
C. E. Blaisdell and others, brush fires C. A. Cheney and others, brush fires C. L. Fair and others, brush fires Thomas Groom & Co., order book Tewksbury, & Weir, labor and material
·
8 25
8 75
13 00
A. O. Hersey, incidental expense
7 00
J. A. & W. Bird, blue vitriol
74 25
Avery & Woodbury, supplies
15 25
Prouty Bros., fire alarm supplies 2 25
13 24
W. J. Sears, labor on fire alarm
4 05
Henry K. Barnes, supplies .
34 96
O. Whitney & Son, labor and material
48 59
G. M. Stevens Co., fire alarm supplies
3 61
John T. Crowell, supplies .
7 25
H. D. Bowker, rubber gloves
2 00
Fred H. Cheney, painting Hose 1 and Engine 2
145 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
17 69
Cook & Sons, advertising
2 00
F. L. Fairbanks, heating apparatus
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