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Stationery, stamps, etc. :- Paid Hobbs & Warren Co. birth register and index Thomas Groom & Co., check book for treasurer 40 00 Hobbs & Warren Co., abatement records for Assessors 2 50
$16 25
Hobbs & Warren Co., li- quor license blanks 17 50
P. B. Murphy, Assessors' blanks .
19 00
Worcester County Ab-
stract Co., Assessors' ab- stracts
39 55
Library Bureau, card in-
dex for Assessors ·
88 25
D. J. Sullivan, postage and express . 24 30
George E. Stacy ·
11 41
Annie Lawless .
3 35
Clark Ellis & Sons ·
85
Sherborne & Coughlin's
Express . .
2 85
F. Tompkins 1 55
- H. M. Meek Pub. Co., birth return books 5 25
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks and posters 6 75
26
Boston Nickel Plating Co., plating weights for seal- er of weights and meas- ures
$C 85-
Jas. Ryan, stamp for seal- er of weights and meas- ures
3 95
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamp for sealer of weights and measures Carter Ink Co. ·
80
2 50
G. H. Burdick, stamp and pad, for Selectmen ·
1 00
L. E. Felton, pens 2 00
Clifford A. Cook, cash dis-
bursements for express, envelopes,postage, money orders and telephone fees 4 19
$300 65
Burial lots :- Paid Trustees of Vernon Grove cemetery $298 17
Proprietors of Pine Grove cemetery 15 00
$313 17
Damages :- Paid Frank Brown, for inju- ries to Mrs. Brown re- ceived from fall on side- walk $40 00
$40 00
Balance unexpended
$401 47
$5400 00 $5400 00
TOWN HALL.
By appropriation $ 700 00
Cash, rent of court room
550 00
Cash, rent of Town Hall . .
·
758 50
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Paid D. M. O'Brien, janitor, due 1908
$ 50 00
D. M. O'Brien, janitor, 1909 .
550 00
Milford Electric Light & Power Co 368 24
Milford Gas Light Co.
37 12
Milford Water Co. .
56 16
H. Edson Wheeler, care of clock
50 00
H. M. Curtiss, coal
·
145 00
C. S. Mullane, coal
108 75
Johnston Coal Co. .
94 25
H. A. Barney estate, coal . .
58 00
Macuen Bros., coal
43 50
W. C. Tewksbury, electrical work
23 48
Water & Hynes, labor .
45 76
Cooney & Higgiston, labor .
19 75
C. E. Russell & Co. .
7 02
P. Fitzgerald, labor on flower beds and trees
15 50
D. S. Tower, sharpening . lawn mower 1 00
C. W. Wilcox & Son Co., repair- ing clock
1 00
Connors Bros., laundry
·
5 20
Z. C. Field, lumber .
2 97
G. A. Sherborne, teaming . .
50
Staples & Gould, supplies
50 40
Avery & Woodbury, supplies .
22 00
Joseph H. Doyle, Attorney for J.
J. O'Neil estate, supplies
4 55
L. T. Gilman, supplies .
19 71
F. W. Draper, supplies
6 25
Dustbane Mfg. Co., supplies
6 00
Remick Furniture Co., supplies
1 50
John Larson, police duty .
29 25
E. M. Crockett, painting
55 10
Balance unexpended
130 54
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$2,008 50 $2,008 50
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MEMORIAL HALL.
By appropriation $750 00
Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., heating
75 00
Cash, Post 22, G. A. R., rent ·
1 00
Paid C. E. Brock, janitor, due 1908 C. E. Brock, janitor, 1909 .
$ 50 00
250 00
C. E. Brock, labor and supplies
6 60
Johnston Coal Co., coal .
62 50
H. M. Curtiss, coal and cement
49 28
Z. C. Field, material for flagstaff and freight on same · .
78 81
Otis Whitney & Son, labor on flagstaff . ·
93 44
Milford Water Co. . .
19 45
Milford Gas Light Co.
48 16
John Coffey, labor . ·
23 50
P. W. Cheever, labor 2 85
Bickford Bros., labor
2 60
L. E. Belknap, labor
1 00
T. E. Morse Co., labor 8 50
Pratt Bros., labor . .
36 43
Ernest Cristani, labor
·
4 00
P. Fitzgerald, labor
2 00
D. Fred Lemier, sharpening lawn mowers 2 75
Thomas Quinn, sharpening lawn mowers 1 50
Staples & Gould, supplies ·
11 49
E. E. Vaughan, supplies .
45
B. J. Davis, labor on boiler
10 44
James II. Rowe, slating roof
35 00
Robb, Mumford Boiler Co., tube scraper
4 00
Orient Mfg. Co., atomizer and sprayer ·
11 25
Milford Grain Co, seed ·
1 70
Mary E. Cutler, plants 5 00 ·
Remick Furniture Co., supplies
2 50
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Balance unexpended
8 80
$826 00
$826 00
UNPAID BILLS.
H. A. Barney estate, coal and wood, from Jan. 5, 1909 to Dec. 6, 1909
$155 55
SALARIES.
By appropriation .
. $10,000 00
Cash from D. M. O'Brien, sealer of weights and measures
85 30
Paid Matthew J. Carbary, selectman on account
$200 00
John A. Mckenzie, selectman
250 00
Edwin F. Lilley, selectman, on ac- count 200 00
Johu C. Lynch, town solicitor, pro- fessional services and expenses 234 90
George E. Stacy, assessor, 1908
409 50
John F. Barrett, assessor, due 1908 28 00 John F. Barrett, assessor, 1909, on account 500 00
William F. Clancy, assessor, due 1908 28 00
William F. Clancy, assessor, 1909, on account 450 00
William H. Baker, assessor, 1909, on account 400 00
Raphael Marino, assisting assess- ors, 1909 . 84 00
W. P. Foley, tax collector, due 1908 625 00
D. J. Sullivan, town clerk, due 1908 40 00
D. J. Sullivan, town clerk, 1909, on account 250 00
D. J. Sullivan, clerk of selectmen, 1909, on account 184 00
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D. J. Sullivan, town clerk, record-
ing births, deaths and marriages, 1908. ·
$280 90
James W. Burke, chairman over- seers of poor, on account .
200 00
J. P. Hennessey, overseer of poor 100 00
H. A. Pond, overseer of poor, on account . 75 00
E. E. Cook, inspector of animals, due 1908 . 31 25
B. F. Hartman, inspector of ani- mals, 1909, on account . .
150 00
H. C. Tilden, registrar of voters ·
100 00
George W. Billings, registrar of voters ·
100 00
P. J. Burke, registrar of voters ·
100 00
D. J. Sullivan, clerk of registrars of voters 125 00
John E. Higgiston, board of health, 1908 ·
50 00
Maurice J. Quinlan, board of health, 1908 ·
50 00
F. H. Lally, M. D., board of health, 1909 50 00
W. P. Foley, tax collector, 1909, on account 700 00
Fred E. Wood, sewer commission- er, 1909 . 200 00
D. M. O'Brien, sealer of weights and measures, 1909 125 00 · J. J. O'Neil, chief of police, due 1908 64 61
J. J. O'Neil, chief of police, 1909, on account 900 00
Martin Broderick, police duty, due 1908 301 00
Martin Broderick, police dụty, 1909 · ·
253 50
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M. Nolan, police duty, due 1903 $ 61 00
M. Nolan, police duty, 1909 667 00
John Moore, police duty, due 1908
47 00
John Moore, police duty, 1909
515 75
D. E. Casey, police duty, due 1908
69 25
D. E. Casey, police duty, 1909
351 25
W. F. Snowling, police duty, due 1908 14 00 .
W. F. Snowling, police duty, 1909
154 00
O. D. Holmes, police duty, due 1908 24 00
O. D. Holmes, police duty, 1909
132 00
W. J. Corbett, police duty, due 1908
14 75
W. J. Corbett, police duty, 1909 .
81 50
Charles Caruso, police duty, due 1908
28 00
Charles Caruso, police duty, 1909
83 00
John Larson, police duty
1 25
W. E. Hogan, police duty .
·
1 25
Balance unexpended .
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$10.085 30 $10,085 30
UNPAID BILLS.
The following is the amount of salaries that will be due town officers March 7, 1910 :-
Matthew J. Carbary, selectman
$ 50 00
Edwin F. Lilley, selectman .
50 00
D. J. Sullivan, town clerk and clerk of selectmen 116 00 .
Clifford A. Cook, town treasurer
600 00
J. F. Barrett, assessor
68 75
W. F. Clancy, assessor
103 00
W. H. Baker, assessor
145 00
James W. Burke, overseer of poor . 125 00
H. A. Pond, overseer of poor 25 00
J. E. Higgiston, board of health .
50 00
M. J. Quinlan, board of health
50 00
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J. C. Lynch, town solicitor $250 00
W. P. Foley, collector of taxes of 1908, (due Jan. 20, 1910) ·
140 00
W. P. Foley, collector of taxes of 1909, (due Jan. 20, 1910) 175 00
H. C. Tilden, registrar of voters 25 00
P. J. Burke, registrar of voters
25 00
Geo. W. Billings, registrar of voters
25 00
D. J. Sullivan, clerk of registrars of voters 50 00 .
T. F. Manning, auditor ·
200 00
J. J. O'Neil, chief of police .
100 00
F. P. Dillon, sewer commissioner
250 00
Louis P. Pratt, sewer commissioner
200 00
$2,822 75 The patrolmen are paid to Jan. 1, 1910. They are paid 25 cents per hour for actual service rendered.
INTEREST.
By appropriation
$11,700 00
Paid Milford Savings bank on town
notes
$3,327 94
City Trust Co., on sewer bonds 2,000 00
National Shawmut bank
5,920 00
Balance unexpended
452 06
$11,700 00 $11,700 00
TOWN DEBT.
By appropriation
$14,000 00
Paid Milford Savings bank
$11,000 00
City Trust Co.
2,000 00
National Shawmut bank
1,000 00
$14,000 00 $14,000 00
WATER FOR FIRE PURPOSES.
$5,255 00.
Paid Milford Water Co. .
$5,200 00
Balance unexpended
55 00
By appropriation
4
$5,255 00 $5,255 00.
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COST OF WATER TO BE ASSESSED TO ABUTTERS.
By appropriation
$700 00
Paid highway department, labor
$700 00
$700 00
$700 00
STATE AID.
Paid various persons
$1,507 00
Amount due from state ·
$4,507 00
$1,507 00 $4,507 00
MILITARY AID.
By appropriation
.
$300 00
Paid various persons
$380 00
By one half amount due from state
190 00
Amount unexpended
110 00
$490 00
$490 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
By appropriation
$4,000 00
Paid various persons
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.
$3,773 12
Balance unexpended
·
226 88
$4,000 00
$4,000 00
CARE OF TREES AND SHRUBS.
By appropriation
$500 00
Cash received from various persons
118 50
Paid P. Fitzgerald, tree warden, and helpers, labor .
$530 80
M. W. Casey, use of teams ·
39 00
Milford town farm, plants
27 80
Milford Daily News Co., advertis-
ing
9 60
Milford Journal Co., advertising .
2 +0
Mary E. Cutler, plants 4 00 ·
Staples & Gould, supplies.
2 40.
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Johnston Teaming Co., teaming .
$1 50
G. M. Billings, printing
1 00
$618 50
$618 50
ITEMIZED ACCT. OF TREE WARDEN.
Amount drawn by P. Fitzgerald for care of
trees and shrubs
$530 80
Paid Oscar Smith, labor
$66 00
T. Powers, labor
51 00
Arthur O'Keefe, labor
128 75
T. Fitzgerald, labor
16 00
H. A. Wilmarth, team
75
B. C. Thayer, labor
35
J. L. Buxton, repairing
75
H. H. Lent, for pole
1 00
T. Quinn, repairing
40
P. Fitzgerald, labor
265 80
$530 80
$530 80
Respectfully submitted,
PATRICK FITZGERALD,
Tree Warden.
GYPSY MOTH SUPPRESSION.
By appropriation
$500 00
Paid P. Fitzgerald and helper, scout-
ing ·
$437 63
James B. Edwards, teams
12 00
Geo. G. Cook, P. M., stamps
15 00
D. J. Sullivan, addressing circu- lars to real estate taxpayers 10 00
G. M. Billings, printing circulars . 6 00
R. C. Eldridge, glasses and case
6 25
Staples & Gould, supplies
·
8 87
M. W. Casey, team
1 00
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Wright & Potter Printing Co., Poison notices 3 25
$500 00 $500 00
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ITEMIZED ACCT. OF GYPSY MOTH SUPERINTENDENT.
Amount drawn by P. Fitzgerald and helper for scouting .
$437 63
Paid by P. Fitzgerald to Patrick Curley for scouting $133 00
Amount received by P. Fitzgerald
for scouting 304 63
$437 63
$437 63
Respectfully submitted, PATRICK FITZGERALD, Superintendent of Gypsy Moth Work. MEMORIAL DAY.
By appropriation
$165 00 Paid H. J. Bailey, Q. M., Post 22, G.
A. R. .
$165 00
$165 00
$165 00
EAST WALNUT STREET EXTENSION.
By appropriation
$400 00
Paid labor as per warrant
$394 00
A. H. Cenedella, surveying
6 00
$400 00
$400 00
OLIVER STREET SIDEWALK.
$500 00
Paid labor as per warrant
$437 30
Webb Pink Granite Co., curbing .
62 70
$500 00
$500 00
OPENING UP A RIGHT OF WAY FROM SOUTH MAIN STREET TO VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
By appropriation .
$100 00
Paid William Emery, labor . ·
$30 15
H. W. Gaskill, surveying · Balance unexpended . ·
.
5 00
64 85
.
$100 00 $100 00
By appropriation
36
MEMORIAL HALL INSURANCE.
By appropriation
.
Paid F. E. Mann & Co.
$37 13
H. A. Daniels ·
·
37 12
Paul Doane
+
37 13
Joseph F. Hickey
37 12
W. J. Walker & Co.
37 12
Lewis Hayden
37 12
W. H. Baker & Co.
37 12
I. R. Spaulding
.
37 12
Balance unexpended .
.
3 02
$300 00
$300 00
CEDAR STREET SIDEWALK.
By appropriation (1908)
$400 00
Expended (1908)
$347 95
Balance unexpended .
52 05
$400 00
$400 00
EMERGENCY FUND.
By appropriation
$1000 00
Paid labor as per warrant
$605 00
M. E. Nelligan, Supt. of Streets, salary on account
200 00
Balance unexpended .
195 00
$1000 00
$1000 00
PLACING SUPPLY WAGON OF THE FIRE DEPART- MENT IN THE PLAINS DISTRICT.
By appropriation (1908)
$250 00
Balance unexpended . $250 00
$250 00 $250 00
$300 00
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RELOCATING AND PLACING HYDRANTS IN PLAINS DISTRICT.
Appropriation (1908)
$125 00
Balance unexpended .
$125 00
$125 00
$125 00
SHORT STREET EXTENSION.
By appropriation (1907)
$100 00
Expended (1907)
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.
$74 00
Balance unexpended .
.
26 00
$100 00
$100 00
SURFACE DRAINS.
By appropriation (1908)
$1500 00
Expended (1908)
$814 63
Balance unexpended .
685 37
$1500 00 $1500 00
HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD :-
Gentlemen : I hereby submit my report as Highway Su- perintendent of the town.
The first work to be done by the department was on the outside roads. The road machines were used in grading and opening the gutters, the outlets to waterways were cleaned and opened. These were again cleaned in the fall.
The streets in the centre of the town were cleaned when necessary and repaired with crushed stone, cinders or gravel.
All catch basins were thoroughly cleaned four times dur- ing the year. During each storm they were taken care of and as a result of the work no serious washouts have occurred.
The amounts expended on different streets are as fol- lows :-
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STREET REPAIRING.
Jefferson street, 5 loads crushed stone $ 5 50
Central street, Bear Hill, 52 loads cinders 41 40
Fruit street, 32 loads cinders ·
24 80
Leonard street, 2 loads cinders
.
1 40
Orchard street, 2 loads cinders
1 40
Mt. Pleasant street, 2 loads cinders
1 40
Mayhew slip, 2 loads cinders .
1 40
Water street, 13 loads cinders
15 60
Water street, 21 loads gravel
42 00
Water street, labor ·
19 85
Sumner street, 8 loads cinders and gravel 8 36
Lawrence street, 2 loads cinders 1 40
Fruit Street¿Extension, 2 loads cinders 1 40 .
Parkhurst street, 2 loads cinders 1 40
Beach street, 77 loads cinders 77 15
Fairview¿Road, 6 loads cinders
5 95
Hay ward street, 81 loads gravel 81 00
Hayward street, 18 loads cinders
17 30
Depot street, 31 loads gravel and crushed stone
31 50 95
Lee street, 14 loads cinders
9 80
South Main street, 18 loads crushed stone ·
33 10
East street, 2 loads cinders
1 40
Franklin street, 5 loads cinders and crushed stone
5 10
Water street, 29 loads gravel
43 15
Court street, 3 loads gravel
·
3 40
Hopkinton road, 2 loads crushed stone ·
3 25
Holliston road, 2 loads crushed stone
3 75
Ferguson street, 6 loads gravel
4 10
Pleasant street, 5 loads cinders
3 50
Lincoln street, 3 loads cinders
2 10
West Pine street, 1 load gravel
1 20
Walnut street, 1 load gravel .
1 20
Church street, 2 loads gravel
2 90
Cedar street, 29 loads gravel . 24 90
Cedar street, 108 tons crushed stone
104 50
Court Square, 68 tons crushed stone
35 00
Medway street, 1 load cinders
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Pond street, 6 tons crushed stone
$ 10 00 South Bow street, 10 tons crushed stone, 45 loads
gravel
66 25
Main street patching, 30 tons crushed stone ·
28 25
Central street patching, 32 tons crushed stone
.
17 50
Grove street, 7 loads cinders .
6 40
Chapin street, 14 loads cinders
.
9 80
Claflin street, 18 loads crushed stone
·
27 00
Forest street, 8 loads cinders
5 70
Congress street, 82 tons crushed stone ·
61 00
Granite street, 108 tons crushed stone
.
89 20
Bear Hill, 32 loads cinders
38 40
Dilla street, 205 loads gravel, 1422 tons stone
274 00
East Walnut street extension, 245 loads gravel, 12 loads cinders 400 00
East Main street, 6 loads stone, 6 loads gravel 20 35
Oliver street, 270 loads gravel ·
433 80
Bancroft Ave., 8 loads gravel . .
14 90
State street, 109 loads gravel .
.
173 55
Genoa Ave., 3 loads cinders
3 10
Baker Slip, 1 load cinders Granite street, 4 loads gravel
6 00
East Walnut street, 78 loads cinders
84 35
Cook street, 20 loads cinders .
15 00
Main street, So. End, 229 tons crushed stone
246 35
Prospect street, 76 tons gravel
72 50
Exchange street, 2 loads crushed stone, 2 loads dust
6 25
STREETS REBUILT.
North Bow street, 1008 tons crushed stone, 51 loads gravel
$860 40
This street was plowed with roller and scarifier, graded and rolled, eight inches of crushed stone was spread and rolled, making it a good road. It ought to last several years.
Dilla street, 1422 tons stone, 205 loads gravel $274 00
This section from Webb's crossing, a distance of 250 feet, was widened 12 feet and raised 3 feet,
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95
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and a fence built on each side, making a good, hard, safe road. The Webb Granite Co. fur- nished the stone and gravel, and loaded the carts, thus making the work less expensive for the town.
Central street, 1244 tons crushed stone, 97 barrels pitch
$218 25
135 barrels tar .
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337 50
Applying tar and pitch
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·
277 40
Labor and stone
. 1,274 29
Total
$2,107 44
This street was plowed with steam roller and scarifier, regraded and rolled; eight inches of crushed stone was spread and rolled, and a bind- er of tar, pitch and sand was used; the street was rolled again until properly hardened. This is a new process, and is giving good satisfaction.
Main street from North Bow street to railroad, 220 tons crushed stone, 9 barrels tar
$ 22 50
20 barrels pitch 50 00 .
Labor and stone
211 75 .
Total
$284 25
This section was plowed with steam roller and scari- fier, the old material carted off and placed on other streets. Nine inches of crushed stone was spread and rolled. Tar, pitch and sand was used for binder. The highway department has always had trouble with this section of road be- cause of washing, but I think it will remain now until worn. Every year previously it has had to be repaired four or five times.
SURFACE DRAINS.
Main street, 92 feet 10-inch tile pipe, 1 catch basin $ 43 26 Central street 9 50
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Walnut street, 55 feet 12-inch tile pipe, 14 feet, 5-
inch tile pipe, 1 catch basin $ 69 02 Chestnut street, 143 feet 10-inch tile pipe, 1 catch basin 112 54
Franklin street, 100 feet 10-inch tile pipe, 1 catch basin .
63 25
Green street, 12 feet 6-inch iron pipe
8 25
South High street, 9 feet 8-inch tile pipe 2 30
SUNDRY EXPENSES.
Breaking stone for crusher . $ 595 78
Cleaning streets . 1,295 75 .
Road machine on country roads
620 30
Cleaning catch basins
122 63 .
Repairing crusher .
171 06
Removing trees from highway
28 50
Sand for and sanding sidewalks
214 00
Breaking roads after snow storms .
663 13
SEWER TRENCHES REPAIRED.
Pine street
$20 50
Congress street
78 00
$98 50
CULVERTS REPAIRED.
West street
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$51 80
Main street
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21 50
East Main street
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5 00
Sumner street .
9 00
Corner Water and Lee streets
2 00
Grove street
29 06
SIDEWALKS BUILT AND REPAIRED.
Oliver street sidewalk, labor and material
$397 70
Stone
102 30
$500 00
105 loads of sand was used. Curbing was set on one side 1250 feet in length and a good gravel
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walk made. Stone wall'was built 250 feet long to retain part of walk. Had to cut through a ledge and remove fifty yards of rock. Built fence 250 feet long.
Mt. Pleasant street, 15 loads cinders
$13 30
Spruce street, 8 loads cinders 5 50
Prentice Avenue, 6 loads cinders
6 00
State street, 14 loads of cinders
14 95
Grant street, 6 loads cinders .
5 70
Cedar street, 12 loads cinders
15 50
Glines Avenue, 165 loads gravel
130 45
Water street, labor
6 00
Chestnut street, 6 loads stone dust
6 50
Cook street, setting curbing
42 40
CONCRETING.
The following sidewalks have been repaired : School, Congress, West Pine, Pine, Gibbon Avenue, Pearl, Main, North Bow, Spring, Walnut, Pleas- ant and Sumner. The crosswalks on Main street have been resurfaced and new crosswalks built on Main, Winter and Granite streets. To- tal number of yards of concrete laid, 1720. Cost
$774 41
WAGES PAID HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYES.
1909-1910.
Austin Davoren,
$651 00
P. Dwyer,
$439 58
William Ahern,
624 00
Fred Stimpson,
298 39
John Callery,
624 00
Michael Maguire, 192 00
W. P. Leland,
626 00
John O'Riley,
379 79
John Fitzpatrick,
240 68
James Gartland,
147 48
C. L. Fair,
561 38
H. J. Wilmarth,
270 00
B. Nelligan,
360 14
John Maguire,
293 01
Robert Jones,
393 52
Matthew Reynolds,
222 14
Jerry Galvin,
476 77
Frank Desmond,
241 50
P. Durkin,
344 11
William Hill,
56 25
James Mcavoy,
337 14
James Darmody,
155 56
John Nelligan,
443 25
Daniel Wood,
11 75
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Michael Smith,
$131 38
P. Quiık, $10 75
John Foster,
54 38
John Prior, 16 75
P. Desmond,
130 50
A. Erickson,
9 00
John Anderson,
118 63
Ernest Wood,
13 00
P. Daley.
89 88
G. Countre,
8 00
Frank Kilkline,
98 00
Frank Barrows,
12 75
William Lemier,
187 50
L. Pagono,
12 00
William Battles,
51 13
J. B. Clement,
3 50
A. Taylor,
258 25
James Adams,
1 00
Charles S. Mullane,
609 25
William Gordon,
2 50
Frank Lynch,
4 38
Thomas Thew,
4 00
John Macuen,
2 50
James Costello, 2 00
Gus Anderson,
1 75
Amos Bell,
2 00
Frank Lucier,
4 75
Mr. Bell,
2 00
John Hickey,
11 50
John Harris,
2 00
Charles Clay,
11 50
James Harris,
2 00
C. Tighe,
17 50
Harry Despeaux,
2 00
John Macuen,
21 25
W. Boudreaux,
1 50
N. Spindel,
11 60
E. Christian,
11 00
$10,333 82
A. Toline,
11 00
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE E. NELLIGAN, Superintendent of Streets.
Your board of selectmen beg leave to submit the follow- ing report of their doings, together with recommendations :-
HIGHWAYS.
With an appropriation much smaller than for several years previous, a great deal was accomplished during the year. Several streets through which the sewer has been laid have been repaired and put in good shape. A careful study of the superintendent of streets' report will show where all highway money has been expended.
During a recent visit to the State Highway Commission we were told that the town appropriates one-third less money for highways than other towns throughout the state of
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the same valuation. It might be well to state at this time that there are 83 miles of highway in Milford, and when one stops to consider that with an appropriation of $11,000, out of which the street superintendent's salary of $1200 is to be de- ducted, less than $10,000 is available to be expended for labor and material.
We recommend a larger appropriation for the incoming year.
STATE HIGHWAY.
The board visited the State Highway Commission early in January and asked for an appropriation large enough to finish the work from where they left off in the Braggville dis- trict last fall to the corner of the Medway road. If this re- quest should be granted we would have a state road nearly all the way to Boston. It was suggested by the Commission that the town of Milford appropriate a certain amount of money each year until finished for the rebuilding of Main street from the termination of the state highway through the centre of the town, this work to be done under the supervision of the State Highway Commission.
DUST LAYING.
Acting upon the recommendation of your finance com- mittee we took up the matter of laying the dust on Main street with the Milford & Uxbridge Street Railway Company, with the result that early in July an electric street sprinkler was procured and put into commission at once. It has proved to be of good service and has been greatly appreciated by the business men and residents along the car line. It made three trips daily from the Hopedale line to Medway street, and this layed the dust much better than could be expected of the watering carts with which we were able to lay the dust on all streets adjoining Main street.
On invitation of the New England Manager of the Road Oil Department of the Standard Oil Co. the board visited Boston and had fully demonstrated to them the value of street oil as a dust layer. We rode over all streets in Boston proper on which the oil had been used, and then went over the
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entire Park system and through all suburbs, noting its value as a dust layer, and also as a street binder. After thoroughly going over the matter we concluded to purchase a carload of it and try it on our streets, which we did with much success. We believe that it is a financial saving also to the town, all streets to which it is applicable can be covered in one week, and the men and horses used for the work can be used the re- maining three weeks of every month for other purposes, there- by saving the extra expense of hiring outside teams.
STREET LIGHTING.
This year the citizens will be called upon to authorize the making of contracts for street lighting, as the 3-year con- tract with the Globe Gas Light Co. expires on June 18, 1910, and the yearly contract with the Milford Electric Light & Power Co. expires August 20, 1910. During the past year the board has had installed on several streets Tungsten lights in place of arc lights, thereby causing a greater distribution of light practically for the same expense. We feel that they have given good satisfaction.
We recommend contracts be made for all-night lighting service.
GIPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS.
The state requires that we should take steps to protect ourselves against the inroads of the gipsy and brown tail moths that have already done much damage in our town. The town is badly infested with this plague, several thousand nests having been found the past year. We recommend an appro- priation of $800 to be used for this purpose.
Respectfully submitted,
MATTHEW J. CARBARY, JOIIN A. MCKENZIE, EDWIN F. LILLEY,
Selectmen of Milford,
MONEY LEFT BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS FOR CARE OF BURIAL LOTS, AND WHICH 1 THE TOWN HOLDS IN TRUST.
Name and Amount Left.
One Year's
Interest.
Amount expended on each|lot during year.
Unexp'nded Int. Yr. End.
Dec. 31, 1909.
Mrs. Theron Holbrook,
$100 00
$ 6 00
Paid Tr. Vernon Grove Cem., $ 8 00 $ 10 00
66
66
8 00
12 00
William B. Dyer,
150 00
9 00
66
66
66
10 00
35 00
Charlotte C. Dean,
100 00
6 00
66
66
6 00
6 00
Mrs. Mary E. Buck,
50 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
Charlotte Howard,
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