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During the year we added 509 volumes ; 370 by purchase ; 38 by binding magazines ; 20 by binding Patent Office Re- ports ; 81 by gift. The donors were State of Massachusetts, 38 volumes ; U. S. Government, 9 volumes ; George L. Ray- mond, 9 volumes ; Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, through Willis B. Temple, 5 volumes ; Smithsonian Institute, 5 volumes; Mrs. W. H. Cook, 4 vol- umes ; Mary J. Joy and E. Densmore, 2 volumes each ; Civil Service Commission, Library of Congress, Unitarian Associa- tion, Massachusetts Department G. A. R., Towle Manufactur- ing Company, Herbert W. Casson and James H. Moore, 1 vol- ume each.
The circulation of the various departments is shown by the following table :-
CIRCULATION.
A
BCD
E
F
G
H
I
.J
K
Total.
January,
18
97
7
88
28
2259
117
23
1251
3888
Feb.,
27
67
12
60
22
1982
89
5
9
1215
3488
March,
18
58
13
75
49
2241
102
2
10
1499
1
4068
April,
12
27
:8
53
38
2001
93
1
16
1126
3375
May,
19
20
5
54
46
1928
67
2
25
947
3113
June,
16
13
9
37
26
1825
69
14
814
2823
July,
14
13
9
32
18
1939
59
2
10
827
2923
August,
11
13
8
51
29
1748
51
5
14
642
2572
Sept.,
7
30
3
36
23
1806
7.2
8
599
2584
October,
18
17
7
19
23
1862
84
1
17
698
2779
Nov.,
19
17
3
57
22
1746
72
6
20
873
2835
Dec.,
19
16
9
57
27
1618
76
3
23
918
2766
Total,
198 388
93 649 351 22955
951 30 189 11409 1
37214
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The following publications are received regularly, (those marked * are donated) :-
WEEKLIES.
Collier's Harper's *La Liberta (Italian) Leslie's Outlook *Patent Office Gazette
Saturday Evening Post Scientific American *Universalist Leader Youth's Companion. *Zion's Herald
MONTHLIES.
American Boy American Magazine Atlantic Bookman
*Bulletin of Museum of Fine Arts
*Catholic Truth
Century Cosmopolitan
Country Life in America Delineator
*Eternal Progress Everybody's Garden Magazine Hampton Harper's *Illuminating Engineer *Labor Bulletin Ladies' Home Journal
Lippincott's McClure's
Munsey's
National
North American Review
New England *N. E. Shoe and Leather Ga- zette *Our Dumb Animals
Outing
Public Libraries
Review of Reviews
Scribner's
Success
St. Nicholas Travel
*Western Empire Woman's Home Companion World's Work
The Massachusetts Art club furnished the library with the following exhibits during the year :-
Jan. 18 to Feb. 1. Scotland No. 1, 102 photographs.
Feb. 2 to Feb. 22.
Audobon, 13 plates.
Feb. 22 to Mar. 15. Famous Pictures No. 2, 34 plates.
May 11 to May 31. Florence No. 3, 101 photographs.
June 1 to June 21. Up the Rhine, 58 photographs.
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June 22 to July 12. English photogravures, 100 photo - graphs.
July 20 to Aug. 9. Corot No. 1, 56 photographs.
Aug. 19 to Aug. 30. Millet, 64 photographs.
Aug. 31 to Sept. 20. Naples No. 1, 76 photographs.
Sept. 21 to Oct. 11.
Naples No. 2, 47 photographs.
Oct. 12 to Nov. 1. 100 Famous Men, 93 photographs.
Nov. 2 to Nov. 22. Medici Family, 64 photographs.
Nov. 23 to Dec. 13. Cotton and Silk Manufacture, 54 photographs.
Dec. 28 to Jan. 17. Concord and Concord Fight, 89 photographs.
Number of exhibits during the year was 14; number of pictures shown, 951.
By invitation of the trustees, the fall meeting of the Southern Worcester Library club was held in Milford, the exercises taking place in the G. A. R. Hall. The meeting was in charge of Miss Beatrice Putnam of Uxbridge public library, vice-president of the club. The chairman of the trustees, J. S. Mullane, opened the meeting in behalf of our library.
The subject for discussion was "Co-operation between the library and the schools." Miss Jordan, children's librarian of the Boston public library, gave an interesting and helpful paper on the librarian's opportunity to make the library a supplement to the schools. Miss Edith Nichols of the Milford high school presented the teacher's side of the question. F. G. Atwell, superintendent of schools at Hopedale, presented the attractive side of the advantage of the library for the schools to obtain the profit and pleasure of reading good books. The meeting was well attended and interesting.
Respectfully submitted,
N. F. BLAKE, Librarian.
REPORT OF THE SEWER COMMISSION.
January 29, 1910.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MILFORD :
Gentlemen: The sewer commission herewith submits report for the year 1909.
The following statement presents, concisely, the income and expenditure of the department.
Total amount levied, and certified to collector of taxes $21,921 22
INCOME.
Balance January 20, 1909
$ 2,994 65
Sewer assessments
15,732 94
Milford Gas Co. (for construction of manholes) 53 00
Sale of rejected pipe ·
5 25
Town of Hopedale, disposal of
65 00
sewage
$18,850 84
EXPENDITURES.
Construction Account :-
Sewer extensions . $13,690 13
Disposal plant, (tool house and other improvements) 772 00
Pumping plant, im- provements in elec- trical equipment . 313 42
Land damages; in- cluding legal ser- vices ·
569 87
$15,345 42
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Maintenance Account :-
Labor (sewers, and disposal plant) $1,050 47
Power (electric cur- rent) 625 98
Superintendence and clerical work ·
772 89
Office fittings
185 11
Tools and supplies .
59 65
Printing
.
54 30
$2.748 40
Total expenditures $18,093 82
Balance January 20, 1910
$757 02
DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENSES.
Orders. 1909.
457. Feb. 5.
H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station . .
$ 15 50
458. Feb. 5. George A. Sherborne, teaming 5 25
459. Feb. 5. Sherborne & Coughlin Express Co.
1 00
460. Feb. 5. Void.
461. Feb. 5.
Milford Electric Light & Power Co., power at pumping station 59 62
462. Mar. 12.
Staples & Gould, sewer pipe 18 00
463. Mar. 12. Milford Electric Light & Power Co., power at pumping station 63 88
464. Mar. 12. George A. Sherborne, teaming 2 50
465. Mar.
12. H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station . ·
18 00
466.
Mar. 12.
2 50
467. Mar. 12.
H. E. Morgan Est., mercury · Miss M. Riddell, printing post cards 4 75
468. Mar. 19. 469. Mar. 19.
James Murray, well damage claim 100 00
John E. Swift, attorney for Ellen Barry, land damage claim 450 00
123
470. Apr.
2. Milford Daily News, printing as- sessments $ 24 00 2. H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station 16 75
471.
Apr.
472.
Apr.
2. Milford Electric Light & Power Co., power at pumping station 9. William P. Clarke, printing 5 75
65 92.
473.
Apr.
4.74. Apr.
9. Charles H. Waters, superintend- ence and clerical work (two months)
100 00
475.
Apr. 16.
Antoina Flocca, use of private land as roadway from Pond to Beach street while construct- ing sewer on Main street
20 00
476.
Apr.
16.
Wagner Electric Mfg. Co., trans- former oil 2 50 ·
477. Apr. 16.
F. Tompkins, office supplies ·
1 61
478. Apr. 16.
Davoren Express Co. ·
2 49
479. Apr. 16.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant 16 00
480. Apr.
16.
William Quinn, labor at disposal plant 15 00
481.
Apr.
16.
John Casey, labor at disposal
plant 15 00
482. Apr. 16.
Henry Mann, labor at disposal plant
10 00
483.
Apr.
30.
William Quinn, labor at disposal plant 11 00
484.
Apr.
30.
John Casey, labor at disposal plant 11 00
485.
Apr. 30.
Henry Mann, labor at disposal plant
11 00
486.
Apr.
30.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant · 11 00
487.
Apr. 30.
Milford Iron Foundry 8 76
488. Apr. 30.
H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station .
16 20
124
489.
Apr. 30. C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work ·
$ 50 00
490.
Apr. 30. C. H. Waters, telephone, stamps and car fares to beds 9 09
491. Apr. 30.
J. B. Edwards, team 4 50
492. Apr. 30. Atlantic Works, brass casing for cylinder at dosing apparatus . 275 00 Apr. 30. Remick Furniture Co., office sup- plies 43 00
493.
494. May
7.
Milford Electric Light & Power Co., power at pumping station
72 94 25
495. May
7. Edward Vaughan, nails . ·
496. May 7. Clark Ellis & Sons, pipe .
98 71
497. May 7. Fred E. Wood, labor
53 00
498. May
7.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant 16 00
499.
May 7.
William Quinn, labor at disposal plant 16 00
500. May
7. John Casey, labor at disposal
plant
15 75
501.
May 7.
Henry Mann, labor at disposal plant
16 00
502. May 7.
Cenedella & Co. Section VI. 1,000 00
503. May
14. William Jones, labor at disposal plant
12 00
504. May
14.
William Quinn, labor at disposal plant 12 00
505. May 14.
Henry Mann, labor at disposal plant
12 00
506. May 14. John Casey, labor at disposal plant 12 00 .
507. May 21. F. A. Barbour, engineer . 175 10
508. May 21.
Cenedella & Co., Section VI. 843 28
509. May 21.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
510. May 21. William Quinn, labor at disposal plant 11 00
511. May 21. Dennis E. O'Connor, labor at dis- posal plant .
10 00
J25
512. May 21. John Casey, labor at disposal
plant. $12 00'
513. May 21. Henry Mann, labor at disposal plant 12 00
514. May 21. C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work
. 50 00
515. May 21. Frank P. Dillon, traveling ex- penses and express charges ·
10 30
516. May 21. Miss M. Riddell, two books ·
13 00
517. May
28. Dennis E. O'Connor, labor at disposal plant . ·
10 00
518. May
28. John Casey, labor at disposal plant 10 00
519. May 28.
Henry Mann, labor at disposal plant 10 00
520. May 28. William Jones, labor at disposal plant
10 00
521. May 28.
William Quinn, labor at disposal plant 10 00
522. May 28.
W. P. Clarke, printing notices . 2 00
523. June 4.
H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station
20 00
524. June 1. G. M. Billings, printing notices . 1 75
525. June
4. Milford Electric Light & Power Co., power at pumping station
63 88
526. June
4. William Jones, labor at disposal plant
10 00
527. June 11. William Jones, labor at disposal plant
10 00
528. June 11. Fred E. Wood, inspector and ex-
penses to Marlboro and Fra- mingham 50 00
529. June 16. Staples & Gould, material 7 83
530. June 16.
Milford Journal Co., printing as- sessments 15 80
531. June 25. C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work 50 00
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532. June 25. C. H. Waters, car fare, telephone and postage $ 12 37
533. June 25. William Jones, labor at disposal plant ·
24 00
534. June 25. Johnston Teaming Co., plowing and teaming 56 50
535. June 25.
Daniel E. Ward, express and freight . 1 86
536. July 2. George E. Stacy, cash book for W. P. Foley's use · ·
2 75
537. July 2. Fred E. Wood, inspector . 12 00
538. July 2.
H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station . ·
16 50
539. July 2. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
540. July 9. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
541. July 23. William Jones, labor at disposal plant
24 00
542. Aug. 6.
John C. Lynch, recording deeds and takings and general service Milford Electric Light & Power Co., power at pumping station
95 36
544. Aug. 6. G. M. Billings, printing .
2 00
545. Aug. 6.
Pratt Bros., labor and material .
58 16
546. Aug. 6. Pratt Bros., labor and material . 4 93
547. Aug. 6.
Davoren Express, carting and freight . ·
4 20
548. Aug.
6.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant 22 00
549. Aug.
6.
H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station 18 00
550. Aug. 6.
W. C. Tewksbury, labor and ma- terial at pumping station 34 26
551. Aug.
13. Milford Shoe Co., tallow . .
1 20
552. Aug. 13.
C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work 50 00
· 553. Aug.
13. C. H. Waters, car fare, express charges and postage 5 78
119 87
543. Aug. 6.
127
554. Aug. 13.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant ·
$ 12 00
555. Aug. 13. F. P. Dillon, expenses 5 00
556.
Aug.
20.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant ·
10 00
557.
Aug.
20. Daniel E. Ward, teaming
1 20
558. Aug.
20. Otis Whitney & Son, account tool house contract 100 00
559. Aug.
20. Damon Safe and Vault Engineer- ing Co., omnibus for plans 120 00
560.
Aug.
20.
A. H. Cenedella, C. E., investi- gating D. J. Lang well ·
2 50
561. Sept. 3.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant
24 00
562. Sept.
3. C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work 50 00
563. Sept.
3.
H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station . .
17 50
564. Sept. 3. Milford Electric Light and Power Co. at pumping station .
47 50
565. Sept. 7. Otis Whitney & Son, account tool house contract
300 00
566. Sept. 10. Milford Journal Co., printing proposals · 567. Sept. 10. William Jones, labor at disposal plant · 568. Sept. 17.
9 75
William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
569. Sept. 17.
Cenedella & Co., labor at disposal plant 2 00
570. Sept. 17. Cenedella & Co., repairing invert in manhole 3 60
571. Sept. 17. Cenedella & Co., flushing sewers, men and team . 42 12
572. Sept. 17. Milford Daily News, printing proposals 6 50
.573. Sept. 17. C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work 50 00
3 53
128
574. Sept. 24. Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight on pipe . $118 76 575. Sept. 24. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
576. Oct. 1. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 10 00.
577. Oct. 1. H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station
15 00
578. Oct. 1.
Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight on pipe . 171 21
579. Oct. 9. Milford Iron Foundry, M. H. C. F. and steps
37 35.
580. Oct. 9. Fred A. Houdlette & Son, C. I. pipe 88 69
581. Oct. 9. Sherborne & Coughlin Express Co., teaming 1 50
582. Oct.
9. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
583. Oct. '
9. A. H. Baker, care of fire hose af- ter flushing sewers ·
10 00
584. Oct.
9. Davoren Express, teaming 1 00
585. Oct. 9. Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight on pipe . 2 80
586. Oct. 9.
Eastern Clay Goods Co., pipe
880 84
587. Oct. 9. Otis Whitney & Son, tool house contract 97 00
588. Oct. 15.
Cutler Hammer Mfg. Co., appara- tus for pumping station 89 13
589. Oct. 15. Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co., apparatus for pumping station 86 11
590. Oct. 15. Milford Electric Light & Power Co., power at pumping station
48 16
591. Oct. 15. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 10 75
592. Oct. 15. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight on pipe . 52 58
593. Oct. 15. Milford Iron Foundry, M. H. C. F. and steps ·
78 09
129
594. Oct. 22.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant $ 12 00
595. Oct.
22. C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work 50 00
596. Oct. 22.
C. H. Waters, expenses telephone and express charges 8 32
165 04
597. Oct. 22. Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight on pipe . · 598. Oct. 29. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
599. Oct. 29.
Milford Iron Foundry, M. H. C. F. and steps 62 58
600. Oct. 29. Wagner Electric Mfg. Co., trans- former for pumping station 47 00
601. Nov. 5. Cenedella & Co., estimate Section VII
6,455 08
602. Nov. 5.
Eastern Clay Goods Co., pipe 326 53
603. Nov. 5. Milford Iron Foundry, M. H. F., special . 12 78
604. Nov. 5. Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight on pipe . 49 92
605. Nov.
5. H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station · 606. Nov.
24 50
5. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 8 00
607. Nov. 5. Adams Express Co.
75
608. Nov. 12. William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00 · 609. Nov. 12. Milford Iron Foundry, M. H. C. F. and steps 35 57
610. Nov. 19.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant 12 00
611. Nov. 19. C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work 50 00
612. Nov. 19. Ames Plow Co., plow 5 62 613. Nov. 19. Milford Electric Lightand Power
Co., power at pumping station 29 04
I30
614. Nov. 19. Milford Iron Foundry M. H. C. F. and steps
$ 54 66
615. Nov. 19. Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co., transformer oil . ·
1 10
616. Nov. 26.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant .
7 25
617. Nov. 26. Milford Journal Co., printing ·
3 00
618. Nov. 26. Adams Express Co. .
75
619. Nov. 26.
Milford Iron Foundry, M. H. C. F. and steps
33 78
620. Dec. 3. Milford Electric Light and Power Co., power at pumping station 621. Dec. 3. H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station
15 00
622. Dec. 3. Edwards & Heroux, team
2 00
623. Dec. 3. Sherborne & Coughlin Ex. Co. .
1 25
624. Dec. 3. John McCue, labor at disposal plant
14 75
625.
Dec. 3.
William Jones, labor at disposal plant 5 50
626. Dec. 10.
Staples & Gould, pipe ·
21 69
627. Dec. 10.
Clark Ellis & Sons, pipe .
272 85
628. Dec. 23.
Milford Water Co., C. I. pipe
27 68
629. Dec. 23.
C. H. Waters, superintendence and clerical work 50 00
630. Dec. 30. Milford Iron Foundry, M. H. C. F. and steps ·
40 02
631. Dec. 30.
H. C. Hopkins, labor at pumping station . 21 50
632. Dec. 30.
W. C. Tewksbury, labor and ma- terial at pumping station
53 17
1910.
633. Jan. 7.
634. Jan.
Milford Electric Light and Power Co., power at pumping station 47 52 7. Charles S. Mullane, furrowing filter beds 22 00
635. Jan. 7. James B. Edwards, team hire 9 00
636. Jan. 7. H. S. Chadbourne, tape and plumb bobs 1 30
32 16
13I
637. Jan. 638. Jan.
7. Cenedella & Co., Y's and labor . $ 38 40
7. Cenedella & Co., 5 per cent re- tained from estimate dated Oc- tober 1, 1908 on Section VI. .
71 52
639. Jan.
7. Cenedella & Co., on account esti- mate Section VII.
2,000 00
640. Jan. 14.
Clark Ellis & Sons, pipe . 304 57
641. Jan. 14.
Miss M. Riddell, printing and post cards 6 85
642. Jan. 14.
Milford Water Co., man at hy- drant while flushing sewers 6 00
643. Jan. 14.
Wagner Electric Mfg. Co., inves- tigating switch board trouble . 3 62
644. Jan.
19. Charles H. Waters, superintend- ence and clerical work . 50 00
645. Jan. 19. Charles H. Waters, expenses, tel- ephone, postage stamps 7 03 · 646. Jan. 19. £ Pratt Bros., material and labor . 4 10
The expenditure shown in preceding concise statement for sewer contruction indicates the amount of money paid out and not the total cost of the work done during the year. There is a balance of thirty-eight hundred and twenty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents ($3821.99) due the contractors for which, by agreement after the contract was let but before the work was done, they agreed to wait until the returns from assessments make available the necessary money.
In further explanation of the foregoing statement than appears in the several itens :- The work at the pumping sta- tion involved a change in the electrical equipment by which the cost of power will be reduced by an amount more than compensating for the expense of the improvements.
In the maintenance account the labor is higher than it will be under normal conditions, due to the large amount of work necessary to regrade beds because of the piling up of the finer surface sand by winds. With additional sewage and greater use of the disposal area this will not recur.
Item of printing under maintenance covers only that part properly under this head, other printing such as advertise-
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ments for proposals, printing of assessment lists, etc., being charged to sewer extensions.
The item of office fittings includes steel filing cases for plans and roll top desk, the two costing one hundred and sixty- three dollars ($163).
It is to be noted that thus far the department has been dependent for income on the returns derived from assess- ments and that this income has been used to meet both con- struction and maintenance accounts. Obviously the time must soon come when the town must appropriate money for the maintenance of the department and there may be some question whether this method had not better be adopted at once and the entire income of returns from assessments be devoted to extension of the system.
Sewers have been constructed, as shown in detail in the appended report of the engineer. Contruction in certain streets has been undertaken in response to the request of property owners, while the extension of the main sewer up the valley was made to render possible the interception of sewage which now reaches the river. This main interceptor should be farther extended toward East Main street, and there are a considerable number of streets, such as Water, High, Oliver, Otis, South Main, Forest, Poplar, Claflin and others, where sewers should be laid, but without any addi- tional bond issue this work cannot be immediately under- taken. A considerable portion of the assessment payment is being made in installments and income from this source will, therefore, accrue slowly.
We again desire to call your attention to the fact that sewage is still being discharged into the river through the old Main and Central street drains. The power to compel con- nection with the sewer system is not in the sewer commis- sion but in the board of health and it should be exercised, not only in the case of those properties draining into the river through Main and Central streets, but in all other cases where the system is constructed makes possible the removal of any
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sewage which now reaches the stream or pollutes the subsoil of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK P. DILLON, LOUIS P. PRATT, FRED E. WOOD, Sewer Commission.
REPORT OF THE ENGINEER.
BOSTON, Mass., January 29, 1910.
TO THE HONORABLE SEWER COMMISSION, MILFORD, MASS. :
Gentlemen :-
I beg to submit the following report of work done during the year ending December 31, 1909.
Sewers have been constructed as shown in the following table :-
SECTION VI. (Begun in 1908.)
Street
From
To
Grove
Station 785
Poplar St.
Length, ft. 315.00
SECTION VII.
Street
From
To
Length, ft.
Baker Slip
Central
Summit
220.00
Bragg Slip
Central
Summit
237.00
Beach
Central
Interceptor
700.00
Central
Sta. 21+80
Beach
330.00
Emmons
Walnut
Sta. 7+30.32
730.32
East Main
Main
Summit
123.70
East Main
Main
Reed
2,277.50
Grant
Sta. 2+50
Sta. 8+00
550.00
Interceptor
Beach
Mt. Pleasant
641.96
Leonard
Front
Sta. 3+08.6
308.60
Mt. Pleasant
Sta. 3+01.6
Hayward
473.55
Prentice Ave.
Spruce
34.00
Purchase
Walnut
Sta. 8+24.8
824.80
Spring
North Bow
Summit
197.80
134
Street
From
To
Length, ft.
Spruce
Main
Prentice Ave. 229.80
West Walnut
Congress
Summit
420.50
Total
8,614.53
In April the Grove street sewer, included in Section . VI., which was laid in the preceding year, was completed. The remaining sewers shown in the preceding table were grouped as Section VII and the contract awarded to Cenedella & Com- pany in September, 1909, and completed before the end of the year. Nothing of particular interest occurred in the prosecu- tion of this work.
The total length of sewers constructed to date are as follows :
Main interceptor
2.85
Section III
3.42
Section IV
1.73
Section V
·
1.15
Section VI
1.74
Section VII
1.57
Total
12.46 miles
Improvements have been made in the electrical equip- ment of the pumping station, the automatic switches being placed on the primary circuit, thus cutting out the transformer losses when the pumps are not in operation and so materially reducing cost of current; a resistance to prevent dipping of the lights at time of starting the pumps has also been installed, and by agreement with the Milford Electric Light & Power Company, the primary charge of ten dollars ($10.00) per month, which was paid under first agreement has been done away with, and with unit price of power the same, a saving of one hundred and twenty dollars is made yearly. These changes are the result of recommendations made in the last annual report submitted to your Board, and there is no ques-
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tion but that the reduction in cost will much more than return the interest on the investments.
The shifting of the finer sands by wind and the conse- quent necessity of levelling up many of the beds made neces- sary an unusual total for labor at the disposal plant. With an increased amount of sewage and frequent changing of the beds in service it is believed that the surface will be dampened and hardened sufficiently to prevent, in future, this sand move- ment. Some of the labor cost, however, is due to the higher standard of maintenance at the disposal plant and a more careful removal of weeds and organic matter from the surface of the beds. No money can be better expended than in main- taining works constructed for the purification of sewage as neat, clean and attractive in appearance as possible.
Yours respectfully,
F. A. BARBOUR.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the books of the different departments and find that the vouchers correspond with the orders drawn on and paid by the town treasurer.
I have, also, examined the accounts of the tax collectors and treasurer and find them to be correct.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS F. MANNING,
February 10, 1910.
Auditor.
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REPORT
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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Superintendent of Schools
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TOWN OF MILFORD
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Year Ending January 20, 1910.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GEORGE E. STACY
G. M. BILLINGS
J. V. GALLAGHER
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1911
W. B. WHITING
66 66 1911
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1912
66
66
1912
ORGANIZATION. GEORGE E. STACY, Chairman. C. W. HALEY, Secretary. SUB-COMMITTEES. Rules and Regulations.
G. E. STACY
J. C. LYNCH
Repairs and Fuel.
G. E. STACY
J. V. GALLAGHER
Teachers and Salaries. .
J. E. SWIFT
W. B. WHITING
Books and Supplies.
G. M. BILLINGS J. C. LYNCH
SUPERINTENDENT. C. W. HALEY.
The superintendent is a member of each sub-committee ex-officio.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular meetings of the committee are held on the first Friday of each month at 8 P. M.
J. C. LYNCII J. E. SWIFT
Term expires 1910
1910
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SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
Office at high school building. Office hours 4 to 5 P. M., daily when schools are in session, except Fridays ; 8 to 9 A. M., on Fridays.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High school-8 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Grammar schools-9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 3.30 P. M. Primary schools-9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
Country schools-9 A. m. to 12 M. ; 1 to 3 P. M.
HOLIDAYS.
February 22, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL. Adopted January 1, 1908.
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