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During the past year culverts and drains were cleaned and relayed, brush cut, country roads scraped, streets oiled and repaired, which are unmentionable.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN P. CALLERY, Highway Surveyor
TREASURER'S REPORT.
GEORGE A. BARRY, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MILFORD, MASS , AS TREASURER. DR. CR.
To amounts received : --
Balance January 1, 1924 $ 40,420 00 Money borrowed in anti- cipation of taxes for the year 1924, as per vote of the town passed March 5, 1923 . 390,000 00
Board of health :-
3,824 96 0 ·
Board of health, unpaid bills of 19!6 . 328 57
Board of health unpaid bills of 1921 185 25
Board of health, unpaid bills of 1922 . Board of health, unpaid bills of 1923 .
70 00
Cedar street construction (1923 account) :-
Balance Jan. 1, 1924 $1,489 08
Board of health, Dental Clinic .
2,255 07
Care of trees and shrubs ·
996 60
10,137 67
Amount contributed by county, to and including Dec. 31, 1924, toward cost of construction of Cedar street .
4,323 02
By amounts paid :-
Money borrowed in anticipation of taxes for the year 1923, as per vote of town passed Marcb 6, 1922 . $ 80,000 00 Money borrowed in anticipation of taxes for the year 1924, as per vote of town passed March 5, 1923 .
300,000 00 Board of health, general ·
Partial payment of claim against Marie Demers 50 00
15 00
Cedar street construction (1923 account) Cedar street construction (money bor- rowed under Chap. 366, Acts of 1921, in anticipation of reimbursement by state and county) .
700 00
.
Amount contributed by state, to and includ- ing Dec 31, 1924, toward cost of con- struction of Cedar street ·
·
4,323 02
Accrued interest on
2,946 32
Fire, pay of members
.
11,459 92
Fire, repairs .
287 07
Fire, brush fires
158 75 9
Fire, new hose .
500 00
5 45
Fire, triple combination pumping ap- paratus ·
13,000 00
. Fire, new fire alarm box 193 46
. Gypsy moth suppression 500 00
Grant street repairs ·
475 60
. Highways 34,999 42
Highways, repairs to town barn .
796 74
10,840 57
Cedar street construction (1924 account) 13,920 85
Central street drain 2,670 43
Cost of water to be assessed to abutters 900 00 County aid to agriculture 100 00 102 95 Court fees, Chapter 204 R. L. . . ·
. Dilla street sidewalk 463 00
Fire, incidentals
.
.
Cedar street con- struction fund on special deposit in
Milford National Bank .
Money borrowed un- der Chap. 366, Acts of 1921, in anticipa- tion of reimburse- ment by state and county . ·
700 00
Incidentals
5,798 71
.
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Cedar street construction (1924 account) :- Amount contributed by ' county, to and in- cluding Dec. 31, 1924, toward cost of construction of Ce- dar street $5,900 00
Amount contributed by state, to and includ- ing Dec. 31, 1924,
toward cost of con- struction of Cedar street .
5,900 00
$11,800 00
Court Fees :-
Charles. W. Gould, clerk of Third District Court of Southern Worcester, fines . Fines, House of Correction, Worcester . .
674 00
9 00
Incidentals, unpaid bills of 1923 .
$ 133 08 Interest .
19,211 26
Land for municipal purposes, unpaid bills of 1923 . 87 50
Land damages, Medway street, unpaid bills of 1923 . 78 20 .
Memorial Day, American Legion 200 00 ·
Memorial Day, G. A. R. 200 00 · .
Memorial Hall, general .
1,097 39
Memorial Hall, insurance .
·
414 96
Memorial Hall, unpaid hills of 1923 81 50 ·
Memorial Hall, repairs . ·
.
499 95
Military aid ·
·
.
Massachusetts, Treasurer of : ---
Corporation tax, Domes- tic, 1920 .
30 33
4 73
National bank tax
.
Repairs of
state
high ways
3,108 10
.
Retail liquor licenses,
.
62
90 00
Highways :- Milford Construction Co., use of steam rol- ler and watering cart . $295 50 .
one fourth .
1 00
State tax ·
. 22,100 00
24,244 16 North Purchase cemetery · 32 70 . 11,999 96 Police department · . Poor, general · 25,343 47 . Poor, unpaid bills of 1923 812 57
Poor, mothers' aid
16,210 08
Poor, mothers' aid, unpaid bills of 1923 236 30
Premium on compensation policy 876 83
Premium on compensation policy, unpaid bills of 1923. . .
30 18 9
Auctioneers ·
10 00
Premium on tax collector's bond ·
250 00
Auto agents . ·
279 18
. Premium.on treasurer's bond , 200 00
Commissioner of Standards,
Refund, sidwalk betterments illegally assessed .
177 03
Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts ·
152 00
. Refund, taxes assessed for 1920 (Home National Bank) 2,296 66
Common Victuallers
23 00
Ferris- wheel and Merry. go- round · ·
15 00
Salaries . ·
15,753 16
Innholders 4 00 · .
Manicurist
5 00
Schools, unpaid bills of 1923 .
2,754 11
Motor vehicle junk
40 00
. Secretary of finance commission 50 00
·
292 48
Licenses : -
Alcohol ·
15 00
·
.
.
Reserve fund 1,978 57
. Schools . 162,543 57
·
332 50
Interest on deposits, Milford National Bank
. G. M. Greene, labor and materials 37 00
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Oleomargarine
$ 3 00
Sewerage, maintenance $ 8,001 96 .
Pool, billiard table and bowl- ing . ·
105 00
1,387 62 Sewerage extension, Hayward street . Sewerage extension, Mt. Pleasant St. 510 00
Retail liquor, third class ·
4 00
Second-hand and junk
70 00
Sidewalks
4,894 75
Slaughter-house
.
.
2 00
Sidewalks on East Main street ·
1,497 00
Soda Manufacturers .
10 00
Soldiers' relief .
.
.
3,691 10
Sunday
.
305 00
Soldiers' relief, unpaid bills for 1923 .
33 60
Theatrical
.
.
175 00
State Aid
·
1,508 00
Undertakers
6 00
Street lights ·
Used car dealers
15 00
Massachusetts, Treasurer of :-
Town Debt :-
Civilian war poll tax, 1923 $ 1,470 00 ·
Contagious diseases 24 00
Corporation tax, busi- ness . 17,093 54 ·
Corporation tax, 'pub- lic service .
5,866 87
· Smith - Hughes fund (English speaking
Note 4 (payable in gold, due July 7, 1924, (Claflin school · loan) 1,000 00
Bonds, sewer, 4 (pay-
.
.
16,247 97 64 . Street lights, West Fountain street
63 00
Note, + (payable in gold), due Sept. 1, 1924, (Plains school loan) $1,000 00
.
Sewerage, construction 3,371 29 ·
classes)
166 86 Income tax, 1922 and prior years . 505 63 ·
Income tax, 1923 ·
1,436 50
Income tax, 1924 .
33,218 30
2,000 00
Military Aid
45 00
Mothers with depend- ent children 6,377 43 .
2,000 00
National Bank tax .
1,756 26
State Aid
1,698 00
Soldiers' Exemption ·
85 60
Street Railway tax .
1 67
Surplus War Bonus
funds .
6,893 99
State Boxing Commis- sion refund ·
110 92
Temporary. Aid .
2,463 59
Tuition of children ·
1,771 39
Vocational education,
aid to 'independent
industrial schools . 1,713 23
Stacy schoolhouse
loan) 4,000 00
.
3,000 00
65
Bonds, sewer, 52 (pay- able in gold) due July 1, 1924 ·
1.500 00
Bonds, sewer, 4 (pay- able in gold) due Oct. 1, 1924 2,000 00
Bonds. 4, (payable in gold) due Nov. 1, 1924 (George E.
82,698 78
able in gold) due Oct. 1, 1924 Bonds, sewer, 4 (pay- able in gold) due Oct. 1, 1924 . Bonds, sewer, 5, (pay- able in gold) due Nov. 1, 1924 . Bonds, sewer, 5 (pay- able in gola) due May 1, 1924 .
5,000 00
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Memorial Hall :-
Herbert Parkhurst, Q M , rent and heating of G. A. R. Hall $ 76 00
.
Bonds, 42, (payable in gold), highways, due Sept. 1, 1924 . Bonds, 4}, sewer (pay- able in gold) due Sept. 1, 1924 .
$2,000 00
Poor :-
Overseers of Poor,
Town Farm income $4,108 50
3,000 00
Town of Hopedale ·
951 75
City of Worcester 152 50 .
5,212 75
Bonds, 44, sewer (pay- able in gold), due Sept. 1, 1924 ·
2,000 00
Poor, Mothers' Aid :-
City of Quincy $236 00 ·
City of Brockton
526 66
Massachusetts Gener-
al Hospital, refund
58 20
Town Hall
2,788 26
Town Hall, repairs ·
300 00
Town library
3,037 48
Reserve Fund :-
Town parks, general .
1,496 00
.
Town parks, skating surface
638 00
Town parks, playgrounds ·
650 00
For poor
350 00
Town parks. care of trees
.
299 20
·
.
.
.
·
828 86
.
.
.
For Board of Health unpaid bills of 1916
$328 57
.
66
Bonds, 43, highways
· (payable in gold) due July 15, 1924 . 3,000 CO
$31,500 00
Town of Hopedale . 8 00
·
For schools 800 00
For soldiers relief 500 00
1,978 57
Schools :---
A. O. Caswell, superin- tendent, for tuition fees and miscellane. ous receipts .
$579 54 80 64
Town of Hopedale ·
Whitney street repairs . .
1,497 55
Town of Bellingham, tuition of pupils in M. H. S. 803 88 .
M. A. & W. St. Ry. Co., redeemed car tickets 41 20
1,505 26
Sealer of weights and measures, Daniel M.
O'Brien
.
Soldiers' Relief, Town of Northbridge, reimbursement Sewerage :- Town of Hopedale,
16 00
Board of health, unpaid bills of 1921 ·
141 89
Central street drain
·
2,247 41
Cedar street construc-
tion (1924 account)
·
4,879 15
flushing sewers
·
$ 70 00
Traffic signals, purchase of · . 500 00 Union street repairs Vernon Grove cemetery 2,329 92 . . Water for fire purposes · 7,950 00 ·
Westbrook street repairs West Walnut street repairs
525 00
.
.
1,000 00
Watering streets
3,000 00
Watering trough removal
.
3 70
Worcester County, treasurer of, county tax .
· Balances, December 31, 1924 :-
Special :-
Cedar street construction (1923 ac. count) unexpended balance on spe- cial deposit in Milford National Bank · .
.
2 90
132 33 General ·
17,963 00 67
905 30
.
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Chas. R. Gow Co., set-
Dilla street sidewalk ·
$ 37 00
tlement of Sewerage
Dominick street sewer .
500 00
New fire alarm box .
6 54
Construction CON- tract -
$1,000 00
Grant street repairs .
24 40
Town of Hopedale, sew- erage assessments
220 00
Headquarters for J. W. Powers post, A. L. ·
860 00
Transferred to "Main-
Highways, repairs to
tenance" from the
town barn .
3 26
Hayward street ex-
Highways, new tractors
2,150 00
tension account ·
400 00
Incidentals unpaid bills 'of 1923 , ·
10 00
tenance" from the
Land damages, Medway street, unpaid bills of 1923 .
10
Memorial Hall insurance 135 04
Memorial Hall repairs ·
05
. M. J. Carbary, taxes of 1922 $ 25,334 88
18 16
M. J. Carbary, taxes
69 90
60,931 82
Rifle grounds for Compa-
68
Transferred to "Main-
Mt Pleasant street extension account ·
100 00
$1,790 00
Tax Collector : -
Poor, unpaid bills of 1923 Poor, mothers' aid, un- paid bills of 1923 . of 1923 a
.
M. J. Carbary, taxes of 1924 277,397 60 . M. J. Carbary, poll taxes of 1921 1,332 00 ·
M. J. Carbary, poll taxes of 1922 397 00 .
M. J. Carbary, poll
taxes of 1923 . 670 00
Sidewalk, East Main St. 3 00
. M. J. Carbary, poll taxes of 1924 5,940 00
Street lights, West Foun- tain street 63 00 . Surplus War Bonus funds 6,893 99
Town library · Town parks, skating sur-
322 16
face ·
562 00
Traffic signals, purchase of .
94 70
Vernon Grove cemetery . 43 07
Watering trough removal 96 30
2 45
Luva A. Sprague (2 copies) .
2 00
3 00
Town library, fines
·
184 48
ny C, 181st Reg. İnf. N. G. (Sec. 42, Chap. 33, G. L.) · Sewerage Maintenance . Sewerage construction ,81 · Sewerage extension, Hay- ward street 12 38 .
1,000 00 248 36
69
M. J. Carbary, street sprinkling taxes of 1924 .
600 00
372,815 77
1,250 00
Town Hall, Daniel M. OBrien . Town Histories, sale of :- William N. Prentiss . $1 00
Whitney street repairs . School Dept, Smith- Hughes fund . .
166 86
Street lights on Beaver street 180 00 .
M. J. Carbary, sewer assessments 212 47 .
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Town Parks
8 55
Vernon Grove cemetery :-
Income from cemetery
$1,247 50
Interest on cemetery
fund on deposit
in Milford Savings Bank ·
703 77
1,951 27
Watering streets, cost of water to be assessed to
abutters
900 00
Worcester County, Treasurer of :- Dog tax for 1923 $1,277 28
Rent of court room for 192.3 700 00
.
Ten per cent cost of of Town Hall vault for year ending Dec. 31, 1923 93 00 .
Cash
· $15,105 42
2,071 18
$35,817 40
$929,079 53
$929,079 53
70
7 [
TOWN DEBT.
Notes, (4's) due $1,000 annually, September 1, 1925, and September 1, 1926 $ 2,000 00
Notes, (4's) due $1,000 annually, July 7, 1925, and July 7, 1926 2,000 00
Bonds, (4's) Sewerage, due $7,000 annually, Oc- tober 1, 1925, to October 1, 1936, inclusive 84,000 00 Bonds, (+'s) Sewerage, due $2,000 annually, No- vember 1, 1925, to November 1, 1933, inclu- sive 18,000 00
Bonds, (+'s) Sewerage, due $2,000 annually, Oc- tober 1, 1925, and October 1, 1926 4,000 00
Bonds, (5's) Sewerage, due $2,000 annually, May 1, 1925, to May 1, 1929, inclusive · Bonds, (+'s) Stacy school loan, due $4,( 00 annu- ally, November 1, 1925 to November 1, 1930, inclusive
10,000 00
Bonds, (+'s) Stacy school loan, due $3,000 annu. ally, November 1, 1931, to November 1, 1935, inclusive . .
15,000 00
Bonds, (52's) Sewerage, due July 1, 1925
1,500 00
Bonds, (52's) Sewerage, due $1,000 annually, July 1, 1926, to July 1, 1931, inclusive 6,000 00
Bonds, (It's) Highways, due $2,000 annually, September 1, 1926, to September 1, 1927, in- clusive 6,000 00
Bonds, (41'>) Sewerage, due $3,000 annually, September 1, 1925, to September 1, 1927, in- clusive 9,000 00
Bonds, (+2's) Sewerage, due $2,000 annually, September 1, 1928, to September 1, 1952, in- clusive 50,000 00
Bonds, (+)'s) Sewerage, due $2,000 annually, September 1, 1925, to September 1, 1932, in- clusive 16,000 00
Bonds, (12's) Highways, due $1,000 annually, July 15, 1925, to July 15, 1927, inclusive 9,00) 00
$256,500 00
.
21,000 00
72
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due April 1, 1925 · $10,000 00
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due April 1, 1925 10,000 00
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due May 1, 1925 10,000 00
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due May 1, 1925 10,000 00
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due June 1, 1925 10,000 00
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due June 1, 1925 .
10,000 00
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due July 1, 1925 10,000 00 Note. (5) Temporary loan, due July 1, 1925 10,000 00
Note, (5) Temporary loan, due August 1, 1925 10,000 00
$346,500 00
TREASURER'S REPORT OF CEMETERY FUNDS.
Money given town of Milford for perpetual care of burial lots in Vernon Grove cemetery, under the provisions of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts : --
Agnes E. Kimball, for care of Laura Kimball lot No 24 $100 00
Hiram L Reynolds, for care of Lydia A. Reynolds lot No. 300 100 00
John S. Henry, for care of Noyes & Henry lot No. 829 . 100 00
Laura E. Norris, executrix, for care of
Ella D. Norris lot No. 774 100 00
Sammel H. Keene, for care of lot No. 947 100 00
Lanra E. Norris, for care of George W. Peasley lot No. 769 100 00
Edwin C. Bailey, for care of lot No. 942 100 00
Cemetery funds on deposit in Milford Savings Bank, Dec. 31, 1923 .
$ 700 00
15,331 18 Accumulated interest on cemetery funds from Oc- tober 10, 1923, to October 10, 1924 708 77 ·
$16,734 95
73
Withdrawn from Milford Savings Bank interest for 1924 and paid over to trustees of Vernon Grove cemetery 703 77
Balance on deposit Dec 31, 1924 . $16,031 18 TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.
Copies (unbound) on hand Jan. 1, 1924 59
Copies (unbound) sold 3
-
56
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. BARRY, Treasurer.
-
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
GENERAL TAX. 1922-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 2,
1924
$30,664 33 ·
Interest
. 1,840 57
$32,504 90
CR.
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer . $25,334 84
Abatements . 15 25
Amonnt uncollected Dec. 30, 1924 . 7,154 81
$32,504 90
1923-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1924
$93,075 66 ·
Interest
2,430 54
$95,506 20
CR.
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer . $60,931 82
Abatements . 504 87
Amount uncollected Dec. 30, 1924 . 34,069 51
$95,506 20
1924-DR.
Amount committed ·
. $404,892 72
Interest
.
.
93 10
CR.
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer . $277,397 60 Abatements . 1,763 92 ·
Amount uncollected Dec. 30, 1924 . 125,824 30
$104,985 82
.
$104,985 82
1
75
1921-POLL TAX. DR.
Report uncollected, report Jan. 1, 1923 $2,332 00
CR.
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer $1,332 00
Abatements .
935 (0
Amount uncollected Dec. 30, 1924 . 65 00
$2,332 00
1922-POLL TAX. DR. $3,382 00
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1, 1923
CR.
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer $ 397 00
Abatement .
3 00
Cash on hand
160 00
Amount uncollected Dec. 31, 1924
2,822 00
$3,382 00
1923-POLL TAX. DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1, 1923 $3,565 00
CR.
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer $ 670 00
Abatements .
15 00
Cash on hand
85 00
Amount uncollected Dec. 30, 1924 .
2,795 00
$3,565 00
1924-POLL TAX.
DR.
Amount committed . ฿8,480 00
CR.
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer $5,940 00
Abatements . 146 00
Amount uncollected Dec. 30, 1924 2,394 00
$8,480 00
76
STREET SPRINKLING TAX. 1922-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1, 1923 . $185 27
CR.
1
Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1924 $ 45 97
Amount uncollected, Dec 31, 1924 139 30
$185 27
'1923-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1, 1923 . $326 12
CR.
Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1924 $179 98
Amount uncollected Dec. 31, 1924 146 14
$326 12
1924 -- DR.
Amount committed . $1,066 51
CR.
Paid George A Barry, treasurer $600 00
Amount uncollected, Dec. 31, 1924 466 51
$1,066 51
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1923 $3,982 66
Interest
62 41
CR. $4,045 07
Paid George A. Barry, treasurer ·
$ 212 47
Amount uncollected, payable 1920 to 1930 inclusive 3,832 60
$4,045 07
MATTHEW J. CARBARY,
Tax Collector.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Town appropriations
$450,818 49
State tax
22,100 00
State highway tax
2,108 10
County tax
17,963 00
Amount to raise
$492,989 59
Estimated income, plus poll tax
93,577 59
Net amount to raise
$399,412 004
Overlay
5,426 00
Tax on real, personal and overlay
$404,938 00
Poll tax money at ($2.00)
.
.
8,180 00
Total tax on Collector's book Oct. 1,
.
$113,318 00
Additional levy Dec. 20, 1924 .
54 72
Total tax warrant Dec. 20, 1924
$413,372 72: .
VALUATIONS.
Buildings excluding land
$8,635,600 00
Land excluding buildings
. 2,702,120 00
Total real estate
. $11,337,720 00
Personal estate total
2,719,155 00
Total valuation of town Oct. 1
. $14,056,875 00
TAX IN MONEY.
Real estate
.
$326,520 34
Personal estate
78,311 66
Assessed polls at ($2.00)
8,480 00
.
.
.
$413,318 00%
78
Amount on warrant Oct. 1 ·
$413,318 00 54 72
Additional December levy
Amount on warrant Dec. 20, 1924
$413,372 72
Amount levied between Dec. 10th and 20th 1924 :
Personal valuation
$1,000 00
Real estate
900 00
Total real and personal valuation of Dec. levy $1,900 00
Tax in money on Dec. levy
$54 72
Tax rate
$28 80
Number of polls
4240
Number of horses
187
Number of cows
305
Number of neat cattle
9
Number of swine
25
Number of fowl (4005) value
$50 10
Number of dwellings
3162
Number of acres of land 8,504 acres and 21,780 square feet.
ESTIMATED INCOME FOR 1924.
Interest on deposits
$ 324 59
Interest on deferred taxes
4,500 00
Dog tax .
1,277 28
Rent of court room (1922)
700 00
Rent of town vault
93 90
Military aid
336 00
Mothers with dependent children
4,076 13
National bank tax
1,225 60
Street railway tax
6 71
Soldiers' exemptions
69 58
State aid
2,050 00
Support of paupers
176 95
Temporary aid .
4,220 98
Tuition of children
1,560 38
Memorial hall
76 00
Town farm income
4,241 19
.
79
Town of Hopedale
520 65
Reimbursement from other towns
1,143 73
Reimbursement from other schools
3,002 78
Sealer of weights and measures
113 39
Town hall
1,017 00
Town histories
3 00
Town park
10 00
Court fees
1,064 00
Dental clinic
9 46
Highways
730 74
Incidentals
367 50
Miscellaneous licenses
1,161 55
Commissioner of Standards, Com. of Mass.
171 00
Lockup fees and keys
11 00
Burial of indigent soldiers and sailors
120 00
Corporation tax, public service
6,446 73
Corporation tax, business
11,32i 29
Income tax for 1921 and prior years
834 75
Income tax for 1922
994 50
Income tax for 1923 school and general fund
31,118 80
Total
$85,097 16
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM F. CLANCY, FREDERICK W. HOLLAND, FREDERICK A. NEALON,
Assessors of Milford.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1925.
RECEIPTS.
Bal. on hand Jan. 1, 1924
$ 171 72
Town appropriation 250 00
Income trust funds .
703 77
Income at Cemetery from sale of lots and labor on lots
1,247 50
$2,372 99:
EXPENDITURES.
Proprietors Pine Grove Cemetery $ 31 50
G. M. Billings, rent 90 00
Supplies, as per vouchers
144 92
Labor, as per vouchers . .
2,063 50
Bal. on hand December 31
43 07
$2,372 99
Number of interments during year, 37.
Terms of Trustees expire as follows ;
Capt. William Emery 1925 William S. Marden 1925
Herbert S. Eldredge 1926 Arthur L. Maynard 1926
Harry E. Hunt 1927 Frank E. Cheney 1927
CAPT. WILLIAM EMERY, Superintendent. HERBERT S. ELDREDGE, Secretary.
NEW TRIPLE COMBINATION PUMPER, MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Milford Fire Department.
RECEIPTS
By appropriations :
Pay of Members
$11,525.00
Incidentals
3,000.00
Repairs
300.00
Brush Fire
200.00
New Hose
500.00
Triple Combination Pumping Apparatus, and new hose for same
13,000.00
New Alarm Box
200.00
$28,725.00
EXPENDITURES Pay of Members
Wm. Ahern, driver No. 1 $1,700.00
Adna Hutchings, driver, Hook & Ladder 1,139.33
Nelson Goddard, driver, Hook & Ladder 233.40
Joseph Fahey, sub., Hook & Ladder 85.59
Lester Brooks, driver, Hose Co. No. 3
641.63
Frank Mitchell, driver, Hose Co. No. 3 700.04
Martin Ahern, driver, Hose Co. No. 3 58.33
H. Pyne, driver, Hose Co. No. 1 296.01
Joseph Higgins, driver, Hose Co. No. 2
285.59
Frank Higgins, Sub. driver, Central Fire Station 100.00
Thomas F. Maher, engineer, Supt. Fire Alarm 525.00
Henry Healy, engineer 150.00
L. B. Brown, engineer, clerk 225.00
F. Cahill, Treas. of H. & L. Co. 650.00
Ed. F. Coye, Treas. of H. & L. Co.
650.00
N. H. Murray, Treas. of Engine Co. No. 1
1,005.00
P. E. Jeffrey, Treas. of Hose Co. No. 2 1,005.00
F. Higgins, Treas. of Hose No. 3 502.50
82
M. Ahern, Treas. of Hose No. 1 1,005.00
J. H. O'Brien 1,005.00
$11,459.92
By appropriation
$11,525.00
Expended
11,459.92
Balance $65.08
Incidental
Cahill's News Agency, Dept. books and supplies $47.30
Tent & Awning Co., supplies 2.47
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., A. S. Supplies 27.86
Lester Brooks, auto hire 7.00
J. Casey, hauling ashes 22.00
H. Pyne, Stoker, Steamer No. 2
5.00
E. Auld, engineer, repairs, No. 2
15.00
Sherman's Laundry, laundry work
20.29
H. D. Bullard, supplies 49.96
.84
American La France Engine Co., supplies
69.38
Niro & Niro, electrical work
8.20
Dalrymple & Ryan, supplies
2.00
W. P. Clarke, printing
9.50
Frand Ward, expressing
14.02
Higgins Lunch, lunches at fires
49.50
Ernest Bagley, police duty, at fires
6.00
Robinson Auto Corp., supplies
14.33
Alfred Foote, boiler inspection
2.00
T. F. Maher, Committee expenses, auto hire
63.70
George Sullivan, watchman at fire
2.00
P. E. Jeffrey, Treas. of Hose Co. No. 2
10.50
Lung Motor Corp., supplies
4.61
J. A. Tyler, labor 3.10
H. S. Chadbourne Co., supplies
15.88
Clarke Ellis & Sons, supplies
44.95
Archer Rubber Co., cover for Engine No. 1
18.30
Joseph Fahey, supplies
269.41
Locke Lumber Co., lumber
83
Barney Coal Co., coal
149.62
Vitalini Coal Co., coal 289.75
Fire & Water Paper, subscription
4.00
Eastern Drug Co., soda and supplies
60.01
F. Blackler, shoveling snow
6.75
M. Burke, shoveling snow
6.75
A. Pearson, repairing Hose No. 2
13.70
Chas. Cooney, supplies
21.57
John Bobins Mfg. Co., repair work
4.54
Binto Barto, express
4.20
N. E. Fire Appliance, supplies
10.15
Milford Water Co., meter reading
69.24
Milford E. L. & P. Co., meter reading
216.88
Milford Gas Co., meter reading
58.44
N. E. T. & T. Co., service
119.81
H. M. Marshall, supplies
169.03
H. M. Curtiss, coal
405.19
Iginto Pantino, police duty
5.00
Charlescraft Printing Co., printing
16.00
A. Hutchings, paid for supplies
2.00
Wm. Foster, hauling ashes
5.50
L. Brown, paid for supplies
3.42
Texas Oil Co., supplies
3.25
Carl Bright, battery charger
28.00
Jones Electric Co., supplies
108.44
M. Casey, watchman at fires
7.00
H. Elliott, watchman at fires
2.00
W. Bruce, watchman at fires
2.00
D. Flynn, watchman at fires
2.00
Fire Engineer N. Y. Paper
2.00
Blanchard & Co., supplies Jacbern Hardware Co., supplies
17.00
S. Marcovitch, watchman
3.25
Annie Lawless Store, supplies
12.00
Larkin Bros., gloves for Dept.
17.50
Beacon Supply Co., supplies
9.92
13.75
Burke's Pharmacy, supplies
263.93
84
J. H. Mclaughlin, sweeping compound Bain-Roberts Co., supplies
4.00
3.36
$2,946.32
By appropriation
$3,000.00
Expended
2,946.32
Balance
$53.68
Repairs
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., system
$9.75
Chas. Cooney, supplies 4.54
Locke Lumber Co., material
1.00
T. E. Morse Co., painting, H. and L. Bld.
60.00
T. S. Slavin & Son, ladder repairs
11.45
H. S. Chadbourne Co., supplies
30.67
Ed. Porter, paint and supplies
18.40
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
4.32
Karl Bright, supplies
28.00
T. F. Maher, supplies and labor
87.04
J. Damon, material and labor
31.90
$287.07
By appropriation
$300.00
Expended
287.07
Balance $12.93
New Hose
Boston Woven Hose, 600 ft. Double Jacket
A-No. 1 Essex hose
$500.00
By appropriation
500.00
Expended 500.00
New Fire Apparatus
Triple Combination Pumping Apparatus, and new hose for same: American La-France Engine Co., Type No. 75, 750 gal. $12,000.00
85
Boston Woven Hose, 1100 ft. A No. 1, Middle- sex Double Jacket 1,000.00
$13,000.00
By appropriation
$13,000.00
Expended
13,000.00
Brush Fire
M. Ahern, help at fires
$35.50
I. Higgins, help at fires
3.00
N. H. Murray, help at fires
17.50
H. Healy, help at fires
11.25
L. Brown, help at fires
10.50
P. E. Jeffrey, help at fires
15.50
Ceo. Bragdon, help at fires
15.00
Ed. F. Coye, help at fires
20.00
H. Pyne, help at fires
5.00
A. W. Pearson, help at fires
4.00
Eastern Drug Co., supplies for brush fires
21.50
$158.75
By appropriation
$200.00
Expended
158.75
Balance
$41.25
New Alarm Box
Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., Box 22, and supplies $121.06 Jones Electric Co., supplies 42.40
H. Healy, labor
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