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Trap Rock and Tarvia
107 55
Mason Work.
96 00
Trucking
10 50
23,589 13
Main Street :
Preliminary
Survey
1,134 55
Advertising
21 65
Contract
77,712 61
Removing
Paving
Blocks
1,504 02
Freight
78 76
Grates and
Frames
1,122 41
Curbing
828 00
Engineers Assistant 232 50
Traffic Duty 345 25
Trap Rock
124 95
Tarvia
193 88
Man-Hole
Covers
216 00
56
Laying Dust ... 85 80
Extra Labor 445 19 84,142 57 Removing Poles and Wires: Installation
Contracts 3,874 35
Removing Poles 803 66
Supervision
200 00
Materials
278 50
Filling Ditch .. 30 03
Freight
38 97
5,225 51
Sidewalks and Curbin :
Labor 2,431 00
Materials
2,359 38
Machinery
80 00
All Other
102 65
4,973 03
Snow and Ice Removal :
Labor 1,286 11
Truck Hire
2,506 04
Equipment
316 65
All Other
19 90
4,128 70
Street Lighting :
Contract
17,419 91
Total for Highways
$204,337 42
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS BENEFITS
Public Welfare :
General Administration :
Salaries :
Overseers 550 00
Almoner 1,450 00
Expenses :
1
Printing and Stationery 121 00
Telephone 84 88
Office Furniture 59 44
Automobile
Hire 311 45
57
Sundries 4 16 Outside Relief by Town:
Groceries and
Provisions .. 1,581 08
Coal and Wood 516 00
Board and Care 1,811 63
Medicine and
Medical At-
tendance
1,029 65
State Institu-
tions
924 77
Cash 8,246 00
Clothing and
Shoes 68 30 .
Rent
3,520 40
Ambulance Hire 58 00
Funeral
Expenses
50 00
Sunday
Expenses
8 15
Relief by Other Cities and Towns:
Cities
$573 68
Towns
336 00
Total for General Aid. $21,304 59
Mothers' Aid :
Cash
$11,655 00
Fuel
740 00
Provisions 410 00
Medicine and
Medical At-
tendance 153 30
Board and Care 302 15
Clothing 11 73
Moving Furni-
ture 7 50
Rent
3,496 45
58
Other Cities
and Towns ... 791 00
Total for Mothers' Aid $17,567 13 Infirmary :
Salaries :
Superintend't $1,500 00
Other
Employees 1,824 00
Expenses :
Groceries and
Provisions 4,346 47
Dry Goods and Clothing
849 90
Buildings
677 73
Fuel and Light
872 53
Hay and Grain
758 65
Truck Expense
367 33
Hardware Sup-
plies
281 62
Petty Cash
Allowance 50 00
Telephone
124 43
Insurance
606 89
Papers and
Stationery. ...
80 94
Hospital Care
97 50
Veterinary
16 00
Medicine and
Medical Care
312 08
Automobile
Hire 56 50
Funeral
Expense 45 00
Furniture
20 96
Wagon Repair, etc. 49 40
Trees
12 00
59
Disinfectant
156 45
Oil Burner
(Contract) 785 00
Sundries
154 03
Total for Infirmary
$14,045 41
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid:
Cash 592 00
Military Aid :
Cash 360 00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash $5,853 00
Rent
66 00
Fuel
85 60
Groceries and
Provisions 337 86
Medicine and
Medical At- tendance 53 00
Board and Care 33 50
Clothing
70 20
6,499 16
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits.
$60,368 29
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools :
General Expenses : Salary of Super- intendent 3,800 00
Petty Cash Al- lowance
100 00
Clerk Hire 968 27
Truant Officer.
1,200 00
Telephone
193 01
Printing Station- ery and Postage 382 01
Travelling
Allowances 249 50
Physicians
1,000 00
5
60
Insurance 475 80
Advertising
45 00
Water
1,291 09
All Other
52 58
Teachers' Salaries :
High School 40,455 41
Elementary
101,041 07
Evening
440 00
Physical Director
2,500 00
Text Books and Supplies :
High School :
Text and Refer-
ence Books.
1,037 68
All Other 2,608 29
Elementary Schools :
Text and Refer-
ence Books. 2,962 46
All Other 2,890 24
Tuition :
Worcester Trade
School 567 60
Transportation
6,359 00
Support of Truants 280 61
Janitors' Services :
High School.
1,793 43
Elementary
Schools
7,898 04
Evening Schools 33 00
Fuel and Light :
High School.
1,806 48
Elementary
Schools 7,857 04
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High School :
Repairs
962 03
Janitors' Supplies 475 65
All Other.
110 00
61
Elementary :
Repairs 3,654 85
Wire Fence
490 00
Janitors' Supplies 364 32
All Other 742 50
Furniture and Furnishings :
High School.
30 20
Elementary 88 64
Other Expenses :
School Nurse. 1,400 00
Diplomas and
Graduating
Exercises
117 25
Miscellaneous
Printing
60 95
Express
84 35
All Other 19 06 *
Heating Plant- Chapin St. School :
Architect's Fees 223 00
Contract 3,722 74
Total for Schools
202,833 15
Town Library :
Salaries :
Librarian
1265 00
Assistants
1,001 80
Expenses :
Books
1,132 05
Periodicals
48 60
Binding Books
305 45
Light
85 79
Repairs
23 05
Furniture and
Furnishings 25 95
Stationery and
Postage 90 25
Sundries
20 47
62
Margaret J. Spaulding Fund : New Cabinet. 500 00 4,498 41
Total for Schools and Libraries
$207,331 56
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Recreation : Parks and Playgrounds :
Clerk
$75 00
Labor
3,256 21
Equipment 324 38
Loam and Gravel
904 10
Trees
490 90
Trucking
182 78
New Walks
543 00
Architects Drawings
390 00
New Bleachers
and Drain
1,229 87
Re-setting Curbing
394 90
Supervision of
Contracts
71 94
Lime, Cement, etc.
109 54
Pipe
74 42
Cutting Hay
40 00
Flowers (Draper
Park)
60 00
Seed
54 65
Grates
23 25
Storage of Equip-
ment
75 00
Advertising
35 50
All Other
103 34
8,438 78
Playgrounds :
Instructors
755 50
Labor
165 50
Apparatus
154 03
Playground Sup-
plies
76 36
Trucking
12 75
All Other
30 55
1,194 69
Total for Parks and Playgrounds
$9,633 47
63
Unclassified :
Land Damages on East Main Street :
Settlement of
Claims
$1,996 00
Replacement
Contract
2,742 90
Labor and Mate- rials
311 75
Advertising
8 00
5,058 65
Land Damages on Upton Road :
Settlement of
Claims. 191 00
Labor
9 00
200 00
Damage to Persons and Property
429 45
Memorial Day :
Post 22, G. A. R. 200 00
American Legion 200 00
Spanish War
Veterans 30 00 430 00
Armistice Day :
Veterans of Foreign Wars. 190 75
Printing Town Reports
1,120 70
Court Fees
72 11
Compensation Insurance Pre- mium
1,500 00
Rifle Practice, Co. I, M. N. G.
428 20
Purchase of Cedar Swamp Pond
5,000 00
Celebration of 150th Anniver-
sary 10 80
County Tax
22,384 00
State Tax
19,125 00
State Highway Tax
971 55
Income Tax
22 69
Total for Unclassified.
$56,943 90
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CEMETERIES
Vernon Grove Cemetery :
Clerk of Trustees
$300 00
Unpaid Salary,
1927
75 00
Labor
2,206 38
Loam
83 00
Shrubs, etc.
43 40
Markers
37 50
Tools
116 36
Setting Stones. 35 00
Team Hire
31 50
Stationery
10 80
Hardware Supplies
17 40
All Other
37 75
2,994 09
Wire Fence :
Contract
1,000 00
North Purchase Cemetery :
Labor
76 00
All Other 3 90
79 90
Total for Cemeteries
$4,073 99
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest :
Temporary Loans $12,636 92
Sewer Bonds
5,702 50
Stacy School Loan 460 00
Cemetery Trust
Funds
131 75
18,931 17
Municipal Indebtedness :
Temporary Loans 418,000 00
Sewer Bonds.
16,000 00
Geo. E. Stacy
School
4,000 00
Main Street Bonds
200 00 438,200 00
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt.
$457,131 17
TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
1,000 00
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REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $67 19
Transfers :
Excess and Deficiency To :
Revenue 1929
30,000 00
Reserve Fund To:
Main Street
Constr. 2,680 97
Soldiers' Relief. 500 00
Public Welfare ... 300 00
Election and
Registration
......
205 26
New Fire Ap-
paratus 500 00
Chapin St. School
Heating Plant ... 450 00
Removing Elm
Tree on Congress
Street 140 00
Sewer
Maintenance 92 79
Rifle Practice, Co. I 28 20
Treasurer
100 00
34,997 22
Total for Refunds and Transfers
35,064 41
Total Expenditures $1,177,098 85 Cash in General Treasury Dec. 31, 1929 75,315 61
Grand Total
$1,252,414 46
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES
Balance Jan. 1929
1929 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1929 Expendi- lures
1929 Balances
1930 Estimates
General Government
$125 00
$125 00 Moderator
$80 00
$45 00
$125 00
3100 00
3100 00 Selectmcn
3054 98
45 02
2000 00
75 00
75 00 Finance Commission
65 00
10 00
75 00
2400 00
2400 00 Accountant
2218 31
181 69
2400 00
1800 00
$100 00
1900 00
Treasurer
1899 11
89
2000 00
220 00
220 00 Treasurer's Bond
220 00
220 00
4400 00
4400 00 Tax Collector
4399 49
51
4500
00
440 00
440 00 Tax Collector's Bond
440 00
440 00
4200 00
4200 00 Assessors
4193 94
6 06
4200 00
600 00
600 00 Assessors Publishing Poll Lists
480 00
120 00
600 00
50 00
50 00 Other Finance Offices and Accounts
50 00
50 00
1500 00
1500 00 Town Solicitor
1488 14
11 86
1500 00
1700 00
1700 00 Town Clerk
1624 90
75 10
1800 00
15 00
15 00 Planning Board
15 00
15 00
. 1500 00
205 26
1705 26 Election, Registration and Town Meetings
1705 26
3000 00
2800 00
2800 00 Town Hall
2794 86
5 14
2800 00
1900 00
1900 00 Town Hall Insurance
1885 08
14 92
$300 00
300 00 Town Hall Repairs
300 00
1200 00
1200 00 Memorial Hall
1185 86
14 14
1200 00
300 00
300 00
Memorial Hall Repairs
297 42
2 58
300 00
Protection of Persons and Property
$20000 00 100 00
$20000 00 Police Dept. 100 00|Court Fees
$18192 53
$ 1826 03
72 11
27 89|
$20000 00 100 00
66
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-CONTINUED
Balance Jan. 1929
1929 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1929 Expendi- tures
1929 Balances
1930 Estimates
Protection of Persons and Property
9
$17340 00
$17340 00 Fire Dept. Pay of Members
$17144 57
$195 43
$18450 00
3500 00
3500 00
Incidentals
3498 41
1 59
3500 00
1000 00
1000 00
Repairs
985 77
14 23
500 00
4500 00
500 00
5000 00
New Apparatus
5000 00
4200 00
500 00
500 00
New Hose
465 50
34 50
500 00
53 37
53 37
Unpaid Bills 1927
53 37
70 30
00
67
175 36
200 00
375 36
"
New Alarm Boxcs
358 25
17 11
10000 00
100 00
100 00 Removing Hydrant Near 99 Water St.
92 90
7 10
1000 00
1000 00 Rifle Range Co. 1. M. N. G.
1000 00
400 00
28 20
428 20 Rifle Practice Co. 1. M. N. G.
428 20
400 00
400 00
400 00 Inspector of Wircs
400 00
400 00
750 00
750 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
725 38
24 62
750 00-
500 00
500 00
Gypsy Moth Suppression
487 55
12 45
1000 00
1000 00
1000 00
Tree Warden
998 35
1 65
2000 00
150 00
150 00
Free Warden New Trees
150 00
250 00
140 00
390 00 Removing Elm Tree on Congress St.
390 00
225 00
225 00 Dog Officer
225 00
275 00
Health and Sanitation
.
$ 8000 00
$ 8000 00 Health Department
$ 6834 33 220 00
$ 1165 56
$ 9500 00
220 00
220 00|Inspector of Animals
250 00
6.
$ 70 30
70 30
.6 Unpaid Bills 1925
297 10
2 90
300 00
300 00
66
Brush Fires
12080 00
12030 00 Hydrant Service
9550 00
2530 00
66
C.
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-CONTINUED
Balance Jan. 1929
1929 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1929 Expendi- tures
1929 Balances
1930 Estimates
Health and Sanitation
$600 00
$600 00 Inspector of Plumbing
$600 00
$600 00
2400 00
2400 00 Dental Clinic
2370 61
$29 39
3000 00
1812 52
1812 52 Worcester County Hospital District
1812 52
1786 88
8500 00
$
92 79
8592 79 Sewer Maintenance
8591 89
90
8500 00
108 80
108 80 Sewer Maintenance, Unpaid Bills 1927
33156 87
410 14
20000 00
$2936 12 1739 55
28000 00
2630 89
1739 55| Repairs to Pumping Station
413 58
1325 97
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Highways
$63000 00
$63000 00|Highway Department General
$62965 30
$ 34 70
$60000 00
$3000 00
$ 263 56 2680 97
95000 00 Main Street
84142 57
13538 40
5500 00
5500 00 Removing Poles and Wires on Main St.
5225 51
274 49
10000 00
15313 39
25313 39|So. Main St.
23589 13
1724 26
3000 00
3000 00 Mt. Pleasant St.
2999 74
26
2500 00
3500 00 West Brook St.
2499 41
59
2500 00
2500 00 West Walnut St.
2499 13
87
5000 00
5000 00 Sidewalks
4973 03
26 97
5000 00
17524 80
17524 80 Street Lighting
17419 91
104 89
17856 12
Charities and Soldiers Benefits
$35000 00 21500 00
$ 300 00
$35300 00 Public Welfare, General Aid 21500 00|Public Welfare, Mothers Aid
$35300 00 17567 13
$56500 00
$ 3932 87
-
3263 56 Highway Department Fountain Street
3263 56
108 80
33567 01 |Sewer Construction
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-CONTINUED
Balance Jan. 1929
1929 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1929 Expendi- tures
1929 Balances
1930 Estimates
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
$800 00 State Aid
$592 00
$208 00 140 00
$700 00
500 00
$500 00
6500 00
Soldiers Relief
6495 16
4 84
7500 00
6000 00 100 00
100 00 Care of Soldiers and Sailors Graves
100 00
100 00
Schools and Library
$198715 00
$198715 00 School Dept.
$198525 41
$ 189 59
$210855 00
69
3500 00
$ 450 00
3950 00 School Dept. Heating Plant Chapin St. School
3945 74
4 26
1500 85
2499 15
4000 00 Town Library
3998 41
1 59
4694 19
$500 00
500 00 Town Library M. J. Spaulding Fund
500 00
Recreation and Unclassified
$ 7500 00
$ 7500 00|Town Parks
$ 7453.88
46 12
$ 2500 00
500 00
500 00 Town Parks, Care of Trees
490 90
9 10
500 00
500 00
500 00 Town Parks, New Walks
494 00
6 00
1000 00
500 00
500 00 l'own Parks, Bleacher Ext. and Tool-House
500 00
1200 00
1200 00 Town Parks, Playgrounds
1194 69
5 31
1120 70
1120 70
Printing Town Reports
1120 70
1500 00
1500 00
1500 00
Workmens Comp. and Pub. Lia. Ins. Premium
1500 00
2000 00
1000 00
1000 00 Damages to Persons and Property
429 45
570 55
1000 00
69 00
69 00 Flowage Right, Clark Heirs
69 00
200 00
200 00 Memorial Day, G. A. R.
200 00
200 00
200 00
200 00 Memorial Day, American Legion
200 00
200 00
$800 00
500 00 Military Aid
360 00
500 00
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-CONTINUED
Balance Jan. 1929
1929 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1929 Expendi- tures
1929 Balances
1930 Estimates
Recreation and Unclassified
$30 00
$30 00 Memorial Day, Spanish War Vets.
$30 00
$50 00
200 00
200 00
Armistice Day, V. F. W.
190 75
$9 25
200 00
$100 00
5000 00
5100 00
Land Damages on East Main St.
5068 65
41 35
3500 00
200 00
200 00 Land Damages on So. Main St. and Upton Rd.
200 00
5800 00
500 00
500 00 Celebration of 150th Anniversary
10 80
489 20
5000 00
5000 00 Purchase of Cedar Swamp Pond
5000 00
70
Cemeteries
$ 2000 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery
$ 2919.09
$ 2000 00
75
$
919 09
$
75 00 Vernon Grove Cemetery, Unpaid Bill 1927 1000 00 Vernon Grove Cemetery, new Wire Fence 75 00|No. Purchase Cemetery
1000 00
1000 00
75 00
73 90
$1 10
75 00
Interest and Maturing Debt
$19000 00 20000 00
$ 286 13
$19000 00 Interest 20286 13 Maturing Debt
$18799 42 20200 00
$ 200 58 86 13
$22000 00 33000 00
75 00
1000 00
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NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT OF MILFORD DECEMBER 31, 1929
Year
Sewer Bonds
Stacy School
Main Street
Total Maturity By Years
1930
$14,000.00
$4,000.00
$14,000.00
$32,000.00
1931
14,000.00
3,000.00
14,000.00
31,000.00
1932
13,000.00
3,000.00
14,000.00
30,000.00%
1933
11,000.00
3,000.00
14,000.00
28,000.00 )
1934
9,000.00
3,000.00
14,000.00
26,000.00 *
1935
9,000.00
3,000.00
12,000.00 /
1936
9,000.00
9,000.007
1937-1952
2,000.00 Yearly
32,000.00
$11,000.00
$19,000.00
$70,000.00
$200,000.00
THE LIMITATION OF INDEBTEDNESS
Under Chapter 44, Section 10, of the General Laws, the amount of money that may be borrowed by the Town, in addition to the present debt, is as follows :
Valuation of the three preceding years reduced by abatements up to and including December 31, 1929.
1927 Valuation
$15,514,370.00
1928
66
15,501,495.00
1929
66
14,989,695.00
1929 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
1,132,510.00
$47,138,070.00
1927 Abatements in 1927
$47,825.00
1927
66
66
1928
34,050.00
1927
66
66
1929
33,350.00
1928
66
66
1928
41,970.00
1928
66
66
1929
37,400.00
1929
66
66 1929
39,442.00
234,037.00
$46,904,033.00
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Average Net Valuation $15,634,978.00
3% of Average
469,040.34
Total Debt Authorized $200,000.00
Less Debt Outside Limit
53,000.00
147,000.00
Amount which Town may borrow within
Debt Limit as of Jan. 1, 1930 $322,040.34
IN MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM AHERN
Milford Fire Department Sparc Driver, November 1, 1904 to May 1, 1914 Active Driver, May 1, 1914 to July 9, 1929 Died July 9, 1929
MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ROSTER OF MEMBERS
Ernest E. O'Brien, Chief Perley S. Johnson, Deputy Chief Louis Abbiuso, Assistant Deputy John N. Julian, Clerk
ENGINE No. 1
Captain, William Young; Lieutenant, Charles H. Ne- gus ; Ansel Kempton, Clifford D. Ray, Fred Luby, John Stroebeck, Victor Mainini, Louis Rizoli, Aubrey Allen, Elmer Rose; driver, Roland Milan.
LADDER NO. 1
Captain, Bernard Mainion; Lieutenant, William J. Ca- rini; Joseph Casey, John Adams, Michael Burke, Andrea Cueroni, Michael Volpe, George Fitzpatrick, Thomas Mullen, Anthony L. Ferigno, John Hannigan, Simplici Rizzi, Patrick Carroll; driver, Frank Higgins.
HOSE No. 1
Captain, Edward Duggan ; lieutenant, James Edwards; P. E. Jeffery, Clyde Cheney, Fred Ruban, Henry L. Cro- nan, Carroll Dewing, Joseph De Batista, William Nelson, Agostino La Preste; driver, William Barlow.
HOSE NO. 2
Captain, James L. Adams; Lieutenant, Percy L. Adams; George Bragdon, James H. O'Brien, Henry Elli- ott, Garden Rae, James Casey, Francis Murphy, Edward Pederzoli, Fred Rose; drivers, Charles Kimball and Charles Goucher.
HOSE NO. 3
Captain, Charles Joslin; Lieutenant, John Walpole; Gaetano Bonino, Clarence H. Hilton, Emilio Diotelevi, Andrew Sonne, Michael Bianchi, George L. Sullivan, Earle Vas ile, William J. Hynes ; driver, Thomas Grady.
VOLUNTEER CO., HOSE No. 4 Captain, Gordon Griffith.
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LOCATION OF THE FIRE ALARM BOXES
Central Street, opposite Baker Slip.
14 15 Central Street, opposite Milford Shoe Co. Factory.
16 Depot Street, near Barney's Coal Yard.
17 Corner Spring Street and North Bow Streets.
18 Central Street, opposite East Street.
21 Main Street, near Milford Home National Bank.
22 Corner Summer and Mechanic Streets.
23 24
Car Barn and East Main Streets. Private. Main Street, opposite Town House. Corner Main and Pine Streets.
25 26 27 East Main Street, opposite Cedar Street. Corner East Main and Medway Streets.
Main Street, opposite Basin.
28. 29 Hayward Street, near Parkhurst Street. 31 32 Water Street, near Draper Co. property.
West Street, opposite Lee Street.
34 35 Corner West and Cherry Streets. 36 41 Corner Summer and Granite Streets.
42 At Milford Iron Foundry.
43 Corner School and Walnut Streets.
Purchase Street, opposite G. W. Ellis residence.
45 46 Purchase Street, Corner Fountain Street.
Purchase Street, opposite Eben.
47 52 Main Street, corner Water Street.
53 Main Street, corner Fruit Street.
Main Street, near Hospital.
54 56 Corner Otis and Leonard Streets.
62 Corner Claflin and Franklin Streets.
63 Grove Street, corner Forest Street.
64 South Main Street, near Fruit Street.
65 South Main Street, opposite Cadman Farm.
72 West Street, corner Congress Street.
73 Corner Spruce and Congress Streets.
75 Upper Congress Street.
Water Street, corner of Bancroft Avenue.
Corner High and West Spruce Streets.
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142 Archer Rubber Company Factory, Private Box.
281 Dodds Quarry.
TELEPHONE BOXES
271 Beyond residence of Lyndhurst McGregor, Cedar Street.
282 East Main beyond Dodds.
283 Birch Street, on Medway Road and Bear Hill.
341 Clancy Farm, West Street beyond.
751 Upper Congress Street, beyond Card's Farm.
CALL SIGNALS
One blast-Superintendent's Call.
Two blasts-All out.
Three blasts-Chief's Call.
Four blasts-House Call.
Five blasts-Fire out of town.
Six blasts-Military Call.
Seven blasts-Assembly of Boy Scouts.
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EMERGENCY CALL
Telephone : 65-2 South Main Street Station.
1430 Main Street Ladder Station. SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY
Two brick buildings, necessary equipment; one frame building, necessary equipment; one Amoskeag fire en- gine; one American La France combination pumping en- gine, all equipped; one Packard Combination truck, all equipped; one Packard Hose truck, all equipped; one Maxim ladder truck, all equipped; one Maxim Combina- tion Foamite and Pumping Engine, all equipped; one American La France G. M. C. pump and hose truck, all equipped. One H. & H. Inhalator, grappling hooks, and all necessary equipment; one turtle gong; fourteen reser- voirs, one fourway Morse deck gun; 16 spot lights, 5,500 feet of good hose, 1,200 feet of inferior hose.
FIRE ALARM AND TELEGRAPH
One 4-circuit storage battery switchboard, complete with battery cells, etc., 35 miles of wire, 5 mechanical
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gongs, 4 direct tappers, 2 clocks, combination indicator and gong, 2 indicators, 1 tape register, 1 repeater, 1 bell air machine and whistle complete, 1 steam whistle, 1 transmitter box and necessary equipment, 1 motor gen- erator, 38 boxes, 2 hand break key stations.
From January 1, 1929, to December 31, 1929, there were 210 alarms, 28 bell alarms, 182 telephone calls. Value of buildings where actual fire occurred $141,150.00 Loss on buildings 6,540.00
Insurance paid 4,289.82
Value of contents where actual fire occurred 131,117.35
Insurance on contents. 102,543.00
Loss on contents 15,628.19
Insurance paid
14,133.00
We wish to call the attention of the Voters to the fact that the Fire Department has now in service a 1912 Packard Combinaion Truck rebuilt from the chassis of a touring car. We feel this truck has outlived its usefulness and should be replaced by a modern piece of Fire appa- ratus. This machine has given excellent service to the Town in the past, but has now reached the stage where it is unreliable and is the source of considerable expense to the Department. We recommend that the Town pur- chase a modern piece of apparatus and the Engineers will confer with the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee relative to the placing of an article in the Town Warrant for the same.
We ask the Voters to consider the seriousness of this matter and give it their utmost consideration at the An- nual Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted, ERNEST E. O'BRIEN, PERLEY S. JOHNSON, LOUIS ABBIUSO, Milford Board of Fire Engineers.
Report of the Board of Public Welfare.
January 9, 1930.
The Board of Public Welfare respectfully submit the following report of John T. O'Brien, Town Almoner. To The Honorable Board of Public Welfare of the Town of Milford,
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit herewith the report for the year ending December 31, 1929.
There has been a constant pressure upon this town to increase its responsibilities for the care of persons who have a legal settlement here.
There are many causes for this increase in responsibil- ities. The greatest of these is the widespread unemploy- ment which has continued throughout the entire year of 1929, with consequent extraordinary demands for public outside relief being made by families becoming affected by this situation. The prospects in general at the end of this year are far from promising for quick recovery and it looks doubtful that a marked improvement will take place before the end of the present winter. All this means a continuance of an abnormal amount of appeal for aid and if want and suffering are to be prevented the exces- sive expenditures are sure to continue. Other causes for this pressure are hospital cases, sickness in the home, medicine, nursing and desertion.
In closing I wish to take this opportunity to thank all those who have assisted me in any way during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. O'BRIEN,
Almoner.
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GENERAL AID ACCOUNT (Infirmary and Outside)
Appropriation by Town $35,000.00
Added Appropriation 300.00
$35,300.00
EXPENDITURES
Town Infirmary
$13,995.41
Outside Aid
21,304.59
$35,300.00
(Of this amount $2,344.44 was paid out by the Town of Milford for Cities and Towns, and $2,337.15 for State cases liv- ing in Milford. The balance of $16,623.00 is the net amount spent on Milford settle- ments.)
INCOME RECEIVED BY TOWN TREASURER (Credit of Infirmary and Outside)
Town Infirmary $ 3,940.04
Treasurer of Commonwealth 964.65
Cities and Towns 1,226.37
Individual 141.00
$ 6,272.06
AMOUNT DUE TOWN UNDER GENERAL AID Commonwealth of Massachusetts ... $ 2,410.15 Cities and Towns 2,135.00 Town Infirmary 220.00
$ 4,765.15 MOTHERS' AID ACCOUNT Appropriation by Town $21,500.00
$21,500.00
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EXPENDITURES Mothers with dependent children ... $17,567.13
$17,567.13 (Of this amount $1,374.73 was paid out by the Town of Milford for Cities and Towns, and $2,465.00 for State cases liv- ing in Milford. The balance of $13,727.40 is the actual amount spent on Milford set- tlements, of which sum the State will re- imburse the Town of Milford 1/3 or $4,- 575.80.)
Unexpended Balance $ 3,932.87
$ 3,932.87
INCOME RECEIVED BY TOWN TREASURER Treasurer of Commonwealth $ 7,357.71 Cities and Towns. 871.34
$ 8,229.05
AMOUNT DUE TOWN UNDER MOTHERS' AID
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ... $ 7,228.07
Cities and Towns 315.82
$ 7,543.89
RECAPITULATION
Appropriation by Town, General Aid $35,000.00
Added Appropriation, Emergency 300.00 Appropriation by Town, Mothers' Aid 21.500.00
Total Appropriation $56,800.00
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EXPENDITURES
At Town Infirmary.
$13,995.41
Outside Aid
21,304.59
Mothers' Aid
17,567.13
$52,867.13
Unexpended Balance, December
31,1929 $ 3,932.87
$ 3,932.87
TOWN INFIRMARY
Following is the report of Frank E. Hill, Superintend- ent of the Milford Town Infirmary :
Total expenditures $13,995.42
Income
3,940.04
Net Cost
10,055.37
Balance due from Town of Bellingham for Board 115.51
Balance due from Town of Millville for Board 69.70
Balance due from Town of Hopedale for Board 35.412
Appraisal Town Infirmary, Real Estate
22,500.00
Appraisal Town Infirmary, Personal Property
6,840.50
Number registered during the year. 56
Largest number at one time
39
Smallest number at one time
Present number (30 men and 8 women) 33
Average daily number. 35
Average weekly cost per inmate $ 5.52
The oldest inmate is 87, the youngest 33, there are twenty-one between 70 and 82, eleven between 60 and 73, and four between 50 and 60.
Two inmates died during the year and three we e transferred to the State Infirmary, for hospital treat- ment.
On December 31st, we had ten boarders, five from
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Blackstone, three from Bellingham, one from Millville and one from Hopedale.
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