Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1935, Part 4

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 356


USA > Massachusetts > Worcester County > Milford > Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1935 > Part 4


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18


Repairs


662.40


Furniture and


Grounds .. 109.27


Laundry Work 111.08


Janitor's Sup- plies ..


64.11


Other Expenses :


Stationery,


Printing and


Postage ......


53.83


Telephones ....


154.25


Repairs to Fire Alarm


System


307.46


Unpaid Bills


1934


82.00


Sundries


34.14


Total for Fire Department ......


35,662.89


Wire Inspector : Salary 400.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures :


·Salary $600.00


Expenses :


Printing and


Advertising ... 15.45


Auto Hire ....... 32.00


Recutting Dies 5.75


Total for Sealer of Weights and Measures 653.20


71


Gypsy Moth Suppression :


Superintendents


$25.00


Labor


75.00


Total Gypsy Moth Suppression


100.00


Care of Trees :


Superintendent ...


$566.15


Labor


123.00


Advertising


7.87


Saw


2.98


Total for Care of Trees.


700.00


Forest Fires :


Warden


$37.50


Fireman 360.95


Apparatus


18.50


Auto Hire


12.00


Lunches


13.25


First Aid Kits ....


5.70


Total for Forest Fires


...


447.90


Dog Officer :


Salary ....


$75.00


Expenses :


Shooting dogs


82.00


Complaints ....


93.00


Auto Hire. ......


60.75


Posting No-


tices


9.00


Board Dogs ....


73.50


Telephone ...


Total for Dog Officer 394.70 Court Fees 20.36


72


Rifle Practice :


Transportation ...


$142.50


Trucking


28.70


Total for Rifle Practice


171.20


Total for Protection of Persons and Prop-


erty


61,958.32


Health and Sanitation


General Administration :


Salary of Mem-


bers


$299.94


Salary of Clerk .. 261.96


Stationery and


Postage


55.44


Printing and


Advertising ..


127.65


Telephone


71.42


Keys


.50


Auto Hire


192.30


· Express


1.00


Sheriff's Fees ....


1.60


Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :


Board and Treat- ment


6,954.21


Medical At-


tendance 879.57


Drugs and Medi- cines


44.03


Dry Goods and


Clothing


63.40


Groceries and


Provisions 24.22


Loss of Wages ....


30.00


Hospitals


1,223.25


Laundry


10.37


73


Unpaid Bills of 1934


75.00


Tuberculosis :


Board and Treat- ment of Local Case


367.50


Vital Statistics :


Births


99.75


Deaths


80.50


Other Expenses :


Sanitary Inspec-


spector


275.00


Plumbing In -


spector


599.20


Fumigation and


Disinfectants ...


5.25


Animal Burial ....


211.50


Signs


19.00


Health Nurse .....


1,020.00


Nurse's Expense


13.24


Inspection of Animals : Salary of Inspec- tor


300.00


Expenses


150.20


Inspection of Meats and Provisions :


Salary of Inspec- tor 1,356.00


Dental Clinic :


Salaries :


Two Dentists ..


1,170.00


Expenses :


Cleaning


o f


Office


...


21.00


74


Light and


Water 3.42


Insurance Pre- mium 42.80


Dental


Sup-


plies


73.32


Stationery and Printing 13.36


Laundry


20.75


Repairs to


Equipment ... 5.35


Rent


150:00


Total for Health Department .. 16,313.00


Refuse andGarbage: Contract


2,200.00


Sewer Maintenance :


Salaries :


Commissioners $650.00


Superintendent 1,560.00


Clerk


200.00


Expenses :


Telephone


54.35


Express


1.16


Stationery,


Printing and


Postage


6.35


Labor


3,209.00


Truck Hire ..... 99.50


Tools and


Equipment ... 211.15


Pipe and Fit-


tings


108.28


Sewer Maintenance: Power, Light and Water ... 1,218.88


75


Auto Hire


51.50


Repairs


428.45


Rent of Land. ..


10.00


Gravel


10.50


Paint


50.00


Kerosene


2.90


Repairs to Pumps


75.17


Total for Sewer Maintenance ..


7,947.19


Sewer Construction :


P. W. A. Docket


No. 1023, Pre-


liminary Ex-


pense


$116.30


Engineering


Fees


1,312.47


Total for Sewer Construction ..


1,428.77


Total for Health and Sanitation


27,888.96


Highways


General Administration :


Superintendent .. $1,923.08


Clerk


200.00


Telephone 243.94


Express


37.53


Light and Water


111.86


Advertising and


Stationery ..... 65.86


Repairs to Type- writer


2.40


Labor


10,446.03


Truck Hire.


548.98


Broken Stone,


Gravel, etc ..... 941.63


76


Equipment and


Repairs ........


2,204.01


Gasoline and Oil


1,343.33


Tarvia and Road Oil


834.61


Horse Shoeing ...


27.70


Veterinary Serv-


ices


2.00


Roller Hire. 400.00


Insurance


361.33


Fuel


255.08


Hay and Grain ..


478.35


Total for General Highways .... 20,427.72


Oiling Streets :


Labor


$344.50


Oil and Tarvia ..


2,849.16


Sand and Gravel


305.72


Total for Oiling Streets.


3,499.38


New Equipment and Repairs :


New Equipment $1,843.56


Repairs .... 1,107.64


Total for New Equipment and Repairs 2,951.20


Chapter 90 Maintenance :


Labor


$1,764.92


Materials


783.07


Total for Chapter 90 Main-


tenance


2,547.99


Cedar Street Construction 1934: Oil and Tarvia ... $2,694.08


77


Express 20.95


Total for Cedar Street Con- struction 1934


2,715.03


Cedar Street Construction 1935 :


Labor


$7,859.45


Stone


6,075.94


Asphalt


2,949.43


Other Materials.


1,805.83


Express


1.15


Tools


186.99


Ledge


991.20


Guard Rail.


1,163.38


Cement Work ...


137.78


Truck Hire.


12.00


Sharpen Tools ....


11.75


Total for Cedar Street Con- struction


21,195.45


Medway Street Construction :


Labor


$6,163.61


Cement Work ..


158.20


Ledge


276.00


Catch Basin.


181.75


Guard Rail


118.00


Kerosene


50.70


Trucking


9.00


Advertising


47.25


Shovel Hire


252.65


Equipment


24.45


Express


5.27


Sharpen Tools ....


15.25


Stone


4,372.08


Other Materials.


1,464.42


Total for Medway Street Con- struction 13,138.63


78


Snow and Ice Removal :


Labor $11,704.64


Hauling Snow .... 4,735.87


Plowing Snow ....


3,278.62


Gasoline and Oil


224.08


Sanding


461.03


Equipment and


Repairs


775.21


Total for Snow Removal


21,179.45


Street Lights :


Contract


16,637.00


Total for Highways


104,291.85


Charities and Soldiers' Benefits


General Administration :


Salaries :


Overseers


$550.00


Almoner


1,768.00


Clerical Hire .. 934.33


Expenses :


Printing, Sta-


tionery and


Postage


482.28


Typewriter ..


75.00


Rope


4.07


Repairs to


Equipment ...


1.40


Light


85.13


Telephone


195.78


Traveling Ex-


penses


220.77


Auto Hire. ..


168.50


Sheriff's Fees.


43.35


Light


28.08


79


Bags for Com- missary ...... 26.85


Outside Relief by Town :


Groceries and


Provisions ..... 4,714.40


Coal and Wood .. 678.88


Board and Care.


1,926.13


Medicine and Medical Assist- ance


1,106.11


State Institu- tions


1,958.00


Cash


12,375.00


Rent


3,324.94


Trucking Food ...


390.63


Funeral Ex- penses


158.00


Repairs to Com-


missary


67.07


Ammonia


50.50


Clothing


12.00


Storage of Fur- niture


4.00


Relief by Other Cities :


Cities


$2,444.73


Towns


1,312.08


State


197.13


Total for General Aid.


35,303.14


Mothers' Aid :


Cash


$11,824.00


Rent


2,920.00


Fuel


479.00


Medicine and


Medical Assist-


ance


119.65


80


Groceries


23.40


Moving


9.00


Total for Mothers' Aid


15,375.05


Old Age Assistance :


Cash $26,460.00


Board and Care


155.00


Burial Expense ..


200.00


Glasses


8.00


Ambulance Serv-


ice


3.00


Other Cities and


Towns


1,091.33


Total for Old Age Assistance ..


27,917.33


Infirmary :


Salaries :


Superintendent $1,500.00 Other Em- ployees ....... 728.80


Expenses :


Groceries and


Provisions ... 4,414.29


Dry Goods and Clothing


1,305.05


Buildings ......


1,267.56


Fuel and Light


1,694.58


Gas and Oil ....


211.17


Hardware and


Supplies ...


1,378.41


Newspaper Subs crip- tions 38.90


Telephone .. ...


114.95


81


Medicine and


Medical At-


tendance


393.44


Grain


2,121.18


Express


11.00


Stationery .....


16.55


Repairs to


Equipment ...


189.16


Shingling Con-


tract


72.00


Taxes to Upton


14.88


Boiler Inspec-


tion


10.00


Trucking


71.00


Insurance


469.85


Silage Cutter


and Pipe ......


33.00


Equipment Hire


10.00


Dynamite


38.40


Veterinary Services


36.50


Sheep


42.00


Chickens


50.00


Cow


53.50


Trees


50.00


Hatching


Poults


8.80


Plants


12.25


Sundries


29.71


Total for Infirmary 16,386.93


Soldiers' Benefits :


State Aid : Cash


680.00


Military Aid :


Cash 690.00


82


Soldiers' Relief :


Cash


$11,339.05


Care of Children


312.00


Fuel


295.21


Groceries


270.85


Rent


308.25


Medicine and


Medical


At-


tendance


356.87


Printing


9.75


Board and Care


14.00


Clothing


50.68


Other Cities and


Towns


179.09


Total for Soldiers' Relief.


13,135.75


Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits ..


109,488.20


Schools and Libraries


General Expenses :


Salary of Super- intendent


$3,999.43


Clerical Hire .. 1,976.00


Truant Officer ....


1,450.00


School Physician


1,000.00


School Nurse ......


1,500.00


Printing, Sta-


tionery and


Postage


555.51


Telephone


308.58


Travel Expenses


(Nurse)


241.70


Clerk of Works


(New High School)


948.00


Janitor's Serv-


ices (Office) ..


41.01


1


83


Mimeograph


259.37


Express


169.50


Teachers' Salaries :


High


46,266.02


Elementary 104,312.03


Physical


Direc-


tor 2,000.00


Text Books and Supplies : High School :


Text and Ref-


erence Books 2,739.13


All Other.


612.57


Elementary Schools :


Text and Ref- erence Books 1,302.57


All Other ........ 1,457.01


Tuition :


Trade Schools .... 2,100.79


Transportation'


5,524.38


Janitor's Services :


High School.


2,102.50


Elementary


...


7,867.50


Fuel, Light and Water :


High School.


2,714.78


Elementary


8,103.57


Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :


High School :


Repairs


295.00


Janitor's Sup-


plies .. 26.12


Elementary :


Repairs


5,156.13


1


84


Janitor's Sup-


plies


310.06


All Other 28.16


Furniture and Furnishings :


High


21.39


Elementary ... 425.89


Rent of Superin-


tendent's Office


and Committee


Rooms


600.00


Other Expenses :


Diplomas


170.25


Flags


63.00


Watchmen


40.00


Repairs to Equip-


ment


2.00


Boiler Inspection


50.00


Shovel Snow.


39.26


Insurance


2,472.76


Total for Schools


209,251.97


Town Library :


Salaries :


Librarian


$1,320.00


Assistant Li-


brarian


936.00


Clerks


....


1,350.00


Expenses :


Books


1,170.70


Periodicals


85.00


Binding Books


194.66


Repairing


Books


13.79


Light


170.24


Furniture


4.40


....


85


Repairs


4.62


Accession


Work 11.48


Stationery,


Printing


and Postage


46.90


Telephone .. ..


7.95


Massachusetts


Library Club 1.00


Express


.50


Total for Library


5,317.24


High School Addition, P. W. A. No. 4410: Preliminary Ex-


penses $116.20


Architect's Fees 12,287.23


Contracts


160,223.06


Total for High School Ad-


dition


172,626.49


Total for Schools and Library


387,195.70


Recreation and Unclassified


Parks :


Salary of Clerk .. $100.00


Stationery, Printing and


Postage


20.85


Labor


1,569.25


Equipment


250.61


Loam


87.28


Truck Hire.


13.75


Raising Flag


78.00


Salt


.30


Lumber


24.15


Light


.74


Water


.... 66.87


86


Lime


14.00


Shrubs


6.80


Flowers for


Parks


44.40


Repairs


12.15


Cement


10.85


Total for Parks


2,300.00


Playgrounds :


Instructors


$1,068.00


Labor


30.25


Sand


10.63


Apparatus


149.42


Repairs


14.75


Freight


1.88


Lumber


22.68


First Aid Kits.


4.37


Badges


6.27


Balls


4.50


Total for Playgrounds


1,312.75


Hoboken District Playgrounds :


Instructors


$311.12


Equipment


95.63


Total for Hoboken


District


Playgrounds


406.75


Total for Parks and Playgrounds


4,019.50


Unclassified


Damage to Persons and Prop-


erty


$2,486.63


Memorial Day :


G. A. R.


$150.00


87


American Le-


gion


150.00


Spanish War


Veterans 50.00


Total for Memorial Day .. 350.00


Armistice Day :


Veterans of Foreign Wars ....


150.00


Printing Town Reports. 1,303.54


Worcester County T. B. Hos- pital Assessment


6,601.75


Worcester County T. B. Hos- pital Construction


9,704.25


Decennial Census


635.00


Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs


69.00


Workmen's Compensation In- surance Premium


2,079.05


Reimbursement to Officer Bag- ley


170.00


County Aid to Agriculture ...... 50.00


Purchase of Tools, Materials, Trucking, Etc. :


Materials


$16,008.09


Tools and Equip-


ment


5,526.23


Trucking


7,025.06


Equipment Hire


1,584.20


Signs


18.15


Engineering Services ....


369.00


Travel Expenses


250.00


Clerical


62.50


Co - ordinator's


Service


75.00


Survey


130.00


Printing


13.00


88


Sundries


2.25


Total for Purchase of Tools, Materials, Etc. 31,063.48


Petty Cash :


A. O. Caswell. $100.00


M. L. Brittle. 25.00


E. Blake 5.00


Total for Petty Cash


130.00


State Tax


23,900.00


County Tax


25,738.00


Auditing Municipal Accounts.


42.30


Care of Civil War Veterans ....


240.00


State Parks and Reservations.


264.88


Dog Licenses to County


1,796.00


Police Retirement Act.


2,000.00


Total for Unclassified 108,773.88


Cemeteries


No. Purchase Cemetery :


Labor $55.50


Vernon Grove Cemetery :


Salary-Secretary of Trus-


tees


300.00


Labor


2,173.50


Loam


144.13


Seeds, etc.


154.94


Markers


10.50


Tools


112.41


Care Pine Grove Lots


13.13


Repairs


58.68


Total for Cemeteries 3,022.79


89


Interest and Maturing Debt


Interest :


Anticipation of


Revenue


$3,265.35


East Main St.,


Construction ....


165.00


Sewers, 1922.


1,445.00


Sewers, 1906.


560.00


Stacy School


120.00


Tax Title Loan ..


2,356.42


Emergency Fi-


· nance Loan ..... 2,800.00


High School


Construction ...


3,168.29


Sewer Construc-


tion-P. W. A.


184.92


Total for Interest.


14,064.98


Maturing Debt :


Anticipation of


Revenue ... $297,000.00


Tax Title Loan .. 24,841.49


East Main St.,


Construction ...


2,000.00


Chapter 307 Loan


20,000.00


Sewers, 1922.


2,000.00


Sewers, 1906.


7,000.00


Stacy School.


3,000.00


Total for Maturing Debt.


355,841.49


Total for Interest and Maturing Debt ..


369,906.47


Trust Funds


Cemetery Perpetual Care


950.00


90


Refunds and Transfers :


Refunds :


Taxi Badges ... $31.00


Taxes


63.68


Motor Vehicle


Excise Tax


1934 117.09


Motor Vehicle


Excise Tax


1935


683.21


Total for Refunds


$894.98


Transfers :


Surplus War Bonus Fund to


C o n struction of War Me- morial


3,293.99


Soldiers' Relief to Purchase of Tools, Ma- terials, etc ... Rifle Practice to Purchase


5,000.00


of Tools, Ma- terials, etc ... 128.80


Reserve Fund to :


Election, Reg- istration and Town Meet- ings


1,000.00


Assessors


348.00


Accountant 50.00


Town Hall.


170.00


Town Hall


Insurance .... 3.97


91


Treasurer


40.00


Fire - Inci-


dentals


175.00


Brush Fires.


113.70


Inspector o f


Animals ...


95.00


Cedar St .. ....


758.00


Street Lights ..


29.00


Public Welfare


4,304.61


Insurance on


School Build- ing 483.67


Workmen's


C o m pensa-


tion Insur-


ance


579.05


Damage t


Persons and


Property ....


1,500.00


Vernon Grove


Cemetery .. ....


350.00


-


Total for Transfers


18,422.79


Total for Refunds and Transfers.


19,317.77


Total for Expenditures $1,225,828.09


Cash in Treasury, December 31, 1935


178,840.47


Grand Total $1,404,668.56


I


RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES


1934 Balance


1935 Appro- priations


Receipts and Transfers


Total


ACCOUNTS


1935 Expendi- tures


1935 Balance


1936 Estimates


General Government


$100.00


$100.00


Moderator


$100.00


$100.00


1,635.00


1,635.00


Selectmen


1,459.24


$175.76


1,635.00


100.00


100.00


Finance Commission-Secretary


78.10


21.90


100.00


2,300.00


2,350.00


Accountant


2,325.97


24.03


2,300.00


2,000.00


$50.00 40.00


2,040.00


Treasurer


2,035.47


4.53


1,900.00


222.50


222.50


222.50


223.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


4,460.22


539.78


5,000.00


445.00


445.00


Tax Collector's Bond


445.00


446.00


4,200.00


348.00


4,548.00


Assessors


4,183.23


364.77


4,600.00


100.00


100.00


Publishing Poll Lists


98.63


1.37


Certification of Notes


42.00


33.00


75.00


1,200.00


1,200.00


Town Solicitor


1,200.00


1,200.00


1,700.00


.60


1,700.60


Town Clerk


1,551.23


149.37


1,700.00


780.00


780.00


Town Clerk-Clerk Hire


780.00


780.00


2,700.00


1,000.00


3,700.00


3,660.53


39.47


5,000.00


2,800.00


170.00


2,970.00


2,968.03


1.97


2,800.00


2,300.00


14.25


2,314.25


2,303.97


10.28


1,100.00


1.12


1,101.12


Memorial Hall


1,100.53


.59


1,100.00


Property Foreclosure-Treasurer


500.00


Protection to Persons and Property


23,000.00


1.43


23,001.43


Police


22,997.27


4.16


23,100.00


75.00


75.00


Court Fees


20.36


54.64


75.00


500.00


500.00


Maintenance of Traffic Signals


410.00


89.20


500.00


18,435.00


90.00


18,525.00


Fire-Members


18,525.00


18,495.00


3,500.00


651.75


4,151.75 |Fire-Incidentals


4.151.13


.62


3,500.00


92


75.00


75.00


Treasurer's Bond


Tax Collector


Election, Registration and Town Meetings


Town Hall


Town Hall Insurance


RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Continued


1934 Balance


1935 Appro- priations


Receipts and Transfers


Total


ACCOUNTS


1935 Expendi- tures


1935 Balance


1936 Estimates


$82.00


$82.00


Fire-Unpaid Bills 1934


$82.00


100.00


100.00


Fire-New Alarm Box


100.00


350.00


350.00


Fire-Repairs Alarm System


307.46


$42.54


$800.00


800.00


800.00


Fire-New Hose


783.80


16.20


800.00


350.00


$113.70


463.70


Fire-Brush Fires


447.90


15.80


350.00


12,120.00


12,120.00


Fire-Hydrant Service


12,120.00


12,120.00


300.00


300.00


Rifle Practice


300.00


200.00


400.00


400.00


Inspector of Wires


400.00


400.00


670.00


670.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


653.20


16.80


670.00


100.00


100.00


Gypsy Moth Supression


100.00


300.00


700.00


700.00


Care of Trees


700.00


800.00


400.00


400.00


Dog Officer


394.70


5.30


400.00


Police-Revolvers and Auto


833.00


New Trees


150.00


Health and Sanitation


17,000.00


17,000.00


Health-General


16,487.80


512.20


17,000.00


75.00


75.00


Health-Unpaid Bills 1934


75.00


350.00


104.90


454.90 Inspector of Animals


450.20


4.70


350.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Dental Clinic


1,500.00


2,000.00


8,000.00


8,000.00


Sewer Maintenance


7,947.19


52.81


8,000.00


4,000.00


53,250.00


57,250.00


Sewer Construction


1,428.77


55,821.23


300.00


6,601.75


6,601.75


Worcester County T.B. Hospital Assessment


6,601.75


6,850.72


9,704.25


9,704.25


9,704.25


9,655.95


20,500.00


20,500.00


|Highways


20,427.72


72.28


20,500.00


93


Worcester County T.B. Hospital Construction


Highways


1


RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Continued


1934 Balance


1935 Appro- priations


Receipts and Transfers


Total


ACCOUNTS


1935 Expendi- tures


1935 Balance


1936 Estimates


$3,000.00 3,500.00


$3,000.00


New Equipment and Repairs


$2,951.20


$48.80


$2,000.00


3,500.00


Oiling Streets


3,499.38


62


5,000.00


$2,432.19


$758.00


3,190.19


Cedar St., Construction 1934


3,190.16


.03


5,000.00


18,929.32


Medway St., Construction


13,138.63


5,790.69


1,850.00


5,500.00


13,929.32 17,488.52


22,488.52


Cedar St., Construction 1935


21,195.45


1,293.07


Chapter 90 Maintenance 1934


589.22


1,500.00 25,000.00


1,700.00


3,200.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance 1935


2,549.33


650.67


Snow Removal


21,179.45


3,863.05


10,000.00


16,608.00


29.00


25,042.50 16,637.00


Street Lights


16,637.00


17,000.00


Purchase St. Construction


10,000.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance


400.00


Charities and Soldiers' Benefits


Public Welfare


95,007.45


125,000.00


State Aid


680.00


850.00


1,200.00


Military Aid


690.00


1,000.00


18,000.00


135.75


18,135.75


Soldiers' Relief


18,135.75


15,000.00


Schools and Library


High School Addition


172,626.49


38,907.99


Schools


206,889.50


7.76


212,750.00


206,000.00 2,000.00


483.67


2,483.67


Insurance on School Building


2,472.76


10.91


4,000.00


1,359.95


5,359.95


Town Library and Dog Tax


5,358.64


1.31


4,500.00


School Unpaid Bills, 1935


974.76


Recreation and Unclassified


-


2,300.00


2,300.00


Town Parks


2,300.00


2,600.00


1,300.00


12.75


1,312.75


Playgrounds


1,312.75


1,700.00


400.00


6.75


406.75


Playgrounds Hoboken District


406.75


1,303.54


1,303.54


|Printing Town Reports


1,303.54


/


94


-


90,000.00 850.00


5,007.45


95,007.45 850.00 1,200.00


170.00 510.00


11,534.48 897.26


211,534.48 206,897.26


589.22


42.50


589.22


RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Concluded


1934 Balance


1935 Appro- priations


Receipts and Transfers


Total


ACCOUNTS


1935 Expendi- tures


1935 Balance


1936 Estimates


$7,410.72


$1,500.00 1,000.00 25,000.00 69.00


$579.05 1,500.00 5,137.80


$2,079.05 2,500.00 37,548.52


|Damage to Persons and Property Purchase of Tools, Materials, Etc.


$2,079.05 2,486.63 31,063.48


$13.37 6,485.04


$2,000.00 1,000.00 25,000.00 69.00


170.00


170.00


Reimbursement to Officer Bagley Memorial G. A. R.


150.00


150.00


150.00


150.00


Memorial Day-American Legion


150.00


150.00


50.00


50.00


Memorial Day-Spanish War


50.00


50.00


150.00


150.00


Armistice Day-Veterans of For- eign Wars


150.00


150.00


50.00


50.00


50.00


50.00


635.00


635.00 2,000.00


Police Retirement Act


2,000.00


1,500.00


3,293.99


3,293.99


Construction of War Memorial


3,293.99


5,000.00


Cemeteries


2,000.00 50.00


954.16 5.50 603.94


2,954.16 55.50 617.91


North Purchase Cemetery


55.50


50.00


13.97


Income of Trust Fund V. G. C.


617.29


.62


28.10


28.10


Income of Trust Fund North Purchase


5.50


22.60


Interest and Maturing Debt


14,000.00 34,000.00


14,000.00 34,000.00


Interest |Maturing Debt


13,396.77 34,000.00


603.23


17,000.00 42,000.00


95


Worcester County Extension Service


Decennial Census


635.00


2,000.00


Town Insurance


Vernon Grove Cemetery


2,954.16


3,100.00


69.00


Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs


69.00


170.00


150.00


150.00


Workmen's Compensation In- surance Premium


96 SALARIES AND WAGES OF EMPLOYEES OF MILFORD


General Government


Position


Salary


Moderator


$100.00


Selectmen


250.00


Clerk of Selectmen


500.00


Secretary of Finance Commission


50.00


Accountant


2,000.00


Treasurer


1,500.00


Tax Collector


3,500.00


Assessors (Two Members)


1,000.00


Assessors' Clerk


1,500.00


Town Solicitor


250.00


Town Solicitor, legal fees for special work, 1935


950.00


Town Clerk


500.00


Clerk to Town Clerk


780.00


Town Clerk, recording fees (Marriages, Deaths and Births, 1935)


787.00


Registrars of Voters


150.00


Clerk of Registrars


175.00


Janitor of Town Hall


1,200.00


Janitor of Memorial Hall


600.00


Protection of Persons and Property


Police Department :


Chief


2,400.00


Patrolmen, per hour


.631%


Fire Department :


Engineers (3)


675.00


Superintendent of Fire Alarm System ... 300.00


Permanent Men (6), each per week.


30.00


Clerk


150.00


Firemen, Call Men 150.00


Tree Warden, per week, while working. 28.00


Dog Officer 75.00


97


Health


Members


100.00


Clerk


250.00


Sanitary Inspector


300.00


Plumbing Inspector, union wages for actual time taken


600.00


Nurse


1,080.00


Doctor


600.00


Dentist


300.00


Inspector of Meats


1,356.00


Sanitation


Sewer Department:


Commissioners (two members)


200.00


Chairman of the Board


250.00


Superintendent


1,600.00


Clerk


200.00


Highways


Superintendent


2,000.00


Foreman, per week


35.00


Drivers, per hour


.662/3


Welfare


Overseers (two members) 150.00


Chairman of the Board


250.00


Almoner


1,768.00


Superintendent of Town Farm


1,500.00


Clerk, per week


15.00


School Department


For School Department Salaries see School Department Report.


Cemetery Department


Clerk of Trustees


300.00


All Other


Common Labor in all Departments, per hour .50


NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD December 31, 1935


Year


Sewer Bonds


Tax Title Loan


Emergency Finance Loan


High School Addition


Total Maturity by Years


1936


$12,000.00


$64,289.61


$20,000.00


$10,000.00


$106,289.61


1937


5,000.00


20,000.00


10,000.00


35,000.00


1938


5,000.00


20,000.00


10,000.00


35,000.00


1939


5,000.00


10,000.00


15,000.00


1940


5,000.00


10,000.00


15,000.00


1941


5,000.00


10,000.00


15,000.00


1942


5,000.00


10,000.00


15,000.00


1943


5,000.00


10,000.00


15,000.00


1944


5,000.00


10,000.00


15,000.00


1945


5,000.00


10,000.00


15,000.00


1946-1952


4,000.00 yearly


8,000.00 yearly 84,000.00


1953-1954


2,000.00 yearly


8,000.00 yearly 20,000.00


1955


2,000.00


7,000.00


9,000.00


Totals


$91,000.00


$64,289.61


$60,000.00


$179,000.00


$394,289.61


98


99


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Citizens of the Town of Milford:


The Board of Health herewith presents its annual re- port, together with the reports of its various appointees, for the year ending December 31, 1935.


The Board of Health, for the year 1935, consisted of John F. Adams, Chairman; James Cervone and Arthur J. Chambers. Mr. John F. Adams resigned on April 10. 1935. At a joint meeting of the Selectmen and the Board of Health, held April 30, 1935, Mr. J. Curtis Nutter was elected to fill the vacancy as Chairman. Miss Phyllis Moran was appointed Secretary.


The appointments of the Board of Health were as fol- lows: Meat and Provision Inspectors, Dr. Benjamin F. Hartman, Jeremiah Macchi; Sanitary Inspector, Walter Chapin; Plumbing Inspector, John E. Higgiston. At this time Mr. Higgiston was granted an indefinite leave of absence, and Mr. William L. Power was appointed to fill the vacancy. On October 16, 1935, Mr. Charles J. Ferrante was appointed Plumbing Inspector to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Higgiston's leave of absence. Nurse, Mrs. Anna M. McKenna (Mrs. McKenna passed away on April 10, 1935). On May 2, 1935, Miss Helen M. Murphy was elected as Board of Health Nurse. Phy- sician, Dr. Francis H. Lally; dentists, William J. Clancy and Francis X. Kelley.


100


In Memory


of


MRS. ANNA M. McKENNA 1929-1935


For over five years a faithful Board of Health Nurse.


101


TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CONTAGIOUS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES REPORTED EACH MONTH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


Chicken Pox


7


9


1 12


5


0


Diphtheria


0


0


0


0


0


0


Dog Bite


0


0


1


6


6


8


4


Dog Bite (anti-rabic vaccine)


0


0


0


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


0 2


54


Measles


0


0


1


0


6


1


0


0


0


0


0


2


10


Lobar Pneumonia


1


2


1


1


2


0


0


1


0


0


0


3


11


Mumps


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0 0


0 0


2


3


13


Tuberculosis


0


1


6


1 0


2


2


0


0


0


1


3


1


1


12 21 2


Bacillary Dysentery


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


Typhoid Fever


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0 0 2


0 0


0 3


0


0


0


0 0 0


3


Syphilis


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0 1


0


1


Total


19 20


7 35 55 20


9


9 6


7 14 13 214


0


0


6


32


11


1


0


1


0


1


5


2 7


Scarlet Fever


1


2


1


2


1


0


0


1


0


0 0


0 0


2 0


1 0


0


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


Infantile Paralysis


0


0


0


0 0


Gonorrhea


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


The following reports of the various appointees show in detail the work of the department.


Respectfully submitted, J. CURTIS, NUTTER, Chairman, JAMES CERVONE, ARTHUR J. CHAMBERS,


Board of Health.


REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR


During the first three months of 1935, owing to the lack of building, there was no applications for permits to do new work or remodeling, most of the time being put in on investigating and looking after work where no permits were required. On April 1st, your Inspector,


0 100


0


0


0


36


0


1 0


2


3


0


38


3


German Measles


0


Whooping Cough


10


1


1


0


Septic Throat


0


0


0


3


0


0


0


102


having taken a government position out of town and not being available to put in the time inspecting and also the two hours a day the position calls for to receive and issue permits, asked for and received a leave of absence in accordance with the law.


Mr. William L. Power was appointed acting Inspector for six months, and thereafter did the inspecting until October, when Charles J. Ferrente was appointed As- sistant Inspector, and he has taken charge of the in- specting since with the exception of what work he per- formed, which I took care of without pay.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.