Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1936, Part 8

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 396


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Amount collected for fines and paid to the Town Treasurer, according to State law, $258.28.


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CIRCULATION TABLE.


History.


Biography


Politics


and Law.


Travel.


Science.


Fiction.


Magazines


Religion.


Poetry.


Juvenile.


Pub. Doc.


Total.


Jan.


39


153


1


151


68


4562


428


15


63


2435


7915


Feb.


36


158


4


150


47


4168


424


15


53


1985


4 7044


Mar.


54


153


3


150


64


4236


415


9


56


2497


3 7640


Apr.


39


156


4


147


36


3999


379


13


61


2310


7144


May,


21


108


5


8.2


56


3549


325


11


45


2399


6601


June,


12


97


89


41


3535


352


7


37


1787


5957


July,


23


112


1


82


39


3200


285


7


49


1272


5070


Aug.,


26


103


3


85


62


3167


353


13


42


1166


5020


Sept.,


28


81


3


85


51


2814


363


8


63


1346


4842


Oct.,


30


114


115


62


3401


403


7


68


1882


6082


Nov.,


28


89


121


7 1


3564


366


6


83


2865


7193


Dec.,


31


90


3


112


71


3533


357


7


88


2632


1


6925


Total 367 1414


27 1369 668 43728 4450 118 708 24576


8 77433


CIRCULATION TABLE FOR TEN YEARS.


1927, 60,139; 1928, 62,810; 1929, 62,193; 1930, 64,679; 1931, 72,451; 1932, 83,776; 1933, 81,427; 1934, 74,711; 1935, 77,330; 1936, 77,433.


MAGAZINE CIRCULATION


Magazine circulation for the year ending December 31, 1936.


American


94


Harper's


41


American Boy


65


Hygeia


27


American Girl


147


Ladies' H. Journal


81


American Home


81


Literary Digest


54


Antiques


24 McCall's


66


Atlantic Monthly


29


National Geographic


115


Boy's Life


75


Nature


34


Child Life


185


N. American Review


6


Cosmopolitan


116


Open Road


128


Country Life


48


Outlook


4


Current History


15


Parents


10


Forum


27


Pictorial Review


73


Good Housekeeping


123


Popular Mechanics


161


& Mis.


151


Popular Science


100


Time


129


Radio News


37


Travel


29


Reader's Digest


105


Woman's H. Comp. 62


Review of Reviews


22


St. Nicholas


157


Total


2,575


Saturday Post


38


1935


2,386


Scientific American


52


Scribner's


15


Gain


189


BOOKS


The Library contains, as per catalogue, 25,913 vol- umes, as follows :


Vols. Added dur-


in 1935


ing year


Vols. in 1936


History


1,290


14


1,304


Biography


1,857


35


1,892


Politics and Law


370


370


Travel


1,627


35


1,662


Science


1,557


59


1,616


Fiction


8,941


241


9,182


Magazines and Miscel-


laneous


4,012


53


4,065


Religion


555


4


559


Poetry


686


14


700


Juvenile


3,783


160


3,943


Public Documents


618


2


620


25,296


617


25,913


There were 617 volumes added during the year-by purchase, 574; by gift, 43. There are 17 unbound vol- umes of Patent Office Gazette.


The donors were: State of Massachusetts, 8; Miss Ethelwyn Blake, 5; Mrs. J. D. Sawyer, 2; Miss Essie Thayer, 2; Japan Society, Bernard M. Baruch, Alex- ander Legge Memorial Committee, Mrs. Alice Grif- fith, Atlantic Monthly Company, Uxbridge Savings Bank, George N. Peek, Charles H. Weschcke, Citi- zens' Medical Reference Bureau, Mrs. Harry N. Day, Mrs. G. S. Southworth, Scribners Sons; Chemical Foundation, Miss Abby Young, American Liberty League, Firestone Co., Chrysler Corporation, N. E. Directory, President Charles R. Gay of N. Y. Stock Exchange, Class of 1936, M. H. S .; Rev. Samuel A. Bragg, Miss Helen Heath, Mrs. J. G. Beveridge, Corn- hill Publishing Co., Mrs. Lillian E. Wood, Mrs. Maude


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Bullard, 1 volume each. Other books received and placed on the shelves for the use of the public, but not catalogued, came from Ernest Bragg, Eurania Law- rence, Kenneth Henderson.


STACY SCHOOL


Until vacation the same plan for book exchange was used. At the Memorial Day exercises, the following awards for book reports were made by Mrs. Harry S. Chadbourne, a member of the reading committee. The first prize, three dollars, donated by the Principal of Stacy School, was awarded Betty Perkins, for her review of David Copperfield. The second prize, two dollars, donated by the Librarian, was awarded Gail Carter, for her review of Beatrice the Brave. The third prize, one dollar, donated by the Librarian, was awarded Frances Greene, for her review of Treasure Island. Honorable mention was given Isabelle Cop- per, Audrey Kusman, Mabel Stevens, Rose Ferrelli, Rachel Gubana, Clayton Wilson, Fred Shiffer, Rose Milani, Pauline Bourbeau, John Holmes, Donald Mc- Tiernan, Alzira Coelho, Janet Dalrymple.


When school opened, in September, a new plan was formulated. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the pupils of two rooms, with their teacher, visit the li- brary and select their own books. Two weeks are required to accommodate the twelve rooms. The Vo- cational gir's exchange their own books, and the Vo- cational boys send their books to the library and new ones are returned to them. This arrangement proves satisfactory to teachers and pupils and library staff. After the pupils have exchanged their books, they are allowed to use the reading and reference room for the remainder of the period. In this way, the pupils have direct contact with the library, and learn what books are on the shelves, what magazines and reference books are available, what desk work is necessary.


NOTES


The Trustees purchased several valuable reference works : Encyclopedia Americana in 30 volumes; Who's Who in America, 1936-1937; Wonders of Animal Life, in 4 volumes; American Year Book; Milford and Hope- dale Directory, with a fine picture of the Library build- ing; a directory of Milford, dated 1856, claimed to be one of the first town directories.


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The usual sets of Polish, Armenian and Italian books were borrowed from the Division of Public Libraries. The adult foreign-born appreciate the privilege of hav- ing books in their own language.


The Dictionary of American Biography was com- pleted this year with the twentieth volume. Publica- tion of the important work was begun in 1928; an av- erage of three volumes a year, at a cost of twelve and one-half dollars a volume, was the rule.


Mr. Edward W. Duggan of Hong Kong has sent sev- eral packages of stamps from the office of the Ameri- can Express, to be used in the Library stamp book.


Useful pamphlets have been received from the Kel- vinator Corporation on temperature research; the Massachusetts Geodetic Survey on Bench marks in Massachusetts, Bench marks along certain rivers in eastern Massachusetts, Technical procedure for geo- detic surveys; Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Sources of pollution of Blackstone River Valley ; Public Works Progress Administration on Fed- cral theatre; Department of Public Works on Leveling in Massachusetts.


Owing to serious illness, Mrs. Harriet A. Hunter was absent from work from May until November. In July, in order that the assistants could have their two weeks' vacation, Miss Cecelia Wallace was added to the staff, and she remained until the return of Mrs. Hunter, in November.


READING ROOM


The reading room has received regularly the follow- ing publications. Those marked * were donated.


Daily


Boston Post


*Christian Scie'ce Monitor


Weekly


*Christian Leader


*Zion's Herald


Time Saturday Eve. Post


*Labor


*World Youth


*Pathfinder


'*N. Y. Herald Tribune Books


*N. England Poultryman


*National Tribune Literary Digest


New York Times


Book Review


By-Monthly


!


*Antioch News


Library Journal 1


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Quarterly


*Dependable Bighways


*Seven Seas


*Tycos *Theosophical Quarterly *Leisure


*Bell Telephone


Monthly


* Algonquin Trail


American American Boy


American Girl


American Home


* American Issue


* Aerovox


* Amer. Legion Monthly


* American Legion Auxili- ary Bulletin


Antiques Atlantic Monthly


Boy's Life


*Commonwealth


* Dupont


* Elks -


*Express Messenger


*Bulletins-


1. N.E. Conservatory of Music


2. Museum of Fine Arts


3. Worcester Art Mu- seum


*Clubwoman


*Celotex News


*Christian Science Journ'l . Child Life Cosmopolitan


Country Life


Current History


Forum Good Housekeeping


*Granite Cutter's Journal Harper's


*Humane Review Hygeia


*International Engineer


*International Student


*Jou'l of Calendar Reform


*Journeyman Barber


*Life and Health Ladies' Home Journal


*Living Tissue McCall's


*Model Maker


* Model Railroader National Geographic Nature


*National Republic


*New Music Guide North American Review


*Ocean Ferry Open Road


*Our Dumb Animals Parents


*The People's Money Pictorial Review Popular Mechanics Popular Science


*Quarry Worker's Journ'I Radio News


*Rayon Revue Reader's Digest


*Recruiting News


* Motion Pictures Photoplay Studios Joint Estimate on M. P. Motion Pictures-the family


Bulletin from France Review of Reviews


*Rosicrusian Digest St. Nicholas Scientific American Scribner's


*Specialty Salesman Travel


*Vedanta Monthly


:


:


155


*Watchman Worcester Co. Farmer Woman's Home Com- Wilson Bulletin * Word Study


panion


RECAPITULATION OF STATISTICS


Number of days library was open


304


Circulation for 1935


77,330


Circulation for 1936


77,433


Gain in 1936


103


Largest daily circulation, February 24


593


Smallest daily circulation, July 9


32


Average daily circulation


254.7


Average circulation per capita


5.1


Notices sent delinquents


546


Patrons registered


700


Total registration


4,270


Visitors to reading room, 1935


8,165


Visitors to reading room, 1936 Gain


1,514


Collected for fines, paid Town Treasurer


$258.28


Number of books per catalogue, 1935


25,296


Books added during year


617


By purchase, 574; by gift, 43.


Number of books per catalogue, 1936


25,913


Respectfully submitted,


ETHELWYN BLAKE, Librarian


FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts


Appropriation


$4,000.00


Dog Tax


1,491.01


$5,491.01


By credit


Telephone Co.


4.40


4.40


$5,495.41


Summary of Expenditures


Pay Roll


$3,720.75


Books


1,137.27


Magazines


93.40


Binding


215.85


Lights


131.73


-


9,679


156


Supplies


52.60


Express


4.10


Printing


43.85


Incidentals


48.09


Telephone


30.80


Petty Cash


15.00


Club dues


1.00


$5,494.44


$5,495.41


Receipts Expenditures


5,494.44


Balance


$ .97


Received for fines


$258.28


Paid Town Treasurer


$258.28


Expenditures


Pay Roll


Ethelwyn Blake


$1,320.00


Harriet A. Hunter


780.00


Dorothy S. O'Brien


890.50


Harriett J. Carter


582.00


Cecilia Wallace


148.25


Books


1,137.27


S. H. Reynolds


$827.14


Scribners Sons


37.50


United Publishers' Service


39.55


Massachusetts Library Asso.


3.00


Junior Literary Guild


58.50


H. A. Manning Co.


15.00


R. W. Wagner Co.


20.00


American Library Service


8.08


Americana Corporation


128.50


Magazines


Cahill's News Agency


$69.50


National Geographic


6.00


Life


3.50


H. W. Wilsca Co.


9.40


Boston Daily Post


5.00


Binding


215.85


F. J. Barnard To., Inc.


$215.85


Supplies


52.60


Cahill's News Agency


$24.60


Filing Equipment Bureau


20.95


Gaylord Bros.


7.05


$3,720.75


93.40


..


157


Petty Cash


$10.00


Postage .


$4.50


Express


2.75


Germicide


1.75


Mr. A. L. Maynard


1.00


Club Dues


1.00


Massachusetts Library Asso'n


$1.00


Printing


43.850


Charlescraft Press


$38.85


G. M. Billings


5.00


Express


4.10


Curan's Express


$4.10


Incidentals


43.09


Ethelwyn Blake


$12.34


W. A. Flannery


20.75


Martin Diploma Co.


15.00


Telephone


30.80


T. & T. Co.


30.80


Electric Lights


131.73


Total Expenditures Petty Cash


$5,489.41


5.00


$5,494.44


Report of the Chief of Police.


To the Board of Selectmen of Milford, Mass.


Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit a report of the duties performed by the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1936.


Total arrests


235


Males


199


Females


4


Juveniles


32


Guilty


72


Not guilty


20


Suspended sentence


30


Released without arraignment


17


Filed


39


Fined


58


Fires discovered


7


Held for Grand Jury


4


Placed on Probation


25


Children returned to parents


11


Committed to the State Farm


8


Committed to House of Correction


37


Insane Commitments


17


Assault and Battery


6


Auto violations


59


Adultery


2


Assault with a dangerous weapon


1


Bastardy


2


Breaking and entering


2


Breaking glass in street


3


Drunkenness


87


Failure to stop for Police Officer


1


Operating to endanger


8


Operating under the influence of liquor


8


Leaving scene of accident


8


Larceny


3


Malicious destruction to property


5


Non-support


3


Keeping liquor


2


Ringing false alarm of fire


1


159


Aiding out-of-town officers


32


Unlicensed dogs


20


Red light calls answered


567


Accidents investigated


120


Injured in auto accidents


84


Killed in auto accidents


3


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN J. MOLONEY, Chief of Police


Salaries :


Chief


$2,400.00


Patrolmen


18,337.92


Special Police


252.25


Total Salaries


$20,990.17


Expenses :


American Oil Station


$487.70


Belmont Supply Co.


5.80


Bostitch Boston


2.25


Cahill's News Agency


19.90


Casey, William H.


1.25


Central Super Service


15.50


Chadbourne, H. S.


19.85


Charlescraft Press


.75


Clarke Printing Co.


22.50


Curtiss Coal Co.


8.11


Davoren's Express


.50


East End Garage


6.60


Gardella, J. H.


2.65


Flannery, W. A.


5.50


Home National Bank


5.50


Hutchinson, LeRoy


15.00


Johnson Bus Lines


11.83


Johnson, Inar


16.93


Knowles Chevrolet


70.98


Lombardi's Service Station


2.52


Main Line Garage


1.70


Manning, A. H.


6.00


Milford Auto Body Co.


8.50


Mliford Elec. Light & Power Co. 314.94


Mitchell, Mildred


26.80


M. F. & U. Coach Co.


31.31


160


Thị tón4


Moloney, J. J.


62.00


Morin Studio


38.00


Morse, Norman


3.00


Nash Milford Co.


31.10


Neison Auto Service


271.14


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


241.73


New Equipment


1,000.00


Niro & Niro


109.85


Philbin, Austin


52.65


Remington Rand, Inc.


1.85


Rose, E. O.


7.29


Rosenfeld's Garage


.75


Rooney Radio Service


55.95


Rouleau, Ed.


11.70


Ruggiero, P. A.


145.79


Sherman Motor Co.


32.53


State Garage


20.86


Traffic Equipment Co.


69.06


U. S. Post Office


18.60


Volpe, Louis


37.00


West St. Garage


2.00


Whittemore, K. A.


15.95


Total Expenses


3,339.67


Total Expenses and Salaries


$24,329.84


Report of the Inspector of Wires.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


I am glad to report that the volume of electrical work has increased considerably the past year, reflect- ing a better condition of business and increase of build- ing activity.


The installation of oil burners continues the largest single item, especially on the approach of winter.


The installation of signs, mostly of the Neon type, is the most difficult of supervision, inasmuch as most of the work is done by out-of-town parties, some li- censed electricians and some not. These latter are sure to do their work and escape, if possible, before they are discovered. It is quite a task to have some of their bad work corrected.


Some of the Carnivals and other lines of temporary entertainment are a problem, as they bring to town a lot of portable equipment, much of it in bad condi- tion and hardly safe to use.


I have endeavored to give to the public some cau- tionary suggestions in the use of electrical equipment, and wish to thank the Daily News for its co-operation.


One fire 'has occurred, evidently caused by a break- down of wire having no protection on account of tam- pering with the fuses. Two other cases have been credited to electrical causes, but the evidence is far from conclusive.


Conditions found in some residences have convinced me that there is a large amount of amateur wiring in use that in many cases is very dangerous. This is a type of so-called economy that may introduce a very serious hazard to life and property.


Several business blocks and other buildings have had new and adequate services installed to replace over- loaded and obsolete equipment to the much greater safety and convenience of the occupants.


On July 9, 1936, a terrific gale and cloud-burst


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caused the most damage to poles and wires since the sleet storm, some years ago. For several hours the town was without street lights, outside of the White Way, almost without commercial lights and power, and with only a small fragment of the fire alarm sys- tem and a very limited telephone service.


As in the former occasion, the public utility com- panies deserve very much credit for the quick restora- tion of service. Both Electric Light and Telephone Companies called to their aid a large number of men and considerable equipment from distant points.


The men in charge of the fire alarm lines worked with equal energy and deserve very much credit.


Practically all the line damage was due to trees up- rooted or broken down and many property owners suf- fered from service wires being torn from their build- ings and pipes bent and broken. Much supervision was required for a long period in the restoration of this damage, but as in most such cases, the equipment is now in better shape than formerly.


Some changes have been made in the fire alarm sys- tem, including the dividing of one long and overloaded circuit, which have added very much to the safety and security of the fire protection.


Respectfully submitted,


FRED M. DANIELS, Inspector of Wires


Report of the Inspector of Animals.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


In rendering this report I am glad to say that the past year has been free from any evidence of disease among the animals coming under the supervision of the Live Stock Disease Control Board of Massachu- setts, to which I am accountable, as I am to you gen- tlemen.


The number of cattle to be examined is steadily growing smaller, there being but 251 head this year, as compared with 268 in 1935.


In the re-tests by the state in this town only 3 head were found to react to the tuberculin tests.


The situation in the case of dogs here is, that, since the number of dogs is greater, the number of cases of dog-bites has increased in proportion. However, there has been no case of actual rabies during the past year. I think this is due in part to the fact that the number of dogs being immunized against rabies is on the increase.


The number of swine examined in the district is about the same as in the past and these, too, have es- caped any outbreak of infectious disease.


To repeat what I recommended in my report of last year, I again urge the Honorable Board of Health to take steps to establish local clinics for the immuniza- tion of dogs against rabies, to the end that a large proportion of our canine population may be free from fear of that scourge. This may be done at a nominal cost to town and owner.


Respectfully submitted,


DR. B. F. HARTMAN, Inspector of Animals


Report of the Dog Officer.


Detailed summary of Expenditures :


Edward Davoren, Salary


$75.00


Edward Davoren, Boarding and shooting dogs 225.50


Edward Davoren, Investigating complaints 88.50


Edward Davoren, Serving notices 7.00


John Begian, Auto hire 46.25


Charles Tomaso, Printing reports


7.00


Total


$449.25


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD DAVOREN, Dog Officer


Report of Vernon Grove Cemetery Trustees.


Financial Report for 1936 TRUST FUNDS


Receipts :


Richard Gaskill Est.


$100.00


Jane Temple Est.


100.00


George Temple Est.


100.00


J. Frank Haskill Est.


100.00


Total


$400.00


Paid Town Treasurer


$400.00


Cash Receipts :


Sale of Lots


$200.00


Opening Graves


226.00


Annual Care of Lots


196:50


Total


$622.50


Paid Town Treasurer


$622.50


Receipts :


Town appropriation


$2,000.00


Interest on Trust Funds


625.27


Transfer


200.00


Total


$2,625.27


Expenses :


O. M. Scott & Son, supplies $235.00


F. A. Gould, supplies 50.32


H. M. Curtiss Co., supplies 2.88


H. S. Chadbourne Co., supplies 62.50


Varney Bros., loom and trucking 110.10 E. O. Rose & Son, labor on ma- chines 61.93


Eldredge Flower Shop, flowers and shrubs 46.00


Post Office, stamped envelopes 14.54


166


G. M. Billings, printing 2.50


J. W. Smith, supplies


1.50


George Whiting, labor


5.00


William Forbes, labor


596.50


Ralph Shirland, labor


583.00


Irving Joy, labor


586.50


Steve Brooks, labor


70.00


Wilbur Sweet, labor


44.00


Roy Keene, labor 28.00


Moore Bros., repairing damage from July storm 50.00


H. S. Eldredge on salary


account, Secretary 275.00


$2,825.27


Due H. S. Eldredge, on salary, $25.00


HERBERT S. ELDREDGE, Secretary, Trustees


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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Milford, January 1, 1937


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Gentlemen :


I herewith submit my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending January 31, 1936. All places of business in the Town of Milford were vis- ited by me after notifying by public notice, as the law requires, that all Scales, Measures, Pumps, Etc. would be Sealed, without fees, if brought to my office.


SCALES, MEASURES, ETC., SEALED


adj. seal. cond.


Platform Scales, over 5,000


4


7


1


Platform Scales, under 5,000


24


64


3


Counter Scales


15


42


8


Beam Scales


2


7


1


Spring Scales


22


84


3


Computing Scales


22


43


4


Slot Personal Weighing Scales


9


9


5


Weights


10


396


32


Automatic Gas and Oil Pumps


20


107


10


Wet Measures


69


8


Yard Sticks


28


4


Oil Jars


235


29


Vehicle Tanks


2


2


Office Calls for Sealing


189


Outside Calls for Sealing


299


Sealing Fees


$156.40


State Licenses Issued from this Office


29


Paid Town Treasurer, Benjamin J. Clancey $156.40


· Thanking the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Public, for the Assistance given me during my term as Sealer of Weights and Measures,


I am, respectfully,


DANIEL M. O'BRIEN,


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 1936


Expenditures


Sealer's salaries


$600.00


Robinson Seal Co., supplies


10 65


Daniel M. O'Brien, auto hire


30.00


H. S. Chadbourne Co., supplies


7.50


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Town Solicitor's Report.


Five of the eight accident suits pending in Court against the Town on January 1, 1936, were settled during the year. One of these accidents happened in 1931, two in 1932 and two in 1935. On January 1, 1937, there were pending in Court six cases, two less than on January 1, 1936, three new accident suits hav- ing been commenced in 1936. Six other claims were filed on account of new accidents, on which suit has not yet been begun. Ten claims were settled without suit having been entered. Two claims arising out of forced repairs to the Eastman drain, which the Town is under obligation to repair, were adjusted. The Po- lice Department and Highway Department have fur- nished valuable aid in investigating all accidents as quickly as they were reported.


In 1936, 272 descriptions of property to be taken for unpaid taxes were prepared at the request of the Tax Collector, as compared with 289 in 1935, 418 in 1934 and 569 in 1933. But 16 titles were actually taken as compared with 25 in 1935, 43 in 1934 and 145 in 1933. Accordingly, it therefore appears that the number of notices of taking has been reduced to about one-half of the 1933 figures, with a much greater decrease in the number of takings when the force of the nation-wide depression was at its peak. Forty- three taxpayers, whose properties had been previous- ly taken, adjusted their accounts with the Town dur- ing 1936, and releases or disclaimers were obtained with the approval of the Tax Commissioner.


Fifteen petitions to foreclose tax titles were filed in the Land Court and are now pending; that against the Southern New England Ice Co. being set for trial on February 11, 1937.


Legal work in connection with W.P.A. projects eased up during the year 1936, the Co-ordinator and the local engineering project having taken over most


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of that work, so that the Solicitor's connection with it has been mostly in an advisory capacity.


The case of A. Daddario vs. the Town, arising out of bids submitted on the Inmhoff Tank P.W.A. Project at the Sewer Plant, the facts of which are contained in the 1936 Town Report, was appealed by the plaint- iff to the Supreme Judicial Court, but was decided in favor of the Town. If the Town had lost the case, the amount of the check, $5,000.00, would have had to be made up by the Town out of its own funds, the State Engineer of the P.W.A. having ruled that the amount of the check would be deducted from the account.


Litigation which arose as to the status of the Plumb- ing Inspector resulted in a decision of the Supreme Court in favor of Charles J. Ferrante, the Court de- creeing that John E. Higgiston, who held the office since 1915, had forfeited the office by taking a leave of absence beyond the period allowed by law; and the time during which he returned to work was not to be reckoned as breaking thé leave.


Continual requests for advice and opinions from the various Town Departments have been complied with, Trustee's answers have been prepared in many cases brought against parties in which the Town has been summoned as Trustee, and attendance has been given before the Emergency Finance Board, the Director of Accounts, and other Federal and State Departments at all hearings in which the Town has an interest.


Respectfully submitted, . WILLIIAM A. MURRAY, Town Solicitor


DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY Amount appropriated


$1,000.00


Expenditures :


Anna Mazzarelli, S. Main St., r


December 9, 1934-P. D. 35.00


Caroline Iadarola ) 50.00


Teresa Iadarola, ppa.) West


Street, 1931-P. I. 50.00


171


2.51


Alba DiGianantonio, East Main St., 1932-P. I. 50.00


Katie Rabschum, Green Street, 1935-P. I. 50.00


Roy W. Teed, M.D., Examina- tion and Report 5.00


Loretta Weeks, Exchange St.,


January 21, 1936-P. I. 10.00


Dora I. Lynch, Oliver St., 1935-P. I. 400.00


John Kavanaugh, Green St., 1932-P. I. 150.00


Anthony Galla, Hayward St.,


Ext., Apr. 27, 1936-P. D. 3.00


Gustav Seiler, Haven St., June 8, 1936-P. D. 8.40


Boston & Albany Railroad Co., Drain-P. D. 52.89


Milford Water Co., Drain-P. D. 29.10


William C. Schmitthenner,


6.00


Grove St., July 22, 1936-P. D. Charles J. Ferrante, Central Street, Aug. 3, 1936-P. D. 7.50


Joseph E. Lenares, M.D., Exam-


ination and Report 5.00


Roy W. Teed, M.D., Examina- tion and Report 5.00


Joseph Ferrucci, M.D., Examina-


ation and Report 5.00


George W. Price, Pearl St., Oct. 17, 1936-P. I. 35.00


Arthur L. Rockwood, Purchase


St., Oct. 23, 1936-P. D. 6.55


Nicholas A. Mastroianni, M.D., Examination and Report 5.00




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