Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1937, Part 4

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 374


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Recreation and Unclassified


Parks :


Salary of Clerk


100.00


Office Expenses


11.07


Labor


1,677.50


Equipment


12.98


Loam


54.12


Trees


66.00


Raising Flag


78.00


Janitor Supplies


22.50


Flags


31.50


Bubbler


9.00


Flowers for Parks


40.00


Lime and Cement


14.75


Sand


7.50


Water


59.11


74


Light


2.18


Trucking


10.00


Salt


8.05


Repairs


92.70


Total for Parks


2,296.96


Playgrounds :


Instructors


1,543.60


Labor


37.00


Apparatus


3.20


Trucking


4.50


First Aid Supplies


7.80


Equipment


85.72


Repairs


12.36


Total for Playgrounds


1,694.18


Repairs to Tennis Courts :


Contract


345.00


Labor


27.00


Total for Repairs to Tennis Courts


372.00


Total for Parks & Playgrounds


4,363.14


Unclassified


Damages to Persons & Property


1,091.20


Memorial Day :


G. A. R.


200.00


American Legion


150.00


Spanish War Veterans


50.00


Total for Memorial Day 400.00


Armistice Day : Veterans of Foreign Wars


150.00


Printing Town Reports


1,643.50


Police Retirement Act


1,500.00


Blanket Insurance Premium


4,954.48


Workmens' Compensation & Public


Liability Insurance Premium


2,000.00


75


Street Signs :


Signs


183.75


Posts


75.40


Bolts & Washers


3.15


Erection Contract


158.67


Engineering Supervision


60.00


Total for Street Signs


480.97


Construction of War Memorial :


Stone


1,026.61


Plant Rental (Cutting)


1,741.00


Architects' Fees 400.00


Truck Hire


36.00


Equipment


3.50


Other Materials


80.15


Total for Construction of


War Memorial 3,287.26


Zoning Committee :


Map


77.10


Prints


11.48


Stationery


1.15


Total for Zoning Committee 89.73


Playground Rental


50.00


Registration Cedar Swamp Pond


250.00


Installing Christmas Lights


393.00


Land Damages Purchase Street


1,124.09


Municipal Retirement Act : Pension Accumulation Fund


2,000.00


Expense Fund


200.00


Total for Municipal Retirement Act 2,200.00


Purchase of Tools, Materials, Trucking Etc. :


Salaries & Wages


2,090.00


Tools


850.34


Materials


20,531.90


Equipment Hire


1,295.25


76


Trucking


4,517.55


Auto Hire


510.00


Contracts


906.96


Plant Rental


(Cutting Stone)


478.50


Office Expense


265.24


Total for Purchase of Tools, Materials, Trucking Etc. ' 31,445.74


Petty Cash :


A. O. Caswell


100.00


E. Blake


5.00


Total for Petty Cash 105.00


State Tax


29,277.50


County Tax


27,430.23


Auditing Municipal Accounts


195.73


Hospital Care-Civil War Veterans .


100.00


State Parks & Reservations


462.28


Dog Licenses to County


1,796.40


Total for Unclassified 110,427.11


Cemeteries


North Purchase Cemetery : Labor 70.85


Vernon Grove Cemetery :


Salary of Secretary of Trustees


300.00


Labor


1,969.00


Loam


218.75


Flowers


21.60


Grass Seed


70.00


Tools


117.60


Plowing & Harrowing


37.00


Care of Lots Pine Grove


12.50


Sharpening Tools


11.05


Rye Seed


5.30


Masonry Work


22.00


Turf builder


80.00


Postage & Stationery


13.54


77


Repairs


9.47


Total for Vernon Grove Cemetery 2,887.81


Total for Cemeteries 2,958.66


Interest and Maturing Debt


Interest :


Sewers


2,652.50


Anticipation of Revenue


2,207.21


Anticipation of Grant


15.25


High School


5,182.50


Chap. 307 Loan


1,400.00


Municipal Relief Loan 450.00


Tax Titles


172.14


Total for Interest


12,079.60


Maturing Debt :


Anticipation of Revenue 372,000.00


Anticipation of Grant


12,000.00


High School Addition


11.500.00


Tax Titles


5,358.85


Emergency Finance Loan


20,000.00


Sewers


5,000.00


Municipal Relief Loan


2,000.00


Total for Maturing Debt


427,858.85


Total for Interest & Maturing Debt


439,938.45


Trust Funds


Cemetery Perpetual Care 400.00


Refunds and Transfers


Refunds :


Taxes 54.21


M.V. Excise Taxes-1936 45.98


M.V. Excise Taxes-1937


1,163.29


Tax Titles


282.79


78


Taxi Badges Tailings


24.00


1.00


Total for Refunds


1,571.27


Transfers :


Reserve Fund to :


Brush Fires


210.73


Treasurer


750.00


Accountant


200.00


Heating Plant-


Memorial Hall


415.00


Fire-Incidentals


964.00


Fire-New Equipment


and Repairs


1,824.87


Dog Officer


100.00


Highway-General


800.00


Damage to Persons and Property


100.00


Land Registration-


Cedar Swamp Pond


250.00


Library


200.00


V. G. Cemetery


200.00


Care of Trees


32.50


Inspection of Animals


85.00


Publishing Poll Lists


10.00


Election and


Registration


200.00


Highway-New


Equipment


1,500.00


Health-General


800.00


Town Hall


300.00


Land Damages-


Purchase St.


829.57


Hydrant Services


28.33


Police Department


200.00


Fire Loss to :


Health-General


517.00


Dental Clinic


559.95


High School


Construction


64,160.36


79


Excess & Deficiency to : General & Mothers' Aid 18,000.00 150.00


Renting Playgrounds


High School Construction


25,171.56


General & Mothers' Aid 4,000.00


Old Age Assistance to General & Mothers' Aid 8,000.00


Soldiers' Relief to Pur-


chase of Tools & Ma-


terials, Trucking Etc. 4,500.00


Total for Transfers 135,058.87


Total for Refunds and Transfers


136,630.14


Total for Expenditures


1,402.576.45


Cash in Treasury December 31, 1937


46,806.16


Grand Total 1,449.382.61


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80


ITEMIZED LIST OF INSURANCE COVERAGE ON PROPERTIES OF TOWN OF MILFORD AS OF JANUARY 1, 1938


Item


No. Description & Location


Amount


1. Town Hall, about 50 Main St.


$102,450.00


2. Memorial Hall, about 30 School St. 47,425.00


3. High School; about 62 School St. 92,150.00


4. New High School, Spruce St. 202,800.00


5. Geo. R. Stacy School, about 69 Spruce St. 125,000.00


6. Spruce Street School, about 70 Spruce St.


22,175.00


7. Chapin School, about 2 Otis Street


8,500.00


8. Oliver Street School, about 28 Oliver St. 20,000.00


22,500.00


9. South School, about 328 Main St.


10. West Street School, about 106 West St.


8,000.00


11. Park School, about 13 Walnut St. 16,000.00


12. Park School Annex (Portable) 11 Walnut St. 1,000.00


13. Fountain School, about 122 Purchase St. 3,000.00


14. Purchase Street Grammar School, about 301 Purchase St. 9,000.00


15. Claflin School, about 79 South Bow St.


18,000.00


16. Hoboken School, about 37 East St.


4,000.00


17. Plains Grammar School, about 90 East Main St. 21,680.00


18. Plains School Annex, rear about 90 East Main St. 6,400.00


19. Plains Primary School, about 14 Hayward Field 37,500.00


20. Braggville School, East Main St.


3,500.00


21. Bear Hill School, E/S Beaver St. 2,700.00


22. Portable School Building, rear 58 School St.


1,000.00


23. Portable School Building, rear 58 School St. 1,000.00


24. Fire Station No. 1, 1 Spruce St. 13,000.00


25. Fire Station, No. 2, about 262 South Main St. 11,500.00 900.00 26. Fire Station, about 395 Purchase St.


27. Highway Department Building, 78-80 Spruce St. 6,250.00


28. Steam Roller House, rear 78 Spruce St. 250.00


29. Almshouse, Asylum St.


30,000.00


30. Private Garage, Asylum St. 1,250.00


31. Private Workshop, Asylum St. 900.00


81


32. Milk Room, Asylum St.


200.00


33. Dairy Stable, Asylum St.


5,660.00


34 Carriage House, Asylum St. 2,000.00


35 Wagon Shed, Asylum St.


1,500.00


36 Corn Crib, Asylum St.


125.00


37. Wood Shed, Asylum St.


75.00


38. Hen and Turkey Houses, Asylum St.


750.00


39 Brooder House, Asylum St. 150.00


40. Pig Houses 85.00


41. Comfort Station, N/S Spruce St.


3,000.00


42 Bleachers N/S Spruce St.


1,500.00


43 Imhoff Tank Pump House at sewer beds Hopedale 500.00


44 Sand Bed Doseing House at sewer beds Hopedale 300.00


45. Tool House at sewer beds Hopedale 1,000.00


46. Sewerage Pumping Station Charles Street 1,800.00


47. Sewerage Pumping Station Medway Road


1,000.00


48. Tool House Vernon Grove Cemetery off Depot St. 1,000.00


49 Tomb Vernon Grove Cemetery off Depot St. 1,000.00


50. On contents of every description


145,850.00


Total


$1,007,325.00


RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES


1936 Balance


1937 Appro- priations


Receipts and Transfers


Total


Account


1937 Expend- itures


1937 Balance


1938 Estimates


General Government


100.00


100.00


100.00


Moderator


100.00


100.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Selectmen's


1,478.56


21.44


1,500.00


100.00


100.00


Finance Commission-Secretary


90.08


9.92


100.00


2,300.00


200.00


2,500.00


Accountant


2,425.94


74.06


2,900.00


1,950.00


792.50


2,742.50


Treasurer


2,511.02


231.48


2,000.00


226.50


226.50


Treasurer's Bond


226.50


223.00


4,650.00


4,650.00


Tax Collector


4,257.41


392.59


4,650.00


453.00


453.00


Tax Collector's Bond


453.00


446.00


4,250.00


4,250.00


Assessors


4,250.00


4,540.00


100.00


10.00


110.00


Publishing Poll Lists


110.00


150.00


600.00


600.00


Printing Property Lists


570.49


29.51


100.00


100.00


Certifying Town Notes


32.00


68.00


100.00


1,200.00


1,200.00


Town Solicitor


1,200.00


1,200.00


1,700.00


1,700.00


1,583.09


116.91


1,700.00


780.00


780.00


Town Clerk-Clerk Hire


780.00


780.00


2,500.00


200.00


2,700.00


Election, Registration & Town Meetings


2,676.86


23.14


5,000.00


2,800.00


300.00


3,100.00


Town Hall


3,089.06


10.94


2.800.00


1,100.00


1,100.00


Memorial Hall


1,100.00


1,100.00


1,800.00


415.00


2,215.00


Memorial Hall-New Heating Plant


2,215.00


Memorial Hall-Unpaid Bills 1937


44.53


Protection of Persons & Property


24,400.00


211.66


24,611.66


Police-Salaries & Expenses


24,555.32


56.34


24 800.00


450.00


450.00


Police-New Equipment


450.00


400.00


500.00


500.00


Police-Maintenance of Traffic Signals


456.88


43.12


500.00


82


Town Clerk


75.00


75.00


Court Fees


41.38


33.62


75.00


18,500.00


18,500.00


Fire-Pay of Members


18,418.02


81.98


21,620.00


3,400.00


968.30


4,368.30


Fire-Incidentals


4,368.16


.14


3,400.00


400.00


400.00


Fire-Repairs to Fire Alarm System


399.88


.12


400.00


800.00


800.00


Fire-New Hose


798.70


1.30


1,450.00


Fire-New Equipment-Repairs


1,824.85


.02


500.00


350.00


210.73


560.73


Brush Fires


560.73


350.00


12,120.00


28.33


12,148.33


Hydrant Service


12,148.33


12,180.00


200.00


200.00


Rifle Practice


199.60


.40


200.00


400.00


400.00


Inspector of Wires


400.00


400.00


765.00


765.00


Sealer of Weights & Measures


763.00


2.00


765.00


100.00


100.00


Gypsy Moth Suppression


100.00


500.00


700.00


177.50


877.50


Care of Trees


875.95


1.55


1,000.00


350.00


100.00


450.00


Dog Officer


450.00


450.00


Health & Sanitation


16,500.00


1,317.00


17,817.00


17,815.57


1.43


17,000.00


83


104.18


104.18


104.18


350.00


85.00


435.00


430.00


5.00


350.00


Dental Clinic


2,016.15


43.80


1,500.00


7,355.83


7,355.83


7,355.83


7,053.39


9,405.89


9,405.89


9,405.89


9,150.58


8,000.00


8,000.00


Sewer Maintenance


7,978.48


21.52


8,000.00


Sewer Construction


300.00


4,287.23


8,378.96


12,666.19


Sewer Construction-P.W.A. 1023


11,572.19


1,094.00


Sewer Construction-Congress Street


1,963.32


36.68


Sewer-Installing New Pump


1,000.00


Water Connection to New Office Building


1,000.00


Highways


21,000.00


800.00


21,800.00


Highways-General Maintenance


21,799.90


.10


21,000.00


2,000.00


1,500.00


3,500.00


Highways-New Equipment & Repairs


3,499.89


.11


2,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


Highways-Oiling Streets


4,999.90


.10


5,000.00


1,500.00


559.95


2,059.95


Worcester County T. B. Hospital Assessment


Worcester County T. B. Hospital Construction


300.00


300.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Health-General


Health-Unpaid Bills-1936


Inspector of Animals


1,824.87


RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES


1936 Balance


1937 Appro- priations


Receipts and Transfers


Total


Account


1937 Expend- itures


1937 Balance


1938 Estimates


305.37 27,784.83


305.37


Highways-Medway St., Chap. 90


305.37


34,000.00


61,784.83


Highways-Purchase St., Chap. 90


53,983.52


7,801.31


10,000.00


500.00


1,000.00


1,500.00


Highways-Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,500.00


800.00


2,500.00


2,500.00


Maintenance & Care of Town


2,500.00


2,500.00


Improvements Constructed under C. W. A .- E. R. A .- W. P.A.


1,000.00 725.00


1,000.00


Highways-Repairs Union St.


999.95


05


725.00


Highways-Sidewalks-Centre St.


719.44


5.56


1,600.00


1,600.00


Highways-Sidewalks -- East St.


1,278.95


321.05


500.00


500.00


Highways-Highland St., Repairs


500.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


Highways-Snow Removal


2,675.31


324.69


17,000.00


17,000.00


Highways-Street Lights


16,915.71


84.29


500.00


500.00


Highways-Road Machinery Account


500.00


Charities & Soldiers' Benefits


General & Mothers' Aid


82,404.22


3,560.07


90,000.00


Federal Grant-Aid to


8,710.58


91.41


Dependent Children


14,360.75


37,306.00


51,666.75


Federal Grant-Old Age For Assistance


49,526.95


2,139.80


Federal Grant -- Old Age For Administration


1,677.81


30.40


40,000.00


335.50


40,335.50


Old Age Assistance


38,571.55


1,763.95


50,000.00


850.00


10.00


860.00


·State Aid


540.00


320.00


850.00


500.00


500.00


Military Aid


150.00


350.00-


500.00


15,000.00


72.00


15,072.00


Soldiers' Relief


14,888.16


183.84


15,000.00


5,000.00 17,500.00 M


55,000.00


30,964.29


85,964.29


8,801.99


8,801.99


478.65


1,229.56


1,708.21


Schools & Libraries


476.29


13,337.51


13,813.80


High School Construction P. W. A. 4410


13,349.53


464.27


217,000.00


2,210.12


219,210.12


School Dept .- General


219,190.53


19.59


226,858.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Schools-Repairs to Original Building


1,989.10


10.90


89,331.92


89,331.92


Schools-Reconstruction --- High


29,539.80


59,792.12


4,000.00


1,652.80


5,652.80


Town Library


5,646.40


6.40


4,500.00 Plus Dog Tax


Recreation & Unclassified


Town Parks


2,296.96


3.04


3,000.00


Playgrounds


1,694.18


5.82


1,700.00


Playground-Rental


50.00


100.00


200.00


Repairs to Tennis Courts


372.00


3.00


500.00


New Walks & Repairs to Walks


500.00


Tree Surgery & Spraying .


500.00


1,643.50


1,643.50


1,643.50


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Public Liability Insurance Premium


Damages to Persons-Property


1,090.20


8.80


1,000.00


10,581.99


25,000.00


4,500.00


40,081.99


Purchase of Tools, Materials, Trucking Etc.


31,445.74


8,636.25


25,000.00


200.00


200.00


Memorial Day-G. A. R.


200.00


200.00


150.00


150.00


Memorial Day-American Legion


150.00


150.00


50.00


50.00


Memorial Day- Spanish War Vets


50.00


50.00


150.00


150.00


Armistice Day-V. F. W.


150.00


150.00


Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs, 1937-1938


138.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Police Retirement Act


1,500.00


Contributory Retirement Pensions


2,200.00


8,457.03


Tax Title Foreclosure


600.00


Construction of War Memorial


3,287.26


6.73


5,000.00


5,000.00


Blanket Insurance


4,954.48


45.52


5,500.00


2,300.00


2,300.00


1,700.00


1,700.00


150.00


150.00


375.00


3.75.00


85


Printing Town Reports


Workmen's Compensation &


1,000.00


100.00


1,100.00


2,200.00


2,200.00


3,293.99


3,293.99


,


School Building


RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES - Continued


1936 Balance


1937 Appro- priations


Receipts and Transfers


Total


Account


1937 Expend- itures


1937 Balance


1938 Estimates


300.75


829.57


1,130.32


Land Damages-Purchase St.


1,124.09


6.23


1,000.00


100.00


100.00


Zoning Board


89.73


10.27


500.00


500.00


Installing Street Signs


480.97


19.03


500.00


400.00


400.00


Installing Christmas Lights


393.00


7.00


250.00


250.00


Land Registration-Cedar Swamp Pond


250.00


Cemeteries


2,000.00


875.31


2,875.31


Vernon Grove Cemetery


2,875.31


3,000.00


11.28


727.21


738.49


Vernon Grove Cemetery Income


699.06


39.43


From Trust Funds


50.00


20.85


70.85


No. Purchase Cemetery


70.85


· 50.00


45.10


11.25


56.35


No. Purchase Cemetery Income


20.85


35.50


From Trust Funds


Interest & Maturing Debt


15,000.00


15,000.00


Interest


12,079.60


2,920.40


11,000.00


38,500.00


38,500.00


Maturing ·Debt


38,500.00


38,000.00


Other Appropriation


10,000.00


10,000.00


Reserve Fund


10,000.00 Transfers


10,000.00


86


NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD December 31, 1937 Emergency High School


Municipal


Total Maturity


Year


Sewer Bonds


Tax Title Loan 41,544.20


Finance Loan 20,000.00


Addition


Relief Loans


By Years


1938


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


38,000.00


1939


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


18,000.00


1940


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


18,000.00


1941


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


18,000.00


1942


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


18,000.00


1943


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


18,000.00


1944


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


18,000.00


1945


5,000.00


11,000.00


2,000.00


18,000.00


1946


4,000.00


9,000.00


2,000.00


15,000.00


1947 1952


4,000.00


(Yearly)


8,000.00 (Y'rly)


72,000.00


1953-1954


2,000.00 (Yearly)


8,000.00 (Y'rly)


20,000.00


1955


2,000.00


7,000.00


9,000.00


74,000.00


41,544.20


20,000.00


168,000.00


18,000.00


321,544.20


87


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88 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, 1937


950.00


Town Clerk


500.00


Clerk to Town Clerk


780.00


Town Clerk, recording fees (Marriages, Deaths and Births-1937)


828.00


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 hours


.631/2


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


25.00


Dog Officer


75.00


Health


Members


100.00


Clerk


250.00


Sanitary Inspector


300.00


Plumbing Inspector, union wages for actual time


taken, not to exceed


600.00


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Nurse


1,200.00


600.00


1,055.00


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


.66 2/3


Welfare


Overseers (Two members)


150.00


Chairman of the Board


250.00


Almoner


1,768.00


Superintendent of Town Farm


1,500.00


Clerks, per week


15.00


School Department


Superintendent 4,000.00


For Other School Department Salaries see School Department Report


Town Library


Librarian


1,320.00


Cemetery Department


Clerk of Trustees


300.00


All Other


Common Labor in all Departments, per hour


.50


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT


Expenditures in Detail


Appropriation $2,300.00


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Doctor Dentist Inspector of Meats


90


Reserve Fund


200.00


$2,500.00


Expenditures :


M. J. Hannigan, Salary


2,000.00


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.


72.50


Johnson Office Supply Co.


10.63


Industrial Stationery Co.


3.98


Keystone Envelope


34.48


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


12.20


Mass. & Auditors & Comptrollers Association Dues


2.00


Cahill's News Agency


8.85


Greenwood Typewriter Exchange


7.75


Postage-U. S. Post Office Dept.


8.75


Railway Express Agency


.53


J. L. Fairbanks Co.


.88


Archie Kalpagian


.25


Geo. T. Pascoe


12.78


Clarke Printing Co.


4.75


Arthur Arnold


2.80


Clerical


219.00


Expenses to Boston (Accountant)


23.81


Total Expenditures


2,425.94


Unexpended Balance


74.06


Report of the W. P. A. Co-ordinator


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens :


Herewith is presented my annual report as to what work was done in 1937 with Federal W.P.A. Funds, augmented by the special appropriation of the Town of Milford, to aid in the relief of the unemployed.


W.P.A. wages paid by the Federal government in Milford last year totalled $149,813.19 an average weekly payroll of $2,881.00. This money was spent here, and besides assisting local merchants, kept many worthy people gainfully em- ployed, and gave the town many fine concrete sidewalks and other permanent improvements that could not be had from town funds alone. During December over 100 addi- tional workers were added to the W.P.A. here, and on De- cember 31 we were carrying the peak load of employees for the entire year.


During 1937 a total of 387 different persons were em- ployed on W.P.A. The largest number in any single week was 248 on Dec. 31, and the average for the year was 220.


Since the inception of government relief in Milford in late November, 1933, the Federal Government has paid in wages alone $724,364.09, divided as follows :


C.W.A. 1933-'34 $165,549.08


E.R.A. 1934-'35 201,760.23


W.P.A. 1935-'36-'37 357,054.78


Total


$724,364.09


In addition the government has maintained a district commissary at the former Swift and Armour plants on Gentral Street, where clothing and food supplies have been distributed to the needy.


On all major items for materials purchased by the town,


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sealed bids were opened in public session by the Selectmen, and the award made to the low bidder.


Sidewalk construction will be resumed in the spring on an even larger scale than last year. We have prepared specifica- tions for sidewalks on 42 different streets, and the number of these that can be constructed will depend on the size of the appropriation given this department at the annual town meeting in March. With a generous appropriation all these sidewalks can be built, and every section of the town will share in the benefit. No finer project could be under- taken than to permanently improve our sidewalks, and thus materially reduce the town's liability for damages due to defective walks.


Every sidewalk we build is curbed, and necessary catch basins installed, after which the gutters are traprocked and tarvia-sealed, making a permanent improvement.


Work done last year included: New concrete sidewalks, with curbing, catch basins, etc., on Beach Street Extension, Central, Granite, Meade, North, Oliver, South Main, Spruce, Sumner, Water, Exchange, Winter, Congress, Short, Pine, Grove, Grant, East, West, High and Depot Streets; graded Plains school yard; constructed reinforced concrete culvert over Lynch Brook (so called) at West Street; completed recataloguing back town records; removed dangerous trees on various streets; furnished material for addition to North Purchase fire station; constructed new drainage systems on Union Street, Della, Genoa and Columbus Avenues; built new reinforced concrete bridges on West Spruce and West Walnut Streets; worked on Gypsy Moth Extermination for a short time; kept nearly 30 women manufacturing gar- ments for the needy; cut street curbing, inlets, radius pieces, etc. at town quarry ; renovated and repaired State Armory; (this work included complete electric rewiring and new fixtures, new toilets and shower baths, repainted entire interior, and exterior trim, resanded and polished all floors, repointed exterior masonry and constructed new roof) : completed work on state sidewalks and roadside beautification ; conducted a WPA Nursery School for an average of 20 children under five years of age, at the Plains School Building ; conducted a National Youth project, giv- ing part-time employment to 15 young people, who have assisted in various town offices.


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The following projects were in operation January 4, 1938 when this report was prepared for the printer: Cutting of the granite memorial to World War Veterans; construction of a new building for the Highway Department on Central Street ; installing a new drainage system on Walnut, Grant and Emmons Streets; construction of new reinforced con- crete bridge on Water Street, with new foundation walls, sidewalks, guard rails, etc .; sewing project for nearly 30 women; Nursery School; and part-time employment for several young people on the National Youth program. Several other projects have been approved, and work on these will start as soon as present jobs are finished.


The financial report of the town's appropriation for W.P.A. follows:


Receipts


Balance on Hand Jan. 1, 1937


10,581.99


March Appropriation


25,000.00


Supplementary Appropriation


4,500.00


$40,081.99


Expenditures


American Oil Prods. Co., Tar Oil


998.25


American Oil Serv. Sta., Kerosene


.88


American Pearl Button, Buttons


38.00


Barnes, William, Truck Hire


530.75


Barney Coal Co., Supplies


12.00


Bodio, Phillip, Truck Hire


234.00


Borghi, Raffael, Truck Hire


176.50


Bradbury-Locke Co., Lumber


499.09


Bradley, John, Truck Hire


240.00


Burke. Katherine, Sewing Mat.


2.00


Cahill's News Agency, Supplies


53.72


Capone, Alfred, Labor


2.00


Carchio, John, Truck Hire


9.75


Carter, E. W., Gas, Kerosene


24.49


Casey, William H., Tools, Supplies


380.35


Cenedella, Santo, Truck Hire


157.50


Chadbourne Company, H.S., Supplies


253.04


Charlescraft Press, Printing


3.25


Clarke Printing Co., Printing


53.50


Clark & Shaughnessy, Kerosene, Gas


71.15


Clarridge, Arthur P., Dynamite


15.00


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Coleman, Fred J., Salary


1,300.00


Cooney, Charles F., Sewing Mat.


7.56


Corbett Concrete Pipe, Pipe


256.16


Costa, Robert, Mixer Rental


27.25


Coyne, Alfred, Oil


35.40


Cranska Thread Co., Sewing Mat.


46.80


Curran's Express, Express


11.50


Curtiss, H. M. Coal Co., Lumber


926.15


Darley, W. S., Signal Flares


68.49


Davoren, Austin, Truck Hire


458.31


DePasquale, Joseph, Mixer Hire


56.25


Dillon, George A., Material


2.00


East End Garage, Repair


13.25


Edwards, Joseph, Storehouse Rental


60.00


Ellis, Doris L., Salary


75.00


Fertitta, William, Supplies


.35


Fino & Company, Tool Sharpening


82.25


Fuller & Wilson Express, Express


1.00


Gardella, J. H., First-Aid Supplies


96.19


Goldstein, Harry, Supplies


1.00


Gould, Frederick A., Tools, Supplies


493.07


Guerriere, Attilio, Torch Rental


14.75


Harris, John, Supplies


5.00


Haskell Granite Co., Memorial Stone


555.39


Huff Machine Works, Repair


2.29


Kalpakgian, Archie, Keys


1.75


Koplow Trimming Co., Sewing Mat.


8.74


Lester, James B., Kerosene


.50


Lombardi's Service Sta., Gas


21.45


Louis Battery & Serv. Sta., Gas


1.81


McArdle, H. B., Office Supplies


10.80


McGuinness, J. F., Derrick Supplies


8.00


McGurn, William H., Rental


14.25


Main St. Battery Sta., Kerosene


58.89


Makepeace, B. L., Supplies


27.17


Manuel, Peter. Labor


2.00


Marzetta, Louis, Derrick Hire


28.00


Milford Daily News, Advertising


2.30


Milford Grain Co., Cement


6,028.02


Milford Iron Foundry, Catch Basins,


Frames and Grates 576.00


Monti & Rossi, Plant Rental


721.75


Morse, Charles, Truck Hire


219.38


Nelson Auto Service, Gas, Kerosene


26.61


95


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Phone Service


135.90


Niro, Alphonse, Truck, Mixer Hire, Contract work


161.10


Niro & Niro Co., Supplies


12.63


Nolting, Edmund, Office Supplies


6.50


O'Brien Garage, Gas


.90


Office Supplies, Stamps, etc.,




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