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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
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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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