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42.17
Newspapers
57.70
Stamps
14.00
Telephone
125.90
Express
5.80
Veterinary Services
40.50
Veterinary Hospital 66.00
Shoeing Horses 62.47
Household furnishings 72.00
Repairs to equipment
197.53
Farming implements 165.00
Fire extinguishers
66.10
Equipment rental
22.00
Seeds
116.59
Baby chicks
30.00
Postoffice box
4.00
85
Bedding 45.00
Medical attendance
18.00
Tobacco 336.27
Eye glasses & repair 35.50
Taxes to Town of Upton 13.16
Total for Town Infirmary 18,096.91
Rebuilding Town Farm:
Furniture & Furnishings 107.80
Equipment adjustment 145.55
Materials 3.85
Total for Rebuilding Town Farm 257.20
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid:
Cash Grants,
350.00
Military Aid :
Cash Grants
120.00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash Grants
9,948.52
Investigator
260.00
Fuel
480.76
Groceries & Provis.
679.39
Rent
216.00
Medicine & Medical attendance
268.91
Board & Care
143.00
Glasses
12.50
Clothing
47.89
Moving
9.00
Burial Agent fees
2.00
Funeral expenses
94.00
Office supplies
16.76
Total for Soldiers' Relief
12,178.73
Soldiers' Relief-Unpaid Bills-1939:
Sundry Expenses 314.95
Total for Charities & Soldiers' Benefits 262,016.96
86
Schools and Libraries
Schools :
General Expenses :
Salary of Superin. 3,986.89
Clerks
2,218.00
Truant officer 1,449.76
Print., Stat. & Post.
427.42
Telephones 429.62
Travel expense 207.90
School Physician
1,000.00
School Nurses
2,999.36
Other Labor July 3-4
72.00
Express
12.30
Repairs to equipment
4.13
Trucking and Remov- ing rubbish
236.30
Taxi hire
44.89
Advertising
40.24
Nurse supplies
37.92
Canvas cover
7.00
Architect's fees
18.00
Sundries
8.51
Teachers' Salaries :
High School
55,247.98
Elementary School 106,860.48
Text Books and Sup- plies :
High School:
Text and Reference
Books 1,818.67
All Other
2,367.43
Elementary Schools :
Text and Reference Books 632.13
All Other 2,717.74
Tuition :
ยท Trade Schools
2,837.41
)
87
Transportation :
School Children
6,286.66
Teachers 576.28
Janitor's Services :
High School
3,644.50
Elementary Schools 7,905.78
Fuel, Light and Water:
High School 4,231.31
Elementary Schools 8,901.72
Maintenance of Build-
ings and Grounds :
High School:
Repairs
741.27
Janitor's supplies 407.19
Elementary Schools :
Repairs 3.844.16
Janitor's supplies 559.21
Furniture and Fur-
nishings :
High School
2.60
Elementary Schools 5.88
Other Expenses :
Diplomas and Grad- uation Exercises
182.41
Flag
5.60
Police Duty 6.00
Athletic Equipment
29.46
Repairs to Plains Pri-
mary School:
Contract
6,953.00
Architect's fees 399.00
Repairs to Schools- W.P.A .:
Equipment Hire 205.00
Materials 2,311.42
Total for Schools 232,880.53
88
Libraries :
Salaries :
Librarian
1,320.00
Assistant Librarians 2,787.50
Clerical
397.50
Expenses :
Books
558.61
Periodicals
172.15
Binding Books
90.12
Binding Periodicals
64.65
Binding Materials
10.76
Light
155.75
Repairs
3.11
Stand
1.50
Janitor's supplies
3.93
Express
1.50
Accessioning books
8.24
Stationery, Printing
and Postage
99.15
Total for Library 5,674.47
Total for Schools & Libraries 238,555.00
Recreation and Unclassified
Parks :
Salaries :
Salary of Clerk
100.00
Labor
1,438.00
Expenses :
Office Expenses
10.35
Equipment
132.55
Loam and fertilizer
63.15
Repairs
3.70
Trucks
10.50
Clay
31.00
Light and Water
66.63
Gasoline and Oil
9.53
Planting Hedge
90.00
Flowers
28.00
Grass seed
80.00
89
Line 11.95
Benches
36.50
Flags
14.66
Repairs
20.19
Janitor's supplies
53.25
Total for Parks
2,199.96
Repairs to Bleachers :
Contract
200.00
Repairs to Tennis Courts : Contract
200.00
Playgrounds :
Instructors
924.00
Labor
30.00
Apparatus 3.75
Sporting equipment
76.00
Sand
12.00
First-Aid Kits
4.00
Removing and Stor-
ing equipment 85.00
Repairs to equipment
40.22
Total for Playgrounds 1,174.97
Playground Rental :
Rent of Oliver Street Land 110.00
Rent of Green Street
Land 112.85
Total for Playground Rental:
222.85
Total for Parks & Playgrounds
3,997.78
Unclassified
Damage to Persons and Property :
Doctor's fees 42.00
Personal Injury Claims 791.50
Personal Property Claims 150.38
Total Damage to Persons & Property 983.88
-
92
Rent of storage space
124.25
Light and water
49.31
Express and Freight
47.53
First-Aid supplies
24.08
Boots
37.00
Blasting
340.39
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Repair to equipment
106.91
Removal of stumps
28.50
Rigger
8.13
Dynamite and explosives 483.20
Engineers' services
(sewer)
1,826.96
Photographs
2.00
Wasserman tests
10.00
Furniture & Furnish-
ings (Household)
109.00
Landscaping
73.25
Total for Purchase of
Tools, Materials, Etc. 47,118.75
Petty Cash :
A. O. Caswell-Schools 100.00
R. McGuiness-Library 5.00
Total for Petty Cash 105.00
State Tax 1940
39,200.00
County Tax 1940
22,063.84
State Parks & Reservations
563.87
Auditing Municipal Accounts
178.86
Dog Licenses to County
1,930.00
Total for Unclassified 132,950.81
Cemeteries
North Purchase Cemetery : Labor 56.00
Vernon Grove Cemetery :
Secretary of Trustees 300.00
Labor 1,809.25
Postage, Printing and
Advertising 3.55
93
Seed and Loam
123.35
Flowers
5.90
Tools and Equipment
39.58
Trucking
1.00
Repairs
32.89
Equipment hire
10.00
Express
3.25
First-Aid supplies
1.00
Removal of bodies
8.00
Care of Pine Grove lots
10.50
Total for Vernon Grove Cemetery 2,348.27
Vernon Grove Cemetery Repairs:
Setting monuments
14.00
Plowing & harrowing
75.00
Total for Repairs-V. G. C.
89.00
Total for Cemeteries 2,493.27
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest :
Anticipation of Rev-
enue
1,574.31
High School Loans 4,195.00
Sewer Loans 2,150.00
Drainage Loan-
Cedar Swamp 1,229.37
Tax Title Loan 283.47
Municipal Relief Loans 1,572.50
State Tax Funding Loan 550.00
Total for Interest 11,554.65
Maturing Debt :
Anticipation of Rev- enue 497,000.00
High School Loans
11,000.00
Drainage Cedar Swamp
Loan
6,350.00
Tax Title Loan
3,716.61
Municipal Relief Loans 8,000.00
92
Rent of storage space
124.25
Light and water
49.31
Express and Freight
47.53
First-Aid supplies
24.08
Boots
37.00
Blasting
340.39
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Repair to equipment
106.91
Removal of stumps
28.50
Rigger
8.13
Dynamite and explosives 483.20
Engineers' services
(sewer)
1,826.96
Photographs
2.00
Wasserman tests
10.00
Furniture & Furnish-
ings (Household)
109.00
Landscaping
73.25
Total for Purchase of
Tools, Materials, Etc. 47,118.75
Petty Cash :
A. O. Caswell-Schools 100.00
R. McGuiness-Library 5.00
Total for Petty Cash 105.00
State Tax 1940
39,200.00
County Tax 1940
22,063.84
State Parks & Reservations
563.87
Auditing Municipal Accounts
178.86
Dog Licenses to County
1,930.00
Total for Unclassified 132,950.81
Cemeteries
North Purchase Cemetery : Labor 56.00
Vernon Grove Cemetery :
Secretary of Trustees 300.00
Labor 1,809.25
Postage, Printing and
Advertising 3.55
93
Seed and Loam
123.35
Flowers
5.90
Tools and Equipment
39.58
Trucking
1.00
Repairs
32.89
Equipment hire
10.00
Express
3.25
First-Aid supplies
1.00
Removal of bodies
8.00
Care of Pine Grove lots
10.50
Total for Vernon Grove Cemetery 2,348.27
Vernon Grove Cemetery Repairs:
Setting monuments
14.00
Plowing & harrowing
75.00
Total for Repairs-V. G. C.
89.00
Total for Cemeteries 2,493.27
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest:
Anticipation of Rev- enue
1,574.31
High School Loans
4,195.00
Sewer Loans 2,150.00
Drainage Loan-
Cedar Swamp 1,229.37
Tax Title Loan 283.47
Municipal Relief Loans 1,572.50
State Tax Funding Loan 550.00
Total for Interest 11,554.65
Maturing Debt:
Anticipation of Rev- enue 497,000.00
High School Loans
11,000.00
Drainage Cedar Swamp
Loan
6,350.00
Tax Title Loan
3,716.61
Municipal Relief Loans
8,000.00
94
State Tax Funding Loan 5,000.00
Sewer Loans 5,000.00
Total for Maturing Debt
536,066.61
Total for Interest & Maturing Debt.
547,621.26
Trust Funds
Cemetery Perpetual Care 800.00
Refunds and Transfers
Refunds :
Taxes
802.83
Motor Vehicle Excise
Taxes-1939 80.74
Motor Vehicle Excise
Taxes-1940
920.36
Interest
5.22
Taxi Badges Returned
11.00
Total for Refunds 1,820.15
Transfers:
Reserve fund to:
Selectmen
100.00
Treasurer
50.00
Assessors
375.00
Elections, Registra- tions
25.00
Town Hall
450.00
Dog Officer
60.50
Fire-Incidentals
200.00
Police Department 400.00
Inspector of Animals 75.00
Sewer Maintenance
400.00
Snow & Ice Removal 752.66
Chapter 90 Maintenance 5.77 Repairs to Plains
School 852.00
95
Playgrounds 75.00
Erecting Railroad Signs 55.14
Dog Tax to Library 1,579.88
Purchase of Tools and Materials to:
Piping brook, Town Park 500.00
Sewer Construction-
Alden St.
2,500.00
Drainage-Fells Ave.
500.00
Drainage John St.
700.00
Excess & Deficiency to
Revenue
20,000.00
Workmen's Compensa- tion Premium to : Alterations-Town Hall 1,382.00
Installing Plugs-Town Hall to: General Aid 11.00
Rebuilding town infir-
mary to:
General Aid
205.35
Zoning Board to
General Aid
88.27
Old Age Assistance to
General Aid
5,200.00
Old Age Administration to General Aid 1,100.00
A. D. C. Administration to General Aid 110.00
Workmen's Compensation Premium to: General Aid 645.48
Land Damages Pur-
chase St. to:
General Aid
630.61
96
Drainage Fells Ave. to: Purchase of Tools and Materials, Etc. 500.00
Schools-Salaries and Wages to:
School-General 1,350.00
Total for Transfers
40,878.66
Total for Refunds & Transfers 42,698.81
Total for Expenditures 1940 1,447,424.59
Cash in Treasury December 31, 1940 80,642.58
Grand Total
1,528,067.17
RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES
1938 Balance
1940 Appro- priation
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1940 Expenditures
1940 Balance
1941 Estimates
General Government
100.00
Moderator
100.00
100.00
1,500.00
100.00
Selectmen
1,548.80
51.20
1,600.00
85.00
85.00
Finance Commission - Secretary
85.00
85.00
3,100.00
3,100.00
Accountant
3,097.49
2.51
3,100.00
Accountant - Adding Machine
275.00
2,100.00
50.00
2,150.00
Treasurer
2,149.78
22
2,000.00
221.00
221.00
Treasurer's Bond
221.00
235.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
Tax Collector
4,491.78
8.22
4,500.00
434.00
434.00
Tax Collector's Bond
434.00
462.00
4,500.00
375.00
4,875.00
Assessors
4,875.00
4,737.00
75.00
75.00
Certification of Notes
52.00
23.00
100.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Town Solicitor
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
Town Clerk
1,563.40
36.60
1,600.00
325.00
325.00
Town Clerk - Binding Records
325.00
7,250.00
25.00
7,275.00
Elections, Registration & T. Meet.
7,263.72
11,28
4,200.00
3,100.00
452.70
3,552.70
Town Hall
3,550.27
2.43
3,900.00
350.00
350.00
Town Hall - New Piano
350.00
250.00
250.00
Town Hall - Repairs to Clock
250.00
100.00
100.00
Town Hall
- Install. Elec. Plugs
100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Hall - Care of Town Clock
100.00
100.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Memorial Hall
1,198.47
1.53
1,200.00
1,382.00
1,382.00
Alterations to T. H. Building
1,382.00
100.00 1,600.00
97
RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1938 Balance
1940 Appro- priation
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1940 Expenditures
1940 1941 Balance Estimates
Protection to Persons and Property
26,125.00
400.55
26,525.55
Police - Salaries & Expenses
26,515.17
10.38
26,700.00
75.00
75.00
Court Fees
21.69
53.31
75.00
500.00
500.00
Maint. & Care of Traff. Signals
419.18
80.82
450.00
600.00
600.00
Police - New Equipment
558.00
42.00
800.00
Police - New Office Equipment
150.00
21,910.00
Fire
Pay of Members
21,766.56
143.44
22,785.00
21,910.00 3,400.00
200.80
3,600.80
Fire
Incidentals
3,599.09
1.71
3,400.00
Fire
New Equipment
673.00
800.00
800.00
Fire - Repairs to Alarm System
791.11
8.89
800.00
800.00
800.00
Fire - New Hose
792.31
7.69
800.00
350.00
350.00
Fire - Brush Fires
342.86
7.14
350.00
12,300.00
12,300.00
Hydrant Service
12,300.00
12,300.00
350.00
350.00
Rifle Practice
349.78
.22
350.00
375.00
375.00
Inspector of Wires
375.00
375.00
700.00
700.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
700.00
1,000.00
100.00
100.00
Gypsy Moth Suppression
100.00
2,000.00
650.00
650.00
Care of Trees
650.00
1,200.00
New Trees
350.00
Spraying & Materials
600.00
New Sprayer
1,400.00
Truck for Sprayer
900.00
450.00
80.50
530.50
Dog Officer
528.55
1.95
450.00
98
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99
Highways
20,000.00
5.30
20,005.30
Highway-General
19,998.48
6.82
30,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highway-New Equip. & Rep.
999.63
.37
5,000.00
8,000.00
8,000.00
Highway-Resurfacing Streets
7,999.19
.81
10,000.00
800.00
1,593.33
2,393.33
Highway-Chap. 90 Maint.
2,393.33
800.00
400.00
400,00
H'way-Maint. & Care of T. Imp.
399.63
.37
500.00
500.00
500.00
Highway-Rep. to Sidewalks
498.05
1.95
500.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
Highway-Chapter 90 Constr.
9,000.00 (used as available funds) 500.00
500.0
500.00
Highway-Drainage Fells Ave.
Highway-Drainage John Street
700.00
19,000.00
752.66
19,752.66
Highway-Snow Removal
19,724.22
28.44
15,000.00
17,500.00
17,500.00
Street Lighting
17,377.54
122.46
17,600.00
500.00
Health and Sanitation
17,000.00
Health - General
16266.56
733.44
17,000.00
437.63
Health - Unpaid Bills - 1939
437.63 447.25
2.75
375.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Dental Clinic
1,407.41
92.59
1,500.00
8,704.09
8,704.09
Wor. County T.B. Hosp. Assess.
8,704.09
8,591.01
8,591.01
Wor. County T.B. Hosp. Constr.
8,591.01
7,000.00
400.00
7,400.00
Sewer Maintenance
7,398.65
1.35
8,000.00
100.00
100.00
Sewer - Purchasing Sewer Rods
100.00
300.00
300.00
Sewers -
Flushing Sewers
299.02
.98
360.00
Sewers
Hose
135.00
Sewers
Sand
75.00
Sewers
Copper screening
35.00
Sewers
- New Dump Truck
1,020.00
Sewers - Two New Man Holes
75.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Sewer Constr .- Alden St. W.P.A.
2,500.00
500.00
Road Machinery Account
495.00
5.00
375.00
75.00
17,000.00 437.63 450.00
Inspector of Animals
700.00
700.00
RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1938 Balance
1940 Appro- priation
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1940 Expenditures
1941 1940 Balance Estimates
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Temporary Aid
87,161.52
208.92
70,000.00
70,000.00 25,000.00 2,000.00
17,370.44 1.00
87,370.44 25,001.00 2,000.00
Aid to Dep. Child .- T. Assist.
23,954.68
1,046.32
26,000.00
Aid to Dep. Child .- T. Adm.
1,817.75
182.25
1,250.00
11,915.41
12,947.86
Aid to Dep. Child .- Fed. Assist.
12,681.33
266.53
689.03
844.15
Aid to Dep. Child .- Fed. Adm.
633.68
210.47
301.70
65,301.70
Old Age Assist .- Town Assist.
64,860.19
441.51
65,000.00 2,250.00
55,568.03
62,154.61
Old Age Assist .- Fed. Assist.
59,253.93
2,900.68
1,855.38
2,355.87
Old Age Assist .- Fed. Adm.
2,305.72
50.15
830.00
830.00 400.00
Old Age Assist .- Recoveries State Aid
350.00
50.00
400.00
300.00
300.00
Military Aid
120.00
180.00
300.00
13,000.00 314.95
194.00
13,194.00
Soldiers' Relief
12,178.73
1,015.27
13,000.00
314.95
Soldiers' Relief, Unpaid Bills, 1939 314.95
Schools and Libraries
185,850.00
1,849.17
187,699.17
Schools - Salaries & Wages
186,749.95
949.22
192,294.70
36,300.00
1,459.60
37,759.60
Schools - General
37,717.36
42.24
38,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Repairs to Schools-W.P.A.
2,516.42
2,483.58
6,500.00
852.00
7,352.00
Repairs to Plains Prim. School
7,352.00
4,100.00
1,584.88
5,684.88
Town Library
5,679.47
5.41
6,100.00
100
462.55 6,586.58 500.49
65,000.00 2,500.00
2,500.00 462.55
Old Age Assist .- Town Adm.
2,260.61
239.39
Rebuilding Town Farm
462.55
276.67
553.33
400.00
1,032.45 155.12
Recreation and Unclassified
2,200.00 200.00
2,000.00
Town Parks
2,199.96 200.00
.04
2,200.00
200.00
Repairs to Town Park Bleachers
500.00
500.00
Piping Brook-T. Pk. W.P.A.
500.00
200.00
200.00
Resurfacing Tennis Court 200.00
New Fence in front of Bleachers Playgrounds
1,174.97
03
600.00 500.00 1,300.00
1,100.00
75.00
1,175.00
250.00
250.00
Playground Rental
222.85
27.15
1,765.50
1,765.50
Printing Town Reports
1,765.50
3,300.00
3,300.00
Workmen's Compensation Insur- ance Premium
3,300.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Damage to Persons and Property
983.88
16.12
1,500.00
50,000.00
8.00 500.85
52,983.69
Purchase of Tools, Materials, Etc. 51,318.75
1,664.94
60,000.00
69.00
69.00
Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs
69.00
69.00
200.00
200.00
Memorial Day-G. A. R.
200.00
200.00
150.00
150.00
Memorial Day-American Legion
149.31
.69
150.00
50.00
50.00
Memorial Day-Spanish War
50.00
50.00
150.00
150.00
Armistice Day-Veterans of For- eign War
149.32
.68
150.00
150.00
150.00
Property Foreclosure
122.00
28.00
60.00
50.00
50.00
Worcester County Extension Service
50.00
50.00
4,900.00
4,900.00
Blanket Insurance
4,587.63
312.37
4,900.00
630.61
Land Damages-Purchase St.
630.61
160.27
Zoning Board
160.27
200.00
200.00
Installing Street Signs
113.03
86.97
200.00
200.00
200.00
Installing Christmas Lights
200.00
200.00
9,052.20
9,052.20
Contributory Retirement System
9,052.20
10.00 2,482.84
18.00
Taxi Badge Reserve
11.00
7.00
101
630.61 160.27
Veterans
RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1938 Balance
1940 Appro- priation
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1940 Expenditures
1940 Balance Estimates
Recreation and Unclassified-Continued
3,507.02
781.59
4,288.61
Cedar Swamp Development- P. W. A. 1446-F
2,707.82
1,580.79
200.00
200.00
Maintenance of Cedar Swamp Property
200.00
55.14
55.14
Erecting Railroad Signs
55.14
Cemeteries
102
2,000.00 100.00
348.27
2,348.27
Vernon Grove Cemetery
2,348.27
2,000.00
Vernon Grove Cemetery-Repairs
89.00
11.00
177.99
575.74
753.73
Vernon Grove Cemetery-Income Trust Funds
359.52
394.21
50.00
6.00
56.00
North Purchase Cemetery
56.00
50.00
32.50
11.25
43.75
North Purchase Cemetery-Income Trust Funds
6.00
37.75
Interest and Maturing Debt
12,500.00 35,350.00
7.50
12,507.50 35,350.00
Interest Maturing Debt
11,554.65
952.85
35,350.00
11,500.00 37,000.00
5,000.00
Other Appropriations 5,000.00 Reserve Fund
3,876.07
1,123.93
1941
100.00
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD
December 31, 1940
Year
Sewer Loans
Tax Title Loan
High School Loan
Municipal Relief Loans
Cedar Swamp De- velopment
Chap. 58 of Acts of 1938
State Tax Funding Loan
Total Maturity by Years
1941
5,000.00
22,882.67
11,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
59,882.67
1942
5,000.00
11,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
36,000.00
1943
5,000.00
11,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
36,000.00
1944
5,000.00
11,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
36,000.00
1945
5,000.00
11,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
30,000.00
1946
4,000.00
9,000.00
2,000.00
.6,000.00
6,000.00
27,000.00
1947
4,000.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
24,000.00
1948
4,000.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
2,000.00
20,000.00
1949-1952
4,000.00 y'rly
8,000.00 y'rly
48,000.00
1953-1954
2,000.00 y'rly
8,000.00 y'rly
20,000.00
1955
2,000.00
7,000.00
9,000.00
59,000.00
22,882.67
135,000.00
20,000.00
48,000.00
44,000.00
17,000.00 345,882.67
103
104
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 1940
950.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Town Clerk, recording fees (Marriages, Deaths and Births-1940)
911.00
Registrars of Voters
300.00
Clerk of Registrars
350.00
Janitor of Town Hall
1,500.00
Janitor of Memorial Hall
600.00
Clerk in Accountant's Office, per week
18.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department:
Chief
2,400.00
Patrolmen, per week
38.50
Fire Department :
Chief
1,800.00
Deputy Chiefs (2)
each 150.00
Firemen, Call Men
150.00
Tree Warden, per week while working
25.00
Dog Officer
75.00
Inspector of Wires
375.00
105
Health
Members
100.00
Clerk
250.00
Sanitary Inspector
300.00
Plumbing Inspector, union wages for actual time taken, not to exceed
600.00
Nurse
1,350.00
Dentist
1,000.00
Inspector of Meats
1,356.00
Doctor
600.00
Inspector of Animals
300.00
Sanitation
Sewer Department:
Commissioners (Two Members)
200.00
Chairman of the Board
250.00
Superintendent
1,560.00
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
Three Clerks, per week
20.00
One Old Age Investigator
1,768.00
School Department
Superintendent
4,000.00
Truant Officer
1,450.00
Clerk in Superintendent's office, per week
22.00
Clerk in H. S. Principal's Office, per week
20.00
Two Nurses, each
1,500.00
106
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
$3,100.00
Expenses
Michael J. Hannigan
$2,000.00
Phillie E. Giamarco
936.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
71.27
Arthur C. Arnold, Inc.
1.00
Cahill's News Agency
4.70
Liberty Typewriter Co.
7.50
Geo. W. Billings
2.25
Johnson Office Supply Co.
2.80
Geo. T. Pascoe
2.92
Bostitch Boston, Co. Inc.
15.00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
9.80
U. S. Post Office Department
5.00
Mass. Municipal Auditors & Comptroller's Association
2.00
Ward's Stationers
2.25
The Clarke Printing Co.
2.00
Expenses to Meetings and Boston
33.00
Total Expenditures 3,097.49
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$2.51
107
Report of Town's W. P. A. Agent
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens :
The annual report of the Works Project Administra- tion and what it has accomplished in Milford during the fiscal year 1940 is presented herewith.
The Federal Government in 1940 gave a total grant of cash for WPA wages of $201,458.46 (an average weekly payroll of $3,874.20) and cement and other ma- terials to the amount of $4,798.27, making a total con- tribution of $206,256.73 for the year.
Federal relief work started in Milford on Nov. 21, 1933, and in a period of slightly over seven years Milford citizens have received in cash alone a grand total of $1,405,274.02, divided as follows:
C.W.A., 1933-34 E.R.A., 1934-35 201,760.23
$ 165,549.08
W.P.A., 1935, '36, '37, '38, '39, and '40. 1,040,187.33
Seven-year total, wages only $1,407,496.64
In 1940 a total of 445 men and women were on WPA in Milford at various times. The largest number em- ployed in any one week was Feb. 13-20, when 332 workers were on the payroll. The average weekly number em- ployed during the year was 270.
In addition, of course, the Federal government dis- tributed food and clothing to Welfare, Aid to Dependent Children, Soldiers' Relief, Old Age and WPA at a district commissary on Central Street where a staff of 21 WPA workers is employed. Elsewhere in this Town Report the Welfare Department gives a detailed statement on activities at the Commissary.
Nearly 20 young people are also given part-time em- ployment assisting in various town offices and buildings.
Classified List of W.P.A. Expenditures, 1940
Item
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Architect Fees
50.00
400.00
595.38
1,045.37
Brick
152.25
137.75
11.00
313.00
Cement
332.42
98.12
472.41
33.55
3.66
30.50
12.00 475.19 5.28
500.81
1,946.66
Concrete Pipe
36.12 1,163.47
2.26
1,214.41
Electricity
7.31
7.70
1.26
3.14
10.07
29.90
Express
10.85 5.10
14.76
26.17
.50
5.50
1.65
97.24
3.85
.35
.35
373.42
First-Aid
64.29
Labor
55.09
26.45
77.50
7.09
84.35
63.00
25.15
58.13
37.80 342.93 78.40
67.40 244.89
76.26
48.13
626.35
Miscellaneous Material
66.55
31.75
927.18
190.68
142.61
138.33
46.23 486.57 73.50
462.86
238.04 66.60
231.68
237.06 28.89
310.19
Office Supplies and Incidental Expenses
40.00
40.00
52.15
58.23
41.59
64.60
50.67
40.00
40.00 258.49
54.25 50.65
50.00 238.33
40.00 72.15
1,119.58
Plumbing, Heating, Electric Supplies
29.55 1,256.75 1.137.72
164.30
808.40
2,396.72 53.25
Rental of Equipment
380.13 271.75
947.00
773.34 1,197.33
893.38
1,076.50
903.50
913.00 1,089.03|1,139.14
615.52 10,199.62
Repair of Tools and Equip- ment
13.70
6.30
12.00
24.61
26.32
24.35
61.85
47.53
50.25
266.91
Salaries
160.00 160.00
213.00 76.30
172.00
172.00
172.00
215.00
172.00
172.00|
215.00
215.00
172.00 2,210.00
Sewer Engineer Fees
1,826.96
1,826.96
Sewing Material
7.53
569.44
4.29
10.43
246.24
567.87
16.04
15.31
8.22
441.54
15.50
1,902.41
Telephone Service
10.60
12.45
13.09
13.40
9.85
22.65
10.15
33.98
13.15
14.77
154.09
Tools and Equipment
40.00
172.77
49.34
159.67
42.64
305.00
43.00
15.25
23.70
49.89
145.03
1,046.29
Water Service
.85
1.13
11.21
1.13
1.12
1.13
1.12
1.72
White Collar Projects
12.09
61.00
35.58
.53
8.63
15.21
42.49
44.16
114.91
40.75
19.41 375.35
Total Monthly Expenses
881.25
17.45
38.15
30.19
64.53
56.14
212.93
56.16
106.60 3.98
8.07
1.99
Highway Building Fence
1,893.00
Lumber
43.17
247.86
181.62
169.35
97.14
89.58
73.98
248.87
1,785.62
Nursery Supplies
24.88
51.69
45.60
6.28
5.68
6.52
10.46
1,893.00
Petroleum Products
24.41
Printing
15.00
38.25
1,995.24
896.66
2,374.48
1,550.65 1,393.25 1,972.48
883.68 11,142.74
Sand, Stone, Gravel, Etc.
668.99 5,302.45 4,514.84 4,571.36 2,959.79|10,064.13 2,629.76 3,601.25 3,625.37 5,183.81 3,115.75 47,118.75
108
571.49
3,231.71
19.03
11.79
4.42
.42 105.60
7.28
109
Work done during the year included: Concrete side- walks, with curbing, catch basins, gutter repairs, etc., on Carroll, Central, Congress, Fountain, Fruit, Hollis, Franklin, Lincoln, Oliver, Orchard, Parkhurst, Pond, Purchase, South Main, Whitney, Winter, Sumner, State, School and Westbrook Streets, Fairview Road, Fells, Met- calf and Prentice Avenues; surface water drainage sys- tems at High School, Congress and Fountain Sts .; con- structed sewerage system extensions on Hayward Field, Water, West and John Streets; reshingled Town Hall and made other minor repairs on building; continued Nursery School for children, Assessors' Block Plan, Engineering Survey and Sewing Projects; completed codification of town by-laws; finished modern highway department building; completed a quarry project for cutting street curbing; began the widening, resurfac- ing and relocating of Beaver Street, to eliminate dangerous conditions; began the conversion of the area about Town Hall into a much-needed parking space; repaired Town library books; inaugurated a Housekeeping Aid project, whereby women are sent into homes of the needy in times of illness or disability to assist in housework; built new concrete walks and drives and landscaped the grounds about the High and Stacy Schools, repointed Stacy School granite walls, and men are now working on extensive interior repairs and painting at Stacy School.
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