Town annual reports of the officers of Mendon, Massachusetts 1909-1917, Part 6

Author: Mendon (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Town of Mendon, Massachusetts
Number of Pages: 568


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Hayward, Wendell F., Southboro, Mass. House $400, barn 300, hen house 25, homestead 68 1-2 a. 900 .. Hopedale Coal & Ice Co. Sprout land 18 a. $500 .... 7 00


22 75


Hill, Thomas E., New Yory City. Lot Nipmuck Lake 1-8 a. $50. 70


Hill, Carlotta M., Milford, Mass. Cottage $575, boat- house 25, lot 1-2 a. 100. 9 80


Irons, William F., Hopedale, Mass. 2 horses $300, 11 cows 440, barn 450, shed 100, house (Olsen) 350, barn (Olsen) 50, land (Parkman) 12 a. 500, lot (Olsen) 1 a. 50. 31 36


Johnston, William, Milford, Mass. $35 49


Sprout land 3 1-2 a.


Jenks, Barton W., Woonsocket, R. I. Sprout land (To- mac) 38 a. $200 2 80


King, Archie, Uxbridge. House $100, barn 50, land (D. Bills) 56 a. 650 11 20


King, Warren N., Hopedale. Lot Nipmuck Lake 1-8 a. $50 70


Keane, Thomas W., Milford, Mass. Cottage $150, Nay lot 10 a. 300. 6 30


Leonard, Sumner, et als., Grafton, Mass. Sprout land 16 a. $160. 2 24


Lilley, Edwin F., Milford, Mass. Cottage $300, boat- house 75, lot 1-2 a. 200. 8 05


Langevin, Henry. Heirs of., Blackstone, Mass. Meadow and sprout land 20 a. $150. 2 10


Lewis, Essie M., Worcester, Mass. House $250, barn and shed $75, shop 75, lot 1 a. 50. 6 30


Lowell, Freeman C., Worcester, Mass. House $400, lot 1-4 a. 100. 7 00


Lilley, George H., Milford, Mass. Cotage $300, lot


30


NAMES.


ESTATES. TAX.


1-8 a. $50. 4 90


Marden, Wm. S., Milford, Mass. Lot (Nipmuck lake) 1-8 a. $50. 70


Mann, Frank W., Milford, Mass. Cottage $700, lot 1-4 a. $100. 11 20 Manson, John T., New Haven, Ct. House $400, wood house $50, homestead 5 a. 200. 9 10


Milford & Uxbridge Street Railway Co. Spaulding cottage $400, waiting station $600, pavilion 4500, theatre 3000, 2 toilets 200, boat house 300, skating rink 1500, bowling alley 700, slot machine build- ing 200, power-boat house 250, power house and equipment 10,000, rails, ties, poles and wires, etc., 17,270, land (Nipmuck park) 20 a. 4000, power house site 1-8 a. 50, land on line of road 10 3-4 a. 1065 615 79 Milford, Atleboro & Woonsocket St. Ry. Co. Rails, ties, poles, wires, etc., $1250, land on line of road 1 1-2 a. 150. 19 60 42


Macuen, James E., Milford, Mass. Sprout land 2 a. $30 Miett, Edith M., Milford, Mass. Cottage $425, lot 1-4 a. 100. 7 35


Maynard, Benj. L., Uxbridge, Mass. (Spaulding) land 6 a. $100 1 40


Mathews, Thomas F., Hopedale, Mass. Cottage $800, lot 1-8 a. 50. 11 90


New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Poles, wires and fixtures $300. 4 20


Nipmuck Canoe Club. Club houses $2200, tennis court 1-8 a. 100. 32 20 Novelle, Michael, Milford, Mass. Lots 57 and 58, (Hopedale Heights) 1-5 a. $100. 1 40


O'Sullivan, Ellen M., Milford, Mass. House $200, barn 150, hen houses 150, homestead 40 a. 400 .... 12 60


Osgood, Timothy. Heirs of, Hopedale. Cottage $325,


31


NAMES.


ESTATES. TAX.


lot 1-2 a. 150. 6 65


O'Sullivan, Mary L., Milford, Mass. Cottage $550,


lot 1-2 a. 150. . 9 80


Pitts, Jennie et als, Uxbridge, Mass. House $25, lot 1 a. 25. 70


Pyne, Wm. H., Milford, Mass. (Bates) land 3 1-2 a. $400, lots 5, 6 and 7 (Nipmuck lake) 3-8 a. 150 7 70


Pond, Franklin W., Hopedale, Mass. (Higgins) land 17 a. $500. 7 00


Parker, Mary S., Cambridge, Mass. Land (Seabury)


5 a. $150 2 10


Putnam, Caroline D., Jamaica Plain. Wood land 37 a. $575. 8 05


Powers, Patrick H., Milford, Mass. Cottage $500, lot 1-8 a. $50. 7 70


Quimby, Jessie L., Hopedale, Mass. Cottage $150, lot 1-2 a. 200. 4 90


Robinson, Charles. L., Providence, R. I. Barn and shed $300, wash house and crib $50, bungalow $50, homestead 119 a. 600.


14 00


Russen, Andrew P., Bellingham, Mass. Shop and hen house $150, land (Bullard) 12 1-2 a. $350, do. (Scott) 4a. 120 do. (Newhall) 4 1-2 a. 225,do. Allen 3 1-4 a. 100 13 23


Ray, James H., Franklin, Mass. Meadow and sprout land 30 a. $400, do. 6 a. 150, land (Thayer) 50 a. 500 14 70


Rawson, Susan E., Whitinsville, Mass. Sprout land 1 1-2 a. 30. 42


Rawson, Louis F., Uxbridge, Mass. Sprout land 10 a. $100 1 40


Reynolds, Mortimore J., Milford, Mass. Cottage $250, lot 1-4 a. $75. .. 4 55


Rich, Emma F., Providence, R. I. Cottage $800, wood


32


NAMES.


ESTATES. TAX.


house $25, lot 1-8 a. 50. 12 25


Southwick, Wm. S., Worcester, Mass.House (Macuen) $300, shed 25, house (Patterson) 400, barn 300, crib 25, homestead (Macuen) 125 a. 1300, home- stead (Patterson) 12 a. 300, sprout land (Farnum) 12 a. 100, meadow (Inman) 6 a. 100. 39 90 Saunders, John V., Whitinsville, Mass. House $400, barn 200, homestead 19 a. 325. 12 95


Stimpson, Warren D., Hopedale, Mass. Camp $125, lot 1-8 a. 50. 2 45


Simpson, Elizabeth, South Framingham. Sprout land 43 a. 750. Exempt.


Southwick, George H., Joliet, Ill. (Sayles) sprout land 10 a. $50. 70


Southwick, Ruth L., Blackstone, Mass. Meadow 1 a.


35 49


Sheldon, George P., Hopedale, Mass. Cottage $300, boat house $25, lot 1-4 a. 100. 5 95


Scott, Malcom, Blackstone, Mass. 17 cows $510, 1-2 of barn 400, small barn and shop 200, crib and hen house 100, homestead 88 a. 1500, wild and barren sprout land 20 a. 40. 38 50 Scott, Ida F., Milford, Mass. Cottage $450, shed 50, boat house 50, (Andrews) cottage 425, lot 3-4 a. 300, lot (Andrews) 1-4 a. 100. 19 25


Scott, Walter, Blackstone, Mass. House $450, shop 75, homestead 15 1-2 a. 250. 10 85 Southwick, Bessie F., Uxbridge, Mass. Meadow 2 1-2 a. 25. 35


Sprague, Daniel J., Milford, Mass. Cottage $300, lots 8 and 9, 1-4 a. 100, lot 11, 1-8 a. 50. 6 30 Sargent, Vira M., Blackstone, Mass. Sprout land 10 a. $100. 1 40


Smith, Charles A., Hopedale, Mass. Cottage $300, lot 1-8 a. 50. 4 90


33


NAMES.


ESTATES. TAX.


Staples, Charles J., Burlington, Vt. Homestead (Olive and Mary) 16 a. $160, land (Fletcher) 3 a. 50, meadow 4 a. 50, do. 2 1-2 a. 100, do. 4 1-2 a. 100, sprout land 12 a. 120. 8 12 Sprague, Arthur B., Milford, Mass. Lot (Nipmuck lake) 1-8 a. $50. 70


Skrine, Lincoln S., Milford, Mass. House $300, barn 300, house (small) 250, hen house 50, homestead 64 a. 925. 25 55 Taft, Olive, Uxbridge, Mass. Sprout land (Chapin) 67 a. $350. 4 90


Taft, Jessie, heirs of, Milford, Mass. Pasture and wood land 10 a. $200 2 80


Taft, Lucius D., Blackstone, Mass. Wood land 4 a. $100, sprout land 20 a. 300 5 60


Taft, Samuel H., heirs of, Uxbridge, Mass. Wood land, (saw mill) 5 a. $100, (Taft) land 5 a. 150. 3 50 Taft, Samuel B., Uxbridge, Mass. Sprout land 15 a. $100. 1 40


Thayer, Francis N., Blackstone, Mass. Sprout land 33 a. $100. 1 40


Thayer, L. Francis, Bellingham, Mass. Sprout land 35 a. $250, land (Bicknell) 10 a. 50, sprout land 16 1-2 a. 150, do. 4 a. 50, do. (Cook) 2 1-2 a. 15. . 7 21 Thayer, Albert W., Blackstone, Mass. Sprout land 18 a. $200. 2 80


Taft, Mellins, heirs of, Blackstone, Mass. Sprout land 1 a. $25. 35


Towne, Walter F., Cambridge, Mass. Lot (Nipmuck lake) 1-4 a. $100. 1 40


Vant, Melbourne, Milford, Mass. Wood land 6 a. $250 Whiting, George R., Franklin, Mass. Machinery $5000,


3 50


shoddy mill 1200, picker house 400, engine house 400, extracting building 1500, store house and barn 100, land and privilege 3 a. 1300. 138 60


34


NAMES.


ESTATES. TAX.


Whiting, Abbott D., Franklin, Mass. House $850,


barn 300, wood house 50, homestead 59 a. 600 .... 25 20 Whitney, Isabelle M., Shewsbury, Mass. Wood land 8 a. $400. 5 60


White, Alfred, W., Hopedale, Mass. Lot (Nipmuck lake 1-8 a. $50. 70


White, Ambrose B., Millville, Mass. House $800,


barn and shed 400, hen house 25, homestead 32 1-2 a. 975, (Post) lane 25 a. 300.


35 00


Wheelock, Merrill, Blackstone, Mass. House $500, barn 200, crib 75, 2 sheds 100, homestead 105 a. 2100, land (Quissett) 2 a. 50, sprout land (Daniels) 32 a. 160, wood and pasture 27 a. 400, sprout land (Nebo) 14 a. 150, land (E. Hill) 24 a. 300. 56 49 Wood, Lillian E., Milford, Mass. Sprout land 10 a. 100 1 40


Williams, Wendell, Milford, Mass. Sprout land 16 a. 160. . 2 24


Wright, Lincoln, Hopedale, Mass. Boat house $50, lot 1-4 a. $100. 2 10


Wilbur, Harry, Hopedale, Mass. Cottage $250. ... Worthen, Edward S., Amesbury, Mass. Wood land 10 a. $200. 2 80


3 50


Wise, Amoret B., Mansfield, Mass. House $300, barn and shed $175, hen house 50, homestead 28 a. 740. . Warner,. John B., Milford, Mass. 1 horse $25, 1 cow 30, 1 2-year-old 20, other personal 25, house 300,


17 71


barn 50, hog house 100, homestead 34 a. 510 .... 14 84


Walden, John A., Admr., Uxbridge, Mass. Personal $3085 43 19


35


PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.


Under provisions of 3d, 4th, and 7th divisions of Sec. 5, Chapter 12 of the Revised Laws.


First Parish Society. Church $3000, lot 1-2 a. 400.


First Baptist Society. Church $1000, lot 1-8 a. 100.


Union Congregational Society. Chapel $1000, lot 1-4 a. 200.


ASSETS OF THE TOWN APR. 1, 1910.


Schoolhouses


$18,000


Public library


2,000


Other public buildings. 3,000


Fire apparatus


100


Public grounds


1,500


TOWN GRANTS 1910.


For support of schools, transportation of scholars, text books and supplies, incidentals, salary of superin- tendent, heating and care of buildings. $3,400


36


School physician. 25


For repairs of roads and bridges. $1,200


Support of poor . 1,000


Taft public library 250


Payment of interest. 650


Incidentals 600


Payment of town debt.


650


Soldiers' relief and military aid.


50


Memorial Day. 50


Extermination of insect pests on public ways and places 300


Suppression of illegal liquor selling, gambling and


vice 100


Forest fire fighting equipment. 25


Total


$8,300


SUMMARY OF TAXES FOR 1910.


Town grants $8,300 00


State tax 1,100 00


County tax 710 00


Overlaying 242 23


$10,352 23


TABLE OF AGGREGATES.


No. of residents assessed on property (individuals) 232 ; (all others) 1, total. 233


No. of non-residents assessed on property (individuals) 157; (all others) 10, total 167


37


No. of persons assessed on property, 400; for poll tax only, 115, total. 515


No. of male polls assessed. 288 Exempted 22


Tax on each poll $2


Value of assessed personal estate.


$134,900 00


Value of assessed real estate, buildings


excluding land. $309,805 00


Land excluding buildings 256,740 00


Total


566,545 00


Total valuation of assessed estate ....


$701,445 00


TAX FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PUR- POSES, INCLUDING OVERLAYINGS.


On personal estate. $1,888 60


On real estate 7,931 63


On polls. 532 00


Total


$10,352 23


Rate of tax per thousand dollars $14.00 ; number of horses 162 ; number of cows 443 ; number of other cattle 64 ; number of swine 41; number of dwelling houses assessed 270; number of acres of land 10,823; number of fowls 2,080; value of fowls $1060.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE VARIOUS


BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF MENDON


INCLUDING THE REPORT OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


FOR THE


Municipal Year Ending February 1, 1911.


[244TII ANNUAL REPORT]


MILFORD, MASS. MILFORD JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the fiscal year ending Feb. 1, 1911 respectfully submits an account of his doings.


The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums, viz :-


To cash received of the treasurer for the year ending Feb. 1, 1910. . . .


$319 64


To cash received from Milford Savings Bank, 5 notes. 5,000 00


To cash received from collector, 1906. . 44 35


To cash received from collector, 1907. . 132 76


To cash received from collector, 1908. . 760 74


1,581 34


To cash received from collector, 1909. . To cash received from collector, 1910. . 8,352 48 To cash received from collector, excise tax, Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co., 1910. 323 48


To cash received from collector, excise tax, M., A. & W. St. Ry. Co, 1910 38 55 To cash received from State Treasurer. Public service, Corporation tax ... 38 59 To cash received from State Treasurer. Business Corporation tax . . 1 26


To cash received from State Treasurer, National Bank tax. 492 13


To cash received from State Treasurer Inspection animals 13 38


To cash received from State Treasurer for Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 74 00


3


To cash received from State Treasurer Street Railway tax. 71 67


To cash received from State Treasurer Assistant High School. 500 00


To cash received from State Treasurer State Aid, 1909 account 812 00


To cash received from State Treasurer Income School Fund. 1,351 22


To cash received from County Treasur- er, Dog tax 189 95


To cash received F. J. Dutcher, account supervision of schools. 416 66


To cash received City of Boston, Tuition 97 90 To cash received H. S. Coleman, janitor 88 25


To cash received Julia F. Darling, 2 Town Annals. 5 50


To cash received C. W. Buck, skating rink license. 10 00


To cash received C. W. Buck, billiard license 3 00


To cash received D. H. Barnes, bowling alley license. 10 00


To cash received Annie Darling, rent Alliance Room. 6 00


To cash received J. B. Driscoll, 1/2 fees, hay scales. 18 00


To cash received Felix J. Langevin, pool table license. 2 00


To cash received Marcus Moran, rent North District Schoolhouse ..... 20 00


To cash received F. M. Aldrich, Tree Warden 89 50


To cash received Taft Public Library, unexpended balance, 1909. 64 38 . To cash received Taft Public Library, fines collected. 7 40


To cash received Overseers of Poor, unexpended balance, 1909. .. 31


4


To cash received A. E. Southwick, ren- dering license. 2 00


$20,938 34


The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :-


By paying 120 Town orders. $9,301 42


School Department. 2,575 73


66 512 Town notes 5,500 00


66 Interest on same. 225 94


66 2 notes new school building 650 00


66 Interest on new school


building notes. . 337 13


66 County Treasurer, County


tax 710 00


66 State Treasurer, State tax 1,100 00


By cash on hand to balance


538 12


$20,938 34


Respectfully submitted,


LEONARD T. GASKILL,


Treasurer. Mendon, Feb'y. 8, 1911.


1


5


AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.


DR.


To cash received L. T. Gaskill, Treas-


urer, 1909-1910, deposited in Mil- ford Savings Bank. $1,015 84


To cash received deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings ... 596 07


To cash received interest of Worcester


County Institution for Savings. ... 24 06


To cash received interest of Milford Savings Bank. 37 42


$1,673 39


CR.


By cash paid one order $ 50 00


By cash deposited in Milford Savings


Bank 1,003 26


By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings. 620 13


$1,673 39


Respectfully submitted,


LEONARD T. GASKILL,


Treasurer. Mendon, February 4th, 1911.


SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


The Selectmen submit the following report of expenditures for the fiscal year ending February 1, 1911.


INCIDENTALS.


CARE OF PUBLIC GROUNDS.


Fred K. Brown, Fertilizer $ 1 85


Alonzo E. Brown, labor. 16 00


$17 85


BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.


Clarence A. Taft, teller, Mar. 7, 1910. . $ 2 00


Alfred I. Barrows, teller, Mar. 7, 1910 .. 2 00


John J. Driscoll, ballot clerk, Mar. 7, 1910. 2 00


Edward A. Whiting, ballot clerk, Mar.


7, 1910. . 2 00


Arthur V. Pond, ballot clerk, Nov. 8, 1910. 3 00


John J.Driscoll, ballot clerk, Nov. 8,1910 3 00


Edward F. Driscoll, teller, Nov. 8, 1910 3 00


Edward A. Whiting, teller, Nov. 8, 1910 3 00


$20 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Eastern Drug Co., chemicals. $ 2 24


Cochrane Chemical Co., Vitriol. 4 91


Knight & Thomas, cans and bottles. 8 40


Fox, Fultz & Co., 4 doz. packers. 3 36


F. M. Aldrich, carfare, supplies and labor 6 70


Edgar L. White, stove. 3 00


H. M. Curtis Coal Co., coal. 7 75


7


George M. Taft, rent of room. 12 00


George M. Taft care of fire. 4 00


George M. Taft, repairs on stove. 50


$52 86


FOREST FIRES.


Albeeville fire, pay roll. $31 90


F. K. Brown, crackers and cheese 1 34


Blackstone Road, pay roll


14 60


Dam Swamp, H. Beauchemin.


14 80


East Part, Geo. R. Whiting.


10 10


Albeeville and North End, E. H. Taft. .


3 60


Mill River, pay roll.


2 40


Wigwam Hill, pay roll. 14 40


East Mendon, Lyman Cook.


8 20


East Mendon, L. Francis Thayer . 4 80


George M. Taft, teams, Albeeville and Wigwam Hill. 2 50


GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH WORK.


Frank M. Aldrich, labor, supplies and


car fare.


$70 80


Clarence H. Moores, labor 45 00


Rufus Taft, labor. 50


WATERING TROUGH.


Charles H. Allen, labor $ 50


Leon A. Paddock, labor 2 50


Henry C. Moores, labor 1 50


J. B. Driscoll, labor 1 50


Staples & Gould, supplies and labor .. 9 18


George M. Taft, plank. 90


Henry W. Gaskill, labor. 5 00


TOWN WELL. Staples & Gould, pump, pipe and labor $3 60


$108 64


$116 30


$21 08


$3 60


8


POLICE OFFICERS.


Charles A. Fletcher, July 3-4, 1910. . $2 00


T. Otis Daffon, July 3-4, 1910 2 00


J. B. Driscoll, July 3-4-5. 4 00


Richard E. Hazard, July 3-4-5. 3 00


11 00


HAY SCALES.


Sherborne & Coughlin Express Co.,


Fairbanks scale book. $1 15


Harry Taft, labor. 4 50


J. B. Driscoll, plank. 1 08


Herbert J. George, sealing scales. 1 00


$7 73


RECORD BUILDING.


Charles H. Allen, cleaning rooms. $3 00


Staples & Gould, paint and putty. 5 55


Alonzo E. Brown, labor 3 00


Daniel H. Barnes, labor


3 00


Fred K. Brown, kerosene oil.


12


$14 67


RETURNING DEATHS.


Wm. Emery, 12 deaths. $3 00


George W. Wood, 4 deaths.


1 00


Walter W. Watson, 11 deaths 2 75


$6 75


B. F. Hartman, inspector at South- wick's slaughter house. $75 00


Ralph W. Coffin, mowing old cemetery 8 00


Fred K. Brown, 400 stamped envelopes 4 62


Worcester County Abstract Co. as-


sessors' abstracts. 9 10


Leonard T. Gaskill, blank books. ...


4 20


Leonard T. Gaskill, car fare, postage and telephone tolls. 12 32


Horace C. Adams, insurance 29 80


Frank M. Aldrich, trimming trees ... 1 75


9


Williams & Vincent, advice to town clerk 2 00


Horace C. Adams, postage, express, blanks and car fare. 7 87


T. Otis Daffon, dog officer. 10 00


T. Otis Daffon, killing and burying dogs 2 50


Albert W. Gaskill, cattle inspector ... 26 75


Leonard T. Gaskill, soldiers' burial ... 111 00


Herbert J. George, sealing milk cans. .


7 92


Charles H. Allen, postage, stationery and car fare. 3 50


Henry W. Gaskill, expenses, hearing before Highway Commission .... 1 50


Henry W. Gaskill, perambulating town lines and re-setting bounds .. .. . .


10 50


Henry W. Gaskill, postage and express 1 15


Daniel H. Barnes, perambulating town lines and use of team 9 00


Daniel H. Barnes, postage.


16


J. Stuart Cox, perambulating town lines 4 00


J. Stuart Cox, expenses, hearing before Highway Commission. 1 50


$344 14


$724 62


STATE AID TO PENSIONERS, CHAP. 468, ACTS OF 1909. 12 months. $584 00


$584 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


Two orders.


$50 00


$50 00


REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.


Order to Road Commissioners. . . $1,200 00


Order to Road Commissioners, excise tax 131 05


$1,331 05


10


FOREST FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. Order to Edward L. Cook. $25 00


$25 00


MEMORIAL DAY.


Order to L. T. Gaskill.


$50 00


$50 00


TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Order to Trustees of Library $250 00


Order to Trustees of Library 71


$250 71


SUPPORT OF POOR.


Order to Overseers of Poor.


$1,000 00


Order to Overseers of Poor


366 12


$1,366 12


SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL PHYSICIAN, BOOKS, INCIDENTALS AND TRANSPORTATION.


Order to School Committee. $3,425 00


Order to School Committee, amount in


excess of appropriation


35 60


$3,460 60


TOWN OFFICERS.


Nathan R. George, auditor 1910. $6 00


Luther W. Holbrook, assessor 1910 .. 70 00


Charles H. Allen, assessor 1910. . . .


82 50


Charles A. Fletcher, assessor 1910 and use of team. 72 50


Frank M. Aldrich, tree warden 1910 ..


10 00


Leonard T. Gaskill, treasurer 1910 ...


100 00


Leonard T. Gaskill, collector 1906-1907


130 00


Horace C. Adams, town clerk and regis- trar 45 30


T. Otis Daffon, constable. 25 00


Henry W. Gaskill, selectman and regis- trar 50 00


Henry W. Gaskill, overseer of poor ... 45 00


11


Daniel H. Barnes, selectman and regis-


trar 35 00


Daniel H. Barnes, overseer of poor ... 6 00


J. Stuart Cox, selectman and registrar 30 00


J. Stuart Cox, overseer of poor. 6 00


$713 30


PRINTING.


Milford Journal Co., town reports ... $46 00


Milford Journal Co., notices and


envelopes 7 10


Milford Journal Co., tax bills.


2 25


Milford Journal Co., valuation lists. .


35 15


Milford Journal Co., poll tax lists ... 5 75


Milford Journal Co., board of health. . 1 50


$97 75


G. M. Billings, ballots and tally sheets $10 00


G. M. Billings, cards for tree warden 1 50


G. M. Billings, voting lists and tally sheets 8 50


$20 00


Milford Daily News, publishing notice $1 50


$1 50


Wakefield Daily Item, moth notices. . $2 25


$2 25


A. W. Browell, printing for assessors $4 95


$4 95


Hobbs & Warren Co., town officers blanks $2 90


$2 90


Sandford Putnam Co., 3 order books. .


$23 50


$23 50


$152 85


TOWN HALL. (Care, Repairs and Supplies.)


Philip S. Coffin, wood. $2 50


Edward H. Taft, wood. 3 50


H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., coal. 15 00


12


Fred K. Brown, supplies. 6 06


Horace S. Coleman, janitor. 80 00


Horace S. Coleman, labor and cash paid for supplies . 7 22


Charles H. Allen, labor and supplies. .


4 65


$118 93


SUPPRESSION OF VICE.


Horace S. Coleman $9 96


Edward F. Driscoll


29 00


Williams & Vincent. 5 00


$43 96


AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.


One order


$50 00


$50 00


RECEIPTS OF MONEYS OF STREET RAILWAY COM- PANIES TO BE EXPENDED ON HIGHWAYS.


Received from State Treasurer . $71 67


Received from Milford & Uxbridge Street Ry. Co ..


323 48


Received from Milford, Attleboro &


Woonsocket Street Ry. Co.


38 55


$433 70


Balance from excise tax 1910.


131 05


APPROPRIATIONS.


Schools


$3,400 00


School Physician 25 00


Roads and Bridges


1,200 00


Poor


1,300 00


Taft Public Library 250 00


Interest 650 00


Incidentals 600 00


Town Debt. 650 00


Soldiers' Relief and Military Aid. 50 00


Extermination of Insect Pests. 300 00


Suppression of Illegal Liquor Selling,


etc.


100 00


13


Memorial Day.


50 00


Forest Fire Fighting Equipment . 25 00


$8,600 00


RECAPITULATION.


Incidentals


$724 62


State Aid to pensioners


584 00


Roads and Bridges


1,331 05


Forest Fire Fighting Equipment


25 00


Schools


3,460 60


Memorial Day


50 00


Poor


1,336 12


Taft Public Library


250 71


Town Officers ·


713 30


Printing


152 85


Town Hall


118 93


Soldiers' Relief .


50 00


Extermination of Insect Pests


300 00


Suppression of Vice.


43 96


$9,141 14


The Selectmen report the available assets of the town as follows :-


Balance on account of business cor- porations


$35 20


Due from State, Soldiers' Burial


111 00


Due from City of Watertown


42 00


Due from City of Boston.


74 75


Due from State of Mass.


50 10


Due from State of Mass., State Aid to Pensioners, Chap.468,Acts of 1909


584 00


Due from Collector of Taxes, 1908. ...


24 50


Due from Collector of Taxes, 1909. . . .


511 14


Due from Collector of Taxes, 1910. ...


2,007 07


Due from N. Y. N. H. & H. Railroad Co., Forest Fire Bill. 7 80


Cash in hands of Treasurer


538 12


$3,985 68


14


The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows :- Due Town Officers $195 00


Due Milford Savings Bank, 312 Notes 3,500 00


Due Milford Savings Bank, 26 Notes 8,350 00


$12,045 00


Net indebtednes of the Town


$8,059 32


Expenditures of Excise Tax.


by Road Commissioners. 131 05


$131 05


LIST OF JURORS.


NAME.


OCCUPATION.


Luther W. Holbrook,


Farmer


Samuel W. Wood,


Carpenter


Alfred I. Barrows,


Mechanic


Owen J. McDonald,


Farmer


Lyman Cook,


Farmer


Michael T. Harrington,


Produce Dealer


Moses U. Gaskill,


Poultry Raiser


Edward A. Whiting,


Mechanic


Andrew J. Byrne,


Farmer


Herbert C. Forbes,


Clerk


Edward F. Driscoll,


Mechanic


Irving Pearson,


Farmer


Justin F. Southwick,


Farmer


John A. Kelly,


Mechanic


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY W. GASKILL, DANIEL H. BARNES, J. STUART COX,


Selectmen of Mendon.


Feb. 6, 1911.


COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


1906.


DR.


To balance uncollected Feb. 5, 1910 ... $43 87


Interest received. 9 77


$53 64


CR.


By Cash paid Treasurer


$44 35


Abatements 9 29


$53 64


LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1906.


Mendon, February, 1911.


1907.


DR


To balance uncollected Feb. 5, 1910 ... $120 11


Interest received . 25 37


$145 48


CR.


By Cash paid Treasurer


$132 76


Abatements


12 72


$145 48


LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1907.


Mendon, February, 1911.


16


1908. DR.


To balance uncollected, Feb. 5, 1910 ... $745 20


Interest received. 75 14


$820 34


CR.


By Cash paid Treasurer $760 64


Abatements


35 20


Amount uncollected


24 50


$820 34


LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1909.


Mendon, February, 1911.


1909. DR


To balance uncollected, Feb. 5, 1910. . $2,060 30


Interest received. 71 61


$2,131 91


CR.


By Cash paid Treasurer $1,581 34


Abatements


39 43


Amount uncollected


511 14


$2,131 91


LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1909.


Mendon, February, 1911.


1910.


DR.


To taxes committed for collection. $10,352 23


Additional assessments. 364 03


Interest received.


25 52


$10,741 78


17


CR.


By Cash paid Treasurer


$8,714 51


Abatements


20 20


Amount uncollected.


2,007 07


$10,741 78


Respectfully submitted,


LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1910.


Mendon, February, 1911.


ROAD COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.


The Road Commissioners submit the following report for the municipal year ending Feb. 1, 1911 :-


RESOURCES.


Appropriation


$1,200 00


Balance of Excise tax of 1909 131 05


$1,331 05


EXPENDITURES.


Snow bills for Feb. 1910:


Wm. C. Robinson $5 20


Henry W. Gaskill


6 00


Edward H. Taft. 3 10


Leon Paddock


4 00


Leon Paddock, Dec., 1910. 1 25


Fred P. Bullard, Feb., 1910. ·


80


$20 35


Leon Paddock, as superintendent. $32 00


Leon Paddock, team work.


291 00


Wm. C. Robinson, team work. 86 00


Charles A. Fletcher, team work. 34 00


Warren Bates, team work. 72 00


Percy T. Kinsley, team work. 33 75


J. Stuart Cox, team work . 42 75


Charles Kelly, for labor.


$129 60


John M. Towne, for labor 79 00


Henry C. Moores, for labor 56 53


$591 50


19


Charles A. Brown, for labor 46 60


Daniel Bates, for labor 51 00


Herbert Alger, for labor. 2 00


John Vaughn, for labor




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