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Laconia, N. H., “ 66 1,000 00
Milford Savings Bank book, 350 55
Palmer, Mass., Savings Bank book, 300 00
Cash, 25 98
Total,
/ $12,526 53
.
29
REPORT OF POLICE COURT.
Since the last annual report the court has considered and dis- posed of 39 criminal cases, a much smaller number than we have reported in any previous year. There have been 17 civil cases entered.
There has been turned over to the town treasurer $295.55 Against this the selectmen have drawn orders amounting to $119.41, leaving a net profit to the town for the year of $176.14
We again call attention to the inconvenient location of the court room, and the lack of proper vault or safe room for the stor- age of records and papers of the court.
Following is the financial report :
Financial Statement.
Receipts :
Balance on hand as per last report,
$34 72
Fines and fees, .
356 37
$391 09
Expenditures :
E. I. Kendall, complaints and warrants,
$52 50
E. F. Hawkins, officers fee's,
8 24
A. A. Simonds, officers fee's,
3 62
Nathaniel Doane, officers fee's,
25 82
F. A. Dodge, officers fee's,
5 36
Paid to town treasurer,
295 55
$391 09
A. L. KEYES, Justice. Geo. A. WORCESTER, Special Justice.
MILFORD, N. H., Feb. 16, 1900. We hereby certify that we examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.
CARL E. KNIGHT, F. W. BARNES,
Auditors.
30
HIGHWAY AGENT'S REPORT.
CHARLES A. JENKINS, ROAD AGENT,
In Account with TOWN. OF MILFORD.
DR.
Received of town treasurer, as per order of
selectmen,
$975 75
CR.
February, 1899.
C. A. Jenkins,
11 days, 5 hours, $2 00
$23 00
team,
3 "
0
3 50
10 50
horse,
5 00
Town team,
19
6
66
3 50
68 60
S. A. Lovejoy, team, two men,
2
66
50
1 00
team,
6
66
35
2 10
shoveling,
4
1
15
6 15
W. L. Winslow, team,
4
3
3 50
15 05
shoveling,
6
1 1-2 “
1 50
9 23
sand,
50
G. R. Hartshorn, team,
1
5 1-2 “
3 50
5 43
snowing road,
50
Pat. O'Brien,
3
1 1-2 "
1 50
4 73
Perley Sargent,
7
6.
1 50
1 05
G. G. Searles,
8
66
1 50
1 20
H. Crosby,
8
66
1 50
1 20
J. Shea,
2
0
66
1 50
3 00
E. A. Savage, team,
1
11-2 "
3 50
4 03
shoveling,
2
66
7
3 50
5 95
men,
3
4
66
1 50
5 10
G. W. Tarbell, team,
4
8 1-2 “
3 50
16 98
66
1 50
4 65
shoveling,
3
1
5 1-2 "
1 50
3 82
J. B. Burt, team,
1
31
A. J. Dutton, team,
2
3 50
70
men,
6
2 1.2 "
1 50
9 38
C. Johnson,
1
0
1 50
1 50
J. Seppala,
1
0
1 50
1 50
4 1-2 "
1 50
68
E. Hutchinson,
3
1 50
45
W. J. Bills, team,
2
4
3 50
8 40
men,
12
0
66
1 50
18 00
J. Lackey, team, man,
5
66
1 50
75
J. Hassey,
2
0
66
1 50
3 00
T. Hassey,
1
5
66
1 50
2 25
C. L. Clark,
7 1.2 "
1 50
1 12
J. C. Beal, team,
4
66
5
3 50
15 75
men,
19
3
1 50
28 95
J. C. Smith,
H. Baum,
9
1 50
1 35
C. L Kendall, team,
3
1
3 50
10 85
men,
21
3
1 50
31 95
W. R. Howard, team,
1
6
66
3 50
5 60
men,
2
3
1 50
3 45
C. J. Gutterson, team,
9
3 50
3 15
men,
3
66
6 1-2 “
1 50
5 48
Hillsborough mills, team,
1
6
66
3 50
5 60
Smith Berry, repairs,
1 10
T. Holland, team,
1
5
3 50
5 25
3
41-4 “
1 50
5 14
W. C. Cleaves, team, man,
1
8 1-2 "
1 50
2 78
P. Bitney,
2
66
5
1 50
3 75
Pollion Bitney,
1
0
1 50
3 50
J. Casey, team,
3
0.
3 50
10 50
sanding,
1
0
66
4 50
4 50
men,
25
21-2 "
1 50
37 89
H. S. Gilson,
2
7
1 50
4 05
J. F. Grafton, team,
4
4
3 50
15 40
team,
7
66
25
1 75
men,
13
8
1 50
20 70
W. O. Duncklee, team,
4
2
3 50
14 70
men,
11
7 1-2 "
1 50
17 63
men,
8
66
1 00
80
sand,
20
2
¥
1
3 50
7 35
3
3
1 50
4 95
men,
3
¥
3 50
1 05
L. R. Kirby,
32
J. F. Savage, team,
1
1
66
3 50
3 80
men,
4
5
1 50
6 75
G. N. Woodward, team,
6
3 50
2 10
men,
13
3
66
1 50
19 95
HI. H. Parker, team,
1
1
3 50
3 85
men,
12
1-2 «
1 50
18 08
W. Bitney,
5
0
1 50
7 50
C. Caldwell,
16
0
1 50
24 00
Everett,
1
8
1 50
2 70
W. Wilson,
1
5
1 50
2 25
A. Gordon,
3
66
3
1 50
4 95
F. Rafferty,
1
5
66
1 50
2 25
F. L. Hill,
5
1 50
75
C. A. Raymond,
5
1 50
75
A. M. Winslow,
1
8
1 50
2 70
F. Sullivan,
1
66
5
66
1 50
2 25
C. Riddle,
8
4
1 50
12 60
H. Cota,
1
0
1 50
1 50
L. P. Melendy,
2
0
66
1 50
3 00
H. H. Sanderson,
7
66
1 50
1 05
J. Flanagan,
1
66
5
60
1 50
2 25
G. A. Avery, iron pipe,
30
2
6
3 50
9 10
7
66
7 1-2 "
1 50
11 64
F. Jones, team,
man,
E. Wright,
4
0
1 50
6 00
A. Carlson,
1
7
-66
1 50
2 55
A. Green,
1
7
1 50
2 55
A. M. Philbrick, team,
1 00
A. Nelson,
1
0
1 50
1 50
J. Anderson,
1
5
1 50
2 25
C. A. Bergh,
1
0
66
1 50
1 50
C. H. V. Smith, team, two men, 3
5
66
5 00
17 50
J. Bowen,
1
5
1 50
2 25
W. E. Wilder,
7 1-2 "
1 50
1 13
F. A. Burgess,
1
0
66
1 50
1 50
A. J. Fisher, gravel,
65
E. Mayo,
8
66
1 50
1 20
R. B. Cotton,
2 «
2
1 50
3 30
W. Grafton,
2 “
0
1 50
3 00
W. J. Prince,
1 75
2
5
3 50
8 75
1
0
1 50
1 50
F. J. Abbott, team, men,
25
School Loan Fund.
United States Govt. 4 per cent. bonds
at par,
$1,100 00
Town of Milford School bonds, 1,000 00 66 Water 1,000 00
Haverhill 4 per cent. bonds, 1,000 00
Certificate of deposit for the purchase of $1,000 City Medford 4 per cent. bond, 1,131 30 Cash, 72 70
$5,304 00
.
Statement of Bonded Debt.
Balance of coupon Water bonds Feb.
15, 1899, $54,051 47
Less net increase of sinking fund, 1,578 00
Balance of Water Loan Feb. 15, 1900,
$52,473 47
Balance of School bonds Feb. 15, 1899, $40,656 00
Less net increase of sinking fund, 840 00
Balance of School loan Feb. 15, 1900 39,816 00
Registered Water bonds, no sinking fund, 10,000 00
Net bonded indebtedness Feb. 15, 1900,
$102,289 47
Decrease during the year, 2,418 00
F. W. SAWYER, Treasurer.
26
REPORT OF FIREWARDS.
Report of Firewards.
The Board of fire wards submit the following report of the condition of the fire department for the year ending Feb. 28, 1900 :
The department consists of Eagle Hose Co., 12 men ; Souhe- gan Hose Co., 12 men ; and Alert Hook and Ladder Co., 16 men.
Apparatus.
Eagle hose wagon, Souhegan hose wagon, Alert hook and lad- der truck, Neptune fire engine and hose carriage, all equipped : also Souhegan fire engine. Hose and material on hand, 1000 feet 2-inch hose; 2000 feet 2 1-2 inch hose; 100 feet 1-inch hose; 33 rubber coats. The electric fire alarm system is in good condition. For usual expenses of the fire department for the year we would recommend the appropriation of $900.
Fires.
Feb. 19, Still alarm, George Needham, Union street.
Feb. 24, Still alarm, French & Heald's mill.
May 2, Still alarm, George Boutelle, Mont Vernon street.
May 7, Still alarm, Adney Sawyer's, Elm street.
May 9, Tannery chimney.
May 25, Tannery, total loss.
May 27, Rubbish.
June 14, Putnam house, Nashua street.
July 1, Ward house, North street.
August 8, Still alarm, John McLane, chimney.
Dec. 23, American Thread Co.
Jan. 5, Still alarm, No. 9 school.
Jan. 12, Henry Kirby's, Union street, partial loss.
Jan. 14, Still alarm, J. M. Laws, Dane street.
Jan. 23, Still alarm, Charles Russell, Spalding street.
Feb. 14, C.jF. Johnson's paint shop, Nashua street.
27
Expenditures.
J. J. Casey, watching at engine house and use of horse, $2 00
B. E. James, watching at engine house, 1 50
C. E. Caldwell,
1 50
Brooks Pierson, 66
1 50
B. E. James, services as fireman, 3 75
Milford Electric Light Co., use of light March and April, 3 00
Preston Felch, steward, 11 00
F. B. Wilkins, labor on extending alarm system, 19 36
Geo. M. Stevens, alarm box and supplies,
70 45
C. E. Marvell, watching at engine house July 4th, 2 00
E. M. Parker, freight and teaming, 2 58
Geo. M. Stevens, zincs and bell, 21 00
W. E. Hutchinson, watching fire alarm bell July 4th, 2 00
Milford Electric Light Co., use of light,
May, June and July, 4 50
Milford Electric Light Co, use of light, August, 1 50
Arthur W. Emerson, services as fireman, 9 37
L. J. Follett, 66
10 00
Milford Electric Light Co., use of light for Sept. and Oct. 3 00
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., rep. pipe, 5 00
Preston Felch, steward, 6 75
Milford Electric Light Co., use of light for Nov. and Dec. 3 00
W. J. Broderick, painting alarm boxes and lettering coats, etc., 5 75
Geo. M. Stevens, vitrol, zinc and copper, 45 63
E. E. Hutchinson, watching fire at (Kirby's) 1 50
J. T. Smith, 1 50
W. L. Winslow, chief engineer, 30 00
C. E. Marvell, 1st asst. 66
30 00
J. A. Brahaney, 2d “ 30 00
Eagle Hose Co., service as firemen, 180 00
Souhegan Hose Co., " ". 156 88
A. A. Simonds, care alarm register, 3 00
28
Alert Hook and Ladder Co., service as fireman, 238 75
Milford Electric Light Co., use of light for Jan. (1900)
1 50
Frank B. Wilkins, electrician,
28 12
W. L. Winslow, bills rendered,
17 11
Cash on hand,
59 43
$1,013 93
DR.
Balance from 1899,
$22 58
Cash from town treasurer,
975 00
Old copper, zinc and hose,
13 05
New Westerly Granite Co., use of hose,
1 50
Geo. Taylor,
1 80
$1,013 93
W. L. WINSLOW, C. E. MARVELL, J. A. BRAHANEY, Firewards.
February 19, 1900 We certify that we have examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.
CARL E. KNIGHT, F. W. BARNES. Auditors
33
Milford Water Works, pig lead,
4 76
D. E. Proctor, drain pipe,
1 43
A. W. Howison, drain pipe and lumber,
1 50
Morse & Kaley Company, sacking,
75
W. French, two shovels,
1 80
E. E. Duncklee, breaking roads,
6 56
J. Casey, team,
5 95
2 men and team sanding, shoveling,
1
66
6
66
1 50
2 40
G. N. Woodward,
2
66
7 1-2 .
1 50
4 13
M. F. Blodgett,
1
3
6.
1 50
1 95
W. W. Hutchinson,
1
0
66
1 50
1 50
W. Bitney,
2
66
1
1 50
3 15
J. W. Blanchard,
1
5
66
1 50
2 25
R. B. Cotton,
1
1
60
1 50
1 65
C. A. Riddle,
10
.6
7
1 50
16 05
W. W. Grafton,
9
1 50
1 35
F. J. Abbott, team,
4
66
3 50
1 40
man,
8 1-2 «
1 50
1 28
C. Caldwell,
12
0
1 50
18 00
Hillsboro mills, team,
3
66
3 50
1 05
W. L. Winslow, team,
1 4
3
3 50
4 55
sanding,
1 75
sand,
3 00
repairing snow plow, labor,
61
T. Holland,
1
1
66
1 50
1 65
W. O. Duncklee, team,
3
4
3 50
11 90
labor,
9
1 50
1 35
sand,
.40
March, 1899. C. A. Jenkins,
17
4
66
2 00
34 80
use one horse,
5 00
team,
1
1 1-2 "
3 50
4 03
man,
1
0
1 50
1 50
C. L. Kendall, team,
4
3 50
1 40
man,
1
66
1 1-2 «
1 50
1 73
J. Burt,
1
66
6
1 50
2 40
Fred Jones, team,
4
"
3 50
1 40
labor,
9
.6
1 50
1 35
J. C. Beals, team,
1
0
3 50
3 50
labor,
7 "
5
66
1 50
11 25
66
3 50
3 00
7
1 25
34
1 « 7
66 3 50
5 95
4
1 50
60
Smith Berry, blacksmith bill,
2 80
Kendall & Wilkins, salt,
1 10
Foster Bros., salt,
72
W. F. French, shovel and cord,
1 13
3
3 50
1 05
man,
3
1 50
45
Town team,
17 "
1
66
3 50
59 85
$975 95
Feb. 19, 1900. We certify that we have examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.
CARL E. KNIGHT, F. W. BARNES,
Auditors.
April, 1899 (no highway agent).
Smith Berry, team,
15 days, 7} hours, $3 50
$55 12
W. W. Grafton,
21
5
1 50
32 25
C. A. Jenkins,
5
11-2 «
1 50
7 73
team,
5
41-2 «
3 50
19 08
man,
3
3
66
1 50
4 95
Fred Jones,
3
8
1 50
5 70
team,
1
66
5
66
3 50
5 25
C. L. Kendall, team,
1
2
3 50
4 20
man,
1
5
66
1 50
2 25
3 1-2 "
3 50
1 23
H. H. Parker, team, man,
2
4 1-2 "
1 50
3 67
J. E. Crowell,
19
66
0
1 50
28 50
C. A. Riddle,
15
7
66
1 50
23 55
William Bitney,
23
4
66
1 50
35 10
Kendall & Wilkins, five shovels,
3 25
Town team,
23
0
3 50
80 50
$312 33
G. W. Tarbell, team, labor,
W. J. Bills, team,
35
GEORGE W. TAYLOR, HIGHWAY AGENT,
In Account with TOWN OF MILFORD.
May, 1899.
DR.
Received of town treasurer, as per order selectmen,
$390 56
CR.
George Taylor,
$38 50
Town team,
25 days, 6 hours, $3 50
89 60
Smith Berry, team,
23
4
3 50
81 90
William Bitney,
25
6
1 50
38 40
Charles Riddle,
21
66
8
1 50
32 70
William Grafton,
17
8
66
1 50
26 70
James Crowell,
24
8
66
1 50
37 20
Herbert Burns, team,
1
66
0
3 50
3 50
man,
1
0
1 50
1 50
Daniel Holland,
1
6
66
1 50
2 40
Frank Hartshorn, posts and lumber,
1 26
George Harris,
1 day, 6 1-2 "
2 00
3 30
bolts and spikes,
70
W. J. Prince, sharpening pick,
10
W. F. French, hand saw,
1 00
spikes,
15
J. M. Stickney, repairs on tools,
1 55
C. A. Jenkins, team,
2
2
3 50
7 70
man,
2
7
66
1 50
4 05
plank,
52
Day & Co., repairs on tools,
1 85
Kendall & Wilkins, shovel,
90
John C. Beals, team,
1
6
3 50
5 60
man,
1
6
66
1 50
2 40
$390 56
June, 1899.
DR.
Received of town treasurer, as per order selectmen, $816 02
Charles Wheeler, gravel,
5 58
two picks,
1 50
36 ,
CR.
Town team,
25 days, 5 hours,
3 50
89 25
Smith Berry, team,
20 “
9
3 50
73 15
William Bitney,
24 “ 2
1 50
36 30
Charles Riddle,
24
4
1 50
36 60
James Crowell,
25
4
1 50
38 10
George Taylor,
47 66
Peter Bitney, labor on bridges,
3
1
2 00
6 20
C. L. Kendall, team, man,
4
3
66
1 50
6 45
Andrew Murphy,
1
2 1.2 "
2 00
2 50
John Loveridge,
1
2 1-2 "
2 00
2 50
5 sticks dynamite,
1 00
John C. Beals, team,
5
3 50
1 75
J. G. Ellis, box,
15
G. A. Avery, 1 elbow,
10
Day & Deschamps, blacksmithing,
2 05
C. A. Jenkins, team,
2
2 1.2 "
3 50
7 88
man,
5
3
1 50
7 95
Fred Jones, team,
5
66
3 50
1 75
man,
2
0
1 50
3 00
£ J. H. Tolles & Co., bridge plank,
61 43
B. and M. R. R., freight on plank,
4 80
W. F. French, 5 gallons asphaltum, 1 brush,
45
blasting powder,
20
fuse,
06
tape,
75
sledge,
1 05
1 keg spikes,
2 75
41 3-4 lbs. spikes,
2 75
1 15
15 lbs. wire nails,
04
60
2 " 0 66 1 50
3 00
A. W. Howison, Akron pipe,
20 40
W. L. Winslow, work on fountain,
2 92
catchbasins,
48 60
John Grafton, concreting and grading,
51 27
T. Nolan,
2 days, 0 1 50
3 00
Stevens Granite Co., 610 feet curbing and setting,
36
219 60
3 days, 0 hours, 2 50
7 50
4
0 1 50
6 00
jointing,
1 00
2
9
66
3 50
10 15
$816 02
.
W. E. Seaver,
5 00
· 37
July, 1899.
DR.
Received of town treasurer, as per order selectmen, 365 65
CR.
Town team,
23 days, 7 hours,
3 50
82 95
William Bitney,
23
1
1 50
34 65
James Crowell,
22 “
1 50
34 05
Charles Riddle,
6
3
66
1 50
9 45
C. B. Dodge, 1 scythe,
50
Smith Berry, April blacksmith bill, 320 feet chestnut railing,
6 40
George Taylor,
47 67
Concord Foundry Co., base, grate and 2 traps.
15 90
2 50
John F. Grafton, concreting,
74 42
E. M. Parker, freight and cartage,
88
John C. Beals, team, man, 7 " 5
3 days, 5
66
1 50
11 25
J. M Stickney, forging and sharpening,
70
C. A. Jenkins, team,
1 day, 7 1.2 "
3 50
6 13
man, 2
0
1 50
3 00
W. F. French, 1 shovel,
90
2 shovels,
1 50
1 square,
75
blasting powder and fuse,
1 30
Merrill Bros., cart,
1 day, 0 £
25
team, 2 " 0 66 2 50
5 00
E. B. Burns, 1 stick dynamite, fuse and caps,
15
Day & Deschamps, blacksmithing,
2 30
James Reilly, resetting edgestone,
6 00
$364 40
August, 1899.
DR.
Received of town treasurer, as per order selectmen, $444 89
CR.
Town team,
24 days, 5 hours, 3 50
85 75
William Bitney,
24 " 9
1 50 37 35
3 05
trap,
3 50
12 25
50
·
38
James Crowell,
24
"
6
66
1 50
36 90
Charles Riddle,
11
5
1 50
17 25
Henry Thresher,
-
6
0
66
1 50
9 00
John C. Beale,
4
0
1 50
6 00
Hubbard Sanderson,
1
1 50
Quincy C. Young, man,
3
66
0
66
1 50
4 50
Otis Brown,
2
66
0
1 50
3 00
John Beals, Sr.,
2
0
66
1 50
3 00
James Frost,
3
66
0
66
1 50
4 50
Edward Frost,
3
0
1 50
4 50
Charles Nichols,
5
66
0
1 50
7 50
Bert Nelson, man,
2
5
1 50
3 75
Quincy Young, team,
3
0
3 50
10 50
Elbridge Jewett, team,
2
0
66
3 50
7 00
George Woodward, team,
3
66
3
6.
3 50
11 55
Charles Adams, team,
4
0
3 50
14 00
Charles Hayden, team,
2
0
3 50
7 00
Smith Berry, team,
1
0
3 50
3 50
water and use of sprinkler,
75
John Casey, team,
2 days, 5
2 50
6 25
George Taylor,
49 50
A. W. Howison, Akron pipe,
26 16
Concord Foundry Co., traps, base and grate,
9 00
B. and M. R. R., freight on same,
25
E. B. Burns, dynamite fuse and caps,
1 99
T. H. Cassidy, 43 loads gravel,
05
2 15
John F. Grafton, concreting,
25 50
Day & Deschamps, sharpening,
1 30
C. H. V. Smith, lumber,
1 32
W. F. French, whetstone,
15
pick,
50
handle,
25
pair hinges, hasp and staple,
22
padlock,
37
hook,
40
4 lanterns,
1 68
shuffle hoe,
65
C. L. Kendall, team,
4 days, 8 hours,
3 50
16 80
man,
14 «
2
1 50
21 30
Dynamite,
35
$444 89
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September, 1899.
DR.
Received of town treasurer, as per order selectmen,
$319 78
CR.
Town team,
23 days, 0 hours, 3 50
80 50
James Crowell,
9
15
1 35
Wm. Bitney,
22
0
66
1 50
33 00
Chas. Riddle,
20
6
66
1 50
30 90
James O'Neil,
3
0
66
1 50
4 50
Hugh Smith,
11
8
66
1 50
17 70
Smith Berry team,
1
0
3 50
3 50
Wm. Grafton,
12
66
66
1 50
75
Merrill Bros , use of team,
3 25
George F. Parker, stone,
1 25
W. L. Winslow, putting in catch basins,
27 20
C. A. Jenkins, team,
92
3 50
34 14
man,
9
66
5
1 50
14 25
Fred Jones,
1
4
1 50
2 10
W. F. French, book,
50
W. F. French, blasting powder,
60
Day & Deschamps, blacksmithing,
2 55
George Taylor,
47 67
John Grafton, concreting,
14 07
$319 78
October, 1899.
DR.
Received of Town Treasurer, per order selectmen,
385 76
CR.
Town team,
24 days, 3 hours, $3 50
85 05
Wm. Bitney,
20
1
1 50
30 15
Chas. Riddle,
22
6
1 50
33 90
Edward Bartle,
9
66
0
1 50
13 50
Joe Gouette,
5
0
1 50
7 50
Wm. Bitney, Jr.,
1
7}
1 25
2 18
Day & Deschamps, repairs on tools,
2 95
John Grafton, repairs on concrete,
2 80
40
Merrill Bros., use of team,
4 38
George W. Taylor,
47 67
Fitchburg R. R., freight on paving,
4 50
John Bishop, 2200 cull4,
2 00
4 40
Milford Granite Co., grout, 1050 paving,
30 00
31 50
Smith Berry, team,
4
"
6
..
3 50
16 10
Hugh Smith,
15
7
66
1 50
23 55
A. B. Gage,
5
15
75
Walter Warren, pick,
50
John C. Beals, team,
4
66
0
66
3 50
14 00
man,
7
0
66
1 50
10 50
C. A. Jenkins, team,
5
66
8
3 50
20 30
man,
6
3
1 50
9 45
Bales & Putnam, sharpening tools,
90
bolts, chalk, line, etc.,
44
hammer,
1 20
handle,
20
wedges and shims,
34
fork,
65
A. J. Fisher, team,
3
66
1 4
"
1 25
2 95
B. R. Came, sand,
1 40
$385 76
November, 1899.
DR.
Received from town treasurer, per order selectmen,
$292 48
CR.
Town team,
22
7
3 50
79 45
William Bitney,
22
66
9
1 50
34 35
Charles Riddle,
22
1
66
1 50
33 15
William Grafton,
15
2
66
1 50
22 80
Edward Bartle,
1
0
66
1 50
1 50
Merrill Bros., team,
1
0
66
3 50
3 50
Ira Chase, cartage,
25
7 58
A. W. Howison, Akron pipe,
18 85
W. L. Winslow, mason work,
John Grafton, top dressing sidewalk,
10 00
2
"
31
3 00
9 30
man,
75
W. F. Freneh, shovel,
2 00
41
L. K. Hutchinson, 60 loads gravel,
05
3 00
George D. Jones, 24
60
05
1 20
Charles Hazeltine, 42 " 66
05
2 10
C. B. Dodge, set bits and brace,
2 00
Henry Wheeler, 4 posts,
10
40
James Reilly, setting 164 feet curbing,
08
13 12
Dabid Dube, stone work,
1 50
George Taylor,
47 67
Day & Deschamps, blacksmithing,
2 27
C. L. Kendall, man,
2 days, 23 hours, 1 50
3 37
team,
1 . 1 .“ 3 50
3 85
chestnut railing,
$292 48
December, 1899.
DR.
Received from town treasurer, per order selectmen,
$294 30
CR.
Town team,
23 days, 3 hours,
3 50
81 55
William Grafton,
14 . 3
66
1 50
21 45
Charles Riddle,
20 6
3
1 50
30 45
William Bitney,
21
6
66
1 50
32 40
Daniel Holland,
4
6
1 50
6 90
team,
3
6
66 3 50
12 60
A. W. Howison, Akron pipe, gravel,
1 00
Day & Deschamps, sharpening,
1 47
Kendall & Wilkins, cement,
90
Patrick Sloan, stone work,
3 00
W. J. Prince, blacksmithing,
1 35
Charles Manning, gravel,
70
B. R. Came, sand,
70
W. F. French, nails, trowel,
65
John Bishop, 1900 culls at $2.00,
3 80
George Tavlor.
47 67
E. G. Kittredge, 14,500 at $2.00,
29 00
1,000 at $15.00,
15 00
$294 30
23
3 48
42
January, 1900.
DR.
Received of town treasurer, per order selectmen,
$342 98
CR.
Town team,
21 days, 5 hours, $3 50,
75,25
Charles Riddle
12 " 9
1 50
19 35
William Bitney,
3 " 0
I 50
4 50
William Grafton,
4 " 2
1 50
6 30
T. Green,
0
5
66
15
75
James A. Casey, ploughing and sanding,
19 70
W. L. Winslow, 66
11 70
bricking drain,
1 88
George W. Tarbell, ploughing and sanding,
10 70
W. O Duncklee, ploughing and sanding,
24 23
W. J. Prince, ironing ploughs and sharpening,
9 20
Isaac Brothers, building plough and repairs,
3 75
Kendall & Wilkins, road plough point, cart seat,
50
W. F. French, 2 shovels,
2 20
Stevens Granite Co., 1 step,
1 58
2 loads stone, team,
1 50
Day & Deschamps, repairs on tools,
2 45
Fire department, use of hose,
1 80
B. & M. R. R. freight,
3 06
H. H. Barber, labor and use of pump,
1 25
C. A. Jenkins, snowing bridges,
3 50
team,
1 day, 2} hours, $3 50,
4 38
man,
6 " 2} 66 1 50
9 38
B. Bedall, team,
3 50
1 75
man,
1 50
75
poles for railing,
5 00
J. Mesho,
1 50
75
W. H. Wilson, putting up railing and fittings,
6 40
C. D. Holt, salt,
50
George F. Parker, covering stone,
3 00
French & Heald, varnish barrel,
75
George Taylor,
48 50
Stationery and postage,
1 50
$342 98
50 00
$292 98
61212
2 50
3 00
43
Received of town treasurer, per order selectmen, $3,652 42 Expended on street, as per foregoing account, 3,601 17
Cash in hands of agent, $51 25
Bills contracted, not paid, A. B. Black, snow plow. 50 00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. TAYLOR, Highway Agent.
February 19, 1900
We certify that we have examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.
CARL E. KNIGHT, F. W. BARNES. Auditors
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MILFORD FREE LIBRARY.
W. B. ROTCH,
Term expires 1900
A. J. HUTCHINSON,
G. A. WORCESTER,
66
66
W. F. FRENCH,
66
66
1901
C. S. EMERSON,
66
66
66
66
CAROLINE K FULLER,
66
66
MRS. HARRIET E. KALEY,
66
66
1902
MRS. SUSAN H. KENDALL
66
66
66
J. E. WEBSTER,
66
66
66
ARTHUR L. KEYES,
66
66
66
66
MRS. A. W. SMITH,
Mrs. D. S. Dearborn, a member of the Board of Trustees has died during the year.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 15, 1900.
On the evening of March 28, the Trustees met and organized as follows :
W. F. FRENCH, J. E. WEBSTER,
President
REBECCA F. DOANE, A. L. KEYES,
Treasurer Librarian Secretary
W. B. ROTCH,
MRS. E. I. KENDALL, - Library Committee
CAROLINE K. FULLER,
A. J. HUTCHINSON, MRS. A. W. SMITH, C. S. EMERSON,
Finance Committee
The year closed has been an uneventful one, and your Trustees have no especial facts of interest to pre- sent other than what may be found in the statistics of the Librarian which are subjoined. The average daily use of the library has been about the same as heretofore and the total number of books taken out is nearly the same from year to year. At the delivery desk alone over sixteen thousand volumes have been given out. Large as these figures are it represents but a small part of the Library's usefulness, for, as a well-known libra- rian has said, "it is only the lighter and cheaper part of our books loaned at the desk. Great injustice is done when account is not taken of the books consulted with- in the Library. One consultation by a teacher, fa preacher or an author, a consultation, the fruits of which are to be presently communicated to hundreds in the schoolroom, in the pulpit, or in the book, one such con- sultation is worth more than a score of novel readings." Our reference books are freely used by teachers and scholars alike.
The purchase of books has been chiefly of those which would best meet the popular demand for pleasure and
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instruction. One important purchase was a set of John L. Stoddard's lectures, which have been in ever increas- ing demand till they have become so worn as to already need re-binding.
The rebinding of books is one of the large bills of ex- pense which apparently there seems no way of avoiding, and the replacing of books having become so much worn as not to be worthy of rebinding, is a source of great perplexity and expense. The whole annnal appropria- tion could easily be expended in this way, and the neglect to replace such books as are worn out, often standard works, leaves our catalogue defective and the Library deficient. This is a question often spoken in annual reports and our excuse in again referring to it is to explain that the Trustees have annually expended a certain proportion of the appropriation in replenishing, but the needs grow larger each year, and heroic meas- ures will soon be required or the Library will become sadly deficient in the best literature. Says the Provi- dence Librarian, "After a library has passed its twentieth year, this wear and tear makes itself manifest in an ever increasing ratio, and the money needed for replacing these books is a most unwelcome diminution of the book fund."
During the year the experiment has been tried of opening the reading room on holidays. The experi- ment cannot be said to be very successful if the num- ber of people who have gathered is the basis of judg- ment. The small attendance upon holidays may, per- haps be accounted for by the public not understanding that the room was open on these days.
The Library has received several valuable gifts during the year, among others ten volumes from the Hon. Samuel Hoar of Massachusetts. The Milford Woman's Club has also hung upon our walls a carbon photograph of Titian's portrait of himself, and the Daughters of the Revolution have given us a picture entitled "Birth of our Nation's Flag.' For these and other gifts the Trus- tees would express to the donors the thanks of the town.
There have been added to the Library by purchase 240 books from the income derived from the bequests of
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Mr. EZRA M. GAY and
Miss NANCY AVERILL.
Eighty-two volumes have been given the library by thoughtful citizens.
A suggestion was recently made in the local press with which the Trustees are in hearty sympathy. It is that a picture of some kind be secured and hung upon our walls, of the late Ezra M. Gay, whose generous be- quest of $5,000 to this library has made so many things possible. The income of this fund it is stipulated shall be expended for the purchase of books, and every dollar of the appropriation is required for the maintenance of the library. The Trustees would be glad, however, to co-operate with any public-spirited person or persons in the carrying out of this very worthy suggestion.
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