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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Other Expenses :
Salaries:
Welfare:
City.
$4,544.85
A.D.C .- Federal-Adm.
1,379.33
A.D.C .- City-Adm.
1,293.58
$7,217.76
Aid to Dependent Children:
Federal.
$5,023.97
State
5,738.44
City.
6,452.91
$17,215.32
Repairs on Horton Home Barn
149.68
Unpaid Welfare Accounts (Writ of 1936)
4,000.00
Total
$53,314.94
Infirmary-January 1, 1946-December 31, 1946
Receipts:
Sale of:
Sawing Machine
$50.00
5 calves
50.00
Cow .
100.00
8 shoats
56.00
$256.00
Board and Care
339.97
Other Cities :
$750.00
550.35
Plymouth. .
$175.00
85.00
90.00
$350.00
Newbury .
$392.33
Bridgewater
136.86
$2,179.54
$15,719.38
Aid to Dependent Children:
Federal Grant:
Nov. and Dec. 1945
$694.34
Quarter Ending:
March 31, 1946
$1,136.55
June 30, 1946
1,227.50
Sept. 30, 1946
1,060.25
53
$595.97
Amesbury
$1,300.35
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Month Ending:
October, 1946
$531.25
$4,649.89
Federal Administrative:
July-Dec. 1945.
$673.12
July-Sept. (Est.).
294.00
$379.12
Est. Jan .- March, 1946
337.00
Jan .- June, 1946.
$665.95
Estimate-Paid.
337.00
April-June .
$328.95
July-Sept .- Est.
333.00
Adjustment: June-Dec .- 1946 2.66
$664.61
$1,380.73
$6,030.62
State Share:
Jan .- June, 1946
$2,949.34
July-Sept., 1945
931.76
October, 1945.
312.10
Nov .- Dec., 1945
792.62
$4,985.82
$11,016.44
State:
Temporary Aid-1945-46
$2,384.43
Burial.
100.00
$2,484.43
City:
Returned Aid.
$19.97
Returned Checks
19.00
$38.97
$13,539.84
$716.12
WELFARE EXPENDITURES, 1946
Name
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept. $102.00
Oct.
Nov. $227.50
Dec.
Total
Groceries ..
$95.00
$219.50
$133.00
$122.00
$249.50
$213.40
$218.50
$126.00
$157.50
$300.00 $2,073.90
Fuel .
85.63
72.22
65.69
46.27
19.43
9.72
2.43
19.61
7.36
26.50
58.38
125.79
539.03
Rent. .
65.90
84.00
30.00
60.00
36.00
36.00
72.00
36.00
36.00
24.00
48.00
36.00
. 563.90
Milk.
3.27
2.70
11.95
17.10
4.95
Travel
2.90
8.60
3.00
2.55
1.50
1.50
20.05
T. A. .
25.66
41.14
19.61
28.40
114.81
Telephone
5.75
4.50
4.50
5.05
4.35
4.40
7.45
4.40
5.05
5.30
4.25
4.15
59.15
Medical
79.25
19.50
35.00
11.00
15.00
16.00
15.00
45.00
18.00
68.25
111.00
433.00
Drugs. .
30.03
22.57
19.88
13.27
10.29
12.50
10.88
8.23
18.08
20.68
82.17
248.58
Hospital.
15.00
87.25
70.00
Truek
1.90
58.37
21.50
14.45
4.85
3.00
.50
2.00
106.57
Board and Care
158.00
25.00
20.00
335.64
89.28
65.00
337.29
69.29
62.86
449.58
206.44
197.14
2,015.52
Glasses.
4.25
4.25
Burials.
100.00
100.00
105.00
305.00
Office Supplies
7.35
22.50
20.75
1.61
5.35
7.50
5.50
3.60
74.16
Transportation.
3.16
4.50
3.16
3.00
3.00
4.50
. 83
22.15
Dental.
23.00
18.00
9.00
50.00
Miscellaneous.
3.00
1.77
15.00
Cash.
488.50
428.00
500.00
464.00
668.50
530.00
705.50
538.00
536.00
647.00
513.00
532.00
6,550.50
Salaries .
630.55
584.08
529.54
556.67
375.41
177.66
177.07
120.00
176.88
628.70
120.00
468.29
4,544.85
Total
1,549.60 1,651.05 1,362.41 1,788.78 1,612.45 1,073.92 1,571.65
981.90 1,110.34 2,123.73 1,394.00 1,967.77 18,087.50
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6.90
47.10
Shoes and Clothing.
3.50
14.17
52.96
35.52
70.00
242.25
19.77
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INFIRMARY EXPENDITURES, 1946
Name
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July $246.59
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov. $245.51
Dec.
Total
Groceries.
$194.70
$184.08
$144.77
$248.55
30.95
$140.32 177.02 56.02
71.50 357.86
23.46 108.66
287.79
6.82
8.15
45.08
77.85
Drugs. .
13.53
15.41
19.88
2.80
5.35
9.90
8.40 14.11
11.67
16.46
8.80
9.65
16.58
144.14
Lumber.
2.50
2.50
Medical .
7.50
7.50
6.00
6.00
9.00
22.00
27.00
15.00
9.00
29.45
37.00
175.45
Repairs .
34.32
11.25
101.10
22.65
25.25
194.57
Supplies. .
2.23
41.71
2.38
141.56
274.72
150.05
31.47
13.63
128.22
43.81
27.06
248.45
1,105.29
Telephone.
5.08
5.38
5.93
6.38
4.98
4.73
4.58
5.38
4.68
4.53
7.33
5.13
64.11
Tobacco. .
30.24
40.14
61.20
72.84
39.88
55.94
54.30
48.33
48.50
36.30
31.06
68.81
587.54
Miscellaneous.
10.08
127.46
9.03
25.03
86.33
57.33
21.83
18.08
165.57
49.33
36.33
26.30
632.70
Slaughter.
4.00
8.00
3.00
10.00
12.00
37.00
Insurance
40.00
40.00
Burial .
100.00
100.00
Glasses. .
2.50
2.50
Truck.
28.27
Barbering
50.00
30.00
24.00
24.00
30.00
24.00
24.00
30.00
48.00
30.00
314.00
Salaries .
180.00
220.00
252.90
290.00
269.21
255.00
336.61
329.36
340.00
324.52
341.67
355.00
3,494.27
Total.
891.83
970.32
896.87 1,067.68 1,089.78 1,345.26
925.91 1,226.76 1,736.51 1,344.85 1,039.32 2,148.71 14,683.80
ANNUAL REPORT
498.49
1,899.92
Feed and Grain
221.30
209.85
244.45
179.25
441.17
3,015.72
Shoes and Clothing
3.45
5.95
$338.70
$353.05
$90.23
$336.95 $2,767.97
Fuel and Light. .
231.22
114.79
90.83
37.39
217.72
392.36 246.65
$244.52 231.91 445.00
23.90
4.37
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Ninety-first Annual Library Report NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS
Board of Directors for 1946
The Rev. Stanley E. Anderson James Burke Mrs. Robert M. Driver
Dr. T. Raymond Healy Dr. Randolph C. Hurd Mrs. Arthur C. Peabody
Miss Ellen G. Todd
Trustees of Building Fund and Permanent Members of the Board
William Balch
Peter I. Lawton James E. Whitney
Ex-officio John M. Kelleher, Mayor Edward G. Perkins, President of the Council
Librarian Katherine M. Kuechle
Library Staff
Grace Bixby, Assistant Olive R. Carter, Assistant
Teresa B. Castleo, Reference Librarian Resigned March 1, 1946 Eleanor M. Clancy, Assistant Olive Fogg, Children's Librarian
Eleanor E. Gannon, Assistant Bessie W. P. Hills, Perm. Part-Time Beulah E. Moody, Assistant Catherine W. Parsons, Assistant
Marian G. Todd, Summer Substitute Vivian G. White, Assistant
Janitor C. Frank Kelleher
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Report of the Librarian
To the Board of Directors of the Newburyport Public Library:
The year 1946 was a continuance of the war years, as far as difficulties in normal operation were concerned: notably, in the experiencing of shortages of staff and materials, and in increasing high prices of all supplies. However, progress has been made toward the expansion and improvement of library service. The Library and its two Branches were open 303 days in 1946. During the year 86,105 books to 8,048 borrowers were circulated as compared to 83,782 books to 7,650 borrowers in 1945. Borrowers amounted to 51 per cent of the city's population. Of the total 8,048 borrowers 1,639 are children.
We have been most fortunate in our staff members-all experienced assistants- and loyal to the tradition and ideals of library service in spite of the very conservative salary schedule of the Newburyport Public Library. Some amelioration of the salary situation was given by the continuation of the $104 bonus given in 1945, plus an addition- al bonus of $104. It was with real regret that the resignation of Teresa B. Castle was accepted, effective March 1, 1946. Miss Castle's departure was a real loss to the Library, but we appreciated the advantages her new work afforded. On January 1, Olive R. Carter her service with the American Red Cross at an end, returned to her former position on the staff. Eleanor E. Gannon, on military leave, returned to her former position on the Library staff on Feb. 1, 1946 after the formal termination of her work at the Navy Office in Ipswich. Both Miss Carter and Miss Gannon are to be commended for the fine ad- justment they made to the unexciting tenor of Library work as compared to their mili- tary service. In July and August, Miss Marian G. Todd, of Rowley, served as a substitute during the vacation period.
Representatives of the Library Staff attended meetings of the Boston Herald Book Fair, the Massachusetts Library Association convention held at Worcester, and the newly organized Merrimac Valley Library group which held meetings at Andover, ' West Newbury, and Boxford.
Statistics show the number of books borrowed for home use, but there is no satis- factory way or recording the number of reference questions answered. The reference and informational services of the Library have had a busy year. Veterans returning to civilian life asked many questions concerning schools and colleges, occupational infor- mation, civil service examinations, veterans' rights. High school students have made frequent use of the Library particularly in connection with vocational, historical, and literary assignments. Books have been kept on temporary reserve for their use in this connection. The summer months brought a wave of visiting authors and researchers from New York, California, Michigan, and North Carolina to mention only a few of the states from which they came. Apparently, this first summer of peace has meant that people were able to travel by car once again and engage in research which was deferred during the years of war. Innumerable visitors dropped in to tour the Library, and asked for information about historic houses in the city and nearby vicinity. Most of the general reference questions have pertained to biographical data about famous people; statistics on crime, industries, etc .; a great many questions pertaining to biographical or historical data of early Newburyport, and genealogical research. In addition, there has been an increase in questions on a variety of "practical" subjects: a great interest in books of house plans and remodelling, plastics, postage stamps and coins, boat building plans, electricity, the atomic bomb, and cooking. The wide variety and trends of interest have been helpful in showing up weaknesses in the book collection which we have been at-
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tempting to bring up to date by additions of books in certain classes. Library reference service by telephone has been more widely used. We have both lent and borrowed books from the State Division of Public Libraries. These requests have been for sets of books in foreign languages-especially in Greek, Italian, French and Hebrew and for books of a highly specialized nature. For example, a request for the caliber of the main battery of the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. This request was forwarded by the State Library to the head officer of the First Naval District in Boston who supplied information which was not yet in printed form. Another request was for a commercial recipe for doughnuts by a prospective doughnut-stand owner. A request for plans for making a dust separator suitable for disposing of saw dust in a small shop was forwarded by the Division of Public Libraries to the Bureau of Occupational Hygiene which supplied the borrower, through this Library, with blue print and specifications.
The gift of a Microfilm Reader by the Newburyport Friends of the Library was a splendid addition to the Library's reference tools by which materials are made more easily accessible. The News Publishing Company, realizing the value of preserving the files of the old newspapers has agreed to pay half the costs of filming the papers. To date the newspapers for the years 1888 through 1900 have been recorded on film, of which the positive is available for use here, and the negative, or original, stored in a fireproof warehouse in Cambridge.
The Friends of the Library, sponsors of the Ethel Parton Fund, has during 1946 made considerable progress toward its goal of $2,000, the income from which is to be used for the purchase of children's books. This fund, which began in October 1944 reached $1,403 by the end of 1946. The Ethel Parton bookplate, made from a drawing by Mr. Herbert Morgan, has been reproduced by the offset printing process and is now ready for use.
The Children's Room at the Library was the scene of several special programs during 1946. The Summer Reading Club ended up with a party in September, attended by 30 boys and girls who read and reported upon 10 to 15 books during the summer vacation. A feature of the club was the merry-go-round, made by Mrs. Parsons and Miss Carter, which actually revolved carrying as passengers balloons and clown book-marks pasted on as each child completed his reading. Story hours for children 4 to 10 conducted by Miss Fogg at the Main Library and Miss Clancy at the Belleville and Andrews Branches have given much pleasure to the children. The story hour was introduced at Belleville for the first time in 1946 and seems to be answering quite a need, judging by attendance figures.
Book Week, observed nationally by libraries, schools and publishers was celebrated by various programs and special displays the week of November 11-17. The big event of the week was a program in which the children participated by reviewing many of the fall publications. The Librarian met with the Superintendent of Schools and principals to explain the school deposit privilege and a few additional teachers have made use of the school deposits in the fall term. State Certificates for reading were awarded to 20 children during 1946.
We have tried in various ways to bring the library to the attention of more of the citizens of Newburyport. An attractive library exhibit at the Harvest Show, held in City Hall last September aroused considerable interest in library services. During the year, the librarian spoke to the Ladies of the Rotary, the Evening Guild of the Central Church, the Belleville Service Club, the Women's Missionary Society of Old South Church, the Young People's group of First Church, Newbury, the Newbury P.T.A., the
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League of Women Voters and the Rotary Club. Eleanor Clancy told Christmas stories at the Y.W.C.A. Christmas party. Each member of the staff has contributed reviews of current books which have been printed in the Daily News.
The Library feels honored in having been selected as the place where the memorial photographs of dead World War II heroes are exhibited. These photographs and war records, numbering about 40, were assembled at the cost of considerable time and effort by the Mayor and his committee. It is gratifying to see how frequently people stop to examine them carefully.
It would be impossible to close without a word of appreciation to the Staff and Janitor for their splendid co-operation and adaptability to new assignments this past year. We are grateful, also, for the unfailing support of the Library Directors in matters both of immediate expediency and forward-looking policy.
Respectfully submitted,
KATHERINE M. KUECHLE,
Librarian.
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STATISTICS
For the year ending December 31, 1946
Population served
13,916
Assessed valuation .
12,632,290
Number of days open during year
303
Hours open each week for lending
66
Hours open each week for reading.
66
Hours open each week, for Andrews Branch.
10
Hours open each week, for Belleville Branch.
10
Borrowers
Adult Juvenile
Total
January 1, 1946
6,284
1,366
7,650
Added during 1946.
818
376
1,194
Totals
7,102
1,742
8,844
Withdrawn during 1946.
693
103
796
Total December 31, 1946 .
6,409
1,639
8,048
Circulation
Adult Juvenile Non-Fict. Fiction Non .- Fict. Fiction
Total
Main Library.
13,943
30,558
2,897
11,040
58,438
Andrews Branch
3,961
8,642
508
2,485
15,596
Belleville Branch.
1,380
5,150
913
4,628
12,071
Total
19,284
44,350
4,318
18,153
86,105
Book Stock
Adult Juvenile
Total
No. of vols. Jan. 1, 1946 .
75,834
5,390
81,224
No. of vols. added in 1946 .
1,540
307
1,847
Totals
77,374
5,697
83,071
No. of vols. withdrawn in 1946
518
228
746
Total December 31, 1946
76,856
5,469
82,325
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Donors to the Library in 1946
Aircraft Industries Assoc. of America
American Library Association
American National Red Cross
Littlefield, Mrs. Lena
Longley, Dr. Andrew
Longley, Mrs. C. M.
Beal, George Brinton
Lunt, Mr. Ernest
Beaulieu, Mrs. Oscar
Boston Music Company
MacWilliams, Mrs. Betty
Brayman, Mr. Harold
Marquand, John P.
Carter, Ann Chandler, Mrs. Hartley
Martin, Carole Merrill, Mr. J. Warren
Mulliken, Sarah E.
National Physicians Com. for E.M.S.
Newburyport High School
Newburyport Woman's Club
New Jersey State Library
Parsons, Fred S.
Parton, James
Pearson, Mildred E.
Pendill, Mrs. Claudius
Pennsylvania Railroad
Perley, Miss Caroline
Pratt, Fay
Prince, Mrs. Morton
Poor Richard's Publications
Radio Corporation of America
Richardson, Mrs. Anstiss
Richdale, J. C.
Rodigrass, Mrs. Alice
Rowland, Charles
Sargent, Mrs. Sumner
Scribner's Sons
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Shapiro, Mr. Elliott
Sims, Mrs. Stuart
Stevens, Mrs. Lena W.
Swope, Herbert
Times Sales Financing Magazine
Tobin, Maurice J. Trudel, Mrs. Oliver
Underwood, H. J.
U. S. Government Printing Office
U. S. O .- New York U. S. Steel Corporation Viking Press Wright, M. E. Ted Zimmern, Mrs. Norah
Keller, K. T.
Kernahan, Mrs. Pearl
Kress, Mr. Samuel H.
Krikorian, Mr. Norman La Fortaleza Langmaid, Miss Grace
Leary, Miss Mary Leigh, Lt. Col. Randolph Liberty, Doris
McCurdy, Mrs. Harriet
Chamberlain, Mr. Frederick E.
Cobb, Mrs. Fred
Coffin, Mrs. David
Cole, Miss Mary
Columbia Broadcasting System
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
Currier, Mrs. Warren
Cutter, Mr. John F.
Davis, Florence
Dodge, Mr. Laurence P.
Evans, Mrs. Jacob A.
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
Federal Union, Inc.
Flagg, Mrs. Francis J.
Foley, Richard
Francois, Miss Doreen
General Motors Corp.
Georgoulas, Mr. Nikolas
Goethe, Mr. C. M.
Gram, H. P.
Hannum, The Rev. Henry O.
Hodges, Fletcher, Jr. Houle, Mrs. Frank W.
Ireland, Frank B.
Kaiser, Co., Inc.
Liberty, Nancy Little, Miss Agnes
American Petroleum Institute
Bachelder, Mrs. George
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Exhibitions of Hobbies
Bibles-Lent by The Reverend Lionel Whiston Bookmarks-Lent by Mrs. Margaret Moore
Buttermolds-Lent by Miss Katherine M. Kuechle Camera obscura prints
Foreign dolls-Lent by Mrs. Beulah Moody
Newburyport and foreign covers-Lent by Mr. Roy Abbe
Pitchers-Lent by Miss Annie Titcomb
Ship Models-Lent by Mr. John B. Atherton
Souvenir Spoons-Lent by Miss Sylvia Wentworth
Flags-Lent by Mr. Perley Miller
Books Purchased from Income of Funds
Andrews, Emma L. .
21
Bradstreet, Charles W
15
Colby, Lucy G. B.
81
Currier, John J .
1
Dodge, Nathan D.
13
Dodge, William H. P.
28
Foster, Daniel
5
Frothingham, Joseph A.
21
Green, Sarah A.
6
Haskell, George
16
Moseley, Edward S.
45
Moseley, William O
4
Moulton, Alice C.
28
Pathe, Paul.
26
Peabody, George
191
Pettingell, George B. .
32
Plumer, Wilhelmina L.
41
Sawyer, Matthias P.
18
Spring, John Rand.
343
Stickney, Elizabeth H.
331
Stone, Eben F.
40
Sweetser, Benjamin G.
76
Wiggin, Mary C.
19
Wightman, Alice C.
3
Williams, Abraham
14
Total
1,418
General.
43
Special
227
Total
270
Grand Total.
1,688
.
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Report of the Water Commissioners
February 7, 1947. City of Newburyport, Mass.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council,
Gentlemen:
The Fifty-first annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted herewith.
FREEMAN J. CONDON,
THOMAS F. MCGRATH, DANIEL J. REARDON, WILLARD S. LITTLE, JOHN F. CUTTER,
Board of Water Commissioners.
Financial Statement, 1946
Balance December 31, 1945 .
$14,026.49
Receipts
Water Rates
$53,287.65
Meter Rates
13,871.24
Sundry
750.75
City of Newburyport.
5,000.00
Artichoke River Maintenance.
50.00
General Maintenance
50.00
General Distribution
25.03
Hydrant Maintenance.
4.70
Mains Maintenance .
4.60
Mains Construction
140.15
Meter Construction.
13.00
Newbury Service Pipe Construction
203.03
Pumping Station Equipment and Filters .
101.00
Pumping Station Maintenance
8.00
Service Pipe Maintenance.
199.17
Service Pipe Construction.
608.11
Total Receipts.
$74,316.43
$88,342.92
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Payments
Artichoke River Maintenance
$979.40
Artichoke Station Maintenance
8,703.86
Filter Bed Maintenance
1,478.12
Gate Maintenance
29.55
General Maintenance.
4,964.27
General Distribution
3,932.78
Hyrdant Maintenance
288.02
Mains Maintenance
638.98
Meter Maintenance .
598.65
Newbury Mains Maintenance
17.50
Newbury Hydrant Maintenance.
1.82
Newbury Service Pipe Maintenance
77.35
Pumping Station Equipment & Filters.
1,611.00
Pumping Station Maintenance
33,990.04
Real Estate and Property.
100.00
Service Pipe Maintenance.
4,543.34
Standpipe-Coffin's Ct.
61.77
Standpipe-Myrtle Avenue
6.32
Truck Maintenance .
605.63
$62,628.40
Construction
Hydrant
$834.86
Mains
561.25
Meter
55.38
Mains-Newbury .
407.65
Service Pipe-Newbury
415.18
Hydrant-Newbury . .
166.92
Service Pipe Construction.
990.63
$3,431.87
Bonds
$7,000.00
Interest
1,695.00
Retirement.
632.28
$9,327.28
$75,387.55
Balance December 31, 1946
$12,955.37
Respectfully submitted,
GERTRUDE C. GORWAIZ, Clerk.
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Construction and Maintenance Division, 1946
Services:
Nineteen new Services were laid:
Thirteen in Newburyport requiring 413'-4" of 1" Cement Lined Pipe.
Six in Newbury requiring 57'-3" of 2"-24'-11" of 11/2" and 24'-4" of 1" Cement Lined Pipe.
Twenty-eight leaks in services were repaired requiring 152'-6" of 1"-12'-6" of 11/4" and 13'5" of 11/2" Cement Lined Pipe.
Twenty-six services renewed requiring 630' of 1" and 60' of 11/2" Cement Lined Pipe. Twenty-Seven services repaired, requiring 237'-2" of 1"-5' of 11/4" and 3'-4" of 11/2" Cement Lined Pipe.
Meters:
Twelve new meters were set during the year.
Five Meters were replaced and four were set and removed for winter months.
Hydrants :
Two new hydrants were set[-One on Bromfield near Bromfield Court and one on Traffic Circle, Newbury.
Four Hydrants were repaired, two replaced, one at Central Park, and one on Pur- chase near Madison St.
Mains:
Extended 6" Main at Traffic Circle 167'.
Laid: 125'-9"-11/2" Cement Lined Pipe on South Pond St., Newbury. 114'-8"-11/2" Cement Lined Pipe on Coffin Street.
Leaks repaired in Mains on Gypsey Lane, Willow Avenue, and Prospect Street. General:
Drained and refilled Standpipe on Myrtle Avenue.
Laid pipe for Sprinkler Systems at Ruth Shoe, Titcomb Street and Lincoln Store, Pleasant Street.
Water System Statistics
Newburypoort
Newbury
Miles of Mains
45
4
Total Number of Services
4,210
180
Total Number of Meters ..
101
9
Total Number of Hydrants
284
22
Private Hydrants
13
Personnel:
Ellis B. Lunt-Foreman
John Lucy-Pipe Layer
John Reardon-Laborer-pipe fitter
Raymond Rayno-Laborer-pipe fitter
Charles Ayers-Laborer
Respectfully submitted,
ELLIS B. LUNT,
Foreman.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
Monthly Pumpage 1946
Daily Ave.
Service
Artichoke
Service
Per Capita Gallons
January
54,006,700
36,720,000
1,742.150
116
February
50,877,700
35,160,000
1,817.060
121
March.
53,818,700
34,380,000
1,736,090
115
April
48,394,500
29,070,000
1,613.150
107
May
53,581,100
28,276,000
1,728,420
115
June
54,953,300
29,474,600
1,831,780
122
July.
59,593,900
39,004,200
1,922,400
128
August.
51,046,900
25,638,800
1,646,600
109
September
53,279,200
34,050,000
1,775,900
118
October.
53,791,500
31,087,200
1,735,200
115
November
52,300,500
33,036,000
1,743,300
115
December.
53,026,600
32,696,600
1,711,800
114
638,670,600
388,593,400
21,003,500
116 Ave.
Precipitation
January
4.12"
February
2.80"
March.
1.49"
April.
2.86"
May
6.52"
June .
2.37"
July.
1.53"
August
10.31"
September
2.36"
October.
.60"
November
1.07"
December.
4.29"
40.32''
Monthly Average .3.36"
Pumping Station Statistics, 1946
Main Station
Gallons Pumped to Service
638,670,600
Daily Average.
1,750,300
Total Coal Used-Lbs.
1,865,266
Coal Used Pumping-Lbs.
1,795,917
Daily Average .
4,947
Coal Used for Lighting-Lbs.
46,349
Coal Used for Heating-Lbs.
23,000
Gallons Pumped Per Lb. of coal
355
K. W. Generated at Main Station
15,449
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ANNUAL REPORT
Artichoke Station
Total Gallons Pumped
388,593,400
Daily Average
1,064,630
Gallons Pumped by Motor
245,688,800
Total K.W.H. Used
192,105
Daily Average
526
Gallons Pumped K.W.H.
1,278
Gallons Pumped by Diesel.
142,904,600
Diesel Fuel Oil Used-Gallons
10,465
Gallons Pumped per Gallon of Fuel Oil
13,655
Pumping Records
Total Gallons Pumped-Main and Artichoke.
1,027,264,000
Daily Average.
2,814,422
Greatest Amount Pumped to Service One Day July 19th.
2,592,100
Greatest Amount Pumped to Service One Week July 14.
15,636,800
Personnel:
Laborers:
Lester Bridges-Chief Engineer
Dennis Cronin
Jeremiah Leary-Asst. Chief Engineer
Orrin Kimball
Carl Bridges-Engineer
Joseph Rosyna
Ralph Estabrooks-Engineer
Earl Shute
Frank Purcell-Engineer
Harry Lanen
Ernest Miller-Engineer
Respectfully submitted,
LESTER A. BRIDGES,
Chief Engineer.
Budget, 1947
Artichoke River Maintenance
$200.00
Improvements-Landscaping
500.00
Artichoke Station Maintenance.
Electric .
4,500.00
Diesel Oil
900.00
Chlorine
300.00
Auto .
225.00
Telephone Oil .
80.00
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
Main Station.
Electric
200.00
Telephone.
55.00
Oil .
300.00
Coal.
11,500.00
Chlorine
300.00
Miscllaneous
900.00
Auto
225.00
General Office
Telephone and Lights
200.00
Supplies
1,000.00
Filter .
100.00
50.00
131
WATER COMMISSIONERS
General Distribution-Supplies
$750.00
Gate Maintenance.
100.00
Hydrant Maintenance
300.00
Mains Maintenance
300.00
Meter Maintenance .
250.00
Service Pipe Maintenance
500.00
Standpipes
125.00
Trucks
700.00
Insurance (W. C. & P. L.) .
900.00
Construction-Gates-Hydrants, etc.
2,000.00
Retirement.
772.73
Sand .
1,100.00
Bonds.
7,000.00
Interest
1,520.00
Labor and Salaries
39,041.54
$77,894.27
Bonds
$7,000.00
Interest.
1,520.00
Salaries.
39,041.54
Other Expenses.
30,332.73
$77,894.27
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of Retirement Board
Honorable John M. Kelleher, Mayor,
Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
We present herewith the report for the year ending December 31, 1946:
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