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$10,740.70
OTEER PAYMENTS :
Aid to Dependent Children:
Federal
23,950.34
Stato
19,711.59
City
15,473.21
$59,135.14
Disability Assistance:
495.45
SALARIES :
Infirmary
3,291.67
Welfare
8,357.96
$11, 649.63
TOTAL PAYMENTS:
$137,461.29
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
FA YMEN TS
MONTE
FEDERAL
STATE
CITY
TOTAL
JANUARY
$1,881.95
$1,450.43
$1,018.92
$4,351.30
FEBRUARY
1,906.32
1,576.60
1,246.85
4,729.77
MARCH
1,932.34
1,557.16
1,182.00
4,671.50
AFRIL
1,982.21
1,584.23
1,186.27
4,752.71
MAY
1,951.22
1,505.05
1,058.87
4,515.14
JUNE
2,004.54
1,587.25
1,169.99
4,761.78
JULY
2,045.54
1,654.87
1,264.24
4,964.65
AUGUST
1,994.03
1,585.22
1,176.42
4,755.67
SEPTEMBER
1,931.10
1,614.23
1,297.37
4,842.70
OCTOBER
2,016.22
1,817.95
1,619.55
5,454.12
NOVEMBER
2,117.60
1,723.40
1,329.20
5,170.20
DECEMBER
2,187.27
2,055.20
1,923.13
6,165.60
TOTAL:
$23,950.34
$19,711.59
$15,473.21
$59,135.14
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RECEIPTS
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN :
Federal Grant:
Jan. 1951
$1,881.95
Feb. 1951
1,936.32
Lar. 1951
1,982.34
Apr. 1951
2,042.21
way 1951
1,949.97
June 1951
2,106.21
July 1951
2,135.54
Aug. 1951
1,944.03
Sept. 1951
1,831.10
Oct. 1951
2,036.22
Advanced on months:
Nov. & Dec. 1951
3,550.00
$23,395.89
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE:
Oct. thru Dec. 1950
479.52
Jan. thru Mar. 1951
293.66
Apr. thru June 1951
376.65
July thru Sept. 1951
301.77
1,451.60
STATE SHAFE:
July thru Sept. 1950
5,193.81
Oct. 1950
1,507.47
Nov. 1950
1,496.39
Dec. 1950
1,547.97
Jan. 1951
1,450.43
Feb. 1951
1,576.60
Mar. 1951
1,557.16
Apr. 1951
1,584.23
May
1951
1,495.97
June 1951
1,587.25
18,997.28
RETURNED CHECKS :
A. D. C. City
33.25
33.25
TEMPORARY AID:
Other Cities:
Amesbury
1,586.45
Newbury
116.56
Salisbury
376.70
2,079.71
State:
9,453.20
9,453.20
RETURNED AID:
Board & Care
240.00
Peturned checks
49.18
289.18
INFIRMARY :
Sale of calves
201.90
Sale of burlap bags
4.50
Sale of Fotatoes, Calves & Junk
122.50
328.90
$56,029.01
TOTAL:
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REPORT OF CITY INFIRMARY --- BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JANUARY 31, 1951
Board of Public Welfare:
Gentlemen :
The report of the City Infirmary is as follows:
Inmates at present time :
17
Cared for during the year Unable to work
34
6
Deaf mute Children under 11 year of age
1
8
Money paid to Treasurer: $328.90
Wood bought Wood delivered
30 Cord
Bought day old chicks
75
Bought young pigs
4
Poultry killed and used: Hogs killed and used: Milk
711 lbs.
Eggs Butter
1540 1bs. 830 (20 qt. cans) 966 Doz. 754 lbs.
Live stock on hand:
1 horse - 7 cows - 67 pullets - 2 hogs.
Canned Goods: 359 qts.
221 qts. tomatoes - 55 qts. peaches
59 qts. pears - 8 qts. pickles
4 qts. corn - 18 glasses grape jelly 8 qts chili sauce - 4 qts quince
Crops Raised:
35 tons hay - 95 bu. potatoes - 20 bu. carrots - 1,000 1bs. turnip - 500 lbs. cabbage 600 1bs. squash - 2 bu. onions - 7 bu. apples - 5 bu. pears - 14 bu. peaches - 15 bu. tomatoes - 20 bu. corn on cob - 10 bu. cucumbers - 2 bu. sweet peppers - 8 bu. string beans - 4 bu. summer cabbage.
Repairs: Women's Wing 1 room floor painted lst floor hall painted New boards in first floor porch Chapel ceiling & wall painted.
Men's Wing 7 rooms painted. 2 toilets, 2 washrooms painted. Ceiling first floor hall painted.
Roofers repaired roof valley's and gutters. Corked walls; 7 rear porch and repaired barn roof. New paper put on garage roof. Bubbler in basement repaired; all windows repaired, 27 panes glass set. White washed boiler room and laundry; new floor in barn.
Respectfully submitted,
Everett W. Dwinnells, Supt.
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WELFARE EXPENDITURES
JAN -- DEC 1951
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
NOV.
Dec.
Total
Groceries
1068.52 1529.00 1141.00 1297.00
894.00 1004. 14 1027.00 1056.00
771.00
641.00 1212.06 1502.00
13172.72
Fuel
248.33 493.60 303.28 407.41
199.30
85.36
57.69 132.20
48.27
190.08 155.76 676.25
2997.53
Board & Care
708.54
25.00
459.44
1436.51
381.17
20.00 1363.61
20.00
25.00 1525.45
547.19
6511.91
Office Supplies
34.69
114.50
3.35
18.00
40.15
14.10
22.50
35.72
39.20
322.21
Rent
277.10
284.75
276.99
184.03
225.96
190.61
268.12
99.07
225.38
124.94
240.71
272.62
2671.29
Shoes & Clothing
40.30
22.00
39.50
39.25
67.10
23.99
55.50
29.75
61.15
378.54
Telephone
8.63
7.70
8.00
9.00
9.37
17.10
8.25
10.35 676.00
9.70
11.45
107.20
Temporary Aid
4516.73
Glasses
17.00
39.00
56.00
Medical
157.00
359.00
284.00
251.00
297.50
286.00
136.00
206.00
209.00
152.00
468.00
2805.50
Drugs
174.30
222.42
191.64
206.84
239.30
176.78
157.01
214.99
188.37
219.35
414.70
2405.70
Hospital
245.75
530.00
414.00
168.00
1.00
120.00
2.50
1481.26
Dental
10.00
2.00
9.00
21.00
Burial
10.00
115.00
125.00
250.00
Travel
2.04
2.04
2.04
2.04
10.95
4.74
25.89
Miscellaneous
44.00
8.85
34.14
135.57
15.00
15.00
7.92
1.50
337.08
Cash
1390.50 1076. 00 1135.00 1183.00 1497.50 1121. 00 1166.00 1467.50 1181.00 1566.00 1.85.00 1071.00
15343.50
3796. 56 4192. 65 4070. 83 3413.79 5291.40 5155.70 3600.72 4922.62 3612. 94 3708.24 6077.71 5330.79
53404.05
Salaries
678.41 612.72 612.72 612.72 849.13 628.08 628.08 785.10 628.08 795.10 786.69 751.12
8357.96
Disability
384.35 111.10
495.45
TOTALS :
4475.07 4805.37 4683. 55 4256.51 6140.58 5735.78 4228. 80 5707.72 4241. 02 0193.34 7248.71 6193.01
62257.46
*Special Warrant Anna Jaques Hospital :
2036.32
TOTAL
61293.78
7.60 29.67
1306.00
316.00
221.72
745.51
960.84
260.99
38060.55
2406.16 3116.65 2936.83 2455.79 3793.90 4034.70 2434.72 3455. 12 2431.94 2142.2: 4592.71 4259.71
2.0/4 75.00
4475.07 4805.37 4633.55 4256.51 6140.58 5793.73 4228. 30 5707.72 4241.02 4493. 34 6864.36 6081.91
61762.01
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INFIRMARY EXPENDITURES
JAN --- DEC 1951
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Deo .
Total
Groceries
205.95
384.02
257.45
335.80
332.24
267.26 224.12
515.63
346.26
139.34
395.18
163.75
3567.00
Fuel & Light
277.04
263.32
165.65
141.41
139.12
76.73
68.31
102.58
95.06
294.92
331.33
1955.47
Feed & Grain
100.94
129.57
81.45
84.28
186.81
102.59
164.80
99.68
76.27
73.96
117.72
153.76
1371.83
Gas
10.18
5.00
13.56 14.00
10.47 7.00
82.00
Hospital
300.00
Supplies
62.69
90.97
31.49
55.02
33.10
33.13
22.52
63.12
200.51
47.00
639.55
Drugs
3.71
15.29
22.17
4.44
6.75
9.23
20.94
7.65
10.35
5.60
17.21
123.34
Tobacco
9.05
35.52
25.80
42.00
35.28
31.36
40.04
67.44
34.56
19.68
30.96
70.04
4/11.73
Pest Control
8.33
8.33
8.33
3.33
8.33
8.33
8.33
3.33
8.33
8.33
8.33
8.33
99.96
Telephone
11.31
17.15
3.70
9.00
10.27
20.55
9.70
8.70
9.55
9.75
114.68
Miscellaneous
10.00
60.72
5.00
5.00
6.00
9.00
263.50
101.41
38.00
31.00
529.63
Barber ing
24.00
24.00
48.00
30.00
24.00
24.00
30.00
244.00
30.00
30.00
288.00
Slaughter
10.00
5.00
10.00
25.00
Shoes & Clothing
113.35
35.85
22.30
14.04
9.85
62.29
4.95
61.88
10.80
335.31
Repairs
1.50
57.05
45.89
1.00
84.86
53.75
187.17
25.97
59.95
517.12
35.55
1.50
16.03
4.65
2.50
19.91
80.14
Repairs on truck Insurance
78.74
Express
.85
1.76
1.60
6.80
1.80
1.70
3.40
3.40
1.75
23.06
Veterinarian
10.00
24.00
Gasoline (Truck)
13.68
15.55
17. 14
21.45
67.82
482.93
977.76 932.11 1099.78 916.94 695.70 608.56 1045.79
978.93
749.54 1269.07
983.59 10740.70
Salaries
280.00
280.00 280.00 280.00 280.00 280.00
280.00
230.00 261.67
280.00 280.00
280.00
3291.67
6.68
14.76
9.63
6.02
Medical
6.00
22.00
12.00
12.00
9.00
300.00
76.30
78.74
14.00
762.93 1257.76 1212.11 1379.78 1196.94 975.70 888.56 1275.79 1240. 60 1029.54 1549.07 1263.59 14032.37
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Ninety-Sixth Annual Report of the Public Library Newburyport, Mass.
Board of Directors for 1951
Mrs. Charles D. Baker John F. Leary Erving A. LeCain
T. Joseph Mannix Miss Grace Pettengill Miss Ellen G. Todd
Richard L. Walsh
Trustees of Building Fund and Permanent Members of the Board
William Balch John J. C. Coffin Peter I. Lawton
Ex-officio Andrew J. Gillis, Mayor Arthur T .. Southwell, President of Council
Librarian Katherine M. Kuechle
Library Staff
Grace Bixby, Assistant
Elizabeth M. Brennan, Assistant
Eleanor M. Clancy, Children's Librarian
Mary A. Cummings, Assistant
Eleanor E. Gannon, Assistant
Bessie W. P. Hills, Permanent Part-time Assistant
Beulah E. Moody, Assistant
Catherine W. Parsons, Assistant
Marian G. Todd, Assistant
Dorothy Walton, Part-time
Assistant
Josephine Johnson, Substitute
Janitor C. Frank Kelleher
Report of the Librarian
To the Board of Directors of the Newburyport Public Library:
The ear-shattering sound of an electric saw at work in the Reading Room of the library building is not exactly conducive to the atmosphere of concentration due the composing of an Annual Report. Yet that hor- rendous noise signals that a portion, at least, of the long awaited new lights, contracted for in July 1951, have at last arrived. This instal- lation marks the beginning of the lighting improvements which have been in the planning stage since April 1951, and which were begun in the previ- ous year with the enlargement of the library electrical service. The Directors, accepting the report of the Building Committee, made after recommendations had been made by several lighting engineers, engaged the services of Mr. Russell Pierce, architect,, to draw up specifications and advertise for bid new lights in various zones of the library building. A detailed record of the proceedings and of the long range plan for light- ing improvements may be found in the minutes of the Director's meetings and in the specifications as drawn up by Mr. Pierce. Unavoidable delays in shipment of the fixtures (because of priorities of the armed services) caused postponement of the installation month after month. It is very gratifying, therefore, to see work progressing and to know that a portion of the long-overdue lighting improvement will soon be a reality.
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During 1951, the Library and its two Branches were open 300 days. The Belleville Branch was closed for cleaning during the months of July and August. The branch was alsc unavoidably closed several other days due to lack of heat. This fact is perhaps the largest factor in account- ing for a decrease in total book circulation from 88,440 in 1950 to 86,457 in 1951 - a loss of 1,983. Belleville Branch issued 8,277 books in 1951 as compared with 12,139 in 1950 - a loss of 3,862 for the year. Andrews Branch circulation was 10,153 books in 1951 as compared to 11,124 in 1950 - a loss of 971 for the year. Losses in branch circulation were offset by gains in the main library adult and juvenile circulation. The gain in adult book circulation was 370 in 1951; in juvenile book circulation at the main library the circulation of books from the Children's Room of the main library was 14,080 in 1951 as compared to 11,606 in 1950 - a gain of 2,474 over the previous year. For the second consecutive year thirty- six per cent of the adult book circulation has been non-fiction as com- pared to thirty-three per cent in 1949. The percentage of juvenile non- fiction circulated remains at twenty-two percent of the juvenile total as in 1950.
The total number of cardholders increased from 10,052 to 10,081 in 1951 - a gain of 29 despite the withdrawal of 1,226 expired numbers. The number of juvenile cardholders showed an increase of 209 over the previous year. Total Newbury registrations are 312.
Book stock of the Library now stands at 87,890. During 1951 worn out volumes numbering 679 were withdrawn from the book collection while 1,612 volumes were added - making a net gain of 933 to the book stock.
As indicated by the above figures showing a gain of 2,474 in Children's Room circulation and an increase for the year of 209 in the total number of juvenile cardholders, the children of Newburyport are mak- ing increased use of their library. During 1951 a total of 40 books were purchased for the Children's Room from the Ethel Parton Fund, sponsored under the auspices of the Friends of the Library. The Newburyport Garden Club gave four nature books for the "Bessie Books", purchased from the interest of the Elizabeth Lispenard Johnson Phister Lane Memorial Fund. In addition, 43 other "Bessie Books" were given by Mrs. George A. Clark making a total of 58 "Bessie Books" to date. These, as well as gifts from other individuals, have been welcome additions to the Children's Room book collection.
Sixty-four children signed up for the 1951 Vacation Reading Club which featured "The Library Circus", which was received with more enthusiasm than had been shown for several previous years. Twenty-seven children completed the required reading. Three children received the State Read- ing Certificates in 1951. During the year a total of 38 school deposits (collections of books) were lent to teachers as compared to 19 in 1950. Miss Clancy gave library instruction in the use of reference books and the library catalogue to all of the fifth grade classes in the public schools. Each class came once, accompanied by their teacher, to the main library or the Belleville Branch.
The weekly story hours during the school year have continued to be enjoyed by the children. Miss Clancy has conducted the story hour at the Main Library, Mrs. Brennan at the Emma L. Andrews Branch.
Book Week, Nov. 12-17, was celebrated in the Children's Room with displays of new books, special story hours, and a talk on nature books by Miss Grace G. Pettengill. Though the attendance was small, the children who were present enjoyed it greatly and have later read a number of the books recommended by Miss Pettengill.
1951 presented a great variety of reference questions in addition to the usual calls for material for high school term papers and for club papers. A typical telephone reference questions, for example, was for
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information on the belts of spring and winter wheat in the United States. There were a number of requests for genealogical information, especially from the middle west and far west. These were ably handled by Miss Bixby, our genealogical "expert", or referred to Miss Mary Rolfe if the extended services of a trained genealogist were required.
During the fall a group of about 40 Clark University graduate students in geology and geography made frequent use of the Library's fa- cilities in the course of an Essex County survey which they were making. This geological and geographical mapping of Massachusetts has been a graduate school project of the University for ten years and the study on Essex County completes the project. The group numbered students from a- bout sixteen foreign countries - including England, Pakistan, and South American countries.
Arrangements were made with the Houghton Library of Harvard Universi- ty for the microfilming of certain specified copies of the Newburyport newspaper for Walter M. Merrill of Kenilworth, Illinois. Mr. Merrill is engaged in the writing of a biography of William Lloyd Garrison.
During the summer months, while the Belleville Library was closed, the librarian and Mrs. Moody spent much time in the vault of the Library collating the early newspapers. This was done with a view to arriving at the approximate cost of microfilming all Newburyport newspapers prior to 1870. All this information has been tabulated in statistical form ready for use at any time funds might permit. Many treasures were un- earthed - including a Jonathan Plummer broadside and an almost perfect file for 1786 through 1815 of the Massachusetts and/or Columbian Centinel, one of the earliest papers published in the country. Mr. Kelleher built more shelves in the Fault to accommodate these treasures as they deserved. The room is fast becoming "outgrown" and should be enlarged and improved in the near future.
One English class from the Immaculate Conception High School came tc the Library for library instruction in the use of reference books and the catalogue. Instruction was given jointly by Miss Bixby and the Librarian.
One Girl Scout troop visited the Library for a tour of the building. Three Boy Scouts worked for the Reading Merit Badge under our supervision.
Frequent use of the inter-library loan service of the State Division of Public Libraries has been made in 1951. Books on such specialized subjects as photoengraving, psychological testing, and methods of spectro- chemical analysis as well as sets of books in French, Greek and Italian were borrowed. A total of 198 books were borrowed on interloan in 1951 am 11 books were lent to libraries in South Carolina, Wisconsin, New York, and Amesbury, Ipswich, and Lynn, Massachusetts. All the necessary records involved were capabably handled by Miss Gannon.
The Annual meeting, open to the public, of the Newburyport Friends of the Library, was held in the Reading Room of the Main Library on May 17. Mr. James M. Barriskill, of the Governor Dummer faculty, presented an ab- sorbing paper on evidence of the theatre in 18th Century Newburyport.
For the second time the Newburypo t Public Library was one of sixty libraries, scattered throughout the United States to receive a grant from the Harry Futterman Trust, Inc. of New York for the purchase of musical recordings. Music lovers of the city have welcomed the additions to our small lending collection made possible through purchases from the $50. grant and from gifts and other sources.
In March, the librarian gave a book talk to the Women's Alliance of the Unitarian Church; in November, reviewed the season's children's publi- cations for the Salisbury P.T.A. and Miss Clancy gave an evening story har
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for the Women of the Moose for their annual Mooseheart Home program.
We are very grateful to our Chairman, Mayor Gillis, for providing sufficient funds that a start could be made on modernizing the lighting of the library . We hope that the long-range plan can be carried to com- pletion and the renovation completed in the near future.
The Librarian is most grateful to each member of the Library staff and to Mr. C. Frank Kelleher, janitor of the library, for each individu- al's contribution to the smooth functioning of the Library. During 1951, Mrs. Dorothy Walton joined the staff as a part-time assistant.
We also wish to express our grateful appreciation to each member of the Board of Library Directors for the valued contribution of each in matters of policy and planning for the welfare of Newburyport's Library.
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine M. Kuechle, Librarian
STATISTICS
For the year ending December 31, 1951
14,111
Assessed valuation
$14,020,255
Number of days open during the year
300
Number of hours open each week for lending
66
Hours open each week for reading
66
Hours open each week for Andrews Branch
8
Hours open each week for Belleville Branch
8
(Closed July and August 1951)
BORROWERS
Adult
Juvenile 2,081
Total
January 1, 1951
7,971
Added during 1951
829
426
1,255
Totals
8,800
2,507
11,307
Withdrawn during 1951
1,009
217
1,226
Total December 31, 1951
7,791
2,290
10,081
CIRCULATION
Adult
Juvenile
Non-Fict.
Fiction
Non-Fict.
Fiction
Total
Main Library
20,524
33,423
3,579
10,501
68,027
Andrews Branch
2,245
4,828
626
2,454
10,153
Belleville Branch
872
3,033
637
3,735
9,277
Total
23,641
41,284
4,842
16,690
86,457
BOOK STOCK
Adult
Juvenile
Total
No. of vols. Jan. 1, 1951
81,366
5,591
86,957
No. of vols. added in 1951
1,353
259
1,612
Totals
82,719
5,850
88,559
No. of vols. withdrawn in 1951
462
217
679
Total Dec. 31, 1951
82,257
5,633
87,890
95
Closed July & Aug. )
10,052
Population served
PUBLIC LIBRARY
DONORS TO THE LIBRARY IN 1951
Akerman, Mrs. Charles
Aluminum Company of America
Atherton, Mrs. L. A.
Barriskill, Mr. James
Barth, Harry, Jr. Bates, Mr. William H.
Bierck, Mr. Harold A.
Lunt, Mrs. Ellis B.
Bluemel, Dr. C. S.
Bostonian Society
Bresnahan, Miss Mary Lou
British Travel & Holidays Assoc.
Brown, Mrs. Georgia A.
Carey, Miss Mary J.
Clark, Mrs. George
Coffin, Mrs. David
Corning Glass Works
Cronin, Mr. Edward J.
Cushing, Miss Margaret
Driver, Miss Emma M.
Scribner's Sons
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Scudder, Miss Antoinette
Silliman, Mrs. Lester L.
Foley, Mr. Richard
Forrester, Mrs. Norine K.
Fuchs, Dr. Martin
Gregory, Mr. Paul
Hardy, Miss Fay
Harriman, Mrs. Wilhelmine
Hicken, Mr. Edward E.
Hilton, Mr. Charles E.
Hoxie, Miss Elizabeth
Huntley, Mr. Francis
Whelpley, Mrs. Laura
International Bus. Machines Corp.
Williams, Mrs. Richard G.
Kinsman, Mr. W. A.
Withers, Mr. Charles C.
Knopf, Alfred A., Inc.
Wood, Mrs. Morris
EXHIBITION OF HOBBIES
Stage Memorabilia
Lent by
Mr. James Barriskill
Library Staff
"The Partons
n
n
Miss Edith Howe
Mr. Hugo Parton
Mr. James Parton
Miss Dorothy Whitney
Dolls
Mrs. Edward Piel
Woodcarvings of birds and fish
n
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Michael J. Saroka, Jr.
BOOKS PURCHASED FROM INCOME OF FUNDS
Andrews, Emma L.
12
Bradbury, John M.
2
Coffin, Winthrop 0.
105
Colby, Lucy G. B.
43
Currier, John J.
24
Dodge, Nathan D.
14
Dodge, William H. P.
25
Foster, Daniel
4
Frothingham, Joseph A.
14
Green, Sarah A.
10
Haskell, George
14
Healy, Dr. T. Raymond
8
Marston, Stephen W.
44
Moseley, Edward S.
2
Moseley, William 0.
Kohlhaas, Mrs. Mabel G.
Liberty, Miss Yvonne Littlefield, Mrs. Sidney
Logan, Mr. Harlan Longley, Mrs. M.C. Lull, Mr. Robert W.
Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Company Moseley, Miss Helen C.
N.H.S. Class of 1951
Ordway, Mr. Caroll C.
Potter, Mrs. J. Lee
Pulsifer, Miss Pauline F.
The Randen Foundation Rice, Miss Margaret
Richard, Mr. Joseph Rolfe, Miss Mary
Russell, Miss Mary
Farrell, Mr. George P.
Fillmore, Mr. Earl
Flower, Mr. Milton
State Street Trust Company
Swisher, Mrs. Rebecca
Standard Oil Development Company
Thurlow, Mrs. Winthrop
Tibbetts, Mrs. Arthur H.
United States Steel Corporation
Walden, Mr. Carl Walsh, Mr. Richard L.
Walton, Miss Fanny
Early Writing Materials
M
n
11
96
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Moulton, Alice C.
14
Parton, Ethel
40
Pathe, Paul
6
Peabody, George C.
126
Pettingell, George B.
5
Plumer, Wilhelmina
6
Sawyer, Matthias P.
12
Spring, John R.
219
Stickney, Elizabeth H.
180
Stone, Eben F.
59
Sweetser, Benjamin G.
71
Wiggin, Mary C.
11
Wightman, Annie S.
91
Williams, Abraham
16
Total
1188
1188
Special
74
General
56
130
130
GRAND TOTAL
1318
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Report of Water Commissioners
February 8, 1952
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council, City of Newburyport, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The Fifty-sixth annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted herewith.
Board of Water Commissioners,
Willard S. Little
James Ryan
John F. Cutter
Daniel J. Reardon
Ellis B. Lunt
Margaret Leary, Junior Clerk
Financial Statement 1951
Balance December 31, 1950
$ 25,010.30
Receipts
Water Rates
Meter Rates
$ 66,994.53 24,910.81 3,432.90
Meter Rates #2
Artichoke River Maintenance
50.00
Artichoke Station Maintenance
3.59
General Maintenance
3.59
General Distribution
16.59
Main Pumping Station
608.65
Mains Construction
165.60
City of Newburyport
5,000.00
Town of Newbury
854.58
Newbury -- Service Pipe Construction
508.52
Service Pipe Construction
1,287.33
Service Pipe Maintenance
189.99
Truck Maintenance
64.00
From State Director of Accounts
41.94
$104,132.62
104,132.62 $129,142.92
Payments
Maintenance
Artichoke River
613.12
Artichoke Station
10,377.80
Filter Bed
2,622.97
Ga te
340.16
General
6,547.33
General Distribution
4,487.33
Hydrant
805.69
Mains
1,308.32
Meter
1,197.96
Newbury -- Mains
127.12
Newbury -- Hydrant
37.40
Newbury -- Service Pipe
75.68
$104,090.68
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Report of Water Commissioners
Main Pumping Station
Gravel Packed Well
$ 43,402.36 45.84 6,432.17
Service Fipe Maintenance
Standpipe -- Coffins Court
213.19
14.80
Standpipe -- Myrtle Avenue Trucks
1,198.33
$ 79,847.57
Construction
Gate
165.20
Hydrant
761.85
Mains
6,156.95
Me ter
343.81
Meter -- Purchase & Installation
1,956.57
Newbury -- Mains
115.56
Newbury -- Service Pipe
620.51
Service Pipe
2,601.34
New Trucks
2,974.30
15,696.09
Bonds
$ 12,000.00
Interest
1,795.00
Retirement
3.051.58
16,846.58
Water Mains & Gravel Packed Well
9,108.89
Balance December 31, 1951
Gertrude C. Gorwaiz
Clerk
Construction & Maintenance Division 1951
Services:
Thirty-eight new Services were installed requiring : 1615'-8" of 3/4" Copper Pipe and 193'-2" of 1" Copper Pipe. Fourteen new Services were installed in Newbury requiring: 609'-3" of 3/4" Copper Pipe and 18'-2" of 2" Cement Lined Pipe. Twenty-six leaks in services were repaired. Four services were repaired. Nine Services renewed requiring 234'-8" of 3/4" Copper Pipe and 19'-11" of 1" Copper Pipe.
Meters:
Seventy-six new meters were installed during the year, 45 in Newburyport and 31 in Newbury.
Sixteen meters were replaced, nineteen removed, eleven changed and two frozen .
Hydrants :
Four new hydrants set: one on each of the following streets: Low Street near Armory Garage, Truman Way, Chase Street and Plum Island Turnpike. One hydrant replaced and four repaired.
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$121,499.13
$121,499.13 $ 7,643.79
Respectfully submitted,
Report of Water Commissioners
Mains :
New :
Plum Island Turnpike
Newbury Turnpike (to Morrison's from last hydrant.)
Farrell Street
Truman Way
Tracy Place
216 * 6" Cement Lined Pipe
Hope Avenue
21' - 6" Cement Lined Pipe
Low St. from Toppan's Lane East
682'
- 8" Cement Lined Pipe
Beacon Avenue
253'
- 8" Cement Lined Pipe
Main Jumping Station from Jackman Filter in connection with
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