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Board of Directors for 1953
Mrs. Charles D. Baker Mrs. Robert M. Driver
Robert G. Fuller
Mrs. Andrew J. Langlois (To fill Mr. LeCain's unexpired term)
John F. Leary Erving A. LeCain (Resigned Oct. 1953)
T. Joseph Mannix
Richard L. Walsh
Trustees of Building Fund and Permanent Members of Board
William Balch John. J.C. Coffin Peter I. Lawton
Ex-officio Andrew J. Gillis, Mayor Arthur W. Southwell, President of the Council
Librarian
Katherine M. Kuethle
Library Staff.
Grace Bixby, Assistant Bessie W. P. Hills, Permanent Part-time Assistant
Elizabeth Brennan, Assistant
Beulah E. Moody, Assistant
Eleanor M. Clancy, Children's Librarian
Grace L. Colby, Assistant
Catherine W. Parsons, Assistant Marion G. Todd, Assistant
Mary A. Cummings, Permanent Part time Assistant
Eleanor E. Gannon, Assistant Resigned April, 1953
Dorothy M. Walton, Permanent Part time Assistant Josephine Johnson, Substitute
Lawrence Maroni, Substitute
Janitor C. Frank Kelleher Substitute Janitor
William J. Hegarty
Report of the Librarian
To the Board of Directors of the Newburyport Public Library:
I have the honor of submitting the ninety-eighth Annual Report of the Newburyport Public Library for the past year 1953. To quote an anonymous poet :
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" Laden with facts and statistics overwhelmingly ; The Public has need of these, since the worn vestige Of last year's effort has died out in memory, And anew must be presented both achievements and ambition."
During the year 1953, the library was open 303 days with a total of 79,433 books circulated for home use. This is a decrease of 5,517 as compared to the total book circulation in 1952. An analysis of this decrease reveals that total adult circulation decreased 6,573 during 1953 while total juvenile circulation increased 1,056 during the same period. A further examination of the juvenile increase reveals a gain of 1,072 in juvenile circulation at the main library, a gain of 731 at the Belleville branch. The decrease in juvenile circulation at the Andrews branch was probably due to days lost when the branch was closed for painting of the library rooms, and to branch closing on legal holi- days. This increase in juvenile circulation is, in line with the in- crease in school population, currently making such heavy demands on the school facilities. It also would appear to indicate the northward trend of population in Newburyport, where many new homes are being built in the north end of the city. Further, it points up the need for larger quarters for the Belleville branch at present operating one day a week in very cramped quarters.
The percentage of adult non-fiction rose from 37 to 39 per cent of the total adult book circulation in 1953, a percentage which has been gradually rising from 33 per cent in 1949. The percentage of juvenile non-fiction circulated also increased from 26 to 27 per cent of the total juvenile circulation in 1953. This seems to bear out the con- tinuation of a trend in publishing which we noted in last year's report- namely, the relatively poorer quality of new fiction published as com- pared to the generally high quality of non-fiction published. An ad- ditional factor, in this problem of fiction circulation might be the great number of novels available in "pocket- library" editions at 25 cents apiece - many of which are titles available in only those editions and not published in " hard covers" at all. This would seem to indi- cate some sort of a trend or upheaval in the publishing world, and one whose effects are just beginning to become apparent as they concern lib- raries and reading habits.
With prices of all "hard-cover" books up at least 25% during the past year, it is not surprising that people have come to depend more and more on the public library to supply reading matter of more than passing interest which formerly they might have purchased for themselves. The correlative of this trend, is that the library, faced with the same high book prices and no increase in income for purchase of books must be more selective in making its purchases out of the hundreds of titles of- fered in what proved to be a landslide publishing year. Would that the publishers were a little more interested in quality than they are in quantity of titles offered!
The total number of registered cardholders increased from 10,178 to 10,656 in 1953 - a gain of 478 despite the withdrawal of 885 expired numbers. The number of juvenile cardholders increased 376 over the pre- vious year - once again bearing testimony to the fact that our school population is increasing.
The book stock was increased by 1, 982 volumes in 1953 and 93 volumes were withdrawn from it. Net gain of the book stock was 1,899 bringing the total book stock of the library up to 91,353 volumes. Of these ad- ditions, 1456 were purchased from the income of trust funds.
As indicated above by the circulation figures cited, the Children's Room of the Main Library and of the two branches were much used during
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1953. In addition to the books circulated for home reading, there was a marked increase in use of the library for school reference work. There is a greater need then ever, with the growing school population, for more children's books in the Main Library and at the two branch libraries. To help meet this need, the Newburyport Friends of the Library voted a gift of $150 for the purchase of children's books, at its annual meeting in May. Deposited in the Ethel Parton Fund, raised under the sponsorship of the Friends of the Library, this money has been used equally by the Main Library and the two branch library children's rooms. A total of 139 books were purchased from the Ethel Parton Fund in 1953. The Newburyport Garden Club gave one nature book for the "Bessie Books", purchased from the interest of the club's Elizabeth Lispenard Johnson. Phister Lane Memorial Fund. This brings the total of nature books bearing the Bessie Books" bookplate up to 62 since their beginning in 1949.
The 1953 Summer Reading Club was one of the most popular of a long series of such reading programs. Known as the Library Book League, it had 23 boys and girls signed up on the Braves team and 50 on the Red Sox. As books were read, the cut-out figures proceeded around the baseball diamond until the desired Home Run was achieved by the reading of ten books. Twenty-three children made Home Runs. Interest in the library Book League was kept at a high point by the interest and/or participation in the very successful Kiwanis Little League program. In addition, nine children received the State Reading Certificate - one more than in the previous year, and six more than in 1951. Thirty-three school deposits ( collections of juvenile books) were lent to teachers in 1953. Weekly story hours were conducted during the school year by Miss Clancy at the Main Library and by Mrs. Brennan at the Emma L. Andrews branch. As always, they were greatly enjoyed by the "regulars" who attended week after week.
Book Week, Nov. 15-21, was observed in the Children's Room with dis- plays of new books and special story hours. One of the programs featured radio plays" - in which volunteer actors played scenes from popular stories whose titles the audience must guess. Instruction in the use of the Library's reference books and the library catalogue was given again by Miss Clancy to all fifth grade classes in the public schools. Six classes, accompanied to the Library by their teachers, received this basic instruction.
1953 presented a great variety of reference questions asked in person, by telephone, or by letter. The great range of subjects covered will always stand as a challenge to the ingenuity of the librarian in providing the answers. Many of these requests were the usual ones from high school students for material for term papers on subjects ranging from antibiotics to Eugene O'Neill. The club papers likewise ranged the field of knowledge from Swedish silver, cybernetics and the earliest lighter than air machines. Again, a hobby would lead one person. to per- use the old annual reports of the State of Maine Railroad Commissioners, another to pursue the intricacies of lace-making and a third to delve into the coin catalogs. As always, this past year has brought many re- quests for assistance in locating ancestors who were thought to have lived in Newburyport once upon a time. All such requests have been ably handled by Miss Bixby, our genealogical "expert." A delightful corres- pondence with Mr. Homer Croy, author of the recently published Will Rogers and a host of other books, has provided some of the missing pieces for the full-length biography Mr. Croy is now writing about Tamesin Eustis (born in Newburyport) who as Mrs. George Donner, perished in the Donner pass. This is a random sampling, typical enough, which demonstrates some of the infinite variety of our reference work.
The State Library Extension Division has been most helpful in providing books on inter-loan to supplement our own book collection. In 1953, we borrowed a total of 220 books on such specialized subjects as engineering optics, embalming, remedial reading and psycho-therapy as well as 136 books in Italian, Greek and French. Fourteen books were sent
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from Newburyport on interloan to libraries in Amesbury, Lynn, Ipswich and Lebanon, New Hampshire.
During 1953, the work of the microfilming of the earliest Newburyport newspapers, done at Harvard College, was continued and has now been complet- ed through the year 1843. Sufficient funds remain of Mr. John P. Mar- quand's generous gift of $1200 for this purpose to do two more of the vol- umes. These microfilm records have been used frequently in 1953, and are invaluable for saving the originals from frequent handling.
A notable gift to the Library was the presentation of the earliest extant Wolfe Tavern (Merrimack House) register covering the period of July 21, 1852 to August 31, 1854. Mr. Robert Weltshe, owner of the Wolfe Tav- ern, had it bid in for $210 at the auction of the Tavern contents and gen- erously presented it to the Library. This unique document, which consti- tutes an unusual social record of Newburyport at the height of her commer- cial and shipbuilding supremacy, is one of the Library's greatest treasures. Nine other registers of later date were also presented by Mr. Weltshe.
Another important acquistion of considerable rarity was purchased for the Library by the Peabody Fund. This is a handbill (or broadside) adver- tising the first elephant exhibited in this country. The elephant was ex- hibited in Newburyport on September 19, 1797 near Mr. Bartlet's store on Market Street. According to the standard bibliographies for such early printings, only one other copy of this handbill has been located in the possession of the New York Historical Society.
The list of donors attached at the end of report reveals a long list of friends who presented books and magazines to the Library. The Newbury- port Garden Club presented two books in memory of former club members : Audubon Guides" in memory of Mrs. Nathaniel Jones and "Flower Arrange- ments" in memory of Mrs. Frederick Moseley. Both of these are very beau- tiful books. Another memorial volume was the "History of the First Caval- ry Division" presented by the Auxiliary of Eugene A. Twomey, Sr., DVA, in memory of SPC Waynard W. Rowley. The Bradbury-Doyle Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, presented a three volume history of World War II and the Korean conflict.
The Friends of the Library held its Annual meeting on May 19 in the Reading Room of the Main library. Mr. Walter Merrill, at present on the Bowdoin College faculty, read a most entertaining paper on "William Lloyd Garrison's Courtship" - a chapter from the biography of Garrison which he is engaged in writing. All who heard Mr. Merrill look forward eagerly to reading the book when it is published.
Since fall, the child guidance clinic ( a unit of the State Depart- ment of Mental Health) has used the Directors' Room for several hours on two Fridays a month for psychological testing.
In November, Miss Clancy reviewed the new juvenile books for the Mothers' Club at the Y.W.C.A. A most interesting paper, written by Miss Grace Bixby, on "Old Gardens of Newburyport", based largely on notes from the old Newburyport newspapers, was read by the librarian at a summer meet- ing of the Historical Society and again before the Garden Club.
Major repairs at the library included the rebuilding and strengthen- ing of the top two feet of the Main library chimney and pointing up wher- ever needed - a job long overdue. All loose tiles in the main corridor of the library were reset and new rubber runners installed. New lighting fix- tures were installed in the reference section of the annex, as drawn up in the 1951 specifications. Lighting improvements in the alcoves of the main house and the annex (main floor and balconies) remain to be done. Funds for this purpose have been requested in the 1954 budget and will, we hope, be made available as present lighting is most inadequate. Renovations at the Emma L. Andrews Branch were completed in the summer. when the library rooms were painted and floors refinished. The walls of' both rooms are a soft
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green with woodwork and bookshelves of a slightly darker shade. Flower- ed curtains, made by Mrs. Wilson Rogers, complete the attractive interior. Many children and adults have commented with approval on the "new look". L Both Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are to be commended for their efforts in taking such excellent care of the building and the grounds. The Belleville Branch, located in an upstairs room of the Belleville Church parish house has been operating successfully and busily in spite of its cramped quart- ers. The 9 to 5 Tuesday hours, begun last year to cooperate with the new church policy of scheduling all parish activities in the first part of the week, have worked out well on the whole. At no time was it necessary to have an emergency closing due to inadequate heat in the library room. A word of gratitude should be extended Mr. Carleton, the janitor for his special efforts in keeping the library room clean and comfortably warm.
The Librarian is most grateful to each member of the library staff and to Mr. C. Frank Kelleher, janitor of the Library, for their support and cooperation. During the year, we were sorry to lose to the Telephone Company, one of our valued staff members, Miss Eleanor E. Gannon. Miss Grace L. Colby was elected to the staff in May of 1958.
The Librarian also is grateful to the Directors of the Library for their support and encouragement so generously given at all times.
We wish to venture a second quotation from our anonymous poet to close this report with both a statement and a challenge for the year ahead :
" A vision without a task is a dream;
A' task without a vision is drudgery;
A vision and a task is the hope of the world."
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine M. Kuechle Librarian
STATISTICS
For the year ending December 31, 1953
Population served
14,111
Assessed valuation
$14,503,160
Number of days open during the year
303
Number of hours open each week for lending
66
Number of hours open each week for reading
66
Hours open each week for Andrews Branch
8
Hours open each week for Belleville Branch (Closed July and August 1953)
8
Borrowers
Adult
Juvenile
Total
January 1, 1953 Added during 1953
7,752
2,426
10,178
Totals
8,552
2,989
11,541
Withdrawn during 1953
698
187
885
Total December 31, 1953
7,854
2,802
10,656
Newbury registrations
(included in totals)
253
83
366
800
563
1,363
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Circulation
Adult
Juvenile
Non-Fic. Fict.
Non-Fic.
Fict.
Total
Main Library
20,066
29,847
3,965
9,092
62,970
Andrews Branch
2,673
5,186
601
2,274
10,734
Belleville Branch
508
1,821
734
2,666
5,729
(Closed July & Aug. ) Total
23,247
36,854
5,300
14,032
79,433
BOOK STOCK
Adult
Juvenile
Total
No. of vols. Jan. 1, 1953
83,625
5,839
89,464
No. of vols. added in 1953
1,669
313
1,982
Totals
85,294
6,152
91,446
No. of vols, withdrawn in 1953
87
6
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Total Dec. 31, 1953
85,207
6,146
91,353
DONORS TO THE LIBRARY IN 1953
American Petroleum Institute
Littlefield, Mrs. Lena
Belson, Mr. David
Longley, Mrs. M.C.
Brown, Mr. Edward D.
Lounsbury, Rev. Walter
Carrier Corporation
Massachusetts Bar. Assoc.
Checkoway, Dennis
Menut, Albert D.
Christianform
Murphy, .Eleanor
Coffin, Mrs. David
Newburyport Garden Club
Compton Publishing Co.
Pendill, Claudius G.
Cook, Mrs. Susan
Perkins, Mr. and Mrs.Robt.W.
Cummings, Mrs. Mary
Pettengill, Miss Grace
D.A.V. - Eugene Twomey Post Aux.
Potter, Mrs. J. Lee
Donworth, Mr. Albert
Dodge, Laurence P.
Richardson, Mrs. Anstiss
Dupont, Mr. Henry
Rosenfield, Mr. Colman Rush, Mr. Chas. E.
Emerson, Marion W.
Russell, Mr. Eugene
Farrar, Straus & Young, Inc.
Sangberg, Mrs. Maud
Field Enterprises
Sec. of State of N.H. Smith, Mrs. Osgood
Flodin, Robert W.
Stanford War Library
Forbes, Mr. Allan
Steinway & Sons Co.
Ford Motor Company
Stevens, Mr. Robert
Gringrande, Mrs. Arthur
Stickney, Mr. George
Hardy, Mr. Jerome
Tibbetts, Mrs. Arthur E. Toppan, Mrs.
Harrison Eudy-Paine & Williams Co.
Vail, Mr. V.T.
Ireland, Frank B.
Volpone Motor Company
Jay Broiler Company
Wales, Mrs. Roberta
Weltshe, Mr. Robert Women's Alliance
Kimball, Mrs. Alfred
Wood, Mrs. Morris
Kinsman, Mrs. W.A.
Woodwell, Miss Mary
Kloeber, Mrs. Helen
Yellin, Rabbi Shalom
Libbey-Owens Ford Glass Co.
BOOKS PURCHASED FROM INCOME OF FUNDS
Andrews, Emma L.
14
Coffin, Winthrop 0.
104
Colby, Lucy G.B.
41
Currier, John J.
11
Dodge, Nathan D.
17
98
Jones, Mr. H.
V.F.W. Bradbury Doyle Post
Haverhill Public Library
Jason Silverman Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'Rith
Record Staff, N'ypt High
Dyer, Mr. Lewis A.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Public Library
Dodge, William H.P.
Foster, Daniel
5
Frothingham, Joseph A.
16
Green, Sarah A.
93
Haskell, George
11
Healy, Dr. T. Raymond
12
Marston, Stephen W.
37
Moseley, William O.
76
Moulton, Alice C.
20
Parton, Ethel
139
Pathe, Paul
12
Peabody, George C.
97
Pettingell, George B.
10
Plumer, Wilhelmina
10
Sawyer, Matthias P.
12
Spring, John R.
194
Stickney, Elizabeth H.
206
Stone, Eben F.
92
Sweetser, Benjamin G.
89
Wiggin, Mary C.
81
Wightman, Annie S.
15
Total
Special
4
General
191
1456
195
195
GRAND TOTAL
1651
EXHIBITIONS OF HOBBIES
Model of French royal coach
Autographs and Photographs of European royalty
Views of old Newburyport
Cups
Library staff
Wolfe Tavern register and memorabilia
Old Toys
Lent by Frederick Baumgartner
Lent by Robert W. Lull
Library collection
Gift of Robert W. Weltshe Library Collection
Lent by Library Staff
Miss Patricia Palmer
Mrs. L.A. Atherton
99
12
Williams, Abraham
1456
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Report of Water Commissioners
February 5, 1954
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council City of Newburyport, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The Fifty-eighth annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted herewith.
Board of Water Commissioners, J. Telford Elliott
Clark T. Lunt
Richard W. Johnson
John Colby, Jr.
James Ryan
Margaret Leary, Junior Clerk
Financial Statement 1953
Balance December 31, 1952
$ 5,986.73
Receipts
Water Rates
$ 73,113.96
Meter Rates
29,460.52
Meter Rates #2
3,689.88
Artichoke River Maintenance
50.00
Gate Maintenance
22.55
General Distribution
5.00
Hydrant Maintenance
218.29
Hydrant Construction
233.10
Mains Maintenance
8.00
Mains Construction
102.57
Meter Maintenance
2.23
Newbury-Service Pipe Construction
208.13
Service Pipe Maintenance
130.31
Service Pipe Construction
2,115.67
Sund ries
1,021.26
City of Newburyport
5,000.00
$115,381.47
Water Mains -- Bond Issue
60,134.55
City of Newburyport
10,000.00
$185,516.02
185.516.02 $191,502.75
Payments
Maintenance
Artichoke River
$ 627.53
Artichoke Station
9,068.02
Filter Bed
4,228.52
Gate
1,051.34
General
5,927.16
General Distribution
14,138.26
Hydrant
353.40
Mains
1,573.27
Meter
1,242.31
100
Report of Water Commissioners
Main Pumping Station
49,224.37
Service Pipe
6,886.06
195.36
1,301.19
257.00
$ 96,073.79
Construction
Gate
$ 280.29
Hydrant
488.17
Mains
1,151.52
Me ter
1,544.75
Newbury -- Service Pipe
358.13
Newbury -- Extension of Mains
40.20
Service Pipe
5,403.58
9,266.64
Bonds
$ 12,000.00
Interest
1,970.00
Retirement
3.808.32
17,778.32
Water Mains 1953
56,523.24
Water Mains & Gravel Packed Well
Balance December 31, 1953
100,07
$179,742.06 $ 11,760.69
Respectfully submitted,
Gertrude C. Gorwaiz
Clerk
Construction & Maintenance Division 1953
Services :
Fifty-five new services were installed requiring: 2143'-3" of 3/4" Copper Pipe, 211'-5" of 1" Copper Pipe, 171'-5" of 2" Copper Pipe, 111'-4" Cement Lined Pipe and 56'-6" of Cement Lined Pipe.
Four old services in new locations on Storey Avenue requiring: 431'-2" of 3/4" Copper Pipe.
Seven new services were installed in Newbury requiring 284'-3" of 3/4" Copper Pipe.
Nine leaks in services were repaired, four services renewed, six repaired and one replaced.
Meters :
Sixty-four new meters were installed during the year, 60 in Newburyport and four in Newbury.
Sixteen meters were replaced, eight removed, two repaired and five changed.
Hydrants :
Six new hydrants were set: Three on Parker Street, one on Pasture Road, one on Low Street and one on Johnson Street. One private hydrant set at the High School Football Field.
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Report of Water Commissioners
Mains :
New :
Parker Street
314'-9"
-6" -8"
Cement Lined Pipe
1499'
Cement Lined Pipe
1537'
-12"
Cement Lined Pipe
Pasture Road
Low Street
891'-6"
-12"
- 8"
Cement Lined Pipe
Upper Low Street
717'
- 8"
Cement Lined Pipe
Low St. near Pasture Road
32'
- 6"
Cement Lined Pipe
Johnson Street
1737'
-12"
Cement Lined Pipe Cement
Carlton Drive
611'
- 6"
Cement
Lined Pipe ~
Off Storey Ave. near Laprise
86 '
- 6"
Cement Lined Pipe
Griffin Court
65'
. 1"
Copper
Pipe
Williamson Avenue
151'
- 6"
Cement Lined Pipe
Off Rolfes Lane, Newbury
32'-6"
- 2"
Cement Lined Pipe
Leaks Repaired :
Dove Street, Merrimac St. near Market St., Ferry Road 12" main, Franklin St. off Milk, Otis Place, Storey Avenue near Hopkins Flower Shop and Market Square.
Miscellaneous :
Raised all gate boxes on High Street from Marlboro Street to State Street and from Olive to Wood land Street, also on Harris, Park, Washington, Boardman and Highland Ave.
Cut in a 6" Valve on Plummer Ave.
Laid 66' of 6" Cast iron cement lined pipe for Filter Bed.
Water System Statistics
Newburyport
Newbury
Miles of Mains
47+
5
Total Number of Services
4502
255
Total Number of Meters
374
61
Total Number of Hydrants Private Hydrants
13
Personnel :
John Lucy
Foreman
Raymond Rayno
Assistant Foreman
John Reardon
Pipe Layer
Timothy Healey
La bor er
Francis Saint
La bor er
William Royan
La bor er
Respectfully submitted,
John Lucy
For eman
26 24'-6"
-12"
Cement Lined Pipe Cement Lined Pipe
Low Street
896'
Christopher St.
144
- 6"
Lined Pipe
304
26
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Monthly Pumpage 1953
Per Daily Ave. Capita Gallons
Service
Booster
Artichoke
Well
Service
January
54,924,400 11,030,800
39,813,600
4,080,000
1,771,760
124
February
49,248,400 11,821,600
34,258,800
3,168,000
1,758,870
123
March
53,472,300 19,778,300
30,190,000
3,504,000
1,724,910
121
April
52,166,700 17,540,700
23,154,000
11,472,000
1,738,890
122
May
57,857,200 15,737,200
27,144,000
14,976,000
1,866,360
131
June
72,940,900
9,310,900
36,654,000
26,976,000
2,431, 360
154
August
67,509,700
7,622,500
32,575,200
27,312,000
2,177, 730
153
September
64,972,400
7,524,400
36,113,000
21,335,000
2,165,750
131
October
58,137,700
5,689,300
34,112,400
18,336,000
1,875,410
123
November
52,239,000
7,032,500
25,858,000
19,348,500
1,741,300
123
December
53.946,700
7,403,700
28,959,000
17,584,000
1.740,220
1,932,970
135
To Service
Ave, Daily
Per Capita Gallons
1930
476,033,810
1,304,000
86
1935
478,044,200
1,310,000
88
1940
574,384,200
1,573,500
104
1945
604,867,300
1,657,330
110
1950
656,490,400
1,797,590
126
Precipitation
Precipitation
Precipitation
1953
1943
1913-1953
January
5.23"
2.23"
3.32"
February
2.66"
1.61"
2.82"
March
7.60"
3.32"
3.42"
April
5.35"
3.03"
3.62"
May
3.08"
4.71"
3.14"
June
.84"
2.08"
3.33"
July
2.46"
5.78"
3.76"
August
3.04"
2.34"
3.03"
September
1.49"
1.08"
3.26"
October
4.60"
5.98"
3.01"
November
5.73
5.07"
3.72"
December
3.46"
.96"
3.38"
45.54"
38.19"
39.81 "
Pumping Station Statistics 1953
Main Station
Gallons Pumped to Service
705,712,600
Daily Average
1,932,970
Gallons Pumped by Booster
130,745,900
Daily Average
358,210
Gallons Pumped from Well
189,355,500
Daily Average
518,750
Total Coal Used - Lbs.
2,349,630
Coal Used for Pumping - Lbs.
2,272,197
Daily Average - Lbs.
6,225
Coal Used for Lighting - Lbs.
48,333
Coal Used for Heating - Lbs.
29,100
Gallons Pumped per Lb. of Coal
368
K. W. Generated at Main Station
16,111
170
July
68,297,200 10,254,000
36,779,200
21,264,000
2,203,140
153
705,712,600 130,745, 900 385,611, 200 189,355, 500
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Artichoke Station
Total Gallons Pumped
385,611,200
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