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1,305
4,953
3,483 loss
Totals
67,160 24,818 91,978
63,873 23,152
87,025
4,953 loss
Most of this loss in circulation is due to the closing of the Belle- ville Branch Library in May. The Branch book circulation for January through April totaled 2,083, of which 653 was adult and 1,430 juvenile circulation as compared to ten months circulation in 1957. The total book circulation for Belleville Branch in 1957 was 6,481 of which 2,417 was adult and 4,064 juvenile circulation. However, many people, both adults and children who formerly used this Branch now borrow books from the main library. This is especially important in regard to the child- ren. Book circulation in the Children's Room of the Main Library was 16, 515 in 1958 as compared to 15, 442 in 1957 - an increase of 1,073 in ju- venile circulated. This increase in the use of the Children's Room is especially gratifying in view of the "emergency" conditions under which the temporary Children's Room in an end of the Reading Room has been functioning since repairs to the Children's Room began in October.
The percentage of adult non-fiction circulated in 1958 was 38% of the total book circulation - up 1% from the previous year. Juvenile non-fiction circulation remains at 29% pf the juvenile circulation, a percentage which remains unchanged since 1956.
Registered cardholders increased from 12, 127 in 1957 to 12,867 by
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the end of 1958 - a gain of 740 despite the withdrawal of 776 expired numbers. The number of adult cardholders increased by 345 in 1958, while the juvenile gain was 395. Newbury cardholders included in the total registrations numbered 645 in 1958 as compared to 547 in 1957.
The total book stock of the library increased from 98,845 at the end of 1957, to 99,384 at the end of 1958, a net gain in book stock of 539. For the books added 1,117 were withdrawn. Adult books withdrawn during 1958 numbered 1,040. Many of these, although by no means all of the adult books withdrawn were from the Belleville Branch collection. Numerous worn and obsolete titles were cancelled, but many more can still be withdrawn without injury to the caliber of the book collection.
The child: n's room of the Main library and of the Andrews Branch library have been much frequented and enjoyed during the previous year, and there has been a steady increase in the use of reference books in connection with school assignments.
In the fall, Miss Clancy gave instruction in the use of the library catalogue and basic reference books to all five of the fifth grade classes in the public schools. Miss Clancy went to the Belleville School to give instruction there, while the other fifth grade classes came to the library accompanied by their teachers. Thirteen school deposits (collections of thirty or more juvenile books ) were lent to teachers in 1958 for use in their classrooms.
The 1958 Summer Reading Club was an unusually successful one. Knight- hood was definitely in flower in the Children's Room for the "King Arthur Vacation Reading Club" attracted two hundred children, of whom 58 com- pleted the required reading of ten books or more. At a party in Septem- ber, the children who had successfully risen from page and performed such feats as fighting a dragon and performing in a tournament were dubbed knights.
Book Week in November was not marked by special programs in 1958, due to the temporary location of the Children's Room in an end of the Reading Room. From October on, the regular Saturday morning story hour was omit- ted during "the emergency". However at the risk of disturbing adults in the Reading Room, a Christmas story hour was held by Miss Clancy. Girl Scouts sang Christmas carols on the library front steps one windy after- noon and many enjoyed the concert.
76 books for children were purchased from the income of the Ethel Parton Fund in 1958.
The reference questionsasked by telephone, by letter or in person were many and varied in 1958. High school students inclined strongly to- ward scientific subjects in their choise of term paper topics - not sur- prising in this age of Sputniks, space-travel and atomic-powered submarine Medical topics (cancer, heart diseases and polio) seemed to afford attrac- tive subjects for papers to still other high-school students. Adults requested material for a number of club papers on such varied topics as : Comparative religions, Essex County Ship-building, Essex County schools, "folk" medicine, and seeing-eye dogs. Microfilm of the Essex Journal (1787-88) was sent to the Library of the University of Maryland on inter- loan, and a microfilm copy of one of our early newspapers was ordered by the National Historical Commission for a study on the Bill of Rights.
The State Library Extension Division has been most helpful in lend- ing books on inter-loan to supplement our own book collection., During 1958 a total of 380 books were borrowed, of which 241 were in French, Greek, Italian, Russian, Polish and Armenian. The other 139 books were on such specialized subjects as violin making, mechanical vibration, read- ing and visual fatigue, psychology of efficiency, crewel embroidery, the
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conservation of water. The Newburyport Library sent fourteen books on interloan to the following libraries: Ipswich, Amesbury, Salisbury, Win- chester, Allentown ( Penna. ) University of Michigan Library and the Univer- sity of Maryland Library.
The Jong list of donors at the end of this report acknowledges our gratitude to the many individuals and organizations who have presented. books and magazines to the library in 1958. Miss Ellen G. Todd made a second generous gift of $500 to the Friends of the Library to be used for the purchase of nature books in memory of her brother, John Cushing Todd. New library trust funds in 1958 were added from funds from the estates of Grace Carleton Moody, Grace Pettingell and Harlan Noyes.
The Annual meeting of the Friends of the Library was held on June 4 in the Reading Room of the Library. Arnold W. Alexander, local attorney, gave an illustrated talk on "Life in the Middle East."
In January, the librarian spoke on magazines in the Library before the Rotary Club, and accepted a gift subscription to the Rotarian Maga- zine. Miss Clancy received some of the new children's books at a meeting of the Kelly-Davenport P. T.A., and in November spoke to the Women of the Moose and accepted the gift of two children's books.
Following a special meeting of the Library Directors, during which the entire building was inspected, there was general agreement that a new heating plant was needed ( the old one was installed in 1928) and that the children's room needed brightening up with new paint and new lights. By October it was evident that a dangerous sag had developed in the ceiling of the children's room. This condition called for immediate investigation and correction. On October 8, the room was closed by the Directors until the necessary repairs were made. A temporary Children's Room was set up at a side of the Reading Room. The Mayor and City Council appropriated $5,000 for a new heating plant for the library and $5,000 for repairs to the Children's Room.
Both projects are nearly completed now - after what has seemed like an endless procession of carpenters, plasterers, painters, electricians, welders and furnace experts. The results of their labors are so success- ful that we can only hope that more long-overdue lighting and painting can be done soon.
The Belleville Branch Library was officially closed to the public by Nay 13 of 1958. The room in the Belleville Parish Hall which had been rented for a branch library for some years was needed by the church for its own purposes, and new quarters suitable for a branch library were not to be found. All books and furniture were moved out by the middle of June Mrs. Moody and Mrs. Hills who had served as Branch Librarian and Child- ren's Librarian so well and faithfully for some years were most expert in this sad task of dismantling a library into which they had put so much thought and effort.
The first National Library Week was observed last March with nation- al publicity of radio, newspaper, and television focused on public lib- raries throughout the country. In Newburyport we tried to take advant- age of this national publicity by special exhibits of library books and National Library Week posters in a number of local stores - furniture, department, men's wear, etc. The Librarian was interviewed on the radio on the subject of Newburyport Library services. Special posters, book exhibits in the library, and book marks focused on the theme of the first National Library Week designed "For a better-read, better informed Ameri- ca. "
During the year we were sorry to lose the valued services of Miss Grace Bixby, whose knowledge of Newburyport history is unique, and Mrs.
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Catherine W. Parsons, who had an extensive familiarity with the Library's music collection. We are happy that both are enjoying their new leisure.
In March, Miss Eleanor Rogers was elected as a full-time library assistant.
The Librarian is most grateful to each member of the Library staff and to Mr. John Szymura, the Library janitor, for the fine spirit of co- operation shown under the difficult conditions presented by an unusual amount of illness of both long and short duration, the closing of one branch library, and the adjustments necessitated by the furnace and Children's Room repair.
We were saddened by the death in April of Everett M. Follansbee, a director of the Library, who in spite of failing health was ever generous in his interest in and service to the Library.
It would be impossible to close without an expression of warm grati- tude to the Library Directors for their enthusiasm and cooperation in pro- viding for present necessities and some of the long-range improvements to the Library, and to the Mayor and City Councilors who have appropriated the necessary funds for these needed repairs.
We hope that 1959- with its new problems arising from the challenge of the times, will provide even broader opportunities for use of our library's resources.
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine M. Kuechle Librarian
STATISTICS
For the year ending December 31, 1958
Population served
14,549
Assessed valuation
27,683,160
Number of days open during the year
294
Hours open each week for lending (since Oct. 1958)
64
Hours open each week for redding (since Oct. 1958
8
Hours open each week for Andrews Branch (since Oct. 1958)
Hours open each week for Belleville Branch
#Closed May 1958
BORROWERS
Adult
Juvenile
Total
January 1, 1958
8,619
3,508
12,127
Added during 1958
918
598
1,516
Totals
9,537
4,106
13,643
Withdrawn during 1958
573
203
776
Totals December 31, 1958
8,964
3,903
12,867
Newbury registrations
437
208
645
CIRCULATION
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Non-Fic .- Fict. Non-Fic. - Fict.
Main Library
22,371
35,601
5,050
11,465
74,487
Andrews Branch
1,597
3,651
1,364
3,843
10,455
Belleville Branch
201
452
281
1,149
2,083
(Closed May 1958)
Totals
24,169
39,704
6,695
16,457
87,025
64
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(Included in totals
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BOOK STOCK
Adult
Juvenile
Total
No. of Vol. Jan. 1, 1958
91,766
7,079
98,845
No. of Vol. added in 1958 Totals
1,408
248
1,656
93,174
7,327
100,501
No. of Vol. withdrawn in 1958
1,040
77
1,117
Totals Dec. 31, 1958
92,134
7,250
99,384
DONORS TO THE LIBRARY IN 1958
Adams, Mrs. Roland
Haywood, Mrs. Dorothy
Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
Anaconda Company
Arthur Wiesenberger & Co.
Atchley, Dana Winslow
Atherton, Mrs. John B.
Austrian Information Service
Bacon, Ralph
Korean Embassy
Baker, Mrs. Charles D.
Leary, Dr. & Mrs. Daniel
Barriskill, James M.
Little, Miss Agnes
Bates, William H.
Lord, Marion E.
Beardsley, Edna
MacConachie, Joan Jeanette
Brother Peter
Marsters, Miss Helen
Campbell, Capt. John W.
Carl, George W. Jr.
Casey, William
Checkoway, Barry
Cheney, Miss Mabel
Colby, Arthur
Colby, Mrs. Margaret E.
Connor, Mrs. Kenneth
Craigmyle, Mrs. Roland
Dewitt Revolving Fund, Inc.
Dodge, Laurence P.
Ulrich, Mrs. Ethel
Donahue, Mrs. Daniel
Douglas, Miss Nancy
Driver, Mrs. Robert M.
Volpone Motor Company
Walker, Kenneth
Women of the Moose
Yale University
(Bureau of School and Community Service)
Rotary Club Chase -Shawmut Co.
EXHIBITIONS AT THE LIBRARY
Trade cards
lent by
Miss Helen Atkinson
Currier and Ives letters
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Mrs. Corbin
Old mechanical banks
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Mr. Alvah Hoyt
Bell collection
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Mrs. Alvin R. Lewis
Children's books, old and new
Library collection and Miss Katherine Kuechle
Calling card collection
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Mrs. Clarence W. Wentworth
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Munn, Mrs. Dora
Newburyport Garden Club
Papademetriou, Rev. Spyridon
Pearson, Helen F.
Roche, Francis A.
Standard Oil Company
Totoni, Sokrat
Towle Manufacturing Company
United Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steel Corporation
Eames, Edward W. Eaton, Mrs. Edeith
Feighny, Mrs. John P.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Foundation for Foreign Affairs
Green, Mrs. Anne
Harris, Miss Hilda
Hodges, Fletcher, Jr.
International Correspondence School
Johnson, H.R.
Jones, Capt. R. Lloyd
Kinsman, Mrs. William A.
Mendlesen, Mrs. Marius
Mothersill, M.H.
American Assembly (Columbia University)
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BOOKD PURCHASED FROM INCOME OF FUNDS
Andrews, Emma. L.
10
Bradbury, John M.
4
Fradstreet, Charles W.
5
Coffin, Winthrop 0.
97
Colby, Lucy G.B.
49
Currier, John J.
6
Cushing, Caleb
13
Cushing, John N. (N.H.S. Prize Books)
3
Dodge, Nathan D.
11
Dodge, William H.P.
19
Foster, Daniel
10
Frothingham, Joseph A.
20
Green, Sarah Ann
15
Haskell, George
14
Healy, Dr. T. Raymond
6
"arston, Stephen W.
44
Moseley, William O.
89
Moulton, Alice C.
24
Parton, Ethel
76
Pathe, Paul
7
Peabody, George C.
60
Pettingell, George B.
15
Sawyer, Matthias P.
18
Spring, John Rand
263
Stickney, Elizabeth H.
118
Stone, Eben F.
53
Sweetser, Benjamin J.
80
Todd, William C.
1
Wiggin, Mary C.
7
Wightman, Annie S.
76
Williams, Abraham
19
Total
1172
1172
Special
125
General
495
620
Total 620
1792
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February 10, 1959
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council City of Newburyport, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The sixty-third annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted herewith.
Board of Water Commissioners
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Chairman, Richard W. Johnson Willian P.Sander
Vice-Chairman, William P. Sanders
Joseph Manny Joseph Mannix William Detan William Wilson
Den Dr. Doyle" Jere W. Doyle 3rd
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CASH PAYMENTS - 1958
Artichoke River
218.96
Artichoke Station
10,373.66 5,555.30
Filter
Gate
444.34
General
General Distribution
10,185.94 6,448.32 833.22
Mains
1,485.84
Meter
1,259.11
Pumping Station
56,204.93
Service Pipe
9,296.39
Gravel Packed Well #1.
2,134.06 102.00
Valve
51.28
Trucks
1,704.53
Equipment
3,031.02
109,529.90
CONSTRUCTION
Hydrant
701.15
Main Pipe
3,017.33
Metor
329.44
Service Pipe
3,410.35
Valve
68.61
7,526.88
Henry Cote Case
5,161.46
Workmen's Compensation
1,537.50
Retirement
6,010.05
Bonds & Interest
43,573.00
Well Test
52.97
Land Taking
13.00
Bond Expense
317.76
CONTRACTS
Pumping Station
90.00
Arthur N. Olive Co. (P. Sta. Equip.)
40,621.00
Whitman & Howard
3,550.00
44,261.00
Gravel Packed Well #2
2,605.47
R. E. Chapman Co. (G.P. Well #2)
6,370.00
L. Haiuri (G.P. Well #2)
7,471.80
16,447.27
Refunds
464.29
234,925.08
Hydrant
Standpipe
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FINANCIAL REPORT - 1958
Balance December 31, 1957
88,861.24
Receipts
Water Rates Fixture Less Abatements
117,552.17 2,146.73
Less Refunds
448.16
114,967.28
Water Meter Rates
42,524.28
Less Abatements
208.22
Less Refunds
16.13
42,299.93
Water S.P. Const. & Misc.
11,801.19
Less Abatements
68.00
11,733.19
169,000.40
Demands
138.00
169,138.40
Bond December 1957
15,000.00
Repayment on Refund
8.61
Total Receipts
303,008.25
Total Payments
234.925.08
Balance December 31, 1958
68,083.17
Respectfully Submitted,
Veronica G. Perry
Principal Clerk
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CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE - 1958
SERVICES :
Forty-One (41) New Services were installed requiring:
1/191' 2" of 3/4" Copper Pipe 305' 7" of 1" Copper Fipe 1141 9" of Copper Pipe 103' 4" of 1-" Cement Lined Pipe
Ten (10) Renewed Services requiring:
370' 4" of 3/4" Copper Pipe 16' 8" of 2" Cement Lined Pipe
Twenty-Six (26) Leaks Inside rere repaired.
Fifteen (15) Service Leaks were repaired.
Frozen Pipe Inside - Water Shut Off: Noyes, Lauton Place.
METERS :
Eight (8) New leters were installed.
Eleven (11) Meters were removed; Twelve (12) Meters were repaired; Six(6) Meters were changed; Nineteen (19) Meters were put back.
HYDRANTS :
One (1) Hydrant was Installed: Lawton Drive.
One (1) Hydrant was Replaced:
Pond Street.
One (1) Hydrant was Repaired:
Spring Street.
Checked all Hydrants.
Removed chains from all Hydrants.
MAINS:
New:
Brown's, off Storey Ave. 432' of 6" Pipe
Repaired:
Water St., near Swift Co. 6" main
Marlboro St., near #67 8" main
Artichoke
12" main - Used 1. Bell Joint Clamp
Unicorn St.
4" main - Used 2 - 4" Dresser Couplings
Vernon St.
2" main
White's Ct.
2" main
Madison St. 11" main
Merrimac St., near Winter 8" main
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Repaired Six (6) Broken Service Boxes.
Raised Gate Boxes on Pasture Road.
MISCELLANEOUS :
A. Read All Meters - Monthly and Quarterly
B. Painted Compressor
c. Did a little digging at Main Station
D. Installed 2 - 14" Bell Joint Clamps and 1 - 16" at Pumping Station
E. Patched trenches on Unicorn St. & Water St.
F. Made new 12" Tap, Hillside Ave.
G. Made 8" Tap at Chase Shawmut
H. Made 2 - 2" Taps Chase Shawmut Service
I. Installed 6" Valve on Pond St.
WELL PROJECT :
New Mains:
2561 of 12" Pipe
STOREY AVENUE PROJECT:
Laid:
Storey Ave. 2502' of 8" Pipe
Turkey Hill Rd.
5600' of 8" Pipe
Hoyts Lane 681' of 8" Pipe
Artichoke Terrace 472' of 8" Pipe
9255' of 8" Pipe
Installed:
5 - 8" Valves
6 - 6ยช Valves
11 Gate Boxes
2 - 8x6 Tee's
6 Hydrants: 3 Turkey Hill Rd.
1 Storey Ave.
1 Gypsey Lane
1 Artichoke Terrace
Drilled and blasted 714 holes on Storey Ave. Worked on ledge and rock.
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WATER SYSTEM STATISTICS
Newburyport
Newbury
Miles of Mains
54
5
Total Number of Services
1694
305
Total Number of Meters
452
64
Total Number of Hydrants
312
27
Private Hydrants
13
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Respectfully Submitted,
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Water System Foreman
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PUMPING STATION STATISTICS - 1958
MAIN STATION
Gallons Pumped to Service
616,915,800
Daily Average
1,690,180
Gallons Pumped by Booster
132,070,300
Daily Average
361,830
Gallons Pumped from Well
120,289,500
Daily Average
329,550
Gallons Pumped Using Coal (Service and Booster)
247,465,900
Coal Used for Pumping - Lbs.
666,766
Gallons Pumped per Lb. of Coal
371
Gallons Pumped Using Gas (Service and Booster)
487,099,300
Gas Used for Pumping - Cu. Ft.
16,051,800
Gallons Pumped per Cu. Ft. of Gas
30.3
Gallons Pumped by Diesel
14,420,900
Kilowatt Hours Generated
4,563
Coal Used for Generating - Lbs.
3,454
Gas Used for Generating - Cu. Ft.
136,480
Coal Used for Heating - Lbs.
31,350
Gas Used for Heating - Cu. Ft.
28,500
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ARTICHOKE STATION
Total Gallons Pumped
364,556,000
Daily Average
998,780
Gallons Pumped by Motor
362,904,800
Kilowatt Hours Used
300,510
Gallons Pumped per Kilowatt Hour
1,275
Gallons Pumped by Diesel
1,651,200
Diesel Fuel Oil Used - Gallons
150
Gallons Pumped per Gallon of Fuel Oil
11,008
PUMPING RECORDS
Total Gallons Pumped
1,233,831,600
Daily Average
3,380,360
Greatest Amount Pumped to Service in One Day Aug. 12
2,278,500
Greatest Amount Pumped to Service in One Week Aug. 4-10
13,665,500
Respectfully Submitted,
Clark + Lunt
Clark T. Lunt
Chief Water Pumping Station Engineer
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MONTHLY PUMPAGE - 1958
Service
Booster
Artichoke
Well
Daily Avg. Service
Per Capita Gallons
January
56,738,300
13,314,200
33,912,000
9,512,100
1,838,270
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February
50,396,600
6,924,800
33,742,800
9,729,000
1,799,880
7.24
Harch
53,119,500
13,127,500
31,557,200
8,434,800
1,713,530
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April
16,334,800
15,318,100
23,814,000
7,202,400
1,544,490
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Yay
49,485,200
14, 133,000
21,708,000
13,345,200
1,596,330
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June
51,216,700
9,828,700
30,672,000
13,716,000
1,807,220
1.25
July
55,000,500
10,376,100
33,6711,400
10,950,000
1,774,210
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August
56,883,700
8,894,800
34,076,400
13,912,500
1,835,090
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September
49,714,200
7,975,500
31,651,200
10,087,500
1,657,140
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October
49,317,100
10,758,100
30,834,000
7,725,000
1,590,870
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November
45,450,000
11,056,500
27,756,000
6,637,500
1,515,000
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December
50,258,200
10,062,700
31,158,000
9,037,500
1,621,230
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615,915,800
132,070,300
364,556,000
120,289,500
1,690,180
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PRECIPITATION
January
10.78"
February
4.08
March
4.01
April
5.28
May
3.49
June
1.74
July
5.13
August
2.46
September 4.99
October 4.31
November
3.70
December
1.64
51.61"
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To The Board of Water Commissioners:
Gentlemen:
The sixty-third annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted herewith for the year ending Decer ber 31, 1958. This report compiled by the Principal Clerk gives in detail the extent of the operations and the financial status of the Water Department which re- port is herewith referred to and nade a part thereof.
Richard W. Johnson was voted Chairman by the preceding Board on January 3, 1958 and nominated and elected Chairman of the board of Water Connissioners by the newly appointed Board.
Mayor Andrew J. Gillis and the City Council approved the author- ization of a bond for $60,000 payable in not more than fifteen years for laying of water mains on Storey Avenue, Turkey Hill Road, Hoyt's Lone and Artichoke Terrace. The project was started on April 23, 1958 by the Water Department and completed October 29, 1958, the cost of install tion for labor and material was $53,170.82. The Board of Water Commissioners ex- pressed their appreciation for the fine cooperation they have received from the Mayor and City Council in the past and feel confident this project will be beneficial in the future to the assets of the Water Department.
Time of payment on Water Fixture Rates was extended to 60 days on the issue of November 1, 1958 bills and all semi-annual bills and extension to 30 days was made on all Meter Rate bills on the issue beginning January 1, 1959. Enforcement of the regulations set forth by the Water Commissioners will be adherred to in the forthcoming year. A definite program has been established for the collection of unpaid water bills which the Principal Clerk feels is very satisfactory and beneficial to the Department.
In 1957 the Board of Water Commissioners voted to request a Bond for $60,000 for Pumping Station Equipment which the Mayor and City Council approved. The Bond accepted on August 26, 1957, to be paid at the rate of $15,000 per year for the years 1958 and 1959; $10,000 for the years 1960 through 1962 plus interest covering those years to be completed in the year 1962.
On December 26, 1957, a bond issue was approved for re-payment in 15 years for a new Gravel Packed Well as approved by the Mayor and City Council. However, the Board of Water Commissioners accepted the lower rate at 9 years in lieu of 15 years re-payment at a considerable saving to the Department. The principal was to be paid at the rate of $5,000 for the years 1958 through 1966.
Principal and Interest on the bonds for Pumping Station Equip- ment and Gravel Packed Woll #2 are paid from receipts of the Water Department without obligation to the City of Newburyport for additional financial assistance and without increasing; the water ratos to maintain or support these bonds.
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The present indebtedness of the Water Department have been reduced to four active bonds of which principal is payable in the amounts stated:
$ 1,000 per year
Expiration date 1968
= 1965
$ 36,000.00 24,000.00
4,000 per year 15,000 per year 1959-1960
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11 1962 45,000.00
10,000 per year 1960-1962
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1! 1962
5,000 per year
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11 1966 40,000.00
Total Indebtedness
$11,5,000.00
Indebtedness to the City of Newburyport amounting to $42,948.12 since 1954 has been repaid except for the remaining balance of $4,691.87 which the Board feels will be liquidated in 1959.
At the close of December 31, 1958 the balance was $68,083.17 with a Surplus of $39,937.45. The Department since 1953 has increased water fixture rates approximately 40% within the city limits with an additional 10% increase on all accounts serviced outside the city limits. Meter rates were increased on the minimum charge rate from $6.00 to $7.50 on April 8, 1958 which an estimated $1,964.00 revenue will be realized. A new charge of $2.50 for turning on water was voted November 1, 1957 in addition to a new Sprinkler charge rate of $25.00 per year on all sprinkler systems in the city effective December 10, 1957. Necessity to meet the past recuirements of the operation of this Department, resulted in the foregoing increases. $12,000 has been paid since 1953 toward reduction of Bond indebtedness.
The success of the policy of requiring developers and builders to post a bond for 84% of the initial cost of the installation of water mains to service their developments, with a guarantee to pay 6% annually on the return of the Water Department investment has been reflected in the receipts of the Department.
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