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116,257.99
$1,583,281.53
81 General Revenue
For Expenses $ 662,101.96
2,053.73
2,053.73
127
NORWOOD TOWN REPORT
Summary of Payments
Page
Expenses
Outlays
Totals 34,760.58
97
Protection of Persons and Property
54,192.62
10,483.24
64,675.86
105
Health and Sanitation
31,682.56
41,466.82
73,149.38
111 Highways
58,213.89
71,334.65
129,548.54
112
Charities
25,289.01
25,239.01
112
Soldiers' Benefits
1,362.20
1,362.20
115
Education
256,054.85
· 37,664.94
293,719.79
116
Libraries
10,879.14
10,879.14
117
Unclassified
5,877.95
5,877.95
117
Parks and Recreation
632.41
35,000.00
35,632.41
Public Service
118
Electric
117,899.96
13,339.60
131,239.56
121
Water
39,792.53
16,883.56
56,676.09
Other
122
Cemeteries
6,122.61
817.21
6,939.82
122
Real Estate
410.72
410.72
123
Interest
43,510.48
43,510.48
123
Municipal Indebtedness Agency and Trust
510,959.00
510,959.00
124
Agency
67,929.41
67,929.41
124 Trust
3,901.93
3,901.93
$1,269,063.10
$227,398.77
$1,496,461.87
Recapitulation
Maintenance and Interest
686,559.00
Permanent Debt from Revenue, Departmental
33,800.00
Permanent Debt from Revenue, General
87,159.00
Outlays from Revenue
195,013.62
Outlays from Loans
32,385.15
Temporary Loans Paid
390,000.00
Agency and Trust
71,545.10
1,496,461.87
Cash on Hand December 31, 1924
86,819.66
$1,583.281.53
93 General Government
S 34,351.83
$ 408.75
$
REVENUE ACCOUNTS Appropriations and Payments
Appropriations
Total
Accounts
Payments
Balances
Deficits
Taxation
Transfer
100.00
100.00
Selectmen, Personal Expense
$ 58.75
$ 41.25
100.00
100.00
Board of Survey
10.75
89.25
500.00
$
200.00
700.00
General Government, Incidentals
683.11
16.89
200.00
33.55
233.55
Finance Commission
233.55
4,000.00
500.00
4,500.00
General Manager, Salary
4,500.00
150.00
150.00
General Manager, Incidentals
133.46
16.54
2,200.00
2,200.00
Engineer, Salary
2,200.00
128
1,310.00
23.80
1,333.80
Engineering, Incidentals
1,333.80
3,300.00
200.00
3,500.00
Town Clerk and Accountant, Salary
3,500.00
4,710.00
1,890.00
6,600.00
Town Clerk and Accountant, Incidentals
6,597.56
2.44
300.00
300.00
Election and Registration, Salaries
300.00
1,820.00
500.00
2,320.00
Election and Registration, Incidentals
2,284.51
35.49
1,200.00
1,200.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Assessors' Incidentals
1,162.87
37.13
2,000.00
2,000,00
Treasurer and Collector, Salary
2,000.00
3,053.00
700.00
3,753.00
Treasurer and Collector, Incidentals
3,421.58
331.42
200.00
200.00
Certification of Notes
135.50
64.50
900.00
900.00
Town Office Building
809.62
90.38
1,200.00
1,200.00
Town Counsel, Salary
1,200.00
3,100.00
3,100.00
Town Counsel, Incidentals
1,425.85
1,674.15
.
1,225.00 150.00 500.00
1,225.00 150.00 633.40
Armory, Maintenance of
936.27
288.73
Quarters for American Legion Post
150.00 633.40
24,075.00
1,300.00
25,375.00
Police Salaries
187.06
2,540.00
1,200.00
3,740.00
Police Incidentals
.
25,187.94 3,720.28 9,100.00
19.72
8,850.00
250.00
9,100.00
Fire Department, Salaries
12,833.00
1,025.00
13,858.00
Fire Department, Incidentals
13,652.11
205.89
725.00
725.00
Fire Alarm
725.00
500.00
500.00
Inspector of Buildings, Salary
500.00
50.00
50.00
Inspector of Buildings, Incidentals
17.25
32.75
350.00
350.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Salary
350.00
100.00
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Incidentals
99.57
.43
3,350.00
3,350.00
Moth Suppression
3,336.87
13.13
1,950.00
1,950.00
Trees, Care of
1,936.84
13.16
5,800.00
5,800.00
Street Lighting
5,800.00
100.00
100.00
Board of Health, Salaries
100.00
11,590.00
1.69
11,594.69
Board of Health, Incidentals
11,594.69
7,227.65
7,227.65
Norfolk County Hospital
7,227.65
7,935.00
7,935.00
Sewer Maintenance
7,235.00
700.00*
6,000.00
6,000.00
Particular Sewers
6,000.00
3,350.00
367.27
3,717.27
Main Drains, Maintenance
3,717.27
6,980.00
6,980.00
Main Drains, Construction
6,980.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Ash Removal
1,807.95
$307.95
70,217.50
10,500.00
80,717.50
Highways
80,676.20
41.30
535.00
97.41
632.41
Parks
632.41
22,000.00
1,800.00
23,800.00
Support of Poor
23,799.70
.30
200.00
200.00
Town Physician, Salary
200.00
133.40
Planning Board
129
REVENUE ACCOUNTS-Continued Appropriations and Payments
Appropriation
Taxation
Transfer
Total
Accounts
Payments
Balance
Deficit
$ 1,500.00
$ 1,500.00
Soldiers' Benefits
$ 1,362.20
$ 137.80
1,300.00
1,300.00
Care in Hospitals
1,289.31
10.69
5,100.00
5,100.00
Municipal Memorial Building
5,100.00
260,868.00
260,868.00
Support of Schools
256,838.52
4,029.48
10,271.00
$ 729.26
11,000.26
Morrill Memorial Library
10,879.14
121.12
500.00
500.00
Memorial Day
468.15
31.85
500.00
500.00
Band Concerts
500.00
412.05
412.05
Soldiers' and Sailors' Celebration
412.05
1,425.00
1,425.00
Town Reports, Printing of
1,425.00
130
382.65
382.65
Committee on Memorial
382.65
142,085.00
142,085.00
Electric Light Department
131,239.56
10,845.44
57,090.05
57,090.05
Water Department
56,676.09
413.96
6,855.00
6,855.00
Cemeteries, Maintenance and Improvement
6,939.82
84.82
150.00
150.00
Inspector of Cattle, Salary
150.00
410.72
410.72
Real Estate, 556 Washington Street
410.72
2,963.00
400.00
3,363.00
Insurance
3,334.80
28.20
39,302.43
6,994.35
46,296.78
Interest
43,510.48
2,786.30}
77,359.00
43,600.00
120,959.00
Maturing Debt
120,959.00
5,100.00
5,100.00
School Land, Winslow
5,100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Game Warden
100.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Land Taken and Purchase, Fisher
6,000.00
$638,514.58
$285,784.20
$924,298.78
$890,490.10
$34,201.45
$392.77
.
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Appropriations and Payments
Appropri ations by
Balance
Borrowing
Total
Accounts
Payments
Balance
Overdraft
$ 8,188.41
$ 20,000.00
$ 28,188.41
Sewer Construction
$ 28,486.82
$298.41
5,266.64
5,266.64
Neponset Relocation
5,091.26
$ 175.38
500.00
500.00
Washington Street, Widening
304.40
195.60
29.32
29.32
Balch School Addition
29.32
12,902.31
12,902.31
New High School Site
12,902.31
400,000.00
400,000.00
New Senior High School
12,385.15
387,614.85
6,100.00
6,100.00
6,100.00
1,015.99
1,015.99
School Land, Fulton Street Repairs Everett School
393.81
622.18
159.68
159.68
Additional Land, Elee. Light Department
159.68
386.95
386.95
Additional Water Supply
386.95
6,000.00
29,000.00
35,000.00
Park Taking "Memorial"
35,000.00
6,500.00
36,000.00
42,500.00
Highways, Taking and Alteration of Streets
41,462.76
1,037.24
$440,949.30
$91,100.00
$532,049.30
$142,126.51
$390,221.20
$298.41
131
* Balance of $700.00 for Sewer Maintenance, this balance transferred by vote of Town Meeting of December 29, 1924.
+ Balance of $2,786.55 for Interest. Of this amount $900.00 was appropriated by transfer by vote of Town Meeting of December 29, 1924, and of the remainder $817.00 was credited to the Electric Light Department, being the unexpended portion of the amount appropriated for interest on its debt from Electric Light Department Revenue.
132
TRIAL BALANCE December 31, 1924
Town Debt
$ 777,750.00 1,700,550.00
Public Property
$2,478,300.00
High School English Fund
500.00
High School English Fund Investments
500.00
Perpetual Care Funds
20,326.60
Perpetual Care Fund Investments
18,918.81
Perpetual Care Fund Income not accrued
342.21
Alice H. Plimpton Morrill Memorial Library Trust
52,763.07
Alice H. Plimpton Morrill Memorial Library Fund Investments
52,763.07
Harold W. Gay, Collector of
Taxes 1924
74,271.25
Appor. of Sewer Assessments
371.28
Committed Interest
124.19
Moth Assessment
91.20
Taxes 1923
2,056.62
Moth Assessment
9.30
Appor. of Sewer Assessments
13.67
Committed Interest
6.44
Taxes 1922
2,301.67
Moth Assessment
7.50
Appor. of Sewer Assessments
S.40
Committed Interest
4.74
Taxes 1921
289.60
Street Betterments
483.36
Appor. of Sewer Assessments
9,711.99
Water Rates
7,865.43
Cemetery Care
1,410.50
Apportioned Sewer Assessments:
Due 1922
S.40
Due 1923
57.02
Due 1924
393.17
Due 1925
1,723.71
Due 1926
1,694.06
Due 1927
1,205.98
Due 1928
1,027.77
Due 1929
1,027.75
Due 1930
945.66
Due 1931
S65.19
Page Totals
$2,649,509.02 $2,561,180.59
Surplus
133
TRIAL BALANCE-Continued
Totals Forwarded
$2,649,509.02 $2,561,180.59
Due 1932
578.34
Due 1933
578.29
Betterment Assessments
483.36
· Committed Interest
135.37
Moth Suppression
108.00
Supplemental Taxes
3,554.86
Water Rates
7,865.43
Cemetery Care
1,410.50
Overlays 1924
1,275.80
Overlays 1921
220.58
Overlay Reserve
485.60
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
75,000.00
Exeess and Deficiency Surplus
30,075.69
Receipts Available for Specifie Purposes
895.59
Sewer Department
4,423.76
Electric Light Department
7,014.00
Eleetrie Light Depreciation Fund
22,411.67
Water Works
10,211.32
Highland Cemetery
6,193.72
Private Trust Funds
1,781.57
Premium and Aecrued Interest
202.31
Tailings Account
177.76
Overdrafts
691.18
F. S. Barton, Collector Electric Light Serv- ice and Sales
39,376.69
39,376.69
Appropriations by Borrowing
380,000.00
Soldiers' Exemptions
97.17
Unexpended Fund Balances
390,058.69
Unexpended Revenue Balanees
11,658.03
Harold W. Gay, Treasurer, Cash
86,819.66
$3,166,925.62
$3,166,925.62
TOWN OF NORWOOD, BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1924 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities
Accounts Receivable Taxes
Overlay, 1924
1,275.80
Levy of 1924
$74,271.25
Overlay, Reserve
485.60
1923
2,056.62
Supplemental Taxes
3,554.86
1922
2,301.67
Tailings Account
177.76
1921
289.60
5,494.02
$ 78,919.14
Reserve Accounts
Special Assessments
Special Assessments
591.36
Moth
108.00
Deferred Assessments
10,105.34
Betterments
483.36
Accrued Interest
135.37
591.36
10,832.07
Deferred Assessments
Sewer
10,105.34
Departmental Balances Electric, General
7,014.00
Electric, Depreciation Cash
22,411.67
Accrued Interest
Sewer Department
4,423.76
Committed on Deferred Ass'ts
135.37
Cemetery Department
6,193.72
135.37
Premiums and Accrued Interest 202.31
Departmental Accounts
40,245.46
Electric
39,376.69
Receipts Available for Special Pur- poses
895.59
Cemetery
1,410.50
895.59
48,692.62
Special Appropriation Balances
.
Outstanding Revenue Loans
$75,000.00 $ 75,000.00
134
Water
7,865.43
10,105.34
Soldiers' Exemptions Overlays 1921
97.17
220.58
220.58
5,482.65 6,000.00 Neponset Street Location 175.38
Tax Titles
Orerdrawn Accounts General Water
691.18
48,692.62
10,211.32
30,075.69
10,902.50
Cash
73,229.40
$222,884.61
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities
Cash in Bank, General Account
$ 10,058.69
Appropriation Balances
$ 1,037.24
195.60
Balch School Addition
29.32
Repairs Everett School
622.18
Electric Light Land Purchase
159.68
Additional Water Supply
386.95
New School Building
12.87
New Senior High School Building
387,614.85
$390,058.69
$390,058.69
135
Authorized Borrowings not In-
curred December 31, 1924
380,000.00
Highway Taking, Town Square Washington Street, Widening
$222,884.61
Municipal Memorial Building Land Purchase
11,658.03
Departmental Accounts, Re- ceivable Reserve Excess and Deficiency Surplus
BALANCE SHEET TRUST ACCOUNT
Assets
Liabilities
Cash in Bank, General Fund
$ 3,531.57
Deposits for Services on Account of:
$ 9.00
Cash in Bank, Norwood Trust Co., Book 14409
2,213.07
Cash in Bank, Norwood Trust Co., Book 9054
46.52
Sewer Connections
113.60
Securities (See Detail List):
Ash Removal
562.52
Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund
50,550.00
Sidewalk Work (Refund Balance)
426.19
Securities (See Detail List)
Water Connections
47.61
Cemetery, Perpetual Care Funds
18,900.00
Cemetery Department
20.00
Other
Constables' Fees
108.00
Collector's Deposits (Over)
28.37
Collections, Erroneous
39.11
Tax Title, Redemption
426.67
Electric Light Department, Difference Cash
Credited and Cash Deposited by Collector .50
1,781.57
Cemetery, Perpetual Care Funds
20,326.60
High School English Fund
500.00
Premiums on Securities
342.21
Alice H. Plimpton Fund for Morrill Memorial Library
52,763.07
Interest on Perpetual Care Funds
27.71
$75,741.16
$75,741.16
136
High School English
500.00
Police Services
137
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUNDS
Funds on hand as shown in Report for year ending December 31,1924
$19,176.60
Received during the year 1924 for
Lot
From
677 Matthew Drummey
100.00
274A Alice Merrill
100.00
1074
Margaret Mahoney
100.00
46
Lizzie C. Chandler
100.00
201 Marion B. Tracey
100.00
698 Daniel J. Kenefick
100.00
421 Edna Coburn
100.00
375
Alfred Erickson
100.00
323
Emma L. Baker
100.00
322 Emma L. Baker
100.00
389
Annabelle Boyden
50.00
363
Lila S. Bateman
100.00
$20,326.60
138
CEMETERY TRUST FUND AND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH FUND
List of Securities:
511093
100.00
Fourth Liberty Lo'an
C 00619597
50.00
C 00619596
50.00
Second Liberty Loan
A 02019796
100.00
A 02019795
100.00
A 02019794
100.00
First Liberty Loan
C 00325153
100.00
C 00325154
100.00
Fourth Liberty Loan
01648542
50.00
First Liberty Loan
0425990
100.00
C 00167243
500.00
E 00167125
500.00
A
221
500.00
1475295
100.00
1475296
100.00
1475297
100.00
1475298
100.00
90407
1,000.00
90408
1,000.00
90409
1,000.00
90410
1,000.00
90411
1,000.00
90412
1,000.00
90413
1,000.00
90414
1,000.00
90415
1,000.00
90416
1,000.00
111637
500.00
111638
500.00
516942
100.00
516943
100.00
516944
100.00
516945
100.00
Fourth Liberty Loan
336399
1,000.00
336400
1,000.00
336401
1,000.00
First Liberty Loan
166303
100.00
166304
100.00
49834
1,000.00
54601
1,000.00
543
50.00
Fourth Liberty Loan
Third Liberty Loan
$19,400.00
139
MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Trust Fund .- Bequest of Alice H. Plimpton: List of Securities:
85
$ 1,000.00
84
1,000.00
City of Omaha, Nebraska Sewer Bonds, Nos.
83
1,000.00
82
1,000.00
81
1,000.00
16
1,000.00
17
1,000.00
City of Woonsocket, R. I., Water Bonds, Nos.
18
1,000.00
19
1,0000.0
20
1,000.00
22
1,000.00
23
1,000.00
City of Lynchburg, Va., Water Bonds. Nos.
24
1,000.00
25
1,000.00
26
1,000.00
48288
5,000.00
108985
10,000.00
Third Liberty Loan U. S. Gold Bonds, Nos.
2925
10,000.00
1287316
50.00
215615
500.00
Fourth Liberty Loan
K 0004790
10,000.00
$50,550.00
140
WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER RATES
Uncollected January 1, 1924
$11,353.39 53,980.19
Commitment for Year
65,333.58
Collections
$56,804.95
Abatements
663.20
57,468.15
Uncollected December 31, 1924 Payments
7,865.43
General Maintenance, as shown in Accountant's Report
39,792.53
Interest on Debt
3,952.25
Debt Payments
10,300.00
54,044.78
Additions to Plant Account
16,883.56
Cash Receipts for Year
From Water Rates
56,804.95
Other Water Sales
30.52
Fees
265.80
Service and Material
3,907.41
Other Receipts
38.87
Total Departmental Revenues
61,047.55
Appropriation from General Revenues Town
Treasury, December 29, 1924
7,400.00
68,447.55
Revenue Deficit for Year
2,480.79
2,480.79
$70,928.34
Total Gallons of Water Pumped
400,515,000
Cost per Thousand Gallons on Maintenance and Investment $.144
70,928.34
141
CRUSHED STONE COSTS
Cost of Operation of Plant as shown
$11,415.66
Less Sales of Explosives
140.98
Net Cost of Operation
11,274.68
Output of Crushed Stone for Year, 5872 tons
Average Cost per Ton
1.91 plus
PUBLIC WORKS OVERHEAD EXPENSE
Salary of Superintendent
$ 2,800.00
Wages of Clerk
1,000.00
Payroll Wages
4,788.07
Auto Maintenance and Repairs
1,110.58
Tools and Equipment
1,131.06
Care of Storeyard
277.23
Telephone Service
117.74
Heating
160.00
Lighting
28.80
Water Rates
17.00
Printing
133.33
Other Expenses
54.00
$11,617.81
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Payroll
Stable Expense
Material
Total
Filters.
$ 3,483.61
$121.00
$ 7,508.82
$11,113.43
Granite Street.
1,790.40
62.00
443.28
2,295.68
Saunders Road.
588.10
21.00
137.95
747.05
Winslow Avenue.
1,814.34
59.50
406.36
2,280.20
Harding Road .
1,410.90
40.00
469.43
1,920.33
Prospect Street. .
865.43
34.75
276.48
1,176.66
Mountain Avenue
559.75
25.00
323.14
907.89
Lenix Street. .
3,820.88
117.50
955.78
4,894.16
14,333.41
480.75
10,521.24
25,335.40
Tools and Equipment
354.75
354.75
Material .
440.60
440.60
Overhead Charges.
2,356.07
2,356.07
$17,484.83
$480.75
$10,521.24
$28,486.82
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MAIN DRAINS, CONSTRUCTION OF
Payroll
Stable Expense
Material
Total
Oolah Avenue. .
$1,496.90
$ 60.50
$1,649.96
$3,207.36
Washington Street .
32.90
6.00
29.25
68.15
Vernon Street .
1,316.60
96.00
405.84
1,818.44
Winslow Avenue.
224.55
7.75
152.08
384.38
Bond Street.
14.40
39.51
53.91
Marion Avenue.
44.15
1.00
73.51
118.66
Mylod Street.
176.50
15.00
138.05
329.55
Catch Basins.
89.27
89.27
3,395.27
186.25
2,488.20
6,069.72
Material
414.15
414.15
Tools. .
210.48
210.48
Overhead Charges.
285.63
285.63
$4,305.53
$186.25
$2,488.20
$6,979.98
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Income Statement
Net Changes
Increase
Decrease
Operating Income:
Operating Revenues (See Supporting Statement)
$188,209.71
$5,762.76
Operating Expenses (See Supporting Statement)
120,885.54
$ 4,953.16
Net Operating Revenue
67,324.17
Taxes Assignable Deducted
6,549.37
Net Operating Income
60,774.80
Non-Operating Income:
Jobbing Revenue
44.03
44.03
Rent Income Property
74.66
74.66
Interest Income
438.27
269.87
Other
8.64
Gross Income
61,331.76
Deductions from Gross Income: Interest
2,035.21
1,121.33
Income Balance Carried to Profit
and Loss
59,296.55
Profit and Loss Statement
Credit Balance January 1, 1924
134,855.46
Credit Balance Transferred from Income State- ment
59,296.55
Deductions from Surplus :
Notes Paid
23,500.00
Reimbursement to Town Treasury Notes of Town Meetings October 20, 1924 to De- cember 29, 1924 of Money Appropriated by Taxation for Use of Department
26,500.00
Profit and Loss, Credit as shown on Balance Sheet
144,152.01
$194,152.01
$194,152.01
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Operating Expenses
Increase Decrease
Maintenance:
Electric Energy Purchased 5,758,000
K. W. H.
$ 79,853.60
$8,004.32
Operation:
Transformer Station, Labor
4,874.55
71.33
Transformer Station, Supplies and Expense
2,406.15
$
.18
Inspecting and Testing Meters
2.06
48.27
Renewing and Resetting Meters
150.94
4.16
Maintenance of Transformer Station Structures
2.75
2.75
Maintenance of Transformer Station Equipment
2,038.81
470.67
Maintenance of Transformers and Distribution Lines
5,019.36
481.54
Maintenance of Meters
207.83
92.32
Maintenance of Transformers
337.02
9.21
Utilization Expense:
Municipal Street Lamps, Labor on
605.71
261.58
Municipal Street Lamps Supplies
1,542.66
81.87
Commercial Lamps
723.54
723.54
Maintenance of Commercial Lighting Equipment
126.35
67.10
Maintenance of Consumers Installa- tion
S 81.61
General:
Salary of Manager
3,003.90
4.13
Salaries of General Office Clerks and Meter Readers
4,844.73
838.31
General Office Supplies and Expense
2,139.21
365.40
Insurance
1,871.08
Transportation Expense
932.60
259.56
Maintenance of General Structures
14.40
14.40
Depreciation
8,885.00
175.00
Inventory Adjustments
803.29
$531.77
Salary of General Manager (Town)
500.00
Operating Expenses Chargeable Against Operating Revenues
120,885.54
Taxes:
To Town in Lieu of Taxes
6,500.00
To State for Assessment
49.37
$127,434.91
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Operating Revenue
Comparison Increase Decrease
Metered Sales of Electric Energy:
To Private Consumers
$157,980.14
$ 5,136.16
To Street Railways
10,213.65
$299.07
To Municipal Departments
13,738.07
2,979.32
For Street Lighting
5,800.00
187,731.86
8,115.48
Gross Increase
$9,289.06
Gross Decrease
299.07
$8,989.99
Revenues from Miscellaneous Electric Operators:
Rentals of Poles 477.85
Total Electric Operating Revenues
18S,209.71
Cash General Fund
Cash Balances December 31, 1924:
Operating Fund
7,014.00
Construction Fund
159.68
7,173.6S
Depreciation Fund
Cash Balance January 1, 1924
13,088.40
Interest on Same
438.27
Amount Transferred from Income
1924
8,885.00
22,411.67
$29,585.35
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Comparative General Balance Sheet Liabilities
Balance Jan. 1, 1924
Balance Dec. 31, 1924
Increase Decrease
$ 3,755.80
Appropriations From Town for Const. Notes Payable Notes Outstanding $ 31,000.00
23,500.00
Current Liabilities
7,580.27
Accounts Payable 7,950.34
$ 370.07
Accrued Liabilities
583.54 Accrued Interest
331.25
252.29
Appropriated Surplus
102,308.00
Payment of Notes
125,808.00
23,500.00
For Reimbursement to Town Treasury of Funds Appropriated to Department For Construction Pur- poses
12,551.59
3,755.80
Profit and Loss Credit
Balance
144,152.01
9,296.55
$312,378.86
$321,793.19
36,922.42
$27,508.09
Gross Increase
36,922.42
Gross Decrease
27,508.09
Net Income
$ 9,414.33
8,795.79
Net Change During Year
$ 3,755.80
54,500.00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Comparative General Balance Sheet Assets
Balance Jan. 1, 1924
Balance Dec. 31, 1924
Increase Decrease
Investments
$232,612.83
Plant Investment $235,095.70
$2,482.87
(See Supporting Statement)
6,735.48
General Equipment
5,748.15
$ 987.33
$239,348.31
Total Investments Current Assets
240,843.85
14,925.49
Cash (Operating)
7,064.00
7,861.49
159.68
Cash Special
159.68
35,097.82
Accounts Receivable
39,384.73
4,286.91
5,525.71
Material and Supplies
7,273.10
1,747.39
1,611.64
Other Current Assets
2,263.52
651.88
42,625.22
Total Current Assets Reserve Funds
56,145.03
13,088.40
Depreciation Cash Prepaid Accounts
22,411.67
9,323.27
2,621.81
Insurance
2,392.64
229.17
$312,378.86
Grand Total
$321,793.19
Gross Increase
18,492.32
Gross Decrease
9,077.99
Net Increase
$ 9,414.33
Net Change During Year
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT PLANT INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Original Cost to Dec. 31, 1924
$ 3,477.00
Land.
Book Acct. Jan. 1, 1924 $ 3,477.00
Additions · Depreciation
Book Acct. Dec. 31, 1924 $ 3,477.00
20,324.74
Structures.
16,324.78
16,324.78
80,775.79
Transformer Station Equipment
71,389.52
$3,192.00
68,197.52
105,340.78
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors
69,334.22
$ 3,408.35
3,315.00
69,427.57
13,500.83
Undersignd Conduits . ..
10,426.82
10,426.82
6,761.58
Underground Conductors.
6,761.58
6,761.58
33,748.18
Consumers' Meters.
24,406.65
2,088.54
1,244.00
25,251.19
5,025.30
Meter Installation.
4,703.20
322.10
5,025.30
25,872.00
Line Transformers. .
16,544.74
3,608.99
880.00
19,273.73
4,993.63
Transformer Installation .
4,690.65
302.98
4,993.63
8,095.70
Street Lighting Equipment.
4,553.67
1,636.91
254.00
5,936.58
$302.915.53
Total Plant Investment.
$232,612.83
$11,367.87
. $8,885.00
$235,095.70
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Electric Light Data
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
Overhead System:
Transmission Lines in Miles
Distribution Lines in Miles
of wire
255.5
265.5
279.3
286.7
299
Street Lighting Lines in Miles
Poles in Public Ways (Wood)
1,547
1,505
1,536
. 1,554
1,575
Poles Elsewhere (Wood) . .
51
51
64
65
70
Jointly Owned (Wood and Steel).
387
442
442
442
442
Conduit, Feet of . . .
15,987
16,087
16,087
16,087
16,087
Cables in Conduits, Feet of .
21,714
21,714
21,714
21,714
21,714
Motors:
Number Connected . .
255
303
307
Rated Capacity in Horsepower
3,540
1,121
4,135
Consumers:
Using Electricity for Lighting.
2,421
2,605
2,827
3,133
3,342
Using Electricity for Power Only .
1
1
1
1
1
Using Electricity for Both Light and Power.
.
47
47
49
19
80
Street Lamps:
Number in Use.
714
721 3,995.5
718
718
730
Total Hours of, During Past Year . .
4,006
3,974
4,005.5
4,001.35
Electric Current Purchased Kilowatt Hours.
4,776,000
5,442,000.5
935,000
5,745,000
5,758,000
Electric Current Supplied for Street Lighting, K. W. H ..
212,030
222,819
213,000
228,237
249,488
Electric Current Supplied for Municipal Power . .
242,006
261,845
437,324
430,262
512,565
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Electric Current Sold Consumer for:
Metered Lighting Service .
980,270
1,007,422
1,137,591
1,339,099
1,441,955
Metered Power Service. .
2,383,136
2,356,913
2,325,480
2,572,603
2,010,107
Metered Power for Street Railways.
87,140
401,870
413,374
459,078
456,826
Kilowatt Hours Unaccounted for
861,428
691,601
953,669
780,261
303,834
Maximum Station Load.
1,840
$1,800
1,890
1,840
1,800
Norwood, Mass., December 31, 1924.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of sales of F. S. Barton, as Collector of the Municipal Light Plant, and the records of his collections. It appears from said records that he has collected and deposited with the Town Treasurer the sum of $186,933.31 and that the foregoing is a true statement of the condition of said department as shown by the books thereof.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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152
DISTRIBUTION OF OVERHEAD CHARGES FOR 1924
General Overhead Publie Works Overhead
Town Office Building
$ 8.90
Police Department
32.44
Fire Department
71.76
Moth Suppression
36.56
Trees, Care of
19.05
Sewer Maintenance
64.84
$ 701.58
Sewers, Particular
59.71
362.12
Drain Maintenance
32.44
307.85
Ash Removal
17.26
237.28
Highway Maintenance
78.32
1,909.00
Highway Repairs
201.62
1,303.41
Treating Streets
101.93
282.26
Snow and Ice
22.65
Crusher
107.76
858.54
Macadam Paving
160.53
723.91
Parks
4.55
66.96
Light Department
544.06
Water Department
583.32
2,719.63
Cemetery Maintenance
70.23
Cemetery Improvement
6.57
Sewer Construction
398.43
1,855.14
Drain Construction
42.94
242.71
Granolithic Sidewalks
24.27
$2,643.22
$11,617.81
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REMARKS OF THE TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT
To the Selectmen of Norwood,
Thomas B. Mulvehill, Chairman.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the foregoing as the Annual Statement of the Financial Report of Receipts and Payments of the Town of Norwood and the ab- stracts of the records of Town Meetings, together with the records of Vital Statistics reported for the year 1924.
Financial Report-Treasurer and Collector. The accounts of Harold W. Gay as Treasurer and Collector of Taxes have been examincd and agree with the Accountant's Books and Records as shown. All statements of uncollected accounts have been verified as to detail items.
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