Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1923, Part 8

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As the players are developed they are progressed to the Orchestra where they play for recreational functions and various other school activities.


On the behalf of these young instrumentalists, I wish to extend to the parents my sincere appreciation for their hearty support and encouragement in the matter of individual practice at home so necessary in the accomplishment of playing a musical instrument and to the teachers and prin- cipals to whom much credit is due for their interest and co- -operation.


Respectfully submitted,


FREDERICK W. J. LEWIS.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE.


January 2, 1924.


Mr. C. Edward Fisher, Superintendent of Schools, Braintree, Massachusetts


Dear Sir:


In accordance with your request the following report". of my work as school nurse is made. The report covers only the period since September 1923 during which I have been connected with your department, but I have also included a brief outline of the health work planned for the school year


The school health program which is planned divides itself into three phases.


1. Examination of children


(a) Weighing and measuring all school children three times during the year


(b) Physical examination of all children by school physicians once during the year


(c) Keeping individual records of the results . of these examinations


2. Communicable disease control


3. General health education


In effecting this program my schedule is so arranged that I visit two schools each day, which makes a weekly visit to each building. All of the schools have been supplied with first aid equipment and medicine cabinets, which were made by the boys of the Continuation School. All of the buildings except two are now equipped with scales. During Septem- ber and October all of the pupils were weighed and measured. In accordance with the state law which requires a physical examination of every public school child at least once during the school year, the physical examinations by the three school physicians were begun in November. The parents' permission for the examination by the school doctor was obtained for approximately 80% of the children, the others being examined by their own physicians. The majority of the examinations by the school physicians have been com ---


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pleted. An individual record card for each child, which includes the results of weighing and measuring, the results of the physician's examination, and other data concerning the child's health record, is being kept on file in the respec- tive schools. Notification of underweight and physical defects will be sent to the parents. It is expected that these records will be permanent, passing along with the child from grade to grade.


An important part of the school nurse's work is con- ceived to be the detection and prevention of the spread of communicable diseases and minor defections among children in the schools. In the weekly visits to the schools the prin- cipals and teachers call attention to any suspicious cases. Doctor Adams, the health officer, is cooperating by sending prompt notices to me of all cases of communicable disease which are reoprted to his office. The exclusion of children with symptons suspicious of communicable disease and also of children who have been in contact with them is recommen- ded to the principal. Children found with such minor in- fections as parasites of the hair and skin infections are also excluded. Diagnoses are not made by me, but are referred to the family physician or to the school doctor. The ex- clusion of a child from school is not a pleasant task but in' general the parents are sympathetic to this action when it is explained to them that it is for the greatest good. The prevention or reducing the chances of a child's acquiring disease through the school room is important and the pos- sibilities in this service are great. It is hoped that the development of a smoothly working system will be even more effective in the future in reducing sickness and absences.


In the field of general health education, health pamplets have been distributed to the grammar grades and short talks have been made in most of the grades. The establishment of a definite program of health instruction in the regular class room work is planned for the coming year. A series of health text books on Physiology and Hygiene have been placed in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Use


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will be made of these books in the regular class room work and I hope that I may be of assistance in planning this course with the teachers.


Each of the above services can be enlarged and improved in the future. The addition of a physical director, when feasible, will mean a great deal in the correction of physical defects and the improvement of health standards.


It has been a pleasure to have served as school nurse and my associations with the superintendent, school physicians, principals, and teachers have been most pleasant.


Respectfully submitted, MARGARET H. BALFOUR, ... School Nurse.


REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER


January 2, 1924.


Mr. C. Edward Fisher, Superintendent of Schools, Braintree,


Massachusetts.


Dear Sir:


I herby submit my report as Attendance Officer for the year ending December 31, 1923.


I have worked in conjunction with the State Board of Labor and Industry, also the Friendly Aid Association and the School Nurse.


I have investigated 738 cases as reported to me and found pupils absent for the following reasons -: Sickness


184


Truancy 91


Lack of clothing, shoes, etc


38


Kept out by parents.


183


Found on street and taken to school


Left school . 92


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Non-registration (new pupils placed in school). 6


Found on street and taken home 13.


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Left town 8:


Employment Cards 12


Tardy


74


Factories and stores visited .


26


Found at home and taken to school


48.


Department of Immigration cases investigated.


0,


Destroying and loss of school property


2


Disturbances at school and on streets


5.


Home employmet cards granted


Taken to court. 0.


Sent to Wrenthem School 0.


Reported to Friendly Aid .


16


Reported to School Nurse. 8:


Boys placed under my charge by parents. 11


From farm to schools (under 14 years) . 10.


I have investigated all cases of the schools including the Continuation School and High School, in the interest of parents, superintendent of schools, and at all time having in mind the welfare of the Town in general.


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Respectfully submitted,


C. S. HANNAFORD, Attendance Officer ..


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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL.


"Town Hall, Wednesday Evening, June 20, 1923, at Eight p.m. Order of Exercises.


March, "Institute March"


Branson


High School Orchestra


Song, "Tis Morn" A. Geibel


School Chorus


Salutatory Essay, "The Man Who Knows Children" Ruth Moline


Essay, "The Case of the Indian" Oscar Liukkonen


Essay, "The American Power Giant" Miriam Davis


Orchestra Selection, "Liselotte Ballet"


L. Adams


High School Orchestra


Essay, "The Antioch Plan" Mabel Creeden


Essay, "The Restriction of Immigration"


Gerald Cleary


Award of Scholarship Prizes Mr. Elmer E. Abercrombie


Chairman of Trustees of the Braintree School Fund


"Song, "When the Foeman Bares His Steel"


A. Sullivan


From "Pirates of Penzance"


School Chorus


Presentation of Philergian Prize Mrs. Elsie Y. Woodsum President of the Philergians


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Valdictory Essay, "The Russian Cross-Roads"" Theodosia Davis


Address to Graduating Class


Mr. C. Edward' Fisher Superintendent of Schools Presentation of French Medals and Diplomas Mr. Henry D. Higgins Chairman of School Board Class Song, Tune of "Cornell" Words by Josephine Erwin?


HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.


Charlotte Haynes*


Harry Hanson


Theodosia Hardwick Davis


Esther Winifred' Harraden


Ruth Constance Moline


Dorothy Evelyn Hawes


Mabel Florence Creeden


Joseph Edward Kingbury


Oscar Liukkonen Miriam Theresa Davis


Gerald Augustine Cleary


Elberta Winifred Adams Elizabeth Madeline Anderson Margaret Cain Arnold Hazel Reviere Bestick Alice Brown


Hannah Mildred Kjellander® Edna Gertrude Maguire George Ellis Mansfield Alfred James Maxwell' Ella May Mckean Nancy Elizabeth Mulvey


Everett Leslie Pearson


Margaret Alberto Piercy ·


Wallace Heywood Pratt, Jr :.


Franklin Harlow Reed


Seranoosh Amber Roobenian®


Anna Helen Siggeline Helen Whitney Sims Henry Brush Skinner Grace Marion Smith Linton J. Alexander Tanner-


John Gordon Collins Frances Donovan Esther Frances Drake John Galvin Dugan Josephine Gertrude Erwin Frank Lee Gallivan


Louis Vincent Govoni


Ragna Hagen


Miriam Cloey Hamblin


Emma Mae Whitcomb


Mary Madeline Tardiff Harry Russell Thayer Catherine Theresa Tobin Elizabeth Walker


William Francis Welch


Wesson Bartlett Williams,


Marion Stoddard Burrell Catherine Lee Cahill


Bertha Eudora Cain


Clara Sophie Cameron


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CLASS OFFICERS.


Russel Thayer, President


Hazel Bestick, Secretary


Oscar Liukkonen, Vice-Pres. Haywood Pratt, Treasurer


FRENCH MEDAL WINNERS


Charlotte Haynes Theodosia Davis


Ruth Moline


PHILERGIAN ESSAY PRIZE WINNER Theodosia Davis


First seven names are arranged according to rank * Has completed a College Preparatory Course in three years.


PARENT TEACHERS-ASSOCIATIONS


Hollis School President, Mr. George H. Eggleton, 50 Oak Street, Braintree. Secretary, Mrs. Catherine F. Stoddard, 240 Tremont Street, Braintree.


Treasurer, Mr. Frank A. Ewart, 24 Oak Street, Braintree.


Noah Torrey School


President, Mrs. Charles L. Ronnquist, 1281 Washington Street, South Braintree.


Secretary, Miss Dorothy Fessenden, 1074 Washington Street, South Braintree.


"Treasurer, Mrs. ... Douglas Hayden, 137 Franklin Street, South Braintree.


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Jonas Perkins School


President, Mr. George Walsh, 5 Wellington Street, East Braintree.


Secretary, Mrs. W. H. Rawlins, 132 Hobart Street, East Braintree.


Treasurer, Mrs. C. Frederick Tarbox, 27 Willard Street, East Braintree.


Penniman School


President, Mrs. Andrew S. Merrill, 198 River Street, Braintree


Secretary, Miss Eleanor G. Brown, 21 Maple Street, Braintree. 1


Treasurer, Miss Clara N. M. Holbrook, 185 Middle Street, Braintree.


The following is a list of all the grammar school graduates in the Town "of Braintree, June 19 and 21, 1923.


HOLLIS SCHOOL


Vivian Ahlqvist* Dorothy May Bestick


Dorothy May Frost


Barbara Janet Hixon


Nelson Parker Hollis


Martin Cooper Hubbard


George Alfred Jones


Abbie Evelyn Pratt


Blanche Elliott Robinson


Lillian Elizabeth Smith Grace Hazel Sprague Elizabeth Mary Thomas Evelyn Sherman Walls Carol Milbank Waters Alice Evelyn Woodworth


Robert Salmon Kretchmar Uriel Oswald MacDonald James Allan MacDonald* John Moore McDormand Daniel Arthur McNeil Russell Edwin McNeil Alton Benjamin Otis Gordom Wythee Sears Francis Timothy Walsh


Nellie Garvena Worth


:* French Medal Pupils.


Ralph Haywood Arnold Frederick Albert Belyea


Kazar Charles


Marcia Thompson Keith *


Aili Elvera Maki Irene Pearl Ostrander


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PENNIMAN SCHOOL


Joseph Edward Beauregard*


Ruth Bertha Call '


Hazle Bernice Cass


Carolyn Davis Ferris :


Lawrence Peter Frazier


Margaret Ann Frazier* :


Thomas Raymond Griffin


Ruth Lorraine Lineham


Russell Watson MacEachern


Catherine Louise Maher


Kenneth MacAlpine Miller


Alice Louise Newcomb


Margaret Otis


Joseph Edmund Reynolds* :


Vernice Valerie Richardson


Lydia Vivian Ross


Henry Thomas Smith


* French Medal Pupils.


NOAH TORREY SCHOOL.


Ralph Whitman Armstrong Martin Babain


Clifford Alexander Levangie :


Louis Stephen Bates


Thomas George Lewis


Frederick Stanley Blanchard


Alice Marie McGrath


Beatrice Lillian Butler


Elizabeth Merriam Alva Matilda Olson


Constance Aileen Church


Andrew Roger O'Rourke :


Margaret Louise Connors


Carl Chester Peterson


Antoinette Constantino


Wilbur Leonard Pierce


Marian Louise Daiute


Pauline Pino Dominic Puglies


Arthur Louis Dalton


Bertha L vinia Drollett


Wilfred Leon Reed


Vera Florence Drake Marjorie Victoria Enos*


Rena Mary Ryan* Angeline Sarni


Rina Serafini


Mary Carrie Schlager


Kenneth Prescott Illingsworth


Lillian Mary Schlager


Eddie Trescott Jones


Esther Pauline Sullivan


Mary Goldie Karagozian


Howard Savil Thayer


Rose Sullivan :Landry


James Alec Rembert Vonberg ;


Arlene Gertrude Levangie


Hazel Jane Levangie


Marguerite Irene Welch Earl Page Wing


* French Medal Pupils. :


Maybelle Elizabeth Gratteau


Helen Albertina Hadden*


Chester Thomas Levangie


Basil Francis Carlton


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JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.


"Ruth Allen


"Mary Elva Appleton Abbie Olivia Appleyard Gardner Lawton Barker


Dora Louise Buker*


Kenneth Radmer Mosher


Thomas Francis O'Brien


Virginia Sherley Oliver*


Martha Ornstedt


Ragnar Frederick Ornstedt


Lawrence Norbet Peterson


Florence Pratt


Mabel Elizabeth Pratt


Eleanor Catherine Gerstel


David Doyle Riggs


Norman Goodhue


Dorothy Edna Riggs


Mary Gertrude Gurney


Ina Smith Ritchie


Nellie Rogers


Walter Edwin Skinner


William Howe Saunders Stanley Spain


Marie Sullivan


Eleanor Collins Tarbox*


Teresa Tildna Tardiff


Eileen Torrey


Mary Eleanor Watt


Lillian Margaret Lowell ** French Medal Pupils.


Arthur Richard Ludwig Robert MacAllister May McFarlane Herbert Wilfred Mathisen


Doris Lillian Buker


Ruth Hartwell Burdett


Clara Nimmo Campbell Thomas Daniel Chafe


Catherine Louise Conroy Frank Henry Dickmeyer Celia Gallanti


Louise Frances Hamblin John Hennebury .John Clawson Hutchinson Beatrice Theresa Julian


Joseph Ernest Lamarine George Frederick Leben Mae Lennon Phyllis Louise Long


TEACHERS-SEPTEMBER, 1928. HIGH SCHOOL.


TEACHER


DEPARTMENT


EDUCATION


EXPERIENCE


James L. Jordan


Principal


Bates College


15 years


Samuel E. Lawrence


Sub-Master, Science


Rhode Island State


7 years


Alene M. Crosby


English


University of Vermont


2 years


Avis C. Walsh


English


Wellesley


, 1 year


Harriet D. Dunning Herma C. Rowe


Civics


'Radcliffe


1 year


French


Tufts College


2 years


Mary A. Lavelle


Spanish and Latin


University of Vermont


6 years


Veva M. Chapman


German and English


Bates College


8 years


Ruth M. Malone


History


Boston University


2 years


Charles E. Hammond


Mathematics


Boston University


1 year


Ruth J. Bennet


Household Arts


Framingham Normal


8 years


Raymond L. Strangford


Commercial


Bay Path, Northeaston


5 years


Olive M. Avery


Commercial


Bay path


5 years


Margaret C. Kirby


Commercial


Salem Normal


9 years


Hazel M. Fitts Evelyn L. Inman


Commercial


Mt. Allison University


10 years


Mildred B. Ahlgren


Commercial


Salem Normal


4 years


JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.


Alberto M. Eldridge


Principal


Bridgewater Normal


25 years


Irene Somes


Grade VIII


Washington State


612 years


Nellie Temple


Grade VII


Castine Normal


14 years


Nellie E. Bolles


Grade VI


Emerson College


31 years


Ida M. Cromwell


Grade V


Castine Normal


18 years


Irma M. Killian


Grade IV


Bridgewater Normal


10 years


Harriet C. Taylor


Grade III


Hyannis Normal


24 years


Helen C. Dignan


Grade II :


Bridgewater Normal


6 years


Marguerite L. Sumner


Grade I


Page Kindergarten


27 years


Almira E. Fuller


Kindergarten


Wheclock Kindergarten


7 years


166;


Commercial


Salem Normal


1 years


NOAH TORREY SCHOOL.


F. Allan Chapman Josephine B. Colbert Gertrude E. Saunders


. Principal


Salem Normal


Grade VITI


Bridgewater Normal Salem Normal


13 years 36 years 5 years


Helen Jackson Lucy A. Hinsdale


Grade VII


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Grade VI


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Dorothy Fessenden


Grade V


Bridgewater Normal


3 years


Elizabeth G. Rogers


Grade V


Framingham Normal


25 years


Mildred E. Hutchinson


Grade IV


Salem Normal


19 years


Margaret E. Perkins Helen A. Cuff Mary P. Schraut


Grade IV


Colby College


3 years


Grade III


Braintree High School


22 years


Grade III


Bridgewater Normal


4 years


HO IS SCHOOL.


. .. Ward Raymond


Principal


Worcester Normal


13 years


Deborah Goldman


Grades VII and VIII


Salem Normal


5 years


Enid T. Hollidge


Grade VII


University of Maine


2 years


Mary J. Cahill


Grade VI


Bridgewater Normal


7 years


Doris G. Norton


Grade V


Newburyport Training


4 years


Doris F. Marshall


Grades IV and V


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Mildred S. Nickerson


Grade IV


10 years


Emma Holmes


Grades III and IV


3 years


Rosalie S. Bayley


Grade III


25 years


Hannah C. Whelan


Grade II


Weymouth Training


51 years


Louise M. Westcott


Grade II


Rhode Island Normal Salem Normal


6 years


Rena E. Hemenway


Grade I


6 years


Ann R. Howard


Kindergarten


Page Kindergarten


18 years


167


. .


: Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal Thayer Academy


Grade VIII


Grade VII


Grade VI


THOMAS A. WATSON. SCHOOL.


Principal


Bridgewater Normal


9 years


Grade VIII


Mt. Allison University Bridgewater


472 years


Grade VII


472 years


Grade VI


Keene Normal


2 years


Grade V


Bridgewater Normal


4 years


Grade IV


Normal School, Nova Scotia


5 years


Blanche M. Annas


Grade III


Salem Normal


1 year


Marion L. Cook


Grade II


Wheelock


2 years


Norma R. Brown M. Frances Fobes


Grade I


Bridgewater


2 years


Kindergarten


Bridgewater


7 years


ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL.


Anna V. Galligan


Principal, Grade V :


Bridgewater Normal


15/2 years


Doris M. Look


Grade IV


Fitchburg Normal


4 years


Emily A. Landry


Grade III


Bridgewater Normal


7 years


A. Gladys Herring


Grade II


Lowell Normal


5 years


Catherine Griffin


Grade I


Bridgewater Normal


3 years


Lorena Young


Kindergarten


Perry Kindergarten


I years


PENNIMAN SCHOOL.


James H. Butler, Jr.


Principal, Grades VII and VIII


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Emma G. Davis


Grades V and VI


Machias Normal


2 years


Eleanor G. Brown


Grades III and IV


Bridgewater Normal


2 years


Grace A: Bell


Grades I and II


Bridgewater Normal


.1 year


Cecilia C .. Whelan


Kindergarten


Wheelock Kindergarten


7 years


POND SCHOO


Claire E. Shay Cora M. Coffill


Principal, Grades 1 and II Grades 1 and II


North Adams Normal


10 years


Leta M. Weston


Grades I and II


Brookfield High


15 years


Harriet M. Hill


Kindergarten


Shaw's Private School


30 years


168


Thayer Academy


21 years


Charles W. Brooks Lillian H. Barnes A. Eugenia Wilbas Doris Minah Mary T. Madden Dora R. Mussells


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DISTRICTS.


Josephine M. Foster Clara N. M. Holbrook Ethella M. Nichols


Kindergarden, Grades I and II Grades I and II Kindergarten


Braintree High


Thayer Academy Perry Normal


23 years 14 years 7 years


CONTINUATION SCHOOL.


· Richard W. Johnson Marion Mclellan


Boy's Instructor Girls' Instructor


Fitchburg Normal 3 years


Framingham Normal 4 years


SPECIALS.


Vocal Music


Instrumental Music


Nurse


Macon Hospital 2 years


Drawing


Massachusetts Normal Art


4 years


School Physician


School Physician


School Physician


Superintendent


St Lawrence University, A,B.


Brown University, A. M. 23 years


Braintree High School Braintree High School


2 years


Emily Erickson Mabel Creeden Edward O. Long C. S. Hannaford C. S. Hannaford Fay S. Call


Clerk Clerk (High School)


School Carpenter Barge Driver Attendance Officer Barge Driver


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Ingrid E. Ekman Frederick W. J. Lewis Margaret H. Balfour Athalie Hobell Henry F. Adams, M.D. F. Herbert Gile, M.D. Franklin H. Merriam, M.D C. Edward Fisher


New England Conservatory 14 years


169


170


JANITORS.


Albert F. Hollis, 39 Taylor Street, South Braintree. Fred H. Landeck, 111 Central Avenue, South Braintree. Foster F. Tupper, 44 Central Avenue, South Braintree. James Cassidy, 47 Bellevue Road, East Braintree. Samuel Crossman, Trefton Drive, East Braintree. W. Parker Brown, 23 Willow Street, East Braintree. Omer W. Hollis, Union Street, Braintree.


Charles F. Saunders, Union Street, Braintree.


Nelson E. Hayden, 305 Pond Street, South Braintree.


Margaret O'Rourke, Peach Street, South Braintree.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers' Salaries


$114, 165.85


Census . 130.00


Superintendent .


3,600.00


Attendance Officer


500.00


Janitors' Salaries


8,048.80


Transportation


3,300.00


Clerk


930.00


Tuition


1,941.11


Text Books and Supplies


9,565.71


Fuel, Light and Gas.


8,661.28


Repairs .


11,925.17


Miscellaneous .


7,597.47


Total $170, 365.39


Receipts by the Town on Account of the School Department.


Tuition from State


725.99:


Massachusetts School Fund.


14,588.00


Miscellaneous . 174.74


Smith-Hughes Fund


174.65


Continuation School Reimbursement


1,808.29


Continuation School Tuition


3,555.40


Total $21, 027.07


Net


149,338.32


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Electric Light Department OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE


FROM Dec. 31, 1922 to Dec. 31, 1923


Printed by Order of the Town


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1640.


Printed by H. W. BAILEY & COMPANY SOUTH BRAINTREE, MASS.


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REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD


To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:


The Municipal Light Board submits herewith its annual report for the year 1923 together with the report of the Manager.


According to the report of the latter 1923 has been a banner year showing a consumption of about half a million more kilowatts than was used in 1922. The output of our own plant was increased 700,000 kilowatts, yet to meet the demand we were obliged to purchase 1,365,000 additional.


As stated one year ago, we can manufacture current cheaper than we can buy it, so we are extremely anxious to install this year the additional equipment that will enable us to meet all demands.


To do this we must have the help of the Town to bor- row the needed funds, and we trust this subject will meet with your favorable consideration.


We are not asking the Town to raise any part of this money by taxation, because we can meet the payments for principle and interest from the income of the Department.


CHARLES T. CRANE, A. A. CARSON, NORTON P. POTTER, Commissioners.


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MANAGER'S REPORT. Braintree Light Department. Municipal Light Board, Braintree, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I have the pleasure in submitting herewith the annual report of the Braintree Electric Light Department for the year ending December 31, 1923.


This report consists of financial statement in the form prescribed by the State Department Public Utilities to whom we are required to report annually, and is in an entire- ly different form than were those you were usually presented in former years.


Our profit and loss credit surplus was increased in the past year from $78116.46 to $103042.72, Depreciation Cash was increased $5695.81, and from our earnings we have made plant additions amounting to $10,234.98.


The department has acquired (251) Two Hundred Fifty One new service connections, (98) Ninety Eight ad- ditional poles in streets not heretofore occupied, and have made (56) Fifty six pole replacements.


To equip new lines in streets (414) Four and one quarter miles of No. 6 and (1/2) One half mile of No. 4 copper wire has been used.


The three phase 2300 volt transmission line extending from the Generating Station to the junction of Middle and Elm streets, formerly constructed of No. 4 copper wire, has been replaced with No. 0, thereby increasing its capacity in excess of 100 percent, other replacements of No. 6 wire on old lines has required approximately One mile of No. 4 wire.


New service connections to houses with No. 6 wire used 16,566 feet.


Fifty Street Lights in new locations were installed in 1923,


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and Twenty Two additional will be placed in the first six months of 1924 at the request of the Board of Selectmen, making a total of (865) Eight Hundred Sixty Five. (37) Thirty Seven "Street Fixtures" were replaced with new stock, and 4519 feet of No. 6 copper wire was used in main- tenance and new locations.


We now have service customers totaling (2917) Twenty Nine Hundred Seventeen, yet this does not include the idle : service connections throughout the system.


Kilowatts Generated at Plant 2,560,320


Kilowatts Purchased


1,365,300


3,925,620


Distributed Thus:


Light.


705, 032


Power


2, 298, 518


Street Lighting .


178, 250


Station "Power Factor Cor- rection"


237,726


Line Loss 15%


506, 094


3,925,620


Street lights were operated 358 nights using 178,250 Kilowatts hours, 1003-60 candle, 14-250 candle, and 6-400 candle lamps for renewals. Lamps burned (3345) hours.


Facilities at plant for obtaining sufficient condensing water at extreme low tide periods has been corrected by the removal of 5000 cubic yards of mud from the channel of Monatiquot River opposite our supply inlet.


Would suggest that my recommendation in the report of 1922, relative to the addition of one high efficiency Turbo- generator of 2500 K.V.A. capacity to the present plant receive your careful consideration.


This problem certainly requires serious attention at earliest possible date, so that we may be prepared for the inevitable increase in energy consumption from prospective users who are now waiting for service which we are unable - to supply.


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OPERATING EXPENSES ELECTRIC .. Steam Power Generation.


Operation:


601-Superintendence and


Labor


$11,248.95


606-Boiler Fuel 38, 749.17


607-Water 750.51


608-Miscel.


Supplies


and


Expenses


232.85


Maintenance:


611-Maintenance


Station


Structures


52.07


612-Maintenance


Steam


Equipment. 2,462.89


615-Maintenance Elec. Gen. Equipment. 99.96


634-Electric


Energy Pur-


chased


32,781.02


$86, 377.42


Transmission and Distribution.


Operation :


638-Operation Trans. and


Dist. Lines .


$1, 942.70


639-Lines Tools and Expense Maintenance:


283.51


647-Trans. and Dist. Lines. . 8,761.26


650-51 Main. Meters and


Transformers


533.38


$11, 520.85


Utilization.


Operation : 654-56-Operation Street Lights. 1, 025.25 657-59-Maintenance Street Lights 1, 310.62


$2,335.87


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General and Miscellaneous.


£666 Salaries


Municipal Lt.


Bd. and Mgr. $3,900.00


667-Salaries Office Clerks. . .


5,352.89


668-Gen. Office Supplies and Exp


715.96


214-Insurance


1,575.00 ;


675-Transportation Expenses


4,003.36


678-Depreciation


6,708.02


677-Maintenance




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