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$ 903 52
HIGH STREET EXTENSION.
1067 feet 6 in C I pipe at 50c
$ 533 50
9 pigs lead
54 00
20 lbs jute
1 20
2, 6 in tees .
16 00
2, 6 in plugs
1 50
Steamer hydrant
32 00
Wood
4 53
Labor and miscellaneous
320 10
Total Average cost .90-|- per foot.
$ 962 83
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
CHARLES W. BAMFORD in account with WATER DE- PARTMENT.
DR.
Cash on hand Jan 1909.
$ 1464 27
To amounts received :-
Water rates
$12035 46
Notes
5000 00
Hydrants .
1836 00
Refund, Electric Light Department
233 02
Miscellaneous water rates
97 39
Service construction
43 86
Insurance dividends
57 50
Sale of junk
28 00
Sale of hay at basin
15 00
Telephone
5 20
Use of pump
5 00
Sundries
25
$19356 68
$20820 95
CR.
By paid Commissioners orders '09
$17186 78
' '07 & '08
21 33
Interest on temporary notes
280 00
Cash on hand Jan 1910
3332 84
$20820 95
UNPAID ORDERS.
No. 204, 1908
$ 3 60
No. 329, 1908
50
No. 151, 1909
75
No. 190, 1909
1 25
No. 322, 1909
2 77
No. 326, 1909
50
No. 327, 1909
60
No. 330, 1909
. .
Total unpaid orders, . . . 05
$ 10 02
. .
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES.
The following bills have been paid for new construction dur- ing the year 1909, and are in addition to the amounts paid to Jan. 1, 1909.
ELECTRIC LINES.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNTS
John H Clarke
labor
$ 416 60
Harry Sheppard
255 00
Stanley Roper
1 50
Geo Brown
2 00
Everett Smith
..
6 00
Mallard & Harris
express and freight
25 55
T'hos Smith
labor
4 00
J W Goodhue
supplies
57 85
Tougas & Tougas
06
Ipswich Mills
labor
4 89
J N Crowe
ladder
3 00
Jackson Ex Co
express
19 94
Geo Black
labor®
3 00
A H Plouff
supplies
8 10
John Minnehan
labor
6 55
D A Grady
teams
13 00
A Sullivan
labor
1 00
Ed Davis
4 00
Water Dept., Town
work on engine
233 02
A L Brown
supplies
60
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNTS
A I Savory
supplies
$ 8 70
John Sullivan
labor
13 00
Fred Buzzell
43 50
J H Lakeman
paint
10 00
Gordon Player
labor
23 33
Edward Martelle
17 33
Jos Martelle
14 22
Clarence Dupray
64 50
Wm White
1 00
T F Cogswell & Co
supplies
1 17
Carl Copp
labor
8 00
Thos G Gauld
teaming
1 00
Peoples Ex
express
25
C L Stevens & Co
labor
40
Geo E Safford
horse
8 00
Thos Scahill
labor
40
S F Canney
lumber
50
John Durand
labor
65
Pettingell Andrews Co
wire and supplies
1964 46
Gen Elec Co
transformers, meters
& supplies
800 52
TEAM EXPENSE
C F Chapman
supplies for team
$ 35 51
J A King
labor
26 35
Jere Davison
2 55
Wm A Spiller
repairs
17 25
H M Purinton
labor
22 05
B J Conley
supplies
1 20
J R Richards
2 30
James Kinnear
horse
75 00
Highway Dept
board of horse
177 84
Total
$4406 64
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
DR.
SUMMARY. CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT, 1909.
CR.
To bal Dec 31. '08
$ 90 97
By bills paid '09
$4496 42
J'o sale of notes
2000 00
By refund B & M
10 82
To depreciation app
1290 00
To Premiums
106 33
To cash from jobbing acct
909 12
$4407 24
$4407 24
COST OF CONSTRUCTION TO JAN. 1, 1910.
|| Dec. 31, 1908| Year 1909
Total
Cost of Real Estate
$ 3998 64
$ 3998 64
Cost of Steam Plant.
4966 27
$ 233 02
5199 29
Cost of Electric Lines
38124 96
4263 40
42288 36
Cost of Electric Plant .
4653 52
4653 52
$51743 39
$4496 42
$56139 81
DR.
NOTE ACCOUNT. CR.
To outstanding notes Jan 1 '09
$43500 00
To notes authorized in '09
2000 00
By note No 6. paid $ 500 00 By bal notes outstand- ing Jan 1, 1910 45000 00
$45500 00
$45500 00
MANAGER'S REPORT.
To the Water and Municipal Lighting Commissioners: Gentlemen:
I submit the following report of the receipts and expenses of the Lighting Plant for the year 1909.
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MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. BILLS PAID.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNTS
LABOR.
Edmund Russell
engineer
$ 1092 00
Geo H Fall
978 94
Everett Guilford
fireman
752 90
Enoch Olmstead
781 80
John H Clarke
labor
376 95
Harry Sheppard
259 80
Robert Spencer
10 00
John Singer
10 37
Gordon Player
10 00
Wm Garrette Jr
10 00
Thos Roberts
5 50
Clarence Dupray
1 75
$4290 01
FUEL.
Wm A Jepson
coal
$ 1413 35
Geo W Pickering
1329 71
C C Caldwell
27 15
Atkinson Coal Co
89 89
B & MR R Co
freight on coal
1127 62
Mallard & Harris
teaming coal
81 00
James Sheppard
158 15
Allan W Brown Wile Bros
13 50
$4435 58
MISCELLANEOUS.
C W Chesterton
supplies
$ 6 24
N E Tel & Tel Co
telephone
24 17
E R Smith
supplies
1 20
195 21
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNTS
Hudson Belt Co
belt dressing
$ 1 25
Westchester Ins Co
insurance
9 37
Cotton & Woolen Ins Co
100 00
Chronicle Pub Co
printing
37 90
Geo P Anderson
supplies
10 59
Am Ex Co
express
2 20
Hinds & Coon
packing waste etc
70 23
B F Sturtevant & Co
repairs on engine
27 50
A G Osborne
oil
187 68
Geo E Marsh
supplies
10 00
W E Lord
1 82
W E Prescott
10
Kent & Winch
4 50
Pettingell Andrews & Co
lamps & supplies
80 00
Wm H Rand
sal as commissioner
100 00
Geo A Schofield
100 00
Geo H W Hayes
100 00
Geo A Schofield
sal manager & clerk
260 00
Chas W Bamford
sal as treasurer
50 00
$1184 75
Total maintenance expense
$9910 34
DR.
SUMMARY. (MAINTENANCE.)
CR.
To bal Jan 1, '09
$ 616 04
By bills paid
$ 9910 34
To cash sale of light
8030 32
Less old bills for light 1908 1562 65
appropriation
Bal in favor of dept 1579 84
for maintenance
1500 00
To cash rent of poles
116 60
ins dividends
78 80
" due sale light
1211 07
$13052 83
$13052 83
power
1500 00
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
INSIDE WIRING DEPARTMENT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNTS
John H Clarke
labor
$ 266 80
Harry Sheppard
185 70
McKenney & Waterbury Co
fixtures
244 12
Am Ex Co
express
2 70
Jackson Ex Co
9 15
J W Goodhue
supplies
3 42
S F Canney
lumber
86
Edw C Lewis
fixtures
15 00
Robert Spencer
labor
2 25
Gordon Player
2 00
Thos Roberts
6 00
Pettingell Andrews Co
fixtures & supplies
952 61
Gen Elec Co
Jamps & supplies
248 94
$1939 55
SUMMARY.
DR. INSIDE WIRING DEPARTMENT. CR.
To cash received for
By bills paid
$1939 55
labor and materials $1627 92
By 1908 bills due Jan. 1. 1909 443 75
To bills due for labor and material 791 68
To balance profits to Jan. 1, 1909 1796 03
By balance in favor of department
1832 33
$4,215 63
$4,215 63
It will be seen that the profit for the year 1909 from these two departments (sale of light and inside wiring) is as follows : Profit sale of light. $ 963 80 Profit inside wiring 36 30
$1000 10
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
All bills for coal used to Jan. 1, 1910 also for labor, repairs, supplies, meters, transformers, wire, etc. etc. have been paid. The following supplies are on hand and have been paid for: Inventory (construction department) $ 839 51
(inside wiring department) 508 40
$1347 91
The value of the above stock is a credit in addition to the cash credit taken in the foregoing tables
The entire appropriation made by the town this year for running the plant was $1500. It was also voted that the depart- ment could use the balance from last year. The following table will show the cost of lighting the 782 street lights for 1909:
DR.
To balance Jan. 1, 1909, (sale of light) $ 616 04
(Jobbing Dept) 1796 03
To appropriation for maintenance 1909 1500 00
$ 3912 07
CR.
- By balance Jan. 1, 1910, (sale of light) $1579 84
(Jobbing Dept) 1832 03
$ 3411 87
Cost of maintenance for 1909 $ 500 20 The above sum divided by 782, the number of street lights, gives 63 cents, as the cost for each light for one year.
If the interest and depreciation be added we have the follow- ing cost :
Balance of maintenance as above $ 500 20
Interest paid. 1780 00
Depreciation Fund 1290 00
Total $3570 20
This would mean that after adding to the cost of the street lights every possible item, that the 782 street lights in Ipswich cost for 1909, $4.57 each for the year.
The number of services in use Dec. 31, 1908 was 195, and Dec. 31, 1909, 218, a gain of 23 services in 1909.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
The following table shows the class of service for the two years :
1908
1909
Dwelling
80
91
Stores
53
57
Offices
17
14
Mills and Shops
21
27
Stables
10
14
Halls
9
9
Churches
2
2
Hotels
3
4
195
218
The total for light sold for 1909 was
$7678 74
The total for light sold for 1908
was
7510 34
Increase for 1909
$168 40
In the last report, I recommended that a reduction be made in the price to consumers and the recommendation was approved by the Board. The price paid per Kilowatt hour for the first few vears was 15 cents. This was reduced to 12 cents, and during 1909 a further reduction was made in the shape of a discount of ten percent on all bills paid on or before the 20th day of the month. This went into effect Sept. 1, 1909. The discount reduces the price to ten and four-fifths cents per Kilowatt hour, which is a very low rate. In spite of this reduction there was an increase of $168.40 in the sales over the sales of the previous year, which shows that there was a healthy growth in the business.
A second recommendation, made in last year's report, has been adopted and the work completed. I refer to the rearrange- ment of the wiring system so as to distribute the load more equally on the two phases of the dynamos, and to make it possible to divide the street light load into two parts. The work was done by the men in our departinent and has been of great advantage, enabling us to care for the constantly increasing commercial load far better than formerly.
I am pleased to be able to point out at the close of 1909, that the plant has been a success. A study of the various tables of the receipts and expenditures, gives ample proof that such is the fact. That it, has been a success, is due to the fact that the Com-
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mission and the employees of the department have worked faith- fully for the interests of the Town. Politics or political considera- tions have had no place in the work. An honest attempt has been made to deal with the work as a business proposition, and no mem- ber of the Commission has attempted in any way to hamper the work, or to do anything to interfere with an honest business ad- ministration. To the Manager of a plant of this kind, that means a great deal, and I take this opportunity of thanking my fellow commissioners, and the employees of the department, and to ex- press the hope that the citizens will continue to keep the selection of commissioners out of politics, to the end that the plant may con- tinue to prosper.
Respectfully submitted,
Geo. A. Schofield, Manager.
COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
To the Citizens of Ipswich:
Gentlemen,
The Commissioners submit their sixteenth annual report, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1909.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
The figures published in the various tables in connection with the receipts and expenditures of the Water Department, show that the success of former years has been continued and that the plant has had a very successful year.
During the year three extensions of the mains have been made, at a cost of $3060.65. The cost per foot, was 91.7 cents.
The work, started last year, of replacing the old pipe system, at the station with new, has been completed this year.
During the past year, we have heard rumors, that real es- tate agents had been making offers for water rights along Bull Brook. The control of those rights is an important matter for the town, as in the near future it may be advisable to develop the water power for the purpose of generating electricty for day service for the electric light plant. We recommend that the Commissioners be authorized to make a full investigation of the matter, and to re- port to the town, with recemmendation as to what action they believe will be for the town's interest.
We estimate the receipts for 1910 to be $15000.00 and the disbursements $14,971.99 as follows : Sinking Fund $3671.99, Main- tenance $3500.00, Services $1000., Interest $6800.00.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Manager, as to the condition of the de-
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partment, speaks for itself. We cnn only add, that the success of the past six years cannot only be duplicated in succeeding years, but an even larger measure of success seems likely. The neighbor- ing town of Rowley has passed the necessary votes to enable it either to establish a plant, or to purchase electricity from Ipswich. Our department has legislative authority to sell electricity to Rowley. We have been in consultation with the Rowley commit- tee and, after careful consideration, have found that not only can Rowley get its current cheaper from Ipswich than in any other way. but that owing to the fact that our plant must be enlarged soon to take care of our constantly increasing commercial demand. Ipswich can also derive benefit from securing Rowley as a custom- er. In short, each town can be of help to the other. As the final action as to appropriation. and also the extent of the lines in Rowley, is to be taken at their annual town meeting, we are not yet in a position to state the amount which will be needed for new construction this year. For that reason, we will ask you to receive our recommendation at the annual meeting, when we hope to be able to place the matter before you in detail.
Respectfully submitted,
George A. Schofield,
William H. Rand,
Geo. H. W. Hayes,
Municipal Water and Electric Light Commissioners
TREASURER'S REPORT.
CHARLES W. BAMFORD, Treasurer, in account with the Electric Light Department, Town of Ipswich.
Balance Jan. 1909, DR. $
445 93 To amounts received :-
Commercial lighting
$ 7761 04
Lighting Town buildings
269 28
Inside wiring
1627 92
Power.
1500 00
Appropriations-Depreciation
1290 00
Maintenance
1500 00
Interest
1800 00
Note
500 00
Notes
2000 00
Premium on notes.
103 00
Accrued interest
3 33
Rent of poles. .
116 60
Insurance dividends
78 80
Boston & Maine R. R. refund
10 82
-$ 18560 79
$ 19006 72
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CR.
By paid
Commissioners' orders 1908
$ 18 48
Commissioners' orders 1909
16238 05
Interest on loan
1780 00
Note No. 6 .
500 00
$ 18536 53
Balance Jan. 1910
470 19
$ 19006 72
The Treasurer has for collection the following amounts :
For light $ 1211 07
For jobbing 791 68
$ 2002 75
All orders on the books are paid.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I certify that I have examined the accounts of the Clerk, of the Water and Electric Light Commissioners and Treasurer, and find them correct and to agree.
I have also examined the different securities and Deposit books which comprise the sinking fund and found them correct, making the total sinking fund $48,980.68
I wish to report the manner in which the various depart- ments of the town have been handled the past year, the carefulness in which the sinking fund has been invested, the manner in which the Treasurer has kept his accounts of the various departments. I haye kept a ledger account of the orders drawn on the Town for my own personal benefit, have balanced with the Treasurer each month and in no case have we disagreed.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THE
Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 15, 1910.
To the citizens of the Town of Ipswich :-
Your Finance Committee recommend the following appro- priations for the several departments for the ensuing year.
BOARD OF HEALTH asked for 1910-$1500. as follows
Sanitary inspection $ 600 Meat inspection $ 300
Medical attendance 200 Medicinces & chemicals 50
Clerk's salary
50
Other ex. of the dept. 300
We recommend $1500.
Expenditures of this dept. for five years have been as follows
1905 1906
1907
1908
1909
$749.37
$1180.54
$1404.54
$1312.15 $1545.93
SCHOOL DEPT. asked for 1910-$20,700. as follows
Salaries
$ 12500
Care school buildings $ 1100
Fuel
1200
Rent 1920
Transportation
700 Text books & supplies 1400
Repairs 500 Incidentals 680
School physician 200
School supt. 500
We recommend $20,550.
Expenditures of this dept. for five years have been as follows.
1905 1905 1907 1908 1909
$17,323.95 $17,823.00 $18.852.62 $20,349.42 $19,852.87
The School Committee ask for an increase in salary of $100 for the School Superintendent and of $50 for the School Physician which the Finance Committee do not recommend. The Supt. for 1909 has also been and is now the principal of the High school with a total salary of $1900 and rent of Master's house.
The School Physician received in 1907,$100; '08,$150; '09, $150.
We find that Ipswich at the present time is paying the School Physician as much as other communities of much larger school population than Ipswich. In addition to the above appropriation there are the receipts for Tuition and Dog Licenses which the School Committee has assured the Finance Com. will be carried as a balance to be turned into the Town Treasury at the end of the year.
FINANCE AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S ROOM.
We recommend a sum not exceeding $150 for the repairing and furnishing of the room in Town Hall occupied by the Finance and School Committees.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS asked for 1910-$1500
Water service and repairs
$ 50 00
Extension of water pipes on South of Highland Cem. 75 00
Gravel and hauling for roads and paths 100 00
Stone steps for Old North Cem. 150 00
Laying out of lots on north side of Highland Cem.
20 00
Resetting old stones 25 00
Repairs on Receiving Tombs
25 00
Painting Tool House Highland Cem.
20 00
Tools
25 00
Signs for Cemeteries
15 00
New plans of Highland and Locust Grove
8 00
Loam and dressing
25 00
Shrubs, Bulbs and Plants
100 00
Repairing wall Linebrook Cem.
20 00
Labor
850 00
Incidentals
50 00
1548 00
While the Commissioners asked for $1500 their schedule called for $1548 and the Finance Committee recognized that the items in the schedule were proper and needed expenditures and therefore recommend $1550.
Expenditures of this dept. for five years have been as follows.
1905 1906 1907 1908
1909
1866.40 2274.07 1797.62 1434.95 1.763.00
WATER DAPARTMENT
We recommend
For Sinking Fund 3671.99
For Hydrant service 1860.00
These are fixed charges.
TOWN FARM
We recommend-$1000.00
The expense to the Town of the Farm for the last five years has been as follows. 1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1243.85 1158.40
913.63
1063.20
1423.94
OUTSIDE POOR
We recommend $2500.
The expense to the Town of this department for the last five years follows : 1905
3720.96
1906 4117.83
1907 4420.99
1908 3341.36
1909
4228.57
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
We recommend :
For note payment $1000. Depreciation $1366.41. These are fixed charges.
Interest $1680.
PARK DEPT. asked for 1910 - 350.00 and we recommend the same. Expenditures of this dept. for five years have been as follows. 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
277.46 330.01 328.81 349.26 355.12
TREE WARDEN asked for 1910-$500.00 and we recommend the same. Expenditures of this dept. for five years have been as follows 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
865.76 357.72 103 47 168.07 407.38
FIRE DEPT. asked for 1910-$3,800 as follows.
Torrent Co, 20 men $ 310 00 Coal, 40 tons $ 300 00
Hose 1, Steamer 1, 14 men 350 00
Care of fire alarm 100 00
Hose 2, 10 men 250 00 Electric Light 91 20
steward 20 00 Repairs fire alarm 158 38
Gen. Sutton H & L, 14 men 350 00 Telephones 48 04
Engineers
115 00
Horse, Hose 2 100 00
Steward Central Station 300 00
New Hose
300 00
Incidentals 1277 38
Total 3800 00
We recommend $3500.
Expenditures of the dept. for five years have been as follows.
1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 2303.05 2290.76 2361.91 3936.95 3546.11
The increase in this dept. is due in part to the additional ex- pense on account of the Central Fire Station.
FEES AND SALARIES,
Selectmen-We recommend $550. For chairman $300. Other members $125. cach.
The salaries of the Selectmen have been the same for the past five years.
Assessors-We recommend $500. For chairmam $300. Other members $100 each.
The salaries of the Assessors have been as follows for the past fire years : Chairman $150. Other members $75. each, in addition to these amounts the sum of $60. has been received by the Board for taking census.
The recommendation of the increase of the salaries of the Board of Assessors is based upon the fact that the statutory re- quirements for the work performed by the board are constantly undergoing changes which increase the labor and detail of the re-
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ports and furthermore requires a new tabulation of valuation. This recommendation is made with the understanding that it covers all the work required by the present statutes, including census to be performed by the board.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
We recommend $300. For Chairman $150. Other members $75 each. The salary has been the same for the last five years.
TOWN CLERK. We recommend $250. The salary for the last five years has been $200 annually.
TREASURER & COLLECTOR.
We recommend $750. The salary of the Treasurer & Col- lector for the last five years has been $600 annualy. The Finance Committee, after careful investigation of the salary account as re- gards Town Treasurer, Collector & Town Clerk, find the following conditions to exist. One official holds all those positions. Total salaries received amount to $800. Total receipts from all other sources including fees amount to an average of $400 per annum, making the total receipts of about $1200. Out of this amount must be provided the salary of an assistant and any other clerical ex pense needed. The increase of receipts in this department and the enlarged responsibility warrant in our opinion the salary recom- mended.
AUDITOR.
We recommend $150. The salary of the Auditor has been the same for the last five years.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
We recommend $150. The salary of the Board of Health has been the same for the last five years.
HIGHWAYS.
We recommend $8500 including $500 for sidewalks. The ex- penditures of this Dept. for the last five years have been as follows 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 9072.64 11281.82 14052.66 11218.23 13036.46 You are referred to the Town Report, for the various receipts received by this Dept.
CURRENT EXPENSE.
We recommend $3000. The expenditures for the last five years have been as follows
1905
1906
1824.46
1691.17
1907 1767.84
1908 2640.46
1909 2626.64
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The Finance Committee made the recommendation last year, that the several departments ask for bids from outside sources, as well as local for the purchase of coal for their departments this re- commendation did not materialize in what we consider satisfactory figures. That some of our boards are paying too much for their fuel we positively affirm. The Electric Light and Water depart- ments buy by the car, soft coal of best quality at lowest market price, direct from the mine. The Fire department and School Com- mittee pay $7.50 per ton, 2000 pounds, to Ipswich dealers. We pre- - sume the coal used by the Town Hall and Poor departments cost the same. The Manning School Trustees pay $7. per ton. 2000 lbs. bought in Ipswich. Individuals have paid $7. and less for their coal delivered in Ipswich
Coal of first quality, guaranteed sworn weight. ton 2000 lbs on the car, F. O. B. Ipswich could have been delivered last April, nut, stove or egg Lehigh $5.90. Lackawana $5.70. At the present date $6.25 Lehigh, $6.07 Lackawana, 1-2 of 1 per cent. off for cash, to those prices must be added cost of cartage and delivery, which can be done by the Town teams. Outside the Electric Light and Water depts, the various boards, including the Manning School use a maximum of 400 tons. Equivalent to about 12 cars of 33 tons. Using such a large amount of coal the Town is entitled to buy at the lowest market price. Economically purchased means a large saving to the tax payers. The Finance Committee urge upon the departments to be more diligent in the future in seeking and getting bids from such sources, and at such time in the season as will en- sure their fuel at the bottom figure. A community of interests might be arranged whereby a joint purchase could be made for the use of all the departments.
The committee wish to remind the boards. and emphasize the fact that monies recommended and appropriated for specific uses, as covered by the departments requisitions, cannot legitimately be spent for other purposes, and that their reports for the ensuing year, must detail and show the money so expended. The total ex- penditures of a department must not exceed the amount appropri- ated for its use. The Finance Committee in making the above recommendations have done so after a careful study of each depart- ment and they believe they have been just to all, as well as to the taxpayers in such recommendations. We are grateful at the favor- able attitude taken by your various boards in their appearance be- fore our committee, and the favorable disposition on their part to give us all the required information as to the working of their de- partments and the expenditure of the taxpayers money.
Chas. A. Olson, Secretary. Henry Brown, Chairman
Annual Report
OF THE
School Committee
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Town of Ipswich
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IASS.
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U.S.
INC
1634
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687
For the Dear 1909
IPSWICH, MASS. JOHN E. HULL, PRINTER 1910
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School Committee
CHARLES G. HULL Term Expires 1910
GEORGE E. MACARTHUR
1910
JOHN H. COGSWELL 1911
HARRIET E. NOYES.
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