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George Brocklebank
2 50
W Q Kinsman
9 60
William Ready
3 80
Kingsley Ellsworth
66
10 55
Fred Bodwell
16 24
Joseph Robishaw
6
6 87
Highway Dept.
4 13
Robert Spencer
2 59
Otis McIntire
3 06
John Cronin
1 26
.
Frank Comeau
2 59
Henry Lavoie
10 09
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNT
A Gallant
labor
$10 09
Patrick Donlon
1 02
Hammatt Street Garage
auto
1 00
William P Reilly
oil
1 30
John W Goodhue
supplies
44 63
D A Grady
teams
26 00
F E Wood
teaming
3 62
Albert Russell Sons
repairs
10 85
National meter Co.
1 27
G W Knowlton Rubber Co. supplies
17 37
Johnson Washburn Co.
10 89
G P Anderson
41 56
Peoples Express Co.
express
25
Joseph A King
repairs
3 65
Garlock Packing Co.
supplies
21 76
Lunkenheimer Co.
15 62
Peerless Rubber Co.
8 25
A J Wilkinson Co.
14 36
Wiley Soap Co.
soap
43 75
Waldo Bros.
supplies
3 60
L J Wood
teaming
7 44
Autin Lord
repairs
18 40
J A Beaulier
166 04
Shawmut Chemical Co.
supplies
14 85
George E Marsh
5 75
Hart Packing Co.
32 97
Cotton & Woolen Mfg Co.
insurance
50 00
G A Schofield
66
18 75
Mutual Boiler Ins. Co.
40 00
Electric Light Dept.
30 45
G H W Hayes
bond
40 00
N ET & T Co.
telephone
28 19
J H Lakeman
postage
87 04
Ipswich Chronicle
printing
88 30
W N Prescott
supplies
1 00
3
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNT
C F Chapman & Son
supplies
$ 1 55
Hobbs & Warren
14 70
Allen Bros
10 00
Town of Ipswich
66
2 00
First National Bank
deposit box
5 00
F Doane & Co
books
8 00
Electric Light Dept
pumping
2500 00
Geo A Schofield
commissioner
100 00
G H W Hayes
66
100 00
Wm H Rand
1
100 00
Geo A Schofield
clerk and manager
400 00
Annie Atherley
bookkeeper
351 00
Total.
$5534 99
SINKING FUND.
Sinking Fund Commission annual contribution
$4549 00
NOTE PAYMENT.
Notes paid by treasurer
$2150 00
INTEREST.
Interest paid various parties by treasurer
$8089 00
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
II. RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917.
Receipts.
Disbursements.
Balance, Dec. 31, 1916, $ 957 26
Maintenance,
$5534 92
Water Rates,
18885 48
Services,
1085 63
Services,
181 84
Pipe Line,
596 70
Appro. Note Payment,
2150 00
Sinking Fund,
4549 00
Miscellaneous receipts,
199 50
Interest,
8089 00
water
623 74
Note Payment,
2150 00
Station,
178 30
Pumps,
185 00
Total,
$22368 55
Cash balance,
629 27
Total,
$22997 82
Total,
$22997 82
III. BALANCE SHEET FOR YEAR ENDING DEC, 31, 1917.
Bonds issued,
$160000 00
Engineering, $ 3350 00
Notes, outstanding,
40200 00
Premiums on bonds,
10412 58
notes,
€0 75
Appropriations,
33224 20
Pumps and machinery, 19637 65
Storage basin, 27693 59
Bull Brook supply, 1778 60
Filter appropriation,
143 28
Distributing reservoir, 17827 56 Pipe line construction, 124750 68 Service pipe 21834 61
Store house, 178 70
Miscellaneous,
2834 20
Cost of construction, 237,909 95
Interest on bonds, 149661 20
Maintenance, 81688 99
Material and supples,
1626 95
Water rates due and unpaid, 4444 70
Services due and unpaid, 227 01
Sinking fund payment, 29090 69 Cash balance, 629 27
Total,
$505278 76
Total, $505278 76
Land damages and rights of way, 3599 12
Pumping station,
14425 24
Miscellaneous receipts,
165 43
Water rates, 251333 27
Appro. notes payable,
9739 25
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
IV. SUMMARY OF COST OF CONSTRUCTION TO DEC. 31, 1917.
Construction Account.
Dec 31. 1916 Year
1917 Dec. 31, 1917
Enineering
$ 3350 00
$ 3350 00
Land damage &rights of way
3599 12
3599 12
Pumping Station
14246 94
$178 30
14425 24
Pumps&pumping machinery
19452 65
185 00
19637 65
Storage Basin
27693 59
27693 59
Bill Brook supply
1778 60
1778 60
Distributing Reservoir
17827 56
17827 56
Pipe line construction
124469 90
280 78
124750 68
Service pipe construction
21075 63
758 98
21834 61
Store House
178 70
178 70
Miscellaneous
2834 20
2884 20
$236,505 89
$1,403 06|
$237,909 95
V.
SINKING FUND.
Receipts.
Investments.
Appropriation
1895.
$1700 00
Ipswich Savings Bank, $
120 42
1896,
1759 50
Ipswich Water Loan,
46700 00
1897,
1899 08
Ipswich Elec. Lt.notes, 23000 00
66
1898,
1965 55
Ipswich Town notes,
15200 00
1899,
2032 00
66
1900,
2138 65
Liberty Loan Bonds,
12500 00
1902,
2446 22
1903,
2531 84
1904,
2680 32
1905,
2890 91
1906,
2986 47
6 .
1907,
3084 00
66
1908.
3418 34
1909,
3656 61
1910,
3671 99
From profits
1911,
3784 73
66
1912,
3901 40
1913,
4022 17
66
1914,
4146 45
1915,
4276 52
1916,
4410 42
1917,
4549 00
Interest
32880 34
$103.196 01
$103.196 01
1901,
2363 50
Ill. Cent'l R. R., 3 1-2s, 3000 00 First National Bank, 1675 59
.
10,
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
Gentlemen : Following is the report for the year ending December 31, 1917.
MAIN PIPES.
The number of feet of mains laid to date and sizes are as follows:
14 inch,
1,505
12 inch,
10.963
10 inch,
8,830
8 inch,
17,897
6 inch,
81,746
4 inch,
3,708
2 inch,
9,920
1 inch,
2,070
Total, 136,659=25 miles, 4659 feet,
STREET GATES.
Total number now set is, 157
HYDRANTS.
They are in good working order, the total now set is as fol- lows:
Town.
178
Private,
15
Total, 193
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WARER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
SERVICE PIPES.
Twelve services have been added this year. Total number services connected with the works to date, 1054.
Following is an account of the number of services added, also the number of feet of service pipe laid (by years) since the works were put in:
Town
Total
Year
No. ser- vices added
Ft. In.
Private Ft. In.
Ft.
In,
1894
181
4,470
4
2,771 2
7,241
6
1895
218
5,312
3
6,051
5
11,363
8
1896
110
2,391
9
2,6:6
5
5,008
2
1897
32
896
6
1,991
6
2,283
1898
42
1,112
7
1,318
3
2,430
10
1899
34
841
2
1,335 10
2,177
1900
30
641
2
2,741
4
3,382
6
1901
25
517
4
1,209
5
1,726
9
1902
25
580
1
3,657
2
4,237
3
1903
19
800
1
1,589
1
2,389
2
1904
17
367
5
263
2
630
7
1905
30
1,172
7 443
1
1,615
8
1906
22
454
233
5
687
5
1907
49
986
9
625
8
1,612
5
1908
38
715
3
464
8
1,179
11
1909
31
653
5
335
9
990
2
1910
35
765
819
1,534
1911
15
345
5
271 11
617
4
1912
13
328
8
\ 188 10
517
6
1913
16
526
350
876
1914
15
262
5
146
2
408
7
1915
25
451
9
145 10
597
7
1916
19
374
3
254 2
628
5
1917
12
225
5
172 5
397
10
24
1054
24,482 7
2,9997 0
54,528
5
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Total, 54,528 feet, =10 miles, 1778 feet.
The service pipes are cast iron, lead and galvanized iron from 3-4 inch to 4 inches.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PUMPING RECORD FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917.
1917
Total pumping time per month
Total nunber gallons of water pumped per month,
-
Average num- ber gals. water pumped per day,
Month.
Hrs. |
Min.
Gallons.
Gallons.
January
176
30
9,211,800
297,154
February
174
30
8,944,800
319,458
March
164
30
8,331,600
268,761
April
1.80
45
9,169,950
305,665
May
187
15
9,367,050
302,163
June
194
15
9,894,150
329,805
July
230
11,919,600
384,503
August
263
45
13,605,300
438,881
September
195
15
9,911,250
330,375
October
200
45
10,209,825
329,349
November
170
15
8,901,975
296,733
December
196
10,323,225
333,007
Total for year
2333
45
119,790,525
Daily average for year
328,193
Estimated amount of coal consumed during the year, 172 tons, 1141 pounds.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
METERS.
Three meters have been added this year. the total number now, in use is as follows:
Sizes.
NAME.
Total,
3 in.
2 in
|1 1-2in 1 in. |3-4 in. 5-8 in.
Crown
4
10
4
5
47
69
Empire
1
55
56
Hersey
1
3
30
34
Lambert
2
3
28
33
Niagara
1
55
13
69
Nash
5
281
286
Union
1
1
Worthington
2
17
19
Columbia
2
2
Elevator
2
4
13
- 5
19
55
474
571
-
r
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
WATER DEPARTMENT, TOWN OF IPSWICH. WILLIAM J. RILEY, TREASURER.
DR.
To cash on hand, January, 1917, To amounts received:
$ 957 26
Fixture rates,
7287 41
Meter rates,
11598 07
Miscellaneous water,
623 74
Service pipe supplies,
181 84
Insurance dividend,
45 00
Hay at Station,
20 00
Note appropriation,
2150 00
Refund Electric Light.
134 50
$22997 82
CR.
By paid:
Commissioners' orders,
$12129 55
Notes,
2150 00
Interest,
80 9 00
$22368 55
Balance, January, 1918.
629 27
$22997 82
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection: Fixture rates,
$1755 91
Meter rates, 2385 39
Little Neck,
297 40
Treadwell's Island,
6 00
Service pipe supplies,
227 01
$4671 71
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WATER NOTES AND BONDS.
SOLD TO
Amount Rate Date of Issue
Number
Maturities
Lamprecht Brothers
$100,000|
4 July 1,
1894 100
E. P. Jose
30,000
4 Jan. 1,
1895
30
101-130
N. W. Harris & Co
6,000
4 Jan. 1,
1897
6
131-136 Jan. 1,
1927
-
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4 July 1,
1899
2
137-138
Adams & Co
9,000|
1,000
1,000
4,000
4 Dec. 31,
1904
4
150-153
3,000
4 Oct. 21,
1907
3
154-156
1,000
4 Nov. 19,
1907
1
157
2,000
4 Dec. 31.
1907
2
158.159
1,000
4 Nov. 30,
1908
1
160
6,500
4 Oct. 1,
1910
13
8-20
1918 to'30inc
4,000
4
Oct. 1,
1910
8
8-15
1918 to'25inc
7,500
4 Oct. 1,
1910
15
6-30
1926 to'40inc
4,000
4 Oct. 1,
1913
1
45
$250.00each
4,250
4 Dec. 1,
1914
1
68
year 1918-'33 $250.00each year 1918-'34
9,200
4 Dec. 1,
1915
1 117
$400.00each
4,750
4 May 1,
1916
1 123
year 1918-'35 $250,00each year 1918-'36
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
$200,200
-
4 July 1.
1900
1903
911 9 1
148
4 Dec. 17,
1903
149
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
Five-Cent Savings Bank, Lynn Cemetery Funds, Ipswich Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept
·
..
1-100 July 1,
1924
Sinking Fund. Ipswich Water Dept. Name not recorded
139-147
4 Dec. 14,
17
MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNT
The following bills have been paid for construction during
the year 1917.
C J Dupray
labor
$414 78
Orrin Leno
258 00
J H Sheppard
60 00
J A King
6 80
C S Tyler
supplies
1 21
C F Chapman
5 35
American Express Co
express
4 54
D A Grady
teams
3 50
Peoples Express Co
express
2 70
A D Mallard
4 36
J W Goodhue
supplies
23 89
Pettingell Andrews
1914 09
Frank Mallard
labor
5 00
F E Wood
express
44 64
General Elec Co
supplies
1243 16
Geo H Lord
labor
1 25
Edison Lamp Works
supplies
111 80
Canney Lumber Co
lumber
25
N E Tel & Tel Co
labor and supplies
301 39
Wetmore & Savage
supplies
375 24
Mayer & Porter
labor
130 71
Total
$4912 66
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
DR.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT. CR.
To balance 1916,
$ 766 09
By bills paid,
$4912 66
To Depreciation appro.
2450 00
By balance,
825 42
To sale of note,
2000 00
To cash, F R Appleton.
521 99
$5,738 08
$5,738 08
COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
Dec. 31, 1916 Year 1916
Tolal
Cost of Real Estate
$ 8117 19
$ 8117 19
Cost of Steam Plant
16431 18
16431 18
Cost of Electric Lines
68463 41
$4899 82
73363 23
Cost of Electric Plant
9981 90
12 84
9994 74
$102,993 58
$4,912 66 $107,906 34
NOTES AND INTEREST.
Interest paid 1917 by Treasurer.
$2440 00
Notes
3350 00
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DR. NOTE INDEBTEDNESS. CR.
To notes outstanding Jan. 1, 1917,
$60300 00
By notes paid 1917, $ 3350 00 By balance outstanding Jan. 1, 1918, 58950 00
To note authorized in 1917,
2000 00
$62,300 00
$62,300 00
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
MANAGER'S REPORT.
To the Water and Municipal Lighting Commission.
Gentlemen :
I submit the following report of the receipts and expenses of the Lighting Plant for the year 1917.
MAINTENANCE.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNT
LABOR.
Edmund Russell
Engineer
$1248 00
J F Roberts
14 00
Geo L Fall
1004 89
Geo E Brown
1126 42
F W Fisk
1046 50
Wm P Edgerley
658 88
E Olmstead
Fireman
898 87
R B Pickard
909 14
Fred C Rust
898 90
C J Dupray
Electrician
673 50
Orrin Leno
414 00
J H Sheppard
87 00
Total
$8980 10
FUEL.
Dexter Carpenter Co
coal
$4181 81
Atkinson Coal Co
1.695 00
Lathrop Bros
243 98
F L Burke & Son
401 24
Ipswich Mills
245 18
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MUNICIPAL LIGHTING REPORT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNT
Boston & Maine R R Co
freight
$3696 96
John A Brown
use of track
54 10
Edmund Wile
teaming coal
356 76
L J Wood
66
208 88
Rees Jenkins
6 6
140 96
C L Henley
66
24 75
Town of Ipswich
weighing coal
4 30
Total
$11305 97
MISCELLANEOUS.
G Adrian Barker
insurance
$683 72
G A Schofield
98 00
Cotton & Woolen Ins Co'
100 00
American Iron Works
repairs steam plant
30 05
C S Tyler
3 88
Ipswich Mills
1 05
Lumsden & Van Stone Co
23 54
American Express Co
1 72
Lunkenheimer Co
4 12
D M Dillon
32 95
G W Knowlton Rubber Co
66
9 62
Boston Armature Co
repairs electric plant
18 20
Ipswich Mills
1 75
Edgar Rand
6 €
2 50
General Electric Co
34 36
G P Anderson & Co
station supplies
7 67
Garlock Packing Co
4 39
G W Knowlton Rubber Co
5 51
C S Tyler
1 58
C F Chapman & Son
10 75
F E Wood
66
12 36
J J Merrill
8 40
J W Goodhue
7 07
52 05
James H Sheppard
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MUNICIPAL LIGHTING REPORT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNT
A G Osborn
oil and waste
$633 05
C F Chapman
oil
7 02
N E Tel & Tel Co
telephone
32 55
Hobbs Warren
books
31 40
J H Lakeman
postage
87 04
A M Clarke
typewriting
4 20
Chronicle Pub Co
printing
83 50
Measures Co
supplies
90
Municipal Light Asso
dues
10 00
G A Schofield
cash paid
39 74
Pettingell Andrews
lamps
103 65
Bert Goodhue
labor on line
10 69
Frank Perkins
6.6
15 19
D A Grady
teams
11 00
Peoples Express
express
1 15
American Express
1 74
J A Huckins
labor
34 00
E E Currier
auto supplies and repairs
34 91
C C Caldwell
51 90
R W Davis
64 56
H Greenburg
71 98
C F Chapman & Son
1 35
Annie Alherley
bookkeeper
207 50
G A Schofield
Commissioner
100 00
G H W Hayes
100 00
W H Rand
100 00
G A Schofield
Manager and clerk
400 00
Total
$3.342 21
66
€ 1
6€
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
DR.
MAINTENANCE. CR.
To bal. Jan. 1, 1917,
$ 8129 63
By bills paid 1917,
$23628 28
To sale of current,
19961 98
Less old bills due
To sale steam power,
2500 00
Jan. 1, 1917, 2351 27
To Ins. dividend,
90 00
By bal. in favor of Dept.
To miscellaneous,
36 90
Jan. 1, 1918,
6701 62
To rent of poles,
282 60
To amt. due for light,
1680 06
$32,681 17
$32.681 17
JOBBING DEPARTMENT.
PAID TO
FOR WHAT
AMOUNT
Petttingeil, Andrews Co
supplies .
$97 94
Mckinney & Waterbury Co
32 97
"; J Dupray
labor
14.00
J H Sheppard
12 00
Total
$156 91
DR. JOBBING DEPARTMENT CR.
To bal, profits to Jan. 1, 1917,
$3376 00
By old bills due Jan. 1, 1917, 236 28
To cash for labor and material,
232 16
To bills due,
70 52
By bal. in favor of Dept. Jan. 1, 1918, 3285 49
$3,678 68
By bills paid 1917, $ 156 91
$3,678 68
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT. TOWN OF IPSWICH. WM. J. RILEY. TREASURER.
DR.
"To cash on hand, January, 1917 To amounts received:
$1337 77
Commercial light and power
$19206 16
Town Buildings
755 82
Jobbing,
232 16
Power (steam)
2500 00
Insurance dividends
90 00
Miscellaneous
558 89
Rent of Poles
282 60
Depreciation appropriation
2450 00
Note appropriation
3350 00
Interest appropriation
2440 00
Note issue
2000 00
$35,203 40
CR.
By paid:
Commissioners' orders
$28697 85
Notes
3350 00
Interest
2440 00
$34487 85
Balance, January.1918
715 55
$35,203 40
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection: Commercial light Jobbing
$1680 06
70 52
$1750 58
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ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN.
HELD BY
Amount
Rate Date of Issue
No. Notes
Maturities
Chelsea Savings Bank,
$9,000
4 Oct. 1,
1903
9 notes
1918-1926 inc
Malden Savings Bank,
2,000
4 Oct. 1,
1903
2 notes
1927-1928 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept,
3,000
4 Oct. 1,
1903
3 notes
1929-1921 inc
Malden Savings Bank,
2,000
4 Dec. 15,
1903
2 notes
1918-1919 inc
Sinking Fund. Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4 Dec. 15,
1904
2 notes
1920-1921
Holliston Savings Bank,
4,000
4 Dec, 15,
1904
4 notes
1922-1925 inc
State of Massachusetts,
4,000
4 May 1,
1905
4 notes
1926-1929 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4 Dec. 15.
1906
2 notes
1930-1931
Cemetery Trust Funds, Ipswich, ·
2,000
4 June 15, 1907
2 notes
1932-1933
North Avenue Savings Bank,
2,000
4 June 30, 1908
2 notes
1934-1935
Malden Savings Bank,
2,000
4 June 15. 1909
2 notes
1936-1937
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4 June 30, 1910
4 notes
1931-1934 inc
Five-Cent Savings Bank, Lynn
3,000
4
Oct. 1,
1910
6 notes
1918-1923 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
3,500
4 Oct. 1,
1910
7 notes
1924-1930 inc
Ipswich Savings Bank,
4,250
4
Dec. 30, 1910
17 notes
1918-1934 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
1,500
4 June 29, 1912
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
George A. Schofield,
1,600
4 June 30, 1913
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept,
1,700
4 June 30,
1913
1 note
$100,00 ea. yr
1,700
4 June 30, 1914
1 note
$100.00 ea, yr
1,800
4 June 30,
1915
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
1,900
4 June 30, 1916
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
2,000
4 June 30, 1917
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
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Total,
$58,950
,
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MANAGER'S REPORT.
The following table shows the income receipts and the outgo paye ments of the Department for the year ending December 31, 1917, 28 they apply to the method of ascertaining the cost of street lighting for the year.
OUTGO®
Maintenance bills paid
$23628 28
Interest on debt paid
2440 00
Depreciation appropriation
2450 00
$28518 28
INCOME®
Sale of light and power
$21975 77
Miscellaneous receipts
309 50
Increase in Jobbing inventory
132 00
$22417 27
$6101 01
This excess of expenditures over earnings represents the amount which by the State law is charged against street lighting and in- cludes as will be noticed both the interest and depreciation appropria- tion. No direct appropriation is made for street lighting. This balance
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divided among the street lights give the following cost of each street light for the year 1917:
790 lamps each burning 40 watts, one year $ 6 72 each 19 66 250 41 73 "
It will be seen that the cost of street lighting in Ipswich is ascertain- ed by the state method of charging the appropriations for interest and depreciation to the street lights and adding to those figures the ex- cess of cost of manufacture over the income received from private cus- tomers. In ordinary years there has been no such excess to charge. In- deed, instead of an excess of expense there has been a surplus for credit. The coal situation in 1917 has been such that the expense has increas- ed. Practically the same amount of coal was used in 1915, 1916 and 1917 and yet the cost of coal for the three years was as follows: 1915, $6370., 1916, $7917 .. 1917, $11305. In two years time the cost of coal increased $5000. In spite of this fact the price of electricity in Ipswich has been reduced this year from 10 cents to 9 cents per K. W. hour, while in most of the surrounding private plants the price has been in- creased.
The following table shows the increase in the number of services and also the amount of sales each year since the start:
Year
No. Services
Sale of Current and Power
1904
69
$ 3605 53
1905
105
7076 77
1906
131
8330 68
1907
170
7462 43
1908
195
9010 34
1909
218
9178 64
1910
269
10594 48
1911
323
12159 42
1912
362
14557 45
1913
435
16131 80
1914
477
173:0 33
1915
521
19559 41
1916
591
19497 04
1917
652
21975 77
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
I desire to point out that under a system of bookkeeping which would give full credit to the electric lighting department, in other words treating it the same way you would treat a private company if the town was purchasing electricity, and giving credit at the same prices, that the electric light department would make even a better showing than it does under the system of state bookkeeping. A num- ber of municipal lighting plants have recently had their books put on such a business ba is, notably Reading, Marblehead and Holyoke, with the result that it has been clearly shown that municipal lighting in those places is even more successful than its warmest advocates had realized. I believe that the new system of bookkeeping should be established in Ipswich and I recommend that action be taken to that end, and that changes be made to give proper credit for the past fifteen years. I desire also to call attention to the fact that the amount paid by the water department for pumping water has been very much less than it should be. While the town owns both plants, an! as a town neither gains or loses by this fact, nevertheless it is business to give each department full credit for what it accomplishes especially when the town comes to the question of purchasing electric- ity or continuing to manufacture its own current.
In connection with the question of purchasing electric current, it is not my wish to influence the voters one way or the other by any ap- peal to sentimental reasons. I do feel justified, however, as one who took an active part in establishing a municipal lighting plant in Ips- wich, and as manager of the plant for the fifteen years of its existence, to caution the voters to remember that we have done wonderfully well with our own plant; that the future looks even brighter than the past and that under no circumstance should the town of Ipswich ever give up its municipal lighting plant. It is right you should be jealous of every move which will appear to endanger that control and that you should be shown that your rights are safeguarded before you assent to any change.
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Owing to the fact that my health has not been all that it should be, and to the further fact that my other business interests will not per- mit me to give the necessary amount of time to the management of this department that should be given to it, I have, with deep regret, decided to resign my position as manager and also to give up my posi- tion as a member of the Commission.
Twenty-five years ago the people of Ipswich first honored me with election to town office and from that date down to the present, year after year, Ipswich voters regardless of party lines have given me loyal support for town, state and national office. You do not need to be told that I appreciate your loyalty You must feel and know that it has been the feeling that I owed you something in return which has caus- ed me for a quarter of a century to do my best as a public official for my native town Other men have gone out and accumulated wealth, but I say to you honestly and sincerely that I would not exchange the associations of the past and your loyal support and friendship even for that wealth. As a private citizen it is my deeire and intention to con- tinue to take a deep interest in all town affairs and especially in this department and to assist in any way possible to hely my "home town." I extend my sincere thanks to my associates on the Commission, and to the employees of the department for their kindness and assistance for so many years, and assure them that if I am able to be of any assistance to them in the future, that it will be gladly given.
GEORGE A. SCHOFIELD, Manager. Ipswich, January, 1918.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
ro the Citizens of Ipswich,
Gentlemen :-
The Water and Municipal Lighting Commissioners submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1917.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
On pages four to sixteen inclusive will be found a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures of the department for the year 1917.
No extension of the main pipe has been made this year. It was our intention to complete the Kimball avenue extension to High street but owing to the high cost of all material and as there was not a press- ing demand for the extension the work was put over.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
The expenditures for the year 1918 are estimated to be as follows:
For Interest Payment
$8003 00
For Sinking Fund
4692 43
For General Expense
5500 00
Total
$18,195 43
We believe that the receipts of the department will be large enough to pay these expenditures without any appropriation being made by the town and we do not ask for any appropriation for these purposes. This estimate is made on the assumption that the present relations between the water and electric departments will be continued. If there should be a change it is possible that a larger sum than estimated for General Expenses would be required for the Water Dept. That. however, it is a question to be settled if a change is decided upon.
Your attention is called to the fact that this department has con- tributed $29090 69 from money earned during the past seven years to the Sinking Fund and has relieved the taxpayers from taxation to the extent of that amount, besides giving free hydrant service to the town. We also are pleased to direct your attention to the Sinking Fund Re- port on page y. We now have $103,196.01 safely invested.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Pages seventeen to twenty eight of this report give in detail the account of the receipts and disbursements of this department as sub- mitted by the Manager. We are pleased to again be able to point with pride to the showing made by this department.
In spite of the war prices on all classes of material as well as on coal, we have reduced our price to the consumers while other electric plants have increased their price, and in spite of a decreased price we have made a large increase in the amount received for sale of light and power.
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Last year, we directed your attention to the matter of the pro- position of allowing the Newburyport Gas and Electric Company to supply electricity to the Ipswich Mills for power. and also to the sug- gestion of the Newburyport Co that it would sell electric current to the Town Plant. In our report of last year we said :
"While we feel that it is our duty to earefully consider this or any other proposition which might possibly be of advantage to the Town, we do not feel that a hasty decision should be made: It is a question which should be carefully studied from every possible angle. We have had thirteen years of extraordinary success under the present plan, and we are today in a better condition to continue the work than at. any time during those thirteen years We have gradually grown, adding man after man to our station, as the business warranted it, until today we have reached the limit and our expense account so far as station labor is concerned, is now practically fixed. New business in the future means increased profits. We have a well established system, adapted to the needs of our people, and a substantial annual income, and we should hesitate before taking any step which will change these conditions, unless it is clearly and positively shown that such change will not only be to the advantage of the people, but that such advantage shall be permanent.
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