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Gentlemen :
I submit the following report for the receipts and ex- penditures for the Lighting Plant for the year 1926.
MAINTENANCE
Paid to
Amount
F. K. Fiske, labor
$1,937 15
Geo. E. Brown, labor
1,765 50
J. A. McLean, labor 1,817 00
Geo. L. Fall, labor 1,671 97
Wm. P. Edgerly, labor
1,590 13
R. B. Pickard, labor
1,476 00
F. C. Rust, labor
1,485 00
Geo. F. Poore, labor
1,395 00
Total $13,137 75
FUEL
Geo. W. Pickering Coal Co., coal
$14,241 31
Truman Wile, teaming 2,975 57
Total
$17,216 88
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MISCELLANEOUS
.J. H. Sheppard, labor $1,482 50
F. C. Manthorn, labor 1,268 08
G. D. Player, labor 1,289 18
General Elec. Co., supplies
92 85
Ray Engineering Co., supplies
10 04
Ipswich Mills, supplies
14 56
A. G. Osborne, oil and waste
1,110 20
Manzur & Damon, supplies
1 47
N. LeMay, labor 1,012 75
Wetmore Savage Co., supplies
128 35
Howard Blake & Son, supplies
34 11
Westinghouse Electric Co., supplies
42 13
American Ex. Co., express
21 19
C. F. Chapman, supplies
67 45
Lathrop Bros., coal
91 36
Mayer & Porter, supplies
121 24
('. E. Goodhue, envelopes
340 20
N. E. T. & T. Co .. telephone
108 94
J. A. King, repairs
13 50
F. E. Wood, teaming
144 38
J. W. Goodhue, supplies
19 17
Ipswich Motor Co., supplies
51 01
Anne Jewett, bookkeeper
540 00
G. A. Schofield & Son, printing
117 70
R. V. Pettingell Elec. Co., supplies
169 35
Blaisdells Ex. Co., express
20 80
Wetmore Savage Co., supplies
192 61
B. B. Ward, repairs
1 50
C. L. Lovell, supplies
109 21
J. T. Hood, repairs 4 30
A. H. Walton, manager
950 00
Fred R. Hull, printing
2 50
Jenkins Bros .. supplies
8 24
James L. Wile, express
38 30
C. A. Mallard, supplies
736 40
Dyer & Clark Co., supplies
12 60
WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
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J. J. Merrill, supplies
78 04
G. A. Schofield, insurance 486 44
The White Co., repairs on truck 356 50
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
6 94
Ciolek Hardware Co., supplies
2 08
Newburyport Gas & Elec. Co., energy
600 00
Pettingell Andrews Co., supplies
714 48
Graybar Elec. Co., supplies
924 71
B. & M. R. R., freight
653 21
G. A. Barker, insurance
125 00
Ames Iron Works, supplies
60 20
Jenkins Bros., supplies
7 69
Vacuum Oil Co., supplies
3 56
The Garlock Packing Co., supplies
16 21
J. Brinton Bailey, supplies
1,146 20
Geo. Hayes, supplies
1 85
John F. Rogers, supplies
3 45
C. S. Garrette, supplies
2 00
Postal Tel. Cable Co., rental
21 00
J. E. Cole, Jr., commissioner
100 00
C. A. Mallard, commissioner
100 00
A. H. Walton, commissioner
100 00
Damon & Damon, insurance
458 40
Geo. E. Marsh Co., supplies
15 20
Marshall & Moulton-Smith Ex. Co .. express
7 35
Geo. H. Wahn Co., supplies
162 03
Mun Lighting Asso., dues
10 00
R. F. Pickels & Co., supplies
12 24
Pauline Blunda, rental
25 00
Samuel Aitken, labor
18 00
Frank Caron, labor
86 00
Andrew Sufroski, labor
18 00
Lawrence Peatfield, labor
165 00
Charles N. Smart, supplies
6 00
Dustbane Mfg. Co., supplies
1 80
Haverhill Elec. Co., supplies
13 20
Geo. H. Buckminster, supplies
24 53
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Standard Oil Co., supplies
25 65
H. B. McArdle, supplies
15 75
Harry Leno, labor
218 00
Western Union Tel. Co., rental
4 00
Noxon Chemical Co., supplies
9 00
Hiller & Co., supplies
2 00
Mosher Bros., supplies
76 15
S. C. Gordon, supplies
15 00
Wm. Bizeski, repairs
1 00
Dr. F. W. Collins, services
20 00
Registry of Motor Vehicles, registration
2 00
Albert N. Gooch, supplies
3 36
Albert Russell & Sons, supplies
2 25
I. Rogers, labor
24 00
Total
$17,318 64
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NOTE PAYMENT
Notes paid by Treasurer
$5,850 00
INTEREST
Interest paid various parties
$1,591 50
JOBBING DEPARTMENT
R. V. Pettingell Elec. Supply Co., supplies
$179 09
Wagner Electric Co., supplies
53 23
Graybar Elec. Co., supplies
2 55
Total
$234 87
Dr.
Cr.
To bal. profits
By bills paid
$234 87
Jan. 1, 1926
$3,809 43
Bills due Jan. 1, 1926 121 16
To material
298 30
By balance 3,835 94
To bills due
84 24
$4,191 97
$4,191 97
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Dr.
Cr.
To bal. Jan. 1, 1926 $48,061 91
By bills paid
$47,673 27
Notes paid
5,850 00
Less depreciation for 1924-25 7,201 00
Interest paid
1,591 50
Less old bills due
8,008 04
$40,860 91
Coal on hand
565 12
By depreciation
5,333 96
Balance
51,925 33
To miscel. receipts
1,156 48
To bills due
270 20
Coal on hand
1,827 50
Rec'd St. lights
11,172 00
Amt. due current
9,341 04
To sale current
52,319 09
To power
4,000 00
$120,947 22
$120,947 22
ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN
Amt.
Rate
Date of issue
No. notes Matures
Held by Malden Savings Bank
$2,000
4
Oct. 1,
1903
2 1927-28
State of Mass.
3,000
4
May 1,
1905
3
1927-29
Cemetery Trust Funds
2,000
4
June 15,
1907
2
1932-33
No. Ave. Savings Bank
2,000
4
June 30,
1908
2 1934-35
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
4
June 15,
1909
2
1936-37
Ipswich Savings Bank
2,000
4
Dec. 30,
1910
8
1927-34
G. A. Schofield
800
4
June 30
1914
1
$100 each year
Ipswich Savings Bank
2,500
5
July 1,
1919
5
1927-31
E. E. Currier
1,000
4 3/4
Dec. 4,
1922
1
1927
First Nat. Bank
16,000
41/4
June 5,
1924
16
1927-34
$33,300
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1926 ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Joseph T. Morton, Treasurer
DR.
CR.
To amounts received :
By paid
Commercial Light $39,614 17
Orders $55,216 23
Town Buildings
1,179 93
Notes 5,850 00
Jobbing 3 65
Interest 1,591 50
Power
15,132 74
Prepayments
392 25
Miscellaneous
1,451 13
$62,657 73 Depreciation Fund 12,534 95
$57,773 87
Street Lighting
Appropriation 11,172 00
$68,945 87
Bal. Dec. 31, 1925 17,416 94
Bal. Dec. 31, 1926 11,170 12
$86,362 81
$86,362 81
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection :
Commercial Light
$1,715 37
Town Buildings
48 84
Power
377 28
Miscellaneous
354 44
$2,495 93
Commitment
7,199 55
$9,695 48
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MANAGER'S REPORT
I would recommend the Town appropriate for street lights for the ensuing year, $10,990.
The following table will show the number of meters in- stalled and the increased amount of current sold.
Year No. of meters
Sale of current
1924
1162
$55,198 20
1925
1285
60,691 97
1926
1390
63,491 09
Output at Station and distribution of same
Total K W generated
Total K W bought
859,540 20,600
880,140
Total K W accounted for commercial light
383,528
Total K W accounted for power
209,251
Total K W accounted for street lights
115,760
Total K W accounted for auxiliary lights
8,410
Total accounted for
716,949
Total unaccounted for
163,191
Total generated and bought
880,140
Loss 181/2 %
I would recommend a reduction in all rates effective Jan. 1, 1927.
ARTHUR H. WALTON,
Manager:
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COMMISSIONERS REPORT
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
The Municipal Water and Light Commissioners submit their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1926.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The expenditures for the year 1927 are estimated as fol- lows :
Par interest $1,257 50
For general expenses
11,000 00
For note payment
3,500 00
For hydrant service
2,208 00
$17,957 50
We would recommend the amount for hydrant service be raised and appropriated from the tax levy, the balance to be taken from the earnings of the Department.
The remaining $30,000 bonded debt of the Water Depart- ment having been retired Jan. 1, 1927, some disposition should be made of the balance in the Sinking Fund amounting to $5,372.72 as of Jan. 1, 1927. We would recommend this bal- ance now in the Sinking Fund be transferred to the Water Department for general purposes.
We would report that progress is being made on Bull Brook development, part of the land has been bought, the brush and wood is being cleared away to enable us to start excavating as soon as the weather permits.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS REPORT
The usual recommendation for the Street Lighting appro- priation will be found in the Manager's Report.
We recommend that the Electric Light Commission be authorized to use any unexpended balance remaining in the Operating account.
Your commission will endeavor in this report to give to the citizens of the town the condition of the electric plant owned and operated by them since 1904, and a summary of the growth of the plant up to the present time. The plant was established in 1904 for the purpose of lighting the streets and homes and a small dynamo was installed to be run a part of each night. The result was so successful that in the fol- lowing year another small dynamo was added. From then until the year 1911 these two dynamos furnished the current when the demand for power in the daytime was so great and so many of the people were using electricity for lighting, an- other generator of 200 K. W. capacity was installed and service was rendered 24 hours of the day. This was the last addition to the generating plant up to the present time or 15 years ago. The following table will show the increase in the amount of K. W. hours delivered to the switch board, the num- ber of meters installed, and the amount of revenue received from the sale of light and power for each year.
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Year
K. W. Hours Delivered
Revenue
Meters in Serv.
1904
not metered
$3,605 53
69
1905
not metered
7,076 77
105
1906
not metered
8,330 68
131
1907
not metered
7,462 43
170
1908
not metered
9,010 34
195
1909
not metered
9,178 74
218
1910
not metered
10,594 48
269
1911
not metered
12,159 42
323
1912
not metered
14,557 45
362
1913
not metered
16,131 80
435
1914
not metered
17,380 33
477
1915
not metered
19,559 41
521
1916
not metered
19,497 04
591
1917
not metered
21,975 77
652
1918
not metered
23,859 75
648
1919
not metered
29,238 74
700
1920
not metered
34,201 04
772
1921
494,830
35,938 17
892
1922
579,070
41,246 53
984
1923
618,360
45,829 97
1,084
1924
694,350
55,198 20
1,162
1925
768,339
60,691 97
1,285
1926
880,140
63,491 09
1,390
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In the year 1911 the total capacity of our generating plant was 200 K. W. for the large generator and 90 K. W. in each of the small dynamos and as there have been no addi- tions since then it is the same now. . By running the large generator and one or the small machines in conjunction with it we were able during the last Xmas season of 1926 to generate approximately 350 K. W., which meant, however, that the large generator was running at an overload of 50% or half as much again as it was built for. This amount 350 K. W. was the most that we could possibly get out of our equipment as it stands, and that required the services of an extra en- · gineer during that period, and increasing the speed of the large machine to get that. Once again referring you to the preceding table and calling your attention to the growth the last few years we feel sure that you will realize that before another fall season is here, with the increase that will surely come as it has in the past, we cannot by any chance meet the requirements with our present plant. Furthermore by a recent survey made by us we find that the total connected load amounts to not less than 900 K. W., meaning that if all the lights and motors that are connected to our system were operated at one time 900 K. W. would be needed. This of course is possible, but not probable, but requires some thought. In addition to our generating plant we have a connection by means of a sub station with the Newburyport lines of 300 K. W. capacity which was installed for emergency purposes two years ago. The type of our generating equipment is such however that it is not practicable to use the two together.
Outside of Distribution Plant
We now come to our outside plant or the distribution system. The main wires or feeders from the generating plant to the town were installed in 1909 and have not been enlarged since that time. Referring once more to the table showing the growth of the plant from 1909 to the present we must all realize that these feed wires have become too small under the load that we now have. Our survey has shown us that under
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full load conditions we are losing 10%, or to put it another way for every 100 volts put on the wires at the generating station by the time it arrives at the point of distribution at the head of Manning Street, a distance of two miles, we have only 90 volts. This loss is pure waste for which no one re- · ceives any benefit. This is true in a lesser degree over the rest of the distribution system. Many of the poles in use at present were the poles originally installed in 1904, and each year as many as possible of these old poles must be re- placed. The survey also shows that in a great many in- stances some of the branch lines have the original transformers connected and these have been loaded until at present they are carrying two or three times their rated capacity. All of these distribution troubles with their attendant losses in voltage mean that the consumers in these cases are not re- ceiving the proper service that they have a right to expect to receive. Your commission are taking the proper steps to correct these troubles, but it must be expected that it will take some time and considerable money, the estimated cost of enlarging the feeders alone from the generating plant is $15,000.
We now come to the cost of electricity to the consumer. During the past year some of our large power customers have asked for a reduction in rate. The commission cannot in fairness to the rest of the people give a cheap rate to power users and then charge more for the street lights or private house lighting. It has always been the policy of municipal plants to apportion the rates as equally as possible in fairness to all and we are still working under that policy. At the first of each year the business done the previous year is tabulated and if a reduction is possible after the various charges are pro- vided for, such reductions are made. It will be readily seen that an increase or decrease in the price cannot be made ex- cept at the close of the year's business, as there is not near as much electricity sold in the summer months as during the fall and winter and the total governs the price. Effective Jan- uary 1, 1927, the following rates were in use, a general re- duction to all classes of users from the previous year.
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House Lighting
11 cents per K. W. hour with a reduction of 10% if bill is paid on or before the 20th of the month. Minimum charge 50 cents per month adjustable once each year.
Household Power Rate
To include heating, cooking, battery charging, etc. No motor above 1 H. P. or any motor used commercially. . 04 cents per K. W. hour, no discount. Minimum charge, $2.00 per month.
Commercial Power
6 cents per K. W. hour for first 50 K. W.
5 cents per K. W. hour for next 100 K. W.
41/2 cents per K. W. hours for next 300 K. W.
4 cents per K. W. hour for next 500 K. W.
31/2 cents per K. W. hour for all over
Minimum charge $2.00 per month for 2 H. P. or less, and $1.00 for each additional H. P. per month, no discount. The electricity cost to generate last year was .033 cents delivered to the switchboord, and the distribution costs were nearly twice as great. The rates are compiled by the total of the two above costs plus the overhead as against the total amount sold.
To summarize, the outside distribution plant must be enlarged, and, in some cases, rebuilt as soon as possible, and we have taken the necessary steps to do this.
The capacity of the generating plant must be enlarged or current must be purchased so that we will be able to furnish the electricity the coming year that we will be called on to furnish.
We are not able at this time, but will at the annual meet- ing submit for your consideration, figures on the cost of en- larging our present generating station, and the cost of pur- chasing electricity, a comparison of the costs of generating
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with the new equipment against the cost of purchasing, and our recommendations regarding same with the idea in mind that we believe that we have been elected to this office for the purpose of supplying electricity to the citizens of the town at the lowest possible cost and with the best possible service.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, CHARLES A. MALLARD, JAMES E. COLE, Jr., Water and Light Commissioners.
January 20, 1927.
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT
This is to certify that I have examined the books of the Water and Electric Light Department and of the Treasurer of the Sinking Fund and find them correct.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM,
Auditor.
Ipswich, January 19, 1927.
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