Town annual report of Ipswich 1937, Part 7

Author: Ipswich (Mass.:Town)
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: Lynn News Press / J. F. Kimball
Number of Pages: 266


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Flowers


107.00


Supplies


40.03


Labor


15.00


$287.03


Appropriation


$300.00


Unexpended Balance


12.97


Care of Town Clock


A. E. Austin $75.00


$75.00


Bounties On Seals


Bounties


$95.00


Treasurer's Fees.


6.50


$101.50


Appropriation


$75.00


Transfer Reserve Fund


50.00


Unexpended Balance


23.50


Repairs to Town Scales


Wood Preserving Corp. 8.56


Salem Motor Transportation 2.56


11.12


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RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS


By-Law Committee


$ 250.00


Selectmen


985.25


Assessors


50.00


Town Clerk


50.00


Repairs To Town Scales


1.46


Moth


375.00


Tree Warden


41.50


Grave Digging


150.00


Health


38.00


Bounties on Seals


50.00


$1,991.21


Transfers To Selectmen's Department from Reserve Fund Covered Wagon Celebration:


Banquet and Meals


102.06


Costumes


57.60


Police Hire


37.50


ยท Clerical


7.00


204.16


Transfer from Reserve Fund 300.00 Unexpended Balance 95.84


Susie Gillis Accident Claim: Susie Gillis 135.25


135.25


Nabby's Point Road, Land Damage: Carl H. & Agnes B. Nordstrom 250.00


250.00


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--


Repairs to New Police Room:


Supplies & Materials


160.15


Labor


102.55


Contract


40.00


302.70


Transfer from Reserve Fund 300.00


Refund 3.00


Unexpended Balance


.30


Estate Joseph I. Horton


Salary


375.00


375.00


Cemeteries


Salaries & Wages;


Labor


$1,983,70


Chairman


25.00


Other Expenses;


Tools & Supplies


$105.82


Sharpening Tools


65.95


Plants & Shrubs


48.30


Pipe Installation


40.00


Water


23.00


Gas & Oil


5.23


Teaming


3.00


Appropriation $2,300.00 $2,300.00


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Grave Digging


Labor


$779.75


Tools & Supplies


31.93


Truck Storage


15.00


Gas & Oil


8.41


Teaming


6.50


Blasting


5.00


Sharpening Tools


2.00


848.59


Appropriation


$700.00


Transfer Reserve Fund 150.00


Perpetual Care


Howard Blake


485.67


Benjamin W. Homans


484.48


Carl J. Woodbury


133.00


Chester Stone


126.75


Walter H. Hulbert


21.00


William D. Warner


12.00


L. L. Wood


11.00


Edward N. Martel


9.66


George E. Hills


6.00


Lincoln Howe


4.00


S. C. Gordon and Son


4.00


Frank A. Comeau


3.20


Mrs. E. F. Brown


3.00


1,303.76


Interest


New High School Loan 2,280.00


Shatswell School Loan 1,530.00


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Temporary Loans


958.47


Burley School Loan


510.00


Memorial Building Loan


500.00


Emergency Loan


300.00


Fire Equipment Loan


228.15


New High School, Equipment Loan


30.63


Highway Equipment Loan


11.25


Tax Title Loan


6.72


6,355.22


Maturing Debt


New High School Loan


6,000.00


Emergency Loan


5,000.00


Shatswell School Loan


4,000.00


Fire Equipment Loan


2,340.00


Burley School Loan


2,000.00


Memorial Building Loan


2,000.00


21,340.00


RECAPITULATION OF DEPARTMENT EXPENSES WITH CASH


Balance Jan. 1, '37


Appropriation and Loans


Cash Receipts


Selectmen


$


$


3,000.00 $


3.00


Auditing and Accounting


1,928,00


1.50


Treasurer and Collector


5,594.00


6.25


Assessors


2,606.33


Law


600.00


Moderator


100.00


Town Clerk


1,685.00


Election and Registration


700.00


Town Hall


3,179.00


Repairs to Town Hall


29.50


Committee on Town Government


45.00


Special Committee on By-Laws


250.00


Committee on Zoning


1,200.00


Police Department


12,344.25


Fire Department


12,600.00


Moth Suppression


4,646.00


Tree Warden


800.00


Savory Fund, Treasury


129.78


Sealer of Weights and Measures


320.00


Forest Warden


250.00


Clam Committee


1,300.00


Special Clam Committee


359.94


Mosquito Control


850.00


Health


4,498.00


29.99


Cable Hospital


Essex County Hospital


2,649.77


23,000.00


113.90


Highways - Chapt. 464 Acts 1935


.08


Canal Bridge


477.54


Washington St., Drainage


546.00


Unemployment Committee - 1933


13.39


Town Wharf (Float)


2.73


600.00


Topsfield and Linebrook Roads


4.05


Topsfield Road - Chapt. 90


3,000.00


Union and Saltonstall Sts.


506.58


Nabby's Point Road


75.00


Peabody Street


35.80


East and Newmarch St.


214.40


Snow Removal


5,000.00


Street Lighting


7,300.00


Mill Road - Chapt. 90


4,000.00


2,566.50


Motor Grader Equipment


1,800.00


Public Welfare


L


10,000.00


Town Infirmary


5,980.00


U. S. Grants:


L


1,800.00


35,000.00


38.98


Aid to Dependent Children


1,895.33


L


1,500.00


2,500.00


Highways


DISBURSEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937


Credit Transfer


Deficits Dec.31, '37 Jan.1, '37


Deficits


Cash Payments


Debit Transfer


Transferred To Revenue


Balance Dec.31,'37


$


985.25 $


$


$ 3,756.85 $


$


231.40 $


1,923.13


6.37


5,555.89


44.36


50.00


2,653.84


2.49


599.33


.67


72.22


27.78


50.00


1,720.06


14.94


697.93


2.07


3,165.03


13.97


29.50


250.00


435.56


184.20


12,325.25


19.00


12,591.12


8.88


375.00


5,017.29


3.71


41.50


840.91


.59


129.78


316.17


3.83


225.65


24.35


1,295.90


4.10


344.00


15.94


38.00


5,699.65


366.34


57.60


2,442.40


2,649.77


23,112.38


1.52


.08


477.54


546.00


600.00


2.73


4.05


581.44


3,581.44


393.06


113.52


75.00


35.80


214.40


672.36


4,327.64


7,300.00


1,535.93


8,102.43


3,600.00


45,038.75


.23


5,972.84


7.16


1,809.50


85.83


13.39


850.00


45.00 64.44


1,015.80


Balance Jan. 1, '37


Appropriation and Loans


Cash Receipts


Old Age Assistance - Adm. Old Age Assistance - Assistance


141.42


424.02


661.20


12,737.50


State Aid Military Aid


600.00


Soldiers' Relief


5,750.00


18.70


Care of Soldiers' Graves


100.00


Education


104,489.38


2,036.10


New High School Construction


2,361.48 L 3,500.00


30,356.57


Burley School Fire Damage


1,541.25


Scholarships


300.00


New School Plans


21.15


Libraries


2,000.00


15.11


Parks


700.00


Playgrounds


800.00


Unpaid Bills


334.56


Moving Buildings, Great Neck


692.16


Unemployment


3,583.32


5.00


W. P. A.


30,000.00


28.00


W. P. A. Green St. Dam


Crane Picnic Fund


1,227.59


Memorial Building


2,000.00


Memorial Day


300.00


Town Clock


75.00


Bounties on Seals


75.00


Repairs, Town Scales


9.66


Sprinkler and Alarm System


1,595.24


Reserve Fund


2,000.00


Estate of Joseph I. Horton


375.00


Electric Light Operation


12,588.54


115.30


Electric Light Construction


L 30,000.00


Electric Light Depreciation


21,493.61


Water Department


24,600.00


9.55


Cemeteries


2,300.00


Locust Grove Cemetery


140.63


Digging Graves


700.00


Interest


6,500.00


81.53


Maturing Debt


21,340.00


State Tax


12,075.00


State Park & Reservation


135.79


Veterans' Exemption


11.50


County Tax


9,864.62


State Parks & Reservations - 1936


24.78


Veterans Exemption - 1936


11.50


County Tax - 1936


103.06


$45,873.20 $424,170.76 $156,446.19


101,450.98


Cemetery Perpetual Care of Lots


1,303.76


600.00


10.00


L 500.00


Credit Transfer


Deficits Deficits Dec.31, '37 Jan.1, '37


Cash Payments


Debit Transfer


Transferred To Revenue


Balance Dec.31,'37


563.50


1.94 297.20


13,101.50


422.00


188.00


60.00


540.00


6,268.70


100.00


1,541.25


107,958.50


108.23


35,830.80


387.25


1,541.25


300.00


21.15


2,015.11


698.96


1.04


794.89


5.11


334.52


.04


625.80


66.36


3,579.31


1.01


8.00


23,670.72


5,000.00


1,357.28


5,000.00


3,800.00


1,200.00


1,227.59


118.68


287.03


12.97


75.00


50.00


101.50


23.50


1.46


11.12


1,595.24


1,991.21


8.79


375.00


83,658.14


9,969.64


8,800.00


11,727.04


24,816.85


54,816.85


24,816.85


6,646.40


23,565.86


1,043.69


2,300.00


150.00


848.59


1.41


1,303.76


6,355.22


226.31


21,340.00


787.50


12,862.50


61.50


197.29


2.53


14.03


223.03


10,087.65


24.78


11.50


103.06


$43,318.95 $3,191.93 $172.16 $588,043.55 $43,318.95 $19,143.98 $22,322.39


140.63


9,969.64


1,881.32


TOWN OF IPSWICH-BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1937. GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash :


General


$ 21,725.71


Electric Light Deposit 4,034.55


$ 25,760.26


Accounts Receivable : Taxes :


Levy of 1933 22.00


Tailings 182.05


Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund


751.00


Highway Machinery Fund


1,161.05


Sale of Town Property


130.00


Water Available Surplus


2,744.51


131,461.27


Old Age Assistance Taxes : Levy of 1933


5.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :


Levy of 1932 90.16


Levy of 1933


266.28


Levy of 1934


413.78


Levy of 1935


397.82


Levy of 1936


866.33


Levy of 1937


2,244.59


4,278.96


Special Assessments :


Moth 1934


45.10


Moth 1936


97.14


Moth 1937


2,782.20


2,924.44


Tax Titles :


37,276.06


Departmental :


Town Property


2,487.13


U. S. Grants: Aid to Dependent Children 85.83 Old Age Asssitance- Administration 1.94


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Unexpended Appropriation Balance : Committee on Town Government 45.00


Special Committee on By-Laws 64.44


Special Clam Committee 15.94


Highways - Chapter 464 Acts of 1935 08


Unemployment Com- mittee 1933 13.39


Topsfield & Linebrook Roads- Chapter 90 4.05


Union & Saltonstall Streets 113.52


East & Newmarch Street 214.40


Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue $100,000.00


Electric Light Deposit Fund $2,739.13


Electric Light Deposit Fund -- Accrued Interest 1,295.42


4,034.55


Levy of 1934


216.58


Levy of 1935


6,077.19


Levy of 1936


39,611.94


Levy of 1937


85,533.56


Telephone 74.29


Ambulance


104.00


Health


2,795.02


Highway


105.75


State Aid to Highways


10,500.00


County Aid to Highways


W. P. A. Green St., Dam 1,200.00


F. E. R. A. Sidewalks


72.00


Temporary Aid


3,544.03


Aid to Dependent Children


1,221.63


Old Age Assistance


28.50


State Aid


422.00


Military Aid


30.00


22,322.39


26,634.35


Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus


164.46


Electric Light


19,998.59


Water Rates


13,665.56


Water Liens Added


to Taxes, 1937


3,246.18


5,694.97


Cemetery


799.00


Revenue - Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Tax


4,278.96


Overdrawn Accounts:


Special Assessments


2.924.44


Overlay 1932


85.94


Tax Title


37,276.06


Overlay 1934


43.11


Departmental


25,634.35


Overlay 1935


814.89


Electric Light


19,998.59


Topsfield Road


581.44


Water


16,911.74


Mill Road


1,535.93


3,061.31


Underestimates :


State Tax


787.50


State Parks & Reservations


61.50


Veterans' Exemptions


2.53


County Tax


223.03


1,074.56


.


$270,185.54


$270,185.54


177


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Surplus Revenue


108,823.14 24,177.42


5,250.00


Old Age Assistance- Assistance 297.20


New High School Construction 387.25


Unemployment 8.00


W. P. A. Projects 1,357.28


Electric Light : Operation 11,727.04


Depreciation 6,646.40


Locust Grove Cemetery 140.63


Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1936 3.568.10


Levy of 1937 2,126.87


16,911.74


Cemetery 799.00


DEBT ACCOUNT


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$272,980.00


Emergency Loans


27,000.00


Fire Department Equipment Loan


4,680.00


Memorial Building Loan


8,000.00


Highway Loan


1,800.00


School Loans


153,500.00


Electric Light Loans


56,500.00


Water Loan 21,500.00


$272,980.00


$272,980.00


TRUST FUNDS


Trust Funds: Cash and Securities


$85,627.87


Martha I. Savory Fund


$ 167.05


Cowles School Fund


10,054.80


Richard T. Crane, Picnic Fund


24,934.11


William G. Brown Fund


1,909.90


Kimball Fund Marianna T. Jones Fund


500.00


961.68


Arthur Wesley Dow Fund 115.14


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund


47,255.19


$85,627.87


$85,627.87


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE Treasurer


AND


Tax Collector


FOR


THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937


CH


34


THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE


1687


Chronicle Publishing Co., Printers


Ipswich, Mass.


181


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AUDITOR'S STATEMENT


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct and the balance in his hands to agree with the report submitted. I have approved vouchers for all bills paid and find them to agree with the Treasurer's war- rants, and in my opinion, the foregoing balance sheet represents a true financial condition of the Town of Ipswich.


KENNARD V. DAMON, Auditor of the Town of Ipswich. Ipswich, Mass., Feb., 1938.


Essex, s. s.


Then personally appeared Kennard V. Damon, Auditor of the Town of Ipswich, and made oath that the above statement by him is true.


Attest :


durand S. Cogswell


Justice of the Peace, My Commission expires July 26, 1940.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER


To the Citizens of the Town of Ipswich:


The report of the Town Treasurer for the year 1937 is herewith submitted.


Balance January 1, 1937


General Cash


$17,097.21


Electric Light Deposits 3,890.50


$ 20,987.71 900,424.97


Receipts


$921,412.68


Payments


$895,652.42


Balance December 31, 1937


General Cash


$21,725.71


Electric Light Deposits


4,034.55


25,760.26


$921,412.68


Detailed reports of all financial transactions of the town for the year may be found in the tables given in the report of the Town Accountant.


The borrowing capacity of the town for temporary rev- enue loans was $334,285.72. Of this amount the sum of $300,000 was borrowed, this being $25,000 more than last year.


There are four (4) notes of $25,000. each outstanding


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held by the Merchants National Bank of Boston. This amount is the same as was unpaid on temporary loans in 1936.


Cash on hand on closing the books on December 31, 1937 was $25,760.26.


Attention is called to the increase in the amount of money handled by this department each year. During the year of 1936 the sum of $1,135,562.86 and in 1937 $900,424.97 went through the books.


I wish to record my appreciation of the fine spirit of co- operation of Kennard V. Damon who assumed the duties of Auditor and Accountant in March. Mr. Damon was new to the duties of his office which are many, and his splendid hand- ling of these duties particularly as they are interwoven with the Treasurer and Collector's Department has added to the conduct of my work during the year.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES D. REILLY, Treasurer and Collector.


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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT-1937


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Levy of 1932


Outstanding January 1, 1937 $ 96.47


Collections


$ 6.31


Outstanding December 31, 1937


90.16


$ 96.47


$ 96.47


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Levy of 1933


Outstanding January 1, 1937


$297.60 $


Collections


31.32


Outstanding December 31, 1937


266.28


$297.60


$297.60


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Levy of 1934


Outstanding January 1, 1937


$493.88 $


Refunds


4.00


Collections


84.10


Outstanding December 31, 1937


413.78


$497.88


$497.88


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Levy of 1935


Outstanding January 1, 1937 $502.15 $


185


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Refund


2.20


Collections


106.53


Outstanding December 31, 1937


397.82 .


$504.35


$504.35


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Levy of 1936


Outstanding January 1, 1937 $ 1,940.49 $


Commitment


68.59


Refunds


11.35


Collections


1,142.75


Abatements


11.35


Outstanding December 31, 1937


866.33


$ 2,020.43


$ 2,020.43


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Levy of 1937


Commitments


$11,956.14 $


Refunds


266.30


Collections


9,377.48


Abatements


600.37


Outstanding December 31, 1937


2,244.59


$12,222.44


$12,222.44


MOTH


Levy of 1934


Outstanding January 1, 1937 $ 97.65


Collections 51.70


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Tax Titles


Outstanding December 31, 1937


.85 45.10 .


$ 97.65


$ 97.65


MOTH


Levy of 1936


Outstanding January 1, 1937 $ 393.30


Collections


296.16


Outstanding December 31, 1937


97.14


$ 393.30


$ 393.30


MOTH Levy of 1937


Commitment


$1,889.45


Collections


$1,300.12


Abatements


1.50


Tax Titles


1.30


Outstanding December 31, 1937


586.53


$1,889.45


$1,889.45


MOTH


Levy of 1937


Commitment $2,235.67


Outstanding December 31, 1937


$2,235.67


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Levy of 1933


Outstanding January 1, 1937


$29.00


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Collections Outstanding December 31, 1937


$24.00


5.00


$29.00


$29.00


TAXES


Levy of 1932


Tax Title Disclaimed $42.37


Abatement 42.37


TAXES


Levy of 1933


Outstanding January 1, 1937


$43.71


Tax Title Disclaimed


84.44


Collections


$21.71


Abatements


84.44


Outstanding December 31, 1937 (Poll)


22.00


$128.15


$128.15


TAXES


Levy of 1934


Outstanding January 1, 1937


$8,776.29


Tax Titles Disclaimed


105.76


Collections


5,124.96


Abatements


1,076.45


Tax Titles


2,464.06


Outstanding December 31, 1937 Poll, Personal &


Real Estate 216.58


$8,882.05 $8,882.05


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TAXES


Levy of 1935


Outstanding January 1, 1937 $41,610.76


Tax Titles Disclaimed 63.38


Overpayment Refunded


209.49


Overpayment to be adjusted


.01


Collections


29,521.94


Abatements


1,491.95


Tax Titles


4,792.23


Outstanding December 31, 1937 Poll, Personal & Real Estate 6,077.52


$41,883.64


$41,883.64


TAXES


Levy of 1936


Outstanding January 1, 1937 $90,146.57


Tax Title Disclaimed


105.76


Overpayment Refunded


47.19


Collections


Abatements


$45,951.94 330.14


Tax Titles


4,405.50


Outstanding December 31, 1937 Poll, Personal &


Real Estate 39,611.94


$90,299.52


$90,299.52


TAXES


Levy of 1937


Commitments Overpayments Refunded


$268,368.03 62.20


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Overpayments to be Refunded


3.00


Collections


Abatements Tax Titles


$178,124.97 3,594.40 1,177.30


Outstanding December 31, 1937 Poll, Personal &


Real Estate 85.536.56


$268,433.23 $268,433.23


TAX TITLE ACCOUNT


Tax Titles on hand


January 1, 1937


$29,155.52


Added to Tax Titles


14,325.35


Tax Titles Disclaimed


$401.71


Tax Titles Redeemed


6,118.73


Tax Titles on hand December 31, 1937


36,960.43


$43,480.87


$43,480.87


WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES


Water Liens Added to Taxes $4,065.89


Collections


$819.71


Outstanding December 31, 1937


3,246.18


$4,065.89


$4,065.89


LIABILITIES


Bonds and Notes Payable


Year


Emergency Loan 1937


Grader


Pump Relief 1935 Building


School Equipment


School


School


1938


$12000.00 $900.00 $2340.00 $5000.00 $2000.00 $2000.00 $700.00 $4000.00 $6000.00


1939


900.00


2340.00


5000.00


2000.00


2000.00


700.00


4000.00


6000.00


1940


5000.00


2000.00


2000. 00


700.00


4000.00


6000.00


1941


2000.00


2000.00


700.00


4000.00


6000.00


1942


2000.00


700.00


4000.00


6000.00


1943


4000.00


6000.00


1944


4000.00


6000.00


1945


4000.00


6000.00


1946


6000.00


1947


6000.00


1948


6000.00


1949


6000.00


1950


6000.00


1951


6000.00


1952


6000.00


1953


6000.00


1954


6000.00


1955


6000.00


ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATER NOTES PAYABLE IN REPORT OF THAT DEPARTMENT


190


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Highway New Fire Emergency Memorial


Burley HighSchool Shatswell New High


PART II. Water and Light Report


TOWN OF IPSWICH


FORTY-FOURTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


WATER AND MUNICIPAL LIGHTING COMMISSIONERS


MASS


HJIMSAI


USA


INC


THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1661


FOR THE YEAR 1937


Chronicle Publishing Co., Printers Ipswich, Mass.


OFFICERS OF THE WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT


COMMISSIONERS J. E. COLE, JR., CHAIRMAN BENJAMIN H. DAVIS, CLERK CHARLES A. MALLARD


TREASURER AND COLLECTOR


JAMES D. REILLY No. 2 Office Town Hall


DEPARTMENT OFFICERS


Manager of Light & Water Dept.


Chief Operator Power Plant


Line Supt. Light Dept.


Construction Supt., Water Dept.


Charles A. Mallard Earl D. Hardy Gordon Player Stephen Woodman


Office Hours of Light and Water Dept. 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. except Saturdays; Saturday 9:00 A. M. to 12:00


A meeting of the Commission is held each Friday night at 8:00 P. M. at the office Room No. 5


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CAUTION TO WATER TAKERS


Do not blame your meter


If you have a leaky fixture; have it repaired. If not


Gals. Per day


1-2 in. stream consumes


10,800


Cost Per day $3.40


1-4 in. stream consumes


8,640


2.60


1-8 in. stream consumes


3,240


1.10


1-16 in. stream consumes


1,080


.30


1-32 in. stream consumes


360


.11


3/4"


1/2


14


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The above will show you what a small leak will amount to if allowed to remain unchecked, under our pressure of 70 pounds at Ipswich, Mass.


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FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1937


To the Citizens of Ipswich:


We respectfully submit the annual report for the year 1937 as follows:


WATER DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION


Service Pipe


Paid for materials and labor


$2037.70


Pipe Lines


Paid for materials and labor 4425.32


MAINTENANCE


Repairs Services


Paid for materials and labor


3832.97


Repairs Pipe Lines


Paid for materials and labor


301.80


Station and Grounds


Paid for materials and labor


5232.31


Administration and Transportation


Paid for materials and labor 3273.26


Note Payment


Notes paid by Treasurer


3500.00


Interest Payment


Interest paid by Treasurer 962.50


$23,565.86


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WATER DEPARTMENT James D. Reilly, Treasurer


1937


Dr.


Cr.


To amounts received :


By paid:


Meters


$18,450.05


Orders


$19,100.66


Little Neck


1,872.05


Notes


3,500.00


Miscellaneous


349.55


Interest


962.50


Construction


52.71


Refund


2.70


20,724.36


23,565.86


Water Liens Added


Bal. Dec. 31, 1937 2,734.96


To Taxes 819.71


$26,300.82


21,544.07


Bal. Jan. 1. 1937 4,756.75


$26,300.82


The Treasurer has the following bills for collection:


Meters


$5,906.32


Miscellaneous


720.33


Construction


132.32


Little Neck


1,606.27


Water Liens Added To Taxes


3,246.18


Commitment December 31, 1937


$11,611.42


5,330.31


$16,941.73


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BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1937. EXHIBIT A


Assets:


Plant investment


Engineering


$ 7,314.71


Land damages


8,044.12


Pumping station


15,075.24


Pumps & machinery


6,607.02


Storage basin


27,693.59


Distribution reservoir


17,827.56


Bull brook basin


50,476.43


Pipe lines


174,352.84


Service pipes


49,172.46


Store house


178.70


Department building


2,367.97


Miscellaneous


2,834.20


$361,944.84


Less reserve for depreciation


130,929.96


Total Plant investment


$231,014.88


Cash


$ 2,734.96


Accounts receivable


16,922.42


Inventory


4,000.00


Total current assets


23,657.38


Total assets


$254,672.26


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Liabilities and Surplus:


Appropriations from tax levy for


note payments and construction 24,083.03


Notes payable 21,500.00


Total liabilities 45,583.03


Ipswich Water dept. property account


185,431.85


Surplus Exhibit C.


23,657.38


Total liabilities and Surplus


$254,672.26


EXHIBIT B


Statement of Income and Expenses for the Year ending December 31, 1937.


Sales:


Meter rates


$21,981.11


Fixture rates


1,692.00


Miscellaneous


703.61


$24,376.22


Less abatements


35.05


$24,341.67


Expenses :


Repairs services


3,832.97


Repairs pipe lines


301.80


Administration and


transportation expense 3,270.56


Maintenance station and grounds


5,232.31


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Interest paid


962.50


13,600.14


Net profit for the year ended Dec. 31, 1937 $10,741.53


EXHIBIT C


Statement of Operating Surplus:


Balance December 31, 1936


22,881.97


Deduct


Notes paid


$3,500.00


Construction paid out of operating cash 6463.02


Adjustment of accounts receivable


3.10


Total deductions 9,966.12


12,915.85


Add:


Net profit from Exhibit B for the year 10,741.53


Balance December 31, 1937 to Exhibit A $23,657.38


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WATER DEPARTMENT LOAN


Held by


Amount


Rate


Date of Issue


No. Notes


Matures


Cemetery Trust Funds


1,500.00


4


Oct. 1, 1910


3


1938-40


Old Colony Trust Co.


20,000.00


4 May 15, 1927


10


1938-47


$21,500.00


WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT


WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT


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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


Following is the report of the year ending December 31, 1937.


Main Pipes


The number of feet of mains laid to date and sizes are as follows:


14 inch


1,505


12 .


10,963


10


8,830


8


24,336


6


94,439


4


5,573


3


9,698


2


14,850


1


2,498


172,692 feet or 32 miles and 3,732 feet.


Street Gates


Total now set


201


Hydrants


Total number now set.


Town


187


Private


13


Total


200


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Service Pipes


There has been added 31 services during the year making a total of 1698. There were 41 of the old services renewed during the past year. These services are divided as follows:


Services in regular use 1400


Summer services 298


1,698


Service pipes on Town property 30,703 feet


Service pipes on Private property 38,374 feet


69,077 feet


These services are either cast iron, lead, galvanized iron or copper and in sizes from 3/4 -in to 6-in.


Pumping Record for the Year 1937


Number of hours pumps operated 2184 hours, 25 minutes


Number of gallons pumped 103,756,000


Average number of gallons daily 284,263


First month's pumping August 15,023,200 gallons.


Extension of Water Mains During Year


High street 1480 feet - 6 inch cast iron pipe


Currier Park 520 feet - 6 inch cast iron pipe Fourth street 190 feet - 3 inch cast iron pipe


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1937 EXHIBIT A


Assets


Liabilities and Surplus


Fixed Assets :


Notes Payable $ 56,500.00 4,034.55


Plant Investment General Equipment


$339,751.74 Special Deposits


611.54 Interest Accrued 382.08


Current Assets: Cash $11,727.04


Loans repayment 180,500.00


Special Deposits 4,034.55


Accounts receivable 19,960.13


Material & Supplies 6,931.09


Depreciation 6,646.40


49,299.21


$389,662.49


Plant Investment Account as of December 31, 1937


Land


$ 684.00


Structures


58,972.92 131.944.43


Internal Combustion Engines


Electric Auxiliaries


20,338.19


Transformer station equipment and Regulators 12,632.89


Poles, Fixtures and overhead conductors


59,413.36


Underground conductors 9,595.16


Consumers meters and installation


16,169.83


Line transformers and installation


19,711.37


Street lighting equipment


10,289.59


$339.751.74


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Construction appropriation repaid 1,511.06 Profit and loss balance 146,619.50


$389,662.49


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STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES


Year Ending December 31, 1937. EXHIBIT B


Operating Income:


Metered sales to private consumers $79,728.51


Street Lighting 7,300.00


Town buildings 2,566.06


Town of Rowley


8,066.20


Water department (Pumping)


2,423.20


Miscellaneous


990.78


$101,074.75


Operating Expenses:


Station labor


11,526.00


Engine fuel 15,790.15


Misc. station supplies & expenses


1,887.25


Maintenance of station structures


56.58


Maintenance of engine equipment


823.85


Maintenance of electric equipment


308.22


Maintenance of outside lines


12,670.94


Maintenance of street lights


1,253.26


Commercial salaries and expenses


1,455.50


New business expense 872.70


Salaries of Commissioner and manager 1,400.00


General office supplies and expenses 1,053.09


Insurance 1,170.39


Transportation expenses 1,437.36


Depreciation


9,969.64


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Maintenance of general structures 419.37


62,094.30


Gross Income for year


$38.980.45


Interest paid on notes 1,589.87


Income balance transferred to profit and loss




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