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Clerk
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Clerk
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TOWN OF IPSWICH
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FIFTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
WATER AND MUNICIPAL LIGHTING COMMISSIONERS
SS
IPS W/C
A
INC
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
1634
FOR THE YEAR 1948
Ipswich Chronicle Publishing Co., Printers Ipswich, Mass.
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WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Officers of the Water and Light Department
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
JOHN E. GRANT
Town Hall Building
DEPARTMENT OFFICERS
Manager of Light and Water Dept. Charles A. Mallard
Plant Engineer
Earl D. Hardy
Line Supt., Light Dept. Alfred Tobias
Construction Supt., Water Dept.
Dana G. Parsons
Office Hours -9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
except Saturdays; Saturday, 9:00 A. M. to 12:00
All bills payable to Town Treasurer
COMMISSIONERS
ALEXANDER B. C. MULHOLLAND,
Chairman and Clerk
CHESTER A. BOLLES
ANTHONY J. KLOSOWSKI
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WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT
CAUTION TO WATER TAKERS
Do not blame your meter-
If you have a leaky fixture, have it repaired. If not
Gallons Per Day
Cost Per Day
1-2 in stream consumes
10,800
$3.40
1-4 in. stream consumes
8,640
2.60
1-8 in. stream consumes
3,240
2.60
1-16 in. stream consumes
1,080
.30
1-32 in. stream consumes
360
.11
3/4"
1/2."
1/4"
The above will show you what a leak will amount to if allowed to remain unchecked, under our pressure of 70 pounds at Ipswich, Mass.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1948
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
We respectfully submit the annual report for the year 1948 as follows:
Water Supply
All of the water that has been used by the inhabitants of the Town for the past year has been pumped either from the Dow Brook reservoir or the gravel packed well on Mile Lane in the proportion of 70 per cent from the open reser- voir and 30 per cent from the well. The large well, known as the Brown well on High Street has not been used the past year for the reason of the excessive hardness of this supply but if a drought should occur, this source of supply is ready for use and the quantity of water in this well ap- pears to be unlimited. The quality of this Brown well is excellent except for the hardness and it is the hope of the Department to sometime install a water softener and thus allow this water to be used in the system without complaint from the consumers.
There has been a rapid increase in the consumption of water in the Town each year which is best shown by the following table:
Year
Gallons water pumped for year
Average gallons per day
1942
114,532,500
313,705
1943
123,351,200
337,949
1944
132,424,900
362,807
1945
136,386,000
373,660
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WATER DEPARTMENT
1946
138,276,000
378,810
1947
159,008,800
435,614
1948
163,203,000
447,132
A plentiful supply of good water is a necessity and for the past few years the Department has developed new sources of supply before a shortage could develop and so even with the growth in consumption the Town of Ipswich still has a good reserve of water.
Underground Pipe System
The original water mains and service pipes were in- stalled in the Town in 1895, nearly fifty years ago. Each successive year these original underground pipes and con- nections are becoming more costly to maintain. This past year the Department repaired a break in a cast iron main pipe on Central Street, Liberty Street and another on War- ren Street and had to repair four separate leaks in joints in the 12 inch main pump line on High Street. This is more than has ordinarily happened over a period of perhaps five years heretofore and is cause for some concern if it is to continue at this rate when it is considered that there are buried some 47 miles of these main pipes. It is our hope that it is an exception and will not continue at this rate.
In respect to the service pipes that supply the indi- vidual buildings we know that each year more and more of the old lead service connections will break and as this happens they are replaced with copper pipe and fittings. This past year we replaced or repaired twenty-four services.
New Extensions to the Main Pipe System
An extension of the water mains was completed this year to the Essex Town line a distance of 1178 feet, one on Burleigh Avenue of 128 feet one on Argilla Road of 1551
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feet and one on Masconomet Road of 420 feet. All except the Masconomet Road job were financed by Water Depart- ment funds, most of which were borrowed for the purpose. These borrowed funds have been exhausted and the Depart- ment now has an outstanding debt of $39,800.
By Law this debt has to be paid during a minimum period of years and on account of that fact the Department will pay $5,600. in the year 1949 on these outstanding notes. This money is paid from Water Department revenues or money that is received from the sale of water and if any further extensions are made and the money to finance the extensions has to be borrowed by the Water Department, it would be safe to assume that the rates for water to the consumers would have to be increased. The Department well realizes that new construction of homes and buildings are essential and in order to have this new construction the public water supply should be extended to them, but the cost of these must be paid for in some way.
New Service Connections
During the past year 69 new water services were in- stalled. This is a record for the Department in this respect and over the years the Town through Taxes and the Water Department through revenues from rates will benefit. The difficulty is in financing so many new services at the present high cost of materials and labor.
In addition to this there were 27 Summer services (Pipes that were laid on top of the ground) changed to buried services. This was done at the time the road was being rebuilt so that it would not have to be dug into after the new surface was finished. On this same road four new buried services were installed to provide water on a year round basis for people who moved there.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER DEPARTMENT STATEMENT
1948
John E. Grant, Treasurer and Collector
Receipts :
Expenditures :
Meters
$30,928.18
Orders $26,416.73
Little Neck
1,914.00
Notes
3,600.00
Miscellaneous 781.05
Interest 524.24
Water Liens Added
Refunds
24.60
to Taxes 1946 22.14
Water Liens Added
to Taxes 1948 274.07
Water Liens 1948
47.99
Transfer author- ized by vote of Town Meeting :
Water Exten-
sions 2,106.47
Balance January 1,
1948
2,106.47
31, 1948 3,401.86
$36,073.90
$36,073.90
The Collector has the following bills for collection :
ยท Meters
$2,295.50
Little Neck
1,068.00
Miscellaneous
103.20
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1947
451.96
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1948
376.32
$4,294.98
Commitment December 31, 1948
8,260.60
$12,555.58
30,565.57
33,967.43
Balance December
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Water Softening Plant Account
Balance January 1, 1948
Balance December 31, 1948
$44,741.81 44,741.81
Water Extensions Account
Balance January 1, 1948
$ 5,555.17
Transferred from Operating Cash Account, 1948 2,106.47
Loan, 1948
10,000.00
Expenditures
$17,067.67
Balance December 31, 1948
593.97
$17,661.64 $17,661.64
Water Extensions Account Masconomet Road
Loan, 1948 Refund Expenditures Balance December 31, 1948
$7,000.00 9.40
$1,282.29
5,727.11
$7,009.40
$7,009.40
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WATER DEPARTMENT
BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1948
EXHIBIT A
Assets:
Plant Investment
Engineering
$ 7,314.71
Land
8,219.12
Pumping Station
15,075.24
Pumps and machinery
6,607.02
Storage Basin
27,693.59
Distribution Reservoir
17,827.56
Bull Brook Reservoir
50,476.43
New Well system
23,815.12
Pipe Lines
242,497.27
Service Pipes
74,666.41
Store house
178.70
Department building
2,367.97
Miscellaneous
2,834.20
Transportation equipment and
Air compressor 2,466.56
Water Softener
1,393.55
483,433.45
Less reserve for depreciation
221,031.49
Total Plant investment
$262,240.96
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Current Assets:
Cash operating $ 3,401.86
Cash construction 593.97
Accounts receivable
12,547.60
Inventory (estimate) 5,000.00
Water softening account 44,741.81
Total current assets 66,285.24
$328,687.20
Liabilities and Surplus :
Appropriation from Tax Levy for note payments and construction $24,083.03
Appropriation from Light Dept. for construction 39,338.91
Notes payable 39,800.00
Total liabilities 103,221.94
Surplus :
Ipswich Water Dept. Property account $203,101.31
Operating surplus from Exhibit C
22,363.95
Total surplus 225,465.26
Total Liabilities and Surplus $328,687.20
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WATER DEPARTMENT
EXHIBIT B
Statement of Income and Expenses for Year Ending December 31, 1948
Income:
Meter rates
$32,437.59
Fixture rates
2,046.00
Miscellaneous
743.11
35,226.70
Less Abatements
291.68
Total Income
$34,935.02
Expenses :
Repairs services
10,818.88
Repairs pipe lines
1,390.90
Administration and Transportation
9,281.85
Maintenance station and grounds
134.94
Electricity for pumps
3,368.96
Interest paid
524.24
Ralph Pickard, pension
421.20
Total expenses 25,940.97
Net profit for year to Exhibit C
$ 8,994.05
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WATER DEPARTMENT
EXHIBIT C
Statement of Operating Surplus for Year Ending December 31, 1948
Balance December 31, 1947
$16,969.90
Add: Net Profit for the year ending December 31, 1948 from Exhibit B
8,994.05
25,963.95
Deduct: Notes paid
3,600.00
Balance December 31, 1948 to Exhibit A $22,363.95
WATER DEPARTMENT LOANS OUTSTANDING
Sold To
Amount
Rate
Date of Issue
Matures
First & Ocean Nat. Bank of Newburyport Merchants Nat. Bank of Boston Merchants Nat. Bank of Boston
$5,000.00
21/2%
April 15, 1938
1949-53
4,000.00
11/2%
Dec. 1, 1942
1949-52
20,800.00
11/4%
April 15, 1946
1949-61
Merchants Nat. Bank of Boston
10,000.00
11/4%
June 1, 1948
1949-53
Total outstanding $39,800.00
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WATER DEPARTMENT
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Following is the report for the year ending December 31, 1948.
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
72,486
6
128,413
4
4,741
3
"
3,000
2
"
12,905
1
2,866
245,709 feet
A total of 46.53 miles
STREET GATES
Total now set
285
HYDRANTS
On Town Property
255
On Private Property
17
"
"
"
Total in use 272
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WATER DEPARTMENT
SERVICE PIPES
There were added 69 services during the year making a total of 2067.
Services in regular use 1731
Summer services 336
Total
2067
Service pipes on Town property 39,474 feet
These services are either cast iron, lead, galvanized iron or copper and in sizes from 3/4 inch to 6 inch.
Pumping record for the Year 1948
Number of hours the pumps operated 6,704
Total number of gallons pumped
163,203,000 gallons
Average amount of water used daily 447,132 gallons
Largest number of gallons pumped in any month was in August 18,401,000 gallons
Extension of Water Mains during Year 1948
Essex road-1008 feet 6 inch cast iron 170 feet 1 inch copper
Argilla road-1438 feet 8 inch Transite pipe 83 feet 8 inch cast iron pipe 30 feet 6 inch cast iron pipe
Burleigh avenue-128 feet 6 inch cast iron pipe Masconomet road-128 feet 6 inch cast iron pipe.
This extension is not completed as there is still approx. 1600 feet to be installed to complete the job.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT STATISTICS
Summary of the K. W. output for the year 1948 and a comparison with previous years
Kilowatts Sold:
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
Number of domestic consumers
2,031
2,083
2,096
2,132
2,219
2,290
Number of commercial
264
260
278
284
317
325
2,295
2,343
2,374
2,416
2,536
2,615
Town of Rowley
481,900
526,600
597,500
722,500
820,900
911,900
Town buildings
78,337
74,453
84,651
97,979
88,493
105,083
Water Dept. pumping
133,306
133,335
136,386
156,898
170,947
265,355
Street lighting
231,390
281,720
281,880
291,370
286,570
289,730
Station light and power
253,394
256,185
216,050
252,244
262,220
264,622
Commercial light & power
3,487,578
4,082,768
2,888,893
2,590,703
2,811,100
2,442,178
Domestic lighting
1,510,190
1,603,318
1,725,584
2,071,928
2,347,894
2,675,311
6,176,095
6,958,379
5,930,944
6,183,622
6,798,124
2,954,179
Kilowatts unaccounted for
894.305
1,020,726
852,720
871,278
1,154,676
1,514,598
Kilowatts hours generated 7,070,400
7,979,102
6,783,664
7,054,900
7,952,800
8,468,777
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1948 EXHIBIT A
Assets
Liabilities and Surplus
Fixed Assets : Plant Investment General Equipment .
Special Deposits
$ 5,820.00
$381,107.00
Loan repayment
237,000.00
2,552.30
Construction appropriation repaid 1,511.06
Current Assets :
Profit and loss balance 247,860.74
Cash $ 6,964.93
Special deposits 5,964.07
Accounts receivable 23,935.08
Material & supplies 13,905.06
Depreciation 57,763.36
108,532.50
$492,191.80
$492,191.80
Plant Investment Account as of December 31, 1948
Land
$ 841.20
Structures
46,528.24
Internal Combustion Engines
177,919.28
Electric Auxiliaries
14,547.16
Transformer station and regulators
14,925.50
Poles, fixtures and overhead conductors
57,954.56
Underground conductors
6,215.05
Consumers meters and installation
24,651.28
Line transformers and installation
31,747.90
Street lighting equipment 5,776.83
$381,107.00
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES Year Ending December 31, 1948 EXHIBIT B
Operating Income
Metered sales to Private Consumers
$145,819.20
Municipal Revenues
30,291.90
176,111.10
Operating Expenses
154,911.91
Net Income for year
$ 21,199.19
Interest income
144.07
Gross income transferred to Profit and Loss
$ 21,343.26
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
EXHIBIT C PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT
Dr. Paid to Town Treasurer for Reduction of Tax Levy $ 6,737.11
Cr.
Credit balance Jan. 1, 1948
$233,254.59
Credit for the year 1948
as Profit (Exhibit B) 21,343.26
Balance from Exhibit A as Profit in the Liability and Surplus Account
247,860.74
$254,597.85
$254,597.85
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT STATEMENT
1948
John E. Grant Treasurer and Collector
Receipts:
Expenditures :
Domestic Light $ 80,994.19
Orders $156,506.03
Domestic Light- Little Neck 4,700.43
Commercial Light 58,197.45
158,300.40
Town Buildings 2,717.08
Water Pumping 3,283.46
Miscellaneous 2,519.93
Town of Rowley
19,323.86
171,736.40
Street Lighting
6,100.00
Maturing Debt
6,737.11
177,836.40
181,045.43
Balance January
1, 1948
6,737.11
31, 1948
3,528.08
$184,573.51
$184,573.51
The Collector has the following bills for collection :
Domestic Light
$2,976.72
Town Buildings
137.60
Commercial Light
509.12
Miscellaneous
319.24
Little Neck
1,657.64
$5,600.32
Commitment December 31, 1948
19,903.94
$25,504.26
Refunds 1,794.37
Transfer to De-
preciation Fund 16,007.92
Transfer author- ized by vote of Town Meeting :
Balance December
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
SPECIAL ACCOUNT
Electric Light Meter Deposit Fund
Balance January 1, 1948
$5,783.00
Meters
410.00
Income
144.07
Refunds
373.00
Amount on deposit in Ipswich Savings Bank
December 31, 1948 $5,964.07
DEPRECIATION FUND
Balance January 1, 1948
$120,564.49
Transferred from Operating Cash
Account 1948
16,007.92
Expenditures
$73,809.05
Transferred to Construction
Account 1948
5,000.00
Amount of Fund December 31, 1948
57,763.36
$136,572.41
$136,572.41
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
Transferred from Depreciation Fund 1948 $5,000.00
Expenditures
$1,563.15
Balance December 31, 1948
3,436.85
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
6,337.07
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Year
Total K.W.H. output
K.W.H. used for Street lights
Town paid for Street lights
1924
584568
97445
$10,834.00
1925
662012
103855
11,014.00
1926
716949
115760
11,172.00
1927
833290
115265
10,990.00
1928
949064
156623
11,096.00
1929
1093897
231550
9,700.00
1930
1417658
239820
12,100.00
1931
1634098
219140
10,000.00
1932
1593265
222650
10,340.00
1933
1718691
227300
10,000.00
1934
1898632
225810
10,000.00
1935
2091934
226350
8,700.00
1936
274467
232400
8,000.00
1937
3034658
225520
7,300.00
1938
3038192
238760
6,000.00
1939
3247741
244390
6,200.00
1940
3436689
245000
5,600.00
1941
3920157
283169
6,400.00
1942
4908329
211970
5,800.00
1943
6176095
231390
5,200.00
1944
7979105
281720
5,400.00
1945
6783664
281880
5,400.00
1946
7054900
291370
5,400.00
1947
7714630
286570
5,700.00
1948
8468777
289730
6,100.00
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Returned to Town to Reduce Taxes $
Outstand-
ing
Debt
Total cost of Plant
Value of Plant after Depreciation
$45,000.00
$125,276.38
$107,695.59
39,150.00
133,349.10
112,010.31
33,300.00
140,657.19
113,984.44
67,450.00
195,197.57
175,581.82
58,600.00
203,922.10
179,591.43
50,750.00
215,639.52
192,304.29
78,900.00
277,451.34
269,998.22
78,550.00
282,868.58
269,805.93
66,700.00
297,997.87
278,859.17
3,000.00
54,850.00
301,529.83
272,980.19
68,000.00
301,208.27
266,375.84
55,500.00
316,605.60
273,250.96
38,000.00
332,321.40
278,620.63
8,800.00
56,500.00
404,881.65
340,363.28
10,000.00
45,000.00
409,547.26
332,882.44
11,000.00
33,500.00
418,265.14
329,313.90
11,000.00
23,000.00
428,583.67
329,355.94
11,000.00
16,000.00
485,351.82
376,990.39
8,161.68
9,000.00
505,053.48
380,034.06
13,838.32
2,000.00
505,053.48
357,350.54
29,000.00
None
513,473.81
338,752.89
11,000.00
None
516,148.59
326,023.46
39,338.91
None
527,897.69
321,527.59
11,000.00
None
533,597.35
307,264.08
6,737.11
None
623,320.57
381,107.00
$165,075.72 Total
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Generating Plant
The total capacity of the four Diesel generating engines at the Plant as of December 31, 1948 was 3175 horse power and 2195 kilowatts.
The demand on the Plant for electricity during several times in the month of December 1949 was over 2200 kilo- watts or more than the capacity of the Plant. In March 1948 this condition was foreseen by the Department and a contract was made with the Fairbanks-Morse Co. for the purchase of a new generating engine of 1600 horse power with a 1136 kilowatt generator.
This unit was delivered in June and installation began at once. We were faced with two problems first, to contract for the installation by outside contractors and gain time at a very considerable expense of many thousands of dollars or to sacrifice the gain in time and make the installation with the help already employed at the Plant. The Depart- ment decided to make the installation with our own labor, thereby saving the installation costs. The only additional labor employed were two part time laborers who were em- ployed for this job alone and are now finished with the Department. This new unit will be ready for a running test about January 26 and should be ready to be put on the lines February 1.
The cost of this unit installed with the necessary build- ing changes is estimated at $110,000.00. The money to pay for this was or is available in the Depreciation Fund of the Department which is by. General Law set up for such pur- poses. -
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
There was a critical need for this new unit in as much as service has been requested for the connection of a 75 horse power motor and a 250 kilowatt unit in one of the manufacturing plants in the Town. Without the new unit this demand could not have been supplied. The plant in the year 1948 generated 8,531,400 kilowatts of electricity, the most in any year including the war years of 1944 and 1945.
Outside Plant
Some portions of the outside line circuits are in very poor condition and heavily overloaded on account of added dwellings and the rapid installation of electrical equipment both domestic and commercial. In fact, the No. 2 circuit that feeds the summer sections and all of the Town south and east of High Street and Market Square must as soon as possible be enlarged either by the installation of heavier wires or by increasing the voltage from the present 2200 volts to 4160 volts. Either method will be expensive but modern demands for electricity are such, when it is con- sidered that electric lighting, heating, manufacturing, re- frigeration, air conditioning, cooking, radios, television, clocks etc. all require a constant 24 hour supply of electricity every day in the year. The loss of electricity even for a few minutes for whatever the cause (broken wires-falling trees or branches-station failure) disrupts the usual living habits of most everybody in the Town. If no electricity was available for hours thus causing factories to close and homes equipped with electrical appliances to have no heat, no light, no refrigeration, no cooking, the results would be very dan- gerous and anything like this must be prevented by keeping the Plant in top shape at all times.
General
The cost of operation increased so much that it was necessary to raise the rates for electricity in September 1948.
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
To a great extent this was caused by the added cost of fuel oil. There is some indication that the price of fuel oil will decrease somewhat this year.
The Department now has a total of 2615 consumers, which is an increase of 79 over last year.
ALEXANDER B. C. MULHOLLAND CHESTER A. BOLLES ANTHONY J. KLOWOSKI Water and Light Commissioners
Charles A. Mallard, Manager
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LIGHT DEPARTMENT
RATES IN EFFECT JANUARY 1, 1949
Domestic Service
5.5 c per KWH for the first 25 KWH per month
4.5 c per KWH for the next 25 KWH per month
3.5 c per KWH for the next 100 KWH per month
2.5 c per KWH for all over 150 KWH per month
Minimum charge 50c per month.
10 per cent discount, except on minimum bills, if pay- ment is received on or before the 20th day of the month. No discount allowed when arrears are due.
Commercial Service
5.5 c per KWH for the first 30 KWH per month
4.5 c per KWH for the next 70 KWH per month
3.5 c per KWH for the next 500 KWH per month
2.5 c per KWH for all over 600 KWH per month
Minimum charge $1.00 per month for the first H. P. or fraction thereof of connected load and 50c per month for each additional H. P.
10 per cent discount, except on minimum bills, if pay- ment is received on or before the 20th day of the month. No discount allowed when arrears are due.
TOWN OF IPSWICH
Annual Report of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687
FOR THE YEAR
1948
Stanley A. Hull & Son
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ROBERT B. FRANKLIN
Term Expires 1951
IVAN A. NICHOLS 1951
JAMES R. MARSH 1950
*CHARLES L. MIHOS 1949
GEORGE H. BOUCHARD 1949
ALBERT J. BARBATI 1949
JAMES R. MARSH, Chairman
HARRY S. MERSON Superintendent and Purchasing Agent ELIZABETH WITHAM Secretary
OFFICE Ipswich High School
OFFICE HOURS School Days from 3:30 to 5:00
and by appointment
FRANK L. COLLINS, M.D. School Physician
ROSE NAVES, R.N. School Nurse
FREDERICK C. WILDER, D.M.D. School Dentist
*Appointed November, 1948, to fill the vacancy created by the resig- nation of Henry Prisby, whose term would have expired in 1950.
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Ipswich:
The following statement of the Superintendent of Schools, together with the appended data, constitutes the report of the School Committee of Ipswich for the fiscal year ending Decem- ber 31, 1948:
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Ipswich,
Gentlemen:
It is impossible to describe within the limits of one report the manifold activities that come within the scope of the schools. It is hoped that these have come to the attention of the people through their children, through official reports, through exhibi- tions and planned parent-teacher discussions, and through the newspapers.
To a greater or lesser degree everyone will evaluate what the schools accomplish through these activities in terms of his own desires and of his concept of the function of the schools. As a school committee it has been your business to relate them to four basic problems, solutions to which influence the develop- ment and enactment of educational policy: One, the considera- tion of a timely philosophy of education which encompasses not only the historic purposes of education in America but also the methods of determining and attaining those objectives in a democracy; Two, the acquiring, holding and up-grading of a staff, trained in sound methodology and competent to develop an adequate program; Three, providing a school plant which will facilitate, not frustrate, desirable education; and Four, developing an adequate structure of finance to support the total program.
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