Town annual report of Ipswich 1949, Part 8

Author: Ipswich (Mass.:Town)
Publication date: 1949
Publisher: Lynn News Press / J. F. Kimball
Number of Pages: 274


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In order to do this, there would have to be installed a 700 gallon tank and a motor to boost the pressure for same. The cost of so doing would be about $2900, which we plan to transfer from the Cemetery Lot Fund, rather than have same come out of the tax rate.


We hope to improve the looks of the drive up to the High- land Cemetery. Last year we planted a few shrubs at the entrance, and mowed around the office building. We intend to do more such work each year.


The soil in the old section of the cemetery is badly in need of lime and fertilizer. We have therefore included in our budget a sum to cover such material.


We wish to thank each and all departments who have in any way assisted us in the past year.


Respectfully submitted, HARMON COLE


RICHARD S. SHEPPARD


ARNOLD R. RICHARDS


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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT


Report of Superintendent of Cemeteries


To the Cemetery Commissioners:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1949.


During the year there were seventy-eight (78) interments, four (4) of which were cremations. There were also three (3) removals. Twenty (20) burials less than in the previous year.


Lots sold were two (2) four grave lots and one single grave.


Receipts for the year 1949 were as follows:


Interments and removals


$1,740.00


Revenue from perpetual care


1,696.05


New perpetual care funds


550.00


Added to funds


100.00


Sale of lots and graves


65.00


Rental of equipment


10.00


Sale of scrap iron


8.00


Gas tax refund


3.45


$4,172.50


Respectfully submitted,


BENJAMIN W. HOMANS,


Superintendent of Cemeteries


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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT


INVENTORY, 1949


$


2 Grass Sets 175.00


Canvases 80.00


4 Wheelbarrows 40.00


1 Gasoline Hammer 250.00


12 Hand Mowers 120.00


1 24" Power Mower 200.00


2 21" Power Mowers 250.00


1 18" Power Mower 90.00


2 Lowering Devices 350.00


1 Annan Generator 200.00


2 Sets Trimmers 150.00


200' Cables 35.00


1 Sulky 40.00


2 Sod Lifters


18.00


5 Grind Stones 40.00


1 Tripod and Chainfalls 35.00


18 Sheep Shears 9.00


1 Tent 20.00


1 Sweeper 30.00


1 Ford Truck (1948) 1,800.00


Other Tools and Supplies 300.00


$4,232.00


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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT


Town Property, 1949 December 31, 1949


Land


Buildings


High School


$10,000.00


$265,000.00


Burley School


1,500.00


75,000.00


Shatswel! School


1,000.00


65.000.00


Memorial Building


2,000.00


58,000.00


Town Hall


2,500.00


50,000.00


Winthrop School


1,000.00


50,000.00


Manning School


4,000.00


Fire Station


3,500.00


40,000.00


Highway Department


750.00


5,000.00


Payne School


1,500.00


4,000.00


Infirmary


4,000.00


1,000.00


Wharf Property


3,350.00


Cemeteries


5,000.00


Public Grounds


32,500.00


500.00


Great Neck


8,300.00


Veterans Housing Project


4.200.00


19,500.00


Light House Property


200.00


1,300.00


Store, High Street


500.00


1,100.00


R. F. Kinsman Land (County Road)


2,300.00


Woodland-Linebrook


125.00


Woodland-Common Fields


75.00


$88,300.00


$635,400.00


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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT


TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS


Land


Assessed


Buildings Assessed


Lot 52 Bar Island


$100.00


$ 500.00


Lot 404 Bar Island


100.00


150.00


Grape Island ( Fuller Trust)


600.00


950.00


$800.00


$1,600.00


List of Jurors


Amerio, Veto, 54 East Street Bailey, Walter R., Newmarch Street Bagley, Wendell M., 50 County Barrows, Raymond, 4 Hovey Street Barth, Elmer J., 3 Turkey Shore Road Bayley, Charles H., 62 High Street Bell, William F., 16A Argilla Road Belosselsky, Serg, Labor-in-Vain Road Benedix, George W., 10 Maple Avenue Betts, Robert E., Woods Lane Bialek, Joseph W., 7 River Court Blake, Howard, 45 No. Main Street Bolles, Chester A., 15 Turkey Shore Road Bolles, Gardner, 12 Woods Lane Brooks, Conrad H., 8 No. Main Street Burns, Peter F., 23 Turkey Shore Road Burrage, Albert C., Heartbreak Road Carman, Richard B., Topsfield Road Carstones, William, 90 Central Street Chadbourne, Frank, 8 Agawam Avenue Chadwell, George H., 94 High Street


Clam Dealer United Shoe


Engineer


Office Clerk Accountant


Fisherman


Insurance Farmer Clerk Sylvania Sylvania Undertaker Broker Investment Broker United Shoe Bookkeeper Retired Manager


Manager


Teacher


Sylvania


202


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT


Chapman, Fred F., 16 Kimball Avenue Chase, Joseph T., 18 Linebrook Road Ciolek, Theodore J., 17 County Manor Claxton, David B.,, 68 East Street Cole, Harry F., 7 Woods Lane Collins, Ben, 3 Poplar Street


Conley, John F., 31 High Street


Cooper, Walter C., 1 Turkey Shore Road


Davis, Benjamin H., 6 Linden Street Drew, Roy E., Riverbank


Ellsworth, Waldo M., 25 Turkey Shore Road Eustace, Wayne E., 23 Turkey Shore Road Farley, Bernard V., Nabby's Point Farquhar, John, 7 Spring Street Ford, George W .. 7 Labor-in-Vain Road Garrette, William E., 47 So. Main Street Goodhue, Charles E., Jr., Riverbank Goodhue, Paul R., 20 Woods Lane Goot, John C., 9 Brownville Avenue Greene, George W., 20 Topsfield Road Hammersley, Albert R., 8 Liberty Street Hardy, Earl D., High Street


Harris, Moses J., 21 No. Main Street Haskell, Edmund R., Labor-in-Vain Road Hebb, Horace E., 71 High Street Heard, Roger S., Linebrook Road Hill, Wendell L., 17 Turkey Shore Road Hills, Henry F., 41 High Street Hills, John P., 73 Central Street Hinds, Fred F., Damon Avenue Howard, Harold W., 12 Linden Street Hubbard, John V., 8 Woods Lane Hughes, Gordon S., 19 County Street Jackson, Winthrop A., 52 High Street Jean, Garland P., 1 Elm Street Kaszuba, Joseph A., 61 Topsfield Road


Merchant Retired Clerk Bank Clerk Salesman Merchant Druggist Salesman Salesman


Executive Dairyman Clerk Fisherman


Chauffeur Telephone Painter


Executive


Merchant


United Shoe Carpenter Bank Clerk Engineer Salesman


Engineer


Carpenter


Retired Clerk


Clerk


Sylvania Photo Studio


Clerk Retired


Sylvania Advertising


Salesman


Merchant


203


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT


Kaszuba, Peter, 3 Saltonstall Street King, Lawrence M., Essex Road Levesque, Laurien A., 39 Topsfield Road Lunt, Daniel B., 3 Payne Street Marcorelle, Edward J., Jr., 34 Central St. Marcorelle, Edward J., Sr., Lord's Square Marsh, James R., 23 High Street Mayes, George H., Eagle Hill


McCarthy, Elwyn F., 1 Maple Avenue


McGilvary, Forrest W., Jeffries Neck Road Moseley, Be P. P., Spring Street Murray, Edwin P., 5 Warren Street Oliver, Frank, 1 Woods Lane


O'Malley, Frank O., 53 East Street Patterson, Millard J., 21 Turkey Shore Road Pechillis, Christos A., 1 Riley Avenue Pechillis, George A., 6 Putnam Road Peterson, Julius C., Old England Road Pickard, Clarence L., 17 Summer Street Poor, Daniel W., Jr., Candlewood Road Richardson, Jerome, County Road Shurcliff, Sidney N., Argilla Road Sinclair, Ramsey J., 31 County Street


Thomas, Joseph E., Linebrook Road Turner, Leon B., 20 Linebrook Road Tyler, Seward S., 25 County Street


United Shoe


Insurance Merchant


Merchandise Man


Manager


Merchant


Salesman


Retired


Accountant


Manager


Broker


Gen. Electric


Stone Cutter


Retired


Plumber


Clerk


Clerk


Retired


Manager


Accountant


Wool Broker


Architect


Retired


Superintendent


Engineer Merchant


TOWN OF IPSWICH


Fifty-Sixth Annual Report of the


Water and Municipal Lighting Commissioners


534


THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687


FOR THE YEAR 1949


STANLEY A. HULL & SON, 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


Department


CHARLES A. MALLARD


Plant Engineer EARL D. HARDY


Line Superintendent, Light Department ALFRED TOBIAS


Construction Superintendent, Water


Department DANA G. PARSONS


Office Hours - 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.


Monday thru Friday


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 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"


1/8


716


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-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1949


To the Citizens of Ipswich:


We respectfully submit the annual report for the year 1949 as follows:


Water Supply


The amount of water that could be supplied by the various supply sources was given a thorough testing during the year on account of the long drought that occurred. The main reser- voir (Dows Brook) was practically exhausted in the middle of the month of July, as well as the auxiliary reservoir at Bull Brook.


The gravel packed well on High Street was operated in conjunction with the well on Mile Lane to supply all the water consumed in the Town from July until the end of the year and the following table shows that the amount of water pumped has increased 62 per cent in eight years.


Gallons of Water


Average Gallons


Year


Pumped for Year


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


1946


138,276,000


378,810


1947


159,008,800


435,614


1948


163,203,000


447,132


1949


183,095,700


501,087


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WATER DEPARTMENT


The department was forced to limit the use of water for lawn sprinkling, etc., for a few weeks during the height of the drought because the two well pumps could not supply all the water demanded at that time, although at no time was there a shortage of water especially in the larger well on High Street.


During the month of June, 21,948,100 gallons of water were pumped, 24,355,600 gallons in July and 25,083,400 gallons in August. In normal years 15 or 16 million gallons have been the average amounts used at this same time of year.


New Extensions to Main Pipe System


The extension on Upper River Road off County Road was completed for a distance of 1600 feet, one on Paradise Road of 1500 feet, one of 2559 feet from Argilla Road to the Crane Beach Reservation, and one to service the new Veterans' Housing project on County Road.


New Service Connections


Sixty new buried water services were installed, 7 new summer services, and 4 old summer services were buried below frost depth. There were also 33 summer services connected to the system on private property and installed by private owners.


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WATER DEPARTMENT


WATER DEPARTMENT STATEMENT 1949


John E. Grant Treasurer and Collector


Receipts:


Expenditures:


Meters


$35,103.54


Orders


$29,383.81


Little Neck


2,076.00


Notes


5,600.00


Miscellaneous


2,101.14


Interest 535.00


Water Lien Added


to Taxes 1948


52.28


35,518.81


Water Lien Added


to Tax Title


11.94


by vote of Town Meeting:


39,344.90


Water Construction 3,401.86


Balance, January


Balance, December


1, 1949


3,401.86


31, 1949


3,826.09


$42,746.76


$42,746.76


The Collector has the following bills for collection:


Meters


$ 3,466.21


Little Neck Miscellaneous


168.27


Water Liens Added to Tax Title


776.00


$ 5,598.48


Commitment, December 31, 1949


7,240.58


$12,839.06


1,188.00


Transfer authorized


S


WATER DEPARTMENT


Water Softening Plant Account


Balance, January 1, 1949


$44,741.81


Balance, December 31, 1949


$44,741.81


Water Construction Account


Balance, January 1, 1949


$ 593.97


Loan, 1949


5,000.00


Transferred from Operating Cash Account, 1949 3,401.86


Expenditures


$ 8,867.89


Balance, December 31, 1949


127.94


$ 8,995.83


$ 8,995.83.


Water Construction Account Masconomet Road


Balance, January 1, 1949


$ 5,727.11


Expenditures


$ 5,102.19


Balance, December 31, 1949


624.92


$ 5,727.11


$ 5,727.11


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WATER DEPARTMENT


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BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1949


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


249,744.85


Service Pipes


81,277.60


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


497,292.22


Less reserve for depreciation


230,876.75


Total Plant investment


$266,415.47.


.


10


WATER DEPARTMENT


Current Assets:


Cash operating


$ 3,826.09


Cash construction 127.94


Accounts receivable


12,830.71


Inventory ( estimate )


5,000.00


Water softening account


44,741.81


Total current assets 66,526.55


$332,942.02


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


39,200.00


Total liabilities $102,621.94


Surplus:


Ipswich Water Dept. Property


account $198,856.05


Operating surplus from Exhibit C 31,464.03


Total surplus 230,320.08


Total Liabilities and Surplus $332.942.02


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WATER DEPARTMENT


EXHIBIT B Statement of Income and Expenses for Year Ending December 31, 1949


Income:


Meter rates


$35,265.80


Fixture rates


2,196.00


Miscellaneous


2,168.25


39,630.05


Less Abatements


2.04


Total Income


$39,628.01


Expenses:


Repairs services


9,587.17


Repairs pipe lines


1,772.49


Administration and transportation


8,554.85


Maintenance station and grounds


858.27


Electricity for pumps


3,184.43


Interest paid


535.00


Ralph Pickard, pension


435.72


Total expenses 24,927.93


Net profit for year to Exhibit C


$14,700.08


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WATER DEPARTMENT


EXHIBIT C


Statement of Operating Surplus for Year Ending December 31, 1949


Balance, December 31, 1948


$22,363.95


Add: Net Profit for the year ending December 31, 1949 from Exhibit B


14,700.08


37,064.03


Deduct: Notes paid


5.600.00


Balance, December 31, 1949 to Exhibit A $31,464.03


WATER DEPARTMENT LOANS OUTSTANDING


Sold To


Amount Due


Rate


Date of Issue


Matures


First & Ocean Nat. Bank


of Newburyport


$ 4,000.00


25%


April 15, 1938


1950-53


Merchants Nat. Bank of Boston


3,000.00


112%


December 1, 1942


1950-52


Merchants Nat. Bank of Boston


19,200.00


14%


April 15, 1946


1950-61


Merchants Nat. Bank


of Boston


8,000.00


114%


June 1, 1948


1950-53


Day Trust Co., Boston


5,000.00


11%


October 1, 1949


1950-54


Total Outstanding


$39,200.00


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WATER DEPARTMENT


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


Following is the report for the year ending December 31, 1949:


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


"


131,613


4


4,741


3


"


5,570


2


12,905


1


2,866


251,479 feet


A total of 47.62 miles


STREET GATES


Total now set


292


HYDRANTS


On Town Property .. ......... .... 260


On Private Property 17


Total in use 277


6


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WATER DEPARTMENT


SERVICE PIPES


There were added 67 services during the year, making a total of 2134.


Services in regular use 1795


Summer services 339


Total 2134


Service pipes on Town property. 40,773 feet


These services are either cast iron, lead, galvanized iron or copper and in sizes from % inches to 6 inches.


Pumping Record for the Year 1949


Number of hours pumps operated 7,656


Total number of gallons pumped 183,095,700 gallons


Average amount of water used daily 501,087 gallons


Largest number of gallons pumped in


any one month was in August 25,083,400 gallons


Extension of Water Mains During the Year 1949


Upper River Road 1600 feet 6 inch cast iron


Paradise Road


1500 feet 6 inch Transite


Crane Beach Reservation 2559 feet 3 inch Galv. W. Iron Veterans' Housing Project 50 feet 6 inch cast iron


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1949 EXHIBIT A


Assets


Liabilities and Surplus


Fixed Assets:


Plant Investment


$427,904.18


237,000.00


General Equipment


2,661.52


Construction Appropriation Repaid 1,511.06


Current Assets :


Profit and Loss Balance 287,301.96


Cash $26,129.36


Special Deposits


6,304.00


Accounts Receivable


27,504.14


Material and Supplies


15,278.74


Depreciation


26,041.08


101,257.32


$531,823.02


$531,823.02


Plant Investment Account as of December 31, 1949


Land


$ 841.20


Structures


44,268.17


Internal Combustion Engines


220,543.12


Electric Auxiliaries


13,767.07


Transformer station and regulators


15,496.72


Poles, fixtures and overhead conductors


62,177.61


Underground conductors


5,887.95


Consumers meters and installation


25,451.63


Line transformers and installation


34,059.78


Street lighting equipment


5,410.93


$427,904.18


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Special Deposits Loans Repayment


$ 6,010.00


1


STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES


Year Ending December 31, 1949 EXHIBIT B


Operating Income


Metered Sales to Private Consumer's


$170,109.53


Municipal Revenues


31,564.03


201,673.56


Operating Expenses


162,382.27


Net Income for Year


$ 39,291.29


Interest Income


149.93


Gross Income Transferred to Profit and Loss


$ 39,441.22


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LIGHT DEPARTMENT


ELECTRIC LIGHT STATEMENT


1949


John E. Grant


Treasurer and Collector


Receipts:


Expenditures:


Domestic Light


$ 95,829.96


Orders


$158,532.14


Domestic Light -


Refunds 1,586.39


Little Neck


5,680.21


Commercial Light 66,866.51


160,118.53


Town Buildings


2,760.63


Water Pumping


3,041.12


Town of Rowley 19,072.50


Miscellaneous


2,815.64


Transfer authorized by vote of Town


196,066.57


Street Lighting


6,500.00


Meeting: Construction Account 3,528.08


202,566.57


182,346.23


Balance, January


Balance, December


1, 1949


3,528.08


31, 1949


23.748.42


$206.094.65


$206,094.65


The Collector has the following bills for collection:


Domestic Light


$ 3,448.07


Town Buildings


159.21


Commercial Light


882.49


Miscellaneous


372.90


Little Neck


2,737.06


7,599.73


Commitment, December 31, 1949


20,014.69


$27,614.42


Transfer to Depre- ciation Fund 18,699.62


1


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LIGHT DEPARTMENT


SPECIAL ACCOUNT


Electric Light Meter Deposit Fund


Balance, January 1, 1949


Meters


$ 5,964.07 453.00


Income


149.93


6,567.00


Refunds


263.00


Amount on deposit in Ipswich Savings Bank,


December 31, 1949


$ 6,304.00


DEPRECIATION FUND


Balance, January 1, 1949


$57,763.36 $


Transferred from Operating Cash Account, 1949


18,699.62


Refund


549.00


Expenditures Amount of Fund, December 31, 1949


50,970.90


26,041.08


$77,011.98


$77,011.98


CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT


Balance, January 1, 1949


$ 3,436.85 $


Transferred from Operating Cash Account, 1949 3,528.08


4,583.99


Expenditures Balance, December 31, 1949


2,380.94


$ 6,964.93


$ 6,964.93


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LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Total


K.W.H. used for


K.W.H.


Street


Year


output


lights


Town paid for Street lights


1924


584,568


97,445


$10,834.00


1925


662,012


103,855


11,014.00


1926


716,949


115,760


11,172.00


1927


833,290


115,265


10,990.00


1928


949,064


156,623


11,096.00


1929


1,093,897


231,550


9,700.00


1930


1,417,658


239,820


12,100.00


1931


1,634,098


219,140


10,000.00


1932


1,593,265


222,650


10,340.00


1933


1,718,691


227,300


10,000.00


1934


1,898,632


225,810


10,000.00


1935


2,091,934


226,350


8,700.00


1936


274,467


232,400


8,000.00


1937


3,034,658


225,520


7,300.00


1938


3,038,192


238,760


6,000.00


1939


3,247,741


244,390


6,200.00


1940


3,436,689


245,000


5,600.00


1941


3,920,157


283,169


6,400.00


1942


4,908,329


211,970


5,800.00


1943


6,176,095


231,390


5,200.00


1944


7,979,105


281,720


5,400.00


1945


6,783,664


281,880


5,400.00


1946


7,054,900


291,370


5,400.00


1947


7,714,630


286,570


5,700.00


1948


8,468,777


289,730


6,100.00


1949


8,996,000


307,320


6,500.00


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LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Returned to Town to


Reduce Taxes


Outstanding 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


None


689,649.75


430,565.70


$173,876.02 Total


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT STATISTICS


Summary of the K. W. output for the year 1949 and a comparison with previous years


Kilowatts Sold:


1944


1945


1946


1947 2,219


1948


1949


Number of domestic consumers


2,083


2,096


2,132


2,290


2,300


Number of commercial "


260


278


284


317


325


345


2,343


2,374


2,416


2,536


2,615


2,645


Town of Rowley


526,600


597,500


722,500


820,900


911,900


1,039,700


Town buildings


74,453


84,651


97,979


88,493


105,083


105,704


Water Dept. pumping


133,335


136,386


156,898


170,947


265,355


203,874


Street lighting


281,720


281,880


291,370


286,570


289,730


307,320


Station light and power


256,185


216,050


252,244


262,220


264,622


229,145


Commercial light and power


4,082,768


2,888,893


2,590,703


2,811,100


2,442,178


2,779,857


Domestic lighting


1,603,318


1,725,584


2,071,928


2,347,894


2,675,311


3,034,76S


6,958,379


5,930,944


6,183,622


6,798,124


2,954,179


7,700,368


Kilowatts unaccounted for


1,020,726


852,720


871,278


1,154,676


1,514,598


1,295,632


Kilowatts hours generated


7,979,102


6,783,664


7,054,900


7,952,800


8,468,777


8,996,000


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LIGHT DEPARTMENT


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Generating Plant


A new 1600 horsepower Fairbanks-Morse diesel generating unit was put in operation in February of 1949. It has been operating since then and has been of extreme value because without it the Plant could not have carried the additional de- mand that reached its peak in December with a total station load of 2400 kilowatts. where as the total station capacity is 3200 kilowatts. The station output for the year was about 9 million kilowatt hours, an increase of 7 per cent over the pre- vious year.


Outside Plant


With the addition of so many electrical appliances, espe- cially water heaters, ranges and television sets, the transmission system as a whole will have to be enlarged as well as will the distribution system. Plans have been made to proceed with this work as soon as possible in the spring. It is estimated that at least $35,000 will have to be expended on this job.


There are now 2727 meters connected, which is an increase of 112 over the previous 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, 1950


Domestic Service


5.5c per KWH for the first 25 KWH per month


4.5c per KWH for the next 25 KWH per month


3.3c per KWH for the next 100 KWH per month 2.2c per KWH for all over 150 KWH per month


Minimum charge 50c per month.


10 per cent discount, except on minimum bills, if payment is received on or before the 20th day of the month. No discount allowed when arrears are due.


Commercial Service


5.5c per KWH for the first 30 KWH per month


4.5c per KWH for the next 70 KWH per month


3.3c. per KWH for the next 500 KWH per month


2.2c 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 payment 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


THE BIRTHPLACE Of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687


FOR THE YEAR 1949


STANLEY A. HULL & SON, PRINTERS IPSWICH, MASS.


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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Term Expires


ROBERT B. FRANKLIN 1951


IVAN A. NICHOLS 1951


JAMES R. MARSH 1950


CHARLES L. MIHOS


1950


RICHARD R. MANSFIELD 1952


C. LOUISE RICHARDSON 1952


JAMES R. MARSH, Chairman


HARRY S. MERSON Superintendent and Purchasing Agent ADELAIDE HODGKINS Secretary


OFFICE Ipswich High School


OFFICE OPEN School Days from 8:30 to 5:00 and by appointment


FRANK L. COLLINS, M.D. School Physician


ELEONORE RICHARDSON, R.N. School Nurse


FREDERICK C. WILDER, D.M.D. School Dentist


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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, 1949:


REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


To the School Committee of the Town of Ipswich,


Madam and Gentlemen:


I am pleased to present the annual report on the schools of Ipswich for the fiscal year 1949.


For the permanent record I should like first to note the changes in personnel which have occurred since the last annual report was submitted:


Changes in Personnel


As of August, 1949, Augusta A. Grenache resigned in order to retire. For more than half of her forty-five years of service to the Ipswich schools, Mrs. Grenache has been prin- cipal of the Shatswell School. Always modern in outlook, well- read in the theory of elementary education, an active partici- pant in state and regional organizations for the promotion of elementary education, Mrs. Grenache succeeded, through native graciousness and tact, in spreading among her co-workers kin- dred enthusiasms. Together they were instrumental in making the school a real neighborhood institution.


Others who did not return to teaching in the school in September were Cecilia Z. Mackenzie, who had taught at the Burley School; Joseph V. Riley, who had served two years as instructor of graphic arts and mechanical drawing at the High School; and Rose Naves, who had served two years as School Nurse.




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