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Highway Machinery
239.24
1,333.38
1,492.75
79.87
Highway General
127.25
109.55
47.50
189.30
Old Age Assistance
440.79
65,006.96
64,461.70
316.09
669.96
Aid to Dependent Children
57.73
634.89
341.37
351.25
Disability Assistance
7,651.95
7,342.89
309.06
Disability Assistance Adm.
400.72
400.72
Public Welfare
410.61
802.05
410.61
802.05
Education
30.00
30.00
60.00
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STATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS DECEMBER 31, 1959 GLADYS M. POOLE, TREASURER
DATE of Issue
Purpose
Rate
Date of Maturity
Outstanding December 31, 1959
April
15, 1946
Extending Water Mains
1 1/4%
1960-1961
$ 3,200.00
September 1, 1954
Developing a New Well Field for Water Supply
1.30 %
1960-1964
15,000.00
September 1, 1956
Laying and relaying Water Mains
3
%
1960-1970
98,000.00
September 1, 1956
Stand Pipe and Pumping Station
3
%
1960-1975
87,000.00
December
1, 1951
Enlarging or Extending Electric Light Plant
1.40 %
1960-1961
14,000.00
September 1, 1954
Additions to Electric Light System
1.30 %
1960-1963
40,000.00
December
1, 1956
Extending and Enlarging Electric Light Plant
3 1/4%
1960-1975
155,000.00
June
1, 1959
Electric Light Plant
3.60 %
1960-1978
120,000.00
October
1, 1955
New Elementary School
2 1/4%
1960-1975
335,000.00
October
1, 1955
New Elementary School
2 1/4%
1960-1975
160,000.00
Project, Act of 1948
October
1, 1958
Sewerage Loan, Act of 1946
3.70 %
1960-1987
575,000.00
November
10, 1958
Municipal Garage
3.25 %
1960-1966
14,000.00
Total Bonded Debt
$1,616,200.00
.
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Detailed Statement of Taxes Gladys M. Poole, Collector For year ending December 31, 1959
OUTSTANDING JAN. 1, 1959
COMMITMENTS
REFUNDS
COLLECTIONS
ABATEMENTS
TAX TITLES
OUTSTANDING DEC. 31, 1959
TAXES :
Poll 1959
$
$ 5,354.00 54,216.40 906,278.00
$ 8.36
$ 4,080.36 47,792.46 809,596.44 118.00
$ 1,062.00
$
$ 220.00 5,675.80
Real Estate 1959
18,638.38
599.40
78,430.33
Poll 1958
160.00
Personal 1958
4,623.17
144.05
4,173.96 59,455.72
446.78
217.35
21,553.64
Poll 1957
2.00
Personal 1957
26.00
26.00
Real Estate 1957
18,392.70
10.00
130.81
208.00
$104,433.15
$965,848.40
$1,604.27
18,063.89 $943,280.83
$21,357.21
$1,024.75
$106,223.03
WATER LIENS ADDED TO
TAXES :
1959
5,667.12
3,517.98
25.00
2,124.14
1958
1,179.46
531.56
647.90
1957
1,195.65
1,195.65
$ 2,375.11
$ 5,667.12
$
$ 5,245.19
$ 25.00
$
$ 2,772.04
MOTOR VEHICLE & TRAILER
EXCISE:
(Dec.) 22,990.03 101,785.60
2,270.46
92,633.48
7,398.00
27,014.61
1958
12,339.82
4,344.43
403.75
15,070.70
1,959.56
57.74
1957
2.00
2.00
$ 12,339.82
$129,122.06
$2,674.21
$107,706.18
$ 9,357.56
$ 27,072.35
FARM ANIMAL EXCISE:
1959
284.15
265.77
10.88
7.50
1958
6.25
6.25
$
6.25
$ 284.15
$
$ 282.02
$ 10.88
$
$ 7.50
Personal 1959
11.10
986.55
42.00
317.26
Real Estate 1958
81,229.28
444.21
2.00
276.00
759.24
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1959
WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance Sheet
December 31, 1959
Assets
Liabilities & Surplus
Current Assets:
Liabilities:
Cash-Construction
10,195.81
Town of Ipswich
Cash-Operating
18,621.36
Contributions
24,083.03
Cash-Well Construction
1,211.16
Electric Light
Accounts Receivable
21,153.73
Contributions
39,338.91
Materials & Supplies Total
30,775.88
Notes Payable
203,200.00
81,957.94
266,621.94
Fixed Assets:
Surplus :
Engineering
9,314.71
Profit & Loss
Land
8,219.12
New Well System
58,041.67
Pumping Station
17,830.39
Reservoirs & Standpipe
98,138.04
Storage Basin
27,693.59
Distribution Reservoir
17,827.56
Bull Brook Reservoir
50,476.43
Departmental Building
2,367.97
Store House
178.70
Pumps & Pumping Eqpt.
6,751.22
Purification System
3,050.86
Pipe Lines & Distribution Mains
469,128.29
Service Pipes
151,026.00
Meters
17,391.]]
Hydrants
3,526.31
Office Equipment
955.45
Shop Equipment
2,867.56
Transportation Equipment
22,033.24
Misc. Equipment
7.635.68
974,453.90
Less: Reserve for
Depreciation
373.1.00.33
601,353.57
Total Assets
683,311.51
683,311.51
126,081.30
Ipswich Water Dept.
Property Account
290,608.27
416,689.57
99
WATER DEPARTMENT
Statement of Income and Expenses
December 31, 1959
Expenses :
Operating Expenses:
Sales:
Metered Sales
73.928.53
Maint. Water Supply Structures
275.28
Flat Rate Sales
13,793.75
Maint. Reservoirs
66.52
Sales of Services
983.70
Electricity Purchased
5,135.89
Sale of Supplies
5,808.40
Maint. of Pumping Eqpt.
. 28.35
Total Sales
94,514.38
Purification Supplies
Less-Abatements
142.56
and Expenses
458.90
Inspection Customers Installations
3.404.51
General Labor
8,867.87
Maint. Transmissions and Distribution Mains
4,474.61
Maint. of Services
9,069.36
Maint. of Meters
3,789.63
Maint. of Hydrants
1,556.73
Total Operating
37,127.65
Administrative Expenses:
General Office Salaries
3,650.00
General Office Supplies and Expenses
919.87
Insurance
1,538.30
Transportation
1,849.02
Maint. of General Structures
478.71
Misc. General Expense
753.70
Pensions
574.43
Interest on Bonds
6,299.00
Depreciation
18,942.41
Total Administrative
35. 005. 44
Total Expenses
72,133.09
Profit for 1959
22,238.73
94,371.82
94,371.82
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Balance Sheet
December 31, 1959
Assets
Liabilities & Surplus
Current Assets:
Liabilities:
Cash Operating
14.565.41
Notes Payable
329,000.00
Cash Construction
1,377.49
Consumers Deposits
10,820.42
Extending & Enlarging Electric Plant Cash
49.309.40
Interest Accrued
969.44
Cash Customers Deposits
13,002.25
Accounts Receivable
32,570.07
Inventory Fuel Oil
8,602.00
Loans Repayment
373,000.00
Inventory Lub Oil
1,698.00
Approp. for Construction
Repayment
1,511.06
Inventory Materials and Supplies
31,521.86
Profit & Loss
647,099.72
155,958.70
Other Assets:
Land
841.20
Structures
123,029.80
Fuel System
9,281.10
Int. Combustion Engines
810,657.49
Auxiliaries
36.369.37
Electric Plant
64.331.83
Transformer Station Eqpt.
161,993.96
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors
329,630.26
Underground Conductors
13,689.21
Consumers Meters
68,676.27
Consumers Meters Installed
1,291.48
Line Transformers
131,026.86
Transformer Installation
1,091.64
Street Lighting Eqpt.
37.399.43
Office Equipment
3,460.40
Transportation Equipment
16,938.78
Laboratory Equipment
546.26
1,810,255.34
Less-Reserve for Depreciation
603,813.40
1,206,441.94
Total Assets
1.362,400.64
Total Liabilities & Surplus 1,362,400.64
101
1,021,610.78
3.312.22
340,789.86
Surplus :
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Statement of Income and Expenses
For the Year Ending December 31, 1959
Expenses :
Sales:
Generating:
Domestic Sales
252,186.07
Engine Labor
61,386.95
Commercial Sales
118,888.91
Engine Fuel
160,873.21
Industrial Sales
75,882.88
Lubricants
9,683.26
Other Utilities
47,686.20
Supplies & Expenses
3,428.47
Municipal Sales
22,361.17
Maint. of Structures
415.50
Miscellaneous Sales
4,469.18
Maint. of Generating Eqpt.
3,402.35
Maint. of Engines
14,957.41
Less-
Discounts 28,875.18
Abatements
82.76
28,957.94
Equipment
13.00
Net Sales
492,516.47
Total Generating
254,499.65
Distribution:
Remove & Reset Transformers
791.58
Inspect & Test Meters
2,423.45
Remove & Reset Meters
2,494.16
Maintenance of Lines
54,760.67
Operation of Street Lamps
4,737.31
Total Distribution
65,207.17
General:
Commercial Salaries
8,102.64
Salaries of Gen. Officers
7,125.00
Other Gen. Office Salaries
6,883.80
Gen. Office Supplies & Exp.
3,458.75
Insurance
4,897.59
Transportation Expense
1,895.55
Maint. General Structures
277.35
Misc. General Expense
323.82
Interest on Bonds
9,712.06
Depreciation
49,380.00
Interest Consumers Deposits
123.33
Total General
92,179.89
Total Expenditures
411,886.71
Profit for 1959
80,629.76
492.516.47
492.516.47
Maint. of Auxiliaries
339.50
Maint. Transformer Station
Total Sales
521,474.41
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IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2122 00161 881 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION PAGE
2 School Committee 31
Superintendent's Report 34
3 High School Principal 36
5
Junior High Principal 38
Winthrop School 40
Legal
5
Burley & Shatswell School 42
Finance
6
Art Supervisor 44
Assessing
6 Special Class Director 44
6 Guidance Director 46
7 School Health 47
Welfare
7 Music Supervisor 48
Personnel
8
Reading Supervisor 49
8 High School Graduates 52
8 The Staff 53
9 School Salary Schedule 55
10 Comparative Expenditures 58
11 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12 Balance Sheet 60
12 Trust Funds 62
Shellfish
14 Consolidated Expenditures 63
15 Detailed Expenditures 67
Engineering
16 Comparative Tax Structure 94
18 1959 Assessments 95
18 Municipal Indebtedness 97
Recreation
20 Detailed Taxes 98
22 Water Department 99
24 Electric Department 101
Balance Sheet
25 Electric Department Statement of Income 102
26 Unnumbered Page
Departmental Telephone Numbers
Water
Civil Defense
Board of Appeals
Fire
Police
Public Library
Conservation Commission
Electric
Highway
Forestry
Cemetery
List of Jurors 27
REPORTS
Board of Selectmen Executive Secretary
Departmental
Purchasing
Veterans Services
Town Clerk
Town Meetings & Elections
Health
THE TOWN OF IPSWICH AT YOUR SERVICE
A handy Check-List and Director of Often-Used Town Services
Emergency - FIRE POLICE
AMBULANCE
HOSPITAL
EL 6-4321
EL 6-4343
EL 6-4343
EL 6-4366
Administration, General
Executive Secretary
EL 6-4848
Assessments (Taxes
Assessors
EL 6-4010
Bicycle Licenses
Police
EL 6-4343
Bills and Accounts
Treasurer
EL 6-3100
Birth Certificates
Town Clerk
EL 6-4141
Burial Permits
Town Clerk
EL 6-4141
Business Certificates
Town Clerk
EL 6-4141
Cemeteries
Cemetery Division
EL 6-3933
Death Certificates
Health Department
EL 6-4900
Dog Licenses
Town Clerk
EL 6-4141
Elections
Registrars of Voters
EL 6-4141
Electric
Electric Department
EL 6-3717
Employment
Executive Secretary
EL 6-4848
Engineering
Engineering Department
EL 6-5433
Entertainment Licenses
Selectmen
EL 6-4848
Fishing & Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
EL 6-4141
Fuel Oil Storage
Fire Department
EL 6-4322
Garbage Collection
Public Works Department
EL 6-2411
Health
Health Department
EL 6-4900
Home for Aged and Infirm
Welfare Department
EL 6-3464
Housing
Housing Authority
EL 6-2035
Library
Public Library
EL 6-4646
Licenses (General)
Selectmen EL 6-4848
Light Dept., (Office)
EL 6-3717
Pumping Station
EL 6-3600
Town Engineer
EL 6-5433
Town Clerk
EL 6-4141
Milk Inspection
Health Department
EL 6-4900
Town Clerk
EL 6-4141
Mortgages, Real Estate
Assessors
EL 6-4010
Moth Protection
Moth Division
EL 6-3363
Municipal Pensions
Treasurer
EL 6-3100
Municipal Finances
Accountant
EL 6-3066
Old Age Assistance
Welfare Department EL 6- 3464
Parks
Park Division
EL 6-3767
Playgrounds
Playground Division
EL 6-3767
Purchasing
Executive Secretary
EL 6-4848
Recreation
Recreation Director
EL 6-3767
Retirement
Treasurer EL 6-3100
Public Works Department
EL 6-2411
Schools
School Department (Supt. ) High School
EL 6-3535
Burley
EL 6-2666
Shatswell
EL 6-2312
Winthrop
EL 6-2976
Nurse
EL 6-4077
Health Department
EL 6-4900
Water Division
EL 6-3717
Welfare Department
EL 6-3464
Sewers Water Welfare
Rubbish Collection
EL 6-2935
Lights, Street
Maps
Marriage Certificates
Mortgages, Personal Property
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