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Wm. M. Haskins, For rent of Hall $2,589 00
County Treasurer, Office Rent Dis- trict Court 300 00
Midd. Fire District, Office Rent
125 00
Municipal Lighting Plant, Office Rent
150 00
School Department, Office Rent for two years 300 00
3,464 00
Tree Warden-
Luther S. Bailey 30 50
Cemetery Trust Funds-
Additions to Permanent Fund
$1,799 79
Income received for care of lots
209 14
2,008 93
Total
$221,22I 30
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT A. THOMAS,
Treasurer.
Payments for the year have been as follows :
Board of Health Orders
$1,239 16
Bridge Account, Selectmen's Orders
347 90
Fourth District Court Orders Cemetery Trust Funds :
228 29
Selectmen's Orders for care of lots $217 14
Deposits in Middleboro Savings Bank 1,799 79
$2,016 93
92
County Tax 6,376 97 Herring Account, Selectmen's Orders 293 95
Highway-Maintenance of Plant- Selectmen's Orders
3,775 71
Highway-Outside Districts-Select- men's Orders
4,559 00
Highway-Stone Account-Select- men's Orders 45 48
Highway-Village Account-Select-
men's Orders, including Superin- tendent's Salary and Sprinkling . of Streets 15,634 16
Incidentals-Selectmen's Orders
4,13I 99
Interest-Selectmen's Orders
5,365 57
July Fourth Committee, Selectmen's Orders
217 24
Loans :
Temporary Loan
$34,000 00
Sewer Loan
5,000 00
School House Loan
2,300 00
Municipal Lighting Plant :
Interest on outstanding notes
$2,828 00
Notes paid 3,000 00
Depreciation
6,117 4I
Suburban Lighting
498 42
Maintenance
17,259 9I
Commissioners' Salaries
300 00
Middleboro Public Library : Enoch Pratt Fund Income Licenses
$400 00
1,977 7I
2,377 71
Military Aid-Selectmen's Orders
1,100 00
Moth Account-Selectmen's Orders
2,515 74
Non-Resident Bank Tax-Paid State Treasurer
279 63
Overseers of the Poor Orders
9,399 14
Schools-Orders of School Committee :
Maintenance Account $33,577 98
Repairs 1,050 27
Transportation
1,592 3I
36,220 56
Police-Selectmen's Orders
2,162 16
France School House-Orders of
Special Committee 935 45
41,300 00
30,003 74
93
Sewer 'Account-Selectmen's Orders
209 87
Sidewalk Account-Selectmen's Orders
1,103 32
Soldiers' Burial-Selectmen's Orders
222 00
State Aid-Selectmen's Orders
6,507 00
Soldiers' Relief-Selectmen's Orders
2,329 20
State Highway Tax, Paid State Treasurer
324 34
State Tax, Paid State Treasurer
7,480 00
Suppression of Crime Committee- Selectmen's Orders
600 00
Town Hall Account-Selectmen's Orders
2,959 54
Town Officers-Selectmen's Orders
4,866 74
Tree Warden-Selectmen's Orders
1,030 50
Water Supply-Selectmen's Order
1,500 00
Post No. 8, G. A. R .- Selectmen's Order
200 00
$199,898 99
Cash on hand January 1, 19II
21,322 3I
$221,22I 30
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
There are on deposit in the Middleboro Savings Cemetery Trust Funds as follows :
Lot Owner. Endowment.
Balance.
Nemasket Hill and Rock Cemeteries.
Lydia B. Vaughan and Benjamin Thomas $50 00
Central and Nemasket Hill Cemeteries.
Leonard Lots
400 00
400 00
Central and South Middleboro Cemeteries.
Matthew H. Cushing et al
400 00
426 22
Central and North Middleboro Cemeteries.
E. Robinson
300 00
342 73
Central Cemetery.
Harding C. Angus
100 00
IOI 00
Sarah E. Bartlett
100 00
109 37
T. H. and H. A. Besse
107 48
Andrew J. Bisbee
100 00
IIO 85
Samuel S. Bourne
100 00 )
II3 15
$55 73
94
Rufus J. Brett
100 00
109 66
Frederick O. Burgess
61 27
63 73
Charles A. Cole
20 00
20 20
Robert V. Cole
82 14
93 66
Lydia B. Cushing
50 00
58 84
Beulah Thomas and Richard Cox
25 00
26 IO
James Downing
51 6I
55 02
William L. Dean
100 00
II7 OI
Mary E. Drake
100 00
III 60
Hannah S. Drew
100 00
106 82
David H. Farrar
100 00
100 00
N. N. Fenno
100 00
III 77
S. B. Gibbs
100 00
109 1.2
William M. Haskins
100 00
100 00
Henry M. Hodges P. B. Holmes
100:00
102 00.
B. F. Jones
100 00
108 88
Sarah P. Jones
100 00
IIO 98
Jacob Johnson
75 00
80 84
Henry C. Keith
1
100 00
IOI 00
Clara S. Kelley
100 00
108 32
Eliza H. Kelley
100 00
108 60
William A. King
100 00
III 72
C. D. Kingman
100 00
109 21
Robert W. Lashures
100 00
109 67
Otis Leach
100 00
104 18
James A. Leonard
150 00
158 88.
Lewis Lincoln
200 00
202 00
Thomas J. Lovell
100 00
100 00
John N. Main
100 00
109 87
J. P. McCully
100 00
109 30
Alden Miller
100 00
IIO 71
Sophronia B. Osborne
100 00
III 57
Alvin Pease
100 00
IO7 26.
Jos. L. Pease
100 00
IIO 23
David D. Perkins
75 00
78 22
Esther A. Phinney
100 00
127 25
Alfred Randall
100 00
108 42
Aaron Raymond
100 00
109 55
William Shiverick
150 00
157 17
Jacob A. Sparrow
100 00
105 08
Louisa Spooner
100 00
106 12
Reuben T. Taylor
100 00
IIO 90%
Tinkham Lot
60 00
63 29
100 00
125 75
95
B. F. Tripp
100 00
107 76
Azel Washburn
100 00
II7 33
William Washburn
50 00
53 32
Ward Lot
100 00
109 40
Flora A. Weston
50 00
50 50
Chauncy D. White
100 00
II2 53
Sarah D. White
500 00
569 61
Rich Lot
100 00
104 08
Nemasket Hill Cemetery.
Joshua M. Eddy
100 00
104 04
Austin Ford
50 00
52 02
Henry F. Pope
100 00
104 04
Sophronia L. Reed
50 00
52 02
Rhoda J. Savery
100 00
104 04
Charles Soule
100 00
104 04
Benj. C. Tinkham
50 00
52 02
Edmund Thompson
50 00
52 02
Oliver H. Thompson
100 00
104 04
Warren Lot
50 00
52.02
Thomas Weston et al
150 00
156 06
Benj. P. Wood
100 00
104 04
Cornelius B. Wood
150 00
156 06
Ellen T. Wood
100 00
104 04
Priscilla Wood
50 00
54 12
Thomas Wood
100 00
104 04
South Middleboro Cemetery.
Wm. O. and S. T. LeBaron
50 00
55 70
John and Henry Thomas
50 00
60 52
Thomastown Cemetery.
Atwood Lot
100 00
15I 4I
Eleazer Thomas
100 00
139 05
For care of Thomastown Cemetery
198 00
26 62
Atwood and Henry C. Thomas, Fall Brook 200 00
247 64
Sachem Street Cemetery,
Gammons Lot
50 87
61 07
Louisa Smith
50 00
61 57
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Purchade Cemetery. Lysander Richmond
100 00
II7 03
Summer Street Cemetery.
Jonathan T. Washburn
200 00
238 34
St. Marys Cemetery.
Daniel Hallisey
100 00
102 00
Wappanucket Cemetery.
Benjamin Richmond
400 00
551 65
Cemetery at the Green.
Ira Bryant
50 00
57 92
Nelson Cobb
50 00
50 00
Branch Harlow
100 00
108 24
James Gilbert Nichols
50 00
50 00
J. B. and I. H. Thompson
100 00
I77 II
Lydia R. Thompson
100 00
123 92
Julia M. Wood et al
50 00
55 86
Rock Cemetery.
Charles N. Atwood
100 00
109 72
Deborah Carver
100 00
123 38
Julia S. Cobb
100 00
124 35
Dr. Samuel Cobb
45 00
49 17
Sylvester F. Cobb
100 00
127 30
Charles F. Cushman
176 75
208 13
Mary B. Keith
75 00
89 61
A. J. Smith
50 00
56 80
H. N. Barrows et al
1,000 00
1,245 06
Ephraim H. Thomas
75 00 . .
75 00
Jane A. Wood
18 44
20 98
North Middleboro Cemetery.
Jared Pratt
150 00
214 09
Sumner Keith
100 00
II3 56
Roswell Waldron et al
150 00
214 98
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PEIRCE FUND
Middleborough, Mass., February 2, 19II.
To the Selectmen of Middleborough, Mass.
Gentlemen :- The following statement shows the conditions of the funds held by us as Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce for the benefit of the town of Middleborough and the Middleborough Public Library at the close of business, December 31, 1910. Also statement of income of above funds for the year 1910.
Balance sheet of fund held in trust for the town of Middlebor- ough, Dec. 31, 1910.
Assets.
Stocks
Bonds
$318,346 12 75,786 34 1,038 64
Premium on bonds
Mortgage and promissory notes
II4,129 75
Real Estate carried as personal property 12,222 74
Post Office fittings and furniture
1,500 00
Cabinet at Library
240 00
Steel Chest in Peirce Building
300 00
Life Insurance policy
300 00
Cash in Savings Banks
5,000 00
Cash on hand
3,606 54
Real Estate
$532,470 13 85,396 75
$617,866 88
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Liabilities.
Trust fund received from executor Passing direct under will Profit, gain on securities exchanged
$472,1.14 03 119,713 89 26,038 96
$617,866 88
Income.
Gross receipts for 1910
$28,149 69
Expenses for 1910
9,829 18
Net income for 1910
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1910
- $18,320 51 7,934 17
$26,254 68
Spent for use and benefit of town:
Repairs at B. & M. R. R. bridge $221 74
Wareham street dam bought for town 1,450 85
Concrete mixer for highway dept. 617 98
Street sweeper for highway dept. 280 88
Street oiler for highway dept. 204 58
Graveling Spruce St., So. Middleboro
2,061 86
Graveling Plymouth St., No. Mid- dleboro 2,147 40
Paid town treasurer for sidewalk acct. 1,000 00
Paid town treasurer for bridge 1,000 00
Paid cement for Alms St. bridge
220 87
New boiler and piping for town house 1,090 04
Commercial Course, high school 1,649 87
Assistant teachers, high school 800 00
Village improvements which in- cludes macadamizing and resur-
facing Wareham, North Main, Centre and Peirce streets 3,355 53
$16,101 60
Balance income on hand
$10,153 08
99
Balance sheet of fund held in trust for Middleborough Pub- lic Library.
Assets.
Bonds
Cash in Savings Bank
$50,024 45 205 67
$50,230 12
Liabilities.
Devised under will $50,000 00
Profit gain on securities exchanged
230 12
$50,230 12
Income.
Receipts for year 1910 $1,880 52
Paid Treasurer Middleboro Public Library $1,880 52
Yours very truly,
CHESTER E. WESTON, GEORGE W. STETSON, GEO. R. SAMPSON, Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
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FRANCE SCHOOL.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Build a School House in France District.
Appropriation
$1,600 00
Disbursements.
Clarence H. Ryder
$1,119 00
E. O. Burrows
174 00
American Seating Co.
71 45
Yale and Towne Mfg. Co.
30 00
Cooper and Bailey
75 00
Sundry bills, freight, carting, etc.,
35 00
1,504 45
Balance $95 55
JOHN L. BENSON,
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS, WILLIAM M. HASKINS,
Committee.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have audited the accounts and books of the Departments of the Town having the disbursement of money, and find them in a very satisfactory condition.
I have also audited the books of the Trustees of the Peirce Estate and their Probate Account and find they agree. Their securities are intact and agree with their books.
I find the Town Treasury has not been reimbursed to the full extent of the amount expended in the care of Cemetery Lots. It has been the custom at the close of each year for the Treasurer to draw from the Bank income sufficient to pay for work done on the various lots. This has not always been done, so that now we have actually expended $723.33 more than has been received from income.
The Temporary Loan is $31,500 00 Uncollected Taxes 24,983 88
I append schedule showing in detail the source of Receipts and Department Outlay, also a list of Notes and Bonds Out- standing.
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Receipts
GENERAL REVENUE.
Taxes.
Current Year
$82,828.51
Previous Years
20,601.98
From State.
Corporation
7,070.57
Street R. R.
1,874.9I
Bank
1,180.9I
113,556.88
Licenses
330.23
330.23
Fines 4th Dist. Court
33.01
33.0I
Dog Licenses
1,648.7I
Trustees Peirce Est. :
Bridges
1,000.00
Schools
966.62
Sidewalks
1,000.00
4,615.33
Special Assessments
Street Sprinkling
1,095.05
Moth Extermination
337.64
Total for Special Assessments
1,432.69
Privileges
Public service
Street R. R. Excise Tax
1,679.98
Total from General Revenues
$118.833.45
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Rent Town Hall
3,464.00
Total from General Government $3,464.00
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Payments
مغلف
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Legislative.
Moderator
$20.00
Appro. Committee
60.00
i
Executive.
Selectmen Salaries
800.00
Other Expenses
350.13
Financial.
Auditor
I50.00
1
Clerk, Treasurer, Collector Salaries
I,200.00
Other Expenses
988.25
Assessors Salaries
1,137.00
Other Expenses
709.62
Legal.
Expenses
1,000.00
Registration & Elec. Officers Salaries
525.30
Other Expenses
333.20
Other General Expenses
356.02
Town Hall.
Wages and Salaries
839.40
Other Expenses
2,137.39
Total for General Government
$10,606.31
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Receipts Continued
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Police Department $5.00
Sealing Weights and Measures 73.13 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermination 22.70
Tree Warden (State) 30.50
Total Protection Life and Property $131.33
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Health.
State for Transportation Paupers
$1.20
Sewer Permits 403.71
Total from Health and Sanitation
$404.91
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
State Repairs
$3,805.25
Sidewalks
4.00
Teams
3,370.79
Sale of Material
.2,118.47
Total from Highways and Bridges .
$9,298.51
CHARITIES.
Almshouse Individual Board
$2,021.33
310.00
Other Cities and Towns
933.07
Total from Charities
$3,264.40
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Payments Continued
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Police Department.
Salaries and Wages
$1,947.65
Other Expenses
492.80
Suppression Crime
600.00
Total for Police Department
$3,040.45
Sealing of Weights and Measures
180.43
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Expenses
2,515.74
Forest Fires
309.65
Care of Trees
1,030.50
Fish Wardens
82.00
Dog Officer
I75.00
Total for Pro. Life and Prop.
$7,333.77
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Health.
General Administrative
$469.85
Vital Statistics
56.00
Inspect. Plumbing
74.00
General Expenses
515.3I
Inspect. Animals
199.97
Inspect. Meat and Prov.
180.00
Sewer Maintenance
209.87
Total for Health and Sanitation
$1,705.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Salaries
$1,081.00
State Highway Tax
324.34
Bridges
347.90
Maintenance Plant
3,775.7I
Village
14,553.16
Outside
4,559.00
Stone Account
45.48
Sidewalks
1,103.32
Total Highways and Bridges
$25,789.91
CHARITIES.
General Administrative
$1, 150.00
Alms House
3,779.88
Outside Relief
2,466.13
Relief given by Other Towns
786.42
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Receipts Continued
Total brought forward from Charities $3,264.40
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
State Aid Military Aid Soldiers' Burial
$6,746.00 574.50 148.00
Total from Soldiers' Benefits $7,468.50
· EDUCATION.
Tuition and Transportation State Wards $657.00
Other Tuition 917.50
Miscellaneous Receipts
12.50
Total from Education
$1,587.00
LIBRARIES.
Fines and Sales
$180.52
Income Peirce Trustees
1,880.52
Income Harriet C. Beals Fund
241.60
Interest on Bank Balance
12.06
Ins. Div. and Discounts
II.74
Total from Libraries $2,326.44
RECREATION.
4th of July Celebration $5.00
Total from Celebrations $5.00
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Payments Continued
Settlement here residing elsewhere
1,067.59
Travelling and Office Ex.
103.87
Burial
45.00
Safe and Equalization of Acct.
190.25
Total for Charities
$9,589.14
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$6,507.00
Military Aid
1,100.00
Soldiers' Burial
: 222.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,329.20
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$10,158.20
EDUCATION.
Administrative Salaries
$2,425.00
Teachers' Salaries
23,289.00
Text Books and Supplies
1,730.06
Tuition
19.00
Transportation
1,592.31
Janitor's Services
2,395.50
Fuel and Light
2,077.II
Maintenance and Repairs
1,050.27
New Building
935.45
Rent
630.00
Printing
175.77
Other Expenses
836.54
Total for Education
$37,156.01
LIBRARIES.
Salaries and Wages
$1,472.45
Books and Periodicals
1,363.65
Binding
216.78
Art Collection
6.00
Fuel and Light
420.89
Insurance
329.18
Other Expenses
263.10
Total for Libraries
$4,072.05
RECREATION.
4th of July Celebration
$217.24
Memorial Day
200.00
Total for Celebrations
$417.24
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Receipts Continued
UNCLASSIFIED.
Telephone from Individuals
$215.II
Town Histories Sold 70.00
Total from Unclassified $285.II PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE.
Income Gas and Electric
$19,726.15
Herring and Alewives Fishing 415.00
Total from Public Service
$20,141.15.
INTEREST.
On Deposits $260.25
On Deferred Taxes
1,474.05
On Public Trust Funds
(a) Library
400.00
(b) Cemetery
209.14
Total from Interest
$2,343.44-
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Temporary Loans
$28,500.00
Total from Municipal Indebtedness
$28,500.00
AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS.
Non-resident Bank Tax $282.41
Perpetual Care Fund 1,799.79
Total from Agency and Trust Trans. $2082.20
Refund Interest Jose Parker 100.00:
Total Receipts $203,348.II
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Payments Continued
UNCLASSIFIED.
Damages to Persons
$150.00
Printing Town Reports
206.20
Meas. Flow of Water
95.00
Errors and Rebate Taxes
.40.64
Total for Unclassified
$491.84
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE.
Electric Depreciation
$6,117.41
Maintenance and Operation
17,259.91
Commissioners' Salaries
300.00
Suburban Lighting
498.42
Water Purchasers
1,500.00
Herring and Alewive Fishing
211.95
Total for Public Service
$25,887.69
Care of Cemetery Lot
$217.14
$217.14
INTEREST.
On Temporary Loans
$2,385.50
On General Loans
2,980.07
On Public Service
2,828.00
Total for Interest
$8,193.57
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Temporary Loans
$34,000.00
General Loans
Sewer
5,000.00
School
2,300.00
Public Service
3,000.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$44,300.00
AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS.
Taxes :
State
$7,480.00 279.63
Non-resident Bank
6,376.97
Perpetual Care Fund
1,799.79
Total for Agency and Trust Trans.
$15,935.39
Total Payments
$201,854.26
County
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Payments Continued
BALANCES.
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Library
$751.55
Electric Light
459.62
Cash on hand beginning year
20,199.64
Total Receipts and Cash
$224,758.92
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Receipts Continued
BALANCES.
Library Electric Light Cash on hand end of year
$1,383.65 198.70
21,322.3I
Total Payments and Cash
$224,758.92
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NOTES AND BONDS.
Purpose of Date of Issue
Creation
When Due
Amt. Outstanding
Gen. Imp. Apr. 30, 1900
Nov. 1, 1915
$ 3,800 $
3,800
P. & M. R. R. Nov. 2, 189I
Nov. 1, 1918 5,000
P. & M. R. R. Nov. 2, 1891
Nov. 1, 1919
5,000
P. & M. R. R. Nov. 2, 1891
Nov. 1, 1920
5,000
P. & M. R. R. Nov. 2, 1891
Nov. 1, 192I
5,000
20,000
Sewer Nov. 2, 1891
Nov. 1, 19II
5,000
Sewer July 14, 1894
Nov. 1, 1912
5,000
Sewer Aug. 24, 1894
Nov. 1, 1913
5,000
15,000
Schoolhouse Apr. 30, 1900
Nov. 1, 1914
5,000
Schoolhouse Dec. 12, 1903
Dec. 12, 19II-12 500
Schoolhouse Sep. 8, 1903
Sep. 18, 1913 250
Schoolhouse Aug. 14, 1909
Dec. 18, 1911-14 1,200
33,350
Electric Light Apr. 30, 1900
Nov. 1, 1915 I,200
Electric Light Nov. 1, 1893
Nov. 1, 19II-2346,500
Electric Light Aug. 1, 1906
Aug. 1, 1924-27 20,000
67,700
Temp. Tax L'n Apr. 8, 1910 F. A. G. Atwood 1,500
Temp. Tax L'n 1910
Midd. Savs. Bk. 30,000
31,500
$171,350
PERCY W. KEITH,
Auditor.
Schoolhouse Nov. 1, 1906
Nov. 1, 19II-2626,400
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REPORT OF GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSION- ERS.
To the Voters of the Town of Middleboro:
In submitting the following report of the Manager of the Gas and Electric Plant we do so feeling that it is thorough . and complete. We are much pleased with the showing the electric plant has made, as it proves the statements we have several times made, that if you would give us a well equipped plant we would furnish electricity at a much less cost.
We would call your especial attention to the deplorable condition of the gas plant and to that portion of the report referring to the equipment of a new up-to-date plant and urge that prompt action be taken to put this plant on a paying basis.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. SEARS, WILKES H. F. PETTEE, LYMAN P. THOMAS, Municipal Light. Board, Town of Middleboro.
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REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT. FOR 1910.
Messrs. Henry W. Sears, Chairman,
Wilkes H. F. Pettee, and Lyman P. Thomas,
Municipal Light Board, Town of Middleboro.
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to present herewith the sev- enteenth annual report of the Municipal Light Plant for the year ending December 31, 1910. A year ago we looked back on 1909 with mixed feelings, and forward with deter- mination.
In this report to your honorable Board, to bring out the most salient features of the plant it will be necessary to treat the electric and gas departments separately, otherwise justice could not be done to the successful development of the elec- tric department, and also the gas department would not get its just dues.
Regarding the Electric: A study of the report will show that we have just finished the most successful year, from any standpoint, of any during the seventeen years of munici- pal ownership.
With the installation of the 200 kilo-watt 3-phase 60-cycle generator the electric plant is now fully equipped with modern apparatus throughout and with duplicate units, and since then there has been no interruptions in the service from any cause at the station.
A step-up transformer has been placed on the line to North Middleboro using the old street light lines for carry- ing the current there for supplying that district with com- mercial and domestic lighting.
Also installed at North Middleboro an auto-transformer for supplying and an automatic time switch for operating the street lights there from the same two wires used for com- mercial lighting.
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A little over seven miles of wire have been added to the lines.
Other additions may be noted from the report.
Comparisons may be odious, but it is only by this method that progress may be noted.
Thirty-nine electric customers have been added or an in- crease of 16 percent. The electric sales have been $2,332.60 more than in 1909, an increase of over II. percent.
The power sales have increased $719.18 or over 27 percent and with the completion of the motor installations now being made the sales in that line will be materially increased this coming year.
Perhaps the most gratifying of all to the manager is that the expenses of the electric plant was $1,350.19 less in 1910 than in 1909. The greater part of this decrease was in the coal bill. This was accomplished partly by the added ex- perience of the producer operators, the good condition in which the engines were kept and the increased efforts of all to get the best results possible.
The output of the station has increased 33,860 K. W. The status and efficiency of the electric plant will be seen more readily if put in the same form as in the report of last year. That part of the appropriation, namely $4,750.00, was consid- ered as payment for the street lighting and therefore was earnings of the plant. This together with the profit shown by the manufacturing account shows that the electric plant has earned all the operating expenses, the depreciation for both the gas and electric plant, the interest on all outstanding notes and bonds and leaves a surplus of $3,937.40 whereas last year by this same method the surplus was only $69.37.
Probably one of the greatest factors in the showing made by the plant is the gas engines and the introduction of mod- ern electrical apparatus.
The Gas Plant: Very little can be said favorable to the present gas plant, and nothing whatever to the process of man- ufacturing. As will be noted the loss is greater, the output less, the income largely decreased and the expenses increased. From the favorable reports from the few now using gas stoves, am led to believe there is a field for gas for cooking and man- ufacturing purposes which would yield a substantial and pro- fitable income, provided however, a gas was available which could be furnished to the consumer at a reasonable price.
. It is a well known fact that there is a larger percent of profit in the sale of gas when made with up-to-date machinery than there is in electric current.
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With an outlay of a little over $13,000.00 (based on figures recently submitted) a complete plant for the manufacturing of water gas, with a capacity of 100,000 feet per day could be installed in a room available in the electric station, which is. large enough to also install a duplicate set.
This $13,000 would provide a 30,000 foot storage holder, a 10,000 foot relief holder, tar extractor and all necessary appar- atus completely installed and piped, on foundations furnished by the town.
The roof of the old engine room would have to be raised to accommodate the gas making apparatus, and a small building erected in which to locate the purifying boxes now being used with the present system but could be used in connection with a water gas plant.
The above mentioned additions would cost approximately $2,000.00.
With the electric plant so fully equipped, it will not require any great amount of the Depreciation fund, and a portion of this could be used each year to enlarge the present mains and for extensions to parts of the town now without them, and thus make it available, and also advisable for those residing on streets where gas mains are located to use gas for cooking purposes.
With a water gas plant installed at the electric station, based on the present output (maximum) per day, the net profit would amount to a sum equal to that which is now a loss and with the output three times the present (which expert en- gineers who have looked the field over say would result in year) the net profit would soon pay for the replacement of the present mains as well as the extensions.
This could be accomplished with the price of gas $1.50 per M. net. According to the last returns published by the Gas and Electric Commissioners there are thirty-two gas companies in the state whose selling price is $1.50 or more per M.
Would earnestly recommend that your honorable board bring before the town at the annual meeting the necessity of a new process of manufacturing gas, knowing it will prove as beneficial to the town as the electric plant has proved to be since the installation of modern apparatus.
I wish to again take this opportunity of expressing to the board my sincere thanks for their assistance and advice in the management of the affairs of the plant.
Following is a detailed report of the doings of the plant. .
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BILLS PAYABLE.
Albert & J. M. Anderson Mfg. Co.
$45 00
Bryant & Soule
1,353 99
Geo. L. Benson
12 50
Curry Oil & Supply Co.
3I 20
J. & G. E. Doane
99 90
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
21 94
T. G. Ford
13 07
Wm. H. Gallison Co.
II 4I
General Electric Co.
384 37
Geo. E. Gilchrist Co.
31 86
Gulf Refining Co.
274 68
Indian Refining Co.
36 67
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