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86,735
OPERATING EXPENSES-GAS
Production
Operation :
Wages at Gas Works
$4,329.14
Boiler Fuel
609.50
Water
394.58
Generator Fuel
5,069.68
Water Gas Oil and Enrichers
3,990.16
Purification Supplies
100.00
$14,493.05
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Works and Sta-
tion Structures $ 483.76
Maintenance of Power Plant Equip- ment 101.26
Maintenance of Water Gas Sets 508.19
Maintenance of Purification Apparatus 250.77
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Maintenance of Other Equipment at
Works 397.47
Station Tools and Appliances
59.07
Gas Purchased
5,526.76
Maintenance of Holders 1.93
$7,329.21
Transmission and Distribution
Operation :
Removng and Resetting Meters $21.98 $21.93
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Street Mains and Services $55.20
Maintenance of Services 268.73
Maintenance of Consumers' Meters 149.38
Maintenance of Tools and Appliances
150.41
$623.72
General and Miscellaneous
Salary of Manager $ 999.83
Salaries of General Office Clerks, Meter Readers and Collectors 1,828.18
General Office Supplies and Expenses 429.34
Insurance 563.10
Transportation Expenses
154.18
Depreciation 3,250.31
$ 7,224.94
Total Expenses $29,692.91
Balance to Profit and Loss (Profit) 3,439.69
Total Debits
$33,132.60
INCOME-GAS
From sale of Gas $34,492.35
Less Discounts and Rebates
1,359.75
Total Credits $33,132.60
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OPERATING EXPENSES-ELECTRIC Hydro-Electric Generation
Operation :
Electric Labor
$4,649.99
Lubricants
55.18
Station Supplies and Expenses
260.71
$4,965.85
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Dams and Intakes $ 2.00
Maintenance of Water Turbines
and Water Wheels 9.49
Maintenance of Elec. Generating
Equipment 146.94
Maintenance of Accessory Electric Equipment 519.64
Maintenance of Station Structures
33.54
Maintenance of Electric Energy Purchased 27,792.36
Maintenance of Gas Engine Plant
100.00
$28,603.97
Transmission, Distribution and Storage
Operation :
Operation of Transmission and
Distribution Lines $333.51
Transmission and Distribution
Supplies and Expense
1,575.27
Removing and Resetting Meters
497.77
$2,406.55
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Transmission and Distribution Lines $7,050.35
Maintenance of Transformers 350.97
$7,401.32
Utilization
Operation :
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Municipal Street Lamps-Sup-
plies and Expense
$828.53
$828.53
General and Miscellaneous
Salary of Manager $2,000.17
Salaries of General Office Clerks,
Meter Readers and Collectors
3,656.33
General Office Supplies and Expense 844.17
Insurance 982.81
Transportation Expense 3,089.98
Depreciation 8,008.71
Miscellaneous General Expense 42.23
Interest on Consumers' Deposits
3.08
$18,627.48
Total Expenses $62,833.73
Balance to Profit and Loss (Profit)
40,643.44
Total Debits $103,477.17
INCOME-ELECTRIC
From Lighting $82,524.06
Less Discounts and
Rebates 2,722.32
$79,801.74
From Power
$19,941.16
Less Discounts and Rebates 565.73
$19.375.43
From Street Lighting
$4,000.00
From Christmas Lighting 300.00
Total Credits $103,477.17
BALANCE SHEET Assets
Investments-Gas :
225
Land, Gas
$1,200.00
Structures
2,825.68
Boiler Plant Equipment
1,734.13
Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment
570.01
Water Gas Sets
3,868.91
Purification Apparatus
378.16
Other Equipment at Works
8,741.48
Street Mains
66,551.04
High Pressure Gas Line
15,774.40
Gas Services
13,815.79
High Pressure Gas Service
2.70
Consumers' Meters
8,267.83
Consumers' Meter Installations
1,237.16
Office Equipment
420.25
Laboratory Equipment
350.00
Investments-Electric
Land, Electric
6,000.00
Right of Way
1,550.00
Structures
3,466.31
Gas Producer Plant
641.30
Boiler Plant Equipment
338.60
Prime Movers and Auxiliaries
2,041.81
Reservoirs, Dams, Canals, Waterways
8,455.37
Water Turbines and Water Wheels
2,509.55
Electric Plant, Hydro
3,512.15
Miscellaneous Power Plant Equip- ment, Hydro
1,620.28
Transformer Station and Substation
Equipment
3,038.27
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Con- ductors
69,986.70
Consumers' Meters
23,888.39
Consumers' Meter Installations
4,666.36
Line Transformers
18,175.25
Transformer Installations
6.79
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Street Lighting Equipment
1,460.20
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Office Equipment
934.90
Underground Conduits
198.47
Underground Conductors Current Assets :
61.18
Cash on hand
13,417.00
Accounts Receivable
19,920.75
Inventory
10,319.16
Reserve Funds :
Depreciation Fund
4,259.02
Construction Fund
377.65
Liabilities
Loans Repayment
$109.200.00
Appropriations for Construction
45,992.39
Notes Payable
18,000.00
Consumers' Deposits
1,233.00
Interest Accrued
163.33
Profit and Loss Balance
151,994.23
$326,583.00 $326,583.00
Plant Investment (Book Value)
Gas
$125,737.54
Electric
152,551.88
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
By balance at beginning of year
$115,040.34
By balance of gas operating expense
3,439.69
By balance of electric operating expense
40,643.44
By balance of jobbing account
13.26
To interest paid and accrued on notes
$496.66
To note paid
5,000.00
To bad debts-Gas
921.90
To bad debts-Electric
723.89
To balance account
151,994.28
$159,136.73 $159,136.73
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CONSTRUCTION DRAFTS 1926 Gas .
Expended for :
Street Mains
$9,339.30
High Pressure Gas Line
15,774.40
Services
1,675.60
High Pressure-Gas Services
2.70
Consumers' Meters
822.98
Consumers' meter installations
72.17
$27,687.15
Electric
Expended for :
Electric Plant Hydro
$ 179.38
Poles, fixtures and overhead ductors
con-
10,118.24
Consumers' meters
1,906.93
Consumers' meter installations
377.02
Line transformers
2,026.78
Street Lighting Equipment
43.55
$14,651.90
$42,339.05.
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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS BONDS
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operation Fund $5,000.00 Dec. 31 Payments INTEREST ACCOUNT
$5,000.00
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operation Fund $400.00
Payments
$400.00
DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT
.Jan. 1 Balance on hand
$320.34 Dec. 31
Transferred to
Dec. 31
Transferred from Operation Fund $11,259.02
Payments
1,796.19
Balance in Town
Treasury 4,259.02
$11,584.36
$11,584.36 CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
. Jan. 1 Balance on hand
$ 87.55 Dec. 31 Payments $42,339.05
Dec. 31 Transferred from Depreciation Fund
5,529.15
Treasury
377.65
Transferred from Operation Fund
24,000.00
Notes authorized
13.000.00
Refund 100.00
$42,716.70
$42,716.70
OPERATION ACCOUNT
.Jan. 1 Balance in Town
Dec. 31 Transferred to
Bond Fund $5,000.00
Dec. 31 Appropriation for
Street Lights
4,000.00
Dec. 31 Appropriation for
Transferred to Depreciation Fund
11 259.02
: Dec. 31
Collections
134,349 77
Transferred to Construction Fund
21,000.00
Payments Balance in Town
84,609.23
Dec. 31
Treasury 13,417.00
$138,685.25
$138,685.25
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SUMMARY
:
Balance in Construction Fund
$ 377.65
Balance in Depreciation Fund
4,259.02
Balance in Operation Fund Total Collections Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1926
13,417.00
134,349.77
Treasury $ 35.48
Transferred to In- terest Fund 400.00
Christmas Lighting 300.00
Dec. 31 Balance in Town
Construction Fund $5,529.15
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF THOMAS S. PEIRCE
Selectmen of Middleborough, Mass.
Gentlemen :
We beg leave to submit the following report as Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce, for the year 1926.
It is with profound sorrow that we again note the pass- ing on of one of the original Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce, George W. Stetson, who died June 1st, 1926. If Mr. Stetson had lived until December 23rd, 1926, he would have completed twenty-five years of service as a Trustee. Mr. Stetson was a man of integrity and when nominated by Thomas S. Peirce as the second member of the Board of Trus- tees, the nomination was made by him in practically these words: "Put on George W. Stetson; he is a fine man and comes of mighty good stock." The record of Mr. Stetson's achievements show that the confidence which Mr. Peirce had in him was not misplaced.
In accordance with the provisions of the will, the sur- viving Trustees have nominated Frederick S. Weston to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Stetson's death.
The following statement shows the condition of the funds held by us as Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce for the use and benefit of the Town of Middleborough and on the Middleborough Public Library, at the close of business on December 31st, 1926.
Fund held in trust for the benefit of the Town of Mid- dleborough.
ASSETS
Stocks Bonds and premiums on same
$300,509.73
18,452.36
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Mortgage and promisory notes
169,434.37
Real Estate carried as Personal 31,564.20
Post Office Fixtures
2.640.00
Cabinet at Library
240.00
Office Equipment
857.50
Savings Bank
4.000.00
Cash
3,916.93
$531,615.00
Real Estate
$57.297.87
Profit and Loss .
3,306.95
$592,219.92
LIABILITIES
Trust Fund received from Executor
$472 506.03
Passing Direct Under the Will
119.713.89
$592.219.92
INCOME
Gross receipts for 1926 $27.391.89
EXPENSES
Salary of Trustees and Bookkeeper
$2,333.23
Insurance
1,564.34
Repairs
4,440.18
Janitor
1,020.00
Fuel
1,086.25
Light
455.59
Water
396.07
Sundries
88.00
11,383.66
Net Income for 1926 On Hand January 1st, 1926
$16,008.23
15,262.11
$31,270.34
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PAID FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF THE TOWN
Typewriters, Commercial Course,
High School $312.50
Teachers, Commercial Course, High School 5,200.00
Account of new Fire Station 14,818.44
Less $4,500.00 due for money advanced from income on Titi-
cut Bridge, leaving $10,318.44
Balance, Fire Station Lot, No. Main St. $6,500.00
Less amount paid toward same, 1925 1,523.87
$4,976.13 Making the total spent for the use and benefit of the Town of Middleborough, $21,032.07, and leaving a balance on hand January 1st, 1927, of $10,238.27
It may be interesting to note that up to the first of Jan- uary, 1927, the cost of the new Fire Station and lot is as follows :
Building $66,676.40
Grading
2,193.72
Furniture
948.32
Lot
7,000.00
There will be a small expense for grading and seeding down in the spring. Of the amount shown, $1,000 was paid Wilson G. Harlow for preparing the plans, and $3,500 to George Howard & Son of Brockton for inspecting the work, assisting in buying the material and securing bids on work which was let under contract. The amount of $15,000 taken from the Town Treasury will be reimbursed from the income of the Peirce Fund as soon as the income has been accu- mulated, after paying the notes which the town has incurred, to be paid from the Peirce Fund, of $53,000-$35,000 of which is for the Fire Station and $18,000 on bridge over the river at East Main Street.
The bridge over the river at East Main Street, which was expected to cost approximately $28,000, will probably cost a
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little over $21,000. On account of the bankruptcy of the contractors, payments have been held up and consequently the final report cannot be made until they have been paid.
The long litigation and trouble over the bridge at North Middleborough has been finally settled out of Court by agree- ment between the parties, and all bills on the same which were due from the Town of Middleborough have been paid out of the income, with the exception of a legal fee of $500 due to Nathan Washburn, Esquire, for services in the case, which amount has been paid since January 1st, 1927. The total cost of Middleborough's share of the bridge, exclusive of the legal fee mentioned, was $16,836.02, less $3,500 paid by the County of Plymouth and $1,000 paid by the bonding company, or $12,336.02.
There still remains an unpaid balance of $2,000, pledged by the Trustees for work on Miller Street, Rock.
The Trustees have also made an offer to the Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough, to lease in behalf of the Town the cleared land in the rear of the new Fire Station and new High School building, extending to the Nemasket River, for - a public park and playground, for the sum of $1.00 per year, said lease to be for a term of not less than ninety-nine years. In view of the comments as to another additional expense imposed upon the town, which is expected by some will de- rive from this proposition, we would state that there seems tu be very little need of any extraordinary outlay or expense at present time. The land is there and can be improved for playground or park purposes at such times as the town secs fit. In view of the fact that it is in back of the new High School, and with the expectation that the students will have the use of it for a ball field and other purposes, which is one of the special purposes for which we are offering this propo- sition to the town, it would seem that the same should be under the control of the Selectmen or Park Commission, in accordance with statutes providing for the same.
It is with profound regret that we feel compelled to
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withdraw our financial support from the Commercial Course in the Middleborough High School, which was instigated at our suggestion in the year 1908, from which time to the pres- ent date the expense of teachers and typewriting machines has been met from the income of the Peirce Fund.
In anticipation, however, of changes that may be made when the new High School building on North Main Street is occupied, we have opened informal negotiations with mem- bers of the School Board, with hope of arriving at an agree- ment which will be satisfactory to us and will justify our resuming our financial support.
The income diverted will be used toward the cost of the lot on North Main Street, on which the new High Schoci building is being constructed, which lot we agreed to pay for from the income, thus relieving the Town of the necessity of raising money to pay for a lot on which to erect a High School building.
FUND HELD IN TRUST FOR MIDDLEBOROUGHI PUBLIC LIBRARY
Assets
Bonds and premiums on same
Savings Banks Cash
$44,654.54 4.790.74 784.84
$50.230.12
Liabilities
Devised under the will
$50,000.00
Profit and loss
230.12
$50.230.12
Income for 1926 $1,937.39
Paid Treasurer of Middleborough
Public Library 1,937.39
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER E. WESTON, ARTHUR D. BENSON, Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1926
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1926
$29,728.90
Cash received to Jan. 1, 1927 785,875.22
$815,604.12
Payments, 1926 778,831.57
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1927
36,772.55 - $815,604.12
HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Bonds sold, May 1, 1926
$160,000.00
Less bills paid, 1926
96,516.40
Cash in Banks
$63,483.60
Appropriation $15,000.00
Bonus Appropriation 4,890.83
$19,890.83
$83,374.43
Premium on bonds
1.504.00
Balance unexpended
Interest on High School Funds, 1926 Appropriation
$84,878.43 $2,559.78 2,000.00
$4559.78
October Coupons paid
3,200.00
Balance to credit interest account $1,359.78
W. W. BRACKETT, Treasurer.
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TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
Notes and Bonds of the Town of Middleborough as of December 31, 1926
Municipal Light Loan, 4 P. C .-
One note due the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, Nov. 1, 1927 $5 000.00
Plymouth County Hospital Loan, 5 P. C .-
Two notes due the Montgomery Home, $2,000.00 each. due Dec. 15, 1927, and Dec. 15, 1923 4,000.00
One note due the Middleboro Savings Bank, due Dec. 15, 1929 2,000.00
Water Department Loan, 4 P. C .-
14 notes $1.000.00 each due Middleboro Savings
Bank, due Jan. 1, 1927 to Jan. 1, 1940 14,000.00
19 notes $1,000.00 each due the Middleboro Sav- ings Bank, due June 1, 1927, to June 1, 1945 19,000.00
Temporary Loan due the Merchants' National Bank, 3.85 P. C .-
Due March 1, 1927 $20,000.00
Due March 16, 1927 20,000.00
Due April 1, 1927 10,000.00
$50,000.00
New Fire Station-
One note dated April 22, 1926, due April 15. 1927
$10,000.00
One note dated April 22, 1926, due April 15, 1928 10,000.00
One note dated April 22, 1926, due April 15, 1929 10,000.00
One note dated April 22, 1926, due April 15, 1930 5,000.00
$35,000.00
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Nemasket Bridge Construction-
Six notes dated October 1, 1926, $3,000.00 each, due Oct. 1, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 $18,000.09
Notes for Gas Construction, 4 P. C .-
One note due October 1, 1927 $4,000.00
One note due October 1, 1928 3,000.00
One note due October 1, 1929 3,000.00
One note due October 1, 1930
3,000.00
$13,000.00
$160,000.00
W. W. BRACKETT, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR
Taxes of 1924
Outstanding January 1, 1926
$4,353.10
Abated
$
327.82
Collected
3,847.43
4,175.25
$177.85
Taxes of 1925
Outstanding January 1, 1926
$62.085.43
Abated $ 2,965.61
Collected
51,846.27
$54,811.88
$7,273.55
Taxes of 1926
Committment
$309,354.83
Abated 1,126.45
Collected
238,395.25
$239,521.70
$69,833.15
Polls, 1926
Committment $5,458.00 Collected 5,446.00
Moth Taxes, 1923
Outstanding January 1, 1926 $1.50
Abated $ .41 .54
Collected
.95
$ .55
Moth Tax, 1924 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $26.33
-
$12.00
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Abated
$ 1.95
Collected
22.87
24.82
Moth Tax, 1925
Outstanding January 1, 1926
$223.08
Abated
$ .66
Collected
166.42
$167.08
$56.00
Moth Tax, 1926
Committment Collected
$341.83
242.55
$99.28
W. W. BRACKETT, Collector.
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INDEX
Town Officers
GENERAL, REPORTS :
Annual Town Meeting
Appointments by the Selectmen
Chief Police
Dog Officer
Election Officers
Fire Department, Chief of
150
Gas and Electric Dept.
175
Health Officer
161
Highway Department
152 149 160
Inspector of Milk
Inspector of Slaughtering
Jury List
Librarian, Public Library
Moth Department
138
Overseers of the Poor
96
Record of State Election, Nov. 2, 1926
120
Record of State Primary, Sept. 14, 1926
116
School Committee
Sealer of Weights and Measures
135
Selectmen
Special Town Meeting, Jan. 11, 1926
Special Town Meeting, Apr. 12, 1926
Special Town Meeting, June 7, 1926
115
Special Town Meeting, June 28, 1926
115
Special Town Meeting, Sept. 23, 1926
119
Town Clerk
98 125
Marriages
Births
129
Deaths
132
Town Manager
10
Water Department
88
Wire Inspector
143
Tree Warden
151
Trustee of Maria L. H. Pierce Fund for Inmates of Town Farm
137
FINANCIAL REPORTS :
Assessors
181 217
Balance Sheet
Cemetery Trust Funds
186
Collector of Taxes
237 220
Gas and Electric Department
Statement of Accounts
228 196 236
Town Indebtedness
Trustee of Maria L. H. Pierce Fund for Inmates of Town Farm
137
Treasurer, Public Library
184
Town Treasurer
234
Trustees under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce
229
5
98 144 83
142 148 171
Forest Warden
Inspector of Animals
159 156 166
19
8 106 112
Town. Accountant
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