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|Per ct. of| Pupils Attend- under 5 ance
Pupils over 15
Pupils } Days betw'n Ab- sence 7 and 14
Cases of Truan- су
Cases of Tardi- ness
Cases of Dismis- sal
High, Lincoln, IX,
IX,
VIII,
Clara E. Emerson,
57
44.3
41.9
94 6
0
1
44
862
2
62
50
Eunice W. Fobes,
44
38.5
36.1
93.8
0
0
44
874
1
52
50
32
28 7
27.0
94.1
0
0
24
605
0
24
21
Inez V. Decker,
17
41.0
38.8
94.6
0
1
40
795
1
11
19
Clara E. Davidson,
51
43.8
41.4
94.5
0
0
45
860
2
54
15
Jessie S. Dyer,
47
42.1
41.0
97.4
0
0
47
400
0
17
11
Isabel M. Elliot.
47
35.2
33.4
94.9
0
0
37
670
0
87
26
L. Josephine Mansfield,
39
31.3
30.1
96.2
0
0
31
435
0
83
14
Mary I. Hawkins,
25
29.6
28.7
97.0
0
0
28
337
II,
Agnes Anderson,
38
29.1
27.2
93.5
0
0
17
704
1
42
8
Edith R. Marshall,
78
63.7
58.8
92.3
6
0
: 8
1764
0
176
12
M. A. Warren,
41
: 38.0
37.0
97.4
0
1
33
346
0
65
26
Bessie E. David,
36
35.9
34.4
96.0
0
1
26
528
6
67
15
49
48.7
45.0
92.4
0
0
49
716
6
86
15
Irene F. Norton,
40
34.9
33.4
95.7
0
0
33
541
6
132
30
III, IV,
Mary E. C. Geagan,
48
44.5
42.4
95.2
0
0
41
756
0
112
42
Alice J. Kernan,
41
35.6
32.6
92.5
0
()
11
963
0
69
14
I, II,
Elizabeth Gardner,
31
29.5
28.7
93.9
O
0
30
300
0
9
37
IV, V,
Mary E. Kelly,
54
41.0
39.1
95.6
0
0
54
661
2
67
91
II, III,
Dorothy Packer,
18
37.2
38.6
96.6
0
36
492
0
25
14
Elvah M. Hayes,
42
40.2
38.6
96.0
1
0
0
578
0
59
1
I, II,
Sarah E. Wilkins.
40
38.7
37.4
96.6
0
4
35
592
1
42
'22
VII,
Lilla P. McCormick,
30
29.6
27.8
93.8
0
0
31
655
0
26
24.
Cynthia M. Prentice,
48
45.2
42.8
94.7
0
0
43
906
3
25
25
Vienna L. Hill,
51
46.9
44.3
94.5
0
0
43
939
3
28
21
Maude E. Claff,
35
30.1
29.1
96.7
0
0
16
1266
0
32
7
Mercie M. Whittemore,
41
37.8
34.6
30.9
91.9
3
0
2
32
358
5
39
29
Eleanor F. Emerson,
12
35.1
34.0
96.9
0
0
36
441
1
78
26
V, VI,
Eva E. Howlett,
Anastasia E. Donovan,
45
36.3
35.1
96.7
0
0
34
403
0
47
9
III, IV,
Charles H. Howe,
373
346.4
335.8
96.9
0
281
35
1,996
1
382
359
Mrs. M. E. Wentworth,
47
42.7
40.8
95.6
0
6
32
673
26
35
Fannie E. Carter,
4.7
40.8
35.6
94.8
0
22
795
2
24
21
VII.
VI, VII,
.
VI,
V,
IV, V,
IV,
Bernice E. Hendrickson
III.
8
II, III,
I.
31
29.7
28.7
96.6
0
8
12
328
0
30
11
Warren, IX,
VIII,
Mary Kalaher,
VII,
VI,
V,
Lillian A. Shaffer,
51
44.3
38.
01.8
12
27
1305
103
22
Greenwood, VIII, IX,
VI,
V.
IV,
19
III,
II,
I,
Mary Crane.
36
33.7
36.6
35.7
97.5
Hurd, VII, VIII,
3
1019
0
2
50
Susie E. Long,
33
731
0
37
91,5
Hamilton, VI, VII,
25
210
Hurd, I, II,
, Katherine G: Smith, {
15
36.8
34.8
94.6
1
0
9
783
0
91
22
Franklin, VIII,
VII,
Margaret A. Ryan,
VI,
Marion DeC. Ellis,
38
36.1
35.
96.
0)
0
38
418
0
27
6
Selena B. Conway,
49
43.3
40.7
94.1
0
0
47
965
0
181
23
) Marion Poole,
Maude L. Arnoid,
32
28.4
27.2
95.7
0
0
28
456
1
91
8
Margaret E. Foss,
36
29.3
27.9
95.1
0
0
29
493
5
61
9
Katherine L. Kelly,
32
27.3
26.3
96.2
0
0
12
342
0
42
9
Hannah J. Ardill,
55
47.0
43.7
93.4
2
0
6
1130
0
137
13
Sarah B. Titcomb,
1.9
17.7
16.6
94.
0
0
18
385
2
20
16
Mary C. Donovan,
28
26.6
25.3
94.7
3
0
10
472
0
21
2
Elizabeth Law,.
28
22.2
21.0
94.
0
0
23
366
2
37
9
I'II, III, IV,
Grace Orpin,
37
36.9
35.3
95.5
0)
0
21
614
0
64
M. A. Kernan,
29
20.3
25.2
97.4
0
0
29
250
2
60
9
Addie R. Crosman,
43
40.8
38.4
94.0
1
0
43
892
2
125
10
Total,
2,451
2,201.6
2,069.3
94.98
17
327
1,484
35,539
73
3,363
1,402
33
26.6
25.1
94.4
0
2
19
512
4
84
20
38.6
36.4
94.2
0
1
40
837
4
77
40
4.3
V,
IV.
III,
II,
I,
Woodville, III, IV,
I, II.
Montrose, V, VI, VII,
Prospect St., III, IV, I, II,
The above statistics are for the school year, September, 1908, to June, 1909.
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) Marion L. Whitelaw, ) T. Frank Shea.
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APPENDIX C. SCHOOL ORGANIZATION. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. Jacob H. Carfrey, 1905, Syracuse University, $2000 .* SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK. Lucy A. Noyes, $312. LIST OF REGULAR TEACHERS TO DATE.
Name.
Grade.
Date of first elect'n.
Where Educated.
Salary.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMON STREET
C. H. Howe
Principal First Ass't
1895
Dartmouth College
$2000
Helen W. Poor
1890
Radcliffe
850
Lester S. Hart
Assistant
1901
Tufts
66
850
Elizabeth F. Ingram
1881
Smith
750
Florence W. Lowell
1908
Bates
750
M. Hannah Wait
66
1909
Mt. Union
1100
Clara H. Frederick
66
1904
Vassar
750
Sarah W. Kelley
1905
Wellesley
66
750
Ralph C. Bean
1906
Colby Coll., Harv. Univ.
800
Marion Cousens
1909
Radcliffe
550
Fannie M. Clement
66
1902
600
Olive P. Roberts
1909
200
LINCOLN SCHOOL CRESCENT STREET Mrs. M. E. Wentworth
Principal
1871
Berwick Academy
1000
Ass't
IX
1908
Farmington Normal
600
Fannie E. Carter
IX
1886
Millbury High
600
Sarah E. Wilkins
VIII
1883
Salem Normal
600
Eunice W. Forbes
VII
1904
Farmington Normal 66
550
Inez V. Decker
VI, VII
1908
66
500
Clara E. Davidson
VI
1907
500
Jessie S. Dyer
V
1900
Quincy Training School
550
Isabel M. Elliot
IV, V
1900
Wakefield High
550
Bernice M.Hendrickson
IV
1908
Salem Normal
450
L. Josephine Mansfield
III
1875
550
Mary I. Hawkins
II
1896
Southboro High
550
Agnes Anderson
I
1900
550
Edith R. Marshall
I
1894
550
Fannie S. Knight
Ass't
1909
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
280
H. M. WARREN SCHOOL
CONVERSE STREET
Principal
1871
Wakefield High
800
Mary Kalaher
VIII
1888
Salem Normal
600
Bessie E. David
VII, VIII
1907
Bridgewater Normal
500
Irene F. Norton
VI
1908
Hyannis Normal
475
Lillian A. Shaffer
V
1908
475
Mary E. C. Geagan
III, IV
1906
Lowell
500
Alice J. Kernan
I, II
1890
Wakefield High
550
HAMILTON SCHOOL
ALBION STREET Elizabeth Gardner
Principal
1898
Calais, Me., High
650
Mary E. Kelly
IV, V
1884
Wakefield High
550
Dorothy Packer
II, ÍII
1906
Salem Normal
525
Mary C. Donovan
I, II
1904
Symonds K. T. S.
475
1903
Radcliffe
750
S. Ed. McConnell
66
Tufts College
650
1908
M. Alice Ryan
Wakefield High
Mineola Clough
Truro Provincial Normal
Wakefield High
Wakefield High 66
66
M. A. Warren
* One-tenth of this salary is paid by Lynnfield.
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LIST OF REGULAR TEACHERS TO DATE-Continued.
Name.
Grade.
Date of first elect'n.
Where Educated.
Salary.
GREENWOOD SCHOOL MAIN STREET
Ross Vardon
Principal
1910
Bridgewater Normal
$1000
Annie A. Moulton
VIII, IX
1909
Boston University
475
Lila P. McCormick
VII
1891
Wheaton Seminary
550
Cynthia M. Prentice
VI
1906
Salem Normal
500
Vienna L. Hill
V
1900
Dover High
550
Maude E. Claff
IV
1907
Denver Normal
500
Susie E. Long
III
1907
Castine Normal
500
Mercie M. Whittemore
1900
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
525
Mary M. Crane
I
1906
Salem Normal
450
F. P. HURD SCHOOL
CORDIS STREET
Principal
1887
Salem Normal
675
Eva E. Howlett
V, VI
1880
550
Anastasia E. Donovan
III, IV
1908
450
Louise U. Ekman
I, II
1909
Woburn T. S.
450
FRANKLIN SCHOOL NAHANT STREET
Principal
1902
Westfield Normal
1000
Margaret A. Ryan
VII
1905
Boston University
475
Marion DeC. Ellis
VI
1908
Emerson Coll. of Oratory
475
Selena B. Conway
V
1909
Gloucester High
450
Maude L. Arnold
IV
1899
Salem Normal
550
Katherine L. Kelly
III
1894
550
Hazel I. Oliver
II
1909
400
Hannah J. Ardill
I
1892
66
550
WOODVILLE SCHOOL
FARM STREET
Principal
1906
Salem Normal
475
Marion R. Brooks
I, II
1908
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
400
MONTROSE SCHOOL
SALEM STREET
Maude H. Phelps
Principal
1909
Castine Normal
450
Grace Orpin
I, II, III, IV
1906
Hyannis Normal
475
PROSPECT ST. SCHOOL
PROSPECT STREET
Mabel A. Kernan
Principal
1899
550
Addie R. Crosman
I, II
1899
Wakefield High Wellesley College
550
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Name.
Position.
Date of first elect'n.
Where Educated.
Salary.
George F. Wilson
Sup'v'r Music
1877
Boston Conservatory
$800
Maude E. Black
Drawing
1906
Boston Normal Art
600
Bertha A. Chapman
T'ch'r Sewing
1908
Simmons College
650
Harlan B. Peabody
Sloyd
1908
Salem Nor. & Sloyd Tr.
800
John H. McMahon
Mili'y Inst'r
1909
A Co., 6th Inf., M. V. M.
100
Eleanor F. Emerson
T. Frank Shea
Sarah B. Titcomb
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JANITORS.
Name.
School.
Residence.
Salary.
Nathaniel Hines
High
Pine Street, Greenwood
$750
Charles E. Newman
Lincoln
18 Yale Avenue
850
Edward E. Eaton
Warren and Hamilton
13 Gould Street
650
Josiah H. Ringer
Greenwood
Greenwood Av., Greenw'd 475
W. W. Shedd
F. P. Hurd
25 Cordis Street 225
Thomas Thrush
Franklin
32 Franklin Street
450
Charles E Classen
Woodville
Nahant Street
110
Maurice F. Hurley
Montrose
289 Lowell Street
85
Edwin C. Swain
West Ward
31 Fairmount Avenue
85
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Assessors 'Report
Assessed value of personal prop-
erty, excluding resident bank stock .
$1,450,293 00
Resident bank stock .
103,250 00
$1,553,543 00
Assessed value of real estate :
Buildings .
$4,428,890 00
Land
3,106,665 00
$7,535,555 00
Total valuation .
$9,089,098 00
Number of residents assessed on
property :
Individuals
1,605
All others
.
239
Total
1,844
Number of non-residents assessed
on property :
Individuals
539
All others
93
Total
632
Number of persons assessed :
On property
2,476
For poll tax only
.
2,067
Total
4,543
Number of poll tax payers
2,997
Number of dwellings assessed
1,987
Number of acres of land assessed
3,897
Number of horses assessed
361
Number of cows assessed .
274
Rate of taxation per thousand .
$19 00
.
.
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TAX LEVY
State tax
$11,295 00
County tax
9,677 54
Metropolitan sewer tax
8,125 52
Metropolitan park tax
. 4,282 09
$33,380 15
Bond retirements :
Warren School
2,000 00
Greenwood School .
.
1,000 00
Junction School
1,500 00
North School .
500 00
Greenwood School
1,000 00
Junction School
500 00
High School repairs
1,000 00
Sewerage, 1st issue
2,000 00
Sewerage, 2nd issue
1,000 00
Municipal Light Plant, extensions
2,500 00
Insurance premiums
500 00
Cooper Street bridge
500 00
Metropolitan park .
500 00
Fire station
.
1,000 00
Park, local ·
500 00
Town Hall seats
500 00
$16,500 00
APPROPRIATIONS
November meeting :
Moth work
$3,347 02
Repairs, Town Hall
50 70
Police department .
150 00
Gould Street sidewalk
400 00
Highway department
1,300 00
Poor department
2,500 00
Fire alarm
50 00
Municipal Light Plant
5,000 00
Forest Warden
150 00
Fire department
.
600 00
$13,547 72
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March meeting : School department :
General pay rolls
$44,093 34
Fuel
4,500 00
Books and supplies
3,000 00
Contingent .
2,800 00
Evening school
900 00
$55,293 34
Interest .
13.795 59
Poor department
7,000 00
Police department
2,680 00
Town Hall
2,000 00
Miscellaneous .
5,500 00
Forest Warden
250 00
Tree Warden .
200 00
Fire department
7,050 00
Park department
800 00
Richardson Light Guard .
1,120 00
· State aid
4,000 00
Soldiers' relief
4,000 00
Military aid .
500 00
Town Library
915 00
Reading Room
240 00
Fish Committee
25 00
Street sprinkling
1,800 00
Hydrant rental, 191 at $20
3,820 00
9 standpipes, 3 fountains, 3 horse troughs .
1,125 00
Sewer department
700 00
Fire alarm, maintenance . $100 00
Construction
50 00
150 00
Water dept., maint'nce $13,250 00
Construction
· 5,000 00
Interest . · · 8,600 00
Bond retirement . 4,000 00
30,850 00
Highway department
6,000 00
.
·
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Greenwood Hose House, repairs
225 00
Fire alarm box, Warren Ave. .
85 00
Fire department, hats and coats
200 00
Memorial Day
300 00
Moth work
1,300 00
Police protection, West side, .
400 00
Municipal Light Plant :
Bond retirements . $8,550 00
Interest . 5,309 00
Depreciation
. 5,405 35
Maintenance
. 47,142 60
Unpaid bills
1,812 73
$68,219 68
Less cash on hand . 1,219 68
67,000 00
.July 4th
300 00
Assessors, clerical service
150 00
Salaries, Water Com'rs . $275 00
Light Commissioners 275 00
Sewer Commissioners 137 50
687 50
Police department
1,719 04
Salaries, Town officers
6,426 25
Gong, Fire station .
327 50
Storage building
300 00
Increase, Firemen's pay .
958 00
$230,192 22
Total levy
$293,620 09
RECEIPTS
Water department .
$33,348 22
Municipal Light Plant
55,347 29
Moth work
144 00
Malden Court, fines
578 43
John R. Fairbain, fines
5 00
License fees
.
.
330 00
219
Interest on deposits
222 08
Sealer weights and measures
69 63
Release tax deeds .
585 61
Refund, Town Hall seats
171 70
State of Mass. :
Moth work
$4,927 83
Corporation tax
13,079 00
Bank tax
1,201 86
Military aid
220 00
State aid ·
3,861 00
Armory rent
977 50
Burial soldiers .
72 00
24,339 19
Refund, soldiers' relief
4 00
Milk Inspector, receipts
28 50
December assessments
545 46
Unexpended balances
1,126 39
116,845 50
Net levy after deducting receipts
$176,774 59
ABATEMENTS MADE ON 1909 LEVY
Soldiers' exemptions :
Real estate
$1,313 85
Poll tax .
74 00
$1,387 85
Widows' exemptions
425 60
Personal property, sworn off
111 72
Over valuation
.
189 02
Clerical errors
.
.
.
14 78
$2,128 97
FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE, SAMUEL T. PARKER, CHARLES A. CHENEY,
Assessors.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Municipal Light Board
AND MANAGER
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
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Report of the Municipal Light Board.
The year just past has been, at the Light Plant, one largely of reconstruction, reorganization and repair. So fully were the con- ditions at the Plant set forth in last year's Town Meeting that it remains for your Board to report only what has been done to improve the then existing conditions.
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT.
Installation of the new switchboard was completed and the final payment of $800 made thereon. To carry out the plan for unify- ing the station, a second hand 90 K.W. alternating current gen- erator was purchased and installed to replace the old direct cur- rent machine, together with a switchboard panel with instruments for controlling the machines, the cost being $700. The 1000-volt alternating generator was rewound, making it a 2200-volt machine, which is the standard voltage of the station, the expense of this work being $93.50. The small alternating generator burned out its armature during the year, repair of which occasioned an ex- pense of about $85.
A new constant current transformer was purchased and installed at an expense of $510, the engine and dynamo room renovated and painted, besides many minor changes and repairs. To make these changes and still keep the town supplied with current is highly creditable to the head of the electrical department, William E. Weare, and the engineer, James A. Sederquest.
The old contract under which the Town purchased its day cur-
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rent of a private corporation having expired, your Board concluded a two-year agreement with the town of Reading through its Light Board at a better rate and on better terms than under the former contract, the annual rate for Non-Peak current being, for the first 35,000 Kilowatt hours, three cents, and all further current, two cents. Peak current, unlimited in amount, three cents.
RATES FOR POWER.
Power rates will not be given on motors smaller than 1 horse-
power.
400 Kilowatt hours or less
.10 Gross
.07
net
Over 400 and under 500 K. W. H.
.09
.06
66
Over 500 and under 750 K. W. H.
.08
66
.05
66
Over 750 and under 1000 K. W. H.
.. 07
66
.04
Over 1000 and under 1500 K. W. H.
.06₺
.03↓
66
1 500 and over
.06
66
.03 66
A minimum charge based on the rated Horsepower of motors will be made of 75c. per H.P. on from 1 to 3 II.P. inclusive, and 50c. per H.P. on all larger motors.
GAS DEPARTMENT.
A new gas holder to contain 100,000 cubic feet of gas was erected on the site of the old holder house, the building and ring of which had to be removed for the purpose. The foundation for the new holder was put in by the management of the Plant and is a thoroughly satisfactory job. The steel work was furnished and erected by Davis & Farnum, and does that firm full credit. The entire expense of the holder, foundations and all preliminary work, was $12,932.39. In connection with the new holder a street governor was required, the cost of which, with all connect- ing piping, was $608.90.
A new station meter of sufficient capacity for the future needs of the Plant was bought, with the necessary valves and piping, at an expense of $682.41. The replacement of much of the old gas · pipe by new mains, as ordered by the town at the beginning of the year was carried out, parts of this work proving very difficult because of the great depth at which the pipes required to be laid.
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The expenditure on these replacements amounted to $6,782.47. Thirty feet of stone retaining wall was constructed to hold the railroad embankment and give increased yard room.
We were forced to renew the retorts in two of the gas benches and rebuild the furnace in the third at an expense of $1,496.95.
Many minor changes were made in the gas department, includ- ing a new tar pump, enlargement of the retort house by the removal and rebuilding of its west wall, construction of a passage- way from theretort house to the coal shed, etc.
The Town at the fall meeting ordered your Board to purchase and install a Water Gas Set. This has been contracted for, the building is in process of erection and the set should be in opera- tion by the beginning of spring.
The execution of the vast amount of work in this department, indicated above, in addition to supplying the largest gas demand in the history of the works, reflects the greatest credit on the head of this department, Patrick McLaughlin.
FIRE ALARM.
A repeating box was installed in the Central Fire Station, thereby giving the Fire Engineers the power to ring any box num- ber from the engine house. In compliance with the vote of the fall meeting we have purchased an indicator for the Volunteer Hose House and also one for the Greenwood Hose House, and seven new fire alarm boxes to replace an equal number that are worn out. A set of storage battery cells, also a replacement, and suffi- cient wire to renew one fire alarm circuit. This apparatus will be installed as fast as it is received and will much improve the ser- vice in this department.
REAL ESTATE.
A large number of repairs have been made in the real estate, the buildings entirely repainted, the roofs repaired, glass replaced, etc.
OFFICE.
Because [ of the increasing business of the Plant, your Board requested the Town, at the fall meeting, to provide suitable quar-
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ters in the Town Hall for the Light Plant Office. This request was granted and a portion of the " old court room " is being fitted up for this purpose. This change will be a great benefit to the Department, and an undoubted convenience to the public.
An expert accountant is now at work simplifying and improv- ing our system of book-keeping, and also providing for the estab- lishment of a stock system, the absence of such a system in the past rendering a true and accurate statement of the Department's business almost impossible.
These changes in the office and accounting will, we believe, tend to relieve to a certain degree the severe labor that has fallen to the part of our very efficient head book-keeper, Miss Maud V. Howard.
We would call attention to the fact that the fiscal year contains only eleven calendar months, and in making comparisons between this report and the reports of other years this fact should not be lost sight of.
In spite of the fact that such an amount of extraordinary work has been performed at the Plant the manufacture of gas has in- creased at the rate of about six per cent. and the sales of electric- ity at about twenty per cent. Upon the completion of the im- provements now provided for the Town will own one of the best Gas Plants of its size in New England, and an Electric Plant that may be run at small expense until the demands upon it exceed its capacity.
That so much has been accomplished in a time so short is due in large measure to the efficiency of the Manager of the Plant, A. B. Morton, whom your Board is pleased to commend.
CURTIS L. SOPHER, M. D., Chairman, EDWIN C. MILLER, L. WALLACE SWEETSER, Secretary.
Wakefield Municipal Light Board.
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Report of Manager.
MESSRS. DR. CURTIS L. SOPHER
L. WALLACE SWEETSER and E. C. MILLER. Municipal Light Board of Wakefield :
GENTLEMEN,-The sixteenth annual report (covering a period of eleven months) of the manager, showing the operation of the plant for the year ending December 31st, 1909, is respectfully submitted.
COMPARATIVE REPORT OF FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1909.
Ending Dec. 31, 1909. Jan. 31, 1909.
Ending
Hours street lights were operated
1,516
1,801
Hours commercial and house incandescent lights were operated (24 hour service)
8,016
8,760
Total number gas consumers
1,262
1,161
Showing gain on previous year
101
92
Total number electric consumers
304
285
Showing gain over previous year
19
34
Services laid during year
78
70
Gas ranges connected
68
81
Hot plates
7
18
Water heaters connected
5
4
Gas heaters connected
·
13
15
We have now 931 gas ranges connected.
.
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Ending Dec. 31, '09 Ending Jan. 31, '09
Gas manufactured . · 31,810,000 33,576,000 cu. ft.
Gas accounted for .
. 25,709,800 27,848,500
Gas not accounted for
· 6,100,900
5,727,500
or
19 per ct. 17 per ct.
Tons of steam coal used in elec-
eric dept. .
614 tons
1,077 tons
Tons of coke used in electric
dept.
167 66
54
"Tons of gas coal carbonized On hand :
2,938 “
3,160
Gas coal .
150
467 66
Steam coal
65
51 .6
Coke
400 66
275 .6
Tar
6,500 gal.
-6,600 gal.
Number of street lamps in operation :
Arc lamps
48
50
Incandescent lamps
407
394
Electric extensions were made on the following streets :
STREET LIGHT EXTENSIONS.
Bartley Street
125 feet
Crescent Street
.
.
250 “
Foster Street .
137 6
Jordan Avenue
500 “
Main Street
20
،،
Nahant Street
290
Salem Street .
500
66
Stedman Street
350
66
Winn Street .
255 “
Total number of feet ·
. 2,427
COMMERCIAL EXTENSIONS.
Byron Street .
735 feet
Cordis Street
.
.
95 ‹‹
Eustis Avenue
770 66
Francis Avenue
660 “
227
Foster Street .
150 feet
Main Street .
.
1,040 “
Mechanic Street
125 “
Summit Avenue
100 “
Shumway Circle
250 ‹‹
West Chestnut Street
180 ‹‹
Total number of feet Gas mains were extended on the following streets :
A.von Court
.
2 in.
195 feet
Cordis Street .
.
·
2 in. 550 “
Curve Street
2 in. 175 66
Cedar Street
2 in, 276 66
Eustis Avenue
12 in. 123 6
Turnbull Avenue -
¿ in. 50 46
Vine Street
2 in.
340.“
Number of feet each size pipe laid :
¿ in. .
390 66
1} in. .
.
123
2 in. .
. 1,196
MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTS.
Actual earnings and expenses, the inventories as of Jan. 31, 1909 and December 31, 1909 respectively considered :
STATEMENT OF EARNINGS AND EXPENSES OF ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT.
EARNINGS.
Sales of electricity
Less discounts
$13,853 31
2,388 59
Station lighting .
·
. Sale of steam to gas department
$11,464 72 368 60
(11 months) ·
1,008 34
.
.
4,105 66
.
.
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Sale of incandescent lamps .
416 47
Inventory incandescent lamps Dec. 31.
1909 . 178 63
Sales of electric jobbing
358 16
Inventory of electric jobbing Dec. 31, 1909 .
225 42
Fans rental
.
143 10
Inventory fans rental Dec. 31, 1909 .
504 -60
$14,668 04
EXPENSES.
Steam coal
$2,590 32
Carbons
96 59
Oil and waste
130 54
Repairs steam plant
203 33
arc lamps
150 05
66 electric lines .
992 40
66 meters and transformers
15 35
66 electric plant ..
440 47
66 real estate
439 17
General salaries .
1,764 72
Station wages .
3,043 12
Distribution wages
785 56
Care of arc lamps
150 99
Care of grounds (one-half)
96 65
Stable expense (one-half)
890 43
Auditor's fees (one-half)
80 00
General office expense (one-half)
246 29
Incandescent lamps (commercial)
487 90
Inventory incandescent lamps Jan. 1909
73 88
Jobbing
462 75
Inventory jobbing Jan. 1909
227 06
Current bought .
1,764 79
Telephone (one-half) .
103 72
Insurance (one-half)
462 67
Globes · .
32 72
Wages meter takers (three-sixteenths) 77 89
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Incidental .
7 00
Incandescent street lamps
606 21
Fans rental
204 11
Inventory fans rental Jan. 1909
263 60
Station tools
195 50
Distribution tools . ·
50 03
Water
417 72
$17,553 53
Deducting sales .
14,668 04
$2,885 49
Commissioners' salaries, one-half of $300 $150 00
* Interest on bonds and notes
2,356 06
*Depreciation of 3 per cent.
2,216 19
4,722 25
Net cost of street lighting
$7,607 74
STATEMENT OF EARNINGS AND EXPENSES OF GAS MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT.
EARNINGS.
Sales of gas
. $37,656 14
Less discounts .
6,072 79
$31,583 35
Sales of coke
6,591 79
Inventory of coke Dec. 31, 1909
1,600 00
Sales of tar
1,465 01
Inventory of tar Dec. 31, 1909
216 00
Sales of gas stoves
1,401 86
Inventory of stoves Dec. 31, 1909
814 29
Sales of jobbing gas
1,227 24
Inventory of jobbing gas, Dec. 31, 1909
550 67
Sales of gas arcs
141 40
Inventory of gas arcs .
97 95
* Interest and depreciation, here stated, are the same per cent. of total interest and depreciation as electric plant is of the total combined plant, as shown by the books.
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Meter rentals
95 26
Station lighting . .
554 87
$46,339 69
EXPENSES.
Coal (gas)
$15,272 01
Steam from electric department
1,008 34
Repairs gas mains
159 51
66
gas meters
75 48
at works
346 06
real estate
1,271 50
66 benches . .
1,496 70
Purifying, including labor
459 52
General salaries .
1,764 72
Station tools
107 78
Advertising
196 85
Distribution tools
186 63
Station wages
4,532 31
Distribution wages
1,043 82
Care of grounds (one-half)
96 65
Stable expense (one-half)
890 43
General office (one-half)
246 29
Auditor's fees (one-half)
80 00
Jobbing gas account .
1,295 ( 9
Inventory jobbing gas Jan. 1909
524 17
Coke
640 31
Inventory of coke Jan. 1909
1,168 75
Tar
66 81
Inventory of tar Jan. 1909
240 00
Gas stoves and labor .
1,228 84
Inventory of gas stoves Jan. 1909
637 18
Gas arcs
108 41
Inventory of gas arcs Jan. 1909 .
101 44
Incidentals 60
Meter takers wages (thirteen-sixteenths) 337 48
Distribution gas material 82 71
Telephone (one-half) .
103 72
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