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Hours regular street lights were op. erated
2,873
2,808
Hours square street lights were op-
erated since July 7, 1914.
1,633
Total number of gas consumers.
1,977
1,856
Gain over previous year .
121
180
Total number of electric consumers.
687
572
Gain over previous year
115
92
Gas services laid
116
109
Gas ranges sold
75
108
Hot plates
13
18
Water heaters
12
20
Gas room heaters
20
12
Electric service made
107
58
Gas manufactured and sold :
Cubic ft.
Coal gas
37,946,000
Water gas
6,838,000
Total
44,784,000
43,155,000
Gas accounted for
33,487,700
31,230,400
Gas unaccounted for
11,296,300
11,924,600
Or
25.2%
27.6%
Gain in gas sold
5.6%
7%
Current bought, manufactured and sold :
Current bought of Reading to Oct. 19, 1914
104,627
127,580
Current bought of Edison Co. since Oct. 19, 1914
111,580
Current generated to Oct. 19, 1914. .
210,155
265,373
Total current delivered to switch-
board
426,362
392,953
295
Commercial current distributed.
254,259
A gain of
279,895 10.1%
16.3%
Total regular street light current distributed 137,687
Total square street light current dis- tributed
10,780
Total street light current for town. .
146,467
138,694
A gain of
5.6%
*59.9%
Miscellaneous :
Ending
Ending
Dec. 31, 1914 Dec. 31, 1913.
Coal used in electric department.
613 tons
994 tons
Coke used in electric department.
658
447 tons
Gas coal carbonized
3,807 tons
3,400 tons
Gas oil used 36,661 gals
47,287 gals
On hand :
Gas coal
483 tons
68 tons
Steam coal
0 tons
20 tons
Coke
5 tons
30 tons
Tar
9,250 gals
4,400 gals
Gas oil
4,385 gals
4,500 gals
Street lights :
Number of lights in operation
559
536
Street light extensions made :
Ft.
On Oak St.
310
On Oak St., cor. Green St.
60
On Montrose Ave.
850
On Hillis Ave.
225
On Brett Court
210
On Pine Walk
210
At Junction Station
200
Total 2,065
*This large increase due mostly to all-night street lighting, by vote of town.
296
Commercial extensions :
On Warren St. 420
On Norwell Road 135
On Water St. 1,579
On Richardson Ave.
305
On Prospect St.
366
On West St. 120
On Parker Road 750
On Orchard St., Greenwood 250
On Park St., Greenwood 400
On Vernon St. 400
On Harrison Ave. and Essex St. 1,218
On Nahant St.
425
On Wharton Park Place
320
On Oak St. 855
385
On Jordan Ave.
345
On Walton Road
325
On Orchard St.
300
On Greenwood and Pine Sts. 510
On Armory St.
600
On Main St.
150
On Frank St.
290
On Lawrence St.
105
On Emerson St. 115
On Main St. 200
On Water St. 3,175
Total 14,043
Gas extensions :
Ft.
On Cedar St., from present end toward Prospect St., 2-in. W. I. 42
On Parker Road, from Eustis Ave., 2-in. W. I. 732
On Water St., from North Ave. to Farm St., 4-in. W. I .. 3,200 2-in. W. I .. 3,725
On Pleasant St.
297
On Richmond St., from Water to northerly end, 2-in. W.I. 1,447 On Curtis St., from Richmond St. to end, 11/4-in. W. I ... 978 On Catalpa St., from Richmond St., 11/4 W. I. 700 On Brook Ave., southerly from Water St., 11/4-in. W. I ... 332 On Sumner St., southerly from Water St., 11/4-in. W. I .. 338 On Perham St., northerly from Water St., 11/4-in. W. I .. 565
On Blossom St., from Perham St., 11/4-in. W. I. 135
On Spring St., southerly from Water St., 11/4-in. W. I. .. 365
On Valley St., from Water and Melvin Sts., 11/4-in W. I. 2,086 On Cedar St., near Auburn St., 4-in. C. I. 158
On Park St., Greenwood, 3/4-in. W. I. 81
On High St., Greenwood, 3/4-in. W. I. 96
On Wakefield Ave., from Water St., 2-in. W. I. 255
On Water St., from end toward Saugus line, 1-in. W. I .. . 262
On Central St., from Main St., 2-in. W. I. 250
On Columbia Road, from Water St., 2-in. W. I. 432
On Bartley St., from Lake St. to Albion St., 2-in. W. I ... 1,700
On Vernon St., to supply No. 211, 2-in. W. I. 185
On Prospect St., toward Hopkins St., 2-in. W. I. 46
On Orchard St., Wakefield, 2-in. W. I. 69
On Prospect St., to supply bridges, 2-in. W. I. 300
On Pine St., Greenwood, near Francis Ave., 3/4-in. W. I. 50
On Meriam St., 1-in. W. I. 235
On Nahant St., from Farm St., 1-in. W. I. 664
19,428
Number of feet of each size laid :
4-inch C. I. 158
4-inch W. I. 3,200
2-inch W. I. 9,183
114-inch W. I. 5,499
1-inch W. I. 1,161
34-inch W. I. 227
19,428
298
Manufacturing Accounts
Actual earnings and expenses, the inventories as of Decem- ber, 1913-1914, respectively, considered.
Statements of earnings and expenses of Electric manufactur- ing account.
Earnings :
Sales of electricity
$29,326.67
Less discounts 5,731,66
$23,595.01
Sale of steam to gas department
2,400.00
Sale of incandescent lamps
469.90
Sale of jobbing electric
1,105.59
Sale and rental of fans
251.50
Stock inventory :
Carbons
25.73
Globes 6.33
Incandescent lamps
130.14
Incandescent street lamps
238.12
Poles, wire and equipment
264.35
Electric appliances and repairs
119.95
$784.62
$28,606.62
Expenses :
Steam coal
$2,900.58
Coke used ($2,634.14 charged to electric manufacturing account).
Oil and waste
174.53
Repair steam plant
469.82
Repair lines 4,657.90
Repair meters and transformers 141.28
Repair electric plant 154.93
Repair real estate electric
66.82
299
General salaries 1,920.37
Station wages 3,416.10
Distribution wages 615.81
Care of street lights
38,43
Care of grounds (one-half) 53.98
Stable expense 401.59
Interest on guarantee deposit (one-fifth) .. 4.84
General expense (one-half) 4.57
Office, printing and stationery (one-half) ..
261.32
Incandescent lamps, commercial 460.30
Jobbing electrics 1,037.19
Telephone (one-half) 45.15
Current bought
4,739.98
Insurance (one-half)
452.82
Wages meter takers (one-fourth)
200.68
Incidentals
9.07
Incandescent street lamps
927.58
Fans and rental
232.17
Station tools
32.81
Distribution tools
33.72
Water
59.33
Lighting station (693.58).
Deducting sales
$23,513.67
A gross profit 5,092.95
The following to be deducted :
Commissioners' salaries, one-half $300.00 .. $150.00
*Interest on bonds
1,862.50
*Depreciation 3,146.09
$5,158.59
A net loss $65.64
*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.
300
Statement of Earnings and Expenses of Gas Manufactur- ing Account
Earnings :
Sales of gas
$45,744.39
Less discounts
3,952.94
$41,791.45
Sales of coke ($2,634.14 charged to electric department)
7,609.56
Inventory of coke, Dec. 31, 1914
20.00
Sales of tar
1,489.24
Inventory of tar, Dec. 31, 1914
291.00
Oil tar
55.75
Sale of gas stoves
1,988.72
Sale and rental of gas arcs
93.50
Inventory of gas arcs, Dec. 31, 1914.
31.70
Meter rentals 67.04
946.02
Sales of gas services Stock inventory :
692.14
Stoves
$265.53
Pipe, fittings and burners.
919.93
1,185.46
14,470.13
$56,261,58
Expenses :
Coal Gas :$18,590.56
Steam from electric department, $2,400.00,
charged to gas manufacturing account.
Repair gas mains
604.40
Repair gas meters
188.97
Repair at works
1,893.33
Repair real estate gas 41.04
Repair benches
3,111.23
Purifying, including labor
855.42
General salaries
1,920.79
Sales of jobbing gas
301
Station tools 228.36
Advertising 121.10
Distribution tools 67.24
Station wages 7,156.96
Distribution wages 2,934.81
Care of grounds (one-half ) 53.97
Stable expense (67%) 815.35
Office, printing. and stationery (one-half) . 261.32
General expense (one-half) 4.58
Collections (E. E. Lee, $57.99; J. R. Reid & Son, $5.47) 63.46
Jobbing Gas 1,052.24
Gas services 1,059.30
Coke 703.05
Inventory of coke, December, 1913
120.00
Tar
239.34
Inventory of tar, December, 1913
145.50
Gas stoves
1,574.24
Gas arcs
64.57
Inventory of gas arcs, December, 1913
29.30
Incidentals, gas 18.47
Wages meter takers (three-fourths)
602.07
Distribution gas material
91.12
Telephone (one-half) 45.14
Interest on guarantee deposits (four-fifths) 19.39
Insurance
452.83
Connecting stoves and appliances 256.53
Gas oil 1,904.86
Office furniture and fixtures
136.26
Repair Town Hall office
1.00
Lighting works ($481.96).
A gross profit $47,428.10
$8,833.48
302
The following to be deducted :
Commissioners' salaries, one-half $300.00. . $150.00
*Interest on bonds 2,793.75
*Depreciation 4,719.13
$7,662.88
A net profit $1,170.60
Assets
Machinery and manufacturing appli-
ances
$42,075.03
Real estate gas
11,592.78
Gas mains
48,095.16
Gas meters 13,047.86
Real estate electric 7,325.01
Steam plant
11,025.17
Electric plant
11,127.35
Pole lines
33,412.22
Arc lamps
2,103.87
Transformers
6,893.67
Electric meters 7,415.77
Station tools, electric inventory
607.40
Station tools, gas inventory
469.80
Distribution tools, electric inventory
185.79
Distribution tools, gas inventory .
522.39
Office furniture and fixtures inventory . .
589.65
Horses and wagons inventory
1,537.97
Hay and grain inventory
36.90
Coke inventory
20.00
Gas oil inventory
213.77
Tar inventory
291.00
Oil and waste inventory
30.50
Repair steam plant inventory
62.47
*Interest and depreciation here stated are the same per cent of total interest and depreciation as gas plant is of the total combined plant, as shown by the books.
303
Insurance fire protection apparatus in-
ventory
460.63
Insurance unexpired inventory 493.09
Stable tools inventory
11.80
Garden tools inventory
30.30
Purifying material inventory
270.00
Fire alarm supplies inventory
77.35
Gas arcs, inventory
31.70
Distribution gas material inventory .
7.20
Repair mains material inventory
63.74
Fans inventory
487.84
Due from electric consumers inventory .
3,497.41
Due from gas consumers inventory . 3,673.17
Due from other accounts
918.93
Fire alarm installation
5,343.62
Gas coal inventory
2,180.22
Stock inventory :
Carbons
25.73
Globes
6.33
Incandescent lamps
130.14
Incandescent street lamps
238.12
Poles, wire and electric equipment
264.35
Stoves
265.53
Jobbing gas
919.93
Repair lines
119.95
Assets in excess of present liabilities. $218,198.61
Balance to profit and loss 101,653.07
$106,545.54
Liabilities
Bonds outstanding, original $90,000.00
Bonds outstanding, new gas addition. . . 12,500.00
Town notes 9,000.00
Interest accrued, but not due 1,111.25
Guarantee deposits
1,404.00
Bills payable 2,530.29
$116,545.54
304
Appropriation notes, bonds new construc-
tions, etc, paid to date :
Appropriation note payments $9,300.00
Appropriation bond payments 112,500.00
Appropriation extension gas mains. 21,948.24
Appropriation extension electric lines. . 9,600.72
Appropriation construction electric. ..
1,780.02
Appropriation new street lights 1,217.87
Appropriation new fire alarm equipment 4,290.16
Appropriation new gas extension. . . . . . 6,814.29
Appropriation extension gas, Montrose.
3,000.00
*$170,451.30
Paid Bills - 1914
American Express
$43.13
Andren, Karl Co., motors
29.51
American Oil & Gasoline Co., kerosene
4.80
American Steel & Wire Co., wire
40.36
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
9,568.10
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fittings
780.25
Byers, A. M. & Co., pipe
2,593.44
Bonney & Dutton, supplies
7.98
Baker, E. A., insulators
5.00
Berry, S. & Son, hay
24.46
Bay State Lub. Co., grease
3.00
Burroughs Adding Machine
124.00
Bay State St. R. R. Co., scrap rails and setting poles.
180.60
Bond, Harold L. Co., shovels
40.63
Binner, C. S. Corp., order books
7.00
Brown Instrument Co., repairing pyrometer
7.42
Bader Coal Co., cannel coal
210.45
*While the above appropriation accounts are not strictly liabilities in the ordinary acceptation of the term, they belong in any proper system of accounting upon the same side of the ledger as bonds out- standing, and are for convenience grouped with them under the same designation.
305
Barrett Manfg. Co., tar barrels
9.00
Buckminster, G. H. & Co., arrestors and pipe. 30.03
Ball, Charles C., florist 5.00
Bristol Co., The, charts 35.00
Brooklyn Bolt & Forging Co., guy anchor
1.49
Burditt & Williams Co., thermometer
2.70
Beasley, Geo. W., hardware
1.48
Cabot Manfg. Co., trays
34.37
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., charts
9.11
Central Foundry Co., locks
1.64
Carter, Carter & Meigs Co., mercury
28.35
Curley Bros. hay and grain
225.74
Curry Bros. Oil Co., packing .
71.13
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., lead pipe
1.30
Carey Philip The Co., pipe covering
7.92
Cambridge Manfg. Co., boiler water front.
112.50
Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co., electric brushes
4.76
Chase, H. & L., burlap
19.05
Connelly Iron Sponge & Gov. Co., iron sponge
232.70
Cunningham, M. E. Co., stamps
29.71
Crane Co., pipe and fittings
94.14
Commissioners' salaries
300.00
Crane, William M. & Co., gas ranges
580.23
Cochrane Chemical Co., vitriol
3.83
Clearing House Parcel Delivery, express
.15
Davis & Farnum Manfg. Co., iron work and casting.
93.18
Dalton-Ingersoll Manfg. Co., valves
6.61
Dunbar, Geo. E. Co., printing
14.50
Detroit Stove Works, repair parts
5.80
Doane, Francis Co., stationery
2.50
Dresser, S. R. Manfg. Co., fittings
46.72
Dangler Stove Co., gas range
23.28
Edison Lamp Co., lamps 702.95
Electrical Maintenance Co., repairing coils
6.50
Eco Magneto Clock Co., dials
3.98
Electric Storage Battery Co., electrolyte
18.60
Eaton's Express
26.42
Edison Elec. Illuminating Co., current
1,540.92
306
Forbes, John J. & Co., electric supplies. 130.94
Fort Wayne Elec. Works, electric meters 870.92
Feindel, Henry A., cement
19.63
Foster, Almon, pole line hdw. 29.98
Federal Sign System, electric supply
.90
Flanley Est., John, shades.
1.20
Greenough, W. S. & Co., stationery
123.64
Gosnay, Joseph T., harness and repairing
12.65
Grace, J. Wallace, fittings
21.12
General Electric Co., lamps and supplies
763.98
Grant, W. H., horseshoeing
31.50
Giles, Thomas E., horseshoeing
132.71
General Gas Light Co., gas arcs
13.08
Glauber Brass Manfg. Co., brass fittings
48.43
Gamewell Fire Alarm & Tel. Co., fire alarm boxes ...
122.83
Hannaford, T. F. & Co., brooms
6.25
Hannaford, Margaret, brooms
6.25
Hartshorne, C. F. & Son, insurance
949.87
Hickey, Thomas, hay and cement
373.73
Holtzer-Cabot Elec. Co., repairing arms
1.32
Hughes, Joseph J., auto service
10.50
Hardy, F. S. & Co., insulators
5.01
Indian Refining Co., engine oil
77.04
Jenkins Bros., valves
24.28
Jenkins-Phipps Company, dowels
1.85
Koller, E. L., Inc., coal chutes
11.00
Kelley, Chas. F., contract
309.85
Kirk, L. H., hay and grain
203.83
Knox, W. E., fire clay
2.50
Killorin Contg. Co., hay
50.47
Littlefield, H. A. & Co., repg. generator
40.34
Lapp, R. T., repg. clock
1.45
Locke, Arthur T., lumber
50.15
Lead-Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe
36.70
Lang & Jacobs Co., bungs
3.60
Laybolt, Josiah, supplies
62.30
Langiell, W. D. & Co., harness repairs
16.90
Lindsay Light Co., mantles 44.07
307
Library Bureau, electric cards
7.52
Lynn Express
.25
Lee, E. E., collections
57.99
Municipal Light Board, Reading, current
3,226.06
Morgan, Hugh, bricks
7.00
Maxwell Harness Co., cushions
7.75
Muller, H. Mfg. Co., brass fittings
190.22
Morse, A. S. & Co., wire
21.84
Macomber, H. S., wax
7.00
Moulton, C. W. H. Co., ladders
30.65
Municipal Lighting Assn., membership
10.00
Mansfield, A. A., sealer of weights
1.77
Makepeace, B. L., blue prints
1.54
McKenney & Waterbury Co., gas and electric supplies
63.56
McArdle, H. B., clips
5.75
McLauthlin, Geo. T. Co., wire screeens
20.00
McIntosh & Seymour Co., engine repairs
8.35
McInnis, J. W., electric stock
612.11
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., service and setting poles
1,280.89
New England Coal & Coke Co., steam coal
2,381.97
N. Y. Safety Power Eng. Co., repg. engines
29.25
Nelson Color Co., paint
2.00
Nelson, F. A., auto service
5.25
Office expenses
97.43
Purrington, E. I., machine repairs
88.49
Piovillico, N., repg. picks
9.45
Pettingell-Andrews Co., wire and electric supplies ..
315.61
Playdon, C. H., veterinary
6.00
Prescott, W. A., carpenter work
110.60
Perfection Tree Ins. Co., insulators
3.00
Potter's Express .75
Ryder, S. E. & Co., supplies
3.35
Richardson & Clement, pipe vise
2.00
Ruud Manfg. Co., water heaters
92.00
Reid, J. R., collections
5.47
Smith & Anthony Co., castings
19.28
Sprague Meter Co., meters 233.52
Sugden, James Co. 119.67
308
Stanley, J. S., waste 17.88
Scott Printing Co., printing 18.75
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., gas oil 1,851.01
Simplex Wire & Cable Co., wire 179.05
Schieren, Chas. A. Company, belts
17.68
Somerville Manfg. Co., water heaters
53.67
Sanitas Manfg. Co., brass goods
53.76
Strause Gas Iron Co., gas irons
23.52
Sorenson, H. S., repg. clock
1.50
Snow. W. A. Iron Works, water trough
9.25
Stuart-Howland Co., bolts
12.26
Stoneham & Lynn Express
.30
Sundries
506.74
Thayer. A. H .. stationery
44.00
Taylor. George H .. supplies
228.13
Tufts. Nathaniel Teter Co., gas meters
1,446.83
Tropical Oil Co., tocoseal
3.75
Untermohl. G. A. Co., badges 6.25
Wakefield Daily Item, printing and adv. 304.00
Wakefield Water Dept., water
64.33
Wheeler. Asahel Co .. oil and lead 10.19
Waterproof Paint Co., paint 59.40
Wells Bros. Co. 4.02
Wanamaker & Feindel, blacksmithing 157.33
Wetmore-Savage Co .. electric supplies 264.56
Westmoreland Coal Co., gas coal
9.836.75
Western Electric Co., electric supplies 2.400.39
Wilder. W. W .. painting wagon 10.00
Welsbach Co. of New Eng .. mantles and burners
110.50
Westinghouse Lamp Co., electric lamps
660.48
Westinghouse Elec. & Manfg. Co .. meters and trans- formers 1,042.18
Ward. Drouet & Foster, iron conduit
19.61
Winther. C. A. G., Inc., clamps and valves
56.04
Waldo Brothers, tools and benches
538.32
Whitney, E. H .. gas heaters
22.00
Wagner Electric Co., motors 353.60
Witherly. Frederic B., manhole covers 8.50
309
Weir Stove Co., gas ranges 334.57
Walworth Manfg. Co., gas fittings 8.00
Worthington, Henry R., valves 13.30
Wakefield Daily Mail, advertising 56.00
Wakefield Cement Stone Co., gravel and sand 12.60
Wakefield Highway Dept., services engineer 94.54
White's Express .40
Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works, repg. pump ... 6.30
Baltimore Gas Appliances & Manfg. Co., gas heaters. 7.73
Loughlin, Thos. P., pipe and fittings 19.51
Lumnsden & Van Stone Co., gaskets
4.05
$52,661.06
Pay Roll - 1914
Sidney L. Cole, manager $1,948.07
Maud V. Howard, bookkeeper 996.84
Mary A. Smith, clerk 468.00
Marion E. O'Neil, clerk 405.00
Marjorie D. Hawkes, clerk 23.25
Frank A. Nelson, foreman electric department 1,092.00
William P. Daniels, chief engineer steam department 934.07
Leon A. Bassett. lineman 946.66
Henry A. Taylor, lineman
694.72
Louis Demars, lineman
743.59
George Williams, lineman
556.28
Patrick McLaughlin, foreman gas department
1,196.52
James Coughlin, engineer 1,020.40
James Galvin, fireman 988.95
Martin Joyce, gas maker
1,058.02
Lawrence Burns, stoker
817.06
James Chambers, stoker
832.15
Patrick Finn, stoker
579.56
Thomas Lyons, stoker
817.99
Edmund Deveau, stoker
306.14
Patrick Quinn, stoker
841.67
Jeremiah Sullivan, stoker
840.35
310
Foster White, stoker 862.98
Daniel Maher, fireman 656.25
J. H. McMahon, stockkeeper and weigher 702.00
James H. Draper, gas fitter
708.41 Richard Trahey, gas fitter
650.23
W. Frank Wright, helper
499.91
Patrick Desmond, meter reader
S04.65
Matthew Burns, meter reader
526.21
Michael J. Kelly, hostler
797.05
Joseph S. Brewer, helper
675.64
Edward Barrett, helper 678.80
James McGrath, helper 719.28
Daniel Flynn, helper 735.62
744.74
Charles F. Kelley, carpenter
Henry Morgan, mason 67.51
135.44
150 laborers, unusual construction
3,734.65
$31,847.05
Unpaid Bills - 1914
American Sales Book Co., supplies
$15.60
Clinton L. Bancroft, insurance
44.00
Harold L. Bond Co., cement
2.00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
1,114.99
Curley Bros., Hay
55.28
T. E. Giles, blacksmith
20.75
W. S. Greenough, supplies
4.50
Charles F. Hartshorne & Son, insurance
140.80
McKenney & Waterbury Co., fixtures
16.85
Municipal Light Plant, Reading, current
1.36
New England Telephone & Telegraph
25.37
Oliver Typewriter, repairs
1.90
Albert R. Perkins, insurance
26.40
John A. Steele, repairs
.80
Wakefield Daily Item, printing
62.70
William Stanley, helper
40.39
Morrison Merrill, electrician
311
Waldo Brothers, tools 25.34
Wanamaker & Feindel, repairs
28.70
Town of Wakefield, water department 96.85
Westmoreland Coal Co., gas coal
804.20
Welsbach Co., supplies . 7.50
General Electric Co., lamps
34.40
$2,530.29
Receipts and Expenses
Cash statement :
Appropriation, March, 1914
$16,200.00
Gas sales
40,735.85
Electric sales
22,978.06
Coke sales
5,011.96
Tar sales
1,332.97
Jobbing, electric
1,217.67
Gas stoves
1,637.49
Incandescent lamps
465.33
Jobbing, gas
938.59
Gas arcs
75.80
Fans and rental
256.25
Guarantee deposits
335.00
Telephone
3.10
Repair lines
183.66
Oil tar
55.75
Repair work
7.25
Meter rentals
52.84
Gas services
622.20
Repair arc lamps
44.00
Incandescent street lamps
28.45
Electric consumer (profit and loss)
8.10
$92,190.32
Transferred from depreciation, stock
458.41
$92,648.73
Transferred from fire alarm, stock
20.45
$92,669.18
312
Less amount set aside for depreciation. . $7,865.22 Bond payments 9,500.00 Note payment 1,000.00
18,365.22
$74,303.96
Gas
Expenditures :
Gas coal, including freight and handling. . $19,050.38
Coke, teaming and handling 693.05
Station tools 228.88
Distribution tools
73.79
Gas stoves
413.18
Repair, mains
547.02
Repair, meters
202.63
Repair, works .
1,865.58
Repair, real estate gas
41.04
Repair, benches
501.15
General salaries
1,920.79
Station wages
7,156.96
ยท Distribution wages
2,934.81
Purifying
908.22
Incidentals
18.47
Advertising
121.10
Coal tar
87.06
Jobbing gas
493.92
Wages, meter takers
802.75
Distribution gas material
79.50
Gas arcs
33.48
Connecting stoves and appliances
115.08
Gas oil
1,859.88
Gas services 695.24
$40,843.96
313
Electric
Expenditures :
Steam coal, including freight and handling $2,785.21
Distribution tools 34.62
Oil and waste
191.33
Repair electric plant
139.70
Repair steam plant
417.13
Repair electric lines
4,293.71
Repair real estate, electric
66.28
Jobbing, electric
941.44
Station tools
30.19
Repair electric meters and transformers
141.01
Incidentals, electric
9.07
General salaries
1,920.37
Current bought
4,253.95
Station wages
3,416.10
Care of lights
28.43
Distribution wages
615.81
Fans and rental
223.61
Water
59.33
Incandescent street lamps
5.77
Incandescent lamps
.77
$19,573.83
Miscellaneous :
Guarantee deposits
$300.00
Horses and wagons 335.57
Care of grounds
107.95
Stable expenses
466.67
Hay and grain
670.28
General office expenses, printing, postage and envelopes
517.14
Insurance
993.87
Telephone
108.36
Interest on guarantee deposits
28.23
General expense
9.40
Collections : E. E. Lee, $57.99; J. R. Reid & Son, $5.47 63.46
314
Interest 4,656.25
Commissioners' salaries
300.00
Office furniture and fixtures
129.86
Stock bills paid
5,196.66
Repair town hall office
1.00
$13,884.70
$74,302.49
Recapitulation
Amount available for maintenance and
interest
$74,303.96
Cash expenditures 74,302.49
Balance of general account returned to town 1.47
Depreciation
Balance January 1, 1914
$569.75
Appropriation, March, 1914
7,865.22
Transfer of Water Street gas extension
(by vote of town, November, 1914)
1,461.62
$9,896.59
Less transfer to general account
458.41
$9,438.18
Expended as follows :
Labor.
Material. Total.
Machinery and manu-
facturing
$185.88
$69.51
$255.39
Gas mains
708.92
707.36
1,416.28
Gas meters
1,297.01
1,297.01
Pole lines
460.21
1,908.12
2,368.33
Transformers
832.78
832.78
.
315
Electric meters
951.49 951.49
$1,355.01 $5,766.27 $7,121.28
$7,121.28
Balance of depreciation account
$2,316.90
Fire alarm :
Appropriation, January, 1914 $260.00
Appropriation, March, 1914 830.00
$1,090.00
Expended on new fire alarm $233.40
Expended on repair fire alarm
802.93
Transferred from general account
20.45
1,056.78
Turned back to town
$33.22
New construction underground :
Balance January 1, 1914
$1,162.88
Expended
1,162.88
Balance
Water Street gas extension :
Appropriation, March, 1914 $6,000.00
Expended 4,538.38
$1,461.62
Transferred to depreciation (by vote of
town, November, 1914)
1,461.62
Balance
Bonds paid :
316
Appropriation to purchase bonds, October, 1913 $6,000.00
Appropriation to Greenwood extension 1,000.00
Appropriation to new gas addition 2,500.00
$9,500.00 Note paid :
Appropriation to underground construction $1,000.00
STATISTICS
FROM
TOWN CLERK'S REGISTER
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1914
Date
Name of Child
Sex
Place of Birth
Names of Parents
Jan. 2 2
Munroe Galanche Beyer
Male
Wakefield
John D. and Elizabeth T. (Galanche) James and Nora (Bonchier)
2
Paulo Caracaglia
Male
66
3
Irene Elizabeth Beane
Female
66
4
Clayton Warren Soule
Male
66
4
Filomena Mase
Female
.
5 Francesca Corinda
6
Helen Felecia Drake Frank Edward Landry
Male
6
Rosina DiDonato
Female
7
Catherine Florence Murdock
66
9 10 11
Mildred Mary Walsh
Male
66
Female
18 18
Frank Lewis Smith, Jr.
Male
18
Richard Curley Stephen Francis Toth
66
Robert Edmund Parker
66
Female Male
66
Guiseppe and Aghetina (Carrubba) Herbert L. and Rosanna B. (Mace) Peter and Frances (Deveau) Camillo and Matalina (Martino) Finley and Sabra H. (Anderson) Maurice F. and Agnes T. (Qualters) Ellis T. and Mary (McCrackin) George W. and Ethel P. (Ridlon)
Joseph and Walerja (Gorska) Roy M. and Gertrude E. (Gooding) Frank L. and Elizabeth A. (Hubbard) Thomas L. and Mary J. (Foley) Frank J. and Anna M. (Vallow) Joseph and Lucia (Del Grosse) Frank H. and Lillian (Sherritt) John R. and Bertha C. (Anderson) Vincenzo and Chiara (De Filippo) Sidney L. and Eleanor (Winther) Jeffrey and Minnie (Brown) Salvatore and Vita (Turco) Ralph C. and Mary E. (Johnson) Stanley and Julia (Gorska) Reginald and Ellen (Stanley)
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