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15.76
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc.
8.69
F. S. Eaton
5.22
Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co.
23.47
First National Stores
3.83
Carl Fischer, Inc.
11.04
Francis Bros.
4.38
Gaylord Brothers
8.15
J. W. Gillis & Co.
.79
The Gregg Writer
2.00
Ginn & Co.
36.11
J. L. Hammett Co.
1,979.19
C. S. Hammond & Co.
5.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
6.67
Herrick Co.
43.78
Hodson Brothers
34.30
George E. Horrocks
.35
Howe & French, Inc.
97.69
W. C. Hutchinson
58.57
Jordan Marsh Co.
10.00
Kenney Service Station
5.25
Keramic Studio Publishing Co.
6.00
190
Keystone View Co.
7.56
Charles Knapp
2.00
Laidlaw Brothers
44.47
Loose Leaf Mg. Co. 14.50
O. E. Loveland
4.90
R. A. Lufkin
2.43
H. B. McArdle
97.66
Office Appliance Co.
25.07
Mun. Light Board
5.13
Public School Pub. Co.
10.59
Quality Market
3.03
George P. Raymond Co.
5.25
Reading Cash Market
9.08
Reading Citizens Ice Co.
1.75
Reading Custom Laundry
4.15
Remington Rand Bus. Ser., Inc.
70.92
Research Service Co.
35.25
Rockport Fish Market
2.19
Ryan & Buker
86.57
School Arts Magazine
6.00
Secondary Educ. Board
1.05
Ser. Bureau for Classical Teachers
1.47
Smith Hammond & Co.
9.90
Samuel Stephens
34.25
R. Taylor Milk Co.
6.09
The Univ. Pub. Co.
17.24
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
1.60
F. S. Webster Co.
48.00
Webster Publishing Co.
14.67
Whiting Milk Co.
6.38
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
10.47
W. H. Willis
8.55
World Book Co.
23.41
John C. Winston Co.
15.40
$ 6,191.17
Apparatus for Teaching:
American Type Founders Co.
210.13
Edward E. Babb & Co.
1.77
The Bookshop for Boys and Girls
7.20
Milton Bradley Co.
103.85
James W. Brine Co.
56.19
G. L. Bylin Co.
100.00
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
70.36
Central Scientific Co.
129.15
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
329.71
191
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc.
120.00
Carl Fischer
19.20
John E. Fowle Co.
2.60
Howe & French, Inc.
15.18
Jacobus School Products Co.
20.03
Jewell Electrical Instrument Co. 14.70
Keystone View Co.
40.45
B. L. Makepiece, Inc.
45.60
Lewis E. Myers & Co.
67.50
Narragansett Machine Co.
400.00
J. H. Osgood Co.
6.00
Royal Typewriter Co.
741.50
Ryan & Buker, Inc.
11.25
Spencer Lens Co.
42.70
S. R. Stembridge
1.25
Samuel Stephens
61.44
Underwood Type Co.
237.25
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
49.25
J. L. Hammett Co.
4.80
$ 2,909.06
Administrative Expense:
Ajax Time Stamp Co.
$ 1.00
American Educ. Digest
5.00
American Medical Ass'n
5.00
American Oil & Gas Co.
21.69
American School Board Journal
3.00
The Arlac Stencil Co.
.40
The Art Shop
3.00
G. H. Atkinson Co.
.88
Edward E. Babb & Co.
1.17
F. J. Barnard & Co.
5.00
Harold W. Batchelder
1.00
Milton Bradley Co.
2.63
Joseph Breck & Sons
15.21
College Entrance Exam. Board
.60
Cummings Express Company
8.45
Louis Davis
30.44
Dennison Mfg. Co.
.95
Dept. of Public Schools, Providence
.48
Dept. of Superintendence
30.00
L. W. Dickinson & Son
1.20
Edgerley & Bessom
2.00
Fred B. Emerson
1.10
Francis Brothers
.51
J. L. Hammett Co.
.38
.
192
Harding Typewriting Co.
73.00
Mary E. Hilton
105.40
Hodson Brothers 4.00
John W. Hutchins 4.00
Jewell & Andrews
48.80
Jordan Marsh Co.
26.65
Journal of Education
3.00
Kenneys Service Station
1.54
Kingman & Richardson
1.80
Alex Lindsay 17.00
J. B. Lippincott Co. 4.07
Loyola Educ. Digest
20.40
Ida C. Lucas
88.31
H. B. McArdle
268.13
E. F. Mahady
4.50
A. H. Mingo
1.00
Mun. Light Board
9.23
Nat'l Child Welfare Ass'n
1.00
National Committee for Mental Hygiene
6.00
National Safety Council
13.50
New Eng. Ass'n of Col. & Secon. Schs.
2.00
New Eng. Publishing Co.
3.00
New Republic Inc.
5.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
761.71
Marian T. Pratt
2.00
Progressive Educ. Ass'n
5.50
Public Health Nurse
3.00
Public School Publishing Co.
10.00
Reading Custom Laundry
1.72
Reading Motor Co.
35.30
Remington Rand Bus. Ser., Inc.
85.66
School Board Journal
3.00
School Magazines, Inc.
2.00
H. A. Shepard Co.
24.27
R. V. Spencer
2.00
The Survey
11.00
Rudolf Sussmann
3.00
Teachers College
15.75
Teachers Journal and Abstract
4.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
355.51
Univ. of Chicago
6.25
United States Post Office
112.85
Univ. Pub. Co.
6.56
Wards
3.70
Warwick & York, Inc.
8.00
193
Hermon T. Wheeler
2.50
R. H. White
2.80
Margaret Whittier
11.95
World Book Co.
64.76
Wright & Potter Print. Co.
8.16
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
24.05
$ 2,429.42
Fuel:
Oliver McCrane
$ 65.75
Percy N. Sweetser
7,641.53
O. P. Symonds
15.00
$ 7,722.28
Gas and Electricity:
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
$ 442.78
Municipal Light Board
2,815.41
$ 3,258.19
Water and Sewer:
Sewer Dept.
$ 1,265.70
Water Dept.
999.85
$ 2,265.55
Ashes and Trucking:
American Railway Express Co.
$ 24.06
Chase's Auto Express
3.05
Cummings Express
183.09
J. L. Hammett Co.
33.05
P. F. Newhouse
.50
Harry E. Smith
200.00
Zanni & Co.
82.75
.
$ 526.50
Janitor Supplies:
Andrews Paper Co.
$ 244.51
G. H. Atkinson Co.
16.18
Boston Mill Remnants Co.
152.20
James S. Cassedy
36.54
The Cudahy Packing Co.
19.50
H. I. Dallman Co.
107.21
Dustbane Mfg. Co.
6.37
Frank S. Eaton
221.85
Economy Lubricating Co.
44.13
T. C. Fife
.55
Francis Brothers
53.81
Wilbur D. Gilpatric
62.82
L. M. Glover Co.
110.98
1
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G. F. Gurney
14.10
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.
194
The Norman C. Hayner Co.
111.62
Hodson Brothers
22.10
Kenney Service Station
.75
Mass. States Prison
74.91
Masury Young Co.
248.78
H. B. McArdle
25.00
.:. Midland Chemical Co.
145.53
Mun. Light Board
4.19
Noxon Chemical Products Co., Inc.
12.00
Ira S. Noyes
20.75
A. P. W. Paper Co.
54.09
Proctor & Gamble Dist. Co.
29.40
Reformatory For Women
40.70
J. Fred Richardson
3.63
Sherwin-Williams Co.
8.65
Solitaire & Furmato Co.
1.80
Fred F. Smith
22.31
Spencer Co. of Boston
33.08
Stone & Forsyth Co.
122.95
S. R. Stembridge Co.
13.75
The Swan Co.
41.65
The Tropical Paint & Oil Co.
17.57
Webster Thomas Co.
34.13
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
25.36
G. H. Worcester Co.
22.95
$ 2,228.40
Repairs:
Allen Shade Holder Co.
$ 243.00
American Flag Pole Co., Inc.
25.00
. American Radiator Co.
3.42
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
75.18
Bangs Fixture Co.
75.00
W. C. Barrett
136.80
J. C. Birchall
3.25
Board of Public Works
52.43
Braman Dow & Co.
10.42
Bronze Lighting Equipment Co.
7.50
Edward M. Burnham Co.
161.70
W. A. Burns
34.30
Clapp & Leach, Inc.
252.83
E. B. Currell & Son
63.35
Dudley Lock Corp.
192.00
F. S. Eaton
41.81
T. C. Fife
966.95
Francis Brothers
2.84
195
J. L. Hammett Co.
120.37
Hodge Boiler Works
1,166.53
Hodson Brothers
1,032.53
H. E. Holbrook Co.
176.00
Hulse Roofing Co.
725.00
The Ideal Song Shop
40.50
W. E. Johnson
7.85
Jordan March Co.
15.21
Kenlit Mfg. Co.
34.31
Lambert-Sawyer Co.
1.52
B. J. Leathers
44.00
E. W. Lowell Co.
24.47
George W. Marshall
3.00
Merrimack Valley Roofing Co.
150.00
Ora L. Milbury
8.00
Mun. Light Board
207.91
J. A. Murphy
16.65
New Eng. Flag Pole & Rigging Co.
4.95
Norton Door Closer Co.
37.69
Ida Partridge
2.50
Pigeon Hollow Spar Co.
24.00
Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Co.
50.45
The Reading Greenhouses
1.50
Reading High A. A.
150.80
Anna Reck
50.00
Royal Typewriter Co.
6.90
Ryan & Buker, Inc.
13.75
Dana F. Perkins
50.00
J. L. Peters
2.00
P. J. Seaman
3.85
Fred F. Smith
.50
Spencer Co. of Boston
34.57
Standard Electric Time Co.
17.75
Steele Furniture Co.
45.00
A. M. Surrette
436.73
The Swan Co.
11.76
Percy N. Sweetser
330.37
Triple Metals Corp.
159.42
Harry E. Smith
2,064.69
Underwood Typewriter Co.
5.30
Upton Lumber Co.
61.06
Walworth Co.
29.08
George E. Waring
25.00
George Zanni
13.40
- $ 9,754.65
196
Agricultural Account
American Nature Ass'n
$ 3.00
The Bruce Publishing Co.
1.60
Francis Brothers
5.22
The Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.
3.99
Macmillan Co.
16.78
Meredith Publishing Co.
1.00
Reading Greenhouses
19.25
Hermon T. Wheeler
3.00
Reliable Poultry Journal Pub. Co.
1.00
James Salter
1.00
W. H. Willis
.50
-
$ 56.34
Industrial Tuition
City of Boston
$ 151.08
City of Malden
4.16
City of Somerville
139.51
$ 294.75
Thirty-fourth Annual Report
OF THE
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ended December 31
1928
198
OFFICERS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term expires 1929
HERBERT G. EVANS, Secretary Term expires 1930
HARRY P. BAKER
Term expires 1931
Manager ARTHUR G. SIAS
Office 177 Main Street, Reading, Mass.
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MANAGER'S REPORT
To the Municipal Light Board:
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit herewith my report of the operations of the Municipal Light Plant for the year ending December 31, 1928.
Electric Operating Revenue
Metered Sales to Private Consumers :
Lighting-Residence and Commercial $ 81,230.21
Cooking-Residence and Commercial 12,828.45
Residence Service 53,250.87
Commercial Lighting 10,512.72
Commercial Heating-Retail 2,238.39
Commercial Power
33,794.22
$193,854.86
Flat Rate Sales to Private Consumers :
Private Street Lights
$
418.55
$
418.55
199
Municipal Revenues :
Street Lighting-Reading
$ 13,500.00
Street Lighting-Lynnfield Centre
1,971.28
Street Lighting-North Reading
3,945.42
Street Lighting-Wilmington
7,510.50
Municipal Lighting-Reading
3,638.51
Municipal Power-Reading
3,373.01
Power Sold to Wakefield
71.50
Power Sold to Lowell Elec. Lt. Corp.
46.38
Power Sold to Lawrence Gas and Elec. Co.
82.80
Power Sold to City of Peabody
2.16
$ 34,141.56
Total Revenue from Sales of Elec. Energy Rent from Property Used in Operation :
$228,414.97
Rental of Pole Lines
443.65
Total Electric Operating Revenues
$228,858.62
OPERATING EXPENSES-ELECTRIC Production
Operation :
Superintendence and Labor
$ 105.00
Water for Steam
74.95
Lubricants
73.36
Station Supplies and Expenses
. . 2,087.27
$ 2,340.58
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Station Structures $ 695.21
Maintenance of Boiler Plant Equipment 756.97
Maintenance of Steam Engines
1.53
Maintenance Elec. Gen. Equipment
48.15
Maintenance Turbo Gen. Units
991.47
Maintenance Accessory Elec. Equipment
23.47
Electric Energy Purchased
62,552.84
$ 65,069,64
Total Production Expenses
$ 67,410.22
Transmission, Distribution and Storage
Operation :
Trans. Sta. and Sub-Sta., Supt. and Labor . $ 8,684.51 Trans. Sta. and Sub-Sta., Sup. and Exp. .. 6,601.36
Operation Transmission and Distribution Lines 21,469.19
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200
Transmission and Dist. Sup. and Exp. 292.14
Inspecting and Testing Meters 1,481.45
Removing and Resetting Meters 1,643.37
Removing and Resetting Transformers
577.52
$ 40,749.54
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Transmission and Distribu- tion Lines $ 13,626.70
Maintenance of Consumers' Meters 213.34
Maintenance of Transformers 581.73
Maintenance of Trans. Sta. and Sub-Sta. .. 310.26
$ 14,732.03
Total Transmission, Distribution and Storage Expense
$ 55,481.57
Utilization
Operation :
Municipal Street Lamps-Labor $ 954.76
Municipal Street Lamps-Supplies and Ex-
pense
2,027.90
$ 2,982.66
Maintenance :
Maintenance of Municipal Street Lamps .. $ 1,786.93
Maintenance of Consumers' Installations . . 3,110.07
$ 4,897.00
Total Utilization Expenses
$ 7,879.66
Commercial
Commercial Salaries
$
8,078.01
Commercial Supplies and Expense
1,767.61
Total Commercial Expenses
$ 9,845.62
New Business
New Business Salaries $ 2,562.50
New Business Supplies and Expense
15.67
Advertising
$ 1,368.39
Total New Business Expenses
$ 3,946.56
General and Miscellaneous
Salary of Manager
$ 5,200.00
Salaries of General Office Clerks
5,793.09
Insurance
6,133.57
Stores Expense
2,458.84
Transportation Expenses
1,631.30
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201
Depreciation
25,951.68
Miscellaneous General Expense
613.52
General Office Supplies and Expense
1,956.22
Accidents and Damages
62.44
Maintenance of General Structures
13.93
Inventory Adjustments
3,214.85
General Office Rent
410.22
Total General and Miscellaneous Expenses
$ 53,439.66
Grand Total Operating Expenses .. $198,003.29
Income Statement for the Year
Operating Income :
Operating Revenue
$228,858.62
Operating Expenses
198,003.29
Operating Revenue
$ 30,855.33
Uncollectable Operating Revenue
$ 2,771.83
Taxes Assignable to Electric Operations ... 624.09
3,395.92
Net Operating Revenue
$ 27,459.41
Non-Operating Income :
Merchandise and Jobbing Revenue $ 41.37
Interest Income
64.00
Miscellaneous Non-Operating Income
36.25
Total Non-Operating Income
$ 141.62
Gross Income
$ 27,601.03
Deductions from Gross Income :
Interest on Bonds and Notes $ 4,062.79
Total Deductions from Gross Income $ 4,062.79
Income Balance Transferred to Profit and Loss
$ 23,538.24
Profit and Loss Statement
Balance at Beginning of Fiscal Period
$ 74,310.41
23,538.24
Balance Transferred from Income Account . . Deductions from Surplus (Bonds $11,500.00, Notes $3,300.00 $ 14,800.00
Balance carried forward to Surplus 83,048.65
Totals
$ 97,848.65 $ 97,848.65
202
COMPARATIVE GENERAL BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
Balance at beginning of year
Balance at
Net
close
Change
of year
Investments
$410,764.36 Plant Investment
$415,679.50
$ 4,915.14
7,418.82 General Equipment
12,371.51
4,952.69
$418,183.18 Total Investments
$428,051.01
$ 9,867.83
Current Assets
$
250.00
Petty Cash Fund
$ 250.00
289.09 Construction Fund
$ 289.09
1,575.75 Consumers' Deposit Fund
2,235.75
660.00
35,428.65
Accounts Receivable
35,080.88
347.77
46,890.14
Materials and Supplies
52,773.30
5,883.16
$ 84,433.63 Total Current Assets
$ 90,339,93
$ 5,906.30
Prepaid Accounts
$ 1,237.74 Insurance Premiums Prepaid
$ 408.73 $ 829.01
$503,854.55 Total Assets
518,799.67
14,945.12
Liabilities
30,678.26 Appropriations for Construction
$ 30,678.26
Bonds and Notes Payable
$ 89,000.00
Bonds
$ 77,500.00
$ 11,500.00
6,900.00 Notes Payable
3,600.00
3,300.00
$ 95,900.00 Total Bonds and Notes Payable ...
$ 81,100.00 $ 14,800.00
Current Liabilities
$ 27,545.26
Accounts Payable
$ 32,732,82
$ 5,187.56
1,575.75 Consumers' Deposits
2,235.75
660.00
9,768.71 Due Town Treasurer (Loan)
10,310.24
541.53
$ 38,889.72 Total Current Liabilities
$ 45,278.81
$ 6,389.09
Accrued Liabilities
$ 1,076.16 Interest on Bonds and Notes
$ 893.95 $
182.21
Appropriated Surplus
$263,000.00 Loans Repayment
$277,800.00
$ 14,800.00
$429,544.14 Total Liabilities
$435,751.02 $ 6,206.88
203
Profit and Loss
$ 74,310.41 Profit and Loss-Balance $ 83,048.65
$ 8,738.24
$503,854.55 Total Liabilities and Profit and Loss
$518,799.67 $ 14,945.12
PLANT INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS-ELECTRIC
Balance Jan. 1, 1928
1928 Additions
1928 Depc.
Balance Dec. 31,1928
Plant Investment :
111 Land
$ 2,575.80
$ 2,575.80
113 Structures
37,437.27
185.55
334.45
37,288.37
114 Boiler Plant Equip-
ment
33,870.87
341.50
3,535.88
30,676.49
115 Prime Movers and Auxil.
13,919.44
1,113.56
12,805.88
116 Turbo Generator
Units
21,706.32
1,736.51
19,969.81
117 Electric Plant -
Steam
24,300.13
3,963.42
2,261.08
26,002.47
125 Poles, Fixt: and O'Head Cond. ..
183,466.96
16,825.25
12,017.53
188,274.68
128
Consumers' Meters
39,623.21
2,898.07
1,700.85
40,820.43
129 Consumers'
Meters Instal. ..
5,571.69
417.00
239.55
5,749.14
130
Line Transformers
35,936.27
4,329.57
2,013.29
38,252.55
131 Line Transformers Instal.
3,424.61
1,180.16
230.24
4,374.53
132
Street Lighting
Equip.
8,502.80
726.30
553.75
8,675.35
133 . Consumers' Prem- Equip.
428.99
214.99
214.00
Total Plant Investment
$410,764.36 $ 30,866.82 $ 25,951.68
$415,679.50
General Equipment :
Office Equipment . ..
$ 3,057.00
$ 4,059.36
$ 7,116.36
Stores Equipment ...
564.27
564.27
Transportation Equip.
2,700.00
2,300.00
$ 1,500.00
3,500.00
Laboratory Equip. ..
1,097.55
93.33
1,190.88
Total Gen. Equip. ...
$ 7,418.82
$ 6,452.69
$ 1,500.00
$ 12,371.51
Total Value of all Property
$418,183.18 $ 37,319.51 $ 27,451.68 $428,051.01
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TOTAL COST OF PLANT as of December 31, 1928
Cost of Land
$
2,575.80
44,252.47
Cost of Structures
$ 46,828.27
Generating Plant-Steam :
Cost of Boiler Plant Equipment $ 69,696.71
Cost of Prime Movers and Auxiliaries 29,013.38
Cost of Turbo Generator Units 46,870.83
Cost of Electric Plant-Steam 44,514.29
$190.095.21
Transmission, Distribution and Storage :
Cost of Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Con. $288,506.29
Cost of Consumers' Meters 59,370.75
Cost of Consumers' Meters Installation 8,127.56
Cost of Line Transformers
57,486.58
Cost of Transformers Installation
6,587.06
$420,078.24
Utilization Equipment :
Cost of Street Lighting Equipment
$ 24,804.03
Cost of Consumers' Premises Equipment .. 428.99
$ 25,233.02
Total Cost of Electric Plant as shown by the
books
$682.234.74
CASH BALANCES AT CLOSE OF YEAR
Petty Cash Loan for Treasurer $ 250.00
DEPRECIATION FUND ACCOUNT
DEBITS
Balance of account at beginning of year
Amount transferred from income
$ 25,951.68
Total
$ 25,951.68
CREDITS
Amount expended for construction purposes ..
$ 25,951.68
Balance on hand at close of year
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
Coal
$ 1,575.16
Oil
82.29
Electrical Appliances
14,411.49
Miscellaneous Materials and Supplies
36,704.36
Total
$ 52,773.30
205
CONSTRUCTION FUND DEBITS
$ 289.08
Balance at beginning of year
25,951.68
Transferred from Depreciation Fund
5,324.38
Construction sold during year
2,566.23
Total
CREDITS
Amount expended for Additions and Extensions
Balance at close of year
OPERATION FUND DEBITS
Balance at beginning of year .
$ 9,518.71
Received from sale of electricity
228,414.97
Received from appropriations for St. Lights
.. 13,500.00
Received from Miscellaneous Items
27,456.40
Total Debits
$259,852.66
CREDITS
Expenditures for Operating Accounts
$202,411.72
Bonds Paid
11,500.00
Notes Paid
3,300.00
Interest Paid
4,062.79
Amount Transferred to Depreciation Fund
25,951.68
Amount Transferred to Construction Fund
2,566.23
Total Credits
$249,792.42
Balance due Treasurer
10,060.24
$259,852.66
The maximum load at the power station was 1600 kilowatts. This load was indicated on four days in December, the twentieth, twenty- first, twenty-fourth and thirty-first.
The maximum indicated load in 1927 was 1590 kilowatts, but as this included 62 kilowatts of station power which was not used this year, the actual increase over last year was 72 kilowatts, or approx- imately five per cent.
The kilowatt hours delivered on the switchboard at the power station show an increase of about six per cent, and kilowatt hours sold about 8.6 per cent over 1927.
The kilowatt hours sold for power fell off about 371/2 per cent, due principally to the loss of power business at the Reading Rubber Manu- facturing Company's Plant.
The following table shows the kilowatt hour data for 1927 and 1928:
Transferred from Operating Fund
$ 34,131.37
$ 34,131.37
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K. W. HOURS PURCHASED AND SOLD During the year ending December 31, 1928
K. W. H. Generated
and Purchased
1928
1927
Increase or Decrease
Generated
406,693
406,693
Purchased
5,097,768
4,396,397
701,371
Totals
5,097,768
4,803,090
294,678
K. W. H. Sold
Lighting Res. and Com.
1,008,625
1,437,231
428,606
Cooking Res. and Com.
448,253
815,932
367,679
Residence Lighting
1,067,096
163,140
903,956
Commercial Lighting
155,221
155,221
Commercial Heating, Ret.
61,513
61,513
Commercial Power, Ret.
892,453
1,025,772
133,319
Municipal Light
62,459
50,032
12,427
- Municipal Power
111,809
90,557
21,252
Street Lighting
343,763
349,292
5,529
Police Spot Lights
1,030
5,950
4,920
Sub-Total
4,152,222
3,937,906
214,316.
K. W. H. used at Station Garage
and Storeroom
25,625
54,439
28,814
K. W. H. used for Christmas
Illumination
5,880
3,810
2,070
K. W. H. Unaccounted for
914,041
806,935
107,106
Totals
5,097,768
4,803,090
294,678
%. Unaccounted
17.9
16.8
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K. W. H. Sold in each town:
Reading
2,924,278
2,930,320
6,042
Lynnfield Centre
166,671 ,
143,650
23,021
North Reading
402,699
333,093
69,606
Wilmington
655,264
528,100
127,164
Other Districts
3,310
2,743
567
Totals
4,152,222
3,937,906
214,316
The average cost per kilowatt hour purchased at the switchboard was 1.227 cents.
The average total production cost, including sub-station labor, . repairs, maintenance and station expenses, was 1.622 cents, which is the lowest average cost we have ever shown.
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The average total cost per kilowatt hour sold and delivered to street lights was 5.305 cents, as compared with 5.1 cents the previous year and 5.77 cents in 1926.
The classification of costs for 1928 is shown below :
Production 1.623 cents
Distribution 1.336 cents
Utilization 0.189 cents
0.237 cents
Commercial
0.095 cents
New Business
General and Miscellaneous
1.371 cents
Bonds, Notes and Interest
0.454 cents
Total Costs 5.305 cents
The income from sales of current was $228,414.97, an increase of $7,071.25 over the previous year. The decrease in power sales re- 1,
duced our income from this class of service $3,486.59. The reduction in the rates for commercial lighting and residence service effected a loss in income of about $6,600.00
The cost to the Department for the Street Lighting was $13,752.55 and the appropriation was $13,500.00.
The following table shows the classification of income for 1927 and 1928 :
Income from Sales of Current
Increase or
1928
1927
Decrease
Lighting-Res. and Com.
$ 81,230.21
$120,889.07
$ 39,658.86
Cooking-Res. and Com.
12,828.45
23,793.22
10,964.77
Residence Lighting
53,453.71
5,851.70
47,602.01
Commercial Lighting
10,931.27
10,931.27
Commercial Heating-Retail
2,238.39
2,238.39
Commercial Power
33,794.22
38,334.35
4,540.13
Municipal Lighting
3,638.51
2,585.75
1,052.76
Municipal Power
3,373.01
2,373.58
999.43
Street Lighting
26,927.20
27,516.05
588.85
Totals
$228,414.97
$221,343.72 $
7,071.25
Income from Each Town
Reading
$144,165.94 $144,539.08
$ 373.14
Lynnfield Centre
12,303.32
11,543.45
759.87
North Reading
26,050.83
23,345.92
2,704.91
Wilmington
45,692.04
41,766.54
3,925.50
Other Districts
202.84
148.73
54.11
Totals
$228,414.97
$221,343.72 $ 7,071.25
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Operating expenses have increased materially over the previous year, principally on account of re-building the pole lines and additional expenses in connection with moving our office quarters and equipping the new office building.
Accounts Receivable December 31 were $35,080.88 and Accounts Payable $32,732.82.
Inventory of supplies on hand shows an increase of $5,883.16 over last year.
Bills paid by the Treasurer in advance of collections amounted to $10,060.24.
$11,500.00 in Bonds and $3,300.00 in Notes were paid during the year. No additional bonded indebtedness has been incurred.
Additions and Extensions to the Plant during 1928 amounting to $29,402.39 have been paid for from income.
The increase in Profit and Loss Surplus December 31 was $8,738.24. We have installed 319 new services during the year.
The following table shows the classification of customers on our books December 31st.
Pri.
Res. Ltng.
Com. Ltng.
Com. Htng.
Com. Pr.
St. Lts.
Totals
Reading
2,462
274
39
75
18
2,868
North Reading
597
56
17
16
1
687
Lynnfield Centre
347
14
2
7
6
376
Wilmington
1,031
103
20
25
4
1,183
Totals
4,437
447
78
123
29
5,114
Thirty new street lights have been installed as follows: Reading, 22. North Reading, 3. Wilmington, 4. Lynnfield Centre, 1.
The street lights have been burned the following hours: Reading 3,972. North Reading and Lynnfield Centre 1,927. Wilmington 2,098.
The number of each size of street lamps renewed during the year is shown below :
40 c.p. 60 c.p. 100 c.p 250 c.p. 600 c.p. 1000 c.p.
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Reading
13
775
21
119
55
6
989
Lynnfield Centre
127
127
North Reading
479
479
Wilmington
941
1
7
949
1
Totals
1,560
776
21
119
62
6
2,544
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LAMP AND APPLIANCE DEPARTMENT Appliances Sold in 1928
Air Heaters
25
Auto Heaters
2
Battery Chargers
3
Christmas Candle Sets
58
Christmas Tree Sets
104
Corn Poppers
18
Curling Irons
15
Drink Mixer
1
Egg Cookers
19
Electric Beaters
2
Fans
20
Fireless Cookers
2
Flat Irons
123
Hair Dryers
2
Heating Pads
35
Hot Plates
19
Humidifiers
1
Ice Cream Freezers
.
1
Ironers
1
Kelvinators
54
Kitchen Units
4
Motors
22
Percolators
27
Portable Lamps
49
Ranges
14
Socold Refrigerating Unit
1
Soldering Irons
2
Telechron Clocks
5
Toasters
93
Vacuum Cleaners
31
Vibrators
2
Waffle Irons
41
Water Heaters
13
Water Pumps
12
Washing Machines
16
The Estimated Annual Revenue from the above appliances i $4,200.00,
Power Station
The generating machinery at the power station has not been called upon during the year to carry any part of the load.
The repairs to the 500 K. W. turbine which were started last year, have been completed. The old boiler feed pump has been replaced with.a new one and minor repairs have been made to the boiler furnaces. The
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generating equipment is now in first class operating condition and is capa- ble of carrying 1,400 K. W. load.
Two additional voltage regulators have been installed during the year, and plans have been made to install four more during the coming Jear.
Street Lights
The General Electric street light regulators installed during the latter part of 1927 have operated more economically than the old style regu- lators which they replaced. Although we added 22 new street lights during the past year, the number of kilowatt hours delivered to the circuits was about one per cent less than in 1927.
Distribution Lines
Extensive repairs have been made to the pole and wire lines during the year. 501 poles have been set, and 195,104 feet of wire installed. Ne- gotiations are under way with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company to rebuild the pole lines jointly on several streets during the com- ing year and eliminate duplicate pole lines. The power lines have been ex- tended to the State Sanatorium. in North Reading to provide service for approximately 100 horse power in motors.
The power lines in Wilmington have been extended to the new pump- ing station of the Wilmington Water Works, and the North Wilmington section has been connected to the new line, relieving to some extent' the overloaded conditions at Wilmington Center.
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