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PROGRAM
OVERTURE-Youth Triumphant Gibb
High School Orchestra
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL Audience and Senior Class
Bates
PRAYER-Rev. C. Leslie Curtice
Salutatory THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS William J. Richmond
TORCH ORATION John Coolidge Colley, Class President Response by Richard B. Knudson, Junior Class President
STRING BASS SOLO-Carnival of Venice Hause
Daniel Joseph Barrett
ESSAY America Must Choose
Peter V. Curl
Faculty Honors ESSAY Education for Service George F. Madden Class Honors
CONFERRING SCHOLASTIC HONORS Rudolf Sussmann, Head Master VIOLIN SOLO
Second Concerto in D minor (2nd movement) Wieniawski Romanza Andaluza Pablo De Sarasate
Ruth Elaine Browne
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Valedictory The Propagation of Democracy Through Education Virginia Gertrude Watson
CONFERRING DIPLOMAS Frank D. Tanner, Chairman of School Board
STAR SPANGLED BANNER Key
Audience and Senior Class
BENEDICTION-Rev. C. Leslie Curtice
RECESSIONAL-Priests' March from "Athalia" Mendelssohn
High School Orchestra
GRADUATES
Accounting Course
Frederick Francis Dacey, Jr. Theodore Webster Lawson, Jr.
Charles Joseph Dunn Arthur John Roberts
Donald William White 5
Civic Preparatory Course
Frances Adel Amirault
Virginia E. Hartshorn
Jesse Malcome Anderson
Robert Eugene Holden
Lillian Mary Arsenault
Archibald J. A. McMillan
Helen Julia Barrett
A. Russell Merrill
Emerson R. Batchelder
Paul Alvin Norman Nichols
Arthur Joseph Beaudoin
Frank Louis O'Brien
Esther Marie Ouimette
Margaret Mary Bennett Allen W. Boyd
Doris Gertrude Peterson
Nelson L. Burbank
John A. Putnam
Mary Louise Callan
Arthur Frederick Rees
Roger Charles Dooley
Marjorie Louise Richards
Dorothy Lillian Doucette
William Granville Shannon
James L. Doucette
Thomas Irving Skidmore
Walter Joseph Doucette
Edith Arnette Southwick
John Danforth Eisenhaure Alice M. Flynn
Herbert E. Stark Francena Stevens
Marjorie Ethel Foster
Francis John Thornton, Jr.
Russell Francis Galvin
Earl Henry Van Horn
William Bertram Goodwin
Virginia Wellington
Barbara May Griffith
Wilfred Henry White
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Classical Course
Daniel Joseph Barrett Mary Bernadette Barrett Robert George Clinch ยท
Peter V. Curl Richard Louis Lyons Malcolm Hobart McGann
7
Clerical Course
Thelma Bates Ruth Elaine Browne Alice Janet Godfrey. Muriel Doris Putnam
Leora Carrie Stratton Thelma C. Taylor Hazel Geraldine Terhune Willis Francis Tucker, Jr. Mary Catherine Widell
9
College Course
Elizabeth Buker Barstow
George Wallace Batten
Elinor Littlefield Nina Ethel Lowell Marjorie Hale Morss
Arthur Dustin Beaman
Herbert Edward Carter
Arthur Damrell Moulton
Jeannette Margaret Davis
William J. Richmond
Doris Marie Donegan Irene Goodwin
Miriam Mahala Sidelinger
Richard Yorke Smith Victorine A. St. Onge
Robert Hastings Gray
George Leslie Hodgkins
Brendon Leonard Hoyt
Priscilla Dorothea Johnson
Marion P. Turner Robert Willard Wakeling Virginia Gertrude Watson
Dorothy Anne Wilkinson
Fine Arts Course
Annette Brown Alice Ruth Gonnam
Elizabeth Sprague Higgins
Sussette Elisabeth Weigmann
4
Normal Course
Alice Constance Bailey Margaret Elizabeth Carter Clarence Allen Chapman John Coolidge Colley Alice D. Estey
Ruth Warner Hoyt Muriel M. Kelly Barbara Kimball Edson Robert King Ernestine Thelma Lowell
Orville Farlin Poland
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Normal Course
Emerson Taylor Oliver
Ralph Kenneson Pomeroy
Pauline Ella Stickland
Mary Anne Proncko
Mary Josephine Story
Herbert G. Richmond
Leona M. Thibodeau
Richard Ruggles
John Richard Sawyer
Jane Clara Zynsky
Practical Arts Course
Lawrence Anthony Enos
Isabelle McSheehy Louise Murphy
Scientific Course
Frank Dodge Davis George F. Madden
Donald Lang Miller Dean Somerby Winchester
Harold Paul Zitzow
Secretarial Course
Johnina Clapperton
Mava Anita Classen
Dorothea Erna Domin
Phyllis Elinor Richman
Ann Robertson
Marjorie Hazel Rollins
Margaret Ruth Sullivan
Ruth Genevieve Surette
Evelyn Muriel Talbot
Beatrice Elizabeth White
Irregular Course
Willis Edward Carter Madeline Bernardine Chisholm Richard Allen Cleveland Ellsworth Croswell Elizabeth Burrall Emery Pauline Eleanor Glover Lillian C. Ivester Marion Elizabeth Jewell Mary Natalie Kevin
Barbara Leach
Stella Marchetti Priscilla Mathieson
Francis Xavier McGrath
Richard Ernest Merrill
Max Yale Ruderman
Ruth Elinor Spear
Roy E. White Albert Wright
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Elsie Mabel Putnam Marie H. Reed
Jeannette Eloise Forbes Marjorie Foye Elizabeth Ives
Norma Frances Kendall Betty Nichols Ruth Bernice Parry
Lorenna R. Towns
FORTY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
of the
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ended December 31, 1938
OFFICERS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term expires 1941
LOUIS ELLENWOOD, Secretary Term expires 1940
HERBERT G. EVANS
Term expires 1939
Manager ARTHUR G. SIAS
Office 565 Main St., Reading, Mass.
MANAGER'S REPORT
To the Municipal Light Board :
Gentlemen :
I submit, herewith, my report of the operation of the Municipal Light Plant for the year ending December 31, 1938.
The number of kilowatt hours sold was 8,400,252, an increase of 152,156 over the previous year. The estimated kilowatt hour sales lost on account of the hurricane of September 21, is 118,000.
The number of kilowatt hours purchased was 9,453,053, an increase of 225,484 over the previous year. The average cost of the current pur- chased was 1.1657 cents and the average cost per kilowatt hour sold was 1.3118 cents.
The kilowatt hours lost in distribution amounted to 10.22 per cent as compared with 9.6 per cent in 1937.
The maximum load on the system was 3,100 K. W., an increase of 50 K. W. over the previous year. This load occurred on December 23rd and again on December 24th.
The kilowatt hours sold for residence use increased 5.8 per cent and showed a consumption of 931 kilowatt hours per meter. This is an increase of 27 kilowatt hours over the previous year. The use of electric service in the home has been steadily increasing year by year, and over a ten year period has shown an increase of 71 per cent, the consumption
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per meter in 1929 being only 544 kilowatt hours per year. This in- creased use has been due, chiefly, to the use of electric service for cooking, refrigeration and water heating.
The use of service for commercial purposes has increased 4.25 per cent, and for street lighting 6.4 per cent over the previous year, while the use for power purposes has decreased 20 per cent, due to the lack of business in the manufacturing industries.
The revenue from sale of current was $315,225.72 as compared with $317,416.64 the previous year, a reduction of $2,190.92. While the revenue from sale of current for residence use increased $9,316.85, the loss of revenue from power service was $4,501.83 and from Commercial Service $6,701.16, when compared with the previous year. The decrease in revenue from commercial service was due to the reduction in rates for this class of service, through the consolidation of the commercial light- ing and commercial miscellaneous rates, and permitting the use of commercial lighting, heating, refrigeration and small power through a single meter.
The operating expenses for the year show an increase of $4,842.21 over the previous year. The principal items which have increased are, current purchased $6,198.12, depreciation $2,569.33, office salaries, sup- plies and expenses $1,901.02 and new business $3,684.48. The balance of the operating expense accounts show a reduction of $9,510.74.
The net income from the operation of the plant transferred to Profit and Loss was $41,168.60. After payment of bonds and notes amounting to $15,500, and payment to the Town Treasurer of $24,000 the net increase in the Profit and Loss surplus was $1,187.77.
Depreciation at 3 per cent of the cost of the Plant, amounting to $32,339.39, has been earned by the Plant and charged off the various asset accounts.
Current Assets, at the close of the year, were $116,293.88 and Cur- rent Liabilities $53,604.70.
Additions to the Plant during the year amounted to $57,785.20. Re- newal of the distribution equipment, destroyed by the hurricane of September 21st, amounted to $18,754.47 and was financed through the special appropriation voted on December 22nd. The remaining cost of the additions amounting to $39,030.73 was paid from the earnings of the Plant.
POWER STATION
The equipment at the power station has been increased by the installation of three feeder voltage regulators and the necessary wiring and connections for an additional feeder circuit to improve the Wil- mington service and relieve the load on the present equipment.
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All of the street lighting regulators have been equipped with auto- matic trip-out switches which shut off the supply of current to the street light circuit in case of a broken wire on the line or any trouble caused by crossed wires.
The necessary equipment has been purchased to connect the water cooling coils on the two 2500 K. W. high tension transformers which are located at the south end of the station and which reduce the incoming voltage from 13,800 volts to our distribution voltage. This additional cooling of the transformer coils will enable each transformer to safely carry 50 per cent additional load, and make it possible to use only one transformer under conditions of maximum station load for sev- eral years. The cost of these additions was $4,967.22.
The generating equipment is being kept in good condition and can be put into service at short notice if required.
DISTRIBUTION LINES
The following additions have been made to our distribution system : extension of the primary feeder line on Grove Street, from Lowell Street to Strout Avenue; additions to secondary mains; the purchase of underground cables for the Washington Street and High Street ducts ; the installation of pole type regulators on the street lighting cir- cuits in North Reading, Wilmington and Lynnfield Center and the ex- tension of the underground ducts on Barrett Street to the Sanford Mills property.
The street lighting circuits in North Reading, Wilmington and Lynnfield Center which were formerly controlled and regulated at the power station have now been equipped with pole type regulators and controllers installed in the respective towns. The original circuits were arranged so that the North Reading and Lynnfield street lights were operated from a single circuit and the Wilmington street lights from two circuits, all of which originated at the power station. Under the new arrangement the circuits have been divided, the Lynnfield circuit being separated from the North Reading circuit, and the latter divided into two circuits. The Wilmington street lights are now being operated on two circuits, but an additional regulator has been installed and as soon as the necessary re-arrangement of the wires can be made, the largest circuit will be divided, making three independent circuits.
This change in the method of operating has reduced the feet of wire on the circuits affected by about 12 miles and has made available 2 spare pins on the North Reading line and 4 spare pins on the Wilming- ton line which can be used for additional feeders without any change in the crossarms.
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The cost of making these changes, including the regulators and controllers was $7,974.37.
A start was made on the work of pulling in the underground cables on Washington and High Streets but on account of the hurricane we were obliged to delay the finish of the work until 1939.
We have added to our lines 32,371 feet of primary wire and 97,362 feet of secondary wire, and have removed 11,773 feet of street lighting wire.
There have been 66 new poles set and 800 poles renewed.
58 transformers have been installed and 53 removed, making a to- tal of 506 installed at the end of this year.
156 new services have been connected during the year.
The distribution system covers 186.32 miles of street with 1,191.44 miles of wire on 8,546 poles.
The hurricane of September 21st caused extensive damage to our distribution system, and interrupted the service on all overhead lines. Three commercial feeder lines were repaired that night and put back into service. On September 23rd, four more feeders were put in service and on the 24th the two remaining feeders were repaired. Repairs were not completed on all of the street lighting circuits until October 9th. The splendid co-operation of the Tree Wardens and Street Department employees in assisting in the removal of limbs and fallen trees helped materially in getting the service restored with a minimum of delay. Much credit is due our employees for the splendid work done and the co-ordination of all the various functions to the end that the prompt restoration of service might be accomplished. Our customers were extremely patient and there were practically no complaints, which show- ed a remarkable spirit of confidence in the work of restoration of ser- vice being done by our employees.
The cost to the Department for clearing away the trees and limbs and replacing the damaged property was $25,166.61, as indicated by the following items :
Renewal of Plant
Materials
$ 6,004.59
Labor
15,134.92
Insurance
318.18
Use of trucks
1,520.95
Total
$ 22,978.64
Less amount paid by Telephone Co. for joint
pole work
$ 4,224.17
Net cost of renewals
$ 18,754.47
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Operation Expense
Clearing away trees and repairs to customers' services :
Labor
$ 3,095.65
Insurance
77.39
Use of trucks
1,773.80
Electricians expense
1,052.86
Miscellaneous
412.44
Total Operating Expense
$ 6,412.14
Total hurricane damage expense
$ 25,166.61
On December 22nd the Town voted an appropriation of $25,000 and authorized the issuance of a loan under the provisions of Clause 9, Sec- tion 8 of Chapter 44, General Laws, the proceeds of the loan to be used by the Department in payment of storm damage expense and the loan is to be repaid by the Department out of the earnings of the plant.
A provision of the law under which the money was borrowed, calls for payment within one year, but an amendment of the law is to be en- acted this year, extending the time of payment to not more than ten years. I recommend that suitable action be taken by the Town at the Annual Meeting to enable the Department to pay off the loan in ten years.
STREET LIGHTING
New street lights have been added during the year as follows : Reading-Ash Street 1, California Road 1, Fairmount Road 2, Franklin Street 2, Hampshire Road 1, Hunt Street 1, Sunnyside_Avenue 1, and Woburn Street 6, a total of 15.
Lynnfield-Perry Avenue 2.
North Reading-Cogswell Road 1, Gordon Road 1, Linwood Avenue 2, Shirley Avenue 1, Summer Street 2, and Taylor Road 1, a total of 8. Wilmington-Marion Street 1, (private light).
The number of street lights now installed is as follows: Reading 945, Lynnfield 175, North Reading 353 and Wilmington 531, a total of 2004.
Woburn Street has been re-lighted with new fixtures and larger lamps from Sanborn Street to West Street.
There were 430,877 kilowatt hours sent out on the Reading street light circuits during the year at an average cost of 3.45 cents per kilo- watt hour, or a total cost of $14,865.26. The street lighting appropria- tion was $15,000.00
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METER DEPARTMENT
There have been 162 new meters purchased during the year as com- pared with 263 the previous year. 159 of the older type meters have been supplied with new parts to make them suitable for continued use. 480 outdoor meter installations have been made, bringing the total out- door installations to 2,100.
The following is a summary of the test work:
Number of request tests 189
Number of Periodic tests 225
Number of meter-room tests 971
Number of inquiry tests 318
Polyphase meter inspections
72
Meters Repaired
166
The total number of meters installed on December 31st was 6141.
LAMP AND APPLIANCE DEPARTMENT
The sales of lamps and appliances during the year amounted to $30,508.35 which was $465.75 less than the previous year.
104 ranges and 23 water heaters have been connected during the year.
1,226 current consuming appliances, exclusive of lamp bulbs, have been sold by the Department, the estimated annual kilowatt hour con- sumption of which is 202,573 and annual revenue of $8,102.92.
The income and expense schedule applying to merchandise, jobbing and repairs is shown below.
MERCHANDISE APPLIANCES, JOBBING SERVICE, SALES AND EXPENSES
as of December 31, 1938
Merchandise Appliances:
Net Sales
$ 30,508.35
Costs-Invoice Price
20,799.45
Gross Profit
9,708.90
Expenses :
Rent
$ 1,193.25
Heat
153.60
Commissions
1,957.46
Payroll
4,421.69
Discount-Leases
2,531.91
Transportation Expenses
260.27
Demonstration Kitchen
21.64
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Stores Expenses
127.49
Miscellaneous 34.66
Total Expenses $ 10,701.97
Appliance Installation Costs $ 1,754.75
Total Expense $ 12,456.72
Merchandise Appliances-Net Expense $ 2,747.82
Jobbing Service-Net Expense
235.19
Rental Merchandise Service-Net Expense .
535.26
New Business Expenses & Salaries $ 3,067.48
Advertising
1,326.96
Other Expenses Total Other Expenses
2,630.19 $ 7,024.63
Total Net Expense-Mdse., Jobbing & Rental
Services
$ 10,542.90
The amount appropriated from the income of the plant was $15,000 and the balance of this appropriation has been transferred to the Construction Fund in accordance with the vote of the Town.
GARAGE
The automobile expense for the year, including depreciation and insurance is shown in the following schedule: :
Gasoline
$ 1,335.45
Oil
90.22
Tires and Repairs
1,205.53
Labor
1,472.12
Depreciation
1,510.00
Insurance
750.84
Total
$ 6,346.16 The total mileage for the year was 140,992 miles and the average cost per mile was 4.51 cents.
FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS
It is recommended the following additions and improvements be made during the coming year :
Install cables, switches, transformers, and service connections in the underground ducts on Washington and High Streets.
Install an additional feeder on Lowell Street between Middlesex Avenue and Grove Street.
Re-arrange the wiring on the street light circuit in Wilmington to make two circuits in place of a single one .
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Extend underground service on the following streets :
Linden Street from Haven Street to Woburn Street Woburn Street from Linden Street to Sanborn Street Sanborn Street from Haven Street to Lowell Street The estimated cost of the above improvements is $19,110.00 to be paid from the Construction and Depreciation Funds.
ESTIMATE FOR 1939
In accordance with the provisions of Section 57, Chapter 164 of the General Laws, I submit herewith, my estimate of the income and ex- penses of the Municipal Light Plant for the year ending December 31, 1938.
Income
From Private Consumers
$316,127.00
From Tax Levy
For Street Lights
$ 14,000.00
For Municipal Departments
3,900.00
17,900.00
Total Income
$334,027.00
Expenses
For Operation, Maintenance and Repairs
$261,300.00
For Interest on Bonds and Notes
2,847.50
For Depreciation at 3% on $1,110,617.32
33,318.50
For Bond Payments
5,500.00
For Note Payments
10,000.00
Total Expenses $312,966.00
A summary of cash receipts and expenditures, statement of the various funds, total cost and present book value of the plant, together with statistics pertaining to the plant and a list of bills remaining un- paid at the end of the year will be found on the pages which follow.
The report of the Auditor which is appended, will show in detail the results of the operation of the plant as shown by the books of record.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR G. SIAS, Manager.
The reports of the Manager and Auditor as submitted by them are hereby approved by us and constitute our report to the Town.
HENRY R. JOHNSON, LOUIS ELLENWOOD, HERBERT G. EVANS, Municipal Light Board.
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ENERGY SOLD DOUBLES IN DECADE
KILOWATT HOURS SOLD
10,000
000
1938
8,000
000
6,000
1000
4,000
000 1928
2,000
T. of R Light Dept- 1938 Report
HL Gianascol
AVERAGE RATE NEARLY HALVED IN DECADE
Consumer Cost Der Kwhr Cents
10
8
-
6
1928
4
1938
2-
T. of R. Light Dept - 1938 Report
H L. Giamascol
931
KWH
904
1938
KWH
849
1937
KWH
794
1936
KWH
758
KWH
1935
726
KWH
1934
682
850
KWH
1933
KWH
658
KWH
1932
19,38
611
KWH
1931.
544
KWH
1930
1929
T. of R. Light Dept. - 1938 Report
INCREASE DURING TEN YEARS IN AVERAGE K.W.H. SOLD PER RESIDENT CUSTOMER
AVERAGE KWH SOLD PER U.S. RESIDENT CUSTOMER
.
H.L.Gianascol
>>> -- LOAD INCREASE
COMPARISON OF OPERATING COSTS 1938-1937 In Cents per Kilowatt Hour, Based on Kilowatt Hours Sold and Delivered to Street Lights
1938
1937
Production
$1.317
$1.284
Distribution
.678
.731
Utilization
.119
.131
Commercial
.194
.195
New Business
.079
.036
General and Miscellaneous
.841
.879
Bonds, Notes and Interest
.222
.154
Total Costs
$3.450
$3.410
SUMMARY OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
During the Period January 1, 1938 through December 31, 1938
Cash Balances January 1, 1938
Operation Fund
None
Depreciation Fund
None
Construction Fund
$ 8,305.02
Petty Cash Fund
250.00
Total Cash Balances
$ 8,555.02
Cash Received
Sale of Electricity, Mdse. and Jobbing
$322,786.33
Street Light Appropriation
15,000.00
Proceeds Sale of Note-Storm Damage
25,000.00
Miscellaneous
20,795.93
Total Cash Received
$383,582.26
TOTAL
$392,137.28
Cash Disbursed
Operating Accts .- Plant, Mdse. and Jobbing
$283,731.49
Construction Accounts
60,427.51
Interest Paid
3,210.00
Bonds and Notes Paid
15,500.00
Transfer to Town Treasurer
24,000.00
Total Cash Disbursed
$385,869.00
Cash Balances December 31, 1938
Operation Fund
None
Depreciation Fund
None
Construction Fund
$
5,018.28
Petty Cash Fund
250.00
TOTAL CASH BALANCES December 31, 1938
$ 5,268.28
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COMPARISON OF KILOWATT HOURS SOLD, ALSO INCOME RECEIVED
Kilowatt Hours Sold and Revenue
1938
Average
K.W.H.
Income
Rate
K.W.H.
1937 Income
Ave. Rate
Residence Service
5,076,569
$212,064.33
4.177
4,798,673
$202,747.48
4.225
Commercial Service
1,177,962
40,965.06
3.478
1,129,900
47,666.22
4.219
Commercial Power-Retail
498,040
14,199.23
2.851
786,029
19,873.09
2.528
Commercial Power-Wholesale
469,054
8,851.10
1.887
413,780
8,022.55
1.939
Municipal Service
121,598
2,648.02
2.188
114,040
2,687.06
2.356
Municipal Power-Retail
2,502
118.38
4.731
1,738
88.81
5.109
Municipal Power-Wholesale
329,400
6,368.84
1.933
323,800
6,054.93
1.869
Co-operative Resale Service
36,455
1,163.83
3.193
33,053
1,059.47
3.205
Street Lighting
688,672
28,846.93
4.189
647,083
29,217.03
4.515
Totals
1
8,400,252
$315,225.72
3.753
8,248,096
$317,416.64
3.850
INCOME FROM EACH TOWN
1938
1937
Increase Decrease*
Reading
$191,166.66
$193,492.65
$ 2,325.99*
Lynnfield Center
22,116.65
21,054.75
1,051.90
North Reading
39,227.59
39,455.79
228.20*
Wilmington
61,550.99
62,343.98
792.99*
Other Districts
1,163.83
1,059.47
104.36
Totals
$315,225.72
$317,416.64 $ 2,190.92*
KILOWATT HOURS SOLD IN EACH TOWN
Increase
1938
1937
Reading
5,730,141
5,698,457
31,684
Lynnfield Center
459,004
420,997
38,007
North Reading
883,369
857,370
25,999
Wilmington
1,291,283
1,238,219
53,064
Other Districts
36,455
33,053
3,402
Totals
8,400,252
8,248,096
152,156
CLASSIFICATION OF CUSTOMERS DECEMBER 31, 1938
Lynn- field
Wil- No. ming-
Totals Reading Center Reading
ton
Residence Service
5464
2868
472
823
1301
Commercial Service
478
268
30
60
120
Commercial Power-Retail
96
53
3
12
28
Commercial Power-Wholesale
12
9
3
Municipal Service
42
42
Municipal Power-Retail
6
6
Municipal Power-Wholesale
5
5
Cooperative Resale Service
17
9
1
1
6
Private Street Lights
18
6
2
4
6
Public Street Lights
3
1
1
1
Totals 1938
6141
3266
509
904
1462
Totals 1937
6117
3310
486
883
1438
Increase
24
23
21
24
Decrease
-
44*
-
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POLE ADDITIONS AND RENEWALS BY SIZES Additions
Pole
Renewals
Size
1938
1937
1936
1938
1937
1936
25
1
-
30
47
61
52
455
209
146
35
19
32
40
300
229
194
40
2
1
44
32
23
45
3
50
55
Totals
66
95
93
800
473
363
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POLE ADDITIONS AND RENEWALS
Additions
1938
1937
1936
Reading
17
52
39
Lynnfield Center
24
4
2
North Reading
9
16
16
Wilmington
16
23
36
Total Additions
66
95
93
Renewals
Reading
204
199
133
Lynnfield Center
48
73
22
North Reading
184
131
90
Wilmington
364
70
118
Total Renewals
800
473
363
TOTAL POLES HANDLED
866
568
456
NUMBER OF STREET LIGHTS BY SIZES
Totals 1651
Reading 605
Lynnfield Center 175
North Reading 353
Wil- mington
100 C. P.
19
19
250 C. P.
196
196
-
400 C. P.
35
35
-
600 C. P.
98
85
13
1000 W.
5
5
-
Totals 1938 . .
2004
945
175
353
531
Hours Burned . .
3825
3814
3814
3848
-
60 C. P.
518
-
-
146
PLANT INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS-ELECTRIC
Balance Additions 1938
Balance
Jan. 1, 1938
Deductions 1938 Dec. 31, 1938
Plant Investment:
Land
$ 2,575.80
$ 2,575.80
Structures
17,214.65
$
554.04
16,660.61
Structures-Garage
13,187.20
342.30
12,844.90
Boiler Plant-Equip. ..
250.00
250.00
Prime Movers & Auxil.
250.00
250.00
Turbo Gen. Units
500.00
500.00
Electric Plant-Steam.
58,907.61
4,967.22
4,841.62
59,033.21
Trans. Sta. & Substa. Equip
33,932.68
7,974.37
1,289.60
40,617.45
Poles, Fixt. & Overhead
Conductors
255,119.61
29,881.32
15,134.09
269,866.84
Underground Conduit
75,098.06
986.99
1,643.74
74,441.31
Underground Cond'rs .
62,256.56
7,074.79
2,284.49
67,046.86
Consumers' Meters
35,164.58
2,391.50
2,083.40
35,472.68
Consumers' Meters In- stallations
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