Annual report of the burgess and town council of the borough of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 1935, Part 19

Author: Chambersburg (Pa.)
Publication date: 1935-1940
Publisher: [Chambersburg, Pa.] : The Borough
Number of Pages: 492


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On March 1, 1875, the following men were elected to the Chambers- burg Town Council: W. B. Gilmore, Jacob H. Miller, Samuel M. Worley. J. P. Culbertson, John C. Gerbig, John Suesserote, Thomas Cook, and David Harmony with G. W. Nitterhouse as Burgess. On July 17, 1875, this body took action setting Friday, August 20, 1875, as an election day for voting on a bond issue not to exceed $60,000.00, for the purpose of


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387,000,000 GALLON IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR


erecting a suitable water works. This election was duly held, and the official count reported at a special meeting of Council held August 21, 1875, was as follows:


In favor of the Bond Issue 648


Not in favor of the Bond Issue 317


This was the beginning of the Borough of Chambersburg entering into the business of supplying water to its citizens.


Bids were received for the necessary equipment on September 25, 1875, and the contract was awarded to H. P. M. Birkenbine at a price of $53,850.00, which covered a one million gallon pump, boiler, one million gallon reservoir, 28 fire plugs, 5,400 feet of 10 inch pipe, 1,750 feet of 8 inch pipe, 7,693 feet of 6 inch pipe, and 18,500 feet of 4 inch pipe, or a total of 6.3 miles of pipe. It is a matter of some interest to note that all of this old pipe and some of the old Birkenbine fire plugs are still in service in Chambersburg today.


This action on the part of the Borough was contested by the Cham- bersburg Water Company, but, in the end, all of the actions of Council were upheld by the Courts.


This first pumping plant, a steam operated one, was located on the West Bank of the Conococheague Creek almost directly opposite the foundry of the Wolf Company, and has always been known locally as the Birkenbine Pumping Plant. In 1891, a water driven pumping plant was installed at the C. B. Gish mill, afterward known as Siloam, and another reservoir constructed with a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons, on the farm of Joseph Horst. A 2,000,000 gallon steam pumping plant is held in readiness to operate at Siloam and can be placed in service in 10 hours in an emergency.


In 1910 and 1911, the Conococheague Creek at Siloam, as a source of water supply was abandoned by the Borough, and a supply brought in by gravity from the State Forest at Caledonia. This was a vast im- provement over any of the other supplies that the Borough of Cham- bersburg had been using, but the drought of 1931, 1932 and 1933 brought very forcibly to the attention of the authorities that the supply might, under certain conditions, become quite inadequate. To guard against any shortage of water that might possibly occur, the Borough of Cham- bersburg proceeded to build a storage dam, at Caledonia across the Birch Run Valley, which holds 387,000,000 gallons of water. This dam will be held entirely full at all times for emergency purposes, and will supply the town, when using 2,000,000 gallons of water per day, for 193 days, if there was not a drop of water flowing into the dam in all that time.


During the year, the following water main extensions were con- structed on the front foot assessment plan:


Reservoir Street 375' of 6" line


East South Street 289' of 6" line


Park Avenue 656' of 6" line


Stanley Avenue 551' of 6" line


The total cash and credits in this Department for 1939 were $66,958.07, and the total operating and non-operating expenses were $29,145.55, including depreciation amounting to $12,516.92, which leaves a total gross profit, exclusive of interest charges, of $37,812.52.


Beginning with January 1, 1933, a Standard Public Utilities Ac- counting and Bookkeeping System was installed for this Department, after the making of a complete appraisal. The Reproduction Value New less Accrued Depreciation, as of December 31, 1939, is $1,173,360.72.


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SILOAM DAM


PHYSICAL DATA OF BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT


JANUARY 1, 1940


Population of Borough


14,000


Area of Water Shed 17.75 Square Miles


Elevation of Impounding Reservoir 1,091.75 Feet above Sea Level


Elevation of Intake Dam 975 Feet above Sea Level


Elevation of Dull Hill Reservoir 801 Feet above Sea Level


Elevation of Horst Reservoir 712 Feet above Sea Level


Elevation of Reservoir Hill Reservoir 707 Feet above Sea Level


Elevation of Memorial Square 615 Feet above Sea Level


Total Head from Intake to Town 360 Feet


Present 24 Hour Capacity from Michaux State Forest by Gravity with 40 Pounds Average pressure in Chambersburg


5,500,000 Gallons


Emergency Steam Operated Plant at


Siloam, Capacity 2,500,000 Gallons in 24 Hours


Storage Capacity of Impounding Reservoir 387,000,000 Gallons


Storage Capacity of Dull Hill Reservoir 2,200,000 Gallons


Storage Capacity of Horst Reservoir 2,000,000 Gallons


Storage Capacity of Reservoir Hill Reservoir 1,000,000 Gallons


Storage Capacity of Stand Pipe 55,000 Gallons


Total Storge Capacity 392,255,000 Gallons


Days Supply @ 1,824,170 G. P. D. if no water came from Mountain 2.88


Days Supply @ 1,824,170 G. P. D. in Impounding Reservoir 212.15 Total Days Supply Stored @ 1,824,170 G. P. D. 215.03


Miles of Mains in Borough Limits


14 Inch 0.42 Miles 4 Inch 11.76 Miles


12 Inch 2.53 Miles 2 Inch 0.57 Miles


10 Inch 4.05 Miles 11/2 Inch 0.18 Miles


8 Inch 4.36 Miles 1 Inch 0.37 Miles


6 Inch 12.60 Miles


Total of all Mains in Borough Limits 36.84 Miles


Miles of Mains outside Borough Limits


16 Inch 2.43 Miles 6 Inch 1.03 Miles


14 Inch 17.81 Miles 4 Inch .09 Miles


12 Inch 1.29 Miles


Total of all Mains outside Borough Limits 22.65 Miles


Total of all Mains inside and outside Borough Limits 59.49 Miles


Total Number of Fire Hydrants on System 222


Total Number of Sewer Flush Tanks on System 120


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Active Services


8 Inch


5


11/2 Inch


20


6 Inch


10


11/4 Inch


30


4 Inch


27


1 Inch


221


3 Inch


4


3/4 Inch


3,164


21/2 Inch


1


1/2 Inch


92


2 Inch


31


Total of all Active Services


3,605


Inactive Services


2 Inch 4


3/4 Inch 74


1 Inch


12


1/2 Inch


2


Total of all Inactive Services


92


Total of Active and Inactive Services


3,697


Valves inside Borough Limits


604


Valves outside Borough Limits


80


Total Valves in System


684


Number of Domestic Consumers inside Borough Limits 3,235


Number of Domestic Consumers outside Borough Limits


196


Total Number of Domestic Consumers 3,431


Number of Industrial Consumers


41


Number of Railroad Consumers


4


Number of Public Consumers


38


Number of Free Consumers


29


Total Number of Metered Consumers-Active


3,543


Meters on System January 1, 1940


8 Inch 4


11/2 Inch 26


6 Inch 6


11/4 Inch


2


4 Inch


17


1 Inch


30


3 Inch 12


3/4 Inch 100


2 Inch


26


5/8 Inch 3,403


Total Number of Meters on System 3,626


Data for Year 1939


Total Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters 88,776,267


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Domestic Consumers 29,947,079


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers 17,113,612


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers-Siloam 2,819,305


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Railroad Consumers


8,033,124


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Public Consumers


4,460,254


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Free Consumers


3,038,794


Estimated Total Cubic Feet Furnished for Fire, Flushing Streets, Sewers, Trenches, Fire Hydrants, and Sewer Flush Tanks 5,110,000


Total Cubic Feet Accounted For 67,702,863


Total Cubic Feet Lost between Master Meter and Consumer 21,073,404 Percentage Lost between Master Meter and Consumer 23.7%


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50% of Loss is in Mains 10,536,702


45% of Loss is in Service Pipes 9,483,032


5% of Loss is due to under-registration of Meters 1,053,670


Average Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters per Day 243,223


Average Cubic Feet Used by Consumers per Day 185,487


Average Cubic Feet Unaccounted for per Day 57,736


Average Gallons Registered by Master Meters per Day 1,824,170


Average Gallons per Day per Domestic Consumer 179


Average Gallons per Day per Industrial Consumer 9,990


Average Gallons per Day per Railroad Consumer 41,266


Average Gallons per Day per Public Consumer


2,412


Average Gallons per Day per Free Consumer


2,153


Estimated Average Gallons used per Day for Fire, Flushing Streets, Sewers, Trenches, Fire Hydrants, and Sewer Flush Tanks 105,000 1,391,155


Average Gallons per Day used for all Purposes


Average Gallons per Day Unaccounted For


433,015


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Domestic 43.9


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Industrial 29.3


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Railroad 11.8


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Public


6.5


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Free


4.5


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Flushing Fire Hy- drants, etc. 7.5


Total Average Gallons per Capita per Day Consumption 103.5


Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Inside


Borough


$31,854.92


Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Outside Borough $ 4,213.81


Total Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes $36,068.73


Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes $ 8,257.85


Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes Siloam $ 872.45


Total Received from Water Sale for Railroad Purposes $ 2,585.85


Total Received from Water Sale for Public Purposes $ 2,234.33


Total Received from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories Total Received from All Sources


$ 8,922.04


$58,941.25


Total Credits for Water Furnished Free Consumers and other Borough Departments $ 8,016.82


Total Receipts and Credits $66,958.07


Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes 1939 $50,019.21


Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes 1938 $49,122.29


Increase in Receipts from Water Sale for the Year $ 896.92


Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1939 $ 8,922.04 Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1938 $ 7,067.84 Increase in Receipts from Sale of Meters, etc. for the Year $ 1,854.20


Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Domestic, In- cluding Minimum Charges $ 1.20


Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Domestic, Includ- ing Minimum Charges $ .16


Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Industrial, In-


cluding Minimum Charges $ .46


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Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Industrial, Includ- ing Minimum Charges $ .06 Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet, from Railroads, In- $ .32


ing Minimum Charges Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Railroads, Includ- $


ing Minimum Charges .04 Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Public, Includ- ing Minimum Charges $ .50 Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Public, Including Minimum Charges $ .07


Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Inside Borough $ 2.46


Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Outside Borough $


5.38


Average Received per Quarter per Public Consumer $ 14.70


Average Received per Month per Industrial Consumer $ 18.56


Average Received per Month per Railroad Consumer $ 53.88


Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside Borough $ 1,243.36 Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Outside Borough $ 186.04


Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside and Out- side Borough Limits $ 840.80


Total Lost in Bad Accounts,1939


$


0.00


Percent Lost in Bad Accounts, 1939


$ 0.00


Receipts and Credits for 1938


$64,151.00


Receipts and Credits for 1939 $66,958.00


Increase for the Year


$ 2,807.00


RATES FOR WATER Within Borough Limits


Rate Per


1,000 Cu. Ft.


First 20,000 Cu. Ft. used per Month


$1.00


Next 400,000 Cu. Ft. used per Month 0.30


All over 420,000 Cu. Ft. used per Month


0.28


Minimum Charges


Single houses, or dwellings, shall pay a Minimum Charge of $1.50 per Quarter.


Double houses served by one meter shall pay a Minimum Charge of $3.00 per Quarter.


Industries and Railroads shall pay a Minimum Charge of $0.50 per Month for each and every service.


All Charges are payable net on, or before, the 25th of the Month following the end of the Month or Quarter. If not paid on, or before, the 25th of the Month following the end of the Month or Quarter, a penalty of five (5%) per cent shall be added.


If bills are not paid on, or before, the 30th of the Month following the Month or Quarter for which the bill was rendered, the water will be turned off.


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Outside of Borough Limits


Per Thousand Cubic Feet $2.50


Minimum Charges


Single houses outside of the Borough-$2.35 per Quarter.


Double houses outside of the Borough-$4.70 per Quarter.


The same regulations shall apply, and the same penalties shall be inflicted for non-payment as provided for within the Borough.


BALANCE SHEET WATER DEPARTMENT Assets


Fixed Capital


Fixed Capital Installed


$1,330,047.84


Construction Work in Pro- gress


2,295.34


Total Fixed Capital


$1,332,343.18


Current Assets


Cash (Borough Treasurer's Account)


$ 1,383.22


Accounts Receivable from


Consumers


10,744.22


Materials and Supplies 4,589.48 $ 16,716.92


Total Current Assets


Total Assets


$1,349,060.10


Liabilities


Municipal Ownership


Net Worth, Water Depart- ment


$ 935,628.87


Funded Debt


Bonds 3% Serial Bonds


47,000.00


Current Liabilities


Advance from Electric Light Department


$ 32,203.95


Assessments for Line Con- struction


8,697.51


Total Current Liabilities


40,901.46


Accrued Liabilities


Unmatured Interest accrued on Unfunded Debt 2,782.73


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Reserves


Reserve for Renewals and Replacements 156,687.12


Surplus


Unappropriated Surplus


166,059.92


Total Liabilities


$1,349,060.10


RECAPITULATION OF NET WORTH


Net Investment, December 31, 1938


$


930,630.93


Additions


Contributions


from U. S.


Treasury


$


1,997.94


Bonds Redeemed by Borough Treasurer 11,000.00


12,997.94


$ 943,628.87


Deductions


Contributions to General Borough Fund $ 8,000.00


$ 935,628.87


Earned Surplus end of Year


166,059.92


Net Worth, December 31, 1939


$1,101,688.79


REVENUE AND EXPENSE STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT


Operating Revenues


Metered Domestic Sales


$


33,621.84


Metered Commercial Sales


6,394.73


Metered Industrial Sales


11,957.78


Metered Public Sales


- 2,416.63


Sales for Private Fire Pro- tection 72.40


Consumers' Discounts For-


feited and Penalties Im- posed 78.33


$ 54,541.71


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Operating Expenses


Water Collection System:


Operating Labor


Supplies and Expenses


$ 410.44 .28


Maintenance


389.43


$ 800.15


Purification System :


Operating Labor


$ 820.95


Supplies and Expenses


1,163.68


Maintenance


191.36


2,175.99


Pumping System:


Operating Labor


$ 7.35


Supplies and Expenses


31.77


Maintenance


1,642.85


1,681.97


Distribution System :


Operating Labor (Gen-


eral)


$ 704.31


Operating Labor (Reser- voir)


410.51


Maintenance of Mains and Pipes 433.79


Maintenance of Storage Reservoirs, etc.


423.03


Maintenance Meters, Vaults, etc.


534.18


Maintenance Other Distri-


bution Property


676.84


3,182.66


General Expenses


Office Salaries


$ 5,219.41


Salaries of Meter Readers


725.51


Office Supplies and Expenses


269.59


Other General Property Ex-


penses


393.94


Taxes


17.51


Other General Expenses


1.50


Insurance


167.96


Maintenance f General


Properties


355.54


Depreciation


12,516.92


19,667.88


Total Operating Ex- penses


$ 27,508.65


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INCOME STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT


Operating Revenues


$ 54,541.71


Operating Expenses


Water Collection System $ 800.15


Purification System


2,175.99


Pumping System


1,681.97


Distribution System


3,182.66


General Operating Expenses


19,667.88


Total Operating Ex- penses


27,508.65


Operating Income


$ 27,033.06


Non-Operating Revenues .


$ 1,923.00


Non-Operating Expenses 1,636.90


Non-Operating Income


286.10


Total Net Income


$ 27,319.16


Net Income Deductions


Interest Deductions


$ 1,157.34


Free Water to Borough


1,916.62


3,073.96


Balance of Net Income


. .


$ 24,245.20


ANALYSIS OF FIXED CAPITAL WATER DEPARTMENT


Balance Jan. 1, 1939


Additions 1939


Balance Dec. 31, 1939 $ 11,024.28


Organization


$ 11,024.28


Water Collection System,


Rights of Way


3,143.00


3,143.00


Water Collection System,


Diversion Rights


40,400.00


40,400.00


Impounding Reservoirs


179,944.28


$ 14,580.50


194,524.78


Water Collection System, Reservoirs and Wells


51,084.39


51,084.39


Water Collection System, Aqueducts and Supply Mains


407,468.29


200.00


407,668.29


Purification System, Chemi- cal Treatment Plant


2,799.63


2,799.63


Water Testing Equipment .


31.50


31.50


Pumping Station Structures


5,208.85


5,208.85


Pumps and Pump Equip- ment


12,469.80


12,469.80


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Distribution System, Rights of Way


404.00


404.00


Distribution System, Trans- mission Mains


330.43


330.43


Distribution System, Reser-


voirs and Stand Pipes


11,994.02


Distribution System, Mains


11,994.02 389,355.19


4,795.26


394,150.45


Distribution System, Fire


Hydrants


23,856.08


270.99


24,127.07


Distribution tains System, Foun-


11,107.75


11,107.75


Other General Structures


3,329.00


3,329.00


General Office Equipment .


738.19


738.19


Other General Equipment .


7,797.56


550.12


8,347.68


tendence during Construc- tion


33,566.50


33,566.50


Administrative and Legal


Expenses during Con- struction


11,024.28


11,024.28


Interest during Construction


34,065.04


34,065.04


Development Cost


63,913.91


63,913.91


Siloam Property


4,595.00


4,595.00


$1,309,650.97 $ 20,396.87 $1,330,047.84


WATER DEPARTMENT-CREDIT ACCOUNTS 1939


Metered Water, Light Plant $ 387.06


Metered Water, Fire Houses


94.51


Market House, Meter Room and Police Headquarters


94.31


Memorial Fountains


396.49


Bubbler


5.84


Comfort Station


258.99


Borough Farm


22.72


Disposal Plant


68.04


Borough Garage


18.39


Parks and Playgrounds


53.45


East Queen and South


Fourth Street Properties


12.00


$ 1,411.80


Free Water Per Agreement


Penn Hall Farm


$ 133.03


Kennedy Farm


16.82


Childrens' Home (75%)


53.73


Hospital (75%)


288.57


Salvation Army


12.67


$ 504.82


$ 1,916.62


Note: This amount $1,916.62 used in Comparative Income Statement as. Free Water furnished in 1939.


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Engineering and Superin-


Free Unmetered Water Furnished the Following in 1939


219 Fire Hydrants at $15.00, plus 3 added during year $ 3,290.00


Sewer Flush Tanks (120) 2,035.20


Flushing Storm Sewers and Street Work


750.00


Road Roller and Street Sweeper


25.00 $ 6,100.20


Note: This amount $6,100.20 does not appear in any other statement.


WATER LIENS


Balance to be collected Jan-


uary 1, 1939


$ 1,794.33


Interest Accrued


21.00


Costs and Penalty


2.00


$ 1,817.33


Collected during 1939


$ 106.08


Interest Collected


21.00


Costs and Penalty Collected


2.00


Balance to be collected Jan- uary, 1940


1,688.25


$ 1,817.33


WATER ASSESSMENTS


Balance to be collected Jan-


uary 1, 1939


$ 413.57


Assessments made in 1939


1,518.63


Interest Collected during


1939


5.80


Collected during 1939


$ 1,932.20


Interest Collected


5.80


$


1,938.00


$ 1,938.00


HARRY R. GEARHART, ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER, HERBERT C. KEEFER,


Auditors.


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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHAMBERSBURG ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


On August 29, 1874, the following named persons applied for a Charter to furnish electric current for lighting in the Borough of Cham- bersburg, under the name of "The Franklin Electric Company":


James McKnight and Agent B. Frank Gilmore


William McKnight J. Spoonhour William Nixon


William Sellers


M. A. Foltz C. H. Fulwiler


B. M. Nead Van T. Haulman Samuel L. Hawbaker W. Lynn Ritchey George A. Britsch


D. Alonza Orr William Orr John Hart


John A. Orr


The stock in this Company was stated at $25.00 a share, but just how much stock was issued is not a matter of record.


There is some doubt as to the year this company started to furnish current in Chambersburg, but that it was in business in Chambersburg has been established beyond question. How extensive their business was at that time it is now impossible to state.


The plant consisted of a belt driven generator using a steam trac- tion engine as power, and the equipment was located in the old brick and weatherboard building known as the "Ebersole Building", which stood immediately on the West bank of the Conococheague Creek on the South side of Lincoln Way West, and which has just recently been de- molished by the Western Maryland Railway Company. This was the first electric plant that was ever operated in Chambersburg, and cer- tainly could not have stayed in business very long. Some of the citizens of Chambersburg remember distinctly seeing these electric lamps sus- pended above the streets, and at that time were impressed with the fact that they did not blow out when the wind blew.


In the year 1883 there was constructed, in the shops of the Cum- berland Valley Railroad Company, a portable electric light plant which consisted of boiler, steam engine, and one arc lamp generator with a capacity of fifteen 2,000 candle-power open arc lamps. This car oper- ated successfully under the supervision of Charles S. Hull from the very beginning, and in 1884 lighted arc lamps around the Public Square for the Centennial, and this same year lighted the grounds for a baseball game which was played at night. This game was played in a field lying East of Third Street and South of King, just about where the Byer Brothers' Green House is located at the present time.


In 1889 this portable electric light plant was rebuilt, under the supervision of Mr. Hull, for a capacity of forty 2,000 candle-power open arc lamps. This plant was frequently used for the lighting of important construction work along the Cumberland Valley Railroad, as well as the lighting of serious wrecks. It was also used for the lighting of the Granger's Picnic Ground at Williams Grove, and many of us recall the lighting of the Mt. Alto Park Grounds. Mr. Hull was a mechanical genius, and one of the beautiful things he created, with this car and an arc lamp, was a fountain which sprayed steam of different colors up above the car roof. Mr. Charles S. Hull will be remembered as a kindly old gentleman, and one of the first to take up seriously the possibility of electric lighting in this section.


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MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT-1939


On November 29, 1889, after a vote had been taken by the citizens of Chambersburg to increase the indebtedness of the Borough by an amount not exceeding $10,000.00 for the purpose of installing an Electric Light Plant to light the streets of the Borough, a contract was placed for the necessary electrical equipment with the Thompson-Houston Elec- tric Light Company at a price of $9,797.50. This plant was installed solely for furnishing lighting for the streets of the town. The plant was operated from dark in the evenings until twelve o'clock midnight, except on moonlight nights when it was not operated at all.


In 1893, the Borough went into the commercial phase of furnishing current to consumers. It was a far step from this first plant to the present up-to-date efficient plant, and the citizens of Chambersburg are certainly to be congratulated on having had sufficient intelligence to keep this valuable utility for their very own.


AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION


1929- 6,460,592 kilowatt-hours.


1930- 6,420,232 kilowatt-hours.


1931- 6,206,845 kilowatt-hours.


1932- 5,876,722 kilowatt-hours.


1933- 6,285,080 kilowatt-hours.


1934- 7,253,250 kilowatt-hours.


1935- 7,926,377 kilowatt-hours.


1936- 9,439,105 kilowatt-hours.


1937-10,472,343 kilowatt-hours.


1938-10,191,690 kilowatt-hours.


1939-11,590,400 kilowatt-hours.


The major activity in this Department during 1939 involved the de- molition of the old dilapidated frame dwelling houses on the North side of Electric Light Avenue, between Harrison Avenue and North Second Street, the installation of high tension underground cables from the Plant to terminal poles on North Second Street, the grading and planting of this land area to shrubbery, the installation of a beautiful electric fountain, and the erection of a suitable marker dedicating this Park to I. W. Cree, John W. Hoke, Joshua W. Sharpe, and Matthew W. Strealy, citizens of Chambersburg who saved the Plant for the town when it was just about to be sold to some private interests. Much thought was given to a name for this Park, and finally, by Resolution of The Burgess and Town Council of the Borough of Chambersburg, it was named "The Park of the Valiant". The name for this Park was suggested by Miss Cora McKeehan of Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, Penna., a lady who has never lost interest in those things which make of Chambersburg a better place in which to live.


"The Park of the Valiant" makes a beautiful entrance to the Electric Light Plant, and no doubt will add much to the comfort and enjoyment of the citizens of Chambersburg during the warmer months of the year in which the electric fountain is operated.


During the year 1939, the peak loads on the Electric Light Plant reached 3,100 kilowatts, which involved the operation of one of the 2,500 K. W. Units, and one of the 1,000 K. W. Units. The total output in kilowatt-hours for the Plant during the year was 12,208,200 kilowatt-


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- DEDICATION -


THIS PARK IS DEDICATED BY THE BURGESS AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG AS AN ENDURING TOKEN OF THE APPRECIATION OF A GRATEFUL CITIZENRY, TO


JAMES W. CREE


JOHN W HOKE EDITOR OF TPUBLIC OPINION" 1900 - 1905


JOSHUA W. SHARPE CHIEF BURGESS OF CHAMBERSBURG 1903 - 1908


MATTHEW W STREALY PRESIDENT OF TOWN COUNCIL 1908 -1910


WHO, IN 1904, BY THEIR UNSELFISH AND COURAGEOUS ACTIONS IN THE FACE OF POWERFUL OPPOSITION AND PUBLIC CRITICISM, PREVENTED THE SALE OF THE BOROUGH'S MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT, AND PRESERVED FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WHICH HAS PROVEN TO BE ITS MOST VALUABLE FINANCIAL ASSET.


BRONZE TABLET AT ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT


hours, or approximately 20% increase in output over 1938. This is a tremendous increase for one year, and shows a very healthy condition for the Community, as a whole, from both an industrial and commercial standpoint.




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