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ment
521.96
Public Works Administration
(Engineering Department)
179.91
Maintenance and Supplies, City Hall
1,529.25
Maintenance Borough Farm
83.40
Maintenance and Repairs, Build- ings and Grounds
395.32
Insurance, Fire and Accident
4,960.47
Maintenance and Repairs, Parks and Playgrounds
3,730.55
Recording Liens
332.40
Premium Surety Bonds
55.00
Coyle Free Library
2,870.00
Appropriation Spanish War Vet- erans and Memorial Day Ex- penses
75.00
Maintenance and Repairs to Am- bulance
608.12
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Investigation Gas Company Rates before Public Service
Commission
115.33
Telephone
302.39
Printing and Postage, Tax Col- lector
110.00
Maintenance, Comfort Station
460.38
Maintenance of Incinerator
360.00
Sidewalk Project
60.00
Cleaning Creek
456.51
Cleaning Falling Spring
163.88
Workman's Liability Insurance
7,923.00
Compiling Ordinances
203.50
Attorney's Expenses
307.24
Fire Insurance Tax Refund
477.12
Maintenance, Municipal Garage
58.11
Expenses Borough Convention
68.88
George H. Bitner, Tax Collector's Commission
317.22
Transfer to Borough Fire Fund
10,000.00
Miscellaneous
391.40
Balance in hands of Treasurer
420.57 $139,954.49
BOROUGH FIRE FUND
January 1, 1935, Balance in Fire Fund
$ 5,460.44
$5,000.00 Bonds of Borough of Mercersburg
5,100.15
Light Department (Repaying
Loan)
10,000.00
Transfer from General Borough Account
10,000.00
Interest on Light Department
Loan
41.60
Interest Bank Balance
183.10
Interest Coupons on Bonds
212.50
$ 30,997.79
Light Department Loan
$ 10,000.00
$5,000.00 Bonds of Borough of Mercersburg
5,100.15
Balance in Fire Fund Account January 1, 1936
15,897.64
30,997.79
TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Borough Bond Borough Bond Total
Dr.
Duplicate 1928- 1929 as shown by Auditors'
Report January
1, 1935
$
202.62
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38,700.55
January 1, 1936
Cr. January 1, 1936, Balance out- standing on du- plicate jointly collected by Geo. H. Bitner and Paul D. Tarner
202.62
Dr.
Duplicate 1931- 1932 as shown by Auditors' Report January 1, 1935
$ 1,864.07 $ 1,260.07
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Geo. H. Bitner . $ Liens entered dur- ing 1935 466.91 479.07
1.74 $ 1.20
468.65
480.27
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1936
$ 1,395.42 $ 779.80
Dr.
Duplicate 1932- 1933 as shown by Auditors' Report January 1, 1935
$ 1,860.72 $ 1,810.48
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Geo. H. Bitner .
962.78 867.39
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1936
$ 897.94 $ 943.09
Dr.
Duplicate 1933- 1934 as shown by Auditors' Report January 1, 1935 $ 2,510.03 $ 2,536.44
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Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Geo. H. Bitner .
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1936
748.79 637.13
$ 1,761.24 $ 1,899.31
Dr.
Duplicate 1934- 1935 as shown by Auditors' Report January 1, 1935 Penalty added 5%
$ 4,125.97 $ 4,140.64 177.72 180.13
$ 4,303.69 $ 4,320.77
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Geo. H. Bitner .
$ 1,708.90 $ 1,688.91
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1936
$ 2,594.79 $ 2,631.86
Dr.
Duplicate 1935- 1936
$ 7,791.52 $23,375.69
Cr.
Amount collected to December 1, 1935
$ 6,437.85 $19,121.41
Abatement on amount collected to December 1,
1935 $ 338.83 $ 1,006.39
Collected Decem- ber 1, 1935, to January 1, 1936 53.40 148.65 $ 6,830.08 $20,276.45
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1936 $ 961.44 $ 3,099.24
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SUMMARY TAX DUPLICATE
Borough
Borough Bond and Bond Total
January 1, 1936, Duplicate
1928-1929
January 1, 1936, Duplicate
1931-1932
$ 1,395.42 $ 779.80
January 1, 1936, Duplicate
1932-1933
897.94
943.09
January 1, 1936, Duplicate
1933-1934
1,761.24
1,899.31
January 1, 1936, Duplicate
1934-1935
2,594.79
2,631.86
January 1, 1936, Duplicate
1935-1936
961.44
3,099.24
$ 7,610.83 $ 9,353.30 $ 202.62 $17,166.75
STATEMENT BOND DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Balance in hands of Treasurer
$ 20,134.93
Tax Duplicate 1931-1932, Geo. H.
Bitner .
$ 1.20
Tax Duplicate 1932-1933, Geo. H.
Bitner
867.39
Tax Duplicate
Bitner
1933-1934, Geo. H.
637.13
Tax Duplicate 1934-1935, Geo. H.
Bitner
1,688.91
Tax Duplicate 1935-1936, Geo. H. Bitner
19,270.06
22,464.69
Proceeds from Note Chambersburg Trust Co.
60,000.00
Transfer from Sinking Fund
24,000.00
Proceeds Sale of Bonds Issued De- cember 1, 1935
150,000.00
Premium on Sale Bonds
40.00
Interest Accrued
262.50
$276,902.12
Expenditures
Bonds Redeemed
$107,000.00
Interest Paid (Coupons)
5,903.50
State Tax
138.07
Commission Account Corporate Loan Report (Wm. M. Pentz)
7.26
Geo. H. Bitner, Commissions
718.88
Note Paid, Chambersburg Trust Company
60,000.00 157.50
Interest
$ 202.62
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Transfered to Sinking Fund
10,000.00
Balance in hands Treasurer January
1, 1936
92,976.91
$276,902.12
BOND DEPARTMENT-SINKING FUND
January 1, 1935, Balance in Sinking Fund (Four Banks)
$22,655.43
Interest Received (Four Banks) 789.57
Transferred from Bond Department 10,000.00
$33,445.00
Transfer to Bond Department $24,000.00
Balance in Sinking Fund (Four Banks) January 1, 1936
9,445.00
$33,445.00
TAX LIENS
Borough Bond
Borough and Bond
Costs and Interest
Total
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1935
$ 2,804.69 $ 2,016.85 $
31.23
$ 4,852.77
Liens entered dur- ing 1935
466.91
479.07
945.98
Interest and cost .
$ 263.32
$ 3,271.60 $ 2,495.92 $
31.23 $
263.32 $ 6,062.07
Amount collected during 1935
486.82
393.31
3.90
263.32
1,147.35
$ 2,784.78 $ 2,102.61 $
27.33
$ 4,914.72
Exonerated from
Penalty in ac-
cordance with
Act No. 186 ...
13.70
10.15
23.85
$ 2,771.08 $ 2,092.46 $
27.33
$ 4,890.87
Liens not Revived 1.51
1.01
2.52
Balance to be col-
lected January 1, 1936
$ 2,769.57 $ 2,091.45 $
27.33
$ 4,888.35
LATERAL SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Assessments made in 1935 $ 759.68
$ 759.68
Collected during 1935 $ 358.16
Balance to be collected January 1, 1936
401.52 $ 759.68
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LATERAL SEWER LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1935
$ 8,147.53 7.60
Interest Accrued
$ 8,155.13
Collected during 1935 $ 121.73
Interest Collected
7.60
Interest Exonerated by Council
12.88
Damage Allowed by Council
500.00
Balance to be collected January 1, 1936
7,512.92
$ 8,155.13
PAVING LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1935
$ 4,150.44
Liens entered during 1935 282.92
Interest Accrued
99.23
$ 4,532.59
Collected during 1935
$ 623.78
Interest Collected
102.38
Interest Exonerated by Council
18.38
Damage Allowed by Council
500.00
Balance to be collected January 1, 1936
3,288.05
$ 4,532.59
HARRY R. GEARHART, PAUL N. GEYER, ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER,
Auditors.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT
The first attempt made to furnish water, under pressure, to the citizens of Chambersburg, was made by the Chambersburg Water Com- pany, of which Mr. James Riddle was President, in 1817. This company furnished water, under pressure, through a wooden pipe system, which consisted simply of pine logs with suitable hole bored through them from end to end, and the logs fastened together end to end. Water was furnished until 1875 or 1876. The pump for this system was located on the South side of the Falling Spring at a point almost directly in line with the buildings of the Chambersburg Hospital and the dwelling house on the farm now owned by Mr. T. B. Wood, and was driven by a water wheel. The reservoir was located where the present buildings of the Chambersburg Hospital now stand, and during the construction of the new portion of the hospital, traces of the old reservoir structure were uncovered, and some of the old wooden pipe was dug up. The pressure under which this water was furnished must have, of necessity, been quite low, and the old records show that the system, as a whole, was not satisfactory.
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
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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 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 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 Chambers- burg 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 an- other 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 last three years drought brought very forcibly to the attention of the authorities that the supply might under certain conditions, become quite inadequate. To guard against any short- age of water that might possibly occur, the Borough of Chambersburg proceeded to build a storage dam, at Caledonia across the Birch Run Valley, which will hold 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.
As the growth of the town made necessary the extending of the original distributing system, false economy added mains that were much too small, and the result of this practice was that there were three very low pressure areas in the town. One of these low pressure areas was in the extreme Southern end of town, another in the extreme Western end, and another in the extreme Northern end. To correct this very serious condition, in 1932 a 12-inch feeder main was laid from a point immediately East of the Borough Limits to the intersection of Scotland Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, and a 10-inch feeder main was laid from this point to Philadelphia Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, a total distance of approximately 11,769 feet, at a total cost of $33,511.00.
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In 1933, a similar feeder main was laid from the same point at the Eastern edge of town to Wayne Avenue and South Fourth Street, and an 8-inch feeder main was laid from South Fourth and Mckinley Streets to Central Avenue and McKinley Street. This was a total length of feeder mains of 9,700 feet and cost $24,500.00.
Eventually, the Borough authorities hope to have duplicate feeder lines connecting Dull Hill Reservoir with the town, and duplicate feeder lines connecting Dull Hill Reservoir with the intake on Birch Run. And when this is done, the Borough of Chambersburg will have a water supply that will leave little to be desired in the way of a perfect supply, except perhaps a filtering plant at the mountain, the purpose of which would be to eliminate the finely divided vegetable matter thrown down into the town by heavy rains, or during high stream periods.
A 10-inch water feeder main, 612 feet long, was constructed from Queen and Federal Streets to Lincoln Way West and Federal Street, and tied in at the latter point to relieve a low pressure condition. This feeder main cost $2,215.44, and has relieved to a great extent the low pressure conditions in this vicinity.
An 8-inch water main, 121 feet long, was constructed on East King Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets at a cost of $359.04.
The leaks at the new impounding dam in the South Mountain remain substantially as they were at this time last year. There has been little, or no, change in the amount of leakage, the total leakage being on Decem- ber 31, 1935, 829,440 gallons in twenty-four hours, as against 830,085 gallons in twenty-four hours on December 31, 1934.
The State Highway Department has completed the road from Cale- donia almost to Pine Grove Furnace, and this provides very easy access to the dam.
During December, 1935, a grant of $101,500.00 was received from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works toward the build- ing of an additional water supply line from the old Intake on Birch Run to Chambersburg. The total estimated cost of this line was $225,546.00. Bids were received on the materials and construction work, and recom- mendation for awards of bids was made to the P. W. A. authorities in Harrisburg. Work has not been started as yet on this project, on account of the severity of the winter weather, but will probably start sometime in March, 1936. The chances are that the line will be completed by the end of July, 1936. When this additional line is in service, it will raise the pressure very materially in all parts of the town, and will provide against any interruptions in the water supply from the mountain, in case of a break in either line.
A new water structure was put in effect on August 1, 1935, which did not change materially the revenues, but did eliminate some very un- desirable features inherent in the old rate.
The total revenues in this Department for 1935 were $52,392.30, and the total operating expenses were $24,673.61, including depreciation amounting to $8,301.37, and which leaves a total net profit, exclusive of interest charges, of $27,718.69.
Beginning with January 1, 1933, a Standard Public Utilities Ac- counting and Bookkeeping System was installed for this Department, which involved the making of an appraisal. The Reproduction Value New, less accrued depreciation, as of December 31, 1935, is $927,032.87.
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387,000,000 GALLON IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR
PHYSICAL DATA OF BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG, WATER DEPARTMENT JANUARY 1, 1936
Population of Borough 14,000
Area of Water Shed 17.75 Square Miles
Elevation of Impounding Reservoir 1,088 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 Micheaux State Forest by Gravity with 40 Pounds Average Pressure in Chambersburg
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 Storage Capacity 392,255,000 Gallons
Days Supply @ 1,784,748 G. P. D. if no water came from Mountain 2.94
Days Supply @ 1,784,748 G. P. D. in Impounding Reservoir 216.83
Total Days Supply Stored @ 1,784,748 G. P. D. 219.78
Miles of Mains in Borough Limits
14 Inch
0.42 Miles 4 Inch 11.65 Miles
12 Inch
2.53 Miles 2 Inch 0.65 Miles
10 Inch 4.05 Miles 11/2 Inch 0.18 Miles
8 Inch 4.16 Miles 1 Inch 0.37 Miles
6 Inch 11.71 Miles
Total of all Mains in Borough Limits 35.72 Miles
Miles of Mains outside Borough Limits
16 Inch 1.04 Miles 12 Inch
1.29 Miles
14 Inch 9.00 Miles 4 Inch
1.12 Miles
Total of all Mains outside Borough Limits
12.45 Miles
Total of all Mains inside and outside Borough Limits .
48.17 Miles
Total Number of Fire Hydrants on System
213
Total Number of Sewer Flush Tanks on System
114
Active Services
8 Inch 5
11/2 Inch 20
6 Inch
9
11/4 Inch
29
4 Inch
23
1 Inch
209
3 Inch
4
3/4 Inch
2,972
21/2 Inch
1
1/2 Inch
95
2 Inch
33
2,225,000 Gallons
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Total of all Active Services 3,400
Inactive Services
2 Inch 4 3/4 Inch 76
1 Inch 12 1/2 Inch 2
Total of all Inactive Services
94
Total of Active and Inactive Services
3,494
Valves inside Borough Limits
573
Valves outside Borough Limits 40
Total Valves in System -613
Number of Domestic Consumers inside Borough Limits 3,151
Number of Domestic Consumers outside Borough Limits
162
Total Number of Domestic Consumers 3,313
Number of Industrial Consumers
34
Number of Railroad Consumers
4
Number of Public Consumers
41
Number of Free Consumers
29
Total Number of Metered Consumers-Active
3,421
Meters on System January 1, 1936
8 Inch 4
11/2 Inch 26
6 Inch 6
11/4 Inch 2
4 Inch 14 1 Inch 30
3 Inch 12 34 Inch 90
2 Inch 22 5/8 Inch 3,215
Total Number of Meters on System 3,421
Data for Year 1935
Total Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meter 86,857,733
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Domestic Consumers 25,866,245
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers 16,994,688
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Railroad Consumers 8,406,034
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Public Consumers 3,741,277
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Free Consumers 8,633,503
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
68,751,747
Total Cubic Feet Lost between Master Meter and Consumer . 18,105,986
Percentage Lost between Master Meter and Consumer 20.8%
50% of Loss is in Mains 9,052,993
45% of Loss is in Service Pipes 8,147,694
5% of Loss is due to under-registration of Meters 905,299
Average Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meter per Day 237,966
Average Cubic Feet Used by Consumers per Day 188,361
Average Cubic Feet Unaccounted for per Day 49,605
Average Gallons Registered by Master Meter per Day
1,784,748
Average Gallons per Day per Domestic Consumer 160
Average Gallons per Day per Industrial Consumer
10,271
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Average Gallons per Day per Railroad Consumer 43,182
Average Gallons per Day per Public Consumer .1,875
Average Gallons per Day per Free Consumer 6,117
Estimated Average Gallons Used per Day for Fire, Flushing Streets, Sewers, Trenches, Fire Hydrants, and Sewer Flush Tanks 105,000
Average Gallons per Day Used for all Purposes
1,412,707
Average Gallons per Day Unaccounted for 372,041
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Domestic 38.0
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Industrial
25.0
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Railroad 12.3
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Public
5.5
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Free
12.7
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Flushing Fire Hy- drants, etc.
7.5
Total Average Gallons per Capita per Day Consumption 101.0
Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Inside Borough
$28,823.59
Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Outside Borough
2,757.29
Total Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes 31,580.88
Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes 7,935.43
Total Received from Water Sale for Railroad Purposes 2,588.85
Total Received from Water Sale for Public Purposes 2,036.27
Total Received from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories . 3,156.63
Total Received from All Sources 47,298.06
Total Credits for Water Furnished Free Consumers and other Borough Departments 8,658.76
55,956.82
Total Receipts and Credits
Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes 1935 44,141.43
Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes 1934 42,380.83
Increase in Receipts from Water Sale for the Year 1,760.60
Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1935 Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1934 2,215.19 Increase in Receipts from Sale of Meters, etc., for the Year .. 941.44
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Domestic, In - cluding Minimum Charges 1.22
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Domestic, Includ- ing Minimum Charges Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Industrial, In- .16 cluding Minimum Charges .47
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Industrial, Includ- ing Minimum Charges
.06
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Railroads, In- cluding Minimum Charges Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Railroads, Includ- ing Minimum Charges
.31
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Public, Includ- ing Minimum Charges
.04
.55 Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Public, Including Minimum Charges .07
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3,156.63
Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Inside Borough 2.29
Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Outside Borough 4.25
Average Received per Quarter per Public Consumer 12.42
Average Received per Month per Industrial Consumer 19.45 Average Received per Month per Railroad Consumer
53.94
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside Borough 1,159.00
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Outside Borough 221.00
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside and Out- side Borough Limits
916.00
Total Lost in Bad Accounts, 1935
0.00
Percent Lost in Bad Accounts, 1935
0.00
Receipts and Credits for 1934
54,561.00
Receipts and Credits for 1935
55,957.00
Increase for the Year
1,396.00
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 dwelling, 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 fol- lowing 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.
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.
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BALANCE SHEET WATER DEPARTMENT
Assets
Fixed Capital
Fixed Capital Installed
$1,036,204.94
Siloam Property 4,595.00
Construction Work in Pro- gress
2,989.44
$1,043,789.38
Current Assets
Cash (Borough Treasurer's Account)
$ 4,320.24
Accounts Received from
Consumers
9,501.01
Material and Supplies
4,146.72
17,967.97
Total Assets
$1,061,757.35
Liabilities
Municipal Ownership
Net Worth Water Depart- ment, December 31, 1935
$ 742,544.21
Funded Debt
Bonds 41/2 % Serial Bonds . 70,000.00
Current Liabilities
Assessments for Line Con- struction $ 10,646.68
Advance from Electric Light Department 56,000.00
66,646.68
Reserves
Reserve for Renewals and Replacements
113,767.07
Surplus
Surplus Earned 1935
68,799.39
Total Liabilities
$1,061,757.35
RECAPITULATION OF NET WORTH
Net Investment December
31, 1934
$ 752,708.26
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Additions
Contribution from State Emergency Relief Board (Labor)
835.95
$ 753,544.21
Deductions
Contributions to General
Borough
11,000.00
Balance
$ 742,544.21
Earned Surplus December
31, 1935
68,799.39
Net Worth December 31,
1935
$ 811,343.60
REVENUE AND EXPENSE STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT
Operating Revenues
Metered Domestic Sales
$ 29,708.60
Metered Commercial Sales
5,292.24
Metered Industrial Sales
11,287.65
Metered Public Sales
3,891.24
Sales for Private Fire Pro- tection
65.92
Consumers' Discounts For-
feited and Penalties Im- posed
60.04
Total Operating Revenues
$ 50,305.69
Operating Expenses
Water Collection System --
Operating Labor
$ 423.16 2,120.77
Maintenance Total
$ 2,543.93
Purification System-
Operating Labor
$ 746.40
Supplies and Expenses
1,161.58
Maintenance Total
2,026.24
Pumping System-
Operating Labor (Net) .
$ 61.31
Maintenance Total
203.00
264.31
Distribution System-
Operating Labor (Gen-
eral)
$ 722.79
118.26
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Operating Labor (Reser- voir) 449.79
Maintenance Mains
373.10
Maintenance Reservoirs
429.13
Maintenance Meters, etc.
396.68
Maintenance Other Dis-
tribution Property
317.77
Total
2,689.26
General Expenses
Office Salaries
$ 4,927.73
Salaries of Meter Readers
829.93
Office Supplies and Ex-
penses
234.84
Other General Property Ex- penses
447.59
Taxes
268.57
Other General Expenses
15.72
Insurance
219.89
Maintenance of General
Properties
579.30
Depreciation
8,301.37
Total
$ 15,824.94
Total Operating Expenses
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