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The first attempt made to furnish water under pressure, to the citi- zens of Chambersburg, was made by the Chambersburg Water Company, of which Mr. James Riddle was President, in 1817. This company fur- nished water, under pressure, through a wooden pipe system, which con- sisted simply of pine logs with suitable hole bored through them from end to end, and the logs fastened together end to end by a heavy brass tapered ferrule. 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 the T. B. Wood Estate, and was driven by a water wheel. The reservoir was loca- ted 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 wood- en 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 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, for the purpose of erect- ing 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, constructed in 1875-1876, 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 pump- ing plant is held in readiness to operate at Siloam, and can be placed in service in ten hours in an emergency.
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387,000,000 GALLON IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR
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 improve- ment over any of the other supplies that the Borough of Chambersburg 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 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 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 dry summer and fall of 1943, the streams were so low that they could not furnish the Borough's demand for water, and the 387,000,000 gallon storage was drawn on for 150,500,000 gallons, be- tween July 16, 1943, and January 29, 1944.
Due to the inability to procure the proper materials in sufficient quantities, on account of restrictions of the War Production Board, there were no water main extensions constructed during the year 1943.
· The total cash and credits in this Department for 1943 were $107,- 024.46, and the total operating and non-operating expenses were $35,- 165.74, including depreciation amounting to $13,033.20, which leaves a total gross profit, exclusive of interest charges, of $71,858.72.
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Beginning with January 1, 1933, a Standard Public Utilities Account- ing 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, 1943, was $1,145,849.93.
PHYSICAL DATA OF BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT JANUARY 1, 1944
Population of Borough 15,500
(Census Population-15,005, and 495 was added for Schools and Colleges)
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 Residual 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 Storage Capacity 392,255,000 Gallons Days Supply @ 2,698,942 G. P. D. if no water came from Mountain 1.95
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SILOAM DAM
Days Supply @ 2,698,942 G. P. D. in Impounding Reservoir 143.39 Total Days Supply Stored @ 2,698,942 G. P. D.
145.34
Miles of Mains in Borough Limits:
14 Inch 0.42 Miles 4 Inch 11.82 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 13.88 Miles
Total of all Mains in Borough Limits 38.18 Miles
Miles of Mains Outside Borough Limits :
16 Inch 2.43 Miles 6 Inch 1.03 Miles
14 Inch 17.81 Miles 4 Inch
0.09 Miles
12 Inch 1.29 Miles
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Total of all Mains Outside Borough Limits 22.65 Miles
Total of all Mains Inside and Outside Borough Limits 60.83 Miles 1 ;
Total Number of Fire Hydrants on System
. 240
Total Number of Sewer Flush Tanks on System 126
Active Services:
8 Inch 5
11/2 Inch 20
9 6 Inch
11
11/4 Inch
:30
"84 Inch
30
1 Inch
222
403 Inch
4
3/4 Inch
3,363
21/2 Inch
1
1/2 Inch
92
8:2 Inch
32
Total of all Active Services 3,810
Inactive Services:
2 Inch 4
3/4 Inch 74
1 Inch 11
1/2 Inch 2
Total of all Inactive Services 91
Total of all active and Inactive Services
3,901
Valves inside Borough Limits 646
Valves outside Borough Limits 80
Total Valves in System 726
Number of Domestic Consumers inside Borough Limits 3,405
Number of Domestic Consumers outside Borough Limits 230
Total Number of Domestic Consumers 3,635
Number of Industrial Consumers
43
Number of Railroad Consumers
4
Number of Public Consumers .
40
Number of Free Consumers 29
Total Number of Metered Consumers - Active 3,751
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Meters on System January 1, 1944:
8 Inch 4
11/2 Inch 26
6 Inch 8
11/4 Inch
2
4 Inch 18
1 Inch
30
3 Inch 15
3/4 Inch
103
2 Inch
30
5/8 Inch 3,609
Total Number of Meters on System 3,845
Data for Year 1943:
Total Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters 131,348,533
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Domestic Consumers 32,127,204
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers
34,309,265
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers-Siloam
6,168,137
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Railroad Consumers
11,409,905
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Public Consumers
4,763,330
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Free Consumers
5,560,225
Estimated Total Cubic Feet Furnished for Fire, Flushing Streets, Trenches, Fire Hydrants, and Sewer Flush Tanks 5,657,500 Total Cubic Feet Accounted For 93,827,429
Total Cubic Feet Lost between Master Meter and Con- sumer
37,521,104
Percentage Lost between Master Meter and Consumer . 28.6%
50% of Loss is in Mains
18,760,552
45% of Loss is in Service Pipes 16,884,497
5% of Loss is due to Under-registration of Meters 1,876,055
Average Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters per Day 359,859
Average Cubic Feet Used by Consumers per Day 257,061
Average Cubic Feet Unaccounted for per Day 102,798
Average Gallons Registered by Master Meters per Day . 2,698,942
Average Gallons per Day per Domestic Consumer
182
Average Gallons per Day per Industrial Consumer
19,342
Average Gallons per Day per Railroad Consumer
58,612
Average Gallons per Day per Public Consumer 2,447
Average Gallons per Day per Free Consumer
3,940
Estimated Average Gallons Used per Day for Fire, Flush- ing Streets, Sewers, Trenches, Fire Hydrants, and Sewer Flush Tanks 116,250 2,054,703
Average Gallons per Day used for All Purposes
Average Gallons per Day Unaccounted For
644,239
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Domestic 42.6
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Industrial 53.7
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Railroad 15.1
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Public
6.3
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Free
7.4
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Flushing Fire Hy- drants, Etc.
7.5
Total Average Gallons per Capita per Day Consumption 132.6
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Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Inside Borough
$ 34,567.14 Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Outside Borough
$ 6,190.30 $ 40,757.44
Total Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes . Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes . Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes, Siloam
$ 1,767.99
Total Received from Water Sale for Railroad Purposes $ 4,053.25
Total Received from Water Sale for Public Purposes
$ 2,334.02 Total Received from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories $ 33,334.35 Total Received from All Sources
$ 95,809.70
Total Credits for Water Furnished Free Consumers and Other Borough Departments
Total Receipts and Credits
$ 11,214.76 $107,024.46
Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes 1943 Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes 1942 Increase in Receipts from Water Sale for the Year
$ 57,327.76
$ 5,147.59
Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1943
$ 33,334.35
Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1942 Increase in Receipts from Sale of Meters, Etc., for the Year $ 13,919.38 $ 19,414.97
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Domestic, In- cluding Minimum Charges Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Domestic, Includ- ing Minimum Charges
$ 1.27
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Industrial, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$ .38
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Industrial, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$ .05
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Railroads, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$ .36
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Railroads, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$ .05
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Public, In- cluding Minimum Charges $
.49
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Public, Including Minimum Charges $ .07
Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Inside Borough $
2.54
Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Outside Borough
$ 6.73
Average Received per Quarter per Public Consumer
$ 14.59
Average Received per Month per Industrial Consumer $ 29.71
Average Received per Month per Railroad Consumer $ 84.44
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside Borough $ 1,474.20
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Outside Borough $ 273.30
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside and Out- side Borough Limits $ 1,027.05
Total Loss in Bad Accounts, 1943
$ 0.00
Percent Lost in Bad Accounts, 1943
$ 0.00
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$ 13,562.65
$ 62,475.35
$ .17
Receipts and Credits for 1942
$ 86,109.00
Receipts and Credits for 1943
$107,024.00 Increase for the Year
$ 20,915.00
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, and water will be turned off.
Outside 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 $1,354,271.97
Total Fixed Capital
$1,354,271.97
Funds and Special Deposits
Sinking Fund Assets
$
42,264.91
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Current Assets
Cash (Borough Treasurer's Account)
$
43,685.92
Accounts
Receivable
from
Consumers
12,628.54
Materials and Supplies
5,744.34
Total Current Assets
$
62,058.80
Total Assets
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$1,458,595.68
Liabilities
Municipal Ownership
Net Worth, Water Depart- ment
$ 954,181.63
Current Liabilities
Assessments for Water Line · Construction
10,509.03
Reserves
Reserve for Renewals and Replacements 208,422.04
Surplus
Unappropriated Surplus
285,482.98
Total Liabilities
$1,458,595.68
RECAPITULATION OF NET WORTH
Net Investments, December
31, 1942
$1,197,652.55
Additions During 1943
Bonds Redeemed by General
Borough Funds
$
10,000.00
Total Additions
Net Income for Year
· 32,012.06
$
42,012.06
Balance, December
31,
$1,239,664.61 1943
REVENUE AND EXPENSE STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT
Operating Revenues
Metered Domestic Sales $ 38,045.01
Metered Commercial Sales . 6,914.11
Metered Industrial Sales .. Metered Public Sales
19,192.46
Sales for Private Fire Pro- tection 102.11
Consumers' Discounts
For-
feited and Penalties Im-
posed
Total Operating Revenues
3,090.20
63.45
$
67,407.34
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Operating Expenses
Water Collection System:
Operating Labor
$ 619.50
Maintenance
604.22
$ 1,223.72
Purification System:
Operating Labor
$ 1,239.00
Supplies and Expenses
1,528.72
Maintenance
137.56
$ 2,905.28
Pumping System:
Supplies and Expenses
$ 291.19
Maintenance
135.05
$ 426.24
Distribution System:
Operating Labor (Gen-
eral)
$ 902.04
Operating Labor (Reser- voir)
619.50
Maintenance of Mains and Pipes
414.64
Maintenance of Storage
Reservoirs, etc
95.09
Maintenance of Meters,
Vaults, Etc.
1,162.63
Maintenance of other Dis- tribution Property
. ...
$ 3,449.82
General Expenses
Office Salaries
$ 8,496.70
Salaries of Meter Readers .
1,368.26
Office Supplies and Expenses
430.13
Other General Property Ex- penses
605.34
Taxes
548.24
Other General Expenses
6.05
Insurance
295.91
Maintenance of General
Properties
465.69
Depreciation
13,033.20
Total General Expenses
$ 25,249.52
$ 33,254.58
Total Operating Expenses
255.92
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INCOME STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT
Operating Revenues
Operating Income .
$
67,407.34
Operating Expenses
Water Collection System
$ 1,223.72
Purification System
2,905.28
Pumping System
426.24
Distribution System
3,449.82
General Operating Expenses
25,249.52
Total Operating Expenses
$ 33,254.58
Net Operating Income ..
$ 34,152.76
Non-Operating Revenues $ 2,317.18
Non-Operating Expenses . .
1,911.16
Net Non-Operating Income
$ 406.02
406.02
Net Income
$ 34,558.78
Other Deductions
Free Water to Borough
$ 2,546.72
Total Deductions
$ 2,546.72
Balance of Net Income to
Surplus
$ 32,012.06
WATER DEPARTMENT ANAYLSIS OF FIXED CAPITAL
Description
Balance Dec 31, '1942
Additions
Balance Dec. 31, 1943
Siloam Property
$ 4,595.00
$ 4,595.00
Organization
11,024.28
11,024.28
Rights of Way
3,143.00
3,143.00
Water Collection System, Water Diversion Rights ..
40,400.00
40,400.00
Water Collection System,
194,524.78
194,524.78
Water Collection System, Collection Reservoirs and Intake Wells
51,084.39
51,084.39
Water Collection System,
and Supply
407,718.29
407,718.29
Purification System, Chemi- cal Treatment Plant
2,799.63
2,799.63
Purification System, Water Testing Equipment . ... Pumping System, Structures
31.50
31.50
5,208.85
5,208.85
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1943
Water Collection System,
Impounding Reservoirs ..
Aqueducts Mains
Pumping System, Pumps and Pumping Equipment Distribution System, Rights of Way
12,469.80
12,469.80
404.00
404.00
Distribution System, Trans- mission Mains
330.43
330.43
Distribution System, Stor- age Reservoirs and Tanks
11,994.02
11,994.02
Distribution System, Distri- bution Mains
414,538.40
414,538.40
Distribution System, Fire
Hydrants
26,577.26
26,577.26
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 .
8,596.68
$
1.74
8,598.42
tendence during Construc- tion
33,566.50
33,566.50
Administrative and Legal
Expenses during Con-
11,024.28
11,024.28
Interest during Construc-
tion
34,065.04
34,065.04
Development Cost
63,913.91
63,913.91
Filters
1,085.25
1,085.25
$1,354,270.23
$ 1.74
$1,354,271.97
WATER DEPARTMENT - CREDIT ACCOUNTS 1943
Metered Water, Light Plant
$ 883.06
Metered Water, Park of the Valient
153.00
Metered Water, Fire Houses
92.97
Metered Water, City Hall,
Meter Room and Police
Headquarters
68.04
Metered Water, Municipal
Market
6.45
Memorial Fountains
210.26
Comfort Station
178.68
Borough Farm
12.97
Disposal Plant
468.81
Borough Garage
9.93
Parks and Playgrounds
58.91
East Queen Street and South
Fourth Street Properties
13.00
$ 2,156.08
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Engineering and Superin-
struction
Free Water Per Agreements
Penn Hall Farm
$ 90.85
Kennedy Farm
10.48
Children's Home (75%)
45.54
Hospital (75%)
239.48
Salvation Army
4.29
$ 390.64
$ 2,546.72
Note: This amount $2,546.72 used in Comparative Income Statement as Free Water furnished in 1943.)
Free Unmetered Water Furnished the Following in 1943
240 Fire Hydrants @ $15.00 $ 3,600.00
126 Sewer Flush Tanks @
$16.96
2,136.96
Flushing Storm Sewers and
Street Work
750.00
Road Roller and
Street
25.00
Sweeper
$ 6,511.96
Note: This amount $6,511.96 does not appear in any other statement.
WATER ASSESSMENTS
Balance to be collected Jan-
uary 1, 1943
$ 121.00
Liens entered during 1943
121.00
WATER LIENS
Balance to be collected Jan-
uary 1, 1943
$ 2,117.61
Liens entered during 1943
121.00
Interest Accrued
15.47
Costs Accrued
15.70
$ 2,269.78
Collected during 1943
$ 224.80
Interest Collected
15.47
Interest Exonerated
1.08
Costs Collected
15.70
Balance to be collected Jan- uary 1, 1944
2,012.73
$ 2,269.78
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. Franklin Gilmore
William McKnight J. Spoonhour William Nixon William Sellers
W. Lynn Ritchey George A. Britsch
M. A. Foltz C. H. Fulwiler
B. M. Nead Van T. Haulman Samuel L. Hawbaker
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 traction 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 been demolished by the West- ern Maryland Railway Company. This was the first electric plant that was ever operated in Chambersburg, and certainly could not have stayed in business very long. Some of the citizens of Chambersburg remember distinctly seeing these electric lamps suspended 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 Cumber- land Valley Railroad Company, a portable electric light plant which con- sisted of boiler, steam engine, and one arc lamp generator with a capa- city of fifteen 2,000 candle-power open arc lamps. This car operated successfully under the supervision of Charles S. Hull from the very be- ginning, and in 1884 lighted arc lamps around the Public Square for the Centennial, and this same year lighted the gounds for a baseball game which was played at night. This game was played in a field bounded on the North by Falling Spring Creek, on the East by what is now North Fourth Street, on the South by what is now E. King Street, and on the West by what is now Kennedy Street.
In 1889 this portable electric light plant was rebuilt, under the su- pervision 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 con- struction 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 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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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 sole- ly for furnishing lighting for the streets of town. The plant was opera- ted from dark in the evening 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
1933- - 6,285,080 kilo-watt hours
$ 1934- - 7,253,250 kilo-watt hours
1935 - - 7,926,377 kilo-watt hours
1936 - 9,439,105 kilo-watt hours
1937 - 10,472,343 kilo-watt hours
1938 - 10,191,690 kilo-watt hours
1939 - 11,590,400 kilo-watt hours
1940 - - 13,729,150 kilo-watt hours
1941 - 16,243,700 kilo-watt hours
1942 - 18,996,100 kilo-watt hours
1943 - 19,918,059 kilo-watt hours
During the year 1943, the peak load on the Electric Light Plant reached 4,300 kilo-watts, which involved the operation of two 2,500 Kilo- Watt Turbine Generators. The total generated in kilo-watt hours dur- ing the year was 20,960,659 kilo-watt hours, or approximately 5% in- crease in kilo-watt hours generated over the year 1942.
Due to the fact that the War Production Board would not allow the Borough of Chambersburg to enlarge its electric light plant to take care of the constantly increasing demands for electric power, negotiations were started with the South Penn Power Company, a subsidiary of the Potomac Edison Company, which resulted in arrangements being made to secure a temporary supply of 2,500 kilo-watts from them. It was felt that this temporary service would be sufficient to meet the demands on the plant until such time as the markets would again become stabilized and the necessary equipment available. Construction work was started on this interconnection and the first energy was taken from the South Penn Power Company on September 20, 1943.
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