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200.00
Premium, Surety Bond
255.00
Coyle Free Library, Appropria- tion
3,000.00
Maintenance of Ambulances Telephone
405.25
Maintenance, Comfort Station ..
868.69
Expense, Defense Council
1,209.36
Salary, Caretaker of Incinerator
1,495.85
Maintenance of Incinerator 428.02
Maintenance, Borough Farm
801.62
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1,246.26
Telephone, Secretary and Plumb- ing Inspector
65.58
Dues, Borough Association
39.00
Expenses, Borough Officials at Conventions
1,075.00
Appropriation, Spanish American War Veterans
75.00
Recording Liens
16.50
Borough Solicitor's Expenses
347.66
Fire Insurance Tax Refund
1,815.32
Expenses, Salvage Drives
421.74
Appropriation, Chambersburg
Hospital
3,528.14
Expenses, Clean-Up Week
312.43
Tax Collector's Expenses
98.15
Tax Collector's Commission
250.36
Purchase of Ground, Carbaugh Alley
125.00
Sidewalk and Curb
455.39
Miscellaneous
197.82
$ 36,993.00
$227,344.01
Balance in Hands of Treasurer January 1, 1945
10,904.12
$238,248.13
BOROUGH FIRE FUND
January 1, 1944, Balance in
Treasurer's Hands
$ 27,917.19
Interest, Time Certificates of
Deposit
164.93
Interest, Coupons Mercersburg
Bonds
42.52
Interest, 214% U. S. Treasury
Bonds
250.35
$2,000.00 Borough of Mercersburg Bonds
2,000.00
$50,000.00 U. S. Savings Bonds, "Series F"
37,000.00
$ 67,374.99
$2,000.00 Borough of Mercersburg Bonds
$ 2,000.00
$50,000.00 U. S. War Savings Bonds, "Series F"
37,000.00
$18,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bonds 21/4 %, 1956-59
18,000.00
Balance in Treasurer's Hands, January 1, 1945
10,374.99
$ 67,374.99
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TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Borough Bond Borough Bond
Total
Dr.
Duplicate, 1941 - 1942 Taxes, Balance as shown by Audi- tors' Report January 1, 1944
$ 140.65 $ 422.02
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Edgar W. Diehl, Collector .
Tax Liens Entered
$ 138.10 $ 2.55
414.38 7.64
140.65
422.02
Dr.
Duplicate, 1942- 1943 Taxes, Balance as shown by Audi-
tors' Report January 1, 1944
86.75
259.72
Cr.
Tax Liens Entered
2.55
7.64
Balance Outstand- ing January 1, 1945
84.20
252.08
Dr.
Duplicate 1943- 1944 Taxes Balance as shown by Audi- tors' Report January 1, 1944 Penalty Added ..
362.61
1,091.38
16.89
50.84
379.50
1,142.22
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Edgar W. Diehl, Collector $ 308.81 $
Tax Liens Entered
1.90
930.73 5.68
310.71
936.41
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Borough Bond Borough Bond
Total
Balance Outstand- ing January 1, 1945
$ 68.79 $ 205.81
Dr.
Duplicate 1944- 1945
7,981.31 23,943.01
Cr.
Amount Collected to November 1, 19.44
$ 7,301.21 $21,897.49
Abatement on Amount Collec-
ted to Novem- ber 1, 1944 . 384.27
1,152.49
Collected Novem- ber 1, 1944 to
January 1, 1945
75.91
219.83
7,761.39
23,269.81
Balance to be Col- lected January 1, 1945
$
219.92 $
673.20
SUMMARY TAX DUPLICATE
Borough
Bond
Total
January 1, 1945, Duplicate 1942-1943
$ 84.20 $ 252.08
January 1, 1945, Duplicate 1943-1944
68.79
205.81
January 1, 1945, Duplicate 1944-1945
219.92
673.20
$ 372.91 $ 1,131.09 $ 1,504.00
BOND DEPARTMENT Receipts
Balance in hands of Treasurer January 1, 1944 .
$26,661.53
Tax Duplicate, 1944-1945, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector
$22,117.32
Tax Duplicate, 1943-1944, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector
930.73
Tax Duplicate, 1941-1942, Edgar W.
414.38
23,462.43
$50,123.96
Expenditures
Bonds Redeemed
$13,000.00
Interest Paid (Coupons)
4,090.00
State Tax
38.00
Commission Account Corporate Loan
2.00 Report, James G. Bietsch, Treasurer Commissions, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector Balance in Hands of Treasurer, January 1, 1945 32,243.18
750.78
$50,123.96
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Diehl, Collector
BOND DEPARTMENT - SINKING FUND
Balance in Treasurer's Hands January 1, 1944
$ 4,461.54 44.69
$ 4,506.23
Balance in Hands of Treasurer January 1, 1945
$ 4,506.23
TAX LIENS
Borough Bond
Borough and Bond
Interest
Total
Balance to be col-
lected January
1, 1944 ...
$ 1,388.72 $ 1,700.92 $
27.33
$ 3,116.97
Liens Entered
During 1944
7.00
20.96
27.96
Interest Collected
$ 456.99
456.99
Amount Collected,
1944
390.88
482.08
456.99
1,329.95
$ 1,004.84 $ 1,239.80 $
27.33
$ 2,271.97
Tax Liens Not Re-
vived
12.67
4.48
17.15
$ 992.17 $ 1,235.32 $
27.33
$ 2,254.82
LATERAL SEWER LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1944 $ 5,058.96
1,430.98
Costs Accrued
20.75
$ 6,510.69
Collected during 1944
$ 1,126.87
Interest collected
1,430.98
Costs collected
20.75
Balance to be collected January 1, 1945
3,932.09
$ 6,510.69
PAVING LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1944
$ 1,049.23
Interest Accrued
210.82
Costs Accrued
42.30
$ 1,302.35
Collected during 1944
$ 278.57
Interest collected
215.98
Costs collected
42.30
Balance to be collected January 1, 1945
765.50
$ 1,302.35
HARRY R. GEARHART, ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER, HERBERT C. KEEFER,
Auditors.
$ 1,395.72 $ 1,721.88 $
27.33 $
456.99
$ 3,601.92
Interest Accrued
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Interest Received
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT
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 consisted 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 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 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 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 pumping plant is held in readiness to operate at Siloam, and can be placed in ser- vice 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 im- provement over any of the other supplies that the Borough of Chambers- burg 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 dry summer and fall of 1944, 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 175,000,000 gallons, between July 4, 1944 and December 26, 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 1944.
The total cash and credits of this Department for 1944 were $78,327.55, and the total operating and non-operating expenses were $38,105.86, including depreciation amounting to $13,034.59, which leaves a total gross profit, exclusive of interest charges, of $40,221.69.
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, 1944, was $1,132,999.49.
PHYSICAL DATA OF BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT JANUARY 1, 1945
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
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SILOAM DAM
Total Storage Capacity 392,255,000 Gallons Days Supply @ 2,687,145 G. P. D. if no water came from Mountain 1.96 Days Supply @ 2,687,145 G. P. D. in Impounding Reservoir 144.02
Total Days Supply Stored @ 2,687,145 G. P. D.
145.98
Miles of Main 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
Total of all Mains Outside Borough Limits 22.65 Miles
Total of all Mains Inside and Outside Borough Limits 60.83 Miles
Total Number of Fire Hydrants on System 240
Total Number of Sewer Flush Tanks on System
126
Active Services :
8 Inch 6
11/2 Inch
20
6 Inch
11
11/4 Inch
30
4 Inch 30
1 Inch
222
3 Inch 4
3/4 Inch
3,417
21/2 Inch
1
1/2 Inch
92
2 Inch
32
Total of all Active Services 3,865
Inactive Services:
2 Inch 3
34 Inch 73
1 Inch
11
1/2 Inch 2
Total of all Inactive Services 89
Total of all Active and Inactive Services
3,954
Valves Inside Borough Limits
646
Valves Outside Borough Limits 80
Total Valves in System 726
Number of Domestic Consumers Inside Borough Limits
3,467
Number of Domestic Consumers Outside Borough Limits 235
Total Number of Domestic Consumers
3,702
Number of Industrial Consumers
38
Number of Railroad Consumers 4
44
Number of Public Consumers Number of Free Consumers
39
30
Total Number of Metered Consumers - Active
3,813
Meters on System January 1, 1945:
8 Inch 5
11/2 Inch 27
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 3,663
Total Number of Meters on System 3,901
Data for Year 1944:
Total Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters 131,132,667
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Domestic Consumers 34,455,124
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers 35,937,292
Total Cubic Feet. Furnished Industrial Consumers-Siloam 8,402,377
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Railroad Consumers
9,663,128
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Public Consumers
4,745,206
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Free Consumers
5,225,779
Estimated Total Cubic Feet Furnished for Fire, Flushing Streets, Trenches, Fire Hydrants and Sewer Flush Tanks 5,673,000 Total Cubic Feet Accounted For 95,699,529
Total Cubic Feet Lost between Master Meters and Con- sumer
35,433,138
Percentage Lost between Master Meters and Consumer .. 27.0%
50% of Loss is in Mains
17,716,569
45% of Loss is in Service Pipes
15,944,912
5% of Loss is due to Under-registration of Meters 1,771,657
Average Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters per Day 358,286
Average Cubic Feet Used by Consumers per Day 261,474
Average Cubic Feet Unaccounted for per Day 96,812
Average Gallons Registered by Master Meters per Day . 2,687,145
Average Gallon's per Day per Domestic Consumer
191
Average Gallons per Day per Industrial Consumer
23,911
Average Gallons per Day per Railroad Consumer 49,504
Average Gallons per Day per Public Consumer 2,493
Average Gallons per Day per Free Consumer
3,570
Estimated Average Gallons Used per Day for Fire, Flush- ing Streets, Sewers, Trenches, Fire Hydrants and Sewer Flush Tanks 116,250 2,133,236
Average Gallons per Day used for All Purposes
Average Gallons per Day Unaccounted For 553,909
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Domestic
45.5
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Industrial
58.6
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Railroad
12.8
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Public
6.3
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Free
6.9
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Flushing Fire Hy- drants, Etc.
7.5
Total Average Gallons per Capita per Day Consumption .
137.6
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Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Inside Borough
$ 35,688.10
Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Outside Borough
$ 7,420.55 $ 43,108.65
Total Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes
Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes
$ 14,225.04
Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes,
Siloam
$ 2,375.06
Total Received from Water Sale for Railroad Purposes $ 3,143.31
Total Received from Water Sale for Public Purposes $ 2,152.41
Total Received from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories
$ 4,074.82
Total Received from All Sources
$ 69,079.29
Total Credits for Water Furnished Free Consumers and Other Borough Departments
$ 9,248.26
Total Receipts and Credits
$ 78,327.55
Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes, 1944 $ 65,004.47
Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes, 1943 $ 62,475.35
Increase in Receipts from Water Sale for the Year $ 2,529.12
Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1944
$ 4,074.82
Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks, and Accessories 1943
$ 3,348.58
Increase in Receipts from Sale of Meters, Etc., for the Year $ 726.24
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Domestic, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$ 1.25
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Domestic, Includ- ing Minimum Charges .
$ .17
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Industrial, In- cluding Minimum Charges .
$ .37
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Industrial, Includ- ing Minimum Charges
$ .05
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Railroads, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$
.33
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Railroads, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$ .04
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Public, Includ- ing Minimum Charges
$ .45
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Public, Includ- ing Minimum Charges
$ .06
$ ยท 2.57
Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Inside Borough Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Outside Borough
$ 7.89
Amount Received per Quarter per Public Consumer
$ 13.80
Average Received per Month per Industrial Consumer $ 36.40
Average Received per Month per Railroad Consumer $ 65.49
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside Borough $ 1,508.22 Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Outside Borough Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside and Out- side Borough Limits $ 1,068.63
Total Loss in Bad Accounts, 1944
$ 0.00
Percent Lost in Bad Accounts, 1944
$ 0.00
Receipts and Credits for 1943
$ 74,883.00
Receipts and Credits for 1944
$ 78,328.00
Increase for the Year
$ 327.62
$ 3,445.00
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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 1
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.
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 ... $1,354,456.12
Construction Work in Prog- ress 7.35
Total Fixed Capital
$1,354,463.47
Funds and Special Deposits
Sinking Fund Assets $ 6,381.31
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Current Assets
Cash (Borough Treasurer's Account) $ 44,564.45
U. S. Treasury Bonds 1 1/4 %
80,000.00
Accounts Receivable from Consumers
13,373.51
Materials and Supplies
4,981.31
Accrued Interest on U. S. Notes
291.67
Total Current Assets
$ 143,210.94
Total Assets
$1,504,055.72
Liabilities
Municipal Ownership
Net Worth, Water Depart- ment .
$ 954,181.63
Current Liabilities
Assessments for Line Con- struction
9,680.92
Reserves
Reserve for Renewals and Replacements
221,456.63
Surplus
Unappropriated Surplus
318,736.54
Total Liabilities
$1,504,055.72
RECAPITULATION OF NET WORTH
Net Investments, December
31, 1943
$1,239,664.61
Additions During 1944
Net Income for Year
33,253.56
Balance, December 31, 1944
$1,272,918.17
REVENUE AND EXPENSE STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT
Operating Revenues
Metered Domestic Sales $ 39,766.49
Metered Commercial Sales 7,118.03
Metered Industrial Sales
20,063.64
Metered Public Sales
3,292.42
Sales for Private Fire Pro- tection
99.87
Consumers' Discounts For- feited and Penalties Im-
73.99
posed
$ 70,414.44
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Operating Expenses
Water Collection System:
Operating Labor
$ 654.13
Supplies and Expenses
1.40
Maintenance
513.76
$ 1,169.29
Purification System:
Operating Labor
$ 1,308.25
Supplies and Expenses
1,262.76
Maintenance
483.23
$ 3,054.24
Pumping System:
Operating Labor
$ 1,269.01
Supplies and Expenses
715.41
Maintenance
828.35
$ 2,812.77
Distribution System:
Operating Labor (Gen-
eral)
$ 821.15
Operating Labor (Reser- voir)
654.12
Maintenance of Mains and Pipes
1,766.96
Maintenance of Storage
Reservoirs, etc. .
137.88
Maintenance of Meters,
Vaults, etc.
855.19
Maintenance of other Dis-
tribution Property
404.60
$ 4,639.90
General Expenses
Office Salaries
$ 8,501.83
Salaries of Meter Readers
1,448.00
Office Supplies and Expenses
268.92
Other General Property Ex- penses
439.63
Taxes
571.89
Other General Expenses
14.50
Insurance
27.33
Maintenance of General
Properties
402.50
Depreciation
13,034.59
Total General Expenses
$ 24,709.19
Total Operating Expenses
$ 36,385.39
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INCOME STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT
Operating Revenues
Operating Income .
$
70,414.44
Operating Expenses:
Water Collection System $ 1,169.29
Purification System
3,054.24
Pumping System
2,812.77
Distribution System
4,639.90
General Operating Expenses Total Operating Expenses Net Operating Income
24,709.19
$ 36,385.39
$ 34,029.05,
Non-Operating Revenues In- cluding Interest
$ 3,681.28
Non-Operating Expenses ..
1,720.47
Net Non-Operating Income
$ 1,960.81
Net Income
$ 35,989.86 .
Other Deductions
Free Water to Borough .
$ 2,736.30,
Balance of Net Income to
Surplus
$ 33,253.56.
WATER DEPARTMENT ANALYSIS OF FIXED CAPITAL
Description
Balance Dec. 31, 1943
Additions
Balance Dec. 31, 1944
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,
Aqueducts and Supply
Mains
407,718.29
407,718.29
Purification System, Filters
1,085.25
1,085.25
Purification System, Chemi- cal Treatment Plant . . .
2,799.63
2,799.63.
Purification System, Water
Testing Equipment
31.50
31.50;
50
1944
Water Collection
System,
Impounding Reservoirs ..
Pumping System, Pumping Station Structures ... Pumping System, Pumps and Pump Equipment . Distribution System, Rights of Way Distribution System, Trans- mission Mains
5,208.85
5,208.85
12,469.80
12,469.80
404.00
404.00
330.43
330.43
Distribution System, Storage Reservoir, Tanks, etc.
11,994.02
11,994.02
Distribution System, Distri- bution Mains
414,538.40
414,538.40
Distribution System, Fire
Hydrants and Cisterns ..
26,577.26
26,577.26
Distribution System, Foun- tains
11,107.75
11,107.75
General Equipment, Other
General Structures
3,329.00
3,329.00
General Equipment, General
Office Equipment
738.19
$ 184.15
922.34
General Equipment, Other General Equipment . .
8,598.42
8,598.42
Engineering and Superinten- dence during Construction
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
Totals
$1,354,271.97 $ 184.15
$1,354,456.12
WATER DEPARTMENT - CREDIT ACCOUNTS 1944
Metered Water, Light Plant
$ 1,009.21
Metered Water, Park of the Valiant
113.81
Metered Water, Fire Houses
87.63
Metered Water, City Hall,
Meter Room and Police Headquarters
68.03
Metered Water, Municipal
Market .
7.51
Memorial Fountains
250.49
Comfort Station
269.61
Borough Farm
17.35
Disposal Plant
463.71
Borough Garage
12.87
Parks and Playgrounds
34.98
East Queen Street and South Fourth Street Properties
12.00
North Main Street Parking Lot
4.00
1
$ 2,351.20
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Free Water Per Agreements
Penn Hall Farm
$ 74.87
Nitterhouse Farm
11.99
Childrens' Home (75%)
52.98
Hospital (75%)
240.69
Salvation Army
4.57
$ 385.10
$ 2,736.30
Note: This amount, $2,736.30 used in Comparative Income Statement as Free Water Furnished in 1944.
Free Unmetered Water Furnished the Following in 1944
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
Sweeper
25.00
$ 6,511.96
Note: This amount, $6,511.96 does not appear in any other statement.
WATER LIENS
Balance to be collected Janu-
ary 1, 1944
$ 2,012.73
Interest Accrued
704.16
Cost Accrued
75.90
$ 2,792.79
Collected during 1944
$ 1,010.43
Interest Collected
713.68
Costs Collected
75.90
Balance to be collected Janu- ary 1, 1945
992.78
$ 2,792.79
HARRY R. GEARHART, HERBERT C. KEEFER, ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER,
Auditors.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHAMBERSBURG ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
On August 29, 1874, the following named persons applied for a Char- ter to furnish electric current for lighting in the Borough of Chambers- burg, under the name of "The Franklin Electric Company":
James McKnight and Agent
B. M. Nead
B. Frank Gilmore
Van T. Haulman
William McKnight
Samuel L. Hawbaker
J. Spoonhour William Nixon William Sellers
W. Lynn Ritchey George A. Britsch
M. A. Foltz C. H. Fulwiler
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.
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