Annual report of the burgess and town council of the borough of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 1941-1947, Part 19

Author: Chambersburg (Pa.)
Publication date: 1941-1947
Publisher: [Chambersburg, Pa.] : The Borough
Number of Pages: 580


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General Fire Department


Maintenance and


Repairs to


Alarm System


$ 1,296.57


Miscellaneous


55.70


$ 1,352.27


Sewers


Salary


$ 1,255.00


Maintenance and Repairs


885.36


2,140.36


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Garbage and Refuse Collection Service


Salaries and Expenses


16,378.28


Miscellaneous


Office Supplies


$ 2,100.24


Supplies, Engineering Department


1,030.99


Maintenance City Hall


2,336.89


Municipal Market, Operation and Maintenance


2,834.07


Insurance, Fire, Accident and


Compensation


8,229.94


Maintenance and Operation Parks and Playgrounds


5,831.09


Improvements-Parks grounds and Play-


4,666.41


Recreation Center


1,885.57


Coyle Free Library Appropriation


3,000.00


Maintenance of Ambulances.


1,001.81


Telephone


473.06


Maintenance-Comfort Station


888.60


Maintenance of Incinerator


1,758.68


Expenses, Salvage Drives


162.95


Expenses, Defense Council


152.89


Appropriation Spanish American War Veterans


100.00


Dues, Borough Association


42.00


Premium on Bonds


250.00


Expenses Borough Officials at


Convention


8.35


Maintenance Borough Farm


136.96


Expense, Fighting Dump Fire


171.80


Appropriation, Chambersburg


Hospital


2,703.68


Expenses, Clean-Up Week


285.80


Expenses, Veterans Service Center


738.88


Tax Collector's Expenses


92.06


Tax Collector's Commission


252.63


Borough Solicitor's Expenses


1,096.70


Fire Insurance Tax


2,041.99


Expenses, Christmas Lighting


75.16


Expenses, Filing Tax Suggestions, Liens, etc


63.00


Expense-Committees


138.52


Miscellaneous


266.82


$ 44,817.54


$230,640.03


Balance in Hands of Treasurer January 1, 1946


10,537.13


$241,177.16


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BOROUGH FIRE FUND


January 1, 1945. Balance in


Treasurer's Hands


$10,374.99


Interest, Time Certificates of


Deposit


105.44


Interest, Coupons Mercersburg


Bonds


127.48


Interest, 21/4% U. S. Treasury


Bonds


405.00


$2,000.00 Borough of Mercers-


burg Bonds


2,000.00


$50,000.00 U. S. Savings Bonds, Series "F"


37,000.00


$18,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bonds 21/4's (1956-59-)


18,000.00


$ 68,012.91


$2,000.00 Borough of Mercers- burg 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, 1946


11,012.91


$ 68,012.91


TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT


Dr.


Borough Bond


Borough


Bond


Total


Duplicate 1942-1943


Taxes, Balance as shown by Auditors'


Report January 1, 1945


$ 84.20


$ 252.08


Cr.


Amount paid Treas-


urer by Edgar W.


Diehl, Collector


$ 81.44 $ 243.78


Tax Lien Entered


2.76


8.30


84.20


252.08


Dr.


Duplicate 1943-1944


Taxes, Balance as shown by Auditors' Report January 1, 1945


$ 68.79 $ 205.81


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Borough Bond


Borough


Bond


Total


Cr.


Amount Paid Treas-


urer by Edgar W.


Diehl, Collector


$


32.00


$ 96.00


Tax Lien Entered


2.76


8.30


34.76


104.30


Balance Outstanding January, 1, 1946


34.03


101.51


Dr.


Duplicate 1944-1945


Taxes, Balance as


shown by Auditors'


Report January 1,


1945


$ 219.92


$ 673.20


Penalty Added


6.36


19.26


226.28


692.46


Cr.


Amount paid Treas-


urer by Edgar W.


Diehl, Collector


$ 161.28


$ 491.66


Tax Liens Entered


2.76


8.30


$ 164.04


$ 499.96


Balance Outstanding January 1, 1946


62.24


192.50


Dr.


Duplicate 1945-1946


8,157.76


24,440.16


Cr.


Amount collected to


November 1, 1945 --


$ 7,563.76


$22,726.63


Abatement on A-


mount Collected to


November 1, 1945


398.09


1,196.13


Collected November 1, 1945 to January 1, 1946


56.70


89.59


8,018.55


24,012.35


Balance to be collect- ed January 1, 1946


$ 139.21


$ 427.81


SUMMARY TAX DUPLICATE


Borough


Bond


Total


January 1, 1946,


Duplicate


1943-1944


$ 34.03


$ 101.51


January 1, 1946,


62.24


192.50


January


1, 1946,


139.21


427.81


$ 235.48


$ 721.82


$ 957.30



Duplicate


1944-1945


Duplicate


1945-1946


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BOND DEPARTMENT


Receipts


Balance in hands of Treasurer January 1, 1945


$ 32,243.18


Tax Duplicate, 1945-1946, Edgar


W. Diehl, Collector


$22,816.22


Tax Duplicate 1944-1945, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector


491.66


Tax Duplicate, 1943-1944, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector


96.00


Tax Duplicate, 1942-1943, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector


243.78


$ 23,647.66


$ 55,890.84


Expenditures


Bonds Redeemed


$46,000.00


Interest Paid (Coupons)


3,700.00


State Tax


38.00


Commission Account Corporate Loan Report, James G. Bietsch, Treasurer


Commissions Edgar W. Diehl,


Collector


$ 757.72


Balance in Hands of Treasurer


January 1, 1946


5,393.12


$ 55,890.84


BOND DEPARTMENT-SINKING FUND


Balance in Treasurer's hands


January 1, 1945


$ 4,506.23


Interest Received


45.15


Balance in hands of Treasurer


January 1, 1946


$


4,551.38


TAX LIENS


Borough


Bond


Borough and Bond


Interest


Total


Balance to be collect-


ed January 1, 1945


$ 992.17


$ 1,235.32


$ 27.33


$2,254.82


Liens entered during 1945


8.28


24.90


33.18


Interest Collected


$ 229.39


229.39


1,000.45


1,260.22


27.33


229.39


2,517.39


Amount


collected


1945


344.68


405.20


229.39


979.27


655.77


855.02


27.33


1,538.12


Tax Liens


Not


Revived


9.87


15.41


25.28


645.90


839.61


27.33


1,512.84


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LATERAL SEWER LIENS


Balance to be collected January 1, 1945 Interest Accrued


$3,932.09 1,140.59


Costs Accrued


51.95


$5,124.63


Collected during 1945


1,517.02


Interest collected


1,152.94


Costs Collected


51.95


Balance to be collected January 1, 1946


2,402.72


5,124.63


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PAVING LIENS


Balance to be collected January 1, 1946


$ 765.50


Interest Accrued


73.22


Costs Accrued


28.90


$ 867.62


Collected during 1945


64.86


Interest Collected


74.60


Costs Collected


28.90


Balance to be collected January 1, 1946


699.26


867.62


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HERBERT C. KEEFER, EUGENE V. MILLER, JOHN A. BURKHART,


Auditors.


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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 Company, 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 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 Chambersburg Town Council: W. B. Gilmore, Jacob H. Miller, Samuel M. Worley, J. P. Culberston, 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 Chambersburg 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 op- posite 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 ten 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 improvement 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


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387,000,000 GALLON IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR


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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 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 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 Decem- ber 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 1945.


The total cash and credits of this Department for 1945 were $81,186.62, and the total operating and non-operating expenses were $39,719.32, including de- preciation amounting to $13,042.73, which leaves a total gross profit, exclusive of interest charges, of $41,467.30.


Beginning with January 1, 1933, a Standard Public Utilities Accounting 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, 1945, was $1,119,038.97.


PHYSICAL DATA OF BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT


JANUARY 1, 1946


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


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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 pres- sure 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 @ 2,628,118 G. P. D. if no water came from Mountain 2.00


Days Supply @ 2,628,118 G. P. D. in Impounding Reservoir 147.25


Total Days Supply Stored @ 2,628,118 G. P. D. 149.25


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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


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 Sewer Flush Tanks on System 126


Total Number of Fire Hydrants on System


240


Active Services :


8 Inch 6


11/2 Inch 20


Inch


12


11/4 Inch


1


1


1


30


4 Inch


30


1 Inch


I 222


3 Inch


3


3/4 Inch


3435


21/2 Inch


1


1/2 Inch


92


1 1 I I I 2 Inch 33


Total of All Active Services 3884


Inactive Services :


2 Inch 3 3/4 Inch


72


1 Inch 11 1/2 Inch


2


Total of all Inactive Services 88


Total of all Active and Inactive Services 3972


Valves Inside Borough Limits


646


Valves Outside Borough Limits


80


Total Valves in System 726 1


Number of Domestic Consumers Inside Borough Limits 3470


Number of Domestic Consumers Outside Borough Limits 1


248


Total Number of Domestic Consumers 3718 1


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 3834 I


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SILOAM DAM


Meters on System January, 1946


Inch


28


Inch


9


5 11/2 Inch 11/4 Inch


2


Inch


18


1 Inch


30


3 Inch


15


3/4 Inch


102


2 Inch


31


5/8 Inch 3682


Total Number of Meters on System 3922


Data for Year 1945


Total Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters 127,901,733


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Domestic Consumers 35,977,913


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers


36,314,360


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers, Siloam


7,579,371


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Railroad Consumers


8,853,747


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Public Consumers


4,626,401


Total Cubic Feet Furnished Free Consumers


4,693,942


Estimate Total Cubic Feet Furnished for Fire, Flushing Streets,


Trenches, Fire Hydrants and Sewer Flush Tanks 5,657,500


Total Cubic Feet Accounted For (Mountain water) 96,123,863


Total Cubic Feet Lost Between Master Meters and Consumer 31,777,870


Percentage Lost between Master Meters and Consumer 24.8%


50% of Loss is in Mains


15,888,935


45% of Loss is in Service Pipes 14,300,041


5% of Loss is Due to Under-Registration of Meters 1,588,894


Average Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters per Day


350,416


Average Cubic Feet Used by Consumers per Day 263,353


Average Cubic Feet Unaccounted for per Day 87,063


Average Gallons Registered by Master Meters per Day 2,628,118


Average Gallons per Day per Domestic Consumer


199


Average Gallons per Day per Industrial Consumer


20,975


Average Gallons per Day per Railroad Consumer


45,481


Average Gallons per Day per Public Consumer


2,377


Average Gallons per Day per Free Consumer


3,326


Estimated Average Gallons Used per Day for Fire, Flushing Streets, Sewers, Trenches, Fire Hydrants and Sewer Flush Tanks 116,250


Average Gallons per Day used for all Purposes


2,130,888


Average Gallons per Day Unaccounted For 497,230


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Domestic


47.7


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Industrial


58.2


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Railroad


11.7


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Public


6.1


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Free


6.2


Average Gallons per Capita per Day Flushing Fire Hydrants, Etc.'


7.5


Total Average Gallons per Capita per Day Consumption


137.4


Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Inside Borough $ Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Outside Borough 6,968.35


37,455.48


Total Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes 44,423.83


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Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes 13,982.51


Total Received from Sale for Industrial Purposes, Siloam 2,540.25


Total Received from Water Sale for Railroad Purposes 2,920.21


Total Received from Water Sale for Public Purposes . 2,338.58


Total Received from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories


5,981.90


Total Received from All Sources


72,187.28


Total Credits for Water Furnished Free Consumers and Other Borough Departments


8,999.34


Total Receipts and Credits


81,186.62


Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes, 1945 $ 66,205.38


Cash Receipts from Water Sale for All Purposes, 1944 65,004.47


Increase in Receipts from Water Sale for the Year


1,200.91


Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories, 1945 5,981.90


Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories, 1944 4,074.82


Increase in Receipts from Sale of Meters, Etc. for the Year 1,907.08


Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Domestic, Including Minimum Charges


$ 1.23


Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Domestic, Including


Minimum Charges


.17


Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Industrial, Including Minimum Charges .38


Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Industrial, Including


Minimum Charges .05


Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Railroads, Including Minimum Charges


.33


Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Railroads, Including Minimum Charges


.04


Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Public, Including


Minimum Charges


.51


Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Public, Including


Minimum Charges


.07


Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Inside Borough


2.70


Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Outside Borough


7.02


Average Received per Quarter per Public Consumer


14.61


Average Received per Month per Industrial Consumer 32.02


60.84


Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside Borough $


1,551.52


Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Outside Borough 307.65


Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside and Outside Borough Limits


1,088.37


Total Lost in Bad Accounts, 1945 $


0.00


Percent Lost in Bad Accounts, 1945


0.00


Receipts and Credits for 1944


78,328.00


Receipts and Credits for 1945


81,187.00


Increase for the Year


2,859.00


RATES FOR WATER Within Borough Limits


First


20,000 Cu. Ft. used per Mo.


$1.00


Next


400,000 Cu. Ft. used per Mo.


0.30


All over


420,000 Cu. Ft. used per Mo.


0.28


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Average Received per Month per Railroad Consumer


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 follow- ing 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 in- flicted for non-payment as provided for within the Borough.


BALANCE SHEET WATER DEPARTMENT


Assets


Fixed Capital


Fixed Capital Installed


$1,350,763.33


Construction Work in Pro- gress


1,807.35


Total Fixed Capital


$1,352,570.68


Funds and Special Deposits


Sinking Fund Assets In- cluding U. S. Bonds


131,887.28


Current Assets


Cash (Borough Treasurer's Account)


$ 39,527.44


Accounts Receivable from Consumers


13,255.25


Other Accounts Receivable


1,638.00


Material and Supplies


5,552.23


Accrued Interest on U. S. Notes


329.17


60,302.09


Total Current Assets


$1,544,760.05


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Liabilities


Municipal Ownership


Net Worth, Water Depart- ment


$1,304,792.27


Current Liabilities


Assessments for Line Con- struction


8,243.42


Reserves


Reserve for Renewals and Replacements


231.724.36


Total Liabilities


1,544,760.05


RECAPITULATION OF NET WORTH


Net Investment December


31, 1944


$1,272,918.17


Additions during year


1945


34,361.48


Net Income for Year


$1,307,279.65


Deductions During Year 1945


Free Water to Borough --


2,487.38


Balance December 31, 1945


$1,304,792.27


REVENUE AND EXPENSE STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT


Operating Revenues


Metered Domestic Sales


$ 39,682.25


Metered Commercial Sales


7,544.89


Metered Industrial Sales


19,776.52


Metered Public Sales


3,064.01


Sales for Private Fire Pro- tection


108.64


Consumers' Discounts For-


feited and Penalties Im-


posed


86.22


Total Operating Revenues $ 70,262.53


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Operating Expenses


Water Collection System: Operating Labor Maintenance


$ 694.23


890.59


$ 1,584.82


Purification System :


Operating Labor


$ 1,387.81


Supplies and Expenses


1,306.50


Maintenance


538.10


3,232.41


Pumping System :


Supplies and Expenses


$ 271.59


Maintenance


2,271.00


2,542.59


Distribution System:


Operating Labor (Gen-


eral)


$ 1,426.50


Operating Labor (Reser-


voir)


693.67


Maintenance of Mains


and Pipes


443.33


Maintenance of Storage


Reservoirs, etc.


270.94


Maintenance of Meters, Vaults, etc.


861.84


Maintenance of Other


Distribution


Property


537.59


4,233.87


General Expenses


Office Salaries


$ 9,482.18


Salaries of Meter Readers


1,559.00


Office Supplies and Ex-


penses


1 391.26


Other General Property


394.44


Taxes


272.45


Other General Expenses


27.00


Insurance


185.92


Maintenance of General


Properties


782.12


Depreciation


13,042.73


Total General Expenses -


Total Operating Expenses


$ 37,730.79


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26,137.10


Expenses


INCOME STATEMENT WATER DEPARTMENT


Operating Revenues


Operating Income


$


70,262.53


Operating Expenses


Water Collection System $ 1,584.82


Purification System


3,232.41


Pumping System


2,542.59


Distribution System


4,233.87


General Operating Ex-


penses


26,137.10


Total Operating Expenses 37,730.79


Net Operating Income


$


32,531.74


Non-Operating


Revenues


Including Interest


3,818.27


Non-Operating Expenses -


1,988.53


Net Non-Operating In-


come


1,829.74


Net Income


$ 34,361.48


WATER DEPARTMENT ANALYSIS OF FIXED CAPITAL


Balance


Additions 1945


Deduc- tions


Balance Dec. 31, 1945


Description


Siloam Property


$ 4,595.00


$4,595.00


Organization


11,024.28


$ 11,024.28


Water Collection System :


Rights of Way


3,143.00


3,143.00


Water Diversion Rights


40,400.00


40,400.00


Impounding Reservoirs


194,524.78


194,524.78


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


$ 5.00


1,090.25


Purification System, Chem-


ical Treatment Plant


2,799.63


2,799.63


Dec. 31, 1944


50


Purification System, Water Testing Equipment


31.50


31.50


Pumping System, Pumping Station Structures 5,208.85


5,208.85


Pumping System, Pumps and Pump Equipment


12,469.80


12,469.80


Distribution System, Rights of Way


404.00


404.00


Distribution System, Trans- mission Mains


330.43


330.43


Distribution System, Storage Reservoirs, 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


922.34


922.34


General Equipment, Other


General Equipment


8,598.42


897.21


9,495.63


Engineering and Superin-


tendence During


Con-


struction


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


$1,354,456.12 $902.21


$4,595.00


$1,350,763.33


WATER DEPARTMENT-SINKING FUND


1945


Balance in Sinking Fund January 1, 1945


$ 6,381.31


Jan. 6 Interest on Time Certificates


30.79


Mar. 15 Interest on $80,000 U. S. Treas. 11/4's Series B, 1947 500.00


May Transfer from Water Depart-


44,000.00


July


ment General Account Interest on Time Certificates


32.06


Sept. 15 Interest on $80,000 U. S. Treas. 11/4's, Series B, 1947


500.00


Dec. Interest on $40,000 U. S. Treas. 21/4's, 1959/62


484.60


$51,928.76


June Purchase of $40,000 U. S. Treas. 21/4's, 1959/62


40,000.00


Interest expense on Bonds


41.48


51


Balance in Treasurer's Hands


December 31, 1945 11,887.28 51,928.76


SUMMARY OF SECURITIES HELD BY WATER DEPARTMENT SINKING FUND


DECEMBER 31, 1945


$ 80,000 U. S. Treas. Notes 11/4, Series B, 1947 40,000 U. S. Treas. 21/4, 1959/62


$120,000


WATER DEPARTMENT-CREDIT ACCOUNTS 1945


Metered Water, Light Plant


$ 655.17


Metered Water, Park of the Valiant


126.37


Metered Water, Fire Houses


52.45


Metered Water, City Hall, Meter Room and Police Headquarters


64.06


Metered Water, Municipal Market


7.37


Memorial Fountains


272.50


Comfort Station


328.16


Borough Farm


10.35


Disposal Plant


454.65


Borough Garage


8.92


Parks and Playgrounds


32.50


East Queen Street and South Fourth Street Properties


12.04


$2,024.54


FREE WATER PER AGREEMENT


Penn Hall Farm


$ 125.77


Nitterhouse Farm


10.44


Children's Home (75%) 1


38.41


Hospital (75%)


282.88


Salvation Army


5.34


$2,487.38


Note: This amount, $2,487.38, used in Comparative Income Statement as Free Water furnished in 1945.


FREE UNMETERED WATER FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING IN 1945


240 Fire Hydrants at $15.00




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