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Operating Income
Non-Operating Revenues (Includ- cluding Interest)
$ 8,338.31
Non-Operating Expenses
2,000.04
Non-Operating Income
$ 6,338.27
Gross Income
230,888.24
Net Income Surplus
230,888.24
Gross Income Deductions
Interest
246.90
Balance of Net Income
$ 230,641.34
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT ANALYSIS OF FIXED CAPITAL
Balance Dec. 31, 1944
Additions 1945
Balance Dec. 31, 1945
Account
Organization
$ 7,605.25
$ 7,605.25
Generating System-Lands
21,885.80
21,885.80
Generating System-Power Plant Structures
45,677.39
45,677.39
Generating System-Railroad Sid-
ings and Trestles
6,067.16
6,067.16
Generating System, Boiler Plant Equipment
124,190.78
124,190.73
Generating System, Turbo Gen-
erators
300,534.50
300,534.50
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Generating System, Other Electric Generators
49,084.53
49,084.53
Generating System, Other Electric Equipment
80,995.65
80,995.65
Generating System, Cold Storage and Weighing Equipment
16,645.42
16,645.42
Generating System, Other Power Plant Equipment
3,776.32
3,776,32
Transmission System, Overhead
Conductors
44.88
44.88
Distribution Fixtures
System, Poles and
39,477.33
$ 131.46
39,608.79
Distribution System, Overhead
Conductors
56,065.38
104.73
56,170.11
Distribution System, Overhead
51,924.54
391.39
52,315.93
Distribution System, Overhead
6,899.85
6.20
6,906.05
Distribution System, Overhead
Services
22,049.38
185.85
22,235.23
Distribution System, Underground Conduits
1,183.69
1,183.69
Distribution System, Underground Conductors
14,119.10
14,119.10
Distribution System, Underground Transformers
605.25
605.25
Distribution System, Underground Transformer Installations
82.93
82.93
Distribution System, Underground Services
7.81
7.81
Distribution System, Meters
50,407.09
557.37
50,964.46
Distribution
System, Meter
In-
stallations
9,018.93
200.77
9,219.70
Utilization
System, Commercial
2.16
2.16
Utilization
System, Municipal
18,535.38
18,535.38
Utilization System, Municipal
Street Incandescent System
52,899.01
243.82
53.142.83
Other General-Land
600.00
600.00
Other General-Structures
2,590.00
2,590.00
Other General-Equipment
1,295.12
1,295.12
General Store Equipment
184.22
184.22
General Shop Equipment
292.00
292.00
General Garage Equipment
6,329.78
6,329.78
General Laboratory Equipment
1,359.64
120.00
1,479.64
General Tools and Equipment
748.69
748.69
Engineering and Superintendence during Construction
24,025.55
24,025.55
Administrative Legal and Taxes
during Construction
7,605.25
7,605.25
Interest during Construction
23,555.35
23,555.35
Development Cost
45,119.23
45,119.23
$1,093,490.34
$ 1,941.59
$1,095,431.93
Transformers
Transformer Installations
Arc System
Street Arc System
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ELECTRIC LIGHT SINKING FUND
Balance in Sinking Fund January 1, 1945
Transfer from Electric Light Department
Interest earned on Time Certificates
$37,010.45 38,400.00 408.02
March 15, Interest on $37,000 U. S. Treas. 2's 1951/1953
370.00
March 15, Interest on $84,000 U. S. Treas. 21/2's, 1956/1959
945.00
March 15, Interest on $10,000 U. S. Treas. 11/4's, Series "C" 1947
35.91
June 15, Interest on $128,000 U. S. Treas. 2's, 1952/1954
1,377.94
September 15, Interest on $37,000 U. S. Treas. 2's, 1951/1953
370.00
September 15, Interest on $84,000 U. S. Treas.
21/4's, 1956-1959
945.00
September 15, Interest on $10,000 U. S. Treas.
11/4's, Series "C". 1947
62.50
December 15, Interest on $128,000 U. S. Treas. 2's, 1953-1954
1,280.00
December 15, Interest on $15,000 U. S. Treas.
21/4's, 1959-1962
181.73
$81,386.55
June-Purchase of $15,000 U. S. Treas. 21/4's, 1959-1962
15,000.00
Interest Expense on Bonds
15.56
Balance in Treasurer's hands December 31, 1945
66,370.99
$81,386.55
SUMMARY OF SECURITIES HELD BY ELECTRIC LIGHT
SINKING FUND DEC. 31, 1945
$ 37,000.00 U. S. Treas. 2's 1951-1953 84,000.00 U. S. Treas. 21/4's 1956-1959
128,000.00 U. S. Treas. 2's 1952-1954
10,000.00 U. S. Treas. Notes 11/4%, Series "C," 1947 15,000.00 U. S. Treas. 21/4's 1959-1962
$274,000.00
FREE LIGHTING AND POWER USED IN BOROUGH 1945
Light
Public Comfort Station
$ 284.57
Traffic Signals
687.40
Street Lighting on Square
974.31
Parking Lot-West Washington
Street
657.60
Parking Lot-North Main Street
192.05
Police Headquarters and Police
288.48
American Red Cross Room
38.39
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Booth on Square
71
Bomb Shelter (D. Harvey Diehl) to
June 1, 1945
4.62
Municipal Garage
120.09
Henninger Field
23.53
Electric Light Plant, Storage Shed
9.00
Electric Light Plant-Fire Alarm
Battery Charges
26.46
Park of the Valient
38.14
Emergency Lighting at Plant to
643.29
City Hall
592.48
City Hall, Water Heater
47.23
Municipal Market
338.48
Honor Roll, Junior
Chamber of
Commerce
76.26
Disposal Plant
Disposal Plant, Pump House
39.11
House
9.00
Disposal Plant, Settling Pump
House
9.00
Friendship Fire Company
146.03
Junior Fire Company
228.49
Good Will Fire Company
211.35
Franklin Fire Company
265.19
Cumberland Valley Fire Company
66.95
$ 6,144.47
Power
Franklin Fire Company
$ 60.60
Municipal Garage
60.96
Disposal Plant
1,489.65
Disposal
Plant, Settling Pump
365.81
Disposal Plant, Control and Tool House
128.73
Municipal Market
58.95
Power for Air Raid Sirens
271.83
$ 2,436.53
Arc Lighting of Streets
7,071.60
Incandescent Lighting of Streets
25,771.08
Total
$41,423.68
In addition, Credit Account, Labor at Plant, Fire Alarm Batteries 365 @ $2.00 $ 730.00
ELECTRIC LIGHT LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1945 $ 33.00
Balance to be collected January 1,
1946 33.00
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August 17, 1945
126.97
Disposal Plant, Control and Tool
House
ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1945 $ 68.85
Balance to be collected January 1, 1946
68.85
STATEMENT OF ASSESTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG AS OF JANUARY 1, 1946
Assets
Cash in Treasurer's Hands, all Departments :
General Borough Department $ 10,537.13
Electric Light Department
33,639.91
Water Department
39,527.44 $ 83,704.48
Bond Account
$ 5,393.12
Bond Account, Sinking Fund
4,551.38
Borough Fire Fund
11,012.91
Water Sinking Fund
11,887.28
Electric Light Sinking Fund
66,370.99
99,215.68
Total Operating Cash Balance and Sinking Fund
$ 182,920.16
Cash in Collector's Hands Electric Light Consumers' Deposit Ac-
count
30,476.76
Borough
Bond
Tax Duplicate 1943-1944
$ 34.03
$ 101.51
Tax Duplicate 1944-1945
62.24
192.50
Tax Duplicate 1945-1946
139.21
427.81
$ 235.48 $ 721.82 $ 957.30
INVESTMENTS
Borough Fire Fund $2000.00 Borough of Mercersburg 41/2% Bonds due 1948 $ 2,000.00
Borough Fire Fund $50,000.00 U.
S. Savings Bonds, Series "F" __
37,000.00
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Borough Fire Fund $18,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bonds 21/4%, 1956- 59
18,000.00
Light Department Sinking Fund $37,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bonds 2%, 1951-53
37,000.00
Light Department Sinking Fund $84,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bonds, 21/4% 1956-59 84,000.00
Light Department Sinking Fund
$128,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bonds. 2%, 1952-54
128,000.00
Light Department Sinking Fund $10.000.00 U. S. Treasury Notes 11/4%-1947
10,000.00
Light Department Sinking Fund $15,000.00 U.
S. Treasury Bonds 21/4%-1959-62 15,000.00
Water Department Sinking Fund $80,000.00 U. S. Treasury Notes 11/4%, 1947 80,000.00
Water Department Sinking Fund $40,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bonds 21/4% 1959-62
40,000.00 $ 451,000.00
Unpaid Tax Liens
1,512.84
Unpaid Paving Liens
699.26
Unpaid Sewer Liens
2,402.72
Unpaid Water Liens
853.16
Unpaid Electric Light Liens
33.00
Unpaid Ornamental Street Light- ing Liens 68.85
Water Department, Current As-
sets, Less Cash in Treasurer's Account
20,774.65
Light Department, Current As- sets, Less Cash in Treasurer's Account
70,620.74
96,965.22
Value of Borough Property
Electric Light Plant and Distribu- tion System, Reproduction Value New, Less Accrued De- preciation
$ 565,917.17
Water Distribution System, Re- production Value New, Less Accrued Depreciation
1,119,038.97
Disposal Plant and Main Trunk System
324,650.00
Lateral Sewers
268,236.00
Fire Houses and Apparatus
127,562.00
City Hall-Office Building
55,856.00
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Police Headquarters and Equip- ment
13,220.00
Street Department, Storage House and Equipment
21,200.00
Municipal Market Building
43,870.00
Fourth Street Properties
3,000.00
Public Comfort Station
5,500.00
West Washington Street Parking Lot
7,500.00
North Main Street
Parking
25,000.00
Show Field
7,500.00
Henninger Field
16,000.00
$2,604,050.14
Total Assets
$3,549,289.74
Liabilities
3% Improvement and Refunding Bonds Issued December . 1,
1935
$ 150,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled 1936
$ 7,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled 1937
14,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled
1938
11,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled
1939
11,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled
1940
12,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled
1941
12,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled
1942
13,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled 1943
13,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled 1944
13,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled 1945
44,000.00
150,000.00
Balance Outstanding
00.00
2% Improvement Bonds Issued September 1, 1938
$ 145,000.00
Bonds Redeemed and Cancelled since 1940
$ 26,000.00
Balance Outstanding
The above balances are the present actual indebtedness of the Burgess and Town Council of
26,000.00 $ 119,000.00
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Lot
the Borough of Chambersburg created without the authority of the vote of electors thereof.
Electric Light Consumers' Deposit Account
$ 30,476.76
Total Liabilities
149,476.76
Assets in Excess of Liabilities
3,399,812.98
$3,549,289.74
HERBERT C. KEEFER, EUGENE V. MILLER, JOHN A. BURKHART,
Auditors.
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GOVERNMENTAL TAXES PAID BY CITIZENS OF CHAMBERSBURG Stated in Mills
I 21 Mills
For Public School Purposes
6 Mills
For State, County and Institutional Purposes
3 Mills
For Borough Bond Purposes
1
1
1
1
1
For General Borough Purposes
1 Mill
Total Mill Rate
I
1
1
1
1
WHERE A TAX DOLLAR GOES TO
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(1) Public Schools Receive 67.75 cents out of each tax dollar
(2) State and County Receives 19.35 cents out of each tax dollar
(3) Borough Bond Purpose Receives 9.68 cents out of each tax dollar
(4) General Borough Purpose Receives 3.22 cents out of each tax dollar
Borough Purposes-Taxes 1 Mill Collected, 1945 $7,895.00
Borough Purposes-Tax Collected, 1945 per Capita $7,895.00 =. 526
15,000
VALUE OF SERVICES RECEIVED FOR $1.00 OF BOROUGH TAXES COLLECTED 1945
Taxes Collected for Borough Purposes
Borough Administration $ 49,407.32 divided by $7,895.00 =$ 6.258 Police Services $ 35,495.23 divided by $7,895.00 =$ 4.495 Public Health Services $ 4,313.85 divided by $7,895.00 =$ .546
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1
1
31 Mills
1
Fire Protection Services $ 37,418.27 divided by $7.895.00 =$ 4.739 Street Department Services $ 48,925.27 divided by $7,895.00 =$ 6.197
Street Lighting, Miscellaneous Ser-
vices $ 33,816.99 divided by $7,895.00 =$ 4.283
Sanitary Sewerage Services
$ 26,561.04 divided by $7,895.00
=$ 3.364
Comfort Station Services
$ 1,501.33 divided by $7,895.00 =$ .190
Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Center Services
$ 12,444.60 divided by $7,895.00 =$ 1.576
Total
$249,883.90 divided by $7,895.00 =$31.65
VALUE OF SERVICES RECEIVED PER CAPITA
Costs
Estimated Population 15,000 Population
Borough Administration
$ 49,407.32 divided by 15,000 =$ 3.293
Police Services
35,495.23 divided by 15,000 =$ 2.366
Public Health Services $ 4,313.85 divided by 15,000 =$ .287
Fire Protection Services
37,418.27 divided by 15,000 =$ 2.494
Street Department Services
$ 48,925.27 divided by 15,000
=$ 3.261
Street Lighting Miscellaneous Services $ 33,816.99 divided by 15,000
=$ 2.254
Sanitary Sewerage Services
Comfort Station Services
$ 26,561.04 divided by 15,000 $ 1,501.33 divided by 15,000
=$ 1.77
Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation
Center Services
$ 12,444.60 divided by 15,000 =$ .829
Total
$249,883.90 divided by 15,000 =$16.65
=$ .10
Note: The citizens of Chambersburg receive in these services $249.883.90 of value for which taxes were collected for Borough Purposes in the amount of $7,895.00. If you did not operate your Electric Light and Water Utilities at a handsome profit, the whole cost of these services would have to be paid for by taxes, which would mean an increase in taxes for Borough Purposes of 31.65 times what they were in 1945.
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THE CRAFT PRESS, INC.,
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
BURGESS AND TOWN COUNCIL of
THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG PENNSYLVANIA
For the Year Ending December 31, 1946
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This Pamphlet is published for the benefit of the citizens of Chambersburg, that they may become better acquainted with those vital things in our community that go to make Cham- bersburg a better place in which to live.
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the BURGESS AND TOWN COUNCIL of THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG PENNSYLVANIA
1 For the Year Ending December 31, 1946
FOR THE YEAR from JANUARY 1, 1946, TO DECEMBER 31, 1946 Being THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THIRD SINCE INCORPORATION As A BOROUGH
Foreword
Chambersburg was first settled in 1734 by Benjamin Chambers on land granted him by the Penn proprietors, being one of the earliest per- manent settlements west of the Susquehanna River. The choice of loca- tion for the settlement was dictated by its favorable position in the Cumberland Valley where the Falling Spring Creek emptied into the Conococheague Creek with a head of water sufficient to provide power for the operation of a grist mill and a saw mill. Lumber was plentiful and the land fertile. A fort was built as a safeguard against hostile Indians and this protection drew new settlers to the vicinity. The town grew in size and importance as trade routes to the west sprang up, bringing new commerce and new industries. It later became the county seat of Franklin County, a thriving industrial and agricultural com- munity.
Chambersburg was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the State Legislature in 1803, and by this Act of Incorporation, its form of government was defined. The administration of the town's affairs was placed in the hands of the Burgess and the Town Council, elected by the voters of the community. The Town Council is the administrative body, with power to enact ordinances "to promote the peace, good order, benefit, and advantage of the said Borough" and to assess taxes and appropriate the proceeds thereof. The Burgess is the executive officer empowered to "carry into effect all by-laws enacted by the Council and whatever else shall be enjoined on him for the well-ordering and gov- erning of the said Borough." The Town Council is authorized to appoint a town clerk, treasurer, street commissioner, clerk of the market, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary.
With the growth of the community the complexities of government have gone far beyond the dreams of those who drafted the Act of In- corporation, and the State Legislature has from time to time defined more fully the powers of the Borough's government. The original act still stands, however, as the basis for the town's administration.
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PERSONNEL OF THE BOROUGH GOVERNMENT 1946
W. M. L. ETTER Chief Burgess
A. R. ZIMMERMAN President of Town Council
J. HASE MOWREY Manager of Utilities
J. GORDON CREE Assistant Manager of Utilities
F. D. RHODES, JR. Borough Engineer
CHARLES F. PFOUTZ Assistant Borough Engineer
J. R. WILLIAMS Secretary
ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER Treasurer
DANIEL W. LONG
Solicitor
EDGAR W. DIEHL Tax Collector
HERBERT C. KEEFER
Auditor
EUGENE V. MILLER Auditor
JOHN A. BURKHART Auditor
MARGARET E. WINGERT Chief Bookkeeper
H. S. BYERS
Chief of Police
ROBERT MONN Superintendent of Water and Sewer
WILLIAM L. GROVE Plumbing Inspector
ROBERT RINICK Market Master
COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL
FINANCE, PROPERTY AND INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
COYLE FREE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
A. R. ZIMMERMAN, Chairman
L. D. FERO
F. B. LEIDIG
C. H. PENSINGER
J. C. SIERER
A. S. STOVER
STREET AND GARBAGE AND REFUSE COMMITTEE
R. F. ANGLE, Chairman
T. L. FARNER
F. B. LEIDIG
J. C. SIERER
A. S. STOVER
FIRE COMMITTEE
A. S. STOVER, Fire Marshal and Chairman
R. F. ANGLE
T. L. FARNER
L. D. FERO
S. G. PALMER
UTILITIES (Light, Water and Sewer) COMMITTEE
C. H. PENSINGER, Chairman
L. D. FERO
G. S. KLENZING
S. G. PALMER
J. C. SIERER
RECREATION, MARKET AND COMFORT STATION COMMITTEE
T. L. FARNER, Chairman
L. D. FERO
G. S. KLENZING
S. G. PALMER
C. H. PENSINGER
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F. B. LEIDIG
J. C. SIERER
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE W. M. L. ETTER, Burgess H. S. BYERS, Chief of Police S. G. PALMER
R. F. ANGLE
G. S. KLENZING J. C. SIERER A. S. STOVER
CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL F. B. LEIDIG
POLICE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
H. C. ROWE, Chairman DONALD B. HALLER, SR. HARRY B. EBERLY, Secretary
PLUMBERS' EXAMINING BOARD
C. H. PENSINGER, Chairman . H. A. KOTTCAMP, Master Plumber W. L. GROVE, Plumbing Inspector J. HASE MOWREY, Manager of Utilities
BOARD OF HEALTH
DR. B. M. BEATTIE, President
W. M. L. ETTER
F. LESTER MARSHALL
DR. L. H. SEATON
PAUL WALKER
FRANK J. CROFT, Health Officer and Secretary
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG 1946
L. D. FERO Councilman, 1st Ward
W. M. L. ETTER Chief Burgess
R. F. ANGLE Councilman, 2nd Ward
F. B. LEIDIG Councilman, 1st Ward
A. R. ZIMMERMAN Councilman, 2nd Ward President of Council
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG 1946
C. H. PENSINGER Councilman, 3rd Ward
JOHN C. SIERER Councilman, 4th Ward
S. G. PALMER Councilman, 4th Ward
A. S. STOVER Councilman, 3rd Ward
T. L. FARNER Councilman, 5th Ward
G. S. KLENZING Councilman, 5th Ward
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG 1946
F. D. RHODES, JR. Borough Engineer
J. HASE MOWREY Manager of Utilities
D. W. LONG Borough Solicitor
J. R. WILLIAMS Borough Secretary
J. GORDON CREE Assistant Manager of Utilities
H. S. BYERS Chief of Police
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG 1946
MARGARET E. WINGERT Chief Bookkeeper
EDGAR W. DIEHL Tax Collector
W. L. GROVE Plumbing Inspector
ROBERT MONN Supt. of Water and Sewer
ROBERT RINICK Market Master
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
The first police force for the Borough of Chambersburg was estab- lished January 16, 1818, by the following action of Town Council, "Be it ordained, etc., That four men shall be employed to watch and patrol the streets of the Borough during the night, from nine o'clock until day- break, for the term of three months from this date, to guard the property of the inhabitants, as far as in their power, from incendiaries, thieves, and plunderers, and to arrest and detain all vagrants and night walkers until the morning, unless, he, she, or they can give a satisfactory account of their purpose, and the occasion of their being found on the street- and also call the hour."
The Council entered into an article of agrement dated January 17, 1818, with Robert Allison, as Captain; William McElhaney, Jacob Heck- erman, and Dan McAllister, Privates; to patrol the town from nine o'clock until daybreak, call the hour, and light any lamps that are, or may be, erected, for which the Captain was to receive $18.00 per month, and each Private $15.00 per month, and the Council was to furnish each one with a sufficiently warm watch coat.
From the following proclamation, it is evident that 130 years ago the sources of amusement for the good people of Chambersburg were much better protected than they are today:
"To Robert Allison, High Constable
Sir: You are hereby authorized to attend the Theatre in the Bor- ough of Chambersburg and Protect the Manager thereof whilst acting from any disorderly Person or Persons-and if any Person or Persons attempt to disturb said actors during their "performans"-you are hereby Commanded to bring him or them before me or any Justice of the Peace in said Borough to be dealt with according to Law. Fail not.
Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of July, 1816.
(Signed) PATRICK CAMPBELL, Burgess."
From this very modest beginning, the Police Department has de- veloped into an efficient and very completely equipped organization. The personnel now consists of a Chief, two Sergeants, thirteen patrolmen, and a clerk. Included in their equipment is a Hardinge Police Register System, dictograph, fingerprinting and photographing outfits, 38 calibre Colt revolvers, tear gas guns and hand grenades, two motorcycles and two radio-equipped police cars. These cars have instant two-way com- munication with Police Headquarters by means of the department's 15- watt radio transmitter, Station WMCB, operating on a frequency of 39,500 kilocycles.
During the year 1946, the Police Department answered 2,214 calls. This is exclusive of all calls answered by the Chief of Police. Of 29 actual cases of burglary, breaking or entering reported or known to police, 4 were cleared by arrest. Eighteen cases of larceny-theft were cleared by arrests from a total of 98 reported. Five cases of auto theft were cleared by arrests from 9 reported. There was a total number of 2,549 arrests made for various offenses, 1,065 of which were meter violations, 263 drunkenness and disorderly, 589 other parking violations and 19 arrests for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The night patrol reported 253 store doors left open by proprietors on leaving stores. The total amount of fines collected by the Borough was $3,268.50, $1,741.00 of which was parking meter fines. A total of 160 traffic acci- dents was investigated,
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
In 1790, one hundred and fifty-six years ago, when the village of Chambersburg consisted entirely of either log or frame houses, and the fire hazard was great because of wood fires upon the open hearth, the necessity of providing protection from fire was first discussed, and the Friendship Fire Company, an organization of citizens equipped with buckets, was formed.
Since that time, with the expansion of the village from a few houses to a borough of the first magnitude, the formation of additional companies became necessary, and their equipment, from bucket, to hand pump, to hose reel, to steam fire engine, and, during the past seventeen years, to modernized motor drawn and motor driven apparatus, has kept pace with the times.
Today, the Fire Department consists of five companies, advantage- ously located, and equipped with three American LaFrance Pumpers, one Ward LaFrance Flood Light Truck and Pumper, an aerial truck with 85-foot ladder, a City Service truck with booster pump, two Peter Pirsch Combination Booster and Squad Wagons, a squad and chemical car, and an ambulance.
The companies are entirely volunteer, only the drivers of the appa- ratus receiving pay from the Borough. The fire houses and equipment are owned by the Borough, and under the care of the Property Com- mittee and the Fire Committee of the Borough Council.
In addition to the above mentioned equipment, the town is completely covered by the Gamewell Fire Alarm System, consisting of 60 fire alarm boxes, 5 station house indicators and gongs, and one general alarm, all storage battery operated. Two hundred and forty latest type fire plugs are installed at the most advantageous points.
The Department answered 32 General Alarms sounded by the Game- well System during the year 1946. In addition to these system alarms, the companies responded to silent alarms and individual calls as follows:
Friendship Company 26
Junior Company
28
Good Will Company 50
Franklin Company 16
Cumberland Valley Company 15
The Franklin Fire Company Community Pumper answered 35 calls for rural fires.
The fire loss in the Borough of Chambersburg for 1946 was $10,160.00.
The Good Will Ambulance responded to 1,170 calls during the year.
STREET DEPARTMENT
On March 30, 1734, Benjamin Chambers was given a grant to take, settle, and improve 400 acres of land at the mouth of the Falling Spring and the Conococheague Creek, but this tract was not sub-divided until 1764 when it was laid out as a town and called Chambers Town, which name was changed to Chambersburg when Franklin County was erected in 1784.
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