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315.00
Sewer Assessments
11,498.27
Sewer Miscellaneous
9.60
Rental of Henninger Field
517.95
Rental of Municipal Market
40.00
Fire Insurance Tax Refund
2,738.47
Parking Meter Receipts
16,577.36
Parking Meter Miscellaneous
119.32
Garbage and Refuse Collection Service
19,261.07
Refund on Liens
170.80
Refund on Insurance
413.00
U. S. Government Lieu of Tax Federal Housing Project
631.13
Miscellaneous General Borough
261.79
Miscellaneous Police Department
1,568.41
Miscellaneous Fire Department
67.97
Miscellaneous Engineering De-
partment
127.97
Transfer from Light Dept .- Fire Hydrant Rental
12,000,00
Transfer from Fire Fund
14,118.34
Transfer from Electric Light Department
167,700.00
Transfer from Water
Depart-
ment
25,000.00
Transfer from Gas Department
5,000.00
Transfer from Light
Sinking
Fund
10,000.00
$330,328.48
Expenditures
Salaries
Clerks and Bookkeepers
$ 5,357.68
Engineering Department
12,905.90
Treasurer
400.00
Burgess
360.00
Auditors
450.00
Typing Auditors Report
25.00
Market Master
1,862.04
Plumbing Inspector
2,070.72
Draftsman-Zoning Work
650.00
Veterans Administration
2,520.00
$ 26,601.34
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Board of Health
Salaries
$ 1,991.56
Supplies
509.08
$
2,500.64
Police Department
Salaries
$ 34,549.35
Pensions
1,357.66
Equipment and Supplies
348.23
Maintenance and Repairs Motor Equipment
to
1,777.87
Uniforms
1,300.66
Telephone and Telegraph
299.75
Traffic Light Signals and Repairs
2,433.88
Fuel
140.46
Gas and Oil
1,462.96
Maintenance and Repairs to
206.51
Insurance
270.20
Advertising
136.40
Extra Labor
173.55
Maintenance to Radio Equipment
673.89
Maintenance and Repairs to
20.34
Printing
56.50
Postage
77.50
Miscellaneous
152.45
$ 45,438.16
Parking Meter Account
Salaries
$ 7,923.14
Rent of Parking Lot
150.00
Maintenance, Cost of Snow Re-
moval and Insurance
2,741.64
$ 10,814.78
Street Department
Maintenance of Streets:
Patching
$ 6,305.78
Surface Oiling
4,237.23
Sweeping and Cleaning
5,127.94
Operating Motor Sweeper
1,172.40
Snow Removal
3,102.02
Miscellaneous
1,018.54
$ 20,963.91
Maintenance of Alleys :
Patching
$ 1,433.80
Dust and Weed Control
860.47
Miscellaneous
41.95
$ 2,336.22
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Building
Equipment
Maintenance and Repairs :
Storm Sewers
$ 465.14
Bridges
123.24
Operation Garage
2,332.82
Operation and Repairs to Equipment
3,779.02
Purchase and Repairs to Tools
963.63
Back-filling Ditches
1,504.24
Maintenance and Repairs to Properties
73.90
Pensions
55.62
Supervision - Salaries, Street Commissioner
2,705.56
Administration
868.35
Purchase of Major Equipment
2,279.18
Construction of Streets
3,761.21
Construction of Alleys
1,743.84
Construction of Storm Drains
Water
861.12
Other Miscellaneous
12.00
$ 21,528.87
$ 44,829.00
Disposal Plant
Salaries
$ 2,598.72
Eqiupment and Supplies
127.63
Insurance
195.08
Labor at Pump House
8,765.37
Gasoline
45.09
Oil Waste and Packing
20.98
Chlorine Chemical Treatment
1,272.65
Lamps
.54
Fuel and Fuel Oil
198.71
Plant Supplies
8.89
Maintenance and Repairs, Build- ings
1,382.09
Maintenance and Repairs, Pumps
60.94
Maintenance and Repairs, Tools and Instruments
23.67
Maintenance and Repairs, Tanks and Filter Beds
1,741.30
Maintenance and Repairs, Sludge Beds
3,884.36
Maintenance and Repairs, Elec- trical Equipment
2.00
Maintenance and Repairs, Truck
511.94
Construction and Equipment,
Buildings
187.99
$ 21,027.95
Fire Department
No. 1 Friendships:
Drivers Salary
$ 4,370.00
Supplies
173.66
Repairs to Equipment
71.72
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Repairs to Building
1,997.71
Telephone
27.65
Laundry
32.68
Coal
76.95
Insurance
65.86
Gas and Oil
36.23
New Equipment
348.08
Miscellaneous
64.58
$ 7,265.12
No. 2 Juniors:
Drivers Salary
$ 8,592.44
Supplies
232.53
Repairs to Equipment
229.18
Repairs to Building
2.65
Telephone
34.65
Laundry
12.32
Coal
182.16
Insurance
88.27
Gas and Oil
92.64
New Hose
177.39
Miscellaneous
16.04
$
9,660.27
No. 3 Good Wills:
Drivers Salary
$ 11,314.27
Supplies
278.63
Repairs to Equipment
248.54
Repairs to Building
25.95
Telephone
23.65
Laundry
39.00
Coal
201.60
Insurance
88.26
Gas and Oil
40.38
New Equipment
145.00
Advertising
23.85
Miscellaneous
50.83
$ 12,479.96
No. 4 Franklins:
Drivers Salary
$ 4,425.22
Supplies
146.46
Repairs to Equipment
162.94
Repairs to Building
103.30
Telephone
25.30
Laundry
36.00
Coal
7.40
Insurance
88.27
Gas and Oil
52.42
New Hose
475.00
Miscellaneous
96.41
$ 5,618.72
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No. 5 Cumberland Valley :
Drivers Salary
$ 4,261.22
Supplies
71.04
Repairs to Equipment
59.25
Repairs to Building
2.00
Telephone
23.65
Laundry
14.90
Coal
215.74
Insurance
80.96
Gas and Oil
32.16
New Equipment
14,431.96
New Hose
475.00
Miscellaneous
41.34
$ 19,709.22
General Fire Department
Maintenance and Repairs to
Alarm System
$ 679.73
Fire Hydrant Rental
12,000.00
Miscellaneous
111.08
$ 12,790.81
$ 67,524.10
Sanitary Sewers
Maintenance and Repairs
$ 2,900.59
Extension
16,649.87
$ 19,550.46
Garbage and Refuse Collection Service
Salaries and Expenses
$ 19,896.30
Recreation Department
Recreation Center
$
2,070.16
Parks and Playgrounds
9,481.92
Recreation Department Improve- ments
1,163.91
$ 12,715.99
Miscellaneous
Office Supplies - Printing and Postage
$ 2.289.55
Maintenance City Hall
2,293.63
Maintenance Municipal Market
3,070.97
Insurance-Fire, Accident and Compensation
2,412.98
Appropriation Coyle Library
3,000.00
Appropriation Chambersburg Hospital
3,500.00
Appropriation Spanish War Vet- erans
100.00
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Maintenance and Repairs Am- bulances
1,105.46
Phone Rental, Council Officials Maintenance Comfort Station
1,129.87
Maintenance Borough Farm and Road
1,059.45
Maintenance Incinerator
2,058.18
Investigation, May Company
7,294.81
Survey Analysis of Industrial Wastes
2,869.02
Construction of Gas Office
1,010.50
Expense, Fire Prevention vention
Con-
501.41
Firemen's Relief Association, Tax on Foreign Fire Insurance
2,738.47
Supplies, Engineering
Depart-
ment
1,583.01
Attorney, Salary
1,250.00
Premium on Bonds
260.00
Dues, Borough Association
48.00
Borough Convention Expenses
544.00
Prints for Zoning
8.12
Advance to Gas
Department,
Petty Cash
100.00
City Directory Service
200.00
Tax Collector's Expense
120.64
Expense, Borough Solicitor
73.04
Filing Tax Liens
85.00
Expense, Christmas Lighting
162.39
Expense, Non-compliance Pav- ing Notice
223.30
Expense, Airport Investigation
46.55
Expense, Disposal of Civilian
Defense
14.60
Expense, Scout Paper Collection
30.16
Fire
44.24
Expense, Legion Block Party
38.13
Expense, Memorial Day
78.51
Expense, Armistice Day
13.84
Expense, Community Fair
33.36
Expense, Fire Parade
3.00
Expense, Treasurer's Books
11.25
Liquid Fuel Tax
8,430.28
Transfer to Gas Department
82.81
Tax Collector's Commissions
265.07
Miscellaneous
37.37
$50,545.29
$321,544.01
Balance in Hands of Treasurer January 1, 1948
8,784.47
$330,328.48
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424.32
Expense, Fighting Mish Dump
BOROUGH FIRE FUND
January 1, 1947, Balance in Treasurer's Hands
$ 13,576.24
Interest, Time Certificates of Deposit
137.10
Interest, 21/4% U. S. Treasury Bonds
405.00
$50,000.00 U. S. Savings Bonds, Series "F"
37,000.00
$18,000.00 U. S. Savings Bonds, 2 1/4 % (1956-59) 18,000.00
$ 69,118.34
$50,000.00 U. S. Savings Bonds, Series "F"
$ 37,000.00
$18,000.00 U. S. Savings Bonds, 21/4 % (1956-59)
18,000.00
Transfer to General Borough
Fire Department
14,118.34
$69,118.34
TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Dr.
Borough Bond
Borough Bond
Duplicate 1932-
1944 Taxes as shown by Auditor's Re -
port January 1, 1947
$ 30.23 $
90.15
Cr.
Amount Paid
Treasurer by Edgar W. Diehl Collector
30.23
90.15
Dr.
Duplicate 1944- 1945 Taxes, Balance shown
by Auditor's Report January 1, 1947
$ 60.13 $ 186.19
Cr.
Amount Paid Borough Trea- surer by Edgar W. Diehl, Col- lector $ 58.44 $ 181.14
Tax Liens Enter- ed
1.69
5.05 $ 60.13 $ 186.19
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Dr.
Duplicate 1945- 1946 Taxes, Balance as shown by Audi- tor's Report January 1, 1947
$ 21.63 $ 64.96
Cr.
Tax Liens Enter- ed - Balance Outstanding January 1, 1948 $ 1.69 $ 5.05 $ 1.69 $
5.05
$ 19.94 $
59.91
Dr.
Duplicate 1946- 1947 Taxes, Balance as
Shown by Audi- tor's Report January 1, 1947 $
262.00 $
694.69
Penalty Added 5%
5.12
10.81
$ 267.12 $ 705.50
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by
Edgar W. Diehl Collector $ 204.73 $ 515.29
Tax Liens Enter- ed .42 1.26 $
205.15 $ 516.55
Balance Out-
standing Jan- uary 1, 1948 $ 61.97 $ 188.95
Dr.
Duplicate 1947- 1948
$ 8,331.13 $24,984.31
Cr.
Amount Collected to November 1, 1947 $ 7,965.93 $23,846.15
Abatement on Amount Col-
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lected to Nov- ember 1, 1947 . 162.57
486.65
Collected Novem-
ber 1, 1947 to January 1, 1948
24.08
71.94
$ 8,152.58 $24,404.74
Balance to be Collected Jan-
uary 1, 1948 ..
$
178.55 $
579.57
SUMMARY TAX DUPLICATE
Borough
Bond
Total
January 1, 1948 Duplicate 1945-1946 $ 19.94 $
59.91
January 1, 1948 Duplicate 1946-1947
61.97
188.95
January 1, 1948 Duplicate 1947-1948 .
178.55
579.57
$ 260.46 $ 828.43 $ 1,088.89
BOND DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Balance in Hands of Treasurer, Janu- ary 1, 1947
$21,025.15
Tax Duplicate 1947-1948, Edgar W Diehl, Collector $23,918.09
Tax Duplicate
1946-1947,
Edgar W. Diehl, Collector
515.29
Tax Duplicate 1944-1945, Edgar W.
Diehl, Collector 181.14
Tax Duplicate 1943-1944, Edgar W.
Diehl, Collector
90.15
24,704.67
$45,729.82
Expenditures
Bonds Redeemed $ 8,000.00 Interest Paid (Coupons) 2,280.00
Commissions, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector 790.53
Balance in Hands of Treasurer Janu- ary 1, 1948 34,659.29
$45,729.82
BOND DEPARTMENT-SINKING FUND
Balance in Hands of Treasurer January 1, 1947 $ 4,596.98
Interest Received
46.05
Balance in Hands of Treasurer January 1, 1948
$ 4,643.03
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TAX LIENS
Borough
Borough Bond and Bond
Interest
Total
Balance to be Collected Janu-
ary 1, 1947
$
560.62 $
744.42 $
21.45
$ 1,326.49
Liens Entered
During 1947
3.80
11.36
15.16
Interest Collected
$ 236.57
236.57
$ 564.42
$ 755.78 $
21.45 $
236.57 $ 1,578.22
Amount Collect-
During 1947
138.58
188.42
327.00
$ 425.84 $
567.36 $
21.45 $
236.57 $ 1,251.22
Tax Liens Not
Revived Dur -
ing 1947
3.60
2.39
5.99
$ 422.24 $
564.97 $
21.45 $
236.57 $ 1,245.23
LATERAL SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Dr.
Assessments During Year 1947
$11,958.94
Cr.
Collected During 1947
$11.498.27
Unpaid Assessments 1947
460.67
$11,958.94
LATERAL SEWER LIENS
Balance to be Collected January 1, 1947
$ 1,661.52
Interest Accrued
121.43
Costs Accrued
32.00
$ 1,814.95
Collected During 1947
$ 221.74
Interest Collected
121.43
Costs Collected
32.00
Balance to be Collected January 1, 1948
1,439.78
$ 1,814.95
PAVING LIENS
Balance to be Collected January 1, 1947
$ 622.58
New Liens Entered
133.07
Interest Accrued
56.20
Costs Accrued
7.80 -
$ 819.65
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Collected During 1947
$ 70.60
Interest Accrued Costs Accrued Balance to be Collected January 1, 1948
56.20
7.80
685.05 $ 819.65
Signed:
HERBERT C. KEEFER,
EUGENE V. MILLER, JOHN A. BURKHART,
Auditors.
CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT HISTORICAL SKETCH
The first attempt 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 holes 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 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 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 been, of necessity, 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 ererting 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 nine. 1.750 feet of 8-inch pipe, 7.693 feet of 6-inch pine, and 18 500 feet of 4-inch pipe, or a total of 6.3 miles of pipe. It is a matter of some
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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 operat- ed one, was located on the West Bank of the Conococheague Creek almost directly opposite the foundry of the Wolf Company, known 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 2,500,000 gallon steam pumping plant was installed at the same location in 1907 to replace the water-driven pump.
In 1911 the Conococheague Creek was abandoned by the Borough as a source of drinking water supply 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 droughts of 1931, 1932 and 1933 brought very forcibly to the attention of the authorities that the supply might, under certain con- ditions, become quite inadequate. To guard against any shortage of water that might possibly occur, the Borough of Chambersburg pro- ceeded to build a storage dam at Caledonia across the Birch Run Valley, which holds 387,000,000 gallons of water.
During the summer of 1947 the Pennsylvania Department of High- ways began the improvement of the Lincoln Highway eastward from Chambersburg. This work involved the widening and leveling of the roadway and the construction of a new concrete surface. As the two water mains serving the Borough from the Caledonia watershed were installed under the shoulder of the highway for about two miles, the Water Department was faced with the necessity of relocating its mains where they conflicted with the new grades established by the Depart- ment of Highways.
This relocation consisted of the excavation of the mains from their original position, the deepening of the trench in which they were laid, and the re-installation of the pipe to conform to the new grade of the highway. Affected by this operation were approximately 206 feet of 8" and 2,737 feet of 14" cast iron pipe laid in 1911, and approximately 1,747 feet of 14" and 2,105 feet of 16" cast iron pipe laid in 1936. Man- holes were built around 9 line valves and 9 air valves to permit proper maintenance without breaking the new roadway. Many of the water users along the highway were obliged to install new service pipes, and practically all the users along the road were without water for varying periods while the pipe serving them was out of service. Service to users in Chambersburg was maintained by the expedient of relocating one of the two mains at a time while keeping the other in use. This was successfully accomplished except for one occasion when a dynamite blast of the highway contractor damaged the main in service while the other was being relocated. Water service to the town was impaired for several hours and finally shut off from the mountain supply entirely overnight while the damaged pipe was repaired. During this emergency the pumping plant at Siloam was pressed into use to supply limited service to the community. This was the only time since water was first piped from Caledonia that service to the town was completely interrupted.
The work of relocation of the mains was done by the Harman Con- struction Company of Landisville, Pennsylvania at a total cost of
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$96,556.97. This sum was withdrawn from the Water Department Sink- ing Fund and does not appear in the report of the regular expenditures for the year.
The total cash and credits of this Department for 1947 were $108,146.27, and the total operating and non-operating expenses were $46,228.45, including depreciation amounting to $13,156.84, which leaves a total gross profit, exclusive of interest charges, of $61,917.82.
Beginning with January 1, 1933, a Standard Public Utilities Ac- counting 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, 1947, was $1,128,- 996.27.
PHYSICAL DATA OF WATER DEPARTMENT JANUARY 1, 1948
Population of Borough (Estimated)
16,500
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
Total Head from Intake to Town
615 feet above Sea Level 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 @ 3,104,186 G. P. D. if no water came from Mountain 1.69 Days Supply @ 3,104,186 G. P. D. in Impounding Reservoir 124.67
Total Days Supply Stored @ 3,104,186 G. P. D. 126.36
Miles of Mains in Borough Limits:
14 Inch
0.42 Miles 4 Inch
11.89 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 15.66 Miles
Total of all Mains in Borough Limits
40.03 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 62.68 Miles
Valves Inside Borough Limits
692
Valves Outside Borough Limits
82
Total Valves in System 774
Total Number of Flush Tanks on System
127
Total Number of Fire Hydrants
256
Active Services :
8 Inch
6
11/2 Inch
23
6 Inch
13
11/4 Inch
29
4 Inch
29
1 Inch
218
3 Inch
4
3/4 Inch
3,626
21/2 Inch
1
1/2 Inch-
92
2 Inch
34
Total of all Active Services 4,075
Inactive Services :
2 Inch
3 3/4 Inch 72
1 Inch
11
1/2 Inch
2
Total of all Inactive Services 88
Number of Domestic Consumers Inside Borough Limits
3,581
Number of Domestic Consumers Outside Borough Limits 295
Total Number of Domestic Consumers
3,876
Number of Industrial Consumers
45
Number of Railroad Consumers
4
Number of Public Consumers
39
Number of Free Consumers
29
Total Number of Metered Consumers-Active
3,993
Meters on System January 1, 1948:
8 Inch 5 11/2 Inch 28
6 Inch
10
11/4 Inch
2
4 Inch
18 1 Inch
30
3 Inch
16
3/4 Inch
102
2 Inch
31 5/8 Inch 3,843
Total Number of Meters on System 4,085
Data for Year 1947:
Total Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters 151,070,400
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Domestic Consumers 37,860,907
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers 29,884,360
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Industrial Consumers, Siloam
14,444,940
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Railroad Consumers
9,804,977
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Public Consumers 4,908,045
Total Cubic Feet Furnished Free Consumers
6,496,655
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Estimated Total Cubic Feet Furnished for Fire, Flushing Streets, Trenches, Fire Hydrants and Sewer Flush Tanks Total Cubic Feet Accounted for (Mountain Water)
6,022,500 94,477,444
Total Cubic Feet Lost Between Master Meter and Con- sumers Percentage Lost between Master Meters and Consumer .
56,092,956
37.1%
50% of Loss is in Mains
28,046,478
45% of Loss is in Service Pipes
25,241,830
5% of Loss is Due to Under Registration of Meters 2,804,648
Average Cubic Feet Registered by Master Meters per day 413,891
Average Cubic Feet Used by Consumers per day 258,842
Average Cubic Feet Unaccounted For per day 155,049
Average Gallons Registered by Master Meters per day
3,104,186
Average Gallons per day per Domestic Consumer
201
Average Gallons per day per Industrial Consumer
20,242
Average Gallons per day per Railroad Consumer
50,368
Average Gallons per day per Public Consumer
2,586
4,603
Average Gallons per day per Free Consumer Estimated Average Gallons used per day for Fire, Flush- ing, Streets, Sewers, Trenches, Fire Hydrants and Sewer Flush Tanks
123,750
Average Gallons per day used for All Purpose
2,248,405
Average Gallons per day Unaccounted for
855,781
Average Gallons per Capita per Day Domestic
47.2
Average Gallons per Capita per day Industrial
55.2
Average Gallons per Capita per day Railroad
12.2
Average Gallons per Capita per day Public
6.1
Average Gallons per Capita per day Free
8.1
Average Gallons per Capita per day Flushing Fire Hy-
7.5
Total Average Gallons per Capita per day Consumption . 136.3
Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Inside Borough
$ 35,970.30
Received from Water Sale for Domestic Purposes Outside Borough
7,389.59
Total Received from Woter Sale for Domestic Purposes .
43.359.89
Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes
11,939.47
Total Received from Water Sale for Industrial Purposes, Siloam
4,313.38
Total Received from Water Sale for Railroad Purposes
3,147.35
Total Received from Water Sale for Public Purposes
2,448.87
Total Received from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories Total Received from All Sources
3,543.80
Total Credits for Water Furnished Free Consumers and Other Borough Departments 9,985.60
Total Receipts and Credits
78,738.36
drants, etc.
68,752.76
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Cash Receipts From Water Sale for All Purposes, 1947 $ 65,208.96 Cash Receipts From Water Sale for All Purposes, 1946 66,669.23 Decrease in Receipts from Water Sale for the Year 1,460.27 Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories, 1947 3,543.80
Cash Receipts from Sale of Meters, Cocks and Accessories, 1946
6,224.29
Decrease in Receipts from Sale of Meters, etc. for the Year 2,680.49
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Domestic, In- cluding Minimum Charges
$ 1.15
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Domestic, In- cluding Minimum Charges
.15
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Industrial, Including Minimum Charges .37
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Industrial, In- cluding Minimum Charges .05
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Railroads, Including Minimum Charges
.32
Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Railroads, In- cluding Minimum Charges .04
Average Received per 1,000 Cubic Feet from Public, In- cluding Minimum Charges .50 Average Received per 1,000 Gallons from Public, Includ- ing Minimum Charges .07
Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Inside Bor-
rough
2.51
Average Received per Quarter per Domestic Outside Bor- ough
6.26
Average Received per Quarter per Public Consumer 15.70
Average Received per Month per Industrial Consumer 35.93
Average Received per Month per Railroad Consumer
65.57
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside of Borough
$ 1,444.40
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Outside of Borough
326.25
Received from Water Sale per Mile of Main Inside and Outside Borough Limits 1,040.35
Total Lost in Bad Accounts, 1947
$ 0.00
Percent Lost in Bad Accounts, 1947
0.00
Receipts and Credits for 1946
82,045.00
Receipts and Credits for 1947 78,738.00
Decrease for the Year
3,307.00
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BALANCE SHEET WATER DEPARTMENT December 31, 1947
Assets
Fixed Capital
$1,386,764.30
Construction Work in Pro-
gress
2,529.84
Total Fixed Capital
$1,389,294.14
Funds and Special Deposits
Sinking Fund Assets $ 82,068.29
Total Funds and Special Deposits
$
82,068.29
Current Assets
Cash (Borough Treasurer's Account)
$ 58.59
Accounts Receivable from Consumers
14,087.20
Materials and Supplies
18,796.08
Other Current Assets and Interest Received
37.50
Total Current Assets
$ 32,979.37
Prepayments
Bond Fund and Reserve
Sinking Fund $ 23,172.24 $ 23,172.24
Total Prepayments
Other Assets
Municipal Authority Lease
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