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Dr. Guy P. Asper
Dr. John A. Bouse
Dr. J. J. Eckel Dr. B. M. Beattie
Daniel O. Gehr
Dr. Paul D. Allen
J. W. Rearick
Dr. Helen Stewart
Morris Lloyd
C. P. Miller
Paul Walker
W. O. Nicklas
George K. Lenher
J. Brua Hoyer
Jacob G. Schaff
Herman Kraiss
Capt. W. H. Mackey
Milton G. McDowell Dr. L. H. Seaton
Daniel Harmony
George Denton H. A. Kottcamp
T. C. Karper
W. L. Ritchey
James C. Clark
George F. Arris
Dr. H. M. Miley
F. Lester Marshall
Mr. Morris Lloyd succeeded Dr. Johnston McLanahan as President in 1914, there being no record from October, 1912 to 1914, and continued in this office until his death in 1932, his successor being Dr. B. M. Beattie.
The duties of the Health Board have varied with conditions of the times, but the main actions have always been the maintaining of sanitary health measures concerning the public.
The records of 1893 show considerable controversy about the keeping of hogs within the Borough. With the advent of the sanitary sewer, the abolishing of cesspools and the connecting of houses to the sewer gave rise to a great many problems.
Contagious diseases and their control have always been one of the chief duties of the Health Board.
Other duties are seeing that the milk supply is brought to the con- sumer in the best possible condition as a palatable, healthful, product, free of preservatives or adulterations, issuing of health certificates to those who work or are employed in restaurants, drug stores, hotels, eating houses, etc., nuisances affecting the public are corrected, and the general civic conditions of the city are observed.
During the year 1942, the Chambersburg Health Board, through its Health Officer, investigated 1,718 calls, issued 523 Health Certificates to employees in places handling food stuffs within the Borough, cared for 199 common nuisances, granted 7 permits to milk dealers, and issued 25 permits to haulers of garbage and refuse. Four hundred and ninety-four cases of contagious diseases were reported to the Board during the year 1942.
Thirty connections were made to the Sanitary Sewer.
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MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT
Sediment testing of milk was made quarterly, and the preservative test made annually.
Anyone whose milk registered unsatisfactory on two successive testings were refused the privilege of selling milk within the Borough for local distribution.
The Board meets the last Monday of each month in regular session with additional special meetings.
The members are Dr. B. M. Beattie, President; Dr. L. H. Seaton, Mr. John B. Minehart, Mr. Paul Walker, Mr. F. Lester Marshall, and Mr. Frank Croft, Health Officer.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHAMBERSBURG SANITARY SEWER DEPARTMENT
When the Borough of Chambersburg decided in 1910 and 1911 to obtain its water supply from the State Forest at Caledonia, it was necessary to obtain a permit from the Pennsylvania State Health Depart- ment, and when the State Health Department issued this permit, it granted to Chambersburg the right to the water of Birch Run, but it also provided that, for this right, the Borough of Chambersburg was to install a Sanitary Sewerage System with a proper Disposal Plant of a capacity sufficient to take care of the town for twenty years to come.
The same Bond Issue, providing funds for the construction of the water supply line between the mountain and Chambersburg, provided also for sufficient bonds to put in a Sanitary Sewerage System in Cham- bersburg. This system was constructed, and was put in service August 1, 1912. As building operations developed in the town, new laterals have been run, and at the present time the entire system consists of:
LATERALS
21.805 miles 8" 6.636 miles 10" .263 miles . 12" .23 miles 15" .074 miles 18"
Total 29.008 miles
TRUNK LINES
238.0 feet 10"
4,432.5 feet 12"
2,138.3 feet 15"
3,099.4 feet 18"
4,014.9 feet 24"
1,631.2 feet 20" x 30" concrete
Total 15,554.3 feet
At the present time there is a total of 168,824.76 feet, or 31.97 miles of sewers, 126 Flush Tanks, 765 Manholes, and 3315 buildings are con- nected with the system.
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There are no charges for sewer service rendered by the Borough of Chambersburg, and this is a rather outstanding achievement when you stop to think that charges for sewer service run from $8.00 to $36.00 per year in the state of Pennsylvania.
The State Health Department insists on a very high standard of quality, for the effluent from the Disposal Plant, and weekly reports are made to the Department showing each day's operation.
During 1942, requests were received from property owners for the extension of the Sanitary Sewer Service for a total of 400 feet of 8" Street Lateral Sewers.
The sewers actually constructed in 1942 were as follows:
South Coldbrook Avenue 100' of 8" lateral sewer
Highland Avenue 300' of 8" lateral sewer
Total
400'
The total sewerage handled at the Sanitary Sewage Disposal Plant during 1942 was 516,255,354 gallons. The total cost for the operation and maintenance of the Plant during the year 1942 was $13,398.98. The average cost for handling the sanitary sewage during 1942 was 2.59 cents per 1,000 gallons.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR
During the year 1942 the Plumbing Inspector had submitted to him 145 sets of plans covering plumbing and house and building drainage for his approval. He inspected and tested the plumbing and fixtures in 31 new buildings covering 310 fixtures. There were 31 buildings converted into apartment houses during the year, which involved the inspection, approval, and testing of 155 fixtures. There were 70 alterations in buildings, which covered the inspection, testing, and approval of 229 fixtures. There were 5 automatic gas water heaters installed, covering the inspection, testing, and approval of 5 fixtures. There were 2 electric hot water heaters installed, covering the inspection, testing and approval of 2 fixtures. This makes a total of 838 fixtures that were inspected, tested, and approved, by the Plumbing Inspector during the year 1942. There were 6 buildings inspected outside of the Borough, having 72 fixtures. 859 inspection trips were made.
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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, FROM JANUARY 1st, 1942, TO JANUARY 1st, 1943
Receipts
Balance in Treasurer's Account
January 1, 1942
Edgar W. Diehl, 1942-1943 Tax
Duplicate
$ 7,378.66
Edgar W. Diehl, 1941-1942 Tax Duplicate
333.80
Edgar W. Diehl, 1940-1941 Tax
25.52
Duplicate
Edgar W. Diehl, 1939-1940 Tax Duplicate
54.70
$ 7,792.68
Licenses,Peddlers
$ 10.00
Licenses, Beverages
4,825.00
Sewer Permits
110.00
Building Permits
47.00
Digging Permits
10.50
Plumbers License
17.50
5,020.00
Parking Meter Fines
$ 1,512.00
Miscellaneous Fines
878.00
2,390.00
Market Master
1,718.75
Tax Liens
1,197.05
Lateral Sewers
3,394.40
Ambulance Collections
950.84
Pole Tax
233.80
Street Paving Liens and Interest. $ 366.14
Sale of Materials
1,514.04
Rental of Equipment
366.08
Resurfacing Private Driveways, Parking Lots and Streets .
546.22
Construction of Concrete Curbs and Sidewalks
28.24
Extension of Gas Mains
155.20
Rent from Properties
319.69
Miscellaneous Street
3.35
3,298.96
Rental of Borough Farm
240.00
Sewer Liens and Interest
1,787.65
Henninger Field Playground As- sociation
398.42
Insurance Refund
1,847.21
Parking Meter Receipts
15,924.77
Parking Meter Repairs
53.61
$ 8,171.38 -
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Miscellaneous Police Department
118.20
Miscellaneous Sewer Department
3.16
Miscellaneous Fire Department. .
54.03
Miscellaneous Engineering De- partment
142.95
Transfer from Electric Light
Department
145,000.00
$199,737.86
Expenditures
Salaries
Clerks and Bookkeepers
$ 3,884.46
Borough Engineer
2,771.50
Drafting Department
3,960.20
Treasurer
300.00
Borough Attorney
1,500.00
Burgess
345.00
Auditors
375.00
Market Master
1,447.44
Plumbing Inspector
1,650.00
$ 16,233.60
Board of Health
Salary
$ 1,650.00
Supplies
213.25
1,863.25
Police Department
Salaries
$ 21,321.75
Salaries Emergency Police
Guards
13,046.40
Equipment and Supplies
758.55
Maintenance and Repairs to
279.99
Uniforms
707.25
Traffic Signs, Signals and Re- pairs
1,127.91
Fuel
183.36
Gas and Oil
491.89
Buildings
367.65
Insurance
124.60
Advertising
47.94
Clerical Expenses and Extra
Labor
829.99
Emergency Lighting and Con- struction for Guards
1,672.13
Medical Expenses
129.50
Miscellaneous
209.90
41,524.08
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Motor Equipment
225.27
Telephone and Telegraph
Maintenance and Repairs to
Parking Meter Account
Salaries $ 4,448.00
Collection of Fines 431.50
Removal of Snow
1,279.97
Erection of Fence (Parking Lot) .
149.08
Rent of Parking Lot
150.00
Maintenance of Parking Meters.
301.27
6,759.82
Street Department
Maintenance of Streets:
Patching
$ 3,960.04
Surface Oiling
1,033.03
Cleaning and Removing Refuse
3,795.56
Operating-Motor Sweeper .
1,821.77
Snow Removal
3,017.94
Miscellaneous
600.44
Maintenance of Alleys:
Patching
2,497.51
Surface Oiling
368.09
Cleaning and Removing Refuse
12.75
Dust-Weed Control
946.94
Miscellaneous
382.65
Maintenance and Repairs:
Storm Sewers
453.78
Bridges
252.81
Operation-Garage
2,258.41
Purchase and Repairs to Tools
552.47
Operation and Repairs to
Equipment
3,357.84
Engineering and Supervision
396.00
Administrative Insurance
856.05
Maintenance and Repairs Properties
to
66.02
Back-filling Ditches
524.97
Construction of Streets
11,651.43
Construction of Alleys
3,961.58
Construction of Storm Sewers
3,187.85
Purchase of Major Equipment.
1,224.84
Damages
145.00
47,325.77
Disposal Plant
Salary
$ 1,118.32
Office Supplies, Printing and
48.00
Insurance on Truck
20.00
Labor at Pump House
4,957.16
Gasoline
76.48
Oil Waste and Packing
43.11
Chlorine-Chemical Treatment . 993.04
.
Postage
31
Lamps
3.42
Fuel
130.68
Maintenance of Truck
18.70
Maintenance and Repairs, Build- ing and Grounds
497.35
Maintenance and Repairs, Pumps
21.82
Maintenance and Repairs, Tools and Instruments
38.10
Maintenance and Repairs, Tanks and Filter Beds
1,525.53
Maintenance and Repairs, Sludge Beds
1,418.29
Electric Equipment
7.12
$ 10,917.12
Fire Department
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No. 1 Friendships:
Driver's Salary
$ 2,268.84
Supplies
121.60
Repairs to Equipment
654.10
Repairs to Building
686.38
Telephone
25.80
Laundry
9.13
Coal
150.25
Insurance
36.82
Gas and Oil
40.32
Miscellaneous
65.64
.
$ 4,058.88
No. 2 Juniors:
Driver's Salary
$ 4,158.85
Supplies
119.79
Repairs to Equipment
131.35
Repairs to Building
63.94
Telephone
37.80
Laundry
7.23
Coal
62.56
Insurance
59.28
Gas and Oil
66.23
Miscellaneous
49.97
$ 4,757.00
No. 3 Good Wills:
Driver's Salary
$ 3,853.88
Supplies
222.77
Repairs to Equipment
316.02
Repairs to Building
27.52
Telephone
25.80
Laundry
29.25
Coal
136.63
Insurance
59.27
Gas an Oil
52.93
Miscellaneous
85.23
$ 4,809.30
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No. 4 Franklin:
Driver's Salary
$ 2,268.97
Supplies
57.42
Repairs to Equipment
220.95
Repairs to Building
12.50
Telephone
27.60
Laundry
12.86
Coal
162.01
Insurance
59.27
Gas and Oil
27.92
Miscellaneous
93.04
$
2,932.54
No. 5 Cumberland Valley :
Driver's Salary
$ 2,268.96
Supplies
89.67
Repairs to Equipment
67.34
Repairs to Building
3.44
Telephone
25.80
Laundry
7.92
Coal
113.75
Insurance
36.81
Gas and Oil
15.31
Miscellaneous
59.56
$ 2,688.56
General Fire Department
Maintenance and Repairs to alarm system
$ 645.01
Miscellaneous
71.78
$ 716.79
Sewers
Salaries
$ 1,126.08
Maintenance and Repairs
792.90
Extension of Sewers
365.39
$ 2,284.37
Miscellaneous
Office Supplies, Printing and
Postage
$ 1,807.74
Supplies, Engineering Depart-
ment
1,082.71
Maintenance, City Hall
2,971.67
Maintenance, Borough Farm
50.40
Maintenance, Operation Munici-
pal Market
5,373.99
Insurance, Fire, Accident and
Compensation
2,932.27
Maintenance and Operation Parks and Playgrounds
7,074.39
Improvements, Parks and Play- grounds
816.79
Premium, Surety Bond
255.00
Coyle Free Library, Appropria- tion
3,250.00
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Maintenance of Ambulances 585.47
Telephone
383.88
Maintenance of Comfort Station
684.12
War Damage Insurance
1,513.07
Expense, Chambersburg Defense Council, Sirens and one-third cost of manning Control Cen- ter
4,741.28
Salary, Caretaker of Incinerator
1,101.92
Maintenance of Incinerator
61.07
Repairs to Incinerator Road
101.32
Telephones, Secretary and Plumbing Inspector
57.54
Christmas Lighting Appropriation, Spanish War
97.46
Veterans
75.00
Recording Liens, Legal Expenses
228.70
Dues-Borough Association
33.00
Expenses-Borough Officials at
Convention
990.34
Tax Collector's Expenses
86.64
Borough Solicitor's Expenses
17.15
Air Raid Warden's Office
62.94
Lamp Storage Room
150.19
Expenses, Clean-up Week
382.11
Fire Insurance Tax Refund
1,847.21
Appropriation - Chambersburg Hospital
3,469.47
Transfer to Borough Fire Fund
5,000.00
Tax Collector's Commissions . . .
249.36
Miscellaneous
135.83
$ 47,670.03
$194,541.11
Balance in hands of Treasurer January 1, 1943.
5,196.75
$199,737.86
BOROUGH FIRE FUND
January 1, 1942, Balance in Fire Fund
$ 50,834.16
$5,000.00 Borough of Mercers- burg Bonds
5,100.15
Transfer from General Borough Account
5,000.00
Interest from Time Certificates
510.12
Interest-Coupons Mercersburg
212.50
$ 61,656.93
$5,000.00 Borough of Mercersburg Bonds
$ 5,100.15 $50,000.00 U. S. War Savings Bonds, Series "F"
37,000.00
Balance in Fire Fund Account, ยท January 1, 1943
19,556.78
Bonds
$ 61,656.93
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TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Borough Bond Borough Bond Total
Dr
Duplicate 1928- 1929 as shown
by Auditors' Report January 1, 1942
$ 202.62
Cr.
January 1, 1943, Balance out-
standing on du-
plicate jointly collected by Geo.
H. Bitner and Paul D. Tarner
$ 202.62
Dr.
Duplicate 1938- 1.9,39 Taxes,
Balance as shown by Audi-
tors' Report
January 1, 1942
$ 25.52 $ 70.53
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Edgar W. Diehl, Collector
$ 25.52 $ 70.53
Dr.
Duplicate 1939- 1940 Taxes, Balance as shown by Audi-
tors' Report January 1, 1942
$ 61.52 $ 183.43
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Edgar W. Diehl,
Collector ...... $ 54.70 $ 162.94
Tax Liens entered.
6.82
20.49
61.52
183.43
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Dr.
Duplicate 1940-
1941 Taxes, Balance as shown by Audi- tors' Report January 1, 1942
87.11
313.71
Cr. Tax Liens entered
6.82
20.49
Balance outstand- ing, January 1, 1943
$ 80.29 $
293.22
Dr.
Duplicate 1941 -
1942 Taxes Balance as shown by Audi- tors' Report January 1, 1942 $
679.01 $ 2,052.60
Penalty added ..
23.42 71.02
702.43
2,123.62
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer by Edgar W. Diehl, Collector . Exonerations al- lowed by Council
$ 333.80 $ 1,020.01
217.48
650.07
Tax Liens entered 6.82 20.49 $
558.10 $ 1,690.57
Balance outstand- ing January 1, 1943, and ac- cepted by Coun- cil to be entered as Liens $ 144.33 $ 433.05
Dr.
Duplicate 1942- 1943
8,049.76
24,144.38
Cr.
Amount collected to November 1, 1942
$ 7,354.70 $22,040.69
Abatement
on
amount
collec-
ted to
Novem-
ber
1, 1942 ..
387.09
1,160.03
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Collected Novem- ber 1, 1942, to January 1, 1943
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1943
23.96
71.88
7,765.75
23,272.60
$ 284.01 $ 871.78 1
SUMMARY TAX DUPLICATE
Borough
Borough Bond and Bond
Total
January 1, 1943, Duplicate 1928-1929
$ 202.62
January 1, 1943, Duplicate 1940-1941
$ 80.29 $ 293.22
January 1, 1943, Duplicate
1941-1942
144.33
433.05
1942-1943
284.01
871.78
$ 508.63 $ 1,598.05 $
202.62 $ 2,309.30
BOND DEPARTMENT Receipts
Balance in hands of Treasurer January 1, 1942 $17,363.79
Tax Duplicate, 1942-1943, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector
$22,112.57
Tax Duplicate, 1941-1942, Edgar W. Diehl, Collector
1,020.01
Tax Duplicate, 1939-1940, Edgar W.
Diehl, Collector
162.94
Tax Duplicate, 1938-1939, Edgar W.
Diehl, Collector
70.53
23,366.05
$40,729.84
Expenditures
Bonds Redeemed
$13,000.00
Interest Paid, Coupons
4,857.00
State Tax
38.64
Commission Account Corporate Loan Report, James G. Bietsch, Treasurer
2.03
Commissions, Edgar W. Diehl
747.70
Balance in hands of Treasurer January 1, 1943
22,084.47
$40,729.84
BOND DEPARTMENT-SINKING FUND
Balance in Sinking Fund January 1, 1942 $ 4,373.45
Interest Received 43,83
$ 4,417.28
Balance in Sinking Fund January 1, 1943
4,417.28
4,417.28
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January 1, 1943, Duplicate
TAX LIENS
Borough
Borough Bond and Bond Interest Total
Balance to be col- lected January 1, 1942
$ 2,234.44 $ 2,869.71 $
27.33
$ 5,131.48
Liens entered
during 1942
20.46
61.47
81,93
Penalty added
6.02
4.02
10.04
Interest collected, 1942
$ 270.97
270.97
$ 2,260.92 $ 2,935.20 $
27.33 $
270.97 $ 5,494.42
Amount collected
1942
414.91
511.14
270.97
1,197.02
$ 1,846.01 $ 2,424.06 $
27.33
$ 4,297.40
Tax Liens not re- vived
5.57
3.02
8.59
Balance to be col- lected January
1, 1943
$ 1,840.44 $ 2,421.04 $
27.33
$ 4,288.81
LATERAL SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1942
$ 1,737.99
Assessments made during 1942
1,834.75
Interest accrued
23.70
$ 3,596.44
Collected during 1942
$ 3,252.73
Interest collected
23.70
Liens entered 1942
232.01
Balance to be collected January 1, 1943
88.00
$ 3,596.44
LATERAL SEWER LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1942
$ 7,332.51
Sewer Assessments entered as Liens
232.01
Interest accrued
585.41
Costs accrued
22.00
$ 8,171.93
Collected during 1942
$ 1,320.21
Interest collected
585.41
Costs collected
22.00
Balance to be collected January 1, 1943
6,244.31
$ 8,171.93
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PAVING LIENS
Balance to be collected January 1, 1942 Interest accrued
$ 1,487.14 112.74
Costs
11.40
$ 1,611.28
Collected during 1942
$ 250.24
Interest collected
115.90
Costs collected
11.40
Balance to be collected January 1, 1943
1,233.74
$ 1,611.28
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HARRY R. GEARHART, ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER, HERBERT C. KEEFER,
Auditors.
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 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.
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387,000,000 GALLON IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR
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 & 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, 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 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 improve- ment over any of the other supplies that the Borough of Chambersburg had been using but the drought of 1931, 1932, 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 Chambersburg pro- ceeded 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 1941 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 121,000,000 gallons, be- tween August 4, 1941, and February 14, 1942.
During the year, the following water main extensions were con- structed on the front foot assessment plan:
South Coldbrook Avenue 129' of 6" line
Highland Avenue 291' of 6" line
Total. 420
The total cash and credits in this Department for 1942 were $86,108.87, and the total operating and non-operating expenses were $32,534.50, including depreciation amounting to $13,013.19, which leaves a total gross profit, exclusive of interest charges, of $53,574.37.
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, 1942, is $1,158,881.39.
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SILOAM DAM
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PHYSICAL DATA OF BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG WATER DEPARTMENT JANUARY 1, 1943
Population of Borough. 15,500 (Census Population-15,005, and 495 was added for Schools and Colleges)
Area of Water Shed 17.75 Square Miles
Elevation of Impounding Reservoir 1,091.75 Feet above Sea Level
Elevation of Intake Dam 975 Feet above Sea Level
Elevation of Dull Hill Reservoir 801 Feet above Sea Level
Elevation of Horst Reservoir 712 Feet above Sea Level
Elevation of Reservoir Hill Reservoir 707 Feet above Sea Level
Elevation of Memorial Square 615 Feet above Sea Level
Total Head from Intake to Town 360 Feet
Present 24 Hour Capacity from Michaux State Forest by Gravity with 40 Pounds Average Residual Pressure in Chambersburg 5,500,000 Gallons
Emergency Steam Operated Plant at Siloam, Capacity. 2,500,000 Gallons in 24 Hours
Storage Capacity of Impounding Reservoir 387,000,000 Gallons
Storage Capacity of Dull Hill Reservoir 2,200,000 Gallons
Storage Capacity of Horst Reservoir 2,000,000 Gallons
Storage Capacity of Reservoir Hill Reservoir
1,000,000 Gallons
Storage Capacity of Stand Pipe 55,000 Gallons
Total Storage Capacity 392,255,000 Gallons Days Supply @ 2,508,326 G. P. D. if no water came from Mountain 2.10
Days Supply @ 2,508,326 G. P. D. in Impounding Reservoir 154.29 Total Days Supply Stored @ 2,508,326 G. P. D. 156.38
Miles of Mains in Borough Limits
14 Inch 0.42 Miles 4 Inch 11.82 Miles
12 Inch 2.53 Miles 2 Inch 0.57 Miles
10 Inch 4.05 Miles 11/2 Inch 0.18 Miles 8 Inch 4.36 Miles Inch 0.37 Miles 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
43
Active Services
8 Inch 5
11/2 Inch
20
6 Inch
11
11/4 Inch
30
4 Inch
28
1 Inch
223
3 Inch
4
3/4 Inch
3,348
21/2 Inch
1
1/2
Inch
92
2 Inch
32
Total of All Active Services 3794
Inactive Services
2 Inch 4
34 Inch 73
1 Inch 11
1/2 Inch
2
Total of all Inactive Services
90
Total of all Active and Inactive Services
3,884
Valves inside Borough Limits
646
Valves outside Borough Limits 80
Total Valves in System
726
Number of Domestic Consumers inside Borough Limits 3,390
Number of Domestic Consumers outside Borough Limits 220
Total Number of Domestic Consumers
3,610
Number of Industrial Consumers
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