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The  Ninety -seventh 
ANNUAL  REPORT 

of  the 

CITY  OF  CONCORD 

New  Hampshire 

for  the 
Year  Ending  December  31,  1949 


Capital  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire 

County  Seat  of  Merrimack  County 

Area:  64  Square  Miles.     Population:  27,171  (1940) 


Authorized  and  Published  under  the  supervision 

of  the  Board  of  Library  Trustees  by  the 

City  Council 


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IT  IS  MY  HOME  TOWN 
AND  I  AM  PART  OF  IT 

"My  town  is  the  place  where  my  home  is  founded; 
where  my  business  is  situated  and  where  my  vote  is  cast ; 
where  my  children  are  educated ;  where  my  neighbors 
dwell,  and  where  my  life  is  chiefly  lived.  It  is  the  home 
spot  for  me.  Aly  town  has  the  right  of  my  civic  loyalty. 
It  supports  me  and  I  should  support  it.  My  town  wants 
my  citizenshi]),  not  my  partisanshij),  my  friendliness,  not 
my  dissension,  my  sympathy,  not  my  criticism  ;  my  in- 
telligence, not  my  indifference.  My  town  supplies  me 
with  protection,  trade,  friends,  education,  schools, 
churches,  and  the  right  to  free,  moral  citizenship.  It 
has  some  things  that  are  better  than  others;  the  best 
things  I  should  seek  to  make  better,  the  worst  things  I 
should  help  to  suppress.  Take  it  all-in-all,  it  is  my  town, 
and  it  is  entitled  to  the  best  there  is  in  me." 

—  Selected 


Legislative  Review 
1949 


BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN  .  .  . 
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^Accepted  recommendation  of 
Planning  Board  requiring  the 
minimum  area  of  lots  to  be  8,000 
square  feet  with  a  minimum 
frontage  of  80  feet. 

^Authorized  a  change  in  the 
zoning  map  establishing  an  in- 
dustrial district  in  the  intervale 
area  easterly  of  the  city  proper. 

^Voted  to  establish  a  new  park 
in  the  south-end  section  of  the 
city  bounded  by  Broadway.  South 
and  West  Streets  and  designated 
Noyes  Park. 

^Approved  the  discontinuance 
of  portions  of  Ferry  Street  and 
Pittsfield   Road. 

^Authorized  a  study  to  establish 
a  federal-aid  urban  highway  sys- 
tem in  the  city. 

^Completely  revised  the  build- 
ing code  and  plumbing  rules. 

^Adopted  an  ordinance  which 
requires  the  annual  preparation  of 
a  capital  outlay  program  in  con- 
nection with  the  municipal  bud- 
get. 


^Approved  the  selection  of  the 
location  of  a  southerly  extension 
of  the  throughpass  via  the  Hall 
Street  area  to  the  Westside  High- 
way, so-called,  at  the  Concord- 
Bow   town   lines. 

^Rezoned  a  section  of  North 
Main  Street  from  a  local  business 
to  a  commercial  district. 

^Amended  the  zoning  ordinance 
to  provide  effective  control  of  the 
removal  of  soil  and  gravel  from 
a  premises  in  the  interest  of  safety 
and   property   values. 

^Approved  new  street  layouts 
in  connection  with  three  new 
subdivisions. 

^Granted  the  Planning  Board 
regulatory  control  over  subdivi- 
sion   development. 

^Enacted  a  total  of  15  ordinances 
and  30  resolutions. 

^Issued  new  bonds  and  serial 
notes  in  the  amount  of  $500,000.00. 

^Approved  new  streets  layouts 
for  Little  Road  and  a  section  of 
Lake  View  Drive  in  connection 
with  the  Town  Road  Aid  program. 


^Authorized  the  construction  of     ^L^dded  78  house  lots  to  the  citys' 
an  extension  to  the  police  garage,      residential  areas. 


4  —  City  of  Concord 


Administrative  Review 
1949 


MUNICIPAL 

DEPARTMENTS  .  .  . 

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^The  City  Clerk  reported  the 
smallest  number  of  marriages 
recorded  in  the  past  few  years. 
^The  Board  of  Assessors  re- 
ported a  tax  rate  of  $51.35  per 
$1,000.00  of  assessed  valuation  in 
the  city  and  $59.00  in  Penacook. 
^The  Tax  Collector  reported  the 
acquisition  of  $29,080.38  in  back 
taxes,  $15,170.05  more  than  the 
1948   total. 

^The  City  Treasurer  reported 
expenditures  of  $353,073.19  from 
the  ecjuipment  and  improvement 
bond  issue. 

^The  City  Solicitor  completed 
revision  of  the  ordinances  and  re- 
peal of  obsoleie  enactments.  They 
were  formally  adopted  on  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1949. 

^The  Planning  Board  assisted 
the  Board  of  Education  in  the 
preparation  of  plans  for  a  bus 
loading  area  at  Conant  School. 
^The  Health  Department  re- 
ported nine  resident  cases  of 
poliomyelitis. 

^The  Milk  Inspector  noted  that 
average  daily  consumption  of  milk 
was  14.947  quarts. 
^The  Public  Library  acquired  a 
book-trailer  with  which  to  serve 
suburban   Concord. 


^I^The  Recreation  Commission  ap- 
pointed a  full-time  supervisor  of 
girls'  recreational  activities. 
C^The  Relief  Department  placed 
23  children  in  foster  homes  as  a 
part  of  its  social  work  program. 
^The  Police  Department  re- 
ported a  substantial  decrease  in 
the  number  of  misdemeanors. 
CThe  Probation  Department 
noted  a  serious  increase  in  the 
amount  of  juvenile  delinquency. 
A  total  of  52  children  were  re- 
ferred to  the  Juvenile  Court. 
^The  Municipal  Court  reported 
1.897  parking  violations  as  com- 
pared with  3,326  such  cases  for 
the  previous  year. 
C^The  Fire  Department  played 
host  to  the  New  Hampshire  State 
Fire  College  at  St.  Paul's  School. 
CThe  Public  Works  Department 
added  six  new  trucks,  one  load 
packer,  one  tractor  and  one  weld- 
ing machine  to  its  fleet  of  mobile 
equipment. 

^The  City  Sealer  carried  on  an 
intensified  program  of  weighing 
packaged  goods  throughout  the 
city. 

^The  Municipal  Airport  re- 
ported a  marked  increase  in  both 
passenger  traffic  and  the  amount 
of  air  freight  handled  at  the  port. 
^The  Water  Department  com- 
pleted the  new  Penacook  High 
Service   Pumping  Station. 


Annual  Report 


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'Tlic  Privilege  of  Citi.cciisliip" 


GOVERNMENT 


Hon.  Charles  J.  McKee 
Mayor 

William  A.  Stevens 
Substitute  Mayor 

Y  y  Y  f  f 

Aldermen-at-Large  and  Members 
Board  of  Public  Works 

William  A.  Stevens 
Nelson  E.  Strong 
Robert  W.  Potter 
Charles  A.  Bartlett 
Thomas  B.  Jennings 
Harry  D.  Challis 


Ward  Aldermen 

John  M.  Allen 
John  E.  Davis 
William  J.  Flynn 
Winfield  J.  Phillips 
John  W.  Stanley 
Edward  L.  Lovejoy 
Lester  W.  Holt 
Clarence  A.  Drown 
Emmett  a.  Nawn 


Ward  1 
Ward  2 
Ward  3 
Ward  4 
Ward  5 
Ward  6 
Ward  7 
Ward  8 
Ward  9 


Standing  Committees  of 
The  Board  of  Aldermen 

Accounts  and  Claims  : 

Aldermen    Drown,    Bartlett,    Holt    and 

Lovejoy. 
Bills,  Second  Reading: 

Aldermen    Strong,    Davis,    Drown    and 

Nawn. 
Elections  and  Returns  : 

Aldermen     Nawn,     Davis,     Holt     and 

Potter. 
Engrossed  Ordinances  : 

Aldermen    Allen,    Holt,    Lovejoy    and 

Strong. 
Finance: 

Mayor      McKee,      Aldermen      Stevens, 

Challis,   Phillips  and  Stanley. 
Fire  Department  : 

Aldermen     Potter,     Allen,     Flynn     and 

Lovej  oy. 
Land  and  Buildings: 

Aldermen    Bartlett,    Flynn,    Holt    and 

Nawn. 
Police  and  License: 

Aldermen   Davis,   Jennings,   Nawn  and 

Strong. 
Public  Instruction  : 

Aldermen     Flynn,    Allen,     Drown 

Jennings. 
Relief  : 

Aldermen  Davis,  Allen  and  Bartlett. 


and 


City  of  Concord 


OFFICIALS 


Airport  Matuigcr 
Building  Inspector 
City  Clerk 
City  Engineer 
City  Messenger 
City  Solicitor 
Citx  Treasurer 


William  F.  Flynn 

Edward  E.  Beane 

Arthur  E.  Roby 

Edward  E.  Beane 

Henry  W.  Smith 

Gordon  S.  Lord 

Carl  H.  Foster 


Commissioner,  Board  of 
Public  Works  Ervin  E.  Webber 


Fire  Chief 

Judge,  Municipal 
Court 

Judge,  Special, 
Municipal  Court 

Librarian 

Milk  Inspector 

Oz'erseer  of  Poor 

Overseer  of  Poor, 

Penacook  Charles  P.  Coakley 

Planning  Director     Gustaf  H.  Lehtinen 


Clarence  H.  Green 

William  L.  Stevens 

Peter  J.  King 

Keith  Doms 

Austin  B.  Presby 

Parker  L.  Hancock 


Probation  Officer 

Registrar  of 
Vital  Statistics 

Sanitary  Officer 

Sealer  of  IV eights 
and  Measures 

Supt.  of  Parks 
and  Cemeteries 

Supt.  of  Streets 

Supt.  of  Water 
Works 


Robert  L.  Colby 

Arthur  E.  Roby 
Walter  C.  Rowe 

J.  Shepard  Norris 

Edward  L.  Howland 
Ervin  E.  Webber 


Director,  Recreation 
Commission 

Tax  Collector 

Tree  Warden 


G.  Arthur  Faneuf 

Paul  G.  Crowell 

Amos  B.  Morrison 

Ervin  E.  Webber 


Boards,  Commissions  and  Trustees 

Board  of  Adjustment: 

Elwin  L.  Page,  Chairman:  A.  Clifford 
Hudson,  Raymond  V.  LaPcinte,  Donald 
G.  Matson,  Lawrence  J.  Moynihan. 


Board  of  Airport  Commissioners  : 

Charles  J.  McKee,  Chairman :  Charles 
A.  Bartlett,  John  N.  Engel,  Charles  C. 
Hoagland,  Edward  L.  Lovejoy,  Donald 
J.  McFarland,  Robert  W.  Potter. 

Board  of  Appeals — Building  Code: 
Eugene  F.  Magenau,  Chairman ;  George 
Bouley,    Carroll    Garland,    A.    Clifford 
Hudson,  Arnold  Perreton. 

City  Planning  Board: 

Dudley  W.  Orr,  Chairman ;  Edward  E. 
Beane,  Charles  C.  Davie,  Douglas  N. 
Everett,  Warren  H.  Greene,  A.  Clifford 
Hudson,  John  B.  Jameson,  Charles  J. 
McKee,  Robert  W.  Potter. 

Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers  : 

Arthur      W.      Sargent,      Chairman ; 
George  E.  Young,  Edward  E.  Beane. 

Board  of  Health  : 

Charles  J.  McKee,  Chairman:  Dr. 
Pierre  A.  Boucher,  Dr.  Thomas  M. 
Dudley,  Dr.   Clinton  R.   Mullins. 

Board  of  Hydrant  Commissioners  : 
Edward  E.  Beane,  Chairman ;  Clarence 
H.  Green,  G.  Arthur  Faneuf. 

Board  of  Library  Trustees  : 

Willis  D.  Thompson,  Jr.,  Chairman : 
Ralph  H.  Avery,  Francis  E.  Beer,  Har- 
old W.  Bridge,  Joseph  J.  Comi,  John  F. 
MacEachran,  Sara  B.  Magenau,  May- 
land  H.  Morse,  Jr.,  Martha  G.  Upton. 

Police  Commission  : 

Daniel  Shea,  Chairman ;  M.  Harrison 
Duffy,  Guy  A.  Swenson. 

Recreation  Commission  : 

Leigh  S.  Hall,  Chairman :  William  D. 
Haller,  Chester  G.  Larson,  William  H. 
Macurda,  Osmond  R.  Strong. 

Trustees  of  Trust  Funds  : 

Harry  H.  Dudley,,  Carl  H.  Foster,  L 
Reed  Gourley. 

Board  of  Water  Commissioners: 
James  W.  Jameson,  President:  Robert 
W.  Brown,  Harry  H.  Dudley,  Allen  M. 
Freeman,  Charles  P.  Johnson,  Donald 
Knowlton,  Charles  J.  McKee,  Gardner 
Tilton,  James  B.  Godfrey 


Annual  Report  —  7 


CITY  CLERK 

-f  i  i  i  i  i 

Arthur  E.  Roby City  Clerk 

Margaret  A.  Spencer,  Deputy  City  Clerk 
1949    Expenditure $12,523.51 


four  adjourned  and  three  special 
meetings  during  1949.  Eleven 
public  hearings  were  also  sched- 
uled and  held  during  the  year. 

Fifteen  ordinances  and  thirty 
resolutions  were  enacted  as  com- 
pared to  the  enactment  of  twenty 
ordinances  and  forty-one  resolu- 
tions   in    the    preceeding    year. 


Vital   Statistics 

Dan  Cupid  has  been  less  active 
than  usual  according  to  the  City 
Clerk.  In  fact,  a  trend  of  fewer 
births  and  marriages  became  ap- 
parent during  the  past  year.  In- 
terestingly enough,  the  birth  rate 
exceeded  the  death  rate  for  the 
fourth  consecutive  time  in  the 
history  of  the  City  of  Concord. 


Births 

Marriages 

Deaths 


1947  1948  1949 

1077  877  866 

451  385  330 

668  709  662 


Record   Auto   Permit  Income 

More  auto  permits  were  issued 
during  1949  by  the  office  of  the 
City  Clerk  than  ever  before.  In- 
come from  this  source  hit  an  all- 
time  high  of  $68,126.47.  City 
Clerk  Roby  is  doubtful  if  income 
from  this  source  will  be  exceeded 
in  1950. 

Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen 

The  Board  of  Mayor  and 
Aldermen    held    twelve    regular. 


Board  of  Public  Works 

The  Board  of  Public  Works 
during  the  year  1949  held  twelve 
regular  and  eighteen  special  meet- 
ings. There  were  in  addition,  one 
hearing  and  one  adjourned  meet- 
ing. The  major  part  of  the 
Board's  activity  for  the  year  was 
related  to  sidewalk  construction, 
sewers,  and  installation  of  electric 
lights  throughout  the  city. 

Elections 

The  Municipal  Primary  of  the 
City  of  Concord  was  held  October 
11,  1949  and  the  present  charter 
which  has  been  in  efifect  since 
1910  was  overwhelmingly  re- 
pealed by  the  following  vote.  For 
repeal  4255.  For  retaining  1672. 
The  new  charter  provides  a 
Council  Manager  Plan  for  the  City 
of  Concord  and  was  approved  by 
the  1949  Legislature  and  pre- 
sented to  the  voters  of  the  City 
of  Concord  at  the  October  elec- 
tion. 

Following  the  repeal  of  the 
present    city    charter    it    became 


8  —  City  of  Concord 


City  Clerk  Rohy  Rounds  Out  30  Years  of  Service 


necessary  to  receive  filings  for 
three  councilmen-at-large  and 
nine  ward  councilmen.  The  fihng 
period  opened  October  18  and 
continued  for  one  week.  During 
this  time  there  were  eight  fiHngs 
for  council-men-at-large  and 
thirty-two  filings  for  ward  council- 
men.  At  the  Municipal  Election, 
held  November  8,  1949  Howe 
Anderson,  Leigh  S.  Hall  and 
Shelby  O.  Walker  were  elected 
as  councilmen-at-large  and  the 
following  ward  councilmen  :  Ward 
1 — James  P.  Ferrin.  Ward  2 — 
Kenneth  C.  Gridley,  Ward  3 — 
Merton    C.    Buckminster,    Ward 


4 — J.  Richard  Jackman,  Ward 
5— Floyd  F.  Otto,  Ward  6— 
James  Ross,  Ward  7 — Milton  J. 
Barnes,  Ward  8 — Edwin  R. 
Langevin,  Ward  9 — Emmett  A. 
Nawn. 

At  this  same  election  an  act 
relating  to  "beano"  was  adopted 
by  the  voters  of  the  city.  "Yes" — 
3989  votes.   "No"— 2783  votes. 

Election  expenditures  totaled 
$5,374.39.  This  amount  included 
the  printing  of  check  lists,  elec- 
tion ofificials  salaries,  rent,  labor 
performed  and  lunches  for  offi- 
cials. 


Annual  Report  —  9 


ASSESSMENT 

TAX 
COLLECTION 

FINANCES 

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.  .  .  ASSESSMENT 

•f  i  i  i  i  i 

BOARD  OF  ASSESSORS 

Clarence   L.   Clark Chairman 

Arthur  F.  Henry 

Clarence  O.  Philbrick 

1949    Expenditure $18,650.41 


The  1949  tax  warrant  totaled 
$2,036,809.80.  This  represented 
an  increase  of  $287,292.37  over 
the  total  for  the  previous  year. 
The  1949  tax  rate  per  $1,000.00 
of  assessed  valuation  was  $51.35 
in  the  city  and  $59.00  in  Pena- 
cook  as  compared  with  1948  tax 
rates  of  $45.92  and  $48.90  respec- 
tively. 

The  total  assessed  valuation  of 
property  in  Concord  for  the  year 
of  1949  was  $38,765,980.00  as 
compared  with  a  total  assessed 
valuation  of  $37,230,320.00  in  the 
preceding  year. 

Polls  and  property  valuations 
exempt     from     taxation     totaled 


$1,018,725.00,  an  increase  of 
$172,753.00  over  the  previous 
year. 

The  City  of  Concord  held  a 
total  number  of  4,103  shares  of 
railroad  stock.  These  shares  are 
taxed  by  the  state  and  credited  to 
the  city. 


.  .  .  TAX  COLLECTION 

i  -f  i  i  i  i 

Amos  B.  Morrison Tax  Collector 

1949    Expenditure $10,590.95 


Of  the  total  tax  warrant  sub- 
mitted for  collection.  $204,943.00 
remained  outstanding  at  the  close 
of  the  year  1949.  This  represented 
a  substantially  larger  amount  of 
taxes  outstanding  than  were  re- 
corded at  the  end  of  the  previous 
year  and  reflected  a  fluctuating 
local  economy. 

The  amount  of  back  taxes 
acquired  by  the  City  of  Concord 
at  the  1949  Tax  Collector's  Sale 
was  $29,080.38,  or  $15,170.05  more 
than  the  total  for  the  previous 
year.  This  is  the  largest  amount 
of  back  taxes  acquired  by  the 
city   since  the   year    1943. 

During  the  year,  acting  in  the 
capacity  of  City  Real  Estate 
Agent,  the  Tax  Collector  received 
a  total  of  $1,975.83  from  the  sale 
and  rent  of  property  deeded  to 
the  city. 


10  —  City  of  Concord 


.  .  .  FINANCES 

i  i  i  i  -f  i 

Carl  H.  Foster City   Treasurer 

1949    Expenditure $6,905.58 

•f  i  i  i  i  i 

TRUSTEES    OF   TRUST 
FUNDS 

Harry   H.   Dudley 

Carl  H.  Foster 

I.  Reed  Gourley 

Carl  H.  Foster Custodian 

1949  Expenditure $543.00 

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Bond  Funds 

Expenditures  of  $353,073.19 
were  made  during-  the  past  year 
from  the  equipment  and  improve- 
ment bond  issue  of  1949.  The 
major  expenditures  made  from 
this  sum  included  the  South  and 
Rockingham  Street  projects,  the 
addition  to  the  Police  Station 
garage,  general  surfacing  and  re- 


surfacing of  sidewalks,  new 
equipment,  the  re-building  of 
Bouton  Street,  the  fire  and  police 
signal  system,  the  through  pass, 
Sheep  Davis  Road  and  the  pur- 
chase of  materials  for  work  on 
the  Sewall's  Falls  Bridge. 

Bonded  Debt 

The  city's  bonded  indebtedness 
increased  by  $392,000.00  during 
1949.  New  bonds  and  serial  notes 
were  issued  totaling  $500,000.00, 
while  previous  bonds  were  re- 
tired in  the  amount  of  $108,000.00. 

Parking  Meter  Fund 

Receipts  from  parking  meters 
during  1949  totaled  $43,517.63. 
Operating  costs  were  $12,195.15 
and  a  sum  of  $15,530.75  was  paid 
in  final  payments  on  the  meters. 
A  future  annual  net  income  of 
approximately  $30,000.00  is  an- 
ticipated  from   this  source. 

See  Appendix  for  Detailed  Finan- 
cial Information. 


Nciv  Police  Garage  Extension 


LEGAL 
SERVICE 

■f  i  i  i  i  i 

Gordon   S.   Lord Ci\y  Solicitor 

1949    Expenditure $2,679.40 

i  i  i  i  i  i 

Old  Litigation 

Criterion  Service  Inc. 
vs.  City  of  Concord 
The  petitioner  applied  for  a 
permit  to  attach  poster  panels  4' 
X  8'  in  size  to  the  outside  walls  of 
certain  grocery  stores  located  in 
a  general  residence  district.  The 
application  was  denied  and  the 
petitioner  took  its  application  to 
the  Zoning  Board  of  Adjustment 
for  review.  After  hearing,  the 
board  concluded  that  the  Zoning 
ordinance  does  not  permit,  within 
a  residential  district,  display  of 
signs  of  the  type  petitioner  sought 
to  erect.  In  February,  1948,  the 
petitioner  prosecuted  its  appeal 
to  the  Superior  Court.  By  mutual 
agreement  of  counsel,  trial  was 
postponed  pending  a  decision  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  related 
issues  in  the  case  of  St.  Onge  vs. 
Concord. 

Concord  Electric  Company 

vs.  City  of  Concord 
In  laying  out  an  access  road 
to  the  Concord  throughpass  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  took  by 
eminent  domain  certain  land  in 
which  the  Concord  Electric  Com- 
pany claims  to  own  an  easement 
to  maintain  poles  which  support 
its  transmission  line.  No  damages 


were  awarded  to  the  Concord 
Electric  Company.  By  petition, 
commenced  in  September,  1948, 
this  company  seeks  to  recover 
damages  for  loss  of  its  easement. 

Colonial  Realty  Company 
vs.  City  of  Concord 
Colonial  Realty  Company  ap- 
plied for  a  permit  to  construct  a 
driveway  across  the  sidewalk  at 
a  point  north  of  Palissi  Block  and 
south  of  the  premises  owned  by 
the  Elk's  Club.  The  use  of  a  drive- 
way at  this  location  as  a  means  of 
ingress  and  egress  to  a  parking 
lot  was  subject  to  serious  objec- 
tion. The  application  was  de- 
nied. Colonial  Realty  Company 
amended  its  petition  by  proposing 
that  the  drive  be  restricted  to  use 
as  an  entrance  by  north  bound 
trafific  only.  The  amended  applica- 
tion was  denied.  The  petitioner, 
in  July,  1948,  applied  to  the 
Superior  Court  for  a  reversal  of 
the  city's  action. 

New  Litigation 

1949  was  a  quiet  and  uneventful 
year  on  the  legal  front.  During  the 
twelve  month  period  no  actions 
at  law  were  commenced  by  or 
against  the  City. 

Other  Activities 

Revision  of  the  ordinances  and 
repeal  of  obsolete  enactments,  a 
work  commenced  in  1947.  was 
completed,  and  the  ordinances 
in  revised  form  were  formally 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men on  February  14,  1949. 


12  —  City  of  Concord 


PLANNING 

i  i  i  i  i  i 

CITY  PLANNING  BOARD 

Dudley   W.   Orr,   Chairman 
Edward  E.  Beane 
Charles  C.  Davie 
Douglas  N.  Everett 
Warren  H.  Greene 
A.  Clifford  Hudson 
John  B.  Jameson 
Hon.  Charles  J.  McKee 
Robert  W.  Potter 

GuSTAF  H.  Lehtinen Director 

1949    Expenditure $8,458.23 

////// 
Zoning 

Orderly  community  growth  re- 
quires a  constant  review  of  the 
zoning  ordinance.  The  Planning 
Board  recommended  five  changes 
in   the    ordinance   during    1949. 

In  keeping  with  the  modern 
trend  of  residential  development, 
the  required  minimum  area  of  lots 
was  increased  from  5,000  to  8,000 
square  feet,  and  the  minimum 
frontage  from  50  to  80  feet.  The 
zoning  ordinance  was  further 
amended  to  provide  effective  con- 
trol of  the  removal  of  soil  and 
gravel  from  a  premises  in  the  in- 
terest of  safety  and  maintenance 
of  neighborhood  property  values. 

A  most  important  change  in  the 
zoning  map  was  the  establish- 
ment of  an  industrial  district  in 
the  intervale  area  easterly  of  the 
city  proper.  This  change,  to- 
gether with  the  throughpass, 
existing  railroad  facilities,  and  the 
proposed  development  of  future 
streets,  provides  the  city  with  an 
industrial  location  second  to  none 
in  the  state. 


Other  changes  recommended  by 
the  board  included  the  rezoning 
of  a  section  of  North  Main  Street 
from  a  local  business  to  a  com- 
mercial district,  and  the  rezoning 
of  a  section  of  Penacook  Plains 
from  an  agricultural  to  a  general 
residence   district. 

Streets  and  Highways 

New  street  layouts  were  ap- 
proved in  connection  with  three 
new  subdivisions.  These  included 
Putney  Avenue  off  East  Side 
Drive  in  East  Concord,  Guay 
Street  off  Pembroke  Road  in  Con- 
cord Plains,  and  Mooreland 
Avenue  off  South  Street  in  the 
South  End.  The  layout  of  Emer- 
son Street  in  the  revised  Sargent 
subdivision  off  McKinley  Street 
in  the  South  End  was  also  ap- 
proved. These  layouts  involved 
the  conditional  acceptance  of 
2,490  feet  of  street. 

New  street  layouts  were  also 
approved  for  Little  Road  and  a 
section  of  Lake  View  Drive  in 
connection  with  reconstruction 
work  under  the  Town  Road  Aid 
program.  In  addition,  the  board 
approved  a  layout  for  Matthew 
Street,  a  former  dedicated  way 
connecting  Broadway  and  Dunk- 
lee  Street. 

The  discontinuance  of  portions 
of  three  streets  was  considered. 
In  two  instances,  involving  Ferry 
Street  and  Pittsfield  Road,  favor- 
able action  was  recommended. 
Both  of  these  discontinuances 
were    related    to    state    highway 


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An  Aerial  J'iczv  of  Concord's  Nczvly  Completed  Thrnnghpass 


construction  and  relocation  activ- 
ities. The  board  recommended 
that  a  petition  for  the  abandon- 
ment of  a  300-foot  section  of 
Broken  Bridge  Road  be  denied. 

At  the  request  of  the  Board  of 
PubHc  Works,  Weir  Road  and 
Sugar  Ball  Road  were  studied  to 
determine  the  advisability  of 
maintaining  these  roads  as  public 
highways. 

In  cooperation  with  the  state 
highway  department  and  the 
federal  bureau  of  roads,  studies 
were    undertaken    to    establish    a 


federal-aid  urban  highway  system 
in  the  city.  Completion  of  this 
work  will  make  the  city  eligible 
for  federal  financial  aid  in  the 
improvement  of  major  arterial 
highways. 

Mapping 

In  line  with  the  board's  policy 
of  developing  a  major  street  plan, 
lines  were  established  for  future 
streets  in  connection  with  the 
throughpass  project.  Particularly 
noteworthy  was  the  selection  of 
the  location  of  a  southerly  exten- 


14  —  City  of  Concord 


sion  of  the  throughpass  via  the 
Hall  Street  area  to  the  Westside 
Highway,  so-called,  at  the  Con- 
cord-Bow town  line.  Also  of 
consequence  was  the  mapping  of 
a  future  street  parallel  to  and 
easterly  of  the  throughpass 
between  Bridge  and  Ferry  Streets. 
The  board  recommended  amend- 
ment of  the  official  map  of  the 
city  to  establish  a  new  park  in 
the  south-end  section  of  the  city 
proper.  This  area,  which  is 
bounded  by  Boadway,  South  and 
West  Streets,  was  designated 
Noyes  Park. 

Subdivision 

The  Planning  Board  processed 
the  plats  of  four  subdivisions 
during  the  year.  Of  these,  three 
were  new  developments  and  the 
fourth  was  a  revision  of  an  exist- 
ing layout.  The  new  areas  in- 
cluded the  Johnson  property  on 
East  Side  Drive  in  East  Concord, 
the  Denis  tract  on  Pembroke 
Road  in  Concord  Plains,  and  the 
Cilley  lot  on  South  Street  in  the 
City  Proper.  The  subdivision  plan 
of  the  Sargent  property  on 
McKinley  Street  was  revised.  As 
the  result  of  this  activity,  78 
house  lots  were  added  to  the  city's 
residential   areas. 

In  connection  with  the  Cilley 
subdivision,  the  board  prepared  a 
preliminary  residential  street  plan 
of  the  larger  area  bounded  by 
South  Street,  Iron  Works  Road, 
Turkey  River  and  the  Concord- 
Bow    town    line.    This    plan    was 


devised  to  permit  the  proper  in- 
tegration of  the  Cilley  subdivision 
into  an  orderly  development  plan 
of  the  neighborhood  as  a  whole. 

Satisfactory  progress  was  made 
on  the  problem  of  over-all  sub- 
division control.  A  study  made  by 
the  board  served  as  the  basis  for 
an  ordinance  granting  the  Plan- 
ning Board  regulatory  control 
over  subdivision  development. 
The  board  is  preparing  regula- 
tions for  adoption  early  in  1950. 
Land  use  and  Housing 

The  board's  annual  survey  of 
land  use  indicated  that  a  total 
of  5,325  feet  of  residential  front- 
age on  streets  with  complete 
municipal  facilities  was  built  upon 
during  the  year.  This  development 
involved  the  construction  of  50 
dwelling   units. 

In  spite  of  the  creation  of  203 
new  dwelling  units  in  a  year's 
time,  the  housing  shortage  in 
Concord  continued  acute,  especial- 
ly in  the  medium  and  low-rent 
categories.  This  is  illustrated  in 
part  by  the  fact  that  the  April 
census  made  by  the  assessors 
noted  only  78  vacancies,  26  less 
than  the  total  for  the  previous 
year. 
Building  and  Plumbing  Codes 

The  building  code  and  the 
plumbing  rules  were  completely 
revised  during  the  year.  The  new 
1949  edition  of  the  building  code 
recommended  by  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  with 
necessary     adaptations     to     meet 


Annual  Report  — 15 


local  conditions,  was  substituted 
for  the  1943  edition  previously  in 
use.  The  policy  of  adopting 
national  standards  by  reference  as 
permitted  by  statute  was  con- 
tinued. 

A  new  plumbing  code  was  pre- 
pared based  on  uniform  plumbing 
code  material  made  available  by 
the  federal  Housing  and  Home 
Finance  Agency.  The  new  code 
achieved  a  greater  degree  of  uni- 
formity and  orderliness  than  was 
present  in  the  old  ordinance.  The 
scope  of  the  ordinance  was 
broadened  so  as  not  to  impose 
unnecessary  burdens  on  the  local 
plumbing  industry  while  safe- 
guarding the  health  of  the  citizens 
of  Concord. 

Tax-Deed  Property 

Carrying  out  its  functions  of 
annually  reviewing  all  property 
acquired  by  the  city  in  non-pay- 
ment of  taxes  to  determine 
whether  there  is  foreseeable 
public  use  for  the  same,  the  board 
withheld  from  sale  six  parcels  of 
land.  Four  of  these  were  on  the 
northerly  side  of  Sandquist  Street 
in  the  bed  of  the  proposed  exten- 
sion of  the  throughpass.  The 
other  two  involved  parts  of  the 
Thompson  subdivision  adjacent 
to  the  Denis  development  on  Con- 
cord Plains  which  were  reserved 
for  future   street  purposes. 

Capital  Budget  Procedure 

Twice  during  the  past  decade, 
the     City     of     Concord     adopted 


capital  budget  programs.  How- 
ever, there  was  no  continuity  to 
this  financial  planning  effort. 
Believing  programming  of  capital 
improvements  to  be  a  logical  and 
common-sense  application  of  busi- 
ness and  corporate  practices  to 
municipal  affairs,  the  Planning 
Board  prepared  and  submitted  to 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  an  or- 
dinance that  would  require  the 
annual  preparation  of  a  capital 
outlay  program  in  connection 
with  the  municipal  budget.  The 
ordinance,  which  carried  the  un- 
official approval  of  the  new  City 
Council,  was  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Aldermen. 

Other  Activity 

Other  activities  undertaken  by 
the  Planning  Board  during  1949 
included  a  survey  of  the  Bishop's 
House  on  Green  Street  to  deter- 
mine the  practicability  of  its  use 
for  municipal  purposes,  a  study 
of  the  utility  of  water  holes 
located  in  the  rural  areas  of  the 
city,  and  a  study  of  various  con- 
siderations relating  to  the  making 
of  a  service  charge  for  the  collec- 
tion of  refuse.  The  board  also 
acted  in  an  advisory  capacity  to 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  in  the 
naming  of  a  number  of  streets 
and  public  squares. 

In  connection  with  the  South 
Street  reconstruction  project,  the 
board  assisted  the  Board  of 
Education  in  the  preparation  of 
plans  for  a  bus  loading  area  at 
Conant  School. 


16  —  City  of  Concord 


PUBLIC 
HEALTH  and 
SANITATION 

i  i  i  i  i  i 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH 

Hon.  Charles  J.  McKee,  Chairman 

Pierre  A.  Boucher,  M.D. 

Thomas  M.  Dudley,  M.D. 

Clinton  R.  Mullins,  M.D. 

Walter  C.  Rowe,  M.D Health  Officer 

Austin  B.  Presby Milk  Inspector 

1949    Expenditure $11,044.99 

■f  -f  i  i  i  i 

Health  Conditions 

Measles,  whooping  cough  and 
chicken  pox,  in  scattered  areas  in 
the  city,  were  prevalent  in  the 
usual  numbers.  During  July, 
August  and  September  polio- 
myelitis proved  to  be  the  cause 
of  much  uneasiness  in  Concord 
where  nine  resident  cases  were 
reported.  Suspects  and  patients 
were  hospitalized  immediately  as 
a  precautionary  measure.  Some  of 
the  patients  were  observed  and 
released  after  treatment  when  the 
case  was  very  mild  while  others 
were  hospitalized  many  weeks 
under  more  intensified  care. 

Immunization  Clinics 

In  cooperation  with  the  Con- 
cord District  Nursing  Associa- 
tions, clinics  for  children  from  6 
months  to  9  years  were  held  each 
month  with  a  total  of  361   treat- 


ments given  for  whooping  cough 
and  366  for  diphtheria  and  teta- 
nus. Ninety  children  have  been 
vaccinated  for  small  pox.  Vac- 
cination is  compulsory  in  New 
Hampshire  and  families  moving 
here  from  states  where  it  was 
not  compulsory  were  required  to 
have  their  children  vaccinated 
before  entering  school.  It  has 
been  several  years  since  either 
diphtheria  or  small  pox  have  been 
reported. 

Sanitation  Program 

The  department  is  grateful  to 
both  the  State  and  United  States 
Public  Health  Service  for  making 
the  services  of  a  Sanitary  En- 
gineer possible.  The  State  found 
it  necessary  to  discontinue  their 
part  of  assistance  in  the  employ- 
ment of  a  Sanitary  Engineer  and 
on  July  1.  1949,  the  city  engaged 
the  services  of  a  Sanitary  In- 
spector on  a  full-time  basis.  The 
work  of  the  inspector  is  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Health  Officer 
and  consists  of  investigating  com- 
plaints, making  routine  inspec- 
tions of  alleyways,  restaurants 
and  other  establishments  where 
food  is  served.  Swab  rinses  are 
taken  of  glasses,  utensils  and 
dishes  for  the  purpose  of  deter- 
mining efficiency  of  disinfection 
in  dishwashing.  Four  hundred 
sixty-eight  of  these  tests  were 
taken.  A  total  of  2,878  sanitary 
inspections  in  this  city  and  Pena- 
cook  were  made. 


Annual  Report  — 17 


Vital  Statistics  were     residents,     and     400     non- 

-  ^rr\                •     /-  residents. 

A  total  ot  650  deaths  in  Concord  t-.               ii           -.i    • 

Presented  herewith  in  summary 

during  1949  was  recorded  by  the  ^^^^^^  -^  ^  tabulation  showing  the 

department.     This     figure    repre-  ^j.^    number    of    resident    deaths 

sented  a  decrease  of  59  as  com-  from    the    seven    most    common 

pared  wath  the  total  for  1948.  Of  causes  during  the  past  five  year 

the  deaths  recorded  in   1949,  250  period. 

1945         1946         1947         1948         1949 

Diseases  of  the  circulatory  system  108          111           127          139          108 

Cancer  and  other  malignant  tumors  2)7            37            45             40            31 

Nephritis    16              7            13            13            10 

Accidental    deaths    10            24            18            14            12 

Pneumonia    10             13             12             11             16 

Diabetes  mellitus  8            14              9              8            13 

Tuberculosis    9              5              3              4              2 


i  i  i  i  i  i 

.  .  .  MILK  INSPECTION 

Consumption 

During  the  year  the  total  daily 
average  consumption  of  milk  in 
Concord  was  14,947  quarts,  which 
was  about  the  same  as  last  year. 
Of  this  amount,  12,390  quarts  or 
82.9  per  cent  was  sold  as  pasteur- 
ized milk,  and  2,557  (juarts  or 
17.1  per  cent  was  raw  milk.  Of 
the  12,390  quarts  of  pasteurized 
milk  sold,  900  quarts  was 
homogenized  vitamin  "D"  milk. 
The  consuming  public  seems  to 
have  accepted  homogenized  milk, 
as  this  particular  class  milk  in- 
creased 82.4  per  cent  in  sales  over 
last  year.  The  total  average  daily 
sale  of  grade  "A"  pasteurized 
milk  for  the  year  was  131  quarts; 
whereas,  last  year  the  average 
daily  sale  of  grade  "A"  pasteur- 
ized milk  was  296  quarts. 

Of  the  2,557  quarts  of  raw  milk 


sold  daily,  2,533  quarts  were  ordi- 
nary milk,  while  24  quarts  were 
sold  as  grade  "A"  milk. 

Production 

There  are  9  modern  pasteuriz- 
ing plants  in  Concord  that  handle 
85  per  cent  of  all  milk  sold  in  the 
city.  At  present  there  are  21  milk 
and  cream  distributors.  Two  pro- 
ducer-dealers discontinued  the 
retail  business  by  changing  from 
retail  to  wholesale  milk  to  plant. 
Two  producers  were  refused 
permits  to  sell  milk  in  Concord. 
One  new  producer  was  permitted 
to  sell  milk  to  plant  only. 

Cream 

During  the  year  the  total  aver- 
age daily  sale  of  heavy  (40%) 
cream  was  382  quarts,  which  was 
17.9  per  cent  less  than  last  year. 
Price  factor  may  have  contributed 
to  the  decrease  in  consumption 
of  cream.  Of  the  382  quarts  of 
heavy  cream  sold  in  Concord,  335 
quarts     or     87.3     per     cent     was 


18  —  City  of  Concord 


Milk  Plant 
Inspection 


pasteurized,  and  47  quarts 
or  12.3  per  cent  was  raw 
cream.  The  same  amount 
of  cream  was  sold  this  year  as 
was  sold  last  year.  The  tptality 
of  the  cream  varied  somewhat 
with  the  season  of  the  year  in 
which  it  was  bought  and  sold  on 
the  Concord  market.  The  cream 
for  the  most  part  was  found 
satisfactory. 

Chocolate  Milk 

During  1949,  the  total  average 
daily  sale  of  chocolate  milk  in 
Concord  was  245  quarts,  approx- 
imately 20  quarts  less  per  day 
than  was  consumed  last  year.  The 
general  quality  of  chocolate  milk 
sold  was  satisfactory. 

Orange-Ade 

The  consumption  of  orange-ade 


was  92  quarts  daily  average, 
which  was  slightly  less  than  last 
year.  Tests  of  various  samples 
collected  from  dealers  indicated 
that  the  quality  of  orange-ade  sold 
was  highly  satisfactory. 

School  Milk 

A  total  of  75.612  quarts  of 
pasteurized  milk  and  15,054  quarts 
of  chocolate  milk  was  consumed 
in  the  public  schools  during  the 
past  year.  Most  of  the  milk  was 
distributed  to  the  pupils  in  half 
pint  bottles,  either  at  the  morning 
recess  period  or  during  the  noon 
period. 


Annual  Report  —  19 


♦i|  '       i      i»'«^j 


'flic  Desire  for  Self-Expression  Finds  a 

Stroiu/  Mediiiin  in  Recreation.    To  Meet 

Tliis  Xeed  the  City  Maintains  a   J'ariety 

of  facilities. 


W  J 


.  > -'i^rv-tv .' "i;:  V 


RECREATION 

RECREATION    COMMISSION 

Leigh  S.  Hall,  Cliairniaii 

William  D.  Haller 

Chester  G.  Larson 

William  H.  Macurda 

Osmond  R.  Strong 

Paul  G.  Crowell Director 

1949  Expenditure $29,529.05 

1949  Capital  Budget $  1,472.53 

/  /  /  /  /  / 

Administration 

December  31,  1949  marked  the 
completion  of  the  first  year  of 
complete  jurisdiction  over  all  city 
recreational  facilities  by  the 
Recreation    Commission. 

One  of  the  early  actions  by  the 
Commission  was  the  appointment 
of  a  supervisor  of  girls  who  was 
employed  expressly  to  foster 
girls'  activities.  The  new  super- 
visor was  of  considerable  as- 
sistance to  the  Director  of  the 
Recreation  Commission  in  carry- 
ing out  its  objectives. 

Finances 

Total  receipts  from  the  1949 
operations  at  Beaver  Meadow  and 
the  Memorial  Athletic  Field 
amounted  to  $6,539.57.  Of  this 
amount,  $4,820.59  represented  golf 
course  revenue  and  $1,718.98  was 
from  rental  charges  and  conces- 
sions at  Memorial  Field.  Rou- 
tine expenditures  for  the  year 
amounted  to  $29,529.06.  In  ad- 
dition to  these  expenditures, 
approximately  $1,472.53  was  ex- 
pended froin   the   capital  budget. 


Attendance 

A  total  of  55,796  men,  women 
and  children  enjoyed  themselves 
at  the  city's  play-areas  during  the 
past  summer.  This  total  is  repre- 
sentative of  the  average  attend- 
ance for  the  past  few  years. 

The  Director  of  the  Commis- 
sion reported  that  until  provisions 
are  made  for  supervision  of  the 
winter  sports  areas,  it  will  be  im- 
possible to  estimate  total  winter 
attendance. 

Memorial  Field 

Numerous  repairs  and  improve- 
ments were  accomplished  at  the 
Memorial  Field  during  the  past 
year.  limprovements  included  the 
application  of  140  cubic  yards  of 
loam  to  resurface  the  football 
field,  the  re-painting  of  the  main 
grandstand  and  the  re-loaming  of 
the  Softball  field.  In  addition, 
several  drainage  ditches  were  ex- 
tended and  deepened. 

Memorial  Field  is  used  by  both 
of  the  local  high  schools  for  home 
football  games.  Moreover,  the 
field  is  used  occasionally  by  New 
England  College  for  football  and 
.acrosse. 

During  the  past  year  several 
'ocal  organizations  rented  this 
facility  to  stage  various  contests, 
the  proceeds  of  which  were  used 
for  the   purpose  of  charity. 

Russell  Pond  Area 

Again  the  Annual  Ski  Carnival 
sponsored  by  the  Concord  Ski 
Club  proved  to  be  the  top  drawing 
card  at  Russell  Pond. 


Annual  Report  —  21 


In  spite  of  poor  snow  condi- 
tions, a  tow  was  operated  when- 
ever possible. 

The  major  improvement  effect- 
ed during  the  past  year  was  the 
re-planking  of  the  bedway  to  the 
ski  jump.  In  addition,  the  open 
slope  was  smoothed  down. 

Beaver   Meadow 

The  installation  of  a  new  hot 
water  system  for  shower  facilities 
at  the  Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club 
was  the  major  improvement  com- 
pleted during  1949.  The  showers 
scored  an  immediate  "hole-in- 
one"  with  all  club  members. 

The  planned  application  of  fer- 
tilizer to  both  greens  and  fair- 
way created  unusually  fine  green 
conditions,  the  Director  of  the 
Recreation  Commission  reported. 

White  Park 

Always  popular  for  numerous 
reasons,  two  new  features  were 
introduced  at  White  Park  during 
1949.  They  were  recorded  music 
for  ice-skating  and  all  year-round 


outdoor  basketball.  Sawdust  in 
sufficient  amount  to  effectively 
absorb  the  moisture  from  the 
court  makes  all  year-round  out- 
door basketball  possible  for  Con- 
cord's younger  set. 

Rollins  Park 

During  the  past  year,  members 
of  the  Recreation  Commission 
crew  cut  back  the  infield  of  the 
ball  diamond  to  conform  with 
official  regulations.  Also  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  work  was 
done  to  the  tennis  courts  at  Rol- 
lins Park. 

Other  Activities 

The  American  Red  Cross  con- 
tinued to  supply  instructors  for 
two  periods  a  week  at  all  of  the 
city's  swimming  pools,  as  well  as 
for  the  advanced  lifesaving  class 
at  St.  Paul  School  area. 

As  is  customary,  the  annual 
Fourth  of  July  celebration  for 
children  was  held  at  White  Park 
and  received  its  usual  enthusias- 
tic response. 


Suiiiiiirr  Scou 


Coiitooccok   River 


Year  Around  Reading  is  Brought  for  the  Entire  Family  by  the  Library's  Book  Trailer 


PUBLIC 
LIBRARY 

i  i  i  i  i  i 

ANNUAL  REPORT 

1949 

BOARD  OF  LIBRARY 

TRUSTEES 

Willis  D.  Thompson,  Jr.,  Chainuan 

Ralph  H.  Avery 

Francis  E.  Beer  * 

Harold  W.  Bridge 

Joseph  J.  Comi 

John  F.  MacEachran 

Mrs.  Eugene  F.  Magenau 

Mayland  H.  Morse,  Jr. 

Mrs.  Robert  W.  Upton 

Keith  Dojis Librarian 

1949    Expenditure $52,881.65 

1949  Capital   Expenditure $  5,849.28 

i  i  i  i  i  i 

*  Resigned  September  1,  1949 


Record  Circulation 

In  establishing-  an  all-time  high 
in  the  circulation  of  books,  maga- 
zines and  pamphlets,  residents  of 
Concord  read  an  average  of  eight 
books  per  capita  dtiring  the  past 
year.  During  1949,  a  total  of 
219,773  books  were  borrowed  as 
compared  with  the  previous 
record  of  217,396  established  in 
1940.  The  1949  total  represented 
an  increase  of  34,526  over  the  total 
number  of  books  circulated  in 
1948. 

In  teriiis  of  dollar  value  to  the 
library  patron,  the  library  cir- 
culated approximately  $550,000.00 
worth  of  books.  This  amount  is 
equivalent  to  ten  times  the 
amount  of  the  1949  appropria- 
tion. An  estimated  retail  value  of 
$2.50    for    each    book    circulated 


Annual  Report  —  23 


Cinderella  Dramatised  at  Children's  Story  Hour 

was  used  as  a  yardstick  in  arriv- 
ing- at  tlie  above  figure. 

Branch  Library  Service 

With  the  acquisition  of  a  25- 
foot  book  trailer  to  serve  residents 
of  suburban  Concord,  this  city 
became  the  first  in  New  England 
to  utilize  a  trailer  for  this  pur- 
pose. Officially  titled  Traveling 
Branch,  the  "one-room  library  on 
wheels"  began  neighborhood  ser- 
vice on  September  12  to  the  resi- 
dents of  Concord  Heights,  East 
Concord  and  the  South  End.  In 
addition,  the  Traveling  Branch 
served  Eastman  and  Dame 
Schools.  Increased  hours  and  ad- 
ditional scheduled  stops  are  an- 
ticipated in  the  future. 

An  average  of  approximately 
60  books  and  magazines  were 
circulated  in  every  hour  that  the 
trailer  was  open  to  the  public 
during  1949. 

In  addition  to  operation  of  the 
Traveling  Branch,  the  Penacook 
and  West  Concord  branch  li- 
braries, one  of  the  most  vital 
functions  of  the  Branch   Depart- 


ment is  its  service  to  patients  at 
Concord  Hospital.  A  total  of 
4,686  books  were  circulated  at 
both  units  of  the  hospital  in  1949. 
as  contrasted  with  hospital  cir- 
culations of  2,570  in  1948  and  603 
in  1947.  Books  for  pleasure  and 
profit  were  in  great  demand. 

Plato,  Plutarch  and  Locke 

The  Concord  Public  Library 
organized  and  sponsored  two 
Great  Books  Discussion  Groups 
during  the  year  with  a  combined 
initial  enrollment  of  75  people. 
Because  of  the  size  of  the  groups, 
meetings  were  held  at  the  State 
Library. 

A  large  measure  of  credit  is 
due  to  the  discussion  leaders, 
Rev.  John  Ruskin  Clark,  Jr.,  Mr. 
Merle  M.  Smith  and  Mr.  Alvah 
W.  Sulloway,  who  have  con- 
tributed generously  their  time  and 
energies. 

Work   with   Children 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that 
more  parents  are  continually  be- 
coming more  interested  in  what 
their  children  read.  Interest  on 
the  part  of  parents  showed  a 
marked  increase  during  the  year 
1949  and  there  are  many  indica- 
tions that  this  trend  will  continue. 
The  sharing  of  books  by  parents 
and  children  is  a  source  of  lasting 
mutual  satisfaction. 

In  serving  the  elementary 
schools  of  the  city,  more  books 
were  made  accessible  to  Concord 


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children.  In  fact,  circulation  of 
books  in  public  and  parochial 
schools  showed  an  increase  of 
24,338  over  the  school  circulation 
of  the  previous  year. 

Regular  story  hours,  a  summer 
reading  club  and  a  Sunday  film 
program  contributed  to  the  high- 
level  of  reading  interest  evident 
among  the  younger  children  of  the 
city. 

The  children's  film  program 
was  largely  made  possible  by  the 
generous  action  of  the  trustees  of 
the  Walker  Lecture  Fund.  Care- 
fully selected  films  for  children 
are  presented  on  the  first  and 
third  Sundays  of  the  month, 
October  through  March.  Attend- 
ance at  these  film  showings 
averaged  in  excess  of  100  children 
each  Sunday. 

Young  People's  Work 

An  active  program  in  its  work 
with  young  people  was  carried 
on  by  the  library.  Continuing 
well-established  activities  in- 
cluded the  Junior  and  Senior 
Reading  Clubs,  a  weekly  young 
people's  radio  broadcast  and  in- 
struction in  the  use  of  the  library. 

During  the  past  year,  more 
than  200  junior  high  school  stu- 
dents visited  the  Young  People's 
Room  and  were  instructed  in  the 
use  of  the  card  catalog  and  basic 
reference  books.  This  activity  is 
of  considerable  value  to  students. 

It  is  the  policy  of  this  depart- 
ment to  adhere  to  a  critical,  but 
elastic  policy  in  making  available 


books  and  other  materials  which 
provide  the  best  from  the  stand- 
points of  recreation  and  informa- 
tion. 

This  department  was  greatly 
facilitated  in  its  work  with  Junior 
and  Senior  high  school  students 
through  the  close  cooperation  of 
the  reference  department. 

Little-heralded,  but  widely  used 
is  the  collection  of  current  college 
bulletins  and  catalogs  maintained 
in  the  Young  Peoples'  Room. 

Reference  and  Periodicals 

One  of  the  more  intangible,  but 
very  real  library  functions  is  its 
reference  service  to  people  in  all 
walks  of  life.  Questions  asked 
range  from  "What  is  the  address 
of  the  John  Doe  Company"  to 
"What  is  the  present  cost  of  liv- 
ing index  in  Manchester." 

Most  often  people  regard  the 
Periodical  Room  as  a  pleasant 
room  in  which  the  latest  maga- 
zines may  be  read.  However,  the 
165  periodicals  received  by  the 
library  are  doubly  important  be- 
cause they  are  a  source  for  timely 
information  of  reference  value  not 
available  in  books.  A  total  of 
11,644  magazines  and  pamphlets 
were  borrowed  during  1949. 
Viciv  of  Heavily  Patronized  Young  People's  Room 


Registration  and  Book  Collection 

During  the  past  year,  1,641  new 
borrowers  were  registered  by  the 
library.  In  addition,  1.156  re- 
registrations  were  recorded.  At 
the  close  of  the  year,  13,124 
children  and  adults  possessed 
library  cards. 

The  library  added  a  net  total 
of  3,864  books  to  its  collection 
during  1949.  The  library's  total 
book  collection  numbered  57,561 
volumes  at  the  end  of  the  year. 

Finances 

During  the  year  $5,000.00  was 
turned  over  to  the  library  from 
the  estate  of  Dr.  Charles  P. 
Bancroft  in  accordance  with  a  be- 
quest establishing  a  fund  for  li- 
brary use.     In  addition,  the  trus- 

RELIEF 

i  i  i  i  i  -f 

CITY    RELIEF    BOARD 

John  E.  Davis,  Chairman 
Charles  .\.  Bartlett 
John  M.  Allen 
Parker  L.  Hancock     ..Overseer  of  Poor 

Charles  P.  Coakley Overseer  of  Poo'- 

(Ward  1) 
1949  Expenditures 

City  $84,8b7.4') 

Penacook   $11,462.97 

i  i  -f  i  i  f 

General  Trend 

During  1949,  the  City  Relief 
Department  experienced  a  stead- 
ily increasing  case  load.  In  the 
past  years,  the  majority  of  the 
relief  cases  consisted  of  persons 
not  employable  due  to  old  age. 
sickness,   and  accidents.   In   1949, 


tees  of  the  Walker  Lecture  Fund 
gave  the  library  $400.00  for  use  in 
connection  with  an  educational 
film  program  for  children. 

The  1949  cost  of  operating  the 
library  amounted  to  $52,881.65,  a 
decrease  of  $1,986.56  as  compared 
with  the  total  for  the  previous 
year.  In  addition,  $5,849.28  were 
expended  for  capital  budget 
items.  Major  expenditures  in- 
cluded $33,044.18  for  salaries  and 
$9,404.39  for  books  and  period- 
icals. 

Library  income  from  sources 
other  than  taxation  amounted  to 
$16,713.89  during  1949.  This  figure 
incluled  $13,963.08  in  trust  fund 
earnings,  $2,350.81  in  fines  and  a 
$400.00  grant  from  the  Walker 
Lecture  Fund. 

the  increase  was  due  to  lack  of 
employment,  discontinuance  of 
G.  I.  benefits  in  July,  1949,  and 
the  high  cost  of  living.  Many 
families  were  eligible  for  unem- 
ployment compensation  but  in 
most  cases  it  was  insufficient  to 
take  care  of  the  family  needs. 

It  was  also  necessary  to  place 
children  in  foster  homes.  In 
December  1949,  there  were  23 
children  placed  in  homes.  Factors 
contributing  to  these  requests  for 
placement  were  marital  difficul- 
ties, alcoholism,  and  unmarried 
mothers. 

Administration 

The  City  Relief  Department  is 
the      agency      which      has      been 


26  —  City  of  Concord 


created  by  the  City  government 
to  carry  out  the  tax  supported 
pubHc  assistance  and  social  work 
program  for  the  City  of  Concord. 
Merrimack  County  also  uses  this 
same  agency  for  those  individuals 
and  families  living  in  Concord 
who  are  relief  responsibilities  of 
the  County.  This  arrangement 
eliminates  duplications.  Merri- 
mack County  and  the  City  of 
Concord  share  all  administrative 
costs.  The  County  repays  the 
City  on  a  monthly  basis  for 
money  expended  on  County 
cases. 

Old  Age  Assistance 

In  January  there  were  247 
persons  receiving  Old  Age  As- 
sistance and  in  December  the  Old 
Age  Assistance  case  load  was  255. 
The  monthly  average  was  248. 

The  city's  share  in  this  program 
for  the  year  1949.  amounted  to 
$35,506.43,  as  compared  to  $34,895 
in  1948. 

The  following  table  shows  the 
trend  in  Old  Age  Assistance  both 
as  to  number  of  cases  and  costs. 


Average 

Year 

No.  of  Cases 

Cost  to  City 

1941 

156 

$10,378 

1942 

176 

12,450 

1943 

177 

15,070 

1944 

178 

16,124 

1945 

189 

19.118 

1946 

214 

25,221 

1947 

232 

29,075 

1948 

248 

34.895 

1949 

248 

35.506 

Relief  Costs 

The    total    cost    of    City    relief 
during    1949    was    $96,330.43,    of 


which  $11,462.97  were  expended 
in  Penacook  and  $84,867.46  were 
expended  in  the  remainder  of 
the  city.  Direct  relief  expendi- 
tures for  groceries,  milk,  fuel, 
rent,  board  and  care  of  adults, 
board  and  care  of  children,  medi- 
cine, clothing,  funerals,  cash 
allowances  and  miscellaneous 
amounted  to  $29,542.93.  Expendi- 
tures for  similar  items  for  depen- 
dent soldiers  totaled  $12,339.43. 
A  total  of  $35,506.43  was  spent 
for  Old  Age  Assistance,  and  an 
additional  $7,836.00  was  expended 
for  hospitalization  of  poor  and 
indigent  persons. 

County  relief  costs  during  1949 
totaled  $42,139.70.  Of  this  amount, 
$28,391.58  represented  direct 
county  relief  and  $6,902.56  aid  to 
dependent  soldiers. 

Relief  Load 

There  were  99  city  relief  cases 
representing  261  persons  on  the 
department's  rolls  at  the  end  of 
the  year.  This  represented  an  in- 
crease of  37  cases  and  107  persons 
from  the  total  at  the  beginning 
of  the  year. 

County  relief  cases  at  the  close 
of  1949  numbered  53  with  150 
persons   represented. 

Throughout  the  year  public  as- 
sistance was  granted  to  197 
dififerent  city  cases  representing 
523  persons,  and  129  county  cases 
representing  361  persons.  This 
makes  a  combined  total  of  326 
cases  representing  884  persons. 


Annual  Report  —  27 


"P /^  T     T /'^  Tj^  total    for   the    precediiij:!^   year.    It 

is  important  to  note  that  this  de- 

T)  "D  ^~\  'T^  "C*  r^  'T^  T  /^  "^'      crease   was  due   in   most   part   to 

misdemeanors     in     violations     of 

^  ^      parking-,     Minor     complaints     for 

POLICE    COMMISSION  the  year  totaled  8,314.  This  repre- 

Arthur  W.  McIsaac Chief  of  Police      sents  an  increase  of  9S2  over  1948. 

J.Edward  SiLVA....Deputv  Chief  of  Police  t,  ^     i  •     ^i      r    n        •        4.  u^ 

in^r.  ^         ■      T-         ,-  "         L,^r.Ar.-^nA  Presented  ni  the  followm.s:  table 

1949  Operating  Expenditures.. ..$130,492.74  '^ 

1949  Improvement  Expend's $  10,697.97      '^    a    classification    by  ^  type    and 

number  of  the  criminal  cases 
handled    by    the    Police    Depart- 

Fewer  Arrests  in  '49  ment  during  1949.  The  number  of 

Arrests     during     1949     totaled      minor     daily     complaints     is     in- 

3.203,  a  decrease  of  1,309  from  the      eluded. 


CRIMINAL    CASES   DURING    1949 

Classificafioji 
Persons  Charged — Felonies: 

Rape    2 

Burglary — breaking  and/or  entering   16 

Larceny— theft    89 

Auto  theft   27 

Forgery     9 

Embezzlement  and  fraud  12 


Total    155 

Persons  Charged — Misdemeanors  : 

Assaults    23 

Sex   offenses    11 

Offenses  against  family  and  children  7 

Drunkenness    287 

Disorderly   conduct    59 

Vagrancy    4 

Gambling    4 

Driving  while  intoxicated  23 

Violation  of  road  and  driving  laws  319 

Parking  violations   2,028 

Traffic  and  motor  vehicle  laws  209 

All  other  offenses   72 

Suspicion  or  held  for  investigation   2 


Total    3,048 

Grand   Total    3,203 

Active  cases  for  year  186 


Total    3,389 

Minor   complaints    8,314 


GRAND  TOTAL  OF  OFFENSES  AND  COMPLAINTS  11,703 

28  —  City  of  Concord 


During-  the  year,  property  re- 
ported as  stolen  totaled  $25,093.28. 
The  Department  recovered 
$21,026.15  worth  of  stolen  prop- 
erty. 

Finances 

The  City  appropriated  $140,- 
007.75  for  Police  Department 
purposes  for  the  year  1949.  Of 
this  sum,  $130,492.74  represented 
operating  costs  and  $10,697.97 
capital  expenditures.  The  capital 
expenditure  was  used  to  construct 
an  extension  to  the  police  garage. 

The  Department's  unexpended 
balance  at  the  end  of  the  year 
totaled  $226.20.  This  amount,  to- 
gether with  earnings  of  $1,426.99, 


was   returned   to   the    City   Trea- 
surer. 

Personnel 

There  were  few  changes  made 
in  the  Police  Department  per- 
sonnel during  the  past  year.  One 
regular  and  three  special  police- 
men were  appointed  during  1949. 
One  regular  and  one  special 
policeman  resigned  during  the 
year. 

Traffic 

The  amount  of  traffic  in  Con- 
cord, particularly  through  traffic, 
continued  to  show  an  increase 
during-  1949.  The  congestion 
caused  bv  throuo:h  traffic  on  Main 


Annual  Report  —  29 


TO  mk  LOCAL 
^'   POllCE     - 
DEPT. 
&  BOY'S  CLUB 


CHRISTMAS 
NEW  YEAR 


Street  will  be  partially  taken  care 
of  by  the  new  throughpass  opened 
last  November.  However,  the 
throughpass  will  not  take  care  of 
this  problem  entirely,  as  the  east 
and  west  heavily  traveled  high- 
ways still  go  directly  through 
Main  Street. 

The  Department  investigated 
480  automobile  accidents  during 
1949.  There  were  no  traffic 
fatalities  during  1949  but  156  per- 
sons were  injured.  These  figures 
show  a  small  improvement  for 
1949  over  1948,  but  the  Depart- 
ment is  striving  at  all  times  to 
maintain  the  1949  record  of  no 
traffic  fatalities  and  to  lessen 
traffic  accidents  and  personal 
injuries. 


Safety 

As  in  the  past,  the  Department 
continued  to  intensify  its  safety 
program.  A  great  deal  of  time 
was  spent  on  safety  lectures 
through-out  the  schools  and  traffic 
patrols,  established  in  1946  at  all 
the  City's  grammar  schools,  were 
continued.  Each  school  that  is 
located  on  a  much  traveled  high- 
way has  been  presented  with  a 
set  of  safety  zone  school  signs. 
This  was  made  possible  by  the 
generosity  of  various  organiza- 
tions in  the  City.  These  signs 
are   proving   quite   satisfactory. 

Full  cooperation  has  been  given 
the  Concord  Safety  Council  in  its 
effort  to  cope  with  tliis  serious 
])roblem. 


30  —  City  of  Concord 


Parking  Meters 

At  the  end  of  the  year  1949, 
there  were  517  Dual  Automatic 
Parking  Meters  in  operation  in 
the  congested  business  sections  of 
the  City.  Although  the  parking 
meters  have  greatly  relieved  the 
acuteness  of  the  parking  situation, 
it  does  not  seem  to  be  the  final 
solution.  A  positive  solution  will 
be  the  building  of  off-street  park- 
ing lots.  If  traffic  continues  to 
increase  as  it  has  in  the  past,  we 
feel  that  action  regarding  these 
lots  should  be  taken  as  soon  as 
possible.  The  gross  income  from 
the  meters  from  January  1,  1949 
to  December  31,  1949  was 
$43,821.17. 

Training  Program 

As  in  past  years,  all  regular 
and  special  police  officers  were 
required  to  attend  the  Police 
Training  School  conducted  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Department. 

New    Equipment    and    Improve- 
ments 

A  new  air-cooled  engine-drive 
Westinghouse  generator  unit  has 
been  installed  in  the  building  dur- 
ing the  past  year.  This  unit  will 
be  used  in  case  of  power  failures 
to  supply  the  radio,  Gamewell 
System  and  lights  and  equipment 
in  the  building. 

During  1949.  the  much  needed 
extension  to  the  police  garage 
was  constructed.  This  included  a 


new  lift  for  repairing  police 
vehicles,  enabling  our  mechanic 
to  do  work  that  previously  he 
had  been  unable  to  do.  The 
garage  now  houses  all  police 
equipment,  four  cruisers,  ambu- 
lance, patrol  wagon,  motorcycle, 
and  police  boat. 

Last  year,  all  walls  and  ceil- 
ings throughout  the  building 
were  washed  and  painting  done 
where  necessary.  Also,  the  cell 
blocks  were  completely  painted 
and   renovated. 

The  Police  and  Fire  Depart- 
ment together  purchased  a  new 
inhalator  to  be  used  in  Penacook. 
This  inhalator  is  to  stay  at  the 
Penacook  Fire  Station,  except 
when  in  use.  All  men  who  may 
have  occasion  to  use  it  have  been 
properly  instructed  by  this  De- 
partment. 

Ambulance 

During  1949,  the  police  ambu- 
lance and  patrol  wagon  responded 
to  899  calls.  This  figure  com- 
pares with  789  calls  made  during 
1948,  and  shows  an  increase  of 
110  calls  over   1948. 


h\'(/isfratioii  Day  for  Bicycles 


PROBATIO 

•f  i  i  i  i  i 

MUNICIPAL      COURT 

Judge  William  L.  Stevens 

Robert  L.  Colby Probation  Officer 

1949    Expenditure $1,852.03 

•f  i  i  i  i  i 

Increased  Delinquency 

The  year  1949  witnessed  the 
greatest  number  of  delinquent 
children  ever  to  come  before  the 
juvenile  court  in  this  City  in  any 
one  year.  Fifty-two  different 
children  were  referred  to  this 
Court  on  new  charges  of  delin- 
quency and  neglect.  The  source 
from  which  these  cases  were  re- 
ferred to  the  Court,  was  primarily 
the  Police  Department.  The  cases 
of  neglect,  however,  originated 
from  the  State  Department  of 
Public    Welfare. 

Of  the  fifty-two  children  who 
came  before  the  juvenile  court, 
eight  were  neglected  children. 
These  were  placed  in  the  tem- 
porary or  permanent  custody  of 
the  State  Department  of  Public 
Welfare  for  placement  in  foster- 
homes.  Of  the  remaining  forty- 
four  children,  twenty-seven  were 
involved  in  breaking,  entering 
and  larceny,  eight  were  involved 
in  sex  ofifenses,  six  involved  in 
malicious  mischief,  and  three 
were  involved  in  the  setting  of 
fires.  The  Court  disposed  of  these 
cases  by  placing  twenty-four  on 
probation,  eight  being  released  in 
the  custody  of  their  parents  and 


their  cases  continued  indefinitely, 
one  case  being  dismissed,  eight 
being  ordered  to  the  Child 
Guidance  Clinic  for  psychiatric 
examination  and  treatment  and 
three  were  committed  to  the  State 
Industrial  School  in   Manchester. 

Causes 

The  primary  cause  for  delin- 
quency was  the  laxness  of  parents 
in  supervising  their  children. 
Broken  homes  caused  by  death, 
divorce  or  legal  separation  was 
the  secondary  cause  for  delin- 
quency. The  absence  of  a  normal 
family  life  was  apparent  in  all  the 
cases  that  came  before  the  Court 
during  the  past  year.  A  few  of 
these  conditions  were  brought  on 
by  an  increasing  economic  strain 
on   the  family  budget. 

Few  Violations 

During  the  past  twelve  years. 
Concord  has  had  an  average  of 
less  than  one  probation  violator 
per  year.  The  relationship  of  pro- 
bation violators  to  the  total  num- 
ber of  cases  handled  by  the 
Juvenile  Court  during  the  past 
twelve  years  shows  that  the  aver- 
age number  of  violators  per  year 
is  also  less  than  one.  This  is 
several  times  less  than  the  State 
average  and  many  times  less  than 
the  National  average.  The  average 
cost  per  year  for  each  property 
tax  payer  of  Concord  amounts  to 
less  than  ten  cents  for  the  total 
cost  of  maintaining  the  Municipal 
Probation  Department. 


32  —  City  of  Concord 


Trend 

There  is  a  definite  upward 
trend  in  juvenile  delinquency  and 
cases  of  neglected  and  dependent 
children.  The  cost  of  maintaining 
a  home  remains  high  \\hile  un- 
employment is  on  the  increase. 
This  is  particularly  true  among 
those  of  the  unskilled  laboring 
class.  The  cases  which  do  not  fall 
within  the  preceding  category 
come  within  the  classification  of 
unfit   parents   who   seem    to   shift 


the  responsibility  of  properly 
supervising  their  children  onto 
the  several  social  agencies  and 
organizations  that  function  within 
our  City.  Until  such  time  as  our 
present  laws  are  fully  enforced 
or  until  such  time  as  new  laws 
are  made  to  make  parents  direct- 
ly liable  for  the  delinquent  acts 
of  their  children,  then  we  as  a 
community  can  only  hope  to  meet 
the  increased  delincjuency  through 
means  of  a  efficient  probation 
department. 


MUNICIPAL 
COURT 

i  -f  i  i  i  i 

William    L.    Stevens Jnd'ic 

Peter  J.  King Special  Judge 

WiNSLow    H.    Osborne Clerk 

1949    Expenditure $4J0Q.O0 

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Parking    Meter    Violations 

There  was  a  marked  decline  in 
the  number  of  parking  violations 
which  were  brought  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Municipal  Court  during 
the  year  1949.  In  1948  there  were 
3,326  such  cases,  while  in  the  cur- 
rent year  there  were  only  1.897. 
It  would  appear  from  these 
figures  that  the  public  has  ac- 
cepted the  meters,  although  they 
are  doubtlessly  considered  a 
necessary    nuisance. 

Other  Cases  Tried 

Exclusive  of  parking,  there 
were  1,024  criminal  cases  before 
the  Court  during  the  year,  and  of 


these,  thirty  were  felonies.  Fel- 
onies are  cases  of  such  a  serious 
nature  that  the  Municipal  Court 
does  not  have  jurisdiction,  and 
include  those  cases  where  the 
sentence  may  be  more  than  a 
year  in  prison  or  more  than  a 
$500  fine.  Last  year  there  were 
29  such  cases,  so  there  seems  to 
be  no  progress  nor  retrogression 
in  this  respect. 

Of  the  total  number  of  criminal 
cases,  28  were  "nol  prossed"  by 
the  prosecuting  authorities  and 
only  six  were  appealed  to  the 
Superior  Court.  There  were  15 
cases  in  which  the  respondent 
was  found  not  guilty  after  a 
hearing. 

It  is  also  interesting  to  note 
that  of  the  1,024  criminal  cases, 
more  than  half,  or  550.  w-ere  for 
motor  vehicle  violations  of  one 
kind  or  another. 

There  was  a  marked  increase 
in  the  numlier  of  juvenile  case  be- 


Annual  Report 33 


fore  the  court  with  52  handled  this 
year  as  opposed  to  33  last  year. 

One  juvenile  case  of  a  serious 
nature  was  transferred  to  the 
Superior  Court.  Most  of  this  in- 
crease occurred  during  the  last 
half  of  the  year  1949  and  to  some 
extent  may  be  traceable  to  the 
general   economic   situation. 

There  were  108  civil  cases 
entered  as  opposed  to  162  for  the 
previous  year.  About  one  third 
of  these  were  eviction  actions. 

Small  claims  procedure  was 
used  to  a  much  larger  extent 
than  previously.  In  1947  there 
were  only  six  cases,  in  1948  there 
were  50,  and  in  1949  there  were 
138  cases  entered.  The  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  court  in   this  type  of 


case  is  limited  to  matters  involv- 
ing $35  or  less  and  involving 
debtors  who  live  within  the 
county. 

Revenue  and  Costs 

The  total  income  of  the  court 
during  the  year  was  only 
$10,559.66  as  opposed  to  more 
than  $13,400.00  during  the  pre- 
vious year.  This  apparently  in- 
dicates a  general  trend  because 
in  1947  the  receipts  totalled  more 
than  $17,900.00.  Of  the  sum  re- 
ceived during  1949,  $4,618.80  was 
paid  to  the  motor  vehicle  depart- 
ment under  the  statute  and,  after 
other  miscellaneous  fees  and  ex- 
penses of  the  court  were  paid, 
$5,132.06  was  turned  into  the  city 
treasury. 


Firemen's  Toy  Shop  Helps  ficjlit  PrUiuji 


34  —  City  of  Concord 


MUNICIPAL 
AIRPORT 

i  i  i  i  i  -f 

BOARD  OFAIRPORT 

COMMISSIONERS 

Hon.  Charles  J.  McKee,  Chairman 

Robert  W.  Potter,  Clerk 

Charles  A.  Bartlett 

Donald  J.  McFarland 

John  N.  Engel 

Edward  L.  Lovejoy 

Charles  C.  Hoagland 

William  F.  Flynn Airport  Manager 

1949  Operating  Expenditure $12,826.23 

1949   Earning $  6,931.63 

•f  -f  -f  i  i  i 

Airline  Service 

Northeast  Airlines,  the  air  car- 
rier serving  Concord  and  vicinity, 
reported  a  banner  year  in  1949 
with  a  95.6  per  cent  increase  in 
the  number  of  passengers  en- 
planing at  the  airport  as  com- 
pared  with   the   previous   year. 

The  amount  of  mail,  express 
and  freight  also  increased  with 
the  following  totals  as  a  result : 
mail,  16,256  pounds;  express, 
6,105  pounds;  freight,  15,225 
pounds.  The  amount  of  inbound 
traffic  showed  a  substantial  in- 
crease as  well. 

During  1949,  Northeast  Airlines 
continued  to  fly  direct  flights  to 
and  from  New  York  by  way  of 
Worcester  and  also  retained  their 
tw^o  round-trip  flights  to  Boston. 

Improvements 

The     City     Engineer     together 


with  the  aid  of  the  City  Planning 
Board  completed  plans  and  spec- 
ifications for  the  development  of 
the  entrance  to  the  airport.  Under 
the  provisions  of  the  Federal  Air- 
port Act,  75  per  cent  of  the  pro- 
ject's cost  will  be  borne  by  the 
State  of  New  Hampshire  and  the 
Federal  Government. 

Paving  the  road-way  entering 
the  airport,  construction  of  an 
automobile  parking  area,  con- 
struction of  a  segmented  circle 
showing  runway  directions  and 
runway  numerals  are  included 
among  the  principal  features  of 
the  project. 

Other  Activities 

The  Civil  Aeronautics  Admin- 
istration's Aviation  Safety  Dis- 
trict Office  continued  to  operate 
from  the  Concord  Municipal  Air- 
port as  did  the  Weather  Bureau. 
Both  of  these  offices  are  quartered 
in    the    Administration    Building. 

Of  the  two  city-owned  hangars, 
the  William  E.  Martin  Flying 
Service  continued  to  use  the 
larger  one  and  Ferns  Flying  Ser- 
vice used  the  smaller  hangar  for 
flight  operations. 

The  Airport  Manager  reported 
a  definite  leveling  off  in  the  num- 
ber of  veterans  participating  in 
flight  training  under  the  G.  I. 
Bill  of  Rights,  although  many 
veterans  continued  to  avail  them- 
selves of  the  opportunity  for 
advanced  flight  training  under  the 
provisions  of  this  program. 


Annual  Report  —  3S 


CONCORD  ... 

CITY  OF  DIVERSIFIED 

INDUSTRIES 


FIRE 
PROTECTION 

////// 

FIRE  BOARD 

Robert  W.   Potter,   Clminuan 

John  M.  Allen 

William  J.  Flynn 

Edward  L.  Lovejoy 

Clarence  H.  Green fire  Chic' 

Henry  E.  Drew 
Duncan  M.  Murdoch 
Joseph  F.  Greenough,  Jr. 

Deputy  Chiefs 

1949  Operating   Expenditure. ...$154,513.18 
1949  Capital  Expenditure $     2,626.49 

•f  -f  i  i  i  i 

Fires  and  Fire  Loss 

Concord's  Fire  Chief  noted  in 
his  1949  report  that  there  were 
fewer  alarms  recorded  than  were 
reported  in  the  preceding  year. 
Of  the  578  alarms  to  which  the 
department  responded,  503  were 
still  alarms  and  75  were  box 
alarms.  Actually  this  represented 
a  decrease  of  65  as  compared 
with  the  total  for  the  previous 
year. 

Fire  losses  for  1949  totaled 
$73,825.16,  as  compared  with 
$218,975.12  for  the  previous  year. 


This  total  represented  a  decrease 
of  $145,149.96.  Presented  here- 
with is  a  summarization  of  losses 
by   fire   during  the  past  year. 

Personnel 

No  changes  were  made  during 
1949  in  the  over-all  fire  force  per- 
sonnel. The  permanent  personnel 
numbers  43  men,  and  the  depart- 
ment's call  force  includes  78  men. 
In  addition,  there  are  two  vaca- 
tion and  sick  leave  men  and  one 
Fire  Alarm  Superintendent.  The 
auxiliary  force  rendered  valuable 
service  on  several  occasions. 

Fire  Prevention 

The  department  continued  with 
its  intensified  fire  prevention 
program  launched  several  years 
ago.  This  program  includes  rou- 
tine inspection  activities,  as  well 
as  periodic  inspections  of  hos- 
pitals, convalescent  homes,  the- 
aters and  schools.  Fire  drills  were 
conducted  in  all  city  schools  and 
students  were  instructed  in  fire 
prevention.  The  press,  radio  and 
various  organizations  cooperated 
in  furthering  fire  prevention  in 
this  community. 

The  Fire  Department  was  very 
active  during  1949  inspecting  new 


Buildings    .. 
Contents 

Totals    .... 

38-- 


Value 
$580,550.00 


FIRE  LOSSES 


Loss 

$54,916.28 

18.908.88 


Jnsiinuiee 

$467,450.(10 

99,605.55 


Insurance  Paid 

$54,916.28 

15.808.88 


Net  Loss 

$    900.00 

3,100.00 


$683,282.33  $73,825.16  $567,055.55  $69,825.16  $4,000.00 

City  of  Concord 


power  oil  burner  installations  and 
heating"  units  converted  from  coal 
to  oil. 
Apparatus    and    Equipment 

The  apparatus  of  the  depart- 
ment includes  17  trucks  of  various 
types  and  three  official  cars  which 
are  housed  in  four  stations,  one 
of  which  is  located  in  the  city 
proper  and  three  in  the  outlying 
districts.  In  May,  a  750-gallon 
Mack  pumper  was  acquried  and 
commissioned  in  place  of  a  1922 
Concord  hose  wagon.  In  addition, 
a  1,000-gallon  GMC  tank  truck 
was  delivered  to  assist  in  fire 
fighting  in  the  rural  areas  of  the 
city.  In  November,  a  Dodge  Fire 
Alarm  Tower  Truck  was  added 
to  the  department's  mobile  equip- 
ment. 

At  the  close  of  the  year,  the 
department  had  in  service  19.300 
feet  of  two  and  one-half  inch  hose, 
2,850  feet  of  one  and  one-half  inch 
hose,  2,500  feet  of  three  quarters 
inch  booster  hose  and  200  feet 
of  three  inch  hose  for  water 
towers. 

Maintenance 

All  apparatus  is  kept  in  top 
condition  as  a  matter  of  standard 
operating  policy.  All  necessary 
repairs  and  replacements  are 
effected  in  the  department  work- 
shop under  the  direction  of  the 
mechanic. 

Other  Activities 

Construction  of  the  Gamewell 
Fire    and    Police    Signal    System 


Fire  Alarm  Toivcr  Truck  Gives  More  Protection  to 
Property  Owners 

was  completed  and  officially  ac- 
cepted by  the  Fire  Board,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1949. 

The  Concord  Fire  P^oartment 
played  host  to  one  of  the  most 
efi^ective  N.  H.  State  Fire  Colleges 
in  the  history  of  the  Granite 
State.  Held  in  August,  nearly  300 
men  attended  the  two-day  session. 
Use  of  the  facilities  at  St.  Paul's 
School  contributed  materially  to 
the  success  of  the  course. 

.  .  .  FIRE  HYDRANTS 

////// 

BOARDOF    HYDRANT 

COMMISSIONERS 

Edward  E.   Beane,   Chairman 
G.  Arthur  Faneuf 
Clarence  H.  Greene 
1949    Expenditure None 

i  i  -f  -f  -f  -f 

The  water  department  main- 
tained its  highly  efficient  service 
of  periodically  checking  all  hy- 
drants during  the  year.  Special 
care  was  taken  to  inspect  all  hy- 
drants used  after  a  fire  in  order 
to  insure  their  usefulness. 


Annual  Report  —  39 


ZONING 
BUILDING 
PLUMBING 

. . . ZONING 

BOARD      OF     ADJUSTMENT 

Elwin  L.  Page,  Cliainnan 
A.  Clifford  Hudson 
Donald  G.  Matson 
Lawrence  J.  Moynihan 
Raymond  V.   LaPointe 

Marjorie   Foote Clerk 

1949     Expenditure $96.00 

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There  were  twenty-five  appeals 

heard    by    the    Zoning-    Board    of 

Adjustment  during  the  year.  This 

represented    an    increase    of    five 

over    the    previous    year.    Sixteen 

were  for  a  variance  from  the  terms 

of   the   ordinance   and   nine   were 

exceptions    to    the    terms    of    the 

ordinance.    Two    of    the    appeals 

were  denied,  twenty  granted  and 

three  withdrawn.    Of  the  twenty 

permits      granted,      eight      were 

granted  conditionally. 

The    appeal    from    the    Zoning 

Board    of    Adjustment    taken    to 

the   Superior   Court   in    1948   was 

not  disposed  of  in   1949  because 

of  a  crowded  court  calender. 

.  .  .  BUILDING 

•f  i  i  i  i  i 

Edward  E.  Beane,  Inspcclor  of  Biiildiiu/s 

Expenditure  None 

Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 

Building  permits  issued  during 
the  year  1949  totaled  203  as  com- 
pared with  230  for  the  previous 
year.  Of  the  1949  permits,  113 
were  for  new  construction  and 
90  for   alterations   and   repairs. 


The  total  estimated  valuation 
for  permits  issued  was  $654,733.00 
a  decrease  of  $635,012.00,  or  about 
half  of  the  amount  for  the  pre- 
vious year.  This  decrease  can  be 
attributed  to  the  lack  of  large 
l)uilding  projects.  The  following 
were  the  only  large  constructions 
during  the  year:  $88,863.00, 
Conant  School  Addition;  $45,000.- 
00,  Public  Repair  Garage,  North 
State  Street;  $75,000.00,  Pena- 
cook  High  School  Gymnasium. 

Of  the  total  1949  valuation, 
$362,990.00  represented  new  work, 
and  $291,743.00  repairs  and  al- 
terations. Eighty-six  dwelling 
units  were  added  during  the  year. 
Of  these,  52  were  new  construc- 
tion and  45  were  from  conversion 
of  existing  buildings. 

.  .  .  PLUMBING 

Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 

Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbing 

Arthur  W.  Sargent,  Chairman 

George  E.  Young 

Edward  E.  Beane 

Edward  E.  Beane Plumbing  Inspector 

Expenditures  None 

Receipts    $36.30 

Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y 
One      hundred      and      fourteen 

plumbing  permits  were  issued  in 
1949,  a  decrease  of  forty-five  from 
the  previous  year.  Three  appli- 
cants for  a  journeyman's  license 
and  three  for  a  master's  license 
were  examined  during  the  year. 
One  applicant  for  the  master 
plumbers  license  successfully 
passed  the  required  examination. 
As  of  December  31,  1949  there 
were  22  licensed  journeymen  and 
39  licensed  master  plumbers. 


40  —  City  of  Concord 


PUBLIC 
WORKS 

/  /  /  i  -f  i 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS 

Hon.  Charles  J.  McKee,  Chairman 

Charles  A.  Bartlett 

Harry  D.  Challis 

Thomas  B.  Jennings 

Robert  W.  Potter 

William  A.  Stevens 

Nelson  E.  Strong 

Ervin  E.  Webber Commissioner 

Ervin  E.  Webber Supt.  of  Streets 

Ervin  E.  Webber Tree  Warden 

Edward  E.  Beane City  Engineer 

Edward  L.  Howland Sn'pt.  of  Parks 

and  Cemeteries 
1949  Operating  Expenditure. ...$435,667.76 
1949  Capital  Expenditure $        988.35 

/  /  /  i  i  i 

During  the  year  1949,  the  Public 
Works  Department: 

•  Built  new^  culverts  on   Shaker 

and  Graham  Roads 

•  Repaired  13  fences  and  rebuilt 

and  painted  several  old  ones. 

•  Regraveled  roads  in  21  sections 

of  the  city. 

•  Used  159,537  gallons  of  tar  in 

connection      with      patching 
streets  and  roads. 

•  Removed    13,753    cubic    yards 

of     debris     from     the     city's 
streets  at  a  cost  of  $37,575.13. 

•  Carted  away  34,608  cubic  yards 

of  snow. 

•  Used  6,432  cubic  yards  of  sand 

on  streets,  sidewalks  and  rail- 
road crossings. 

•  Filled  several  wells  which  were 

depleted  by  the  drought. 

•  Installed    storm    and    sanitary 

sewers  on  Eastman  Street. 


•  Resurfaced  entire  length  of  tht 

Iron  Works  Road  and  Silk 
Farm  Road. 

•  Laid    12,333    scjuare    yards    of 

new  and  repair  work  on  side- 
walks. This  was  done  by  con- 
tract. 

•  Set  2,094  feet  of  new  curbing. 

•  Resurfaced  Bouton   Street  un- 

der the  supervision  of  the 
State  Highway  Department. 
The  city  expended  $14,976.78 
on  this  project. 

•  Contributed   $25,000.00   to   the 

State  Highway  Department 
on  the  Sheep  Davis  Road 
project  and  a  like  amount  for 
the   Concord  Throughpass. 

•  Continued  the  work  started  on 

the  Little  Pond  Road  in  194S 
in  connection  with  the  Town 
Road  Aid  program. 

•  Re-built     South     Street     from 

Clinton  Street  to  the  Bow 
Line. 

OTHER  ACTIVITIES 

Street  Lighting 

At  the  close  of  the  year,  the  city 
was  operating  a  total  of  1,659 
street  lights.  The  municipal  street 
lighting  system  was  operated  at 
a  cost  of  $41,688.51  for  the  year 
1949. 
Refuse  and  Garbage  Service 

As  in  previous  years,  table  gar- 
bage was  collected  by  a  private 
contractor  in  the  city  proper. 
West  Concord,  Penacook,  East 
Concord  and  Concord  Heights  at 
a  total  cost  of  $6,050.00. 


Annual  Report  —  41 


KEEP   CONCORD  jCLEAN 


A  total  of  65,889  cubic  yards  of 
refuse  was  collected  in  the  same 
areas  during-  the  past  year. 

New  Equipment 

Equipment  added  by  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  during 
the  year  1949  included  six  new 
trucks,  one  load  packer,  one  trac- 
tor  and   one   welding   machine. 

Sanitary  Sewers 

The  income  from  sanitary 
sewers  during  1949  amounted  to 
$36,006.89.  Of  this  amount,  general 
sewer  rents  accounted  for 
$29,501.48,  penalties  $72.49,  house 
connections,  material  sold  and 
miscellaneous  work  $5,431.67  and 
interest  on  deposits  in  savings 
banks  $1,001.25.  Disbursements 
for  the  same  period  totaled 
$35,787.15. 


.J 

Engineering 

The  Engineering  Department 
prepared  plans  and  specifications 
for  the  rebuilding  of  South  Street 
from  Clinton  Street  to  the  Bow 
Line,  a  distance  of  8,000  feet.  This 
street  was  rebuilt  under  a  con- 
tract with  O.  F.  Winslow,  In- 
corporated, Milford.  New  Hamp- 
shire. All  engineering  and  super- 
vision of  construction  was  done 
by  the  Engineering  Department. 

A  portion  of  Rockingham 
Street  was  regraded  by  removing 
a  large  bank  and  filling  a  ravine 
which  eliminated  a  very  hazardous 
driving  condition  due  to  grades 
and  distance  of  driving  vision ; 
1.300  feet  of  storm  sewer  were  laid 
in  this  street  at  the  time  of  con- 
struction. This  work  was  carried 
on  at  the  same  time  as  the  South 


42  —  City  of  Concord 


Street  project  and  by  the  same 
contractor. 

Preliminary  survey  and  final 
plans  for  improving  Bouton 
Street  were  prepared  by  this  de- 
partment and.  in  conjunction  w^ith 
the  State  Highway  and  Federal 
Government,  the  entire  street  was 
rebuilt. 

A  survey  and  plans  were  made 
for  the  improvement  of  the  en- 
trance to  the  Airport  in  front  of 
the  administration  building.  The 
plans  and  specifications  were 
approved  by  the  Civil  Aeronautics 
Administration  and  a  contract 
was  negotiated  with  the  Man- 
chester Sand,  Gravel  and  Cement 
Company,  Incorporated,  for  the 
work.  This  was  started  in  Decem- 
ber but  suspended  due  to  weather 
conditions. 

The  highway  division  realigned 
Eastman  Street  and  constructed 
a  storm  sewer  at  the  same  time. 
They  also  rebuilt  the  Little  Road 
and  a  portion  of  Lakeview  Drive. 
These  two  roads  required  the 
setting  of  12,950  feet  of  stakes 
for  grades  and  alignment. 

The  Engineering  Department 
also  set  26,861  feet  of  grade  stakes 
for  sidewalk  and  road  construc- 
tion, cross-sectioned  5,833  feet  of 
streets  and  walk,  ran  5,305  feet 
of  sewer  profile,  established  8,684 
feet  of  sidewalk  and  6,523  feet  of 
sewer  grades,  measured  11,985 
scjuare  yards  of  concrete  sidewalk 
for  Thomas  Clark  who  was  lay- 
ing walks  by  contract. 


Other  surveys  included  the 
proposed  relocation  of  Cresent 
Street,  Penacook;  establishing  a 
street  line  at  the  intersection  of 
the  Sheep  Davis  Road  with  the 
Loudon  Road ;  sections  and 
grades  for  Noyes  Park;  property 
lines  for  the  Water  Works  rela- 
tive to  the  proposed  acquisition 
of  additional  land  around  Long 
Pond. 

Several  new  lots  were  laid  out 
in  Blossom  Hill  and  Woodlawn 
Cemeteries.  Cemetery  plans  were 
brought  up  to  date. 

A  total  of  783  property  transfers 
were  processed  during  the  year 
and  306  new  buildings  or  altera- 
tions were  located.  All  necessary 
lot  line  and  building  changes 
were  made  on  the  assessor's  plans 
thus  keeping  them  up  to  date. 
All  catch  basins  and  house  con- 
nections were  put  on  the  sewer 
plans,  a  total  of  50  house  connec- 
tions were  made  during  the  year. 

The  department  also  surveyed 
and  laid  out  2,800  feet  of  new 
streets  and  reestablished  6,444 
feet  of  Little  Road,  in  addition 
to  discontinuing  1,487  feet  and 
making:   a    total    of    180   miles    of 


One  of  the  Poiver  Mowers  Used  to  Maintain  the 
City's  Ten  Cemeteries 


street    and    roads    that    the    city 
maintains. 

There  were  1,358  square  yards 
of  B  &  W  prints  developed  during 
the  year. 
Parks 

Nearly  84  acres  of  parks  and 
playground  areas  are  available  to 
residents  of  Concord  for  both 
summer  and  winter  recreation. 
The  major  parks  are  White  and 
Rollins  parks  which  require  a 
larger  share  of  the  appropriation 
for  their  maintenance. 

Supt.  Rowland  reported  in- 
creased usage  of  these  facilities 
during  the  fall  season  by  local 
people  and  their  out-of-town 
guests. 

In  addition  to  the  general 
maintenance  of  city  parks,  the 
ball  fields  came  in  for  a  good  deal 
of  attention  by  the  Park  Division. 


Cemeteries 

The  Cemetery  Division  requires 
a  crew  of  15  men  in  winter  and 
30  men  in  summer  to  carry  out 
its  continuing  program  of  cem- 
etery beautification.  The  total 
area  of  all  cemeteries  comprises 
over  114  acres  and  the  Division  is 
responsible  for  snow  removal  and 
sanding,  in  addition  to  the  normal 
maintenance    program. 

During  the  year,  the  new  sec- 
tion for  the  use  of  Temple  Beth 
Jacob  was  completed.  It  is 
located  at  Blossom  Hill  Cemetery 
and  its  entrance  is  marked  by 
two  granite  posts,  suitably  in- 
scribed. 

Extensive  work  was  accom- 
plished at  Blossom  Hill,  Millville, 
Maple  Grove,  Woodlawn  and  Old 
North  cemeteries  during  the  past 
year. 


Public  Works  Employees  Test  Giaiif  J'aaium  Cleaner 


44  —  City  of  Concord 


WEIGHTS  and 
MEASURES 


James  S.  Norris City  Scaler 

1949    Expenditure $1,698.47 


During  1949  there  was  a  pro- 
nounced increase  in  the  rate  of 
driving  for  pleasure  and  for  busi- 
ness. As  a  result,  the  City  Sealer 
devoted  a  considerable  amount  of 
time  verifying  the  accuracy  of 
gasoline  pumps  and  other  service 
station  equipment.  Oil  bottles, 
which  almost  disappeared  during 
the  war  years,  were  used  in  great- 
ly increased  numbers  during  the 
past  year. 

Packages 

The  City  Sealer,  in  the  interests 
of  the  consumer,  carried  on  a  very 
active  program  of  weighing  pack- 
aged goods,  particularly  since 
more  and  more  meats,  groceries 
and     other     kitchen     needs     are 


Scales    

Liquid    Measures    .... 

Gas    Pumps   

Kerosene    Pumps    .... 
Grease   Dispensers   .. 

Oil    Bottles    

Tank    Trucks    

Tank  Meters  

Package    Re-weighs 

Cart  Bodies   

Gas  Pump  Meter  .... 
Hand    Pump    


packed,  cut  and  wrapped  in  cel- 
lophane. Certain  commodities  in 
which  there  is  apt  to  be  shrinkage, 
such  as  onions  or  potatoes,  re- 
quire frequent  spot-checks  in 
order  to  prevent  loss  to  the 
customer. 

Inspections 

The  City  Sealer  made  more 
than  1400  inspections  during  1949. 
In  addition  to  regtilar  routine 
inspections,  scales  in  the  pub- 
He  schools  and  hospitals  were 
checked.  As  a  part  of  the  Weights 
and  Measures  program,  oil  tank 
trucks  and  meters  were  checked 
during  the  past  year. 

Twenty  cart  bodies  for  the  sale 
of  wood  were  measured  and  in- 
spected. In  certain  instances  rec- 
oinmendations  were  made  in  an 
effort  to  correct  legal  deficiencies. 
All  junk  dealers'  scales  were 
tested  and  sealed  in  keeping  with 
licensing  requirements. 

The  following  table  summa- 
rizes the  departments'  inspection 
activities  for  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1949. 

Idle 


Correct 

Adjusted 

Condemned 

276 

87 

8 

68 

185 

19 

2 

20 

73 

346 

10 

25 

13 

402 

20 

10 

1 

Annual  Report  —  45 


WATER 
SUPPLY 

/  /  /  i  -f  i 

BOARD   OF   WATER 
COMMISSIONERS 

James  W.  Jameson,  President 

Robert  W.  Brown 

Harry  H.  Dudley 

Allen  M.  Freeman 

James  B.  Godfrey 

Charles  P.  Johnson 

Donald  Knowlton 

Hon.  Charles  J.  McKee 

Gardner  Tilton 

G.  Arthur  Faneuf Superintendent 

1949    Expenditure $192,996.09 

1949  Receipts $....$192,996.09 

•f  i  i  -f  i  i 

Water  Shortage 

In  common  with  many  other 
areas.  Concord  was  faced  with  a 
serious  water  shortage  due  to  the 
lack  of  adequate  rainfall  during 
the  year.  On  July  12th  the  eleva- 
tion of  the  water  in  Penacook 
Lake  was  at  elevation  180  which 
is  four  feet  ten  inches  below  over- 
flow. At  this  point  it  was  decided 
to  reduce  pumping  from  Pena- 
cook Lake  and  pump  as  much  as 
possible  from  the  well  field  at  the 
Sanders      Pumping      Station      in 


A  Viezv  of  Penacook  Lake  Shore  Line  Shozvinc/ 
Loiv  Water  Level  Due  to  Prolonged  Drought. 


Pembroke.  Pumping  from  the  well 
field  was  started  on  this  date  on 
a  16  hour  daily  basis.  Later  it 
was  increased  to  18  hours  per  day 
and  was  still  continuing  at  this 
rate  at  the  close  of  the  year.  The 
average  yield  from  the  wells 
during  this  period  was  1,000,000 
gallons  per  day. 

The  year  1949  demonstrated 
the  value  of  the  Sanders  Station 
in  Pembroke  as  the  yield  from 
the  wells  enabled  the  department 
to  go  through  the  year  without 
curtailing  the  use  of  water  for 
public  swimming  pools  or  the 
watering  of  gardens  and  lawns. 

The  steady  pumping  from  the 
wells  in  Pembroke  brought  to  a 
head  a  problem  that  had  been 
growing  worse  for  several  years. 
The  water  from  the  wells  is  cor- 
rosive before  treatment  and  tests 
proved  that  the  screens  at  the 
bottom  of  the  driven  wells  were 
being  eaten  away  and  sand  was 
being  drawn  into  the  pumps. 
During  the  fall  season,  68  wells 
were  withdrawn,  the  old  well 
points  replaced  with  new  points 
and  the  wells  redriven.  This  pro- 
gram will  be  continued  in  the 
spring  of  1950. 

Consumption 

The  average  daily  amount  of 
water  consumed  by  the  City  of 
Concord  was  3.096.307  gallons,  an 
increase  of  73.382  gallons  in  com- 
parison with  the  1948  figure. 
Average    daily    consumption    per 


person  was  in  excess  of  100  gal- 
lons. Total  consumption  of  water 
for  the  year  1949  was  1,130,152.100 
i^allons. 

Finances 

Total  receipts  for  1949  amount- 
ed to  $192,966.09.  Of  the  total 
receipts,  $162,217.05  represented 
payments  received  from  water 
sales.  The  department  received 
$1,475.93  for  services  as  billing 
and  collecting  agent  for  the  Sani- 
tary Sewer  Department. 

Expenditures  for  the  year 
totaled  $192,966.09.  Of  this  sum, 
$105,589.90  were  spent  for  general 
operation,  $47,013.16  for  the  plant 
account,  $9,000.00  for  bond  retire- 
ment and  $2,706.25  for  bond  in- 
terest. The  cash  balance  at  the 
close  of  the  year  amounted  to 
$28,686.78. 

As  of  December  31,  1949,  the 
Water  Department  Income-In- 
vestment Account  amounted  to 
$5,764.49. 

During  the  past  year  $200.- 
000.00  water  works  construction 
bonds  were  issued  with  a  premium 
of  $3,364.00  being  realized  from 
their  sale.  Expenditures  from  this 
Bond  Construction  Account 
amounted  to  $18,500.43,  leaving 
a  balance  of  $184,863.57  at  the 
close  of  the  year. 

Station  Completed 

The  major  addition  to  the 
\\^ater  Works  system  was  the 
new      Penacook      High      Service 


Pumping  Station  which  was  com- 
pleted and  put  in  operation  on 
May  6th.  This  station  is  ecjuipped 
with  two  single  stage  centrifugal 
pumps,  each  driven  by  75  H.P. 
electric  motors.  The  capacity  of 
each  pump  is  1,500  gallons  per 
minute.  There  is  also  an  emer- 
gency standby  unit  consisting  of 
one  single  stage  centrifugal  pump 
driven  by  a  126  H.P.  gasoline  en- 
gine, capacity  1,500  gallons  per 
minute.  The  station  is  operated 
automatically  and  is  controlled 
by  the  change  in  the  water  level 
in  the  elevated  tank  in  Penacook. 
The  new  pumping  station  will 
supply  better  water  pressure  to 
West  Concord  and  Penacook.  In 
addition,  it  will  be  an  asset  to  the 
City  Proper  in  the  event  of  failure 
of  the  main  pumping  station  on 
North  State  Street.  The  output 
of  this  station,  together  with  the 
output  of  the  Sanders  Station  in 
Pembroke,  would  be  sulificient  to 
handle  pumping  demands  while 
repairs  were  being  made. 

Improvements  and  Equipment 

The  major  project  of  the  de- 
partment's construction  program 
was  the  laying  of  3.600  feet  of 
24-inch  pipe  on  North  State 
Street,  starting  at  the  south  side 
of  Palm  Street  just  north  of  the 
New  Hampshire  State  Prison  and 
running  north  toward  Penacook 
Lake.  This  program  was  thrown 
badly  ofif  schedule  by  the  South 
End  Construction  project  and  by 
the  construction   of  the  through- 


Annual  Report  —  47 


pass  by  the  State  Highway  De- 
partment. These  projects  kept  the 
construction  crew  occupied  until 
the  latter  part  of  November. 

The  department  started  a  long 
range  reforestation  project  on  the 
water  shed  around  Penacook 
Lake  calculated  to  improve  the 
water  yield  of  the  water  shed  and 
thus  to  better  maintain  the  water 
level  in  the  lake.  In  line  with  this 
policy,  3,600  white  pine  seedlings 
were  planted  on  the  old  Richard- 
son lot  located  on  the  south  side 
of  Hutchins  Street.  It  is  planned 
to  do  some  planting  each  spring 
season  until  all  bare  tracts  of  land 
are  covered  with  growing  timber. 

The  department  continued  its 
meter  program  by  taking  out  494 
meters,  testing  and  repairing 
them  or  replacing  the  ones  that 
were  beyond  repair  with  new 
meters. 

The  elevated  tank  in  Penacook 
was  cleaned  and  painted  this  year. 
The  contract  consisted  of  clean- 
ing the  tank  and  supports  by 
scraping  and  wire  brushing.  The 
inside    of    the    tank    was    painted 


hilcrior  of  New  Automatic  High  Scri'icc  Pumping 
Station  at  Penacook  Lake 


with  three  coats  of  water  resistant 
paint.  All  l)are  spots  on  the  out- 
side of  the  tank  and  supports 
were  given  a  spot  coat  of  red  lead 
and  then  the  entire  structure  was 
painted  with  two  coats  of  alumi- 
num paint.  The  contract  was 
awarded  to  Roy  W.  Leonard  of 
Framington,  Mass.  and  the  work 
was  done  in  a  very  satisfactory 
manner. 

The  department  acquired  two 
new  trucks  this  year,  in  each  case 
G.M.C.  was  the  lowest  bidder. 
One  truck  was  a  1^  ton  G.M.C. 
dump  truck  with  platform  body 
replacing  a  1936  truck  with  the 
same  type  body,  the  other  truck 
was  a  y2  ton  G.M.C.  pick-up  re- 
placing a  1938  Yi  ton  canopy  body. 

Machine  Billing 

The  firm  of  auditors  who 
audited  the  accounts  of  the  de- 
partment strongly  recommended 
setting  up  a  system  of  machine 
billing  and  posting  for  several 
reasons.  First,  because  it  would 
provide  a  better  control  over  ac- 
counts billed  and  cash  received ; 
secondly,  because  the  number  of 
accounts  has  grown  too  large  for 
the  work  to  be  done  by  hand  and 
also  because  machine  operation 
will  result  in  more  speed  and 
greater  efficiency.  In  accordance 
with  this  recommendation,  and 
after  careful  consideration  of  the 
needs  of  the  department,  a  Na- 
tional Cash  Register  Book-Keep- 
ing   machine   was   accjuired. 


PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS 


BOARD   OF  EDUCATION 

Dr.  Osmond  R.  Strong.  President 

Mrs.  Mildred  K.  Perkins,  Secretary 

Mr.  Wilbert  F.  Cameron 

Mr.  Charles  F.  Cook 

Mrs.  Della  I.  Lewis 

Mr.  a.  Harold  MacNeil 

Mr.  C.  Murray  Sawyer 

Mr.  Frederick  K.  Upton 

Mrs.  Joan  M.  Whittaker 

Harlan  E.  Atherton Supcrintcudcut 

Dexter  O.  Arnold.. ...-J.?-.?/.  Snperintoidoit 

Cost  of  Operation : 

For  the  Fiscal   Year   Ending  June   30, 
1949:  $649,432.86 


Enrollments 

As  of  November  22,  1949,  there 
were  735  pupils  enrolled  at  the 
Senior  High  School,  651  at  the 
Junior  High  Scliool  and  Annex, 
1,532  in  the  nine  elementary 
schools,  251  in  the  kindergartens 
and  82  in  the  special  classes.  The 
total  number  of  pupils  enrolled 
was  3,251,  an  increase  of  71  over 
last  year. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that 
the  Junior  and  Senior  High 
Schools  are  experiencing  a  slight 
decrease  in  total  enrollments 
which  is  more  than  compensated 
for  by  an  increase  in  elementary 
pupils.  These  latter  are  the  begin- 
ning of  a  wave  of  increased  en- 
rollments which  will  create  prob- 


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lems  for  the  schools  at  all  levels  of 
instruction  for  many  years  to 
come. 

The  annual  school  census  taken 
as  of  September  1,  1949,  revealed 
a  total  of  5,906.  3.030  boys  and 
2.876  girls,  up  to  and  including- 
those  who  had  reached  their 
eighteenth  birthday.  Of  these. 
alKJUt  IS'Jc  attend  private  or 
])aruchial  schools.  The  census  con- 
firms the  1947  birth  figure  as  the 
i:)eak  of  the  "baby  boom".  The 
downward  trend,  however,  ap- 
pears to  be  more  gradual  than 
the  increase  which  indicates  that 
the  total  effect  will  be  longer- 
lasting. 

xA.nother  factor  worthy  of  note 
is  the  increase  in  numbers  of 
children  in  some  age  groups  over 
last  year's  census  figures.  Ap- 
parently Concord's  population  is 
increasing  through  new  families 
settling  in  this  area. 

Staff 

The  instructional  staff  of  Con- 
cord schools  during  1949  consisted 
of  157  teachers,  principals,  and 
supervisors.  Included  are  a  teacher 
of  lip-reading  and  a  teacher  of 
physically  handicapped  children, 
both  of  whom  serve  part  time. 

That  teachers  are  taking  sul)- 
stantial  and  commendable  strides 
towards  self-improvement  is  in- 
rlicated  by  the  fact  that  25  attend- 
ed summer  schools  and  74  have 
taken  extension  courses  during 
the  past  year. 


Kindergartens 


Finance 


Registrations  warranted  the 
establishment  of  a  kindergarten 
at  the  Eastman  School  in  Septem- 
ber, 1949,  bringing  the  total  in 
the  city  to  eight. 

Dental  Hygienist 

The  dental  hygiene  program 
was  studied  jointly  with  a  com- 
mittee from  the  Concord  Dental 
Association.  It  was  decided  to 
place  major  emphasis  on  educa- 
tion regarding  good  dental  care 
and  on  examinations  to  point  out 
cases  needing  dental  attention. 
Children  are  encouraged  to  visit 
their  dentists  regularly  and  are 
instructed  in  the  proper  daily  care 
of  the  teeth. 

Art 

As  assistant  art  supervisor  be- 
gan her  duties  in  September  and 
has  taken  over  the  supervision  of 
art  in  the  elementary  schools. 
This  additi(jn  to  the  staff  was 
recommended  by  the  Advisory 
Council  after  a  study  of  art  in- 
struction  in   Concord   schools. 


Total  receipts  and  balance  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 
1949,  were  $655,194.07.  Total  dis- 
bursements were  $549,432.86  leav- 
ing a  balance  of  $5,761.21. 

The  School  District  tax  was 
$20.74  per  $1,000.00  of  assessed 
valuation  or  40  per  cent  of  the 
total  city  tax  rate.  The  preceding 
year  it  was  41  per  cent  of  the  total 
city  rate. 

The  bonds  for  the  Senior  High 
School  are  being  retired  at  the 
rate  of  $14,000.00  per  year  plus 
interest. 

At  the  annual  meeting  $25,- 
000.00  was  appropriated  for  addi- 
tion and  improvements  to  the 
Conant  School  and  the  City  was 
authorized  to  borrow  an  addi- 
tional $75,000.00  for  the  same 
purpose  to  be  repaid  over  the  next 
three  years  at  the  rate  of 
$25,000.00  per  year. 

Because  of  the  loss  of  State 
Aid,  it  was  necessary  to  appro- 
priate an  additional  $39,439.00  at 
a  special  district  meeting  in 
August. 


Transportation 

The  number  of  District  busses 
was  increased  to  five,  leaving  only 
two  contract  busses  in  operation. 
During  the  1948-49  school  year 
busses  traveled  approximately  252 
miles  per  day  and  carried  an  aver- 
age of  177  pupils. 


For 

complete    details 

of 

School  Activities 

See 

Re- 

ports 

of  both  the 

Concord 

and 

Penacook 

Uni 

o  n 

School    Districts. 

Annual  Report  —  SI 


PENACOOK 
SCHOOL  DISTRICT 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 

Russell  Eckloff.  Chainimn 

Claire  V.  Bbeckell 

John  G.  Doukas 

Donald  Perettie 

Beatrice  E.  Pettes 

Edward  York 

Richard   A.   Martin SHpcrintcndcnt 

Cost  of  Operation : 

For  the   Fiscal   Year   Ending   June  30, 
1949:  $72,461.15 


Finances 

The  cost  of  operations  for  the 
year  ending  June  30,  1949  totaled 
$72,461.15,  a  slight  decrease  in 
comparison  with  the  previous 
fiscal  year.  A  $2,000.00  payment 
on  the  district's  bonded  debt  re- 
duced the  amount  outstanding  to 
$18,000.00. 

Total  receipts  amounted  to 
$72,557.49,  of  which  $48,474.00 
represented  income  from  taxation. 
Receipts  from  other  sources 
totaled  $24,083.49.  Of  this  sum 
the  two  principal  sources  of  in- 
come were  high  school  tuition 
and  state  aid.  Income  from  high 
school  tuitions  amounted  to 
$8,401.56.  The  amount  of  state  aid 
received  totaled  $10,936.23.  The 
school  district  tax  was  $28.39  per 
$1,000.00  of  assessed  valuation. 


New  Gymnasium 

At  the  annual  school  district 
meeting  of  1949,  Penacook  voters 
passed  the  article  authorizing  the 
school  board  to  issue  bonds  in  the 
amount  of  $95,000.00  to  construct 
the  long  awaited  gymnasium- 
auditorium  by  a  ballot  vote  of  409 
to  197. 

This  action  by  the  voters  cul- 
minated nine  years  of  activity 
directed  toward  the  acquisition  of 
a  combination  gymnasium-audi- 
torium. 

It  is  anticipated  that  this  new 
facility  will  greatly  develop  and 
improve  physical  education,  music 
and  dramatics  programs. 

Teaching  Staff 

The  Penacook  School  District 
operated  with  a  staff  of  19 
teachers  during  the  past  school 
year.  Of  the  teaching  staff,  nine 
were  employed  at  the  High 
School,  five  at  the  Summer  Street 
School,  four  at  the  Charles  Street 
School  and  one  supervised  music 
in  all  schools. 

Membership 

A  total  of  425  pupils  were 
registered  during  the  past  school 
year.  Of  this  number,  202  were 
boys  and  223  were  girls.  The 
average  daily  membership  of  the 
student  body  of  the  district  was 
395.  This  number  represented  a 
decrease  of  six  students  in  the 
average  daily  membership  as 
compared  with  401  for  the  pre- 
vious year. 


52  —  City  of  Concord 


APPENDIX 


PAGE 

General  Fund — Statement  of    Revenues    54 

General  Fund — Statement  of  Appropriations  and  Expenditures   55 

General  Fund — Consolidated   Balance    Sheet   58 

General  Fund — Statement  of  Current   Surplus   60 

Statement    of    Bonded    Debt    61 

Disposition   of    Proceeds    of    Bonds    62 

Statement  of  Tax  Accounts  63 

Trust  Funds — Statement  of  Changes  in  Balances  64 

Dept.  of   Public   Works — Sanitary   Sewers — Statement   of  Operations   65 

Dept.  of   Public  Works — Sanitary    Sewers — Balance   Sheet   66 

Water   Department — Statement  of   Operations   67 

Water   Department — Balance    Sheet   68 

Parking    Meter    Fund    69 

Assessors'    Statement   for    1949   70 

Comparative  Table  of  the   Number  of  Polls  and  Veterans   Assessed  Valuations, 

Tax  Levies  and   Rates   71 


GENERAL  FUND 

Statement  of  Revenues 
For  the  Year  Ended  December  31.  1949 

Rfvenves 

Rtvenues  Budget               Over  or  Under 

Realized  Estimates  Estimates 

Local  Taxes: 

Current  levy,  added  taxes  and  interest $2,008,738.94   $2,007,515.93    $        1,223.01 

Prior  vears — added  taxes,  interest  and  costs          7,441.71  5,000.00  2,441.71 

Interest  and  fees  on  taxes  bought  by  the  city             797.81  400.00  397.81 

Rent  and  profit — tax  deeded  property 1,371.07  —  1,371.07 

Taxes  Collected  by  State: 

Railroad  tax  ---        12,280.51  12,891.28  610.77 

Savings  bank  tax                 -         14,180.36  13,878.24  302.12 

Interest  and  dividends  tax  71,871.07  66,593.43  5,277.64 

Other  taxes  - 31.08  50.00  18.92 

Licenses,  Permits  and  Fees: 

Auto  permits        68,126.47  55,000.00  13,126.47 

Bicvcle  registrations 632.75  600.00  32.75 

Taxi  licenses  - 472.50  400.00  72.50 

Health  licenses  -             362.00  346.00  16.00 

Police  and  protective  Hcenses 138.00  200.00  62.00 

Amusement  licenses              1,174.00  900.00  274.00 

Professional  and  occupational  licenses 36.50  40.00  3.50 

Marriage  licenses  ...        664.00  750.00  86.00 

Recording  fees— legal  documents 1,670.95  1,900.00  229.05 

Filincvfees -.             191.00  75.00  116.00 

Other  fees  490.40  345.00  145.40 

Fines  and  Forfeits: 

Municipal  Court  .-..          5,826.88  6,900.00  1.073.12 

Kent  of  Buildings    1.140.00  1,200.00  60.00 

Senice  Charges  bv  Departments: 

Comfort  station" 272.31  300.00  27.69 

Golf  club  fees     . 4,668.90  5,000.00  331.10 

Memorial  Field  : 

Royalties    1,432.23  1,700.00  267.77 

Concessions 286.75  300.00  13.25 

Parks  300.00  300.00  — 

Airport : 

Rents                                                      6.786.80  6,000.00  786.80 

Concessions 144.83  200.00  55.17 

Miscellaneous: 

Fire  department — sale  of  junk,  etc 2,578.88  —  2,578.88 

Police  department  sundries 10.24  —  10.24 

Sales  of  real  estate 2.725.00  -  2,725.00 

Sale  of  equipment 901.00  — 901.00 

Totals  for  the  vear  ...$2,217,744.94    $2.188.784.88    $     28,960.06 


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GENERAL 


CoNSOLIDATflU    BALANCE    SlIEET 


ASSETS 

Cash  : 

First  National  Bank  of  Concord,  N.  H. $  249,358.02 

Undeposited  cash  658.60 

Petty  cash  250.00 

Cash  for  payment  of  bonds  and  interest- --  882.50   $   251,149.12 

Taxes  Receivable: 

Levy  of  1949 - ...$   204,943.00 

Less:  Reserve  for  abatements 21,995.85$    182.947.15 

Taxes  of  prior  years  - $     29,246.31 

Less  :  Reserve  for  non-collection 29,246.31  - — 

Unredeemed  taxes  bought  bv  City  at  tax  sale  $      17,291.40 

Less :  Reserve  for  non-collection 17,119.37  172.03         183,119.18 

Miscellaneous  Accounts  Receivable: 

Due  from  State  of  New  Hampshire $  1,833.27 

Merrimack  County  —  relief — 4,768.25 

Public  Works  and  cemetery  accounts -.  2,307.34 

Miscellaneous  - 1.00 

$       8,909.86 
Less:  Reserve  for  non-collection 2,149.53  6.760.33 

Miscellaneous  Assets: 

Properties  deeded  to  City 3.719.22 

Total  General  Fund  Assets $   444,747.85 

TRUST  FUND  ASSETS 
On  deposit  in  savings  banks  : 

Loan  and  Trust  Savings  Bank $  90,799.93 

Merrimack  County  .Savings  Bank 94,743.16 

New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank 96,390.17 

Union  Trust  Company 103,160.74 

Stocks  and  bonds 177,543.30        562,637.30 

PARKING  METER  FUND  ASSETS 

Cash  on  hand  and  in  banks  - - $      27.829.53 

Fixed  assets   - --.        42,329.16  70,158.69 

BOND  FUND   ASSETS    (Municipal  only) 
Cash  in  bank  accounts 14,199.95 

CAPITAL  FUND  ASSETS   (Municipal  only) 
Bond   and   note   requirements,    future   years,    for   citv   and 
schools  -.- - 1 984,000.00 

$2.075.743.79 


S8  —  City  of  Concord 


FUND 

Dfxf.mber  31,  1949 


LIABILITIES  AND  SURPLUS 

Accounts  Payable: 

State  of  New  Hampshire  —  Old  Age  Assistance $  4,894.77 

Miscellaneous 1.00 

Bond  coupons  and  interest  payable .,  882.50   $       5,778., 

Unexpended  Appropriations: 

Public  Library  

Douglas  Avenue  construction  _ 

Union  School  District     _____ 

Penacook  School  District    ._  -...  ___    


School  bond  and  note  requirements  to  June  30,  1950 
Total  Liabilities _ 


Current  Surplus  (See  Schedule,  page  3)  : 

(a)  Available  during  next  twelve  months    

(b)  Unavailable  during  next  twelve  months    

Total  General  Fund  Liabilities  and  Surplus 

TRUST  FUNDS 

Principal     

Accumulated  income    ____ _____ 


$ 

18,636.24 
668.04 
307,421.73 
23,750.21 
4,760.00 

80.004.14 
3.719.22 

355.246.22 

$ 

$ 

361,024.49 
83,723.36 

$ 

542,019.00 
20,618.30 

$ 

444,747.85 
562,637.30 

PARKING  METER  FUND 
Fund  balance  (reserved)  per  statement,  page  8  70,158.69 

BOND  FUNDS  (Municipal  only) 
Unexpended  Balances  : 

Equipment  and  improvement  bonds  —  1948 $       2,322.69 

Federal  airport  project  —  1949 _ 5,455.12 

Equipment  and  improvement  bonds  —  1949 6,422.14  14,199.95 

CAPITAL  FUND  LIABILITIES   (Municipal  only) 
Bonded  debt  and  long-term  notes  : 

City  activities  (See  statement,  page  15) $-  685,000.00 

Schools  (See  statement,  page  15) 299,000.00        984,000.00 


$2,075,743.79 


Annual  Report  —  59 


GENERAL  FUND 

Statement  of  Current  Surplus 
For  the  Year  Ended  December  31,  1949 

Balance,  Jamiary  1,  1949 -  $     80,532.93 

Deduct : 
Portion  of  opening  balance  carried  forward  in  1949  bud- 
get and  used  to  reduce  tax  rate --  69,074.18 

Remaining  balance,  as  of  January  1,  1949 $      11,458.75 

Added  in  1949: 

Unexpended  balances  of  appropriations  - -  $     44,474.53 

Excess   of   actual   revenues   over   budget   estimates,   per 
statement  -- 28,960.06 

Transfer  of  excess  reserves  for  non-collection  of  taxes  — 
net 4,273.78  77,708.37 

$     89,167.12 

Reductions  in  1949: 

Additional  appropriation  for  contingencies  voted  by  board 
of  aldermen  $        3,500.00 

Old  accounts  receivable  of  the  public  works  department 
abated- --  57.71 

Amount  set  aside  as  reserve  for  non-collection  of  public 
works  (cemetery)  accounts  receivable 600.00 

Provision  for  liability  to  state  for  old  age  assist- 
ance (Dec.  31,  1949')  .._... $4,516.77 

Already  provided  (Jan.  1,  1949)  - -  3,230.72  1,286.05  5,443.76 

Balance,  December  31,  1949 -- -  _ - -  $     83,723.36 


60  —  City  of  Concord 


STATEMENT  OF  BONDED  DEBT 

December  31,  1949 

MUNICIPAL 

Balance                    Paid  in  1949 

Rate      Dec.  31,  '49         Principal  Interest 

Central  Fire  Station  1934    3^4     $       5,000.00  $     1,000.00  $        192.50 

Sewers   1934    Zy,            5,000.00          1,000.00  192.50 

Sewers    1934    3               19,000.00          4,000.00  630.00 

Storm  Sewers 1937    2^           49,000.00          7,000.00  1,260.00 

Public  Improvements  1939     1^      6,000.00  75.00 

Airport  Bonds  1942     VA           15,000.00          3,000.00  225.00 

Signal  System 1938     1%         207,000.00        23,000.00  2,731.25 

Equipment  and  Improvements  ......     1948     1^4          160,000.00        40,000.00  2,250.00 

Equipment  and  Improvements  ......     1949     VA          225,000.00  1,687.50 

Total  Municipal $    685,000.00  $  85,000.00  $     9,243.75 

SCHOOL 

High  School  1925    A%     $   224,000.00  $  14,000.00  $  10,115.00 

Paid  by 

Conant  School  —  Serial  Notes    .       1949     1^2           75,000.00  School 

Total  School  $   299,000.00  $  14,000.00  $  10,115.00 

WATER 

Water  Bonds 1931     A%     $      18,000.00  $    9,000.00  $       956.25 

Water  Bonds    1949     l-K         200.000.00  .  1,750.00 

Total  Water  $   218,000.00  $    9,000.00  $    2,706.25 

Total  Bonded  Debt   $1.202.000.00  


Analysis  of  Bonded  Debt  Maturities 

Municipal  School  Water 

Due  in  year    1950  $104,000.00  $  39,000.00  $  19.000.00 

1951  104,000.00  39.000.00  19,000.00 

1952 104,000.00  39.000.00  10,000.00 

1953 104,000.00  14,000.00  10,000.00 

1954 63,000.00  14.000.00  10.000.00 

1955 55,000.00  14,000.00  10,000.00 

1956 55,000.00  14,000.00  10.000.00 

1957 48,000.00  14,000.00  10.000.00 

1958 --           48,000.00  14,000.00  10.000.00 

1959 .- -  14,000.00  10.000.00 

1960 -       14.000.00  10,000.00 

Beyond 70,000.00  90,000.00 

$685,000.00  $299,000.00  $218,000.00 


Annual  Report  —  61 


DISPOSITION   OF   PROCEEDS   OF   BONDS 

For  the  Year  Ended  December  31,  1949 

Balance  available,  January  1,  1949 $140,316.40 

Signal  System  Bonds  of  1948 $  49,933.56 

Equipment  and  Improvement  Bonds  of  1948    .     90,382.84 

$140.316.40 

Proceeds  of  1949  Bond  Issues,  Including  Premuims : 

Improvement  and  Equipment  Bonds $226,748.25 

Conant  School  —  Serial  Notes  75,000.00 

Water  Department  Bonds 203,364.00        505,112.25 

x\dditional  Receipts  on  Airport  Project 208.49 

Total  Available  - $645,637.14 

Expenditures  of  Equipment  Bond  Proceeds  : 

Police  and  Fire  Department  Signals $  49,933.56 

Through  Pass  25,000.00 

State  Aid  Construction  —  Sheep  Davis  Road 25,000.00 

Federal  Aid  Project  —  Bouton  Street 14,000.00 

Re-building  South   Street 117,863.22 

Rockingham  Street 4,082.06 

Sewall's  Falls  Bridge 17,631.50 

New  Sidewalks  and  Curbs 34,204.57 

East  Concord  Sewer 3,868.60 

Purchase  of  LaFlamme  Property 7,264.00 

Police  Garage  Alterations 10,697.97 

Five  Trucks  for  Public  Works 22,027.73 

Two  New  Fire  Trucks 20,012.81 

Federal  zA.irport  —  Project  B 902.88 

Expenses  of  Bond  Issue 584.29      $353,073.19 

Expenditures  of  Water  Bond  Proceeds  : 

24-Inch  Mains  $  10,239.67 

Penacook  Pumping  Station 7,706.01 

Cost  of  Bond  Issue 554.75  18.500.43 

Transfer  of  Conant  School  Serial  Note  Proceeds  to  School 
Treasurer 75,000.00 

Total  Expenditures        $446,573.62 

Balance  Forward,  Available  in  1950 199,063.52 

Total  Accounted  for $645.637.14 

Available  Balance  Assigned  To  : 

Improvement  and  Equipment  Bonds $     8,744.83 

Federal  Airport  Project 5,455.12 

Water  Department  184,863.57 

$199,063.52 


62  —  City  of  Concoi'd 


STATEMENT  OF  TAX  ACCOUNTS 

For  the  Year  Ended  December  31,  1949 

1949  Prior 

Levy  Years 

Balance,  January  1,  1949 —              $    180,716.56 

1949  Levy  Committed  to  Collector  : 

Real  Estate  and  Personal  Property --.  $2,007,246.20 

1 1 ,598  Polls  -  23,196.00 

Bank  Stock  Tax 6,367.60 

Added  Taxes,  Interest  and  Costs..— 1,793.43            7,441.71 

Total  Charges  to  Collector .-  *$2,038,603.23    $    188,158.27 

Accounted  for  as  follows  : 

Collections  to  Treasurer  $1,825,286.55  $    154,878.32 

Collections  on  hand  505.24  — 

Authorized  Abatements  .- 7,868.44  4,033.64 

Uncollected,  December  31,  1949 _,  204.943.00  29,246.31 

$2,038,603.23   $    188,158.27 

*  Taken  as  Current  Revenue -.  $2,008,738.94 

Overlay  Approved  by  State  .-. 29,864.29 


Age  Analysis  of  Unpaid  Taxes  Prior  to  1949 

Personal  Poll 

Property  Taxes 

Levied  for  the  year     1948 $  1,928.66        $  3,180.00 

1947 823.70  2,876.00 

1946 565.36  2,476.00 

1945  .-.- 280.31  6,694.30 

1944 134.29  5,092.40 

1943 69.10  1,047.40 

1942 60.53  1,050.40 

1941 105.95  964.20 

1940 102.06  890.20 

1939 60.30  845.15 


$  4,130.26        $25,116.05 
Total  of  Personal  Property  Taxes  and  Polls  -. $29,246.31 

Note:  All  taxes  prior  to  1949  are  covered  by  equal  reserves  for  non-collection. 

Annual  Report 63 


TRUST  FUNDS 

Statement  of  Changes  in  Balances 
For  the  Year  Ended  December  31,  1949 

PRINCIPAL  ACCOUNT 

Cemetery         Library  Other 

Funds  Funds  Funds  Total 

Balance,  January  1,  1949 $398,753.15     $123,920.82    $    4,961.73     $527,635.70 

New  Trusts  Received  7,862.50  5,000.00     12,862.50 

Portion  of   Proceeds  of  Cemetery 

Lots  and  Graves  .- 1,498.33     1,498.33 

Transfer  from  Income  of  the  Seth 

Jones  Fund 22.47     22.47 

Balance  of  Principal,  December  31, 
1949    $408,136.45    $128,920.82    $    4,961.73    $542,019.00 


INCOME  ACCOUNT 

Balance  of  accumulated  Income, 
January  1,  1949  $21,750.30     $ $       492.63     $22,242.93 

Interest  and  Dividends  on  Invest- 
ments   --  11,455.12          3,394.93             136.42        14,986.47 

Stock  Dividend  Received  23.30     23.30 

Portion  of  Proceeds  of  Sale  of 
Cemetery  Lots  1,098.34     1,098.34 

Income  from  Trusts  where  Prin- 
cipal held  by  Other  Trustees  ......     .-..         10,562.85     10,562.85 

Total  Available $  34,303.76    $  13,981.08    $       629.05    $  48,913.89 


Disbursements: 

Transfer  to  Cemeteries  $13,518.31     $ $ $13,518.31 

Transfer  to  Library    ..- 13,963.08     13,963.08 

Transfer  to  Schools  -  25.00  25.00 

Direct  Payments  of  Expenses  and 

Grants    716.73     -.. 50.00  766.73 

Transfer  to  Principal  22.47     22.47 

Inter-Fund  Transfers  18.00  18.00     


Total  Disbursements  $  14,239.51    $  13,981.08    $         75.00    $  28,295.59 

Balance   of    Accumulated    Income, 
December  31,  1949  20,064.25     554.05        20,618.30 

Combined    Balances    of    Principal 
and  Income $428,200.70    $128,920.82     $     5,515.78    $562,637.30 


64  —  City  of  Concord 


PUBLIC  WORKS— SANITARY  SEWERS  DIVISION 

Statement  of  Operations 
For  the  Year  Ended  December  31,  1949 


OPERATING  REVENUES 

Sewer  Rentals  —  General 

Sewer  Rentals  —  Industrial  

Penalties  

Miscellaneous  - - — . 

Total  Operating  Revenues  


$24,206.55 

5,736.20 

72.49 

691.47 

$     30,706.71 


OPERATING  EXPENSES 
General  Operation: 

Superintendence  and  Engineering 

Main  and  Manhole  Labor  and  Expense 

House  Connection  Labor  and  Expense 

Maintenance  of  Sewer  Mains 

Maintenance  of  Manholes  

Customers'  Expense  (Wafer  Department)  : 

Meter  Readings  and  Collection 

Billing  and  Accounting 

Administration : 

Office  Salaries  

Office  Supplies  — - - - 

Insurance    

Damages  -- - 

Miscellaneous    

Employees'  Accounts: 

Annual  Leave,  Sick  Leave  and  Holiday  Payroll 

Retirement  Fund  Payments 

Depreciation  

Total  Operating  Expenses 

Operating  Income  - 

Non-operating  Income: 

Interest  on  Savings  Bank  Accounts 

Non-operating  Expenses: 

Provision  for  Loss  on  Accounts  Receivable 

Net  Profit  on  Operations  for  the  year 


$  3,804.16 

3,047.02 

495.01 

894.36 

461.76 

$ 

8.702.31 

$  369.68 

1,109.05 

1,478.73 

$  782.55 

32.75 

152.93 

17.70 

85.77 

1,071.70 

976.22 

749.08 

1,725.30 

14,123.04 

$_ 

27,101.08 

3,605.63 


1,001.25 


4,606.88 
700.00 


$       3.906.88 


Annual  Report 65 


PUBLIC  WORKS— SANITARY  SEWERS  DIVISION 

Balance  Sheet 
December  31,  1949 


ASSETS 

Fixed  Assets: 

Mains,    Manholes,    Customer    Connections,    Land    and 

Sundry  Equipment $1,135,027.03 

Less  :  Accrued  Depreciation 557,733.57    $    577,293.46 

Current  Assets: 

Cash  in  Bank  —  Current  Account $  1,439.46 

Cash  in  Savings  Banks 46,501.25  47,940.71 

Accounts  Receivable  —  Rentals $10,392.80 

Sundry  Accounts  Receivable 521.01 

$10,913.81 
Less  :  Reserve  for  Losses  -.- --      3,700.00  7,213.81 

Inventory  of  Materials  and  Supplies -  3,769.83 

Total  Current  Assets-.- $      58,924.35 

$   636,217.81 


LIABILITIES  AND  FUNDS 

Current  Liabilities : 

Accounts  Bayable  — -  $        1,317.00 

Fu)id  Balance  and  Surplus: 

Municipal  Investment  $    481,295.85 

Contributions  in  Aid  of  Construction 131,625.69 

Balance,  January  1,  1949 $18,072.39 

Add :   Profit  on  operation   for  the  year 

from  page  12 3,906.88  21,979.27 

Total  Fund  Balance $    634,900.81 

$   636,217.81 


66  —  City  of  Concord 


WATER  DEPARTMENT 

Statement  ok  Operations 
P'oR  THE  Year  Ended  December  31,  1949 

OPKRATIXG  REVENUES 

Metered  Sales  to  General  Customers $    130,978.86 

Flat  Rate  Sales  to  General  Customers 3,967.06 

Metered  Sales  —  Industrial  -.  28,066.65 

Sales  to  Other  Utilities  _     ____ 460.35 

Miscellaneous  Operating  Revenues 220.12 

Total  Operating  Revenues .. $    163,693.04 


OPERATING  EXPENSES 
Jl'atcr  Supply: 

Superintendence    .    $  2,390.85 

Source  of  Supply  Labor 2,782.79 

Pumping  Station  —  Labor 14,389.84 

Pumping  Station  —  Supplies  and  Expenses 2,471.75 

Gravity  System  —  Supplies  and  Expenses 2,221.87 

Well  system  —  Supplies  and  Expenses  211.73 

Purification  Labor  389.19 

Purification  Supplies  and  Expenses  - 483.92 

Power  Purchased  ^ 8,563.18 

Repairs  to  Equipment 359.50   $     34,273.6.: 

Distribution : 

Superintendence    

Labor  - -- 

Supplies  and  Expenses  

Repairs  to  Equipment  and  Structures 


Administration : 

Salaries  —  Office  and  Meter  Readers 
Commercial  Supplies  and  Expense  — 

Stores  and  Shop  Expense 

Garage  Expense    -- 

Office  Supplies,  Postage,  etc. 

Insurance  and  Bonds 

Retirement  Fund  Payments  

Miscellaneous  General  Expenses    _  _    . 


$  2,390.84 

30,164.62 

881.98 

12,368.33 

45.805.77 

$  9.783.95 

729.33 

574.96 

2,897.42 

411.92 

2,455.82 

5,278.61 

1,107.39 

23,239.40 

$29,849.46 

20.50 

2,706.25 

32,576.21 

Fixed  Charges: 

Depreciation  - 

Taxes  --  -  - 

Interest  on  Funded  Debt 

Total  Operating  Expenses $    135,895.00 

Operating  Income \      27,798.04 

Non-Operating  Income : 

Interest  and  Equipment  Rentals $  221.41 

Gain  on  Sale  of  Capital  Assets 362.57 

Miscellaneous    252.06  836.04 

Net  Profit  on  Operations  for  the  Year  $      28,634.08 

Annual  Report 67 


WATER  DEPARTMENT 

Balance  Sheet 
December  31,  1949 

ASSETS 

Fixed  Assets,  net  of  accrued  depreciation: 

Water  and  Flowage  Rights $  167,663.11 

Land    - 132,436.35 

Structures 277,350.39 

Equipment    - 52,476.50 

Distribution  System  678,841 .26 

Other  Equipment  42,077.03 

Unfinished  construction 11,711.78   $1,362,556.42 

Cash  in  water  bond  construction  account 184,863.57 

Total  Fixed  Assets  and  Construction  Cash $1,547,419.99 

Current  Assets: 
Cash : 

Cash  in  Current  Account $28,286.78 

Cash  in  Savings  Accounts 5,764.49 

Petty  Cash 400.00      $  34,451.27 

Accounts  Receivable 723.87 

Inventories   48,475.30 

Total  Current  Assets  83,650.44 

$1,631,070.43 


LIABILITIES  AND  FUNDS 

Capital  Liabilities: 

Bonded   Debt    ($19,000.00  of   principal   due   within   one 
year)    $    218,000.00 

Fund  Balance  and  Surplus: 

Municipal   Investment  $    963,194.74 

Contributions  in  aid  of  Construction 67,982.33 

Surplus  —  Balance  January  1,  1949 $   353,259.28 

Add  —  Profit  on  operations   for  the  year 
from  page  10  28,634.08  381,893.36 

Total  Fund  Balance -- 1,413,070.43 

$1,631,070.43 


68  —  City  of  Concord 


PARKING  METER  FUND 

Statement  ok  Operations 
For  the  Year  Ended  December  31,  1949 

litco}iie: 

Cash  receipts  from  parking  meters $43,821.1/ 

Operating  Expenses: 

Maintenance  salaries  $  2,904.18 

Parts  and  supplies 260.04 

Enforcement  salaries  5,079.15 

Enforcement  supplies 123.82 

Collection  salaries  1 ,200.00 

Collection  supplies —  90.00 

Accounting  salaries  677.31 

Accounting  supplies  368.86 

Accounting  miscellaneous  20.12 

Marking  streets  —  salaries 96.70 

Marking  streets  —  supplies 710.34 

Incidentals   664.63 

Total  Operating  Expenses —  $12,195.15 

Operating  Income  - $31.626.02 


PARKING  METER  FUND 

Balance  Sheet 
December  31,  1949 

Assets: 

Cash  in  bank -- $27,601 .24 

Cash  on  hand 228.29        $27,829.53 

Meters  and  coin-handling  equipment 42,329.16 

$70,158.69 

Fund  Balance : 

Balance,  January  1,  1949 $38,532.67 

Add  :  Operating  income  for  the  year,  as  above 31,626.02 

Fund  balance  (surplus),  December  31,  1949 $70.158.69 


Annual  Report  -  -  -  69 


ASSESSORS'  STATEMENT  FOR  1949 

Assessed  V'.ihiatioii    .liiioiiiif  of  Tax  Rate 

of  City          Appropriations  per  $1,000 
Money  raised  for  the 

State    none  

County  $38,765,980.00      $    198,869.48  $  5.13 

City  Budget  38,765,980.00          987,757.17  25.48 

Schools 

*City   Union    36,524,630.00          757,400.00  20.74 

**Penacook   Union    School   2,239,450.00            63,570.20  28.39 


Totals    $2,007,602.85 


Warrants  Submitted  to  Tax   Collector  $2,036,809.80 

Raised  by  Supplementary  Taxes  1,544.41 

Citv    Rate    ." 51.35 

Penacook  Rate   59.00 

Average  Tax  Rate  per  $100.00  of  Assessed  Valuation  for  City  5.18 

*Includes  property  located  in  Loudon 
*'''lncludes  property  located  in  Canterbury 

PoLi.  Taxes 

Number  Amount 

Men     3,913  $  7,826.00 

Women    7,685  15,370.00 


70  —  City  of  Concord 


11,598  $23,196.00 

EXKMI'TIONS 

Veterans : 

Property    Valuation    $  1,008,259.00 

Polls    (3,225)    6,450.00 

Blind: 

Property    Valuation    4,000.00 

Polls    (8)    16.00 


Total   Exemptions   $  1,018,725.00 


Bank  Stock 
Bank  Stock   $         6,367.60 


Assessed  Valuations  oe  Various  Types  of  Property 

Type  No.  I'alnation 

Improved  and  Unimproved  Land  and  Buildings  $31,875,277.00 

Growing  Wood   and   Timber    .' 11,498.00 

Electric    Plants    1,702,150.00 

Horses     116  12,500.00 

Asses  and   Mules   2  300.00 

Oxen    

Cows    953  128,850.00 

Other    Neat    Stock    153  14,065.00 

Sheep  and  Goats  79  819.00 

Hogs    7  175.00 

Fowls  25,071  28,506.00 

Fur-bearing   Animals    81  405.00 

Portable  Mills  85,500.00 

Boats  and   Launches   1,650.00 

Wood,    Lumber   etc 38,050.00 

Gasoline  Pumps  and  Tanks   24,710.00 

Stock  in  Trade  4,063,975.00 

Machinery    777,550.00 


Total     $38,765,980.00 


COMPARATIVE  TABLE 

Of  the  Number  of  Polls  and  Veterans,  Assessed  V.\luationS, 
Tax  Levies  and  Rates  1939-1949 

Exemptions  Coiiiinitfed 

Year                           Polls           I'cfcraiis          Valuations                      Tax'-'  Rate 

1939   13.877             958           $32,365,017.00           $1,176,029.78  $35.30 

1940    14,334             925             32,791,790.00              1,280,926.90  38.00 

1941    13,874              896              33,068,487.00              1,264,315.56  37.20 

1942    13,184              897              33,282,876.00              1,312,838.22  38.40 

1943    12,205              796             33,251,268.00              1,087,147.04  31.80 

1944    12.416              679              33,083,027.00              1,088,928.60  30.59 

1945    11.734              701              32,9()3,846.()0              1,181,708.97  33.68 

1946    12,139           2,570              33,622,496.00              1,333,172.60  38.26 

1947    11,606           2,817             36,457,539.00             1,557,237.23  41.47 

1948   11.859           3,207             37,330,320.00              1,749,517.43  45.92 

1949    11.598           3,225              38,765,980.00              2,036,809.80  51.35 

"  Does  not  reflect  Abatements  and  Deductions  allowed  by  Assessors. 


Annual  Report 71 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Activities   in    1949    4 

Appendix    53 

Assessment     10 

Bond    Funds    11 

Building    Activity    40 

Cemeteries    44 

City   Clerk   8 

City    Government    6 

City  Officials  7 

Elections   8 

Engineering    42 

Examination  of   Plumbers   40 

Finances    H 

Financial   Statements  and   Statistics  54 

Fire  Protection  38 

Garbage    Disposal    41 

General    Fund   54 

Health  and  Sanitation  17 

Hydrants     39 

Legal     Service    12 

Library     23 

Milk    Control    18 


PAGE 

Municipal    Airport    35 

Municipal    Court    33 

Parks     44 

Planning    13 

Plumbing    Inspection    40 

Police   Protection  28 

Probation     37 

Public    Works    41 

Recreation     21 

Refuse  Collection   41 

Relief     26 

Schools    49 

Sewers     42 

Snow   Plowing  and  Sanding  41 

Street    Lighting    41 

Tax   Collection   10 

Trees    44 

Trust    Funds    64 

Vital   Statistics   8 

Water    Supply    46 

Weights   and    Measures    45 

Zoning  Appeals  40 


The  office  of  government  is  not  to  conjcr  happiness, 
but  to  give  men  opportunity  to  work  out  happiness 
for  themselves.  — William  Ellery  Channing 


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