ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF TREMONT FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 18, 1910 CAMPBELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS, ELLSWORTH, MAINE. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF TREMONT, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 18, 1910 CAMPBELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS, ELLSWORTH, MAINE. TOWN OFFICERS. FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1909, Selectmen's Statement. To the Tax-payers and Inhabitants of the Town of Tremont: We herewith respectfully submit a financial statement of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, your town. VALUATION. Loren W. Rumill, Clifton M. Rich, Eugene M. Stanley Resident real estate, $156,615 00 Resident personal estate, 32,820 00 Town Clerk, Albert D. Moore. $189,435 00 Non-resident real estate, $55,125 00 Treasurer, B. B. Reed. Non-resident personal estate, 5,300.00 $60,425 00 Collector of Taxes, Henry T. Webster. Total valuation of Tremont, $249,860 0 00 Number of assessed polls, 324. S. S, Committee, Number of unassessed polls, 30. Poll tax, $3. Howard N. Kelley, B. B. Reed, Thomas S. Tapley Rate of assessment, .024. Population of Tremont estimated, 1,300. Resident taxes, $5,518.44 Superintendent of Schools, Eben B. Clark. Non-resident taxes, 1,450 20 Total taxes, $6,968 64 Road Commissioner, Henry T. Webster. MONEY ASSESSED. For State tax, $776.44 county tax, 409 10 Board of Health, Thomas Tapley, James A. Gray, Lewis S. Springer. $1,185.54 BY VOTE OFTOWN. Truant Officers, Olinton H. Gray, Sidney S. Rich. For common schools, $1,200 00 highway on Gutt's Island, 75 00 repairs of schoolhouses, 150 00 Assistant Fire Wards, Daniel G. Benson, Edwin H. Bunker, poor and insane, 900 00 highways'and bridges, 900 00 William H. Webster, Utis M. Walls, Herbert L. Sawyer, state road, 42 50 breaking snow, 100.00 Frank L. Hodgdon. repairs of sidewalks, -300.00 4 5 For text-book for schools, $200 00 Southwest Harbor has paid 62 per cent. of town charges, 900 00 the above amounts. town debt, 300.00 Paid Southwest Harbor 38 per cent. of E. A. interest, 70 00 C. Robinson's board $153, 59 28 tuition, 150 00 Bass Harbor library, 25 00 Mrs. Ladd's land damage, 40 00 $401.48 350 00 SUPPORT OF INSANE. first note Hio hill fire, Paid for Joseph W. Freeman, $ 185 30 $5,702.50 Lucy A. Titus, 184 92 Overlayings, $80.60 Ellis A. Robinson, 188 27 Lydia G. Reed, 182 19 Total amount committed, $6,968 64 Mary H. Rich, 191 05 Mary E. Murphy, 185 27 DISBURSEMENTS. Arabelle Galley, 183 27 SCHOOLS. Albion R. Pray, 198 13, $ 117 50 Albion Murphy, 187 63 Paid for transportation of scholars, 1,939 50 Antoinette Harmon, 220 84 teachers, Maggie Butler, 121 30 66 07 janitors, 1908, $6; 1909, $115 30 wood,, 399.74 Interest paid on above account, 10 13 Reimbursed on Maggie Butler account, 22 25 Total cost of schools, $2,578.04 $ 156 86 $1,983 07: Paid for text books 1908, $16.56;1909, $140.30, tuition of scholars out of town, 110 00 HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. repairs of schoolhouses, 95.44 Pd. J. W. Somes' bill 1908, $37.60; Leslie U. SUPPORT OF LOCAL POOR. Ober's bill 1908, $4.50, $42 10 Paid Mil bridge for Mrs. Alexander Nor- BREAKING SNOW, 1908, wood, bal, of 1908 bill, $70 5 Pd. Dell Murphy, $ 54 for Mrs. Joseph Swazey, 37 44 Loren Ober, 36 John W. Lunt, 15.52 Robert Dow, 1 80 Arno W. Cough, 98 00 Ualvin M. Reed, etals, 10 14 Aram T. Ober, 5 50 Joel Hodgdon, 1 80 Bert Gott, etals, 4.32 $226 97; Clinton Gray, etals, 82 Paid for Betsey Tinker: $162 93. Henry N. Robbins, 2 52 reimbursed by E. H. Tinker, for W. E. Gott, etals, 406 Owen Lurvey, 13 2TH Berlin A. Gott, 45 reimbursed by SouthwestHarbor for Stephen Billings, 2 34 Robert H., Pottle, secured by George Stewart, 1 08 ;mortgage, 110 85 PERMANENT POOR. $35 23: Paid for Roscoe Gott, $159 85 ROAD COMMISSIONER'S ORDERS, 1909. Fred Gott, 142 35, Paid for highways and bridges, $1,064.24 Bertha Rich 40.00 6 7 Amount appropriated, 815 00 Pd. James A. Gray, $ 25 90 Lester L. Dorr, 20 38 Amount overdrawn, $249 23 Loren W. Rumill, 7 50 Paid for sidewalks, 321 33 Sidney E. Wallace, 13 00 Paid for breaking snow, Wm. Farley 1909, 75 James H. Butler, 16 40 GOTT'S ISLAND ROAD. William L. Butler, 4.00 S. J. Norwood, :24 55 Paid L. S. Trask, etals, $80 05 Sidney S. Rich, team, 12 17 2 55 Paid Holsey Moore, Lewis H. Holmes, 1.70 Fred W. Heath, Total cost of road, 892 22 3.90 Ernest L. Lunt, 75 00 1 80 Amount appropriated, William A, Norwood, 11:50 Robert Lawson, $17 22 75 Amount overdrawn, Roy U. Rich, labor, dirt, 580 ROAD ACCOUNT. Dennis E. Norwood, 4 00 Road, labor and material for the year 1909, in town of Tre- Lorenzo W. Stewart, 3 50 mont. paid by order of the commissioner. Harold Holmes, 2 00 Paid H. T. Webster, $140 89 Fred J. Rich, plank, 3 00 H. L. Sawyer, 29 48 William H. Webster, 150 L. C. Ober, 37 80 H. T. Webster, dirt and team, 4257 Charles Hodgdon, 14 25 H. T. Webster, 546 ft. lumber for cul- Joseph Swazey, 8 90 vert, 10 92 William Farley, 35.60 Frank McMullin, team and grayel, 14 36 James Kelley, 34 30 F.W. Lunt and team, 1 00 Victor Heath, 11 30 HENRY T. WEBSTER, H. J. Baker, 11 50 Commissioner. Joel K. Hodgdon, 24 60 L. R. Hodgdon, 3.60 SIDEWALKS. Fred Hodgdon, 37 50 Pd. Whitcomb, Haynes & Co., lumber, $176.00 Olinton H. Gray, 47 85 Frank McMullin, freight, 17.50 R. C. Dow, 18 32 Wills D. Thurston, labor, 12 60 W. D. Thurston, 44 30 1 00 John E. Ober, labor, 9:00 John S. Thurston, Frank L. Hodgdon, 65 05 Roland Ashley, labor, 7 20 Albert E. Eaton, 48 00 Merle Farley, labor, 4 90 R. L. Latty, 61 65 Andrew J. Bunker, labor, 6 00 John E. Oper, 24 20 William Farley, labor, 12 60 Albert Ober, 25 20 47 44 H. T. Webster, labor, 32 43 Edward D. Kelley, Frank M. Robinson, 18 00 A. E. Eaton, labor, 6:80 Roland Ashley, 2 65 P. W. Richardson, material, 5 72 Loren O. Ober, 33 00 Loren D. Rich, material, 1 50 Collin Campbell, 20 00