Twenty sixth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the Year Ending September 10, 1915 Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the Year Ending September 10, 1915 OFFICERS FOR 1915-1916 PRESIDENT L. B. Deasy VICE PRESIDENTS Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Dr. A. F. Schauffler Dr. Augustus Thorndike SECRETARY H. M. Conners TREASURER F. C. Lynam STANDING COMMITTEES FINANCE COMMITTEE L. A. Austin, Chairman Henry Lane Eno, Fred C. Lynam Thomas Searls VILLAGE COMMITTEE Miss Fanny Norris, Chairman Miss Bell B. Gurnee, Miss Sarah Lawrence, Mrs. John I. Kane, Miss Juliette Nickerson, Mrs. Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. C. F. Ostrander, Dr. Augustus Thorndike, J. Alden Morse, Mrs. Edward B. McLean, Miss Harriet Ogden, Miss Louise Deasy 2 STANDING COMMITTEES GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE Miss Juliette Nickerson ROADSIDE COMMITTEE Mrs. John Markoe, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mrs. John Harrison, Rudolph E. Brunnow, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Miss Harriet V. Ogden, Henry Lane Eno, L. A. Austin SANITARY COMMITTEE Dr. Robert Abbe, Chairman Dr. G. R. Hagerthy, Dr. J. H. Patten, Dr. F. Fremont-Smith, Dr. R. G. Higgins, Dr. Horace S. Stokes, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Dr. E. J. Morrison, Dr. George A. Phillips, Dr. R. W. Wakefield ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE Rudolph E. Brunnow, Chairman Miss Carpenter, Miss Mary R. Coles Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Albion P. Alley, George B. Dorr, Miss Eloise Derby, Howard O. Sturges, Mrs. W. P. Draper. Richard W. Hale VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE Mrs. John Harrison, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Fred C. Lynam, Miss Fanny Norris, Mrs. William B. Rice Mrs. F. E. Sherman, Miss Louisa Minot STANDING COMMITTEES 3 GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE Dr. Augustus Thorndike, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John Harrison MILK COMMITTEE Dave Hennen Morris, Chairman, Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. Nathaniel Gildersleeve, Dr. C.C. Morrison, Dr. R. W. Wakefield SPECIAL COMMITTEE WOODBURY PARK COMMITTEE Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, F. C. Lynam, Philip Livingston, A. C. Gurnee, 4 Treasurer's Report For the Fiscal Year Ending September 9, 1915 Receipts Dues and General Donations, $1,073.00 Special Donations: For Paths, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, 1,000.00 Mrs. John I. Kane, 250.00 Dr. John IS. Thacher, 10.00 Miss Sturges, 25.00 Special Fund collected by Waldron Bates some years ago, 391.41 Total Dues and Donations, : $2,749.41 Interest on $2,000 Investment 73.68 Interest on $5,000 Investment 250.00 Interest on Bank Account 46.85 $3,119.94 Balance on Hand, September 10, 1914 2,664.49 $5,784.43 Payments Roads and Paths Committee: General Paths $ 488.95 Cliff Path 583.54 TREASURER'S REPORT 5 Beachcroft Path 1,000.00 Kane Path 393.44 Village Green Committee 212.90 Village Committee 441.65 Woodbury Park Committee 218.00 Glen Mary Park Committee 162.70 Canvassing, 1915 32.00 Printing and Postage 58.75 Secretary's Salary 50.00 Miscellaneous 1.00 3,642.93 $2,141.50 The Association owns $5,000 of Rodick Realty Company Bonds purchased with the legacy from the late Waldron Bates. The Association owns $300 par value |Bar Harbor Water Company Stock. The Association has on deposit bearing interest $1,700. FRED C. LYNAM, Treasurer. 6 Auditor's Report Bar Harbor, Maine, June 1, 1916. I have examined the accounts of Fred C. Lynam, Treasurer of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, for the fiscal year ending September 8, 1915, and find them correct. L. A. AUSTIN, Auditor Report of Finance Committee The Finance Committee has examined the report of the Treasurer, which has already been presented. There seems to be no extraordinary matters involved to re- quire any extended report from us. The finances of the Association indicate that the appropriations for it's work can be made in practically the same amounts as for the year previous. Finance Committee By L. A. AUSTIN, Chairman. 7 Report of Village Committee The work was begun the last week in May when the grounds of the Churchyard were prepared for Memorial day. During the spring the Shore path was practically impassable owing to the dangerous condition of a part of it, due to the heavy storms of last winter. The owner had this repaired and after the middle of June the path beyond was accessible. The borders of all the streets and roads have been trimmed in town, but weeds and grass have grown so fast this rainy season, that all the borders could not look trim all the time. The loose papers are a great nuisance, but until an ordinance is passed, forbidding the distribution of handbills on the streets, this will continue, as the people take the advertisement, give it a cursory look and promptly throw it away. The man employed to pick up the loose papers, etc., goes twice a day along the principal streets and once over the smaller streets; the handbills are often distributed immediately after the man has made his rounds. The committee would sug- gest that the Selectmen's attention be called to this matter. A special meeting of the Roads and Paths committee and of the village committee was held this summer to see what action could be taken concerning the disfiguring 8 REPORT OF VILLAGE COMMITTEE signboards. in and around the village. One objectionable poster signboard has been removed from a conspicuous position. The numerous signboards of hairdressers, dressmakers, tailors and caterers do not add to the beauty of Mount Desert street, any more than do the "to let" and "for sale" signs and garage and gasoline placards nailed to trees, add to the attractiveness of the roadsides! Public opinion alone can help in this matter. The Village Improvement association received a legacy of $400 from the late Mrs. Mary F. Higgins, the interest of which is to be used for the care of her lot in the private churchyard, situated at the rear of the one which the Village Improvement keeps in order. Mr. John H. Stalford very generously gave the ivy and geraniums which are growing in the piers of the churchyard wall. Many thanks are due to him. Mr. John W. Silk kindly stored the water pipes, tools, etc., free of charge during the winter, and the twenty-nine barrels were kept for us by the town. The amount expended from September 10, 1914 to September 9, 1915 was $441.65. Respectfully submitted, FANNY NORRIS, Chairman. 9 Report of Roads and Paths Committee The expenses incurred by the Roads and Paths Committee during the past year from September 25, 1914 to September 4, 1915 were as follows: for work done on the existing paths $464.53, for the construction of the Precipice Path on the eastern face of Newport Mountain $583.54, for path work in the Southwest Har- bor district $23.04, for signs put up in our district by the Seal Harbor Committee $1.38, total $1,072.49. The cost of the Precipice Path was defrayed by a special fund collected by Mr. Waldron Bates and amounting to $391.41, and by the appropriation of $200, voted by the Finance Committee last fall. Of this appropriation we have spent, therefore, $192.13. The amount con- tributed to the Southwest Harbor Committee is covered by the appropriation of $50, which was voted at the meeting of the Association held on August 13, 1914; of this appropriation $26.96 still remain over. The two remaining items, $364.53 for paths, and $1.38 for signs, amounting to $365.91, will have to come out of this year's appropriation; and there will be about $100 more needed for work on the paths this fall. The past year has brought us several new and very fine paths. The Precipice Path, leading from the Orange and Black Path to the summit of Newport Mountain, is the only one constructed by the Village Improvement Association from its own funds. The two 10 REPORT OF ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE Memorial paths given by Mrs. John Innes Kane and Mrs. Morton Smith, the Kane Path and the Beachcroft Path, which were mentioned in my last report, are now en- tirely finished; and a third Memorial path presented by Mrs. Hunt Slater in memory of her nephew, Mr. Kurt Diederich, and called Kurt Diederich's Climb, is now in process of construction on the eastern slope of Dry Mountain. It affords me sincere pleasure to offer the warm thanks of the Committee to the donors of these paths, which form not only most fitting monuments to those whose memory they are designed to perpetuate, but are also an extremely valuable addition to our path system. Several other new paths have been offered to your Committee, but until their location has been finally decided upon, I do not feel at ,liberty to enter into any details. On July 14th the first general meeting of the four Path Committees of the island was held at Jordan Pond. The following resolutions were adopted: 1. That the "Bates" sign so-called, being a wooden sign with letters cut in and painted 'n red and the sign varnished, be adopted as the standard sign for the paths of the island, it being the same sign as has been used for the past twenty years. 2. That the chair- man appoint a committee of five to edit the proposed path guide for the island, it being understood that the expense of this guide should be borne porportionately by the different Village Improvement Associations. 3. That questions in regard to proposed changes in the forth- REPORT OF ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE 11 coming editions of the map be referred to this com- mittee of five for their consideration and submission to Mr. Rand, editor of the map. 4. That it is the sense of the meeting that bridle paths be encouraged and that equestrians be kept from using the foot paths. I wish to add that the joint committee consists of the chair- men of the four Path Committees and Mr. George Steb- bins of Seal Harbor. The path guide referred to in the above resolutions is being printed and will appear in a few days. In conclusion I have to announce that Mr. Howard O. Sturges and Mr. Richard Hale have been elected members of the Roads and Paths Committee. RUDOLPH E. BRUNNOW Chairman Roads and Paths Committee. September 9, 1915. 12 Report cf Milk Committee Bar Harbor, Sept. 9, 1915. The Milk committee on inspecting the Dairy farms this year found a decided improvement in the sur- roundings of the majority of the approved farms; in some instance we were forced to criticise the conditions and a later inspection revealed a decided change for the better. The dairy men are found more ready to co-operate each year and exercise much more care in handling the milk at all stages from the barn to the consumer. The suggestions of the committee as to further improvements have been received in a manner which assures us that during the winter changes will be made tending to enable the dairy men to produce a still better milk next season. Labratory examinations made this season, show the milk of all men on our list to be of an excellent quality chemically, to contain less dirt and bacteria than in previous seasons. Attempts have been made to induce at least one farm to produce cream, but the short season and difficulty in disposing of the skimmed milk to ad- vantage would make the venture an unprofitable one at the present time. We are endeavoring to find some way in which cream could be produced on the island at a profit as each year we find that the cream which is REPORT OF MILK COMMITTEE 13 shipped from some distance is not entirely satisfactory, and manifestly we cannot control in any way the con- ditions under which it is produced. The practice of stores in selling milk by what is known as the dipping method cannot be too strongly condemned, they should all be forced by law, or in some other way, to sell bottled milk only; milk not bottled at the store. There has been some complaint on the part of some summer residents regarding the price charged for milk. Clean milk cannot be produced here at a profit for less than the rate now prevailing; it is much greater economy to pay two or three cents per quart more for milk and have the dairy men feel that the price attained will enable them to make improvements, than to buy at such a low price as to force them to produce it at as low cost as possible. The great care essential in producing clean milk increases the cost, a factor which must not be lost sight of. Aust At the August meeting of the Hancock County Medical society held under the direction of Dr. Abbe, sanitary problems were discussed and the milk prob- 1em was handled by your committee. The committee feels that as a result of this meeting the cause of clean milk for Bar Harbor has been materially advanced as much interest was evinced, not only by the physician but by the laymen who attended the meeting. During the four years your committee has been working there have been no cases of infections which 14 REPORT OF MILK COMMITTEE could be attributed to the milk supply. This is a feature of our work that requires constant watching, with the co-operation of the physicians and the Board of Health, for as we all know epidemics have originated from dairy farms where the utmost care supposed to have been taken to prevent any contamination. During 1914 we asked no contribution and as our report showed incurred no expense. The living and labratory expenses being taken care of by members of the committee. This season requests for contributions were sent to many of the summer residents, the amount received has demonstrated that quite a large number were in- terested in the clean milk problem. $335.00 was con- tributed, an amount sufficient for our expenses with a balance sufficient to enable the committee to supply some literature to the dairy men during the winter should it be essential. The contributers are as follows: Auchincloss, Mrs. J. W. $ 10 Baker, Miss Charlotte S. 10 Bowen, Mrs. J. Tilton 15 Bridgham, Mrs. S. W. 10 Brunnow, Prof. R. E. 10 Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. 10 Cochran, Mrs. W. F. 10 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10 Draper, Mrs. George A. 10 REPORT OF MILK COMMITTEE 15 Higgins, B. S. 10 Hinkle, Mrs. A. Howard 10 Kane, Mrs. John Innes 10 Kettle, Mrs. N. L. 10 Kennedy, Mrs. John S. 25 Ladd, Walter G. 25 Lawrence, Miss Sarah 5 Lawrence, Mrs. Wm. 10 Leeds, Warner M. 10 Luquer, Mrs. Lea McIlvaine 15 Lynam, Fred C. 10 Markoe, Mrs. John 15 May, Mrs. Frederick 10 or Morrill, The Misses 25 McCormick, Mrs. R. Hall 10 Smith, Mrs. C. Morton 10 Thatcher, Dr. John S. 20 Thorndyke, Mrs. Augustus 5 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10 $335 FINANCIAL REPORT Balance on hand from 1913 2.59 Contribution on hand from 1915 335.00 Total $337.59 16 REPORT OF MILK COMMITTEE EXPENSE Livery 7 Livery, Leonard Lawson 4 Livery, R. Stearns 6 Labratory expenses 250 $267 Balance on hand August 9, 1915 $70.59 Dave Hennen Morris, Chairman Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. Nathaniel Gildersleeve, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. R. W. Wakefield. 17 Report of Roadside Committee The Roadside committee did its usual work in the autumn of 1914. They tried to begin work early in the spring of 1915, but found it impossible to secure the services of any trustworthy and competent man. But work has now begun and the committee hopes to have the roadsides in tolerable order before long. The committee wishes to call attention to the im- proved manner in which the road commissioners have treated the sides of the road near the entrance to the Kane and Beachcroft paths. If the same treatment could be used everywhere the appearance of the drives would be enormously improved. MATILDA MARKOE, Chairman. MR. LEONARD E. OPDYCKE The Village Improvement Association wishes to place on record its sense of great loss in the death of its former president, Mr. Leonard E. Opdycke. He became president at a time when the society was weak and ineffective, and by his administrative ability; wise and energetic management, and active and un- tiring interest brought the association to its present state of efficiency, for which it desires to express its deep gratitude. LOUISA S. MINOT, For the Committee. 18 Ex-Officio Members (By-Laws, Article 2, Section 4) Bird, Mr. Walter L., Health Officer Butterfield, Mr. John H., Road Commissioner Carter, Mr. L. P., Road Commissioner Dorr, Mr. George B., Selectman W Emery, Mr. Julien, Selectman Fabbri, Mr. Ernesto G., Selectman Franklin, Mr. Max, Selectman Green, Mr. Charles S., Selectman Guptill, Mr. Geo. H., Building Inspector Hagerthy, Dr. George R. Higgins, Dr. R. G. Larned, Rev. A. C. Lawford, Mr. Henry A., Selectman Logie, Rev. J. H. MacDonald, Rev. A. M. McGouldrick, Mr. Frank E., Superintendent of Schools McClain, Rev. D. S. Morrison, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. E. J. O'Brien, Rev. James D. Paine, Mr. Charles F., Town Treasurer Fatten, Dr. J. H. Phillips, Dr. George A. Sargent, Mr. Walter W., Road Commissioner Sherman, Mr. W. H., Town Clerk EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS 19 Smith, Dr. Frank Fremont Stanley, Mr. Robert E., Health Officer Stevens, Mr. Joseph A., Selectman Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Taylor, Dr. J. Madison Thorndike, Dr. Augustus Wadleigh, Mr. W. P., Health Officer Wakefield, Dr. R. W. 20 Life Members Givers of $25 in one sum, $10 annually for three years, or $5 annually for seven years (By-Laws, Article 11, Section 3) Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. Anson, Mrs. Alfred Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Banks, Mrs. A. Bleecker Barney, Mrs. A. C. Bass, Col. and Mrs. E. W. Bass, Hon. J. P. Biddle, Miss Christine W. Bowdoin, Miss Edith G. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bridgham, Mrs. S. W. Brigham, Mr. L. F. Brooks, Mr. H. Mortimer Brunnow, Mr. R. E. Burrill, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Carnegie, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carpenter, Miss Agnes Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. Cassatt, Mrs. A. J. Clarke, Miss Anna M. Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. LIFE MEMBERS 21 Cochran, Miss Mary N. Coles, Mrs. Edward Coles, Miss Mary R. Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. Crafts, Miss Mary E. Crocker, Mrs. U. H. Cuyler, Miss E. de G. Cuyler, Mr. and Mrs. T. De Witt Davis, Mrs. A. H. Dehon, Miss M. H. Derby, Mrs. Hasket Dimock, Mrs. H. F. Dodge, Mrs. George E. Dorr, Mr. George B. Draper, Mr. George A. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Duncan, Mr. W. Butler Du Pont, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Eno, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Fahnestock, Mr. Harris C. French, Miss C. L. W. Gray, Mrs. H. W. Green, Mr. Wm. L. Griswold, Mrs. F. G. Gurnee, Mr. A. C. Gurnee, Miss D. E. Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 22 LIFE MEMBERS Hale, Mr. Richard W. Harrison, Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Hon. and Mrs. F. B. Harrison, Mrs. John Hatfield, Mr. Henry R. Hinkle Mrs. A. H. Hoffman, Miss Mary U. Howard, Mr. Edgar B. Hubbard, Mrs. T. H. Hunt, Mrs. Platt Ingraham, Hon. George L. Jaques, Mr. Herbert Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Jones, Miss Beatrix Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kane, Mrs. John I. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. King, Mr. David James Kingsland, Mrs. Wim. M. Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Laugier-Villars, the Countess Lawrence, Miss Sarah Lawrence, Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Linzee, Miss Elizabeth Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. LIFE MEMBERS 23 Livingston, Mr. Johnston Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea McI. McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Maitland, Mrs. Alexander Manning, Miss A. F. Markoe, Mrs. John May, Mrs. J. Frederick Minot, The Misses Morgan, Miss C. L. Morgan, Mrs. J. P. Morrell, Hon. and Mrs. Edward Morrill, The Misses Morris, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Newbold, Mr. Clement B. Ogden, Mr. David B. Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson Opdycke, Mrs. L. E. Ostrander, Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Parsons, Mrs. Herbert Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Mr. F. H. Pearson, Mrs. Frederick Phelps, Mrs. Austin Place, Mrs. George Platt, Mrs. A. E. Pratt, Mr. John T. Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph 24 LIFE MEMBERS Rhinelander, Miss Serena Rice, Mrs. W. B. Robbins, Mrs. George A. Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Savage, Mr. and Mrs. W. Littleton Schauffler, Dr. A. F. Schieffelin Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sears, Miss Helen Sears, Mrs. J. M. Seely, Mrs. W. W. Shepard, Mrs. Elliott F. Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner Smith, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Miss Josephine C. Speyer, Mr. and Mrs. James Stevens, Miss Julia C. Stewart, Mr. W. R. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Sturges, Miss Thacher, Dr. John S. Thompson, Miss Anne Thompson, Mrs. George L. Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. G. Quincy Townsend, Mrs. R. H. Trevor, Miss Emily LIFE MEMBERS 25 Trevor, Mrs. John B. Tucker, Mrs. Alanson Vanderbilt, Mrs. George W. Walcott, Mrs. F. C. Weekes, Mr. F. Delano Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C.K. Young, Mrs. Murray 26 Dues and General Donations Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert $ 25 Addams, Miss Jane 5 Addison, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. 3 Ames, Mr. and Mrs. John S. 10 Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. 10 Astor, Mrs. John Jacob 10 Auchincloss, Mrs. John W. 10 Baker, Rev. and Mrs. William O. 5 Bass, Col. and Mrs. E. W. 5 Biddle, Miss Christine W. 5 Bliss, Mrs. William H. 10 Bowdoin, Miss Edith G. 25 Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. 10 Bowler, Mrs. Robert B. 5 Bridgham, Mrs. S. W. 10 Carnegie, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew 25 Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. 10 Chapman Mrs. Henry C. 5 Coats, Mrs. Alfred M. 25 Cochran, Miss Mary N. 25 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10 Coles, Miss Mary R. 10 Cuyler, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas De Witt 50 Derby, Mrs. Hasket 5 Dodge, Mrs. George A. 10 Draper, Mrs. George A. 10 DUES AND GENERAL DONATIONS 27 Gurnee, Mr. A. C. 50 Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 5 Harrison, Mrs. John 10 Hinkle, Mrs. A. Howard 10 Hoffman, Miss Mary U. 10 Hoyt, Mrs. Henry M. 1 Hubbard, Mrs. Thomas H. 5 Hunt, Mrs. Platt 5 Ingraham, Mr. George L. 10 Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howe 10 Kane, Mrs. John I. 25 Keim, Mrs. G. de B. 5 Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. F. Leonard 5 Kennedy, Mrs. John S. 100 King, Mr. David James 10 Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. 25 Lawrence, Miss Sarah 5 Lawrence, Rt. Rev. William 10 Leffingwell, Miss Mary M. 3 Linzee, Miss Elizabeth 5 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. 10 Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. L. McI. 10 Manning, Miss A. F.- 5 Markoe, Mrs. John 10 May, Mrs. J. F. 10 McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hall 10 Miller, Miss Edith M. 5 Morrill, The Misses 25 Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hennen 10 28 DUES AND GENERAL DONATIONS Myer, Rev. Walden 5 Norcross, Mr. and Mrs. Otis 5 Norris, Miss Dorothea C. 5 Norris, Miss Fanny 5 Ostrander, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. 10 Opdycke, Mrs. Leonard E. 5 Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 10 Phelps, Mrs. Austin 5 Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph 10 Rice, Mrs. William B. 5 Robbins, Mrs. George A. 10 Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. John S. 5 Savage, Mrs. W. Littleton 25 Schauffler, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. 25 Schelling, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest 5 Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. 25 Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar 25 Shepherd, Mrs. W. E. 10 Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner 5 Smith, Mrs. C. Morton 25 Smith, Miss Mary Rozet 5 Stevens, Miss Julia C. 5 Sturges, Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. 10 Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus 25 Thorndike, Mrs. Quincy 5 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10 Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Alexander 5 Villars, Countess de Laugier 25 Wadsworth, Mrs. Herbert 1 DUES AND GENERAL DONATIONS 29 Weld, Mrs. C. Minot 5 Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. 10 Wright, Mrs. C. K. 5 Young, Mrs. A. Murray 10 Dues and General Donations $1073 SPECIAL DONATIONS Kane, Mrs. John I., for paths $ 250 Smith, Mrs. C. Morton, for paths 1000 Sturges, Miss, for paths 25 Thacher, Dr. John S., for paths 10 Special fund collected by Waldron Bates some years ago, 391.41 $1676.41 Total Dues and Donations, $2749.41 ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS SINCE SEPT. 9, 1915 DUES AND GENERAL DONATIONS Allen, Mrs. J. Milton $ 1 Gildersleeve, Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel 4 Green, Mr. Charles S. 1 Kittredge, Mr. R. H. 1 Ladd, Mr. Charles C. 1 Lawford, Mr. Henry A. 1 Morgan, Mrs. J. Pierpont 25 30 DUES AND GENERAL DONATIONS Ogden, Mrs. David B. 5 Paine, Mr. Charles F. 1 Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. 100 Wood, Mr. Charles H. 1 $141 SPECIAL DONATIONS Bowen, Mrs. J. T., for work on Ocean Drive $ 50.00 Brunnow, Mr. Rudolph E., for paths 26.52 Carpenter, Miss Agnes, for paths 50.00 Draper, Mrs. William P., for paths 25.00 Hale, Mr. Richard, for paths 25.00 Kane, Mrs. John I., for paths 155.27 Weekes, Mr. F. Delano, for paths 25.00 $356.79 Total additional receipts, $497.79 31 Charter LAWS OF 1891. CHAPTER 186; An Act to Incorporate the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives in Legislature Assembled as follows: SECTION 1. Parke Godwin, Fred C. Lynam, William H. Sherman, Morris K. Jesup, Robert Amory, Charles T. How, De Grasse Fox, Luere B. Deasy, Ed- ward Coles, Serenus H. Rodick, Henry Sayles, William B. Rice, David A. Bunker, Elihu T. Hamor, Addie B. Higgins, Mary G. Dorr, Augustus Gurnee, A. W. Morrill, Ephigenia Z. Place, Francis E. Wood, George W. Van- derbilt, Gertrude S. Rice, Louisa S. Minot, F. G. Pea- body, Abby A. Potter, Francis M. Conners, John E. Clark, George M. Wheeler, Eugene B. Richards and their associates and successors are hereby incorporated under the name of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, for the purpose of instituting and maintain- ing public improvements in the village of Bar Harbor, and other parts of Mount Desert Island. SEC. 2. For the purpose of its incorporation this Association may receive and hold real and per- sonal property not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount; make contracts to be binding upon itself but not upon its individual members; and make CHARTER by-laws not inconsistent with the law for the regula- tion of its membership and its government. SEC. 3. The first meeting of this corporation may be called by any of the above associates, by a notice published two weeks successively before the time of said meeting in any newspaper published in Bar Harbor. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect when ap- proved. 33 By-Laws PREAMBLE Whereas, it is evident to all who are interested in the village of Bar Harbor that some method of united action is needed in order to preserve the natural beauties of the place by the ornamentation of the streets and public grounds of the village, by planting and cultivating trees and doing such other acts as shall tend to beautify, adorn and increase the attrac- tions of the village; therefore we have formed our- selves into an Association and agree to be governed by the following by-laws: No. 1- Name This Society shall be known as the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. No. 2 - Membership SECTION 1. The members of this Association shall consist of two classes: Annual and Life. SEC. 2. Any person over fourteen years of age, by the payment of one dollar annually and any child under fourteen years of age who shall pay the sum of fifty cents annually, shall be a member of this Asso- ciation for the current fiscal year which shall end on the second Thursday of September. SEC. 3. The payment of five dollars annually for seven years or ten dollars annually for three years, 34 BY-LAWS or twenty-five dollars in one sum, shall constitute a person a life member of the Association. SEC. 4. Irrespective of payment of dues the fol- lowing persons shall be members of the Association: The Selectmen, the Town Clerk, the Treasurer, the Road Commissioners, the Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Health, the Sewer Commissioner, and the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Eden;the pastors and rectors of all Christian Churches in the village of Bar Harbor, and all physicians licensed to practice in the said village. No. 3 - Meetings There shall be meetings of the Association held each year on the third Thursday of June and on the second Thursday of July, August and September, of which the September meeting shall be the annual meet- ing of the Association. Said meetings shall be held at some convenient place in the village of Bar Harbor, of which due notice shall be given by the Secretary. Other meetings of the Association may be called by the President and shall be called on written re- quest of five members of the Association. No. 4 - Officers of the Association At the annual meeting the Association shall elect by ballot, the following officers:- President, Three Vice Presidents, BY-LAWS 35 Treasurer, Secretary, who shall hold office for one year and until their suc- cessors are duly elected. At the same time and place the Association shall elect or shall empower the newly elected President to appoint, the chairman and members of the following Standing Committees: Finance, Village, Grievance, Sanitary, Roads and Paths, Trees and Planting, Village Green and Glen Mary Park. Special Committees may be appointed by a vote of the Association at any time. No. 5 - Duties of Officers SECTION 1. The president shall preside at all meetings of the Association and in his absence one of the Vice Presidents shall perform the duties of his office. SEC. 2. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money and other property of the Association, and shall report at each of its regular meetings. The report presented by him at the annual meeting shall be in writing accompanied by an account and vouchers for audit. He shall be the sole disbursing officer of the Association, and shall pay out the moneys of the Association only upon written approval either of the chairman of the committee from whose appro- priation the disbursement is made, or of the President, or a member of the Finance Committee. Except for 36 BY-LAWS usual office expenses, he shall pay out no money until the same shall have been appropriated by the Associa- tion. SEC. 3. The Secretary shall keep a correct and careful record of all the proceedings of the Associa- tion in a suitable book, have charge of the books, records, and seal of the Association, and give notice of all meetings. No. - Duties of Committee Finance Committee. It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to devise ways and means to pro- cure funds for the use of the Association, by extend- ing the membership, procuring subscriptions and do- nations or by any other means. If at any time there shall be found in the hands of the Treasurer a sur- plus of money beyond estimated disbursements, such surplus may be invested in marketable and interest paying securities. Village Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to make the streets attractive by trimming the borders between the sidewalks and roadways, cut- ting grass, weeding, and to care for the village grave- yard, etc. Grievance Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee, to invite, to receive, to examine into and if possible to secure the removal of just grounds for complaints relating to matters connected with the purposes of the Association. In case any complaints BY-LAWS 37 received by this committee shall seem to lie within the province of any other committee, they shall at once be brought to the attention of such other commit tee. Committee on Trees and Planting. It shall be the duty of this committee to secure the removal of dead wood and underbrush and to plant trees, shrubs and vines, and to care for the bicycle path and New- port Mountain Road. Sanitary Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to keep itself informed as to the condition and care of Eagle Lake, both in winter and summer, into condition of the water, to examine the stables, the disposal of garbage, sewers, drains, tenement houses and localities generally likely to become sources of injury to contagion, and to report to the Association. Committee on Roads and Paths. It shall be the duty of this committee to report as to the condition of the roads and to lay out, keep in repair and mark with signs, cairns and pointers paths and trails over the mountains, and through the woods on the eastern part of the island. Glen Mary Park. It shall be the duty of this committee to observe the conditions of Miss Mary Shannon's deeds of conveyance of the Park lands especially that concerned with the care of the pine trees, and the setting out and caring for the settees, 38 BY-LAWS conveyed to this Association under said deed, and in other ways to improve the appearance and attractions of this Park, and to provide such police regulations as shall prevent injury to trees, land or other property thereon. Each Standing Committee shall make a monthly report to the Association during the summer and the reports prepared for the annual meeting shall be in writing. No. 7-Seal The corporation shall have a seal bearing its name and date "1891." No. 8 - Deeds and Contracts Deeds and contracts shall be executed by the President, Treasurer and one of the Vice Presidents. No member shall be personally liable for any contract or debt of the Corporation, No. 9 - Quorum Eleven members of the Corporation or a majority of the members of any committee shall constitute a quorum, and a quorum being present; a majority thereof shall control. No. 10 - Amendments These By-Laws as a whole, or any part thereof may be repealed or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular or official BY-LAWS 39 meeting of the Association, but a notice of any pro- posed change shall be given in the call for the meeting. No. 11 . - Order of Business Reading minutes of the preceeding meeting, and action thereon. Report of Treasurer. Report of Standing Committees. Report of Special Committees. New Business. The Record Print Shop L129 Bar Harbor Historical Society The for