Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the Year Ending September 11, 1913 Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the Year Ending September 11, 1913 THE RECORD PRINT SHOP 1 OFFICERS FOR 1914-1915 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 COMMITEES 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 COMMITTEES GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE Miss Juliette Nickerson TREES AND PLANTING COMMITTEE Mrs. John Markoe, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mrs. John Harrison, Rudolph Brunnow, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Miss Harriet V. Ogden. 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, Mrs. W. P. Draper. 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, GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE Dr. Augustus Thorndike, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John Harrison COMMITTEES 3 SPECIAL COMMITTEES HOW PARK COMMITTEE D. C. Blair, Chairman, Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, F. C. Lynam, Philip Livingston, A. C. Gurnee, John How. MILK COMMITTEE Dave Hennen Morris, Chairman, Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. Nathaniel Gildersleeve, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. R. W. Wakefield. 4 Treasurer's Report For the Fiscal Year, Ending September 11, 1913 Receipts Dues and General Donations, $1,315.00 Special Donations: For Paths 150.00 From Pupils of Heald and Emer- son Schools .49 $1,465.49 Entertainment given in Nov., 1912, 325.93 Mrs. Sherman, Chairman) Interest on $2,000. Investment $ 78.28 Interest on $5,000. Investment, 250.00 Interest on Bank Account 26.40 $2,146.10 Balance on hand, Sept. 12, 1912 2,289.71 $4,435.81 Payments Trees and Planting Committee $192.81 Roads and Paths Committee 413.17 Village Green Committee 322.42 Village Committee 561.86 TREASURER'S REPORT 5 Glen Mary Park Committee (1912 work) 40.00 Canvassing, 1913 24.00 New Subscription Books, 7.70 Secretary's Salary 50.00 Printing and Postage 56.90 Young's Express 1.50 1,670.36 Balance on Hand, September 11, 1913 $2,765.45 The Association owns $5,000. of Rodick Realty Com pany Bonds purchased with the legacy from the late Waldron Bates The Association owns $300. par value, Bar Har- bor Water Company Stock. The Association has on deposit bearing interest. $1,700. FRED C. LYNAM, Treasurer Note: In the Treasurer's report under payments, there is an item of $322.42 for work on the Village Green. In addition to this amount there has been expended about two hundred dollars ($200) in what may be considered permanent improvements. The bills for these improvements have been generously paid by Mrs. John Harrison, Chairman of the Village Green Committee. E Report of Finance Committee As the Treasurer's report covers fully the finan- cial condition of the Association showing its invested funds, it does not seem necessary for an extended re- port from the Finance Committee. The dues, general donations and special donations this year amounted to $1,465.49. Last year they were $1,896.50. We received from the entertainment given by the resident people, November, 1912, $325.93; this added to the dues and donations, makes the total receipts from this source $1,791.42 this year, against $1,896.50 last year. The amount expended this year by the several committees and including general expense amounts to $1,670.36. Last year the amount expended was $1,271.72. Last year all committees were very eco- nomical in their expenditures and found it necessary this year to ask for increased appropriations. The balance in the Treasury, September 12, 1912, was $2,289.71. The balance September 11, 1913 is $2,765.45. An increase of $475.74, showing the As- sociation to be in a good financial condition. L. A. AUSTIN, Chairman 7 Report of Village Committee The work of the Village Committee was started the end of May, when the barrels were put in place and before Memorial Day the grass in the Churchyard was cut and the piers filled with flowering plants. The same plan has been followed as last year; the borders of every street in town being trimmed, papers picked up and the Shore Path cleaned and raked daily. The condition of the paths leading to the shore is often complained of, but it is harder than at first appears to keep these paths free from the stones and pebbles which are dropped from the little child- ren's pails every day on their return from playing on the shore. War has been waged against the army of weeds, docks, burdocks and thistles, and yet many still re- main. : Many loads of these troublesome pests have been consigned to the dump heap, and cast out to sea. Weeds growing along the roadside are uprooted but this cannot be done in the vacant lots in and around the village. The condition of these lots and of the narrow alleys between houses, into which every sort of litter is thrown, is often very bad, but as was reported at the August meeting, the committee has as yet found no means of remedying these evils. 8 REPORT OF VILLAGE COMMITTEE The town would be much more attractive if these unsightly places were put in order. An ordinance forbidding the throwing of anything either on the vacant lots, or in the alleys between the buildings, would control the situation. The Road Commissioner, not having been able to co-operate in the work this summer, the expense of carting away the piles of grass clippings, etc., has devolved entirely upon the Committee. Two men have been employed this summer; a third man was engaged to help in the weed extermination. Many thanks are due Mr. John H. Stalford for his very generous gift of geraniums and German ivy; which he had planted in the churchyard piers before Memorial Day. Thanks are also due the foreman, who has worked most faithfully and with great inter- est. The amount expended from September 12th, 1912, to September 11th, 1913 is $561.86. FANNY NORRIS September 11, 1913. Chairman Village Committee. REPORT OF VILLAGE COMMITTEE 9 Report of Village Green Committee In spite of the indifferent care bestowed upon the "Green" by the youth in charge of it this summer, the copious rains and the succeeding brilliant days of sunshine, have kept the grass, trees and shrubbery so fresh and green, that the favorite little resort looks more like the conditions of July, than September. The "Extension" of the Green is a great improve- ment to it, and when the long and frequently promised removal of the dangerous pole at the corner is carried out, and the Village Green Committee can proceed to replant the bushes and make the place look again as it did before the work was begun, there is no doubt that by next spring, all will look as picturesque as in the past. As the removal of the pole, and some few other expenses were requested by the town; to be done in order to facilitate the rapid exit of the fire engine, it is but fair that the town should bear the expense, particularly in view of the fact that the Village Green Committee of the V. I. A. must provide new bushes. also six trees along Kennebec street. An improvement has been made on the side of the lane adjoining the fire engine house, creating a pic- turesque background for the "Green." It is hoped that the "Town" will continue the work, begun by private enterprise. 10 REPORT OF VILLAGE COMMITTEE The cost of the new shrubbery and six new trees will be about $50.00 to $75.00. Will the treasurer kindly give permission to the chairman of this Com- mittee to give the order for this work to be done? The lane leading from the engine house to Main street has never received a name. In view of the fact that the luminous fire-fly is well known in Bar Harbor, a suggestion that the little lane should be called "Fire- Fly Lane" is made. EMILY L. HARRISON Chairman Village Green Committee 11 Report of Milk Committee The Milk Committee reports as follows: Last season after the report of September 12th, a final inspection was made and the Dairy men informed as to what should be done during the winter to bring about more satisfactory sanitary conditions. Early in May of this year an inspection of the Dairy farms was made by two members of the Com- mittee and members of the Board of Health. We found a number of the farmers had been making im- provements and that in the majority of places condi- tions had been improved; we found on subsequent in- spections this summer that the early inspection, which was an experiment, had been productive of excellent results. The sanitary conditions surrounding the majority of the farms have been much better this season than ever before. The bacterial content of the milk has been lower and the amount of dirt very low, but we expect to have marked improvement during the win- ter in even the best places; and have notified a few that they must change their methods if they desire to sell milk in Bar Harbor. There has been very little dilution, and to our knowledge no adulteration, of milk during the past season, more milk has been delivered in bottles and 12 MILK COMMITTEE consequently very little dipping from cans; we are firmly convinced that all milk, excepting that delivered in cans to Hotels and large households, should be bottled. No milk should be retailed from stores ex- cepting bottled milk, the practice now being in some places to dispense it from cans into all sorts of re- ceptacles. This dipping of milk is, under the best conditions, a practice to be condemned. This season on several occasions the milk from some of the farms had a rather unpleasant odor and taste. This was reported to the Committee by the Dairy men who were desirous of eliminating this un- desirable feature. The trouble soon disappeared on keeping the cows away from certain pastures, the con- dition being due to some plants the cows had eaten. There was some complaint about the quality of cream which was being dispensed. Examination showed that in some cases the percentage of fat was lower than specified, but this was corrected and there have been no more complaints. The Committee have endeavored, with the aid of the Board of Health, to obtain a knowledge of any sus- picious cases of disease on the farms, for the purpose of eliminating the danger of spreading such disease through the milk supply. It is manifestly necessary that we have the support of all physicians in this matter. Wie have missed two of our most active workers MILK COMMITTEE 13 this season, Dr. Robert Abbe and Mr. Dave Hennen Morris, but have been aided by members of the Board of Health. In response to our request for funds in September 1912, we received $443.00, which with a contribution of $25.00 sent this summer, made our receipts since last report $468.00, which with the balance from 1911 has enabled us to pay all expenses to date. The Committee will require funds to pay the expenses of the final inspection of this year and for the starting the work of next season. The following is a list of contributors to the fund. Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle $ 10.00 Dr. John S. Thacher 15.00 Mrs. Joseph M. P. Price 10.00 Mrs. John S. Kennedy 25.00 Mrs. Thomas K. Conrad 10.00 Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir Mitchell 10.00 Mr. George S. Bowdoin 25.00 Mrs. Alanson Tucker 10.00 Mrs. Augustus Thorndike 3.00 Mrs. H. M. Baker 10.00 Miss C. S. Baker 10.00 The Misses Morrill 25.00 Mrs. Thomas H. Hubbard 10.00 Mrs. John W. Auchincloss 10.00 Mrs. Miles B. Carpenter 10.00 Mr. John Innes Kane 25.00 14 MILK COMMITTEE Dr. Robert Abbe 10.00 Mr. Dave Hennen Morris 25.00 Prof. Rudolph Brunnow 10.00 Mrs. Frederic May 10.00 Mrs. E. L. Carew 5.00 Mrs. W. B. Rice 10.00 Mrs. R. Hall McCormick 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Draper 10.00 Mrs. William Lawrence 10.00 Mrs. L. N. Kettle 10.00 Mr. John B. Trevor 15.00 Mr. Walter G. Ladd 25.00 Mrs. John Markoe 10.00 Mrs. Edgar Scott 15.00 Mrs. W. F. Cochran 25.00 Mr. Warner M. Leeds 15.00 Mrs. Lea McIlvaine Luquer 10.00 $443.00 Mrs. W F. Cochran, (1913) 25.00 $468.00 The financial report is as follows: Cash on hand Sept. 12, 1912 $ 47.89 Contributions in response to circular of Sept. 1912, 443.00 $490.89 $490.89 MILK COMMITTEE 15 Bills paid on 1912 account: Laboratory Expenses for 1912 $200.00 Bar Harbor Press Co., Printing, 18.32 Arno Cleaves' Livery, 6.00 $224.32 $224.32 Balance $266.57 For the season of 1913, the financial report is as follows: Balance on hand $266.57 Contribution of Mrs. W. F. Cochran 25.00 $291.57 $291.57 Bills paid on 1913 account: N. Gildersleeve, expenses to Bar Harbor for milk inspection, May, 1913 $ 57.78 Arthur Lawford, livery 9.70 Arthur Lawford, livery 7.00 N. B. Andrews, livery 7.00 Charles Morrison, livery 7.50 Laboratory expenses for 1913 200.00 $288.98 $288.98 Balance 2.59 C. C. MORRISON, R. W. WAKEFIELD, NATHANIEL GILDERSLEEVE 16 Report of Roads and Paths Committee As the new Chairman of the Committee did not arrive in Bar Harbor till August 10th, he cannot speak from personal knowledge of any work that was done up to that date. The sum of $323.67 was expended in putting the paths in order, clearing away dead trees, repainting the signs, etc., and a further sum of $54.50 was spent during the month of August for the same purposes. A new path along the top of the Cadillac Cliffs, following a trail laid out last fall by Drs. Weir Mit- chell and Madison Taylor, was made during the past month, and will add a new attraction to the old Cad- illac path, as it affords views of the ocean and leads through a rather remarkable rock-formation which was not accessible from the foot of the Cliffs. A new approach to the Cadillac path was opened through the forest so as to lead directly to the Bates Memor- ial Tablet, thus avoiding the open space to the east of it, through which visitors were frequently tempted to turn into the Cliff Path before they had reached the Tablet. The total cost of the work on the Cadillac Path was $35.00, and thanks are due to Liscomb for the skillful and intelligent manner in which he has carried out his instructions both in this case and in that of the Orange and Black Path. ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE 17 It may not be out of place to call attention to the fact that at the southern end of the Orange and Black Path, where it descends into the great landslide op- posite Schooner Head, there is a very fine view point which has now been rendered more accessible by means of some steps and a railing. RUDOLPH E. BRUNNOW, Chairman Roads and Paths Committee September 11, 1913. 18 Ex-Officio Members (By-Laws, Article 2, Section 4) Bird, Mr. Walter L., Health Officer. Brewer, Mr. Orient E., Selectman. Hagerthy, Dr. R. G. Higgins, Dr. R. G. Larned, Rev. A. C. Leitch, Rev. F. A. Leland, Roswell, Bnilding Inspector. Liscomb, Andrew, Road Commissioner. Logie, Rev. J. H. MacDonald, Rev. A. M. McFarland, Harry S., Selectman. Madden, Clarence E., Road Commissioner. Morrison, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. E. J. Morse, Mr. J. A., Health Officer. O'Brien, Rev. James D. Paine, Mr. C. F.., Town Treasurer. Palmer, Ernest L., Superintendent of Schools. Patten, Dr. J. H. Philips, Dr. George A. Sargent, Walter W., Road Commissioner. Sherman, Mr. W. H., Town Clerk. Smith, Dr. Fremont- Stanley, Mr. Robert E., Health Officer. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. 19 Suminsby, Mr. John, Selectman. Taylor, Dr. J. Madison Thorndike, Dr. Augustus. Wakefield, Dr. R. W. Life Members Givers of $25 in one sum, $10 annually for three years, or $5 annually for seven years. (By-Laws, Article II, Section 3) Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Tanks, Mrs. A. Bleecker Barney, Mrs. A. C. Bass, Col. and Mrs. E. W. Bass, Hon. J. P. Biddle, Miss Christine W. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Rowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bridgham, Mr. L. F. Brooks, Mr. H. Mortimer Burrill, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. 20 LIFE MEMBERS Carpenter, Miss Agnes Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. Cassatt, Mrs. A. J. Clarke, Miss Anna M. Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Coles, Mrs. Edward Coles, Miss Mary R. Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. Crafts, Miss Mary E. Crocker, Mrs. U. H. Cuyler, Miss E. de G. Davis, Mrs. A. J. Dehon, Miss M. H. Derby, Dr. 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. Emery, Mrs. J. J. 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. LIFE MEMBERS 21 Green, Mr. Wm. L. Griswold, Mrs. F. G. Gurnee, Mr. A. C. Gurnee, Miss D. E. Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 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. Hone, Mr. and Mrs. John How, Mr. John B. Howard, Mr. Edgar B. Hubbard, Gen. and Mrs. T. H. Hunt, Mrs. Platt Ingraham, Hon. George L. Jackson, Mrs. C. C. 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. Kingsland, Mrs. Wm. M. 22 LIFE MEMBERS Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Laugier-Villars, the Countess Lawrence, Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. I ivingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mr. Johnston Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Longstreth, Dr. Morris Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea McI. McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Maitland, Mrs. Alexander Marko Mrs. John May, Mrs. J. Frederic Minot, The Misses Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. Morgan, Miss C. L. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morrell, Hon. and Mrs. Edward Morrill, The Misses Morris, Mrs. D. H. Newbold, Mr. Clement B. Ogden, Mr. David B. Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson Opdycke, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Parsons, Mrs. Herbert Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Mr. F. H. LIFE MEMBERS 23 Pearson, Mrs. Frederick Phelps, Mrs. Austin Place, Mrs. George Platt, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. R. B. Pratt, Mr. John T. Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph Rhinelander, Miss Serena Rice, Mrs. W. B. Robbins, Mrs. George A. Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. 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, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Miss Josephine C. Speyer, Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart, Mr. W. R. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Thacher, Dr. John S. Thompson, Miss Anne 24 LIFE MEMBERS Thompson, Mrs. George L. Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. G. Quincy Townsend, Mrs. R. H. Trevor, Miss Emily Trevor, Mrs. John B. Tucker, Mrs. Alanson Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Walcott, Mrs. F. C. Weekes, Mr. F. Delano Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C. K. 25 Donations and Membership Dues Acknowledged in 23rd Annual Report $367.42 Addams, Miss Jane 5.00 Allen, Mr. J. Milton 1.00 Alley, Mr. Albion P. 1.00 Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas 10.00 Astor, Mrs. John Jacob 10.00 Austin, Mr. George W. 1.00 Baker, Miss Charlotte S. 10.00 Baker, Miss Christine V. 5.00 Baker, Mrs. H. M. 5.00 Baker, Rev. and Mrs. William O. 5.00 Bass, Col. and Mrs. E. W. 5.00 Bee, Mr. A. W. 1.00 Biddle, Miss Christine W. 5.00 Blair, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. 50.00 Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S. 100.00 Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. 10.00 Bowler, Miss Jane T. 5.00 Bowler, Mrs. Robert B. 5.00 Eridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. 25.00 Brunnow, Mr. Rudolph E. 10.00 Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. 10.00 Furrill, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. 25.00 Chapman, Mrs. H. C. 5.00 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10.00 Coles, Miss Mary R. 10.00 26 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Coles, Miss 5.00 Conrad, Mrs. Thomas K. 5.00 Corcoran, Mrs. William St. C. D. 5.00 Cushman, Mrs. E. C. 5.00 Deasy, Hon. L. B. 1.00 Draper, Mr. and Mrs. William P. 10.00 Dupont, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. 25.00 Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. 10.00 Fahnestock, Mr. H. C. 10.00 Franklin, Mr. M. 1.00 Green, Mr. Charles S. 1.00 Gurnee, Mr. A. C. 25.00 Harrison, Mrs. John 10.00 Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. 25.00 Hillson, Mr. N. 1.00 Hinkle, Mrs. A. Howard 10.00 Hoffman, Miss Mary U. 10.00 Howard, Mr. Edgar B. 25.00 Hubbard, Gen. and Mrs. Thomas H. 10.00 Ingraham ! Hon. George L. 10.00 Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. 50.00 Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. 10.00 Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. 25.00 Kane, Mrs. John I. 25.00 Kennedy, Mrs. John S. 100.00 King, Mr. David James 10.00 Kittredge, Mr. R. H. 1.00 Kurson, Mr. Julius 1.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 27 Ladd, Mr. C. C. 1.00 Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. 25.00 Lawford, Mr. H. A. 1.00 Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. 25.00 Leffingwell, Miss M. M. 2.00 Leland, Mr. A. B. 1.00 Linzee, Miss Elizabeth 5.00 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. 10.00 Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea McI. 10.00 Lynam, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. 2.00 Markoe, Mrs. John 10.00 May, Mrs. J. F. 10.00 McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. 10.00 McCormick, Mrs. R. Hall 10.00 Mears, Mrs. Edward B. 5.00 Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir 10.00 Morrill, The Misses 25.00 Myer, Rev. Walden 5.00 Nason, Mr. H. S. 1.00 Norris, Miss Fanny 5.00 Norris, Miss Dorothea C. 5.00 Ogden, Miss Harriet V. 5.00 Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson 5.00 Opdycke, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. 10.00 Ostrander, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. 5.00 Paine, Mr. Charles F. 1.00 Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 10.00 Phelps, Mrs. Austin 5.00 28 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Platt, Mrs. A. E. 5.00 Potter, Mrs. Robert B. 10.00 Price, Mrs. J. M. P. 5.00 Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph 25.00 Rice, Mrs. W. B. 10.00 Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. John S. 10.00 Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. 50.00 Schauffler, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. 25.00 Searls, Mr. Thomas 1.00 Sheehan, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. 5.00 Sherman, Mr. F. E. 1.00 Sherman, Mr. W. H. 1.00 Shober, Mrs. 5.00 Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton 25.00 Smith, Miss Mary R. 5.00 Smith, Miss S. R. 5.00 Speyer, Mr. and Mrs. James 25.00 Stevens, Miss Julia C. 5.00 Stewart, Mr. William R. 25.00 Stokes, Dr. Horace S. 5.00 Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus 10.00 Train, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. 5.00 Trevor, Miss 20.00 Trevor, Mrs. 20.00 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10.00 Watson, Mr. C. M. 1.00 Weld, Mrs. C. Minot 5.00 Wood, Mr. Charles H. 1.00 Wright, Mrs. C. K. 5.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 29 SPECIAL DONATIONS Carpenter, Miss Agnes, for paths $25.00 Kane, Mrs. John I., for paths 100.00 Total Donations and Dues $1,791.42 ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS September 11, 1913 - December 1, 1913 DONATIONS Auchincloss, Mrs. John W. $10.00 SPECIAL DONATIONS Kane, Mrs. John I., for paths 400.00 Weekes, Mr. F. Delano, for paths 25.00 $425.00 30 Charter LAWS OF 1891. CHAPTER 186; An (Act to Incorporate the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Pe 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; Edward Coles, Serenus H. Rodick, Henry Sayles, Wil- liam B. Rice, David A. Bunker, Elihu T. Hamor, Addie B. Higgins, Mary G. Dorr, Augustus Gurnee, A. W. Morrill, Ephigenia Z. Place, Frances E. Wood, George W. Vanderbilt, Gertrude S. Rice, Louisa S. Minot, F. G. Peabody, Abby A. Potter, Francis M. Conners John E. Clark, George M. Wheeler, Eugene B. Rich- ards, and their associates and successors are hereby incorporated under the name of the Bar Horbor Vil- lage Improvement Association, for the purpose of in- stituting and maintaining 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 CHARTER 31 in amount; make contracts to be binding upon itself but not upon its individual members; and make 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. 32 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 Association for the current fiscal year which shall end on the second Thursday of September. BY-LAWS 33 SEC. 3. The payment of five dollars annually for seven years or ten dollars annually for three years 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 following persons shall be members of the Associa- tion: 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 meeting 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 34 BY-LAWS by ballot the following officers: President, Three Vice Presidents, 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 follow- ing Standing Committees: Finance, Village, Griev- ance, 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 or 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 BY-LAWS 35 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 con a member of the Finance Committee. Except for usual office expenses, he shall pay out no money until the same shall have been appropriated by the Asso- ciation. 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. 6 - Duties of Committees 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. 36 BY-LAWS 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 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 com- mittee. 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 or 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. BY-LAWS 37 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, conveyed to this Association under said deed, and in cther 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. 38 BY-LAWS 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 meeting of the Association, but a notice of any pro- posed change shall be given in the call for the meet- ing. No. 11 - Order of Business Reading minutes of the preceding meeting, and action thereon. Report of Treasurer. Report of Standing Committees. Report of Special Committees. New Business. L Bar Harbor Historical Society left from Did C Lynami Co