Twenty-third Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association FOR THE YEAR ENDING September 12, 1912 Twenty-third Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association FOR THE YEAR ENDING September 12, 1912 The Record Print Shop OFFICERS FOR 1913-14 PRESIDENT L. B. Deasy VICE PRESIDENT Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Dr. A. F. Schauffler SECRETARY H. M. Conners TREASURER F. C. Lynam STANDING COMMITTEES Appointed by the President September 12, 1912 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 COMMITTEES 5 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, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Albion P. Alley, Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Miss Eloise Derby, George B. Dorr, Miss Mary A. Coles, Miss Carpenter, 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. 6 COMMITTEES SPECIAL COMMITTEES WOODBURY 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, 7 Twenty-third Annual Report of President No report of the President is necessary except to submit those of the committees. The work of the different standing committees has gone on as usual, unostentatiously and economically, but fruitfully. The standing committees and also the special committee on Woodbury Park, of which D. C. Blair is Chairman, and the special committee on Milk Sup- ply, whose chairman is Dave Hennen Morris, merit the highest commendation. In November, 1912, a Fair was held at the Casino, for the benefit of the Village Green. The net pro- ceeds of this Fair amounted to $325.93, which was turned in to the Association's Treasurer. While many residents of the town assisted in organizing and carry- ing on the Fair, this successful result was due, in a very large measure, to the zeal, energy and execu- tive ability of Mrs. F. E. Sherman, of the Village Green Committee. To Mrs. Sherman, and to those who cooperated with her, is due the thanks, not only of the Association, but, of all who take pride in hav- ing the Green made and kept orderly and beautiful. The death of John I. Kane deprived this Association 8 PRESIDENT'S REPORT of one of its most useful members. He has served as Vice President, and also as Chairman of the Roads and Paths Committee, and in both capacities worked for the Association's success, quietly, but most effi- ciently. The President has appointed in his place, as chairman of the committee on Roads and Paths, Professor R. E. Brunnow, and he has accepted this appointment, greatly to the satisfaction of all who use and love the Island's woodland paths. The President again calls attention to the Glen Mary Park and Fawn Pond Park, both of which are owned by the Association, and suggests that, if its funds justify the expenditure, more should be done to develop and beautify them. L. B. DEASY, President V. I. A. H. M. CONNERS, Secretary. 9 Treasurer's Report For The Fiscal Year Ending September 12, 1912 RECEIPTS Dues and General Donations $1,586.50 Special Donations: For Paths, 310.00 Total Dues and Donations, $1,896.50 Interest on $2,000 investment 78.28 Interest on $5,000 Legacy 250.00 $2,224.78 Balance on Hand, Sept. 14, 1911, 1,336.65 $3,561.43 PAYMENTS Village Committee $481.22 Village Green 291.35 Roads and Paths 348.67 Canvassing, 1912 29.20 Printing and Postage 71.28 Secretary's Salary 50.00 1,271.72 Balance on Hand, Sept. 12, 1912 $2,289.71 10 TREASURER'S REPORT 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. 11 Report of Finance Committee Your Committee is glad to report that the re- ceipts for the past fiscal year exceed those of the previous year. The dues and general donations this year are $1,586.50 against $1,502.50 last year; spec- ial donations this year, $310.00 against $235.00 last year; total dues and donations this year $1,896.50 against $1,737.50 last year; showing our total in- come this year $159.00 larger than last year. In the matter of Expenditures it shows that the several Committees have been very economical, as the total amount expended this year was $1,271.72 against $1,764.71 last year, showing the total expenditures this year $492.99 smaller than last year. We had a balance in the Treasury September 14th 1911 of $1,336.65. Our balance this year is $2,289.71, a gain over last year of $953.06. L. A. AUSTIN, Chairman Finance Committee. 12 Report of Village Committee The Village Committee began the season by hav- ing the churchyard grass cut and the entrance piers filled with flowering plants before Memorial Day. Two men have been employed during the summer, keeping the borders trimmed, raking the Shore Path and pick- ing up the papers on the streets. It has been im- possible to have the borders of every street look as they should all the time, owing to the rain, which has made the grasses and weeds grow more vigor- ously than ever, necessitating ceaseless work, and the services of a third man occasionally. The problem of the waste paper always looms large, this summer especially, due to the endless number of handbills distributed to announce coming shows and political meetings. The papers, cigarette boxes, etc., were picked up by a man on a bicycle, as this method covered more ground and took less time. An enterprising bicyc: e repairer loaned a bicycle free of charge for the sake of the advertisement it carried. The road commissioner co-operated with our Com- mittee by removing the piles of grass cuttings, which the men had ready, when the town's cart made its rounds. The barrels were emptied as usual and this is a heavy item in the expenses. VILLAGE COMMITTEE 13 A new feature of our work has been the effort made to eradicate the docks and thistles, two of the most obnoxious weeds. These were uprooted and carried away before their seeds had ripened. The dandelions are with us yet! Would that everyone could be induced to cut them down before the flowers go to seed. It is hoped that every resident and summer visitor will help in the endeavor to make this town a model of beauty, and order, and that the Trees and Planting Committee will assist by trying to redeem the un- sightly places. Through the kindness of Mr. George B. Dorr, the tools have been kept in the basement of the Mount Desert Nurseries' Shop. Thanks are due to the two men employed, who have worked most faithfully, showing real interest in their task. The Committee wishes to express to John Ells (the foreman for five seasons) their ap- preciation of the competent and intelligent service he has given and to wish him all success in his new career. The amount appropriated to this Committee was $550.00 and from September 14, 1911 to Septem- ber 12, 1912, $481.22 has been expended, leaving a balance of $68.78, with which to pay the September bills. FANNY NORRIS, Sept. 12, 1912. Chairman Village Committee. 14 Report of the Village Green Committee There seems nothing new to record in the his- tory of the Green in the passing of the last year, beyond the pleasant fact that the appreciation of its beauty and use grows greater as time moves on and the question is often heard, "What would we do with- out the Green?" Of course the increased number of its frequen- ters necessitates a larger supply of benches, and your Committee has been enabled to purchase a doz- en of the best quality, and not exceed the annual ap- propriation of $300.00 of which we have a balance of $8.65. The seat around the old tree has been thor- oughly repaired and strengthened by a friend of the Green. Of course it is not possible to keep it always entirely free from scattered papers, there will always be careless people, and heedless children who will break the printed rules, even when the latter are gently propelled by the caretaker up to the aforesaid rules and requested to read them aloud. But there is an improvement in the general care of, and pride in the Green, and the slightest progress in the right direc- tion is encouraging. VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE 15 The road leading from the Main street to the engine house has been straightened by order of the selectmen, who have also ceded to the use of the Green a triangular piece of ground, formerly part of the site of the old engine house. This has been plowed and the largest pieces of rock removed, and will be put in proper condition this autumn for the transformation in the spring, of a rough piece of land into the same beautiful turf as the rest of the Green. Respectfully EMILY L. HARRISON, Chairman. Sept. 12, 1912. 16 Report of Milk Committee The Milk Committee Reports as Follows 1. Following the report of August, 1911, the work of inspection was continued last year and plans made for the season of 1912. Early this year Bulletins and recommendations were sent to Dairy Men, with a view of bringing about more sanitary conditions surrounding the Dairy Farms. The bulletins read as follows: Bulletin and Recommendations to the Dairymen by the Milk Committee of the Village Improvement Association of Bar Harbor, Maine CLEAN MILK Is milk which is free from manure or dust, mater- ial from the udder of diseased COWS or other foreign material, and which, when seen through the micros- cope is clean and free from harmful bacteria; bac- teria grow rapidly a single germ producing millions in a few hours. Bacteria come from: (1) Dirty cows, stables, hands, pails and bottles. (2) Dust of stables or air where milk is bottled. (3) Infected water, sick people, or homes and clothes of sick people. MILK COMMITTEE 17 (4) Sick cows. To produce clean milk is easy, especially in Maine, and not expensive; it is the only kind that will sell, for public opinion will not tolerate any other kind. The best clean milk may have 10,000 bacteria to the cubic centimeter; good milk, 30,000, and milk which is not unwholesome, 50,000. Here in Maine where clean milk is easy to produce, the dairymen should not tolerate more than 30,000. If the following direc- tions are carried out, the milk produced will show less than 20,000. RECOMMENDATIONS (1) Keep cows out of doors as much as possible. Clean them before milking. (2) Keep the cow yard clean. (3) Remove daily manure from stall and cart it to fields needing it as fertilizer. (4) Put in the COW barn as many windows to admit light and air as possible. Whitewash the inside twice a year. Keep it clean and screened from flies. (5) Avoid too much bedding. The best bedding is shavings, the worst, hay. Other good bedding is sawdust, dried leaves and straw cut up small. (6) Feed after milking, as feeding before or dur- ing milking raises dust. 18 MILK COMMITTEE (7) Don't allow sick COWS in the barn or herd with well cows. (8) Have all cows tested for tuberculosis, and do not purchase cows that have not been recently tested and the owner of which cannot supply a certifi- cate to the effect that they have been found free from tuberculosis. (9) . Clip and wash the tails of your cows, so as to prevent them getting dirt in the milk. (10) Before milking, wash with soap, hands and arms. (11) Expose milk as little as possible to dust, dirt, atmosphere and heat. Cool milk to 50 degrees within one half hour of milking. Use MILK ROOM for nothing else but the milk and utensils. Do not store anything in it. Whitewash it. Clean it daily. Screen windows and doors. It should not be too small. (12) Do not expose milking utensils and bottles out of doors, as they collect dirt and dust; but boil or scald them in milk room. Do not use cold water after boiling. Clean and keep all milking utensils and bottles in the milk room when drying them. Keep them on their sides on shelves, so dust will not settle inside, or keep them in the ice box, which should be kept perfectly clean. MILK COMMITTEE 19 (13) Never bottle milk in barns or out of doors. (14) Purchase sterile caps for milk bottles, and keep them in a covered tin or enamel container, which should be frequently boiled. (15) Use a pail that has à metal cover with a small opening covered by a wire mesh. It keeps out dust. You can buy them as cheap as any other pail. 2. This year the work has been continued. The farms inspected and milk examined at the laboratory; when there have been suspicious diseases in a family the farms supplying them with milk were inspected to determine whether or not there was danger of the diesase being disseminated by the milk. Several cases of a suspicious nature occurring on two farms were investigated in conjunction with the Board of Health and found not to be infectious. 3. The conditions were undoubtedly improved last year by your Committee's inspection and advice, and this year the milk has been, on the whole, in better condition than last, but there is still room for great improvement. Several of the Dairy Men have promised to make improvements during the winter, and within the next two weeks we expect to make a final survey of the field and make recommendations as to how improvements of a sanitary nature may be made. 20 MILK COMMITTEE 4. We have been assured of the support of the Board of Health; one member of your Committee hav- ing been appointed Milk Inspector, with a view of aiding in the work and bringing about a closer con- nection with the Town Officials and the Dairy Men, whereby we will be able to work in unison. We continue to be received cordially by the Dairy Men, and feel sure that they are satisfied that our object is to aid them in producing clean milk. 5. The impression has been conveyed, in a few instances, that the Committee certify to the quality of the milk, this we wish to correct; we cannot at the present time certify as to the quality of milk sup- plied by any dairy. Examinations are made for any one who will submit samples, and a report given, and if the milk is not up to standard or the household not satisfied with conditions the dairy will be inspect- ed. 6. The same faults as were pointed out in our last year's report still exist in many places, but con- ditions have been improved and we hope in the near future objectionable features will be eradicated. 7. We have not sent out requests for subscrip- tions as yet for 1912, there having been a balance from 1911 but the committee finds that it will be nec- essary to do so as we will require at least two hun- dred dollars to pay the expenses of the season. Not only the financial but Moral Support of all members of this society is essential for the success of the Milk Committee. MILK COMMITTEE 21 8. The Financial Report is as Follows: Cash on hand at time of 1911 Report $257.84 Contribution of Mrs. Frederic May 10.00 $267.84 BILLS PAID Laboratory expenses for 1911 $200.00 Bar Harbor Press Co. 4.95 N. B. Andrews Livery 15.00 $219.95 Cash on hand $47.89 Respectfully Submitted September 12, 1912. Milk Committee Dr. Robert Abbe Dr. Ralph W. Wakefield, Dr. Charles C. Morrison, Dr. Nathaniel Gildersleeve, Mr. Dave Hennen Morris, Chairman. 22 Report of the Committee on Glen Mary Park The expenditures so far incurred by the committee, total forty-six dollars; six dollars have been received from the sale of wood, and should be deducted. It has been incurred for cutting trees and bushes, clean- ing up and remaking paths, building small bridges over swampy places, rebuilding and filling the children's sand pile and repairing the wooden settees. The two barrels provided by this association have been of much use and there has been much less rub- bish to remove from the ground. The frequenters of the park are the children of the neighborhood, but on the hillside path, west of Spring street, people of all ages are often seen taking a stroll. The park is little known by the inhabi- tants because few pass by it, and because the native woodland trees do not immediately suggest that it is a park. It contains, however, many beautiful great trees and many that are developing splendidly, so that it would be unwise to discard this feature. A project long held in view is now maturing which will atract attention to the park by making Livingston Road its direct approach, and bring its entrance in full view of Main street. At the March GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE 23 town meeting it was voted in accordance with this plan to extend Livingston Road to Glen Mary Road, which bounds the east side of the park, and an appro- priation was made to do this. As this is already a very wide, attractive street, and as its sidewalks will link the park and the much used athletic field togeth- er, will add much to the park's effective value. Meanwhile your committee has exercised the strictest economy, merely keeping the place tidy, real- izing that when this street is extended some outlay must be made; and the committee believes that this beautiful park can thus be rendered attractive at a very moderate expense Emily L. Harrison, George B. Dorr, Augustus Thorndike. 24 Report of the Sanitary Committee The record for excellent health in the community of Bar Harbor has been maintained this year, unbroken, in spite of the unusual cold and lack of sunshine. Similar weather has been everywhere experienced in this country and abroad - no such meteorological con- ditions have been recorded within a generation. Over- cast skies, a slight increase in rainfall and colder weath er, with short periods of sunshine, have robbed us of the charm of beautiful summer skies, invigorating northwest winds, invariably beautiful sunrises and sunsets, which characterize this country. A record of one clear sunrise, and one rosy sunset during eight weeks has been unknown before this season. Yet, in spite of this, the salubrious air has begotten health and the community has been happy. No epidemics have occurred, and a summer with relatively few ill- nesses has been passed. There is probably no community of the size of Bar Harbor, which numbers five thousand permanent residents, with an influx of another five thousand sum- mer resident visitors, which is so free from sickness. Only three cases of typhoid fever have occurred, two of which were brought to the hospital from dis- tant settlements on different parts of the island. Two were sailors, whose habit of taking drinking water at any port might have accounted for their otherwise unexplained attacks The third was a kitchen maid SANITARY COMMITTEE 25 in the household, in which the sailor was the captain of the family boat. These three were isolated in the hospital (by which means the entire community is always safeguarded) and recovered easily. The only other suspicion of a starting epidemic, was in one of the nearby communities on the island, where four cases of fever, and apparent intestinal dis- turbances, started simultaneously. The Board of Health immediately summoned Dr. Gildersleeve and Dr. Taylor of our hospital to investigate possible ty- phoid. They found one case was an attack of ap- pendicitis, and the other three, on their examination of a drop of blood from the finger, showed the parasite of malaria, and were immediately cured by a few dos- es of quinine. These extremely interesting and important facts, call attention to the remarkable freedom from malaria that pertain in Mount Desert. It is known that malaria may exist in cold as well as a hot climate, but it has also been established a final fact that it is only acquired from the bites of mosquitoes. In order, however, to transmit malaria, the mosquito must have bitten a fever-stricken malarial patient before he had bitten the second victim to whom he transmits the parasite through his biting apparatus. Therefore, if there is no malarial patient, in a community, no infection can take place no matter how innumerable the mosquito pest. It so happened this year, that an unusual ap- pearance of mosquitoes occurred during June and 26 SANITARY COMMITTEE July, and had the cases of malaria not been recog- nized SO promptly by Dr. Gildersleeve and Dr. Taylor, there might have ensued a considerable following of that trouble. It is evident that such epidemics may be thus nipped in the bud exactly as typhoid and other infec- tious diseases. The work of your committee on milk inspection assures not only a fine supply of pure milk from twen- ty or thirty farms supplying our community, but it keeps us in touch with the farmers and grangers, and in knowledge of their spring water supply and general health, so that if at any time suspicion was aroused, we could more quickly put a finger on the most likely point of trouble. At present we may be congratu- lated on having an unusually favorable sanitary is- land resort. ROBERT ABBE, Chairman Sanitary Committee. 27 Ex-Officio Members (By-Laws, Article 1, Section 4) Bird, Mr. Walter L., Health Officer. Brewer, Mr. Orient E., Selectman. Hagerthy, Dr. G. R. Hamor, Mr. M. L., Road Commissioner. Higgins, Mr. Ezra H., Road Commissioner. Higgins, Dr. R. G. Larned, Rev. A. C. Leitch, Rev. F. A. Leland, Roswell, Building Inspector. MacDonald, Rev. A. M. 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. Phillips, Dr. George A. Sherman, Mr. W. H., Town Clerk. Silk, Mr. Walter, Selectman. Smith, Rev. B. H. Smith, Dr. Fremont Stanley, Mr. Robert E., Health Officer. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Taylor, Dr. J. Madison Thorndike, Dr. Augustus Wakefield, Dr. R. W. Walls, Mr. Frank E., Selectman 28 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. Banks, 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. Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bridgham, Mr. L. F. Brooks, Mr. H. Mortimer 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. LIFE MEMBERS 29 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 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. 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 Hone, Mr. and Mrs. John 30 LIFE MEMBERS How, Mr. John 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, Mr. and Mrs. John I. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kingsland, Mrs. Wm. M. Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Laugier-Villars, the Countess Lawrence, Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mr. Johnston Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Longstreth, Dr. Morris Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. McI. McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Maitland, Mrs. Alexander Markoe, Mrs. John May, Mrs. J. Frederic Minot, The Misses LIFE MEMBERS 31 Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir 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 Opdycké, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Parsons, Mrs. Herbert Peabody, Mrs. A. P. Peabody, Mr. F. H. 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. 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. Secly, Mrs. W. W. 32 LIFE MEMBERS Shepard, Mrs. Elliott F. Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Miss Josephine C. Stewart, Mr. W. R. Thacher, Dr. John S. Thompson, Miss Anne Thompson, Mrs. George L. 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. Weeks, Mr. F. Delano Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C. K. 33 Donations and Membership Dues Acknowledged in 22nd Annual Report $26.50 Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert 25.00 Addison, Mrs. A. D. 5.00 Allen, Mr. J. Milton 1.00 Amory, Miss Susan C. 5.00 Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. 10.00 Anson, Mrs. Alfred 50.00 Auchincloss, Mrs. John W. 10.00 Baker, Miss Charlotte M. 5.00 Baker, Mrs. H. M. 5.00 Baker Rev. and Mrs. William O. 5.00 Bass, Mrs. E. W. 5.00 Baylies, Mrs. N. E. 4.00 Biddle, Miss Christine W. 5.00 Blair, Mr. D. C. 50.00 Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S. 100.00 Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. 10.00 Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. 25.00 Brunnow, Mr. Rudolph E. 10.00 Burrill, Mr. Middleton S. 25.00 Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. 5.00 Caruthers, Mrs. Malcolm 5.00 Cary, Miss 1.00 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10.00 Coles, Miss Mary Roberts 10.00 34 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Crocker, Mrs. Uriel H. 5.00 Cushman, Mrs. E. C. 5.00 Davis, Mrs. A. J. 10.00 Deasy, Hon. L. B. 1.00 Draper, Mrs. George A. 10.00 Drayton, Mr. William P. 10.00 Duncan, Mr. A. Butler 5.00 Eno, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lane 10.00 Evans, Mr. W. J. 1.00 Fahnestock, Mr. H. C. 25.00 Frith, Mr. L. Edward 5.00 Gould, Mr. Edwin 25.00 Green, Mr. Charles S. 1.00 Gurnee, Mr. A. C. 25.00 Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Burton 25.00 Harrison, Mrs. John 10.00 Havemeyer, Mr. T. R. 5.00 Hemmick, Mrs. Alice 10.00 Higgins, Mr. B. S. 1.00 Hillson, Mr. N. 1.00 Hinkle, Mrs. A. Howard 10.00 Hoffman, Miss Mary U. 10.00 Hone, Mr. and Mrs. John 5.00 Howard, Mr. Edgar B. 25.00 Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. 10.00 Huguenin, Miss S. 1.00 Ingraham, Hon. George L. 10.00 Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howe 10.00 Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. 50.00 Kane, Mr. John I. 25.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 35 Kahn, Mr. Otto H. 25.00 Kellogg, Mrs. F. Leonard 2.00 Kennedy, Mrs. John S. 100.00 Kingsland, Mrs. William 25.00 Kittredge, Mr. R. H. 1.00 Kurson, Mr. Julius 1.00 Ladd, Mr. C. C. 1.00 Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. 25.00 Lawford, Mr. Henry A. 1.00 Lawrence, Miss Sarah 5.00 Lawrence, Rt. Rev. William 10.00 Lea, Mrs. M. C. 5.00 Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. 25.00 Leland, Mr. Ansel B. 1.00 Linzee, Miss Elizabeth 5.00 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. 10.00 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip 10.00 Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. L. McI. 10.00 Lynam, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. 2.00 Markoe, Mrs. John 10.00 May, Mrs. J. F. 10.00 McCagg, Mr. Louis B. 10.00 McCormick, Mrs. R. Hall 10.00 Mears, Mrs. Edward B. 5.00 Meserole, Mr. A. 10.00 Minot, The Misses 5.00 Mitchell, Mr. J. K., 3rd 25.00 Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir 25.00 Morrill, The Misses 25.00 Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Dave H. 10.00 36 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Nason, Mr. H. S. 1.00 Norcross, Mr. and Mrs. Otis 5.00 Norris, The Misses 5.00 Opdycke, Mr. L. E. 25.00 Opdycke, Mrs. L. E. 5.00 Ostrander, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. 5.00 Paine, Mr. Charles F. 1.00 Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 10.00 Phelps, Mrs. Austin 5.00 Platt, Mrs. A. E. 5.00 Porter, Mrs. J. Biddle 1.00 Potter, Mrs. Robert B. 10.00 Price, Mrs. J. M. P. 5.00 Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph 10.00 Pyne, Mr. M. Taylor 25.00 Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Fergus 10.00 Rice, Mrs. William B. 10.00 Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. John S. 10.00 Sanders, Miss Henrietta W. 5.00 Schiff, Mr. Jacob H. 25.00 Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar 50.00 Seely, Mrs. W. W. 10.00 Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner 25.00 Shober, Mrs. 5.00 Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton 25.00 Smith, Miss Sally R. 5.00 Stevens, Miss Julia C. 5.00 Stewart, Mr. William R. 25.00 Thacher, Dr. John S. 10.00 Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus. 10.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 37 Trevor, Miss Emily 20.00 Trevor, Mrs. John B. 20.00 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10.00 Weld, Mrs. C. M. 5.00 Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. 5.00 Winthrop, Mrs. Buchanan 5.00 Wood, Mr. Charles H. 1.00 Wurts, Mrs. Alex. Jay 5.00 Total for General Purposes $1,586.50 SPECIAL DONATIONS Acknowledged in 22nd Annual Report $135.00 Brooks, Mr. J. Mortimer, for paths, 25.00 Gould, Mr. Edwin for paths 25.00 Gurnee, Mr. A. C., for paths 50.00 Kane, Mr. John I., for paths 50.00 Weeks, Mr. F. Delano, for paths 25.00 $310.00 Total Donations and Dues $1,896.50 ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS September 12, 1912 - January 14, 1913 Donations and Membership Dues Gildersleeve, Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel $ 4.00 Kettle, Mrs. L. N. 10.00 Rand, Mr. Edward L. 2.00 $16.00 38 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES SPECIAL DONATIONS Carpenter, Miss Agnes, for paths $25.00 Pupils Emerson and Heald schools, for Village Green, .49 Winter Festival, Nov., 1912, for Village Green, 325.93 $351.42 39 Charter LAWS OF 1891. CHARTER 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. 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, Iphigenia 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 Harbor Vil- lage Improvement Association, for the purpose of instituting 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 40 CHARTER in amount; make contracts to be binding upon itself but none upon its individual members; and to 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. 41 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. SEC. 3. The payment of five dollars annually 42 BY-LAWS 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 by ballot the following officers: President, Three Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, BY-LAWS 43 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 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 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 44 BY-LAWS 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. 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. Committees on Trees and Planting. It shall be BY-LAWS 45 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 09 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, 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 46 BY-LAWS 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 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.