Keep Twenty-first Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association for the year ending September 8, 1910 July, 1911 Twenty-first Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association for the year ending September 8, 1910 July, 1911 BAR HARBOR, MAINE : W. H. Sherman, Book and Job Printer, 1911 OFFICERS FOR 1910-1911 PRESIDENT : Philip Livingston. VICE-PRESIDENTS : Luere B. Deasy, Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Dr. A. F. Schauffler. SECRETARY : H. M. Conners. TREASURER F. C. Lynam. COMMITTEES FINANCE COMMITTEE : L. A. Austin, Chairman. Henry Lane Eno, Fred C. Lynam, Thomas Searls. VILLAGE COMMITTEE : Mrs. J. Biddle Porter, Chairman. Miss Sarah Lawrence, Mrs. F. E. Sherman, Miss Juliet Nickerson, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE : Miss Juliet Nickerson, Chairman. 4 COMMITTEES TREES AND PLANTING COMMITTEE : George B. Dorr, Chairman. Miss Mary R. Coles, Miss Beatrix Jones, Mrs. John Harrison, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Mrs. John C. Livingston. SANITARY COMMITTEE : Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. J. H. Patten, Dr. G. R. Hagerthy, Dr. John B. Shober, Dr. R. G. Higgins, Dr. F. Fremont-Smith, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. Horace S. Stokes, Dr. E. J. Morrison, Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Dr. George A. Phillips, Dr. R. W. Wakefield. ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE : Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Chairman. Miss Eloise Derby, Herbert Jaques, George B. Dorr, Edward L. Rand, Mrs. Wm. P. Draper, Clarence M. Watson. VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE : Mrs. John Harrison, Chairman. George B. Dorr, Mrs. L. E. Opdycke, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. William B. Rice, Miss Fanny Morris, Mrs. F. E. Sherman. GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE : George B. Dorr, Mrs. John Harrison. ANNUAL REPORT 5 Twenty-first Annual Report It is with regret that we announce the death since the last report of three of the members of this Association-Mr. Charles Fry and Dr. Robert Amory, who have for years been ac- tively identified with the work of the Associa- tion, and Mr. A. Bleecker Banks, who was a liberal contributor. Dr. Amory has done ex- cellent work in connection with the Glen Mary Park Committee, of which he was chairman, and Mr. Fry has taken a great interest in the path development, assisting Mr. Bates in differ- ent ways in carrying on his effective work. A committee has been appointed to have the care of How's Park, which the Association received by bequest from Mr. Charles T. How. Mr. D. C. Blair is chairman of that committee. To assist the committee in a financial way Mr. Blair offered to contribute $250.00 Mr. Philip Livingston 100.00 Mrs. John Harrison 100.00 Dr. and Mrs. Schauffler 100.00 The Association voted at its last meeting to have the committee request the town to widen the roads that surround the park. In another part of this report will be found 6 ANNUAL REPORT printen memorials on the death of Mr. John S. Kennedy and Mr. Charles T. How. These minutes were written by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell and will well repay reading by those who are interested in Bar Harbor and the men that have assisted SO largely in making it whatever it is. By the Finance Committee's report it will be seen that there has been a falling off in the con- tributions towards sustaining the work of the Association. It is well to remind those who perhaps may not understand it that the work done by the Association is almost exclusively work for which the town government cannot appropriate money. The Village Improvement Association has back of it a splendid record of achievement and we venture to hope that those interested in Bar Harbor's welfare will assist financially and otherwise in carrying on its necessary work. The thanks of the Association are extended to the Y. M. C. A. for allowing the use of its rooms for meetings of the Association. L. B. DEASY, H. M. CONNERS, Vice President. Secretary. NOTE:-This report is signed by Mr. Deasy on account of the absence in Europe of Mr. Philip Livingston, the President of the Asso- ciation. TREASURER'S REPORT 7 Treasurer's Report For the fiscal year ending September 8th, 1910 RECEIPTS: Dues and General Donations, $1,624.00 Special Donations : For General Paths, $25.00 For Chasm Path, 45.00 For Concrete Seat on Village Green, 5.00 For Life Membership, 25.00 Total Dues and Donations, $1,724.00 Village Green Fair, 223.42 Interest on $1,700 investment, 60.82 Interest on $5,000 legacy, 250.00 Total Income for year, $2,258.24 Balance on hand September 9, 1909, 1,513.23 $3,771.47 PAYMENTS Village Committee : General, $701.65 Repairs, Sidewalk on Shore Path, 20.27 8 TREASURER'S REPORT Trees and Planting Committee : General, 200.00 Newport Mountain Road and Bicycle Path, 100.00 Roads and Paths Committee, 491.69 Village Green Committee, 511.11 Glen Mary Park Committee, 60.74 Printing and Postage, 90.13 Canvassing, 1909, 22.50 Secretary's Salary and Expenses, 55.00 Typewriting, .80 Investments : Bar Harbor Water Company Stock, 300.00 Interest bearing Certificate of Deposit, 200.00 $2,753.89 Balance on hand September 8, 1910, $1,017.58 The Association owns $5,000 of Rodick Realty Company bonds purchased with the legacy from the late Waldron Bates. The Association has on _deposit bearing in- terest $1,700. FRED C. LYNAM, Treasurer. FINANCE COMMITTEE 9 Report of Finance Committee Your committee regrets to report that the Association's receipts from dues and donations are considerably less than last year. Many of our regular supporters have reduced the amount of their donations and several have given nothing. While our receipts from above sources are $837.00 less than in 1909, they are $500.00 more than 1908. It is the opinion of your committee that the reason for this difference, in a large measure, is due to the fact that this year the committee did not have the assistance of Mr. Opdycke, to whom the credit for the large re- ceipts in 1909 must be given. The balance to the credit of the Association, as will be seen by the Treasurer's report of September 9, 1909, was $1,513.23. This year it is $1,017.58 and the balance in the treasury is $495.65 less than last year. You will notice by the Treasurer's report this year that we have added to our investment account $500, as follows: $300 invested in the stock of the Bar Harbor Water Co., and in- creased our original certificate of deposit from $1,500 to $1,700. 10 FINANCE COMMITTEE If the Association is to continue the good work it has been doing it must have the support of all those who have SO generously contributed in the past, as well as of many who have not as yet aided us by a contribution. The Finance Committee believe that a special appeal should be made at once to those of the summer residents who have not already contrib- uted to the Association and also to those of our permanent residents who have aided us in past seasons but from whom we have not received contributions this year. In this special appeal to those who have not already contributed, the Finance Committee believe it would be a great help if they could have a special committee ap- pointed from the ladies of the Association. L. A. AUSTIN, Chairman Finance Committee. VILLAGE COMMITTEE 11 Report of Village Committee The Village Committee reports that the work planned at the beginning of the season has been completed, and the three employees will be given up on Saturday next, as the appropriation is exhausted. Out of this repairs were paid for the new board walk, amounting to over $30, in front of Mrs. Musgrave's cottage. One man will be employed to keep the old cemetery in order. This will take a day every week. We ask for an appropriation of $700 as it is impossible to keep the village in order with less than this amount. Three men are employed for two months and during July two extra men are required for three weeks. The result has been satisfactory and the village looks its best. The work has gone on as well as it could without the vigilant and untiring supervision of Miss Nickerson, who has been in the hospital off and on since the end of June. In ending my report I can only say we hope to have the assistance and interest of the resi- dents and non-residents of Bar Harbor to help us maintain our village in order, neatness and beauty. ELIZABETH RUSH PORTER, Chairman of Village Committee. 12 ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE REPORT OF THE Roads and Paths Committee All the paths were gone over last year with unusual care and a great many road signs re- placed or improved, and two paths were added to the general plan. One is the delightful walk around Witch Hollow Pond, which became at once a popular resort on account of its nearness to the village. The other, a more formidable task, was such an improvement of the Chasm path up the northwest side of Sargent Mountain as to make it available for walks. It was formerly somewhat dangerous, but is now in such order as to well deserve to have attached to it where it meets the other paths on the far side the name of the "Waldron Bates Memorial Path." There has been expended for the year ending September 8, 1910, $491.69. Later expendi- tures in the autumn, which are always the heaviest, will be mentioned in a future report. Several private individuals have contributed to the Paths Fund. I may add also that the bronze memorial of Waldron Bates is completed and is on exhibition at Bar Harbor. It will ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE 13 probably be placed on some part of the Cadillac, this trail being chosen because it is perhaps the best illustration of engineering skill in path making shown by our late lamented friend. S. WEIR MITCHELL, Chairman Roads and Paths Committee. 14 VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE Report of Village Green Committee There is but little to report of the Village Green for the past month of August, except the fact that the two and one-half dozen benches have been fastened firmly to the ground-no time is now wasted every morning in restoring them to their proper positions. Much less wear and tear of grass follows-and one notices a great improvement in the genera[ effect of the "Green." There are many and not unreasonable com- plaints of the absence of tin cups at the Stone Fountain, and also of the chains which formerly fastened them to the fountain. Your committee would like to state that these necessary adjuncts to a fountain are continually being placed there by those interested in the Green. But a cup rarely is allowed to remain over twenty-four hours before it is stolen, and the same fate for the chains. It is obviously impossible to pro- vide them daily. In this connection it is suggested that much of this annoyance, caused by this and other acts of mischief (to put the most charitable construc- tion upon it) could be prevented by employing VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE 15 a caretaker to give his entire services to the Green. There is sufficient work to be done there to keep his time fully occupied and if possible, your committee would be glad to make that arrangement next year, but our appropria- tion would need to be raised to $400. Finan- cially, we report, at this writing, a small balance of $27.49, but a few trifling bills have not been sent in which can be paid by this sum. Although commented upon in last months' report, your committee would like to speak again in terms of appreciation of the sum of $223.42 raised through an entertainment last April by the residents of Bar Harbor. All of the many improvements made this year, in addition to a dozen benches, have been provided for the Green by this money, and the interest and real affection shown for it is the most grati- fying feature of it all. EMILY L. HARRISON, Chairman Village Green Committee. 16 GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE REPORT OF Glen Mary Park Committee The Committee on Glen Mary Park would respectfully report that the condition of the grounds where the large pine trees on eastern side (that bordering on Glen Mary road) needs some good soil to protect the large roots ; fre- quent rains in the spring have washed the surface soil SO that roots are exposed and liable to be injured. The low growth of birch is SO thick that it will again have to be cleared off during this month or in September. The benches are gradually being destroyed by rough handling of the frequenters-and per- haps also by weather-and are diminishing in number every year. If these benches are to be renewed some other more stable form of bench should be supplied than those left by Miss Shannon for the use of the public. The V. I. A. paper barrels should be placed in this Park for the reception of loose papers and rubbish. The paths through the Park and woods on GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE 17 both sides of Spring street are in good order and are used frequently by the public. The electric arc lamp has been maintained during three months in summer season and has served the purpose of preventing annoyance to the neighborhood of noisy nuisance after dark. Your committee would recommend an appro- priation sufficient for maintenance for the com- ing year for arc light ($15) fifteen dollars, for covering with good soil the roots of the large pine trees ($20) twenty dollars, for clearing scrub growth ($15) fifteen dollars, for removing rubbish and cutting grass ($10) ten dollars, making the total appropriation sixty dollars to be expended. The expenditures from the appropriation for the past year have been $60.74. *ROBERT AMORY, Chairman Glen Mary Park Committee. *Deceased. 18 IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM MR. CHARLES T. HOW I have been honored with the request to put on record the feeling of regret with which the Village Improvement Association heard of the death of their late member, Mr. Charles T. How. His history in connection with Bar Harbor is not without interest. After having long lived abroad, he came hither in the season of 1870 and was SO charmed with the beauty of the place and the invigorating air that he thereafter made this island his summer home. The following year he bought the Woodbury Farm or that portion of it on which stand the Cushman, Emery, Harrison and Tucker villas. The land extended back to what he called "Monte Carlo." The left side of the road leading to this eminence was a wilderness, but a way was made through the bushes, perhaps one of the earliest trails, to what become known as "Abbie's Retreat." This name was given to the hill by Mr. How at the request of old Mrs. Woodbury, who was generally known as "Aunt Abbie." This was, as I understand, where the Blair villa now stands. This is the place she IN MEMORIAM 19 liked to go to, she said, when she was unhappy and wished to think upon the past and present of her eighty years of life. I thought that this little statement about Woodbury Park, which now passes into the possession of the Village Improvement Associa- tion, would be of interest. I am of the opinion that next summer perhaps, or this fall, when the property has become ours, that there should be on the spot some formal meeting of all con- cerned and an appropriate address as to the value of this possession and the duty of acquir- ing lands for public park purposes. No better occasion could be found. Mr. How spent one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in opening new roads in Bar Harbor. His gift of the Fawn Pond is well known to you all and must forever remain in my mind as an illustration of the real and thought- ful consideration of the proper use of wealth. You all of you know too well the social qualities of our friend for me to need to dwell upon them. A delightful companion, earnestly interested in all that was best in this village, he has left behind him not only to us material remembrances but to all who knew him grateful and ever pleasant memories. S. WEIR MITCHELL. 20 IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM MR. JOHN S. KENNEDY I am asked to record for our minutes our deep regret at the death of our sometime presi- dent, Mr. John S. Kennedy. In thus obeying your wish, I cannot escape from the desire to say first, a few words about the personal relations of this gentleman to me, and how, when I think of him, I naturally recall his pleasant social qualities, his warm greetings and the cheerful smile with which he always met his friends. During the summer time, when he was free from the cares of business and social engagements, I had the happiness to be frequently with him on the Canadian river where we fished together and where a part of the man's personality became more apparent than it did elsewhere. There, of an evening with the small circle of fishermen, he became a most humorous and pleasant comrade, full of stories of Scotland and his youth, a source to me of unending pleasure in his recollections of the habits of the land which always remained dear to him and which IN MEMORIAM 21 for personal reasons of descent, I also regarded with affection. If, in this brief statement where I express your regrets, in my own, for a great loss, I have been tempted to speak of personal rela- tions, I am quite sure you will find in your hearts an excuse. Beyond what we saw in his varied life and the hospitality of his home, I have need to speak of the great public usefulness of the man whose head SO competently guided the kindly liberality of a heart which recognized many forms of the obligations of wealth. Mr. Kennedy came to America in 1857 and by use of remarkable commercial abilities, suc- ceeded in acquiring one of those great fortunes which few men have known to use with the thoughtfulness he employed in good works. Those of you who are acquainted with his use of great means in New York need hardly be reminded that to him the Presbyterian Hospital owes its present great ability to provide for the sick. His gift of the lot and money for the United Charities Building in New York, and his final testamentary additions to the wants which make it an unfailing source of usefulness are also too well known to you for there being any need on my part to dwell upon what he thus did. 22 IN MEMORIAM During his nineteen years of residence on this island, his liberality to the hospital, his gifts of the mountain tops of Green and Newport will be always remembered in the annals of our own Association and in the records of the Hancock County Park Association. What I have said as to his gifts in New York and here must have been but a small part of his many charitable gifts, personal and other. He SO carefully concealed his benefactions that we may with certainty suspect how much more frequent were the gifts of which the left hand knew nothing. It was like the man, also, to have thrown open his beautiful garden to all who choose to ask for admission on certain days of the week and I am glad to say for the people of this village that this privilege was not abused. And now it only remains for me to say how much he will be missed by all of us in this Association. S. WEIR MITCHELL. LIFE MEMBERS 23 Life Members Givers of $25 in one sum, $10 annually for three years, or $5 annually for seven years. (By-Laws, Article II, Sec. 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, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brigham, Mr. L. F. Carpenter, Miss Agnes Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. Cassatt, Mrs. A. J. Clarke, Miss Anna M. Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Coles, Mrs. Edward Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. 24 LIFE MEMBERS 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. 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, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hoffman, Mrs. W. B. Hone, Mr. aud Mrs. John LIFE MEMBERS 25 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. L. McI. McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Maitland, Mrs. Alexander Markoe, Mrs. John May, Mrs. J. Frederic Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir 26 LIFE MEMBERS 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. Pearson, Mrs. Frederick Phelps, Mrs. Austin Place, Mrs. George Platt, Mrs. A. E. Pratt, Mr. John T. Pulitzer, Mr. and 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. Seely, Mrs. W. W. Shepard, Mrs. Elliott F. Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner LIFE MEMBERS 27 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 Thorndike, Mrs. G. Quincy Townsend, Mrs. R. H. 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. 28 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Ex-Officio Members (By-Laws, Article I, Section 4) Brewer, Mr. Orient E., Selectman. Garland, Rev. C.N. Graham, Mr. E. A., Sewer Commissioner. Green, Rev. Stephen H. Hagerthy, Dr. G. R. Higgins, Mr. Ezra H., Road Commissioner. Higgins, Dr. R. G. MacDonald, Rev. A. M. McKoy, Rev. Charles F. Marshall, Mr. Howard W., Building Inspector. Morrison, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Mr. M. C., Selectman. Morse, Mr. J. A., Health Officer. O'Brien, Rev. James S. Paine, Mr. C. F., Town Treasurer. Patten, Dr. J. H. Phillips, Dr. George A. Rich, Mr. G. N., Health Officer. Sherman, Mr. W. H., Town Clerk. Silk, Mr. Walter, Selectman. Shober, Dr. John B. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS 29 Smith, Dr. F. Fremont. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Taylor, Dr. J. Madison. Thorndike, Dr. Augustus. Wakefield, Dr. R. W. Willey, Mr. C. M., Road Commissioner. 30 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Donations and Membership Dues Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert $25.00 Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. 10.00 Auchincloss, Mrs. John W. 10.00 Austin, Mr. L. A. 1.00 Ash, Mr. Orlando 1.00 Bass, Mrs. E. W. 5.00 Bass, Hon. J. P. 10.00 Baylies, Mrs. N. E. and MissHuguenin 5.00 Bee, Mr. A. W. 1.00 Beale, Mrs. H. S. 2.00 Biddle, Miss Christine 6.00 Blair, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. 50.00 Bliss, Mr. George T. 5.00 Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S., 100.00 Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. 10.00 Bradley, Mrs. George L. 10.00 Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. 10.00 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10.00 Coles, Miss Mary R. 10.00 Cochran, Mr. William;F. 10.00 Conrad, Mrs. C. K. 5.00 Canning, Mr. J. J. 1.00 Conners, Mr. H. M. 1.00 Crafts, Miss Mary E. 5.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 31 Crocker, Mrs. Uriel H. 10.00 Cochrane, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T. 10.00 Dehon, Miss M. H. 10.00 Deasy, Hon. L. B. 1.00 Derby, Miss 1.00 Draper, Mr. William P. 10.00 Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. W. Butler 25.00 Dutilh, Miss Emily 5.00 Emery, Mrs. J. J. 50.00 Evans, Mr. W. J. 1.00 Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. 10.00 Fahnestock, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. 25.00 Foster, Mr. James 1.00 Franklin, Mr. Max 1.00 Fry, Mr. Charles 5.00 French, Miss C. L. W. 5.00 Green, Mr. C. S. 1.00 Gurnee, Miss Delia E. 10.00 Guthrie, Mr. Thomas"P. 1.00 Hapworth, Mr. H. E. 1.00 Harrison, Mrs. John 25.00 Harrison, Hon. and Mrs. F. Burton 50.00 Hewitt, Mrs. Abraham S. 15.00 Hoffman, Mrs. Wm. B. 10.00 Hoffman, Miss Mary U. 10.00 Hone, Mr. and Mrs. John 5.00 How, Mr. John B. 25.00 Hubbard, Gen. and Mrs. Thos. H. 25.00 Hunt, Mrs. Platt 5.00 Higgins, Mr. B. S. 1.00 32 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Hobson, Miss E. L. 5.00 Homans, Mrs. C. D. 5.00 Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. 10.00 Ingraham, Hon. George L. 10.00 Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. 50.00 Jordan, Mrs. A. F. 1.00 Kane, Mr. and Mrs. John I. 25.00 Kennedy, Mrs. John S. 100.00 Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. 10.00 Kurson, Mr. Julius 1.00 Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. 25.00 Kittredge, Mr. R. H. 1.00 Ladd, Mr. Walter G. 25.00 Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. 50.00 Ladd, Mr. C. C. 1.00 Larkin, Miss E. M. 1.00 Larkin, Miss F. F. 1.00 Laugier-Villars, the Countess 10.00 Lawrence, Miss Sarah 5.00 Lawrence, Rt. Rev. Wm. 10.00 Lee, Mr. W. H. L. 15.00 Leeds, Mrs. Warner M. 10.00 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. 10.00 Livingston, Mr. Johnston 25.00 Livingston, Mr. Philip 25.00 Livingston, Mrs. Philip 25.00 Lynam, Mr. A. H. 1.00 Lynam, Mr. F. C. 1.00 Lawford, Mr. H. A. 1.00 Leland, Mr. A. B. 1.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 33 Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea McI. 10.00 Manning, the Misses 5.00 Major, Miss M. T. 1.00 May, Mrs. J. F. 10.00 May, Mr. J. Frederick 1.00 McCormick, Mrs. R. Hall 20.00 McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. 10.00 Markoe, Mrs. John 10.00 Minot, the Misses 10.00 Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir 25.00 Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. John K. 3d 10.00 Meserole, Mr. A. 5.00 Morrison, Dr. C. C. 1.00 Morrill, the Misses 25.00 Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Dave H. 10.00 Newbold, Mr. Clement B. 25.00 Nickerson, Miss Juliette 1.00 Norris, Mrs. Calvin H. 1.00 Norris, the Misses 5.00 Opdycke, Mr and Mrs. L. E. 30.00 Ostrander, Mr. Charles F. 5.00 Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 10.00 Pearson, Mrs. Frederick 10.00 Phelps, Mrs. Austin 5.00 Potter, Mrs. R. B. 10.00 Pratt, Mrs. John T. 25.00 Price, Mrs. J. M. P. 5.00 Paine, Mr. C. F. 1.00 Reynolds, Mr. B. C. 1.00 Rice, Mrs. William B. 10.00 34 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. George S. 5.00 Rand, Mr. Edward L. 1.00 Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. 10.00 Seely, Mrs. W. W. 10.00 Shauffler, Dr. A. F. 25.00 Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner 25.00 Sherman, Mr. W. H. 1.00 Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. 2.00 Stevens, Miss Julia 5.00 Stewart, Mr. William R. 25.00 Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton 25.00 Taylor, Dr. J. Madison 1.00 Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison 1.00 Torrey, Miss A. D. and Miss Linzee 5.00 Thomas, Miss Catherine C. 5.00 Thompson, Mrs. George L. 10.00 Train, Mrs. Charles R. 3.00 Trevor, Mrs. John B. 25.00 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10.00 Van Rensselaer, Mrs. 5.00 Washington, Mrs. Herbert W. 1.00 Waterbury, Mr. J. M. 5.00 Weld, Mrs. J. Minot 5.00 Winthrop, Mrs. Buchanan 5.00 Winthrop, Miss Marie 10.00 Wright, Mr. C. K. 5.00 Young, Miss Fanny 5.00 Total for general purposes, $1,649.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 35 SPECIAL DONATIONS Carpenter, Miss Agnes, for Paths $25.00 Harrison, Mrs. John, Concrete Seat for Village Green, 5.00 Weeks, Mr. F. Delano, for Chasm Path 45.00 Profits of Winter Festival, 1910, for Village Green, 223 42 Total all donations and dues $1,947.42 ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS September 8, 1910-October 25, 1910. Donations and Membership Dues. Ash, Mr. Orlando $1.00 Bee, Mr. A. W. 1.00 Chapman, Mrs. Henry C. 5.00 Fennelly, Mr. William 5.00 Franklin, Mr. Max 1.00 Green, Mr. Charles S. 1.00 Harvey, Mrs. William P. 5.00 Higgins, Mr. B. S. 1.00 Kidder, Mrs. Henry P. 5.00 Kittredge, Mr. R. H. 1.00 Kellog, Mrs. F. L. 1.00 Kurson, Mr. Julius 1.00 Ladd, Mr. C. C. 1.00 Leland, Mr. A. B. 1.00 Lawford, Mr. H. A. 1.00 Morrell, Hon. Edward 25.00 McCormick, Mrs. R. Hall 5.00 36 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Morrison, Dr. C. C. 1.00 Paine. Mr. C. F. 1.00 Reid, Mr. Fergus 10.00 Rand, Mr. Edward L. 1.00 Reynolds, Mr. B. C. 1.00 Robbins, Mrs. Gearge A. 10.00 Spence, Miss Clara B. 10.00 Sherman, Mr. W. H. 1.00 Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus 5.00 Train, Mr. A. C. 5.00 Wells, Mr. Oliver J. 10.00 $116.00 SPECIAL DONATIONS Carpenter, Miss Agnes, for Paths, $25.00 Eustis, Mr. George, for Paths 10.00 Gurnee, Mr. A. C., for How's Park, 100.00 Gurnee, Mr. A. C., for Paths 50.00 How, Mr. John B., for Paths 10.00 Kane, Mr. John I., for Paths 50.00 Weeks, Mr. F. Delano, for Paths 25.00 $270.00 CHARTER 37 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 Rep- resentatives 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, William 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. 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 maintaining public improvements in the village of Bar Harbor, and other parts of Mount Desert Island. 38 CHARTER SEC. 2. For the purpose of its incorporation this Association may receive and hold real and personal property not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount; make contracts to be bind- ing upon itself but none upon its individual members; and to make by-laws not inconsistent with law for the regulation 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 news- papes published in Bar Harbor. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. BY-LAWS 39 By-Laws PREAMBLE. Whereas, it is evident to all who are inter- ested 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 cultiva- ting trees and doing such other acts as shall tend to beautify, adorn and increase the attrac- tions of the village; therefore we have formed ourselves into an Association and agree to be governed by the following by-laws: No. 1-NAME. This Society shall be known as the Bar Har- bor 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 40 BY-LAWS fiscal year which shall end on the second Tues- day of September. 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 Asso- ciation. SEC. 4. Irrespective of payment of dues the following persons shall be members of the Asso- ciation the Selectmen, the Town Clerk, the Treasurer, the Road Commissioners, the Super- intendent 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. B-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 con- venient place in the village of Bar Harbor of which due notice shall be given by the Sec- retary. Other meetings of the Association may be called by the President and shall be called on BY-LAWS 41 written request of five members of the Asso- ciation. 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, who shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected. At the same time and place the Association shall elect or shall empower the newly elected President to appoint, the chairmen and mem- bers 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 42 BY-LAWS 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 chair- man of the committee from whose appropriation 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 appro- priated by the Association. SEC. 3. The Secretary shall keep a correct and careful record of all the proceedings of the Association 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 procure funds for the use of the Association, by extending the membership, pro- curing subscriptions and donations or by any other means. If at any time there shall be found in the hands of the Treasurer a surplus 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 BY-LAWS 43 trimming the borders between the sidewalks and roadways, cutting grass, weeding, and to care for the village graveyard, etc. Grievance Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to invite, to receive, to ex- amine 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 committee. 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 Newport 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 44 BY-LAWS 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 Associa- tion under said deeds, and in other ways to im- prove 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 Presi- dents. No member shall be personally liable for any contract or debt of the Corporation. No. 9-QUORUM. Eleven members of the Corporation or a BY-LAWS 45 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 proposed change shall be given in the call for the meeting. 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. L129 Bar - Harbor Historical Society Home Freel C Lynam can