L87 Keep Twentieth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the year ending September ninth, nineteen hundred nine 1 9 1 0 Twentieth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the year ending September 9th, 1909 July 1910 Record Print OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 3 OFFICERS FOR 1909-1910 President: Leonard E. Opdycke. Vice-Presidents: Luere B. Deasy, John S. Kennedy,*t Rt. Rev. William Lawrence Secretary: H. M. Conners. Treasurer: Fred C. Lynam. COMMITTEES Finance Committee: L. A. Austin, Chairman, Henry Lane Eno, Fred C. Lynam, John S. Kennedy,** 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 Juliett Nickerson, Chairman, 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. *resigned because of absence abroad. *tdeceased October 30th, 1909. 4 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Sanitary Committee: Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. J. H. Patten, Dr. H. D. Averill, Dr. George A. Phillips, 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. 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 W. 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: Dr. Robert Amory, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John Harrison. ANNUAL REPORT 5 Twentieth Annual Report To the roll of deceased Life Members of our Association, it becomes our sad duty to add the names of Mr. Charles T. How, Mr. John S. Kennedy and Mr. Edmund Pendleton. Of these the first and last belonged to that early group of summer visitors who helped to make Bar Harbor what it is. The memory of Mr. How's affectionate and active interest in the place is happily perpetuated by his gift of the beautiful Fawn Pond Park, and by his devise of Woodbury Park, to the Association. Both these delightful pleasure grounds will be of inestimable benefit to the community. Added to (as we hope they may be) by other similar gifts, and taken in connection with Glen Mary Park and with the fast increasing ac- quisitions of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations,-they will go far towards meeting the need, everywhere felt to be more and more urgent, for public means of outdoor refreshment. 6 ANNUAL REPORT In Mr. Kennedy the Association loses a most constant and generous supporter, and one of its most faithful and efficient officers. No detail of its offices was too unimportant to command his patient attention and sane judgment. Of his services in the larger field of beneficent endeavor fitting memorial has been inscribed by many men in many places. Let it be here recorded simply that Bar Harbor never lost a better friend. Among the pleasant events of the Associa- tion's year was the erection, on the Village Green, of a beautiful antique Italian bronze fountain, the gift of Mr. Philip Livingston. Those who were at first disposed to doubt the possibility of placing a work of rich Renaissance art in harmony with our New England land- scape, will feel, we are sure, that the experi- ment is more than fully justified by its success. The Committee reports, which follow, de- scribe our Association's work during the fiscal year ending September 14th, 1909. For the current year, ending September 13th, 1910, appropriations were voted as follows: Village Committee $700 Trees and Planting Committee: General 200 Special 100 ANNUAL REPORT 7 Roads and Paths Committee: General $275 Special 200 Village Green Committee: General 300 Special (new walk) 25 Glen Mary Park Committee 85 Auxiliary 25 Total $1,910 It is a pleasure to record that, under the leadership of Mrs. F. E. Sherman, the ladies of Bar Harbor again held a winter fair for the benefit of the Village Green,-resulting in a profit of $213.42. The hearty thanks of the Association are due for the energetic good will of the many permanent residents who con- tributed to make the enterprise a success. The number of calls upon the summer resident's purse and interest increases year by year the difficulty of raising funds for the Association's work. The experience of past seasons in this regard indicates the desirability of establishing a ladies auxiliary to aid the Finance Committee in the performance of its duties. If ten ladies familiar with our work would each write, to ten of their friends among those of the summer visitors less well acquain- ted with the place, a personal note explaining 8 ANNUAL REPORT the work and its needs, the burden of support- ing the V. I. A. could hardly fail to be more equitably borne. All who visit it find Bar Harbor healthier, neater and pleasanter than it would be but for the Association's past and present activities. To maintain and even to enlarge those activities would be easy if each visitor con- tributed his share of the expense. The Y. M. C. A. is requested to accept our sincere thanks for the use that it kindly allows us to make of its room for our meetings. L. E. Opdycke, President. H. M. Conners, Secretary. TREASURER'S REPORT 9 Treasurer's Report For the Fiscal Year ending September 9, 1909. RECEIPTS Dues and General Donations $2,461 00 Special Donations: For Glen Mary Park 10.00 For Roads and Paths 35.00 Total Dues and Donations $2,506.00 Interest on $1500 investment .... 174.97 Interest on $5000 legacy 59.16 Total Income for year $2,740.13 Balance on Hand, September 8, 1908 718.14 $3,458.27 PAYMENTS Village Committee: General $695.21 Sidewalk on Shore Path 96.99 IO TREASURER'S REPORT Trees and Planting Committee: General 16.75 Newport Mountain Road 43.24 Roads and Paths Committee 385.27 Village Green Committee 294.86 Glen Mary Park Committee 193.00 Printing and Postage 127.54 Secretary's Salary 50.00 Canvassing 1907-8 42.00 Sundries .18 $1,945.04 Balance on Hand, September 9, 1909 $1,513.23 The Association received during the year from the Estate of the late Waldron Bates a cash legacy of $5,000 which has been invested in the purchase at par of five $1,000 bonds of the Rodick Realty Company. The Association has on deposit bearing interest $1500. Fred C. Lynam, Treasurer Accounts examined and found correct. L. A. Austin, Auditor. COMMITTEE REPORTS II REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE In spite of the presence, this season, of an unusual number of new visitors unfamiliar with our Association's work and needs, your Committee are glad to report that the receipts for the past fiscal year exceed those of the previous year by more than 36%. For this our thanks are chiefly due to the generosity of our habitual supporters among the summer colony, of whom but very few failed to con- tribute as much as usual, while many increased their usual donations. We received this year: three gifts of $100 each, as against two last year; one of $75 and one of $70 against none of like amount last year; four of $50, against six last year; two of $35 and three of $30, against none of like amount last year; 35 of $25, against 22 last year; one of $20, against four last year; five of $15, against two last year; forty-two of $10, against thirty-four last year; fifty of $5, against thirty-one last year; and $61 in smaller amounts, as against $36 last year: a total of $2506 in dues and donations, against $1691.31 last year. I2 COMMITTEE REPORTS In addition to this $1691.31, we last year received $302.37 as the profits of a winter festival given by the permanent residents for the benefit of the Village Green, making total receipts of $1993.58 for that year. Owing to the financial depression of last winter, it was deemed inexpedient to organize a festival. On the other hand we received this year $234.13 as interest, thus raising our income to $2740.13, or $745.45 more than last year, and $795.09 more than we spent. In view of our deficits for the previous three years, our president this season undertook the task (properly belonging to your Finance Committee) of raising funds for the Associa- tion. As he is unable and unwilling to perform this service another season, it seems desirable to compare the results obtained by the various methods used by him. To nearly every visitor, here this season, who had contributed $5 or more the previous year, the president wrote personally a separate letter explaining the Association's needs, and inviting the recipient to repeat or increase his former gift. These letters were sent by post, each enclosing a copy of our last annual report, a printed appeal, and a return stamped envelope. Of the 106 letters thus sent, 85 were answered by gifts amounting to $1759, an average of over $20.00 each. COMMITTEE REPORT 13 At the house of practically every cottager who had not contributed the previous year, there was left by hand, and subsequently called for in the usual way, one of our sub- scription books showing donations of former years. Each book was accompanied by an envelope, addressed to the cottager, contain- ing a copy of our last report, a printed appeal, and a return envelope. Of the 74 cottagers to whom our subscription book was thus pre- sented, twenty-four sent gifts amounting to $213, an average of nearly $9 each. In addition, thanks to the kind labor of a lady long interested in the V.I.A., our printed appeal and return envelopes were sent by post to almost every summer hotel guest whose arrival was announced in the local press. About four hundred hotel guests were thus appealed to, of whom twenty-three sent gifts amounting to $117, an average of just over $5 each. From eleven members, dues amounting to $12 were collected by other means. Ten persons sent in $101 without solicitation, and four gifts, amounting to $55, were contributed anonymously. The gifts here described, together with the $249 received after the close of the last fiscal year and acknowledged in our 19th annual report, make up the year's total of $2506 as shown in the treasurer's report. 14 COMMITTEE REPORTS To summarize: of those to whom the presi- dent wrote letters, 80% contributed over 77% of the total raised during the season; of those to whom subscription books were sent, 32% contributed less than 9 1-2% of the total; of the hotel guests appealed to, less than 6% contributed a trifle over 5% of the total, while nearly 7% of the total was contributed anonymously or without solicitation. During the twenty years of its corporate existence, the V.I.A. has received from dues, donations, entertainments, and interest a total of $48,454.30, an average of $2,422.71 per year. During the same period it has ex- pended $45,229.56 upon its work, an average of $2,261.47 per year. It purchased at various times out of surplus funds, three one thousand dollar mortgage bonds at premiums aggregating $211.51. As two of these bonds were paid at maturity and the third was sold at par, the amount of the premiums paid therefor was not recovered by the Association, and must be added to the cost of its work to give its total expenditure for the twenty years, viz: $45,- 441.07. The surplus for the whole period ($48,454.30 less $45,441.07) is $3,013.23, and is made up of the bank balance now on hand ($1,513.23) and the interest bearing deposit mentioned in the treasurer's report. In addition to this surplus, the Association holds a trust fund of $5,000 received under Mr. COMMITTEE REPORTS 15 Bates's will and duly invested by your Com- mittee. The income of this fund, $250.00 per year, will be available for the maintenance of our path system. L.A. Austin, Chairman. Year Income Outgo 1890 2,178 06 378 79 1891 2,056 24 1,678 23 1892 2,703 50 1,873 38 1893 2,609 19 1,618 08 1894 1,503 56 1,701 79 1895 2,617 01 2,142 13 1896 2,165 00 2,361 12 1897 2,799 14 3,980 40 1898 1,931 09 2,616 30 1899 3,088 00 2,477 24 1900 2,047 50 2,163 10 1901 1,968 00 2,342 49 1902 3,807 25 2,348 06 1903 169 00 1,604 40 1904 2,263 00 1,300 66 1905 4,431 37 3,516 01 1906 2,427 15 3,114 66 1907 2,956 43 3,401 15 1908 1,993 68 2,666 53 1909 2,740 13 1,945 0 04 gf 48,454 3 30 45,229 50 Surplus Deficit 1,799 27 378 01 830 : 12 991 II 198 23 474 88 196 12 1,181 26 685 21 610 76 115 60 374 49 1,459 19 1,435 40 962 34 915 36 687 51 444 72 672 85 795 09 COMMITTEE REPORTS 17 REPORT OF VILLAGE COMMITTEE We have followed the usual routine of pick- ing up rubbish, and keeping in order the old cemetery, the shore path as far as the Kennedy gate, and the village streets. This has been done under the superintendence of Miss Nicker- son, to whose energy and vigilance is largely due the faithful work performed. The Com- mittee are greatly pleased by the many ex- pressions of approval that we have heard. Two men were employed from June 6th to September 9th, and two additional men from early in July to August 24th. The cemetery was cared for and watered under contract during July and August. Our appropriation of $550 for the year was supplemented by a necessary additional ap- propriation of $125. For the coming year we suggest that at least $700 will be required to keep the Village in presentable condition. The thanks of the Association and of the whole community are due to the President of the Mount Desert Reading Room, Mr. Johnston Livingston for generously providing the funds with which to remove the stones from the foot 18 COMMITTEE REPORTS way bordering on the club grounds and to convert it into a pleasant path. We close the season with gratitude for the interest shown in our work and for the en- couragement that we have received. Elizabeth Rush Porter, Chairman COMMITTEE REPORTS 19 REPORT OF TREES AND PLANTING COMMITTEE The Committee on Trees and Planting re- ports that no new planting has been done by it at the Association's expense during the past year, but that extensive planting was done by the Mt. Desert Transit Company under its direction, shading paths and roadsides and planting out the backs of houses. This plant- ing will add greatly to the beauty of the village after a few years of growth. Sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents were spent by the com- mittee on the care of the previously planted trees. George B. Dorr, Chairman. 20 COMMITTEE REPORTS REPORT OF SANITARY COMMITTEE A few isolated cases of typhoid (enteríc) fever having occurred during the summer of 1909, your committee met September 8th, to discuss the question of possible sources of infection. Careful reports were obtained from the physicians who had seen or attended the patients. In nine cases there was positive evidence of typhoid, evidence both from clinical phenomena and from laboratory ex- amination. The latter were all made by Dr. Nathaniel Gildersleeve, Pathologist to the local hospital and Assistant in Bacteriology at the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Depart- ment. As no cases of typhoid occurred in Bar Har- bor during the winter of 1908-9, there can have been no local foci of infection. Con- sidering the size of the winter population (about 4.500) this immunity is an extra- ordinary showing. Of the nine cases above mentioned, the evidence indicates that seven bore the infection in them on their arrival here. The origin of COMMITTEE REPORTS 21 the remaining two cases is still in doubt, but it is expected that they can be accounted for by other than local causes. One of these two patients (a servant) seems to have contracted the disease from a fellow servant infected previous to arrival. We are confident that there are no definite local sources of infection. In any community sporadic cases of typhoid (those occurring here and there by accident of circumstance) can always be expected. These may be due to eating infected food or drinking infected fluids. If there be any large or uniform source of trouble, the cases are likely to be numerous. None such exist here. Most of our milk is from dairies within a few miles; all are under observation and are well conducted. The source of our water and ice supplies, Eagle Lake, is practically above suspicion. Samples of water, taken at the Lake and in the Village, have very recently been examined by Dr. Gildersleeve and pronounced free from all organisms of a suspicious character,-the water "being perfect from a bacteriological standpoint." The Committee takes great satisfaction in the fact that Bar Harbor is provided with a well ordered modern hospital, fully equipped to meet every reasonable demand, and possessed of a first class clinical laboratory in charge of 22 COMMITTEE REPORTS an expert pathologist of high skill and ample experience. G. R. Hagerthy George A. Phillips R. G. Higgins* John B. Shober,* C. C. Morrison* F. Fremont-Smith* E. J. Morrison Horace S. Stokes J. H. Patten J. Madison Taylor* Ralph W. Wakefield* Note: The physicians, whose names ar marked by an asterisk, were those having the nine case of typhoid under treatment. COMMITTEE REPORTS 23 REPORT OF THE ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE Your committee beg to report that the paths have been intelligently looked after and cared for by Mr. Liscomb during the past summer. A large number of signs need changing, and these will be prepared this winter by burning in the directions on wood, ready to be placed in the spring. Paths have been bushed out where it was needed. For his guidance this autumn and next spring, I have furnished Mr. Liscomb a list of such places as require further attention. Having walked over most of the paths during the summer, I feel prepared to speak of their condition. Two new paths should be opened, and this would complete our system. One should pass around the property of Mrs. Davis, from the Paradise Hill road around the west side of Witch's Hole, and join the path (marked "Witch Hole" on the Path Map of 1909) that connects Duck Brook with Breakneck Road. 24 COMMITTEE REPORTS Such a path would open this beautiful sheet of water, which is quite neglected although one of the nearest to the cottage limits. Permission from the owners would of course be necessary. The other is more important because it is the last one to which our friend, Mr. Bates, gave attention, and which he meant to have put in order for walking. It is now a rather uncomfortable walk and not quite free from danger. I refer to the Chasm Path, which leads from the McFarland Road, by a very difficult route up the side of Sargent, to a place on the northwesterly slope of that mountain where various trails diverge. I have instructed Mr. Liscomb to ascertain the cost of putting this trail in order, and suggest that it carry the name of the Bates Chasm Trail. It is of singular interest, and I may add that I have for it already a special fund of fifty dollars, to be applied as required. We are happy to report a far larger use of all the paths than has been observed in former years. The new map of the trails, which shows in green the various tracts given to the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reserva- tions, is altogether satisfactory, and I am glad to say that one of its compilers, Mr. Edward L. Rand, has promised to supplement it by preparing a much needed guide book to the paths. COMMITEE REPORTS 25 We regret that the practice of breaking glass bottles on the mountain tops still continues. Effort should be made to stop this dangerous habit, a matter for serious future consideration. Our Association has so much to do near at hand, that it seems to your Committee desirable that some arrangement be made with the people of Northeast Harbor whereby they shall keep in order the paths on Sargent and Brown's Mountains. S. Weir Mitchell, Chairman. 26 COMMITTEE REPORTS REPORT OF VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE The popularity and success of the Green are ever on the increase, but the Committee regret to report that abuse of its facilities seems to increase in proportion to their use. Little or no attention is paid to the appeals made NOT to drop papers, nut-shells, etc.,- NOT to move the benches,--NOT to steal the cup from the fountain,-NOT to injure the grass, shrubbery, trees, etc. For the most part these offenses are committed on band nights, and the only remedy seems to lie in greater vigilance on the part of the police. A projected path is soon to be laid out, cross- ing the Broad Walk diagonally, and will prove convenient to those having to traverse the Green from northwest to southeast. Dr. and Mrs. Abbe have kindly given a strong, well made and much needed bench, and Mr. Calvin Norris has offered, at half cost, a handsome concrete seat. As our growing trees give increased shade, the need for more benches becomes acute, and it is hoped that this need will be met by those COMMITTEE REPORTS 27 who appreciate the comfort and rest afforded by a shady seat on a warm summer day. We suggest for the year 1909-'10, an ap- propriation of $300 the same as for the year now ending. Emily L. Harrison, Chairman. 28 COMMITTEE REPORTS REPORT OF GLEN MARY PARK COM- MITTEE The amount of the Committee's appropria- tion has been expended in making two gravel paths in the smaller lot between Glen Mary Road and Spring Street, which is very common- ly used as a thoroughfare; we have also pro- vided an arc light near the centre of the park, which illuminates practically the whole square, and prevents the rowdyism and noise that disturbed, during the evenings, the village cottages that border three sides of the park. The turn-stile placed at the entrance gate on Glen Mary Road has effectively prevented COWS from entering the park. During the autumn and winter and early spring we laid out two winding paths up the hill on the west side of Spring Street, which makes a comparatively easy walk up the south de- clivity to meet a continuation of the path down the northern side of the declivity. During the summer this path was filled with clay and covered with gravel, stone steps being inserted in the steepways. These paths, about two thousand feet in length, are SO well COMMITTEEE REPORTS 29 finished that baby-carriages traversed up and down. The undergrowth of alder bushes and shrubs needs to be removed every year; this should be cut away during August or early September in order to allow evergreen trees and maples to grow up unimpeded by the undergrowth. Hackmatack trees, of which there are a few, have been destroyed by worms and should be cut down; there are a great many dead limbs of the larger pines and oaks that should be cut away, as well as some badly grown trees that crowd the more perfect and larger growth. Your committee, therefore, would recommend an appropriation of $85 to cover the cost of these improvements, It is a great pleasure and gratification to see the number of children who use this park as a playground, but we regret that the benches left by Miss Shannon for use in the park are frequently tipped over and the backs broken off. The attention of the public is called to this reckless destruction, and also to the scattering of loose papers; the painted barrels of the V. I. A., of which two have been pro- vided by Miss Nickerson, ought to prevent this nuisance of paper being strewn on the grounds. Robert Amory, Chairman. 30 LIFE MEMBERS 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 Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. Harrison, Mrs. Charles C. Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrison, Hon. and Mrs. F.B. Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. HenryD. Harrison, Mrs. John Banks, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bleecker Hatfield, Henry R. Barney, Mrs. A. C. Hinkle, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bass, Col. and Mrs. E. W. Hoffman, Mrs. W. B. Bass, Hon. J. P. Hone, Mr. and Mrs. John Biddle, Miss Christine W. Hubbard, Gen. and Mrs. T. H. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hunt, Mrs. Platt Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Ingraham, Hon. Geo. L. Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Jackson, Mrs. C. C. Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Jaques, Mr. Herbert Brigham, Mr. L. F. Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Cassatt, Mrs. A. J. Jones, Miss Beatrix Clarke, Miss Anna M. Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Kane, Mr. and Mrs. John I. Coles, Mrs. Edward Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Crafts, Miss Mary E. Kingsland, Mrs. Wm. M. Crocker, Mrs. U. H. Laugier-Villars, the Countess Cuyler, Miss E. de G. Lawrence, Rt. Rev. and Davis, Mrs. A. J. Mrs. Wm. Dehon, Miss M. H. Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Derby, Dr. Hasket Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Dimock, Mrs. H. F. John C. Dodge, Mrs. George E. Livingston, Mr. Johnston Dorr, Mr. George B. Longstreth, Dr. Morris Draper, Mr. George A. Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. L. McJ. Duncan, Mr. W. Butler McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Enjery, Mrs. J. J. Maitland, Mrs. Alexander Eno, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Markoe, Mrs. John Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. May, Mrs. J. Frederic Fahnestock, Mr. Harris C. Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir French, Miss C. L. W. Morgan, Miss C.L. Fry, Mr. Charles Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gray, Mrs. H. W. Morrell, Hon. and Mrs. Edward Green, Mr. Wm. L. Morrill, the Misses Griswold, Mrs. F. G. Morris, Mrs. D. H. Gurnee, Mr. A. C. Newbold, Mr. Clement B. Gurnee, Miss D. E. Ogden, Mr. David B. LIFE MEMBERS 31 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. 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. Stewart, Mr. Wm. 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. Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C. K. 32 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS (By-Laws, Article I, Sec. 4) Averill, Dr. H. D. Brewer, Orient, E. Selectman. Bunker, Mr. John E., Jr., 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. Angus M. McKoy, Rev. Charles F. Madden, Mr. Clarence, Health Officer. Marshall, Howard N., Inspector of Buildings. Morrison, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. E. J. Morrison, Mark C., Selectman. Morse, Mr. Alden, Health Officer. O'Brien, Rev. James S. Paine, Mr. Charles F., Town Treasurer. Patten, Dr. J. H. Phillips, Dr. George A. Rich, Mr. Gilman N., Health Officer. Sherman, Mr. William H., Town Clerk. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS 33 Shober, Dr. John B. Smith, Dr. Frank Fremont. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Taylor, Dr. J. Madison. Thorndike, Dr. Augustus. Wakefield, Dr. R. W. Willey, Mr. C. M., Road Commissioner. 34 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Acknowledged in 19th Annual Re- port $249.00 Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert 70.00 Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L 25.00 Anonymous 25.00 Anonymous 10.00 Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. John W.. 25.00 Baker, Miss Christine V 1.00 Baker, Mrs. Henry M 5.00 Barney, Mrs. Albert Clifford 25.00 Bass, Col. and Mrs. Edgar W 10.00 Bass, Hon. Joseph P 25.00 Baylies, Mrs. N. E 2.50 Beale, Mrs. Harriet Blaine 5.00 Biddle, Miss Christine W 6.00 Blair, Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Clinton 75.00 Bowdoin, Mr. and Mrs. George S.. 100.00 Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T 10.00 Bradlee, Mrs. Josiah 2.00 Brandegee, Mrs. Edward S 10.00 Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. 35.00 Brigham, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford 10.00 Burrill, Mr. and Mrs. Middleton S.. 25.00 Bush, Capt. Thomas J 5.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 35 Carpenter's Union No. 459 15.00 Cary, Miss Jane M 1.00 Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 5.00 Chapman, Mrs. Henry C. 5.00 Cochrane, Mr. and Mrs. Gifford 10.00 Codman, Mr. Julian S 1.00 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10.00 Coles, Miss Mary R. 10.00 Conrad, Mrs. Thomas K 5.00 Crafts, Miss Mary E 5.00 Crocker, Mrs. Uriel H 10.00 Cuyler, Miss Eleanor de G 25.00 Dabney, Mrs. Walter S 1.00 Davis, Mr. and Mrs. W. H 2.00 Delafield, Miss Charlotte E 5.00 Dodge, Mrs. George E. 25.00 Draper, Mr. and Mrs. George A 25.00 Duncan, Mr. William Butler 25.00 Dutilh, Miss 5.00 Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierrepont 5.00 Eno, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lane 25.00 Fabbri, Mrs. Ernesto G 10.00 Fahnestock, Mr. Harris C. 25.00 Fry, Mr. Charles 5.00 Furfey, Dr. J. Austin 5.00 Galt, Lady 3.00 Gregerson, Miss E. S 1.00 Harrison, Hon. and Mrs. Francis Burton 50.00 Harrison, Mr. John, in memoriam. 25.00 Harrison, Mrs. John 10.00 Harvey, Mrs. William P 5.00 36 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Hinkle, Mr. and Mrs. A. Howard 15.00 Hobson, Mrs. E. C 5.00 Hoffman, Mrs. William B 10.00 Hoffman, Miss Mary U 15.00 Hone, Mrs. John 5.00 Hubbard, Gen. and Mrs. Thomas H. 25.00 Hudson, Mrs. Charles L 5.00 Huguenin, Miss Sophie 2.50 Iasigi, the Misses 2.00 Ingraham, Hon. George L 25.00 Jesup, Mrs. Morris K 50.00 Kane, Mr. and Mrs. John Innes 25.00 Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. John S 100.00 Kingsland, Mrs. William M 20.00 Knower, Mrs. Benjamin. 10.00 Larkin, The Misses 2.00 Laugier-Villars, The Countess 15.00 Lawrence, Hon, and Mrs. Abraham R. 2.00 Lawrence, Miss Ruth 1.00 Lawrence Miss Sarah 5.00 Lawrence, Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Wm.. 10.00 Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. 25.00 Linzee, Miss Elizabeth 3.50 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C 10.00 Livingston, Mr. Johnston 30.00 Livingston, Mr. Phillip 5.00 Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea McI 10.00 Lynam, Mr. Fred C. 1.00 McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B 50.00 McCauley, Col. and Mrs. Charles L. 5.00 Major, Miss Maria T. 5.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBEESHIP DUES 37 Manning, The Misses 5.00 Markoe, Mrs. John 25.00 May, Mrs. J. Frederic 10.00 Mellon, Mrs. Charles H 5.00 Meserole, Mr. A 5.00 Minot, The Misses 10.00 Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. S. Weir 25.00 Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Casimir de R. 10.00 Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierpont., 100.00 Morrill, The Misses 30.00 Morris, Mrs. Dave Hennen 10.00 Newbold, Mr. Clement B 25.00 Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 10.00 Norcross, Mr. and Mrs. Otis 10.00 Norris, The Misses 5.00 Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson 10.00 Opdycke, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. 30.00 Opdycke, Master and Miss 2.00 Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 10.00 Pearson, Mrs. Frederick 25.00 Phelps, Mrs. Austin 5.00 Platt, Mrs. A. E 5.00 Porter, Mrs. J. Biddle 2.00 Potter, Mrs. Neilson 10.00 Potter, Mrs. Robert B 10.00 Pratt, Mr. John T. 25.00 Price, Mrs. J. M. P 10.00 Rhinelander, Miss Serena 25.00 Rice, Mrs. William B. 25.00 Robbins, Mrs. George A. 10.00 Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. George S.. 5.00 Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. William J. 10.00 38 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. 25.00 Searls, Mrs. Thomas 1.00 Seely, Mrs. W. W. 10.00 Shepard, Mrs. Elliott F. 25.00 Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner 25.00 Shober, Mrs. S. L. 5.00 Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morton 25.00 Smith, Miss S. R. 5.00 Sprague, Mrs. H. B. 10.00 Stevens, Miss Julia C. 5.00 Stewart, Mr. William R. 25.00 Taylor, Mrs. J. Madison 1.00 Thacher, Dr. and Mrs. John S. 25.00 Thomas, Miss 5.00 Thompson, Mrs. George L 10.00 Thorndike, Mrs. Charles 5.00 Torrey, Miss A. D. 3.50 Train, Mrs. Charles R 5.00 Trevor, Mrs. John B 50.00 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10.00 Van Buren, Mrs. Smith J. 5.00 Van Nest, Mr. G. Willett 10.00 Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Alexander 5.00 Walcott, Mrs. Frederic C 10.00 Washington, Miss Elizabeth 1.00 Washington, Mrs. W. Herbert 1.00 Waterbury, Mr. J. W. 5.00 Watson, Mr. Clarence W. 1.00 Watts, Mrs. John S. 1.00 Weld, Mrs. C. Minot 5.00 Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. 5.00 White, Mr. and Mrs. John Jay 5.00 SPECIAL DONATIONS AND CHARTER 39 Wilkins, Miss Maria S 3.00 Winsor, Mrs. H 1.00 Winthrop, Miss Marie 15.00 Total for general purposes $2,461.00 SPECIAL DONATIONS For Roads and Paths Committee: Mr. Charles Fry 25.00 Anonymous. 10.00 For Glen Mary Park Committee: Anonymous 10.00 Total donations and dues $2,506.00 40 CHARTER 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 I. Parke Goodwin, Fred C. Lynam, William H. Sherman, Morris K. Jesup, Robert Amory, Charles T. How, De Grasse Fox, Luere B. Deasy, Edward Cole, 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 CHARTER 4I 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 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 inconsis- tent with law for the regulation of its member- ship 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- paper published at Bar Harbor. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 42 BY-LAWS BY-LAWS PREAMBLE Whereas, it is evident to all who are interest- ed 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 attractions of the village; therefore we have formed ourselves into an Association and agree to be governed by the following by-laws: No. I-NAME This Society shall be known as the Bar Har- bor Village Improvement Association. No. 2-MEMBERSHIP Section I. 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 BY-LAWS 43 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 Tuesday 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 Associa- tion. Sec. 4. Irrespective of payment of dues the following persons shall be members of the Association: the Selectmen, the Town Clerk, the Treasurer, the Road Commissioners, the Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Health, the Sewer Commissioner, and the Inspector of Buildings, of the Town of Eden; the pastors and rectors of all Christian churches in the village of Bar Harbor, and all physicians licensed to practice in the said village. No. 3-MEETINGS There shall be meetings of the Association held each year on the third Thursday of June and on the second Thursday of July, August and September of which the September meeting shall be the annual 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 Secre- tary. Other meetings of the Association may be called by the President and shall be called on 44 BY-LAWS written request of five members of the Associa- tion. 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 chairman 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 I. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and in his ab- sence 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 Associa- tion, 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 BY-LAWS 45 shall be the sole disbursing officer of the Asso- ciation, and shall pay out the moneys of the Association only upon written approval either of the chairman of the committee from whose appropriation the disbursement is made, or of the President or a member of the Finance Com- mittee. Except for usual office expenses, he shall pay out no money until the same shall have been appropriated by the Associaion. 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. -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, procuring 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 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 46 BY-LAWS of this committee to invite, to receive, to ex- amine into, and if possible to secure the re- moval of just grounds for, complaints relating to matters connected with the purposes of the Aossciation. 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 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 BY-LAWS 47 Mary Shannon's deeds of conveyance of the Park land 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 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 Corpora- tion. 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 there- of may be repealed or amended by a vote of 48 BY-LAWS 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.