Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. 904. Fifteenth Annual Report OF THE Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. I 904 BAR HARBOR RECORD PRINT. OFFICERS FOR 1904-1905. President: WALDRON BATES. Vice-Presidents: L. B. DEASY, JOHN S. KENNEDY, RIGHT REV. WM. LAWRENCE. Secretary: A. H. LYNAM. Treasurer: F. C. LYNAM. STANDING COMMITTEES. Finance Committee: F. C. Lynam, Chairman. Morris K. Jesup, J. S. Kennedy. Sanitary Committee: Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Chairman. Wm. Fennelly, Dr. E. J. Morrison, Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, Mrs. Clara Norris, J. S. Kennedy. 4 THE BAR HARBOR STANDING COMMITTEES--Continued. Roads and Paths Committee: Waldron Bates, Chairman. Mrs. Robert Amory, John J. Emery, George B. Dorr, Charles Fry, Herbert Jaques, Miss Beatrix Jones. Committee on Trees and Planting: George B. Dorr, Chairman. Mrs. John Harrison, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Mrs. L. E. Opdycke, Mrs. W. B. Rice. L. E. Opdycke. Village Committee. Mrs. E. B. Mears. Glen Mary Park Committee: Dr. Robert Amory. Charles Fry, George B. Dorr. VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 5 Fifteenth Annual Report OF THE Bar Harbor Village Improve- ment Association. The fifteenth annual meeting of the Associa- tion was duly called and held at the Young Men's Christian Association on September I3, 1904. The reports presented at this and previous meet.. ings are printed in this report in full. MEMBERSHIP. All visitors to Bar Harbor, as well as resi- dents, are cordially invited to join the Associa- tion. No formality is necessary to become a member. The handing in of a name accom- panied by one dollar, to the Treasurer of the Association, Mr. F. C. Lynam, at his office, the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co., con- stitutes membership. Life membership, $25. 6 THE BAR HARBOR TREASURER'S REPORT For Fiscal Year Ending September 13, 1904. RECEIPTS. From Donations and Membership, 1903, after the books were closed Sept. 8th. $1,034 oo Donations and Membership, 1904, 1,129 00 Interest on Bonds, 100 00 Street Railway Bond paid, 1,000.00 $3,263 00 Balance on hand Sept. 8, 1903, 145 52 Available funds for the year, $3,408 52 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid Park Committee, $ 30 OO Bicycle Path Committee, 100 oo Village Committee, 600 OO Paths Committee, 413 28 Sundry Expenses, I57 38 1,300 66 Balance now on hand, $2,107 86 FRED C. LYNAM, Treasurer. VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 7 Report of the Committee on Roads and Paths. Your Committee has employed two men during the months of June and July, and one man during the month of August to keep the many paths and trails clear, and to renew the signs, cairns and pointers. One new path was made last autumn, con- necting the Giant Slide, on the Sargent Mt. trail, with the Chasm Brook Path, where the latter meets Aunt Betty's Pond Path on the northwesterly ridge of Sargent Mountain. No new paths are planned, but some work for the improvement of existing paths is laid out, to be done this autumn and next spring. For this work, and for the care of the paths and trails next summer an appropriation of at least $300 is required. WALDRON BATES, Chairman. 8 THE BAR HARBOR Report of Village Committee. The work in the Cemetery and on the streets was commenced in June. The usual area was gone over with the exception of Cottage street, which owing to the increase in wages paid this season we were obliged to omit. It is deemed best in future to confine the work done by this Committee on the streets, to cutting the grass and weeds along the edges of the roads and em- ploying a team each day during July and Au- gust to collect the loose papers, as has been done very successfully for the past two seasons. The work on the Cemetery and the gathering of loose papers and rubbish from the Shore Path will be carried on as usual. The funds on hand June I4, 1904 were $671.82. The amount spent during the sum- mer was $507.64, leaving a balance of $101.18 on September I2, 1904. Some money has been collected by Mr. Grant, our able and ef- ficient foreman under whose careful supervision the work has been carried on. This brings the amount of our funds at present to $107.43. ESTHER F. MEARS. VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 9 Report of Glen Mary Park Committee. The Committee would report that the con- ditions of Miss Shannon's deed of trust have been faithfully complied with, that the drain laid during the past year has by drying up the marshy land allowed the use of the whole grounds by children and others, mostly of the people living on Ledgelawn avenue and the Village streets which the year previous was prevented by the wet soil. Wild flowers and grasses have grown luxuriantly and the trees look healthy and in good foliage. It has been the purpose of the Committee to keep the natural growth in the Park rather than to cultivate an ornamental appearance. More benches have been placed in the Park and more widely distributed than formerly. The Committee will need an appropriation of $25 for the care of the Park during the com- ing year. For the Committee. ROBERT AMORY, Chairman. IO THE BAR HARBOR APPROPRIATIONS. The following amounts were appropriated to the various Committees for the year 1904 : Committee on Roads and Paths, $300 OO Committee on Trees and Planting, 100 OO Village Committee, 500 OO Glen Mary Park Committee, 25 00 The Finance Committee was given power to increase the appropriation of the Committee on Trees and Planting from $100 to $200 upon application by said Committee. All of which is respectfully submitted. A. H. LYNAM, Secretary. VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. II PARKE GODWIN. The Village Improvement Association of Bar Harbor at its special meeting held July 25, 1904, desires to record on the minutes its sin- cere and deep regret and sorrow in the removal by death of its late distinguished and respected and loved President, Parke Godwin. Mr. Godwin became President of the Asso- ciation in 1889, the year of its organisation, and continued in his office until the date of his death, January 7, 1904. He was honored in this village by all its inhabitants. His strik- ing personality and genial manners and simple life were observed by all. His high character and intellectural ability were known the world over and this Association has been honored in having at its head, a man SO distinguished. He was always faithful and attentive to the interests of this Association and we miss his presence at our meetings and continue to mourn his loss. I2 THE BAR HARBOR LIFE MEMBERS. ($25.00.) Barney, Mrs. A. C. Hart, Mrs. H. C Biddle, Miss Christine How, Charles T. Bowdoin, Mrs. George S. Harrison, Mrs. John Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Jackson, Mrs. C. C. Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. Jaques, Herbert Coles, Edward Jesup, Morris K. Condon, Mrs. T. G. Jesup, Mrs. Morris K. Crafts, Miss Mary Johnson, Samuel Crocker, Mrs. Uriel H. Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader Davis, Mrs. Andrew J. Jones, Miss Beatrix Derby, Dr. Hasket Kane, John Innes Dickson, L. Taylor Kennedy, John S. Dodge, Mrs. Wm. E. Kingsland, Mrs. Mary I. Dorr, Geo. B. Leeds, Mrs. M. E. Duncan, W. Butler Livingston, Johnston Duncan, Mrs. W. Butler Longstreth, Dr. Morris Emmons, R W. McCormick, Mrs. R. Hall Emery, John J. McMillan, Hugh Emery, Mrs. John J. Macy, Mrs. Caroline L. Fox, De Grasse Markoe, James B. French, Miss C. L. W. Matthews, Mrs. Nathan Fry, Mrs. Charles Minturn, Mrs. Louisa Gurnee, W. S. Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir Gurnee, Miss Mitchell, Mrs. S. Weir Gurnee, A. C. Morgan, Mrs. J. Pierpont Goddard, F. N. Morrell, Mrs. Edward VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. I3 Newbold, Clement B. Sears, J. M. Newbold, Mrs.Clement B. Sears, Mrs. J. M. Norris, Mrs. Joseph P. Sears. J. M. Jr. Ogden, David B. Sears, Miss Helen Peabody, F. H. Seely, Mrs. W. W. Peabody, Mrs. Anna P. Shapley, Rufus E. Pendleton, Edmund Sherman, Gardiner Place, Mrs. George Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner Price, Mrs. Emily M. Smith, C. Morton Pulitzer, Joseph Smith, Mrs. E. A. Rice, Mrs. Wm. B. Smith, Miss Josephine Robbins, Mrs. George A. Trevor, Mrs. John B. Scott, Edgar Vanderbilt, George Vanderbilt, Mrs. George ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. For year ending September 13, 1904. Biddle, Miss C. W. Potter, Mr. Austin Carey, Miss J. M. Prime, Miss Cornelia Linzee, Miss Elizabeth Washington, Miss E. C. Potter, Mrs. R. B. Weld, Mrs. C. Minot Wilkins, Miss Marie S. 14 THE BAR HARBOR DONATIONS. Amory, Dr. Robert $10 OO Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. J W IO 00 Banks, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bleecker 25 OO Bass, Mrs. E. W IO OO Biddle, Miss Christine W 5 OO Blair, Mr. and Mrs. D. Clinton 25 OO Bridgham, Mr. S. W IO OO Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T IO 00 Bass, J. P IO OO Bowdoin, Mrs. Geo. S 25 OO Bowler, Mr. Robert P IO OO Bowler, Mrs. Robert B. 5 OO Coles, Mr. and Mrs. Edward IO OO Crocker, Mrs. Uriel IO OO Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B IO OO Derby, Dr. and Mrs. Hasket 5 OO Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. W. Butler 50 00 Draper, Miss Lucie How IO OO Davis, Mrs. A. J IO OO Ellis, Mr. Frank IO OO Fox, Mrs. De Grasse 5 OO Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Charles IO 00 Fabbri, Mrs. E G IO OO Gray, Mr. and Mrs. H. W IO OO Guthrie, M. H IO OO Hardy, Mrs. Alpheus IO 00 Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. John 25 OO VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 15 Hone, Mrs. John 5 00 How, Mr. Charles T IO OO Hatfield, Henry R IO OO Hinkle, Mrs. A. Howard IO OO Jackson, Mrs. Charles Carroll 5 OO Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Francis H IO OO Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader IO 00 Jones, Miss Frances IO OO Jesup, Mr. Morris K 50 OO Kane, John Innes 25 00 Kennedy, John S 100 OO Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L IO OO Livingston, Mr. Johnston 25 00 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C 25 00 Lawrence, Rt. Rev. Wm IO OO Maitland, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 25 00 May, Mrs. J. Frederick 5.00 Minot, The Misses IO OO Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir 25 00 Moore, C. De R 5.00 Morrill, The Misses 25 00 Morris, Mrs. D. H 5 00 Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Clement B 50 00 Norris, Mrs. Joseph P 5 00 Ogden, David B 50 Opdycke, Mr. and Mrs. L. E IO OO Ostrander, Mr. Charles F 5 OO Platt, Mrs. Agnes E IO OO Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 5 oo Price, Mrs. J. M. P 5 OO Rice, Mrs. William B 25 OO Seely, Mrs. W. W 25 00 16 THE BAR HARBOR Schiff, Mr. Jacob H 20 or Schieffelin, Mrs. Wm. Jay IO OO Scott, Mr. Edgar 25 OO Sears, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert 25 OO Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner IO OO Smith, Mr. C. Morton 25 OO Smith, Mrs. Edward A: IO OO Thorndike, Mrs. Quincy IO OO Thorndike, Mr. Augustus 5 OO Van Renssalaer, Mrs. Alexander 5 OO Wright, Mrs. C. K 5 OO Watson, Mr H. M IO OO Winthrop, Miss Maria IO OO VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 17 CHARTER. CHAPTER CLXXXVI. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature As- sembled as follows: SECTION I. Parke Godwin, Fred C. Lynam, William H. Sherman, Morris K. Jesup, Robert Amory, Charles T. How, DeGrasse 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. Mor- rill, Iphigenia Z. Place, Frances E. Wood, George W. Vanderbilt, Gertrude S. Rice, Louise 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 in- corporated under the name of the Bar Harbor 18 THE BAR HARBOR Village Improvement Association, for the pur- pose of instituting and maintaining public im- provements in the village of Bar Harbor, and other parts of Mount Desert Island. SECT. 2. For the purpose of its incorpora- tion this Association may receive and hold real and personal property not exceeding fifty thou- sand dollars in amount; make contracts to be binding upon itself but none upon its individual members; and to make by-laws not inconsist- ent with law for the regulation of its member- ship and its government. SECT. 3. The first meeting of this corpo- ration may be called by any one of the above associates, by a notice published two weeks successively before the time of said meeting in any newspaper published at Bar Harbor. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 19 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 culti- vating 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. The Society shall be known as the Bar Har- bor Village Improvement Association. No. 2. -MEMBERSHIP. SECTION I. The members of this Associa- tion shall consist of two classes Annual and Life. 20 THE BAR HARBOR SECT. 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 Tues- day of September. SECT. 3. The payment of five dollars an- nually 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. No. 3. -MEETINGS. There shall be meetings of the Association held on the second Tuesday Qf the months of June, July and August, and the Annual meet- ing shall be held on the second Tuesday of September in each year. Said meetings shall be held at some conven- ient 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 VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 21 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 appoint, by the newly elect- ed President, the Chairman and Members of the following Standing Committees : Finance. Sanitary. Roads and Paths. Trees and Planting. Village. Glen Mary Park. Special Committees may be appointed by a vote of the Association at any time. 22 THE BAR HARBOR No. 5. - DUTIES OF OFFICERS. SECTION I. 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. SECT. 2. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money and other property of the Associ- ation and shall make a report at each meeting and a formal written report of the Annual Meeting. He shall pay the bills which shall be approved by the President or one of the Vice Presidents or the Secretary, or by a mem- ber of the Finance Committee. SECT. 3. The Secretary shall keep a cor- rect 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 As- sociation, by extending the membership, pro- VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 23 curing subscriptions and donations or by any other means. This Committee shall also audit the accounts of the Treasurer, on or about the first day of September in each year. 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. 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 the 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 Asso- ciation. Committee on Roads and Paths. It shall 24 THE BAR HARBOR 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. 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. Glen Mary Park. It shall be the duty of this Committee to conserve the conditions of Miss 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 As- sociation 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 VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 25 monthly report to the Association during the summer and the reports prepared for the An- nual Meeting shall be in writing. No money shall be spent until appropriations are made by the Association. 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 li- able 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. b.-AMENDMENTS. These By-laws as a whole, or any part there- of, may be repealed or amended by a vote of 26 THE BAR HARBOR two-thirds of the members present at any regu- lar or official meeting of the Association, but a notice of any proposed change shall be given in the call for the meeting. No. II.-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. V LA L 130