Twenty-fifth Annual Report Of The Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the Year Ending September 10, 1914 Twenty-fifth Annual Report Of The Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association For the Year Ending September 10, 1914 1 OFFICERS FOR 1914-1915 PRESIDENT L. B. Deasy VICE PRESIDENTS Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Dr. A. F. Schauffler Dr. Augustus Thorndike SECRETARY H. M. Conners TREASURER F. C. Lynam STANDING COMMITTEES FINANCE COMMITTEE L. A. Austin, Chairman Henry Lane Eno, Fred C. Lynam Thomas Searls VILLAGE COMMITTEE Miss Fanny Norris, Chairman Miss Bell B. Gurnee, Miss Sarah Lawrence, Mrs. John I. Kane, Miss Juliette Nickerson, Mrs. Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. C. F. Ostrander, Dr. Augustus Thorndike, J. Alden Morse, Mrs. Edward B. McLean, Miss Harriet Ogden, Miss Louise Deasy COMMITTEES GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE Miss Juliette Nickerson TREES AND PLANTING COMMITTEE Mrs. John Markoe, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mrs. John Harrison,s Rudolph E. Brunnow, Mrs. John S. Kennedy, Miss Harriet V. Ogden. Henry Lane Eno, L. A. Austin SANITARY COMMITTEE Dr. Robert Abbe, Chairman Dr. G. R. Hagerthy, Dr. J. H. Patten, Dr. F. Fremont-Smith, Dr. R. G. Higgins, Dr. Horace S. Stokes, Dr. C. C. Morrison. Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Dr. E. J. Morrison, Dr. George A. Phillips, Dr. R. W. Wakefield ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE Rudolph E. Brunnow, Chairman Miss Carpenter, Miss Mary R. Coles, Dr. J. Madison Taylor, Albion P. Alley, George B. Dorr Miss Eloise Derby, Mrs. W. P. Draper VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE Mrs. John Harrison, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Fred C. Lynam, Miss Fanny Norris, Mrs. William B. Rice, Mrs. F. E. Sherman, Miss Louisa Minot. GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE Dr. Augustus Thorndike, Chairman, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John Harrison COMMITTEES 3 SPECIAL COMMITTEES HOW PARK COMMITTEE D. C. Blair, Chairman, Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, F. C. Lynam, Philip Livingston A. C. Gurnee, John How. MILK COMMITTEE Dave Hennen Morris, Chairman, Dr. Robert Abbe, Dr. Nathaniel Gildersleeve, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. R. W. Wakefield, Treasurer's Report For the Fiscal Year Ending September 10, 1914 Receipts Dues and General Donations, $1,101.00 Special Donations: For Paths, 586.00 $1,687.00 Interest on $2,000. Investment, 78.28 Interest on $5,000. Investment,. 250.00 Interest on Bank Account, 48.36 $2,063.64 Balance on hand, Sept. 11, 1913 2,765.45 $4,829.09 Payments Trees and Planting Committee $ 108.89 Roads and Paths Committee. 1,164.83 Village Green, 250.75 Village Committee, 494.03 Canvassing, 1914, 26.00 Printing and Postage, 70.10 Secretary's Salary, 50.00 2,164.60 Balance on Hand, Sept. 10, 1914, $2,664.49 4 TREASURER'S REPORT 5 The Association owns $5,000. of Rodick Realty Com- pany bonds purchased with the legacy from the late Waldron Bates. The Association owns $300. par value Bar Harbor Water Company stock. The Association has on deposit bearing interest $1,700. FRED C. LYNAM, Treasurer. Bar Harbor, May 20, 1915 I have examined the accounts of Fred C. Lynam, Treasurer Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association and find them correct. L. A. AUSTIN, Auditor. Report of Finance Committee For the Fiscal Year Ending September 10th, 1914 The dues and general donations this year amount to $1,101.00. Last year they were $1,315.00, showing a decrease this year of $214.00. The Special Donations this year amount to $586.00. Last year they were $150.49, showing an increase this year of $435.51. Re- ceipts from interest this year, $376.64; last year the receipts were $354.68, showing an increase this year of $21.96, making the total receipts this year $2,063.64 against $2,146.10 last year, a decrease this year of $82.46. Included in the receipts last ;year was an item of $325.93 received from an entertainment given by the Resident People. Payments This Year The amount expended this year by the several Committees and including General Expenses amounts to $2,164.60. Last year, the amount expended was $1,670.36, showing an increase this year of $494.24. The balance in the Treasury September 11, 1913 was $2,765.45, the balance September 10, 1914, is $2,664.49, a decrease of $100.96. 6 REPORT OF FINANCIAL COMMITTEE 7 The Invested Funds of the Association are as follows: - Rodick Realty Company Bonds $5,000.00 Bar Harbor Water Co. Stock 300.00 On Deposit bearing interest, 1,700.00 Total, $7,000.00 L. A. AUSTIN, Chairman of the Finance Committee. Report of Village Committee The Village Committee reports are of necessity very monotonous, as the work differs but little from year to year. The care of the Churchyard grounds was begun before Memorial Day, (and the work started on the streets and on the Shore Path. The most discouraging feature of the work is the never ending supply of loose papers, peanut shells and empty cigarette boxes, thrown onto the streets and sidewalks, when a barrel to hold such things, is within la few yards away! The weeds still flourish in spite of the efforts made both last year and this season to eradicate them. Both years, many loads of weeds growing along the borders have been uprooted and taken to the dump heap to be carried out to sea, but no permanent results can ever be attained as long as the empty lots on lower West street, and on other streets continue to be overgrown with weeds of the worst varieties, whose seeds are sown broadcast by the wind. It seems hard that the efforts made by a number of the owners of small cot- tages to make their grounds attractive, should be made so difficult by the neglect and indifference of their neighbors. Nothing but public opinion can help, and if the attention of the owners of untidy, overgrown lots is called to the matter, some good may come. 8 REPORT OF VILLAGE COMMITTEE 9 The beautiful condition of the grounds of the Churches, Library, Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, Post Office and of an ever increasing number of the small homes in the village, should be an in- centive to everyone to help in the work of beautifying our town. Two men have been employed this season. Through the kindness of Mr. John W. Silk, the tools, etc., were stored free of charge during the winter. Thanks are due our conscientious foreman, who has done his work most faithfully. The amount expended from September 11, 1913, to September 10, 1914, is $494.03. Respectfully Submitted FANNY NORRIS, Chairman September 10, 1914. Report of Village Green Committee The very excellent condition of the "Green" at this late date of the summer season, merits la few words of comment, and commendation, inasmuch as this condi- tion is not only due to the frequent rains and brilliant sunshine, after the clouds have dispersed, but to the care and attention given to it daily, in the four hours only of labor, from 6:30 to 10:30 A. M. This amount of time, amply sufficient for a small private garden, is scarcely enough for a large open space for the pub- lic (none too thoughtful labout scattering papers, nut shells, etc.) Under these conditions some allowance should be made and criticism disarmed, if, during the rest of the day the papers, etc., make the "Green" look, sometimes, most untidy. Your chairman, Mr. President, has been asked frequently, "Why the edges of the grass on each side of the paths are not kept absolutely even." The answer lies in the fact that daily or even weekly cut- tings would soon result in "Broad Highways" through the Green, instead of attractive paths. A friend of the Green suggests that a low hedge of the Bérberis Thunbergii planted each side of the paths would elim- inate all difficulty and trouble about the continual cut- ting away of the "edges" beside adding much to the beauty of the paths. Permission having been accord- ed at the last meeting, to your Chairman to carry out 10 REPORT OF VILLAGE GREEN COMMITTEE 11 the suggestion of this friend,-work has been begun, and it is believed that by Thursday the 10th, all the planting will be finished. This addition to the Village Green will be donated. The cost of maintenance of the "Green" up-to-date has been $250.75, including every necessary equipment, viz, shovels, spades, rakes, hose, a wheel barrow, water privileges etc., etc. in addition to the daily four hours of labor from May 1st, 1914 to date. Mr. Stuart, of the firm of Quimby & Stuart, has kindly offered to revarnish all the signs in the Green with printed rules, at his own expense. More settles are much needed, many of those already there are in bad condition, principally owing to rough treatment, and your committee would be glad if a dozen benches could be presented, by the residents, to the Village Green next June. EMILY L. HARRISON, Chairman Village Green Report of Roads and Paths Committee Since the last report of September 11th, 1913, $336.- 38 have been expended on the work of keeping the paths in order, this sum, together with the amount expended from May 1st to September 1st, 1913, $323.67, making a total outlay of $660.05 for the care of the paths during a period of fourteen months. In addition to this work several new paths were laid out. As already mentioned in the last report, $35. were spent in making a new trail along the top of the Cadillac Cliffs, and during the past winter a connecting path was made from the southern end of the Orange and Black Path to the Red and White Path leading to the Bowl, the cost of which was $132.75. A short connection from the Kebo Mountain Path to the Harden Farm Path, forming an important link in the path system of this region, cost $75.25; and $50.62 were used in widening the path leading from the Bicycle Path over Little Meadow Hill to the Gorge Road and in removing underbrush. The cost of these new paths was, therefore, $293.62, and the grand total of our expenditures is $953.67. Our assets for the period extending from May 1st, 1913, to the present date are as follows: Miss Car- penter and Mr. Frederic Weekes, each contributed $50, or $25 a year, making la total of $100, and the Village Improvement Association gave $750, so that we have 12 REPORT OF ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE 13 $850, altogether, leaving a deficit of $103.67. Of the sum appropriated by the Finance Committee, $250. were destined specially for the construction of new paths, and the expenditure on this work has exceeded the ap- propriation by $43.62, which is, however, offset by the private gifts. The most important piece of work during the past year has been outside of the regular appropriation. Last summer Mrs. Kane most generously provided the funds for the construction of a Memorial Path, in mem- ory of her hursband, Mr. John Innes Kane, the late chairman of this committee. The path is now com- pleted, with the exception of the approach from the Gorge Road, and extends along the base of Dry Moun- tain from the northern end of Little Meadow to the en- trance of the Ladder Path, leading through some very picturesque rock formations. The warm thanks of the Committee are due to Mrs. Kane for this munificent gift, which will form an important part of the pro- jected system of paths leading from the Village through Great Meadow and the Harden Farm district to the mountains. I have also to announce that Mrs. Morton Smith has just made an equally generous offer to present a Memorial Path in memory of her late husband, Mr. C. Morton Smith, whose interest in the development of our mountain trails continued in undiminished force when he was no longer able to enjoy them himself, and that she has decided, on the recmmendation of the Commit- 14 REPORT OF ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE tee, to have it on the western side of Picket Mountain, where it will lead from the Gorge Road opposite to the entrance of the Kane Path to the summit of the moun- tain along a slope from which some very fine views of the ocean to the north and south are obtained. This path will form the principal connection between the system of paths running through Great Meadow which has been alluded to above and the trails leading over Newport Mountain and around its base to Schooner Head Road. Your Committee has decided to make a further im- portant contribution to the existing network of paths on Newport Mountain by authorizing the construction of a trail leading up from the Orange and Black Path over the precipitous cliffs on the eastern face of the moun- tain, just (above the great Cave. This trail will be an absolutely unique feature on the Island, hardly to be paralleled anywhere east of the Rockies. We have about $390. for this work from a special fund; but as this sum will probably not be sufficient to make a per- fectly safe and easy path, we would respectfully ask the Association to make a special appropriation for this purpose. RUDOLPH E. BRUNNOW, Chairman Roads and Paths Committee. Sept. 10, 1914. Report of the Trees and Planting Committee The title of this committee is "The Trees and Plant- ing Committee." Its duties are "to secure the remov- al of dead wood and underbrush, land to plant trees, shrubs and vines, and to care for the Bicycle Path and the Newport Mountain Road." Your committee has endeavored to fulfill these du- ties so far as may be. Trees have been planted on Main street and Wayman Lane, on the front and sides of Music Hall. The dead wood has been removed from the Ocean Drive and partially from the Breakneck Road. As to the Bicycle Path, it no longer exists; and as to the Newport Mountain Road no member of the com- mittee knows to what that title is given. The most important help that could be given this committee would be some co-operation with the Road Commissioners. As long as they and their employees are allowed to scoop out the earth on any bank or roadside, leaving the roots of the trees exposed and making hideous scars, it is impossible for any roadsides to be well kept. This committee would like to have some other method used for getting fill to mend the roads, and would suggest that this association request the selectmen to prevent this abuse of the roadsides and of the trees growing thereon. Respectfully Submitted MATILDA MARKOE, Chairman. 15 Report of Glen Mary Park Committee In August, 1913, possession was obtained, in part by mortgage, of the land adjoining the park on the North extending to Waldron Road from Glen Mary Road to Spring street, and a design for its develop- ment was kindly contributed by Mr. Fred Savage. The easterly portion, which is higher than the road is wood- ed and larches predominate, the rest is a cedar swamp and has been converted into a skating pond by removing trees, ploughing and scooping the clay to the borders. It has received the name of the Leland Harrison Pond as it was constructed through the generosity of Mrs. John Harrison in memory of her son. In spite of per- sistent, heavy autumn rains, which greatly impeded progress, the work was so far completed that it was filled with water in time for the first skating and con- tinued to afford good sport through the long cold win- ter season. Young and old thronged the pond, espec- ially in the evenings, for the selectmen had placed an electric light on a pole on Waldron Road, so as to il- luminate both street and pond. Miss Edith Bowdoin's gift of a bronze water trough for horses at the corner of Spring street and Waldron Road helped by its overflow, to supply the pond with water, as did the Shannon Spring, the surface water from the hillside park and the overflow from the park drinking fountain - another gift. Lack of funds, 16 REPORT OF GLEN MARY PARK COMMITTEE 17 however, caused the unavoidable postponement of all grading, seeding, and planting, and made the new part of the park look like a desert this summer. The committee respectfully suggests several ways in which individuals or associations may contribute to the needs of the park. First, there is the formal park entrance which should come opposite the end of what is now Park Road, formerly Livingston Road, which has been extended from Ledgelawn avenue to Glen Mary Road; there is the planting of an alley of trees along Waldron Road; providing sidewalks and paths; making a playground for little children Glen Mary Road with a sand garden; labelling the trees with the botanical and common name. For these and other objects the committee would gladly furnish estimates and receive special donations; it is much desired that next summer the park will present a much better ap- pearance. Respectfully Submitted MRS. JOHN HARRISON, GEORGE B. DORR, AUGUSTUS THORNDIKE, Committee. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell The Committee appointed for the purpose reported through Dr. Brunnow an appreciation of Dr. Mitchell prepared by Miss Minot and a tribute by Dr. Taylor to Dr. Mitchell's eminent qualities as a physician, and upon motion the same were adopted and ordered to be entered upon the records of the Association. Dr. iMtchell was so universally beloved and admired and his personality, his life, and his great achievements in science and literature are so well known to the world, that it is difficult to add to his praise and to say anything that has not already been better said else- where. But of one point in his full and many-sided career this is indeed the place to speak: of his love for Bar Harbor and his active concern in the interests of the village, and especially in this Society. He found renewed strength, refreshment, and in- spiration in his walks over the wooded slopes and rocky heights of this island; every afternoon saw him setting out for a ramble, and he has often said, that when alone among the hills, his best thoughts came to him for the poem or the novel then in his mind. He did a great deal to make these beautiful paths well known, often taking his friends or even strangers up the mountains or into the woods; and no more delight- ful companion could be imagined, full of eager interest 18 SPECIAL COMMITTEE 19 and all kinds of information about the island and its natural wonders. He furthered the objects of the Village Improvement Association in every possible way and as only he could, obtaining for it several gifts of large tracts of land and subscriptions for its various undertakings; and it was owing to his suggestion that the Village Green was secured to the Association. During his tenure of office as Chairman of the Roads and Paths Committee he was untiring in laying out new trails, and he continued his interest in this work by suggestions and assistance to his successors. Only last lujumn he planned a path to open up an al- most untrodden part of the island, the region lying be- tween Eagle Lake Road and Fawn Pond, with Young's Mountain as its principal summit. May we hope that this plan will be carried out as a fitting memorial to him and as an expression of our reverent admiration of his noble character, his lofty ideals, his brilliant and versatile mind, and of our undying gratitude for all he did on behalf of the welfare of this island. DR, J. MADISON TAYLOR'S TRIBUTE One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Dr. Mitchell was his buoyant delight in all that Nature so lavishly gives of outdoor joys. As a physician he insisted that all his patients should live as near to the primitive as possible, to draw strength from Mother Earth as did Antaeus of old. By emphasizing this elemental principle he re- formed many warped consciousnesses, redirected the 20 SPECIAL COMMITTEE gaze of the introspective to the gladness of the world, compelled the downhearted to realize the error of despair, restored to right points of view and action my- riads of depressed souls. So powerful was his per- sonality reinforced by a lifetime of experience and con- viction, that he excited a widespread influence for good which grows increasingly as the seeds he sowed take root in the minds of both those who knew him or read his works. This is especially true of physicians. This one aspect of his influence alone went far to create an epoch in advance. He was a great observer; keen to see what others passed blindly by; wise to interpret what he or others noted; judicious to utilize odd and rare bits of infor- mation which had otherwise been lost. Mrs. Robert B. Potter Whereas, in the death of Mrs. Robert B. Potter, the Village Improvement Association has sustainel a very great loss, therefore: RESOLVED: That we, her co-workers, put on record our sincere appreciation of her invaluable ser- vices to the Association, of which she was one of the Founders. She had long felt the great need of such a society here, and her wise suggestions as to its being held to- gether in a unanimity of kindly purpose were always most acceptable. With keen intelligence she quickly SPECIAL COMMITTEE 21 perceived if in 'al proposed new plan there lay some slight error of judgement that might lead to a mis- understanding and at once was able to straighten out the difficulty and make feasible an otherwise excellent proposition. She was the first Chairman of the Village Commit- tee and also for many years Chairman of the Entertain- ment Committee, whose duty it was to raise funds for the Association. In this position she showed much ingenuity in devising varied and successful Entertain- ments and was happy in securing the warm interest and co-operation of both residents and visitors alike. RESOLVED: That, this Resolution be spread on the minutes and a copy sent to Mrs. Potter's family. EMILY L. HARRISON, Chairman Ex-Officio Members (By-Laws, Article 2, Section 4) Bird, Mr. Walter L. Health Officer. Butterfield, Mr. John H., Road Commissioner Dorr, Mr. George B., Selectman Emery, Mr. Julien, Selectman Fabbri, Mr. Ernesto G., Selectman Franklin, Mr. Max, Selectman Green, Mr. Charles S., Selectman Hagerthy, Dr. George R. Higgins, Dr. R. G. Larned, Rev. A. C. Lawford, Mr Henry A., Selectman Leitch, Rev. F. A. Logie, Rev. J. H. MacDonald, Rev. A. M. Madden, Mr. C. E.., Road Commissioner Morrison, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. E. J. O'Brien, Rev. James D. Paine, Mr. Charles F., Town Treasurer Palmer, Mr. Ernest L., Superintendent of Schools Platten, Dr. J. H. Phillips, Dr. George A. Sargent, Mr. Walter W., Road Commissioner Sherman, Mr. W. H. Town Clerk Smith, Dr. Frank Fremont- Stanley, Mr. Robert E., Health Officer 22 LIFE MEMBERS 23 Stearns, Mr. Harry E., Building Inspector Stevens, Mr. Joseph A., Selectman Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Taylor, Dr. J. Madison Thorndike, Dr. Augustus Wadleigh, Mr. W. P., Health Officer Wawefield, Dr. R. W. 0-0-0 Life Members Givers of $25 in one sum, $10 annually for three years, or $5 annually for seven years (By-Laws, Article II, Section 3) Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mrs. Nicholas L. Anson, Mrs. Alfred 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. D. C. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bridgham, Mrs. S. W. Bridgham, Mr. L. F. 24 LIFE MEMBERS Brooks, Mr. H. Mortimer Burrill, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Carpenter, Miss Agnes Carpenter, Mrs. Miles B. Cassatt, Mrs. A. J. Clarke, Miss Anna M. Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Coles, Mrs. Edward Coles, Miss Mary R. Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. Crafts, Miss Mary E. Crocker, Mrs. U. H. Cuyler, Miss E. de G. Davis, Mrs. A.J. Dehon, Miss M. H. Dimock, Mrs. H. F. Dodge, Mrs. George E. Dorr, Mr. George B. Draper, Mr. George A. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Duncan, Mr. W. Butler Du Pont, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. 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. LIFE MEMBERS 25 Gurnee, Mr. A. C. Gurnee, Miss D.E. Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harrison, Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Hon. and Mrs. F. B. Harrison, Mrs. John Hatfield, Mr. Henry R. Hinkle, Mrs. A. H. Hoffman, Miss Mary U. Hone, Mrs. John How, Mr. John B. Howard, Mr. Edgar B. Hubbard, Mrs. T. H. Hunt, Mrs. Platt, Ingraham, Hon. George L. Jackson, Mrs. C. C. Jacques, Mr. Herbert Jesup,Mrs. Morris K. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Jones, Miss Beatrix Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kane, Mrs. John I. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kingsland, Mrs. Wm. M. Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Laugier-Villars, the Countess Lawrence, Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. 26 LIFE MEMBERS Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mr. Johnston Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea McI. McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Maitland, Mrs. Alexander Markoe, Mrs. John May, Mrs. J. Frederic Minot, The Misses Morgan, Miss C. L. Morgan, Mrs. J. P. Morrell, Hon. and Mrs. Edward Morrill, The Misses Morrill, The Misses Morris, Mrs. D. H. Morris, Mrs. D. H. Newbold, Mr. Clement B. Ogden, Mr. David B. Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson Opdycke, 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, Mrs. Joseph LIFE MEMBERS 27 Rhinelander, Miss Serena Rice, Mrs. W. B. Robbins, Mrs. George A. Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Schauffler, Dr. A. F. Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sears, Miss Helen Sears, Mrs. J. M. Seely, Mrs. W. W. Shepard, Mrs. Elliott F. Sherman, Mrs. Gardiner Smith, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Miss Josephine C. Speyer, Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart, Mr. W. R. Stokes, Dr. Horace S. Thacher, Dr. John S. Thompson, Miss Anne Thompson, Mrs. George L. Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Thorndike, Mrs. G. Quincy Townsend, Mrs. R. H. Trevor, Miss Emily Trevor, Mrs. John B Tucker, Mrs. Alanson Vanderbilt, Mrs. George W. Walcott, Mrs. F. C. 28 LIFE MEMBERS Weekes, Mr. F. Delano Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C. K. Donations and Membership Dues Acknowledged in 24th annual report, $ 435 Abbe, Dr. Robert 25 Addams, Miss Jane 5 Amory, Mrs. George F. 5 Anson, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred 25 Astor, Mrs. J. J. 10 Auchineloss, Mrs. John W. 10 Baker, Miss Charlotte S. 5 Baker, Miss Christine V. 5 Baker, Mrs. H. M. 5 Baker, Rev. and Mrs. William O. 5 Bass, Col. and Mrs. E. W. 5 Biddle, Miss Christine W. 5 Blair, Mr. D. C. 50 Bowdoin, Miss Edith G. 5 Bowdoin, Mrs. Georgs S. 50 Bowler, Mrs. Robert B. 10 Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. 10 Brunnow, Mr. R. E. 10 Chapman, Mrs. Henry C. 5 Coles, Mrs. Edward 10 Deasy, Hon. L. B. 1 Ferrand, Mr. and Mrs. Max 10 Franklin, Mr. Max, 1 French, Miss C. L. W. 5 Gildersleeve, Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel, 5 29 30 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Green, Mr. Charles S. 1 Gurnee, Mr. A. C. 25 Gurnee, Mr. W. S. 5 Harrison, Mrs. John 10 Hatfield, Mrs. Henry R. 25 Higgins, Mr. B. S. 1 Hillson, Mr. N. 1 Hoffman, Miss Mary U. 10 Hubbard, Gen. and Mrs. Thomas H. 25 Ingraham, Hon. George L. 13 Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howe 10 Kane, Mrs. John I. 25 Keim, Mrs. G. de B. 5 Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. F. Leonard 5 Kennedy, Mrs. John's. 100 Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L...: 10 King, Mr. David James I 10 Kingsland, Mrs. W. M. 25 Kittredge, Mr. R. H. 1 Ladd, Mr. Charles C. 1 Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. 25 Lawford, Mr. Henry A. 1 Lawrence, Rt. Rev. William 10 Leffingwell, Miss M. M. 3 Linzee, Miss Elizabeth, 5 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John C. 10 Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip 10 Lynam, Mr. F. C. 1 Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. L. McI. 10 Manning, Miss A. F. 5 M 5 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 31 Markoe, Mrs. John 10 May, Mrs. J. Frederic 10 McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. 10 McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hall 10 Miller, Miss Edith M. 5 Minot, The Misses, 5 Morrill, The Misses, 25 Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Dave H. 10 Myer, Rev. Walden 5 Nason, Mr. H. S. 1 Norris, Miss Dorothea C. 5 Norris, Miss Fanny 5 Ogen, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. 10 Ogden, Miss Harriet V. 5 Opdycke, Mrs. Emerson 5 Opdycke, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. 10 Ostrander, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. 5 Paine, Mr. Charles F. 1 Parsons, Mrs. Herbert 10 Peabody, Mr. and Mrs. Harold 5 Phelps, Mrs. Austin 5 Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph 10 Rice, Mrs. William B. 10 Robbins, Mrs. George A. 10 Savage, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lyttleton 10 Schauffler, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. 25 Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob 25 Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar 25 Seely, Mrs. W. W. 10 Smith, Mrs. C. Morton, 25 32 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Smith, Miss Mary R. 5 Smith, Miss S. R. 5 Stevens, Miss Julia C. 5 Sturges, Mrs. Howard O. 10 Thorndike, Dr. land Mrs. Augustus 10 Thorndike, Mrs. Quincy 10 Tucker, Mrs. Alanson 10 Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Alexander 5 Washington, Mrs. W. Herbert 1 Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. 10 Weld, Mr. and Mrs. C. Minot 5 Wood, Mr. Charles H. 1 Young, Mr. A. Murray 25 SPECIAL DONATIONS Carpenter, Miss Agnes, for paths, $ 25 Draper, Mr. and Mrs. W. P., for paths 10 Klane, Mrs. John I., for Kane path 100 Robbins, Mr. George S., for paths 1 Weekes, Mr. F. Delano, for paths 25 Total Donations and Dues, $1687 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 Representa- tives in Legislature Assembled as follows: SECTION 1. Parke Godwin, Fred C. Lynam, William H. Sherman, Morris K. Jesup, Robert Amory, Charles T. How, De Grasse Fox, Luere B. Deasy; Edward Coles, Serenus H. Rodick, Henry Sayles, Wil- liam B. Rice, David A. Bunker, Elihu T. Hamor, Addie B. Higgins, Mary G. Dorr, Augustus Gurnee, A. W. Morrill Ephigenia Z. Place, Francis E. Wood, George W. Vanderbilt, Gertrude S. Rice, Louisa S. Minot, F. G. Peabody, Abby A. Potter, Francis M. Conners, John E. Clark, George M. Wheeler, Eugene B. Rich- ards and their associates and successors are hereby incorporated under the name of the Bar Harbor Vil- lage Improvement Association, for the purpose of insti- stituting and maintaining public improvements in the village of Bar Harbor, and other parts of Mount Desert Island. SEC. 2. For the purpose of its incorporation this Association may receive and hold real and per- sonal property not exceeding fifty thousand dollars 33 34 CHARTER in amount; make contracts to be binding upon itself but not upon its individual- members; and make by-laws not inconsistent with the law for the regula- tion of its membership and its government. SEC. 3. The first meeting of this corporation may be called by any of the above associates, by a notice published two weeks successively before the time of said meeting in any newspaper published in Bar Harbor. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect when ap- proved. By-Laws PREAMBLE Whereas, it is evident to all who are interested in the village of Bar Harbor that some method of united action is needed in order to preserve the natural beauties of the place by the ornamentation of the streets and public grounds of the village, by planting and cultivating trees and doing such other acts as shall tend to beautify, adorn and increase the attrac- tions of the village; therefore we have formed our- selves into an Association and agree to be governed by the following by-laws: No. 1 - Name This Society shall be known as the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. No. 2 - Membership SECTION 1. The members of this Association shall consist of two classes: Annual and Life. SEC. 2. Any person over fourteen years of age, by the payment of one dollar annually, and any child under fourteen years of age who shall pay the sum of fifty cents annually, shall be a member of this Association for the current fiscal year which shall end on the second Thursday of September. 35 36 BY-LAWS SEC. 3. The payment of five dollars annually for seven years or ten dollars annually for three years, or twenty-five dollars in one sum, shall constitute a person a life member of the Association. SEC. 4. Irrespective of payment of dues the following persons shall be members of the Associa- tion: The Selectmen, the Town Clerk, the Treasurer, the Road Commissioners, the Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Health, the Sewer Commissioner, and the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Eden; the pastors and rectors of all Christian Churches in the village of Bar Harbor, and all physicians licensed to practice in the said village. No. 3 - Meetings There shall be meetings of the Association held each year on the third Thursday of June and on the second Thursday of July, August and September ,of which the September meeting shall be the annual meet- ing of the Association. Said meetings shall be held at some convenient place in the village of Bar Harbor, of which due notice shall be given by the Secretary. Other meetings of the Association may be called by the President and shall be called on written re- quest of five members of the Association. No. 4 - Officers of the Association At the annual meeting the Association shall elect by ballot, the following officers: - BY-LAWS 37 President, Three Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, who shall hold office for one year and until their suc- cessors are duly elected. At the same time and place the Association shall elect or shall empower the newly elected President to appoint, the chairman and members of the follow- ing Standing Committees: Finance, Village, Griev- ance, Sanitary, Roads and Paths, Trees and Planting, Village Green and Glen Mary Park. Special Committees may be appointed by a vote of the Association at any time. No. 5 - Duties of Officers SECTION 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and in his absence one of the Vice Presidents shall perform the duties of his office. SEC. 2. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money and other property of the Association, and shall report at each of its regular meetings. The report presented by him at the annual meeting shall be in writing accompanied by an account and vouchers for audit. He shall be the sole disbursing officer of the Association, and shall pay out the moneys of the Association only upon written approval either of the chairman of the committee from whose appro- 38 BY-LAWS priation the disbursement is made, or of the President, or a member of the Finance Committee. Except for usual office expenses, he shall pay out no money until the same shall have been appropriated by the Associa- tion. SEC. 3. The Secretary shall keep a correct and careful record of all the proceedings of the Associa- tion in a suitable book, have charge of the books, records, and seal of the Association, and give notice of all meetings. No. 6 - Duties of Committee Finance Committee. It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to devise ways and means to pro- cure funds for the use of the Association, by extend- ing the membership, procuring subscriptions and do- nations or by any other means. If at any time there shall be found in the hands of the Treasurer a sur- plus of money beyond estimated disbursements, such surplus may be invested in marketable and interest paying securities. Village Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to make the streets attractive by trimming the borders between the sidewalks and roadways, cut- ting grass, weeding, and to care for the village grave- yard, etc. Grievance Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee, to invite, to receive, to examine into and if possible to secure the removal of just grounds BY-LAWS 39 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 commit- tee. Committee on Trees and Planting. It shall be the duty of this committee to secure the removal of dead wood and underbrush and to plant trees, shrubs and vines, and to care for the bicycle path and New- port Mountain Road. Sanitary Committee, It shall be the duty of this committee to keep itself informed as to the condition and care of Eagle Lake, both in winter and summer, into condition of the water, to examine the stables, the disposal of garbage, sewers, drains, tenement houses and localities generally likely to become source of injury to 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 Mary Shannon's deeds of conveyance of the Park lands 40 BY-LAWS especially that concerned with the care of the pine trees, and the setting out and caring for the settees, conveyed to this Association under said deed, and in other ways to improve the appearance and attractions of this Park, and to provide such police regulations as shall prevent injury to trees, land or other property thereon. Each Standing Committee shall make a monthly report to the Association during the summer and the reports prepared for the annual meeting shall be in writing. No. 7 - Seal The Corporation shall have a seal bearing its name and date "1891." No. 8 - Deeds and Contracts Deeds and contracts shall be executed by the President, Treasurer and one of the Vice Presidents. No member shall be personally liable for any contract or debt of the Corporation. No. 9 - Quorum Eleven members of the Corporation or a majority of the members of any committee shall constitute a quorum, and a quorum being present, a majority thereof shall control. No. 10 - Amendments These By-Laws as a whole, or any part thereof BY-LAWS 41 may be repealed or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular or official meeting of the Association, but a notice of any pro- posed change shall be given in the call for the 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 sift-thede Lynem