Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-17
STATE HOUSE.
Names Officials Balancing Ac-
counts for the Past Year.
Annual Reports Will Be of More Than
General Interest and Importance.
New and Valuable Features Will Ar
pear in Many.

| Inc various State departments are
very busy places, just now, for the de-
partment officials are engaged in pre-
pairing their annual reports and are
balancing their accounts for the wear
now drawing to a close. The reports
or the officials who are Obliged to issue
| the same are well in hand and will
| make their appearance within the next
| SIX weeks, with the exception of a few
Whicn are usually sent out in the ear
~ summer. Fer instance, the agricul-
tural report, the insurance commission
ers. the Board of Health report and
one or two others are never issued until
into the spring or summer.
From present indications the renorts.
this year, will prove very interesting.
The report of the State assessors will
be of great importance, inasmuch as il
Will show most gratifying increase in
the valuation of the property in the
state. the wild land valuation in itself
showing gain of at least six millions
of dollars. According to the statements
OF the assessors the total increase in
all kinds OF property will approximate
S-0oOO'OuO. Then again the report will
contain lengthy article explaining
and describing the systems of taxa
ton in vogue in other states of the
country. The Investigations cot these
systems We're made by Mr.. Pottle of the
board and his report of the result of his
examinations will make very interest
ing reading for the people of Maine
Another feature of the assessors re-
| pert will be the fluctuations of the long
| bridges of the State. This part will
not be incorporated in the main report
but will De presented to the Legislature
| Independent of the general report.
The report of the railroad commits
sioners Will also contain much impor-
| tant information concerning the condi-
| ton of the steam and electric railroads
! of the State. New and valuable tables
| have been prepared by the accomplish
| ed clerks of the department, under the
direction of the board, showing the
growth and development of both sys-
TENS of railroad transportation, now
greater and more extensive than ever
! before and likewise giving summaries
of the financial standing of each COM
pany now in operation.
One of the most important reports to
be issued. this year, will be that of the
forest commissioner, Hon. f. E. Ring
OF Orono The last report of this de-
partment was issued in 1896 by the then
incumbent of the Office, Hon. Charles
f. Oak. and it was a valuable and
commemorative work. Mr.. Ring has
devoted a great deal of time in the pre-
marathon of his report and when it APP
naars if will prove to be one of the
most meritorious works ever issued by
m official of Maine. In this report he
will give the result of Investigations
made by careful and competent woods
men as to the amount of available
standing timber in the state ana
great amount of other information on
the subject of timber supply which mas
never been duplicated in the past. Ihe
book will contain about 200 pages. m
cludiug 80 fine half-tone illustrations
showing scenes IN the WOODS "ne'e
the timber resources are of the best
character. Scientific articles upon t"e
subject Of forest growth, reproduction
and care of the timber supply VIII al
50 be incorporated in the report.
The bank examiners report, nkeWlse'
will be of special value, this year. ihe
best and most important iealuig -
which Mr.. Timherlake will present VIII
he the result of his Investigations Oh 'i'o
so-callcd home building associatlon9
and the home buyers companies winch
have sought to do business III 'n'9
state during the past year. a 9iioi
time AGO Attorney General Seloers
dored an opinion in regard " -, "
con,panics that has gone all over INV
l,,.n+rv General Soldiers opinion en-
t,+icaIIv confirmed Mr.. TimbeTiake >
!,,,r,,ont concerning the illegal charac-
~ those associations in respect u
~, lows of Maine, and in his coniiiis
o,t the bank examiner Will nave
- s+ort1inr statements to make as
| IL scona and possibilities OF their
| -obenes TO make money out Oh INC III
| nocent and unsophisticated. lheac -
| 10 no doubt that the action vi
| T;r,berl,Ee in shutting out these 80
| ,a,ies from doing business heic ~,
ed millions of dollars to the peopio
| of Maine. 80 attorney
| .-a,.oI the commissioners OF lhia''''
| Gsbaries and game and the coiii'i u, .,';.
.e 60, and shore fisheries WILL III ~,
no of great value. as they Wr'
-, nontain new features NOT heielo
| 60, presented. All the other
va In likewise be of speciai i'''e'
| W ,+,I,Iy that of the State treds"i
I'm chow the finances Oh va"
=, better condition than ever y"
| coo since the Civil war.
The following companies "a O. If the
tc,es Of Incorporation at 'he o'
secretary of State: .oorates. or.