Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-08
STATE HOUSE.
Some Assessors Figures tor
Kennebec County,
A Prisoner in Penobscot Jail Prays
FIR Pardon.
Tho Terms Of State Officials-Six New
Corporations.

\ lock through the advance sheets
of the State asscssOrs report for 1909,
+, which is COW i'll the hands of the
/ printers. reveals stacks of facts ana
.numberless tables ana columns Of fig
urcs regarding affairs Of all kinds
( throughout the State Take the pages.
/ Tor Instance, in which are tabulated
the returns for kenncbcc county. It's
- towns, cities and one plantations
show a total value of $29,459. sol. Au-
Gust.t'S valuation is the largest, being
almost $G.n60,o00, while Watcrville
:inks second, being $5,290, 600 Unity
] plantation, is of course at the bottom
Of the list, its valuation being 81, 032
There is 4 wide difference III the rate
Of taxation. OF the four cities the
rate is the highest i'll Augusta and Wa
tcrvillc. being 81. mills in each city
1t is the lowest in Winthrop, where
it is l. ID mills. West Gardiner enjoys
the low rate of - mills and the other
towns range from that to 80 mills,
which prevails in the town OF Rome
This high rate of taxation in Rome in
Iicates that the little town among rne
hills has pretty hard time to struggle
debt is only 1882.
Speaking Of debts. l. of the towns
almost half Of those i'll the county. are
free from 0cht. those being Belgrade
chelsea, Manchester. Mt. Vernon
, Tittstcu. Rc;l..lield. Winthrop. Vienna.
wayne. Windsor and Unity Plantation
Au@usta's Gebt of $302.520 is the larg-
st ana thar of Randolph. $50 is the
smallest. The total taxes assessed III
he county for the year was S6i@? @4
ranging from $111.174 i'll Augusta tn
| >31l i'll Unity Plantation. Each Of the
| luur cities ana the towns. China, Mon
ruuth. Oakland. Nassalhoro WinsloW.
| Wiuth rop. assessed taxes ranging uo-
w. ..!, from S1n.UU0. The number Of
| polls taxed in Tho county is 15.6t3 and
| Tn. returns show tnat there are SIS
| mo'i~ rot faxed. China, t'arningdole
u"d Winthrop do no. return any UntaX
| Cd POLLS NaSSaliioro rN. m?t5 the great
EST uturpcr of polls from taxation, 50:
| inar;-stt being next With 81. WinslcW
i'm Gardiner exempt s. each. Unity
| pl G,lation ttE"5 II rolls, ana eXemltS
one. Ten OF the towns do not make
returns Of any money at interc t,
| Enough It is Il fair presumption that in
| ..,rh of them. there are some citizens
| With Il bank account. The total amount
pf money that the citizens of tn county
| have at interest, though il is a fir
| presumption that in each OF thea,
! there. AR. some citizens with a bank
account. Tile toto Amount If money
;i.at the citizens Of th- county have nt
| interest. ;lr, ordinG To these returns. is
! S.i-.l. 10i.
! 40 town Or city in the county re-
turns any rlilrnuI stock. street rail
road company storiE; railroad bonds;
! .a. company stock: water ""npan,
stock. or electric light company stock
I though mlnN people are Sk"ptical
. enough to hciiov" that some stock Of
,.lrh uf these kinds, is owned within
.hr limits of the county. The returns
show musical Instruments owned
Within the limits cf the county. The
r.turI5 show musical inStrun eats
"V ned amounting to over sol, JOS.
! Chelsea, l.itchli"ld Rome, Sidney.
| Wms,pw -und Jnily Pl,ntation are the
only ones which do not inClu'io re-
| turns of this kind. Most of tn" towns
"ivc n" number rs we'll as the value
. uf musical Instruments. Til" Augusta
rrturl.S gi.r tt" value rs $iN.ahI.
though they ID In; give the number
On IT,. basis. hu.."Ncr. Of the returns
irom othr" towns il is Indicated met
about COO musical instruments ar"
taxed in this city. Nearly All tn"
tnWn& report tho number ana V.rlu" of
bicycles. though Augusta is ON" of
hose to max" no returns on them.
The total Valu" sc bicycles in the c"un-
" is put at %4G2l which is much
smaller than tn" vadu" of . few years
iaci when the bicycle fever WAS higher.
Watrryillr REPORTS 81 bicycles, ana
from this the number ranges down 90
) IL Belgrade, Which are valued at $50.
| Eight Of III" towns in the county 10
uot own amy town farms The city
proucrty Of Gardiner is valued at $40
90: that of HIlloWcll at 900: that
of Augusta at so. 900; Wat"rville fails
to return tn" Valu" Of its city property
In the amount appropriated for the
some!y takes tho lead, although its to-
TN amount Of taxes assessed annually,
il less than that Of Augusta. Never
thrleas last year. Waterville appropri-
ntrl So. 500 for schools, ana Augusta
10. ne AuSuStL NSH'Il ~ ~
trcts however, is peculiar and this
sum is by 10 means all it cxpends fen
school purposes. Gardiner ranks thr'
with $14.6oi appropriated for schoo
purposes. Ten of the towns appro-
lriated less than $1,000, Augusta
Gardiner and Watcrville, each appro-
uriHtcs Il little over $4,000 for the
highways ANA bridges. and WINSTON
ranks fourth in the appropriation o
$1,000 for 1903.