Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-13
Work in Progress at Office
Of State Assessors.
Committee 10 Examine State Treasurer's &c.
counts Will Begin Work Monday.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council,
Jan. %, at 10. A. M.

since as being i'll progress at the office
Of the State board of assessors, which
consists of making plans of all the wilt
lands in the State, is steadily growing
under the hands of r. T.. Mullaney, anL
quite number of the maps have al.
ready been completed. The work, how.
ever, can hardly be said to be much
more than commenced, owing to thu
large amount that yet remains to be
done. The work was commenced early
in the season of 1904, by Frank A
Banks of the University of Maine. who
was employed at the office of the as
SCISSORS during the summer vacation
but when, at the commencement of the
fall term Of college, Mr. Banks was
obliged to return to Orono, the work
was taken up by Mr.. Mullaney, who
has since continued it. Both young
men are good draughtsmen. and the
work which they have done is of q de-
gree of accuracy and neatness which
will ensure to the assessors a most val
liable set of drawings when the maps
are completed.
To give an idea of the magnitude Of
the work it may be said that the as
SCISSOR, are in this way having put on
paper in a tangible form the 9,053 933
acres of wild land and the 1868 acres
of public lots i'll the state. In . num-
Der of cases there is not only an entire
absence of any data published, but
even the owners themselves cannot tell
just bow much they own, or just what
was the survey of the original pur-
chase. The maps are being made on
the scale Of two inches to the mile.
which is very handy and convenient
form of consultation. 1t is necessarily
q SLOW job, but the maps are being
made of Il uniform size TO fit into self
binding covers and on detachable
leaves, so that after n book is COM
pletcd any one of the plans can be
taken out if necessary, TO give place
1" later or more reliable plan.
The maps are copied from charts of
all sizes, just as they happened to he
found, SO it has been found necessary
in order to facilitate the work, to i'll
stall i'm the Office an telegraph, a ma
chine that copies accurately anything.
large or small. from one to eight. as is
required IL works on the principle of
the old Iantagraph but is much more
com,Iicltrti and has very sensitive adj
;r:Et,neule 50 that in the hands of Il
. hilfuI operator most artistic work can
b. done. Ii is the only eidograph now
in the STATE of Maine.
Just what the whole work will cost
cannot Yet be determined, but 1T is not
thought that the present appropriation
will be anywhere near sufficient to
complete the work. Nor is it expected
that The. plans will be completed by the
time the next Legislature cOnveneS. as
il requires n long hunt To find some OF
the copies.
The plans are being bound in books.
one book to a county. although it has
been found in the last few days that
the counties of ArOOstoOk. Piscataquis
and Somerset and possibly Washington
will require two books to set them OIL
to advantage. They will be the only
authenticated list Of wild land maps in
one collection in the State, and will b"
of inestimable value FOR reference.
Erieadior General ChaS T.. Davis, as
il,Sn"ctor general on the staff of Cow
ernor Cobb. completed the 'cond week
OF hi, work Of inspecting the different
organizations of the National Guard Of
Inc Stdtf WIN III
of Co. II OF the Second Infantry at
Lewiston. ana is expected to be IN Au-
gusta today. Gen. Davis Will so I"
Pennington Monday, where he Will IN
spect Co. * of the Second Infantry,
and the inspections for the balance Oh
the week will be rs follows: Tuesday,
90. X, First Infantry; ut brunswick:
Wednesday. co. c, Second Infantry, at
Bath; Thursday. Co. Fl. First Infantry.
at Rockland; Friday, Co. A. Second III
fantry, at Gardiner.
The committee which was appointed
at the first December meeting OF th"
Governor and Council to examine the
accounts of the State treasurer. Will
assemble at Augusta Monday. for the
purpose of conducting the work Tor
which they We're appointed. Inc meiii-
bers Of the committee are as follows:
VIM. G. BoOthby of Augusta; Nm +.
Hubbard of Bangor; Willard r.. over
lock of Washington; Chas. IL. Ross OF
Portland; Frank Fl. Purintcn OF Bow
,lojnham, and Edwin Stone OF Bnde-
ford.
Prof. George Fl. Hamlen of Orono, for
many years connected with the C"i-
yersity of Maine, but now i'll charge
of the hydraulic department OF the IN
lttrnatiOnal Paper Co, was at the zap
tol Friday, on business connected WIN
the Office Of the State assessors.
Prof. S. G. Thompson, State dairy m
snector. connected with the department
az agriculture. WAS at the Capitol Fri
day.
The following corporations have iiled
| their certificates of organization at the
| office of the secretary Of State:
| cnr;ng Street Canoe House. organized
,t Augusta, for the purpose of deahns
=, cannes and boats with fittings, pa"-
d,as carpets. cushions. etc. and mann
tajnirg Il lunch room and dance ha',
took of which nothing is paid in. ON
PRESIDENT Mary Edna MOSeley OF