Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-07
STATE HOUSE.
Working Plans Of the
States Wild Lands.
Work Progressing Well Under
Direction Of Assessors.
Superintendent Steison will Address Penoh.
scot County Teachers Association.
STATE HOUSE BULLETIN.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, May "a, at 10 A. M.

The work of drawing the plans Of the
wild lands of the State, which is being
done under the direction Of the State
Board of Assessors. by X. +. Mullaney
of Bangor. is progressing WELL
and while the work is Yet
far from complete, and in fact
might be said to be hardly more
than commenced, good progress is be-
ing made and each week adds to the
value of the collection already on file
at the office of the assessors. The num-
Der of plans when have thus far been
completed is over 300. There are eight
wild land counties in the State, and of
these the plans of the tracts in Wash
ington county are all done. The draw
ings for York county are almost COM
pleted. and the work is also well &d-
Vanced in some of the other counties.
but there Is Il great deal yet to do, and
no estimate can yet be made as 10
when the task Will be completed.
This work Of map drawing which has
been taken up by the assessors is a
most important one. and of an amount
of value that will prove almost beyond
limit. The end for which the asses
dlt WI Mig II " SeCul az VI ti'
up-to-date plans fof the wild lands OF
the state and 10 have drawings made
Of them, to be filed in the Office of the
board at the Capitol. and they are also
trying to locate the individual owner
ship of the various tracts in severalty
in the separate townships. According
to the last records in the land office
the State practically disposed of. in
1853. the last acre of land with the ex-
ception of Indian township, in Wash
ington county, which was reserved for
the PassamaquOddy Indians, and while
there are in the office quite a number
Of plans. many of them are old and all
are not accurate.
A few OF these have been copied but
in order to get at the great mass of
material in the line of plans, which
We're made from later and rlore accur-
ate surveys, il becomes necessary to
send the draughtSman in the employ of
the board to Bangor. that city being the
great wild land center Of the state.
1t is probable that there are more wild
Ia nds owned in Bangor than in any
one place in Maine. the largest owners
being Coe & Pingrre who, with their
dllifu lllttItStS, are Sdlu 10
more than l.000O0O acres. A great
man. plans are owned by the different
conc AMI individuals, and these
plan. Vhih :,lr mad. fruGi recent HiIr-
Vey", are the best that are IN rNiit-nca
| The owners of these plans .tre per
| fectly willing that they should be ,nu-
| led. but as they frequently have ~ u:c
| them it will be easily seen that they
! could not allow them. to be removed to
| Augusta, and for thai reason Mr.. Null
| laney was sent over to Bangor to "a
| the work. In this way the assessors
| will eventually secure a correct plan
of every tract of wild land in the
| state. and as the plans are neatly
| bound in volumes. one county to 4
| volume. they vii he available at q mo-
ments notice. They will prove OF
great value 10 the board az an assist
ance to its work, and also of genera
| value as Il means of reference for own
ers of lands in those sections of the
| state.