The Somerset reporter., 1907-01-10
Ha,7 Bakty q. Eddy
Holds lis Annual Meeting

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The annual and special meetings oil
the Farmers Cooperative Telephone
Company was held in Sorridge woek
Monday. About Two hundred members
were present the weather and roads be-
ing excellent.
The meeting was called to order at ten
o'clock A. 81. by the president, Mr. J.
w Packard Of Skowhegan
Under article first the reports of the
clerk, directors, treasurer and auditor
were taken up The clerk reported the
exact number of stockholders as 547,
gain of 2l2 subscribers during be year.
The report Of tie directors made By
manager Frank L. Ames, showed f.
nancial standing about two hundred dol
lars more favorable than last year
Franchises have been secured in ths
towns of Bingham. Emblem, Moscow,
Concord and In the plantations of Cara
funk, The Forks. Carrying Place and
Pleasant Ridge.
switchboard have been installed dur.
ing the year at skowhegan, Bingham,
NOI II Anbbu dud y 81 aNubhs a OO1LG
will be needed very soon az the Forks
and another at Madison; the eight ling
board at Scion has been outgrowu aud
change will have to be made there
very soon, and larger one Installed.
The report of the treasurer Chas. L.
Holbrook showed the finances of ths
company to be in a healthy condition.
1t was voted under article second. to
raise money for a trunk wire from
>tarks to New sharon 10 connect with
the Northeastern Telephone company,
thus giving the Farmers company trunk
line service TO Portland and Lewiston
Under article third, it was voted to
leave 10 the board of directors. the mat
ter conceI ming the four or five subscrib
ers al New sharon who desire TO change
from the Farmers line of SGmereet
county to that IF the Frank in county.
The proposition to charge an admission
fee of two dollars mem Der 10 new sub
scrlbers was passed over. Article four
concerned this question.
Article fifth WAS IL regard 10 a crJsa
line from heavy subscribers section in
otsrks to the Mercer swtchboard This
abomination had been twice condemned
by the directors of the company and waa
again relegated 10 the limbos by ,
large vote of the stockholders.
1t was voted to raise the sum of ops
dollar per member for each directors
expenses at each necessary directors
meeting.
The sst article of the special meeting
was To see if tue company would raise
the sum of $500 to be applied TO the out
standing debt of the company. 1t wa
voted To raise the money.
At noon the meeting adjourned 10 din
ner in the dining ball of Somerset Grange
An excellent dinner was seryed} the pro.
ceeds of which were turned over for the
benefit of The new grange hall.
AT two u'cleck. in accordance with the
constitution and bylaws, the annual
meeting for the elt ctlon of officers open
ed presided over by Mr. Packard, presi.
dent of the company.
Two minor articles were taken up, at
ter which officers were elected by ballot
! as follows:-
Jerk, Fred Magoop, Scion; president
and director. J. " Packard of SkoNhe
gan; business manager and director,
| Frank l.. Ames OF Sorrldgewock. Other
directors were chosen as follows: Far
field Smithfied and Canaan. Geo. r.
! Foster; Starks and New haron, ". ".
| OTeatou, Solou. aDsou anu Cmodeu, =
NJ. Brown; Bingham, Concord, Mos
cow, Csra'unk and the Plantations Of
Pleasant Ridge. arrying Place and The
| Forks, Anon Baker Of Bingham.
Charles /. Bedrock who has been
treasurer since the company was organ.
I'D, was unanimously reelected. +. :
i Longley of ~nlou VAS reelected auditor
Auditor Loug'ey reported the man.
ayers book 10 be in first rate business
shape and absolutely accurate
II Was voted I hire sutf cjeut Office
he p 10 keep the business eud Of the com
pAuy taken care Of promptly