Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-03-04
TOWN MEETINGS.
Officers Elected and Appropriations
Voted in Hancock County Towns.

Voted in Hancock county loWhs-
PENoBscoT.
Moderator, III Hutehins; selectmen
and assessors, VIM S Bridges, n l. Grindle,
F w Leach; clerk, A E Varnum; treasur-
er. N A Wardwell; collector, j II Little
| field; school committee, A E Varnurn, NJ
A wardweIl, A p Leach; supt of schools,
Jennie NJ Bridges; road commissioner, }
Sewall Gray; town agent, VIM Bridges;
! eonstables, II Littlefield, 5 Wardweii,
y L Grindle, Willard Clement, A Staples.
| Appropriations Schools, s1,125; text
/ books, $50; tuition, $50; schoolhouse
repairs and supplies, $500; roads and
bridges. $1,000; sidewalks, sloo; poor,
q. 100; current and contingent, 800; debt,
$500; interest, $40; snow, 500; To repair
town ball, $500; flags for schools, s2o-
Total, 5000.
/ Notwithstanding biting snow storm,
/ there was large and enthusiastic attend
anee at town meeting. 1t was eviden:
/ that something was up. The old board
of selectmen was reelected By snug ma
I iority after a sudden and rather unex-
peeted opposition.
/ tlsE year dPIAbIIhfAANA ""1
entrusted to selectmen. This year J. :.
| Gray was elected road commissioner by
large majority.
| John Littlefeld, who served efficiently
as tax collector, was reelected with the
| same commission.
The report of the school committee in
favor of a graded school at centre of town,
| ND
! of a sehoolhouse lox60 feet, two stories,
for the combined purpose of town hall
and graded school, was rejected by an
| overwhelming vote.
| LAMoINE.
Moderator, PSL Hodgkins; selectmen
and assessors. Ralph Young. Hollis E
Austin and James Grant; clerk and
treasurer, Eben H King; collector, Isaiah
w Bowden; school committee, Edward F
Young; road commissioner, Freeman
| Walker; constables, w Bowden, Andrew
Christie, A Sargent and W K Salisbury.
Appropriations Schools, $5S0s0; text
books, $50; high school, $125; schnoihouse
repairs. $50; roads and bridges, $500;
State road, SAC; poor, $500; current and
contingent, s40o. Total, $2,a5l.5o.
BAR HARBoR.
Moderator, Joseph Wood; selectmen,
Elihu T Hamor, Frank 4 Walls, NJ c
Morrison; clerk, W H Sherman; treasurer
and collector, Charles F Paine; school
committee, Harrison Wakefield; road
com miseioners, Willard F Hamor, Ezra l.
Higgins; auditor. Fred L Hadley.
| The anti-autoists won on q vote to
indefinitely postpone, AS to 175.
TRENTON.
Moderator, J Hopkins; selectmen and
assessors, d Remick, d Alley, Charles
Corson; clerk, Frank Dunbar; treasurer,
d L Mcfarland; collector, T Hopkins;
school committee, Benjamin Jordan; road
commissioners, A w Marshall, east sidei
W G Haynes, west side; eonsts bles, ]
Hopkins, Horace Burns.
Appropriations - Schools, $o25; text
books, $50; tuition, $50; schoolhouse re-
pairs, 900; roads and bridges, $500; State
road, $50 80; poor, 500; current and con-
tingent, $500; interest, so; snow, $50;
driving hearse, $50, Total, 2, 26s. so.
sURRY.
Moderator, E E SWEET; selectmen and
assessors, E d Smith, George E Cousins,
urer and collector, d ] Curtis; school
committee, Granville Saunders; road COM
missioner, II Wescott for three years;
cqnsta bles, E n osgood, H F shapleigh, E
G Jordan.
Appropriations = Schools. s7ooI text.
books, SIS; schoolhouse repairs, 400,
roads and bridges, 800; sidewalks, SIS;
State road, SAL poor, s775; current and
contingent, 500; debt, $3.50; interest, s96;
discount on taxes 800; other objects, so.
Total, s., 1850.
BLUEAILL.
Moderator, Forest B Snow; selectmen
and assessors, F P Greene, A Stevens,
E Hinckley; treasurer, NJ Hinckley;
| collector, Charles A Snow; school COM
mittee, A Grindle, for three years; su-
perintendent of schools, Frank E Nc
Gouldrick; road commissioners, W 81
Hinckley, George IA Pert; town agent,
Ward W Wescott; constsbles, A c Osgood,
z Haskell, John E Webster, Charles H
/, Curtis, Nelson . Herrick, clerk, 8 B Wes-
Schools, 5000; text
books, 800; high school, ESQ; school,
house repairs, $500; roads and bridges,
q, 200. sidewalks, ESQ; State road, 900;
poor, $50; current and contingent, q 800;
snow, $500; Memorial day, Us; for other
purposes, a rs. Total, t9,525.
BROOKsvILLE.
Moderator, Oscar L Tapley; selectmen
and assessors, Lauchlin Davis, Fred }
Perkins, Ernest Babson; clerk, George h.
Tapley; treasurer, WheeIock G Bates;
collector, William H Slower; school COM
mittee, John Brakeman, Neal Dow, Fred
d Tapley; superintendent of schools, Miss