The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-08-27
Northport Campground.

Northport Campground.
Annual Meeting of the Wesleyan Grove
Campmeetine Association. Important
Matters Discussed.
From the Boston Globe.I
BAYsIDE, Me-. Aug. 80. The North
port Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting AS
ISOLATION, at its annual meeting, spent
the afternoon of Wednesday in debating
its relations with the owners and occu
pants of cottages, and particularly those
of the new Cottage Owners Association,
formed for the purpose of improving the
place by the inauguration of electric
lights, the better care of streets,
sewers and other public improvements.
The meeting closed without adopting
any change of policy or making any
advance as to financial policy. Presi-
dent Oscar S. Smith presided, and at
the opening invited cottage owners to
participate in the business proceedings
by joining in discussions. A deficit of
$4O9. IS was reported.
/ A call was made for report relating
to certain promises for help from cot
tage owners in indefinite amounts, but
l Ll6re was ITO IepOIG HUH Vic lluotCCo
regarding this or any other business of
the wear, and it was developed that no
notice has been given the cottagers as to
the amount needed, and no solicitations
made.
James E. Kelley of Somerville, Mass,
chairman of the committee on the pro-
ject of a village corporation, reported
that he had made detailed investlga-
ton of such corporations and had found
that they were not usually success.
The committee was continued, however.
Rev. A. E. Morris of Orono moved
! that the new Cottage Owners Associa-
ton be requested to furnish the Wesleyan
Association with list of its officers and
a declaration of its purposes. He SAID,
IN part, that the new association had
come upon the grounds of the camp
meeting association and solicited funds
for carnival for which they had no per-
init, and now the association was in
formed that their action in soliciting
would result in no good to the Wesleyan
Association Mr.. Morris also ridiculed
the CREASED pig, creased pole and other
sports. He said that as the new organl-
cation had declared it had no connection
with the Wesleyan Grove Association,
the latter should stand IN defense of its
rights.
Rev. Mr.. Phelan said that the Wes-
leyan Association, had come to the part
ing of the ways, place where it could
no longer do business, and he appealed
to the members Of the new association
who were present, many of them his
friends, to stand by the old one. He
moved that the trustees confer with the
town authorities to take charge Of the
streets and sewers.
Chaplain David H. Tribou, U. S. N,
said; 81 have heard just such motions
before and nothing came of them. Next
wear YOU will be insolvenu. You are
CORPORATION, and can sue and be sued.
When YOU come to sell the society cot
tages, the churches which own them, and
not the association, will get the money,
as provided in the charter" Speaking of
the ridiculed carnival of sports, he said
"you can't work two captains on one
ship. Why don't you and the other as
ISOLATION get together and handle this
whole property. Suppose there Is another
association, why can't we combine to
preserve this place. There is no need Of
friction in the matter. l want you out
siders iii there are any to feel as do. "
! J. A. Clement of Searsport, cottage
owner for over 40 years, who has paid
taxes annually, asked what he and other
cottagers had got out of it. "Don't you
think we're entitled to anything in our
property which we have paid you for ~
he asked. eff you attempt to deprive
us of our rights you will have the great
est lawsuit ever seen around here"
Mr.. Kelley and Chaplain Tribou both
expressed the opinion that the town Of
Northport would not take over all the
streets and sewers, although they might
take over some of the best.
In reply to a question from Chaplain
Trlbou on a long mooted question, lawyer
Kelley said, "This association can give
anv kind of deed that its officers have a
mind to, and it will be perfectly good. -
Mr.. Phelan: 81 hail as my friends the
members of the new association, and
believe it " i'll be of great benefit, and We
should ioin them In trying to get the town
tn take over our streets and Sc Ners.
commend the carnival of last week, and
declare that never saw better or cleaner
sports than those in the park in front of
t:le hotel.''
Mass. proprietor of the Northport Inn,
and an officer of the new association,
was invited to address the meeting, and
said. in part: "The town of Northport
!. will never take OtSI tIC ottCCto anu DC w =
ers unless it is demanded by some body
with membership of monied men--like
the Cottage Owners Association, whose
members pay two,thirds of the total tax
es of the town. i am speaking for my
self. and not for the association. We
want better streets and we are going to
have them"
The resolution to instruct the trustees
IN deal with the town in this matter was
The following officers were elected:
Rev o. S. Smith of Bangor. president;
Rev. A. E. Morris, vice president; Rev.
Thomas Whitehead, secretary; T. F..
Thompson of Bangor, treasurer; o. s.
smith, campmeeting leader for 1915; O.
S. Smith, L. Drawn of Bangor and NJ.
: r Crawford, at-large.
Ira M. Cobe, president of the recently
organized Cottage Owners Association,
was interviewed on the proposition for
the town of Northport to take over the
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