Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-29
SQUIRREL ISLAND
Annual Meeting of Village
CORPORATION Held SATURDAY.

Corporation Held Saturday
| The annual meeting of the SPUR
rel Island Village Corporation was
held at the Island chapel on Satur-
day evening. There was a large
number of property owners present.
| Attorney Robert Treat Whitehouse
of Portland was chosen moderator.
| This was followed by the unanimous
choice of Attorney F. j. c. Little of
| Augusta for clerk of the corporation
| for the encuing year. The report
| Of the board of overseers for the
! past year was made by the chairman
| Of the board, Atty. Whitehouse.
! This report covered the negotiations
| the past year between the overseers.
| the Boothbay Harbor Water District
| committee and the Maine Public
Utilities Commission concerning a
| larger water supply for Squirrel
Island by means OF a new water
| main between Spruce Point and the
| island and brought out the fact that
! the Public Utilities Commission
held that the Boothbay Harbor Wat
er District was obliged to furnish
ply at all things considered, rea-
sonable rate. The Water District
had held that with the termination
| of the water contract their obliga-
| tons ceased. On the decision Of the
Public Utilities Commission the
Harbor Water District have, under
! considerable difficulties. bought and
have on hand. sufficient pipe fo' a
new main, and agree to lay the
same next spring, their pipe con-
nections down to Spruce Point hav-
| ing been remedied.
This left the question Of rates To-,
! water and as tho outlay and increase
/ in investment will be considerable,
| the oversaers did not contest the in ]
| crease Of water rates to the present
| point The overseers' report also
| took up the new departure of paying
the superintendent a fixed yearly SAL
! airy and Carrying on the business Of
j the island that was formerly conduct
. ed by the superintendent. The chair
, man reported that the overseers ma I
looked into the matter and were sat-
/ isfied that there was a good profit in
sight from conducting the business.
, That they had hired Arthur Barter cf
Roothbay Harbor the new superin-
! tendant ut q salary Of $500 per
year, and that they had borrowed on
their personal notes $4,000. For the
necessary equipment TO carry on the
business and asked the islanders Of
they approved OF their course %
! ratifv the action. OF the money hor-
rowed $l2727.80 was paid to keene
NJ. Barta", the former uperintendent
for teams and other materials on
hand, ana for a supply of coal, wood
. and ice for the summer business. AS
an offset there We're accounts receiv-
able from the islanders for work
done ana goods furnished this sea
son amounting to $2591.38, and that
supplies of all kinds in the business
would inventory s29o2S0 Prices for
! trucking and supplies had been aj-
vanced somewhat. owing to general
conditions. The report of the over
seers was accepted and their action
ratified.
The treasurer. Alexander Doyle o!
Dedham. Mass. endorsed the tinan-
cial points brought out in the re-
port Of the overscers and added that
the amount of old notes ON accom.'
Of the wharf and hreakwater stood
1T sSoa5,70, and the new notes If 1ai>
On account ot taking over the super
intendent's business amounted t.
s4e00-that there were unpaid bills
not to exceed $3.50 and u re was
$3.50 20 on hand in the treasury at
tie present time. The treasurer stat
ed that it was practically Impossible
10 make a very conprehenfA.e state
1nent in mid sea son on account OF
the new business taken over, but
promised to furnish a full statement
. at the END of the season and 10 mar
eacl, property owner copy, and
believed that ii would he satisfac-
tory The ,rcasurer's report was &C
cepted and ordered placed on hic
| The old board Of overseers We're re
elected fo: the ensuing year. the per
sonnetNheng Aa follows; Robert II.
! Whitel1ousc. Portland; 5"aiah ;.
3. Maxcy, Gardiner. Charles r. Write,
Wakefield. Mass: Albion H. Stain
ard. Arlington. n. j.. and Albert +.
Enowman, Philadelphia.
Alexander Doyle wa: elected treas
urer for the ensuing year,
The landscape committee made its
report through >hc chairman, Gcorae
A Lintne, ri Summit. y. j. The re-
port vas accepted and place On fit.
Charles p. White. cnairmdn Of the
Sanitary committee, made that COM
mittee's report. which was accepted
and ordered placed on file.
Prof j. William Black OF Watervllle
treas urer Of the trustees for the SOUR
rel Island library, made his report for
the past year. which showed that witt
cash on hand at the commencement nf
the year of $500 is and the appropriation
from the Village Corporation of $500
the proceeds from the Stanley lecture
and from fines, they had paid ali ex-
penses for new books, periodicals, sal
airy of librarian and incidentals amount
ing to s505 33 and had a balance OF 1856
in the treasury at the present time
The report was accepted and ordered
placed or file.
Charles f. White. William +. DeRlos
Of Boston and Frank p. Philhrick OF
Uaterville were reelected members Of
the sanitary committee for the ensuing
year.
Edward stanwood of Brookline
Mass. was elected trustee Of the
Squirrel Island library for a term Of