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1 The University of Maine Maine Town Documents Maine Government Documents 1913 Financial Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Bucksport Together With the Warrant and Reports of the Auditor of Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools, and Town Clerk 1912 Bucksport (Me.) Follow this and additional works at: Repository Citation Bucksport (Me.), "Financial Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Bucksport Together With the Warrant and Reports of the Auditor of Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools, and Town Clerk 1912" (1913). Maine Town Documents This Report is brought to you for free and open access by It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Town Documents by an authorized administrator of For more information, please contact

2 FINANCIAL REPORT 4 Of THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF BUCKSPORT TOGETHER WITH THE WARRANT AND REPORTS OF THE Auditor of Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools, and Town Clerk R. P. Har riman, Pr. B u c k s p o r t, M E

3 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF BUCKSPORT TOGETHER WITH THE WARRANT AND REPORTS OF THE Auditor of Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent * of Schools, and Town Clerk, R. P. H a r r i m a n, P r. B u c k s p o r t, M e.

4 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. For the Municipal Year 1912 To t h e I n h a b i t a n t s o f t h e T o w n o f B u c k s p o r t The selectmen herewith submit this their annual report from Feb. 22, 1912, to Feb. 1, * I # Valuation and Taxes. Real estate, resident / j Real estate, non-resident Personal estate, resident Personal estate, non-resident Tax on $875,043 (a).0285 Tax on 601 Polls (a) $3.00 each Purposes For Which Taxes were Assessed. For Schools Free high school School books» Schoolhouse repairs Poor Roads, bridges, sidewalks, and snow bills Sewers Notes and interest Coupons from town bonds Purchase of town bonds Contingent expenses Salary town officers Fire department Engine companies Lightiug streets Reading room Annuity grammar school building Memorial day State tax County tax Overlayings \

5 3 Personal Property Taxed. 333 Horses 13 Colts, 3 to 4 yrs. old 19 Colts, 2 to 3 yrs. old 14 Colts, under 2 yrs. 484 Cows 31 Oxen 62 3-year olds 75 2-year olds year olds 403 Sheep 98 Swine Bank Stock Trust Co. s Stock Other Co. s Stock Shipping Stock in Trade Small Boats Logs and Lumber Wood and Bark 59 Carriages 13 Automobiles 92 Musical Instruments Furniture Machinery Money at Interest Acct. of Selectmen with the Roads, Bridges and Sidewalks Winter of 1911 and 1912, and Summer of American Express D istric t No. i. Bowden, II. YV. Costello, Joseph Cohoon, C. B. Cushing, Will Cushing, Raymond Cushing, Henry Cullity, Thomas Cunningham, Herbert Chapman, Meli Carley, A. H. Clay, I). B. Courcy, Daniel Crosby, A. L. Delano, Daniel Dorr, II. F. Dorr, II. A. Emerson, J. M. Emerson, M. W. Eld ridge, A. II. Ginn, Andrew Gardner A Co., E. B.

6 4 Ginn, F. G. Googins, George F. Harriman, m. h. Harriman, R. P. Hall, J. J. Hopkins, Harry Heywood, S. L. Jones, E. C. Lord, IL J. Lord, John C. Lowell, F. H. Maine Central R. R. Marks, C. W. McGinnis, Morris Mooney, A. XV. North East Metal Culvert Co., Nicholson, T. Μ. Newcomb, Foster Newcomb, E. C. Perkins, J. C. Perkins, T. J. Russell, J. P. Redman, Everett Robbins, E. S. Sawyer, A. M. Spofford, Parker Sheehan, James Smith, J. E. Saunders, Harold Saunders, Richard Saunders, Fred Taylor, W. F. Treworgy, W. T. Williams, Fred Williams, W. M. Withain, O. P. Witham, George G. Witham, Walter Wilson, W. F.

7 D is tr ic t N o. 2 Boyle, Willard Chipman, Pearl Douglass, Charles Horner, Lester Homer, Austin Lanpher, Anson J. Lanpher, Mott Lanpher, Ray Lanpher, Jerome Lanpher, Frank Lowell, Elmer Lowell, Evvie * McKinnon, Oliver Rich, Harris D istrict No. J. Arey, F. A. S Bennett, Russell 1 Bullock, Wilber 1 Bailey, H. W. 3 Brown, Harold. 3 Chipman, Percy Chipman, G. \Vr. Clements, Fred Curtis, F. II. Curtis, W. F. Curtis, Freeman Fogg, I. A. Lowell, F. D. Lowell, A. A. Lewis, John Merry field W. F. Newcomb, Foster Page, George Redman, J. C. Rich, J. C. H. smith, Μ. T.

8 6 Bowden, Mark Hayward, L. H. Harvey, Robert Harvey, Ernest Hoxie, G. P. Kinney, I. M. Priest, N. B. Reed, G. M. Seavey, Jed Stousland, Η. B. Sabine, Thomas E. D is tr ic t N o. 4 Atwood, W. T. Atwood, J. T. Bridges, F. E. Bridges, Walter Bridges, Warren Howard, Frank Pease, C. H. Turner, Luther Torrey, James White, W. L. D istrict No. β D istrict No. 6. Dunham, A. B. Dorr, Eugene L. Eldridge, A. H. Eld ridge, Eben Eldridge, H. R. Gray, Joseph Harriman, Llewellyn Kimball, Austin Kimball, Theo. Kimball, Herbert North East Metal Culvert Co Page, Rufus

9 7 Page, F. R. Page, J. H. Page, L. E. Page, G. L. Russell, J. P. Russell, Guy Stubbs, Harry Bennett, Pearl Burt, o. Blair, Gertrude Downing J. L. E nman, W. E. Freeman, H. W. Gillman, S. E. Hartling, R. H. Kenney, Isaac Kenney, Warren Lewis, E. H. Pinkham, A. P. Rowell, A. T. D istrict N o. 7. D istrict No. 8. Eldridge, A. H. Grindle, Charles Harriman. Llewellyn Perkins, Fred Rich, George Soper, Carl Soper, Herbert Soper, Fred Small, Will Witham, J. E. Weymouth, L. A. Weymouth, Q. L. *

10 Aiken, J. S. Colby, N. B. Day, Justin Foster, A. T. Hubbard, John Houston, J. K. Heath, M. J. Johnson, F. A. Johnson, G. C. Maddox, A. P. Oliver, J. A. O Donnell, Charles D is tr ic t N o. 9. ( U pper S e ctio n.) D istrict No. g. Dresser, A. B. Dresser, Arthur Eldridge, W. F. Fogg, F. W. Giles. Otis Kenney, Andrew ( Low er Section.) Clay, A. B. Clay, L. P. Cole, W. E. Grindle, J. E. Moore, P. F. Maine Central R. R. Quimby, Winslow F. Smith, A. E. Smith, L. C. Smith, J. L. Smith, A. H. Snow, A. E. Seavey, William Thomas, G. J. Thomas, R. D istrict No. 10.

11 9 Clouston, Howard Davis, S. W. Gowen, W. R. Gardner & Co., Κ. B. Hewey, M. W. King, A. W. Little, J. L. Legasse, Charles Quimby, W rn. Robshaw, Edw. Robshaw, Charles Stousland, Howard Stubbs, Mrs. A. P. Arey, Burton Blood, L. M Carey, A. W. Carey, George Carey, Ivory Colby, Walter Colby, Byron Gray, Emmons Johnson, Amos McIntyre, Ellery Richardson, E. D. Richardson, Brown D istrict No. i i. D istrict No. 12. Allison, E. G. Bennett, R. E. Bennett, Guy C. Bridges, J. S. Harriman, H. J. Little, A. H. Little, J. T. Smith, J. H. Witharn, J. E. D istrict No. / j.

12 10 D is tr ic t N o. 14. Clements, W. L. Clements, G. W. Clay, Arthur Clay, A. B. Clay, L. P. Qaimby, W. F. Seavey, William Simpson, Frank Simpson, R. R. Simpson, Harvey Simpson, Eugene Simpson, Wesley t CO OO O $ D istrict No. ΐβ. Coombs, D. W. Coombs, A. V. Coombs, Stanley Grindle, W. C. Gross, Arthur Gross, Everett Osgood, Henry Page, Charles Sullivan, Ephraim Stubbs, C. C. Stubbs, W. C. Stubbs, Percy Stubbs, C. A. Stover, N. A. Witham, J. E. $ $ D istrict No. 16. Cole, Manly Cairns, George Grindle, Frank Keyes, D. L. McDonald, Frank $

13 11 Orcutt, A. E. Perkins, S. T. Snowman, O. D. Simpson, Harry Blaisdell, A. G. Bowden, W. B. Carey, A. W. Clair, F. B. Coombs, Ralph Davis, George Davis, W. H. Gardner & Co., E. B. Orcutt, Silas W. Perkins, L. E. Perkins, Charles P. Simpson, Harry Simpson, R. R. Witham, J. E. Witham, Thomas V. Witham, Levater D istrict No. l J. Bowden, Chas. H. Eastman, Leon Eastman, G. V. Eastman, Clyde Grindle, J. L. Grindle, Ivor Keyes, D. L. Orcutt, Silas Simpson, John Simpson, Harry Wight, Harry ' Wight, C. A. D istrict No. 18.

14 12 Atwood, C. E. Atwood, W.A. Bridges, J. S. Bridges, F. D. Bridges, F. E. Clements, Cole, W. E. Douglass, D. B. Harriman, Ira Moore, Willis Smith, Η. M. w oodbridge, Arthur W.R. D istrict no. 19 Morse A Co., lumber for various districts Conant, C. M. Co., repairs for road machine J. E. w itham, lumber for various districts Expended for repairing roads, bridges, and sidewalks and removing, snow, 1912 Raised by town for repairing roads, bridges sidewalks and removing snow, 1912 $5,000 < Balance from treasury 527 ( State Road. Abbott, AV. J., iron for fence Costello, Joseph, trucking Coombs, P. H., survey and plan Delano, A., dunn age Dorr, II. F., labor with pair of horses Eld ridge, A. II., labor with pair of horses Emerton, George, labor with one horse Emerson, M. W., labor Gardner, E. B. A Co., dynamite and caps Ginn, Andrew, labor with pair of horses Giun, Ralph, labor Ginn, F. H., labor

15 Gould, J. P., labor Ginn, F. G., clay, Jordan, A. J. Estate, gravel Marks, h. F., kerosene Nicholson, T. M. coal Perkins, J. C, labor Russell, Clara, boarding drill men Russell, J. P., labor with pair of horses Sawyer, A. M., labor Saunders, Richard, labor Sheehan, James, labor Sawyer Contracting Co., steam drill Witham, Pearl, labor Witham, George, labor Williams, Fred, labor Wardwell & h arriman, sharpening drills Water Co., water for drill Raised by town Received from State Overdrawn Lighting Streets. Paid Penobscot Bay Electric Co. for 11 inos. Unexpended Appropriation Playground. Bridges, J. W., labor ' Bridges, Jere, labor Cushing, Henry, labor Hutchins, Lee, labor Witham, George A., labor Unexpended last year Cash from Edward Buck

16 14 Ames & Co., H. F., 500 feet pipe Courcy, Daniel, labor Cullity, Thomas, labor Costello, Joseph, labor Dorr, H. F., labor Sewers. Gardner & Co., E. B., cement, dynamite and oil Harriman, Μ. H., labor» Lord, Lewis, labor Perkins, J. C., labor % Redman, Everett, labor Sheehan, James, labor Smith, Herbert, sand Taylor, W. F., labor AVitham, Geo. G., labor AVitham, O. P., labor Williams, Fred Unexpended I Appropriation Mrs. I. Morgan, assessment Mattie Handy, assessment Geo. Montgomery, assessment There is due from F. W. Beal and Leslie Coombs each on account of Middle street sewer. Salary o f Toavd Officers. A. A. Littlefield, Superintendent of schools F. F. Smith, Selectman C. M. AVilson, Selectman R. R. Simpson, Selectman A. F. Page, Treasurer E. G. Parker, Clerk O. P. Cunningham, Agent Unexpended Appropriation

17 15 Town Farm Account. Abel L. Low ell, Suptaccount with the am Town Farm, D r. Due the town treasury, Feb. 15, 1912 $45 31 Jones, 3 calves S. YV. Davis, 3 calves R. R. Simpson, 17 tons 526 lbs. hay « R. R. Simpson, 5 tons 104 lbs. straw S. \\r. Davis, 1 cow Fred Bridges, 1 ton hay Herbert Bailey, milk 9 75 Isaac Locke, peas S. W. Davis, 3 hogs Carrie M. Cole, 79 dozen eggs R. R. Simpson, 795 bushels potatoes Herbert Bailey, sundries 3 70 Daniel Courcy, potatoes 3 70 Abel L. Lowell, 45 bushels potatoes Warren Bridges, sundries 2 00 Arthur Smith, butter 7 00 D. Whiting & Son, cream Cr. PaidW. E. Lowell, fish $6 20 W. E. Lowell, whitewashing 3 00 Cole Brothers, sawing wood 6 75 Charles Pease, labor 1 50 W. Bridges, labor 6 66 Forest Smith, meat 2 30 Dell Quimby, meat ' 8 25 Edna Simpson, labor 8 00 W. E. Cole, labor, $18.20; 2 pigs, $ John Redman, seed peas 5 00 $ R. R. Simpson, 7,500 lbs. fertilizer I. E. Fogg, fish 30 W. A. Atwood, labor 1 50 Faanklin, leather for pump 30 9 Ilirain Ilarriman, seed potatoes Fred Bridges, seed potatoes 14 00

18 16 Frank Curtis, seed potatoes Frank Delano, fish Nettie Atwood, fruit Jessie F. Atwood, spraying Hazel Fogg, berries Herbert Bailey, labor W. F. Cole, use of stock animal Harry Bridges, labor Alice Bailey, labor Simpson, fish Hazel Fogg, labor Gladys Moore, labor Fred Bridges, labor Frank Howard, labor! Herbert Richardson, picking potatoes Larkin Co., supplies Φ Mrs. William Grindle, yarn \ Amber Smith, squash and cranberries W. T. Atwood, 3 pigs Herbert Bailey, 1 duck V Dora Lowell, labor Arthur Smith, labor Charles C'ole, thrashing W. T. Atwood, labor Luther Turner, labor W. E. Cole, 160 lbs. meat Walter Curtis, butchering Perry Lowell, fish A. L. Lowell, sundries Λ. L. Lowell, sal., year endg. Jan. 15; 1913 Due the treasurer RAISED ON THE FARM. 30 tons hay ; 169 bushels oats; 3 tons straw ; 2 tons millet; 1,137 bushels potatoes; 37 bushels turnips ; δ bushels beets; 3 bushels carrots; 1<3 bushels peas; 25 bushels apples; 1,100 lbs. pork; 1,000 pumpkins; 261 lbs. butter; 2 bushels beaus. S to c k o n tiie F arm : 2 horses, 6 cows, 3 hogs, 30 hens. Number of Inmates 6. Number of rveeks support 416.

19 17 Ames & Co., II. F. supplies Arey, F. A. Arey, C. A. Bridges, B. d. Courcy, Daniel Clay, D. B. Delano, C. M. Dinsmore, P. E. Davis, S. W. Emery & Co., Gardner & Co., E. B. Ginn, Andrew Mooney & Co., F. M. Marks, J. E. Marks, H. L. Page Estate, C. 0. Page, A. F Remick, W. A. Stover, R. B. Sheehan, Thos. Wentworth, G. F. Ward well, Went Warren & Co., Town Farm. Poor Not 011 Town Farm. e, s t e l l a M c L a u g h l i n a n d 4 c h i l d r e n. Town of Camden, rent of house JANE A. NOYES. City of Gardner, supplies m o r r i s McG i n n i s. Dr. IL E. Snow, medical aid IIARHY L. EATON. City of Augusta, supplies S. A. Stubbs, board N. Λ. RYDER, D ixmont.

20 18 ADELBERT PINKHAM, B o o t h b a y. F. B. Perkins, cure of child $16 00 E. M. Nve, burial of child GEO. F. WILLIAMS. City of Lewiston, supplies HAZEL GROSS, O ki.and. W arren & Co., supplies Genn Shoe Co., supplies Mbs. IIIRAM GRANT. City of Bangor, supplies ELSIE SPEARRIN. S. M. Patten, carrying to town farm TRANSIENT POOR. Fred Williams, feeding Rufus Hurtling, carrying man to town farm A. M. Sawyer, feeding J. T. Costello, feeding J. C. Pekins, feeding SUMMARY. Net cost of poor on the farm Net cost of poor not on the farm Unexpended Appropriation Cash from town of Dixmont Cash from town of Orland Due from Superintendent of the town farm

21 19 New Engine House. Gardner & Co., E. B., hardware Patterson, F. A., Architect Sawyer Construction Co., w.n., labor and material Amount paid from treasury Paid Torrent Engine Co. No. 1 Appropriation, Salary of Engine Co. Fire Department. Ames, H. F. & Co., supplies Bridges, John, hauling hose carts Bulduc, George, work on hose Cole, w. E., 1 cord of wood Carpenter, Raymond, work on hose Costello, J. T., hauling engine and hose cart Cohoon, C. B., care of engine and work in house, Cullity, Thomas, removing snow from reservoirs Cullity, M..J., work on engine Clay, I). B., supplies Emery & Co., rent Gardner, E. B. & Co., supplies Googins, W. W., 1 ton of coal Harriman, R. P., printing Hall, S. A., work on hose Homer, G. P., team to fire Jones, E. C., moving furniture and cart. Kcrst, Elwood, work on hose Lowell, F. 11., janitor and work on hose I Lord, Hiram, painting hose cart Lowell, Fred, work on hose McAlister, F. XV., work on hose carts Nicholson, T. M., coal Penobscot Bay Electric Co., fixtures, wiring and lighting Partridge, 0. D., warden Page Co., C. O., supplies

22 20 Perry, H. L., janitor Page, A. P., supplies Saunders, Fred, hauling engine Sinnett, E. P., packing engine Sheehan, Janies, work on hose Stover, R. B., supplies Treworgy, W. T., 1 stove White, W. L., warden w itham, Walter, work on hose w itham, Pearl, cleaning engine w ilson, C. M., warden Unexpended Appropriation Paid C. G. Atkins, Treas. Appropriation Ruck Memorial Library. Paid James E. Flail Post, No. 53 Appropriation Memorial Day

23 21 Schools. Due schools, P'eb. 22, 1912 $ Appropriation 1, School fund and mill tax 3, Tuition Amount of town orders drawn $5, Due schools, Feb. 1, $6, $6, Schoolliouse Repairs and Supplies. Overdrawn, Feb. 22, 1912 $ Amount of town orders drawn Appropriation $ Overdrawn, Feb. 1, $ P $ School Books. Unexpended, Feb. 22, 1912 $ Appropriation Books sold 2 59 Amount of town orders drawn $ Unexpended Feb. 1, $ $ Free High School Unexpended, Feb. 22, 1912 $1 75 Appropriation 1, Received from the State E. M. C. Seminary, tuition $1, Unexpended, Feb. 1, $1, $1, Annuity, Grammar Schoolliouse. Paid Parker Spofford Appropriation f $ $250 00

24 22 Contingent. Abbott, W. J., labor on watering trough Arey, h. L., cutting moth nests Ames, A. B., work on election booths Atwood, W. A., wood for office Arey, C. A., pump for Main street well Brown, C. W., reporting births and deaths Beazley, E. L., Member Board of Health, Bass Pub. Co., J. P., bond notice Burrill, H. P., fighting forest fires Bangor Publishing Co., bond notice Bucksport Water Co., water for trough and school Costello, J. T., Constable, $12.60; posting warrants, $8. Special Police, $2.50 Cullity, M. J., Election Clerk Clements, W. L., 4 sheep killed Ducot, Frank, Special Police Davis, S. W., sheep killed Delano, A., tending draw Emery & Co., office supplies and use of hall 4 elections Emerton, Geo. R., sprinkling Ginn, Andrew, wood for lockup Ginn, F. W., painting School street building Gardner & Co., E. B., Year-book and bonds for collector and treasurer Harriman, R. P., printing reports, $15; order books, warrants, and voting lists, $50.55 Harriman, R. P., Member Board of Health Harriman, Μ. II., Special Police Houston, John M., watering tub Jones, E. C., Special Police Little, J. T., 5 sheep killed Leach, Burke, envelopes and tax book Mooney, A. W., cutting moth nests Marks, Jennie E., damage on sidewalk Nicholson, T. M., coal for office and lockup Orcutt, A. E., watering tub Perkins, F. C., cutting moth nests Priest, W. IL, watering tub

25 23 Page, A. F., books, postage and use of safe Perkins, John C., Policeman Partridge, Ο. d, Truant Officer Parker, Mrs. Robert, watering tub Richards, C. B., Auditor, 1912 Remick, W. A., 2 chairs for office Saunders, Ithiel, inspecting chimneys Smith, Herbert, sand for basins Sawyer, A. M., cutting molli nests Seavey, J., catting moth nests, G ; sheep killed, $15. Stover. R. 1>., disinfectant 7 Smith, F. F., horse hire and office supplies Smith, F. P., meeting State Assessors Scott, N. B., Special Police Stubbs, W. C., watering tub Smith, J. E., Election Clerk Simpson, R. R., team for taking valuation Snow, Dr. Η. E., reporting births and deaths Snow, Dr. II. E., Member of Board of Health Snow, Dr. Η. E., medical aid to Mrs. Jennie L. Bridges Towle, Dr. George N., reporting births and deaths Witham, Inez, rent of office to Feb Wilson, C. M., team for taking valuation Williams, Fred A., Policeman Webb, H. W., reporting marriages White, A. P., watering tub Wai ren, E. L., insurance, town farm buildings Abatements of taxes, 1912 Unexpended Appropriation Tent Show Licences C. A. Williams, Billiard hall Fishing Privilege Railroad and Telegraph tax Sheep damages returned by the state Dog tax returned

26 Coupon Account. Amount unpaid Feb. 22, 1912 $1, Appropriation, ,45G 00 $3, Coupons paid by treasurer, 1912 $1, Amount unpaid Feb. 1, , $3, Account With Tax Collectors. Commitment to Burke Leach, Coll., 1912 $26, Supplementary tax Interest Cash paid treasurer $25, $27, Tax deeds W Abatements / Commissions at 2oj Uncollected $27, There has been paid into the treasury since Jan. 31, 1913, $ Due from J. W. Eldridge, Coll., tax for the year 1900 $ Liabilities. Bucksport poor fund $39, Note outstanding (school fund) 1, λ Due on coupons not presented 1, Due schools. Feb. 1, Due individuals for road work Bonded debt 32, Total liabilities $76, Resources. Cash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1913 $1, Uncollected taxes for $2, Net liabilities over resources $73, Respectfully submitted, F. F. S m ith, J Selectmen C. M. W ils o n, >- o f R. R. Sim pson, ) Bucksport.

27 25 Treasurer s Report T O W N o f B U C K S P O R T account with A. F. P A G E, Treasurer, D r. To paid orders of selectmen for Schools School text books School house repairs Free High School Roads Support of poor Town Farm Fire department Engine companies Contingent expenses Lighting streets Annuity on cost of grammar school house Salary of town officers State road Sewers Play ground New Engine House G. A. R. Post Buck library Paid redemption 4% town bonds Coupons 4% town bonds Interest on Spofford fund Interest 011 note to S. S. Committee State tax 1912 County tax 1912 State pensions State treasurer, dog tax collected Temporary loan Interest on loan Balance in treasury, Jan. 31, 1913 $41,487 69

28 26 Cr. By balance in treasury, Feb. 22, 1912 Received from state, school and mill tax Railroad and telegraph tax Dog licenses, refunded Sheep damages reimbursed Free High School Improvement of Stale Road State Pensions, reimbursed Tax deeds, Taxes, 1912, Burke Leach, collector W. T. Hill, account of roads Dog licenses Fishing privilege, Verona bridge Interest on deposits Sewers, Miss Mattie Handy Mrs. Isaac Morgan H. L. Gould George Montgomery Edward Buck, account of playground City of Oldtown, on account of poor Town of Dixmont, on account of poor Town of Orland, on account of poor Town of Orland on account of schools A. A. Littlefield, for tuition books sold Licenses Temporary loan Januaiy 31, A. F. P a g e, Treasurer.

29 27 Auditor s Report. To t h e C itiz e n s o f B u c k s p o r t : The undersigned has examined the accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer for the past municipal year and finds them correctly cast and properly vouched for. The accounts of the Selectmen with the Buck Burying Ground Fund and of the Overseers of the Poor Fund have been examined and found correct. The dog tax account has been examined and found correct. BUCK BURYING GROUND FUND. Cash on hand Feb. 24, 1912 $47 25 Interest received from fund of $ Paid for repairs as per book $ 5 00 Cash on hand Feb. 17, $07 25 $07 25 BUCKSPORT POOR FUND. (Bequest of Fisher Ames Spofford) Cash on hand Feb. 24, 1912 Interest on Fund Paid individuals as per book Cash on hand Feb., 1913 Bucksport, February 24, C. I». R ic h a r d s, Auditor.

30 28 Town Clerk s Report Births, 39. narriages, DEATHS, and BIRTHS January 1, 1912,to January 1, Marriages, 32. Deaths, 52 Paralysis CAUSE OF DEATHS Ptomaine Poisoning Drowning, Accidental Bronchitis, Acute Indigestion, O ' Enterocolitis, Toxemia Intestinal, Pneu monia, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Arterio-sclerosis, Meningitis, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Uraemic Coma, Debility of Age, Stillborn, Mecrosis, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancerous Disease, Obstruction of Bowels, Senile Dementia, Acute Enteritis, Nephritis, Dyspepsia, Whooping Cough, Anaicuia, Received for dog licenses, all being paid to treasurer, Respectfully submitted, E d w a r d G. P a r k e r, Town Clerk. Per Η. M. W a s s o n, Dep. Clerk

31 2 9 STATE OF MAINE. H a n c o c k, s s. To J o s e p h T. C o s t e l l o, a Constable in the town of Bucksport, in said county. G r e e t i n g : In the name of the State of Maine you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Bucksport, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Emery Hall in the village of Bucksport, on Monday, the third day of March next, at ten o clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, to wit: 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor, and Auditor. 3. To choose a Clerk for the ensuing year. 4. To choose three Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor and Auditor. 5. To choose a Treasurer of the town and all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year excepting Collector of taxes. * 6. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to aid in keeping the reading room in Buck Memorial Library open, and if so, how much, and under what conditions. 7. To determine what sums of money the town will raise by taxes for the following purposes: 8. For the support of schools. 9. For the support of poor. 10. For the payment of notes and interest. 11. For the payment of coupons on town bonds. 12. For the payment of principal of town bonds as required by section 136, chapter 51, Revised Statutes. 13. For defraying the expenses of the Fire Department.

32 To see what sum the town will vote to raise for repairing roads, bridges and sidewalks and removing snow, and to raise such sums in money or labor and to fix the compensation of men and teams and the hours of labor for same. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote for building and repairing sewers. 16. To see what sum the town will vote to raise for discounts, abatements, and other contingent expenses. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the repairing of schoolhouses and outbuildings. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the purchase of school text-books. 19. To raise the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to pay the annuity on the cost of the Grammar School building.» 20. To see if the town will vote to pay Post No. 53, G. A. R., the sum of fifty dollars for decorating soldiers graves in Bucksport, on May 30, 1911, said money, if raised, to be paid to the commander. 21. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to make a temporary loan. 22. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes, and the rate of discount for the prompt payment of the same. 23. To choose a Collector of Taxes. 24. To fix the compensation of each of our several town officers, to wit: The town clerk, first, second, and third selectmen, assessors, overseers of the poor, auditor, treasurer, collector of taxes, superintendent of schools, and road commissioner, and to raise money for the same. 25. To see if the town will vote to accept and hold in trust such sums of money as may be deposited with the town treasurer the income of which money shall be used when needed in caring for and keeping in good order and condition such burial lots within the cemeteries of the town of Bucksport as may be designated by the different donor s of said money. 26. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer on 3rd.

33 street from Franklin street to the river or to connect with the sewer on Main street and raise money for the same. 27. To sec if the town will authorize the Superintending School Committee to contract with and pay the Trustees of the E. M. C. Seminary for the tuition of scholars residing within the town, in the studies and under the standard of scholarship to be in accordance with the Free High School act, and to see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to carry out the provision of said contract. 28. To see if the town will vote to purchase a rock crusher, and raise money for the same. 29. To see if the town will raise a sum of money to be used in building concrete sidewalks. 30. To see what sum of money the town will vote to pay Torrent Engine Company No. 1 for their services for the municipal year I 31. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to sell and convey the town s interest in any real estate that has been forfeited to the town for the non-payment of taxes. 32. To see if the town will vote to raise money for the lighting of the streets, and if so, how much, and authorize the Selectmen to contract for the same.«33. To see if the town will vote to have a Road Commissioner for the vear To see if the town will vote yes or no upon the adoption of the provisions of chapter 112 of the Public Laws of Maine, for the year 1907, as amended by chapter 69, Public Laws of 1909, also Chapter 21, Public Laws of 1911, and Chapter 183, Public Laws of 1911, relating to the appropriation of money necessary to entitle the town to state aid for highways for the year To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to be used in repairing Verona bridge. 36. To see if the town will raise and appropriate, in addition to the amounts regularly raised and appropriated for the care of ways, highways and bridges, the sum of $450.00, being the

34 32 maximum amount which the town is allowed to raise under the provisions of chapter 112, of Public Laws of Maine for the year 1907, as amended by Chapter 69, Public Laws of 1909, also Chapter 21, Public Laws 1911, and Chapter 183, Public Laws 37. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors as prepared by the town officers. 38. To see if the town will vote to build a new road from the Main road to the residence of John C. Redman, a distance of 50 rods and raise money for the same., The Selectmen will be in session in their office on the 28th. day of February and the 1st. day of March, next, for the purpose of correcting the list of voters. Given under our hands the twenty-second day of February, A. D F r a n k F. S m ith C. M. W ils o n, R. R. S im p so n,

35 Report of the Superintendent of Schools. To t h e S c h o o l B o a r d. G e n t l e m e n : In accordance with the requirements of the statute, the following brief report is submitted for your consideration. The results accomplished by our schools during the year may be considered reasonably satisfactory. In selecting teachers last spring and in filling vacancies as they occurred from term to term more than usual caution was exercised, but not always with the expected result. Including those retained from last year, thirty-one different teachers have been employed. Only one of the number had never taught before, and fourteen had received more or less normal training. Their work, as usual, has represented all degrees of efficiency, much of it having been excellent, and the rest ranging from good down to fairly good, with one small school in a class by itself at the bottom of the list. The frequent changes of teachers in the rural schools has interfered with their work but, on the whole, balancing a loss here with a gain there, I think the progress they have made quite up to that of recent years. At the grammar school the novel experience of having a new principal every term has not been a beneficial one. Matters are now proceeding finely there, though it takes some time for a school to recover entirely from the effects of a few weeks of relaxed discipline. The good order about the building and the attention to their work on the part of the scholars give pleasing evidence that no mistake was made in employing the present principal. About seventy pupils are now in attendance. The class graduating last June numbered sixteen, all of whom but one entered the high school in the fall. The more important of the repairs planned last spring were the shingling of the schoolhouse at No. 2, which could no longer be deferred, and the painting of those at Bucks Mills, Hincks s,

36 34 and East Bucksport, but, as has happened several times before, an unforeseen demand on this appropriation prevented part of the intended work. An examination of the furnaces at the grammar school building showed that one of them was worthless and would have to be removed. The cost of the new furnace, $160, made it necessary to put off the painting till another season. The house at No. 2 was shingled and also one side of the roof of ths one at East Bucksport, while at Hincks a new sill and door were supplied and one of the entries was sheathed with hard pine. This year it is hoped there will be nothing to prevent the painting of the three buildings mentioned and, if possible, the grammar school house also, as that has not been repainted since it was built thirteen years ago. * The new books introduced are, Music Readers for the grammar and intermediate schools to replace a series worn out by long service, and reading books for the seventh and eighth grades at the grammar school. In these grades the reading was not satisfactory, and in the opinion of the teachers better material for the needed drilling could be found in the varied selections of a school reader than was contained in the Riverside Series, hitherto the only material for reading used in this school. The Readers chosen were Blodgel s Fiflh and Swin- ton s Fifth, and both have proved satisfactory. This year more extensive changes will probably have to be made, as the books in some branches are in bad condition and can be replaced by those of some other series on favorable terms. Citizens of the town who have its interests at heart must be pleased with the changed appearance of things up on Oak Hill. One would hardly have supposed that the substitution of a new roof for the old one and the addition of a spacious veranda would have given such a modern aspect to the old dormitory as to make it harmonize finely with the handsome new building close by. The latter has been carefully planned along up-to-date lines, and with its large, well-lighted rooms, affording ample space for study and recitation purposes, laboratory work, gymnasium exercises, and toilet conveniences, is in striking contrast with the inadequate old building which in some way has

37 35 been made to answer its purpose for so many years. The improvements so long hoped for ought certainly to prove an attractive advertisement for the school and give it a new lease of prosperity. The advantages resulting from the changed accommodations will be shared by our scholars and should serve to give increased interest to their high school life. Few villages in the state will now be able to offer better school privileges than those provided for our grammar and high school grades. The following financial statement comprises all the school bills paid from Feb. 22, 1912 to Jan. 31, 1913, as shown by the selectmen s books, and does not represent the entire cost of the common schools for the year. Once more I wish to express my hearty appreciation of the many ways in which you have assisted in making the performance of my work pleasant to myself, and I hope not unsatisfactory to the town. Respectfully submitted, A. A. L i t t l e f i e l d, Superintendent.

38 » oo : School Account. Teachers W ages and Board. Janitors. Marion N. Abbott t[ Ralph Moore $9 00 Elsie M. Andrews Rinaldo Stubbs 9 00 Sophie K. Baker Jay Hubbard 9 00 Hazel E. Batchelder Belmont Mercer 8 50 Kathleen L. Buckley Sylvan Applebee 8 50 Lizzie B. Carr Ivory Bowden 3 00 Helen N. Christian Inez Witham 9 50 Margie R. Colby Harvey Buelduc 8 75 Lucy B. Crocker Λ g 95 a 00 Roy Davis 9 50 Grace L. Crosby Eugene Lawrence 4 50 Lois L. Eaton Walter Stover Ellen M. r Godfrey Rankin McKinnon 8 01 Bernice Gray Norman Soper 7 20 Evelyn C. Hall Ivory Gross Florence M. Hall t * Donald Lawrence 4 00 Esther L. Higgins Hillerv Bennett 3 00 Kate C. Hooper Lewis Gray 90 Gracia M. Hooper Η. N. Christian 2 10 Lucinia E. Hopkins Roland Redman 1 60 Mary A. Houston Frank Buelduc 5 65 Hilda M. Hunt Vinai Applebee 4 00 Bessie C. Jordan Linwood Smith 4 00 Ella S. Lewis Rodney Saunders Lucy B. Lunt Russell Mercer 4 00 Gertrude C. Mason 175 * t A Sarah K. McFarland Melvin Hoxie 2 70 Annie McCaslin Marian B. Rideout Conveyance. $ Maude E. Snow I. A. Fogg $ Nettie M. Swazey A. H. Little Emma C. Wardwell J. E. Grindle Carolyn M. Wilson F. B. Googins & Co Ola Wood F. B. Perkins J. E. West, board W. W. Googins 1 50 $4, $386 75

39 Fuel. T. M. Nicholson $219 OC R. P. Davis W. T. Treworgy 1 50 George Eastman 3 00 W. E. Cole W. E. Enman D. W. Coombs Clvde Eastman * o J 25 A. P. Maddox J. Seavey A. B. Dunham J. L. Grindle Guy Richardson W. F. Taylor 1 50 A. A. Johnson 7 50 D. R. Stubbs 3 25 Pearl Chipman Text-books. American Book Co. $ oc 64 Ginn 8c Co D. C. Heath & Co Thompson Brown Co Silver, Burdett 8c Co E. M. C. Seminary Am. Express 4 50 A. Flanagan Co, 3 35 A. A. Littlefield Frontier Press Co Bobbs Merrill Co O. Ditson Co. 74 O. Brewer Co E. E. Babb & Co Smith & Sale 4 50 M. C. R. R. $1 75 L. W. Gerrish 5 00 Hoyt's Express 40 Atlantic Express 40 J. Crooker 70 E. B. Moore 9im * 85 F. Forsyth 5 05 V. DeCourcy 70 E. C. Jones 50 Parcel Post 58 $ Repairs and Supplies. E. B. Gardner Sc Co. $48 99 Electric Co J. L. Hammett Co E. B. Babb & Co W. E. Cole S. W. Davis H. F. Clouston 9 25 D. B. Clay H. L. Palmer 5 84 Morse & Co J. M. Bray & Son 1 00 A. E. Smith 2 00 Houghton Mifflin Co Ivory Gross 6 00 J. J. Hall 64 C. O. Page Est G. A. Rich Charles Ross % S. E. Hall 5 50 D. B. Bridges 1 28 J. A. Dorr P. A. Goodale 50 A. A. Littlefield 7 30 E. C. Jones 75

40 38 % W. F. Taylor $4 20 Postage $9 00 W. A. Remick 7 75 Mrs. H. Clouston 3 00 Telephone Co Mrs. Lizzie Douglass 2 50 M. C. R. R E. W. Gross 3 00 Mrs. J. Hubbard 3 00 L. 9 * H. Hayward 3 31 R. Gould 30 Dr. Η. E. Snow 3 00 W. M. Welch & Co R. B. Stover 1 27 Lucy Perkins 2 50 Silas Orcutt 5 11 G. E. Bridges 5 00 I. L. Brown 2 00 L. H. Smith 95 Hazel Lanpher 3 00 W. H. Ellingwood 2 20 Mrs. Mary Dean 3 00 Rice & Miller 20 Mrs. Hattie Hutchings G. H. Allen 70 Mrs. Percy Moore 5 00 Η. H. Webster 1 35 Mrs. M. Tewksbury Alton Miners 50 E. H. Lewis L. P. Lowell 60 I. L. Saunders 8 79 F. W. Ginn 40 T. P. Gross 3 75 % Warren & Co. 50 W. D. Cullity 25 Perkins & Mitchell 35 H. F. Ames & Co D. G. Harvey 3 00 Emery & Co $711 11