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January 31, 1907, Together with the Mayor's
Address
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A N N U A L REPORTS
OF
THE
City of Biddeford
IN C O R PO R A TE D
FOR
1855
THE
Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 1907,
TOGETHER
M AYO R 'S
W IT H
THE
ADDRESS.
FROM Th E PRESS OF THE BIDDEFORD JOURNAL.
1907.
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G entlem en
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C i t y C o u n c i l :—
In meeting today for the organization of the govern
ment of the municipality for another year, we have the
satisfaction of knowing that the city’s financial condition
is better than at any time in the last quarter o f a century,
and we may venture to look with confidence perhaps to a
continuation o f our material prosperity during the coming
twelve months. The wise and conservative policy o f debt
reduction: which has been followed by each administration
of the past decade has put the credit o f the city on a con
tinually rising plane. The total indebtedness has been re
duced to a point far below the limit allowed under the law,
and within the past year the last o f the outstanding notes .
which made up our floating debt and added to the inter
est account has been wiped out. The total assessed valua
tion for the year ending Jan. 31, 1906, was $6,904,862. Bv
the law limiting the indebtedness o f cities to 5 per cent of
their valuation the legal credit of the city amounts to $345,243.10. The actual amount o f our indebtedness on Jan. 31,
1906, was only $251,000. The liabilities on Jan. 31, 1905,
were $263,500— a reduction o f $12,500 during the year.
The list o f outstanding bonds o f the city is contained in the
report of the treasurer.
Every citizen has reason for congratulation that the
laudable ambition o f each o f the administrations o f the past
ten years has served to bring the indebtedness down to a
sum nearly $100,000 less than the legal limit. It would
seem that the time has now come when with our credit
firmly established, we may, without abandoning the con
servative policy o f our predecessors, devote somewhat more
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attention to permanent public improvements. T o continue
the policy o f debt reduction in some degree is doubtless
wise, but I would recommend that the amount applied to
this purpose be not over $10,000 for the coming year, and
that more particular attention be given to the improvement
o f our streets, sidewalks, and public buildings and sewer
work. Improvements along these lines are badly needed
and the expenditure of the amount of money required,
within reasonable limits, would be a measure o f wise econ
omy.
OVERDRAFTS.
While recommendations of a specific nature are hard
ly to be expected from a new administration, there is one
matter to which it may be well at the outset to call atten
tion,— that is in relation to overdrawing appropriations in
the various departments of the city. It has been a rule
which has been kept well in mind by some heads o f depart
ments, I am informed, carefully to keep the expenditures
well within the appropriation, but in other departments this
practice has not been strictly followed. Laxity in this re
spect, if allowed to continue, may result in considerable
embarrassment to an administration as well as bring dis
credit upon it. In your selection o f the heads of depart
ments, care should be taken that the rule o f “ no over
drafts” be thoroughly understood, and the committees of
your honorable body should also exercise such oversight
in the line of their duties that excessive expenditures shall
be impossible. I believe it is entirely practicable to esti
mate with sufficient accuracy the amount necessary for the
conduct of each department at the beginning of the year.
Nothing but an unusual contingency, such as a dangerous
epidemic, or great damage by flood, should warrant an
overdraft, and for such contingencies as these there is a
special fund annually appropriated.
SEWERS.
Much has been done during the past year in the way
o f sewer work, but a generous portion of the appropriation
MAYOR’S ADDRESS
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for Mile Brook sewer has been left unexpended. This bal
ance to the credit o f the work remains for the use of this
administration, together with whatever other sum you may
see fit to apply. I would recommend that operations be be
gun on this sewer as early as possible in the coming spring,
and that the sewer be extended as far as practicable during
the year, so that it 'be completed within a reasonable time.
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STREETS.
The policy o f macadamizing the streets entered upon
some years ago has been carried forward during the past
year. The results of this policy have been satisfactory,
and there should be no hesitancy about continuing the work
this year as far as resources will permit. The condition
of the paving on Main street is a matter to which I would
call your attention, with a view o f affording a remedy.
That whole areas of paving blocks in many parts o f this
thoroughfare have sunk much below their original level,
and that many rough spots and irregularities exist is
known to every citizen. The work of restoring this street
surface to its proper condition could well be begun this
vear.
A liberal appropriation for construction and repair of
sidewalks is also desirable.
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BRIDGES.
With the exception of the Somesville bridge, work on
which was begun last year, all our bridges are in fair con
dition, though very much in need o f repainting. I think
I am correct in saying that they have not been painted
since they were erected. There has been delay in the de
livery o f the material for the new Somesville bridge, but
it has now arrived, and the bridge will be ready for use in
a short time. The cost o f this new structure is provided for
by an appropriation made last year.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The fire department is well organized and the volun
teer companies efficient, but better buildings for the appa-
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ratus are fast becoming a necessity. The old buildings are
in a dilapidated state. I suppose you are all aware that
last year a sinking fund was established to be applied
eventually to the erection of new, comfortable and up-todate quarters for the fire department. That fund now
amounts to $10,000. If a like amount can be added this
year it will be feasible to begin the erection o f the building
or buildings required by another year. In view of this plan
it will be well to keep present expenditures for engine house
repairs down to the limit.
*Since writing the above a disastrous fire occurred at
the Trull Hospital which must appeal to every one as an
object lesson, showing the inadequacy o f our facilities for
the extinction of fires. In a large district o f our city
known as the heights, the need o f a better supply o f water
is pressing, and should be provided for at the earliest pos
sible moment, and some relief afforded either by a stand
pipe placed at a high altitude or otherwise.
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tending our hydrant system to localities where there is no
protection against fire.
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Our apparatus for the extinguishment o f fires is not
in first class condition; to bring it up to date, a new ladder
equipment, a new hose wagon, and perhaps another steam
engine should be added, as well as new fire houses. The
first o f these— the ladder equipment— should receive your
immediate attention.
The rapid extinguishment o f fires1 depends not only
upon an adequate equipment, but also upon the good or
ganization o f the Department, which in turn rests wholly
upon the chief or head of the Department. I would, there
fore, especially impress upon you the *necessity of placing
an efficient man in this position.
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The conduct of the poor department under the direc
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as overseers o f the poor calls for no special mention. The
City Farm buildings are in fair condition and the wants of
the poor are provided for, each particular case being care
fully investigated.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The need of larger and more convenient quarters for
the police purposes has been dwelt upon by former boards
of police commissioners and is emphasized by the present
board. The matter is one which I think deserves your at
tention.
SCHOOLS.
Consideration may properly be given to the question of
an appropriation for beautifying or at least grading the
yards about the school buildings in various parts o f the
city. Some of these yards or playgrounds have never re
ceived any attention, although the buildings were con
structed years ago. I would suggest the preparation o f a
careful estimate o f the cost o f putting these playgrounds
into presentable condition, and the setting aside of a cer
tain sum each year for that purpose, allowing the improve
ments to follow some definite recognized plan.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
With the exception o f a slight outbreak of smallpox
recently, the health department has had no work of an un
usual nature during the year. T w o cases of smallpox de
veloped but the vigilance o f the health board has apparently
maintained an effective quarantine. This with the ap
proach o f mild weather, it is hoped, will avert the spread
of the disease.
CEMETERY.
This year a special effort should be made to improve
the appearance o f the City cemetery and to revise the plans
of burial plots so that there may be no liability to
unfortunate errors in identification of bodies interred there.
A slight increase in the amount appropriated for the cem
etery annually would suffice to clear up the avenues and
pathways and for other needed improvements o f the
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grounds— improvements which the general public as well
as the owners o f plots would fully appreciate.
Many other matters o f importance are referred to in
the detailed reports o f the department officials, to which
your attention is respectfully invited.
G IL M A N P. L IT T L E F IE L D .
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City Government 1906-7.
MAYOR,
G IL M A N P. L IT T L E F IE L D .
CITY CLERK,
D A N IE L H. B. H O O P E R .
ALDERMEN,
R oderic D. T
C h a ir m a n ,
arr.
Ward 1— Fred J. Potts.
W ard 2— Alphonse Bolduc.
W ard 3— Roderic D. Tarr,
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Ward 4— Ira T. W orm wood.
Ward 5— Fred C. Watson,
W ard 6— Daniel Dinan,
Ward 7— William E. Shaw.
COMMON
P r e s id e n t ,
COUNCILMEN,
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lf r ed
Ward 1— Robert Henry Gay,
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
L. W
aterhouse.
Harold C. Curtis,
Fred S. Hamilton.
2— James Hayes,
Jesse C. Townsend,
Anselm Couthraw.
3— Frank G. Harriman,
Alphonse F. Houle,
Arthur L. Sellers.
4— Joseph Ouellette,
James N. O ’Sullivan,
Melvin L. Wilbur.
5— Henry A. Gallagher,
Alfred L. Waterhouse,
Stanislas Messier.
6— Elmer P. Staples,
Napoleon Langelier, Jr..
John W . Twomey.
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Hugh Simpson,
Ward 7— Napoleon Tetrault,
Charles P. Rumery.
WARDENS,
Ward 1, Emery Johnson; W ard 2, John B. L ow ell;
Ward 3, John H igginbotham ; W ard 4, Silas P. Adam s;
Ward 5, Willis Roberts; W ard 6, J. Thacher Emery; Ward
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Ward 1, Ralph P. Bachelder; W ard 2, Howard M.
Jones; Ward 3, George M. Leavitt; W ard 4, Joseph Cor
mier; Ward 5, George F. Boston f W ard 6, Francis M unday;
Ward 7, Ezekiel T. Bryant.
ELECTION CLERKS
Ward 1— Ernest H. Robbins, John R. Staples.
2— Napoleon Menard, William H. Donahue.
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3— Harold Kelley, Fred A. Little.
4— Frank B. Robbins, Robert FI. Bryant.
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5— Fred J. Grant, Jesse W . Muttart.
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6— Timothy P. McKeering, Patrick Cullinan.
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7— Walter I. Gordon, Walter A. Plolt.
BALLOT CLERKS
Ward 1— Orin J. Benson, Fred O. Goldthwaite.
2— Thomas J. Boland, Charles H. Goodwin.
3— Albert H. Wardwell, Ernest L. Harmon.
4— Michael F. O ’Connor, Ovide Little.
5— John R. Bonser, Radcliffe H. Ford.
6— James Read, Charles S. Stimpson.
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7— Harold P. Smith, Patrick Kearney.
Lytton E . Staples.
C o lle c to r o f T a x e s , .
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Joseph Shevenell.
C i t y S o l ic it o r ,
, John F, Burnham.
C i t y A u d it o r ,
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Clarence Gove.
J udge of M u n i c i p a l C o u r t , t .
. Benjamin F. Cleaves.
R ecorder o f M u n i c i p a l C o u r t ,'
Gorham N . Weymouth.
C h i e f o f P o l ic e , .
Charles B. Flarmon.
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Clarence F . Kendall.
C h ie f E n g in e e r F ir e D e p a r t m e n t ,
David L. Mulcahy.
F ir s t A sst . E n g in e e r F ir e D e p t .,
Thomas Rennicks.
S econd A sst . E n g in e e r F ir e D e p t .,
Gedeon Hotte.
E n g in e e r C i t y B u il d i n g ,
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George W . Leavitt.
W a t c h m a n , C it y B u il d in g ,
Patrick Cullinan.
H arbor M a s t e r ,
Edward W . Goldthwaite.
S e a le r W e ig h t s a n d ' M e a s u r e s ,
' ' Onesime E. Cote.
C it y P h y s i c i a n ,
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Charles E., Hussey, Chairman, .
Charles T. Read.
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Radcliffe H. Ford.
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ASSESSORS,
William C. Roussin,
Carlos C. Heard,
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Ward 1, Joseph C. Edwards; W ard 2, Zotique Petrin;
Ward 3, Ernest L. Harm on; Ward 4, Aime Lepine; W ard
5, Richard Chasse ; Ward G, Charles S. Stimpson; W ard 7,
Ezekiel T. Bryant. .•
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O verseers of P oor ;.
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Municipal Officers.
C l e r k of O verseers o f P oor ,
. ’ William A. Cosgrove.
BOARD OF HEALTH,''
Dr. M. Hubbard Ferguson,
Ovidc Little.
I n spe c to r
of
B u il d in g s ,
S u p e r in t e n d e n t
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B u r ia l s , ,
S u p e r in t e n d e n t
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Samuel L. Wilson,
. • Edward C. Stone.
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Orin C. Libby.
Royal E. Gould.
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
Henry P. Atkinson, Benjamin F. Cleaves, Henry S.
Worth, Ovide Little, Jere G. Shaw, Charles F. Traynor,
Frank W . Roberts, Edward H. Goldthwaite, John H iggin
botham.
PARK COMMISSIONERS,
John B. Lowell,
William E. Youland,
Gorham N. Wevmouth.
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CITY GOVERNMENT
POLICE BOARD,
Henry G. Hutchinson,
Gilman P. Littlefield.
James F. Tarr,
CITY WEIGHERS,
Sidney A. Staples, Edgar E. Small, George E. M orri
son, R. A. Fairfield, Volney A. Sprague, J. P. Gendron,
Fred C. Goodwin, George B. Cutter, Thomas N. Goodwin,
James Welch, Fred J. Morrison, Roy M. Heeney, George
W . Andrews.
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MEASURERS OF LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK,
George F. Piper, Ivory E. Davis, J. F. Goldthwaite,
William A. Roberts, Howard Cousins, Fred Graffam, Alec
Deloge, Albert Harvey, Hiram Rose.
STREET COMMISSIONERS,
District No. 4, J. Byron Campbell.
Oak Ridge, William I. Johnston.
River Road, West, Samuel Emerson,
River Road, East, Orin Edwards, Jr.
Fortunes Rocks, Alonzo E. Hamilton.
Newtown, F. Byron Lowell.
Pool District, George Fletcher.
Ward 7, North, William A. Roberts.
Ward 7, East, %
Clarence Carville.
Ward 7, West,;; Fillmore Hooper.
Plollis Road,. J. Edwin Roberts.
Kennebunk Road, Samuel A. Benson.
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Joint Standing Committees.
F in a n c e — The Mayor, Aldermen Tarr, Councilmen Gay,
Couthraw, Harriman.
A c c o u n t s — Alderman Watson,
Councilmen
Waterhouse,
Sellers.
P u b l ic P r o pe r ty — The Mayor, Alderman Shaw, Council-
men Wilbur, Messier, Simpson.
P u b l ic I n s t r u c t io n
and
C it y L ib r a r y — The Mayor, A l
derman Tarr, Councilmen Waterhouse, Hayes, Staples.
F ire D e p a r t m e n t — Aldermen W orm wood, Dinan, Coun
cilmen Townsend, Gay, Houle.
P r in t in g — Alderman Potts, Councilmen Curtis, Townsend.
P oor— Alderman Potts, Councilmen O ’Sullivan, Langelier,
Rumery.
R oads , S t r e e t s , S e w e r s
and
S t r e e t L ig h t s — The Mayor,
Aldermen Watson, Bolduc, Councilmen Ouellette, Gal
lagher, Twomey, Sellers.
O r d in a n c e s — The Mayor, Councilmen Hamilton, Tetrault.
Standing Committees.
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E l e c t io n s — Aldermen W orm wood, Potts, Dinan.
L ic e n s e s — The Mayor, Aldermen Shaw, Tarr.
E n ro lle d B il l s — Aldermen Bolduc, Pinan, Shaw.
BOARD OF COMMON
COUNCIL.
E l e c t io n R e t u r n s — Twomey, Townsend, Ouellette.
E n ro lle d B il l s — Gallagher, Messier, Sellers.
Regular monthly meeting of the City Council second
Monday evening in each month at 7.30 o ’clock.
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City, Treasurer's Report.
To
the
C it y
H
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of
M ayor
and
C it y
C o u n c il
B iddeford :
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Gentlemen
I have the honor to submit the following report o f re
ceipts and expenditures o f the City for the fiscal year end
ing January 31, 1907:
Balance, cash on hand, January 31, 1906........ .... $8,056.07
Received from all sources during the y e a r . . . . . . 280,712.43
$288,768.50
Total payments for the year..................................$288,188.65
Balance, cash on hand January 31, 1907...........
579.85
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A statement in detail appears below.
$288,768.50
Detailed statement o f receipts and expenditures o f the
City o f Biddeford from the close of the fiscal year, January
31, 1906, to and including January 31, 1907:
Receipts
Abatement o f Taxes . . . . . . .
Bills Payable ......................... .. ..........
Bridges ......................................
City Bonds .............................
City Building ......................... ..........
City Cemetery ......................... ...........
City Library ........................... ..........
City Parks ....................................................
Contingent Fund ............................... ..........
Countv T a x .............................
Dog Licenses ......................... ........
Fire Department ................... ..............
Expend.
$3,779.15
10,000.00
4,487.48
23.00
180.00
910.16
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969.89
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1,496,23
21,000.00
5,489.51
• 315.29
2,381.50
494.52
2,591.16
9,763.48
528.00
12,377.48
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Free Text Books .............................
General Expense' .............................
Health Department .........................
H ighw ays:—
District No. 4 .........................
Buzzell Road ...........................
Fortunes Rocks .......................
Newtown District . < ;...............
Hollis Road D iv is io n ...........*.
Hills Beach Road ...................
Kennebunk Road .....................
Oak Ridge District .................
Pool District .............................
River Road, East Division
River Road, West D iv ision ...
W ard 7, North D iv is io n .........
Ward 7, East Division ...........
Ward 7, West Division .........
Hydrants ............................................
Insane ................................................
. Interest ..............................................
Macadamizing ....................................
Mile Brook Sewer ...........................
New Streets ....................................
Pauper Department .........................
Police Department ......................... .
Pool Sewer ........................................
Railroad and Telegraph T a x ...........
Reform School ....................... i . . . .
Salaries ..............................................
Schools ..............................................
School Fund & Mill T a x ...............
Sewers & Drains .............................
Sidewalks ..........................................
Sinking Fund
for
ment Buildings
Fire
295.00
294.87
1,331.98
5.00
28.40
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693.38
5,432.51
1,859.27
6,761.07
397.13
490.03
386.70
365.17
249.62
192.88
424.31
395.05
T09.62
611.88
263.74
392.51
402.06
3.900.00
3,155.46
10,768.21
2,404.87
2.804.37
496.27
10.900.00
8,291.43
996.95
302.67
51.00
16,662.26
50.00
52.00
5.865.00
34,052.37
4,047.67
2.997.37
Depart
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18.500.00
Somesville Bridge ...........................
7.100.00
TREASURER’S REPORT
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State Pensions .................................
‘ State Tax ..................................... ..
54.69
Street Lights ........................... ..........
. Trust Fund to retire Bonds No. 51
1, 000.00
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and 60 due May 1st, 1904. . . .
97.43
S ' Tax of 1900 ......................... ..
68.00
$
Tax of 1901 ......................................
141.00
•A Tax of 1902 ......................................
■* Tax o f 1903 ......................................
465.00
Tax of 1904 ......................................
3,115.00
Tax of 1905 ...................................... 30,158.00
Tax of 1906 ...................................... 149,060.00
Temporary Loans ...........................
60,000.00.
Cash on hand January 31st, 1906. .
8,056.07
Cash on hand January 31st, 1907..
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960.00
20,024.55
10,928.88
60,000.00
579.85
$288,768.50 $288,768.50
Statement showing Resources and
City of Biddeford January 31st, 1907.
RESO U R C E S.
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Liabilities o f the
*Cash on hand ........
Tax of 1897 .............
Tax of 1899 .............
Tax of 1901 .............
Tax of 1902 .............
Tax of 1903 .............
Tax of 1904 .............
.Tax of 1905 .............
Tax of 1906 .............
Balance Account .. .
252.96
687.28
232.44
168.98
439.20
755.16
. .. 26,313.41
. . . 208,304.07
$240,000.00
L IA B IL IT IE S .
City Bonds ou tstan din g...................
Bills Payable (note ou tsta n d in g ).,.
$230,000.00
10,000.00
$240,000.00
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L IA B IL IT IE S J A N U A R Y 31, 1906.
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City Bonds outstanding . . ...............
$251,000.00
As compared with last year this shows a decrease in
gross liabilities o f $11,000.00. In addition to this $18,500.00'has been added to the Sinking Fund for Fire Depart
ment buildings, bringing this fund up to $28,733.33 as
shown below.
*In addition to the above item “ Cash on hand” the City
has in the Treasury $326.89, being the amount of unexpend
ed balance in the appropriation for schools.
OUTSTANDING NOTES OF THE CITY OF BIDDEFORD. .'
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R ate
P u rp ose
Sept. 1, 1906 $10,000 2 years 4P.C. T o retire City Bonds
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OUTSTANDING
BONDS OF THE CITY OF
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$230,000.00
Table showing the valuation and indebtedness of the City
of Biddeford from .1896 to and including January 31, 1907:
Year
Assessor’s
Values
Outstanding
Notes & Bonds
Close of Fiscai
Year Ending
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Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
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1904. . . .. 6,905,690.00. ___ 263,500.00. . . . . Jan. 31, .19.05
1905. . . ..'6,904,862.00. . . . . 251,000.00. . . . . Jan. 31, 1906
. . .•. 240,000.00. . . . . Jan. 31, 1907
1906. .. .. 6,981,367.00.
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Feb; 1, 1906, balance on deposit........ $1,040.4?
Oct. 1, 1906, dividend No. 77 and
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36.71'
Feb. 1, 1907, balance on deposit........ : .....................$1,077.18
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ELIZABETH COLE BEQUEST FOR THE-CARE'OF A CERTAIN LOT
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Feb. 1, 1906, balance on deposit...........$176,03,
Oct. 1, 1906, dividend No. 77 and 78. .
6.20
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Feb. 1, 1907, balance on d e p o s it ................. .............. $182.23
I-IANNAH SMITH BEQUEST.
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IN THE CITY CEMETERY.
Feb. 1, 1906, balance on d e p o s it...........$106.22
Oct. 1, 1906, dividend No. 77 and 78. .
3,74
$109.96
Dec.. 7, 1906, to cash ...................................................
6.00
Feb. 1, 1907, balance on deposit ..............................$103.96
jack
fund.
JACK FUND FOR THE CARE OF A CERTAIN LOT IN THE CITY
CEMETERY.
Feb. 1, 1906, balance on deposit.......... $158.43
Oct. 1, 1906, dividend No. 77 and
78
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Feb. 1, 1907, balance on deposit. .............................. $164.00
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CLEAVES FUND, THE INCOME TO BE USED FOR THE WORTHY
POOR OF THE CITY OF BIDDEFORD.
Feb. 1, 1906, balance on deposit.......$1,797.77
July 1,1906, dividend No. 73...............
30.38
Jan. 1,
1907, dividend No. 74..........
30.91
$1,859.06
Feb. 39, 1906, cash paid to Treasurer of Biddeford City Mission by order o f City C ou n cil.. .$61.29
Feb. 1, 1907, balance on deposit............................... $1,797.77
SINKING FUND FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS.
Jan. 31, 1906, balance on deposit.. .$10,000.00
Oct. 1, 1906, dividend No. 78...........
233.33
Jan. 31, 1907, cash deposited........... 18,500.00
Feb. 1, 1907, balance on deposit........................... $28,733.33
Respectfully
L Y T T O N E. S T A P L E S , City Treasurer.
Biddeford, Maine, February 6th, 1907 .
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To the H onorable M ayor and C ity Council of B iddeford :
Gentlemen :— The receipts and expenditures in the various departments of the city, for the
fiscal year ending January 31st, 1907, were :
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FEBRUARY.
Alfred Bonneau, auditor's notice................................
Biddeford Custom Laundry, towel supply, city
clerk’s office .............................................................
E. C. Stone, 24 ft. W . w o o d ........................................
E. C. Stone, 6 hours .....................................................
E. C. Stone, shellac .......................................................
Charles S. Stimpson 1-8 ft. P. C. pum p................
Charles S. Stimpson, 14 ft. piping .............................
Charles S. Stimpson, labor ...........................................
American Ex. Co., packageto Augusta.......................
Charles T. Read, making 1-3 o f list o f caucuses. . . .
Charles T. Read, making 1set check lists................
Charles T. Read, Jan. 9, 1 day verifying posting
lists ............................................................................
'Charles T. Read, Jan. 23, 1 day verifying caucus
lists ..........................................................................
Charles T. Read, Jan. 24, 1 day verifying check
lists ............................................................................
Charles T. Read, Feb’y. 7, 1 day preparing lists
for posting ...............................................................
Charles E. Hussey, to making 1-3 of lists for caucuses ..........................................................................
Charles E. Hussey, toposting list...............................
, Charles E. Hussey, Jan. 9. to 1 day verifying post
ing lists ......................................................................
Charles E. Hussey, Jan. 23, to 1 day verifying
caucus lists ...............................................................
Charles E. Hussey, Jan. 24, to 1 day verifying
check lists ..................................................................
$1.50
5.00
1.44
1.68
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5.00
1.68
2.50
25
7.00
21.00
4.00
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21.00
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Charles E. Hussey, Feb’y. 7, to 1 day preparing
lists for posting ......................................................
W . A. Foss, to making 1-3 of list for caucuses.. . .
W . A. Foss, to making 1 set of check list...............
W . A. Foss, Jan. 9, to 1 day verifying posting lists
W . A. Foss, Jan. 23, to .1 day verifying caucus list?
W . A. Foss, Jan. 24,' to 1 day verifying check lists
W . A. Foss, Feb’y. 7, to 1 day preparing lists for
posting ....................... ............................................
Monier & Mahaney, labor o n . trough, 3 hours
plumber and helper, K ing’s C orn er...................
Monier & Mahaney, Summer, street, labor on.
trough
hours, plumber and helper;.,.. . . . . . .
Monier & Mahaney, 1—1 % inches, x l inch T i e . . . ; ,
Monier & Mahaney, labor 3^2 ho ur s . . . . . . . . .
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W . I. Dennett, casket,
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W . I. Dennett, box ....................... ...........................
W . I. Dennett, opening g r a v e . — ;...........
W . I. Dennett, hearse
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Burial o f John F., Emery.
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H. G. Hutchinson, to 1 Oliver ribbon (city clerk’s
office) ........... /:.V. .............................. ... ' . ..............
H. G. Hutchinson, to 2 pads at 20c each.'...............
York Light & Heat Co1., Light Infantry hal l . . . . . .
Lytton E. Staples, expense to Boston (as treas
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Melville Woodman, 5 days service as clerk o f Board
o f Registration, March 6, 7; 8, 9, 10, at $3 per
day ..........................................................................
R. H. Ford, to 1 day’s services bri Board of Regis
tration pro tern in place ‘o f'C . E. Hussey, on re
vision of check lists ........................... ................ ..
George B. Cutter, 1 load Sticking and carrying up
stairs, Infantry hall
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Joseph Stride, 1 i y 2 p a p e r.. . .7. . . ; . . . . A . . . . . . . .
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Edgar A. Hubbard, 5 days’ services as clerk of
Board o f Registration, March- G, 7, 8, 9, 10,
at $3 ................... ... . . . . . -------- ’ ----- . . . V
York Light & Heat'Co;, light Infantry hall1...............
Ralph P. Bachelder, 1 -day’s services as ward clerk,
Ward 1
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Ralph P. Bachelder, carrying check list to and
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Orin J. Benson, for services' as ballot clerk, W ard 1
Ernest H. Robbins, for services as election clerk,
Ward 1 .....................................................................
John R. Staples, for services as election clerk
Ward 1 . . . . . ■ ; .......... . . ............ 1
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Emery Johnson, for services as warden W ard 1 . . . .
Thomas J. Boland, for services as ballot clerk
Ward 2 . . . . . . . . . . i : .................................
Charles H. Goodwin, for services as ballot clerk,
Ward 2 ................... ............ ............ ..
Napoleon Menard, for services as election clerk
Warcl 2 ......................... ................................... ..........
William IT. Donahue, for services as election clerk,
Ward 2 ......................................................................
Howard M. Jones, for services as ward clerk, W ard
2
John B. Lowell, for services as warden, W ard 2 . . . .
Ernest L. Harmon, for services as ballot clerk,
Ward 3 ......................................................................
Harold Kelley, for services as election clerk, Ward
3 .................................................................................
Fred A. Little, for services as election clerk, W ard
3 ..................................................................................
George M. Leavitt, for services as ward clerk, W ard
3 - ......................................................................
Arthur L. Sellers, for services as
warden, W ard 3. .
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Ovid Little, for services as ballot clerk, W ard 4. .. .
Robert IT. Bryant, .for services as election clerk,
Ward 4 .................................................
15.00
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Joseph Cormier, for services as ward clerk, W ard
4 .................................................................................
Silas P ; Adams, for services as warden, W ard 4 . . .
Willis Roberts, for services as warden, W ard 5 . . . .
•John R. Bonser, for services as ballot clerk. W ard
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3.00 ‘
3.00
3.00
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R. H. Ford, for services
as ballot clerk, W ard
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R. H. Ford, for writing up ward records...................
Fred J. Grant, for services as election clerk, W ard
5 ......................... ............ ............................................
Jesse W . Muttart, for services as election clerk,
W ard 5 ............................................ .......................
George F. Boston, for services as ward clerk, W ard
5 .......................................... .......................................
James Read, for services as ballot clerk, W ard 5 . . . .
Charles S. Stimpson, for services as ballot clerk,
Ward 6 ...............................................................
3.00
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3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
Timothy P. McKeering, or services .as election clerk
W ard 6 ......................................................................
3.00
Patrick Cullinan, for services as election clerk,
W ard 6 .....................................................................
3.00
Francis Munday, for services as ward clerk, W ard
6 ..................................................................................
3.00
J. Thacher Emery, for services as warden, W ard 6 ..
Harold P. Smith, for services as ballot clerk, W ard
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Patrick Kearney, for services as ballot clerk, W ard
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3.00
Walter I. Gordon, for services as election clerk,
W ard 7 ..................... ................................................
3.00
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Walter A Holt, for services as election clerk, W ard
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Ezekiel T. Bryant, for services as ward clerk, W ard
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3.00
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L. W . Hackett, for use o f store, Main street, for
ward room ...............................................................
Fred C. Watson, for use blacksmith shop, for ward
room .........................................................................
A. Romeo, for use of blacksmith shop, for ward
room .........................................................................
John Fred Goldthwaite, use of store election d a y . ..
Charles E. Hussey, to 1 day’s work on caucus lis t ..
Charles E. Hussey, to March 2, work on check
list ..........................................
Charles E. Hussey, to March 8, 9, 10, 12, work on
revision o f list .......................................... y ............
Charles T. Read, Feb’y. 20, 1 day’s work on cau
cus __list .....................................................................
Charles T. Read, March 2, to 1 day’s work on
check list .................................................................
Charles T. Read, to 6 days’ work on revision o f
lists ............................................................................
W . A. Foss, Feb’y. 20, to 1 day preparing caucus
lists .....................................................................
W . A. Foss, March 2, to 1 day preparing check
lists ............................................................................
W . A. Foss, to 6 days’ on revision............................
Edward C. Stone, March 9, for self and team post
ing check lists in the various wards.....................
Edward C. Stone, for self and team posting speci
men ballots ...............................................................
Edward C. Stone, posting notices relating to dog
licenses ......................................................................
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10.00
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6.00
10.00
4.00
4.00
20.00
4.00
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24.00
5.00
5.00
30.00
3.00
2.00
2.00
APRIL.
Charles B. Harmon, to services o f summonses 67
persons, to show causes why their names should
not be stricken from the voting lists o f the city
o f Biddeford ...........................................................
William S. Fowler, putting up and taking down
booths ........................................................................
William S. Fowler, three oil heaters........................
42.62
20.00
3.00
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E. L . , Noble, for professional services at inaugura
tion of city council ........................................ ..
Alfred Bonneau, 500 B. heads (fire d e p t.)...............
Alfred Bonneau, 250 B. heads (salaries............ . . .
Alfred Bonneau, 250 B. heads (b rid g e s ).................
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J. G. Garland, 3 months’ rent of A r m o r y . . . . . . . . . .
John B. Lowell, No. 76 Standard Draw Center
grate (Infantry h a ll)........ v . * ..............#
John B. Lowell, No. 76 .Standard Grate bed.............
John B. Lowell, set o f bricks. , . . . . • .........................
John B. Lowell, 6^2 hours labor ...............
George C. Libarge, to interpreter for assistant as
sessor in Ward 6, 1906, 7 d a y s ..................... .. ..
Biddeford Postoffice, 200 2c stam ps..................
T. L. Evans & Co., 12 blocks paper................ .. .
T. L. Evans
& Co., 6! , doz.
pencils./• ;. . . ................. 4....
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T. L. Evans & Co., 12 mucilage ..............................
T. L. Evans & Co., 12 pencils ..................................
Loring, Short & Harmon, 3 dog license registers. ..
H. G. Hutchinson, to 3 4 'one line stamps at 3 0 c . . . .
H. G. Hutchinson, to '1 red pad..................................
Richard Chasse, to labor as assistant assessor in
March, 1906 ........................................................ . . .
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New England Tel. & Tel. Co., toll to Bo s t o n. . . . . .
Aime Lepine, for services as assistant assessor in
W ard 4i
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Benj. D. Benson & Son, lithographing 20,000
drafts in black ink on bond p a p e r .......................
Benj. D. Benson & Son, printing “ Schools” on
3.000 o f same V . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benj. D. Benson &' Son, printing “ Fire Dept.” on
3.000 o f same J . . . . “.
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Benj. D. Benson & Son, printing “ Pauper Dept.”
. on 3,000 o f same . . . . . A
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Onesime E. Cote, to 7 days’ labor as an interpreter
in Ward 3, at $ 2.00 .................................................
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E. T. Bryant, for taking polls and personal as as- tt
sistant assessor in W ard 7 ........ ; . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lytton E. Staples, to expense to Boston as treasurer
to make temporary loan . . . . . . . . . . . y . • . . . . . ,
Charles E. Hussey, to making caucus list for coun
ty delegates and representatives to legislature* . .
Charles E. Hussey, to 2 days’ work verifying caucus list ................. *................... . V .............. .* i _
Charles T. Read, to making caucus list for state
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Charles T. Read, to 2 days’ verifying caucus lis ts ..
Radcliffe H. Ford, to. 2. days; verifying caucus list./.Charles S. Stimpson, to services as assistant, asses• sor in W ard 6 for year 1906
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Zotique Petrin* to services as assistant assessor for
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•• Ward 2 for year 1906'
C. G. Scaiilman, index book 40, 2 twoAveek time
books .............................................. ................ -.........
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C. G. Scamman, 2 pencils, indelible ...............
C. G. Scamman, 17 index books ..............................
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C. G. Scamman, wiring Boston account asses
sors ................................................ • . . * . . . . . *. .
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C. G. Scamman, time book and index book (H u b
bard (moths) ................................ ; .
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C. G. Scamman, 6 index books ..................................
C. G. Scamman, 1 collector’s cash b ook .................
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C. G. Scamman, box bands ...........................
Ernest L. Harmon, to services rendered as assistant
assessor in Ward 3, for 1906 ............................f.
American Ex. Co., 1 box N. Y. City clerk’s o ffic e ..'.
George Lebarge, to 6 days’ work as interpreter for
E. T. Bryant, asst, assessor in W ard 7. . . . . . . .
Joseph C. Edwards, services as asst, assessor in
Ward 1 ......................... ............................................
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Sheridan Post, G. A. R., to amount voted by the
city council for the observance o f Memorial
Day, 1906 ......................... .................... .. .•............ 100.00
U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R., to amount voted byJthe
city council for the observance o f Memorial
Day, 1906 ........ ........................................................ 100.00
Spanish W ar Veterans, to amount voted by the city
council for the observance o f Memorial Day,
1906 ................... . ............................................... .
65.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., toll to the Pool, (city
clerk)
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25
B. & S. Water Co., to 7 2-inch Chapman valves,
for standpipes on Smith, South, Elm, Union,
Green, Acorn and Pool streets, at $ 4 ................. 28.00
B. & S. Water Co., to labor ......................................
3.45
Jason W . Libby, to posting assessors’ notices...........
2.50
Alfred Bonneau, notices c f assessors, 65 lines, pub
lished 3 times ..................... ; .................................
12.00
W . H. Watson, printing notices o f sealer, weights
and measures ...........................................................■ 1.50
JUNE.
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., 13 ft. 2 inch Galv.
pipe, Union s t r e e t ..................................................
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., 2 inch Galv. ell,
Union street ....................
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., 1^4 H. days labor,
Union street .............................................................
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., }4
day’s
labor,
Union street ......................... '...................................
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., 1 2-inch gate, Brad
bury street .....................................
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., labor, stand pipes..
N. W . Kendall, to 2 doz. rubber bands.....................
s N. W . Kendall, to book taxes ....................................
N. W . Kendall, to 2 tubes paste...............................
N. W . Kendall, to frame .................
N. W . Kendall, to 4 tubes p a ste...............................
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3.07
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4.00
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1.25
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1.25
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N. W . Kendall, to blank b o o k .....................................
2.75
N. W . Kendall, to 3 bottles ink .................................
30
N. W . Kendall, to l l/2 qr. foolscap .........................
23
N. W. Kendall, to 4 penholders .................................
20
N. W . Kendall, 1 l/2 doz. pens ...................................
15
N. W . Kendall, 1 sh. blotting p a p e r ............................
05
N. W. Kendall, to 4 pencils
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20
N. W. Kendall, to tablet ............................................
10
N. W. Kendall, to 1 box envelopes............................
60
N. W . Kendall, to 1 book ...........................................
40
N. W. Kendall, to 1 book ....................... ».................
05
N. W. K endall/to basket ........................................
60
N. W . Kendall, to books— taxes ..............................
34.00
N. W . Kendall, to 1 doz. envelopes .......................
40
John M. Akerly, labor on rifle range, 4 days at
$2.50 .......................................................................... 10.00
John M. Akerly, labor two helpers, 3 days each at
$1.50 ..........................................................................
9.00
John M. Akerly, hardware ........................................ ,
50.
John M. Akerly, printing markers ............................
50
John M. Akerly, trucking
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50
C.
K. Banks, 120 ft. Hem. Planks..........................
2.07
C. K. Banks, 24 ft. 2x4 spruce..................................
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C. K. Banks, 77 ft.
pine ........................................
2.31
Biddeford Postoffice, 1,000 stamped envelopes for
^city clerk .................................................................. 21.20
William W . Roberts' Co., 1 municipal license No.
1630 ............
5.00
R. H. Ford, to 1 day preparing caucus list.............
5.00
R. H. Ford, to 1 day preparing caucus listNo. 2. .
5.00
R. H. Ford, to 30 days on new voting list for 1906
as per assessors’ return, viz., May, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29,
31, June 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, at
,$5 .............................................................................. 150.00
Charles E. Hussey, to 1 day preparing caucus lis t ..
4.00
GENERAL EXPENSE
3°
Charles E. Hussey, to 1 day preparing caucus list
No. 2 ......................... ..................................
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Charles E. Hussey, to 30 days preparing new vot
ing list for year 1906, as per assessors’ returns,
; viz., May 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and June 1, 2, 4,' 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, at $4 ............. '
Charles T. Read, to 1 day preparing caucus list...
Charles T. Read, to 1 day preparing caucus list
No. 2 ........ ..................................... . . '' ' .
Charles T. Read, to *30 days preparing new voting
list for year 1906 as per assessors’ return," viz.,
’ May 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26,28, 29, 31, June l, 2, 4, 5, '6, 7, .8, 9,
11, 12, 13, 14, at $ 4 ___ ___.'____ . . . . . . .
C.’ H. Prescott, 500 nomination papers., . . . . . . . . . .
C. H. Prescott, 250 certificates ,of birth .................
C. H. Prescott, 150 letter heads (city clerk) . . . . . .
C. H. Prescott, advertising special meeting city;
" government .............................................. .........;,
C. H. Prescott, publishing official ballots . . . . . . . .
C. H. Prescott, 5760 ballots and 175 specimen bal
lots, 7 w a r d s ......................................
C. H. Prescott, 60% sheetsposters, a s s e s s o r s . . . . ;
C. H. Prescott, publishing
assessors’ notice
(3
w eek s)' .. . ' ....................................................; . .
C. H. Prescott, printing on assessors’ books
.
C. H. Prescott, letter heads
and 200 note heads
(m ayor) ...................................................................
C. H. Prescott, 200 postal cards (city Gov. meet•
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C. H. Prescott, 300' copies Manual o f City govern
ment . * . . . ! ......................... .
C. H. Prescott, publishing notice to delinquent tax
payers (1 week)
..................... ................
C. H; Prescott, 350 cards for filing..............................
C. H. Prescott, 500
note circulars .......................
GENERAL EXPENSE
3i
C. H. Prescott, advertising delinquent taxes
(3
weeks) ' . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . : . ' . . .•. . . . . . . . . . . - . .
E. G. Pitman, 2 Oliver ribbons . . . . . . G
..'.
E. G. Pitman, yz box carbbn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........
Biddeford Postoffice, envelopes ...........
. . . ..'.
W. A. Cosgrove, carriage for assessors, 4 days
at $4 ....................... .................. ..
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JULY.
George W . W orm wood, dog officer, killing 36 dogs
Alfred Bonneau, 500 B. H. fire d e p t.,.....................
Alfred Bonneau, 250 B. H., Salaries...............
Alfred Bonneau, 250 B. H., bridges................... ..
Alfred Bonneau, 1,000 B, H., fire ..................... ..
Alfred Bonneau, 500 B. H., warrants H. F. R. D . .•
W. C. Roussin, for making dog b o o k ....................
W. C. Roussin, for making registration book. .. .
Industrial League, use of hall for March election ..
William T. Allen, to making tracing of “ Pines” .at
Hills Beach .......................................................
F. L. Hammond, to one spring cushion, 13x27.
J. G. Garland, 3 months rent Infantry hall, Armory
George E. Cook, ringing bell on M. E. church July
4, 1906 ........................................................ ..........
Richard O ’Brien, ringing bell on St. Marys church
July 4 (3 men) .....................................................
C. H. Rich, ringing bell on Congregational church
July 4, 1906 .............................................................
George W . Upham, ringing bell on high school,
July 4, 1906 ....................................................... ..
York Light & Heat Co., Light Infantry hall, elec
tric light ....................................................... ............
Fred Hotte, ringing bell on city building, July 4,
1906 ........................................ ........................... ..
Charles LaChance, ringing bell on St. Josephs (5
men) July 4, 1906 .................................................
Charles E. Hussey, to making 1-3 o f books for
Rep. city committee ...............................................
GENERAL EXPENSE
Charles E. Hussey, to making 1-3 of books for
Dem. city city .........................................................
7-00
Charles E. Hussey, July 9, 10, 12, to 3 days’ work
on supplemental list ..............................................
15.00
Charles E. Hussey, to 1 day verifying city commit
tee book (2 sets) ....................................................
5.00
Radcliffe H. Ford, to making 1-3 o f books for
Rep. city committee . -............................. ............
7<00
Radcliffe H. Ford, to making 1-3 o f books for
Dem. city committee ........ . .................................
7.00
Radcliffe H. Ford, to 3 days’ work on supple
mental list at $4 ....................................................
12.00
Radcliffe H. Ford, to 1 day verifying city com
4.00
mittee’s books ..............................................
Charles T. Read, to making 1-3 o f books for Rep.
city committee ..............................................
7.00
Charles T. Read, to making 1-3 o f books for Dem.
qity committee .................................................... . .
7.00
Charles T. Read, to 3 days’ work on supplemental
list, at $4 .............................
12.00
Charles T. Read, to 1 day verifying city commit
tee’s books ....................
4.00
T. L. Evans & Co., 1doz. bands ........................
60
T. L. Evans & Co., 1doz. pen holders .....................
24
G. A. Anthoine, 1 gas mantle and chimney, A rm
ory hall ....................
45
G.
...........................................
25
Fred Labelle, for ringing bell on city building, July
4 •................................................................................
2.25
James O ’Connell, for ringing bell on city building,
July 4 .................................
2.25
Gideon Hotte, for ringing bell on city building, July
*• 4 . . '................. : ........................................................ ..
2.25
A. Anthoine, blacking
AUGUST.
C. H. Prescott, 500 bills, 2 sides, sewers and
drains . . . ...... ' . . . ...................................... •...........
t
3;oo
GENERAL EXPENSE.
C. H. Prescott, 250 bills, 2 sides, parks..................
33
2.00
1.25
C. H. Prescott, 100
note circulars, 1905 taxes. .
C. H. Prescott, 500 note heads and 250 letterheads,
city clerk .................................................................
3.25
C. H. Prescott, 450 copies City Report, 50 bound
in cloth with gold lettering..................................... 150.30
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., 2 l/> inch l e a d . . . .
2.00
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., 2 p 2 inch corpora
tion
1.50
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., 1
stop wa t e r . . . .
1.25
Biddeford & Saco Water Co., labor (P ool street
trough) ......................................................................
1.20
John F. Burnham, to services as justice of peace
in securing affidavits o f municipal officers to
school returns
...................................................
2.00
W. A. Iiooper, work on making boxes for city
clerk’s office .............................................................
10.00
N. M. Philbrick, 1 portrait in frame of Judge
Thacher ....................................................................
5.00
Edward J. Bolen, to labor shellacing, puttying
and sandpapering 7 wardboxes ..........................
1.75
Edward J. Bolen, 1 quart shellac and lettering 7
boxes ..........................................................................
3.50
Varville & Baker, to (5mantles, L. 1. ball.................
2.10
Lytton E. Staples, expense to Boston (temporary
loan) ..........................................................................
0.00
Postoffice, 0,000 stamped envelopes for tax collector 121.20
PI. G. Hutchinson, one rubberstamp ........................
25
PI. G. Hutchinson, three one line stamps at 15c
each ............................................................................
-15
PI. G. Hutchinson, three large four line stamps at
65c each ....................................................................
1,95
Emery Davis, 1 Davis automatic inkstand for city
clerk’s office .............................................................
2.00
C. E. Hussey, to 1 day verifying posting lists for
September election
............................................
5.00
C. E. Hussey, to 1 daypreparing posting l i st s. . . .
5.00
34
GENERAL EXPENSE
C. E. Hussey, to making posting lists.......................
C. T. Read, to 1 day verifying posting lists for
September election ................................................
C. T. Read, to 1 day preparing posting lists for
September election .................................................
C. T. Read, to making voting lists for use in ward
rooms .......................................................................
R. H. Ford, to 1 day verifying posting lists for
September election ................................................
R. H. Ford, to 1 day preparing posting lists for
. . September election ..................................................
R. H. Ford, to making voting lists for use in ward
rooms ....................................................'. ................
21.00
4.00
4.00
21.00
4.00
4.00
21.00
SEPTEMBER.
McKenney & Heard, 1 ball En. twine ....................
15
McKenney & Heard, 1 doz. Ta tacks. . . . . . . . . . . .
30
McKenney & Heard, 6 tack hammers ......................
60
McKenney & Heard, 7 pairs Bear hinges and
screws .......................................................................
* 70
McKenney & Heard, 7 hinges, hasps and screws. .
70
McKenney & Heard, 7 brass handles .................
1.26
McKenney & Heard, brass chain .....................
14
McKenney & Heard, 1 marking pencil ...................
05
W . I. Dennett, casket .................................................. " 20.00
W . I. Dennett, plate ....................................................
2.00
W . I. Dennett, box ....................................
3.00
W . I. Dennett, hearse ...................................................
5.00
W . I. Dennett, hack ......................................................
3.00
W . I. Dennett, opening grave for Robert N. M or- *
rill (burial) .............................................................
2.00
Emery Davis, Davis automaticin k sta n d .....................
1.50
William A. Cosgrove, casket
................................ 25.00
William A. Cosgrove, .robe
........................................
William A. Cosgrove, digging grave
5.00
.........................
3.00
William A. Cosgrove, services o f clergyman...........
2.00
Grenville M. Donham, 2 Maine Registers...............
4,00
GENERAL EXPENSE
4
35
1
C. L. Dow, ice for city clerk’s office...........................
8.35
Monier & Mahaney, labor on trough
(Lincoln
street) .......................................................................
1.00
Monier & Mahaney, Shells,
nipple...................
30
Monier & Mahaney, 1J4 Union, 1
Coupl....
35
Monier & Mahaney, 2l/> ells, V/2 U nion................
40
Monier & Mahaney, l l/2 Compl., \l/2 nipple.........
14
.Monier & Mahaney, 18 ft. 6 inches ]/2 Galv. p ip e..
1.30
Monier & Mahaney, 23 ft. 6 inch Y Gal. pipe. . . . 2.12
Monier & Mahaney, labor 7 hours, plumber and
helper, drinking fountains ..................................
4.20
Monier & Mahaney, 3 N. P. self-closing faucets. . 4.95
Monier & Mahaney, labor 4 hours, plumber.........
1.60
Monier & Mahaney, 10 ft. ]/2 inch Galv. pipe, o l/2
coupl. labor .............................................................
1.90
L. YV. Hackett, use of store for ward room, Ward
5 ............................... , ................................................ 12.00
Fred C. Watson, use o f blacksmith shop for ward
room, Ward 7 .........................................................
10.00
Edwin C. Stone, for posting voting lists in the va
rious wards .................................................................
3.00
Edwin C. Stone, for posting ballots in the various
wards .....................................................................
2.00
John F. Goldthwaite, for use o f store for ward room
in Ward 1 ...............................................................
10.00
A. Romeo, for use of blacksmith shop for ward
room ..........................................................................
6.00
Emery Johnson, for services as warden in W ard 1. .
3.00
Emery Johnson, for carrying check lists to and from
ward room ...................................................................
2.00
Fred O. Goldthwaite, for services as ballot clerk,
Ward 1 .........................................................................
3.00
Orcn J. Benson, for services as ballot clerk
Ward 1 .........................................................................
3.00
John R. Staples, for services as election clerk
Ward 1 .........................................................................
3.00
3<>
GENERAL EXPENSE
Ernest H. Robbins, for services as election clerk,
Ward 1 ..........................................•..........................
Ralph Bachelder,, for services as ward clerk, Ward
1 .................................................................................
Charles H. Goodwin, for services as ballot clerk,
Ward 2 .....................................................................
Thomas J. Boland, for services as ballot clerk,
Ward 2 .................*'.................................................
William H. Donahue, for services as election clerk,
W ard 2 .....................................................................
Napoleon Menard, for services as election clerk,
W ard 2 .....................................................................
Howard M. Jones, for services as ward clerk, Ward
2
John B. Lowell, for services as warden, W ard 2 .. .
Ernest L. Harmon, for services as ballot clerk, W ard
3 ................................................................................
Fred A. Little, for services as election clerk, W ard
3 .................................................... ................ ..........
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
<
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
Harold Kelly, for services as election clerk, W ard
o
O
........................................................................... .. .
3.00
George M. Leavitt, for services as ward clerk,
Ward 3 ............................................ .........................
3.00
John Higginbotham, for services as warden, W ard
3 ................................................................................
3.00
Ovide Little, for services as ballot clerk, W ard
4 .............................................. ...................................
3.00
Henry Bouchard, for services as ballot clerk, W ard
4 ................................................................................
3.00
Robert H. Bryant, for services as election clerk
Ward 4 .......................................... .........................
3.00
Frank B. Robbins, for services as election clerk,
Ward 4 ....................................................................
3.00
Joseph Cormier, for services as ward clerk, Ward
4 ........ .........................................................................
3.00
Silas P. Adams, for services as warden, W ard 4. . . .
3.00
GENERAL EXPENSE
37
William T. Allen, for services as ballot clerk, Ward
3.00
John R. Bonser,' for services as ballot clerk, W ard
3.00
Jesse W . Muttart, for services as election clerk,
Ward 5 .....................................................................
Fred J. Grant, for services as election clerk, W ard
5 ............................................ ...................................
George F. Boston, for services as'ward clerk, Ward
5 ..................................................................................
Willis Roberts, for services as warden, W ard 5 . . . .
James Read, for services as ballot clerk, Ward
6
..................................................................................................................................
Charles S. Stimpson, for services as ballot clerk
Ward 6 ...................................................................
Patrick Cullman, for services as election clerk,
Ward G ...................................................................
Timothy P. McKecring, for services as election clerk
Ward 6 .......................................................................
Francis Munday, for services as ward clerk, Ward
G
......................................
J. Thacher Emery, for services as warden, Ward
G ................................................................................
Harold P. Smith, for services as ballot clerk, Ward
7 ................................................................................
Patrick Kearney, for services as ballot clerk, Ward
7 ................................................................................
Walter A. Plolt, for services as election clerk, W ard
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.01)
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
Walter I. Gordon, for services as election clerk,
Ward 7 ......................................................................
3.00
Ezekiel T. Bryant, for services as ward clerk,
Ward 7 .....................................................................
3.00
Frank H. Rumery, for services as warden, W ard
fV
4
...................................................................................................................................
3.00
C. E. Hussey, to services, 1 day verifying voting
lists .........................................................
3.00
38
GENERAL EXPENSE
C. E. Hussey, to services 1 day preparing voting
lists ................................................................... .... •.
C. E. Hussey, to services 5 days on revision o f vot
ing lists .................................................................
C. E. Hussey, to services 1 day for purpose of issu
ing certificates day of e le ctio n ..................... ..
C. T. Read, to 1 day’s services verifying voting
lists ...........................................................................
C. T. Read, to 1 day’s services preparing voting
lists ................
C. T. Read, to 5 days’ services revising
check
lists ........................... ; .............................................
C. T. Read, to 1 day’s services for purpose issuing
certificates on day of election............................
R. H. Ford, to 1 day’s services verifying
check
lists .....................................
R. H. Ford, to 1 day’s services preparing lists...
R. H. Ford, to 5 days’ services preparing check
lists ............................................................................
5.00
25.00
5.00
4.00
4.00
20.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
20.00
R. H. Ford, to 1 day’s services for purpose of is
suing certificates on day o f election.....................
4.00
Melville Woodman, to 5 days’ services as clerk for
Board o f Registration .......................
15.00
E. A. Hubbard, to 5 days’ services as clerk for
Board o f Registration ..........................................
15.00
W . C. Roussin, making assessors book and col
lectors book .......................................................... 200.00
Charles Staples, work at pump at Guinea schoolhouse, double team .................................................
W . I. Johnston, work at pump at Guinea schoolhouse ..........................................................................•.
3.50
1.75
George G. Rhodes, use of buckboard to carry street
committee to Buzzell road onMemorial Day. ..
4.00
York Light & Heat Co., L. I. hall, ga s.......................
8.G0
Industrial League, use >of hall on election day,
Sept. 10, 1906 ...........................................................
.7.00
GENERAL EXPENSE
39
L. H. Kendall, to rooms headquarters 1st Regiment
N. G. S. M., 1 year ending Dec. 31, 1906.......... 100.00
OCTOBER.
C. E. Hussey, to 1 day’s services preparing list of
poll tax payers who registered for voting as be
ing residents of Biddeford April, 1906, but
were not returned by assistant a ssessors...........
5.00
C. T. Read, to 1 day’s services preparing list o f poll
tax payers who registered for voting as being
residents of Biddeford April, 1906, but were not
returned by assistant assessors ...........................
4.00
R. H. Ford, to 1 day’s service preparing list of poll
tax payers who registered for voting as being
residents of Biddeford April, 1906, but were
not returned by assistant a ssessors.....................
4.00
William S. Fowler, for putting up and taking down
election booths ......................................................... 20.00
Yates & Rundle, use o f opera house for Memorial
exercises May 30, 1906 ........................................
20.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., tolls to Pool and A u g u sta .. . .
65
Alfred Bonneau, 4 weeks notice taxes 1906.............
4.00
Alfred Bonneau, 500 L. envelopes ...........................
1.75
D. PI. B. Hooper, for recording 300 births, mar
riages, deaths ...........................................................
45.00
Townsend Bros., repair sprinklers ..............................
J. G. Garland, rent for Infantry hall (3 months) . . . .
23.50
87.50
NOVEMBER.
Biddeford Postoffice, stamps ......................................
31.80
A. S. Hamilton, sprinkling street ................................ 800.00
C. G. Scamman, jar paste
........................................
25
C. G. Scamman, ruler ...................................................
50
C. G.
Scamman, general book o f records ...............
9.50
C. G.
Scamman, paste (tube) ..................................
10
C. G.
Scamman, 14 Index books
..........................
5.60
C. G.
Scamman, 1 qt. A rnold’s writing fluid .........
60
C. G.
Scamman, 14 Index books
..........................
5.60
40
GENERAL EXPENSE
Philbrick & Co., portrait and frame of James A n
drews for mayor’s o f fic e ........................................
5.00
Philbrick & Co., portrait and frame of Mr. Tripp
•for citv clerk’s o f f i c e .............. ................: .............
5.00
Biddeford Postoffice, stamps for city clerk ...........
08
Biddeford Postoffice, 1,500 stamped envelopes for
tax collector ............................................................. 31.80
C. H.
Prescott, 7,500 tax bills for 1906 (2 colors) 23.75
C. H.
Prescott, 300 tax receipts, 1906 ...................
1.75
C. H.
Prescott, 50 election warrants ......................
3.75
C. H.
Prescott, 1,000 blanks, registration o f voters
blocked .........................................................
3.75
C. H. Prescott, 1,000 blanks, change of residence. .
3.75
C. H. Prescott, 500 summons, Board of Registra
tion, 2 sides perforated ........................................
4.75
C. H.
Prescott, 25 posters, 1906 t a x e s '.................
1.50
C. H.
Prescott, 1 full sheet card taxes ..................
50
C. H.
Prescott, 500 note heads (Shevenell) .........
2.25
C. H.
Prescott, publishing tax notices 1 m o n t h . . . .
6.25
C. H.
Prescott, 6 corridor signs lOJ^xlS in. . . . .
1.00
C. H.
Prescott, 6 corridor signs 13j4x21j^ in........
1.00
York Light & Heat, L. I. hall ....................................
5.20
DECEMBER.
F. Pelletier, ice for city clerk’so f f ic e .........................
R. H. Ford, to making 1-3 books for Rep. city
Com..............................................................................
R. H. Ford, to making 1-3 books for Dem. city
Com...............................................................................
R.' H. Ford, to 1 day’s service verifying s a m e . . . .
3.75
7.00
4.00
C. T. Read, to making 1-3 books for Rep. city
Com...............................................................................
7.00
C. T. Read, to making 1-3 books for Dem. city
Com...............................................................................
7.00
C.
T. Read, to 1 day’s serviceverifying same...........
4.00
C. E. Hussey, to making 1-3 books for Rep. city
Com.............................. ...............................................
7.00
7.00
V,
GENERAL EXPENSE
C. E. Hussey, to making 1-3 books for Dem. city
Com..............................................................................
F
C. E: Hussey, to 1 day’s services verifying same. .
C. B. Harmon, to service of summonses, with
travel, upon 28 voters o f the city of Biddeford,
;
to appear before the Board o f Registration of
voters o f the city o f Biddeford ...........................
H. G. Hutchinson, to % doz. Oliver ribbons ( for
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city clerk’s office) ................... ...............................
H. G. Hutchinson, to 1 bottle machine oil .........
H. G. Hutchinson, to 1cutter for pencil sharpener
N. England Tel. & Tel. Co., tolls ...............................
H. G. Hutchinson, to 1 U. S. dater, for Registration
Board officials .........................................................
John Hemmemvay, 1 sheep killed by d o g s ...............
Remington Typewriter Co., 1 500 pp. McMillan
book ends and bands ............
4*
7.00
5.00
18.92
2.25
10
10
1.25
50
5.00
11.10
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* Remington Typewriter Co., index ............................
Remington Typewriter Co., marking .......................
1.G0
90
Remington Typewriter Co., 50 extra sheets M c
Millan paper ...........................................................
70
(T o bind old typewritten city records)
B. & S. Coal Co., 2,000 egg, up 2 flig h ts ...................
8.00
JANUARY.
J. G. Garland, rent Infantry hall ................................
87.50
T. L. Evans & Co., stationery and p e n c ils .................
3.GO
Alfred Bonneau, J4 Col. D. C.......................................
1.50
Dr. J. O. Chenevert, reporting 91 births and 41
deaths, year 190G .....................................................
33.00
Dr. J. A. Lapointe, reporting SO births and 37
deaths, year 190(5 ...................................................
29.25
Dr. E. D. O ’Neill, reporting 85 births and 23 deaths
year 190G ................................................................
27.00
Dr. A. C. Maynard, reporting G5 births and 25
deaths, year 190(5 .....................................................
22.50
42
GENERAL EXPENSE
Dr. E. A. Fortin, reporting 68 births and 11 deaths,
year 1906 ................................................................. 19.75
Dr. L. A. Girard, reporting 31 births and 31 deaths,
year 1906 .................................................................
15.50
Dr. D. F. Racicot, reporting 38 births and 10 deaths,
year . 1906 .................................................................
12.00
Dr. H. Reny, reporting 21 births 'and 15 deaths,
year 1906 .................................................................
9.00
Dr. C. J. Emery, reporting 10 births and 23 deaths, ,
year 1906 ...................
8.25
Dr. M. H. Ferguson, reporting 12 births and 20
deaths, year 1906 ...................................................
8.00
Dr. Oliver J. D ’Aoust, reporting 16 births and 14
deaths, year 1906 ...................................................
7.50
Dr. F. E. Small, reporting 9 births and 9 deaths,
year 1906
.............................................................
4.50
Dr. C. F. Kendall, reporting 7 births and 11 deaths,
year 1906 ................................................................. . 4.50
Dr. J. F. Trull, reporting 4 births and 14 deaths,
year 1906
.............................................................
4.50
Dr. J. D. Cochrane, reporting 8 births and 9 deaths,
year 1906
.............................................................
4.25
Dr. H. W . Hurd, reporting 4 births and S deaths,
year 1906
.............................................................
3.00
Dr. J. M. O ’Connor, reporting 3 births and 7 deaths,
year 1906
. : ....................................................
2.50
Dr. J. D. Haley, reporting 6 births and 3 deaths,
year 1906
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2.25
Dr. D. A. McNally, reporting 7 deaths, year 1906..
1.75
Dr. R. N. Randall, reporting 6 births and 1 death ,
year 1906 . . . ..........................................................
1.75
Dr. E. W . Smith, reporting 5 births and .1 death,
year 1906 .................................................. ‘..............
1.50
Dr. Laura M. Black, reporting 2 births and 3 deaths,
year 1906
.............................................................
1.25
Dr. F. L. Davis, rep ortin g 4 deaths, year 1906___
1.00
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Dr. S. J. Bassford, reporting 2 births and 2 deaths,
year 1906
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1.00
Dr. H. A. Weymouth, reporting 4 deaths, year 1906
1.00
Dr. C. E. Thompson, reporting 1 birth and 1 death,
year 1906
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50
Dr. C. W . Pillsbury, reporting 1 birth and 2 deaths,
year 1906
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75
Dr. P. C. Page,reporting 2 births, year 1906...........
50
W . I. Dennett, reporting 5 deaths, year 1906...........
1.25
D. H. B. Hooper, recording 992 births, marriages
and deaths
......................................................... 148.80
D. PI. B. Hooper, reporting 2 births, 1 death. . . .
75
McKenney & Heard, 1 ball ex. t w in e ...'.................
15
McKenney & Heard, 3 gross l l/2 inch 12 screw s.. .
1.20
McKennev & Heard, 6 doz. 2 inch 12 round head
screws ........................................................................
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To
H onorable M ayor
the
C it y
of
and
C it y
C o u n c il
of
the
B id d e f o r d :
G e n t l e m e n :— Below I submit a statement o f my ac
counts as Collector o f taxes:
Total amount o f tax levy for
1906 ......................... ! ................ $175,054.81
Total amount o f supplemental tax
for 1906 ....................................
318.60
Total amount o f interest collected
to Jan. 31st, 1907 on tax of
1906 ............................................
85.89
$175,459.30
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85.89
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Paid City Treasurer on tax of
1906 as per Treasurer’s re
ceipts ........................................... $149,060.00
Paid City Treasurer as interest
to Jan. 31st, 1907 on tax o f
1906
Balance cash on hand Jan. 31st,
1907
Balance uncollected taxes due the
city Jan. 31st, 1907, on tax
o f 1906 ......................................
26,168.40
145.01
$175,459.30
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JO SE PH S H E V E N E L L ,
Collector o f Taxes.
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T
he
H onorable
C it y
of
the
M ayor
and
C it y C o u n c il
of t h e
B id d e f o r d :—
In compliance with the rules governing the Board of
Superintending School Committee of our city, the follow
ing report is made for the fiscal year ending January 31,
1907. The moneys at the Board’s disposal, appropriated
by the city, and received from the State o f Maine, for com
mon schools and free high school and for all other pur
poses in connection with our school department, amounted
to $34,249.71.
The expenditures o f the Board were as follow s:
Fuel ............................................ $1,776.91
Gas ..............................................
356.47
Insurance ..................................
78.76
Miscellaneous ............................ 1,233.66
Music ........................................
64.17
Plumbing ..................................
121.26
Printing ......................................
209.40
Repairs ......................................
1,946.18
Salaries ...................................... 19,053.00
Supplies ......................................
1,513.43
Water ..........................................
359.18
$26,712.42
Supt’s. Salary ...........................
Free High S c h o o l'...................
1,600.00
5,646.90
$33,959.32
Over 1,400 scholars were registered in our schools
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and nearly 1,200 have been in attendance, during the year.
There has been the utmost care and watchfulness, on
the part o f the committee during the entire year that only
such supplies should be furnished and such repairs made
in and about the different school buildings, as were found
to be actually needed.
Early in the year, ,a system of “ orders’’ was started
which has proved to be most effective and satisfactory in
its operation, the rule of the board by which it was estab
lished being as follow s:
“ Be it ordered that hereafter no supplies shall be fur
nished or repairs made, except upon the written order of
the committee on supplies and repairs, countersigned by the
secretary of this Board, and no bill for the same shall be
paid unless accompanied by such written order. A meeting
o f . such committee shall, be held at the rooms of the school
board each Tuesday at 5 o ’clock P. M. In the absence of
any member, a majority o f such committee may perform
the duties o f the committee. Any person in any way con
nected with the schools of Biddeford, who shall obtain or
order any supplies or repairs without such written order
shall be liable to discharge or suspension.”
In consequence o f the requirements o f this rule, the
standing committee on repairs and supplies held meetings
on Tuesday of each week in the office of the superintendent,
at the hour specified, and such supplies and repairs as were
deemed necessary were authorized by written orders, signed
by the committee and countersigned by the superintendent.
These “ orders” were numbered consecutively, were en
tered in a book specially set apart for that purpose, for the
inspection o f the board and of our citizens generally, and
then delivered to the individuals who were to furnish such
supplies or repairs.
Public money should be as carefully and economically
expended as that of any private individual. It is contri
buted, by our taxpayers for the wise purpose o f educating
our children. Not one cent o f it should be squandered or
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pilfered. If any fund is to be regarded as sacred it is this
one, and every safeguard that can be thrown around it to
protect it from the rapacity of unfaithful public officials and
individuals, and to ensure its being applied honestly and
solely to the object for- which it was intended, should be
sought out and made use of. In the Board’s adoption of
this order-system, it is believed such a safeguard has been
found. It has been found in the element of publicity that
now attends the open and systematic manner in which the
committee on supplies and repairs, by acting in concert, is
obliged to authorize such supplies and repairs when they
are deemed necessary, and also in the examination which
any citizen can make of the book wherein orders for such
supplies, etc., are specially recorded. It is earnestly hoped
that it is a practice that will be followed by all future
Boards, until, at least, something still better can be devised
and adopted.
Recognizing that there are among our young people,
of school age, a large number who desire to fit themselves
for mercantile careers, in which a knowledge o f tyepwriting and stenography, together with book-keeping, are nec
essary and desirable qualifications, the Board voted last
September to establish what is known as a Commercial
school, in the school building on Bradbury street. A very
efficient and capable teacher was procured in Mrs. Lulu
Ricker Verrill. The large number o f pupils who have been
under her charge, since the school was opened, and the in
terest and proficiency which they have manifested in their
work, have shown that the Board’s action in opening the
school was a wise one. In these strenuous times, when
all must work at something to make their living, an oppor
tunity is afforded to those boys and girls who attend this
school, to fit themselves for a special vocation— that of
typewriters and stenographers— a vocation that means re
munerative work and positions for them, as soon as they
complete their studies.
The school is suitably supplied with Smith Premier
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and Remington typewriters. Mrs. Verrill’s labors, in the
line of typewriting and shorthand, are very efficiently aug
mented by those of Mr. Edward Deering, the writing mas
ter, in the teaching of book-keeping and commercial arith
metic.
All of our schools, both in the city proper and in the
suburban districts, have maintained their high standard of
excellence, during the past'year. There are no better ones
in New England, and I might add, nor in the whole of
America. W e should be, and are, proud of them. That
they are of this high and excellent character is largely due
to the unremitting labor and skill o f our faithful superin
tendent, Mr. R. E. Gould. He has devoted the best part
o f his life to them,— has grown gray in the work of super
vising and perfecting the educational department o f our
city. Due credit is to be given, also, to the city’s most
faithful and hard-working teachers. The gratifying -result
o f their labors and of Mr. Gould’s, is shown in the multi
tude of our youth, who for many years, have passed out
into the world’s great field o f action, finely equipped, in most
instances, by the education and training that our schools
have given them. W e have seen them as they have made
their mark, whether remaining in our city or locating else-,
where, and let us give the credit for its being so, to those
who deserve it,— ungrudgingly and gratefully.
Respectfully submitted,
THE
S U P E R IN T E N D IN G
SCHOOL
C O M M IT T E E
O F T H E C IT Y O F B ID D E F O R D ,
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th e
H onorable M ayor
and
C it y C o u n c i l :
Gentlemen: In accordance with the provisions of the
city ordinance I have the honor to submit my third annual
report as chief o f the fire department for the year ending
Jan. 31st, 1907. The report embraces the organization of
the department, a list ,pf all fires and alarms that have oc
curred during the year, the condition o f all apparatus,
buildings and horses belonging to the department, the lo
cation of fire alarm boxes and hydrants and other matters
pertaining to the department.
O R G A N IZ A T IO N .
Chief Engineer— David L. Mulcahy.
1st assistant— Thomas Rennick.
2nd assistant— Gideon Hotte.
R IC H A R D V IN E S CO, NO. 1.
Foreman— Granville Smith.
Assistant Foreman— Frank M. Shapleigh.
Clerk— John Garside.
Engineer— Robert Bryant.
Fireman— George Bryant.
Driver— James Farley. •
PIPE AND IIOSEMEN.
Israel Velandry
Wilbur Emmons
• Leon Cote
Thomas Riley
John Berry
John F. Hanson
Harry McKenzie
Frank Deering
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Foreman— James McConnell.
Assistant Foreman— George Clark.
Clerk— Walter Harriman.
Engineer— Erwin S. Gowen.
Fireman— George Ross.
d rivers .
Fred Little
Clarence Hooper
PIPE AND HOSEMEN.
Warren Fuller
George Goldthwaite
Hermides Cote
Orrin Staples
William Fanning
John Keightley
Joseph Fournier
George Smith
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W E L C O M E H O O K & L A D D E R CO., NO. 1.•
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Foreman— Fred Hotte.
Assistant Foreman— Harry Tarr.
Clerk— Sumner Fowler.
Driver— George Ross.
AX AND LADDERMEN.
James E. Gowen
Fred Labelle
Joseph Cote
Edward Rice
John Porter
David Kerwin
T IG E R CO., NO. 1, B ID D E F O R D .PO O L.
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Captain— E. W . Goldthwaite.
I-IOSE AND BRAICEMEN.
Kilton Fowle
Thomas McKenney .
Edward Cole
Herman Goldthwaite
Fitz W . Hussey
Atw ood Burell
Charles Goldthwaite
James Goldthwaite
George Drowns
Freeland Benson
Clinton Aver
Fremont Tarbox
W aldo Verrill
Basil Verrill
Ralph Goldthwaite
Walter LeGallee
Allen Hussey
John Amber, Jr.,
Walter Church
Wallace Rich
James Fletcher
O. B. Edwards
Irving Milgate
Truman Goldthwaite
William Mitchell
Edward Quinney
/Edwin Leavitt
Charles Willard
Henry W oodbury
Ernest LeGallee
Wallace Mullen
Henry Norton
O. B. Edwards, Jr.,
Harr)'’ Philips
E. V. Spurting
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Fred Goldthwaite
George Goldthwaite
Gilbert Goldthwaite
Herbert Curtis
George Orcutt
Guy Cole
W right Goldthwaite
Charles Verrill
Charles Verrill, Jr.
Henry Ainslie
Abram Davis
Louis Totman
Jacob Verrill
Thomas Webber
Joseph Wilds
Howard Bunker
Warren Rich
William McKenney
F. O.Goldthwaite
Freeman Hussey
Chester Davis
HORSES.
There arc six horses in the department and they are
in good condition.
APPARATUS.
There are two steam fire engines, two hose wagons, two
hose pungs, three hose reels, one hook and ladder truck,
also one hand tub stationed at the Pool. The apparatus is
in good condition, with the exception o f the ladder truck
which is in a dangerous condition. It goes to the repair
shop after every fire alarm.
GATHERING WASTE.
There is one dump cart, one set o f sleds and two sets
of double harnesses used in gathering city waste.
HOSE.
There arc about 7,000 feet of good hose and 500 feet
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of second class hose in the department.
purchase 1,000 feet at least every year.
The city should
FIRE ALARM.
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The fire alarm system is in good working order but is
getting mor£ expensive to maintain (ow ing to the advance
price o f copper, zinc and vitriol.) I have renewed consider
able wire this year and there is still considerable left that
is in bad shape.
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HYDRANTS.
There have been two new hydrants installed this year,
one on Mason street near corner of Bradbury street and
one on Graham street near corner of Mason street.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
There have been 39 fires and alarms this year, 32 bell
and 7 still alarms. The following is a list o f all fires and
alarms:
Feb. 2, 1906, 8.35 a. m., box 36— Elm street, grass fire.
Feb. 28, 5 p. m.— Pool street", grass fire.
March 14, 8.30 a. m., May street— Trull hospital,
caused by defective wiring.
March 17, 7.30 a. m., Mason street— Owned by Dayton
Moore, caused by chimney fire. Still alarm.
March 19, 10.40 p. m., box 57— Corner o f Main and
Alfred streets, owned by H. Jordan; cause unknown.
April 17, 8.35 a. m.— Still alarm, Record office.
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April 21, 1.25 a. m., box 57— 16 Bacon street, owned by
S. F. Parcher, cause chimney fire.
May 1, 12.50 p;- m.— Chief’s call caused by fire in
woods on W est street.
May 4, 4.30 p. m., box 38— Everett street, fire in lum
ber yard owned by James F o g g ; cause unknown.
May
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May
23, 12 m., still alarm, caused by fire in rubbish on
of Graham street.
25, 2.35 p. m., box 45— False alarm.
31, 11.40 a. m., box 23— False alarm.
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. June 13, 8.05 p. m., box 57— Corner o f Main and A l
fred streets, owned by H. Jordan ; caused bv lamp explod
ing.
June 16, 9.35 a. m., box 23— False alarm.
June 17, 1 p. m., still alarm— 24 Birch street; cause,
chimney fire.
July 6, 3 p. m., still alarm— Franklin street; - cause,
chimney fire.
July 12, 10.30 a. m., still alarm— Alfred street; caused
by chimney fire.
July 27, 1.40 p. m., box 35— 14 .Graham street, owned
by Thomas McDermott; cause unknown.
July 30, 5.20 p. m., box 47— 6 School street, barn owned
by Ezekiel Em ery; cause unknown.
Aug. 9, 12.05 m., box 25— Walnut street house owned
by William Al l en; caused by spark on roof.
Aug. 16, 3.35 p. m., box 34— 134 Elm street, house
owned by Hatch & Ha l l ; caused by fire in ash barrel.
Sept. 1, 8 p. m., still alarm— 48 Jefferson street; caused
by chimney fire.
Sept. 19, 11.30 a. m., still alarm— 'll Washington
street, building owned by Byron Campbell; caused by fire
on roof.
Oct. 1, 1.30 a. m., box 57— 12J4 Emery street, house
owned by Mary B acon; cause of fire unknown.
Oct. 5, 2 a. m., box 56— Alfred street, buildings owned
by Laconia lodge, I. O. O. F., and Roussin & T a rtrc; cause
of fire unknown.
Oct. 10, 10 p. m., box 54— 231 Main street, building
owned by Frank W arren; caused by chimney fire.
Nov. 7, 3.05 p. m., still alarm— 24 Franklin street;
caused by chimney fire.
Nov. 9, 8.-15 p. m.— 12 Laconia block, owned by La
conia C o .; caused by lamp exploding.
Nov. 18, 5.55 a. m., box 26— 296 Main street, building
owned by Carlos H eard ; cause o f fire unknown.
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Nov. 30, 9 p. m.— Gooch street, owned by Joel Bean;
caused by chimney fire.
Dec. 3, 6.20 p. m., box 57— 9 Bacon street, house owned
by J. Brackett; caused by overheated stove.
Dec. 9, 5.45 a. m., box 37— Five Points; caused by fire
in blacksmith shop; cause unknown.
Dec. 12, 6.50 p. m., box 57— 16 Bacon street, house
owned by H. Jordan; fire caused by overturned oil stove.
' Dec. 29, 12 m.— 22 Alfred street; chimney fire.
Jan. 10, 1907, 5 p. m.— 22 Franklin street; chimney
fire.
Jan. 14, 5.40 p. m., box 45— Summer street, house
owned by L. H ow e; caused by overturned lamp.
Jan. 24, 9.40, p. m., box 56— 65 Alfred street, house
owned by Alfonso Libby; caused by overheated stove.
F IR E A L A R M B O X E S.
No. 12
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26
27
28
29
34
35
36
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No school signal.
J. G. Deering & Son, Springs Island.
City Farm.
A t corner o f Elm and Smith streets.
Elm street opposite entrance o f National hall.
Main street near corner of Western avenue.
Highland street' near Main street.
South street opposite residence o f H. G. Holmes.
Corner o f Elm and South streets.
Corner o f Green and Crescent streets.
Elm street opposite residence of William B. Sulvan.
37 Five Points.
38* Corner o f Alfred and Graham streets.
39 Union street near corner o f Graham.
43 Alfred near corner of Birch.
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45 Summer near corner of Mt. Vernon.
46 Pool street near Methodist church.
47 Pool street, corner o f Pike street.
48 Pool street near corner of Gove street.
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57
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Bacon street, corner of Pierson’s Lane.
Main street near corner of Lincoln street.
Engine house, Washington street.
Main street, corner of Alfred street.
Main street opposite Hill street.
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City Farm yard.
Corner o f Main and Highland streets.
Main street near Eastern railroad.
Main street, corner of Western avenue.
Main street, corner of Bradbury street.
Elm street, corner of Main street.
Jefferson street, corner o f Main street.
Adams street near corner o f Main street.
Lincoln street, corner of Main street.
Main street, corner of Washington street.
Main street, corner o f Franklin street.
Corner o f Alfred and Main streets.
Corner o f Main and Emery streets.
Corner of Main and Hill streets.
Corner of Sullivan and Water streets.
Water street foot o f Pike street.
Pike street foot of Cross street.
Pool street foot o f Oak street.
Pool street near corner o f Pike street.
Pool street near residence of P. A. Freeman.
Pool street near residence o f H. P. Atkinson.
Sullivan near corner o f Bacon street.
Hill street between Main and Bacon streets.
Corner o f Bacon and Emery streets.
Hill street, corner o f Pool street.
Iiill street, corner of Acorn street.
Hill street, corner of Fall street.
Hill street near the G. W . Ward house.
Pool street near corner of Foss street.
Foss street near corner o f Mt. Vernon street.
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Foss street near corner of Fall street.
Alfred street near head of Franklin street.
Alfred street, corner of Pool street.
Alfred street near corner of Washington street.
Alfred street, corner o f Birch street.
Alfred street, corner of Myrtle street.
Alfred street, corner of Union street.
Alfred street near residence of John Campbell.
Alfred street near residence of James Fogg.
Alfred street near Five Points.
Jefferson street, corner of Washington street.
South street, corner of Jefferson street.
South street, corner of Green street.
South street, corner of Elm street.
South street, corner of State street.
South street near residence of C. E. Atwood.
South street above Eastern railroad bridge.
South street, corner of Highland street.
Highland street opposite residence o f Charles Andrews.
Elm street,7 corner of Walnut
street.
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Elm street opposite Boston & Maine freight station.
Corner of Gooch and Elm streets.
Elm street, corner of Pearl street.
Elm street head of Center street.
Elm street near Mason street.
Elm street, corner of Union street.
Hooper street top of hill.
Lincoln street, corner of Stone street.
. Lincoln street, corner of Pearl street.
Green street near corner of Birch street.
Union street near corner of Graham street.
Graham street, corner of Mason street.
Summer street opposite residence o f James 'F. W ormwood.
-Smith street opposite Water Power foundry.
Wentworth street opposite schoolhouse.
Elm street, corner of Taylor street.
Elm street, corner of Dartmouth street.
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Jefferson street, corner' of Adams street.
Corner o f Oak and Acorn streets.
On Bradbury street.
Corner o f Bradbury and Mason streets.
Corner o f Walnut street and Adams court.
May street opposite entrance to Trull hospital.
In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to the mayor,
city council and committee on fire department for their as
sistance in bettering the department, also to the police de
partment for their kind assistance at fires and to Assistants
Rennicks and Hotte for their support and co-operation.
D A V ID L. M U L C A H Y ,
Chief Engineer.
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th e
C it y
H onorable M ayor
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and
C it y
C o u n c il
of
th e
B idd eford .
G e n t l e m e n :— I hereby submit the following report
of this department for the fiscal year ending Jan. 31st, 1907:
d is t r ic t n o .
4.
The following streets have been graveled the past year:
West street from Westbrook to the district line; Elm
street from Union to Mason street and from South to
Cutts street; Ray street, Hill street from Pool to Bacon
street; Emery street; Nasons Hill (Clifford street) ; Pool
street, below Pike street; Mt. Vernon street; Foss street,
below Pool street, and other places, about fifteen hundred
loads in all.
The unusual amount of snowfall the present winter has
caused quite an expense to keep our streets and sidewalks
in a passable condition.
SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS.
New brick sidewalks have been laid the past year as
follow s: Upon the easterly side o f Alfred street from Ba
con, nearly to Pool street; upon South street from Kossuth
to Green street; upon the southerly side o f Main, below
Emery street; upon northerly side o f Main street from the
Boston & Maine railroad tracks to Harvey street; Western
avenue from Cutts street in front of Walter A. Gowen’s
and Sidney A. Staples; upon the northerly side o f Vetromile street from Elm to Hazel street, in all about 75,000
new brick. Also a large amount of ashes has been put upon
the sidewalks during the year.
Six new granite crosswalks have been put in this year,'
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one on Pool street at junction of Clifford street, one across
Pool street at Pike street, one across Acorn street at Oak
street, one across Graham street at Mason street, one across
Elm street at Main street, one across High street at Bacon
street. About 2,000 feet o f new curbstone have been set
and about 1,000 feet of old have been reset during the year.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
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New sewers have been built in the following streets:
Ray street, 050 feet, 150 feet on Graham street (Everett),
250 feet upon Foss street between Mt. Vernon street and
Summer street, 500 feet on Alfred street, 250 feet on Hill
street, and about twelve (12) new sewer pockets.
M A C A D A M IZ IN G .
The city is well equipped for macadamizing streets,
the stone crusher being in excellent repair and doing good
work. The appropriation for this department should cer
tainly be made larger. Macadamizing has been done upon
the following streets: Vetromile street from Hazel to
Main street, Pool street from Hill to Middle street, Jeffer
son street from Washington to Adams street, in all about
2,000 tons being used.
MILE BROOK SEWER.
W ork upon this sewer was commenced soon after the
appropriation was made for that department and good
progress was made in the construction o f the same, about
225 feet being put in, 150 feet in length o f that distance
was blasted through the solid rock, twelve feet wide and
sixteen feet deep, the stone taken out being carted to the
crushing plant‘ upon Birch street. There is no doubt but
that better progress can be made upon this sewer another
year, as without doubt we are beyond the ledge where
blasting will be required, so that the excavating will be
much easier and more rapid.
BRIDGES.
About all the bridges have had to be repaired more or
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less during the year, including painting o f the iron bridges.
In conclusion I wish to express my. thanks to the
mayor and joint standing committee upon streets, sewers
and drains for the cordial support and assistance they have
rendered me during the year.
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Street Commissioner.
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B id d e f o r d :
G e n t l e m e n — I have the honor to submit my report
as City Physician for ten and a half months from the time
of my appointment to Jan. 31, 1907.
There has been a large amount of sickness during the
past year, as the following report will sh ow :
Number
Average
Number
Number
Number
Number
o f visits at the. City Farm ............................ 197
number o f patients treated at each visit. .
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of visits made at houses.............................. 1031
of consultations at office......................... 279
o f deaths at City Farm .............................. 12
of deaths at the homes..............................
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I should recommend that a room be fitted up with
proper appliances for the taking care o f the sick at the City
Farm. There is no place at present where the sick can be
taken care of properly.
I should also recommend that a small room be fitted
with some drugs and other appliances as a small dispen
sary, so that when the City Physician visits the Farm he
can prescribe for the sick and give them their medicines at
once, instead o f having to send down town for prescrip
tions. There are some cases that cannot be handled proper
ly at the City Farm or in their homes, and it seems to me
that the city could not do better than appropriate $500 to
support a free bed at the Webber Hospital where such cases
can be properly looked after.
Respectfully,
C L A R E N C E F. K E N D A L L ,
City Physician.
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To
the
C it y
H
onorable
of
M ayor
Solicitor.
and
C it y
C o u n c il
of
the
B id d e f o r d :
G entlem en :
I beg leave to submit herewith my re
port as City Solicitor for the municipal year ending on the
third Monday o f March, 1907.
At the present time there is pending the action o f Mrs.
Mary F. Burnham of Buxton against the City of Bidde
ford in the sum o f $1,000 for injuries received last July
while driving over Lincoln street. This action will be in
order for trial at the May term. ” As City Solicitor I was
made a member of the committee to confer with the Bid
deford and Saco Water Company as to the difference be
tween the city and the company as to certain unpaid bills
o f the company for water used by the city. As far as the
City Solicitor is concerned that is now closed as the com
mittee’s report has been made.
There have been the usual number o f requests for in
formation and legal advice in the different departments.
Respectfully,
JO H N F. B U R N H A M ,
City Solicitor.
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Report of goard of Police Commissioners.
Biddeford, Me., April 20th, 1907.
To
th e
C it y
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H
onorable
of
M ayor
and
C it y C o u n c il
of
t iie
B idd eford ;
G e n t l e m e n :— W e submit herewith for your consid
eration a report of Charles B. Harmon, Chief o f Police,
exhibiting in detail the work accomplished by the Police
Department for the year 190G.
W e trust you will carefully note the several recom
mendations therein contained, and that you will take such
action thereon as will enable him to put them in effect at
an early date.
W e have the honor to be,
Very respectfully yours,
B O A R D O F P O L IC E C O M M IS S IO N E R S .
H. G. Hutchinson, Chairman.
H. G. Hutchinson, Clerk.
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Bidcleford, Me., Jan. 31, 1907.
To
the
H o n o r a b l e B oard
of
P o l ic e
of
the
C it y
of
B idd eford .
G e n t l e m e n :— I have the honor to submit herewith
the annual report of the Department of Police for the year
ending January 31, 1907.
Our police force consists of a chief, one captain, seven
regular patrolmen, one janitor at police station, one night
turnkey at station, two regular Sunday patrolmen, three
extra Sunday patrolmen during summer months and a re
serve force o f twenty men.
The whole number o f arrests have been 636, for the
following named offenses, v iz :
Assault and batterv .............................................. 73
Assault with a dangerous weapon with in
tent to kill ........................................................... 3
Adultery .................................................................
2
Affray .....................................................................
2
Breaking and entering .....................................
11
Disturbing public assemblies .............................. 4
Embezzlement .........................................................
1
Evading the payment of R. R. fares................. 16
Fornication .............................................................
2
Illegal walking upon railroad track...................
3
Intoxication .............................................................. 422
Illegally keeping shop open Sunday................ 1
Keeping gambling house ....................................
2
Keeping drinking house andtippling shop. . . .
1
Larceny ................................................................... 27
CHIEF OF POLICE REPORT
7 2
Malicious mischief ................................................ .2
Malicious trespass ................................................
1
Night walker ...................................
1
Seizure of intoxicating liquors .......................... 6
Single sale of intoxicating liquors .....................
3
Tramps and vagrants . ! ...................................... '4 7
Violating city ordinances .................................... 6
Total ......................................................................... 636
Stolen property to the amount of seven hundred ninety
dollars has been recovered and returned to the owners dur
ing the year. One hundred twenty-four stores found open
have been fastened by the patrolmen. Twenty stray teams
have been found and cared for, and sixteen lost children
have been found and restored to their parents. Sixteen in
sane persons have been cared for during the year at the
police station.
The city has been comparatively quiet during the year.
Scarcely any crime o f note has been committed during /the
past year without the perpetrators having been arrested
within a reasonable time after the occurrence.
The officers, members and attaches of the department
have performed their duties in a faithful and efficient man
ner during the year. Every one seems to be working in
perfect harmony and to have only the good o f the city at
heart.
A police signal has been recently installed, and the
boxes are located in the following named places, to wit:
Box No.
mill.
1, Spring’s Island, near J. G. Deering & Son’s
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Gooch Island.
B. & M. R. R. Depot— Western Division.
Harmon’s Corner, Main St.
Five Points.
Corner of Union and Elm streets.
Highland St., near South.
CHIEF OF POLICE REPORT
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
Box
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
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8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would arnestly recommend that a patrol wagon be
purchased for the use o f the department, which with the
signal system will add greatly to the efficiency of our force.
I will also renew my recommendations for a padded
cell in which to confine insane persons, and also call your
attention to the need of an apartment for females.
I also recommend that a room be provided for the de
partment, where the Chief o f Police and officers may be
able to consult privately with one another, upon matters
pertaining to the business of the department, as at the pres
ent time, there are no such accommodations.
IN CONCLUSION.
In closing, I wish to express my appreciation of the
support and co-operation so generously given by your Plonorable Board at all times, and to Captain Mogan and the
patrolmen, my thanks are extended for their valuable as
sistance.
C H A R L E S B. H A R M O N , '
Chief o f Police.
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Report of Overseers of tl)e Poor.
To
the
C it y C o u n c il —
The city has been called upon a great many times to
aid the unfortunate and it certainly has used the money ap
propriated for such purposes to good advantage. W e be
lieve that all cases o f real distress have been attended to.
The total expense o f the pauper department for the year
ending Jan. .31, 1907, was $10,859.70, leaving a balance of
$640.30, out of the appropriation o f $11,500. During the
year three new horses have been purchased for the farm,
making an extra expense o f $625, and a great many im
provements have taken place there. The farm has been
well managed by Superintendent Dearborn and the in
mates have been well attended to. Dr. Kendall has looked
after the sick in a manner that calls for the highest praise
and the expense of the medical department has been kept
down very low.
Respectfully,
W IL L IA M A. C O S G R O V E ,
Clerk o f Overseers o f Poor.
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C it y
H onorable M ayor
of
B id d e f o r d :
and
C it y
C o u n c il
of
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I herewith present the annual report of the Board o f
Health for the year ending Jan. 31st, 1907. There have
been reported to the Board five cases o f scarlet fever, seven
cases of typhoid, one case of diphtheria, four cases o f
measles and one case of cerebro spinal meningitis, also
sixteen cases of tuberculosis. During the year there were
eight cases of smallpox in four different families, but by
enforcing a strict quarantine the spreading of the disease
was prevented. During the year there were thirty-eight
nuisances reported, which were abated with two exceptions.
The appropriation for the year was $2,000, o f which $140.73
remains unexpended.
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Report of Par^ Commissioners.
To
the
H
onorable
M ayor
and
C i t y C o u n c il —
W e gratefully acknowledge the appropriation o f $500
for this department.
W e employed Mr. R. T. W oodward o f Boston, under
whose directions and valuable advice we commenced a
system which we hope will be continued in Clifford Park,
the result of which we believe will be very gratifying to our
people.
The money has been expended as follows:
Amount o f appropriation .................................
$500.00
R. T. W oodward, services and expenses. .. . $31.30
Tools, now in Citytool house............................. 32.55
Care of small parks, including painting
fences ............................................................. 22.29
Lawn mower ....................................................... 10.00
Building fence and grading avenues as per
bills in CityClerk’s office............................................398.3849-1.52
Balance
..................................................................................$5.48
JO H N B. L O W E L L ,
W IL L IA M E. Y O U L A N D ,
G O R H A M N. W E Y M O U T H .
Biddeford, March 15, 1907.
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Street Numbering.
To
the
H onorable M ayor
and
B oard
G e n t l e m e n :— July 9th, 1906 your
of
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honorable board
!■ passed an order authorizing the undersigned to cause num
bers in regular series to be affixed or inscribed upon all
dwelling houses and other buildings fronting upon any
highway, street, lane, alley or court, in accordance with
chapter 20 o f the City Ordinances. I employed Mr. Radcliffe H. Ford as my assistant and we commenced the full
duties o f the office about the third week in July. There
are within the city and open to public use a little more than
one hundred streets, courts, lanes, etc. W e canvassed each
of them and found without any exception the numbers in
a very much mixed up state and that to continue any of
the old numbers and have the streets properly numbered
would be an impossibility. W e also found that quite a
number of the streets were numbered w rong; that is, the
odd numbers upon the right, and as it is the general cus
tom here to have the even numbers upon the right, those
streets had to be changed all over, making quite a radical
change upon them. So, after carefully considering the
state the city was in as regards numbers we concluded that
the only proper thing to be done was to disregard the old
numbers entirely and begin anew, as though the city had
never been numbered. Accordingly we began at the be
ginning and measured every street both sides and allowed
numbers for all land upon each side o f the street whether
occupied or vacant. Even numbers upon the right and odd
upon the left going up, that is from the river or from the
main thoroughfare. After carefully measuring each side
o f a street and allowing to each party the number of feet
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o f land that belonged to him as near as we could get it, the
numbers that belonged thereto were assigned to that partic
ular piece of property, whether vacant or not. A notice
was given to each owner or occupant upon that street that
his old number would be discontinued and that his new
number would be as we had assigned. The ordinances
state that the owner or occupant has the right to affix or
inscribe any style o f the number designated by the city they
wished in place of the tin numbers to be furnished by the
city. W e personally distributed a little over seventeen hun
dred notices upon all the streets, wherever we thought the
people would prefer to purchase their own number and as
a result quite a large number upon the several streets af
fixed their own numbers. As a result of that the city or
dered and paid for at 2^2 cents each 2,514 tin numbers,
equal to $62.85. The total o f numbers affixed by the city
and individuals was approximately 2,800. After the no
tices had been given out and at the expiration of ten days
we canvassed the several streets and noted those that had
been notified but had not complied with the notice, and
where there were no new numbers affixed the tin numbers
were ordered painted. And we personally saw that those
numbers were affixed upon the proper places upon the
streets. There is not a street, court or lane in the city but
that has changed and there is not a place in the city where
a number is required but that one has been affixed and all
in regular series. Our system of numbering here is iden
tical with that o f Boston. I went to Boston and had the
pleasure of personally examining their system o f number
ing and the records made of the same. The work o f num
bering having been completed, the records o f the several
streets and numbers o f each piece of land upon those streets
have been bound up in book form and to all intents and
purposes those records will be just as good as those I saw
in Boston.. W e have worked diligently and faithfully upon
this matter so that when we got through the city would
have something not only to show for the money expended
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but also have something that would be of great benefit to
the Board o f Registration, the Board of Assessors and
Tax Collector by enabling those officers to have better and
more complete records, and a great benefit to the business
people o f the city. Under the old system the city was
badly numbered, while under the new system the city is
now well numbered and there will be no necessity to ever
number it again unless an earthquake upsets the whole
business. I have stated that we had measured all streets,
that means practically in Highway District No. 4. Upon
Elm street from Five Points to the Kennebunk line we did
not measure but estimated the distance and gave numbers as
best we could, which will be sufficient for a grood many
years to come. Forest street was another street that we
did not measure and West street. Also the upper end of
Granite street from West street to Kennebunk line, but
did the same as upon the upper end o f Elm street. There
has been paid out for labor for all the numbering in full
to Feb. 1st, 190-7, $537. I 11 order that the people may have
some idea how the numbers upon the several streets are
arranged, the following is an average foot frontage for
numbers upon some o f the principal streets: Upon the east
erly side o f Alfred street the average feet of land per num
ber from Main street to Pool street is 17 feet; from Pool
street to Birch street, same side 2 2 feet; from Birch
street to Elm street, same side, 38 feet, from Elm street,
both sides to Greenwood cemetery 50 feet; upon the westerly
side o f Alfred street from Main to Jefferson street, average
number o f feet frontage per number, 16 fe e t; from Jefferson
street to Birch street, 22 x
/z feet per number; from Birch
street to Elm street the average frontage is 37 feet per
number. Upon Elm street the average feet frontage per
number upon both sides from Spring’s Island bridge to
Main street is 27 feet; upon the westerly side o f Elm street
from Main street to Mile Brook, so called, 33 2-3 feet; upon
the easterly side of Elm street from Main street to Mile
Brook, 333/2 feet; balance o f street, both sides from Mile
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Brook to Five Points, 50 feet to a number. Upon the
northerly side o f Main street from the Main street bridge
to Smith street, average of 20 feet frontage per number;
upon the southerly side o f Main street from the bridge to
Alfred street, 18 feet to a number; upon the northerly side
of Main street from Smith street to Elm street, 15 feet to
a number; upon the southerly side o f Main street from
Alfred street to Elm street, 14 feet to a number; upon the
northerly side of Main street from Elm street to Eastern
depot, 25 feet per number; upon the southerly side of Main
street from Elm street to Eastern depot, 26 feet per num
ber; from Eastern depot to the junction of South street,
both sides, 48 feet per number; both sides of South street
from Adams street to Bradbury street, an average of 30
feet per number; upon the northerly side of South street
from. Bradbury street to R. R., 40 feet per number; upon
the southerly side o f South street from Bradbury street to
R. R., 37 feet per number; from R. R., both sides, to Main
street, 50 feet per number; upon Washington street, both
sides, from Main to Jefferson street, 17 feet per number;
upon the westerly side of Washington street from Jefferson
to Alfred street, 25 feet per number; upon the easterly side
o f Washington street from Jefferson street to Alfred street,
23 feet per number.
Your honorable board also authorized me by that or
der .of July 9th, under chapter 19 of the City Ordinances to
have erected or put up within the city such signboards as
were necessary to indicate the name of the highway, street,
lane, alley, wharf, or court. Under that authority I can
vassed every street within the city to see what streets, etc.,
needed sign boards, and with very few exceptions found
none affixed, and what few I did find it was almost impos
sible to tell what was upon them. Accordingly the city
purchased 293 wooden street signs, painted white with
black letters, and the same w ere. put up, and there is not
a street,- court or lane in the city but that has one or more
signs up indicating the name of the street, including all the
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streets at Biddeford Pool. There have also been eleven
large board signs put up in the city, one at the Pool, two
upon the Pool road, two near Fortunes Rocks, two at
Guinea schoolhouse and four at Five Points. The expense
under that department is for 293 small signs at 15 cents each
and eleven large signs at $1.00 each, a total of $54.95.
A statement of expenditures under both departments
to Feb. 1st, 1907, is as follows:
Paid for services street numbering.......... $537.00
Paid for numbers .......................................... 02.85
Paid for team hire ........................................
5.00
Total for street numbering ......................... $004.85
Paid for services street signs....................... $20.00
Paid for street s i g n s ...................................... 54.95
Paid for team hire .......................................... 10.00
$90.95
Outstanding bill for team and man about. .$ 20.00
Total for street signs ................................. $110.95
Total expenditures ........................................$715.80
In conclusion I wish to state that hereafter when a
new building is erected upon any vacant land fronting any
street, court, etc., where new numbers will be required or
in the alteration o f any old building now upon said streets
where an additional number may be required, the owners or
occupants o f such new or altered building are required to
notify the city of such change and they will be given the
proper number assigned to that particular piece of property
by the city.
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C IT Y O F B ID D E FO R D .
In Board of Aldermen, September 8, 1902.
O rdered:
That the Committee on Public Instruction and City Li'
, brary be and is hereby authorized to deliver into the custody
of the Biddeford Library and Reading Room association, a
library corporation organized under the laws of this state
and located in said .Biddeford, the books and documents be
longing to said City of Biddeford and known as the “ Pub
lic Library,” but without transferring to said association
the title to said books and documents, and further reserving
to said city all the rights which it now has or may hereafter
have in said books and documents under the laws of this
state.
In Board o f Aldermen, September 8, 1902.
Read and passed, S. D. F. C.
A ttest:
D a y t o n T. M oore , City Clerk.
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In Board of Common Council, September 12th, 19,02
Read and passed in concurrence.
A ttest:
H e n r y S. W o r t h , Clerk Pro Tern.
TO THE IiONORABLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BlDDEford
L ib r a r y
and
R
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R oom
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s s o c ia t io n s —
I have the honor to present the following report o f the
Public Library for the year ending January 31, 1907:
The library was open 305 days, 11 hours each— from
10 a. m. to 9 p. m. The number of new names registered
was 327.
The circulation for the year was 2S,23G volum es; week-
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ly average, 543 volum es; daily average, 90 volum es; largest
week’s circulation in January, 717 volum es; smallest week’s
circulation in March, 377 volumes. There have been 14
books lost, four of these were paid for by the loser; nine
were lost in the circulating department and five were stolen
from the children’s reading room. Books worn out and
withdrawn, 86. Books rebound, 242. Besides these there
have been about 300 books repaired and covered in the li
brary.
The total number of volumes added during the year
was 798. O f this number 442 were purchased from the
city appropriation, 140 were added from binding maga
zines (part of these were purchased and the rest were from
subscription), 10 were from the Stevens’ fund, 72 were
gifts, and 134 were purchased from fine money. These fig
ures do not include the government and state reports, of
which the usual number have been received.
Much care and thought have been given to the selec
tion o f books in order that the needs o f students and work
ers should be supplied, always with the end in view, to
strengthen the weak places in the library.
Valuable suggestions have been received and acted
upon as far as funds permitted. Helpful suggestions are
always welcome, the interest that prompts them is what
the library needs to make its work more effective.
•• Am ong the new additions are the following which are
worthy o f special mention: :
Appleton’s Scientific Library......................... 60 vols.
Technical books
on
electricity, building,
drawing and textiles............................. 22 vols.
Mechanical engineering ..................
11 vols.
Bryan’s Painters & Engravers.................... 5 vols.
French books .....................................
91 vols.
Through the courtesy o f our representative to con
gress, Mr. Amos L. Allen, we have received M oore’s Di
gest of International Law in eight volumes and have given
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it a conspicuous place in the Stevens’ Reading room, where
it can be readily consulted by lawyers.
The amount of fiction purchased the past year has
been comparatively small. W e have depended on the Ta
bard Inn books rented by the library to help out in that
class, thereby getting the use of 120 books, exchanging 40
books each month. These books have been quite popular
with the people, but in some ways the service has been dis
appointing, for most of the books are not new either in re
spect to date of publication or condition.
It seems to me that the time has come for the library
to grant greater privileges in the circulating department.
Many libraries have tried the two card system successfully,
the second card being a non-fiction card, giving whoever
desires it the privilege of taking home in addition to the
book o f fiction, another book of history, travel, biography
or science.
Another way to interest people in the library, sug
gested to me by a friend of the library, is to have blanks to
fill out, so that any one may put in a request for a book
that he desires purchased, over his signature, thus giving
the people a chance to select the books they wish to read.
The reading rooms are very popular, especially the
children’s room. Nearly every day in winter it is used to
the extent of its capacity, some part of the day. The best
current magazines for children are to be found, here and an
effort is always made to keep the room attractive and to
furnish material to both entertain and instruct.
Miss Ada E. Clark has contributed two picture scrap
books which serve to amuse the little ones.
Some new reference books have been put in the
Stevens’ Reading Room, and a few changes have made in
the periodical list. L ’lndependent, a French daily news
paper, has been added to the list. A full list o f the peri
odicals is appended to this report.
A much needed increase was made in our appropria
tion from the city, giving us $2,200, together with state
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stipend, $180, making in available funds $2,380, which was
expended as follows:
B. & S. Water Co., 18 months.................
$31.50
Binding books and magazines.................
197.13
Books .............................................................
519.75
Insurance .......................................................
103.40
Pepperell Co. (coal) ..................................
78.24
Periodicals ........................................*..........
4.60
Repairs ........................................'. . i .........
27.65
Salaries ........................... 5 .......................... 1,100.04
Supplies .........................................................
44.50
Tabard Inn books, 3 months.....................
30.00
York Light & Heat, 13 months...............
243.19
$2,380.00
STEVENS’ FUND.
Periodicals .......................................................$184.63
Children’s books ......................... ..................
10.00
$194.63
The money received from fines is used to replace worn
out books chiefly, but necessary stamps, stationery and ex
press charges are also paid for with fine money.
Grateful acknowledgments for gifts received are due
to those named below :
BOOKS.
Mrs. Helen D. Lord
Mrs. Estelle M. Tatterson
Miss Lena G. McArthur
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Mr. Amos L. Allen
Mr. D. P. Browne
Mr. W . E. Chase
Mr. Royal E. Gould
Mr. John S. Locke
Mr. L. Lombard
Mr. Robert McArthur
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Mr. James F. Stanton
Mr. W . M. Strickler
State Library
Thursday Club
Other sources
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SCRAP BOOKS.
Miss Ada E. Clark
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PAMPHLETS.
Mr. Edgar Yates ‘
City o f Chicago
Mitchell, Holt & Co.
National Amer. Woman
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NEWSPAPERS.
Biddeford Journal.
Biddeford Record
La Justice
Many copies of magazines have also been given by
Mrs. Lord and Miss Ellen Cleaves, and Mr. Joseph T.. Ma
son has given some white shellac to be used on the covers
o f books.
The past year has been a busy and fairly successful
one and we hope to make the present one even more so.
E M M A H A T C H , Librarian.
PERIODICALS RECEIVED REGULARLY.
American Boy.
Annals o f American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
Arena.
Atlantic.
Bangor Commercial.
Birds and Nature.
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Bicldeford Journal (g ift).
Biddeford Record (g ift).
Book Buyer (g ift).
Bookman.
Boston Advertiser.
Boston Globe.
Boston Herald.
Boston Ideas (g ift).
Boston Journal o f Commerce.
Bulletin of Bibliography (g ift).
Century.
Chatterbox.
Chautauquan.
Collier’s.
Congressional Record (g ift).
Cosmopolitan (g ift).
Country Life in America.
Cumulative Book Index.
Cumulative Book Review Digest.
Current Literature.
Delineator (g ift).
Dial.
Education.
Forum.
Golden Days.
Harper’s Bazar.
Harper’s Monthly.
Llarper’s Weekly.
L ’Independent ( French).
Independent.
Le Journal de Francoise (F rench).
La Justice (g ift).
Kennebec Journal.
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Ladies’ Home Journal.
Lewiston Journal.
Library Journal.
Life.
Lippincott’s.
Little Folks.
Living Age.
McClure’s.
Munsey’s.
Nation.
New England Magazine.
New York Times.
Normal Instructor.
North American Review.
Notes on Books (g ift).
Outing.
Outlook.
Out West.
Patent Office Report (g ift).
Pine Tree Magazine.
Popular Science Monthly.
Portland Argus.
Power.
Public Libraries.
Puck.
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Enfances Celebres, 840 C679.
Tw o on Their Travels, 910 C71.
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Eve Victorieuse, 840 C832.
Noblesse Americaine, 840 C832.1. *
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Histoires Bretonnes, 840 C836.2.
Mademoiselle Edmonde, 840 C836.3.
Marmiton, 840 C836.4.
Petit Ami des Pauvres, 840 C836.5.
Brownies Abroad, C839.2.
Brownies Through the Union, C839.3.
Ave Roma Immortalis, 914.5 C85.
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Turk and His Lost Provinces, 914.96 C94.
H ow T o Know W ild Flowers, 580 D19.
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What Darwin Saw, 5 0 8 D25.*
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Myths and Fables, o f Today, 398 D78.1.
Making the Nine, D865.
Today on the Nile, 916.2 D92.
Dosia, 840 D932.2.
Perdue, 8-40 D932.3.
In Old Narragansett, 814 E12.
Sabbath in Puritan New England, 263 E12.
Plistory of United States. 5v. 973 E49.
Realm o f Music, 780 E49.1.
Chien du Capitaine, 840 E56.
Versailles, 944 F23.
La Sagesse des Enfanfcs, 840 F269.
Histoire de Bayart, 840 B341.
Breath of the Gods, F 366.
La Morte, 840 F639.8.
Love Songs of Childhood, 811 F45.1.
Lullaby Land, 811 F45.2.
History of United States, 973 F54.2.
W ar of Independence, 973.3 F54.
Alix, 2v., 840 F639.8.
Armelle Trahec, 840 F639.9.
Desertion, 840 F 639.ll.
Bonheur Meconnu, 840 F661.
Mademoiselle Millions, 840 F661.1.
Fiances de Printemps, 840 F698.
Axel, 840, F843.
Poor Richard’s Almanac, 818 F85.
Man o f the Hour, F887.4.
Tryannv of the Dark, G184.5.
Turkish Life in Town and Country, 914.96
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I-Ioly Land and the Bible, 2v., 915.6 G27.
Gerstaeckcr
Le Peau-Rouge, 840 G325.
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Blossom Hosts, 581 G35.
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Wilhelm Meister, 833 G-55.
The Prospector, C762.3.
Les Enfants de la Ferme, 840 G742.4.
Lettres de Deux Poupees, 840 G742.5.
Le Livre de Marxian, S40 G742.6.
Tales Told in the Zoo* G73.
Year Book of Medicine, CIO G73.*
Index to Poetry, R.
The Undercurrent, G769.4.,
Botany, 580 G79.
Gallops, G791.1.
Under the W indow.
American in Holland, 914.92 G87.
Contes Choisis, 840 GS81.
Beginnings o f Art, 571 G91.
Periodical Index, R.
In Donegal and Antrim, 914.15 G99.
Levantine L og Book, 915.9 H25.
French West Indies, 917.29 H25.
In Ghostly Japan, 915.2 H35.1.
Swedish Life, 914.85 H36.
Un Prix de Cinq Millions, 840 H395.
Common Lot, H435.1.
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Memoirs of an American Citizen, H435.
Zoology, 590 PI44.
Garden of Allah, H525;
Life in the Seas, 591 H52.
Spanish Life, 914.6 H53.
Burton Holmes’ Lectures, lOv. 910 H73.
Experimental Science, 2v., 530 H77.
Son of Royal Langbritb, PI841.26. '
Morceaux Choisis, 840 H875.3.
Overtones, 780 H89.
Huxley
W orks, 9v.
Ingraham
Prince o f the House o f David, I 54,
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International Library of Technology, 12v.
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Celtic Fairy Tales, J153.-3.
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More Celtic Fairy Tales, J153.4.
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Golden Bowl, 2v., J234.7.
Johnson
Land o f Heather, 914.1 J63.
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Jevons
Money and the Mechanism o f Exchange,
332 J53.
Kaler
W ood Island Light, O 88.15.
Keeler
Our Native Trees, 582 K24.
Kellogg
Ark of Elm Island, K291.5.
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Boy Farmers, K291.6.
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Hardscrabble, K291.7.
Lion Ben, K291.8.
Y oung Shipbuilders, K291.9.
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Kipling
Seven Seas, 821 K62.1.
Klein
Land o f the Strenuous Life, 917.3 K67.
La Bruyere
Myrta, 840 L115.
Lachese
Le Vieux Musicien, 840 L fl7 .
Lamiraudie
Aventures d’artiste, 840 L1S7.
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Green Fairy Book, L251.12.
Laughlin
Lecky
Bimetallism, 332 L3G.
L ’Ermitc
La Grande Arnie, 840 L562.
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Le Soc, 840 L562.1.
Lindsay
Story of Animal Life, 590 L64.
Locke
Shores o f Saco Bay, 974.1 L79.*
Logan
Volunteer Soldier, 973 L823.
Lombard
Observations
840 L838 *
Lombroso
Female Offender, 3G4 L83.
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Tales o f the Fish Patrol, L846.3..
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Index Guide to Art Study in Europe,
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Eminent Americans, 920 L89.
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Little Maid of Concord Town, S569.13.
Coeurs Naifs, 84.0 L968.
French Life, 914.4 L99.
Purple Parasol,' M139.2.
God’s Good Man, C813.4.
Thelma, C813.3.
Miss A yr of Virginia, M276.
Maine Register, R.*
English Music in the 19th Century, 780M28.
Yolanda, M289.2.
Nos Petits Camarades, 840 M335. •
Une Petite Niece d’Amerique, 840 M363.
Story of a Piece o f Coal, 553 M36.
Le Mystere de Kerhir, 840 M371..
Plan de la Comtesse, 840 M371.1.
Roman d’un Medecin, 840 M371.2,
The Truants, M381.1.
W om an’s Share in Primitive Culture,
571 M38.
Holland and the Hollanders, 914.92 M48.
Messages and Papers of the Presidents, lOv.
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Standard Arithmetic, 511 M63.*
Cathedrals of Northern France, 914.4 M31.
Tow n Registers o f York County, llv ., R.
Mitchell, S JW Constance Trescott, M696.6.
Monlaur
Ames Celtes, 840 M751.
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Monnoit
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Fleurs de la Poesie Canadienne, 840.N158,
New England Directory, R.
House o f a Thousand Candles, N524.
Austro-Hungarian Life, 914.36 P18.
My Arctic Journal, 919.8 P31.
People’s Natural Plistory, 5v., R.
Contes de Fees, 840 P426.
La maison Litteraire, 840 P427.
Plum Tree, P542.
Limaee et Brouillonne, 840 P585.2.
Textile Library, lOv.
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Magdiel, 840 P862.
Dynamo-Electricity, 537 P92.
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Story of Books, 655 R19.
Ursula’s Freshman, R212.8.
Love Letters o f a Musician, R254.1.
The Mcrryweathers, R392.9.
Mrs. Tree’s Will, R392.8.
Rules o f Order, 328 R54.
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Land H o ! R549.
Truth About Tolna, R875.
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La Maison de Penarvan, 840 S214.2.
Beautiful Joe’s Paradise, S25.7.2.
Children o f the Cold, 919.8 S41.
Fortunes o f Fifi, S442.8.
Earth in Past Ages, 551 S45.
Lcttrcs d ’une Grand’merc, 840 S456.9.
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The Rivals, 822 S55.
Letters to Beany, S562.1.
“ Sequil,” S562.2.
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Divine Fire, S618.
Holland as Seen and Described by Famous
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Smith F H
Tides of Barnegat, S647.9.
W ood Fire in No. 3, S647.8.
Trip to England, 914.2 S64.
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Whispering Smith, S741.
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Doctor Tom, S914.1.
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Essays on Human Nature, 171 S91.
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Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie, S934.1.
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Voyages de Gulliver, 840 S977.
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Beautiful Lady, T175.4.
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Maitre du Monde, 840 V595.2.
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Tribulations d’un Chinois, 840 V595.4.
Italian Life, 914.5 V71.
Italian Letters o f a Diplomat’s W ife,
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Art o f Building, 720 W29.
Wheat Princess, W394.1.
Abeniki Caldwell, W459.
Satire Anthology, 827 W4G.1.
Recent Economic Changes, 330 W4G.
House o f Mirth, W555.5.
W arfare o f Science with Theology, 2v.,
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Story o f the Cotton Plant, 633 W65.
My Friend the Chauffeur, W676.2.
Wilson A E At the Mercy o f Tiberius, WG93.5.
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End o f an Era, 973.7 W75.
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Lady Baltimore, W7G9.4.
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Natural History, 590 W85.
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Summary of property of the Biddeford Library and
Reading Room Association, as reported by the treasurer of
the association, Mr. W . E. Youland:
Estimated value of building and land .................$40,000.00
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Saco & Biddeford Savings B a n k ........................... $2;000.00
Saco Savings Bank ..................................................
2,000.00
York County Savings Bank.................................... 2^000.00
Biddeford Savings Bank...........................................
£,D00..Q0
3 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroacl b o n d s .... 3,000.00
Cash in Saco & Biddeford Savings Inst.................. 1,275.00
28 shares Pepperell Manufacturing Co. stock . . 9,100.00
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Memorandum of Agreement between City of Biddeford and Biddeford & Saco Water Co.
This memorandum o f agreement made and entered
into at Biddeford, in the State of Maine, this 21st day of
December, A. D. 1898, by and between the City of Bidde
ford, a body corporate and politic, established by law, by
the Mayor of said city, hereunto duly authorized by vote of
the city council, approved December 20th, 1898, and acting
within the scope of said order, party of the first part, and
the Biddeford & Saco Water Company, a corporation es
tablished and organized under the laws of the State of
Maine, and having a place of business at Biddeford, party
o f the second part.
Whereas, the City of Biddeford and the Biddeford and
Saco Water Company entered into a contract, bearing date
the third day of January, A. D. 1884, a copy o f which con
tract is hereto annexed and made a part hereof, and
Whereas, the Assessors of the City o f Biddeford have
assessed a tax against the Biddeford and Saco Water Com
pany for the years 1897 and 1898, which tax the Biddeford
and Saco Water Company claim to be in large part illegally
assessed and therefore not liable to be paid by said Bidde
ford and Saco Water Company, and
Whereas, the City of Biddeford and the Biddeford and
Saco Water Company desire to avoid litigation and to make
an amicable adjustment o f the questions involved in the
premises, nozv therefore, this agreement, witnesseth:
F ir s t :— The said Biddeford and Saco Water Company,
in consideration of the premises and o f the agreements here
in on the part o f said City of Biddeford by it to be per
formed, hereby agrees that it will pay to the said City of
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WATER CONTRACT
Biddeford the sum o f sixty-eight hundred (6,800) dollars
whenever the taxes assessed against the Biddeford and Saco
Water Company for the years 1897 and 1898, excepting
two houses, stable and twenty acres of land of Staples, H ol
lis R oad; eight acres o f wood and pasture land of Hooper
heirs; stock, pipes and plumber’s goods, Main street; horse
and carriage, shall have been abated by the Assessors o f the
City o f B iddeford; and that the said Biddeford and Saco
Water Company will from after January 1st, 1899, reduce
its rates to water takers in the City of Biddeford, as fol
lows :—
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A family and store rate of $10 to $8; a tenement and
store rate o f $8 to $7; a water closet rate o f $6 to $5; a bath
tub rate o f $5 to $4.
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Second :— The said City of Biddeford in consideration
of' the premises and the agreements herein on the part of
said Biddeford and Saco Water Company, by it to be per
formed, hereby agrees that it will annually after the year
1898 pay to said Biddeford and Saco Water Company
thirty-nine hundred (3,900) dollars in two semi-annual
payments o f one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1,950)
dollars each, the first on the first day o f July, 1899, and the
second on January of each year, for water to be supplied for
the extinguishment o f fires for thirty-three (33) hydrants
to be hereafter set by said City o f B iddeford; the above hy
drants being in addition to the sixty-seven (67) hydrants
now set, maintained and being supplied with water free by
the said Biddeford and Saco Water Company, and in addi
tion for water to be supplied for five drinking fountains for
man and beast in excess o f those named in the contract of
the third day o f January, 1884; also for water to be supplied
for sprinkling streets to be taken from its mains by two
sprinkling carts, as now used, the water to be taken from
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standpipes, as now arranged; and also water to be supplied
for flushing city sewers.
Provided, however, that the city
shall leave at the office o f the company a notice of its inten
WATER CONTRACT
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tion to flush sewers at least six hours before using the
water.
And said City of Biddeford further agrees to annually
pay to the Biddeford and Saco Water Company a sum of
money equal to any tax or taxes which shall be legally as
sessed against said Biddeford and Saco Water Company by
the City of Biddeford, or the Assessors thereof, excepting
the taxes on the land and buildings purchased from Staples
and the wood lot purchased from Hooper heirs, stock pipes
and plumbers’ goods, Main street, horse and carriage.
Third :— The parties hereto hereby ratify and confirm
said contract bearing date o f January third, A. D. 1884, ex
cept so far as the same is changed by this agreement.
In witness ivhcrcof the said parties have hereunto set
their hands and seals this twenty-first day of December A.
D. 1898, the said City o f Biddeford acting by its Mayor,
hereunto duly authorized by vote of the City Government
of said City o f Biddeford, approved December 20th A. D.
1898, and acting within the scope of said order, and the
Biddeford and Saco Water Company by its Treasurer,
hereunto duly authorized by vote o f its Directors.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of,
JO H N M. G O O D W IN .
City of Biddeford by its Mayor,
L E V I W . STO N E .
Biddeford & Saco Water Company by its Treasurer,
G EO RG E P. W E S C O T T .
This memorandum o f agreement, made and entered
into at Biddeford, in the State o f Maine, this third day of
January A . D. 1884, by and between the City o f Biddeford,
a body corporate and politic, established by law, bv the
Mayor o f said city, hereunto duly authorized by vote o f the
City Council, approved March 24th, 1884, and acting within
the scope of said order, party o f the first part, and the Bid
deford and Saco Water Company, a corporation established
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WATER CONTRACT
and organized under the laws o f the State of Maine, and
having a place of business at Biddeford, party of the second
part:
Witnesseth•:— That for the consideration, hereinafter
mentioned, the party of the second part agrees with the
party of the first part that water from Saco River shall be
introduced into said City of Biddeford by a twenty (20)
inch hydraulic ma.in within one year from January 1st, 1884,
and shall lay before October 1st, 1886, not less than the fol
lowing quantities of pipe in addition to the twenty inch
main, viz: 4,000 feet of sixteen or twelve inch pipe, 10,000
feet o f eight inch pipe, 10,000 feet of six inch pipe, 6,000
feet o f four inch pipe. And that said party o f the second
part will furnish water for the extinguishment of fires for
such number of post hydrants, not less than forty, as said
party of the first part may locate at any time, on any street
or place, where said company may locate and lay down its
pipes while the works are under construction, and until Jan
uary 1st, 1886, and order set with suitable gates, pipes and
connections so as to connect said hydrants with the pipes of
the company. All hydrants, gates, pipes and connections re
quired by said city until January 1st, 1886, shall be fur
nished and the work done at the sole expense of the party of
the second part, provided, however, that after January 1st,
1886, the said city may at its own expense furnish hydrants,
gates and pipes and lay the same ready to be connected by
said company with its pipes, and said company shall con
nect the same at expense o f the said city.
Said party o f the first part agrees to pay said party of
the second part for each and every hydrant set by said com
pany or by said city and maintained and kept in good repair
by said company, the sum of fifty (50) dollars per annum,
payable in advance, one-half each on the first day of July
and January o f each year until July 1st, 1805, provided that
after July 1st, 1895, all hydrants shall become the property
o f said city and shall be maintained and kept in repair at
the expense o f said city.
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WATER■ CONTRACT
109
The said company shall furnish all hydrants owned by
said city with water for the extinguishment of fires, after
July 1st, 1895, without charge being made to said city.
Said party o f the second part also agrees to furnish
said party o f the first part, without charge being made
therefor, water for three (3 ) drinking fountains for man
and beast, the flow of water being sufficient for a supply .of
water for said fountains, also for five (5 ) cup fountains
with self-closing cocks to be used for persons only. All said
fountains to be furnished, set and connected with the pipes
of said company at the expense of the said city.
In consideration of the premises the party of the first
part agrees to exempt the property o f said corporation, nec
essary and used for the purpose of supplying water under
its charter and its capital stock, from taxation for the term
of thirty (30) years from October 1st, 1883, and during the
said thirty years, the said company shall have the exclusive
right to lay pipes in the streets of said city for supplying
water for municipal, domestic and manufacturing purposes,
and to establish tariff rates therefor. And said company
agrees to furnish said city with water during said time for
the purposes above enumerated, but in case o f accident or
the extension of said works, time is to be given for repairs
and making said extensions.
It is further mutually agreed that the water to be fur
nished, as above specified, shall be supplied and regulated
by such reasonable rules and regulations as said company
may establish for its management, provided that the loca
tion and elevation o f the reservoir at the time o f its location
shall be satisfactory to the committee on water, but it shall
not be less than two hundred (200) feet above mean low
tide to the top of the cap stone, and that the kind of post
hydrant to be adopted and set in said city, shall be satisfac
tory to the committee on Fire Department.
In the event of any dispute or disagreement which may
hereafter arise between the City o f Biddeford and the said
Water Company, by reason o f this agreement, or any other
WATER CONTRACT
no
cause which may occur between the said Water Company
and city, it shall be settled by reference to three disinter
ested men, one to be selected by said city, one to be selected
by said Water Company and the third to be selected by the
two parties already named, and their decision, when made,
shall be final and binding on both parties.
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The party of the second part reserves the right to annul
this contract, provided said party of the second part cannot
within six months from January 1st, 18S4, for a satisfactory
compensation acquire from the corporations claiming to
own the water o f said river for manufacturing purposes the
right to take and use the water o f Saco River for the pur
poses named in the charter o f said party of the second part.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto interchangeably
set our hands and seals this third day of January, A . D.
1884.
•
Biddeford & Saco Water Company.
By (signed)
J. P. G IL M A N , President.
GEO. P. W E S C O T T , Treasurer.
E. W . S T A P L E S , Mayor.
Countersigned by
(Signed) N. B. W A L K E R , City Solicitor.
Portland, Maine, December 21, 1898.
A t a special meeting of the Directors of the Biddeford
& Saco Water Company, held at the office of George P.
Wescott, 191 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, on the 21st
day o f December, A. D. 1898, a quorum o f the Directors be
ing present, it was
Voted, That the memorandum agreement between the
City o f Biddeford and this Company, submitted to the D i
rectors by its Treasurer, be and the same is hereby ap
proved, and that the Treasurer be, and hereby is authorized
to execute and deliver the same in the name and behalf of
the Biddeford & Saco Water Company, and that the con
tract be spread upon the records of the corporation, and that
WATER CONTRACT
in
all action taken by the Treasurer of the corporation with
reference to said contract, be, and the same is hereby ratified
and confirmed.
A true copy of record.
A ttest,
G E O R G E P. W E S C O T T , C leric.
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M A Y O R S O F T H E C IT Y FR O M 1855 T O D ATE .
1855-0,
1857
1858-9,
1800,
1861-2,
1803-4,
1805-0,
1807-8,
1809,
1870-1,
1872,
1873,
1874-5,
1870,
1877,
1878,
1879,
1880,
1881-2,
1883-5,
1880-7,
1888-9,
1890-3,
1894-5,
1890-7,
1898-9,
1900-1,
1902,
1903,
1904-5,
1900-7,
Daniel E. Somes, Rep.
James Andrews, Rep.
Cyrus Gordon, Deni.
Jonathan Tuck, Dem.
Esreflf H. Banks, Rep., unexpired term of Jnna
than Tuck.
Seth S. Fairfield, Dem.
John Q. Adams, Dem.
Charles A. Shaw, Dem.
Ferguson Haines, Dem.
James R. Clark, Dem.
E. VV. YVedgewood, Dem.
Francis G. Wa&ren, Dem.
James H. McMullan, Rep.
Francis G. Warren, Dem.
John H. Burnham, Dem.
Alfred Pierce, Rep.
Charles M. Moses, Rep.
James A. Strout, Dem.
Charles M. Moses, Rep.
Elisha E. Clark, Rep.
E. W . Staples, Dem.
Samuel F. Parcher, Dem.
C. E. Goodwin, Dem.
E. W . Staples, Dem.
Charles S. Hamilton, Rep.
Carlos Heard, Citizens and Dem.
Levi W . Stone, Citizen and Rep.
Nathaniel B. Walker, Citizens, Dein. and Rep.
Joseph Gooch, Citizens, Rep. and Dem.
Joseph Gooch, Citizens and Rep.
Nathaniel B. Walker, Citizens and Rep.
Gilman P. Littlefield, Citizens and Rep.
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C IT Y C L E R K S A N D T H E IR T E R M S O F O FFICE.
1855-7,
Levi Loring, Jr.
1858-9.
Frederick D. Edgerly.
1860,
George H. Knowlton.
1861-9,
Frederick D. Edgerly
1870-2,
John A. Staples.
1873-4,
Cyrus P. Berry.
1875-6,
Samuel Tripp.
1877-8,
Cyrus P. Berry.
1879,
Frank W . Roberts.
1880-2,
Charles H. Parcher.
1883-93, Edgar R. Hubbard.
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1894-5,
Charles E. Pilsbury.
1896-7,
William P. Freeman.
1898-9,
Denis Murphy.
1900-3,
Dayton T. Moore.
1904-6,
Daniel H B. Hooper.
1907,
Albert O. Marcille.
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Address of the M ayor................................................................3
Biddeford & Saco Water Co. Contract.............................. 105
Board of Health Report........................................................... 77
Board o f Police Commissioners R eport................................ 69
Chief Engineer’s R eport......................................................... 51
Chief of Police Report..............................................................71
City Clerks, and their terms o f office...................................115
City Government, 1906-1907..................................................... 9
City Physician’s Report, s ....................................................... 65
City Solicitor’s R eport..............................................................67
City Treasurer’s R eport............................................................15
Fire Alarm B oxes...................................................................... 56
General Expense
...................................................................... 21
Joint Standing Committees......................................................13
Location of Hydrants.............................................................. .57
Mayors o f the City from 1855 to date.................................113
Overseers o f the Poor R eport............................................... 75
Park Commissioner’s Report................................................. 79
Periodicals in Public Library..................................•............. 91
Public Library R eport..............................................................87
School Board R eport................................................................47
Standing Committees................................................................ 13
Street Commissioner’s R e p o r t............................................... 61
Street Numbering...................................................................... 81
Tax Collector’s R eport..............................................................45
Trust F u n d s............................................................................... 19
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