The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Town Documents Maine Government Documents 1920 Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Newcastle 1920 Newcastle (Me.) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs Repository Citation Newcastle (Me.), "Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Newcastle 1920" (1920). Maine Town Documents. 5284. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs/5284 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Town Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE 1920 ) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 23 1920 The Lincoln County News Print Damariscotta, Maine i t , I / ' TOWN OFFICERS' 1919 , Moderator i W. W. DODGE ' * i ■ . *, ;; U : ) Clerk ' . F. M. WADE Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor and Fish Committee A. S. TRASK ‘ 1. C. STETSON G. N. GLIDDEN Treasurer R. K. TUKEY Collector A. B. GILPATRICK Road Commissioner GEORGE D. PASTORIUS Sidewalk Commissioner S. N. HALL School Committee F. L. SHERMAN L. W. ERSKINE A. B. SMITH Superintendent of Schools JULIA E. BARKER Board of Health DR. W. H. PARSONS H. G. ROLLINS F. I. CARNEY Auditor .. .,. F. I. CARNEY ASSESSORS’ REPORT VALUATION 1919 Real Estate, resident $351,960 00 Real Estate, non-resident 76,622 00 Total real estate $428,582 00 Personal Estate, resident $297,655 00 Personal Estate, non-resident 50,360 00 Total personal estate $348,025 00 Grand total personal and real estate $776,607 00 Value of land, resident $120,055 00 Value of land, non-resident 33,402 00 Total value of land $153,457 00 Value of buildings, resident $231,905 00 Value of buildings, non­ resident 43,220 00 Total value of buildings $275,125 00 Value of personal property, resident $297,665 00 Value of personal property, non-resident 50,360 00 Total value personal property ' $348,025 00 Grand Total ■ $776,607 00 TAXABLE LIVE STOCK Horses and .mules, 222 •, $27,630 00 Colts, 3 and 4 years old, 8 .825 00 Colts, 2 and 3 years old, 2 120 00 Colts, under 2 years old, 2 135 00 4 Cows, 355 20,560 00 Oxen, 34 3,895 00 3 year olds, 50 3,540 00 2 year olds, 152 4,800 00 Swine, 14 560 00 Total value live stock $62,065 00 LIVE STOCK EXEMPT 1 year olds, 162 $3,770 00 Sheep, 106 1,070 00 Swine, 53 960 00 Total live stock exempt $5,800 00 CLASSIFIED PERSONAL PROPERTY Automobiles, 37 $13,740 00 Carriages 700 00 Furniture 10,600 00 Money at Interest 133,500 00 Small boats 610 00 Stock in trade 13,575 00 Logs and lumber 59,55000 Bank stock 38,210 00 Musical instruments 6,075 00 Shipping 561 00 Mills and Machinery 7,295 00 Steamboat stock 1,544 00 Total $285,960 00 Total value live stock brot forward, 62,065 00 Total value personal property $348,' 25 00 SELECTMEN’S REPORT ' APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1919 Repairs on schoolhouse $200 00 Support of common schools 2,000 00 Tuition for secondary schools 1,000 00 Text books and supplies 200 00 Support of poor and insane 300 00 Sinking fund 500 00 Discount on taxes 300 00 Highways 3,000 O0 Bridges 2,500 00 Snow bills 300 00 State Aid road 533 00 Repairs on sidewalks 700 00 Incidental expenses 450 00 Town officers 700 00 Taniscot Engine Co. 150 00 Free Library 100 00 Harlow Dunbar Post, G. A. R. 25 00 Patrol services 400 00 Outstanding notes and interest 500 00 Street lighting 400 00 State Highway, special maintenance 100 00 Voted to pay Mrs. Chas. Hagar 100 00 Town appropriation -------------- $14,458 00 State tax mills $5,639 96 County tax 1,014 65 Overlay 237 87 $21,350 48 220 polls 660 00 Supplementary tax 6 88 Grand total $22,017 36 Total Commitment, $22,017 36 Rate of taxation $27.50 on $1,000. Rate assessed on polls $3.00. 6 HARLOW DUNBAR POST NO. '59, G. A. R. • Paid C. E. Ames - $25 00 Appropriation 25 00 TANISCOT ENGINE CO. Paid L. P. Boyd $150 00 Appropriation 150 00 FREE LIBRARY Paid W. W. Dodge, Treasurer $100 00 • Appropriation 100 00 DISCOUNT ON TAXES Paid A. B. Gilpatrick, Collector July, 1919 $343 97 Appropriation 300 00 BALLOT AND ELECTION CLERKS Paid L. J. Little, special State election $3 00 A. B. Gilpatrick, special State election 3 00 F. H. Albee, special State election 3 00 M. H. Follansbee, special state election 3 00 $12 00 CULVERT ACCOUNT Paid North East Metal Culvert Co. $177 77 STREET LIGHTING Paid Lincoln County Power Co., bills Mar. and April $60 42 Lincoln. County Power Co., bills May,, June and July - 93 75 Lincoln County Power Co., bills Aug. 7 Sept, and Oct. ■ 93 75 Lincoln County Power Co., Nov bill 31 25 Lincoln County Power Co., bills, Dec. and Jan., 2 months 62 50 $341 67 MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT Paid Mrs. Charles E. Hagar, vote of town $100 00 H. G. Rollins, Board of Health, labor 3 00 F. L. Waltz, Board of Health, labor 3 00 J. L. Clifford, sundries bill 32 42 Ernest McGray, new platform fish house 122 91 W. Hassan, work on No. Newcastle fish stream 2 55 $263 88 SIDEWALK ACCOUNT Paid A. B. Gilpatrick, labor $46 50 S. N. Hall, commissioner bill Apr., May, and June , 61 50 Muscongus Lumber Co., team and men hauling gravel 70 00 Muscongus Lumber Co., supplies, nails, tile paper, etc. , 114 02 E. W. Hatch, labor 12 33 S. N. Hall, commissioner, labor 12 00 Joseph T. Hall, labor, Sheepscot „ 5 33 William Rankins, labor Damariscotta Mills 6 00 A. B. Gilpatrick, labor , , 14 25 J. B. Shattuck, bill for plank 208 11 Muscongus Lumber and Grain Co., lum­ ber and material to Nov. 29 72 48 8 C. E. Hall, labor 6 00 S. N. Hall, commissioner, labor Sept. 4 to Nov. 25 24 00 $652 52 SNOW BILLS Paid David Sidelinger, shoveling snow sidewalk $2 10 Jacob Francis, shoveling snow sidewalks 2 70 Frank Linscot, shoveling snow sidewalks 5 36 E. W. Hatch, shoveling snow sidewalks 1 50 Ernest Wyman, breaking roads 10 92 George E. Hassan, shoveling snow 5 34 Frank H. Dodge, breaking roads 13 85 Omar Cothran, breaking roads 1 98 Norman Dodge, breaking roads 5 00 Charles W. Erskine, breaking roads 2 98 J. S. Chandler, cleaning sidewalks 2 50 B. R. Dodge, breaking roads 9 90 S. D. Wood, breaking roads 3 50 Rodger Cothran, breaking roads 2 97 E. S. Genthner, cleaning sidewalk 17 67 Joseph Dow, breaking roads 11 67 S. N. Hall, cleaning snow from sidewalks 33 66 R. E. Nutter, cleaning snow from sidewalks 15 17 T. U. Dunning, shoveling snow 2 10 Ernest Wyman, breaking road 7 80 C. A. Davidson, shoveling snow 2 50 W. H. Flye, 2 bills shoveling snow 17 70 Albian Trask, shoveling snow 12 18 P. O. Reed, shoveling snow 7 20 A. F. Doe, breaking roads 20 13 Jacob Francis, shoveling snow 13 10 W. J. Plummer; shoveling snow 3 20 W. J. Oliver, shoveling snow 3 20 9 J. F. Ware, shoveling snow 16 82 Roscoe H. Dodge, shoveling snow 8 38 E. E. Bragdon, breaking roads 10 62 Norman Carney, breaking roads 13 26 Bert E. Dodge, breaking roads 15 40 L. H. Sidelinger, breaking roads 5 66 N. C. Campbell, breaking roads 19 00 G. N. Glidden, breaking roads 1 50 J. S. Chandler, breaking roads 5 00 Eldred Cunningham, breaking roads 28 00 C. E. Watson, breaking roads 4 00 W. S. Carlisle, breaking roads 1 50 Frank Linscott, breaking roads 23 68 Omar Cothran, breaking roads 4 83 Charlie Dodge, breaking roads 7 59 Thomas Dodge, breaking roads 3 30 J. F. Hall, breaking roads 6 67 B. A. Woodbridge, breaking roads 19 10 John Reay, breaking roads 24 81 R. L. Hodgkins, breaking roads 13 50 Fred Fish, breaking roads 15 33 David B. Hall, Jr., breaking roads 12 67 George E. Hassan, breaking roads 16 50 M. Y. Hassan, breaking roads 11 35 * D. B. Hall, breaking roads 2 33 E. B. Hall, breaking roads 7 00 , E. W. Hatch, breaking roads 4 34 Muscongus L. & G. Co., breaking roads 190 00 W. Hopkins, breaking roads 5 44 W. H. Decker, repair work 3 00 $733 41 PATROL MAINTENANCE, 1919 Report from Highway Commission Money raised for roads and bridges, Fifty-five hundred dollars. Number of miles exclusive of im- 10 proved roads, 53.95. Amount per mile, sixty dollars. The State Highway Commission approves the follow­ ing mileage “D” Edgecomb line to Genthner’s Corner State Highway 4.50 imp, miles at $60 per mile $270 00 State Aid Highway from No. 1 S. H. D. end of improved Sheepscot road im­ proved .46 @ $30. 13 80 Unimproved .50 @ $60. 30 00 No. 2, Genthners’ Corner 1918 1.09 miles @ $30. 32 70 $346 50 Appropriation $400 00 No. Improved miles 6.55. Town’s Requisition $346 50 PHILIP J. DEERING WILLIAM M. AYER FRANK A. PEABODY State Highway Commission. 11 STATE AID HIGHWAY Detailed Statement of Work George D. P astorius, Commissioner Length of completed road 1350 feet. Width'of completed road 22 feet.