MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) Public Docun1ents of J\llaine: BEING THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE VAIUOUS Pu~lic Officers anll Institutions FOR THE YEAR 188 4. VOLUME I. AUGUSTA: SPRAGGE & SON, PRINTERS TO THE STATE. 1884. srrATE OF MAINE. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS, 1820 TO 1881. Corporations chartered by Special Act of Legislature, witli location ( when given) and year when incorporated. \ ) Augusta and Bangor Stage Company, -, 1823. Androscoggin Canal and Mills Corporation, Portland, 1836. Augusta India Rubber Hat Company,-, 1836. Alfred Manufacturing Company, Alfred, 1836. Augusta Savings Institution, Augusta, 1836. Augusta and Boston Steam Mill Company, Hallowell, 1837. Augusta and New York Granite Company, Augusta, 1837. Augusta and Philadelphia Granite Company, Augusta, 1837. Astor Granite Company, Edgecomb, 1837. Augusta Blue Granite Company, Augusta., 1837. Anson and Solon Bridge Proprietors, Solon, 183 7. Augusta Company, Augusta, 1838. Augusta Free Bridge, Augusta, 1838. Athens Flour and Grist Mill Company, Athens, 1839. Androscoggin Manufacturing Company, Brunswick, 1841. Augusta Free Ferry, Augusta, 1841. Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company, -, 1845. Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad Company,-, 1845. Augusta and Boston Steam Transportation Company,-, 1845. Auburn Manufacturing Company, Nason's Mills, 1846. ( 2) Allegash and East Branch Log Driving Company,-, 1847. Augusta Savings Bank, Augusta, 1848. Androscoggin Railroad Company, -, 1848. Atlantic and Pacific Mining, Lumbering and Trading Company, -, 1849. Agawam Manufacturing Company, Lewiston, 1849. Allegash Dam Company, Bangor, 1851. Augusta Mutual Fire Insurance Company, -, 1851. Atlantic Junction Railroad, -, 1852. Androscoggin Company, Brunswick and Topsham, 1852. Aroostook Dam and Railroad Company,-, 1852. Augusta Gas Light Company, Augusta, 1853. Atlantic Ship Wharf and Lime Manufacturing Company, Rockland, 1853. Augusta Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company, Augusta, 1853. Androscoggin Navigation Company, -, 1853. Augusta Ice ~ompany, Augusta, 1853. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, -, 1854. Aroostook Company, Lewiston, 1854. Arkwright Company, Lewiston, 1854. Aroostook Railroad Company, -, 1854. Augusta and Hallowell Gas Light Company, -, 1855. Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Portland, 1855. Auburn Block Company, Auburn, 1855. Atlas Insurance Company, -, 1855. Augusta Shovel Company, Augusta, 1855. Augusta and New York Navigation Company,-, 1855. Alfred Mutual Fire Insurance Company, -, 1856. Achorn Lime Rock Company, Rockland, 1857. Aroostook Railroad Company,-, 1858. Aroostook and St. Andrews Branch Railroad Company,-, 1859. Androscoggin Bridge Company, Bethel, 1859. Augusta Manufacturing and Water Power Company,-, 1860. Augusta Hotel Company, Augusta, 1861. Augusta Hotel Company, Augusta, 1864. Atwood Lead Company, Cape Elizabeth, 1865. Androscoggin Land and Petroleum Company,-, 1866. Albion Manufacturing Company, Albion, 1866. Arrowsic Stone Dyke Company, -, 1866. Androscoggin Water Power Company, Lisbon, 1867. ( 3) Augusta and Hallowell Railroad Company, -, 1868. Appleton Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company,-, 1868. Auburn Savings Bank, Auburn, 1868. Androscoggin Riding Park Association, Lewiston, 1869. Auburn Aqueduct Company, Auburn, 1869. Athens Railroad Company, -, 1869. Algre Fertilizer Company, Boothbay, 1870. Annebescook Steamboat Company, Winthrop, 1870. Aurora Mills, Lewiston, 1870. Androscoggin County Savings Bank, Lewiston, 1870. Androscoggin Valley Railroad Company.-, 1870. Andover Railroad Company, -, 1870. Arctic Ice Company, -, 1870. Alfred and South Berwirk Railroad Company,-, 1871.. Aroostook Steamboat Company, -, 1872. Augusta Trotting Park Association, Augusta, 1872. Augusta Hotel Company, Augusta, 1872. , Auburn Central Manufacturing Company, Auburn, !873·.. Auburn Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Aubum, 1873. Appleton Mutual Fire Insurance Company,-, 1873. Androscoggin and Oxford Railroad Company, -, 1873. Aroostook River Railroad Company,-, 1873. Aroostook Valley Dairy Association, Maysville, 1874. Androscoggin Insurance Company, -, 1874. Air Line Steamship Company, Eastport, 187 4. Andover Dairy Association, Andover, 1875. Androscoggin Telegraph Company,-, 1879. Artesian Water Company, Rockland, 1880. Acton Consolidated Milling and Mining Company, -, 1880 .. Auburn Steam Heating Company, Auburn, 1881. Burnt Meadow Brook Canal, Brownfield, 1822. Bath Marine Insurance Company, Bath, 1823. Bar Mill Bridge Proprietors, Bar Mills, 1823. Bar Mill Booms, Bar Mills, 1824. Boston Manufacturing Company, Lebanon, 1827. Bangor Bridge Company, Bangor, 1828. Brunswick Falls Cotton Factory, Brunswick, 1829. Bath Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Bath, 1829. Bath Ferry Company, Bath, 1830. (4) Bangor Pier Corporation, Bangor, 1830. Bucksport and Prospect Ferry Company, Bucksport, 1830. Bangor and Brewer Ferry Company, Bangor, 1831. Bangor Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Bangor, 1832. Bangor and Oldtown Railway Company, Bangor, 1832. Bangor Savings Institution, Bangor, 1833. Bangor and Pisc3.taquis Canal and Railroad Company, 1833. Charter to continue 50 years. Bangor and Pushaw Pond Canal Company,-, 1833. Bangor Insurance Company, Bangor, 1833. Bangor House Proprietary, Bangor, 1833. Bath Railway, Bath, 1834. Bucksport and Calais Stage Company, -, 1834. Bangor and Dexter Stage Company, -, 1834. Brunswick Cvmpany, Br?nswick, 1834. Belfast Fishing Company~ Belfast, 1834. Belfast Mari~ Railway Company, Belfast, 1834. Belfast Screw Dock Company, -, 1834. Bangor and Skowhegan Stage Company,-, 1834. Brunswick Railroad Company, -, 1835. Bluebill Fishing Company, Bluehill, 1836. Belfast Paper Manufacturing Company, Belfast, 1836. Belfast Cordage Manufacturing Company, Belfast, 1836. Bethel Bridge Company, Bethel, 1836. Bluehill Granite Company, Bluebill, 1836. Bridgton Manufacturing Company, Bridgton, 1836. Bangor and Lower Stillwater Manufacturing Company, Orono, 1836. Belfast Flannel Manufacturing Company, Belfast, 1836. Bangor Mill and Manufacturing Company, -, 1836. Belfast and Quebec Railroad Corporation, -, 1836. • Buck's Harbor Mountain Granite Company, Brooksville, 1836. Bangor and Moosehead Lake Stage Company,-, 1836. Banchamp Lime and Marble Company, Camden, 1837. Builders' Granite Association, Biddeford, 1837. Barnard Slate Quarrying Company, Barnard, 1837. Bowdoinham Steam Mill Corporation, Bowdoinham, 1837. Bath Savings Institution, Bath, 183 7. ( 5) Baring Bog Brook Railway Company,-, 1837. Baskahegan Land and Mill Company,-, 1837. Brunswick ..Wharf Proprietora, Brunswick, 1838. Bath Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Bath, 1842. Brooksville Manufacturing Company, Brooksville, 1842. Belgrade Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company, Belgrade, 1842. Belfast Steamboat Wharf Company,-, 1843. Bo~ton and Maine Railroad,-, 1843. Bangor Boom Company, -, 1843. Bath and Portland Railroad Company, -, 1844. Belfast Manufacturing Company, Belfast, 1844. Bristol Mills Manufacturing Company, Bristol, 1844. Buxton Woolen Manufacturing Company, Buxton, 1845. Bangor Steam Navigation Company, -, 1845. Baskahegan Dam Company,-, 1846. Bangor Manufacturing Company, Bangor, 1847. Buckfield Branch Railroad Company, -, 1847. Baring and Bog Brook Railway Company,-, 1847. Bangor and Orono Railroad Company, -, 1847. Birch Is]and Boom Corporation, -, 1848. Baring Boom Corporation, -, 1848. Belfast and Waterville Railroad Company, -, 1848. Baskahegan Falls Dam Company, -, 1848. Bangor, Garland and Moosehead Lake Stage Company,-, 1848. Belfast Foundry and Manufacturin_g Company, Belfast, 1849. Na.me changed, 1849, to Belfast Foundry Company. \ Bloomfield Leather and Shoe Manufacturing Company, -, 1849. Belfast Marine Railway Company, Belfast, 1850. Boston and Portland Telegraph Company,-, 1850. Bates Manufacturing Company, Lewiston, 1850. Bangor Gas Light Company, Bangor, 1850. Bangor Savings Bank, -, 1852. Bluehill Navigation Company, -, 1852. Bangor Fire Insurance Company, -, 1852. Bangor Water Compny, -, 1852. Bingham, Athens, Skowhegan and Waterville Stage Company,-, 1852. ( 6 ) Bath Savings Institution, Bath, 1852. Bangor Sugar Company, Bangor, 1853. Bath Gas Light Company, Bath, 1853. Belfast P.aper Manufacturing Company, -, 1853. Bangor Slate Company, Bangor, 1853. Bangor and Brewer Ferry Company,-, 1853. Bangor Steam Navigation Company,-, 1853. Belfast Gas Light Company,-, 1853. Big Machias Dam Company, -, 1853. · Bangor Iron Works,-, 1853. Bangor Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company, Bangor, 1853. Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railway Company,-, 1853. Bath Mutual Marine Insurance Company, Bath, 1853. Bangor and Castine Telegraph Company, -, 1854. Belfast City Mills Company, Belfast~ 1854. Brunswick Gas Light Company, Brunswick, 1854. Bethel Boom Company, Bethel, 1854. Baldwin Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company, Baldwin, 1854. Bangor and Piscataquis Slate Company, Bangor, 1855. Brooksville Bridge Company, -, 1855. Belfast Edge Tool Factory, -, 1855. Brunswick Paper Manufacturing Company, Brunswick, 1855. Brunswick Water Power Company, Brunswick, 1856. Bryant's Pond Manufacturing Company, -, 1856. Branch Mills Manufacturing Company, China, 1856. Brunswick Marble Company, Brunswick, 1856. Bowdoinham Boot and Shoe Company, Bowdoinham, 1856. ( Biddeford Fire Insurance Company,