(LIBRARY j VmtVCftSlTY OF cu*N<* SAN DIEGO \ Luther G. Bunker A Chronology of MUNICIPAL HISTORY and ELECTION STATISTICS Waterville, Maine 1771-1908 DESIGNED FOR A BOOK OF REFERENCE Complied and Edited by CLEMENT M. GIVEEN 1908 MAINE FARMER PRESS AUGUSTA. MAINE In Grateful Acknowledgment of Official Faithfulness this Book is Dedicated to the Memory of ABIJAH SMITH Born 1773 - Died 1841 Town Clerk twenty-nine years Copyright, 1908 by CLBMBNT M. GIVEBN Preface In the preparation of this chronology of municipal history and the gathering together of political statistics, the writer has re- ceived the most hearty co-operation from a host of friends, for which he extends his thanks. The writer is especially grateful for the courtesies extended to him by Town-clerk Eugene W. Allen of Winslow, and City-clerks John E. Nelson and Fred W. Glair of Waterville. Mr. Joseph Alexander, chief clerk at the office of the secretary of state, the librarian at the State library, Harvard University and the Bos- ton Public Library also gave valuable assistance, while everyone connected with our home library has done everything within their power to assist the writer at all times. Their courteous treatment has been a source of pleasure and contributed much toward mak- ing the compilation of this volume a delightful toil. Introductory Chapter August eleventh, 1693, all the chiefs of the eastern Indian tribes signed an agreement whereby "That their Majesties' sub- jects, the English, shall and may peaceably and quietly enter, repair, improve, and forever enjoy all and singular their rights of lands, and former settlements and possessions within the eastern parts of the said province of the Massachusetts Bay, without any pretensions or claims by us, or any other Indians, and be in no wise molested, interrupted or disturbed therein." The agreement was signed at Fort William Henry in Pemaquid "in the fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord and Lady, William and Mary, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King and Queen, Defender of the Faith, etc., 1693." Those who signed the "submission" were chiefs "of all the Indians belonging to the several rivers of Penobscote and Kennebeck, Amaroscogin and Saco." The representative of the Canabas tribe was Wenobson who signed "Wenobson of Teconnet in behalf of Moxus." Two years previous to the signing of this document the char- ter of William and Mary included Maine in the territory over which royal governors were appointed, but the horrors of Indian warfare prevented migration to the province of Maine, to any points beyond those fortified or where settlers had gathered in sufficient numbers to make a defense against attack. After the meeting of the chiefs and representatives of the crown at Fort William Henry, a movement was made to settle beyond the dan- ger limits, but the treaty of peace was not observed and those who had attempted to build their homes in new territories were com- pelled to return to the settlements again for the protection and MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE safety of their families. In the years immediately following this conference of the Maine Indians, battles between the savages and whites were desperately fought. It appears that the English were almost if not as much to blame for the violations of agreement, as the Indians themselves and perhaps more so when the fact is taken into consideration that it was the English who were en- croaching upon the territory over which the Indians had for years and years held complete domain. Scarcely had the treaty been made when Bomaseen, a powerful chief of the Kennebecks, ap- peared at Pemaquid with a flag of truce for consultation or other purpose. He was recognized by the officers of the fort and ar- rested on the charge that he had been concerned in the destruction of Dover, N. H. He was sent to Boston as a spy and sentenced to imprisonment for five years. The Kennebeck Indians, enraged at this, renewed their warfare with all the hatred and cunning of their race and shared in the destruction of Fort William Henry, the special object of their wrath, in 1696, and would not listen to any terms of peace until the release and restoration of their chief to the home of his people were included in the agreement. Arrangements were made for the cessation of hostilities in 1699, and the fierce old warrior returned to his people at Norridgewock. The apparent peace that followed the retirement of the Indians to their northern homes did not have the effect to promote the advance of civilization, and neither white nor Indian was inclined to trust the other beyond easy reach of gun or tomahawk. Skirmishes and wars continued. Queen Anne's War in the early part of the century brought ruin and death to many families, and a long period of hostilities followed. Father Sebastian Eale, a Catholic priest, a native of France and finely educated, who had assumed dominion over the Indian mission at Norridgewock in 1693, and had devoted himself to the work, was killed by an expedition led by Captain Harmon from Fort Richmond in 1724. Brunswick had been burned in 1722, and numerous settlements had been destroyed, many settlers and their families had been INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER killed so that the whites were compelled to seek safety, and the Indians discouraged and broken in spirit fled to Canada. It is said that as late as 1749 only two families of white people were left above Merrymeeting Bay, and the French and Indians were again in complete control of the northern country. It would have been too hazardous an undertaking at this time to have attempted to settle near the "falls" which offered so many natural advantages, without a sufficient force of armed men, that would have been too difficult to have maintained, so while towns and villages were springing into life on the coast and near the larger towns in interior N"ew England, the site on which Waterville stands today, the gem city of the Kennebec, was occu- pied only by the Indian who camped on the banks of the beauti- ful stream, catching the salmon from its depths and occupying himself as necessity required or the exigencies of winter demanded. The stillness of the forest was only disturbed by the occasional twang of the bow as some Indian hunter's arrow felled a deer or moose to provide meat for himself and squaw, or snapping of the twigs in the underbrush, as perhaps some trapper wended his way toward the carry by the "falls," or by the rush of a frightened animal as it sought safety from harm among the virgin timber, or by the rustle of the wings of the birds as they flew unmolested from tree to tree, enjoying the full happiness which Mature bestows. Many of the pioneers of the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies came across the ocean to find a northwest passage to the Indies, and others came to find gold. John Winthrop, when he selected the site for the city of Boston, selected it simply because it had a spring of pure water. They were not seeking the wealth of the orient or the Occident. They were seeking a home with plenty of good drinking water, and where they might dvrell in peace and freedom. Until the shock of the Revolution awakened them to a realization that they were Americans, Virginians' "home" was back in England. Washington did not dream that he was other MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE than an Englishman until Braddock snubbed him as a colonial. The Pilgrim and the Puritan, on the other hand, were frowned or chased out of the old land, and therefore, from the very begin- ning America was their home and their only home. Their bridges were burned behind them. They set up their own church and within half a dozen years of the founding of Boston they laid the foundation of Harvard University in this savage wilderness. They had no illusions. They knew that they were Americans or that they were nothing. One hundred years after the landing of the Pilgrims and the Puritans, we find the same spirit prevalent. Set- tlers went into the deep forest, hewed out a cornfield, suffered untold hardships and withstood an ever present danger, not for the value to be received, but for the purpose of establishing a home for themselves, their wives and their children. The whole New England territory was settled by homeseekers who cherished and held sacred the spots selected for their domestic purposes, thus as the settler gradually crept farther and farther away from the older communities and penetrated the forests deeper and advanced farther up the rivers and the streams he went not as an adventurer or an investor. His sole idea was his future happi- ness and that was embodied in the ownership of land enough to provide through culture sufficient provision for those whom he had to care for. In the same year that old Chief Wenobson of Teconnet signed the parchment that is referred to in the beginning of this chapter, there was born at Preston, Sussex, England, a child that had much to do with the settlement of Teconnet. This child, Wil- liam Shirley, was destined to be the person who should first authorize the building of a fort that commenced the settlement of which Waterville is a part. The lad was educated as finely as children of the best English families at that time afforded, and at an early age commenced the practice of law. He came to Boston in 1734, and was appointed a Eoyal Governor in 1741. He planned the successful expedition against Cape Breton in 1745, 10 after which he returned to England, not coming to this country again until 1753. At the outbreak of the French War he was Commander-in-chief of all the British forces in America. Seventeen years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1620, the Plymouth Company had been formed and chartered by the King of England. In 1620 a new company was formed, succeeding the old company, and on November 3, King James I granted the "New England Charter." The company in turn granted privileges, including that of the Kennebec Patent in 1629, and met with varied misfortunes until discouraged by its losses it surrendered its charter in 1635. The King immediately appointed his Privy Councillors, Lord Commissioners of all English possessions in America. In 1636 Lord Proprietor Gorges established a capital and Court at Saco, but never exercised his power over the Kennebec region. In 1661 the Kennebec Patent was conveyed to John Winslow, Artemas Boies, Edward Tyng, and Thomas Brattle. After this transaction considerable trouble had occurred and so many difficulties had arisen with Gorges and Commissioners appointed by the King, that Massachusetts in 1677 purchased all the rights of Gorges in the province, and for nearly a hundred years trade was unmolested although of very small proportion. In 1749 a new Plymouth Company was formed and organized along lines that were the means of causing the rapid settlement of the Kennebec valley. As appears in the first pages of the chronology of municipal history that follows this introductory chapter, Governor William Shirley was petitioned by the new Plymouth Company to erect a fort at Teconnet, which petition he granted and he personally accompanied the expedition that erected Fort Halifax in 1754. Thus one hundred thirty-four years after the first settle- ment in New England at Plymouth, the march of progress and civilization, reached the falls of the Kennebec, and there com- menced the building of a community that has never yet allowed itself to take a backward step. Could we but look into the past beyond the years allotted 11 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE to the time of man and gaze upon the picture that presented itself as the eight hundred soldiers received the command to halt on the spot where the first structure was to be erected, a monu- ment to might and power, marking the passing of a race of people and the onward march of an ever conquering army; could we push aside for a moment the clouds that envelop the past and hide its distinctness, and look upon the scene as the ruddy glare of the fires penetrated the dark depths of the forest and cast their bright rays of light upon the swift flowing waters of the Kennebec, and the smooth surface of the Sebasticook, perhaps, as we watched the soldier and the mechanic spread their blankets beneath the spreading branches of a monarch of the forest, we could see the face of an Indian youth peer with wonderment expressed on every feature as he carefully brushed aside the foliage of a convenient bush to more closely examine the forms and faces of those his fathers had taught him to fear and hate. Perhaps we could see Inat old warrior chief with stern and battle-scarred features stand- ing in the shadows of a sturdy pine, his blanket wrapped closely around his aging form, regarding the scene with the stoicism of his race, though perhaps if we gazed a little closer we might de- tect a trace of sadness creep across his brow, as perhaps for a moment, the memory of his former greatness is uppermost in his thoughts. Perhaps he may have helped to have defended Eale at Norridgewock, or used his bow with unerring aim at the massacre at Brunswick, or wielded his tomahawk with deadly effect at some settler's home whom he believed was encroaching upon his right by birth. As we watch the officers give their nightly instructions to the guard and watch the slumbering fires grow dim as soldier after soldier falls in slumber in peaceful thoughts of their security, eee the Indian youth glide back to his lodge, and watch the camp succumb to the quietness of the hour with only the roar of the falls reverberating through the evening air, we will withdraw our grasp on the veil of the past and let the clouds of time again sur- round the scene, to be cleared away by the morning sunlight upon the beautiful city of Waterville of today. 12 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER The completion of Fort Halifax, together with the privileges offered by the Plymouth Company, were the means of bringing many settlers to the Kennebec region. Farms were cleared, trad- ing posts established, and a system of communication and trans- portation put into effect. With the coming of more settlers new branches of business were established, the farms, increasing in acreage of cultivation under the untiring efforts of their proprietors, were beginning to increase their products, and as years went by the old-time trad- ing posts became centers of prosperous and growing communities. The settlers began early to provide for the educational needs of their children, they contributed as generously as their means would permit for their religious instruction, and they founded the industrial success of the town upon the solid rock of hard and honest toil. We have not in this section of Maine a balmy climate or a Boil particularly adapted to produce, in competition with western communities, a single one of the great agricultural staples, nor can we by delving into our hills find stores of iron, or coal, or precious metals. For more than a century, however, this com- munity in thought and action has been profoundly influenced and benefited by the high standard of these first colonists, and their determination that their children and their children's children after them should like them be men of education and intelli- gence. In establishing their first school our forefathers were not merely providing for the elementary "K's" of reading, writing and arithmetic, but were supplying for their children the advance type of education which ever since has been afforded by our public schools. Of vital importance to this community are our public schools, and these our citizens have always supported with great generosity. For a long period in our history our public school system has been substantially efficient, and it is this as much as any other factor, notwithstanding disadvantages in soil, climate, and mineral wealth, which has caused Waterville to prosper so amazingly. 13 While we had some lumber, little wool, no coal or cotton, we had an abundant water power, an advantage which has counted for much. More than all else, however, the energies of our people were early turned in an industrial direction, inventions have multiplied here, and through the thrift due to Puritan ancestry, wealth in the form of productive capital has accumulated, giving to Waterville an industrial importance and economic efficiency entirely beyond that attributable to the mere possession of peculiar natural advantages. Waterville's educational and industrial growth has been the result of the wise government and good citizenship of those who planted their homes in the early days under the pro- tecting guns of Fort Halifax. It has been due to their foresight and care in founding the systems of education and industry that we can point with pride to our factories, our college, our business blocks, and our schools. In addition to their zealous care and careful nursing of Water- \sille's industrial infancy, and voting from their poverty and means whereby the future generations might be benefited by a free and liberal education, the early settlers of this community were devot- edly patriotic to their country. No city in Maine has a more splendid record in patriotism than Waterville. It was in New England that the torch of American liberty was lighted, and it was passed on from Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill in undimmed flame to Yorktown. "Here," in the words of John Adams, "the Child Independence was born." Waterville has never forgotten that glorious fact, and never has ceased to cherish the noblest traditions of that dearly bought freedom. Waterville has welcomed the children of other nations within its borders, and so potent has been her example of patriotism that these adopted chil- dren have learned to cherish with the mother's zeal and fervor the greatest principles upon which the American government was founded. Nowhere else are the truths of the declaration of inde- pendence taught more thoroughly or persistently than in the pub- lic schools of Waterville, where the children of another nation and 14 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER another tongue so different from ours are soon saturated with the spirit of American patriotism. The epitaph prepared by Eichard Thomas for his own tomb- stone, which can now be seen at the old cemetery in Winslow, causes the reader to smile at first, but read it over a second time, read between the lines and you will read a lesson in patriotism that cannot be excelled. "Here lies the body of Richard Thomas, a whig of 76 By occupation a cooper, Now food for worms. Like an old rumpuncheon marked, numbered and shooked, He will be raised again and finished by his creator. He died Sept. 28, 1824, aged 75. America, my adopted country, my best advice to you is this, take care of your liberty." This was the spirit of the early American settlers, English- men, many of them by birth, but whigs of '76. Defenders of lib- erty and religious freedom, surrendering the ties of home to right for a new country, the embodiment of their ideas of freedom and happiness, struggling through the trying days of its infancy to promote its efficiency and establish its permanency, devoting their time in preparing laws for its government, and expending their means to provide for its maintenance. Then like an old rum- puncheon, marked, numbered, and shooked and laid aside they were willing to pass to the great beyond in perfect faith of their promised reward, happy in the thoughts of their achievements and admonishing those left behind to gua,rd well the liberty for which they had fought. and died. The territory including that of Waterville and Winslow previ- ous to 1771, was known as Kingfield Plantation. The greater part of what is now Oakland was called Dearborn. In the chronology, 15 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE which follows, will be found the incorporation act of the town of Winslow giving the boundary lines and other interesting informa- tion regarding the original town. Circumstances arose, which are explained later, that caused the first division of the town in 1802, the annexation of the town of Dearborn and the final separation of Oakland from Waterville. Many regret now that the difficulties of the earlier days could not in some way have been remedied, and are sorry that the old town lines established by the General Court could not have remained unchanged, but the communities were then widely sep- arated and those interested in the affairs of the town felt that they could govern themselves more economically and with better regard to the individual wants of those living in each of the different vil- lages if under separate organizations. Any history of Waterville that has been written is the history of Winslow as well, up to the time of the division of the towns, and that of Oakland, until that prosperous and enterprising munic- ipality decided to adorn itself with the butterfly wings of state and govern its own course in 1873. Winslow and Oakland are now in so close touch with Waterville, one connected by both steam and trolley, and the other by steam and three fine bridges, and has an electric road being constructed, that they are more of one community now than at any time during the last century. The inhabitants are of the same character, industrious and prosperous, all interested in the welfare of the other in doing their utmost in promoting the best interests of all three. The municipal affairs of Winslow since 1802 have been conducted on the same general lines as those of Waterville. The town has been governed wisely and well. Its public men have been prominent in the affairs of the State and Nation, while the private citizen has closely followed the business of the town, attending to his own affairs with the same careful oversight, with the result that prosperity for all has been their portion. The great Hollingsworth & Whitney Company paper mills are located on the Winslow side of the Kennebec. The 16 mills compose one of the largest paper plants in the world. The company manufactures a fine grade of manilla wrapping paper, and also manufactures the pulp used for all its purposes. The products of this establishment are shipped to all parts of America, addition after addition has been built and there has just been completed a monster building to provide more space for the neces- sary machinery and equipment that is required to furnish a sup- ply sufficient to meet the demand. The town of Winslow has been very generous in the matter of assessment and taxation of the property of the corporation. A very friendly feeling exists between them, which has contributed much towards the prosperity of both. Oakland has also continued in its prosperity since its separa- tion from the mother town. Its various business establishments are doing a good business and the Somerset Eailway, recently leased to the Maine Central Eailroad Company, connects with the latter line at this point, adding considerable to the prosperous condition of affairs. This is also the terminus of the Waterville and Oakland street railway. The car barns and repair shops are erected here, together with a large entertainment hall, which adds both business and pleasure to the resources of the town and has been the means of bringing hundreds of pleasure seekers to enjoy the day or evening, fishing or boating, on the beautiful Messalon- skee Lake. The incorporation act of the town of Waterville was passed to be enacted in the Massachusetts House of Eepresentatives on July 23, 1802. It had several readings and was passed by the Sen- ate and approved by Governor Caleb Strong on the same day. By this act the present city of Waterville commenced its munic- ipal career. Commencing on this day in June the little community on the west side of the Kennebec river began to exercise its right of self-government; that it has performed the duty well is best demonstrated by following the growth of the town from a strug- gling little collection of homes, through the records of the doings of its people assembled in public meetings up to the time of today. 17 MUNICIPAL, HISTORY OF WATERVILLE This the editor of this volume has attempted to do in the chap- ters that follow. In a humble and perhaps homely way he has presented extracts from town and city records together with a few other interesting facts concerning municipal affairs, which he sincerely desires may be of interest to those who care to read this volume. In delving into the records of the past to obtain such infor- mation as may be interesting to those who desire some knowledge regarding the historical affairs of the town, the writer became familiar with those who had so much to do with its early history. He really made acquaintance with those old-time gentlemen in a way that was most pleasing, and can almost picture in his mind how some of them appeared as they arose to address their fellow citizens on many occasions of importance. We regret that we cannot linger for a while with a few of these old-time pioneers and tell of their many deeds for the benefit of the young municipal- ity, but space will not allow us to do so; we can scarcely men- tion the magnificent war and military record, the churches, the excellent public schools and other educational institutions of the city, neither can we but briefly mention the benefits derived from our manufacturing industries. We should like to have the time and opportunity to collect the data and be able to properly present all the good things about the illustrious members of the pulpit, the bar, and the medical profession, past and present. It would be interesting to compile a commercial history of this busy city and a pleasure to record the events of a busy past, to write of the busi- ness activity and integrity of the business men of long ago and today, and describe the benefits received from their untiring efforts. But it is necessary to draw a line at some point and confine one- self as far as possible to the subject selected. The time will some- time arrive when someone, the city government itself perhaps, will arrange for a careful and complete history of those things for the immediate and future use of those interested in preserving such records and documents as are commensurate with the settle- 18 ment and growth of the town and of the character and energy of its inhabitants. The Waterville of today is a beautiful city, and inspired by its business activity, the people are interested in its growth and welfare. The present population is twelve thousand and is daily increasing. It has numerous houses of worship, splendid schools and fine buildings. The public buildings are finely equipped and nicely- located. Its banking institutions are strong financially, and the personnel of their officers, together with their well established business principles, inspires confidence in those who do business at the various institutions. The public library and institutions of learning speak volumes for the intellectual progress of the com- munity. The city's miles of streets are well kept and all the latest modes of road building are introduced to make the repairs perma- nent. Its sewerage system, water supply, and fire department apparatus are all models of modern ideas, and these departments are conducted along the same lines with the sole object in view of procuiiing the best service possible for the amount of money annually expended. The local churches, in common with those throughout the country, have been important factors in the civili- zation and progress of the town. The occupants of the various pulpits, from the time that that eminent divine, Joshua Cushman, assumed the duties of "town minister" of the town of Winslow on June 9, 1795, up to the present day, have been men of ability and honor. Not only have they ably administered to the needs of their respective parishes, but have devoted a considerable portion of their time to public affairs. Although many of them never took an active part in the government of the town or city, all have been interested in its welfare and anxious to assist in pro- moting its best interests. The church buildings are all splendid structures and of sufficient proportions to accommodate those who attend the various religious services. All are nicely furnished and so conveniently arranged that every want of the pastor and mem- bers is provided for. 19 The admirable school system and commodious school build- ings are the pride of the city. Waterville can justly boast of its schools. They have always, from the incorporation of the town up to today, been an object of special care upon the part of every one. Every man, nearly, who has been prominent in public affairs has been specially prominent in the government of the schools. The members of the various committees who have had the super- vision of this important municipal department, from the time that the old district system was in vogue, have been chosen from among those who were considered the best citizens. The superintendents have been men of education and character, and the teachers have been carefully selected and have performed their duties diligently and well. Colby College, originating with the appointment of a committee by the Bowdoinham Baptist Association in 1810, has been a promi- nent educational institution. Included in the list of presidents who have supervised the government of the college and among the professors are the names of some of the most eminent educa- tors of the country. Instruction was commenced in a house standing where the Elmwood Hotel is now situated, on July 6, 1818, and since that time the college has continued to fulfil its mission of edu- cating the youth. The college has had the experience of nearly all similar institutions in having suffered from the disadvantage of organizing under adverse financial conditions, which have been overcome only by persistent effort upon the part of faithful offi- cials and generous support of friends. The town and citizens have been especially liberal and loyal to an extraordinary degree in their support. Another educational institution which has been beneficial to the town is the Coburn Classical Institute, founded in 1829 as the Waterville Academy. Its career has been highly successful and a credit to its officers. This institution has also derived great benefit from the exceptional ability of its instructors and the untir- 20 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ing efforts of its friends to maintain its efficiency. From 1865 to 1901 the Institute was under the control of the trustees of the college although virtually its management has been in the hands of the principals. Since 1901 by an act of the legislature incorporat- ing the Trustees of Coburn Classical Institute the control of the school has been under a separate corporation. In 1883 the name was changed from Waterville Classical Institute to Coburn Classical Institute in consideration of the gift of Governor Abner Coburn of the beautiful and elaborate building which it now occupies. The school has shared with the college in making Waterville noted as a center of education and culture. To this is due, in no small measure, the attractiveness which the city presents to those seeking a place of residence. The manufacturing industries of Waterville are all prosperous and working to the full extent of their capacity. The largest industry is the Lockwood Company, a brief description of which will be found in the chronology. The Maine Central Railroad shops, located in the north end of the city, employ a large number of men who are mostly skilled mechanics, most of whom are now permanently located here and constitute a part of the city's best citizens. The mechanical industry by no means entirely represents the railroad industry in this city. The great freight yard and large freight house and transfer shed, the round house and passen- ger station in which is located the office of the assistant superin- tendent of the Portland division, employ more than a hundred men; in addition to this there are many engineers, firemen and brakemen that make the town their headquarters while many others make their residence here. Waterville is so situated that it is a junction of four lines of railway, one coming from Portland by the way of Brunswick and Augusta, another one comes from Port- land by the way of Lewiston and Cumberland Junction, the main line from the Provinces through Bangor and Northern Maine Junction, connecting with the Bangor & Aroostook railroad at the latter point, and what is familiarly called the Skowhegan branch. 21 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE In the busiest season over one hundred passenger and regular freight trains either originate here or pass through the station each day. Many hundreds of passengers are transferred each week, thousands of tons of freight is handled daily either in full cars or their loads assorted and reloaded at the freight sheds. In addi- tion to the regular service numerous special freight trains are required to keep the traffic moving, all of which contributes toward making Waterville the most important railroad center in Maine, Portland alone excepted. The Hollingsworth & Whitney Company mills in Winslow are largely operated by employees living on this side of the river. The Hathaway Shirt Factory, established in 1849, the Noyes Stove Company, where stoves have been manu- factured since 1873, the Terry Manufacturing Company's large woolen mills erected in 1900, the Waterville Iron Works, and the Sawyer Publishing Company, all contribute towards Waterville's industrial success and assure its future growth. Numerous smaller business concerns and many tradesmen also add to its prosperity. The Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Co., the New England Telegraph & Telephone Company, the Messa- lonskee Electric Company, the Union Gas & Electric Company, the Standard Oil Company, the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad Company with its terminus at Winslow, the Horace Pur- inton Co., and Proctor & Bowie contracting firms, the Central Maine Fair Association, and the up-to-date plant of the Waterville Sentinel Publishing Company are large factors in our ever increas- ing prosperity. The splendid department stores of C. J. Clukey, L. H. Soper Company, and the Wardwell-Emery Company are models of progressive business institutions, while the many and many other excellent business firms including the reliable and well- known hardware houses of W. B. Arnold & Co., and Hanson, Web- ber & Dunham, are all doing a large business and enjoying to the fullest extent an era of business prosperity. Although we have diverged too much already from our intended line of work, we cannot pass over this brief summary of 22 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER the business history of the city without mentioning the very impor- tant part that the professional men have taken in making this community what it is. Lawyer, doctor and divine have all been influential in the government and settlement of the town, they have labored hard in addition to the multitudinous duties of their professions to advance the most progressive ideas of good govern- ment and have always been ready to protect its institutions when- ever occasion might demand. The physicians, educated and skilled in their profession have vied with the industry and ability of the lawyers to be the first to advance some idea that would prove of lasting benefit to the city they called their home. The town and city in turn have been generous to the doctors and lawyers. The townsmen have through their right of suffrage elected them to become aldermen, mayors, representatives to the legislature, voted for them when they wanted to be Governor, stood behind them in political battles, called on them when they were sick or in dispute with their neighbors and paid for the privilege of getting the tangles straightened out. So many have been ill, and so many quarrels have arisen that the medical and legal men have grown prosperous with the merchant who feeds and clothes the multitude. Old Dr. John McKechnie or Dr. Obadiah Williams, or Dr. Moses Appleton, physicians of the old school, all three of whom settled here previous to 1800, would be surprised if not a little alarmed if they could come on earth again and watch our present day surgeons perform an operation for appendicitis, or hear etudents of medicine discuss clinical microscopy and bacteriology. An anesthetic was unknown in those days, yet when we read of the skillful feats of surgery those wonderful men performed, and the knowledge of human anatomy which they attained, we do not wonder so much at the tremendous strides of progress the science of medicine has made. Eeuben Kidder and Timothy Boutelle would be puzzled for a moment at the present court methods, but in a battle of wits these 23 old time attorneys, after they mastered a few of the new legal dodges, would be able to give a good account of themselves. The legal fraternity of Waterville has been an especially brilliant body of men and from the days of Euss Freeman to the present time, all have been noted for their ability and energy. Many have been prominent in the affairs of the city and state while others have been content to reap the rewards of an industrious practice of their chosen profession. The physicians located in the city today, old and young, are gentlemen of first rank and devoted students of the modern sub- jects of medicine which tend towards the betterment of the human race. Many have become skilled in surgery, and some have attained a high place in the ranks of their profession, and all are active and useful citizens. The voters of Waterville have maintained a live interest in the affairs of the municipality. Their political differences have been many and varied and at times very bitter, yet in spite of all this the occasions have been rare when good and reliable men have not been elected to fill the various offices of the town and city. On the whole the affairs of government have been carefully adminis- tered. The indebtedness of the city is largely due to the presence of many modern improvements and appliances which are not found in many cities of much larger valuation and population. The story of the development of the town is interesting, the growth has not been rapid but steady, its people have been content to avoid those population spasms called "booms," yet have been quick to take advantage of any opportunity that would or might result in the location of reliable business enterprises within its limits. The municipal government and business affairs have grown up together, and the splendid business success of its business men has been reflected by an almost similar success in the wise and careful man- agement of the affairs of the body politic. In the earlier days when money was scarce, the difficulties presented were much more numerous than now to maintain an efficient form of government, 24 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER The officers elected, however, performed the duties required of them in a faithful manner, and took an unlimited pride in pro- ducing the best results possible from what they had to do with. During the trying days of the Civil War the affairs of the town were carefully looked after, vast sums of money for those days were appropriated to assist in maintaining the army of the North in the field. In the depressing days that followed the great war, Waterville continued to carefully attend to its affairs and since that time those chosen to govern affairs have been selected from the citizens who were deemed best fitted to fill the important posi- tions in the town and city government. In nearly every case they have filled their offices very acceptably and have endeavored to promote and advance those ideas that appealed to them as being of the greatest amount of benefit for the largest number of people. Party lines at times have been very closely drawn, and in a few instances the city may have suffered some through those influ- ences, yet on the whole, the benefits of having two political parties dividing the voters of the city in nearly two equal parts has had the tendency of obliging both parties to nominate their very best men for the various offices so as to increase their opportunity of winning an election. In this way, perhaps, the evil influences of bitter municipal party politics may have been overcome by the added ability of those elected to fill the positions. In all events, no public scandal of any magnitude has marred the political hori- zon. Party strife has been responsible for many hard words, accu- sations and complaints, but these generally only cover a period of a week or two previous to election, and the incidents close with the polls on election day. Differences of opinion dividing the populace so closely have arisen which have not been settled until the courts have given their decision, the actions of the judges, however, have been gra- ciously accepted, and the good fellowship between man and man, and neighbor and neighbor has not been seriously affected. While it may be a matter of opinion whether or not strict 25 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE party politics is a detriment to the government of the city, the fact remains the same that the voters enjoy the annual political battles. Between two and three thousand votes are thrown at each mayor- alty election, but in many instances the majority one way or the other has been less than fifty, and once only ten. Our political battles have brought many of our citizens into prominence. A successful termination of a political contest in the last few years together with a successful administration of affairs coupled with business ability and a good character have nominated two of our best known citizens as candidates for the highest honor in the State, that of Governor. In 1908 another citizen was very prominently mentioned as a candidate for the office, but failed of the nomination, not because of any inability to successfully perform the duties required, or that his party loyalty was in the least questioned, but rather from the fact that circumstances arose that occasioned the use of those things in the campaign, that tended toward a condition, that the Waterville gentleman did not care to assume. The methods he pursued and the management of his campaign were such that if he had received the nomination and won the election, the dignity of the high office over which he would have been called to preside, would not have been lowered through any acts of his. "Waterville, enjoying the emoluments of business success, happy in its prosperity, its political ambitions attained, and proud of its past, let us consign its future to that hand of destiny that has brought us safely across the bridge of time and leaves us stand- ing in the glorious sunlight of a splendid and brilliant present. 26 Chronology Waterville In a compilation of political statistics and events, which are more the history of the town than of the individual, the writer will not be expected to record events other than those that bear directly upon his subject. To elaborate upon the oratorical abilities of old Assiminasqua, the chief of the ancient Taconnets, to present a review of the expedition of John Cabot to the mouth of the Kenne- bec in 1497, or that of Captain George Weymouth in 1605, would be diverging from the object of this book. The history of land titles, the Indians, the Popham colony, the sufferings, hardships and pleasures of the early inhabitants, and all those things that make the early history of this region exceedingly interesting, must be left to others. Let it suffice if we commence when the town began, and chronicle the more important events that had to do with the municipality itself. The birthday of Waterville commenced when that husky sol- dier of the King first swung his axe into the tree that was first to fall in the clearing upon which Fort Halifax was built. When that monarch of the forest fell, crashing its way to the ground, crushing the small growth in its path, the echo of its crash that mingled with the roar of the falls of the Kennebec was the cere- mony that inaugurated the commencement of the work that has culminated in the beautiful homes and public buildings of this beautiful city. In this age of cables, trains and telegraph, it is difficult to conceive how isolated from the outer world was this young colony at Fort Halifax in 1754. In looking at this noble city, as it is today, splendidly built, superbly decorated with nature's most beautiful handiwork, it seems incredible that, only 27 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE one hundred and fifty years ago, it was a poor little settlement con- tinually threatened with destruction by the Indians. Governor William Shirley, appointed Governor of Massachu- setts, by the King of England under the second charter, assumed the duties of his office on August 7, 1753. Shortly after, the Plymouth Company, who had obtained the rights of the original owners of the lands on the Kennebec River, wishing to protect their interests, petitioned Governor Shirley for the erection of a fort at Teconnet Falls. Fearing invasion from the French and Indians they pressed their claims, with the result that Governor Shirley consented to build a fort at Teconnet, provided that the Plymouth Colony would erect a fort and a storehouse at Cushnoc (Augusta) that could be properly defended. The Plymouth Com- pany accepted this proposition. On June 21, 1754, under the direction of the General Court, eight hundred soldiers under command of General John Winslow, and accompanied by Governor Shirley, set sail, in the frigate Massa- chusetts, for Falmouth. The Indians opposed the building of a fort, but their protests were disregarded and they signed a treaty on July 2, permitting the work to begin. General Winslow and his eight hundred men started immediately for their destination. Governor Shirley remained at Falmouth but later inspected the fort and buildings, expressed his gratification, and commended General Winslow and his men. The fort, consisting of five buildings and a stockade eight hundred feet long, was erected under the direction of Captain Isaac Illsley of Falmouth. After its completion Captain William Lithgow was placed in command with a garrison of eighty men. A whale boat express was arranged, running from Fort Halifax to Falmouth. The boat traveled down the Kennebec River to Merry- meeting Bay, then up the Androscoggin and overland to the New Meadows River, thence by Casco Bay lo Falmouth. After the Peace of Paris in 1763, ending the French and Indian war, Fort Halifax was dismantled. During its occupancy 28 CHRONOLOGY there had been considerable suffering; several soldiers were killed by the Indians, a few taken into captivity, and quite a number died from disease. Colonel Lithgow was the only commanding officer the fort had, and after the garrison was discharged he remained at the fort house and engaged in trade for several years. In 1760 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County; he later removed to Georgetown where he died in 1798. There appears to be no authentic record of the very earliest settlers after the erection of Fort Halifax, but it is known that one of the very first to settle in the town was Ensign Ezekiel Pattee. He lived at the fort for a number of years and engaged in trade there. He was one of the very foremost in securing the incorporation of the town of Winslow. He held every office that the citizens of the town could give to him. He was a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1783 and 1784 and in 1786 and 1787. In the first twenty-five years after Winslow became a town he was elected moderator at the annual town meet- ings eleven times; he was town clerk seventeen years, and town treasurer twenty-two years. That he attended to the business intrusted to him in a satisfactory manner is shown by his many re-elections. The early records of the town of Winslow are in his handwriting. The number of towns in Maine in 1764 was twenty-five, and the population of the District of Maine is given as 24,020. The territory embracing the towns of Winslow and Waterville was called Kingfield. In 1766 the Plymouth Company granted certain rights to individuals that were the means of bringing many settlers to Fort Halifax. The Indian wars being over, the settlers had no fear of further disturbances, and many settled on the west side of the river. In 1771 we find two communities, one on the east side of the river and the other on the west side ; they have grown rapidly during the five years previous to 1771. In the chronolgy of events of a political nature commencing with the year 1771, which follows this introductory chapter, the reader will find the events of the last one hundred and thirty-five years recorded as 29 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE carefully as is possible. The records of the towns, city and state have been diligently searched, and every figure and date verified as far as it was possible to do so. The history of Winslow from 1771 until the division of the town in 1802 is part of the history of Waterville. In the chapter following the chronology will be found complete and carefully prepared lists of all town and city officers from the first election on May 23, 1771, up to the present time. 1771 The town of Winslow was incorporated April 26, 1771, and named in honor of General John Winslow. General Winslow was born in Plymouth, Mass., May 27, 1702. He commanded the forces that built Fort Halifax in 1754. He was the principal ac- tor in the conquest of Acadia, carried out by New England troops under his lead. He reduced the country and captured the forts. Obeying orders from England, supposed to have originated through the policy of Governor Shirley, he caused the expulsion of the Acadians from their homes. The terrible scenes attending the removal of these inoffensive people are dark stains upon the conduct of the English during the war with France. In 1756 Winslow was commander-in-chief at Fort William Henry, Lake George, and a major-general in an expedition against Canada in 1758-59. In 1762 he was appointed presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Plymouth, Mass. He died in Hingham, Mass., April 17, 1774. ACT OF INCORPORATION An act for incorporating a certain tract of land in the Coun- ty of Lincoln, into a town by the name of Winslow. Whereas the inhabitants of a certain tract of land lying on the east and west side of the Kennebec Kiver, in the County of Lin- 30 CHRONOLOGY coin, are desirous of enjoying the privileges that will arise to them by being incorporated into a town. Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and House of Representatives, (Sect. 1.) That the tract of land aforesaid, butted and bounded as follows: viz., beginning on the east side of Kennebec River, at a hemlock tree standing on the bank of said river, and one rod west-north west of a large rock, and two miles and half a mile, on a north-east course, from Fort Halifax, and from said tree, to run, east-south-east, five miles, to a beech tree, marked; thence, to run, south-south-west five miles and one hundred and seventy-eight poles ; thence, west-north-west, to the northeast corner of the town of Vassalborough ; thence, on the northerly line of said town, west-north-west, five miles, to Kennebeck Eiver; thence, to run across said river, the same course, to the end of five miles on the west side of said river, butting, thus far on the same northerly line of the said town of Vassalborough ; thence, northerly, on such a course, so far as to meet the west end of a line running, from the hemlock-tree above mentioned, west-north-west, five miles from Kennebeck River, thence to run, east-north-east, on the last men- tioned line, five miles, to said Kennebeck River ; thence, across said river, to the hemlock tree aforesaid, the first mentioned bounds, be and hereby is erected into a town by the name of Winslow ; and that the inhabitants thereof be and hereby are invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities which the inhabitants of any of the towns within this province, respectively do, or by law ought to enjoy. And be t# further enacted, (Sect. 2.) That James Howard Esq., be, and hereby is, empowered to issue his warrant, directed to some principal inhabi- tant in said town, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabi- tants thereof, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet at 31 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE such time and place as shall therein be set forth, to choose all such officers as shall be necessary to manage the affairs of the said town. And be it further enacted, (Sect. 3.) That the freeholders of the said town shall be, and hereby are, empowered, at their said first meeting, to bring in their votes for a choice of register of deeds, for the county of Lin- coln, also for a treasurer for said county, qualified according to law; and the votes for such register and treasurer shall, at the same time, by a constable (who may be chosen and sworn), be sealed up and by him returned unto the court of general sessions of the peace to be holden in June next, at Pownalborough, for the said county in like manner as is provided by law in like cases for other towns within this province; which court is hereby author- ized and required to receive the said votes; which, with the votes of the other towns of said county, shall be opened, sorted and counted as the law direct? for determining the choice of such reg- ister and treasurer; and such shall be, to all intents and purposes, valid and effectual in law. And be it further enacted, (Sect. 4.) That if by reason of sickness, or any other means, the said James Howard Esq. shall be prevented from performing the business, or any part thereof, to which he is appointed by this act, then in that case William Gushing Esq. shall be and hereby is empowered to transact the whole or any part of such business, as fully and effectually as the said James Howard Esq. is, by the second clause of this act empowered to transact the same. Passed and Published April 26, 1771. By the authority of the act of incorporation, provided for in section two, the first town meeting was held at Fort Halifax, May 23, 1771. The following officers were elected: 32 CHRONOLOGY Moderator: Timothy Heald. Cleric and Treasurer: Ezekiel Pattee. Selectmen: Ezekiel Pattee, Timothy Heald, John Tozer. Wardens: Kobert Crosby, John Peter Cool, Nathaniel Carter. Surveyors of Highways : Joel Crosby, John Ayer. Fence Viewer: Jonah Crosby. WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING HELD AT FORT HALIFAX, SEPT. 17, 1771 Lincoln ss. 1771 To the Constable of the Town of Winslow: Greeting. In His Majesty's Name you are hereby required, forthwith, to notify and warn all the Freeholders and other Inhabitants, quali- fied by law to vote in Town Meetings, to meet at Fort Halifax on Tuesday the seventeenth day of September next, at one of the clock in the afternoon to act on the following articles : 1st. To choose a Moderator. 2nd. To draw out a Suitable Person to serve on the Petit Jury at the next Inferiour Court to be held at Pownalborough. 3rd. To vote for a County Treasurer. 4th. To raise money for the Town's Use. 5th. To see if the Town will vote to Clear the Banks of the river in this Town for the Advantage of Boating. 33 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 6th. To see if the Town will vote to hire some preaching this present or the ensuing year and how much. 7th. To see if the Town will vote that the Meetings shall be warned by posting up a Notification at Proper places for the future. And hereof fail not. And make Due Keturn of this Warrant with your doings hereon. Given under our hands and Seal this First day of August A. D. 1771 and in the Eleventh Year of His Majesty's Reign. Timothy Heald, Ezekiel Pattee. The record of the meeting reads that forty pounds was raised for the town's use, and that meetings for the ensuing year shall be warned by posting up notifications at proper places. 1772 Cemetery on Fort Hill established. Tract of land for the purpose secured by Dr. McKechnie of Dr. Sylvester Gardiner. COMPLETE LIST OF OFFICERS ELECTED IN 1772 Moderator: Ezekiel Pattee. Town Cleric: Ezekiel Pattee. Selectmen: Ezekiel Pattee, Eobert Crosby, Zimri Heywood. Town Treasurer: Ezekiel Pattee. Assessors: Ezekiel Pattee, Zimri HeywooJ Eobert Crosby. Ty thing Men: Hezekiah Stratton, John Tozer 34 CHRONOLOGY Wardens: Surveyors of the Highways: Fence Viewers and Field Drivers: Constable: Hog Reeves: Deer Reeves: Morris Fling, Bennet Woods, Timothy Hudson. John Ferguson, Ezekiel Pattee, John Tozer. Timothy Heald, Solomon Parker. Joseph Carter. Elijah Phipps, David Pattee. Timothy Heald, John Tozer. 1773 RELIGION In Massachusetts Episcopacy had been encouraged by the royal Governor, who attended the "King's Chapel" in Boston. The dread lest the crown should appoint an Episcopal Bishop may be considered as one of the causes which operated in Massachusetts to bring on the Revolution. Influences were at work in a num- ber of the Congregationalist churches of Massachusetts which eventually developed into TJnitarianism. The only colony which openly tolerated entire freedom of worship by legislative enact- ment, was Rhode Island; laws existed which forbade Catholics from holding public worship. Although none of these conditions were pronounced in the town of Winslow, we may presume that there were the usual disagreements among the inhabitants. Massa- chusetts controlled the religion as well as the civil life of its citizens, and required the several towns to provide religious insti- tutions by legal enactment and to support it by taxation. On March 8 it was voted "to hire some Preaching this Summer and the Select Men are appointed to hire the Reverend Deliverance Smith for twelve Sabbath Days to preach in this 35 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLB Town, provided he comes to this Town sometime between this and the middle of June next: And if he don't come within that time to hire some other suitable man for the like Number of Days, provided it can be done with little or no Cost as to his Travelling Expenses, or their going to procure him." 1774 On March 7 it was voted "That a pair of stocks be pro- vided, and that Lieut. Heald shall have out of the Treasury Eight Shillings lawful money for building and finishing same." At this time there were two political parties in America. The Whigs, which included the Sons of Liberty, Liberty Men, and Patriots, advocated independence, while the Tories favored roy- alty. At the close of the Eevolution the Whig party divided into Particularists, favoring State sovereignty and advocating confed- eration, and Strong Government, favoring a constitution. Later the Particularists became Anti-Federalists and the Strong Gov- ernment party Federalists. 1775 Arnold's expedition with eleven hundred men passed through the town on their way to Canada. S. H. Whitney in his "Early History of the Kennebec Val- ley," says: "The passage of Arnold's army up the Kennebec valley was a great event to the early inhabitants; eye witnesses describe the train as several miles in length. Around Fort Hali- fax there was quite a large group of homesteads and at Gatchell's Corner in Vassalboro there were a few families; these were all the settlers there were north of Augusta. Benedict Arnold with one thousand one hundred men arrived at Fort Western (Au- gusta) about the 20th of September, 1775, en route for Quebec. 36 CHRONOLOGY Fort Western being at the head of navigation upon the Kennebec Biver, Arnold was obliged to leave his transports at this place and the main army advanced up the river by land while their sup- plies were placed in batteaux and conveyed up the river. The army left Fort Western about September 25th." The date of their arrival at Fort Halifax was September 29. 1776 COMMITTEE OF SAFETY In order to render the governors and judges of the royal colonies independent of the popular will and dependent on the Crown, the King had resolved to pay those officers out of the Eng- lish treasury. Samuel Adams took alarm at this act, which he believed tended to convert the government of the province into a "despotism." At a town meeting in Faneuil Hall (1772) he moved the appointment of a "Committee of Correspondence" to state "the rights of the colonists" "to the several towns, and to the world." The motion passed; the statement was sent forth, and soon every town in Massachusetts had appointed a similar committee. In the future it would make little real difference whether the Governor permitted the colonial assembly to meet or not, since the Committees of Correspondence would always be vigilant in the interests of liberty. A Committee of Safety consisting of three members was chosen on March 4 at the annual town meetings held at Fort Halifax. The members were Timothy Heald, John Tozer and Zimri Heywood. At a town meeting called "in the Name of the Government and People of the Massachusetts Bay in New England" held at Fort Halifax, July 8, it was voted "To borrow of Esquire Pat- tee one hundred thousand shingles, of Deacon Tozer eight thou- 37 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE sand shingles, of Joshua Davies four thousand shingles, of Amb- reur Davies three thousand shingles, of Lawrence Costigan one thousand clapboards, and of Nathaniel Carter five thousand shin- gles, to purchase a town stock of ammunition, and that the prod- uce of the same, or what the same shall clear in the market, shall be assessed upon the town sometime in the month of October next." It was further voted "Not to give the Committee of Safety directions. To hire three men to go up the river on a scout. That the Selectmen of this town shall immediately peti- tion the General Court in behalf of themselves and the Inhab- itants above, for a sufficient guard against the Canadians." 1777 The members of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspec- tion and Safety for this year were Ezekiel Pattee, Timothy Heald, Eobert Crosby, Manuel Smith and Ephraim Osborne. The Articles of Confederation between the thirteen United States of America were agreed upon by delegates from the States, in Congress assembled, on the 15th of November. 1780 Annual town meeting called "In the name of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts." The first General Court, under the Constitution of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, assembled at Boston on "Wednesday, October 25, 1780, and was finally prorogued (having held three sessions) May 19, 1781. From this time, as long as Maine con- tinued to be a part of Massachusetts, the political year com- menced on the last Wednesday in May; and the General Court held two, and frequently three, sessions each year. 38 CHRONOLOGY 1781 The Articles of Confederation between the thirteen United States of America were finally ratified by all the States, March 1, 1781. Under the Confederation, Congress consisted of a sin- gle house which represented the States but not the people. The national government had no president; it was simply "a body without a head." Congress could advise, request, implore, but it could not command. In this last point lay the fatal weakness of the whole system. The national government could make trea- ties but could not compel their observance. It could borrow money but could not guarantee that a single dollar of the debt would ever be paid. It could recommend taxation but could not enforce it. It could enact laws but could not punish those who refused to obey them. It could make war but could not raise a single soldier to fight in its defence. While the Eevolution was in progress the pressure of the war forced the separate States to stand by each other, but as soon as that pressure was removed, the States, like a barrel that had lost its hoops, threatened to fall to pieces. 1782 Zimri Heywood elected first representative to the General Court of Massachusetts from the town of Win slow. 1785 SEPARATION OF MAINE FROM MASSACHUSETTS The first record of any special action on the part of the early citizens of this community regarding the separation of the counties of York, Cumberland and Lincoln from the State of Massachusetts and their erection into a separate State, appears this year; however, it is generally supposed that the question had been thoroughly discussed for several years previous. As far 39 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE back as 1660 the inhabitants of Maine petitioned His Majesty "beseeching your Majesty's royall word for our redres & continewed establishment, either as wee now stand under your own Imme- diate Authority." Again in 1664 they petitioned "His Gratious Majastee King Charles" protesting against Governor John Endi- cott and his council "intermeddling with the government of the province of Maine." From year to year this question was discussed and voted upon, the majority favoring separation gradually increasing until the desired result was finally obtained in 1820. In the following pages, under the different years, will be found the vote in detail and other information of record as it appears from time to time. The following circular was received by the authorities in October and at a subsequent town meeting Zimri Heywood was elected a delegate to attend the convention referred to in the circular. CIRCULAR At a meeting of a number of Eeputable Inhabitants of the Counties of York, Cumberland and Lincoln held at Messer's. Smith and Dean's Meeting House, in Falmouth, on the fifth day of Octo- ber, instant, agreeable to a ratification published in the Falmouth Gazette, of Sept. 17 and 1st October instant, in order to form some plan for collecting the sentiments of the said Inhabitants, on the subject of said Counties being formed into a separate State. Voted: "That the Subscribers be a Committee to apply to the Several Towns and Plantations in said Counties, requesting them to send Delegates to meet at said Meeting House on the first "Wednesday of January next (1786) at ten o'clock A. M. to consider the expediency of said Counties being formed into a Sep- arate State, and if after mature Consideration it should appear to them expedient, to pursue some regular and orderly method of carrying the cause into effect." 40 CHRONOLOGY Pursuant to the above vote, we the Committee above said, hereby request the inhabitants of Winslow to choose a Delegate or Delegates to meet at the time and place above mentioned, for the purpose aforesaid. * Peleg Wadsworth, Chairman. Stephen Longfellow, Jr. William Gorham. Stephen Hall. Jeremiah Hill. Joshua Fabian. Henry Y. Brown. To the Inhabitants of Winslow. Falmouth, Oct. 5th, 1785. 1786 On March 6, Zimri Heywood was again chosen delegate to attend another convention to be holden at Falmouth on the first Wednesday in September, 1786, to discuss further the separation of the counties of York, Cumberland and Lincoln from the State of Massachusetts, and forming themselves into a separate State. Considerable opposition developed, but by a vote of twenty-one to eleven it was decided to send a delegate. The services, however, were scantily appreciated, for at a meeting of the town held Sept. 25, it was voted to expunge from the warrant Article 2, pro- viding for payment of Zimri Heywood for attending two conven- tions at Portland, and it was further voted not to send a dele- gate to attend a convention to be held at Portland in January, 1787, for further discussion. It appears that the convention at Falmouth in the early part of September had voted to refer the question of separation to the voters of the various towns so as to be able to get a more thor- ough expression of the people. Article 5, in a warrant issued calling a town meeting to be held on December 25, read "For 41 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLB every voter to give in his vote for or against a separate State." James Stackpole was elected Moderator. The meeting proceeded in the usual quiet manner until Article 5 was reached. The rec- ord of the meeting relating to Article 5 is as follows: "It was requested to bring in the yeas and nays for and against a separate State. There was a small number brought in; the people then got so disorderly that they would not act any further on the Warrant though requested sundry times to be silent and act on the business of the day or dissolve the meeting, but they continued in such disorder that the moderator declared that he would not have anything more to do with it. The meeting was then broken up without being legally adjourned or dissolved." 1787 At a special town meeting called December 17, Jonah Crosby was chosen a delegate "to attend a Convention to be holden at the- State House in Boston on the second Wednesday of Janu- ary next to see if the people will accept the New Constitution or Form of Government as set forth by the Convention held at Philadelphia September the seventeenth A. D. 1787." The Federal party was formed in this year from the Strong Government or Constitutional party. They elected two Presi- dents, Washington for two terms, and Adams one term. They advocated a tariff, funding of the public debt, a United Slates Bank and assumption of state debt by the government. They favored England as against France, and opposed the war with England in 1812. 1788 February 6. The constitution of the United Spates of America was ratified by the State of Massachusetts. The first election for United States officers was held at Fort Halifax, Dec. 18. For member of Federal Court, to be holden 42 CHRONOLOGY at Philadelphia, to represent the counties of York, Cumberland and Lincoln, the following vote is recorded: George Thacher, 9 Samuel Thompson, 1 March 3. It was voted "That the Selectmen sign a petition to the General Court praying that there may be a Probate Court and Register of Deeds established in the Northwesterly part of the County of Lincoln." This was the beginning of a movement that led to the formation and erection of Kennebec County in 1799. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Previous to 1804, each elector voted for two candidates for President. The one who received the largest number of votes was declared President, and the one who received the next largest number was declared Vice President. The electoral votes, for the first President of the United States were : George Washington of Virginia, 69 John Adams of Massachusetts, 34 John Jay of New York, 9 R. H. Harrison of Maryland, 6 John Rutledge of South Carolina, 6 John Hancock of Massachusetts, 4 George Clinton of New York, 3 Samuel Huntingdon of Connecticut, 2 John Milton of Georgia, 2 James Armstrong of Georgia, 1 Benjamin Lincoln of Massachusetts, 1 Edward Telfair of Georgia, 1 Washington was chosen President and Adams Vice President. They were both Federalists. The Commonwealth of Massachu- setts was entitled to ten electoral votes, all of which were thrown- 43 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE for Washington and Adams. The election in the town of Wins- low was held at Fort Halifax on Dec. 18, 1788. The following vote for electors is recorded: William Widgery, 6 Henry Dearborn, 2 Daniel Coney, 6 1790 Population of Winslow, 77 Population of Lincoln County, 29,962 Population of the District of Maine, 96,510 There were no slaves in Massachusetts proper and nono in the District of Maine. There were sixteen in Vermont, one hun- dred and fifty-eight in New Hampshire, nine hundred and foviy- eight in Rhode Island, and two thousand seven hundred and sixty- four in Connecticut. Election Oct. 4, for members of Federal Court: William Lithgow, 22 Thomas Eice, 14 George Thacher, 7 ' Henry Sewall, 2 John Gardiner, 1 1791 It was voted not to raise any money for preaching. Election for members of the Federal Court Jany. 25th: William Lithgow, 32 George Thacher, 3 A vote taken on May 2 on the question of the separa- tion of Maine from Massachusetts resulted in fifty-two votes in favor of the separation. 44 CHRONOLOGY A petition was sent to the General Court praying for author- ity to conduct a lottery, the proceeds to be used for building a bridge across the Sebasticook Kiver. DIVISION OF THE TOWN The first articles appearing in the warrant for the divi- sion of the town of Winslow and the formation of a new town on the westerly side of the Kennebec Kiver, were posted in this year. Dissatisfaction arising from the inconvenience of crossing the river to attend religious services and town meetings were the primary causes of the division that was finally effected in 1802, At the annual town meeting held March 7, the town voted thir- teen in favor and seven opposed on an article favoring the divi- sion. Owing to the smallness of the vote or some other reason of sufficient import, the vote was not considered binding, for a similar article appeared in the warrant calling another meeting that was held on April 7. At this meeting the article was dismissed. 1792 Vote taken May seventh, 1792, on the question of the sep- aration of Maine from Massachusetts: Yes, 46 No, 19 Vote for member of Congress Nov. 2, to represent the counties of Lincoln, Hancock and Washington: William Lithgow, 14 Daniel Cony, 11 Henry Dearborn, 6 Arthur Lithgow, Ezekiel Pattee and Josiah Brewer, Justices of the Peace, Solomon Parker, Deputy Sheriff. Lincoln County proportion of tax No. 9 was: County tax, 776-8-18, Paid by representatives, 141-18, 45 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE State tax, 25365-2-7, Paid by representatives, 4111-14. Five regiments of militia in Lincoln County. The eighth regiment in division and fifth in brigade was commanded by Ezekiel Pattee, Colonel, and John Moore, Lieut. Colonel. Owing to the action of the town wherein they had voted not to hire any preaching the year previous "a bill was found against the town in the Court of General Sessions of Lincoln County." On March fifth it was voted, "That Ezekiel Pattee, Esq., attend the next Court of General Sessions to be held in the County of Lincoln, as an Agent in behalf of the town to make defense against a presentment brought against the town for not having preaching, etc." Vote for President and Vice President. The election was held at Fort Halifax, Nov. 2. Massachusetts was entitled to sixteen electoral votes. They were cast for George Washington for President, and John Adams for Vice President. The follow- ing vote is recorded: Electors, County of York: George Thacher, 16 Nathaniel Wells, 1 County of Cumberland: Daniel Davis, 9 Peleg Wadsworth, 7 Counties of Lincoln, Hancock and Washington: Thomas Eice, 10 George Warren, 11 Alex. Campbell, 4 Genl. Dearborn, 2 46 CHRONOLOGY 1793 Nov. 4, a Public Building Committee was chosen consisting of Jonah Crosby, Josiah Hayden and Ezekiel Pattee. Voted in annual meeting that one-half of the preaching should be on the east side, and half on the west side, also that the town meetings should be held alternately on the east and west side. RATES OF POSTAGE Single letter, 30 miles 6 cents, 60 miles 8 cents. 100 miles 10 cents, 150 miles 12i/ cents. 200 miles 15 cents, 250 miles 17 cents. 350 miles 20 cents, 450 miles 22 cents, more than 450 miles 25 cents. No allowance made for intermediate miles. Double letters, double fare ; triple letters, triple fare. Every package weighing one ounce or more, rate of four single letters for each ounce. TOWNS AND PLANTATIONS IN LINCOLN COUNTY IN 1793 TOWNS Pownalborough, Georgetown, Bath, Woolwich, Bristol, Tops- ham, Bowdoinham, Bowdoin, Newcastle, Waldoborough, Boothbay, Edgecomb, Nobleborough, Gushing, Thomaston, Warren, Camden, Union, Canaan, Norridgewock, Fairfield, Greene, Vassalborough, Sydney, Hallowell, Winthrop, Eeadfield, Pittston, Winslow, Mon- mouth, Mount Vernon, Belgrade. PLANTATIONS Hancock, Starling, New Sandwich, Smithfield, Meduncoke, Baliftown, Lewistown, Livermores, Little Eiver, Littleborough, 47 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OP WATERVILLE Phips, Tyngs, Chester, 25 Mile Pond, Carytunk, Gore, Roekameth, Jones, Prescotts, Carrs, 7 Mile Brook, Wymans, Mouth Sandy River, Sandy River No. 1, 2 and 3. The Democratic-Republican party was formed in this year. Its members were men taken from the Anti-federalists, the Repub- lican or Jeffersonian party, and Democrats or sympathizers with the French Revolutionists. Elected three Presidents: Jefferson two terms, Madison two terms, and Munroe two terms. They favored State rights, France as against England, war with Eng- land, purchase of Louisiana, Missouri Compromise, Munroe Doc- trine, free trade in 1800, and a protective tariff in 1828. 1794 Annual town meeting held at the dwelling house of George Warren. ^ On Nov. 3, an article favoring the division of the town was dismissed. . A convention of delegates from the towns within the border of the proposed new State was called, to be held at Portland on the second Tuesday in October, 1794. At a meeting of the town held Sept. 5, Col. Josiah Hayden was chosen a delegate to attend the convention. 1795 Annual town meeting held at the dwelling house of Richard Thomas. A petition was sent to the General Court of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, praying for the division of the town, and asking that the new town might be called "Williamsburgh. 48 CHRONOLOGY Obadiah "Williams, Eepresentative to the General Court from Winslow assisted in the ceremonies, on the part of the Legisla- ture, in laying the corner stone of the present State House in Bos- ton. The corner stone was laid July 4, 1795, by Governor Sam- uel Adams, assisted by Paul Severe, Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons. The stone was drawn to the spot by fifteen white horses, representing the number of States of the Union at that time. 1796 Annual town meeting held at the residence of Elnathan Sher- win. Tax No. 13 assessed June 13, 1796. Total State tax $154,- 294.36, Lincoln County proportion $7589.03. Arthur Lithgow, Lieut. Col. William Kendall and Elnathan Sherwin, Majors 8th Division, 2nd Reg% 2nd Brigade, Massachu- setts militia. Justices of the Peace: Obadiah Williams, Arthur Lithgow, Ezekiel Pattee and George Warren. Deputy Sheriff, Ephraim Town. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT The election was held at Fort Halifax on Nov. 7. The follow- ing vote is recorded for electors: . "Arthur Lithgow, 31 Thomas Rice, 30" Massachusetts' sixteen electoral votes, were given John Adams of Massachusetts for President, and Thomas Pinckney of South Car- olina for Vice President. They were the candidates of the Feder- alist party. 49 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLB EAST MEETING HOUSE BUILT The name East Meeting House was not applied to this building until after the division of the town in 1802, and then to distinguish it from a meeting house in the western part of the town (now Oakland) that was called the West Meeting House. The building was erected as a place for public worship, and from 1796 until 1802 was presided over by Kev. Joshua Cushman, a minister of the gospel, one of the most highly educated gentlemen of his time, exceptionally liberal and broad-minded, and whose career was extraordinary and brilliant. The character of this com- munity, even today, can be traced back through the records to his teachings and counsels. He was known as a "town minister" and was paid for his services by the town of Winslow. He was elected to numerous positions of honor in town, State and nation, Eepre- sentative, State Senator, and Member of Congress; he performed his duties with ability and with credit to himself and his constitu- ency. After the various religious denominations began to organize and increase in numbers, the meeting house was apportioned to the various societies. About 1830 its use on the Sabbath was equally divided between the TJniversalists, Free-will Baptists and Baptists, however, the town, with its usual liberality, in the vote granting the use of the building to these societies, made the wise provision that should any other sect increase in numbers sufficiently to require a place of public worship, the selectmen should make a new allotment immediately. The original building has been re- built and repaired several times, and enlarged. Almost without exception, all the town meetings of every character were held in this building until the adoption of the city charter, and the divi- sion of the city into wards in 1888. Its uses have been many and varied. A house of worship in the early days, a place of public meeting, could its wall but re-echo the sounds of a hundred years, together with the stern Puritanic sermon with all its impressive- ness, would be mingled the excited hum of more excited voices in 50 CHRONOLOGY general babel of Federal, Whig, Democrat and Republican in poli- tical contest, the call for arms, resolutions of sympathy, oratory galore, the laugh of the minstrel, and the music of the dance. The building was moved to its present position at the commencement of the erection of the present City Hall, and is now used princi- pally as an armory for the use of the local company of militia, an occasional caucus, political meetings, and amusement gather- ings. 1797 Annual town meeting held at the residence of Elnathan Sher- win. Kennebec Medical Association instituted; Dr. Moses Appleton, elected Secretary. May 10. Vote on separation of Maine from Massachusetts. Yes, 137 No, 2 1798 Commencing this year all the town meetings were held in the churches, alternating by meetings first on the west side of the river and then on the east. This arrangement continued until the divi- sion of the town in 1802. 1799 Rev. Joshua Cushman was instructed by a vote of the town held April 1 to preach every fourth Sunday at West Pond. KENNEBEC COUNTY After repeated efforts on the part of the residents of the north- ern part of Lincoln County, they succeeded in effecting the pas- sage of an act through the General Court, providing for the erec- tion of a new county. The demands were based principally upon 51 the necessity for a registry of deeds nearer the northern towns, and more convenient privileges of attending the courts which were becoming heavily burdened owing to the large area covered by the County of Lincoln, requiring numerous and long continued ses- sions. The act incorporating Kennebec County was signed by the Governor, February 20. 1800 Population of Winslow, 1250. Population of the District of Maine, 151,719. 1801 At a special town meeting held on Dec. 8, to act on an article in a warrant relating to the division of the town of Winslow, it was voted to petition the General Court to divide the town, and provide for the erection of a new town on the west side of the river. Keuben Kidder, Thomas Eice, Josiah Hayden, Nehemiah G. Parker and Asa Soule were chosen a committee to present the petition to the General Court. PETITION FOR THE DIVISION OF THE TOWN OF WINSLOW To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Winslow, in the county of Kennebec, being a committee chosen by said Town in Town meeting assembled, humbly Eeport to your Honours that it is the wish of the Inhabitants of the said Town that the territory lying on the westerly side of said Eiver, in said Town, as it is now bounded, should be set off from said Town by the name of Waterville, Your petitioners in behalf of said Town, beg leave to offer to your Honours, the following reasons: That the value of the property now owned in said Town is nearly equally divided on each side of said river. 52 CHRONOLOGY That the Town and religious meetings are held alternately at the meeting houses now erected on each side of said river, and that in several parts of the year it is very difficult and almost im- possible to cross said river to attend said meetings. That in the spring season, at the annual meetings held in said Town, the Inhabitants thereof living on the opposite side from where the said meeting is to be held, are frequently prevented by the particular situation of said river from crossing the same to attend said meeting. That said river nearly divides said Town of Winslow in equal halves. Wherefore your Petitioners in behalf of said Town humbly pray that said territory may be set off, and as in duty bound will ever pray. (Signed) Asa Soule, Thomas Eice, Nehemiah A. Parker, Josiah Hayden, Reuben Kidder, (Com. of the Town of Winslow.) That the now Town of Winslow shall be divided through the middle of the river Kennebeck as the river usually runs across the width of said Town. That that part of said Town which lay on the Eastern side of the Kennebeck shall retain the name of Winslow, and the part which lay on the Western side be erected into a town by the name of Water ville. That all debts except such as concern meeting houses that shall be due from the Town when divided, or damages the Town may be liable to pay, shall be apportioned and paid by each Town according to the present valuation. 53 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE That Josiah Hayden, Esq., being the only Selectman of the present Town of Winslow, residing on the east side of the Kenne- beck river, shall, after a division, have power to call the first meet- ing without consulting his colleagues. The above are articles agreed on by us in a division of the now Town of Winslow, in behalf of said Town. (Signed) Josiah Hayden, Eeuben Kidder, Asa Soule, Nehemiah A. Parker, Thomas Rice, Committee. i 1802 Waterville incorporated as the one hundred and thirty-eighth town in the District of Maine, June 23. INCORPORATION ACT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two. An act to divide the Town of Winslow in the County of Ken- nebec, and to incorporate the westerly part thereof into a separate Town by the name of Waterville. Section 1st. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that all that part of the town of Winslow which lies on the west side of the Kennebec river, as known by its present bounds, and by a line drawn on the middle of Kennebec river as its future eastern boundary, be and is hereby incorporated into a separate Town by the name of Waterville. And the inhabitants of ye said town are hereby invested with all the powers, privileges,. 54 CHRONOLOGY rights, and immunities, with which other Towns are invested by the Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth. Section 2nd. And be it further Enacted, that the said Town of Waterville shall pay all arrears of taxes, which have been assessed upon them, together with their proportion of all debts owed by the said Town of Winslow prior to the date of this Act, excepting such debts as concern the building of their Meeting Houses, which shall be due from the said Town when divided, or damages the Town may then be liable to pay, shall be apportioned and paid in proportion according to the present valuation, and all dues and demands, other than those which include the expenses of Meeting Houses, belonging to the Town when divided, shall hereafter be adjusted, divided and paid to each of said Towns in proportions according to the present valuation. And the pro- ceeds of the sales of all pews on the lower floors in the two Meet- ing Houses standing on the banks of the Kennebec, as also the Monies voted to complete the same, shall be equally divided between the said Town after a division; and the monies assessed for building a meeting house in the west pond settlement, shall be paid and exclusively appropriated for that purpose, and sub- ject to no demand of said town of Winslow. ' t Section 3rd. And be is further Enacted, that all future State taxes which may be levied on the two Towns aforesaid, previous to a new valuation, shall be assessed and paid in the proportion of two-fifths by the Town of Winslow, and three-fifths by the Town of Waterville. Section 4th. And be it further Enacted, that all property now belonging to the said Town of Winslow, not mentioned in the foregoing section, shall be divided between the said Towns in the proportion as mentioned in the second section of this Act. Section 5th. And be it further Enacted, that any Justice of the Peace of said County of Kennebec, be and he is hereby author- ized upon application thereof, to issue a Warrant directed to some 55 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE suitable person, an inhabitant of the said Town of Waterville, requiring him to notify and warn the Inhabitants thereof qualified to vote in Town affairs, to assemble at such convenient time and place as shall be expressed in the said Warrant, to choose such offi- cers as Towns are by law empowered to choose in the months of March or April annually. In the House of Eepresentatives, June 23, 1802. This Bill having had three several readings passed to be Enacted. John C. Jones, Speaker. In Senate June 23, 1802. This Bill having had two several readings passed to be Enacted. David Cobb, President. June 23, 1802. By the Governor approved. Caleb Strong. A true copy. Attest : John Avery, Secretary. A true copy of the original. Attest : Abijah Smith, Town Clerk. TOWN OF WATERVILLE Warrant for the first Town Meeting: Kennebec ss. To Moses Appleton of Waterville in said County of Kennebec, Phy- sician. Greeting: By virtue of an act of the General Court passed in June, A. D. 1802, entitled an "Act to divide the Town of Winslow in the County of Kennebec, and to incorporate the westerly part thereof into a separate town by the name of Waterville." And also by said Act, authorizing any Justice of the Peace in the said county of Kennebec to issue a Warrant directed to some suitable person, 56 CHRONOLOGY an inhabitant of the said Town of Waterville, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabitants thereof, qualified by Law to vote in Town affairs, to assemble at such convenient time and place as shall be expressed in said "Warrant, to choose such officers as Towns are by Law authorized to choose in the months of March or April annually. You are therefore in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby required forthwith to notify and warn all the Inhabitants of said Town of Waterville qualified by law to vote in Town affairs (either personally or by leaving a written notifi- cation at their usual place of abode, expressing the time, place, and purpose of said meeting), to meet at the public meeting house in Ticonic Village in said Waterville, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, instant, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz : 1st. To choose a Town Clerk, Selectmen, Treasurer, and all other necessary Town officers for the present year. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon unto me, the subscriber, on or before the time appointed for said meeting. Given under my hand and seal at Waterville, the thirteenth day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and two. Asa Eedington, Justice of the Peace. Kennebec ss. Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I have notified all the inhabitants of said Waterville, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the time and place above mentioned in the man- ner therein described. Moses Appleton. / 57 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE RECORD OF THE FIRST TOWN MEETING July 26, 1802. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of said Town of Water- ville, held at the meeting house in Ticonic Village, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July A. D. 1802, by virtue of the fore- going warrant, 1st. Voted that Elnathan Sherwin, Esq., be Moderator to govern said meeting. 2nd. Voted that Abijah Smith be Town Clerk for the pres- ent year, who has sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of said office. Selectmen: Elnathan Sherwin. Asa Soule. Ebenezer Bacon. Town Treasurer: David Pattee. Assessors: Samuel Downing. Abijah Smith. Hugh Osborne. Constable: Moses Courson. N. B. He agreed to transact the Town business gratis. Surveyors of Highways: Moody Crowell, Nathaniel Low, Lot Sturtevan, Thomas Parker, Jr., James Howe, Moses Dalton, Ambrose Bines, Thomas Cook, Nahum Nasson, Thomas Magrath, Reuben Shorey, John Pierce. Surveyors of Lumber: Abijah Smith, William Dalton, Jonathan Combs, Asa Moors. Edward Piper, Caulkers of Stoves: Edward Piper, William Dalton. 58 CHRONOLOGY Measurer of Wood: Sealers of Leather: John Pierce, Tything Men: John Searls, David Pattee, School Agents: Elisha Hallett, Nehemiah H. Parker, Asa Soule, Isaac Corson, Fish Wardens: Jeremiah Fairfield, Jonathan Haywood, Fence Viewers and Field Drivers: Thomas Magrath, Bryant Williams, Ambrose Eines, Saxon: Pound Keepers: Thomas Cook, Hog Reeves: Nathaniel Getchell, David Jackins, Nathaniel Gilman, Alexander McKechnie, Peletiah Soule, Spencer Thayer, Asa Soule, Joseph Warren, James Rowe, 59 William Dalton. Herbert Moors. Eichard Moors, Samuel Wade. Thomas Parker, Wilson Colcord, Micah Ellis, John Streeter, Ebenezer Bacon, Jonathan Soule, Thomas Cook, David Webb, Jr., Solomon Varney. David Pattee. James Stackpole, Jr. Moses Appleton, Ephraim Getchell, Lot Sturtevan, James Ballard, Isaac Corson, Benjamin Crommett, Benjamin Rines, Nahum Nasson, Samuel Shores. MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE Warrant for a Congressional election in 1802 showing the qual- ification required of a voter at that time. To Capt. Abijah Smith of the Town of Waterville, Greeting: You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the male inhabitants of said Town, being twenty-one years of age and resident of said town for a space of one year next preceding, having an annual income of three pounds or any estate to the value of sixty pounds, to meet at the East Meeting House in said Town, on Monday the first day of November next at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, to give in their votes for some suitable person (to the Selectmen) for a Eepresentative for the District of Kennebec, to represent them in the Congress of the United States. Elnathan Sherwin, Asa Soule, Ebenezer Bacon, Selectmen. At a town meeting held in August it was voted to hold the town meetings alternately at the two meeting houses, that is, at the East Meeting House, now the Armory at Waterville, and at the West Meeting House in that part of the town which is now Oakland. 1803 APPROPRIATIONS : Current expenses, $ 500 00 Schools, 400 00 Preaching, 50 00 Highways, 1500 00 April 4 it was voted that the keeping of the town's poor should be "set up at auction. Mrs. E. was struck off to the widow L. at one dollar per week, and Mrs. W. struck off to Asa Moore at one dollar and forty cents per week." 60 CHRONOLOGY THE ORIGINAL EIGHT Houa DAY April 4 it was "Voted that the sum of $1.25 be allowed for a man, $1.00 for a pair of oxen, fifty cents for a plow, and twenty- five cents for a cart, for each day while employed on the highways, and that eight hours shall constitute a day's work." Town divided into ten school districts designated as follows : No. 1, Ticonic district, No. 2, Hose's district, No. 3, "Ten lot" district, No. 4, Almon Soule's district, No. 5, Osbourn's district, No. 6, Crowell's district, No. 7, Tozer's district, No. 8, Low's district. No. 9, Moore's district, No. 10, Asa Soule's district. From time to time additional districts were added and lines changed. In almost all the early town meetings articles appear in the warrant asking the town to strike a family from one district and annex them to another, as the convenience to the new school- houses, that were being rapidly built at this time, required. 1804 The collection of taxes let to Capt. James Stackpole at 5% per cent., he being the lowest bidder. Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, Reuben Kidder, Cor- oner, James Stackpole, Jr., Deputy Sheriff, Abijah Smith. Field officers of the Massachusetts militia, Eighth Division, Sec- ond Regiment, Second Brigade, William Kendall of Waterville. Lieut. Colonel, Elnathan Sherwin and Nehemiah A. Parker of Wa- terville, Majors. 61 Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts met at Augusta sixth Tuesday next after the third Tuesday in April, and on the fourth Tuesday in September ; Court of Common Pleas and Sessions, third Tuesday in May, third Tuesday in August, and second Tuesday in December. Salmon and other fish were so plentiful at this time that it became necessary for the town to take special action to protect the health of the community from carelessness on the part of fishermen. The following appears in a record of a town meeting held in May, 1804: "Whereas the practice of dressing fish on the shores of the Kennebec River in Ticonic Village in Waterville, and leaving the filth and the inwards of the same to putrify, is highly injurious to the health and convenience of the inhabitants, and productive of evil consequences: It is therefore voted by the aforesaid inhabit- ants, that if any person or persons shall leave any stinking fish or the offals or the filth of the same, on the shore of said river any- where between the lower part of Capt. George Clark's shipyard, and the road leading from Isaac Temple's landing to the meeting house in said village, between the first day of April and the first day of October annually; he or they, so offending and being thereof con- victed, shall for each and every offence, forfeit and pay a fine of not more than three dollars nor less than fifty cents, one moity thereof to the use of the town, and the other moity to him or they that shall prosecute for the same." VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT The Constitution of the United States having been amended, the electors at this election voted for a President and a Vice Presi- dent. Massachusetts was entitled to nineteen electoral votes. They were cast for Thomas Jefferson of Virginia for President, and George Clinton of New York for Vice President. They were the successful candidates, and were the candidates of the Republican 62 CHRONOLOGY party. Following is the complete vote of the town of Waterville for electors, held November 5. Those receiving ninety-six votes were Kepublican candidates for electors, and those receiving twenty-one rotes were the Federalist candidates. At Large: Hon. James Sullivan, Boston, 96 Hon. Elbridge Gerry, Cambridge, 96 Hon. David Cobb, Goldsborough, 21 Hon. Oliver Wenctell, Boston, 21 Suffolk District: Hon. James Bowdoin, Boston, 96 Hon. John Coffin Jones, Boston, 21 So. Essex: Col. John Hathorn, Salem, 96 Hon. Benjamin Goodhue, Salem, 21 No. Essex: Dr. Thomas Kittredge, Andover, 96 Hon. Bailey Bartlett, Haverhill, 21 Middlesex: Hon. James Winthrop, Cambridge, 96 Hon. Eleazer Brooks, Lincoln, 21 So. Hampshire: Hon. Jonathan Smith, Jr., W. Springfield, 96 Hon. William Shepherd, Westfield, 21 No. Hampshire: Hon. Edward Upham, New Salem, 96 Hon. Ebenezer Maloon, Amherst, 21 Plymouth: Hon. James Warren, Plymouth, 96 Hon. William Sever, Kingston, 21 63 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLJE Bristol: Hon. Josiah Dean, Eaynham, 96 Hon. George Leonard, Norton, 21 Barnstable: Hon. John Davis, Barnstable, 96 Hon. Ebenezer Bacon, Barnstable, 21 So. Worcester: Gen. Timothy Newall, Sturbridge, 96 Hon. Joseph Allen, Worcester, 21 No. Worcester: Gen. John Whitney, Lancaster, 96 Hon. Josiah Stearns, Lunenburg, 21 Berkshire : Hon. John Bacon, Stockbridge, 96 Hon. David Easseler, Eichmond, 21 Norfolk: Hon. William Heath, Boxbury, 96 Hon. Cotton Tufts, Weymouth, 21 York: Hon. John Woodman, Buxton, 96 Hon. John Lord, Berwick, 21 Cumberland: Hon. Charles Turner, Turner, 96 Hon. Isaac Parker, Portland, 21 Kennebec: Col. Thomas Fillebrown, Hallowell, 96 Hon. Samuel S. Wild, Hallowell, 21 Lincoln: Hon. John Farley, Newcastle, 96 Hon. Thomas Eice, Wiscasset, 21 64 CHRONOLOGY 1806 Stage line established from Norridgewock to Hallowell through Waterville. School committee for the year, Moses Appleton, Reuben Kid- der, Timothy Boutelle, James Stackpole and Thomas C. Norris. May 5, it was voted to accept a report of the "meeting house committee" which recommended that "Reuben Kidder, meeting house agent, be allowed for labor and materials procured and expended." Agent Kidder's bill amounted to $1683.33. Among the items were : Paid William Kendall for 10000 ft. joist $50 00 Paid for 23% M shingles, 24 43 Paid for rum and cask, 42 33 Paid Isaac Temple for treading down potatoes and grass (supposed to be done while raising the frame), 2 50 1807 April 5. Vote taken on an article reading in part "And likewise to give in their vote on the following question, viz.: Shall the Senators and Representatives of the District of Maine make application to the Legislature for their consent to a separa- tion of the District of Maine from the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, and the same to be erected into a State." In favor, 90 Opposed, 22 1808 THE EMBARGO ACT The Embargo Act promulgated by Congress on December twenty-second, 1807, forbade American vessels to leave port. Hard- 65 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE ships, real and imaginary, presented themselves to the people and committees of protest were appointed, denunciatory resolutions adopted, and public meetings protesting against the course Con- gress had taken, were held throughout the country. Patriotism to the cause of America was given a severe test, but the citizens of young Waterville, always patriotic, showed their true spirit and loyalty as the following record will disclose: Article Four in a warrant issued Sept. 2, 1808, calling a town meeting to be held Sept. 17, reads : "To see if the town will petition the President of the United States to suspend the Embargo with wholly or in part according to the authority vested in him by law." At the meeting it was voted: "Instead of requesting the President to suspend the Em- bargo, to approve of it; and also to choose a committee to form an address or resolve on the subject. In proceeding to a choice the following gentlemen were elected: Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Asa Soule, Nathaniel Gilman, Elnathan Sherwin, Jon- athan Combs and Micah Ellis." 1809 Asa Eedington appointed postmaster. Poll tax assessed at $1.58. Eleazer W. Eipley, county attorney for Kennebec County. Officers of the fire department appear for the first time in the public records. Five persons were chosen to act as fire wardens as follows : Elnathan Sherwin, James F. "Wood, Moses Dalton, Asa Eedington and Eleazer W. Eipley. SOMERSET COUNTY Somerset County was incorporated in this year. The towns north of Waterville had increased rapidly and the older towns were 66 CHRONOLOGY growing larger and the requirements of the people made it neces- sary that a new county be formed. Previous to its incorporation it was embraced within the limits of Kennebec County. A movement was started to have Waterville become a part of the new county and on Monday, May 1, by a vote of fifty-nine in favor and fifty-three opposed, Eleazer W. Eipley, Timothy Bon- telle and Asa Eedington were chosen a committee to present a petition to the General Court asking that the town of Waterville be annexed to the county. The committee attended to its duties but the General Court declined to grant the petition. 1810 Population of Waterville, 1314. Population of Winslow, 658. Population of Kennebec County, 42,632. Population of District of Maine, 228,705. Eev. Joshua Cushman of Winslow elected State Senator from Kennebec County. James Stackpole appointed commissioner by Governor Gore to lay out a road from Augusta to Canada. 1812 VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Madison and Gerry, Republican, 78. Clinton and lingersoll, Federalist, 61. Massachusetts was entitled to twenty-two electoral votes and they were cast for DeWitt Clinton, Federalist, of New York for President. For Vice President Jared Ingersoll, Federalist, of 67 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE Pennsylvania, received twenty, and Elbridge Gerry, Eepublican, of Massachusetts, received two. James Madison, Eepublican, was elected President. SPEAKER RIPLEY One of the most distinguished political honors that was ever extended to a citizen of Waterville occurred in this year when Eleazer W. Eipley was elected Speaker of the House of Eepresenta- tives, General Court of Massachusetts, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Story. It is a significant tribute to the ability of any man to be elected to so important a position, but when we stop to consider that he was a "country member" from a remote country town, his ability must have indeed been marked to have been elected to such an honorable position, and shows he must have been held in high esteem by his colleagues. He was elected at the fall election in the same year as member of the State Senate from the Kennebec district. He resigned the office of Senator to enter the army. His promotion was rapid until he reached the rank of Major General. For his distinguished bravery at the battles of Chippewa, Erie and Niagara, Congress presented him with a gold medal and extended to him a vote of thanks. He resigned from the army in 1820 and became a resident of Louisiana. He represented his adopted State in the Congress of the United States for several terms. 1813 COLBY COLLEGE On February 27, a charter was granted by the General Court of Massachusetts to the Maine Literary and Theological Institu- tion. (Colby College.) EXCLUSIVE FISHING May 10. The town voted favorably on an article in a war- rant that read "To see if the town will choose a committee to 68 CHRONOLOGY confer with the town of Winslow on the subject of petitioning the General Court to make the salmon, shad and alewive fishing an exclusive privilege, equally to be enjoyed by both towns of Water- ville and Winslow." James Stackpole, Jr., Timothy Boutelle and James Hasty were chosen as the committee. 1815 Release and final settlement between the towns of Waterville and Winslow. We the undersigned, having been appointed a joint committee by the inhabitants of the town of Winslow and Waterville to adjust and make final settlement of all disputes and controver- sies, which exist between the said towns, and to settle all the claims and demands which the towns aforesaid have upon the other, respectfully in pursuance of the powers to us delegated, in behalf of the inhabitants of our respective towns, have made and entered into the following agreement, viz: In consideration of the sum of seventy-one dollars and sixty cents paid unto the inhabitants of the town of Waterville, by the inhabitants of the town of Winslow, by a town order drawn on the treasurer of the town of Winslow for the sum aforesaid, by the selectmen of said Winslow, payable to the treasurer of the town of Waterville for the use of said town, the receipt whereof the undersigned committee of the town of Waterville do hereby acknowledge, do hereby release, exonerate and discharge the inhabi- tants of the said town of Winslow of and from all claims, damages, costs and demands of every name, kind and description, which the said town of Waterville have upon the inhabitants of Winslow aforesaid; and particularly do we release and discharge to the in- habitants of Winslow, the action now pending in the Supreme Judicial Court for the counties of Kennebec and Somerset, in which action the inhabitants of said Waterville are plaintiffs and the inhabitants of said Winslow defendants, which said action and 69 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE the cause thereof, we hereby acknowledge settled, and the inhab- itants of Waterville are fully satisfied of all demands on which action was instituted; And we, the committee for the town of Winslow, for and in behalf of said town, in consideration of the above release and discharge, made and entered by the committee of Waterville aforesaid, for and in behalf of that town do hereby release, exonerate and discharge all claims, debts and demands of every description, which the said inhabitants of Winslow have upon the inhabitants of said Waterville. And we the committee of the aforesaid towns, by virtue of the power and authority vested in us by our respective towns, do hereby mutually agree that all dis- putes, demands, actions, causes of actions, costs, damages and controversies heretofore existing between said towns are finally adjusted and settled. In witness whereof we have interchangeably set our hands and applied our seals, this third day of March, Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifteen. Lemuel Paine, James L. Child, Ephraim Town, Committee of the town of Winslow. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us: Betsy Town, Ephraim Town, Jr. Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Jonathan Combs, Committee of the town of Waterville. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us : William Miller, Thomas Magrath. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the orig- inal release. Abijah Smith, Town Clerk. 70 CHRONOLOGY 1816 Timothy Boutelle elected Presidential Elector. April 1. Vote for Register of Deeds of Kennebec County. Abijah Smith, 79 Henry Small, 47 John Hovey, 25 Charles Hayden, 1 May 20. Vote taken on the question of the separation of Maine from Massachusetts. In favor, 135 Opposed, 38 Total vote in the District of Maine on the separation of Maine from Massachusetts. Yes, 11,969 No, 10,347 On June 20, the first act of the General Court favoring the separation was passed. The town was very desirous of securing the Maine Lit- erary and Theological Institution to locate within its borders. The promoters of the school had examined other sites at Farming- ton and elsewhere but had decided that Waterville was the most desirable place. However, tempting offers had been made by other municipalities and the final decision was in doubt for some time. Waterville voted to raise three thousand dollars to assist in the establishment of the institution but for some reason the amount was not paid. The town meeting called for the purpose was held January 16, and was largely attended. The following vote is recorded: "Voted to raise the sum of three thousand dollars, to be assessed by the assessors to be chosen at the next March meet- 71 MUNICIPAL, HISTORY OF WATERVILLE ing or April meeting, as soon as said assessors shall be notified by the President and Trustees of the Maine Literary and Theological Institution that said institution shall be located and established in this town, and when collected to be paid over to said President and Trustees, for the purpose of aiding in erecting the necessary build- ings, otherwise said sum is not to be assessed." TOWN VOTES NOT BE DIVIDED A petition was sent to the General Court asking for the divi- sion of the town of "Waterville. "Ticonic Village" on the banks of the Kennebec was a prosperous and growing community and the demands of the flourishing little village were beginning to become a troublesome question to residents of the western section of the town. At a special town meeting held May 20, an article was dismissed, viz: "To see if the town will agree to a division of the town." This meeting however was not satisfactory to the promoters of the new town and another special meeting was held Sept. 2, when the proposition was defeated by a decisive vote of one hundred and thirty-six opposed to sixteen in favor. To fur- ther express their opposition a vote was carried instructing the towns representative to the General Court, to use all means in .his power to prevent the division by the Legislature, and Ebenezer Bacon, Benjamin Foster and Abijah Smith were chosen to "draught a remonstrance in behalf of the town against division." THE STATE SEPARATION QUESTION (7) The following article appeared in the warrant for a meeting held Sept. 2: Art. 1. To give in their votes for a delegate or delegates, and the delegates chosen as aforesaid, shall assemble in conven- tion on the last Monday of September next at the meeting house near the college in Brunswick, in the District of Maine, to form 72 CHRONOLOGY a constitution for the said District of Maine if a majority of five to four of the votes returned are in favor of becoming an inde- pendent State. Art. 2. To give in their votes on this question: "Is it expedient that the District of Maine shall be separated from Massachusetts and become an independent State, upon the terms and conditions provided in an act entitled 'An act concern- ing the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts proper, and forming the same into a separate and independent State.' " The vote on Article 1 was as follows: Whole number of votes, 135 Necessary for a choice, 68 Benjamin Foster had, 83 Nathaniel Gilman, 35 Ebenezer Bacon, 11 Timothy Boutelle, 4 Abijah Smith, 2 Benjamin Foster, Esq., was declared to be chosen. Article 2: In favor, 114 Opposed, 51 1818 COLBY COLLEGE The Maine Literary and Theological Institution (now Colby College) opened and theological instruction commenced. The cit- izens of the town were extremely gratified in securing this institu- tion to locate among them. The contest among several towns had been spirited and the little town swelled with pride in securing the coveted prize. The establishment here of this institution of 73 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE learning has been of mutual benefit to both town and college. Citizens generally have given their hearty support for the needs of the college and the faculty and officers of the college have in return taken a deep interest in the welfare of the town and done their utmost to promote its best interests. The college has been especially fortunate in its graduates and among its alumni are some of the most prominent men in this country. It has always taken a leading part in social affairs and the athletic sports of the students have been enjoyed by everyone and their victories celebrated with a vim, while the gloom at on occasional defeat is as deep "down town" as in the dormitories. 1819 Literary department opened at the college. SEPARATION QUESTION May 5. Representatives to the General Court were instructed to use their efforts to effect a separation of Maine from Massa- chusetts and the Selectmen were chosen a committee to draft reso- lutions. June 19. Second separation act passed the General Court. July 26. The town voted in favor of the separation by a vote of one hundred and eighty-four to twenty-two. The total vote in the District of Maine cast July 26, was: Yeas, 17,091 Nays, 7,182 Sept. 20. Abijah Smith and Ebenezer Bacon were chosen delegates to attend a convention to be held at the Court House in Portland on the second Monday in October for the purpose of forming a constitution for the government of the State of Maine. 74 CHRONOLOGY Dec. 6. By a unanimous vote, in which one hundred and ten written ballots were cast, the town expressed its approbation of the constitution as promulgated at the convention at Portland. 1820 Population of Waterville, 1719. , Population of Winslow, 935. Population of Maine, 298,335. Baxter Crowell elected first representative to the Maine Legis- lature. Timothy Boutelle elected State Senator from Kennebec County. Joshua Cushman of Winslow a member of the 17th Congress. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT James Munroe of Virginia, Eepublican candidate for Pres- ident and Daniel D. Tompkins of New York, Republican candi- date for Vice President, received practically a unanimous election, James Munroe receiving 238 electoral votes and John Q. Adams one. The vote in Waterville for electors at large was as follows: Joshua Wingate, 31 William Moody, 35 James Campbell, 4 From the sixth congressional district, entitled to one elector: Jonah Prescott, 32 Joshua Cushman, 1 Thomas Rice, 1 75 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE STATE OF MAINE On March 15, Maine became a separate and independent State. The contest for this result had been actively before the people for thirty-five years. Almost year by year the citizens of every town in the district of Maine had been called upon to voice their sentiment with their ballots. At times the promoters were almost discouraged as session after session of the General Court declined their petition. At some sessions they were entirely ignored. Another feature of discouragement was the people them- selves, in numerous instances when the culmination of the desires of those interested in the formation of a new State seemed near at hand a strong opposition vote would be recorded, necessitating another long delay. With one exception the vote of Waterville was always in favor of the separation, although the majorities show considerable variation, but the records show that all had become reconciled to the change when the final ballot was taken. 1821 Joshua Cushman a member of the 18th Congress from Maine. Name of the Maine Literary and Theological Institution changed to Waterville College and chartered by the Lgeislature. LIQUOR LICENSES Fifteen liquor licenses issued at six dollars each per year, to the following persons: Simeon Mathews, Hallet and Bacon, Tim- othy Clement, Esty and Phillips, -James Hasty, Dr. Daniel Cook, John Burleigh, James Burleigh, Gardiner Waters, Nathaniel Gil- man, William Richards, Thomas Kimball, Daniel Ross, Shubarl Marston and Jediah Merrill. TICONIC BRIDGE One of the most important early improvements was the erec- tion of the so-called Ticonic Bridge across the Kennebec river, between Waterville and Winslow. It was of great convenience to 76 CHRONOLOGY the farming community and was one of the principal factors in making Waterville a prosperous business center. The Legislature incorporated the proprietors and the act was approved by the Governor on March 15, 1821. Among the original shareholders were: Nathaniel Gilman, Timothy Boutelle, Simeon Matthews, Jediah Morrill, Moses Apple- ton, James Stackpole, Asa Eedington, Increase E. Philbrick, Dan- iel Moor, Asa Faunce, Isaac Stevens, Nehemiah Getchell, Moses Dalton, Asa Redington, Jr., Daniel Cook, William Pearson, E. T. Warren, Reuel Williams, Jesse Eobinson, Increase Davis, Thomas Bond, E. Vose, Edmund Esty, Thomas Eice, Samuel Ap- pleton and Peleg Sprague. 1822 Twenty-three liquor licenses issued. Samuel Eedington, County Commissioner of Kennebec County. TOWNS IN KENNEBEC COUNTY IN 1822 Augusta, Chesterville, Clinton, Belgrade, China, Dearborn, Farmington, Fayette, Gardiner, Green, Freedom, Hallowell, Har- lem, Jay, Leeds, Ligonia, Gerry, Monmouth, Mount Vernon. New Sharon, Pittston, Eeadfield, Eome, Sidney, Temple, Unity, Vas- salboro, Vienna, Waterville, Wayne, Wilton, Winthrop, Win slow, 25 mile Pond Plantation. TICONIC BRIDGE The first meeting of the proprietors was held on May 21. James Stackpole was elected Moderator and Daniel Cook, Clerk. After voting to build a bridge, a committee of five was chosen "to select a suitable place on which to erect said bridge and to propose a plan and model to be adopted and to report at the 77 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE next meeting." Nathaniel Gilman, Moses Dalton, William Pear- eon, James Stackpole, Jr., and Edward Esty, Jr., were the mem- bers of the committee. 1823 Thirty-two liquor licenses issued. Asa Dalton appointed Postmaster. His compensation for the year amounted to eighty-six dollars and eighty-seven cents. 1824 TICONIC BRIDGE COMPLETED Ticonic Bridge was completed and opened to the public this year. Sixty-five hundred dollars had been appropriated and ex- pended by the proprietors. The bridge was of wood throughout and was substantially built but was not high enough and did not prove strong enough to withstand the severe strain of the heavy spring freshets, and was in constant need of repair. The by-laws provided that the gate should be kept open from sunrise until 9 P. M. By a special vote of the proprietors the mail stage was allowed to cross the bridge for twenty-five dollars a year. All other rates of passage were provided for in the act of incorporation. Following are a few of the rates in effect; taken at random from a long list which covered almost every conceivable object and animal in many various groups and combinations. Foot passengers, 2 cents. One person and horse, 12% cents. Single horse cart, wagon, sled or sleigh, 16 cents. 78 CHRONOLOGY Wheelbarrow, 5 cents. Sheep and swine in droves, each, 1 cent. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Adams and Calhoun, Kep., 76 Jackson and Calhoun, Eep., 17 Maine was entitled to nine electoral votes. They were cast for John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts for President and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina for Vice President. The opposing candidates for President were Andrew Jack- son of Tennessee, William H. Crawford of Georgia and Henry Clay- of Kentucky. No candidate having a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elected Adams as President. John C. Calhoun was chosen Vice President. All the candidates were Republicans. 1825 Hall J. Chase appointed Postmaster. His compensation amounted to $99.52. There were five ministers of the gospel residing in Waterville in this year. Rev. Jere Chaplin, D. D., Rev. Stephen Cbapiu, D. D., Rev. Avery Briggs, Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, and Rev. John Butler. Sept. 12. It was "voted to pay Rev. Sylvanus Cobb as com- pensation for damages done his chaise, in consequence of a defect in a bridge near Crommett's stream, the sum of seven dollars." TOWN HEARSE Jan. 7. Captain Getchell was chosen a committee to investi- gate the necessity of the town purchasing a hearse and instructed to report at a future town meeting. On April 5, seventy-five dol- lars was raised for the purpose. 79 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE On May 7, it was voted to pay the members of the militia, "twenty cents per day for attendance at muster and review in lieu of rations provided by law." 18?6 Part of the town of Dearborn annexed to Waterville. March 6. Appropriations: Support of Poor, $ 600 Schools, 700 Current Expenses, 200 Highways, . 2500 Independence Day celebrated with "parade, speeches, ringing of bells and firing of cannon." In a great freshet, March 25 to 27, Ticonic Bridge was car- ried away. It was immediately rebuilt. 1827 Jean Matthieu, first French emigrant, came to Waterville. March 19. The Selectmen and Superintending School Com- mittee were instructed by a vote of the town to hereafter make written reports of the expenditures and receipts together with a general review of the town business and to make recommenda- tions for the required amounts to properly conduct the business of the town. It was stipulated that copies of the report should be con- spicuously posted in two places at least three days before the date of the annual town meeting, and that a copy be filed with the town clerk. 80 CHRONOLOGY CANADA ROAD At a meeting held Jan. 20, at which Hon. Timothy Boutelle was chosen Moderator, it was unanimously voted to petition the Legis- lature of the State of Maine for the grant of a sum of money to be expended in making the Canada Road, so called, between Nor- ridgewock and the Canada line. Timothy Boutelle, Asa Reding- ton, Jr., and Abijah Smith were chosen a committee to memorial- ize the Legislature accordingly. On Feb. 12, the Legislature passed a resolve entitled "Resolve relative to the State Road north of the Bingham purchase" fav- oring the building of the road. June 21, Governor Enoch Lincoln appointed Abijah Smith an agent to assist in superintending the construction of the road. RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY The war between the Greeks and Turks was a cause of intense interest upon the part of the citizens of this country. The Greeks fighting to overthrow the power of the Turkish Government had the almost unanimous support and sympathy of the American people. The feeling of Waterville citizens can best be judged by the tenor of a resolution introduced by R. A. L .Codman, Esq., and unanimously accepted by a vote of the town March 19, as follows : Resolved: That the inhabitants of the town feel a deep in- terest in the eventful conflict between the Greeks and Turks, gloriously maintained by the former, at fearful odds, to secure to themselves liberty and independence, and to regain for themselves their rank among the nations of the earth. Resolved: That said inhabitants, feelingly sympathize in the privations and sufferings of the Greeks, do cordially approve of the motives that have operated a call for a meeting of the citi- zens of the county of Kennebec to be holden at Augusta on the second Tuesday of April next, to take into consideration suitable measures toward their relief. 81 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OP WATBRVILLE Eesolved : That two persons be chosen as delegates from this town to attend said meeting and, Eesolved: That Hon. Timothy Boutelle and Milford P. Nor- ton, Esq., be said delegates. 1828 First plank sidewalk built at the expense of the town. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Adams and Bush, Nat. Eep., 158 Jackson and Calhoun, Dem., 112 Maine was entitled to nine electoral votes. One was cast for Andrew Jackson, Democrat, for President, and eight for John Quincy Adams, National Eepublican. Andrew Jackson was elected President. Abijah Smith of Waterville was a candidate for Presidential Elector on the Democratic ticket. He was defeated by Joseph Southwick of Vassalboro, the candidate of the National Eepub- lican party. 1829 State Tax, $ 365 63 County Tax, 337 56 Town Tax, 2199 37 Elisha Hallett, Jr., appointed postmaster at the village of West Waterville. Sept. 10. An article in a warrant was dismissed favoring the erection of a county poor house to be used by all the towns in the county for a home for their poor, to be established with 82 CHRONOLOGY the object of procuring a more economical system of caring for this class of unfortunates. 1830 Nov. 1. James Stackpole, Jr., was appointed by Governor Hunton, an agent to collect and pay into the treasury of the State the balance due the State on account of fines, forfeitures and bills of costs between the fifteenth day of March, 1820, and the fif- teenth of March, 1830, under authority of resolve of February 16, 1828, Chap. 28 and March 15, 1830, Chap. 28. Mr. Stack- pole attended to the duties assigned to him and on Dec. 31, passed his report to the Governor and Council. It was immedi- ately approved and Mr. Stackpole was commended for his prompt- ness and efficiency. CENSUS OF 1830 Population of Waterville, 2216. Population of Kennebec County, 38,929. In a report authorized by an act of the Legislature in 1825, it is shown that there were, in 1830, 341 school districts and 19,561 persons between the school ages of four and twenty-one in the county. The law required that $16,032 should be raised annu- ally for the support of the schools. The amount actually raised was $18,203.08. In the valuation returns for the county the following table appears : Number of houses, 6012 Number of barns, 6076 Shops and stores, 1407 Printing offices, 5 Tanneries, 64 83 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE Grist Mills, 60 Saw Mills, 105 Clapboard machines, 2 Shingle machines, 2 Lath machines, 6 Carding machines, 51 Eope walks, 9 Distilleries, 12 Paper mills, 6 1831 Asa Kedington, Jr., County Attorney. Abijah Smith a member of the Governor's Council. 1832 Timothy Boutelle elected State Senator from Kennebec County. He was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. William Lloyd Garrison visited the town and made an address on the slavery question. March 11. It was voted that the Selectmen be authorized to contract with some suitable person to ring the bell of the Uni- versalist meeting house three times each day for one year. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Jackson and Van Buren, Dem., 228 Clay and Sargent, Whig, 187 Maine was entitled to ten electoral votes. They were cast for Andrew Jackson of Tennessee for President and Martin Van Buren of New York for Vice President, the Democratic candidates. Andrew Jackson, Democrat, was elected President. 84 CHRONOLOGY THE GREAT FRESHET OF 1832 The greatest freshet in the history of the Kennehec river occurred this year. The oldest inhabitants at that time could not recall when the water reached so high a point and it has never attained such a height since. Ticonic bridge was partially de- stroyed and was not thoroughly rebuilt for several years. Lack of financial support and the heavy expense of maintaining the bridge were the principal reasons that caused the proprietors to delay the rebuilding. Unprofitable business ventures were as unpopular in 1832 as at present and judging from the constant disasters the bridge must have been a losing proposition from the start. It is recorded that in 1835 Timothy Boutelle purchased fifteen shares of the stock at 25c a share. 1833 Timothy Boutelle re-elected State Senator. Abrjah Smith appointed postmaster by President Andrew Jackson. Daniel Combs appointed postmaster at West Waterville. 1834 Asa Redington, Jr., County Commissioner. March 3. It was voted to purchase two fire engines. The cost not to exceed over four hundred dollars each. Cash to be paid for one and the other one to be purchased upon credit for one year. (The engine was not purchased until 1836 and then by the Ticonic Village Corporation.) TEMPERANCE At this period in the town's history the Temperance question was being strongly agitated and the friends of the movement were 85 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE increasing in number and were beginning to make themselves a factor in the government of the municipality. At the annual town meeting held March 3, it was voted to authorize the selectmen not to grant licenses to persons to sell wine and other spirituous liquors to be drunk in their shops or stores for the ensuing year and the Selectmen were instructed to prosecute violators. This vote did not restrict taverns from selling. This action of the voters brought forth a storm of protests and the law was not enforced to any extent until several years later when a more effective measure was passed. A large number of dealers continued to sell liquors as before but there is no record to show that they were granted licenses to do so. At the same time, however, quite a few discontinued selling liquors, not that they feared the law so much but from the result of a genuine temperance movement which was spreading through the State. 1835 Asa Redington, Jr., elected State Treasurer by the Legislature. 1836 TICONIC VILLAGE CORPORATION Division of the town was always a live question. The needs of the "village" were many, and actual improvements that were really a necessity were strongly opposed by the "outsiders." After several years of discussion and to avoid continued quarrels, a village corporation was proposed and the legislature was petitioned to authorize the formation of the "Ticonic Village Corporation." The Legislature voted the necessary authority and the act was approved by Governor Dunlap, March 24, 1836. One of the very 86 CHRONOLOGY first acts of the corporation was to purchase the famous old hand fire engine, "Ticonic No. 1." VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Harrison and Granger, Whig, 146 Van Buren and Johnson, Dem., 129 Maine was entitled to ten electoral votes. They were cast for Martin Van Buren of New York for President, and Eichard M. Johnson of Kentucky, for Vice President, the Democratic can- didates. Martin Van Buren, Democrat, was elected President. 1837 Abijah Smith re-appointed Postmaster. March 13. Selectmen authorized to withhold all liquor licenses, both wholesale and retail, and that "tavern bars" shall be closed on the Sabbath day and evening. No action was taken by the licensing board on these instructions until Sept. 18, 1840. SURPLUS REVENUE MONEY Getting something for nothing has a very pleasing effect upon the average human being, and one can readily imagine the effect of an announcement that the United States Government was to divide the surplus of revenue money in the national treasury among the people of the country. Each State received its proportion in accordance with its population. The National Government allotted the amounts to the various States, and the States in turn made whatever disposi- tion of the funds their Legislatures chose. The Legislature of Maine voted to divide the sum received amongst the towns and plantations to be by them distributed equally among the people. Waterville divided its proportion equalty, every man, woman, and child receiving the same amount. 87 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE The act of those in authority in Maine, at that time, has been severely criticised. It was deemed by many that the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, in placing the moneys received to the credit of a school fund, had taken the wisest course, and many believe that Maine should have done the same. On April 10, a town meeting was called to act on a warrant issued by the proper officers which read as follows: "Act. I. To see if the town will vote to receive its proportion of the money which is or may be deposited with this State by the United States in pursuance of 'an act to regulate the deposit of public money' on the conditions specified in an act of this State, entitled 'an act providing for the disposition and repayment of the public money apportioned to the State of Maine on deposit, by the Government of the United States.' Act. II. To choose an agent to receive the money. Act. III. To see what disposition the town will make of the money; to choose committees, etc." It is needless to explain that when the hour arrived for call- ing the meeting to order, a large and interested crowd was pres- ent, and it was unanimously voted to accept the money and that Hon. Timothy Boutelle be an agent to receive it. Hon. Wyman B. S. Moor submitted the following motion : "Voted that the town will loan its proportion of the public money to the citzens of the town, and each inhabitant of this town enumerated by the census taken by virtue of the distribution act shall be entitled to borrow on his or her own private security, on interest, such a sum of said money as his or her share would have been had the said money been divided equally among the inhabi- tants of this town. That parents shall be entitled to borrow and 88 CHRONOLOGY receive on such parents' security the share or shares of their minor children. That the interest on said money so loaned shall not be collected until the principal is called for." The above was adopted with the following amendments: "Strike out 'his or her own private security' and insert 'safe and ample security/ inserting after the words 'on interest,' 'to be paid annually to the town treasurer.' )} "To strike out the last clause and insert 'The money so loaned shall be payable in sixty days after demand is made by the treas- urer, and the treasurer is hereby instructed to demand of each per- son who shall have received said money, and given his note there- for, payment of his said note whenever such person shall leave this town, and no note shall run for a longer term than two years/ " Hon. Timothy Boutelle was chosen an agent to pay out the money. It appears that after deliberation, the above arrangement for the distribution of the public money was not satisfactory, for on May 1, another town meeting was called and the vote recon- sidered by a vote of 137 yeas to 103 nays. A vote was passed which did not materially change the action of the first meeting, but called for the adoption of a form of receipt that should be used which read: "Received of the town of Waterville Dollars and cents, which I agree to repay whenever the State shall recall the portion of the surplus money deposited with said town with one per cent, interest." It was also added that orphans' shares could be loaned to guardians, but where there were no guardians, the money should remain in the treasury. 89 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE It was voted to choose a committee of three to handle the funds, and Eben F. Bacon, Wyman B. S. Moor, and Solomon Berry were chosen, and it was voted that Hon. Timothy Boutelle turn the money over to the town treasurer. Serious trouble arose immediately after this meeting. The town treasurer after receiving the funds could not see his way clear to pay the same over to the committee elected. On July 1 another meeting was called and Perley Low was chosen on the committee in place of Solomon Berry who declined to serve and it was voted, "that if the town treasurer refuses to pay over the money to the committee, to bring suit in the Court of Common Pleas," and it was further voted to post up notices on the east and west meeting houses when the surplus was ready to be paid. The threat of a suit in the Court of Common Pleas was not of sufficient terror to make the treasurer relinquish his hold on the money nor to make him change his mind from doing what he thought was his duty, but on July 22 a town meeting was called and a vote taken that caused the treasurer to retreat from his position, and turn the money over to the committee. Eben F. Bacon presented the motion, and it was voted "that if Augustine Perkins continues to withhold the surplus money from the town committee, after the adjournment of this meeting, that he be hereby requested to resign his office of treasurer and town clerk." Notices were posted a day or two following on the east and west meeting houses that the "surplus revenue money" was ready to be paid. On Sept. 11 it was voted to allow orphans without guardians to receive their share of the money, through friends to be designated by themselves. Mr. Appleton A. Plaisted received as his proportion, the amount of two dollars and fifty cents, in common with all the other inhabitants of the town. With this amount he purchased a little, red-covered Bible, which he still has in his possession. He 90 CHRONOLOGY prizes it very highly for it is doubtful if there is another article of any kind in existence in the city that was actually purchased with the much discussed "surplus revenue money." 1838 Timothy Boutelle elected State Senator. 1839 Eben F. Bacon, Sheriff of Kennebec County. Timothy Boutelle re-elected State Senator. At a town meeting held Feb. 11, the house was polled and the citizens unanimously voted against the proposed annexation of the town of Dearborn, and the Senator from Kennebec County was requested and the Eepresentative instructed to oppose the petition of Isaiah James and others before the Legislature. 1840 Population, 2,939. Polls, 527. Valuation, $539,548. Population Kennebec County, 51,384. Alpheus Lyons, member of the Governor's Council. Samuel Appleton appointed an assessor to take the valuation of the town for the State. At a town meeting held Jan. 25, one hundred and thirty citizens unanimously voted to oppose the annexation of the town of Dearborn. On Mar. 9, Eeuben M. Dorr and John Matthews were chosen a committee to attend the Legislature and oppose the annexation to the last extremity." 91 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OP WATERVILLE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Harrison and Tyler, Whig, 310 Van Buren and Johnson, Dem., 246 This was the famous log cabin and hard cider campaign. It was all Whig. Waterville went Whig. Maine went Whig, and the nation went Whig. The celebration of the victory in Water- ville is well remembered by some of the older inhabitants. Maine was entitled to ten electoral votes. LIQUOR LICENSES REFUSED The licensing board composed of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and Town Clerk met Sept. 18, and adopted the following resolu- tions : Resolved: By the Selectmen, Treasurer, and Town Clerk of the town of Waterville, that the opinion of the inhabitants of the said town, heretofore expressed in their instructions to the licensing board, by vote passed March 13, 1837, are in the opinion of this board entitled to the highest respect, as having their foundation in a just regard for the best interests of the people of this town, and for the happiness and well-being of society. Resolved: Therefore, that this board does not deem it neces- sary or consistent with the public good to license any person within said town to be sellers of wine, brandy, rum, or any other strong liquor by retail, and that no license for that purpose shall be granted by this board. 1841 William Dorr, Sheriff of Kennebec County. 1842 East meeting house repaired and fitted up for a town hall. Isaac Redington elected State Senator from Kennebec County. 92 CHRONOLOGY ELECTION FOR REPRESENTATIVE A bitter political contest was fought over the election of a member of the Maine House of Representatives. The first elec- tion was held Sept. 12. Five hundred and seventy-eight ballots were thrown, resulting in no choice, a majority of all the votes being required to elect. Nine meetings were held before a choice was secuVed, the final vote being taken Feb. 27, 1843. Wyman B. S. Moor was the Democratic candidate and continued in the fight until the end. The Whigs put several candidates in the field, but none were able to secure the necessary majority until Hon. Timothy Boutelle was persuaded to allow his name to be used. He received twenty-four votes more than the required majority in a total vote of four hundred and thirty. At this time the contests on election day were particularly close between the Democrats and Whigs for Representative to Legislature. It re- quired two elections in 1838, four in 1841, nine in 1842, four in 1843, three in 1844, and two in 1846 before a choice was made. 1843 David Coombs, County Commissioner. Samuel Appleton, postmaster of Waterville, compensation $536.05. William H. Hatch, postmaster at West Waterville, com- pensation $40.89. Dearborn Plantation (Oakland) annexed to Waterville. The Whigs made vigorous protests owing to the fact that the voting populace of Dearborn were mostly Democrats. A Democratic Legislature annexed the plantation, however, despite the opposition. 1844 Wyman B. S. Moor elected Attorney General of Maine. He .remained in office until 1848. 93 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE Sept. 9. The licensing board was instructed to license one person in the town to sell spirituous liquors, the profits to go to the town, a complete list of purchases to be kept, and no credit to be allowed anyone. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Clay and Frolinghuysen, Whig, 256 Polk and Dallas, Dem. 241 Maine was entitled to nine electoral votes. They were cast for James K. Polk of Tennessee for President, and George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania for Vice President, the Democratic candi- dates. James K. Polk was elected President. He received one hundred and seventy-nine electoral votes, and Henry Clay of Ken- tucky, Whig, received one hundred and five. 1846 Isaac Redington elected State Senator from Kennebec County. LIQUOR LICENSES At the annual town meeting the licensing board were instruct- ed to license two persons in the east village, and one person in the west village to sell wine, rum, brandy, etc., for medicinal and mechanical purposes only. The conditions of the license were that the profits should not exceed thirty-three and one-third per cent, and that no liquor should be sold to foreigners or persons not naturalized. 1847 Isaac Redington re-elected State Senator. The first number of the Eastern Mail, afterwards known as the Waterville Mail, issued. 94 CHRONOLOGY Samuel Wells, lawyer, who for a number of years had a very successful practice in Waterville, appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine, by Governor John W. Dana. NIGHT WATCH At a special town meeting called January 22, 1847, it was voted to establish a night watch, "To consist of fourteen sober, temperate, and moral men, who shall be voters of the town." It was decided that they should be appointed by the Selectmen, and "that two in the fourteen, shall in rotation, serve each night during the term." TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE The friends of temperance became very active in this year. They were in evident majority. Instructions were given the licensing board that were even more stringent than those previ- ously given. January 22, they secured the passage of a vote that chose Joseph Hill, William H. Pearson, George W. Pressey, and William C. Page as committee to furnish evidence to the town agent of all violation of the law. The selectmen were instructed to serve writs sued out by the town agent. Later in the year it was voted to increase the committee above mentioned to fifteen. The following persons were made members of the new committee: Johnson Williams, Moses Hanscom, Enoch Merrill, Joseph Hill, Rufus Nason, Cyrus Wheeler, John Cornforth, Jonathan Hig- gins, John R. Philbrick, William Golder, Samuel Redington, Sam- uel Scammon, George W. Pressey, Eusebius Heald, William Lewis. 1848 Annual meeting of the directors of the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad Co. held at the Town Hall on July 4. The following five Waterville gentlemen were chosen on the board of 95 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE directors: Timothy Boutelle, President, Jediah Morrill, John Ware, Eeuben B. Dunn, and Wyman B. S. Moor. VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Taylor and Filmore, Whig, 352 Cass and Butler, Dem., 158 Maine was entitled to nine electoral votes. They were cast for Lewis Cass of Michigan for President, and William 0. Butler of Kentucky for Vice President, the Democratic candidates. Zach- ary Taylor of Louisiana, Whig, was elected President, having one hundred and sixty-three electoral votes to one hundred and twen- ty-seven for Lewis Cass, Democrat. UNITED STATES SENATOR MOORE The greatest political honor that was ever received by a citi- zen of Waterville was the appointment of Hon. Wyman B. S. Moor to a seat in the United States Senate. He was appointed by Gov- ernor John W. Dana to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Hon. John Fairfield of Saco. He served his State with distinction and honor. He was a pronounced Democrat, but although his parti- san instincts were strong, his political career was distinguished as that of a fair-minded and upright public servant. His friends in all parties were legion and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, although of opposite political belief, accredited him with being one of the most able men of his time. His career in the Senate was brilliant and his duties were performed with such regard for care and detail that he won the confidence and respect of his colleagues, his party, and his government. 1849 Edwin Noyes elected a member of the Maine Senate. Streets in Ticonic Village in 1849 : Water, Front, Maine, Sil- ver, Elm, College, Mill, Sherwin, Pleasant, Cross, Temple, Union,. Church, Chaplin, and North. 96 CHRONOLOGY On Nov. 27, the first railroad train from Portland arrived. A great crowd gathered, bubbling over with enthusiasm, cannon was fired and bells rung. A banquet was held in the freight house, followed by a grand ball in the evening. PETITION FOR A NEW COUNTY The establishment of tne railroad, plans drawn for additions, and rumors of proposed plans, all making the town of Waterville their center, gave new importance to the two handsome and pro- gressive villages. Considerable capital had been invested by local business men and the future of Waterville began to appear very bright indeed. The surrounding towns also began to feel a new prosperity as the new and better facilities to communicate with the outside world had benefited them materially. The whole State, in fact, was steadily growing in population and wealth, deriv- ing the fullest benefits from an era of national prosperity. At this time agitation had commenced favoring a new county to consist partly of towns in Kennebec County and partly in Som- erset County, with Waterville as the shire town. So interested did the citizens become in the movement that a special town meet- ing was called July 8, that was largely attended, and it was voted "That the town give the use of the town hall for a Court House and county offices, provided a new county is formed with Water- ville as shire town agreeable to a petition now before the Legisla- ture." 1850 Population, 3964. Population Kennebec County, 57,908. Edwin Noyes re-elected member of the Maine Senate from Kennebec County. 97 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OP WATERVILLE Jan. 16. Asa Kedington, Jr., appointed Reporter of Decisions. He edited volumes 31 to 35 Maine Reports. 18 Pine Grove Cemetery dedicated June 1. March 10. Samuel Appleton and Isaiah Marston appointed a committee to purchase a farm with buildings for use of the town as an alms-house. It was stipulated that the cost should not exceed $3000. TICONIC BRIDGE March 10. It was voted "that the town of Waterville will pay the sum of three thousand dollars towards securing the sur- render of the Ticonic Bridge to the County of Kennebec, to be used and supported by the county as a free bridge, provided the further sum necessary for that purpose be raised by subscription, and provided the county commissioners accept said bridge to be used and supported by the county. Voted that James Stackpole, Jr., Joseph 0. Pearson, T. G. Kimball, Alpheus Lyon, and Samuel Kimball be a committee to petition the Legislature for the neces- sary powers to carry out the above vote and make the needful arrangements with the County Commissioners and for procuring the subscription." 1852 VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Pierce and King, Dem., 235 Scott and Graham, Whig, 269 Maine was entitled to eight electoral votes. They were cast for Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire for President and Wil- liam B. King of Alabama for Vice President, the Democratic can- 98 CHRONOLOGY didates. Franklin Pierce was elected President. He received two hundred and fifty-four votes in the electoral college to forty-two for Winfield Scott of New York, the Whig candidate. 1853 March 14. The town voted to dismiss an article in the warrant favoring the division of the town and the -formation of a new town to be called West Waterville. At the same meeting the opposition to the Maine liquor law secured a little satisfaction when they succeeded in securing the dismissal of an article favoring the appointment of a committee to assist in the enforcement of the liquor law. TICONIC COUNTY At a special town meeting held January 12, the following vote was passed : "Voted that the selectmen be instructed to peti- tion the Legislature for the incorporation of a new county to be called Ticonic County, and to be composed of Belgrade, Eome, Smithfield, Fairfield, Waterville, Clinton, Clinton Gore, Canaan, Burnham, Unity, Unity Plantation, Pittsfield, Detroit, Albion, Albion Gore, Winslow, and Benton, and to establish the town of Waterville as the shire town thereof." It was further voted that the use of the town hall be given to the new county and the Selectmen were authorizd to draw warrants for the expenses of the committee, not exceeding two hundred dollars. A bill was report- ed in the Legislature favoring the new county, but failed of a passage. 1854 Hand engine Thomas Gage. Until the Constitution. 1774, Oct., A Provincial Congress. 1775-1779 The CouncU. Under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1780-1784 John Hancock. 1785-1786 James Bowdoin. 1787-1793 John Hancock. 1794-1796 Samuel Adams. 1797-1799 Increase Sumner. 1800-1806 Caleb Strong. 1807-1808 James Sullivan. 1809 Christopher Gore. 1810-1811 Elbridge Gerry. 1812-1815 Caleb Strong. 1816-1820 John Brooks. 191 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLB UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MAINE 1820 William King Bath 1821 William D. Williamson, Acting Bangor 1821 Benjamin Ames, Acting Bath 1822 Albion K. Parris Paris 1827 Enoch Lincoln Portland 1829 Nathan Cutler, Acting Farmington 1830 Jonathan G. Hunton Readfield 1831 Samuel E. Smith Wiscasset 1834 Robert P. Dunlap Brunswick 1838 Edward Kent Bangor 1839 John Fairneld Saco 1841 Edward Kent Bangor 1842 John Fairneld Saco 1843 Edward Kavanagh, Acting Damariscotta 1844 Hugh J. Anderson Belfast 1847 John W. Dana Fryeburg 1850 John Hubbard Hallowell 1853 William G. Crosby Belfast 1855 Anson P. Merrill Readfield 1856 Samuel Wells Portland 1857 Hannibal Hamlin Hampden 1857 Joseph H. Williams, Acting Augusta 1858 Lot M. Morrill Augusta 1861 Israel Washburn, Jr Orono 1863 Abner Coburn Skowhegan 1864 Samuel Cony Augusta 1867 Joshua L. Chamberlain Brunswick 1871 Sidney Perham Paris 1874 Nelson Dingley, Jr Lewiston 1876 Seldon Conner Augusta 1879 Alonzo Garcelon Lewiston 1880 Daniel F. Davis Corinth 1881 Harris M. Plaisted Bangor 192 Warren C. Philbrook LIST OF OFFICERS 1883 Frederick Eobie Gorham 1887 Joseph B, Bodwell Hallowell 1887 Sebastian S. Marble, Acting Waldoboro 1889 Edwin C. Burleigh Bangor 1893 Henry B. Cleaves Portland 1897 Llewellyn Powers Houlton 1901 John F. Hill Augusta 1905 William T. Cobb Eockland LIST OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS Appointed by the King under the Second Charter. 1751-1757 Spencer Phips 1758-1769 Thomas Hutchinson. 1771-1773 Andrew Oliver. 1774 Thomas Oliver. Elected under the Constitution. 1780-1787 Thomas Gushing. 1788 Benjamin Lincoln. 1789-1793 Samuel Adams. 1794-1799 Moses Gill. 1800-1801 Samuel Phillips. 1802-1806 Edward H. Eobbins. 1807-1808 Levi Lincoln. 1809 David Cobb. 1810-1811 William Gray. 1812-1820 William Phillips. MODERATORS AND DATES OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS FROM THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WINSLOW 1771-1802 May 23, 1771, Timothy Heald; Sept. 17, 1771, Ezekiel Pat- tee; March 2, 1772, John Tozer; March 8, 1773, Ezekiel Pattee; March 7, 1774, Ezekiel Pattee; March 13, 1775, Ezekiel Pattee; March 4, 1776, Jonah Crosby; March 3, 1777, Ezekiel Pattee; 193 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE March 14, 1778, Timothy Heald, Sr.; March 5, 1779, John Mc- Kechnie; March 6, 1780, Ezekiel Pattee; March 5, 1781, Nathaniel Low; March 4, 1782, Ezekiel Pattee; March 3, 1783, Ezekiel Pat- tee; March 1, 1784, Ezekiel Pattee; March 7, 1785, James Stack- pole; March 6, 1786, James Stackpole; March 5, 1787, James Stackpole; March 3, 1788, Ezekiel Pattee; March 9, 1789, Ezekiel Pattee; March 1, 1790, James Stackpole; March 7, 1791, James Stackpole ; March 5, 1792, James Stackpole ; March 4, 1793, James Stackpole; March 3, 1794, James Stackpole; March 16, 1795, Arthur Lithgow; March 7, 1796, Arthur Lithgow; March 13, 1797, Josiah Hayden; March 5, 1798, Arthur Lithgow; March 4, 1799, Thomas Rice; March 3, 1800, Thomas Rice; March 9, 1801, Thom- as Rice; April 5, 1802, Thomas Rice. MODERATORS AND DATES OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS AFTER THE INCORPORATION OF WATERVILLE 1802-1887 July 26, 1802, Elnathan Sherwin; March 7, 1803, Nathaniel Low; March 5, 1804, James Stackpole; March 11, 1805, Ebenezer Bacon; March 17, 1806, Nathaniel Low; March 2, 1807, Nathaniel Low; March 14, 1808, Nathaniel Low; March 13, 1809, James Stackpole; March 12, 1810, Eleazer W. Ripley; March 11, 1811, Samuel Downing; March 10, 1812, Ebenezer Bacon; March 1, 1813, Samuel Downing; March 7, 1814, Samuel Downing; March 6, 1815, James Hasty; March 4, 1816, James Hasty; March 10, 1817, Eben- ezer Bacon; March 2, 1818, Ebenezer Bacon, March 1, 1819, Eben- ezer Bacon; March 6, 1820, Ebenezer Bacon; March 5, 1821, Eben- ezer Bacon; March 4, 1822, Daniel Cook; March 3, 1823, Ebenezer Bacon; March 1, 1824, Asa Redington, Jr.; March 7, 1825, Asa Redington, Jr.; March 6, 1826, Timothy Boutelle. March 5, 1827, Asa Redington, Jr. ; March 3, 1828, Timothy Boutelle; March 2, 1829, Asa Redington, Jr.; March 1, 1830, Asa Redington, Jr.; March 7, 1831, Samuel Wells; March 5, 1832, Samuel Wells; March 4, 1833, Samuel Wells; March 3, 1834, Timothy Boutelle; March 2, 1835, Alpheus Lyon; March 14, 1836, 194 LIST OF OFFICERS Timothy Boutelle; March 13, 1837, Alpheus Lyon; March 12, 1838, Alpheus Lyon; April 8, 1839, Timothy Boutelle; March 9, 1840, Timothy Boutelle; March 8, 1841, Timothy Boutelle; March 14, 1842, William Dorr; March 13, 1843, William Dorr; March 11, 1844, William Dorr; March 3, 1845, William Dorr; March 9, 1846, Stephen Stark; March 15, 1847, Stephen Stark; March 6, 1848, Stephen Stark; March 12, 1849, Eldridge L. Getchell; March 11, 1850, Eldridge L. Getchell; March 10, 1851, Theodore 0. Saun- ders ; March 8, 1852, Joseph Percival ; March 14, 1853, Joseph Per- cival; March 13, 1854, Joseph Percival; March 12, 1855, Solyman Heath; March 10, 1856, James Stackpole; March 9, 1857, James Stackpole; March 8, 1858, Dennis L. Miliken; March 14, 1859, James Stackpole; March 12, 1860, Eldridge L. Getchell. March 11, 1861, Solyman Heath; March 10, 1862, Eldridge L. Getchell; March 9, 1863, Thomas W. Herrick; March 7, 1864, Joshua Nye; March 13, 1865, Joshua Nye; March 12, 1866, Joshua Nye; March 11, 1867, Joshua Nye; March 9, 1868, Joshua Nye; March 8, 1869, Joshua Nye; March 14, 1870, Solyman Heath; March 13, 1871, Solyman Heath; March 11, 1872, Edmund F. Webb; March 10, 1873, Edmund P. Webb; March 9, 1874, Ed- mund F. Webb; March 8, 1875, Edmund F. Webb; March 13, 1876, Edmund F. Webb; March 12, 1877, Eeuben Foster; March 11, 1878, Eeuben Foster; March 24, 1879, Nathaniel Meader; March 15, 1880, Nathaniel Meader; March 14, 1881, Nathaniel Meader; March 13, 1882, Eeuben Foster; March 12, 1883, Eeuben Foster; March 10, 1884, Edmund F. Webb; March 16, 1885, Eeuben Foster; March 15, 1886, Eeuben Foster; March 14, 1887, Charles H. Eedington. TOWN CLERKS, 1771-1802 1771-1780 Ezekiel Pattee. 1781 Zimri Heywood. 1782-1784 Ezekiel Pattee. 1785 Solomon Parker. 195 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1786-1787 James Stackpole. 1788-1791 Ezekiel Pattee. 1792-1795 Josiah Hayden. 1796 A?a Redington. 1797 Josiah Hayden. 1798-1799 Edmund Freeman. 1800-1801 Jeremiah Fairfield. 1802 Charles Hayden. TOWN CLERKS, 1802-1887 1802-1808 Abijah Smith. 1809-1811 Thomas C. Norris. 1812-1833 Abrjah Smith. 1834-1836 Isaac Eedington. 1837-1846 Augustine Perkins. 1847-1849 Jones R. Elden. 1850-1851 John B. Bradbury. 1852-1855 Eldridge L. Getchell. 1856-1860 Solyman Heath. 1861 John B. Bradbury. 1862-1876 Everett R. Drummond. 1877-1882 Leonard D. Carver. 1883-1887 Sidney Moor Heath. SELECTMEN, 1771-1802 1771 Ezekiel Pattee, Timothy Heald, John Tozer. 1772 Ezekiel Pattee, Robert Crosby, Zimri Heywood. 1773 Ezekiel Pattee, Joseph Carter, John Tozer. 1774 Ezekiel Pattee, John Tozer, John McKechnie. 1775 Ezekiel Pattee, Jonah Crosby, Amanuel Smith. 1776 Ezekiel Pattee, Timothy Heald, Jonah Crosby. 1777 John Tozer, Jonah Crosby, Solomon Parker. 1778 Ezekiel Pattee, Solomon Parker, Ephraim Osborne. 196 LIST OF OFFICERS 1779 Ezekiel Pattee, Solomon Parker, John McKechnie. 1780 Ezekiel Pattee, John McKechnie, Jonah Crosby. 1781 Zimri Heywood, Solomon Parker, David Webb. 1782 Ezekiel Pattee, John McKechnie, Jonah Crosby. 1783 Ezekiel Pattee, Solomon Parker, Timothy Heald. 1784 Ezekiel Pattee, Zimri Hey wood, Benjamin Kunnels. 1785 Flint Barton, James Stackpole, Benjamin Runnels. 1786 Ezekiel Pattee, James Stackpole, Zimri Heywood. 1787 James Stackpole, Ezekiel Pattee, Jonah Crosby. 1788 Ezekiel Pattee, James Stackpole, Jonah Crosby. 1789 Ezekiel Pattee, James Stackpole, Joseph Cragin. 1790 Ezekiel Pattee, James Stackpole, Asa Soule. 1791 James Stackpole, Asa Soule, Josiah Hay den. 1792 James Stackpole, Josiah Hayden, David Pattee. 1793 Ezekiel Pattee, Josiah Hayden, David Pattee. 1794 Benjamin Runnels, Benjamin Chase, Obadiah Williams. 1795 Josiah Hayden, Arthur Lithgow, James Stackpole. 1796 Arthur Lithgow, Asa Redington, Daniel Carter. 1797 Josiah Hayden, Asa Soule, Elnathan Sherwin. 1798 Josiah Hayden, Asa Soule, Elnathan Sherwin. 1799 Josiah Hayden, Elnathan Sherwin, Jonathan Combs. 1800 Josiah Hayden, Jeremiah Fairneld, Jonathan Combs. 1801 Josiah Hayden, Elnathan Sherwin, Jonathan Combs. 1802 Josiah Hayden, Elnathan Sherwin, Asa Soule. SELECTMEN, 1802-1887 1802 Elnathan Sherwin, Asa Soule, Ebenezer Bacon. 1803 Ebenezer Bacon, Asa Soule, Abijah Smith. 1804 Ebenezer Bacon, Asa Soule, James Stackpole, Jr. 1805 Ebenezer Bacon, Samuel Downing, Abijah Smith. 1806 Ebenezer Bacon, Samuel Downing, Abijah Smith. 1807 Moses Dalton, Elnathan Sherwin, Samuel Downing. 1808 Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Asa Soule. 1809 Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Asa Soule. 197 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1810 Samuel Downing, Jonathan Combs, Elnathan Sherwin. 1811 Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Micah Ellis. 1812 Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Micah Ellis. 1813 Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Daniel Wells. 1814 Moses Dalton, Samuel Downing, Jonathan Combs. 1815 John Hasty, Baxter Crowell, Micah Ellis. 1816 John Hasty, Baxter Crowell, Micah Ellis. 1817 Ebenezer Bacon, Jonathan Combs, Moses Dalton. 1818 Ebenezer Bacon, Jonathan Combs, Moses Dalton. 1819 Ebenezer Bacon, Baxter Crowell, Asa Redington, Jr. 1820 Ebenezer Bacon, Baxter Crowell, Asa Redington, Jr. Note: Asa Redington, Jr., declined to serve as selectman and on March 9, Nehemiah Getchell was elected to fill the vacancy. 1821 Ebenezer Bacon, Nehemiah Getchell, Joseph H. Hallett. 1822 James Stackpole, Jr., Nehemiah Getchell, Joseph H. Hallett. Note : These gentlemen declined to serve and on March 9, the following gentlemen were elected : Asa Redington, Jr., Baxter Crowell, Perley Low. 1823 Ebenezer Bacon, Baxter Crowell, Richard M. Dorr. 1824 Asa Redington, Jr., Baxter Crowell, Perley Low. 1825 Asa Redington, Jr., Alpheus Lyon, Joseph H. Hallett. 1826 Asa Redington, Jr., Alpheus Lyon, Joseph Warren. 1827 Alpheus Lyon, Hall Chase, Benjamin Corson. 1828 Asa Redington, Jr., Benjamin Corson, Perley Low. 1829 Asa Redington, Jr., Benjamin Corson, Perley Low. 1830 Alpheus Lyon, Daniel Wells, Hiram C. Warren. 1831 Alpheus Lyon, Daniel Wells, Hiram C. Warren. 1832 William Pearson, Hiram C. Warren, Joseph Hitchings. 1833 Eben F. Bacon, Jonathan Combs, Jr., Perley Low. 1834 Ebenezer Balkcom, Hiram Crowell, Isaiah Marston. 1835 Eben F. Bacon, Jonathan Combs, Jr., Perley Low. 1836 Alpheus Lyon, Jonathan Combs, Jr., Nathaniel Getch- ell. 198 LIST OF OFFICERS 1837 Isaac Kedington, Nehemiah Getchell, Solomon Berry. Note : On May 6, it was voted that four additional selectmen be elected to assist in the "distribution of the public money." The following were elected : Benjamin P. Manley, Perley Low, Daniel Soule and William Hume. 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 ders. 1843 Saunders. 1844 Shores. 1845 1846 18.47 1848 1849 1850 Winslow. 1851 1852 1853 1854 worth. 1855 1856 mett. 1857 mett. 1858 1859 Alpheus Lyon, Jonathan Combs, Jr., Perley Low. Daniel Paine, Sewall Benson, Enos Foster. Samuel Appleton, Joseph Hitchings, Samuel Doolittle. Samuel Appleton, Joseph Hitchings, Samuel Doolittle. Samuel Appleton, Joseph Hitchings, Theodore 0. Saun- Samuel Appleton, Joseph Hitchings, Theodore 0. Samuel Appleton, Jonathan Combs, Jr., Thomas J. Samuel Appleton, Charles Hallett, Samuel Doolittle. Samuel Appleton, Charles Hallett, Samuel Doolittle. Samuel Doolittle, Johnson "Williams, Levi Kicker. Samuel Doolittle, Johnson Williams, Levi Ricker. Eldridge L. Getehell, Alpheus Lyons, Alfred Winslow. Samuel Appleton, Theodore 0. Saunders, Alfred Theodore 0. Saunders, Charles Hallett, Alpheus Lyon. Samuel Doolittle, Joseph Hitchings, Charles H. Thayer. Samuel Doolittle, Joseph Hitchings, Charles H. Thayer. Samuel Doolittle, Joseph Hitchings, George Went- Charles H. Thayer, Charles Hallett, George Wentworth. Charles H. Thayer, Charles Hallett, Llewellyn Crom- Charles H. Thayer, Charles Hallett, Llewellyn Crom- Joseph Percival, Charles Hallett, George Wentworth. Joseph Percival, Benjamin Hersom, George Wentworth. 199 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 mett. 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 Shores. 1873 1874 ton. 1875 ton. 1876 Arnold. 1877 Gray. Charles H. Thayer, John M. Libby, Noah Boothby. Charles H. Thayer, John M. Libby, Noah Boothby. Charles H. Thayer, John M. Libby, Noah Boothby. Noah Boothby, John M. Libby, Llewellyn Crommett. Joseph Percival, Benjamin Hersom, Charles A. Dow. Joseph Pereival, Benjamin Hersom, Charles A. Dow. Noah Boothby, William H. Hatch, Thomas W. Herrick. Noah Boothby, William H. Hatch, Llewellyn Crom- Noah Boothby, Samuel Blaisdell, Llewellyn Crommett. Noah Boothby, John M. Libby, William Balentine. Albion P. Benjamin, John M. Libby, George Eice. Albion P. Benjamin, John M. Libby, George Eice. Albion P. Benjamin, Winthrop Morrill, George E. Eeuben Foster, Winthrop Morrill, Noah Boothby. Eeuben Foster, Winthrop Morrill, Charles H. Eeding- Beuben Foster, Winthrop Morrill, Charles H. Beding- Charles H. Eedington, Martin Blaisdell, Willard B. Charles H. Eedington, Winthrop Morrill, Charles E. Note : On Aug. 27, a special town meeting was called to elect a selectman to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Winthrop Mor- rill. Mark Gallert was elected. 1878 Charles K. Matthews, Charles E. Mitchell, L. Eugene Thayer. 1879 Stephen I. Abbott, Charles E. Mitchell, L. Eugene Thayer. 1880 Stephen I. Abbott, Charles E. Mitchell, George Jewell. 1881 Stephen I. Abbott, Charles E. Mitchell, George Jewell. 200 LIST OF OFFICERS 1882 Eldridge L. Getchell, L. Eugene Thayer, George E. Shores. 1883 Eldridge L. Getchell, L. Eugene Thayer, Fred Pooler. 1884 Nathaniel Header, Charles E. Mitchell, George Jewell. 1885 Charles E. Mitchell, Dean P. Buck, John F. Merrill. 1886 Charles E. Mitchell, Dean P. Buck, George W. Keynolds. 1887 Charles H. Eedington, Fred Pooler, Howard C. Morse. TREASURERS, 1771-1802 1771-1780 Ezekiel Pattee. 1781 Zimri Heywood. 1782-1793 Ezekiel Pattee. 1794-1795 Timothy Heald. 1796 Nehemiah Getchell. 1797 Timothy Heald. 1798 James Stackpole. 1799-1800 Timothy Heald. 1801-1802 Asa Eedington. TREASURERS, 1802-1887 1802-1815 David Pattee. 1816 Eufus Blackwell. 1817-1821 Daniel Cook. 1822-1823 Abijah Smith. 1824-1825 Asa Eedington, Jr. 1826-1827 James Burleigh. 1828-1830 Asa Eedington, Jr. 1831-1832 James Stackpole, Jr. 1833 Asil Stilson. 1834 James Stackpole, Jr. 1835 Nathaniel D. Crommett. 1836-1837 Augustine Perkins. 1838 Eben F. Bacon. 201 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1839-1842 James Stackpole, Jr. 1843-1844 Eldridge L. Getchell. 1845-1846 Oliver Paine. 1847-1850 Nathaniel Stedman. 1851-1855 Eldridge L. Getchell. 1856-1859 Ira H. Low. 1860-1867 Charles R. McFadden. 1868-1869 Ira H. Low. 1870-1872 William McCartney. 1873 Charles H. Redington. 1874 Levi A. Dow. 1875 Marshall C. Percival. 1876 Joseph Percival. 1877 John Ware, Jr. 1878-1886 Edward H. Piper. 1887 Charles F. Johnson. TOWN AGENTS, 1803-1887 1803 Nathaniel Low. 1804-1805 Asa Redington. 1806 Jeremiah Fairfield. 1807 Ebenezer Bacon. 1808 Jonathan Combs. 1809-1810 Eleazer W. Ripley. 1811 Timothy Boutelle. 1812-1813 Reuben Kidder. 1814-1815 Benjamin Foster. 1816-1828 Timothy Boutelle. 1829 Samuel Wells. 1830 Asa Redington, Jr. 1831 Timothy Boutelle. 1832-1833 Samuel Wells. 1834-1837 Timothy Boutelle. 1838 David Combs. 202 LIST OF OFFICERS 1839-1843 Timothy Boutelle. 1844 Wyman B. S. Moor. 1845-1847 Stephen Stark. 1848-1850 Harrison A. Smith. 1851 Thomas W. Herrick. 1852 Stephen Stark. 1853-1854 Josiah H. Dnimmond. 1855 Solyman Heath. 1856-1857 Josiah H. Drummond. 1858 James Staekpole. 1859-1861 Solyman Heath. 1862-1863 Edmund F. Webb. 1864-1865 Beuben Foster. 1866-1868 Edmund F. Webb. 1869 Eeuben Foster. 1870-1872 John Ayer. 1873-1874 Edmund F. Webb. 1875 Eeuben Foster. 1876-1877 Edmund F. Webb. 1878 Eeuben Foster. 1879-1880 Leonard D. Carver. 1881-1882 Edmund F. Webb. 1883 Simon S. Brown. 1884-1887 Eeuben Foster. CITY OFFICERS AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE CITY INTO WARDS MAYORS 1888 Eeuben Foster. 1889-1890 Nathaniel Header. 1891-1892 Edgar L. Jones. 1893 Charles F. Johnson. 1894-1895 Christian Knauff. 203 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATBRVILLE 1896 Edmund F. Webb. 1897 Charles H. Eedington. 1898 Carroll W. Abbott. 1899-1900 Warren C. Philbrook. 1901-1902 Martin Blaisdell. 1903-1904 Cyrus W. Davis. 1905 Horace Purinton. 1906 Edgar L. Jones. . 1907-1908 Luther G. Bunker. ALDERMEN Ward One 1889-1892 Simon S. Brown. 1893 Albert B. Spencer. 1894 George M. Lovering. 1895 Edward C. Lasselle. 1896-1897 Fred D. Lunt. 1898 Mortimer E. Adams. 1899 James Toomey. 1900 Fred D. Lunt. 1901 Charles H. Barton. 1902 William Vaughn. 1903-1906 Charles H. Barton. 1907 John P. Baxter. 1908 Emery W. Cook. Ward Two 1889 George A. Alden. 1890-1892 Richard J. Barry. 1893 Fred Burgess. 1894 Horace A. Toward. 1895 John J. Foley. 1896-1897 George A. Wilson. 1898 Frank M. Rand. 1899 Frank B. Lowe. 204 LIST OF OFFICERS 1900 Chester F. Eowe. 1901 Sherman L. Berry. 1902 Frank M. Rand. 1903-1904 Owen W. Clement. 1905 Ernest L. Gove. 1906 Chester F. Rowe. 1907-1908 Charles D. Sayward. Ward Three 1889-1890 Charles A. Hill. 1891-1892 Matthew S. Goodrich. 1893 Jesse Stinson. 1894 Stanford H. Chase. 1895-1896 Colby Getchell. 1897 George K. Boutelle. 1898-1900 Charles F. Keith. 1901 Everett C. Wardwell. 1902-1903 Charles F. Keith. 1904 Frank W. Alden. 1905 Matthew S. Goodrich. 1906-1907 Fred A. Wing. 1908 Albert F. Drummond. Ward Four 1889 Frederick C. Thayer. 1890 Moses C. Foster. 1891-1894 Everett R. Drummond. 1895-1896 Thomas R. Ransted. 1897 Amos E. Purinton. 1898 Thomas E. Ransted. 1899-1900 George F. Davies. 1901 Horace Perkins. 1902 Everett C. Wardwell. 1903 Charles C. Follett. 205 1904 Edgar L. Jones. 1905 George P. Davies. 1906 Simon S. Brown. 1907 Miller P. Colby. 1908 Prank B. Hubbard. Ward Five 1889 Charles G. Carleton. 1890 Charles E. Matthews. 1891-1892 George A. Phillips. 1893 Christian Knauff. 1894 P. Aug. Knauff. 1895 Prank W. Noble. 1896 William M. Lincoln. 1897 Evander Gilpatrick. 1898 Calvin W. Gilman. 1899 Charles P. Johnson. 1900 George L. Learned. 1901 Robert L. Proctor. 1902 George L. Learned. 1903-1904 Robert H. Union. 1905-1906 Edmund D. Noyes. 1907 Seldon E. Whitcomb. 1908 John A. Davison. Ward Six 1899-1900 Charles H. Eedington. 1891-1892 Paul Marshall. 1893 Gedeon Picher. 1894 John A. Lang. 1895 Abraham Reny. 1896-1897 John A. Lang. 1898 J. Pred Pollard. 1899 John A. Lang. 206 LIST OF OFFICERS 1900-1902 Joel L. Foster. 1903 Walter E. Eeid. 1904-1905 Arthur Daviau. 1906-1907 Joseph E. Poulin. 1908 John L. Fortier. Ward Seven 1889 Howard C. Morse. 1890-1892 James K. Soule. 1893 A. W. Merrill. 1894 Alexander A. Yates. 1895 Luther S. Eackliff. 1896 Abraham H. Eeny. 1897 James C. Eancourt. 1898-1901 Gedeon Picher. 1902 Joseph Boshan, Jr. 1903 Fred Pooler. 1904-1905 Joseph Boshan, Jr. 1906 Aime Nedeau. 1907 Harry Belliveau. 1908 Augustus Gary. COUNCILMEN Ward One 1889 Appleton Webb, Parker W. Hannaford. 1890 Parker W. Hannaford, Albert B. Spencer. 1891-1892 Albert B. Spencer, John J. Eeid. 1893 Patrick McLaughlin, Louis S. Marquis. 1894 Parker W. Hannaford, George A. Wilson. 1895 Frank Williams, George Fitzgerald. 1896-1897 Frank Williams, J. H. N". Penney. 1898 Frank Williams, Lorenzo C. Allen. 1899-1900 Charles Kelsey, Howard J. Libby. 207 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1901 Howard R. Mitchell, Henry 0. Preble. 1902 Daniel C. Wade, Elvin AUen. 1903 Charles S. Pratt, George A. Priest. 1904-1906 William B. Donovan, Charles M. Richardson. 1907 Henry J. Collins, James A. Lightbody. 1908 George L. Morse, William Johnson. Ward Two 1889 Richard J. Barry, Owen W. Clement. 1890 Owen W. Clement, William Murray. 1891-1892 William P. Putnam, David P. Stowell. 1893 Moses Butler, Stephen H. MorriU. 1894 Arthur J. Alden, Charles F. Ayer. 1895-1896 Joseph Darveau, George F. Gile. 1897 Joseph Darveau, Chester F. Rowe. 1898 Frank B. Lowe, George H. Vigue. 1899 Henry T. Winters, George H. Vigue. 1900 Henry Butler, Edward L. Hall. 1901 Henry Butler, Hiram 0. Pierce. 1902 Charles C. Bridges, Moses Butler. 1903 Philip J. Brown, Augustus Marshall. 1904 Augustus Marshall, Edward L. Hall. 1905 Henry T. Winters, Joseph Butler, Jr. 1906 Louis S. Marquis, Dana U. Clement. 1907 Henry T. Winters, C. Freemont Rowe. 1908 Henry T. Winters, H. Ora Pierce. Ward Three 1889-1890 Cyrus W. Davis, Wallace B. Smith. 1891-1892 Crosby Shorey, Edward C. Herrin. 1893 Stanford H. Chase, Samuel L. Lintern. 1894 J. Frank Elden, Josiah G. Darrah. 1895 Josiah G. Darrah, Warren M. True. 1896 Charles F. Ayer, Henry C. Prince. 208 Frank Redington LIST OF OFFICERS 1897 Charles F. Ayer, Henry C. Prince. 1898 Henry Hoxie, John A. Vigue. 1899-1900 Henry C. Prince, Howard B. Snell. 1901 Henry C. Prince, Elwood M. Jepson. 1902-1903 Matthew S. Goodrich, Frank W. Alden. 1904 Gorham C. Carr, Austin Bragg. 1905 Frank B. Philbrick, Fred A. Wing. 1906-1907 Albert F. Drummond, Lincoln 0. Hanscom. 1908 Gorham C. Carr, Lincoln 0. Hanscom. Ward Four 1889 Addison Dolley, Charles A. Flood. 1890 Everett E. Drummond, Albion P. Emery. 1891-1892 George M. Eeynolds, James L. Merrick. 1893-1894 Thomas E. Eansted, Amos E. Purinton. 1895-1896 Amos E. Purinton, Oscar G. Springfield. 1897 George F. Davies, Oscar G. Springfield. 1898 George F. Davies, Elwood M. Jepson. 1899 Horace Perkins, Elwood M. Jepson. 1900 Horace Perkins, Llewellyn Morrill. 1901 Ernest E. Decker, Lowell G. Salisbury. 1902 Ernest E. Decker, Llewellyn Morrill. 1903 Luke B. Spencer, Joseph P. Giroux. 1904 Luke B. Spencer, Carroll N. Perkins. 1905 Jean C. Tufts, Josiah C. Fuller. 1906 Miller T. Colby, William E. Toulouse. 1907 L. Eugene Thayer, Charles H. Vigue. 1908 Harry E. Green, Bert W. Wilcox. Ward Five 1889 M. L. Page, Charles E. Matthews. 1890 H. W. Sturtevant, Eobert L. Proctor. 1891-1892 Daniel Sibley, Christian Knauff. 1893 Frank W. Noble, William M. Lincoln. 209 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1894 Frank W. Noble, George L. Learned. 1895 George L. Learned, Edmund D. Noyes. 1896 Martin Blaisdell, Eoscoe J. Bowler. 1897 Edmund D. Noyes, A. P. Merrill. 1898 Martin Blaisdell, Herbert B. Holland. 1899 George E. Hallowell, Herbert B. Holland. 1900 George E. Hallowell, Edmund D. Noyes. 1901 George E. Hallowell, Samuel W. Fuller. 1902 Leslie P. Loud, Eobert H. Union. 1903 Leslie P. Loud, Edgar J. Brown. 1904 Edgar J. Brown, John A. Davison. 1905 Edgar J. Brown, Selden E. Whitcomb. 1906 John A. Davison, Selden E. Whitcomb. 1907 J. Frank Partridge, George E. Hallowell. 1908 J. Frank Partridge, J. M. Barker. Ward Six 1889-1890 Charles Bushey, Oscar E. Emerson. 1891-1892 Gedeon Picher, Orrin P. Eichardson. 1893 Charles Bushey, George S. Eichardson. 1894 Andrew Dusty, George F. Davies. 1895 Charles P. Crommett, Levi Libby. 1896 Fred J. Arnold, Horatio E. Dunham. 1897 Edwin Towne, Horatio E. Dunham. 1898 Phillip C. Proulx, William G. Oby. 1898 Charles A. Eedington, Harry Wood. 1899 Charles A. Eedington, George L. Cannon. 1900 James M. Greaney, George B. Jackson. 1901 James M. Greaney, Jerome Eouke. 1902 James M. Greaney, Gedeon Mahue. 1903 Michael J. Leahy, Arthur Daviau. 1904-1905 Michael J. Leahy, Joseph E. Poulin. 1906-1907 James Parent, William D. Haines. 1908 G. Evans Files, Frank La'nglois. 210 LIST OP OFFICERS Ward Seven 1889 Peter Marshall, Luther S. Rackliff. 1890-1892 Peter Marshall, Charles W. Trafton. 1893 Henry Dubor, George A. Dingley. 1894 J. Colby Blaisdell, C. Edward Balduc. 1895 George A. Dingley, James C. Kancourt. 1896 Levi Libby, James C. Rancourt. 1897 Phillip C. Proulx, J. Alfred Letourneau. 1899 Horace Clukey, Octave J. Pelletier. 1900 Napoleon Loubier, Octave J. Pelletier. 1901 John N. Webber, Joseph Boshan, Jr. 1902 William King, C. H. Libby. 1903 William King, Levi Libby. 1904 William King, Augustus Gary. 1905 James Parent, Augustus Cary. 1906-1907 Augustus Cary, Thomas H. Lessor. 1908 H. 0. Fiset, Gedeon Mahue. BOARD OF EDUCATION Ward One 1889-1894 Simon S. Brown. 1895-1896 Martin F. Bartlett. 1897 Samuel A. Burleigh. 1898 Fred D. Lunt. 1899 Parker W. Hannaford. 1900 William I. Towne. 1901 Parker W. Hannaford. 1902 Ralph Wormell. 1903-1909 Parker W. Hannaford. Ward Two 1889-1890 David P. Stowell. 1891-1892 D. G. Morrill. 211 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1893 David P. Stowell. 1894 R. Wesley Dunn. 1895 David P. Stowell. 1896 George F. Gile. 1897 Joseph E. Clark. 1898 Frederick S. Clay. 1899 Herbert L. Emery. 1900 Sherman L. Berry. 1901 Frederick S. Clay. 1902 Edward L. Hall. 1903-1905 Norman K. Fuller. 1906-1909 William P. Putnam. Ward Three 1889-1890 John B. Friel. 1891-1892 Robert B. Cookson. 1893 Edgar L. Jones. 1894-1895 Frank K. Shaw. 1896-1897 R. Wesley Dunn. 1898 George D. B. Pepper. 1899 J. Frederick Hill. 1900-1906 R. Wesley Dunn. 1907-1910 J. Frederick Hill. Ward Four 1889 Albion W. SmaU. 1890-1893 Josiah L. Seward. 1894-1896 Warren C. Philbrook. 1897-1899 Simon S. Brown. 1900-1901 Horace Purinton. 1902-1903 Carroll W. Abbott. 1904-1906 James G. Harris. 1907-1910 Dana P. Foster. 212 LIST OF OFFICERS Ward Five 1889 Leonard D. Carver. 1890 T. Wesley Kimball. 1891-1895 Asa L. Lane. 1896 George Balentine. 1897 Asa L. Lane. 1898-1901 George Balentine. 1902-1903 Asa L. Lane. 1904-1907 Everett M. Stacy. 1908-1911 Hugh Eoss Hatch. Ward Six 1889 Charles F. Johnson. 1890-1892 George F. Gile. 1893 Charles H. Eedington. 1894 Horatio D. Bates. 1895 Frank L. Thayer. 1896-1897 T. Wesley Kimball. 1898-1900 Harvey D. Eaton. 1901-1904 Adelbert L. Hose. 1905-1907 John J. Kelley. 1908-1911 George A. Daviau. Ward Seven 1889 James K. Soule. 1890-1892 A. L. Moore. 1893 James K. Soule. 1894 Frank B. Philbrick. 1895 James K. Soule. 1896-1897 William G. Oby. 1898 Fred Pooler. 1899-1900 Abraham B. Eeny. 1901 William G. Oby. 1902-1911 Harry Belliveau. 213 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLB WARDENS Ward One 1889 Albert B. Spencer. 1890-1892 George A. Wilson. 1893-1894 George H. Vigue. 1895 J. H. N. Penney. 1896 William I. Towne. 1897 Henry 0. Preble. 1898 J. H. N. Penney. 1899 Charles Fitzgerald. 1900 J. H. N. Penney. 1901 George H. Grondin. 1902 J. H. N. Penney. 1903 George H. Grondin. 1904 Charles E. Sturtevant. 1905-1907 Andrew Daly. 1908 Joseph Dusty. Ward Two 1889 William P. Putnam. 1890-1893 Dennis E. Sweeney. 1894 George W. Hoxie. 1895-1897 Thomas Huard. 1898-1899 Charles C. Bridges. 1900 Ernest J. Marshall. 1901 Joseph H. Lublow. 1902 Charles F. Lowe. 1903 Thomas G. Field. 1904 John Trainer, Jr. 1905 Charles F. Lowe. 1906 Lester E. Buck. 1907 Fred Roderick. 1908 Frank M. Rand. 214 LIST OP OFFICERS Ward Three 1889 L. Eugene Thayer. 1890 Wallace B. Smith. 1891-1892 Calvin C. Dow. 1893 Jerry E. Burke. 1894-1895 Josiah D. Hayden. 1896-1901 George W. Hoxie. 1902 John Munro. 1903 Francis M. Wheeler. 1904-1906 George W. Stevens. 1907 Frank A. Tibbetts. 1908 Andrew E. Warren. Ward Four 1889 W. A. R. Boothby. 1890 Warren C. Philbrook. 1891-1892 W. A. R. Boothby. 1893-1894 Andrew L. McFadden. 1895 Elwood T. Wyman. 1896-1905 Josiah D. Hayden. 1906-1907 Charles W. Walsh. 1908 Josiah D. Hayden. Ward Five 1889-1890 Appleton H. Plaisted. 1891-1892 Robert L. Proctor. 1893 Homer C. Proctor. 1894 Oliver L. Hall. 1895 Edwin Towne. 1896-1897 F. Aug. Knauff. 1898-1902 Charles F. Longman. 1903-1908 Ellery F. Brann. Ward Six 1889 Joseph Mathieu. 1890 Gedeon Picher. 215 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OP WATERVILLE 1891-1892 William H. Merrill. 1893 L. Albert Lashus. 1894 Lincoln 0. Hanscom. 1896 Selden E. Whitcomb. 1897 Harry Wood. 1898-1899 George B. Jackson. 1900 Charles A. Eedington. 1901 Henry S. Harden. 1902 Lewis P. Mayo. 1903-1904 John J. Kelley. 1905 Prank Langlois. 1906 Joseph T. Boulette. 1907 Henry A. Marshall. 1908 Thomas L. Murphy. Ward Seven 1889 Charles Soule. 1890 David G. Richards. 1891-1893 Luther S. Rackliff. 1894 George E. Hallowell. 1895 Edward Belliveau. 1896 Frank H. Lessor. 1897 Amie Nedeau. 1898-1899 Edward Belliveau. 1900-1904 Henry Matthieu. 1905-1907 Edward Begin. 1908 George Donna. WARD CLERKS Ward One 1889-1892 George Grondin. 1893 Richard T. Welch. 1894 William L. Bushey. 216 LIST OF OFFICERS 1895 Edward L. Header. 1896 Mortimer E. Adams. 1897-1898 Edward G. Crosby. 1899 Ealph H. Eockwood. 1900-1901 Joseph E. Lashus. 1902 Charles H. Warren. 1903-1905 C. Alfred Bushey. 1906 Francis M. Joseph. 1907 C. Alfred Bushey. 1908 Charles F. Bay. Ward Two 1889 Philip J. Brown. 1890-1892 Jules Gamache. 1893 C. M. Brown. 1894 H. Albert Cummings. 1895-1896 Henry Butler. 1897 William A. Barry. 1898 Fred A. Bushey. 1899 Napoleon Marquis. 1900 Walter W. Berry. 1901 Ernest J. Marshall. 1902 Joseph Burette, Jr. 1903-1904 Fred J. Joler. 1905 Frank M. Band. 1906 Fred J. Joler. 1907-1908 Jacob Paikowski. Ward Three 1889 L. C. Bridgham. 1890-1892 Charles F. Miller. 1893 Isreal B. Clair. 1894-1895 Herbert L. True. 1896-1897 Albert F. Drammond. 217 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1898 Frank W. Alden. 1899-1901 Albert F. Drummond. 1902 Francis M. Wheeler. 1903 Albert F. Drummond. 1904 Francis M. Wheeler. 1905-1906 George D. Hegarty. 1907-1908 Caleb A. Lewis. Ward Four 1889 Alpheus W. Flood. 1890-1892 William J. Fogarty. 1893 Harry W. Parmenter. 1894-1895 Albert F. Dnimmond. 1896-1900 W. Wirt Brown. 1901-1905 James E. Connor. 1906-1907 Walter W. Berry. 1908 James E. Connor. Ward Five 1889-1897 George P. Colby. 1898 John E. Nelson. 1899-1900 Leslie P. Loud. 1901 Walter W. Berry. 1902-1908 Thomas E. Vose. Ward Six 1889 Gedeon Picher. 1890 Orrin P. Richardson. 1891-1892 L. Albert Lashus. 1893 Napoleon Loubier. 1894 Christopher C. Coro. 1896-1897 George B. Jackson. 1898 Edmund W. Foster. 218 LIST OF OFFICERS 1899 Charles Preo. 1900-1902 Charles H. Butler. 1903-1905 Charles B. Dusty. 1906 Henry J. Burke. 1907 Alfred P. Butler. 1908 Alfred E. Pelletier. Ward Seven 1889 Prank H. Lessor. 1890-1892 Adolph Greenwood. 1893 Charles F. Bashier. 1894 Ellery F. Vose. 1895 William G. Oby. 1896 Arthur J. Marcou. 1897 Edward Belliveau. 1898-1904 Charles Z. L. M. Bazier. 1905-1907 Joseph T. Tardif. 1908 William E. King. CONSTABLES Ward One 1889-1892 Thomas Butler. 1893 Augustus Marshall. 1894 Charles Butler. 1895-1896 Edwin E. Hall. 1897 Albert Wade. 1898 Charles E. Tyler. 1900 George E. Simpson. 1901 George W. Reny. 1902 George E. Simpson. 1903 Simeon Brilliard. 1904 Michael Tully. 1905 John V. Loon. 219 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1906 Michael Tully. 1907 George Eddington. 1908 Michael Tully. Ward Two 1889 Charles F. Longman. 1890 Napoleon Roderick. 1891-1892 John H. Murray. 1893 George F. Healey. 1894 Charles C. Bridges. 1895 Napoleon Roderick. 1896 Charles E. Bushey. 1897 Wilfred F. Norman. 1898-1899 George H. Simpson. 1900 Amie Nedeau. 1901 Dennis E. Sweeney. 1902 Bert 0. Chamberlain. 1903-1908 Marshall G. Gullifer. Ward Three 1889 Edward H. Crowell. 1890 H. F. Miller. 1891-1892 John Dailey. 1893-1894 George H. Simpson. 1895 Nelson Langlois. 1896 L. M. Davis. 1897-1898 Alden F. Lord. 1899 Fred E. Hall. 1900-1901 Charles B. Davis. 1902-1908 Colby Getchell. Ward Four 1889-1890 Andrew L. McFadden. 1891-1895 Alden F. Lord. 220 LIST OF OFFICERS 1896 Daniel Libby. 1897-1898 Frank Walker. 1899 "Granville E. Barrows. 1900 George A. Osborne. 1901 Frank Walker. 1902-1903 Charles B. Davis. 1904-1905 Carl. A. Weymouth. 1906-1907 Charles Eodrique. 1908 Albert Ward. Ward Five 1889-1890 Homer C. Proctor. 1891-1895 William W. Edwards. 1896 Evander Gilpatrick. 1897-1899 Ellery F. Brann. 1900 Edgar J. Brown. 1901-1902 Ellery F. Brann. 1903-1908 Charles H. Farrington. Ward Six 1889 Phillip York. 1890 John H. Eichards. 1891-1892 Laurent Ganthier. 1893 Thomas Page. 1894 Frank Dusty. 1896-1900 William W. Edwards. 1901 George Martin. 1902 William W. Edwards. 1903 Joseph E. Poulin. 1904 David Thibodeau. 1905-1908 George H. Simpson. Ward Seven 1889 F. C. Sturtevant. 1890 Charles W. Banco. 221 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLB 1891-1892 Arthur I. Trafton. 1893 Fred Libby. 1894 Joseph Libby. 1895 Volney R. Morgan. 1896 Frank H. Lessor. 1897 Charles H. Dusty. 1898 John Pooler. 1899-1900 J. Alfred Letourneau. 1901 Laurent Gauthier. 1902-1907 Phillip C. Proulx. 1908 Fred E. Pooler. CITY CLERKS 1888-1890 Charles F. Johnson. 1891-1893 Fred W. Clair. 1894 Dana P. Foster. 1895-1900 Frank E. Brown. 1901 Fred W. Clair. 1902 Frank E. Brown. 1903-1904 Fred W. Clair. 1905 John E. Nelson. 1906-1907 Fred W. Clair. 1908 John E. Nelson. CITY TREASURER 1888 Charles H. Eedington. 1889 L. Eugene Thayer. 1890-1893 Frank L. Thayer. 1894-1896 Martin F. Bartlett 1897-1902 F. Aug. Knauff. 1903-1904 Jesse Stinson. 1905 F. Aug. Knauff. 1906-1907 Norman K. Fuller. 1908 Frank J. Small. 222 LIST OF OFFICERS ASSESSORS 1888 Eldridge L. Getchell, Charles E. Gray, John Flood. 1889-1890 Eldridge L. Getchell, Charles E. Gray, L. Eugene Thayer. 1891-1892 Benjamin Bunker, Charles E. Gray, Howard C. Morse. 1893 Benjamin Bunker, Fred H. Thomas, Howard C. Morse. 1894-1895 Perham S. Heald, Fred H. Thomas, Howard C. Morse. 1896 Perham S. Heald, Fred H. Thomas, J. Frank Elden. 1897-1900 Howard C. Morse, Nathaniel Meader, J. Frank Elden. 1901 J. Frank Elden, Nathaniel Meader, Charles E. Gray. 1902 J. Frank Elden, Nathaniel Meader, Edward Ware. 1903-1904 J. Frank Elden, Gedeon Picher, Howard C. Morse. 1905 Gedeon Picher, Howard C. Morse, Frank E. Brown. 1906 Howard C. Morse, Frank E. Brown, Fred Pooler. 1907 Frank E. Brown, Fred Pooler, Charles H. Barton. 1908 Fred Pooler, Charles H. Barton, John A. Vigue. STREET COMMISSIONERS 1888 Frank W. Haskell. 1889 George F. Healey. 1890 Joseph M. Priest, 1891-1892 Frank E. Brown. 1893 William H. Merrill. 1894 Martin Blaisdell. 1895 Thomas W. Scribner. 1896-1902 Sidney A. Green. 1903 Jerry M. Cratty. 1904 Sumner Howe. 1905 Jerry M. Cratty. 223 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE 1906-1907 Sumner Kowe. 1908 Jerry M. Cratty. SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS 1888-1891 William C. Crawford. 1892-1893 Jerry E. Burke. 1894-1895 James H. Blanchard. 1896-1897 William L. Waters. 1898-1899 Edgar L. Hitchings. 1900-1904 Elwood T. Wyman. 1905-1908 Dennis E. Bowman. CITY SOLICITORS 1888-1891 Charles P. Johnson. 1892-1893 Fred W. Clair. 1894 Frederick A. Waldron. 1895 Fred W. Clair. 1896 Frederick A. Waldron. 1897-1898 Harvey D. Eaton. 1899-1902 Dana P. Foster. 1903-1904 Simon S. Brown. 1905 Frank J. Small. 1906-1907 Alfred A. Matthieu. 1908 Carroll N. Perkins. CITY PHYSICIANS 1888-1892 John L. Fortier. 1893 David P. Stowell. 1894 John F. Hill. 1895 John L. Fortier. 1896 George K. Campbell. 1897 Merton W. Bessey. 224 Dennis E. Bowman LIST OF OFFICERS 1898 Luther G. Bunker. 1899 Joseph H. Knox. 1900-1901 Luther G. Bunker. 1902 Percy S. Merrill. 1903-1904 John L. Fortier. 1905 Joseph A. Pineau. 1906 Joseph N". G. Bernard. 1907 James E. Poulin. 1908 Herbert E. Milliken. CHIEF ENGINEERS FIRE DEPARTMENT 1888-1890 Horace G. Tozier. 1891-1893 Warren F. Brown. 1894-1900 Appleton H. Plaisted. 1901-1902 George F. Davies. 1903-1904 Calvin C. Dow. 1905 Luke Ivers, Jr. 1906-1908 Walter W. Berry. CITY MARSHALS 1888 Frank W. Haskell. 1889-1892 Benjamin Bunker. 1893 Edward H. Crowell. 1894-1896 Andrew L. McFadden 1897-1898 Eeuben A. Call. 1899-1900 Charles B. Davis. 1901-1902 Charles H. Farrington. 1903 Edward C. Lasselle. 1903-1904 Appleton H. Plaisted. 1905 Mortimer E. Adams. 1906-1907 Arthur L. Holmes. 1908 Charles H. Farrington. 225 MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF WATERVILLE DEPUTY MARSHALS 1888 Arthur H. Sturtevant 1889-1892 Edward H. Crowell. 1893 George H. Grondin. 1894 Frank Lessor. 1897-1898 J. Fletcher Woodbury. 1899-1900 George H. Simpson. 1901-1902 J. Fletcher Woodbury. 1903-1904 Marshall G. Gullifer. 1905 Edward E. Toulouse. 1906-1907 George H. Simpson. 1908 Edward E. Toulouse. SUPERINTENDENTS OF BURIALS 1889-1902 Frank Eedington, 1903-1907 Edwin F. Towne. 1908 Philip H. Plaisted. JUDGES MUNICIPAL COURT 1888-1891 Horace W. Stewart. 1892-1896 Warren C. Philbrook. 1897 Frank K. Shaw. 226 Election Statistics VOTE FOB GOVEKNOB COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 1786 April 3 "Not any votes given in for Governor." 1787 April 2 John Hancock, 25 James Bowdoin, 1 1788 April 7 John Hancock, 18 Elbridge Gerry, 1 1789 April 6 John Hancock, 25 Benjamin Lincoln, 1 1790 April 5 John Hancock, 34 1791 April 4 John Hancock, 30 1792 April 2 John Hancock, 29 1793 April 1 Elbridge Gerry, 14 John Hancock, 11 1794 April 7 Samuel Adams. 79 1795 April 531 Charles Low, 178 Scattering, 7 1857 Sept. 14 Whole number of votes, ; -// (,j j ( . ^ 523 Josiah H. Drummond, ,^ iv | 341 Frederick P. Haviland, 170 Dennis L. Miliken, 7 Arthur Deering^,,.,^ , liv(f . } 5 1858 Sept. 13 Whole number of votes, 595 James Stackpole, f