Kennebec County ME Archives History - Businesses .....Oakland 1883
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OAKLAND

Sixteen miles North of Augusta, and seventy-five miles from Portland, on the
Maine Central and terminus of the Somerset Railroad. Set off from Waterville,
and incorporated as West Waterville Feb. 26, 1873. Name changed to Oakland, Mar.
10, 1883. Population-1880, 1646. Valuation, 1880-Polls, 453; Estates, $661,157.

  Postmaster-George T. Benson.

  Selectmen-A. J. Parker, William P. Blake, Alfred G. Ricker.

  Town Clerk-H. C. Winslow.

  Treasurer and Collector-J. Wesley Gilman.

  Constables-G. H. Boardman, T. B. F. Bates, H. C. Winslow.

  School Supervisor-B. F. Folger.

  Clergymen - Supplies, Meth.; F. D. Blake, Bap.; I. N. Bates, As'sn Bap.; G. G.
Hamilton, Univ.; L. Given (res.), supplies, F. Bap.

  Dentist-H. A. Bates.

  Physicians-S. A. Allen, David E. Parsons, All.; M. S. Holmes, Hom.

  Lawyers-G. T. Stevens, W. T. Haines.

  Notaries-A. R. Small, Geo. H. Bryant, March 7, 1877.

  Justices-G. T. Stevens, Aug. 15, 1882; W. T. Haines, July 2, 1879, Quorum:
Geo. W. Ayer, June 21, 1880; Howard W. Wells, Trial: Geo. H. Bryant, Dedimus.

  Merchants-B. F. Otis, (also clothing), O. F. Walker, dry and fancy goods; J.
Bachelder & Son, furniture; A. Winslow & Co., general stores, harnesses, &c; C.
W. Folsom, hardware, stoves and tinware; G. W. Hubbard, S. N. Tibbetts, F. W.
Clair, boots and shoes; G. Stevens, Geo. Horn, fruit and confectionery; J.
Wesley Gilman, music and instruments; O. E. Welch, Jennie Delaite & Co.,
millinery and fancy goods; C. Letourneau, tailor; Geo. L. Hovey, books,
stationery, etc,; Goulding Brothers, drugs, groceries, glassware, &c.; A. J.
Libby & Son, W. V. Leonard, flour and groceries; O. M. McIntire & Son, groceries
and crockery; F. A. Bailey, groceries, boots and shoes; J. M. Field, watches and
jewelry; A. J. Hallett, butchers; Ayer & Greeley, coal and wood.

  Manufacturers-Dunn Edge Tool Co., Hubbard & Blake Mnfg. Co. (also hatchets);
Emerson, Stevens & Co., scythes and axes; Cascade Woolen Co., R. B. Dunn,
president, woolens; Howard W. Wells, coffins and caskets; L. K. Moody, Frank
Folsom, H. W. Wells, house painters; A. A. Parker, B. F. Robinson, carriage
painters; A. B. Bates & Son, lumber and boxes; J. Bachelder & Son, chairs and
settees; H. A. Benson & Co., carriages; A. J. Parker, tanner and currier; A.
Winslow & Co., harnesses; A. J. Libby &. Son, tanners; Benjamin & Allen, Lyon,
Bragg & Hubbard, machine-shops and foundries: Samuel Blaisdell, A. J. Libby &
Son, flour and meal; Charles W. Folsom, tinware, &c; W. H. Prentiss, Sanford J.
Baker, H. Bragg, J. C. Holmes, Joseph Davis, smiths; C. M. Baker, driving corks;
G. W. Hubbard, S. H. Bayson, F. W. Clair, boots and shoes; L. Given, T. J.
Penney, Daniel Tukey, masons; S. J. Baker, patent hen fetters.

  Photographers-C. B. Lawry, G. W. Robinson.

  Printer-I. J. Thayer.

  Barber-G. F. Shaw.

  Contractors and Builders-I. Heath jr., Wellman Bros.

  Livery Stables-M. H. Horn, W. E. Cunningham,

  Land Surveyor-I. J. Thayer.

  Music Teacher-J. Wesley Gilman.

  American Express-Geo. L. Hovey, agent.

  Somerset R. R.-John Ayer, pres., W. M. Ayer, supt.

  Station Agent-M. C. & Som. R. R.'s.-James Lowe.

  Western Union Telegraph Co.-Geo. L. Hovey, manager.

  Sewing Machine Agent and Repairer-B. F. Frizzell.

  Insurance BrokerB. F. Frizzell.

  Asot'ns-Masons, Messalonskee, 1st Sat. R. A. C.-Drummond, 1st Wed. Mt. Lebanon
Council-2d Tuesday. P. of H.-Cascade, No. 92. I. O. O. F.-Amon, No. 95, Tues. I.
0. G. T.-Cascade, Monday. Oakland Band, J. Wesley Gilman, leader.

  Hotel-West Waterville House, B. F. Frizzell. Lake House, W. E. Cunningham.

  Banks and Newspapers-See tables.


Additional Comments:

MAINE STATE YEAR-BOOK,
AND
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL,
FOR THE YEAR
1883-84,
FROM APRIL 1, 1883, TO APRIL 1, 1884,

BY EDMUND S. HOYT.
PREPARED PURSUANT TO ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

PORTLAND: HOYT, FOGG &  DONHAM,
193 MIDDLE STREET.



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