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Maine Debt Rise Touches 1913 Levels in Counties and Cities
A federal statistics pamphlet shows Maine civil divisions 1913 debt at 21 542 712 with sinking funds. Counties owe 1 462 952 up from 1902 and Portland's debt surges 169.8 percent. Per capita debt climbs across most counties and cities, with notable gaps among Androscoggin Cumberland Kennebec Sagadahoe and others. Sinking funds total 7 percent of state debt. Two new pool and two billiard tables arrive for the Colonial Club.
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Bureau of Statistics
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Maine
Cumberland County
Portland
Androscoggin
Cumberland
Kennebec
Sagadahoe County
Knox & LinegIn
Aroostook
Franklin
Piscataquis
Auburn
Augusta
Bangor’s
Bath
Biddeford’s
Lewiston’s
Rockland
Westbrook
Belfast
Brewer
Calais
Eastport
Ellsworth
Gardiner
Saco