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MANCHESTER TOWN MEETING 
(Continued from page 9.) 
last year, of the Bermudoz method, 
along by Coolidge’s Point. That 
the new road would start where this 
construction was left off last year, 
and continue to the Caner estate on 
Summer street, near the railroad 
bridge ;and that a like construction 
would start at the Beverly Farms 
line and continue along Bridge 
street perhaps to the property of 
the late Henry Dennis. It was not 
proposed to put in any new con- 
struction on the sewer lines, but 
that these roads would be patched 
up this year. 
G. S. Sinnicks said the city of 
Boston was paying only $14,500 per 
mile for construction by day work, 
and he felt that Manchester ought 
-to at least equal this on contract 
work. Therefore he felt $30,000 
would be enough. 
O. M. Stanley asked if the speak- 
er thought horses liked these hard 
roads. All this talk was for good 
roads for autos, but the poor horses 
are continually slipping, falling 
down, barking the shins, etc., be- 
cause the roads are so hard and so 
slippery. That people with horses 
are forced to drive in the gutter. 
E. P. Stanley thought the roads 
ought to be constructed with the 
bed 24 feet wide instead of 18. 
G. R. Dean made an urgent plea 
for the construction of these two 
miles of road this year. He didn’t 
believe in half doing it. The best 
was none too good. 
P. H. Boyle didn’t care whether 
it was 18 or 24 feet wide; the thing 
he objected to was having it done 
by contract. He didn’t believe in 
it. We had built good roads by 
day work; look at School st. He 
wanted to see the road built by the 
people of Manchester, under the di- 
rection of the supt. of streets, done 
well, and not by people who will 
take the money out of town. 
Austin Morley thought the work 
ought to be done early, so as not 
to cause too great an inconvenience 
for the people to come here to pass 
their summers. 
William Hooper would rather see 
half a mile of good roads than two 
miles of poor. He thought the 
roads at present were not in very 
good condition. 
G. S. Sinnicks tried to point out 
that if the new roads are to be built 
they must be done by contract or 
they will be unfinished when the 
summer is over. The $23,000 regu- 
will keep the town gang busy, much 
larly appropriated for highways 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
less trying to undertake something 
more. 
P. H. Boyle still insisted that 
town laborers should do the work, 
and not let contractors come in here 
and take the money out of town. 
Curtis B. Stanley was glad to see 
Ex-Rept. Boyle stand up here and 
protect the laboring men. 
Selectman Cheever wanted to see 
the $40,000 appropriated and called 
for a division of the question. 
Selectman Knight warned the 
voters to use care in their appro- 
priations if they wished the tax 
rate to remain low. 
Assessor W. R. Bell said it was 
proposed to run this appropriation 
over three or four year instead of 
raising it all this year. 
An amendment was offered that 
the amount be $30,000 instead of 
$40,000. The vote was put and 
eounted, 157 voting in favor and 41 
against, and the $30,000 was appro- 
priated. 
Mr. Boyle again insisted the work 
be done by town labor. 
G. S. Sinnicks: Why do you 
raise this issue when you know we 
haven’t got town labor enough to 
do the work. He further urged to 
have it done by contract and as 
quickly as possible. 
Selectman Floyd asked Supt. 
Crombie if he had the necessary 
equipment, such as crushed stone, 
steam rollers, drills, ete., to do this 
work. 
Supt. Crombie: No; would want 
two rollers on the new constructioa 
in addition to the one used in re- 
pair work. As for men, not enough 
available. Would have to buy 
crushed stone. 
QO. T. Roberts: The Sunt. knows 
perfectly well he can’t do it. 
P. H. Boyle: Thank God the,men 
who built the Panama Canal didn’t 
get their enthusiasm from Manches- 
ter. 
Various others spoke on the ques- 
tion and the vote was finally put. 
The result was: Yes, 82; No, 154. 
It was then voted to do the work by 
contract, 154 voting in favor, to 55 
against. 
It was voted on motion of W. R. 
Bell that the town ineur debt not 
to exceed $30,000, and issue notes 
therefor so that the loan be paid 
within five years. This was voted 
96) 40:6; 
At this point the meeting ad- 
journed until Tuesday evening, one 
article having been acted upon and 
$53,000 being appropriated. 
Tuesday Evening’s Session 
Art. 32, relating to dredging, was 
passed over this year, on motion of 
O. T. Roberts. 
Art. 31, street lights, was a signed ~ 
to 8 o’elock. 
Under various articles the follow-— 
$50 | 
fon eare of central pond; $26,500 ~ 
for schools; $1200 for improvements — 
$100 | 
ing appropriations were made: 
at and care of playgrounds; 
for medical inspection of schools; 
$300 for care and maintenance of 
school gardens; 
water department, 
receipts from services and _ sales; 
$1800 for improvements at alms- 
house; $200 for repairs to tower »f 
Library Building. 
Art. 13, to see if the town will 
appropriate $6500 for repairs on the 
together with 
eonerete standpipe, had promise of — 
evoking considerable discussion, 
and, indeed, it was waxing warm, 
when 8 o’clock arrived and the 
street lighting question was before 
the meeting. One of the pertinent 
questions asked by C. L. Crafts was 
‘““Who signed the release of the 
bond’’ covering the guarantee on 
the standpipe? 
M. E. Gorman ventured the in- 
formation that the only time the 
standpipe had ever been water-tight — 
was when it was empty. 
The rest of the evening was taken 
up with the discussion of street 
lights, the pros and cons of the pres- 
ent system, and the proposed sys- 
tem of electric hghting. 
It was brought out that the Wels- 
hach company would continue their 
lights at 10c. a light a night. The 
Manchester Electric 
install an equal number of electric 
lights (250) of 60 c. p. for $36.30 
per year per light. This is 20c, a 
light per year cheaper. 
claimed the 60 ¢. p. was greater 
than the Welsbach lght, and that 
40 ¢. p. electrie lights so closely ar- | 
ranged on the streets would give as 
eood lght as the Welsbach, in 
which event the eost would be 
$33.50 per year, which would mean 
some $750 less in favor of the elee- 
trie lghts. 
Mr. Lovering of the electric com-_ 
pany stated that the company pro- 
posed to put all its wires under- — 
eround at an outlay of some $30,- — 
iron poles — 
000, that ornamental 
would be used, that the lights 
would be increased in efficiency hy 
the use of radial wave reflectors. 
It was stated that the Welsbach 
compang had lived up to their con- — 
tract the last six months and had 
civen good. service. The police re- 
port shows some 1300 hen out” 
. during the year. fAyaéi 
C. L. Crafts wanted td: nov igs 
$16,450 for use of - 
Co. offered to — 
But it was © 
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