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VOLUME 6. Jan. 18, 1908 NUMBER 3 
JANUARY 18—24 
SUN FULL TIDE. 
Rises Sets AGiMsce PEM 
18 Sa. 7.10 4.39 11.05 -11.89 
19 Sue 7.9 440 — 11.45 
20 M, 7.9 4.42 ONS Fale 25 
Sal's 7.8 4.43 0.50 1.01 
PRIN ists 4.44 ] 25 1.40 
23 Th, Ke 4.46 2.05 2.23 
24 Fr. 7.6 4.47 250 3.05 
THE hotels 
On the North Shore 
ARE not opening next week. 
THE report that summer has arrived is 
false. 
On the other hand the Old Farmers’ 
Almanac advises us to “about this time 
expect snow or rain, then cold Northerly 
winds ”’ 
BEVERLY has the lowest tax rate of any 
city in the state, according to the annual 
report of Secretary Olin. It is the only 
city in the state having a rate under 
$15,— the rate being $14.40. The high- 
est rate in the state is at Charlemont, 
$26, and the lowest at Gosnold, $3.61. 
THE mild weather will have a telling 
effect on Manchester roads, says Supt. 
Kimball. The would-be economist 
speaks congratulatory of the fact that the 
town has not had to spend any money 
this winter, thus far, on shovelling snow. 
Supt. Kimball says, however, that the 
absence of snow will cost the town much 
more in the way of repairs on the streets 
than shovelling snow would have cost 
under the worst conditions. Nothing 
deteriorates the road as quickty as freez- 
ing and thawing, day after day. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
rife in 
first of 
various 
‘TOWN meeting talk will be 
Manchester from now until the 
March. Candidates for the 
offices are beginning to appear, though 
few have yet come out openly. Names 
are being mentioned for the Board of 
Assessors, and others are being named 
for the Board of Selectmen There 
seems to be a general feeling, too, that 
at least one of the memters of the pres- 
ent Board of Selectmen should be put on 
Soth beards, and not a few seem willing 
that the present board shc uld be returned 
as selectmen, and also on the Board of 
Assessors. 
SEVERAL weeks ago we commented 
editorially on the feasibility of imposing 
some sort of tax on automobiles, the same 
to be graded according to the size and cost 
of the car. Last week at the annual 
meeting of the Safe Roads association, 
composed for the most part of North 
Shore people, this was one of the new 
measures proposed. , It is suggested that 
the license tax of the car be graded ac- 
cording to the size and cost of the car, 
this tax to be imposed primarily on ac- 
count of the damage the car causes to 
the highway, and as the amount of dam- 
age done is in proportion to the size of 
the car. 
EpiTor John E. Beck of the Chelsea 
Gazette will now divide his attention and 
time between the editorial chair in the 
Gazette sanctum and the mayor’s chair 
at the Chelsea City hall, while it is not 
at all unlikely that Mayor Thomas F. 
Porter of Lynn will wholly discontinue 
furnishing the press with the products of 
his versatile pen. And thus do the east- 
ern Massachusetts newspaper men and 
writers, one by one, not forgetting ex- 
Editor Stephen O’ Meara of the Boston 
Police commission, Editor John N. Cole, 
who by the way will probably be our 
next Republican candidate for lieutenant 
governor, Editor Vittum of Beverly, 
Senator Leavitt of the Dorchester 
Beacon, and many other young journal- 
ists we could name, find’ themselves 
“* fitting in’’ important positions in the 
service of the town, the municipality, 
the state and the nation. In this respect 
the editorial profession in Massachusetts 
is, as it is in France, becoming a factor 
for good government that the legal fra- 
iernity may well watch for pointers. 
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I'r is a fact worthy of note that in the 
total of 247,128 feet of road built in 
Essex County by the State Highway 
Commission in previous years, and of 
the 19,004 feet built last year, as shown 
by the statement just sent to the county 
commissioners, Manchester has not re- 
ceived one foot of road from the state. 
On the other hand every other city and 
town in the county has been benefited. 
The total amount spent on these roads 
in previous years in building and in re- 
pairs since, is $625,492.04. Last year 
$61,931.01 was spent for building, and 
$8,210.59 for repairs. On all sides of 
us the state has done considerable in 
road building. Beverly has been bene- 
fited in previous years to the extent of 
$33,787.29, Hamilton $10,506.39, 
Wenham $13,067.24, Essex $9,054.76, 
and Gloucester $41,808.92. For repairs 
Beverly has received $9228.65, Hamil- 
ton $1561.69, Wenham $1227.35, 
Essex $310.94, and Gloucester $5,- 
477.01. Manchester, meanwhile, gets 
the go-by! And yet, Manchester con- 
tributes more toward the running ex- 
penses of the state and county than any 
other town of its size in the state. 
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