‘The annual meeting of the West 
each corporation was held Monday 
syening at Marshall’s hsll, Beverly 
Farms. “The meeting was very spirited 
and was one of the largest meetings the 
corporation has held for a number of 
years. A feature of the meeting was the 
changes made in the Board of Directors. 
In the absence of the president, James 
' Dow, Councilman John C. Mce- 
‘Carthy presided. ‘Ihe following officers 
were elected : James B. Dow, presi- 
dent; Daniel Linehan, vice president; 
arles H. Hull, clerk; Elmer Standley, 
treasurer ; Rndrew Sandicy, Wore: 
Brooks, F. P. Williams, J. M. Publi- 
cover and John H.- Linehan, directors. 
~The latter two succeed Theodore A. 
Holmes and S. J. Connolly as_ directors 
and Mr. Hull succeeds H. E. Morgan. 
who has served as clerk fora number of 
years, but who was nota candidate for 
-election this year. 
‘The new board of directors enter up- 
n their duties with the determination of 
aking West Beacha most aitractive 
ot, and ask the hearty support of the 
ummer residents toward this end, for 
le corporation is supported largely by 
ae from that quarter. 
_ The board of directors in their an- 
nual report say in part: 
- “Tt is with regret that we have to an- 
t Stephen Eidridge, who was the old- 
st member of the corporation and John 
H. Woodbury, a former corporation 
fesident. Both men in former years 
izens holding positions of public trust 
d their passing away is indeed a public 
“An important happening of the past 
year was the coming to an end of the 
ng contested law suit with the Preston 
heirs involving the ownership to the 
westerly portion of the property. This 
Suit commenced Jan. 20, 1898, and the 
final decree was rendered the latter part 
of last May, covering a period of about 
line years. While the corporation is 
much the same as of recent years with 
he exception that the bath houses which 
were located upon the property disputed 
in the Preston lawsuit so called, some 
minor changes and improvements in the 
th houses have been undertaken, the 
pier has been repaired by renewing many 
of the old piles which were worn and 
orm eaten; nothing otherwise in the 
Shape of improvements has been done 
Owing to the fact that it was necessary to 
Settle in a financial way the expense in- 
« urred in the Preston law suit. 
~ ““Though the result was somewhat 
“disappointing as the main questions at 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
WEST BEACH CORPORATION 
Annual Meeting Held at Beverly Farms Monday Night. 
issue were decided in favor of the Pes- 
ton heirs, still the corporation retains 
rights and privileges there that are cer- 
tainly valuable, which in all probablity 
would not be so had we not fully pro- 
tected the corporation’s rights to the full 
extent. As a matter of fact the finding 
of the court was based upon the deed 
and agreement of 1856 as the same was 
declared valid. 
“While this suit was handed down to 
us as a sort of heritage from a previous 
board, and has cost the corporation a 
great amount of money and the directors 
no end of labor, still the matter had to 
be settled and we have seen no other 
way to do so, except to carry the affair 
to its final end. We have fought a good 
fight and have no regrets for our efforts 
to protect in every way the corporation’s 
rights. 
* The condition of the property, it is 
true, has been criticized by many, es- 
pecially by those who are not members 
of the corporation and a general feeling 
that more should be done has caused a 
great holding back of those who, did 
they realize even in a small way the 
denefits derived, could do much toward 
aiding in improving the property so_ that 
it would be of vastly greater benefit to 
the community besides giving equitable 
service to our members. 
“Various plans have been suggested 
in former years but always decided 
azainst by the corporation, the principle 
reason advanced being that noth.ng 
should be done along the lines suggested, 
until the Preston law suit was settled. 
** The financial condition at this date 
shows the following summary: 
Bank book shows balance of $ 330.80 
Less unreturned checks 296.55 
Actual bal. in Bey. Nat. bank $ 34.25 
Cash on hand with treasurer 56.36 
Total $. 90.61 
Total amount received during year 3,926.35 
Total amount expended per voucher 
on file 3,835.74 
$ 90.61 
““ The income during the year past may 
be divided up as received from the fol- 
lowing sources: 
Amount for pier and beach cleaning $ 460.05 
Salanee 
Board of directors of the 
19 
Sale of old float, ete. 45.00 
Keeping small boat on floats 20.00 
Corporation bath houses 735.00 
Private bath houses 369.82 
Storage of floats, ete. 75.00 
Telephone privilege 5.00 
Membership 6.00 
Total $1,715.87 
‘ There is, however, an uncollected 
list of bills due the corporation to the 
amount of $402.34, the most part of 
which will findoub(edly be received. 
“We have so faras we know paid all 
debts outstanding and the present liabili- 
ties can be summed up as follows: 
Balance of pier note $1.000.00 
Note issued in June, 1907, acct. 
Preston law suit. 1,000.00 
Note issued in Oct., 1907, acct. 
Preston law suit in full set- 
tlement 1,300.00 
Total liabilities $3,300.00 - 
‘Our assets in bath houses and _ pier 
alone we consider to be about $5,000. 
“As to recommendations for the fu- 
ture it would seem that the only wise 
course to pursue is to conduct the affairs 
of the corporation upon as economical 
plan as is consistent so that the net in- 
come received for the next period may 
be devoted towards the paying off of our 
notes. After this has been done it can 
be readily seen that tae corporation will 
not alone be self supporting but should 
show a balance that will enable it to have 
a good working capital for any contemp- 
lated improvements. 
James B. Dow, 
STEPHEN J. CONNOLLY, 
Frep WILLIAMS, 
West Beach 
Corporation. 
Howarp E. Moraan, clerk. 
Song Recital. 
The song recital to be given next 
Monday evening in Ames Memorial 
hall, Salem Y. M. C. A. building, un- 
der the auspices of the Salem Oratorio 
society, promises to be an event of. rare 
interest to music lovers in this com- 
munity. The recital will be by Alfred 
F Denghausen, baritone, of Boston, 
who sang recently in the ‘“‘ Golden Le- 
gend’’ concert given by the society. 
All seats are reserved, at 50 cents each, 
and may be obtained at Emilio’s music 
store, Salem, or at the hall that evening. 
Printing at the Breeze Office. 
SANE AGY BE RIERA. 
CONTRACTOR ann BUILDER 
CARPENTER WORKIN ALL ITS BRANCHES 
Haskell St., near Hale St. 
Telephone Con, 
Pride's Crossing, Mass. 
P.O. Box 62 
