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\the park ~Masconomo.’ 
‘improve their rigging. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
TOWN MEETING, MANCHESTER 
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tion from Mrs. William Hooper: 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, 
Feb. 26, 1908. 
“*T see by the Breeze that the ques- 
tion of a name for the park by-the-sea_ is 
to be brought ue at the next town meet- 
ing and Ishould like through you to offer 
asuggestion to our townspeople to call 
My grand- 
father, Captain R. B. Forbes, common- 
ly called Commodore Forbes, was one 
of the first summer visitors here. He 
bought the property now owned by Mr. 
T. Dennie. Boardman, called the place 
“Masconomo’ in honor of the old 
Indian Chief, built the houseon the hill 
now standing. Commodore Forbes was 
a prominent merchant in his time, and 
one of the few to command his own 
ships, which he did in his voyages to 
‘China, where he was a partner in the 
creat house of Russell & Co. He was 
well known to those interested in ships 
and did much as you know, no doubt, to 
He was in com- 
mand of the Jamestown on her voyage to 
Ireland at the time of the great famine 
and throughout his life a member of the 
Humane society and interested in every- 
thing to do with the sea. Should our 
friends and townspeople see fit to adopt 
my suggeston I would esteem it a__privil- 
ege to mark in some manner suitable by 
tablet or otherwise the reason for the 
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name Masconomo. 
Attce Forspes Perkins Hooper. 
Mr. Merrill then offered the following 
motion: 
That the park on Beach street be 
named Masconomo Park, that the gen- 
erous offer of Mrs. Wm. Hooper to 
place a suitable mark thereon be accepted 
and a committee of three be appointed 
by the chair to act with and assist Mrs. 
Hooper in any manner she may find con- 
venient. 
E. P. Stanley hoped this project would 
gothrough. ‘The town should accept 
this generous offer of Mrs. Hooper. 
Commodore Forbes is well remembered 
by the older residents of the town and he 
is certainly worthy of some recognition 
by the town. He was practically the 
father of the Mass. Humane society, 
placing life saving stations along our 
coast. 
F. J. Merrill said Mrs. Hooper was 
doing this to perpetuate the name of 
Masconomo, but she was doing it in the 
name of her late father and not in her 
own name. 
F. K. Hooper, Samuel Knight, John 
Baker and D. T. Beaton were others 
- speaking favorable on the matter. 
The motion was carried unanimously 
and the following committee was ap- 
pointed by the moderator to wait upon 
Mrs. Hooper: D. T. Beaton, F. J. 
Merrill and William Hooper. 
Art. 7. $2000 was appropriated for 
clearing snow. 
Art. 8. $100 was appropriated for 
clearing snow off Central pond. 
Art. 9. $500 for care and improve- 
of Wenham road, so-called. 
Art. 10. Schools. O. T. Roberts 
moved that $22,800 be appropriated. 
E. A. Lane asked that this be made 
$23,500, as even that was under what 
had been asked for. But the motion on 
the amendment did not prevail, 60 to 64. 
$22,800 was the amount appropriated. 
F. K. Hooper moved that the salary 
of the Supt. of Schools not exceed 
$1000. 
The Moderator said he was of the 
opinion that the town could not take any 
legal action along that line other than to 
make a suggestion to the committee, as 
it was in their power to determine the 
salary of the superintendent. Any sug- 
gestion, however, would be in order. 
Supt. Fish arose to a point of order. 
He said that in this commonwealth the 
school committee act, not as agents of 
the town, but as officials of the state; 
the state guards the rights of its children. 
If the school committee are state officials 
they must carry out the laws of the state, 
which say they shall elect a superintend- 
ent of schools and fix his salary. You 
cannot fix the salary, so what do you 
vote on it for? The committee have 
gone over the figures on school expense 
very carefully, and I don’t think they 
would expend one cent more than they 
need. You aren’t going to mortgage the 
future of your children for $1000. I 
am speaking as a fellow citizen, not as 
superintendent. I don’t think we want 
to do illegal things. 
F. K. Hooper was very glad the super- 
intendent had expressed himself. His 
recommendation was not for the purpose 
of saving a dollar to the detriment of any 
child. 
Austin Morley. This is a_ serious 
question. We ought to give our chil- 
dren the best we can find. If we are 
going to cut down any of the other depart- 
ments let’s cut them down, but for God’s 
sake, let’s not cut the children down. 
D. T. Beaton. On this basis,—three 
days a week—we are paying $3000 a 
year for superintendent of schools. 
The motion ($1000) was put and car- 
ried. 
Art. 11. School playground. 
Austin Morley. They call ita play- 
ground; why not call ita dump? 
A. C. Needham said that out of last 
year’s appropriation of $300, $146 had 
been paid to Frederick Burnham, for a 
bill that had not been presented before. 
A. Cunningham. Hope if any money 
is appropriated they will at least cut the 
grass so that the boys can play ball. 
$300 was appropriated on motion of 
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‘AA. C. Needham. 
At 9.45 the meeting adjourned to 7.30 
Tuesday evening. 
Tuesday Evening Session. 
The Tuesday evening session was 
called to order promptly at 7.30. The 
hall was nearly filled with voters. 
Art. 12. Water department appro- 
priations was the first matter of business. 
Chairman F. J. Merrill said that inas- 
much as the appropriation committee 
had cut down the amount called for, in 
an endeavor to economize, the commis- 
sioners were willing to try to run the de- 
partment on the money the committee 
had recommended. He moved $2000 
be appropriated with receipts for service 
and extensions; $300 for purchase of 
meters; $350 for official salaries, $150 
for clerk and $100 each for the other 
two members; $7800 for maintenance, 
including $300 for clerical work. 
Art. 13. The water commissioners 
were authorized to lay a six-inch pipe 
from Raymond street through land of 
Caroline Butler, a distance of 950 feet, 
and $900 was appropriated for the pur- 
pose. The cost is under the 6 per cent. 
guarantee agreement. 
Art. 14. $5500 was appropriated for 
the maintenance of police department. 
Art. 15. $125 for the care of police 
clock and alarm system and care of town 
ambulance. 
Art. 16. $1400 and surplus dog tax 
was appropriated for maintenance of 
public library. 
Art. 17. The board of health asked 
for $1200, but F. K. Hooper said a 
member of the board had told the com- 
mittee that $1000 was enough, and that 
amount was appropriated. 
Art: 18. $5700 was appropriated for 
maintenance of fire department. 
Art. 19. $750 was appropriated for 
purchase of 1000 feet of best double 
jacket rubber lined hose. 
Art. 20. $1000 was appropriated for 
care of cemeteries and chapel. 
Art. 21. $2000 was appropriated for 
new receiving tomb. 
Art. 22. O. T. Roberts moved that 
the town accept Sec. 24, Chapter 
78, of the Revised Laws, authorizing 
the town treasurer to receive in trust 
money from individuals, the .income 
from which shall be used for the perpet- 
ual care of their cemetery lots. 
Mr. Roberts explained that towns and 
cities generally are adopting this act. 
We have about eight applicants already 
for placing such funds, the last being 
Mr. Hibbard, administrator of the estate 
of the late Miss Crowell. 
The Moderator read the act. Samuel 
Knight asked if this covered private lots 
also. The Moderator thought that it 
applied only to public cemeteries. 
The motion for acceptance was 
