Hearing on Elm Street. 
A hearing was held at the office of 
the selectmen in Manchester, Wednes- 
day evening, on petition of Fred J. 
Merrill, Wm. Hoare and others, to 
locate and lay out as a town way the 
passageway now leading from Central 
street at a point near the police station 
to the stone mill, so-called. The 
hearing was informal in nature, and 
will be followed later by a public 
hearing. Secretary F. K. Swett pre- 
sided in the absence of Chairman of 
the board Allen. 
Fred J. Merrill, one of the abutters, 
was present, and said he had felt for a 
long time that the town ought to take 
this passageway and lay it out as a 
town way. It has been a great deal 
of expense to the owners to maintain 
the road in its present condition. In 
time of storm the road is almost im- 
passable, due to the drainage from 
Pine street flooding the road. It is 
used considerably by pedestrians as 
well as for carriage and teaming pur- 
poses, and he felt the time had now 
come for the town to take and main- 
tain it. As far as the land damage 
was concerned, he added, he is per- 
fectly willing to give it to the town. 
Oliver T. Roberts, representing 
Roberts & Hoare, another abutter, 
said he thought the necessity of widen- 
ing the street was obvious. He said 
the wall adjacent to the channel was 
rather shaky and needed repairing. 
As far as precedent was concerned, 
the town had already taken Friend’s 
Pour Ohureh estreét,. ete., and he 
claimed Elm street, so-called, was of 
much more use than either. He 
added he would claim no land damage. 
Superintendent Kimball said if the 
town was to lay out a road there we 
have precedents enough of streets 
being laid out with curves and turns, 
and that it was time now to lay one 
out with symmetry and correctness. 
The other abutters, Samuel Knight, 
Isaac Richardson and the Mahoney 
heirs were not represented. Engineer 
R. C. Allen had two plans on hand. 
Selectman Swett said he thought 
the board of selectmen would accept 
one of the layouts, but in that event 
they would insist on the plan which 
would require moving Roberts & 
Hoare’s shop, as they preferred a 
uniform layout to an unsymmetrical 
one. He said they would like to get 
at it as soon as possible, and would 
cal] another hearing, which, undoubt- 
ably, would be followed by a caJ] fora 
special town meeting. 
George S. Sinnicks favored the 
change, and spoke of the great neces- 
sity of the improvement, saying the 
business done there called for some 
change. 
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BEVERLY FARMS. 
Walter Broderick of Boston has 
been a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. 
Frank I. Lomasney. 
Sixteen young people from the 
Farms attended the dancing party at 
Rogers’ hall, Beverly, a week ago last 
night. 
Miss Mary Hill of Brookline Brent 
New Year’s as guest of Mr. and Mrs. 
John Daniels. 
The club with the fishy name, the 
Lobster Dramatic club, so-called, of 
Providence, R.I., presented the play, 
“ Sweet Bess of San Francisco,”’ at a 
merry house party given here the past 
week. 
The costume party in Marshall’s 
hall last evening, under the auspices 
of John West colony, Pilgrim Fathers, 
was quite a success. 
Miss Anna Connolly and her guest, 
Miss Alice Saiter, returned to the 
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, 
Tuesday. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Publicover en- 
tertained at their High street home, 
Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. 
MacPherson, Miss Mae Mountain and 
Capt. Fred Carott of Gloucester. 
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Watson, 
2d, have recently entertained Miss 
Louise Murnane of Boston, Miss 
Emma Grimes of Providence, R.I, 
Captain “ Dan.’ Hurley of the Har- 
vard eleven, William Murray of 
Charlestown and Warren Windsor of 
Boston. 
The local firemen held their monthly 
meeting at the engine house Monday 
evening. Quite an enticing spread 
was served after the meeting. 
The local dealers declare they have 
had an exceptionally big run of lemons 
the past week.(?) 
Benjamin Hawkins has given up his 
milk business here and has entered 
the employ of Andrew Standley, the 
shoe dealer. His brother, Arthur 
Hawkins, will continue with the milk 
business. 
Preston Post Officers Installed. 
Past Commander Eben Day, as- 
sisted by Ezra P. Williams, as officer- 
of-the-day, installed the officers of 
Preston Post, G.A.R., of Beverly 
Farms, Wednesday evening. The 
officers installed were: Comm., Chas. 
He Day ow .G, joshua Younger; 
aM Gor neo. 7. Holmes: Ghapi, 
Geo. W. Larcom; Sur., Daniel W. 
Prestows7Qo M., Benj. F. Osborne ; 
OI. , Ezra P. Williams; Olo.. Wm. 
rr Blanchard ; Ags Eben Richards ; 
Serg.major, Andrew Standley; Q.M. Sa 
Geo. H. Wyatt. A generous collation 
was served after the installation. 
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All Styles of Carriages For Sale or Exchange. 
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Importer and Manufacturor of 
Fine Harness, Riding Saddles ana 
Horse Furnishings. 
A full line of Stable Supplies. iring in all its 
branches. Branch Stores at Beverly Ee Manches 
ter and Magnolia. 
191 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. 
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