Monday Evening’s Session. 
Monday evening session opened at 
7.30. 
Otis Lane, R. J. Baker and E. Wal- 
lace Stanley asked to have their names 
stricken from the jury list. Upon 
motion of George Kimball the names 
were withdrawn and the list remains 
as then standing. 
Article 3. To choose all other town 
officers. 
Fence viewers: E. A. Lane, James 
Hoare, F. J. Merrill. 
Measurers of lumber: O. T. Roberts, 
Lewis Killam, C. C. Dodge. 
Measurers of wood: George Kim- 
ball G, Gabodreswe Ca Rust: 
Field drivers: George L. Knight, 
R. C. Allen, Geo. H. Watson. 
Pound keeper: Alfred C. Hooper. 
Raymond C,. Allen was nominated 
for this position but stated that inas- 
much as he had served in the office 
last year and as the press had stated 
he was not a candidate for the office 
for re-election he declined to serve, 
whereupon A. C. Hooper, whose can- 
didacy was stated exclusively in the 
BREEZE some weeks ago was appointed. 
Mr. Hooper, it is understood, will 
make several improvements. on the 
pound, among which will be the pur- 
chase of a new lock and key. 
Art. 5. On motion of Albert Cun- 
ningham, the moderator re-appointed 
F. P. Knight, D. T. Beaton and John 
Baker on the appropriation committee. 
Art. 48. Edwin P. Stanley moved 
that $1,400 and dog tax ($278.75) be 
appropriated for the support of the. 
Public Library. Carried. 
Art. 25. N. P. Meldrum motioned 
that appropriations in accordance with 
the recommendations of the Water 
Commissioners be made as follows: 
$3,000 for services and extensions, to- 
gether with receipts from services and 
sale of pipe; $7,500 for maintenance ; 
$500 for improvements; $3,000 for 
meters. 
Mr. Cunningham: ‘ How 
longer will the Water Commissioners 
call for $500 for improvements ?” 
Mr. Meldrum: ‘As long as im- 
provements are needed.” Motion 
carried. 
SPECIAL SALE 
Norfolk Chocolates 
in Pound Packages 
At Only 29 Cents. 
FRANK G. CHEEVER CO. 
Prescription Pharmacists, 
CENTRAL SQUARE, 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
much 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Mr. Meldrum moved that $800 be 
appropriated for official salaries for 
the .Water Commissioners, $600 for 
the clerk and $100 each for the other 
two members, explaining this was 
$100 more than last year. Carried. 
Art. 26. A special appropriation of 
$1,500 was made to employ a compe- 
tent engineer and have surveys made 
as regards a high service water supply. 
N. P. Meldrum moved that a rebate 
of $11 be granted to the Horticultural 
society, being the sum paid by them 
for the use of the town hall on Oct. 
26, and Nov. 10, 1904, also that the 
society be granted use of the hall for 
a free lecture on the evening of March 
17. Carried. 
At this point the moderator read 
“ A suggestion for the town of Man- 
chester” concerning beach property 
from G. E. Sjorlund, who suggested 
that a border of plants and shrubs be 
set along the bank at Singing beach, 
fronting the Wood and Cochrane es- 
tates, and that the matter be left with 
the Park Commissioners. 
Art. 6. It was voted on motion of 
IF. K. Swett that the matter of repairs 
and improvements of highways, 
bridges, etc., be left under the direc- 
tion of the selectmen. 
Art.7. $750 was appropriated on 
motion of E. P. Stanley for concreting 
the sidewalks on Lincoln street be- 
tween School and Arbella streets. 
Art.8. $575 was appropriated for 
extending concrete walk on Summer 
street from Lincoln to Forest. 
Art. 9. $400 was appropriated for 
concreting the sidewalk on the north- 
erly side of Pleasant street between 
School and Essex. 
Art. 10. $500 was appropriated for 
constructing a sidewalk on the north- 
erly side of Tappan street, without 
edgestones. 
Art.11. On motion of F. P. Knight 
$9,000 was appropriated to “‘ thorough- 
ly repair with crushed stone Beach 
street from the railroad crossing to 
Masconomo street, Masconomo street 
from Beach to its termination, and 
Proctor street from its junction with 
Masconomo to the town landing.”’ 
Art. 12. To see if the town would 
vote to build a retaining wall in cer- 
tain places on Forest street, opposite 
the house of Daniel Edgecomb, passed 
over on motion of O. T. Roberts. 
Albert Cunningham: ‘Why should 
the appropriation committee pass over 
this article in their report ?”’ 
A.C. Needham: ‘The petitioners 
on this article were granted a hearing, 
but they did not appear. The super- 
intendent of streets was called in con- 
ference but he thought a retaining 
wall not necessary, and such action 
would not result so much to the good 
of the town as to the abutters.” 
Art. 14. F. P. Knight moved that 
the town empower the School Com- 
mittee to select a suitable lot of land 
for a school building and to report at 
the adjourned meeting. Carried. 
Mr. Cunningham: ‘I would sug- 
gest that they also report price at 
at which lot can be bought.” 
Art. 15. On motion of Albert 
Cunningham the subject matter of 
this article, to the effect that the town 
purchase a lot of land for school pur- 
poses and erect thereon a school build- 
ing, be laid on the table till the ad- 
journed meeting. 
Art. 16. Voted on motion of C. O. 
Howe that the $300 be appropriated 
for the improvement and maintenance 
of the Playground. 
Art 19. F. P. Knight moved that 
$175 be appropriated for maintenance 
of relaying of police clock system. 
Moderator : “What does this 
mean ?”’ 
Mr. Knight: ‘*Theselectmen have 
requested the telephone company to 
remove their poles from Beach street, 
where the telephone conduits have just 
been laid, and as the police clock sys- 
tem wires are on these poles they too 
will have to be moved and re-set.” 
Carried. 
Art. 20. F. K. Swett moved that 
$100 be appropriated for re-varnishing 
and care of ambulance. Carried. 
Art. 27. Voted on motion of Mr, 
Swett that $500 be appropriated for 
the use of the Board of Health. 
Art. 28. C.C. Dodge moved thag 
$7,000 be appropriated for street light-— 
ing. 
F. K. Swett moved that when meet- 
ing adjourned it be adjourned till 7.30 
o’clock Tuesday evening, and followed 
this with a motion that Art. 28, bear- 
ing on street lights, be assigned till 
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, saying 
that Mr. Garcia, the manager of the 
Welsbach Lighting Co., would be 
present at that time. Carried. 
Art. 29. On lighting town hall 
building by electricity. E. P. Stanley 
moved the selectmen be a committee — 
to get estimates as to the cost of in- | 
stalling electric lights in the town hall. 
Carried. 
R. C. Lincoln stated the trustees of — 
the Public Library building had in- | 
tended to insert an article in the war- — 
rant for installing light in the memorial — 
building and public library, (This will — 
probably come before the adjourned 
meeting.) 
Art. 30. F. P. Knight moved that 
$3,550 be appropriated for compensa- 
tion of the town officers and town 
committees. 
Town Treasurer E. P. Stanley: 
is with a great deal of reluctance that 
I get up at the present time and ask 
for an increase of salary. But I am 
going to give my reasons for so doing. 
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