NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
RELIEF FROM WHISTLE. 
Continued from first page 
ing the meeting. As this matter was of 
vital interest to the members of the sum- 
mer colony, he said, he offered a motion 
that the privilege of the floor be given to 
all present to speak on the question. 
Charles Head said the petition was of 
interest to all within hearing of this fog 
signal. No-one believed. he thought, 
that it was not necessary for the mariner 
to have some signal, yet he believed that a 
less powerful horn was sufficient. ‘The 
desire was to modify and abate the sound 
so that it will not be a manace to the in- 
habitants of the North Shore as it is now 
and atthe same time be a safeguard to 
the shipping that passes in and out of 
Salem and Beverly. Mr. Head offered 
the following resoultion and moved its 
adoption: 
““Whereas, the fog signal recently es- 
tablished on Baker’ s island is by reason of 
its harsh and loud tone an _ intolerable 
injury to the health and comfort of the 
inhabitants of the town and, whereas, 
it is believed that the interests of naviga- 
tion can be properly safeguarded with- 
out subjecting the inhabitants of this 
town to such serious damage, now, 
therefore, be it 
“‘Resolved, That the voters of the 
town of Manchester assembled in special 
town meeting for the purpose, do here- 
by protest against the unreasonable injury 
which is being done to them and request 
the government of the United States, 
through its proper officials, to give them 
some measure of relief tierefrom. 
“Resolved, That a committee of 10 
voters be appointed by the moderator of 
this meeting for the purpose of transmit- 
ting this protest to the proper authority 
and to take such other action in the pre- 
mises aS may seem to expedient.’’ 
Samuel Knight seconded the motion. 
S. Parker Bremer suggested that before 
the motion was put it might be well to 
understand if there was any expense and 
if so an amendment covering this might 
be advantageous to the motion. 
Mr. Head thought most of the work 
could be done through correspondence 
and that the committee would not have 
to go to Washington in person. 
W.C. Rust said he should like to 
have something more melodious than 
that horn. It isn’t very pleasant to lay a- 
wake nights and listen to that. Some- 
thing more musical would be better. It is 
very bad for the sick, 
Samuel Knight. ‘‘Since I first heard 
that thing—lI call it a thing, and a_nuis- 
ance, too—I failed to see the necessity 
of it, especially in the summer season. | 
feel personally that every night that 
whistle blows I have to close my win- 
dows. It is bad enough to do this all 
winter. I heartily endorse any move 
to modify that sound. 
D. 
163 Cabot 
Charles O. Howe said. people didn’t 
thing of ‘‘us people up in plain’ who 
have to hear the honk! honk! of the 
automobiles coming from the Essex 
County club from elven to one in the 
morning. ‘That is enough to cause _ner- 
vous prostration. Hethought the present 
whistle might be modified so as to blow 
less often. 
F. K. Hooper said he had lived here 
all his life and thought the old fog bell 
had answered the purpose. But he didn’t 
wish to deprive the mariners of anything. 
Something more harmonious than the 
present whistle might be substituted. He 
felt it would be for the town’s interests 
to object to that signal. 
M. E. Gorman said he had been by 
Baker’s Island many times in a northeast 
storm, and in August; he could remem- 
ber when there were 50 or 60 fishing 
vessels passing by the island each with 20 
or 21 souls aboard; he could remember 
when there were 50 sail waiting for a 
chance to get a berth at Derby wharf in 
Salem, and if shipping was carried on so 
successfully then why cannot it not be 
now, wihtout that fog signal. He attribut- 
ed the whistle to the Salem _harbor- 
master. 
William Hooper said he should be 
glad to vote that automobiles should not 
blow their whistles. He did not think the 
feeling against the fog whistle was wholly 
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He had spent ‘ 
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be done to moderate the tone and fre-— 
quency of the blast of that fog horn. He 
was hard of hearing in one ear, he said, 
and he usualy turned his good ear to the 
pillow on foggy nights, but even that did — 
not prevent him from hearing that infer- 
nal whistle. 
‘The vote was now put and was count- 
ed by the tellers, 86 voting in favor and 
10 against. 
The following committee were ap- 
pointed: F. K. Swett, Edward Knight, 
W.R. Bell, Samuel Knight, O. T. 
Roberts, James F. Shaw, Gardiner M. 
Lane, IT. D. Boardman, Charles Head 
and F. K. Hooper. 
On motion of Samuel Knight $200 
was appropriated for the use of the com- 
mittee. The meeting adjourned at 8.20. 
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