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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 3. NUMBER 1 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1906. 
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Winter, where art thou? 
Warm winter ; 
No ice. 
Next summer ; 
High price. 
In its special financial and commer- 
cial section last Sunday the Boston 
Herald included two North Shore 
concerns among the four mentioned 
in the article on ‘The Modern Con- 
tracts’— Connolly Bros. of Beverly 
Farms heading the list. 
Auto enthusiasts are now watching 
for some new auto laws, and are won- 
dering if the suggestion of Major Hig- 
ginson and his associates, that the 
matter of speed regulations be left in 
the hands of the highway commission- 
ers, will be recognized. We are in- 
clined to think this will be a step in 
the right direction. 
Mistakes! We are all apt to make 
them; but no one is quite so apt as the 
editor. Few persons realize the diffi- 
culty met in conducting a newspaper 
and the ease with which items find 
their way into a paper which are 
without the least semblance of truth. 
If an editor had to “look up” and 
verify every item of news before 
printing he probably never would half 
fill his columns. The result is that he 
has to take a great many things by 
hearsay and trust a deal to luck that 
they come from a truthful source. 
But sometimes the item that one sup- 
poses comes from a most reliable 
source proves utterly unfounded. One 
such item found its way into our col- 
umns last week, announcing the death 
of a child in Gloucester. The item 
came to us at the last minute, and not 
having time to verify it, and thinking 
the source from which it came the 
most reliable under the circumstances, 
we printed the news only to find we 
were entirely wrong. It was an un- 
fortunate error. 
Destroying Moth Nests 
Several complaints have come to 
State Superintendent Kirkland con- 
cerning persons who have made exor- 
bitant charges for destroying brown- 
tail moth nests on private estates, 
and more particularly concerning 
those individuals who have done poor 
work against the moths on such es- 
tates. Numerous cases have been 
reported to the state office where con- 
tractors who cleared trees of brown- 
tail moths neglected to destroy the 
gypsy moths; in other cases brown- 
tail moth webs have been left in large 
numbers on the ground without burn- 
ing them. To prevent such imposi- 
tions on the public, Superintendent 
Kirkland suggests that,-in cases of 
doubt as to the cost or quality of 
work done, it will be well to withhold 
payment until the work has beenjex- 
amined by a state inspector, or,{pre- 
ferably by the local superintendent in 
charge of the town work. There are 
numerous reputable contractors doing 
work against the moths and a list of 
the same may be obtained by apply- 
ing to the office of the State Superin- 
tendent at 6 Beacon street, Boston. 
Any payment of money obtained 
under false pretences in connection 
with moth work should be promptly 
reported to the State Superintendent, 
who will assist in prosecuting the 
case where sufficient evidence can be 
obtained. 
North Shore Roads 
Mayor Wallis said in his inaugural 
address Monday that Beverly had 
spent more money on roads_the past 
year than ever before. The interest 
which the summer residents have in 
good roads may be seen from his 
figures. He said in part: 
“The summer residents have been 
most liberal in helping Beverly in 
road construction the past year; they 
have paid $25,742 of the expense of 
building the State highway from Chap- 
man’s Corner to the Manchester line, 
which has already cost $30,249, the 
State paying the balance. They have 
also paid $1,800 for the widening of 
Brower’s Corner; bonuses for early 
completion and patching up of roads 
to be completed next year ; for macad- 
amizing 1,100 feet on Haskell street, 
$513.30, the city furnishing the stone; 
for repairs and improvements on Com- 
mon lane, $398 ; Thissell street, $60 ; 
Greenwood avenue, $143; Boyles and 
Standley streets, $373; Essex street, 
$63, and for signs, $308. They have 
also paid $636.13 toward the cost of 
widening Hart street in front of the 
Murray, Fenno and Bennett proper- 
ties, the balance of the cost being paid 
as follows: the county paying $818 
and the city $1,000. This makes a 
total of over $2,000 paid by the sum- 
mer residents on other roads than the 
State highway. I am also informed 
that they have subscribed and paid 
for repairs on private wood roads 
$890. They have also agreed to pay 
$700 towards repairing Brimbal ave- 
nue. 
«<The city has expended on street 
construction and repairs $53,654, 
which sum includes $14,272 for city 
teams, $2,600 for bridges and $2,800 
for street watering. The sum of 
$18,362 has also been paid for special 
work, making a total of $72,016 paid 
on street construction. More work 
has been done by this department than 
in any previons year of its history. It 
is recommended that during the com- 
ing year work be done on Hart, Oak, 
Everett, Hale, Hull, Dane, Central, 
Abbott, Park, Elliott, Colon, Essex 
and Bridge streets.” 
. WHISPERINGS. 
From what I observe and hear 
whisperings of I conclude the number 
of males on Norwood avenue has 
greatly increased in numbers the past 
week or two, and the number of the 
opposite sex has diminished. But 
then, one’s own eyes sometimes lead 
to wrong conclusions. The camera, 
though, never fabricates. The mas- 
querade fever started with some of 
the younger girls, but it was caught 
by some of the older ones who con- 
cealed their ‘ manliness” by long 
cloaks last Sunday long enough to 
venture out behind one of the houses 
to have their pictures ‘“‘took.”’ 
* * * * 
Superintendent Kimball is to be 
congratulated on the quick manner in 
which he disposed of the snow of 
Wednesday night. About two inches 
