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considered more of a joke than any- 
thing else. 
Walter R. Bell gave the old board 
‘a run for their money,” so to speak, 
tunning only five votes behind Wm. 
E. Kitfield. The latter was only six 
behind Mr. Knight, and F. K. Swett 
led the three by only 17 votes. On 
FRANK G. CHEEVER, Town Auditor 
the recount, which Mr Bell called for 
Thursday, Messrs. Bel], Kittield and 
Swett gained one vote each. 
The most momentous question be- 
fore the meeting was that of an 
additional water supply for Manches- 
ter, and this was very ably put before 
the meeting by Commissioner F. J. 
Merrill $9,000 was appropriated ‘‘to 
make such tests and experiments as 
may be deemed expedient for the 
removal of the iron in said water 
(at Beaver Dam) and otherwise puri- 
fying the same.’”’ Pipes are also to 
be laid to the corner of School and 
Mill streets, where connection may be 
made to the town mains in a case of 
emergency. 
Among the appropriations of gen- 
eral interest were those for placing a 
tapper on the Congregational church 
bellas additional fire alarm, for Fourth 
of July celebration, a series of band 
concerts, for concrete sidewalks, etc. 
A detailed account will be found on 
the following pages. 
Unclaimed Letters 
Letters remaining unclaimed at Manches- 
ter, Mass., postoffice for week ending March 
3: Sarah Adams, Capet Bellovean, Bands- 
man Johnson, Mrs James Duane Livingston, 
E W _.Smartt, Fred B. Wentworth, Eliza 
Gordon Woodbury. 
SAMUEL L. WHEATON, Postmaster. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The Manchester Election 
Town Clerk, 1 year. 
*Alfred S. Jewett, 261 
M. J. Callahan, 1 
Blanks, Lis 
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers, 
Walter R. Bell, 268 
*William E. Kitfield, 273 
*Edward S. Knight, 279 
*Fred K. Swett, 296 
Blanks, 201 
Collector of Taxes, 1 year. 
*Edwin P. Stanley, 346 
Blanks, 93 
Town Treasurer, 1 year. 
*Edwin P. Stanley, 333 
M. E. Gorman, 1 
Blanks, 105 
School Committee, 3 years. 
William J. Dougherty, 151 
* Alfred C. Needham, 216 
Curtis B. Stanley, 56 
Blanks, 24 
Auditor, 1 year. 
*Frank G. Cheever, 397 
Blanks, 42 
Water Commissioner, 3 years. 
George E. Hildreth, 
*Jeffrey T. Stanley, 
Blanks, 24 
Trustee Public Library, 1 year. 
*Delucena L. Bingham, 
Blanks, 92 
Trustee of Cemeteries, 3 years. 
*Edward A. Lane, 301 
Otis O. Lane, 1 
O. T. Roberts, 1 
Blanks, 136 
Park Commissioner, 3 years. 
*Duncan T. Beaton, 322 
J. W. Carter, 1 
J.-S paseed, 1 
Blanks, 115 
Tree Warden, 1 year. 
Robert A. Mitchell, 82 
Jeffrey S. Reed, 70 
*William Young, 273 
Blanks 14 
Constables, 1 year. 
*Leonard Andrews, Big 
*Louis O. Lations, 302 
*Joseph P. Leary, 254 
Thomas H. Sheehan, 114 
R. C. Allen, 1 
John E. King, 1 
Blanks, 322 
Trustee Mem. Library Bldg. Fund, 8 years. 
*T. Jefferson Coolidge, 328 
Blanks, 101 
*Elected. 
What was Said and Done at 
Manchester Town Meeting 
Town Clerk J. S. Jewett called the 
meeting to order at 9 o’clock, and after 
reading the town warrant he called 
the first article, “To choose a mod- 
erator.” Twenty-eight votes were 
cast, all for Franklin K. Hooper. 
Though not present at the time Mr. 
Hooper was soon called in. He 
thanked the voters for the election, 
but said he would not be a candidate 
for the office again. 
“T can’t say I didn’t expect this,” 
he said, ‘“‘but ‘I did not expect it so 
soon. I have served the town quite a 
number of years as moderator—11 
consecutive years, I think—and I have 
served at special meetings in addition, 
and previously was moderator when 
the town accepted the plans for a 
water works. I should have given 
notice before this through the press, 
but neglected to do so, and I now wish 
to give notice that in the future I do not 
care to be a candidate for moderator. 
I am not a candidate for any future 
meetings, special or otherwie. Gen- 
tlemen, I thank you for another ex- 
pression of your confidence. 
*«T like to glance back over the last 
20 years,’’ continued the speaker, 
“and see the advance made by the 
town as regards highways, schools, 
streets, etc. We remember about the 
first of the development was when the 
street was opened from the railroad 
crossing to Masconomo hill, so called, 
and to the beach. Since then we 
have developed wonderfully. I like 
also to glance at the parks. Though 
the beach has caused us considerable 
trouble and we now have it, we should 
even now be careful.” 
The speaker referred to the im- 
provements on the beach bank made 
by several of the abutters. ‘““However 
much this is done to the neglect of 
the town,” he said, ‘‘must be looked 
after.’”’ He spoke also of the installa- 
tion of water works and of the intro- 
duction of electric lights, saying of 
the latter that he felt the town made 
a mistake in not having a municipal 
plant, and he thought it would be well 
for the town to secure the present 
plant before the option expires. He 
was opposed to street railroads, be- 
cause he thought the town would not 
be developed as it should be by this. 
The police department had been won- 
derfully developed in the past two 
decades, as also had the fire , depart- 
ment, which he termed “an efficient 
and up-to-date department.”’ 
“T believe Manchester is not fully 
developed—not more than one-half. 
Looking toward progress in the future 
we see higher valuations. We now 
have a valuation of about $11,000,000. 
You are going to be called upon in 
the near future to meet greater ex- 
pense. My interest in the town has 
always been great and it always will 
be.” The speaker closed by repeating 
his assertion of the first that he did 
not care to serve the town again as 
moderator. 
The selectmen having appointed as 
tellers 1T. C. Rowe; R. C. Allen, G; 
E. Willmonton and James Hoare, 
the moderator appointed T. B. Stone 
and C. M. Dodge. These were sworn 
in.. 
A.S. Jewett moved that all unex- 
pended balances of the last year be 
returned into the treasury, except the 
balance of the appropriation for the 
completion of the new school house. 
Art. 2—To act upon reports. 
