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Feb, 4, 1916. _ 
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NORUH SHORE SR ih Zan 
Connolly Bros. 
GENERAL 
CONTRACTORS 
for BUILDINGS 
OF ALL 
DESCRIPTIONS 
CARPENTER SHOPS, MILLS AND OFFICE AT 
BEVERLY FARMS, MASS. 
BRIDGE 
WIDEN 
BEVERLY-SALEM. BRIDGE TO BE -SUL- 
yJEct oF LEGISLATIVE ACTION. 
Wit the plan for the improvement 
of the Beverly-Salem bridge, 
backed by the County Commissioners, 
booked for an early hearing before 
legislative committees, there is consid- 
erable local interest in a movement to 
widen the bridge, so as to modernize 
the principal artery of travel between 
Beverly and Salem and up and down 
the North Shore. 
While the population of tne district 
served by the Beverly-Salem bridge 
has increased tremendously in the last 
half century, the bridge, so far as ac- 
commodations go, provides compara- 
tively little more traveling space than 
it did in the days of the omnibus and 
stage coach. When the old horse- 
cars were put into operation between 
the two cities, there was a single 
track across the bridge, and the sin- 
gle track still serves today. When 
travel was light and principally horse 
drawn, the bridge was just as wide as 
it is today, in motor times, and the 
footpath is the same width as it has 
been from time immemorial. 
Now that Salen is to make a boule- 
vard out of Bridge street and there is 
prospect of a shore boulevard in that 
city and Beverly has given a splendid 
approach to the bridge by its smooth 
paved roads out of Cabot and Ran- 
toul streets, the feeling as has been 
expressed locally, is that it is time for 
improvements to be made on _ the 
bridge. The plan is to fill in on both 
sides of the. bridge for a fair distance 
and the only additional cost on this 
score, if the plan is adopted, would 
be the cost of the necessary filling. 
Beyond the solid foundation there 
would be piles driven on one side, or 
both, of the bridge, to give it the in- 
creased width, fifteen feet being sug- 
OLIVER T. ROBERTS WILLIAM HOARE 
Roberts & Hoare 
Contractors and Builders 
Contract Work a Specialty 
Particular Attention given to Jobbing 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 
Telephone Connection 
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J. M. Publicover W. B. Publicover 
Publicover Bros. 
Contractors and Builders 
Special Attention given to Jobbing, Furniture Repaired, etc. 
ALL WORK NEATLY and PROMPTLY DONE 
SHOP: Hale St., Beverly Farms . 1 
Telephone Connection .P. O. Box 74, Beverly Farms, Mass. 
PLUMBING HEATING WATER SUPPLY 
ROBERT ROBERTSON COMPANY 
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winter. 39 years experience, careful, efficient and trustworthy, em- 
ployees, prompt service and fair charges to all. 
BEVERLY FARMS HAMILTON 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 
BEVERLY 
Telephone Connection P. O. Box 62 
J. A. MAYBERRY 
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER 
CARPENTER WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 
HASKELL S8T., NEAR HALE ST. PRIDB’S CROSSING, MASS. 
Estimates Furnished 
HOWARD A. DOANE, Carpenter 
BUILDING AND REPAIRING 
ORDERS TAKEN FOR AWNINGS 
SCREENS, ETC. 
BEVERLY FARMS, MASS. 
Tel. Beverly Farms 130 
Shop at Pride’s Orossing | 
gested, and the expense would he 
comparatively small compared to the 
benefits which would accrue. 
A 55 or 57 foot wide bridge would 
give room for double tracks on the 
Bay State, with a single track across 
the draw, unless other arrangements 
could be made. Under present con- 
ditions, with a single track, there is 
a tie up of six to seven minutes and 
sometimes more, on either side of the 
bridge. A double track would do 
away with the waiting and would cut 
the running time between Beverly and 
Salem, five to seven minutes. Jt © 
would lessen the traffic congestion on _ 
the present structure and would be an_ 
improvement that would be appreci- 
ated with the passing of the years. — 
The Beverly Board of Trade will” 
probably take up the matter as will 
the Salem Chamber of Commerce and — 
the Essex County Boards, and an ef- 
fort made to have a bridge that will — 
better serve the two cities and the 
entire North Shore-—Beverly Times, 
