NORTH 
SHORE: BREEZE 
March 10,1916. 
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING IN MANCHESTER 
Vote to Buy New Motor Ambulance and Motorcycle for 
Police Dept.; $207, O82 Appropriated Thus Far. 
SAMUEEC LAI WHEATON 
EDWARD S. KNIGHT 
FRANK G. CHEEVER 
Manchester’s Board of Selectmen for 1916. 
My AN CHESTER?S... annual... Town 
Meeting was: held, Monday,. more 
oréless of the routine business being 
taken care of at the morning session, 
the election taking. up the; afternoon 
and most of the more important dis- 
cussion taking up the evening. When 
the meeting adjourned a littl e before 
ten o'clock, practically all of the 46 
articles in the: warrant had been acted 
upon, though not-all with- final dis- 
position, 
Raymond C. 
mnoederator, -after 
Allen was elected 
thisrimportant office 
had been ‘held by +Charles-C. Dodge 
fonia yeatyc:MnojiAdlen’s, unqualified 
and unusital ability in. this, connection 
and his:more than.avérage, knowledge 
of parliamentary law-and,-practise, is 
responstble:- in large measure for. the 
despatch with which the business of 
the was; ‘handled: dn «all 
$207,082.74: was ap propriated. 
A: greater-part of the evening, ses- 
sion. was taken up ;withsia discussion 
of highways, fire and..water. -depart- 
session 
ments:<'+:Fhe iene aieater 
was passed, for $28,000,.for high- 
ways. The particular item of debate 
was..the. reconstruction -.of, the, high- 
way from the Bev erly Farms dine to 
the center. of village.- “Fhe, board of 
selectmen advocated a construction 
of Bermudez macadam like that of 
the three miles constructed last year 
and the year before from the Glou- 
cester line to the center of the village, 
the same to extend from the Beverly 
Farms line to the corner of Pine, 
ALLEN, Moderator 
RAYMOND..C. 
Bennett and Central streets, then 
a block pavement through — the 
center of town, wood for the most 
part, and granite on the steep grades. 
The estimated cost of this work was 
$58,500. The finance committee 
thought this was too much money to 
spend and so recommended a _ like 
construction throughout, which would 
allow of a saving of $18,500,— or at 
a total cost of $40,000. And this is 
what the discussion was over. Some 
wanted one thing, some another, and 
not a few were willing to get along 
with no new construction. Many 
were of the opinion that something 
should be done to make the way of 
the horse easier. 
The whole matter was recommitted 
to the selectmen, they to report at a 
later meeting. 
The 
Monday evening at. 7.30. 
Wuat Was SAD AND DONE AT - 
THE ANNUAL Town MEETING. 
The first 15 minutes. of Manches- 
ter’s annual Town Meeting was con- 
sumed by Town Clerk Aas Jewett 
in reading the warrant, and the next 
16 minutes in casting 114 ballots for 
meeting adjourned to next. 
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