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farch 10, 1916, 
MANCH’ST’R TOWN MEETING 
(Continued from page 9) 
Monpay EVENING SESSION. 
Article 36 was the first to come up 
it the Monday evening session fol- 
owing the election of minor officers. 
Down Clerk A. S. Jewett read the 
proposed layout for widening the cor- 
ier of Beach and Masconomo streets. 
\ drawing of the proposed layout was 
resented to the meeting and with 
ittle discussion the article was adopt- 
id. Selectman Knight made the mo- 
ion for the $625 appropriation. - 
J. W. Andrews moved the appro- 
wriation of $450 to concrete the side- 
valk on the south side of Pleasant 
treet from School st. to the Babcock 
‘state under Art. 37 as recommended 
vy the finance committee. 
John F. Scott objected to the walk 
veing laid, saying that there was not 
ufficient width to the street and that 
me side of the street had a good walk. 
atrick Boyle declared that the walk 
vas needed there as much as any- 
vhere. Motion was carried. 
Action on Art. 38 (Raymond st.) 
vas deferred as per the recommend- 
ition of the Finance committee that it 
ve considered under Art. 5. 
Franklin B. Rust, petitioner for 
\rt. 39, moved its adoption. The 
ticle provided for another police- 
nan to do night duty on School, 
>Jeasant and Pine streets and an ap- 
wropriation of $1200 for the same. 
‘Then the life of the meeting start- 
‘d. Thomas Baker moved an amend- 
nent providing for still another po- 
iceman at an additional cost of $1200 
o patrol Friend court and John F. 
Scott offered another amendment 
providing for a third additional police- 
nan. Neither amendment had a sec- 
ond nor came to a vote as the movers 
poke strongly against the adoption of 
he original motion. The additional 
fficer would be an unnecessary ex- 
yense, it was declared. The article 
vas voted down. 
Action on Art. 5 (Highways) had 
een set down for 8 o’clock and that 
vas next taken up. 
The recommendation of the Fi- 
lance committee that the appropria- 
ion of $28,000 asked by the select- 
nen for the maintenance of highways, 
idewalks and bridges be cut to $23,- 
00 was discussed at length. John F. 
Scott wanted the question thoroughly 
liscussed and asked that everyone 
lave something to say about it. Near- 
y everyone did. 
In preliminary to the discussion of 
he appropriation P. H. Boyle said he 
hought the work should be done un- 
ler the direction of the selectmen. 
Te said he was opposed to curb to 
NORTH]SHORE BREEZE 
curb construction. He said the state 
highway commission admitted that 
road building was in an experimental 
stage and that its sole aim was to 
provide a road to stand the automo- 
bile traffic. He made a plea for con- 
sideration of the horses. There should 
be a place on the side of the road of 
good gravel construction for the 
horses. He said that under present 
conditions only half the load could 
be carried that used to be carried. He 
said that the benefit of the roads went 
to people outside of Manchester and 
that 75 percent of the travel was by 
people who were not even summer 
residents of Manchester. He asked 
consideration for the people who paid 
the expense of construction. 
Getting back at the question of 
maintenance FE. P. Stanley wanted to 
know if the appropriation provided 
for the removal of snow, as nearly 
$3000 had been spent for that thus 
far, and Raymond st. re-construction 
is to be taken out of the appropria- 
tion. George S. Sinnicks answered 
that he thought the snow could be in- 
cluded in the appropriation if the 
money were economically expended. 
Selectman Edward S. Knight said 
that the expense of removing the 
snow had been $3000 and that it had 
already cost $2000 for crushing stone. 
He moved the adoption of the article 
as recommended by the selectmen the 
appropriation calling for $28,000. 
Frank P. Knight asked if the work 
to be done warranted the expenditure 
of the sum asked, and if it would af- 
fect the tax rate. He wanted to know 
what was going to be done with the 
money and wanted to be sure that the 
work already done was satisfactory. 
Mr. Sinnicks wanted to know if it 
would be necessary to spend the en- 
tire $5000 above the recommendation 
of the Finance committee. E. S. 
Knight replied that it might not be 
necessary to use the entire amount. 
It was finally voted to appropriate 
$28,000 for maintenance of highways, 
bridges, sidewalks, etc. 
In the consideration of the appro- 
priation called for by the selectmen 
for new construction in the western 
section of the town amounting to 
$58,500 the discussion waxed hot. 
The Finance committee had recom- 
mended a cut of $18,500 making the 
appropriation $40,000. The cut would 
be possible if macadam construction 
was used throughout, instead of wood 
and granite blocks through center of 
town. 
George S. Sinnicks, chairman of 
the appropriation committee, started 
the “ball rolling” by asking that the 
selectmen say what they intended to 
do with the money. He said that the 
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committee had taken the horses into 
consideration when they recommend- 
ed Bermudez macadam for all the 
work. He said that on the level 
stretches of road the teams would be 
able to haul as much as on a gravel 
road, but that on the hills they would 
probably experience difficulty. He 
said that the state highway men had 
promised that the construction could 
be varied in such places to provide 
fOrethes horsess 11 them matters 
handled right, he said, the construc- 
tion should not exceed a cost of $40,- 
ooo. He said that the state highway 
commission had told the committee 
that the construction used last year 
was the most economical. 
Edward S. Knight said that the 
selectmen had consulted the state 
highway men and had asked of them 
a survey to the Beverly line and 
recommendations regarding the con- 
struction. He said that their recom- 
mendations were those contained in 
the report of the selectmen. Mr. 
Knight said that the state highway 
men recommended Bermudez maca- 
dam 20 feet wide from the Beverly 
line to the junction of Bennett, Pine 
and Central streets. This was the 
same as used on Summer st. last year. 
This construction would have a life 
of 10 years at least. He said wooden 
paving was recommended for Central 
and Union streets from Pine to Beach 
street with a concrete base at an esti- 
mated cost of $3.75 per yard. He 
said that the state commissioners said 
that wooden blocks had about the 
longest life of any paving, except 
granite, lasting 15 to 20 years and 
sometimes longer. It was said to be 
as noiseless as any made and less slip- 
pery than Bermudez. Granite blocks 
were recommended for the grades as 
providing a better footing. They are 
laid with a concrete base 6 inches 
thick and sand filling is used for the 
cracks. The life of granite paving is 
indefinite as it wears a lifetime. This 
was the paving recommended for 
Union st., from Beach to Washington 
sts. He estimated that there would 
be a saving of three to four thousand 
dollars if the work were done under 
one contract. He advised that the 
work be done this year as the law re- 
garding taxation of personal property 
would effect the income of the town 
in the near future. He said the 
money for the work could be borrow- 
ed for a term not exceeding five years. 
George R. Dean wanted more in- 
formation about the wooden block 
paving and said that where it was 
used in Boston it had been unsatis- 
factory. 
Edward Height told of the use of 
Washington Fir wood for paving in 
