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AWWEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED-TO-THE: BEST: INTERESTS:OF-THENORTHSHORE 
Vol. II. No. 12 
MAMMOTH LAWN PARTY. 
Plans well in hand for event in aid of Beverly 
Hospital, on Washington Street, Beverly. 
The public spirit of the people of 
- Beverly is shown this week in the 
preparations for a mammoth lawn 
party to be given Tuesday afternoon 
and evening, August 8th, for the ben- 
efit of the Beverly hospital. 
Three thousand tickets are in circu- 
lation for this party, which takes 
place upon the grounds of Mrs W.C. 
Boyden, 6 Washington street. Mr. 
Petrie and Mr. Grush of the music 
committee have secured the services 
free gratis of a full band of forty 
pieces ; Mr. Hill and Mr. Lee, electri- 
clans, have undertaken an elaborate 
illumination of the grounds which are 
in charge of H. F. Gouch of the Almy, 
Bigelow & Washburn store. 
Cake, candy, ice cream, flowers, tea, 
fruit punch and sandwiches will be for 
sale, and there will be for entertain- 
ment a Punch and Judy show, a grab, 
fortune telling, dancing and automo- 
biling. This last very attractive feat- 
ure is in charge of Dr. Peer P. Johnson. 
It is expected that the afternoon 
will see a liberal patronage from the 
summer residents along the North 
Shore who have always shown a quick 
appreciation of the needs of the Bev- 
erly Hospital. 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1905 
Three Cents 
Manchester Tax-Rate Decreased. 
Manchester’s tax-rate for the year 
has been set at $8.30 on a $1000 of 
valuation—a decrease of thirty cents 
over last year, and the lowest since 
1899; and this in spite of the fact 
the appropriations for the year ex- 
ceed those of last year by over 
$3000. 
he low rate this year has been 
made possible through the increas- 
ed personal estate and new build- 
ines to the valuation of $758,400, 
which is an exceptionally good fig- 
ure, and shows one of the greatest 
increases in valuation for any one 
year for many years. This has been 
brought about by the efficient work 
of the chairman of the board of se- 
lectmen. 
Following are the rates of taxation 
for the past five years, and the figures 
from which the rate is fixed : 
00 01 02 03 04 05 
$8.80 $8.70 $8.50 $9.10 $860 $8.80 
Real estate of residents ......:... $2,986,210 
Real estate of non-residents....... 3,761,129 
TOMA le athe: mov ea eee 6,747,339 
Personal estate of residents....... 3,822,522 
Personal estate of non-residents... 393,276 
slog tal entire. reenter Lo here oe 4,215,798 
Real estate of residents legally 
SSC AGNGE RTS re nene eee oe 27,445 
Total assessed May 1, 1905. . .10,935,692 
Appropriations (approximately)... 92. 00 
Number of assessed polls, 799. 
Station), 
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, 
Additional Money Appropriated for New 
School Building — Little Excitement 
Over Fourth of July Committee. 
A slight rufflie of excitement, first 
over the selecting of a moderator, and 
later over the Fourth of July commit- 
tee, was the only thing out of the 
ordinary run to characterize the special 
town meeting at Manchester Monday 
evening. 
The $3,500 called for in addition to 
the $30,000 already appropriated for 
the new Primary school building was 
voted, as well as $500 for finishing a 
large room on the second floor of the 
new building, and $300 for furnish- 
ings. 
Clerk A. S. Jewett called the meet- 
ing to order shortly after 8 o’clock 
and read the warrant. There was 
some discussion as to how the mod- 
erator should be elected, which ended 
by James Hoare motioning to proceed 
to election of moderator by ballot. H. 
T. Bingham and E. P. Stanley were 
appointed tellers. 
One of the largest votes ever re- 
corded for moderator in Manchester 
was then cast, there being 69 for F. 
K. Hooper and 61 for C. C. Dodge. 
The vote was a complete surprise, 
as everyone naturally supposed Mr. 
Hooper, who has been moderator for 
ten years past, would be re-elected 
without any question. There 
were those, however, who 
were opposed to his alleged 
attitude against the enforce- 
ment of the automobile law,. 
and they tried to throw him 
down, offering Mr. Dodge as 
a substitute. 
Mr. Hooper thanked the 
voters for the election, and 
said that in the ten years he 
had served the town as mod- 
erator he had always endeav- 
ored to act with the best of 
his ability. 
The moderator appointed 
R. C. Allen and W. W., 
Hoare as additional tellers. 
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