Gloucester Section 
NORTH 
SHORE 
BREEZE 
GLOUCESTER OFFICE, 171 MAIN STREET. 
TWELVE Pony LICENSES. 
The Municipal Council of the city 
of Gloucester made a record Tues- 
day afternoon when twelve pony ex- 
press licenses were granted. It is 
hardly a record to be proud of and we 
believe that Aldermen Barrett, Mer- 
chant and Donahoe have made a seri- 
ous mistake, for upon them falls the 
responsibility for the promiscuous 
granting of express licenses. Mayor 
Patch had some grounds for voting 
in favor of granting pony licenses to 
the American and Presson’s Express 
companies, for they have long been 
established in the express business 
and it is generally recognized that 
they came well within the law pro- 
viding for the granting of express 
licenses. It is wrong to thwart the 
will of the people in this way. Last 
December the city voted in a most 
emphatic manner against the licensed 
saloon and the voters have a right to 
expect that the men then elected to 
the municipal council will as far as 
lies within their power carry out 
their expressed wish. By granting 
twelve pony express licenses they 
have nullified to a great extent the 
vote that was cast last fall. 
With a dozen or thirteen express 
companies bringing liquor into Glou- 
cester nobody doubts there is going 
to be a vast amount of illegal traffic 
in defiance of the law and the ex- 
pressed wish of the majority of vo- 
ters. No matter how vigilant the 
police may be, no matter how much 
they may want to enforce the prohi- 
bition against liquor selling, they will 
be totally unable to cope successfully 
with the situation which presents it- 
self by the granting of such a number 
of express licenses. 
While Alderman Montgomery 
trifled with the evident intent of the 
law which directs that at least one li- 
cense shall be granted, still he was 
technically within his rights when he 
said the law does not say when he 
shall vote that license, and we be- 
lieve the sentiment of the people will 
be with Mr. Montgomery in the 
stand he has taken. 
The matter is now up to the police 
department. They should, and will 
have the sincere backing of all good 
citizens in any effort they make this 
year to suppress the liquor traffic and 
it is to be hoped that Marshal Mar- 
chant will display the backbone neces- 
sary to keep these twelve express 
companies strictly within the limits of 
the law. 
Dry YEAR FOR GLOUCESTER. 
On Monday last Gloucester entered 
upon what is said will be the dryest 
year in its history, so far as the sale 
of liquor is concerned. ‘Twice in the 
last three years this city has been in 
the no-license column. In _ 1909 
Gloucester had no licensed barrooms 
but the law was not very rigidly en- 
forced and conditions became so lax 
that in the fall election the city 
switched back into the license ranks 
as the voters had become disgusted 
with the situation. On May first 
1910, the saloons were again thrown 
open for the year of licensed liquor 
selling that has just closed. Few of 
the better class of citizens care to re- 
call the degrading scenes that fol- 
lowed the reopening. It is perhaps 
more charitable not to refer to them, 
but there is no question that the im- 
pression made on the minds of the 
voters during the early days of May 
lasted till the next municipal election 
for the voters registered a most em- 
phatic protest against a continuance 
of the conditions of r1gro. 
Mayor Patch and City Marshal 
Marchant have both stated that they 
will enforce the law this year and 
they will certainly have the strong 
support of all good citizens in their 
efforts to suppress the illegal traffic 
in liquor. It is up to them to make a 
record on this issue and the BREEzrE 
believes they have every intention of 
carrying out their promises to the 
citizens. 
Whether Gloucester remains in the 
no-license column or goes back to the 
open saloon in 1912 depends largely 
upon how well the law is enforced 
this year. 
Tue “West ParisH” AWAKENING. 
West Gloucester or the “West 
Parish” as it is still termed by the old 
timers, appears to be on the eve of 
awakening from its somnolency of 
years and under the revivifying in- 
fluence of the summer resident is tak- 
L. F. WILLIAMS, MANAGER 
ing on new life and new interests. 
In the effort to secure residence 
sites close to the seashore the beauty 
and attraction of the country lying 
inland has been overlooked for the 
most part and it was not until the 
prices for seashore lots soared sky- 
ward to such an extent as to place 
them out of reach of all but the very 
wealthy, that the attention of those in 
more moderate circumstances who 
were in search of summer homes was 
turned to the advantages, both pic- 
turesque and healthful, that were of- 
fered by the beautiful hills and val- 
leys of the old “West Parish.” 
Not for many years has there been 
so much building going on in West 
Gloucester as at present. Bungalows 
and summer cottages are going up on 
every hand and the sound of the 
hammer and the saw has come to be 
familiar music to the ears of the old 
timers. 
The new road that the county and 
city are to build this season to Russ’s 
Island will also open up to summer 
homes a territory that is picturesque 
in the extreme and that will probably 
within the next few years be covered 
with summer homes. 
Lying still farther away and yet 
coming yearly within easier reach of 
the summer resident is one of the 
most beautiful stretches of country 
on the north shore. It embraces what 
is known as Willoughby Park and 
Wingersheek beach. Although some- 
what remote at present, it is sure to 
prove a most attractive section as the 
West Gloucester country is  devel- 
oped. 
BASS ROCKS. 
Miss Georgianna Dodge of Toledo, 
Ohio, and her brother-in-law and 
sister, Mr. and Mrs... Thomas —H. 
Mills, of New Rochelle, N. Y., have 
arrived at “Under-the-cliff” cottage, 
which they occupy annually. 
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Denning of 
Jacksonville, Fla., have arrived at 
their summer home on Beach avenue. 
Miss Kate B. Sturgis of Hartford, 
has arrived at her cottage. 
Everything points to a very fine 
season here, both among the cottage 
and hotel contingents. 
