Na Oot he <TH 
element in it and would seem 
to be an attempt to regulate an im- 
mense business enterprise without a 
eareful expert investigation. The 
bill is intended to put the express 
companies out of business by for- 
bidding the railroads to lease facili- 
ties to them. This will foree the 
railroads to go into the parcel busi- 
ness. Mr. Campbell expects that 
the business can thus be more easily 
regulated and that the public will 
be able to obtain a square deal. The 
introduction of the parcels post will 
solve the problem much better and 
make Mr. Campbell’s bill unneces- 
sary. 
The Evening Train Service Again. 
It is more than evident that the 
Shore can and should have better 
railroad service from the Boston and 
Maine Railroad after six o’clock in 
the evening. ‘Their argument, 
against placing a new train on the 
time table going up to Boston, and 
passing through Manchester at 
about half past seven and another 
new train from Boston reaching 
Manchester about eleven o’clock, 
has been that the traffic would not 
warrant it and consequently that the 
railroad could not afford it. 
This may be so, but the public 
still thinks that this service should 
be rendered even though at first 
there may be a slight loss. The 
day’s traffic ought even despite a 
loss in the evening reveal a reason- 
able profit. The American Express 
train follows the regular train up to 
Boston just before seven  o’clock. 
This train does not stop at every 
station on the branch. What can 
hinder the Boston and Maine rail- 
road from making a profit on this 
return trip by putting the running 
schedule of that train a little later 
arriving at Manchester about seven 
thirty and stopping at every station 
on the branch. The new train would 
certainly create its own traffic. In 
the evening there is a train which 
leaves Boston at 10.20 and arrives in 
Beverly at 11.10 and stops. What 
ean hinder the Boston and Maine 
Railroad from continuing this train 
down the Gloucester Branch, arriv- 
ing at Beverly Farms at about 11.23 
and in Manchester at about 11.31. 
This simple adjustment of the prob- 
lem would be a great benefit to the 
North Shore and ultimately to the 
Boston and Maine Railroad. What 
appears as a simple adjustment to 
the lay mind mav open serious prob- 
lems in traffic service to the expert 
railroad man and while there may be 
errors in the suggestion there ought 
to be some way by which the Boston 
SAL 
Sar eee Oe atve ci 
and Maine Railroad could serve the 
shore better after six in the evening. 
The Legislature of 1911. 
The legislature has _ finally pro- 
rogued after a session of two hun- 
dred and six days. As to the num- 
ber of days, it equalled a previous 
legislature and broke no records. 
But in the amount of work, it has 
been unequalled by any Massachu- 
setts legislature. Its seven hundred 
and fifty-six acts and one hundred 
and fifty-eight resolves will be the 
standard by which the legislatures 
of coming years will be judged. 
Many positive acts of great benefit 
were passed and some were turned 
over to the next General Court. 
Karly in the session the legislature 
after a long and tiresome fight main- 
tained the position taken by the leg- 
islature of 1910 on the bar and bottle 
bill. This marks the most advanced 
step ever taken by Massachusetts 
in regulating the sale of intoxicating 
liquors. The Labor Party was in- 
terested in the fifty-four hour bill. 
Beverly and the cities on the ‘‘air 
line’’ have been benefited by the 
right of exigency granted to the 
Boston and Eastern to build an elee- 
trie ear line to Boston. The work- 
ing man’s compensation bill and the 
school teachers’ increase of salary 
interested two recognized elements 
in our community life. The West 
End and the Boston Elevated trans- 
portation bills were of note. But of 
the most general interest to Massa- 
chusetts and in fact to all New Eng- 
land was the passage of the Boston 
Harbor Bill carrying with it the ap- 
propriation of $9,000,000. It pro- 
vides for a board of directors with 
a chairman with a salary of $15,000 
per year, whose duty it shall be to 
earry out the provisions of the ap- 
propriation. It is hoped that the 
docking facilities of the harbor may 
be developed and equipped under 
state auspices with every modern 
device known to transportation. 
These improvements of the harbor, 
the development of the Cape Cod 
Canal and the readjustment of the 
rail facilities about Boston will put 
Boston still farther to the front in 
modern competition. 
The direct primaries are of: inter- 
est because of its contribution to the 
problem of government. The old 
convention has now lost much of its 
power and the people will directly 
vote for the nominees of the party. 
Of more local interest, there is 
Representative Saltonstall’s _ bill 
providing for an investigation of the 
Water supply of Beverly and Salem. 
This bill was referred to the State 
BREEZE 30 
Board of Health. Already a pro- 
visional report has been made and 
a more complete report is expected 
later, after the investigations have 
been made. This report will be 
looked forward to with great inter- 
est. It is hoped that a plan of de- 
velopment will be ‘outlined which 
when executed will relieve Beverly 
and Salem of its present anxiety 
and unrest concerning its future 
water supply. A bill was introduced 
by Rept. MacDonald of Beverly, and 
passed providing for an investiga- 
tion of Essex Bridge between the 
eities of Salem and Beverly. <An- 
other bill introduced by him _ pro- 
vides for a rebate from railroads 
on season tickets deposited for a 
period; another provides for the 
placing underground of many wires 
and electric applhaneces in the City 
of Beverly. The threatened investi- 
gation of the United Shoe Machinery 
Company was referred to the next 
General Court. 
Three Conferences at Northfield. 
Two Missionary Conferences and 
a Sunday School Convention have 
just closed their sessions at North- 
field. The Women’s Foreign Mis- 
sion Conference was the largest of 
these, making a new record of 438 
delegates. ‘‘The World in North- 
field,’? a daily representation of 
scenes from five eastern countries, 
was the feature. Dr. Arthur J. 
Brown of New York gave a splendid 
series of missionary addresses upon_ 
Asiatie religions. 
The Home Mission Conferenee, al- 
though not so large in numbers, 
ranked high in influence and inter- 
est, because of its presentation of 
the claims of our own country. 
Ex-Governor John @G. Brady of 
Alaska, Dr. James A. Francis of 
Boston, and Dr. Charles L. Thomp- 
son of New York, headed the list of 
speakers. The American Indians, 
Porto Rico, and the Mountaineers 
were among the problems discussed. 
The Summer School of Sunday 
School Methods, held at the same 
time as the Home Mission session, 
was the jolliest and most informal. 
Outside of school hours impromptu 
entertainments, field sports, and 
long drives were the program. Mrs. 
A. A, Lamoreaux of Chicago, Miss 
Nannie Lee Frayser of Louisville, 
and Rev. Charles E. McKinley of 
Rockville, Conn., were the principal 
members of the faculty. Hamilton 
§. Conant of Boston, State Secre- 
tary, was the Dean. 
Wise is the popular man who 
doesn’t overwork it. 
