Gloucester Section 
NORTH 
GLOUCESTER OFFICE, 
SHORE 
16 BROWN’S BLDG., PLEASANT ST. 
Gloucester’s Fisheries. 
In spite of the somewhat doleful 
predictions regarding the future of 
tHoucester in ease the reciprocity 
pact is passed by congress, which 
have been made by the large fish 
dealers of the city, there is an un- 
dercurrent of hope and confidence 
that is evident to even the most cas- 
ual observer. There is a feeling that 
Gloucester has reached the turning 
point in her history and that the 
future holds more in store for her 
than the past has ever produced. 
No right minded man believes that 
the fishing interests of Gloucester 
will be ruined by the adoption of the 
reciprocity measure. On the con- 
trary there are many well qualified 
to express an opinion on the matter, 
who do not hesitate to say that the 
fishing industry under the reciproc- 
ity measure will witness a revival 
that will reeall the bustling times of 
thirty years ago when Gloucester 
was one of the fastest growing and 
most prosperous cities im the Com- 
monwealth. 
Whether the fisheries of Glouces- 
ter will be injured or benefitted by 
reciprocity is a matter that cannot 
be settled by argument. It will have 
to be tried. There is hardly a doubt 
that the measure-as presented by 
President Taft will be adopted, and 
as that is to be the case, it is hoped 
that the predictions of ruin to the 
fishing industry are based on wrong 
conclusions and that experience will 
prove that those who welcome a 
return to the old reciprocical rela- 
tions with Canada are right in their 
deductions. 
Money For Parks. 
The request of the park commis- 
sioners for $30,000, the amount to 
be raised by a loan payable $2,000 
per year for fifteen years, is most 
certainly a reasonable one and 
should receive the favorable consid- 
eration of the Municipal Council. 
The plans of the park commissioners 
provided their request is granted, 
contemplates the completion of the 
esplanade along the water front on 
Western avenue, a distance of about 
200 feet; curbing the triangular plot 
of ground at Kent Circle; repairing 
the embankment along the Annis- 
quam canal; new settees for 
park, and other improvements and 
repairs to the parks of the city. 
The $380,000 loan asked by the 
Park Commissioners would be ample 
to. carry out this work and would 
provide a fund for further improve- 
ments that may be deemed advisable 
in the future. Nobody will deny 
that the work performed by the 
commission in the past three years 
has been of a distinct and perman- 
ent advantage to the city. The beau- 
titul marine park laid out on both 
sides of the Blynman bridge has not 
only added tremendously to the ap- 
pearance of the city’s chief entrance 
but it has been the souree of enjoy- 
ment to thousands of people who 
have made use of the park privileges 
on every day during the summer 
and early fall, and especially on 
Sundays when the park is thronged 
with people enjoying the beautiful 
view of the harbor and its surround- 
ing hills and shores. 
Money spent on parks is well 
spent, particuarly when the money 
is expended under the direction of 
a painstaking and careful board of 
commissionrds as has been the case 
in Gloucester. 
3v all means let the good work go 
on. Give the park commission the 
money they ask for and allow them 
to earry out the plans that will be 
appreciated by the public at large, 
as no other municipal improvements 
can be. 
Gloucester’s Fire Department. 
Gloucester certainly has good rea- 
son to feel proud ot its fire depart- 
ment. The manner in which the fire 
at the Wass house in Kent Circle 
was handled last Sunday night, re- 
flects great credit on the efficiency 
of the department. It was due to the 
excellent work of the firemen that 
the fire was confined to the resi- 
dence of Mr. Wass. There are only 
a few feet between the Wass and 
the Rowe houses and had the latter 
caught it would have endangered 
the entire circle and probably prov- 
ed one of the most distastrous fires 
of recent years. Chief Crowe and 
his men, who successfully fought the 
fire, well deserve the praise that has 
been bestowed upon them. 
the — 
BREEZE 
L. F. WILLIAMS, MANAG aR 
The Question of New Industries 
There has been for a number of 
years past a cry for new industries 
for Gloucester. Several spasmodie 
attempts have been made to get 
manufacturers to locate here, one 
at least of which resulted in fin ait- 
cial loss to the men who were publie 
spirited enough to put money into 
the venture. } 
It is not the mission of the Breez p 
to criticise the efforts that have been 
made, but it is possible that the 
methods employed may not ha 
been the correct ones. If we quote 
one or two instances that have come 
under our notice it may serve to 
make clear the point. ey 
A few years ago Bridgewater, a 
quaint and sleepy old town, about as 
far south of Boston as Gloucester 
is north, awoke to the fact that in 
order to keep itself on the map it 
would have to have some industries. 
A commercial club was formed, and 
an active committee appointed 
which solicited subscriptions to a 
$30,000 corporation composed en- 
tirely of local men. As soon as 
sufficient money had been paid in 
the corporation purchased land near 
the railroad station and erected a 
large three story modern factory 
building. 
At the time work was commenced - 
the corporation had no idea who 
would occupy it, but before the 
foundations were completed it had— 
been leased by the W. H. McElwain 
Co., at a yearly rental sufficient to 
pay six per cent per annum to the™ 
stockholders of the corporation. It 
was leased for ten years, but at the 
expiration of five years the McEl- 
wain Company bought the factory 
and it has since been enlarged sev- 
eral times to accommodate the in- 
creased out put of shoes. One or 
two other factories have been built 
since then, and Bridgewater, accord- 
ing to the last census, has shown — 
the second largest increase of any 
town in Plymouth county. 
The same method has been suc- 
cessfully followed by Weymouth, 
also by Marlboro and probably by 
many other towns. The individuals — 
or concerns which ask bonuses of 
land, buildings or money, are the 
ones to steer clear of. If Glouces- 
