IEW HOTEL AT PIGEON COVE. 
fandsome Structure to be Erected 
ie. on the Mason Estate 
: this Spring. 
A new summer hotel is to be 
rected this spring on one of the 
ost picturesque and attractive sites 
| Cape Ann. It is financed by a 
mdicate of Boston capitalists 
those attention has been drawn to 
ie beauties of this section by Henry 
, Mason, Esq., a former attorney of 
loucester. Mr. Mason has been at 
ork on the project for sometime 
od his plans are so far perfected 
iat he is enabled to announce that 
ne hotel will be a reality this com- 
ig season. 
The new structure will contain 
pout 125° rooms and will be erected 
m what is known as the Mason es- 
ite, a commanding site, overlooking 
| wide stretch of the Atlantic and 
he coast line. 
Work on the foundations will be- 
in as soon as the frost is out of the 
round and the hotel will be ready 
or occupancy early in the summer. 
The estimated cost is between 
0,000 and $50,000. 
Closing of Wonson’s Cafe. 
The closing of Wonson’s cafe last 
aturday was generally regretted 
hroughout the city and many hopes 
yere expressed that Mr. Wonson 
‘ould be able to make a satisfactory 
ettlement of his financial difficulties 
md re-open his place of business in 
ime to benefit from the summer 
usiness. 
~Wonson’s has long been a land- 
vark in this city and was one of the 
yest known and most popular res- 
aurants north of Boston. Its clos- 
ig is a distinct loss of the business 
od social life of the city. 
Monday morning will probably see 
lost of the 1,200 granite workers of 
ape Ann who went on strike March 
, back at their work, for Wednes- 
ay evening at Rockport the repre- 
mtatives of the quarrymen, and 
one handlers, the largest of the sev- 
ral union bodies, signed an agree- 
lent with the manufacturers. This 
eement is to continue in force for 
ve years and is to assure peace in 
he industry during that time. Sev- 
‘al other smaller unions are yet to 
e dealt with, including the paving 
atters and stone hammerers, but as 
ne larger bodies have signed the 
lew agreement, the others are ex- 
ected to fall in line. A meeting of 
p representatives of the manufac- 
urers and of the paving cutters will 
® held this morning. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
GLOUCESTER. 
Inventories were filed on the fol- 
lowing Gloucester estates at Salem 
Monday: Judith C. Wilkins, $2,251.- 
50; Epes W. Davis, $238.90; Annie 
P. Howe, $1,600; Henry A. Nor- 
wood, $2,600. 
At the probate court, Salem, Mon- 
day, the will of the late M. J. Me-~ 
Nierney Esq., of this city, was 
proven. Katherine MecNierney and 
Margaret F. Gilmore are the execu- 
trixes. Letters of administration 
were granted on the estates of John 
M. Parks, Mary A. Parks, adminis- 
tratrix; James E. Lufkin; J. Ed- 
ward Lufkin, administrator. 
George L. Jeffrey is- erecting a 
new cottage at Long Beach. It is 
of the bungalow type and will be 
an attractive addition to the colony 
at that noted resort. It will be 
ready for occupancy this season. 
John H. Cranton, the contractor, 
has commenced remodelling.- the 
barn he _ recently purchased. on 
Trask street. It will be converted 
into a modern and comfortable 
dwelling house. 
Frank W. Lothrop, who purchased 
the well known Red Men’s cottage 
at Brier Neck, is having it removed 
to a plot of ground at Long Beach. 
William E. Davis is having a ¢ot- 
tage he recently purchased at Brier 
Neck removed to his plot of land at 
Long Beach. ; 
Rev. Charles Lancaster’ - Short, 
rector of St. Matthews Episcopal 
church, at Worcester, who has been 
a summer visitor at Gloucester for 
several years, has rented a cottage 
at Long Beach for July and August. 
Last year he was a guest at the 
Hotel Edgecliffe. : 
Rev. Charles W. Reagan, of 
Roxbury, was the speaker Tuesday 
evening, at the meeting of the 
Knights of Columbus. Father Rea- 
gan was formerly an assistant at St. 
Anne’s church in this city. ; 
The ladies of Trinity Congrega- 
tional church were entertained Wed- 
nesday afternoon by Mrs. John K. 
Dustin, Middle street, at a mission- 
ary tea. 
Thomas E. Reed, the Master 
teamster, has recently added two 
large Packard freight auto trucks 
to his equipment: They were among 
those on exhibition at the recent 
auto show in Boston. 
Miss Bessie Hall is visiting in 
New York City, the guest of her 
sister, Mrs. William H. Snell. 
Norman Aveny of New Bedford, a 
former resident of this city, is ill at 
the Addison Gilbert hospital. 
-said»that there was 
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FORECASTS A GOOD SEASON. 
Demand for Hotel Accommodations 
Is on the Increase. 
According to G. Percival Chick, 
this is to be a great hotel year on 
Cape Ann. Mr. Chick is well posted 
on the summer business of the North 
Shore, for besides conducting a real 
estate business he is landlord of the 
Edgecliffe Hotel, near Long Beach. 
In conversation with the Breeze 
representative recently, Mr. Chick 
an extremely 
early demand this year for hotel ac- 
commodations and that the capacity 
of the numerous hotels in this vicin- 
ity would be taxed to the utmost in 
spite of the fact that several new ho- 
tels are to be built. 
Mr. Chick commented upon the 
‘proposed development of Brier Neck 
and said he expected that place 
would rival Bass Rocks in the class 
of summer houses that would be 
built: there. . ; 
‘~ There are many demands for cot- 
tages and a number of prominent 
families will spend their first season 
this year at Eastern Point and Bass 
Rocks. 
*Patrick H. Dunn, a member of the 
legislature of the state of Maine, 
was the guest this week of his sister, 
Mrs. Charles O’Mally. 
Con Salovicus, a candy maker, 
formerly of the Palace of Sweets, 
expects to leave in a few days for 
Seattle, Washington. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Rogers 
have been entertaining their daugh- 
ter, Miss Clarabelle H. Rogers, of 
Attleboro. 
Richard C. Steele, who with his 
wife and children has been visiting 
Washington, D. C., has returned to 
Gloucester. 
- -Arthur G. Millett of the Times, 
has leased the cottage at Fernwood, 
which he and his family occupied 
last season. 
The public schools close today for 
the Easter recess. All next week 
will be vacation and the schools 
will reopen, Monday, April 3. 
Frank W. Lothrop, junior mem- 
ber-of the firm of L. D. Lothrop and 
Son, sailed on Tuesday for Liver- 
pool, England. He will be gone 
several weeks in the interest of the 
Lothrop. fog horn which has 
achieved a wide reputation in mari- 
tine circles. ; 
Among the pictures of beautiful 
children of ‘Massachusetts which ap- 
peared in last Sunday’s Boston Post’s 
portrait gallery, was that of Carleton 
P. McCurdy of Rocky Neck. 
