14. 
WHISPERINGS 
of THE BREEZES 
20000 
About 
Time to start 
The old Political Pot 
A-boiling for the annual Town 
Meeting. If everybody we hear 
mentioned now runs for office, the 
pot will be well filled by March 5th. 
Xx—x—x 
It is reported that George R. Dean 
is to run for the board of selectmen 
this year, though Mr. Dean has not 
stated so officially. Patrick H. Boyle, 
who lost out last year by a small 
margin, will be a candidate again this 
year, he says. The old board will be 
in the field for re-election, we under- 
stand. Walter R. Bell and Lyman 
W. Floyd will run for the position 
of town clerk, held for a generation 
by Alfred S. Jewett, who will retire 
from office this year. 
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Essex is about to have a little ad- 
vertising in the movies. A few days 
ago I met my friend Dick Sears of 
the Hearst-Pathe News Weekly on 
his way to the North Shore, loaded 
down with moving picture-taking 
paraphernalia. In reply to my querry 
as to where he was bound, he inform- 
ed me he was on his way to Essex to 
get some pictures of the ship building 
now in progress. And so our readers 
who patronize the movies may keep 
their eyes peeled for the Hearst News 
lV eekly. 
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If you are really in earnest about 
the advantages of daylight saving, 
you will have to rise a little earlier 
every morning now in order not to 
waste any of it. 
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Someone is writing to the Boston 
Traveler comments as follows on the 
grade crossing problem: “With so 
many frightfully fatal grade-crossing 
accidents occuring about the country 
isn’t it time for some legislator to 
reintroduce a bill, the purpose of 
which will be to make it obligatory 
for railroad corporations to emblazon 
on their crossing signals the words 
“Prepare to Meet Thy God”? The 
present warnings, “Railway Cross- 
ing,” “Lookout for the Cars,” “Dan- 
ger,” etc., do not seem to answer their 
purpose. Give us something with 
more punch in it.” 
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Over in Marblehead they have a 
very good way of electing their town 
officers and holding their town meet- 
ing. They meet the middle of Feb- 
ruary and elect officers—the meeting 
NORTH SHORE 2BREEZE 
this year is Feb. 19, Monday—and 
then after all the excitement of an 
election is over they meet again the 
early part of March and vote on ap- 
propriations and other regular Town 
Meeting matters. This allows the 
citizens time to think over the ques- 
tions that come up with a keener 
knowledge as to who will manage the 
various departments and spend the 
moneys appropriated, and the official 
himself has an opportunity to express 
himself on matters pertaining directly 
to the department to which he was 
elected. Sooner or later Manchester 
will adopt this system; the sooner the 
better, we think. 
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Manchester folk can begin to think 
of all the possible ways they may be 
able to spend that tremendous ( ?) 
fund which will be returned to the 
town under the new state income tax. 
According to the way some advocates 
of the new measure had it figured 
out Manchester was due to receive 
untold thousands of dollars’ revenue, 
from taxable property, which had 
heretofore escaped the clutches of the 
town treasurer and tax collector. Just 
how Manchester will prosper under 
the new law is still a matter of con- 
jecture. However, it is not a matter 
for present worriment. Manchester 
has always been able to find a place 
to spend its surplus cash. Way back 
in 1840 the Federal government dis- 
covered a treasury surplus and a re- 
tund was made to every town in the 
country. Manchester made good use 
of the surplus revenue which fell to 
its lot by purchasing the farm of the 
late Abram Stone for use as a poor 
farm. At a meeting held in the old 
niiddle district school house on March 
2, 1840 it was voted to recall the sur- 
plus and expend $2100 for the pur- 
chase of the farm. But Manchester 
has no poor nowadays; so, there is a 
chance a little money may be spent on 
harbor improvement—or even a town 
dump! Taking it for granted of 
course that Manchester gets a surplus. 
which it won’t get. 
‘Frugality is good, if liberality be 
joined with it—William Penn, 
WwW. B. Calderwood 
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Bethlehem’s Bid on Shells 
for the United States Navy 
To the American People. 
The Secretary of the Navy has awarded 
contracts amounting to over $3,000,000 
to a British bidder for 14 and 16-inch 
projectiles for the Navy because ef ver 
much lower prices offered by the English 
bidders. 
We know nothing of the basis upon which 
the British bids were made, but the pub- 
lic is entitled to know the facts upon 
which we ourselves bid for this work. 
Two years ago we took contracts 
to make 4,200 14-inch shells at a 
price of $1,515,000. Up to now 
not a single shell has been ac- 
cepted by the Government, al- 
though we have expended, in 
wages, materials, etc., on these 
orders $522,881, and we have not 
received a SINGLE DOLLAR on 
these contracts. 
In addition, a literal mterpretation of 
the contract might make us liable for 
penalties amounting to $678,016. 
In the light of our experience, and hay- 
ing no other basis, we bid for 16-inch 
shells approximately the same rate per 
pound as that which the Navy Depart- 
ment actually awarded a 14-inch shell 
contract one year ago. 
Bethlehem Steel Cuinpany 
CHAS. M. SCHWAB, Chairman 
EUGENE G GRACE Presiden’ 
RETR SER SEERA SE PRR ESS NE SP SS 
To love and to labour is the sum of 
living; and yet how many think they 
live who neither labour nor love — 
Sir Thomas More. 
Before we make up our minds how: 
to steer from day to day, we -must-. 
know where we are going—Henry 
Van Dyke. | ‘xET 
Jan. 26,1917. 
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