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a Merry Christrnas and a Happy and 
Prosperous New Year. 
Commenting on Col. Sohier’s  re- 
marks at Gloucester last week the Ghu- 
cester Daily Times says under the caption, 
ce ay) 
Preserve the Forests of the City: 
‘“The remarks of Col. William D. 
Sohier, before the Cape Ann Scientific 
and Literary Association, relative to the 
ravages of the gypsy and brown-tail 
moths among the woodland of our city 
and the desirability of developing seashore 
property by the construction of good 
1oads through these forest preserves, was 
certainly in the nature of a revelation to 
the majority of his hearers, who while 
they may have formed some ideas of the 
menace to the forests by the damage to 
their own trees, had no adequate concep- 
tion of the vast and far reaching destruc- 
tiveness of the moth is liable to cause un- 
less vigilant, energetic and systematic 
methods of checking the ravages is en- 
tered upon immediately. 
*“'The moth situation is divided into 
two classes, infested and colonization, the 
former designation being for few and 
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scattered nests, the latter where the pests 
have spread out over acres of land, de- 
veloping and increasing with such rapid- 
ity that when they start upon their usual 
movements, it is impossible to stop them, 
so vast are they in numbers. 
The colonel citied many instances 
where attempts had been made to check 
them, only to meet with failure. “The 
danger to the forests at West Gloucester, 
Magnolia and othersections of the city 
were pointed out clearly and concisely 
and remedies suggested. 
“Col. Sohier spoke with the convic- 
tion of a man thoroughly conversant with 
his subject, carrying with it all the more 
weight from the practical experience he 
has gleaned. 
““Tt is certain that the people of this 
city, if they would preserve those beau- 
tiful woods, must act and act promptly. 
Some public spirited citizens should or- 
ganize a committe immediately and plan 
a campaign of extermination, which 
must be kept up until the pests are ex- 
terminated or controlled. The quicker 
the work is entered upon the better.”’ 
Gloucester Backward in Developing its 
Seashore and Adjacent Woodland 
Property, Says Col. Sohier. 
In an address at Gloucester recently 
Col. Wm. D. Sohier, who has done so 
much in opening up woodland _ property 
along the Manchester and Beverly shore, 
pointed out that Gloucester was back- 
ward in developing its seashore and ad- 
jacent woodland property, speaking par- 
ticularly of the property on the Mag- 
nolia-Freshwater Cove shore, and back- 
ward from it. He said in part: 
Gloucester has done very little to de- 
velop her advantages in seashore prop- 
erty. The shore property of Beverly is 
its greatest asset, the taxes from that 
equalling the tax of the other portions of 
the city, while the expenses are in no 
way commensurate with the receipts. 
Realizing the advantages Of woods and 
shore roads, the people of Beverly put 
in water works in 1871 and extended 
them to points where they were available 
to this property. Manchester did the 
same at Smith’s Point. Mr.-. Payne 
went to Beverly and purchased an old 
farm house which had almost gone to 
rack and ruin and now that estate is 
worth $3,500,000 for taxable purposes. 
You have splendid shore and woods 
property; no better can be found any- 
where else. Along Magnolia this prop- 
erty has been allowed to remain unde- 
veloped. . 
You have one and ahalf miles of shore 
which any reasonable person would de- 
velop by the building of roads and thus 
bring the land into the market. There 
is opportunity for beautiful drives. Yet 
I have not seen any great interest in this 
direction in Gloucester. I have been 
here twice before the city council and 
urged them to appropriate money to de- 
velop that shore property and I did not 
find a Magnolia person present although 
I notified 20 of them of the meeting. 
Another point which can be developed 
at a slight expense is Magnolia avenue, 
leading to West Gloucester, which is 
narrow, crooked and dangerous and I 
never ventured through it with an auto- 
mobile for fear of danger, which is ap- 
parent, to people driving in carriages. 
‘The Boston and Maine railroad offered 
an agreement fora road around Wallace 
pond and thus eliminate the grade cross- 
ing besides affording a delightful woods 
drive of about 6000 feet, but the pro- 
osition was rejected by the city. Anew 
proposition was made, however, which 
has been accepted and will carry the 
road away from the railroad track. 
The cost to the city will not be more 
than 15 per cent of the total cost and 
possibly less than that. 
The woods road movement in Beverly 
was started five years ago, and since that 
time 24 miles of woods roads have been 
constructed and they are utilized as 
driveways by women and children, and 
are free from automobiles. Splendid 
opportunities for delightful woods roads 
are offered at Haskell’s pond, Wallace’s 
pond, Fernwood lake and _ Dike’s 
meadow, and three miles have already 
been constructed between Essex avenue 
and Manchester, passing by Haskell’s 
pond, through permission granted by the 
water board. We will try and continue 
that road and build out towards Essex 
next year. Itis very short sighted on 
the part of Gloucester to sit down all 
these years and not take steps to develop 
such splendid opportunities. 
Men from this section go to Maine 
and New Hampshire ponds to see the 
beautiful scenery and spend their days 
fishing, never getting a bite, while they 
leave better ponds right here at their 
very door. 
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