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SHORE BREEZE 3 
Vol. V. No. 6 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, FEB 
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE NORTH SHORE ||(@) 
REST. 
20 Pages. Three Cents. 
Senene TE: [1S USE AND POSSIBIEITIES. 
George P. Carver of Beverly Writes Most Interestingly of the New Building 
Material and its cost when compared with Wood. The Coming Thing 
in Building. Initial Cost About {5 per cent More than Wood. 
BY GEORGE P. CARVER. 
[Mr. Carver was engineer of the United Shoe Machinery Co., during the construction of the new 
plant in Beverly. 
During the past year he has been engineer in charge of the construction of a re- 
inforced concrete bridge running between two of the Florida Keys on the Key West extention of 
the Florida East Coast Railway. 
50 feet clean span, being the longest bridge in the world of this form of construction. 
This bridge is two miles in length and composed of 180 arches of 
In October 
of last year Mr. Carver returned to Mass. and opened an office in the Bank Building, Beverly, as an 
expert in concrete construction, preparing designs and superintending the construction of any type 
The Portland cement industry in this 
country has a most marvelous record of 
rapid growth. In 1880, 42,000 barrels 
were produced, and in 1905, 35,000,000 
barrels, or over 800 times as much; 
whereas the pig iron production in 1905 
was only about six times that of 1880. 
Concrete has supplanted iron, and has 
also helped the lumber situation by its 
use in many forms of construction where 
lumber would have been otherwise essen- 
tial. 
of structure built of plain or reinforced concrete.—Eb1Tor. | 
Concrete consists of cement, sand and 
broken stone combined in the proper 
proportions with water to obtain the right 
consistency, and is a hard, permanent 
substance, similar in resisting quality to 
cranite. 
Concrete ‘strengthened with steel rods 
is termed ‘‘reinforced concrete,’’ and is 
the ideal building material. A building 
of reinforced concrete is as though carv- 
ed from solid rock. Buildings of wood, 
Continued on page 8 
SrrREET SCENE IN MANCHESTER. 
[Photo. from a painting in Water Color by a Dutch Painter in 1843, taken from John R. Cheever’s 
house, corner Union and Beach Streets. ] 
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GATALUGUED 
MOCK TOWN MEETING. 
Interesting Entertainment Furnished in Man= 
chester Thursday Evening under auspices 
of W. R. C. The Hall Crowded. 
The law was laid down in no_ uncer- 
tain tones and the men of Manchester 
were given some broad hints as to the 
proper’ sort of legislation in conduct- 
ing the affairs of the town at the 
Mock Town Meeting’’ in the Town 
hall, “Thursday evening, under the 
auspices of the W.R.C. 
The hall was crowded, and the incess- 
ant applause at times bespoke the hearty 
approval of the prorgam carried out. 
Prior to the town meeting Fred K. 
Swett rendered two bass solos most 
acceptably and Miss Harriet Brewster 
read in her usual pleasing way. ‘The 
sketch of Harry S. Tappan and Lagory 
Wade—‘““The Dress rehearsal of Dinks 
and Binks,’’ made quite a hit, and a 
pleasing surprize was given by the two 
young artists, who showed more than 
the usual amateur talent in an act of this 
sort. [his act was brimming over with 
fun. A duet, trombone solo, imitation of 
saw, and illustrated songs completed 
their sketch. 
Then followed the Town Meeting. 
Mrs. Hannah Tappan, who, by the way, 
managed the affair, was the moderator, 
Mrs. George A. Jones, clerk, and the fol- 
lowing composed the voters present: 
Mrs. J. S. Reed, Choate Rust; Mrs. 
Nellie Smith, Ed. P. Stanley; Mrs. Helen 
Andrews, H.T. Bingham; Mrs. Preston, 
Fo M.Andrews; Mrs. -J.~> W. ‘Lee; 
Geo. Kimball; Miss Nellie Walen, 
Saml Knight; Miss Barbara Smith, N. 
P. Meldrum; Mrs. Howe, C. O. 
Howe; Miss Atice Lations, Albert 
Cunningham; Mrs. Geo. Hildreth, 
Geo. E. Willmonton; Mrs. Fred Lane, 
Jos. Lipman; Mrs. Hersey, Geo. 
Sinnicks; Miss Josephine White, Chas. 
Dodge; Mrs. Mary Lucas, F. J. 
Merrill; Mrs. Wm. Walen, M. E. 
Gorman; Mrs. Jas. Salter, R. A. 
Mitchell. 
These officers were elected: C. O. 
Howe, Jos. N. Lipman and M. E. 
Gorman, selectmen; A. S. Jewett, 
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