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them at 
LOOMIS’ 
Manchester. 
Central 
Square 
4 BEaCOAT allowed on 
2 time deposits 
Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 
Opposite Post-office, Gloucester, Mass 
Important 
Trees and shrubs with dry roots will die. 
The nearest place is the place to buy. 
The Pierce Nursery 
Native and Foreign Trees 
Shrubs, Vines and Roses; also 
Bedding Plants. 
Laying Out and Planting Beds Done 
Promptly. 
Hart Street, Beverly Farms. 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
My partons and the public will please 
ake notice that I hayemoved into new 
quarters on Bennett st., opposite High 
School building, Manchester. This prop- 
erty, Jately purchased by me, has been re- 
modelled into anup-to-date plant for the 
urther prosecution of my business of 
HOUSE, SIGN and FURNITURE PAINT- 
ING, PAPER HANGING, GLAZING, 
etc., with more ample accommodations 
better light and air, I shall continue to 
execute all orders in this line entrusted to 
me in my usual conscientious manner. 
Here you may find in stock a large line 
of PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES and READY- 
TO-USE MATERIALS, consisting in part 
of WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, TUR- 
PENTINE, VARNISHES, ENAMELS, 
STAINS, GLASS, PUTTY, FLOOR WAX, 
FLOOR OIL, ect., etc., at prices consistent 
with quality. 
Respectfully, 
A. J. ORR, 
Painter and Decorator. 
Telephone 11-4, 
Manchester-by-the-Sea. 
Almost a Million Callsa Day. Trez 
mendous Telephone Patronage of the 
New England Company. 
‘The New England telephone system 
is the second largest in the country, ac- 
cording to the annual report of Gen. 
Thomas Sherwin, President of the New 
England Telephone and ‘Telegraph 
Company, which has just appeared. The 
growth of the business during 1906 was 
greater than in any previous year, and on 
the first of January, 1907, there were 
255,576 “‘subscribers’ stations’’ connect- 
ed with the lines of the New England 
company and its sub-licensees, which 
cover Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont 
and Massachusetts. That is, approximate- 
ly speaking, one telephone to each 18 
men, women and children in the terri- 
tory. The total includes a small num- 
ber of subscribers in Rhode Island and 
in a corner of New York State. 
President Sherwin points out that it 
has been the constant purpose of the di- 
rectors to extend the service as fully and 
rapidly as is consistent with good busi- 
ness judgment throughout the wide area 
within which his company operates, and 
to place its facilities within reach of the 
largest possible number of the people of 
New England. ‘There is scarcely a_vil- 
lage or settlement in the field whose re- 
sidents cannot readily avail themselves of 
the company’s service for communication 
to near or distant points. 
The total expenditures during the 
year for materials, General Sherwin re- 
ports as $4,316,375.30. Of this amount 
a million and three-quarters went for wire 
and cable, more than three-quarters of a 
million for switchboards and switchboard 
material, and almost a quarter of a mil- 
lion for poles and cross-arms. Two large 
items of expense were $3,051,884 for 
new construction and $3,045,183 for re- 
pairs and maintenance. 
On the 31st of December last there 
were 6,787 miles of toll pole lines carrying 
140,706 miles of wire. For giving local 
service there was 136,183 miles of wire 
overhead, 238,163 miles of wire under- 
ground and 780 miles in submarine 
cables. For local exchange purposes 57, 
987 new poles were set and 89,135 
miles of wire strung. In the extension 
and reconstruction of the toll lines 12,622 
poles and 12,017 miles of conductors of 
one sort and another were used. To 
build, maintain and operate the plant for 
handling this trafic the company has 
7868 employees of all classes, of whom 
3577 are Women. 
The financial reports show the com- 
pany to be in excellent condition. Six per 
cent dividends were paid, and, in addi- 
tion, $493,000 of the bonded debt was 
discharged. A further amountof $499,000 
of bonds was taken up April 1 of this 
year. ‘The amount of capital stock issued 
at the present time is $31,697,800. 
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Warning. 
The Board of Selectmen of Manchester here- 
by gives notice to the public that Section 7 of 
Chapter 208, Revised Laws of Mass., which 
reads as follows: ‘Whoever by wantonly or reck- 
lessly setting fire to any material causes injury 
to, or the destruction of any growing or stand- 
ing wood of another, shall be punished by a fine 
of not more than $100, or by imprisonment for 
not more than six months,’’ will be strictly en- 
forced by their agents, the Board of Forest 
Fire Wards. 
SELECTMEN OF MANCHESTER. 
SALEM EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. 
J. A. HOLLAND, Prop. 
Thoroughly reliable and competent HELP 
of all kinds furnished at Short Notice. 
Our list includes chauffeurs, mechanics, 
coachmen, butlers, gardeners, firemen, 
watchmen, foremen, cooks, chefs, maids, 
governesses, etc. 
Telephone 1165 Salem, or call at 
2464 Essex St., es SALEM 
SUMMER 
BOARD 
WANTED 
In the vicinity of Manchester 
Each year hundreds of people all over the: 
country turn to the Boston Transcript 
for information as to where the most de- 
_sirable summer boarding places are located. 
If youintend to accommodate boarders the 
coming season, it will be to your advantage 
to send your name and address, together 
with a description of your place and the 
accommodations you offerto the BOSTON 
TRANSCRIPT COMPANY, 324 
Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 
