is 
the’ unanimous opinion of the com- 
“mittee that the town construct a sys- 
“tem of sewerage for the thickly set- 
_ tled portion of the town. There were 
. several legal matters 
which it was 
“hoped to clean up very shortly, after 
‘which a definite 
report would be 
_ made. / 
’ ~The committee asked for the unex 
pended balance of last year’s appro- 
._priation,—$319.69. Voted. 
The report of the trustees of the 
Memorial Library Building fund was 
not contained in the printed report. 
It was presented by the accountant in 
the evening. 
At 10.40 the reports had all been 
acted on and the various articles of 
the warrant were then taken up. 
Art. 5: Appropriation committee. 
On motion of O. T. Roberts the com- 
mittee was continued, and the mod- 
erator appointed the same as_ last 
year,—G. S. Sinnicks, C. L. Crafts, 
Thomas Baker, F. P. Tenney, P: H. 
Boyle, W. R. Bennett, A. M. Killam, 
A. C. Needham and G. E. Hildreth. 
Art. 6. Highways, bridges, etc. 
On motion of B. M. Crombie $25,000 
was appropriated, the same to include 
supt.’s salary, and the expenses called 
for under articles 8 and 41. 
Art. 25. On motion of E. S. Knight - 
$5000 was appropriated for moth sup- 
pression work, and a special appfo- 
priation was made to be expended un- 
der the direction of the state author- 
ities and summer residents’ commit- 
“tee, of which Col. Sohier is the head, 
with the understanding that the city 
of Beverly would vote an equal sum, 
the state $10,000 and the summer resi- 
dents’ committee a sum equal to the 
total. 
Art. 7. On motion of James Hoare 
$125 was appropriated for the care of 
Central pond. 
Art. 58. Fixed charges. This was 
taken up on motion of E. S. Knight 
and $65,880.00 was appropriated, as 
per items appearing in the list of ap- 
propriations on another page. 
M. E::Gorman: moved the items be 
acted ‘upon separately, but the meet- 
ing yoted not to. 
Art, 22, was next taken up. De- 
partmental “expenses. Under this 
heading fixed charges to the amount 
of $12,275.00 was appropriated in one 
sum. These items will be found on 
another page, under: list of appropri- 
ations. 
Art. 8. Improvement and care of 
Wenham and Essex Old Road. The 
recommendation of the finance com- 
mittee, that this be expended out of 
the general’ highway ‘account, was 
adopted. 5 
“Art. 0. -Schools, 
On motion of O. 
Senn 
for care of cemeteries and 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
™ sberts $25,000 was appropriated. 
Art. 10. On motion of E. P. Stan- 
ley $600 was voted for care and main- 
tenance of the playground. 
Art. 11. On motion of O. T. Rob- 
erts $400 was appropriated for repairs 
and painting outside of the Price 
school building. 
Art. 12. $100 for medical inspect- 
ion of schools. Voted. 
Art. 13. $175 to complete the cop- 
ing around Priest school house. Vot- 
ed on motion of F. P. Knight. 
GEORGE E. HILDRETH 
RE-ELECTED WATER COMMISSIONER 
Art. 14. On motion of W. H. Tyler 
$850 was appropriated to place edge- 
stones on the Norwood avenue and 
Brook street sides of the Price school. 
The finance committee did not recom- 
mend this, but after considerable dis- 
cussion, in which G. S. Sinnicks, W. 
C. Rust, Austin Morley and James H. 
Rivers took part the motion was car- 
ried, 55 itos22: 
Art. 15. School gardens assigned to 
the evening meeting at 8.15. 
Articles 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 
28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 were taken up 
in the order named and the following 
amounts were appropriated without a 
word of discussion, or resentment: 
$7500 for police department mainten- 
ance ; $1763.71 for public library main- 
tenance and $2000 for special work at 
the library ; $1650 for board of health; 
$500 for district nurse fund; $1200 
chapel ; 
$400 for tree warden’s dept.; $1000 
for forest warden’s dept.; $1200 for 
support of poor-out and $3000 for - 
support of poor-in ; $1500 for state and 
military aid; $200 for soldier’s relief, 
Q. M. Post 67, G.A.R., and $100 to be 
spent under direction of the selectmen; 
and $8000 for street lighting. 
Under the articles on street lights 
F. P. Knight asked if the lighting was 
still under contract to the Welsbach 
company, to which Chairman Knight 
replied that the contract lasted two ~ 
or three years longer, much to the re- 
gret of the company, with gasoline at — 
its present figure. 
F. K. Sweet wondered if the increase 
in cost of gasoline was. responsible 
for the. poor service. Mr. Knight re- 
plied that all lights reported out were 
deducted from the bill each month. 
Art. 33. Dredging. It was voted 
that all matters relating to dredging be 
laid on the table until the report of the 
Harbor and Land commissioners shall 
have been received. ' 
Art. 34. Parks. The commission- 
ers called for $3000 for Masconomo 
Park improvements, $1000 for shrub- 
bery, $200 for planting plans, and $60 
for street lights. The finance commit- 
tee recommended only $3000. Mr. 
Reed said it was the vote of the town 
to spend $3000 a year in carrying out 
the plans for the improvement of the 
park. This does not include anything 
but improving the property. 
Austin Morley said this money was — 
spent the most ridiculous of any ex- 
pended by the town. It was finally 
voted after more or less discussion that — 
$3000 be appropriated. The vote was 
BIstou: 
At this point, 11.50, the meeting de- — 
clared a recess to prepare for the bal- 
loting at noon. 
The result of the election will be 
found in another column. 
MONDAY EVENING SESSION | 
The Monday evening session was 
called to order at 7.30, the hour to 
which the meeting adjourned after the 
votes were counted at 6 o’clock. 
W.C. Rust, the Nestor of the meet- 
ing, and always prominent in the fight _ 
for no-license, was the first to gain 
the floor. 
‘We have met the enemy and were 
almost defeated,” said he. And then — 
moved that the selectmen be authoriz- — 
ed to instruct our chief of police to — 
enforce all laws, particularly the law in 
regard to the sale of intoxicating liq- 
uor. It was so voted. 4 
“They tell me,” said Mr. Rust,) | 
“there are kitchen bar-rooms all over 
town. I believe in using the ‘spotter’ 
system in enforcing the liquor laws. — 
I believe it is a good thing to have a — 
secret fund for this purpose,” and to _ 
that end he moved that $200-be appro- _ 
priated for the suppression of the liq- — 
uor law. The moderator corrected 
the speaker and asked if he did not 
mean enforcement instead of suppres- 
sion, to which he replied that he did. 
An “Aye” and “Nay” vote was taken, 
85 voting in favor and 45 against, 
