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Vol. X April 12, 1912 No. 15 
The Evening Train Service. 
The service which has been ren- 
dered the Gloucester branch by the 
Boston & Maine Railroad has been 
good and no complaint can be rea- 
sonably made against the accom- 
modations afforded the public. The 
railroad has hke every other con- 
cern a problem in economy. The 
public requires good service and 
such service must and _ should be 
paid for. There is a financial obliga- 
tion which the pubhe owes a road 
before new advantages can be af- 
forded. This problem cannot be 
ignored by a _ Railroad any more 
than by any other business enter- 
prise. The problem of the evening 
service is really a problem in econo- 
mies. It will be a great convenience 
to the public if there were another 
train on the branch between the 
one leaving Rockport at 6.22 and 
the next one leaving at 8.42, but 
to the railroad it is a business pro- 
position and must be met as such. 
The passenger department of the 
railroad is giving this problem their 
attention and it is now _ being 
worked out. The results may be a 
new train after seven p. m. At the 
present time it does not appear 
practicable to the railroad to aug- 
ment the service on the Gloucester 
branch, but the railroad is work- 
ing upon a plan, the feasibility of 
which is still problematic, but which 
may turn out to be practicable. In 
this event it may be found possible 
to meet the wishes of the Glouces- 
ter branch in part, if not wholly, on 
the new summer schedule. If the 
suggested plans prove feasible it 
will prove a great convenience to 
the branch. 
The Opera House Problem. 
A final appeal has been made by 
Eben D. Jordan to put the manage- 
ment of the institution upon a sound 
financial basis. The letter is care- 
fully and convincingly written and 
should result in many _ responses, 
making the end _ desired a reality. 
Mr. Jordan has personally been un- 
tiring in his service and has spared 
no expense making the enterprise 
the success that it now is. The editor 
of the Boston Transcript writes well, 
when he says: ‘‘If ever anyone were 
entitled to make an appeal, it is Mr. 
Eben D. Jordan a sum from the col- 
lective community, which is a mere 
fleabite to what he individually has 
contributed and is still contributing 
to opera in Boston. Boston has been 
taunted with what Chicago and 
Philadelphia would have done under 
like circumstances, yet we find that, 
while it is Boston’s ambition to set 
up an opera company all it own, 
they have contented themselves with 
a divided enterprise. It is required 
some special appealing and effort to 
raise this guaranty fund, it is not 
beyond belief that the Opera’s 
‘prosperity’? up to date has miti- 
gated somewhat against it. Mr. 
Jordan’s energetic buoying of it up 
has considerably screened its real 
vicissitudes and prevented a salient 
object lesson from forcing itself un- 
pleasantly upon those mindful of 
Boston’s fame. We are confident 
that this. last appeal will not be 
without its effeet, and that shortly 
the opera will be beyond those: fi- 
nancial shoals from which Mr. Jor- 
dan says this guaranty will free it.’’ 
Mr. Jordan writes: ‘‘The amount 
of $50,000 is all that is necessary to 
make the Boston Opera independent 
of financial problems. ,Is it the 
opinion of the eitizens of Boston 
that opera of the same quality as 
given during the present season is 
distinctly a benefit to the city? If 
so, why is the Guaranty Fund not 
fully subscribed? Surely, this fund 
is for a most worthy cause. There 
must be hundreds of people, who 
have not yet contributed, who feel 
that permanent opera in Boston 
would be a splendid thing both for 
themselves and for the city. 
‘‘T firmly believe that if opera is 
continued on the same high plane 
as now for the next three years, a 
public will have grown up in that 
time that will render any Guaranty 
Fund unnecessary. If you give to 
this fund you give for yourselves, 
your children and your city. Can 
anyone find anything in the world 
more beneficial or inspiring to be in- 
terested in than an institution that 
confers its benefits upon one’s chil- 
dren, one’s city and oneself? Does 
the public realize what Boston 
would be next winter’ without 
opera?’’ 
Boston can be depended upon to 
respond with its usual spirit to this 
convincing and reasonable appeal. 
The Sidewalks at Beverly Farms. 
Despite the difficulties before him, 
Alderman Loring is doing every- 
thing that can be done to put the 
money appropriated for Beverly 
Farms, into good walks. He is handi- 
capped by an old ordinance and the 
outcome is problamatic. The ques- 
tion is now in the hands of the 
committee on sidewalks, George H. 
Hurd, chairman. Everyone inter- 
ested in the sidewalks of Beverly 
Farms should write or telephone 
Mr. Hurd at once, thus strengthen- 
ing the hands of the alderman from 
the ward. Mr. Hurd may be reached 
by telephone, 971 Beverly. 
Standing the Test. 
Beverly’s new fire engine stood 
the severe tests given it and is now 
in service. The addition of the new 
steamer increases the fire fighting 
strength of the whole shore. While 
Manchester and Magnolia have ex- 
cellent systems for fire fighting it 
will be an added_ protection that 
there is such an efficient steamer 
available at Beverly Farms, should 
an emergency arise. The protection 
given Beverly Farms and Pride’s is 
an added fire protection to the whole 
shore—from Beverly to Magnolia. 
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