TO DREDGE HARBOR. 
State to Assist Manchester in Dredg- 
ing 100-ft Channel Across Glass 
Head Flats. Adjourned 
Town Meeting. 
The most important action at the 
adjourned Town Meeting in Man- 
chester Monday evening was the ap- 
propriation of $11,000 for dredging, 
$6,000 of which will be turned over 
to the state to be expended under 
the direction of the Harbor and 
Land Commissioners, $3,000 to be 
spent under the direction of the 
town and $2,000 for dredging at 
Masconomo Park under the direc- 
selectmen of the town and $2,000 
for dredging at Masconomo Park 
under the direction of the Park 
Commissioners. 
The state is to spend $9,000 in 
conjunction with that appropriated 
by the town in dredging a 100-ft. 
channel from the entrance to Man- 
chester harbor, opposite the Man- 
chester yacht club, in a straight line 
across the Glass Head flats. The 
channel from this point now winds 
snake-like along the beach shore and 
finally after a very circuitous route 
leads into deep water. The channel 
has always been a treacherous one 
for strangers especially, and has 
been a means of keeping many 
yachtsmen away from the harbor. 
For years and years the project of 
cutting a channel across the flats 
into deep water has been talked of, 
but it was looked upon as one of 
the big improvements for the town 
which would come in the far-distant 
future. The channel is soon to be 
a reality, however, for the state has 
already received bids and has award- 
ed the contract for the work. It is 
proposed to have the channel Ort 
deep at low water. 
The adjourned meeting was called 
to order by Moderator Allen at 7.30. 
The report of the Forest Warden 
was accepted. Chairman KE, 5. 
Knight of the selectmen read the re- 
port of the board relative to dredg- 
ing and made some explanatory re- 
marks relative to the improvements, 
propriated for dredging, $6,000 to 
be paid into the state treasury to be 
spent under the direction of the 
Harbor and Land , commissioners 
and the balance $(3,000) to be 
spent under the direction of the 
selectmen. Voted unanimously. 
Under the same article he moved 
and it was so voted, that the select- 
men be instructed to petition the FH. 
and L. commissioners to appropriate 
such sum of money for dredging in 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
1913 in Manchester as arrangements 
can be made for. 
Art. 39. $2,000 was appropriated 
for dredging under the direction of 
the Park dept. Yes 45, No. 0. 
New bath-house. The special com- 
mittee reported, recommending that 
two small bath-houses be erected in- 
stead of one large one,—one for 
ladies, the other for men and that a 
suitable shelter be provided. 
Plans were presented. In reply 
to various questions it was brought 
out that the houses are to be 40 ft. 
8 in, by 14 feet each, that they will 
cost between $1,200 and $1,500, that 
the committee had not gone into the 
details of location but that it would 
be such that it would not interfere 
with view from other buildings near 
the beach; so far as possible the 
houses now standing on the beach 
would be left there, but some would 
be destroyed, that matter to be left 
to the discretion of the park board; 
each house would have 16 rooms; the 
shelter would be between the two 
houses. 
The whole matter was recommit- 
ted to the committee to report at the 
adjournment of this meeting in May. 
W. ©. Rust reported for the com- 
mittee on Tuck’s Point picnic house. 
After careful investigation the com- 
mittee had found that the present 
building was overcrowded at any of 
the large gatherings and they recom- 
mended the building be enlarged by 
building 15 feet to the south-west 
end, two ventilators to be built in 
the roof, the main roof to be re- 
shingled, the piazza roof renewed. 
the floor repaired, the shutters re- 
newed and hung on the outside, and 
that the building be repainted. 
$2,000 was appropriated for this 
purpose. 
Chairman Reed of the park dept., 
reported on the proposed improve- 
ments at Maseonomo park. The plan 
as submitted by Olmstead Bros., 
called for the permanent improve- 
ment of the park and it was esti- 
mated said improvements would cost 
$40,000. It was not desired to raise 
all of this sum, but to have the im- 
provements extend over a period of 
ten or twelve years, to start the 
work from Beach street. Three 
recommendations were made: 1. 
That the town accept the plan made 
by Olmstead Bros., dated April 7, 
1911, and that the park board or 
their successors be instructed to 
carry these plans out; 2. that $3,000 
be appropriated for 1912 to carry 
on the work and that a like sum be 
appropriated each year until the 
work is completed; and 3. that ar- 
rangements be made for a specific 
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and systematic furtherance of such 
plans. 
W. C. Rust believed this was the 
right thing to do. He said that in 
the past, one board had earried on 
one form of improvements at the 
park, another board another work. 
Ile believed some definite plan 
should be adopted and then go 
ahead on that plan. 
Under Art. 46 the GAR was 
granted free use of the Town hall 
for Memorial Day. 
Art. 49. E. P. Stanley asked for 
$100 additional for the treasurer’s 
and collector’s dept. He said that 
covered cost of buying a typewriter 
which he has been using the past 
year. Voted. 
Art. 25. Police. E. S. Knight said 
a number of minor improvements 
were found necessary at the police 
station. $400 was appropriated to 
cover cost of same. 
At 8.20 the meeting was ad- 
journed until Monday evening, May 
20, at 7.30 o’elock. 
Son-in-Law of N. P. Meldrum Dead. 
Webster F. Putnam, who died last 
Saturday afternoon at Danvers, 
married ‘Miss Helen P. Meldrum, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan P. 
Meldrum of Manchester. The de- 
ceased was stricken on a B. & M. R. 
R. passenger train Wednesday of 
last week while enroute from Dan- 
vers to Boston. He did not survive 
his sudden illness but retained con- 
sciousness until death. 
Mr. Putnam was born in Danvers, 
in 1856, and was graduated from 
the grammar and the Holten high 
schools. His parents were the late 
Thomas and Eunice Putnam, whose 
home was on Maple street. 
In addition to a large brokerage 
and banking business he was exten- 
sively engaged in real estate ven- 
tures and was instrumental in build- 
ing hundreds of houses in Danvers, 
Manchester, Beverly and _ other 
places. 
He was active in the affairs of the 
Maple Street Congregational church, 
Danvers Lodge AOUW, Boston 
Stock Exchange and other organiza- 
tions. Every one that knew him 
held him in high regard. Beside his 
widow four children, Marion Put- 
nam, Webster F. Putnam, Raymond 
Putnam and Clifton Putnam survive 
him. 
Frances L. Palmer of Winchester, 
conveys to Sarah P. Poole of Somer- 
ville, one-half interest in land and 
buildings at Great Neck, Marble- 
head, 70 by 102 feet. 
