MANCHESTER SECTION 
MANCHESTER 
Mrs. John W. Campbell spent last 
week in Lowell visiting Rev. C. Ar- 
thur Lincoln and family. 
Bell’s shoes store will be open to- 
morrow—April 19th—from 7 to 8 in 
the morning, and from 6 to 10 in the 
evening. " 
Miss Grace Mcgregor will resume 
her duties at the Smith s Express Co., 
next Monday after a fdrtnighes va- 
cation, one week of which she spent 
in New York, and the past week 
with her parents in Dublin, N. H. 
Elmer H. Crooker, who is listing 
names in Manchester for the next 
issue of the Naumkeag directory 
would appreciate it if secretaries of 
lodges, clubs and other organizations 
would a him (addressed Manches- 
ter) information as to officers of such 
organizations. 
At Floyd’s for the summer trade 
a dandy line of 57,000 local view 
cards. We know they will please yon, 
Call and look them over. 
Owing to the inclement weather last 
Friday night the April party of the 
Winter Series (private) waS:not as 
largely attended as the other parties 
of the series. The next will be early 
in May and will be a shirt waist party. 
This will probably be as largely attend- 
ed as the Costume Party in February. 
The Odd Fellows will observe the 
anniversary of Odd _ Fellowship on 
Thursday evening, May 1, when the 
~ embers and invited guests will meet 
in the Town hall for ‘the occasion, It 
_is expected that one of the grand of- 
ficers will be present to give a half- 
hour talk. There will be an enter- 
tainer, and the evening will be brought 
to a close with dancing. 
Emerson and Douglas. shoes at 
Bell’s Central square store. * 
Fred F. Brasch, caretaker at “Eagle- 
head,” the McMillan estate, probably 
has the most extensive and at the same 
time rrost successful private hennery 
of any estate on the North Shore. 
This winter he has been unusually suc- 
cessful at raising chickens from incu- 
bators. His first hatching was some- 
time in February,—154, and of the 
many incubators hatching since then 
most have averaged around 125 and 
130. These chicks, as is the rule in 
most cases where hens are raised on 
private estates on the North Shore, 
are used for broilers by the families 
both at their city homes, and during 
the season on the shore, 
Friday April 18, 1913. 
STATE BOARD REPORTS 
DREDGING DONE AT 
MANCHESTER 
ON 
The state Board of Harbor and 
Land commissioners in a report to 
the legislature Monday, outlined the 
work it has done the last few years 
at Manchester as follows: 
Under contract of October 18, 1907, 
with the Eastern Dredging Company, 
a channel about 1800 feet long and 75 
feet wide on the bottom was dredged 
in Manchester harbor to a depth of 
6 feet at mean low water, at a total 
cost of $7,977.84. 
In 1910, 1911 and 1912 petitions un- 
der chapter 481 of the Acts of 1909 
were presented for further improve- 
ment of this harbor, and under a con- 
tract of July 26, 1911, with Jeremiah 
P. O’Riorden, the inner portion of 
the channel from the railroad bridge 
down stream nearly to Bow Bell Ledge 
was dredged, the upper portion of the 
channel from the railroad bridge near- 
ly to Read’s wharf to a width of 200 
feet on the bottom, and the balance to 
a width of not less than 100 feet on the 
bottom, to a depth of 6 feet at mean 
low water. The contract price was 
26.2 cents per cubic yard, measured in 
SCOWS. 
This work was completed Septem- 
ber 26, 1911, at a total cost of $15,- 
970.28. 
Under a contract of April 17, 1912, 
with the Bay State Dredging Com- 
pany, Ltd., the channel was dredged 
to the depth of 6 feet at mean low 
water from the southwesterly end of 
the dredging done in 1911 to deep wa- 
ter in Massachusetts Bay. The con- 
tract price was 25 1-2 cents per cubic 
yard measured in scows and the work 
was completed October 16, 1912, at a 
total cost of $12,925.24. 
On August 14, 1912, a contract was 
entered into with the Bay State 
Dredging Company, Ltd., and the 
width of the channel was increased 
about 5o feet for a distance of about 
1500 feet below the railroad bridge, 
and an anchorage basin, about 150 
feet by 200 feet, was dredged to a 
depth of 6 feet at mean low water. 
All of this work was done between 
the railroad bridge and Bow Bell 
Ledge. The contract price was 25 I-2 
cents per cubic yard measured in 
scows, and the work was completed 
on November 8, 1912, at a total cost 
of $11,846.58. 
Appropriations : 
MANCHESTER 
Miss Clarice Silk, district nurse at 
New Bedford, is visiting Miss Ellen 
Long, Pleasant street. 
The Red Men will observe their an- 
niversary at the first meeting next 
month—W ednesday evening, May 7th. 
Allen W. R. C. will hold a sale of 
aprons, cakes, candy, etc., Saturday, 
April 26, afternoon and evening, in 
the G. A. R. hall. 
Mrs. A. G. Warner returned from 
Warren, Me., .yesterday after a five 
weeks’ absence, visiting her father 
who has been seriously ill. 
The adjourned meeting of the First 
Parish will be held next Monday ev- 
ening in the Chapel at 7.30. A large 
attendance is looked for as matters of 
vital interest to the corporation is to 
come up. 
Mr. and Mrs. E.. M. Perley of And- 
over visited Manchester Monday ev- 
ening, to attend the anniversary of 
Wm. Jeffrey colony, U.O.P.F. Mr. 
Perley is station agent at Andover 
and holds a position of trust in the 
order of Pilgrim Fathers. 
Wiliam Jeffrey colony, Pilgrim 
Fathers, celebrated its 25th anniver- 
sary Monday evening with a supper | 
and entertainment at its hall, follow- 
ed by a dance in Town hall. The af- 
fair was largely attended, guests be- 
ing present from Beverly Farms, Bey- 
erly, Salem and Gloucester. 
Salt fish in bulk or in boxes. Man- 
chester Fish Market, Central Sq. * 
Dr. David Francis Burke of Cam- 
bridge, with offices at The Dunvegan, 
1654 Mass. avenue,is to have a sum- 
mer office in dentistry at Manchester. 
He has hired rooms at the Levi A. 
Dunn house, 39 Central street and 
will be here in July and August, and 
possibly September. He was gradu- 
ated from Harvard last year. 
Sorosis shoes at Bell’s Central 
square store. x 
Chapter 126, Resolves of 1907, $8000 
By the town of Manchester, 
LOOP Rees est ae pee + 2500 
Contributions: 
Town of Manchester, I9II.... 6000 
Town of Manchester, 1912...11,000 
LSU RPGR CTRL vist oer Pra eee cas $27,500 
Amount expended during the year, 
$20,608.82. 
Total amount expended to Decem- 
ber I, 1912, $44,707.68, 
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