NORTH SHORE oe 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1909. 
OFFICERS OF MAGNOLIA LODGE, 149, I. 0. 0. F. 
Installation Last Evening the Occasion of a Large Gathering of Odd Fellows. 
The installation of officers of Mag- 
nolia lodge, 149,.1. O..O. F., of Man- 
chester was the occasion of a large gath- 
ering of Odd Fellows, anda most pleas- 
ant evening was passed. Deputy Grand 
Master Anthony C. Rogers and suite of 
Gloucester did the work most creditably. 
There were guests present from Glou- 
cester, Rockport and Beverly Farms. 
‘The officers installed were as follows 
Fred K. Swett, noble grand; J. Alex. 
Lodge, vice grana; E. Clifford Rand, 
recording secretary; Henry IT. Bingham, 
financial secretary, Edward A. Lane, 
treasurer; Howard M. Stanley, past 
grand; Raymond C. Allen, r.s. n. g.; 
Wanies t1oare,. |. -s.-n.. g. 3. Arthur. E. 
Olson, r. s. v. g.; | William W. Hoare, 
ls. v. g.; Albert Cunningham, ward- 
en; Alfred E. Hersey. conductor; Ed- 
ward Haraden, chaplain; “Thomas Bak- 
er, inside guard; Ellery H. Rogers, 
outside guard; S. Albert Sinnicks, r. s. s. ; 
Duncan T. Beaton, |. s. s. 
Henry T. Brigham was installed into 
office as financial secretary for the 28th 
years, being elected to the office for the 
first time in 1882. Edward A. Lane has 
been treasurer for the past 17 years. 
‘The report of the various officers and 
committees showed the lodge to be ina 
very strong and healthy condition. In 
fact it would seem as though the lodge 
was one of the best off financially inthe 
_state. ‘The trustees’ report showed the 
lodge to be worth something over $11,- 
900. 
After the meeting the members and 
guests adjourned tothe banquet room 
where they spent the next half hour dis- 
cussing the contents of steaming bowls 
Frep K. Swerrt, 
Noble Grand of Magnolia Lodge, 149,I.O0.0.F. 
of cock stew, which had been prepared 
for them by *“ chef’’ Frank H. Crombie, 
whose reputation for dishes of this kind 
is of the best. “There were about 75 
present. 
MANCHESTER GENEROUS SPIRITED. 
So Considered by Officials of Other Towns and Cities of the County. 
Manchester has the reputation of be- 
-ing one of the wealthiest towns in the 
state. [he tax is lower than all but a 
few towns, and more is spent here than 
in most any other town, in proportion to 
its size, in the line of improvements, for 
streets, schools, etc. 
It is this very excellent condition of 
affairs that leads Manchester’s officials to 
display such generous spirits presumably 
when a question arises as to how much 
Manchester shall ‘‘antiup’’ in such 
cases as the Gloucester “Cut Bridge,’’ 
when the various towns chipped in to 
help pay the bills. 
This question of apportionment of the 
above referred to Cut bridge, and the 
fact that Manchester was called upon by 
the county commissioners to pay such a 
large proportion of the levy has been the 
cause of more or less comment. It was 
talked of in town meeting recently, but 
nobody could answer the question as to 
why Manchester should pay so much. 
There has been a story around recent- 
ly as to the whys and wherefores of the 
thing and the Breeze presents the story 
in as concise a form as it can. 
It seems that the county commission- 
ers gave a hearing on the apportionment 
of the cost and Manchester the same as 
the other towns was asked to be repre- 
sented at the hearing. ne member of 
the board of selectmen was delegated by 
the board to attend the bea 
The story goes that in making up the 
figures as a matter of estimate in his 
own mind City Engineer Webber of 
Gloucester put Manchester down for 
$4000, but he afterwards changed this to 
$3800, thinking that Manchester would 
kick on any such figure. 
Mr. Webber and one of the county 
commissioners were the first to arrive at 
the hearing that morning and they were 
talking the thing over and the commis- 
sioner, not knowing then what Mr. 
Webber had thought personally Man- 
chester should pay, put Manchester down 
for $3500. But this was his own 
opinion, not the board’s 
Pretty soon in walked Manchester’s 
selectman. 
‘* Well,’’ spoke up one of the two, 
“we have decided off hand what you 
people ought to pay down there at Man- 
chester toward this bridge, now what do 
you think? How much do you say 
Manchester ought to be apportioned?’’ 
“I think Manchester should not be 
called upon to pay one cent more than 
$0000,’’ is said to have been the reply, 
““ six thousand dollars.’’ 
The others were greatly pleased to 
think Manchester should be so generous. 
They had placed Manchester down for 
$3800 and $3500 respectively, and now 
Manchester’s representative at the hear- 
ing was willing to double the figure -and 
give $0000. 
Well, anyway, when the hearing was 
held and the apportionment was finally 
made Manchester was  “‘ chaulked 
down’’ for $5400. 
The editor called one of the commis- 
sioners on the phone the other day to 
ask him about the story. He said he 
wasn’t in any position to make a sstate- 
ment and advised us to see somebody 
else. He wouldn’t affirm nor deny it. 
Boston & Maine vs. Moth Pest. 
The Boston & Maine railroad com- 
pany is reported to have begun a cam- 
paign against the browntail moth pest. 
The company is to fight the pest along 
the whole line and it not to confine itself 
to the vicinity of stations. 
Work by the section crews is well in 
hand on the eastern division east of 
Portsmouth and the men are finding 
more of the nests than in previous years. 
In Beverly, gardener Henry C. Clark 
with a large gang of men has already 
done excellent work and is at present on 
the Gloucester branch, cutting brush and 
ridding the trees and shrubbery of the 
pests. 
