NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING 
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What was Said and Done at Adjourned 
Town Meeting. 
Moderator R. C. Allen called the 
meeting to order at 7.35. 
W. C. Calderwood immediately took 
the floor and called for Art. 26, and 
under this article moved that $4250 be 
appropriated for dredging a channel from 
the main channel to the pier at Masco- 
nomo Park. The motion was seconded. 
A. Cunningham asked the park com- 
missioners how people were to get to 
the pier this summer, by airship or sub- 
way. (Referring to the mud dumped 
on the park. ) 
Commissioner H. Standley replied 
that there was a road there and he pre- 
sumed people would walk the road. 
W. C. Rust hoped this matter of 
dredging would go ,through tonight. 
When the town bought that place it was 
one of the great arguments at the time 
that there would be a public landing 
there. A pier was built and ever since 
then we have been trying to get a chan- 
nel dredged to the pier. He thought 
the town could find enough money to do 
this without much trouble. 
Chairman E. S. Knight of the board 
of selectmen read a letter bearing on the 
subject from Major Henry L. Higginson, 
in which Mr. Higginson very strongly 
endorsed the movement and expressed 
the hope the channel would be dug. 
Austin Morley: Where is the orig- 
inal plan for the improvements of this 
park? 
Chairman F. A. Rowe: 
ectmen’s office 
Mr. Morley. The citizens ought to 
know how much it is going to cost to 
finish the park. It has already cost 
$40,000 or more and _ the citizens 
should know how much more it will cost 
to complete it. We ought to have an 
approximate estimate. 
F. K. Hooper explained that the ap- 
propriation committee had failed to re- 
commend this appropriation purely from 
a financial standpoint. With the pre- 
sent valuation and to maintain same tax 
rate the town cannot do all these things. 
Something must be cut out, so this was 
not recommended. Such matters, he 
thought, ought to be left for the citizens 
to decide in town meeting. He believed 
the town should spend something each 
year in dredging. ‘This work ought to 
be done. It is true you are hampered 
in coming up and down the river. He 
referred to the time when he engineered 
legislation at the State House for making 
the B. and M. better the facilities at the 
drawbridge, but the town lost its back- 
bone because they were persuaded by the 
B. and M. it would cost a few thousand 
dollars. 
» The vote was put onthe motion to 
In the sel- 
dredge and 145 votes were cast, all in 
favor. 
The selectmen reported in this con- 
nection as follows: 
To the Citizens of the Town of Manchester; 
GENTLEMEN: 
At the annual town meeting the ques- 
tion of dredging under the drawbridge of 
the B. and M. was referred tothe select- 
men. 
‘The matter was taken under consider- 
ation by them. “The Harbor and Land 
Commissioners denying jurisdiction, a 
letter was addressed to the president of 
the B. and M. and an interview was 
given your chairman by him, but noth- 
ing was accomplished, as the railroad 
company refused to do anything, claim- 
ing that no one had jurisdiction except 
the Secretary of War at Washington. 
The conditions at this bridge are as 
follows: First, the channel as dredged 
by the state and town gives us an aver- 
age depth of six feet at mean low water, 
both above and below the railroad; un- 
der the draw we have an average depth 
at mean low water of two feet or less. 
This of itself forms a bar which obstructs 
navigation and nullifes the work of both 
state and town. It also prevents the 
channel from clearing itself and obliges 
us to dredge above the draw at periods 
of three to five years in order to main- 
tain our present depth of water. Sec- 
ondly, the draw ifself is altogether too 
narrow, its present width being less than 
33 feet, which is not wide enough to ad- 
mit craft which our present depth of wa- 
ter warrants. In fact we are informed, 
that no barges are being built today that 
can come through the present draw. 
But one of the greatest objections to this 
structure is its construction, with the 
truss work all below the level of the 
track, the same obstructing navigation for 
a period of from three or four hours at 
ever tide. 
We should demand a draw of not less 
than 40 feet wide with the truss work 
above the level of the track, giving free 
access at all times. 
We would recommend that the sel- 
ectmen or a committee be instructed to 
appeal to the Honorable Secretary of 
War to order the B. and M. to con- 
struct a drawbridge 40 feet wide with the 
truss work above the level of the track 
and to dredge underneath said draw, or 
allow the town to dredge underneath said 
drawbridge, that we may obtain a depth 
at that point of six feet at mean low 
water. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Epwarp S. KNIGHT, 
Frep K. Swett, 
Watrer R. BELL, 
Selectmen of Manchester. 
E. P. Stanley moved the report be ac- 
cepted. Voted. 
The following motion was offered by 
F. P. Knight and was adopted: 
“ce ° 
I move that the selectmen be in- 
structed and are hereby authorized to ap- 
peal to the Honorable Secretary of War 
to order the Boston and Maine railroad 
to construct in Manchester inner ha:bor 
a drawbridge 40 feet wide with the truss 
work above the level of the track and to 
dredge or allow the town to dredge un- 
derneath said drawbridge, that we may 
obtain a depth at that point of six feet at 
mean low water. Any expense to be 
incurred under this vote to be paid for 
from town miscellaneous.’’ 
Park Comm. Standley asked if the 
town cared to take some action on having 
the mud thrown onto the park, either in 
part or in whole. He said it could be 
run on for $1000. 
A. Cunningham wanted to know what 
the speaker meant by “‘run on,’’--the 
same method as used this spring? 
A. Morley believed the mud should be 
taken care of. If the present plans of 
the park are not sufficient let some emin- 
ent engineer take it up and prepare plans, 
even if it costs the town $200 or $300, 
and let us know what it is going ;to cost 
to finish the job. 
G. S. Sinnicks said he understood the 
contract which the town had with the 
dredging concern called for distributing 
the mud over the park and that the mud 
would be scraped off the roadway. It 
looked as if it will have to be handled 
again. Cheaper to take it outside. 
No action was taken on dumping the 
mud on the park. 
Art. 16. Relative to the road built by 
the water commissioners F. J. Merrill 
offered the following: 
*“We recommend that the selectmen 
be instructed to petition the county com- 
missioners to lay out said road as a 
county road including also Pine street. 
We believe this road will become an 
important thoroughfare and will open up 
a large territory much of which is capable 
of development for summer residence 
and this plan seems to your committee 
to be the best way to dispose of the 
matter.’ 
Adopted. 
Mr. Merrill explained that the com- 
mittee had had an informal meeting with 
the Hamilton officials and that they were 
strongly in favor of the above plan. 
W. C. Rust moved the report be ac- 
cepted and the recommendation adopted. 
Voted unanimously. 
Art. 63. School playgrounds. The 
committee presented plans and reported 
as follows: 
““ The plan calls for a retaining wall 
to be built along the line of the brook, 
to be carried up two feet above the pres- 
ent grade filled in with about three feet 
rise to 240 feet, which would carry it 
back to about the centre of the diamond. 
*“A running track of six laps to the 
mile to be built around the field. A 
space of about 120 feet square to be 
