rer | eet 9 —- 
& Co. and L. T. Allen, the dealer in 
window shades. Boston and its vicinity 
have been raked with a_ fine-toothed 
comb in search of the ideal combination 
of quality and cheapness and the tanta- 
lizing search has not been wholly in vain. 
The itemized estimate of the cost is 
as follows: 
The lot sold us by H. W. 
Butler for $ 2,360. 
Excavation and stone work 1,900. 
Grading, etc. 450. 
Building as per contract plus 
extras 155150: 
Plumbing 1,700. 
Painting and Papering 1,200. 
Electric lighting 750. 
Bowling alleys and settees 1,200. 
Builders’ Insurance for 1 year 200. 
Furniture 1,300. 
Window shades 60. 
Kitchen outfit 500. 
Restaurant dishes, etc. 250. 
Chamber crockery 70. 
Bed linen, towels, curtains, etc. 300. 
Rugs, etc. 130. 
Miscellaneous 350. 
$27,870. 
The subscriptions amount at the pres- 
ent writing to $11,567. ‘The balance of 
about $16,000 will be owed the Glou- 
cester Safe Deposit and Trust Co., who 
hold a mortgage on the property with 
interest at 5 per cent. ‘This debt when 
reduced to $10,000 will cease to be a 
burden as the building will probably then 
become self-supporting. Such reduction 
will be made the goal of next summer's 
efforts. 
That there is just ground for thinking 
that the building can pay its running ex- 
penses and the interest on $10,000 be- 
sides will be seen from the following es- 
timate of the income: 
Rent of 24 rooms at {$50.00 1200. 
Dues at $1.00 for the season 200. 
Income from restaurant 400. 
Pool and Billiards 150. 
Bowling 350. 
$2300. 
The expenses will be for superintend- 
ence rand care of the building and 
grounds; for laundry; for water and elec- 
tricity; for taxes possibly and insurance 
and interest on the mortgage; for im- 
provements and repairs; and for enter- 
tainments, music and the miscellaneous 
running expenses of such a club. No 
one can foretell with any degree of accu- 
racy the cost of water and electricity—in 
such a building. Whether or not the 
property will be taxed the state board 
will determine. “Che Women’s club- 
house is exempt. ‘The other items are 
pretty closely fixed and one can calculate 
from them with considerable certainty 
that this expectation of self-support is not 
rash. Once this has been attained, the 
gradual reduction of the mortgage will 
not be difficult. 
The restaurant is rented outright for 
next summer to Mrs. and Miss Macauley 
for 10 per cent. of the gross receipts plus 
a fairrate of interest on the cost of fur- 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
oy 5 
MAGNOLIA POSTOFFICE MOVES INTO 
NEW AND UP-TO-DATE QUARTERS. 
When the summer cottagers and hotel 
guests arrive at Magnolia this season 
there is no change that will be met by 
them on their arrival more pronounced 
windows and will be set off separately in- 
side. A new Mosler safe, especially ad- 
apted for postuffices, has been installed. 
The windows are all grated for pro- 
POSTOFFICE BLOCK AT MAGNOLIA 
(New Postoffice Quarters are on the extreme left of building) 
in its nature than the new postothce 
quarters. From the little room in the 
easterly side of the Lycett drug store 
block where the postoffice has been lo- 
cated for many years, cramped for space, 
because the office has outgrown its quar- 
ters in the past ten or fifteen years, the 
postoffice will have been transferred to 
the opposite end of the building, in the 
store formerly occupied by the P. S. 
Lycett grocery store. It is expected the 
change-over will be made this coming 
Monday, May 3. 
Aside from the additional space pro- 
vided by the new quarters, the latest and 
most up-to-date equipment and fixtures 
have been installed, putting the office on 
a par with any of the city sub offices, or 
those of large towns. 
The fixtures are all of oak, and in- 
clude two latest model carrier tables, dis- 
tributing table, mailing case, dumping 
table. Two of the latest regulation cash 
and stamp drawers have been put in near 
the delivery window. There is a 
carriers’ window for night and Sunday 
use. ‘Three closets, in keeping with the 
rest of the fixtures, have been installed 
for coats and hats, etc. ~The money 
order and register division have separate 
nishing it. It is agreed that a first-class 
restaurant shall be maintained. This 
means that board by the week will be 
for men $7.00 and for women $6.00. 
It is impossible to give satisfaction at a 
lower rate than this in Magnolia. 
tection. There is a rear door for deliv- 
ery of mail bags and for departure of 
same, instead of having such service 
through the front doors. 
The office is cased to the ceiling, 
with ventillating windows in every sec- 
tion. There are 48 of the latest style 
lock boxes for rent to those who desire 
them. 
A bulletin board and advertising case 
complete the outfit in the outer lobby, 
the floor of which is of maple. 
Magnolia is a sub-station of the Glou- 
cester postoffice but it has the record of 
having one of the best paying small 
offices in New England. Assistant Post- 
master Fred Lycett is to be congratulated 
in being able to bring about this last 
change in providing his patrons with 
such a good office, which, coupled with 
the first-class service contingent with free 
delivery, puts the office on a footing 
with the best in the country for towns or 
even small cities. 
The department, we understand, has 
taken aten years’ lease of the office. 
The fixtures, as may not be generally 
known, are installed by the owner of the 
building, not by the postofice depart- 
ment. 
The 24 rooms are to be attractively 
and comfortably furnished and will be let 
for the season of four months for $50.00 
and $60.00 according to location. If any 
rooms remain unengaged at any time, 
they can be hired by the week for $5.00 
