NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 49 
Tue Roap THroucn Sate has always been a fear 
to automobilists in their journeys to and from Boston. 
_ ‘The narrow streets and the circuitous routes have made 
it the most nerve racking part of motoring to the met- 
ropolis. Now it is evident that in rebuilding the city 
plans will be laid if not executed at present for the widen- 
ing of Elm street and the construction of a boulevard 
along the water front. ‘To neglect to do this would be folly. 
Tue Twetve Men Rerucrres from the Salem fire, 
who refused work at a wage below the union price of 
four dollars per day, when it was offered out of the kind- 
ness of man’s heart in the extremity, ought to starve. ‘To 
feed them is not philanthropy. 
Arrarrs Have Bren So:Bap in New England in a 
business way that as conservative a paper as the Boston 
Transcript is beginning to print such articles as ‘Looking 
on the Bright Side.” 
AMONG THE ArFreR-ReEsurts of the Salem fire is the 
adjustment of the Beverly-Salem water situation. The 
tragic consequences of that conflagration made further 
delay inadvisable. 
WILL THE AMERICA be able to cross the sea, or will 
the names of two more aviators be added to the list of 
the dead who have died in the conquest of the air. That 
a plan is being considered of crossing the ocean in an 
air craft is in itself a testimony to the remarkable progress 
that has been made in air craftsmanship. 
Tue Loca, CoMMIrtreEsk, in its work for the Salem 
fire sufferers, rendered a valuable service to the public in 
the work. Asking for money is no easy task and some 
one must needs do the work. ‘The work was efficiently 
done and the workers are to be congratulated. 
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Tue National, EpucATION ASsocIATION at St. Paul 
has wisely made a formal protest against relegating to 
the teachers of the public schools the undesirable tasks 
of giving instruction in sex hygiene. The protest is timely 
and in keeping with good public policy. 
A Bumper Wueat Crop spells prosperity for the 
East and for the West. After all the fruit of the earth 
is the foundation of prosperity. 
Unci& SAM Is BEGINNING to shake his bags of coin, 
now that the income tax is coming in. 
TO CONNECT WATER SYSTEMS 
The Gloucester Times of last Wed- 
nesday printed the following: “Sev- 
eral conferences have recently taken 
place between the water commission- 
ers of this city and Manchester, hav- 
ing in view the connecting of the 
water systems of the two municipali- 
ties for the better protection of each 
in case of a break in the water pipes. 
“The project was suggested to the 
Manchester water commissioners 
some years ago, but the superinten- 
dent and members of the board at 
that time did not look upon the pro- 
ject with favor, thinking that Glou- 
cester was reaping the greater portion 
of the benefit. 
“The present board are understood 
to be more favorably inclined towards 
the project, as in case a connection is 
made the town will get the benefit of 
a larger water system, while Magno- 
lia will receive protection in case of a 
break, as was the case last week, 
when the great hotel section was 
without water for five hours, although 
with the completion of the main which 
is now being laid through Hesperus 
avenue this danger would be practi- 
cally obviated. 
“The matter came up at the meeting 
_ of the Manchester board last evening, 
but as the town meeting voted against 
the project when it was under consid- 
eration some years ago, the board did 
not feel authorized to act in the mat- 
ter, but at the first town meeting will 
insert an article in the warrant, and 
will recommend favorable action. 
“Tn order to make the connection it 
will only be necessary to make an ex- 
tension of about 150 feet on one side 
of the line, and 35 feet on the 
other. The mains in each direction 
are 10-inch pipe, and it is proposed to 
place a gate at the line between the 
two municipalities which can be open- 
ed in case of emergency.” 
As a matter of fact we understand 
only one member of the Manchester 
water board favors this project, which 
we believe has much in it to merit the 
attention of the voters. It is not un- 
likely that the matter will be placed 
before the town at some future meet- 
ing. 
North Shore Not Fully Awake to Its 
Opportunities 
There is a class of summer pro- 
vender, such as radishes, lettuce, ber- 
ries, oysters, lobsters, the value of 
which depends almost wholly upon 
their freshness. -Cunners and _ lob- 
sters, perch and mackerel just out 
of the water—strawberries and 
blackberries just off the vine,— 
would be expected to command, in 
the markets of the North Shore, 
where buyers do not count their 
pence, but are rather bent upon 
‘‘oetting the best,’’ a price quite in 
advance of the general market. Here 
is a region where many kinds of 
sea-products, and many kinds of 
market-gardening products might be 
had straight from nature’s store- 
house, and a little push and organiz- 
ing faculty would be expected to 
set up a local market where these 
supplies could be collected and dis- 
tributed at fountain head in such 
amount as to make such an enter- 
prising purveyor rich. 
But the fish coming from the 
waters of the bay is now mostly 
brought into Gloucester taken in 
ears by night from Gloucester to 
Boston, and from Boston brought 
back to Salem or Beverly consumers 
after many hours delay. And much 
of the market-gardening which 
might be raised’ about the North 
Shore (a good deal of it is), lke 
berries, radishes, lettuce, is sent to 
the larger markets to be treated to- 
the same deteriorating process of 
transportation. 
The North Shore people are 
strange folk. From Beverly Cove 
down to the Manchester line, and 
further, there is not only no hotel or 
public house, but no trace of board- 
ing rooms where a pleasure-seeker 
visiting this widely advertised resort 
can find a resting place for a week. 
Probably no section of the country 
in this region is more bepraised and 
bewritten than this, from James Rus- 
sell Lowell down. The curiosity of 
travelers is thoroughly awake about 
it. But the wish for seclusion and 
retirement, which has prompted its 
summer sojourners to build here and 
to beautify its wild and picturesque 
retreats, has thoroughly shielded 
them from the invasion. This is by 
no means strange. The public house 
is not a desideratum. But the sum- 
mer market seems to be so.—Salem 
News. 
Ai. 
Not Far Wronc 
Mr. Nurich (reading) — Saltillo 
was taken without a battle. 
Mrs. Nurich—It isn’t often those 
gunboats give up without a struggle. 
—Buffalo Express. 
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