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VoLuME 8. February 11, 1910 NUMBER 6 
Feb. {2—18 
SUN FULL TIDE 
Rises Sets | a. m. P. M. 
12 Sa. 6 46 Su 2 5) 22030 2653 
13 Su. 6 45 513 1 18 143 
14 M. 6 44 DELS 2 05 2 32 
15 Tu. 6 42 S10 2 57 3°25 
16 W. 6 41 ore WY 3 40 AP22 
cL h. 4.6239 pels 4 a6 5 24 
18 Fr. 6 38 5 20 5 40 6 31 
An interesting comparison has 
been made in Springfield, between 
the horse and the automobile, re- 
garding their respective efficiency in 
the fire department. Inasmuch as 
the subject of an auto fire truck is 
being discussed for Manchester, this 
will no doubt prove interesting. 
The comparison was made on a 
basis of economy, and from the fig- 
ures the horse was counted out of 
the running. It appears from the 
figures that the horse will have to 
stop eating, or be destined to be- 
come in future nothing but the hero 
of firefighting legend. 
In comparing the horse and the 
auto as means of getting to and 
from fires, the commission took the 
work done during the fiscal year 
ending Nov. 30, by Auxiliary squad 
A of the Chestnut street station and 
the team of two horses attached to 
the hose truck at the Winchester 
square fire station. The auto did 
four times as much work at half as 
.. G. E. WILLMONTON ... 
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law 
\ 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
much expense as the team of horses. 
Last year the auto cost $103.54 to 
operate. Two unusual _ repairs 
amounted to $172.80, making the 
total cost of the automobile’s main- 
tenance $276.34. The team of hors- 
es cost $498.50 for keep. This is 
exclusive of harness and repairs 
about the barn. The auto respond- 
ed to 210 alarms and traveled ex- 
actly 1145 miles. The team respond- 
ed to 51 alarms and covered no more 
than 300 miles. 
The new motor hose wagon at- 
tached to hose seven responded to 
29 alarms, between Aug. 25 and 
Nov. 30, at a total cost of $3.08, for 
keeping. The auto traveled 66 
miles in the last three months. 
From the figures, the new chemical 
wagon costs about $1 a month, and 
it would cost that for a team’s daily 
keeping. These figures appear to 
the commission to be about the 
death knell of the heroic fire horse. 
In view of these figures it would 
seem that an auto fire truck for 
Manchester would be the means of 
a large saving. 
Those who insist that all the ne- 
cessities of life have gone up in the 
past few years will have to omit 
from the list newspapers and _ post- 
age stamps, remarks an Exchange. 
But in Manchester that isn’t ap- 
plicable, for postage stamps have 
certainly gone up in price the last 
year, from 1 cent to 2 cents, to those 
desiring to mail letters in town; and 
the Breeze has joined in the throng 
and.raised its price. Now comes 
forward all the Boston Sunday va- 
pers, and charge six instead of five 
cents per copy. And they will all 
have to come to it unless the price of 
white paper drops. 
We are publishing this week the 
first of a series of letters by M. J. 
Brown, editor of the Little Valley 
(N. Y.) Hub, on ‘‘Life among the 
Cowboys in Texas.’’ The first ar- 
ticle is ‘‘The land of the genuine 
cowboy, the Pecos country of Tex- 
as.”’ So little is known of this 
country along the Rio Grande, where | 
the cowboy is yet living, that these 
articles ought to prove of interest 
to our readers. The series will run 
for several weeks. The Breeze is 
the only paper in this section that 
has been given the opportunity to 
print this series of letters. 
The smallest motor vehicle gen- 
erally make the most noise, in which 
respect they are very like men of 
similar calibre. The midget » otor- 
boat can be heard a long distance, 
while the great ocean liner moves 
majestically along in camparative 
silence. In proportion as a man 
raises his voice when in argument 
with another, in just that ratio does 
he lose dignity and force. 
meeting orators 
this! 
‘Town 
should think of 
Is the pure food law enforced in 
Manchester? Out-of-town caterers 
who come to Manchester to cater to 
banquets must not think that Man- 
chester is so far off the face of the 
map that they have not heard of the 
pure food laws. We make this sug- 
gestion that caterers who read this — 
may govern themselves accordingly 
in the future. 
‘“Mrs. Lucy Farrar has a flock of 
hens which would be hard to beat. 
Six of them laid 1081 eggs between 
Jan. 1, 1909, and Jan. 1, 1910. Beat 
it !’’—Bath (Me.) Independent. 
If Mrs. Farrar were wise, she 
would move her flock of hens to the 
North Shore. Such hens as these — 
ought to go where they can earn . 
more money for their owner. 
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