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VOLUME 8. March 4, 1910 NUMBER 9 
Now that the nomination and ac- 
ceptance papers have been filed 
prior to town election, the platforms 
announced, the campaign in Man- 
chester should be brought down to 
solid business lines. When the 
voters go to the polls next Monday, 
they should be prepared to vote on 
sclid business principles. 
Citizens of Manchester want a 
board of selectmen who will manage 
the affairs of the town honestly, who 
will work toward securing the best 
results for the money paid by the 
tax-payers, who will be as careful as 
competent, and. as conscientions as 
the managers of a great industrial 
or commercial corporation, respon- 
sible to the stock holders for the 
maintenance of their dividend rates. 
Well kept streets, good education- 
al facilities, proper police and fire 
protection, and many other fune- 
tions which are a part of municipal 
administration, are the dividends 
which our town government is ex- 
pected to earn and pay. 
Sentiment, popularity, personal 
likes or dislikes do not count for 
much in the choice of directors of 
business enterprises. Why should 
they count:in the choice of directors 
of the municipal corporation ? 
Manchester people, we are afraid, 
do not.begin to appreciate the many 
advantages which they receive 
. G. BE. WILLMONTON ... 
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law 
Editor and Proprietor. 
Manchester, Mass. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
through living in this town. We have 
just completed at the Breeze office 
the annual report for the town of 
Rockport and we were interested to 
note that the total expenditures for 
the year was something in the vicin- 
ity of $145,000, while in the Man- 
chester report, we notice that $225,- 
864.50 was the total expenditure, not 
counting the amount paid out on the 
additional water supply, which 
brought the total expenditure up to 
$359,232.41. Now, when it is real- 
ized that Manchester has a popula- 
tion of less than 38000 people to 
Rockport’s 6000, it will be seen that 
the town of Manchester spends per 
inhabitant $85.00 against $24.00 
spent in the town of Rockport. By 
this we do not mean to say that 
Rockport spends less than other 
towns, but to emphasize more fully 
the big amount which Manchester 
spends and to show the urgency of 
electing to public office the best men 
which we ean find for the various 
positions. 
The voters should go to the polls 
and vote conscientiously for the men 
they want to manage the various 
town affairs the coming year. Leave 
personalities behind; vote for the 
best and most competent men! 
We note in the report of the Man- 
chester school committee that $2000. 
is asked for, to make further chang- 
es and improvements at the play- 
grounds near the Primary school. 
The appropriation committee, we 
notice, have recommended that 
$1500 be appropriated for this work. 
Last year $800 was appropriated. 
In regard to the $600 ealled for, 
to purchase apparatus for the play- 
ground the appropriation com- 
mittee do not recommend. This 
does not necessarily mean that the 
committee is opposed to any such 
thing. They probably want to leave 
it to the voters. 
We have heard it said that the 
town has no legal right, under the 
existing statutes to appropriate 
money to buy apparatus for play- 
grounds, but there are bills before 
Willmonton’s Agency 
SPHAOL AND UNIAN STS., MANCHESTER 
OLD SOUTH BLDG., BOSTON 
the present legislature which will 
probably broaden out this law so 
that such a thing will be possible in 
the future. In many places where 
these playgrounds have been provid- 
ed, the people have subscribed mon- 
ey to pay for the apparatus and in 
some cases, have subscribed money 
to hire an instructor. 
We reiterate our statement of last 
week that we think Manchester 
should do what it can in the devel- 
opment of the playground. If it is 
within the legal rights of the town 
to provide apparatus at an expendi- 
ture of a few hundred dollars and 
perhaps furnish an instructor, it 
ought to be done. In a recent issue 
the Boston Transcript says: 
‘‘Action under the playground 
statues in this state has developed 
many new conditions not foreseen 
when the laws were drafted. Two 
bills have been introduced in the 
Legislature designed to meet the 
new needs. The first bill simply 
provides that cities and towns may 
supply supervision and apparatus 
for playgrounds under their control. 
When the playground referendum 
was established by chapter 513 of 
the Acts of 1908, it provided that 
cities and towns accepting the pro- 
visions of the act might employ su- 
pervision, and, by reference to chap: 
ter 28 of the Revised Laws, that 
lands taken might be maintained as 
playgrounds, but this covered only 
the 40 cities and towns voting yes 
on the referendum. In the mean- 
time 20 or more other places have 
been falling into line. They might 
in some way provide supervision 
and apparatus, particularly if the 
people construed ‘‘maintain as a 
public playground”? as meaning 
this, but this is not evident nor was 
it anticipated when chapter 28 of 
the Revised Laws was enacted. Un- 
der the Massachusetts system of 
state control of municipalities it is 
difficult for local authorities to de- 
velop a new form of activity at pub- 
lic expense without an enabling act. 
Individual cities and towns repeat- 
edly apply for such special legisla- 
tion. If the Legislature sees fit to 
pass the proposed measure there 
need be no difficulty in the future. 
“There is nothing mandatory 
about the act, it simply makes it pos- 
sible for any city or town to respond 
to public opinion and go as far as it 
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