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ject would go through. 
Geo. E. Willmonton, representing 
Mrs. James T. Field, objected to the 
lay-out, mostly from a sentimental 
view, he said. Mrs. Field would 
rather the lay-out be postponed for 
a few years. She had been largely 
instrumental in bringing Manchester 
to the fore front as a summer resort 
and incidentally he mentioned that 
the name ‘‘Manchester-by-the-Sea”’ 
had been given the town by her late 
husband. It was largely a matter of 
sentiment with her in her old years 
that the project be delayed. 
A letter was read from George 
Wigglesworth who owns consider- 
able property at the Neck. He would 
rather leave the road as at present, 
his position on the matter being 
taken largely through his friendship 
for Mrs. Field. 
Attorney Guy Murchie of Boston, 
representing a number of residents, 
wrote a letter-asking that the hear- 
ing be postponed for one week. 
The selectmen declared the hear- 
ing would be postponed until next 
Monday afternoon, April 25, at 3.30. 
The second hearing was on the lay- 
out of a street between Summer and 
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Brook streets, over what 1s now 
known as Allen court. The court as 
laid out several years ago, took at 
that time 12 feet each from the es- 
tates of John Rogers Allen and Mrs. 
Daniel Allen. It is now proposed to 
inake it a 30-foot way and in order 
to do this, six feet is taken from the 
property of John R. Allen on Sum- 
mer street, narrowing down to noth- 
ing on that side of the way at its 
junction with Brook stréet, and six 
feet is taken from the land of Mrs. 
Daniel Allen on Brook street, and 
narrows down to nothing at its june- 
tion with Summer street. Mr. Allen 
objected to this proposition. [He 
said that he had laid out his property 
and had sold lots, planting shrub- 
bery and trees and that the taking 
of six feet from his property would 
greatly damage it. He said he 
would be willing to give three feet of 
the six asked for. He was willing to 
give this, but if the town took more, 
he would certainly claim damages. 
Mr. Ferguson, another property- 
owner on this side of the street, was 
willing to waive any objection, to 
the two and a half feet which would 
be taken from his property, this be- 
ing the width of the strip taken 
when the line reached his place. 
Mrs. Daniel Allen thought that the 
plan was an exceptionally just and 
fair one. She said her property on 
the Summer street side was narrow, 
and to take anything from that side 
would greatly damage it, She was 
NORTI SHORE BREEZE 
BULLOCK’S BAKERY DESTROYED BY FIRE — 
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At Icanchester, Wednesday Morning. Splendid Work By Firemen. Fire : 
‘Alarm Wires Had Been Put Out of Order by Telephone Employees. 
The Manchester fire department 
was called out at 3.40,0’clock Wed- 
nesday morning for a fire at the 
bakery of B. S. Bullock on Washing- 
ton street. The fire started fron 
some unknown source and was dis- 
covered by Night Officer Thomas 
Sheehan between 3.20 and_ 3.30 
o'clock. Owing to the thick fog, the 
elare of the flames lighted up the 
whole town and until the fire was 
checked by the splendid work of the 
firemen, one would gain the impres- 
sion that the whole center of the 
town was afire. 
When Officer Sheehan was attract- 
ed by the flames, they were eating 
their way through the building. He 
ran to Box 31 on Summer street, in 
front of the office of the Manchester 
Eleetrie Co., and pulled in the alarm, 
but it failed to work. After continu- 
ed efforts, he returned to scene of 
the fire and aroused the immediate 
neighborhood by firing his revolver. 
John Connors, who lives in the 
next-house, was the first to get out. 
He went to the box on Summer street 
and tried to ring in the alarm as Offi- 
cer Sheehan had done, but failing, he 
went to Mr. Bullock’s house and 
aroused him. Byron Bullock, in the 
meanwhile went to the center of the 
town and an alarm was rung in from 
the station. The fire by this time 
had gained headway and at 3.43 
when the hose wagon arrived on the 
scene the building was in flames. 
Within five minutes four streams 
of water were turned on the house 
and after about half an hour the fire 
was under control. The firemen did 
excellent work and are to be congrat- 
ulated on the efficiency with which 
they fought the fire. Chief Hoare 
was one of the first to arrive on the 
scene. The residence of Mrs. Abbie 
Bullock across the drive from the 
bakery was on fire at one time, but a 
few dashes of water quenched the 
tlames, The family left the house. 
Much talk has been made about 
the fire alarm and all kinds of rum- 
ors are rampant as to, why the alarm 
failed to work. We find on inyesti- 
gation that the fault does not lie 
with the fire engineers, or with the 
system. On the morning after the 
fire, Chief Hoare went over the sys- 
tem from the engine house to the 
box on Summer street, in company 
with G. A. Knoerr, the electrician, 
and A, A. Cushing of the electric 
light company. When they came to 
the corner of Washington and Union 
streets they found the wires on the 
upper arm of the telephone-pole, 
which are used for the fire alarm sys- 
tem were laying on the arm. 
They had been removed from 
their places and had not been put 
back. The wet arm made a short 
circuit and temporarily put the 
wires out of commission. Were it 
not for the fog, in all probability 
the alarm would have worked. The 
telephone company was communicat- 
ed with and admitted the wrong they 
had done. It is probable that action 
will be taken in this matter later. 
The extent of the loss by fire will 
reach about $6,000, it is estimated. 
The bakery was burned out and will 
have to be rebuilt. Mr. Bullock car- 
ried $6,550 insurance on the building 
and contents. It is estimated the loss 
will be about $4,500 on the building 
and $1,500 in the contents. 
Mr. Bullock has made arrange- 
ments with the Nelson bakery at 
Gloucester to carry on the business. 
For the present the bakers will go to 
Gloucester and will have the use of 
the bakery for a certain number of 
hours each day. Beginning tomor- 
row the bakery teams will resume 
their usual routes. 
willing that six feet be taken from. 
the part of her property which is 
widest, namely Brook street. Hyen 
then she was giving the ~ largest 
amount of land for the proposed lay- 
out. 
The proposition called for {aking 
1,504 feet of land from John R. Al- 
len, 120 feet from Mr. Ferguson, and 
1.710 feet from Mrs. Danicl Allen. 
Both J. R. Allen and Mrs. Daniel Al- 
len had given into the 24-foot court 
6.943 feet. The selectmen have giv- 
en the petitioner leave to withdraw 
and the next step will be for the 
parties concerned to get together 
and decide on a lay-out between 
them and present their proposition 
to the selectmen for acceptance. 
Kid Gloves at E. A. Lethbridge’s. * 
The Y. M. C. A. boys will repeat 
their minstrel show in the Town hall 
next Friday evening. New jokes 
have been prepared and a new topi- 
eal song. 
Galatier cloth at E. A. Leth- 
bridge’s. * 
