a A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE NORTH SHORE 1 
Vol. IV. No. 20 
PLENTY WATER 
Manchester Board Confident They Have 
Plenty Water at Beaver Dam — Result of 
Test Exceeds Expectations 
Those who have had some appre- 
hension as to the future water supply 
of Manchester, may rest assured 
there is no need of such fear. The 
tests that have been in progress at 
Beaver Dam Meadow the past few 
months have demonstrated the fact 
that there is more water there than 
has ever been dreamed of. 
The results show that there is a 
veritable reservoir there some 40 or 
50 feet under ground. Supt. An- 
drews is of the opinion a million gal- 
lons a day can be taken from that 
locality. 
With 20 driven wells, all within a 
small radius, from 300,000 to 600,000 
- gallons a day have been pumped, and 
now, running only eight hours a day, 
29,000 gallons an hour are being 
pumped. And the wells driven in 
other parts of the ‘“‘meadow,” widely 
separated from these 20, show water 
in large quantities. 
The water commissioners have given 
much time and close attention to the 
matter of additional water supply and 
better service, as the present supply 
has been such at times as to cause 
some fear. There have been times 
when the consumption has been fully 
equal to the supply. With the normal 
increase in the consumption of water 
staring them in the face, it was there- 
fore a matter of much concern to the 
board to look about for some further 
supply. 
Freeman C. Coffin, the well-known 
civil engineer and expert in water 
works construction was employed, and 
his report was published in the Town 
Report last year. 
He recommended developing the 
Beaver Dam project, so-called. 
The State Board of Health, how- 
ever, said that in view of the probable 
cost of the works necessary for col- 
-lecting the water at Beaver Dam, and 
conveying it to the present pumping 
station and the uncertainty as to the 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1906 
NOVEMBER 
BY JOSEPH D. TORREY 
Gone are the long, bright, golden Summer 
hours, 
And thro’ the valley, o’er the hillside bleak, 
The chilly winds of Autumn moan and 
shriek, 
Scattering’ with ruthless hands the leaves 
and flowers. 
Ah! What a weary fruitless life is ours ! 
What vain delights, what phantoms’ do we 
seek, 
Ere Time has. plucked the roses from our 
cheek 
Or planted thorns in Youth’s enchanted 
bowers. 
Soon Disappointment with its killing frost, 
Ushers the Winter of our Discontent, 
The Harvest passed, the joyous Summer 
spent, 
Hopes fled, joys scattered, peace and com- 
fort lost. 
Patience, poor Heart! There is a softer 
clime, 
Where Spring abides, beyond the bounds 
of Time. 
yield of the source, advised “that fur- 
ther tests be made to determine the 
probable yield of the source and the 
means necessary for the purification 
of the water.” 
Accordingly at the annual town 
meeting this year an appropriation 
was made to carry out the work along 
the lines advised by the State Board, 
namely, to make a ‘quantity test.” 
Twenty wells were driven in the 
meadow, above Beaver Dam, all on 
the easterly side of the Manchester- 
Essex road. These are 24 inches in 
diameter, and connect with 3-in. pipes, 
which in turn connect with 8-in. 
mains. The mains connect with a 
suction pump. The work of driving 
the wells had to be delayed necessarily 
until well along in the summer, as the 
water in the meadow made working 
quite difficult. 
The tests were started on Sept. 18, 
and the pump was worked for a while 
24 hours, in three shifts. Under 
these conditions from 300,000 to 600,- 
000 gallons a day were pumped. Of 
late the work has been kept up only 
8 hours a day, and under this test 
29,000 an hour, or an average of 
700,000 gallons a day have been 
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MORE BURGLARIES 
Manchester Startled by Six More Breaks in 
Summer Cottages at the Cove this Week 
The burglar scare which Manches- 
ter had in the early fall, before the 
summer season had scarcely closed, 
has been renewed during the past 
week, five breaks being made at Man- 
chester Cove on Tuesday night, and 
as we go to press there is a report 
that the Monks’ cottage at the Cove 
has also been broken into. Allof the 
houses but one are on University lane, 
well off jthe highway and rightly lo- 
cated for work of this kind. 
As the houses were all closed some 
weeks ago and the families returned 
to their city homes, taking about every- - 
thing of any value with them except 
furniture, the burglars probably ob- 
tained very little of value. 
Whatever the losses may have been, 
however, it only demonstrates the 
necessity of watchmen all along the 
shore during the winter months, such 
as many of the summer residents are 
now providing for. 
The houses broken into were those 
of Myron C. Wick, Youngstown, O. ; 
Harvey Childs, Pittsburg, Pa.; Dr. 
Walter Channing, Brookline ; the late 
Henry G. Nichols, all on Univ ersity 
lane, and Isaac ee West, of New 
Orleans, the latter off Summer street. 
Entrance was made into the Wick 
house by cutting out the panel of the 
front door, so that one could.reach the 
bolt on the inside and thus open the 
door. The other houses were entered 
through the windows. 
The police looked over all the 
houses entered, and so far as they 
could see, nothing was taken from any 
of them, though in several cases the 
contents of bureau drawers were 
turned out on the floor, and every- 
thing was scattered ar ound. 
It was probably the work of ama- 
teurs. Chief Peabody thought a 
jimmy had been used in forcing one of 
the windows. No definite clue has 
yet been discovered. 
The Breeze until Jan. 1, 1908, $1.00 
