Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-26
SUMMER HOME Is
 AWAITING TAFT
White House at Beverly, Mass. Will Soon Be Seat of
 Cove rmeni
PRESIDENT AND STAFF TO
 OCCUPY MODERN HOME

BEVERLY. Mass, June 25.-Here as well as on woodbury's point near ly everything is in readiness for the arrival of President Taft and his off, cial stan within a week or so. With the arrival of the president and his small army of clerks and officials Beverly will become the summer capital of the nation. with a fair prospect of holding this post of hon or until the close of the seashore sea son, when ofiicial duties will make the presence of President Taft in Washington imperative.
 It was no small task to transform this usually rather quiet little town into the national capital, even for a few months. The house and grounds which President Taft rented from Ad. miral Evans. although we'll kept and in excellent condition, had to be re- arranged for the exigencies of an ex. ecutive mansion. The driveways and paths were resurfaced, the trees trimmed, the lawns put in perfect condition and hundreds of electric lights distributed throughout the grounds. For the greater convenience of the president a spur track was con- structed at the Montsurrat station. which is considerably nearer to the Evans estate than Beverly. This track will be used by the presidents train and it has been arranged that all guests invited by the president will leave the trains at Montsurrat station instead of going to Beverly.
 The house is in perfect order and is ready to receive the furniture which will be sent on from Wash ington within few days. The house will shelter only the family of the president and Secretary Carpenter. while the numerous clerks. stenogra- phers, secret service men. stable men, etc, will have to find quarters in Beverly, where the executive of fees will be located Secretary Car penter has rented several connected rooms in the board of trade building on Cabot street, which have been ar ranged and fitted up for their use as executive offices The building Is modern and the rooms are large, light and airy. The building is only about twenty minutes walk from the Evans estate near enough to be con veniently reached by the president, should he wish to walk to his office for exercise. One of the smaller rooms and a third will serve as the headquarters of the secret service of ficers, who will be stationed here during President Taft's sojourn at the Evans cottage.
 The private harbor on the Evans estate, which was constructed for in readiness to receive the presidents s is practically completed and will be in readiness oreceive the presidents s official yacht, which will be anchor ed there in case the president and his family should choose to take short cruises up and down the coast. The location of the Evans cottage Is ideal. Within fifty feet of the front porch Of the house is the ocean, where the surf rolls necessarily over a wide stretch of beautiful coastline of the Salem shore. Back of the house are fine old woods and the es- | tate is surrounded by other beautiful
 estates owned by wealthy men who have their summer homes along the . north shore.
 If the president wishes to go golf ing, fishing, swimming. motoring or
 horseback riding. he will be able to do so under the most ideal condi
 tions and there are in the vicinity
 scores of beautiful places attractive from a scenic and interesting from a historical point of view, should the president desire to take short out ings- Many members of the diplo
 matic corps have their summer
 homes in the immediate neighbor'
 hood of the Evans estate.
 The question whether it will be possible to enforce strict privacy of
 the grounds in case the president and his family should desire 1t, still wor.
 ries the local authorities a little. but | it is expected that some way wnl
 be found to solve the problem. The
 trouble is that between the cottage
 and the waterline a public road runs
 along the beach. connecting with the p1blic bathing beach, known as In Idependence park. It is claimed that this right of way cannot be closed to the public. but the local police will undoubtedly see to 1t that this
 shore road is not used too much te
 the annoyance of the presidents fam fly.
 The presidents mail will be re
 ceived at the Beverly postofiice and
 there inspected by a postal inspec
 tor before it is delivered at the pres | ident's summer home> Most of il will arrive in sealed bags and will 1 not have to be sorted and handled
 by the local postal clerks. A score
 of secret service men will keep strict
 watch upon the presidents cottage | and grounds and upon the executive
 ofices in the board of trade build