1946-10-24

              EIGHT THE LEADER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1946
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•L/.-R.R. Group Calls Off Strike
Having won a partial victory,
members of District 50, of the
United Mine Workers of America.
A. F. of L,, John L. Lewis's catch-all
union, have agreed not to go
on strike Tuesday .morning. Thus
Long Island Rail Road commuters
can breathe easily again.
The announcement came from
Washington following acceptance of
a report by the union and manage-ment
of an emergency fact-finding
board which President Truman
created on Aug. 22, just before
about 900 collectors and bnvkemen
were about to walk out. The strike
then was postponed from Sept. 24
to Oct. 22.
According to the agreement, the
union has accepted an IS1/" cents
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an hour wage increase which tho
railroad offered earlier; the union
agreed also to abide by the one •
year moratorium 6:1 major rules
changes which was a part of the
national agreement, but the union
won 180 special working rules ol
250 demanded, local rules applic-able
only to the L.I.R.R. special
type of commuter service, anH
finally the board recommended that
the road and the union negotiate
changes in major working rules
that can be instituted at the end
of the morato-mm on May 25, next.
As a gesture the board absolved
District 50 of the company'-*
charges that it was trying to make
a nam6 for itself in the railroad
field by fermenting the Long Is-land
controversy and trying to ob-tain
more for the trainmen than
the old - l i n e brotherhood had
achieved in the national dispute.
COL. STAIRWALT DISCHARGED
•Lieut. -Col. Frederick W. Stair-wait
received his honorable djs-chaige
from the Army at Fort Dix,
N. J., on Monday.
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Big Improvement
Of Merrick Road
Planned By County
Widening to 74 Feet
With Mall in Center
To Benefit Freeport
Water Meter Hearing
Is Called by Board * *
Village Plans to Retain Ownership
Charge Only Installation Fee
a ht
Tilt- Village Board at its meeting tomorrow night will conduct
•aring on a proposal to amend the ordinance requiring the
installation of water meters in all residences npjt already equipped
with them. <*
Tentative plans for the widening originally it was proposed to
of Merrick road through Freeport require property
as .„ owners- to pur-a
part of a Nassau County chase the meters and install them
project for thc improvement of the " thelr own expense' as has
«* r the - case in the past. Under the
road from the Valley Stream-Lyn- proposed amendment, the village
brook boundary to the county lino wou]d provide the mcLerSj thus re_
at Amityville. were learned by THE taininff ownership of them, and
LEADER this week. a.ssess a ^ instajlation fee, pay-
The proposal is to widen the ment ^ whlcn wouid be charged
road from 50 to 74 feet, including in tne water bllhs at the rat€ of
sidewalks. It is proposed to accom- $1 a ycar for flve years .property
plish this as economically as DOS- owners who have installed meters
sible by disturbing as few moderi at their own expense would -be
buildings as possible. From the reimbursed in an equitable adjust-
Baldwin line at Milburn Creek to mcnt of the mauer if the ordin-
Grove st., twelve feet probably will ance ^ adopted.
be added each side of the present «A economies effected in the
street. In view of the set-backs of operation of Lhe w,aUir department
all buildings along this area, it is because of thc lnstaUation of doubtful if it will be necessary to '
disturb a single building.
From Grove sL, to Church, the
street already has been widened
and east of there it is proposed to
take property on the south side
of the read way for the widening
purposes.
The 74-foot street would be divid-ed
as follows: On each side there
would be an eight-foot sidewalk,
With an allowance of seven feet
Cor , parking parallel :. to the curb
-anti ^en<tti^;.t^?iootyifln^;;^jmf^
afced In the center by a four-foot
water is the highest but for the
average consumer the local rates
are the lowest anywhere In the
county.
In the Jericho Water District
the district most frequently quot
ed, the initial charge is $12 for a
minimum of 40,000 gallons. Rock-ville
Centre charges $16 for a
40,000 gallon minimum, Hempstead
$14.40 for 57,600 gallons, the Long
Island Water Co., $10.80 for 30.000
and the New York Water Corp..
$19 for 45,000 gallons.
However, if a Freeport property
owner consumes 48,000 gallons he
pays $16.16, while the Hempstead
owner would get off with $14.40,
and the Jericho Water District
, user, $14. However, elsewhere the
meters as hereunto provided, shall • charge would be Rockville Centre. !-,« „„**-.-I---! i '
Development of the Merrick road
would give Freeport two excellent,
arteries the entire length of thc
village. Plans of the State DC-repaying
of Sunrise Highway from
curb to curb are nearing comple-tion.
There, are to be six traffic
lanes through the village with a
mall in the center. These improve-ments
will make both roadways less
hazardous for motorists and pedes-trians
because of the mail in the
center which
safety isle.
can be used as a
MARY LEWIS IN KANSAS
LA-WRENCE, Kan., Oct. 24--Mary
Helen Lewis, of Freeport, N. Y.( is
among the students enrolled in the
graduate school of the University
of Kansas.
i be reflected In a reduction of rates !
charged for water by the Village
to water meters," is a pledge con-tained
in the third section of the
proposed amendment.
4,194 Homes Lack Meters
At present 1,728 homes and
places of business are equipped
with meters while 4,194 homes are
not metered but the owners are
paying .for .water used, on a, basis
tof^t^; num^"
less" of the
LEADER 16-Page Issue
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We are very proud of thc
first 16-page edition of THE
LEADER this week. And rest
assured it is not to be the last.
In fact we plan to have 16
pages every week.
This would not have been
possible but for the response of
our readers to the campaign to
put THE LEADER on a pre-paid
subscription basis. This
response also is appreciated by
the merchants who know that
if Uncle Sam delivers THE
LEADER to your home, you'll
get it regularly in the first mail
. on Thursday morning. • Sub-scriptions
may be mailed direct-ly
to THE LEADER, P.O. Box
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WATCH US GROW
'.outletst
amount^ consumed.
-With—a- view - to-righting thts~con-dit.
ion and in an effort to conserve
water the Board some months ago
adopted an ordinance requiring all
homes to >be equipped with meters.
It was contended this action would
put an end to the practice of some
_peppl.e .of _ spray ing lawns and gar-dens
throughout bhe day and night
or compel them to pay for the
water consumed.
__Ciyic organizations have batted
the matter around. The former
head of one group has contended
Freeport rates for metered water
were higher than those charged in
other places in Nassau County.
.Water Rates Compared
With a view to ascertaining the
accuracy of this- contention, THE
LEADER this week made -a survey
and found t-he statement only par-tially
true. Preeport's minimum
.80; Long Island Water Corp.,
$17.28 and New York Water Corp..
$19.80.
Figures compiled by the Water
Department show the average paid
by owners of metered homes is
$24.60 a year, as 91 percent use
more than the minimum In a year.
This means the average consumer
uses more than 06,000 gallons of
water-.a yeeuv Orv the .90.0OO. _
'ilT*ttEL'->Wmiiid(.Upi»3B', __ would
be close up" wfth $34, The Jerioho
District resident would be ch-ariretf
$26. L. I. Water Corp. consumer
$31.24, New York Water Corp.,
$33.40 and Rockville Centre $33.80.
$64.000 In Free Services
Further people who buy water
from the New York Corp. or the
L. I. Corp. and.' the districts get
nothing else -but water for home
use for the amount they pay. In
Freeport the Water Department
supplies the fire hydrants and
Freeport G.O.P. Rally
Set for Friday, Nov. 1
The big campaign rally of the
Freeport Republican Club set orig-inally
for next Thursday night has
been changed to the following
night. Friday, November 1, because
of Hallowe'en. It will be conducted
in Spartan, Temple and arrange-ments
have been made to accom-modate
a full house.
Plans have been mado to have a
.
.under way and there wjll be red
lights to Tiolp in a t tract luff a
throng1.
Congressman Leonard W. Hall,
who has been prevented by Ubiesn
from taking an active part in the
campaign, will be the principal
speaker. Others who will be heard
Chamber in Drive
To Greatly Increase
Its Membership
Cord Viebrock Elected
Head; To Be Active
In Village Affairs
A drive to enroll all merchants,
business and professional men in
Freeport as members of the Cham-ber
of Commerce is to be made
under the new administration that
took over after the election of Cord
Viebrock, Main st. merchant, as
president last Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Viebrock succeeds former Mayor
Robert F. Patterson, who has_ head-ed
the chamber for several years.
Elected with Mr. Viebrock were
Horace E. DeLtsscr, vice-president:
David Daniels, vice-president and
acting secretary, and Milton Dan-aiger,
treasurer, with Norman Ku-persmidt,
Sidney Abelson, David M.
Levy, Mayer Goodman. Mr. Patter-son,
Jacob H. Post, W, Sargeant
Nixon, Hennan Barasch, Joseph
Ltui, Albert Scharf, Everett C. Ste-venson
and Edward F. Wulfi» com-prising
the Board of Directors.
Before retiring, Mr. Patterson re-viewed
the activities of the cham,-.
ber during-the past year;;-He
listed the numerous- projects
before the
trfts v
are Comptroller Theodore Bedell
ments
rally.
water for the stadium, sewer de-partment
for flushing mains, Ran-dall
Park, the Municipal Building,
fire house, library, sprinkling the
parks and part of the water con-sumed
at the Power House out of
the average of $24.60 paid by own- ] Ticket SolfiS
and County Clerk Charles Ransom,
who are seeking re-election, and
H. Alfred Vollmer, the Republican
candidate for Sheriff.
Ernest H. Bchrens, president pf
the club, v/ill preside, and refresh-will
be served after the
Legion Armistice Dance
ers whose homes are metered and
$16.34 that are unmetered.
Now suppose these free services
Bennington Park Business Trend
Replies to Rehabilitation Ordinance
Notice Seem to Indicate Such a Course
A trend toward converting Ben-
Park property for business
purpopses was Indicated in replies
received by Village Counsel Martin
H. Weyrauch to letters sent to
eight property owners in opening
a drive to enforce the recently
enacted rehabilitation ordinance.
Only one of the eight Indicatetd
he was making tine premises habit-able.
Two replied they were con-verting
residences into business
buildings, three are to'be'tempor-arily
boarded up pending deter-mination
as to final disposition.
Mr. Weyrauch's report read at
the Village Board meeting Friday
night reads as follows:
compliance to Rehabilitation Or-dinance
126r- To determine the re-sponse
of property owners, eight
-ivere selected to whom a letter
offering co-operation was submit-ted.
Of the eight notified, re-charge
of $12 for 26;000 gallons of ; had to be included in the budget
as a charge to the taxpayers.
There are more -wthan 800 fire
hydrants in Freeport. Elsewhere
the average cost In a district or of
a water company fe from $40 to $45
per hydrant. Take the minimum
figure and the cost for 800 fire
hydrants alone would be $32.000.
Officials estimate the other free
services would bo about equal in
cost, so the total would be $64,000.
As each $3,500 added on to the
budget increases the t/ax rate 1
sponse and evidence of co-opera-tion
have been expressed by four.
Two of the owners wish to con-vert
residences into business buiUK
ings and are waiting for authori-zation
'from C.C.A., to secure | point, a budgetary item of $64,000
lumber. Three wish temporarily to •
board up houses before determin-ing
final disposition; one of them
Is vacant and tenants of the other
two have been notified to leave.
The fourth presented for con-for
hydrants and supplying water
lor the stadium, parks and vari-ous
buildings would raise the tax
rate more than 18 points a year
which would have made this year's
rate $1.49.
Henry Ncwberger, chairman of
the annual Armistice Day dance to
be given by William Clinton Story
Post. A.L., announced! at Friday
night's meeting in the Dugout
tickets for the major awards in
connection with the event were not
going so rapidly as he would like
to see them.
Martin M. Mansperger, chairman
of the Armistice Day rites on Mon-day,
Nov. 11. In the Municipal
Building, reported plans for the
event were being made. The name
of the speaker will be revealed
later.
proposed widening of Henry, sfc-bjr-tho
vJHdpe/' "Atad-"B£6frIc£"rbacl '-bjr*
Uio county, and other projects. ' ;
"The Chamber must give tho
Village Board Its support," Mr. Pat-terson
declared. "Various civic or-ganisations
are competing against
ench other In efforts to procure
improvements for their, own
tics, and the Chamber must assert
itself in Retting consideration for
Main street."
At the suggestion of the former
president, a donation of $10 was
voted to the U. S. O. Fund. Ifc
also renewed its membership In the
Long Island Association. Before
adjournment President Viebrock
thanked the members for the honor
conferred on him, paid ' a tribute
to his predecessor and appealed for
the support of the members.
President Viebrock has announced
the appointmentsjof Frank Weisen-feld
and Walter' Green as C,T-chairmen
of the Merchants. Coun-cil
of the Chamber, and Sidney
Abelson as treasurer.
The new chairmen, will call iv
meeting shortly to discuss plans
for Christmas.
The directors will meet at a
luncheon to be given In Al. B.
White's, Monday at 1 P.M.
Don't forget that contribution
to the USO
sideration a series of repairs that! This should be taken into con-have
been made. This is being! sideration in figuring what con-turned
over to the Building Super- sumers pay when they, meet their
intendent for investigation and ; water bills. And., certainly the
report." difference between the average bill
of $24.60 for; metered water and
'_Slfi34 fr>r
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Bernhard's Pharmacy, 54 West
Merrick rd., will'remain open Sun-day
after the other druggists in]
Freeport close at 2 P.M. The tele-phone
is Freeport 8-0008.
there is something inequitable in
which the owner .whose house Is
nietered is the goat.
Proilt Only Moderate
Further the idea that the Village
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