Nassau County Review 19110519

              Vol. XVI
FREEPORT NEWS
FREEPORT, N. V., FRIDAV, MAY 19, 1911
No. 29
Nassau-by-the-Sea has opened for the   school houses summer   seas'.n.     .-everal   hou.'-es   are being built.
{     New   50 ft.   flag   poles   have   been j placed   in front  of each of   the   three
Mrs. Whitney Van   Wjcklen   is  ser¬ iously ill from pneumonia.
Bid.s   for coal are asked    for   by Ihe
Hoard   of Education;    see   adv.    (Jver
Alpha Council. No.'ll. Daughters of, ^"° ^""^ ^'^ required.
America, are rehearsing f.;r a   [day   to |     Oliver E, U. Reynolds   ha.-^ opened a
he given early ii. June; furlher notice: plumbing   ani heating shop, on P.edell
'*'*"¦- Street, near Atlantic Avenue.
.Mrs. J. D. Kiefer has returned horrie Until further orders Wide Awake after a two weeks' visit with her , Engine Company is to answer all tire brothers in Boston and Cambridge, , alarms instead of going out on the first Mass. ' and second calls as heretofore.
Sneak thieves destroyed the tulip bed in the front yard at the residence of Wesley Pearsall on Raynor Street Sunday evening. :
Work on Miss M. Adiene Bergen's new building on West Merrick Road is progressing; the building is to be oc¬ cupied in the Fall.
* Commencing with this week we are: doing away with our so-called "patent ] insides" by which we secured four' pages of our paper printed in New' York, and will print the whole paper in Freep<irt, which will do away with' some objectionable atlverlising, and give us more room for news.
Mrs. E. W. Helland has been teach¬ ing at Boekville Centre for several months but was compelled to leave on accounl of illness. Last Friday after¬ noon the class she had charge of visit¬ ed her and brought with them a hand¬ some bouquet of roses as an e.xprcs.-^ion of their love for their former in¬ structor.
The Bank of Rockville Centre has an adv. expert in charge of their ad¬ vertising department and have selected the Review a.s one of their mediums for an active adverti.-^ing campaign. Their ad-,-, this week was designed by Harold W. Smith of this village, and is a neat clas.sy arrangement which .should attract attention.
A special meeting of the Freeport Club will be held next on Tuesday ev¬ ening, May 2:i, at .^ o'clock, to hear the report of the Fair Committee and thc Board of Directors in reference to the extension to the Club House and to take necessary action on each report The members are also re<iuested to in¬ vite their wives and lady friends to' this meeting.
Membera of the Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company and Chief Cornell are busily examining various up-to-date hook and ladder trucks. On Saturday several of them went to New Jersey to look at a new truck and Sunday they inspected the handsome apparatus at Lindenhurst. It is desired to get for our department the l>est possible truck for the money at hand.
The entertainment in Sigmond Opera House last Thursday evening hy a so- called Operatic Society, was hardly in the proper class to charge a dollar ad¬ mission. It was decidedly amateurish, and its redeeming feature was the fact that it was so raw as to_be amusing. The connection between the show and. "The Man from Paris," the play an-1 nounced, did not ajipear.
The money was for a good cause, helping along the Improvement Society in its work of improving around the depot, and it was not begrudged, but thoy Would not draw a very big crowd even for that cause again.
Ma, let's go down to the .-Xuction Sale in Baldwin, on Grand Avenue, one day! It's Thursday. Friday and Saturday, May L'tith. 2t<th and 2Tth, at 2 o'clock, p. m. .Maybe we might draw one of those beautiful presents, and if we don't we'll go to that sale in Freeport, beginning on Decoration Day, at Woodcleft Beach. It
John—Got anything on for next week, Frank? Frank—Yes. I've got to go to that Auction Sale of lots on Grand Avenue, Baldwin, on Thurs¬ day, Friday and Saturday ; for its about time I made up my mind that I have got to have a home, and you know that will be about the last chance there will be here in Baldwin to buy lots in a good neighborhood on terms so that a fellow'like me can handle them. I should think you would make up your mind, John, and grab something before those city folks buy everything.        J.t
Single copies of the Review for sale at Greenblatt's, Railroad Ave.; Kief¬ er's, Review office and Gobetz', South Main street, and DaSilva's, West Mer¬ rick Road.   tf.
If yoar spring thirst has arrived read what Smith & Bedell have to say in their ad in this issue aboat soda water. It
Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. .M. will confer the third degree on candi¬ dates from Hollywood Council, Spring¬ field, at .Mechanita' Hall this Friday evening.
The trial of Angelo Giambarella in¬ dicted for murder in the lirst degree for killing of John StaufTa at Inwood, Oclober last commenced at Mineola on Monday morning and at the time of going to press, was still on trial. The defendant, through his attornevs, Ed¬ wards & Levy of Freeport, is putting up a strong defense, showing thai Giambarella did not kill Stautfa until his own life was in danger. Some twenty witnesses testified for the de¬ fendant as to his good character, and as to the bad character of the dead man.
The trial was full of sensational tilts between Mr. Edwards. .Mr. Levy and the District .Mlorney. The case will go to the jury proDably  to-night
The .May issue of the Owl, the breezy monthly magazine from Koekvilie Cen¬ tre, is now out.
TWO LARGE AUCiION SALES Of Valuable and Desirable Properly.
On May 2.oth, 26th and 27th, at 2 o'clock p. in. each day on Grand Ave¬ nue, Baldwins, L. I., two blocks south of the Merrick Road, Stephen P. Pet¬ tit, Auctioneer, will sell at public auction, sixty building lots.
This property 's in a very desirable neighborhood, and every lot should be sold.
Beginning on Decoration Day and continuing the balance of the week, an auction will be held at Woodcleft Beach, known as "Bungalow City."
This is, without doubt, the fastest growing development on Long L-tland, as nearly two hundred houses have oeen built there in the last two years, and the property is nicely laid out, with all improvements; and being so near the Woodcleft Canal and the Randall Bay Canal, makes it very desirable for the per«on seeking a summer home.
At both of these sales Souvenirs will be given away, consisting of Pian¬ os, Bric-a-brac, Silver Sets, Paint¬ ings, Opera Glasses, Watches,, etc. You do not have to buy to get a pre¬ sent. I    See advertisement and Posters.      It
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Morrell of Dean Sireet, Brooklyn, were guests of rela¬ tives on Pine Street,  Sunday.
Two officers stationed along the trol¬ ley line to keep thing;' in order Sunday, in live hours counted over liOU fisher¬ men who had come oul for the day and were returning hotne. This was in ad¬ dition to those who return home on the steam railroad.
.Monday at ternoon bids wore opened at the Village office for bonds for water,   light, road and fire department
  ; improvements.    There were l' bidders,
.Miss .Marion Dusenbury   entertained : the interest given at from 4.2.^. to 4..-.(i. the "500 Club" at her home  Tuesday ;   The lowest bidder wa?    Harris, Forbes- prizes, first, Mrs. J. A. Sutphin ;   2nd,   & Co. at 1.25   per   cent   interest,   ard .Miss Helen Powell; guest's,   .Miss   Lu-: *l^''3-60 premium. lu Chapman.
Hereafter Chief Wallace will esiab- li.'?h a police line at fires and no one will be allowed to enter the line with¬ out showing his badge, unless vouched for by his commanding otiicer.
.Mrs. E. L. Watkins entertained thei "In and Out Club" at her home, 217 j Smith Streel, Thursday, the amuse-1 ment this time being "oHO." Miss' Elsie Brotheridge look first prize. j
F. G. .Sr G. T. Van Kiper Co. have moved their oflice from the foriner lo¬ cation on Brooklyn Avenue to the sec¬ ond floor of the Miller Building, 22-21 South Grove Sireet.
Plans are under way for changes at the Anderson properly, corner .Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue. We under¬ stand the present building is lo be swung around lo face on Ocean Ave¬ nue, al the north end of the lot, and two houses to be erected facing the .Mernck Koad.
The former "Three Gables Hotel" on East .Merrick Road, now owned by I'ishel & Hanse, is being entirely re¬ modeled and overhaiilel, and its ap¬ pearance much improved; when done it is to be opened as a first class road house. B. D. Homan is the architect and builder in charge of the work.
.Mrs. Jane Smith, widow of the late Richard Smith, died .Monday, -May l."i. F''uneral services were held Wedne.sday al her home in Baklwin, Kev. C. H. Scholey, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment was in : the Freeport Cemetery, where Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the .M. E. Church, had charge  of   the services.
Some time after midnight Saturday some party evidently out on a joy ride in an automobile shot at and broke ev¬ erv arc electric light <if the village system on the Merrick Road, from Long Beach Avenue to the Baldwin line, a distance of half a mile. The glass globes were scattered on the road—a menace to automobile tires. The Po¬ lice Department was notified of the breaking of the lamps, residents in the neighborhood hearing the revolver shots, and thinking that some one was out on a wild west rampage. No clue to the shooters could be obtained. The auto from which the shooting was done traveled west, according to reports made to the police.-Times.
The supper at the Crystal Lake House Wednesday evening by the Guild of the Episcopal Church was a big suceess. "The attendance was ex¬ ceptionally large, the supper was good and the dancing that followed was en¬ joyable.
Mrs. Phebe V. Allcot, mother of .Mrs. F. A. Myrick of South Main Street, slipped and fell at the connec¬ tion of the sidewalk on the Harms and .Manhattan House properties. She struck on her head and   back and   was
At the Presbterian   parsonage   Sun¬ day by the   Rev. C. Herbert   Scholey,
Washington Irving .McKay and Miss Glenne l,ou Elliott,   bolh of Cnondale,
' were married. The bride is a teacher in the Uniondale public school. Cor¬ nelius   R.    McKay,     brother   of   the
j groom,    and   Miss   I->nestine M.   No-
I wotny, a friend mony.
witnessed   the   cere-
I'rank .Ashdowr has sold hi.s grocery business to George Kaytmr, who has been his chief clerk for several year. Mr. Kayr.or will continue the business al the present location on the Merrick badly hurt; at present writing she is , {j„^(|^ j^^,, ^j^. Ashdown will remain to still confined to her bed. { g^gj^j   ^im till about July 1, when   he
iwill   accompany   Mrs.    Ashdown   and The   opening   game   of   the   Nassau | their young son Kenneth on a vacation County Baseball League on .Mechanics' ! trip to cooler climates.     .Mr.  and .Mrs.
Field will be played tomorrow (Satur¬ day) afternoon commencing at '-i-.'-iO. A small admission will be charged. Come out and see the game. Freeport will cross bat.s with Ocean Side in this game,
Mrs.    Smith    F.   Pearsall   gave   a "500" party  at  h';r  bome,   155   Pine .Street,    Friday afternoon   was
Miss Ruth Culler; 2nd, .Mrs, M, K. Dunn; 3rd, Mrs. Cameron; 4th, Miss Florence Thompson; consolation, Mrs. C. S. Donaldson.
A.'-lidown are occupying the former re.-idonce of Mr. Raynor on Lexington Avenue, while Mrs. and .Mrs. Raynor are occupying the rooms vacateti by .Mr. and Mrs. Ashdown over the store.
School Notes
S.    was    scheduled    to
85c
F.   II.   S.   was   scheduled    to   play
A      Very      pleasant   Patchogue on Saturday  but on accounl
passed;    prizes,     lst,   <'f Patchogue cancelling the game, our
manager   secured   a game   with   Glen
Cove IL S. at   Glen   Cove; the   game
resulted:  Freeport 11, Glen Cove 3.
On Saturday, May 20, F. II. S. plays Friends' Academy at Locust Valley.
The Junior class expects to give a sketch and a sociable in Brooklyn Hall in the near future. A box party will also be added to the program.
The younger members of the High School have organized a bicycle club with Edward Collins, as president. Some enjoyable rides have been planned by the members.
Next Tueaday, May 2.!, F. H. S. plays Hempstead H. S. at Hempsteail, and on the following Saturday the 27th,    Amityville   at   Freeport.     The
F'or Lawn, Garden and Porch Flowers and Garden Seeds, 5c pkg. Garden Trowels, 5-1 Oc Grass Shears, 15c Sickles 15c Weedera, 5c Rakes, 18c to 5yc Hoes, 20c Shovels, 59c
Lawn Mowers, $2,59-$2.89 Galvanized   Watering   Pots,   25c   to
,, I,     .,,     (., ,,,,   ,, ~n    or, nn  -iitti,    Amityviiic   at   rreeport.     ine
Hammocks, oOc, $1,00, -ILoO,   $2.00 ' „-'.     , n i      i       ,      »
J. ' game  on   Saturday   will be played   at
Mechanics' field,   the lown   team play¬ ing away on that dale. Walt.
Fire Council
A regular meeting of the Fire Coun-
CroquelSets, $1, $1.50, $1.75, $2.50
Swinging Couch Hammocks, $7.5o
Porch Screens, $1.00
Porch Rockers, $1.1<»
Small Tin Watering Pots, 10c
Children's Garden Sets, 10c, 25c, 50c   cil was held at   heailquarters on   Wed¬
nesday evening.
The Council voted for the depart¬ ment to attend the tournament at Lyn¬ brook on June 18, providing adequate apparatus   was   left   in    the    various
Oil, Gas and Gasoline Stoves
Single Burner Oil Stoves, 1 wick, one
Single Burner Oil  Stoves,   2   wicks, 75c
Double Burner Oil Stoves, $1.59
2 Burner Reliable   Blue   Flame  Oil j houses. Stoves, .¦?.'<.OH It was decided to   leave   the   mailer
;i Burner Keliable   Blue   Flame   Oil   of loaning a hose reel to the Roosevelt Stovea, $4.98 department to the   chief   with   power.
2 Burner Perfection Blue Flame   Oil   Also that in the   future,   when   a   call Stoves, $4.75 for help is received from a neighboring
2 Burner New Perfection Blue Flame   village,    the matter be left entirely to Oil Stoves, $t).75 the chief in charge.
'.i Burner New Perfection Blue Flame       Chief Cornell reported that the Wide
Oil Stove, $9.00
Ovens for Gas or Blue Flame  Stove, $1.10 to $3.00
2 Burner Gasoline Stovea, $3.50
3 Burner Gasoline Stoves, $4.98 2 Burner Gas Stoves, 98c
1 Burner Gas Stovea, 75c Gas Tubing per foot, 5c Gas Mantles, 10 to 25c
Window Screens and Screening IS inches extends to 33 inches, 20c 24 inches extends to 33 iiiches, 25c 24 inches extends to 37 inches, 29c 28 inches extends to 37 inches. 33c
Awake Engine (Company would answer all calls on the first alarm, which ac¬ tion was approved by the Council.
Ex-Chief Cozzens was appointed a committee to secure a band for inspec¬ tion.
The Committee appointed on Me¬ morial Day recommended that Me¬ morial services be held in the Sigmond Opera Hou.se on the first Sunday in June, in the afternoon.
Some discussion ensued on the adop¬ tion of a department uniform, and a regulation uniform, consisting of a bell
24 in.  Wire Screening,   3ic   running   hat, single   breasted five button   coat, ft. and   plain blue trousers,    wa.s   recom-
25 ill. Wire Screening, 4c running ft.   mended, subject to the adoption of the 30 in. Wire Screening,   4ic  running  companies.
ft. In order to clear up severa!   matters
32 in. Wire Screening, 5c running ft.   with   the Village   Trustees, it was de- 36 in. Wire Screening,   5Jc   running : cided to hold a joint   meeting with the
foot Board at a date to   be fixed by them.
Chicken Wire jc sq. ft. i     „ r.       ,,   "' '7'.
Liquid Veneer, 25c size, 19c :     ^am—Say. Henry, let s attend   that
Liquid Veneer. 50c 8ize,(38c Auction Sale   in   Woodcleft  on   Deco-
White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers  ''"''O" Day, May 30th,  and  continuing j2 35   the  balance  of   the   week,   and    buy
Water Coolers $1,59 to $4.50 Garbage Cans 25-35-45-55-70-80 Ice Box Pans, 15-20-25-35c t DaSilva
Where are you going to spend  Deco¬ ration Day?
Why, I am going down to the  Auct¬ ion Sale  in   Woodcleft  and   draw   for 1 ta keep my boat
tbat piano, and if them lots  go  cheap i —^ —; r r
enough, I might buy a couple. It      lOfe  FfSepOrt  RCfS  00  Ptg6 8
some of those lots. I think that's a good speculation. That place is grow¬ ing awful fast, and you know there are plenty of people that like to live near tbe water.
Henry—All right, I shall have to try to get there, as I need a piece of water front so that I can have a place
It
Peekskill Gravel for Roads
A meeling of the Freeport Improve¬ ment Society was hel.l V\ednesday eve¬ ning in Fraternity Hall for the pur¬ pose of receiving the report o' the committee of live consisting of Post¬ master K. G. Andersen. Leo Fishel. C. A. Edwards, E. S. Randall and S. Foster Sprague. which was reciently appointed for the purpose of inspect¬ ing highways of different makes and re[).irl as to which they thought best adapted to  Freoport.
It was decided to present, through Secretary Ellison, a cojjy of the report to the Village Board of Trustees al the nieeting this evening as a re« in- inerdation from the .'Society.
K. .M. Lamb brought up the matter of the City's attempt to escape taxa¬ tion, enforced reduction of assessment, and after a number of those present had spoken on the matter a committee of three was appointed lo draft suit¬ able resolutions and send them to the A.sseinblyman and Senator represent¬ ing thi.s district. The committee ap¬ pointed were Leo Fishel, .Matthew Ry¬ an and Chas. Hill.
An agitation was started on the matter of what streets or highways in the village should be improved wilh the $50,0011 recently voted. Engineer Alvin G. Sinith, Cadman Fredericks. Stephen P. I'ettit, A, A, Sealy and E. S. Kandall were aniointcd as a com¬ mittee lo look inlo the matter and re¬ port back their findings to the Society in the near future.
Following is the report of the com¬ mittee :
At the last meeting of the Freepori Iiiiprovement Society, a committee, was appointed for the iiurpose of in¬ vestigating into the dilTerence between road conslructioii by macadam, and by Peekskill gravel, and as to the relative Cost of construction of the two dilfer¬ ent processes, and lo report whicli pro¬ cess your committee deemed best adapted for the Village of Freeport.
Tlie cmnmiltee repurts that they are unaniiiiously in favor of the coii.strucl- ion of I'eekskill gravel road.s in the Village of I'reeport.
In the first placo your cornmillee finds, after talking wilh men of ex- perieiu-e, that a macadam road of less than ten (lo) to eight (.-¦) inch thick¬ ness, does not make a gofid road. In other words, if we attempted lo pul down a Fix-inch macadam road, il is not of .suflicient thickness, for the reason that there should be a double thickness of macadam. In the event of laying an eight or ten-inch macad¬ am road, the cost would be from eight thousand (.*mioo) to ten thousand ($10000) dollars, and we could therefor under such construction, build but live or six miles of roads; this, your com¬ mittpe does not believe would satisfy the voters. If it were attempted to build a six-inch macadam, which is en¬ tirely against the judgment of this cotnmittee, the cost again would be nearly six thousand ($6000) dollars. This wiiuld build about eight miles of road.
.Now as to I'eekskill grave!, your committee finds that the Village can construct a Peekskill gravel road fif¬ teen (15) feet wide, six (6) inches thick, at the center, tapering to four (4) inches, al a cost of Thirty-eight hundred ($3,s00) dollars a mile. Hy the use of this process, the Village can construct about thirieen (13) miles of roads. We believe that such a road Would meet the satisfaction of the majority of the taxpayers and resi- pents.
We have travelled over a great many roads in the (Jounty of Nassau, hoth macadam and Peekskill gravel, and generally find that the I'eekskill gravel roi'ds are in oelter condition, and smoother than the macadam roads, although the macadam roads in nearly all of the Couniy were constructed at an average price of Ten thousand ($1000(1) dollars per mile, and the Peekskill gravel roads were mainly from four to five inches thick, tapering down to three inches. Now it might be said by some people, that the I'eek¬ skill gravel road would not stand the trafic in our Village. We do not be¬ lieve that this statement is true, as the experiences in this county shows that the Peekskill gravel roads are standing up better than the  macadam.
P'urthermore, nearly all the streets which we deaire to cover are resident¬ ial streets, our two main thoroughfares being County roads, and already cover¬ ed wilh macadam. Another thing, and the most important in your com¬ mittee's opinion, is that Peekskill gravel is very much less expensive to maintain and to repair. When a macadam road gets bad, it is almost impossible to fix tbe road without tearing up and re-building. In a Peek- skill gravel road repairs can be done by simply adding Peekskill   gravel   to
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Local Topics
(By the  Editor I
The Brooklyn Times announces the Board of Supervisors of SutTolk County has tinally discovered that Long Island is exempt ft-oin the Slate tax on eel- pots.    I told my readers that last Fall.
One of my best friends suggests if I don't stop finding fault I will be taken for a "sore-head." I am sorry but have 1 said anything that was untrue, or that would not help to remedy the faults sjiokcn of by showinu' what they Were'.'
Speaking of tho committee work in the Village |-!oard, there's no use get¬ ting provoked when members are askt to attend lo their work ; last December the committee on light was instructed and promist to change the wiring in the fire houses so that the lights would not burn all the time or not at all and they have not yet attended to their duty: I was in one of tlie truck houses yesteniay and four lights were burning constantly. For a w-hile the scheme was tried of having a man shut the lichts (I! each morning and turn them i.fT t ach niL'ht. This is rather expen¬ sive but if the Committee don't want to attend to the work we would sug¬ gest that a police otiicer be dejiutized to attend to this work each night and iriorning. Il would nol cost much more than the lights burning all the time as they have for the last six moiths. It would probably not cost over .?lo to get the work done, but it's the getting at it that takes th.- lime.
A calier'at the Review ollice wanted to know where we (;oi our linoleum - said it was prettier than what we got in New York. It came from Olsen, one of our local dealers, and he laid il when 1 wanted it, too.
Village President Gunning does not deem it necessary to wliisjier when he is talking village business. In answer to my query he promplly replied that there was no objection to reiiorters at the conference on the water question last Saturday.
I ran up in Stanl'iii Park the other day. Instead of .srven houses wanting water right away there are only two anywhere near com|ileted and I could only find five altogether. I'hey are nice looking houses what ib.-re are of them.
The unkindest cut of all aflrr he had succeeded in getting the Board of Vil¬ lage Trustees or a majority of them in a mo<id lo coerce the Koosevelt Water Company into giving him water for Stanton Park was for Mr. Steam to make that reniark about getting any¬ body to your way of thinking by a glass <if beer or a cigar.
1 can't quote him exactly but I have written offering him a year's subscrip¬ tion and promising nol lo make any comment from his written oration be¬ yond those prepared previous to thu receipt of his article, if he will Ict us put it in the Review this week, but ho didn't reply.
.Mr. Stearn of the Stanton Park Company says he contemplates making application for joining Freeport as soon as he can get the necessary pa¬ pers drawn up. If .Mr. .Stearn is as p<jsitive about this as he was about some of his other statements before the Board of Trustees you may have a chance to vote on this proposition somo day.
We still insist that before the emer¬ gency arise.s it would be a good idea f. r the Village M'lard ot Water Cotn- iMssioners have their counsel give them a written opinion as to how they would cidlect for water rental outside of the village, when the customers refused to pay, where the jiijies were not l.^id un¬ der the supervision of our water com¬ mittee, or even if tbey were, and how we could withdraw from the territory into which we entered if we found our- selv.-s unable to continue selling the water outsirle at some future time.
As to comments about height of water in the stamlpipe Sunday night— the standpipe was overflowing but it seems that 4-inch water mains have been laid when they should have been six or eight inch and tnat the water cannfit be force<l thru the pipes so aa to give any better service in fighting fire in the Bennington Park section than was done at the fire on the 7th. The 6-inch pipe costs about 10 cents a foot more.
I want to again say emphatically that this paper is primarily for Free- port's best interests and discussions on any subject will be welcomed in the shape   of   communications   from   my
Loal Topics CoDtlDoed on Pa^e 5