Nassau County Review 19210114

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FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY,   JANUARY 14, 1921
VoL XXIV, No. 3
PENnMURY WORK, HOBO CURE MOP JAD. OVERCROWING
Winter Boarders Sent in
From Mineola Get
CoM Shoulder
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Mineola. Jan. 13,—The .N'asgnli Super¬ viaor* this week dl8co\-ert>d and took atepe to atop a leak which la not only ceetlng tho oounty some money, but la bringing crltlclam by the State Prison Commlaalon.
One ot the principal fniill.!» with the jaH found by tho Priaon Commlawlon Is the tiee of tho^ no-eolloU tramp room In the jail to ItOiiRo prlsoner.s.- This i-ooin had beon kept practically freo from prisonera flt^e months, until fflll, %vhen It becems' neceesary to uso it aboiii beoauae tho number ot prisoners waa increaalnK rapidly.
tin an Inspection of tho county build Inga, Ihe Supcrvlsora dlacovered four¬ teen vairrants conflned there, all com¬ mitted by Polico Juatlea Soaimtn of Mineola. 'Whether thero nro more vn- yranta In Mineola than idnot^linro !n tIj© county wa.s not loanioil. but It wns stated at ttio aherlfT's oBlcc thnt there wore practically no ctmimltuientK tor vagrancy by th<- vurious jUMtk-<-a ot" th(- p^je ot the towns. ThU wns .'it one time the principal fountain of prl.-miier* •-OBUnltted to thu Jail. In the old, duy.i, both ]u-<lh>Ofi of the peuee imd con¬ stables wero pnUI on n foe basis, and the morn prloonerH committed the moi'- fees they got. The result wns tli^u aome of the justlm-H nnd coii8tabU*i had many ct>mmltuientn for vHtfraney. uulnR what came to be tw-tnoO the rolatloti aystem; a "hobo"' dtsch!irK«-d from J.ill would bo picked up by a toiiKlablc. ur- mlgned beforo n JuslU-o and returned to Jail. This waa praoticnily stoppotl when th,o Juatlcea nnd constablos were put on SUlnrles, no that their Incoino did not dapend upon the number of arroats nnd commitments.
Amonit the fourteen prlHoners (-om- nUtted from Mineola by Police .fuatlco Heanum are two who were dlHoharKi.'d from Jail on Jiantitiry .1 ami weVe bnck .ditdHtnn .Inaiyara f - nfcar-foor- r*iy*a ll}>erty. There were a tolal of 31 j-rl.-i oncr.s hi tho Jail Inut week. Wero MIneola's foiu-teen subtracted there would remain only twenty, which num¬ ber, olUclnls any, could be corOd for very nicely nt the Jail, without Udinn tho trnmp room.
Another leattire that Intereats the flupenisora ia the faet thnt each ono ot thes<s prlaonera costs tho oounty $1.68 u dny for maintenance, exclusive of the aftlni-le« of the kecperM and other cin- ployr.-eH, ttccordhiK to the llRUiea com¬ piled laHt year- by,,^lio Comptroller.
The rioiird ha.-? a contiaet with Wcst- (-laHkter County to keep and board prl.s- onwa ut,>,7 centa a day. In the Weat- chcatca^Couiity Penitentiary aaal WOrk- houac. The SupervlHors' dli-otled the County Attorney II. Stewart Mc¬ Knlght, to udvlae the Itoard whether or not theso v-ngiBnts cnn bo tmnstfcrred to Weelchester and whether or not tho police Justlco can lx< rtsqnlrcMl to com¬ mit prlaoners <Hre<tly lo th.- Westches- tor County Inatllutlon.
HINDERING VOLUNTEER RREMEN ON THEIR Way TO FIRE. PUNISHABLE
Rockvllla Centre. — Automobile drlv«nT* who persist In keeping tl>etr courao on the highways wben the volunteer flremen are on tl»elr way to a flr» on an ofllclal call are sub¬ ject to arrest and punhhmont,
Ono of the local volunteera was on hl.s way to Join the flro truck wben It w«-Tit out on a call last FVlday and a Ford rar wn.s rmi In fropt of him so tha| ttve man oould not go dlrec-t to the truck and tho driver of the Arc apimratua had to slow up to allow tho fli-emnn tft get aboard.
It waa a direct violation of local ordinances which arouaed the iro of drcmen.
COUNTY  CLERK  ASKS FOR CHANGE OF SYSTEM THAT COSTS $125,001
LOUIS COHEN DIES OF HEART DISEASE
Hempstead Loses Leadbc Gtizen,
Head of Departmeat Store,
Heaviest Taxpayer
Ilemiietead—Loula Cohen, founder and proprietor of the Louis Cohen De¬ partment atoro of thia village, died at hla home on Cathedral avenue, Wed¬ neaday evening at about CJO, of heart dlaeose. Six. Cohon had beon conflned to his home only about ten daya. His death, howe%-er, was uaoxpocted and came suddenly, following an attack of heart trouble. Earlier In the day hla condlUon had aeemed Unprovod.
Hempatead, Jan. 13,—After an excit¬ ing chase In which A. W. Brierley. local real eatato man, and Leon Meyers, fun- ploye<! at W. T. Ilutchinaon'a Ford aer¬ vice station were the principal actora, Jamea I'aduana, charged by hla alater, Mra. Lena Ouando with burglary, waa turnod over to the police Tueaday after¬ noon.
Mr. Brierley was pnaslng Fulton ave¬ nue and Main atreet In his car about 3 o'clock, when Mnt. Ouando called to him excitedly to catch that num. point Ing to a man going weet on Fulton ave¬ nue, and declaring hlro to be a thief. Mr. Brisriey told the woman to gal loto the cor and they atarted In purault By tho time they caught up with him. he Mr. Cohen wad 63 yeara old. Ho came |*>"d turned the comer and waa going to  Hempstead in  18S3, and wont  into! n'*'"'J>   O"   Franklin   street.     As   Mr.
RETURNED FREEPORT SOLDI^K BURe
Body Scat to Home*^ Without No¬ tice — Breofht   to  U. S.   in Deceraber—A. L. at Funeral
Frci^liort.—The l>ody of John J, Thurs¬ ton, private in Co. F. 11 Infantry, Ij. S, A., who was wounded In the Ar goniie Foitsl In October. 191S, nnd died later Iti a hoapital. Wii« burled In Oreen¬ fleld cemetery Monday afternoon.
Thui-ston waia 'iS. yaarn oliV He was I>orn In Fi-eeport. He attended Preo- jiorl schools, and lived on TJroad Chivn- nel wilh a bnotber. He waa InductM In tlMi wi-ond drtitl, wua sent to Camp Mer¬ ritt. and  later to Chatanooga.
Ilo In aiu"vlv()d by a alater living In Baldwin, nnd three brotliera. Hln moth- 'm- married BKSli tmd Hve« tn~yi«epoi1. Thrt body arrived In America late In rK-oeml)er, nnd was bi-ought to the home ot hlH Hlater In lluldwin Saturday, with¬ out notice. Qne of the brothers hail iifn-n viKliing at tho m>Ui>e, nnd had JUHt left an liour Ijefore the arrival of the l)Ody.
It was ImposHlble to get a squad to¬ gether from the WUllan Clinton Story I'ost. Amerl<;aii l.eRlon, but the j)0.st WB,s represented by Chaplain J. Sidney Oould and S«-rgeant Haryey. Services were held In tho cha))el al Oi-eenfleld. The P.ev. Dr. Slater made :in iuldres.s and roncliided with a benediction. Ser¬ geant Harvey preceded^ the body to the «iave .ind rend tho I..eglon Committal St-rvlce.
Mineola, Ja.n. IJ. — County Cl«"k Thomna X Cheahlre was before tlte Board of Superviaors Monday with a request that tit/; boand. .-ippolnt a com mittee to take up the matter of clumg- Ing tbe lnd«»« system of reoords In the county clerk'a ottlcA. The cfiange con templated was recomitiendftd by the Xaasau County Bar Aaaociation, and would. It ts claimed, make records moob more easily a\-nllable.
Mr. Cheahtre estimated the cost at ap proximately tlS&.OOO.
Tlio mattfer was referred to the com¬ mittee on coanty clerk, aurrogate and county Judge, tog^e•|ler with the cotinty comptroller and county attorney, who are 10 Invi-stlgatc and report.
WONT TOSS MAILS INTO BROOK AGAIN
Protest of RockviOe Centre P. 0.
Opens Way for Railway Mail
Oerk to Do Better
Rockvllle Centre.—T»l.-e lately mail bo«fH full of flrat c-lnaa mail for Itoi-kviile C>ntre realdenlA liave iKH-n thrown Into the Ktream of water tliat flows bealde the L. I. It. R. trneka. west of the ata¬ tlon. In the loc^al po8t'Ofn(« Hteum radi¬ ators have been uned with good effect I to dry ont tho lettnra and packagea ttt \ much aa pottxlble, yot even ao, some let- tern liHVe Iteei) delivered dripping wet. Attention was given to the tnatter at oiM-e upon the receipt of tlie wster-aoak- f-d tmiu-hea. Before action could be Se¬ cured, tlte aecond deluge of the mall ocimrreil. Then further empliatlc pro- teat was made.
As a result, the Post Ofllce D«-pArt- mrnt In New York city hn.s nuvde In- qulrlea ilt Rockvllle Centre post offke ns to the causr-a of the trouble, and se¬ cured renommendatlotu) (is to the beat Uneans of preventing repetition of the trouble. It Is reasonably eertain the sounx- of trouble lias b<-*>n found, and the proper stepa taken to correct the violation of good postal conduct.
The poucTWr that WTBre water-soaked were sent out on a throui^h train tl«a does not stop nt Uockville Centre. Be¬ ing closed pouches, containing only mall Intended for tl>« RookvUle t.'entre offlce, the Railway Mall Service Ih In thlt habit of tossing them from the awlft tniln, "on the fly." Tho train passes through the vilK-vge on Its way east about 6.30 a.m.. and nowadaya that la a dark time. The railway mall clerk, in charge of the dlatrlbutlon at various statlops ulong the flouth aide of the Island, Ji^s inatructluns to toea ott tlie pouch^ H». he approachea the 6evemit atat ion st. lie getaJi^irninie' as to the time to frOm tho engineer of the train givea a whistle algnal.
CHAMPAGNE IS SPILLED ON HRST BRIDGE SPILE OF LONG BEACH SPAN
l^ong Beaoh.—The flrat spile for the new ijong Beach bridge was driven on Tuesday, January 11, at 11.15 a.m. Someone broke a bottle over the spile, dttd wlien It waa learned It had con¬ tained cluunpngne. tlte apei-talora' moutlu" drooped. They mounw-tl the wTifte  of  such  predoua  refreahment.
Among th*> spectatora werei: Senator WllUant II. Reynolds, Village Attorney Charlea Clarke, Edward Jolinaoh. George OlMy. Tax Collector Jamea Abell. Chief ot Police Patrick Tracey. VUlaga Truatees Jamea Urtfflth, War¬ ren Abrams John Oracy and Edward J. Farrall.
mm PONDS UDSEFLOODS DinORT?
Conplaiat Ta TIat Ef eet Made to Tmsteaa^^nflafe ^iviaff Mo^- ey oa Oil—Taxpayers to be Coasolted on Wideaiai Roadbed in Seanan Aveaue—rOaaiage Suit Costs
Frei'port.  Jan.   12.- Residents of  tlie
4-lcInlfy  complained  ut   the  meeting  of
the Vilinge Trustees this afternoon thnt
the   work   done   by   tbn   Freeport   Com- '
munlty   League   toward   establishing   a I
akatlng jtond In the viuant lot in   Ray
atreet,   between    Rooae^•elt   filiu-e   and \
Long   Beach   avenue,   l»id   only   nerved
to hold the water in cl»ck a short time,
when   It   overran   the    small     embank   (
meats and made oondillons mu-h vtor.tf I
than tlu-y had been before in  tliat set-- ;
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A communication from the  State  D«- j
partment of Hlghway.s stated that the controi-t would l>« let soon for the state ' highway to l<e construi-tixl nlont; .S-uman , avenue. The road, V\ hich in to U- con Crete, Is to l>e of thf custornury width of 1« fef-t. Thinking thut lite vlHage might desire ,-iddltional width, a blank was encloned upon which to make ap¬ plication for It, the eost of tlui extra width to be liorne by the vllln^c. This would entail an expenae of about filOOO. It ai^erntnl to the board a que.silon for the taxpayer.s lo de«l<l«
Power lious<- committee was Instruct¬ ed to get bids on additional sltetta at the power   house,   including:   attirage   room ,
for the Bteam roller and roadma<.hlne«. K^""'-^' '" ' f>^n*»nK "»H>ut a million dol Presklent   Edwards   repotted   ho   had   ""^ ,""   ^^^   '"'*'  ,'^"«   ^*"'*'   ^"'^'^'
ASK HAV MILLION . TO REBUILD BRIDGE
Nassau  Supervisors  Thiak  State
State Should Bear Erptaie
00 BayviOe Stmcture
MInf-ola, Jan. 13.—N'aasau Super¬ visors lM>lleve that Inasmuch as the Htfitf ot the flnal resting place of the lato Theodore R<)Osevt-lt, In Youngs" C.-meter>". at Oyst.-r Ray U becofning more or leas .a Me<;ca for vlaltots from all part.s of tlu- country, tlie State should Irf-ar some expenae of keeping llie route to that plaix- In paaaable con¬ dition.
With this In view, the board adopted a resolution Monday, asking A.<tm-mbly- man RoOae\elt to Introduce a bill In the legislature and requesting other left lalators from this <-ounly to support it, provulifig an appruprtatlon of $604,000 to rebuild the Hayvllle bridg.» across Mill   Itiver,  near  0>"Mter Bay.     .NaaHau
MAY WANT TO BREAK INTO JAD. TOSHAREDimfEEKUVDiG
Hardly Worth Whfle to Do So; Mr. Hobo, For
Really Nassau Pays Only $1.66 Per Day
for Keep—Aid Given to Indigent
Families
Mineola—After reading the cont of keeping prisoners ini the county jail, it would not Toe .surprising if a good share ofj the population of Nassau county immediately attempts to breakj into jail.     The county paid $8.74 a day per capita for eacl prisoner maintained at the jail during 1920, according to a sumj marj' of expenses prepared by County Comptroller Earl J. B« nett and filed ¦with the Board of SuperA'isora this week.
N'ol All Lu\ury, Thougli
722 COURT CASES HEMPSTEAD'SSHARE
Justice   of  Peace  Walter  Jones
Posdbly  Has Busiest Court
in the Coanty
CITIZENS USE CARS IN BURGLAR CHASE
A. W. BrieHy and Leon Meyers
Help Catch Man Accused and
Later Found Gnilty
buainesa. Fiom amall beginning, he built up the preaent Cohen departmont store and became tho largest Individ¬ ual taxpayer In the village. He owned not ouly tho building In which the atore ts looa ted, but the Ulowana Hotel prop, erty, which ho built aeveral years ago, beaides the Cohen building in which the post ofllco Is altuatod, and other prop- ertiea about tho village.
lift waa one of tho orgHnizwra and fraa treasurer of tho Temple Beth Israel, tho Hempstead Congregation, whloh haa Juat completed a church (Hllftc» on. Center atreet. He waa vice pi-eeident of the Seoond Katlonal Bahk of Hemp¬ stead.
Mr. Cohon waa a member of neverai fraternal organlzationa. including Mor^ ton Lodge,,63, F. and A. M.. Hr>mp«ta«d Lodge. 141, I. O. O. F,. the Shield of Honor, Royal Arcanum and Freeport I«dge of Elka. He was respooled among both Jews and Oentllee and bi^d alti-ays ahowd a hlgfc degree of pubUo aplrit.
Mr. Cohen waa at one time a menber of Eureka Hoee Company.
Sut-vlving him aro hla wife and three cbildren. Mra. Samuel Stein and Clar¬ ence Cohen, D.P.S.. of Hempetead, and Mrs. Arthur Loewy of Brooltlyn.
The  funeral  win   he  held Friday at
Brlarley'a ear drew up to the curb bo- alde him. be aeefned much eurprleed to aee his alater In the car, but turned and ran In the opposite dlrecUon.
Tho woman thereupon shouted to him to atop and yelled "Stop thief."
Paduana i-nn through he Addl.<K>n property on the opposite corner, toward Ori'hanl street. Mr. Moyera Jumped In¬ to a "flivver" and drove througii Ful¬ ton avenue to Bell atreet to head him off and Mr. Brierley and the womafl wept through Franklin street to Or¬ chard street.
When tha Bi'lerley car arlve<t. Meyers had caught the fugitive and waa lioldlng htm by the collar. Paduana waa per¬ suaded to got Into the Brierley car aind waa turnod ovor to Patrolman RIcker and taken tn iMllce headquarters, l^be woman made a oomplalnt agalnat blm and he waa arraigned betore Justice Jonee on a cbarge of burglary, third degree, and wns held lu tl,000 b«ll (or the grand Jury, In default ot which ba waut to Jail.
In^tho darkneaa, with nothlnjjj^o port guide him except the aound of the tflas- tle, the clerk on the train haa aimply tosaed off the >>ag on tho best poaslble gueas aa to the right moment for so do¬ ing.
It happens some days that he guessea right, and tho pouch falls either on dry ground or on the sixty feet of boarding covering the brook on the south side of the railroad tracka. When ho guesses wrong, as he did two da>'s, the mall goea Into tho brook of water with a ralnbow-colore<l aurface of floating oil.
Aa a result of activity in the Rockvllle Centre offlce, promptly 8e<-onded by the Itallway Mali .Service in New York, recommendation has been that the Long laland Railroad Company Install a light at the "throwing off plaee," ao that the clerk on the train may be guided aa to hja part of the duty of getting the early mall Into Rockvllle Centre In good con¬ dlUon.
No furtlier difficulty la anticipated.      '
1 o'douk from hla late reeldenoe. Cathe¬ dral avaauck Inbinnent will be In Cy- presa HlUa Cemetery.
The Elka will hold a aenioa at the Colien reatdenoe Thuraday evening. Masonic aerv|i6e will be oondtieted »t tha  grave  In  Cypress Hills Cemetery.
$5,000 FOR CHflJ) IN FR^RT SUIT
Four-Year-Old Injured by Haagiaf
Electric Wire WiH Get
Part ef daiai
Freeport. Jan. 1ft.—It eoat Freeport villaga 15000 for iiijui^ea received by Jerome Buaceml. 4 yeara old. BU8lalne<l after an electrical atorm on July it, 1(19, when tlie child came In contact with a dangling electric Ught wire, whk-h waa n part of the municipal light¬ ing aystem.
Tho case camo up for trial befom Jus- tli-^ Rdward Lasansky In Supreme Court Monday. After several wltneanes for the plaintiff had been examined, the •caae waa aettled during tho luncheon reoeaa.
The ault was for $60,000.
It was alleged that the Bui^ml child while pla>-lng naar hla (atbar'a home, took bold of the wire, with the result tbat It waa found neceeear}' later to amputate tbe thumb of hla lett band, ajid a part of three flngera Tbe aoUra uaa of tbe hand waa loeC
Tbe defcnae ot the \-lllage waa that tba wire bad become waaktmed and fallen during a beavy storm tliat day, and tbat alt.hough regular Inapectloc of tho imea waa maintained, there had not been time for a complete lnape>rtlon of tbe Unea ^'hen the accident occurred, fleorge M. Levy represented tbe village of Freeport.
ordered 10,000 gallons of oil for the new engln.i. ut 9 (v/its per gallon. When the Instaliation of this engine was decid¬ ed upon. It was proven lo tho satlsfact tlo*! ofthe board tliat there vv-ould be couaidi-rable wivlng to tlio village, with oil at the prevailing price at lhj\t time of 15 cents per giallon.
Stanley Hmltb appllod for oppQlnt- tneiit aa reipilnr'polkeman. and Irving Shieber as spf-iJnl policeman.
Smith & Ixiughmn, plumber*, upon flllng of bond, rei-elved the cuatomary llcenae to work ui»on village streets and water mains.
Oeorge M. I>^yy, nttorney for the vil¬ lage In the Busceml damage ault, flled a bill for services,and expenses, amount¬ ing to $1518. IXk tor'a feca are alao to be paW by the vfllage, ao that the total oo«t win be about $7000.' ThlH. accord- j tng^to tho opinion of Village Counsel yifat, may be paid fixim the earnings ofl-ttie water and light plant. ,        I
(.»un.-iel, Flint reportiMl regarding the! declalQH' "Of the I'ublic 8er>-lce Commls- j .sion qUfcting the price of gas In Free- ed kt length in another column of t|i^.3sHU«^ < Mr. h^lnt aald he did not ljeli4^T^0the.^#rtice charge of 70 cents fw-r 'jnontb^^ut^KiJtoed waa legal. He was empovy^red ^tft.act with Henry L. Maxson, counael for the Town Board, in oppoelhg this charge. The town aome time ago secured an Injimotion against a one dollar service charge, hearing on which has never IxVn held.
I'olice Chief Ilartmnnn was empower¬ ed to arrange for the erection of a sjied at the, rear of police headquarters, for storage of department blcy(-les.
which tho Super\"lsors c-onsliler ultuut enough at one time. The BayvJIle bridge U in Ru<!h condlUon that It muat be rf-plac-eU or a large sum apent on ll to mnke It safe.
Asnembiyman Thomaa A. McWhinney aald he would bo glad to give the matter all the support he oould. but nxpreaoed doubt af Ita success. In view of the ro- trefloliTnent poUey at OoV^mor Mlllw.
llempnte.'ul, Jan. J3. —Walter R, Jones ot IlcmpHtetul liad TL'2 caHea be¬ fore hlm.-in 1920. While the record i» amaller for the year than Vor l(tl9, U Is apparent Henipsteail tuwn court wn.t buHy. It Is Ix-lieved 10 l«> tho busiest Justice's court  In the county.
Tli>> J91» report .sliowe<l R,".2 case.-i. Of the Tli"2 In ISu'O. ?:! were children's ca.-«-«, as coniiuin-d wllli 1:! tli-' previous y«^»r. l.Yimlnal i-iLses diopif-il soim^- wliAt, the total l.-tHt year Ix-iiig 4-19. :is against ST^ In 1919, Civil c.-ises iilso ahowed a Hllght drop, with 'ifil tictoiv the t.-ourt. :iH compared «lth 'if! the 1 precf-ding year. The marriage buslneHs I was more brisk by IT coujilcs than In ' ItlJ.
GAS TO COST MORE-OFFICIALS PROM AGAINST NEW DECISION
INCHES FROM DEATH AS TRAIN DASHES BY; GATES NOT LOWERED
Rockvllla Centre.—Two Inchea of faat running air was all that eeparated an expreea train in full moUon, from the front bumper of an automobile driven by Oecar J. Op|)en»an, of 181 Lakevlew avenue, at the Banka avenue croaaing of the Ixing Island Raiiroed Monday evening, January 10.
Opperman had Juat flniabed repairing the radiator and bumpar and waa paaa¬ ing along Banks a\'«nue. Ho aaya tbe galea were up and there waa notlUog to Indicate tbe approach of a train. He waa within a few hundred feet of the tracka wben he heard a train whlatle but there being no moUon to tha galea he preeumnd It had paaaed. He did not see the approaching train until It waa about to croaa. Rapid mental flgurlng mdlcated that hiw machine and the lo- contoUva would arrive at the Boute point at the aame time, if he continued.
He Jammed on hla brake.
The automobile alld about two car lenglha, then atopped. The train whiaaeid by. Opperman thought of the bumper ha had. Juet repaired. He breathed a aigh of relief. Then he aat as If froaen for a few aeconda oa he realized hla o-am danw.
He dared not attempt to back the automobUe for fear that In the tenae moment he abould maJco a mlatako and send It forward.
Oppenaan said that wlien he called the gsteinan'e attention to the oocur- ranoe the anplansAlon waa tbat the galea didn't anork.
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raanaB la 8aU Beel Eatate Hosrard S. Pearaall.. vioe-preaident ot the Naaeau County Review, and au- perlntendaat «t tbe South Side Obeerver plant at RackvtUe CenXto. 'jfitU dA Tdtt- ruary 1 eever hla acUye oonaectloo with theae orgaalsatlooa and take contfol of the real eeutte and inauraaee biMtiieea aatabllabed at No. 3 ft«llro«d av^iie^ Frwftiert, tiy Smith F. PearanU.
SLOORatpK^S^ce
Charge ,W^^ Objection ^-^
llempsteoil—A ti gas rate, with utrr- vice charge of 70 cents a month,- will prevail in tltc villages of Hempslead, Rock\111e Cenire and Freeport, and certain parts of the unlncoriKirated part of the town of llempstead. In accord ance with a decision by the Public. Ser vice Commlaslon, aecond dlatriet, laat Thursday.
This means that the flrst ono thoua¬ and cubic feet of gaa consumed wilt coat the consumer J2.70 and |2 for each additional thouaand. If you are prompt in payments, getting the money to tho com(>any within flfieen daya, you will get a discount of ten centa a thousand.
The new ached uie will take effect on or about January 20.
Tlie deciaion of the commlaalon Is looked upon aa a pracUcal victory for the gas company. The oompany a<^'- eral montha ago flled a tariff of $1.75, which .waa a 25 cent Increase over the old rate. The peoplo of this community, through the Chamber of Commerce, tbe village boards and the town board, fought the new schedule and obtained court injunctlona prevenUng their be¬ ing put Into effect until a hearing ahould be held before the public servU-e com¬ mlaalon. The Nasaau ' and Suffolk Lighting Company thereupon withdrew the $1.76 rate and flled a new ona, caUlng for $2.26 a thouaand, with a aer¬ vloe cMar^e of $1 a mcnth. Tbe flght waa continued and haaringa held before the crimmiaaioner at which exhauaUx-e teatlmony waa introduced, the three villag<H) of Rock\ill« Ontre. Freeport and Hempataad. aa well as tho Town of HempHtead being represented by coun aei and experta In varioua lines.
"Maaaea of Inoonaiatent and contra¬ dictory flgurea were placed tn the rftcord", aaya Commlaaiofter Barhlte In the prevailing memorandum. "Chargea and d«:nl&lH are in  the  teaUmony."
Commiaaloner Barhlte aaya the com¬ mlaalon acta In a Judiciary catiadty and tu Ondlnga muat be baaed on the facta and tbe law. Tbe ooofUctlng evl- danr«, be aaya. made the work of the commlaalon unuaually difficult, but that tba oQooluaiona rvacbed are olearly sup¬ ported by tlM e%1deor9ew
Tbe order laetied by tke conmlselaD dlre«ts that tbe company flle not latar thao January 20. to take effect on not leea thao two da)'B' notloe. a rate of not mere thau 12 a thouaand cubic feet and a aer%-loe cliargM of not to exoeed TO centa a month, and provide a dia¬ oount of 10 centa a HMwaand cubic foet If bllla are paid within fifteen daya.
HERE'S THE RIGHT WAY
TO BEGIN HOUS£KE|a>ING
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t   The Xas.-<ati County Hfvljj*-. wl.sh- ilng   to   pronmle   doniesUc ^lappincKs In this counly. oftcrs to help brlghtt-n ¦<ay new home.
*?« nny coujile 8<-curing a mnrrlatre license in llie 'I'own of Hempslead The Review will Ito. sent fur Ofii- month frt-v of cost.
Blanks will Im- found al the oflli-i of Town Cleik nillx-rt. in Heinii atead, whor<- applicants rei-elvo licensee.
The fa<-t that the company Is pei-mlt- ted to charge 2.5 cenis more a thousand than it aaked for originally, even though it gets 25 cenla lees than il llnally aaked. la looked uix>n as, a victory for the company, inasmuch ax il la looked upon aa probable that had the $1.76 rato been granted without content the $2.16 rate would not have bet-n flled Thia. of courae, ia only apeculaUve. hut aeems to be the opinion lield by thoee who have learned of the decision.
Clinton M. Flint appeared for Free port. George Bode for Baldwin, Fran cla a. Hooley for Rockvllle Centre, and Hanry L. Maxson for tha Town ol Hempatead,
Village Counsel Flint n-aa of the opin lon that It waa Ulegal to make any charge for aervloe, and aald that It waa probable the matter would be alftod to the bottom.
Village Pre«ldnnt Clarence A. Ed¬ wards waa very Indignant over tlio deoJaton. aaytng that "it waa prepoa- terous and highway robbery." II« atated that tlie matter would be calle«| before the Village Board at the next meettng and that atepa would be tak¬ en to appeal the decision of the Publie Service Ccanminaion. He aaid a speo¬ lal meeting would probably tm tialled with the villago prealdanta of tbe towns affected and the Town Board, to con- Aider Immediate action.
The prder banded down by tbe Pub¬ lie Hervioe Coounisaion prasenta a loop¬ hole (or relief. It aaya that tbe achad- tikt flled by the gaa company In ace«fd- auce wltb tbe order wlU be good until June 10. l»2l, iadloaUng that after that tloM, If tbe drop Ut oomnodltlae wv"- raota a general doavawmrd trend ct prloee. tba rate oan be appeeJed aad rtadjuated.
lataMt ead laeaMillSa N tSeeiraa ae aai ^ laiall ba ta aaarf
Al flrst blush It would look aa the Nassau  rounly  Ih maintaining nhat   fnsbionabl.'   lioardlng   hou.^ th<iae   who   go   wr-ng.     Mos:   Oltla would b.- glad to live on $2« a week Mvird   and  lodging.     But  It  la  not| good a-', tt  loi^ks,  or as  bad. which* may be appropriate.
The facts seem to be that th"ro| tn<> ."ew r>^l.•<l•ncr^• ".or the amoun' "overhead"   nee s^aiy.
It Is not ."ti^-u«-il lliat an atlumpl r>UKiit to h«>' miile IO All up the l.-ill, ."O ift to bring down the cost pe- (lapit i, aud iM^rluips U is impossible t.i itrlntt down the "overliea-' ', bul It c»^t ?J«, .*t.NT,M i.iHt yt-ar tc maintain an m*^aKe of :•? ,Prisoners a ilay.
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Thnt lncluil>-d. < f couixe, !-ilarli-i of nil llllli|,yees. rn.rii'enaiKC of 111 J:<ll, fl ol !>Ui all .cjpp I". Cutting off t»ii« salaric !» from con-."i ration. t'i-> .-onip Iroll.-r leutiJ 11" I'•¦'. i>er prMn< r wns ?',!!« ;i day,
J'h .1 puts I different lig'-.' on the qmstioi; of br.-,\'.ltiK Int.i jail. I>ii: dl-enirt chani;<. ;ue riluatlon .is it th<- K-.st U do---< ^llow, however, vlvi, cculd I-e »ive<i If the coim'y dtdi't l-;ivc> to rn.TlnlMJn u i«ll, if nothing nii^n-.
Hummary
Total    exiK-nrlltureH    for    all prisoners,  Includtrig   sslaries
of   emjiloyees    	
Cost  for  prisoners,  excludini; salaries  of  warden,  keepers,
employ(-i rt	
rinlly average nuinlx-r of pris¬ oners  in   Jail   	
Cost of !ill jirlsoners jier ila.v, Im-liiding    salaries    of    rtni
ployees         .....
Coal   IW1"   prisoner   ia<r  day.. CoKt   i*r  prlaOnfT  i>er  Wwk,
Including  .salaries   	
Cttttt of all prisonara par day, efchicliiiK    --JilHiies    of    «-in-
pliiye«-s     ...,	
Ccbt per prI.Moner i>er ilay, ex¬ cluding salaries  	
C*t   )>er   ptisoner  per  weelt. elLclUdlng    xalarles    of    em
jJoyc<-s    .,.  1I,«2
S.-v<-n^ty-hlx fatnllles. with 233 chil¬ dren werj.. ivcelving allowancea on Oc¬ tolier 1, 1!«$0, Since that Ume allow¬ ances had Ix-en granted to flve faniillcs wilh 14 children, making a toUl of HI families and 247 children n-ceiving aid. Allowances to s«>ven famlllea with 22 cliildr»-n liad lieen dkM.^onllnuei1, leaving on January 1, 1921, 74 famllleH with 225  children  rot^lving al<i.
Of those rei*lving aid January 1, 40 familleit, with 117 children wero In thti town of llempslead, weekly allowancea toUIIng .$32g,r>0: North Hempatead 15 families with 46 children, weekly al- 'owances tlSli Oyater Bay, J9 famllw-H with 6'.' children, weekly allowanc*-,H 1170.50.
The total expeTidad for allowances jurtng the year was $32,739.50.
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WANT TOWNS TO GCT HALF MONEYS FROM AUTO UCENSES
Mineola. Jan. 13.—Ttie Naaaau Super- vtaora are of the opinion that an un¬ fair amount of tho money collected by the state in automobile regiatraUon feea is retained by the atate. Up to a few yeara ago, one-half tha amount oame back to the notmU«a.
I.At0r the law waa clianged, ao that the countiea gol but one-fourth. The board has adopted a reaolutloti requeat- Ing local repraaentatlvea at Albany to try to have the law amended, ao tlial the counly 'Kill nriK one-half the amount Its realdents pa>'.
The money la uaed toward tlie upkeep of the roada.
TAKE GARDEN QTTS SHARE FROM HEMPSTEAD'S MONEY
Hempatead, Jan. 12.— Th* Town Board en Tut-aday authorised Supervla- ar Smith to refund to tbe oounty $1,029.32, paid Id Kxreee of the Sinount to which the town wae entitled aa ita altare ef tbe mortgage (as aiotiay ra oeh-ed frOB) tha aiat«. Tbe town rf»^ oelved $«i.M£.04, tout It waa feuad lal er tbat Garden Clty'a share had not been aUotted.
The fciperViiicra corra«ted the apper- tknunaant, so tbat the town'a sliare waa Sa$At0.72.
Tbe mnounta rere|v«d by the oilier -rtUagra are not cbknged.
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