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FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1920
VoL XXIII, No. 48
BIG GLOVE FACTORY aOSES: TAKES ITS HELP TO BROOEYN
LOREHA SMITH MISSING
Kayser Co. Finds Change Necessary As Trade
Rockville Centrp—The plant of Julius Kayeer A Co., North Talk nvonuf. near Maple iivorrue, Rockvillo Crntfe, em¬ ploying nbout one liundrpd ^rls, closed tlown pcnnanontly todny. Tht- plant will be di«mnntled within the next tv.o weeks. Positions in tho main factory. Taafe place and DcKalb avonue, Brook¬ lyn, have Ijoen offered to tho Blrls. About sixty percent of the einployecB have accepted tho offer.
The Kayser plant wus estabiishod in Roclcville Centre alwut four years ago when the firm leased the two-story building it now occupies, for the period to March, 1D21. It lias been carrying n payroll of approximately $1,500 to ^2,- 000 a week. It did an avoi-afje annual busincfls of 3.'),000 dozon Kiik gioves of a valuation' of about $360,000.
J'he dec'Ision to close the plant follow- a survey of the various plantH of tho company by the company's factory su¬ perintendent who ordered a retrench¬ ment bocaiiso of a fallinR off in the de¬ mand tor tho Kayser Company's ()ro- duots. It Is likely ono or two othor sul)-] urban plants of the company wiil bo dl.s- mantled. .
Edward Scliopt, manager nf tho Rock¬ vilie Centre plant, spoke rosrctfuliy of the  nccts.<!ity  to clono down.    Ho said:
"We are willing to employ every girl In the plant if .she ^vll! i;o to our Hrook¬ lyn factory. Thus far I have found alMUit sixty per cent, willing to accept this offer. All operations stop Wed¬ nesday, NovomlKr 24, but we will not bo able to movo all our m.achlnery cut at here lor twO'Weelis."
The concern drew its labor from all the tov.na surrounding Rockville Cetftrfe, workers comlnj; from Woodliaven Junc¬ tion, Valley Stream, Lynbrook, East Rockaway, Malv^'no, Oceanside, Bald¬ win, Bolimoi-o, Smithviiis South, Mer¬ rick and Wantngh.
Th« lioncern had llfty-threo tons of coal in the plant and has arranged to distribute it among the families of Rock¬ ville Centre, who are without coal. It is soiling it to them ut $16.70 a ton, the actual cost prico to the flnn.
The einployoi's held a farewell iiarty Tuesday night ut which thero was sing ^tig, dfuicinrj and a light supper.
REVIEWS ALL SOLD OUT IN JIFFY LAST WEEK; FIX YOUR ORDER NOW
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"Hey,   Boas,   we're   out pers."
Such waa the che«ry message thnt came to the Circulation Man¬ ager in tho offlce of the Nassau County Review very soon after tho regular newsies in Rockvillo Contre had been scved with tl»«lr usual supplies last Friday.
"We got to havo some more pa¬ pers," was tho ultimatum, "Cause tho people want 'em."
So, oven though there waa not an extra copy left in the publica¬ tion office an fl. O. S. call was sent to the Free^rt and Hemp¬ stead offices and a few copies were brought back to Rockville Centre to supply the demand.
Of course it Is the intention of the circulation manager to fur- nisii an ample number of copies of thia paper this week, but—
The demand for the paper is growing rapidly. It may bo that your regular news agent will not have enough copies to supply all who wish to buy and you may be (j^lsappointed
UNLESS YOU PLACE YCJUR ORDER  IN ADVANCE.
Do this and make it a iierma- nent order.
8iStei^-Y«ir.0ld Girl Uiskppears From RockvUle Centre
Rockville Centre.—The police have been asktnl to locate Ix)retta Smith, 16, daughter of Casper and Susie Smith, who disappeared from tiie vicinity of her' home in I.,akeview avenue Friday, November 12. She was last aeen with children in the neighborhood, at alxiut 5 o'clock tliat evening.
At the time of her disappearance, Loretta wore a pink and white plaid dress, brown coat with fur collar, black velvet Tam CShanter, brown shoes and stocking. Bhe is described as of fair complexion, light blue eyes and slinx build.
Loretta's disappearance was reported to the police la."*! Friday night and up to date no traco ot her has l)een found.
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Ready to Collect Ta.ves
North HonipHtead and Oyster Bay towns h.'ivo linlshed thoir assessment rolls, and warrants to collect the taxes levied woro iK.suod by tho Nas.siiu Siiper- vlsors on Monday.
j:OUNTY'S TREASURY $300^ SHORT
Sapervison Meet Annual Contin¬ gency by Authoriiing Treasurer to Borrow
'DEAD'TROLLEY WIRES MENACE NASSAUPEOPLE
Supervisors, Warned by Manager Maidment, of Nassau Light and Power Co., That Death Might Result from Contact with Fallen Wires, Authorizes Supervbor Remsen to Take Necessary Ac¬ tion at Once
NO MORE DIPHTHERIA
Disease In llempstead School Seems to Have Been Vtamped Out
HEMPSTEAD DEFENDANTS FREED OF UQUOR CHARGE
Hemp.stead.—Judgo OatT^ln's opinion ot tho practice of. federal revenue agontg In arresting persons for violation of the Volstead act without sufflciont evidence to convict waa demonstrated in his court in Brooklyn Monday, when cttarges brought agninst Philip and Rose Pasaione of Laurel avenuo. Hemp stead, were dismissed and the prisoners disciiarged  from  custody.
The evidence offet-ed by the complain ants was so flimsy tliat the court with¬ drew the case from the jury on his own motion beforqi. tiiet defendants wero ijer- mlttod to offer any testimony in their own defen.se. ariftlths and Kornlcker were the attorneys for tho dcferidants.
xCHP KILLED, m MEN HURT IN AUTO SMASH IN HEMPSTEAD
Car Carrying Nine Hits
Tree — Driver Is
Freeport Man
Hempstead.—One child was killed and two men nre in Nassau Hospital as the rtsult of an automobile ac'dent on Front street just outside tlv? vllitig^ Bunday night. One ni.iii im-i a fi'.;c- tured skull and tho other is not be¬ lieved to be seriously injured.
The persons  in  tho automobllo wore
ail   Polish.     Several   were   from   New
Tork.   They had boen out visiting lh-.>lr
friends during the day and were being
takem  back to  the  railroad station  at
about   9   o'clock   in   the  evening.    Tha
Maxwell touring  car In which were  8
or  9   peraons,  was   driven  by   Antonio
Rynaki, one ot the hosts of the party,
.^^ who   lives  eaat  ot  ths   village.     It   is
jT stated   by   some   of   thoso   in   tho   car
.'^   that   another   automobllo   came   along
beliind them and struck their machino
in the rear, causing them to hit a tree.
,^lt is claimed further that tho,other car
sped on without stopping.'
Tho little girl, the daughter of John Wolkowlci, who lives at 120 Sherltf street. New York, was killed, probably ' Instantly, ^y having her liead crushed J In. Sho was ahout four or flvo years old. Stanley Yakowich, who also lives in New York, had ills skull fractured. Rynskl, who was driving tho car, was HO badly hurt tliat he also was taken u> tho hospital. Oj^
Dt, H. M. Warner of Hempstead waa called to attend to the injured. Justice of the Peace 'Walter R. Jonos investi¬ gated the case as coroner and will hold an Inquest later. Tho body of the dead child was tuken to Cornell's undertalt- inr rooms, Hempstead.
Rynskl is a member of the flrm of Freyer & Rynskl who conduct a wil¬ low ware business on Merrick road, Freeport.
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ASCENSION FA.RI8H 8.\XA
NKTS 51887 FOR CHURCH Rockville Centre.—The proceeds ot ths autumn sale and festival held by AsceTision Church during the 'week of October 18 amounted to $1.S8T.7S. Of this $246.29 waa used to defray «x- pvnrjos. leaving a balance ot $l,64lU4. This will bo applied to the mortga«« on the PitrisU Hall wjhlcfa at present amounts to IS.SOO.
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IT IS THE DTITY OF EVERY PATBIOTIC AMEBICAN TO BEAD SOME OOOD NEWSPAPER. IG¬ NORANCE IS THE FOE OF SELF GOVERNMENT.
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RE-EEISTSINARMY; EXPECTSNEW WAR
Gobeti, Freeport Lad, Writes from Mexican Border—Feels Ben¬ efit of Army Training
Freeport—Bernard Oobetz, one-time resident ot Freoport, is now heard trom on the old reliable border between Mex¬ ico and the U. S. Tho army haa again clsilmed him.
Smith F. Pearsall haa received a lat¬ ter tt:om him, part of which is as fol¬ lows: \
"You may tell Froeport that Ber¬ nard Gobetz, who \vas barred trom Freeport, is doing threo years more on the border of Texas. I expect that there wlil be another war tie- fore long and I may as well be in the array as anywhere else. I am with the 17th Infantry at Port Mc¬ intosh, Texas, and urtder the same ' namo as I was beforo In tho army, Bernard Oabet.
"Will you do mo a favor and show tho people ot Freeport H>at I arn not running around out ot work? Somo day I wiil take a trip up there again before my three years ara up. "I will Write you later tmd tell you some ot my experiences in this counlry and in the meantime, good luck to you.
"Yours truly, "BERNARD 'OOBETZ." Opbeti* reference to his absei^cn from Freeport haa to do with a recommenda¬ tion nade by Juatice Johnson whon Oo- bets wasi before him olQcially.
BENaOMINT
TIm dspandaM*) b^^utSold r«m«l)'. for aor* throat and torilUUi. Uoat oonvuilMit. tor It raqulru no ati^llna A atandtiy Itet •kutil^ b* in avart kotaft. CM a botti* at fottr drua •leta.—i^v.
Mineola.—Nassau county I.s sliort about $300,000 at present. The county treasury lacks ju.st tiiat miuh of mak; ing ends meet. Bills are coming in and will continue to como in. Money will lie needed to pay these bills, but tht money has stopped coming ir^and ly^. not likely that another goldo>t5;«tix<am will begin to pour into tlio county'u coffers for some time, at leaat not un¬ til the noxt tax ievy materluUzes.
Big as is the shortage, it furnishes no basis for worry about tho county. This lack of cash Is an annual affair, and usually occurs about this time. It means th.it there are bills in siglit for all tho tax moneys collected lo dat<\ and tliat there aro bills to bo paid by the county, but taxpayers liavo failed to pay thei* tax bills to tlie^ aggi;;egate. amount of $300,000, thus creating a' deflcit for this amount.
County Treasurer William H. Luyster Informed the supervisors on Mondaj^ tiiat there ia un insuRlciency of funds to meet the claims against the county for services, materials turnishod, for redemption of bonds and other fixed charges, due to unpaid taxes.
After considering the mattor, tho su¬ iiervisors outhorized the county treas¬ urer to issue promissory notes to the amount of $300,000 at 6 per cent inter¬ est.
This is more or less of a routine n^at- ter each year. Notes are repaid out of the proceeds of the next annual tax sale. ,
The unpaid taxes reported are for tl-.o 1919 tax levy. /
NASSAU. GROWING, NEEDSJpREHELP
Being Beyond 123,000 Population,
Officials Ask for Higher
Appropriation
Mineola.—When a county grows, *t is Just llke^u "feller" or a giri, it has growing palna, and the growing pains in a county are usually felt flrst in the region of the pocketbook.
Nassau county now has 125,727 popu¬ lation, Sam Rogers, director of tho U. S. census, says it has, in fact he even makes aflidavlt that it has. The Board of Elections secured that affldavlt and passed It on to the Board of Super¬ visors.
With this affidavit, the Boari' of Elections submitted a slight request— that it be permitted to secure a typist to give necessary services In Its de¬ partment for 30 days, at a salary of $5 per day. The request was granted by the supervisors.
In a diplomatic way the letter con¬ taining this request for a typist called attention to the fact that insofar as the county now has a population of 125,727, it is in the class of counties exceeding 120,000 in population, and for counties over this population figure the law provides for an allowance of $5000 for such help, while at the present time, $3600 is allowed, the amount being that allowed tor counties having a popula¬ tion between 90,000 and 120,000.
FREEPORT BUTCHER INJURED
Samuel  Stciahllinder tn Auto  Accident at Jamaica; Taken to St. Mary's
Freeport.—Pollowing close upon the accident that betel Mr. Rynskl of Frey¬ er A Rynskl, Preeport, Samuel Stelsh- lander, employed in the market at 19 Eaat MeiTick Road, was injured by an automobile Mondsy evening. He is in St. Mary's Hospital, hit, skull fractured.
The information was phoned to Free- twrl by the Jamaica police.
Jurors Com'r to Havo Help
CAmmiasioner of Jurors Robert O. An¬ derson was aut'norized by the Nassau Superviaors on Monday to angadia a stenographer and typist to Bsalat in preparation ot the new jury panel tor 1921. Compensation was flxcd at S4 per day, and Uie number ot days llDited to It.
Mineola.—How to handle live wiros on a dead trolley line was the iiroblera put up to the Nassau Suporvisui.s on Monday by JVIanager Fred M.tldmcnt of the Nasi^au Light and Powe:- Company, who complained that the v.lrc.s of the defunct Nortji Hhoi-e Traction Cotnpany were falling on the high tonslon tranj mission lines of his company, with looso ends iianging in tho roada, per¬ haps a mile away, and carrying a deadly current tluit would snuff out tho llfij of a passerby wlio micht como In con¬ tact wltli them.
The Nasaau Light and Power Com pany furnishes current in many parts of the county, but the troulile v.-ith tlv.' stray trolley line wires is conflned to -Vorth Hempstead town, and on tho ounty roads aiong tho routo of tho s'orth Shore Traction Company, from 'illncula to Flushing.
\\'i;at to do was a knotty prohiom for '.he supervisors, as the matter was in -olvod in a ilvil action atmosjihoro. At Ir.st Supervisor Smith was inclined to lut the matter in the liaiid.s of Super¬ visor Cornellua Remson, of Norlh Hompstoad town, and havo him tak'. legal advice as lo the proper molhud of ijroceduro.
Mr. Maidment, however, imnios.sed on the board that the situiition is one which involves iiKminont danger to any. one using the county roada, and threat- ¦med death to persons who might com? In contact with fences, or othor objocts that would be charged with the deadly high tension current conveyed by fal lon wires from tho abandoned trolley lino.
II. Stewart McKnlght, county attor¬ ney, was sought for legal light on how tho maitor could be handled by tlio county. At first he was Inclined lo the view tliat the mattor wa.s one v.'hich tlio Nassau Light nnd Powor Company had to settle wilh the receivers of tho North Shore Traction Company, but when It was emphasized that It v.'as not the matter of civil damages that was be¬ ing considered, but a means of prevent ing a tragedy througii electrocution liy stray high tension currents from fallen wires coming in contact witli live wires, lie took the stand that the county had power to take necossar>' steps to elimi¬ nate such a dangerous condition.
On motion of Supervisor Doughty, Su- pervLsor Remsen was directed lo take any steps he found necessary lo remedy tho condition. Superviaor Remsen do¬ elarod iie would la!-:e immediate action.
MAY INCREASE RATE FOR LL COMMUTERS
Inter-State Commerce Rnling May
Supersede That of P. S.
Commission
The decl.slon of the Interstate Com¬ merce Commission that railway iiassen- ger rales and fares ip New York mu.st be raised to correspond with tlie ad vanced inter-slate rates has a direct and important effect on the people of Long Island, as It will result, it sustain¬ ed by the courts, in abrogating the powor ot the Public Service Commls sion of this state in the matter of rato.<5 on the Long Island railroad and un doubtedly will mean an increase in fares.
Tiie Long Island Railroad Co., flled new tarift lost June, calling for an in¬ crease ot 10 per cent in commutation rates and about the same amount in ono way tares. This was withdrawn lat^r, however, after having been sus pended by the commission. The com mission later denied the application of the Long laland Company for an in- ci'ease of 20 per cent to conform with the prder ot the Inter-slatu Commerce Commission.
Tho new decisicn, handed down by the Inter-state Commerce Commission, holds tliat the act ot Congreas allowing jthe railroads rates that will bring them a return ot trom 5'A to 6 jjer cent on the value of the railiroadii takes prece dcncC; over tho atate laws authoriidng tlie state commissions to llx rales, and tiiat the state laws are subordinate to the act of Congress.
Appeals from this deciaion will be taken, but should the decision be up¬ held, it will mean that the Lonit Island railroad and ail othf-r railroads entirely within one state will benefit by the 20 per cent increase allowed by the Inter¬ state Commerce Commission last sum¬ mer. This would mean to commuters ot Hempstead an advance trom 111 to tlS.^O a month,, or from 18.S cents a trip to 32 cents a trip for the 22 miles txitweeu Hempstead and Pennsylvaola station.
Hempstead.—No more cases of diph¬ theria have developed, and Dr. H. M. Phipps, village health offlcer, believes there will be no more trouble from that source. Only four cases developed, of which threo wore in one room in the Van Cott avenue nchool. Dr. Phipps has made a thorough examination of the pu|iils of that room and found no further  evidence ot the disease.
He also had the school closetl and the building fumigated last Friday. As more than a wook has pas.sed slnco the last cano developod. tho indications nre that there i.< no danger of further .:prcad.
Fireman's  Knee  Hurt  by   Fall
Baldwin.—Albert Kruger's knee was liadly injured when ho and David iioa vea, of Harvard place, wore thrown' from 11 flro apijaralus, while answerlnit an alai'm of tire a fow days ago. Ho is in tho e-nro of Ur. McChesnoy, and wlil regain tha use of his leg.
PAINT BOOTS RED SO AS TO KEEP'EM
No Longer Will Freeport Chief Be Bothered by Mysterious Dis¬ appearance
A novel method of identifying Fire Department proporty will bo introduced ill Freoport if I''iro Ciilof Clarence Wll¬ llama carrios out hi", intentions. Coats and boots belonging to tho departmont •lave beon disappearing too rapidly lo suit the Chief. Somo are said to have 'ween appropriatetl. Others lost from apparatus respondini; lo alarms, wero not returne-d. The method of Idenlifl- '?ation was not distinctive enough to iirove ownership whe-n suspicions were aroused. Tlie Clilef  has this  idea.
Ht} intends lo got a new supiily of coats a»d boots and beforo distribuling thom among the comiianies plans to have them painted red by a secret pro¬ cess. This process i.s said to lie a per¬ manent means of marking. Tho paint cannot bo scratched off. Over tho retl Is to be printed in Wrge loiters the flro company's name, so if any moro coats or boots are lost thoy cin bo recoginzed.
WHY MORE MONEY IS REQUffiED FOR HEMPSTEAD fflGH SCHOOL
50 CENTS TAXES DUE i Costs of Materials Rose
COLLEaOR THREATENS TO     jgQ p^^ Q^^^^ g^^^d
GET $1,000 SECURITY
Almost everybody has heard ot the old saying. "Sure as deatli and taxes." but it remained for a well^'.iown Floral Park resident, who wishes his namo withlicld, lo hnve the full truth of this statement borne home to him in striking manner.
This Floral Parker, if tiiat term is peimisslble. resided elsewhere a year or two ago,  and although  honest  and
Explains
Hempslead—That tiiero are 1,000 chil¬ dren now on part time, many of whom iiave never had tiie bcneflls of full time instructicn and that the Board ot Education tool: the best course possi¬ ble In order to give these children wliat thoy aro entitled to. At tho lowest pos¬ sible cost, is the crux ot a statement in the habit of paying his debts, in some j issued by the Board in connection with manner overlooked one ot the many ! the piopoeition to appropriate $300,000 smaii spocial taxes. additional   for   the   work   cn   tho   new
Whal wns hia sun>r!se a day or so j ii'gl^ scliool. Tho matter will be voted ago lo receive from an ofllcial in llic ! "U*-" -it a special mooting ot tho voters ecunty where he formerly resided a no- j"' th-j school district, to be hold in the tico that goods or proporly bclonBinpr ; Prcspcvt Btroct school building next to him were about to be seized lo ll-.e [Tuc-Uay evening, Nov. 30, at 7:30. amount of $1000 for tlie non-payment of I    The Board  further points  out  in  its
a certain tax.
Inquiry by tho unwilling tax dodger
Ktatomcnt tlint tills  v/inter  will   be,  in ! the opinion cf tho memliers and other.'!
icdto the revelation thai the amount of'^'^oni   '^ley   have   c'onsuUe<l,   the   best
llie lax was 50 cents!
CALL HEARING ON TUNNEL
Shortage of Prisoners
Sheriff Smith reporis thai there nre •?8 prisoners in tho county jail, ot whom 25 are males nnd 3 females. This week la.st year, there were 42 prisoners in the jail.
time lo purchase the maloriala needed to complete the building. Thoy believo tl'.at a bi.i; saving can be mado at this t;ine, which is tho reaaon for placing the mattor before the  people now.
The statement follows.
"At tlio time the BMrd of Education
Hempstend.—Tho foUowInt; statement In reference to liio untU rsround luis- ago beneath the L. I. R. ll. tracks liaj; ^asltcd for $300,000 for a new high gchpol boon issued by the tunn?l committee of |l'Uiiding, they had looked over schools tho Chamber of Commorce: j'" ti"' metropolitan district, and boiiev-
If you are intorested in the location I e<J H'lt t'lf'V could secure tor this ot the footway to be construrtod be- .amount, a building aufllciont for thoir noath the tracks ot the Long Lsland "^eds..^ The increase in building costs Itallroad, som-i-whoro along tho road i i't'''"-' t""<^ was aboul 84 per cent ovor oast ot  the (Jardon City  lino,  you are | l"'<'-wnr prices
reciucatod to attend a meeting of tiio Villago Board of Trusloes, to I'e iield at tho Villuge Oflioo on Tucnday, No¬ vember 30. 1020, at b p.m., and oxpro;;h your  i)rofcreni:o.
"Tho location originally planned, con¬ necting M.jore avonuo on tho e.asl with Miller pla<e> on the west, aeems to havo mot iwlth sonic opiiosition, and the Board of Trustees is anxious to accept tile location most agreeable to the great¬ est number of people.
"Tho villago enginoor liaa been Jn- structod to prepare plana for a location nearer lo tho depot tlian tho ono orlg- liinliy selected, uud both plans wlil be submitted at tho meeling, lo bo dl* cus.sed and arlod upon. If you are In- toi'osted, kindly bo on hnnd al tho meet¬ ing and voic'p your proforonco.
"All aro wolcomo.
SENATOR GEORGE L. THOMPSON SAYS GOOD WORD FOR NASSAU CO. REVIEW
The Senate of
The State of New York
Albany
GEORGE L. THOMPSON IstDbtrict Chairman Committee on Constitution
JAMES E. STILES.
My Esteemed Friend : —
In looking over your new issue of the combined paper in Nassau County, I am not unmindful of the work and ef¬ forts this took upon your part to bring this progressive step about. I join with your many well wishers in congratulating you and wishing you all the success imaginable. I am a very firm believer in publicity especiatlly in matters of public inter¬ est and any town or community which is fortunrte enough to have a cletui news gatherer and distributor is to hz con¬ gratulated.
Without the press wc would ba beat. In all my years of public life I have had the morel support of the press re¬ gardless of politics and this in itself has been one oi the most gratifying exjjeriences of my political life.
I owe the press a debt. In talking some few davs ago with a reporter, I expressed myself along these lines. He as¬ sured me that the reason was, I had given them no cause to speak of me other than they had.
Let this be as it may. the press has been kind to me and I trust no act of mine will cause them to change their views.
I would fail in my duty should I not express to you my appreciation,fot your loyalty to me at this time. I sincerely trust the new combination may prove a financial success and an instrument of spreading the gospel of truth in Nassau Coimty and Suffolk, and I feel sure you will not lose sight of the fact that the realities of life are ndt measured by the jdollar mark. The reward you receive mil not be altogether the dollars but rather the good you do.
Faithfully yotn's, 11-20120. G. L THOMPSON.
".\ fter ,the appropriation waa voted, the Hoard of Kducallon inlorvicwed and investigated tho work ot various archl- locts and .solectod as archUi-ct for thoir bulldinis', ono who Inas l?(»«je an ox- hausflive study of school organization and ailmlnlstrnllon, and whose roeoid In planning good schools economically, commondod him to tlio Board. Hy the tltiio the archltoel was soh cLil and th«> pre-limirral^ drawings completed, tho Iiercenilage of increased buildins cost had Jumped 131 per cent abovo pro- war prices.
"In the development of tho plan for tiie   new   Hompstead   high   school,   tho Board  of  Education  nnd   the   Suporln- tcndonl of Schools  loll  that  it  was  de¬ sirable   to  work   out   a   comprehonsivo scheme    that    would    adequaloly    and pro|)erly   moot   the   high   school   nooda, with tile undorslandins that sliould tho poople not wish to appropriate sulflclent money fi.r the entire liulidi'ig, a portion could lie eroetovl and tho remainder loft - until some  fuluro  time.    At leaat  four 1 months  woro  requln il  to  complolo  the I v.'orklng ilrawings and spociflcalloiis at- ! ter tho  preliminary  drawings wero ap¬ proved, and by that tlmo, building costs lind increased 160 per cent abovo  pro- war  pricea.
More Scliool  Room Xeoessary
"In   view   of   the   fact   that   it   wns
ncce-ssary   lo   secure   additional   school
room  ttt the  earliest posalblo  time,  tho
Board of I'^ducation considered ways to
I provide audi taclliliea at tiio lowest pos-
I slblo cost.
"In    bidding    on    work,    contractors ' wero obliKcd to add to their bids, lorgo ] contlnKcncy    funds,    lo tfortify    them- j solves against the uncertain prices and labor condltiona which the Board wrtuld have lieon compi Ilod to pay It tlie build¬ ing had 1 ccn let on a conipotltive ha:siH. We nilglit add that the eiunlity ot work¬ manship   is   incomparably   lieller   than oijtains undef ordinary contractural ro- iationshlps.     Th s   is   olivious   alike   to laymen and experts who have examined the work.
"After consultation with tho State Deijarlnient, it was decided to pro<:oed with the work on n fixed feo baals, loli-e^liiig for tho carrying out of tho .vorl;, a firm of local contractors who vero coinpf tent, wl'.o h.'td tho confl- >nce of the community, who wore ta- iiiiiar  with   local  condltUms,   iiad   ado-
• uatc cn.u'pmcnt, and eould »<< cure a ar„'o   proj)ortlon   ot   tho    local    labor,
-,(.rby tfliminattng the coat of triins- ¦ ¦itlnc Ip.bor from New York C ty and Iwwhoro.
"In liiis way il was posalble to pro- oed with t'.;o w rk advaniagcouKly, se- urlne ti'.e ma', ria's or.ly as th<y were ooel'-d  a.'^d  thus  tailing advtmtage  ot
• .:y ird'jcllon In t lO co.-t «L ..liit-rlali .s tip wor!;  progresses.
Ati:'itoriui« R<;-jdy in June "Tl.o wisdom of tills procedure is de- '):^stt'at<»d by the fact lliat  nokt Sep- '^mhor a- good porLio i  '<    ti-  i. i  u   .( •vill   be   ready   tor  occupan.o|r  and   tho udltorium   wlil   t*   available   tor   tho ommmcement    exercises    tills    Juno. ' Iso,  thoro has be-on  ii substantial  ro luctlon in prices antl tber^. has been a ' oiisldorabic saving in the cost ot roof- ng materials, etc.   They will be able to .lurchafo for a much  lower price than ast   Spring,  tlic  materials  for   the  In¬ terior  of   the   building,   including   mill work,  flooring, pl>>sterlng, blackiioards, ard materials for the electrical, piumb- ng and heating, and ventilating work, "By purchasing this wlntor, the ateel, Ilreproof floor construction, etc., neces- ', sary   to   complete   the   balance   ot   the
I building, a, lar.v(f> saving wili  lie mado over   tlMT   prices   ot   last   Spring   and ^   doubtless of next Spring nnd Hummer. Cbeafi Materials a 'i>hantom "The New York  Times quoted  frtmi Allen  E.  Beales,  Editor ct Dow'e  Re¬ ports, as toliow« in its issue dated Nov. 14. 1930: "'Cbea];>cT   material   is   a   phantom