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CIRCULATING   GENERALLY   IN   COUNTY  OF   NASSAU
THIS NEW8PAfEB*B dHV
To MAKE A NKWBPAPm THE PUBLIC wax. 'WAMT, S<» AS TO SBCCRS, TtM CIRCITLATION THE AD¬ VERTISER     WIUL,     WANT
AND THE NASSAU POST
WAS JtrST CLOSED ITS BIOOEST VKAK IN CIRCULiATION AND AD- VKRTISI.VG; AND WITHOUT A STOP IS GOING ON INTO THB NEW YEAR WITH BTtULi BRIGHTEH PROSPECTS. WITH GREATER VIGOR, BIOOBR
PLANS   ANH   NRWER IPEAH. ISMT THAT THE IDEAL ATMOS¬ PHERE FOR YOUR ADVERTI8- I.VG TO BE IN?
TOL. 4.   NO. 2A.
OFFICIAL FAPEB OF THE VILLAOE OF FBEEPOBT.
FBEEPOBT, N. T., FBIDAT. JANUABT 21, 1916.
OFFICIAL BEPUBLICAN PAPEB OF NASSAU COUNTY.
PBICE TWO CENTS
IMS. HtMHER MDEJRESIDENT
JkT BEOULAB MEETINO OF LAD¬ IES' AID SOCIETY PEOMINENT CHUECH WOBKEB ELECTED my. ATI OF OBOANIZATION.
At the regular meeting of the Xiadies' Aid Society of the M. E. •church on Wednesday the following •iBcers for the ensuing year were elected: Preeldent. Mrs. David A. Hamalier: secretary. Mrs. Albert Hut¬ ton, and treasurer. Miss Hattie R. Smith.
The following interesting report waa delivered by the retiring secre¬ tar/, Mrt). Hamaher:
Vhere have been held during the year 191.'», nine regular and three special meetings, with an average at¬ tendance of 23 members.
We have a membership of C6, gained flve new members, lost flve, three by removal, one by resignation and one by death.
Three hundred and eighty-one calls were reported. Flowers were sent to 147 persons. This does not Include apecial remumbrances, such as birth¬ days, wedding anniversaries, or deaths. The parsonage has been fur¬ ther beautifled by painting the kitch¬ en and back hall; alao two chairs have been bought for a bedroom.
The social functions were a sur¬ prise party for Mrs. Lucas, second vice-president; on her 25th wedding anniversary. Public social functions: A chicken supper held In the church parlors; Experience Social held In the lecture room; a reception on the re-opening of remodeled Sunday sehooi room, and a two days' fair and supper.
'     Total   net   receipts   for   the   year, 1680.81.
The society received quite a num¬ ber of gifts, as followa: A dinner set. ¦one table cloth; three dozen towels, trays and money.
The usual Christmas remembrances ¦mt baskets of fruit were sent to the old and shut-in members of the ehurch,  17 in number.
The year has been one of peace ¦»ni prosperity.
S.S. UlTflERIIIIS TO ERECT GHUn
AT LABOE MEETINO OF SMITH¬ VILLE SOUTH PABISHES, IT IS DECIDED TO STABT EBECTION OF CHUBCH AT ONCE.
An interesting and highly success¬ ful meeting of the members of St. John's Lutheran Mission was held re¬ cently In the Flre Hall. A large num¬ ber of prominent men and women were present at the meeting called to discuss the future plans for the con¬ struction of a church. A large plot of ground was donated by Mr. Cad¬ man H, Fredericks, located on Bell¬ more avenue In the Frederick's farms. At the conclusion of the meeting It was decided to take advantage of Mr. Frederick's offer and to start the construction of an edifice within the next fortnight.
The merchants of Smithville South are quite agitated over the allegea sudden disappearance of Mr. Wirth, who, it is alleged, has taken up his permanent residence in Brooklyn, leaving a large number of unpaid bills.
"Mr. 'bob", greeted an enthusiastic audience at his recent presentation at the Fire Hall. All enjoyed a good laugh and plenty of good fun.
Regents and grade examinations were held in the paolic school this week.
Mrs. York of Webster street is con¬ fined at the home of her mother in New York City with a severe attack of pneumonia.
Charles Frisch has contributed $;'> lo the building fund of the Lutheran Church. Several smaller donations have been received. Rev. Steinbicker of Rockville Centre, In charge of the mission, wlll be glad to receive con¬ tributions of any amount to th* building fund.
Saleseirl Cool at Fire.
Because of her coolness Miss Dor- •othy Moore, -of Church street, pre¬ vented a possslble conflagration In Freeport Tueeday noon, and also sav¬ ed her employer, Arthur Miller, from heavy loss by fire. Miss Moore Is a ¦elerk In Mr. Miller's Jewelry store In -the Marine hotel building, which also Includes the large Marine hotel, Pat¬ rick Kiernan's coffee and tea store and a bootblack parlor.
How the flre started is a mystery. Mr. Miller had thawed out a pipe In the rear of his store, outelde. about 11 o'clock in the morning.
The flames spread rapidly through the building, damaging bedrooms In the hotel. The damage to the blocK .and the contents of the hotel and two -stores Is estimated at $8,000, covered by Insurance, except the stock of Mr. Kiernan.
¦^   • is     an      Important
¦'jTiPA quest lon which every person asks themselves—What wlll It cost me? But you need never have any fear as to tbe price when you buy any medicine from us. We assure you that the price Is as low as is consistent with con¬ scientious, careful work and the highest quality goods—and that on ready-made medicines and drug store articles you will And this store the cheapest place to buy.
Nor are we high-priced on prescriptions. In this line «uallty and eervice are para- saount and right prices rule.
May we not serve you with all your drug store needs?
CHUBBUCK'S
Quality Drug Store
MAIN STBEET     FBEEPOBT
Penny Sale February 1st to Sth
FREEPORT MENlll
Miss Florence Parsous of Newark, N. J., Is the guest of Mra. 1. Dlmelow for the week.
Mrs. L. Jones entertained several of her friends at her home Monday afternoon. The gueets were Mrs. J. Root, Mrs. L Dlmelow and Mrs. F. P. Alcorn.
The Randall Park tennis club have flooded their tennis court, which Is situated on Florence place. As soon as the court Is sufficiently frozen, they anticipate giving a series of Ice- skating parties, for the members and their friends.
Miss Florence Crandell la visiting in Freeport for the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry HIU and Mrs. Emerson of Roosevelt place bave rented their home here and wlll re¬ side in New York.
Miss Eleanor Schwlnn of New York city, was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Schultz.
Mr. H. F. D. Kelsey, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia. Is Im¬ proving rapidly.
Miss Linda Huntley of New York was the week-end guest of Mrs. F. Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Thayer of Brooklyn were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Smith.
Miss Lucia Miller has bpen visiting relatives In Rockaway for the past two weeks.
Miss Ethel Kinney, teacher of the eighth grade in Orove street school, wlll leave today for York, Pa., where ahe Is to be married. She Will not return to Freeport to teach.
Mr. Joseph McCloskey has procur¬ ed a position In New Brunswick, N, J. He wlll return to Freeport each week end.
Mrs. F. S. Prendergast and daugh¬ ter Ethel spent the week end with Mrs. Prendergast's parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. B. Smith of Bay Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Eldridge spent the week end In Poughkeepsie, New York.
Dr. C. Root of New York was the guest of hie 'brother, Mr. William Root, for the past week.
At the regular meeting of Alpha Council No. 1, D. ot A., held Tues¬ day evening, Jan. 11, the following ofllcers were Installed by Deputy S. C. Catherine Hudson ot Jamaica, N. T.: Junior past associate councilor, Abble C. Losee, councilor, Elsie L. Johns; associate councilor, Anqle Oremple; vice-councilor, Lizzie Raynor; asso¬ ciate vice-councilor, August Bentley; assistant secretary, Sarah Braren; conductor, Frances Raynor; warden, Mildred Cummings; inside sentinel, Esther T. Dixon; outside sentinel, Ivixxei Bloomer; trustee, 18 months. Amy Padgett; Junior past councilor, Rayde Howell; flnancial seoretary, Emmie Mount; treasurer, Henrietta Qolden; recording secretary. Ella H. W. Bentley.
TO THE BEPUBLICAN VOTEBS OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU.
Pursuant to the call of the Re¬ publican State committee, dated Jan. ir., 1916, notice is hereby given to the enrolled Republican voters of the County of Nassau that the Republican County Com¬ mittee thereof will meet on the 3l8t day of January, 1916, to de¬ termine the manner in which delegates and alternate delegatea from said county to the State con¬ vention to be held at Carnegie Hail in the City of New York, on Feb. l.')th, 1916, shall be chosen; provided, however, that If three per centum or more of the enrolled Republican voters of said county ehall flle with the chairman of the Republican County committee on or before Jan. 26th, 1916, a peti¬ tion therefor, a primary election will be held to elect such dele¬ gates and alternate delegates to such State convention.
JEREMIAH  WOOD,
Chairman. LKONE n. HOWELL, Secretary.
PUNS MUDEtLE
TO BE GIVEN AT BOYAL THEA¬ TRE, ROOSEVELT, ON JAN 27. M'CAFFBEY BBOS. AND WM. FIELDS ON THE BILL.
The Roosevelt Catholic church wlu hold a large entertainment and mov¬ ing picture show at the Royal The¬ atre on Jan. 27. Thomas McCaffrey, the well-known comedian of the vil¬ lage, Is scheduled for acrobatic danc¬ ing and humorous songs. It ie well worth the price of admission to see "Tom" do his turn. John McCaffrey and William Fields, comedy twins, are also on the bill for the event. The price of admission is 2.5 cents. Tick¬ ets can be purchased at the door. Come and enjoy a good show.
A small flre occurred In Russell Park early In the week, causing dam¬ age to the amount of |40. The flames were discovered by Mrs. Hultz of Lil¬ lian avenue. It Is presumed that the flre was started as a result of thawing out frozen water pipes. A still aiarui was sent in and the flre extinguiehed by the use of buckets.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Losee have moved to East Hampton where Mr. Losee will engage In the building and construction business.
The ladles' auxiliary of the Roose¬ velt Hose Company No. 2 will hold a progreseive euchre at the flre hall on Leonard avenue, Saturday, Jan. 22. Handsome prizes will be awarded and all are welcome.
Extensive plans are being made for a monster entertainment to be held at the Royal Theatre on the eve of March 17, under the auspices of the Harmony Republican Club of the twelfth election dlstrfct of Roosevelt. Thomas McCaffrey and Chief Pears¬ all, better known as the Gold Dust Twins, head the vaudeville program.
The stork called quite unexpected¬ ly at the home of Mr. and Mre. L. Zierman of Park avenue, early this week, leaving a bouncing baby boy. Mother and son are doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamaker of Roosevelt have moved from Nasi^au road to Woods avenue and Union place.
Movies Under Criticism.
A campaign has been started by the churches of Freeport to wipe out the evils which tend to commercialize Sunday, and a mass meeting of all the churches was held Sunday night at the Methodist church following the regular services. Strenuous objections were made against the showing of moving pictures.
The meeting resulted from the opening of a theatre the last three Sundays, and a rumor that if It con¬ tinued showing pictures, other the¬ atres of the village intended doing likewise.
The following ministers led the meeting: Rev. Saul O. Curtice, Meth¬ odist; Rev. J. Sidney Gould, Presby¬ terian; Rev. R. Heber Scott, Episco¬ palian; Rev. Augudt C. Karkau, Lu¬ theran. The Rev. John O'Toole, of the Catholic church, eent a message of encouragement. There were ad¬ dresses by othei' ministers. The meet¬ ing was adjourned until next Sunday night.
At Methodist Chnrch.
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The subjects of the special sermons at tbe M. E. church thle Sunday are as follows: Morning, "What About Future Punishment." Evening, "What Are We to Believe As to Etern¬ al Punishment."
IN FIBST OF WEEKLY LETTEBS . FBOM WASHINOTON CONOBESS- MAN FBED. C. HICKS TELLS OF NATION'S LEGISLATORS.
Washington, U. C.
Feeling that yoyr readers may be interested in a short account of the activities of Congress during the week, 1 send this brief resume of their work.
In the Senate, in addition to the consideration of routine matters, there wae much discussion of the na¬ tion's position as a neutral, with par¬ ticular reference to the fact that many of our citizens are busily en¬ gaged in the manufacture and sale of arma and munitions of war to oue side of the belligerent contestants. No'deflnite proposition was, however, agreed to on this important subject. In the latter part of the week the Mexican situation engaged the atten¬ tion of the Upper Houee, many Sena¬ tors advocating the use of force to protect the lives of Americans in that unhappy country.
In the House the week was largely taken up by the consiaeration of pen¬ sion bills and discussion of proposed legislation affecting publlc lands. By the provlsione of the two measures which passed the House, power sites on the public domain where hydro¬ electric energy can be developed, may be leased by private parties for a period of 50 years, and all mineral and oil lands included in the public lands and forest reserves are to be thrown open for lease by private In¬ terests. It Is estimated that, exclu¬ sive of Alaska, over 300,000,000 acrea of land, containing 4.50,000,000,000 tons of coal and $90,000,000,000 worth of phosphates besides unknown quantities of oil, gas and mineral fertilizers can be developed under these bills if they 'become laws.
The committee on coinage, weights and measures of whloh I am a mem¬ ber, has under consideration a, bill authorizing the treasury department to coin a McKinley gold dollar which may aid the McKinley Memorial Ae- soclatlon of Nlles, Ohio,—the birth¬ place of McKinley—to flttingly per¬ petuate the memory of the late presi¬ dent.
During the week I have been hon¬ ored by calls from J. E. Waters of Little Neck, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Wood of Jericho, Rev. Frank M. Kerr of Hempstead and Arthur Domlny of Bayshore.
With the season's greetings to all your readers, I ara.
Cordially, FREDERICK C.  HICKS.
TAXPAYERS' MEETINO.
An Important meeting of the citizens and taxpayers of the vil¬ lage of Freeport wlll be held at the Grove Street building on Wednes¬ day evening, Jan. 26, at 8 o'clock to receive and consider reports of the Freeport Sewer eommiseion liled with the board of trustees on .lan. (>. The full reports are print¬ ed on page six of this issue of The Nassau Post. A large attendance Is expected.
SPECLAL ELECTION JAN. 27.
Town Clerk Franklin C. Gilbert has given notice that a special town meeting in and for the town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, will be held pursuant to Section 4 6 of the town law on Thursday, .lan. 27th, 1916.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 51 the, polling places will be open between the hours of sun¬ rise (7o'clock a. m.) and sunsei; I 7, o'clock p. m.)
The voters of the town must pass on the proposition to lease to H. C. Pritchard, of Manhattan, a strip of road to Long Beach for a period of ninety-nine yeare.
The expense of the election is to be paid by the town ol Hempstead.
The petition's most Important features are: A 99-year lease of town lands 300 feet wide, at a yearly rental of $400. the leased laud subject to taxation; no build- insx on the leased land; free use of a ditch beside roadway to In- hubitanls; all Inhabitants of the tovn of Hempstead to have free atona to roadway; bonds to'protect tho towa against damages; no trolley line to be constructed on roadway without written consent of I lie town board.
Other clauses pertain to minor oii.lltion.s.
BIRDSALL JACKSON MAKES INTERESTIN6 REPOBT TO BOARD
Other Routine Business Trans¬ acted at the Meeting
jyiRS GUlM B.B. CHAMPIONSHIP
HEMPSTEAD BASKET BALL TEAM ADDS ANOTHER VICTORY TO ENVIABLE RECORD — CLAIM COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
H".'npslead Junior.s won their eighth straight game lu a row by de¬ feating Country Life Second at St. George's gymnasium last Thursday night by a score of 44-11.
The Hempstead Juniors wlll play Lynbrook Second at St. George's gym¬ nasium Monday night, Jan. 24. Game will start at 7.30 p. m.
llempstead High school will play Lynbrook High school at St. George's gymnasium Monday night, Jan. 24. Dancing after the game.
The Hempstead Juniors will play Merrick High school at St. George's gymnasium Thurday night, Jan. 2J. The team will play Sea Cllft Second team at Sea Cllft Friday night, Jan. 28. The Hempstead J«nlors claim the championship for the weight of 124 pounds or under, for Nassau county.
COIJIS'TRY LIF-trSECOND
Goals.FoulB.Pl.i.
Kimball, rlRht forward..   3           1 7
Wurtz,   loft   forward   ....0           0 0
UoKon,  cun ire       1           U -
O'Connell, centre    1           0 2
Brown, left guard       0           0 u
KrebB, right  guard    0           0 0
Totals      5           1 11
HKMP.S'rEAD JUNIORS
Goals.Fouls.Pt«.
Holmes,   right   forward..   4           4 12
(Jreenburg-,  left forward.   5           4 14
Kyan,  centre       7           i) 14
WnilamB,  right  guard...   1           0 2
.Jones,  left Kuard    0           U 0
Hutcheson,  left  guard...   1           0 li
Totals   18 8        44
Referee—John Kreischer. Timekeep¬ er—Henry Geer. Scorer—Mortimer D. Jones.
SUPERVISORS 0. K, BENNEH'S BOND
RESOLUTIONS BELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF LATE CHABLES L PHIPPS ADOPTED,
SELF BENTS STOBE.
Elvin Harrison ot Babylon has rented the middle store in the Samuel Self block on Orand avenue and will open up a flrstclass tailoring estab¬ lishment, about Feb. 1.
Onejsf the larger stores In the Self block has been rented to W. Peter¬ man, who has opened up a flrst-class meat market, and reports a consider¬ able increase In business.
The board of supervisors held tbeir regular meeting in their chambers In the court houee on Frida>, Jan. 14. The reading of the minutes of tne previous meeting was dispensed with.
It was resolved that the bond of Earl J. Bennett, county comptroller of Nassau county, be flxed at the sum of $5,000, conditioned upon the faith¬ ful performance ot his duties as such county official.
With the full concurrence of all members of the board a slight change wae made in the budget of the Port Washington sewer district in the town of North Hempstead, resulting In the reduction ot the special tax rate from 62 to 23 cents.
The following resolutions relative to the death of tbe late Charles L. Phipps were spread upon the min¬ utes and the meeting was ad(Journed.
Freeport Club's Annnal Meetine.
The annual meeting of the Freeport Club was held at the clubhouse Mon¬ day evening, Jan. 10, with about fifty members present.
The tollowing ofllcers were elected: President, C. Dwight Baker; vice- president, Leonard S. Mabee; secre¬ tary, John S. Sumner; treasurer, Charles M. Vanderoef; members ot board of directors, WlUlam H. Grace, M. Milbank, August V. Jobnson, For¬ rest S. Dunbar.
OBITOARY
Charles E. Humphrey of this vll¬ lage, died quite suddenly at Pauls- boro, N. J.. Monday night of pneu¬ monia. He had been employed In that village for a period of six months. The members of his family were at his bedside at the time of his death.
Mr. Humphrey, much respected and beloved by his friends and neigh¬ bors was born at Willow Grove, town of Stillwater, Saratoga county, Sept. 21, 18B7. He was a carpenter by trade, living a quiet but impressive and unerring Christian life. He has been a resident of Freeport for 20 years.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hattie B. Humphrey, and three chil¬ dren, Bulah, Mildred and Harry.
The funeral and interment wlll be held at Mechanlcsvllle.
0. A. B. Installation.
Saturday evening, Jan. 22, the new offlcers of the D. B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R., of Freeport, will be Installed by J. B. Land of Now York. All vet¬ erans of the Grand Army are cordially Invited to be present. Services to be held at Post headquarters, Merrrick road.
AT   THK   FLAK A.
Week of Jan. 24. Monday, WUllam FaverBham, lh "One Million Dollars," by Arnold Fredericks, In five acts. Tues¬ day. Valentine Grant in "The Taint." in three acts. Lillian Walker and Antonio Moreno In "A Model Wife," In two acta. Wednesday. The celebrated Frendh ac¬ tress In "The Circular Btalrcase." in flve acts, adapted from the novel by Mary Roberts. Thursday, Clara Williams and Howard Hickman In "The Man from Oregon," In five acts, by C. Gardner Sul¬ livan. Friday, Darwin Karr and An- xonette Moore In "The t»BinR Game," In three acts. Heart-Vltagraph Weekly, latest news in pictures. Haturday, Harry Heatayer In "The Burled Treasure of Cobre," In three acts, by Richard Hard¬ ing Davis.—Adv.
The weekly meeting of the town board was held on Tuesday; Justice Neu being absent. The minutes of the last meeting were read and ap¬ proved. The report of acting health ofTicer, Dr. Howard M. Phipps, as read by Juslice Jonee was received and flled.
Ephlrani J. Jennings addressed the members of the board and filed addi¬ tional data ri'lative to his attempt to compel the city of New York to open up Eagle aveiuie. West Heinpstead.
A petition was received from tax¬ payers of Seaford, asking that Wash- ; ington avenue, illegally closed, be opened. The same was referred to town superintendent of highways, A. G. Patterscm, with power to retain (oiinsel to ascertain exact status of the avenue.
Birdsall Jackson  was present and made a report on waterways and pub¬ lic   land  of  the   town   of  Hempstead which we print herewith. REPORT    OF    WATERWAYS    AND
ITHLIC LA.VDS OK THK TOWN OF  HE.MPSTEAD. Gentlemen of the Town Board,
Town of Hempstead, New York.
Pursuant to your request for a gen¬ eral report upon such Improvement of the waterway.s and publlc lands of the town, as has been carried on under my direction. I beg leave to submit the following review of what has been done during the past two years, together with some recommendations for the future.
Under your authorization, permits have be§n obtained for improvement of many of the principal waterways of the town, and a considerable por¬ tion ot the necessary dredging has been completed In the following loca¬ tions: Seaford Creek, WanUgh Canal, Bellmore Creek, Island Creek, the channel north of Snipe Island, or Cross Teal Thatch, Long Creek at Freeport, and Milburn Creek at Bald¬ win.
The comparatively sniall ainount al present available for this work has limited the operations to a great ex¬ tent, and for that reason it has been considered advisable to improve those portions of the various channels which required Immediate attention.
It has been the aim, however, to carry on the work In such a way a.s to lead up eventually to a general and comprehensive improvement of our whole system of waterways, with particular reference to connecting them with the proposed Bay Channel, as soon as that is completed.
The permanency of the work done up to the present time will differ con¬ siderably in different localities. In general the channels near the upland will require much less attention pro¬ portionately tlian those near the beach, where the tides are much stronger. It has been our purpose to deposit the dredged material, wher¬ ever possible, upon the Islands ad¬ joining the waterways, with the two fold object of improving the shore frontage belonging to the town and of preventing the materials from again obstructing the channels. It is perhaps conservative to etate tliat the permanency of Improvement in the waterways up to the present time would compare favorably with the average road Improvement througn- out the town.
In addition to the above, permits have been obtained for future work as follows:
Improvement of Funday Channel, Flat Creek, Horserace Channel, and the channel adjoining Green Island, or Cross Teal. Navigation Is very dlfllcult at these localities, and what¬ ever funds are available for that pur¬ pose should be used to Improve them during the present year, as they are among the most used waterways of the town.
' It has been my privilege under your authorization to locate and to monu¬ ment permanently the Park Reserva¬ tion at Point Lookout and Nassau Beach, which was reserved for the use of the people of the town of Hemp¬ stead at the time of the sale of the beach  to tbe Reynolds company.
I would call your attention partic¬ ularly to the great value of this Park Reservation to the people of the town, and to the Icrease of its area and en¬ hancement of its value which would result from the completion of the dredging, filling in and bulkheading along tbe bay, if done as agreed by the Estate of Long Beach.
1 take pleasure in directing your attention to'the tollowing recommen¬ dations for Improvements to be con¬ sidered in the future:
First—I would recommend that some general and uniform plan ot buoying and staking the waterways of the town be adopted. This should conform as far as practicable to the. United States government rea^ulatlons for Inland waterways, and should be carried out In such a manner than any stranger coming into our waters would be able to go from one place to another without   the  many   present
difficulties. In particular, the en¬ trances to tbe channels leading to the various villages should be so marked that there would be no difficulty tn recognizing them. The expense of doing this work with a system similar to that used In other sections would be very slight, considering the added attractiveness and Increased ease ot navigation of the waterways of the town.
Second—I would further recom¬ mend the completion of the survey 'of the meadow and beach lands be¬ longing to the town. About two- thirds of this work has been done, and the fact that a considerable area ot the remaining ona-thlrd Is now a fa^ jpect of litigation with the town of Oyster Bay would seem to Indicate the advisability of determining the boun¬ daries of all unsurveyed portlona without further delay. Whatever may be the general opinion concern¬ ing the advisability of making a spec¬ ial appropriation for this work, it would seem to me reasonable and logical that the income from the leases and rentals of our common land should be used to do away with any indeflniteness concerning the boun¬ daries thereof or the rights of the people therein.
Third Considering the many needs of improvement of our local waterways and the smallness of the prosent appropriation ot flve thou¬ sand (|5,onn) dollars annually avail¬ able for that purpose, I would recom¬ mend that measures be taken to au¬ thorize an increase of this fund to ten thousand ($10,000) dollars por year, to be expended at the discretion of the town board for the improvement of the waterways and public lands and to meet the necessities ot the residents of the various villages in their access to the waterways, mead¬ ow islands, or beach lands of the town. That the residents of euch vil¬ lages as Baldwin and Seaford should be obliged to depend upon the per¬ missions of private owners for access to our public waterways is a condition which should be done away with; and the solution of the problem, which would have been comparltlvely easy a few yeare ago, will become In¬ creasingly difflcult with the lapse of time.
I feel that I cannot conclude this report without reference to the loss lately sustained by the town, and particularly by those Interested in its waterways. In the untimely death of Mr. E. Terry Southard. It was my privilege and pleasure to be associ¬ ated with him during the past year In the dredging of Milburn Creek. En¬ tirely familiar as he was with the difficulties of this kind of work, al¬ ways ready with the suggestions tor Improvement and equally ready to carry out suggestions made by others; and withal, a thorough yachtsman and a good friend, he leaves a place which It will be almost im^osel.ble to
In conclusion, allow me to express to the board collectively and individ¬ ually my thanks for your careful con¬ sideration of all matters brought for¬ ward by me in respect to the pres¬ ent needs of the waterways of tho town as well as the future develop¬ ment thereof.
Hespectfiilly submitted, BIRDSALL JACKSON,
Civil Engineer.
Conklin Tenders Dinner.
.After the regular meeting of Free- port Chapter No. 302, R. A. M., on Wednesday evening. Jan. 19, a supper was tendered by Mr. Piatt Conklin in honor of his seventy-seventh birth¬ day anniversary. As a token of the esteem of the membera he was pre¬ sented with a handsome easy chair. Mr. Conklln haa been a mason tor 4 9 years, and a member and offlcer of Freeport chapter since Its Incep¬ tion, holding the offlce of master ot the third vall.
INSURANCE
ALL BBANCHES
FIRE AUTOMOBILE LIFE
PERSONAL ACCIDENT
BURGLARY
SURETY   BONDS
REAL ESTATE
ALL KINDS
Clarence A. Edwards
Sncoeiior to Libby A Edwards
39 Bailroad Ave.    Opposite D^ot
Freeport, New York. Office Tel. 36. Ree., 909.