South Side Messenger 19140610

              OUTH SIDE MESSENGER
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rREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10. 1914
Every Wednesday
Vol 6, Number 24
Merrick
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Services at the Church of tbe Re> deemer Sanday, the First After Trini¬ ty, at 7.80 an(} 11 o'clock and 8.00 o'clock P.M. Cblebration of the Holy Cnmmcinion nt (Ha early aervice. Mom. ing Prayer and sermon at the 11 o'clock service.. The Church School meets in the Parish House at 10 A. M. The G. F. S. meets on Mondays at 8.00 and 4.00 o'clock. The'Woman's'Auxiliary meets on Thursday's at 2.30 P. M. The Boy Scoots meet Jon Thursdays from 7.00 to 8.00 o'clock. The Choir'meets on Fridays at 8.00 P.M. A cordial in¬ vitation is extended to all to attend the services of this church and unite in its community activities.
Arnold Bartow, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Saumcl Bartow, employed after school hours and on Saturdays in the store of E. S. Miller, was burned on Saturday afternoon while drawing gas¬ olene. Arnold does not know how the accident happened but suddenly he wae •flame and was badly burned from the toes of the right foot to the hip. Pos¬ sibly be stepped upon a match, ignit¬ ing the gasolene fumes. The boy ran out-of-doors where the tank was to the store where some men tore off the burning clothing. He was bathed in sweet cil snd lime wster snd sfter¬ wards att^ended by Dr. Carman. He is mending nicely.
The annusi fair of the Church of the Redeemer is being held today. Wednes day.
Miss Mary Kent of Flushing was the guest over Sunday of her brother Rich- ard^Kent at "Robin's Neat".
Thi2 local Futrol of the Boy Scouts are expecting to present Miss MacLar- en at tho Parish House on June 24th. in "Tna Misleading Lady". Tickets will be 35 centa. This announcement of thii Scouts affords great pleasure os Miss Mac Laren is a prime favorite witb Merrick audiences.
The firemen of Company No. 2 are meeting weekly in preparation for their great fair on July 2, 3, and 4. They are planning events which will doubtless attract'a great many visi¬ tors. Athletic eventa'will be held on the Fourth in the afternoon and fire¬ works in the evening. The object of this fair is tii<3 raising of funds for the building of a fire house on their prop¬ erty on Camp Ave.
The praduating exercises of Mer¬ rick Grammar School will be heid in Firemen's Hall, Friday, evening, June 19, at 8 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to everyo'ne to be present.
Long Island Waterway Appeal Successful
Congressman Lathrop Brown hna been notified by the War Department that the project for a canal to connect Jamaica Bay through Great South Bay to Pceonic Bay has been referred from the Board of Engineers for Rivera and Harbors to the District Engineer's Office at New York. Col. Roessler. tbe District Engineer, has been re¬ quested to confer "with alL parties in interest with a view to developing the most favorable plan of co*operation and to submit a report thereon."
Every citizen of Long Island is a party in interest in this project. Be¬ ginning with the Gity of New York at the west and extending to Shelter Isl¬ and on the east, every hamlet, every village, every township, and the coun¬ ties of Nassau and Suffolk are parties in interest.
Col. Roessler will arrange for con¬ ferences and Congressman Brown makes this appeal to all the duly elect¬ ed officials of the people to be pre¬ pared to meet any situation which may •rise.    It ia NOW or never.
Haff Appeals Judgment
m__-„jt^'J^r^- ^^^' j*"' ''" appealed, •"¦**^ rafSunL"*his attorneys, Edwards & Lory, to the Appellate Division from tbe judgment of the County Court, 'il^hich waa secured against bim by Carman Plant. The appeal wili be ar¬ gaed «t the October term.
Farm'for sale, 147 acres of land 12 rollefl from Albany market (and near LawBon's Lake Summer resort) ihouse, 20 rooms, barn, granary, wash and ice houae, shed, shop, 2 wagon housea, ete.; all in first class order. Apple Orchard, 80 acrea good woodland. Ad> dreaa R. C. Pinkham, Clarksville, Al¬ bany Co., N. Y.
Bellmore
Wantagh
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Services will be held at tbe M. E. Church Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.; Sonday School at 2:80^. m.; Epworth League at 7; 16; evening service at 7:45; preaching by the pastor, Rev. William Dalziel; all are cordially wel¬ come.
Children's Day will be observed in the M. E. Chnrch this coming Sunday evening, June 14. All parents and friends will be cordially welcomed. Cotne and encourage the children.
Samuel Self now has his real estate office at Clare S.Bartholomew's under¬ taking establishment.
F. Benzer and his son-in-law, Mr. Latage, were both badly burned about the face on Tuesday evening of last week when'a gas machine exploded at the Benzer home on Bellmore Avenue. The machine had been working poorly tbat evening. They went to ascertain the trouble, cairying a lighted lantern with them, which caused the explosion. Both Mr. Benzer and Mr. Latage are recovering nicely under the care of Dr. M. H. Skcu.
Jerome Messina entertained a num¬ ber of friends from Brooklyn on Mon¬ day.
Father King is spending the week in Vermont.
A mission priest will conduct a Catholic Mission next Sunday at Sea¬ ford and the following Sunday at Beil¬ more.
Samuel Self reports that be has solo a farm for Waring & Mansfield at Sea¬ ford to John Kiernan of Freeport."
Last Saturday a number of the chil¬ dren of the public school enjoyed an' outing to Hfgh Hill Beach.
The T. Y. L. D. C. will hold a dance at Firemen's Hall Saturday evening, July 18.
A number of young people of the village will hold a moonlight sail to High Hill Beach next Saturday   night.
John Seaman of Oyster Bay, former¬ ly of this village, spent Sunday with friends here.
Moses Hunt and family are occupy¬ ing their cottage at High Hill Beach for the summer.
A carload of gaa pipe has arrived here and is being distributed^along the streets.
BASEBALL
Bellmore was defeated Sunday by the Altoona A. C. from Hemsptead in the best game played on the local ilia- mond this seaaon bv a score of 2 to 0. The visitors had the beat lineup of any team that has thus far visited Bell¬ more, including "Sh^ad" Lewis, whohad a trial with the Boston Red Sox and Marshall, who pitched ball all over the Island and is well known. Amos Bald¬ win, who waa twirling for the locals, pitched a fine game, probably the best of his career, holding the visitors to three hits, besides striking out 10 men. It was really a very hard game to lose after pitching such fine ball. Bellmore got six hits off Mar shall.
The story of the two runs is told in a few words: In the sixth inning Marshall led off with the first hit off Amos, getting a two-bagger, the next hit was a fly to center to Lutz, who had taken Bartholomew's place: he caught the ball but made a wild heave over third, the runner scoring. The second run was the result of a base on balls, a missed third strike and a hit.
Next Sunday Springfield will be the visitors.
Tbe score by innings of Sunday's game was as follows:
Altoona 00000101 0—2
Belmore 00000000 0—0
COMMENTS Tough lack for Amos.     He pitched great ball and beld them down without a hit until the sixth inning.
Our outfielders only had two chances Surolay.
"Hank ' ^Marshall, tbe opposing pitcher, Showed great speed and abil¬ ity. He pitches for some of the best teams on Long Island, but he bad nothing on Amos.
Ed. Smith is again playing at first base, Apeler going to the outfield. In the last two games be has showed aome fine work around the initial sack.
Howard Schnieder played a great game at short Sunday, stopping some hard groundera and getting tbe runner each time.
Catcher "Shad" Lewis of the Hemp- steads caaght a great game and his torowing to bases was perfect. Very little chance of stealing bases on bim.
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George W. James and daaghter Bea trice, of Dix Hills, L. I., formerly of tbis place, were tba guests of Warren James and family of Oakland Avenue, over Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Valentine celebrated their fifteenth anniversary on Saturday evening last at a reception given in the Parish House.
The building was tastefully decorat* ed with flowers for the occasion and an orchestra rendered appropriate music. An elegant collation was served in the basement to whicb all did ample jus¬ tice. Mi. and Mrs. Valentine were the recipients of many beautiful and use¬ ful presents and received the heartiest congratulations of all present. Among the guests at the reception were the following: Mr. and Mrs i<'. S. Hicks, Miss Sarah Hicks, Miss Annie Hicks, Walter Booth, Mrs. Blackman, Mr. and Mra. Jobn Box, Miss Ethel Box, Miss Florence Box, Miss Jennie Box, Miss Ella Morrison, Stanley M. Cox, Edwin B. Wendler, Harold Van Tuyl, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Box, Misses Bertha Box, Emma Box, Florence Box, Mattie Box, Mr. and Mrs, Birdsall Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hewlett, of Freeport; Miss E. Hewlett, George H. Allen, Mrs. A. E. Hunt, Misses Sutherland, Faling, Turner, Mrs. J. R. Rhame, Rev. T. S. Braithwaite, Harry Braithwaite, Miss Blanche and Lucy Seaman, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Seaman, Mrs. Abbie C. Smith, David Fussell, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Fussell, lij'dwin Fusseii, Misses Charlotte and Annie Garner, William Garner, 'Mr. and Mrs. Birdsall Smith, Mr. and Mrs John T. Cowles, Miss Laura Cowles, Elliott Van Noijtrand, Miss Jeanette and Eliza Van Nostrand. Geo. Beachel, Miss Annie Smith, Mrs. An¬ nie Hanington, Miss Ethel Hanington, Mr. ard jMrs. Clinton Place, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Avogadro, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thornton, Miss Sarah Soper, George Seaman, Sidney Seaman, Abner Seaman, Mrs. M. Post, Mr. and Mra. William Garner, Misses Mary Garner and Emma Smith,|Mr. and Mrs. James Van Nostrand, Miss Luella Van Nos¬ trand, Clarence Van No'»trand, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Seaman, of Mineola; Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey, Raymond Bailey, How¬ ard Bailey, Mrs. Catherine, of Glen Head; L.I.; Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schreves, Mr. and Mra. WiJliarn Dean, Mr. und Mrs. Alex. Avogadro, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Southaui, .Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scha fer, Mr. and Mrs. 'Arthur Gowd, Mrs. H. P. Allen, Mrs. Rh«ia Jackson,Miss Helen Jackson, Miss Bessie Young, Charips Allen, Marvin M. Brooks.
The members of the Physical Culture and Folk Dancing Class held a May festival in the Parish House on May 28. There was a large number present and the girls did excellent in their parta.
The following is the program:
Part I—Exercise and drill. Whist¬ ling Solo, Miss  McClure.
Part II—(Folk Dances) Bounding Heart, Wooden Shoes, Dutch Dance; Goralsky, Russian Mountain Dance; White Cockade, French Military Dance; May Pole Dance.
The following are membersjof the Physical Culture and Folk Dancing Class: Florence Box Jennie Box, Helen Jackson, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Car¬ penter, Stella Faling, Mary Garner, Bessie Seaman, Henrietta Seaman,''Ag¬ nes Box, Florence Box, Margaret Ma¬ gee, Mattie Box, Bertha Box,'Lillian Siems, Ethel James, Ethel Walters. Ethel Box, Jeanette VanNostrand, and Lida VanNostrand.
Don't forget the supper and saie of aprons and notions to be given by the Ladies Aid Society on Wednesday night, June 10, in the Parish House. Supper will be served at 6:80. All are invited.
Next Sunday in the Memorial Church the Pastor will preach a sermon in the morning appropriate to Children's .Day, which will be observed. In the evening the children of the Sunday School will have a service in the Par¬ ish House at 7:46 with recitationa, and songs. An offering will be taken for missions.
The Auxiliary League held a meet¬ ing on Tuesday evening in the Parish House.
Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite was a speaker at St. Marks Church, Rock¬ viile Centre, last Saturday in connec¬ tion with the South Side Sunday School Union.
It is expected tbat tbe graduation exercises of the Union Free School will take pla:e on the 18th.
Commencement exercises will be held in the Parish Hoase on Thursday jBveniag, June 18. An exhibition of achool work will be beld at tbe close.
Smithville Sauth
Freeport
Through the eeneroBity of Mrs. A. L/J*" our esteemed contemporao, Frisc-h the Boy Scouts of Smithville *•>* fi""" P??S«'^^"V"'^,**"'* ^^^ South are allowed to use the flag pole ' ^°"''l °" "° 5«^! " P'***' ' '^^ "l"] that is to the south of the Fire Head-' ^«'\*° "«P"yi'"y «mmd them tha quarters and the Scouts have promised "°°'^^^'^yj" ^^'^'^ P'.'"t'nB,<^«P«^tment to  care for the land and make a   lawn i "^^'^^^ °^ ««^'«"' P'««« °^ '*»« '^«'^''*-
on It.
From the pole on high days and holi days flies a large American flag pre¬ sented to the Troop by Frank L. Hack, a member of the Troop Committee.
ed boiler plate in their last issue, for which they should be sharply brought tu account.
Fred S. Patterson, Wn of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Patterson of Soath Main Street, and Paul Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Johnson of North Main  Street,   graduated from   Cooper
SCHOOL NOTES The pupils of School District No.   4, whose^name^s follow^ were perfect both j y ^j^^ l^^tUute^NTw York"city7"F7i in attendance an-  ..eportmen.  -O-'cg ' ggy gyenjp^.gach of them having  nn- the^monthof May: ished a four years'course in   civil   en¬
gineering and graduating with honors. Mesbrs. Patterson and Johnson were graduates of Freeport High School   in the  Class  of 1908, and went   through Cooper   Union   together,   and each re¬ ceives the degrees of Bachelor of   Sci¬ ence in Civil Engineering, and each of them is   now   employed   by   the   New York Telephone Co. in the engineering Anna i (Jepartment.    In connection with their I diplomas,   large  bronze  medals  were awarded   to   Messrs.    Patterson   and Johnson.
First Grade— Bernard^Collette.Dom- inlck Ferri, Peter Johnson, Wilton May, Louis Mueller, Roger May, Helen Carpenter, Ella Ferri, Melissa Harm¬ er, '•'lorence Reige, May Keenan, Jo¬ seph Sposito, Alvin Todd, Winifred Hilton, Carl Swahn.
Second Grade—Helen Beyerle,  Jen¬ nie   Carpenter,   George Cocmbs, Her¬ bert   Mueller,   Dennis   Regan, Keenan. Sara Sprague.
Third Grade—Emma Tatje.
Fourth Grade—Joseph McDermott, Harry Crookes. Alfred Ecker. Hazel Betts, Gladys Vooris, Jennie William¬ son, May McQuade, Dorothy Gierum.
Fifth Grade?—Lillian Feld, Vera Sprague.
Sixth Grade—Armas Kandelin.Elsie Betts, Anna Beyerle, Marie Rath.
Eighth Grade — Amelia Barker, Daisy Straubel, Fred Hodgson.
New Telephones
FREEPORT
638 M. E. J..Flanagan, jr., 254 Rose Street,
24 R, H. B. Kennedy, 48 No. Bergen Place.
858, George Hoffman, 265 So. Ocean Avenue.
96 J, Matthew N. Howard, Roose¬ velt Avenue.
949, W. Martin Johnson, Forbes Place.
Mrs. A. E. Frost, proprietor of the Crystal Lake House, has made an ad¬ justment of her insurance loss with tbe sdjusters, who have agreed to re¬ build the destroyed parts, and to have the hotel readv for her to use again by July 1.
I CARD. OF THANKS
I At the regular meetmg of Truck ' Company No. 1, Fieeport Fire Depart- j ment, on Tnesday evening, June 2, a I motion was unanimously carried that {this companv extend a vote of thanks to the taxpayers fnr their support at the special election of May 6.
F. S. Snedeker, jr..
Foreman.
During June, July and Augast, meet- j ings of Freeport   Lodge,   B. P. O. E., I will be held only on the first and  third I Thursday evenin{Ts,    instead   of   every 883, Raymond Belmont,  Miller Ave- j Thursday as before.
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127-M,   C.   A.    Reitmeyer,    16   W. |     Flag Day will be celebrated   at   the
Dean Street. lodge room by Freeport Lodge,   B.   P.
35-R, \.   C.   Bundy,    118   Pearsall   0. E., on Saturday, June  13   at   2:30.
Avenue. j The oration will be delivered  by   Rev.
796 W, Charles   E    Mackay,   Smith i George  E. Bishop,   D.   D.,   pastor  of
Street.
497, H. C. Schlegel,   Smith   Street
282 R, J. F. Hunt, Miller Avenue.
403'M, J.   Cecil   Powers,   Southside Avenue.
508, E. E. Audrovetle, 280 So. Ocean Avenue.
155, Nella Bergen Hopper, Roosevelt Place.
278.M, George   S.   Mosely.   93 Ocean Ave.
928, Jos. Neuhoif, Prince Street
St. Marks Church, Rockviile Centre.
MERRICK 303, Charles Hays, Merrick Avenue.
LONG BEACH 121, Dr. Herbert Conatable,  Laurel- ton Boulevard.
137, Benjamin Duveen, Penn Street.
92, George Rawak, Beech Street.
93, B.Wasserman, 86 Chester Street.
147, Ignatz Kann, Olive Street. 130, Robert Boyd, Long Beach Blvd. 113,     Parsons   Long     Beach    Inc.
Confy. and Cigars, Boardwalk.
180.Victor E. Freeman, ulive Street. 258, I. E. Newburger, Beech Street. 61, Emanuel Jacob, 26a Olive Street. 140, Herman Lissner,   Olive Street.
148, George  M.   Cohan,    Magnolia Boulevard.
164, Edgai F. Mason, Boardwalk.
LYNBROOK
938,    Willett  M.   Smith,     Edmond Street.
938,    William   P.    Houst, Street.
Street   Commissioner  Sprague  now has the    task   of   oiling   the    village streets..    The Village Board   has   pur¬ chased three carloads of oil, each from n diiTereiit concern,  with   the   idea   of seeing whicji one reems   best   adapted for thr; use upon the   Peekjkill   gravel No. j loads,   thnt   being   the uiaterinl of all our local improved st.rcet^, ¦• I     It   in   the   intention uf the Board, if "j possible,   to   oil   ali the streets   which Live   been   improved, providing   there i^  enckigli   money   in   the   fund    with which tiTcomplete the work.
The New York Annual Conference of the Bethel A. M. E. Church closed Sunday evening. The Conference was presided over by Bishop Evans Tyree of the First Epiacopal District. All of the pastors were returned, except Rev. S. H. V. Gumbs, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church of this village, who ia appoirUfd to Flushing A. M. E. Church, n larger and much more flour¬ ishing church. Rev. P. M. Laws of Westbury has been appointed to Free- port Church to succeed Dr. Gumbs.
The eighth annual banquet of the Freeport High School Alumni Associa¬ tion will be held at the Garden City Hotel on Thursday evening, June 25, at 8 o'clock. It is planned to have a Edmond I special trolley leave Freeport at 7:15 sharp.
1021-W, Frank Mapes, Earl Avenue. 957-W,-Carl Bier, Norwood Avenue, Malverne.
WANTAGH
Followers of Izaak Walton are visit¬ ing the shores of Hempstead Bay,   off Freeport.    in   large   numbers    daily. .Trains, automobiles and   ti'olleys  con- 267,    Mrs.   Charled Baker,   Hughes  y^y t^e amateur and professional fish- Street, Wantagh. | ermen to Freeport, and they are  mak- lae-W, Albin & Buchanan,   Seaman i jng gome fine hauls of  blackfish.    The Neck Road, Seaford. blacks are running in schools, partlcu- 232 J, John Rickel, Wantagh  Road, j )„iy  strong  near the  wreck  of  the Bellmore.                                                  | pg^er Rickmera, the oil schooner which 126-J,   Henry   L. Seaman,   Bunker \ „„ on the shoals east of Jones'   Inlet Place, Wantagh.                                       I several   years  ago.    The  wreck  was
I blown open and burned. j    Here tbe swarm of   fishermen  look¬ ing for blackfish   (congregate  in  their
  I boats each morning and   some  of  the
Mrs. A. Carman will entertain the j catches are as heavy as fifteen pounds. Silk Stocking 600 Club at her home on ! It is reported that the fish are so plen- Tbursday afternoon. tiful that tbey jump out of the  w.'tter
East Rockaway
Next Saturday, beginnning at 10 a. \a., the regular quarterly and annual session of the Queens Nassau District Lodge of Good Templars will be held in Firemen's Hall, this village. The routine business wiil be conducted and officers for the fiscal year will be el¬ ected. Tbese officers will be installed about 4:00 p. m. on that day, aod all are invited to witness the installation ceremony.
Mrs. David Langdon will entertain the King's Daughters at her bome on Thursday afternoon.
Under the auapices of tbe Ladies' Aid Society a strawberry^festival will be bel(l this Wednesday evening on the lawn of Bethany Cbarcb. '
for   bait.    Fluke,   flounders,   Spanish mackerel and weakfish are also numer¬ ous, but no bluefish are being caught. —Eagle.
Mrs. Minnie H. Schacht and Tred* well Bedell, both of Freeport, were married Wednesday evening at the residence of R^v. A. C. Karkau." pas¬ tor of the Christ Lutheran (Tharclt.
The regular meeting of the Fire Coancil will be held Wednesday even¬ ing, June 17, at the bouse of Wide Awake Engine Co- All citiiens of the village are weloomed at tbese meet¬ ings, whether or not they are members; of tbe Pire Department. i
Killed When Auto Skids
Quite a sudden and severe shock was given the entire community on Thurs¬ day morning last when it was learned that Receiver of Taxes Joseph T. Hall of thia vii.ugi' hrud been killed at the Franklin avenue turn at the Hemp¬ stead Road when his automobile,, in which he was driving all alone, had run into a tree, throwing Mr. Hall to the ground and injuring him so severe¬ ly that he died at the Nassau Hospital, where he had been removed, in a very few moments after his arrival at the Hospital. While the reason for the machine running into a tree as report¬ ed appears to be a measure unknown, it has been intimated by many of his triends that Mr. Hall must have suf¬ fered a slight shock, and during this period, the machine, being out of his control, ran into the tree with the sad result following. While Mr. Hall haa driven a machine for a number of years, be was always noted as a care¬ ful driver and iu>t a lover of great speed.
Mr. Hall was filling his second terra as Receiver of Taxet), and during his incumbency of tbat office he has made a large number of sincere friends, by his genial and pleasant manner, all of who.m join in mourning his unfortun¬ ate end. Mr. Hall has been closelv identified with the Republican Party ail of his life, and he has held the po- liition of Overseer of the Poor, and also that of Assessor. Several years ago he was a candidate for Supervisor, but was defeated bj-. four votes by Robert Seabury.
He was a member of Massapequa Lodge, No. 822, F. & A. M.; Valley Stream Court of Foresters of America; Valley Stream Council of Jr. 0. U. A. M., and an exempt member of the Val* ley Stream Fire Department.
He leaves a widow, two daughtersi Florence L. and Helen I., and two sons, Lyman H. and Joseph H. Hall.
The funeral service was held at his late residence, Corona avenue, on Mon¬ day aftetnoon, the Rev. F. W. Varney, pastor of the First M. P. Church, Lyn¬ brook, and the Rev. Charles I. Wal¬ lace, pastor of Grace M. E. Church, Valley Stream, officiating, with Inter¬ ment in Greenfield Cemetery.
Hundreds of residents of the Town of Hempstead attended the funeral ser¬ vice, all desiring to testify the respect and esteem in which Mr. Hall wiis held.
Fire Council
Recoipmends Mack Tractor
A apecial meeting of the Fire Coun¬ cil was held at the Engine House Wed¬ nesday evening, for the purpose of re¬ ceiving bids for furnishing a motor tractor for hauling Truck 1.
In attendance were Chiefs Lociiam, Pearsall and Smith, Wardens Williams of Hoae 1, Cotter and White of Hose 2, Sumner of Hose 4, Snedeker and Niles of Truck 1, gupert of Engine 1.
Six bids were received,  as follows:
Robinson Fire Apparatus Mfg. Co.. 4 cylinder, $3727.50; 6cylinder, $3940.
American La France Fire Engine Co., $3956.
R. and L. Company (Garford) $4000.
International Motor Company(Mack) $8595.
KissellKar, $3000.
Knox (three wheel) $3810.
After the bids had been received tbe representatives of the different com¬ panies present, the American La France, Garford, Mack and Knox, were allowed to speak on the merits of iheir cars and the bids they had submitted, after which they<.were asked to retire and the Council considered the i ids. It was finally unanimously decided to recomme.id to the Village Board the purchase of a Mack   tractor.
Two bids were submitted by the suc¬ cessful bidder, oab being for a light car, with an engine similar to the com¬ bination cars now generally used by the N. Y. F. D., but the committee from the truck company thought thin too light, and requested a bid on a heavier truck at the same time. The bid for the light car was $2959, the lowest bid received.
The proposal made by this company includes a 8-ton truck, 4 cylinder, 4 cycle engine, with a guaranteed speed of 20 miles per hour and a maximum of 80. Right drive, right control, with a wheel base of 126 inches. Roefamore self-starter, electric lighta. An instructor is to remain with the car for ten days to instruct the men en handling the car. The tractor ia guaranteed against defects in work¬ manship for a period of three years and monthly inspection is made by tbe company.
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City Planting Trees
Under the supervision of Girdeli V. Brower of the water department, 80.* 000 pine and poplar ^rees have recent- lybeen planted along the banks of the water supply in this Town. For the present, tbey have beon planted in groups of only a few feet «part anttl tbey have attained larger growtb.tben tL be transplanted. The trees are dn* ly a few inches in height.