South Side Messenger 19130103

              'arcel Post Started     ^^^^^B Christinas at Smithville South
Record of Freeport Events 1912
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER. FREEPORT VILLAGE
V«i 8, NumlMr 23
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FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y^ FRIDAY. JANUARY 3, 1913
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Merrick
Eaatar fall* on Mareb 28 tbii yaar. Lant bagioa witb Asb Wednetday on Fabroary 5tb.
Sarf ieaa at tba Cbareb of tba Ba¬ d—mat on Sanday at 7:80 and 11 a. ¦a. and 8 p. m. Celebration of tbe Boly Commanion at tba early eer?iee and Litany and termon and Holy Com- BBonion al tba 11 o'clock aervice. Tbe Sanday Sebool maata in tbe Pariab Hooaa at 10 a. m. Tba Janior Aax¬ iliary meata in tba Pariab HooaA eaeb Satorday at i :80 p. m. I^nday, tba ¦pipbany, there will ba a%alebration of tha Holy Commanion at V:80 a. m. Tha Women'a Aoiiiiary meeta eacb Tharaday at 2:80 p. ro. in tbe Parisb Hoaaa. Taa ia aerved at 4 o'cloclc. A cardial invitation ia extended to all to attend tha aarvieaa cf thia chareh and ta enter into ita commonity worn.
A daogbter waa born to Mr. and Mra. Rudolf Koepple of Miller Street on New Year'a Eva.
Mompa ia a visitor at the home of C. O. Colvin, entertaining; Mra. Colvin and aon Herbert.
Freeport STstem Praised
Fraaport, L. I., Daeember 80—Tbe fame of Fraaport ia growing. Raeant- ly R 8. Barret of Wbita Plaina viaitad Fraaport and met Captain Jamaa Haoaa. Praaident of tba village. Tbey wara introduced at a flremen'a dinner. Later in tbe evening Mr. Hanaa invit¬ ed Mr. Barret to inspect tbe new poliea aignaltng ayatem and alao abowed bim the electric light plant. The viaitor was very maeh impreaaed and be ex¬ plained aeveral timea tbat White Plaina waa lacking in aach modern equipment.
Tbat Mr. Barret did not forget bia impraaaiona ia evidenced from tbe fol¬ lowing article appearing in tbe Wbite Plaina Daily Record:
"I have read witb a sense of aatia- faetion yoor editorial in tonigbt'a edi¬ tion in reference to Troatee Sqoire'a plan for a roanictpal lighting plant and note tbat a committee of the board ia to viait Sooth Norwall( for the porpoae of enlightenment open the sabject.
"1 woold like to say that if tbe com¬ mitee were to viait Freeport, would find ka fine a monicipal plant aa ia feond   faereaboota tbia   connection   they   have aa  flne a police aignaling ayatem as ia fuond  in
BeHmore
Single copies of the Meaaenger can be had at William Wolfe's drug atore Bellmore L. L at 5e each. tf
Tbe Ladiea' Aid Society of tba Matbodiat Epiacopal Chorcb will meet on Tharaday afternoon, Janaary 9, at tbe bome of Mra. Henry 0. Smitb, on St. Mark'a Ave.
Gua Baldwin baa porchaaed two lota on tbe Bellmore Villa Site Develop¬ ment property and will erect a cottage there next Spring.
Samoel Self reporta be baa rented Mr. Cohen's cottage on Bellmore Ave¬ nue to Mr. Poat, wbo ia occupying aame now. Mr. Poat will aoon atart tbe erection of two atorea on Bedford Avenue on tba Ftederiek property.
No Post Office Econo¬ mies
No aeonomiaa bave been effected by tba Poat Offioa Department in tbe paat twelve yeara, according to tha charge mada in a atatement iaaned by tbe railroada of tba crantry. Tbe ear- riera claim tbat tbe only way the an¬ noal deficit of the Post Office Depart- j ment hia been redoeed haa been by cot-1 ting down the amoont paid the rail- j foaida for baoling mail. i
Declaring tbat tbe entire borden of | tbe annoal poatal deticit bas been j placed upon the railroada of the coun- j try, tbe atatement iaaoed by tbe j Committee on Railway Mail Pay aaya: I
"During the ten years from 1901 tol 1911 the Department took op an | enormeoa inereaae   in   business   at  a
Freeport
Mingle copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenblatt's or Braith- waite'a news atores on Railroad Ave., or Kiefer'a, Main Street, Freeport, L. L   tf
Tbe Taxpayera' Aaaociation will hold a meeting in Brooklyn Hall oppoaite the railroad depot no Tueaday nigbt, the 7th inst., at 8 o'clock. Tbe fol¬ lowing queationa may come op for dis¬ cussion :
Shall we have an aaaeaament chart for tbe benefit of tbe pablic, ahowing all the taxable property of the village?
Shall we improve the New York City Water Department tract fot purpoaea of a park and playground?
Shall we deviae aome method for the payment of tataa by non-reaident tax
,,,      , ...   - -1        i payers more convenient  for them  and
greatly   decreased  cost   for   railway j ^,, ^ ^j^^ ^^ ^,^,5^ „,^„   ^^^ ^^^,,
tranaportation  and   at   a   largely in- ¦ ^. ^^^ ^.^^g,     ,„„ ^^ property throogh creased cost   for other purposes.    It:» ° .li-.*
The poblic •chcol will  reopen next, ^^t the Department, for purposes'otb-
Monday after tbe Cbriatmaa  vacation, Principal John H. Harrington ia at bia
tax aaleaT
Gob Muller celebrated the incoming ef tbe new year at bia borne, tbe Mer¬ riek Hotel, witb a party. Among tbe guesta were   tbe  former  Merrickites, l^ue of the Telephone Review.
er than railway  transportation, nearly      A birthday party was given in honor nine-teotha   of   $126,248,680   to add  of Master   Frederick  Richard  by  hia
parents, Mr. and Hrs.   Lisle   Richard,
Harriapn Ave., Freeport, on hia Srd
, anniveraary, Dec 28.   Little Frederick
  ! of ita groaa receipta) while it required j was the recipient of many  oaefol   and
The   Methodist Chorch on the  Mer-   1^" than one-tenth of  the  sume  sora [ pretty   presents.    Among   those  who
attended were: Mr. and Mrs. W. J. '"" " "" 'V'^f"' icea being he'd there laat Sanday even- j tatiou that tbe new buainess required ' Reamer and Mrs. Lillian Forster, of aat month SIS-   .^^     Thia Sunday and   thereafter un-i«'tbo«>gh   at  the   beginning
L. I    It  home at Potsdam  N. Y.; Mi«8 Fowler 1 ^^,^^ .„o„„t ^^ i^, ^^eipta   (al-  pa
I lighting I at Newport  N. Y   and  Miaa  Darling ; though for tbese other purposes it had ; of ,   and  in ; at Amityville, L. I. | p„vinu8ly spent leaa tban seven-tentha I an
iho'n«''cnmr,«LT,'? ^a^Sa u^i" infl!' '''^k R""^ " "»* <=>0"d' th« '"* ^«v-! to p»y for the added rai'way transpor L3 .7tX^n tZtr ^^.t ^Zlt^lV: i«' "•'"S he'd there laat Sanday e'ven- tation that tbe new baainesa require, eating article in their   taat month a is-   .„„     rpuT-o.,_j j   *l /. !.l<hnn»h   at   the   beginning   of     the
Stoot   and   Helen
"i mention tbia becaaae tbe ayatem I ia an electrical one and connected and operated in connection with tbe muni¬ cipal lighting plant, and since ita in¬ stallation laat April tbere has not been caae of felony committed in Freeport. It ia well wortb a trip to look the plant over."—Eagle.
fact tbat tbe proposition to raiae 110,000 fur improvementa to tbe Town Hall waa defeated at tbe election of laat fall. The preaent building ia en¬ tirely inadeqoate for the needa of the officiala and tbe tax raceivera qoartera in partieular are entirely inaofficient fur the needs of tbat official and bia corpa of assistants.    The Town  Board
the   Miaaea Mabel Cooper.	
Inclement weather interfered aopie- what with tbe Cbriatmaa celebration of the Merrick Sonday Scfaool in the Pariah Bonae on Friday night last, bot a surprisingly large number of cbild¬ ren and friends were present conaider¬ ing the difflcultiea of travel. The oa- oal succeaffol program waa conducted of song, recitation and speech whieb alwaya givea general pleasure to the aadience. The tree was beaotifally decorated, never more handsomely, and it waa greatly admired. Santa viaited tbe aebool again tbia yaar. He re- aemblad tbe peraon of Cortis Bowne. Soma aay it was Mr. Bowne. Santa ia a very good looking man. He waa moat liberal in hii gifta. Ha preaent¬ ed tbe rector of the parish, wbo ia tbe aebool aoperintendent, witb a beaotifol desk aat which the officera and teach¬ era of tbe achool requested. Tbe rec¬ tor ia moat pleased. The acholara re¬ ceived boeka, pencila and pencil boxea, knivea of the Boy Scout deaeription, achool bags, aleds and thinga. Every child preaent received a box of candy and an orange and eacb teacher a box of Loft'a Beat. Mr. Zeiner, the achool pianiat, and Mr. Bartow were each re¬ membered with $6 notea. A pleaaing featore of tbe oeeaaion waa tbe large nomber of gifta brought by the scHool for tbe little crippled children at tbe boma of St. Giles in Garden City. Tbe gifta were conveyed tbere on Tueaday. Gold pina were   preaented to membera
of che achool perfect in attendance for The Sacrament of the Lord'a Sapper tbe year, and gold wreathea tor pins will be adminiatered in tbe Memorial to tboae already poaaeaaing tbem from Chorcb next Sonday morning. Sob- laat yoar. One bar waa given to add I ject of tbe aermon at that time will be toa wreathed pin indicating tbree {"In the Beginning—God." Evening yaara' perfect attendance. The re-1 subject, "Hearing God's Voice." The eaiveref tbis last waa Bertha Burns. Sanday School meeta in the Pariah Eighteen were perfect in attendance , House every Sunday afternoon at 2 :S0. for tfae year 1011-12. Tha advent bar-1 Chriatian Endeavor Friday nighta at rel offering made by tba aebool and | 7:30. Tbe Aaxiliary meets the aecond presented 6n Friday nigbt baa not been | and fourth Toesday of every montb coontedyet.
Fort Pond Bay Terminal
Tbe foi low lag item from tba Wateb- man, publiabad at Graanbport, ia af in¬ tereat, in eonneetion witb tbe propoai¬ tion to eatabliab a railroad terminal at Montaok Point. Tbe writer of thia item, Henry A. Reevea, editor of tba Watchman, ia one of the beat informed men on Long laland, in regard to tbia propoaition.
"Over 2i colomna of innocent apace in tbe Bridgehampton Newa (ona of many similar <rictims) ia waated on a labored effort to exploit "Montauk Port." One of tbe amaalng, not to aav amusing, boilding bloeka in tbia tall fabric of impoatore ia a atatement credited to Mr. Ralph Petera of tbe L. I. R. R. Co., which owns aome land around ita Fort Pond Bay atation, that "Montaok ia a natorally perfect har¬ bor." Whereat "tbe amile tbat wont come off" deepena over all Eaatern Long laland witb every man who haa the slightest knowledge of the facts. It is, bowever, latber pitifu I than bomorooB to kee socb a prepoaterooa bit of baldneaa charged to auch a aource. In truth it might be aaid tbat tbere is no harbor at Montaok, and never will be one there. In that part of Fort Pond Bay which lies under the lee of Gardiner's Island there used to be, yeara ago, fairly good aneborage in some conditiona of weather, but tbe Light House Board abandoned the eaat
Merrirk ; Mrs. J. Soltz  and Misa Mar til the new   chorch ia  completed,   the ' Period railway tranaportation had  cost! garette  Sultz,  of Freeport;   Mrs.  J
services will be held at the Bellmore j !>'<"'« than one third of the gross re-1 Ring and Miss Anna Frederick, of I end of tbe Island to tfae sea, and no Avenoe Presbyterian Church at tbe j ceipts. Tbia atartling comparison ful-' Freeport; Master Fied Ring and Miss j part of Fort Pond Bay ia safe bolding aame hours; alao Sanday School. The ''V *'"Bnta tbe conclusion that the ; Editb Ring, of Freeport; Mr. and Mrs. aroond, and it cannot be made into Methodiat Cbarch bailding wae pur-' po*^''of Congreaa and tbe Department J. Vetter and Mr. and Mrs. C. Rillinga, even the aemblance nf a harbor witb- chaaed by Anton Jong, who ia having bas been exerciaed to force upon tbe | of Freeport; the Misses Helen and Ce-1out an expenditure of many millions aame remodelled by Contraetor Charlea '¦•ilway*. by reducing the paymenta j cilia Macklin, ofthe Bronx, N. Y.;: for breakwaters. Coincident with Johnson, and will open an aatomobile for their services, tbe borden not only j Mrs. Margarette Bil^ebrandt, of Free-1 the pablication of tbis trash comes garage next Spring. of tbe effort to eliminate  the annoal j port;   Harold   Rillings  and Miaa  Ida ! from Waahington a five-line item aay-
Tautm    U   II     Iaaa J I- Following will be tbe   oraer of wor-  poatal deficit bot of considerable   in-, Brown,   of   Brooklyn,   N.   Y.    After j ing tbat Secretary   Stimaon   had   ap-
1 own    nan     inaOeQUate  ship for the time of joint aervieea, be ! ereaaea in otber forma   of   postal  ex- ] many gamea, singing and dancing, tbe j proved and submitted to Congreaa  Uie Hempatead  L    I     December  30—  ginning next Sonday, Janaary 5: Meth-1 Penditore.    No reference to rural free ] gueat adjourned to tbe  dining room to j report of  tbe   Board   of   Army
There ia   conaiderable  diaappointment  odiat Sunday   School, 10 a. m.; Morn-; delivery will aerve   to   explain  away | a generous  repast
in the Town  of  Hempstead over   the   ]P^  Worship,   11 a. m.
Sonday  School:  2:30 p
Worship, 7:80 p. m.
Rev. William Dalziel of the  Metho¬ diat Cborcb will occupy the polpit.
and tben Master Preabyterian j the conclosion aoggeated by thia com- < Frederick waa called upon to cut hia m.;  Evening : pariaon OBpecialiy ainee only a fraction ' birthday cake, which waa ornamented
atone of tbe new MetbodiBt Chureb took place at 8 o'clock on New Year'a , Day. Rev. Wm. Layton, Diatriet Sop- realized the neceaaity of enlarging tbe | erintendent, presided, and waa assisted present bailding, but tbe porpose of j by Dr. W. A. Richard, paator of tbe tbe appropriatioN waa not made clear I m. E. Cburcb of Freeport, and Rav enoagb to tbe taxpayera of the town, jwm. Dalziel, paator of tbe local with the reault that the propoaition j cbarch. The aervice waa abort bot faadataatad. I impreaaive.    Dr. Richard
The prppoHition cannot again be pre-i ton gave brief addreaaea. Tbe bonor sented to the people of the town until 1 of laying the stone waa conferred upon two yeara hence, and In the  meantime | Theo. J. Wells, the   Preaident  of  the
an effort will be made to edocate tbe people of tbe town to the neceaaity of voting for the paaaage of tbia necea¬ aary legialation.—Eagle.
; of tbe coat of that   service repreaenta ! with   tbree    horning   candlea,   after really an additional net outlay.    Thia j which the goeata retired after an even-
I aervice haa permitted  a   redoction  of j mg of pleaaore.
I one-third in the namber of post offices  —
j and has been in many cases substitoted      Tbe  foneral  services of Charles E. ^he ceremony of laying the corner-{ fop atar roote service and the aavinga I Helland  were held   Sanday  afternoon
tboa permitted ooght to be credited to | at bia home on Pine St:    Rev. Charlea it before determining ita coat. ¦ Herbert Scholey officiated and the Odd
"That increasea in  poatal  expendi- J Fellows'   services were   conducted  at tures were   neceaaary,   between  1901 {tbe house, while the servicea of tbe Jr. and 1911, ia not denied.    Tbe  period |0. I).. A. M., were   beld at tbe   grave waa one in wbicb ateady and extenaive j in Greenfleld  Cemetery.    Tbere  were : increases in the cost   of   living made j many    floral    remembrancea    among' n    D- I.   ^     An necessary considerable increases in the I which   were a large ladder   from   the j
Dr. Richard and Dr. Lay-1 salaries of postal employees and in the j Hook and Ladder Company of which coat of poatal aoppliea, precisely as the j he waa a charter member; a large railwaya were impelled to inereaae the < police abield, on wbicb waa hia nom- salaries and waeea of tbeir employeea ' ber, from tbe Police Department, and and were obliged to pay higher pricea ! a large pillar made op aa an American for tbeir   suppliea.    In   otber  worda, | flag,   from the   Daughtera of Liberty.
Wantagh
hich ia of light marble, waa made and presented to tbe cbarch by Mr. Van Riper of Freeport. On it is tn- aeribed the name of the chorcb, date of organization,. 1839, and the preaent date. A copper box ia to ba placed in the atone, containing a copy of the Biblo,   church hymna,   church  paper.
Board  of Traateea,   and a   handsome
silver trowel was given him with which    _       __          _      ^^    	
!?l.?!f'°!°'-l^*i"'L-_'[^¦ co^neratone^^^ 'porcbaarn'g'"power of the Ameri-' The' piflbeareraran  member oWhe _ .-    .. .-    ._ 4 -       —       J    ^^^   Hollar,    and   of   atandard    mon-1 Police   Department,    vere Capt. John
ey everywhere, greatly deereaaed and tbia decreaaa affected the Poat Office Department aa It haa affected every bosiness ondertaking. ^ But the pur- cbaaing power of the railway dollar decreased exactly as that of all otber dollars and it waa unreaaonable and on-
iand   tha   Boys'   Brigade  driila in the
and a paper containing tbe names ofl juat tbat while this change waa in the Diat. Supt., paator. traateea, mem- \ progress, the losses whicb it entailed bera of the church and thoae wbo bave ! {„ the poatal aervice of the Govern- contributed toward tbe new enterpriae. | ment ahould be abifted,   aa it baa been
ahown tfaat tbey were, to tbe railwaya Mra. David Bedell, widow of the late ; wbicb were, at tbe aame time,   auffer- David Bedell,   died at her  home  here i ing far greater loaaea   from the   aame on tbe   Merrick   Road   laat   Saturday 1 cause."
, MeruBk«^JMik Ad Ladder Co., No. j t| mean in tie .aecoatomed place in | the Camp Grounds on Monday night at 1 8:1B and No. 1 in tbe local Fire Hall j on Toaaday nigbt at 8. !
Pariah Houae every  Wedneaday   nigbt  "'K*"* •"" « '°"8 iilneaa, at tbe age of at 8 o'clock. I ^"J yeara.    The funeral   aervieea  were |
held on Thuradav,   Rev.   Mr.   Dalziel, I
Surrogate's Court
Tbe Men'a Club Baaketball team playa Baldwin in tbe Pariah Hooae to¬ night at 8:80. Admisaiqn ia 10 centa. Tomorrow night, Satarday, the team playa in tba gymnasium of St. George'a Clob, Hempataad.
Wm. Cameron of tbe Camp Groonde, wbo waa operated upon at Dr. Lane- bart'a Sanitarium, Hempatead, forap- peodioitia, baa davelopad a form of pneomoiiia and ia reported in a critical condition.
On Cbriatmaa Day tbe GOn Club beld I pastor of tfae M. E. Chorch, officiatipg, a clay pigeon shoot.    The following is j Interment was in Greenfield Cemetery. ]    Doring the past week  papers in the tbe score: Claaa A: J. M. Seaman, jr., 'She   is korvived by two sons,   "John J. ; following caaea bave been filed in Sur- 17; William Dean, 16;   Henry Ultacb, ' t>nd   Selramos,   and   four   daughtera,   rogate Graham'a office at Mineola: il8; John Box, 12;   Walter Aahdown, ! Mrs. Stephen Clementa, of tbia village; i    Henry W. Brockman died at Corona,
10. Claaa B: Grove Siema, 20; Theo¬ dore Box, 13; William Gamer. 11; C. W. Allan. 10; H. T. Braithwaite, 8.
Mrs. E. M. Brocker, of Broooklyn, and! on November 18, leaving   an eatate of ! motera from both Amityville and Baby
J. Dunbar, and Officera D. Frank Sea' I man, Clacence Van Riper, William j Cameron, Elmer E. Raynor and George I Boyden.
j Coming Friday, Jan. 3, "Tbe Stolen I Symphony," in 2 reela, featuring Ar- ! thor Johnson. A beautiful atory of a ; poor young maaician wbo baa compoaed land exqoiaite symphony. This thrill¬ ing play, beautifolly aet, aa are all the beat ailent playa seen at the Plaza. I Advertisement,
I Last week tbere waa a hearing be- ! fore the Public Service Commiaaion on ¦ tba complaint of seventy commotera !of Freeport aaking tbat body ts com- I pel the Long Island Railroad Company . to atop train No. 38; tbe Amityville- ! Babylon expresa train, at Freeport Ot I 6:11 p. m. John S. Sumner of Porter- I field Place appeared for tbe commut- i era.    There waa a delegation of com-
Miaaea Martha and Fannie
Caboroa Bireb. dark for E. S. Millar in tbo local atore, haa been confined tbia week to bia bed witb a aevdre cold at tba home of hia grandmother on Marriek Ava.
East Rockaway
Frank  J. Bang, who  formerly   was the manager of the   Roekville Centra
Wra. Wood, wbo baa been aoffaring aaveraly with an affection of tba bead at bia bome on Oakwood Ave., reault- ing from a general run dr$$a condition
of tbo ayatam, ia aontaarbat improved.
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Mra. Jacob Offerman ia apending a taw daya with har aiater, Mra. Rankin, of Emaraon Sroat, Brooklyn.
P. R. Jannioga ia driving a beaoti- t»\ aiootxio Btartiog, aoeioaad Hayoaa raoaboot, a Chriatraaa gift.
The foneral aervice of Fred McFar¬ land, a long-time reaident of Bellmore. waa beld in the Memorial Cbarch laat Sonday   afternoon, condacted by Rev.
1. S. Braithwaite. paatoi of the chorch.   _ __
Deceaaed died at Hempstead   laat Fri-! Pro'dantiaflnaurancaCompany.'
day   bat bad   been a reaident at  Bell-1       j
more ainoa 1869.    Ha leavea   ona  aon I     Herbert Denton, of Brooklyn, apent and ona daogbter.    Tba Junior   Cboir I tbe holidaya witb bia parenta. Mr. and aang two aalectiona and tba Motoal Aa-  MrB. D. Denton viatanea Aaaociation. of wbicb Mr. Mc¬ Farland bad been a member   for many yeara,   eondoeted tbair aarviee.    Tba interment vaa io Cypreaa Hilla Ceme¬ tery.
1600 oeraonal.
Mary A. Buckley, Rockville Centre, Aoguat 9; not leaa tban $800 real and ISO peraonal.
George W. Holae, Manafield, N. C, April 8; $8600 real.
Catherine  Bberhardt.  Oyater Bay,
Tba God Clob bald a clay pigbon aboot on Now Teara Day. Tbe follow¬ ing are tbe acorea made: Claaa A: Henry Ultacb. 80; J. M. Seaman, jr., 16; W. T. Dean. 14; Walter Aahdown. IS; John Box. 12; Will Seboltx. 11. Claaa B: W. H. Bidar. 19; Fred Coraa.
Miaa Marioo Lewia ia entertaining Miaa Fioresca Byrd, of Floahing. for a few daya.
Prof. J. Anthony Baaaatt, piineipal of tbe Baat Rockaway Sebool, waa tbo raclpiaat of a bandaome travoling bag. tha Chriatmas gift of tba acholara of tbe aebool.
Tbe bearing lu raiarooea to tha eloa- ing of tbe Atlantic avenoa   atation af
MJk
18:Harry Braithwaite. 14; Tbaodora **>• L. 1-R. R., which waa opened 00 Box. lS;^k|». Seaman. U; C. W. Al-1f**"*''' Dac«Bbar2lBt, baa been ad- lan^JlO; Will Garaar. 7. i!«>•»«> ontil Satorday. Janaary 18th,
 ,' latt p. BB,, at Matt Wooda' Rail, Ocean
Aav*Klaa It in gwryftody* Cohimn' Side.
Herald,   ia now   connected   witb   tba j <^<=*^°''«''^: ^^^ P""""*'-
Maniai^e Licenses
Iba following marriage licenaea bava boon iaaaed by Town Clerk Gilbert dar¬ ing tba paat weak:
Daoerahar 24—Robert F. WaUon of Maaa. and Margaerite M. Cayaela of Bampataad. Tbey ware OBorriad tba awaa day by Bev. William H. Borg- win of Hempataad,
26—v/illiam Goldbaeb of Baldwin and Maud B. Smitb of Ocean Side.
88—William F. DeMoller a^d Laora Belle Roaa, botb of Hempatead. Tbey were married tba aame day by Rev. W. H. Borgwin.
SO-^Aodrew S. Liater of Roekville Caotra and Floraoce Smitb of Baldwin.
If yau want to raaeh tli« pa«pl« :t in tka "Maa«an««r."
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Ion to oppoae tbe matter, and the Freeport commuters loat the fight | Mr. Sumner baa been informed by one of tbe Commiaaionera, bowever, tbat aa aoon aa the new Jamaica station ia completed, tbe Commiaaion would look into matters and see that Freeport gets what it ia entitled to in tbe #ay of train aerviea.
Altboagh the attendance waa not very large, everybody enjoyed them- aelves at tbe maaquerade ball of Fraa¬ port ^:iOdge, No. 600, I. 0. O. F., held in Colonial Theatre, Toeaday evening. Prizea were given for the prattieat and moat groteaqoe coatomea. Tba com¬ mittae in ebarga ware: Sylvaatar P. Sbaa, chairmao: George Millar, Henry Vollmer ftnd Cfaaatar A. Falton.
A Janaary eiaaningaale oow in progv raaa at Baraa<>b'8 Dept Stora, 86 S. Main St., Freeport, L. I. Doable atampa given to every porehaaar of 60c or mora. ' Advertlaement.
(Coabooed on pa#;e 5) Aiavartlo* HI in Evarrba^y'a CalnniM
tbe Board of Army En¬ gineera, wbo bad given two hearinga to an appeal from tbe Diatriet Engineer, condemning the Fort Pond Bay pro¬ ject. ''	
Railroads Compelled to Give Free Passes
Free tranaportation to the extent of fifty million miles ia what the railroada claJRi they are compelled to give every year to officera and agenta of the Poat Office Department. Thia ia set forth in a atatement made pablic by the carriers of the coan try, tbroogh the Committee on Railway Mail Pay.
Criticising the Postmaster General's t eatimate of tbe cost of postal aervice, and contending that tbe eatimate of tbe coat made by him ia far below tbe actual expenae to the railroads, the carriers go further and aay tbat in ad¬ dition, be baa abaolutely refuaed to recognize the fact tbat it coats any¬ thing to supply transportation to the extent of flfty million passenger milea a year to officera and ageota of the Post Office Department when not in charge of mail. Tbia aervice to the traveling public at an average rata of two eenta^ a mile, would coat abeot ona million dollara a year.
Commenting further on tha faet that tbe Peatmaater General ignored data wbicb ba had abowing expendi¬ turea on accoont of tbe maila largely in excesa of the direct expenaes which be.did aknowledge, tbe railroads'atata- ments aaya that the Department ob¬ tained from tbe railroada data ahow- ing-4he amoont of free tranaportation forniaiiad on bis eompolaory requiai¬ tion for officera and agenta of the poat¬ al aervice even though not in charge of mail. Thia data waa net uaad, and no adeqoate allowance was mada in any otber way for theae expenaea., The companiea claim, therefore, that the omiaeion onjaatly and arbitrarily redoeed the eatimatea of tbe costs to tba railways of tbeir aervieea to the Poat Office Department
In eatimating tbe ceat of poatal aer¬ vice, tbe method oaed by the Peat¬ maater General waa to divide tbe apace in a paaaenger train between tbe paa- [ aangaia, mail and expreaa, aeeordiog to tha amoont oaad by eaeb, and yet, tbe railroada aay, tbia aatimate eon¬ taina no recognition of any coat wfut- ever to tbem for carrying aa ragalar paaaengera aucb Department rapreaant- ativaa aa tbe Oapartmant in- ita aole diaeretlon may demand traoaportatian for.
Some idea of tbia aarvica randarad by the railroada abaolotaiy witboot eompanaaticn can ba bad from tiw faet tbat flfty million paaaanger otjlea rep¬ reaenta oiora tban twenty-five per cant of tbe aoBOal paaaeogar boainaaa handled by tba antire Norfolk * Waat- arn Bailroad Syatam.
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