Freeport News 19210805

              the freeport news vol i no 25 freeport long island n y friday august b 1921 price five cents i public market is defended by village board merchants protest that compe tition of street stands is unfair to them want it moved 1,000 feet down olive blvd trust view it ¦• mont of reduc ing co»t of living to • taxpayer the effort of the chhinher of com merce to have the public miirkpt n olive koiilevnrd and south main street nbolbdicd met with fallllp when the mailer was taken up with the hoard of trustees last ml evening tiimes haiisc secretary the chamber of coinmeri e and wll llnm crevolseral a member appeared ax n committee to inforiif the board that frtf chamber considered the put lie market unfair competition to th merchant and asked relief about the only suggestion that the chamber of commerce representative would make for remedying the situa tion was to move the mnrket a 01 feet down olive p.oulevnril vlllugi president christie miilntalned that such action would mean the abolition of the market there was no doubt iik to the m tlon i aken by the village hoard tl hoard was unanimously in favor i maintaining ihe public market on the issue ttiat it was unfair compel i lion because the prices nt which food products could be purchased there were lower hum ihe prices charged in the stores the board members replied that it is lo the best interests of the people to he able to piirclnihe food stuffs at lower prices village president christie asked the gbambat of commerce rspnsentatlvfes to come out tin i foot ed with a request j u.llsh the market but this they t tin mlutuik that they were j j iuwwied to make specific reeom nenlalloiis but merely to ask relief it wai pointed out i them that if tbe market were abolished the ped1 filers would return to lie various stands they previously occupied in south main street and could even stand in trout of the merchants stores at a meeting reid the previous week a petition signed by south main mlreet merchants in various lines of business was submitted to the beard declaring hint the market is un sightly and requesting that it be re moved from hie principal corner it otcupled in response to this petition ihe village hoard had ihe market moved ilkl feel buck from the street village tins 	 miller reported a conversation with bouth main sireei merchants in which he declared the merchant admitted hull they had been profiteering hut that they had re duced prices now the merchant nil milled that the reduction was due principally to competition trustee miller declared that merchants had i 	 n aide lo purchase ihe buildings they occupied in south main slnv as a result of the profits they made dur ing ihe past tow years the trustees declared i but i hey had no desire to injure tin 	 ichanls who pay heavy taxes as the commerce chamber delegation staled but neither had they any desire to work ngalnst the vast majority f tha tax payers in hie village who will he bel ter enabled to pay their taxes if they lire enabled o purchase their food stuffs at more reasonable prices than is charged in the stores would operate bus but want trustees to revoke p s c jurisdiction a a result of the previous uclloii ol hie board of trustees in placing all bus hues in the village under i he juris diction of i he public service coininls ion which action wbj requested by hie long island tin i ii company la order to eliminate all competition be tween here mid hempstead tne village board issl krlmay olgm was unable to ive auythlug mere than an empt permission to operate to the projectors of u iiuh line from kivepoit to jamaica 1 i seiner in for 	 i the 1 >. . 1 1 . t that he inlends to niuue !• reep.ul hie eastern terminus of his til yea wwnd bus hue which will opernle tour buses ii meni u ko.i.l charging a one way fare of folly cents betwesu heii and lamah a tin irusices were willing to and did give liiiu pem sion t operate but were no willing in revoke their sfevlous rmdlutlci ¦ hi buses under hie p s c i ired hint it would | iliolll : srtlbcuttl of h ' from t|,e l'ublle senile inlln vv llhoilt which ii wuuld be 1 1 1 1 1 . ad wale was ma4s , 4u reaoiutlua of the ' map showing location of trunk sewers and suggested plant to be built with proceeds of proposed 400,000 bond issue showing sewer districts trunk sewers me location of disposal plant scale i-40o «»' •, «"•' •"' ""' i 	 i 	 r i i i | i i smith * maucomsom mecpokt ci potter so chukhsim11cc i garbage and ash collection started the viunicipui garbage and ash col cllon system was started in operation i monday ami here is every indica tion that the system is jjolng to work ml in a satisfactory manner the ivork is being done by clarence wil liams and lewis llrolhers under the llreclloli or the village authorities people wots not prepared for the visit i the collector this week and until regular routes are established each day the householders will not be getting the i'ull hciictlis of the yslein the majority of houses visit d oil the tlrst three days of the weeu had cans of refuse waiting three trucks are now being used to gather the refuse ami their routes are laid out so that in each district all hie streets running on one direction will be completely served and then iliev sliht lo the eross slieels later it is expected that dellnlte routes will be laid out and the houses in each itreel visited on i certain def inite day each week so ihai the house holders an he prepared for the collec tors the experience gained under the present system will penult the e**uu luhinent of a more sstlsfoctorj tya temple fund benefit a benetlt vaudeville perform in ¦ was gwes at hie 1'ieepori auditorium hsturdaj nlghl i rsla 	 y for the building fund i i'ein|il israel i on gtegatlnbi or wales karrj baraaca >- ene i with an address or welcome and then followed a v,rv entertaining program stujjed b.v ii roosevelt carnival the carnival for the benefit of the qtmun bf the most holy uosary church will be held on tin ( huicli grounds in booseveti angus <; to 18 i'he popularity contest khes promise of betag one of the most interesting features the misses ( alherln iuet a reglna the qertrude lambracbt and dorothy dixon are running a dots race for queen and messrs jamas harper william kenny and joseph pougbeity are in the held for the honor of king the children are hold lag up their end and no one could possibly klless the winner at the pres ent time judge johnson gets some booster ideas while judge alhln v lohnsou was tourlag both wa.vs across hie continent and up and down the wssl coii>t he was not forgettlug irceport nnd us evidence of the tad he announces that he has corralled a number of goad ideas that can be used in boosting the village as soon ms he sai eaten up with the tack of judicial work and lev work connection with bla private practice that has accumulated during his sb elhe he j going lo ply these ideas ii paper and read them perhaps before hie chamber of c 	 erce he iiollied the methods and means adopted by stflea ail through the weal lo bossl their c 	 iiniity liu and to odvortlss iheinselv es and he hi pes thai some ideas enpnlile of lo > ill implication can he culled from his experience one of his ideas applies • in i'reeport boosj : <¦ 1(j •!. iu this ktogsn boil of which he will glvs oui i what do you think about the sewer proposition every resident of freeport is or should he interested in the sewer age proposition you are in favor of it opposed to ii or neutral in the matter for the lime being prom now on until the special election is held to dacjds the mat ter the frcepnrt news will main tain a department in which win he published brief sumnmrles of points in favor of the lawetage proposi tion or in opposition to it send in your ideas on the mailer and let others have the 1 	 lit or them if you have any questions to ask send i hem to the editor anil un biased answers will be second as far us possible g o p club movie the nassau fouog republican oluh win give a moving picture benefit at i he american theater on augtu i m the feature picture win he partners of hie tide and i here w ill also he a iwo reel comedy l.awton swan president of the ctvb is chairman of the committee of arrangements and has as his assistants mrs bobeh karon mrs ii 1 baymore mrs lloberl patterson howard e ivar>all el>on ashdovvn stephen hunt wil iii i suiumers john hiiinnau jr and irving sheiber forbid posting the village iliislecs cull illleuttou to the fad that it it u violation of u village ordiiuincc to tuck posters lo kjhtk y w c a entertainment grace saga to give readings next thursday evening i'he y v c a announces a very interesting entertainment to be given in the methodist church on thurs day evening of next week august 11 oraos ban who tin a national repu tation as a reader lias been secured for the occasion and she will nlve reading of huttoa'l itounince1 and the l'lorlst shop by hawkins this is an entertainment of an unusually tine character utul should draw a large audience m'whinney is out for re-election assemblyman thmnam mcwhlnne.v of lawrence has announced himself as candidate for re election to the assem hl.v he will be hie organization can didale for the deslmiation of tlmt noni inallon at the primaries there has bom no announcement of any contest fur this nomination at uts primaries \ mipei visor at lavpjs is to be elected i his fall i'he otlire is now held by i wilbur doughty of iiiwoimi he has not aim iimed lilluself 01 a candidate for reelection nor has anyone else come out for the place two justices of tin peace are to he elected to succeed justice southard of bellmors and justice jones ol hemp stead justice southard is ion,-.hleicd hie organisation candlfate for the sasl end position hut coioilou voiioii of baldwin win aoatmt the wmblaatlon ut ihu lirliuuiit'h democrats writing slate for election a meeting of the democratic town iinmltliv will he held on thursday night of his week ill the engine house in church street to take up the mut ter of writing a slate to curry the party into the lull election kdwln wallace of koekville center arthur lirlerly of ileinps>tea<l and qsorgs i iteardon of kreepoit are mentioned us possibilities for the assembly deslg latlon the town committee will hold its outlng on 4ugust is kdvvard a klce is chairman of tha outing committee and re|«irts a healtliy demand for tickels i\i county coniniltee at a meetini held in mlneola tuesday elected the following convention delegates state convention t be held in the hotel coin 	 lore in manhattan in septem ber le hoy j weed jarden city ; george j iteardon i'reepori ; au^u-t itvlinoiii hempstead raymond mil lone i'reeport : thomas j cuff hemp steail alternates w ere : icdward a itice i'reeport lawrence j kerwln lleinp~tead ; james i.oucheiin uiw rence ; john slicphard hewlett ; charles s abrains baal ltockaway jlldldary convention of the second judicial district were uaynioiid ma lone • s.v iv anus ward thiunas i uit bertram gardner frederick laaw alternates john j shea martin sprlu^street l''raucu j tuylur uiul henry t ackley parade opens carnival the fire department apparatus decked out in a mullilude of poster and hauliers made a lour ol hie villuue wednesday nluhl sanouuclbg the opening of the carnival in illlve itoule vurd ut drove xtreet thursday ultlii sewer project proposition is being prepared resolution drafted by village board for call to hold spe ' cial election provides for bond issue of 400,000 maximum total coat la estimated at 1,200,000 laterals to be paid for by assessments shall 400,000 or us much thereof i\s shall be needed be raised by bond issue to start the installation of a steweriifre system mid disposal plant be raised by bond issue tbe remainder necessary to complete the system to he raised h.v assessment that is the substance nf the prop osition that will be submitted to the taxpayers of the village at n speclul election to be held on a date to be set later a taxpayers petition call ing for the special election will b submitted at a special meeting of the board of village trustees to be held monday ajgbt ¦ < after a three hour lustle with the proposition the bonrd finally evolved a resolution in proper form for sub mission at the election the drafting of the resolution was a monumental sort of a job and while the work was in prokretih there was a continual dis cussion in which all the members of the board took port us well'/fff vii lags counsel flint health officer ituu cle and engineer alyln j smith it is proposed to start the work of providing the village with a sewer sys tem by tirst installing a disposal plant then the trunk lines and linally the laterals to which tbe houses will be connected the disposal plant and trunks are to toe patrl for out of the proceeds of a bond issue and the lat erals are to be paid for by the prop erty owners as they are installed the coat to be spread over five years the bond issue will extend over thtr ypffu " ' — - j tlie trustees huve no definite flft on the cost of die installation of the sewerage system and cannot secure them until after the proposition is car ried by the voters ho that money can be raised for he securing of the nec essary engineering duta it is estimated that the cost of the completed system will be u00,o0o the maximum cost of us disposal plant and trunk sewers is estimated at 400400 the following estimates were made by the trustees with the assistance of knglneer smith of the cost of the items that would be paid for out of the bond is.sue maxi mini item mum mum laud for disposal plant ...• 	 7,.-i0o 15,<x)0 building disposal plant and force main 	 kmmhxt j^o.ooo tumps 	 hn hh trunk sewers 	 loo.lmw 162,000 total 	 juiaviuo 4lml,ihx the large map published in him issue of the kreepoit news shows clearly the scope of the work which it is planned to perform in the first slip of installing the sewer system it shows the proposed locution of tlio disposal plant where the trunk sew ers will be laid and the districts which they will drain after the trunk bswbts are installed the laterals which will serve uh mains in the individual streets can be built the trunk hewers can and will iks used as lateiiiis for the streets lit which they are located and becausti of this a share of the cost of them equivalent to the cost of laterals on other streets will he assehxed against ihe property fronting on the streets in which they are laid us applications lor sewer service are made b.v b0 per cent of ihe properly owners on a given street or section of a utreel tbe percentage of east of the vari ous portions of ihe sv^ieni will be puld am follows : vllluge tli\pa er as a lly whole assessment disposal plant 	 nm trunk hewers 	 10 . hi laterals 	 km the total cost of the trunk sewer is not assessed against iibutllng prop erty because the comt of trunk scwcim is greater than laterals and it would lie unfair to piopcity owners on hat trunk liio io oases them for the e 1 1)4 cost of trunk sewers when all they require is a lateral tttsk us is laid on other st reels ami ihe hunks whlcli they are u>ink serve a whole wet loll oi ihe vltlutfu instead of only hum 1 i , el if tile milage hud mitttflcat hoimu ing capacity a bond issus could bu itostsxl lor an amount to inter the eii tlro cost of the vytuciu und them ' continued on page 5