Freeport News 19210429

              f freeport news vol i no 11 freeport long island n y friday april 20 1921 price five cent1 oil engine at power house to cut costs km diasel engine installed and tepte-j pleatas offioials en insertion tour generates electricity at half steam cost ofllcials e::peet that another such unit vllf pj required within tha rext year municipal power house as it looks since enlarged the new oil engine which linn been in pfojwm "' installation and erection at tli > power luiiiht for in mths back turned over under her own power for the hint time last friday thin iivci »• will drive a lyiihinu to furiiuh additional current an<i coald be mart ed performing this service on very hurt notice if it , wen not for the fact : iii switchboard through r'llch nt new dynumo will deliver lta cur rent hnm not arrived aa yet the engine develop j*tr bortepow i •, inn tlie dynamo to v/kch it la dl net connected develops 2sg kllowatta entertainment for relief in ireland i uses oil aa f m-i and-is of an entirely ! different type thun imy oj the other j l-rl ne inov jr at the powe • ihhim ;, all j the othera elng steam drlvitn it la 3xtm)-'te i that it will be u matter u rly a ti years until a the steirn • iglnes at he pow.-r house wl'l be re placed by oil englnea and it soems to i ba a recognized fact among . io village ' mi:cla thai u w be a matter of lerhi'pk only another year i ntll the vlllugj vin hnvi to athl further ln 3?i"iae uh power bourn facilities muk kj ttiother engine alu liar to this new cat a necessity 30?ge i i'ngiie eaatern hales t-izat to the buhcu-sulzer llr u dle sjl js jjlne ( company who sold the en klnu to the village niiij stnnl v also ii representative if the , inspected " eiglne lant e afternoon when it wi n turned v • ¦," or at irted r niilnw for ihe sec one re former ii luxe president clarence a hdwnrda under whose ad ministration tlie ii i|m'n i-iiii-nis at the power lioaie wna starfsd wan pr»>n . in u i tit inapimiu.il village trustee luiyiihimi muiiit baa been giving closest jwrxcpimi supervision to the work of enlarging tho power houeu mini insiuiiiim i|ie e igine tlilh ihemel oil engine in expelled m reduce tin eoht of current pvodocad liy ll to one-half of what the om is by use at steam the e iglne con mitniem onc-tcutli of u gauob of fuel per kilowatt hour and till fuel oil ru leni.h per gallon juajdag the coat nboul liult of which stcunrgenenitlon of power ooatt i . k siiniliioiiii baa bean the con htructlob i'mk'lieoi who hi committee of one hundred ar ranges lecture and concert at auditorium friday a committee of un men iiml imt wo wen wiim off bltxi hist monday eve ding hi n meeting in hie liiimeinenl of holy redeemer chord to perfect nr rangwnenta tor an illustrated teetun iiml concert in nlil of the destitute w men anil children of ireland the movement to alii the wiunen iiml clill lien of ireland is wliolly nonpollllciil and iioiihdcinriiin uh the character oi i in national coiiiinitiee constating of the governors of iqoai of the states men eminent in llnance ami the peefe hioiih and prominent in tne business life of the country shows the kree port conimlttee lit of the name type the pictures to he abowfl on friday ovening were iiivmi in ireliuid in re rent months hy t>i itev william jiiinn and are the firsts el of picture of actual scenes of deviil^utloii shown in the united suites i julnii in an able unit entei lnlnlivi lecturer who jm*lit seven months \ ireland gathering the materlnl for ibs lecutre i mid often under cii-euuimli>ui es of dan ger a vocal and instrumental concert of irish music win be gtveij iu connec tion with the lecture the committees in charge were or guul/.cd with i lie cleel ion of kilwaril s keogh us chiilrnnin and lumes ii slewnrl as seerclury a brief address of curreoi produced , "" *• llllt nl1 pww of tbs move sls between i and 7 i f uuu "** w b s t fir ri i olh-rit , ht>wiiik itt htmti eri'it mill stsrtuig the engine inio to the coiitlnuill increasing de liillllil for electric tight and power in addition to the water pumping rc ni'iii minis the village last year had lo investigate the problem of adding new oipilpmcul to our plant alter considering the matter rerj thorough ly from jill points of vluw for a period of some months including the possi bilities of additional itanin engine ami boiler equipment hhnllur to that nl ready iu o.it'rallon ll was i|iiicluy dlw coverao thai the diesel engine from an economic ( standpoint would give ihe greatest posstohltles noi unh in the expense of npcral ion but also from u standpoint of feasibility of in stallation in existing building uml op erailon in conjunction with existing equipment the advisability of bunt lug oil under he boilers in i use u new sit 	 onglne and holler were decided upon was carefully gone into but the experience obtained with this n few years ago showed it to be hiss cconnin leal oiun coal under our local condl lions ii win be remembered thai the n'llhige went lo conslderabb expense in trying ml this scheme a few years ago but dually returned tl 	 ill after it wus generally conceded hint the i'iesel engine was the most desirable ami scon 	 icaj unit to in lull to meet the increasing loud hie authorities made a thorough itnesti gution of ihe different types of diesel engines us manufactured in this conn irv uml placing ihe mailer before hie village culled a general election on ihe question ol rating boasw l hie purpose of purchasing additional pow cr plan equipment the bonds ear lied easily ami 111 augiihl lust year oddtraetl were placed tor plsssl en gine electric generator switchboard and some additional smaller equip incut including some motor driven pumps some time later all o\erlie:ul brans was also purchased and provi sion was made for elevating the roof of the tngtnt room the new unit is a standard butch sul/er vertical four cylinder four c cle full imesel engine of ihlti actual horsepower iiipuiil.v and ih a i i im^t-il 10 drive ihe generator direct from the llnnleuvy and supported by mlllolie 1 a coveli.v itt-v . i'lllher 1 1 ( toole uml others all of the overhead expense of the made such ' m"v<'""'nl "' ""' j 	 i'1'1 n oobjbttlttee instnlllpg '"' ltt'"1'1 '" ireland have been under written by n suhcnmmlllec headed tsj conner justice morgan j oiirien so thill tlie entire proceeds of ihe lecture uml iit t it ii in 	 hi will go to the es senhni purpose or relief village pros ident holier i christie w us uiiani moiisly invited in preside ill ihe tei lure ami enieii ninmeni addresses will bs delivered by s 1 donlellvy and stephen p pettlt the coiiuniltee is us follows : chairman robert christie trsas iircr kdward s keogh uev lohn .!. continued on page i col b village assessments to remain normal will not be increased forty per ' cent as was done by township memorial library ceremonies to be held saturday the breaking of krouml for the kn-cport mcniorini library sits at merrlck koh<i mil oceiin iivenm n'hloh wiin arheduhul for inst sat urday nfternomi hai ht-cn imwt nntwfl on account of the weather the ceri'inony will lie held lit .°. h niih hat unlay nftpriioon and the snine program lhal was mnodnam for hint sntnrday will \*- currlml out tills week pipe line pavement plan favored here petiiioip to state higay missionsr ask ds^ignatibn cf this route the lusk of nssewsiiikr properly in the vlllake is about completed the trustees uetllik us nssessors decided when mtartliik the work that they would make no horizontal increase of to per cent iii iixse.ssineiits aa wns dune hy tfie town assessors on the last nssessinelit roll assessments will he priictlcally the bom us hist year except ihul in many inslanceh the assessors have corrected errors and have equalized i lie tl«ures where there seeind to be iinjiistillahle illfferences the meiiihiirs o the village hoanl met with representnthes of the state tax oiiiiiiikhioii at mineola on vednesdiiy nnd heard arguments in favor t the increased nssessment plan inn nothing to justify any change in the ulan they adopted u u l self insurance proposed by village treasurer smith to trueteee the proposition of having the vil lage carry its own insurance instead of paying 0u fs.ooq s year was placed baton tbe village board i>y village treasurer s i union smith he pointed out hint the village has had only two losses lo settle in the past twenty live to thlrt years and that each ifur the 3,000 guiea out of the village for insiirnnce while if hie village should lay hint nmoiinl aside each year it would soon he well protected n<mrn«rirt«m wim wmm |- njrnmin laled in this way he said the interest uotild cover the amount which would now huve to he laid aside in this fund if started \ the trustees did not cm or hit plan nil after considerable discussion 1 1 in ll i which lusiiriiin e agmii should lie given hie workmen's coui|h'nsiilion isiirunce for village employees it as awarded to ( larence a kdwards i hie ground thai he i ill served the village wlihiiui pay us village presi dent ami ubuld be given something in ignition ol iii servile a petition asking state commis sioner of highways gram to desig nate the l'ipe line for improvement with a concrete highway is being clr ciihiled in kreeport nnd other south side villages the clrciilntlori of thin petition !« ii move in opposition to the mlneolu plan of having the lakevlew aveniie-seuinnn avenue route lin i a\'e of flie increased fare forecasted by figkt on busses long island traction company wants them placed under jurisdiction of p s c would force jitneys out of business treuey company will no apply for higher fare as long ae buesee are runninp in competition proved instead of flie flpo lln ) boule vard ' * iu the petition the commissioner la asked to make an investigation of the rumors that a gre:n many options have been secured on property that i ate " aipnglhelr ; route , and a certificate the i/onif island traction company wants the hussen brought umer spction 26 of the transportation law which means that the busses would be forced out of business the lon island traction company wnnls n ten cent fare between points wliere five cents is now charged but does not dnre secure this fare while the busses are in operation the long island traction company is losing money hut dues not know whether thp money in lost o.i the free rhirt-hrooklyn hraneh or the hemp « iad-jamalca branch these were the outstanding points brought out at a meeting of the village trustees when arthur peacock repre senting the long island traction com pany requested taat the village of freeport take steps to put tbe busses that operate between freeport and llempsti'iiii under tlje section of the transportation law which would re inlre them to sneure consents to oper mild he benetitted by the seaman avenue-lakevlew avenue ¦ improve ment nnd that those who are active in trying to bring ahum he designa tion of that royte are interested in this property the leglmature gave of necessity wh'ch means that per mission to operate most be secured from the public service commission william t smith headed a delega tion from the roosevelt civic assocla tion and strenuously opposed any nc the stato highway commissioner tne;t|,m pi,,k tllk(,n fnat woll|d force tne busses out of business this territory ha grown enormously he said but the i ruction company iuir nover made any ; improvement in its service the busses power in select ion use his discretion in the f either mine ^~ from the liioklyn kagle i'reeport l i april 27 people on i ike ii sjftgt 30,000 a jaaal which the south side are wondering why he would/nave goy to the trolleys if thi politicians tire so interested in terityg tiie lakevtew-senman nv«n route for linproy^ien by the sti nnd opposing f-vtold'a i'"1 li"-'1 which wqjjlrt msawwfv route f brooklyn to styffiiiirtijlintv hfe senniiin nvenim and l^ikevlew nvt route rives only n narrow zig-zngg road from a point at a railroad ing in valley streujn the people on the south side ui favor of havulr the shirt mad the 100-foot boulevard into w h i c i the pipe line improvement will even tunlly develop thar they me up i'd lo the l.nkeview avenue route a goh f»ri>'«n<*<1 adequvt(1 sen-ice if we give tho husses h nly weapon we mite service fro imy mr f«ncnck representative went 0<),000 in tl the i,on inland d we give up the year and ilrond company of jiwhich it is a s((bshlinry ls not in a m j position to continue operat'on nt a loss village attorney clinton m flint wild cat attacks girl three year old child severely injured by feline attacked by a wild cat that has been infesting the saetton l'n which she lives three year old mlldren steckle of 281 miller avenue was fimnd lyirik on the ground nwir her liome ihi monday the child's llesh was severely torn through her clothing by the cat the wounds wtn dressed by dr w h hunde of ficer adam tnlch was sent to the k-lghborhiiod to kill the pat but no sign ol it could be found several people have been attacked by the cat recently cemeterysite school meeting nextjuesday 1 ials opposition heard to propo tlilqn to rai.-e 55,000 ior additional school land i'hree board mem8ers are to be elected pretid.nt s herland and mrs earon candidates to succeed selves el vln edwards hot to run the annual meeting of the frjeport school district will be held in the grove street school tuesday evening of next week may 3 at & o'clock the principal matters to come before the meeting will be the adoption of the budget the voting on the plan q ni'se 05,000 to cover the cost of securing and clearing for school purposes the site of the fold freeport cemetery and the erection of three members of the board of education the members of the board whose terms expire an david sutherland jr now president ; who is serving out thej of dwight c baker earon edwards there has been comparatively little opposition to the project of acquiring the old cemetery site for an extension of the rounds ol the present jrnve lf i.v line ik to lie dlacont tilled it is indicated by the fact that a proposi 1 woul<1 be thnt ilne mr peacock re tlon to have itoekvllle entre oo-oper ' f1"1''1 fllllt '"' i"('s n°f bmhw whether ate in the improvement of the section r lf sll('1 ls lll th fi of the lakevlew avenue route in that village was defeated hy the taxpayers the uoutlca.l gxojffl hum m:il - in is accused 1 fiere of sei iil'ainsi the mini i'lpe line thp figures of the company hnd not been analyzed ¦ find flint out a resolution was offprpd hy trustpp propaftpndi route in the shape of reports that ii is opposed by [ traehon oomnany which have not ni the residents of the imrtli siih of lie | rpn<1j fnkpn nflf'nn n placing bus lines \ nl st 26 f * county advocates of the pipe lino route point mil that this vftll not hold water because the i.nkevfew-seaman incline route which is being boomed hy the politicians is also on the south h"*"'''s 8 request was sent to the trno side of the county nnd if the people of the north side are opposed to the • ontlniled on page 4 col 4 new diesel oil burning engine installed at village power house to cut costs ked mr i'eacock lf.it is not a fact street school to which it is planned that it is the hempstead-jnmalca ' to nulld h extension addition to meet branch wldch is operated at a loss nnd ! tlle kent need of additional school room facilities those who have rela tives burled in the cemetery are inter ested in flie proposition and some of thorn object to the removal of the bodies but there is i 	 videnee of any organised opposition to the plan the principal comment heard is the ipics usfilju lcl whither the plan a mil llneij of removing the boules p"aytng for the sites reinteriing the bodies nud nun ing monuments to hie new graves in greenfield cemetery which must be purchased can he accomplish ed for the amount specified 65,000 the budget fof the coming vcar amounts to 1{x>,:!!>4..'s.h gross and the amount to lit raised by tuxes 1h 561.88 tilt balance being taken cure of christi ' ftnttiottttng to call n meeting of all the villages sprved by the long tsland th o inder section 26 of law to tnke comer matter at tlie previous transportation action in the meeting of the fion company to have a representative . he present nt the next meeting to take | u recelpts from varl<>118 «««* tl ¦"• tl.c mttttor of hnvlnir tho w*ch at clnl «"-*« the meeting ls publish olive houlevnrd removed because of ! *° ^ page 2 the dangerous trnfrtc congestion which it entires mr ppncock oxplnlnpd that tlie hiiimny has no moiipy to pay for removing or changing thp switch continual on -, i\>i \ ami j village unable to campaign against mosquitoes law amended for harmony in police dept bill now before governor per mits incoming village adminis tration to make appointments changes affect chief and lieutenants patrolmen will keep portions t re gardlesa of change in personnel of village board au amendment to the state law un der whi'-h police forces in villages in counties of 3#0,000 and over can be or ganized and placed under civil service ulatioui haw been passed by the siature under a bill introduced by assemblyman thomas mcwhtnney which so changes the law that it has an important effect on the police forces in the nassau county villages t'.ie freeport police force was put under an organized basis last year un der the last village administration bat rules or regulations have been adopted for the force either by the last administration or the present one the action taken by the last administration put all the members of the force under the same heading in the matter of per manance of tbe appointments under the amendment passad by the and now before governor miller awaiting his signature the pa trolmen and sergeants art retained un der the civil service regulations making the positions permanent.^but the posi tion of chief and lieutenant have been exempted from this regulation the theory under which this amend ment has been drafted and passed through the legislature is that it is for the best interest of a village to have at the head of the police department offi cials who will be in harmony with the village administration as the mil reads it affords to tlie patrolmen for all tl their goodj>ehavlor but chiefs ui'irupftul'i fyott from tlon rt ftmd 	 furnisv rr 	 r l - pointing to the head positions i police department men who are lu har mony with the admlnlstratton this puts villages in the sauievntekory with cities in the charters/flf which provi sion ls mnde for the appointment of the officers of the police department by the mayor of the city those who are supporting the hill de clare that it makes certain the protec tion of the jobs of the patrolmen about which protection there was some ques tion under the law as it previously itood and that it gives an incoming ad ntinlktnitlon an opportunity to work thmrt its httmjs fxhh^-mwl-b-y a u«ud if a department who would not he in ikajinony with it members of the village hoard who ' oppose the bill made tholr strongest omment on the fact that the power of ipjioimment and remornl is placed in he hands of the village president and not in the hands of the hoard of trus tees there seems to be no question hut hint as soon us the governor signs the illl there will be certain activity here uid that in the forcing to the forefront f persoiuilltlfh nnd opposing conten tions the general purport of the bill > win be lost sight of p dflvc ct : i ur former village president hanse unult oli lihl wants to have oil placed in all cisspools paving requirement comes un der railroad law to con fer with supervisor the petition at inllas blndrtm wal ing iiuif the rtuagti of creeport strike i'i'i ui hi fninclil.se it granted for the operation of ihe drove street nolley line the provision requiring thai as l.1"11'1 '¦ 	 panj pave the space be l\»een the hacks illld 1 dislullce oil both sides was mceived by tbe rtuags tt d y and referred b them i he village counsel who will lake the mat ui up with supervisor smiiii repre seining the county trustee maxson declared that he does m>l believe the county has the right to niter the franchise as the vil lage granted it tad are the onu ones who can modify it village attorney lint agreed hint such is the case bin hun even if the clausi l.s luken from tile franchise the stale railroad hiw requires the nine tliliin ami that is w hat tin i i hi lyursall hie members of tlie board agreed timt they can be considered u going ihi record in favor of relieving hi trolley company of ihw paving bur den county is wrotktbg under he declaration of trustee kllniinatlnj dkmqoitooa in the vil llgo by plaotbg oil iii nil cesspools and disini'ectiiik ail outhouses t eliminate breeding places for hies wns proposed to the village trustees by lorincr vil lage president jamua hanse lie declared that the meadows were free of inos<|ultim's us the result of ihe sorts which have been mad to rid tlieiu of their bleeding places hut that thousands of breading places are mam tallied 111 tho vlllune \ cry few pco pie ihe on the meadows he said while quite a few people live in the village ihe proposition s«emed to ineel w iii favor on ihe purl of some of ihe mem hers of the hoanl and it is prolmhl hint some steps may be liiken ill th ih'xt meeting of tlie board to carry ou freeport club to stage rig show vaudeville program will be given this year instead of minstrel the si ions president chrimie bugfaaeml that the i rude mi halm need at the powerhouse lie u-ed fi purpose and hint two additional the l'"reeport club will mil vl\e a minstrel show this year bin u win present an unusual vaudeville bill which will lie preseiiled iii the hulll i • ui u in on h'rhiay evening of next week may tl uml on the tallowing evening the annual sprim dance will take place the eliteiiiilliinelit committee ot the ciuh announces that it is snarl if no aojgsmsh or trouble in getting together a star hkkiekiilion on the proyrain tor the show and promises | show thill will be gaai out of all proport|i>n to the price of admission luel among the feu tu res hut the nnu ulttm sinmiuots win poatthreij ap itliipeur urc bui ilinem ross wash inspectors be appointed to do the wurk | barn minay ieer rvln ivshub involved tks two water wiikons own ed by the village could also h this fuel oil costs 7 cunu a gallon uml using one uullon at each one of ihe u,(h>0 houses iu tin vlllhge would hike the poal ol oil for one upplicii lion iipproxlmuliiy um ' llr coal of labor would be lu addition lt this ihe tne man hemie : i'uhor \ l.ilri two elegfleld ben ulies ilii interim tloimlly know ii yuiiua liipuuene uci ; maurice the illeat inuglcluu one of legerdem.iin - ihe iouniins paintl mary company in ittltieh jr ami kuailine acrobatic dunces \