THE VASSAU POST, FREEPORT, W. Y., IRXBAT, OGTOBRR 8, 1919.
EDITORIAL COLDMMS
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Offlclal pap«r of the VlllAse of Frveport.
FrtlDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915.
Published Frldaya by The Hauau Pott Gorpoimtion.
JAMBS E. STILEB, President.
31 Bouth Orove Street Freeport. N. Y.
Entm-ed as Second-claaa matter
April 3, 1914, at the Poet Offlce at
Preeport, New York, under the act of
March 3, 1879^
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FREEPORT. Telephone 61.
Branch Offlce, 3u9 Park Street.
(Between Jamaica and Myrtle Aves.)
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Tel. 317 Richmond Hill.
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THF BARGE CANAL.
Upon taking up the duties of his offlce last January, State Engineer and Surveyor Frank M. Williams dis¬ covered that conslderahly more than the $101,000,000 raised in 1903 tor the construction of the barge <anal had been expended or was obligated and if contracts awarded during the previous administration of the state engineer and surveyor's offlce were to be kept in force the Legislature would have to appropriate more thau $3,000,000 for immediate use. This was done, $3,654,000 being set aside for this purpose. It was further seen that in order to finish the canal $27,- 000,000 was needed, part to go to¬ ward thc payment of damages. Incur¬ red by the State in constructing its ¦waterways, part toward the actual construction work and part toward the payment of the amount appropri¬ ated by the Legislature.
It is now proposed to divide this sum as follows: Approximately $13,- .100,000 will go toward the payment of damage claims, most of which have already been incurred and must be paid; Willie the $3,6.")4,000, set aside by the Legislature, will be repaid to the State Treasury, which leaves the State engineer $9,846,000 for actual construction purposes. If this sum or sums should be raised by direct ap¬ propriations the people would be forc¬ ed to meet a heavy direct tax. The Legislature, considering this fact, therefore agreed to submit the ques¬ tion of raising this money by a bond Issue to the voters at the general elec¬ tion this November. If the referen¬ dum is carried bonds will be Issued by the State Comptroller and wlll bear interest at the rate of not more than four and one-half per centum per annum, and in ord^ to pay the interest and principal oi these bonds a small direct tax, which will be flve one-thousandths of a mill on eaeh dol¬ lar, will be placed on the people. This amall tax may extend over a period of not more than fifty years and in this way the actu il expense is easier to bear than it ;rould be If the Legisla¬ ture were foi eed to meet the canal expenses by a tieavy direct appropria¬ tion, which m;ans a correspondingly heavy direct tax.
The canal is now ninety per cent, completed, more than one hundred and sixty miles of its total mileage is open to trallic but Is useless for moo- ern barges, owing to certain sections, which are not linished. The Oswego branch irf practically completed, but Lake OntariQ cannot be entered from the Erie by bargers larger than those boats no win use because contract twenty-nine on the Erie, east of Utica, has been canceled. This same condi¬ tion is true of the Champlain Canal between Stillwater andNorthumber- land, where contract seventy-three has been canceled.
The people. have already passed favorably lipon the question of\ ratb- ing sums to construct the Cayuga- Seneca canal and barge canal term¬ inals. More than $100,000,000 has been expended on our canal system. At an interest rate of four per cent, this means a loss of $6,000,000 to the StaijO each year until the canal is completed. The fact \nat more money is needed is not due to an excessive cost for constructio* work but to the fact that the damage claims have greatly exceeded tho original esti¬ mates and because the courts have de¬ cided against the State in many in¬ stances. Additional damage claims hav^ been flled against tbe State and these must be paid, either by passing the referendum or by direct appropri¬ ations by the Legislature.
In Tiew of all these facts, namely, the amount of money spent or obli¬ gated, the uselessness of the canals until fully completed, the truth that
The Nassaa Pott advocates the erecticn of a Mcnicipal Building and Andi loricm.
It advocates ardently the purchase o motor tractors for all fire apparathb.
It urges the installation of an electric alarm system and the oentralizalion ot fire apparatus. 9
It advocatet the immediate appropriation of $5,000 to be expended for publicity iu securing the establishment of manufacturing industries for Freepert.
damage claims already incurred must be paid, the further truth that the adoption of the referendum means a lower tax than a direct appropriation and the fact that the people wiil ulti¬ mately insist upon the completion of the canals, the majority of the voters it is believed will favor the barge canal referendum.
TBE wireless TELEPHONE.
By means of the special wireless telephone developments made by the engineers of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, speech was transmitted last week by wireless tele¬ phone from Washington to a station near Honolulu. This triumph com¬ ing but a few hour after Mr. Vail had talked by wireless from Washington to San Francisco, is concluflve proof of the wonderful capacity of the new discoveries by the engineers of the Bell system.
The.distance over which this wire¬ less communication was held—forty- nine hundred miles—Is greater than that from New York to Berlin, so that it is obvious that transatlantic tele¬ phone communitation is possjible once the disturbed conditions in Europe will permit.
An Interesting feature of the tests last week was the ability in a practi¬ cal way to connect wireless systems with wire telephone systems,- Mr. Vail, iu Ills talk from New York to San Francisco used the wire to Wash¬ ington and theTe, by special means, tlie wires were connected to a special wireless apparatus and to the navy's wireless tower, where the message went wirelessly to its destination.
Wireless telephony Would form a most important adjunct and exten¬ sion to the existing wire systems, as by its means communications would be established to points where it is impossible to extend wires, but for many reasons wireless telephony could never take the place of wire .systems.
PASTOR'S BIBLE GLASS AT BALDWIN GIVES RECEPTION TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS
POLITICAL CALENDAR.
.Srpti'mbcr 21 to October IS—Indepen¬ dent iininln.itlons to be filed with board of election.s.
IteRlKtratlon Days—In villages of 6,000 or more inhabitants: Oct. 8—7 a. m. to 10 p. m. 1st day. Oct. 9—7 a. m. to 10 p. m. 2nd d.ay. Oct. 15—7 a. m. to 10 p. m. 3rd day. Oct. 16—7 a. m. to 10 p. m. 4th day.
TtPsLitratlon Daya—In districts or com- muntles of leas ttian 5,000 Inhsiblt- anls: Oct. 9—7 a. nt. to 10 p. m. 1st day. Oct. 16—7 a. m. to 10 p. m. 2nd day.
October 13—Laat day to file declination of Independent nomination which was flled with Secretary of State. Last day to file (lecUnatlon of a party nomination on flle with board of elections.
October 15—Last day to flle declination of an indepenflenr nomination which was filed with the board of elections.
October 11—Last day to flle with Sec¬ retary of State and board of elec¬ tions certlflcates stating the names and addresses of State and county committees.
October IS—Last day for fllinp certifi¬ cate of new nomlnatlon.s caused by declination or disqualification, with Secretary of State and board of elections.
October 19—Last day for Secretary of State to trnn.smlt to board of elec-
" tlons nominations flled in his offlce.
October 27—Last day for publication of nominations In newspapers.
Tuesday. November 2—Oeneral election day. Polls open 6 a. m.; polls close b p. m.
MAII.9.
FROM THE WEST. ' .\rrlve Keady for DIs.
«.30 A. M. 7.45 A.M.
S.IO A, M. 8.30 A. M.
12.40 P. M. 1.00 P.M.
2.50 P. M. 3.15 P.M.
5.10 P. M. 5.30 P.M.
6.30 P. M. 7.00 P.M.
FROM THE EAST. Arrive Ready for DIs.
S.IO A. M. 8.30 A.M.
12.40 P. M. 1.00 P. M.
4.30 P. M. 4.55 P. M.
7.00 P. M. MallH t'loHo mill Illsitalched. Kor tho West For the East.
*.40 A. M. 7.40 A. M.
10.00 A. M. 2.30 P. M.
11.50 Noon 6.10 P. M.
.T.35 P. M. fi.20 p. M. 7.50 P. M. Ordinary and Regular Malls from 7 it. m. to 8 p. m.
M. O. B. and P. S. Bank from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
COMMUNITY LEAGUE AT IMPGBT- ANT MEETING CONSIDER VIL¬ LAGE NECESSITIES.
I By Special Correspondent.)
On Thursday night of last week a reception was held In the chapel of the Methodist Episcopal church ny the pastor's Bible class, at which time the offlcers and teachers of the Sunday school were guests. A pleas¬ ing program was rendered, consisting of readings by Mrs. Warren I. Bow¬ man and Miss Jennie Schuman; per¬ sonal reminlnscenes by Captain Rich, and vocal music hy a quartet, com¬ posed of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Thomas, Mrs. Valentine Soble and Mr. William A. Coote. Rev. Warren I. Bowman, the pastor, gave an inter¬ esting talk on the work of the class. The committee in charge were: Mrs. Eben E. Acker, Mrs. Francis W. Mil¬ ler, Mrs. William Golden, Mrs. Harry Valentine and Mrs. F. Howard Edgar, Jr.
Mr. Richard Mott is still convales¬ cent at Mineola hospital. His many friends hope for his speedy recovery.
Miss Edna Grimm has entered Brown's Business College in Brook¬ lyn- Grand avenue at the junction with Foxhurst avenue is closed as far as the Merrick road, owing to work on tlie roadway. Foxhurst avenue is a State road and Is being put in fine condition, also Grand avenue, right up to the Merrick road, but it is very liu onvenient at the present time.
The annual fair, under the auspices (,.f the different socieiies of the Meth¬ odist Protestant iluuch will be held in the basement of the church next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Thur.sday evening a musical enter¬ tainment will be held. All of the societies are working hard to make the fair a .success.
The Advance Club wlll be enter¬ tained by Mrs. Shotwell at her home on Grand avenue ivext Thursday af¬ ternoon.
Mrs. Luther D. Kice has heen visit¬ ing at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson.
Veterans E. B. Rose and Michael Kelly attended the reunion of the Grand Army of tho Republic held at Washington. D. C, recently.
St. Peter's Luthe.an Bible school meets regularly in Firemen's Hall on Grand avenue every Sunday after¬ noon at three o'clock. The interest and attendance in the school is grad¬ ually increasing, through the efforts of Rev. D. Steinbicker.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Community League was held in Southard's Hall Monday night with a good attendance. Subjects under discussion were the better lighting of the village, especially around the railroad station, and the advisability of having the gas company place some additional lights in some of the streets, as well as to see that the lights that occasionally do not burn at night are properly attended to.
It was suggested that the village have clusters of lights similar to those in Rockville Centre placed on Grand avenue and the Merrick road and that the matter be brought be¬ fore the taxpayers. Also that the league supply a Christmas tree this winter for the poor.
Messrs. Thomas G. Puncan and El¬ bert E. Hawkins attended the dinner to Governor Whitman last Friday night at Long Beach, as representa¬ tives of the Community League.
A Ro.n was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Schmidt of Grand avenue this week.
Rev. Warren T. Bowman has been confined to his home for some days, and was unable to be in the pulpit
on Sunday. In the morning District Superintendent William A. Layton wae present and preached, and the evening service was in charge of Mr. Francis W. Miller.
Mr. Harry P. .Miller will lead the Epworth League meeting In the M. E. church Sunday evening; topic, "Can We Capture Politics for God?"
COMHjINICATIONS
_ "No Credit to Post."
SOtTH UAY TK.ASPORTATIO.V CO. Meail'iuarters Hl-;M,.MOItK. Lotm Island
October 4, I'.U."). The Nassau Fost,
Freeport, L. I.
Dear Sirs.—With reference to your article "Seaford Folk Kick Against' New Rate," in Die Sept, 2 4 issue of Tlie Nassau Posl. I beg to Inform you that there wer( no Increased rates from High Hill Beach to Heilmore on Sept. 18, 1 rt and 20, nor at any other time during thc .season.
However, by way of explanation I will advise you that aside from the regular scherlul'd trips there were ar¬ ranged one or two extra or special trips at the reijiiest of a few individ¬ uals who agreed to pay fifty cents a head for tbis aicommodation. Now, If by chance, some one outside of this group happened along and took pas¬ sage vountarily without investigation of the aforemeutioned special ar¬ rangement of fifty cents a head he or she was in no way eiuitled lo aii> cliea])er rate.
Now it appears to me that your 'special corresjxjudcnt' would have dono well to have consulted the ferry company on th( matter before jump¬ ing at conclu.°i()iis and publishing un¬ truths whietl.in the public mind cre¬ ate an unfair and unjust opinion ot said ferry conii)any. Futhermore it is no one's business but tlie company and the partic-; who hired the boat and to create a head liner out of
nothing ig no credit to The Nassau Post. - Very truly.
(Slgnedl ARTHUR HORN.
Boy Scouts Soliciting.
As a result of an earnest desire to cr|uip their ranks most efficiently the boys of I'atrol .N'o. 1, Boy Scouts of America, of Freeport, are personally, in uniform, soliciting subscriptions toward the expense of purchasing drums, fifes and bugles. They atre being courteously received by Free- port residents who are loyally assist¬ ing them. Only boys in uniform are authorized to take subscriptions.
\
J. Brown
Tel. 191-J Freeport
Maker of
AUTO TOPS SLIP COVERS
VEHICLE TRIMMING REPAIRING
HARNESS MAKER Dealer in all kinds of Horse Goods.
Trunks and Suit Cases Repaired 16 Brooklyn Ave. Freeport, L. L
Freeport Fish Market
Kcinoved from Merrick Road
7 SOUTH MAIN STREET
OPPOSITE CANNON
Fresh Oysters and Clams on the half shell, by the plate or quan¬ tity in bulk.
ALL KINDS FISH
Drop in and get a clam or oys¬ ter on the shell.
Job
Printiiig
Do yc'.i know that you can get satisfactory work right at home?
Jerome K.Gleason
Has a neat and up-to-date plant and can do your large or small work quicker and better than at any place ou Long Island.
Church St., near Merrick Rd., Freeport
Sanitary Laundry Work
IS ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. IT'S THE KIND OF WORK THAT PRODUCES AN AP¬ PRECIATED FEELING OF SATIS¬ FACTION. IT IS A GUARANTEE OF RELIABILITY.
HAVE YOUR WORK DONE IN A FACTORY WHERE
EVERY PIECE OF LAUNDRY
Is properly marked' Is properly counted Is washed in two suds; cold and
boiling hot Is rinsed in three waters
Is wrung dry in sanitary en¬ closures
Is starched and ironed by thc latest sanitary appliances jt
Is delivered promptly
THE PARK LAUNDRY CO.
121 PROSPECT STREET
JAMAICA, L, I.
FREEPORT BRANCH OFFICE, PHONE 872.
V.E WILL CALL AND DELIVER PROMPTLY WITHOUT EXTRA
CHARGE.
FLORIST
AUTO QUICK DELIVERY SERVICE
THE CHOICEST VARIETIES OF CUT FLOWERS. LARGE STOCK OF GROWING PLANTS.
FUNERAL WORK A SPECIALTY
Covering and Lining of Graves
Greenhouses at East New York
J.H.VANMATER
9 FLUSHING AVE., Nr. FULTON Telephone 1012. JAMAICA.
BERT'S SPECIALTY SHOP
NEW STORE
MEBBICK ROAD
NEW SHOPPING'DISTRICT FREEPORT
Fall and Winter Fashions in Ladies Ready-to-Wear Garments
SUITS
COATS
BLOUSES
LINGERIE
MILLINERY
CORSETS
COICE m AND SEE OUR ASSORTMENT.
STUDEBAKER 4-forty h. p.
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GEORGE BENNETT SMITH, East Merrick Road, Freeport, L. I.
This is that new $885 Studebaker! The new car that has been so much talked of as the best car that Studebaker ever built. And if tlve picture that we show here ever began to do justice to the car itself, it wotild be more than enough merely to say: "$885 buys THAT car." o
But no picture can ever adequately illustrate the car's lines, let alone its quality. And so we are forcsd to fall back on tlie old, time-worn "see it with your own eyes." However, "seeing it" will be surpris¬ ing, we know. For
It has GREATLY INCREASED POWER!
The new motor, enlarged to 3% lncho« in bor.' and dlsiila.vhiK- iiotabU^ uiP'oven.ent i,i Oeslfcc, developi- 40-l.'i ho.n' powor. Mor<- POWKft frtr that unexpectt'il twigt In the hill, fm- Cio quick getaway In clly trafflc, for 8teady mlli -fating speed on tho open roud.
It has INCBEASED CAPACITY AND COMFORT!
T^ie bodies of ihf new cars are larger Ihan evor, lonptr mid roomier ev¬ erywhere. Do'irs open wider. Cushions are deeper and softer and built up on longer c.ill springs—wider, too. Driver's seat in divided. And In ttie tonneau ar.- two extrk seata that fold down Into recesses In tho floor, completely disappearing when not in uso, by moans of which the ear can speedily be made Into a most commodious T-passengcr car.
It gives HIOHER QUALITY!
DilBcult you will admit, remembering that StudebalterM liav«- always been quality cars—but none the less true. This ncw $885 Studebaker in spite of fhe reduction in Its price la far bolter than any car even Studebaker ever built before. The upholster y Is the flnest grade of genuine, hand-
liiiff. (I .slral^hl grained leather on iln- murk"!. Shafts, kc-hi-m, steering knuckles and nil the vital parts of lln- cnr .-in- ut better Hliels than evitr. Higher Rtanilards of accuracy in nuinufac-l iirlntr, IrimMoiInn and finish luive bei-n inlroduced.
And yet you PAY LESS!
And hire It is worhty of mention that this year's prices on Studibakpr viiin ;ire mil Ihf result of our buildinK smaller, lower priced cars to sell li'.jrel.v on a priff baxla, but thiy ar«- the result of our resources and fiicililles thai tow manufacturer" ean rival, Hif rfsull of 4 years' study "t Just two cliacf-es and thc gr<a! manufiieluring rTrmomieH of concen¬ trating on but two designs.
That is the sum and substance of what is to be said for this ncw Forty H. P, Studebaker. It is not only the best car that Studebaker ever built—but one of the greatest values any maker ever offered at any price. It gives more for each dollar of its price than ever before. And any man who intends to bny a car at any price, will make a grave mistake if he fails to see this new car that represents the best eiforts and the price-economies of one of the world's largest pro¬ ducers of motor cars. Write for handsomely illnstrated catalog— and more important, SEE the car at
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George Bennett Smith's Garage
EAST MERRICK ?G '3
FBEEPORT, LONO ISLAND
