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OFFICIAL FAPER OF THE VILLAOE OF FREEPOST.
FREEPOBT, W. Y., fBpiAT, JTIHE 11, 1915.
PRICE TWO CEHTB
Engineers Make Feasible Adaptation of Sewerage
System Estimated to Cost Less Than $130,000
Systeoi to be So Arranged That Ad¬ ditional Portions can be G>nstructed Without Rebuilding of Work Done. WiU Take Care of Sections Most Needing it as Indicated on Map; Business iSection of Village and Built Up Portion North of Water Supply. This of Vital Importance as Protec¬ tion Against Contamination From Cesspools.
village Engineers Smitli and Mal¬ colmson .at tbe request of the Board of Health, have prepared an adapta¬ tion of their general plane made In 1912.
SMITH & MALCOMSON, Inc. Municipal A Civil Engineers Village Engineers of Kreeport
37 Railroad Avenue, Freeport, N. Y., June 8, 1916, Editor The Nassau Post.
Dear Slr.-7-Conformlng to your re¬ queet we take pleasure In giving you aome facts regarding a feasible adap¬ tation of the sewerage system plan for Freeport, which wae designed by U8 several years ago and has been ac- eepted by the Village and approved by the State Department of Health.
The accepted plan Is designed to teke care of the entire Incorporated vUIafte, which la a necessity (or sev¬ eral reasons. It would be poor policy to proceed with any section without knowing that the remaining portion could later be constructed without re¬ building wbat had already been done. It is tbe part of wisdom also to know what tbe flnal total cost will be, and Just how each eection will Join with the othera. Moreover, the State Board of Health will not approve any plan which is not comprehensive In ita scope, though they have the power to permit the construction to be done piecemeal, after the general plan is approved. In order to avoid repeat¬ ed pumping It is necessary to place the main trunk sewers In the low sec- tions, thereby permitting tbe others to drain into them naturally. This, however,, requires the use of tem¬ porary expedients in some cases, -where It is not desirable to construct all of the trunks at the outset.
In considering the feasibility of constructing a portion of the system, and leaving other parts for subse¬ quent completion it Is necessary to have clearly In mind one particular distinction whicb Is common to near¬ ly all systems of sewerage. We refer to tbe diflerence between trunk sew¬ ers and laterals. The trunk sewers
are the larger mains, wuich collect the sewage from other smaller ones (known as lateral) as well as from the properties adjoining the trunks themselves.
In order to show just what can be accomplished in the way of construct¬ ing that portion of the system whlcu wili take care of the sections most in need of It, we have prepared a spe¬ cial map. On this map we have in¬ dicated certain portions of tbe trunk 'sewers as originally designed, and the area which they wlll serve if the laterals draining into tbem are con¬ structed. It wlll, bowever, only be necesssary to construct such of the laterals as there may be an immediate demand for. Once the trunks are In the laterals can be built, but it is uaeless to build the laterals until there Is some¬ thing for tbem to empty Into. The difflculty in such a plan Ilea in deter¬ mining which trunk sewers will give the greatest service themselves, a£ well as in their capacity of collector^ for the laterals, and the plan we have outlined will be found to meet those conditions to an unusual degree.
It will be seen that the construc¬ tion of these trunk lines wlll permit the sewering df what is really the heart of the village. All the business section of the village can then be sewered, and also the built-up por¬ tion north of our water supply. The latter Is of vital importance as a protection against contamination. In the course of time our water supply will receive the drainage and seepage from cesspools north of it. Under¬ ground sand filtration does not purify, as has been shown in many cases where the causes of epidemics -have been traced. That section is Increasing In population rapidly, and each new¬ comer adds his cesspool drainage to that which will be drawn into the wells at ttae village plant. Tbe best of filters require frequent cleaning, and It needs amall imagination to
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Sewers for Freeport? The question is direct and pointed. Having partially nullified those ever-present sentiments that always stimulate opposition to improvements liable to Increaae tax rates or lead to per foot property assessments, the citizens of the village are giving the proposi¬ llon thoughtful conaideration. The agitation, thanks to the press, has become general and arguments for and against are being weighed carefully.
As soon as Smith and Malcomson announced that a feasible adaptation of the plana and specifications prepared three years ago could be made and that the maximum coet of constructing the sections needed at this time would not exceed |125,000, certain opposition which had developed, rapid¬ ly disappeared. The fact that the State Health Department were but adviaing rather than threatening alao served to Increase favorable interest la the question.
And as the health department expected, when the people knew the real facts, real enthusiasm for the project has developed. Prominent tax¬
payers and former offlcials as well as large real estate operators have begun to look for the installation of a system of sewerage and sewage disposal as a necessity. In fact Individually they have and are making investiga¬ tions of the cesspool nuisance which are disclosing conditions they did not helieve could possslbly exist.
In the very heart of the village, in the centre of the buslnesss di.s¬ trict, one prominent merchant, an esteemed resident, foun'd nearby ten overflowing cesspools, Indeed, there was evidence of even a more menac¬ ing condition.
At the request of the editor of The Nassau Poet the village engineers, by the way recognized throughout the state for their reliability. Smith and Malcomson, have prepared facts regarding their adaption of the gen¬ eral plan which wo print herewith. The communication from Dr. Over¬ ton printed In another column is speciflc and needs no further comment.
Health officials urge upon the people of Freeport earnest consideration of this vital question, Sewers for Freeport?.
JAM SETS MIE FOB wn TRIIIL
RIGHTS OF STATE HEALTH OF¬ FICIALS ARE TO BE TESTED IN > SUIT WHICH PROMISES TO VIN¬ DICATE THEIR WORK AND ES¬ TABLISH STATUS.
(Special to The' NMM-b- Post.) MINEOLA. N. Y.. Jnne 10.—The case of Fannie Warner agalnSt, Dr. Overton and Dr. Jaquea, health of¬ flcera of the atate and county, for 125,000, waa called on Monday b«- ffire Supreme Court Juatlce Jayeoz, aiy, aet down Cor trial ter tha 14th mSant.
The aetion of Mra. Warner arose out of the elofias up of her dairy by the atate and local board ot health in June, 1914, if hen an spidemieof sep¬ tic sore throst existinK ta HookrlUa
Centre waa alleged to have been trac¬ ed by the authorities to Mrs. War¬ ner's dairy. Tbe dairy waa In cloae quarantine for six or seven weeks, at the end of which time the business of the plaintiff was entirely ruined. It is contended by Mn. Warner in her complaint that the action of the of¬ ficers of the board of health was wrongful and tUegal, and that there was no Juat cause for subjecting her dairy to quarantine. On tbe other hand, Dr. Overton and Dr. Jaquea both inalat tbat the acta done by them were abaoiutely eaaential to tbe welfare of the comnianlty and the safety of the people's Itealth.
Ex-Judge Elvin N. Edwards pt Freeport represents Mrs. Warner, wblle the Attorney Oeneral of the State of New Tork appeara for Dr. Overton of the State Board of Health, and Jeremiah Wood ot New York ap¬ peara fqr Dr. Jaques aa counsel to the Town <^ llempstead.
Tbe caae has arooiiad a great deal ot interaat throughout the aute aa it ia expected that the qveation will be aettled whether or uAt tha Brard ot Health and its oflkms hare absolata power to destray ^7 qnacantte prtr- ata WT09<Mt7.
PBOMINENT L, I, MEN AND WOMEN TO FORM A COUNTT HISTORICAL SOCIETT ON SAT¬ URDAT EVENINO AT ROCK¬ VILLE CENTRE.
gether. He proposes that the society branch out and divide up into little groups, each group working out some bits of history. The society will en¬ courage the writing of papers dealing with interesting data, and research bodies will be organized.
The material gathered will be In¬ stalled in some library, possibly one of their own to be built by subscrip¬ tion. More than a hundred men and women will Join tbe society. The list of members will include physicians, educators, bankers, teachers, clergy and business men.
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Men and women prominent In tbe social, civic and historical affairs of Long Island will meat at the village offlce in Rockville Centre tomorrow night, June 12, for the purpoae of forming a permanent Long laland Hiatorical Society. The chief Inter¬ est will be in telling of the hiatory of Naaaau county. R. M. Darbee haa called tbe meeting and he will pre¬ side until the society electa perma¬ nent offlcera.
Mr. Darbee, with othera, belieres that Naaaau ooanty ia rich in hia¬ torical lore, but he deplorea the little effort given by the earlier aettlera in gathering the iatereating 4ata to-
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Shower Miss Parkerson.
A variety shower was tendered Misa Marie Parkerson at the home of Mlaa Mabel Powers on Church «treet on Friday evening recently. Among the gueets were Miss Jane Brown and Miss Ann Robb of Bellmore. Missea Etta and Helen Lobmeyer of New York City, and Misses Marie Parker- bon, Lottie Parkerson, Anna Croas- fleld, Lucie Post, Julia C. Roaa, Flor¬ ence Brown, Mabel Powell and Mabttl Powera and Mra. Fred Fox.
ChutA Fair and Pss^raL
The Ladiea' Clrele of the Freeport Baptiat Chureh will hold a talr and festival in the church on June 16, af¬ ternoon and evening. Supper aervM from S until 8 p. in.
Dr. Frank Overton Commends Free- port Upon Pro¬ gressiveness— As¬ serts Attitude of State Only That of Prevention—Says Village is Wise to Install a Sewer System Before Un- healthful Condi¬ tions Arise
Dr. Frank Overton, State Sanitary Supervisor of Long Island, one of the ablest experts of the hoalth depart¬ ment, probably more familiar with Freeport's actual health conditlona Ihan any other ofllclal, appeals to the people of Freeport, in a way which is beyond reproach, and which can not be questioned.
N<?w' York State Department of Health
DUtrlct 8
Nassau and SulTotk Counties
Prank Overton. M. D.,
Sanitary Superviaor
June Sth, 1915. Mr. James E. Stiles,
Editor Nassau Post, Freeport, N. Y. My Dear Mr. Stiles.
Your excellent article oxx a village sewer system in the issue ot June 4th, will do much to promote the welfare of Freeport vlllage. The State De¬ partment of Health takes the attitude of preventing trouble, rather than of allowing trouble to develop and then remedying it. Freeport has always been noted for Its progressive spirit. It Is a village of homes, and a major¬ ity of its people are able to have running water and bathrooms In their houses. The capacity of the ground to purify waste water le lim¬ ited and tlie rapid growth of Freeport will soon compel the authorities to remove the sewage beyond the set¬ tled portions of the village. The vll¬ lage trustee^ are wise in their desire to Install a sewer system before un- healthful conditions arise.
A sower system is a sign of pro¬ gress. Wlien a home seeker comes to a town, he inquires about the schools, the churches, the water supply, a«d
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The Question of Price
is always an interesting one. Here are a few quotations on seasonable articles:
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