Nassau County Review 19160107

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Nassau County Review
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FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7. 1916
Vol. XXv^sjo. I
MAJORITY URGE FOR SEWERS AT ONCE
SEWER   COMMISSION   REPORTS
MINORmr SAY NO NECESSITY FOR HASTE
Insist That No Delay Should Be Tolerated
Freeport
At the reeolar nit-i'ting of the Vil¬ lage Board of Tru'tees Thursday af¬ ternocn H mHJority rfjiort on the sewer proposition was received.
This   rommittee   consisting   of   ex- Presidentf John   I),   tiunning,   James Dean and   iJaniel   Morrison,   ex Tros- te» Willi .in H.   Patt"r9on.>*riVi   Frank , H^./vei.-.'^AIvin A.   ,^U|||^ .Arthur,
ward   .'^'.   Keo^li,   'whh   Htipointed    hv i President Lamb (lur'iijant to a   resolu   | tion pfl""''d.A";.,'h**   puhlio   meeting   of ^ tbe citi/ens oi Freeport called  to   dia- cusj ttic  needs   of   th('   village   for   H[
. 8e<«er .-ly'lenB. The [sreliHe to the re ! port 9H\ ¦• the tirst nice ing uf the cum- ; mittee waa heid Jonp yil when tlm ; committee   was   organized,   John    D. .
¦ v<junninp eletted president and Edward ; Keogh elected aecretary. The com- j mittee held many mcetingii and ex : aminedthe question thoroughly, oh — taining the opinion and views of   citi- i
State Health Department after a per¬ sonal examination of the Village ^ap¬ peared before tnia Ctinimittee and hj- vised the installation of u Sewer Sys¬ tem.     His report is   attached   hereto.
8th. The Committee had before it a I'.eport of the State Departnient upon the water wupply wherein it ad- vi.ies that the ct'»!-pool.^ and privies in the neif;lil;orhood are a source of po- Friday Jan. tenlial daneer to the supply and rtc- Saturi'nv, omiiiendd that unless u Sewer System be installed all ce.'^.ipools and privies within a radius of not les.s than .")!iu feet of the wells he m ide   watertight.
The report alao alfirms that the wat er supply although not dangerously Dolluted at the time of this inspection, is subject to pollution, which while apiiarently inactive in its passajKe through the soil, muy at almost an> time become active and dangerous.
ath.     It was also apparent   that   in many cases the   first   warning   of   the
Single copies of tho Ueview for .sule at Greenblatt's and Braithwaite's, Ra.l- road Avenue; MichnofT's, Nassau County Review, DaSilva's and Go- betz's. Main Street: DaSilva's.VVest Merrick Road. tf.
j Sewer Meeting Jan. 261     Village Trustees
' ¦A^ ^^^ regular meeting ot   the   Vil
Freeport, Jan.  6.4-After   receiving I igg^   goard   Thursday   afternoon  per-
Recommend at Least Five Year's Wait
.  HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE
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Sunday . Monday, Fuenday, 'A'ednesday, Thursday, Friday Saturday,
C.    Milton    Foreman,    lumber   and ' hardware, has our thanks for a pretty CHiendar.
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the two reports of Sewer Com-nittee this afternoon (as poblished in this j issue) the Villaga Board set Wednes- ' day, January 2i>, at the Columbos ¦Avenue School for tbe reccKpt of the j report and further coc.-ideration by the taxpajer:;.
Freeport Firemen Help Fight Fire at Iiempstead j
misHioti was given to I'. E. O'Brien to constru !t an electrical <iign for den¬ tal parlors at 3.'i Railroad Avenue.
A communication was received from Fire Chief H. E. Pearsall regarding the taking of the lire apparatus fo Hempstead on December 31, and ex pressing his appreciation of the as¬ sistance of the Board ol Trustees in bringing the department uji to' its (iresent state of efficiency.
The rejrort of Police Justice Flint was received showing receipts of S12 fer month of Deceniber.
At the same meeting of the Village sewtr system, that there is danger IjOard at whicli tiit majority report of of the water supply cf tl..sv;ilgjie the Se\V( r Cor:imiltte was received, beroiiiinv contaminated l)y luti rapid the minority report was presented i growth of that section just tt. tba later in the afternoon ! J  I'l^h;!   Mer-] north vf the municipiii standpipe,   and
Mrs. Trubenback
Friday morning at 1 :.'u a telephone mesaage was received in Freeport that a serious tite threatened the destruc¬ tion nf a large portion cf the business Ispction of Hempstead, Lut the inform¬ ant stated that vvhik waiting for hia 520 for sidewalks C'.nneclion, he had been watching    the   htr husband, H. l.
rison.    The report is a« follows:
To   the   hor"rst)ie   V lilnge B^ard and
Taxpayers   of   the   Vii:at;t cf Free
[lort:
We,the undersigned, representing the minority members, disagree with the majority report of.the commission a;r-:ir:te;i by the taxpayers of the Vil lage of Freepo t, to investigate and study the qoestion of a sewer .system i for   the   Village   of   Freeport,   on the j
Demands Street Repairs j Kfonnd   that   we   fail  to see a present
in view of tbis, ne gHve c risiderabl*!^ attention to this pnin'. '.Vt an in¬ formed on good B'.lthorify that thtre is no im:i'.jJ:..'.c danger irom this sec¬ tion for some years to come under the system now in use, and which has, been referred to before, that is, the emptying of the cesspools as often gf-^ neces.sary under the supervision of tW Board ef Health. We are also in¬ formed that absoiut* safety in this respect could be acquired by tJie Board f Health passing a rule that nil  cess-
Mrs. Blanche Trubenliack   aj^peured
before   the   Village   Board    Ti.ursday
afternoon and asked that a   rebate   of
on   Jay   Stret  due
Trubenback,   since
zens, professional men and  btate  oHi-;., .    , „ ,    ,
.  .     c       ,. ...    .._       . . „. .„ 1   the actual overHowiiig   had   occurrea
cial^   familiar   with   the   subject and : ^ ...i_^ ,_ .:       ., _   . .    ,:
acquainted with the needs of the vil¬ lage. Individual members of the committee made personal examina tion of loc'il conditions atTecting the question, through personal visits and inspection of the various parts of the viluge. especially congested sections, and examined numerous ceaspools and the general conditions in the imniv- diate neighborhood thereof.
The committee had a meeting eapecially for a conilatatiun with the physicians' at   which   Drs.     Fletcher,
need of cesspools  cleaning   \vb«   when       Edward C. McCourt   haa   taken   tbe
barbel   shop    formerly    conducted   by iat which time the surrounding   ground   Fred hngrotf, who has left town, iwas covered with etlluvia and  contam-
i ination   making   a   dangemus   disease       ^ new traflic sign has    been   placed I bear ng condition. , 3^   jhe corner   of   Merrick   Road   and
I      liJih      Your     .ommittee   makes   "o   Majn .street, with instructions   "keep i spread to a clothing store on the   east   bate   until   the   otber   accounta jhnding as to cost   of   upkeep  or   con-, to right" which can be read from   any   and the E. J.   Prav   Meat   Market   on 1 settled , atruction as it waa not possible for   it j direction. the west, was gaining headway.    See- i     After a discussion   with   Mrs
fire, and it seemed under    control   and last May, be paid.     She was informed
the help would not be needed. that  there   were   billa   for   light   and
Thinking such a tire would be inter- water outstanding againat her proper-
esting to watch.   Chief H. E. Pearsall ty on North Main Street for whicii her
, immediately went over to Hempstead, husband as tbe provider for   the   fam-
and found   that   tbe   lire,    which   had ily was responsible, and the Board did
started in   the   Lush   Pharmacy,   had not feel like paying the   sidewalk   re- were
necessity for l>urdening the   taxpayers f pm,,^ j,,„„,j,(.t,p^   houses   in   that   dis
Dean, Hoag. Steele, French, Newton •nd Lindsay were present, and was ably assisted in its investigations by Dr. Runcie, the Health Officer of the village.
This re|)ort is not signed, but by deduction, it seems tbat it is the re¬ port of Messrs. Gunning, Keogh, Nos- w<'rthy, .Nygren and Sealey.
Yoor Committee respectfully sub¬ mits tb» foilowiag findings as a re¬ salt of its investigatioas.
1st. The Village of Freeport has a popolation at present of over Seventy- five hundred (7500) persons. Its growth has been remarkable, greatly exceeding the normal increase of other vilkiKes throtfgkoat the Stnte and the belief is warranted that such growth will continue and greatly exceed itu proportion io tfae immediate future. Tbis increase in popalatioa is mainly of people en comfortable and well to do circumstances, who foraaerly reaid¬ ed in tbt; citifes and wbo r«qjire and demad healthful and modem conven¬ iences and aurroundinga.
To encourage and promote this con¬ tinual increase in population, the vil¬ lage must provide facilities, at least equal and if possible excee.dinK those olTered by other residential sections of the State.
2nd. This iocreaje in population has resulted in a condition of conges¬ tion in tbe business section and m some of the residential sections, which promises to incease in tlie immediate future.
Srd. Your CtMomittee iinds that tbere are at prearflt in the Village 1788 cesspools,  y    grease   traps   and
I to secure sufficient data upon which, j to base accurate figures and it is of : the opinion that this matter should I be left to the Board of Trustees who jean secure estimates and propositions I frorn competent contractors aa to the 1 coat and upkeep and submit a detailed j proposition to the Taxpayers for a : vote'thereon.
Tru
  ing the conditions, he offered the   ser-   benback a resolution was passed crea-
Rufus R. Rhodes, whe haa conducted ¦ ''/-'"'!f.'''^f¦'¦"P" Department to jt.ng ?14.90 of the amount due on a the Nassau Studio on Church street ^ <-^'" '^,"='"''''»"'^^'*'« ^'^^^ "m 'm-; light bill against the Trubenback since June, has closed his studio and ! "lediately accepted, more bose and the jay Street propertv anil the balance secured a position as photographer jn ^ ?'*«"'«¦¦ ^emg an immediate necessity ; of $5.10 to be credited on a similar Bridgeport   Conn Uf any part of   the   block   was   to   be ; bill on the North Main Street   proper-
saved.    At 2:21 the Chief sent in Call   ty   of   Vfrs.    Trubenback,    who    said I No. 6 from Hempstead,    with instruc-i there   was   "nothing   doing,"  as they The annaal    election   of   officers    of ; tiona that Hose -> and 4 (mntnrnr^uffnt i        ,ij * .    n. -.-
Bl . ni   ,.     -I, I.   I- IA        .    aa       t t-'uns mat nose _ ano « tmoior (w wenM would   not   accent    the     proposition.
Freeport Club will be held next Mon- j anj the steamer should ana- .t once. , she claima there are some overcharges day evening Janaary 10. The follow- . Hose 1 and 3 (horse drawn) to remain ; ]„ the bills referred to, which she mg nominations have been made by in their quarters with horses harnessed i would trv to adiust when the nominating committee: Preaident. I until dismissed, to be able to answijr C.    Dwight    Baker;   vice   president, I »„> call in Freeport immediately.    At
of   thi^   village   with the   tremendous expense of a sewer system.
Thia   commission   was  appointed to make a thorough study of FVeeport   as to its sewerage disposal and to   report back whr ther er not a iimdern  munici¬ pal plant was an immediate  necessity. At   the outset, this village ia to   be commended on thoetliciency of the men comprising its Board of Health.      We can   truthfully   say   as   men of active experience in village affairs for   more than ten years past that by   reason   of the   activity    of   tbe State and   local 'Boards of Health.the cesspijol problem I is taken care of tifty per cent,    better I than   it   was   ten years ago.     By   the ; prevailing system of rigid   inspection, I tbl' Board of Health is alwavs inform-
trict be made .sanitary and waterproof. We are advised also that a protection against any possible danger to ths people (if thia village from contamin¬ ation of their water, lays in the lib¬ eral use of chlorine gas mixed with the water at the standpipe on the appeariince of any evidence of vege¬ table matter whatever. We are told that this is an absolute gaarantee against any of the known dangers.
There is one thing we wish to re¬ mind the alarmist of, and that ia thia fact. If any exigency should arise, whnreby our water should become con¬ taminated, or our water supply check¬ ed for any reason, that under an agreement ^with the City of New York whereby the latter  was   permit-
CONCLUSIONS 1st.    The Water Sapply of our   Vil¬ lage is in danger of   pollution   at   tbe present   moment   from   contamination
by   seepage   from   adjacent   cesspool, i L^^-j-g. Mabee;  secretary. John S. j the'same time ihe "po[ic7'd;partment
Samner; treasurer,   Charles   M.   Van-, notified all patrolmen   to   keep  extra deroef; directors, for t»o years,   Wil- ! watch for fires in   Freeport.     Hose   4 ham H. Grace,    August   V.   Johnson, | followed Hoae 2 in quick succession Montgomery M. Milbank   and   For.est S. Duobar.
and privies
ind. Many of t'he cesspools in the built up portion of the Village are a source of danger in consequence of their onsanitsry conditions and of their age, which prevents a proper cleansing of their contents by perco lation through the surrounding   earth.
Srd.    The danger of unsanitary cess¬ pools in the congested portions of  the ' Village is a danger to the   whole   Vil- \ lage   by   reason   of   possible infection I and   contagion,   spreading   from   this
he  had   the opportunity.
.Mrs. Trubenback also demanded that Jay Street be repaired at once. She was told there oA no money in the street fund for (Ws purpose, and she   must   wait; whereupon   she   filed
Thanks Assistiiig Firemeo
Hempstead, N. Y.,
Jan. 3, 1916. APPRECIATION The   Hempstead   Fire   Department
Engine 1 made the ron with   horses , oral   complaint   with    Health    Oflicer n 24 minutes.    Truck ^ was sent   for , Runcie, claiming that the   puddles  on
that street were a menace   to   health.
j at 3 .-OU and arrived at 3:12. i As fast as the cwn panies arrived ¦ they were placed under Chief Nichols, iand with this large addition to his I forces, Russell Hose Company of I Roosev?lt under Chief William Pear¬ sail, hiving arrived at aboat the same
Dr. Runcie promised to give the   mat¬ ter immediate attention.
Mrs. Carman's
Christinas Work
Mrs. Etta J. Carman, County Sup¬ erintendent of Relief Work for the \V. C. T. II   through the Cnunty W. C. T.
 ,   I.._                  , u   hi 1 1     •     ' I    I,   , U- "f'l her sister gave the L. T. L. of
itation and health to prospective  resi- , Mineola Fire Department, to   its   call , "f^°" "j? °'*^^ """' "«*''>" s«x " clock,   Mineola their Christmas on December
ed of conditions in the village, so that   ted to run its pipes through   this    vil- It   U   »eld...m   that   any   complaint   isijage,   Freeport   haa   the   privilege   of
made on this subject.
The whole Commission approached its task seriously and conscientiously, realizing that tbe first ()Ueation for it to settle was whether there was a present necessity for tlie adoption of a modern municipal sewer system in tbis village.     If this   was   decided   in ,
tapping the New York City water pipea ami getting ita water at a price much lower tban it supplies itself now.
The village authoritiea have not been asleep on this question of our water contamination and sewerage disposal.     This very matter was   tak-
the afiirmative, the nature and char- ' g„ yj, g^veral years ago and aubmitted acter of such a system would be the I to a very eminent engineer, who next step to consider, followed by the i pointed nut that any d>inger from this approximate cost and the methods <«f ! source would not be possible for a payment thereof. 1 j^^g ^^ile to come, and that   all   dan-
It was on the question of   the   pres whatever could be entirely eliniin-
ent necessity for the adoption of a I ^teo if the water plant wells were sewer   system   that   our    Commission ' 1^^^,^^^^ pfty feet more, wher«. a   new
source and especially the danger of! wishes to acknowledge the splendid !'""**•""'* ""'"*'^'"'*'y K«"ing busy, infection of articles of food exoosed 1 response of Chief Pearsall and the : "^ ''.*» ¦'^'^'" "K^* ^*»« *>"¦« ''¦'^'< ¦"<! for aale in these localities. j Freeport   Fire     Department;     Chief i'*"'^"', " ^«* """"tw had it under con-
4th.    Modern    conditions      require | Pearsall and the   Rooeevelt   Fire   De-' "¦°'' """°"Kn there was no   diminish- that Freeport offer inducement of san-Apartment and   Chief  Buhler   and   the I'"»«'"'*'*'''"» °'"»ter being   poured
dente to induce them to   locate   herein . for    assistance    on   Friday   moming, for their vwn benetit and   for   tbe   at-' December 31, 1915. tendant benefits in   the   shape   of   in-'     Too much credit cannot be given   to creased valuation of property. ' the men who so unselfishly   beiped   in
£th.    An increase in population and ' a fight that at one time seemed   hope- in the ocoopation and use  of   land   by   less.
Aid at auch a tirae   is   truly   appre ciated.
Arthor 1.. Nichola,
Chief.
Saccessful Dance for Charity
an influx of new   citizena   will   reduce the amount of taxable property.
6th. It is impossible for oor Vil¬ lage to stand still, it must either go forward or backward, and no means should be neglected to make it pre¬ eminent in the list of Villages in the State of New York.
Tth.    Tb«' health of our Village, and   port Club last Wednesday evening wa
758 privies, in aX* t total of S4M9 con-1 its sanitary conditions, at the   present   a very pleasing and  successful  affair.
tainers.
4th.    Inspection of these oontainers   Villages in the   Stt   1   show
record in tbese resp. tts, but it  is  oar ' weather, but those who did attend had duty to   safeguard   iind    protect   our-; a good time.    The Club was appropri- selves from fear of future   contamina- j ately decorated with Christmas greens tion of oor Water Supply and from an I and treea.    The music   was   furnished epidemic of dirt diseases,    which   fol- 1 by   Cordes'    Orchestra   of   Brooklyn, lows careleacness   in   the   disposal   of | Refreshments were   served.    The pro- cesspool contents. . ceeds   were    for    the    Neighborhood Sth.    Yoor  Qommittee   feels    that   Workers, the amount received not hav- tiie   matter  of   tbe   installation   of a   ing yet been announced. Sewer System ahould be   immediately initiated  by  tbe  Village  authorities and that such system should   be   upon sucb   a   plan   as   to   comprehend    the whole
when   Hose 4 was   dismissed  and   re- ifi.    xhe   membera   received   pocket- turned to Freeport,    Hose   2   and   the , books, handkerchiefs, penholders, can-
T.uck    following   shortly    afterward, dy and cake and each   girl    an   outing
the steamer being the last te leave, at flannel skirt
about 6:30.    Great credit is due Chief       Mrs. Carman    wishes   to   thank   all Nichols for bis work, all Fieeport otfi- his   direct
was divided, the majority memtiers holding there wss a present necessity, and We, of the minority, dissenting for the reasons we aball endeavor to ael forth in thia report.     At   the out-
and inexhaustible   aupply   water   sup¬ ply would   be   reached   below   a   very tirm clay eubstratB,    The cost  of   do¬ ing this was estimated at $2000. The   question   of   contamination   of
set, let us say tnat we cannot attempt ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^u,,,,,y ^^ ^^e north of the to refute all the arguments aet forth , pi^^t. w,hich seemed serious to us at in the written report of the majority ¦ j^e outset, we now believe to' bavt- members, for the reason that we  have   ^e^n   disposed   of   absolutelv.   and we
Mrs. (.arman I ...,.i,.,.n ,1.1 ...|> nwiia, aa.a x ic<:H»ii um-   pgrsons who helped her for tho    needy . J cers and men being   under   his   direct   „f Freeport.     There were n..t aa manv orders, and his coolness and utter lack   „g u^^a, ^^o donated tbis year.     How¬ ever she and her aister made 8f* skirts
in the buainess eection of the Village shows many of tbem to be in in a dan- Keroas condition requiring immediate attention, many of thero witbio a few feet of habitations and some in close proximity to groceriea, meat shops aod other placea wbere food is offered for sale.
In some cases ice boxes io batcher shops, groceriea. confectionery stores ware found to be connected with ceis- poola, which were also connected witb toileta used by families and tenants id tbe hoates by which they were served.
5th. The coat of cleaning these containers as found by tbis committee, varies, but it may safely be assured that the average yearly coat for eacb container ia not less tban Ten Dollars per annum, making a total expense to tbe property owners of this Village of not less than Tbirty-tive thousand Dol- , lara per annum, not taking into ac-' count the coat of construction and
of excitement commanded the admira¬ tion of his townspeople. The Chief ^ ^nd 6 nightgowns and dressed 1.^, dolls expressed in no uncertain language hia i for the poor cbildren of the village, thanka to the Freeport Department. ; jhe girla received two skirts and toys. Over sixty men from Freeport ^nd the boya, toys, booka or games The charity dance held at the  Fre*-   T^"'"'^'*''"=''"•   V"^   *^^   following   «nd candy, popcorn and nuts.
clippings from the Hempstead   papers       The Freeport   W. C. T. U.   .sent   10
tell what was tbought of   their   work :   jittje bags for mothera,    containing   2
moment   are   in   no  danger   and   few i The number present was not   so   large   ri    '^*''*'^'"'"^^ '',.'*.,„^ **'*,,**,'''''''   spools of cotton, pins,   needles,   tbim-
better   SB last year   on   account  of   the   bad ! "/P"'!"'"'""** C'"*'P*""""-     ''°°"   ble,    buttons   and   everything   for   a
after his apparatus began its work the „,other to use for sewing, flames were under control and thei It is requested for the White Rib- crowd which had become restless and , ^on recruits who would like to be en- excited, breathed easier The force rolled another year that their mothers of their streams soon made itself felt ,end their names and their dues to the and in half an hour the fire which   an-1 home of Mrs. Carman, who is superin.
C.   T.   U.
til this time had been   considered   he-1 tendent for the County W.    C. yond control was wrested of its energy | white Ribboners, 60 Brooklyn.
Wins Against L I. R. R.
Th« jary in the United   States   Dis-
-rK-Vp       ";iu*T       *"   J*""""'-! The dues are 10 cents a year,   half   of Chief Pearsall had come to Hemp-1 ^hich goes to the blind   babies.    This stead in his automobile, and   whenjie | Christmas they sent them 6 bonnets, 6
bibs, dresses and other  garments,   all
saw that the entire section was liable to destruction he offered tbe services of the Freeport Department   to Chief
Village   and  to   provide   fora   trict Court in Manhattan, in the   case I m^'k*. "^tP*'" "'P"!     . population of at least 40,000   persons, , of Pauline Darnell, of Memphis. Tenn.. 1 flunhn; H t°   •*=«P'*f   •»   <"«••     "«
tbat auch
made and that before such plan is   ac- j p»ny"^Vr"|M.OOo"'arieg*ed'''drra *" **"'   *'"•'?«•
plan   sbould   be   carefully   against the Long Island Railroad Com
60,000   alleged verdict in  her   favor
new. Mrs. Carman received a very nice letter of thanks. If yoa send your White Ribboner's name and dues you will save Mrs. Carman the trouble
telephoned to Freeport   and tbe alarm
.._..,.___   ..      „__    „—.,„„ .     . ..•,    ''^'''''"iof   going around   so   much.    She   had
cepted by the Village Trustees a prop- ¦ rendered   a   verdict in   her   favor   of   °"««"""""*«• two automobile wsigons j 137 names on her last year's roll book er bond should be   obtained   from   the , |2500. I'".'" .*^"'"P<"'* "«"'" "'•"P'V'**^ ""^ 1 and hopes to have   as   many   or   more
makers    thereof    guaranteeing      the I     Mis» Darnell was seriously   injured, ! «„ '''"""•.°' ''•/". ^"^^,'^ *» '^«   this year.
and her mother and sister killed, when . :'!\u •'" ?'^ ""ot"' trock   also  came      The Colored W. C. T. U.  had   their
and their steamer, which   was   drawn, Christmas    treat   of   writing   paper,
came and was atationed   books, toys, dolls,   candy.    Mrs    Car-
reenwich Streets.     Too , „>„ ^ould be glad   to   receive   dona
cannot be given   the   fire-1 tions of any kind for her needy at any
only   of   Hempatead   bot  of | tin,e not only   at   Christmas   and   she
. would like second hand clothes that are
sufficiency of the plan and the  speciti-
pairs.    _          	
In addition to the cost  of  cleaning ' aicvre the efficient working of tbe sys-'' nell rWeived a verdict of $12 000."was tbera is also tbe grave danger of polu-1 tem. ,et aside by    the   United   States   Su-
tion and contamination at tha time  ofj     9th.     Your    Committee     estimates i pr^me Court, and   sent   back   for  re- cWaning and at  tbe   carting   and   dis-j that owing to tbe   time   reanired   fori trial.
yaaal of the contents of these contain-   the   diaposal   of   honds     preparations 1 	
•ra  by  leaky    wagona    through    the : of plans and general preliminary work !        gj- Ssis of QlristBas Trees
men not
Freeport and Roosevelt.
— Hempstead Sentinel "Chief Arthur L. Nichols was   loud '
good. :_ u- * .i_ ,     .   , Mta.   Carman   has   also     received
n» « ^?* °/''**"'''"'•**',• ^'•''¦'thanks from the Mineola Home fora irL Fr«^w ?!!: ".PT" '*' ;^?' [donation of clothing for the Childrens' rrom Freeport.    The qaickneas of the | Home.
•traets of the Village. I it woold  be  impossible   to  have  any,
<tb. Tbe physicians of the Village,! part of the system in working order Over 1000 Christmas traes were i response of tbr Preeport department, whai* names are given herein, infor- prior to January 11»19 aud thereafter ¦*''*''" ^""P*"* Coring tbe Christmaa ; their excellent aqoipment and the way med yo«i Committee that it was their   urge tbe   necessity   of   haste   in   pre-   •*•*'"'• **'*   numbers   ranging   in   tbe ; they went at tbeir   work    made   their
opinion that it would ba of great  and  senting thu nroposition to   the   voters ' '•*>008 stores from 50 to  250.     Fig-; work very effective.    Hempstead peo    „„„„„„• i.„,     ...    vr      v      . laating benefit   to   the  bealth  of  the   for their action. , uring tbe average price of the trees at , pie thoroughly appreciate the work of ! ?"°"*'X;*Jf "''^';«''*"''^^^^
Village tbat a  Sawer System   be  in- :     10th.    The  Committee   ia    ot    the i '* efcb. and possibly   an  average  of j the Preeport and other assisting   fire-: !"*^' '"i""*:?  to   both  places  having atalled as soon aa possible, that in the  opinion as advised by the State  Board I PO"«b'y $2 each for trimming, and tha 1 men."—Hempstead Inquirer, present condition of the congested sec-   of Health, vhat the cost of suwera and ; •dditional ainount for other Cbristmas       Water waa poured 00 tha rains near- tion, tbere was grave  danger   to  the   the upkeep thereof will not be an   ad-' decoration, it is safe  to say  tbat  at' ly all the next day. heaith of   the   whole  community   and   ded   burden  npon   the  taxpayers, and   '*"*'^"O" *¦¦'*'=«»'«d by the village ,     Five stores were   destroyed   by   the tbat to await until the immediate  ne    that the yearly  cost   will   not  be  as  ^^^e'tnen'o'this class  of  goods   in ^ flames: Madame Annette, fadies-'farn- caasity and actual   diaease  conditions   great as^the present buHen of cost   of  """"*'<'" *'*''   the   Christmas   busi-   ishings-John Schwarta. haberdashery; made sach a course compulsory  would  cleaning cesspools and privies,   at  tbe  t*'*t. fhe Lush Parmacy, E. J.    Pray   Meat
b. inviting   a   peril   which   would   be   saiue time eliminatng tbe cost of  con  '   ..T-Jm p        ,, •    p^,j^    .     .   ,    ' Market .nd a cobbler   shop.     A Chin-   ijrightened away, and   at   Mrs.   Eliza
IOO    roweU m rottdCS AgaU.'     ene laundry to the west wa.   damaged^teth Conklin's house, on North   Ocean The following item is   from   one   of ' "* water.    In addition   there   were   a   Avenue,   they   took
our staff reporters: number of tenanU with   aeveral   busi-
Charlos S. Powell (familiarly known : '>^' P>*<:e" over  tbe  stores,   and  the
aa Todd Powell) of Freeport is   urged   '°*" '¦ niaced hy Cbief Nichols as   be
by bis friends to be a candidate for tbe - tween $75,00t/ and $100,000.
Democ'.-atic nomination of Sheriff this 	
Fall.    In an interview Mr. PoWRllaays
"thst he has nn   desire   or  aspiration
for any office, as his preaent   vocation -
of real   estate   auctioneering   is  good
enough for him."    It is hinted,
a   per
disastroua.      .. )\ straction and repairs of the preaent and
7th.    This  Chief   Engineer  of   the  future cesspools.
Bargains in Furs. White Fox Sets $7.25. Leopard sets $6.75. Brown Coney $6.60. Muffs $2.75. Children's aats $1.25 up. Kegel's, 47 Raiiroad Ave.. Freeport.
AdvcrtlMiaeiit
Holiday Burglars at Work
Freeport,   Jan.   3—Two  burglaries
been effected by uaing a screw driver In each instance, tbe crime occurred after the local firemen had gone to as¬ sist at the fire at Heinpstead.
At tbe hom« of Mrs. William H. Scholl, 86 West Lincoln Place, the thieves obtained two   rings,   a   watcb
Ktmriaaat ...A ui.1 u '» /-u•     i ""d two stick plos   bofjre   they   were
Market eno a cobbler   shop.     A Chin-   ijrightened away, and   at
Smith & Bedell, in their   advertisu-
Using Coar^ Room
Town Justice of the Peace Corodon Norton at the Village Board meeting Thursday ofl'ered to pay a ''nominal rental"   of   $12   to tbe village for the
the owners of this property, and their rigid regulation under the  supervision i of the Board of   Healtb.     We   admit, of coarse, it would be   nice  and  con-
Mr. Asch PrMMted
ment this week, talk about  their effi-   use of the Village Court Rooms, cient prencription service. The Board did not   want to tnke ac-
  AOv«.us«i»»Bi    tion while   Trustee   Maxson   was
Try my special hox of   cut   flowers,   pre'sent, and laid it ovtr ontil the net
Ifc for the wtekend.    C.   R.   Ankeis.   meeting,   it  being    understood    thut
florist, Rockville Centre.   L.I.    Tele-1 Judge ^^oftoo "»'«•»  continue   to  u.se
phone connection; delivery   anywhere. ' the offices  until action was   taken  by
A lvertl«iu-nt    *''« Board.
I teeman,
Dress   Suits   Hired.     Kegel's. Railroad Ave., Freepori.
Advcrtlsa
•pecial design Smith & Wesson 3S calibre revolver. - Tiroes We started t.) copy the above item, withoat giving credit, but inasmuch as it says the biirglary occurred New Years morning "after the local Jire- men had gone to assist at the fire at Hempatead," which occurred tbe   pre-
Josepb Asch has been made   mansg-   ceding morning, we think we had bet-   .     -- — 	
rrl*j I "".''*'* ^r""^** "^'^'^ *"'""5"'''"Ke   ter give the fimef   proper   credit   for [ developers owning thin  property,   and "       "    • -¦ - burden themselves with   bq   enormoua
 dett   at   this   time,   but   we   think  it
DresH   Suits   l!lired.     Kegel's.^ 47  should not be done nntil   sucb  a   time Railroad Ave., Freeport. as   the  greater  part  of  the viliage
A<i*>rtia«n#nt    needs a manicipal aewer system.
not aeen the same and have no knnv- ledge of it.s contents, except that we anticipate generally that it argues for the present necessity of a sewer ayatem
The present syatem of sewerage diapoaal in Freeport is by means of cesspools, wh'ch are regularly in¬ spected by the tioard of Heuith sever al times a year. The individual own¬ ers are compelled to keep their ceas¬ pools in a perfectly" sanitary state so that they do not become a nuisance tc the neighbor.lood or a menace to pub¬ lic health.
Most of the soil in this section is sandy and poroua, with little or no! clay strata, excejjt in a few places, '¦ such as that part of Fieeport alTected i by the tides. The greater portion ofi the soil of Freeport is of this sandy i nature, and is eaay to care for under 1 the supervision referred t-i in the ! preceding paragraph. j
There are just two places in Free-j port at the present time which have I cause to complain of the lack of a ¦ sewer system, namely tbat section on ! Railroad Avenue and Main Street in the congested part of the villnge, and ' that part located in the southern sec- '-. tion where the surface is affected by , the rise and fall of the lide. Outside i of these two instances, we found no ground for complaint of any source. ', In considering conditions on Rail I road Avenue and .Main Street wej found that the trouble in   many   caaes
also believe that the people ot Free- ' port will be loth to burden themselves ; with an enormous public debt at this ; time, if ii in not an absolute necessity. I So that the taxpayers may have *" I idea of the enormity of the taak anu* the probable cost of a sewer system in Freepo't, we will speak briefly of : the result of our inveatigation in this . direction.
It will be recalled that in 1912, by vote of the taxiiayers the Village en- ; gineera made a written report to the I Village Board on the question of "A System of Sewerage and Sewage Dis¬ posal" for Freeport, and in that re port, the great difliculty of aewering Freeport was dwelt upon. We quote their language taken from page 7 of their report: "The problem of sewer¬ ing Freeport ia an unuauslly compli¬ cated one. The territory to be sew¬ ered is Very flat, and about one-third uf this ia but a few feet above the mean high tide."
The Village engineera planned for a system dividing Freeport into thrse districts, and this division will be absolutely nectssary in the final adop¬ tion of any system for this village. The estimated cost of this system, compiled t>y the Village engineers in 1912, was 1405.686 for piping flfty seven miles of street and erecting the plant. We are informed this figure was probably very conservative, even at that tirne, because in   the   erection
xuu.,u ».-. w,c v.v^ume   ¦„   m.nj    cases      j jg^   j neighboring
was due to a lack of foresight on the . ^j,,^ ,3^. J,, ,j,^ ^„^j approxi- par of the owners of the property, ,n ^.,e''d $10,000 per mile, we ire in- '^r'ai^^'LT^A'f^ '^*"" ^!!"?'"«'' "P°" I formed and the difficultie   confronting
all tbe groand they owned, trusting to ' [he "^ngTneeVr rn""tVa't"'v°in;;ge" we« he cesspool, on adjoining properties ; ^^^^^ L, than those that would be to   take   eare   of   the   seweraice.      In        -     -.l •    !?• - ¦>•     ¦¦
. . ,,..'',   .,.   met with in Freeport.
many instances   tney   fa led   to   build       n; .  1 1-l.  .    l
their cesspools large enough, and now , ^* "'* '"'l^, *^" 7*'*:^ "**" ">- find themselves burdenal wUh the '*'" l' '"f" r 12 " ""• **'"". * beavy expense of cleaning   them   very   «""' "^       ? ^i'"?   "\r'^."
ta TU- A.-      ¦       '""='"   '"•J'   water, the cost per mile is great v  in-
often.    This condition is unfortunate. • 11 »   .u if."'"}   "•
a.  . .. . , ," ,'"'^'   creased because of   the   pumping   and
but It IS purely one for them   to  so ve 1 k   »»> "k   "ou
individually.    Surely, the rest of   tbe
uther detail work necesaary to he done
taxpayers shoald not pay for the   lack |'"   XJ^^^ft^^^e.  of  $10, '^J''"^^::i,^!J':!:i:!i.!^'":"^?:'r>i^-. the%ostof p.plng the   t
000   per
117       t 1 L.-l, 1 Ulliia,   aiiwr a,\itiy vit   lii|jiiik    ihc     fiftV-SeV-
ers.     We would  empbatica   v   sav   to' 1       e   .      .   ¦     i- . ¦•
...    .     ¦ .K1.-..1.-II.V   lajf   «¦"  en miles of streets in   Freeport  would
the business men owning property   on . .     <tc-T« cann        a ""vim
D    I      J » A »i  - *^',.^     •'^ ,      i amount to   $570,000,   and  every   tax-
Railroad Avenue and Mam .Street that i. .u .  .l.        .-     I j
.u„..   t,„..ij     1     .u ¦ I pny«r knows that the  estimated  cost
they should solve their own   aewerasre   ¦     1 1       .,.        .,. ,
Ai.i ...I   „,„ki »,       .,     "•«"'"¦««   IS always lesa than   the   actua     cost, disposal   problem   until   such   a   time   n    »•    1    1     ¦     .i.-     . ,.
.       ,u       -1,        •   . .   '"""   Particu ary   is   this   true,   when  one
when this VI lage IS in   a   position   as •>       .1. . .a. .   .      »•'««:>¦  wur
K o   ifUBiiiuii   aa   congiders that the cost of materiai and
to population and wealth where it  can afTord to have a municipal plant.
Taking up the situation as to tfae southern section of F>eeport, where the water level is near the surface, here we have a problem" tbat ift really serious, bnt one fhat can be im ediately remedied without cost to the village.     We have  in   mind   here   the
labor have jumped by leaps and bounds since 1912 wben Smith tt. Mal¬ comson msde their estimate of $406, • 686.
In conclusion, we can simply state that ih our opinion the only jostifi:a- tioii for spending from $500,000 to $1,000,000 of tbe taxpayers' money at
..,--.; .„   ,.t   ..-.«.        I I    a     this time, would be a   present  danger
erection   of   waterproof  fesvooo s   bv     » -j     •       • ¦      »
ij.o«i ,c».f,uuiB '^y of an epidemic arming from a contam¬ ination of our watet- system by reaaon of the cesspools of the village. Sinea we are firmly convinced tbat   there   is
„.»io«» it tk<. ,».»    I .1.   . . "^ danger from that source,   or   from
venient it tne rest of the taxoavers of t. . _ a      -n       . ,.
fh!.    .iiu.o    „„.,. *^-'        ,   I any source whatever, and   will   not ba
tnis    village    would    maenanimonslv 1 . ,<  .l
_ .1 „!, .iT  1    1     , . "'¦•«''¦" ¦"""¦'> for some years to   come,   if  tbe   nre-
overlook the <.sck of foresight   on   the „...,;— Lt ^ »« .... ..k...."!.    _.
part of the few business men and land
-, ever    that   at  the  proper  time Todd j Bank, on Montague Street,   Brooklyn,   the itam.
*  might "eek the position of Democratic   begi»ning Janouy 1 	
'1 State Committeeman. n......
4?
Dreas   Suits   Hired. Railroad Ave., Freeport.
Kegel's,
ltfT(
47
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cautions referred to are observed, wa can see no necessity for adopting a sewer system al tbe present time and imposing that burden on the taxpay¬ ers.
Tbe time is   bound   to  eome,   bow- ever,   when   Freeport,   with   its ever
,7;,;:7"':ji":"'L"'''"T'',    .-     increasing popuation and growth wil* It was argaed by thosa  enbnsiaatiC) ___  —
r  tba immediate  installation of   a (Continu.id on page «)