Nassau County Review 19090205

              VOL. XIV NO. 15
FREEPORT NEWS
Single copieH of the Review can be Mooorcd at H. Gobetz's and the Review office ou Main St. and DaSilva's on W. Merrick Road.
The Village Board meets this Friday evening.
I C. D. Valentine hns purchased O. ! W. Svenson'B grocery on liailroad Ave; i see his adv. in this issue.
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909
Freeport All Ri^ht
Oflacial Paper of Nassau County
The Freeport Brick Co. has been or¬ ganized by C. M. and M. F. VanRiper, with factory in the old Mill Building on Henry Street.
_,,,,' ,, , '    The regular meeting of the W. C. T.
Tredwell Homans, a well-known local; ij.. wiH be held with Mrs. L. M. Ham- character, has been committed   to  the ; j^on^]^ Monday afternoon at :j p. m.    A Town House at Uniondale for the Win- I „o,,^ attendance is desired, ter.
"~~~~" Bug-House  Hose  Co. announces    a
Sleighing has been enjoyed .some-1 masquerade ball and reception to be what during the past week, there being j held at Sigmond Opera House on more  snow   further east  than  on   the   Wednesday evening, Feb. 17.
Figures Show Taxes  and   Prices
Are   Not    High   for   the
Benefits Received
Just before Christmas Mr. John Camp¬ bell   wrote  us  complaining  about tax i property would be :
ures that the Freeport Assessors ap¬ praised their property 2 per cent lower than the Town Assessors but the Rock¬ ville Centre Assessors about 48 per cent higher, or assuming Mr. Camp¬ bell's property is viewed the .same by each Board, and a.-:3uniing the ratio of a.sses.sment is equal on all property, the a.ssossment of  our   correspondent's
Town assessment. $i47u.
Freeport Village as.sessment, $1500.
Rockville Centre assessment,  $2175.
So his village tax would be .'?25.(;5 in Freeport, ($'5.51 toward the damage assessment) and   .$28.50   on   the   .same
George C. Jeffrey of Brooklyn is building a new home on Miller Ave.
Reception of new   members  will   be ; held in the M. E. Church Sunday morn¬ ing, February 14.
Wide Awake Engine (.'o. will hold its annual entertainment in Sigmond Opera   House   ne.xt Thursday evening.
roads around Freeport.
Bug House Hose Co. vvill run its ex-
Lincoln'.s   Birthday    and    Washing-j cursion to Washington  as  advertised.
ton's  Birthday   Post  Cards for sale at | The    committee    announces  that   the
Review Stationery Store,   62 S.   Main ! name "Buc House" will not be used on
St.; also see our valentines. 2t      the trip.
rates and expenses in the village of Freeport. We at that time took very positive exception to Mr. Campbell's remarks and promi.sed to give them our early amsideration.
Mr".       Campbell's     communication might be summed ud in  his statement:   jiroperty at Rockville Cantre.
"Freeport is probably the  most ex-      Comparing Taxes with New pensive  place  on  earth    to    live   in. York
Everything is high: electric light,  wa-       Continuing the same line of figuring : ter, road tax,   school   tax,   and  every-       [f |,y .,„j nj^ht of   imagination   .Mr.
thing that has to do with our existence  Campbell could get a house such a., his | ^jven up the position which ho has held in reasonable comfort while here. ,vith a 100 ft.   lot  asses.sed   for   $7000 | for m«nv vears in   Haass'   meat  nk
Assemblyman and Mrs. William C Miller attended the Governor's recep¬ tion at Albany last Wednesday even¬ ing.
Rev. F. O. Cunningham. I'urinerly pa.stor of the Baptist church here, has been invited to the pastorate of the Jamaica Baptist Church.
Wm. Craft of   Smithville South has
We will endeavor  to   consider  each ..-j, f^if.,^
for many years in   Haass'   meat  inmr-
School  Notes
Peter Smith has re-entered sc'mioI u.. take up the Sth grade course'
Miss DeBois has taken the position as teacher of the f>th B grade.
The Mother's Club has purchased a new piano for the kindergarten.
An Arts Course in drawing has been added to the High School schedule.
Jane Bowne, a former student of this school, has gone to Jamaica to jh-e- pare for Normal.
Prof. A. E. Barnes went to .Mbany last week on special business and re¬ turned early this .veek.
The High School and SLh j^rtule wiK hold appropriate exerci.ses next Thurs- diiy for Lincoln's Birthday.
The   number  of pupils in School and eighth grade hiis
The  principal  address   before    the      A "pie social''including inu.sical and  °^*^^^''"'^'^/"\f'''"^''**^'y ""^'^^  ^'^m-   remarkably well, and his tax wou.d be
y he   vvoutd iih' Crcnng [ket, and will engage in the real   estate  greatly being now in all 215
tne   Higii incr.e»sen,
graduating class of the White Plains literary entertainment, will be ^iven Eight A Class last Saturday evening j at the Baptist Church W'ednesday eve- was made by Eugene F. McKinley, for- ning, February 17, under auspices of merly our School Superintendent. the Ladies' Circle.
A   letter  received   from    Fred    H. Smith,   a  former Freeporter,  at   Wil-
At 7.30 p. rn., Sunday in the Metho¬ dist  Episcopal   Church,    the    popular
$11:].00; It is now $87.55 in Freeport. This is not the -miy jiroperty .Mr. Campbell owns here and it is a very reasonable assumption that if his prop¬ erty were assessed in New York at the price he wishes and expects to  sell   it
business
mington, N. C, says fine  weather  here, blooming all winter. Bies are now out."
"We are having ^^'^"'"l^  service   will    be    continued.
Roses have   been ' The hour will open   with  a  song   ser-
Violets and pan-  vice, in which all can participate.   The
pastor,   W. A. Richard, will preach on
'The Swellings of Jordan."
At 3 :45 p. m. this church will unite in the Union Meeting fortpen only,   in
A number of their friends from Sea foru tendered a party to Mr. and Mrs John Southard at their residence on ' the Presbyterian Churchy West Merrick Road Friday evening. The affair was a complete surprise. Progressive pinochle was played -intil a late hour, the guests departing in time to catch the last train.
parison with other villages, show that Freeport is as favored as any of its sister villages, and more so than many.
Cost of Electric Lights
Mr. Campbell uses  more  electricity in his house than most of us.    For  the
last four months of last   year   his   bill   for   here, it would cost him more than I present on the la-jt named date, was $3().00.     (f  he had been at  other  enough ditference in taxes   to  pay  all j
places  on   Long Island   his   light   bill   he   now   expends for railroad fares   in i     The special saw   man,   from   Atkins follows   for   the   his entire household. I Saw   Co.,   is   to   be at Ross & Randall
it is too bad that the   Freeport  and j Co's   store to-morrow,  Saturday,   Feb. Rockville Centre and in fact all   asses-   (>, the statement of  the  time  as   last
The 50th anniversary of the lietliea- tion of the original Methodist C^hurch in this village will be held Feb. 18 to 21, for which special exercises are be¬ ing planned.    Bishop Goodseil is to be
The rule has been made by whicit parents are reipiested to send excuse? vvith their children the tirst dav after absence.
The French ("lub spent a very enjoy¬ able evening last Friday jilaying vari¬ ous games ami singing school songs, several visitors being present. Re¬ freshments were served.
County Judge Jackson has apjjointed Townsend D. Cock, of Oysetr Bay; John C. Baker of Great Neck and Ed¬ win W. Weeks of East Willirton Com¬ missioners to hear and determine ques¬ tions involved in an application made by Counselor Edwards for (Jharles A. Combs, to extend Prospect Street, Roosevelt, from Pleasant Avenue to the Babylon Turnpike, a distance fif about 500 feet. The highway is to cro.ss lands of George C. Allars.
In the Freeport Baptist Church, Stanley W. Roberts, Minister, there will be public worshij) of God Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Even¬ ing theme, "The Character of Jesu^." The ordinance of baptism will be ad¬ ministered at the evening service; Bi¬ ble school at 2.30 p. m.; Y. P. C. E. meeting at G :45 ; mid-week service on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All are cordially welcome at all servcies.
At the annual meeting of the Sea- Shjre Municipal Railway Company 'luesday afternoon, H. M. McCutcheon and Paul Mitchell of New York and Roland M. Lamb of Freeport were elected directors for three years. The comnjiny was organized to build a trol¬ ley from Freeport to Long Reach. . The Great South Bay Ferry Comjiany Ofierating a summer ferry between the two places named, elected R. M. Lamb, William E. Hall and Frank L.   tiuinhy
would   have  been same amount:
Sayville, $t;o.0().
Amityville, $48.0(1.
Hempstead," $45.00.
Patchocue $45.00.
Rockville Centre, $30.OP. These are taken all around and only one village was lower than Freeport - we could find no other as low. Free- port certainly cannot be called the "most expensive town on earth," as regards electric current.
Cost of Water
sors do not as.sess at full value, as is done in New York, as the.se facts would then show without any argument.
Comparing Taxes with Amityville
Comparisons with villages in Sufldlk County are hard to make, as they as¬ sess from two to three times as high '¦ as our assessors do. but one example, at Amityville. There the   taxes are   $2.55   per   $100.
Saturday being an error. This demon¬ stration promises an instructive talk to carpenters and any others who rnay he interested in good saws.
A group meeting of the \V. ('. T. branches  on Long   Island was held
Amityville last Thursday,   when   some and we w'nHrivTT'H"^^'"*^^*''"^   papers   were   retid and the  term   last  Thursday, work   of  the  organization   discussed.   ;ind   cake was
The Freeport   branch wa.~
Great interei-t is b-iing mtuiii'ested in the conimercial course in the High School. .More than double the number of last term registered for Itookkeejiing this term and it was found impo.ssible to accommodate all tho.se who regis¬ tered in tyjiewriting.
Mr.   Smitli,   Miss   Storer   and   Mij«.s
Atkinson addressed the 7th B   «lass   at
the   baiKjuet  on   the   last  day   of  the
T|u^ ice   cream
given   to   the  class   by
represented   their teacher, Mi.ss Atkinson,   because
U. at
his
The regular monthly nieeting of the Freeport Board of Trade will he held next Wednesday evening, February 10., in Fraternity Hall, at 8 o'clock sharpr
At-ter the business meeting the Board ; ^j-New York, directors tor one year.
will hold their mid-wiiiter smoker and  —
the  members   and their guests   expect       Counselor A. R. Rhodes writes from to have a good time.    President Foster   Charleston, S. C, the following   inter- is  preparing  an  attractive  program. '¦ esting  note   to Charles E. Helland, by Complimentary   tickets can be secured   whose permission we jiublish it: from members of the Board. This is the Winter of my discontent,
made so hy the cold blizzards.    This is
The sale of the buildings on the line a record breaker for South Carolina, of the proposed new pipe line through The glass stood 11 degrees above at this and neighboring villages, which sunrise this Sunday morning and at was announced to take place on Tues- 9 :30 it was I'J. Yesterday everything day, was postponed until some time in ! was fresh and green: to-day what a March, although the date has not as change. The farmers are ruined yet been made public. Several reasons strawberries in bloom and everything have been advanced why the postpone-; else all frozen. Streets are deserted— ment was made. Some state that it j last night all went in their holes and was for the purpose of settling some of pulled their holes in after them. I am the claims with the projierty holders sitting by a trash burner, very com- without selling at public auction while i fortable, and will go out after dinner others atate that it is for the purpose ¦ and look things over. It is a sad thing of giving the   tenants  more  time   in j here -so unexpected—and hardly   any-
jilaces  on   J..ong same service:
Hempstead, $24.OU.
I'at^'hoi^ue. $30.00.
Babylon, $35.00. If Mr. Campbell   had   water liarn it would cost him:
Freejiort, $3.00.
Hempstead, $0.0O.
Patchogue. $4.00.
Babylon, $5.00. As near as we  can   ttgure, the rates are  about  the same at  Rockville Cen¬ tre as here, possibly a trifle lower, hnt jracticaily the same.
Hunt.
make any compari.son between the two villages, beyond sayini: that Freejiort is growing faster tlinn Amityville.
These two villages (Rockville Centre and AmityVille)will jirobably do as in¬ stances of tho nearest incorporated vil¬ lages.
Comparing with Unincorporated Villages
As to unincorporated viliai^e.s, take Baldwin on the west. Taxes there were:
School, $2.01 per $100; Town, $1.30; Road, $2.00; Board of Health, $.02; Certainly Freeport is not the "most Lighting District $.75; making a total expensive town on earth to live in" of $4.48 against $5.17 in hreejiort; or as regards water. on his assessment  of   $1500.   he   pays
Some of us think it is too had that $9.45 more in Freeport than in Baldwin. Freejiort has no water tax (which If Mr. Campbell carries a full amount would shf w the enormous profit of the of insurance on his house and furniture water plant).
If   assessed   at   the   same   rate Patchogue   for instance our water  ser
vice would cost us about $4000 per would pay $9.00"more for the electric-1 for the day, and being short-handed, year, which would give us a fine equip- ity he used in 4 months last year or ati naturally required a few more .sec- ment for our fire department. the   same   rate   $27.00   for  the   yea*-. '
Taxes Compared with His gas bill would also be six and two-
Rockvilie Centre thirds jjer cent higher than it is now.
Last   March we were reminded by   a       Certainly this comparison is not   un- subscriher of the statement in a  paper  favorable to Freeport. in a neighboring village that: Now we will go to Merrick, the   vil-
"The tax-payers of Rockville Centre  lage to the east.    Their taxes are:
School, (I'Jc
ing to various members of tjie <lass, well as the aho\'e mentioned  .speeches.
.Sigmond's new theatre will ojieii this .Satiirdiiy night; an excellent program is to be furnished ;ind the house is about sold out already.
"Ojster Stews" was the juincijial order of business at the meeting of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. Wedne.s¬ day evening the kind that (."tijit. ("has. Raynor m;d\es.    .\ committee was  ap-
The Petrolithic Company h:is been incorjiorated with the Secretary of State The ofiicers, who are also the directors, are: .-Mvin G. Smith, presi¬ dent; Archiliald C. Patti^r.son, vice- jiresident; A. S. Malcorn.son, secretary; J. Huyler Elli.son, treasurer; .\. I!. Malcomson, manager.
The company is organized for the purpose of building roads, whieh are of  a sjiecial oileil   jireparation.     With
the exception of Mr. I'atterson, who is   pointer] to jirovide   some   simil:;r form a   ret^ident of Hemjistead, all the   gen-   of enjoyment for the next meetinj:. tiemen named are Freeport jieople.
A class initiation will be held in tiie lodge rooms of Freejiort Council, No. 57, Jr. O. II. A. M., this Friday even¬ ing.
A letter has   been   received   iiv   the
The statement in the Itist week's is¬ sue of a pajier jiublished in a lunghbor- j ing villaire that the Vigilant Hose   Co. I was first at the Wintjen lire last Tues- he saves more than half of this amount ^(iay   is   an   error.    This Hose Co.  was   sjiecial committee ajijiointed on an   en- at   on   fire insurance, the ditference being I haiulioapjied hy the fact   that   most   of   tertainment    for   Lincidn'.-^    Birthday, $1.00 jicr $1000 per year.     Further, he j jts members were  out  of   the   village   from Deputy Statt- Conncilor Josejih D.
which to procure other quarters. , one prepared: fortunately I brought will pa"]^ $11,748.45 less for taxes this School, (Wc per 100; town, $1.30;, Watch the Review for the new date of! plenty of warm clothing .so it don't year than will the taxpayers of P>ee- road. 20c; Board of Health, 2e; light- sale. I bother me so much but ic hurts my feel- Port, yet we get fully as much if not ing, $1.20 total $4.41, about the .same   ; ingg foi- my fellow man and the ^^^^ than they do, and at less than as Baldwin. Their school tax is con- After being away from home for sev-^ beasts, who are suflfering greatly also, three-sevenths of their taxes." siderably lower than ours, and so is eral days, and their relatives giving | j a^, iljoj^j^g fQj. an earthquake next - We said then that we regreted any their limit of achool facilities al- them up as loet, Fred Johnson and his ; that would not be much worse than we paper would publish such false and mis- though they are very good for a vil- mate, a Swede, arrived home Thursday J have struck.    Capt. Hanse is going  to  leading    statements.     Here    are    the lage so small as Merrick.
Misoleum next week andi will bo alone  fa<^'ts: Summing as to Taxes
Freejiort's   budget this year is $27,- Now, this takes the nearest villages,
014.15.    To  make   less    than    three- east and west,   both   incorjiorated  and
sevenths    at    Rockville    Centre    the unincorporated, and none o^ them bear
amount of tax could not be  over   $11,- out   Mr.    Campbell's    assertion    that
578;   it   is   $18,773.93,    almost    five- "Freeport    i.s   probably   the   most ex-
Tuni.son, stating that he will be pres¬ ent on that night to lielji on the pro- ond's time in reaching the fire. We j^ram. It was decided at a nieeting hardly like the inflection in the same i held last Friday evening to invite D. article where it says "It took another P.. P.Mott Post, G. A. R. to Ije jire.^- seven minutes for the fire department ent. An enjoyable time is looked for- to answer the alarm," which seems   to   ward to.
us to tend to give the imjiression the The lease for the lodge rooms ha.s department was slow in ."tnswering been signed, dating from P'eb. Ist. A when the contrary was true. We will; committee is arranging for furnish- challenge any firemen to answer an | ings and an effort will be mad«? to have alarm ijuicker than our bo.\s did at this ' the new rooms   ready   by   the   first   of
fire.
March.
of last week from Fire Island,   with
tale  of  thrilling  experiences  on   the , to'^ry and meet'the  quake  so'good¬ bye;     they  can't  loose  n^e   Charley.
waves.
Johnson and his mate were out in the ocean off Jones' Inlet Tuesday af¬ ternoon, when the heavy wind storm came up. They had a Seabright dory, with power, and when the storm threatened, they started their engine and headed for home.
The engine refused to work and the heavy wind blew thetu off-shore.
Tuesday night, exposed to the weather, ,   . .,, r, ,
the couple drifted farther to sea and it i "^«"/h9  illness.  Funeral services were was not until Wednesday morning that '¦ "^'" Monday, their distress signal was observed  by ; the fishing 8mack   Poqftnontas,   on   its
. OBITUARY
LILLIE WALTON COOPER
Mrs,. Lillie Walton  Cooper,   widow
of the   late Captain   Poinsett  C loper,
died  Saturday    at the    home    of  her
^Yl  daughter,   Mra.  L. D.   Amerman,   252
West   Merrick   Road,   after- a    three
way to Fire Island
"rhe  smack  took  the  little boat   in tow,  and after repairs had been  made to  the  engine  the  two  men  arrived home safely.    It was n  hitter  experi- \ ence. '        , '
Rev. Pelham St. Geo. Bissell, rector of the Episcopal Churh of the Transfiguration, officiating; in¬ terment at Greenfield cemetery.
sevenths as much; and of the amount in Freeport $3099.77 was to j^ay a judgment for damage.s, an unforseen and almost unavoidable item of ex¬ pense.
Naturally it takes more money to run a village of 5200 jieople scattered over  60   miles  of  roads, than one  of
.So much interest has been manifoiited • in the "Meeting for Men" on receh't, .Sundays that another union meeting for ; the men will be held in the Presby¬ terian Church Sunday at 3:45 p. m,. at' the close of the Sunday School sessions of  the   various   churches.    The    male
I chorus will sing. A hearty invitation j j^^. ,^^^ tneeting of the Roosevelt Board jto be pre^nt is extjended to all men of ,,,. ^,,.^,j^. ,^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ,,f ,^ ,,5^^^^ ! the communttv.
ROOSEVELT
Chas. K. Hamaker has the cellar dug for a modern eight ru'im-house, which he will occupy when comjileted.
The jirincijial tojiic of  di.siussioii   at
Earthquake ut Staffonl's Cinemato¬ graph—^reproductions of the Messina earthquake    Friday night. It.
3600  people  scattered  over  :>5  or 40
miles. ville  Centre   the   Board   there   would
But now, of more importance, take have very quickly told him to lay hi^ the matter of assessments. pipes,   install his hydrants and preaent
Each village has its separate Iward the same to the village, and they would of assessors, who assess property for aupoly him with water. Large devel- village tax purposes. The two villages i opers of property there seem glad to are also assessed by a Board  of  Town 1 get  water  on   these  terms,   yet  Mr.
jjensive place on earth to live in."
Rockville Centre seems to   be   about the  same but here is a difference
will interest our correspondent. Mr. } Preftbyierian Church and new members Campbell owns considerable property 1 will be publicly welcomed into the fel- in the vicinity of Randall Channel, i lowship of the church. There will be Last Summer he wantetl water service \ a union meeting for men at 3 :45 p. m. down there; had his property been lo-1 The evening theme of Rev. Charles cated  in   a  relative  position at Rock-  Herbert  Scholey will be "Lincoln:   A
^.     ,      ,,    ^ ... ,        , ,     .   ,  nominations.   .\ resolution was passed
The Lord s Sujipur will be celebrated   ^^^^^j^rsing the stan.l taken bv Governor thatl^t  the   morning-service  ol  the   t "-Ht, ,,^^,,,^.^ j,^ ^j,^. j^j^^^^,^
.Subscrijitions for stock in th»' Rixjee- velt Water, Power and Light G'>- are now being lectived, of which ^10,000 worth will b(' issued at jiar value of $10 per share. Particulars may be se¬ cured of the directors : J. Huyler Elli>- son, president; Edward IJho, vire-pre«-
Smith
musical supplies , week.
carry See  their
ad  this It.
Card of Thanks
Mr.   and   Mrs.   J.   Rovegno    wish
through the  Review  to express their,    Ekolish SiAAnv   Lisimknt   removes
appreciation of the  kmdiy  sympathy  Hard, Soft or C*llon».>ri   Lumps   aud
the recent I Blemish-8 fi«m Hl^rses; also Hloo 1 Sf»T-
J—    .-_...     "piiiitH,   Bweenev.   Ring
, Swollea "throat-",
Tci 9S0 by nae of one
and aid of their friends in
death of Uieir daughter Mary. .      j ina,   GnrbM.
"      ^ Boue. Stifles.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wool- Oonghs. eto.
ted^sBiMtitU'v Lotion. Naver fails. Sold botibi I, OmggiJit.     •        I SoM
Musical   people should note that  the : Assessor,  for  town, county and  state j Campbell apparently did not think  the nith & Bedell Co. now carry a line of  '"^'.^^r    ""« '^"^ ^^ese results: : Board treated  him right by extending
Village  assessments,  mado  by  two j pipes only part of the way he  wanted, local   boards df Village  Assessors,   in  ~ round figures:
Rockville Centre. $1,418,000.
Freeport, $1,562,000.
Town  Assessments,   made    by   one Board uf Town As^ssurs:
Rockville Centre. $960,000. Preeport. $1,570,000.
man of the jKjople."
A  wbuderfnl   Blemish   Cnre.
The will of the late George P. Bergen | ident; Arthur Whitehouse, treasurer; was fil 3d and proved in the Hurroagte's '• Frank A. Wood, secretary; Charles ofiice Tuesday. The estate will aggre- DeLap, Charles E. Whitehouse and El- gate, it is calculated, between $250,-^ vin N. Edwards. The Company has a 000 and $500,000. His widow is be- thirty years'contract to supply water queathed the former homestead on the in this village and has jiurchased from property, on the north aide of West G'eorge Benekc about two acres of Merrick Road, heing part of the bold- i land corner of Rooaevelt Vi^a and It was a big question even before the' ings conveyed to the testator by his John Street, upon which they pro{>o«i Villge  Board,   if  they  had  any legal j father, the late George W. Bergen, and  to  at  once  begin  the  erection  <^t  a
right to extend the pipes where tbey did. They deserve Mr. Campbell's thanks for saving him this'considerable item of expense.
Mr.   Campbell's claim  that we are taxed ao heavily does not seem to us to
the latter's wife, Susan Bergen. The --compression pumping plant. Act'ord- residue of the estate is divided between ! ing to the terms of their franchiie the widow and her two children, Eliza-; work must be begun within sixty days twth C. Story and Miss Mildred A. Ber-^ and at least two miles of pipe laid gen, share and share alike. The widow I within two yean, but the Company in- and soa-in-Iaw, Frederick E. Story, are tends to at once Isy three mile» of
pil