Nassau County Review 19090312

              VOL. XIV NO. 20
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909
Official Paper of Nassau County
FREEPORT NEWS   I "Votefs to Poflder Ovcf"
Frank Hospital.
Wetmore   is   ill   at    Nas.sau
Facts  about   Village   Conditions and a Few More Queries
Mr. and Mrs. f'harles A. .Sigmond | The "Citizens" circular published a are on a trip to Bermuda till about ' list "For the Voters to Ponder Over." April 1. There does not seem to us to be a ques-
, tion on the list asked with a desire for Town taxes are payable now Monday ] information,   or  to  help  the  village, and  Tuesdays  only  at the Town Hall, I But here are a couple of the queries: Hempstead,   with  an extra 2 per  cent'     "Why  should   the  VillaKe of Free- added, port, owning the Waterworks, compel
1 our Citizens to pay such high rates for The point brought  out   in   Smith  & j water  if,   as   we  believe,   the Water Bedell's ad this week is one  that  can-1 Fund, shows a jirofit of ."lO per cent  at not be emphasized too strongly  or  too  the end of the year?"
"Why should the Village of Freeport, , owning the Electric Plant, compel  our ; citizens to pay auch high rates for elec¬ tric lihgt, when the Light Plant shows
often.
It.
Mrs. Herbert Brotheridge-Grifhths has joined her husband in Kansas City, Mo., where they will make their fu¬ ture home.
a profit, we believe, of ;].'! 1-'! per   cent at the end of the year?"
About four weeks ago the Review carefully prepared figures showing that we are not jiaying "such high rates" for water and electric light, our jirices being from li5 to 100 per cent lower than   tho.se  charged   by   private  corn-
Spring is coming, wlit-n you will want to put down that cement walk. See the adv. of A. S. .Johnson, the original "Granitoid" man.
A marriage license has   been   issued by H. Luther Weeks.   Town  Clerk, to  Ponies  through   Long   Island.  - These Joseph Johnson of  Caledonia.   N.   Y., ! leading citizens .should also  remember and Susie Brown of Freepor^ r.'^^at the taxpayers last year  voted   to
;4ippropriate  ?4000 from the profits  of
Special at DaSilva's Friday and Sat- j the water plant and $i')000 from the urday; Peanut brittle. 10c lb, regular . profits of the light j-lant, to pay for e\- 15c; t)range creams, 10c lb., regular i tensions. As "citizens" they ought to 19c. All home-made candies fresh "ow that this was up to the taxpayers. daily. It. This  year  the   Board find they  will
not   be  able to make enough from   the
The law tirm of Maxson &. Jones, Light and Water Plants to jjay for nb composed of Henry L. Maxson of this \ the extensions desired and they arc oillage and Walter K. Jones of Hemp-j going to give these "Citizens" stead, has ojiened a branch office in the , and  the  other   taxjiayers a chance  to
Hempstead   Bank   Building, at Hemp¬ stead.
At the meeting of Freejiort Council No. .57, Jr. O. U. A. M., Friday even¬ ing, an invitation was received and ac¬ cepted from Rev. C. H. Scholey, for the lodge to attend divine service in a body on Sunday evening, June 27, in the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. and .Mrs. K. D. Hickman, the latter the daughter of Mrs. John Ed¬ wards, h.ive gone on a pleasure trip through the Southern States stojijiing over at Washington, Charleston, S. C.; Atlanta, (Ja.; Birmingham, Ala.; Jack¬ sonville, and St. Augustine, Fla., re¬ turning via Savannah to Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss  Silvernail  of  Islip,   L.   I.    a former  teacher  in our achool, is plan¬ ning to take a small party  to  Europe, iuiling June 26, White Star Line,   for a seventy day trip, visiting seven^coun- tries.    Anyone desiring  to have their ;<.,... ... ..      ..   ,
daughter Lil chaperoned, cr  wishing i "-^^hf, ^flT^JtiVr.. r;^:.^       ^"^^'^
^ay whether they want to approjiriate the money for these extensions by an issue of bonds. This was decided, to our jieisonal knowledge, almost a year ago.
The "Citizen.'*" want to know fur¬ ther why our roads "are in .such a di.sgu.sting condition" and we don't blame them but do they want ua to understand men in busine.ss in New York all day could get our roads in better condition than men who spend hours and days trying to stretch an appropriation of less than .$.'iOO(i over 60 miles of roads.
The first question on their circular is. "Why should the Trustees transfer $1000 from the Road Fund to the Gen¬ eral Fund, when tho money in the Road Fund is jirovided for by resolution voted on at the annual election for the specified purjiose of maintaining roads?"
The little misstatement that the money was appropriated at the last election is imraatTial but the  fact  is
to go themselves, would do well to write to Miss Silvernail for further particu¬ lars.
Rev. Thomas James Lacey, i'h. D., rector Church of the Redeemer, Brooklyn, will preach in the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
The other services during the week will be: Hoiy Communion at 8 a. m., Sunday; evensong and sermon at 7:3U p. m.; Wednesdayn. litany 10 a. m.; Fridays, evensong, 5 p. m.
Petitions are being circuaked advo¬ cating the passage of the Brough-Mur- ray Bill, which provides that all places where vivisection ia carried on muat be licensed, and that all vivisectors roast be licensed. Mrs. Jean Millbank is taking an active interest in this mat¬ ter and the papers are being signed by a large number of our local people who are opposed    to    indiscriminate
on at all at the Village election.
\j&'&t Spring .?3076 was appropriated to pay a judgment for damages to Les¬ lie Brown. This was not enough, it requiring $3206 in full, including in- t<jrest. The taxes have been very slow coming in this year and there was not sufficient in the general fund to jirovide for this judgment,.which had to be so met. As business men, the Board considered it better to take the money from funds on hand (which they had in the road fund), than to liorrow it from a bank and pay interest. The money can and will be returned to the I road fund as it «omes up. I There is one more question on their i list:
' "why should there be delinquents •on the tax lisLs, owing the Village i taxes for years back?" I That's what we say! The Vil- I lage officials inform us that tho taxes j have been  paid quite promptly until
the last year, and they consider it bet
cruelty  to animals under the guise of | ter policy to wait as long  as possible
"^ ' before  trying  to  force  a    collection,
which seems to us to be good business jjolicy as the accounts draw seven per cent interest.    But a   tax   sale  would
"vivisection."
Eleven Freeporters in addition the Freeport Brass Band, about 25 in all, attended the excursion of Bug House Hose Company to Washington last week.    Thirty-seven also went from
be the proper thing-for  the  lawyers
who  handle  it and the Review   \Vhich
would advertise it.
,.,.    r>      Ul- We  might  say   incidentally that at
here on the excursion of the Republican .. ^^^ ,^^^ ^ «^ ^^j^. \^^^ ^^ ^^/^^ ^^^^ .^
™u^r>      « .^ our  recollection   is gocKl, only a  very
The Bug House Company were re-, ^^^ ^^^^ of property were sold for ceived by President Koosevelt at the ^ ^axes and the owner of one of them has White   House and  cordially greeted. ; ^j, ^j^^ ..^j^.^^,^^ p^ ^^.^j^^^
The other excursion decided not to | j     i
make their call.    It was a big disap-; Ponder Over These Too
pointment but the rain came down ini     "Furthermore,   I  think we will  all torrents, and the wind  blew  so hard I agree  that  Freeport   has    the     best 4)8 to make  it unfit to march to the j lighted streets of any village on   Long Whito House, although many members ! Island."—President Morrison. pf the delegation called ou President
JRoosevelt during   the were warmly roceived.
evening.
and
St. Patrick's Day Post Cards uow on sale at Review Stationery Store, 62 S. Main St.
Fresh Cod Pish for sale, 7c a lb.; F, JoluMon, 319 Soath Main St. I «stdi my own fish and so Know they ,;arafVesh,~ It
If the consumer is paying one-third too much for his light, who will pay the balance when the "Citizens" party has the price lowered?
If the citizens are paying twice as much for water as they should, who will pay the balance when Mr. Hobbs cuta the rates in half, as the "Citizens" circnlar soggests?
Ifi the tax rate vfas too high for you
last year what wiii you expert this year when the "Citizens" party cuts off the revenue from the light and water paints and appropriates more money for roads?
"Let any one examine our bouks and our rejiorts and they will find that our affairs are in a flourishing condi¬ tion and ali money has been sjient for the benefit of the taxjiayers and for the best interests of the Village of Freejiort as a whole. "--Village Presi¬ dent Morrison in his annual letter.
1 There is a great deal of talk aliouL j the condition of our streets. In trav- I eling in adjoining villages we find the j streets are in worse condition than ours. I The winter has been a mild one in j which in to keep roads in any sort of I condition, as there is bound to be mud Iwhen the roads thaw and freeze every j day. President Morrison shonld I hardly be blamed for the \veatber.   "
¦Who Deserves the Credit?
;     ".Some of the "('itizens" party mana-
I gers claim that   the   Hobbs   candidacy
I has already had a good effect as shown
I in the reduction of the budget for next
j year of several thousand   dollars,   and
the  abandonment  of  the   illegal    tax
levy   for   interest  on   the bonded flebt
i which   has appeared in the budget   for
several yeais past."  - Observer.
I   -.(Ever since  the  writer of the above
was   Village   President   in  1!K)2, to be
more precise.)
Here is what be said in 1902; Unfortunately, the electric lighting system is not yet self-sustaining, and it now seems unavoidable that the sum of .$1000 to pay the first maturing bond and all or nearly all of the sum of $1,145 for intere.st will have to iie raised by taxation.
('ontinuing the Observer says: "President Morri.son, however, as¬ sures the Observer that this was not done on account of the opjjosing ticket being in the field, but that it had been resolved mi .<ome time ago. It wa-! not ofTieialiy determined ujion, how¬ ever, until projiosed by .Mr. Ellison at the nieeting last Friday evening."
While it may Hot have been official¬ ly determined upon, the editor of the Review heard three members of tlie Board state last year that this would be so arranged this year. Aside from the matter of interest and principal of bonds, the budget is r.aturally higher than last year.
Who Brought Politics in?
I'he claim is made that the Republi¬ cans have turned the village election into a partisan contest. Just suppos- ingjthis was true who is to blame for it? The "Citizens" party refused to allow the people to express any opin¬ ion in making nominations. Who se¬ lected their nominees? Here are a few of the names: Dr. Denton and Wm. Bomscheuer, Democra;ic war horses; R. A. M. Hobbs, himself Democratic office seeker; their men on duty at their headquarters, Arthur Burleigh and Frank J. Bedell, prominent in Democratic circles. These are a few of the leaders we happen to think of without looking over the list, and probably these comprised most of the sel^-appointed selecting committee. If this is made a partisan contest who is to blame? Certainly Jnot the ones who called a primary and let the {peo¬ ple exjiress their opinion as to whom they wanted for office.
The attendance is increasing every Saturday evening at the big vaude- vide show in the Sigmond Opera House at Freefwrt.
The program for .Saturday evening, March 13, will be as follows: Alf Grant, singing comedian and monolo¬ guist; .Madeline Burdette. American prima donna: the Harringtons, in a comedy and novel ring act; Collins and Doyle, singers and dancers; the Three Mortons, presenting a comedy playlet, interspersed with singing, dancing and wjijtty dialogue: Sylvia Hart, singing comedienne; David MacFayden, character vocalist; extra attraction, the Picaro Troupe, mar¬ velous acrobats and equilibrists; the Sigmond-o-Scope, in latest motion pic¬ tures.
Secure your seats in advance; all seats reserved. Box office open ev¬ ery evening or during the day tickets may be reserved at 24 Brooklyn Ave nue, Freeport.    Telephone 176.
Everj' Monday evening the Opera House is open for roller skating; Tues¬ day*'^nd Thursdays, the Sigmond-o- Scope ill latest motion pictures, and iHustrated songs; Wednesdays, the Sigmond Stuck Company, in ap-to-date drama;  Fridays, dance and reception.
Election Next Tuesday
Important    Propositions    To    Be Voted Upon
Ne.xt Tuesday the annual village election will be he'd at the truck housa of Excelsior Hook luid Ladder Co. from 1 to iS o'clock.
P'ive resolutions are to be voted up¬ on at this time, all of which should be carried if the village is to remain in- its present jirominent condition among Long Island villages.
Resolution No. 1 jirovidis an appro- [iviation for street lighting on an all- night schedule. This is the regular ajijiropriation for this purpose.
Propositions No. 2 and -l are to aji¬ jiropriate SIO.OOO to extend the water system and .'?I.">,000 to extend the electric light system. The annual re- jjort of the President sliows that iast year fronvthe earviinftr^ryf the water .system •S4r)2.") was spent for e.xtensions and from the lighting system .StiMOO. This year the estimated receipts will be enough to jiay all running exjienses, including bonds becoming due and in¬ terest on bonds. The present Board thinks the village is now cajiable of paying all bonds and interests on these plants from their earnings. This is surely a good business proposition.
Proposition No. 4 appropriates .S-5U0 for cross walks; and No.,j .*1'>U0 for one- third of the cose of granitoid sidewalks, when Jiroperty owners wish tu jiul them down with consent of the Board.
We don't ask any one to take our word alone on these matter-s-study them carefully and then vote for the best interests of our home village.
What Changed His Hind?
.Speaking of the prices for water and lights in Freejiort, the present rates were raised from a considerably lower standard of charging, at the suggestion of (ieorge Wallace when he was jjresi- dent of Lhe village, he stating the vil¬ lage could not furnish water and light at tho rate fixed while William G. Mil¬ ler, our present assemblyman, %vas Jiresident. At his .suggestion the Jirices were raised, as the record.s show, and the jirices were fixed by him. .Mow his name is on the "Citizens" circular which claims these prices are too high. Here is what Mr. Wallace said several months after he raised the rates:
"The rates are very low, being about two-thirds of the rates charged in other country villages."
What has changed his views?
Mr. and Mr.s. Stephen Whaley and family are now occupying their new residence on Archer Street.
.Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Combs and fami¬ ly have removed from Raynor Street to their new residence on Raynor Ave.
The Union Men's Meetings will be held at the Presbyterian Church Sun¬ day afternoon at 4 o'clock. These meetings are non-.sectari.^n and every¬ one is welcome.
We publish in our issue this week an adv. of "The Thrift" a novel bank¬ ing institution, founded "to encourage and assist persons of moderate means to purchase or build their own houses, or to pay off existing mortgages." See their adv. and write for booklet.
Don't Be Deceived by
Slanderous Circulars
The"Citizens" party has issued a cir¬ cular which we have had the pleasure of showing at its true value, but we exjiect one .Sunday or the day before election which will be as bad or worse than the one they have already put out and too late to be refuted.
Remember how much their first cir¬ cular was worth; how unreliable it was, and be sure you are reading the truth before you believe what they jiut out.
Investigate, that's all. Circulars the day before election are very sel¬ dom honest.
The name of the writer of every word of comment in the Review ap¬ pears on the fourth page of this issue and he is legally resjxmsible for what he says. Why should you believe what you read in a circular for which no man takes the responsibility?
English Spkvin   Linihekt   removes
Hard,  Soft or Calloused   Lump^   and
I Blemish<>s from horses; also Blotxl Sthiv-
I ills,    CorbA,   Splints,   Sweeney,   Ring
i Boue. Stiflefi, Sprains. Swollen ^hroatx,
Oooglis, etc.   SavA |50 by use of oue
bpttle.    A   wonderful   Blemish   Cnre.
Sold byTlioman Johnstou. Druggist.
Communication
The Editor: —
In the Nassau County Review of March 5th under the heading "F'ooled Again," it comments on the Citizens Party circular stating that the ','jxills will probably be ordered closed by those in charge at tJ o'elo.'k P. M." A'our heading is most misleading; un¬ der the Villag*" Law the Board c;m fix the time of keeping ojien the jiolls l"or at least 4 consecutive hours between the hours of sunrise and eight P. .M.; they might make it 11 to :'. or 4 to S or '2 to t) or could keeji them ojien from sunrise to 8 V. M.
1 am given to understam! that it was Mr. R. A. M. Hobbs who discov¬ ered the amendment to the Village Law of the last logisiature extending tiie time to S P. .M. insteatl of f. P. .M., as formerly, and that he addressed a letter to the Presi;lent and each mem¬ ber of tlie. Board, reyufstmg th«l ,lbey keep the jiolls open from 2 P. .\1. to S 1'. ]VI.. and I am glad to see the Board acquiesced in the request, as it certain¬ ly is a great convenience to the Voters of the Village. In view of these facts I think any fair minded jx-rson will agree your comment is not accurate or just. The Editor:
111 the .N'assau ("ourily'i'Tteview of March .'ith under the heading "Insinua¬ tions Don't Pay" you make an attack on the Citizens Party. It is an ojien notorious fact that .Mr. .Morrison re¬ fused to run for Village President un¬ less a jirojiosition was put up to jiay him -A salary of $000.(10, and bo so stated to ;i number of jieojile. The Citizens I'arty circular slates only that it was projiosed to submit such a jiroji- osition, and that they were opposed to it. I see nothing insinuating about that, and think your article therefore to be unjustified and misleading. Vours trulv,
J.\\. Assch.
The Irouljle with .Mr. Asch is ex¬ plained in the beginning of his second paragraph, in which he .says : "I am given to understand," etc. That's what misleading circulars are sent out for. to give people to understand tilings which are entirely untrue.
Mr. Hobbs mailed a letter to t.ach member of the village Board and the Village Clerk as Mr. Asch -says, but he mailed them so that they were not in the Post Office in time for delivery un¬ til Wedne.sday morning, after the Board meeting Tuesday evening. Then he came in the Board meeting late, and said he had written the letters as stat¬ ed above, when a conversation some¬ thing like this ensued:
President Morri.son - I did not get any letter from you, .Mr. Hobbs. What was it about?
Mr. Hobbs—1 wrote calling to your attention that the law now allowed you ' to keep polls oj^en on election day till 8 o'clock, and asking you to do this for the convenience of vi>ters who can't get home early."
Morrison—Well, I'm sorry, .Mr. Hobbs, but you are too late.
Hobbs—Why is that?
Morri.son—Becau.se we have already fixed the time.
Hobbs—What time did you i\y.''.
.Morri.son - From 1 till 8 ji. m.
Hobbs—Thank you gentlemen, that was better than I asked.
Now what is wrong when Mr. A.sch is given to understand as he .says he is?
Our Assemblymaii, William <L .Mil¬ ler, had this bill jiassed at Albany last year, and Rockville Centre, Hempstead and Freeport all took advantage of its provisions at once. Mr. Hobbs ought to take credit for this in all three vil¬ lages and run for I'resident in all of them.
Answering his other statement, if Mr. Morrison did want a salary .Mr, Hobbs knew it when he was .so an.xious for the office, and "what is .sauce for the goose is sauce <or the gander." Mr. Morrison agreed to run only at the earnest solicitation of a large number of the residents, who could not find any man to put in his place and do the work as it has been done. •
We might say in conclusion that we .somewhat doubt if Mr. Asch wrote this communication hut as it came through through the mail with his signature to it we will give him the benefit of the doubt. Only if he did sign it either he or we don't know how to spell his name.
In the Freeport Baptist Church, Stanley W. Roberts, minister, there wiil be public worship of God Sunday lat 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.; even¬ ing theme, "The counterfeiters;" the ordinance ot baptism to be adminiater- ed at thia senrice: Bible school at 2.30 and Y. P. S. C. E- at 6.45. The raid- week service ia beld Friday evening at 8 o'cloek. Everyone is most cor¬ dially welcome at all serviceo.
Engineer Smith's Report
Condition at   Power   House   and Improvements Needed
The following interesting rejirint from Engineer Wm. K. .Smith's annual rejiort of condition of atfairs at the Jiower house w;*s crowded out last week :
"It seenis jirniifr at thi.- lime lo call your .'ittention to the condition of our plant and to changes that will be necessary in order to sujijiiy the de¬ mand for light in the near future.
First of imjiortance is boilers. .At the Jiresent time we have three which are working at their full oajiacity. which leaves us in bad shape when we want to have an inspection or make re¬ pairs, and makes it necessary for us to do without street lights whibi we are tioiiig same. In order to get over thi?, I re>ctimmend the instnllatien- tif 2 new boilers of about 110(1 li.ji., each built for a working jiressure of about Ilo lbs. Jier square inch. These two boilers would run our entire jilant, and increa.se onr economy considerabK. as we :ire limited to I'O lbs. jier square inch on our boilers that we .-ire now using, which is too low for good econ¬ omy. The higher pressure would al¬ .so give us an increase of jiower in our engines of about \o jier cent, wliich will be needed in the future.
In order to do this it will be ntct,.-- sary to build our building lai'ger, and also to erect a larger smokestack, as the one we have had is too small for the work it is doing at the jiresent time. 1 will also add in reference to this that we have a capacity in our engines and dynnnioes for about 2.')00 16 candle jiower lamjis that we aro not using at the jiresent. and which can't be used with the boilers that we li;iv< at the j)rcsent time.
Second of imjiortancf is a I'eed wa¬ ter heater: the one thsit we are using is too small for our work. By having one the jirojier size we would save from five to ton jier cent on coal, which would bo ijuite a large saving considering the coal used at the pres¬ ent time.
Third, 1 wish to call your attention to our street lighting system. At the Jiresent time we are ojicratiiig V2i\ arc lamps that have a commercial rat¬ ing of 2000 candle jtower each. Thcsi- lamps are all practically new and uji- to-date. About half of these are being run by modern apparatus, the bal.-ince are being run by apparatus that is out of date and has been installed ever since the jilant was built and at the Jiresent time give very unsatisfactory service and the repairs on same amounl to considerable every year, which I think makes it advisable that this aji- jiaralus be changed for .something more modern.
Fourth, 1 will call your attention to coal storage. At jire.sent our coal storage capacities are too small for our needs and we have coal dumped in the ground on several different jilaces, which looks very bad and cHU.ses con¬ siderable loss. It also seems that our method of unlyading coal might be imjiroved. '
Kxcejiting these imjirovements our Jilant is in go<id condition to take care of future business for quite .some time. Our water jilant is in first class condition, pumps have been re¬ built and we have wells that are fur¬ nishing us an abundance of water."
Board of Trade
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trade was held in Fraternity Hall Wednesday evening. President Foster in the chair, with aliout'iO pres¬ ent. '
A committee of three was ajiixiinted to apjiear before the Nassau and Suf- fokl Lighting (.'o. to try and secure a reduction in the price of gas, also an extension of mains.
The ajijiropyiation^ to be voted u|.K>n at the village election were  di.scusaed.
It was fjecided that the Board recom¬ mend to the voters to supjiort the prop¬ osition to raise ^.jOO for crosswalks; the remainder of the jiropositions were akso endorsed by tht* Board.
It was decided that this Board go on record as unanimously favoring the bill introduced in the Legislature by Assemblyman Miller, giving villages jKiwer to tap the pipe lines of the city of New York for water, in i.ase the village supply should at any time be diministjed.
Interesting remarks v/ere made by Rev. O. E. Tree, formerly pastor of the Baldwin M. E. Church, now an honorary member cf the lioarJ.
After adjournment the members were entertaineJ by Joseph Lorrain of Bos- t<m.
The  next  meeting  of    the   Board, April   14th,   will   l>e a  sjiecial   ladies' night. (Freeport news continued Tin  page  8>