Freeport News 19210812

              the news vol i no 26 freeport long island n y friday august 12 1921 price five cento sewer bono election to be held august young man drown gd ii twenty yrfirs old f l vi-~t dm hundred and twenty v york city whk i , ,.| , : i iwln joint saturday nft,.rii»i.ii ' '' kill to nimhed to the ilmotor in anticipation ,,( i:ic iimi k hnfaailt to shore inn ii wfl ov«r«4h until nundny date is set for vote on 400,000 proposition by village taxpayers will decide if people want system installed time whan it could be finished 8eems to be phase most dis cussed now a special election to decide ilie ques tion of whether the laxiniyers of free port want a sewer system in the vll inge or do not want one will be held on august l'll friday of two weel hence the proposition sb be voti m is the raising of oo,ooo or i mtirh thereof as may be i 	 ded fl in building of ii disposal plant and jfrunk hewers and a baliuice lo be used as a circulating fund to finance the building of laterals on the various stni'ts as the taxpayers request them the proposition is printed iii full on another page nf the paper to getter with a map of the village show ing the tentative location nf the trunk sewers that milht be laid before any laterals can be put lu the ground the main point that is brought up in connection with the sewer proposi tion is the quesllon of the length of lime that will elapse before the aver igs householder will get any benefit from the system viii r p rre<ktcnt chrlsmc v:i tfkfti to make this point clear us well as the plan of financing tile hiiudlng of the laterals he estimated that ii will be eighteen months before the trunks and iiis|m>sii1 plant can be finished / when the trunks are in the laterals can be laid ¦ n lateral laid in a street petition signed by taxpayers per cent of the frofif fly 111 the street am tl sincni n den lull awlnej hie property iiltcil.i d mill one third nf it ik payable wic^i yea lor ftiree years as the touii u'vi of m lateral will in paid by the village iyhect u ii laid iimi only oiiciiiini is paid by the tax payer the flral year the village will require a fund tn hnauce the vartbu intitui projects over the two remaining yeara this make it necessary tu have a fund t atari with and thlajwlll in provided oul of the bond issue nwk ing it pohsiiih to in lateral luunedl iiii>iv after the trunks are in mm ground and the disposal phrol worklnii although hi tl lulls of tills pirn have not been worked out by the vll loge board ii is believed for example ihnt if ii fund of 100,000 is held f lateral building oul or the i 	 i ii it would in imssii.it iii build laterali to the i 	 mi of oboul 60,060 a v this would leave a balance of io,ikn iiticr the tirst year'i building of la i mils there would i 	 dded to this fjd.ihhi of the second year'a install mi'iii on tin tii'st year'i laterals am another w0.oo0 '¦¦ t ii oral instullmeii mi tin second year'a lateral brlnglni the total up to i8q0oo oul of thi would be pnhl 160,000 for tin building of liititiil.s in tin uilrd yisir leaving i balance of 20,000 to this would thei be added the third and hist inatollmei of 20,000 on tin ural year's laterals 20,000 tor the aec 	 i inatmllmenl on ihr see 	 i year'a lateral and 1110.000 us tin llrst installment on i in third year'i lutorale hrlnglug the aroouni up in 80,000 again um operating la the fourth year siiih piims however are nol being deflnltely worked out m the preoenl tl 	 by the village trust its but as they mi mutters whlrli will in ion aldered by the taxpayers in uutkluy their decision on the utartlng pmpiist hun they st i uf uuimirtauce al n present time in order to vote al tin election 11 in neceaaar to \«- regletered taipayeni of record on the lust inmrsminnii roll uri eligible to vote tteglatrattun day win be august 16 thuse who were registered for tu la^i regular elet tlon need nol do so agalu : all othew ahould the lire houaea lu north ktaln atreeti cmive boulevard and church hired mi i he n-nlsl nil inn und voting uacea edward c watson democratic assembly candidate when mr watson was asked for ids picture he replied he only had a group picture he wo8,<"1<1 to send it ilong as the older i 	 nherx of the group could be painted out by theuengr&vers when the above picture arrived hid the editor gave ii the once over lit did not have the heart to have daddy's hoy painted oul ltentdes th ild me is better as it stand it hu|i the home touch to it and la ao very different from the usuul if cainlldalem for olllce • of pictures two kinds of truth on gas situation look at both sides rate barely produces the operating cost tin oiiipiiii.v'h answer to the 1 s ('. on tin rate coinplnlnl : kitht hint the rate lui-d i»y the puldlr lailke coiiiiiiissioii ref«t rt'd to in complaidt herein alnce the time sni'l rule went into cffi'i't iiiin imrci.v paid operating coeta wlllioul any return upon the vuluo of ltn property iuve«ted in the us pnatneas second that while there 1ms been home increase ill the price of jiih oil other co.sth and tiixi'h imve continued high so thai the riite now in force imrely iii.vh op eratliik costs without returns upon the value of its property invested in the k«n business third thai ibe quality of the kiis furnished by the coinpiiny to its coiiminiei'.s is not below stand aid fourth the company denies each und every allegation in sni<l com plaint which ih inconsistent with the foregoing allegations wherefore the company nsus that the complaint be dlamleaed big surplus reported by nassau lighting co in the comparative xtutement for the first ipuirter just issued by the nassau and suffolk lighting com pany a surplus of i:i,l 14.:?f is shown jross earnliiks from opera tions for the quarter ended june lb81 were 17fi,70o compared to 14s,4fil.lfi for the first quarter in 1020 total bfsjntmg exiiensem were 14*2,81 1.88 compared to 12(i 477 lit in 1sb0 leaving a balance of 82^88,94 eouparad to io,974.o for the mum period last year mlnturn & co of new york nre offering 4.'tt!,000 of this company's i-ycnr 11 per cent gom debenture bonds dated svptember 1 iwt and maturing on september 1 ib9b the trustee is the kqultiible com pany of new york — urooklyn imily bogle financial », 1021 tuesdiiy ho ffaise debt on holy redeemer churc parochial school to be started in few mlnths men of parish have already raised 13,000 only 2 000 more needed pine st site for school opposite church building farish has experienced remarkable growth — church now has over 1,800 members the men of the church of the holy lleileenicr have orgniil/ed a drive lo raise 115,000 to lice the church from debt and by so doing to pave ilie way lor ii 	 reiilon of a line parochial school opposite ibe beiiulit'ill church edifice in i'lne si reel of the amount set for the goal ol.tbe drive 113,000 has already been ratfcfd und the worl of pouclllltlnil incoinplele the new parochial school will be ; valuable and beaut ll'ul addition to e architecture of frccport as is the lol.v kedeeiner church the church u experienced a w 	 leil'lll growth i now has over 1,800 members ml is eepllig up ms pace under ilie guidance | the ftev father 1 1 tltoolc whose enloiis inliilslialloii bus i ecu a great actor in its progress and prosperlt riie drive is unique in thai all thi ibor has been done by the men of th inrish exclusively when ilie project ins llrsl moved i n 	 tttlg was called .. . ii lldw and discuss ways and nenns to raise the required amount ml the standard methods lawn pin airs carnivals etc wen ul hilled lo an a 1 1 test and alter ma ure deliberation dufardml whal wan leeileil h 100 per cent illld nol a fractional dividend e b ellison die8 kyu-rt h kllison rt eight enr old only brother of 1 ilinl.-r blluol mid well known to ninny i i « «¦ [ >• i i pea pie died lit his home in mount veinon n y ob wedueaaay of i»«t week u li'um'h a widow knle m kllison nui ii son shwilcy lliiyler lllli^on lie un prastdaal or the heating and ventllal lug biimlnt'n.s of kills ii \ son lin which was eslablislied in isi'.i nnil 1 hem of which lie succeeded ids futher thinnus 1 klllson t ivsier liuy lluyler kuihoii of h'ivep:ut will uuw b bfud uf the bunuieiw slewnrl scrri'iniy district no i seaman avenue and north to colonial uvenue ; merrlok ave mie lo brookidde avenue b myers captain joliu mtmney 1 1 kelly and l dorney dlstrll'l no j sennimm uvenue to north hide or railroad track east to main sheet ; 1 1 shell cnptiiln ; a a si liuinniin t a kelly and 1 j mut phy dlhtliel nn 3 f<c 	 in incline to railroad truck wenl of main rtreel : t lets 	 captain ; 1 cattiirplli c ityan ios mmii i t o'&iurn v mack c bgan nnil.m w uvnu restrict n i south or railroad track to baal smith street eaul of m ; 1 1 1 1 it reel ; v i murphy captain ; churl ¦¦< uui'llhy road t mud i.i 	 le ci no oj souiii uii to north side iil of uuln ntr«h»1 : uptuln i i muhin ide of rail of merrlck leo t mr , w v con 1 1 . ¦ 1 1 \ . k s kl'lllth j 1 m.kauue .!. llimnerly ii 1 mccoril 1 cuss iilnl q jones dlatrici no e soiiih of merrlck i 	 d cn-.l or mnin nnil bedell streets to ba ; u 1 l.oonmn sr.,-cnpi iin ; ii 1 l.ooiinin jr . win i 	 nun will icr uiunum llmirge loonnin und john i i in i v : be in ini south bldp a i i.i 111 i l 	 ; ml lain ; 1 cim'iiev i h.w uurlej ilulrlcl tin s rilllll tvkhl i m hill veil l|nit wlutil to i i 	 ii i i mh the resiill 1 ilie til-l uieei inu of hie lien in the i i -•¦ 1 1 ii ¦ 	 i the hiircli a hen the drive fu pledgeaol pvcuularj - 1 1 1 1 1 > i i had been ihlcl'lllilled ll xiii iis tin perfeotlon of mi organl lo hnniue the niom'iiiiiii tttllelfutl und tt»tuatlcally john k alien or js ouslnw place woe unauluiouhlj lu.ir.i chalriiiiin mid jaumb i slew ml secrc tary the organlautluu was nun ex leaded tlnoiiuh tile select ion uf eodj miiiees empowered to uuueal lu ever piirlshl 	 • and ilesi^ned tu cover e cry dlatrtci oi the i 	 th u thai nu ineiiihcr should feel alighted 1 ovei looked in the cauvoaa to each dln niii wns laalgned a eaptala and uu loiiiinhiei's and li 	 rdm v to ge to work and arukg in n chairman and committ 1 1 in . iiptnlii i i n ¦. i sleuail i ii i hilluulier i i hi i nu b mel'lilk luutlt he 	 ¦, i 	 - v . ¦ 1 1 llroomde uvv 	 : m.iiiii ii ii utreel tn ocean ' m.'iii.'k road to i c llalpin cup i < urtj and an iiih of merrlck avenue to itooae atlantic n\e.iue . i imes t'oieman w i i k mi.is ami ad to place e llnl raplnln ii i n ,. . . ¦- 1 > . i k aden 1 i1 i 	 : ii.'im an i n dougherty 111 irh i no in houlli io atlantic is 	 e-t of i,.ii sir tu brook *!*!*• avenue . lien mulvey 1'aptaln ; j him ken m criwaliy t v d'bruu k 1 ' ''¦' ii'u i i nil ii ami t murray i " hi in ii j,i,i i hlusauo cap tain , i illurdauu jii how it wd in di i'lmciutta don ussing hu iu»tiliod in,i h ,, ,| l v s11 1 havt had some pcrlcn.e in ami vurtuun putertuluiueuta for ' ¦' 	 ller pili|,,,se i 11 i driv fuuud ii h a a oat '' us iii this al tlmj del i the church „ tar u i has .- hewi no refusal li ailed re lo clear off if ibe holy i leu ri i fledgei ji 	 . , ¦ ... . ., ,," it limit ¦ iccmc.s ohn r allen chttiliuttu ; lame ii huxe he ,,,., i i , r . ¦ ' ii made in dilleicnt iiinouuts v white many gave iheli flrtntiibiilioiis nlright our assim'lutli'm'ii tile uorlv has been of the most ei ant char acter for which we are ii lebted to the generous cooperation und courte ous receptions of all those e called on the captains and luciuh rti of the dlsliict cuininlltees cordially appreci ate the frleiull.v spirit with which they re received in every inutunce whal has been accomplished is i splendid itlnionial to hie self sacrifice and loyalty of the parishioner's vf the i'hurch of the holy redeemer ' and 1 nay also add i well deserved tribute 0 the personal popularity and mission ary zeal of our pastor ltcv father john l otools __— — d on page li ahead of schedule garbage removers surprise and dis appoint some householders the men doing the work of gurbag and ash reihoval for the village got day ahead of last week's schedule till wevk und as a result many people wh pecled i hem to arrive the same da eiich week wi'i-f disappointed wher tlu men found no gin lm)a\yi wait lni mem on f ccoiiui of their jl-v urrlvu y aonouni.-eil jhey woijrf pr ike n second 1 rip 1,1 1 1 s wef'k i the present time there is no flxe on which any street will be^vislt ell but shortly a sciiciiulovvllr be ir.ndi up based on the experiences of till lirst few weeks it will then be knowi lust how many houses can ds visited li ii day and what will be the heal systen of muling the va-lous streets watson named by democrats for assembly hempstead man selected to op < wmcwhiwtey at port meeting party is planning . vigorous campaign was treated fine then colored gentleman received 10 fine from judge johnson william thompson colored whr ninic here with the carnival was ar imbued on a charge of public intbxl can n before judge johnson on mon day lie tidil the court freeport pen pie have certainly rented dm mm they gave me the real stuff that's hnw h happened we'll keep rlt,'ht on treatliik you line ill line you only 10 said judge johnson iliomitsoii was ransomed later by friends with the carnival village's fiscal affairs are found in fine shape state comptroller's office re ports on examination of officials accounts the report on the investigation intti hie tlscni iiitnlrs of the t illui .¦ inmle by the st 	 comptroller's ,,| 	 ,,, the behest of former vlllutfe i'remlden i'hirence a mdwnrds « hen he was in olllce has 1 	 li comi'leleil an i for warded here the m>..n u ., u.rj i uipllincnlary one und iii 	 dy i rill ism mads is for some minor devlii li ns from the strict hue i'l i ¦¦.,¦. lin-,1 in deliills the lnve«tl illol.l the period from march i illlll i n cember 1 ihft complluients were pa i hj i he e nmlners to village treasur , s hi 	 ,, siullli and deputy villa e clerk mrs chester reess for the manner in which the books iiiiii records iimilng under their direct siipervls|..u a ri the priuclpiil causes i i,|\ei ineiit are occasioned b lie i the village to enforce pi inpl , d lax.s wilier bills and el»h bills an interestliik item li tu || ihe slutemeilt of the i li ey round village ti ¦ , . , , had on baud flutm ' s lulled f«»r win hi pleasant conihtlo in win i i iull iihls tlie villa unit for hits in ¦ lller • i.i i lie . xniiiliiers it ha gradually in autonta unpaid taxes to the amount of fgg i!nl up to and inclllilliik u>1 ere reported and the examiners comment ii thai the village has apparently inade do effort to enforce the prompt payment of luxes while it has the rlfhl t 	 i i ill ii in an\ctlon under con iincl to recover them\r lo hold a tax sale \^ in the electric lljrht lepart meiit ii wui found thai on may 80 1081 eon iiiners accounts unpaid anil overdue umounted to s,sss.4t there were 180 accounts totalling t<tti.41 one in mi overdue si totalllag ib1b.t0 two months overdue m totalling s,:."..'!lki three months overdue and i loialliny 11^.7(1 over three nionllis iiverdosi i 	 ¦ kepnitment — no effort lins i 	 n made lo enforce collection of de lliiqueal nccounis aggvegatlbg mjmb llcciiic iu l>eposlt l''uud ile liohltl collected on meters should be i in lied oxer lo the treasurer instead of rtmnuloing in the hands of the village clerk no interest is secured from i he bank nu this fund while the vil hltfh pays depositors tl per stbt i up lo the vllliib trshtees to secure lutweal on this fund.lr us an entlly ii will ahraya be insolvent i'llhllr.lllnn a notlivs allllbivlt of l>uhlleatloi should accoinpany bills which should siute numbfr of folios i tor law requires publication v eonsaeattva weeks while t ¦ 1 1 1 .-. lluvi heeu for three weeks auditing or hiiu — kntrles nlu»ulil hi iint clalnifd niuouut allnwitl us well u company's answer to rate com plaint states it is barely making operating costs bond sale publicity declare co prosperous two brands of truthful statements result in confusion in mind of consumers of 2.70 gas two kinds of truth are available on the pis rate situation this week one kind that rtirnlhhed to the public bar vice commliwlon in re sponse to the complaint about the rate matte by the village in that the nas sau aiitl suffolk lighting company is barely able to meet operating ex penses and is unable to pay any re turn oii the property invested in the mis business another kind that furnished to wall street where the gas company is floating a bond issue for flnajw'lal page use is that the company has a big surplus that is now accumuti'iting nt the rate of about 140,000 a year this must be taken into considera tion however that the prosperity re port is for the benefit of the financiers who luy the stocks and bonds jind the poverty report for the consumers who . buy the cninpnny's (.'»« und pay the excessive rate that is the cause of much complaint the two truthful statement before the public f not help but cause mixed fee the part of the consumers \ the bills they will flnrl it make tally the statement that si.n and suffolk lighting company barely able to meet operating e penses to suy nothing about interest on investmeni d th en outing to be held saturday of this week is opening event bdwud 0 watson of hempstead was unanimously designated for the nomination tor assemblyman from tiie first assembly district at the meeting of the democratic town onmillte held in the wide awake knglne house in church street monday night kay n0 sraloiic was designated for the unit vole of the town delegation to the judiciary convention for the desig nation for supreme court nominee tile meeting was an enthusiastic me and the feeling was strong among the delegates that in mr watsor the democratic party had endorsed a wlu iit in speaking of the can li.hu halrman mahuie declared him 41 clean iti/.en a business man of ri cognized ntegrlty anil a democrat always loyal 1 the principles of the parly mr watson is in the publishing and ulvertlsing business with oacas t hot fifth avenue new york city he las lived la nassau county nine years le is active in the klks being chalr iiaii of the entertainment committee ml of the annual drive for the clill iren's chrlttmai fund in accepting the designation mr watson declared ids intention of arrylug the hglit into every district 11 the town mid lo be al the service if the leaden every hour until else ion he was given three cheers and it ilie close of the meeting a very 011ii11i reception addresses were made by ( jeorge 1 teiinlon of freepc.rt atgyle i'mi-soiis 1 i helen city dr llealy of llemp stend john 1 mccarthy of inwood nil s 1 dunli'iivy of freeport the cotiuiiltlee will o|m>ii heaili|iiar rrs in i'reeport within tilie ni'm two eeks i'hey plan an aggressive earn bjgb i'hu vigor with which they ave already entered upon iliclr work as been the ciiuse of a great deal if surprise in political circles of ixith larlies and there is every indication hat the campaign will be a lively one \ monster outing will be held under lie auspices of ihe tow 11 coinnilllec 11 saturday of this week august i:t t will lie held at charles lolinsens lel oil ihe ih'iicii boats leave at i and t o'clock in the afteruoon a hort uddress will be made by k c valson the assembly candidate but tin 1 wise the iiftuir will be entirely in ormal tlie dinner commit ice com t k a lllce itaiyuiond laloue and john sloiaii the hckeu riie lu hun plus the wall street statement of t',e condition of the company shows that for the quarter tmwag in juno it hiiil accumulated a ' surplus of 14,888.13 which is at the rate of 140,000 per annum thu statement also shows unit in w'm for the same quarter the company jliad accumulated a sur plus of hi,!)74.lxi or at the rute of approximately 08,000 a year it was during that quarter that the company started to make its poverty plea and apply for increased rates to the pflblic service commission it is also worthy of note that it wns just ubout that time that the courts up held the decision iii till south l.lrlis kails case in which it was hold to be legal to exceed the franchise rales governing ths sale of gas in a com munity this decision throw down the burs anil made it simply a matter of unreeling a lot of red tape and doing ine arguing in order to set aside the franchise rate of 1.jo and secure the rats ti if par thousand cubic feet ind tack on 8 service charge of 70 its per customer for which there was a handy precedent established in he west it is interesting to analyze the wall street statement of the gas company's onditlon it shows for the quarter ndlng in june 11)21 gross earnings f 175,70 ami fle^sus for the same quarter of 183)0 this increase in gross earnings of approximattdy l d00 is about sj per cent of the gross earnings of 11k20 while an increase of 1tj per rent of gross eimilngg is indicated the in crease lu total operating expenses is oboul !•'! per cent the total operat ing expejkm's given for the quarter in 1021 is i143.811j.8s while for ll.w same period of ih0 lumtmb an increase of only 116,074.00 ci*upared to tin increase of 9j>q00 in gross eurnlngs a surplus of approximately t:t,(xm is indicated for the june quarter of il»l'l the gross earnings being given bs s17q,t09 and the operating sxpsbass 1142,81 l this surplus is approximate ly jil per cent of the uniount of thu grosi reoelpts for the same quarter lu 1lt!(l the gross earnings given are jfh.'t.l.il r.i ami the operating expenses l'j0,4t7.1k leaving a surplus of f!l(j,l)74.(hl this surplus is approximately vi per ceut of the nine urn of the gross eurnlngk i'he figures therefore indicate that the amount of the gross earnings going to surplus increased from 12 per cent u year ago to lit per cent this year concurrently the nassau and suf folk lighting company is lighting thu efforts of the consumers through the milage board to secure a reduction lu the rate and in the unswer given lo hie public isvviss commission ,),. dares thut since the hssfsassd ralo went in.to effect has barely puld ojier continued uli pujjtj 0