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Island Trees Plainedge
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Seaford Old Bethpage Plainview
VOL. 21 NO. 24 Week of September 25 - October 1,1986 20 cents per copy
Last S.T.O.P. Day,
Many common garden,
household and car mainte­nance
products are actually
materials which are hazard­ous
pollutants.
To assist residents in the
safe dispjosal of these pro­ducts;
the Town of Oyster
Bhy, in cooperation with the
Hicksville Fire District will
sponsor a special S.T.O.P.
program. The third and last
scheduled S.T.O.P. (Stop
Throwing Out Pollutants)
day will take place on Sat­urday,
October 4th, between
the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM
at the Hicksville Fire Dis­trict
Headquarters, 20 East
Marie Street, Hicksville.
An Electrifying Operation
Long Island Lighting Company's efforts to assist with the
Long Island Rail Road's main line electrification project are
right on track, according to LILCO and LIRR officials, as
ground is being broken to lay electrical cable from Hicksville
to Ronkonkoma.
LILCO personnel have been working since January to
relocate electric lines, gas mains, utility poles and trans­formers
to accommodate the LIRR's plan to electrify 23'/4
miles of track by December, 1987. Bat one of the most
interesting parts of the project began when LILCO subcon­tractors,
Henkeis & McCoy, Inc., started laying electrical
cable with a device known as a railroad plow.
"The plow's on-track design makes the cable laying
procedure in the hard to get at railroad right-of-way areas
the most timely and cost effective method we knof of," said
Alfred Baker, Manager of LILCO's Project Management,
Substation & Equipment Engineering Division.
The plow is attached on one end to a locomotive and on
the other to an open freight car (called a gondola) on which
reels of electrical cable are mounted. In one motion, the
plow digs a ditch alongside the track, lays the electrical
cable, and then backfills the ditch as the locomotive pulls it
along the track.
It was specially developed in 1967 by Henkeis & McCoy to
overcome the problems of installing underground cable
along railroad rights-of-way where access is often limited
and clearance along the tracks is minimal in many areas. The
distances covered by the railroad plow are measured in miles
per day as compared with the feet per day completed with
traditional trenching and overhead line-stringing methods.
The cable laying procedure is expected to be completed in
approximately two months. Other LILCO work on the pro­ject
includes modifying existing equipment for construction
of a planned transportation hub linking Islip MacArthur
Airport and the Ronkonkoma station, and relocation work
to support a new track signal system for the 23-plus mile
stretch. In addition, the project requires that LILCO modify
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rV£ BEEN PLOWING ON THE RAILROAD
...Workers watch «s railroad plow buries power lines in
track bed between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma for the
LIRR main line electrification project. LILCO Is providing
the cable» the plow, and substation equipment modifications
to accofflnnodate the Sli6.TntlUiQn'pl«nk . . . / . . , . . , ^ .^
Residents are urged to
bring their toxic materials,
(excluding aerosol contain­ers,
unlabeled chemicals
which cannot be classified,
radioactive chemicals,
flammables, latex paint.
Silver 245T and explosives)
to the Hicksville Fire Dis-,
trict Headquarters.
The success of the
S.T.O.P program depends
on the participation resi­dents.
Take advantage of
this opportunity to dispose
of the unused chemical pro­ducts
in your home.
Chemical Fire
And Fumes
A residence at #1
Fams Court, Old Beth-page
was destroyed by
fire last night after
chemicals stored in the
attached garage of the
house ignited. The nox­ious
fumes from the fire
necessitated the eva­cuation
of homes on
surrounding streets
including Bel Aire
Court, Bel Aire Drive,
and Piper Lane. The
fumes also felled many
of the firemen that
responded from Beth-page,
Hicksville,
Plainview and Wan-tagh
along with attend­ing
police officers.
Runoff water from
the fire was diked with
sand supplied By Town
Of Oyster Bay High-
. way Department for
later removal by a
Toxic Waste Removal
Company.
Homeowner Peter
Bochnovitch was alone
in the house at the time
of the fire and was
treated for minor
burns. He told fire
marshals that the
s t o r e d materials
included ammonia
peroxide, thinner dye
liquid and flux solder­ing
liquid. It was not
explained why the
chemicals were stored
.there.. .••.'.•.'
Come To The Fair
The century-and-a-half-old
Long Island Fair will
return again for its annual
autumn run this year on the
Columbus Day weekend at
Old Bethpage Village
Restoration.
The four-day extrava­ganza,
running Oct. 10-13,
will feature a spectacular
array of farm-related exhib­its,
entertainment and
events.
First held in 1842 and
thought to be the oldest
agricultural festival in
America, the Long Island
Fair re-creates a typical 19th
Century fair in the ideal set­ting
of a re-created 19th
Century village.
It will include a hot air
balloon ascent, corn-husking
contests, magic
shows, puppet shows, brass
band concerts, folk singers,
pony rides and a folk danc­ing
demonstration in which
the audience can join in the
fun.
A special feature this year
is P.T. Barnum's "Great
Traveling Museum, Menag­erie
& Hippodrome." The
show will consist of three
tents: the museum in one, an
animal exhibit in a second
and an arena for live per­formances
in the third.
Visitors will be met by
"Admiral Dot", also known
as the "Eldorado Elf"
because of his California
roots. Barnum had pro­moted
the original Dot as
the "smallest man in the
world".
Credible and incredible
items on display in the
museum will include a
mummy, a lock of George
Washington's hair, the
Empress Josephine's lamp,
Marie Antoinette's fan and a
diorama of stuffed frogs
working in a blacksmith
shop.
Exhibits, which are
judged and awarded prizes,
include the finest of Long
Island's agricultural pro­duce,
horticulture, domestic
arts, poultry ahd livestock.
Exhibitors have until a
new extended deadline of
Monday, Sept. 22 to submit
their entries.
Persons wishing to volun­teer
to assist at the non­profit
event are asked to call
the volunteer coordinator,
weekdays from 9 a.m. to
4:45 p.m. at (516) 364-1050.
The Long Island Fair is
presented jointly by the Nas­sau
County Department of
Recreation and Parks, the
«*THE WORLD'S SMALLEST MAN**, Admiral Dot, helps
put up a poster heralding the arrival of the Long Island Fair
on the Columbus Day weekend at Old Bethpage Village
Restoration. One of the Fair's features this year will be the
P.T. Barnum Museum and Hippodrome, in which "Dot"
will star.
Agricultural Society of
Queens, Nassau and Suffolk
Counties and the Friends for
Long Island's Heritage.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. each day. Admission is
$5 per adults and $3 for
children (17 and under) and
senior citizens (60 and over).
Old Bethpage Village
Restoration, is located on
Round Swamp Road, about
one mile south of Long
Island Expressway Exit 48.
Parking is free.
Tighter Housing Controls
For TOBAY
The Town of Oyster Bay
Board has scheduled a pub­lic
hearing for October 7 to
more clearly define the Code
of Ordinances as it relates to
boarding and rooming
houses and to amend those
sections dealing with land an
building requirements as
they pertain to these facili­ties.
Under consideration are
clear definitions as to what
constitutes a boarding house
or rooming house, which are
only permissible in 'D* and
*E' Residence Districts, and
minimum criteria for lot size
and habitable area permit­ted.
The hearing will also take
under advisement amending
the present law to require
annual inspections of board­ing
houses and rooming
houses by the Planning and
Development Department.
Such uses would require the
prior approval of the Zoning
Board of Appeals.
In other action, the Town
Board amended the defini­tion
of who may legally
occupy a simple family
home. The revised defini­tion,
resulting from court
decisions, provides for any
number of persons related
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