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Vol 3 No. 6
Grcalatnif in Freeport, RockviHe Centre, Baldwin, RooaevdH, Hempatead, Merrick, Bellmore, Wanta«h, Seaford and tfie County of Naaaau
FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 19. 1915
Price Two Cents
LAMB RE-ELECTED VILLAGE_PRES1DENT
DEFEATS A. N. JOHNSOM BY 29 VOTES. 8. A. WILLIAMS AND H. L MAXSON ELECTED TRUSTEES BY FAIR MARGINS. ALL APPRO¬ PRIATIONS BUT TWO ARE PASS¬ ED. BOARD HOLDS FIRST MEET¬ ING ON MARCH 22
South Shore of Long Island hiland Waterway Demanded
By Shipingy Yachting, Realty and Business Interests
Offices of the Citizens Psrty, Freeport
Long Island, March 17, 1915 BeloTed Henchmen
Alail, we have met oor friends the enemy and we are theirs. The earth hath bubbles as the water; both burst. The time was out of Joint, O cursed spite, that I was ever bom to set it right. Doubt not these facts, this pastoral, "if they are not so, the writ¬ er would be glad to know it"
The election is nvtn. tbn ballots counted, and friend Lamb holds forth. Would tbat I.could have been called chief! But we made a brave flght.
¦> aOLAMO '^ LAMB
We could not think of any more prom¬ ises to put in our platform. We had the unqualified support of an expeu enced and untiring letter writer,' a reviewer of news and a cop who would liave made a valiant captain. But alas! the time is not ripe for millen¬ niums.
EJarly on election day my friends the enemy caught two of our most ex¬ perienced and trustworthy cohorts scheming with some colored gentle¬ men. Quickly they dispatched forces and successfully attacked our right flank. Our automobile service dur¬ ing the .early jyirt of the day was most effective; our treasury empty.
We should vake courage however for we landed one of our brother her'hjnen, H. L., of 316 South Long oeaoh. The citizens said they want-
ROUTE OF SOUTH SHORE OF L. 1. INLAND WATERWAY
Would Provide Safe and Econmic Passage for Vessefs, A Remedy
for Shoaling Inlets, Opportunities for Naval Operations
and a New Trode Route
SILAS
WILLIAMS..
ed an experienced lawyer and that helped him win. ITncle Frank feels quite happy over H. L.'s electionT Of course, "SII" was elected by over 524 votes. The people were united 'for him. Dlmon and Frank Seaman, of course, were unanimously elected to their respective oflftces.
Isador Mayer played- the trick of tlie day and got over 142 voters to write hl.s name In for police Justice. We might have worked a similar game on Wesley ,Pine for trustee.
And to think that all the proposi¬ tions submitted were carried but tw» What an opportunity to show our abil¬ ity to expend, In the interests of those who supported us.
Brave henchmen: I thank you for your support this year; let us plaa for next year. I will be your candi¬ date in 1916 for president.
In the interest of the party. Your L^der. Dictated but not reread.
Resume Work on Courthouse Wings The Libman ContrJttlng Company liave resuttied work on the additions to the County Court House. They were the original contractors, but ow¬ ing to fltlancial dlfBcultles were forced Into the receiver's hands. The Board ol Supervisors terminated their «»»• tract and the sureties, the Olobe In¬ demnity Compaiiy of ManbatUn, has assQiaad tlta oontra^t
Predicated upon the recent pledge of Governor Whitman and the mem¬ bers of the State Canal Board to d- all in their power to persuade tu* legislature to pass before April a bil'. thflt will provide for the construction of the long projected but deferred In¬ land waterway connecting Jamaica and I^econii. bayi on the \)uth shore of Long Island, the outlook for the consummation ot this greatly needed improvement has been further ad¬ vanced during the last two months by the meetings of town supervisors, en¬ gineers, assemblymen and reprcKen- tailves at the Army Engineer's olflces in Manhattan, the conference of prom¬ inent Long Island resiiieiits with Gov ernor Whitman by February 16th, an-l especially the hearing before the Fi¬ nance (Committee of the Senate and Ihe Ways and Means Committee of the Assembly on March 3d. The Improvement and Its Advantages Among the advantages to be gained, as has been set forth specially at all the conferences so many times, are the provision for safe and economic passage along the south shore of pleasure and commercial craft, in¬ cluding barges from New York har¬ bor; the East River, Long Island Sound, the rivers and bays ot New Jersey, the &ie Canal, Hudson River and Ita tributaries and the intercoastal canal system; a remedy for shoaling Inlets, now narrow, tortuous, shallow and shitting; iooreasing the opportun¬ ities for naval operations by small crafty and giving" Long Island a fair chance to benefit by the constructio. of the one thousand ton Erie Barge Canal, by establishing a ne wcompetl- tlve trade route for traffic equivalent to another railroad on Long Island.
Major E. J. Dent, U. S. ^., engineer ol the Second New York dlstflct, who has made a careful examination of the
I engineering problems involved In the construction of the waterway has ex¬ plained that the canal and waterway would be oii# hundred feet In width, six feet in depth and seventy-five miles in length. In order to avoid the provision of the State charter to the effect that no appropriation of as much as $1,000,000 may be made by the Legislature without a referendum vote, the bill to be introduced to legalize the undertaking, he said, will call for |(5000 less than $1,000,000.
In referring to the possibility of completing the project and placing the waterway In operation by the end of 1916, he has pointed out, some de¬ lay must be experienced even after a bill could be put through Congress, on account of the time that would be re¬ quired to obtain the necessary rights of way, as no money would be forth¬ coming until this step had been com¬ pleted.
The Committee on South Shore In land Waterway has its headquarters in ManhatUn at No. 243 West Thirty- fdurth street and at No. M2 Nassau street. The Executive Committee consists of Joseph Beiley, chairman, PatchoKue, L. I.; Erastus F. Post, Quogue, L. 1.; Hiram R. Smith, Free- port. L. I.; C. Milton Rogers. IsUp, L. I.; Philip Edward Ittmann, Manhat¬ tan, and W. W. Cocks, Old Westbury, L. 1. T|>e Finance Committee Is com¬ posed of Samuel Elcben, chairman, Manhattan; Captain Jacob Ockers, SayvlUe. L. I.; B. S. Randall, Free-
) port, L. I.; Philip Edward Ittmann, Manhattan; Joseph Bailey, Patchogue,
|L. I., aud Edward S. Winters, West-
I hampton, L. I. As an Aid to Shining and Yachting
I H the proposed Inside deep watei
way is finally acted upon favorably by the federal government it will mean an Increase of mercantile ahlp- raents by water to points along the souih shore of the island as well as an increased benefit to yachtsmen. However, the added benefit to yacht- inn is incon.siderable because most owners ot large yachts seek deep sea sallin-;, the bays being simply harboi. and anchorages for their vessels, ex¬ cept in tbe eastern half of Great South Bay, where the deepening of Its wa¬ ters is not necessary to a marked ex¬ tent.
Less than a year ago the Harboi Board of Army Engineers rendered an adverse report as regards this propos¬ ed waterway. They could not see the. necessity for It from a commc-cial standpoint, and the law does not al¬ low the^m to consider the convenience of yachtsmen In th« premises. Tin original survey was made five years ago from East Rockaway inlet on tht west to Peconic Bay on the east.
On the other hand, from the stand¬ point of the saving of human life and the elimination of danger, the pro¬ posed waterway is an imperative ne cesslty. The outalde route for smal' vessels along the Long Island coast i. fraught with danger during Ihe pe¬ riod of severe weather, and, besit.L... at any season the .-ingress and egress between the bay and the oc-ean through the teyr inlets by merchant vessels are dangerous on account of the uncertain depths of water caused by the shifting of the local sand bars.
How Realty Men Vievif the Project
Real estate men say that if the army, engineers would dispel from thefr minds the belief that the pro¬ posed waterway would help Long is. and real estate interests only they might then report favorably on tbw project. The fact is that the com¬ mercial Interests of Long Island are demanding It and the real estate men are merely echoing their demand. Business Interests on the north shore and twenty milesdlstant from the pro¬ posed waterway are a unit in favor of it.s construction.
So strong is the general sentiment for it that some of the townships on Long Island are willing to co-operau with the government to the extent of building bridges across laterals to Ihp waterway where necessary. The town of Southampton alone declares it will spend $100,000 if necessary.
The communities most vitally inter¬ ested in the building of a south side waterway are those in southern Nas¬ sau County and the western part of Suffolk County, because a navigablt waterway for commercial vessels Is essential to business growth and structural Increase. It Is asserted by shippers that if there were a navig¬ able waterway through the bay of the south shore r saving of sixty per cent could be made on the shipment of oysters, lumber and brick, besides the enormous shipmenta of potatoes and cauliflower from the easterly zone of Long Island.
The Interesting fact has been dis¬ closed that East Rockaway, in the southwest part of Nassau County, was for a century a busy port of entry and of shipment. Conditions changed there soon after the civil war and the government abandoned the port The danger caused vessels by passing through the changing bottom of East Rockaway Inlet had much to do with the governnkent's action in the prem¬ ises.
Within the last two years a deep
waterway, or harbor, has been built at Bast Rockaway. !t is twenty-flve feet widt", nearly a mile long and oon- nects with Hewlett Bay. There is a maximum depth of six feet of water in this channel, and if the Inland wa¬ ter route 1.-; ever bull/t the East Rock¬ away harbor will logically form a gr^at lateral to it and prove lo Ij*' ol" Inestimable shipping value, not oni) "• Viasi Ko( kaway, Ijiu to Oceanslde, ItOL-kville I'enlre, Lynbrook, Heni], stead and adjacent area embracing man., square miles.
At iiaitiwin Harbor t-reeiiOiv Brigbtwuters and elsewhere along the South Shore more or less deep water canals and basins have been carried tar inland to provide safe harbors and I to avoid long trips over meadow lands ! 16 the waterfront, |
"The iaiprovement, when complet-1 ed, will afford ^eventy-flve miles of safe, economic, passage lor all manner I of vessels, Including barges; will j drain and reclaim many hundreds of| acres of valuable meadow and marsh | lands fronting on the water.
••Will increase property valuations by at least a third their present val¬ ues; establish and develop lijdustrtes,! mamafactures and shipping, stimulate j all business enterprises on Long Isl¬ and, create new activity in agrlcul-l tural and home developments and af¬ ford direct access Iq New York Har¬ bor by the shortest and safest route.
"Will solve the pioblem of shoaling Inlets on the South Shore. This en¬ tire section is now practically bottled up, the Inlets being narrow, tortuous, shallow and shifting.
"Will give access to thi South Shore for small craft and barges from New York Hsrbor. East River, Long Island Sound, the rivers and bays ol New Jersey^ Srie Canal and Oreat Lakes, Hudson River and its trlbu-
iarie.s and the Inter-Coastal Canal S.\sieni. The building of this canal \»ia uon.iei^t the remolcsl parts of i^uiig l.sland with all the great inland waterway systems, lakes and canals of the United States and Canada east of tbe Rocky Mountains, make tbe vvt-amer a negligible factor in naviga¬ tion and oiler increa.sed opportunities lui naval operations by small craft,
••Will benefit an area of 735 square i........ ^mi a summer population ot
i.'.uuu, exclusive of the tK)rough ot .ooKiyn. tirooklyn and Queens would add nearly two million mare of population witbin the zont; of diiect .A-iieticial inUuence.
(V lu K've i.oiig Island its fair fhaiice lo benefit by the construction 1,1 i.e iiiou.sand ion Krie l)arge. .cana.. ,I....1.(1 ihe cost oi wtik'li Long Island
..i,M coatributes with taxation.
"Will abolish the insurance pre- niiuin.s basea on extia hazaruous
.. k:-. At present, in many cases no insurance on cargoes can be obtained and for inls reason towing ilneH t.i.e lefuse shipments to the .south snore OI Long Isi&jijl. Any insuranc?! •'(¦f(i Is <ia.-.sified as extra hazar¬ dous.
Is the Canal "Good Business" "The amount of freight received an- iuially by rail in the communities on
he south shore of Long Island Is .il)out eoO.Ot^O tons, valued at more
;:.i. $20,000,000. The amoiint of
leiKht transported annually by water ;o and from the south shore of Long Island is .-ibove 500,000 tons, valued at $10,000,000.
DEMOCRATS UNITED IN NAMDiG KRWIN
PICK CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVIS¬ OR AT UNUSUAULY HARMONI¬ OUS CONVENTION. BAILEY FOR TOWN CLERK
Lawrence E. Kirwin of Hempstead was unanimously nominated for the office of Supervisor from Hempstead Town at the Democratic Town Con¬ vention at Gt.-den City Monday. Thomas Box of Lynbrook made the nomination and when Oirdell V. Brower arose to second the nomlna tioh there was an outburst of ap¬ plause. Brower has been the leader opi>oslng faction and he was promin¬ ently mentioned as a candidate for the office.
Frank T. Bailey of Freeport was unanimously named for the office of Town Clerk. The delegates to the (onventlon nominated two candidates for the offices of Justice of the Peace, from the south end of the town, Wil¬ liam H. E. Jay, Jr., of Hewletfs and William Mulrey of Lawrence. The former was nominated with 25 votes to a total of 22 received by the latter. In the center part of the town, Geo- M'. Bode of Baldwin was nominated as the candidate fo represent that section of the town.
Jury Commissioner James J. Brown was unanimously nominated for the office of Receiver of Taxes.
There was considerable excitement when nominations were called for tht office of Town Treasurer. J. E. Mor¬ gan-Dodge of Lawrence nominated the Itepubllcan candidate, John a Ruth, and as there were no other candidates, the nominations were closed. Many of the delegates re¬ fused to vote and when the vote was canvased It yras found that Ruth had 20 votes, not sufficient to constitute a majority. A recess was taken for the purpose cf securing the consent of a Democrat for the nomination. A committee of five was appointed, who reported to the convention that Lyman N. Jones of Freeport had consented Jo become -the candidate and his name was presented. Dodge then withdrew the name of Ruth and Jones was unanimously nominated. The following candidates were also nominated: Assessor for the four- year term, Charles F. Behr, and Don¬ ald McKellar of Garden City for the two year term. Carl A. Darenberg, F'reeport; William Stoffel, Hemp¬ stead, and William Mulrey ot I^aw- rence, werf nominated as auditor.¦^ Valentine Vandewater ot Hempstead and I'harles A. Smith of Inwood were nominated overseers of the poor. The live constables nominated were Jesse A. Vooris, Bellmore; Charles D. Hen¬ drickson, Cedarhurst; William A. Weise, Valley Stream; Eugene !s. Hill, Oceanslde, and Frederick Blgle- hauf. Floral Park.
G.0.P.CAND1DATES NAMED ATPRMARY
PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ON SATURDAY MOST SUCCESSFUL —NEVER ADVANCED IN A MORE POPULAR WAY—REAL CONTEST OF DAY FOR OFFICE FOR RE- CEIVER OF TAXES; FOSTER WINS
The true worth and efBcacy of pref¬ erential primaries In the selection of nominees for town offices was thoi^ oughly established at the Republican Primary on last Saturday. Never was it advanced to a popular test In a liiore democratic way. Nearly everj enrolled Itepublican voter in the town took part. Hiram R. Smith, of this village, the present Supervisor, un¬ opposed for renomlnation, received 4536 votes.
The real contest of the day was for the office' of Receiver of Taxes, the contest amounting really to a test of power between Wilbur Doughty and Smith Cox. Cox's candidate, J. H. Foster, got the nomination with 2485 votes; Dopghty's candidate, Charles W. Smith, receiving 2195. Both men are from Inwood.
Out of a field of four, Frank C. Gil¬ bert, of Hempstead, received the nom¬ ination for Town Clerk. He got 2085 votes.
John A. Ruth, of Cedarhurst, the present Town Treasurer, was ro-nom- inated with 2468 votes. William S. Hall, of Freeport, his opponent got 2049 votes.
The spring election is held on April 6th.
PROGRESSIVES ENDORSED
WITH BUT THREE EXCEPTIONS
BULL MOOSERS NOMINATE
REEPUBLICAN TICKET
The Town {"ommittee of the Pro¬ gressive party in convention at Rock¬ ville Centre on Tuesday indorsed the Republican ticket as nominated by preferential primary on Saturday, wUh three exceptions, George Bode of Baldwin was nominated Instead of Edward T. Neu for Justice of the Peace; Ephralm J. Jennings of Mal- verne, straight Progressive, was nom¬ inated instead of Archibald Patter¬ son of Hempstead for Superintendent of Highways, ancH William Wise ol Valley Stream, a Democrat, was in¬ dorsed for Constable instead of Fer- dlt^nd Miller of Seaford,
The latter was a personal request of County Chairman Elvln N. E* wards of Freeport. At the convention It was regarded strange if a Demo¬ crat were mentioned for indorsement as compared to a year ago, ^{len a Republican indorsement was frowneo upon. The only controversy was over whether John A. Ruth, Repub¬ lican candidate for Town Treasurer, should be indorsed, hot the majority ruled. FVed Ollbert presled.
G.0.P.PRIMAR1ES RATIFIED
PEACE AND HARMONY PREVAILS
AMONG THE LEADERS AT
CONVENTION
The regular convention of the Re¬ publican Party of the Town of Hemp stead was held in Lilierty Hall, Hemp¬ stead, on Tuesday, March 16lh. Despite the rivalry and bitterness which had developed among the can¬ didates and leaders on and before Sai uray, a spirit of peace and harmony pervaded throughout the entire meet¬ ing of the delegates.
A complete canvass of the pri¬ maries had been held on Monday and the results tabulated. They were presented Jo the convention which ratified the report. Each of the sue cessful i.^ndldates for the re.spective nominations were introduced lo tii»-j convention and made brief speeches of acceptance.
If there had been any qu<3|tion of doubt in the minds of the delexateh as lo attitude of J. Wilbur Doughty and his support of the entlro.'llcke. before the meeting it was quickly dis¬ pelled. In addressing the convention he pledged his every support of the entire ticket challenging any district leader to bring In a greater majority for Joseph Foster qh April 6th than he would.
Tabulation of Vote.
Republican Primary.
X—nominated.
SopervLsor,
X—Hiram R. Smith 4536
Town Clerk.
Charles U. Stowe 999
Daniel E. Sealey 1473
Charles F. Gittens' 1550
X—Franklin C. Gilbert 2085
Receiver of Taxes
Charles W. ..Smith 2195
X—Joseph H. Foster 248ri
Town Treasurer.
X- John A Ruth 2468
William S. Hall 2049 Superintendent of Highways.
Wilbur P. .^-'outhard 1482
.Iohn W. Denton 613
X—Archibald Patterson 26an
Justices of the Peace
W. P. W. Haff, Jr. 9114
A. B. Wallace 1919
X~L. M. Raisig 2151
X—K. T. Neu 2131
P. C. Vandewaitr i;ir>2
Assessors.
X—Clarence R. Ankerg 1783
nenjainin Duryea 1741
Chas. E, Whitehouse l^nr,
Charles w. Smith 14";!
X—Clarence A. Kdwards 1901
Auditors.
X—L. I,. Brower S299
X—F. P. Bennett .-^SSO X--F. B. Whelden 224'l3
C. P. Miller 204.
Overseers of Poor.
G. D .Smith 198^
X—O, H. Hurrell 2234
-X—Franklin Bedell 2.581
Wm. H. Ilendrickson 1295
Constables.
X—Jesse Mott 276*
X—F. F. Miller 2330
X—Carman Plant 2618
X—Geo. S. Smith 3418
H. C. number 1023
G. F. Styles 1679
X—T. W. Murray 3024
Frank Craft 1367
Mr. CHU WING AND
MISS. PO YORK WEDDED
The home of Joseph Singleton, on North Village avenue, Rockville Cen¬ tre, was the scene of a most tinuBual occurrence last Thursday afternoon when Chu ,,Wing and Miss Po York weire united In marriage. The cere¬ mony was performed by the Rev. D. H. O'Dowd of the Church of the As¬ cension. As MIbs Po York, who came recently from California, could not speak English her part of the ceremony had to be performeo through an interpreter. The cere¬ mony took place at Ave o'clock In the afternoon, after which the guests, about twelve in number, were serrsd with a wedding soppar.
LONG ISLAND FARMERS'
CLUB WILL MEET
All Interested in Agriculture Are Urged to Be Present on Maroh 2B
A meeting under tho auspices of the State Vegetable Growers' Associa¬ tion, the Farm Bureau organization of Nassau County, the Long Island Farmsers' Club and the Oranges of Nassau County, will be held in the Firemen's Hall, in Mineola, on Thurs¬ day, March 25, 1915, at 1 p. m.
This meeting will be of great inter¬ est to the farmers and vegetable growers of Nassau County as the sub¬ ject under discussion will bo*^"The Aid of the State Vegetable Orolrars' Association to Farmers and Market Gardeners," by Mr. C. R. White, ol lohla, N. Y., formerly preside|^t of the State Vegetable Growers' Association.
The Farm Bureaa work will be pre¬ sented and explained by the head Oi the Bureau In tbe State, Prof. M. C. Burritt, of Ithaca, N. Y., aad by the local agept Mr. Lloyd R Simons
The work of tbe State Dapartmeat of Fooda and Markets will be prasaat* ed by Hsra A. Tvttle Dapvtjr Comml*'
