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THE WEATMER
CLOUDY AND WARMER—SHOW¬ ERS TONIGHT AND TOMCRROV
VOL. 1 NO. 24
FREEPORT, NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. 1914
PRICE THREE CENTS
$35,000 NEEDED FOR i ^"' ™" ™r " "^ ROOSEVELT SCHOOL
Additional Facilities Necessary
to Accommodate Increasing
Number of Pupils
Duncan Norton of Wantagh, De¬ scribes Voyage to Central America
In letterB received by .lustice of the
I'eace and .Mrs. oC'roilon .Norton ol
WantaKli, for inthcir em, Duncan, who
was recently appointed hy Ine United
: .Staiefi Koverninent a.i a civil engin
eer in the Panama f'anal zone, inter-
. estlnj; dcBcriptionB -Ate giv»ri of hlfa
! voyage, and in future letters the younr
' enjcineer, who Is 23 yeare of age, will
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARD ;^r,^.'/"^lS^[r:r.ar.Vtd^"n"'out
j line of his duties thwre.
j The \oyane of Engineer Norton, on the steamer "Alliantha," which left j New York on April 8, was rough until I the veBsel pa.sned Cuba and entered the C^arrlbbean Sea. The ca'ni watern of the southern sta afforded a pleas-! ant relief, to the sea Irip.
The journey to Soutii America was completed on April 14. 'Young Norton \ took a ride aloni; thc arrival. The jungles to Uie canal zone made the trip perilous but the cli¬ mate, while hot, lie states, is delight¬ ful. Iln had not coiuuenced work when he last wrote to his oarests. Norton e.xpecte to remain in the can- aHt a year
MANY L L PATRIOTS:LAUDS MEN; SEEKS PREPARED FOR WAR VOTES FOR WOMEN
Anxious to Fight Hucrta and Mrs. Philip Comstock. Suffrage His Army of Mexican Leader. Delivers Inspiring
"Greasers" Address in Freeport
L0N6 ISLAND AROUSED OVER PROSPECT FOR SUCCESSFUL APPEAL FROM INLAND CANAL REPORT: BROWN OFFERS PUN
Petition to Reduce Number of Trus¬ tees WiH be Presented at Annual Meeting, May 5
SPANISH WAR VETERANS ENROLL j DRAWS COMPARISON OF CONDITIONS j JJJ^J^y^ PASTOR AT
~ ~ PUBUC CEREMONY
Recruits For 47th Infantry Sought \ Asserts That Cryiag Need is for From Freeport and Other South Laws Placing Men and Women
Side Villages
On Equal Footing
With a proposition to spend IliG.OOl) for a new school building under con¬ sideration and four cimdldates for places on the oUard of Kducatlon, th'? annual achool meethiK ot Hie Roose¬ velt district, schedulea for Teusflay evening. May 5, Is expected to one of|al /.one at the most interesting in the aunals of that thriving village. '
The new school is n-'cessnry to pro¬ vide room for the IncrnasinK number of pupils residing in outlyln'; parts of the diBtrlct. It is proposed to eree: the new structuro to ihe west of the present school, at the northwest corn er of Washington and Hose avenues. Plans have been prepared by the Uoard of ?,:ducalion and it is believed that the district's voterf will sanction tho expenditure of th.' amount or so much as may be rece.ssary.
There has been some agitation for a branch schol In the ea.-^tern section oi the district from which pupils arc obliged to travel lon'< •di'-^tances to reach the present schi oi. 1 lie branch Hchol proposition may also oe brougii;. up aud dlHcueesd ut the annual meet¬ ing.
The situation relatirg to the elec¬ tion of niembers to the board of edu¬ cation is peculiar. Only one of the present board of five, Archlb-ild Green- sword, wa.s actually e'lK-ted to ofllco Kobert Spearrnau, H. J. Bauer an.1 Charles Durling were appoir ted to fill vacancies ni foriiu.-r iiiembei h who r^ signed after a luib-bub had been raised by a conimltlee of taxpayer:,. It wa.s charged that the nlTiclnls then r.ervin.i; were not proceeding regularly with ex¬ penditures of money for iuip-oveiiicn's to the schol building. All* r;ed laxity in the niciliod of keepini/ accounts and other delinQuencus of a minor character were matter.s of general di;.- cussion.
The contention .°lirrnd up bitter fac¬ tional feeliuK in the dif-trict. Arthur VVhltehouse, K. I). Seabury. Henry .1 Smith and Kdward I'he retired fron, the board. .1. ('. .Stephen.son Avas elect¬ ed for one year to fill tbe unexpired term of Wliiieliouae. He went south during the p.-ist winter ana his son.
Imbued with the patriolis
A their I
^ _^ _ _ In an address that teemed witU hu
f"."'..!l!!°"..,^J.''! forefathers many of'them li..v'lng »"hir.i™«° interest anchipjpirlnis suggestion, fed the smoke of batUe in ;he Span-'^"- Philip Com8>Oi^, of. Brooklyn
PLAYGROUND FOR RICH PLANNED ATLONG BEACH
Tract Sold to Manhattan Syndicate Will Become an Ultra Exclu¬ sive Residence Park
Ish-Amerlcan war. a numb-^r of Lon^; Islanders are ready to go to Mexico and tackle the "Oreaaera ' allied with the renouned dictator. H je la.
From latest pres? reports, 'u whic'i it is stated that Huerta is willing to agree to an armistice without condi tlons, it is apparent that tht patriotic Long Islanders will not be called upon to shoulder their guns. But they have
a leader in the N^i/j.'Tork State Wo- maB's Suffrage Assoclaitoa, Impressed upon some forty members of the Fre«- port Suffrage Club at ita Taeeting at tbe home of Mrs. G. H. Parshall. 187 South Ocean nvenue, on Mon.iay after¬ noon, that the practical eolution of the great social problem of the east lav In the ballot for women. Although she spoke generally upon the topic of
'evidenced their readiness ro go forth | equal rights she metaphorl rally com- to battle, even death, shoulr! the call | mended the men whose efforts have come. been directed toward the advancement
A cessation of hortilities wII doubt «' the trobbing "cause."
! less be disappointing to the volunteers Mrs, Comstock speakfa lorcefully
'of Ixing Island, many of wl.oin have yet with an easy grace sind
j tasted Of the glories of b^cles won.
I Yet the recruiting process vill go ou
Thej) inspect of the im mediate dc velopment of thai secMon of Long I unhampered by any act of Mexico's lieach lo the easl of the present mu | outlaw ruler. The organiziitlou will
nlclpal boimdarieB and running to I'oint Lookout, with a -'.^ilf course, ho¬ tel, batliinx pavilion and other novel attraclious tluu ,i;o to uiake up an ex¬ clusive seaside resort. appeiMS to have reached the point of r'-ylizalion. The ! syndicate of wealthy Mar.haltanites which contracted to purchase lli> acres from the Kstales oi Long Beach in Kebniary has taken title lo the land, and it is announced authorita¬ tively loday that oper.ition'i will pro¬ ceed with all possible dispatch,
Thc tract of I.ind lo be developed first imnediately adjoiuh the present village, is only a small part of the properly which is expected 'o be used by the tlnauclers. Accordiiiir to state¬ ments made yeslerday 'li> acres will be added wiihin the summer. The en¬ tire tract will be converted into an ultra exclusive rfsidence park and playground for the ricn. There is talk of laying out a polo ground in .Tddltion to the other fields of njort.
Thes ale of the property was made through I-'dward Sweet * Co.. flnan cial agenlK of Manhati^.n as brokers. The syndicate whicii .ni^pears as pur¬ chaser is the Lido Co; poration, capi tallzed at, $1,000,(100, with the following
Walter, was-appointed to till his place Spearman occupies He.ibury'H plnce on iili>t^<''<>r-''; Henry W. Hull. Frederic tho board; Uauer replaced Smith and i "u''. Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, Robert Darling was appointed lo succeed Uhe Goelet, It. H. Nellson, L. S'olesbury. All the retirinf; memneis of the pres 'Harold U. Talbot, Cornelius Vander- ent board, it is said, would nccept r,- I bi't ""'' Henry Kogery Winthrop. election. ! The present boardwa'k will not be
A petition was put In circulation extended past the property, but it is recently, having as its purport the n>- probable that several piers duction of the board's monihership from five to tjiree. Tiiis jictitlon has been signed by more tluin the requireil j number of voting resif'eiit.'s and the question of a reduction will be the subject of a discuss'ou at tne annuMi meeting.
be a systematic one, and it is proba¬ ble that the volunteers wi 1 adopt a course of athletic IralnlnR in cctjuec- tion wilh their drill.
The roster of these Lon^' Islanders Inspired by the spirit of pat' iotism and war is unobtainable at this ime, bu, there are a few ready voluniters along the South Side whose achievements in battle make thm conspicuous amon;; all the others. Reaides Lieutenant W .J. F. HiKgins. of Uockville Cer.tre, who was the first to ofi'er his .services. Th.
in an engaging maimer. More man once during her discourse ber auditors were moved to emotional tears, .ns she ap¬ plied the acid test to conditions locally ! by comparison. In Colorado, she said {105 laws for the beltermont of the [condition of women and children had been enacted by men. and paid a pret. ty compliment to the Legislature o' that State for its initiaUTe.
"But conditions are mucb the sam»: here," declared Mrs. Comstock. "It is especially true of New YorJt that wo¬ men do not haTe an equal chance with men. The night roiir.'B are plac-
Rcv. J. Sidney Gould Will Be
Officially Inducted as Pastor
bf Presbyterian Church
In tU« preteuce of rept¦e.¦5elltaUTt(^ of the Presbytery of Nassau and local preachers and residents of Freepor;. the Rev. .1. Sidney Gould, will be in stalled as pastor of tbe Presbyterian Church bere. tomorrow eren ing. 'Thr Induction serrlce will be varied and impressive.
The Rer. .1, .1. .lohnstone. Ph. D.. of Huntington, moderator of t^e Presby tery will preside at the eiercises, as slsted by a coniniittee of ministers. The Rev. PYnnk M. Kerr, f'. D , of thc- First Presbyterian Church of Hemr- stead will preach the seriion. Spe¬ cial music by a mixed choir and au organ recital will be a part of the or¬ der of service.
The Rev. Gould came >.¦ Freepori shortly after the death oi (he Rev. C Herbert Scholey, in May. i91o, froni Garden City where he te iiporarilv made hie residence with ni-s brother He came to the cast from Kaisas only a short time after, leaving the supei- intendency of the Congregational work of the Presbyterian Church in thai State, and engaged in buslaess with t^e M. P. Oould Advertlsln.v Company of 120 Weft Thirty-fourth street, Mar hattan. He will still retain a coracon Itance with the advertising concern.
It was in June, J913. that the Rev Gould was invited to supply 'he pulpit of the Freeport church, i.e accepted and In March was called lo.lhe perma...
Committees ot Citizens, Taxpayers, Boards of Trustees, Authorities, Supervisors, and Others Prepairing to Ex¬ press Community's Sentiment at Hearing in Washing¬ ton at Wmch Congressman Wil! Preside on May I 9
es where this Is evidrnrefl. Yoimg
women are brought in from the stree'. {nent pastorale cf the chuich by lh
Post has been informed ihft -Sergeant i and upon tbe word of one '.,an—a po- 'P^^S^^^^^ "'** '"''^}^^ ^""'' «"J'me(H
„ „ , ^ ;,, by the Presbytery of Nassau at il
lice offlcer—are sn'nt to Biack-*ell s recent session.
Island where their association is with i T^e services iti connection with th,
that several piers will con.structd for docking purposcB.
he
BORROW $2,500 TO SEHLE CUIM
Supervisors Authorize Treasurer to
Pay For Crossing Improvement
_ Counly 'I"i-eaaiiiei' Iianiel .1, Hege-
YoHng"l\opi'e'7 Hebrew "AKScrQiation. | S'.f.'i.,?;fl_^"^il"'''rji J!,^. '^*l "ifjl'l."!
Young Hebrews tuve Dance A pleasing enlertainii.ent and danci was given Sunday everting iu Athene um Hall, Rockville eCntre, by thc i
The music for the occasion was in charge of Miss Rose Kirk and Miss Rebecca Levy accompanied the solo¬ ists and other participants. Miss Es¬ telle Gobetz of Lynhrook, and Miss Helen Brodle rendered vocal solos in good voice and artistic style; Mis: Lydia Ulshcn, Miss Kirschhaum and Lawrence Levinson appeand in an amusing sketch; Leo .Schlot^s deliver¬ ed an oration; Harvey Uishen and Jack Goodwin nppeare din a clever
comedy.
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Supervisors on Monday to borrow ?2,500 to pay a claim audited in favor of Christian Schwicker of Wantagh, for the release of land to the county for the construclion by the Lonp^ Island Railroad Company of an under¬ ground crossing at Post avenue, West¬ bury. The money is to be bororwed. in anticipation of taxes to be collect¬ ed. -4
No provi.nion having been made in this year's budget for interest to be¬ come due and payable on temporary tax loans of 130,000 authorized under ': a resolution of the Cn pervlsors in I January, the Treasurer was authoriz i ed to transfer ?500 from tne general fund to the tax loan fuud.
j Lynbrook Young People's Society ! The Young People's Society of the I First Methodist Protestant Church of 1 Lynbrook is planning a busy spriiig i season of social activity. Al.eady sev- i eral socials have been held. Amon? I those who are taking an active Inter- ¦ est in the society are Mr.^. Wilbur I Wright, Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Varney, Thomas F. Wagner, Mies Marian Car¬ man, Wilbur Wright, Cnarles Martens, Miss Bessie Pearsall, Miss Mae Fow l«r. Miss Marian Baylis. Miss Mildred Wood, Miss Myra.Wright,.Mlsa Evelyn Wright, Miss Minnie Langdon, Miss Julia Pearsall, WilUnm Watts, Mm Charles Combs, Mrs. William Brower, and Harold Brower.
Ladies Serve Dinner
'i'he Ladies' Aid Society of the Free
port M. E. Church will serve a hot j
Frank J. Bangs, oi Easl Rcckaway, a Spanish-American veteran, who was a merber of Co. K.. of the Sevenly-flrs. N. y. Ftegiment, is ready iwiy time he is called upon to go to the front as the head of a company. Archer B. Wallace of Freeport, another veteran of the recent war in C:Hba. who also served with the Seventy-fire, is c-n thc anxious seat and has bee u?iving ser ious consideration to the ploji of re¬ cruiting a company, irviu^ Ellison, -,> Freeport youth, has enlisted ii the navy, as announced in a r 'rent issue of The I'ost.
. Captain Hubert Willard Eldred of Company L, Forty-seventh N. Y. In¬ fantry, and Veteran Wa'.nce have aroused the interest of Freeport pa¬ triots, by posting cotlcei- calling fo.- 50 recruits to bring the company up lo the required war strength ot 158 men. t^nmarried Americans, between the ages of 18 and 45 years are sought, Spanish war veterans, fori' er rcgula-
criminals. They do not have their 'day in court' because no witness is ialeld in their behalf.
"The crying need is for laws that place men and women" on an equa' footing before the law. It ts improba¬ ble that the prostitution of a great city cannot be entirely eliminated, but is Is also certain thnt if men were branded with the women, it would be materially lessened."
The audience that listeneil to the a<',- dress of Mrs. Comstock was entlrley representative beside being the larg¬ est that has attended a similar meet Ing in the village. A number of nev- members were enrolled before ad- journement.
The offlcers of the club ate Mrs. C. D. Baker, president; Mrs. Wlliam Ec¬ kart, vice-president; Mrs. j. E. Ab¬ bott, secretary; Mrs. Edwin Carman, treasurer. The meeting is s.»te second since the formation of th* clnb.
installation include the folloniug num¬ bers: Organ Prelude. Mrs Ida Pow¬ ei,; Hymn, "I Love Thy Kingdom Lord;" Invocation, Rev. r-lniei E. LOi'x, of the I-'reeport Baptist Church. Anthem, the choir, Scripture reading, Rev. Saul (). Curtice, U. D. Freepon Methodist Episcopal Churcli; Sermon, Rer. Frank M. Kerr, D. I)., First Pres¬ byterian Church. Hempstead; Hymn, the choir: InsatJlntion. Rev, J. .1 Johnstone. Ph. D. of Huniingloti: charge to the paster. Kev, A. H, Ren¬ nie, Rockville Cenire I'lesbyteriaii Church; charge to the people Rev, A. C. Watkins. Ocean Side Preshyterian Church; prayer, the Moderator: Hymn. "The Churcli'.s One Founda¬ tion:" Benediction, and orcan
WANDERED FROM HOME; FOUND BY NEIGHBORS
LIMITED TIME STIRS PEOPLE TO ACTIVITY; PRELIMINARY MEETINGS IN MANY PLACES
Two Propositions are Suggested as Solution to Prcplexing Matter of Cost - If Accepted, Project Will go Forward Ex- Justice Edwards Tells of New Route in Interview With Nas¬ sau Post Reporter
Ldii^ Inland. ihiougLou: tlie extP'il of its South Sliore. is atiired lo un prec-edented activity today \. the prospect of a successful appeal ."rom the imfavorable report of Colonel Koesi-ler, upon the proposed inland water¬ way or (-anal c«innecting J.uintca aud I'econic Bays, Coiiimili^es of citi zens and ta.tpayer;-, menihers of village hoards of trustees, town aiilhori ties, supervisors and otheis are prep:iring themselves tc speak tie voice and sentiment of the peoplt' of llji'«'e counties iu favor of the rccofelderatlori by the Federal governmeu' rt the monientous project Meetin.ss and cou- ferences are bein.i; held at v;iriiiu.« placee along ili« !<li((ie aud tjj« authori¬ ties are urged to action.
The plan of CkingrcKsiua.i L:iilirop iSruw ii lu hold a hearing under con- .seul of the Board of Engiuee:>-. for liarbors and Kivers in Waphiugton ou May 1.9 is generally accep'ed ah a nasis for the apLieal, It is reiMlzed that the time when Long Island must speak its wants is limiled. yet iiidt-r a - raugeuients pcrfecicd by ihi Loug Islaud Coiigres:-;inun, there jirpears ii be a sufficient spact in wb;;n to gat'icr data and expiesiions of opinion b.- for the alloted thiriy days hiive elapsed. The dat« when the sppeni must he m^de before the close of .V.i.y,
The proposed inland cannl for i.oug Island Iuir been disfiiH«ed public¬ ly for seven years more or :eF«; ncgftively. VV'heu the report of lie Board of Army Enf^ineers was n.ade after over a year of research, ther-„ was re- neu-ed activit>. At present the.e is i nt a few dnys left in whiiii 'iie i>eoplc uiion the suhject.
tion army men and ex-National Guards
men are especially desirad. Vacan- i librarian of the law lloiary was fixed
cies of two Sergeants, li) corporals | at »1;000, payable^raontlily.jaa Increasa
and four cooks are announced In tht,
call of the company.
Increase Salary of Nassau Librarian At a niee.ing of the oBard of Su-, pervisors <m Monday the salary of the j Aged Oceanside Woman Apparent-
of 1100 yearly. Sylvester Tuthill, who Ihas had charge of the lelephone ser (Vice in the courthouse since Us erec- The reciulting emissaries are san- tion is the librarian. A certifled copy gulne that the rer^ulred uumber will of the Supervisors' resolution chajjigy
ly Suffered Lapse of Memory- Effected by Exposure
Afiei wanderixij; al lof Sii','lay night
may prepare lo talk direr-.
If the project is pcrniitu-d to lap.^e al this time it is probable Cmt it wi'l not again reach its prese;;! "lave iii the presenl genenilion.
Congressman Brown has -e,'!! in ili.- forefront of the iika eiiu^iii 'cr the w . teiway since he ha.' been ;n Washiiii; ton, Jind at the iiieseni er'sis offer-; a feasable plan hv wliir-ii lUi .jiroblem ol cost may be worked out. ile wiil sit in conference with Lon,:; Islander!, of official slandint; or otherwise al the Hotel Knickerbocker, whsrc he h,is engajred a suite of rooms lor the'pur¬ pose. It is his plan lo rePCMiaie ili. waterway movemetii an fl'n :!i,Tke the appeal forceful.
In urging thai men inteic! n i\ in t In- future of Ijong Island get ti^^eiher he- fore Ihe .Vew York meetinj;. \h^i. i.,in\< Islaud ('ongressmnn prc-'ents iwo propo.-irions foi^ coiisidcniion Hi aiiks the question as to k'lnhcr ihif people v.ill deed the rlgh* o^ ^v,o for lhe canal if ili<^ eo\ernnif^i; ivill build il. and proposes that lateral canals h.- buill from the main ditch lo the rnaii land with lauding places and terminal facilities be provided at their o-.vn ex pense.
If the representatives o' ¦¦iiimLic towns, villages and priva'ir citizens conclude to accept these t^^o proposi¬ tions, it seems certain thu a;pec.l will
he obtained without difTicrltv shmiid P^g the salary will be filed witb tW I and the greater part of Monday, ho-! carry weight, for the great expense of be Obtained without diffltiliy should ^j^^.^^j^^ ^.^^ ^^^^^ comptroller, th. whereabouts unknown to i. latlvrs e.x-I »2,Q00,000 appears to be thc only drav.-
! cx>unty treasuier and tbe xtate clvii
Uncle Sam flnd it necessaiy to send
an invading army to Cenlral Anlerics. j service commission.
From other sections of l.ong Island i
reports are to the effect tha; hundreds ! Hearino on Cheaper Gas Petition
pf volunteers stand ready to enlist at a moment's notice A 1/iifie number have"^ affeady handed in tl.ei'- nsnies.
Reception to Freeport Visitor At the residence of Mrs. John J. Boland, 256 Pine stree-, Freeport, on Monday afternoon, a reception was tendered to Mrs. Louire Karkau of Lansing, Michigan, who Is visiting her son, the Rev. A. C. Karkau. pastor of the Lutheran Church. Music, refreah¬ ments and the presenif.llon of a hand¬ some bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Kar. kau were pleasing features of the af¬ fair. Those who participated in tho reception were the Mis. C. W. and J. H. Mahnken, Miss >larle Mahnken. MrsJ C. Y'oungen,MrB. William Dunker, Mrs. Behrens, Mrs. Karl Ki-ans, Mrs. Borchet, Mrs. R. C. Werner. Mr*. G. W. Zimmerman, Mre. Akley, Ur% Jensen, Mre. 1, F. Kobln, Mre. Joerri eon. Mre. W. L. Wisner, Mre. H. C RlQdlaub, Mre. A. Mattbiae, lire. F H. Phimp. Mre. Kueter and Mrs Joba J. Boland.
The petition of lesidente of the vil¬ lage and town of Ilemnstead to the Public Service Commission o» the Sec¬ ond District asking that the Nassau and Suffolk Lighting oCmpany make a reduction In the price of gas, will be heard at Mineola on Friday. The bas¬ is of the petition before the commis¬ sion Is that the rates for gas are not equitable In certain sections end thnt a reduction Is waramte'^
Mlse Oexter to Speak on Suffrage Miss Ruth Dexter, of Nianhattan, will address an audience In Brooklyn Hall. Freeport, on Wednesday evening upon the subject of "votes for women' under tbe auspices of tbe Freeport Suflrage Club. The talk Till be il¬ lustrated with stereopticor Tlewe of exceptional interest. The uniting will be called at eight o'cloek. The pnbllo le iiiTlted to attend
Surprieed by Sunday School Claee
I erclsed over his ilisappearrnce. Mr«. Sarah Ann Pettit. an octogecariaD j! Ocean Side, was found near the es¬ tate of Congressman OeoiijO W. Loi't I on the Merrick road at Ba dwin Mor- i day aflernoon by Henry Soper* neigb- I bor. The aged womau showed the *f- I fects of exposure to the weather and considerable fatigue from her wander¬ ings,
Soper idenlihed .Vlr» Pettit as an
jold acquaintance. She was unable to
i tell him where she was going or how
i she came to be in the vicinity where ;
he found her. He decided lo take her
home at once,
Mrs. Peiiii, who is in her eighty-
¦ seventh year, disappeared Sunday
from the home of hur son. Mott Pettit.
on School street. Ocean Side. She
wore a bonnet and a cape which pro-
I tected her from the w »ather in addl-
j tl'Sn to other apparel. A seaich wae ¦
! instituted for ber. bu! desp'te all ef-
forts, relatives heard nothing of tbt
aged woman's whereabouts until Ur
Soper brought her taome.
Planning Open Air Suffrege Meeting Suffragists lu Freeport are makiufi
back. This would be grea:i/ lesrened under oCngressman Brown s plan,
Elvin N. Edwards, secret,ny of lh" Long Island Waterways Leaf;ue. in an exclusive interview with a repret-ento.- tlve of The Nassau Post tt.day, told the interesting history of tlic proposed waterway and the new i-'an foi ili building.
"I have been asked U>„ shite what this new plan is tc connect Jamaica Bay with the Great South r-,iy and th- Great South Bay wilh Shinecock and
the Jjong Island Sound. .\n inland , , , - -
waterway was conceived a hundred 'oad whjf.ij },aH an txclusi^e monopol:/
Far Rockaway on aliiio.-it a straigl i line and north of I.,nwrerue Beach The third was longer but vas consid¬ ered cheaper, and was knowu as the tiorlli route, ll ticKaii at Jamaica Bav near Liiwietice, and fiiliowlutc ths norlli drain of a small ..>et to tii* lunlli uf lliat \illa>;e near ilewlelt, and then slightly lu llii south into Hew lelt Bay, and tlien on to lh-' east to the Long Beach canal. Tlim last rout' saving cutting aiioss to Kockawar peninsular, was tlioughl d'- the engin¬ eers to be llie most feasible. To con¬ tinue it was lo follow alou< tiie pro¬ posed Loug Beach <:anal to J'rospecl (iiiu Club and theu on EasUif-ly Inland into Amiiy\ille; to the wes'erly and of the Great South Bay; east to the Shinecock canal to the Peconic Bay. It was estimated mat the co.'-t o? this work ou the pait of the o(."ernmonL would he in llie iieiRliborliood of J2.- 000,000. The plan was for a ,)0 or 10* foot caual with a mean water depth of JU feet to start with. The grea', cosi IS uiostly incurred iu gen inv through the Hockouay peninsula,
"TIkj pidpijsod canal v onld pass tho common Innds of tbe Town of Hempstead. Tliese lands, r was sta» ed, would be donated nn.'l tbe ax(«- vated inateridl placed iipim fJieni. Th» Town of Hempstead has in tne neigh¬ borhood of IS.000 acres of these lauds
"The udvoiates of this propoaed ca nal have contemied that il would be henelicial for lhe Government In time% of war lo have au ins de route for the carrying of small boats and tiargee with supplies of coal, etc.. free frou''-*' possible attack. Hundreds of lives lost each year in intersUue cnmmeri:* in the carrying of r^ai and lumber by water; In the making oJnes' Inlec aud Fire island would be saved «ii:l the coal barges and lumber br>atk would have a <omplete inland route from Norfolk lo Boston, Thle they contend Is purely a Federal matter
"While Long Islanders recognir.e that the canal would make a worthy competitor to the i^ng laland Rail
years ago. but was not forw.-rded wit i concerted effort until the Hon. Town- send Scudder as Congresmian from Long Island, presented It ^i-^foie the lower house. Judge SciJddi r tousi- tently argued for tl.e ImpiowDiinl of Long Island waterways an>i pointed
ou freight lates, it would be also o' iueBilmable value aud beneflt to tbe .South sh.ire, "Ihis Inland waterw8> wilh the great developmeiu of Jamai¬ ca liiii' \\oiild permit the easy distri hutiou of freljKhl by barges and other¬ wise to New England wii:io'it the de
out that the plan would t,t ot gre.i'. ^""' ^^^^"^.^^ >'j<>^ ^¦»'" ^^f '^<\ ««" - ^ Gate and the dpngerous Long laland
Sound. There are a few of the majjy benefits which the successful accoca pllshmunt of thie plau would bring te this, comniunity. State and natlOD.
advantage to thw Federal 'iovferi.ruen'. in case of war,
"Through Congressman W W Cocke, who succeeded in ;-*itig s Re¬ publican Congress to pas* ei act di- reetlng tbe Board of Army Engineers for the Departmeni of tiie East to make eurveye and prellmini»'-y plans
John M. Jobn M.
Varney Elected Oelegate Varney, of jL.ynbrook, bas
roast dinner in the lecture room of tbe { been elected delegate to the conven cburcb this evening, from 6 to 8 1 tlon of tbe Chrletlan Endeavor Society o'clock. The officers of the society as-1 wbicb 1b to be beld in Bloomlngdale,
slsted by Mrs. H. L. Crandell, Mrs. Commelaa, Mra. J. B. Hlbbard. Mre. Oeorge Smith, Mrs. R. H. Hunt anu Mra. Edward F. Cook ar* arrMgla* tk* <[«Mlg «f tkf «lwi«r.
New Jersey, May 6 and 7. from tbe Metbodlst Protestant Cburcb of Lyn brook. Mr. Vaxney will addresa tbo
.ConTentlon oa the ntbJMt of "Heiu-t
iTtmAhia."
"Since the Board of Army Knglneers
has reported unfavorably tor tbe ree
eon that the project ie loo expens'ye
- - „ .,, - ^-Hn-r .t which lae to a feasible route to connect Ja^ land too local, an effort Is being made
The Sunday School cl«ee of MUe planefor an opeji air meetiM at wblch _^_ ^ ,,^ ^__. „. ..^ „.^ . , ^^ ^^^,^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ «,Ter»i
" - -- - coijnllcs of Long Island tear a fslj
proportion of the expense of tbe under taking and thus meet this objection It is quite likely that tbere will t>e nu strong opposition to thle me'hod. Thle was done In tbo Jamaica Bay Improve¬ ment, the city of New Yorg bearing a proportion of the whole expense and the nation tbe otber. and I predlc: that thle method wtll be tek«>n In tbe great Imfraramemi."
Hattie R. Hmith. in the Freeport M. ¦ ' Mre. Raymond Brown, preeident of tbe maica Bay witb Great South Bay, lo Sunday School, vlsiled RockviUe Cen-' New York SUte Suffrage Aseoclatlor gather with the approximate cost of tre laet Friday afternoon to give ono ¦ will be the principal epearer. The t^h* "ork Including dredglm; nnd con of tbeir number, Mlee Milnie Smitb. meeting will be 6ue of a number at demnatlon, this appeal was passed and a birthday surprise. Tbe clanmatee wblcb tbe emiennt leader win appear signed by President McK-niey and of Mlse SmUh carried wit btbem prei- She will tour Long Island In an auto '. thereupon referred to Coioi.el Black ~ In charge of the Board of Aru-.y En¬ gineers of this district, "Several routes were pro;»oBed One
ty pocket handkerchlefe wbicb were! mobile, coming to Freeport fron' "ebowered" upon oer in a graclout; Hempstead where a slnilla.- demor manneF. Aiter the hosteae had aerred 1 stration will be made. Tho Freeport
a bountiful luncb to ber gueeta, tbey wan amtmrtmimeA at a aartac ytotir* t
s*K
meeting will be beld in the plaza of 11«-' Pase through Rockaway Peach to Ute First NaUonal Baak, Olive Boule- <^t>e north of Eaat Rockaway :ulet; an Tart Mit •rana elnal. •»«• •raaiJr tkraagb tb* TiUag« ot
