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Failure of L. I. R. R. To Enough Passenger Revenue - --- Jand, Railroad Company m ”Mu: to its p: M0 setting forth in detail the ot date se e Es , Srotlems and operating: n Mes which contront it. in: connec: with the announcement of the com» 4 intention to ask for a readjust i of certain of its passenger fares. okiet is chiefly devoted to an ax- n of the conditions which make \DU necessary in order that the a \ MX; Rallroad may fully,-sate- its credit and so continue to. pro- F ing serve adequately the popu- und very rapidly growing. territory it serves. ”33m ,\ says Mr. Peters, \the Long Railroad did not earn enough to lest operating expenses, taxes and in- in bonds and other obligations, p that notwithstanding the enormous iyrease in volume of graffi, the cost @ doing business has more than. kept with the earnings, the rail- fad sow finds that it mul® have in- qused revenue beyond the revenue that wavs from the increased volume of lnfic\ Relatively little benefit will come to the Long Island Railroad | from . the propective freight rate increase, Mrs Pers explains, owing to the fact that 1 pe cent ot its business is passenger nfic, and 47 per cent of its passenger tnfic is commutation service, for which t averge rate is still only three- fwrths of a cent per mile, Yor the entire passenger traffic of tte Long Island Railroad, the average nie is 153 cents per mile, as against an avenge for the country of 2.65 cents yer mil, It is proposed to bring the long Island general average up to 1.6 wats per passenger mile as the low «st practicable minimum under which it is possible to assure adequate service and progressive. development. \The passenger business is expensive Mode,\ says Mr. Peters in, con- m, \nd _ the Tong must grt the average rate per passenger per mile up to 1.6 cents or it cannot make tals meet. The company does not have 1 beivy freight tonnage to'absorb losses fon passenger traffic, the same as the liger trunk lines.\ Bmmarizing the results of a fifteen- yar comprehensive program 'of trans- pertition expansion and improvement, M Peters shows that between 1906 and MS, the number of passengers carried per year by the Long Tsland Railroad Iereased from 18,189,000 to 64,067,000, Me number of commuters increasing tom 76444 to 367,987, and the number at tms of freight handled increased from 2,745,000 to 5,912,000 Doring the same period the company Ms went in the neighborhood of $60,- M0000 for electrification, new equip- ment, grade crossing elimination and ther Improvements. Must Spend sumo‘m \For improvements - now - needed Mr. Peters says, \not leas thin $25,000, M must be expended, and this may mn Into $50,000,000 it the public destres Wh road to perform its functions prop- #1. This capital cannot be raided un- Mm we show a basis of earn as mus sifety of principal and a falr re- ue To fam NMlhlmnding the great Increase In trifhe, tthe beavy expenditures for ents in the past and the public Metk'for stl more service, the road I not in a position of being able, at It present passonger rates, to pay its M. Last year, the net earnings from together with the company's ite investments, would =n “may $3,185,150, while bond Interest and taxes totaled mm war la 592 years, from 1017 to 1019, Mr. Pers Hater, - the payrolls . Increased fam to $13,845,041, or 91,7 per In one year, 1918 to 19 9, the total Ws increased $3,841,778, pu sio Pom earnings Increawad only 310. In addition, Squipment pur- ov and extensions during govern- mum have increased. the inter- stoking fung charges $1,265,000 Mox s fant Ramn $1,600,000 More ht. the existing. att mat iimiflnnwll‘l'v' | ponts, - with Troop No. 1. of Hem Will - Discuss Full Valustion - With Board of Supervisors In accordance with the request of the county board of supervisors, the Hempstead town assessors will mest with the supervisors at the regular meeting next Thursday. At this time the matter of adjusting the ases ments of property in the several towns will considered, and a heart to heart tailk Détween the supervisors and as- semsors.as to assessing all property on a 100 per cent basis will follow. 'The meeting will be called at 11.00 a. m. NASSAU BOY SCOUTS | HOLD 2 DAY CAMP Rockville Centie Team Win Con-| test - Hempstead Second And Roslyn Third One hundred and fifty Boy Scouts of Nassau county, representing 14 troops from various sections, took part in the Expert Patrol Camp at Wheatley Hills SOUTH SIDE OBSERVER OLD TOWN HALL FURNITURE SOLD uction Sale Nets $280.45- Building Will Be Disposed Of Next Week Memories of the past filted through the minds of the prominent townsfolk who gathered at the old town hall in Front street, Hempstead, on Tuesday, when the contents of the famous old structure were sold at public auction, held under the direction of Supervisor Hirum R. Smith and his associntes of the town board. Safer, tables, chairs, roll top and flat top desks, and even the told time paper numbers, clipped from old calendars pasted on the walls of the several rooms, recalled to mind the happenings in the days of yore, and it was an interesting series of good-nn- tured reminiscences that were the theme of conversation. William MeMurray of Rockville Cen- tre officiated as auctioneer, and he was as Town Clerk: Franklin 'T. auctioneer's clerk, . Every: thing was sold at the purchasers' risk, and they were given until next Monday to remove the articles they bought. The us on the estate of Harry Payne Whit.| mey, last Saturday, and remained in! camp until Sunday, despite the rain storm. The boys proved to be real oughbreds, | \thor- | and never flinched a mus-] ole during the rain that fell while some | of their contests were under way and gathered around the council fire out- doors Saturday evening to listen to a dandy talk on \The Long Island In- dian\ by R. K. Atkinson, of Sag Har- bor, who is a member of the Suffolk County Council, The scouts spent the two days in tents and, enjoyed every minute of the outing that proved beneficial in many ways. Dr. E. C. Smith, of Woodmere, was camp director, and County Executive F. H. Covey, as us- wal, was \here there and everywhere\ a tall times. R. .V. C, Troop Leads There were a series of eleven scout events during the two days, and Troop No. 2, of Rockville Centre, won the meet in scoring the greatest number of stead, second, and Troop No. 1, of Ros- lym, tools third place, | The several events were won as follows: First aid: Gien Cove, Troop No. Drill: Rooseyelt Troop. Semaphone . signalling: Troop No. 1. Compass | pacing. contedt Centre, Troop No. 1. Bugling contest: Hempstead, Troop No, 4. Knot tying contest: Hempstead, Troop No. 1. Water No, 1. Potato | baking Troop No. 1. Judging distances Troop No. 4. Genera _ service . code . signalling: Rockville Centre, Troop No. 2. Flag. staff building: Roslyn, No. 1. - Dinner At Locust Valley. Monday evening the opening gun of the Boy Scout drive in Nassau county was sounded by m gathering of over one hundred lusty scouts at the Matin- ecock Amsociation, Locust Valley, when H. L, Hodger, president of the Nassau County Boy Scout Council, acted as toastmaster of the feast. Amsemblyman . Theodore - Roosevelt, who wan introduced by President Hodg- : Hompstead Rockville boiling: . Hempstead, . Troop content: - Woodmere, Rockville Centre, Troop wave a fins talk to the scouts. \Tis chief point was the necessity for scouting as a practical aid in develop- Ing growhg manhood. He said that in talking with the senior vice-prest- dent of & large financial institution that day the official had declared that the future of our country depended upon the advantage taken by our boys of the many opportunities before them mt this time; that the future depends upon the growth of Ideals given to every child, and the coming in con- t&6t of the child with others-the thought not being as to the welfare of one's own child but rather that of the uplift of all children. The colo- mel amid that his father had always been interested in the Boy Scout move- ment, and that his father was a real scoutmaster, in that he always joined with his children, for, 'said the colo- mel, \there were meventeen of us,\ and we went out together afternoons and holiday: \Hcouting is. doing for the mates,\ said the colonel, \what my father did for us, and that is the real spirit of scouting. The Rev. Father John J. Mahon, of on \The Value of Scout: It is the time of close and real organization, and alt should work closer Together in the community mpirit, as In the Boy Bcout orga- Lorne W. Barclay, director of the department of education of the nation- al Bop Beout organization, told of D* | Lawrence .for $62.50. terms were cash, and the total pro- coeds, which Clerk Gilbert handed over to the town's treasurer, were $290.45. Constable George 8. Smith hud the honor of bidding in the first piece of the old furniture that was put on the block, a leather-seated chatr, which was knocked down to him for 50 cents, He started the bidding at 25 cents. Town Highway Superintendent Archie Patterson was the next successful bid der, and he took two chairs at 50 cents pach, , Superintendent Patterson . also bid in the large oak centre table, around which the town board had gathered for its deliberations for many years, for $27.50. The original purchase price Af- teen years ago, was $90. Six office chairs, including a. swivel chair, which had ornamented the super visor's office, were bought by William Cornell for $27, an increase of $2.50 over their original cost five years mo. The three safes sold for $145. . The larger one, standing 6 1-2 feet high, was sold to Judge Raisig of Lawrence Ce- darhurst for $57.50, while the slightly smaller one. went to. Ered Mackay. of Bam Resnick of Hempstead bought the ancient sate in the old board room, which had seen service for about thirty-five years, for $ nd it was understood he was to sell i to tthe village of Freeport. . Mhis ancient sife waa in use by the town before the large vaults were installed in thte building. Among the veterans of the past at the sale were former Justice Frank Taylor, who purchased an old chair, and former Justice Charles F. Gittens, who succeed: ed Judge Taylor in ofice upwards of 35 years ago. The extension to the town hall on the west side was built for the use of Justice Gittens when he assumed office. Justice Raislg bought several chairs, tables and desks for use in the village office at Cedarhurst. Bids for the purchase of the town hall will be received by the town board at its meeting next Tuesday. | Bidders are to file a check for $1000 guarantee. Ing the fulfilment of their contracts which requires the building to be remov- ed within 60 days. 'The buyer of the building will take all of its fixtures, in- cluding the old cells at the rear of the first floor, heater, plumbing and every thing attached to the building. BUFFALO SUFFERS BY COMPARISON Hempstead Town Handles More Tax Matter Than First- Class City The drawing of a parallel of actual conditions in the system of collecting taxes in the town of Hempstead and the city of Buffalo by Charles W. Swent: ze, of Hempstead, this week, brings out the fact that the comparison of the town of Hempstead with the city of Buffalo in the collection of its tax es as made by Comptroller Travi examiners, shown up Hempstead town methods t6 good advantage, and Buffa- to in a very poor light. Mr. Bwentzel mays that the govern: ment of Buffalo is by commission, and that the city collects but one tax, the making out the bills, assist: ed by m force of clerks hired for that purpose. Here in Hempstead town an entirely different and very much ex tended method is followed. Our town has ten different taxem to collect with #5 different rates to be adjusted cov: ering taxes for-various purposes. Mr. Bwentmal mays that when he was last in Buffalo there. were eleven clerks in the tax receiver's office beside twenty: eight in the masemsor's office, a total of thirty-nitle in the Buffalo offices compared to eighteen in the Hem tax receiver's ofice and tyreive in the Hempatead assessors offce, altogether mine leas than in the combined offices In Buffalo. f Buffalo has but one district while Hempgtead has wixty. districts, thirty- j| five. being school districts, five water districts, seventeem light districts, five fire: districts, three fire maintenance districts, each having a different tnx ~ \ AND NASSAU Town and County Gossip Roadside Markets Along the prinaipal roads, particu- latly in the western part of Naseau county, there has sprung up a number of roadside markets, at which farmers have booth from which they «dispense their produce to passing autoists. The furmer's or gurdener's produce is sold in retail quantities, and -bence none of | the stands do an enormous bustness. Quite frequently, however, two or three automobiles will be found halted in front of these ptands, quite effect: wally blocking the road, and making} travel dangerous for others who wish to pass these points. Every effort to cut out the middle- man is commendable but in order for producers to sell direct to the people it should not be necessary for them to | do so directly in the main roads. Gar- deners or farmers who raise sufficient | produce to mell in this way ought to be mble to spare about a city lot of | space on their own property for the erection of a booth and a parking space for mutos so that the parked cars will not block traffic. As most of the roads affected are in the . county . system . the - supervisors might be able to find some way of reg- ulating this roadside market matter. A Summary Of Republicanism The late Senator John M. Thurston thus summarized the cardinal tenets of Republicanism twenty years ago; the statement still holds good as an outline of the party fundamentals: 'The supremacy of the Constitution of the United: States. The maintenance of law and order. | 'The protection of every American | citizen In his right to live, to mbor and | | to vote. A vigorous foreign policy. The maintenance of the Monroe Doc- trine. The restoration of our merchant ma- rine, Safety under the Stars and Stripes on every sea and in every land. tevenue adequate for all reasona- ble governmental expenditures, and the | gradual reduction of the public debt. | A currency as sound as the govern- ment, and as untarnished as the nat- tonal honor; whose dollar, whether «old, paper or sliver, shall bave equal purchasing and debt paying power with the best dollars of the civilized world. A protective tariff which protects with reciprocity which reciprocates, thereby securing the best markets for| American products, and opening Amer- ican factories to the free coinage of American muscle. a A pension policy just and generous to our living heroes, and to the widows and orphans of their dead comrades. Government stpervision and control of transportation lines and rates. The protection of the public from all unlawful combinations: and unjust exactions of an aggregated capital and corporated power An - American . welcome God-fearing, liberty Joving, tion respecting, law abiding, ous, decent many The exclusion of all whose beliefs, character, teaching and practices would menace the supremacy of free. insti- tutions, threaten the safety of Amer- lean socfty or lessen the opportunities of American labor. A deathless loyalty to all that is truly American, and patriotism as en- during as the stars! ___-4____- Equalizing Assessments Suffolk county is up against the same proposition as Nassau county in the matter of bringing its assessments up to n 100 per cent basis in order to se for every Constitu- industri- collected by the state, a portion of which Newport 'Combination Coal and Gas Range POST, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1920 cure its just share of the income tax |* is' returned to each county. In refers ence to this matter, the Bay Shore Journal sums up the situation as fol- lows: \The supervisors are convinced that the assonsors of the several towns in the county should assess all real prop- erty on an even basis in cach town, as nearly on a hundred per cont basis as is practicable, not only to equalize the assessments for the several towns without the aid of an equalisation com mission, but in order to receive back from the state our full share of the state income tax monics, but how to bring this about is beyond their plan- ming as yet. 'The supervisors are pow- erless and have no authority to force the assessors of their respective towns to increase the rates. 'The assessors ap- pear to be- a law unto themselves in the matter of assessing property. When it comes to levying the state taxes the county has to pay the full amount, how: ever. The State Board of Equalization usually adds about $60,000,000 to the total amount of the assessments made by the assessors of the ten towns. 'The matter of increasing assess ments in Suffolk is of more importance now than ever before, owing to the fact that the county's share of the state in- come tax is based on the valuation plac- ed on the property by the assessors and not the larger amount fixed by the State Board of Equalization, and on which the county has to pay its share of the state's expenses.\ _, Food Producers Protest The cattle growers of the west are protesting that the Federal Reserve Hank at Kansas City is financing non- essential projects to the detriment of cattle loans, It is not surprising that that: should be so. 'The Federal Re- serve aystem, created to facilitate cred its in the nation's business, has de- generated under its present manage: ment into a mere money making insti- tution Last year the operation of the reserve banks showed a profit of 110 per cent and this year It is en: timated they will be st higher, Bv- Idently considerations of profit, rather than the needs of the country, are governing the granting of loans. Cg Man Man is a taking animal, any way you look at him. The hustler takes to work, the laggard takes a snooze, the warrior takes a punch at his ene- my and the coward takes to his heels. And, when there's nothing else to take, everybody takes offense. -The 4% DIRECTORS '6% PRUDENCE-BONDS the Only Bond of Its Kind! PRUDENCE-BONDS ARE ISSUND IN DENOMINA- TIONS OF $100, $500 and $1,000, GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Trustee INVESTMENT CORPORATION 162 Remsen St., Brooklyn 31 Nassau St., New York Kind of a Bond that is PRUDENCE—BONDS are secured by first mortgages on selected income-producing real estate, the oldest, the strongest, the safest form of investment in the world. In addi- tion, the principal and interest are guaranteed by our entire capital and surplus. This is unusual, but any other institution would do the same if it had the same grade of bond ' to offer. wa PAY THB NORMAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX. Send for Booklet L. I. 5 REALTY ASSOCIATES I Phone Main 6489 Phone Rector 2181 : reank sartuey Vice-Pres, Title Guaran: tee and 'Trust Company. outs 3, nonowitz Pres. Thompson Starrett Company. wowarb +. norwice Heey.._ Wiiliamaburg. Hav Inge 'Dank. i. Prex. Title Guaranteo and Trusi Company. cummromp 8, oifas. a. nnown Chairman of the Board. Brown-Wneslock Co. #uccessore to Doulas Hob Imson, 'Chas. 'B. mrawn (uri Arto Company. vortkn EDWARD 8, DELAFIRLD Pres, B. Potter Prop- Pres, Franklin Trust Co. erties, inc. samme o. Whyte cunrron », mumpiox . intentos tad Prestige, Diteston Realty Amoct le- . Asso- ciates Investment Corp. fl. Brooklyn Bavings Bank. DID you ever notice that the collector always comes along just after you've paid for that hat you had sent C. 0. D., or just when you have guests-always at the wrong time? # That’é why you'll say \Thank goodness!” when you learn that there'll be no more collectors from the Knickerbocker Ice Company. The new selling by tickets does away with bills and their attendant evil-collectors. Col : . : » You buy a slip of ten tickets, pay the driver $1.75 for them, then give him one ticket for each 25 pounds delé- ered. There are no weekly or monthly accounts and you know to the ticket just how much ice you have used. % And you can easily figure that the Company in mak- ing only a 10 cent raise on the hundred pounds to cover present increased delivery expenses, could only do so by old price. saving in its collection and bookkeeping departments. , Ice will continue to be sold at the platform at the Customers may buy as many strips at a time as they desire, and may rédéem unused tickets at the Com- pany's office at any time. A © - 'Thoimands have found the pre-payment meters of the gas company a comfort - '-ridding them of collectors and making for economy.
