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GOVERNMENT REPORT FOR 1920 to tre has a population of G 70.4 yer cent over the 1910 returns, according to a report Wedpesday from. the census buregu. . A semi-official census received <re- cently by this publication fixed the po- pulation' at 7,500; > the gov- erniutnt report mot conte up to the unofficial re which was de- clured by many residents, to be tea sonably accurate, it shows the remark- able growth of the village in the Jugt ten years. We -' 'The official report includes fre incorporated district and ing pullt up sections of Rast Rockaway and Malverne, uses this village ms a trading » is not shown on this % 'The addition of these s would bring the population of the village to 10,000 or 12,000. REACH LAST LAP IN BATTLE OVER _ RAISE IN GAS Attorneys Line-Up for Last \Push OH\ in Fight Over Rates for Villages Here a- The big fight against the gas com- pany, which has waged for months, promises to end this week. The Pub Jo Service Comthission promises to finish the heating Friday at Albany. Before going to Albany in this last mand - against the company, F. G. Hooley, representing the Vilage of Rockville Centre .snnounced to the board of trustees Monday night that ica nm & against the company. the: commission. oducing, is valuation is the claim of nays for 'the viMages. company promises to haye & tangled list of accounts with consu ers here, many of whom-have not pafd in months, others who have paid at the old rate and those who have paid at the new rate. 'The Bronx Gas & Electric Co. has a parallel case to that of Rockville Centre. \I will not increase the cost of gas to $1.75 per thousand cubjle fee to the wonstimers of any gas com y in New York until the whole matter of cost ond fair return on the money invest: ed by the company is thoroughly threshed out in the court, The who matter 18 respectfully referred to 1 Justice Mullan, who has dear} pre vious motions and understands the situation thoroughly.\ Justice Peter A. Hendrick, in the Supreme Court, recently disposed of the application for an order prevent Ing the Company from increasing its rates August 1 from $140 to $1.75. Application bad been made for an order vacating an injunction granted the company whereby the statutory gas law is nullified, or for an order modifying the {mjunction so that the company cannot charge more than the $1 rate now in force. It was claimed on behalf of the com- pany that the increase in the cost of gas, oil and labor and other expenses on the part of what Edward L. Black: than termed \a lttle peanut company\ was unusually great, and the expenses are larger in proportion than if they were consolidated. It is actually cost- \ ing them more than $1.75-to make the gas, ho said. LOCAL MASONS MASTERS OF DIAMOND, SCORE 10-7 Easily Defeat Freeport in Game Here “7M“ W1!“ CENSUS SHOWS A GROWTH OF 70.8 PER CENT IN 10 YEARS: MOVIE MAN RAISES W ATCHMAN'S HAIR Stories of a movie actor's auto ride from Long Beach to Rockville Centre, part of which was made over the Long Island Railroad tracks puts to ime the most thrilling stunts that s have recorded. 4 1 'The Long Beach» police andthe Long Islind Railroad detectives are taking steps to-find out who the daredevil was and charge him, not with attem» pted suleide but with tresspassing and reckless driving. to the stories of the police the man drove a car onto he railroad traéks at the Long Beach tion \gave 'er the gas\ and started on a real \ride\ over the long bridge leading toward Rockville Centre. Em- ployees at the station telephoned watchmen beyond the bridge to hold all trains fearing the man would be killed. At the first road crossing the car, going at a terrific rate of speed, swery- ed from the railroad tracks to the road. 'The tchman telephoned to the next cro g to lower the gates and stop this apparent maniac. The watchman lowered his gates, con- ructed of eight inch timbers, But his nerve failed. When he saw the car coming toward him at a rate of sbeed that put the ordinary express train to shame, he lifted the gates despite the fact that he knew the gates would \stop\ even this speed demon, Had he failed to raise them the coroner would have had the job of identification. (When . railroad ¢ watchman for the the lce asked this ir number he said man had him #o fast he MC. s r found that the, man had been drink- ing and. at of the hotels where he 'been telling stories of the m e f s far ii x Noll demon\ 'the \only way\ to\ prove MANY VILLAGES - TRUBLED OVER COAL SHORTAGE i Rockville Centre Fares Little Better | Than its Neighbors Who Shut .. | Off Lights at Midnight i Although not in as serious a predi j cament as, its neighbors Rpclvilte ; Centre is still confronted with the ! question of coal supply for Its power | and water plant. 'The question again came up before the board of trustees at their meeting Monday night and it was decided to again visit the con- tracting firg and railroad officials, Other villages are running short and must close down at midnight to con- serve the supply. The supply here has not dropped to a point where such steps are necessary but unless ship- ments continue to arrive the village wil be in the same boat with its neighbors, Continued efforts will be made by the trustees here to keep the supply at such r point that there will be a slight ~reserve during the winter months when rail transportation often becomes uncertain, So serious has become the short- age at the Freeport plant 'that the street lighting system- has to be shut down after midnight, and if more coal is not forthcoming soon a further shut» down will be necessary. . Freeport Trustees this week decid- ed to look elsewhere than their con tracting frm for coal. firm recently notified the trustees that it was willing to buy outside coal to in place of its own mine pro- 'The trustees did not act on the 3 © i Cola WL ¥, AUGUST 20, 1920 ' [Fedrile Centres Pro |- NEW GRADE SCHOOL AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE The residefits of the southern sec-| All sash will be tion of Rockville Centre feel confi-|of steel sash which swing out in such dent that at the special school meet-|a manner that the entire area of the ing at Clinton School Auditorium on window may be to the outer air, Monday evening, August 23, the voters [and yet the sash) muty be readily of the district will authorize the Board cleaned and not erfere with the of Education to erect the proposed Opération of the @8. One of the new grade school at Riverside Drive|important requirem@n:a of a modern and Park avenue. For years the peo-|school is the great need of keeping ple living south of the Long Island|down the size of the corridors, and Railroad tracks have been expressing |it is felt that in this cage no room hms the hope that a school for the younger |been needlessly ded and that the children might be-bullt in their part|Cla&srooms group und the central of the village, so that the little ones |ball in a very @fBdJent manner. would not have to cross the Merrick Stairs and the the coridors Road and the railroad tracks several |and wardrobes aré to of fireproof times daily. co'xlx‘zlrnwmi be It, lm i At last the Board of Education see ere classrooms, eac their way clear to take up a school | forty pu and -a large and building proposition for the South Attractive kind tem with expan- Side, The three schools of the dis-|SlV¢ Windows on Ohree sides, so that drict-are so crowded now that if more th room will nu with sun- will be put on p which om additional nd the room will f wood, so that Nea m | large enough to serve as an musembly place for the residents of thit section. Each classroom has a wardrobe for the childref's clothing, and each has an ample closet for the teacher., In addition, a teacher's room, with con- mecting lavatory will be found on the first floor, and a large closet for (he |stormge of books and an emergency toilet on the second. In the basement an innovation Is the lunch room and connecting kit- The Board of Riueation 3.1 that the most practical way to soive this problem that confronts them Is to build another grade school, thus- make Ing in All for this school district three grade school8, one junior high school and one senior high school, all to be housed in four buildings. 'The board engaged Huse Templeton Blanchard to draw plans for the proposed new school. Mr, Blanchard's work is not unknown in Rockville Centre, for he was one of the architects who design- ed the Morris School. an edifice that is so attractive as to have earned the special commendation of school ex perts. For tne new school at Riverside Drive and Park avenue Mr. Blanchard has made plans thmt in many respects call for even a more striking building than the Morris School. 'This bufld- Ing has been designed by Mr. Blanch ard with special consideration for post- war conditions, and this meant that! every inch of waste space must be eliminated, and simple materials and are those readily obtainable must be used. It is planned to face the build- Ing on Riverside Drive in obediance to the nile that each class room should receive direct sunlight during a portion of the day. The basement walls above the finished grade will be of concrete. Above the first floor the walls will be faced with Long Island ! brick laid up with black headers in an interesting manner. The corner blocks and other exterior trimmings of the building will be of cast stome similar to that used at (he Morris|of years, The interior trim will be of School. hard wood strined a pleasing tone, mnm /___ MORE \ENCOURAGING\ NEWS FOR THE POOR BILL PAYER Notic#s Recelved Here of Advances in Both the 15!\th- and Railroad ates {ber of pupils may be quickly served | These rooms, as well as the remaining rooms in the hasement have been given an unusual amount of natural below the level of the ontside finished (grade. In addition to the usual play rooms and sani aries for girls and boys, the basement has ample space for the boilers and fam room, and has a room equipped with a bath tub and {Infirmary and is to be the office of | the visiting doctor. to the one which Ras been found so satisfactory jn the Morris School. The vault for th6 storage of coal has been placed entfrely outside the building so as to avold dust and noise, and there is room enough for a year's supply It is proposed to give special atten- tlon to the damp-proofing of the. ex- terior walls, and the contractor for this work will be required to give a guarantee which will assure that thi work will hold good for a long term 57 VARIETIES BUT NOT PICKLES \Encouraging\ bits of Information When it comes to 67 varieties Shell- bank Place claims to have Heinz beat. But it's not pickles although the na- tives of this well known residential atroct say it's JuSt as sour. It is the 167 varieties of bowls that aid the All| light, for the floor is only a few feet ! lavatory, which has been called the ! The heating system will be similar! \To-Its | | ( | I chen, so arranged that a large num- | po School 7 System PARK AVENUE TO BE VOTED ON AUGUST 21. # perfected typeand the lighting will be semi-direct. There will be a complete system of electric call bells and a frst class fre alarm system. It is the intention to leave out no feature essential to a modern school building, but at the same time bear- ing in mind the fact that we are in mn era of high prices and that the people undoubtedly do not require an over elaborate structure, but one con: structed throughout in the very best manner and with a dirnified and re- fned exterior, to which, when com- pleted ,every citizen may point with pride. Popular sentiment seems to be gen- erally in favor of this new school for the South Side. It is said that there are two classes of objectors, bgth, however, representing comparatively few of the voters of this school d trict... None of the residents: of Immediate vicinity of the new site, it is declared, do not desife the school near them. This, of course, is a patural cause for opposition, and it I® to be found confronting every new school pre Moht When the presen folent opposition on' the part of the nearby property owners, who open! declared that the erection. of . the school would depreciate the valne of their homes. | But just the opposite has happened. | The Morris School is [so fine a building that it has added to the desirability of tts neighbor- hood. and the nearby residents now say they are all glad the school was built where it. is. The other class of objectors is made up of those who contend that now is time to build a school. But the Board of Education declare, in an awer, how else is the ever-increasing achool attendance to be taken rare of and how is Rockville Centre to main tain its education pre-eminence if the dietrict is to be allowed to run short of schools. Of enurse, say the board. everything is more costly now, bnt they beleve schools must come first in every progressive American com- munity. That neighboring school dis triets feel the same way about it may be gathered from the fact that Hemp- stead Is now building a £600,000 high school, Lynbrook a $250,000 | high achool, Preeport !« looking for a high school alte to cost from $60,000 to $100,000. and Great Neck is to be ask- ed to vote on an appropriation of $440,000. with which to build two new schools and re-erect a burned one. With such examples before them the Rockville Centre Board of Education fee! that they must not let their dis- trict fall behind educationally, and so they will confidently go before the voters of the school district next Mon day evening with their new school proposition. ee WATERMAN ADVOCATES NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM HERE Assistant Chief Says Village Has Been Eugky t0 Keep Down the Dire Losses to Date A new fire alarm system, including an glectric sfren .was advocated be- fore the board of trustees Monday 31m by Assistant Chief Larry Wa- erm In his recommendation to the board Mr. Waterman said the village had been particularly fortunate in the past with fires and that an improved sys- HOMES THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER PmmUMR BURGLARS HAVE N0 USE FOR PENNIES AND JEWELRY THAT FAILS TO SUIT THEIR TASTE. AFTER FLIGHT Miss Laura Brownell, a slip of a girl, 20 years old, broke the world's record for women fiers Monday after- noon at Mincola, when she made eighty-seven official loops in a Cur: tiss biplane. Miss Brownell is from Cincinnati and has not been out of school loug. Her parents were op- posed to ber flying but she was de- termined to cut her career. The fair aviatrix thought that she wad done more than 100 loops, but the officials who were watching het gave her a record of eighty-seven. 'The former record was and was made by a French woman in France last year. Miss Brownell went to a height of 8,000 feet, then began looping directly over the feld and kept on until she was two miles away and over Hemp stead, when she stopped and flew back to the feld. She said that she could have continued but her engine was missing and she thought best to come down. All over her flight she was fol lowed by two Curtiss planes. On her arrival she was asked to pose for her photograph but, like a woman, she insisted on having her nome powdered first and a few touches made to her hair, then she posed for the photographers. The flight of Miss Brownell was in celebration of the dedication of the new Curtise: field which was formerly Hazelhurst but of fclally became the Curtiss Aerodrome ADVOCATES FINES FOR CAR Owners CHECK Without: Li Are. Invariably Operated Burglars A rigid enforcement of the automo- bile light ordinance as a step toward eliminating the robberies that ure he coming more numerous in Rockville Centre was advocated by Police Judes Thorp before the hoard of trustses at a meeting Monday night Judge Thorp told the trustees that cars were parked in various portions of the village without Tights and police officers did not know who jowners were. If the police watel [every ear standing. without lizhts until the driver appeared they be able to catch these hurslars cording to the judge's opinion Police Captain Bacon told the howrd such proceedure, meaning the remain Ing with every. car without lights would prevent the officers from mak Ing their rounds, and leave some other part of the village unprotected Captain Bacon asked the bourd for new maps of the village showing new houses. addition of territory, etc., that he might reorganize the posts He also asked for the installation of more police call boxes VILLAGE WELL REPRESENTED Several Ex-Chiefs Attend Important State Gathering at Giens a Falla Rockville Centre is well represented this week at the New York State Firemen's convention at Glens Falls. The convention openeg Tuesday and ends Thursday. The local firemen are expected to return on Friday and Saturday. Among the firemen attending the big gathering was: BxChict John Kleinfeller, &r., Warden Clifford Mc- Bvoy, August Kalb, Ex: Captain B. F. Hughes of the Alert Co. and ExChief Fred Marz. Owing to the absence of these men it was necessary to postpone the re- ular meeting of the fire council Mon- l; The home of Rev. the AT STATE FIRE CONVENTION: Behrend Mebr- (tens, - pastor - of . Trinity Lutheran avenue, was burglarized Sunday night. After *Jimmyin a window the thieves escaped with $300 in sllver and jewelry. Rev, Mehrtens and famlly were out riding following their return home af- ter the close of the Sunday evening services which the pastor had just conducted. They left the house at 9:30 and returned exactly an hour later, The burglary was committed jduring that hour. County detectives were notified and came here Monday to investigate the robbery. They agreed with the local police that the jgb war probably done by professionals \'The burglars were choice in their selection and refused to take nearly 1.000 pennies in one of the rooms. They overlooked a $100 bill and took only such jewelry and silverware as suited their fancy. |BURGLARS MAKE IT TWO STRAIGHT AT ONE GARAGE Several Hundred Dollars In Tubes and Tires Taken From the Gardner Garage Leaving no clues burglars commit- ted their second robbery last Thurs- day morning at the Gardner Garage & Motor Co., Merrick Road near the Long Island Railroad crossing. The first robbery was Monday morning. Tires and inner tubes valued at several bundred dollars were taken in the robberies.. Entrance was gained by tampering with a Tock. ° On rounds of inspection during the night patrolmen found everything Jn order the jast round being made & a. m: Both robberies were mad .\ by. men famiar. of the police. ; f County detectives were called to ald in the investigation. They were satis- fled that both jobs were done by the | same men and had all the appearances of robberies of automobile garages on other parts of the islund, one of which occurred at Hempstead on the same {night. ; VOTE FAYORABLY ON 7 NEW CROSSWALKS Board of Trustees Decides That im- provement Along Merrick Road is Necessary would | [ Upon the recommendation of Trum [tee Longenecker: and Civil Engineer Voorhis board of trustees: Mon- day night authorized the Immediata [ construetion of cross walks along Merrick road at five intersections |_ The county is. improving Merrick from Morris avenue to Ocean: side Road with cement gutters. and the bourd decided that the construc- tion of crosewalks would necessarily {have to be made now to connect up | with the county. work There will be one cross walk at [each of the following crossings: Ma- [rion Place, Lewis avenue, Vernon [avenue and two at Forest avenue and [two at Kensington avenue Trustee Longenecker was empower» ed to proceed with the work, which | the board will give to A. W. Brindley at 56° per square foot, the price under which the county contract was let. DRINKING AND DRIVING END -~ IN HEAVY FINES FOR TWO Fifty Dollars Each Says Judge Thorp When He Finds They Are Un- safe Drivers the Two heavy fines were imposed this week by Police Judge Thorp as & warning to motorists that they could not drive through the village and cone sume too much liquor on the same day. Garfeld Post, of Freeport, was fined $50 for operating a truck on Merrick road where he wam alleged to have narrowly avoided merous accidents, Joseph Horton, of New York, was arreated for being in a decidedly \mel jow\ condition at 2:30 in the morn- m Officer John: f Mim oe to propert awn“ car and Mholmmhzvy. also paid a $60 HEALTH ORDINANCE COVERS Upon investigation village anthork found that it would bw unngess
