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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 47

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 47

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Tirn BROOKLYN" DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. JANUARY 1. 3 Rrsl President of Nel bctarpurateti Sound Atenae Sighting of Whale Recalls Sag Harbor's Lost Industry Frost Fishing Season, Best In Years, Dimes to Close HISTORIC CEMETERY PASSES TO HAKE WAYFOR SCHOOL SUFFOLK CLERK'S OFFICE CHOSEN AS MODEL BY STATE Archiwtt Division Istim Bulletin Highly Prising James F.

Richardson's Work. llIV tavHtHXN faa mmmIIt ret anted with as auany at Ail- two aauoua.Hr goad suootha r.d carry. i w- I At Lone hea people frosa l.c a-rial I Th Bf HarW. I Dec Tka a-emaful ptiraa.lt of wkala Soankajnptaai laat ntk has raaac4 a Stking Relatives to Remove i browk aaj rwamrt have l.an Island ta tag to a rteo. The r- TrJ tJZ.

ten. It prareare mt the sh a Wag tho ootire been aa wtereeOug eickt ore l.unleU Ua eiakt ore revive Interest ia aal ad baa Bodies From Old Freeport 'im su turw. and cray-war Leac Island roast thia year at a dateidreda of oerrara, oaaa and other bm remember th flush whaling earlier than woual broaaht hundred 'ntcsea etac Ur raa rwt mf i Wu ehite thru- Mrnrra are rxsaUng tar aw ror rrow nasi ra! fo lif rV.I jah seMosa appear on the aliore be. i i aaa isf vrosi nan range from jaowe-rre the auiddle of Nereaabrr. tut this half a pound ta three pounds When rUc'hardauA rloaed lua aV-alc ladar.

tha tnmA i 1 -j k. Bt of lua Kwg term a early la the month. I I reel a pound and r-il fur Coaiatr Oerh of thia count nine TW. i. i roota llooeier.

M.il1 vri a a tnta county nine )oara tho baio Bfciao Odd uo. a barb, ta aa arfeooajt-r ttuaan. la I til aao I til. Kw-U baa wrhr4 at tho rarprau traa ainre minm froaa tho aea. He a ajmto arm for hia arc aaa haa a-tttd aneasory rocalling Iho )a of the tort a great aaaritiaie pra-prrny.

Tito tat haling raptaia alird In tho a Ho waa Jaroa Ha Ten a. His Blip vaa th Myra. Tho bark t4d Fellow aiaa recked at Little fiavrnta la Tho Martha id. a ahlp eoniiuand4 by Capt. Ceorga Tooker of Sag Harbor.

the first Aaaortraa Co-aul to Japan alter aearutiaifcui for a treaty had been acrompliahed by Commodore rerry. Tho looa of the Governor Clinton and Ocwaa. aUg Harbor whaloahipa. ailing and neer again heard from, remain ocoaa myaterioa. The pioneer whaling brig waa tho Luey.

Hi, wrecked at Cape Cod, In 1J. Rorall hheajnaitnaai'B Raid. Capt. Joan Kdwarda of father of Evy Edmarda who commanded tho Amaganartt whale boat laat week, waa aboard tha Near Bed 1 aO be ten a rleaa sUt fur Fred ing and nhile chasing arhooai of i Point Hotel at ttnkr I'eint. smaller fish along the ahoro fre-1 stated leetrrday that evnio relallrra were asking I rents a pound Anionic aaa at tha a.

vara tha port's anaia laduMry aaa tha waala Bahery, Ull wail stirrinc at or lea The reporter hu some atatraneata which appear ta be car-rabaralail by beat authority. Col Hrajaaala Huattlng aa tha pioneer, radio ot ahipa. Just befora. and after, the1 Revolutionary War. II bought frera am ay and also built ahipa at Bruahy Keek.

t-Tilpe vera built mM( tha waterfront wbero tha railroad terminal now la, at Naidatona pier tot and at tho foot of Glover at. and oa North liarra ahoro. Voyage agcreaato over a thousand. The greatrot number of ahipa belonging to tho pot at any en period, IMS. waa aixtjr-lhrea.

In a aangle year ahipa eueatly gels Into a csrreul of raid aater and brcweaee auaah. with the I he ripen oho have reairird unusually Urge fruet Hah ratrlwa this rsr i J. RoeWa- br the nurt. In order to obtain the Aadereon of It Bayside pi Pulver. ua uvceaaM-.

to to work 1th. That Bneaaa that Mr. IlK-bardaoe, who. the public baa often realised, has akme way us usual thine la hi term ad of-Bee, had remained at the otTUw lung enough, and kept hia fva of employ era long enough, to have Indeaed and rerord-d every laat prr ivmlng ta the oitWe la tho -losing aura of and every Ananrtal book waa toJanoed. That, ia the public cotlmation, ahoma tho eaacting buwaraa natur of Mr.

asy Reach. Mr. Andersen slated that ho found I he Bah abundant on ir- Ash before It la c-arried bark by ths surf. It Is ereaaary to wade Into the ater as aoun aa a broken nave rem-menrea to rorode. The flah fresjuently come ashore In arhoola.

but It Is more common to And them otrean ahwg the beach a ronalderable distance apart. The froet Ash are washed ashore Burying Ground. n-i: I Tke L. I Itw. II Jh old FVrvport aVmrtery.

ahtra haa beea Uadmark a rr more lhaa half a rvaturjr. lll ana out af viiateiK- early arxt sprint; a bra the rondrm-Xatlca conini.H. tar finished tta wttrk of auniiiic up aa many rl-alirra aa peas 1I or the person burled there and making aaarda to caver the prna of exhuming tha bodies Md taking them into a new resting place. After thia aork completed the grounds mill turned over to the liieti ttchuot which ia Immediately ad-Ja-anl to the rviuetery. and It la un-deietood that the school authorities) ill make for en'arainc tha preaa nl bull irov-led they ran aerjie the toerearary funds.

Tha ran of SS. aa voted aotne time atre to pay for (he work of condemnation and for the purchase of tha property, but this amount of money ia not aufll-t-lrnt for building purpoara alaa. The rrm.teiy ma ktarted in 111 by WBlrtt t-milh tnd in. 111 there vua an injunction to prevent the property being uel for any other purpoae. In order to override thia injunction.

It was nevRmry to have an act paaaed la the Ltgrislature thia year authorising the oh no I board to petition the County Court for a mmmlniioti to ronJVmti the property. Thia vaa done and 1 1 it 1 I ljiwrinn ilptir kli. -jJOHNTtXVVS returning rrom royacea liava brought In whale oil and bona worth ItKhardaun. a ho lhaa leavea the ottlce eubstanlialiy a free frura buaineaa aa during the evening hours only, usual In tb ninety years of the fkahery after the Revolution and up If It waa wia-inallv Aetna started as i I beginning shortly before dusk and brand new orhce today. To arraoiDilsh Woting until doao to midnight.

For Rlvrrhead. L. Jl John T. iHiwns Is the first prral.lenl of tl, newly Incorporated IIUkc of uiiti Axrnue In this tnwnlup. lie was lorn in Sound A.

iiue and bus always lived there. He I a fuimer and has long been recognised as one of the most proaresMlve agriculturists In hls part I Ihe Stale. RrlnK Ihe first "mayor" his village was an honor literally thrust upon bun by his neighbors. be did not know even that he as a candidate until the hullol had been counted and he was told he had been elected. tuallv every part Hie Itorkawiy roaat.

Ta Like Hbrw ITW. In plrklag the frost flah from the bea. li. It la best lo giaup them about the bead, directly lkw the gills, a they are quite slippery and lone little tltn In breaking a hold. When fried In rrarleer duet titer nuke a drliru diah.

very closely resembling that of I be rod in laste. During the past few dav the mini-ber of ttsh carried ashore lis lrn Iras ihsn any tune since rhey miiii-nienred to make their appearsnre. Indicating the approach of the end of the season. According tn Cspt. Joseph Meade of the Arverne I'oasi (itiard Station, the hah will commence lo misrate aoiith the early part of January.

They usually go aa far south a the rsitrs located about the Chesapeake llav and then return north, sometime going up aa far as Nova Hcotla. Captain Meade Bays that while the fish are vsry abundant during the early winter, he has known instances where they were picked up along the llctorh In June, the time when ther are on their way bark from the South. thia rr a son tt Is necessary fur amateur huntera to carry lamps, but he old-tima baymen eaperlenee little dir. ftrulty catching there with no illumination. Staple Food at Tlnchaoajr.

According to frost fishing experta the quantity carried ashore thia season hsa been greater than ever. It Is said the nh ihik fall provided food for a large part of the Rockaway Penlneula population, where frost fishing Is held by the residents with much Interest. In "the vicinity of Kockaway Point tona of the fish were picked up on the beach each night. The catches became so abundant that those participating found It a difficult matter even to give the fish away. People from Manhattan and Brooklyn rame to the Rockaway for the fish ford whaleshlp, Jireh Perry, when chased by the Shennadoah at mouth of Hehrlng eHratt.

In lKi. after coa-aation of war. The Perry eoraped. but Captain Josh saw 14 whaling vessel burned by the Khennadoah. Thia waa a death blow to the riahery.

At the smith of tho whale fishery at Rag Harbor waa invested In ahipa and the port enrolled a tennag of IMU In 1140. not In-eluding packeta and roasting arhoonera. One thousand able bodied men were employed ashore in black-amith ahopa. cooper shopa. aa.lt lofta rope walk a.

boat building yarda ahlp-yirde and aa ran men, warehouse clerka, atevedorea, etc. In January. 1181, the steamboat Fannie fprague, owned by lllggtns A Payne, who had fish rendering factories, outfitted for a whaling voyage off the south shore of Long Island. Capt. John Sayre of Urldgehampton, and Aaron Cuffee of Sag Harbor headed the two whale boat.

The venture was not successful. Subsequently Cuffee, an Indian, Bhipped aboard the at earn whaler Amethyst and waa loat with the vessel and all hands in the Arctic Ocean, in 1887. Still living in Sag Harbor are nrn. such a trick th rlrrk have been rrd-lng up for the last lo weeka, keeping all of the paper recorded as feat aa tbey cam In. The (bounty Clerk's office under Mr.

Richardson has many tunes attracted unusual attention. That the Htat baa also been watching it. and Is now pub-llciy presenting It as a modrl for other counties, baa lately brcoove known through a pamphlet compiled b- the In via on of Archive and History cf the Stat giving a "Historical Account and Inventory of the Itecords of Suffolk County, JameB K. Richardson, County Clerk." This pamphlet was apparently althheld from circulation until after the election, so It could not be construed aa being political propaganda; hence the compliment In it Is considered all the more sincere. The book in illustrated with interior and exterior viewB of the Clcrk'a office, and interestingly trace the history of official records in this county from the Cord and C.

DwtKht tiaker were as4 APPELLATE DIVISION DECISIONS HANDED DOWN M.iruinrr li. 1.11-1,1,11 (nai.llsn. ii Mirrn.i.l tartiu- loiniMini. rrvrt-. ui.l n.

uri.iin v. llu Ifcrlln Mil Mnrrl 11. hMiimi.1 III. Inni.ml Hvr, an, Ha rah thiTTatK' M. Jll lKPI-l V.I Mll.J He It ii, 1 pie who ran truthfully Bay they have been In tha Juws of a whale and JAMAICA LOCAL BOARD AUTHORIZES IMPROVEMENTS The Jamaica Local Board of Improvements, at a meeting in the Jamaica Town Hall, adopted a number of pet it ion a among which were the FLORAL PARK THEATER BUILDING CALLED UNSAFE Floral Park, L.

Dec. 11 tleorge Strehan, a consulting engineer of Manhattan, who has made an examination of the Carlson Movie Theater building Am. lo 4 tta. litis aa Whlia star Ill" Motion lo ai'liral l-'lrat v.iMiiii.'il ltiik llnxiklvn. mm of har.l 1 1.

va M. Ul.Ttl Million lo anthill laiiira I'll un i. Kalll.h Motion ts il.iii.. I i lll.i, k. ImiilrarlM with II itHW I Mm 1 Vn, beginning of the county, or about 1640.

Speaking of the work done when Mr. Richardson took office and began revising the systems, the pamphlet says, in part: "The entire building was Btripped and made strictly fireproof In every detail, the construction material con- escaped unharmed. Nat Bet morn Whale's Jaws. In 1854, the schooner Lamed, owned by H. at H.

French, last owners and out- In following: Regulating, grading, curb l-loral Park, reports that he doe an.t Ja.oii I l-'rallkol Motion for or fol- It'll Vi lu aiul In III, ap- p. i i. I. niters or tna port, fitted for a cruise for whalea along the south shore of I r.Hk isll i- Vsnwn. Motion I iliailtlNH HlllM.ll IL.tluiili l-'ur I 'o Im- va sistlng of brick, concrete and steei, not a particle wood being used lithe building.

At the completion of the work new steel filing case, steel desks and steel furniture were Installed throughout the building. Prior uong island. A big whale was caught off Block Island. The blubber waa cut pointed to take trie tentlmony of the 0-neia of the plota and fix a definite aum to pay for the removal of the bodies and the stones. The bod lei which are not claimed will be re-ln terrc-d In Greenfield Cemetery, near Hempstead.

KiHf'kcil Into (irate by Collin. Vurman Seaman, who has had charge of the cemetery almost 44 ma. known the names of practically every one of the 1,000 or more persons hurled there. He tella the story of hof at one funeral a pallbearer lipped and fell into an open grave with the coffin on top of him. Heaman was tolling- the at the time and did not know nnytlilng about It until lie heard a commotion In the cemetery and saw the men working with a derrick Irving to raise the coffin and relieve the man.

When the Involuntary prisoner was finally released lie thought only of the new "stovepipe" hat which ho had lost. A number of Mexican and Civil War veterans are nl.io buried in the cemetery, among them being Knock Mul-liner, a Eea capt. tin who lost his life while trying to gel food for his men when their shit) was frozen fast In the Ice. Milliliter tried to make shore In an lee hont but sti urk an obstacle and was killed Instantly. H's body was recovered ami brought back to Free-port for buria.1.

There is ulso a monument around which "the veterans of the Civil War assemble every Decoration Day to hold services In honor of those who gav? their lives In the BtrupBlc. This particular monument Is erected to the memory of Dander-Idge and Joseph Mott, one of whotA was killed by a Rebel sniper at Pine Mountain whilefthe other died from exposure and starvation In Salisbury an.l to vratnr-l. up. stowed in the schooner's hold sn.t to the Bailing of the laat whale ship, in 1171, tha brig Myra. com mandril by Capt.

Henry brock, whale prod-urta worth 000,000 were brought Into Bag Harbor, unloaded, gauged and put oa board packets and arnt to New York City for sale. The amalleet whale ahlp was tha Wiecaaaett, the largest tha 8U Lawrence. There are one or two records of voyages In early daya where -owner made from to tit. 004 from ahlps aent out to Prasil Banks and returning home in lea than twelve months. Voyages where oil worth $10,000 to 1100,000 waa taken are on record.

first Voyage 'Hound the Horn. Tho' Argonaut waa tha ft rat Pag Harbor ahlp to round Cape Horn, in 1117. and take whales in the Pacific Ocean. Soon after thia whale, ships of Long Island circumnavigated the globe and Bailed the seven aeas in pursuit of leviathans. In IMS the little Sag Harbor brig, Superior, Capt.

Thomaa Royce, waa tha first whale ship to enter Uehring Sea, where monster whales were caught. The whalemen had to lengthen their lancea to get into the vltala of the mammals. Capt. Royce loaded bis veKeel in thirty daya Sag Harbor whalemen have taken an important position In history. Capt Mercator Cooper, flew the first American flag in forbidden ports of Japan, in 184S, taking In shipwrecked Japanese sailors to the port of Yeddo; Ronald McDonald, shipping on the whaleshlp Plymouth, was set ashore on a Japanese Island In 184S to study the customs of the natives.

He was captured and confined In a cage, but in 1849 was delivered unhurt to the U. warship Preble, then on the coast. The whaleshlp Cadmus, owned by Mulford Sleight, the ship that brought Gen. Lafayette to the United Statea, was one of the Harbor fleet. In 1850 this vessel took, a party of Argonauts to California at the time of the gold discoveries.

'The old ship, like a dozen others from the port, never returned. It sunk at moorings off the city nnd its ancient ribs are now buried beneath the streets of San Francisco, where the harbor has been filled In. The ship Thames, fastest anller of the early fleet carried a party of the first American missionaries to the Sandwich Islands. The whaleshlp Sabina carried an intrepid company rrom Long Island to California in 1849, amon? them nineteen whaling masters. The whaleshlps Augusta and Montauk were seized aa whaleshlps were Bold in the sixties and taken to Southern harbors and there sunk to blockade the channels.

Sole Survivor of Fleet. At the height of tha whaling industry 1,800 men were accredited to Sag Harbor as aboard her whaleships. Of the 1.800 but one wlialeman of the old days remains. He is Edwin Field, who made voyages as cook on board brought to Sag Harbor for trying out. Capt, J.

Madison Tabor towed In the Iiiil.nt Holier, a. iiilmlnlatnilrlT Marv .1. v. lilv I.ImIhI. to the administration of County Clerk ItV IhMirrtll.

10. Motion for njrt.im.nl J. F. Richardson there was no Index wnaie a head. It was set up on the beach with a chair in its extended motion for Iomp to hpinuI to niipellale system in operation in connection with the filing and entering oi court papera jawe in which many people had the ii raiiirii.

Meyer Jiinllz. ilonitj iier. un. ler the traoa V.IIIO of Jitmitt Motor i 'o va ll.nrM "In June, un index system novel opportunity eof seating them Klein, ollon to ilMinlaa aiHM'iil ilenle-1. selves.

This big whale vlelded 70 known as the vowel flat filing system was installed and the indexing of slum hi v.4. j.iiiivi nit. Motion far barrels and the whalemen divided up ing ana paving i-ars, ianr, irum mmuuer mc strength of the roof Turnpike to the long Island Railroad, sufficient. This building, which has Kew Gardens, with recommendation been In course of erection' on the J. rl that macadam gutters of 4 feel in turnpike the int i width be laid; for regulating and grad- Ll x'T Ing sidewalk space, curing and laying 1 ark Mttlo Bldewalks on Jamaica from Sut- It was feared thst tho con- phln rd.

to Rockaway Turnpike and Crete walla were not of sufficient Alsop for construction of a sower strength, but the Board was and drain In Jerome from Rock- take any definite ac tion to aim, i away blvd. to Hatch Woodhaven: work, and finally decided to to construct a temporary receiving consulting engineer to make th basin at Ridgewood west of 92d spectlon. Mr. Strehan Is of the Woodhaven: to change from an Ion that tho walls are of a iffleient unrestricted district to a business dls- strength to carry the load for wi trlct Ihe west side of 102d from they are designed, hut Is doubtful Jamaica ave. to Fulton Brooklyn gardlng the roof.

A copy of hl rei.l.rl Hills; construction of a receiving will be forwarded to the District it basin at the northeast corner of Lib- torney. wljh the reauest that i -Jl erty ave. and 120th Morris Park; whatever action he deems the laying of sheet asphalt pavement In the meantime. Village Ronr.i In Brevoort from Metropolitan ave. has refused John Carlson the hoi ii to St.

Ann Richmond Hill. The a permit to continue the erection nr ncllllAn.H tnt- a tnniMi.tum Im. this 1,,,11.11 erection Of all court papers filed in the omee from the beginning of Suffolk County down to date was undertaken. The system began with the year 1724, and in 1888, Oakes Anderson, a showman, associated with Addison M. Youngs.

Edwin A. Rocers. Henrv each and every paper of any nature French, Egbert S. Williams and other Mny nte.i. Iri'oerlik Mottley v.

Ilovnl F'roitreiwlva will lie ealled on unit Tuew.lnv of titilem reKiHiiult-nt ilealrva lo hav It lilnike.) "off," rhlllp rt'ittur hitltieaa titi.ler Ihe firm inline Htnl aivle of lli-ai-on Asem-r, va. Haroti, timi Itnj- I'ahana. to rllaiiuaa niiprul frrHntnl Minion Walntorr Harry itaymotitt. Appeal la rllamli'eeu at5 Helen Ryan va i'harleB H'rai-k. Motion lo tllanilas Kpienl ilenle, eo Luna; va.

ileorra A. Orfl.r aistieil. iidillng caan to the Januiiry, Xtiz, rali'iHlnr. uong island men, brought a whale whatsoever was assorted, arranged, classified, indexed, and entered in the caugnt at cape Cod to Sag Harbor. It new system.

Such Indexing neces was embalmed and Placed unon sitated the collecting of all papers in float Hundreds paid admission to see each particular cuse or court action me wnaie upon the day In September, that year, when Sag Harbor enter. the fastening together of papers In flat order, then Indexing and enter tained the Suffolk County Volunteer Firemen's Association. This waB the ing the same. The number of cases provement, but tne cost or mis worn lust, wnaie ever brought Into Sag liar Indexed reaches approximately 50,000, ranging from three to 60 papers to a has been reduced to such an extent that asphalt can now be placed In the Btreet at no greater cost. 1.1...

I I I tUa prison. Both of these men were under SHOOTS 11.1,1: wri Li single case. bor. Aside from a few relics preserved at the museum room of the Jermain Library there is nnthlnr tn. 18 years of aite and their bodies were "While heretofore persons catl'ng Holyoke.

Dec. 31-Frank'j. liiv i rauiu iiuii iui inv vim at the office for papers were per day in the village to remind one of its never recovered. Mel a Sudden Dcnth. Bequests to Brooklynites The will of Isabella Heck, who died on Dec.

26, was filed for probate yesterday In Ihe New York Surrogate's office, Brooklyn benrfirlnrlrH are: The Central Presbvtrrlan Church, 11.000; Ida M. Meyer, 6H John's Il.ooo; Jay W. Bccherer, 25 Mldwood $10,000. mltted to take them from the files and replace them, under the present sys lormer wnahe fishery days. A few years ago, at the time of a Home Weeb On another tombstone which 'dates of a sewer In Fulton from Thomas "euara, jh, a boarder In the house of ave.

to Yale and In Yale ave. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beurbc infllrled from Fulton st. to Hillside was pistol shot wounds unon Mr.

rescinded. The resolution to lay 6-Inch Beurbe today and ended his own life pipe for house connection drains In JjJrs- Beurbe Is not expected to recover! tem any one applying for any particu back to 1862 there is rather an in celebration, then living score of lar paper Is required to fill out and terestlng epitaph which reads. "Our wuuiemen naa to send to Amarnnsett sign a requisition and hand It to Charley. Not from long and wear! aoucn ciinia irom i.iueriy ave. iu Iw ule snooting Is known, to get a whale boat to use as a float In the parade.

Aside from rotting some Illness, nor from the couch of clerk in charge. No papers are permitted to be taken from the room pain, was poor Charley called to the oi me cosaemnea ana wrecked ships, the Fair Helen and Tham. where the clerk Is stationed. With unknown world, but suddenly out of the depths of the storm and amidst near Bay street, all signs of the fishery this practice of checking it is practically impossible for any of the papers to become missing or mis the clash of the elements, while rest Ing in a happy family circle he re novc umuppearea, and tnese hulks cat) only be seen at low tide nnri wnul iiaiuic ftiorris l'arn, was rescinded. The petition for the construction of a sewer In Ridgewood from Woodhaven ave, to 92d Woodhaven, was adopted.

The resolution for regulating, grading and curbing Liberty from Ocean ave. to Union Ozone Park, was rescinded, as some of the work has already been authorized. placed. celved his summons from the hand not excite the attention of a strangar of God In the heyday of his youth, "All miscellaneous papers have been arranged, labeled and placed in steel mucus iuiiueu out to film. when the world seemed brightest, life WALK-OVER document files.

This embraced the the fairest and death the most re mote, he was smitten down without handling of upwards of 200,000 pa pers." a single premonition or a word Of warning. After mentioning how maps. Indices, record books, showing wear were "Terrible as the blow Is, we trust recopied and certified for public use, the particular reference to the County that In the remembrance of his fjllal and brotherly virtues the afflicted parents and heartbroken sisters may And uierK's onice Closes with these words: "So that at the time all record con some consolation. Heaven hath at least sent this balm to their hearts. tents of this office are In as complete and favorable condition asls possible TATE HISTORIAN SULLIVAN has 3 Iff "Near the broad Atlantic he loved ior numan sum una performance to served notice upon the authori bo well, whose perils he hath so often dared, he sleeps well and Its surges leader.

No man ever was more faith-rul to duty, public and private, than was Mr. Price, and there are few men in his community who will be more missed. A really remarkable man waa the deceased. How he ever found time accomplish. SPORTSMEN PREPARE BOARDWALK NOT DELAYED That work on the Coney Islam! Boardwalk has beer, delayed was denied by Bcro President yesterday.

Consulting Engineer Philip P. Farley stated that more than IS percent of the work on the stone jetties was complete, and the stone, which Is coming in ns fast. a three boatloads a d.iy, is being placed In these jetties. The stones, which are from two to "four tons in weight, will make up the 16 Jetties for sustaining the beach. Farley also said that the plant at Flushing for the manufacture of concrete piles was nearing completion and that the first boatload of timber for the construction of the wooden groins and bulkheads would reach Coney Island nbojt the middle of January.

ahall be his requiem The stone is broken here and the rest is illegible but it seems evident that the man was killed by lightning or in some such sudden manner. u.ocimrge an nis public and relig. lous duties and at the same time care. fully to look sfter a TO FEED L. I.

QUAIL lng private business was a marvel to is friends. But he did so and did not 'or Town Winter Wear A SQUARED toe boot cor-. rectly styled. Perfect fit at instep toes not too blunt. Rugged Grain Leathers $8.00 ul "uuie age as a result of overwork.

He was spared to reach old age. and almost to the last was active in the discharge of his daily duties ties of Brookhaven Town that they must either fireproof the building in which tho public records are kept or erect a new one that will properly safeguard those valuable papers. As a result, the retiring Supervisor, Riley P. Howell, appointed Justices Court, West and Neville a committee to look over available sites for a Town Hall and report at the first Town Board meeting in January. It Is rather remarkable that a town as large and as wealthy as Brookhaven, and with such a mass of papers and documents, has not long ago provided a safe place in which to keep its records and to transact the public business.

A majority of the townships in Suffolk have model Town Halls Isllp, Babylon, Huntington, Smlthtown, Southampton and others. Brookhaven cannot afford to lag behind. We shall hope to learn that one of the first acts of Supervisor Macin Will Also PostfWide Territory on North Shore. (Special io The Eagte.) Huntington, L. Dec.

81 The 'l no aouot. was North1 Shore Game Protective Asso ACCI SKD OF LCMBKR THEFT. Taphank, L. Dec. 31 State ciation, w.hich for several years has Trooper A.

O. Franson, after a week's search In New Jersey, located in Har protected quail and other game during the winter and has caused the arrest iuvcu ins wora and, to employ an old saying, drove it, but did not permit it to drive him. There are many useful lesons to be derived from the career of John M. Price lessons trt piety. In devotion to civic duty and in industry.

He has left his impress upon the community in which he lived so long and bo wen, and requires no monument to keep his memory before the people who knew, him so many years as neighbor, friend and executive. of many Illegal gunners, is preparing rison Rudolf Norton, who has been sought two weeks In connection with to post hundreds of acres of land throughout this section as well as to the theft of a load of lumber rrom build covers and feed the quail if the weather of the next three months Camp Upton. Ho was arraigned before Justice Johnson, pleaded not guilty and was held In $500 ball until Jan. tosh is to push action on the selection calls for such protection. of a site and the erection of a modern At a recent meeting President 7.

whert his case, like that of lAnya municipal building. The question of Roscoe Lelghton gave an interesting The Patchogue Advance prints the TRUST CO. LAUNCHED BY ARYERNE MEN Report $1 54,000 Subscribed Now for Stock in New B-ank. Plans are being formulated by business men of Arverne for the organization of a bank or trust company at Arverne to be known as the Arverne Trust Company. A meeting of those interested was held at the home of Leo Newhouse a few days ago.

It Is planned to organize the new banking institution with a paid-up capital of When the project was first discussed It was intended to have the capital $100,000, but wheiflt toecame generally known that Arverne was to have its own bank, a general movement followed to take stock, and $15,000 was subscribed. The new hank will be located at the corner of Beach 68th st. and the Boul-vard In a brick building to be erected for that purpose. It was stated yesterday that a charter will be applied for in order that the new institution may be ready for business by the latter part of March. Among those interested are Arnold Wetzler, Max Gold, F.

W. Avery, William McNaught, Henry Prince. C. Teo Newhouse, Henry Wels-l-'hA (lad A. Messer.

Jacobson, who owned the truck that carted the alleged stolen lumber to Patchogue, will be tried. location no doubt will be a difficult one. salary list of Suffolk Countv tntniin It is probable that both the north and i $191,326. and calls for retrenchmeni 7 iiwmiein. account of his gunning trip for deer and other large game in the vicinity of his old home in New Hampshire, while John It.

Merji.iew told of his quail-hunting trip to North Carolina. The need of posting the wooded TO HOIjD ICR Sea Cliff. L. Dec. 31 Lwls K.

Moore Jr. has bepn re-elected com property has been felt in this section in view of the fact that gunners from the city and from other counties come here by train in large numbers and roam over the fields and through the mander of the James F. Brengel Post, No. 456, American Legion of Sea Cliff. The post hopes soon to be able to launch a plan for a Legion House, woods, killing everything that they flush or scare out of the brush whether it is in season or not.

a site and dwelling having been offered For the past two years the associa south sides will claim the distinction of being the capital, while the middle section will not be found silent. Possibly the long-drawn-out question of dividing the big township will again come up as a result of the demand that the town erect a safe building In which to keen, its records. All sorts of complications are possible. a a a "Marvin Shiebler Is against an eight-hour day for the Suffolk County Treasurer's 'office. By the way, what are Marv's hours as secretary of the Slit-folk County Taxpayers Association?" Taking the Detour, in Amltyville Sun.

If Shiebler does not have a quick, snappy come-back to tha Sun's query, we shnlL miss our guess. We await his reply. P. S. Shiebler.

appeared almost co-incidentally with the writing of the foregoing. asked him how about it, and his come-back follows: "Figures don't He, but liars figure ponies out specific instances where money could be saved. For instance, the office of the Election Commission, era spends $6,200 yearly for salaries. The Advance says "the work could be done in the County Clerk's office by the employment of extra help once or eine a expense of $600 or $1,000 it the most." The Advance goes on to say: "Last summer Westchester County got busy and abolished a lot of use-less offices, slashing its payroll by reducing salaries and sending holders of unnecessary jobs back to private ltfe. It is not a pleasant thing to tell a friend who has a soft snap that he has got to give it up and go to work.

But this is what was done in that county and It is whst ought to be done In every one of the 62 counties in the State. not forgetting Suffolk. Tt would be a fine th.ng if Suffolk, like Westchester, could set an example trt actual economy to the other to them. The post win jiave an innovation Saturday, Jan. 7, when it will hold an ice carnival on the Shore the lake of the North Shore Country Club having been offered for that tion has bought and liberated hundreds of dollars worth of breeding quail and-rabbits, as well as hatched out pheasants furnished by the State, but the find that many of the pheasants and rabbits are killed 610 Fifth Between 42d and 43d Sts.

Other New York City tore day. QUEENS MARRIAGE LICENSES 179 Broadway 1432 Broadway 1173-75 Broadway 1625 Broadway during the woodcock season. 252 W. 125th St. 622 W.

I diss 5'o Under the new lav the tresnawier 'William A. Dalton. 45. 112 E. 81st Man on posted ground is automatically fined $50, one-half of which ia tn a-n hattan; Anna A.

Donnelly, 34, Franklin Fluahlna. Bernard Zahn, 29, 476 Aatorla bona to the State and the other half to the property owmr. 150 Bowery- Brooklyn 1355 Broadway 565-7 Fulton St. 5406 Fifth Ave. Ireal 557 Melroie Ave.

N. V. 297 Man St. Taskart, N. T.

7 N. Broadway Patartos. N. 161 Market St. Comptttt Lin of Phoenix and Van Raalf Hotitry Inland City: Dalle Yongen, 19, Woodhaven tilendale Park.

It is with the view of nrotectlnir the 9 to 12 and 1 to make to me a I In the tate. And let it not be forgot- John J. Patterson, 5 1 Deeatur hour day." iiinc a. spienaia ana enectlve be game from such slaughter that the association will post, all the lands under its control and the rlotaiio iw Rfdffewood; Lillian Scliueter, 31, JB35 Norman Eversreen. Not exactly an answer; perhaps, but ginning could be made in the rmmfv Vk-tor D.

Blllefeld. 21. 15 Crescent lmf a come-back, nevertheless. Treasurer's office, where thev have so Island City; Ethel Hohn, 20. 10707 103th Richmond Hill.

many that they admit It is embarrassing to be taken too they can do the work with ihr i this work as well as general plans for the coming year, the feeding of quail and the purchase of a stack of wheat George West. 23. I0J3D 107th Richmond Hill: Hilda Urendon, 21, 12239 10, th Richmond Hill. ior mat purpose, will be dec ded unon Edward H. Kuhlman, 22.

345 New York at the annual smoker to be held at literally. For the information of an I than they have now." Amltyville critic, we will say that the It is estimated by the Advance that concluding phrase in our comment on if a good business man were In abso-the Brookhaven justices' salary grab I lute charge as manager of county af was meant for what Artemas Ward'falre he would cut the pay roll 33 1-3 termed "sarkasme" As a matter of 'percent. If the Advance Is correet In Jamaica; Madeline siewerts, IS, Meadow Mere Park, tana Islsnd. ine neaaquarters ot the Northport Fire Department Tuesdnv Anthony Ottullch. 23, 80 lAwrence ln Jan.

10. Island Ainerta Kponrova, 21, LAwrence Ions lslnnd City. ract, we regard tno act as tne reverse, us ngures ana in its estimate of dossI Edward W. Halhhuher, 23. 241 N'orrla smsMsMHsj RIVERHEAD SAVINGS BANK RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK of clever very stupid.

BIRNED BY ELECTRICITY. Rudolph Hall, of 34 Manle ave bin curtailments, it would appear that what Suffolk most needs, just now is a county manager. SAG HARBOR PLANT NOT ABANDONED, SAYS BLISS CO. Sag Harbor, L. Dec.

31 Reports that the torpedo letting station of the B. W. Bliss Corporation here is to be discontinued were branded as "hysterical" by an official of the corporation today. The reports, it was said, had their origin in a misinterpreted move by the firm In, disposing of some machinery and other equipment for which ft had no further use. "Work at the testing equipment station will go on as usual, subject, of (nurse, to husiness conditions, as it a.ways has been," the official said.

HIKY WILLIAM H. SMITH. Kockville Centre, L. Dec. 31 Funeral services for the late William H.

Smith, who died at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. H. Callahan, 173 Morris were held last night In the X.efferts Place Chapel, Brooklyn. The Interment was In Greenwood Cemetery today.

Mr. Smith died last Tuesday after an Illness of eight weeks from heart trouble. He was for manv years In the livery stable business In Brooklyn, and was a member of Stella Lodge. No. 486.

F. A. M. He Is sur-Vlved by his sister. Mrs.

Callahan John M. Price, who died recently vllle Centre, was shocked and burned about the shoulders, arms, face and hands yesterdav afternoon. He at Patchogue was the type of good citizen of which no community can have too many, and of which many was working near a transformer in the plant of the Knickerbocker Ice Com. have far too few. He "was an all- round pany on Newtown Creek, Long Island City, when he touched the transformer.

McKENNEY NORRIS. Olen Cove, L. Dec. 31 Announcement is nfade of the marriage in Hot Springs, Wednesday, of Miss Helen Norrls, daughter of the good man a conscientious official, a worker in his church, a splendid exemplar of the tenets of the fraternities In which he held membership. He His screams brought several other em ployees, who turned off the power and released mm.

He was removed to St. Jamaica; Maria A. Kerger, 19, Seymour Queens. Jacob schardeln. 70, Trans Meadow Woodslde; Adeline B.

Schmutto, 43, Trftna Meadow Woodslde. Clllbert T. Flantn. 24. 4033 Beaufort Woodhaven; Catherine tioglla, 21, 1147 Lawn Ozone Park.

William Hellrelgel 21, Washington Cedar Mnnor; Ruth M. Tillman. 20, 1719 Hlmrnd Ridgewood. Philip Handley, 27, Fort Colllne, Klsle Elroy, 27. Fresh Meadow Flushing.

Charles Welgod, 22 75 Menehan Brooklyn; Helen BchAtz, 18. 1813 Stanhope Ridgewood. Harry Klein man. 89, 1 South Park Arverne: He I ma Samuels, 32. South Park Arverne.

Philip H. Klchler. 22, 887 Cornelia Ridgewood; Edith T. (iartea, 30, 42 Juniper Middle Village. James R.

Handy, 22. 25 Allen Jamaica: Alleen Du Hon. 19. Allen ami Sylvester Jamaica. Joseph H.

Mueller, 27. 1 Hannon Elm-huret; Helen O. McManus, Si, li Remsen Long Island City, served ms native township of I Rev. Dr. and Mrs.

James Averv K'nr. John's Hospital. Brookhaven as supervisor for five ris of Hot Snrine-s. and A Cnrlin c. will credit interest January 1, 1922, at the rateof Five Per Cent! i up to $500 on every account, and at Wo on the excess of $300 Deposits of $1 to $5,000 accepted, and if made by January 13 wij draw interest as if deposited January 1.

BLANKS FOR OPENING ACCOUNTS BY MAIL FORWARDED UPON REQUEST Miiiiaua.iMiKi.mM terms and was model head of tho Kenney of Richmond, Va. The wedding town government. When the village of was a large one and was held In the GIVES BIRTH TO SOX. Word has been received of the birth patchogue was incorporated he was chosen Its first president and gave to of a son to the Rev. and Mrs.

F. C. Presbyterian Church of which the bride's father is pastor. A reception In the Manse followed. Dr.

Norrls was pastor of the Presbyterian Church hero for many years before going to those duties the same care and thought that he gave to his private affairs. He was for 47 years superin Robinson of Xjorwood, Mass. Mrs. Robinson, before her. marriage, wab Miss Oladys Mamby, ftaughter of Mr.

brother, Edward Smith of Calf tendent of the Methodist Sunday and Mrs. Herbert Mamby of Rose mere, Cedarhurst, L. I. I School and for 40 years was choir Hot Springs, and the bride Is well known among the young people here..

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