w.'fk fo r .lur tax-pay«r.<
r ave importancB buing.subnuttiMl to i;H-m for theli consideration.
On Weibi.v.lay m ..r .d n g th e re w as eou sid e r a b le h iN tl l i. ir .In n e by tii.ise who.^were
■liruoUy
i„ tl„,
nf
^.,.0 0 1 ) frii- p.illin.
tlio liiiv w o w
111! tliu IIIII'IVMI iinch'.vntDinuiitiireii-miil B’Ik u
Uin p.ills
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tt 1.-™!!!iniiiilior w.Mv riM lianil I.. ,-nst lliplr liiiMots
lliu
irn.l „.|u»i ihio' rii.uliyduHcJ lit llv.>
'.■d.iulc, III,, ,..V,.itl..„|n„t IV,,» „ t ruvoi- 1, „„.
ll i c . - a n v n a s u f tl ii iv .i ti . «-ii» uiiiilo sln,wli,|f
limt l' j:j lji;ll„ts ivore ins t, will, ll i o ri H ll lta j
I' !>HyJug tho .salarlfs
1 oxi.ciMe.H of a yiUftfcre poI'-rifd by u vote of nearly two
Ig»-<l by (he success of ilioFo who
in ilie police ai»proprlation, thu
It bi i;iht and early on the foliowiind Im-tleil abou t seeking each
out and voti> in favur of
d' .‘fo.OOO asked by the live
i»e «»’clock the polls weto
of Atlantic Kngioo Coinptime until tho pollscoWa
eimin kept hustling.
<»rk of eauviLHshiif tho voto w»a
*r eyu-i watched and the crov\;d
lited t le announceineiit of tho
s shiiWitU that DO ballots hail
with the following result;
I tw
heartily ol’ ilii
bucaiwu Tuikoy
• tluin liej-etofoi.-. ’
An A larm of Fire,
Si ipprvisdi-i'lect l.ouis C
a j);ii ty of tweiity-iiw ol' li
i.tdiiii
.he h
their hi.'art’s conlL'iit.
I'lM iiy nig li t.v
Tlu-n> will Im latl'Uiivv ff'i’ i
lit must of liiii lioj.teii'iifs on
Wudciusilay
miu iiiiiuy
w ill Iju IuuI.
Hay=lJo I'iiii
i lu m m e l avomio. Tliu 1•u^
r oiuovod am i Itiu nil lr oud
V ill bis cu t oir Hcvenil fcot
li(»rL-artiT, tli<: llumsL-ii
t%imi)aiiy will r es po nd to li' sl ;
iroiii i i j x i n do w n, iiiul tlio fonMnii;
ho ld Ills ctoinpany in j'<>adini!.<s (,n all a
a b ove Box 4r>, un til thu second a l a r m ti
til reliuved.
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i
Cards are out for llio inarriay;i- ol
Conio'AUlujr, tlrtUtjhter of..\hH. A. AldaMr. Gus A. liOt/, which will bo .solcm
u t 4 D’olot'k, r . Jr . on Sunday. Novi*inbf
•JS, ut Curi«rs Hull, Kust CiTlh S ty e t. N. S’.
i:oth the yoiin^ folUs are welf Icnowti in tliis
viiT^O.
P i'o p e rt y O w ners* A s s o c ia lio ii.
ho I'otindntions for tlw (-entrni «eliool'.
liou3ijh«v« been coinploted,. an»l tins itoiit ratnda
' O'A'l
wili now push tho woilc. of eonstruc»i,.n
Obiluary.
was held on .Moiidavevoning last,
with all po‘<8ibIe rapidity.. Tlioy hiivo put a
lit l.iterary Hall. I'reHideiit M,‘ver occupied
about 75 masons to r'orU, and, bar
the chairr.
'I'lie new's o f th e d e a th of Dr. Uooi-go A
•!/■ »a loiighty spell of b«d woathe.', uiU
The miniUes of tlio previous me.iting was
;uVe tlio building wcjl undrr way by Clui»t- n r a n U r e t li, wh ich o ccu rre d a t his I nte res id ­ rend i.nd aceopted.
ence, 28 KllLs pla ce, S i n g .Sing, N. Y . , oi
-Mr. Cial)be, on behalf ut' the eoinmUteo on
.So;-i .y of the Mon da y las t, « a s received w ith nait;h soi row by law s, reportv.l pro.^re...
I bo Christian lCi\ileav
1 nif(3t to. Ills domisi; je ino ve s one of iho foroiiu.-.*-t ci ti ­
/i rdt Con^n>;.,fttionul Cllurch
The matter of iaviiing the I n.ll.-y lo .-\teml
7 o’clock_ zens atui tax-puyer.-* of H oe k a w av Bi->at:l», oi
mui row oveniiiK in tlio CImrol
i s 111. • th the I'.encliwa-^ talceii uj.. as wero
(Jratitude, wliieh he was a jtiont'or, iiavin g se ttlcii whei
topic for tin; ovnpin^ is
also tht! matter of the sr>.OOU appropriation
liov shown ? ” tliiH pl ace w as !jut a b a rr e n s tr e tc h of sanil
"To whom? Por what?
for the fire department and thut of otilaiuing
B r a n d re lli a lw ay s was a n a d v o ca te of aii^
-ablio and
i.uko 17. 1 1 - 1 0 . Ciiiuii
tiie am oun t still held liy the Town Itorrd of
roviirncnt projjfj.Hf-d a nd ilie liuiidii»K of !
l lo i u p r ^Vilann will load the disciiyslon.
tlie $<;,01)0 coHcelcd by ta.v for the .•Icctract
hviiys
lli
rou
uh
his
pliice
anil
the
ernoti
on
j
I n o u r n e x t is-suo wo wj U publisli a n illtislights na.Jcr Williamson’s contraei.
. iiui ub er of col tagcd mur kiid lils c a n c r of '
t r a t o d a rt i c le fu ll y d e sc r ib m s th e Itocltaway
The Town Hoard has about 6-1 ..'iOfi cf the
'Illness for the best inter cht s uf th e i-iiinPari c scho ol. T h e U e n ii m d f o r o n r t w o recen t
SH.UOO colh-ctrd in this district for electric
m u n it y a t large . He he ld se v era l g o v e . m e a t
e d iti on w h er ei n wc puldls lied i ll u s tr a te d
lighting purpr.H,;s last vi-ar. Afler ai»out two
positions a n d was a me inljiT of th e S t a te
a rt i cl e s on th e C e n t r a l a n d A r v o r n o schoj.l
months, .loiin W'illiaiiison, who hohl the
banking, co mmission se ve ral yi-ars bacii M a k­
housea, ha s c au se d
to g iv e not ic e tli at
contract, threw it up. Ilisp a rt ofth e
ing his luime he re d u r ii. g the g r e a t e r j ja r t tif
tfioio w ish in g e x t r a copies sho uld o r d e r th e m
amounted to about $ I ..'".uO. Tlio as-ojation
the year . Dr. Ji r a n d r e th u su a ll y pa ssed his
in ads'ance.
w intei'i in .Sing Si ng, >J. Y . , w h e r e he h a d thereforo resolved lo tind a method wjier6by
Jamieson & Bond’s dock prt-senls a very his piiieo o f business. T h e f u n e r a l .service this S4,ri()0 u.idd bo jirocured by the tax*^
payors of the district, and a e )mndrtce,
anhnatfid uppearanco thopo days. Dozetis of
hel d a t T r i n i t y (’luir ch . S i ng Si ng , on
comprizing Mes.st-rs Schilling, (.’rabbit an<l
teamsters with their wagons are plying buck
•sday a ft e r n o o n a t 2 o ’clock, inter men t,
Vcrnam v, iis appointed lo meet the Board of
and forth all the ilay long, some carrying beh ig ;ji'ivate.
Trustees of tlie village in aa endeavor lo tind
jjravel for the roads, others cartjn;' brick,
H a r r y Cole, w e ll -k n o w n in th is vlll nge- if tijid $4,.000 could be procure-l. This same
lime and other mutcvial for the now Central
«chool, while added to all theseare the wagons died a*, his homo in B ro o k ly n, on Mnn<lay committeo was also instruetyd lo asic the
last, in the t’Oth y r a r of his life. Deceased 'I’rastees to indu(5tt tho tnilly company t-i ex
of this lar^e firm.
se ve r al m o n th s ngo w e n t on a v o y a g e to tend their lino lo the Beach, deeming it
The Ciiristian lOadeavor Hociety, of the Flo ri da a n d otii er s o u th e r n jforts a n d the re aiivisable and benellelal to tJieinteiesisofthe
First Oongregutional Church, hold a very c o n tr a ct ed a f eve r front vvhicli lie n e v e r re
[ilace.
Micee^sful and etjjoyablo aoeiablc, a t thu resi­ cov ere d. 'Pho f u n er al services were he ld on
it was also dli;ided that till* commilteo be
dence of H r. and Mrs. John Jmnieson, last TiU'Sduy e ve nin g, the i n te r m e n t be in g m a d e instructed to ilnd a means of obtaining th-.i
Tuesday evening. An interesting programtno on W e d n e sd a y a t W o o dsb urg h.
$1,70(1 due the llrc} deptntment, from the
had been ari'Anged, and oil who attended
Town. Fx-chii'f John A. Carle was adtted
.\rieiiaol H a m m , who fo r th e
eiglit
were well pleased with tlielr evenings enjoyto the lommlttee to look alte r tlm depart­
y e a r s lias been th e p r o p ri e to r of a llshi-rinen’s
ment Interrstuind instruct theotlier members
njont.
r ct r e n t, a t T he U 'ui nt , on the tr es tl e aL-ross
The Property t)wners’ Assoehition hns J a m a i c a Bay, died on Fri<hiy, Xov(-mDer Jl>, of the ominittc o on the lire dc) artment
raken initiary steps to ilnd a ujoans of Induc- a t th e ag o o f 53 year s, (.'ancer of (he stiuiiach MUe.Htiun.
inis the trolley pomp:in> to extenil its liaoM to was th e fa ta l di.'ieiisM which (iarri.-d hi m oJV.
A T urn pik e Company.
Woclcawuy Beach. T hb W avjj lius ulways he h a v in g been long a sniTerer f ro m it. .Mi-.
advocated the trolley to the Beach, and will H a m m leaves a host of f iie nd s, I'lir he wa?i
Arliehs (,r iiu;or|,onition of Ihe Brooitlyn
aid any mucIi movement which is aimed in well kn o w n al l ov e r thn c o u n tr y . T h e deHuch direction. The trolley cannot coujo to:i cimM'tl wasi f o rm e r ly prtij ir ie tor o f a hofi-1 at and Jamaica Bay 'i'urnpike (.'oin|iiiny were
tiled on i'*riday last wiili the Secretary of
(•anar.sie, a n d eight > eai s a g o m o ’ e-'. to his State. I'hc ciipilal stock Is:? I OO.UUO, tiivid
A r i<;les of incorporation were liled with la te pliure u t 'I'he 1-Jannt, w h er e hit en jo y ed . d into 31 UO shares, and the Dire,.-tors fo
theSo'jretary of State, InatTunaday, by the pros per iais seasor.s. ]<’m ie r a l servi ces wcrti the llr.sl yoar, all resi<lents of Brooklyn an
Volunteer Firemen’s B. and V. Association hold lust S u n d a y a ft e r n o o n , a t ;{ o’clock, in, Jo-ippli .M(;Clean, Andrew A. Halsey, Theo
of Rockaway Beach. The directors are Geo' te r m e n t be ing in li v e r gr e o n C e m e te r y . Dc- (lore Bernard, Charh.'s H. Kelly and th.'orgo
R Hendrickson, Louis Albert. Joseph Alborg ceaaed w as a m e m b e r of Canarslui V a c h t f l u b Ivellar. lidch tak«s ten shares of slock.
Charles Harper, James M. Whouhvright, Geo^ a n d was also c on nec ted w it h se ve r al o th e r The termini of the proposed road ar«» to be
Heminert, Cliarles A. Diujhby, .inim Loes| trlnbi3ig[»i or gan iz at ion s. Ho w an a G. A . It, at Rockaway Beaeli in the t<iwn of Hemp­
Andrew T. Churchill. Fraidf BaUlwin; Kr- m n be-n g a ve te r a n of th e -17111 Heg imo nt, stead and at or near Old Jlill Creek on the
iiest Alejo, Samuel Leclitman and Jusu^jhJ. X. Y. A’’ a n d se rve d throu^jh the w ar . Ho maiulaucl in tho town of Jatimiea, a distance
la v e s a wife a n d fami ly.
iveenan.
of about four milea.
as the c ha r ti r (,f tlic ( in •atcr New S'ork says
all [>ubllc buildi ngs of tl M! di-st riels (;mbracei
ill its lindts, shall becom c t h c pr o pe r ty of Ih.
gr e a te r city.
T he idea ol' ih.ing ihe .schiir<\ bu ild in g f or i
mun ic ipa l bui ldi ng or a polic es ta t io i. ih,2sn-|
seem I'casiblo, as it woi lid c ost <.•nn.sider.abli
?o p u t it in p r ope r co::u,itii )M for citlMU- ol
Th«t Democrats litcrallv owned l-’ar Kockay on \\’.*dnesdfiy evening last, on the
I a‘ion of the celebration of the recent De-cratic victory in (Ireater New Vork. This
ari.-t has been ciilhxl the t.iMiner Democia' distia-t of Ihe Borough of gueens becanso
tla- large vote polle.l here for tho Tuminy.imndidatcs, and on ^Vednesfhiy i.-Vi-ning
e grand toichiight parade n n dir the atisv s o f the Bobt A. Van Wyck Ciu-. was
M ti> ct‘l.,b:ate the grand victory. The
1 dweLiint!s alr.ng the line
uarch were prolusdy decorated and lireks wort' also displayed.
inlluential na-mbeis of the
dominant party, successful candidates in the
15orongh of (jueens aad Ihe tireater Xew
Voik, and the leading iiieiiibyis of the Dlmocratie organi/.iitien of i.,iueonsl'ounty weiO
projient Iinuldition to large dehgations from
Democratic clubs _t hrouglioat the ditforftiit
About eight o'clock last Tuo,^day ovoiiinj.
while the rain was coming down In torrent*,
and a gala blowing, an alni'ni of llro was suni;
in, frcm where nobody aeema t«) know us th»
electrical alarm system failed to work pro[iurly. Sea .Side Bell rang out tho alarm Urst
and the steam-roller aldeil in calling out t|m
llremeji. Uemsen Chemical Knglno Com­
pany was quick to vesptmd and wont up tho
iJoulevard in good thne. Some juinutesafter tljoSea Side bell rang. Tho boll at tho
Atlantlcs’ quarters rang as did tho school
house bed, aad Crabbu’s saw-mill whlstlo
sent forth its haul bliist.s. Tho chlof started
for Se.i Side, the Atlantic and Ucoanus i.'oinpanics U(»ing lilcewi.so. Oti tho way down
the.so companie.s met the Ilomson.s going; m
the oppoilio direction, and then tho confuslou
(Mimmonced. Nobody knew whero they woro
at. i\lL’anw!iilu the Arverno’s huUuutor rantp
up a 2 2 2 , tho second alarm systofn,,and tlio.v,
to, started for Sea Side. They got a.s Tar
as Grove aveauo, wiioro Asslfitant Chlof
Wober turned tliom back. Tho Atlautica
and Ocearu'* (JomprmioH wero also turned
back, and thu V'olunteer4 went up to w a r d
Arverne. The ( auso <»f all this exclto nent
and confusion was the crossing of tho wires
of tho electr.e light and tiio lire alarm system
wires, whicli caused the ihiging of the dillerent lire bolls.
. r
Kvoryone thought Chief Dashby had called
out the ilopartment for a drill, but auch wa»
not tho case, as the chief lius too. luuuU ro>
spopt atid eimsideratlon for his follow flranen. The G.unewoll Company ,^va8' iigtillcd
.)f tiie cotidition of tho systetn, and innpedLately sent tiieir mou down, Whoaoon hud tho
sy.<»tcm in (Irst-class working order.
lOach divisu)n of thu parade
in charge
of a mar.shail.
Tijo line formed at the he«d(piartt*rs. Halpin's hotel, at S.ltO p.m. and marched through
those. Besides, w»* diin’t ililnk thepolitlcian., the principal sircels, past the reviewing
who are sent to Bocl.-away B«*ach from tiie stand, in front of the K't-nmore Hotel, and
grea er city would be contented with a se­ IImmioo to the several refreshment booths,
cond-hand i)nihliiig.
When the city of which were locatiid at Htirley’s Hall, Hatr.
Brooldyn fot>k in C()iiey Island and Flatliush, ner’.s Hotel, Ihe hvingHoiiseand U'ellatfad’s
a vear or two ago. it supplied them with line, Hotel.
sub.stantial brick buildings, coniaining a'l
Among the prominent featu*es of tho
modern improvements for their lioUce anil lairado were a large Tammany ti<rer. inourttfire departments. If such was theca.so, tliere ed and guarded by four Indians, tho elabor­
ib no possible doubt init that our district ate J'ionoeis from Xow York City, headed by
Rockaway’s Lightins: P la n t.
would receive bki> recognititm from tireatcr their own (Ifo and drum «orps; wagons be­
New Vork.
decked with brofiiiis, Indicative of a clean
A small transaction In bloctric lighlijag
As the matter now stands, we will have to sweep, and banners and transparaneies bear­
stock at ]'’ar Bockav.’ay may h.avo a more;linpay sclu.ol taxes, and when Ihe now city it ing various inscriptions.
foriiKiil on January 1st next, our l.'entral | Thf! ci'lebratioa was one of tl»e largest and porlant bi-ering upon tli^ futuro plans of; thp
school will lie oms no longer, and may aUunl most entluLsiastie over hehl in Far Kockaway Edison Kloctric Couipany of /irooklyn than
aopours upon the surface./ Thu Citizens’
for years unoccupied and an cj csore.
trie Dighting Comjmny of F a r HocluiWfty.
Volunteer Firem ens B. & P. was e.ntablulied a few yearf ago with m
Sale of th e School P roperly.
tal of $25,000. ThU c o m p l y nippUM.
Association.
The Board of l-Mucation of l;alin I'roo
light not only to Fa r Rockaway, bmt a l c ^
School District No.2:5, will oiler for sale to the The recently «)rganized \'olunteor ,l‘'irempn's tl u boiich and to the villages around it. T&o
highest bidder, at piiltlie ain.-lion, the siteand Benevolent and Brotective As-sociation aiet iii prhiciple owners of the stock’ were Kdward
buildingof the Uincoln Avenue ami of the the rooms of .Vtlantic Kngliio Conjpany on Kocho, J . ij. Kelly and F. L. UluUmond.i
\Vashini;ton Avenue scliools. on W'ediiostlay, Wednesday evening. Breshh'nt Thomas A’ who, \yi.th tho.iniuor holders sold their inter>
Xovember LM. at o'clock in the aftern<Mn. \Vclivood occupied the chair.
osts to Clinton L. Ros.sltor, president oC tho
Tiu-sale will be held at the ( 'onLral Scho.d
Tlie minutes of tluj previous moeling wero Brooklyn-Jleigh's Hallroad Company; Van
iUiilding, aiei is in aecoidaace with the di­ read and apjiroved.
Wyck^Rns^iler ami Royal C. Peabody, aeororections of a m.'ijority vole of the itil:ab t wits
'I'he Charter Committee reported that it had tary and:„trea8nrer ol the Edison Electric
of tho district, at a special meeti g held received the charter of the.Incorporation of Coinjifany »)f Brooklyn; D. H. Valentine and
Muntlay afterne.on last, as fully described in the Association, and ujion reailiigitthe.samo a-(e\^‘i»thers. Uu a reorganization oC tht»
another column of this i-sue. The onichil was accepte«l.
Far tlvekaway Company, Van Wyck Rossiter
advertisment of the school hoard Is publirsiied
The Committee on By-laws ' reported •wtvsvlucted president and Royal C. Poabody
on the eiu'lith page of this i.<sne of'J'iiic \\ AVK. progre-^s.
vlc'6 president. Other near by electric com­
(-)n the same tlate, a special meetiagwill be
About /Ifty now naine.s were entered ojithe panies on Long Island have been looked over
hehl at the t^ame plai.-ti for the ]>urpose of loll giving the eissocl'ition a membership of
laieiy, but who the principals are has not yet
autliori/ing and directing the purchase rif an
The as.sociatipu also created , the oillt^i^ o r iieen discovered.
luhlition t*. the school site at Arverne, and (iiianclal .secretaiy, Krni*st. Mojp, o f,t ke
The Edison Electric Company of firooklya
also, to authorize aiul tdieel alterations or Arverne Kngino Company beingt<J_ecii«i-to (111 will perhaps be more interested in this truu*>
improvemenls to buildings or slruetui i.s be­ the position.
action than any other concern in a nltot-t'
i
longing to the district.
A projiosition to give a granil baU‘Av;|i^ met time, for in its |>lant a t the foot of tilxty.
A vot(! will also bo taken to raise $ 10,OUO with hnartv approval,.anti afti‘L‘.iliSbusMon It fifth street machinery has been placed tlial
by tax, to make the .saiil alterations or im­ was deciilod lo hold the.samuan.d a ao;mmlttee is calculated to supply electric currents nt»t
provements to liaildings or struct tires,and Ills') of eiuiik.ono momboa from.eac)^company, was only within the sphere of its franQblso, b^t <
to vote a tax of S 10,000 for tli» purchase of appointed to mukoarrangements fov the same also to local companies on Long Island aa far
an adililional site for the Arverne.
as Montauk Point. Mr. Peabody's interest*
'riie meeting will be asked to authorize the
Christmas Is approacfiilig; anii it will soon In both of these companies hns opened the
colli ctoinjof the aforesaid money in one sum be tl m j to toy with tho llttio fchlldren.
ijuestion of the Edison Company's interests
Ol-in'iustallmenls of .such .sums at such tl.nc
In tho reccnt purchase in the dirocUon 6f
Law bu.siness does yory-.w^elJ, but to marry
as m i y bo determined.
shutting otr comi>etition by gettins
frau:^''
'I'ho importonee of this meeting shoulil a mllllonalro’s dauBljtel'Hud'go Into the soj»- chises In fr endIjfEpuds.
^
.'.i i ' ' '
in-hiw
Ijiislno.ss,is
b»{ttc^-.;-.
indiico all tax-pnyers and citizens to be pres­
Atlas inuit inive known a good deal about
Now is tho*\ime to Hubsurlbe for Tj
ent, as the purposes of tho meeting is of vital
impnrtivnce of not only tho present, but of ■•tho weigh of the world,” for he la tho only W jlv£. $i|UO per anuuni.
mau who evei' held it up.
tho futuvo.