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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. -NEW YOIK. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10. AND 4 A ii fl Mr SOROSIS' BUSY SEASON.

BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE OF GREENPORT. A LIVE EAST END Til IS GREENPORT OF TO-DAY IK RUSSELL SAGE'S GIFT ft 'mHI w' tW "i itia zSZ BmSM if im fej IfVM. Mfijmi I VI I Ii ffeJrVj fUUM- WC HAMj-H ill' 'V'A I if Pl 'f I JWIK LAW I i i''1 JOHHSTON MEMORIAL MA50MC TfMPlf PATCH0GUE PROSPERITY. ox-senator. is In contrast to the work of the dormant county committee.

As far as known tho Democratic county committee failed to see that tho several districts were provided with the usual, election day sinews of war. In three, districts of Brookhavcn Towt. vith a total of IS2 votes, there wa3 not a single scratched ballot. It Is Heflected in the Large Amount of Building Under Way and, Contemplated. (Special to the Eagle.) L.

November 16 Prosperity is in the air here, Judging front the number of new buildings being erected around tho village. Editor James A. Canfleld of the Advance has arranged to erect a two. story brick and stone, build ing on the Burd properly, on North i Ocean avenue, whore he will Install hir. publishing and printing plant next spring.

The building will have a frontage of 30 feet on North Ocean avenue nnd will be 70 feet deep. SmiLh N. Cowles THE Surf Boat Building Plant dustries. There are three other large shipbuilding concerns hero tho Alhertson Con-straction Company, Tuthill Thorn, and Fred Bcebe's boat shop. Yachts are stored and built in each.

In Beebe's the famous Becbe-lIcClollan self-bailing and self-righting lifo boats are made under governmunt supervision. This yard has been busy many years past on this work alone, and tho life boats, are known all over tho Atlantic nnd Pacific Many people owe their lives to these Greenport made life boats. The government recently sent a new order that will keep the yard busy for many mouths. Isaac Sweezy and C. A.

Corwin operate a big molding mill: John S. Gaffvs manufactures gas engines: Tuthill i own Patented hoisters; S. P. Hedges manufactures sc-rao presses, usc-d in most of the Menhaden factories; E. C.

Jennings manufacture dental powdera and pastes; the Hygeia Ice Company manufacturers twenty-five tons of ice a day. and there are two mineral water establishments here. Municipal Ownership Succeeds Here. Greenport is a municipality of which the residents are proud, and tho benefits acrruing from municipally owned electric light and water plants are an interesting object lesson to other visitors, for they show What can ho accomplished where government is honestlv conducted. This Is the only village in the county mat: operates its own plants nnd therefore the village is distinctive in tills respect.

Tho village is the second oldest in corporated village in tho county. It was cuartered by a special act in 1S58. Then it was restricted in finances to but $500 a year for all purposes. In 1 the village voted to buy the electric light and water plants in the village, then owned by private capital. The water plant cost the village $22,000.

It had been capitalized by city capitalists at $50,000 somo years before, had not paid well, and when, the village decided to huy. tho rompnny was willing to sell at a bar gain price. The pWrit as conducted by the village has paid from tho start. Mains have been extended in all directions, the service has been bettered In many ways, and all Improvements have been mado out of the earnings. The electric plant, was a rather dilapidated, "down-at-the-heel" concern, capitalized at $12,000.

The village bought it for $3,000. Extensive betterments have been mado, at considerable expense, but they have paid in a large degree. There are now 6,300 lights on the dynamos and twenty places are clamoring to be connected with tho service, but present facilities won't permit, so again extensive Improvements are about to be made. This shows the popularity of the service under municipal control. Both plants paid from the very first year paid In spite of the fact that a better water service was maintained at a moderate lost, and a better all night light service was maintained at a less cost than before in fact less than any other county village.

A good bit of this municipal prosperity is admitted to bo due to Village Clerk George H. Corwin, a man who thoroughly understands nil the ins and ohts of capable management of village affairs, big or little he's a business man from tho ground up. and works hard for tho good of his village. His co-workers each of whom also take great prido in performing their official duties well, are L. F.

Terry, president; W. W. Griffin and H. L. Fordbam, trustees.

Fire Department, Churches, Schools and Banks. The village has a large and efficient fire department, with S. B. Taylor as chief engineer. There are nino churches Presbyterian.

Catholic, Episcopal, African, Lutheran and Jewish. For educational purposes tho village boasts fine schools a primary, grade, kindergarten and high school all under tho direction of Principal S. S. Travis and twenty-two assistants, teaching 800 pupils. There are two banks the People's National has a capital of surplus of loans and discounts of $162,966.41.

and $184,549.03 due depositors. The First National has a capital of surplus of loans of $261,844.74. and $333,306.75 due depositors. John A. Bassarear is collector of customs, the port being one of the oldest of the stall.

This place, too. Is the homo office of the Reeve Bartlett real estnts and title searching concern, the biggest thing of tho kind on Long Island, maintaining a half dozen branches and employing over fifty people. There arc two newspapers. The Watchman, now conducted by that veteran journalist. Henry A.

Reeves, was established eighty-two years ago In Sag Harbor bv Samuel Phillips, an Englishman who moved the plani to Greenport in 1844. Phillips was later a sheriff of the countv and officiated at the hanging of Nick Brhan. who murdered Mr. and Mrs. WIckham at Cutchogue.

Mr. Reeves assumed charge of the piper in The Suffolk Times is in its fifty-fourth year. It was established bv John .1. Ridcll; then was edited by William R. Duvall, father of cx-Coumy Clerk Duvall; then Unci G.

Davis, now editor of the Glen Cove Echo, had charge; then L. F. Ferry, and now the plant is owned by Kahlcr Nostrand. An Ancient Hostelry Is Ye Clark House. In point of age, the several good hotels here, largely patronized by summer people.

"Yo Clark House" heads tho list. It was established in 1831 by Captain John Clark as an inn. The place Is quaint, yet popular. It is now managed by Captain Clark's daughters. Miss Bessie Clark and Mrs.

George E. Post. Two play houses, the Auditorium anJ Opera House, the Sterling Athletic Club, with a large membership, tin lncorporntcd baseball club, a good band. several lodges, and the like, provide sociability unrl rpc rentinn. The list nf lnrfecs In- olndps IVconic Lodge.

F. and A. which owns a beauliml temple, the Odd Fellows. American Eastern Star. Rebcknha.

Knights of Columbus. Knights of Pythias. G. A. Arcanum and Daughters of America.

Town Has Only Hospital in Suffolk County. Another of Greenport's distinctive features is the Eastern Ixtng Island Hospi tal, the only hospital in Suffolk County. This WM. MMftift UKMk It yiT-l'-S-'r-Ptflf'' Maseotle, F. C.

Havens; Venture II, Artemus Ward. Jr. Other in- Patchogue Club Women Plan for an Active Winter. (Special to the Eagle.) Patchogue, L. November 16 Patchogue Sorosis Is planning for an excellent series cf literary features for the present season, which with the various social functions, promise to make It a winter full of Interest for the club members.

Tiie season was practically opened a few weekB ago with a Japanese tea, at which the vice president. Miss Susie Sharp, and Austin Roe, were the hostesses. The women were gowned in Japanese stylo, while dainty refreshments, put up and served in Japanese form, were dispensed. Wednesday evening of last week, Dr. Frank Overton the village health officer, gave a practical talk on the work of the Department of Health in examking the eyes and cars of the school children in accordance with the recent order of the State Educational Department.

The subject was well handled by tho speaker, and the mothers present gained consid erable Information concerning their chll- I dren's health. Throughout the winter, at certain Intervals, the members will take part In a eerlts of "Little Journeys." under which head there will be Informal presentations by tho speakers of tho trips they have taken un their annual vacations. The club Is in a nourishing condition and after a steady ten years' growth bids fair to always be a permanent fixture of the town. BIG CROPS DESPITE DROUGHT. Even Bahics Are Bigger and More Numerous in Suffolk County Than Usual This Year.

(Special to the Eagle.) Rlverhead, L. Nqvember 16 Considering to lone drought that prevailed throughout Long Island during the growing season of crops, fruits and other things. It Is interesting to note that some "big tilings" wore produced, nevertheless. In South Jamesport. Joseph Lynch raised a pumpkin that weighed 11-pounds.

This was one of a half dozen on the same, vine. The otbors wero all exceedingly large, but this -was the largest. It was of And quality, and is about to be. mado up into pies by an East End bakery. L.

W. Fordham, at Southampton, has an apple tree that has produced mammoth apples during the past season. One of thorn measured 17 Inches In circumference. It weighed 16 ounces and was )f tho pippin variety. In Baiting Hollow.

Allan M. Warnor has some Immense cauliflowers. He Is shipping heads that weigh six aud seven pounds apiece. Charles J. McCarthy of Laurel has a pleco of Brussels sprouts that is a source of great pride to himself and the wonder and admiration of his brother farmers.

Last week he picked 383 quarts from 280 plants nine sprouts filled one quart aud forty-seven sprouts filled three quarts. These are the biggest sprouts ever heard of In Suffolk County. The cooking quality is Big are too numerous to mention. The aullflowt crop aB a whole is a wonder Long Island Is beating itself. One man, Samuel Tuthill.

Of. the Sound avenue district, Rlverhead. received net $304 for five days shipments from eight acres. Another farmer in tho same locality, II. H.

Hallock, has carried to a pickle houso forty tons of cauliflower meat and received $40 a for it. Me, too, has eight aore3. He Is still cutting from his field. Two or three South Side farmers have ulready shipped between 12.000 and 15.0'JO bushel3 of potatoes apiece, selling them at an average of 75 cents a bubhol. Besides such crops there are others.

A set of triplets war, bom to Mr. and Mrs. Dunham in Amagansett not long. ago. There have been three or four ten pouud babies burn in eastern Suffolk wlthiti three months past.

Somo fast horses have been born on stock farms and a Rivcrhead cow has given birth to twin calves. A dry season on eastern Long Island will hereafter have no terrors for the inhabitantseither on the farm, the orchard, the stockyard or in the household. LONG ISLAND RAILROADS. Statement of Their Earnings and Expenses for the September Quarter. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, November 16 Long Island railroad companies have filed reports with the Public Service Commission for the quarter ended September 3u, as follows; GLEN covu.

Gruf earnlni; (leerntlnK expenses Net etiniiiiKS J.eTI Fixed clim-Kcs 1 Net Income I.fi-'d The fcenrivil balance Rheet slfws aewiR $1111, IncludlliK fur oft er I i and equipment and cash un hand. 1 ho capital stock is SIU.OOO. UAUVLON. firosfl earntnKH 0xn-atlnK expenses IH-ttclency Fixed charges ix-flclency 4M The general bnlalu: sheet shncs assets of Including fur cost of ond eciutpmonl. 1 iirjtlt and loss, aeneincy itk IIj.177; capital hiock, debt, Itt.MK).

NASSAU COUNTV and funded tvwi. dross Pflrninns expenses Xel enr.dnsts Fixed chirfies t-'t Net IneoiKe Tlie fc' ti' italnm-e 5ii 'V npiets ineludin' for nnd nnd ''a-h on Tti" sloi-k is tM and pndll and toss, surplus, uiti m-oiti nor, j.s: Urnss earnings I'penittw? expenses Net eanilnps t't 771 i Fixed charges J'' Net incom i The general hlnn- sheet shows assets of inehHjhijr S14.37S for cost of nml equipment atel profit nnd loss, deficiency. I Tho capital ato'k Is HI'S'TINOTON. KK'7 Cross enrninK" expenses 4 7'3 Net earnings r.l;r' l.f'Vl Fixed charges 7 ,49. Net ineoine 1.4.

The genera! assets IneludliiK for cost of -ad nnd equipment. irt.M", for rash on hand and protll and toss, doflrhon-y. Th capital Bt.K-k Is and funded d'-bt S.O ooO. UOKAN EI.KCTItIC 11 ii. flross earninRS $51.

$4i l.r, Opet-atlnR exl-enses Net eaininns If.f'tl Fixed ehirRt-s 70 Net in' onii! il The tfencral halaiee slims assets of InelU'lInf for cost of road anil equipment. Tho capital stoek is funded rleht. iJO.WO, und ppiflt find surplus1. WILL BOOM LONG ISLAND CITY. The newly organized Business Men's Association of Long Island City has decided to-lca3e offices at C8 Jackson avenue that.

city. The headquarters will be fitted up In a becoming manner and will be in charge of Counselor Frederick C. DeWttl, who has been appointed secretary of the association. The organization intends conduct a lively campaign in the iniciest of Long Island City In the matter of pub. lie Improvements.

One object will be lo induce the city officials to recognize the value of Long Island City's manufacturing interests aud aid them by bujiding public docks. Was Once Sterling, and Retains Many of Its Old Cliar- acteristics. A WHALING PORT LONG AGO. Now a Shipbuilding Town, Famed for Its Big Oyster Trade as Well. and (Special to the Eagle.) Greenport, L.

November 16 Fortunate and wise, Indeed, were the foun-' tiers ot Greenport in the sclnetion and location yttieir home Bite. Fortunate and wise, too, have been their descendants in continuing and maintaining the maritime, commercial and residential Interests ot the port, so solidly established hy their forefathers when "Sterling," tho original aine of tho place so many years ago, was first laid out and inhabited. The Greenport of to-day is both ancient and modern a combination at once alluring and satisfying to some because of Its qualntness and to others because of Its up-to-dateness In all respects. Today it Is like, and yet unlike, tho Sterling of that far-back period, both in people, buildings aud pursuits. It was an important village then and Is more 'mportant now.

and promises to grow in Importance in the future. In maritime pursuits Greenport has always been a place of considerable importance. These Interests have been in creasing largely of late years, making the jiort now enn of the most important of any on Long and, In this par- ctleular. Quite distinctive a3 well. Tho harbor is without exception one of the finest of its size on the Atlantic coast, and its size Is quite extensive.

Town Eastern Terminal of L. I. B. Main Line. Greenport lies at the extreme eastern end of the main line of the Long Island Railroad, ninety-five miles from Long Island City in fact, the depot is right at the water's edge.

There are villages a little farther east (East Marion aud Orient), but they are not reached by railroad. As in nearly every other village on Long Island, Greenport has distinctive features, commercial, social, religious and moral. Her maritime interests were the -cause of her being, so naturally these mot only were, but are. of great importance and of first consideration by many who seek it as a permanent or temporary abiding place. Linked with the maritime Interests are such others of modern inception that make it village of unusual importance in other directions.

A Town of Diversified Interests. It is a manufacturing town, a shipbuilding center, a summer resort, and a towD ot fishing Interests of great importance, and a village of cozy homes as well. Naturally, all of theso Interests combine to make it a large town. Once a Whaling Port of Prominence. Now the Oyster Is King.

Greenport first came into public notice in the days of the whale fishery that is, vhtn that strenuous pursuit was in Its Ijrime. Then many gallant ships sailed from this port, and the business brought many dollars to the place. Later, following the decline or the whale fishery, the menhaden fishing business boomed the town and left mora dollars, probably, than the whales, for twenty or thirty big steamers docked and fitted out here, and numerous fish factories were near by. Now, oysters own the town. They represent money, and "money therefore these oysters talk, instead being proverbially dumb.

Thousands ot acres almost limitless as to value aro planted near. The oyster Bteamers fit out here, and many of the thirty companies that are rapidly making fortunes for their stockholders, are composed of local men. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are invested in the oyster Industry, and It is said that the business is worth millions-end, too, the stock grown In this vicinity nnd shipped in carload or boatload lots from Greenport is of tho finest quality, held In high favor by connoisseurs everywhere. Shipbuilding an Important Industry. The harbor is large, deep and safe, making an alluring anchorage for the finest and largest steam and sail yachts ot the world, particularly when such other attractions as the big Manhanset and Prospect Hotels are noted.

There is lfrirrtiy one of tho well known yachts nf the world that has not visited tho port. W.h its natural environment and tho fact of the visits of great yachts, what should be more natural than that tho place should be a shipbuilding center of much importance? The Greenport Basin and Construction Company is located here, on tho site of the old whale fishery try works. It Is the largest plant of the kind in this part of the country. Officered by capable and energetic men, and manned by 130 skilled mechanics, the big plant is constantly busy making and repairing everything in the line of boats. In fact, this plant is now one of the main stays of the village.

A few years ago two Immense, "sand suckers" for work in the Souih wore Built here for the government. Ju3t now two big oyster steamers are Hearing completion, and a big three-masted schooner is being designed. The numerous big railways in tho yards arc capable of hauling out almost anything that floats. The yards cover several acres, and tnere are all kinds of buildings fitted with newest machinery. The basin itself harbors for the winter many beautiful yachts, while a Lot of smaller craft are stored in the yard.

The old cup-racer Vigilant Is hauled cut here for the winter. During the winter the company will build ten 211-foot boats of one design for the Shinnecock Bay. Yacht Club. They will be as similar as so many peas, and will afford great sport iu Shinnecock racing uext season. Famous Yachts Laid Up at Greenport.

Some of the yachts restng here for the winter include the following steamers: Aztec, A. C. burrage; Crstonai, Walton Ferguson; Evelyn, J. It. Hageman; Ava, tValton Ferguson.

These are the schooners: Wilson Marshall; Klmlna II, and Elinina 1 F. K. Brewster; Invader. Hoy A. Rainoy; Amoreta, F.

M. Hoyt; Katrinu, James B. Ford; Nosse-niau, H. U. Squires; Atlantic, C.

R. tor. Sloops and yawls: Isolde and Vigilant, W. E. Iselln; Muriel, Charles Smith-ers; Umbrina, J.

E. Whalen; Istar, li. II. Wells; Elnora. George Darr; Lodona.

Mr. Carman; Weetoamoe, C. L. Poor; Tara, G. W.

Scott; Maloa, Benjamin J. Atha: Sunbeam. A. R. Kcllar; lshkooda.

Mr. Iselin; Kalmia. H. T. Hollisetr; Consternation, J.

N. Stearns. Launches: Thistle. J. L.

Thompson: Katrina II. G. A. $oardmn; Impulse. Rev.

J. A. Aspinwall; Camilla. J. R.

Hageman; Chequit, Henry Bellknap: Beldame II. J. C. Eustace; Petrel, Thomas W. Dawson: Dolphin.

William Schickel estate; Whim, Benjamin Atha; Agnes, T. C. Treadwell; Wyan- dance, James B. Baker; Savanilla. J.

W. Weber; Comrade, Artemus Ward; La I It Has Just Been Opened at Lawrence 200 Pupils 7 Registered. BUILDING FINELY EQUIPPED. Girls and Boys Taught Many School Formed hy Mrs. Daniel Lord a Year Ago.

For the purpose of training the young In various mechanical lines of trade, th Margaret Sago Industrial School has beeo erected at Lawrence, L. from funds supplied by the widow of the financier, Russell Sage, whose home is only one mile distant from tho school building. The school was organized about one year agi by Mrs. Daniel Lord, who Interested several others of the aristocratic summer colonists of Lawrence and Cedar-hurst In the work, with the result that a portion of a small frame building lti Inwood was fitted up as a workshop and instructors provided to teach the boys and girls of tho community various trades, such as carpentering, plumbing, mechanical drawing and other things for the boys, and Bowing, cooking and house- work for the girls. Tbo enrollment of the school increased so rapidly that It soon became evident that new and larger quarters had to he secured.

Not only had tho school growp. but tho results wero better than the most sangulno had anticipated, and when' thu work and objects of the school were laid before Mrs. Sago, she at once promised her support and provided tbe funds for the erection of tho handsome new building which has been opened, and is now being fully equipped with all the necessary appliances of a first-class trad tehool. The Margaret Sage Industrial School has been Incorporated with th fullowlng directors: President. Mrs.

Daniel Lord; vice president, Mrs. Charles E. Sherman: treasurer, Edward Rogers: secrotnry, Miss Mary Otis St- vens, and Louis de Forest Downer. Tbo new school building Is locates ha corner of Mott and Redwood avenues, and has a frontage of lfiO feet and width of 30 and is two stories high, built of brick and stucco, with tiled loof. The building Is divided In the nter by the general office on the first floor, and the gymnasium ou the second, the boys' classrooms being on one slda nnd the gli-l3' on the other.

On th Ilrst floor, as ono enters tho building, 14 tho general office, where tbo desks, books, ot the Institution are located, an4 in tho rear of this office is the rcadio( room, fitted up v.iih tables and book- racks in the mission styld. Passing on in j' the boss' soction, one comes to the ex- hlbltion room, where tho work dona by the pupils is arranged on tables, miniature furniture, ahclres. cabinets and other things being shown. Following the curridor. 0116 comes to the carpenter shop, at the northern end of the building, i-This shop is about 30x10 feet, and all around tho room are work benches, while cabinets filled with tools are hung against tho wall.

In the ceutcr of the shop are scroll saws and other woodworking machinery, tun by foot power. O.i tile llo-. abuve tbe carpenter, shop are found several wcll-Lghtttd class rooms where the boys will taught. mechanical drawing, penmanship and reading, and there also is the gymnasium. This is In the center of the bulld- and divides tho boys half from that of the girls.

The gymnasium is about 30x 40 feet in dimensions, has a ceiling about 20 feot. high. Apparatus is now being installed and Icisuiis in physical culture will be given. Passing ihroujiii ilie gymnasium th visiior caters the girls' huif of the building, litre Is larcc Kitchen fitted with every cujivenicnce lor goning Up a dinner. There is a large range at one end, w-iillc flovu the center of the room are long tables on which small cooking stoves will be Installed.

On thu sides uC the kitchen are big closets nnd cupboards, in which are the cooking utensils aud dishes. Tito kitchen Is 18x24 foet iu dimensions. Immediately adjoining the kltchon is largo dining room where tho girl3 will serve the tr.eals they have prepared, thus becoming acquainted with thu ways of serving as well ns preparing a meal. Tiiere ii also a large laundry, where tho young women will be taught to was.) their aoilc.l table linen and 10 Iran. There are aUo several smaller rooms which will be used for various classes in the future, nml then the visiior arrives ho superintendent's office, located the extreme southerly end of the building.

Downstairs Is tho sewing room, whor-; ihe girls arc taioht to make all sorts of things, from a towel to a shirtwaist or dress. Classrooms for reading and writing are also fjund on the first floor, as well as an exhibition room for work by the girls of the school. It Is the plan of the school directors to Ik up Ihe basement of the se'nool for tr.asonry and plumbing classes. At present the h'aling apparatus and fuel room is located iu ihe br.sement. while ths jaqii.ir'R quarters are on the se Mud floor of the building on the boys' side.

The enrollment bhows about liiO boys and girls. Two sessions are held dally, the first being from 3-30 o'clock in the afternoon, and the evening session beginning at and lasting until 'J o'clock. Miss Constance Forest is superintenih-tit of tile g'ris'de-turimcnt. and ha as her asnisiaut. Luthcnia Daniels.

Peier Frost Is head of the boys' department. The plans for the building were drawn by G. H'irn-y. architect of Manhattan, and John Smith was the builder. Tne nuilding Is surrounded by a large tract if land, which is being out Into beautiful lawns and flower beds, and the chool.

with all its equipment, will cost vbout JSO.00O. ON LOOKOUT FOr. VIOLATOKS. Game Warden Busy Watching for Persons Who Disregard Law. iSpceial to the Eagle.) L.

November I5 The Stale Fish and Ouno Commission inst meted lu in various parts of the sta'c to watch carefully for offenders against tbo state laws In tho, killing of game during the hunting season. Otic feature or the law. which tho hunters from outside the- state do not generally know, is that they must pay a fee of 510 for the privilege of shootipg in this state. Duck hunters who come to this section from New Jersey aud other states are compelled to pay the license fee. Violations of this section of the law aro punished by a fine ot State Game Protector John Ferguson of ratchogue Is dally covering the hunting fields on the lookout for possible Tlo-latori ot the law.

6 ei nment, has presented the local lodge of bock one story building, 2ux40, adjoining! i Cdd Follows with three gavels, made Mr. Canfie plot, and expects to have; from wood of that section. Mr. Llpsitt It ready for occupancy In a short time. A.

R. Applegitrth is building a mo.iern a member of tho Southampton lodge, two story cottage, 30x30, corner of Jayne ai" Quite often writes his interesting ex-and Lakewood avenues, while Nelson Mc-: Perlences to tho lodge, which are read Bride is having put up a large residence's' the different sessions. On each of the tho nnrmalt nnrner on North Ocean g.ivels is description, which read a courtesy of the Misses Wood, who gave the uso of the old Sully mansion, once tho homo -of the famous cotton king, and the nergy of the inhabitants, particularly the, women, in raising money to equip the building with modern hospital appliances. Some people of wealth did good work for the enterprise In equipping certain wards, operating rooms, and the like, and people all over the east end of the- Island, through an energetic spirit fostered by the Greenport people contributed money and other necessities for the good cause. The hospital has been open some months and has already cared for a considerable number of pa tlents.

Henry A. Reeves Is president of Its otlicial board. Across the harbor lies beautiful Shelter Island that Is, tho principal or business end of it. On this end are located the big Manhansot and Prospect hotels, which accommodate several hundred summer guests each season. In addition around Prospect are hundreds of beautiful sum mer homes.

Such an influx of people Shelter Island in. the summer means much for Grcenport's well-being, for Greon-jort is the principal shopping center for those people. Hundreds of beautiful yachts are attracted to the harbor because of Shelter Island's summer population, and these yachts must be supplied by the grocers, Iho butchers, the gasoline merchants, the coal dealers, the shipyards and the like, land finally they find Greenport a good placo to tie up to In the because of the advantages to bo gained through the ample shipyard accommodations. The big steamers of the New York and New London routes make Greenport their regular stopping place. As a summer resort itself Greenport is not behind hundreds of other villages of the island.

Hrr great advantages attract many to the village directly to spend the summer days. Because of its big commercial business enterprises Greenport maintains In pretty good prosperity over 100 bus'lness Upuses. The valuation pf the village real and personal estate, for taxation purposes Is about Residentially there is the quaint ond the modern In houses and business buildings, as well as In streets and sidewalks Many of the houses standing nre of the real old-fashioned, quaint construction of a period long since gone. Some of the streets and sidewalks are narrow, also depicting that long ago period. But most of the streets are kept in, good condition and the majority of the sidewalks are even better there are probably more granitoid walks in Greenport than in any other Suffolk County village, and at nearly every charter election the inhabitants vote to lay additional blocks of cement walks.

However, the qualntness of buildings or streets detracts nothing -from this town, rather it enhances its value as a resort town, nnd it is not even displeasing to the eye of those who make It their permanent- abiding place. In fact, lake all and all. Gr cnpnrt is a live town to-day, a good town for residence or business, anl. above all, it has a bright future, look, at It from any direction one wishes. REWARD'S LEGALITY DOUBTED Southampton Trustees May Exceed Powers in Offering One for Illegal Liquor Sellers Arrest.

(Special to the Eagle.) Southampton, L. November 16 The right of the Board of Village Trustees to offer a reward for evidence that will con vict persons of violating the liquor tax law is seriously questioned here, and it Is possible, should any claim be made for a reward under the offer, the board will be legally prevented. If possible, from paying v.ut tire money. President Van Brunt. Is an active tem perance advocate, ana it is known that he has taken a leading part, in the ro-cunt wholesale arrests of persons who were selling liquor under cover.

While President Van Brunt's personal activities may lead him to Induce the village board to assist in keeping down the demon rum. It is not believed that the village law will allow trie spending of the village funds for any such purpose. Southampton, at tne last spring elec tion, voted against license, and the county officials have since been after tlip alleged offenders against mat dictum. Tho Grand Jury which met in Rivurhead this week, had over fifty liquor cases to consider, most, of which from the villages of Sag Harbor and Southampton, each et which- ar in the town of SouiU- THREE RARE GAVELS Sent to Southampton Odd Fellows hy a Brother Now in the Panama Canal Zone. (Special to the Eagle.) Southampton, L.

1., November IB Martin Lipsilt, formerly of this place, now-residing in the Panama Canal zone, wbero he Is employed by the United States Gov- fullows On the first is Inscribed, "Made from a piece of violet wood taken from the side of Ancon lnouufuip, on the site of what was the old leper colony. The lepers are now corralled at the PaloSeco. six miles down the coast from La Boca, the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. This was made in thu Ancon wood and machine shop at Ancon." On the second gavel Is Inscribed: "Made from a piece of dogberry taken from a sill under the Santo Tomas hospital at Panama City. This hospital was built over 200 years ago by the monks and remodeled in 1906 and 907 by the Isthmian Canal Commission.

This gavel was made in the Ancon wood and machine shop at Aucou." The third gavel is Inscribed: "Made from a pleco of eocoabolo' taken from a Panama Railroad tie at Matchin. At this place 2.000 Chinamen committed hari karl (suicide) during tho building ot the Panama Railroad in 1358. Cholera having broken out in the camp, the chinks preferred the shorter route 'over the It Is said, and I surely think that the ftory Is true, that every tie in the old Panama Railroad cost a human life. This gavel made in the Ancon wood and machine shop nt Ancon." BLACKSMITHS COMBINE. Eastern Long Island Horseshoers Form a Trust Liveryman Begins Fight to Beat It.

(Special to the Eagle.) Rirvrhead, L. November 16 For two or three weeks past the horseshoers ot eastern Long Island have been considerably exercised over a new schedule of prices, and incidentally they have disturbed the mental equilibrium of a large number of their customers. First, the blacksmiths of Orient. Greenport, Southold. Cutchogue, Jamesport, Aquebogue, Rivcrhead and Wading River formed the EaBtern Long Island Horseshoers Association, and put the.

price up president of the association and William II. Glover of Southold, secretary. A Uiverhead liveryman, who has largo string of horses, did not like the orlce. so he started a shop of his own, hiring a blacksmith and fixing thu price nt the old figure of $1. Saturday the association held another meeting here and voted to release the Rivcrhead smiths from the former $1.50 allowing the local smiths to charge what they pleased, so as to compete with ihc new shop.

The association made tho Rlverhead smltns promise, how- ever, that if a horse came in from the Jamesnort or aistrlct its owner) must be charged the price prevailing iu I tboi-e districts. The schedule fixed by the meeting of Saturday a price of JI.50 for Greenport and Orient, 1.25 for Mattituek and Jamesport snd $1 for Aquebogue anil Rivcrhead until the new shop is "frozen out," and then the Rivcrhead price is likely to ascead once more. avenue. Tho Forest Lakes Realty Company has completed two cottages on its property, one on upper Jayne avenue and another on North Ocean avenue. John M.

Price is erecting a 30x30 two story house on Maple At least a dozen other smaller houses are being erected in different parts of the village. A new electric light plant is to be built sext spring' by G. G. Roe. who will install the plant or the purpose of lighting his big hotel and stoto block on Main street.

With the building of the trolley, the installing of the improved water sysiem and various other forms of building going on, the present winter promises to be lively for Patchogue. APATHETIC DEMOCRATS. Party in Suffolk. Had a Fighting Chance This Year, It Is Said, hut Lacked Leaders. (Special to the Eagle.) Patchogue, L.

I November 16 The Inactivity of tho Suffolk County Democratic committee during the campaign just closed has caused comment amov.g the rank and file or tho par.y. and the fault lor the failure of the committee to hold a single meeting during the campaign is said to lay with tho chairman, Edwin B. Dusrnberry of Huntington. The light voie throughout the county on Election Day and the reduced majority given Assemblyman Lup-ton, who was re-elected, showed 'that if all the Democrats had gone to the polls the Democratic candidate. T.

P. Brennan, would have made a bettor showing and might possibly have been elected. The fact that tho Republican county committee held but one meeting during tho campaign was evidence sufficient to show that there was an apathetic condition of tho party and with a little hustling by the Democrats their assembly candidates might have stood a chance. Chairman Dusenberry may bo called upon for ex-Dlanations when the committee meets for reorganization next January. The difference between the activity of the so called Dusenberry contingent and tho so called Bailey faction of the party was clearly shown In Hrnokhaveu Town.

Manorvlilef which always gives a Democratic majority, on the 5ih gavo a Republic majority of 2. Manorville Is th" bailwlck of Eugene W. Lane, who, it Is said, aspires to succeed Chairman Dusen berry as head of the county committee. Lane heretofore was a strong friend of Bailey, but now, is a follower of Dusen berry. In Patchogue the personal work of Bailey was evidenced by the capture of I the Thirteenth District, the largest and banner Republican district of the county by a majority of nine for Brennan, the Democratic assembly cpndidate, whiie the entire village of Patchogue.

four districts, gave Brennan a total majority of thlriy-six over Lupion. Patchogue has the reputation of being a Republican stronghold, aud. Brennan's showing here, -hica Is due largely to tb work -of the.