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LONG ISLAND TO-DAY
Consisting of Sketches on the Political, Industrial,
Topographical and Geological History of Long
Island and Long Island Towns and Villages,
but More Particularly of General Views
Illustrating Long Island Scenes of To-day
^y FREDERICK RUT HER
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Published by the author at Hicksville, N. Y., through The Essex Press, New York
THE NEW YORK
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On old Long Island's sea-girt shore.
Many an hour I've whil'd away.
In listening to the breakers roar
That wash the beaches night and day.
Transfix'd I've stood while Nature's lyres
In one harmonious concert broke,
And catching its Promethean fires
My inmost soul to rapture woke.
Oh, how delightful 'tis to stroll.
Where murm'ring winds and waters meet.
Marking the billows as they roll.
And break resistless at your feet :
To watch your Iris, as she dips
Her mantle in the sparkling dew.
And chased by Sol, away she trips,
O'er the horizon's quiv'rmg blue.
To hear the startling night-winds sigh.
As dreaming twilight lulls to sleep :
While the pale moon reflects from high.
Her image in the mighty deep.
Majestic scene where Nature dwells.
Profound in everlasting love.
While her unmeasur'd music swells.
The vaulted firmament above.
— John Henry Sharpe.
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PREFACE
UCH literature has been published about Long Island, replete
with details covering every stage of progress through which the
Island has passed from the time the earliest aborigines roamed
over the site, up to the present day.
History is most always interesting ; the history of Long Island
particularly so, for the Island was more or less honorably associated
with the many struggles of the great American Republic, from the earliest
Indian Wars to the late war with Spain. But Long Island has entirely too
much past history to allow more than a mere glimpse of it to appear in this
contribution to its literature. The object of this publication, therefore, is really
more in the nature of a pictorial history of Long Island scenes of general interest
as they appear to-day. I think the work is quite unusual and will be of interest
to the present day Long Islander, as well as to the Long Islander two score years
or more hence. The beauty of Long Island's scenery, the fertility of its soil, the
purity of its air and water is known and appreciated by thousands of people.
This book, I hope, will make its manifold attractions known to thousands and
thousands more.
At this time Long Island has a population of L 708,056 and covers an
area of 873,591 acres, apportioned as follows: Kings County, area, 49,680
acres; population, 1,358,686; Queens County, area, 75,1 I I acres; population
198,240; Nassau County, area. 161,280 acres; population, 69,477; Suffolk
County, area, 587,520 acres; population, 81,653. The population of Nassau
and Suffolk Counties is greatly augmented during the summer months by the
exodus of city people to their country homes. It is likely that the population
of Long Island will rapidly increase after the completion of the Pennsylvania
Railroad tunnels under New York City and the North and East Rivers, which
event, it is thought, will be duly celebrated at the close of the present, or the
early part of next year.
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\4 PREFACE
I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to N. S. Prime's "History of
Long Island"; Richard M. Bayles' "Sketches of Suffolk County"; Ross's
"History of Long Island"; and A. C. Veatch's, etc., "Underground Water
Resources of Long Island" for much of the early historical and the topographi-
cal and geological information found m my book, in regard to which the
works of the above mentioned excellent authorities were freely consulted and
have been liberally quoted.
Taking this means to return my sincere thanks to my many friends on
Long Island and in New York City for their able co-operation, I remain,
Respectfully,
U/\jt_JuLy\^<Xjy vtXA^C^<ju\^
Hicksville, N. Y., October 9th. 1909.
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CONTENTS
PAGES
Albertson 221, 229
Amagansett 120, 158-159
Amityville 79, 98-100
Aquebogue I 88, 202
Arverne 65, 70
Auburndale ^-J
Babylon 79, 101-102
Baiting Hollow 248
Baldwin 78, 89
Bavport 80, 1 1 3
Bayshore 79, 103-106
Bayside 44, 52
Bellmore 78, 95
Bellport 1 1 7, 1 25
Bellerose 1 63, 1 68
Block Island 1 90, 21 8
Blue Point 80, 1 1 4
Brentwood 1 65, 1 82- 1 83
Bridgehampton 1 1 9, 1 50
Broadway 43, 5 1
Brookhaven 1 1 7, 1 26
Brooklyn 23-40
Calverton 187, 196-197
Canoe Place 118, 140-141
Cedarhurst 65, 72
Central Islip I 65, 1 84
Central Park 1 64. 1 76-1 77
Centre Moriches 1 1 7, 1 28-1 29
Centreport 246, 256
Cold Spring Harbor 245, 249-250
College Point 43, 48
Copiague 79
Coram 1 94
Corona 43, 48
Cutchogue 1 89, 206-207
Douglaston 44, 53
Easthampton 120, 155-15 7
East Islip 80
Ea». Marion 1 89, 2 1 5
East Moriches 1 1 7, 1 30
East Norwich 222, 242
East Quogue I 1 8, 1 39
Eastport 118, 130-131
East Setauket 247, 264
East Williston 221, 229
Echo 247
Edgemere 65, 70
Elmhurst 43, 46-47
Fairground 245
Farmingdale 1 64, I 78-1 80
Far Rockaway 65, 71
Fire Island 79. 1 07
Fisher's Island 1 90, 2 1 6-2 1 7
Flanders 1 88, 201
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Floral Park .....' I 63. 1 68
Flower Hills 44
Flushing 43, 49-5 1
Forest Hills 65-66
Freeport 78, 90-93
Garden City 220-221 , 223-226
Gardiner's Island 1 90
Glen Cove 222. 236-237
Glen Head 221
Good Ground 118, 140-141
Great Neck 44, 54-57
Great River 80
Greenlawn 246, 256
Greenvale 221
Greenport 189,210-212
Hammel 65, 69
Hauppauge 165, 183-184
Hempstead 221. 226-228
Hewlett 65, 74
Hicksville 1 63, 1 73-1 74
History of Long Island, A Brief 19-22
Hollis 1 63, 1 66
Huntington 245, 25 1 -256
Islip 79, 108-109
Jamaica 76-77, 81-82
Jamaica Bay 68
Jamesport I 88, 203
Jericho 1 64, 1 75
Kings Park 246, 259
Lake Grove 1 87, 1 93
Lake Ronkonkoma 186-187, 191-193
Laurel 1 88, 204
Laurelton 77, 83
Lawrence 71
Lindenhurst 79, 1 00
Little Neck ' 44, 54
Locust Valley 222, 238-239
Lona Beach 77, 86
Long Island City 42-43, 45
Lynbrook 77, 85
Manhasset 44, 58
Manorville 1 87. ' ^^6
Massapequa 7 "
Mastic 1 1
Mattituck 1 88, 2'
Medford 1 e
Merrick
Middle Island
Mill Neck 22
Miller Place 247
Mineola 1 63, 1 6
Montauk 1 20
Moriches Ill
Mt. Sinai 24:
Murray Hill
Nassau 22
New Suffolk
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PACES
Northport 246, 257-258
Oakdale ". 80,110-111
Orient 189.215
Oyster Bay 222, 239-241
Patchogue 1 16-117. 121-124
Peconic 189,208
Pinelawn 165, 181
Plum Island 1 90, 2 1 6
Plandome 44. 59
Port Jefferson 247, 264-268
Port Washington 44, 59-62
Queens 162-163, 167
Quogue 1 1 8, 1 36-1 38
Remsenburg 1 1 8, 1 32
Riverhead 188, 197-201
Roanoke 1 88, 202
Rockaway Beach 65, 69-70
Richmond Hill 65-68
Rockviiie Centre 77, 85. 87-88
Rocky Point 248
Ronkonkoma 186-187, 191-193
Rosedaie 77, 84
Rosiyn 221,230-231
Roosevelt 78, 93
Sagg 1 54
Sag Harbor 119, 151-153
St. James 246, 261
Sayville 80. 111-112
Sea Cliff 221, 232-235
Setauket 247, 263
Seaford 78, 96
Shelter Island 189, 212-214
Shmnecock Hills 1 19, 1 42
Shoreham 248, 270
Smithtown 246, 260-261
Smithtown Branch 246, 260-261
Southampton 119, 143-147
Southold 189, 209
South Jamesport 203-204
Springfield 77, 83
Stony Brook 247, 262
St. Albans, 77
Speonk 1 1 8, 1 32
Syosset 244-245
Vallev Stream 77, 84
Wading River 248, 271
Wainscott 1 20, 1 54
Wantagh 78. 95-96
Water Mill 119, 148-149
Westburv 163, 171-172
Westhampton 118, 133-135
Westhampton Beach 1 1 8, 1 33-1 35
Whitestone 43, 48
Woodbury 245, 250
Winfield 46
—Woodmere 64-65, 73
Woodside 43
Wyandanch 1 64. 181
Yaphank 1 87, I 95
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N \ 609, Henry Hudson, an Englishman, employed by the Dutch East
India Company, in the vain search for the Northwest passage to India,
discovered the West end of Long Island, at the time he explored New
York Bay and the river which bears his name.
While exploring the neighborhood of New York Bay, a party of
men went ashore from the "Half Moon," the name of the vessel Hud-
son commanded, and landed on that strand now known as Coney Island. Thus it appears.
Coney Island was the spot where the first white man ever set foot upon Long Island.
In 1614 Adrian Block sailed down the Long Island Sound on a voyage to Cape
Cod, and was the first to discover that Long Island was entirely surrounded by water.
He very appropriately termed the Long Island Sound the "Mediterranean of America."
Permanent settlements were commenced on both ends of the Island at about 1625:
on the west end by the Dutch, and on the east end by the English. Thus it will be seen
that Long Island was virtually claimed by three different powers, — the Indians, the Dutch
and the English ; though no very fierce measures were taken to establish the supreme right
of either in opposition to the other. The Dutch and the English admitted the superior
claims of the Indians to the lands, and neither attempted to force them away, but in all
cases purchased their lands of them, at prices which, while they may now seem ridicu-
lously low, at that time seemed to be perfectly satisfactory.
SETTLEMENT OF ENGLISH TOWNS
In the year 1497 the English, through their representative, Sebastian Cabot, claimed
to have discovered North America, from thirty to fifty-eight degrees north latitude. Voy-
ages were made to different parts of the coast by English navigators before the year 1 606.
On the 22nd of April, 1635, the Plymouth Council granted a patent for the whole
of Long Island to William Alexander, Earl of Stirling. This was done in compliance
with the request or order of King Charles I.
The first English individual settlement within the bounds of Suffolk County was
made by Lyon Gardmer on Gardiner's Island in 1 639.
The settlers were mostly Englishmen, who had emigrated, and after remaining a
short time in the colonies of New England, came across to the Island in companies of
eight and fifteen families each, and planted themselves here in independent colonies.
There was no union of these settlements until the conquest of I 664, when the whole of
Long Island fell under the English government of New York.
EARLY DIFFICULTIES
For more than half a century after the first settlement of the Island was made the
public mind was kept in almost constant agitation and discontent. The frequent changes
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of rulers; the constant dread and fear of hostilities from the Indians; the oppressive acts
of the governors, and their utter disregard for the people's rights; all conspired to make
the situation of the early settlers extremely unpleasant and discouraging.
From 1691 until the disruption of the colonial government, in May, 1775, the
throne of Great Britain held undisputed control, through its governors, over the colony
of New York, of which Long Island was a part.
.After the Declaration of Independence had been signed at Philadelphia, on July 4th,
1 776, the first engagement of arms was on Long Island, and is known in history as the
"battle of Long Island, " when General Washington lost 3,000 men in killed, wounded
and prisoners. At the close of the Revolution the Island began to improve more rapidly.
The progress of improvements, though for the most part slow, was steadily maintained and
has so been maintained up to the present time.
THE INDIANS
At the time the Island was first discovered by Europeans it was occupied by thirteen
different tribes of Indians, who inhabited principally the north and south shores. On the
north side, in respective order from west to east, were the Matinecock, the Nissequag,
the Setalcott, and the Corchaug tribes. On the south side, in the same order, were the
Canarsee, the Rockaway, the Merric, the Marsapeague, the Secatogue, the Patchogue.
the Shinnecock, and the Montauk tribes. The Long Island Indians were, with a few
exceptions, friendly to the whites. This was doubtless because the whites were friendly
to them.
RAILROADS
The first railroad to be built on Long Island was the Brooklyn Central & Jamaica
Railroad. This was opened for travel April i 8th, 1 836. The western terminus was
South Ferry, Brooklyn, and the distance from that point to Jamaica I I miles. The
Long Island Railroad Company commenced the extension of this road from Jamaica
eastward in I 836. In August of the following year the road was completed to Hicksville,
26 miles. In 1841 the extension reached a point near Ronkonkoma. In the summer of
1 844 the road was completed to Greenport, its final terminus, and the first train passed
over it on the 25th of July of that year. The length of this road from Brooklyn to Green-
port is 94 miles. A branch from the Long Island Railroad at Hicksville was opened to
Syosset, four miles distant, July 3, 1 854. In 1 868 this line was extended to Northport,
and in 1872 to Port Jefferson, and in 1898 to Wading River. The Montauk or South-
side Division was completed to Patchogue in I 868. At the present time the Long Island
Railroad owns or operates under contract 392 miles of lines. In 1 900 the Pennsylvania
Railroad secured control of this company. The system has been greatly improved under
the new management and the outlook for further improvements is exceedingly bright.
TOPOGRAPHY
Long Island undoubtedly derived its name from the form of territory to which it is
applied. Its present name was early applied by the European settlers. In the year 1693
the name was changed by an Act of the Colonial Legislature, to the "Island of Nassau."
But popular sentiment was opposed to its adoption, and though the act was never repealed,
it was soon permitted to be regarded as obsolete.
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Long Island is about 1 20 miles long, and its greatest breadth is about 20 miles.
The surface of the Island may be set down as an average slope, from the elevated plains
and cliffs which extend along the North Shore, to the ocean and bays that abut the level
shores of the south side. An irregular range of hills extends most of the length of the Island,
a little north of its center, and south of this range the surface is comparatively smooth and
level. Between this range and the rugged elevation along the north shore the surface
is frequently broken into a confusion of hills and valleys; then, again, extensive tracts of
beautiful, level plains intervene between the ridges, which are from two to five miles apart.
In this central ridge we find the highest elevated points on the Island. The average eleva-
tion of the land along the north side, within three or four miles of the Sound, is about 1 00
feet. The hills in the immediate vicinity range much higher. The hills adjoining the
Sound are abruptly broken off, presenting on the north side a bare wall of earth, rising
as perpendicular as it could be made with the loose materials of which it is composed.
GEOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND
The geological history of Long Island is extremely interesting. In the first place.
Long Island is founded on a rock. Although it underlies all Long Island at a greater or
lesser depth, it outcrops only along the East River, at Long Island City and Astoria. In
the second place. Long Island is undoubtedly entirely the result of glacial action. Let us
imagine, a great ice-sheet from 5 ,000 to 1 0,000 feet in thickness, moving out from the
region of the lakes. It seeks a pathway to the sea in a southeasterly direction, overflowing
the highest mountains of New York and New England, for we find their summits abraded
nearly to the top. Before this moving mass of ice all signs of life disappear and a scene
of utter desolation prevails. Yet, out of it is to come a new world of animation. The
glacier moves very slowly, perhaps not more than 100 feet per year, or one mile in 50
years. After a journey occupying some 25,000 years, it reaches the ocean, and a vast
wall of ice stretches across the Atlantic border from New Jersey to the Arctic Sea. A
huge mass of earth and rocky debris, known as the terminal moraine, is piled up in front
of it. The ice melts, the debris, consisting of rocks and earth, scraped off the New England
mountains, is dropped. It forms the backbone of Long Island. Again the ice advances,
going just a little further this second time than before, and the second range of hills is
formed on Long Island, extending from the West Hills, near Huntington, to Montauk
Point and Block Island. Much of this terminal moraine being in a liquid state seeks the
Diagram Showing how far the two Stages of Ice Advance Covered Long Island
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level of the sea. It flows southward and forms the present slightly sloping and very fertile
plains of Long Island. Geologists say that at least 400 centuries have passed since the
last ice age reached Long Island, and it is likely that twice 400 centuries will pass before
Long Island is again so visited.
LONG ISLAND'S PASTIMES.
The present development of Long Island is in part synonymous with the development
of new pastimes without discarding the old. Within a twenty-mile circle around New
York City Hall, the only rabbits, quail and foxes, the only ducks and snipe out of captivity
are found on Long Island.
About forty miles out deer are found in numbers that bring hundreds to the shooting
on the days allowed by law. The trout season opens earlier on the Island than elsewhere
in the State. The duck shooting surpasses anything else on the Atlantic seaboard, owing
to the fact that Long Island is the only land lying across the line of flight, and because its
Northern bays, its Southern salt marshes and open water, close to myriad sweet-water ponds
and feeding grounds, make the Island the only resting place for the birds on their long semi-
annual trips.
"The Automobilists' Paradise" was long ago applied to Long Island and to this day
there is no other worthy claimant to that title. The highways of the Island offer an
infinite variety of hill and vale, land vistas and water views, level stretches and forest-
crowned slopes without equal in America.
No less complete are Long Island's attractions to the lover of golf. Besides the
famous Nassau and Garden City Links, dozens of smaller club links and private estate
courses are found in every corner of the Island.
To the fisherman and the yachtsman little need be said of the bays and backwaters,
with their safe harbors and open outlets to Sound and Ocean, for the Island has held first
rank in these since the mind of man runneth not to the contrary.
BROOKLYN
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Masonic Temple and ^t. iVlalthew's Episcopal C!^hurch, Brooklyn
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BROOKLYN
Brooklyn unquestionably owes its origin of name to Jan Evertson Bout, who, when
he settled on the "maise lands of Merychawick Bay" in 1645, conferred upon them the
name of "Breuckelen," in honor of a picturesque little town in Holland. A number of
other Long Island settlements, which were subsequently incorporated in the enlarged city,
antedated Bout's acquisition, for as early as 1636 Jacques Bentyn and William Adriaense
acquired 900 acres of land from the Indians. However, any appellation they may have
given their purchase soon fell into disuse, and when all the settlements were brought under
one corporate form of government, the city was called Brooklyn.
In 1801 Brooklyn had a total population of less than 2,000, while to-day it exceeds
a million and a half. In 1 898 it was made a part of Greater New York, and called the
Borough of Brooklyn. The borough is about eight miles wide and eleven miles in length,
and includes within its boundaries about 78 square miles of land having an assessed valua-
tion of over $1 ,350,000,000, an increase in ten years of over $730,000,000.
The fact that Brooklyn has 524 churches, with 604.330 members, entitles it to the
famed name of "City of Churches." The value of all the church property is over
$34,000,000. Brooklyn is also the seat of many famous institutions of learning, in par-
ticular the Pratt and Polytechnic Institutes. Brooklyn is also noted as a great financial
center. Its five national, twenty savings, and eleven state banks, and the eleven trust com-
panies have a total capital of $14,000,000, with resources aggregating $375,000,000.
The extension of the New York Subway to Brooklyn, and the early completion of the
Manhattan Bridge over the East River, will link closer this splendid borough with its only
rival, the Borough of Manhattan. Brooklyn is destined to be the scene of great industrial
and commercial enterprises. The magnitude of the coming Brooklyn of this century cannot
be forecasted readily, for it is a city of illimitable possibilities.
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The Brooklyn Academy of Music
Troop C Armory, Brooklyn
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Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn
Commercial High School, Brooklyn
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The MelhodisI Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn
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The Dime Savings Bank, Brooklyn
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The Boathouse. Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Science, Prospect Park
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Shore Road near Crescent Club, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
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Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn
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The Bowery, Coney Island, Brooklyn
Fulton Street from Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, looking West
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Court Street, Brooklyn, from "Eagle" Building
View of Brooklyn Looking North from "Eagle" Building
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The Polytechnic Institute, "Eagle" Building and R. C. Church of Our Lady of Victory, Brooklyn
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Montague Street, the "Wall Street" of Brooklyn
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LONG ISLAND CITY
This is an important western terminus of the Long Island Railroad. The city has
a population of about 70,000 and as a manufacturing center is regarded second only to
Brooklyn. The completion of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels to New \ ork and the
continent, together with the ultimate realization of a direct rail connection with the New
England States, promises to make Long Island City an industrial city of great magnitude.
WOODSIDE
Three miles out; population, 2,500. This is a growing residential commimity.
ELMHURST
Four and eight-tenths miles out; population, 6,000. This is a fine old residential
town, which promises to be brought much to the front after the completion of the tunnels.
The village has the following churches: Methodist, Catholic, and Presb>1erian. There is
a branch of the Bank of Long Island located here.
CORONA
Five and eight-tenths miles out; population, 6,000. Has the following churches:
Baptist, two Evangelical, Methodist, and two Catholic. This is a residential community.
COLLEGE POINT
Nine and three-tenths miles out; population, 8,500; has the following denomination
of churches: Lutheran, Protestant Episcopal, Reformed, and Catholic. The village is
noted for its manufacturing enterprises, mostly hard rubber goods concerns. The College
Point Savings Bank has deposits aggregating $1,106,000.
WHITESTONE
Eleven miles out; population, 5,150; has the following denomination of churches:
Lutheran, Protestant Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, and Catholic. The
First National Bank of Whitestone is the local financial institution with $50,000 capital
and $100,000 in deposits. This village, as well as College Point, is a noted resort for
picnics and political outings.
FLUSHING
Eight miles out; population, 18,000. Has the following churches: Two Baptist,
Congregational, Lutheran, Methodist, A. M. E., Episcopal, Reformed, Friends, and
Catholic. There are several banking institutions, including a branch of the Bank of Long
Island and the Corn Exchange Bank; also the Queens County Savings Bank, with
$2,100,000 deposits. Flushing is by far the prettiest town of its size along the north
shore of Long Island. It is a city in itself, including the best of schools, a hospital, library,
wide and well-shaded streets, etc.
MURR^' HILL, BROADWAY', and AUBURNDALE
These are practically all new suburban developments. It is likely that the population
of these places will increase very rapidly after the tunnels have been completed. They
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are all pretty places, high and healthful, and it is remarkable indeed that they have not
been built up into large towns before this.
BAYSIDE, DOUGLASTON and LITTLE NECK
These are small places from 1 0 to 12 miles out. The scenery here is beautiful and
these places like all Port Washington Branch towns will have a rapid growth after the
tunnels are completed.
GREAT NECK
Fourteen miles out; population, 3,000. Has the following churches: Methodist,
Episcopal, and Catholic. The local financial institution is the Great Neck State Bank,
with $50,000 capital and $250,000 m deposits. This village is located in the midst of
many beautiful estates. Several excellent land developments are also underway. The
rolling hills, the beautiful scenery and healthful location all contribute to making Great
Neck a desnable residential village.
MAN H ASSET
Fifteen and five-tenths miles out; population, 1,132. Has a Reformed, Catholic,
and Episcopal Church. This place is the town-seat of North Hempstead Town. The
village is located in a rolling country and is very beautiful. The trolley soon will connect
this place with Roslyn and Flushing, so that its rapid growth is imminent.
FLOWER HILLS and PLANDOME
These are places of comparatively recent origin and are due to the opening to develop-
ment of a hitherto overlooked beautiful country between Great Neck and Port Washington.
PORT WASHINGTON
Eighteen and two-tenths miles out; population, 3,000. Has the following churches:
Baptist, Methodist, A. M. E., Episcopal, and Catholic. The local financial institution
is the Bank of North Hempstead, with $25,000 capital and $460,000 m deposits.
This village is the eastern terminus of the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail-
road, and is one of the most promising and progressive villages on that branch. The
village overlooks Manhasset Bay and the streets, while for the most part narrow and hilly,
are well kept and lined with several substantial business places. The completion of the
Pennsylvania tunnels will undoubtedly give this village a great impetus and soon place it
near the head of the list as one of the largest villages in Nassau County.
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Terminal L. I. R. R., Long Island Cily
Entrance to Queensboro Bridge, Long Island City
The Lift Bridge over Newtown Creek, Long Island City
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One of the Public Schools at Elmhurst
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The Old Well, Elmhurst
Grounds of a Fine Home at Llmlmr
Upper Broadway, Elmhurst
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CORONA, COLLEGE POINT AND WHITESTONE
Grand Avenue, Corona
Street Scene, College Point
Street Scene, Whitestone
FLUSHING
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Bridge over Flushing Creek
Main Street, Flushing, looking North
Broadway, Flushing, looking East
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FLUSHING
Kissena Park, Flushing
Brook in Kissena Park, Flushing
Fishing in Kissena Lake, Flushing
FLUSHING AND BROADWAY— FLUSHING
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The Old Garretson Homestead, Flushing
Sanford Avenue, Broadway — Flushing
The Turnpike, Broadway — Flushing
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Westmoreland Avenue, Lillle Neck
A Brook in the Woods near Little Neck
Main entrance to "Kensington," Great Neck
GREAT NECK
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"Bonnie Manse," Residence of Mr. C. E. Fmlay, Great Neck
Martins, Great Neck
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GREAT NECK
Residence of Mrs. I i. 1'. Boulli. Gicat Neck
The Lake at Mrs. H. P. Booth's, Great Neck
The Old Benjamin Hicks Residence, Great Neck
GREAT NECK
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Residence of Mr. E. J. Rickert. Great Neck
Main Driveway, "Kensington," Great Neck
Parkhill Avenue, "Great Neck Hills," Great Neck
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North Hempstead Turnpike, Manhasset
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PLANDOME AND PORT WASHINGTON
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The Railroad Station, Plandome
The Bank of North Hempstead. Port Washington
Part of Business Section, Port Washington
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PORT WASHINGTON
Fishing from Bradley's Dock, Porl Washington
Lodge of Isaac Guggenheim Eslate, Porl Washington
Port Washington Bay
PORT WASHINGTON
Road from Manhassel to Port Washington, near Port Washington
The Port Washington Yacht Club, Port Washington
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The Shore Road, Port Washington
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PORT WASHINGTON
Sand's Point Lighthouse, Port Washington
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Mahhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington
Another View of the Business Street, Port Washington
FROM LONG ISLAND CITY TO
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FOREST HILLS.
This is a large development located about a mile north of Richmond Hill. Many
fine houses have already been built, and the development gives promise of becoming a
popular and populous section of Brooklyn.
RICHMOND HILL
Eight miles out; population, 15,000. This place, while once distinctly separated
from same, is now really a continuation of Brooklyn. It is entirely a residential place, there
being no industries whatever. The business part of the town consists of brick buildings,
while the residential part consists of detached dwellings. There are many churches, clubs,
schools, libraries, etc. In every particular is Richmond Hill a desirable and highly popular
place to live the whole year round.
HEWLETT, WOODMERE, CEDARHURST, and FAR ROCKAWAY
These are all high-class residential villages located on the Far Rockaway Branch of
the Long Island Railroad. The population of these places is increasing very rapidly. The
good train service with New York, close proximity to the seashore, the high-class real estate
developments, are all contributing to make these places highly popular and populated.
EDGEMERE, ARVERNE, HAMMEL, and ROCKAWAY BEACH
These are all thickly settled seaside resorts, where the summer population is many
times greater than the normal winter population. The superb beach brings thousands of
people to this resort during the summer season.
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A Home at Forest Hills
De Koven Street, Forest Hills
Driveway in Forest Park, Richmond Hill
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Church Avenue, Richmond Hil
Public Clubhouse, Forest Park, Richmond Hill
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RICHMOND HILL AND JAMAICA BAY
TTie Public Library, Richmond Hill
Fulton Street, Richmond Hill
Tlie Trestle across Jamaica Bay
HAMMEL AND ROCKAWAY BEACH
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Ocean Boulevard, Hammel
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ROCKAWAY BEACH, ARVERNE AND EDGEMERE
Boardwalk, Rockaway Beach
The Beach at Arverne
The Edgemere Club, Edgemere
FAR ROCKAWAY AND LAWRENCE
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Lawrence Park from Railroad Station, Lawrence
Scene near Lawrence Beach, Lawrence
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CEDARHURST
Rockaway Hunt Club, Cedarhurst
Type of Home at Cedarhurst
Fire Department and Bank, Cedarhurst
WOODMERE
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A Scene at Woodmere
Fine Type of Residence at Woodmere
The Railroad Station at Woodmere
The Famous Holly Arms Inn, Hewlett
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JAMAICA
Nine and six-tenths miles out; population, 50,000. Has the following churches:
Two Baptist, a Congregational, Methodist, A. M. E., Presbyterian, Episcopal, Reformed,
and Catholic. There are at least four financial institutions: The Bank of Long Island, with
$500,000 capital and $4,500,000 in deposits; the First National Bank of Jamaica, with
$100,000 capital and $300,000 in deposits; the Queens County Trust Company, with
$500,000 capita! and $ 1 ,600,000 deposits, and the Jamaica Savings Bank, with
$3,700,000 in deposits. The Title Guarantee and Trust Company and the United
States Title Guarantee and Indemnity Company also have offices and banking facilities at
Jamaica. This town has had a remarkable growth in the past few years. Upon the com-
pletion of the Pennsylvania tunnels, it will be made the terminus of the electric trains from
the west, and the steam trains from the east, so that it promises to become a railroad center
of great importance, with practically an unlimited number of trains to New York and the
eastern points of Long Island. The Pennsylvania-Long Island Railroad has prepared plans
for a $2,000,000 terminal to be erected at Jamaica in the near future. As a whole, the
outlook for the rapid development of the town is very bright, and it is likely to have double
its present population within the next ten years. It is hardly necessary to say that the
schools, libraries, churches, etc., are of the very best.
ST. ALBANS. SPRINGFIELD, LAURELTON and ROSEDALE
These places are located on the Montauk Division, from 12 to 14 miles from New
York. They are all comparatively new developments, which promise to become important
residential centers in the course of time.
VALLEY STREAM
Sixteen and five-tenths miles out; population, L200. Has a Baptist, Methodist, and
Catholic Church. This village is an important railroad junction. The village enjoys a
third-rail electric service to and from New York, which will contribute much to its rapid
development.
LYNBROOK
Eighteen and one-tenth miles out; population, 2,750. Has a Methodist and an
Episcopal Church. This is a growing village where some manufacturing is carried on.
LONG BEACH
This is the site of a high-class development, something on the plan of Atlantic City.
A three-mile-long boardwalk and one big hotel has already been built, while several addi-
tional larger hotels are planned for 191 0, by which time the island will be connected with
New York and Brooklyn by electric third rail. The resort will be restricted to cottages
and hotels of the highest class. All who have enjoyed a day at this popular resort are
convinced that the enterprise will prove successful and of great benefit to New York and
Long Island.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Nineteen and four-tenths miles out; population, 4,000. Has the following churches:
Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Episcopal, and Catholic. The Rockville Centre State
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Bank, with $25,000 capital and $1,100,000 deposits, is the principal local financial insti-
tution, and the same is located in one of the finest banking buildings on Long Island. There
is also a National Bank located here. This village, like many other villages nearby, is
entirely a residential community.
BALDWIN
Twenty-one and four-tenths miles out; population, 2,500. Has a Methodist Church.
This is a residential village, lying close to Freeport, of which it really is a part.
FREEPORT
Twenty-two and seven-tenths miles out; population, 6,000. Has the following
churches: Baptist, Methodist, A. M. E., Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Catholic. The
two financial institutions are: The State Bank of Freeport, with $30,000 capital and
$550,000 in deposits, and the First National Bank of Freeport, with $25,000 capital
and $ I 50,000 in deposits. This village has had a tremendous growth the past few years.
This is due to extensive advertising and to the excellent steam and electric railroad service
enjoyed. The village is entirely a commuting town, there being no industries of any kind.
The four schools, having a total value of $130,000, employ 35 teachers, presiding over
1,215 students.
ROOSEVELT
Population, 650. This place is located between Hempstead and Freeport. It has
an Episcopal church. This village is of recent origin and is healthfully located on the
southern border of the famous Hempstead plains.
MERRICK
Twenty-four and five-tenths miles out; population, 550. Has a Protestant Episcopal
Church; also a public library of 1 ,250 volumes. This village is really a suburb of Freeport.
BELLMORE
Twenty-five and eight-tenths miles out; population, 600. Has a Congregational
Church. This is a growing village, with several pretentious buildings. Like many other
South Shore towns, it has many commuters.
WANTAGH
Twenty-six and eight-tenths miles out; population, 750. Has a Congregational
Church and Friends' Meeting House. This is a beautiful farming section. The principal
street of the village is well kept and can boast of many beautiful residences.
SEAFORD
Twenty-eight miles out; population, 850. Has a Methodist Episcopal and a
Protestant Episcopal Church. This is an excellently situated and growing suburban com-
munity. There is considerable coal and lumber received in this town by boat for distri-
bution along the South Shore.
MASSAPEQUA
Twenty-eight and nine-tenths miles out; population, 850. Has a Protestant Episcopal
Church. This village is the site of an extensive real estate development, through which
many handsome homes have been built here in the past few years. The large fresh water
ponds and creeks, with which the place abounds, contribute much toward the beauty and
variety of the scenery.
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AMITYVILLE
Thirty-one and five-tenths miles out; population, 3,500. Has the following churches:
Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopal, and two Methodist Episcopal. There are two
financial institutions: The State Bank of Amity\'ille, with $25,000 capital and $350,000
in deposits, and the First National Bank of Amityville, with $25,000 capital and $75,000
in deposits. The village has an excellent school, with I 6 teachers and about 500 students.
COPIAGUE
Thirty-two and six-tenths miles out; population, 550. This little settlement promises
to be brought more into prominence when the trolley Ime from Amityville to Babylon is
completed.
BABYLON
Thirty-six and eight-tenths miles out; population, 3,500. Has the following churches:
Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, and Roman Catholic.
It has a national bank, with $30,000 capital and $275,000 deposits. The three schools
employ 18 teachers presiding over 500 students. The school library contain 2,000
volumes. A trolley line is soon to connect this place with points west.
LINDENHURST
Thirty-four miles out; population, 1,650. Has a Lutheran and a Roman Catholic
Church; also a National Bank, with $25,000 capital and deposits aggregating $95,000.
This village is extensively engaged in the manufacture of hard rubber specialties.
BAYSHORE
Forty and nine-tenths miles out; population, 4,500. Has the following churches:
Protestant Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Methodist Episcopal, and Congregational. The
South Side State Bank is located here, and has $25,000 capital, with $250,000 in deposits.
This is one of the most progressive villages along the South Side, and next to Patchogue is
probably the largest. It is entirely a residential town, in which respect it is ideal. Some
of the handsomest homes to be found on Long Island are located here. Several high-class
and entirely meritorious land developments promise to give the village prosperous times for
some time to come.
FIRE ISLAND
This is the name given to a stretch of sand beach which separates the Great South
Bay from the ocean. It is about a quarter of a mile wide and 26 miles long. Here will
be established a State park known as Fire Island Park. It comprises about 1 26 acres,
and if the plans of the State Commissioners are carried out will undoubtedly be the finest
sea park in the world. It has a superb ocean beach and splendid shore on Great South
Bay. Its natural advantages cannot be surpassed. The island is reached by boat from
Bay Shore.
ISLIP
Forty-three and three-tenths miles out; population, 2,400. Has the following churches:
Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Protestant Episcopal. This is a residential village
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of the highest order. Some of the natives are considerably interested in the shell fish industry.
The village has a free library of 2,000 volumes.
EAST ISLIP
This settlement is located on the south country road between Islip and Great River.
It has about 1 ,500 population, consisting of farmers and mechanics.
GREAT RIVER
Forty-five and five-tenths miles out; population, 375. Has a Protestant Episcopal
Church. This is the name given to a settlement of millionaires whose estates run into hun-
dreds of acres and the buildings into hundreds of thousands of dollars in value.
OAKDALE
Forty-seven and six-tenths miles out; population, 400. This settlement is located near
the great game preserves of the South Side Sportsmen's Club. Probably as high as 500
deer are in this preserve.
SAYVILLE
Fifty and one-tenth miles out; population, 4,500. Has the following churches:
Congregational, Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal, and Roman Catholic. The State Bank
of Sayville has $50,000 capital and $175,000 in deposits. This village is an important
fish and oyster center. It also is the site of many summer homes.
BAYPORT
Fifty-one and seven-tenths miles out; population, 1,050. Has a Methodist Episcopal
Church. Farming, fishing and summer boarders are the chief sources of revenue.
BLUE POINT
Fifty-two and eight-tenths miles out; population, 560. The natives are mostly all
baymen. The finest oysters in the world are grown near this place, in the Great South Bay.
The name "Blue Point" oysters stands for the very best of shell fish. The village, of course,
is also a very popular summer resort.
JAMAICA
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The Jamaica Normal School, Jamaica
Fulton Street, Jamaica
The Railroad Station, Jamaica
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JAMAICA
Hillside Avenue, Jamaica
King's Manor House, Jamaica
A Residential Street of Jamaica
LAURELTON AND SPRINGFIELD
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Type of Home at Laurelton
Railroad Station at Laurelton
The Brook at Springfield
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ROSEDALE AND VALLEY STREAM
A Street Scene near Rosedale
A Business Street at Va!ley Stream
The Reservoir at Valley Stream
LYNBROOK AND ROCKVILLE CENTRE
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1 he Business Street, Lynbrook
Merrick Road, Lynbrook
Baptist Church and Catholic Church, Rockville Centre
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A Residential Street, Rockville Centre
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE
On the Shores of the Lake at Rockville Centre
The Bank of Rockville Centre, Rockville Centre
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BALDWIN
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FREEPORT
Main Street, Freeport
Station and Plaza, Freeport
FREEPORT
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Freeport Club, Freeporl
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High School, Freeporl
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FREEPORT
Motorboal Races, Freeport Yachl Club
A Residential Street, Freeport
FREEPORT AND ROOSEVELT
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Type of Home at Freeport
The Kissing Bridge, Freeport
Staffard-Phol'js
Icehouse Lakes, Roosevelt
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MERRICK
The Merrick Road, Merrick
A Scene at Merrick
Merrick Avenue, Merrick
BELLMORE AND WANTAGH
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Public School, Bellmore
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Jerusalem Avenue, Wanlagh
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WANTAGH AND SEAFORD
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Amityville Creek, Amityville
The Business Street of Amityville
The Gilbert Rod and Gun Club House, Amityville
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The M. E. Church, Amllyville
Cannans' Mill, Amilyville
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AMITYVILLE AND LINDENHURST
Cherry Blossom Time, Amityville
The Raihoad Station, LindenhursI
The Lake, LindenhursI
BABYLON
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The Railroad Station at Babylon
The Dock at Babylon
Babylon Creek. Babylon
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BABYLON
The Road to Railroad Station, Babylon
South Country Road, Babylon
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A Fine Residential Section, Babylon
B A YSHORE
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West Lake Drive, "Brightwaters," Bayshore
East Lake Drive, "Brightwaters," Bayshore
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BAYSHORE
Main Sireel, Bayshore
Bayshore High School
The Bathing PaviHon, Bayshore
BAYSHORE
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The Penataquit-Corinthian Yacht Club, Bayshore
A Yacht Race on the Bay at Bayshore
On the Bay, Bayshore
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BAYSHORE
Types of Homes at Bayshore
FIRE ISLAND
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Birds-eye View of Fire Island at Point o' Woods. looking East
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OAKDALE
The Southside Sportsmen's Club, Oakdale
"Idlehour," Home of W. K. Vanderbilt al Oakdale
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Foot of Candy Avenue, Sayville
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SAYVILLE
Main Street, Showing Post Office, Sayville
The Railroad Station at Sayville
Foot of Foster Avenue, Sayville
BAYPORT
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The Business Section of Bayport
Type of Home at Bayport
A scene at Bayport
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BLUE POINT
[he Dock at Blue Point
Residential Section, Blue Point
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Sailing on the Bay off Blue Point
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PATCHOGUE
Fifty-four and one-tenth miles out; population, 7,000. Has the following churches:
Baptist, Congregational, Methodist Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal and Roman Catholic.
There are three financial institutions, namely, the Patchogue State Bank, with $75,000
capital and $500,000 in deposits; the Citizens' National Bank, with $50,000 capital and
$400,000 in deposits, and the Union Savings Bank, with $1,580,000 in deposits. The
ofFcers of the savings bank are Joseph Bailey, President; and Walter S. Rose, Secretary.
Patchogue is the largest village in Suffolk County, due, no doubt, to the fact that it is an
industrial center. The lace mill, planing mill, and the oyster industry provide employment
for about 1 ,000 people, receiving in wages something like $500,000 per annum. The
village has brick-paved streets, sewers, electricity, gas, water — in fact, it is a booming,
modern little city. There are four schools, valued at more than $250,000, in the village,
employing 40 teachers and providing education for 1 ,500 students. Andrew Carnegie has
given the village a library. It now contains 5,000 volumes. The rise of Patchogue to an
industrial town has not lessened in the least degree the popularity of the place as a summer
resort.
BELLPORT
Fifty-eight miles out ; population, 1 , 1 00. Has the following churches : Roman
Catholic, Protestant Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Methodist Episcopal. This village is
nicely situated on Bellport Bay and is the scene of considerable activity in the boat-
building line.
BROOKHAVEN
Fifty-nine and eight-tenths miles out; population, 600. Has the following churches:
Congregational, Methodist Episcopal, and Protestant Episcopal. Farming, fishing and
the cutting of salt hay are the chief sources of occupation. There are two schools in the
district, with three teachers and about 1 00 students.
MASTIC and MORICHES
Sixty-three and nine-tenths miles out; together they have a population of about 300.
Excellent large, fertile farms are here in abundance.
CENTRE MORICHES
Sixty-six and five-tenths miles out; population, 1,200. Has the following churches:
Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, and Roman Catholic. A State
bank with $25,000 capital and deposits aggregating $155,000. The school employs
five teachers, presiding over 150 students. The school library contains over 1,000
volumes. This is a justly celebrated watering place and naturally has many large hotels
and boarding houses.
EAST MORICHES
Sixty-eight miles out; population, 1,000. Has a Methodist Episcopal and a Roman
Catholic Church. This village is really a continuation of Centre Moriches beyond
Terrell's River. There are many handsome country homes located on the bay near
the village. The school employs three teachers with 1 08 students.
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EASTPORT
Seventy and one-tenth miles out; population, 600. Has a Methodist Protestant
Church. Think of Eastport and you will think of ducks. 1 his village is the centre of the
duck growing business of Long Island. Something like a half million ducks are hatched
altogether on the island in one season, and real "Long Island duck" is considered a relish
of the highest order. The village school employs three teachers, with 1 1 5 students.
SPEONK and REMSENBURG
Seventy-one and seven-tenths miles out; population, 300. Has a Presbyterian
Church. This is a community of well-to-do farmers. Duck raising is one of the most
important industries. Remsenburg is the name given to a part of the village located
about a mile south of the station.
WESTHAMPTON and WESTHAMPTON BEACH
Seventy-four and five-tenths miles out; population, together, 1,200. Have a
Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian Church. The local bank, called Sea Side State
Bank, has a capital of $25,000 and deposits of $1 15,000. The village library contains
1 ,925 volumes. This village is really of comparatively recent origin, and like many
other southside villages at the east end of the island, receives most of its revenue from
entertaining and feeding summer residents. There are already several large hotels, and
the village seems to be getting more popular every year.
QUOGUE
Seventy-seven and three-tenths miles out; population, 600. Has a Protestant
Episcopal and Roman Catholic Church. This village is a fashionable and highly popular
summer resort and lies almost directly on the ocean, only about a quarter mile of meadow
intervening. The local athletic association, known as the "Quogue Club," is one of the
most exclusive outdoor organizations on Long Island. During the summer months the
population of the settlement can be rated at about 2,500.
EAST QUOGUE
Located two miles southeast of Quogue; has a population of about 650. This
village was formerly called Atlanticville. The inhabitants are mostly farmers and fishermen.
There are several handsome summer residences located here.
GOOD GROUND
Eighty-two and three-tenths miles out; population, 1,250. Has a Methodist
Episcopal and Roman Catholic Church. The soil in this vicinity is light, but highly
favorable to the growing of small fruits, of which large quantities are grown for the New
York markets. This place is obtaining some celebrity through being the summer residence
of Charles F . Murphy, the well-known New York politician.
CANOE PLACE
(Using Good Ground Station.) This small village of about 200 souls is located
about a mile east of Good Ground. The inhabitants are mostly fishermen. There is
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only a narrow strip of land here, less than a half mile wide, separating Peconic Bay from
Shinnecock Bay. Across this narrow isthmus the Indians used to haul their canoes from
one bay to the other. Hence the name. Canoe Place. The Shinnecock Canal now
connects the two bodies of water mentioned. The Canoe Place Progressive Association
is the name of the local civic association.
SHINNECOCK HILLS
Eighty-five and six-tenths miles out; population, 150. These unique hills of sand
extend for about five miles west of the Shinnecock Canal. Once the happy hunting
grounds of a powerful tribe of Indians, these hills are now used only for golf hnks, in
which respect they are the finest in the world.
SOUTHAMPTON
Eighty-nine and four-tenths miles out; population, 2,800. Has the following
churches: Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, and Roman Catholic.
The local State Bank has a capital of $50,000 and deposits of $375,000. This village
is one of the oldest settlements on Long Island. Its clean, wide, shady streets, and the
fact that it borders directly on the shore of the Ocean has made it a well-deserved and
famed resort for summer residents. There are many summer homes here that cost all the
way from $30,000 to $100,000 to build. The Rogers Memorial Library is a beautiful
building containing 1 0,000 volumes. There is also a fine art museum, presented to the
village and endowed by Mr. Samuel S. Parrish.
WATER MILL
Ninety-two and one-tenth miles out; population, 575. This is one of the most
promising villages along the south short, east of Southampton. The place abounds in
lakes and creeks of all sizes and description, which naturally produce a great variety of
charming scenery. Many costly summer residences have been built here in the past few
years. As a summer resort Water Mill is getting to be a place of considerable importance.
BRIDGEHAMPTON
Ninety-four and seven-tenths miles out; population, 1,600. Has a Methodist and
a Presbyterian Church. This village was first settled in 1712, and is located on a fertile
plain which is divided into large, well-cultivated farms. Potatoes are grown, chiefly.
In fact, there is a small settlement south of the village called Saggaponack, being an Indian
apellalion signifying "the place where the greatest ground nuts grow." There are three
schools located in Bridgehampton district, with ten instructors and about 200 students.
The village has also an excellent library containing 7,000 volumes.
SAG HARBOR
Ninety-nine and five-tenths miles out; population, 4,500. Has the following
churches: Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, A. M. E., Protestant Episcopal,
and Roman Catholic. The two financial institutions are the Peconic State Bank, with
$25,000 capital and $140,000 deposits, and the Sag Harbor Savings Bank, with
$1,600,000 deposits. Sag Harbor is a manufacturing town, something like one thousand
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people being employed in the watch case and silverware factory of Fahys & Co. Mrs.
Russell Sage, whose maidenhood days were spent in this village, made a donation of
$75,000 toward the building of the Pierson High School. She also built and endowed
a splendid library. A steamer connects this place with Greenport and the New England
States.
WAINSCOTT
Ninety-seven and two-tenths miles out; population, 275; is a settlement of farmers and
fishermen. Much beautiful scenery can be found here. /
EASTHAMPTON
One hundred and one and one-tenth miles out; population, 2,500. Has the
following churches: Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, and Roman
Catholic. The Easthampton National Bank has a capital of $25,000, and the deposits
aggregate $250,000. The school employs eleven teachers, who preside over 300
students. This village has wide and well-shaded streets, and is a popular summering
place for well-to-do New York people. The murmuring surf can be heard night and day,
even to the heart of the village, a mile away. John Howard Payne, the author of the
immortal song, "Home, Sweet Home," was a native of this village. The home of his
childhood, a modest, time-stained cottage, stands on the main street, near the center of the
village, and is one of the interesting points of interest, with which the place abounds.
AMAGANSETT
One hundred and four and five-tenths miles out; population, 850. Is the eastern-
most settlement of any size on Long Island. There are several land developments under
way here. The village has a Methodist and a Presbyterian Church, and a school employing
five teachers, who preside over about I 75 students. Amagansett is located in the midst
of some very interesting country.
MONTAUK
One hundred and fifteen and nine-tenths miles out; population, 160. This is the
terminus of the Montauk Division of the Long Island Railroad, and the most easterly
railroad station on Long Island. The neighboring country, though supposed to consist of
nothing but bleak sand dunes, is covered in most part with timber and a luxuriant growth
of grass, affording excellent pasturage for stock, to which purpose it is mostly devoted.
The many springs and large ponds are an inviting feeding ground for wild ducks, geese,
etc., of which countless thousands can be seen in season. Fort Pond Bay is one of the
best fishing grounds along the Atlantic Coast.
P ATCHOGUE
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Main Street, Patchogue, showing Union Savings Bank
Ocean Avenue, Palchogue
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PATCH OGUE
The Lace Mills, Palchogue
The Dock at Patchogue
The Raihoad Station al Patchogue
PATCHOGUE
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The Patchogue River, Patchogue
Waler Island, off Patchogue
PhM. Cpyriihi, Chapman Bn,.. 1909 An Ice Scooter on the Bay off Patchogue
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PATCHOGUE
The Public Library, Patchogue
Smith Grammar School, Patchogue
Easl Main Street, Patchogue
;ELLPORT
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On (he Bay, Bellport
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A Rural Scene, Bellport
C/i'Jprn.in Brui.-Pfititoi
Hotel and Cottages, Bellport
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BOOKHAVEN AND MASTIC
A Highway at Bookhaven
The Brook, Brookhaven
View of Mastic River, Mastic
MORICHES
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Main Street, Moriches
Water Falls, Moriches
The Cove at Moriches
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CENTRE MORICHES
A Swift Sail on the Great South Bay at Centre Moriches
The "Clearview." Centre Moriches
Getting Ready for a Sail, Centre Moriches
CENTRE MORICHES
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Moriches Yacht Club, Cenlrt:' i\l'_rn. lies
The Lead, Centre Moriches
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MMfiches Yacht Club Dock, Centre Moriches
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EAST MORICHES AND EASTPORT
Public School and Main Street. East Moriches
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The Life Savers on Fire Island, near Eastport
EASTPORT
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The Business Section of Eastport
Ducks! Eastport
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More Ducks! Eastport
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SPEONK AND REMSENBURG
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Tuttle's Lake, Speonk
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A Domestic Scene at Remsenburg
WESTHAMPTON BEACH
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The Surf and Beach at Westhampton Beach
East Beach Lane, Westhampton Beach
Along the Shore, Westhampton Beach
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WESTHAMPTON BEACH
Llt-(i>_li Lane, Westhampton Beach
Residence of Thecdore Jackson, ex-Mayor of Brooklyn, Westhampton Beach
The Business Section of Weslhamplon Beach
WESTHAMPTON BEACH
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The Railroad Station, Westhampton Beach
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The Atlantic Ocean off Westhampton Beach
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QUOGUE
The Lily Pond, Quogue
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Beach Lane, Quogue
QUOGUE
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The Quogue House, Quogue
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Bird's-eye View of Shinnecock Road, Quogue
The Quogue Field Club, Quogue
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QUOGUE
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The Bathing Beach, Quogue
Residence of Mr. Erastus F. Post, Quogue
EAST QUOGUE
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Main Street, East Quogue
Shinnecock Avenue, near East Quogue
The Log Cabin, East Quogue
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A Duck Ranch at Good Ground
Residence and Grounds of Mr. Charles F. Murphy, Good Ground
The Shinnecock Canal, Good Ground
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SHINNECOCK HILLS
Type of Home at Shinnecock Hills
-\ I'anoiama of Shinnecock Hills
A Highway through the Shinnecock Hills
SOUTHAMPTON
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Fish Cove, Southampton
Ayawam Lake, Southampton
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The Public Library, Southampton
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SOUTHAMPTON
Hill Street. Looking East, Southampton, and Showing the New Catholic Church
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St. .Andrew's Dune Church, Southampton
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SOUTHAMPTON
The Old Holly Hocks, Southampton
South Main Street, Southampton
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON
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Big Fresh Pond, Southampton
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Type of Summer Residence, Southampton
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WATER MILL
Ihe Mill al Water M.ll
A Bird's-eye View of Water Mil
Mill Creek, Water Mil
WATER MILL
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Landscape Scene at Water Mil
Types of Homes at Water Mil
Murrii-Fhulot T6- "i
A Highway north of Water Mill
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BRIDGE HAMPTON
Railroad Station, Bridgehampton
The Hampton House, Bridgehampton
The Business Section of Bridgehampton
SAG HARBOR
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Torpedo Proving Station at North Haven, Near Sag Harbor
1 he Otter Pond, Sag Harbor
A View of the Bay, Sag Harbor
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SAG HARBOR
The Business Section of Sag Harbor
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"Strongheart," the County Home of Mr. Robert Edeson, Author and Playwright, Sag Harbor
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The Sage Mansion, Sag Harbor
SAG HARBOR
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The Pierson High School, Sag Harbor
Fahy's Wa(ch-Case Factory, Sag Harbo
The Beach at North Haven, near Sag Harbor
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The Cross Roads, Easlhampton
Boyhood Home of John Howard Payne, Author of "Home, Sweet Home," East Hampton
The Maidstone Club House and Tennis Grounds, Easthampton
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EASTHAMPTON
Egypt Lane, Easthamplon
Maidstone Inn, Easthampton
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Main Street, Easthampton
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Hook Pond, Easthampton
Ocean Avenue, Easthampton
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AMAGANSETT
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The Main Highway, Amagansett
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QUEENS
Thirteen and two-tenths miles out; population, 1,500. Has the following churches:
Episcopal, Reformed, and Catholic. This is a high-class residential section, with a rapidly
increasing population. The streets are wide, well shaded, and lined with many handsome
residences.
HOLLIS
Eleven and five-tenths miles out; population, 1,500. This is an aristocratic residential
settlement. The streets are wide, well shaded and thickly built up with beautiful homes.
BELLEROSE
Fourteen and one-tenth miles out; population, 350. This is the scene of a new high-
class development which promises to make good.
NEW HYDE PARK
Sixteen and two-tenths miles out; population, 1,500. This is a pretty settlement, in
ithe midst of some fine farming country. The place has fine churches and a brick school.
FLORAL PARK
Fourteen and nine-tenths miles out; population, 750. This village receives its name
from the fact that its chief industry is the growing of flower and vegetable seed, of which
large quantities of the finest quality are grown and shipped to all parts of the world annually,
the local post office handling on that account more pieces of mail than any other office on
Long Island, outside of Brooklyn. Over 3,000,000 gladioli bulbs alone are shipped from
one seed house in a year. The local state bank has a capital of $25,000, and the deposits
aggregate $100,000. The school, with five instructors and about 125 students, is the
pride of the village.
MINEOLA
Eighteen and five-tenths miles out; population, 1,500. Has the following churches:
Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Catholic. There are two financial institutions:
The First National Bank of Mineola, with $50,000 capital and $150,000 in deposits,
and the Nassau County Bank, with $25,000 capital and $525,000 in deposits. Mineola
is the county seat of Nassau County. It also is the site of the county hospital. The village
is incorporated and owns its own water plant. The office buildings are very substantially
ibuilt. Trolley cars connect this village with other villages to the north, south, east and west.
WESTBURY
Twenty-one and four-tenths miles out; population, 1,000. Has the following
■churches: Methodist, A. M. E., Catholic, and two Friends' Meeting Houses. This
village is the business section of Wheatly Hills, a high-class residential section for the very
rich. The village has been greatly improved lately through the building of concrete side-
walks and curbstones. A trolley line connects the place with Hicksville and Mineola.
HICKSVILLE
Twenty-four and eight-tenths miles out; population, 2,700. Has the following
•churches: Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal, Reformed, and Roman
Catholic. The financial institution is the State Bank of Hicksville, with $25,000 capital
and $350,000 in deposits. This village is healthfully located on the broad, level Hemp-
rstead plains, 1 60 feet above the sea. It is an important gold and metal beating center,
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there being something like thirty establishments engaged in the business. The streets are
wide, straight and well kept, and altogether the village presents an appearance equal to any
of its class on Long Island. The main street is curbed and lined with concrete sidewalks
on both sides for a mile south of the station. A trolley line connects the village with
Westbury, Mineola, New York City, and Port Washington. The local public school has
ten teachers, presiding over nearly 400 students. There is also an excellent parochial
school connected with the Catholic Church. This village is quite a trade center. The
large, well-stocked, well-kept stores are attracting buyers from many miles around. This
will be even more in evidence, perhaps, when the trolley line now terminating at this village,
is extended to Farmingdale and Huntington, which extension is now being seriously
considered.
JERICHO
Located two miles north of Hicksville; population, 420. This is a high-class Quaker
farming community. Many handsome homes are located here.
CENTRAL PARK
Twenty-seven and eight-tenths miles out; population, 530. This comparatively new
and enterprising village lies at the beginning of the famous Long Island pine belt, which,
together with the fact that it is nearly I 50 feet above sea level, with neither lake nor fresh
water springs in the immediate vicinity, makes it particularly healthful. This has induced a
large number of well-to-do people having their business places in the city to build their all-
year-round homes here, and commute. The village has grown quite rapidly the past few
years, and its immediate future seems to be bright. The Long Island Motor Parkway winds
its way among the hills and woods a little to the north and east of the station. The three
school districts employ four teachers, presiding over about I 00 students.
FARMINGDALE
Thirty and one-tenth miles out; population, 2,000. Has the following churches:
Methodist Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal, and Roman Catholic; also a Meeting House
of the Friends' Society. There are two financial institutions: The First National Bank
of Farmingdale, with $25,000 capital and $275,000 deposits, and the State Bank of
Farmingdale, with $25,000 capital and $60,000 deposits. This village has had a remark-
able growth the past three years, which, if long continued, will soon place it among the
leading villages of Nassau County. The Bausch Picture Frame Factory employs about
100 people, with an annual pay roll approximating $36,000 a year. At Bethpage, a
scattered settlement two miles north of Farmingdale, is located the plant of the Queens
County Brick Manufacturing Company, with an annual capacity of 24,000,000 front
brick, and employing as high as I 50 men. Farmingdale is incorporated and owns, or soon
will own, and operate its own water plant. A trolley connects the village with Amity^ille
to the south and Huntington to the north.
PINELAWN
Thirty-two and three-tenths miles out; population, 125. This place is the site of the
great and beautiful Pinelawn Cemetery of 2.319 acres, the largest in the world. Several
hundred thousand dollars have already been spent in beautifying the property, and the same
promises in time to become the most important cemetery in the vicinity of Greater New York.
WYANDANCH
Thirty-four and six-tenths miles out; population, 250. This is a scattered community.
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located just south of Half Hollow Hills. Just north of the village is located the well-known
"Colonial Springs," a water, containing medicinal properties, which is extensively bottled
and shipped to all parts of the United States.
BRENTWOOD
Forty and eight-tenths miles out; population, 520. Has a Presbyterian and a Roman
Catholic Church. This village is a noted health resort due to the fact that it occupies a
well-drained, level plain, 100 feet above sea level, and also to the large number of high,
health-giving pine trees, which line its beautiful wide streets. Dr. W. R. Ross's Sana-
torium has kept the village before the public as a health resort, being, next to the St.
Joseph's Academy, the most pretentious group of buildings in the place. The Academy
of St. Joseph's of the Pines is a boarding school for young ladies and little girls. The
Academy keeps up a registry of about 200 students, and though the majority are from
Greater New York, among them are also representatives of New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Porto Rica, Costa Rica, Panama and Central America.
CENTRAL ISLIP
Forty-three and two-tenths miles out; population, 616. Has a Roman Catholic
Church. This village, like King's Park, is known through it being the site for a State
Hospital for the care and treatment of the insane.
HAUPPAUGE
Located about two miles north of Central Islip. Is a scattered settlement of about
400 people. The village has a Methodist and a Presbyterian Church and abounds in
delightful scenery.
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The Public School, Mollis
Cornwall Avenue, Hollis
The Methodist Episcopal Church, Hollis
QUEENS
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Fulton Street, Queens
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Railroad Terminal, Belmont Race Track, Queens
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BELLEROSE AND FLORAL PARK
Railroad Station, Bellerose
Railroad Station, Floral Park
Scene at Floral Park
NEWHYDEPARK AND M I N E O L A
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Jericho Turnpike at New Hyde Park
The Nassau County Court House, Mineoli
The Nassau County Hospital, Mineola
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The Famous Old Weslbury Road, Westbury
The Magnificent Residence and Grounds of Mr. E. D. Morgan, Weslbury
Mansion of Mr. George Rose, Westbury
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WESTBURY
Residence of Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, Westbury
The Beautiful Residence and Grounds ol Mr. J. S. Phipps, Westbury
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A View of the Business Section of Westbury
HICKSVILLE
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Bird's-eye View of Hicksville
At Si. John's Protectory, Hicksville
The Railroad Station, Hicksville
JERICHO
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Residence of Mr. J. S. Stevens, Jericho
A Shady Spot at Jericho
The Spring Pond, Jericho
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CENTRAL PARK
The Long Island Motor Parkway at Central Parle
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The Grand Stand of the Long Island Motor Parkway near Central Park
Where the Motor Parkway Crosses the Long Island Railroad, Central Park
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Type of Home at Central Park. Residence of Mr. A. Chapal
Broadway, Central Park
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F A R M I N G D A L E
A Straightaway Stretch on the Motor Parkway near Farmingdale
The Business Street of Farmingdale
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FARMINGDALE
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The Stephen E. Powell Farm, Farmingdale
1 he R. Weiden Farm, Farmingdale
Bird's-eye View of Farmingdale
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F A R M I N G D A L E
Scene on Estate of Mr. B. F. Yoakum
Residence of Former Village President, George H. Fueschel, Farmingdale
Residence of Village President, Mr. Adolph Bausch, Farmingdale
PINELAWN AND WYANDANCH
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A Bird's-eye View of Pinelawn
The $100,000 Slalion at Pinelawn
The Pirate House, Wyandanch
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Residence of Hon. George E. Plunkilt, Brentwood
Office and Dormitory, Academy of St. Joseph of tlie Pines, Brentwood
A Road through the Pines, Brentwood
BRENTWOOD AND HAUPPAUGE
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Dr. W. R. Ross's Sanatorium, Brentwood
The Academy of St. Joseph of the Pines, Brentwood
A View at Hauppauge
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LAKE RONKONKOMA
Beautiful Lake Ronkonkoma
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Type of Home at Lake Ronkonkoma
DESCRIPTIVE 187
RONKONKOMA and LAKE RONKONKOMA
Forty-eight and two-tenths miles out; population, 475. Has a Roman Catholic
and a Protestant Episcopal Church. This place is noted for the big fresh water lake
from which the settlement derives its name. The lake is about three miles in circum-
ference and has a depth of from 10 to 60 feet. It lies about 60 feet above sea level and
is surrounded in most part by a dense growth of forest. The water is remarkably clear
and cool and abounds with several species of edible fish, principally bass and pickerel.
The three miles of beautiful white sandy beach is very inviting to bathers, of which there
are a great number during the summer season. The beautiful scenery and healthful
location of Lake Ronkonkoma have lured many to build their summer homes and estates
here. The early completion of the Motor Parkway, which will have its eastern terminus
here, promises to open up this beautiful territory and introduce it to thousands of people
who now have not the remotest idea that so ideal a spot for all-year-round residence exists,
especially on Long Island.
LAKE GROVE
Located four miles north of Ronkonkom.a Station. Has a population of 450. This
village has a Presbyterian and a Methodist Episcopal Church, and is located in the midst
of some of the best fruit-growing land to be found on Long Island.
MEDFORD
Fifty-four and one-tenth miles out; population, 150. This scattered settlement,
located in the midst of a Long Island wilderness, is being brought into much prominence
through the establishment, about a mile east of the village of Long Island Railroad Experi-
mental Station, No. 2, an experimental farm on the same Imes as the one located at
Wading River.
YAPHANK
Fifty-eight and five-tenths miles out; population, 325. Has a Presbyterian and a
Protestant Episcopal Church. This is an interesting settlement finely located on both banks
of Carman's River, one of Long Island's largest rivers, rising in Artist Lake and flowing
south into the Great South Bay near Brookhaven, a distance of nearly ten miles. The
river is dammed at several places, forming reservoirs for grist mills. These many lakes
play an important part in forming the scenery of the village, of which there is an abundance.
MANORVILLE
Sixty-five and one-tenth miles out; population, 300. Has a Methodist Protestant,
a Presbyterian, and a Lutheran Church. The soil in this vicinity is very good, the farms
producing abundant crops even in dry seasons. Cranberries are grown quite extensively,
this being really the beginning of the cranberry growing belt on Long Island.
CALVERTON
Sixty-nine and one-tenth miles out; population, 450. Has a Congregational, a
Methodist Episcopal, and a Protestant Episcopal Church. This is the beginning of the
fine farming country extending all the way out to Orient Point. Potatoes and cauliflower
are the principal crops. There are also large quantities of cranberries grown. There are
two schools in the district, employing three teachers, presiding over 1 00 students.
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RIVERHEAD
Seventy-three miles out; population, 2,750. Has the following churches: Congre-
gational, Methodist Episcopal, A. M. E., Protestant Episcopal, and two Roman Catholic.
The financial institutions are quite numerous, there being three, namely: The Riverhead
State Bank, with $60,000 capital and $160,000 deposits; the Suffolk County National,
with $50,000 capital and $600,000 deposits, and the Riverhead Savings Bank, with
$5,160,000 deposits. The Riverhead Savings Bank is the largest savings institution in
New York State, outside of Greater New York. Chas. M. Blydenburgh is President
and W. B. Howell, Secretary. The village derives its name from the fact that it is at the
head of navigation of the Peconic River. It also contains the county court house and jail
and the exhibition buildings and grounds of the Suffolk County Agricultural Society. The
streets, though for the most part narrow, are shady and well kept. Many of the inhab-
itants are retired farmers.
ROANOKE
This settlement of 250 souls, is located about four miles north of Riverhead. It is
strictly a farming community.
FLANDERS
Located about three miles southeast of Riverhead; has a population of about 275;
also a Methodist Episcopal Church. This place is getting to be quite popular as a sum-
mer resort.
AQUEBOGUE
Seventy-six and three-tenths miles out; population, 600. This is strictly a farming
community of the highest order. The village has several stores and a Congregational
Church, the steeple of which can be plainly seen from Peconic Bay. This village was
formerly the site of an Indian village of considerable size. Near the mouth of Meeting
House Creek is a neck of land called Indian Island.
JAMESPORT
Seventy-eight and three-tenths miles out; population, 700. Has a Congregational
and a Methodist Episcopal Church. This village is pleasantly situated on the shores of
Great Peconic Bay. Near the railroad station is located the grounds of the Suffolk County
Camp-Meeting Association, a well known and popular gathering place for Suffolk County
religious bodies. Cauliflower is extensively grown on the farms nearby. The two school
districts employ three teachers, presiding over about 1 00 students.
LAUREL
Seventy-nine and nine-tenths miles out; population, 275. Has a Presbyterian Church.
This is a farming community, growing cauliflower and potatoes principally.
MATTITUCK
Eighty-two and four-tenths miles out; population, 1,600. Has a Presbyterian and
a Protestant Episcopal Church. This fine village is located between Mattituck Creek and
Great Peconic Bay, and has a great variety of fine scenery. Potatoes, cauliflower, cab-
bage, and seed are the principal products. The village has a fine hall and library building,
built and endowed by L. M. Lupton, the well known publisher, whose boyhood days were
spent here. The farmers are mostly all well-to-do and live in palatial houses with all modern
improvements. The roads, too, are excellent, and altogether Mattituck is as delightful a
bit of territory as can be found in Suffolk County.
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CUTCHOGUE
Eighty-five and three-tenths miles out; population, 1,300. Has the following
churches: Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic. This is another
fertile farming section. The farms are generally small, but intensely cultivated and conse-
quently very productive. There are two schools in the village, employing two teachers,
presiding over 1 00 students.
PECONIC
Eighty-seven and eight-tenths miles out; population, 700. This is an excellent
farming country. Potatoes and cauliflower are grown chiefly.
SOUTHOLD
Ninety and one-tenth miles out; population, 1,500. Has the following denomination
of churches: Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Universalist, and Roman Catholic.
There are two financial institutions: The Southold State Bank, with $25,000 capital
and $60,000 deposits, and the Southold Savings Bank, with $4,500,000 deposits. This
village is finely situated on the shores of Southold Bay. The inhabitants are mostly either
active or retired farmers. The village school cost $35,000 and has ten teachers, presiding
over 375 students.
GREENPORT
Ninety-four and three-tenths miles out; population, 4,500. Has the following
churches: Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, Roman
Catholic, and Lutheran. There are two financial institutions: The People's National
Bank, with $50,000 capital and $200,000 in deposits, and the Greenport First National
Bank, with $50,000 capital and $325,000 in deposits. The Greenport School buildings
are valued at about $75,000, and the 25 teachers preside over 800 students. This
village is the eastern terminus of the main line of the Long Island Railroad, and has
a harbor large and deep enough to accommodate the largest vessels in the world. Some
day Greenport will be a city of no mean proportion, but in the meantime it remains an
important shell fish and ship building center. A boat connects the place with New
London, Conn., and Sag Harbor.
SHELTER ISLAND
Located and forming the southern shore of Greenport Harbor is a rolling, fertile
island of about 8,000 acres. The northern portion of the island is built up with many
pretentious summer homes. The southern portion consists of fine farms, producing most
excellent crops of all kinds of grains, fruits and vegetables. The summer population of
the island is about 4,000, while the normal population is estimated at 850. On the island
are found a Presbyterian, a Protestant Episcopal and a Roman Catholic Church.
EAST MARION
Located three miles east of Greenport; population, 375. This village is strictly a
fishing and farming community, the inhabitants being counted among the wealthiest of their
class. There is quite a sheet of fresh water near the village called "Marion Lake," from
which a high quality of ice is harvested every season. There is a Baptist Church in the
village. The school employs two teachers, presiding over 56 students.
ORIENT
Located seven miles east of Greenport; population, 700. Has a Congregational and
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a Methodist Episcopal Church. The principal part of the village is located on the harbor
on the western part of the peninsula. Extensive and intensive farming is carried on, and
when the natives are not farming they are out fishing, so that between the two occupations
considerable money is made, it not being considered unusual for an average farmer to clear
$10,000 a year. The crops are generally very successful, being due to the peninsula
being surrounded by water on all sides, from which the growing crops secure an abundance
of moisture in the form of mists.
PLUM ISLAND
This island of about 800 acres is located about a mile east of the eastern extremity
of the north fluke of Long Island and is the property of the United States Government. It
is the site of an important fortification, known as Fort Terry, guarding the entrance to
Long Island Sound and Gardiner's Bay. The surface of the island in most part is very
rough, rocky and hilly. There are about 600 troops stationed there in time of peace.
FISHER'S ISLAND
This island was discovered by the Dutch in 1641 and is located in the Long Island
Sound, about seven miles off New London, Conn. The island is under the jurisdiction of
the State of New "^'ork. It is about eight miles long and one mile wide. Fort Wright,
guarding the entrance to Long Island Sound, is located on its southwestern extremity. The
all-year-round population of the island is about 800. Many summer residences are
located here.
GARDINER'S ISLAND
Population, 25. This island is reached by private boat from Greenport and covers
about six square miles. Lyon Gardiner, the first Englishman who settled anywhere in
the State of New York, came along in I 639 and bought the island from the Indians for
some rum and blankets, a gun and a large black dog, and his descendants have since been
the owners. This island was a favorite resort of the noted pirate. Captain Kidd, and while
thousands of people at many places have at various times searched for his buried treasure,
this is the only place that anything was ever found. Something like $70,000 in gold,
silver, jewels and merchandise was dug up by the Ead of Bellamont, Governor of Massa-
chusetts, about 1701.
BLOCK ISLAND
This emerald gem of the ocean is a part of the State of Rhode Island and lies in the
Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles east of Montauk Point, and 23 miles from the New England
shore. The island is an ideal summer resort at sea, unrivaled in its manifold and unique
attractions. It is about three miles wide by seven long. The natives are farmers and
fishermen. There are about 50 large hotels on the island, and during the season boats
from New England and New York land two or three times a day. It is said that the
island, being comparatively small and far from the mainland, is an ideal resort for those
afflicted with hay fever. Sword fishing is an exciting sport indulged in by both natives
and visitors.
LAKE RONKONKOMA
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The Catholic Church, Lake Ronkonkoma
The Balhing Beach, Lake Ronkonkoma
Residence of Mr. Adolph Wiechers, Lake Ronkonkoma
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LAKE RONKONKOMA
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The Riverhead Road, Flanders
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M ATTITUCK
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Mattiluck Creek, Mattituck
Bird's-eye View of Mattituck. Showing the Station in the Centre and Luplon Hall and Library
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MATTITUCKANDCUTCHOGUE
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On Peconic Bay, Mattituck
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The Bathing Beach, Southold
The Beach on the Sound Shore, Southold
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GARDEN CITY
Eighteen and three-tenths miles out; population, 1,250; connected with New York
by the third-rail electric system. Besides a Roman Catholic Church, the village has the
famed Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation, erected and endowed at a cost of
nearly two million dollars by Mrs. Alexander T. Stewart, as a memorial to her husband,
who founded the settlement about forty years ago. Garden City is also the location of
Saint Paul's school for boys and St. Mary's school for girls, two excellent institutions in
their class. About a mile to the west of Garden City proper is located the most superb
land development on Long Island. Both Garden City proper and Garden City Estates
have sewers, macadamized streets, granolithic sidewalks, gas — in brief, both are as
beautiful, healthful and complete as nature, money and science can make them.
HEMPSTEAD
Twenty miles out; population, 5,000. Has the following churches: Baptist, Lutheran,
Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Catholic. The local financial institutions are: The
Hempstead State Bank, with $30,000 capital and $700,000 deposits, and the First
National Bank, with $50,000 capital and $1,150,000 deposits. Hempstead is one of
the oldest towns in Nassau County. It has fine, wide streets, elegant residences, well-
equipped schools, third-rail electric train service with New York, all of which have con-
tributed their share toward making it one of the most desirable residential towns near
New \'ork.
EAST WILLISTON
Nineteen and seven-tenths miles out; population, 350. This is an excellent farming
country. Land developing companies have been quite active here, with the result that the
settlement is taking on quite a suburban look.
ALBERTSON
Twenty and seven-tenths miles out; population, 200. This station is used principally
by the wealthy residents of Wheatly Hills.
ROSLYN
Twenty-two and one-tenth miles out; population, 3,000. Has the following churches:
Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, Roman Catholic and A. M. E. There are two banks,
located in one of the most beautiful bank buildings on Long Island, as follows: Hemp-
stead Harbor Stale Bank, with $30,000 capital and $150,000 in deposits, and the
Roslyn Savings Bank, with $1,350,000 in deposits. This village is located on both sides
of Hempstead Harbor. The hills in this vicinity are very steep. There are no industries
here, consequently this village, like most all villages on the Oyster Bay Branch, receives
most of its revenue from the entertainment of summer residents.
GREENVALE and GLENHEAD
About twenty-five miles out; population, 200 and 600, respectively. These are
scattered suburban developments, presenting nothing unusual outside of fertile farms and
delightful scenery.
SEA CLIFF
Twenty-six and six-tenths miles out; population, 2,200. Has a Methodist Episcopal,
Protestant Episcopal and Roman Catholic Church. Has a State bank with $25,000
capital and $100,000 in deposits. This village was originally founded as a meeting place
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for religious organizations, and while the original purpose has not been entirely lost sight of,
the place has developed into one of the most popular all-year-round residential towns on
the north shore of Long Island. While the streets are for the most part narrow, they are
well shaded and lined with hundreds of handsome residences. The village is situated on a
high plateau overlooking Hempstead Harbor. A trolley line connects the place with the
railroad station and Glen Cove.
GLEN COVE
Twenty-seven and two-tenths miles out; population, 5,820. Has the following
churches: Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, A. M. E., Jewish, Protestant Episcopal
and Roman Catholic. There are two excellent banks, namely, the Bank of Glen Cove,
with $50,000 capital and $625,000 in deposits, and the Nassau Union Bank, with
$100,000 capital and $325,000 in deposits. The public library contains 6,000 volumes.
A leather belting factory, employing about 500 hands, is located here, consequently there
is much commercial activity. The streets of the village are paved with brick, and it has
also water mains and other modern improvements.
NASSAU
Twenty-seven and eight-tenths miles out; population, 250. This is really a part of
Glen Cove. It is nearer the residential section. The Nassau Golf Links are located here.
LOCUST VALLEY
Twenty-nine miles out ; population, 1 ,600. This is a beautiful farming country,
but is known more generally perhaps on account of it being the location of Friends* Acad-
emy, a very popular college preparatory school. The scenery in this section, it is hardly
necessary to say, is grand.
MILL NECK
Thirty-one miles out; population, 215. This is the railroad station for a number of
well-to-do farmers living between Locust Valley and Oyster Bay.
OYSTER BAY
Thirty-two and nine-tenths miles out; population, 3,900. This is the terminus of
the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Railroad. Following are the denomination
of churches: Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal, and Roman Catholic.
There are two financial institutions, namely, the North Shore Bank, with $50,000 capital
and $200,000 m deposits, and the Oyster Bay Bank, with $25,000 capital and $500,000
in deposits. The excellent village library contains over 5,000 volumes. This village is
famed the world over as being the home of former President Theodore Roosevelt. Many
beautiful estates are located on the outskirts of the village.
EAST NORWICH
This is a cozy little settlement of about 700 people, located two miles south of Oyster
Bay, on the road to Hicksville. The people are mostly mechanics and farmers.
GARDEN CITY
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Stewart Avenue, Garden City, One of the Finest Suburban Streets in the Country
Hempstead, from Cathedral Spire, Garden City
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GARDEN CITY
Residence of Mr. Ralph Peters, Garden City
Residence of Mr. F. P. Morris, Garden City
Residence of Hon. Timolhy L. Woodruff, Garden City Estates
GARDEN CITY
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Residence of Dr. Sidney F. Wilcox, Garden City Estates
Residence of Mr. Howard Jones, Garden City Estates
Residence of Major Ernestus Gulick, Garden City Estates
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Lowden's Pond, Hempstead
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Prospect Park, Hempstead
A Delightful Spot on Fulton Street, Hempstead
Lower Fulton Street, Hempstead
EAST WILLISTON AND ALBERTSON
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Main Street, East Williston
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SEA CLIFF
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Along the Shore, Sea Cliff
A Baseball Game, Sea Cliff
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GLEN COVE
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NASSAU AND LOCUST VALLEY
Nassau Golf Club, Nassau
Friends' Meeting House, Locust Valley
Type of Home at Locust Valley
LOCUST VALLEY, MILL NECK AND OYSTER BAY
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Friends' Academy, Locust Valley
A Scene at Mill Neck
The Cove Shore, Oyster Bay
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OYSTER BAY
The Railroad Station, Oyster Bay
The Business Street, Oyster Bay
Type of Home, Oyster Bay
OYSTER BAY
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Residence of Former President Theodore Roosevelt
The Sewanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay
A Bird's-eye View ui Uysler Bay
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EAST NORWICH
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SYOSSET
Cheshire's Pond, Syosset
Bird's-eye View of Syosset
The Jericho Turnpike, Near Jackson's, Syosset
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SYOSSET
Twenty-nine miles out; population, 486. Has a Union Church. This scattered
community is located in the midst of some of the most fertile farming land to be found in
Nassau County. Several handsome summer homes have been built recently in the wooded
hills north of the village.
COLD SPRING HARBOR
Thirty-one and nine-tenths miles out; population, 1,000. Has a Baptist, Methodist
Episcopal, and a Protestant Episcopal Church. This village was at one time an important
whaling station, but that mdustry is now entirely gone and there never has been anything
to take its place, although considerable shipbuilding and repairing is carried on. The vicinity
of this village is justly famed for its impressive scenery, in which respect it is excelled nowhere
on Long Island. This has induced many of the very wealthy to locate near the village,
and their fine homes and magnificent grounds are a sight to behold. The village proper is
about two miles north of the station, and the narrow, deeply shaded, winding highway,
skirting the foot of the high hills and bordering close to the shores of a chain of tranquil
and beautiful lakes lying between the two points can rightly be compared with scenes in the
Adirondack Mountains. There are three teachers in the village school, presiding over
about 90 students. The village library contains 1 ,500 volumes.
WOODBURY
Located about one mile south of Cold Spring Station; population, 250. Has a
Methodist Church. This is a prosperous farming community, located in the midst of much
inviting scenery. The district school consists of one teacher, presiding over about 40
students.
HUNTINGTON
Thirty-four and six-tenths miles out; population, 6,500. Has the following denomi-
nation of churches: Baptist, Methodist, A. M. E., two Presbyterian, Episcopal, Univer-
salist, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran. There are two banking institutions: the State Bank
of Huntington, with $30,000 capital and $1,150,000 in deposits, and the First National
Bank of Huntington, with $50,000 capital and $450,000 in deposits. There is a free
public library with over 7,000 volumes and a school library with over 1 ,000 volumes.
The village has several excellent school buildings, having a total value of about $200,000,
which accommodate 1 ,200 students, presided over by 35 instructors. Huntington is pleas-
antly situated in a broad valley and has a goodly share of some of the most impressive scenery
to be found on Long Island. The village has gas, electricity, water mains, finely shaded
and well-kept streets; has two enthusiastic and pushing newspapers, "The Long Islander"
and the "Suffolk Bulletin"; has a fine bay on which is located the "Chateau des Beaux
Arts," a modern hostelry which is to cost half a million dollars before completed; has a
trolley connection with Farmingdale and Amityville, and soon will have a connection with
Hicksville and Northport; has a steamboat connection with New York and Connecticut.
All these help to make life pleasant and lasting, and will do much to place Huntington in
a position to be called the leading town in Suffolk County, a title to which Patchogue alone
can at this time rightly lay claim.
FAIR GROUND
This is a fast-growing settlement located in the immediate vicinity of Huntington
station, of which village it will be considered a part.
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GREENLAWN
Thirty-seven and three-tenths miles out; population. 530. Has a Presbyterian Church.
This village is finely situated on a high, level, fertile plain, cut up into many large, beautiful
farms. Fruit growing is gone into quite extensively. A large number of player folks have
their summer homes here.
CENTREPORT
Located two miles north of Greenlawn station; population, 700. Has two Metho-
dist Churches. This village is beautifully situated among the hills bordering on Centreport
Harbor, a fine sheet of water from a quarter to a half mile wide and about two miles long.
There are several beautiful fresh water lakes and small falls bordering on the finely shaded
roads that wind in and out among the hills.
NORTHPORT
Thirty-nine and five-tenths miles out; population, 2,500. Has the following churches:
Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, and Roman Catholic. There
are two financial institutions: The First National Bank of Northport, with $50,000
capital and $400,000 in deposits, and the State Bank of Northport, with $25,000 capital
and $250,000 in deposits. This village is beautifully situated on the shores of Northport
Bay, and is the center of the oyster industry of the North Shore. Many beautiful homes
are located among the hills surrounding the harbor. A trolley line connects the main part
of the village with the railroad station. The village is incorporated and has all modern
improvements, including streets paved with brick. The Edward Thompson Company,
publishers of law books, is the principal industrial firm and provides employment for about
200 people.
KINGS PARK
Forty-three and three-tenths miles out; population, 1.350 (not including inmates of
State Hospital). Has a Methodist Episcopal and a Roman Catholic Church. This
village is located in the midst of some fertile farming country, but it is perhaps known more
through it being the site of the State Hospital, an institution for the care and treatment of
the insane. This institution was originally started in 1 884 as the Kings County Farm, and
the State assumed charge in 1895. The buildings and grounds cover 175.79 acres and
the hospital has a total acreage of 834.60. The value of real estate and buildings is
$3,8n, 138.06. The census is 3,066 patients and 600 employees. During the year
1908 the recovery rate was 23.7 per cent., based on new admissions. The Kings Park
school has four teachers, presiding over 1 20 students.
SMITHTOWN
Forty-seven miles out; population, 300. Has a Roman Catholic Church. This is a
small village, nicely located on the Nissequogue River.
SMITHTOWN BRANCH
Located on the Middle Country Road, about a mile east of Smithtown station; popu-
lation, 800. Has a Methodist Episcopal and a Presbyterian Church. The natives are
mostly farmers.
ST. JAMES
Forty-nine and nine-tenths miles out; population, 600. Has a Roman Cathohc
Church. This village is a pleasantly situated farming community. Many noted New
Yorkers have their summer homes here.
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STONY BROOK
Fifty-three and one-tenth miles out; population, 900. Has a Presbyterian and a
Protestant Episcopal Church; also a State bank with $25,000 capita! and $85,000 in
deposits. This village is beautifully located among the wooded hills bordering on Stony
Brook Harbor and the Sound, and promises to be kept much before the public through
the establishment of the Long Island Assembly, an association organized on the general lines
of Chautauqua, Ocean Grove and Northfield. Large hotels and meeting halls are to be
erected, in which religious and educational lectures will be heard.
SETAUKET
Fifty-four and nine-tenths miles out; population, 573. Has a Methodist Episcopal,
an A. M. E., a Presbyterian, and a Protestant Episcopal Church. This village is finely
located on Conscience Bay and has a village library of 3,500 volumes.
EAST SETAUKET
Located at the head of Setauket Harbor, about a mile east of Setauket; population,
600. In former years this village was the scene of considerable shipbuilding. A factory
manufacturing rubber articles provides employment for a number of people. As a whole,
though, this village, like a large number of other villages on Long Island east of the city
line, derives most of its revenue from entertaining summer boarders, which are coming out
in mcreasmg numbers each year.
ECHO
This is the name given to the settlement in the immediate vicinity of Port Jefferson
station. There are several fine business places and prosperous-looking farms located here,
but as a whole the village must be and will be considered a part of Port Jefferson.
PORT JEFFERSON
Fifty-seven and three-tenths miles out; population, 2,750. Has the following denomi-
nation of churches: Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, A. M. E., Protestant
Episcopal, and Catholic. The financial institutions: The State Bank of Port Jefferson, with
$25,000 capital and $200,000 deposits, and the First National Bank of Port Jefferson
with $50,000 capital and $400,000 deposits. This village is beautifully located on the
shores of Port Jefferson Harbor, which it overlooks. Considerable ship building is carried
on, but this village, like many other Long Island villages, since the decline of the whaling
industry, has lost much of its commercial activity and now derives most of its revenue from
the summer resort business. "Belle Terre," a superb development of 1 ,200 acres, is located
on a healthful, interesting plateau, overlooking the Long Island Sound, about a mile east
of the village.
MOUNT SINAI
Located about three miles east of Port Jefferson; population, 315. This is a scat-
tered settlement near the head of Mount Sinai Harbor, a shallow harbor, frequented only
by vessels of the smaller class. Rocks are abundant in this neighborhood, and the surface
is extremely ragged and broken. Notwithstanding this, extensive farming is carried on.
MILLER PLACE
Sixty and five-tenths miles out; population, 200. This neat and attractive little village
is located on the Sound shore, about 50 feet above sea level. Considerable business is
done in cordwood.
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ROCKY POINT
Sixty-four and four-tenths miles out; population, 200. This is a scattered farming
settlement. Cordwood is one of the chief products.
SHOREHAM
Sixty-five and four-tenths miles out; population, 200. This is the site of a new
bungalow development of considerable proportions. The scenery is grand and the settle-
ment promises to develop into a village of some size and importance. Here is located the
Tesla Experiment Tower, a steel construction of odd shape, being part of a contrivance
by which the inventor hoped to be able to communicate to all parts of the world without
wires; to operate ships at sea without coal and men, and dozens of other things considered
impossible. The tower being of steel and well built will probably stand as an odd monu-
ment to and for years after its eccentric inventor-owner is dead and forgotten.
WADING RIVER
Sixty-eight and six-tenths miles out; population, 550. This is a beautifully located
settlement of well-to-do farmers. Here is located Long Island Railroad Experimental
Station No. I , an experimental farm established and maintained by the railroad company
to investigate thoroughly and in a scientific manner the exact quality and varieties of
products the so-called "barren lands" of Long Island are capable of producing. The
experiment has met with tremendous success, and the results are being advertised and are
now known all over the world. Mr. H. B. Fullerton, of Huntington, is the instigator of
the idea and has full charge of the work.
BAITING HOLLOW
This is a continuous settlement of farmers, about four miles east of Wading River.
Excellent crops of potatoes and cauliflower are grown, which makes this section one of
the most prosperous on Long Island. The settlement has a population of about 500.
COLD SPRING HARBOR
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Si. John's Church and Lake, Cold Spnng Harbor
Jones' Lake, Cold Spring Harbor
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Through ihe Woods, Cold Spring
Near Baylis', Woodbury
The Jericho Turnpike at Woodbury
HUNTINGTON
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The Chateau des Baux-Arts, Huntington
The Magnificent Pubhc Schools of Huntington
Railroad Station at Huntington
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STONY BROOK
A Lake at Slony Brook
Entrance to Stony Brock Harbor
The Business Section of Slony Brook
SETAUKET
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Lake Side House, Setauket
Setaukel Pond, Setauket
Bathing in Setauket Harbor
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EAST SETAUKET AND PORT JEFFERSON
Old Field Lighthouse, East Setauket
The Rubber Factory, East Selaulcet
Railroad Station at Port Jefferson
PORT JEFFERSON
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Views of "Belle Terre,"
Port Jefferson. From top down: Entrance Lodge, "Belle Terre" Club
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PORT JEFFERSON
The Upper Business Section of Port Jefferson
A View on "Belle Terre" Estates
The Lower Business Section of Port Jefferson
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The Yacht Basin, Port Jefferson Harbor
Port Jefferson Harbor
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Golf Links on "Belle Tcrre" Estates, Port Jefferson
Another View of Port Jefferson's Fine Harbor
"Nevalde," Residence of Mr. Dean Alvord, "Belle Terre" Estates, Port Jefferson
MT. SINAI AND MILLER PLACE
269
Road at Mt. Sinai
A Bit of Ml. Sinai Harbor
Pond and Main Road, Miller Place
270
SHOREHAM
Tesia Experimental Station, Shoreham
Along the Sound, Shoreham
The Hotel at Shoreham
HUNTINGTON
255
The Chichester Homestead, West Hills, Huntington
The Huntington Yacht Club and Huntington Harbor
Residence of Mr. Armand Muller, Noted Authority on Chemistry, Huntington
256
HUNTINGTON. GREENLAWN AND CENTREPORT
Huntington Library, Huntington
Scene at Greenlawn
Near "Halls," Centreport
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View of Asharoken Beach, Northport
Road to Asharoken Beach, Northport
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Duck Island, Northport
258
NORTHPORT
Northporl Harbor From Woodbine Avenue
Main Sired, Norlhport
Another View of the Harbor, Norlhporl
WADING RIVER
271
Scene at Wading River
A Highway at Wading River
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One of the Ponds at Wading River
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