New-York tribune., 1902-08-22
THOu4s WANTS sCHOOLHOUsE.
IF NECESSARY. PLAYWRIGHT WILL STUMP
NEW-ROCHELLE TO BRING oOI
FULL VOTE OF WOMEN.

The Nev-RocbelIe Board of Education on
Wednesday night unanimously adopted resoiu-
ton Offered by Augustus Thomas. the play"fsh''
to purchase the Old castle built by the late JONI
Stephenson the New-York car manufacturer ior
a high school. subject to the approval OF the TAX
PAYERS. The castle, which contains about thirty
rooms and is surrounded by about twenty acres
of shore front is one of the landmarks of the Bos-
ton Post Road between New-Roehelle and Larch-
mont 1t is understood that the heirs Will sell IL
for 81 0N but the Board of Education will ask the
people to vote appropriation of SseVO IN oraer
TO have 5000 left for Improvements and remoaei-
ling special election is 10 be held on september
q 10 vote on the proposition The people of New
Rochelle have been divided the question of a
high school site and it is likely that the eiection
will be closely contested.
Two years ago Mr.. Thomas, who, as nenlDer Oh
the Board of Education deeply interested In
soboo1 AFFAIRS secured the adoption of resoiu-
ton authorizing the board to purchase the large
mansion of John Z. Risley. former Minister 70
Denmark for a high school, for $4oV"'' anu d MA
foritv of the taxpayers voted for it, but the cleo
tion was afterward held by the courts to be Illegal
becauea i, was not properIy advertised. This made
the PLAYWRIGHT indignant. and he is deterIhlheo 10
win in the coming election. even II ne mas u stump
the city and bring all of the women out 10 vote
The "Disturbers" Club. an organization composer
mostly of men in the New-York brewing uaoe'
held clanbake at the Rye Beach Inn on "edhes-
day John Unger. president of the cluo' pleSiAeU'
About eighty covers were laid
John T. OrTnOnd ASSOCldLlOH, VI A'S'' -O---'
is to hold big clambake at Becks rye beach
Hotel next Sunday The association which Is COM
posed of Tammany men, Will go 10 rye on
sound steamer three hundred strong. and VIII oe
accompanied by a band of music and other attrac-
tions. .
The Monday Night Bowling Club. one OF the
oldest organizations Of the kind in Brooklyn held
its twentieth annual outing at Rye Beach yester-
day The members enjoyed a clambake at Beck
Hotel and then played games and went bathing
god bz- r9n
dent of the club, and by committee.
Alfred Marshall. who recently built s2oo.@"
home at Orienta Point. Mamaroneck. which he
calls Marleton Hail. has just purchased an addi-
9ional three acres of shore front. Mr.. Marshall
bought the land from Thomas L. Rushmore. and it
is understood that he paid in the neighborhood OF
SO 900 an acre for it. The addition gives Mr.
Marshall one of the finest private beaches along
the Sound.
For the first time In several years the American
Yacht Club. on Milton Point, will hold two open
regattas next week Long Island Sound There
will be races on Thursday for the one design
classes and Friday there will be races for the
seventy-ve foot class OF schooners and all classes
of sIoops. The races will be largely attended by
the yacht owners of the Riverside. Indian Harbor
Horseshoe Harbor, New-RocheIle and Huguenot
clubs The regatta committee SSiSiSts + O TiT sO-
wright and w. H. Browning. ,..-
Many OF the summer residents OF Westchester
County will attend the second series OF swimming
races given by the New-Y9rk AthletG Club -es al
include some OF the best swimmers of the country.
and the contests will no doubt be interesting
The annual three days cruise of the Horseshoe
Harbor Club begins to-day, and large feet is is
anchored ut LarChmont ready to take part IN IT,
The squadron Will sail east as far as Black Rock.
near t}rfigeport. Conn. and after spending sun
day there will return 20 LarchmOnt on Monday.
Among the recent arrivals at the Bevidere Hotel
In Iarchnont are Albert Little. John y. Crossman,
Alr. and Mrs. George Townsend G. +. HOFFMAN.
Mr. and Mrs W F. Baker. H C Murray. Charles
Wilson Charles Ieese D. r. Campbell F. w
Tocgenberg and Mrs. c. Friedsnberger.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the annual
bali OF the third division OF the New-fork Naval
Reserve TO be held at the Bevan House in Larch-
mont tomorrow night. About one hundred society
people from Larchmont and New-York have been