The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
Long Island Town 0pruces
Up For the President.
SUMNER OFFICES OVER BANK
Depot Being Remodeled, Streets Repair
ed, and General Cleanup Begun.
Land Values RisiEg-White House
Red IL Color-Big Influx of Visitors.

thing here Is hustle and preparation Tor
the Presidents coming. Oyster Bay has
been the home of the Rooseyeits for
thirty or forty years There are half
dozen trains q day Between It aud Long
Island City The trains run through
succession Of garden patches and truck
farms, though one never catches
glimpse o. salt water sill the Iocomo-
tive dashes cut OF the cut on the west
lay
TIE town is doubly fashionable now.
It appreciates the new dignity that IS
10 be Lestowed upon it. The old depot
Is beinE renodeied. the streets are be
ing reyai-ed and a general air Of ''sPruc-
ing up is noticeable.
The Town Booming.
An influx OF visitors. however. viii
. UcII-nigh paralyze the town. for it viii
zct be able 70 handle them a new aud
large hotel is sadly needed. There is
one pretty hotel, but OF limited accom-
uodation. The houses that could shell
ter the curious sightseer and persons
having business with the Chief E1ecu-
live are the handsome residences Of
wealthy New Workers.. who are not.
IowcvCr. IN the lodging house business.
While the executive mansion will be
on Sycamore EiIl. the executive Offices
viii be located in the Oyster Bay Bank
Building down IN the village. It IS q
two-story Fompciian brick building with
billiard room in the cellar. the first
fioor even over to the bank and the
second foGr 10 Offices K was in this
building that Ar. Roosevelt had his Of
fees during his campaign for Governor.
Executive Offices Engaged.
lis custom then was to stop. both
going and coming, morning and even
ing, from the train, and have chat
with Billy Young, his private secre-
tary. In the evening he would carry a
stencgrapher out tc Sycamore Hill and
load him up with correspondence for
the next day
It is these same Offices that Saere-
s1aries Cortolyou and Loeb have engaged
for the summer. They are plainly fur
nished, with large windows that look
out ever tas tons Of the houses clus-
tered amid the green Of the trees,
Land Values Jumping.
When the Roosevelts first came to
live ct oyster Bay land in the vicinity
was very cheap Since Theodore Roose-
Welt became Governor AID then Presi-
dent property in the vicinity OF his
place has risen tremendously in value.
Beautiful country homes have sprung
Up all along the edge OF oyster Bay.
Within the past few months a lot "
ing just north OF the Roosevelt place
sold for $500 an acre Il cost twice
that much TO clear It for building puT-
poses
Summer White House.
The summer White House is red
house and yet not strictly 50, though
the combination Of coIors gives II . red
dis1 tlnge under the blaze Of a SIMMER
sun L Is a roomv house Il composite
architecture. the lower half being red
brick and the upper half Of wood Out
OF the ee1.er CT yhe reef and a multi
pIicity CO gable peaks rises massive
red brick chimney.
Facing the west : q wide TeTdEdG pro
tceted by a yellow and brown awning
Rockers aad rash chairs are scattered
about. while from the porch q sweeping
view to tsc bay is obtained slipping
down 20 the westward is lawn OF sew
eraI acres that ends IN q wocd bOrdercd
BY sandy road On the fat summit
Of the hIlI around the house are
number CT flower beds. In the rear is
red stable. 10 one side OF It q poultry
yard and beyond a cornfeld Beyond it
again is z rood that reaches almost
10 Cold Spring Harbor-
Telephone Being Installed
The drawlng-room where the Presi-
dent viii receive his visitors looks out
On the veranda. Adjoining it is the
library which viii be the working room
OF the President On the same floor is
the spacious dining room.
The symmetry Of tae mansions sur
roundings Is being InaTrcd for reasons
Of state by the erection CT unslghtIy
telephone poles planted across the lawn.
As governor and police commissioner
Nj. Roosevelt never had a telephone in
his Oyster Bay home. When asked the
TC~~~r ~-o~ ~ sad.
"a telephone would be a nuisance. 7
We ---.-- ---f-e aAy rest, and il would
keep cre person busy answering calls. %
Secret Service Guards.
When It became necessary for him to
commemorate with New York or albany
he voald walk over to the residence OF
RS Eis,e- q quarter OF nile distant
Hrs deT-ttt. and use her phone But
1t is different now. The President Of
the United States must be IN a position
to communicate directly with his Cab
il-et officers aud heads OF departments.
and so the telephone invadss Sycamore
Fill for the first time
There was 20 sign OF life about the
place Saturday, except the brown-faced
Logs racing around the grassplot TO the
north OF the house ard the squad Of uea
digging holes fer the telephone poles
his quiet VII disappear IN great
measure when the President arrives ana
Ici-1 bis family Thea the tide OF travel
vlu So ia But access to th- grounds
VII be limited Secret Service men VIII
guard CvC~y entrance and demand 10
know tho business OF every .fsIfor Ia q
majority OF cases visitors 10 The mansion
VIII first be required 10 cali at the ex-
ecutiye Once over the bank
Two Old Men Drowned.