New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
A CLEANLY VILLAGE
pabyIon Thoroughly Swept
Every Saturday.
lAWNS PUT IN ORDER, TOO
Town Is Striving to Have More
Roads to the Great
South Bay.


- span on Sundays and usually has
".cb tidy appearance weekdays was
med last week by Tribune reporter.
~ town does not have one day or one
..aek in the year for special cleanup
.,rt II has a cleanup day every week,
I'D that day is Saturday, and the clean
% must be a thorough one in order TO
sa,,efv the aesthetic temperament OF the
residents.
The work on the highways and other
,nblic places is done by Joseph Harnel
street Commissioner. and his force OF
,-sined men. The wagonloads of refuse
csr,ed away on the special cleanup days
ostonish the tidy housewife. While MIR.
uorreU and his men are putting the pub
~ tboroughfares and public places in
sb,nshape order the property owners are
rsmoving all unsightly things from their
rrsmises. Much attention is also paid TO
,be general appearance of the lawns and
flower beds
we don't believe town can be kept
,,,anlv unless the cleanup work is reGu-
,arIy done" said Edward s Alley, presi-
Ssnt Of the village of Babylon, to a Trio
rrs reporter. ITO be clean always re-
.,,,res constant work. From day TO day
,hs Street Commissioner and his men are
h,,sv tidving the streets, and special et-
torts are made by them TO have the place
ss,sciallv pleasing TO visitors on Sundays
I'VE want people TO know the intrinsic
,.auties Of the place. and we could not
~ netter than 10 draw their attention 10
.hs General appearance Of extreme udi-
ness. -.,.. -,.,,o
"Bundreds Of automobile parties VINO
mass through the village each week are
sftsn lavish in their praise OF what we
ave doing TO make Babylon spotless
town FOR the efforts being made to nave
tbA village kept cleanly much credit Is due
20 the Ladies' Village Improvement 80
c,stv They have done a stupenoous
amount of work 10 promote civic prlde'
and Il is very gratifying 10 me 10 see
tba; their labors have been we'll repaid
I'VE have no building code here for
rorious reasons. one is that no one mas
ever yet put up badly constructed
bpuding. endangering the lives OF any
bodv. or one which is public nuisance
II there we're any danger of fiimsy con-
s,ruction. II would not take US long TO
Get the necessary power 10 put a STOP
TO II.
No one need have any fear of anybody
puttinc up along side of his properly
nubllc nuisance. While we were mar
sbailing our legal forces to eradicate the
OWL we would quickly put on a bold front
and use Yankee bluff 10 get ria OF the
annoyer. .,-,,,.
we consider the town 10 be Ideally
situated and TO have special attractions
10 persons seeking place OF residence
or for investment purposes. We nave al!
the charms of the best New Enslanu
towns with the possible exception thd'
our elevation is not high.
I'VE have pure air. hundreds OF arusuc
homes and a most picturesque village IN
every respect. We have frontage on
the Great South Bay which is one OF the
Greatest real estate assets within the
committing zone Of the city. we can also
s,tov life along the seashore by crossing
the bav The ocean beaches within our
reach are among the best near Ne" iorN'
.I do not know OF another Town 80
favorably situated for the commu'e''
Here I'm the summer time ne IS IN the
heart OF the great pleasure srouhd ol
Long Island. and here in the othe'
months OF the year he has home "he'e
outdoor life can be enjoyed, too.
1--WE have a very strict sanitary code.
No sewage can be emptied into the bay
or creeks. We have modern system oi
disposing of sewage; IL is private sys-
TEN. II entirely destroys the sewage.
Owing 10 our ideal location between
the CARL River and the Sampawamis
River. we have no stagnant pools ol
vat.r where mosquitoes can breed. The
streams fow into the Great Sou'h Day
We have almost eliminated from oui
troubles the mosquitoes.
"Our sanitary rules and ordinances are
supervised by DR.. A. Bleecker Desgett'
who has been a resident of this place for
many years He is the president oi ou'
Health Department, and we are very
fortunate in having him.
Along sampawamis creek we have
beautiful shore road. One of our prinG-
pal civic needs is 20 get more thorough
fares leading from the creeks 10 the bay
as we want to make the bay more ac-
oessible TO our residences. But ABOVE an
our principal aim is to lay oefore INC
majority of city workers, who have uihe
to commute daily. what deilghiul
place Babylon is for an ali year home.
Some pupils IN our high school are
from Patchogue. This is proof sufhcieht'
think, as to the high standard OF our
educational system Another fact 10
which / desire 20 call the attention OF
the city dwellers is that we have water
system here, the source Of when is ,,. Ge-
rived from very deep artesian. wells. ne
water has been analyzed at frequent III
tervals and has always been pronouhCeI
absolutely pure. Owing TO the unusuai
oepth Of the wells, we are turther re-
moved from surface contamination than
other places which do not nave this
water system. The water is furnished
by private concern, as is also the ngnt.
ing Of the village. The village IL aoVut
a mile square. and one of the most IN
yitng sections TO working people is West
BABYLON. The longer one lives mere tue