New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
FRAMING VILLAGE RULES
Civic Affairs Of Long Beach To
Be in ShipShape Soon.
TALK WITH J. G. GERHARD
President of the Island Tells
About the Aims of the
Board of Trustees.

.cyvithin ten days we expect TO have
.,e various departments of the village
ooverrment formed and in fairly good
.r,;rr order" said John c.. Gerhard.
10 u,as recently elected president Of the
-,r,,c of Long Beach, to a Tribune re-
,orter last week He added that the first
,,,5get Of the new village would probably
,o,el $4,000 and that ne and the other
.acials of the village expected TO make
,,ovn the tentative appropriations at an
.a-,v date. Several meetings Of the board
- trustees and other town officials were
held last week.
A. one Of them Charles Hewlett, who
hos been the custodian of the peace at
,be island for some years, was chosen
chief Of police. He will have number
of efficient officers under his command.
o,,bougb at the present time a more law
obiding community would be hard 20 find.
There has not been a serious disturbance
IN anv Of the Sundays since the opening
If this development to the public. The
size Of the crowds on the beach and On
tho island on the big holidays is 1000 or
more.
Last Sunday there were between three
and four thousand automobiles, the aver
age number Of persons in each party
bsinr four on July 4 last il is said
that over five thousand automobiles dot
Ted the thoroughfares Of the island at one
time.
we feel certain that we can manage
in, uraN 70
serve all property interests here. We are
going to try and work out our village
nroblems in harmony with the general
scheme Of development Of the Estates Of
Long Beach, Of which ex-senator
REYNOLDS is head and 10 which We are all
indebted for this magnificent seashore
nroperty," added Mr.. Gerhard.
Until .ast week We were part Of th'
town OF Hampstead, and We had very
little 10 say, II any, in the distribution
of the uses. rather, Of the sums received
from, US in taxes. Hampstead collected IN
taxes considerably more than 100000 last
YEAR from us. and II returned very lit
lie sum TO us in the shape OF pubic I'M
provements.
"It did some work on our public thor
oughfares. but that is about all the WORK
10 be credited TO il. 1t left US as an IN
beritance OF bygone days SO"J bond
Indebtedness for school purposes
For that burden Of taxation. which we
are obligated to repay, We never received
any direct benefit. The school furnished
nv Hempstead for us was at Oceanside
long distance from the village OF Long
Beach. Hampstead certainly put up
very sumptuous structure there. IL Is
suitable for one of the congested dlsuIcls
Of New York City.
The island OF Long Beach is now
known as School District No. 2o. ana
hereafter the residents of the island VIII
manage their own school affairs. We
have temporary school within the VII
lace limits. but We intend 10 put up
school building which will meet the needs
of this RAPIDLY growing seashore town.
eve have several sites under considera-
,ior for a school building. The question
will probably be settled within te"
weeks. and after We have got possession
of the site. ground will be broken Tor the
school
"If our present plans are not changed
We are going TO build the central part Oh
the school building now, and later aud
two wings.
Rose q Pascus arc counsel to the VII
lage corporation. II was that la" hrm
which attended to all our legal Worh III
connection with the granting OF the chaI-
Ter 10 US. They are giving us the ne'eS-
sary legal instruction as to how to GUIDE
our civic ship. as it were. IN It's laUnch-
Ing days.
The trustees are going to make up the
first assessment roll in order 10 familiar
ize themselves with the entire really con-
ditions Of the village They may employ
expert accountants TO keep the assess
ment books
The residents may rest assured thdt
this assessment work will De well done
Later the assessment work Of this Kind Is
to be placed entirely in other hands. we
will not have far TO go TO get experts
We will find those men among the resi-
dents Of the village.
we believe we can run the affairs oi