New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-18
Upper pctureNe paocha school of St Agness Church.
Rockville Centre.
Lower pure-The home of The South Side Observer

/ Ask resident Of Rockville Centre
which is the best home street of the
town and you will get this answer:
! why, we haven't any best home street.
We have many picturesque streets IN
every part of the village, and we are
very proud to say So"
Some important buildings are now
under course of construction. One is
the parochial school in College Place.
This building, with its white front, will
likely furnish the pattern for many
/ other parishes which are considering
/ the proposition 70 educate their boys
/ and girls. IL will cost about $4,000,
and it is cheap at that price, as all its
lines show that 1t was put up by
skilled mechanics. The interior ar
rangement is perfect, as the maximum
light and air will be permanently as
sured to all the rooms. On the date
set for formal inspection of this build
ing special efforts should be made to
have among the invited guests as many
of the building specialists as possible,
who have won fame as designers or
builders of school structures. c. B. j.
Snyder, architect of the schools of this
city, and John +. Kelly, Of Passaic. are
two of them, and there are many other
specialists.
Il is expected that Governor Whit
man will pay a visit 10 Rockville
Centre in the fall. The Governor is
doing all in his power 10 improve the
waterways of the Empire State, and his
visit TO the town will be for the pur-
pose of inspecting the waterfront ia
cilities of the village and laying plans
for their improvement at the earliest
possible date. If Mill River were
widened and made navgabe to a point
little south of the railroad tracks, !
It is said that the village would be-
come the first port of entry east of I
the Jamaica Bay. and that this water /
way would result in a stupendous ex-
panSion of the place as residential /
and commercial town. For many dec .
AIDES the Davidson family estate have /
had mill rights and power privileges
on Mill River. and under their patent
dam was erected across the river.
A campaign has been begun to pur-
chase the patent rights of the estate
on the stream and to get the Federal
to appropriate moneys for
broadening and deepening the water
way so that it will be a navigable
stream INTO the very centre of the
village. Governor Whitman will be
shown the harbor possibilities of the
village. Mill River separates the town
from Lynbrook and East Rockaway.
Rockville Centre has two large mod
ern public schools, one being a high
school Late in the fall another school
VIII be ready for opening. Ii is being
built at Morris and Walnut SITS.
For some years the village has lacked
proper accommodations for its school
teachers. many of whom come from ID
state. To supply this want Wilbur
~orblt, a resident of the town, is build
ng at Grand av. and Hanover Place
iwelllng which will be used as a fra
.ernlty house by the teachers. Il will
De conducted on lines similar 20 the
eachers' fraternity house at New
'altz, y. Y The house is nearly COM
'leted, and he has leased it to a WON
IN, who will have the management of !
he property. ;
There is nothing wavering about the r,
aith of Alexander Lawson, one of the ,
eadlng Long Island real estate brok- !
RS, as 70 the future of Rockville r
entire. His faith is as solid as rock.
lie prophesies that the town will be-
ONE one of the largest and most pros I
erous cities on Long Island within !
ne. netx ten years. This city, he adds. +
NIL likely comprise, besides the viii i
ages of Rockville Centre. Lvnbrook. I
baldwin, East Rockaway, Ocean Side
nd Malverne. He attributes the steady
nd healthful growth Of the village Of ..
rockville Centre to the efficient man E
er in which its village affairs are man .
Ged. Its water and lighting system
cited II last year about $4,000. and !.
he property owners did not have to il
ay one cent for public street lighting.
he water ard lighting plants are g..
lodel ones. -
in a realty way we have recently !
one as well as any village on Long /.
iland. says Mr. Lawson. 1T is said !.
nat more business is now being con- J.
ucted in the suburbs than in the
reater city. | have lately been the o
roker in a number Of deals in which p
ockville Centre and Brooklyn prop d
rites have figured | was the broker
transaction in which a $4,000 Il
at IN cambridge ST.. Brooklyn. was Oh
AIDED for two Rockville Centre houses. Il
The tax rate here is less than per al
mt. The low tax rate is big factor s.
our growth. Another factor is that ]
e have all city conveniences and vet "
10y all rural advantages"