Long Island : its early days and development

II A New And Complete

VOLUME OF INFORMATION

With Original Pen and Ink Sketches

by EUGENE L. ARMBRUSTER

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A VIEW OF THE HAIRDRESSING ESTABLISHMENT OF MRS. TYLER-MILLER AT 80-82 FLEET STREET, BROOKLYN.

MRS. TYLER-MILLER'S HAIRDRESSING ESTABLISHMENT

Mrs. Tyler-Miller conducts at 80 Fleet Street, one of the oldest and best known hairdressing establishments in Brooklyn, having given satisfaction to her many patrons at that address for over tw^enty years. Last season, on account of the large increase in her patronage, she added the building at 82 Fleet Street, thus doubling her space. Mrs. Tyler- Miller's establishment is fitted up in the most elegant manner and is equipped with every modem convenience needed in her business. Her patrons include many of the leading society women of Brooklyn and Long Island, as they find in the private rooms, which are a special feature of the establishment, the luxury and privacy of their own boudoirs. Mrs. Tyler-Miller has a large force of helpers, who are experts in their respective lines, such as the making of hair goods, shampooing, scalp treatment, hairdressing, facial massage, and manicuring, but Mrs. Tyler-Miller gives her personal supervision and advice to each patron and her personal attention to every detail of the business, and, as she is an expert in her line, the business is conducted on a first-class basis. Her prices are moderate and she offers special inducements to ladies living on Long Island. She is very glad to show visitors her establishment and they will find much to interest them there.

LONG ISLAND

ITS EARLY DAYS AND DEVELOPMENT

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ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

By EUGENE L. ARMBRUSTER

(Copyright, 1914, by E. L. Armbruster)

PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, BROOKLYN-NEW YORK

Entered at the Brooklyn-New York Post office as second-class matter. Vol. XXIX

No. 7, of the Eagle Library, Serial No. 182, June, 1914. Trademark

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The Queens County Trust

Company

Offices and Safe Deposit Vaults^ 375 Fulton St., Jamaica, A. Y.

BANKING DEPARTMENT

Deposits Subject to Checks. Special Deposits not Subject to Check. Interest Allowed on Daily Balances.

Foreign Exchange, Travelers Cheques

TRUST DEPARTMENT

Executor Estates Managed

Receiver moneys paid into Court

SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS

Boxes rented $5.00 per year and upward.

Robert B. Austin, Pres.

Willis H. Young, V. Pres. Thomas Napiei^ V. Pres.

W. E. Stecher, Secfy.

Leander B. Faber, Counsel.

Queens County Trust Co., Jamaica, Queens Borough.

Conducts a General Banking Business.

BRANCH OFFICE Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, N. Y.

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DR. BERNARD LISSEY

One of Queens Borough's leading dentists is Dr. Bernard Lissey, with offices at 339 Fulton street, Jamaica, and his dental operating room, a picture of which is shown above, has been declared the best equipped and the most elaborate and costly on Long Island.

As an artisan is judged by his tools and uis workmanship, so a dentist is judged by his appliances and his pleased or displeased patrons. The fact that Dr. Lissey has a large clientele and that his patients invariably leave his office with pleased expressions on their faces. Is sufficient proof of Dr. Lissey's worth.

Dr. Lissey desires to please his patrons by not only giving them the best possible workmanship and dental surgery under absolute aseptic conditions, but by giving surrounding cleanliness and comfort.

Upon arriving in New York, at the age of 17 years, Dr. Lissey immediately proceeded to educate himself. He secured employment as a junior clerk in a drugstore and within a short time received his license as a graduate pharmacist. In 1903 he decided upon entering the College of Dental and Oral Surgery of New York. He had a very successful college career, graduating in 1906, receiving a silver medal. Shortly after his graduation. Dr. Lissey was married and in 1907 he established himself modestly at Jamaica, L. I. By close application to his work and constant effort to please, Dr. Lissey soon made for himself an enviable reputation.

Despite the fact that he is a very busy dentist, Dr. Lissey still finds time to devote to civic, political, fraternal and charitable work. He is a member of the Jamaica Citizens Association, a member of the Board of Directors of the Iroquois Democratic Club, of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, of Jamaica Council of the Royal Arcanum, of Jamaica Conclave, Independent Order of Heptasophs; of the Council of Immigration of New York, of the Woodmen of the World, of the Foresters of America, of the Knights of Pythias, and of Ionic Lodge No. 4S6, F. and A. M., and of various dental societies.

Dr. Lissey is still a comparatively young man. He is thirty-three years old. He lives with his wife and two children — Jeanette Frances and Dorothy Marion Lissey — in a handsome home at 63 Shelton avenue, Jamaica.

Dr. Lissey is always pleased to receive members of his profession, medical doctors, as well as the public in general, and permit them to inspect his handsome dental offices at 339 Fulton street, Jamaica. Telephone 281-597 Jamaica.

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INCORPORATED 1827

1 BROOKLYN SAVINGS BANK

CORNER PIERREPONT AND CLINTON STREETS

New Entrance 300 Fulton btreet

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Due Depositors Surplus (Par Value)

CROWELL HADDEN - - DANIEL J. CREEM - - RICHARD L. EDWARDS

CROWELL, HADDEN RICHARD L. EDWARDS EDW. H. LITCHFIELD FRANK LYMAN DAVID G. LEGGET WILLIS L. OGDEN JOHN F. HALSTED JONATHAN BULKLEY

OFFICERS: President LAURUS E. SUTTON • Vice-Pres. ARTHUR C. HARE - Vice-Pres. CHARLES C. PUTNAM

Comptroller

Cashier

Ass't Comp'r

TRUSTEES

FRANK L. BABBOTT HENRY P. NOYES SANFORD H. STEELE DANIEL J. CREEM CLINTON R. JAMES B. HERBERT SMITH FRANCIS L. NOBLE FREDERICK A. M. BURRELL WILLIAM L. MOFFAT

HAROLD I. PRATT EDWIN P. MAYNARD CHARLES J. PEABODY MARTIN JOOST ALBERT L. MASON FRANK D. TUTTLE WILLIAM MASON CHARLES L. MORSE

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OAK PARK NURSERIES

On East Main street, Patchogue, is situated the Oak Park Nurseries, E. C. and S. V. Tiger, proprietors, comprising many acres. As the picture indicates, their specialty is evergreens. Established in 1888 the nursery has been spreading out year by year, until it now covers a large acreage of superbly stocked nursery specialties. Their reputation is such that it has gained for them customers who continually renew their orders, as they realize they can place their orders in perfect confidence and receive just exactly

what they buy.

Special attention is given to the culture of trees that will succeed best in this climate, and those grown here are already acclimated. Write for their beautiful catalogue and when in need of anything in this line write the Oak Park Nurseries, which will exert an effort to please you and make you a satisfied and permanent customer.

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Jamaica Park South Realty Corporation

120 West Thirty-second Street, New York Telephone 2914 Madison Square

236 Fulton Street, Jamaica, L. I. Telephone 878 Jamaica

The Best Moderate Priced Residential Section in Queensborough

19 Minutes From the Pennsylvania Station, 33d Street, New York. 30 Minutes From Manhattan by the New Subway System.

LOTS FROM $250 TO $1,500

The City, State and National Governments have united to open what the "New York World" aptly calls "America's New Front Door." It will be at Jamaica Bay, adjacent to our property.

New York dock authorities declare at this hour that there are countless vessels which, upon arrival, have no prospect but delay, uncertainty and extortionate dock charges when they try to unload.

A READJUSTMENT OF THE COMMERCE OF THE WORLD IS NOW UNDER WAY AND JAMAICA BAY IS TO HANDLE IT.

We are showing you history in the making. Facts are here which your mind can build together. It is a cold business proposition. The alert will grasp it to their certain profit. We can prove to you every assertion.

JAMAICA PARK SOUTH REALTY CORPORATION

120 West Thirty-second Street, New York Telephone 2914 Madison Square

236 Fulton Street, Jamaica, L. I. Telephone 878 Jamaica

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Jamaica Park South Realty Corporation

120 West Thirty-second Street, New York Telephone 2914 Madison Square

236 Fulton Street, Jamaica, L. I. Telephone 878 Jamaica

EVERY DOLLAR IN THE PENNSYLVANIA TUNNELS AND TERMINALS,

EVERY DOLLAR IN THE CITY'S DUAL SUBWAY SYSTEM,

EVERY DOLLAR IN JAMAICA BAY'S GREAT HARBOR,

EVERY DOLLAR IN THE NEW ERIE BARGE CANAL,

EVERY DOLLAR IN HELL GATE BRIDGE,

Every dollar in each and all of these projects is a lever raising Jamaica Park South realty values to a higher level.

Our proposition is an open book. These big improvements are right there doing business — ready for your inspection. You take nothing on faith. The facts speak for themselves. When you see, you will say what every other man says — "IT IS BETTER THAN IT WAS REPRE- SENTED."

Any of these improvements will create enough big business to make an ordinary city.

Think what it means to build a harbor. Here will be miles of wharfage, steamship terminals, docks, etc. Jamaica Bay Harbor means the creation of a thousand new business centers — a city within a city. Shipping facilities bring manufacturers. The increase in Queens manufactures, 314% in 10 years, is a demonstration of that fact.

If the National Government were spending $70,000,000 in the construction of a new harbor on some barren shore, miles from any city, property there would be a good investment. But at Jamaica Bay the harbor is being built at the backdoor of the greatest commercial city in the world — a city with water or rail transit to all points on the globe.

Suppose even ONE of these improvements was being worked out in any community — you know it would be good business to buy property there and wait its completion. But suppose the entire five came together in that community — what then?

If some big business concern would spend $500,000 establishing a plant in a town, you would figure that property there was a good investment.

But here is an expenditure of eight hundred and twenty million dollars on the biggest enterprises this country ever saw — all of them working together to make Jamaica Park South the greatest commercial center in the United States.

If real estate does not reach high values here, there is no place on earth that it will. If real estate is not a good investment here — there is no such thing as a good investment.

It is GOOD BUSINESS to investigate our proposition before you make any investment anywhere.

LET US TAKE YOU OUT AND SHOW YOU THE PROPERTY.

JAMAICA PARK SOUTH REALTY CORPORATION

120 West Thirty-second Street, New York Telephone 2914 Madison Square

236 Fulton Street, Jamaica, L. L Telephone 878 Jamaica

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THE

Patchogue Bank

OF F»AXCHOGLJE, IM. Y.

Capital .... $75,000.00 Surplus and Profits Over $65,000.00

JOHN A. POTTER, President

JESSE C. MILLS, Vice President

FRANK A. POTTER, Cashier

JOHN A. POTTER JESSE C. MILLS JOHN M. PRICE JOHN J. ROE ARCHIBALD S. HAVENS

DIRECTORS

FRANK OVERTON SMITH W. CONKLIN NATHANIEL O. SWEZEY GEORGE H, FURMAN HOWARD S. CONKLIN

JOSEPH T. LOSEE JAMES H. MILLS JAMES H. SNEDECOR J. ROBERT BAILEY DANIEL R. DAVIS

FRED B. NEWINS

DAYTON HEDGES

215 MONTAOUE ST.

TELEPMOME— 3613 r^./\.IM.

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FRED M. RULAND

Granite, Marble and Statuary. Artistic Granite Work a Specialty. Office and yards, corner of Lake

street and North Ocean avenue, Patchogue, L. I. ^

kept pace with the demands of the times for better cemetery work, assures all Ruland customers of prompt, courteous, efficient, honest service. The most modern electrical lettering devices, the highest grade of workmanship, elevating cranes and all up-to-date equipment are the best evidence to offer that Ruland can meet any and all requirements for monuments, headstones, statuary, etc. If you are looking for the genuine products— no substitutes — of the famous quarries of Barre, Vt.; Quincy, Mass., and Westerly, R. I., or the noted imports from Aberdeen, Scotland, or Italy, ask

FRED M. RULAND, North Ocean Av., Patchogue, L. I.

The monuments manufactured | Island are many examples of Ruat the establishment of Fred M., land's superior work, admired and

highly commended for their excelence of finish. An established

Ruland are noted for their original design and artistic workmanship. In the cemeteries of eastern Long i business of thirty years, that has

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Remembering That Our Reputation for

producing printing which is technically and commercially correct gives you all reasonable assurance that, our price being right, you need have no hesitancy in entrusting your order to us?

THE AMITY PRINTING HOUSE

CHARLES F. DELANO, Proprietor AMITYVILLE, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.

Long Distance Telephone No. 77 Amityville. (All Hours)

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UNIQUE THEATER

On South Ocean avenue, 500 feet from Main street, is located the "Unique Theater," a new and modern house, equipped with all improvements, including a gallery seating over SOO. The latest capacity of theater nearly 1,000. Mr. Nathan Goldstein, proprietor and manager, caters to the elite of Patchogue, exhibiting all the latest films as soon as released. This beautiful theater was opened to the public last July and has, under Mr. Goldstein's able management, proven a great success.

WILLIAM L. MANTHA COMPANY, Inc.

Have been established nine years in Bayport and four years in Sayville, operating a garage in each place. Fully equipped with power to make any repairs that an automobile may require. Expert mechanics are employed. Mr. Mantha makes a study of each new car as it appears upon the market, and is familiar with all types. The cut represents a Reo car for which this company are the local selling agents. They are also selling agents for the Mitchell automobile. These two high-class cars have a splendid reputation, and those seeking an automobile can make no mistake in selecting either of them. Touring cars can be engaged here at reasonable rates. There is also ample storage room for private owners, who can rest assured they will receive first-class service.

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THE BANK OF HUNTINGTON

HUNTINGTON, L. I.

Just about twenty-six years ago there was started in Huntington, N. Y., a bank. Ttie exact date is July 1, 1888. The institution sprang from the private bank of the late James M. Brush, Henry S. Brushy and Douglas Conklin. These men virtually did business "over a soap box," and when it was announced that "The Bank of Huntington" was to be opened as a public enterprise, folks were inclined to laugh. Today the bank is the best known on rural Long Island, is the ninth strongest bank in the United States, is the second strongest State bank in New York State, topped only by the famous Fifth Avenue Bank in New York City. It occupies a place well toward the top on the "roll of honor" of the national banking world.

The rise of a community into prominence is generally the rise of its business institutions. Huntington is a good example. The town is composed chiefly of agricultural and residential interests, and for a town of about 6,000 inhabitants it is practically unrivaled on Long Island for general prosperity. If the truth be told, the Bank of Huntington takes a very large percentage of the credit for putting the village on the map, and has much to do with the solidity of its present financial condition.

The Mercantile and Financial Times said recently:

" * * * when an institution operating or doing business in a small community can show on a capitalization of S30,000 a surplus and undivided profits account more than six times its capital, and total resources of almost one and three-quarter million dollars, it is indeed a most enviable condition and a decided testimonial to the abilities that have been and are directing its affairs. Such is the condition shown upon its completion of a quarter of a century of existence by the 'Bank of Huntington,' which institution now shows a surplus of $200,000, deposits of more than 51,400,000, and total resources of 81,700,000."

As an indication of the value of the capital stock of the Bank of Huntington, a short time ago two shares were sold at auction. One share went for Sl,025 and the other for $1,020. Par value, SIOO.

OFFICERS:

DOUGLASS CONKLIN'. President. HEXBT F. SAMMIS, Vice President.

ROSS W. DOWNS, Cashier.

.\DDISON W. SAMMIS, Assistant Cashier.

DIRECTORS:

GEORGE WOODHULL CONKLIN.

DOUGLASS CONKLIN.

AUGUST HECKSCHER,

JOSEPH IRWIN, JOHN T. ROBB, HENRT F. SAMMIS,

J. NEWELL SAMMIS, THOMAS YOUNG.

Statement of The Bank of Huntington, N. Y., May 2. 1914.

Resources.

Bills discounted $919,755.61

Mortgages

Stocks and bonds

Real estate

Cash on hand

Due from reserve banks.

98,462.05

431,141.23

16,000.00

84,078.56

170,478.23

$1,719,915.68

Liabilities.

Capital stock $30,000.00

Undivided profits 106,143.38

Due depositors 1,451,046.61

Due banks 2,725.69

$1,719,915.68

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