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-Ocean Has Since Hotel_Freeport. March 28.—Nothing but a few remnants of spiles, and here and there a fragment of trark mark the grave of what ,wtf* once a bustling railroad line extending from Point Lookout to Long Beach, in 1881.It wmh called the Long, Beach Marine RaftlmM” and wan operated a-long tho shore from the hotel, at Point Lookout to Long Beach. Millard F. Bond of 17 North Ocean avenue wan in charge at one time, and from him comes the interesting story that willahe new to many and will recall mem cries to some of the older residents ofthe village. ^ —In 1881, t large summer hotel of 110 rooms, and 10 cottages were erected at Point Lookout. A gas company and water, works were operated, by the Point Lookout Construction Com pany. _ . .Former Senator Jordan, Edward P. Smith, and W. H. Hammond were the owners of lhe project, and ran it until 1885 when it went into the hands of a receiver, IT. P. Chapmaji.It was bought by E. P. Smith of '112 Broadway and the hotel was nun by Hammond an experienced botel man. A man named C ill is was also connect' ed with it.It failed, and the Long Beach Improvement company bought the cottages and tho L. I. R. R. bought the railroad. In 1889 it disbanded.The winter of 1889 was one long to be remembered. An exceptional high tide washed away five of the cottages and the remaining five were removed to Long Beach. In 1890 the .hotel burned down.The site of the hotel and tho cottages Is now covered by the Atlantic ocean.imed Site of Former— — ■ .* fPaint Lookout wan much wider at thattime than it is now.^ \■%Where Ellison's Hotel now stands the round house used to be. The full Jide of *8j) washed away a section of the track across Flat Beach.Millard Bond took charge !n 1887 and remained until 1890 when the botel burned. The railroad consisted of 2 locomotives bought from the Six Avenue Elevated in New York, and 3 passenger cars that were old Dolly Vartlcns. They were previously used to run to Man hat ten Beach, and were obtained from the L. I. It. R. There ul-so-wer* tWfflat cars.At that time no ferries frtn to Point Lookout from Freeport. Captain Dan Southard, Capt. . Frank Raynor, and Capt. Walter Raynor used to sail down arid take fishing parties front the dock, at Point Lookdut.Mr. Bond re-sewered the place from one end to the other and made manyimprovements. He related a peculiar incident in connection wfth the water supply. * He sunk a pump in the rear of cottage No. 7. and foynd the purest, coolest water he had ever tasted. In the fall he capped the pipe and made ’it ready for the winter. The following spring the pump was attached again and the foulest, most ill smelling liquid was drawn forth that ever existed, but upon pulling the pipe and resinking it 18 Inches away from the previous location pure water was a-galn gushing forth from the nozzle.Robert Brower, former street commissioner of Hempstead was a conductor on the railroad, or rather the conductor, as they had but one. A .switch was placed in the middle of the lino nnd Brower would collect faresTlie changing tides and shifting sands have obliberated most all traces of the busy little line hut the fact remains that at one time puffing little Sixth Avenue L.” locomotives were snorting angrily at the waves as they passed to and fro along the sands.WIJ.UAM PKHKINK, NOTEDNEWSPAPER MAN, DEADr I r IPhiladelphia, March 28.—William Per-rim\ editor in chief of “The Bulletin” for 20 years, and one of tho best known newspaper men, publicists and writers in the country, died yesterday, aged 63. He had been WT for a month.An extensive traveler and keen ole server nil his life, Mr. Perrin© impart* lt;d his fund of intimate, knowledge to the public in the widely read column, Men and Things, under the notn dopUnuu. qf 'iTona -*— ^-FINED FOR SPEEDINGRockville Centre, March 28.—Fines for speeding were imposed upon two automobile operators by Justice Thorp last niglft. Both were summons by Officer Frost.William A. Sullivan of 9 Linden st., Dun ton, L. I., paid $10 and William Kennish, of 1505 Union street, Brooklyn, $5.Sentence was suspended on William Kruger, of this village, who was accused of driving an automobile without an operators’ license.FREE S
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Freeport Daily Review
Freeport, New York, US
Mon, Mar 28, 1921
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