F INBOLA. Jong Isianb , Price, 25 Cents ^:^' Class . Fl^3 Rnnk ,ji\^4-l k^ Gojp^htN". COPyRIGIIT DEPOSIT. M I N EOL A, LONG ISLAND CONTENTS Mineola — Location Why It Will (^,row Rapid Transit A Word About Long Island Nassau County 'Lhe ()ld-'l"ime Mineola The Mineola of To-day Mineola as a Home Some Special Advantages As a Business Point The Churches The Schools Nassau Hospital The Children's Home Public Huildings in Mineola Clubs and Societies The Fair CSrounds and the Fair Truck Farms and Trucking Garden City Millionaire Communities The Long Island Motor Parkway Climate and Health Near- By Resorts In Conclusion Published by— D. C. McKAY & SON, Mineola, Long Island Copyright, 1908 LiSKAnY ot CONuKESS SEP 4 Jaua CLnSsiO- XAC, flu, 7-1 6 7_| q JOPY ts. ' ILLUSTRATIONS r '■ Nassau County Court House Map of Rapid Transit Lines Vista View of Mineola and Wheatley Hills Mincola Depot Some Mineola Residences Firemen's Hall Map of Mineola The Water Tower Near-By Residences (jood Motoring Highways Business Buildings Ibe Churches J "he Schools .Ml+1^T Nassau Hospital Nurses' Home The Children's Home Roadhouses and Inns Golf Links and L'lub House Fair (Grounds Fruck 1' arming Cathedral of the Incarnation St. Paul's School St. Mary's School I'olo Fournament ;,; Vanderbilt Cup Race Private Cjarage of Mr. Robert Graves Map t)f 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Course Nassai Coi-xTY CofKT House, Mineola Hkijcteii in IWO ,^#-;^^^^" «0 fK _ -hV'^-^'-^ ^•.:""\ <0 .'/ '-\ V I. or PORT lASHINGTON -\ ROSLYN 0- ^^#^- Say tss-'- BROOtCLVM ^^i<^,fe^^^- SPRINCriCLD \ \ ii^: VALLEY STREAM .1*' ft*' . * ••• a .ft^&v/Al r^ t7 ^■v^. ,f LYNBROOV,, N rREEPO^T V^-%^ V'^'O' ^'': \^^mmr M ' ^ -- __j5a?.f'-s^ -^' V CONEV •ISJ.ANB^^ MINEOLA— LOCATION Though MiiiC'ola is growint; ra])idly it wants to grow still faster. Therefore it suluiiils in thislittle booklet its advan- tages. Each Long Island town justly lays claim to some special attraction. Mineola believes it has many jioints in its favor. Notice first its location ; only nine- teen miles from Manhattan, on a beautiful ]3lain, on the main line of the Long Island Railroad; at the junction of the Oyster I'ay Branch, and the Hempstead Branch, and the branch to Far Rockaway. Turn to the map and see how central. Then note the trolley roads — west to Jamaica and Brooklyn; north to Roslvn and Port Washington ; east (now building) to Hicksville and beyond; and south to Hempstead, Freeport and again to Brooklyn. Its transportation lines radiate in all directions. Its position is strategic. WHY IT WILL GROW. All the towns on western Long Island are bound to grow--bv leaps and bounds. Manhat- tan's limited area is now full, and more than full. The commercial district, too, keeps encroaching on the residential. It cannot hold its growing millions; and now that they know about Long Island, and how accessible it is, they do not want to be held. The blue-eved nations of the North never poured down on Italian plains with more eagerness. If Greater New York continues to grow as it has been growing, its population in 1910 will be five million; in 1920 seven million; and in 1930 ten million. That New York will thus continue to grow no one can doubt who realizes the great preparations the city is making to increase her harbor room, especially at Jamaica Bay and other Long Island inlets. Long Island will get most of this increase of population. Look at the map again and see if Mineola is not destined to get her fair share. Looking Tow.\rd Mineol.\ from the South — WHE.\Ti.r:\ lln.i.s in Background ALFRILD C. SIMONSON Real Instate and Insurance OPPOSITE "DEPOT Telephone: 104 Garden City MINLOLA, LONG ISLAND T Sev the city future. RAPID TRANSIT HIS is the era uf ra])id transit fur Loii.<; Island. Ferries are heconiin.i; aiitic|uarian relics. A brilliantly lighted train at old New York dashing into a hrilliantly lighted tunnel emerges in a few minutes in eastern Brooklyn. The electric current seizes it and whirls it on its way, and steam, with equal speed, completes the journev. Four lines from Manhattan will soon lead to the Flatbush Avenue terminal in l'.n)oklvn---the Subway, the Brooklyn Bridge, the .Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge; and other lines will soon follow. In l'»10, with the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels at Thirty-fourth Street fmislied, trains will run without a break from Manhattan to Mineola. Even now one can reach Mineola more easily than upper New York, and can buy or rent a home at half the price, eral hundred nnllion dollars are being spent to link Long Island with Manhattan and the Jersey shore. Surely of New York and the lrans]i(irtation companies vvhich contribute this vast sum believe that Long Island has a A WORD ABOUT LONG ISLAND LONG LSLAND-vvhich many suppose monotonous— -is, in fact, a delightful region, diversified with several Inuulretl miles of shore front, with Itold headlands and summits on its northern side, crowned with the castles of millionaires; a plateau of great fertility stretching east and west through the center and a descending plain to where other million- aires, villa residents and modest cottagers look out on the far Atlantic. This diversity of scenery makes it a charming home. Its social life is exceptionally select and delightful. The oi)])ortunities for recreation arc numerous. Us schools are ec|ual to the best; there are churches of all kinds. It is in every way adajjted for suburban life and will more and more become a part of the great cilv. President Peters, of the Long Island Railroad, says that with the increasing transportation facilities Long Islanil is destined to e\])erience a tremendous develo|)meut. lulitor McKelway, of the Brooklyn l{ag!e, savs that the time will come when Long Island will be a series of cities, not of farms, and the home and hive of industries now inconceivable. Notice again the map and see that Mineola's strategic position will secure for her a large share of this development. 7 MAKING MONEY IN REAL ESTATE OHN JACOB ASTOR invested all his earnings in New York real estate, and his investments have so grown that his descendants could not spend them if they tried. Nearly all the old-time wealthy New York families maae their fortunes in real estate. The opportunities Now are as great as they have ever been — probably greater. Do You want to profit by them ? Note a few illustrations : The Borough of Queens was assessed three years ago at $140,000,000; this year at $292,000,000 — more than doubling in three years. The actual increase in values has quadrupled. Four years ago one of my clients wanted to buy an acre tract but didn't, the price was too high— $600 an acre. It is now worth $2750. A corner in Jamaica sold in 1906 for $50,000, then $60,000, then $70,000, and people said the last buyer was crazy. In six months he sold it for $95,000, and the pur= chaser divided it and sold it for $175,000. These illustrations could be multiplied thousands of times. And the development of New York City, and especially of Long Island, has only just begun. Every nation, every state in the Union, and nearly every town and village sends to New York its annual contingent of people. The widened and deepened Erie Canal, with its cheap freight rate, will bring the Western grain field, ranch, forest and mine almost to New York City's door. The improvement of Jamaica Bay and other new harbors will give the city a dockage equal to that of any other three cities in the world ; and it will furnish factory sites which will make New York the busiest hive of industry in America. Therefore New York will grow as never before. I know of many opportunities for profitable invests ments in Acre tracts and in Lots. Acreage is really my specialty. 1 have also all classes of houses to sell on easy terms. I am thoroughly familiar with the localities referred to in this book. There is no charge for information, and no charge to the buyer for commission. If you have property to sell 1 shall use all my resources to assist you. All inquiries will receive courteous attention. D, C. McKAY OFFICE: 354 RESIDENCE: FULTON STREET., MINEOLA 8 J AM Al C A, LONG ISLAND NASSAU COUNTY MIXHULA is a county scat — an important advantage over rival towns. The courts, their functionaries, the members of the bar and the civil officers make it a gathering point and a center of influence. As a countv Xassau is voung, detached as it was from Queens in 1898; but as a connnunity it is old, its carlv settlements dating from 1640. Of its exceptional fertility, wliich makes its farms one vast truck garden; of its charms of scenerv, which have made it the abode of more men who write their checks in millions than any other rural countv in the world; of its genial climate and healthfulness; of the attractions of its resorts, something will be said under these specific topics. In a conununit\- so old there is naturally much of liistoric interest — legends and traditions which caimot here be referred to; vet with all its old-time atmosphere and distinctiveness it is pushing a material development wliich probably nowhere else has an equal. MiNEOL.\ Residences E. E. BIRDSALL Coal ant) lKIloo^ : : nnasons' flilatciials STOREHOUSE, YARD and ELEVATOR WILLIS AVENUE AND SECOND STREET MINEOLA, . - LONQ ISLAND Telephone: 102 Garden City GEORGE B. McCORD C!Iar:prntrr tmh lutliirr Low-Priced Modern Homes a Specialty Jefferson Ave, and Mineola Boulevard MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND HENRY EHRICHS Dealer in GROCERIES, FLOUR AND DRY GOODS Feed, Boots, Hardware, Paints, Hay, Shoes, Tinware, Cutlery, Straw, Rubbers, Crockery, Etc., Etc. -icUvHoTve-. MAIN STREET, Nea.r Depot \Z% 5aT4eT\ C\\^3 MINEOLA. LONG ISLAND FRMNK GODESKY Plans and Specifications Prepared Work Done by Day or Contract Estimates Cheerfully Furnished CARPENTER AND BUILDER TELEPHONE: SJ J Garden City TUVINEOLT^. LONG ISUHISD 3lflbn A. ^raUtaU TeUplwne: 54 Garde,, City SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLES LIVERY AND MOVING VANS Mineola, Long Island 10 THE OLD-TIME MINEOLA NOT a few business ineu of Mincdla and vicinitv can refer to what not only llieir grantlfathers l)ut their great grand- fathers and their great, great grandfathers said and did here in the old jiioneer time. That men should li\e on the same farms or in the same neighborhood as did their ancestors five generations before Iheni is an unusual circumstance in migratory America. And not without local interest is the fact that, before those pioneer days, "here lived and loved another race of beings." A mile or so northeast of Mineola is an Indian burving ground, supposed to cover about fifty acres. Its exact location is no longer known, although familiar to the grandfather of the present owner of the land. In earlv davs, before the boomer's time, a tract of land miles in size, just south of Mineola, sold for the lumj) sum of fortv dollars. I'or nearlv a centurv, wdien Queens and Nassau formed one county, Mineola was virtually the county seat. Just west of the town, on the north side of the Jericho Turnpike, stands the old court house, erected in 1786. Here until about thirty years ago the courts were held. Of interest to many will l)e the fact that in this building the Long Island Bible Society was formed. A four-square naturally pretentious two-story and attic frame structure, its historic interest should not allow its continuing in its present disre|)air. Adjoining it, and now used as a dwelling, is a still older building, in old times known as ■■The Three Ton Inn." The "Rider and Drixer" journal says that it is more than two hundred years old. II had three rooms, but the significance of the '■ton" the antiquarian does not st-eni to know. Just east of the inn was the race track, where Long Island used to cheer the three- minute horse as lustilv as it now does the one wliieh wins in less than two. Here, too, on training davs, the countv militia marched to the tap of some old Revolutionary drum. For a centurv or more, and until the steam whistle succeeded the stage-dri\er's horn, Mineola was a center for stage lines in all directions. l'"or a time it was the eastern terminus of what is now the railroad's main line. From time to time a new house was added to Mineola, but it really began to make strides onl\- when the new C(jurt House was built in l'«H). i J^^ n§-«Sm!^2 .«« ' in--f mvsmti I'ikemkn's Haul 11 M' THE MINEOLA OF TO-DAY IXHOLA, so they say, is a word of Indian origin. Be that as it may, the name is not unmusical: and the name and the town — sometimes called Beautiful Mineola — seem nicely to tit. Incorporated as a village in 1906, it has now a population of about two thousand. Thcv tell of the time when for a whole generation not one new home was built in what are now the village limits: but of late so manv new houses are rising that the erstwhile hamlet will soon be a city. Even now it has most citv conveniences — a water supplv from the purest water that ever flowed under ground; an adequate fire department: \igilant peace officers: street cars, electric lights, paved streets, schools, churches, an ojiera house, public halls, fraternal organizations, two banks with large deposits, business houses of all kinds, wood-working plants, skilled artisans, men of all learned professions, an ably edited newspaper, with a new one starting, and a social life of a high order. And rapid as has been ]\Iineola's growth in the past few years, conservative judges firmly believe that its progress in tile future will be still more so. This belief thev base on the fact that the fiood-tide from the great city has only begun to flow, and that Mineola's somewliat exceptional advantages are onlv now becoming known. The new subdivisions which are being ojiened will put on the market an abundant supply of choice but low-priced lots, thus giving an opportunity for wide expansion. Houses can be bought at Mineola at verv reasonable figures, sav from two thousand to six thousand dollars. An alnuulant gravel supjilv furnishes a chea]) material for foundations, and, when desired, for concrete super- structures. Rents are usuallv from twentv to fifty dollars per month. Any worthy family occupying one of these houses may feel itself socially on a par with the best. 13 Chickens are an expense until they start laying, or are ready for market. You can make them grow quicker and stronger and lay sooner by simply giving them Pratts, p°"»''y Regulator [For 36 years called Pratts Pcultr-y Food] mixed in their feed. Try it on one hatch and compare results— yoirll find it pays to use this old reliable and greatest of all regulators and eu^- producers It actually brings results and increases profits. Costs less than Ic. a month per chicken. PratU Liquio Lice Killer is sure riddance to an expensive pest. Try it. ' Pratts Head Lice Ointment kills bead lice on little chicks and turkeys. Best remedy for scaly legs. W. Van Wagner Corner Main and First Streets MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND DEALER IN Groceries, Hay, Straw and Feed Hardware, Tinware Paints and Oil Telephone : / jo Garden City s> FULL LINE OF SHER^IN WILLIAMS' PAINTS ^ 14 . - t M »o| ■i-v^i p,^ ^iJB ~^^ ^*^- Residence oi Mr. F. p. Morris. Gardes City Residence of Mr. Ralph Peters. Gardes City Pres. of Long Island Railroad iMINEOL.A AS A HOME M' IXEOLAis at about the right distance from the big city. If nearer i' would be subject to the in- trusion of business and the undesirable element ; if farther away it would involve an unnecessarv expenditure of money and time. Residence in Manhattan now means life in a Residence of Mk. Thos. W". Albertsox See UorsE flat — noise, dirt, contaminated air, no pleasing outlook, no space for children, heterogeneous neighbors, high rent. Close-in neighbor- hoods are soon crowded upon. A score of miles acts as a sifting process. Only those go out who can appreciate the better things of life, and can afford them. The com- munity becomes select. One takes pleasure in knowing his neighbors, for they are people worth knowing. A pleasant social life is established. Low prices permit the buying of a home and a fixity of residence. With wide green lawns, trees and flowers, children have a suitable environment. Amid gUmpses of the blue sky, the sight of waving grain fields, distant vistas of water and hills, and all the changing scenes of nature, men and women can lead the life which a wise Creator ' they should. And all this within an easv half-hour of Broadwav. 15 state Post SALE. EXCHANGE AND TRAINING STABLES BOX AND TIE STALLS. HORSES WINTERED OR PASTURED. HORSES FOR ALL PURPOSES. HORSES TRAINED AND CAMPAIGNED. HORSES CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED ALL STOCK AT OWNER'S RISK All appointments and service up-to-date. Horse dentistry a specialty MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND TELEPHONE- 122 Mineola. H. ANDRLWS H. W. ANDRLWS Established 1880 ANDREWS BROS. General Contractors MINLOLA, LONQ ISLAND Macadam Roadwork Road Oiling Grading and Carting Dr. C. EI. Smith DEINTIST First National Bank Building MINEIOLA, long ISLAND Wm. W. Xitus Dealer in HIGH-GRADE COAL FOR FAMILY USE Also Full Line Standard Masons' Materials and Wood in All Sizes EAST WILLISTON, L. I., N. Y. TELEPHONE CONNECTION 16 SOME SPECIAL ADVANTAGES AI.THUUGH in a level country, the Mineola of the future need not be without pleasing landscape effects. The develop- ment at Garden City shows what can be done. With a fertile soil, nature will lend herald; and if reasonable care is taken in the designing of homes, the establishing of parks and the setting out of trees, Mineola will compare very favorably with other cities. Reference has already been made to the exce])tional transportation facilities. Added to these are the splendid highways which lead in all directions — the famous Jericho Turn])ike on the north, the fine Old Country Road on the south, leading east and west; the equally- line north and south highways, and the great Motor Parkway, now building, with Mineola as its western terminus. The exce])tional healthfulness of this region will be referred to under a separate head, but the fact may here be alluded to that Mineola is inland, and, while enjoving a constant breeze, is free from the harsh winds which make the shore fronts unsuiled, for most of the \-ear, to those with weak throats or lungs. A few minutes ride, at a few cents cost, will take one, in the summer season, to the north or south shore for a day's rest or recreation in bathing, boating or fishing. (.)ne living at Mineola can thus enjoy all the advantages of the shores without enduring there the winter's discomforts and dangers. Mineola, too, is almost enlirelv free from the m(isc|uito pest to whicli most shore towns are subject. JHKICHO TUKNPIKI; Old Country Ro.\d ROSLVN Road 17 The First National Bank of Mineola MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND (91BT) CAPITAL SURPLUS $50,000 12,500 EDWIN C. WILLETS, President EUGENE W. DENTON, Vice-President PHIL. J. MILLER, Vice-President JAMES C. VAN SICLEN, Vice-President S. M. POWELL, Cashier HENRY L. GRIFFING BUILDER Mineola, Long Island Estimates Furnished Telephone Connection Howard R. Pine Dealer in Ifcc Cvcam anb (rontcctioncv\> STATIONLRY, CIQARS AND TOBACCO NLWSPAPLRS AND BOWLING ALLLYS ALL LE.ADING PERIODICALS POOL PARLOR Tt'letthune : 2^1. (iiirJt'it (^ity MINEOLA, - - LONQ ISLAND 18 AS A BUSINESS POINT 'HU fad that Mincola i'iiio\-s exceptional transportation facilities ini])lies that it is, )r will be, a good business center. Hspecially is this true when the productive character of the surrounding country is considered. Few farming communities handle as much money as does that around Mineola. In Ma\' last a farmer near Mineola died whose estate inventoried about (jne million dollars. The fact that a bank in Mineola has nearly one million dollars of assets, and that a new bank has started, shows that somebody in this community is doing business. The large deposits in the banks provide ample funds for business loans. I'^ven at ])resenl this \icinity affords profitable opportunities in all lines of business and industry, and the increased population which is certain to come will greatly enlarge these opportunities. And a glance at a map will show that Mineola's business future is not limited by the resources of the adjacent territory. It is so located at a junction point that it will command a good share of the almost incalculable growth which will soon take place on the eastern half of Long Island. The two hundred and fifty thousand acres of wild land which have bv recent experiments been proved fertile will not much longer remain idle, and vast railroad pro- jects will soon materialize at Montauk Point. It follows, as a corollarv, that if Mineola is to have a large in- crease in population and a large develo])ment along business lines it must be a desirable jilace in which to make investments. 19 S. p. H. BUILDIN'G W.&J.POST MANUFACTURERS OF -^ BRICK Telephone : bb7W Sea Cliff Residence : East Willislon GLEN HEAD, LONG ISLAND FOR SALE OR RENT I have at Mineola several good houses which I will sell at moderate prices and on favorable terms. : : C I have also houses for rent. Telephone Connection M. A. Foley Mineola, N. Y. M' C.\Tii»)i,jc Cmukch 4 v ^mk- g CtHRMAN' MKTIId The rVolt-'sUinl Iqiiscopal Cliurc Kfl^^^Ul'AL, ChUKCH THE CHURCHES INEOLA has four cluirch orsJanizations, each vvilli an edifice of its own. The Roman Cathohc Cliurch, " Corpus Chrisli," a I W'ihis and Garfield Avenues, was organized in 1895. The new brick edifice, now building, will be handsome and c(.)niniodious, a credit to the parish and the town, leather James F. Flynn, who has charge at (lardea Cit\- also, is the pastor. The German Methodist lipiscopal Chnreh. "St. Paul's," on Willis Ave., was organized in IS'-)'). Tlie imstor is the Rev. F. Hagner, ?.bO East 28th St., Brooklyn. "The Church of the Nativity," was also organized in 1899, although a organization had been in existence. The Presbyterian Church, at Main and First vStreets, was organized in 1902, but is an outgrowth of a luiion church which was organized in 1882. It has a valuable church ]iroperty. Tlie Rev. ]{. J. Lhn'd is pastor. Ml inbersof other denominations conveniently find clnirehesof their faith in someof the ad joining villages. 1 1 speaks well for the clunxh-going character of Mineola that the churches, altiiougli yoinig, are so well supported and so efficient. i.R,,sBvTEKi..N- Chukci T L IIUKCH l>rior GEORGE H. TERRY CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Plans Drawn and Estimates Furnished TELEPHONE . aif^ GARDEN CITY Mineola, Long Island Acreage for Sale TRACT of 75 Acres, one-quarter mile East of Mineola Depot. Bounded on the South by the Main Line of the Long Island Railroad, and on the West by Roslyn Road. Only those desiring to pay Cash need apply. THOMAS W. ALBERTSON Mineola, Long Island EDISON AND VICTOR PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS FREDKRICK ITP 88 Lo(s. >5 Down *2 Monlhly 12SLols, ", Down 'J Monlhly HSLols. >5 Down >4 Monlhly 258 Lois. >5 Down »5 Monlhly ALBERTSON EVERY LOT 251-:,. 100!.-;, E.cHf vll:. plot - «..d..„..*l ..ir. k.vd, t.,Kl. and d.y. su,.ound=d by Ihc «.«. p.ctur.squ« and h«lthf«l countfy .n Amcn«, W.th.n five to l« „,i„«tcs' walk of c^th M»l,Of.^nd wilh a rr,q..cnl lr,m >nd H«t(ic car «rv,„ lo N.w v >, r , T"] 411 y«r round l.om< and ,u,t what a wagc-carnfr needs. Only 30 mm^e. fme l.om New York 60 trains a day and abful (en cents commutation. To buy now at these pri. ... _ ^ "^ "' "'^'" '" "■=" ^•''^ *=">■ '" '^•^' ^ 3 there i» a large profit wailing for you in five lU Wlh-\\ and SUNHAV WILLIAM H. MOFFITT REALTY COMPANY, IlKVKKH'LWS 01 107 I'Wl'I'i WltE CI I IBS AND lUWNS bUULIWtlAN R) M.W > MAIN I 102 rSROADVVAY .lines I Corner John Street NEW YORK CITV 24 CONSPICUOUS in its hiiildings and pre-eminent in ils jjhilan- thropic purpose, the Xassau Hospital worthily holds a plaee as one of the leading institutions of .Mineola. ( )ccui)ving an area of seven acres on the north side of the Long Island Rail- road in its western approach, it gives to the stranger a distinctly favorable impression not only of the town but of the county whose people so thouglit- fulh- established and so generously support it. The Nassau Hos]5ital As- sociation was organized in 1896. For the first few years a temporary building was taken at Hem])stead, but in 1900 the buildings were so far ready as to permit its occupying its permanent home. As it now stands it has a central edifice, two stories high, which, with the various one-story wings and additions and some detached buildings, give ample "sjiace for offices, wards, laboratories, operating-rooms, medical offices, nurses' homes and all the other necessary de]iartnients of a modern, fully equipped institution of its class. Some of the structures commemorate the liberality of wealthy residents of the county. Among these "The Mackay Memorial Home," erected at an expense of nine thousand dollars by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, in memory of a brother, provides a well-ap])ointed Nurses' Home. The east and west additions to the Hosi)ital are the gifts of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. The Hospital has cajnicitv for seventy patients, and there are usualh' fifty under treatment. The medical staff includes eleven physicians, all of whom stand high in professional skill. The Training School has a three years' course, with usually six members in each year's class. No distinction of creed, nationality or color is made in the admission of patients. Those who can pay, in whole or part, are expected to do so, but all others receive treatment free. There is a small endowment fund, but the institution is supported mainly by voluntary contributions. Its affairs are carefidly managed by a staff of officers and a board of directors which include many of the prominent men and women of tl 25 the conntv. William Post ^ Son SHLE STRBLES EAST WILLISTON Telephone : 118 Roslyn The old reliable place to get a horse for any purpose. ^•« ^* ^* Don't fail to come and see us when in need of a horse. We guarantee satisfaction. WILLIAM POST & SON D O YOU OWN PROPERTY ON LONG ISLAND? Has it been surveyed, developed or improved ? If not you should communicate with us at once. Our surveys are guaranteed by any title company in America. Our style of developing property has always proved satisfactory even to the most fastidious owner. We make accurate contour maps and perform surveys for ROADS, BRIDGLS, CANALS ILlectric Railroads fair field £r Dow CIVIL LNGINLLRS AND SURVLYORS and reclamation of marsh lands. 26 The plans used in this booklet were made by F. & D. THE CHILDREN'S HOME THE Children's Home, occupyiiis a large three-story and basement buildini;", on a five acre plot in the eastern part of the town, is another bene- fieiar\- institution in which tlie people of Mineola and of the county are (lee])l\- interested, and to which Ihev Kive their generous supjaort. Here seventy children, from four to fourteen years of age, many of them taken from the lower walks of life, are comfort- ai)lv cared for; and here, surrounded by wholesome intluence and taught by example and precept, they are saved from evil ways and fitted for useful lives. Established in 188,S, the Home is now in its t\ve^t^•-third \ear. During this time about eight hundred ciiildren have been received, most of them sent bv the Eoor-Law officers of Nassau County and Tin: ciiM.nKKN s h..me i,f t^^. Horouglis of Ouecus and Manhattan. No child under four vears is admitted, and at the age of fourteen they are returned to parents or guardians, or homes are found for them in suitable families. A school with a competent teacher gives them a good elementary education. An attending phvsician and a consulting ])hysician look after their health and physical develoi^ment. So good is the care that only three children have died in the Home, but in order that no aid may be lacking a small hosintal will soon be budt. Of the children sent out into the world many are known to be doing well, in the various jirofessions and mdustnes. Not a few, happilv married, now have homes of their own. About two-thirds of those received are boys, and one-third girls. The Home is supported jiartlv by a fixed charge and partly by legacies and contributions. Man\- donations of food and clothing are received. With the exception of the Treasurer, a man, all the officers of liie Home are i)hilanthroi>ic women of the countv and some adjacent towns. Mrs. Hunting, the clTicient matron, has now been four years in charge. 27 The best location for investment, residence or business in the whole Mineola district is EAST WILLISTON E' AST WILLISTON will have all the advantages of the fast tunnel trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Manhattan — the same trolley con- nections by way of Jamaica — the same every- thing that's first-class and metropolitan; but more opportunity for you to make money. You can get Real Estate of quality at East Williston at such prices, on such terms and with such treatment as will enable you to reap immense enhancement of value or profit without feeling the outlay. ^ ou may select any of the fine, large, unsold lots, in the midst of the many beautiful homes which are built on the plan, by making a payment of only ten dollars. The balance may be paid monthly at the rate of five dollars per month, up. And no interest or taxes for the first year. Nice lots are offered at $10(1 to $475. Some splendid corner lots at $500 to $675. For any further facts apply to the owners. WHEATLEY HILLS LAND COMPANY No. 1 West 34th Street (Century Building, Opposite Waldorf-Astoria) NcW Yorlv 28 PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN MINEOLA MINL{()I,A has several structures which wciuld at tract altciUioii in e\'eii a lartjer tnwn. Con on- spiciunis anidiii;- these is the Court House, erected in I'KIO, at a cust, vvitii tiie jail and grounds, of nearly two hundred tiiousantl dollars. It is of the new order of "poured" concrete, a monolith, ])leasing in design and con\enient in appointment. .Standing in what is almost a park in extent and in landscape adornment, with neat hedges surrounding it and graceful vines clambering o\er it, it well deserves the encomiums it receives. Ik-hind it is a jail, so different Irom the ordinarv prison, and so ornate and homelike, that manv jjersons are humorousK- teni]Ued to sav that it must be delightful to li\e there. The sciiool building, with the new addition, would be a credit to any town of its size, and the pictures of llie churches show them to be appro]iriate and tasteful houses of worship, well suited to the needs of Mineola. The new brick bank building would be an ornament to an\- medium-sized town, and the edifice of the Nassau Countv Bank on the diagonal corner makes a pleasing impression on strangers arriving at the station. Of the half dozen oftice buildings of the town, the Denton, near the Court House, a three-stor\- brick structure, will quickly attract notice. Among other office buildings may be mentioned the S. P. K. Building on Old Countr\- Road, the Nassau Countv Bank Building, the First National Bank Building, the Nassau Hall Building, and the Searing liuilding. The new Opera House is of pleasing appearance and provides a much needed ])ublic hall. That a village of the size of Mineola should ])ossess no less than eight well kept and ])ros]ier()US hotels shows the amount of tra\-el she receives through her central position. The trax'el on the highwa\s alone woirld su]iport several 29 jOLP LIHf.5 ATiO CL'JB liO'J5E ONE-MALP MILE PROM Ml MEG LA .'. .'. ,'. I±2_ 30 luik-Is, to sa\' iiolliiiij; of llial wliicli cnuns on ilu' luiiiKMinis sti'aiii and tiuUox lim-s. Soiiu' of llux.' holds air shown in llu' piolnri's. Conspicuous anions" the structures of tin- town is tlic llnco storv, concioto. pli^•al^ garasc of Mr, Rolx-rl (iravi-s, on .Scarinj; Avonnc. said to In; the most cxpcnsixr liuiidini; of ils kimi in Ihi' world \\ ilh a haolH' (itiideti CiSy OHN E. LYNCH Contractor and Builder East 29th St. and Ave. A, Brooklyn MINEOLA LONG ISLAND TELEPHONE : 29R GARDEN CITY Sale and E]:^cl~iange Stables MOVING VANS— CITY AND COUNTRY GENERAL TRUCKING AND CARTING Henry IVI. Seannan Opposite Fair Grounds iviiime:ol/\ MIMEOl>A MARKET I=IRST-Cl.KSS 7UTEKTS FISH OYSTERS HMD CL-K7UVS KT ReKSONKBL.E PRICES M. LOEW, Proprietor Orders called for and delivered WIND MILLS GASOLENE ENGINES TANKS PAINTS STEAM ENGINES WELLS MOTORS OILS Joseph Smith 6 Sons ENGINEERS. PLUMBERS, STEAM FITTERS ELECTRICIANS. TINSMITHS MineoIa, L. I.. N. Y. Willis and Jefferson Avenues 32 \'n:\v IN Tiii-: I-'aiu Cki'imis THE FAIR GROUNDS AND THE FAIR MIXIi()LA'S annual fair. Lnvcrinj; live (la\s in late Se]:)tfnibcr, is a big e\cnt in the life of liu' Idwn, and bij,' enough to call for extended reports in the papers of Brooklyn and New \'ork. The grounds are line — sixty acres in extent — and for interesting material for exhibits few counties of the State can ecjual Nassau and Queens, b\- whicli the fair is jointly held. It is recalled as a curious fact, that at one ol this Societ\'s old-time fairs one hundred \oke of oxen were on exhibition. Those were ])riniitive da\s on Long Island. At its fairs now there are automobiles on display, each of which cost more than the entire one hundred voke of cattle; and as tor horses from the great estates —blue-blooded animals of roval pedigree— onlv their owners know the big checks the\- represent. From the same estates come cows which are matched onl\- in Rosa llonheiu's ]iictures; and for poultr\-. which is a special attraction at the fair, e\er\- breed of merit is shown in its most perfectly developed s]3ecimens. As for agricultural and horticidtural ])roducts, it woidd naturalh' be expected that in a rt'gion where farming is so intensive, and where gardeners and llorists are so skilled, there woidd i)e a dis])lay of \ery raw excellence. It is claimed that the racing track is the hnest in an\' countx' fair ground in the State; and the large jiurses offered attract horses which have records of s])eed. In the Ladies' Building good displavs are made in arlick'S of domestic manufacture and for the table. The h'riday of each Fair Week is Children's I)a\-, the pujiils of the schools being admitted free and prizes awarded them for excellence in various lines of school and manual training work. The attendance at the fair is some davs as liigh as twent\- thousand, which indicates its i)oi)ularity. The .Society has a membershi]i of Iwelw hundred, showing the extraordinar\' interest that the ])eo])le of the two counties take in the aimual exhibitions. 33 THE CHAS. H. ELLIOTT COMPANY PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS STEEL, HALF-TONE AND PHOTOGRAVURE CATALOGUES AND BOOKLETS COMMENCEMENT INVITATIONS ^^^_ AND CLASS-DAY PROGRAMS M^^^ DANCE PROGRAM/ AND INVITATION/, MENU/, CLA// AND FRATERNITY INSERT/ FOR ANNUAL/, CLA// AND FRA- TERNITY STATIONERY, MAKER/ OF SUPERIOR HALF-TONE/ OFFICE AND WORKS, SEVENTEENTH ST. AND LEHIGH AVE. NORTH PHILADELPHIA : : : : PENNSYLVANIA 34 TRUCK FARMS AND TRUCKING A TR.W'I'XER on the highways about Mineola will note with surprise the number ■^^- of wagons loaded with garden truck which are headed for the markets of the great city. It is really one of the sights. In number they almost equal the automobiles, and in cost some of these fine vehicles, with their rich trimmings and s]ilendid horses, almost rival the more aristocratic touring cars which noisily whiz b>- them. Their numbers testify to the fertility of the region of which Mineola is the center. Five tons of succulent vegetables, fresh from their good mother earth, is not an unconunon load, piled in barrels and boxes as high as a New lingland farmer's load of hay. A peep under the canvas covers will reveal all the horticultural products which a genial climate and a kindly soil can produce — beans, beets, cabbages, cauli- flower, celer>-, cucumbers, lettuce, melons, onions, parsnips, peas, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, squash, tomatoes and turnips, with fruits, large and small, beyond numbering. No wonder such productiveness made Nassau Countv's lands so eo\ele(l even before tiie subdivider's boom sent land ])ricesakiting. And no wonder that the truckers, botli owners and renters, have fat bank accounts, well nigh ri\alling those of their ]iretentious neighbors who dabl)le in puts and calls instead of potatoes and cabbage. Few farms can now l)e had in the \icinity of Mineola for less than two thousand dollars ]x-r acre, Init it will be several years yet before all the truckers give place to the commuter and to the man whose Wf)rk is in Mineola. The florists' establishments of the \icinity, including a line one in Mineola itself, are jjlaces of rare lieanty and of large profit to their proprietors. 35 A (lARDEN CiTv Street GARDILN CITY HOTEL Qarden City, Long Island OFE.N AI.I. THE YKAH *lf (inly IS iiliUb fnini New Y(.rk. 40 Minutes by Tlirou(;li Hkctric Train Service. Nl A Mddern Structure of Hrick and Marble. 200 Rotims. 90 Private Baths, Steam Heat and Open Fireplaces, Electric Lighted thniughoul , Long Distance Telephone in ever^■ room. N'ew .\ la Carle Restaurant, Colling, Tennis, Riding, Driving and Anlomobiling. h'im- livery ,nid (Wage All ro.uls leading to Hotel macadamizcil ii^rile for lllti ilia let/ lionklet auii Autnmohih fioad Map. J. J. LANNIN CO., Proprietors GAR DUN CITY, adjoining Mincolaon the south, is fortunate in having many advantages and attractions which cannot bi? found elsewhere. All of its streets are piped for water, gas. electricity and sewer. The water supply is not only more than ample for its needs for many years to come, but famous fi>r Its sweetness and purity. Among the institutions and attractions of the place and neighborhood may be named the following ; The Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation. The Roman Catholic Church. St. Paul's School. St Mary's School. The Public School. The Garden City Hotel. The Garden City Golf Club. The Salisbury Links, a public suljscrii)tion citurse The Carteret Gun Club. The Garden City Gun Club. The Garden City Club, a social club. The Nassau County Hospital. The Court House of Nassau County Belmont Park. Mcadowbrook Club. Long Ucach. The Long Island Motor Parkway. ^fl^lfc^ HTi '! tirxn i ^ff ' Also PrnpricforN o[ HOTKL (ilt.V M .\T A >'.- Ilronx villo, N. Y. 36 Interior and kxtekior Views of the Cathedral GARDEN CITY ADJOINING Miiu-ola on the south, and \-irtualIy forming one community with it, is Garden City, whose advantages and attractions are equally enjoyed by Mineola. Garden City has the distinction of being the only Cathedral town in this countr^■. As all know, it was founded by Mr. A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince, who planned it along the lines of like towns in England. Here is the Cathedral of the Incarnation, famed for the beantv and purity of its Cjothic architecture. Erected at a cost of two million dollars, and set among majestic trees, with great stretches of lawn (in either side, it stands a notable structure among the world's great houses of worship. Nearby is the handsome vSee House, the residence (if Bishop Hurgess. Near the Cathedral are two famous schools, also (if splendid a rchitecture —the widely known S t . I'aul's School for Bovs, and the e c| u a 1 1 \ excellent St. Mary's vSchool for G i rl s . M i n - eola has the advan- tage of these ver^■ su]3erior institu- tions of learning, j list sou thof Garden City is Hem]jStead, an old-time aristo- cratic town now rajiidly exiianding in :dl ilirectidns. 37 St, P.\ui."s ScHom. roR Bovs LONG ISLAND REAL ESTATE SHORE FRONTS «<^ FARMS tf^ COUNTRY SEATS RESIDENCE SITES ALSO EXCEPTIONALLY FINE ACREAGE IN THE WHEATLEY HILL AND WESTBURY SECTIONS Henry Hewlett Tredwell I876 Broadway, New York City and East Williston, Long Island t * HADDINGTON" The celebrated stock-faiin of the Lite Timothy Tiedwell is being conducted in the same efficient manner as heretofore. HORSES in£lNTERED OR RKSTVJRED ALL SERVICE, AND APPOINTMENTS UP-TO-DATE FARM AND STABLES WITHIN FOUR MILES OF THE EASTERN LINE OF GREATER NEW YORK H. H. TREDiAZ ELL- BOX AND TIE STALLS HORSES CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED BY EXPERIENCED AND CAREFUL MEN ■HST inZiLL-isTON, Long Islkisd, N. V. 38 MILLIONAIRE COMMUNITIES St, Mary's School for Gikls, Gardkn City inidable task. Prominent among those who will be recognized as of more than local fame are: The Vanderbilts, Mackays, Whitneys, Goulds, Oakmans, Gugen- heims,Keenes,vSteeles, Bacons, Phippses, Bryces, Pratts, Morgans, Biirdens.Graces, Belmonts, Havemeycrs, Willetses, ?\Iortiniers, Hitchcocks, Whitehouses, Cravaths, Peterses, Woodruffs, Tarbells, and many others equally well known. With these society leaders spending most of the year on their country estates, the social center is rapidly changing from Fifth Avenue to the country. MINEOLA is almost entirely encircled by millionaire com- mimities. As has already been stated, no other rural county in the world contains the homes of so many millionaires as Nassau. Many of these country estates resemble the baronial domains of P'ngland, with their splendid homes, extensive stables, wide sweeps of meadow, field, water and woodland. .Many of the residences cost from half a million to a million dollars each. ;\11 of beauty and elegance that taste can desire or wealth can command is here assembled. Shrubbery that Shenstone might have envied blooms around them; music that might have charmed Calypso and her n\mi)hs echoes through the marble halls. To catalog even the most notable would be a for- 39 MINEOLA HOTEL I* A i; L W K I I> M A IS IN , Proprietor Mineola, Loii;^ lisland First-class road-house and inn. Transient and permanent guests. Service a la carte and table d'hote. Twenty-one miles from New ^ ork. Elegant drive. Four miles from Belmont Park Race Track. ROUTE - Thirty-fourth Street Ferry. Thompson Avenue, Hoffman Boulevard, Hillside Avenue, Creedmoor, then South to Jericho Turnpike to Mineola. Trolley cars from Jamaica and City Line: also from Port Washington and Koslyn. OPKN .\I,I, .SEASON Tel«'i>lM>iies: ^i I M> (iardrn City J. H. ANDREWS } H. W. ANDREWS \ P<-oP"«'°'-s TELEPHONE: Long Distance 52 Garden City IDotel IRassau First-Class Accommodations All Modern Improvements Cafe and Billiards MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND "ieVepyxOTve-. T5 SatAew C\\,q frank P. Krug, Proprietor BLST ACCOMMODATIONS ON THE, VANDERBILT CUP RACE COURSE. Krug B (Enntrr l^nt^l MODERN IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIC LIGHTS BATHS GARAGE STEAM HEAT Fna]ier read by Dr. Le Grand N. Denslow before the New York Academr of Medicine, copies of which may be had fmni tlie General Passenger Agent of the Long Island Railroad. Five elements go to make up a climate — earth, air, water, sunlight and temperature, and in each of these Long Island is well favored. The gravelly soil insures dryness; the air never becomes stagnant; there is an inexhaustible subterranean body of water of absolute purity ; the days of sunshine each year almost equal those of Santa Fe and Los Angeles ; and the moderating ocean breeze makes the temperature warmer in winter and cooler in summer than that of the mainland. vSumming up, Dr. Denslow suggests that, where a drv climate is needed, patients be sent to Long Island instead of to the Far West. These views are fully corroborated by Dr. William H. Ross, of Brentwood, Long Island, in a luijier read before the Medical ,Societ\' fif the .State of New 'S'ork, and which has also Ix-en ])ul)lished in ])am])hk-l f(inii NEAR-BY RESORTS MINEOLA'S central location places her within easy reach of manv noted resorts and pleasure grounds. Conev Island, with its countless attractions, is only twenty miles awav. Rockaway Beach and Far Rockaway, with longer shore fronts and a more select constituency, are only a dozen miles distant. Long Beach, where eight million dollars are being exjjended to make a rival Atlantic City, is about ten miles south. On the north, Oyster Bay, the home of President Roosevelt, is but twenty minutes ride. Roslvn, where Bryant lived, is but four miles distant, and Port Washington but a few miles beyond, on the same trolley line. For those interested in sports, ]5leasure grounds are numerous. Most noted among them, at least socialh', is Meadow Brook, four miles southeast. F'amous among golf clubs is that of Garden City, adjoining Mineola, whose club house cost twenty thousand dollars. A dozen other clubs, social centers and witJi costly homes, might be nameil, where golfing, tennis, polo and hunting to hounds may be indulged in by those so inclined. Several hunting clubs own large preserves, well stocked with deer and small game. Six of the most prominent racing courses of the country are within a twenty minutes ride from Mineola, for those who enjoy that sport. The Belmont track alone, four miles west, cost fi\-e million dollars. Few towns are so well located as Mineola to give one a choice of sport and recreation by water or land. 45 READ! READ! READ! READ! READ! READ! MINEOLA P R E 5 5 READ! READ! READ! The Leading" Newspaper OF NASSAU COUNTY IN CONCLUSION It nia\- truthfiillv be claimed S, ') 10 1 1 12 \.^ 14 13 1(1 17 18 19 20 Mineola is a county seat. It occupies a pleasant city site. It is at a convenient distance from the city. It has steam roads north, south, east and west. It has troUev lines north, south, east (building) and west. It has most of the modern cit>- conveniences. It has a genial climate, the j)urcst of water, a sandy soil, and therefore good hcaltli. It has good schools. It has fdur chmciii's, with others within easy reach. It is at a strategic point foi li\isiuess. It can sell lots chea]) and on easy term<;. It can rent or sell houses at reasonable rates. It is snrroimded b\ submlis wiiich will soon make (jne city, with Mineola as the center. It is therefore a good town in wiiich to in\est. It is within easy reach of the north and south shores. It has no harsh winds or moscjuitoes. It has fine pleasure grounds within eas)- access. Its splendid higiiwa>s are unexcelled. It is the terminus of the great Motor Parkway. It is a moral connnunily, with an intelligent and congenial society. 47 SEP 4 i^Md ^^-s