Show lo OLD LID VILLAGE MUST GO G 0 one of long islands historic pointe 1 13 1 to be bc sacrificed to the ambition of a rich man mail Manh aset one ot of I 1 ong island islands s historic villages is soon to pas out of existence it stands in the way of 0 a rich man s ambit on and is doomed payne whitney son of the former secretary of the navy wants the vil lage site to become part of the im mense estate he has laid out near great neck L I 1 he ile has already purchased considerable land in the village an I 1 has options on a sufficient number of plots to warrant the pre diction that I 1 e will possess himself ot of the entire place manhasset Man hasset is not only old but pic pie tur esque nestling between high hills with a big mill pond winding roadways and an existence ot of cen it has a right to hold its head high some of the residents believe that the village should be too proud to sell itself out and one resident pos besses that view of the situation strongly eno agh to refuse to sell but she josephine brooks a negro woman is the solitary champion of the village the village is in the town of north hempstead which was formerly part of the town of hempstead cow bay as the name of the community years ago the indians knew it by that dis unction and the first white settlers were too hardy to worry about the name years later the place was re named after one of the indian chiefs who used to reign in that section the first settlers had their troubles there were land d shutes and once soldiers were sent from hempstead to drive out some settlers at cow bay they descended on the small colony and laterally kidnapped the early corn com era ers then the authorities in con tried to exercise juns diction over cow bay aal an 1 territory along the north shore of long island hut but that rule was soon ended of course cow bay also experienced all the trials and tribulations of both dutch and british rule the business section of the place has that lazy air proper to such an old time community at the general stores it is possible to purchase ev enery ery thing from a kniten g needle to a get set of bedroom furniture some of the business firms were established by the grandfathers ot of the r present own era ers the village postoffice post office of course Is in a store on tl e causeway lead ing up a hill on the side from the main business siness street of the village at the first turn stands a modern and pretty church alongside which is a bur al ground the white headstones of which are visible from the village street the mill pon poni I 1 Is the feature of chase it began to develop about the tile time that residents of the town were discus discussing dis cusing irig will am K vanderbilt s of 0 fer of 50 for success lake other farms were efured but the idea ol 01 purchasing the business section of 0 manhasset Man hasset did not suggest itself un til the landscape gardeners began to look over the ground they found that the bank of mitchell lake nearest the village was dotted with stores and out housos and presented from all other sides an appear ance not at all pleasing so they told mr whitney that his scheme tor for a handsome country estate with the lake as a feature would be marred un less the village of 0 manhasset Man hasset was Z r I 1 go or lilt I 1 OWN payne whitneys Whit present home at Man hasse hassel wiped out the high bank of the lake skirted by the turnpike must be clear of buildings to permit it to be ter raced down to the water s edge so that it would harmonize with the gen eral plans mr air whitney went over the ground and agreed with them and his agents at once began to acquire the business property along the lake they not only negotiated for land and buildings but for good will as well and they have now bought out plumber blacksmith grocer butcher and hotelkeeper hotel keeper but josephine brooks stands firm her property is in the center of the section which mr whitney Is most anxious to secure it if she sticks to her determination not to sell at any price she will soon be surrounded by the rich man mans s estate except for the roadway leading to her place she does not occupy the property at this season of the year but leases it every N winter inter to a colored fam family I 1 ay spending only her summers at manhasset Man hasset mr whitney s efforts to secure this piece of property are similar to the experience of george W vanderbilt at biltmore when he planned that famous estate a colored man refused for a long time to sell his place tell ing those who approached him that he did not object to mr vanderbilt as a neighbor so tar far mr whitney 3 agents have not been able to hold out any inducement sufficiently attractive to secure an option on the colored comans womans property and it begins to look as if she would remain proof against any offer not long ago one of the historic landmarks in manhasset Man hasset was demov ed it was a bake shop which had an oven with a history the oven was built a long time ago by the indian res dents and one of the red men used to furnish his fellows with a IL special sort of bread baked in it till a white man with modern methods drove him out the ruins ot of the r I 1 S A brooks homestead that mr whitney cannot buy manhasset Man hasset and has always been looked upon with the same pride as the residents near success lake viewed that much talked about body of water the pond is not the rival of the lake in shore scenery but the water Is just as blue and the sur roun soundings dings possess just as much inter est the mill pond is probably the largest remaining on long island the old mill is still in existence with its moss grown water wheel and hewn timbers it used to grind corn corri and grain for farmers tor for miles around and it was in service for years after every other old mill on the north side of long island had passed beyond the useful period the mill nond rond was the key to young mr air whitney s i lans tor for a country seat which vo id lc U a cival on lone lon island his es re to pur bakery were removed finally to make room for a cottage |