The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
The BOROUGH OF QUEENS.
MN Gg0WTH OF POPULATION
AND MANUFACTURES.

r,,rd CITY Is Developing Into an
,,d,strial Centre-ElseWhere the
uorourh Is Advancing Chieny on
snhnrhon LInes-Realty Is Booming
n =, franchise owned by the Belmont
.,.s.s for the ~Forty-second street tunnel
! .,nire by time limitation unless the
-,sl is finished by September l., 1907
York Of construction is therefore being
I'D with the utmost vigor in order TO
e.rva the franchise, and it is announced
I, cars will be running between Long
H. Ciry and Manhattan in the fall OF
Z War. The progress being made IL
n be the most rapid known IN rlver
-rantng. About $500 men are employed
4 ,Ss work, which is proceeding day and
i, without interruption. Two shafts
Il. basn sunk in Manhattan, three IN
v, Island City, and one on Man o war
4 in the East River, From each OF
~ the tunnelling shields are being pusheo
both directions.
ma tunnel will extend from Fourth
qua and F~orty-second street in Man
tan to a point nea Jackson avenue
long Island City. The overhead trolley
! from Queens borough will run over a
o At the Manhattan terminal, where
~s.Drers will be able to connect WIN
&, Grand Central and the subway trains
! tunnel will have a capacity OF 3O'ooo
~sxnrers an hour. It will be used by the
ot the New York and Queens County
NV. which is controlled by the Belmont
sn.ts. The railway operates seventy
miles Of trolley lines in Queens, IN
linz those in Long Island City, Flushing
rburst. Corona and other growing SUD-
Ia The Queens trolley lines will therefore
k.n a wear become virtuallya branch OF
marlborough system.
Meanwhile. the rapid transit unnei 10
yvn will be in use before the late set
the opening Of the Belmont tunnel
subway from the Battery will connect
the Long Island Railroad at its At
nc avenue station. This line, 1t Is ex-
he'd. will be opened for traffic early next
|, The newly electrified Brooklyn sub
i will afford a rapid and convenient
re from nearly all parts OF Manhattan
The Bronx TO the many sections OF
ens borough reached by the Long
md Railroad. .
he near prospect Of the completion OF
Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Belmont
aels is one Of the immediate causes OF
Tremendous real estate boom thai Is
Ter way in Queens borough. Great
as Of land are being laid out in build
sites and improved with suburban
uses in anticipation of the promised
Esh Of homesaekers from Manhattan.
\ principal migration is, of course, ex-
red to take place next year. the move
Et, however, has already reached notable
f~porions, for home buyers, as well as
~culators, are eager to profit by
values.
The borough. however, is growing rap
not only as a place of residence for COM
-srs, but as a centre Of manufactures,
b an independent industrial population.
tie last few years progress has been
} chiefly to local causes. The establish
b Of numerous industrial plant-. the
II Of electrifying and extending the
g Island Railroad, the building of i'm
ss freight yards by the Pennsylvania,
In general, an unprecedented volume
nlway, tunnel and bridge construction
attracted thousands OF laborers, for
nn tenements are being erected on a
Ie scale, particularly in Long Island City.
: year, for instance, tenements were
Nded in Queens for about IS, 900 people,
more capital being invested in housing
eS description than in individual DWELL
ne recent development Of Queens has
especially marked along industrial
4 and there is reason to believe that the
Sgly part of the borough will eventu-
Be the great manufacturing centre OF
city. 1t is probable, however, that
tome time to come the borough's growth
place Of residence for commuters will
Se leading feature Of its progress. The
era OF improved passenger transport
"a will be introduced next spring, and
impetus to suburban development
= by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and
mont tunnels will hardly have spent its
e before the Pennsylvania tunnel and
~Backwell's Island Bridge shall be
~ for use.
iNaily, the 'RapidyTransit Commission
ADOPTED plans for two subways to
ems, The first from Thirty. fourth street,
haitian, and the second extending from
Roposed Brooklyn subway system,
.Sy OF briggs and Manhattan avenues,
otyn, to jackson avenue, Queens,
sNhg the latter thoroughfare to the
y Island end of the Blackwell's Island
e, which it will probably cross and
80 with othernew routes in Manhattan
ign, forming q belt line. .
: principal seat of the existing real
boom is in Long Island City. The
ivy there, however, is almost wholly
-Sory sites and in land suitable for inn
Sanent with fats and tenements.
thoroughiares on which the chief i'm
ssnents are taking place, and on which
~ prices are commanded, are jackson,
TTue, Van Alst, Debevoise, Steinway
,nornson avenues,
oe Astoria section of Long Island City
%ng from $500 to 81 200, About the
pnces prevail in the Blissville and
1t Point manufacturing districts.