New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
cRFATFR NW YORKS PREDESTNED FACTORY CENTRE e1

perfect storm barrier for Bowery Bav made made II q
& weather the latter is as calm s, = ts
ds min pond BY the extension Of hraa -nd still
winch have width of SO feet at the bot.aaxT waters
Ieee az the TOP. and the filing in with tn ald ]:
mas been made four five times isr~eT Island
the work is Competed viii nr, OF what whs5
real estate holdings. ~ y. us nneSt
bld The Bow B.owery Bay Railroad Company pro0os..
pun nuid Piers out to the channel. and Of nrors to
tat viii accommodate the craft of the t,uporuons
their Slips These oiers ot waSer & being planned o
tracks passing at the back OF the old viIIa oy
SAID where they will meet the projected N 20 oeors
H,ioEhhectlnS railway As Bowery Bay is icrk
the New York 'st rate By both tTsic 1a11 win have
boat lines Here are, already in m. Ann itearn- steam
notable In their respective fields. sus6 some ct them
fany glass works. the Stenway & Sons = n,s ns If-
manufacturers), the Oakes Manufacty,Ir.ae ~ ne plush
pany Corignators of fast black dyeingS ths rSom-
and the immense plant of the Astoria IIgb+ NILS a
As the corporation is as much Of An ,,
ment as a terminal railroad company IN hssove- hsse
CURED IN IT'S immediate neighborhood aboHs as- as
thousand lots suitable for Industrial prrnoses ~
are held at valuation OF $1,000 apiece s1S eh ma!eh
n ,be Oe eifb aod 1 10 factory interests 1t will supply
eaa mem al trackage expense and. by reason Of rbe
move their freShts for less than dock charges 20
The neighborhood zig @ is now good labor market ~,
the incoming OF certain large indusriasS isS'e and
have already planned to move there Will Wnien
population within the next few yesTs RE Bsdssr districts
ing to the healthfulness Of the region~evssrccas ca
by the fact that in the last year it has shown 10
biggest percentage of increase in school cbiIdr 4
and TO the constantly improving transit facjI,.ts.
Brooklyn When all the projected and partiar ana ana
etructed transit facilities shall been conpie3s
It viii be only twenty minutes from Broadway and
33d street via the Pennsylvania tunnel and troIIs,
Line to Steinway or BY the New York Connectins
Bowery Bay Railroad; about twenty-five nru,as m
from the Grand Central Station. via 42d street
ley: from seth and Third avenue over Rlses
wells Island Bridse-already half con1pleted-apd
Steinway avenue trolley will consume about twenty
five minutes; from Eighth avenue. via Seth stree,
6onI 6aTS and s szd b street err y T % fs about out half
TO make Bowery Bay. by way Of the New Yorx
At present housing is scarce here but Tiers A.,
two family" houses TO BE- had az Astoria FIus5;ny
IN hack ~ RaSans1af an ara T01f F clusters Of them
II IS confidently believed that distant dsv
tre and an objective point for the commerce ot ts
eastern coast and Of the busy towns OF the Sound
great covered harbor' before described In faer
it is suggested that the big Sound steamers viii
since they Will thus escape the dangerous Fss.
River navigation 50 often alluded 70. and VIII De
ent.
TWO OTHER TERMINALS PROJECTED
In addition to the above mentioned transporta-
ton and terminal facilities there are many
Others however. which are not yet sufficiently
IN shape TO render II possible 70 give fun par
ticulars concerning them. For example, Deg
non the builder Of the Belmont tunnel Is 10
erect the handsome Long Island City terminal
building. picture of which is presented IN this
article. He has also planned great terminal in
provements for Flushing Bay. and for the region
just south of the Sunnyside yards OF the Penn
syivania Railroad. on Newtovn Creek. The latter
VII Cccupy the triangle formed by Meadow and
NJ
will embrace some one hundred and sixty acres
one hundred Of which VIII be used for factory
WaterWay from NewtoTn Creek. 10 feet wide
and - feet deep. will enter into the heart Of the
pansive basin Through this section viii pass
at the snail r. end Gf The s9ge The ~ fres5 1 t1T o.
and road. and from this the necessary sidlrgs-
some four miles OF railroad tracks-win per-neaLs
viii -be ready for year 70 come: the grading
Will then have been completed. and al city in
proVementS- such as water connections EEntll1
etc. installed.
TROLLEY AND FERRY LINES.
As shown in the larger CT the two maps. Lour
Island City is al present reached from Manhattan
over two ferries. that of the Long Island Railroad
from the foot OF East 3ith street which lands one
at the railroads station the foot Of Borden ave-
nue. and the Astoria Ferry. the tsrmint of which
are az Flushing avenue. in first and AT East @d
street in the last named city. With ths additiof
OF the James Slip Ferry. the Blackwelrs Island
Bridge. the New York Connecting Railway and
the Pennsylvania and Belmont tunnels. communica-
tion with the Borough of Manhattan and ms
Bronx will be all that could be desired.
The trolley cars of the New York and queens
County Railroad Company traverse its pr1nGipai
streets and avenues, and those OF ire BToosSn y
not be said that its urban transit Is ideal; indeeo
there is considerable room for improvement, ogl
perhaps II is all that could b. expected under exist
ing circumstances and no doI.bt will kseP 2 pace pace
with the demands OF the community and 'ne es'-
tJlNtlCS TSmUnsTdLlNe operation