The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-21

will astonish the laggard; Jamaica,
With It's two-million-dollar railway sta
ton to provide for the coming and
going before long Of a thousand or
more trainss daily: the north shore. IN
the great Flushing district, and the
south shore. with magnificent beach
front on the Atlantic ocean that has
had its land values increased by small
investors from hundreds of dollars to
an equal number of thousands. are the
great centres OF Queens and Nassau
that have surprised the world by their
! recent progress, but that are only In
the infancy OF their development.
One cannot estimate the millions OF
dollars that havc been spent on i'm
provements Of public nature in addi-
ton to private investments, and the
many other millions Of dollars that
have been expended In advertising nnd
attracting capital to New York city
property.
Bigger Thnn Panama Canai.
Rapid transit is the word. Facilities
for taking these millions OF people to
| and from business are being provided,
and the time Is near at hand when n
| business man. or laborins man either.
may reside ton. twenty. Thirty, forty,
| fifty or even a hundred miles out on
| Long Island and do business every day
| in the year In busy New York, and
| then come back to town after dinner
to go TO the theatre or to prayer-mect-
| ing or to spend an hour or two at the
club, tx he wants to.
! We read In the papers every day
about the United States Governments
startling wonderful Undertaking, the
construction of the Panama Canal that
Is to revolutionize the transportation
/ ~ {raE NJ tISa - n
Comparatively few people in the
] world are aware that right here In
New York transportation problems are
being solved That are OF much more
expenditure OF vastly larger sums OF
money. Let's see. 1t is said that the
completion OF the Panama Canal will
cost about 3l5o,oo0,ooo.. 1t Is estimat-
eight years. Including facilities for
moving the population OF New York
| that have been completed within the
Hast two years and those that have
been undertaken and provided for and
Twill be completed before the Panama
Canal Is IN operation, the cost Will be
\ $3.50. 100000. These are no fancy fig
lures. Within the time specified there
wlll be completed or under construc-
ttion within a few miles OF New York 8
city Hall the following projects rival
ling Uncle SAINTS famous Panama Canal:
The municipal subway system. S175,-
100000: Identification and new termi-
nails of the Long Island Railway, $780,
100000: Identification and new termi-
nails OF the New York Central Railroad.
$50 o0o,- 1000; liberalization and new
terminals OF the Pennsylvania Railway.
s35,O00.o0o six tract Identification OF
the New Haven's Shore Line to New
Rochelle, $4,000. 900: New York Con-
Meeting Railroad. S1o,oooooo: McAdoo
| syndicate. Hudson tunnels end Sixth
Avenue and Ninth Street subways.
{16 0O0.000: New NYestchester and Bos-
ton electric Line. through the Bronz
and Westchestcr, sl2.o0o,ooo;s Black
wells Island bridge. $4,000. 900: Man
haitian Bridge. s11,o00.o0o; Hcndricls
Hudson Memorial Bridge. s5.000.ooo;
New Brooklyn Bridge terminals. So
100000; improvements and enlarge
ments OF bridges, subways, tunnels and
electric lines already in operation,
about s25,OOo,O00.
| What the Lines WIFI Garry.
These seem to be stupenduous fig
ures, but they are accurate, and the
| ing capacity of New York's bridges
tunnels, inter-urban lines, etc., will be
| 100000 passengers per hour. 100000
in ten hoars. something like 100000
in day. My friend SO handy with the
figures furnished me with the follow
Ing table 10 prove the accuracy of the
above estimates:
Bridges nnd Tunnels.
Carrying
capacity
Tracks. per hour.
hour.
Manhattan Bridge to
Brooklyn ......... s $4,000
williamsburg Bridgeto
brooklyn .......... $500
lBlackwells l. Bridge to