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

ttrolley). .......... 2 1920
Municipal tunnel TO
iiaflem ............ $4,000
Brooklyn Bridge capac-
ity to be doubled. 10000
Solution of 1t All.
After studying all OF these figures /
reach the conclusion that Long Island
is going to solve the congestion pro-
Diem which has been confronting
Greater New York. The railroad build
ers and the tunnel builders nave for
seen this and have been providing for
1t. In fact. their efforts seem to be-
forcing the people to live on Long Is
land. and surely they can find no lovli-
or & place. After a days automoblins
over It's HacadamiZed and oiled roads
and stops at somc OF Its lovely villas
and wayside hotels, l am convinced
that the railway people and the trolley
limo folks apd the tunnel makers knew
what they were doing when they in
vested millions In providing ways and
means for getting to and from tho
lovely home and resident sites of beau.
tiful Long Island.
Pretty much all OF the island is now
on the Manhattan subway system. BY
contract approved by the Public Ser
vice Commission the Long Island Rail.
road Will run its electric trains TO Man.
haitian by way of the Flatbusil Avenue
Station. Brooklyn, and the Battery tun-
mel. This Is an indication of tho ulti-
mate unification OF the transit sys.
tens OF New York City. and it Is not
improbable that the Belmont tunnel
may also do service In similar capac.
lity, AS the final development OF the
Long Island Railroads service, in tho
opinion of those who have studied tina
Igit ftn mr. IN n Inn tartIp ,rs
avoid congestion In their Manhattan
crosstown tubes
Admirable Service.
With four bridges with capacity fos
twenty four tracks, and four tunnels
with eight tracks tapping the congest-
ed contres of Manhattan. it Is plain
that Long Island Will draw largely on
the overflow population.
While the south shore and Jamaica
section will receive the first direct
benefit OF the subway connection, the
north shore or Flushing district Will
be tho first to benefit by the Belmont
tunnel and -Blackwells Island Bridge.
and by reason of closer proximity have
the benefit OF 5-cent trolley fare 10
Manhattan. The identification and
double tracking OF the north shore
division OF tho Long Island Railroad
will also DO pushed forward this year.
Tho completion OF the extension of
the Identification OF the main line sys-
tenn to Garden City. Mineola and
|Hempstead have given the towns on
1t the benefit this year OF the Manhat-
tan subway connection.
Thc Natural Result.
AS a result of all Of these absolutely
necessary Developments, New York
City property. aud pretty much all OF
Long Island, although much OF 1t Is
Iyet in grass and flowers and potatoes.
Is part OF Greater New York has n
world wide market and it Is sold to-
day as merchandise, by mail order, by
commercial travellers and by syndicates
formed to buy acreage and sell In lots.
and there is a whole lot of profit in
1t all for the man or the men who
get in on the ground floor or In thu
early stages of the great deals.
I have seen the figures which con-
vince mo that in tho recent test OF
financial stringency 1t was proven be-
You'd peradventure OF doubt that
when all other investments Were be-
ing shaken to their very foundations.
Long Island realty proved the soundest
Kind OF Investment that is. those who
had exercised ordinary judgment in
thor selections. with an e3e to the
transportation facilitieY, ETC., and who
had been wise enough to guard against
a mortgage day Of reckoning.
There Is money, whole lot Of IT. IN
lovely Long Island.