New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
WEST SIDE SITES In DEMAND
BUYERS FOUND FOR TACANT PLOTS, D"EAhiN"
AND APARTMENT HOUSES THERE
Investors Prominent the Trading in the Dst1c-e1eraS Large
Rirersde Drice Parcels To Be I'm proceed.

the realization o. great hopes The dates Tor com com
psns o tubes ins to the upper Me-
Adoo Jersey City and nd g. Ss the shn ffmGhe fhe
fmne Sonnds 90 Of e tRe year arrived The The
PsHkwe island Bridge We're this
wears list of great works TO be compieteo', ne me
me- erseV 1e Shore viii be opened week and
the Belmont undertaking has rs t what Of tmate ar
rival Popular anticipation connected these e.ess
one 10 New Jersey. to Brooklyn and the tfba h
TO Queens and with appalling VasaS1i aendinr W upon
the migration to be wonderful building hPfb novf st
Instance m seem close together spread out as one
Of to sR ne e2s shs from doing
the same Some have run on before & ana
win lag far n bfhnd h o aGe rne
scarcely be dstnr6ed II @ is oh anStoms to i've
either Northern New Jersey or on Long 1dT lslana
and are waiting or only ,d for snng ga9k Bnt aordS
good working basis for large real estate and bul-
tral annual overflow from Manhattan. which leaves
no voids will s TeWagd @ ana taI IuSt eiin house Build
ers busy and leave plenty f4b the an nresent
there is no unusual movement of population in any
direction. In fine circumstances are the reverse
the authorizations for the year which should see
such works of magnitude completed There is less
sety a bssh than At While @ e cam be for by
reasons having connection with the several tun-
nels 1t yet circumstance so peculiar as to cause
remark and to suggest the idea that 1t Is only the
ull before the boom ,- .., :. o,o,,+ o..
be opened travel. appreciation for its singulary
advanta ageous position is penetrating the public
mind. Wonder is expressed that capital was at
first so slow in coming its aid, and remarks are
heard that the city more generous than It real
zed when granting the right of way for the eastern
approa ches. No better lines conceivable for
the draining the middle West Side, and travel
will flow into il as naturally as streams from
watershed Some critics consider the position in
micaI residential property the upper West
SIDE but this does not follow. since il implies
stronger attractions than New Jersey possesses no
matter how easily accessible il may he made
There OF regarding the Hudson q
New Jersey Railroad: In aspect II appears
merely 8 a convenient outlet for the population OF
Manhattan Island. serving purpose similar to the
East River tunnels and bridges. and in the other
aspect an inlet for passenger traffic from
ber Of trunk line railroads terminating on the jer-
he uD another, it is thought On both
sides of the river the tunnel has long approa ches
On the jersey side they extend between the Lack
awann2 station the north and the Pennsy ylvania
station the south. and on the New York side
with one arm reaching to Greeley Square and the
other AStor Place. the subway approaches half
encircle the principal shopping district No other
railroad terminating here has strategica position
comnarabla with this Bot while the tunnel line
will be fine adjunct certain trunk roads. it is
not apparent that the veXations of street travel
in Jersey City and vicinity will be lessened. For
rapid transit after leaving the tunnel commuters
viii still nave depend the steam lines. and
these will continue distribute their passengers
a wide territory. that whatever gain in
population follows in the course of time will be
divided among many localities At the annual ban
uuet Real Estate Board of Brokers Of 'er>'E
City and Vicinity on last Tuesday evening, it was