New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

.S-7---r trains from the Flatbush avenue station.
>s-orS-yn by way OF the woodside route the river
tBnre-s and New York Connecting Railway Bridge
r. points In New England and west and south OF
Jersey city
THE TUNNEL ROUTES.
Extending from the big terminal station at 3Sd
street and seventh avenue to Long Island City are
four tunnel routes two for the sole use Of Long
rsls-d trains and two for Pennsylvania trains. Be
tween SD street terminal and the Jersey shores
nm tu.a tunnel routes. 10 be used entirely by
th-ousI Pennsylvania trains. The original tunnel
mans provided for the building OF six tunnels be
tvss7 Manhattan and Long Island shores. and there
so-e there two more tunnels Yet to be con
sructeI is the intention OF the Pennsylvania and
rorE Island railroads TO undertake the work OF per
fec-frE is original plans whenever the service
rants the expenditure for such work.
From SD street and Seventh avenue the trains
~ tie Long Island Railroad bound for places within
III electric zone Of fits system Will through the
,s.rrels 20 the Woodside yards. which have their
largest easterly frontage Van Alst avenue. near
jackson avenue, Long Island City. and their
v-ss-erIv frontage on Laurel Hill avenue. between
Jackson and SkiIlman avenues. From these yards
-h4 tracks OF the main line division will extend
sro- Anderson avenue until they the old road
bed OF mis- division Of the railroad. and over that
old route VIII extend TO Jamaica and all the other
rraces reached by the electric system of the rail-
road This main line division between Jamaica and
Torr Island City is a two-track system. 1t is being
-7s5e into four-tracz road. and eventually will be
IKE The Harlem branch of the New Haven Railroad
through The Bronx. a six-track road
WILL NOT ABANDON OLD STATION.
TIE Long Island Railroad has no intention.
-1snv persons seem 10 think. of abandoning its
present passenger station at Long Island City. 1t
lans 70 continue the operation Of trains from that
mint 70 all rIaces On the island, il has in the
rast as is the opinion Of officials Of the railroad
that It would be hardship TO many OF its patrons
70 forsake this old passenger station OF course,
vycr cory
from that point and with the operation of the
tunnel trains from the heart Of Manhattan, sweep
ing changes viii be made in the starting OF trains
from TIE old Long Island City station Enough
trains. however, VIII be operated from that point
10 meet the needs of the patrons Of the road and
extra trains VIII be added 10 that service when
ever the occasion demands IL.
THREE BIG TERMINALS.
With the completion Of the tunnel and electric
service projects the Long Island Railroad will have
three great terminals. namely, one at S3d street
and Seventh avenue, one at Flatbush and Atlanuc
avenues Brooklyn, and one at Jamaica The Wood
side terminal Will be way station on the tunnel
-oue OF the Long Island Railroad from S3d street.
Manhattan 20 Jamaica but II viii be the easterly
terminal IN Long Island City for through PennsyI-
saria trains The tunnels were built particularly
10 carry heavy passenger trains, and owing to
their great structural strength II Will be possible
10 orerats long trains OF heavy passenger cars at
high speed through them The entire local ana
through passenger service between points on Long
Island and Manhattan Island win be taken care OF
by the Long Island Railroad. and the through
passenger service between Long Island and points
beyond Manhattan Island will be ATTENDED 10 py
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
TIME TO BE MADE BY TUNNEL TRAINS
Immediately on the opening OF this tunnel system
all the towns now within the electric zone OF the
long Island Railroad will have direct train service
20 the heart of Manhattan Island. It viii be posi-
be next year TO board q Long Island tram al ths
$50 street terminal and 70 set foot eighteen minutes
later at Jamaica distance Of twelve miles from
New York 1t will then be possible to travel be-
tween 32d street and AIineola, distance OF %
miles in 80 minutes; between Manhattan Island
and Hempstead distance Of 223 miles, in 81 min
rtes; to Port Washington, distance OF lsz miles,
in 80 minutes; TO Great Neck, distance OF 10
miles, in . minutes: TO Flushing, distance OF o.
miles In 16 minutes; Whitestone. z miles away
in q minutes; TO Far RockawEy, 19 miles, in y
minutes; to RockaWay Park, 173 miles, In % MN
utes: TO I.ynbrook 10 miles, IN 80 minutes and TO
Long Beach a distance OF about q miles. in 35
minutes Thus the saving in time between al
points between 23d street and Seventh avenue Man
haitian and these places on Long Island VIII be %
minutes each day, or IS minutes each way The
running tine Of the trains from Long Beach TO the
Wan Street district by way Of the Atlantic avenue
subway and the South Ferry tube viii be- when
the electric plans of the Long Island Railroad are
conapleted- e bout forty minutes All OF the towns
ou the North Side division will be easily reached
b. the tunnel routes from the heart OF the CITY,
and from that point a journey north or south on
Manhattan Island viii be quickly made by subway
tra!ns
HAS 900 MILES OF SHORE FRONT
This tunnel and electric system will permanently
unite to Manhattan Island island with about
miles OF salt water shore front about 800 beng
On the Sound and the several bays. and 100 on the