New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

The great river tunnels linking Long Island Man
haitian Island and the New Jersey shores. planned
and built by the Pennsylvania and Long Island
railroad companies Will be in operation next Jan
uary between Long Island and Manhattan Isl
and. the OF this stupendOus tunnel prof.
ect rests the hope for future profits from realty
investments Of myriads OF persons, owners of Long
Island property Most OF them up to four years ago
apparently Contented To continue To be for
the resc OF their lives rentpayers But they sud-
denly changed their attitude on this important
subject when the details of the plans fort i'm
proving the transit facilities of Long Island became
known them
Those plans quickly revealed to them the great
ness of the residential business and other districts
in the big suburban of that splendid body
of land These plans, too. showed them how daz-
zlinsly bright the realty future of every town
snip the island, and made easier to them the
avenues for the purchase Of property with small
sum OF money. y happier number q persons than
they would be hard to ind And fortunate are all
Of them matter whether not ;hey paid the
record prices for property, because the high prices
to-day will be ridcuIously low when compared
the that will be paid for parcels on the
island n few years later.
II is these. property owners who have carefully
weighed the present and probable future real estate
measurements Of the island. and their verdict Is
that its opportunities for wise real Specu-
lation and investment are practically unbounded.
Now is the time to buy Long Island home sites.
business plots large vacant tracts to hold
investment. Is there likely to be more favorable
time next year. when you will be able 10 board a
Long Island Railroad train at esd street and Sew
eath avenue. and. after ride of twenty minutes.
foot at beautiful Rockaway Park possessing as
fine beach fronts at any of the other popular
seashore towns along the Atlantic Ocean? Maybe
there will be ble days for realty buy
ing on the island a little later, when IL will be
possible to board a Long island train at SD
and Seventh avenue and thirty-nye minutes after
ward join the promenaders on the boardwalk at
Long Beach. just twenty-four miles from the heart
of the principal amusement centre of Manhattan
Island
Perhaps you have never visited Rockaway Park
or Long Beach If you have not. your ideas as to
what effect these transit projects will have the
development of Long Island would naturally be
ba sed on the opinions of those who have studied
this big subject. Surely you have been strap
hanger" on train trolley bound from Man
haitian to Coney Island to another beach
hot afternoon evening. You were thankful 10 be
a 'strap-hanger' for the heat OF the city
bearable, and you in need of a rest where
cooling and nvigoratlng breezes play.
That was the time you would gladly have paid
large sum, II necessary, to enjoy yourself at
shore place That was the occasion when YOU got
faint idea of the value of the beach fronts of
greater city. Remember. the area OF the charming
frontases OF the seashore places this city
not big in comparison the size Of its residential
districts Ii will take you only second to count
the principal places with such beaches. They are
Coney Island Manhattan Beach Rockaway Beach.
Far Rockaway. Arverne, Edgeniere and Lorg
Beach Many Of them overcrovded
HOLIDAYS and Sundays in the summer time several
of them have been built up with amusement