Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-18


control OF Greater New York has pass
ed from Manhattan Island to Long Is
land where the voters of Kings and
Queens counties forming the borough
of Brooklyn. Long Island City and ad
Joining towns, now exceed In number
those of Manhattan borough. former
ly known as New York A majority
of the board of estimates, which con
trolls the expenditures and the taxes
of the municipality; the board Of alder.
men, which enacts the laws. and the
mayor who viii rule over affairs for
the next four years. are from Long
Island. and are keenly alive to the
situation. They viii show their author.
ity and use their power for the ad-
vantage of that section OF Greater New
York which lies beyond East river.
and which the inhabitants think has
peen neglected by previous admlnistra.
tions. There has always been sort
OF indifference toward Brooklyn and
other adjoining towns, 1t has never
been fashionable to live on that side
Institutions have been located In old
New York. The public improvements
have been made there. and an exces.
siye procession OF the taxes have been
expended for the benefit of the popula-
ton OF Manhattan borough in prefer
ence to Brooklyn. But hereafter this
Will be different and the people OF
Long Island are going to have more
than their share.
Manhattan Island now contains as
large population as 1t can accom-.
modate, and Is practically filed up
J WIN skyscrapers, hotels, apartment
houses and tenement houses, which
cover every acre of ground The Man.
haitian of the future will be given over
to business, manufacturing, railway
terminals, public buildings, ware
houses, docks. theaters, clubs, hotels.
and accommodations for strangers.
/ while the permanent residents of the
community will find homes on Long
Island, In New Jersey and in the coun.
ties north OF the Bronx. The peopIe
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into the suburbs, which will be sup
Piled as rapidly as possible. That
they are already doing so is shown
by the falling off in the school popula.
tion and the average attendance at
Inc public schools, which is followed
by corresponding increase In tho
Bronx and Long Island.
Ten tunnels and FIVE massive bridges
across East river to Long Island and
SIX tunnels TO New Jersey under the
Hudson Will furnish transportation fa
cilities for millions of people. When
the Pennsylvania railroad completes
It's improvements and extensions on
Long Island, which will exceed In cost
me Panama canal, 800 trains can be
moved every day between the new
20,000.0 900 terminal at Tbirty.tbIrd
street and Seventh avenue, and ia
rnaica. Garden City, Mineola, Long Is.
land city and other suburban towns on
Long Island. Forty-two tracks will be
devoted exclusively to handling the s,l
burban traffic. The six miles into the
most beautiful part of Long Island win
be made In ten minutes, and East
river will be crossed In three min.
utes instead of the fifteen TO twenty.
i've minutes that the ferryboata re-
quire today
The Long Island tunnels are practi.
cally completed. The rails are laid.
the ballastlng has been done, the cleo
irical equipment has been installed.
and experimental trains are running
daily; but passenger traffic has not yet
been undertaken. because the new sta.
tion has not been completed. When
It is ready the electrical cars will be
able TO handle 100000 passengers an
hour. and will probably carry the great
est traffic Of any transportation com.
pany in the world. The preesnt move
nent OF population across the river in.
dicates that It viii be needed.
Two hundred and fifty years ago
Peter Minnit bought the entire island
OF Manhattan. twenty-one square miles.
for the sum of $24. which was at the
rate of about l mill per acre. lot
a. the corner OF Nassau and Wall
street sold the other day for 1922
square foot. which Is equivalent to
about s27 100000 per acre. At that
rate Manhattan Island IS worth $4sf..
3lo.14O,S00 for the bare soil, not In
lcluding the buildings which stand upon
Ia,