The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
LONG ISLAND STILL NEARER
NEW PENNSFLVANIA TUBES
IN Use FMS SIMMER.


The tims ,snt 90 far back whsn LoaG
Island was a fne old nautical country
49, IN East Moriches. for Instance. every
body h Cap'n. and Il you ses a EraybeaFd
trotting en- ancient horse over q dry
inland road you're 10 call him Cap'n
no matter appearances are 10 the
oontrury.
Thsy asBd 20 sAil sloops from the little
peTts On tie south shore to New YOrk.
and anmelimea send them up the Hudson
And In To rsmo;er days fine square
nEgsd ship used TO hail from the queerly
namsd paaces along the Long Island
coast and 60 around the world. The
nld men on the island will tell you nov
81 The cruise u the Mary Ann. and yOu1l
smell the salt and the bilgs water in their
talk
Clipper sEips from Long Ialand had
records in those days. records FOR fast
sailin: from there 10 Europe and around
"a, hc-n A good many Of the old
Capns who are driving unaeaWOthy
nags nowadays sailed on those ships
themselves. a. you can tell from tho
cut q their Whiskers
And the time isn't ~ far hack. either
when deer used 70 run Wild through
The pine harrens % Long Island. and the
old men when they we're young men used
70 hunt them whsn they came hack from
q rruiss They csiebrats the season
nos hack % Fast Morichss. the season
when the deer used 90 run. at the old
Hunters Gardsn It's an ancient Gus
tom. aud the old men meet and swap
warns about the days When hinGs wsre
different from what they are. Cap'n
Jack and Capn Then. Cap'n Jerry and
Capn 1eke tell what they used to do
ahoat and ashore.
But Wha, they have to say there in the
green spot tucked away In the pine
harrens back Of Fast Monohes has 10 do
with things which Long Islanders doh't
do much Of any moTe. The sons Of the
Cap'ns run automobile garages and they
know q LOT more about spark plugs and
oommutators than they do Of binnacle
liEhts and bonnR the compass. Auto
mobile garages and truck farms for the
summer residents. That tells the story
Of Long Island. and you've done Il. you
With your seven cars and your house By
the shore. What deer there are live
peacefully on your estate and the old
men who gather a. the Hunters Garden
know that there are no deer outside Of
these
Long Island has become q place Of
summer resorts From one end to the
otheE almost and along both shores the
housel Of New Workers and the great
hoteb 70 which New Workers 30 stand
next 70 sas another. and their needs have
taken ~ the time that the Old sailormen
have Tor work.
Thsy cay that u will get that way
more than ever before this year 10 over.
The new Pennsylvania station Al Seventh
avenue and Thirty fourth street Will
~ working. and then all you'll have
70 do il to -iep into a tube train and get
a a. your hack door No more ferry
boats: simply q sWift duck into a cool
tunnel. a quick run on the far side and
there YOU are on your own front piazza
looking a. the ocean. The trains Of the
Long Island Railroad will bs running
under the river. aud then what chance
will the Long Island block and tackle
man have but TO help you With your
automobiles'
The rss1rts OF L.oag Island begin almost
a. 5000 ne you come upon the other side.
and thsy c1ntinue Tor the whole i25 miles
of he islands sn yth. some Of them
have grown into permanent colonies
and men commute day by day "a New
York The trip will he easier With the
coming oi the tunnels. especially % men
Who work in uptown New York..
Long Island il happy in this that Il
has a great supply u fresh water The
sands which largly compose the soil
n ire island seem % serve A. the courses
for suhtsrransan rivers: all you've got to
do y - tap one IN order 70 get an met
hanstibls supply % drinking water. A
for communication. Long Island has IN
addition - the railroads some Of the best
motor roads In the country They say
that the automobile roads u Long Island
arr q god on miles IN length.
The topography ~ the two sides Of
Long Island varies greatly. The north
shore has wooied hills which In Dlacss
almost aspire ~ the designation o. noun
tains. and between them are glens. rock
hound through which flow tumbling
brooks There are bold bhIhs facing
Long Island sound and deep indsntaiions
II the casts
The south shore - open n the ocean
and you get the strong aurRes from the
npen 80 In places. a. AZ Watermill
f1r instance. there are ooves striking deep
into the island protected by q sandbaF
from the open ocean. The residents
there have a chance Tor motor boating
and canoesnE on the hay. and then on the
bar they e, surf bathing. with beaches
az hns az there are on the coast
Ths North SlIors division Of ths Long
Island Rsilroad sHtsr ding from White
stone 20 Por, wsshinEsoa t0ichss thsss
towns Woodsds. Win6eld Elmhurs,.
Coruna. Flushing. College Point. White
stone. Broadway. Bay Side. Douglaston,
LITTLE Neck. Great Neck. Manhassst and
port Washington modern villages ROW
inE rapidly besause Of their AooasEibility
for thoss employed In New York city and
desiring rural homes close ~ the mstFop-
olis They are eli near the water and
vel situated for tho enjoyment Il eli
forms Of aquatic sports
Equally weB situated on the Oyster
Bay bpAnch arr East Wilhgton. Roslyn.
famous e. re hose 81 the ate william
rullsn Bryant ard picturssquelv situated
a. the Rad ~ Hemrstead Harbar Glen