The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
LONG ISLAND COMMUTERS
AJ'MBER 1900 4 DAI ~ THE
EIST RIVER TUBES
There We're More at FIrsi. bot ManJ Have
Gone Back 10 the FCVry OWNS 70
Poor Transit Connections In eeN enth
ANenue--The EHeet on the suburbs.

Poor Transit Connections In seN enth
Avenue the Enect On the suburbs.
Now that the first furry Of excitement
over the opening Of the eastern Osction OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels has
subsided. and commuters ON the lines OF
the Long Island Railroad have settled
down - the line ~ least resistance. the
~tltisticians Of the Pennsylvania road
are ia a position 10 figure out just what
IN. new service hos - far accomplished
IA the way Of increasing diverting or
dividing traffic and ia speeding The COM
mut-r on his way.
A. the present time. II Is estimated. I? 90
commuters make use Of the tubes and the
seventh avenue station every day. For
the first few days ~ course the number
was much greater than this, hut after the
novelty wore on the total declined con
sideTlbly. a. quite few jewellers On Long
Island found that the tunnels were not OF
much uSe 10 them after all al least not Of
much use under present conditions.
FoTexample. commuters who make their
holmes along the north shore 81 the island
within the thirty mile limit soon found
out that they lost more time and .x-
p"rienccd more discomfort 10y using tn"
tunnels than by following the old ferry
rput" by way Of Long Island city and
Thirtv-fourth street - after few trial
trips they went back so the old order ~
travel Then. too. tn. remarkably iso-
lated state ~ the Pennsylvania station
AZ Seventh avenu. and Thirty-fourth
street has discourage a great many
business men from making us- of u
What - the nee they argued ~ saving
twenty minutes 10y going under the river
II you losa half an hour and experience
great discomfort IN getting from the
station 10 your office
Tn. trafic facilities existing or rather
not existing. IN the nalghborhood nf
Seventh avenue and Ihirty-third ~ rect
have been sufficiently commented upon
To make II unnecessary To explain them
IN detail here II IL enough TO point out
that the volume Of trsffic over the Thirty
fourth street ferry has fallen on only 81
per cent, since the tu7nrl opening and
that the officials Of the road do not 90
I.'ct any substantial further increase
until betteT connections are made n the
New York end OF the tunnels and until
the improvement work along the North
shore division OF the Long Island Rail
road IL completed
The real need OF the Pennsylvania.
~ the president Of the road has pointed
out il subway running along Seventh
avenue or a physical connection with the
elevated railroads The question OF sub
way b,nlding has been a matter Of disa-
gr~ement bet wsen the Public Service
commission and the city authorit les,
bv the BOARD of Estimate,
for many months pAst without much IN
the waV Of actual results being accom-
phshed The question % elevated rail
rnad bettermentz has also beer held IN
4 bavanCe A. for the Improvement ~
he North shore div iS,on the ON Gals
lalm that the work OF douhl. tracking
and "laCtr1fying could h. finished up IN
y. ght or ten months n the question OF
grade crossings were definitely settled
l haf question has been discussed pro
and con between Representatives Of the .
the city and the Public Service .
'omml sSIon for a year or more and there B
are ~ - a number Of public hearings on :
he calendar which must bs held before .
n. final plans are adopted and the al /
o'ment Of sharps IN the expense definitely !
iyed
The work Of double tracking the North
shore division was begun some time ago !
md considerable progress has been made
7 wo tracks have been laid from Bay Slde |
% Manha--.t and steam -ho, els are At |
work ON the remainder Of the eastern 7
iIyision between Manhssse' and Port 7
\ Arlington The delay - due to the .
differences 81 opinion over the stretch I
4 road within the New York city limits
rom Flushing Creek To the broadway
tatlon ia lushing there are at present
lo fever than twelN" grade crossings
yhich viii have To b" eliminated hy Via
iu"t ,on-t rlIctIon and by depressing
he tracks II the Wishes Of the city au-
hoTIties are observed This work will .
ntail an EXPENSE 81 AT least VI .uO go
no railroad has agreed 10 go ahead and I
illuminate the crossings As the city has
Tanned. provided the city and the state
harr in the expense An appropriation
,Ill permitting tn" state TO spend t2Oo
ssi has been submitted To- the egislatIre
> hlls n contribution of a similar amount
la- been A. ed from New York city The
etnaInder Of the total amount required
ylll h.. furnished hy the Long Island
tallroad when the work IL completed
eCtric trains will run from Port Washing
on right through To seventh avenue
which will make a tremendous din~rsnC"
u the running time. and will give N.
,urth shore rasidsnt- within the thirty
nile limit the sort - service that the
eople who hive along othsr divisions ~
he Long Island road hav" already 80
urcd
For the time l..ing commuters from m"
' ~ hingrOn are forced - change az
n they wish To- u~. the tunnels
here ar. NO electric trans waiting ~
Oo,iside as the North ShoT" trains are
rhs-iulsd 10 connect With through ela,- !
re trains from Jamaica n north
hore train ~ lat. Long Island Railroad e
rains hav. i"en known To- h. LAT" - e
lisSe- the through tram a. Npodsid. =
iIih WHICH u -hu, ~ connect and the ,
iVssengers ar" forced 10 wait iill fh" nest
ectrlc tram CONES along or els" go Oh
b Long Island cry Buf th'.s.. ~ coiIrpr o
re- Temporary flaws ~ a 'ompr-hansIv,.
IprO, -ment sCh'u.. 80 Zr.lt magnIiud. o.
- htf natural 'ha' 500 l0I.tpr
I'"TpTisr should I,uS-.-s -nfn- d"f'ts> a.
~
lh- tunnels mean great dra 10 Long h
land. Just how miIch : 81 not u. r.aIized n
~ another year OF So gratifying }
d"N to IA" effect ~ ia" tunnels - thu. -
--gi activity ~ building that has been @
'tusss'd on the ISLAND since lR's and l. ,
III gong on 4 good market for inn :,
-ov"d property. part tctIlarlv for well a.
ait privai" houses ~ moierat. cost
~JInts.r- to be- the feature. 81 The. coming e..
ar Then too II Oh" wants yI-uE1 xvi. 4"
'nc'' II the things that ia" tunnel enter. '
.ise has brought "a pass he has merely
view the Ing d"part men' stores. ~.
hC- buildingS ia. Theatres and th.