New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-04
BLOCK Of CITY PROPERTY
IS SOLD FOR Sl,75O,0OO
METROPOLITAN Car Barn Site al
33d Street and Fourth Ave-
nue. Changes Hands.
TALK or BIG TERMINAL
Reported Real Purchaser Is New
Haven Road, Which VIII
Share Use with the
Long Island,

The old carbarn property OF the Ne"
York Railways Company was SOLD yes
terday BY Joseph p. Day to Anton -
Dittmar. representing clients OF Sdiiiu''
,yntermyer. for about $1.7"0,0oo II com
nrises the entire block bounded by "2d
snd SD streets and Fourth and LeXing-
ton avenues. with a frontage In eacn
street OF 425 feet and in Fourth ana
Lexington avenues Of 1916 feet.
According TO some realty experts this
MOCK has at last passed 10 the control OF
the New York, New Haven har'loiu
Railroad. and Will eventually form the
ate o, a union terminal for the suburban
and the Berkshire Hill route of the New
York. Westchester & Boston Railway
the suburban and through trains oil the
New Haven and the local and through
trains of the Long Island Railroad
Such A change Of ownership for rail-
d. road uses was prophesied by some Dig
e property owners and brokers IN Inc
Tribune about four years ago, Al tna'
time il was learned that officials oil Inc
New Haven were seeking an entrance
into Manhattan especially for the Ne"
York. westchester & Boston Railway
also in order to carry out it's plans Tor
the betterrnent Of its suburban passeh-
ger traf1c.
New hayen's Suburban Plans.
The New York. Westchester & Boston
Railway opened it's line from looth
. strsat. lust east of Bronx Park. to
Nav Rochelle on Wednesday. When
. this railway is in full operation IT will
have another branch to White Plains,
the larger part Ct which has already
,,een built. and the New Rochelle line
will be extended to Port Chester, and
prohsbl many miles further east Inc
southerly terminus. as originally
nlanned. is 10 be at the old Port Morris
station of the Harlem River branch OF
the New Haven. The Port Morris STA
ton is at 1880 street and Second avenue.
From that point in an easterly direction
will be the Bronx approach Of the New
York Railway connecting bridge.
The Long Island approach 70 the
bridge will be at Astoria. and from As
toria to the Sunnyside yards OF the
Pennsylvania and Long Island railroads
will be trestle uniting the tracks OF
the yard with those that run over the
New York connecting bridge.
when the plans of the bridge were
announced it was officially said that this
structure across the East River and Long
Island Sound would provide an all-rail
route from Maine to Florida for the
Pennsylvania North of Port Morris the
PENNSYLVANIA trains are 10 use part
Of the siX-track roadbed Of the Ne"
York, westchester & Boston Railway.
In view OF these facts realty experts
feel sure that the New York connecting
bridge will also provide the necessary
highway for the New York, Boston &
Westchester Railway to build big
union railway terminal station on the
old car barn property AT Sod street and
Fourth avenue.
-Four Tubes Would Be Used.
The Long Island Railroad has the
right 70 build two more tunnels under
the East River, extending from the
sunnyside yards to the Pennsylvania
station. Under this franchise those
tubes Thus, from this site would be
centre Of 32d street and thus could en-
ter the old car barn property from its
southerly side. Its present tracks touch
the northerly part of the property many
feet below the level of the street. IT
would not be a difficult engineering
feat. II was said last night by CON
tractors. to unite with the two southerly
tubes. Thus from this site would be
; run four river tubes uniting with the
> connecting railway bridge.