New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-01
THESE COURvS Are NOW eetN0
OuAORUpLED IN DIMENSIONS
ALONG THE NORTH SHORE
Port Washington Electric Trains
to Run Soon.

one Of the most striking features in the
the north shore OF Queens Borough is that
seen on the Long Island Railroad at
Flushing
Beginning at Main street station, there
have been erected concrete retaining walls
rising TO a height OF % feet above the re-
Gently established grade and extending
for a distance of nearly three-quarters Of
a mile to Murray Hill station. These huge
massive walls have been finished off I'm
decorative fashion with their tops taper
ing into a fencelike effect.
This work is being done by the Long
Island Railroad Company in carrying out
it, plans for the identification Of the Port
Washington division and the elimination
Of all grade crossings.
The old wooden stations built some thir-
" years ago have been removed and sta
tions of hollow tile. steel and concrete con-
structlon are being put up. The one at
Main street. Flushing. sets distance OF
about 800 feet west OF Main street and has
a platform a trine over $50 feet long.
After leaving Main street. Flushing, the
former long incline TO Murray Hill station
is being removed and upon the new grade
level double tracks are being laid, with
provision for two additional tracks to be
made In the short stretch between Main
street. Flushing station and Murray Hill
station six substantial concrete bridges
are being built. three OF which are nearly
finished THIS new grade level will do
away with the former dangerous level
crossings.
II Is expected that all this grading and
concrete construction work will be com
pleted by the railroad not later than Sep
TENDER !. and then through electric
trans 10 Port Washington will be In OPP
Grafton. The new train system will ma
terlally reduce the running time from
Flushing. Murray Ill., Bayside and Great
Neck To the PennsylvaDia station at 33d
street and Seventh avenue, and IL expect
ed 10 add largely TO the real estate values
of the surrounding property.
A. NJ Mcknight. treasurer OF the NC
Knight Realty Company. is OF the opinion
that when this identification Is COM
pleted the north shore Of Long Island ~
due to witness great building boom. ana
that the properties owned and developed
nv the Mcknight Realty Company. such
as Flrohurst- South. Bovine Park. Flush
ing Terrace. Murray Heights. Kenmore
Whltestone. Sound View. Bayside-Flush-
ing. Lawrence Manor. Bayview and Great
Neck. will improve with greater rapidly
than heretofore.
The new cutoff now being constructed
between Woodside and Winfield VIII
eliminate the rather dangerous present
curve along which the trains travel ana
Will unauestionably reduce the running
time 10 the Pennsylvania station from
to minutes.
Another interesting feature OF the i'm
provements now under way In THIS sec
ton is the establishment OF joint trans
fer station at Roosevelt avenue. WHEREBY
passengers coming from all parts OF Long
Island will be able to transfer at this new
station 10 the rapid transit lines or either
the Interborough or the Brooklyn RAPID
Transit system. connecting with the
Greensboro bridge plaza and the Stein
,yay tunnel This means that travellers
can 20 TO any part OF greater New YORK
fran this transfer station for a tve-cent
fare.
Realty experts agree that the rapid
transit extensions. experimenting the
new electric trains, will mark the begin
ming OF a new era OF prosperity for the
borough. exceeding that recently enjoyed
there.
Equally Indicative OF the great improve
ments taking place. though of less impor-
lance. IS the use to which the former
Flushing Meadows have been put. In
place OF swamps and heaps of refuse
these meadows are now converted into
kitchen gardens, and the stretches OF peas
growing there form a pleasing sight to
all who remember It's previous condition