New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22
FAVOR DUAL EXTENSION
Queens Officials at Work on
New Long Island Routes.
MAPS READY IN TEN DAYS
Dual Terminal in Flushing Also
to Serve All Trolley Lines
Centring in Town.

Following the recent action OF the Board
Of Estimate and Apportionment in sane
tioning the extension Of the Corona line
! Of the dual transit system TO Main street.
! Flushing and the laying out of the route
to Bayside, the Typographical Bureau OF
Queens last week began work on an al
teration map for Roosevelt avenue east
of Corona crossing crossing the Flushing
meadows and Flushing Creek and West
Amity street in Flushing. Borough Presi-
dent Connolly has requested the bureau
to complete the map within ten days,
when II will be presented TO the Board Of
Estimate and Appointment. The bor-
ough officials do not want single act OF
theirs TO delay the work on the rapid
| transit system.
change of grade OF Roosevelt avenue
was deemed advisable by the engineers
to permit the Whitestone branch of the
Long Island Railroad TO cross under
! grade. To have allowed the grade cross
ing TO remain there would haye not only
handicapped rapid transit. but would
have created a dangerous crossing The
new grade is also 10 be of such a char
acter as to create a clearance Of twenty
] IOuE letl dDONt HlSu water LOf
that will carry the roadway OF Roosevelt
avenue and the transit lines over Flush.
! ing Creek. This is the grade that has
been established for bridges over the Har-
lem River. and it will permit the pass
| age Of all river craft without opening the
draw. with the exception OF sailing ves-
sells. With the creation Of a connection
between Flushing and Jamaica Bay II is
expected that this creek will become one
of the busy waterways OF New York City.
Many delays would be occasioned II the
draw had TO be opened frequently. The
! plans at the intersection OF Roosevelt
avenue and the creek will also permit OF
an industrial arrangement there
Not only Flushing. but all OF the north
shore, will be affected by the changes 10
be made on West Amity street This
thoroughfare will have TO be widened
more than 20 feet to permit Of the con-
struction Of the incline which will carry
the transit lines from the elevated struct-
TIRE at Flushing Creek 10 a subway level
at Main and West Amity streets. En-
gineers are now considering the most
| practical method OF widening the street.
: 1t is closely built up. and It is probable
that the Viening will be done on both
| sides.
The terminal of the dual subway sys-
TEN at Main and West Amity streets,
Flushing, will become the terminal OF all
trolley lines now centring in Flushing
from Brooklyn. Corona, College Point,
Whitestone, Bayside, Little Neck and in
termediate points Chairman T. Z. Nc
Call OF the Public Service Commission
announced last week that II was the in
tention of the board TO provide for the
terminal, and the Board OF Estimate,
Borough President George A McAneny
announced, would do likewise An entire
new arrangement of the lines of these
trolleys Will have 10 be made to permit
or the one terminal. One OF the plans
suggested is the creation Of a plaza at
Main and West Amity streets. Some OF
| the most valuable business sites in Flush
ing would have 10 be acquired TO create
! the plaza. The new station Of the Long
| Island Railroad is only a block distant
This arrangement will go a long way
| toward pacifying the people east OF
! Flushing, who have been clamoring for
! an extension OF the system there The
| Flushing terminal would thereby become
one Of the most important traffic centres
| In the borough.