New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
1.-THE GROWTH Of QUEENS
Value of Products Increased
314 Per Cent in Ten Years.
BIG NUMBER OF WORKERS
This Great Borough Is un'
doubtedly at a Decisive
Point in It's Career.
BY DIR. T.. T.. PRATT,
Manager of the Industrial Bureau OF Tue
Merchants Association.

Manager of the Industrial Bureau OF Tue
Merchants Association.
Queens. like other outlying sections Oh
New York City, is rapidly developing as
an industrial section and has POSSIBLE
tiles which are only beginning 10 ne
realized Queens Is the big sister among
the boroughs OF the city. but we can
say that she is overgrOwn.
Queens is one and one-half times as
large as Brooklyn, twice as large as
Richmond. three times as large as The
Bronx, and more than five times as
large as Manhattan Queens, however,
is not densely populated and much OF
her territory is not yet built up.
Her hardness i'm building has doubt
less been due to a lack Of transit facili-
ties. Until the opening of BlackwelIs
Island Bridge Queens was remote from
Manhattan and il was difficult and
costly TO reach. Since 1850. however. the
growth in population has been consider
able; it has increased by l3l.Oi2. or 50 per
cent, in the ten-year period.
The industries OF Queens however, ami
her rapid development in that direction
develop ment of the borough In 1907
Queens produced Is per cent OF all the
manufactured products OF Greater New
York. During the period 1889 10 1903 tn"
number of manufacturing establishments
increased from $50 10 al; the number Of
wage carriers from 1864 to 1881: and the
capital invested from $4,000 TO $500
c1O. The most notable increase. however.
was in the value OF products. Here there
was an increase OF SIG. 2j2, so. or ga per
cent in ten years
i, we consider Queens for the moment
as an intcgra, unit. we find that il ranks
seventeenth in the amount of manufao;-
ured products among the great cities OF
the United States We also find that dur
ing the period from 1889 to 1863 this in
crease in Queens. 81 per cent. was greater
than the increase in any other large city
IN this country
Queens has certain undenably great
advantages for the manufacturer 1t s
adjacent to the greatest market IN the
world-the centre and the capital OF COM
mcrcial and financial United state
There is good labor supply close at
hand IN Manhattan. and plenty OF COM
parativcly low-priced lana which can be
used for residential purposes. The trans
portation facilities are also good. There
are twenty miles Of railroad and about
el9 miles Of water frontage: also about
twenty miles OF docks and piers on the
Atlantic Ocean. Jamaica Bay. East River.
Newtown Creek and Flushing Bay
Queens also offers wide range Of choice
as to possible factory sites, many OF
which have water frontage. Direct track
connection can be had in many parts OF
the borough.
Tie people OF Quecrs are not satisfied,
however. with their natural advantages
and have already gotten under way. or
have planned. extensive and far-reaching
improvements.
First-The extension of the lines OF
rapid transit into Queens. which will con-
meet large part OF that borough with
Manhattan and Brooklyn for five-cent
fare.
Second-The beginning OF work upon the
Jamaica Bay improvement.
ThIrj-The building OF the New York
Connecting Railroad bridge which will
link up The Bronx and Queens and all
Long Island. which will eliminate the
necessity OF lighterage on all Long ISL
and shipments. which will save time on
shipments West and give direct connec-
ton between Long Island and New Eng
land.
Forrth-The making OF two up-to-date
terminals, which will combine rail and
water facilities with large industrial de-
velopments.
As indicated above. the industrial de-