The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20


Will occupy a plot lOONll5 at the corner
of Hayes avenue and Twcuty-nfth
street one block from the first buildings.
and one block nearer the Twouty-ntth
street station on the subway extension.
They will be of brick and stone with
forty-four apartments arranged IN
suites of four five and six rooms. Like
the better grade OF apartments NJ this
type in other parts Of the city they Will
have such modern couVcniouccs ~
steam heat, hot water supply. telephone
'ud ',uitor service. Rentals VIII range
from 81 To S45 according to the numl rr
OF rooms and locations of apartments.
tho. builders hguring an average "
about 81 room. Tho buildings viii
cost about 1925. 900 including the cost OF
the land.
II was stated in well informed circles
in Queens last week that a company IL
in process of formation which VIII have
"A capital of 100000 which will pur-
chase we'll located plots along the
Corona subway extension ana improve
them with houses OF a typ" similar
to those already built and about to he
built They have been AWAITING COM
pletion Of the rapid transit structure
before starting operations and now mat
the structure can bt seen anu lll' ''ll'-
fits OF this new transit understood they
will lose no time In providing accom-
modations for some OF the many thou
sands who are expected to become resi-
dents OF the borough.
In one respect Queens apartment
builders have "A great advantage over
builders in most Other sections tor they
have two sources from which to draw
att1t ,Nft.rfNfAn.
as everybody knows. Will op, n to settle
ment a great territory as near to the
business parts of Manhattan rs upper
Harlem and Washington Heights. lic-
cause low priced apartments In this die
trict can be reached In less tim, than
the apartment sections NJ The Bronx
and Brooklyn II Is more than likely that
the opening Of the now transit lues
will be followed 10y "A turning If pOpuia-
ton into that section as rapidly as
builders can provid- accommodations
for it, Even now with the first OF the
new transit a year distant the pressure
Is being felt In the section, for there IL
nothing to be had on rental either in
apartments or two family houses. In
addition to this feature this part OF
Queens has the advantage Of a great
and steadily growing business popula-
ton for which II has 10 provide con-
veniences.
Long Island City is striving for the
leadership among manufacturing com
munities. and during the last year T.
has added SO many industries to it's al
ready long list that it IL taxed for hous-
ngs for the great number of work.
men employed, while for lack of better
grade accommodations the higher sal
ared employees havo been compelled
10 look in other boroughs FOR homes
TO take care OF the demand from this
quarter alone for apartments renting
from S25 to $50 a month VIII ho con-
siderable work. hut one in which success
VIII be in sight from the start for those
who undertake II.
Further encouraEement for builders
who would operate in Queens was given
last week by the advertising OF the
contract for the extension Of the Man
haitian station Of the Stclnway tunnel
from It's present ending near Park ave-
nue. over to the Grand Central station.
The reconstruction Of this station can
be completed within year, which
means that several years before tho
dual subway system ls completed into
other boroughs Queens will have rapid
transit from Manhattan business Soc
lions not only by way of the Second and
Third avenue roads but by tho present
subway, as well from its connection
with tho Steinway tube at Forty-sec-
ond street. The new plan calls FOR a
platform OF two levels connecting with
tho Grand Central Station. the present
subway and the Lexington avenue sub
way, now being bulk, It Is this con-
nection which will give 10 Queens :
cent fare to every part OF the Inter
borough line Similar accommodation
Will be had eventually on the lines OF
the II, II, 7.
The old Steinway loop under Forty
second street Mt Park avenue Will he
largely removed TO make possible tho
extension of tracks 70 meet the present
subway tracks under Forty
street Tho platforms OF tho various
routes ut the same timo are 10 b. Joined
IN such manner that with the least in
convenience passengers from either the
present subway or the Lexington ave-
nue. branch can change 10 the stein
way tunnel cars, which will run uudor
the East River TO the Greensboro
Bridge plaza IN Long Island city, thence
out through Woodslde, Elmhurst and
Corona. on the Long Island eide tho
work of connecting the tunnel with
the already completed elevated struc-
ture Is being pushed rapidly. with pros
pect OF completion within a year n
both ends can be finished within that
time Queens will have the Jump on AL
other borough5. for most OF the dual
subway system contracts are not 20 be
completed for several years.