New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
THOUSANDS BOUND
FOR LONG ISLAND
Greater Popularity of Its
Home Centres Due to
Many Causes.
BARRIER TO EUROPEAN
TRAVEL A BIG FACTOR
Ocean, Bay and Other Charms
of Region Can Be Enjoyed
by Multitude.

\ This is an unusually busy renting
season in the vast suburban fields Of
|, Long Island. Many things are said TO
|, h. The cause Of IT, The three reasons
4 generally accepted as beng the pTln-
L final ones are: The inability Of many
\ ,bousand persons who follow the pop
/ mar custom OF spending the summer
: travelling about Europe to indulge In
X hat pastime without running great
\ ,isk OF bodily harm, or experiencing
many inconvenience; the growing pop
ulsrity Of suburban living IN the semi
rural places with adequate rapid tran
eli lines. and the improvements made
in recent years on the railroad lines
and the trolley routes, binding the
suburbs 10 the city in bonds of steel,
and providing quick train or car COM
munication between town and country.
Il is not at all surprising that Long
Island is so captivating 10 the stay-at-
homes this year. who would now be on
their way 10 European watering places
or 70 some other foreign pleasure re-
sorts II these were normal times. Nor
does il require any undue stimulation
Of the mind 10 understand why the
thousand and more charms Of Long
Island are causing more families, who
are tired OF city living, 20 become its
admirers and also its residents. To
those who really know Long Island the
sad spectacle Of an individual who can
live in the suburbs remaining within
the city walls is ineXpLcable.
From the most sOuthcrly point OF
Manhattan, at the Battery, 10 its north
sriy gateway is a distance of about
eighteen miles, and twice that distance,
or thirty-six miles. is traversed daily N
subway, elevated or surface cars by hun
dreds OF thousands Of persons. Large
numbers Of these travellers seldom stop
TO figure the long journey they make
each day 70 and from their places Of
business or employment, but If they
we're asked TO become dweller in
fair suburban place like Long Island,
which has been aptly called the most
popular summer pleasure ground IN the
world they would enumerate start
ling lot Of reasons as 10 why they
ought not 10 make the proposed
change, the one usually most empha-
sized beirg that the distance is a little
TOO far, although the suburban centre
or settlement is nearer to the speaker
place Of business than his old home.
Many more people would be well of
in worldly goods if they had become
buyer on Long Island some years
ago, when superbly located properties
in many sections were sold in acre
parcels al the price paid to-day for
lot. The foundations of many fortunes
we're laid IN those realty boom days on
Long Island IN the early part Of this
century. Similar foundations have
been built since that time, but the
most spectacular and the broadest
work Of this kind was done Wnen
The buying movement Of the boom days
reached its highest volume. Prodlglous
sums were made by the professional
speculators in those propiuous hours
for owners and buyers, but equally
large sums were realized by newcomers
10 the market from wise investments.
The future has in store for the capa-
be realty buyer or developer just as
many good things as the distant past
gave 10 the many persons prominent
IN n previous boom periods. And no
where else in the great suburban dis
rets OF New York will there be big
ger harvest Of pront-taking than on
iong Island when days Of record OPP
portunities for buyers, builders, and
investors are here again. How long
would plot or acreage at Jamaica,
Queens, Hampstead, Flushing, Great
Neck, Port Washington and at many
oi-er delightful settlements and towns
On Long Island be in the market Tor
sale II the present owners announced
nat their holdings would be disposed
o. at the plot or acreage prices that
Prevailed ten years ago? A rush to
buy would at once set in, and the own.
efs would be buried under a mass OF
persons struggling 10 reach them hrst
sho secure their signatures TO con-
Hset Of sale. From the old realty rec
ofds we are able 10 learn the exact
tum paid In many acreage and plot
utaSsctions which were made in the
BOON days in the early part OF TINS
century. Where those facts are not
EASILY obtainable there are the many
fssl estate Offices which formed the
gearing houses for the transaction OF
NE buyers and sellers in the days IN
question from which 10 CLEAN the de-
sired information. often from the old
hsis Of offerings a fairly accurate idea
The former asking price may be had.
VI course, no one can reasonably eN-
peet 70 find prices for vacant or i'm
proved properties near the mark they
we're in 1904. 1905 and 1906. But this
4 certainty that the prices to-day
i "a Long Island in the districts favored
~ good rapid transit are bound 70 rise
heights from which exceptionally
sOod measures Of profits may be taken
a thousand and more charms mas
long Island. II one district does not
sone up 10 the standard set by the
prospective buyer there is little DOUBT
wy that some section will. For Long
uaand is more than the narrow, nat
stretch Of land that many people pic
sare II 70 be. II has many kinds OF
oeguiling features. II is a veritable
paradise for the owners Of small or
s.fRe pleasure craft. The south shores,
fronting on Jamaica Bay and the
SfeAt South Bay, are dotted with the
hoines OF yacht and motor boat clubs,
sao at various points are the meeting
houses Of expert and amateur anglers
INC duck and game hunters. Club
soeses OF the same class occupy many
zen located sites on the waters Of the
oennd. Moreover, there are numerous
.On links. OF late years winter pas
,nes In some of the north shore home
PAGES have become yearly fixed
vent like the bobsled and other out
soof contests AZ Huntington, which
e'Iact widespread attention.
20 one need travel far on Long ISL
&c TO reach the ocean side or the
Seund or one Of the large bays or
.alets or 20 be in the centre Of a
picturesque and pleasant country re-
noe from the water. This Is the rea-
a. mat Long Island is yearly wooing
@'r the city many thousand persons.