The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-11
NEW TRAFFIC CHANGES
IN LONG ISLAND CITY
Motorists Must Take other
Streets Nearing Queens
bOrO Bridge.

The construction OF the rapid tram
st station on the Queershoro Bridge
Plaza tn Long Island CITY has made It
necessary to regulate automobile and
ether ychlcuir traffic there. Lieut. l. !
Kruger and Sergeant Burns of the
traiir squad. with II l. Williams. reg
r~"seufng the Chamber of Commerce OF
10" Borough 81 Queens. At 4 Caufe ru,e
Yesterday decided that an y,'t.yuJr
tram" approaching the brd-" from
Flushing and other points on "a" u"ltu.
shore should ue diverted az Ja,N-uu
avenue and Webster avenue westerly 20
ilaidc street. from which street .t Nli
,r,cr the bridge plaza Tr,'hr APP
preaching the bridge from Queens Bou.e-
'trd and lover jackson avenue NH I'd"
required ., proceed through Henry stree
and l;idde street t. reach o." uortL
side OF he plaza
The Highway department Of 'he
borough Of Queens IL considering tie
erection OF large signs so as to guild"
the t'at'ic In proper directions. Cres.e ut
s'r"et. one block beyond Radde. offers 4
good a for motor SITS coming In from
he north shore bound for New York.
W. Van n. Whltall OF Pelham COM
pletcd yeste. day "a motoring trip II 2.l'5
miles 20 Indianapolis and rs'ugo ~ his
owen magnetic car % journey Ae reports
one or the lest iu his mn,o:.'- ,t Ger
Several Of h'S da''- fu'~ are interesting
as showing row FAR 10 tourist may drive
.n a day II ear and roads sG.t
Leaving Manhattan 80 30 \ VI on
May q 1ul gong via ~IE,r'};ow".
~Hourhkeepsie, Alhtuy. Schenectady and
Amsterdam. he arrived IN l'r,a, o
ing a distance of "tj miles, at - $50
J. " he stopped uue uour fnr lun.N
~ Albany. thus wIk'rr the DAYS run
N ton hours actual running tue pu
t'e following day hv ruNercd -.u miles
20 Buffalo ia seven hours, gong Wa
y rAcU~c. Batavia AND ll"rk uer From
Buffalo he took the shore road 10 Glove
Land, q distance Of 2-3 miles, which he
covered IN seven hours.
CONS from cleveland 20 Lima on May
Is, the good roads, together with an
c~rly start, enabled him TO rego'In'e
Tho lNu miles IN four hours, wh..'l l. pu
average Of forty-tivc miles An hour ON
the tollow .ng day the hast lap 20 lni.,u-
tpol.S Of lNf miles wEs covered IN nNc
hours. ttsIs covering the entire distance
If LOST miles from Manhattan n thirty
two hours dr~uc time, or an average %
thirty-four miles per hour.
After sightseeing ia indianapolis for
four days, covering a distance OF zoo
miles, he began his return on May 81
from Indianapolis via Munc'e, theme" 90
Detroit, by boat 20 Cleveland and Buf-
faln He motored from Buffalo 20 syria
cuse in Ave hours and twenty-five
minutes. then 1862 miles 20 Albany IN
Ave hours and Albany IN Manhattan, lGi
miles, in four and a half hours.
The going and returning routes, em
hracing 1855 miles, were covered IN
5GA, hours, or an average Of "a miles
an hour. For the total mileage ~
2,l3b6 miles covered Mr.. Wh.'tll used
lAo2 gallons OF rHsolene, which Is an
average Of las miles a gallon. and nv"
gallons OF oil, or an average OF i27 miles
4 gallon.
THIS entire trip was made without mo
motor. the car or the tires needing the
slightest attention, although enough mud.
rad d,tours and rough roads were en-
Couuterod to have definitely laid up many
m ordinary Ca$ for repairs.