New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-04
Vast Project Between Cor
ona and Flushing Be-
gun by Degnon Co.
GETTING MATERIAL
FROM FLUSHING BAY
Work Is Expected to Take From
One to Two Years-Land for
Industrial Plants.

The most important land reclamation
work ever undertaken in Queens, and
also one OF the largest in the entire
city. was started May 10 by the Degnon
Realty and Terminal Company, says
the May issue Of "Queensboro," a
monthly publication OF the Chamber of
Commerce. The Degnon company Is
filling in PIT acres Of meadow land
between Flushing and Corona. all of
which will be soon ready for develop
ment.
AT present the land is In the Corona
Flushing meadows. lying between
Flushing Bay on the north and the
Long Island Railroad on the east and
south. and is slightly above high water
level adds the greensboro publ
cation. "The Degnon company has con
trscted for filling it up TO the estab-
lished city grade.
"The novel feature of the project
lies in the fact that the necessary NH
for the meadows is being pumped
ALPHABETICALLY from the bed of Flushing
Bay, which will incidentally deepen
this very important waterway for IN
creased traffic.
1.-THE substance for filling Is being
pumped from channel 80 feet deep
and extending 1000 feet into the bay;
1.-THE magnitude of the work will be
appreciated when il Is known that the
area to be filled will require about
1900, 900 cubic yards Of the bays bot
tom. A l,500-foot pipe line carries the
soil and water across jackson av. on 10
the meadows just below the Flushing
bridge. The force of the pump sends
the bay sediment and water through
the uphill pipe line, pouring out 35,ooo
gallons every minute. When the heavy
substance settles the water runs of at
the lower end of the meadow near
Corona through sluice.
bikes Already Built.
"Dikes have already been constructed
TO hold the material which is now
being pumped into the meadows.
The dredge is now working day and
night and it is estimated by the en-
gineer in charge that the work Will re-
quire from one TO two years, depend
ent somewhat on how the sod dikes
hold.
"The Typographical bureau of the city
has already established the street lay
out and grades, which after the fill in
is completed will be regulated and
graded and sewers and other sub-sur-
face improvements installed.
"This development includes also the
construction of half mile of substan-
tial concrete bulkhead wall extending
around the southern end of Flushing
Bay. adapted to handling heavy water
borne traffic which will be invited by
the improvement of the channel OF the
East River in the vicinity Of He'll Gate
by the Federal government.
"All the low lying land between CO.
roma and Flushing will thus be raised TO
the newly established city grades eX-
cepting one parcel of about sixteen
acres and another of about seven acres
in the vicinity of Peartree av and
Pell ST.. and one parcel of about ten
acres beginning at the Broadway Bridge
and extending westward about 900 feet
along the south side Of Jackson av.
II is hoped that the owners OF
these three parcels may be induced to
ioin in this improvement, which means
so much to the comfort and health OF
the residents of both Corona and Flush
ing. n oo,anv
provide for the use of this tract as an
Industrial development, where factories
can be erected, similar to the same
development in Long ISL
and City, where land has been re
claimed and S5,000,000 or s6,0OO,OOO
spent in the erection of large modern
factory buildings"