. The Street railway journal . rom Jamaica to the terminus of the Kings County Elevated line at a point near Rosedale, and it has made an applicationfor a franchise for an extension through South Jamaica, inQueens Borough, to the Brooklyn line at the terminus of theKings County Elevated Railroad. It has also applied for afranchise for an extension from the Queens Village throughJamaica and thence to the Brooklyn line, not far from the lineof the Long Island Railroad. It has a franchise for buildinga line over the Jericho Turnpike from Mineola to Jamaica. The company has also applied for franch
. The Street railway journal . rom Jamaica to the terminus of the Kings County Elevated line at a point near Rosedale, and it has made an applicationfor a franchise for an extension through South Jamaica, inQueens Borough, to the Brooklyn line at the terminus of theKings County Elevated Railroad. It has also applied for afranchise for an extension from the Queens Village throughJamaica and thence to the Brooklyn line, not far from the lineof the Long Island Railroad. It has a franchise for buildinga line over the Jericho Turnpike from Mineola to Jamaica. The company has also applied for franchises for the buildingof a line from Freeport to Babylon. The completion of thisline in connection with the one now under construction fromFreeport to Rockville Center and the Queens Borough line,would form a continuous line 31 miles in length from Babylonto the terminus of the Kings County Elevated line of theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company, and with the other proposedlines would give three parallel east and west routes through. el AP OF WESTERN END OF LONG ISLAND, SHOWING EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OUTSIDE OF THOSE IN BROOKLYN Railroad at Liberty Avenue and Crescent Street, Far Rockaway the lines of the company connect with theLong Island Railroad, which operates in summer an electricservice between that place and Rockaway Park, thus makingpossible a trip entirely by electric railway from the City Hall,New York, to Rockaway Beach, a popular summer resort thatranks with Coney Island for its attractions. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company operates, of course,in Brooklyn, also from East New York to Jamaica, on MyrtleAvenue from Brooklyn to Richmond Hill, from Ridgewood toFlushing and North Beach, and from Brooklyn to Maspeth,Newtown, Corona and North Beach. The company also hasfranchises for several other lines in the town of was over part of this companys line between Brooklyn andJamaica that the Jamaica & Brooklyn Railroad operated e
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