Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years ..a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years ..and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed . n ofQueens Borough is distinctive. With the advantages of bothsteam and electric trains, vmder river tunnels, and nearly 200miles of single track in Queens Borough and with modern all-stee
Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years ..a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years ..and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed . n ofQueens Borough is distinctive. With the advantages of bothsteam and electric trains, vmder river tunnels, and nearly 200miles of single track in Queens Borough and with modern all-steel car equipment, the transportation facilities offered by thisrailroad are ahead of those provided for any other sectionadjacent to Manhattan. No other borough of New York City has the advantage of similar service. Trains of big, comfortable steel cars, electrically operated, from the terminalsin Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island City, carry more than 150,000 passengersdaily to and from their homes and places of business. The growth during the past ten years in the ntmiber of commuters who usethis road to reach their homes in the attractive residential sections of Queens hasexceeded even the most optimistic expectations of those who planned the costlyimprovements which have made these facilities so valuable to the present andfuture residential, industrial and commercial interests of Queens Passenger Station and Office Building, 52 Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens The niunber of passengers on the Long Island Railroad, who enter and leavethe Flatbush Avenue Station in Brooklyn, is almost as great as the total numberof both New York Central and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad pas-sengers using the Grand Central Station. The number of Long Island Railroad passengers who enter and leave thePennsylvania Station in Manhattan has grown from 6,224,429 in 1911 to 19,843,205in 1919, an increase of 220% in less than 10 years. Although there are mor
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