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THE INDUSTRIAL HIGHROAD TO QUEENS BOROUGH
THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD BRIDGE
ACROSS THE EAST RIVER AT HELL GATE.
QUEENS
BOROUGH
NEW YORK CITY
191 0 1920
A descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its
wonderful growth and development in commerce,
industry and homes during the past ten years, 1910
to 1920; a prediction of even greater growth dur-
ing the next ten years, 1920 to 1930; and a
statement of its many advantages, attractions
and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to
work and to succeed.
Compiled and Edited by
WALTER I. WILLIS
Secretary
ISSUED BY THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
NEW YORK CITY
1920
Copyrighted 1920 by the
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS,
NEW YORK CITY.
PRESSES OF
THE L. I. STAR PUB. CO.
QUEENS BOROUGH.
INTRODUCTION
HE past decade, from 1910 to 1920, might properly be called
the "Construction Period" in the history of the development of
Queens Borough ; for, during that time, there have been con-
structed new bridges, highways, tunnels, rapid transit exten-
sions, hundreds of industrial plants, and thousands of
homes of every description, the total cost of wrhich ex-
ceeds a quarter of a billion dollars.
The expenditure of this vast sum of money has resulted in making Queens
Borough, once but a "county on Long Island" now a real integral part of New
York City. Its many residential and industrial centers which even today are
separated by large, undeveloped, intervening areas, are expanding so rapidly that
they will soon grow into one continuous built-up community.
The growth of Queens Borough during the past ten years, despite the lack
of cheaper transit facilities, has been marvelous. What it will be in the next ten
years with transit facilities equal, and in many cases, superior to every other
section of New York City, will surprise even the most confident. Today Queens
is well started on the most wonderful development that has ever taken place
in any borough of New York City, or, for that matter, in any city of the world.
It is the purpose of this publication to set forth the commercial, industrial,
financial and residential advantages and possibilities of the Borough of Queens
considered by itself. It is not generally realized how great a city Queens Borough
would be separated from its political connections with New York City. With an
area of 117 square miles, or 37% of the land area of New York, it is as large as
Philadelphia and three times as large as Boston. With a population of 500,000
in 1920 it would be among the first twelve cities in the United States. Industrially,
Queens ranks 15th in the annual value of its manufactured products. Not more
than three cities in the country exceed it in the value of plans filed for new
buildings.
Its banking facilities are of the best ; its schools and churches are unexcelled.
It has 200 miles of waterfront on the East River, Flushing Bay, Long Island
Sound, Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Its natural advantages are unsur-
passed.
Queens is indeed "The Borough of Magnificient Opportunities" and "The
Fastest Growing Borough of New York City."
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
HISTORICAL NOTES
N MAY 6th, 1626, Peter Minuet, the first Dutch Governor, pur-
chased the Island of Manhattan for the West India Company,
paying to the Indians in beads, buttons and other trinkets to the
value of $24 for their real estate. During the latter part of
1638, Wilhelm Kieft, the third Dutch Governor, thought it well
to secure more land for the company; and he purchased from
the Indian Chiefs, during that and the following year, nearly all of the territory
now comprising the County of Queens. The purchase price is not recorded.
In 1664, when Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam to
the English, the name of the City was changed to New York. This resulted in
other changes of names, such as : Vlessigen to Flushing, Rusdorf to Jamaica,
Breuckelen to Brooklyn. In 1672 the Dutch recaptured the City and its name was
changed to New Orange. In 1674, possession was restored to the English and
the name of New York was again resumed.
Thomas Dongan, who was appointed Governor by the Duke of York, insti-
tuted in that year, the long desired Colonial Assembly which permitted the in-
habitants of the province to participate in legislation. The representatives of
the settlers took their seats October 17, 1683 and passed 14 Acts, one of which
was the division of New York into twelve counties. Queens County, named
after Queens Catherine of England, was one of the twelve counties.
Queens County, as organized by the Act of November 1, 1683, had an area
of 396 square miles, including all of what is now known as Nassau County. Its
entire length from east to west was 26 miles, and its breadth from north to south
about 16 miles. The county was divided into six municipal corporations, or
towns ; namely, Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, North Hempstead, Hempstead and
Oyster Bay.
The first conveyance of land obtained from the Indians was made to the
settlers in 1643 and embraced most of the territory included within the original
town of Hempstead where the first county courts were held. The location of
the county court remained in Hempstead until the early "seventies" when it was
removed to Long Island City, the Legislature of New York State in 1872 author-
izing the erection of the Court House and appropriated the necessary funds for
its construction.
The Bill permitting the incorporation of "Long Island City," which had
formerly been a part of Newtown, was passed by the Legislature in 1870. It
consolidated into one municipality the following villages : Blissville, Hunters
Point. Astoria, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Steinway, Middletown, and Bowery
NEW YORK CITY
Bay. Long Island City continued as a separate municipality for 28 years until
it was consolidated with New York. The boundaries of Long Island City were:
on the north, East River and Bowery Bay ; on the east, Town of Newtown ; on
the south, Newtown Creek ; and the west, the East River.
At the election held November 6, 1894, the question of consolidating with
the City of New York was voted upon by the residents of Queens County. The
majority of votes in favor came from the Long Island City section whose inhabi-
tants, because of their proximity to New York, had been in favor of the project
for many years. The western part of the county therefore became part of the
City of New York, and is known as Queens Borough ; while the eastern part of
the county was erected into a separate county, known as Nassau, taking its name
from the early name for Long Island.
That part of Queens County comprehended in the consolidation comprised
Long Island City (1st Ward), the towns of Newtown (2nd Ward), Flushing
(3rd Ward), Jamaica (4th Ward), and that portion of the town of Hempstead
extending westward, from the eastern limits of the incorporated village of Far
Rockaway, to Rockaway Beach Inlet, now known as the 5th Ward. Its territory
comprised an area of 117 square miles and included therein were eight incorpor-
ated villages besides Long Island City, namely: Flushing, College Point, White-
stone, Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Far Rockaway Arverne and Rockaway Beach.
There were also many unincorporated villages chief among which were Hollis,
Queens, Springfield and Little Neck.
MOORE HOUSE
Broadway and Shell Road, Elmhurst
(Newtown)
Built in 1661 by Captain Samuel Moore,
son of Rev. John Moore who laid out
Newtown. The house has remained in the
family ever since.
BOWNE HOUSE
Bowne Ave.
Street,
and Washington
Flushing.
Built in 1661 by John Bowne and used for
forty years as a meeting place of Quakers.
The house stands today, inside and out-
side, much as it was when first built, and
has remained in the family ever since.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
THE GROWTH OF NEW YORK MADE
QUEENS BOROUGH
HE story of the development of Queens Borough and the growth
of New York City as a whole are inseparable. The reasons
for the industrial, commercial and financial supremacy of New
York City must be understood in order to properly lead up to
the subject of this publication.
Why is New York City the largest and most important city, not only in the
United States or in the Western Hemisphere, but in the entire world? Why is
it the greatest industrial and financial center of the United States? Why do 50%
of the imports and exports of the United States go through the Port of New
York? Why are over 10% of all of the factories of the United States to be
found within the five boroughs of New York? Why is New York the terminal
of practically every American railroad?
AIRPLANE VIEW OF NEW YORK AND ITS WONDERFUL HARBOR
THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS is SHOWN BETWEEN THE BROAD WHITE LINES
NEW YORK CITY
One hundred years ago New York City did not lead either in population,
industry or commerce, for the ports of Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston
handled a commerce as great, if not greater, at that time than New York City.
The six main reasons for its growth from a population of less than 100,000
in 1800 to a metropolis of over 6,000,000 in 1920 may be briefly summarized as
follows :
1. Nature's gift of an ideal, land-locked harbor with deep water.
2. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825
3. The use of steel and concrete in building construction enabling the City to
grow vertically.
4. The inauguration of rapid transit permitting the City to grow horizontally.
5. The utilization of electric power.
6. The annexation of adjoining territory through legislative enactment.
Compliments of Department of Docks, City of New York
Murray Hulbert, Commissioner of Docks and Director of the Port
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1. The Port of New York
Great wars have been waged to secure for other Nations what nature gave
America — a great port, an ideal land-locked harbor, perfectly accessible to all
other great ports, and a natural market for the raw products of all the countries
of the world. No other harbor in the United States rivals the harbor of New
York in size. The Port of New York, including New Jersey waterfront, has
771 miles of shore proper, and today 986 miles of waterfront measured along
shore and around piers. Of this last figure 21% is in Queens Borough. The
Port of New York is peculiarly favored also in the area of its harbor, which is
sufficiently large to permit the anchorage and maneuvering of a large number of
vessels. Steamship companies can dock their boats in close proximity to the
very heart of the city, to its important markets, its large mercantile establishments,
and its leading hotels.
How little did Hendrick Hudson dream when on September llth, 1609, as
the "Half Moon" was cautiously guided through the Narrows and anchored in
full view of Manhattan Island, that it would, within three centuries, become the
home of Europe's overflowing population.
2. The Erie Canal (Now Known as the State Barge Canal)
George Washington, it is related, with wonderful foresight, nearly 50 years
before the Erie Canal was opened to commerce through the State of New York,
solemnly warned the states of Virginia and Maryland to prepare without delay
to grasp for their own the commerce of the interior of the country by building
and opening a water route from the Atlantic across the Alleghenies to the Great
Lakes and the Mississippi. He predicted that New York would some day open
water communication between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, stating
that commerce when once fairly established in any channel can be deflected only
with the greatest difficulty, if at all. Virginia at that time had a larger population
and commerce than New York but was deaf to the warning of her greatest son.
The result was that New York became the chief port and the commercial metrop-
olis of the United States and the trade of the West flowed from and to the sea-
board by way of the Hudson River, the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes.
The Erie Canal, opened in 1825, marked a new epoch in the history of
transportation in this country. It served as the most direct route for bringing
grain from the West to New York City for trans-shipment to all parts of the
world. (This was before the era of railroad construction, which did not start
until after 1830). It marked the turning point in the development of New York
City and State.
New York became the "Empire State" as a result of the opening of the
Erie Canal, a position that it has uninterruptedly held ever since. Boston and
NEW YORK CITY 11
Philadelphia both had a greater ships tonnage in 1790, Boston had a greater ton-
nage in 1800 and 1810 ; but between 1820 and 1830, New York took the lead and
held it. Naturally, therefore, the Port of New York immediately had the advan-
tage over its rivals on the Atlantic Ocean for grain commerce. Ships from all
over the world came to New York for this valuable freight, bringing with them
not only the products of those countries, which served as raw material for manu-
facturing, but also hundreds of thousands of immigrants who settled in New
York and vicinity. This created both an abundant labor supply and plenty of
raw materials which was, and is, an ideal condition for manufacturing.
The Erie Canal gave New York cheaper freight rates which is the magic key
that spells production. The first through rail line between New York and Chi-
cago was opened in 1852 and it was not long before the competition between the
rail and water routes was keen. It is contended that the present schedule of class
rates between New York and Chicago was determined by the competition afforded
by the water routes. The other trunk line railroads, in their effort to secure a
share of the grain commerce, sought terminals at New York and an intense rivalry
in rates began, which, for a long period, gave New York a decided advantage
over all other Atlantic ports.
3. The Use of Steel and Concrete in Building Construction
The continuous rebuilding of New York City with steel and concrete, where
brick and stone were used, is the most talked about single instance in the life
of the city. Strangers write magazine articles about it and old New Yorkers
coming up out of the subway at unfamiliar stations find skyscrapers, where six
story brick buildings formerly stood.
The reason is simple. The foundations must be built to support the weight
of the entire building. Using brick and stone, it is not practicable to build much
over six stories as the thickness of the supporting walls at the street level become
too wide. By the use of steel for the frame work with hollow tile walls hung
almost like curtains, the weight of a 25 or 50 story building can be carried to
concrete foundations reaching far into the earth without any appreciable greater
width at the street level.
The city then began to grow vertically, and an ever increasing population,
equal to city after city, was piled in layers one on top of the other.
4. The Inauguration of Rapid Transit
Huge office buildings, apartment houses and hotels brought about a greater
congestion in travel, and additional transportation problems faced the city.
Rapid transit permitted the City to expand — to grow horizontally. First
came the horse cars, and the elevated roads with trains of wooden cars drawn by
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little steam engines ; then came the electrified trolley lines and elevated railroads ;
then came the new subways and tunnels with their steel express trains ; and
lastly, the electrification of such railroads entering New York as the New York
Central, the New York, New Haven and Hartford, the Long Island Railroad, and
the Pennsyvania Railroad with their huge terminals and their tunnels under the
adjoining rivers.
As the City continued to grow, its expansion eastward was at first limited
by the East River, which acted as a barrier. It therefore followed the line of
least resistance and grew northward embracing Harlem, Washington Heights
and the Bronx.
With the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, however, in 1883, the gradual
rounding out of the city began. New bridges and tunnels were opened to Brooklyn
and the population of that Borough increased from 600,000 in 1880 to over
2,000,000 in 1920.
In 1900, when the first subway was being built from the Battery to the Bronx,
that Borough only had a population of 200,000, but as a result of this rapid
transit its population has become 700,000 in 1920 — an increase of 500,000 in 20
years.
The Bronx grew ahead of Queens only because it was easier to build tunnels
under, and construct bridges over, the Harlem River than the East River. Its
real growth, however, did not begin until after the subway was placed in opera-
tion in 1904:
The people of any city are, in a way, comparable to electricity, for they travel
"along the line of least resistance." Two million residents of New York travel
daily on the subway and elevated lines between their homes, shops and offices.
In the past, the line of least resistance has been the longest line of travel.
The vast army of employees in Manhattan would travel daily many miles north-
THE BATTERY IN 1885.
NEW YORK CITY
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ward to the Bronx, and many miles southward and eastward: to Brooklyn, to
reach their homes. With the opening of all of the new transportation lines east-
ward into Queens Borough, the line of least resistance has now become the short-
est line of travel, and the development in population and industry which has
taken place in Brooklyn and the Bronx will be repeated during the next ten years
in the Borough of Queens.
Prior to 1909, the only means of direct transportation from Queens Borough
to Manhattan was by ferry across the East River from the foot of either Borden
Avenue, or Fulton Street, Long Island City, to 34th Street and to 92nd Street,
Manhattan. Before that time indirect communciation was possible through the
Borough of Brooklyn and the tunnels and bridges connecting it with Manhattan.
The first link joining Manhattan and Queens, and eliminating the East
River as a barrier to the spread of population and commerce eastward, was the
opening of the Queensboro Bridge in March 1909 for trolley and vehicular traffic.
The second link was the inauguration on September 10th, 1910 of the silent,
swift and smokeless electric train service from the magnificient Pennsylvania
Station at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, Manhattan, through the tunnels under
the East River and over 70 miles of tracks of the Long Island Railroad in Queens,
serving every section of the Borough.
The third link was the opening of the "Queensboro Subway" on June 22,
1915. from Long Island City through the tunnels under the East River to 42nd
Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, connecting with the Interborough
Subway System in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
THE BATTERY IN 1920.
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The fourth link was the completion of the New York Connecting Railroad
Bridge in 1917 over the East River at Hell Gate, providing an all rail route be-
tween Queens Borough and the New England States and saving on an average
24 hours in the shipment of freight.
The fifth link was the operation on July 23rd, 1917 of the Second Avenue
"L" across the upper level of the Queensboro Bridge, bringing into close touch
the most congested section of the city on the East Side of Manhattan with the
least developed portions in the Borough of Queens.
The sixth link was the operation in the spring of 1920 of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit trains, through the new tunnels under the East River at 60th Street, to
the Bridge Plaza Station in Long Island City and connecting with the rapid
transit extensions to Astoria and Corona.
5. The Utilization of Electricity
While the use of electricity applies to all cities, it has a special application
to New York for without it we would not have the modern rapid transit systems,
the tall office buildings, the huge hotels and apartment houses. Electric power is
required for the operation, lighting and heating of the surface, subway, elevated
and railroad trains. Electric light is required for the office buildings, hotels and
apartment houses. Without electrically operated elevators, the skyscrapers of
New York would not be possible.
B. F. Smith, Jr., Artist Collection of Percy R. Pyne, 2n<?
LOOKING SOUTHWARD FROM 42ND STREET IN 1855.
NEW YORK CITY
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6. The Annexation of Adjoining Territory
Then again, New York City has grown by certain Acts of the State Legis-
lature, consolidating adjoining communities as boroughs of the Greater City.
A metropolis grows first by its natural expansion ; then leaps forward by adding
large areas to itself, taking into the city over night many villages and settlements ;
and, thereupon, proceeds to consolidate its position by filling up the intervening
area with rows of homes, stores and factories.
New York City in 1898 absorbed the large areas of Queens, Brooklyn, and
Richmond, including as they did a chain of former villages, some of them as old
as Manhattan itself. Today, New York City extends from Long Island Sound
to the Atlantic Ocean, stretching across the backbone of Long Island through the
Borough of Queens. The old city lines have been abolished and rapid transit
extensions are rapidly obliterating all traces of the former city limits.
TIMES SQUARE IN 1920.
LOOKING SOUTHWARD FROM 44-TH STREET.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Long Island City — Old and New
THE PAYNTAR HOMESTEAD
Jackson Ave. and Queensboro Bridge
Plaza, Long Island City.
Torn down recently to give way to the
advance of industry and commerce into
Queens Borough.
Another view of the Bridge Plaza in 1920
shewing the Brewster automobile factory
and the "Electric Building" in which are
the offices of the Queensboro Chamber of
Commerce.
From the million dollar rapid transit station
at this point, subway and elevated cars
operate to every section of New York
City.
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Jamaica — Old and New
THE HISTORICAL KING MANOR
Once the home of Rufus King, first
Ambassador from the United States to
Great Britain.
BUSINESS CENTER OF JAMAICA
showing Jamaica Ave. "L" extension
operated by Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.,
to Brooklyn and Manhattan for single
fare.
NEW YORK CITY
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THE WATERFRONT
EW York's harbor and the rivers which flow into it have made
the city the Metropolis of the Western Hemisphere. Without
this great asset New York would not transact 50 per cent of
the total foreign commerce of the United States nor would
ninety per cent of the trans-Atlantic passenger traffic pass
through this gateway.
Just as New York's original site was determined by its harbor, and its growth
in the past has been based upon its waterfront, so its future greatness is pre-
dicated upon the further development and efficient utilization of its hundreds of
miles of waterfront.
The 315 square miles of land included in the five boroughs are so divided
and indented by nearly 175 square miles of water as to give it a total water-
frontage, as measured along the shore line, of 578 miles, all within the city limits.
A straight line 578 miles in length, would extend from New York City to Charles-
ton, South Carolina.
Thirty-four per cent of this natural waterfrontage of New York City is in
the Borough of Queens — a substantial asset which gives Queens a marked com-
mercial superiority.
The East River and Flushing Bay are the western and northern boundaries
of the Borough. On the south, for a distance of four miles, Newtown Creek
is the dividing line between Queens Borough and Brooklyn. Further to the
south, the vast expanse of Jamaica Bay and its numerous islands again divides
the two boroughs. The Atlantic Ocean is the extreme southern boundary, and
the ten miles of beaches on the Rockaway Shore are unexcelled from Maine to
Atlantic City.
The adoption, in 1913, of the Dual Subway System brought about the con-
struction and operation of rapid transit extensions into Queens Borough from
Manhattan and Brooklyn. To a large extent, the rapid transit problem of New
York was solved by this comprehensive system of transportation. The most
important problem facing the city today is the adoption of a similar compre-
hensive plan for the development of its entire waterfront. Federal, state and
city officials should cooperate in the preparation of such plans as will coordinate
these great resources of the city. No plan will be complete, however, unless
thorough consideration is given to the facilities which Queens Borough has to
offer with its 200 miles of shore line.
Three vast waterway improvements — the Panama Canal, the New York
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State Barge Canal, and the Intra-Coastal Waterway — will bring more commerce
from the sea and from the interior to the Port of New York.
The Panama Canal has enormous commercial possibilities for New York,
opening new markets both in the United States and in the Far East to the manu-
facturers and shippers of this city. It is causing a general readjustment of world
trade routes. Oriental goods will come direct to New York instead of being
trans-shipped by rail at San Francisco or Seattle. Goods manufactured in New
York can compete in the markets on the Pacific Coast with those produced in the
Middle West.
The Intra-Coastal Waterway, almost unknown to a majority of New York-
ers, will give a continuous land-locked waterway from Boston, through Cape Cod
Bay, Cape Cod Canal, and Long Island Sound, into the East River, along the
shores of Queens Borough, to New York Harbor; and then through the canals,
rivers, bays and sounds down the entire Atlantic coast, around Florida and the
Gulf of Mexico, to the mouth of the Rio Grande, at the Mexican border. It will
cost a total of more than $100,000,000, and will stimulate the coastal commerce
to New York.
The advantages of Flushing Bay in connection with this great coastal water-
way are unusual, and doubtless it will not be long before many of the coastwise
boat lines will maintain docks in this ideal harbor for the receipt and delivery
of freight. The Red Star Towing Co., recently purchased 6 acres with 1,000 ft.
of waterfront for development.
The New York State Barge Canal, the advantages of which are described
at greater length elsewhere, will bring a greater tonnage from the Great Lakes
for use both in New York and for trans-shipment to domestic and foreign ports.
Although the present facilities in New York for handling this growing com-
merce are limited, the two hundred miles of waterfront of Queens Borough offer
a solution for the future development of the Port of New York.
The many miles of valuable waterfront in Queens still remaining undeveloped
along Newtown Creek, the East River, Flushing Bay, Flushing Creek and Jamaica
Bay have every advantage for immediate improvement.
The Borough of Queens has 196.8 miles of natural waterfront; 39.5 miles
of improvements, or developed waterfront, as measured around piers and along
the heads of slips ; or a total of 219.5 miles of waterfront measured around the
natural shore line and piers. This represents approximately 34 per cent of the
natural waterfront, 14 per cent of the developed frontage, and 29 per cent of
the entire waterfrontage of the entire City of New York. This is clearly shown
by the following table :
NEW YORK CITY 19
Developed Water Total Length
Frontagei (Measured (Measured
Length cf around piers and around piers
Borough Shore Line heads of slips) and shore Unas)
Queens 196.8 miles 39.5 miles 219.5 miles
Brooklyn 201.5 " 102.7 " 258.9 "
Bronx 79.8 " 19.8 " 89.0 "
Richmond 57.1 " 32.6 " 82.0 "
Manhattan 43.2 " 76.8 " 96.4 "
Total 578.4 271.4 745.8
The Merchants' Association in 1914, after studying the traffic and terminal
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facilities of the city, stated:
"It is the opinion of this Association that immediate steps should be
taken to promote and secure the adoption of a comprehensive plan for
the development of the Port of New York. The need for such a plan
rests primarily in the facts :
(A) That no general plan or movement has ever been made to utilize
the many acres of the Port that possess economic and physical
advantages.
(B) That competition within certain restricted areas has raised the
value of land, wharf and terminal sites to an amount where the
interest and rental charges thereof are increasing the cost to the
shipper and consumer beyond economic necessity.
(C) That the efforts of public authorities and private interests have
heretofore been directed solely toward the remedying of and
planning for restricted areas which comprise only a few of the
units of the entire port problem."
Murray Hulbert, Commissioner of Docks of the City of New York, states
that while it is of course speculative how far realty values will be affected by the
proposed waterfront improvements, calculations based upon an estimate of the
Department of Taxes and Assessments, demonstrate that $100,000,000 expended
on harbor improvement would add $1,330,000,000 to the real estate valuation of
the city. (In other words, for every dollar spent on waterway improvements,
thirteen dollars would be added to the real estate values of the city).
The average person scarcely comprehends the influence of our harbor on
each phase of the everyday life of our city. Let anything interfere with the con-
tinuous movement of ships in and out of New York and the city would suffer as
if shaken by an earthquake, business would totter, the great retail trade would
disintegrate and real estate values would take an inconceivable tumble.
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FOREIGN TRADE
One advantage which Queens Borough offers to manufacturers, either for
their main plants or for the establishment of branch plants, is the cheapness and
convenience of handling their foreign trade.
There are several factors which contribute to the Port of New York handling
50 per cent of the imports and exports of the country. The first is the fact that
New York is the terminus of nine great railroad systems (New York Central;
Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western ; Baltimore & Ohio ; Erie Railroad ; Pennsyl-
vania Railroad; New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; Lehigh Valley
Railroad; Central Railroad of New Jersey; and Long Island Railroad), which
handle more tonnage of diversified freight than any other group of railroads in
the world.
Freight seeks the port equipped not only with the best terminal facilities, but
from which there are the greatest number of boats sailing to foreign and coast-
wise ports. Other Atlantic and Gulf ports may have considerable export freight
but as they do not attract imports, boat service to and from them is more or less
irregular. In other words, manufacturers shipping from New York are assured
that their products will move with greater dispatch. If their shipments miss one
vessel another will probably sail to the same port within a few days. At other
ports it might be a matter of weeks or even a month before their goods would be
forwarded, with interest charges on capital invested piling up on the goods thus
delayed, not mentioning the inconvenience to both the buyer and seller from the
delay.
The ability of the Port of New York to furnish cargo in and out has given
it a position of preeminence. Steamship companies from all over the world
maintain regular sailings to and from New York. Manufacturers located in
Queens can truck their shipments to any of the several hundred piers throughout
the city.
NEWTOWN CREEK
Newtown Creek, which is known as the "busiest waterway of its size in the
world," is a tidal arm of the East River, dividing the Boroughs of Queens and
Brooklyn for a distance of four miles. It empties into the East River directly
opposite 34th Street, Manhattan.
The importance of this stream is strikingly shown by comparing its activities
with those of the Mississippi River, which from New Orleans to St. Paul is 1,000
miles in length and flows through the heart of a great industrial section. Accord-
ing to recent figures, 5,500,000 tons of freight are carried annually on the upper
and lower reaches of this longest river in the world. While for the three years
1915-16-17, the tonnage on the four miles of Newtown Creek averaged 5,620,000
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tons. The value of the tonnage on the Mississippi River is approximately
$100,000,000 per annum, while on Newtown Creek, it has averaged more than
$200,000,000 per annum for the past ten years.
The chief commodities transported on this surprising waterway are copper
ore and its products, petroleum, lumber, coal, chemicals and building materials.
In 1917, 517,601 tons of copper ore and copper manufactures were transported
on Newtown Creek — a tonnage valued at $230,000,000, which is an amount
greater than the total value of all the manufactured products of either Kansas
City, Minneapolis or San Francisco, and greater than the value of exports from
Boston or Philadelphia.
Huge oil refineries on both sides of the stream ship annually 250,000,0000
gallons of petroleum. There is still room for growth both in the commerce on
the stream and the manufacturing plants which now line its borders. There are
large undeveloped tracts in Queens adjoining this stream such as the Degnon
Terminal with huge industrial plants that have been erected during the past
seven years, and where many more will be erected during the coming ten years.
One of the largest undeveloped tracts of land at the head of the stream is the 150
acre tract of the Palmer Waterfront Land and Improvement Company, in the
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Maspeth section, which is served by rail as well as water, and on which several
large manufacturing plants have been located within the past few years.
The character of tonnage on this waterway can best be shown by the follow-
ing table for one recent year, 1917 :
Article Estimated Value Net Tons
General Merchandise $ 8,734,301 132,602
Coal and other fuel and cord wood 4,337,378 1,373,035
Lumber, railroad ties and piles 6,940,388 443,027
Steel and products 1,254,557 32,369
Copper ore and products 180,275,507 413,837
Petroleum 15,744,584 868,464
Brick, (building and fire) 722,197 242,734
Crushed stone 130,041 155,309
Gravel and sand 450,198 656,908
Cement, lime, etc 1,855,511 306,519
Paving blocks 32,275 31,164
Plaster, whiting, sulphur, chalk, etc 506,505 58,262
Fertilizer and steam bone 632,702 88,109
Ice 141,279 47,093
Ashes, cinders and slag 85,670 100,890
Molasses 528,000 48,768
All other materials J^490,916 _155,404
TOTAL — . . .$226,862,015 5,154,500
The Federal Government is now starting dredging operations which will
provide for a channel varying from 250 to 125 feet in width, and 20 to 18 feet
in depth, at mean low water, from the East River to the head of navigation in
the creek. The mean range of tide is 4^ feet. More than 1,475,000 cubic yards
will be dredged from the channel. The appropriation of $510,000 for this work,
included in the Rivers and Harbors Bill of 1919, was secured through the joint
efforts of the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce and Congressman Charles Pope
Caldwell.
The tonnage and value for the 10 years — 1908 to 1918 inclusive — is given in
the following table :
Year Tonnage Value
1908 4,181,528 $229,994,000
1909 5,113,628 253,003,000
1910 3,861,852 139,378,000
1911 5,435,016 191,747,000
1912 4,921,843 225,416,000
1913 5,141,516 226,962,000
1914 4,445,556 147,739,000
1915 5,756,102 147,086,000
1916 5,915,150 201,581,000
1917 5,215,820 294,701,000
1918 4,369,136 322,960,000
TOTAL . . . .' 54,337,197 $2,380,567,000
AVERAGE PER YEAR. . . 5,433,719 238,056,700
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Some further idea of the immense commerce of this waterway can be obtained
from the figures compiled by the Department of Plant and Structures of New
York City, which show that during the year 1918, 59,389 boats passed through
the Vernon Avenue Bridge, 56,735 passed through the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge,
27,000 through the Meeker Street Bridge and 5,007 through the Grand Street
Bridge.
Steamers schooners and unrigged vessels are the principal freight carriers.
Their drafts range from 5^ to 20 feet; 2 to 19 feet; 2 to 18 feet respectively.
Some steamers of still larger draft lighter in their cargoes.
Among the larger plants on the Queens shore of Newtown Creek are the
National Sugar Refining Company, Nichols Copper Company, National Enam-
eling and Stamping Company, General Chemical Company, Standard Oil Refin-
eries. American Agricultural Chemical Company, and the Wrigley Chewing Gum
Company.
DUTCH KILLS CREEK
During 1914 bulkhead lines were established by the United States Govern-
ment for Dutch Kills Creek, a tributary of Newtown Creek, thus putting this
stream under the jurisdiction of the War Department. The bulkhead lines as
approved on October 29, 1914, give a width varying from 200 feet at its junction
with Newtown Creek to 150 feet at the head of the stream, and include a large
basin in the Degnon Terminal where car floats can be docked. The widths of the
channel to be dredged under the appropriation of $510,000 mentioned previously,
range from 160 feet at Newtown Creek to 75 feet at the turning basin. The
Long Island Railroad plans to establish at this point a large wholesale public
market, estimated to cost nearly $5,000,000.
Among the larger industrial plants in the Degnon Terminal served by this
stream are : Loose Wiles Biscuit Company, American Ever Ready Works, White
Motor Company, Sawyer Biscuit Company, Defender Manufacturing Company,
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, Marcus Ward, Brett Lithograph Company,
Waldes, Inc., Norma Company of America, Manhattan-Rome Company, Amer-
ican Chicle Co. and The Palmolive Co.
EAST RIVER
Elaborate plans have been prepared by the United States Government engi-
neers for the improvement of the East River from the Battery to Long Island
Sound. The plans include the dredging of a 40-foot channel as far north as the
Queensboro Bridge and the removal of existing shoals and reefs, a 40-foot chan-
nel on the west side of Blackwell's Island, a 30-foot channel on the east side
of Blackwell's Island adjacent to the Long Island City shore, and the deepening
and widening of Hell Gate and the removal of dangerous shoals.
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Courtesy of E. W . Spofford — Copyright 1916.
Airplane view of Queens Borough's 200 miles of water front looking East
from mid-town Manhattan.
The East River in the foreground, Newtown Creek on the right, Flushing Bay
on the left, and Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean in the distance.
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This vast water front, representing 34% of the entire water frontage of
New York City, is a substantial commercial asset giving Queens Borough unusual
industrial advantages.
Congress has recognized its value by appropriating large amounts for the
deepening and widening of the channels in the East River, Newtown Creek, Flush-
ing Bay and Jamaica Bay.
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The completion of this project will develop a more symmetrical harbor for
New York and relieve the present congestion of water traffic in the North River.
The improvement is an important part of the Intra-Coastal Waterway. An
original appropriation of $1,250,000 was included in the 1917 Rivers and Harbors
Bill for beginning the work; the cost of the entire project will be approximately
$37,000,000.
The improvement of the East River will permit an increase in the number
of vessels of large tonnage using the River. Many vessels which can now only
come in at high stages of the tide, owing to the lack of sufficient channel depth,
complete their cargoes in upper New York Bay by lighter. It will enable steam-
ships to use the shorter and safer inside route through Long Island Sound, rather
than the Atlantic Ocean, to reach New York. It will give an additional entrance
and exit for the battleships of our Navy, increasing their efficiency in protecting
New York in the event of an attack by a fleet of foreign battleships.
The plans also include a deepening of the channel known as "Bronx Kills,"
which will give a direct route from the Harlem River into Flushing Bay. At
present it is necessary for boats coming from the Hudson River, through the
Harlem River, to take a circuitous route around both Randall's Island and Ward's
Island and through Hell Gate to reach Flushing Bay. This is of special import-
ance for the future development of Flushing Bay and the accessibility of the
Barge Canal Terminal located there.
Marginal Freight Railroad. — The location of two Barge Canal Terminals
on the East River in Long Island City and Astoria has given considerable impetus
to the project of a proposed marginal freight railroad along the East River as a
further development of the waterfront of this section. The construction of such
a freight railroad, with its float bridges, classification yards, etc., similar to that
proposed for the waterfront in South Brooklyn, would give direct rail connec-
tions to the shippers of this section with every railroad system entering the port
of New York.
Queensboro Terminal. — This terminal, which was opened on July 1, 1914, is
located on the East River and Vernon Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets,
Long Island City, and is a branch of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal,
which has been in operation since 1876, and which today handles over two mil-
lion tons of freight a year. Shipments may be made through this terminal to
and from all railroads in the United States (except Pennsylvania R. R.) with
the same dispatch and freight rates as though delivered to or received from the
separate freight stations of railroads in Manhattan, thus saving large cartage
charges to shippers located in Queens Borough.
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QUEENSBORO TERMINAL ON EAST RlVER
The tonnage handled by this terminal for the first 5 years since its opening
is as follows:
1914—1915 24,310 tons
1915—1916 32,819 "
1916—1917 31,054 "
1917—1918 30,004 "
1918—1919 . . 25,882 "
TOTAL 144,069 tons
Public Docks. — There are four public docks located on the East River water-
front in Long Island City, all of which are under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of Docks of New York City. They are located as follows :
1. Foot of Nott Avenue
2. Foot of West Avenue
3. Foot of Broadway
4. Foot of Jamaica Avenue
These docks can be used by the manufacturers and shippers of Queens Bor-
ough to the extent determined upon by the District Superintendent (Telephone
Astoria 159). Shippers who are not located on the waterfront are thus given
equal advantages in the receipt and delivery of their freight by water. Cargoes
of brick, lumber, coal, crushed stone, building material, sand, gravel, etc., can
be unloaded from barges, lighters, scows or schooners at these docks. The
wharfage rates can be obtained upon application, but in general are 2c. per ton
up to 200 tons, and ^c per ton for any excess over that amount.
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FLUSHING BAY— FLUSHING CREEK
Great strides have been made in the past ten years in the development of
Flushing Bay and Flushing Creek as commercial waterways. They hold a
stragetical commercial position, located, as they are, directly opposite the Harlem
Ship Canal and at a point where the East River broadens into Long Island Sound.
Flushing Bay is about 12 miles by water northeast of the Battery and 6 miles by
highway, from the Queensboro Bridge. It is about two miles in length with
widths varying from 300 feet to 1^ miles.
Flushing Creek is a tidal stream tributary to Flushing Bay and extends Zl/2
miles inland.
The first project adopted by the United States Government for the improve-
ment of Flushing Bay was on March 3, 1879, and provided for making and main-
taining a channel 6 feet deep at low water, at an estimated cost of $173,500.
Bulkhead lines have been established for both Flushing Bay and Flushing
Creek by the United States. The lines for Flushing Creek were originally estab-
lished March 6, 1911 and amended October 29, 1918. The lines, as amended, are
250 feet apart from the mouth of the Creek three miles inland ; and 200 feet
apart for the last half mile, extending in a straight line to the head of tide water,
or what is known as the "Head of the Vleigh."
It is believed that the future needs of this stream will require a greater width
than those fixed by the present bulkhead lines, and in 1913 the Commerce Com-
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mittee of the Chamber advocated a width of 300 feet in a straight line from the
mouth of the Creek to the head of the proposed improvement. Several hearings
and conferences were held at that time with the officials of the Federal and City
governments and the abutting property owners, but due to the existing docks and
improvements on the east side of the stream, and the unwillingness of the owners
on the west side to cede the necessary land for the widening, the plan was
abandoned.
Steps were then taken to secure appropriations from the United States Gov-
ernment for dredging a deeper channel. Through the combined efforts of the
Chamber and former Congressman John J. Kindred, an appropriation of $255,-
700 was included in the Rivers and Harbors Bill of 1913. This was the first
appropriation made since the original project was adopted for a 6-foot channel
in 1879. Contract was awarded for dredging a channel 200 feet in width and 10
feet deep in March 1914. The work was completed in 1915 from the East River
near College Point to a point in the Creek at the Jackson Avenue Bridge.
In order to dredge a deeper channel in Flushing Creek, beyond the Jackson
Avenue Bridge, it was necessary for the City of New York to secure title to all
land between the established bulkhead lines. A bill was passed in 1913 by the
New York State Legislature "granting to the City of New York such right, title,
and interest as the State of New York may have in and to land under water in
Flushing Creek and Flushing Bay." This legislation enables the City of New
York to exchange title with abutting property owners to compensate them for
any necessary upland taken to dredge between the established bulkhead lines.
Further legislation was introduced and adopted which amended the Charter of
the City of New York so as to permit the inclusion of bulkhead lines as a part
of the city map.
Proceedings are now under way for the acquisition of title by the City. The
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rule maps, prepared by the Topographical Bureau, are ready for submission to
the Board of Estimate. The Damage Maps, showing each parcel of land and
owner, are being prepared, and will be ready by the summer of 1920. Title will
then be vested in the city to all upland between the bulkhead lines — title to land
under water already being vested in the city by legislative enactment.
Just as soon as these steps have been completed, the U. S. Government will
proceed with the deepening and widening of the channel in Flushing Creek.
It is understood that the Government engineers have plans prepared for
deepening the channel in Flushing Bay in the near future from its present depth
of 10 feet, at mean low water, to 17 feet.
Industrial and Commercial Development — Large undeveloped tracts of land
are available on all sides of Flushing Bay and Flushing Creek at a low cost per
acre, suitable for industrial, commercial and residential development. One of
the important undertakings that has rapidy progressed in this section is the work
of the Flushing Bay Improvement Company, which, for the past nine years, has
been filling in some 400 acres of the low-lying salt meadows on the west side of
the Creek to 12 feet above mean high water. This stupendous task, which calls
for a fill of 8,000,000 cubic yards, is being carried forward at the rate of several
thousand cubic yards per day with ashes and excavated material from Brooklyn,
brought by means of scows and special dump cars of the Long Island Railroad.
It is understood to be the intention of the owners of this tract to develop same
for factory sites. The section has the advantage of both water and rail shipping
facilities. A street system has been laid out by the Topographical Department
for this area with marginal waterway streets running parallel to Flushing Creek,
which will afford an opportunity to load direct from a ship or barge into the
warehouse or factory.
The Long Island Railroad owns a tract of land adjacent to that of the Flush-
ing Bay Improvement Company and has plans for an important railroad terminal
and yard at this point. Car storage yards and repair shops for both the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit and Brooklyn Rapid Transit trains will be located on the
Flushing Meadows in connection with the extension of the Corona "L" to
Flushing.
The Degnon Realty and Terminal Company also owns a large tract of land
which they are improving for manufacturing sites. They have dredged a 30-foot
channel in Flushing Bay along the shore line of their property, hydraulically
pumping the bottom of the channel for the "fill" to raise the grade of their
upland.
This section is within 16 minutes running time, on the Long Island Railroad,
from Pennsylvania Station, Manhattan, and 22 minutes running time from Grand
Central Station, via the Queensboro Subway, over the Corona "L" extension,
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which will be extended in the near future across the meadows to Flushing. Trains
of both the I. R. T. and B. R. T. will operate to this section, giving rapid transit
facilities for a single fare to all sections of New York City. It is one of the few
remaining places in New York for mammoth and unobstructed factory and ware-
house development. During the next 10 years a development will undoubtedly
take place in this locality that will transform it from its present barren condition
to a huge industrial community.
The State of New York acquired in 1914 over 400 feet frontage on Flush-
ing Bay near the mouth of Flushing Creek where work is now in progress on the
construction of a Barge Canal Terminal as part of the canal system of New York
State.
A tentative plan was prepared by the Dock Department of New York City
in 1913 for the development of the whole westerly shore of Flushing Bay from
Sanford's Point to Jackson Avenue for a freight terminal. The plan provided
for the extension of the shore line and the construction of a marginal street along
the outer edge of which would be built a set of railroad tracks with spurs leading
out to the end of a series of 1000 foot piers. The plan, as prepared, showed 16
piers, 200 feet in width with docking basins 300 feet wide.
That this whole industrial scheme has possibilities for realization in the near
future is the opinion of men who are keeping an eye on the industrial trend of
Queens Borough.
Commercial Statistics. — The principal commodities handled on these water-
ways are coal and other fuel, cement, lime, lumber, gravel and sand, ashes and
cinders. The draft of loaded vessels varies from 2 to 14 fe«t. The bulk of
freight is carried in scows and in schooners. The following ia a statement of the
tonnage and value for 10 recent years :
Year Short Tons Value
1908 126,458 $1,774,900
1909 277,300 879,700
1910 563,029 1,256,880
1911 394,328 3,251,548
1912 942,614 989,745
1913 917,561 969,011
1914 858,714 968,461
1915 677,460 1,066,295
1916 710,547 1,137,195
1917 1,355,620 3,508,600
1918 335,801 1,251,323
TOTAL 7,159,432 $17,053,658
FLUSHING BAY JAMAICA BAY CANAL
For many years there has been an effort made to have the State of New York
construct a canal connecting Flushing Bay and Jamaica Bay in order to provide
a short-cut from the Hudson River through the Harlem River, Flushing Bay
and the said canal for canal boats bound for Jamaica Bay. No appropriation has
been made, however, by the State of New York for its construction.
The route selected begins at Cornell Basin of the Jamaica Bay channel,
bending westerly across the ridge between the creek and the next
valley to the west, crosses the Ridgewood acqueduct west of Three-mile Millroad,
and Rockaway Boulevard about a quarter of a mile west of the junction with
Rockaway Road, then follows the natural valley through the present farms, cross-
ing Hawtree Creek road near its junction with Lincoln Avenue, and Liberty Ave-
nue just east of Van Wyck Avenue. From Liberty Avenue the line runs just
east of Van Wyck Avenue and nearly parallel to it, following the natural depress-
ion to the railroad. It crosses the railroad just east of Dunton Station, thence
northerly to the Maple Grove Cemetery property, crosses the summit of the main
ridge in the cemetery, crosses Queens Boulevard, and thence down the ravine
across the Union Turnpike to the meadows at the head of Flushing Creek to the
200 foot channel planned by the United States Government, and follows this
channel to Flushing Bay.
Surveys of this proposed canal were made by the state engineers in 1913,
and a report made to the legislature on March 11, 1914. The estimate of the
cost at that time was $20,338,000, which was based upon the assumption that New
York City would construct the channel in Jamaica Bay, together with the basins
extending from that channel ; also, that the Federal Government would con-
struct the channel from the mouth of Flushing Creek to the head of the proposed
improvement at Livingston Street.
For a distance of about two miles through the upland in the center of the
Borough, which is approximately 125 feet above the sea level, it is proposed to
construct a double reinforced concrete tunnel having channels of 50 feet each
with columns between the channels. The height of the top of the tunnel from
the water level will be over 30 feet. The tunnel will extend a distance of approx-
imately 10,800 feet, or from Union Turnpike to a point 800 feet south of Liberty
Avenue. Such a tunnel would obviate the necessity of spanning highways with
expensive bridges. The balance of the canal, however, will be an open cut 200
feet in width. The minimum depth throughout the canal at low water would
be 12 feet, and tidal locks or gates would have to be provided.
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PROPOSED HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, SHOWING PARTICULARLY THE ROUTE
OF THE SUGGESTED CANAL TO CONNECT FLUSHING BAY AND
JAMAICA BAY
BATHING SCENE, ROCKAWAY COAST
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Such a canal would give a landlocked waterway the entire distance from
Buffalo to Jamaica Bay and would enable the barge canal boats to bring their
cargoes to the port now being developed at Jamaica Bay, where these cargoes
could be transferred to ocean-going vessels. It would provide for the trans-
portation of lumber, cement, coal and general merchandise into the heart of
Queens Borough. The canal would also overcome the objection that has been
raised by those who fear that barges could not, in heavy weather, safely make
the passage from the Lower Bay in New York into the ocean entrance to Jamaica
Bay by the way of Rockaway Inlet.
JAMAICA BAY
Jamaica Bay in the southern portion of the Borough is approximately eight
miles long and four miles wide, and covers an area of about 20 square miles.
It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Rockaway Peninsula (5th Ward
of Queens Borough), and is connected with the Atlantic Ocean by a channel
known as the "Rockaway Inlet," which is about eight miles east of the Narrows.
A comprehensive plan adopted for the development of this great landlocked
waterway includes a wide channel skirting the entire Bay, with several basins
extending into the Queens Borough shore. The completion of this improvement
will open for commercial, industrial, and residential development, a large terri-
tory south of the Jamaica, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven sections of Queens
Borough.
The State of New York has granted the City of New York all right and
title in and to all of the lands under water in Jamaica Bay for the creation of a
new harbor in cooperation with the Federal Government. The project involves
the dredging of an entrance channel and protecting it by riprap jetties ; and the
dredging of a main interior channel along the west and north sides of the Bay at
the expense of the United States Government. The City of New York is to
make appropriations for dredging the basins, bulkheading the waterfront, and
make suitable highway and railroad connections with the upland. It provides for
making and maintaining a channel with a width of 500 feet and a depth of 18
feet, at mean low water; to be increased as the needs of commerce require and
as may be further authorized by Congress, to a width of 1500 feet for the entrance
channel and 1000 feet for the interior channel, and to a minimum depth of 30
feet. The length of the channel included in the project is 12 miles. The mean
range of tide is 4^ feet.
The approved estimated cost to the United States for the original work is
not to exceed $7,430,000 in any event ; to the City of New York, from $15,000.000
to $70,000,000, according to the extent of the work undertaken.
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THE FINEST BEACHES ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ARE ON THE ROCKAWAY PENNINSULA.
Commercial Statistics. — The freight at present consists of coal, building
material, lead, tin, mineral oil, road materials, fertilizing products, garbage and
refuse to Barren Island.
The tonnage and value during 6 recent years is as follows :
Short Tons Value
1912 425,551 $5,150,000
1913 816,132 5,346,878
1914 768,550 5,171,668
1915 750,867 7,049,795
1916 736,775 9,887,021
1917 256,011 8,171,231
In December 1919 an appropriation of $7,500,000 was made by the Board
of Estimate of New York City for the construction of six 1000 foot piers. The
appropriation was made, however, contingent upon the United States Govern-
ment approving of increasing the depth of the present channel from 18 feet to
30 feet, from Rockaway Inlet to the head of Mill Basin. Just as soon as this
change has been made by the Government, the above appropriation will be
expended as follows :
Bulkhead wall between Barren Island and Mill Basin. . .$1,500,000 \
6 Piers 1000 feet long, 200 feet wide 3,000,000
6 Storage sheds 2,700,000 j
Dredging Channel to 30 feet 300,000
TOTAL.
,$7,500,000
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BARGE CANAL TERMINALS.
As a result of the combined efforts of the Queens Chamber of Commerce
and Borough President Maurice E. Connolly, the State of New York in Decem-
ber 1914, acquired title to property on the waterfront of the Borough of Queens
at three different locations for Barge Canal Terminals. These locations, which
include a total water frontage of over a quarter of a mile, and approximately 10
acres of land, are as follows :
1. East River, north of Queensboro Bridge'. — A strip 681 feet in length on
the East River near the foot of Rogers Avenue and extending 150 feet inshore
from the established bulkhead and pierhead lines, or approximately 104,700
square feet. This location for a Barge Canal Terminal is well adapted to the
present and future industrial and commercial needs of Long Island City. It has
direct and easy access to the marginal waterfront street, namely, Vernon Avenue ;
is only about 2,000 feet from the entrance of Queensboro Bridge itself, and
geographically is admirably situated for any development along the waterfront.
It is, moreover, centrally situated for the vast number of factories now located
in Long Island City.
The improvement of this site under Terminal Contract No. 217, of October
23rd, 1918, provided for the repair of the existing bulkhead and for the con-
struction of a freight house and crane track at a total of $75,000.
Terminal Contract No. 42, dated November 13th, 1918, provided for paving
the terminal site with granite block pavement at a total cost of $53,500. All of
this work has been completed and the Barge Canal Terminal is ready for the use
of receivers and shippers of freight. Additional contracts have been let for
cranes and miscellaneous equpiment.
Not only will barges from the State Canal be handled here, but as far as
possible, all of the shipping that manufacturers in Queens desire to move by
water. Superintendent Edward Walsh of the Department of Public Works of
New York State has appointed a harbor master in charge of this terminal and
another to be in charge of the terminal on Flushing Bay.
2. Hallet's Cove, Astoria — The property acquired at this point on Hallet's
Cove, a small indentation of the East River, extends 400 feet northerly from
the foot of Broadway to a point between Camelia Street and Jamaica Avenue,
comprises approximately 160,270 square feet in area, and extends from the
Boulevard outshore to the bulkhead and pierhead line. The bulkhead and pier-
head lines are coincident at this place, and it is possible for the State to excavate
a basin in this large area whereby an extensive terminal can be laid out. The
location is well adapted geographically for a terminal, as it has direct connection
with several arteries of travel connecting Long Island City, Astoria and Flushing.
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LOCATION OF THREE BARGE CANAL TERMINALS ON THE WATERFRONT OF
QUEENS BOROUGH
Terminal Contract No. 45 was awarded to the Mohawk Dredge and Dock
Company of Amsterdam, N. Y., on November 28, 1919, for the improvement of
this terminal at an estimated cost of $255,275. .The contract requires that the
work shall be completed by May 28, 1921, and provides for the necessary exca-
vation, construction of bulkhead walls, and grading. Further contract will be
awarded for a freight house, cranes and miscellaneous equipment. Facilities
will be provided for handling bulk and miscellaneous freight.
3. Head of Flushing Bay — The site selected has an approximate frontage
of 400 feet on Flushing Bay, just west of the mouth of Flushing Creek and north
of Jackson Avenue, and is about 400 feet in depth. It is admirably located and
will serve not only the growing communities of Flushing, College Point, and
Corona, but many other inland sections, such as Jamaica, Forest Hills, Richmond
Hill, Bayside, Whitestone, etc. Notwithstanding the fact that navigation in
Flushing Creek extends considerably further inland, the terminal as located will
not be subject to the inconveniences of drawbridge navigation.
38
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Terminal Contract No. 43, awarded on July 25th, 1919 to McHarg-Barton
Company of New York City for a total sum of $151,340, provides for excavating
a terminal basin, constructing a bulkhead wall and a frame freight house. Con-
tract is to be completed by July 25, 1920. Additional contract will be made for
paving, cranes and miscellaneous equipment. Facilities will be provided for
handling bulk and miscellaneous cargoes.
Queens Borough will have all three terminals, as pointed out above, whereas
to date there have been two terminals established on the waterfront in Brooklyn
and only one in the Bronx. The action of the State in acquiring these three
terminals is a practical example of what can be accomplished through organized
effort by the business men of a community through its Chamber of Commerce.
When the Chamber was organized in 1911, a Commission appointed by the
State had just completed its hearings on the proposed location of Barge Canal
Terminals. As the business men of Queens had not been organized, and there-
fore did not present a united demand for terminals, no provision was made for
their establishment in the Borough, although, even at that time, nearly 5 per cent
of the assessed valuation, population, and manufactured products of the State
were included in the Borough.
A Barge Canal Terminal is a freight station on the waterfront, to or from
which the public can truck freight shipped via canal boats, just the same as they
do from freight stations on railroads.
The manufacturers and merchants of Queens will all benefit by the reduction
in the cost of transporting commodities of every kind, as there is not a section
of the Borough which will not be within easy trucking distance of at least one of
these three terminals.
VERNON AVE. BARGE CANAL TERMINAL, LONG ISLAND CITY, JUST NORTH OF
QUEENSBORO BRIDGE.
NEW YORK CITY
BRIDGES
39
HE first step in the gradual rounding out of New York City dur-
ing the past forty years was the spanning of the East River by
immense aerial highways, eliminating this waterway as a bar-
rier to the spread of population and commerce eastward into
Queens and Brooklyn.
Three huge bridges connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn — the Brooklyn
Bridge, opened in May 1883; the Williamsburg Bridge, opened in December
1903 ; and the Manhattan Bridge, opened in December 1909 — have been, and are
today, important factors in the growth of Queens Borough. All three bridges
serve indirectly, through the Borough of Brooklyn, the residential and business
interests of Queens.
As the business center of Manhattan grew northward, and as the population,
commerce and industry of Queens Borough continued to increase, the necessity
for a direct connection between Manhattan and Queens became more and more
necessary. Shortly after Queens became a part of New York City, the efforts
of its residents to secure the construction of such a bridge were rewarded, for in
June 1901 a contract was let for the piers and in November 1903 contract was
let for the steei superstructure of the Queensboro Bridge. On March 30, 1909,
the bridge was completed and officially opened to the public.
Immediately following the opening of the Queensboro Bridge, many large
industrial plants, formerly located in Manhattan, began to seek sites in Queens
for the erection of new plants. This influx of factories has grown year by year,
and the number of vehicles and passengers using the bridge daily has continued
to increase to such an extent that plans are already being made to urge the con-
struction of still another bridge connecting Queens with Manhattan and the
Bronx by spanning the East River in the vicinity of Hell Gate.
QUEENSBORO BRIDGE
No better proof of the rapid development of Queens Borough and adjacent
territory on Long Island during the past decade need be given than a statement
of the amazing growth of the daily traffic of passengers, vehicles and trolley
cars crossing the Queensboro Bridge since its opening in 1909.
Each year a traffic count for a period of 24 hours is made by the Department
of Plant and Structures (formerly Bridge Department) and the results below
show 900 per cent increase in vehicular traffic and 150 per cent increase in the
number of persons who daily cross the Bridge during the past 10 years.
40
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
DATE
Nov. n, 1910
Dec. 28, 1911
Oct. 24, 1912
Oct. 29, 1913
Nov. 5, 1914
Oct. 28, 1915
(a) Dec. 7, 1916
Oct. 25, 1917
1918
Oct. 21, 1919
(a)
ERSONS TROLLEY CARS VEHICLES
44,329
i,75i
1,810
47,694
2,284
2,352
59,529
2,796
3,644
81,760
2,924
6,691
87,850
3,091
7,207
93,654
3,212
9.505
79,482
2,967
9,858
93,897
2,113
i3,43i
SECOND AVE. "L"
CARS
1032
No Official Count Made
109,691 1,516 18,801 1,183
The decrease in number of persons and trolleys in 1916 resulted from
the operation of the Queensboro Subway between 42nd Street, Man-
hattan, and the Bridge Plaza, Long Island City.
Courtesy E. W . Spofford.
View showing five bridges spanning the East River. The New York Con-
necting Railroad Bridge at Hell Gate is shown in foreground. The proposed
Tri-Borough Bridge would parallel this route a short distance to the south.
The Queensboro Bridge across Blackwell's Island joining Long Island City
with Manhattan at 59th Street is also shown.
NEW YORK CITY
41
INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLES
(b) Operation of 2nd Ave. "L" trains on upper level inaugurated July 23,
1917.
The increase in the number of motor driven vehicles as compared with horse
drawn is particularly interesting. In 1913, there were 1899 horse drawn (25%)
and 4792 motor driven (73%} or a total of 6691 vehicles crossing the bridge
in 24 hours. In 1919 the number of horse drawn had decreased to 1207 (7%}
and the motor driven had increased to 17,594 (93%} or a total of 18,801. A
large part of this increase is due to the many new automobile manufacturing
plants and service stations which have located in Queens Borough during the past
ten years. The picture below shows very clearly how close together are the
"Automobile Sales Row" on Broadway, Manhattan, and the many automobile
service and manufacturing plants in Queens Borough.
The three bridges — Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn-
lower Manhattan with Brooklvn are seen in the distance.
-connecting
In the central foreground may be seen the largest gas plant in the world —
The Astoria Light, Heat and Power Co. — where all the gas consumed in Man-
hattan is manufactured.
42
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Photo by Dr. W. T. Kilmer
THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE AT NIGHT
Goers-Dagor Lens
The 52-foot wide vehicular roadway of the Queensboro Bridge. 18,000
vehicles used this roadway on Oct. 21, 1919. On a summer day as many as 30,000
automobiles use this roadway. It is the great commercial highway connecting the
industrial sections of Queens Borough with the mercantile sections of Manhattan.
NEW YORK CITY 43
HISTORY
December 2, 1899 — The general plan for a cantilever bridge from Second
Avenue, between 59th and 60th Streets, Manhattan, across
Blackwell's Island to intersection with Jane Street, Long
Island City, was submitted to the Secretary of War.
November 15, 1900 — Ordinance authorizing construction approved by Mayor
of New York City.
February 23, 1901 — Plans were approved by War Department.
March 21, 1901 — Board of Alderman authorized condemnation proceedings for
the land required.
June 27, 1901 — Contract was let for construction of the six masonry piers to
Ryan & Parker for $745,547; work commenced July 19th.
November 20, 1903 — Contract let to Pennsylvania Steel Company for construc-
tion of steel superstructure at $5,132,985.
December 31, 1903 — Contract let to Williams Engineering & Contracting Com-
pany for towers on piers for $685,000.
June 15, 1908 — Contract of Pennsylvania Steel Company for steel superstructure
completed.
March 30, 1909 — Bridge opened for pedestrians and vehicles.
June 12, 1909 — Celebration of completion of bridge commenced.
September 19, 1909 — Operation of surface cars over bridge began.
July 18, 1911 — Bridge tolls abolished by Board of Aldermen.
July 23, 1917 — Second Avenue "L" operated across upper level from Manhattan.
FIXED STATISTICS
Type — Continuous cantilever, without suspended span ; steel towers.
Grades on Bridge and Approaches — Queens approach, 3.4 per cent; Man-
hattan approach, roadway, 3.5 per cent; trolleys, 5.8 per cent; main bridge spans,
3.4 per cent; the middle, 1,700 feet, is level.
Width of Waterway — Pier line to pier line, west channel, 939 feet; east
channel, 793.2 feet.
Clear Width of Navigable Openings, square with the channel — Between 24 —
foot contours, west channel, 860.7 feet; east channel, 216.3 feet.
Material of Bridge — Medium steel, except top chord eye-bars and pins,
which are nickel steel.
Foundation — Two anchor piers to rock ; 4 main piers to rock.
Facilities — One roadway, 53.25 feet wide; 2 sidewalks, 16.33 feet; 2 surface
car tracks ; 2 elevated car tracks.
Can Pass in Either Direction in One Hour (maximum) — Passengers
(vehicles), 14,400; passengers (cars), 315,200; foot passengers, 24,500; total
354,100; 172,050 eastbound, 172,050 westbound.
44 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Original Contract Price — Land, $4,635,000; approaches, bridge, $13,496,500.
Final Cost, Including Land, etc. — $18,131,500.
Total length of bridge from east side of Second Avenue, Manhattan, to Jack-
son Avenue, Queens, including Queens Plaza, 8,601 feet. The length of spans
are: Manhattan anchor spans, 469.5 feet; west channel span, 1,182 feet; island
span, 459 feet; east channel span, 984 feet; Queens anchor span, 459 feet. The
clear height over East River is 135 feet.
PROPOSED TRI-BOROUGH BRIDGE
A bill has been introduced in the New York State Legislature authorizing the
City of New York to proceed with the construction of a new bridge over the East
River connecting Queens Borough with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.
Tentative plans, which have already been prepared by the Department of Plant
and Structures for this new highway, estimate its cost between $15,000,000, and
$20,000,000.
The proposed bridge would have terminals at Second Avenue and Potter
Avenue, Queens ; 125th Street and First Avenue, Manhattan ; and St. Ann's
Avenue and Southern Boulevard, Bronx. The total length of the bridge would
be about 15,000 feet and it would parallel the present approaches of the span of
the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge from Astoria crossing the East River
at Hell Gate, across Randall's Island and Ward's Island where it would fork, one
branch (for vehicles and foot traffic) leading to 125th Street, Manhattan,
and the other branch (for transit lines, vehicles, and foot traffic) to the Bronx.
The construction of this bridge would mean that the upper part of Man-
hattan, as well as the Bronx, would be made more accessible to Queens Borough,
which naturally means a reduction in the cost of handling products transported
between these boroughs.
An important reason given for the construction of this bridge is the oppor-
tunity which would be afforded for the extension of the present Astoria "L" to
upper Manhattan and the Bronx making the labor supply of these great resi-
dential centers more available for the many industrial plants in Queens Borough.
BRIDGES CONNECTING QUEENS WITH BROOKLYN; BRIDGES
CROSSING INTERIOR WATERWAYS.
Name Water Crossing Type of Clear Height Greatest Length of Length of Total uidth
Bridge Above M.H.W. Span Bridge App. of Bridge
Feet Feet Fee* Feet Feet
Vernon Avenue Xewtown Creek Bascule 24 172 1698.6 1500 60
Greenpoint Avenue... " Swing 15 206.7 282 75 32
8 200 284 84 31
Grand Street. ......
« «
Swing
10
229.6
55o
320
36
Borden Avenue.
..Dutch Kills Creek
Retractile
3-5
169
265
90
50.5
Flushing
..Flushing Creek
Bascule
12
68
351
262
52
Strong's Causeway..
Little Neck..
..Flushing Creek
. . Allev Creek
Swing
Swing
2
2
135
90
135-2
157-2
44
65
33-2
18
NEW YORK CITY
45
TRANSPORTATION
THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD
HE New York Connecting Railroad was completed and placed
in operation in April 1917 for passenger service. Freight
service was inaugurated January 17th, 1918.
The importance of this enormous and costly undertaking
to the industrial and commercial life of Queens Borough can-
not be overestimated. It is not only of inestimable value to
the thousands of manufacturing establishments now located in the Borough, but
will be the deciding factor in bringing thousands of new industrial plants into
Queens.
Connecting as it does, thousands of miles of tracks operated by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad System with the thousands of miles operated by the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad System and its connections in the New Eng-
land States, this new Railroad has placed all of the Borough of Queens on the
main line of these vast transportation systems and has enabled shippers and
receivers of freight in every section of the Borough to save both time and money
in the receipt and delivery of. their raw materials and finished products.
It has given Queens Borough an all rail route with the mainland and has
done away with the necessity for lightering freight cars across the East River to
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad terminals. Today long trains of
freight cars are operating over this new route bringing into Queens, with greater
dispatch, commodities of every description and taking back to all parts of the
United States the products of the industrial plants of the Borough.
The New York Connecting Railroad, incorporated April 1892, was granted
a Certificate on February 14th, 1907 by the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad
Commissioners of the City of New York, authorizing it to construct and operate
a railroad from a point in the Borough of Brooklyn, through the Borough of
Queens, and across the East River, Ward's Island, Little Hell Gate, Randall's
Island and Bronx Hills to a point in the Borough of the Bronx, a distance 'of
approximately 12 miles. The certificate and franchise were approved by the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment on February 15th, 1907 and by the Mayor
on March 14th of the same year.
46 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
The bridge itself, which is the largest of its kind in the world, cost
$18,000,000. The total cost including the approaches and construction work to
Bay Ridge was $30,000,000. The total length of the bridge including the
viaducts is more than three miles. The main span across the East River at Hell
Gate connects the Astoria section of Queens with Ward's Island, and Ward's
Island is in turn connected with Randall's Island, which is connected with the
Bronx.
The massive granite piers of the bridge rise to a height of 240 feet and are
1,000 feet apart. The big steel arches which support the deck of the bridge are
3,000 feet in length, rising to a height of 300 feet above the water. The deck is
150 feet above the river and the clearance for vessels at mean high water is 140
feet, permitting the tallest masts of the largest vessels afloat today to pass safely
beneath it.
The Railroad is used not only for freight service but two of the four tracks
are used for passenger traffic. Through passenger trains operate from Boston
to Washington and other cities. The structure after leaving the bridge across
the East River gradually descends in Queens to a level near the surface at Wood-
side where one branch, for passenger trains, extends to the Sunnyside Yards of
the Long Island Railroad and is carried into the tunnels under the East River to
the Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. Another branch, for freight trains,
continues through the Newtown section, where the route is gradually depressed
and becomes partly tunnel construction, until Lutheran Cemetery is reached.
Here it enters a tunnel more than a half mile in length and is carried over the
tracks of the Long Island Railroad to the Evergreen section where it again passes
through tunnels under the East New York section of Brooklyn, and thence
through a "cut" to the Bay Ridge section on the waterfront of South Brooklyn.
From this point freight cars are lightered across the Upper Bay to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad yards at Greenville, N. J.
Efforts are now being made by the Queens Chamber of Commerce to have
freight tunnels constructed under the Narrows connecting South Brooklyn and
Staten Island to provide for an all rail route to connect with all the trunk lines
which terminate on the Jersey side of the harbor.
The interchange point of the New York Connecting Railroad for the
delivery of freight to Long Island Railroad is at Fresh Pond Junction, situated
on the Montauk Division, about half way between Long Island City and Jamaica.
NEW YORK CITY
47
TROLLEY LINES
P to the years 1915-6-7, when the new rapid extensions into
Queens were placed in operation, the development of the Bor-
ough was entirely dependent upon the Long Island Railroad
and the trolley lines.
With 200 miles of trolley tracks radiating to all parts of
the 'Borough, connecting many widely separated communities,
Queens began to grow to its present importance.
The most important addition to the trolley facilities of the Borough during
the past ten years was the completion of the line which operates from Second
Avenue, Manhattan, across the Queensboro Bridge and over Queens Boulevard,
to Jamaica, a distance of 10 miles. The line was placed in operation to Win-
field in January 1913, to the Long Island Railroad Station, in Jamaica, in
January 1914, and to South Jamaica in April 1916.
The effective cooperation of the Queens Chamber of Commerce secured the
retention of the franchise for this road when in 1912 proceedings had been started
to rescind the franchise for failure on the part of the South Shore Traction Com-
pany (to whom it was originally granted) to construct the line.
Modern, side-door passenger cars, which make this trip in about half an
hour, have made accessible for greater home development, thousands of acres of
land through the center of the Borough which formerly had no transportation
facilities except one or two stations on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail-
road.
Another important improvement to the trolley facilities of the Borough
was the operation of the cars of the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban
Railway over the extension of this line from Dry Harbor Road (Middle
Village) to Fulton St. (Jamaica), a distance of approximately three miles,
which began September 25th, 1917. This extension furnishes a shorter and
more direct route between Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Kew Gardens and Forest
Hill to the Williamsburg bridge and City Hall, Manhattan.
NUMBER OF FARE PASSENGERS
Year
New York
Man. &
Ending
& Queens
N. Y. & L. I.
L. I. Electric
N. Y. &No. Ocean
Queens
June
County
Traction
Railway
Shore Trac- Electric
Traction
30th
Railway
Co.
tion Co. Co.
Co.
Total
1910
20,277,761
7,080,303
3,519,080
2,103,868
1,449,062
34,430,074
1911
23,640,701
7,758,657
3,837,468
2,084,758 2,230,951
2,969,950
42,522,485
1912
25,450,728
7,834,539
3,826,087
2,755,140 2,647,904
2,668,334
45,182,732
1913
2,6950,656
8,040,320
4,084,666
2,761,466 2,876,607
2,753,299
47,467,014
1914
26,744,147
8,088,288
4,367,692
2,878,546 2,171,551
4,728,472
49,973,696
1915
26,835,060
8,549,769
4,404,800
2,940,272 3,100,473
6,855,734
52,686,108
1916
28,373,608
8,294,525
4,418,933
2,901,530 3,008,609
7,170,198
54,167,403
1917*
21,481,773
8,574.489
4,464,017
2,787,813 3,149,360
8,093,565
48,551,017
1918*
18,895,235
8,988,026
3,972,356
3,972,194 3,109,695
5,940,482
43,544,988
1919*
20,490,616
9,916,443
4,166,612
2,716,602 3,439,412
5,993,890
46,723,575
^Decrease resulted from operation of rapid transit trains.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Name of Railway
Lines Operated
Miles
of
Track
Incor-
por-
ated
Remarks
From
To
New York &
Queens County
Railway
1
New York
via Queens-
boro Bridge
& Long Isl-
and City
Flushing
L. I. Citv
Dutch Kills
Steinwa3r
Astoria
Ravenswood
Calvary
Elmhurst
Corona &
Flushing
College Point
& Jamaica
/4.58
1806
Owned bv the Interboro
R. T. Co".
*New York &
Long Island
Traction Co.
City Line,
Brooklyn
Jamaica
Ozone Park,
Laurelton,
Woodhaven £
Jamaica.
Hollis &Queens
41.80
1894
Owned jointly by the L.
I. R. R. & the Interboro
R. T. Co.
*Long Island
Electric Railway
Co.
Jamaica
Hollis, Queens
& Hempstead
25-85
1899
Owned jointly by the L.
I. R. R. & the Interboro
R. T. Co.
*New York &
North Shore
Traction Co.
Flushing
Whitestorie,
Bayside, Great
Neck, Roslyn,
& Port Wash-
ington
37-72
1902
Operation started July
1910
Ocean Electric
Railway Company
Far Rock-
away
Hammels, Belle
Harbor, Rock-
away Beach
15-59
1897
Owned by the L. I. R. R.
Manhattan &
Queens Traction
Corporation
New York
via Queens-
boro Bridge
Long Island
L. I. City, Elm-
hurst, Forest
Hills, Kew Gar-
dens, Jamaica
19.48
1903
Local service started
1909; Line to -Jamaica
1914
tBrooklyn,
Queens Co. & Sub-
urban R. R.
Bk. (Metro-
p'lit'n Ave.)
Brooklyn
( Cypress
Hills)
Jamaica
Woodhaven,
Richmond Hill,
Jamaica
27.00
1893
Owned by the Brooklvn
R. T. Co..
tBrooklyn
Heights Railroad
Co."
Bk. (Rgwd)
it a
Bk. (Rgwd)
Mhtn. (De-
lancey St.)
Richmond Hill
(Myrtle Ave.)
Flushing
North Beach
55-00
1887
Owned by the B. R. T.
Co.
*Operated in both Queens Borough and Nassau County.
tOperated. in both Queens Borough and Brooklyn.
NEW YORK CITY
49
PENNSYLVANIA STATION
HE magnificient Pennsylvania Station, situated in the heart of
the midtown business section of Manhattan and located on the
Seventh Avenue Subway, is within a few minutes walk of
the theatrical and shopping districts. It is one of the prin-
cipal gateways to the Borough of Queens.
Any publication setting forth the advantages of the Queens
Borough section of New York City, would be incomplete with-
out a statement as to the facilities which are provided by this gigantic terminal
for the residential and business interests of the fastest growing borough of New
York City.
The Station is built after the Roman Doric Style of architecture and covers
the entire area bounded by Seventh and Eighth Avenues and 31st and 33rd
Streets, covering more territory than any other building in the world, constructed
at one time. It is larger than the Union Station at St. Louis, and more spacious
than the new station at Washington. It covers eight acres of ground, and took
six years to complete. It has a capacity of 144 trains per hour, has eleven station
platforms with a total length of nearly four miles.
BlRDSEYE VlEW OF PENNSYLVANIA STATION
50 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Ten years ago — September 12th, 1910 — this station was opened for oper-
ation of the trains of the Long Island Railroad giving electric train service
to all parts of Queens Borough. Passengers can go from this station in modern
comfortable steel coaches, electrically operated, to the furthermost points in
Queens Borough in half an hour.
Four minutes after starting, passing through tunnels under Manhattan Island
and the East River, trains emerge into the Sunnyside Yards in Long Island City.
Nine minutes after starting the first stop is made at Woodside, 5 miles distant
from the Pennsylvania Station.
The amazing growth in the number of Long Island Railroad passengers, to
and from Queens Borough and all sections of Long Island, has necessitated the
enlargement and remodeling, three different times within the past nine years of
that part of the Station along 33rd Street, devoted to the use of the Long Island
Railroad.
More than 100,000,000 passengers have entered and departed on the Long
Island Railroad alone in the past nine years. It is estimated that 75% of these
passengers travel to and from stations located in Queens Borough.
The following statement gives a good idea of the remarkable growth in the
use of this station by both the Long Island Railroad and the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Passengers For Year 1911 For Year 1919 Percent
Arriving & Departing Number Percent Number Percent Increase
Long Island Railroad 6,224,429 64 19,843,205 66 220
Pennsylvania Railroad 3,638,005 36 10,200,000* 34 180
Total 9,862,434 100 30,043,205 100 200
Lehigh Valley Railroad 408,000
Baltimore & Ohio " 510,000
*Estimated
The total number of Pennsylvania Railroad passengers arriving and leaving
New York City during 1919 was 40,800,000 which was made up as follows : —
10,200,000 — to and from Pennsylvania Station.
22,440,000 — to and from Newark, Harrison and Manhattan Transfer.
4,420,000 — to and from steam trains at Jersey City.
2,040,000— Cortlandt Street Ferry.
1,700,000— Desbrosses Street Ferry.
The remarkable transportation facilities which this Station places at the dis-
posal of the residents of Queens Borough are unique, for no other borough of
New York City possesses similar advantages. This wonderful transportation
service from Manhattan to Queens, combined with the Rapid Transit service of
the new subway and elevated extensions from Manhattan and Brooklyn to all
sections of Queens, has resulted in a building development of homes and fac-
tories that was equaled by only three cities in the United State in 1919.
NEW YORK CITY
51
THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD
HE silent, swift and smokeless rapid transit service rendered by
the Long Island Railroad to the residents of every section of
Queens Borough is distinctive. With the advantages of both
steam and electric trains, under river tunnels, and nearly 200
miles of single track in Queens Borough and with modern all-
steel car equipment, the transportation facilities offered by this
railroad are ahead of those provided for any other section
adjacent 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 terminals
in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island City, carry more than 150,000 passengers
daily to and from their homes and places of business.
The growth during the past ten years in the number of commuters who use
this road to rjeach their homes in the attractive residential sections of Queens has
exceeded even the most optimistic expectations of those who planned the costly
improvements which have made these facilities so valuable to the present and
future residential, industrial and commercial interests of Queens Borough.
PASSENGER STATION AND OFFICE BUILDING, JAMAICA.
52 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
The number of passengers on the Long Island Railroad, who enter and leave
the Flatbush Avenue Station in Brooklyn, is almost as great as the total number
of 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 the
Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan has grown from 6,224,429 in 1911 to 19,843,205
in 1919, an increase of 220%, in less than 10 years.
Although there are more railroad lines operating to New Jersey towns within
the Metropolitan area, they are steam roads without direct terminals in Manhat-
tan or Brooklyn. Their service to commuters cannot be compared with that
rendered by the Long Island Railroad to the residents of Queens.
The fact that an express station on the original subway in New York was
located at Grand Central Station gave the New York Central and New Haven
Railroads a decided advantage from 1904, when the subway was placed in oper-
ation, to 1918 when the Seventh Avenue Subway was opened with an express
stop at Pennsylvania Station. Commuters who formerly lived in Westchester
County and Connecticut now find it more convenient to use the Pennsylvania
Station to reach homes in Queens Borough. The tide of travel has turned east-
ward.
Since 1901, when the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired control of the Long
Island Railroad, the entire system has been practically rebuilt, with an expendi-
ture of over $60,000,000 for eliminating grade crossings, providing additional
tracks, rolling stock and stations. All of this work has been done in conjunction
with the vast improvements of the Pennsylvania system in and around New
York City, estimated to have cost over one hundred million dollars.
HISTORY
The Long Island Raliroad Company — one of the first steam railroads of the
United States — was incorporated in April 1834, to build a line from the village
of Greenport, L. I. to the water edge in the village of Brooklyn, to connect with
steamboats at Greenport to make a through line from New York to Boston. The
first line built was from Brooklyn to Jamaica in 1834; Long Island City to
Jamaica in 1860; Long Island City and New York and Flushing Junction 1854;
.Whitestone and Whitestone Junction 1868; Rockaway Junction and Far Rock-
away 1873 ; Great Neck and Port Washington 1898.
ELECTRIFICATION
Electrical work on the lines of the Long Island Railroad commenced in 1904
and electric service was started from Brooklyn to Rockaway Park across the
Jamaica Bay trestle, July 28, 1905 ; from Brooklyn to Jamaica, August 30, 1905 ;
to Belmont Park, October 2. 1905 ; Springfield Junction, October 16, 1905 ; and
NEW YORK CITY
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MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF PASSENGER STATIONS IN QUEENS BOROUGH
ON THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD.
Valley Stream via Hammel and Far Rockaway, December 11, 1905. On May
17, 1906 electric service was extended from Springfield Junction to Valley Stream
completing a loop around the eastern section of Jamaica Bay ; on May 26, 1908
the service was extended to Hempstead and Garden City.
On September 10, 1910, electrical operation was inaugurated from Pennsyl-
vania Station, Manhattan, to Jamaica and Long Beach ; also, via Glendale cut-off,
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
to Rockaway Beach. On October 22, 1912, electric service was started from
Pennsylvania Station, via Flushing, Bridge Street, to College Point and White-
stone; and on Octboer 21, 1913 to Flushing. Bayside, and other stations, to Port
Washington.
Today the Long Island Railroad operates 400 miles of line of which more
than 70 miles are in Queens Borough — some two and others four and six tracks.
Eighty-five percent of the road in Queens in electrified.
TUNNELS
The construction of the four steel tunnels from the Pennsylvania Station
under the Island of Manhattan and the East River, connecting not only the Bor-
ough of Queens, but all of Long Island, with the heart of New York, was one
of the greatest railroad projects ever undertaken. Great engineering difficulties
were encountered on account of the number of tubes and the rapidly moving
express and local trains they were built to stand. The length of each tunnel
from Pennsylvania Station to the First Avenue shaft is 5,199 feet; First Avenue
shaft to Long Island City shaft, 3,955 feet ; Long Island City shaft to portal 3,950
feet.
SUNNYSIDE YARD
SUNNYSIDE YARD, LONG ISLAND CITY.
FIERCE-ARROW SERVICE STATION IN BACKGROUND.
The Sunnyside Yard is a part of the huge terminal system of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and the Long Island Railroad and is said to be the largest and
most scientifically arranged passenger car yard in the world. It has an area of
190 acres used for that purpose of car storage and for overhauling and cleaning day
coaches and Pullman cars ; also for making up trains preparatory to their trip
to the Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, from which they run to all parts of
the trunk system of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The yard is 5,500 feet in
length and 1,550 feet in width. There are at present 73 miles of track in the
yard arranged in a system of loops that have a capacity for the storage of 2,000
cars. In the construction of the yard over 2,300,000 cubic yards of dirt were
moved. The yard is traversed by eight stately steel bridges and viaducts, some
of which cost over $500,000, providing for carrying the highways of Queens
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FLATBUSH AVE. STATION, BROOKLYN.
across the net work of tracks. Nearby is the power house that supplies the
power for the entire electrical operation of the Long Island Railroad and con-
tains 32 boilers, set in batteries of two boilers each, with a capacity of 37,500
Horse Power, or 50,000 Kilowatts of electrical power. The building has a
capacity of double the present amount of machinery, or 100,000 Kilowatts.
IMPROVEMENTS
NORTH SHORE DIVISION
The completion of the electrification of the North Shore Division from Win-
field to Port Washington, estimated to have cost $1,500,000., which included the
elimination of grade crossings through Flushing, and the inauguration of through
electric service on this line, has resulted in a great saving of time to all residents
on this branch, and has done away with the former inconvenience of changing
cars at Woodside.
WOODSIDE-WINFIELD CUT-OFF L
The completion in 1916 of this important improvement eliminated ten grade
crossings, straightened the main line doing away with a double curve, and af-
fected a considerable saving in time for all trains to and from both the Pennsyl-
vania Station and the Long Island City terminal. The improvement included
a massive six-track steel bridge more than 200 feet in length over Queens Boule-
vard. The joint rapid transit transfer station on the Corona Elevated extension
is on this straightened line. The increase in the number of tickets sold at this
rapid transit station from May 1917, when it was placed in operation, to Septem-
ber 1919 tells its own story as to the convenience of this joint station for the
interchange of passengers. The number of tickets sold in May 1917 was 42,100;
the number in September 1919 was 71,900.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
STATION AT BROADWAY, FLUSHING.
JAMAICA IMPROVEMENT L
The biggest railroad improvement in the Borough during the past ten years
was the completion of the new Jamaica transfer station and yard, costing over
$3,000,000. This station was opened to the public in March, 1913. As a result
of the improvement many dangerous highway crossings at grade were eliminated
and passengers from all parts of Long Island are now afforded easy and quick
transfer between trains, doing away with former delays. The station includes
12 passenger tracks and five wide platforms. The improvement also included
the construction of a six-story, concrete-steel station and office building. The
main station is now at Sutphin Avenue, 1,500 feet west of the old station.
The improvement has given a great stimulus to the development of Jamaica
and other sections in the central and southern part of the Borough. The great
increase in the yard capacity permits an increase in the number of trains without
resulting in congestion and consequent delay and danger. The extent of the
benefit of the improvement can be appreciated by the fact that over 100,000
passengers pass through this station on an average for every day of the year.
GRADE CROSSINGS
In addition to the elimination of grade crossings as a result of the improve-
ments at Woodside, Flushing and Jamaica, important work has also been done
at Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue, at Bushwick Junction, Hollis,
and in Far Rockaway. The elimination of grade crossings in Richmond Hill on
the Montauk Division, and along the Atlantic Division through Woodhaven and
Morris Park will be undertaken shortly.
There are today approximately 169 grade crossings on the Long Island Rail-
road in Queens Borough.
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WOODSIDE TRANSFER STATION
Through this joint station, passengers on any division of the Long Island
Railroad, whether North Shore, Main Line, or Rockaway Division, are able to
transfer directly to the Queensboro Subway and Second Avenue "L" rapid tran-
sit trains of the Interborough and the Broadway-59th Street Line of the B. R. T.
The importance of this station as a transfer point is directly proportional to
the number of Long Island Railroad trains which stop there. About seventy-four
percent of the trains stop today. The Queensboro Chamber of Commerce be-
lieves that more trains should stop at that point for the interchange of passengers,
at the same time realizing that passengers bound for all points in New York City
can go through to the Pennsylvania Station and make connections there with the
Seventh Avenue Subway.
'OUGLA5TON x-
MAP SHOWING RELATION OF THE WOODSIDE STATIONS OF THE LONG ISLAND
RAILROAD AND THE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS AS A CONVENIENT TRANSFER
POINT. INSERT PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE Two STATIONS,
ONE ABOVE THE OTHER.
58 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Lying within a radius of 15 to 20 miles from the business sections of Man-
hattan and Brooklyn is the great suburban zone of the Borough of Queens. This
is one of the most wonderful residential sections in the world. The following
table will give the reader an adequate idea of the immense growth in travel in
the past ten years to and from Brooklyn and New York to Queens Borough and
Long Island.
Year No. of Passengers Carried Increase No. of Commuters
(Tickets)
'1910 30,978,615 3,511,854 142,427
1911 33,867,228 2,888,613 162,318
1912 37,319,812 3,452,584 183,025
1913 40,606,183 3,286,317 203,886
I9H 42,127,526 1,521,343 216,728
'1915 42,629,325 501,799 226,391
1916 45,802,555 3,213,230 254,803
1917 50,796,028 4,993,473 275,712
1918 55,004,086 4,208,058 294,045
1919 64,067,541 9,063,455 367,057
The following table gives the number of passengers entering and leaving
the three principals terminals for the past ten years : —
Year L. I. City Brooklyn Penna. Sta. Local Total
1910 6,332,878 13,455,991 1,422,999 9,766,837 30,978,615
*I9II *3,3o8,938 14,094,003 6,224,429 10,239,853 33,867,228
1912 3,071,004 15,772,402 7,732,184 10,744,222 37,319,812
1913 2,318,568 17,501,524 9,629,021 11,157,070 40,606,183
1914 1,471,541 18,064,729 11,031,845 11,559,411 '42,127,526
1915 1,242,061 18,135,150 11,807,512 11,444,662 42,629,325
1916 1,167,087 19,666,344 13,225,091 11,745,033 45,802,555
1917 1,210,578 23,118,805 14,459,259 12,007,386 50,796,028
1918 1,676,045 23,824,123 15,595,142 13,908,776 55,004,086
1919 1,399,352 27,543,674 19,843,205 15,231,310 64,067,541
(*The opening of the Pennsylvania Station in September diverted the trains,
and therefore the passengers, from the former terminal in Long Island City.)
To carry the above passengers in and out of the terminals The Long Island
Railroad operated, during 1919, 88,140 trains in and out of the Pennsylvania
Station and 103,390 trains in and out of Flatbush Avenue.
FREIGHT
The Long Island Railroad Co. serves all parts of Queens Borough and is a
Terminal Line for all of the Trunk Lines entering New York City. Except in
and from nearby points, New York rates, (with few exception) apply to and
from nearly all points in the Metropolitan District on Long Island, which includes
the following stations in Queens Borough :
Blissville Elmhurst Jamaica Richmond Hill
College Point Flushing Laurel Hill Whitestone
Corona Forest Hills Long Island City Winfield
Glendale Ozone Park
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To and from points beyond Flushing and College Point on the North Shore ;
Jamaica on the Main Line, and Ozone Park on the Rockaway Beach Division;
the through rates are slightly higher than the rates to and from the above points.
The New York Connecting R. R., with its bridge over Hell Gate, provides
an all-rail servcie on traffic to and from New England routed via the N. Y., N. H.
& H. R. R. The rates via this route to and from all points in Queens Borough
(except Fresh Pond Junction — the interchange point) are slightly higher at the
present time than the rates to and from Manhattan.
FREIGHT CARRIED BY THE LONG ISLAND R. R. L
No. tons Increase
Year carried Decrease ( — ) Revenue
1910 3,814,209 218,352 $3,100,064
1911 3,996,7i/ 182,508 3,258,402
1912 4,268,313 271,596 3,43S,'J43
1913 4,147,072 121,241 3,327,768
1914 4,480,231 333J5I 3,739,567
1915 4,443,333 —36,898 3,865,745
1916 5,134,838 691,505 4,397,210
1917 5,271,509 136,671 4,623,578
1918 5,798,876 527,367 5,713,724
1919 5,912,833 H3,957 6,280,426
FACILITIES FOR RECEIPT AND DELIVERY OF FREIGHT
The facilities of the Long Island Railroad for handling freight in the Bor-
ough of Queens are as follows:
Auburndale, Carloads only. Team track capacity 12 cars.
Bayside, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 16 cars.
Blissville, Carloads only. Greenpoint Avenue & Newtown Creek. Team
track capacity 20 cars.
Blissville Docks, Located on Newtown Creek, between Vernon & Greenpoint
Avenues. Ample facilities are provided for handling freight
between boats and cars when destined to or shipped from
points on the Long Island Railroad.
Broad Channel, Less than carloads only ; handled under special restrictions.
Under jurisdiction of Hammel Agency. Charges on in-
bound freight must be prepaid.
College Point, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 14 cars.
Corona, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 19 cars.
Douglaston, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 27 cars.
Elmhurst, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 11 cars.
Evergreen (Bklyn) Carloads only. Team track capacity 23 cars.
Far Rockaway, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 52 cars.
Flushing, Carloads and less. Myrtle Avenue near Farrington Street.
Team track capacity 24 cars.
Forest Hills, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 22 cars.
Fresh Pond, Carloads and less. Team track capacity 33 cars.
Glendale, Carloads and less. Private siding. Shippers must arrange
with owners for use of same.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Goose Creek,
Hammel ( jgg™
Hollis
Howard Beach,
Jamaica
Little Neck,
Long Island City
Ozone Park,
Queens,
Richmond Hill,
Rockaway Park,
Rosedale,
St. Albans,
Springfield,
The Raunt,
Whitestone,
Winfield,
Less than carloads only; handled under special restrictions.
Under jurisdiction of Hammel Agency. Charges on in-
bound freight must be prepaid.
) Carloads and less. Team track capacity 15 cars.
Carloads only. Team track capacity 16 cars.
Carloads and less. Under jurisdiction of Ozone Park
Agency. Charges on inbound freight must be prepaid.
Team track capacity 11 cars.
Carloads and less. Johnson & Van Wyck Avenues. Team
track capacity 50 cars. Wagon scales.
Carloads and less. Team track capacity 12 cars.
Carloads and less ; Jackson Avenue and Eighth St. ; entrance
Arch St. and at Crane St. Team track capacity 60 cars.
Wagon scales.
Carloads only ; Harold Avenue, Jackson Ave. and Madden St.
Team track capacity 151 cars. Electric crane, capacity 20
tons. Office Jackson Avenue and Eighth Street.
Carloads and less. Freeland and Ocean Avenues. Team
track capacity 40 cars.
Carloads and less. Team track capacity 25 cars.
Carloads and less. Jamaica and Lefferts Avenues. Team
track capacity 44 cars.
Carloads only. Under jurisdiction of Hammel Agency. Team
track capacity 15 cars.
Carloads and less. Team track capacity 9 cars.
Carloads only. Team track capacity 12 cars.
Carloads and less. Team track capacity 13 cars.
Less than carloads only ; handled under special restrictions.
Under jurisdiction of Hammel Agency. Charges on in-
bound freight must be prepaid.
Carloads and less. Team track capacity 17 cars.
Carloads and less. Team track capacity 21 cars.
MONTAUK POINT HARBOR
The announcement of the U. S. Shipping Board in July 1919 that plans were
being prepared for the construction of two gigantic ocean liners, 1,000 feet in
length, and the development of port and terminal facilities at Fort Pond Bay
at the eastern end of Long Island, thus reducing the trip between Plymouth,
England, and the United States approximately 120 miles, is of more than ordinary
significance to Queens Borough as well as the rest of Long Island.
This announcement has revived the plans contemplated several years ago
by the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads to develop Montauk Point as a
port of entry for large ocean-going steamers.
The interest of Queens Borough in this plan lies in the fact that it would,
if put into effect, add very materially to the importance of the Borough as a
freight shipping center. The Long Island Railroad would then become a trunk
line of national importance with busy terminals at both ends instead of at just
one end as at present. Naturally Long Island City as one terminal, would enjoy
additional industrial advantages for as a railroad grows in importance so do its
terminals.
NEW YORK CITY
STEWART RAILROAD
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It seems incredible in these days of electric railroads, elevated and subway
lines, that there should be a district half the size of Manhattan Island, entirely
within the boundaries of New York City, and only eight to fifteen miles from
Herald Square, without transit facilities of any sort whatsoever. Most of this
territory, which is in the Third Ward of Queens, lies between Flushing and
Bayside on the north, and Jamaica and Creedmore on the south, and is within
sight of the Metropolitan Tower. Here the old fashioned farmer raises corn and
potatoes as of fifty years ago. It is a beautiful rolling country, an elevated
plateau, and admirably adapted for thousands of homes for those who work in
the business sections of the metropolis, a half hour's travel distant.
On September 27, 1915, the Long Island Railroad applied to the Public
Service Commission for permission to construct and operate a double track
branch road from a point west of Lawrence Street, Flushing, on the North Shore
Division, southeasterly through this undeveloped farm territory to a point at
Floral Park where it would connect with the Main Line.
On January 27, 1916, the Public Service Commission granted the Long Island
Railroad its approval for the construction of this branch road under its franchise
rights, of 1839, received from the Legislature of New York State. The approval
was conditional however, upon the railroad company obtaining from the city of
New York the right to cross existing streets.
The city authorities maintained that a new franchise by the Board of Esti-
mate and Apportionment was necessary. The railroad wished to proceed under
its old Charter rights. Failure to adjust this question halted the program at
that time, and while the railroad was under Federal control, no further
action could be taken. It is believed that this plan will soon be revived and a
more successful outcome will result.
The "Central Railroad of Long Island," commonly known as the "Stewart
Railroad" was built in 1871 by A. T. Stewart and placed in operation in 1873 and
abandoned in 1879, remaining idle ever since.
SHOWING ROUTE OF "STEWART RAILROAD" FROM FLUSHING TO FLORAL PARK.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
WHOLESALE MARKET
ONE OF THE PROPOSED MARKET BUILDINGS.
Elaborate plans were prepared several years ago by the Long Island Railroad
for the establishment of a large wholesale and retail market on the property
owned by it on the west side of Dutch Kills Creek between Hunterspoint Avenue
and Borden Avenue. The tract comprises 10 acres of land and would have both
railroad and water shipping facilities. The plan contemplated involved the ex-
penditure of $5,000,000. for the construction of several massive structures,
including a cold storage warehouse, fish market, vegetable and fruit market and
meat market. The location is considered ideal by wholesale commission men for
it is much nearer the truck farms of Long Island than Wallabout Market in
Brooklyn or Harlem Market in Manhattan, thus requiring a shorter haul by
wagon. It would be a big central distributing depot from which retailers of all
the boroughs of New York could be supplied. Motor trucks can start from this
point and reach any point in the city within a half hour.
The Long Island Railroad, it is understood, is willing to cooperate in a plan
for financing the erection of these market buiidlngs.
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STATIONS-BOROUGH OF QUEENS
The following tables give the names of every station on the Long Island
Railroad in the Borough of Queens, of which there are more than sixty, and also
the distances of same and the time of travel from either the Pennsylvania Station
in Manhattan or the Flatbush Avenue Station in Brooklyn : —
ATLANTIC AVENUE DIVISION TO BROOKLYN
Time (Minutes}
Station
Distance
Local
Express
Union Course
6.3
18
—
Woodhaven
6.7
16
—
Woodhaven Junction
7-2
20
16
Clarenceville
7-8
22
Morris Park
8.2
24
19
Dunton
8.7
26
Jamaica
9-3
28
19
Jamaica (Union Hall Street)
9-9
31
25
Hillside
10.6
34
.29
Hollis
n-S
36
3i
Bellaire
12.8
38
33
Queens
13.2
40
35
MAIN LINE TO PENNA. STATION, MANHATTAN
Time (Minutes')
Station
Distance
Local
Express
Woodside
5-0
10
10
Grand Street
6.3
13
Forest Hills
8.7
15
14
Kew Gardens
9-7
17
15
Westbridge
10.4
Jamaica (Main Street)
H-3
24
18
Jamaica (Union Hall Street)
11.9
25
23-
Hillside
12.7
30
25
Hollis
13-6
32
28
Queens
15-2
35
3i
MONT AUK DIVISION TO LONG ISLAND CITY
Time (Minutes)
Station
Distance
Local
Express
Fresh Pond
3-9
16
12
Glendale
5-2
20
Richmond Hill
7-6
24
19
Jamaica
9-1
30
24
NO. SHORE DIVISION TO PENNA. STATION, NEW
YORK. Time (Minutes)
Station
Distance '•
Local
Express
Winfield
5-9
12
II
Elmhurst
6.6
14
12
f Corona
74
17
13
Flushing (Bridge Street)
9.6
21
19
(a). College Point
1 1.0
24
21
Malba
12.0
26
25
_ Whitestone
12.7
28
27
Whitestone Landing (Beechhurst)
13-3
30
29
(Flushing (Main Street)
9-5
22
16
[ Murray Hill
10.3
24
18
Broadway
II.O
27
21
(b) 4 Auburndale
11.7
29
24
1 Bayside
12.6
32
2O
| Douglaston
13.9
35
23
I Little Neck
14-5
37
25
(a) Whitestone Division.
(b) Port Washington Division.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
X "'
FAR ROCK AW AY & ROCK AW AY BEACH DIVISIONS
Distance
Brooklyn Manor
IO.I
—
Woodhaven Junction
10.5
7-2
Ozone Park
10.8
7-5
Aqueduct
12.1
8.8
Howard Beach
12.6
9-3
Hamilton Beach
13-2
IO.I
Goose Creek
14.6
"•3
The Raunt
15-5
12.2
Broad Channel
I6.3
I3-I
Hammel
17-6
14-3
Holland
17.9
147
Steeplechase
I8.3
15-0
Seaside
18.4
15-2
Rockaway Park
19.2
15-9
*Arverne
18.6
15-3
*Egdemere
19.7
16.4
*Far Rockaway
20.8
17-5
*Via Jamaica Bay Route
MONT AUK DIVISION
Distance
New York
Brooklyn
Cedar Manor
12.8
10.8
Locust Avenue
13-6
11.6
Higbie Avenue
14.6
12,6
Laurelton
15-1
13-1
Rosedale
16.0
14.0
St. Albans
14.1
I2.I
Springfield
iS-3
13-3
New York
Neiv York
30
32
34
35
37
34
37
Ex p.
23
25
27
28
30
28
(Minutes)
Brooklyn
Time (Minutes)
Brooklyn
Local
28
30
32
34
36
3i
33
Ex p.
27
29
3i
28
WAR RECORD
Although having but 400 miles of main line track, the fact remains that The
Long Island Railroad performed a service during the War period, both for the
United States Government and for its regular patrons, which has no parallel even
among the largest trunk line railroads in the country. Briefly summarized, here
is how the War record of the Long Island compares with the troop traffic of all
the roads :
NEW YORK CITY 65
All other
Long Island Railroads
Railroad in the U. S.
Total number of .troops handled by all railroads on Government
Orders, from April, 1917, to November 3Oth, 1919 15,724,058
Troops moved to and from Long Island Camps by The Long Island
Railroad, from July, 1917, to October 3ist, 1919 3,264,315
Troops handled by The Long Island Railroad account furloughs and
civilian visitors to Camps 1,120,949
Total 4,385,264
Special troop trains operated by all roads 25,103
Special trains operated by The Long Island Railroad to carry troops
and visitors to and from Camps 8,024
Total number of passengers, baggage and special freight cars required
by all railroads to move troop traffic 327,930
Number of cars necessary to move troop and visitors to and from
Long Island Camps 79,6:6
Number of tons of freight moved to and from Camps by The Long
Island Railroad, from July, 1917, to October 3ist, 1919 1,316,146
Cars required to haul the above freight, about 38,000
This voluminous war traffic — unequalled by any single railroad as far as the
movement of troops is concerned — was handled safely and expeditiously with
the same number of locomotives and the same number of passenger and freight
cars that the Long Island owned and operated before the United States entered
the War. The following statement has been authorized by an executive of the
railroad : —
"Handicapped by the inability to have new passenger cars constructed, and
also unable to borrow cars from other lines, during the War period, still, with
the limited equipment at its command, it was possible to take care of the ex-
traordinary demands of the War Department, without interfering seriously with
the greatest movement of commuters and other passengers the Long Island Rail-
road had ever experienced.
"There was but one way of handling this unprecedented traffic, and that
was to keep the equipment in constant use, shopping cars and engines only when
they had reached a stage where it would have been dangerous to continue them
in service. Naturally, when the War was over and the troops were demobilized,
the passenger equipment needed such extensive repairs that this inevitable con-
dition worked more or less hardship on the Long Island traveling public, in the
shape of frequent train delays and overcrowding of cars, due to lack of motive
power and an insufficient number of serviceable cars,
"It is encouraging to announce, however, that progress is being made toward
rejuvenating the wornout equipment, locomotives are being overhauled at outside
shops, 100 new steel passenger cars are in the course of construction and slated
for early delivery, and the men in the transportation service are co-operating
wholeheartedly with the management in providing the safe, quick and efficient
service which it is desirous to furnish at all times, and which Long Island Rail-
road patrons are entitled to receive."
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
RAPID TRANSIT
HE most important improvement in Queens Borough during the
past decade was the completion and operation of all the rapid
transit extensions from Manhattan and Brooklyn, as part of the
Dual Subway System, into various sections of the Borough.
These five extensions comprise 18 miles of subway and elevated
roads, some of which are two track and others three track,
making a total of 50 miles of single track. They include a total
of 42 stations. The cost to date for their construction and equipment, including
stations but not rolling stock, exceeds $10,000,000.
RAPID TRANSIT MAP
The Rapid Transit Map issued as a supplement to this book, shows more
clearly by different colors than any number of words could, the three separate
systems of rapid transit included in the Dual Subway System. The map effec-
tively demonstrates how a large portion of Queens Borough has today the ad-
vantages of the three systems of rapid transit — an advantage which is only
shared by that part of Manhattan south of 59th Street. The reader will note
that the B. R. T. System (indicated by green lines) does not extend further
north in Manhattan than 59th Street, where it turns eastward into Queens Bor-
ough; that the Interborough Elevated System (indicated by purple lines) does not
extend into Brooklyn at all, but does serve Queens Borough through the exten-
sion of the Second Avenue "L" across the upper level of the Queensboro Bridge ;
that the Interborough Subway System (indicated by red lines) serves Queens
Borough, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. In addition, the map clearly
FROM TO
GRAND CENTRAL STATION, 42ND ST., QUEENSBORO BRIDGE PLAZA STATION,
MANHATTAN LONG ISLAND CITY
IN TEN MINUTES RUNNING TIME
Map of Dual Subway System
Adopted1 by the Public Service Commission of the Firat District and the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Mar eh 19, 1913.
Lines of Interborough Subway System _ Red
Lines of Interborough Elevated System . Purple
Lines- of Brooklyn Rapid Transit System. . Green
Queens Borough receives greater benefits from the Dual
Subway System than any other Borough of New York City, for
the subway trains of both the Interborough" and the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit and the Second Avenue Elevated trains of the
Interborough all operate over the Astoria and Corona extensions,
giving these sections a single fare over all the rapid transit lines
in Greater New York. Neither the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Man-
hattan north of 59th Street, have the benefit of all thfee divisions
oi transit;: as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit line does not extend
north of 59th Street, Manhattan; and the Interborough Elevated
lines do not reach Brooklyn.
Residents of Jamaica, Richmond Hill,, and- Woodhaven, arc
able to travel for a single fare through Brooklyn and northward in
Manhattan to 59th Street.
The figures in small circles in Queens Borough along the
Astoria and Corona extensions, and also in Manhattan and the
Bronx,,, give the time in minutes for the Interborough express
trains from,' Grand Central Station to reach stations on the rapid
transit lines. The time to the stations in the Bronx is figured for
trains operating from Grand Central Station over the new Lexing-
ton Avenue subway.
The figures in small circles in Brooklyn and on the Jamaica
Avenue extension, the Liberty Avenue extension, and the Lutheran
Cemetery extension in Queens Borough, give the running time of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit trains from Park Row or Chambers Street.
The Fulton Street line time is over the Brooklyn Bridge, and that
of the Lutheran Cemetery and the Jamaica Avenue and Liberty
Avenue lines over the Williamsburg Bridge via Broadway.
WE CERTIFY that this map is a correct representation of Greater New York, and that the
Rapid Transit I«ines shown, are according to the Dual Subway Plan approved and contracted
for by the Public Service Commission, and compiled from data received from the Interborough
and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Systems.
Copyright 1920. RAND MCNALLY & Co.
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Queens Borough Facts
(Compiled by the Chamber of Commerce
of the Borough of Queen*)
Area — 117 square miles — 37$ of New York City.
Assessed Valuation— $650,000,000 in 1920.
Banks — 36 banking offices with total resources of $750,000,000.
Beaches — 10 miles of magnificent beaches on the Atlantic
Ocean.
Buildings— Plans filed 1919 for $50,000,000; Greater than every
city in the United States except Chicago, Philadelphia,
and Detroit.
Factories — 2000 industrial establishments in 1920, employing
75,000 men and women with annual products valued at
$250,000,000.
Parks — 20 parks with over 1,000 acres.
Population — 500,000 in 1920. Estimated population of
1,250,000 in 1930; 2,075,000 in 1940; 3,000,000 in 1950.
Railroads — 71 miles of Long Island Railroad tracks aggregat-
ing 174 miles of single tracks, most of which is electrified.
Rapid Transit — 50 miles of single track on five extensions from
Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Trolley Lines — 225 miles of trolley tracks.
Waterfront — 219 miles of waterfront (measured around piers
and natural short line) on Newton Creek, East River,
Flushing Bay, Flushing Creek, Jamaica Bay and Atlantic
Ocean.
Queens, the Borough of Magnificent
Opportunities
Queens, the Fastest Growing Borough
of New York City
NEW YORK CITY 67
shows that in point of time the greater portion of Queens Borough is nearer to
the center of Manhattan than either the Boroughs of Brooklyn or the Bronx.
The Dual Subway System adopted by the Board of Estimate and the Public
Service Commission on March 19, 1913, comprises not only the 296 miles of
track, which then existed, on the elevated and subway lines of the Interborough
Rapid Transit and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, but 324 miles of new construc-
tion, or a total of 620 miles of single track.
The cost of the entire system, old and new, was more than $600,000,000.
All of this gigantic system of rapid transit is at the disposal of the Queens Bor-
ough residents for a single fare.
The transportation of passengers in New York is being revolutionized by
these new lines in Manhattan, and other boroughs, with the extensions eastward
into Queens Borough.
GREAT BENEFIT TO QUEENS
Today the majority of the residents of Queens are able to travel between
their homes and places of business in the various boroughs of the city, conven-
iently, rapidly and at a single fare.
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the effect of this improvement on the
future development of Queens Borough. When the original subway was opened
in Manhattan in 1904 passengers were enabled to travel in through trains from
the Battery to Washington Heights, or points in the Bronx — distances of from
10 to 17 miles — for a single fare. This resulted in the construction of thou-
sands of new apartment buildings, and the establishment of thousands of new
homes, as well as a remarkable increase in the realty values in these districts,
which had been largely undeveloped land previous to the operation of rapid
transit lines into them. But right across the East River, only a mile or two
from the most congested sections of Manhattan, Queens was at that time with-
out adequate transit facilties and had no connections whatever with the rapid
transit lines of the city. Its only rail connection was by trolley cars, requiring
in most cases an additional fare and one or more changes in cars to reach the
desired destinations in the business and shopping centers ; or, by the trains of the
Long Island Railroad with their higher rates of fare.
The progress of Queens Borough, prior to 1915-1917, when the new rapid
transit extensions were placed into operation, was remarkable despite the lack
of cheaper transit facilities. What it will be in the next ten to twenty years
with transit facilities equal, and, in many cases superior, to every other section of
New York City, will surprise even the most confident.
These new rapid transit extensions are now serving as an outlet for the
congested population of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx into the thousands
of acres of undeveloped land in all parts of Queens Borough. They will make
cheaper homes, with more light and air, accessible to the millions of employees
and residents in other parts of the city.
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THE MASSIVE CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN THE CENTER OF QUEENS BOULEVARD,
LOOKING TOWARDS THE BRIDGE PLAZA.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CORONA "L" LOOKING EAST, SHOWING THE ENORMOUS
UNDEVELOPED TERRITORY, ONLY 3 TO 4 MILES FROM THE HEART OF
MANHATTAN, AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES.
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EXTENSIONS INTO QUEENS BOROUGH
The following tabulation gives a list of the extensions from Manhattan and
Brooklyn into the various sections of the Borough of Queens, all of which are
today in operation. For the purpose of clearness these lines are divided into
groups, viz :
"Group A." — Extensions into the First and Second Wards from Manhat-
tan connecting with the Transfer Station on the Bridge Plaza, Long Island City.
"Group B." — Extensions into the Second and Fourth Wards from Brook-
lyn.
GROUP A
2.
Type of Miles No. of
Construction Tracks
Qneensboro Subway from Grand Cen-
tral Station to Long Island City. Subway 1.60 2
Extension of Queensboro Subway to
By
I. R. T.
Operation
June 22, 1915
Queensboro Bridge Plaza, Long Island
City. Elevated 0.89
3. Astoria Line from Bridge Plaza
northerly through Second Avenue to
Ditmars Avenue. Elevated 2.51
4. Woodside and Corona Extension
easterly from Bridge Plaza over
Queens Boulevard. Greenpoint Ave-
nue and Roosevelt Avenue to Elm-
hurst and Corona. Elevated 4.48
5. Extension of Second Avenue "L,"
Manhattan, across Queensboro Bridge
to Long Island City. Elevated 1.64
6. Broadway-59th Street Line from 7th
Avenue under East River to Long
Island City. Subway 2.23
I. R. T. Nov. 5, 1916
I. R. T.
B. R.T.
I. R. T.
B . R. T.
Feb. i, 1917
1920
April 21, 1917
1920
I. R. T. July 23. 1917
B. R. T. June
1920
GROUP B
1. Myrtle Avenue Extension to Luth-
eran Cemetery, Ridgewood.
2. Extension from City Line, Brooklyn
over Liberty Avenue, to Lefferts
Avenue, Richmond Hill.
3. Extension from Cypress Hills, Brook-
lyn, over Jamaica Avenue to Grand
Street, Jamaica.
Elevated i.oo 2 B. R. T. Feb. 22, 1915
Elevated 2.16 3 B. R. T. Sept. 25, 1915
Elevated 4.44
B. R. T. May 28, 1917
(Richmond Hill)
July 3, 1918
(Jamaica)
RAPID TRANSIT CENTERS
There are today three important rapid transit centers in Queens Borough as
follows : —
1. BRIDGE PLAZA, LONG ISLAND CITY.
From this point, which is not only the most important rapid transit center
in Queens Borough, but one of the most important in the entire city, rapid transit
lines radiate in all directions.
(a) To the north, a three track elevated line through Jackson Avenue to Second
Avenue and Ditmars Avenue, Astoria.
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(b) To the east, across Diagonal Street and the Sunnyside Yards to Queens
Boulevard, thence over the concrete structure to Greenpoint Avenue, where
the steel structure begins and extends to Woodside, Winfield, Jackson
Heights, Elmhurst and Corona. This line will later be extended to
Flushing and other sections of the Third Ward.
(c) To the south, the Queensboro Subway to the Grand Central Station, Man-
hattan, which will be extended to Times Square, enabling passengers to
transfer without an extra fare to the through north and south lines, oper-
ated by the Interborough on the east and west sides of Manhattan, into
Brooklyn and the Bronx.
(d) To the west, the 60th Street tunnel of the B. R. T. under the East River,
connecting with the Broadway-59th Street Line ; and the Second Avenue
"L" of the Interborough Rapid Transit, across the upper level of the
Queensboro Bridge operated to Park Row.
2. JAMAICA.
While the entire Fourth Ward receives great benefits from the
elevated extensions operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transits through
Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Morris Park and Richmond Hill, Jamaica has
become a greater transit center than ever. It is not only the railroad cen-
ter of Long Island, but is also a great trolley center.
JOINT TRANSFER STATION AT WOODSIDE
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3. WOOD SIDE.
At the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside and the six tracks
of the Long Island Railroad there has been constructed and placed in
operation a joint transfer station that is of the utmost importance to all
sections of Queens served by the North Shore Division, Main Line, and
the Rockaway Division of the Long Island Railroad. Passengers using
these divisions are able to transfer conveniently at this point to and from
the Corona "L" operated by the Queensboro Subway and Second Avenue
"L" trains of the I. R. T. and the Broadway-59th Street Line of the B.
R. T. In other words, all Long Island Railroad passengers have at their
disposal at this point, the whole of the city's comprehensive transit system
for a single fare.
The elevated railroad tracks and platforms are on the highest level
and the Long Island Railroad tracks and platforms are on the lowest
level. Between these two levels a mezzanine floor facilitates the inter-
change of passengers.
QUEENSBORO SUBWAY
On June 22, 1915, the operation of train service began in the Queensboro
Subway between Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, and Jackson Avenue, Long
Island City. This was the first rapid transit service directly connecting the two
boroughs, and an event which marked a new epoch in the history of Queens and
the commercial relations of the two sections of the city so near to each other but
separated by the East River.
Although this tunnel, which had formerly been known as the "Steinway
Tunnel" and "Belmont Tube" was completed in October 1907, suits in the
Court to test the legality of the franchise prevented its being operated, thus deny-
ing Queens Borough the advantage of this service for almost eight years. In
the meantime, the Interborough Subway trains were operated ten miles north-
ward to points in the Bronx and Manhattan giving the resident of Westchester
County greater advantages from the subway system of New York than enjoyed
by any section of Queens Borough itself.
The operation of the Queensboro Subway was extended Feb. 15th 1916 to
the Hunterspoint Avenue Station, and on November 5th 1916, to Court Square
(llth Street) and to the Bridge Plaza Station.
The growth of traffic on this line can be shown by the increase in ticket sales
for the corresponding months of the past five years.
TICKET SALES
Station July 1915 July 1916 July 1917 July 1918 Jan. 1920
Jackson Avenue 102,250 207,230 178,440 218,700 371,510
Hunterspoint Avenue 26,780 31,090 53,490 "54,540
Court Square (nth St.) 57,200 73,600 104,260
Total 102,250 234,010 266,730 345,790 530,310
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CHRONOLOGY OF QUEENSBORO SUBWAY
1887— N. Y. and L. I. R. R. Co. organized to build tunnel, with William
Steinway as leading spirit.
May 1892 — Construction began in Long Island City.
1903 — Belmont Syndicate acquires tunnel franchise for $80,000.
January 16, 1906— Mayor McClellan orders probe of franchise validity.
October 29, 1906 — Work begun on extension of tunnel to Van Alst Avenue.
January 1907 — Supreme Court upholds validity of franchise.
February 6, 1907 — City begins annulment proceedings.
May 4, 1907 — Property owners' injunction dissolved.
May 16, 1907 — North tube cleared.
July 31, 1907 — Public Service Commission starts validity probe.
August 8, 1907 — South tube cleared.
September 24, 1907 — First official trip of inspection.
November 14, 1907 — Queens residents demand operation of tunnel.
November 22, 1907 — Appellate Division upholds franchise.
December 10, 1907 — Justice Davis decides against franchise.
March 6, 1909 — Appellate Division settles all points of controversy in favor
of tunnel company.
June 14, 1910 — Governor Hughes signs bill permitting franchise to go to
Interboro.
September 27, 1910 — Interboro offers to turn tunnel over to city.
November 18, 1910 — City officials inspect tunnel.
January 2, 1912 — State begins suit.
March 19, 1913 — Dual subway contracts signed, assuring operation of tunnel
as a part of the Dual Rapid Transit system.
April 3, 1914 — Interboro delivers assignment of tunnel rights to city.
April 13, 1914 — Reconstruction contract awarded.
June 16 1915 — Name of tunnel is changed to "Queensboro Subway," at re-
quest of Queensboro Chamber of Commerce.
June 22, 1915 — Tunnel is formally opened for operation.
EXTENSION TO TIMES SQUARE
The Dual Subway Contracts provide for the construction of an extension of
the Queensboro Subway westward from its present terminus at Grand Central
Station to Times Square. The delay in starting this work has been due first, to
the impossibility, from an engineering standpoint, to begin the construction work
until the Diagonal Station at 42nd Street, connecting the Park Avenue and Lex-
ington Avenue Subways, was completed. This was placed in operation in
August 1918. Since that time new ideas have been advanced for this extension,
which, if adopted, will be a big improvement over the original plan.
The original plan would have simply continued the present subway under
42nd Street to a point between Sixth Avenue and Broadway where all pas-
sengers, transferring to the north and south subway on the West side, would be
compelled to walk an average distance of 750 feet, or nearly four city blocks.
Both new plans which have been suggested propose deflecting the line under
Bryant Park to 41st Street where it could be constructed
(a) to a point directly under the middle of the Seventh Avenue station plat-
forms of the Interborough at Times Square, thus requiring only a short
walk up one flight of stairs to reach the express and local trains operating
on the west side of Manhattan ; or
(b) so that direct connection with the local tracks of the Seventh Avenue Sub-
way could be made for through operation between lower Manhattan and
the extensions in Queens to Astoria and Corona.
NEW YORK CITY 73
The latter plan is not only practical from an engineering and operating
standpoint but entirely feasible in every way. The only objection which has
been made to it is the fact that it would decrease the number of local trains,
operating on the west side line, north of 42nd Street. As it is understood that
the local west side tracks are being used to only 66% of their capacity, it would
be possible to add the Queensboro subway trains south of 42nd Street without
cutting down the service north of Times Square.
BRIDGE PLAZA STATION
On October 7th, 1913 contract was delivered to Snare & Triest, amount
$884,859 for the construction of the Bridge Plaza Station. Additional work
brought the cost to over $1,000,000. The operation to the station started Novem-
ber 6, 1916.
The Bridge Plaza Station is 480 feet long with two levels, each having four
tracks, or eight tracks in all. The four tracks on the lower level of the station
are for trains to Manhattan, while the four tracks on the upper level are for
trains to Astoria, Corona, and Brooklyn. The north platforms, and two tracks
on both levels, are for B. R. T. trains operated through the 60th Street Tunnel ;
while the south platforms, and two tracks on each level, are for the Queensboro
Subway and Second Avenue "L" trains of the Interborough.
The station has entrances on the Bridge Plaza at Crescent Street and Pros-
pect Street. The entrances lead to a mezzanine floor and above are two levels,
all trains on the same level going in the same general direction.
The running time from this station through the Queensboro Subway to
the Grand Central Station is approximately ten minutes, and over the Second
Avenue "L" to Park Row twenty-five minutes.
The growth in traffic is shown by the increase in the number of tickets sold
as follows : —
Date Number of Tickets Sold
January 1917 127,000
January 1918 209,300
January 1920 219,500
ASTORIA EXTENSION
On March 11, 1913, contract was delivered to Cooper & Evans, amount
$860,743, for the construction of the Astoria Extension. Although the work
was completed by January 1915, this extension remained idle until February 1917
awaiting the completion of the Bridge Plaza Station and the extension of the
Queensboro Subway.
The terminus of this line at Ditmars Avenue is less than four miles in a
straight line from Grand Central Station, a distance less than that to 125th
Street, Manhattan, or to the Battery.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
The operation of the Astoria Extension was an important step in the re-
making of New York City, connecting as it does, the most congested and least
developed portions of the city.. These two boroughs of the city, practically
within sight of each other, but with the East River between them, were separated
almost as much by the fact that in money it cost twice as much, and in time three
or four times as much, to pass from one section to another, as between other
sections of the city.
By the opening of this line, the fare was halved and the time quartered to
and from a section both ripe for development and less developed than any other.
Two months after this line was placed in operation the United States en-
tered the European War and shortly thereafter the restrictions placed upon all
new building construction made impossible for this section to capitalize this great
asset. Had the line been placed in operation when it was completed in 1914 or
1915, hundreds of new apartments would have been completed before the United
States entered the war. Now, in 1920, three years after operation started, this
community is beginning to realize the immense advantages of its excellent transit
facilities and is rapidly being developed with up-to-date apartment houses, which
will offer those who live there superior living accommodations.
The growth of the passenger traffic is indicated by the ticket sales at the 6
stations on this line shown by the following table.
Station
Beebe Ave.
Washington Ave.
Broadway
Grand Avenue
Hoyt Avenue
Ditmars Avenue
Total
Feb. 1917
58,500
30,000
67,740
65,620
53,900
30,358
306,118
Ticket Sales
Feb. 1918 Feb. 1919
53,900
42,780
108,600
96,300
88,700
55,220
445,500
45,000
53,400
130,100
131,600
107,000
68,700
535,8oo
Jan. 1920
67,000
73,700
156,200
164,400
131,200
77,500
670,000
STATION AT BROADWAY AND SECOND AVENUE
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CORONA EXTENSION
The contract for the construction of the extension to Woodside, Winfield,
Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Corona, was delivered on March 11, 1913 to
the E. E. Smith Contracting Company, amount $2,063,588.
On April 21, 1917 service was inaugurated through the Queensboro Subway
at Grand Central Station, Manhattan, to the terminus of this line at Alburtis
Avenue, Corona.
This three track line, nearly five miles in length, extends through a territory
in the First and Second Wards of Queens, which today is but partially developed
with detached dwellings and large modern apartment houses. The farthest
point on this line is only six and one-half miles from Grand Central Station,
or the same distance as the subway station in the Bronx at 149th Street.
The vast area served by this route is unequalled anywhere in New York
City for the construction of apartment houses. Nowhere else in the city can
there be found broad undeveloped acres within so short a distance of the heart
of Manhattan.
The Corona "L".as well as the Astoria "L" are the only two rapid transit
extensions in New York City, which are operated by both subway and elevated
trains of the I. R. T. and subway trains of the B. R. T. This dual operation
gives advantages to the communities served by these routes, which are not en-
joyed by any other section of the city ; in short, the Corona and Astoria exten-
sions hold a unique place in the transportation system of New York City.
New York City, at last, can avail itself of its largest borough, with all the
advantages which it affords for better living facilities. A great and sparsely
settled section is now within the single fare zone and the growth of passenger
traffic on this line as shown by the following table of ticket sales at the eleven
stations, is convincing proof that the people prefer going out into the open to
going up in the air for living quarters and it gives a foretaste of the far-reaching
adjustments of the residence sections of New York which these new extensions
into Queens are bringing about.
Ticket Sales
Stations May 1917 May 1918 Jan. 1919 Jan. 1920
Rawson Street 13,560 33,940 41,600 49,400
Lowery Street 1,691 4,945 4,140 5,280
Bliss Street 18,300 34,68o 21,200 19,340
Lincoln Avenue 13,050 21,630 17,900 18,160
Woodside 42,100 72,840 65,600 82,260
Fiske Ave. 23,050 35,45o 36,000 45,560
Broadway 13,980 16,450 18,800 24,020
25th Street 35,28o 52,740 55,260 66,400
Elmhurst Avenue 31,000 48,900 53,200 59,4OO
Junction Avenue 52,740 71,300 76,260 92,765
Alburtis Avenue 118,100 162,100 172,300 223,600
Total 362,851 554,975 562,260 640,625
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
This is NOT the elevated extension to Corona, Astoria, or South Richmond
Hill. It is a photograph taken in 1879 looking north from 89th St. and Columbus
Ave., Manhattan. The view below was taken at the same spot ten years later,
or in 1889. The same remarkable development is bound to follow in Queens
along the new rapid transit extensions.
Courtesy Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
NEW YORK CITY
EXTENSION TO FLUSHING
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On April 22, 1913, the Public Service Commission adopted the "Flushing-
Bayside Route." It was approved by the Board of Estimate on June 12, 1913
and the necessary property owners consents obtained to complete its legalization.
In 1915 the Long Island Railroad, realizing the competition which this line
when completed and operated, would give the North Shore Division, which it
closely parallels, offered to lease its tracks from Corona through Flushing, to the
Nassau County Line at Little Neck, and to College Point and Whitestone. The
accompaning illustration shows clearly what a large proportion of the Third
Ward of the Borough of Queens would have been benefited had this plan been
consummated.
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF RAPID TRANSIT FROM CORONA, THROUGH FLUSHING,
TO LITTLE NECK AND WHITESTONE, USING TRACKS OF LONG ISLAND RAILROAD.
Failure on the part of the city, the Public Service Commission, and the Rail-
road Company to agree on terms; the unwillingness indicated by the I. R. T.
and B. R. T. to operate their trains over the tracks if leased; and the placing of
the Railroad under Federal control in 1918, all combined to prevent the accom-
plishment of this great improvement for the transportation of the residents of
the Third Ward to and from Manhattan.
Two miles distant from the present terminus of the Corona "L" is the
attractive and populous residential section of Flushing, all of whose residents
must now pay two fares in order to use the rapid transit lines of the city.
In view of the fact that the I. R. T. and B. R. T. require immediately ade-
quate storage yards and car repair shops, along the Corona "L" and the most
advantageous location for these yards and shops is on the Flushing Meadows,
about half way between the present terminus of the line and Flushing (Main
Street), it is believed that when the line is extended it will be built the entire
•distance to Flushing.
While this will not serve directly all of the residents of the Third Ward, it
is a big step forward and the extension to this point should be built without delay.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
LUTHERAN CEMETERY EXTENSION
The first extension from Brooklyn into Queens Borough was the "Lutheran
Cemetery Extension," a continuation of the Myrtle Avenue Line in Brooklyn,
for a distance of one mile into the Ridgewood section of Queens Borough. The
contract for the construction and elevation of this two track road was delivered
on February 27th, 1914 to F. W. Burnham, cost $500,000. The line was placed
in operation February 22, 1915.
The operation of this road enables the residents of the densely populated
Ridgewood section of Queens Borough to reach, for a single fare, all sections
of Brooklyn and Manhattan served by the B. R. T.
The passenger traffic on this extension is shown by the following table of
ticket sales at the 4 stations in Queens Borough : —
Stations March 1915 March 1917 Jan. 1920
Seneca Avenue 122,928 122,583 158,507
Forest Avenue 170,262 170,757 226,316
Fresh Pond Road 94,648 123,810 253,316
Metropolitan Avenue 25,554 27,772 61,131
Total
699,924
413,392 444,922
LIBERTY AVENUE EXTENSION
The second rapid transit extension from Brooklyn into Queens was the
operation of the Liberty Avenue "L" from the "City Line" (Brooklyn), to Lef-
ferts Avenue, Richmond Hill, a distance of over two miles of two track road,
serving the important communities of Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Morris Park,
and South Richmond Hill.
THE OPERATION OF THE LIBERTY AVENUE ELEVATED, WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE
BACKGROUND, RESULTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HUNDREDS
OF THESE MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
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79
The contract for the construction of this line was delivered on February 9,
1914 to the Phoenix Bridge Company, amount $707,661. Through operation
to the terminus of this line began September 25th 1915.
In this section of the Borough there have been erected since the completion
and operation of the line more single family and multiple family dwellings of
moderate cost than in any other section in the city. Block after block of homes
have been erected and sold, in many instances, before the foundations were com-
pleted.
This rapid transit line serves a vast area south of the Atlantic Division of
the Long Island Railroad. The actual running time from Park Row to the
terminus of this line is less than that required to reach Washington Heights on
the subway.
The passenger traffic on the six stations in Queens Borough on this exten-
sion is as follows : —
Ticket Sales
Jan. 1916 Jan. 1918 Jan. 1920
6,120 6,423 8,291
17,557 20,018 27,358
28,185 27,368 30,290
12,955 16,861 21,353
ii,452 16,076 31,155
4i,76o 49,357 57,565
Stations
Hudson Street
Boyd Avenue
Rockaway Boulevard
Oxford Avenue
Greenwood Avenue
Lefferts Avenue
Total
118,029
136,103
186,002
JAMAICA AVENUE EXTENSION
The third rapid transit line from Brooklyn into Queens operated by the
B. R. T. was the Jamaica Avenue "L," an extension 4^ miles in length from
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, to Grand Street, Jamaica. Operation to Greenwood
Avenue, Richmond Hill started May 28, 1911 and to the terminus in Jamaica on
July 3, 1918.
JAMAICA AVENUE "L" LOOKING WEST
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The contract for the first section was awarded to Post & McCord, amount
:$724,340; for the second section to Conners Brothers, amount $726,168; for
the stations to P. J. Carlin Construction Company, amount $280.700 ; or a total
.cost of $1,731,208.
Jamaica Avenue, over which this railroad is operated, is today almost solidly
built up with stores, tenements and homes the entire distance from the Brooklyn
Line to Jamaica. Thousands of new homes are now being built in the territory
served by this line, which has today the largest passenger traffic of any of the
five extensions within the Borough of Queens.
The operation of this line, which means so much for the future industrial,
commercial and residential growth of Jamaica, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven,
marked the consummation of eight and one-half years effort on the part of the
former Fourth Ward Transit Committee which was organized in 1910, and the
Queensboro Chamber of Commerce, which was organized in 1911. Passengers
can travel for a single fare the entire distance from Jamaica, through Brook-
lyn, to downtown Manhattan and northward on the Broadway-59th Street Subway
to Long Island City and over the extensions to Astoria and Corona.
The growth of traffic on this route as shown by the ticket sales has been as
follows : —
Stations August 1917
Elderts Lane 44,440
Forest Parkway 83,472
Woodhaven Avenue . . . . 69,659
Freedom Ave. (iO2nd St.) 49,547
•Greenwood Ave. (iiith St.) 67,068
Spruce St. (i2ist St.)
Metropolitan Avenue
•Queens Boulevard
Sutphin Road
Newark Ave. (i6oth St.)
Cliffside Ave. (i68th St.)
Total 314,186
Ticket Sales
August 1918
54,527
94,437
71,479
63,237
63,643
31,775
11,046
20,383
46,348
99,456
79,051
635,362
Jan. 1920
55,271
122,349
95,100
80,072
84,603
4L547
15,709
24,393
37,245
102,444
51,348
710,081
MAIN STREET, FLUSHING
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SIXTIETH STREET TUNNEL
The Dual Subway contracts provided for the operation of both the Second
Avenue "L" trains of the Interborough and the Broadway-59th Street subway
trains of the B. R. T. across the Queensboro Bridge to connect with the transfer
station at the Bridge Plaza, Long Island City. When it was realized that the
proposed arrangement for carrying the B. R. T. trains across the Bridge on the
vehicular roadway would have resulted in a. serious reduction of the present width
of 52 feet, every effort was made to have the plan changed so as to leave the
roadway undisturbed, and still retain both new lines of transit.
B. «. T. MONTHLY
B. K. T. MONTHLY
60m STREET -EAST RIVER TUNNEL
ShfbOrnen ,\Jh*lm^, Cut on^fav \flaatfjif^_ eifated Sfnjcitre
The Degnon Contracting Company presented a plan in December 1914 to
the Board of Estimate for the building of two tunnels under the East River at
60th Street for the operation of the B. R. T. subway trains. The advantages of
this plan for leaving the roadway intact, for avoiding any change for rearrange-
ment of the present lines in Queens and for the early operation of both the
Queensboro subway and the 2nd Avenue elevated trains, were so great that
the Board of Estimate on February 19, 1915 officially approved the tunnel
method of bringing the B. R. T. cars to Queens and requested the Public Service
Commission to present a bill to the legislature authorizing the tunnel.
The contract for the construction of the tunnel was awarded August 3, 1916,
to Patrick McGovern & Co., for $4,194, 797. The work was started September
12, 1916 when the shaft was sunk at Vernon Avenue on the Queens Borough
side.
The tunnel was "holed through" on October 15, 1918, and the time since has
been devoted to lining the tunnel with concrete, installation of ties, running
tracks, third rail, cable and signal equipment.
The two tubes are 18 feet in diameter, with a total length of 16,176 feet, or
approximately 3 miles. The distance from the Bridge Plaza station to the
portal is 2700 feet or approximately ^2 mile and from that point to the west
side of Vernon Avenue, the construction was the "cut and cover" type.
At one point the tube is 125 feet below water level. This is in the center
of the West channel. As many as 1,000 men worked on the job at one time.
The contract for the track installation was awarded to Thomas Crimmins
Contracting Company for $94,973, on June 11, 1919.
82 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
CROSSTOWN ROUTE
In 1912 when the various routes to be included in the Dual Subway contracts
were being considered by the Public Service Commission and the Board of Esti-
mate, the Queens Chamber of Commerce urged the construction of the Crosstown
Route which would provide a through north and south rapid transit line connecting
Queens with Brooklyn without the necessity, as at present, of crossing and re-
crossing the East River to travel to and from these boroughs, via the rapid transit
system.
Opposition developed, however, against the construction of the line as origin-
ally planned. This opposition had its inception in the antagonism of the property
owners in the Franklin Avenue section of Brooklyn, who objected to the con-
struction of an elevated railroad in front of their premises, and this opposition
extended to other sections of the suggested route, finally preventing it from being
included in the Dual Subway contracts signed in March 1913.
Brooklyn more than Queens has suffered from this lack of foresight and
attempts have been made since by the Brooklyn business interests to revive the
matter. The determination as to whether the route, when constructed, shall be
subway or elevated in Brooklyn is a matter involving financial considerations and
local residential pride. The route after it crosses Newtown Creek naturally must
become elevated in Queens to connect with the Bridge Plaza Station.
All interests in all sections of both Queens and Brooklyn should work together
now to secure the adoption of a definite policy for the form of construction and
financing the cost of the north and south line between the two boroughs, which
is an essential feature in any proper solution of the transportation problems of
New York City.
The benefits of such a line are too great to long delay its construction. It
would make available the great labor supply in Brooklyn for the hundreds of
industrial plants in Queens; give the residents of both boroughs improved and
increased facilities; and decrease the distance, cost and time of travel between
these two great boroughs.
DUAL OPERATION OF THE ASTORIA AND
CORONA EXTENSIONS
The difference in the width of the cars operated by the Interboro and the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit has caused the delay in the extension of the service from
the Bridge Plaza over the extensions to Astoria and Corona. The station plat-
forms, location of tracks and third rail on these extensions when built were con-
structed for the operation of the nine foot wide cars of the subway and elevated
trains of the Interboro. In order that the ten foot wide cars of the B. R. T. may
operate through these stations, a strip from the station platform must be re-
moved so as to provide sufficient clearance. Other structural changes are also
required.
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On the rapid transit map, issued as a supplement to this book, the proposed
'Crosstown Route" is shown by a dotted green line extending southward from
Bridge Plaza Station in Long Island City over Vernon Avenue and across New-
town Creek, through the Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Bedford sections of
Brooklyn and joining with the Fulton Street Elevated Line at Franklin Avenue
where the Brighton Beach Line operates southward through Flatbush and Sheeps-
head Bay to Coney Island.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
THE PART PLAYED BY THE QUEENSBORO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
This chapter would not be complete without a statement regarding the part
which the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce took in bringing about the con-
struction and operation of the five extensions, with their fifty miles of single
track in Queens Borough, carrying today more than 150,000 passengers
daily.
EXISTING SUBWAYS
SUBWAYS UNOERCONSTROCTtC*
PROPOSED INTERtBOROUGH
EXTENSIONS
Extensions which the Tnterborongh of- Proposed "Triborough System" for
fered to build in Manhattan, Brooklyn which plans were prepared by the original
and the Bronx. Public Service Commission, 1907-1910.
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The Queensboro Chamber of Commerce, more than any one other single
agency, may be credited for this great accomplishment which has made the
Borough today a real integral part of New York City.
The two maps, which are herewith reproduced from an article published in
the "Outlook" in July, 1910, show what consideration was being given at that
time by the operating companies and city officials to the need of Queens Borough
for direct connection with the rapid transit system of the City. Although new
lines were being projected 10 to 15 miles northward in the Bronx and an equal
distance southward in Brooklyn, nothing was planned for Queens Borough, only
a mile or two across the East River from the center of the City.
The late Mayor Gaynor termed as "cornfield routes" the lines which Queens
asked to have constructed. Today these "cornfield routes" are producing the
greatest crop of factories and homes that have ever been produced in any section
of New York City.
It was not until the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce was organized in
1911 that any recognition was secured from the city officials and operating com-
panies. The rapid transit extensions into Queens described in this chapter, were
included in the Dual Subway Contracts as a result of the organized, continuous
and persistent efforts on the part of the business men of Queens Borough work-
ing through the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce.
Compare the two maps shown on the opposite page with the Rapid Transit
Map, printed in colors between pages 66 and 67, and you will appreciate what
far-reaching effects this great accomplishment will have on the future develop-
ment of Queens Borough and New York City.
GROWTH IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC
The increase in the number of passengers carried on all the rapid transit
extensions in Queens Borough is shown by the following tabulation of ticket
sales for certain months from the time that the first line was opened in 1915 to
January 1920: —
MONTH TICKET SALES
B. R. T. I. R. T. Totai
March J9i5 413,392 4I3)392
July J9i5 384,549 102,250 486,799
Oct IOI5 553,759 170,780 724,539
Dec- *9l6 601,913 557,824 1,159,737
Feb- :9!7 515,884 746,878 1,262752
May 1917 689,681 1,216,031 1,905,712
July I9I7 924,503 1,121,730 2,046,233
Sept. 1918 1,278,142 1,588,415 2,866.557
Jan- IQ2° 1,596,007 2,141,882 3,837,889
86 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
INDUSTRIES
QUEENS BOROUGH AS A MANUFACTURING
CENTER
That industry is the basis upon which all community growth and prosperity
largely depends is best proven by the figures compiled by the United States
Government, of the manufacturing plants and the number of industrial employees
in New York city, which show that one out of every seven persons is so employed,
and therefore one out of every three persons in the city is supported by such
employment.
The importance of the industrial development of Queens Borough, — past,
present and future, — and its relation to the residential, commercial and financial
development of the Borough, requires no further comment.
ZONING LAW
The best evidence that Queens Borough is destined to become the greatest
manufacturing center in the East is the large proportion of its vast area which
has been set aside for this purpose. In 1916, when every street in the entire
city was laid out as either (a) unrestricted, (b) business, or (c) residential,
22,000 acres of Queens Borough's 75,000 acres were placed in the unrestricted
zone. This means that 34 square miles — an area within five square miles of
being as large as the entire Borough of the Bronx — has been set aside for the
present and future industrial development. While this area is only 30 percent
of the total area of Queens, it is 50 percent larger than the entire area of Man-
hattan Island. Were this industrial area to be lifted entirely out of the Borough,
there would still remain 53,000 acres for residential and commercial purposes,
or, an area greater than that of the Borough of Brooklyn. This presents in a
striking manner the vast extent of the industrial possibilities of Queens Borough.
Furthermore, these building restrictions were placed upon the city at a
time which gave Queens every advantage for controlling, in a definite and as-
sured manner, the harmonious development of the entire Borough. Where fac-
tories and homes have been built alongside of each other in the more highly
developed parts of the city, resulting often in the deterioration of residential com-
munities, this condition cannot arise in the future in Queens Borough. Factories
will be grouped by themselves in definite areas, set aside for that purpose, while
homes will be built in other restricted areas. Queens Borough will not grow in hap-
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hazard fashion. Its industrial and residential areas, while separate and distinct,
are perfectly coordinated.
DEVELOPEMENT PRIOR TO 1909
It is an interesting fact that even in 1909, prior to the construction of the
Queensboro Bridge, and prior to the operation of the Pennsylvania — Long Island
Railroad tunnels, the New York Connecting Railroad, and the rapid transit
extensions, the Borough of Queens, considered as a city by itself, exceeded every
other city in the United States except 14 in the annual value of its manufacturing
products. The United States Census of 1909 showed that Queens Borough at
that time had 771 factories employing 23,891 men and women, and with capital
invested amounting to $145,307,000, turned out manufactured products for that
year valued at $151,180,000. For that same year Queens Borough exceeded
every one of 19 separate states of the Union in the value of its manufactured
products, 18 states in the amount of capital invested in manufacturing, 11 states
in the number of factory employees and 10 states in the number of manufactur-
ing establishments.
Million dollar printing and binding plant of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
now being erected on Thomson Avenue, Long Island City. The company will remove from
its present location at Madison Avenue and 24th Sreet (Metropolitan Building), Manhat-
tan. The J. F. Tapley Co., who bound this publication, have leased 100,000 square feet
of floor space in this building.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Looking south from Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City. Numerous attractive
industrial plants, mostly concrete construction, have been erected in . this area in the past
five years.
The nineteen states which Queens exceeded in the value of manufactured
products were : —
Alabama Idaho
Arizona Mississippi
Arkansas . Montana
Colorado Nevada
Delaware New Mexico
Florida North Dakota
Oklahoma
That these figures are even more true today is evident from the amazing
industrial growth which has taken place in Queens during the past ten years,
a growth that has become the talk of New York.
Oregon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming
View from Sunnyside Yards looking east. The first glimpse of Queens Borough all
Long Island Railroad passengers obtain when emerging from East River tunnels from
Pennsylvania Station.
Photograph, taken April 1920, shows the concrete pouring towers which have become
symbolic of the industrial growth of Queens.
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Among the factories shown here are the American Chicle Co., Old Reliable Motor
Truck Corporation, Rolls-Royce Service Station, Wappler Electric Co., Houpert Machine
Co., Repetti, Inc., Perfect Window Regulator Co., Lauraine Magneto Co.
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH 1909—1916
Every five years the Bureau of Census of the United States Department
of Commerce compiles complete figures regarding manufacturing in each village,
city and state in the country. The census figures for 1914 show a remarkable
growth in Queens Borough over the previous census of 1909. In the order of
their importance, from a percentage standpoint, the increase in the several items
was as follows :
Salaried Employees 62.7%
Salaries 50.8%
Wages 35.0^0
Wage Earners 30.7%
Capital Invested 29.0%
Number of Factories 26.6%
At the extreme left is the Service Station of the Packard Motor Car Co. of New York.
Then comes the $500,000 Service, Sales and Export Building of the White Co. (Motor
Trucks), the $1,000,000 building of the American Chicle Co., the handsome structure of
the American Ever Ready Co., and the huge sunlighted factory of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit
Co where Sunshine Biscuits are made. The last four buildings are all on the property
of the Degnon Realty and Terminal Co.
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It must be remembered that 1914 was a year of marked industrial depression
•due to the beginning of the World War, while 1916 was a year of intense activity.
The following table gives the census figures for 1909 and 1914, and also for
1916, when an industrial survey was made by the Queensboro Chamber of Com-
merce.
i
1909 1914 1916
No. of Factories 771 975 1,169
No. of Employees 27,841 37,201 63,964
Value of Products $151,488.000 $164,789,000 $323,198,000
Capital Invested $145,307,000 $187,990,000 Not obtained
Salaries and Wages Paid $ 18.546,000 $ 25,750,000 $ 46,921,000
The publication of an analysis of the industrial survey of Queens for 1916
prompted the New York Herald at that time, in an article entitled "Queens Has
.Nothing So Huge As Its Industries," to state : —
"It is the industries that give the city its overflowing population, its
million tenements, its thousands of office and mercantile buildings, its
beehive factories, its hotels, restaurants, theatres, department stores,
and shops, its wealth of gold, its multitude of spenders, its dazzling splen-
dors, its world-wide influence ; and that makes necessary its amazing
web of transit lines, its countless automobiles, its great railroad ter-
minals, its constantly increasing supply of electric power and the daily
extension of its telephone system.
"Industry is the key that has unlocked to New York all the tightly-
barred doors of the world, and it is through these now wide open doors
that the gold of all the world is flowing into the coffers of the merchants
and the pockets of the workers in this, the city of world-wide demand
and unlimited supply.
"Assessed values, estimated at more than half a billion dollars, tell the
tale of the effect of industrial enterprise on Queens Borough's realty."
The records of the Bureau of Buildings of Queens show that plans were filed
<iuring the past ten years for factory construction amounting to $34,507,808, as
follows : —
Year Value Year Value
1910 $1,408,317 1915 $1,498,305
191 1 2,125,360 1916 2,829,275
1912 3,318,920 1917 2,103,847
1913 1,726,642 1918 2,782,332
1914 2,815,130 1919 14,199,100
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INDUSTRIAL CENSUS OF QUEENSBORO— 1916
No. Em- Annual
Groups of Industries No. Plants ployees Pay Roll
METAL WORKING INDUSTRY 276 1,818 1,625,000
Smelters and refineries 2 24,405 $19,906,200
Foundries (all kinds) 13 58? 546,600
Machine shops, machine manufac-
facturers and metal specialties 81 3,145 2,507,300
Sheet metal works 40 5,561 4,392,200
Structural steel fabrication and iron
works 31 T.373 1,289,700
Electric and gas specialties 12 2,377 1,262,000
Wire Goods 5 85 36,600
Automobiles and parts 47 6,312 5,481,800
Aeroplanes and parts I 70 91,000
Ship and boat building 12 583 483,000
Car Repairing IS 1,573 1,380,000
Gas & water works; pub. service plant 17 921 811,000
WOOD WORKING GROUP 146 7,762 6,186,200
Lumber yards and house trim and
cabinet shops 70 3,626 2,225,000
Furniture 18 1,539 1,160,800
Caskets 4 282 222,500
Pianos and musical instruments 13 2,026 2,073,500
Cooperage 6 109 177,400
Carriages and wagons 35 180 90,000
TEXTILE INDUSTRIES 30 2,681 1,778,200
Silk goods 18 2,327 1,508,600
Carpets and rugs 2 no 62,500
Dyeing and finishing 9 184 162,100
Cordage I 60 45,000
KNIT GOODS 23 1,147 638,100
Garment and needle industry 160 6,209 2,646,900
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS 10 332 184,300
STONE AND STONE PRODUCTS 109 2,009 2,124,200
Cut stone 38 1,699 1,872,200
Monumental work 55 207 174,000
Cement products 13 63 46,000
Asphalt products I 25 24,000
Plaster products 2 15 8,000
FOOD PRODUCTS, including bakeries,
confectionery and dairy products. .139 3,146 1,864,800
ARTIFICIAL ICE 15 233 168,900
MALT LIQUORS 3 265 275,600
BOTTLNG AND SOFT DRINKS 3 31 15,000
SUGAR REFINING i 630 520,000
ANIMAL PRODUCTS not incl'dg fertilizers 4 148 28,200
LEATHER AND LEATHER GOODS.. 37 3,261 1,486,200
Shoes ii 2,728 1,094,900
Harness and Saddles 17 65 41,000
Other leather goods 9 468 351,300
RUBBER INDUSTRY 10 2,584 1,667,000
PEARL BUTTON INDUSTRY 14 573 338,100
CHEMICALS, DYES, DRUGS AND
PREPARATIONS 35 2,087 1,693,300
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 37 1,423 842,200
OIL REFINING AND OILS 9 1,920 1,723,000
PAINT, VARNISH AND INK 21 688 592,900
CIGAR MANUFACTURE 39 1,620 980,000
LAUNDRIES (STEAM) 11 243 114,300
TOY MANUFACTURE 5 97 60,000
CLAY PRODUCTS 5 263 178,250
GLASS AND GLASS PRODUCTS 11 686 512,000
MOTION PICTURES 10 156 172,000
CELLULOID AND SHELL 2 50 30,200
BAG AND CARPET CLEANING 4 315 195,000
TOTAL 1,169
63,966
$46,921,050
Value of
Annual Prod.
108,200,000
$177,761,000
1,421,000
8,100,000
10,917,000
4,348,000
5,822,000
79,000
37,448,000
150,000
1,275,000
20,893,000
8,798,000
3,323,000
790,000
5,975,000
505,000
190,000
5,225,000
4,420,000
310,000
395,ooo
100,000
1,724,000
3,349,500
1,379,000
7,735,ooo
6,597,000
863,000
150,000
100,000
25,000
i3,477,ooo
741,000
1,100,000
40,000
42,000,000
685,000
2,574,500
1,813,000
76,500
685,000
2,874,000
1,329,000
11,699,000
3,016,000
11,880,000
6,368,000
3,800,000
234,000
133,000
506,000
1,630,000
645,000
70,000
300,000
$323,198,000
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Queens Borough has become the Motion Picture Center of the East. Here
are two of the new studios. The $1,000,000 studio of the Famous-Players Lasky
Corporation is now being completed. Ground will shortly be broken for the
Selznick Studios. Other large motion picture studios are also to be erected.
The United States Census of manufacturing for 1919, which is now being
compiled, will not be ready for distribution until 1921 at the earliest. While no
attempt will be made here to estimate in advance what the figures will be, it is
certain that they will show the largest increase for any five year period in the
history of Queens Borough.
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN 1920
Queens Borough today is without doubt developing more rapidly from an
industrial standpoint than any other borough of New York City. It is also one
of the fastest growing industrial communities in the United States. Prior to
the war the fact that one new substantial industry established in Queens each
week was considered a good record. During 1919 this record was doubled, for
at least two new industries located each week in Queens during that year. In
1920 and succeeding years a record of one new industry each day will not be
considered remarkable when all the advantages that Queens Borough has to
offer are understood.
What are the reasons for this great industrial development ? It is the result
of four main causes.
1. New enterprises, constructing plants for the production of new articles, nat-
urally seek Queens Borough as the most economic and efficient location.
2. Manufacturers with their main plants in the Middle West desire to establish
branch plants in the East to supply both the New York market and their
foreign trade; manufacturers whose present plants are unfavorably located
with respect to transportation, housing, labor, raw materials ; and manufac-
turers seeking branch factories more strategically located so as to remove
competitive handicaps.
3. Factories which have been operating in the more highly developed boroughs
of New York, and finding it impossible to expand except at enormous cost
because of the high price of land adjacent to their present establishments,
seek new sites in Queens Borough where they can purchase sufficient land
at low cost to provide for both their present needs and future expansion.
4. Plants in Queens Borough, finding their business growing, either purchase
new sites and erect new buildings or construct enlargements to their present
factories.
The principal reasons why manufacturing plants are leaving Manhattan,
and even Brooklyn, to establish in Queens Borough, may be summed up as fol-
lows : —
1. High Rents.
2. High cost of land makes expansion at present location too expensive.
3. Congested condition of streets causes trucking difficulties with delays in
shipping.
4. Greater cost of rehandling shipments of raw materials and finished products
as compared with loading and unloading direct from private switches obtain-
able on the Long Island Railroad.
5. Loss of time between factories and homes of employees.
94 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
NINETEEN REASONS THAT ATTRACT NEW
INDUSTRIES TO QUEENS BOROUGH
The borough of Queens has so many advantages that it is rapidly becoming
one of the greatest manufacturing centers in the United States. Some of the
principal reasons which have resulted in attracting hundreds of new industries
to establish manufacturing, assemblying, shipping and storage plants in the
Borough are the following: —
1. LOCATION. If a circle is drawn with Grand Central Station as its center,
and with a radius of 10 miles, there will be a larger area of Queens Borough
within that circle than of any other Borough. Queens is much nearer to the
business center of Manhattan than is any other Borough. In fact, the
geographical center of New York City is Queens Borough.
2. RAPID TRANSIT. The operation of the five new rapid transit extensions
into Queens from Brooklyn and Manhattan by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company places at the disposal
of the residents of Queens Borough the entire comprehensive system of
rapid transit in New York City for a single fare.
3. MARKET. It is always an advantage for the manufacturer to have his
factory located near a large market. Queens is part of the largest market in
the world — the city of New York — the focal point for the transaction of
business and the distribution of commodities for the United States. Twenty
seven percent of the buying population of the United States is located within
100 miles of New York City — a market of tremendous possibilities. Within
a commuting radius of thirty miles, 7]/2 percent of the population of the
United States lives. Furthermore, the home consumption of manufactured
goods of all kinds is enormous. Everything to eat, or to wear, or that can
contribute to the pleasure, health or comfort of mankind has a ready sale
and quick distribution in New York City and vicinity.
NEW HOME OF THE REMINGTON TYPEWRITER Co. IN FLUSHING.
1920 FROM THE NATHAN MFG. Co.
PURCHASED IN
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Where Spearmint Chewing Gum in made. The factory of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.,
in the Maspeth section of Queens. Twenty acres of ground
have been acquired for future expansion.
4. GOOD ROADS. To realize the advantage of trucking facilities good roads
are an absolute necessity. Queens has the best paved highways of any sec-
tion of New York City.
5. QUEENSBORO BRIDGE. Spanning the East River across Blackwell's
Island — opened in 1909, gives a direct route for vehicles of all descriptions
from 59th Street and Second Avenue (Manhattan) to Long Island City
(Queens Borough). Thirty thousand vehicles have crossed this bridge in
one day.
6. LABOR SUPPLY. In every industrial center the labor supply is one of the
most important features. In New York City there is a labor supply not be
found in any other American City. Queens has available this unlimited sup-
ply of labor from a population of over 7,500,000 within easy traveling dis-
tance, ranging from unskilled labor to the highest skilled mechanics.
7. HOUSING FACILITIES. The Borough of Queens offers advantages
superior to any other section of Greater New York for the housing of em-
ployees of factories. For those who prefer to live within walking distance
of their work small houses and apartments in quiet locations can be obtained.
Trolleys, rapid transit lines and electric railroads make available all parts of
the City of New York, and even the adjoining suburbs in Nassau and West-
chester Counties, for housing workingmen and executives. Electricity, gas
and water are everywhere provided. Sewers are installed. The best schools,
churches of all denominations, beaches, parks and theatres and all requisites
for pleasure are here.
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8. AVAILABLE SITES. There is no section of New York where so much
acreage is available for industrial development as in the Borough of Queens.
There are 22,000 acres available for manufacturing purposes. The manu-
facturer who has a good location and is surrounded by favorable conditions
has an advantage over his competitors. Numerous waterfront sites are to
be had with a depth sufficient to accommodate vessels of large draught, at
prices much lower than any other waterfront property in the city. Along
the Connecting Railroad and the Pennsylvania — Long Island Railroad are
thousands of acres where sidings may be had bringing cars to the factory
door and saving all expense for carting. Other locations within easy hauling
distance of both railroad and piers are to be had at attractive prices, varying
according to location, but always far below in price the same class of property
anywhere else in New York City.
9. LOW COST OF LAND. The price of land is much lower than in Man-
hattan and other Boroughs, and floor space with many facilities which Man-
hattan cannot offer such as abundant light and air, direct tracking facilities,
etc., can be had at very reasonable prices.
10. RAILROAD FACILITIES. There are in Queens today over eighty miles
of railroad, some of which is two, four and six tracked. This amount of
railroad through the Borough gives an adequate opportunity for sidings
direct to factory premises.
11. FREIGHT RATES. "Metropolitan Freight Rates" apply to Queens just
as they do to Manhattan, and goods shipped into the Borough from more
than 100 miles, or shipped out further than 100 miles get exactly the same
freight rates that the same commodities shipped in or out of Manhattan
receive. These New York rates apply as far as College Point, Flushing,
Jamaica and Ozone Park.
12. ELECTRICITY AND GAS. Electric power rates are very advantageous.
They are as low as the rates in any city on the Atlantic seaboard, and com-
pare favorably with companies in other parts of the United States which
manufacture electric power by steam. Gas for power, illumination or heat-
ing can be obtained at reasonable rates.
13. WATERFRONT. The 200 miles of waterfront and 35 miles of docks and
bulkheads on the East River, Newtown Creek, Flushing Bay, Flushing Creek,
Jamaica Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean, indicates the tremendous amount of
waterfront that Queens has available for shipping and for future develop-
ment.
14. CONNECTING RAILROAD. The New York Connecting Railroad, with
its massive bridge over Hell Gate, connecting Queens Borough with the
Bronx, and the Pennsylvania — Long Island Railroad system with the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, gives an all rail route for freight
traffic.
15. FINANCIAL CENTER. As a financial center New York City is more
than six times greater than any other city in the country, twenty-six percent
of the banking power of the United States being centered in it, and ten per-
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cent of the banking -power of the world. Queens is a part of this great
banking center, and has today 35 banking offices throughout the Borough,
(nineteen State banks, seven National, four savings and five trust company
offices) with resources aggregating $750,000,000.
16. BARGE CANAL TERMINALS. Three terminals of the State Barge
Canal are located in the Borough of Queens, as follows : 1st, on the East
River, just north of the Queensboro Bridge, Long Island City ; 2nd, on
Hallet's Cove, East River, in the Astoria section of Long Island City; 3rd,
Flushing Bay, just west of the mouth of Flushing Creek. These terminals
place all of the advantages of the $150,000,000 deeper and wider State Barge
Canal at the disposal of the shippers of Queens Borough, and materially
reduce the cost of transportation of raw materials and manufactured
products.
17. QUEENSBORO TERMINAL. A branch of the Brooklyn Eastern Dis-
trict Terminal Company is located on the East River, just south of the
Queensboro Bridge. This Terminal receives and delivers freight each day
for every transportation line in the United States except the Pennsylvania
System, giving prompt and economical transportation and eliminating the
necessity of carting to all the separate freight piers in Manhattan.
18. FOREIGN TRADE. New York is the gateway through which 50 percent
of the exports and imports of the United States pass. For the manufacturer
who is interested in the systematic development of the export markets, the
Queens Borough section of New York City furnishes the best location for his
plant as it possesses direct shipping facilities and enables him to make an
aggressive campaign in pushing the sales of his products in the world
market.
19. WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES. One of the greatest gains which can
be made by removing a manufacturing establishment from the congested
sections of New York City to the open spaces of Queens Borough is the
improvement of factory conditions and its effect upon the personnel of the
plant — physically, mentally and morally. Greater efficiency exists in a well
lighted, well-ventilated, sanitary and modern manufacturing plant.
NATIONAL SUGAR REFINING Co., LONG ISLAND CITY. ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST MODF.RN
AND EFFICIENT PLANTS IN THE WORLD. ESTABLISHED 1897 IN QUEENS BOROUGH.
98
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
STEIN'WAY & SONS PIANO FACTORY, ESTABLISHED 1876.
BENEFITS DERIVED BY BUSINESS MEN OF QUEENS
FROM NEW INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
The establishment of a new factory in any section of the Borough of Queens
radiates its influence to all other sections of the Borough and increases the busi-
ness possibilities for every one. One new factory whether established in Long
Island City, Flushing, College Point, Woodside, Jamaica or Glendale, or else-
where in Queens, bringing 10, 100 or 1,000 new employees into the Borough,
adds new population and wealth to the entire community, creating a greater
prosperity for all and benentting: —
1. The Manufacturer: By increasing the labor supply and guaranteeing its
permanency.
2. The Merchant : By increasing the number of his customers.
3. The Banker : By increasing the number of depositors.
4. The Real Estate Developer and Broker :By increasing the demand for land
both for factory sites and for homes for executives and workingmen.
5. The Transportation Companies' By increasing the number of passengers
carried.
6. The Gas and Electric Companies: By increasing the number of con-
sumers of power, light and heat.
7. The Builder: — By increasing the demand for homes of all types to house
the increased population.
8. The Retailer : By increasing the number of families living in the Borough
with their increased purchasing power.
9. The Professional Man : By increasing the number of his clients.
NEW YORK CITY
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RANK OF SEVENTEEN LEADING MANUFACTURING
CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1914
(From Official United States Census figures)
City Rank
New York City i
Chicago 2
Philadelphia 3
Detroit 4
St. Louis 5
Cleveland 6
Boston 7
Buffalo 8
Pittsburg 9
Milwaukee 10
Baltimore 11
Cincinnati 12
Newark 13
Minneapolis 14
QUEENS BOROUGH ..
Jersey City 15
San Francisco 16
Kansas City, Kan. 17
City Rank
Manhattan
Brooklyn
QUEENS
Bronx
Richmond
Total
Value of
Manufactured Products
$2,292,831,693
1,483,498,411
784,499,633
400,347,912
360,479,868
352,418,052
284,802,479
247,516,476
246,694,018
223,555,142
215,171,530
210,860,386
210,601,047'
187,854,159
164,789,000
164,528,608
162,299,795
159,700,168
NEW YORK CITY
No. of
Average Number
Factories
of Employees
29,621
585,279
10,115
3i3,7io
8,454
251,286
2,036
99,603
2,787
85,058
2,345
103,317
3,138
78,894
2,225
54,4i6
i,74i
69,620
1,728
61,839
2,502
73,769
2,135
59,86:
2,275
63,084
1,349
28,295
975
31,630
770
3l,O2l
2,334
31,758
2,201
13,095
$1,519,143,429
515,302,755
164,789,000
58,708,792
34,887,000
$2,292,830,976
No of
Factories
21,807
6,096
975
1,271
192
30,341
Average Number
of Employees
385,901
140,831
31,630
19,387
7,479
585,229
GARFORD MOTOR TRUCK Co.
STANDARD STEEL CAR Co.
Two new automobile service stations now being erected on the Bridge Plaza,
Long Island City.
100
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
NEW INDUSTRIES
The following are a few of the larger and nationally known industrial con-
cerns which have either purchased property or erected plants in Queens Borough
during the past year or two.
NAME
American Chicle Co.
American Radiator Co.
Anchor Cap & Closure Co.
Art Ornamental Company
Blickman, S. & Co.
C. — H. Motors Corporation
Cole- Duncan Boiler Works
Connelly Iron Sponge & Governor Co.
Egleston Brothers & Co.
Eureka Rubber Company
Fahnestock Electric Co
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Fruit Products Corp.
G. M. Film Printing Corp.
Garford Motor Truck Co.
Gehnrich Indirect Heat Oven Company
General Carbonic Company
Johnson Coin Counting Machine Co.
Karpen Brothers & Co.
Latham Litho & Printing Co.
Lauraine Magneto Company
Liquid Carbonic Company
Loft, Inc.
McHugh Willow Furniture Co.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Norma Company of America
Palmolive Company
Payet Silk Works
Perfect Window Regulator Co.
Piel Company, G.
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Pyroxloid Company
Remington Typewriter Company
Repetti, Inc.
Sawyer Biscuit Company
Sea I sand Thread Company
Selznick Pictures Corporation
Sheperd Company, C. E.
Standard Steel Car Co.
Tapley Company, J. F.
Tiffin Products Inc.
Waite-Bartlett Mfg. Co.
Waldes & Company
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
Wappler Electric Company
White Company
Wm. Wrigley Company
LOCATION ARTICLE MANUFACTURED
Long Island City Chewing Gum
Laural Hill Radiators
Long Island City Rubber Rings
Celluloid Articles
Metal Stampings
Auto Trucks
Boilers
Iron Pipes
Iron Works
Rubber Goods
Electric Supplies
Motion Pictures
Fruit Products
Motion Picture films
Motor Trucks
Ovens
Carbonic Gas
Coin Wrappers
Furniture
Woo >ide Posters
Long Island City Magnetos
Carbonic Gas
Candy
Furniture
Printing Plant
Ball Bearings
Soap
Silk Dyeing
Window Regulators
Auto Horns
" " " Glass
" " Celluloid Articles
Flushing Typewriters
Long Island City Candy
" Biscuits
Whit?tone Thread
Long Island City Motion Pictures
" Bookbinding
Automobiles
" " Bookbinding
Candy
" " X-Ray Apparatus
" " " Koh-I-Noor Fasteners
" " Iron Pipes
" " " X-Ray Apparatus
" " " Motor Trucks
Maspeth Chewing Gum
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ASTORIA MAHOGANY Co. EST. 1876.
WM. DEMUTH & Co., RICHMOND HILL, MANUFACTURERS OF SMOKING PIPES
AND ACCESSORIES. EST. 1900.
102
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
"MADE IN QUEENS"
Acids
Acousticons
Agate Ware
Aircraft
Airplanes
Airplane Motor
Heat Indicators
Airplane Parts
Airplane Propellers
Aluminum Castings
Angle Plates
Aniline Colors
Baby Carriages
Bags & Bagging
Ball Bearings
Bank Fixtures
Banners
Barrels (Steel & Wooden)
Bath Tubs
Batteries
Beds & Bedding
Billiard Tables
Biscuits
Bisulphite of Soda
Blank Books
Blowers, Exhaust
"A"
Antiseptics
Architectural Bronze
Architectural Iron Work
Architectural Patterns
Architectural Woodwork
Artesian Well Drillers
Artesian Well Machinery
Art Goods
Artificial Stone
Auto Bodies
Auto Horns
"B"
Boats
Boilers
Boiler Compound
Book Binding
Bottles
Box Springs
Boxes
Braids
Brass & Bronze Castings
Brass Faucets
Brass Locomotive Appliances
Brassieres
Brick (Fire)
Bronze (Architectural)
Auto Tires
Auto Trucks
Automobiles
Automobile Motor
Heat Indicators
Auto. Parts & Accessories
Automobile Specialties
Automobile Equipment
Auto Wheels
Autopeds
Awnings
Bronze Ware
Bowling Alleys
Bronze Powders
Brushes
Buckets
Buckles
Buffing Machines
Building Material
Building Stone
Builders Supplies
Bungs
Bushings
Buttons
Button Machinery
Cabinets Chemicals
Candy Chewing Gum
Cans Chicory
Canvas Goods (Tents) Cigars
Canvas Upper Rubber Sole Cleaning Machinery
Footwear Clips
Carbonic Acid Gas Clothing
Carburetors Coffee
Cardboard Coin Wrappers
Carmel, Burnt Sugar Coloring Colors
Carpets Colored Optical Glass
Caskets Combs
Celluloid Commercial Auto Bodies
Cement Composition Flooring
Chains
"D"
Dairy Supplies
Davits
Dental & Druggists' Rubber
Goods
Dental Instruments
Diamond Saw Machinery
Dictographs
Dictophones
Dies
Disinfectants
Disenfecting Appliances
Display Fixtures & Forms
Door Sash and Trim
Dress Shields
Drop Hammers
"E"
Electric Machinery Appliances Electric Switchboards
Electric Supplies Electricity
Concrete
Copper Smelting & Refining
Copper Tanks, Vats & Coils
Cordage
Cornices
Corsets
Crackers
Cranes & Hoisting Machinery
Creamery Machinery
Creosoting
Crullers
Cutlery
Cut Outs
Drugs & Preparations
Dryers — Colors
Dumbwaiters
Dye Stuffs
Dyeing
Dyewood Extracts
Electric Polishing & Plating
Emery Grinders
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Fasteners
Fat Melters
Fertilizer
Fibreloid
Fire Extinguishers
Fireproof Doors & Windows
Gas (Acetylene)
Gas (Illuminating)
Gas Fixtures
Gas Lighting Fixtures
Hand Bags
Hats
Hardware
Headwear
Fireworks
Flashlights (Daylo)
Flavoring Extracts
Floors (Cement)
Florists' Supplies
"G"
Gases (Oxygen & Hydrogen)
General Machine Work
Glass
Gloves
"H"
Heating Apparatus
Hides
Hoisting Buckets
Folding Boxes
Forgings
Fruit Products
Fur Dressing & Dyeing
Furniture
Glue
Granite Monuments
Greases
Household Supplies
Hospital Supplies
Hydroplanes
Ice
Ice Cream
Illuminated Street Car Signs
Industrial Cars
Japans
Inks and Printing Inks
Insecticides
Iron Stairs
"J"
Jewelers' Boxes
Iron Work
Ivory Goods
Instruments
Kitchen Utensils
Labeling Machines
Laces and Embroideries
Lacquers
Lamps
Laundry Equipment
Knit Goods
"L"
Leather Dressing
Leggings
Life Boats
Life Rafts
Lighting Fixtures
Liquid Soap
Lithographing
Loose Leaf (Binding Devices)
Ballinger & Perrot, Architects and Engineers.
THE NEW YORK CONSOLIDATED CARD Co, THE TIFFIN PRODUCTS, INC.
104
CHAMBER or COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Macaroni
Machinery Castings
Machines (Special)
Magnetos
Mahogany Veneers
Malt
Marble Cutting
Matches
Mattresses
Medicines
Nickle Ware
Oil
Oil Stoves
Packing Boxes
Paint
Painters' Supplies
Paper Bags
Paper Novelties
Paper . Specialties
Pattern Making
Radiators
Radium Dials
Ratan and Wicker Ware
Safety Guards
Salad Dressings
Saws
Scarfs
Scouring Powder
Screw Machine Products
Seats and Chair Seats
Sheet Iron Work
Sheet Metal
Sheet Metalware
Sheets
Ships
Shippers Supplies
Tallow Products
Tanks
Telephone Booths
Terra Cotta
Textiles
Undertakers' Supplies
Varnish
"M"
Metalcrete (Liquid)
Metal Goods
Metal Specialties
Meters (Water)
Metal Polishes
Metals and Metal Work
Metholoid
Mill and Cabinet Work
Mill Work
"N"
Novelties
"O"
Organs
Ornamental Iron
"P"
Pearl Button Machinery
Petroleum
Pharmaceuticals
Phonographs
Pianoforte Materials
Pianos
Pickles
"R"
Ribbons
Roofing
Rope
"S"
,Shoes
Signs
Silk
Silk Finishing & Dyeing
Silk Shoe Binding
Silver Novelties
Skates
Skirts
Smelting
Soap
Starch
Stationery
Steam Specialties
"T"
Thermometers
Tin Cans
Tobacco Pipes
Toilet Preparations
Tools
"U"
Underwear
"V"
Veneers (Mahogany, etc.)
Motometers
Motor Boats
Motor Trucks
Mirrors
Motion Pictures
Music Cabinets
Musical Strings
Mustard
Ovens
Overalls
Pillows
Pillow Cases
Pipes (Smoking)
Playing Cards
Plumbers' Supplies
Polishes
Printing Presses
Rubber Products
Rubber Specialties
Rubber Tires
Steel and Iron Work
Steel Barrels
Steel Plate Construction
Stencil Machines
Stencil Oil Paper
Stone Cutting Machines
Store Fixtures
Structural Iron
Structural Steel
Sugar Refining
Surgical Instruments
Switches
Toys
Train Indicators
Transparencies
Twine
Typewriters
Ventilators
Waterproofing
Waterproofing Compounds
Welding Machines
White Goods
X-Ray Machines
Yarn
Willow Furniture
Window Screens
Window Regulators
Woodenware
"X"
Woodwork (Interior and Ex-
terior)
Wrapping Machines
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FACTORIES
The following list of Queens Borough factories is by no means complete.
It includes only the larger and more important industrial establishments. There
are hundreds of small plants with less than ten employees, which are classed as
"factories"; such as bakeries; small print shops; garages, where automobile re-
pairing is done ; and homes in which a few employees are engaged in needle
trades.
This list includes only such factories as
(a) Own their own plants
(b) Rent at least 2500 square feet of floor space, or
(c) Employ 10 or more people
The capital invested in manufacturing in a community, and not the number
of factories, is the true index of its industrial strength. Furthermore, as this
list is printed in April 1920, the names of the industrial establishments locating
in Queens Borough from that time on cannot be included.
BOLD FACE indicates Membership in Queensboro Chamber of Commerce,
(a) Property purchased, factory not completed.
Number of Year
Employees Established
Company and Address Articles Manufactured April, 1920 in Queens
A
Acme Reed Furniture Co., Woodside Furniture 12 1893
ACORN SILK CO., L. I. City Broad silk 75 1913
Adler Veneer Seat Co., L. I. City Seats 85 1910
AEOLIAN COMPANY. L. I. City Pianos, victrolas 117 1915
AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CO.,
(PRESTON WORKS), Blissville Chemicals 100
American Apothecaries Co., L. I. City Druggists' supplies 32 1905
AMERICAN BALSA CO., L. I. City Life boats, motor boats, life
preservers 200 1910
AMERICAN BLAU-GAS CORP.. L. I. City Blau-gas, dri-gas 16 1917
AMERICAN CHICLE CO., L. I. City Chewing gum. confectionery 450 1916
AMERICAN CLIP CO., L. I. City Paper clips, etc 75 1903
American Die & Tool Works, L. I. City Dies and tools (a) 1919
AMERICAN DRUGGISTS SYNDICATE, L. I. City. Drugs and chemicals 900 1907
AMERICAN EVER READY WORKS. L. I. City. ... Flashlights (Daylo), storage
and dry batteries 1700 1915
American Fibre Chair Seat Corp., L. I. City Chair seats 75 ....
AMERICAN HARD RUBBER CO., College Point... Hard rubber articles 1325 1854
American Radiator Co., L. I. City Radiators (a) 1919
ANCHOR CAP & CLOSURE CORP., L. I. City Caps for tumblers, mason jar
rubber rings 400 1920
ANDERSON. E. D., INC., L. I. City Automatic machinery 90 1915
ANDREWS LEAD CO., L. I. City White lead 18 1920
ANTHONY CO.. L. I. City Liquid fuel 65 1912
ART ORNAMENT CO., L. I. City Toilet articles 50 1920
Astoria Boat Works, L. I. City Boats 22 1913
ASTORIA MAHOGANY CO., L. I. City Mahogany lumber and veneer. . . 400 1876
ASTORIA LIGHT, HEAT & POWER .CO.. L. I.
City Illuminating gas 875
Astoria Pearl Button Co., L. I. City Pearl buttons 20
ASTORIA SILK WORKS, L. I. City Silk 232
ATLANTIC HYGIENIC ICE CO.. Woodhaven Ice 10
ATLANTIC RUBBER MFG. CORP., College Point. . Rubber articles 230
ATLANTIC MACARONI CO.. L. I. City Macaroni 40
AUTO SALES CORPORATION, L. I. City Slot machines 100
B
Barber Shoe Co.. Frank. L. I. City Shoes 51 1896
Barker Sweet Mfg. Co., Jamaica Saws 20 1909
Barthels Mfg. Co., Glendale Braids and laces 100 1903
Bayer, Gardner Himes Co. L. I. City Hardware for builders 25 1913
Bayview Ribbon Co., Glendale Ribbons 50 1908
BEACON FALLS RUBBER SHOE CO., College
Point Shoes, rubber footwear 700 1916
BELLON. INC.. AUGUST, Rockaway Beach Structural and ornamental iron 10 1895
BLACK BEAR CO., L. I. City Oils and factory supplies 10 1890
Bielecky Bros. Co. Woodside Willow and reed furniture 10 1916
BLICKMAN. S.. L. I. City Sheet metal specialties 250 1920
BOYCE-VEEDER CO., L. I. City Fire extinguishers.... 70 1919
BRADBURY CO., F. L., L. I. City Crullers 160 1913
BRADLEY MFG. CO.. A. J., L. I. City Stencil papers 10 1911
106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Number of Year
Employees Established
Company and Address Articles Manufactured April, 1920 in Queens
BRADLEY & SON, WILLIAM, L. I. City Cut stone and marble 100 1907
Brandes Mfg Co., Julius, College Point Silk 25 1885
BREWSTER & CO., L. I. City Automobiles 995 1909
BRIGGS, INC., STEPHEN, L. I. City ! . . Barrels 20 1900
BROCKVVAY, FITZHUGH & STEWART, INC.,
Evergreen Labels and fibre shipping con-
tainers 125 1918
BROOKLYN FOUNDRY CO., L. I. City Grey iron castings 150 1914
Brown Co., A. B.. Winfield Window screens and weather
strips 17 1917
BROWN & CO., GEORGE, L. I. City Stone cutting 150 1850
BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO., L. I.
City Billiard tables, .bowling alleys,
phonographs, auto tires 100 1904
BRETT LITHOGRAPH CO., L. I. City Lithographing 170 1914
Bulls Eye Rubber Co., L. I. City Rubber heels 15 1918
Buhler, Edmund, L. I. City Sewer pipe 10 1910
c
C-H MOTORS CORPORATION, L. I. City Automobile assembling 50 1920
Callister, W. L. & G. T., Queens, L. I Wagons 54 1852
CALMAN & CO., EMIL. L. I. City Paint and varnish 46 1850
CARBOLA CHEMICAL CO., L. I. City Disinfecting whitewash 10 1919
CARPENTER CO., JOHN R., Jamaica Sash, door and trim 125 1888
CASSIDY CO., INC., L. I. City Lighting fixtures 125 1915
GATING, WILLIAM B., Winfield Rope and cord 60 1892
CENTRAL SMELTING & REFINING CO.. L. I.
City Smelting and refining 15 1898
Chase Roberts & Co., L. I. City Paint 50 1895
CHILTON PAINT CO., College Point Paint and varnish 30 1911
CLAUDEL CARBURETOR CO., INC., L. I. City. . . Carburetors 10 1919
CLOCHESSY. JOHN, Rockaway Beach Paper bags and folding boxes. . . 60 1918
CODEX ANTISEPTIC CO., L. I. City Antiseptics 10 1920
COLE-DUNCAN BOILER WORKS, L. I. City Boilers 20 1919
COLLEGE POINT BOAT CORP., College Point. . . .Boats 60 1917
Colodor Engineering Corporation, L. I. City Strainers for autos 10 1920
COLUMBIA PAPER BAG CO., L. I. City Paper bags 100 1903
COMFORT SANDAL CO.. L. I. City Sandals and shoes 90 1915
COMMERCIAL RESEARCH CO., Flushing Metal etching, chemical and
welding products 50 1915
Compound Specialty Co.. L. I. City Paint 10 1902
CONCORD CONSTRUCTION CO., Ridgewood Ornamental iron work and forg-
ings 10 1905
Concrete Steel Co., L. L City Reinforcing bars (a) 1919
CONNELLY IRON SPONGE & GOVERNOR CO.,
L. I. City Iron pipe 20 1920
Cork & Zicha Marble Co., L. I. City Marble works 14 1915
Cornellist Textile Co., L. I. .City Flushings 30 1913
COURTADE JOS. & SONS, L. I. City Piano cases 10 1919
CUNNINGHAM, W. J Brass foundry 20 1852
CUNNINGHAM, THE CHRISTOPHER CO., L. I.
City High pressure steam boilers .... 65 1 862
D
DEERY. JOHN J. CO., INC., L. I. City Marble sawing 18 1916
DEFENDER MFG. CO.. L. I. City Sheets and pillow cases 200 1916
Delatour Beverage Corp., L. I. City Beverages 25 1919
DEMUTH, WM. & CO., Richmond Hill Tobacco pipes and smokers' arti-
cles 1000 1900
DE NOBILI CIGAR CO., L. I. City Cigars 700 1906
Detroit Pressed Steel Wheel Co., L. I. City Solid steel disks for automobile
wheels 25 1919
Diamond Red Paint Co.. L. I. City Paints 10 1919
DICTOGRAPH PRODUCTS CORP.. Jamaica Acousticons. dictographs 185 1906
Dillman Baking Co., Inc., Brooklyn Hills Bakery products 115 1915
DOMESTIC SOAP MFG. CO.. L. I. City Soap 14 1891
Donaldson Roman Stone Co., Richmond Hill Structural stone 40 1914
Druckerman, L. & M.. Woodhaven Embroideries 100 1888
Dukeshire Steel & Forge Co.. Maspeth Forgings 20 1918
DURKEE, E. R. & CO.. Elmhurst Spices and food products 269 1918
DUVALIAN PRODUCTS CORP., L. I. City Leather specialty goods 45 1914
E
ELANDES RIBBON CO., INC., Whitestone Silk ribbons 275 1915
Elcaya Facial Cream Co., L. I. City Facial creams
ELIAS JOSEPH & CO., L. I. City Glass, mirrors, etc 125 1915
ELMHURST ICE CO.. Elmhurst Ice 20 1918
EMPIRE ART METAL CO., College Point Hollow steel doors, interior trim 400 1913
EMPIRE TUBE & STEEL CORP.. College Point Steel tubing 300 1919
EMERSON PHONOGRAPH CO.. INC., L. I. City. . .Phonograph records 400 1920
Empire City Iron Works. L. I. City Ornamental iron (*)
Eppinger & Russell, L. I. City Creosoted lumber, piling and ties
Evergreen Knittin? Mills, Evergreen Knit goods 32 1892
EUREKA RUBBER CO., L. I. City Rubber products 25 1916
Expanded Metal Safety Guard Co., L. I. City Metal guards 15 1920
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Number of Year
Employees Established
Company and Address Articles Manufactured April, 1920 in Queens
F
FAHNESTOCK ELECTRIC CO., L. I. City Spring binding posts, electrical
supplies 20 1916
FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORP., L. I. City Motion pictures 500
Fassler & Klein Iron Works, L. I. City Iron works 15
Federal Brass & Bronze Co.. L. I. City Architectural brass and bronze. . 17
Feigin, F. A., L. I. City. . Cabinet makers 35
Fenner, Geo. L., L. I. City Printing inks, etc 10
FISHER. JOHN C. MFG. CO., L. I. City Metal specialties 20
Franklin Brass Foundry, L. I. City Castings 35
FRISCH TOILET MIRROR CO., L. I. City Toilet mirrors 14
Fruit Products Corp., L. I. City Fruit products (*)
G
G. M. FILM PRINTING CO., L. I. City Film printing (*) 1919
Gahagan, W. H., Arverne Shipbuilders 150
Garford Motor Co., L. I. City Service station (*)
GARSIDE. A. & SONS, INC., L. I. City LShoes 300 1918
GAUMONT MOTION PICTURE CO., Flushing. .. .Motion pictures 150 1912
GEHNRICH INDIRECT HEAT OVEN CO., Flush-
ing Ovens and oven equipment 100
GENERAL CARBONIC CO., L. I. City Carbonic gas 50 1919
General Chemical Co.. Laurel Hill Chemicals 200 1900
Gillies, James, L. I. City Stone yard 10
GLEASON-TIEBOUT GLASS CO., Maspeth Glass 250 1903
GOLDBERG & DAVIDSON, L. I. City Buttons 20 1920
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., L. I. City Automobile tires 50 1913
GOULD-MERSEREAU CO., L. I. City Drapery, carpet and cabinet
hardware 140 1919
Grady Mfg. Co., The, L. I. City Metal polish 20 1914
Gray, C. M. Marble & Slate Co.. L. I. City Marble cutting 12 1908
GREENPOINT-SOUTHERN CO., L. I. City Mattresses, box springs, pillows 35 1919
GREENPOINT FIRE BRICK CO., L. I. City Fire brick, boiler refractories. . . 40 1868
GROSSMAN, MORGAN, L. I. City Shoes 50 1920
H
Haering & Matter, College Point Silk dyeing 35 1905
HARMON COLOR WORKS, College Point Dry and pulp colors 20 1916
HARROLDS MOTOR CAR CO., L. I. City Fierce-Arrow service station 350 1913
HEATLESS DENTAL WHEEL CO., L. I. City Dental appliances 28 1916
HELLMAN, RICHARD, INC., L. I. City Blue Ribbon mayonnaise 82 1915
HELLMAN MOTOR CORP., L. I. City Ford automobiles (a) 1920
Hill Button Works. L. I. City Buttons 100
Hill Laundry Equipment Co., L. I. City Laundry equipment 10 1917
Himoff Machine Co., L. I. City Machines 30 1916
HOLLIDAY KEMP CO., INC., Woodside Dyes, aniline colors 25 1916
HORN HOLLAND CO.. L. I. City Paints and varnishes 40 1914
HOUPERT MACHINE CO., L. I. City Machine shop 175 1918
Howard Printing Co., L. I. City Printing 50 1920
Hoskins, R. H. Shoe Co., L. I. City Shoes 75 1914
HOWELL, FIELD & GODDARD, INC., L. I. City. . Fireproof doors and windows... 100 1912
HUBER, JOSEPH, INC.. L. I. City Auto bodies 25 1900
HUGHES, WM. & CO.. INC.. Glendale Cotton waste 25 1919
HUNTER ILLUMINATED CAR SIGN CO., Flush-
ing Street car destination signs,
sheet steel products 65 1910
H. & N. Carburetor Co.. L. I. City Carburetors 10 1916
I
IMPERIAL METAL MFG. CORP., L. I. City Metal specialties... 100 1913
IMPERIAL PAINT CO., L. I. City Paint 48 1913
Indian Refining Co., L. I. City Oils 26 1914
INTERNATIONAL MOTOR CO., L. I. City Automobiles 7.S 1919
INTERNATIONAL OXYGEN CO.. College Point. . .Oxygen apparatus 14 1915
International Silk Winding Co., L. I. City Silk winding 10 1920
IRVING IRON WORKS Subway grating and safsteps... 200 1907
J
J. M. SKIRT CO., Woodside Skirts 75 1913
Jackson, J. A., L. I. City Marble cutting 10 1905
Jamaica Consumers' Ice Co., Jamaica Ice 30 1907
JENSEN'S AUTO BODY WORKS, L. I. City Auto bodies 14 1913
JETER A. H. & CO., INC., L. I. City Metal specialties 18 1913
JOHNSTON, H. S. DRUG CO., Elmhurst Drugs and chemicals 20 1898
JOHNSON COIN COUNTING MACHINE CO.,
„ L. I. City Coin wrapping machines 50 1919
JUST, GEORGE A. CO.. L. I. City Fabricated iron and steel. . . . 200 1903
108 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Number of Year
Employees Established
Company and Address Articles Manufactured April, 1920 in Queens
K
KARPEN, S. & BROS., L. I. City Upholstered furniture. . . 350 1920
REINER WILLIAMS STAMPING CO., Richmond
Hill Drawn and stamped sheet metal 300 1912
KLEIN BROTHERS, L. I. CITY Japanese bamboo furniture 80 1902
Klein, J., Iron Works, L. I. City Structural and ornamental iron 20 1911
KLEINERT, I. B. RUBBER CO., College Point Rubber specialties (dress shields) 1200 1884
KNICKERBOCKER ICE .CO., L. I. City Ice 100 1919
KOZAK & McLOUGHLIN, L. I. City Shoes 300 1916
KRAEMER BROS. CO.. College Point Sash, frames, doors, etc 35 1885
L
L. W. F. ENGINEERING CO., College Point Aeroplanes, cabinets 100 1916
LA COUR IRON WORKS, L. I. City Structural steel. ornamental
iron, cranes and hoists 80 1912
LA FRANCE SOAP & PERFUME CO., L. I. City.. Soaps and perfumes 10 1920
LALANCE & GROSJEAN MFG. CO., Woodhaven. . .Agate, nickel, steel ware 1700 1850
Lang, Carl & Hoffman, L. I. City Silks 250 1915
LATHAM LITHO & PRINTING CO., Woodside. . . . Posters, car cards (*) 1920
LAURAINE MAGNETO CO., L. I. City Magnetos 60 1919
Lewis & Vought Corp., L. I. City Airplanes , 65 1917
Lion Varnish Co.. Evergreen Varnish 10 1905
Lissberger, Marks & Son, Inc.. L. I. City , White lead 100 1907
LOFT, INC., L. I. City ,. Candy 1000 1915
LONG ISLAND MFG. CO., College Point Hats 80 1919
LONG ISLAND STAR PUB. CO., L. I. City Printing 65 1864
LOOSE-WILES BISCUIT CO., L. I. City Sunshine biscuits, cakes and
crackers 1400 1914
M
McHUGH, JOS. P. & SON, L. I. City Willow furniture... 60 1919
MALLINSON, H. R. & CO., INC.. L. I. City Silk 211 1885
Manhattan Pearl Button Co.. L. I. City Pearl buttons 14 1896
MANHATTAN-ROME CO., L. I. City Metal beds and couches 175 1917
MANHATTAN SILK CO., College Point.. ..Silk . 200 1890
MATHESON LEAD CO., L. I. City ..White lead, oxides... ... 55 1890
MAYER, C. B. CO., L. I. .City Interior woodwork 30 1919
MAYER & LOWENSTEIN, L. I. City Varnishes, japans enamels 50 1865
Maxwell Motor Car Co., L. I. City Service station 10 1920
MERRILL BROTHERS, INC., Maspeth Drop forgings. hammers, etc... 100 1906
METAL STAMPING CO., L. I. City Auto accessories 200' 1904
METROPOLITAN ELEC. MFG. CO., L. I. City.... Switchboards 264 1910
METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO., L. I. City Printing and binding 300 1920
METROPOLITAN TOBACCO CO. Jamaica. . -Cigars 45 1907
MEURER STEEL BARREL CO., INC., L. I. City. Barrels " 200 1912
MEYERS, WILLARD F. MACHINE .CO., L. I. City. Machines . 60 1880
MIGEL, J. A., INC., L. I. City silk 100 1915
Miller, Julius, L. I. City Shoes" 250 1910
Mirrolike Mfg. Co.. L. I. City '.', Polishes' " 12 1917
MODEL BRASSIERE CO., Elmhurst. . Clothing 350 1917
MOORE'S BAKERY. L. I. City. . Bakintr 58 1853
MOTOMETER COMPANY, THE, INC., L. I. City'. '. Motomet'e'rV ".'.'.'.'. 450 1916
MOTT, J L. IRON WORKS, L. I. City . Iron works, etc 10 1919
MULLEN & BUCKLEY, INC., Far Rockaway Window screens and porch
screens 100
Muller Paper Goods Co., Ridgewood paper goods 1902
Multiple Storage Battery Co., Jamaica. .. Storaee batteries 75 1919
MUNICIPAL STUDIO, L. I. City . . . . . . . '. \ Motion pictures" ! («) 1920
N
NATIONAL BRIDGE WORKS. L. I. City Structural steel 150 1904
NATIONAL .CASKET CO., L. I. City Caskets, undertakers' supplies. . . 250 1915
NATIONAL CHAIN CO.. College Point Chains 150 1915
NATIONAL ENAMELING & STAMPING CO.,
Laurel Hill Enamel ware 800 1897
National Indicator Co., L. I. City Train indicators 28 1912
NATIONAL LABELING MACHINE CO.. L.I. City. Labels 15 1916
NATIONAL SUGAR REFINING CO. OF N. J.,
L. I. City Sugar 850 1897
NATIONAL VARNISH CO., L. I. City Varhish 50 1908
Needham. A. W. Machine Co., L. I. City LLMachines 15 1902
NEPTUNE METER CO., L. I. City Water, gasoline and oil meters. . 750 1892
NEW AMSTERDAM GAS CO., L. I. City Illuminating gas 600
NEW YORK ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA
CO.. L. I. City Terracotta 200 1886
NEW YORK CONSOLIDATED CARD CO., L. I.
City Playing cards 450 1915
NEW YORK & QUEENS ELECTRIC LIGHT &
POWER CO.. L. I. City Electricity 857 1901
NEW YORK & QUEENS GAS CO.. Flushing Illuminating gas 100 1854
NIAGARA KNITTING MILLS CORP., L. I. City . .Bathing suits 15 1920
NICHOLS COPPER CO., Laurel Hill Copper refining 1045 1873
NORMA COMPANY OF AMERICA, THE, L. I.
City ; Precision ball bearings 350 1919
NORMAN-SETON, INC., Winfield Metal doors and fireproofing 84 1910
NEW YORK CITY 109
Number of Year
Employees Established
Company and Address Articles Manufactured April, 1920 in Queens
o
OAKES MFG. CO., L. I. City Dyewood extracts 130 1883
Oakland Motor Car Co., L. I. City Service station 80 1919
OLD RELIABLE MOTOR TRUCK CORP., L. I.
City Motor trucks 100 1918
Operaphone Mfg. Co., L. I. City Phonograph records 37
ORGANIC SALT & ACID CO., INC.. L. I. City Salicylates and Pharmaceuticals 50
ORESENIGO CO., THE, INC., L. I. City Furniture 300 1915
P
PACKARD MOTOR CAR CO. OF N. Y., L. I. City . Automobile service station 600 1909
PARAGON PLASTER CO., Jamaica Plaster 25 1908
PARTRIDGE, E. S. CO., L. I. City Service station (Owen Magnetic
Biddle, Liberty 55, Lex autos) 55 1919
Pathescope Co. of America, The, L. I. City Motion picture machines and
films 18 1916
PATTERSON SARGENT CO., L. I. City Paints and varnishes 50 1919
PAYET SILK DYEING CORP.. L. I. City Silk dyeing 45 1920
Peerless Glass Co.. L. I. City Glass bottles 250 1900
PELLETIER, NAPOLEON, Maspeth Tin cans 30 1900
Perfection Doll Co., L. I. City Character dolls 38 1915
PERFECT WINDOW REGULATOR CO., L. I.
City Auto window regulators 170 1920
PIEL, G. CO., INC., L. I. City Automobile horns 125 1911
PIROXLOID PRODUCTS CORP., L. I. City Celluloid articles 150 1919
Pisani Bros., L. I. City Marble cutting 10 1904
PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO., L. I. City Glass 150 1919
POLACHEK BRONZE & IRON CO., L. I. City Bronze and iron works 100 1912
PRATT & LAMBERT CO.. L. I. City Paints and varnishes 50 1850
PREMIER METAL ETCHING .CO.. L. I. City Name plates, dials, castings 125 1917
PRESSED & WELDED STEEL PRODUCTS CO.,
INC., L. I. City Pressed and welded sheet steel
products 75 1913
PROPPER SILK HOSIERY CO., L. I. City Silk hosiery 26 1919
Q
QUEENSBORO BRASS & BRONZE FOUNDRY,
L. I. City Brass and bronze 14 1914
Queens Pattern Works, Astoria Patterns 15 1914
QUEENS BOROUGH GAS & ELECTRIC CO., Far
Rockaway Electricity and gas 200 1902
Queensboro Tool & Die Co., L. I. City Dies and tools 12 1916
QUEZAL ART GLASS DECORATING CO., Mas-
peth Optical glass 40 1902
QUIGLEY FURNACE SPECIALTY CO., Jamaica. .Furnace material and appliances 10 1916
R
R. & L. BALLBEARING CO., L. I. City Ball bearings 10 1920
RAINIER MOTOR CORP., Flushing Motor trucks 200 1916
RAVENSWOOD PAPER .MILL CO., L. I. City Boxboard and lining 90 1905
RECKNAGEL. A., INC., L. I. City Hardware, factory and contract-
ors' supplies 10 1890
REED, A. L. CO., Richmond Hill Leather goods 175 1902
REICHARD-COULSTON, INC., L. I. City Dry paint 20 1906
REICHEL, KURT, INC., Ozone Park Fabric gloves 20 1917
Remington Typewriter Co., Flushing Typewriters 750 1920
Renaissance Corset Co., Flushing Corsets 40 1919
REPUBLIC AUTO PARTS CO., L. I. City Auto accessories
REX PAINT .CORP., L. I. City Paint ....
Rhodes, R. W. & Co.. L. I. City Rubber brushes, etc. 50 1891
Richey. Brown & Donald. Maspeth Iron work 200 1895
REPETTI, INC., L. I. City Candy 285 1920
Richmond Hill Foundry, Richmond Hill Soft iron castings 30 1906
ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD., L. I. City Service station 50 1913
Rogers-Peet Co., Maspeth Clothes 175 1919
RONZONI MACARONI CO., INC.. L. I. City Macaroni 50 1919
ROSENWASSER BROS., L. I. City Shoes and leggings 1800 1913
RUSSELL FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO.. L. I.
City Castings 100 1870
S
SAWYER BISCUIT CO., L. I. City Biscuits («) 1919
SCHIRMER, G.. INC., L. I. City '. Music publishers 195 1915
Schults Baking Co., Jamaica , Baking ISO 1911
SCHWANDA & SON, B., Winfield Pearl buttons 95 1902
Sea Island Thread Co., Whitestone Thread • 1920
Scriven, J. A. & Co.. L. I. City Knit underwear 11 1916
SELF CLASP ENVELOPE CO., L. I. City Envelopes 60 1920
SELZN.ICK PICTURES CORP., L. I. City Motion pictures.... (») 1919
SEXAUER & LEMKE. INC., L. I. City Structural steel and iron.. 75 1900
SHEPHERD, C. E. CO.. L. I. City Book binders 200 1919
Shore Instrument Mfg. Co., Jamaica Scientific testing instruments.., 55 1920
SHOREHAM NOVELTY CO., Winfield Novelties (celluloid) 100 1917
110 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Number of Year
Employees Established
Company and Address Articles Manufactured April, 1920 in Queens
SHUTTLEWORTH, EDWIN CO., L. I. .City Cut stone, marble SO 1906
SIMMONS, JOHN CO., L. I. City Pipe, iron fittings, etc 50 1918
Smith & Andrews, L. I. City Clothes 32 1920
SMITH, EDWARD & CO., L. I. City Varnish and colors 1827
SMITH, PETER H.. L. I. City Ladies' underwear 20 1920
SOHMER PIANO CO., L. I. City Pianos 138 1886
SORENSEN, C. M. -CO., INC., L. I. City Surgical apparatas (*) 1920
SPEAR & CO., Woodhaven Caps and hats 50 1910
Stacey Canadian Skate Co., L. I. City Skates 30 1920
STANDARD OIL CO. OF N. Y., L. I. City Oil refining 1000 1885
STANDARD STEEL CAR CO.. L. I. City Service station 30 1920
STAR RIBBON CO., L. I. City Rihbons 100 1906
STAR SILK WORKS, L. I. City Silk 14 1919
STAUNCHWOOD SHOPS, Flushing Toys 10 1919
STEIN-DAVIES CO., L. I. City Starch products 35 1904
STEINER MFG. CO.. L. I. City Hydrometer outfits for autos... 20 1919
STEINWAY & SONS. L. I. City Pianos 969 1876
STREBEL & SON, CHAS., Ridgewood Structural steel and iron 25 1908
STUEBNER IRON WORKS, L. I. City Iron 125 1918
SUPREME PICTURES, INC., Flushing Motion pictures 15 1919
SWEENEY & GRAY CO., L. I. City Artesian well machinery 25 1893
T
TAPLEY, J. F. CO.. L. T. City Bookbinding 264 1920
TECHNOLA PIANO CO., L. I. City Vocalions (talking machines)... 245 1913
TEEPE, J. CHAS., INC., L. I. City Woodenware, tables, furniture.. 52 1916
TEXAS CO.. L. I. City Oil 42 1915
Thermokettle Co., L. I. City Coppersmiths 10 1917
THIBAUT-WALKER CO., L. I. City Varnishes, japans, dryers 32 1908
Third Ward Ice Co., Flushing Ice 12 1907
THOMSON, JOHN, PRESS CO., L. I. City Machinery 145 1902
Tiffany Furnaces. Corona Tiffany glass 40 1893
TIFFANY STUDIOS, Corona ^Bronze castings 155 1904
TIFFIN PRODUCTS. INC., L. I. City Candy 450 1919
TOCH BROTHERS, L.I. City Paint, varnish, chemicals 95 1903
TOCK SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS CORP.,
L. I. City Screw machine products 100 1917
TRAITEL MARBLE CO., THE, L. I. City Marble, mosaic tile 87 1904
TRANSPORT SERVICE, INC., L. I. City Electric trucks 62 1919
Trilsch, Oscar Co., Whitestone Jewelry cases, paper boxes 100 1906
Truscon Steel Co., L. I. City Steel 20 1918
u
UNITED BUTTON CO., Maspeth Buttons 250 1918
Universal Electric Welding Co., L. I. City Electric welding 12 1915
V
V. & O. Press Co., The. L. I. City Presses, dies, sheet metal ma-
chinery 125 1904
Valvoline Oil Works, Maspeth Oils .' . . . 10 1913
VAN BRUNT, WM. C., INC., L. I. City Structural steel and ornamental
iron work 25 1912
VAN IDERSTINE CO.. Laurel Hill Fat rendering 300 1906
Vantine, A. A. Co., L. I. City Perfume 30 1917
Victor Baking Co. Jamaica Baking 15 1917
VOSKA FOELSCH & SIDLO., L. I. City Interior marble 43 1906
Vogt, Walter J. & Co., Glendale Novelties and trimmings 35 1911
w
Waite & Bartlett. L. I. City X-Ray apparatus 30 1920
WALDES & CO., L. I. City Snap fasteners and small metal
parts 66 1919
WALTERS PIANO CO. L. I. City Pianos 65 1914
Walker Vehicle .Co., L. I. City Automobile trucks 34 1918
WAPPLER ELECTRIC CO., L. I. City X-Ray apparatus 275 1919
WARD. MARCUS, INC., L. I. City Writing paper, tablets 175 1917
WEISBERG-BAER CO., THE, L. I. City Interior woodwork 150 1905
WELDRITE CO. INC.. L. I. City Welding and machine work.... 10 1915
WEST DISINFECTING CO., L. I. City.. Disinfectants and appliances 132 1901
WHITE CO.. L. I. City Motor truck service station 500 1919
WHITE A. J., LTD. Jamaica Pharmaceuticals
WICKE, WM., RIBBON CO., Glendale Narrow ribbons 200 1898
Wild, Joseph & Co.. L. I. City Carpets 100 1885
Willie, John. Astoria Knit goods 25 1916
WILLEY. C. A.. CO.. L. I. City Varnish and paint 100 1890
WILLIAMSON. D. D. & CO. L. I. City Drugs and chemicals 1875
WILSON PRINTING INK CO , W. D., L. I. City Ink 18 1881
Wissmach Glass Co.. Paul, L. I. City Glass 10 1916
WRIGLEY, WM., JR., CO., Maspeth Chewing gum 274 1919
Y
YOUNG & METZNER, L. I. City Jute bags and bagging 218 1893
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RESIDENTIAL ADVANTAGES
EW YORK CITY is faced in the Spring of 1920 with the most
serious shortage of housing facilities in its history. For the
first time in years the city is underbuilt. The stoppage of
building construction during the war, the increased cost of
materials, labor and transportation have all combined to bring
about a condition which can only be remedied by the construc-
tion of thousands of new homes of every description to house the present as
well as the future population of 'the city.
The logical area for the construction of these new homes is in the Borough
of Queens. Its many attractive residential communities, served by both the new
rapid transit extensions and the Long Island Railroad, are nearer to the business
center of Manhattan than a large proportion of the residential communities of
either Brooklyn or the Bronx.
Queens Borough possesses the unusual advantage of having within its bor-
ders thousands of acres of undeveloped land only a short distance from the
business and population centers of the city. A circle with a 10 mile radius,
drawn from Grand Central Station in Manhattan as its center, will include 54
square miles of Queens Borough as compared with 50^2 square miles of Brooklyn,
24 square miles of the Bronx and 20 square miles of Manhattan.
The close proximity of this great undeveloped territory to the business cen-
ters of New York, coupled with the excellent new rapid transit service, now
available for a single fare to all parts of the city, gives Queens potentialities for
immediate housing development, unequalled by any other borough.
Moreover, as the cost of this land today, per lot or per acre, is so much less
than any other property in the city with equal transportation advantages, it is
evident that the increased cost of building construction can, to a large extent,
be offset by the lower cost of land in Queens Borough.
Those who are familiar with the vast area of Queens Borough, its great
industrial development of the past ten years, its geographical relation to the
adjacent boroughs, its new bridges, tunnels, electric railroads, and its many
attractions and advantages from a residential standpoint, look forward to the
construction of thousands of apartment houses, detached dwellings and multiple
family homes in every section of the borough during' the next ten years. Queens
Borough offers today to the home seeker, the builder and the investor, oppor-
tunities far superior to those offered by any other section of New York.
One object of this publication is to impress upon anyone who has not as
yet become familiar with the transformation which has taken place in Queens
during the past ten years, that its many new rapid transit lines have now made
the Borough a real integral part of New York City.
The territory adjoining the East River, where industrial and commercial
establishments are so rapidly being built and which is served by every rapid
transit line of the city, is the most convenient location for housing those who are
employed in the industrial establishments in Long Island City, and those who are
living today in the congested sections of Manhattan.
NEW YORK CITY
113
MOONLIGHT ACROSS THE BAY
Beginning at Woodside and extending eastward to the City Line at Little
Neck and southward to Jamaica are many high-class residential sections. Still
further south is the immense area stretching to Jamaica Bay accessible to all
by the rapid transit and electric railroads from Brooklyn and Manhattan. Across
Jamaica Bay is the 10 mile long Rockaway Peninsula fronting on the Atlantic
Ocean, until recently considered too distant in point of time for all year residence,
but now being built up with attractive homes of permanent residents, who can
reach their offices in the business centers quicker than most commuters from
other suburban sections.
When it is realized that the residents of a large proportion of Queens
Borough can reach the business, shopping and theatrical centers in Manhattan in
less time than it takes the residents of the Bronx and Brooklyn, and of even the
Washington Heights section of Manhattan, the reasons for the marvelous growth
of New York eastward into Queens will be appreciated.
All of the advantages of a home in the country, combined with facilities for
reaching office or workshop in a surprisingly short time, are still available within
this biggest borough.
To every one who loves the soil and grass, or who cherishes the trees and
pure air, a new life is opened. Within 10 to 15 minutes after boarding a modern
electric train at Pennsylvania Station, or rapid transit trains of the city's subway
system, one finds himself looking out upon neat suburban homes and gardens,
refreshing the eyes wearied by the city with its scenes of rush and bustle and its
monotonous stretches of brick and stone.
A GARDEN IN THE "GARDEN BOROUGH."
114
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
ROLLING HILLS MAKE THE NUMEROUS GOLF COURSES IN QUEENS UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE
With every natural advantage of diversified country; of cheap, rapid and
comfortable transportation facilities; ideal climate, attractive home surround-
ings, and moderate priced land values; its refined and cultured population; its
schools, churches and clubs, among the best in the country; the Borough of
Queens offers to home seekers all that can be desired. Here one can find the
joys of golf, fishing, boating, swimming and all other outdoor games.
A ROUND CITY
The most efficient city from a residential, industrial and social standpoint
is the "round city," or one that has grown equally in all directions from the
business center. For generations Manhattan Island has suffered all the evils of
congested population due to its narrowness and to the barrier which the East
River placed in the path of its inhabitants seeking homes in Queens Borough.
The average density of population in Manhattan today is approximately 175
persons per acre, while in Queens Borough, just across the East River, it is less
than 7 persons per acre. With fifty thousand acres in Queens — an area three
times as large as Manhattan — still undeveloped, there is every opportunity for
the present and future population of the city to be housed comfortably in modern
dwellings only a short ride from the business centers.
The first step in the gradual rounding out of the city began with the con-
struction of bridges and tunnels to Brooklyn. The complete rounding out of the
city, however, will take place during the next ten years as a result of the new
bridges, tunnels and rapid transit railroads which now connect Queens with
Manhattan.
A SPANKING BREEZE ADDS ZEST TO THE JOYS OF YACHTING
NEW YORK CITY
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FLUSHING HIGH SCHOOL
The business center of Manhattan has gradually moved northward until
today it is directly opposite Queens Borough. A generation ago the shopping
center was located between 14th Street and 23rd Street. Then it moved to
34th Street and from there to 42nd Street. Today huge office buildings are
even being erected in the 57th Street zone. Its growth further north is limited
by Central Park. The permanent business center of the city was fixed by the
construction of Grand Central Station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, and the
• Pennsylvania Station at 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue. Today, not only
the big office buildings, the mammoth department stores and huge hotels, but
the many theatres, restaurants, and 'loft buildings in this midtown zone, testify
to the permanence of this all day, twenty-four hour, business center of New
York.
. . As the residential communities of Queens Borough have been put in such
close touch with this business center by the many new transportation lines east-
ward from 34th Street, 42nd Street and 59th Street, can there be any doubt that
the largest home building development in New York City will take place in
Queens Borough during the next ten years.
Knowledge of these facts will quickly convince anyone that Queens is the
most convenient home borough of New York City where millions of people will
live in health and contentment, in modern dwellings amid beautiful surround-
ings, with plenty of light and air, trees and gardens.
SURF BATHING IN THE ATLANTIC
116 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
REMARKABLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS
GIVEN IMPETUS TO RESIDENTIAL GROWTH
One of the most important factors contributing to the present residential
growth of Queens is the large number of modern, self-contained, huge industrial
plants which have been erected throughout the borough during the past 10 years.
Each new industry radiates its influence to every nook and corner of the bor-
ough. Long Island City with its waterfront, its rail facilities and its nearness to
the great retail centers of Manhattan has become the greatest manufacturing
center in New York City. Every new manufacturing concern, establishing either
in Long Island City or in other parts of the borough, requires the construction
of new homes to house its employees. Tenements and multiple family build-
ings are needed nearby for the unskilled wage earners. Detached dwellings
and apartments, within convenient travelling distance by trolley, train or rapid
transit, are needed for the higher paid skilled mechanics and operatives. For
the executives of these same plants, Queens Borough offers every attraction
for the establishment of their homes in its many beautiful residential com-
munities.
A gigantic pent-up metropolis, through the aid of bridges and tunnels, has
burst its bonds and a deluge of trade and population is flowing eastward into
Queens. The construction of immense industrial plants has drawn workers
from all parts of the United States, who must be housed, fed and supplied with
living necessities, thus creating .a demand for new and more local forms of busi-
ness.
DEMAND FOR HOMES
Statistics compiled by the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce of the
number of employees in the factories in different sections of the borough, and
the location of their residences, show that 50% of these employees live today
outside of Queens Borough — in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx or elsewhere.
The object of this compilation was to show whether or not an attractive
field existed for new home building. The figures demonstrate beyond any doubt
the necessity for the greatest possible construction of homes of all types in all
sections of the borough.
A striking illustration of this fact is shown by the figures of just one in-
dustry— the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, whose huge plant was completed and
placed in operation in 1914. In March 1920 this company had 1400 employees,
of which 800 lived in Queens Borough and 600 lived elsewhere. Practically
every one of the employees who reside in other boroughs have indicated their
desire and intention to live in Queens when sufficient housing facilities are pro-
vided.
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HOMES LIKE THESE IN FLUSHING ARE BEING BUILT IN MANY SECTIONS OF QUEENS
The present homes of the employees of this company are distributed as
follows : —
QUEENS BOROUGH 800
Manhattan 353
Brooklyn 197
Bronx 14
Elsewhere . 36
TOTAL
1400
The location of the homes of those who live in Queens Borough are as
follows :
Long Island City 470 Ridgewood 7 Woodhaven 3
Woodside 27 Flushing 19 Richmond Hill 23
Winfield 22 College Point 4 Jamaica 53
Corona 80 Whitestone I Hollis 7
Elmhurst 75 Bayside 3 Springfield 6
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
With this information in mind, as well as the fact that several new in-
dustries are establishing each week in Queens Borough, bringing hundreds of
new employees into the Borough, it is evident that this is the most attractive
field for builders in New York City.
It has been estimated that for every dollar spent in the erection of new
factories, four dollars must be spent for housing facilities. Although new
factory construction has taken place in Queens during the past three years,
1917 to 1919 inclusive, amounting to $19,000,000, which would require, on the
foregoing basis, an expenditure of four times that amount, or $76,000,000
for homes; there has been in that same time only $42,000,000 spent in Queens
for the construction of additional housing facilities. This proves the necessity
for an immediate expenditure of at least $34,000,000 for housing facilities
for the employees of those factories, not taking into account the necessity of
providing homes for the thousands who now work and live in Manhattan, but
who have been attracted to Queens by the operation of new rapid transit lines.
$100,000,000 could be spent for that purpose today and still the supply would
not meet the present demand.
THE "OwN-YouR-OwN-HoME" DESIRE CAN BE FULLFILLED IN THE NEW
APARTMENT HOUSES AT JACKSON HEIGHTS.
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
VERY section of Queens Borough, from the East River to' the
Atlantic Ocean and from the Brooklyn Line to Nassau County,
is today undergoing rapid transformation. Thousands of resi-
dents, who previously lived in Manhattan and Brooklyn, have
been attracted to Queens by the operation of its many new
rapid transit lines, and other thousands are coming from all
over the United States as a result of the establishment of large commercial and
manufacturing enterprises.
Figures compiled by John W. Moore, Superintendent of the Building
Bureau of Queens Borough, show that home construction during the past ten
years totaled $138,615,000. The figures for each year are as follows: —
Year
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
Value
$12,069,150
17,710,344
14,413,915
14,324,215
14,067,365
Year
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
Value
$17,509,644
16,735,719
9,945,696
3,573,175
28,266,709
The fact that during the closing year of the past decade Queens took third
place among the five boroughs of New York City in real estate transactions
speaks for itself. The total transactions for 1919 amounted to $289,240,000;
an increase of 175% over the previous year. This total was made up as follows:
1919
Sales $178,940,000
Mortgages 63,800,000
New Buildings 46,500,000
1918
$74,300,000
22,500,000
8,860,000
TOTAL $289,240,000 $105,660,000
Five years ago, where there was then a cabbage patch, now looms large
apartment houses ; where potatoes were hoed until a year or two ago, are now
located streets of attractive homes. On every block throughout the Borough
the noise of the hammer and the music of the saw is heard, and yet, with all
this building activity, the demand for homes is unprecedented.
Queens Borough offers the tonic of ocean air, the sweep of breezes over
sunlit fields, air untainted by smoke and soot, the charm of nestled bays and the
beauty of thousands of acres of natural park land.
The character of the residential development taking place throughout Queens
may be more conveniently treated in five zones, each representing one of the five
Wards, or political sub-divisions, of the Borough.
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Airplane view from Laurelton, looking towards Manhattan, showing the
proximity of the vast residential areas of Queens Borough to the business and
industrial centers of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
This great undeveloped territory is only 10 to 20 miles from Pennsylvania
Station.
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Here is where the future millions of New York City's ever increasing popu-
lation will be housed — with plenty of room for homes with gardens and only a
short ride on the Long Island Railroad Electric trains, or the rapid transit lines
of the city's subway and elevated system.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
FIRST WARD
The First Ward, or Long Island City, contains seven and one half square
miles, or an area one-third as large as Manhattan Island. Bounded on the south
by Newtown Creek, and on the west and north by the East River, it is most
advantageously situated from a commercial standpoint. In no other equal area
of New York has there been such a tremendous industrial development as that
which has taken place in this section during the past ten years. Practically one-
half of the factories of Queens Borough are located in Long Island City.
It is the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge, joining Manhattan at
59th Street ; it is directly connected with 42nd Street by the Queensboro Subway,
and with 59th Street by both the Second Avenue "L" and the new 60th Street
tunnel. In this section are the large railroad terminals and shipping facilities
of the Long Island Railroad. One-half of its area has been set aside for indus-
trial development and the other half for business and residential development.
It is of distinct urban character being as favorably situated as that section of
Manhattan which lies directly across the East River. As it has superior railroad
facilities, it may be safely predicted that Long Island City will constitute the
future industrial center of New York City.
The new rapid transit lines bring this section much nearer to the distributing
agencies in the heart of Manhattan than either the Bush Terminal on the shores
of South Brooklyn, the Staten Island waterfront, or that of Jersey City. With
twelve stations on the Queensboro Subway and the Astoria and Corona elevated
extensions, this entire area will undoubtedly be solidly built up within the next
ten years with tenements and multiple family homes, providing living accommo-
dations for the thousands who are engaged in the manifold local business enter-
prises, and the thousands who, working in Manhattan, can reach homes in this
section in less time than it takes to travel to the Bronx or upper Manhattan.
APARTMENT HOUSES IN LONG ISLAND CITY
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Long Island City includes the former villages, or communities, known as
Astoria, Steinway, Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Ravenswood and Sunnyside.
Building operations now under way, amounting to several million dollars,
are but a "drop in the bucket" to what is needed here to house the 40,000 em-
ployees of the local industries.
The housing requirements of this section can only be met by the construc-
tion of block after block of tenements and multiple family dwellings. The un-
developed territory adjoining Queens Boulevard, served by the Corona "L," and
only twelve minutes ride from Grand Central Station, should be built up with
• homes at once for it is the largest available undeveloped tract nearest the business
heart of the city.
MODEL FLATS ERECTED IN LONG ISLAND CITY AND RIDGEWOOD
SECOND WARD
The old town of Newtown, now known as the Second Ward, contains an
area of 14,084 acres, or 22 square miles, which is exactly the same area as Man-
hattan Island. It includes such residential communities as
Blissville Forest Hills Maspeth
Middle Village
Corona
Elmhurst
Evergreen
Glendale
Jackson Heights
Laurel Hill
Ridgewood
Woodside
Winfield
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GARDEN APARTMENTS, JACKSON HEIGHTS
The northern portion, served by the Corona "L", the North Shore Division
of the Long Island Railroad, and the trolley lines of the New York & Queens
County Railway Company (all of which make direct connections with midtown
Manhattan), extends from Long Island City eastward to Flushing Bay and
Flushing Creek.
The central portion, served by the Main Line of the Long Island Railroad
and the Manhattan & Queens trolley line on Queens Boulevard, extends from
Elmhurst southward through Forest Hills to Jamaica.
The western portion, adjoining Brooklyn, is served by the elevated exten-
sions and trolleys from that borough, the Montauk Division of the Long Island
Railroad, and, to some extent, by the trolleys of the New York & Queens
County Railway.
The furthermost point in the Second Ward is no further distant from
Herald Square than 191st Street in Manhattan, 176th Street in the Bronx, or the
Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. The entire area is sparsely settled and contains
thousands of acres as yet untouched, but admirably adapted for the erection of
homes.
At Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, large modern apartments are now being
erected, as well as attractive single family dwellings. In the Woodside, Elm-
hurst and Corona sections hundreds of houses of the two family type, tenements
and small cottages, suitable for the thrifty industrial workers are under con-
struction.
Jackson Heights, an apartment development of 350 acres of the Queens-
boro Corporation, is one of the brightest spots during the past five years in the
real estate horizon of Queens Borough. The progress made in the construction
of Garden Apartment houses during that period is but a small start of what will
be completed during the next five to ten years. Labor difficulties alone held
back, during the past year, the construction of many additional apartment build-
ings, which would have relieved to a large extent the present housing shortage.
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Forest Hills is a high class suburban residential community, including the
500 acre development of the Sage Foundation Homes Company, known as
"Forest Hills Gardens" on the west side of the Long Island Railroad tracks ; and
the 500 acre development of attractive detached dwellings of the Cord Meyer
Development Company on the east side of the Long Island Railroad and ad-
joining Queens Boulevard, where hundreds of beautiful homes have been erected
during the past ten years for the executives of the industrial and financial insti-
tutions of Queens Borough and for the executives whose offices are located in
Manhattan.
Ridgewood and Evergreen, adjoining the Brooklyn boundary line, are the
most populous portions of the Borough, being built up with multiple family
dwellings. A large proportion of those who live in these sections work in Brook-
lyn. Several thousand 4, 6 and 8-family apartments have been built here during
the past ten years.
Maspeth, Laurel Hill and Blissville, adjacent to Newtown Creek, contain
many large manufacturing establishments which require the construction of
moderate priced homes to house the employees.
At Forest Hills is the West Side Tennis Club where the National Tennis
Tournaments have been held each year; also, the unusually attractive Forest
Hills Inn adjacent to the railroad station.
THIRD WARD
Bounded by Flushing Bay and the East River on the north, Nassau County
on the east, Jamaica on the south, and Flushing Creek on the west ; this section,
with its area of 30 square miles, is almost as large as the Borough of the Bronx,
and no further distant from the business center of Manhattan.
It includes many attractive residential communities among which are
Auburndale College Point Little Neck
Bayside Douglaston Malba
Beechhurst Flushing Murray Hill
Broadway-Flushing Kissena Park Whitestone
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Flushing is one of the oldest communities in the United States. There are
standing today buildings erected 250 years ago. It is noted for its broad, well-
paved streets lined with majestic shade trees. Many beautiful residences, some
of which are of great historical interest, front upon the older streets. It is an
important social and commercial center. It contains a number of important
manufacturing establishments, the latest being the Remington Typewriter Com-
pany.
Kissena Park, adjoining the municipal park of that name containing 90
acres of woodland and lake, has been built up with hundreds of attractive frame
and stucco homes.
College Point, next to Long Island City, is the most important industrial
center in Queens Borough, including more than 20 factories, the oldest of which
is the American Hard Rubber Company, established in 1854. A large proportion
of the population is employed locally in these manufacturing plants. While it
is well built up with detached dwellings, there is need for the construction of
additional homes to house the growing population. It is served by the White-
stone Branch of the Long Island Railroad and by the New York & Queens County
trolley line.
Malba, a restricted residential tract, fronts on Powell Cove, an identation
of the East River where it broadens into Long Island Sound. It has its own
golf course, bathing beach and yacht pier. Many distinctive homes at moderate
cost are being erected here.
Whitestone, also located on the East River, includes Beechhurst, a residen-
tial development located on a high plateau overlooking Long Island Sound.
Between Flushing and Bayside are Murray Hill, Bowne Park, Broadway-
Flushing, and Auburndale, all of which are rapidly being developed with attrac-
tive detached homes. At Broadway-Flushing 225 detached dwellings are now
being erected on the property of the Rickert-Brown Company.
Douglaston on Little Neck Bay, includes Douglaston Park and Douglas
Manor, both of which are high class residential developments, the latter upon a
peninsula jutting into the Bay.
Little Neck Hills, another residential tract, located on the crest of a high
hill adjoining Nassau County is being built up with moderate priced single
family dwellings.
MALBA ON LONG ISLAND SOUND
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TYPE OF HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS
FOURTH WARD
Bounded by Brooklyn on the west, Nassau County on the east, Jamaica Bay
on the south and for a distance of two miles on the north by a deeply wooded
municipal park; this Ward contains 38 square miles, or an area nearly twice
as large as the Borough of Manhattan.
The Fourth Ward was originally the old township of Jamaica, which was
settled in 1656. It includes the following communities: —
Aqueduct Howard Beach Queens
Brooklyn Manor Hillside Rosedale
Bellaire Jamaica Richmond Hill
Broad Channel Kew Gadens St. Albans
Clarenceville Laurelton Springfield
Dunton Morris Park South Ozone Park
Hollis Ozone Park Union Course
Woodhaven
Due to the concentration at Jamaica of practically all of the Long Island
Railroad lines of traffic, this section has become one of the most important com-
mercial, financial, and residential communities of Queens Borough.
The residential development of the entire Fourth Ward has been due largely
to the excellent transportation facilities which connect it with Brooklyn. The
Atlantic Avenue Division of the Long Island Railroad, on which both express
and local trains operate, enables the residents to transfer conveniently to the
subway trains of both the Interborough and B. R. T. in Brooklyn and reach
the business centers of Manhattan in less than half an hour.
The extension of the B. R. T. elevated system for a distance of four miles
on Jamaica Avenue, and for a distance of two miles on Liberty Avenue, has given
the majority of residents of this great residential territory rapid transit service
for a single fare to the business centers of both Brooklvn and Manhattan.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Jamaica Avenue, extending from the Brooklyn Line at Cypress Hills to
the former village of Jamaica, is lined throughout its entire length with stores
and tenements. Directly to the north is the highland — the backbone of Long
Island — upon which are many beautiful residential developments.
Woodhaven has been built up during the past ten years with thousands of
small moderate priced detached dwellings.
Richmond Hill, just east of Woodhaven, is one of the most attractive resi-
dential communities in the Borough.
Kew Gardens, to the north of Richmond Hill and adjoining Forest Hills,
has been artistically laid out, and from its hills one commands a view of Jamaica
Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the south, while on the north can be seen Flushing
Bay, Long Island Sound and the tall buildings of Manhattan. This tract of 350
acres is being developed with high class detached homes.
Jamaica, although one of the earliest settlements in the United States, in-
cludes many new residential developments, among which are Jamaica-Hillcrest,
comprising 200 acres just north of Hillside Avenue on the crest of the hills over-
looking the town, and, further to the east, the beautiful residential tract known
as Jamaica Estates, comprising 500 acres laid out in a deeply wooded tract.
Hollis, Bellaire Park, Holliswood and Queens Village lie between Jamaica
and the Nassau County line, and are all attractive residential communities in
which are hundreds of detached frame and stucco dwellings. The erection of
500 additional houses in Queens Village is now under way. .
STREET SCENE, RICHMOND HILL.
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South of the Atlantic Avenue Division of the Long Island Railroad is that
immense territory extending to Jamaica Bay, which includes Ozone Park, South
Richmond Hill, Morris Park, Howard Beach, Springfield, St. Albans, and
Laurelton.
The operation of the Liberty Avenue "L" through this section has resulted
in the construction of row after row and block after block of moderate priced
homes which are sold to eager tenants even before the foundations are com-
pleted.
Howard Beach is a unique residential development fronting as it does on
Jamaica Bay and on Shellbank Basin — a channel 300 feet wide with a depth of
30 feet — extending inshore for a distance of a mile. Hundreds of bungalows,
the homes of all year round residents, have been erected in this ideal residential
tract during the past ten years.
Laurelton, situated three miles south of Jamaica, is less than 14 miles from
Pennsylvania Station. It comprises about 5,000 building lots, more than half
of which have already been improved with sidewalks, curbing, water, gas and
electricity, parked streets, beautiful trees and shrubbery. The type of homes now
being built are single family dwellings of moderate cost. Plans have been pre-
pared for the erection of a 200 room apartment hotel.
Jamaica Park South, a residential development of 300 acres, is rapidly being
built up with attractive detached homes of moderate cost.
FIFTH WARD
The Fifth Ward comprehends the Rockaway Peninsula, which extends from
Far Rockaway (the eastern limit of New York City) westward along a sandy
point nearly 10 miles long and approximately half a mile wide, separating
Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
On this peninsula are many seaside developments including Arverne, Belle
Harbor, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Holland, Hammels, Rockaway Beach and
Seaside, all of which have been attractively laid out and have all of the con-
veniences of the city in the way of street improvements and public service.
The Rockaway Peninsula is not only the great summer resort and play-
ground of New York City, but has become an all year residential section for
hundreds who work in the business sections of the city. All of the built-up
section is only 30 to 40 minutes from the business districts in Manhattan via the
electric trains of the Long Island Rairoad. From 50 to 75 trains are run each
way week days, and twice that number on Sundays during the summer months.
In 1785 Tack-a-Pou-Sha, chief of the Rockaway tribe of Indians, and his
sachems deeded what was known as Rockaway Neck to John Palmer, a New
York merchant. At that time it was a stretch of waste beach and sand dunes, but
today the sand dunes have been converted into stucco and mortar, and a veritable
Qty-by-the-Sea has grown up, stretching from Belle Harbor on the west to
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Nassau County on the east. With its boardwalk on the ocean, its broad
macadamed streets, magnificient hotels and handsome residences and public
parks, there is no more attractive section in New York City for either summer
homes or all-year-round residences.
Seaside, Holland and Hammels are filled with amusement resorts of many
kinds, and their hotels and bathing pavilions cater to a floating population that
reaches over 100,000 on a summer day. The hotels are filled every season.
Arverne, Edgemere and Far Rockaway have not only many modern large hotels
but thousands of private dwellings, cottages and boarding houses to accommo-
date the vast throng of dwellers. Far Rockaway has a large permanent popu-
lation and many fine business blocks.
SOUTH STREET, FAR ROCKAWAY
HOMES FOR ALL .
With such a variety of homes from which to choose, it would be strange
indeed if any one failed to find an appropriate and convenient spot in which to
locate a home in Queens Borough according to their desires.
Homes are available not only for factory workers, but for men in every
walk of life, — homes for the salaried man and the man in moderate circum-
stances, as well as the fine estates and dwellings of the wealthy. Queens possesses
unsurpassed attractions for all — for the man who wishes his little garden patch,
where his desire for farming can be gratified, or for homes in modern apartment
buildings.
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THOUSANDS OF THESE BUNGALOWS HAVE BEEN BUILT AT ROCKAWAY BEACH
Queens has been designated as the "Home Borough of New York City" for
it is estimated that over 50% of its homes are owned by the occupants.
While Queens is essentially a borough of small homes, the cost of land
being relatively cheap when compared with prices in Manhattan, Brooklyn and
the Bronx, and while ten years ago the presence of apartment houses was hardly
known, yet today hundreds of apartments, ranging from 4 to 10 rooms, can be
found in all sections of the Borough.
An interesting feature of the realty development of Queens has been the
progress in certain areas of restricted property of the construction of single
family dwellings ranging in cost from $10,000 to $50,000 each. The occupants,
who are usually the owners, have come mainly from Manhattan, desiring the
privacy of a home in a detached dwelling, and are able to secure better accommo-
dations for the same expenditure of money, or equal accommodations for less
money.
HOMES AT LAURELTON
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
BUILDING DEVELOPEMENT
It is only by comparing the building record of Queens Borough for 1919
with that of other cities in the United States that one can realize the full signifi-
cance of the wonderful development now taking place within its borders.
Plans were filed during 1919 for new buildings, and additions to existing
buildings, estimated to cost $50,000,000. Only three cities in the United States
outside of New York City — Chicago, Philadephia and Detroit — exceeded Queens
Borough in this respect for the past year.
CITY PLANS
Chicago 6590
Detroit 21473
Philadelphia 14142
Queens Borough 8910
This record was as great as that of the ten largest cities in the State of New
Jersey — Jersey City, Newark, Atlantic City, Bayonne, Camden, Passaic, Pater-
son, Elizabeth, Trenton and Hoboken.
The following tables show the total number of new buildings for 'which
plans have been filed in Queens Borough since its consolidation as a part of New
York; and also the number, classification and value of the plans filed for 1919.
Neither table includes the cost of alterations to existing buildings which would
add to these totals several millions of dollars. In 1919, alone, plans were filed
for 3,699 alterations estimated to cost $3,500,000.
ESTIMATED VALUE
$105,080,000
82,995,000
63,627,000
46,022,000
Year
1898
1890
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
IQI3
1914
IQI5
1916
"1917
"1918
1919
1898 — 1919 Inclusive
Number
772
1,011
947
1,450
1,231
1,321
1,923
3,251
4,070
3,929
3,896
4,758
4,133
5,374
4,821
4,646
4,596
5,756
5,331
3,6n
2,222
8,910
TOTAL 69,049
*Decrease due to the World War.
Value
Number
$2,538.216
5209
3,341.269
551
2,920,091
48
4,710,492
5,159,979
62
4,829,929
8,863,774
2
12,827,960
36
17,003,216
7
15,994,259
13,842,300
19
19,407,921
108
15,144,377
9
22,212,258
3
19,624,222
i
17,521,235
41
18,098,290
17
20,316,392
2235
20,009,382
99
11,635,253
553
6,768,138
46,022,607
8910
262,719,853
1919 Estimated
Classification Cost
Frame Dwellings $19,987,4/9
Brick Dwellings 3,774,480
Frame stores and Dwell-
ings 270,050
Brick Stores and Dwell-
ings 408,200
Frame Tenements 10,000
Brick Dwellings 2,739,500
Brick Stores and Tene-
ments 137,000
Theatres 1,010,200
Factories 12,060,000
Churches 184,000
Schools 458,000
Hotel 500,000
Storage Warehouses ... 1,151,600
Office Buildings 353.9OO
Garages 2,796,077
Stables 6,750
Other Frame Struc-
ture 174,551
$46,022,687
WHY QUEENS is CALLED THE "BOROUGH OF HOMES." TYPE OF HOMES IN JAMAICA, FLUSHING,
DOUGLASTON, KEW GARDENS, FOREST HlLLS AND OTHER SECTIONS OF QUEENS BOROUGH.
134 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
While the value of new buildings constructed for 1919 was more than twice
as great as the largest previous year, which was in 1911, when $22,212,258 in
new buildings were erected; the comparison to be a fair one should include the
increased cost of building construction in 1919 as compared with 1911. Never-
theless it is eloquent testimony from the home builders, manufacturers and in-
vestors as to their faith in Queens Borough when such an amount is spent in one
year in the face of the high cost of building.
The following table, compiled from data prepared each year by the Long
Island Railroad, gives an estimate of the number of buildings constructed in the
various sections of Queens Borough for the past ten years. These figures are
simply the number of buildings, irrespective of their character, size or value : —
Total
1909-1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1909-1919
Arverne 414 95 119 86 53 317 1084
Auburndale 6 6 5 — 10 27
Bayside 560 74 37 12 2 33 718
Broad Channel — 58 44 42 144
Broadway-Flushing & Murray Hill . . . 288 45 86 23 6 57 505
Bushwick Junction, Maspeth & Middle
Village 1259 377 15 1651
College Point 554 73 113 60 20 30 850
Corona 2095 134 190 100 8 73 2600
Douglaston 177 18 48 2 34 279
Dunton 483 55 55 31 15 17 662
Edgemere 185 37 34 19 80 815 1 160
Elmhurst 912 332 132 208 228 402 2214
Far Rockaway 429 42 34 9 14 8 536
Flushing 1573 265 186 232 4 40 2300
Forest Hills 456 88 102 58 3 58 765
Fresh Pond — 4 9 68 81
Hollis 365 44 160 10 21 101 701
Howard Beach 47 29 50 31 48 205
Jamaica 3247 410 450 300 44 530 5081
Kew Gardens 192 41 50 28 25 66 402
Laurelton (Rosedale) 50 u 3 11 6 29 113
Laurel Hill 45 6 9 12 72
Little Neck 57 22 19 10 3 25 136
Long Island City 2290 504 313 212 269 200 3788
Malba 60 9 9 6 39 123
Morris Park 702 190 170 85 34 65 1246
Queens — Bellaire 279 53 52 24 40 281 729
Richmond Hill 1935 530 216 162 30 175 3048
Ridgewood and Glendale 679 630 532 97 9 1947
Rockaway Beach 2461 326 451 425 i 267 3931
St. Albans 89 14 19 10 8 34 174
Springfield 266 38 40 50 75 . 469
Whitestone 370 38 49 22 91 570
Winfield 551 27 18 14 5 18 633
Woodhaven (Sect.) 2189 476 455 391 55 830 4396
Woodside 86 19 23 19 2 2 151
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BANKS
OMMUNITIES may be measured by various standards ; by pro-
duction, by consumption and by conservation of capital. A
comparison is given herewith of the increase during a seven-
year period, 1913-1920, in the resources and deposits of the
banking institutions which serve the business and residential
interests of Queens Borough.
The most important recent development in the banking facilities of the Bor-
ough has been the recognition on the part of the large financial institutions, whose
main offices are downtown
Manhattan, of the business
opportunities which exist in
New York's fastest grow-
ing borough.
Although both the
Corn Exchange Bank and
the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company maintained
several branches in Queens
for many years past, three ^-JL
THE BANK OF THE MANHATTAN Co.,
JAMAICA.
recent mergers have been effected
which will still further increase the
banking facilities of the borough. The
Queens County Trust Company has
been merged with the American Trust
Company; The Bank of Long Island
has been merged with one of New
York's oldest financial institutions —
The Bank of the Manhattan Com-
pany ; and the Irving Trust Company,
which maintains a branch in Long
Island City, has become a part of
THE AMERICAN TRUST Co., JAMAICA the New York National Irving Bank.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
There are today, thirty-six banking offices in Queens Borough. Of this
number four are savings banks, four trust company banks, nine national banks
and nineteen state banks. All of the savings banks, eight of the national banks
and one state bank are distinctly Queens Borough financial institutions. This
leaves twenty-three banks which are branches of trust companies, state banks
and nationals banks whose main offices are in the heart of the financial district
of Manhattan.
The Bank of the Manhattan Company recently acquired a large plot at Ful-
ton and Union Hall Streets, Jamaica, where a handsome new main office will be
erected. The Long Island City Savings Bank has just completed the construction
of one of the finest bank buildings in the borough, and the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company is now erecting a new bank and office building at Bridge Plaza,
Long Island City.
The growth of the financial institutions serving Queens is perhaps the best
index of the growth of the borough, not only in population and industry, but
in commerce and building development ; in fact, in every phase of business pros-
perity.
SAVINGS BANKS
Resources
Deposits
Long Island City Savings !
1920
$15,160,000
I9U
$7,194,000
1920
$13,459,000
1913
$6,603,000
Jamaica Savings
9 127 ooo
5,264,000
8,40^,000
4,960,000
Queens County Savings (Flushing)
College Point Savings
6,365,000
2,7^6,000
3,536,000
1,601,000
5,892,000
2,519,000
3,251,000
1,453,000
The Bridge Plaza — The financial center of Long Island City. Here are
the New York National Irving Bank, The American Trust Company and the
Corn Exchange Bank (Plaza Branch).
NEW YORK CITY
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STATE BANKS
Resources
1920 1913
(a) Bank of the Manhattan Co. $253,359,900 $8,611,000
(b) Corn Exchange Bank 211,679,000 82,021,000
Hillside (Richmond Hill).. 1,900,000 627,100
TRUST COMPANIES
$12,285,000 $2,877,000
56,175,000
Deposits
1920 19*3
$200,200,700 $7,274,000
184,767,000 73,087,000
1,800,000 490,500
(c)
(d)
American Trust ;Co. . ,
Title Guarantee & Trust
Co.
45,636,000
NATIONAL BANKS
(e)
(f)
N. Y. National Irving Bank. $82,000,000
Bayside National 1,270,000
Flushing National 1,299,000
Jamaica, First National 3,380,000
Ozone Park, First National.. i,935,ooo
Whitestone, First National.. 689,000
Far Rockaway National 1,979,000
Ridgewood National 6,235,700
First Nat'l of Richmond Hill 1,924,000
$17,367,000
296,300
422,400
986,400
685,400
282,800
848,000
1,225,100
$10,817,000
35,380,000
$75,741,000
1,300,000
602,000
3,190,000
1,764,000
418,000
1,783,000
4,539,400
i,733,ooo
$1,969,600
28,160,000
$14,971,000
234,700
202,600
809,200
555,700
186,900
741,800
971,000
(a)
1913 figures are those of the former Bank of Long Island. Main office in Queens
Borough is at Jamaica. Other branches are maintained at
Long Island City
Corona
Elmhurst
College Point
Ridgewood
Fresh Pond Road
Richmond Hill
Woodhaven
Flushing
Far Rockaway
Rockaway Beach
Seaside
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Four branches in Long Island City and one in Flushing.
1913 figures are those of former Queens County Trust Company. Branches in
Jamaica and Long Island City.
Branches are located in Long Island City and Jamaica.
1913 figures are those of the former Broadway Trust Company, which later became
the Irving Trust Company and now the New York National Irving Bank.
Incorporated April 1920.
Photograph taken April 1920 shows new Long Island City Savings Bank
Building, the First Mortgage Guarantee Company new building, the Title Guar-
antee and Trust Co. building upon which construction work had just started,
and Long Island City branch of The Bank of the Manhattan Company.
138 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER
The development of a modern community is dependent upon an adequate
supply of electricity and gas for power, heating and lighting purposes. It is an
advantage from an industrial standpoint to be able to obtain reliable electric
power from a central station source of supply for the operation of machinery
and for the lighting of factories and homes. Gas for heating and power pur-
poses, as well as lighting, is economical and dependable.
ELECTRIC COMPANIES
The New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company, whose main
offices are on the Bridge Plaza., Long Island City, serves the First, Second, Third
and Fourth Wards of the Borough; while the Queensboro Gas and Electric
Company, whose offices are in Far Rockaway, serves the Fifth. The total out-
put of these two companies increased from 15,000,000 kilowatt hours in 1911
to 66,000,000 kilowatt hours in 1919.
The New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company was formed
in 1900 by the consolidation of the various companies operating in the former
towns in Queens County prior to its becoming part of Greater New York.
The Queensboro Gas and Electric Company was formed in 1902 and serves
not only the Rockaway Peninsula (Fifth Ward), but also a part of Nassau
County.
Electricity supplied by a central station requires no investments for engines,
generators and auxiliaries and for the floor space which they occupy. It does
away with the cost of fuel, labor supply, fire regulations and increased taxes and
insurance. It is reliable, safe, clean, efficient and economical. Electricty is
supplied to all parts of Queens Borough at rates which compare favorably with
those of any city on the Atlantic coast generating power by steam. The system
of the New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company is inter-con-
nected with the electric power systems located in Manhattan and Brooklyn, thus
insuring against break-downs. Exceptional facilities are offered to manufac-
turers and residents for power and light. Detailed rates may be obtained upon
application to the Companies.
GAS COMPANIES
Illuminating gas for lighting, heating and industrial uses is supplied to resi-
dents and manufacturers of the Borough by several different companies. The
total production of gas manufactured in the Borough increased from 6,000,000
M. cubic feet in 1911 to 30,000,000 M. cubic feet in 1919.
The immense plant of the Astoria Light, Heat and Power Company, cover-
ing an area of 350 acres, is located in the extreme northwest section of Long
Island City. All of its output is sold to he Consolidated Gas Company of New
York which supplies the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. This plant is
said to be the largest of its kind in the world and represents an outlay of more
than $100,000,000.
NEW YORK CITY 139
The entire nine units of which the plant will ultimately be composed will
have a capacity of 250,000,000 cubic feet daily. It is now producing 50,000,000
cubic feet daily, and, with the new unit which is now under construction, will pro-
duce 80,000,000 cubic feet per day within a short time.
The First Ward (Long Island City) is supplied by the East River Gas Com-
pany, a subsidiary of the New Amsterdam Company; the former being the dis-
tributing company, and the latter the manufacturing company, which in addition
to supplying Long Island City, supplies a large amount to Manhattan. Its plant
is located on Vernon Avenue and East River at the foot of Webster Avenue.
The Newtown Gas Company, which serves the Second Ward, and the
Woodhaven Gas Light Company, the Richmond Hill Gas Light Company and
the Jamaica Gas Light Company, which serve the Fourth Ward, are all sub-
sidiaries of the Brooklyn Union Gas Company.
The Third Ward is served by the New York and Queens Gas Company a
subsidiary of the Consolidated Gas Company of New York.
The Fifth Ward is served by the Queens Borough Gas and Electric Company
which manufactures both gas and electricity.
TELEPHONES
In 1910, 47,750 messages were sent daily from 9,613 telephones in Queens
Borough, as compared with 92,167 messages from 24,203 telephones in 1915, and
186,125 messages sent daily from 40,834 telephones in 1920. In other words,
in 1920 the total number of calls will approximate 68,000,000 (136 per capita) as
compared with 17,000,000 calls in 1910 (60 per capita). This is an increase of
300% and affords a striking picture of the rapid growth of the Borough in the
past decade as indicated by the development of its telephone system.
To serve the telephone users of Queens, the New York Telephone Company
now maintains in the borough five Commercial Offices and twelve Central Offices.
The commercial offices are located in Long Island City, Jamaica, Flushing, Far
Rockaway and Richmond Hill. The central offices are Astoria, Bayside, Far
Rockaway, Flushing, Forest Hills, Hammels, Hollis, Hunters Point, Jamaica,
Newtown, Richmond Hill and Springfield.
At the present time the Telephone Company is carrying out a large program
of expansion in Queens Borough, which calls for the immediate expenditure of
several millions of dollars. In the past five years the Telephone Company has
spent three and a half millions of dollars to extend and improve its plant in
Queens, and expects to spend over five million dollars in the next five years for
further extensions to care for the business, residence and manufacturing develop-
ments of the Borough.
This program involves the construction of new cable and pole lines and large
additions to the Astoria, Richmond Hill, Far Rockaway and Hammels Central
Office Buildings and the enlargement of the switchboards in the Astoria, New-
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town, Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Hammels, Flushing, Bayside and Far Rockaway
Central Offices. This work is designed to build up the telephone system in
Queens to meet all demands for service during the next few years.
As it is generaly known, when the United States entered the World War,
the Government ruled that the commercial telephone business was a non-essential
industry. Under that ruling there was no telephone construction for two years
except for meeting the needs of the government and war industries. In the
same period the Telephone Company's reserve supply of spare facilities which
enabled it in normal years to meet all demands for service promptly, was used
up. When the Armistice was signed there began a tremendous boom in business
accompanied by a record-breaking demand for telephone service. The Telephone
Company had not sufficient spare facilities available for meeting this demand and
although it accomplished a great deal during 1919 in furnishing the needed new
facilities it by no means met the demand in full.
The Company's 1920 program outlined above tells its own story of the Com-
pany's efforts to regain the ground lost during the war. It is sparing neither
money nor effort to expand its facilities and working organization, so that it
can restore the telephone service in Queens Borough to its former high standards.
JAMAICA EXCHANGE AND
COMMERCIAL OFFICE.
XEWTOWN EXCHANGE JUST
COMPLETED AT ELM HURST.
NEW YORK CITY
141
HE chief executive of the Borough of Queens is the Borough
President. The Presidents of the Boroughs are elected every
four years at the same time as the Mayor, Comptroller, and
the President of the Board of Aldermen, and the present term
expires December 31st, 1921. The Presidents of the Boroughs
are also members of the Board of Estimate, which controls
the finances of the city. The President of the Borough presides over all local
boards, which are empowered to initiate such improvements as grading and pav-
ing streets and constructing sewers, subject to the approval of the Board of Esti-
mate if they involve an assessment. All petitions for local improvements should
be addressed to the President of the Borough for presentation to the local board
having jurisdiction. The President of the Borough has cognizance and control
of all matters relating to the improvement and repair of .public buildings within
the Borough except schools, hospitals, fire and police stations. He is empowered
to exercise the supervision vested in the city over the construction of new
buildings, except such powers as are directly vested in the Tenement House De-
partment. The Borough President may appoint a Commissioner of Public Works,
whose duty it is to discharge all the administrative powers of the President re-
lating to streets, sewers, public buildings and schools. In addition to other
powers, the President of the Borough of Queens has jurisdiction over the clean-
ing of streets, the removal of ashes and garbage, and the preparation of the
topographical map.
BOROUGH GOVERNMENT
Office Name Address
President Maurice E. Connolly Long Island City
Secretary ; Joseph Flanagan "
Private Secretary Hugh Hall "
Commissioner of Public Works F. X. Sullivan "
Asst. Commissioner of Public Works W. A. Shipley "
Consulting Engineer Clifford B. Moore "
Supt. of Buildings J. W. Moore "
' Sewers j. R. Higgins "
'' Street Cleaning Daniel Entholdt "
'' Public Buildings Joseph Sullivan "
Eng. Topographical Bureau C. U. Powell "
Supt. of Highways John J. Kindred "
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Office Name Address
County Judge : Burt Jay Humphrey Long Island City
Sheriff William N. George
District Attorney Denis O'Leary "
Commissioner of Jurors T. C. McKennee "
County Clerk Edward W. Cox Jamaica
Surrogate Daniel Noble "
Public Administrator Randolph White "
Coroners ..Dr. H. W. Neail
•Dr. W. H. Nammack Far Rockaway
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CITY OF NEW YORK MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Mayor Name Address
Mayor J. F. Hylan City Hall, New York, N. Y.
Comptroller Charles L. Craig Municipal Bldg. "
President Board of Aldermen.FioreUo H. La Guardia City Hall "
Boro. of Manhattan. Henry H. Curran Municipal Bldg. "
Bronx H. Bruckner 3rd Ave., 177th St., Bronx
Brooklyn .Edw. Riegelman Borough Hall, Brooklyn
Queens . . .Maurice E. Connolly " " L. I. City
Richmond .C. D. Van Name New Brighton, S. I.
City Departments Commissioner
Plant & Structures Grover A. Whalen Municipal Bldg., New York
Docks & Ferries Murray Hulbert Pier A, North River "
Parks (Queens) V. C. Benninger Forest Pk., Richm'd Hill, L. I.
Health ' Dr. R. S. Copeland Centre & Walker Sts., N. Y.
Charities B. S. Coler Municipal Bldg.. New York
Licenses J. F. Gilchrist 57 Center St. "
Tax & Assessments J. A. Cantor Municipal Bldg., "
Water Supply, Gas & Electricity^. ]. Hayes Municipal Bldg., "
Deputy Commissioner James Butler Municipal Bldg., L. I. City
(Queens)
Fire Commissioner T. J. Drennan Municipal Bldg., New York
Police Richard Enright 240 Centre St.,
Tenement House Frank Mann Municipal Bldg.,
Corporation Counsel VVm. P. Burr Municipal Bldg., "
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
The legislative power of the city is vested in the Board of Aldermen, the
members of which are elected every two years, and the President of the Board,
and the Presidents of the five Boroughs. The following are the Aldermen from
the Borough of Queens:
Neivtoim District
District Name Address
Sixtieth Samuel J. Burden Long Island City
Sixty-first 4. A. Alwell Glendale
Sixty-second F. J. Schmitz College Point
Jamaica District
Sixty-third C. A. Post Flushing
Sixty-fourth W. B. Hazelwood Richmond Hill
NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE
Senate
The County of Queens constitutes the Second and Third Senate District for
the State of New York.
District Name Address
Second J. L. Karle Ridgewood
Third P. J. McGarry Long Island City
Assembly
Assembly District Name Address
First P. A. Leininger Long Island City
Second B. Schwab Ridgewood
Fourth E. J. Neary Corona
Third N. M. Pette Jamaica
Fifth R. Halpern Richmond Hill
Sixth H. Baum Union Course
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
House of Representatives
First F. C. Hicks Port Washington
Second C. P. Caldwell Forest Hills
United States Senate : — William E. Calder James W. Wadsworth
NEW YORK CITY 143
QUEENS--A BOROUGH OF VAST RESOURCES
BY MAURICE E. CONNOLLY
President of the Borough of Queens
There is no more interesting example of community development than that
presented by the changes wrought in the Borough of Queens in the last ten years.
If any one were to picture in his mind the borough as it was at the end of the
last decade and compare it with the borough as it is today, it would seem as
though Aladdin with his wonderful lamp had transformed it.
Ten years ago the Borough of Queens consisted of a collection of villages
more or less disconnected. It was joined to Manhattan by ferries that ran in-
termittently. The Queensboro Bridge had just been opened as a toll bridge, but
no trolleys were operating on it and traffic was very small indeed. Many of the
streets in the borough were almost impassable with prolonged disrepair. Rapid
transit was not even anticipated. Our population was only 280,000. The in-
dustrial products of the Borough were worth but $150,000,000 per year. The
total value of the real estate of the borough as shown upon the tax books was
$293,235,905. The borough had no comprehensive sewer system. It had only a
few local sewers in Long Island City, Flushing, Jamaica and other villages. Gar-
bage was disposed of by most primitive and unsanitary methods. Street were
uncared for, unsightly and dirty. The city map, which is the plan and basis
upon which all public improvements are based, was but 24 per cent complete.
There was no unity of purpose, each independent community shifted for it-
self, and the undeveloped areas between were cared for by no one.
And what of today ! The arms to two systems of rapid transit have been
constructed with routes in the borough. Direct transit connection with Man-
hattan has at last been accomplished, and for the first time in its history Queens
can be reached from Manhattan and the Bronx for a single fare. The elevated
transit systems of Brooklyn have been extended well into the borough, and the
trolley lines have been greatly improved. Many of the important arterial high-
ways were paved for the first time since consolidation, this pavement work being
paid for by the city at large. The borough now houses more than 1500 factories
with products worth $248,000,000 per year. There has been a great inrush of
people looking for homes. Practically every house in the borough is tenanted,
and great numbers of buildings are in course of construction, despite the high
prices of materials, in an attempt to house those who are clamoring to come here.
No more striking proof of the confidence of large capital in the future of this
borough can be offered than the substantial character of the improvement re-
cently constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Connecting
Railroad.
During the last ten years the Borough of Queens has laid, repaved and
resurfaced 146 miles of streets. In all, it has constructed approximately $10,-
200,000 worth of public improvements. There has been prepared and adopted
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final maps for 22,800 acres. Building operations have increased tremendously.
The Zoning Law has been established, so that there is now no haphazard building.
The intensive development of Manhattan being precluded, the natural outlet for
the overflow of building development is into Queens. The house refuse and
street cleaning wastes are disposed of in a scientific manner, in the most modern
of model disposal plants. These plants are so located as to create the minimum
disadvantage to the communities they serve, great care having been exercised in
the selection of their sites. Mosquito breeding meadows have been reclaimed into
broad acres, which will soon be covered with model factories. Some of the finest
residential suburbs in the world are located in the borough. The Queens-Boule-
vard and the Jamaica Bay Boulevard projects are in such a condition that they
can be physcially improved at any time, the only reason why the construction has
been delayed being the unsettled conditions resulting from the war.
During the past ten years the borough has grown beyond the expectations
of most of us and during the next ten years wonderful growth is almost certain
to be experienced, when some of our plans begin to bear fruit. Large capital and
industries have, by their reception, been given confidence in the manner in which
the public improvements are being carried out and important work is in progress.
It is a matter of common knowledge that, due to its natural advantages, its close
proximity to the business and pleasure centres of Manhattan, its healthful and
attractive environment, the topographic and geographic formation, Queens must
ultimately be the greatest of the five boroughs. It contains, complete in itself,
residences for the laborers, mechanics and owners ; and factories to supply work
for all. There are freight and water terminal facilities, and every natural ad-
vantage that a commercial city should possess. The growth of the borough is'
progressing upon sound, natural and stable lines. We have emerged from the
war and are marching on into the greatest prosperity which this borough has ever
known.
AMERICAN HARD RUBBER Co., COLLEGE POINT. ESTABLISHED 1854.
NEW YORK CITY
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MORTGAGES
More than $200,000,000 was invested in mortgages on Queens Borough im-
proved and unimproved property during the past ten years. The title companies
have been the most active lenders, although the savings banks and building and
loan associations have put out large sums. These loans are made to investors
who acknowledge the firm basis upon which loans are made in Queens and the
value of the Borough real estate. The figures given in this article indicate that
real estate in Queens Borough is upon a satisfactory basis. Viewed from the
standpoint of a real estate developer and investor, and those who are promoting
the advancement of Queens Borough, it is a more than satisfactory situation.
Year ending July ist
Dec. 3ist
Jan. ist to Aug. ist
Realty
Mortgages
1912 $25,493,973
1913 23,768,190
1914 18,870,093
1915 19,371,757
1916 21,519,811
1917 16,326,260
1918 10,052,067
1919 10,980,054
Trust
Mortgages
$ 13,534,750
309,168,592
45,068,457
52,287,042
30,519,811
272,300
796,799
704,600
AREA
The Borough of Queens is not only the largest of the five boroughs of New
York City, but is larger than every city in the United States except Los Angeles,
New Orleans, Chicago and Philadelphia. It has exactly the same area as the
County of London, England, in which there is a population of 4,500,000.
Queens Borough contains 117.36 square miles, or 75,111 acres, and repre-
sents 37.4% of the total area of New York City. It is more than five times as
large as Manhattan, nearly three times as large as the Bronx, and is almost as
large as Brooklyn and Richmond combined.
Queens . . .
Brooklyn .
Richmond
Manhattan
The Bronx
Total .
In Acres
75,iii
49,680
36,600
14,038
26,017
Area
In Square Miles
117.36
77.62
57-19
21-93
40.65
Per Cent of Total
37-4
24.7
18.2
6.8
12.9
201,446 3I4-75
AREA OF QUEENS BOROUGH BY WARDS
Ward Upland
First 4,740.6
Second 13,968.7
Third 19,355-2
Fourth 25,189.2
Fifth 3,920.7
Acres
Under Water
116.0
149.0
5,610.8
2,060.7
Totals 67,174.4
7,936.5
Total
4,740.6
14,084.7
19,504.2
30,800.0
5,98i.4
75,110.9
IOO.O
Square Miles
7.41
22.01
30.47
38.12
9-35
117-36
Included in Queens Borough are 1186 acres (2 square miles) of municipal
parks; 1960 acres (3 square miles) of cemeteries; and 7936 (12^ square miles)
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of land under water; leaving a balance of 100 square miles available for resi-
dential and industrial development. The fact that not only one-half of this area
is within 10 miles of the business center of New York, and that more of Queens
Borough is within that distance than any other borough is shown by the follow-
ing table :
Square Miles
From Grand Central Terminal
I Mile Circle
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Queens
1.22
4.12
8.46
14.09
20.29
26.16
33-68
43-13
53-91
rooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
—
—
2.63
0.42
—
7-85
2.IO
—
12.18
5-45
—
15.01
10.41
0.70
16.81
16.46
2.89
17-75
22.75
6.65
18.51
31.62
11.26
19.30
41-39
16.70
20.16
50.41
24-13
20.20
POPULATION
Not more than twelve cities in the United States exceed Queens Borough in
population, for it has a population in 1920 of approximately 500,000. It jumped
from 25th place in 1900 to 19th place in 1910, and it is expected that it will ex-
ceed every other city except New York, Philadelphia and Chicago by 1930, when,
without doubt, it will have a population of 1,000,000, as a result of the great
influx of homeseekers, due to the great industrial development and the operation
of its many new rapid transit lines.
Although the United States Census figures for 1920 were not available when
this publication was printed, the following tabulation gives an estimate of the
population in the various communities included in Queens Borough.
Community
Long Island City
Ridgewood
Corona
Elmhurst
Woodside-Winfield
Forest Hills
Flushing
College Point
Whitestone
Bayside
Douglaston
Little Neck
Est. Population Est. Population
1920 Community 1920
90,000 Richmond Hill 50,000
70,000 Jamaica 40,000
40,000 Woodhaven 30,000
18,000 Ozone Park 16,000
13,000 Queens 4.500
3,000 Hollis 4,000
35,000 Springfield-St. Albans 3,ooo
16,000 Laurelton 3,ooo
7,000 Seaside 7,900
7,000 Far Rockaway 25,000
1,400 Hammels 15,000
1,200
WATER SUPPLY
A large proportion of Queens Borough (particular the First and Third
Wards) is supplied by the famous Catskill Water System, insuring the very finest
water for drinking purposes as well as manufacturing uses. One big main has
a capacity of 40,000,000 gallons per day.
Among the private water companies which furnish various sections of the
Borough are : —
(a) Citizen's Water Supply Company, Second Ward ;
(b) Jamaica Water Supply Company and Woodhaven Supply Company,
Fourth Ward;
(c) Queens County Water Company which supplies the Fifth Ward.
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ASSESSED VALUATION AND TAX RATE
The amazing growth of the Borough of Queens since it became a part of
New York City is shown by the following tables which set forth the increase in
the assessed valuation of land and improvements.
The increase in the total assessed valuation from $103,752,000 in 1899 to
$636,409,000 in 1920 or a total increase of $532,657,000 in 21 years (an average
per year of $25,370,000), is the result of the hundreds of new industrial estab-
lishments and the thousands of new homes which have been constructed in the
borough during that time. The total assessed valuation has almost doubled since
1910, and is today greater than that of Brooklyn when that borough became a
part of New York City.
Year
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
I9IS
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
Ward i
Ward 2
Ward ^
Ward 4
Ward 5
Total Real Estate
Assessment
$ 103,752,600
104,427,772
107,179,620
108,859,704
123,781,723
131,379,723
140,404,990
159,446,205
217,668,775
296,458,080
308,112,605
334,563,060
446,569,352
456,750,530
477,702,836
488,686,756
509,515,9/8
539,394,614
569,865,007
591,599,075-
604,827,476
636,409,159
Value of
Improvements
No
Separate
Value
Given
$ 45,147,250
50,113,225
65,144,845
73,354,150
88.111,404
06,557,609
107,770,243
131,268,935
140,794,500
156,026,337
166,008,357
180,899,338
198,002,225
262,163,139
279,616,500
292,249,696
317,182,349
ASSESSED VALUATIONS BY WARDS
1910
73,492,875
70,671,120
50,850,550
85.836,985
27,099,030
Real Estate $307,950,560
Real Estate of Corporations 11,695,500
Special Franchises 14,917,800
1920
$130,570,550
156,170,525
78,637,570
• 141,768,020
53,547,910
$569,694,575
37,577,450
29J37J34
Total
Borough
Queens
Bronx
Brooklyn
Richmond
Manhattan
New York City
$334,563,o6o $636,409,159
ASSESSED VALUATION— NEW YORK CITY
Tax Rate
Per $100
$ 3.27
2-34
2-35
2.31
1-47
1-57
i-55
1-55
1-53
1.66
1.72
1.81
1-73
1.84
1.85
i. 80
1-95
2.06
2.09
2.41
2.37
2-54
Increase
$ 66,077,675
85,499,405
27,787,020
55,931,035
26,448,880
$261,744,015
25,881,850
14.219,334
$301,845,199
1899
103,751,600
123,702,030
609,822.267
40,265,464
2,054,003,875
1920
$ 636,409,159
753,^08,264
1,937,811,205
111,821,102
5,186,771,887
Increase Per Cent Inc.
$ 532,657,559 513
629,606,234 509
1,327,988,938 219
71,555,728 177
3,131,868,012 153
$2,932,445,464 $8,626,121,707 $5,693,676,243 194
148
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE
BOROUGH OF QUEENS
CITY OF NEW YORK
(Incorporated April, 1911.)
'To Promote the General Welfare of the Borough of Queens, City of New York,
and to Foster Its Commerce."
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
Bridge Plaza, Long Island City, New York City.
Telephone, Astoria 2500.
The officers and directors of the Chamber for the year 1920-21 are: —
President, H. Pushae Williams,
Vice-President, James E. Clonin,
Vice-President, George H. Willcockson,
Treasurer, P. A. Rowley,
Secretary, Walter I. Willis,
SENIOR COUNCIL
William H. Williams, President
Robert W. Higbie,
Charles G. M. Thomas,
George J. Ryan,
Term Expires 1922
John H. Penchoen
Edward Roche
Edward A. MacDougall
Charles G. Meyer
John W. Rapp
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Walter I. Wrillis
Term Expires 1921
Theodore Steinway
George C. Dickel
Ray Palmer
Michael J. Degnon
John F. Galvin
Flushing
Long Island City
Elmhurst
Jamaica
Flushing
1911-13
1913-15
1915-17
1917-19
Term Expires 1923
John Adikes
John M. Demarest
Stuard Hirschman
Henry J. Mullen
Morris L. Willets
Secretary
Mgr. Traffic & Industrial Bureaus
Ass't Secretary
Ass't Secretary
Ass't Secretary
P. W. Moore
John J. Sonderman
Percival Mullikin
E. R. Hudson
A LUNCHEON CLUB ADJOINS
CHAMBER OFFICES AND
CLUB ROOM.
CLUB ROOM — FOR MEETINGS AND PRI-
VATE CONFERENCES, ADJOINS THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
149
ARE 650 BUSINESS MEN AND
WHY PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS OF QUEENS BOROUGH
MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
REASON I—The Traffic Bureau
This Bureau is organized to render to members a service of information and
advice regarding rates, routes, classifications, claims and any problems which may
arise in connection with the shipment of goods. It is constantly operating to
protect the Borough of Queens from undue discrimination in transportation mat-
ters and to safeguard the interests of Queens Borough business men in all matters
relative to the general adjustment of rates. Monthly meetings of the "Traffic
Club" are held for the discussion and solution of mutual shipping problems.
REASON 2 — The Industrial Bureau
Clears all industrial information concerning Queens; renders service to
established manufacturers and to those seeking a location for their plants in this
vicinity. The Industrial Manager cooperates with real estate owners and brokers
to make such a space available. The Bureau maintains on record all of the in-
dustrial plants in Queens Borough.
The "Personnel Managers' Club," which holds monthly meetings, at which
problems of employment, housing, welfare, sanitation, "turnover," and other
labor questions are discussed by the individuals responsible for such work in the
factories of Queens.
REASON 3 — The Chamber is only representative organization of the Borough
of Queens including in its membership men from every section of the Borough,
who are interested in the industrial, financial, commercial, residential, and gen-
eral development of Queens Borough.
REASON A — The Chamber promotes your prosperity by advancing the business
interests of Queens Borough.
REASON 5 — It protects members from unjust exactions.
REASON 6 — It promotes business friendship and thereby lessens, removes, or
prevents friction and misunderstanding between business men.
REASON 7 — It broadens business men's views on government and business.
REASON 8 — Secures .important improvements. City, state and national offi-
cials recognize organized business men and when the Chamber recommends
improvements to transit facilities, waterfront, highways and other important
matters, its recommendations are received favorably and given thorough con-
sideration.
REASON 9 — Queensborough Magazine
Publishes each month the Queensborough Magazine which reports the rapid
growth of the Borough, which at the present time has no counterpart anywhere
else in New York City.
REASON 10— Committees
A dozen standing committees are working constantly for the interests of
Queens' business men and dealing with transit, waterway development, manu-
facturing, borough planning, highways, legislation, arbitration, schools, parks,
sewers, water and housing. In addition there are many Special Committees
working on specific problems.
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151
MEMBERSHIP (April 22, 1920)
Name
James H. Abraham....
*H. L. Adams
J. A. Adamson
John Adikes
*Frederick H. Adler
*O. G. Alexander ,
E. D. Anderson
Bob Andrews
Charles Lee Andrews..
Wallace V. Andrie
Victor Anthenill
*Harold H. Anthony
Edward D. Appleton. . .
Walter D. Appleyard. .
James C. Archer ,
F. E. Armstrong ,
B. L. Atwater
George Atwell
Martin Bach
F. Eugene Backus
Isaac Baer
*Otto Bahls
*George F. Bahntge
Dr. Joseph Bainton
John M. Baker
*Herbert W. Ballantine.
*J. Herbert Ballantine. .
*John H. Ballantine....
Walter F. Ballinger
Joseph Banker
*W. E. Barber
Alfred M. Barrett
John T. Barry
*Charles A. Barton
*Thomas F. Baumann...
W. A. Baumert
Ambrose F. Becker....
*Philip L. Becker
Henry L. Bell
August Bellon
Hal Benedict
Alfonso Bertoni
*E. T. Bedford
Charles R. Bettes
Arthur S. Beves
Louis Bingmann
Leon Birck
C. H. Birdsall
*Arni Bjornson
James P. Black
S. Blickman
^William D. Bloodgood..
Samuel J. Bloomingdale.
E. L. Blun....
William J. Boardman. . . .
•Carl Bomeisler.
Paul Bosse
John Bossert. . .
J. B. Bouck, Jr.
F. G. Bradford.
A. J. Bradley..
Peter J. Brady N. Y. City.
Edward H. Bragg N. Y. City.
•"Philip B. Brewster
•"William Brewster
Stephen Briggs
Arthur W. Brockway. . .
Robert T. Brooks L. I. City.
*Eugene L. Brown N. Y. City.
Frank G. Burke N. Y. City.
D. Calandra L. I. City.
Charles E. Callahan L. I. City.
Henry L. Caiman N. Y. City.
Antonio Cantore L. I. City.
*Phiral Memberships
Address Business Elected
, .N. Y. City Vice-Pres. Mayer & Loewenstein Oct. 8, 1915
. .W. Ft. Lee, N. J..Selznick Pictures Corp Oct. 20,1919
.N. Y. City District Engineer, Lockwood, Greene & Co.
(Architects, Engineers and Constructors) .... Feb. 3, 1919
. .Jamaica Flour and Feed Merchant Charter
, .L. I. City Auditor, Manhattan & Queens Traction Co June 16,1916
..Jamaica Asst. Cashier, Bank of the Manhattan Co Dec. 15,1916
.L. I. City Pres.. E. D. Anderson, Inc Feb. 28, 1918
. .L. I. City American Lead Co Apr. 22, 1920
..Flushing DeCoppet & Doremus (Member N. Y. Stock
Exchange) Feb. 16,1912
.Brooklyn Knickerbocker Ice Co Feb. 28,1918
, .L. I. City Millwright and Engineer Apr. 22, 1920
.L. I. City Clonin & Messenger Mar. 8,1917
.L. I. City Vice-Pres., J. F. Tapley Co June 16, 1916
, .L. I. City Treas., New York Consolidated Card Co. Mar. 8,1917
. .Jamaica Real Estate Auctioneer June 18, 1918
. . Richmond Hill . . . Coal and Wood June 18, 1918
.Brooklyn Vice-Pres., Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co Dec. 6, 1918
.L. I. City Pres., Northeastern Supply Co. (Lumber) Nov. 20, 1917
.Brooklyn Pres., Quezal Art Glass & Decorating Co June 18, 1918
.Forest Hills Coal and Wood May 12, 1919
. L. I. City Weisberg-Baer Co Apr. 6, 1917
.L.I. City Vice-Pres.. Transport Service, Inc Sept. 27, 1918
.L. I. City Mgr., L. I. City Branch, American Trust Co.. Mar. 15. 1920
.N. Y. City Board of Trustees, St. John's Hospital Apr. 4, 1919
.L. I. City Architect Feb. 20, 1920
.L. I. City Neptune Meter Co. (Director and Publicity
Manager) June 24, 1919
.L. I. City Pres., Neptune Meter Co Jan. 26, 1917
.L. I. City Vice-Pres., Neptune Meter Co Jan. 26,1917
.N. Y. City Ballinger & Perrot (Architects, Engineers and
Constructors) May 12. 1916
.L. I. City Art Ornament Co Mar. 15, 1920
.N. Y. City Red Star Towing & Transportation Co May 12,1919
. N. Y. City Deputy Public Service Commissioner Aug. 25, 1919
.L. I. City Pres., D. D. Williamson & Co Sept. 13, 1917
.L. I. City Genl. Sales Mgr., N. Y. & Queens Elec. Light
& Power Co June 16, 1916
.L. I. City Treas., Transport Service, Inc Nov. 25, 1919
.College Point Manufacturer of Cheese Apr. 13, 1914
.N. Y. City Laurelton Sales Co.. Inc. (Real Estate) Jan. 12,1920
T I. City Mgr., American Chicle Co Apr. 10,1916
.Bayside Bayside Supply Co. (Lumber, Coal, etc.) Oct. 8,1915
.Rockaway Beach. Pres., August Bellon, Inc. (Structural and Or-
namental Iron) July 25, 1918
.College Point Hal Benedict Studios (Motion Pictures) Feb. 20, 1920
.L. I. City Genl. Mgr., DeNobili Cigar Co Nov. 25, 1919
.L. I. City Pres.. Repetti, Inc. (Candy) Apr. 22, 1920
.Far Rockaway. . .Chief Engr., Queens County Water Co Mar. 9,1913
.N. Y. City Receiver, American Blau-Gas Corp. (Gas, Blau-
Gas and Dri-Gas) Aug. 25, 1919
.Glendale Steeplejack and Rigger Apr. 22, 1920
.Flushing Real Estate and Building June 16, 1915
.L. I. City Pres., Johnson Coin Counting Machine Co Jan. 12,1920
.Flushing Mgr., Bank of the Manhattan Co. (Flushing
Branch) July 25, 1918
.L. I. City Supt. Burns Bros. (Coal) July 19.1917
.N. Y. City Metal Goods Dec. 6,1918
.N. Y. City Pres., Wm. D. Bloodgood & Co., Inc. (Real
Estate) Oct. 25,1912
.N. Y. City Pres. Bloomingdale Bros., Inc. (Dept. Store).. Feb. 16,1912
.'College Point Manhattan Silk Co Aug. 25, 1919
.Jamaica Chairman Board of Directors, First National
Bank of Jamaica Apr. 4, 1919
.Imperial Metal Mfg. Corp. (Metal Specialties) July 19^ 1917
.Pres., Premier Metal Etching -Co Feb. 28,1918
.Pres.. Louis Bossert & Sons, Inc. (Lumber) .. .Apr. 9,1918
. Treas., Pratt & Lambert (Varnishes and Enam-
els) Oct. 20,1919
. Manager, Gaumont Motion Pictures Co Feb. 16, 1916
. A. J. Bradley Mfg. Co. (Stencil Papers and
Ink) Sept. 13, 1917
. Supervisor, Board of City Record Apr. 4, 1919
. Vice-Pres., Egleston Bros. & Co., Inc. (Iron
and Steel Merchants) June 24, 1919
.Treas., Brewster & Co. (Automobiles) Dec. 6,1918
.Pres.. Brewster & Co. (Automobiles) Charter
. Pres., Stephen Briggs, Inc. (Barrels) July 25, 1918
. Secy.-Treas., Brpckway-Fitzhugh-Stewart Inc.,
(Labels and Fibre Shippers' Containers) June 24,1919
. Vice-Pres., Geo. A. Just Co. (Structural Iron
and Steel) Feb. 3,1919
. Rickert-Brown Realty Co Nov. 25, 1919
.Manhattan Soap Co Dec. 15,1916
.Vice-Pres.. Atlantic Macaroni Co Feb. 16,1916
.Mgr., Plaza Business School Dec. 6,1918
. Emil Caiman & Co. (Paint and Varnish) Oct. 25,1912
. Real Estate Apr. 22, 1920
L. I. City.
L. I. City.
Brooklyn. .
L. I. City.
, Flushing . .
L. I. City.
. ..L. I. City.
...L. I. City.
...L. I. City.
. . .Brooklyn. .
152
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Name
Abbott L. Carpenter. .
*L. H. Carragan
Henry A. Cassebeer. .
•Theodore Cassebeer...
George W. Cassidy. . . .
E. W. Caswell
William B. Gating
E. Oliver Champ
H. Chandler
Miles S. Charlock
Charles A. Christman.
C. A. Christoffers
W. W. Clark
Audley Clarke
John Clarke
William E. Clarke
Edward J. Clarry. . . .
John Clochessy
'James E. Clonin
W. E. Code, Jr
William C. Cole
Bernard P. Colen
William Collins
Frederick H. Cone
Thomas I. Conerty
R. T. Conley
"Andrew J. Connell
C. C. Cooper ,
C. W. Copp
D. Corin
W. R. Couch
Joseph N. Courtade, Jr..
Charles E. Covert
•Morton R. Cross
Thomas W. Cullen
Christopher Cunningham
W. J. Cunningham
Wm. H. Dahman
Arnold H. Dale..
Richard F. Dalton. . .
Thomas Daly
Albert Dasburg
J. Sherlock Davis....
R. H. Davis
Max Davidson
Joseph P. Day
Daniel Lacy Dayton.
•Harry L. Dayton....
J. Wilson Dayton. . .
John J. Deery
Richard A. Deeves. .
•Michael J. Degnon. . ,
Frank Dehn
John M. Demarest..,
P. E. Demarest
Leopold Demuth....
•Frank Devlin
A ddress
. .L. I. City
. .N. Y. City
.L. I. City
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
.L. I. City
.Maspeth
.Malba
. .L. I. City
.N. Y. City
. .L. I. City
. .N. Y. City
.L. I. City
, .Brooklyn
. .N. Y. City
. .L. I. City
.L. I. City
. . Rockaway Beach
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
..L. I. City
. .N. Y. City
. .N. Y. City.
. . Far Rockaway . .
. .L. I. City
. .College Point. . .
. .Brooklyn
.Flushing
. .Brooklyn
. .Brooklyn
. .N. Y. City
. .Jamaica
. .N. Y. City
. .N. Y. City
. .Brooklyn
. .L. I. City
.Woodhaven
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
. .Corona
. .L. I. City
. .Brooklyn
. .N. Y. City
. .L. I. City
.N. Y. City
. Bayside ,
. .L. I. City
. Bayside ,
. .L. I. City
. .N. Y. City
. .N. Y. City
. .Elmhurst ,
. .Forest Hills. . ,
Business Elected
. F. L. Bradbury Co. (Doughnuts and Crullers) . June 18, 1918
.Sales Mgr., General Carbonic Co Nov. 25, 1919
Charter
. Steinway & Sons (Pianos) Charter
.Cassidy Co., Inc. (Lighting Fixtures) Apr. 6,1917
. Supt., Rolls-Royce Service Sta Mar. 15,1920
.Prop., Gating Rope Works Feb. 20.1920
.Real Estate Apr. 10,1916
. E. S. Partridge, Inc. (Automobiles) Jan. 12,1920
. Pres., Century Audit Corp May 12,1916
. Lumber Merchant Jan. 12, 1920
. Rex Paint Corporation Aug. 25, 1919
.Tiffin Products, Inc. (Confectionery) Aug. 25,1919
.Audley Clarke Co. (Building Material) Feb. 3,1919
. Pres., John Clarke & Co.. Inc. (Brokers in
Spices) Jan. 14,1918
. Clarke Stamp Pad Co Apr. 22, 1920
. Clarry Lumber Co., Inc June 24, 1919
. Paper Bags and Folding Boxes May 21, 1918
.Clonin & Messenger (Brick, Lime and Cement) . .Apr. 12, 1912
. Pres., Hunterspoint Lumber & Supply Co Aug. 16, 1916
. Jas. A. Stevenson Co. (General Trucking) Nov. 25,1919
.Sec'y, Emerson Phonograph Co.. Inc Apr. 22,1920
. Walter Kidde & Co. (Engineers and Contract-
ors) Apr. 22, 1920
. Vice-Pres., Andrew Cone Advertising Co Oct. 5,1916
. Conerty-Sullivan Coal Co Jan. 4,1918
.Eastern Mgr., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co May 12,1919
.Vice-Pres., Empire Art Metal Co Aug. 16,1916
.Pres., Greenpoint Fire Brick Co July 25,1918
.Real Estate Feb. 9.1914
. Anchor Cap & Closure Corp Feb. 20, 1920
.Pres., C-H Motors Corp Feb. 20, 1920
.Joseph N. Courtade & Sons (Piano Cases) Aug. 25, 1919
.Vice-Pres., U. S. Title Guaranty Co Feb. 16,1912
.Pres., Cross & Brown (Real Estate) June 19,1913
. Deputy Tax Commissioner Mar. 8, 1917
.Pres., Christopher Cunningham & Co. (Boilers) .Oct. 8, 1915
. Brass Foundry Apr. 22. 1920
.Supt., Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co Sept. 8,1911
. Pres., Queensborough Brass & Bronze Foun-
dry, Inc Feb. 20, 1920
. Treas., N. Y. Architectural Terra Cotta Co... Apr. 9,1913
. Builder Jan. 26, 1917
Pres.. Plaza Tire & Rubber Co., Inc Mar. 15,1920
George C. Dickel....
•Alexander Dienst....
Henry M. Dietz
•John A. Dilliard
•William F. Dobbins..
•Chas. Nelson Dodge.
H. Doggweiler
•John I. Doherty
W. H. Dohrmann...
James A. Donald....
Edward Donner
William F. Donovan.
A. H. Doolittle
J. H. Doolittle
Edw. J. Dotterweich.
•H. W. Drake
John Drew
Henry Duchardt
Stephen J. Duffy
W. B. Dukeshire
A. M. Duncan
•B. Waller Duncan. ..
.L. I. City
.Richmond Hill.
.L. I. City
.Woodhaven. . . .
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
.Brooklyn
.N. Y. City
.N. Y. City
.N. Y. City...
.N. Y. City
.Brooklyn
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
.Brooklyn
.L. I. City
.N. Y. City
.Buffalo
.Brooklyn
. Elmhurst
.N. Y. City
.Brooklyn
.Maspeth
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
*Plural Memberships
Pres.. Cross, Austin & Ireland Lumber Co Jan. 4,1918
Real Estate Oct. 7,1914
. Treas., Goldberg & Davidson Co Mar. 15, 1920
. Real Estate Auctioneer Sept. 8, 1911
. Real Estate Nov. 25, 1919
.First Mortgage Guarantee Co Oct. 20,1919
. Real Estate Feb. 20, 1920
. Pres., John J. Deery Co. Inc Jan. 4, 1918
. John H. Deeves & Bro. (Builders) Feb. 20, 1920
. Pres., Degnon Realty & Terminal Impvmt. Co.). Sept. 8, 1911
.Pres., Elmhurst Ice Co., Inc Apr. 22,1920
. Vice-Pres., Sage Foundation Homes Co. (Real
Estate) Dec. 8,1911
.Principal, Bryant High School Apr. 6.1917
. Pres., William Demuth & Co. (Tobacco Pipes) . .Apr. 9, 1915
. Sec'y.-Treas.. Oakes Mfg. Co. (Drugs, Chem-
icals and Dyes) Sept. 13, 1917
.Pres., Dickel Construction Co June 19.1913
. . National Sugar Refining Co Sept. 27. 1918
.Real Estate and Insurance Oct. 20,1919
. Engineer, Louis Gold, Inc. (Builder and Real
Estate) Oct. 20, 1919
, . 4th yice-Pres., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co Nov. 25, 1919
, . Traffic Mgr., National Sugar Refining Co. of
New Jersey Aug. 25,1919
..Sec'y, J. A. Migel, Inc. (Silk) Oct. 20. W19
. . Sec'y, Degrfon Realty & Terminal Improvement
Co June 18. 1918
..Pres.. Atlantic Hygienic Ice Co Feb. 3,1919
. . Lumber Merchant May 31, 1917
. . Donner House Wrecking Co., Inc. (Second-
Hand Lumber Merchants) Aug. 25. 1919
..Vice-Pres., Flushing Bay Improvement Co.... Oct. 11.1915
, . Claudel Carburetor Co Feb. 20, 1920
..Real Estate Developer Apr. 13,1914
..Manufacturer Concrete Machinery May 9,1918
, . Com'l Manager, N. Y. Telephone Co., L. I.
Division) Dec. 19 1913
..Branch Supt., Model Brassiere Co Feb. 20,1920
..Real Estate Nov. 25, 1919
..Treas.. J. P. Duffy Co. (Building Material) ... June 24 1919
. . Sec'y-Treas. Dukeshire Steel & Forge Co July 25,1918
. . Sec'y, Cole-Duncan Boiler Works .Oct. 20, 1919
. . General Mgr., Manhattan & Queens Traction
Corp Dec. 6,1918
NEW YORK CITY
153
Name
"Fred S. Dunn
Frank Dunnel. Jr
T. Coleman DuPont. . .
Eugene W. Durkee....
Address
...L. I. City..
... Elmhurst. . .
....N. Y.City..
. . . .Elmhurst. . .
H. Gordon Duval L. I. City.
Charles P. Early
*Lee J. Eastman
Henry F. Ecks
Adolph J. Egelhof
"Theodore W. Egly
Samuel Eichen
A. D. Eldert
Byron E. Eldred
Lewis A. Eldridge
Joseph Elias
*Jesse F. Ellsworth....
A. Ephraem
Oscar Erlandsen..
L. I. City
N. Y. City
L. I. City
N. Y. City...,
L. I. City
N. Y.City
. . . .Jamaica
. . . .Flushing
..N. Y.City
L. I. City....
L. I. City
College Point.
Jamaica
Leander B. Faber
Walter S. Faddis
Thomas E. Fagans
Archie Fahnestock
Michel Feldine
J. U. Ferris
*Benjamin J. Field
. . . .Jamaica
N. Y. City...,
. . . .Elmhurst
....L. I. City....
L. I. City....
College Point.
....L. I. City....
'Raymond Charles Finch. .. .Flushing
Joseph Fischel
John C. Fisher ,
Edward W. Fitzpatrick.
Lewis W. Flaunlacher. .
A. H. Flint
James W. Florida
Thomas J. Foster......
Clifford S. Fox
William Fox
James Frank
Charles W. Frazier....
*George H. Frew
William J. Friedrick. . .
Wm. E. G. Gaillard
•Robert C. Galindo, Jr..
John F. Galvin
Thomas C. Gannon. . . .
Garret J. Garretson ....
John R. Garside
Chas. L. Gehnrich
Leonard Genovese
William R. Gibson....
Earl A. Gillespie
John T. Gleason
Marshall W. Gleason..
*A. C. Goddard....
*C. H. Goddard
•Leon G. Godley
*Louis Gold
W. S. Goldfrank
Simon Gottschall
Charles J. Grant
Edward Grauer
John A. Gray
L. W. Greiner
T. Edward Gresslee....
Adolph J. Gretschel
John W. Grey
.L. I. City....
.L. I. City....
.L. I. City...,
.N. Y.City...
.College Point,
.L. I. City...
.L. I. City...
.L. I. City...
.N. Y. City...
.N. Y.City...
.L. I. City...
.N. Y. City...
.L. I. City...
.N. Y.City...
.L. I. City...
.L. I. City...
.N. Y. City...
. Elmhurst. . . .
.L. I. City...
.L. I. City...
.L. I. City...
.Woodhaven. .
. Woodhaven. .
.L. I. City...
.Brooklyn. . . .
.L. I. City...
.L. I. City...
.N. Y. City...
.Brooklyn. . . .
.N. Y. City...
.L. I. City...
.L. I. City...
, .Jamaica
.L. I. City...
.N. Y. City...
....L. I. City.
L. I. City.
. . . .Flushing.. .
Morgan Grossman L. I. City.
J. D. Hackett N. Y. City.
A. Hager L. I. City.
John J. Halleran Flushing...
Tames T. Hallinan Flushing.. .
John J. Halpin N. Y. City.
fohn W. Hamilton N. Y. City.
William J. Hamilton Corona. . . .
*Plural Memberships
Business Elected
, . . Asst. Treas., Queensboro Corporation Aug. 16. 1916
...Automobile and Tractor Merchant Mar. 15,1920
, . . Manufacturer June 24, 1919
, . . E. R. Durkee & Co. (Spices and Food Prod-
ucts) Apr. 6,1917
, ..Pres., Duvalian Products Corp. (Leather
Goods) Feb. 20, 1920
,.. Treas., A. Recknagel, Inc (Hardware) Mar. 15,1920
, . . Pres., Packard Motor Car Co. of N. Y Nov. 25, 1919
, . . Domestic Soap Mfg. Co Apr. 4, 1919
. .. Vice-Pres.. Wills-Egelhof Co., Inc. (Builders) . .Apr. 4,1919
...Asst. Mgri, New York National Irving Bank.. Apr. 22, 19"20
. . . Shore Acres Realty Co Sept. 8, 1911
...Pres., John R.Carpenter & Co. (Lumber) July 25,1916
. . . Pres.. Commercial Research Co. (Metal Etching,
Welding, Chemical Products) Aug. 16, 1916
. .. Sec'y-Treas., N. Y. & East River Ferry Co Feb. 28, 1918
. . . Joseph Elias & Co. (Glass) • June 16, 1915
. .. Mgr.. Corn Exchange Bank (Astoria Branch) . .Dec. 20, 1912
. . . L. I. Manufacturing Co. (Hats) Oct. 20,1919
. . . Pres., Metropolis Engineering Co. (Engineers
and Surveyors) Nov. 19, 1915
...Justice, Supreme Court of New York Dec. 8,1911
...Vice-Pres.. Cauldwell Wingate Co. (Builders) . .Oct. 8,1915
. . . Mgr., Elmhurst Coal Co Feb. 20, 1920
. . . Mgr., Fahnestock Electric Co Nov. 25? 1919
. . . Pres., Lauraine Magneto Co Aug. 25. 1919
. .. Asst. Treas., Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co June 18. 1918
...Pres., Howell Field & Goddard, Inc. (Metal
Doors and Fireproofing) June 16, 1915
Chief Engineer, Hunter Illuminated Car Sign
Co Sept. 27, 1918
. . Comfort Sandal Mfg. Co May 9, 1918
...John C. Fisher Mfg. Co. (Metal Specialties) . July 25,1918
...Contractor Apr. 4,1919
...Vice-Pres., M. & L. Hess. Inc (Real Estate) .. Jan. 12, 1916
. . . Vice-Pres., L. W. F. Engineering Co. (Air-
craft and Accessories) May 21,1917
. . Gen'l Service Mgr., Packard Motor Car Co.
of N. Y Jan. 12, 1920
. . . Chm. Board of Directors, National Bridge
Works (Structural Steel and Iron) June 10, 1914
. . . Supt. of Distribution, East River Gas Go Apr. 9,1913
..Pres., Fox Film Corporation June 16, 1916
...Attorney. Real Estate Feb. 9,1914
...Pres., Brett Lithographing Co Oct. 8,191
..Mgr., Corn Exchange Bank (55th St. Branch) . .Apr. 6, 1915
Asst. Treas., Old Reliable Motor Truck Corp.. Oct. 20. 1919
. . Gaillard Realty Co., Inc Feb. 20, 1920
. . . Jurgen Rathjen Co. (Coal) June 24, 1919
...Pres., Metal Stamping Co. (Auto Accessories) . June 19,1913
Queens Representative. Pennsylvania Cement
Co '. Apr. 4,1919
...Official Referee. N. Y. State Supreme Court.. Feb. 28,1918
Pres., A. Garside & Son, Inc. (Women's
Shoes) May 12,1916
. . Vice-Pres., Gehnrich Indirect Heat Oven Co.
(Ovens, Sheet Metal) Oct. 29,1919
. . . Building Contractor Apr. 22, 1920
...W. R. Gibson Co., Inc. (Builders) Mar. 15.1920
. . . Lumber Merchant Charter
. . . Sec'y-Treas., Codex Antiseptic Co Mar. 15, 1920
Pres.. Gleason-Tiebout Glass Co Feb. 10,1915
. . . Treas., Howell, Field & Goddard Jan. 12, 1912
...Pres., American Drugeists' Snydicate June 16,1915
...Vice-Pres.. American Chicle Co Aug. 25,1919
...Engineer and Builder Aug. 25,1919
...Sec'y, Stein-Davies Co. (Dextrine, Starch) Nov. 25, 1919
...Pres., Star Ribbon Mfg. Co July 25,1918
..Pres. and Treas., Marcus Ward, Inc. (Station-
ery) Aug. 16, 1916
...Mgr. Metropolitan Tobacco Co Dec. 6.1918
. . . Sec'y-Treas., Sweeney & Gray Co. (Machinists
and Hydraulic Engineers) Mar. 15, 1920
...Mgr., Liquid Carbonic Co. (Soda Fountains,
Bottling Machines) Nov. 25, 1919
. . . Real Estate Apr. 22, 1920
: . . Real Estate, Insurance and Mortgage Loans. . June 24, 1919
Pres., Supreme Pictures. Inc. (Motion Pic-
tures) Jan. 12.1920
Morgan Gross Co., Inc. (Shoes) Mar. 15,1920
. . . . Labor consultant Sept. 27, 1918
Motorcycles Apr. 22, 1920
...Real Estate. Appraisals Sept. 8,1911
. . . Lawyer (Hallinan & Groh) Apr. 4. 1919
. . . Scott. Gerard & Bowers (Lawyers) Mar. 8, 1917
...Hamilton & Chambers Co. (Engineers) Apr. 6,1917
Real Estate Charter
154
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Name Address Business Elected
F. I. Hamm Jamaica Mgr., Jamaica Poster Advertising Co May 9, 1918
*George B. Hanavan L. I. City Vice-Pres., L. I. Star Publishing Co May 9,1918
M. Hanensen N. Y. City Pres., Piroxloid Products Corp Mar. 15, 1920
*E. Irving Hanson N. Y. City Mgr.. H. R. Mallinson & Co. (Silks) Nov. 25, 1919
Wallace J. Hardgrove Flushing Operators Associates, Inc. (Real Estate) June 16, 1916
William E. Harmon College Point Treas. and Gen'l Mgr., Harmon Color Works,
Inc Nov. 13, 1916
Judson A. Harrington N. Y. City Industrial Real Estate Feb. 16,1916
H. Trowbridge Harris L. I. City Real Estate and Insurance Feb. 20, 1920
John T. Harrison N. Y. City Asst. to Vice-Pres., Fidelity and Deposit Co.
of Maryland (Surety Bonds) Nov. 13, 1916
James F. Hart Brooklyn Hart Waterproof Mfg. Co.. Inc. (Canvas
Goods) Dec. 6,1918
W. E. Haskin L. I. City Vice-Pres., Pressed & Welded Steel Products
Co., Inc Dec 6,1917
Robert R. Haslett Brooklyn L. I. Editor, Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 12,1919
S. R. Hatchett N. Y. City Pres., Sawyer Biscuit Co Jan. 12, 1920
Harold Hawkins L. I. City Real Estate ; Apr. 22, 1920
Elbert W. Hawley . Bayside C. H. Hawley & Sons (Coal and Wood) May 12 1919
A. M. Hayes L. I. City Sec'y, Van Iderstine Co Nov. 20, 1917
S. P. Hayward L. I. City Connolly Iron Sponge & Governor Co. (Pipe).. Mar. 15,1920
Henry Hellman L. I. City Ford Dealer Apr. 22, 1920
Richard Hellman L. I. City Pres., Richard Hellmann, Inc. (Food Prod-
ucts) Sept. 13, 1917
*David G. Helme L. I. City McLoughlin & Helme (Plumbing Contractors) . .Mar. 15,1920
F. W. Herz L. I. City Pres., National Varnish Co Aug. 25. 1919
H. G. Heyson Far Rockaway. .. Pres., National Bank of Far Rockaway Apr. 4,1919
Frederick C. Hicks Washington. D. C.U. S. Congressman Jan. 12,1916
Harry H. Hicks Rockaway Beach. Pres., Hicks, Hicks & Hicks, Inc. (Lumber) .. July 25,1918
*Hamilton A. Higbie Jamaica Treas., Long Island Finance Corporation June 16. 1916
*Robert W. Higbie Jamaica Pres.. Long Island Finance Corporation Charter
F. J. Hildebrand Ridgewood Pres., Concord Construction Co. (Ornamental
Iron Work and Forgings) July 25, 1918
Stuard Hirschman N. Y. City Real Estate Charter
A. C. Horn L. I. City Treas., Horn Holland Co. (Paints and Var-
nishes) Oct. 5,1916
H. J. Houpert L. I. City Pres., Houpert Machine Co Aug. 25, 1919
*F. Ray Howe N. Y. City Vice-Pres., Queensboro Corp. (Real Estate) .. .June 16,1916
Stephen J. Huber L. I. City Joseph Huber, Inc. (Commercial Auto Bodies). Feb. 20, 1920
*R. S. Huddleston L. I. City Pres., Astoria Mahogany Co Dec. 16, 1916
Allen J. Huke N. Y. City Asst. N. Y. Manager Rockland & Rockport
Lime Co June 24, 1919
E. Covert Hulst L. I. City Director, First Mortgage Guarantee Co Apr. 9, 1913
Burt Jay Humphrey L. I. City Queens County Judge Charter
*Richard Fenley Hunter. .. .Flushing Gen'l Mgr., Hunter Illuminated Car Sign Co.. Oct. 8,1915
S. V. V. Huntington L. I. City Pres., Edward Smith & Co. (Varnish Makers
and Color Grinders) Apr. 22, 1920
William F. Hurley L. I. City Asst. Mgr.. Matheson Lead Co Nov. 25, 1919
Morris Jacobs L. I. City Real Estate May 12, 1919
Percy C. James Jamaica James & Hawkins, Inc. (Hardware, Paint,
Auto Supplies) Dec. 15,1916
•"William T. James Flushing Pres. Queens County Savings Bank Oct. 22,1913
Charles Jensen L. I. City Jensen's Auto Body Works Jan. 12, 1920
Charles T. Jensen Bayside Sec'y, Queensboro Lumber Co., Inc June 24. 1919
Allen H. Jeter L. I. City A. H. Jeter & Co., Inc. (Roofing and Sheet
Metal) Feb. 3,1919
Wm. H. Johns N. Y. City Pres., George Batten Co. (Advertising) Nov. 19, 1915
E. C. Johnson N. Y. City Gen'l Mgr., Standard Steel Car Co. Apr. 22, 1920
Henry C. Johnson, Jr L. 1. city Real Estate, Appraiser and Auctioneer June 24. 1919
Remsen Johnson Brooklyn Jere Johnson, Jr., Co. (Real Estate Auctioneer) Sept. 27, 1918
F. Cliffe Johnston N. Y. City Gen'l Mgr., Palmer Waterfront Land & Im-
provement Co Sept. 13, 1917
Henry S. Johnston Elmhurst Pres., H. S. Johnston Drug Co Charter
William A. Jones, Jr N. Y. City Attorney Feb. 16,1912
John Kaiser L. I. City Supt., Technola Piano Co Apr. 4. 1919
H. Kaltenhauser L. I. City Pres., National Labeling Machine Co., Inc July 25,1918
William J. Kam Buffalo (Non-resident member) Jan. 12. 1920
H. B. Kanter L. I. City H. P. K. Electric Co. (Industrial Electrical
Engineers) Apr. 22, 1920
Charles I. Karasik Elmhurst Business Manager, Ravenswood Paper Mill Co.
(Boxboard and Lining) Apr. 9,1918
John Karmazin L. I. City Sec'y and Gen'l Mgr., Waldes & Co.. Inc.
(Small Metal Goods, Koh-I-Noor Fasteners) . .Feb. 20, 1920
Leo Karpen.. . .N. Y. City. . , ..Managing Director, S. Karpen & Bros. (Fur-
niture) Oct. 20,1919
*Frederick W. Kavanaugh. .N. Y. City Howard Estates Development Co. (Real Es-
tate) Feb. 10,1915
Elmer A. Keeler N. Y. City Keeler's Coal Pockets Jan. 4, 1918
*Owen A. Keenan L. I. City Local Commercial Mgr., N. Y. Telephone Co.. June 16,1916
Henry A. Keiner Richmond Hill. .. Pres.. Keiner Williams Stamping Co. (Drawn
and Stamped Sheet Metal) July 25,1918
Henry P. Keith N. Y. City Attorney Apr. 22,1920
Kawdon W. Kellogg Jamaica Attorney * June 16, 1915
Warren Kelly N. Y. City Sec'y-Treas., Jos. P. McHugh & Son (Willow
Furniture) Nov. 25, 1919
Robert W. Kemp... ..Woodside Pres.. Holliday Kemp Co., Inc. (Dyes, Aniline
Colors) Feb. 28,1918
F. Kempf L. I. City Triangle Service Station Apr. 22. 1920
HowardB. Keppel L. I. City Vice-Pres., Defender Manfg. Co. (Sheets and
Pillow Cases) May 12, 1916
E. J. Kestenbaum L. I. City Treas., Republic Auto Parts Co June 24, 1919
John J. Kindred L. I. City Kindred's Sanitarium Oct. 25, 1912
*Plural Memberships
NEW YORK CITY
155
Name *'
•*F. W. Kirch
*George M. Kirchmer....
"•James Klase
Jack K. Klein
Jacob Klein
Joseph J. Kleinhenz.
F. J. Kline
William J. Knott
W. W. Knowles
Hermann Koch
-*U. S. Kolby ,
Alexander Konta
A. Kornblum
Alfred Robert Kraemer.
•V. P. Krauss
*Louis C. Kunz
Walter Kutzleb
L. U. LaCour
Fred J. Lancaster
~*Wm. C. Lange
LeRoy Latham
L. Laudisi
•William Law
*Arvine C. Leach
John Anderson Leach..
G. Howland Leavitt....
Ernest A. L'Ecluse....
•F. E. Lee
A. H. Leipert
Fred C. Lemmerman.
W. H. Lersner
H. S. Leverich. ; . . . .
•Alfred Levy
Adolph Lewisohn. . . .
Sam A. Lewisohn. . . .
*J. Henry JLienau. . . ,
Harvey K.. Lines....
Paul R. Lipman
"*Henry Locicnart. Jr..
George \V. Loft
"Jacob L. Loose
"Kenneth U. Loose. . ,
*h'ranK l_oru
-*J. Willard Lord
C. H. Low
Albert E. Lowe....,
Address
.L. I. City
.Brooklyn
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
. .L. I. City
, .L. I. City
.L. I. City
. .N. Y. City
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
.N. Y. City
. .N. Y. City
. College Point. . .
. .L. I. City ,
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
. .L. I. City
..N. Y. City
. .College Point. .
. .Brooklyn
..L. I. City
..L. I. City
..L. I. City
..L. I. City
. .Flushing
..N. Y. City
..Laurel Hill
..N. Y. City
.Glendale
.College Point. .
.N. Y. City
.N. Y. City
.N. Y. City
.N. Y. City
,.L. I. City
.Flushing
.L. I. City
.N. Y. City...
.N. Y. City
, .Kansas City. . .
, .L. I. City
. .N. Y. City
..L. I. City
. .College Point. .
. .N. Y. City
Btisiness Elected
.Vice-Pres., Astoria Mahogany Co May 21,1917
.Claim Agent, Brooklyn Union Gas Co Feb. 11,191.
.Pres., Queensboro Storage & Warehouse Corp.. Apr. 22, 1920
.Klein Bros. (Japanese Bamboo Furniture) ... .Apr. 4,1919
.J. Klein Iron Works Jan. 12,1920
. Pres., Queens Haulage Corp Oct. 20, 1919
.American Clip Co Dec. 6,1918
. Kew Gardens Hotel June 24, 1919
. Architect Feb. 20, 1920
. Real Estate . . '. Apr. 22, 1920
. Asst. Sec'y and Asst. Treas., American Ever
Ready Work Sept. 13, 1917
.Vice-Pres.. Perfect Window Regulator Co Mar. 15,1920
. Treas.. Allyn Hall Realty Co Nov. 20, 1917
. Sec'y & Mgr., Kraemer Bros. (Lumber and
Masons' Materials) Feb. 20, 1920
. Supt. and Chemical Engineer, Toch Bros.
(Paints and Varnishes) June 18, 1918
. Sec'y-Treas., The Motometer Co., Inc May 9,1918
. Pres., Organic Salt & Acid Co., Inc. (Drugs
and Chemicals) Nov. 20, 1917
. Pres., LaCour Iron Works (Structural Steel
and Iron) juiy ig; 1917
.Realty Operator Oct. 25.1912
. Pres. and Gen'l Mgr., Empire Tube & Steel
„ CorP- •, Aug. 16, 1916
. Pres., Latham Litho. & Printing Co May 12 1916
• Banker • • ••"-.••• v .' '. Au8- 25, 1919
.John Simmons Co. (Pipe, Iron Fittings, etc.).. Feb. 3,1919
..Sec'y, First Mortgage Guarantee Co Nov. 20 1917
. First Deputy Police Commissioner of N. Y.
City; Attorney Charter
',', Sec'y-Treas., L'Ecluse Washburn & Co. (Real
Estate) Apr. 9,1918
. . Traffic Mgr.. Nichols Copper Co. (Copper Re-
fining) ...... , june 24, 1919
, . N. Y. Service Mgr., International Motor Co.
(Machining, Auto Assembling, etc.) Feb. 20,1920
, . Real Estate & Insurance Mar. is[ 1920
. . Treas.. Chilton Paint Co Oct.' 8 1915
Real Estate , Anr n'lQlA
• • m ~. ,, ,„ , * .rvpr. 10, iyi*t
. . Traffic Mgr., Toch Bros Qct 20 1919
. . Banker ' Feb". 10' ms
..Banker peb IQ lgi5
..National Sugar Refining Co. of N. J Sept. 27^ 1918
..Coal, Wood and Building Maetrials Jan. 4 1918
. . Vice-Pres., Greenpoint- -Southern Co. (Mat-
tresses, Box Springs, Pillows) Nov. 25, 1919
. . Real Estate, Banker June' 2o', 1914
..Pres., Loft, Inc. (Confectionery) .Feb. 28 1*918
. . Loose Wiles Biscuit Co Sept. 26* 1913
. . Asst. Mgr.. Loose Wiles Biscuit Co .Sept. 27^ 1918
..Vice-Pre., Cross & Brown Co. (Real Estate) . .Nov. 19*, 1915
..Mgr., Pierce Arrow Service Station Mar. 15,1920
. . Pre., National Chain Co July 25* 1918
r- M. Film Corp. (Motion Picture Films),
G.
Fred R. Lowe
Clarence M. Lowes
Victor A. Lownes
F. H. Luce
Clarence A. Ludlum
'•George W. Luft
K. J. Kundgren
Andreas P. Lundin
*D. E. McAvoy
John B. McCaw
Frank B. McCord
Alfred E. F. McCorry. . .
George B. McEwan
Archibald C. McLachlan.
'•George C. McLoughlin. . .
H. E. McLoughlin
"•Edward J. McMahon....
Patrick McMeel
Robert W. McMullen
Dwight MacDonald
•George C. MacDonald....
James A. Macdona'd
•Edward A. MacDougall..
J. E. Mace
Carleton Macy
Jacob Maisel
•H. R. Mallinson
D. S. Mallory
.Jamaica
.Brooklyn
. Woodhaven ....
.Woodhaven
.N. Y. City
.L. I. City
.Richmond Hill.
.N. Y. City
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
.N. Y. City
.N. Y. City
.Corona
. .Jamaica
.L. I. City
. .L. I. City
.L. I. City
.N. Y. City
.Brooklyn
. .N. Y. City
. .L. I. City
. .N. Y. City
. .N. Y. City
. .N. Y. City
..Far Rockaway
. . Woodside ,
. .N. Y. City
. .N. Y. City
*Plural Memberships
Pres., Municipal Studios Jan. 12,1920
..Treas., Fred Adee Corp. (Plumbing Supplies) . .Feb. 20. 1920
.. Pres., Flushing National Bank; Treas.. Dime
Savings Bank of Williamsburg Apr. 9, 1918
. . Spear & Co. (Caps and Hats) Aug. 16, 1916
..Supt., Woodhaven Water Supply Co Apr. 9,1918
..Vice-Pres.. The Home Insurance Co Charter
..Treas., American Druggists' Syndicate Sept. 27, 1918
Real Estate Investments Mar. 15, 1920
..Pres., American Balsa Co Oct. 7,1914
.. Treas., Wm. D. Bloodgood & Co. (Real Estate). June 16, 1916
..Sec'y. F. Piel Co., Inc. (Auto Horns) Dec. 6,1918
.. Vice-Pres. & Treas., Post & McCord (Builders) .Feb. 20, 1920
. . Cantilever Aero Co Apr. 6, 1917
. . Corona Lumber Corp Jan. 12^ 1920
. . Principal, Jamaica Training School for Teach-
ers Dec. 15,1916
.. McLoughlin & Helme (Plumbing Contractors) . .Mar. 15, 1920
. . Kozak & McLoughlin (Ladies' Shoes) Dec. 15,1916
. . N. Y. National Irving Trust Co June 24, 1919
..Vice-Pres., Wm. Hmghes & Co., Inc. (Cotton
and Woolen Waste) Mar. 15, 1920
. . Life Insurance Nov. 25, 1919
. . MacDonald & Bostwick (Lawyers) Nov. 13, 1916
. . Sales Mgr., Loose Wiles Biscuit Co Aug. 25, 1919
..Trustee. Queens County Savings Bank Charter
. . Pres., Queensboro Corporation Charter
..Gen'l Mgr., Menley & James, Ltd. (Import.
Export and Manufacturing Chemists) Jan. 12, 1920
. . Pres. Queensboro Gas & Elec. Co Mar. 7, 1913
. .J. M. Skirt Co Sept. 28, 1918
, ..Pres., H. R. Mallinson & Co. (Silks) Nov. 25, 1919
. . Asst. Treas.. Dictograph Products Corporation
(Acousticons, Dictographs) ' . . . Sept. 27, 1918
156
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Name Address Business Elected
Alrick H. Man N. Y. City Pres., Kew Gardens Corp. (Real Estate) Charter
Ellery W. Mann Rockaway Park. . Vice-Pres., H. K. McCann Co. (Advertising) .. Mar. 15,1920
*C. A. Marston L. I. City Factory Mgr., American Ever Ready Works. . . .Mar. 15, 1920
Franklin J. Mason L. I. City Contractor Apr. 4, 1919
*J. S. Masterman N. Y. City Printing Mgr., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co Oct. 20, 1919
*A. F. Mathews L. I. City Mathews Model Flats Co., Inc. (Real Estate and
Builder) Apr. 13, 1914
Ernest Mathews L. I. City Mathews Building Co Jan. 26, 1917
*G. X. Mathews L. I. City Mathews Model Flats Co., Inc. (Real Estate
and Builder) Apr. 13, 1914
*Carl C. Mattman, Jr L. I. City Asst. Supt. and Pur. Agt., Astoria Silk Works. Nov. 25. 1919
•Charles Mattman L. I. City Treas., Astoria Silk Works Apr. 6, 1917
*Theo. Thos. Mattman L. I. City Astoria Silk Works Nov. 25, 1919
C. B. Mayer L. I. City C. B. Mayer Co. (Interior Woodwork) Feb. 20,1920
Edward W. Merrill, Jr Maspeth Pres. Merrill Bros., Inc Jan. 4, 1918
Henry Mayer L. I. City Vice-Pres., Niagara Knitting Mills Corp Feb. 20, 1920
*Martin A. Metzner L. I. City Young & Metzner (Bags and Bagging) Dec. 19,1913
Herbert Mead, Jr L. I. City Sec'y-Treas., Indiana Quartered Oak Co •. . .Apr. 22, 1920
Jacob Meurer L. I. City Pres.. Meurer Steel Barrel Co Sept. 27, 1918
•Charles G. Meyer N. Y. City Sec'y, Cord Meyer Development Co. (Real
Estate) Charter
Frank Meyer N. Y. City Asst. Sec'y, Famous Players-Lasky Corp. (Mo-
tion Pictures) June 24, 1919
*George C. Meyer Forest Hills Cord Meyer Development Co Oct. 5, 1916
Henry W. Meyer Ridgewood Pres., Ivanhoe Co. (Builder and Real Estate). .Apr. 6, 1917
Willard F. Meyers L. I. City Pres., Willard F. Meyers Machine Co., Inc Feb. 28. 1918
*William S. Milan L. I. City Mgr., Bank of the Manhattan Co Feb. 28, 1918
C. C. Miller Brooklyn Eclipse Box & Lumber Co Mar. 8, 1917
Julius Miller L. I. City Julius Miller Shoe Co Apr. 22. 1920
C. C. Mollenhauer Brooklyn Real Estate June 10, 1914
Benjamin Moore L. I. City Moore's Bakery; Vice-Pres., L. I. City Sav-
ings Bank July 25, 1918
Robert E. Moore L. I. City Austin & Moore, Inc. (Electrical and Indus-
trial Engineers) Oct. 20,1919
William H. Moore N. Y. City N. Y. Mgr., The White Co. (Motor Trucks) .. .Aug. 25.1919
David G. Morrison L. I. City. ...... Director, L. I. City Savings Bank Sept. 27, 1918
Thomas Morrison, Jr L. I. City Mgr., Acorn Silk Co May 9,1918
A. W. Morse L. I. City. . v ... Vice-Pres., The Anthony Co. (Liquid Fuel
Engineers) Feb. 28, 1918
George H. Mullen Far Rockaway. .. Pres., Mullen & 'Buckley, Inc. (Window
Screens) Sept. 27, 1918
Henry J. Mullen Jamaica Pres., H. J. Mullen Contracting Co., Inc Apr. 12.1912
Kearn J. Mullen N. Y. City U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co May 12, 1919
J. P. Muller N. Y. City Pres., J. P. Muller & Co. (Advertising) July 19,1917
Roswell F. Mundy N. Y. City Treas., L. I. City Realty Co Jan. 26, 1917
William P. Myers L. I. City Manhattan-Rome Co. (Metal Beds and Couches)Aug. 16. 1916
Alfred Nathan Flushing Pres., Nathan Mfg. Co. (Steam Injectors and
Locomotive Appliances) May 12, 1916
H. V. H. Neefus N. Y. City Francisco & Jacobus (Engineers and Archi-
tects) Feb. 20, 1920
Nicholas Nehrbauer L. I. City Plumbing Contractor Nov. 25, 1919
C. A. Neidig Blissville Supt., American Agricultural Chemical Works
(Preston Works) Jan. 12,1920
Archibald Nesbett Bayside Contractor Aug. 16, 1916
Isaac Neuschotz N. Y. City Pres., Fritsch Toilet Mirror Co Jan. 12, 1920
RichardS. Newcombs N. Y. City Pressinger & Newcombe (Lawyers) Sept. 13, 1917
Harvey B. Nevins N. Y. City Harvey B. Newins, Inc. (Real Estate) May 12.1919
R. H. Nimmich Winfield Pres., Shoreham Novelty Co May 9, 1918
*W. M. Nones L. I. City Pres. and Treas., Norma Co. of America (Ball
Bearings) June 16, 1916
C. G. Norman Winfield Pres., Norman-Seton, Inc. (Metal Doors and
Fireproofing) Sept. 21, 1915
*Myer Nussbaum N. Y. City Treas., Howard Estates Development Co. (Real
Estate) ; Attorney June 16, 1916
•Francis J. Oakes. Jr Boston Vice-Pres., Oakes Mfg. Co. (Drugs. Chemicals,
Dyes) Sept. 13, 1917
George M. O'Connor L. I. City Plumbing and Heating Contractor ...May 9,1918
*M. O'Malley L. I. City Supt., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Aug. 16.1916
Jos. R. Oppenheimer ~. L. I. City Sec'y, West Disinfecting Co Nov. 19, 1915
W. E. Orr L. I. City Pres., C. A. Willey Co. (Varnish and Paint) . . .Feb. 3, 19l9
Eugene J. Orsenigo L. I. City Orsenigo Co., Inc. (Furniture) Nov. 13, 1916
Frank O'Sullivan Garden City Purchasing Agent. Doubleday, Page Co. (Book
Publishers Aug. 25, 1919
•Ray Palmer L. I. City Pres., New York & Queens Electric Light &
Power Co Nov. 19, 1916
John W. Paris N. Y. City Pres., Paris-Hecken Co. (Real Estate) Feb. 28, 1918
F. James Parks N. Y. City Treas., Self Clasp Envelope Co Apr. 22, 1920
William Bowne Parsons. . . .N. Y. City Attorney Nov. 13, 1916
Eugene Pauly N. Y. City Commission Merchant Feb. 16, 1916
Jerome Payet L. I. City Pres., Payet Silk Dyeing Corp Oct. 20, 1919
Jos. J. Paymer L. I. City Central Smelting & Refining Co July 25. 1918
Alvan T. Payne L. I. City Attorney June 2,1911
Napoleon Pelletier Maspeth Pelletier Can Co June 18, 1918
•John H. Penchoen L. I. City Mgr.. Title Guarantee & Trust Co June 18, 1918
John Moore Perry Elmhurst Farmer May 12,1919
A. N. Peterson L. I. City Pres., Brooklyn Foundry Co Apr. 9,1918
John W. Petry L. I. City Pres.. John W. Petry Co. (Plumbing, Heating
and Ventilating) Nov. 25, 1919
Franklin Pettit N. Y. City Real Estate Feb. 3.1919
Jacob Pfeffer L. I. City Coal, Wood, and Building Materials Apr. 9,1918
C. J. Phillips N. Y. City Asst. Gen'l Mgr., Brooklyn Eastern District
Terminal Jan. 12,1920
*Plural Memberships
NEW YORK CITY
157
Name
John Polachek . . . .
W. A. Porter
*James H. Post. . . .
Paul Leon Price. . .
Leo Propper
Thomas F. Purcell.
*F. A. Purdy
\V. S. Quigley
Edward A. Quin. . .
*D. \V. Quinn, Jr.,
Thomas M. Quinn.
John T. Rainier. . .
*Fred G. Randall...
John A. Rapelye. . .
*John W. Rapp
""Justin J. Rathjen. .
Arthur L. Reed. . . ,
F. H. Reeve
Jacob Reichert
William C. Reid...
James J. Reilly. . . .
John B. Reimer. . .
Address
.L. I. City
. Maspeth
.N. Y. City
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
.N. Y. City
.N. Y. City
.Jamaica
.L. I. City
.Flushing
.L. I. City
. Elmhurst
.College Point. .
.L. I. City
.Richmond Hill
.N. Y. City
.Brooklyn
.Greenpoint.. . .
.L. I. City
.Ozone Park. . .
John H. Rhodes L. I. City
Sol Richman
*Charles H. Rickert
«E. J. Rickert
*A. B. Ricketts
W. N. Ridge
John M. Riehle
Walter F. Ring
Harry D. Robbins....
Walter Roberts. . ,
Laurel Hill.
N. Y. City..
N. Y. City..
L. I. City..
N. Y. City..
N. Y. City..
Brooklyn. . .
N. Y. City..
L. I. City..
*J. H. Robinson
Edward Roche
Mathew Rock
Clinton T. Roe
Edwin P. Roe
Fred Roffe
Charles A. Rohr
Joseph M. Roman
Emanuele Ronzoni
Morris Rosenwasser . . .
*P. A. Rowley
Emil Runge
Frederick Russell
H. E. Russell
Edward Ruth, Jr
George J. Ryan
A. M. Ryon
Samuel Salvage
Harry D. Sammis
D. M. Sarkisian. . .
N. Y. City
....Far Rockaway
N. Y. City
N. Y. City
. . . . Whitestone. . .
L. I. City
N. Y. City
. ...L. I. City
....L. I. City
L. I. City
. . . .Jamaica
. . . .Flushing
L. I. City
L. I. City
Winfield ,
L. I. City
. . . .Flushing ,
....N. Y. City
N. Y. City
N. Y. City
Sol Schildkraut Jamaica.
Gustave Schirmer....
F. J. Schleicher
Louis Schlesinger. . . .
Carl Schneeweiss
Eugene Schoen
John G. Schumacher.
*Alfred B. Schupp...
Henry T. Schwanda.
Felix Schwemer
Melvin W. Scott....
Maurice Seiderman . .
*Louis J. Selznick. . . .
*Myron Selznick
*Otto Sepp
Ernest Sexauer
•Charles W. Shaeffer.,
'William Shaw
J. C. Sheaff ,
C. E. Sheppard
'Johnson Shipman....
.N. Y. City
.L. I. City....
.N. Y. City
.L. I. City
, .Newark
.Flushing
.L. I. City....
.Winfield
, .College Point.
.L. I. City
.L. I. City....
.N. Y. City
..W. Fort Lee.,
.L. I. City....
.L. I. City
.L. I. City
.L. I. City....
.N. Y. City
, .N. Y. City
.L. I. City....
Edwin Shuttleworth.
Bohumil W. Sidlo..
..L. I. City
..L. I. City
Philip L. Sillman L. I. City
*Plural Memberships
Business Elected
. . Pres., John Polachek Bronze & Iron Co July 25,1918
. . Pres., United Button Co Nov. 20, 1917
. . Pres., National Sugar Refining Co. of N. J Feb. 20, 1920
. . Mgr., Irving Iron Works Oct. 5. 1916
..Propper Silk Hosiery Co. (Silk Hosiery) Feb. 20,1920
. . Surety Bonds Feb. 28, 1918
. . Sec'y, Repetti, Inc. (Candy) Apr. 22, 1920
..Pres., Quigley Furnace Specialties Co June 18,1918
. . N. Y. Mgr., J. L. Mott Iron Works Feb. 20, 1920
. . Vice-Pres., American Trust Co Feb. 3.1919
..Undertaker Apr. 4,1919
..Pres., Rainier Motor Corp Dec. 15,1916
. . Vice-Pres., Queensboro Corporation Charter
. . Real Estate Feb. 20, 1920
. . Pres., Empire Art Metal Co. (Metal Works,
Fireproofing) June 2, 1911
..Pres.. Jurgen Rathjen Coal Co Oct. 5,1916
..Pres., A. L. Reed Co. (Leather Goods) Feb. 16,1916
..Real Estate Mar. 7,1917
..Reichert Towing Line May 21,1917
. . Leary & Co. (Lumber Merchants) June 16,1915
. . Real Estate Broker , Apr. 22, 1920
. . Pres., First National Bank of Ozone Park (Coal
and Building Supplies) May 21,1917
. . Victory Warehouse Corp (Cartage and Light-
erage Facilities) Nov. 21, 1917
. . Supt., National Enameling and Stamping Co.. Oct. 25,1912
..Vice-Pres.. Rickert Realty Co., Inc June 19,1913
..Pres., Rickert Realty Co., Inc June 2,1911
..Factory Mgr., Neptune Meter Co Jan. 26,1917
. . Pres., Metropolis Land Co Nov. 19, 1915
..Pres., L. I. Sound Realty Co Feb. 16,1916
. . Pres., Ring Gibson Co. (Builders) Feb. 19, 1915
. . Pres.. H. D. Robbins Co. (Investment Bankers) .June 18, 1'918
. . Mgr., William Bradley & Son (Cut Stone and
Marble) Apr. 12, 1912
. . Cross & Brown Co. (Real Estate) Oct. 20, 1919
..Roche's Baths June 6,1912
. . Merchant Tailor Oct. 8, 1915
.. Sec'y, L. I. Bond & Mortgage Co.; Attorney. .Charter
..Pres., First National Bank of Whitestone June 24,1919
. . Treas., Kelly & Kelley (Engineers) Feb. 3, 1919
..Commercial Engineers (General Electric Co.).. Feb. 20,1920
. . Roman-Callman Co. (Real Estate) Nov. 20, 1917
. . Pres.-Treas.. Ronzoni Macaroni Co., Inc Oct. 20,1919
..Pres., Rosenwasser Bros. (Leggings and Boots) .Dec. 9,1914
. . Vice-Pres., Bank of the Manhattan Company. . .Nov. 19, 1915
. . Real Estate May 12, 1919
. . Pres., Russell Foundry & Machine Co Charter
..Supt., Reichard-Coulston Co Feb. 28,1918
. . Real Estate and Insurance July 19, 1917
..Real Estate and Insurance Feb. 16,1912
..Coal and Mason Supplies Apr. 10,1916
..Manufacturer Artificial Silk Yarn July 25.1918
. . Asst. Sec'y. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co Apr. 6, 1917
. . Pres., Gould Mersereau Co. (Drapery, Carpet
and Cabinet Hardware) Oct. 20, 1919
. . Jamaica Auto & Supply Co. (Autos and Ac-
cessories) Apr. 9,1918
. . G. Schirmer, Inc. (Music Publishers) Nov. 19, 1915
.. Sec'y, W. D. Wilson Printing Ink Co., Ltd Apr. 4, 1919
..Louis Schlesinger, Inc. (Real Estate) Apr. 22.1920
. . Mgr., George Brown & Co. (Cut Stone) Feb. 20, 1920
..Gen. Mgr., International Oxygen Co Oct. 7,1914
..Farmer Oct. 8,1915
..Supt., Motometer Co., Inc May 9,1918
..Mgr., B. Schwanda & Son (Pearl Buttons) July 19,1917
..Pres., Atlantic Rubber Manufacturing Corp... June 14.1914
..Factory Mgr., R. & L. Bearings Co Feb. 20,1920
..Pres., Star Silk Works Jan. 12,1920
..Pres., Select Pictures Corp.; Treas., Selznick
Pictures Corp Oct. 20, 1919
, ..Pres., Selznick Pictures Corporation Oct. 20,1919
..A. & P. Motor Trucking Corp.; Queensboro
Warehouse Corp Oct. 20. 1919
. . Treas., Sexauer & Lemke, Inc. (Structural
Iron and Steel) Jan. 26,1917
. . Supt., Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. (Devoe
Works) Apr. 4,1919
. . Supt., Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. (Empire
Yard) Apr. 4,1919
. . Mgr.. Patterson Sargent Co. (Paints and Var-
nish) Sept. 27, 1918
..C. E. Sheppard Co. (Book Binders) Apr. 22,1920
. . Purchasing Agt., Neptune Meter Co. (Water
Meters) Jan. 26,1917
..Pres.. Edwin Shuttleworth (Cut Stone and
Marble) July 25, 1918
. . Pres., Voska, Foelsch & Sidlo, Inc. (Interior
Marble) June 18, 1918
. . Astoria Mahogany Co Sept. 13, 1917
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
Name Address Business Elected
Charles RSilvernail L I City Mgr., Queensboro Storage & Warehouse Corp.. Apr. 22,1920-
•Joseph I. Simmons N. Y. City Sec'y, John Simmons Co. (Pipe, Iron Fittings,
Charles Simonson Elmhurst Real Estate ' .' .' ." . . .' . . . .' .' . . . . .' .' .' .' .' .' . . . . ' ' p°b' 16* 1912
I££rliSk^"c"-'il J" I' £lty Asst- Sec>y' Queensboro Corp. (Re'aV Estate) .' .'Aug. 16,1916-
*ChareS W. Smith. L. I. City Traffic Mgr., Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co Sept. 27 1918
Charles W. Smith L. I. City Supt., Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. (Pratt
•Edward M Smith Elmhurst Mgr. , Newtown ' Gas Co '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. Sept. 27^1918
*rank R. Smith Jamaica Coal. Wood and Mason Supplies Apr. 8,1917
L. C. L. Smith L. I. City Consulting Engineer Apr. 10 1916-
Ler°yL- Smith L. I. City Editor, L. I. Star Publishing Co Nov. 19. 1915
Morrell Smith wFar Kockaway. . . Architect Aug. 25, 1919-
»cer i 'r> c • L- I- City Manufacturer Women's Clothing Mar. 15. 192O
bamuel R. Smith Jamaica Bank of the Manhattan Company Sept. 27, 1918
Valentine W. Smith Far Rockaway. . . Vice-Pres., Bank of the Manhattan Co Sept. 27, 1918
Walter S. Smith N. Y. City Vice-Prcs., Red Star Towing & Transporta-
.„ T c j tion Co.) May 12, 1919-
H. L. Snyder L. I. City Treas., N. . Y. & Queens Electric Light &
Power Co.) June 16, 1916-
Harry J. Sohmer L. I. City Sohmer Piano Co Oct. 7. 1914
George Solms Richmond Hill. .. Pres., Richmond Hill National Bank May 9! 1918
£redenck A. Sondheimer. . .L. I. City Black Bear Co. (Oils and Factory Supplies) .. .May 9,1918
Charles M. Sorenson N. Y. City Pres., Charles Sorensen Co.. Inc Apr. 22, 1920
Maynard H. Spear Flushing Vice-Pres., N. Y. & Queens Gas Co Jan. 12,1916-
A. W. Spence N. Y. City Treas., Harrolds Motor Car Co. (Pierce Arrow
Service Station) Apr. 9,1918
G. J. Staats N. Y. City Plumbing and Heating Contractor Feb. 16,1912
Mathew J. Stacom L. I. City Pres., Island Lumber Co., Inc Apr. 22.1920
George Stanley Roslyn Pres., N. Y. & North Shore Traction Corp Mar. 15, 1920
James C. Stansbury Jamaica Jas. H. Stansbury, Inc. (Lumber and Coal) Apr. 4. 1919
Charles Sterner L. I. City Sales Mgr., Steiner Mfg. Co (Automotive Sup-
j I ' i | i plies) Feb. 20,1920'
Theodore Stemway N. Y. City Steinway & Sons (Pianos) Charter
George J. Stelz College Point Gen. Mgr. and Treas., College Point Boat Corp. Jan. 12,1920
Chester G. Stewart Brooklyn Mgr., M. Goodwin & Co. (Lumber) Jan. 12,1920
Isaac R. Stewart Brooklyn Pres., Anchor Cap & Closure Corp Mar. 15,1920'
Frederick Storm Bayside First National Bank Dec. 19, 1913
Elmer G. Story Bayside Pres., First National Bank Oct. 20,1919-
Charles L. Strattard Flushing Staunchwood Shops (Toys) Jan. 12.1920
Henry F. Strebel Brooklyn Chas. Strebel & Sons (Structural Steel and
Iron) Jan. 4,1918
Frank L. Stiles Jamaica Mgr., N. Y. Title & Mortgage Co Mar. 15, 1920
G. L. Stuebner L. I. City G. L. Stuebner Iron Works (Structural Steel
and Iron) Sept. 13, 1917
•H. E. Sturcke L. I. City Treas., General Carbonic Co Nov. 25, 191?
Jacob Sulzbach College Point Pres., N. Y. Watering Co. (Silk Ribbons) Apr. 13,1914
Benjamin H. Sweet Jamaica Real Estate Feb. 11.1915
T. B. Swennes L. I. City Supt., Texas Co. (Oils) Feb. 20,1920
Seymour Taft L. I. City Taft's City Garage (Autos and Accessories) Apr. 9, 1918
E. J. Tarof N. Y. City Traffic Mgr.. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.
(Billiard Tables, Bowling Alleys and Phono-
graphs) ..Sept. 13, 1917
Martin Tepper L. I. City Pres., Heatless Dental Wheel Co. (Dental Ap-
pliances) July 25, 191S
Ira L. Terry Flushing Real Estate Apr. 4,1919
•Charles G. M. Thomas N. Y. City Vice-Pres.. Consolidated Gas. Co. of N. Y.;
Chairman. Board of Directors N. Y. &
Queens Electric Light & Power Co Charter
John W. Thomas N. Y. City Gen'l Agt., Travelers' Insurance Co Apr. 10,1916
Wm. H. Thompson L. I. City Real Estate May 9, 1918
Ralph M. Thomson N. Y. City John Thomson Press Co. (Machinery) Feb. 3.1919
*W. D. Ticknor N. Y. City Goodrich-Lockhart Co. (Real Estate) July 25,1918
Bernard W. Timoney L. I. City Architect and Builder Apr. 4, 1919
Josiah B. Tisdale L. I. City Tisdale Lumber Co. (Lumber, Coal. Wood) Jan. 12,1916
•Henry M. Toch N. Y. City Toch Bros. (Paint, Varnish and Chemicals) .. .Mar. 7. 1'913
C. R. Tock L. I. City Pres., Tock Screw Machine Products Corp Sept. 27, 1918
Thomas H. Todd N. Y. Crty .Real Estate June 24,1919
L. J. Towneley L. I. City Mgr., Metropolitan District. National Casket Co.
(Caskets and Undertakers' Supplies) Apr. 4,1919
George H. Townsend L. I. City Motometer Co., Inc Apr. 22, 1919
Benjamin D. Traitel L. I. City.. ..Pres., Traitel Marble Co. (Mosaic, Tile Mar-
ble Works) Nov. 19, 1918
William C. Van Brunt L. I. City Pres., William C. Van Brunt, Inc. (Structural
Steel and Iron) Nov. 25, 1919
•John Cornelius Vander Pyl. College Point. ... Personnel Supervisor, American Hard Rubber
Co Sept. 27, 1918
•Benjamin C. Vanderwater. .L. I. City.., . . Mer., Corn Exchange Bank (Queens County
Branch) Dec. 20, 1912
D. A. Van Derwerken Corona Tiffany Studios (Architectural Iron and Bronze,
Lighting Fixtures) May 21. 1917
Theodore J. Van Horen Brooklyn Pres., Jamaica Property Corporation Nov. 25, 19
Garrett M.'Van Siclen Jamaica Coal and Wood Mar. 22. 19
Pete- Van Siclen Jamaica Farmer Feb. 10,1915
Paul L. Veeder L. I. City Sec'y-Treas., Boyce-Veeder Corp. (Fire Ex-
tinguishers) Apr. 22, 1920
L. J. Viehmann L. I. City Pres. and Treas. J. Chas. Teepe, Inc. (Wood-
enware and Cabinet Work for Household Use) .May 9, If
•August Vogel L. I. City Pres.. Imperial Paint Co Oct. 5, 1916
•F. A. Von Moschzisker N. Y. City Agent Real Estate Dept., Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co.) June 16, 1915
*Plural Memberships
NEW YORK CITY
159
Name Address Business Elected
*Edwin S. Votey L. I. City Vice-Pres. and Gen'l Mgr.. Aeolian Co. (Pianos,
Victrolas and Musical Instruments) Mar. 8, 1917
A. W. Walch L. I. City Sec'y, L. I. City Industrial Branch, Y. M. C. A. Feb. 3, 1919
R. O. Walker L. I. City Thibaut & Walker Co. (Varnishes) Nov. 25, 1919
N. A. Wallace L. I. City Mgr.. La France Soap & Perfume Co Mar. 15, 1920
*J. J. Walsh Laurel Hill Personnel Mgr., Nichols Copper Co June 24, 1919
R. Randel Wangeman L. I. City Ten Eyck & Wangeman Dec. 6, 1918
Frederick H. Wappler L. I. City Treas.. Wappler Electric Co. (Electric and
X-Ray Apparatus) Aug. 25, 1919
Fred A. Wasserman Whitestone Treas., Elandes Ribbon Co., Inc. (Silk Ribbon). July 25, 1918
F. J. Weber Jamaica Photographer Apr. 22, 1920
Richmond Weed N. Y. City Attorney Charter
*William W. Weitling College Point Treas., American Hard Rubber Co Oct. 22,1913
J. J. Wesley L. I. City Metropolitan Electric Mfg. Co. (Electrical Spe-
cialties) July 25, 1918
Charles M. White Jamaica Mgr. and Treas., Paragon Plaster Co. (Wall
Plaster) Aug. 25, 1919
'Herbert F. White L. I. City Mgr., Plaza Branch. Corn Exchange Bank Feb. 20, 1920
*H. Winslow White L. I. City Pres., Columbia Paper Bag Co Jan. 12,1916
George H. Wicke Glendale Pres., William Wicke Ribbon Co July 25.1918
J. A. Wigmore N. Y. City Investments June 2,1911
W. J. Wilkinson N. Y. City Zeese Wilkinson Co. (Color Plates, Engraving,
etc.) Dec. 6,1918
*George H. Willcockson L. I. City Vice-Pres., Loose- Wiles Biscuit Co Apr. 10, 1916
*Morris L. Willets L. I. City Sec'y. Columbia Paper Bag Co Feb. 3, 1919
*Alex. S. Williams L. I. City Chairman of Board, Astoria Mahogany Co Charter
*H. Pushae Williams L. I. City Attorney; Pres., First Mortgage Guarantee Co. .Charter
*Remsen T. Williams L. I. City Vice-Pres.. Astoria Mahogany Co Nov. 13, 1916
Timothy S. Williams Brooklyn Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co June 19, 1913
W. H. Williams N. Y. City Banker Charter
*Donald Wilson N. Y. City Gen'l Freight Agt., Long Island Railroad Oct. 5,1916
*Odbert P. Wilson L. I. City Vice-Pres., Norma Co. of America (Ball Bear-
ings) Feb. 20, 1920
* Wilbur C. Witherstine Jamaica Mgr., Queens County Branch, Title Guarantee
& Trust Co June 19. 1913
William O. Wood L. I. City Pres., N. Y. & Queens Co. Railway Co Oct. 7, 1914
*P. H. Woodward N. Y. City Gen'l Passenger Agt., L. I. Railroad Apr. 9. 1920
*Ray P. Woodin Jamaica Mgr., Title Guarantee & Trust Co Apr. 13, 1914
C. Curtis Woodruff L. I. City C. Curtis Woodruff & Co. (Builders and Con-
tractors) Aug. 16, 1916
Walter Burnett Woodruff.. L. I. City Treas., John T. Woodruff & Son (Builders) .. Jan. 26, 1917
George E. Woods L. I. City Astoria Light. Heat & Power Co Nov. 3, l9ll
Frederic E. Wright L. I. City Pres.. Weldrite Co., Inc Apr. 22, 1920
*I. H. Wright Jamaica Mgr., N. Y. Telephone Co June 16. ^16
Frank W. Yager Flushing Yager & Wagner (Coal, Wood, Masons' Sup-
plies) Jan. 4,1918
William T. Yale Jamaica Vice-Pres., Yale Land Co Dec. 8, 1911
H. Yellin College Point Eureka Rubber Co Jan. 12, 1920
'Nicholas P. Young L. I. City Young & Metzner (Bags and Bagging) Dec. 19,1916
C. J. Zimmerman N. Y. City Pres., Carbola Chemical Co Aug. 25, 1919
*Plural Memberships
If you desire to cooperate with the prominent business men and public spirited
citizens of Queens Borough, fill out the following and mail to the office of the
Chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens
Bridge Plaza, Long Island City, N. Y.
Gentlemen :
I hereby make application for membership in the Chamber of Commerce of the Borough
of Queens, New York City, and, if elected, will abide by the rules and regulations of the
organization as set forth in its By-laws.
Dues $25 for each sLv
months, payable May 1st,
and Nor. ist.
Initiation fee $25.
(Name)
Address
Business
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
GffOWTH OF M£MB£RSH/f>
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OP THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
CITY OF NEW YORK
That the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce is keeping pace with the won-
derful industrial, commercial, financial and residential growth of the Borough,
can be readily seen by this chart indicating an increase from 55 charter members
in 1911 to 625 members in April 1920.
While our goal for this this year is 800 members, it is evident that at the
present rate of growth the membership will soon be numbered by the thousands.
NEW YORK CITY
161
For Every
Food O
ccasion
there is a SUNSHINE BISCUIT to do its full
share in making that occasion a success.
For example. kfc Tak - horn - a Biscuit" is
supreme for Sandwiches — "Splits-in-two" — no
crumbs — an exclusive feature.
SUNSHINE BISCUITS are baked in
Queens at the Wonder Bakery with the
Thousand Windows.
JOOSE-^ILES BISCUIT (3>MPANY
Brandies in over 100 Cities.
Bakers of
Everyday
scurfs
162
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
THE LYON SPRING BUMPER
THE BEST SELLING AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORY IN THE UNITED STATES
OVER 1,000,000 SOLD ANNUALLY
WHEN YOUR CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH LYON BUMPERS YOU ARE
ALLOWED 15% ON COLLISION INSURANCE.
MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY
METAL STAMPING COMPANY
JOHN F. GALVIN, PRESIDENT
LONG ISLAND CITY
Telephone 926 Astoria
Established 1860
BUILDERS
WALTER B. WOODRUFF
1 Bridge Plaza
Long Island City
NEW YORK CITY 163
Our two hundred million dollars of resources are
adequate to deal with the largest financial enter-
prises.
We place no limit on our service within the bounds
of sound banking.
Whatever our customers demand of us in the way
of modern banking service, we are prepared to give
willingly, definitely and with the efficiency and
dispatch of a fully equipped, well balanced organ-
ization.
The growth of our customers' business finds us
ready and waiting to fill their larger needs.
Come in and let us help you with your problems.
BANK OF THE MANHATTAN COMPANY
CHARTERED 1799
40 Wall Street 31 Union Square
Richmond Hill
Woodhaven
Ridgewood
Fresh Pond
Jamaica
Far Rockaway
Rockaway Beach
Seaside
Elmhurst
Long Island City
Flushing
Corona
College Point
BANK OF LONG ISLAND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY
AT QUEENS OFFICES
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
FIRST MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPANY
(First Mortgage Guarantee Company Building)
15 BRIDGE PLAZA NORTH
LONG ISLAND CITY, BOROUGH OF QUEENS, CITY OF NEW YORK
First Mortgages and Mortgage Certificates Guaranteed
as to Principal and Interest Netting 5%% to purchaser
1 25 ACRES WITH
WATER FRONT
DEEP WATER AT BULKHEAD LINE
CONVENIENT TO TROLLEY LINES
EIYE CENT EARE TO NEW YORK CITY
SUITABLE EOR
HONE DEVELOPMENT, MOVING PICTURE
PURPOSES, OR LARGE MANUFACTURING PLANT
KOUWENHOVEN ESTATES, |NG,
15 BRIDGE PLAZA '
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
TELEPHONE ASTORIA 1874-5
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MISC. IRON & STEEL
FORCINGS
PATENTED
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NOV. 26. 1912 MARK
VENTILATED FLOORING
AND
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IRVING SAFSTEP
MARK
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IRVING IRON WORKS CO.
LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y.
NEW YORK CITY 165
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(/TENANT-OWNERSHIP
OF GARDEN APARTMENTS
IS 1HE IDEAL APARTMENT
HOME OWNERSHIP PLAN
Jackson Heights is the ideal place to live, with its
Tennis, Golf and other outdoor amusements, and
its vigorous Community Life.
Jackson Heights is only 20 minutes by Rapid
Transit from midtown Manhattan.
To reach Jackson Heights : Take the Queensboro
Subway at 42nd Street Subway Station (Corona Line )
direct to 25th St. station.
Iff Ifll THE \v'-' ••/
QUEENSBORO CORPORATION
Jackson Heights Office Manhattan Office
pposite 25th St. Subway Station 50 E. 42d St., Cor. Madison Ave.
Telephone Newtown 2361 Telephone Murray Hill 7057
Long Island City Bridge Plaza North
Telephone Aetona 801
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
VISIT tKe most rapidly developing section of Greater
New York and see some of our attractive residences
and factory sites. Transportation and skipping
ideal. A little time spent in investigating tins section will
be time well spent. My office is at your service.
GEORGE J. RYAN
Real JJstate, ^[ortgage Loans and Insurance
46 JACKSON AVENUE, (Near 4th Street)
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
Telephones 3451 and 3452 Hunters Point
APPRAISER OF REAL ESTATE
250 ACHES ON FLUSHING BAY-EAST RIVER
4000 FEET OF DEEP WATER FRONT
7Y2 MILES FROM HERALD SQUARE
IDEAL FOR LARGE MANUFACTURING PLANTS
Long Island—Pennsylvania R. R. and N. Y. & Queens Trolley pass through the
property. 5 cent fare to heart of N. Y. City.
Labor in this section, in fact throughout Queens, has not joined in making
such abnormal demands as have been made in other sections of the country
where munitions are manufactured. The greater number of industrial workers
own their own homes and are not affected by the unusually high living costs
prevailing in other localities. Existing homes, and plans for further and quick
housing, assure the same conditions in the future.
CONVINCING PROOF — Following companies with thousands of employees
immediately surround this property: American Hard Rubber Company, Nathan
Manufacturing Co., Empire Art Metal Co., Inc., Kleinert Rubber Co., L. W. F.
Engineering Co., Rainier Motor Truck Co., Chilton Paint Works, College Point
Boat Corp., Hunter Illuminating Sign Co., National Chain Co., International
Oxygen Co., Red Star Shipbuilding Corp., Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., S. W.
Rubber Co., The Master Machine Works, and others.
Population of 50,000— Flushing, College Point, Whitestone— all within 2 miles.
For full information inquire
JOHN W . R A P P
EMPIRE BUILDING COLLEGE POINT, LONG ISLAND
2nd Ave., and 9th Street Telephone 1000 Flushing
NEW YORK CITY 167
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Corn Cxtijange
N EW YORK
ESTABLISHED 1853
BEAVER AND WILLIAM STREETS
Member of
Federal Reserve System and of New York Clearing House
Hi1
Capital and Surplus, $12,000,000
Net Deposits, $150,000,000
The Trust Department acts as Executor, Trustee,
Administrator, Guardian, Agent and Depository
of Securities.
FORTY-THREE BRANCHES IN GREATER NEW YORK
BRANCHES LOCATED IN QUEENS BOROUGH
Astoria Branch
75 FULTON AVENUE. ASTORIA
Plaza Branch
BRIDGE PLAZA AND ACADEMY STREET
Steinway Ave. Branch
252 STEINWAY AVENUE
Flushing Branch
116 MAIN STREET. FLUSHING
Queens Co. Branch
JACKSON AVENUE AND 4TH STREET
Accounts Respectfully Solicited
168
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
By making the American Trust Company Trustee,
experts who thoroughly understand local condition's
will supervise and conserve the principal as well as
see to it that the income is promptly paid to the
legatees.
Our Bank is ready to meet your every need, and our
officers are always at the service of the busy man, or
woman, who desires advice.
The American Trust Company
Bridge Plaza North,
Long Island City
In Jamaica : 375 Fulton Street
In Brooklyn : 203 Montague Street
In Manhattan : 135 Broadway
THE • L- W- F • ENGINEERING GUMPflNY,
COL.UE.GE. POINT, NEW YORK.
NEW YORK CITY
GREENWAY TERRACES AND FOREST HILLS INN.
jf oreet Dills <3arfcens
is the property of the Sage Foundation Homes Company and is recog-
nized to be the most comprehensive accomplishment in garden city or
model town planning yet undertaken in America.
Lest confusion and an indefinite impression exist as to just what
Forest Hills Gardens is and represents, and in order to confute any
opinion that it has been developed and undertaken with certain char-
itable or philanthropic objects in view, it is well to state that this is
not its aim.
Forest Hills Gardens is a high-class suburban residential commu-
nity conducted upon strictly business principles. It is a new type of
high-class home community not to be confused with the usual ephem-
eral development filled with absurb fancies and individual idiosyn-
cracies.
It is a successful project along garden city or model town plan-
ning lines and contains the basis of a liberal education in this work.
Residents of Queens Borough particularly should visit Forest
Hills Gardens and become familiar with this great progressive under-
taking, located in their Borough.
SAGE FOUNDATION HOMES COMPANY
Forest Hills, L. I., and 47 West 34th Street, Manhattan
TYPICAL SEMI-FIREPROOF DWELLINGS.
170
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
LONG ISLAND CITY
INDUSTRIAL Y PROPERTIES
Conveniently located to
Dual Rapid Transit
System ; Also locations
witk Rail and Water
facilities
HENRY DUCHARDT
10 EAST 43RD STREET, NEW YORK
RON *-» STEEL
BARS A™ SHAPES
BURDEN IRON PRODUCTS
ROUNDS SQUARES
FLATS HEXAGONS
TOOL STEEL
COLD DRAWN STtEL
ANGLES
TEES
BEAMS
CHANNELS
ESTABLISHED 1829
HOOPS BANDS
PLATES SHEETS
BLACK
AND
GALVANIZED
EGLESTON BROS. & CO., INC.
166 SOUTH STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Cable Address: Egleston, N. Y.
NEW YORK CITY 171
LATHAM LITHO & PRINTING CO.
THE above picture is a preliminary sketch of our
new Long Island City Plant which we are ex-
pecting to build during 1920, to add to the Industry
and Beauty of Queens Borough, and to take care of
our increasing need of space and facilities.
And our purpose is to have a building of some
beauty and attractiveness, something to properly
express the Advertising Value and the Art Value of
our product. Our main product is
Billboard Posters
such as you see along the roads and highways every-
where, called 24-sheet Posters. Our special Facil-
ities and Equipment along this line are the biggest
and best in the country.
"Many of our customers say that we are making
the best Billboard Posters that are produced, as to
Advertising Art and Design, and as to quality of
Paper, of Colors, and of durability of Inks.
We are making at present about 40°fc of all the
Commercial Posters produced in the country — due
alone to our special and superior knowledge and
facilities along that line. Our further specialties are:
Window Displays, Cut-outs,
Hangers, Car Cards, Show Cards,
and other such Advertising Material.
Until we get into our new plant, our address is
Bush
Terminal
LHTH7IM
LITHO
'• &<
PRINTING
Brooklyn
N. Y.
172
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
SURE FOOTED
ON ALL ROADS IN A' L WEATHER
FABRICS CORDS
Win Absolute Confidence
By Unvarying Performance
The Choice oi Motorists
Who Know Quality.
MORE MILES
BETTER SERVICE
REAL ECONOMY
MADE BY
THE BmCK-BALKE-
COLLENDER GO.,
OF
NEW YORK
39 W. 32nd St., New York, N. Y.
DEALERS EVERYWHERE
ALBERT B. TEN EYCK
C'Y-TREAS.
150
TELEPHONE 151 ASTORIA
R. RANDEL WANGEMAN
PRESIDENT
TEN EYCK & WANGEMAN, INC.
104 MAIN STREET
Realty Investments
Estates Managed
Insurance
Renting
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
REPRESENTING
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. Massachusetts F. & M. Ins. Co.
Aetna Life Ins. Co. Niagara Fire Ins. Co.
The Automobile Ins. Co. Reliance Ins. Co.
London Assurance Corporation Westchester Fire Ins Co.
Hudson Insurance Co.
ALBANY. N. Y.
ASHEVILLE. N. C.
BALTIMORE. M. D.
BOSTON. MASS, (z)
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
BUFFALO. N. Y.
CHICAGO. ILL.
CLEVELAND. O.
E. CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
HARLEM. N. Y.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.
LOUISFVILLE. KY.
LONG ISLAND CITYN.Y
NEW HAVEN. CONN.
NEW YORK. N. Y.
ONEIDA. N. Y.
PITTSBURO, PA.
ROCHESTER. N. Y.
SCRANTON, PA.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.
WASHINGTON. D. C.
MAIN OFFICE:
Metropolitan District
Jackson Avenue - Bridge Plaza
Casfeet
Company
NEW YORK CITY 173
The Fierce-Arrow Service Building in Long Island City is located on
Jackson and Freeman Avenues at 5th and 6th Avenues, and
extends through to Webster.
Giving Greater New York
A Greater PIERCE ARROW
Greatness in a motor car or truck depends partly upon
perfected service. And the Fierce-Arrow in New
York has at its beck ahd call the best-equipped service
station in America.
Its 200,000 square feet of floor space are equipped
with modern machinery and every facility to give
Fierce-Arrow owners prompt and valuable service. A
complete stock of supplies and parts, valued at more than
$175,000, is constantly carried.
Experienced mechanics, trained in Fierce-Arrow con-
struction at the Buffalo factory, are here to look after
your passenger car or truck.
These unusual facilities cut down the time required for
adjustments, replacements and overhauling. They mean
better continuous results from all Pierce- Arrows in this
territory.
Whoever puts a Fierce-Arrow to work in New York has
as good a car or truck as can be built, backed up by as
efficient a service as can be created.
HARROLDS MOTOR CAR COMPANY
Salesrooms :
NEW YORK CITY : 233 West Fifty-Fourth Street
BROOKLYN; 1119 Atlantic Ave. POUGHKEEPSIE; 57 Market St.
174
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
PLANT:
Freeman Avenue and William St.
Long Island Ciiy
REGISTERED
Acorn Silk Company
N. Y. OFFICE AND
SALESROOM:
334 Fourth Avenue
Nev> York City
Emil Caiman & Co.
100 William St. New York
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FACTORY
Vernon & Harris Aves.
Long Island City
Manufacturers of the
highest grades of
Enamels Varnishes
Baking Japans
Etc.
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ESTABLISHED
1850
Tel. 391 Astoria
VOSKA, FOELSCH & SIDLO, INC.
OFFICE & FACTORY
Mills St. Astoria, L. I.
Near 92nd St. Ferry
Marble Work of Every Description
Joseph J, Kozak
Pres.
Henry E. McLoughlin
Vice-Pres. & Trems.
KOZAK & MCLOUGHLIN, INC.
LADIES FOOTWEAR
Factory: 14th St. & Governor Place
Long Island City, N. Y.
Tel. Hunterspoint 191
NEW YORK CITY
175
'T'HE MANHATTAN-ROME COM-
••• ANY is the New York branch! of
(he Rome Metallic Bedstead Company,
of Rome, New York. The concern
operates similar branches in Baltimore,
Boston and Chicago.
The Manhattan-Rome Company it-
self opeiates branches, in) Albany
Buffalo, Newark, New Haven, Phila-
delphia, Rochester and Wilkesbarre.
This entire division is supplied from
the factory in Long Island City and
handled as a salt s-unit from the show
rooms in the Marbridge Building.
Rome Products-metal beds, springs
cots, couch-beds and hammocks are
recognized as standard throughout the
country.
»
MANHATTAN-ROME ICOMPANY
LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW^YORK
Sales Offices:
) I Marbridge Bldg
M 47 W. 34th Si
Factory:
Anable Avenue
Long Island City
176
CHAMBKR OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
DEFENDER HANUFACliC CO, Inc.
PEARSON STREET — DEGNON TERMINAL
LONG ISLAND CITY
MANUFACTURERS OF
SHEETS, PILLOW CASES,
BED SPREADS, ETC.
QueensborougK
Lumber Co., Inc.
MASONS' MATERIALS
FLUSHING YARD
40-80 West Bradford Avenue
Telephone 3386 Flushing
BAYSIDE YARD
Park Avenue and 2nd Street
Telephone 63 Baypide
WHITESTONE YARD
llth Avenue and 22nd Street
Telephone 1646 Flushing
For More Than Half a Century
This Triangle Trade-Mark
HAS IDENTIFIED
The World's Best Pipes
MANUFACTURED BY
WM. DEMUTH & CO.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY
177
JflClTROST
TRBLETSUGHR
The tablet which dppeais io discnmitustitiA
people. Lack piece whiie,pure and perfect
OPumform size. No chips in the box,
no waste cm ike table. -----
IQQ% Pure
THE NATIONAL SUGAR REFINING GO.
178
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
"ARMOR"
REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.
QUALITY BOILER ARCHES AND JAMBS, SIDE WALL
AND BRIDGE WALL BLOCKS.
GREENPOINT FIRE BRICK CO.
Office: 111 Clay Street, Brooklyn
Branch : Borden Avenue, L. I. City
Docks-EAST RIVER
Harris Avenue to Englis Street
Telephones 4151-4152 Hunters Point
YOUNG &
iags and
OFFICE AND FACTORY;
321 to 379 Vernon Avenue
LONG ISLAND CITY
N. Y.
1855
19*0
J. & T. ADIKES
Grain Seeds Flour
Produce Feed Groceries
JAMAICA
FLUSHING
pop NOTCH
1 BEACON^ FALLS 1 1
RUBBER FOOTWEAR
Made -with patented heels that last as long
as the soles. Rubbers and canvas 3 hoes
•with rubber soles that fit better, look
better and wear better than the ordin-
ary kind. That's why they
are Top Notch. Look for the
Top Notch cross trade mark.
BEACON FALLS RUBBER SHOE COMPANY
College Point, Long Island, New York,
New York City 106 Duane Street
NEW YORK CITY
179
N the Borough of Queens, twelve min-
utes from Pennsylvania Station, New
York City, eighty-seven trains daily.
Twenty-five minutes by trolley from Long
Island City, Fifteen minutes by automobile
from Long Island City on Queens Boulevard.
Houses for sale — houses built to order — Lots
for sale — easy terms."
OFFICES
(Eorb ilepr iptelnpnwtt
62 Htlliam £trert, Jfflanljattan
3FnreBt ^tU0, Borough of <0uppn0, H. 31.
e B25B IFarrat Sillr.
180
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
TIFFANY
STVDIOS
Entrance and Vestibule Doors, Gates and Archways,
Marquises, Candelabra, Bank Screens, Check Desks,
Tablets, Clocks, Stair Railings, Elevator Fronts
and Cars, Andirons, Statuary Bronze, Etc.
LIGHTING FIXTURES
Chandeliers, Wall Brackets, Entrance Torcheres, Ceiling
Discs and Tiffany Lighting Glassware
CORONA, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.
QUEENS HEADQUARTERS FOR
%umber, timber
' Supplies
5,000,000 ft. Stock of Long and Short Leaf Yellow Pine and
Spruce, Rough or Dressed.
All sizes from 1" x 2" Furring Strips to 14" x 14'* Timber.
Steerco Sand and Gravel Mixture, Sand, Stone, Gravel,
Cement, Brick, Lime, Brick Partitions, Etc.
STEVEDORING AND TRUCKING
Ibunterspoint Xumber & Supply Co., unc.
3>e0non Germinal, X. fl. £tt\>t R 1?.
Phone 2986-7-8 Hunterspoint
NEW YORK CITY 181
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ONE THIRD OF OUR
comes from Queens County through our
Jamaica Office in the Post Office Build-
ing, and its all good business.
WE WANT MORE OF IT !
We examine and guarantee Titles to
Real Estate and we make Loans on
building operations and homes.
See Mr. Jacobs, our Manager in Jamaica,
and he will give you courteous and
prompt attention.
HO1VIE TITLE
Capital and Surplus, over $1,200,000
HENRY J. DAVENPORT, President
HARRY B. HAWKINS
DWIGHT COMSTOCK ^ Local Board
Home Office:— 383 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York
182
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
BUY IN QUEENSBOROUGH
SHEET METAL
PRODUC IS
ARC, OXY-ACETYLENE, ELECTRO-SPOT
WELDING
SEND US YOUR BLUE PRINTS
FOR
QUOTATION
THE HUNTER ILLUMINATED CAR SIGN CO.
FLUSHING, - NEW YORK
JUST ENTERING QUEENS
KEW GARDENS INN
Just completed at K.ew Gardens, Long Island,
is our latest hotel, thoroughly modern and up
to date. Operated on the residential American
plan
UNDER KNOTT MANAGEMENT
NOW OPERATING IN NEW YORK CITY
HOTEL HOLLEY HOTEL ALBERT HOTEL WELLINGTON
HOTEL EARLE HOTEL IRVING HOTEL LE MARQUIS
HOTEL JUDSON THE BERKELEY THE VAN RENSSELAER
Write or Phone Manager for Rates
GEO. H. WARTMAN, Manager
Telephone RicKmonJ Hill 3892
NEW YORK CITY
183
A VITAL SHAVING TRUTH
THREE IN ONE OIL
PREVENTS RUST
LUBRICATES
CLEANS AND
POLISHES
TALKING MACHINES
SEWING MACHINES
TYPEWRITERS «•
ELECTRIC FANS
RAZORS 1 STROPS
FIRE-ARMS
MAGNETOS. COMMUTATOR'
FURNITURE 8. WOODWC
™REE IN ONEOll"
Does your razor shave "clean and
smooth" one day, then scrape and
pull the next?
Rust causes the difference. very
razor blade has a fine "saw" edge.
You cannot wipe it absolutely dry.
Lather and moisture cause invisible
rust to form over night between the
microscopic teeth of the razor edge.
This destroys its keenness and makes
the razor pull. A drop or two of
3-in-One prevents this rust. Before
tomorrow morning's shave do this :
Moisten tip of thumb and finger with
a drop of 3-in-One and draw edge of
razor blade between. That's all.
3-in-One Oil
puts real joy into your shaving. Effective for
both old style and safety razors.
To make your strop take hold of the razor better,
rub a few drops of 3-in-One into it occasionally.
You'll notice the difference at once.
FREE Special Razor Saver
Circular and generous sample of
3-in-One, sent anywhere
without charge. Ask for
both on a postal card.
3-m-One is sold at all store*
in 1 oz., 3 oz. and 8 oa.
bottles and in 3 oz. Handy
Oil Cans.
Triree-in-One Oil Co., 165 AER. Broadway, New York City
184
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
MAHOGANY
LUMBER and VENEERS
, INC.
and Yards:
LONG ISLAND CITY
New York Office:
347 MADISON AVE.
JURGEN RATHJEN COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
COAL
ANTHRACITE
BITUMINOUS
WE SPECIALIZE IN FACTORY TRADE
COAL POCKETS
Foot of Twelftk Street and Vernon Avenue
Telephone 3456-3457 Hunterspomt
Jackson Avenue and Madden Street
Telephone 769 Astoria
Phone and Ask Us to Have Our Representative Call
NEW YORK CITY
185
AERO VIEW OF LAURELTON
Laurelton
Long Island
THE GARDEN SUBURB IN NEW YORK CITY
Unexcelled Transit - All Public Utilities
A well developed community on the south side of
Queens Borough
Wonderful shade trees and beautiful flowers
Highly restricted but moderately priced
Twenty-five minutes from Manhattan
LAURELTON SALES COMPANY, Inc.
LMJRELTON BUILDING
Thirty-third Street and Seventh Avenue
Phone 1119 Greely Office on Property
186
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
"SERVICE THAT PLEASES"
Henry M. Dietz
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REAL ESTATE
Homes and Factory Sites
Mortgage Loans Negotiated General Insurance
390 NINTH AVENUE
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
LONG ISLAND FOUNDRY CO.,
INCORPORATED =
H
eavy an
Light Grey
IRON CASTINGS
lltK and 12th Streets
Near East Avenue
Long Island City, N. Y,
Telephone Hunterspoint 1794
r ots, Plots, Houses,
[Factory Sites
and
Water Fronts
In Long Island City and
Vicinity
FOR SALE BY
ROE H. SMITH & CO.
137 Fulton Ave.
Long Island City, N. Y.
NEW YORK CITY
187
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An Institution for Service
The Greatest Service Station for Motor-driven Vehicles in
the World! The Packard Motor Car Company of New
York has brought a great institution to the Borough of
Queens.
A modern building of eight stories, containing 326,650
square feet of floor space devoted to the upkeep of motor
cars and trucks.
Employment is given to over 650 persons who have ideal
working conditions, including a restaurant and other up-to-
date methods for the welfare of its employees.
This great institution serves both the individual and the
business organization. It brings cars and trucks from all
over Greater New York and Westchester County to the
Borough of Queens.
It serves practically every line of business, from those who
handle the raw material to those who market the finished
product.
THE PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY
of NEW YORK
Long Island City, New York
NEW YORK
BROOKLYN
WHITE PLAINS
POUCHKEEPSIE
NEWARK
PATERSON
PLAIN FIELD
JERSEY CITY
HARTFORD
NEW HAVEN
NEW LONDON
SPRINGFIELD
PITTSFIELD
188
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
' ' One policy of The Home of New Vbr£ recommends another. ' '
ELBRIDGE G. SNOW, President
THE HOME ORGANIZED 1853
INSURANCE COMPANY
]SJ T7 Vy V Q J^ J^ Home Office : No. 56 Cedar Street
Cask Capital, $6,000,000.00
Statement, January 1, 1920
Cask Assets, -
Cask Capital, -
Liabilities, -
Net Surplus, -
Surplus As Regards PolicyKolders,
$54,595,060,31
6,000,000.00*
32,769,09399
15,825,966.32*
21,825,966.32*
Aircraft, Automobile (Combination Policy). Explosion. Fire and Lightning, Hail. Marine
(Inland and Ocean). Parcel Post. Profits and Commissions, Registered Mail,
Rents. Rental Values, Riot and Civil Commotion, Srrmkler Leakage,
Tourists' Baggage, Use and Occupancy, Windstorm
STRENGTH
REPUTATION
SERVICE
DICKEL
Construction Co.
Builders of
Model Homes
Real Estate Investments
Guaranteed
first mortgages for sale
Money to loan
for first mortgages
73 DENNINGTON AVENUE
WOODHAVEN, N. Y.
Phone 634 Richmond Hill
\\/E are now offering investors
guaranteed First Mortgage
Certificates netting 5^% per an-
num in amounts of $500.00 and
upwards.
Come in and let us explain the merits
and convenience of this ideal form
of guaranteed investment.
32 Court Street, Brooklyn
'Phone 7370 Main
346 Fulton Street, Jamaica
'Phone 700 Jamaica
NEW YORK CITY
189
FASTENER
REG. U.S.
PAT. OFF.
T TNDER the direction of special-
ists from the Prague plant
of W aides©1 Co., this factory in Long
Island City — equipped with exclusive
and patented machinery — is now
producing the KoH - 1 - nOOF
Triumph Snap Fastener.
the fastener used and endorsed
by the world's leading fashion
creators.
WALDES & CO, Inc.
FACTORY:
Creek Street and Anable Avenue
Long Island City
SALES OFFICES:
315 Fifth Ave.
New York City
The Largest Snap Fastener Plant In America
190
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
WRIGLEY'S
SEALED TIGHT— KEPT RIGHT
WRIGLEY'S
JUICY FRUIT
CHEWING CUM
METROPOLITAN AND WOODWARD AVES.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
1 o JPurchasers 01
Buyers of Improved Real Estate
in any Borough 01 the City
who need a Loan to finance
their purchase would do well
to consult us first.
We have ample funds to lend
on New York City real estate.
TITLE GUARANTEE &
TRUST CO.
Capital
Surplus -
- $5,000,000
- $11,000,000
137 W. 125th Street
175 Remsen Street
176 Broadway
370 E. 149tt Street
BROOKLYN
350 Fulton St.. Jamaica
67 Jackson Ave., L. 1. City
90 Bay Street, St. George, Staten Island
C. CURTIS WOODRUFF & CO
MASON BUILDERS
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
213 Tenth Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
Phone 2646 Hunters Point
HOMES AND HOME SITES
At
HOWARD BEACH
The Most Accessible Surburan
Community In New York City.
HOWARD ESTATES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
51 Chambers St., N. Y. City
NEW YORK CITY
191
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Electrical Service to industry
\ S Electrical EngmeeringSpscialists we
are prepared to meet every electrical
requirement of industry in accordance with
the highest standard of engineering practice.
The installation ot complete power
in a new factory, the entire revision ot an
existing system to meet new conditions, the
successful application of electric power to
unusual or difficult manufacturing pro-
cesses, planning and installing an up-to-date
lighting system, meeting promptly all main-
tenance requirements of our customers— all
these are in the day's work.
We are dealers in General Electric
Company motors and control apparatus and
carry the only stock in the Borough of
Queens of these motors which are recog-
nized as a standard of efficiency and
reliability.
AUSTIN # MOORE, Inc.
Industrial Electrical Engineers
BRIDGE PLAZA, LONG ISLAND CITY
Warehouse and Shop at Wilbur Ave. „, , , } Office: Astoria 592
telephone? ct A ^ • nr\r
and Crescent St. > SH°P: Aetona 906
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192
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
ID
(PATENTED)
Ball, Roller, Thrust and Combination Bearings
"' m
THE NORTH SHORE
Offers the most convenient home
for Long Island City and Queens
manufacturers.
Let us send you a list of places to
fit your requirements.
Several fine acreage places both on
and near the water.
L'ECLUSE, WASHBURN & CO.
INCORPORATED
NORTH SHORE SPECIALISTS
1 WEST 34iH STREET
NEW YORK
TELEPHONE 2295 GREELEY
GLASS
OF ALL DESCRIPTION
For Building Construction
GLASS
For Automobile Bodies
and Wind Shields
GLASS TOPS
For Furniture
Joseph Elias & Co., Inc.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
Telephone Astoria 1100
TELEPHONE
388 ASTORIA
GEORGE M. O'CONNOR
PLUMBI NG
CONTRACTOR
Steam and Hot Water Heating
154 FULTON AVENUE
ASTORIA
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY
193
Twenty-seven years ago the Neptune Meter Company foresaw
the present great development oi Queens Borough.
Foresight has been backed by faith and energy with the result
pictured.
NEPTUNE METER COMPANY
194
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
American Ever Ready ^A^ orks
OF NATIONAL CARBON CO., Inc.
Long Island City, N. Y.
MANUFACTURERS OF
tVEREADY
DAYLO, "TUNGSTEN" BATTERIES, MAZDA MINIATURE LAMPS,
ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, NON-
SULPHATING STORAGE BATTERIES
Don't ask for a TrtEREAlfrl The light that says
"Flashlight" get an |fljjYJJPli "THERE IT IS"
"CANDIES OF DISTINCTIVE QUALITY"
r I THE noticeable superiority of Tiffin Chocolates is the
•*• result of the selection .of the finest materials, the
exact blending of rich cream, with nuts, and pure fruits,
and their exceptional combination with the wonderful
chocolate coating.
Distinctively Delicious.
Tiffin Candies may be purchased at
the finer stores and at Tiffin Shopj.
TIFFIN PRODUCTS, Inc.
Jackson and Second Avenues
NEW YORK CITY 195
STEIN WAY
The Instrument of the Immortals
There has been but one supreme piano in the history of music.
In the days of Liszt and Wagner, of Rubinstein and Berlioz, the
pre-eminence of the Steinway was as unquestioned as it is today.
It stood then, as it stands now, the chosen instrument of the
masters — the inevitable preference wherever great music is un-
derstood and esteemed.
STEINWAY & SONS, Steinway Hall,
107-109 E. 14th St., New York
Subway Express Stations at Door •
"Made in Queens Borough"
196
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
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A GLANCE AT THE ABOVE TELLS OUR STORY
ALL RAILROADS AT YOUR DOOR-
CARTAGE ELIMINATED
Rapid Transit Service connecting with Bor-
oughs of Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn for
single fare.
Ten Minutes to Grand Central Station, Times
Square and 5Qth Street and Fifth Avenue.
More factories have been located in this
vicinity than any other part of Greater New
York during the past year.
For Information Apply To
DEGNON REALTY AND TERMINAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
DEGNON TERMINAL RAILROAD CORPORATION
Telephone Vanderbilt 4087. 51 East 42nd Street, New York City.
NEW YORK CITY
197
PEGNON
TERMINAL
llHl
GATEWAY TO WORLD'S GREATEST MARKETS
(Opposite 42nd and 59tn Streets, Manhattan)
THE HOME OF LARGE INDUSTRIES
MANUFACTURERS
The following industries after investigating the advantages offered by DEGNON
TERMINAL as a location for their plants; located there:
LOOSE-WILES BISCUIT COMPANY
AMERICAN EVER READY WORKS
THE WHITE COMPANY
JOHN SIMMONS CO.
THE CONCRETE STEEL CO.
NORMA CO. OF AMERICA
DEFENDER MFG. CO.
PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO.
MANHATTAN SOAP CO.
HUNTERSPOINT LUMBER & SUPPLY
CO.
AND
WISSMACH GLASS CO.
AMERICAN CHICLE CO.
SAWYER BISCUIT CO.
S. BLICKMAN, INC.
BRETT LITHOGRAPHING CO.
HENRY WALDES CO.
MARCUS WARD, INC.
MANHATTAN-ROME CO.
PALMOLIVE CO.
FAHNESTOCK ELECTRIC CO.
OPERAPHONE CO.
OTHERS.
FACTORY SITES FOR SALE
In Plots Ranging from 4,000 sq. feet, to 200.000 sq. ft. in area.
WITH AND WITHOUT RAIL AND WATER SHIPPING FACILITIES
Convenient for trucking to Manhattan and Brooklyn
BUILDERS
SITES FOR APARTMENTS AND TENEMENTS
Adjoining the Above Industries
Employing over 8,000 workers who Require Homes.
Rapid Transit Lines on Two Sides of Degnon Terminal Reaching Manhat-
tan, Brooklyn and Bronx for a single fare.
For Information Apply to
DEGNON REALTY AND TERMINAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
DEGNON TERMINAL RAILROAD CORPORATION
Telephone Vanderbilt 4087. 51 East 42nd Street New York City.
198
National Bridge Works
"&TEEL WHEN You WANT IT."
Telephone
Hunters Point 3966 Main Office and Works :
Hunters Point 3967
Hunters Point 3968 REVIEW AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY
Hunters Point 3969 NEW YQRK
Hunters Point 3970
BrancK Sales Office: MERIDEN, CONN.
Plain and Fabricated Steel. Prompt and Dependable Service
Assured Auto Truck Delivery
Minimum Stock on Hand. 6,000 Tons of Beams, Channels, Plates,
Angles and Structural Bars
Shop is Modern and Well Equipped to Fabricate All types of Steel
Structures
RUSH WORK A SPECIALTY.
PHONE — GREENPO INT 807-808-809
NIGHT PHONE-GREENPOINT 2047
FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS AS STANDARD FOR QUALITY IN THE
MANUFACTURE AND REPAIRS OF BOILERS AND
PRESSURE TANKS
THE CHRISTOPHER
427-447 GREENPOINT AVENUE
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
BOILERS : PRESSURE TANKS
JACKETED ITANKS; STORAGE TANKS, STACKS, FLUES, ETC.
LICENSED GASOLINE TANK BUILDERS
BOILER REPAIRS BY EXPERTS AT SHORT NOTICE
NEW YORK CITY
199
FRANCISCO C& JACOBUS
ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS
New York City
Chicago
[1892 Hunters Point— Works
Tel> "[3260 Flusning-Night Service
ESTABLISHED - 1905
INCORPORATED - 1916
COLE-DUNCAN BOILER WORKS
INCORPORATED
Boilers, Tanks, Stacks, Breechings
and Special Plate Work oi.
Every Description.
Boilers Repaired and Retubed by Competent
Workmen .
379-385 BORDEN AVENUE
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
A. M. DUNCAN
Secretary and Treasurer
ROSENTOER BROS.
INCORPORATED
MANUFACTURERS
BOOTS, SHOES,
LEGGINGS AND
OVERGAITERS
EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND FACTORIES
LONC ISLAND CITY, N. V.
AMERICAN CHICLE Co., LONG ISLAND CITY
ANCHOR CAP & CLOSURE CORP., LONG ISLAND CITY
Industrial Buildings
Process Equipments
Power Houses
Mecnamcal Equipment
Standardized Buildings
ONE OF OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENI
BALLINGER & PERRCJ]
ARCHITECTS, ENGINEER!
(Qualified b
S. KARPEN & BROS., LONG ISLAND CITY
PATTERSON-SARGENT Co., LONG ISLAND CITY
A VIEW ACROSS THE VILLAGE GREEN
-NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA
\ND CONSTRUCTORS
26 years experience)
Hotels
Office Buildings
Institutions and Schools
Cnurcnes
Housing and Town
Planning
202
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
PHONE cASTORIA 101
ESTABLISHED 1890
Recknagel, Inc.
407—414 STEINWAY AVENUE
LONG ISLAND CITY
HARDWARE
FACTORY, MILL <®> CONTRACTORS' SUPPLIES
ROOFING
TINSMITHS
LEADERS
LIVE AT
BROADWAY
ON THE
HILL
FLUSH ING
HO FEET ABOVE THE SEA
CHOICE BUILDING LOTS AND
PLOTS FOR SALE
MONEY ADVANCED
TO BUILD
ALLYN-HALL
REALTY CO.
320-322 FIFTH AVENUE
PHONE MADISON SQ. 1412
CROSS 6? BROWN
COMPANY
18 East 41st St., New York City
Telephone Murray Hill 7100
Has Built and Sold Over 325,000
Square Feet
Of Fireproof Factory Space.
In Long Island City
125,000 Square Feet Now Under
Construction.
Will Build To Suit and Lease or Sell
On Easy Terms —
Location as Selected.
Factory and Factory Sites
With and Without Railroad Siding
We specialize in
Industrial Properties
NEW YORK CITY
203
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FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS
REPLICAS FROM ENGLISH, FRENCH AND
ITALIAN SCHOOLS
INCORPORATED
Factory :
Skillman Ave. 6? Rawson St.
Long Inland City
Showroom :
112 West 42nd Street
New York City
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
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A Location Service
For Manufacturers
Ci. A complete listing of all available space, land
or buildings, with and without railroad sid-
ings, on waterfront and inland, in or near
New York City.
C Clients of this office will finance and erect
buildings on a long term lease, or sell the com-
pleted buildings on easy terms.
American' Chicle Co.
Sawyer Biscuit Co. •
Defender Mfg. Co.
Rome Metallic Bedstead Co.
The Aeolian Co.
and other leading manufacturers
located in Long Island City through
M"&~L
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Business Property
INDUSTRIAL DEPT.
907 Broadway, New York Telephone Stuyvesant 4200
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1880
INCORPORATED
1915
OVEN BUILDERS
FOR
JAPANNING
ENAMELING
LACQUERING
GENERAL
SHEET METAL
WORKERS
OVEN T3J3K
GEHNRICH INDIRECT HEAT OVEN CO,, L
.SKILLMAN AVE., HONEYWELL AND BUCKLEY STS.
LONG ISLAND CITY
NEW YORK CITY
205
FACTORY BUILDINGS
OF REINFORCED CONCRETE
AND MILL CONSTRUCTION
ANYWHERE
IN GREATER NEW YORK
REPETTI, Inc.
1 will erect buildings containing any-
where from 10,000 to 100,000 square
feet of manufacturing space for any
responsible prospective lessee.
I will build and sell the structure for
a small cash consideration, taking a
mortgage, to be amortized over an
agreed period, for the balance. The
plan will make it possible for the client
to reduce rental overhead to approx-
imately one-half present cost.
New Buildings I Have Erected in Queens Borough
(a) REPETTI, INC., 14th St. and Ely Ave., L. I. City
(b) FRUIT PRODUCTS, Washington and 6th Aves.
(c) PERFECT WINDOW REGULATOR CO., Harris and
Van Alst Aves.
(d) PIROXLOID PRODUCTS CORP., 8th St., near Jackson
Ave.
(e) C. H. MOTORS, Ely and Henry Sts.
(f) TRANSPORT SERVICE, INC., Harris Ave.
(g) GEHNRICH INDIRECT HEAT OVEN CO., Skillman
Ave. and Honeywell St.
(h) C. E. SHEPPARD Co., Van Alst Ave. and 12th St.
(i) ART ORNAMENT CO., 3rd St. and Jackson Ave.
LOUIS GOLD
44 COURT STREET BROOKLYN, N.
Phone Main 7050
206
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
MOTT PLTJMBIXG IS GIVING SATISFACTORY SERVICE
IN COUNTLESS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS THROUGHOUT THK COUNTRY
WRITE FOR OUR CVTALOHUK OK MOUKRN .PLUMBING! 1SQUIPMENT FOR FACTORIES
THE 3. L. MOTT IRON \VORKS
118 FIFTH AVKNUK. NEW YORK llo BROADWAY, LONG ISLAND CITY
DONNER
HOUSE WRECKING CO., INC.
DEALERS IN
NEW AND SECOND
HAND LUMBER
OFFICE AND YARDS:
ELY AVENUE AND NORTH JANE STREET
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
TELEPHONE ASTORIA 338
/ Ullli- /•• • ;//• 'Hint I 1
/ THE MOTORjHEATj INDICATOR
'/•' JTR^CTORsfrRUCKS. AUTOMOBILES
• / //' ' '///" ill -'i ' I
Ho natter where you go there on the radiator
caps of automobiles, trucks and tractors you
will find a Boyce Loto-Leter (the motor temper-
ature indicator).
A good motor is worth keeping good, and that
alone is the mission of the Boyce lioto-lleter.
THE MOTO-METER CO., Inc.
Long Island City New York
208
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
C. A. WIILEY CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
"•R.ADE MAR.K
Automobile Paints, Colors
Varnishes, Etc.
LONG ISLAND CITY
NEW YORK
Howell, Field &
Goddard, Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Standwell Standardized
Steel Covered Doors
and Combination Steel
Bucks, Jambs and Trim
LATITE ASPHALT SHINGLES
Patented
Cost Less to Buy
Cost Less to Lay
THAN ANY OTHER GOOD ROOF
OFFICES AND FACTORY:
Review Avenue, L. I. City
Telephone
Hunters Point
Knickerbocker
Ice
Company
The NAME of KARPEN
Karpei)
CHICAGO
MICHIGAN C1TY-NEWTORK
distinguishes our Furniture from the
c rdinary
S. KARPEN & BROS
DESIGNERS
MANUFACTURERS
SHOWROOMS
111 W. 37th St.. New York City *
8th St. & Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 111.
FACTORIES
Chicago
Michigan City Long Island City
NEW YORK CITY
209
G
IBSON
MODEL STUCCO HOME
DEVELOPMENT
:s
AT ELMHURST MANOR
WITH AUTO DRIVEWAYS
The Perfect Low Priced American Home
Designed and constructed for the Homeseeker
who desires the best at the least cost
The Ideal Home Place for the Children
Well Drained, Sewered, Convenient to Schools
Churches, Stores and Amusements
W. R. GIBSON
BUILDER AND DEVELOPER
OFFICE AND BUILDINGS
Burnside Avenue and Thirty-Seventh Street
Elmhurst Manor, L. I.
PHONE NEWTOWN 2073
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE
FACTORIES - - LOFTS - WATER FRONTS - - LOTS
Queens Borough a Specialty
FOURTEEN YEARS' ACTIVE EXPERIENCE
ALL LOCATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL TERMINALS ANALYZED (FROM AN
ABSOLUTELY IMPARTIAL STANDPOINT) ACCORDING TO
THE CUSTOMER'S REQUIREMENTS
52 VANDERBILT AVL, NEW YORK
TELEPHONE CONNECTION
Isaac Baer, President Telephone
Meyer Weisberg, Treasurer c^lstoria 433
The Weisberg-Baer Co.
mghgrade INTERIOR WOODWORK
Window Frames, Sash and Doors
BOULEVARD TO EAST RIVERA
LONG ISLAND CITY
TELEPHONE ASTORIA 1007
NIGHT RESIDENCE PHONES
LENOX 9318
ASTORIA 2970
J. KLEINHENZ
W. HUBER
QUEENS HAULAGE CORPORATION
MOTOR TRUCKING AND STORAGE
EXPORT HEAVY HAULING TO ALL PIERS OUR
SPECIALTY.
ANY CAPACITY TRUCKS
1037-1039 BOULEVARD, ASTORIA. L. I.
LONG DISTANCE
RIGGING AND HOISTING
CASSFDY COMPANY
INCORPORATED
DESIGNKRS AND MAKERS OF
LIGHTING FIXTURES
101 PARK AVENUE
AT FORTIETH ST.
NEW "YORK
FACTORY
-ai WILBUR AVBNUE
LONG ISLAND CITY
NEW YORK CITY
211
Largest Life Insurance Business in the World
METROPOLITAN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK)
HALEY FISKE, President
FREDERICK H. ECKER, Vice-Pres.
Total Amount of Outstanding Insurance .... $5,343,652,434
Larger than that of any other Company in the World.
Ordinary (annual premium) Life Insurance paid for in 1919 • $910,091,087
More than has ever been placed in one year by any Company in the World.
Industrial (weekly premium) Insurance paid for in 1919 - $508,590,405
More than has ever been placed in one year by any Company in the World.
Total Insurance placed and paid for in 1919 - - - $1,418,681,492
The largest amount ever placed in one year by any Company in the World.
Gain in Insurance in Force in 1919 - - - - - $914,140,618
More than ever has bean gained in one year by any Company in the World.
The Company gained more insurance in force in 1919 than any other Company
wrote.
Number of Policies in Force December 31, 1919 - - - 21,770,671
Larger than that of any other Company in America.
Gain in Number of Outstanding Policies .... 1,986,410
Larger than any Company in the World has ever gained in one year.
Assets ' $864,821,824.55
Increase in Assets during 1919 $89,367,126.27
Larger -than that of any other Company in the World.
Liabilities $835,736,487.38
Surplus $29,085,337.17
Number of Claims paid in 1919 289,125
Averaging one policy paid for every 30 seconds of each business day of &
hours.
Amount paid to Policy-holders in 1919 $73,581,759.91
Payment of claims averaged $505.93 a minute of each business day of 8 hours.
Metropolitan Nurses made 1,300,883 visits free of charge to 256,000 sick Industrial
Policy-holders.
Metropolitan men distributed over Twelve Millions of pieces of literature on
health—
Bringing the total distribution to over 200,000,000.
Reduction in general mortality at ages 1 to 74 in eight years, 17.9 per cent.
Typhoid reduction, 6g per cent.; Tuberculosis, over 33 per cent.;, Heart
disease, over 23 per cent.; Brighfs disease, over 25 per cent.; In-
fectious diseases of children over 46 per cent.
In general reduction and in each case of disease, this is far greater than that
shown by statistics of the Registration Area of the United States.
Death Rate for 1919 on its Industrial Business lowest in History of Company.
212
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
THE BOROUGH'S NEWEST
INDUSTRY
BOOK
MANUFACTURING
Located in the New,
Up-to-the-Minute
METROPOLITAN LIFE BUILDING
Court Square, Long Island City
AFTER DECEMBER 1st, 1920
J. F. TAPLEY COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 1850
NOW AT
531-3-5 West 37th Street, Manhattan
Mailind Container of this book supplied by
BROCKXW^FITZHUGH'STEWART-INC.
DECATUR ST. AND IRVING AVE.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Makers of
Label s •• Folding B oxe s •• Fibre and
Corrugated Shipping Containers.
This publication was bound by a Queens Borough industry — 7. F. Tapley Company;
and mailed in containers supplied by another Queens Borough industry— Brockway-
Fitchugh-Stezvart, Inc.
NEW YORK CITY
213
QUEENS' NEWSPAPER
Devoted to the Civic
Social and Manu-
facturing Development
of
QUEENS
BOROUGH
Home of Long Island Star Publishing Co.
Star Square, Radde and Henry Streets
Advertising the wants of its people
Insisting on the rights of its citizens
And encouraging the growth of its manufacturing
This Star has not been dim since 1864
To reach the people of Queens
Advertise in the Daily Star
PRINTING, BOOKBINDING
LARGEST PLANT IN QUEENS
Commercial. Social and Legal Printing of Every Character
THIS BOOK IS FROM OUR PRESSES
WHEN YOU NEED PRINTING OUR ADDRESS IS
STAR SQUARE
RADDE AND HENRY STREETS. LONG ISLAND CITY
TELEPHONE 1 9QO ASTORIA
Long Island Star Publishing Company
This publication was printed by one of the oldest Queens Borough industries — Long
Island Star Publishing Company.
214
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
JAMAICA PROPERTY CORP.
THEODORE J. VAN HOREN, PRESIDENT
Telephone Jamaica 878
Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue
JAMAICA, NEW YORK CITY
Lots - Plots - Acreage - Factories
Residential Property
ON THE HILL BY THE LAKE NEAR THE BAY
Properties Sold, Rented, Exchanged
Lots ior Builder on Terms
Jamaica Park South
Athens Heights
SALES AGENT FOR
Sutphin Park Arcadian Terrace
Jamaica Villa Park Jamaica Harbor Plaza
BRETT LITHOGRAPHING CO.
FINE OFF-SETT COLOR PRINTING
ANABLE AVENUE, PEARSON AND MFADOW STREETS
NEW YORK CITY
215
Queensborousfn
•AND-
The White Company
This company enters the industrial me ol Queensborough
with the establishment of its New York Branch selling
offices, service station and Foreign Department offices in a
new building now being completed at School Street and
Thomson Avenue, Long Island City.
To serve the entire metropolitan district, the installation
and maintenance service available to users of White Trucks
has been highly developed. Every facility has been pro-
vided to give White users a 100% transportation service
and to take care of the steadily increasing demand tor
White Trucks.
THE WHITE COMPANY
Cleveland
New York Branch : Madison Ave. at 45th Street
216
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
The Plant Back of the
STATION No. 1— FLUSHING
ELECTRIC
An important factor in determii
These modern distributing stations are typic 1
ADEQUATE arl
Low
Rates
Borough of Queen^
NEW YORK C& QUEENS
ELECTRIC LIGHT C& POWER CO.
NEW YORK CITY
217
Electric Power Service
STATION No. 2— JAMAICA
POWER
ing the location of your factory
:of the plant and equipment which provide
iRELIABLE POWER
the
New York City
Unlimited
Capacity
BRIDGE PLAZA, LONG ISLAND CITY
218
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
J. P. DUFFY CO.
BRICK - LIME - CEMENT
TERRA GOTTA BLOCKS
AND OTHER
MASONS' BUILDING MATERIAL
ASTORIA YARD:
JACKSON AVE. AND MADDEN ST.
Brooklyn:
Second Ave. and 51st St.
New York.
138th Street & Park Avenue
WICKE RIBBON GO.
GLENDALE, L. I.
(\
Phone Hunterspoint 2070
ELECTRIC CO.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
AND APPARATUS REPAIRED
Expert Rewinding
A. C. and D. C. Motors
and Generators
Maintenance, Repairs, Contracting
and Installation
150 JACKSON AVENUE
LONG ISLAND CITY
NEW YORK CITY
219
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
TRANSPORT SERVICE, INC.
HARRIS AVENUE AND SHERMAN ST.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
Gasoline & Electric Vehicles
Motor Trucks
Pleasure Cars
Parts
Motor Repair & Rebuilding
Commercial and Pleasure
Bodies.
Painting, Trimming and
Upholstering
Machine Shop
Blacksmith Work
Carburetor Service
Magneto Service
Bittery Service
Garage
Emergency Service
Roadside Repair and Tow-
Ing. Day and Night.
Auto Trucks
Storage Warehouses
Export and Import
Shipments and Freight Col-
lections from all Piers
and Terminals In Greater
New York.
Carload Lot Spot Distri-
butions a Specialty.
Out of Town Accounts So-
licited.
Merchandise Transported to
all Parts of the World.
Custom House License No.
202.
TELEPHONE ASTORIA 1881 — 1882
The Ronzoni
M
acaroni
_ INCORPORATED
i Co.
612—616 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, N. Y.
GRADY MFG. CO.
250-256 Ely Ave,
Long Island City
NON-INFLAMMABLE AND
INFLAMMABLE
IMPERIAL METAL MFG. CORP.
81-3-5 SUNSWICK ST., L I. CITY
MFRS. OF SPRINKLER TOPS AND METAL SPECIALTIES
FREDERICK A. RUSSELL, MANAGER
NEWTOWN CREEK TOWING CO.
RIVER AND HARBOR TOWING
BOATS SUPPLIED WITH POWERFUL PUMPS
FOR FIRE OR WRECKING PURPOSES AND
TESTING BOILERS
BOATS LAY UP AT HUNTERS POINT BRIDGE
MAIN OFFICE
9 JACKSON AVE., LONG ISLAND CITY
MAIN OFFICE TELEPHONES ( 3841 ( HUNTERS
DAY AND NIGHT | 3842 i POINT
DAY AND NIGHT TOWING
221
The New Home Colony
Fifteen Minutes from Grand Cent-
tral Subway Station. 5c. Fare.
100 Acres Under Development.
Adjoining the New 60 Acre Million
Dollar Water Front Park .
100 HOUSES NOW BUILDING
Six and seven rooms, with heated garage
and private driveway. Colonial hH^K, r»ar-
quet floors, white enamel trim, hot water
heat, tiled bath and kitchen.
Take Queensboro Subway train from
Grand Central Subway Station, direct to
the property, one block from Ditmars
Avenue Station.
By motor, from Queenshoro Bridge fol-
low left branch of Elevated road to Dit-
mars Avenue Station.
Send for photographs, floor plans and
particulars. Brokers protected.
&trkprt=$rnum
Tel. Murray Hill 1190
Co.
52 Vanderbilt Avenue
NEW QUEENS BOROUGH PLANT OF
JOHN SIMMONS CO.
(ONE CITY BLOCK)
LONG ISLAND CITY
222
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
For Expert Opinions
on
Queens
Borough
Real
Estate
Consult
Mr. Halleran
of the
Halleran Agency
Flushing, N. Y.
EDWARD SMITH & COMPANY
West Ave., 6th & 7th Sts.
Long Island City
New York
1827
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Varnish Makers
and
Color : Grinders
Phone Hunterspoint 4045
JOHN A. PETRY
87 Filth Street
Long Island City, N. Y.
WASTE
AND
WIPERS
ON - THE - SPOT " DELIVERY
20000 Lb». m Stock
NEW YORK AGENT
HAGY BROTHERS, Inc.
PHILADELPHIA
The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
JobPrintingDepartment
Largest Plant in Brooklyn
and Long Island
I
inspection PROGRAMS
and patron- REPORTS
age. A sta# of ART WORK
e ffi c ie n t and
COLOR WORK
EN G RAVING
courteous repre-
sentatives are at
your service for
consultation, advice, and estimates
of cost.
Fifth Floor, *.* Eagle Building
Brooklyn, N. Y.
305 Washington Street
Telephone 6200 Main
NEW YORK CITY
223
A Few
Electrical Installations
OF THE
H. B. K.
ELECTRIC COMPANY
91 JACKSON AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY
Industrial, Electrical Power and Lighting
Installations
A Fully Equipped Modern Repair Shop
for Motors and Electrical
Apparatus
Westmghouse Agents in the Borough of
Queens
Telephone
612 Hunterspoint
Orrf&ntcSalt and Acid Co. L.I.C.
Salt and Acid Co. NewerK N.J
G.Piel Co, Inc.
Adler Vetieer S«at Ca.
224
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
o.
INCORPORATED
STEEL CONSTRUCTION
29 zSvoactwciu, jVew <,yow& (oifai,
DESIGNERS, FABRICATORS AND CONSTRUCTORS
OF
STEEL BRIDGES, BUILDINGS, TANKS, TOWERS,
SUGAR FACTORIES, WARE HOUSES AND
STORAGE BUILDINGS
TWENTY FIVE YEARS SERVICE SUPPLYING FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS OF STEEL OR
CONCRETE; STEEL CONSTRUCTION IN BARGES, BRIDGES. TRESTLES, VIADUCTS. STACKS, TANKS,
RADIO AND TRANSMISSION TOWERS, MINE SHAFTS AND HEAD FRAMES, STRUCTURAL STEEL
SHAPES, REINFORCING STEEL. CORRUGATED STEEL AND STEEL SASH.
PHONE, WRITE OR WIRE FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVE
YOUR INQUIRIES WILL RECEIVE OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
Lawyers
Title ana Trust
Company
Capital $4,000,000
Surplus and Profits - 5,994,552
Examines and insures titles to real
property. Lends money on bond and
mortgage. Sells first mortgages and
mortgage certificates, guaranteed as to
principal and interest; and first mort-
gages without guarantee.
Allows interest on deposits subject
to check or on certificate. Designated
depository for court funds and money
of bankrupt estates. Acts as executor
and trustee. Transacts all trust com-
pany business.
160 Broadway, New York
188 MONTAGUE ST., BKN. 44 COURT ST., BKN. 1354 B'WAY, BKN,
367 FULTON ST., JAMAICA, N. Y,
3S3 E. I49FH STREET, NEW YORK
160 MAIN ST., WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.
LONG ISLAND
E
359 Fulton Street
Jamaica, N. Y.
Telephone Jamaica 100
ROBERT W. HIGBIE
PRESIDENT
HAMILTON A. HIGBIE
VICE PRESIDENT «fc TREASURER
WM. H. SHANNON
SECRETARY
MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS
NEW YORK CITY 225
Matching the Growth of Business
Entering the seventieth year of its service
to business, the Irving National Bank
has completed the circle of its functions
by merger of its allied institution, the
Irving Trust Company. The union is
the natural outcome of close association
and common ownership, now that the
amendment of the federal bank law per-
mits the two institutions to join forces
without sacrifice of customer service.
To the friendly personal service which
the Long Island City Office offered
before the merger, the union of the two
Irvings enables its officers to add the
facilities and resources of the greater in-
stitution and to place at the disposal of
depositors every modern banking service,
national and international.
IRVING NATIONAL BANK
LONG ISLAND CITY OFFICE
BRIDGE PLAZA, LONG ISLAND CITY
EDWARD E. McMAHON, Jr. THEODORE W. EGLY
MANAGER ASST. MANAGER
226
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
TELEPHONE PLAZA 2149
ESTABLISHED 1892
TELEPHONE PLAZA 646
G. J. Staats
PLUMBING CONTRACTOR
733 Lexington Avenue, New York
Experience of more than a QUARTER CENTURY of Plumbing for
Factories, Office Buildings, Terminals, Piers, Residences
Work Installed in Any Part of the United States
First National Bank
of Whitestone
Organized 1907
Capital $56,000.00
Surplus and Undivided
Profits - - - - $56,000.00
Every Facility to Depositors
Open Monday Evenings
FOR
STANDARD GRADES
OF
BRICK-CEMENT
LIME
CALL ON
CLONIN & MESSENGER
LONG ISLAND CITY
TELEPHONE 1881 HUNTERS POINT
Sweeney & Gray Co.
ESTABLISHED 1893
MACHINISTS AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS
Artesian Wells
DRILLED AND DRIVEN
CORE, TEST. WASH AND FOUNDATION BORINGS FOR
ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS
INCREASED WATER SUPPLY BY OUR NEW METHOD
EXPERT REPAIRS TO WELLS
WORKS: 81-83-85 SIXTH ST., L, I, CITY, N.Y.
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Everything
for the
Automobile
THOROUGHFARE
GARAGE AND
AUTO SUPPLY CO.
QUEENS BOULEVARD AT
ELM HURST
AGENCY
WITH SERVICE
DISTRIBUTORS FOR QUEENS
OF THE FAMOUS
HOWE TIRES
NEW YORK CITY 227
THE CENTURY AUDIT CORPORATION
(Incorporated 1913)
ACCOUNTANTS and AUDITORS
FOR NUMEROUS ENTERPRISES IN QUEENS BOROUGH
41 Park Row
MILES S, CHARLOCK New York' N' Y'
PRESIDENT Cortland 2142-3
uy Your Varnishes in Queens !
TVTE make a study of tne require-
ments of individual manufact-
urers, and we might [\3e able to
improve tne finish of your product
Varnishes for Automobiles, Furniture and Trim.
Black Baking Japans in All Grades.
Liquid and Japan Dryers that will Dry.
Exinolite, the All-Purpose Varnish
THE THIBAUT & WALKER CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF VARNISH SPECIALTIES
72—76 Nintk Street Long Island City, N. Y.
228
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
"Old Reliable '
"THE DUE TRUCK WORTHY Of THAT NAME"
OLD RELIABLE MOTOR
TRUCK CORPORATION
LONG ISLAND CITY
Factory and Service Station
ELY AND HARRIS AVENUES
Manufacturers of
2/^2, 3J^, 5 Ton Worm Drive Trucks
aucl 1]/2 Ton Chain Drive Trucks
Dump Trucks a Specialty
SERVICE AT YOUR DOOR
Affiliated witK Chicago, III.
Established 1911
Edward Ruth, Jr.
4 Woodside Ave., Winfield, L I.
Telephone 1847 Newtown
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
MORTGAGE LOANS
H. J.MULLEN CONTRACTING CO.
INCORPORATED
Paving and
Sewer
Construction
JAMAICA
NEW YORK
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES
u — — —
Harvey B. Newins
INCORPORATED
522 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
r2962
VANDERBILT J 2963
I 2965
Matheson Lead Co.
Manufacturers of
White Lead
Flake White
Litharge
Red Lead
Orange Mineral
Office and Works
559-571 VERNON AVENUE
LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y.
TELEPHONE ASTORIA 3300
PA YET
SILK DYEING CORPORATION
BOULEVARD AND WEBSTER AVENUE
LONG ISLAND CITY
DYERS AND FINISHERS
OF ALL CLASSES OF
SILK AND WOVEN TEXTILES AND
JERSEY CLOTHS
ALL GOODS INSURED AGAINST THIEF AND FIRE
DURING IN OUR POSSESSION
TWENTY MINUTES FROM THE SILK MARKET
A NEW ARRIVAL
TO FILL THAT LONG NEEDED WANT
DROP IN AND SEE OUR LINE
Office Furniture
Filing Devices
Stationery
Printing
Tel.,
Astoria 3020.
598 Jackson Ave.,
L. I. City
NEW YORK CITY
229
COLUMBIA
HOIST AND MACHINE CO.
ELECTRIC
CRANES AND HOISTS
LABOR SAVING
DEVICES
BORDEN AVE.
L I. CITY
LA COUR
IRON WORKS
ENGINEERS 8c CONTRACTORS
STEEL CONSTRUCTION
L. U. LA COUR, C. E.
S. J. DEVOE
E. V. VORM
BORDEN AVE.
L I. CITY
Telephone 211 Richmond Hill
EARL A. GILLESPIE
Lumber
and Trim
97th Avenue and 98th Street
WOODHAVEN JUNCTION
LONG ISLAND
Queens
Advertising Agency
48 Jackson Avenue
LONG ISLAND CITY
EXPERT SERVICE
FOR EVERY
ADVERTISING NEED
T . , f 1458 1 „
lelephoness 3450 f Ilunterspoint
230
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
BROOKLYN EASTERN DISTRICT TERMINAL COMPANY
/^UEENSBORO TERMINAL— Located East River and 14th St.,
N^ Long Island City. Shipments may be made through this Terminal
in connection with the following roads :
New York Central
West Shore
New Haven
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Baltimore & Ohio
Central Railroad of N. J.
D., L. & W.
N. Y. 0. & W.
LOOSE LEAF
THE Cesco Line comprises a Complete
assortment of modern business tools —
Loose Leaf Binders and Accounting Forms
for every conceivable purpose.
It is a line of individuality — each item —
from the vest pocket book to the highest grade
ledger — with some distinguishing features,
Exceptional facilities for the manufacture of
Ruled Forms. Manifold Billing Blanks and all
Loose Leaf Sheets.
Catalogue on Request
THE C. E. SHEPPARD CO.
VAN ALST and 13th STREET, LONG ISLAND CITY
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY 231
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Long Island
The High Point of Queens
Kew Gardens is 16 minutes by train from Pennsylvania
Station, Manhattan, and it is not over 15 minutes
run by automobile from Bridge Plaza, Long Island City. A
finer climate and a more beautiful development than any
other nearby suburb. We offer plots full of individuality
and a home-building plan that will interest you ; also new
houses just finishing.
EJgewortk Smith, Inc.
Sole Agent
New York Office at
1 West 34th Street
Phone Greeley 5250
Kew Gardens Office at
City Bound Station Platform
Phone Richmond Hill 1713
COKE jv WOOD
Anthracite f~^ g"*\ A Bituminous
V^J \J £\ LJ
DOMESTIC AND STEAM SIZES
For over 70 years we have been supplying
the merchants and manufacturers of this
vicinity with the best quality of coal and
can nil your requirements efficiently,
speedily and with the least possible delay.
Lumber, Mill Work and Trim
1000 Boulevard, L. I. City, N. Y., Phone Astoria 790
232
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NEW YORK CITY
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ROMAN-CALLMAN Co.
INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS
CONSTRUCTION FINANCED
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PLOTTAGE FOR
APARTMENT HOUSES
BRIDGE PLAZA
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
Some Important Industries We Have Located Here
METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.
STANDARD STEEL CAR CO,
GOULD MESEREAU CO.
L. J. SELZNICK INC.
UNITED BUTTON CO.
J. F. TAPLEY CO.
WAPPLER ELEC. CO.
G. PIEL CO.
PALMOLIVE SOAP CO.
EMERSON PHONOGRAPH CO.
GEHNRICH IND. OVEN CO.
WM. C. VAN BRUNT CO.
MAURICE MILLER
AUTO SALES CORP.
CHAS. M. SORENSON. INC.
MILLER SHOE CO.
HIMOFF MACHINE CO.
EMPIRE CITY IRON WORKS
HILL BUTTON WORKS
HARDITE METALS, INC.
LAURAINE MAGNETO CO.
WALKER VEHICLE CO.
MORGAN GROSSMAN
DELATOUR BEVERAGE CORP.
Printing Plant
Service Station
Drapery Hardw.
Studio
Buttons
Book Binding
Surgical App.
Auto Parts
Warehouse
Phono. Records
Enam. Ovens
Iron Works
Smelting Plant
Vending Mach.
Surg. Apparatus
Shoes
Auto. Mach.
Struct. Iron
Celluloid But.
Metallurgy
Magnetos
Auto Trucks
Shoes
Beverages
200,000 square ft.
150,000 "
130,000 "
120,000 "
100,000
100,000
100,000
70,000
60,000
55,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
30,000 "
30,000
30,000 "
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000 "
20,000 "
20,000
ROMAN-CALLMAN Co.
INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS
CONSTRUCTION FINANCED
ESTATE
APARTMENT HOUSES
BRIDGE PLAZA
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.
NEW YORK CITY
235
CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
OF
ADVERTISERS
ACCOUNTANTS and AUDITORS
Century Audit Corporation 227
ADVERTISING
Queens Advertising Agency 229
AIRPLANES
L. W. F. Engineering Co 168
ANCHORS
Irving Iron Works 164
APARTMENTS
Queensboro Corporation 165
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
Ballinger & Perrot 200-1
Francisco & Jacobus 199
ARTESIAN WELLS
Sweeney & Gray Co 226
AUTOMOBILES
Harrolds Motor Car Co. (Fierce-
Arrow) 173
Old Reliable Motor Truck Co. ...228
Packard Motor Car Co. of N. Y. ..187
Transport Service Inc 220
Thoroughfare Garage '.226
The White Company 215
AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES &
SUPPLIES.
Brunswicke-Balke-Collender Co. ..172
Metal Stamping Co 162
Motometer Co. Inc 207
Thoroughfare Garage 226
Transport Service, Inc 220
BAGS & BAGGING
Young & Metzner 178
BALL BEARINGS
Norma Company of America 192
BANKS
American Trust Company 168
Bank of the Manhattan Company ..163
The Corn Exchange Bank 167
First National Bank of Whitestone 226
New York National Irving Bank . . .225
BATTERIES
American Ever Ready Works 194
BEDS & BEDDING
Defender Manufacturing Co 176
Manhattan-Rome Co 175
BILLBOARD POSTERS
Latham Litho & Printing Co 171
BISCUITS
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co ' 161
BOILERS
Cole-Duncan Boiler Works, Inc. . . . 199
The Christopher Cunningham Co. . . 198
PAGE
BOOK BINDING
Long Island Star Publishing Co. . . .213
J. F. Tapley Co 212
BOXES (Cardboard)
Brockway-Fitzhugh-Stewart, Inc. ..212
BRICK
Clonin & Messenger 226
J. P. Duffy Co 218
Greenpoint Fire Brick Co 178
Hunterspoint Lumber & Supply Co. 180
BRONZE & IRON WORK (Ornamental)
Tiffany Studios 180
BUILDERS (Homes & Factories)
Ballinger & Perrot 200-1
Cross & Brown Co 202
Degnon Realty & Terminal Improv.
Co 196-7
Dickel Construction Co 188
W. R. Gibson 209
Louis Gold 205
Hamilton & Chambers Co. Inc 224
M. & L. Hess, Inc 204
C. Curtis Woodruff & Co 100
John T. Woodruff & Son 162
CANDY
Tiffin Products, Inc 194
CASKETS
National Casket Co 172
CASTINGS (Iron)
Long Island Foundry Co 186
CEMENT
Clonin & Messenger 226
J. P. Duffy Company 218
Hunterspoint Lumber & Supply Co. 180
CHEWING GUM
Wm. Wrigley Jr. & Co 190
COAL
Jurgen Rathjen Co 184
Tisdale Lumber Co 231
COLOR GRINDERS
Edward Smith & Co 222
CONTAINERS (Shipping)
Brockway-Fitzhugh-Stewart, Inc. ..212
CRANES & HOISTS (Electric)
Columbia Hoist & Machine Co. ...229
DOORS & WINDOWS
Howell, Field & Goddard, Inc 208
The Weisberg-Baer Co 210
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS &
CONTRACTORS.
Austin & Moore, Inc 191
H. B. K. Electric Co 223
Quinn Electric Co 218
236 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS— (Continued)
ELECTRIC POWER & LIGHTING
N. Y. & Q. Elec. Light & Power Co. 216-7
ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS
Ballinger & Perrot 200-1
Francisco & Jacobus 199
Hamilton & Chambers Co., Inc 224
LaCour Iron Works 229
H. J. Mullen Contracting Co 228
FACTORY SITES
W. D. Bloodgood & Co 232-3
Cross & Brown Co 202
Degnon Realty & Terminal Imp. Co. 196-7
Henry Duchardt 170
Judson A. Harrington 210
M. & L. Hess, Inc 204
Kouwenhoven Estates, Inc 164
George J. Ryan 166
Jamaica Property Corp 214
Harvey B. Newins 228
John W. Rapp 166
Roman-Callman Co 234
Roe H. Smith & Co 186
FILING DEVICES
Sadlier-Walters Co 228
FLASHLIGHTS
American Ever Ready Works 194
FLOUR & FEED
J. & T. Adikes 178
FURNITURE
S. Karpen & Bros 208
The Orsenigo Co 293
GARAGES
Thoroughfare Garage 226
Transport Service, Inc 220
GLASS
Jos. Elias & Co. Inc 192
HARDWARE
A. Recknagel, Inc 202
HAULING
Queens Haulage Corp 210
HOTELS
The Knott Hotels 182
Sage Foundation Homes Co 169
HOUSES
Allyn-Hall Realty Co 202
Dickel Construction Co 188
W. R. Gibson 209
Howard Estates Development Co. 190
Laurelton Sales Co 185
L'Ecluse, Washburn & Co 192
Cord Meyer Development Co. ...179
Rickert Brown Realty Co 221
Sage Foundation Homes Co 169
Edgeworth Smith, Inc 231
Roe H. Smith & Co 186
HOUSE WRECKING
Donner House Wrecking Co., Inc. 206
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS
Sweeney & Gray Co 226
ICE
Knickerbocker Ice Co 208
INSURANCE
Henry M. Dietz 186
Home Insurance Co 188
Home Title Insurance Co 181
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. ..211
Edward Ruth, Jr 228
George J. Ryan 166
Ten Eyck & Wangeman 172
INTERIOR WOODWORK
The Weisberg-Baer Co 210
IRON
Egleston & Bros. Co., Inc 170
Irving Iron Works 164
LaCour Iron Works 229
LIGHTING FIXTURES
Cassidy Co., Inc 210
Tiffany Studios 180
LIME
Clonin & Messenger 226
J. P. Duffy Co 218
Hunterspoint Lumber & Supply Co. 180
Queensborough Lumber Co., Inc. . . .176
LITHOGRAPHING
Brett Lithographing Co 214
Latham Litho & Printing Co 171
LOOSE LEAF BINDERS
C. E. Sheppard Co., The .--- 230
LUMBER
Astoria Mahogany Co 184
Donner House Wrecking Co., Inc. 206
Earl A. Gillespie 229
Hunterspoint Lumber & Supply Co. 180
Queensborough Lumber Co., Inc. . . .176
Tisdale Lumber Co 231
MACARONI
Ronzoni Macaroni Co., Inc 220
MACHINISTS
Sweeney & Gray Co 226
MARBLE
Voska, Foelsch & Sidlo, Inc 174
METAL POLISHES
Grady Mfg. Co 220
METAL SPECIALTIES
Imperial Metal Mfg. Corp 220
METERS
Motometer Co., Inc. (Autos) 207
Neptune Meter Co. (Water) 193
MIRRORS
Jos. Elias & Co., Inc 192
MORTGAGES & LOANS
First Mortgage Guarantee Co. ...164
Dickel Construction Co 188
Henry M. Dietz 186
Lawyers Title & Trust Co 224
Long Island Finance Corp 224
George J. Ryan 166
Title Guarantee & Trust Co 190
United States Title Guaranty Co. . . 188
NEW YORK CITY
237
CLASSIFIED LIST£OF^ADVERTISERS.— (Continued)
PAGE
NEWSPAPERS
Long Island Star Publishing Co. . . .213
OFFICE FURNITURE & SUPPLIES
Sadlier-Walters Co 228
OIL (Lubricating)
Three-In-One-Oil Co 183
OVEN BUILDERS
Gehnrich Indirect Heat Oven Co. ..204
PACKING BOXES
The Weisberg-Baer Co 210
PAINT & VARNISH
Emil Caiman & Co 174
Matheson Lead Co 228
Edward Smith & Co 222
C. A. Willey Co .208
PAVING & SEWER CONSTRUCTION
H. J. Mullen Contracting Co. ...228
PIANOS
Steinway & Sons 195
PIPE (Iron)
John Simmons Co 221
PIPES (Smokers)
Wm. Demuth & Co 176
PLUMBING SUPPLIES & CONTRACT-
ING.
The J. L. Mott Iron Works 206
George M. O'Connor 192
G. J. Staats 226
PRINTING
Brett Lithographing Co 214
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Job Printing
Dept.) 222
Latham Litho & Printing Co 171
Long Island Star Publishing Co. . . .213
Sadlier-Walters Co 228
-REAL ESTATE
Allyn-Hall Realty Co 202
W. D. Bloodgood & Co 232-3
Cross & Brown Co 202
Degnon Realty & Terminal Imp. Co. 196-7
Dickel Construction Co 188
Henry M. Dietz 186
Henry Duchardt 170
Halleran Agency 222
Judson A. Harrington 210
M. & L. Hess, Inc 204
Howard Estates Development Co. . . 190
Kew Gardens 231
Jamaica Property Corp 214
Kouwenhoven Estates, Inc 164
Laurelton Sales Co 185
L'Ecluse, Washburn & Co 192
Cord Meyer Development Co. ...179
Harvey B. Newins 2a8
Cjueensboro Corporation 165
Roman-Callman Co 234
Rickert Brown Realty Co 221
John W. Rapp 166
Edward Ruth, Jr 228
George J. Ryan 166
Sage Foundation Homes Co 169
Edgeworth Smith, Inc., 231
Roe H. Smith & Co 186
Ten Eyck & Wangeman 172
RIBBONS
Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co 218
ROOFING
A. Recknagel, Inc 202
SAND
Hunterspoint Lumber & Supply Co. 180
SHEET METAL PRODUCTS
Hunter Illuminated Car Sign Co. ..182
SHINGLES (Latite Asphalt)
Howell, Field & Goddard, Inc. ...208
SHOES & RUBBERS
Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. ...178
Kozak & McLoughlin 174
Rosenwasser Bros. Inc 199
SILK DYEING
Payet Silk Dyeing Corp 228
SILKS
Acorn Silk Co 174
SNAP FASTENERS
Waldes & Co., Inc 189
SPICES
E. R. Durkee & Co 219
SPRINKLER TOPS
Imperial Metal Mfg. Corp 220
STACKS
The Christopher Cunningham Co. 198
Cole-Duncan Boiler Works, Inc. . . . 199
STATIONERY SUPPLIES
Sadlier-Walters Co 228
STEEL
Egleston & Bros. Co., Inc 170
Hamilton & Chambers Co., Inc 224
Irving Iron Works 164
LaCour Iron Works 229
National Bridge Works 198
STORAGE
Queens Haulage Corp 210
Transport Service, Inc 220
SUGAR
The National Sugar Refining Co. . . . 177
TANKS (Steel)
Cole-Duncan Boiler Works, Inc. . . 199
Hamilton & Chambers Co., Inc 224
TERMINALS (Freight)
Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Ter. Co. 230
Degnon Realty & Terminal Imp. Co. 106-7
238
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS
CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS. Continued
TIRES (Auto)
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. ...172
TOWING
Newtown Creek Towing Co 220
VARNISHES
Emil Caiman & Co 174
Edward Smith & Co 222
The Thibaut & Walker Co 227
C. A. Willey Co 208
VENEERS
Astoria Mahogany Co 184
WASTE
John A. Petry — - 222
WELDING (arc-oxy-acetylene-electro)
Hunter Illuminated Car Sign Co. ..182
WHITE LEAD
Matheson Lead Co 228
WIPERS
John A. Petry 222
ALPHABETICAL LIST
OF
ADVERTISERS
PAGE
Acorn Silk Company 174
Adikes, J. & T. 178
Allyn-Hall Realty Co 202
American Ever Ready Works 194
American Trust Co., The 168
Astoria Mahogany Co., Inc 184
Austin & Moore, Inc 191
Ballinger & Perrot 200-1
Bank of the Manhattan Company. . .163
Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co 178
Bloodgood & Co., W. D. 232-3
Brett Lithographing Co 214'
Brockway-Fitzhugh-Stewart, Inc 212
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The (Job Print-
ing Dept.) 222
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., The .172
Brooklyn Eastern" District Terminal
Co 230
Caiman & Co., Emil 174
Cassidy Co., Inc 210
Century Audit Corporation, The 227
Clonin & Messenger 226
Cole-Duncan Boiler Works, Inc 199
Columbia Hoist & Machine Co 229
PAGE
Commonwealth Fuel Co 184
Columbia Paper Bag Co —
Corn Exchange Bank, The 167
Cross & Brown Co 202
Cunningham Co., The Christopher . . . 198
Defender Manufacturing Co., Inc. ..176
Degnon Realty & Terminal Improve-
ment Co 196-7
Demuth & Co., Wm 176
Dickel Construction Co 188
Dietz, Henry M 186
Donner House Wrecking Co., Inc. . ..206
Duchardt, Henry 170
Duffy Co., J. P 218
Durkee & Co., E. R 219
Egleston Bros. & Co., Inc 170
Elias & Co., Inc., Joseph 192
First Mortgage Guarantee Co 164
First National Bank of Whitestone. .226
Francisco & Jacobus 199
Gehnrich Indirect Heat Oven Co., Inc. 204
Gibson, W. R 209
Gillespie, Earl A 229
NEW YORK CITY
239
Gold, Louis 205
Grady Manufacturing Co 220
Greenpoint Fire Brick Co 178
H. B. K. Electric Company 223
Halleran Agency 222
Hamilton & Chambers Co 224
Harrington, Judson A 210
Harrolds Motor Car Co i?3
Hess, Inc., M. & L 204
Home Insurance Company, The 188
Home Title Insurance Company of
New York 181
Howard Estates Development Com-
pany 190
Howell, Field & Goddard, Inc 208
Hunter Illuminated Car Sign Co., The 182
Hunterspoint Lumber & Supply Co.,
Inc 180
Imperial Metal Manufacturing Cor-
poration 220
Irving Iron Works Company 164
Jamaica Property Corporation 214
Jurgen Rathjen Company 184
Karpen & Bros., S 208
Kew Gardens Inn 182
Kew Gardens 231
Knickerbocker Ice Co 208
Kouwenhoven Estates, Inc 164
Kozak & McLoughlin, Inc 174
L. W. F. Engineering Co., Inc 168
LaCour Iron Works 229
Latham Litho & Printing Co 171
Laurelton Sales Co., Inc 185
L'Ecluse, Washburn & Co., Inc 192
Lawyers Title & Trust Co 224
Long Island Finance Corporation ...224
Long Island Foundry Co., Inc 186
Long Island Railroad Co —
Long Island Star Publishing Co 213
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co 161
Manhattan-Rome Company 175
Matheson Lead Company 228
Metal Stamping Company 162
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 211
Meyer Development Co., Cord 179
Motometer Co., Inc., The 207
Mott Iron Works, The J. L 206
Mullen Contracting Co., H. J 228
National Bridge Works 198
National Casket Co 172
National Sugar Refining Co., The ...177
Xeptune Meter Co 193
Xewins, Inc., Harvey B 228
Newtown Creek Towing Company ..220
New York National Irving Bank ...225
PAGE
New York & Queens Electric Light &
Power Co 216-17
New York Telephone Company . . . —
Norma Company of America, The ...192
O'Connor, George M 192
Old Reliable Motor Truck^ Company .228
Orsenigo Co., Inc., The 203 .
Packard Motor Car Company of New
York, The 187
Payet Silk Dyeing Corporation 228
Petry, John A 222
Queens Advertising Agency 229
Queens Haulage Corporation 210
Queensboro Corporation, The 165
Queensborough Lumber Co., Inc. ...176
Quinn Electric Company 218
Rapp, John W , 166
Recknagel, Inc., A 202
Roman-Callman Company 234
Rickert-Brown Realty Co 221
Ronzoni Macaroni Co., The 220
Rosenwasser Bros., Inc 109
Ruth, Jr., Edward 228
Ryan, George J 166
Sadlier- Walters Co 228
Sage Foundation Homes Co 169
Sheppa'rd Co., C. E 230
Simmons Co., John 221
Smith, Inc., Edgeworth (Kew Gar-
dens) -- 231
Smith & Co., Edward 222
Smith & Co., Roe H 186
Staats, Gustave J 226
Steinway & Sons 195
Sweeney & Gray Co 226
Tapley Company, J. F 212
Ten Eyck & Wangeman, Inc 172
Thibaut & Walker Co., The 227
Thoroughfare Garage 226
Three-In-One Oil Company 183
Tiffany Studios 180
Tiffin Products, Inc 194
Tisdale Lumber Co 231
Title Guarantee & Trust Co 190
Transport Service, Inc 220
United States Title Guarantee Co. ... 188
Voska, Foelsch & Sidlo, Inc 174
Waldes & Co., Inc. . .- 189
Wangeman, Inc., R. Randel, 172
Weisberg-Baer Co., The 210
White Company, The 215
Wicke Ribbon Co., Wm 218
Willey Co., C. A 208
Woodruff & Co., C. Curtis 190
Woodruff & Son, John T 162
Wrigley, Jr. Co., Wm 100
Young & Metzner 1 78
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CONTENTS
INVITATION . .
FRONTISPIECE
TITLE PAGE .
INTRODUCTION
PAGE
i
2
3
5
HISTORICAL NOTES 6-7
GROWTH OF NEW YORK CITY 8-16
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT 17-38
Foreign Trade 20
Newtown Creek 20-23
Dutch Kills Creek 23
East River 23-27
Public Docks 27
Flushing Bay — Flushing Creek 28-31
Flushing Bay — Jamaica Bay Canal 32-34
Jamaica Bay 34-35
Barge Canal Terminals 36-38
BRIDGES 39-44
Queensboro Bridge 39-43
Tri-Borough Bridge 44
Other Bridges 44
NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD ...45-46
TROLLEY LINES ..47-48
PENNSYLVANIA STATION 49-50
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD 51-65
History 52
Electrification 52-54
Tunnels under East River 54
Sunnyside Yard 54-55
Improvements 55-56
Woodside Transfer Station 57
Passenger Traffic 58
Freight Traffic and Facilities 58-60
Montauk Point Harbor 60
Stewart Railroad 61
Wholesale Market 62
Stations — Boroughs of Queens ...63-64
War Record 64-65
RAPID TRANSIT 66-85
Rapid Transit Map 66
Benefits to Queens 67
Extensions into Queens Borough 69
Rapid Transit Centers 69-71
Queensboro Subway 71-73
Bridge Plaza Station 73
Astoria Extension 73-74
Corona Extension 75
Extension to Flushing 77
Lutheran Cemetery Extension ... 78
Liberty Avenue Extension 78-79
Jamaica Avenue Extension 79-80
Sixtieth Street Tunnel 81
Dual Operation 82
Crosstown Route 82-83
Part taken by Chamber 84-85
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Growth in Passenger Traffic 85
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 86-110
Queens as a Manufacturing Center 86
Zoning Law 86
Development prior to 1909 87-88
Industrial Growth 1909-1916 89-90
Industrial Census 1916 91-92
Industrial Development 1920 93
Nineteen Reasons that Attract New
Industries 94-97
Benefits from New Industries 98
Rank of Queens in Manufacturing ... 99
New Industries 1918-1919 100
Articles Made in Queens 102-104
Factories 105-1 10
RESIDENTIAL 111-131
Residential Advantages 112-115
Effect of Industrial Development ... 116
Demand for Homes 116-118
Residential Development 119-131
First Ward 122-123
Second Ward 123-125
Third Ward 125-127
Fourth Ward 127-129
Fifth Ward 129-130
Homes for All 130-131
NEW BUILDINGS 132-134
BANKS 135-137
LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER 138-139
Electric Companies 138
Gas Companies 138-139
TELEPHONES 139-140
GOVERNMENT 141-142
QUEENS — A Community of Vast Re-
sources. (By Borough President
Maurice E. Connolly) 143-144
MORTGAGE LOANS 145
AREA 145-146
POPULATION 146
ASSESSED VALUATIONS 147
WATER SUPPLY 147
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE BOROUGH
OF QUEENS 148-160
Officers, Directors, Executive Staff. 148
Reasons for Membership 149
Ninth Annual Dinner 150
Alphabetical List of Members (April
22, 1920) i5i-I59
Application Blank 159
Chart of Membership Growth 160
ADVERTISEMENTS 161-234
Classified Index 235-238
Alphabetical Index 238-239
CONTENTS 240
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