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Show TO SHORTEN ATLANTIC TRIP. President McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad and other big railway men are considering a plan to establish an ocean steamer landing on Montauk Point, at the eastern end of Long Island. Steamships Steam-ships from and to Europe could then touch there for passengers and mails, thus cutting the ocean trip short six or eight hours. With the great tunnel system into and through New York city just put in service by the Pennsylvania road, Long Island becomes only an extension of the mainland, and steamer trains could be run right through from Chicago, Washington and other points direct to the Montauk landing. |