Deseret Evening News | 1908-01-15 | Page 3 | New Use Found for the Belmont Tunnel

NEW USE FOUND FOR FORTHE FORTHE FORTHE THE BELMONT TUNNEL New York Jan 15 IrA A tiso for tho the which runs under tho lImo East l l river from tim tool foot of or e Ond nd streit H to Long Iong island City has hn been found nt at last hist according to in tho the i story ry which 1 is III I In cIrculatIon In railroad I circles hut but which still I tion It is II M th time tho New Y York YorkI i I road I bade l 1 with the lIe f Company compon owning the tunnel tumid i h by LW which ii ih nil all the trillium will ho bo run Ion under ho the rivet river to Long Island Ut City where ht ro SO news df dt land were re acquired and which will be hI used b by time tho railroad for tOI storing rolling Stock According to 10 the story express trains are to be run from ten to street by b way of ot Elev Elo uth and by 19 h way uny Ill of ot n a now new tunnel to be constructed to tho tube bO under the river 11 Time The on all Eleventh avenue rW nue are aro nr now Used ex cx x elusively for tor freight nUt and soon ho bo It IB In said that t by ly running express trains by II this route thoy they would not only escape the tIme greet great local and third rail mil traffic Which now runs on tho the avenue line but hut the UIO hue to tho Grand Central station would bo he lowered by y half mi no nt hour By fly using 3 tho the Belmont tubo tube stati inri Ui the Ull nt Itt Long U Island city much time would nillo be saved limo tho terminal only dilly two llo miles lathes from tram drawl Central t while the tho present storage ole nta ilvo live miles from the tIme station nafi lice the moving of trains over crowded tracks