THE GLOWING GARDEN 
OF THE METROPOLIS 
C, PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZENS who have no property interests to be subserved bysuch declar¬ 
ations, and students of sociology who decry the overcrowded state of Manhattan as a condition that 
retards the development of citizenship, have been pointing for many years to the wide expanses of 
Long Island as a place for residence. So far as location, soil and topography are concerned, Long 
Island is one of the most convenient and healthful places of residence in the eastern part of the United 
States. It is about 122 miles long by 15 to 18 miles wide, with a coast line of over 400 miles, and contain¬ 
ing over 1,000,000 acres of land. Because of its fine water supply, available anywhere by driving wells 
through the gravel soil, and its position, like a great arm reaching out into the Atlantic Ocean, with 
natural drainage, it is peculiarly fitted for cultivation and residence. Its population has more than 
doubled within twenty years, and is now increasing much faster than in the past. Its two western 
counties are within the city limits of New York, and comprise more than one-half the area of that 
city. It is thus intimately allied with an urban population in and near New York of over 4,000,000 
people, and in any estimate of the future of Long Island, the presence of this great city, growing at an 
average rate of more than 130,000 persons yearly, must be considered as of first importance. In the 
rapid growth of this city the most available place for expansion is on Long Island. 
C, There is room on this great island, however, for hundreds of thousands of men who are looking fora 
place where they can live in independence away from the crowded tenements, and yet be accessible 
to the city. 
C With the improved transit facilities, business men are able to spend the day at their place of business 
in Manhattan or Brooklyn, and their nights and holidays on the seacoast or on the shores of the Sound. 
«. To the east of Brooklyn, outside of the closely populated districts, there is today a succession of 
neat communities that are growing rapidly into towns of considerable size. These little towns are 
being improved, and well equipped with all the advantages a growing town should have—churches and 
schools—and in many places libraries are being founded. 
C, Another inducement offered by Long Island as an ideal homeland is the excellence of its neighbors. 
The old residents of the Island are descendants of the early English settlers, and retain the sterling 
qualities of their ancestry. Not only health and good neighbors, but amusements, predominate on 
Long Island. Chief of these is golf. Nowhere in the country are there so many golf courses, many 
of which are celebrated—their accessibility makes them especially attractive. 
c For accessibility Long Island is fortunate, for it has many means of access. The Pennsylvania 
Railroad tunnels, under the East River, from 32nd Street and 7th Avenue, the center of activities in 
Manhattan, are of immense interest to the homeseeker, to whom the question of accessibility is im¬ 
portant. These tubes of steel, connecting Manhattan with Long Island, give direct service from 
New York to any point on Long Island, as well as furnishing a direct connection (via Pennsylvania 
Railroad) for points South or West. In addition to these tunnels Long Island has other means of 
access from New York by way of bridges, ferries, and the Interborough Subway, the trains of which 
connect with the Long Island Railroad in Brooklyn, at Flatbush Avenue Station. 
d. For specific information concerning Long Island, address the General Passenger Agent, Long 
Island Railroad, Pennsylvania Station, New York. 
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