Staten island was supposed to get a tunnel

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NOV. 29, 1921

PLANS FOR A TUNNEL TO BROOKLYN: BP VAN NAME ASSURES IT'S CERTAIN

"Staten Island will get a tunnel." Borough President Calvin D. Van Name yesterday expressed this opinion in commenting on the outlook in the tube situation, in spite of the efforts that are being made to alter the present plans for inter-borough communication with Staten Island. In summarizing his views on the situation, Mr. Van Name declared: "The Staten Island passenger tunnel may come in connection with proposed freight tubes, or it may come in spite of these tubes, but it will come. The people of Staten Island must not believe that we will not get a tunnel." The borough president continued: "The population is coming; the piers are coming and building is coming. In the last seven years the population of Staten Island has increased thirty-three per cent. During the next seven years there will be the same growth, and the growth in population will make a tunnel necessary." [Editor's note: Work on the Brooklyn-Richmond Freight and Passenger Tunnel began in April 1923, but the project was scrapped soon after. City planners disagreed over the use of the tunnel for freight and passengers, and when it became clear the tunnel could never connect to the city's interborough subway system, funding for the project dried up.]

DENTAL WORKS ARE EXPANDING
The return to work of many former employees indicates a marked resumption of business at the S.S. White Dental Works, Prince Bay. This plant, which had been operating at full capacity during the war period, was preparing to meet an anticipated demand of its product, which it was believed would follow the termination of the war in Europe. In consequence a large reserve output was stored for both domestic and foreign trade. The first year following the close of the war, unfortunately, produced no unusual demand for dental equipment and accessories. The White Company was then confronted with the unsatisfactory condition of a stagnant market and an over-supply of its finished product on hand, which necessitated a curtailment of manufacture. As a result, one year ago a period of unforced retrenchment began and a payroll that exceeded twelve hundred was gradually reduced to five hundred. It is now confidently believed that the dull days of this industry have passed and that normal conditions will soon prevail again. This belief is substantiated by the recall of many former employees in the past two weeks.