Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-02
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In that direction.
At Springfield. Ill. few days ago A.
| L Converse addressed the Farmers' Institute
| on the question of permanent roads. His point
was that as central Illinois Is poverty stricken
! for stone and gravel supplies counties and ad-
tacent land owners should divide the cost OF
constructing main roads Of stone. He advised
| the grading and proper drainage OF ordinary
| dirt roads, at o cost Of about $500 q mile,
| rightly claiming that dirt road free from
! surplus moisture Is often better than the stone
| road itself. He also touched upon burnt brick
roads. He paid q glowing tribute to
the good work OF the l.. A. W.. ana said:
I'm the city Of New York is being published
| monthly devoted exclusively to this subject,
which / feel certain will awaken an interest
that will eliminate in q better condition of
| things I am indebted to this monthly for the
information which shall set forth, and trust
that the spirit Of bigotry may not be ours to the
extent that We will be unwilling to profit by the
any direction. If It is Of such Importance that
| every individual shall have some kind OF q
highway, why is 1t not of equal importance that
he shall have highway capable OF being used
for the purposes for which it is provided. We
| have tried the present system with but few
notifications since the formation OF our gov
| eminent, and am now prepared to state that
as . system it has resulted in worse roads than
were usually travelled by the first families OK
In the Bulletin this week appeared the fol-
lowing: 1.-The congressional party who recently
spent six hours in covering fifteen miles OF
virginia roads in an attempt to attend the
funeral OF one Of their colleagues ought to be
| mt subjects for the receipt Of lot OF Kentucky
| good road literature Of some kind or another.
| Not that this is by any means the first time
| these gentlemen have been made aware OF the
v1eness of the ordinary country road in this
country, but because just at present their own
suffprinUa ha ennples of the VIRGINIA
brand which they have experienced will nat
urally make them feel more kindly toward
extending relief to those whose misfortune
compels them to constantly use such awful
examples of highways whenever they would
journey to or from their homes"
There il a suit pending in the Kent county
md circuit court which involves the right
OF cyclist riding over county bridges, the
sembly having decreed that no bicycle. tricycle.
or velocipede shall be allowed to be ridden
upon the bridges. The local paper of Centre
vile, Md, says: This regulation Of the COM
missioners was intended to break up the use Of
the bridge as sporting ground and race track
for bicycle riders, to the great annoyance and
danger of people who have to drive over
the bridge with skittish horses. OF course the
court will sustain the commissioners in their
very proper regulation. -Cent,euile Observer.
The court of appeals in Brooklyn has sus-
tanned the decision Of the road commissioners
to spend 100000 in matchmaking Flatbush
roads.
Racing Wheelmen In One Club.
Nothing proves of SO much injury to racing
as the concentration Of the speediest riders un-
der the control of one club. Robbed of the
spirit OF competition, racing becomes but a
mere procession and languishes in consequence.
So long as the big athletic clubs must secure
our fastest racing men. it is better for all con-
cerned that no one of them is enabled to pro-
cure a monopoly of the speediest riders. With
n,il Rarln Kan ar md min f,r
the Manhattans during the coming season, and
competing against Zimmerman, Smith, Rich
and the Murphys for the New York Athletic
Club. the result canno: be otherwise than grand
racing, and records will tumble in consequence
before 81 has passed away.
The 1892 Pullman Road Race.
Entries in the great Pullman road race will
number very near half thousand this season.
1t is proposed that the entry fee be raised to
81 and more time medals given. The PROPOSE
ton is not bad one for moro good men back
near scratch would start, providing they saw
something in 1t. The prize question, too, has
come up for consideration. These prizes were
miserably distributed last season, few winners
being still waiting This year a meeting will
probably be held the same evening and prize
winners not present will be required to take
the prize selected for them by disinterested
parties, presumably the Associated Cycling
Clubs. Another change proposed is in the
course, the riders continuing down Michigan
avenue to 55th street, thence east to the old
course
Cycling Notes.
The announcement that Willie Windle will
race under the "cherry diamond" of the Man
haitian Athletic Club during the coming season
must be pleasant information to all true lovers
OF racing, says the Bulletin.
The Englewood Cycle Club Of Chicago have
arranged program for a minstrel show to be
held at Timmermans Opera House April 2.
1t is unusually good, and we regret that
crowded space prevents publishing it in full.
The entertainment will be in two parts. Part
first which opens with a chorus, knight of
the Gliding Wheel" consists OF ten fixtures,
with the "Bungledrum Salvation Army as q
finale. Part second has a few slices of Ethio-
plan comedy, selections by the Englewood c.
L. Quartet and other features. the entertain
ment concluding with "How He Won Her; or
the Trouble in Coon Hollow"
For bicycle tourists it has been suggested
that by the use of tire cement the putting on
the soles OF the shoes of piece OF thick. tough
felt will afford capital hold on rat-trap pedals
and Will wear long time.
Members Of the Capital City Wheelmen of
Sacramento, Cal, violating any of the city
ordinances relating to cycling will be expelled
from the club.
the rear OF the saddle, makes a capital mud
guard, says an Englishman.
The road race of the Denver Cyclists Union
on May 80 will be rich in prizes 1t is said that
ten wheels, besides watches, &C., will be
awarded.
THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN.
An Interesting Lecture Delivered at the Ma.
tional Museum by Prof. Lee.
Several hundred people gathered in the lee.
ture hall Of the National Museum last night to
take trip to Terra del Fuego and the Straits