New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
PART iii.
PAGES Is TO 80.
IN TIE CYCLING WORLD.
TUE STREET SPRlNKLING QUESTION
WILL NOT DOWN.


when there was talk. few weeks ago. OF
,oss;h,e water famine. some wheelmen were dis
- ., look on the bright side of the picture.
They reasoned that If the supply In the reservoirs
- ,o,,, shrinking OF streets would be stopped.
-. 81, this blessing they could see compensation
Co. considerable inconvenience. In truth. since
ming Of Colonel Warning the streets have
- ban, IN such a state df cleanliness that the
Des .,inrcart is not nearly necessary as II was
% asnhalt streets. for instance tnere Is niue
-, 10 he laid. Sweepers and sweeping machines
o que -, steadily employed on them that showers
of water are uncalled fol- II Woulu pe s1i,s 'oo
far 10 say that no sprinkling IS needed, pu' GER
tainlv some discrimination should De SHOWN
perhaps one Of the worst blocks in the city Tor
cycling is Fifty-ninth-st between Seventh ana
eighth AYES The watering-cart man mas mace
this the theatre OF his greatest achievements foi
some reason there is an uncommon amount OF
dirt here and the water makes OF IL sHppe'H'
sImy mud Falls here are consequently colll.
mon Some children who 1--we IN one Oh 'I e l,ou'7
on the block have great run OF an ei'el "o'Ii
na,ch,po cyclists tumble. Not long ago they saw
four persons two of them women, snip ana ian III
a short while. They never have TO wait lohs IoI
a mishap just after the spiiiAii''e ~
opened its foodgates.
To supplement- the account Of new electric and
vapor bicycle lamps which appeared III TINS
column a week ago mention may be MADE OF s'i"
,,o.,ar racant invention. Perhaps II is merely
a warn. but there is rider who is quoted as ue
eIaring that he has devised plan for lighting MS
way with gas He uses a newly discovered gas
narhans II is acetvlene-whch ne pumps INTO
mis- handlebar. He drives 1t nome until l tiIe -,
sure is 900 pounds to the square inch. lhrouk" a
hole no bigger than a hair enough gas OVihes W
provide an adequate light. The supply Is Iesu
lated by stopcock. So great is me s,,,o
+aafff iE
Indeed II cannot be blown out; the stopcoch iui
nshes the only means OF getting rio OF H. a" Vi
which is respectfully submitted on It's merlts'
Rainy Sundays brinS melancholy to thoIsanus
n cyclists especially at this season the
.srlv darkness has led many to give up their
,ate afternoon ride Still such days give OPP
,ortunitv for a thorough cleaning and oVerhaul-
,,g of ones machine 1t is well to do tfls al
intervals a rider who had allowed grit TO ac-
c,,rnula,e in his bearings didn't want TO take
tho time 10 clean them, so he took ms Wheei 10
a shop II cost him 81 TO have the bicycle put
into good shape. He could have done II hllhstii ,
in half or three-quarters Of an hour. he Wouu
not only have saved the money, out "ouiu nav
haconc more familiar with bicycle mechanism
In case of a mishap on the road ne Woulu "
much better able to make repairs II ne knew an
about the parts of his wheel and now the! were
put together Another point is that II you care
for your wheel yourself. you can De sure 'ld'
II is properly looked after. member OF
vell-knOwn club has ceased TO store MS Wheel
IN the clubhouse since ne happened TO see the
employees cleaning il Of mud ny turning nose
on it, Another tine he found that when ms
hicvcle had been cleaned in shop the pail
hearings had not been properly replaced TWO
more having been put in one side than IN the
other. Now he never has any one else 40
hing to his wheel unless IL has met with so
serious an injury that il must be sent 10 the
shop.
= he aQ1utdnt
-1st Regiment. is an enthusiastic National
Guardsman as well a wheelman OF long
standing He has given much attention TO the
cycle as an adjunct in military matters. and the
other day he had some interesting things TO say
on the subject While / admit that the organ
izacon Of the Military Wheelmen is move in
the right direction" said he. Il do not agree
with all that has been said on the subject
think that the wheel can be used to adVan-
tage in courier service and as means OF trans
porting troops. There are many places where
the wheel could be of no practical advantage
20 our armies. OF course. some people VIII say
that the railroads could be used for the trans
portation of troops. and so they at times
but the opposing forces would not always STICK
close to the routes OF our trunk lines sun my
Idea Of the military wheel is that the ideal BIZ
cycle for in the Army has not yet been
made, and ] would not be surprised II the mill
tary wheel Of the future will be quadrupleJ or
a machine carrying from five to nine men. Then
the servcea BILE wheel for the militia must be
strong and well made A soldier must carry a
great deal Of luggage. and he must have wheel
that can be left out in the rain and mud for
days. II necessary. without the machines being
injured"
Isaac B. Potter chief consul of the L. A. W
of this State, is up in arms against the sugges-
ton that the National Assembly Of the League
~ American Wheemen should De held in St.
Louis In February. such a suggestion is
simply prepOsterous," said the chief consul
You can say for me that this end Of the coun-
Try will not stand any such arrangement The
West is entitled to some representation Of
course but II is entitled 10 equal representa-
ton with the East until 1t can approach the
East in point Of membership. wealth and infu-
ence II would be manifestly unfair to ask the
East 10 send a big army of delegates so far out
Of their way. The meeting should be held in
either Baltimore. Philadelphia or New-N ork l
favor Baltimore for this reason: That was the
city originally selected and many Of the dele
gates have made ell their arrangements 10 60
Il are in February. When I'm the South in at
tendance at the Good Roads Parliament al At
lanta I invited the delegates at that convention
10 our annual meet at Baltimore and they
promised to be present Now II we s go so, some o
there or not. Being at Baltimore. we could get
some OF the Senators 10 run down from Washing
ton and talk over the good roads question with
u We would accomplish nothing by going 50
far West TO hold the meeting.
One Of the worst pieces Of pavement IN the city
ia 10 he found in East Twenty-sixth-st between
Lexington and Third ayes. On the south SIDE or
the street in this block number Of buildings
have been in process Of erection for several
months and half Of the roadway has been occu-
pied by building material etc. since early in the
sumner This threw all the travel on the otheI
hatf and IL has gradually gone from bad 10 worse.
The asphalt surface soon became broken mere
an there and the process Of disintegraton hds
advanced steadily. Two or three weeks ago
there was a narrow strip foot or 50 IN "lu,n
remaining along which skilful wheelman couid
BY the exercise Of considerable deXterlty guiue
his machine provided he was not interfered WIN
In anv way But now the whole Of the asphalt
layer has been broken up and for two or tnre
rods the belgian blocks are fully exposed. while