The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-01
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WANTBETTER ROADS
GreenVille Whee1men Will
Petition for the I'M
provement of Gar
field Avenue.
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The wheelmen of the Greenville section
have at last decided to inaugurate a
movement for good roads in that sectioh
and it is, more than likely that Mayor
Wanser and the Board of Street ana
Water Commissioners will hear from the
medal pushers of C~eleryville before an
other month rolls by. The wheelmen COM
plain thai there is not even one road IN
Greenville fit for bicycle riding and they
propose to prod the city officials with a
sharp stick until Greenville has its snare
of good roads. The G~reenville section OF
the County Road is by no means yet
completed, but theF wheelmen are not
} w~orryingrover this as they know full
well thats it is only a question Of time
when the road will be completed. On the
contrary they are Worrying how they
will get there when the road is once COM
rleted. None of the streets leading to
She West side are even as much as
Raved with Belgian blocks and to reach
me West Side the cyclist must either
0alk or else ride on the sidewalks and
yun the risk of being arrested and lined
by a police justice.
The wheelmen, consequently are advo-
eating the paving or macadamlz1ng OF
Danforth avenue from Old Bergen Road
to the Boulevard. This thoroughfare is
paved from Avenue E to Old Bergen
Road, consequently but one block would
have to be paved to make a continuous
paved street extending from the most
e~asterly ~thoroughfare, Avenue E, to the
most westerly, the County Road. This
Improvement, the wheelmen say, should
be made by the city without consulting
the property owners. 1t would involve but
little expense, say they, and with the
fund obtained from license monies from
hand the improvement should be made
at once
If the wheelmen succeed in securing the
paving of Danforth avenue they VIII
turn their attention to Garfield avenue.
The latter t~horoughfare was provided
for in Mayor Wanser's plan to give the
city a continuous driveway of fifteen miles
in length, but the wheelmen want to
demonstrate to the Street and Water
Commissioners that the improvement is
much needed. The cyclists, of course,
favor asphalt paving, but they will not
complain if a good macadam road is laid
instead.
If Garfield avenue is improved it will
become an important t~horoughfare for
wheelmen as it connects with the good
macadamized road in Avenue d, Bay
onne. G%reenville' wheelmen spend much
of their time in Bayonne and they would
greet with joy a 1rst-class road leading
either to the new County Road or Avenue
D.
President James e. Sullivan. of the
Metropolitan District Amateur Athletic
Union, who is a resident of Greenvflle
and an enthusiastic cyclist, is deeply in
terested in the plan to have Garfield
avenue improved. ST do not understand, /"
said he, while discussing the matter with
a reporter of THE Jersey City News"
why the wheelmen of Greenville have
not taken the matter in hand long be-
fore this. Why, there is not a decent
road in town. l. would often take a spin
on my wheel if Garfield avenue were put
in decent shape. Nobody enjoys a ride
over Belgian blocks. The wheelmen
should call a meeting and agitate this
matter until the city authorities i'm
proved the Streets"
William l.. Darmer will represent the
Clio Wheelmen in the Times relay race
wearing the colors of the Clio Wheelmen
is a feature not looked for by the cycle
clubs of the country, as the Clos are
very young. The club, however, has
upon its roll some of the best riders of
the country as well as all round ath-
letes who will be put in the field soon.
The sanctions granted by the League
of American Wheelmen are as follows
Mt. Holly, N. j.; 81, New York State
Agricultural Society, Syracuse: July 3
and 4, Shelb.na C. c., Shelbina, Mo-;
June 70, Taylor Hardware Company,
Taylor, Texas: June II, Hot Springs C.
C.. ~(postponed from May 49, Hot Springs,
Ankss duly A., Wilkesbarre Curling Club,
Wilkesbarre, Pa; September q, Pough-
keepsie Bicycle Club; Jun 20, Star BIZ
cycle Club, Albany; June Syracuse
University; JulyS4, Federal Cycle Club,
FedeIalsburg. Md June ID, High School
land Wheelmen, V:neiand. n. J.; June s,
oxford Fair Association, Oxford, Pa;
June 20, Y. NJ. C. A., Kansas City; June
/, Western intercollegiate A. A. A.,
'Chfeago; III; Juns7. Inter-preparatory
Cook County High School A. A., Chicago,
Ill; June 10. University of California and
Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago,
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