New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
wrsr DRIVE OF THE BOULEVARD TO BE
MACADAMIzED.

- MY, MAIZE A NEW ROAD FOR WIiEELmEN
49,, r,,r WAY TO CoNEY IsLAND-ocEAN-
AVE. If IMPROVED. WOULD MAKE
FINE RUN TO sHEEPsHEAD BAY
Tho overcrowded condition of the cycle path wnich
runs from Prospect Park to Coney ls'aho ""n
all probability not cause 50 much uouo'o NJ" :,
con Work has been started on the west D''. "
the Boulevard and that road Will be macauai"s a =,
oil tho wav TO Coney Isdnd. While TINS roIu haoi 70
M M. III IT., rss,sved for the especial benen OF Wneei
men il viii he used more or less by tne wheo
riders particularly on hoiidays anu ou"'''
the cycle path Is always croWueu'
1os, ,e.r tho Legislature set aside 5000 for the
,mnrovcr,ent Of the roads in that nelghborhoou'
.fo 900 for ocean Parkway and AO.oo Tor l"e"'y
socord-ave Considerable money has been spent
already on the Boulevard. and enough is lett u
comnlete the macadam road on the west DIVE lo'
three miles from Prospect PARK Inc rarA
partment will have to get another allowance ~
complete the new road to Coney Island hgn ne end
so some Of the road between the path and the pay,
which is now almost impossible IN places w 20
nshsa K erante siding will laid each side
to be used M for bs ao for the use OF and
bicycles
7, uas q, drst intended to have the West Drive
repayed with vitrned brick but 1t was found tha'
this sort OF pavement would cost too mucn. Inc
work is to be pushed 10 the Manhattan beaeh 'uA
mel and II the weather ~ Boou ~ 20
the drive will be finished by the middle OF Decern-
her ] T. Smith the secreta.; Of the Park Board:
said yesterday that $4,000 had been spent this his year ,hs
for gravel To- spread over the Boulevard, but TINS
had finished the road only as iar az 'v t,ha ~ than
mel The macadam road Will reach fuIther tha.
the cycle path as 1t will run to the circle IL IN 'front.'
of the southern entrance Of Prospect PARK
Ocesn.ave. although laid out in 1870. has never
been paved 1t runs in almost direct line from
prospect Park to Sheepshead Bay. This road Is
under the supervision Of the City Works Depart
nent and II would not cost a great deal OF money 10
have II macadamzed. Cyclists could go rom tne
cycle path AT the park end TO Ocean-ave,, through
Frankin-ave. while at the lower emu & or of Kinp's
Highway This would make cycling square;
Ocean-ave runs through farm lands. and 1t wouo
make q beautiful drive
WheeImen throughout South Brooklyn, Bath
Reach Bensonhurst Fort Hamilton. Gravesend and
Coney Island will be present In large numbers at
the mass-meeting to advocate good roads which
will be held tonight at South Brooklyn Turn Han.
No 1862 to 1865 Sixteenth-st., near Fffthave All OF
the clubs in South Brooklyn and the outlying wards
tives of the Coney Island Wheeimen, VINO were
organized on Tuesday night. In addition 10 AS
semblyman John \. Hennessy James Iaylori AieHe e
the South Brooklyn Wheelmen. the Dicyclists VIII
also hear from A. II. Angel, president OF the Good
Roads Association
The Cyclists Federation OF New-York will meet
at Lenox Lyceum. Madison-ave. and t1fty-ninth-
Ct on Saturday night. Every person who rides a
wheel Is invited TO attend. Private boxes VIII be
reserved for women
The METROPOLITAN Bicycle Club will have moon
ueht run 10 Washington Bridge Friday night,
leaving the cubrooms at p. m.