New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-29

claim is made, however by the inventor Of this
device that he has succeeded in overthrowing
that irrefragab mechanical law that speed Is
obtained only at the expense of power 1t Is
simply said that he has produced gear that
reduces friction to a minimum. To illustrate by
comparison with the gear in general 'use now:
a wheel Of ordinary sort, geaYed to 81. would re-
uuire a sprocket-wheel on the crank-wheel OF
fwenty-one teeth, whose diameter is SIX ana
three-quarter inches. and on the rear wheel one
of seven teeth. whose diameter is two and
one-ouarter inches These sprockets when
mounted with twenty -eight-inch wheels Will
move ahead about twenty-five feet Ior ea ifn
revolution of the crankshaft. But owing to the
severe friction. to propel wheel OF this gear Is
work for giants only. In the wheel with
the device shown herewith the equivalent OF an
S4-gear is said TO be accomplished with front
sprocket three and one-half inches In diameter,
and containing twelve teeth while the rear
sprocket is two and three-quarters inches IN
diameter with eight teeth. and, 1t is alleged.
this is accomplished with less power than Is re
quired in riding an ordinary wheel geared 10 d.
about the average gear.
A gathering Of wheelmen comprising COM
mittee Of the Good Roads Association met at the
home Of the Pequod Bicycle Club on November y
and selected as a much-needed connecting road
between the Eastern Parkway Boulevard and the
fine macadamized roads of Queens County East
ern Parkway TO Thatford-ave., then one block
north at right angles to Glenmore-ave. and
thence easterly to Ruby Enfield-ave, thence
northerly to Broadway in Queens County. En-
gineer Lewis, Of the City Works Department,
favored paving the route with vitrifed Dick
The consensus of opinion was that the work be
done early in the spring. and the cost De as
eessable on the city at large. The following
committee was appointed to look after the pre-
paration Of the bill to be introduced In Albany:
Alderman Clark. Alexander Schwalbach, Durant
Mclean F. H. Vail j. A. Livingston W. T. Cow
enhoyen and d. B. Van Vle,k the bill TO be
introduced by Senator Wray and Assembyman
Livingston. 1t was resolved to adopt this route.
n use yitri1ed brick and to have Incorporated In
the bill provision that all gas. water and sewer
connections be made and extended out TO the
curb line so as to avoid tearing up the new pave
Gent.
The necessity Of a connecting link In the chain
OF good roads is undisputed The route selected
Is a mistake in the minds Of many VINO think IL
should be Eastern Parkway from the present
boulevard to Eldert's Lane. which Is practically
the city line thence northeagtery to broadway
Commissioner White is reported as favorlng TINS
Man ca far as Eastern Parkway is concerned.
Among the arguments against the adopted route
are the following: Eastern Parkway is an eighty
foot street while Glenmoreave. is only sixty Feet
wide The former was laid out as a continuation
NJ tho nrssent boulevard and Is straight route,
whereas the other route has four sharp turns.
1sthe roadway is made attractive for driving ana
wheeling the sidewalks will be used the more ior
promenading Again, Eastern Parkway IS SUI
xerior TO Genmore-ave, as its Sidewalks are 'hiee
feet wider The adopted route would turn lo on
Eastern Parkway six blocks De1ote Iea ,,
J3rooklyn baseball grounds, the resort Oh thou-
sands who would wheel or drive there II tne roauS
were good. The Queens County eno OF rass ,i
Parkway via Elderts Lane wouia oe * e'@ ricbt
curve 10 Broadway, instead OF eohs al lis.e
angles as In the Other route, ana Woulu tequl,,
that $50 feet OF new roadway shouId De sia au
while Glenmore-ave neceSslt ts,;a KICKS and has
in its centre abandoned street-car tracks Ear
ern Parkway is not paved but IS arr Ioa' ara
the propertv owners have sought In VAIN 10 naHc
a. ,r,nroved The one objection to the Eastern
PARKWAY route is that the elevated road ruIlS
over Just half the dist~nce or the Piop , ,
nroved roadway Does this one objection over
balance the advantages Of a street WIDER by ohe-
Quarter and without turns and the other au
vantages mentioned? is asked by the iriehoS u
this idea.
The Eastern Parkway route can be IN use III
the early spring at a comparatively s"a 80
while that through Glenmore-aVe' ca""o' "
finished until at least a year later Inc ee"e'
are not complete in either street Dut '"ose -
Eastern Parkway are further along Una" 'V'.
OF Glenmore-ave. That part or the OIL auoP
which 10 intended TO compel the owners OF
houses. as well as vacant iots' 10 co'''e0 a.
the sewers prior to the laying Of the vitriheo
brick is hardly feasible. 1t is urged. Ihis "ou'u
not be necessary on Eastern Parkway as t"e'e
are two lines of sewers one on each size OF '"e
street Now supposipg. it is said, a tourteen-
foot pathway OF vitrified brick or asPiiai' "a
through the centre or TINS pioau - GRO ed
the res. Of the thoroughfare were Simply tea,
until the sewers are connected. Fourteen Zee,
Is the exact distance between the eieVateu io a.,
n,,Iars and ,s .fuIiy as wide the pathway
10 Coney Island The rest Of the avenue woulu
be as wide as the entire roadway OF Gieh'o,s
ave. and available for driving ii ~ 1 s' as
prove that vtri6ed brick il not deslrapie az
a roadbed the rest of the avenue couo De P, ~
in different manner. The ao0Ption III
plan would Immediately give the Wheeime, VIA
they require and that IL is necessary 10 u. ~, @
strated by the fact that the elevated roau I I,
ried seven hundred bicycles one SUNDAY , Iase
summer most of which would have been ridden
were IL not for the bad roads.
Although the last week furnished some oi '"e