New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10
PART iii.
PAGES Is TO 80.
NEW ASPHALT STREETS FOR THIS CITY.

,oyc STRETCH OF SMOOTH PAVEMENT IN
rrrrH-AvE - BRooKLYN's NEED OF AN
of~rLET To THE QUEENS COUNTY ROADS
The extension of smooth street pavements in
Ms city continues Fifth-ave. has Just been re-
"a with asphalt from Ninetieth-st to One
h,ndred-and-tenth-stt the work indeed. not be-
80 quite finished. Cyclists who are bent on
coaching particular place as possible
=, IN s,metimes find u convenient to this part
the avenue. At certain hours In the afternoon
c,n,ral Park is SO crowded with carriages that
81 inexperienced rider might well prefer TO follow
Y-,fth-ave.. where the paving is smooth a means
is also afforded OF avoiding some Of the hills In
the Park fhth-ave from One-hundred-and-
nth T. Notwithstanding -hfth-st. had AL
,cadv been laid with asphalt.
A covering of gravel and tar is being placed on
the block in one hundred -and-e ighth-st. which
,olns the Boulevard and Riverside Drive. As the
asphalt on the Boulevard ends here. many
riders pass over that block on their way TO
Claremont. The granite pavement is in first
class condition. and only solictude for wheemen
and drivers OF pleasure vehicles led Water Pur-
vey0r North 20 recommend the Improvement.
This work will be finished shortly Asphalt is
also a. be laid on the east side OF the Boulevard
opposite e-hundred-and-sxth-s The eastern
part OF the thOrOuginare stin has its old pave
ment. AS West Observation-Disclosures. il
paved with asphalt and leads TO a Central Park
gate II is much travelled by cyclists going to or
nom the Boulevard. Hitherto the space be-
tween the asphalt on MISUNDERSTANDING
ard that on the west side OF the Boulevard has
been muddy long after rain.
Still greater betterment TO be undertaken at
orre is the laying of asphalt on the east side of
the Boulevard from One-hundred- and-eishth-st.
to d-and-nineteenth-st. This pave
ment not extended up the west side be-
cause the old roadway there is in fair condition.
While on the cas-, side II Is extremely bad. The
west half has lately been improved. but in wet
weather naturally remains muddy and wet much
longer than asphalt. BY spring there VIII be
pra tically continuous stretch Of asphalt in
Eighth-ave 10 Central Park and up the Boule-
ward To- Observation-Disclosures
The mechanism of the bicycle has reached such
a high state Of effectiveness that no radical
charges are looked for in the wheels Of next year.
Much attention has been given Of late. however
70 the lamp, il is recog aized that those In gen
eral use now have certain unsatisfactory feat
ures Liability 10 go out s a common Character
istc and this was serious defect In the days,
or ~stber NIGHTS. Of the De Witt crusade when
mer and women were arrested for riding without
q light even If the flame had just been blown
out hy the wind ana the lamp was still hot ana
smoking Leakiness il another usual fault.
Lamps are ordinarily more or less grny, and
as sometimes happens in baggage car the OH
runs out over everything. Like as not when
darkness overtakes you in the country your res
ervrir is nearly dry. and you have the bother Of
having IL refilled Another Inconvenience is that
n The amp is put near the handle bars the coat
or other garment which you want to carry there
gets s0iled from OIL.
Some Of the ordinary oil lamps have been i'm
proved 70 such a degree that these defects are
r,.rinlized but wheelm ~ would welcome an en-
t!reIy new device. one that is proposed Is the
vapor lamp In this the reservoir Is filed With
cotton a hole being left in the centre for the
wick Benzine is poured IN until the cotton Is
completely saturated. Any benzine which is not
absorbed by it must carefully be poured out The
wick is IN close contact with the cotton ana
draws UP the benzine TO the top. This patent puts
a stop 10 leakages. and Is also said 10 insure .
stronger and steadier light than that from the
ordinary lamp. At first sight the use OF the pen
zine would seem TO invite an explosion Dut the
danger Of that is said 10 be done away with De,
cause the benzine is not in free state Several
wheelmen have made vap0r lamps out or the
ordinary ones. simply filing the reservoirs VITA
cotton They use kerosene instead OF benzlne'
and think well Of the device They believe they
get a better light than before, and one which
will more effectively withstand the Wintfy Diasls'
Naturally electricity's aid is sought in solving
this problern. and various patents have been OBJ
nary cell battery. for which claims ofAightness'
simplicity and effectiveness are made. Still an
other employs a storage battery third is
DYNAMO. pure and simple copper coil is re-
yolved between a series Of magnets. and the cleo
,ricitv generated passes 10 the incandescent
lsron Power Is obtained from the front vince! OF
IN bicvcle A small wheel is placed 50 as Just 70
,ouch the tire on the inside OF the rim OF the
bcvcle wheel the final plan not having been de-
cded on This small wheel Will be cohhecIed WIZ VIZ
tn dynamo al a gear of four or nNe To ole, ~
course the lamp burns only when the plcyCie 10
In motion II is believed that the whole lamp
car be made 70 weigh not more than one pouiiu
snd a half. Even al slow pace ehous sr,aed
nv $ generated TO make a light ana li'e speeu
can be increased 70 twenty miles an hou W-'n-
out any result other than an incre ased Dll4tla'.E
If the light The objection seems 10 De ti ~,
80, although the inventor insists that II VIII
b :, slight as to be unnOtced by the rluei. Al
~, ~ete one does not usually care to 60 far or
tst al night and the extra power Ieau''ON e'
20, be a serious h.ndrance
leo. p Potter the chief consul OF the l. A.
Y ~ this state. is working hard for the wheel
ssn's interests but he is not the sort Oh man
teu mis- plans until he is reasonably sure u
Asr contamination. Nj Potter went throusn
he recent election with hying coiorS VIII"
sovs that wheelmrn appreciate the soou WI
nat 10 has done curing the last year " ile" ,'e
pok hold OF the work the menloeIship &, - ~
avson numbered about 5000 TO-DAY has Is " sort
~ i'" ~ story and they tell them lOrclpiS,
10 En- potter has outlined a regular me 10, Oh
ampsign for 1896 which promises to Drn .sr MN
b@for- ne riders Of the wheel even moIy ~ .-
49,, - bts ,.orl, u 1895 has done he Is hOe
ss.S yrith bringing the state membership III, Up
% 1000 his year but he D. 6e d rFaI before
~ EN- ~ $50 He is now working Owe nc IL
pon,ne1t Of official l. A. W hotels n Tor u ,"5
State and certain 0onifaces VINO maya oS Shoulder
upto their agreements Will get 'he 00'1
The following circular will be sent 70 'ne N@-
Gus bo, 6eepers in the state by the cilie'
Tbe ,nfrnent Of the aboye-named hV' ete % bs.
ofhcai T.aese OF American hee.'neii .n apooirt-