The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-07
" nEELMlN UNllEU
For the Purpose Of Making
theOpening of the Bou1e-
ward a Memorable
Event.
A BUSY NIGHT FOR BoWLERs.
Clio Whoelmen Strike a snag in
the League Games-Maher
and U'Donnell 10 Fight
Monday.
A BUSY NIGHT FOR BOWLERs.

There are few cities in this State
where cycling has such a hold on the
public as in Jersey City. The cause of
this general interest can be attributed to
but n thing, namely, the broad and
smooth Boulevard. Out of d total D
lation of over 1sO,0O souls, the NUM- r of
cyclists in the city is variously est .ated
at from 5000 to 1000. What appears
strange is the statement hi the greater
portion of the cyclers first took to the
sport early this year. This may be ac-
ounted for when it is taken into consid-
GRAFTON that up to this year there was
no -thoroughfare in the city fit for. the
sport. With a reduction in the price of
which it is no wonder that the active
wheeling population of the city took
u an upward jump. The decrease in
price proved a boon to the working
classes; that is, laborers and mechanics,
who formerly regarded a wheel as a
luxury. They took advantage of the
drop in prices, and as man. of the deal
ers offered the wheels for sale on the in
stallment plan, the laboring people who
could afford the amount required month
ly from their wages, began riding wheels.
The Boulevard being primarily respon-
sible for the big increase in the wheeling
population, II Is not SURPRISING that %
much interest is being taken in the big
bicycle parade on THANKSGIVING Day,
when the new -thoroughfaFe will be for
n:ally opened. The interest is not alone
confined to Hudson county, but extends
to Essex county and even oyer into New
York and Brooklyn. Wheelmen are bet
ter nosted on good roads than anv other
: - STU 81. 49,,
I1nss to e, d Sislasnz, a what IT a a fine hu' road road Hud-
son county nad neen .avorea WI Mish' stata ~
the wheelmen of New York Invariably in
clude the boulevard in the route. So
~ Me ~ WI, auotists ~
anxious are the New YORK cychsts 10
assist the Clio Wheelmen in making the
parade a success that many clubs have
volunteered to act in any capacity that
the Clos may designate. The Kings
50 big a success of the coney Island cy-
to assist the Clos on thanksgiving Day;
tfaoS bic eha affa aires the @ni kind offers from the
MaW 3 norh whe Tha Gli tsVv viii nes show their
annreciatinn of the Kindness of the New
a York Wheelm ut Iis by eiving them the
rlght OF me IA tae ps .r.u
Snefmah,s Witease.
Letter Carrier Sherman, of the local
post office, is one of the few local wheel
men who keeps their wheels in use all
the year around. Sherman was the first
carrier OF the local post once 70 Iecog-
n sazvic % ND If is onlvv ON rainy DAYS that
pc pc gi,Ssc The silent sliced a rest. It mat
n1 nof how sfrone fine wind blows nor
how cold tha winfry blasts are. He
saws he eniovs the fresh air because it
b ays rs him nn1 bssalth and thaf he knows Of
no Better way to get ali of the health
m;y,,ng o1,a1itias ONT If the snort than to
glyahS 81 u4 tah ! IN ~ maotinp the rounds of
his district. Riding almost daily he
naturally piles up a big mileage. For
E his encifnm her showed a distance trav,
e III Of a triae over 5000 miles. This is
eaGauslye u l"e
enJoSe
Wheeimen VS. Horsehhan.
ing upon the horsemen,' says Tine
yWbaai1 seThev ara NOT ALWAYS consi6-