The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-13
WHEELMEN ALL APPROVE,
Cycling Clubs to Discuss the
Proposed Boulevard to
San Jose.
Prominent Bicyclists Say That the
Road Is Very Badly
Needed.

Considerable interest has been aroused
among San Francisco wheelmen in the eff
forts of the Half-million Club to have
money appropriated by the Supervisors to
build the boulevard to San Jose, which was
first suggested by the CALL.
Captain A. c. Thornton of the Olympic
Cycling Club said yesterday: "There is
not wheelman in the City who can fail
to be interested in the proposition of
building a boulevard to San Jose, and, to
my mind, horsemen ought to be just as
much interested. AT present there is only
one road out of the City that wheelmen
and horsemen can use, and that lies all
through Butchertown and along by the
slaughter-houses and the mud flats. A
boulevard could be built that would avoid
the hills and run along pleasanter route
"The only way to get the boulevard is to
keep on agitating. I know the members
of the Olympic Cycling Club as individuals
are thoroughly in sympathy with the
scheme. As for donations or assessments
| have no authority to speak before the
matter is brought up before the club; for
myself / should be glad to be assessed a
reasonable amount if / was sure the sum
would go into the boulevard and that there
would be no jobbery. A good road outside
the City would be worth three inside.
Captain Thornton added that he intended
to bring up the matter at the next meeting
OF the Olympic Cycling Club as the men,
beers might be willing to take action. and
he believed some of them might have good
suggestions to offer.
c. n. Langton, secretary of the Bav CITY
Wheelmen's Club, said that every cyclist
must be interested in the plan to build
ri IN nd H.
lieved the Bay City Wheelmen would take
hold if the scheme seemed likely to go
through.
The members of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Cycling Club have dis
cussed the boulevard proposition good
deal in an informal way, and the presi-
dent, James Sims, intends to bring up the
matter at the next meeting to see if the
club will take formal action in the matter.
Mr.. Sims said yesterday:
1.-The boys take good deal of interest in
the suggestion, and are anxious to see it
become reality. Till after the meeting I
cannot say whether they are prepared to
take any action. but in an informal way l
have heard many of them say that they
would be willing to assess themselves 81 a
year each for good cycling roads,"
w. Tucker, president of the Imperial
Cycling Club, has announced his intention
OF bringing the matter before the board OF
directors next Monday. In discussing the
matter yesterday he said it was his opinion
that the scheme should have the support
OF every wheelman in the city.
The probability is that many other clubs
Will give the subject of the boulevard their
attention, as the proposition has every
where been favorably discussed.
Mr.. s. W. L. Hawkins, advertising man.
ager OF the Stearns bicycles, says in the
Newspaper Maker that next year, after the
present contracts expire, bicycle advertis-
ing will be done mainly in the daily papers
instead of in the monthlies as now. The
daily paper is the paper of the present.
The magazine is to it what the almanac
is to the mornings weather report.