New-York tribune., 1895-10-13

half further on. gave him up In disgust.
MY next inquiry was In regard to the nearest
railroad station, which. was told. at Scotch
Plains, on the Jersey Central There was moth
ing for 1t but TO try to get there. BY this time
the day was waning. and felt the necessity OF
making haste. So trudged along. pushing my
wheel up one side Of the Orange Mountain and
holding it back going down the other. and when
l reached Scotch Plains II was to find that |
was still a mile from the station at Fanwood.
But had one piece of good luck. hadn't been
at the station five minutes before a train for
New-York came in. | was congratulating my
self on this fortune as the train rolled along, but
just after crossing the bridge over Newark Bay
we came to standstill and remained stalled for
a full hour. Finally got to New-York, pushed
the wheel to Fulton Ferry and took the
Kings County elevated railroad home. IT was
raining by this time. and the experience was not
agreeable. especially as had no chance of get
ting anything to eat after dinner Until reached
home at 10 o'clock 1t is possible that might
have managed to ride that tire If had had re-
pair outfit or even a pump. and don't mean TO
be caught that way again..
A friend who heard the story remarked that this
decision a wise one. as he knew by his own
experience 4 few days before he had gone 10
Canarsie. When near that delightful suburb his
rear tire had gone down. but he had his pump
and able. by pumping up once In about
mile and half. to ride all the way back to Brook
lyn. Unfortunately. he had left his repair Kit be-
hind. and. If he had not carried the pump. would
agreeable walk to reach the elevated road at East
New York. Moral for all wheelmen: Never 90
out without tools, pump and materials for max
ing repairs to an injured tire
A man who was seen on the Merrick Road last
Sunday said that In the forenoon Of that day
when riding near Hicksville, be had seen man
take header in a peculiar way. The man was
ahead Of him when suddenly he went off his
wheel. striking his 70. ehead and cutting II
open scratching his hands and inflicting other
injuries Examination showed that he had run
souarey on the broken bottom Of a bottle and cut
his rear tire clear across. and its sudden going
down had so disconnected him that he took
tumble. with the results noted. The man telling
the story said that within two hundred feet OF the
spot where this mishap occurred he counted four
teen broken bottles which had plainly been put
there with the intention Of spelling bicycle tires
Isn't il time for the ena actment of law providing
severe punishment for that kind Of malicious mis-
chief? To catch the perpetrator Of it is not an
easy matter of course. but If fine were mp
in addition to imprisonment and percentage oI
the fine went to the informer some progress
might be made in putting a stop to such fendiSh
practices.
Apparently he was not a shOuter for that par
tcular kind Of tire. for If so he would have told
the same story about both OF them. It was of the
rear tire only that he boasted The boast was
heard at a popular stopping-place for wheelmen
on one of the roads radiating from the city which
blcyclers frequent. Yes he said. Il certainly
have got phenomenal tire on my rear wheel. 1t
was pit on that wheel on May %. and there hasn't
been pump on 1t or a particle Of air put in that
tire since. There II is" he added, as number oi
riders gathered around and felt Of the tire. which
certainly was as hard as II It had been pumped
up that morning THE front tire is not so good
he went on; Il suppose have had the pump on
that twenty times or more since got H. ! can
account for the way that rear tire stands up eX-
cept by the suppostion that ] got particularly
good one | never heard Of another Ike 1t: IN
fact hear a good many complaints about these
tires But what should like to know is, why II
they can make one such tire. they can't make
thour and just as good. or course. haven't had
8 puncture yet, but that's matter OF luck. ana
suppose my time will come. But I'm willing 10
put that tire alongside Of any other hat mas peen
run since MAY o. and think I'll hold over 'em
all"
In a window in Bedford-ave.. Brooklyn, is a
neatly finished womans tricycle. fitted with pneu-
matte tires As far as the front wheel, handle
bar. ETC. are concerned It has the exact APP
pearance of a bicycle. but there are two rear
wheels placed just far enough apart to allow the
pedals TO turn between them. The man IN the
shop said that he had Just finished It and had
been trying 1t across the floor where 1t seemed
+, work very we'll II wish" he added. that
had a thousand Of them; believe ! could sell
them all before Christmas" This tricycle. is not
half as heavy as the Old-styc trcyccs and the
price IS 1925. The said there was no demand
for such wheel for men, but he had no DOUBT
that many women would like - ride macnlne
which could be mounted standing stll ana on
which ones equilibrium could be malntalhei
with comparative ease. The new tricycle. can be
ridden on asphalted streets park roads ana the
Coney Island path almost as easily as bicycle
but ii would be of little avail for touring on
country roads
There is a hill along the Hudson River. north
of Rhinebeck-not very steep HILL either-which |
It is said no wheeman has yet succeeded in riding
up. No explanation Of the phenomenon has been
given: at least no explanation that explains |
though there are numerous theories about IT, |
II seems to he a phenomenon similar To mat |
lately reported regarding the HoOsac tunnel, that
II was impossible to send telegraphic message |
through It, though every means Of doing so had /
been resorted to, even the use Of an ocean cable
On a smaller scale is series Of incidents when |
have led a certain wheelman in this neighb)rhood !
to designate hiD Roslyn, Long Island, as
Calamity Hill" u have good reason for doing
So" he remarked for have gone up it three
times this wear and each time something has |
happened there. The first time my tire eX- |
pl0ded with noise like pistol shot TWO friends
were riding with me. They were a little way |
ahead and they both felt certain, until shouted
that a pistol or gun had been fired close by |
Then | had the humiliation Of walking INTO |
Roslyn and coming back by tsain. Four or hVe |
weeks ago | went that road again. ! was |
not thinking OF my first mishap at all, when just
as | reached the top Of HILL my tool bag |
tumbled off and spilled all my tools in the road
Then I looked around. and t. my surprise
was within rod of the spot where the tire went |
off. Last Sunday went TO Roslyn once more |
and as | got 10 that hill | wondered what was |
going to happen. Would you believe n-Just at !
that point fly flew into my eye and irritated IL
so severely that thought should have to as
mount. Is il any wonder that ! have made up |
my mind that for M that Is Calamity Hi"
CHANGES At THE STAR THEATRE.