New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16
RROOKLYN CYCLING TOPICS.
NEED OF A GOOD ROAD TO THE EASTERN
BOUNDARY OF THE CITY,
WHAT COMMISSIONER WHITE THINKS MAY De
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AKp' Nj i'O'
pEc-r PARK AND ALONG THE

Every Erooklvn whecman who mas inaue uSe -
,rs fine roads in Queens County has fad sense
Of shame az the thought that MS o"" ''s 10 -
- provids n least ono street, II not equally good'
=. ,ooo, ros.,h,c in order to bring Brooklyn mo
nsction with them No can ride from the
nont where the Eastern Parkway Abruptly e"us am
runs down BY steep place INTO r'aS' -,
ava along a narrow sdcpath on mat VENUE or"
then over the stones OF Llbcrty-aVe' 10 INC ny
limo vi,hou, realizing what great opportunity mas
been neglected. ,,.,r
"T,lk oh,ut a return path from Coney isinnd'
otd a wheeImon Yesterday. with touch OF mug
paton In his voice II tell you II isn't haf as ue"
needed as a good road TO the eastern 'h'' VI VIZ
city The trouble Is now that the "hee'i,'" 10 =,
o,i,. ora nIoce 20 20 to- The Coney Island pain Is
suno-b. there's no denying that; ana IL IL "o' ~"
preinC that It Is 50 much used. BUT tne''' Wv
,hero,s no DENYING that after You nave gone
over I; fifteen or twenty times II gets 70 pe nv
notonous In n sense. and you are w'iins ~ s.s'
rcst FOR n while Bu, II you are not ION" " '
nath riding anl have no taste Tor mics Vi s,".'
pavement you have nowhere else " b. ,.
yool surface on the Eastern Parkway ara sun
ch.s ma venert along East NewYoTk ave sn1 I"o-
cr,v-ove. thousands Of riders would go tha' way
where hundreds go now, ana the pressure :" '''
path would be greatly reduced.
"I know that YOU can get to Broadway. Jamaica,
BY means of the elevated road, but 'ha' c's's ~
cents the round trip and It is not n" greatest Jun
.
hooI I'm n nj down the stairs Tien what are an'es
:, do n they are riding without an escort Eve"
granting that they are equal 70 IN" taSN VI '''
ing Their machines In both directions, No' must Iea
IN mind that all wheels have to be taken INTO '"e
s,ooklrg.cor AMI know ladies who object to going
into such n car and running the ganne, Oh NV"
cyes and remarks even TO take their wheeis !" anu
an, No II Is a disgrace - Brooklyn that there Is
not 4 good road ali the way from prospect f"i" "
the eastern boundary OF the city, and one 'ush' 10
be provided right away. - -
This Is n matter by the way. to when ''y "o'"'
Commissioner White has been giving some after"
uon He recognizes the need OF proper means OF
c,,,, from, Rrooklvn TO Kings County but thihks
thar the idea OF asphaltlng Lberyave Is AT present
.mpracticablc. at least without i'sls'au'. ' ~
srbiec, The present granite pavement there WIS
nail for hv ihe owners OF tho aSuttns pro perty'
who are satisfied with 1t and would. OF course o'
Zoe, ~ making a further payment for asphalt
r-h. Commissioner might. perhaps. asphalt STRIP
along ono side OF street. six or eignt ieet "'e'
for the benefit Of whecmcn, but he douO's "'e''e'
he has absolute power % 90 -. re 'n'"NS '''"'
Commissioner sruier's plan OF extending 'le raS'
ern Parkway 10 Highland Park, ana men p'oN''''s
an outlet to the east by means OF the drives III
o.vnress Hills Cemetery. and the roads In the rev
mark ., be established on the high ground east OF
,no cemetery Will ultimately furnish a solution Oh
the problem. .,
In rho mean time in order TO provide an nmedi-
n "a sol
practicabiiiy OF making n good dirt read tAro1sn
the street called Eastern Parkway. which runs par
alel With Ibertyavc.. and Two blocks to the SCUM
OF II, This IL virtually continuation OF Eastern
Parkway proper. although II has never Deen oi'"eu
FOR some distance east Of East New orN.a'e.
Legally II appears TO be opened. Dut pay sS';
h,s No, ieen The Kings County Elevated Ran
road runs along Eastern PARKWAY ron " i. ss
ave 10 Market-st. II IL Commissioner Wni'. sus
ges,ion that good dirt roal here msnt ans" o
IN. use OF bicycle riders. at least unill sonltnils
flay nd no "a lesIr
Tho OF wheelmen on the s1nlsct one GSnns
YIN s y"oi coniltion /; Would almost certainly be
used by many drivers OF n.syy wagons N r.' flsI
would not quickly get in ritahle 'onao n,o as
narSd for such road would be a grea; improve
mcnt on Iibery-ave as It is at present
Along GOcrty-avc in the par, where i; !" no, not
bull, up 10 any extent. there are some soou r ,n
open Tor the Of whcelmen. but mounted 20,
ccman kept on snari there 70 see inn' rO one
sidewalks orc rider who cane into CONFLICT Wit"
Il star,ci 10 20 with a friend out 70 Broa iway.
It was between II ana - in tho forenoon as We
S SsIf gong soa p Q" the :Gs%ass ne xay
ought 10 say tina, found East New York ave;
whcr" ,neTe -, S4y ena D IN Were
water main was being lal II was impEssloe 10 ras
81 d,su,ouns n; the curb-.ones When ne got y ith-
IN a mile or so OF tho city line oddly took to
Zines arc 20 low as u give trouble Pretty
soon we saw policeman on horseba * aIb~'rching
us and when ~ got within haElng distance re-
called ont IN a gruf tone that "" rere not aIiowei
he supposed il VAS allow able in tina, par, Il the
city and. Of course. We n once returned TO IN"
Two or three blocks further On there was a
bridge across the gutter and yle ing to "a Sy ,he
other siic u the street Apparently the policeman
had been LAYING for u.s. for haa only gone
Look for tho cop; he's comm back. Naturally
b1rs F mn sg there was latter Of horses fee
behind W.. and mp dashed tho policeman In hisn
!ulgeon. saying something which Tor he lfe or
me couldn't understand protes:ei that couid
not hear what he said out he only insisted that II
the whole | counted myself lucky IN getting off
without being arrested. though can sc no reason
A few books Of smooth riding would be so great 4
relief TO rlcr In many paris OF brookyn; cs
ton t. mad" TO riding on the sidepatnS vAere the
are MT sSS r e , AnP Gr hs s 'h
purpose Of ANNOYING and frighienns Mhtelmen
Wnen my sr'nN and p rsIea Of bur or I'VE hours
Park ComIn'ssoner squier has met the desires OF
ah sGS' In the nrs5 place he has made it possible
for a rider to make the crcuI, OF Prospect Park
Of this Improvement was made last fall. when the
curhstoncs at the WIliink entrance were cut away
80 that bicycle can 20 up ana doIn them with
comparative ease The same thing mas now been
done at the oceara ave; entrance. while At the main
entrance bridge has been placed across the rather
deep gutter wide enough for Two, or, perhaps three
riders to cross II abreast TIE grading OF the path
| surrounding the Park is most excellent thing
THen too In response 10 urgent requests the proper
| numbers have been paced on tho path side of the
| mlestones along the Ocean Parkway; they are
! painted In bold black ami Will enable the rider To
| determine Just where he is At" without keeping
tab ell the way or dsmountlng and taking look
| at the other side Of the stones.
II has been practically decided that the side drive
ON the west sle OF he main roadway on the coney
| Island boulevard VIII not bc paved with vitrlted
brick. but tellori roadway built Instead. This
will furnish good going for bicycles. and probably
| a \
as holidays and Sundays II viii be little used by
| trucks and heavy vehicles.
The new gravel surface Eastern Parkway hc-
tween the Park AMI Bo1ford-ave. has quickly grown
firm and hard and Is decided Improvement on
anything that has recently been seen there. Even
after heavy rain this road ought TO stay
| muddy for any length OF time.