New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24
UUEFLUAN' PARADISE.

\ot for many day has there been naue 10
thc bjcyclins world-and how great a part "l
tho whole world that s,-a suggestion IL lh'ei-
os,;,,, ond imnortant as that which The Tribune
o0ors ON another page of this IMPRESSION II
=; mora than = suggestion. indeed; IT Is prac-
,io,uv an announcement. For there Is Scarcei!
,oo,, for tbe shadow Of a doubt that the lhlnS
nronosod will be DONE and that specify pii'n!
.o,od tho nlan is 10 convert the crest Oh the
old Croton Aoucduct into a public Dlcycic roii'
A, ororvhodv knows or should know inc oid
,,ojuc, extends from the reservoir III Cehtrai
porl, ., tbn lower end Of CrOtOn Lake, ava!
~, ,n,onc the Westminster County NILS. IL Is
q hinge lube of masonry lying just below 'he
surface of the ground. Nothing can DE- puilt
ohova II Of course nor can the top OF IL De USED
a. road for general traffic; ii would not De
eofo IN subject it to such great pressure. but
rrcb Of II has long been used as too'path'
o,d i, could he used as bicycle road, ten or
..olya feet wide with entire safety ana pro-
;., Its Gradient is only thirteen inches 10
,h ,,i,o descending from Croton Dam 10 1llGh
pr;dgc so that for wheeling purposes, IL Is
srhet,ntioIlv level The cost Of preparing IL LOT
,so will bc the mcrest trfe-a few fences TO
u doun and others to put up, some turf 10
scrona off and some gravel IL put on mere anu
tbora and that is all: the various bicycling
climbs Of this city and Westchcster County ought
to attend TO that in a Jifly.
And then what road the whcclmen OF New
yorl, will have, BroOklyns Parkway patA me
40 i * will be nowhere. That Is five miles
long stralshtaway, through a pleasant but level
and bv no means picturesque country. but MS
!. forty miles. winding about amid the hills and
lnvnligSt regions the SIM
chimes on. From High Bridge 1t runs along the
ores, Of the hills with the valley of the NAM
ON ne one hand and that Of the Bronx Oh inc
other Passing through Van 'or'lahu' am ;.
,,,r,s 70 The west sharply and runs into >ohkerS'
and thence right up the river hiIh '"'"-" va
,ho ,orrac,d shore To command superb view
| Of the Palisades and Tappan Ic" ana eve" inv
,IchIands far 10 norlhward. II runs among
the stately homes of lrvngton ana i".! '"""'
a,,, crpnvsi1o. Abbotsford aud Sleepy Hollow
rich with historic aud romantic '>'''''' ,"'
and crosses the very road and s'r''" ""'''
| Icbabod Crane and the licadlesS ii'fS''nd" S''
pace which it has taken me cI"'h Sn''F
roadsters of the present day 10 p''| ln'"'
nassing through Sing Sing high above '"'
| "State hotel" it reaches tho vale! "I '"' W.
ION. and curves eastward AMI nor'h"'r'' PiN'
| Quaker Bridge and It's Slupchu""S ""'''
nresent Croton Dam. in the great gorge between
The hills of Kitchawan and Yorktown.
| rbere Is scarcely another forty miles "t r'al
,,i,bin DAVIS ride from New York 80 b'auil
full. so picturesque. 80 masnlh'rh'' - 'i.''
There Is certainly none that amid 80 varied
rcrion Of hills and valleys. runs ut water
level. No expenditure Of wealth couh pro''u'
for orr lcgions Of bicycle riders inner 'ou. -
than this, which now lies practically r''n! i''
their use. A little interest. cX'rtl"h anu per
hans. cxpensc, on their part. and me iorm"i ~
eont Of the city officials. are all mat are h'cd'd
| The latter there is every reason I" p'I''' -"
readily be obtained. Let the riders "i inc p
,ent stecl" bcstir themselves for the possession
Of = heritage more splendid than al ihriI
dreams. and the thing will be done. Inc open
Ing Of the present years bicycling season S"ou"'
see the whole road, from the Harlem 10 ne
| c,oton rnsnlcndcnt with the glitter Of ten thou
Sand ,Uhirling wheels.