The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-11

GIVE Us GOOD ROADS
This Is the Cry Going Up
From the Ranks of the
Local Cyclists.
WHERE IMPROVEMENT Is NEEDED
To Leave the City Wheelmen Must
"Rattle Their Bones Over the
Stones"-Baseball Notes.

The bicyclists of this city are at last
talking of making a fight for sooa
roads, and if some enthusiastic wheel
men will take the matter in hand, ar
range for q meeting and the subsequent
organization CT a Good Roads CLUB. the
cyclers will give him their hearty sup
port. For years the wheelmen VINO nave
been compelled to use the rough roads
Of this c.ty in order to reach out OF town
places with better roads, have grumbled
at the manifest Indifference of our city
authorities. They have come to the con-
clusion that ~grunbling will not gain the
desired end. and as a result the good
roads movement is talked of. The Jer-
sey City wheelman is the most I'M
fortunate of pedal pushers, from the
fact that he is virtually hemmed in
by bad roads. No matter what section
of the city he may start from. he can
not get outside of the city limits with
out passing over the toughest of roads.
There will be one outlet. il is rue, when
the New County Road is completed, but
judging from the slow manner in which
THE work is being done on the uncom-
pleted sections, it will be fully a year
before the wheelman will be thus re-
lieved.
The wheelmen, however, claim that
the city should do it's share towards
providing thoroughfares that can be rid
den owe by bicyclists without giving
them t. shaking up that they now re-
ceive on all but a few of the roads. One
oos. the improvements that will be asked
for ia the remacadamizing of Tonnele
avenue. This thoroughfare crosses the
Boulevard and connects with the County
Road leading to Secaucu and Carlsbad.
Tonnele avenue, in its present condition,
although much used by cyclists, is not
as good for riding purposes as a street
paved with Belgian blocks. If it were
improved it would, together with the
Boulevard, furnish an excellent roao 10
BERGEN county, Wnere n goo9 peafs th haf
the wheelmen want is a good lever THOR
oughfare, from the lower section Of the
SiIle TO fhs Ma nla a Wan .nr9eg pla l0 to eR-
tend Mercer street to the Mill and mae
adamize Arlington ard Garfield avenues
were carried, out. such a horoughfare
These wheelmen who visit Newark fire.
ouently would like to have Communi-
Geonnty Road to the Plank Road. Com
munipaw avenu in its present condition
cannot be ridden on with any degree OF
merous that wheeimen are frequently
thrown from their machines. The wheel
men have been met with. the counter
be secured and maintained largely by
the imposition of a tax on bicycles.
The wheelmen, however, declare that a
and claim that if good roads bring about
this tax all other wheeled vehicles using
such roads be also taxed. A reasonable
the wheelnaen if it really secures good
roads. AS a class they are willing to
nay their just share of the cost OF inn
-proyements. but they viii not do more
The membership of the League of
American Wheelmen is receiving add,
as a result the division officers. seem
~eenhdent that The ood membership in the
renewals from 10 to date are as follows:
Alabama, q; Arizona, p; "A:
Colorado. II; Connecticut 4s;. District Co
n Is; Iowa. 11s; Kansas, 81; Kentucky,
70; Louisiana, 2; Maine, 81; Maryland,
10: Massachusetts, LOIS; Michigan, 1876;
1871; Nebraska, 20; New Hampshire, %;
New Jersey, Ash; New Mexico. 8; New
York, 2,sl7: Northern califqrnia, ISL;
Ohio, 100; Oklahoma, 6; Oregon, l; Penn
~sylvania, S64: Rhode Island. 70; Southern
California. p; so q: 1 Dako t. v 3; Ten
8; Virginia, /; West Virginia, 2; Wash
ington, 10; Wisconsin, 35s; Idaho, 1. Total,
7,243.
has sent a message by Lieutenant H. D.
Wise and orderly to New York city by
bicycle. Lieutenant Wise left Sacketts
harbor at five o'clock Sunday morning,
and arrived at Utica at six o'clock the
same was 15 miles. The weight of the
baggage carried is thirty-nine pounds.
Lieutenant Wise is scheduled to arrive
tomorrow and a large delegation of New
York whetlmen will be on the lookout for
hin to escort him to his destination.
The Kings County Wheelnnen will hold
their annual race meet at the new Man
haitian Beach track on June 20. The fol-
lowing events VIII be run:
Glass A-One mile, novice; one mile. T..
A. w. championship of the metropolitan
district; one mile. handicap; two miles,
handicap. Glass Bone mile scratch;
one mile. handicap: five miles handicap.
Entries will close on June %. with Fl. L..
Powell. Bedford avenue. near Dean
street, Brooklyn. Three prizes will be of
fered in each event. A special prize will
pc offered to the class A rider making the
FASTEST mile