The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-24
AROADTOTHE NORTH
The Associated Cycling
Clubs of New Jersey
Tackle a Big
Project.
NEW JERSEY A. G. ON DECK AGAIN
A Carnival of Sports to Be Given
On Labor Day-Catholic Ath-
letes in the Field.

AS
Jersey realizing the need of a good road
in the northern part of the State and
connecting with the fine a in Rock
land county, New ! York. have at last
taken steps to secure such a road. AT
the last meeting instructions were given
to the Legislative Committee to issue
circulars requesting clubs to work for
an appropriation by the Legislature for
the construction of the proposed road
from Piermont to Nyack, along the Pail
sades. to connect with the New Hudson
County Boulevard. If the plan sue
ceeds cyclers will have a fine macad-
amized road from Bergen Point, Bay
onne. to Nyack, a distance OF over
fifty miles. The meeting at which the
matter was discussed was held at the
clubhouse of the Atlanta Wheelmen IN
Newark. Fifty delegates were present,
representing the Hudson County Wheel
men of this city, Union County Road
sters of Railway, Englewood Wheei-
men, Elizabeth Athletic Club Cyelers,
Tourist Cycle Club of Paterson, Mont
clair Wheelmen, Bloomfield Athletic and
Cycling Club, Bergen County Wheelmen.
Mercer county Wheelmen, South Orange
Field Club, Century Cycling Club OF
Newark. Hackensack Wheelmen and At
ianta Wheelmen. A report from the
of the entries in the recent
century run to Asbury Park gave the
number as 81, of whom S6 started and
228 finished. The profits of the affair
amounted to $50. A one hundred dollar
silver loving cup, which was the first
prize. was officially awarded to the Mer-
eey County Wheelmen of Trenton, they
having 100 survivors. 1t is still undecid-
ed as to whether the second prize shall
be awarded to the Hackensack or Mont
clair Wheelmen. AS a number of at
fractions OF a cycling nature are sehedui-
ed for Labor Day, it was decided to
abandon the annual twenty-five mile road
race this year and hold a team race,
open to members of the association, on
some later day. An excursion TO Green,
wood Lake was suggested by the Social
Intercourse Committee, to take place IN
August, and the formation OF bowling,
billiard, pool. whist and cribDage tour
interchange of entertainers In the various
clubs for smokers" was also arranged.
The committee was instructed TO pro-
coed. with full power.
The proposition to make a bicycle
path from Trenton across the State to
Asbury Park meets with much favor
in the sections through which the pain
would pass. 1t is proposed to nave the
path five feet wide and uniform in con-
struction from the starting point 70 the
end. The route would take in places
Zach of which has hundreds of riders,
and it is thought that the $4,000, which
it is estimated the path Will cost can pc
proposition to have the State aid in
the work fails. The distance is nifty
four miles. and the route practically
path in the world. barring the elevated
one which Western capitalists ropos
to build from Chicago to Milwaukee;
grounds. Asbury Park, during the ma
fional bicycle meet foot up about $l0.W0s
This is hardly as much as was ex-
but it gives a fair profit to the assocla-
ton. The cost is not, supposed to ex-
coed $1,000. including the prizes.
young woman of East Orange, who, on
almost every fair day. can be seen TAX
ing her daily spin on her wheel IN
ably seated on the baby carrier in the
front of the machine. The turnout at
tracts a great deal of attention.
patients nensls'i has developed viii the growth
of the bicycle craze. Fast riding. or
the short, quick breaths necessitated in
currents of air to strike the heated
gums and cause congestion The face
swells as with an ordinary toothache.
pus forms around the teeth and loosens
them, and in many cases leads to their
extraction later, and the pain is equal
to having all ones teeth MIGRATING at
once. There is but one possible. prevent
i've and cure, and that is to keep the
mouth closed, breathing through the
nose as man was meant to do.
L.. II. Bliss, the biggest wheelman on
earth,'' is one of Chicago's curiosities
An the bicycle line. 1t is hard to be-
fieve that a man six feet five and one
half inches tell and weighing 4S7 pounds
can ride a twenty-five pound wheel and
not break it to pieces. Bliss does 1t,
though, and enjoys it. In fact he seems
to be getting fat on it. He is not one
of the fast brigade" among the Chi
cago riders, but he can go over the
boulevards with great ease and comfort
to himself and at a pace that sometimes
makes his riding companions pull
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