New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

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835 p. 400 p m. 40 p M 81. BOO p m
sSSS% ZIG s:SS ; 5 M M $50 p. M f'0 p !"
This is the regular summer schedule. except
that later trip will probably be added The
fare on week days is % cents and al Sundays
Is cents. The captain of the RocklAnp Is him.
self a wheelman, and may often be seR pedal
ling through Tarrytown between trips ~
The ferry between Yonkers and Closter is not
vet running but is expected to begin It's SER
vice in May. On SUNDAYS in summer, trips are
frequent. There is a steep hill to walk up or
down the New-Jersey side. but the ferry is at
times q great convenience for wheelmen.
The College Point ferry is another one.which
may be used to advantage 1t enables the rider
to strike good roads Long Island at once.
IAN objection to it. however, is the bad appr0ach
on the New-York side. The slip is at Ninety
ninth-st. and the streets leading to it are OF
granite or earth The sail, however is a
pleasant one. The boat makes trips at intervals
of two hours, leaving New-York on the odd
hours and College Point on the even hours. The
first boat from New-York is at a. m. The
common way of reaching the Long Island roads
Is by way Of the Thirty-fourth-st. ferry and Long
island City. but this involves two or three miles
of travel over granite blocks in Paddy Gea-
sons domain.
The Staten Island ferry makes trips on the
hour and half hour from New-York Sunday.
On weekdays the Roadway is as short as fifteen
minutes in the rush hours of the morning and
afternoon the intervals being longer in the
middle of the day and at night. The ferry be-
tween Port Richmond and Bergen Point makes
trips every twenty minutes. AS the Hudson
County Boulevard ends near the ferryhouse,
many wheelmen use this boat on Sundays. Rid
ers are advised to cut out the foregoing nfor-
NATION about ferries, and to save it for refer
ence. as 1t will prove useful.
Although Sing Sing voted this spring against
carrying out an extensive system of street bet
terments, some of the more progressive residents
have formed society having for its object the
general improvement of the village OF course,
agitation in favor of good roads will be an i'm
portant part of its work. The road between
New-York and Albany is one of the oldest in the
country, having been opened up some $50 years
ago, yet much of ii is in bad shape. The ride
along the Hudson should be extremely popular
with wheemen, but 1t isn't, and the bad road
Is to blame. Sing Sing could not do better than
20 put In proper shape that part Of the old AL
bany post road which is within IT'S borders.
1t Is refreshing TO note, by way of contrast, that
the Board of Supervisors Of Staten Island has
Just authorized the issuance of bonds TO the
amount of $l5O,0o0 for the building of macadam
and telford pavements. Richmond County al
ready has number of miles of frst-class roads,
but the citizens are never weary of well-dong
in this line. The Supervisors are also aware
that the care of roads is important as the
building of them, and are to issue $4,000 of
bonds for their maintenance.
In discussion about the accident to the man
whose wheel got beyond his control on the
One-hundred- and -fifty-ffth-st viaduct. with
the result that he severely injured. an old
rider said: II don't know whether he had a
brake but feel sure that he did. If he hadn't
he would never have attempted to ride down
that hill never have any trouble there. be-
cause / zigzag down. If man who is fairly
experienced will do that. he ought to ride down
the viaduct in safety by back-pedalling."
, The wheelman who sets out to ride from the
City Hall to Central Park. or the reverse. will
not have an altogether comfortable time no
matter what route he chooses. II he is wise.
though he will eschew Broadway. Not that 1t
A. impossible to ride far up Madison
Square without disrnountng once. but that Is
by no means the easiest way of getting uptown
on a bicycle The easiest route Is up Park Row
to Chatham Square. and then through Division
Forsyth and Houston SITS. to Second-ave., which
has an asphalt pavement up as far as Twenty
second-st., and from that point 1t is easy to
reach Lexington and Madison aves. Division
and Forsyth SITS. are provided with asphalt, 50
that from Chatham Square there Is only one
short block of stone pavement on Houston
bt to be passed over. After leaving Chatham
Square one should be careful not to turn on the
frst asphalt paved street running TO the north
, ward This is Chrystie-st., but though II leads
directly 10 the beginning of Second-ave. the
asphalt extends only to Grand-st., where the
rider who has taken this course must turn one
block easterly 10 reach Forsyth-st One Of the
curious things noted by the rider In this neigh
borhood Is the fact that the pavement Is used
by pedestrians almost as much as the sidewalks:
consequently fast riding is impossible, and eau
tious riding must be the rule at all times IL one
wishes to avoid collisions with other members
of the human family. The streets are narrow
and with a car track above Grand-st., and
numerous trucks in operation there are times
when the wheelman has to put forth a good
deal OF nerve to maintain himself and avoid
the necessity OF dismounting. One should not
undertake this trip. indeed. unless he has ac-
uuired sufncient skill to be able to walk" with
Sis bicycle for ten or twenty feet In an emer-
eency.
Most directions FOR wheelmen crossing the East
Eventy-third-st. ferry say that the correct thing
10 do IL to so east on Twenty-sxth-st. as far as
r1rst-ave. and down the latter to Twenty-third-
IT,. and thence to the ferry. That is one way Of do
ing It. but It IL not the best way. The pavement