New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-15
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
THE BEST ROUTE TO WEST CHESTER
VILLAGE.
BELGIAN BLOCK. MACADAM AND UNPAvED WAYS
Up THE sorND-A DOUBLE CENTURY
FIXTURE-RACING MEETS OF
PRESENT INTEREST.

PRESENT INTEREST
Arthur p. stanley-Hyie chairman OF the New
York subcommittee OF the l.. A. w. is an en-
thusIastic gooi-roads man, and few peop.e IN 'he
city are better posted the condition OF the streets
and the suburban roads. Said he to the writer on
a trip down from Fort George the other night;
"a careful examination Of all the streets nor'h
Of the city shows that the best route 10 WEST
Chester and thence up the Sound contains just
two and one-elghth miles of Belgian block pave
men. or course a wheelman can go around by
way Of the Washington or Macombs Dam Bridge
and through Fordham and Mount Vernon to New
Rochelle and thence mp the Sound. but besides
being considerably longer this route contains num-
her ~ hills Madison-ave. from One-hurdred-anf-
twonty-nfth-st. to the Harlem River is to be as
ptalted this summer, according 10 the plan pup
lshed some time ago. and II IS hoped the work VIII
be pushed as the present approach to the Madison
ave bridge beyond hund red and thirty-hfth-
ST. in Ffth-ave.. is in a miserable state The road
bed Of tho bridge should also be improved but the
principal Improvement l have to suggest ~ the
having Of One-hundrcd- and hirtieth-st. from
Fifth-avc to Thirl-ave. with asphalt. From there
tho rider Will cross the new Harlem Bridge. which
I have no doubt will be paved with asphalt Here
tho rider will 10 the right on the southern
boulevard at present in miserable condition.
For about mile there is very poor Belgian
block pavement and beyond the thoroughiare Is
unraved II should either all be paved with as
phalt or else the Belgian block pavement should
ir. replaced with asphalt. using macadam beyond
1t will probably bee year before either the Harlem
Bridge il completed or the railroad cut In Park
ave is filed In. thus opening One-hundred-and-
,hir,eth-si. across that avenue. but do not THINK
It Is too soon TO agitate the question.
AT present the best route 10 West Chester Is up
Eirth-ave 10 e-hundred nd thirty seven list.
there turning east block to Madison ave. over
the bridge and through One-hundred -and-thirty-
crhth-si TO Wllis-ave. turn 20 the left 10 Third
then through W,stchcster- all the way 70
West Chrs Excepting a hali-mile OF a5phait ID
Willis-ave II IL Belgian block from one-huhnreu-
and-fhrty-nfth-st. and FIfth-ave. 10 Westchester-
ave and proSpect-avc.. most Of Il poor, and two
and onc-.Ighth miles Of II altogether. BY the new
Inc the rider viii follow Ffth-ave. 70 Dne-hun-
Acknowledgements there turning right 10 MIRO.
ave over the new Harlem Bridge turning right
on tn. southern Boulevard to Westchester, ave
and there turning right again. direct 10 West
Chester while this roui" is about haii mic
because the authorities VIII hardly consent to
rcpavine TWO and ou~-eighth miles, the mile on
Westchcstrr-aye. being quite new, wniie mo pro
uosoI route requires only about one ami a quarter
miles of ropavlug. and the pavement there now Is
poor
While e. "a hardly likely that double centuries
Will eyer become popular. there seems little doubt
that ihcre is d desire for something OF he sort
On the part II many wheelnlen who have found
tho almost weekly century runs 10 be .tte more
than "hroafhe-s" ard VINO have sighed FOR some
thing harder
II WIS th.s belief that lol tho Manhattan Bicycle
Ciub % promote the double century which will
l. held under JUS auspices next Saturday and sun
day. ana which IS the hrat organized AFFAIR Of
this sof, ~ tbs country. 1t IS not supposed that