The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-14

wheel across Iowa from Council Bluffs
20 Davenport without deviation. Here
the scenery is particularly beautiful. The
verdure Is soft. the air IL mild-for. OF
course, your trip Is taken In summer-and
the people seem heartily TO cheer you on
your way The ruggedness OF the noun
tains seem 20 have faded al though into
the softness OF valley. After you leave
Iowa. and strike into Illinois. you still
hear people speaking OF Iowa as though
It were a garden State from which they
were unwillingiy absent.
1.-The Illinois track liei far south OF
the railroads. for you are In state so
thickly populated that. 10 ride pleasantly
you must seek the country, where you
have before sought the towns and VII
lagos. The cearcst way is by hoop
path from Rock Island TO Chicago. You
touch Ottawa and Aurora, but. 80 far as
possible, you inquire your way along the
country roads You find your path very
level and the roads well kept; and when
you reach Chicago you put up your
wheel for a dozen OF the sde-trps that
are part of the expedition. There IS a
good whecel-path north 10 Milwaukee.
IT skirts Lake Michigan. and IS the most
romantic Jolt OF the journey, If you choos
10 make II.
AT Milwaukee you can pocket your
pride and your ambition. and. slowing
away your wheel upon lake steamer
YOU can 80 across TO Detroit, where the
best roads await you. You can now 20
directly south again. and strike the Tran
6ftv miles beyond Chicago, ana JUST 20
much nearer the Atlantic coast to"ai
which you are aiming.
"you are now in Indiana, where thrs
ara good roads along the railroau' aig g
80 Won follow across the STATE anu
49,, OHIO At Toledo you begin -
~ The air of Lake Ere anu 49, go
u''''' - cleveland. and on 10 LINE,
INV hare the satisfaction OF " Ill.
you -, a path that Keeps .lio maj
oa'ly "a e,eht, vet lies along l"ne law
loar YOU by day and sihsS ~
night. s,ort. 10 cut New YORK
g., an two places. You 20 hrina up
"D,ocnester and Syracuse "'.1 m keep
., Saratoga. From theIo S,,,,rebire and
~ vour way across Ne" ,,bore Port
V-ar,,ont 10 the Maine coa''', ,oint. But
,o,d would be your 49, the Green
iah" ~ This YOU mui cross vybite
II you 40 ~, - Vermont and the ~
mouh,",,.S - New Hampshire anu 80
Moun.s ',. ~ a rocky approach ~ .ho
your Tho hest way IS 10 nv T,.
lahu' ~ Saratoga. and start sour
ram II ts less than 20 inne' Ia
New and as tho roads are 80,
10 tn9 Ill Itch W in New norK ~
!Ou 80. i've DAYS. That tours y"U
,bo pacific TO the Atlanuc' ,,ier,an
we -" said the cycling genten' ~
NJ" do,.n the map. you see the pa''.
,"' fe,elble one. Personally 40 ,,nod
- I'm the bicycle-track. / th,ilN So
- are good enough for the -
and l oppose ali legislation 10 -
,,,acadamized or asphalt roaus AV' r..
men THE trouble with these u no - a.
IL ,c,.or pcrmanent and wheehns
too ifnportaut a matter 10 0o'''' 80
lirbt OF something soon TO pass 40
ay-hat I am aiming at, ana Wua' Nv
.,,',e ,,ossitle. is a bicycle-path acio's
tbe conntry which shall be simply d 80 ~
road Each state can take care % ~
nm roads. and the result VIII PC o"o
lon, stretch OF good wheeling.
"Sr,, aim is to get legislation thIous il
- r,-ake tho roads good first. And'
cond 10 connect the different pains toI
o.,ar,,rio there is one very fine stretch
80 rosd I'm Indiana. Every Wheelhl"il VIZ
,,oas through il speaks OF II. but up-
,,roacbing This good stretch ana leau'"s
To-, II is very heavy, rough piece ..
country. This could be easily HN'.,
tbere are only few miles oil IT, -,
With bicycle legislation we wouid get '''''
attended %. -. .i's, any,
thing iu this cross-couhuy pio'' I'll
w. ,.heolinp enthusiasts. These gehlo-
, ruU insist upon bicycie-paths, and so we
o., rotbing. A macad>mized hicyc'e-p III
80 in a rocky locality $4,000 per Hll,o'
So, take this same locality, ana uao wv
- tbat Is already I'm II by merely lul
,,rc,,,ing II and the cost viii not he so-Vo',
", can make a mile Of very bad Io'n
int very good road for that sum. u nay
g. 1yhat mean by intelligent WheeiiNs
,.erno time TO take such trip is what
% oraintt Il. But people are not ., l"a'.y
obliged 10 so from the Golden Ha'e ~
New York harbor I'm one IMP. hey ca"
NOT each other halfway. 81 II IS ma
Ter Of family meeting. or people on boln
sides Of the country can take ulp9 10
they please ND 10
obo,,t forty davs. If every man were
u,boclinr expert. and were prepared TO
take century run every day. FOR my,
self I should just double the days
should take eighty days for the TIP ana
do something like nifty miles day. l
might even let the railroad help me I'D
rainy weather. Speaking Of that, shoni9
have mentioned that the much-dreaded
prairie lands are particularly fine III ory
seasons. being springy, and level ana SUI
to the body. ~,
"Across the country IN eighty days Will
he Tho whcelmen' - attraction few years
hence Now # looks funny hut mat Is
what Jules Verne's idea of Round the
World I'm Eighty Days did 10 people
wears ago. Now we can belt the sphere
ia seventy days