New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.

ASPHALT WANTED IN BROOKLYN.-Whlle
much good work has been done in Brooklyn look
ing toward better roads much remains to be done
Tho wheemen of South Brooklyn are crying out
against tho manner in which they have been ig-
norcd Persons who live In that district laugh when
they are told that Thrd-st Is to be asphaited tor
point simply because there other asphalted
streets in that immediate neighborhood All who
live on the other side of Thirdst. want some we'll
paved street which will allow them 10 reach Pros;
meet Park There is not single decentIy paved
II IL beginning 20 look If there won't be any this
year Some street between Fourt .enth-st ana tlgh-
feanth-st should be asphaled, as the grade up the
hin is a hard one u maka 1t is difficult to climb
the hin over the cobblestones on wheel
ELEVATED BICYCLE CARs.-The elevated BIZ
cycle trains made their first trips yesterday The
first DAYS trips in the nature Of trials, and
the permanence OF the system will DO decided by the
way in which the scheme operates in the next few
days The first train ran from One hundred and
early in the morning and In the forenoon the trains
ran from to o'clock In the afternoon they
cars with accommodations for about twenty-five
wheels number OF wheelmen took advantage of
probably owing TO the fact that the hours during
which the trains would run were not well known.
Manager w J. Fransioli and party Of officials
Ha the road ta wc b 5he me1 1n ON a
on the Ninth-ave road are: Rector Cortlandt. Bar
chd
Eghiy-Arst One-hundred -and-fourth One-hundred.
and-twentynfth. ne-hundred-and- thirty fifth and
-and-hfty-ffth SITS, and Is cents will be
charged for each wheel and rider
AN IMPROVEMENT, CHEAP-Cycsts living in
the Hancock Nosrand- Hasey-st. district are pray
ing for a little Improvement which. II granted
would cost little or nothing. Hancock-st Is now
asphalted from Reid-ave. to Nostrand. From Nos
trand TO Bedford-ave. there Is no asphalt. the
riders turn into Nostrand over one shot block 10
Halsey. which IL asDhal'ed This block IN
Nostrand-aYe. between Hancock and Halsey might
be asphalted making CONTINUOUS asphalt 10 Bed
ford-ave
CHANGES AT WAVERLY.-The ATLANTA Wheel
men have contracted for rhe erection OF a set OF
bleachers to the right of the grandstand at the
Waverly track. The dressIng-rooms under the
grandstand will also be overhauled and renova ed
and fitted with numerous rubbing boards. AS there
VIII be no nOfse-uottlhg on tne Track thls year. II
VIII be possible 20 keep the surface In better condi-
lion than ever before. Plans are now being
ranged for the benefit OF riders desiring train
track. and II is probable that tickets good for
he season, under certain stipua tons will be issued
THE QUILL CLUB TO META meeting OF the
Race Committee OF the Quill Club Wheelmen has
been called for to-day, % consider the advisablliiy
Of holding n race meet early In the Mem
hrs are requested TO attend this meeting without
further notice at y. m. al the clubrOoMs. No 100
Nassau-st
, TRICK" Observation-Disclosures Smms who
An enthusiastic cyclist himself. severely lectured
sevcral scorchers who before Tim In York
VILE Court yesterday. and inflicted fines In every
case OF $40 each. Arthur Blevn. 81 No. SA Wes
Fifty-eighth-st.. ard William Greenblatt, OF No.
East One hundr ed -sixth-st.. both OF whom
employed as mechanics in bicycle store At Eighty