New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-11
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.

committee from the Board OF Consuis VI ''o
New-York Consulate Of the L. A. w. met the L .,'
Committee Of the Board Of Aldermen at the C'ty
Hall yesterday and made some pertinent susses-
lions relating to city traffic. After hearing the
suggestions submitted by the wheelmen. Aldermn"
Ware chairman Of the committee. submitted some
suggestions made by Frederick Bronson. presideh.
OF the Coaching Club meeting will be heid al
the Hotel Pomeroy Fifty -nnth-st. and Elghtn-aVe''
next Wednesday. when the suggestions Will be gone
into length. The rules relating to vehicles are
not well known, fact which may be accounted TOT
by the rule which prevents the Board OF Aldermen
from printing more than five hundred copies OF
any document Among the proposed changes 1t Is
suggested that pedestrians shall have the right OF
way at the intersection OF streets over all vehicles
not exempt from the ruling. While II Is the custom
for vehicle overtaking another to pass 70 the
left 1t is not Jaw; the wheelmen want the cus-
tom made a law. 1t is also proposed that vehicles
going north and south shall have the right OF way
over those going In easterly or westerly direc-
tion and that the driver Of any vehicle drawn by
any animal or animals or propelled by any mechanl-
cal power, and used for the purpose OF business
shall be person not less than sixteen years oid;
Any violation OF this ordinance It Is pr0p9sed sna
sub Of hf op each or oHc Other are
that drivers upon request move 10 the right so as
the Ief that some signal either BY uplifting OF the
hand. whip or by some sound shall be given ny ore
driver ahead Of another TO Indicate cnange IN III
rection upon turning corner IN turning corners 10
the right or left care shall be taken 10 Keep as near
without some signal given to warn those behind;
that start shall be made unless signal pc given
II Is also suggested that bells and gongs for vehi-
ces and cyclists be not more than three inches nor
less than an inch and half IN diameter ana tha'
all vehicles show lights at night
George w Shannon chairman Of the Race Com
mittce of the Associated Cycling Clubs OF Long
Island. announces that everything Is In READINESS
for the twenty-five mile handicap road race on the
Merrick Road tomorrow afternoon The rain OF
in "a
condition. and 1t only needs fair and warm weather
from this time to make this the greatest contest
Of its kind held on Long Island The race Will
start from the front Of the Irma Park Hotel ABOUT
a quarter OF mile to the west or the Vaiey otreah
station Of the Long Island Railroad, and the limit
men will be sent off promptly at O'clock Those
who wish reach the start by the railroad should
take trains from Brooklyn or Long Island CITY.
Trains leave Flatbush-ave. at 134 and 2ao D. M
and Long Island City and Bedford station five MIN
utes later. The first reaches Valley Stream an
hour and q half before the race. and the last hall
and half minutes ahead Of the scratch men. ana ,h
there are bs srsa Taec be
tween the men on the scratch and those on inc
scratch men The committee could not grant all
and s So used their judgment The ays sGTas:
are nns 3d us Os 1hi
time prize in the race last year Joseph Th9mRson n
Greenwich
of Stamford "Dory' Allen. Of the South Brock
men: Paul Molitor. of Chatham. \. j.. and j. X;
Harrison of Newark. will ride with thirty seconds
start.
The ninth annual century run OF the Associated
Cycling Clubs Of Philadelphia will start from New
ark at s a. m. tomorrow morning. The route VIII
be through the Oranges. Westfed. Plainfled. New
Brunswick Kingston. Princeton. LawrenceVNe.
Trenton and Bristol to Philadelphia. a distance OF
lOl miles Mrs Reinhart. the century rider. OF
wi be O pacemakerS.
The second annual century run OF the Mercer
County Wheelmen. postponed from May 81 will
take place on July 10. The run will be from Iren-
ton to Asbury Park.
Contracts for asphaltng strips from the fountain
in Bedford-ave. to Broadway Brooklyn. and tho
East River have been awarded by Commissioner
Willis
The southold Town Cyclists Association. OF
Cutchogue ~ T. will have a bicycle picnic at
Cutchogue June IS.
The double road race to be held on the lrvington
Millblrn course on July promises to have
large entry list The fifteen mile single handicap
will start at $50 o'clock and the twenty-nVe-miie
tandem race at AS p. m.
Cyclists desiring to Join the League or American
Wheelmen may obtain full printed information ana
Iiop he by cendinQ