The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-25
TURDAY,..sLPTEMBER 25, 1897
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Road Rules For Cyclists and o+b.rs III
Charms Of Klondike The Age
CT Jean de Eeszke.
Especial Correspondence.l


Ever since bicycling became almost
universal in this city there has been a
great deal of trouble between wheel
men and orivers as to the right of way.
III the law, OF course, all vehicles have
equal rights on the streets, and as hi
cycles have been declared to be vehicles
by the courts the question was compli-
Gated. The local consulate OF the L. A.
W. u representatives of the Associ-
ated Cycling Clubs recently got together
and formulated a set of road regula-
tions, which with some notifications
have been adopted by the board of alder.
men. The most fruitful source of acct
dents has been the disinclination of
riders meeting at intersecting corners
to give way. This has all been provided
for, as has'also the matter of turning
The rules are so.excellent that
they might be and probably will be
adopted by many communities.
/ They give to those going north and
south the right Of way over those going
east and west and make it q INSIDE
meanorf for aicitizen to- refuse to yield
the right Of way to an ambulance, a
police wagon, a fire engine or a DOCTORS
wagon. provided the doctor has d police
permit. Riders of bicycles and drivers
must keep to the left when overtaking
another going in the same direction,
and above Tbifty-ninth street they can
not turn unless 10 feet ahead of a We
hicIe behind.
Drivers Called to Time.
Drivers must raise their whips or
give some kind Of signal when stopping
or about to turn a corner, and bicyclists
must carry a bell not more than three
inches in diameter, so that they will
not he mistaken for a fire engine or an
ambulance. So.
Eight miles al hour is fixed as the
limit Mt which bicyclists can ride in
the city. No more than two can ride
abreast, and coasting is forbidden be-
low One Hundred AID Twenty-ffth
street Bicycle riders must carry lamps,
Us at present.
Drivers Of vehicles must be than
10 years old. Heavy wagons must not
go faster than five miles an hour Oh the
streets, and vehicles other than bicycles
are forbidden to turn corners faster thar
three miles an hour.
Riding on the sidewalk is prohibited,
but wheelmen may ttundle their ma
chimes in single file. Bicyclists cannot
carry babies less than 5 years old Oh
their wheels. The penalty for violation
of any of the provisions is fixed at $40
instead of $50. as originally proposed.
Riders and drivers must make long
turns when going to the left and tho
speed around corners must not be more
than three miles an hour.
The Charms of Klondike.
Klondike offers a great many attrac-
tiOns to the average mortal to whom
tho possibility of acquiring wealth by
the short cut rou >, is almost irresistible.
Naturally there are thousands in this
city rs well as elsewhere who are say
ing up every spare dollar to create a
fund on which to go to the land Of Alad-
din with the oriental weather omitted
next spring. They hope to make for
tunes and possibly will. Many others
are going there for the purpose OF open
ing Quitting establishments at points
usually touched by p~rospectors on the
way to tho goldfelds. The plan, how
ever, which seems to hold forth almost
n certainty of success comes from some
actors. This is all the more remarkable
because of the fact that Thespians are
VIGOROUSLY POOR business men. THIS
particular scheme had its birth in the
usually not too active brain OF a fellow
who is a leading man for second rate
O mpanies. He conided it to several CT
his friends who are also actors. with the
result that four men and two women
will start for the Klondike region early
next spring. They will 90 a little aheau
of time and give entertainments az
Dyea, juneau and other places where
the miners i'll outfit. They expect 10
find there many of the early bros wall
ing for the season to open so mat my
NAV be the first to get in. These people,
they argue, will have considerapie mon-
ey and should not be averse TO speho'ns
a little of it in the effort to whlle away