The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-14
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Road Rules For Cyclists and Others-The
Charms Of Klondike-The Ago
of Jean dc Reszke.
Especial Corrcspondence.l


great deal of trouble between wheel
men and drivers MS to tho right Of way
In the law. of course, all vehicles have
equal rights on the streets, and as BIZ
cycles have been declared to be vehicles
by the courts tho question was compli-
Gated. The local consulate Of tho L. A.
W. and representatives of the Associ-
ated Cycling Clubs recently got together
and formulated set of road regula-
tions, which with some notifications
have beer adopted by the board of alder
men. The most fruitful source of acct
dents has been tho Discrimination of
riders meeting ut intersecting corners
to give way. This has all been provided
for, as has also the matter of turning
corners. The rules are SO excellent that
they might DO and probably will be
adopted by many communities.
They give to those going north and
south tho right Of way over those going
east and west and mako it a INSIDE
moanor for Il citizen to refuse to yield
the right of way to an ambulance. q
police wagon, n fire engine or a doctors
wagon, provided the doctor has "a police
permit. Riders of bicycles and drivers
must keep to tho left when overtaking
another going III the Same direction.
and above Thirty street they can
not turn unless 10 feet ahead of ye-
hicle behind.
Drivers Called to Time
Drivers must raise their whips or
give some kind of signal when stopping
or about to turn corner, and bicyclists
must carry Il bell not more than three
inches i'll diameter, so that they will
not be mistaken for fire engine or an
ambulance.
Eight miles an hour is fixed ms the
limit at which bicyclists can rido in
the city. No more than two can ride
abreast, and coasting is forbidden be.
low One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street Bicycle riders must carry iamps.
as at present.
Drivers Of vehicles must be more than
16 years old. Heavy wagons must not
go faster than five miles an hour OH tho
streets, and vehicles other than bicycles
are forbidden to turn corners faster than
three miles All hour
Riding OH the sidewalk is prohibited.
but wheolmen may trundle their ma
chimes i'll single file. Bicyclists cannot
carry babies less than 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 tho left and the
speed around corners must not be moro
than three miles an hour
The Charyoc 20 U1o~I:,.
hlondlko offers great many attrac-
lions TO the average mortal to whom
the possibility of acquiring wealth by
the Short cut route is almost irresistible.
Naturally there arc thousands in this
city as well rs elsewhere who arc saw
sng up every spare dollar to create a
fund OH which to go to the land of Alad
din with the oriental weather omitted
next spring. They hope to mako for
tunes and possibly will. Many others
are going there for the purpose of open
Ing QUILTING establishments Mt points
usually touched by prospectors on tho
way to the goldfields. The plan. how
ever, which seems to hold forth almost
certainty OF success comes from some
actors This is all tho more remarkable
because OF the fact that Thespians arc
VIGOROUSLY poor business men. This
particular scheme had its birth in the
usually not too active brain of a fellow
who is leading man for second rate
companies. He confided it to several of
MS friends who are also actors, with the
result that Tour men and two women
VIII start for the Klondike region early
next spring. They will 90 little ahead
OF time and give entertainments mt
Dyea, juneau and other nlaces where
the miners Will outfit. They expect to
ma there many of the early birds wait
ing for the season to open so that they
may be the first to get in. These people,
they argue, will have considerable mon
ey and should not be averse to spending
Il little of it in the effort to while away
the tedium of the long and dreary even
ines. When the proper time arrives, the
prayer folk will start for the diggings.
where they will give play each night.
AS all of them are old actors and arc mn
III perhaps 100 of the standard printed
dramas and comedies, they will bo able
10 vary the bill nightly for several
months. 1t is their present plan to in
ducc the miners to "chip in" toward
the expense of erecting cheap theater
OF wood and to charge pretty stiff prices
Of admission.
They may find that the miners are no
easier to gougc than other people, but
at any rate there is little likelihood
that tho enterprise will be failure
Jean do Reszke's Age.
a yyoiubtv ,nottor hoe
disposed Of For some time the chang
on" circles of tho upper operate world
of this city have been exercised over tho