New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-24
CONDITION OF THE ROADS.


CONDITION OF THE ROADS
GOOD WEATHER PROMISED FOR To-DAY-Mosr
OF THE ROADS ~ GOOD CONDITION-THE TIME
OF THE YEAR FOR ENJOYABLE RIDING.
This is the time OF the year for really enjoyable
riding and II the weather Is gooc to-day the
suburban roads will be thronged with cyclists.
The reports received from the headquarters OF
the NewYork State Division. l.. A W. show the
following condition OF the roads. Cyclists making
use OF this Information should bear In mind the
weather conditions. as rainstorm may make an
ordinary country road which has been reported in
good condition. nearly unreliable. while few
hours OF sunshine With brisk wind will put
macadarn road reported muddy ~ good condition.
As It is desired TO make this weekly report full
possible Hheeimen who viii furnish road in
formation each week requested 70 send names
and addresses TO the headquarters Of tho Nev-
York State Division. l.. \. W. No. so Vanderbilt,
Building, New-York CITY
NETWORK CITY
Riverside Drive Is good. Roads in Central Park
are generally fair 90 good seventh-ave IL In OK
cellcni condition 10 nehundred-and-thiriy-s sixth
St. but Is blocked from there TO Northumberland
Foriy-hrst-st Westchester-ave. il fair TO poor.
Roads from One hundred-nnd-hfiy-hf and
Ams;erdam-ave. north are reported TO be poor Tor
some Ays miles Roads In Van Cortland Park
IN good shape The riding on 81 Ncholas-ave IL
fair. but the road needs repairing. f~nox-ave. is
poor macadam Boulevard Lafayette is being
macadamized. sidewalk ridng Il permitted. Kings
bridge Road Is torn up above One-hundred-and-
slxiy-seyenih-si. by car lines. Roads In Bronx
Park fair to good. Road from White Plains
ave. 10 Westchester IS in good condition. Webster
ave is being regarded 20 Jerome-avc Boston Post
Road ls in fairly good condition Pelham PARKWAY
not Ope B. being repaired. Road from Westminster
Is also being repaired
on tho route from New-york Sing Sing the
cyclists will ind that the macadam roads In X ngs-
bridge fair and the earth roads In poor
dtion In yonkers the roads are good All roads
IN and around Hastings In good condition.
There the usual restrictions regarding lamps.
etc In Tarrytown the roads are dusty Maln-st
IS still IN poor condition, az the trolley tracks are
not completed The las, ferry to Nyack IL $40
p. m. The roads in Sing Sing dusty. All the
roads are In poor condition. Roads in Fishkill
good
and the earth roads fair. Post Road from Mount
Vernon is being repaired 'or abou, ten miles and
il unridabe. Lights required at night No
riding on the sidewalks; no coasting in the village:
on route from Neu-York city TO Port Chester
one will find that the roads IN West Farms are
good but would be improved by a slight shower.
New Rochelle from Mount Vernon via Pelham
Heights and wood-ide station. is closed ,or re.
Rochee are being torn ~ Tor new pipe. Riders
need to exercise great care on account Of OBJ
struciions. Roads IN Larchmont reported good.
while those IN Rye are muddy. In Port Chester the
riding t. good
BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND
Roads in Prospe,; Park are fine In Flatbush
and Flatlands there macadsr roads. but
the earth roads in fair condition. Clarkson-st
is st.ll torn up and unreliable. Shore Road I'm Bay
Ridge is poor; other roads good Glenmore
Twenty eecOnd-st. and Fort Hamilf Law
are all in fine riding condition
Road from College Point to Whtestone l. good:
from Flushing to Whitestone fine; from White
stone Willets Point fine. The condition % the
roads in Northport is dusty Roads wcsi from
Port Jefferson are poor. but east good. The
cycle path to Patchogue is good
jamaica turnpike IS in the process ofP being
asphalted and paved with vitrined brick Richmond
Roads in Hampstead. Far Rockaway Patchogue
and Eastport are In good condition.
STATEN ISLAND.
The roads are generally in good shape Repairs
have been started at Jersey-st. and Richmond
between the tracks
WEST OF HUDSON RIVER. NETWORK
In Newburg Cornwall and Yves, Point the roads
are In good riding condition. All roads In the
vicinity OF Washngtonville ere dusty; sidepaihs
are fair. Rain would help the roads Earth roads
In montgomery are nne Macadam ROADS are nne
about the city OF Mddletown. There are no mac
adam roads outside the city. The earth roads are
good and will be improved By slight rain Riding
on the sidewalk Is prohibited in all the n,;ie
villages in the vicinity. The foliage Is az its best
Roads In Port Jerv.s In hrst-cass condition
From there TO Delaware Water Gap the riding IS
good.
NEW-JERsEY.
In Haok.nsack and Engewood the roads are fair
In Newark the riding is good On macadam roads
and fair earth Many OF the In
Bloomfield are being torn up. Do not use Mont
gomery-st In going from Bellevie to Bloomfield
All through the Oranges. Montclair. Mburn and
the surrounding towns the usual restrictions are
enforced. Speed Is twelve miles per hour in Orange.
Good riding In Elizabeth
Repairs being made between Railway and
Wheatsheaf Road from Amboy TO Metuchen is
finished. Roads in Keyport are good. Roads are
good In New Brunswick Between Stelton and
Metuchen slight repairs are being made There Is
some work being done on the bridge over the
Rartan River. and wheeimen should be cautious.
In Trenton and Roselle the roads good. Re-
pairs are being made between Eoselle and Wheat