New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

placed next the curb-in the gutter as 1t Is termed
he consulted with some enterprsing and wide
awake wheemen and the fact that stri Ups a sgs
had been laid not far from the car tracks was
brought to his attention. If there had been room
umns Of the elevated road Mr. Lewis would nave
been inclined TO place them there as me pest nuns
after that. he determined to place them JUST out
side of the columns. Had they been put wholly out hc
side and just on line Win th eo ocrasion TO- find
fault The strips however run TO the GENRES nnre Of
lost ' space although that between ,. The
columns there little part Of the road aySaple
vehlcuar traffic. However the work has been been
done and the result Is In the man ,,saflnes
these ribbons OF asphalt and probably the seyerest
critics win in e line 6G d w not Know V what they
were talking about whom they called for an eptaph
on the engineering aspirations or y r. ie"'a'
Several important street intersections on asphalt
thoroughfares have recently been supplied with
smooth pavements. In addition TO some heretofore
mentioned. attention may be called 10 thoSe at
Nostrand and jefferson AYES. at Sta'e-s'. anu
Third ave and at Montague and Clinton SITS Ihere
uas some concern A week or two ago in the minds
Of people who observed the work of laying asphalt
on lower Greene-ave. lest the intersections were
not 10 be treated like the rest of the roadway Inc
fact was that the cobblestones were no, remover
NJ those points as soon elsewhere, because the
contractor did not wish interfere with trafhc on
tho streets crossing Greene-aye All the intersec-
lions here are to be asphated. except the one at
Vanderbilt-avc which Is paved with graise p0
across Fulton-st. so as to connect Greene1a AYE,
with Hanson Place and It may be asked , Why
ave 10 connect Hanson Place with State,st.! lnat
win he tho worst point on the up ana ao"n c9mi
nIeted As Hanson Place is going 10 nave us as.
phait replaced 81 oposcoud be put down across
T'I9fbush-ave in connection with that WORK; ine,c
= s,ch = strip already across this avenue crosse "
- ,,,ir entrance TO Prospect Park that may serve
as a model.
.,t... who travel far on Long Island cannot
.u - no IMPRESSED by the growing favor with
which wheelmen as class are regaraeu' II ~
evident that the islanders are rapidly learning 'ld'
il is to their advantage to cater 10 TINS H'c'edS"s
element in the community. Ihose "!'hh easy
reach Of thu city learned this lesson two or three
wears ago. AS TIE number OF roadhorses and PAGES
tor ,.,y..le toircshlaent testify This summer the
number Of such PAGES has Increased, and ut nu-
iicrous larmh0uses within fifteen or twenty hnes
of the city. placards are displayed oheflhS coid
mix and sometimes "s1ft drinks Tor modest
outlay within Il radius OF twenty-five miles from
Brooklyn the good roads are famous but the spirit
of GOOD roads has not penetrated with any force
into Suffolk County. In default thereof. there Is
n strong interest in paths for cyclists or course,
the cyclists themselves are responsible for good
deal OF this, but in some places the citizens nave
taken hold with commc1dable goodwill. More
over there Is many q. ne villages d Ilpeidi
,ositon in tho matter ~ using the sidcpaths when
This can be done without interference with pedes-
trians In Southampton. fer example, tic rue Is
mat riders shah dismount or turn out when meet
ing peope on foot. and il Is posted all over the
town Going out the south side Of the Island
one finds good deal Of sidepath open to bicycies
I'm the IsIp region and on to Oakdale and Sayvile.
1 native" on wheel in lslip was asked not long
20 hy q tourist whether II was permissible 10 ride
on tho path; the answer There Is law
against it, but 1t IS not enforced" AT Sayvle one
finds A spccial path for the benefit OF wheelmen
roarlv ali tho way TO Patchogue. and east of