The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-21
GREAT VHGELlNG DAY
Thousands Of Cyelers and
Crowds Of Pedestrians En-
joy the Boulevard
Yesterday.

Although the sun did not shine very
much yesterday, its agent humidity was
out, making things disagreeable for all
cyclists. 1t was the kind of heat which
causes q universal feeling of discomfort
to all riders, and before you know it, tiny
streams of perspiration are trickling
down your back, saturating your sweater
and causing a heaviness which max a
highly tempered feeling of disgust come
oyer you. Nevertheless thousands of
wheelmen were out enjoying the popular
sport. About noontime the wheelmen got
quite a scare in the shape of a small
thunder shower, causing them to
off and seek shelter under the %neighbor-
ing sheds and trees along the roadway.
The shower quickly cleared off leaving
the Boulevard in excellent condition, by
settling the abominable dust, which
causes the cyclist much discomfort
In the Bayonne section there was one
vast c~oncourse of cyclists, riding back
and forth, reluctant to leave that sec
ton, which is noted for its pleasant
breezes. 1t seems as though the majority
of cyclists prefer riding in Bayonne to
going in the other direction, because,
they say, there are so many hills to climb
and besides the scenery is not SO beauti-
full, unless you ride to the extreme upper
end. The shore fronts were crowded with
both cyclists and pedestrians, enjoying
the beautiful scenery which is to be
found there. The pump in Bayonne was
also well patronized all day long by the
thirsty riders. Further down in Bayonne
thousands of cyclists were enjoying the
cooling breezes in the woods. The bloomer
girls were out in great numbers yesterday
despite the fact that the fashion papers
say boomers are not stylish when out
wheeling.
The resorts along the shore at Bergen
Point seem to be the most popular ones
on the Whole road, for they did a tremen-
dous business all day long in supplying
the wants of the thirsty pedal pusherS.
The stands, picture galleries and soda
water fountains did a rushing business,
and no ore had to &c hungry, when, as
the frankfurter and sausage maj ex-
claimed, You ear get a pound o. meat
and a loaf o. bread, with a, bottle of mus
tard thrown in, all for a nickel Another
tried to sell-what he called "Corbett and
IItzsimmons', lighting, but which were
two little wooden figures dancing up and
lated by a little invisible black wire, at
tached to a small battery concealed in the
satchel, in which he carried a big supply
very good with him, but whether it was
that the people knew he was a fakir or
that. they were tired of hearing of prize
fighters. could not be a~scertained; The
fellow continued to shift from place to
place with the same results. After and
ing around for about two hours n not
disposing of any Of his wares, he closed
his satchel up, and in a tone which in
dicated that he was Disguised with life.
said: syThese jays don't know a good
thing wnen they see it, and departed.
Arlington avenue is getting to be a very
popular road for beginners to learn to
master the wheel, and every evening as
many as a dozen can be seen there 1t is
also used very much by cyclists, who,
wishing to vary the monotony of riding
on the Boulevard, choose that way of go-
ing to the Point and return by way of the
Boulevard. In doing this they escape
any number of hills, for the road is level
all the way out. The Bayonne and
Greenville trolley cars were just jammed
with people going out to Bergen Point or
other resorts in Bayonne. The line is a
gold mine for the company, and if they
mediation their business would increase
ten-fold. for people going out for pleas
ure don't care about being almost suffo-
Gated and stepped on.