New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
CONDITION OF THE ROADS.
4 PRETTY GENERAL IDEA o. THE STATE W III"
ROADS wITHIN RIDING DISTANCE ~
SrW YORK.

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ing condition NJ the roads. 'ycist- n'h'''N 10" va
tbls Information should bear in nina IN" "'"'"''
conditions rs A rainstorn may make an ordinary
country road which has been reported in good con
ditior nearly unridable while a few hours OF sun
shine with wind viii put macadam roa' I'io''"
muddy in good condition AZ II IS d"-irch 10 maxi
this weekly report Of the roads as porte't rs may
be vheelr1en who will furnish road information
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sr,,,os n III. headouarters Of the NewYork State
Division League Of American Whoclmen, No. ~
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NETWORK CITY.
From Ono hundred p nd -hfiy-hfth-s' and Amster-
dan-ave north ten miles. the macadam ROADS ar"
in bad repair All macadam roads. including 81
Nicholas-av". and boulevard arc rough and sadly
In need Of top dressing. Park roads al van tort
landt are the only exception.
In Central Park the roads are fair 70 good Madi-
son-ave is now torn up owing n the laying oil
the track hut viii be aspha.ied In strips from
Forty second-st. 10 Harlem River. F1fth-ave. at
present is asph ,lted from Foryth!rd-st. to Fifty
secord-st and from Seventy ninth-st. to One
hundred nd thirty-eehth-s hut viii eventually
he asphalied from Twentleth-st north. Second
ave from Houston-st. 10 Twenty -s"cond-st. Is as
phalted The strips In fiudson-st are In good CON
dition care should he taken in approaching and
are slippery and dangerous. Special care should
he taken below canal-st. on account Of the deep
ruts The boulevard Is torn up IN places hut Is
asphalted the east side to one hundred and-nine
feminist. and the vest 10 One-hundred-and-
tenth-st. Above that IL IL fair poor macadam.
Riverside Drive I'm good shape Poor macadam In
I.enoX-aVe Boulevard Lafayette soft dirt
road but is being macadamzed Riding on side
walk is allowed. ST. Nchoas-ave. IL poor from
one hundred and twenty sixth-s to One hundred
and thirtieth-st.: rough and muddy. Seventh-ave
is completed to Onehundred nd forty 1rst-st on
Sedgwick-ave. there is poor 10 good macadsm Tn
derclin-ave.. dirt and Begian block. Kngsbrdre
Road from One humid ed and seven hist mort
is torn up In centre for the railroad track and Is
moor macadam about one hundred nd min tie tn
st: above that is heavy dirt road. Broadway. from
KIngsbridee Road north Is poor macadam. Feath-
erbed Lane has been recently macadized. Ma
combs Dam Road varies from poor good macad-
am. The plank portion Of Nadison-ave. hridg. Is
now being patched. Webser-ave. IL being extended
80 that IL will connect with the Pipe Line Road. Be
low Fordham 1t is Belgian pavement; from Fordham
TO Bedford Park Il Is brick pavement Brick pave
nent viii he laid from Bedford Park north. Al
present this road is being used by cyclists but
should he taken. The roads in Bronx Park vary In
the neghborhood Of Bedford Park from fine
cadam TO good dirt. williamsburg Road. from
White Plains-aye. to West Chester village. ipe ma