New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-07
IN YHE CYCLING WORLD.

foH BETTER STREETS.-some OF the COM
ol the New-York Consulate have been
working earnestly to have the streets In and
around THIS city improved The committees held a
I'M meeting on Monday night at the house Of
~ Leroy No. Lexington-ave at which Mr.
Leroy and Consuls King. Yard. Peters. Curtis
'Nyrek Pitma1. Mccormick and Coils were pres
en- me Following sections were reported to the
dd'tdr'inent OF Public Works being in bad con-
ent6-avs "tSy nn from Sixth-aye to Sew
ne os M at the junction Of the asphalt and the
y iT 0t bbeisan blocks along the tracks from FIJI
fronn 3c, 10 Seventy-ninth-st.; Aqueduct-ave.
ave and one-hundre,l-a TWEEN y-sixth-st.; For
oeth,sL at Sixth ana Seventh ayes: one hundred
SlNtn-ave' ne-hundred-and-nfty- third-st. and
s SeSDeat-n lave 70 Macombs Dam Road: Broadway
.anoNG tlnton-ave to Onehunired- ninth
81; fhty-eighth-st near Sxth-ave. and LexiDg-
y0n,aye near Twenty second-st Many other inn
provemenis were suggested The Consulate will
aeqq lest the Police Board to move the cab stand
a. ,Forty-Second-st and MadsOn-ave. TO the east
SIDE OF Madison-ave. and Forty-t hird-st. Many
he nave happened at this point, caused by
JUSTICE POTTS FOR MAYOR.-J Herbert
Potts an enthusiastic wheelman OF New-Jersey
Mas VA, Yesterday nominated by the Republicans for
Mayor OF Jersey CITY The election will take place
on Tuesday. and the cyclists across the river pur-
PPo pos 10 work earnestly for his election Justice
rOt's mas pcon prominently connected with cycling
S,,s, r'lal5 Years and IL a representative OF the
s''l'SS Mcn : cycling CLUB TO the Associated
tycAng Clubs OF New-Jersey. He Is now serving
second term on the Executive Committee
state representative OF the New-Jcrsey Division OF
the League OF American Wheemen he is an
enthusiastic good-rOads man. and should nave
me united support Of the riders OF the wheel in
Jersey City.
DON'T WANT PARADES.-The New-Yorl Con-
sulate disapproves OF the holding Of bicycle pa
rades on the Boulevard. and has passed a resolu-
Ton commencing General Cos's decision agains:
holding them. on the ground That the large thronGs
they would attract would prove fatal TO the flower
beds and shrubbery.
!. 4. w. PROsPERS-For the week ending
April the new members who nave Joined the
League OF American Wheclmen number ia
maknS the total membership 66029 In the course
- the week New-York sent in 20 new members
Massachusetts l95 and Pennsylvania 3e7
POTTER IN Observation-Disclosures Isaac
=. Potter Of the /" A. W. mas gone 10 Harris
burg, Penn, 70 look after bill introduced in the
I-ee'sIature, which. If passed. will tax Pennsylva-
ma wheclmen 81 for each bicycle they own. MT
WINE the sum 70 be raised would he used on road
improvement he thinks that such an act would
ESTABLISH dangerous precedent.
MEETINGS TO-DAY-The Racing Committee Of
the Associated Cycling Clubs will hold meeting
NJ the Imperial Hotel tonight. The New York
consulate VIII NEE; at the house OF Dr.. Leroy, No
LexinS ton-ave.
l.. A W. BLANKS.-Cycsts desiring to join the
League Of American Wheelmen may obtain full
print ed Information and membership blanks hv
SendlnS Inelr names ana addresses TO the Cycling
Editor. Tribune.