New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-02
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
IMPROVING EIGHTH-AVE. AID THE
BOULEVARD.
REPAIRS FINISHED IN THD FORMER THoHou""
FARE FROM THIRTEENTH ST. TO FIFTY

REPAIRS FINISHED IN rrIE FORMER THoROu"h-
FARE FROM THIRTEENTH ST. TO FIFTY
EIGHTH ST.. A. w MEMBERSHIP
CONTEMPLATED CHANGES IN
BRooKrYN-NoTEs AND
COMMENTS.
The members Of the New-york Consume Vi Wv
League OF American Wheelmen receiver "''"' W.
grat,Ilations Yesterday over the succeSsi"' 49,.
IN which their smoker and vaudeville eh'e''"
had been conducted at the LenoN hsNs'" -
dav night Now the members can devote MN
calves "a the interests Of cyclists and the conu'o'
~ tho streets meeting of the Streets ana ii's"-
WAYS committees was held last night anu m,""'
CONTEMPLATED improvements were discusse"'
proposed improvements Will come up AZ 'ne re mo-
meeting of the Consulate. which VIII De hei' " ~,
night II was announced that the lep
riqbth-ove from Thirteenth to Ffty-eshth ~
had been finished. There is still pau pa''
Twenty-third-st. and Eighth-aVe;. ,enir,en The
besones are too prominent no ,T noint is dangerous
There is also a bad mole at the n9rtHxeaS - The
OF rorty,ni'hhcs ,ween Forty.nnh and Fifteth SITS
are also in bad shape but the promise -
TIC work Of liiiing in the holes on the Bouievard
will begin to-day; memosr Oh ,hne, 70 see what
condon certain of the asphalt streets were IN:
He found In covering th'rtv-hye % wv we're
No wov required sixteen hours-that there "gIo
IN mi nearly five hundred holes in the ssph9lt. re
made a thorough inspection ana he H'Ss'" "0'''-
nC.
The membership IN the League OF American
Wheelmen is not growing so rapidly as the en-
thusiastc workers in the organization WISH an"
an effort will he made to have better recruiting
service Those who watch such things closely are
now OF the opinion that there Is little danger OF
the PENNSYLVANIA Division taking first place away
from New-York Walter s. Jenkins, tho 'niei
Consul OF the division. will be in the city TO-DAY
10 attend the annual dinner Of the Century "heei-
men ard he will probably call his heTt ana rs
some length. TIL. membership In the H.. A. w. -, IS
now 1o2 li2 OF this number Soi Joined during b bhe
total Of 26s9l Massachusetts. 80. with to,al - 3i
2l57 Pennsylvania S. VIII h., toIai %. 10 TO-
with total of Glib
Teddy" Edwards. OF the Century Wheelmen.
continues 10 roll I'D centuries he having made his
sixtieh consecutive one-hundred- mile run since the
first OF the year. Washington. yesterday I'd
wards II is said. is in good condition ana Is ac-
completing the distance in better style now than
he did a month ago He is slowly nut surrey
creeping upon the old record made by KNOWLES
several years ago. and he says he mas no lGea OF
stopping. Many OF his friends are anxious to have
him return to this city Several club members are
ready to take turns in pacing him, and In this
way make his trips the less monotonous.
Thomas J. Slattery the well-known all-around
athlete Of the Xavier Athletic Club and member
of the bicycle squad. yesterday morning stopped
a runaway horse attached to wagon driven by
Edward Faust Of this city. and owned by Messrs.
H. RosenthaI & Son, OF Nos. and 10 Wooster-st
He stopped il in Twenty-sixth-st.. after riding
eight blocks after II. He was assisted by On1cer
Omsby. also Of the bicycle squad; II was clever
capture and Slattery complimented by many
persons who witnessed II.
A feature AT the athletic and bicycle meet OF the
18th Regiment Athletic Association. TO be held at
the armory Sumner and Putnam ayes. Borough
Of Brooklyn. next Saturday night. will be the two
mile bicycle pursuit race between Carl Sanford,
Of the 23d Regiment Athletic Association. and
George W. Cook. of the 13th Regiment. AS both
men claim 10 be the National Guard champion
at this distance. fast performance is promised.
Colonel Albert A. Pope. Edward w. Pope and
George Day were In the city yesterday.
The open weather OF the last few days has been
a blessing to the dealers. Their places OF business
have been thronged with purchasers and intend
Ing purchasers of wheels.
A meeting Of the Executive Committee Of the
Quill Club wheelmsn vii be held tomorrow at
the clubrooms, at No. l60 Nassau-st
It is said tina. Park Commissioner Brewer OF
Brooklyn contemplates issuing orders to keep
cyclists~from using the sidewalks the eastern
side Of Prospect Park and Eastern Parkway.
A committee from the cyclists associations will
visit the Commissioner tomorrow.
Cyclists desiring to Join the League of American
and membership blanks by sending names and adj
dresses 10 the Cycling Editor. The Tribune.
1netrurIlon.
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