New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-22
CYCLING.
CYCLISTS TO FIGHT CAR LINES IN AM
STERDAM-AvE.
vHEELMEN TAKE EXCEPTION To sTAThNhN'
THAT AspHALTrD STREETS CAUSE GRIP
SCHEME TO PROTECT THE BICYCLES

THAT AspHALTED STREETS CAUSE GRIP
SCHEME TO PROTECT THE BICYCLES
OF L. A W. MEMBERS FROM
BICYCLE. THIEVES.
Thu orea nized wheelmen OF the district vill lend
A hand to the property-owners In Harlem VINO are
ARRIVED against the surface-csr companies operat-
Ing in Amsterdam-ave. The statement mas oeeH
made" said prominent wlrelmnn YESTERDAY mat
this Is n ght with which wheelmen have nothing 10
do That r. where they make mistake WINE
II Is true that Ainserdam-ave.. as paved at pres
ont does not make a good wheeiway, still We have
to use it At times. and We have to cross II IRE
quentiy. The fact that the double car tracks 'ake
IN almost the whole street serves to SEND Ua'lc
over TO the Boulevard and that is certainly inter
fering with wheemen again when mat part vi
the city was given up largely To truck farms inc
residents were anxious to have better facilities for
travelling Many Of the residents paironized the
old stage route which ran from Thirty-second-s'
and Sixth-ave. to Manhattanville. Then Win the
approya, Oh the residents of that district. car
company received charter to operate line In that
thoroughfare. but it did not build the ROAD Later
another company received charter ana DUN
road and then the old company came around as as
serted it's rights, and built another road Inc re-
suit is that tie double car tracks take up the "no.e
side Of the tracks for general traffic. Now. while
may be unable 10 get the two roads to run , cars
,nteriace their tracks. as is done in Foureenth.st
Amste-dem-ave. must he repaved sooner or iateI
III
under that avenue. and they tell me that AT some
points the car tracks actually rest on the water
mains That is dangerous condition. when
should not he allowed to exist" The West f:nd
AssoSated cycng Clubs Of NewYork have taken
q hand in the fight The chances are that me
Wheelmen will take hand In the proceedings also
The insnuation sscrihed to President Murphy Of
the Board Of Health, that the asphalted streets
1arc Orgfhi no
OF grip caused considerable discussion I'm places
where wheemen cougresatcd yesterday. br L. =
Leroy. a prominent member OF the League Oh
American WheeInen and a worker in the
cause OF good roads and clean streets. when seen
said that If President Murphy made such state
ment he thought that the president Of the BOARD OF
Health had not made careful study Of the situs
ton. Asphalt Is supposed to he impervious 10 :"
certain extent" said ne. ut 's ridiculous 10 sa!
that any deposits made on the asphalt In summer
would breed disease in winter The rain Keeps
the asphalt clean. while II does not clean so read.
Rolgian-paved streets and cobole-stones Iheie II
IN The ronformation OF asphalt. which would ap-
pear to have just the opposite erect To ma Spoke
Of bv the president Of the Board OF Health An
other prominent member Of the League Of Amer
can Wheemen. who was present sad mar IL dne
streets were kept as clean they had been uhh'.
the able supervision Of Colonel Warins the Bo 9,n
Of Health you'd Go hSys to give Hp is SO a aeeped
fact said he that IN the hcky popuSas 20 'e aen
nsphaired the death rate has decreased wonder
fully"
Hereafter the Executive Committee Of the New
York state Division Of the League OF American
Vheelmen Will hold weekly meetings Oh Wednes-
davs at the headquarters in the Vanderbilt bulid-
ing chief Consul Bedding said yesterday mat ne
was trying 20 get workers In once TINS year ana
that he did not want any one TO agree to neip the
division who did not expect to get to Work ana 10
keen at It during the term OF his Office. A. E. crow
has been appointed chairman or the frot.ct'ol
Plate Committee. The division will issue plates 10
members of the League ~ American Wheelmen, 10
he attached u their wheels and the cost OF plat
VII cents 'Yh ,sS NH ne o' KEN, in The
office OF the League ~ American wheeimen In thiz
Known to the proper officials and diligent search
made FOR the lost property II IL sfsuea mar ni,
stealing a wheel having one Of these plates at
iached.
The election Of officers OF the vgilant Cycle Club
resulted as follows: Max Myers. president; Solomon
De Young. vice-presdent: Bernard Lang. treasurer,
Simon Simon, financial secretary Josiah Cantor.
correspondng and recording secretary; Sidney
schoenauer and William Isaacs. trustees: Edward
SOOSn Ds smos sna MAX na bs h
alternates; Edward Petersen, captain; sgInund
MAYER senior lieutenant; Maurice Rosenstraus hrst
junior lieutenant: Bernard Lang, second junior lieu
tenant
Tn. Race Committee o, the Associated Cycling
for the New Years Eve race 60 Yonkers and Tarry-
town. The Franklin House will be the stopping
place al Tarrytown where the bottle OF wine VIII
he secured by lucky riders. and the Getty House
will furnish the refreshments at Yonkers Six
entries have been received already for the race
The Diana Wheelmen. Of Harlem, will hold their
first annual reception at No us West ne-hundred-
and-twenty- siXth-st. on Saturday. The club
orsa1izel in the fail of 1897 ana now has a me9aber
ship of forty In the Wheemens Gubilee Parade
II took the special prize Of a golden bugle.
II Is said that the contemplated six-day bicycle
race for women which was TO he held in this city
has been abandoned. Decent members OF society
rejoice in consequence.
Isaac r. Potter. the president o. the League OF
American Wheelmer, Is laid Up al his home with
al attack OF the grip.
BICYCLE TRfCK-RIDER KILLED.
Syracuse ~ Y. Dec. H-Arthur r Han. a well
known bicycle trick rider. instantly killed this