New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
CONDITION OF THE ROADS.
REPORTS rY THE LEAGUE or AMERICAS WHEEL.


MEN
The condition OF the cycling roads in and around
New-York City reported by the correspondents
OF the New-York State Division OF the League OF
American Wheelmen. is given IN detail as follows.
With fair weather Saturday the roads on Long
Island Staten Island End the southwestern portion
OF New-Jersey should be in Ane condition. as pre-
vious 10 the heavy ranstorm on Thursday night
the roads dusty
MANHATTAN. BRONX AND EAST OF HUDSON.
The asphalt strips on Hudson and Christopher
SITS. good From one hundred nd-cg hteenth-si 20
bad spots. especially at sixtieth-st boulevard
north Of one hundred-and-t cnty-seventh-st. fair,
one hundred and ightc"nih-st. poor. There Is
dangerous place at on"-hundrcd-a nd-twenty-sev-
tracks make coasting risk. Roulevarc Lafayette
S' below F,vn1S,bs e, nnr ,or, mo f- tb
extension OF the trolley system. and the unusually
m p CT, by o FyHnt f I east OF Fhy o
Is stili tori up ana poor. cyclists should use
asp6aiicG rouics Of The Eas, ana Wc. sdcs
Eighth-aye. between Fif,y-rinth and one huudrot-
Notwithstanding fth-st is being torn up.
There IS dangerous hole In sevcn,y-fouth-st.
between Columbus and Amsterdam; ayes Sixty
ninth-st IVES; Of Central Park Is being torn up.
IS also nc cycle path Of Riverside Drive Rourh
riding at One-hundrod -and-t"nth-st and Fifth-ave
being asphal'ed. Morniugsidc Drive Is good Man
irnih-st strps sood :, Nchoas. scven,h and
Icnox avcs good. On nj. Of those avenues building
operations are being carried "a which noccssitat"S
care being taken by cyclists riding ~ night one
hundred nd-thirty- ciRh'n-St cast % Thrd-ay" II
between Madison-avo bridge and Third-avo IS ln
good shape Westcncsier-ave- IS good 10 one hun
good. Fordhanl Road is poor. scdswick-aye 4t
White Plains Road IL good. Van Cortnnd'-nve -
fair Jerorne-ave. IS helnS rc'urfaccd. also Ma
PGs Rda 2 p H9aG a Fd '& scsr Road n
good to fair Yonkers. roads fair to good North
good: earth reads fair. badly washed OF hnls road
from Scarborough to Sine SIM neng repaired. Use
Sins ' poor Roads Of For; Chester fairiy good:
stones. Roads OF ChaVpaqua fair. side path good
BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND.
The macadam roads Of Brooklyn are IN good
ave Is In bad shape. full Of holes. Macadam
roads all over the island are IN good condition.
Dirt roads owing 20 ~" heavy rains, are trIhe
heavy. but edge paths are sooc ne Mcfrirk Road
ana from Mastlc through W"sthampton 20 East
ton through 20 Southampton. IL il good 90 eNocl-
lent. Southampton good. Roads further cast 70
Sas HoS sa a@a Road good to Ndr%S
ceent from tnaj P9nt 10 Io,n. GOOD
Roads from Jamaica through Flushing. Bay Sid~.
Rosiyn. Cola Spring Northport smthtown. AID
port Jefferson al! in good condition From in.
maica through Queens. Hyde PARK Minrola aud
feld. Valley stream Iynhrook. Freepor,. Massape-
qua ia by lon Oakdac and PafchOgue to main points
on the Merrick Road. riding is good. Road 70 ROCK
away fair Long B"ach poor. Garden CITY ana
Hcflustead good Macadam roads OF Whit"siono
fine eartn roads fair College Point 70 Whiies'"n"
fair. Flushing TO Nhlt,stouc fine Whiteston" -
Wllleis Point fine From Port Washington through
Great Seek and Whlt'stOr". excellent. oyster
Raw 10 Glen cove fair Bay Shore to Smithto~n.
good PatchOgue-pOrt jefferson cycle pain. good.
Eastharnpi on X overhead cycle path good. W"s'-
hampton Riverhead path fair
STATEN ISLAND AND WEST OF HUDSON
Borough Of Richmond. macadam roads GOOD,
earth roads. fair. repairs being made Ou HYat-si
Livingston Place and H"hb' r'On-avc Roads %
clifton Staten Island fair 20 excellent " tcadan
roads Of Newark y j. fine. earth roads good
Frclinghuysen-aV Newark 10 Elizabeth. -" mac
adam finished nov H. I'm" condition. Macathin
and earth roads Of Perth Amhoy, y. !. good Ma
adam roads OF Railway. y. j.. hn". earn roads.
muddy. Roads q Trenton. y. j. ~ excellent snap"
Roads Of HackcifsfOwn. Shrewsbury dHd kuth''-
ford y j. I'm good condition. Roads Of fussnic.
y !. 81 good condition with ~" exception o. 'htr
blocks IN Malu-avc wh.r" fruck~ nr" h.iug laid
Roads Of Turner'S Monroe and Goshen y. !. IN
good condition. Roads Of Guymard ana Iori J.r
Wis y Y fair good. Roads of Montgomery. y
y Hackensack and OradeI, =. j., III t9"d coiul-
ZION Macadnn and eartn roads of Harrington
Park in good shape Roads Of West NORWOOD )
J. poor Earth roads az Park RAG y j.. g'oH
Earth ronds Of Tappan y. y. sandy hoan. OF
Valley Cottage. iiIverftraw. West liaycTsiraw
Nacadan and earth roa1s 81 W"s' POINT. mn
Road from West Point 20 Iighiand rams n"iMe
repaired Roads Of Cornwall and Roseion. y !,
in good condition. Macadam and earn r"ads OF
Ulster Park y y. good