New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

one will find the north shore. But this roau
lacks popularity with the average cycnst on &C
count OF the hills. The enthusiasts OF Brooklyn
can find little fault with the conditions that pre-
vail II they will stop and think how inuch pet
ter off they are than are their cousins III tI ms
borough. The actual condition OF many or the
streets on this misgoverned Island are enough
70 make loyal citizen ashamed or hlmser.
Tammany misrule is largely responsible for this.
and the boasts and promises made by Mayor
Van WICK and his followers before election nave
apparently been forgotten IL seems a shame
that contractors are allowed TO tear up me
streets on the slightest provocation and then 10
toss the materials back into the excavations
without regard to evenness or smoothness. Inc
citizens OF any other CITY Wouiu not put up W."
such an outrage
With fine weather to-day army of cyclists
will make the trip to Camp Black. Many club
runs have been called OFF in order to enable
members TO VISIT the soldiers cyclists going
into the country these days frequently return
well laden with bright. sweet-scen;cd flowers.
over in Brooklyn the cyclists leave the beaten
path long enough 70 collect big bunches OF dog
wood blossoms which they carry home. out at
Camp Black Voets in profusion may pe fOund
on the plains near Hampstead. At the camp
Black station of the Long Island Railroad one
can look across The field TO the south ana see
large plots Of these sweet Wild vioiets' Wh'ch
color large areas vivid blue or purple. They
are known as the birds foot violets. and some
Of the patches are az large as CITY Eall PARK,
An army of school children could DE turned
loose on the plain and there would be enough
flowers for all. a few lunches can be seen 10
the north Of IN. railroad waiting shed. where
the soldiers arc, but the big patches ar" on N"
other side OF the railroad tracks.
Louis Rosenfeld, The Senior Consul % the New
York Consulate Of the l.. A. W., has MADE n
study Of the wide tire, and he viii be happy
man when a Law similar 10 the one IN 81 LOUIS
can be passed IN this city Practical tests have
shown that a steam roller weighing ten tons
oc@1 do n g
A twelve and-a- half-ton roller has pressure
OF 800 pounds. and a flfteen-ton roller pressure
OF coo pounds The standard diameter OF these
rollers II six feet with face OF twenty-five
and one-half inches The average coal wagon
used on the city streets has three and one-eighth
inch tires ami. being fiat, they have pressure
Of ,430 pounds TO the square inch. or TWO ana
a half times much as the nftecn- ION ToiI'f'
The ordinary truck with fVe-tOn IOad ana TWO
and one-half inch tires. theoretically exercises q
pressure Of 1000 pounds TO the square inch
Most OF the tires on -hese heavy vehicles are
crowned, which makes them that much worse
for the rOa ds AMI streets.
The Associated Cycling Clubs Of Philadelphia
has Issued the appended circular: whereas
There Is a growing tendency on the part or
those deeply interested in political candidates
and political measures. frequently in no way
identified with cycling or its interests. l."
strengthen the same by securing the indorsr-
rnent OF a greater less number Of Individual
wheelmen and by subsequently presenting
these candidates or measures 10 ne public as
'wheelmen's candidates or 'wheelmen's move
ments: and
Whereas The inGOrs -ncnt Of such pohu'a'
candidates or measures. not allied Intimately
with the advancement Of wheeling the improve
men, OF the roads and highways. and the pro-
lection OF the rights Of whccimer. must Ger
tainly weaken the influence Of organized wheel
ing associations ana their Inducements therc-
fore
Resolved. That 1t Is the belief Of this ass"-
citation that the Endorsement Of local pohticdi
measures candidates by whcclmen az such
should be uniformly withheld By AL CLUBS ana
individual wheelmen except when such meas
ures a:e Of direct interest or benefit 10 wheeling
or when the candidates TO be Endorsed are eN-
ecutive officers, the work Of which IL connected
with movements in which riders as such, are
interested; and
Resolved That this association recommends
70 the clubs composing 1t TO withhold hereafter
their Endorsement, except OF such men and meas
ures as may have received the approval Of this
association the League OF American Wheel
men"
What promises 10 be one OF the most inter
estng race meets of the season will be held at
Berkeley Oval on June Is. The races will be
confined to amateurs only and as three State
championships will be decided most of the best
class Of amateurs Of the State will, take part
n the tournament There viii bs q tsn-me