Evening star., 1898-12-24
CYCLING,

city to Baltimore is again being discussed.
At recent meeting of the Century Cycle
Club OF Maryland at Baltimore the con-
struction of such path was brought up
and considered at length. 1t was the senti-
ment of the meeting that such a path
should be built A cammittee was appoint
ed to devise ways and means of building
such path, and report from the commit
tee will be made at the next meeting. The
members of the committee are Messrs
Henry V. Casey, F. Howard Harvey, Sam
uel M. Warns and Samuel c.. Philptt all
prominent members of the club and hard
workers.
1t is the wish Of the club not only to es-
tablish good cycle path between the two
cities, but promote cycle intercourse be-
tween the two points. Mr.. Philpitt, one of
the members of the committee, is WASH
ington boy. and has number of friends in
the city, though for some time past he has
been employed in Baltimore
Tne need of a cycle path between Balti-
more and Washington has long been felt
by bicyclists: When the project was first
started the idea of building paths expressly
Tor bicycle riders was novelty. but since
then paths have been built all over the
country. many Of which are longer than
the proposed one between the capital city
and the monumental city. From theo-
retlcal plan the construction of such paths
has now been brought down to a fine prac-
tical basis, and the cost at the present time
would not be nearly as great as two or
three years ago.
Ihe path which it was proposed to build
several years ago was something like nine
feet in width, and the cost was placed be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Since then il
has been stated that the building of cycle
paths has been brought down to about
800 mile. and at this rate it would cost
$i2,OO0 to build a path between the two
cities. At the outset the cost would hardly
exceed $4,000, and this would permit the
erection Of toll houses at different points
along the path. Unless state aid was Sc
cured either to build the same or else keep
1t In repair II built by the bicyclists them
selves, toll would have to be charged in
order to keep the path in repair.
Four members of the Century Cycle Club.
Captain Byrnes, Howard Fisk Robert Will
liams and AL B. Griffith, made a run to
Cabin John bridge Sunday. and using the
Centurion's popular saying, that "the mud
horses refused to do their work. would be
putting it mildly. The road was simply,
horrible for bicycling, and an hour and a
half to the bridge was considered good
time.
The entertainment committee of the club
is still busily engaged in working up the
coming performance, which will be held on
the night of February 1. The committee
In charge of the arrangements consists of
Messrs. Griffith, Boyle and Benner.
The repeal of the clause in the clubs by
laws, which makes it compulsory for every
dppllCdnI TO rue a century DS1Ore Delng
eligible for membership, has to a great ex-
tent increased the number of members, and
at the same time has lent an increased in
terest to every one in the organization.
1t places the club in the position of receiv-
ing athletes as we'll bicycle riders into
membership. With a good number of ath-
letes in the ranks there will be no diff
| Guilty in organizing a basket ball team for
next season, and enable the organization
as a club to participate in other sports
than cycling.
The members are much pleased over the
election of Captain Ed. S. Byrnes and
Treasurer Robert c. Williams as local rep
resentatives of the Century Road Club of
America. The former was elected state
centurion, and the latter the secretary
treasurer of the District division of the
organization.
Billy O'Connor, the first lieutenant of the
club, will leave the city this evening for
Bobby Williams. the 30O-nnile plugger, left
Friday to eat his Christmas turkey in the
northern part of Pennsylvania state.
Allen Hollander George Wathen, Dick
Harry Parks, the club president, and jim
mie McAnally still continue to have little
runs to the oyster wharf, and at the last
report Jimmie was in the lead for the gold
medal.
There will be no run tomorrow. but Cap
tain Byrnes will, If the weather is pleas
ant call a short run in the afternoon to
some nearby point and good time is prom
ised all that attend.
The annual election of officers of the Cen
tury Cycling Club of Maryland was held
recently at Baltimore and the selection of
officers to serve for the ensuing year re-
suited as follows: Chief centurion, VIM.
H. Powell; vice chief centurion. ]. Plumber
Bigham; vice chief centurion, Samuel M.
Warns; financial centurion, William Wood;
captain, Henry Smith; first lieutenant, V.
H. Morgenroth: second lieutenant, r. e.
Lohman; executive committee, William c.
Roberts, F. Howard Harvey and James R.
Dunlop.
Wednesday. January 4, there will be
another meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York city, at which the National Cy-
cling Association, the organization which
came into existence few weeks ago to
assume control of bicycle racing in the
section of the country east of the Missis-
sippi river with the exception of Louis
lana will be permanently organized, and
| officers to serve for the year following will
! be elected. The meeting will be important
| for the reason that constitution and by
! laws will be presented for adoption, while
racing rules for the government of the
sport will be submitted. The meeting is
| the result Of the gathering Of December s
at the same place
The action at the coming meeting is
awaited with considerable interest. The
association started out with a membership
of eight or ten tracks, about four race
promoting bicycle clubs, and the support
Of the American Racing Cyclists Union
| the recently formed association Of the pro-
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