The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-06

ing will ratify the action of the COM
mittee, which has entailed a large eX-
pcnditure.
A pamphlet has ben issued on the
subject. A million copies will be ordered
printed as soon as authority can be
secured from the national assembly.
The pamphlet is to be placed in the
hands of the farmers, and deals with
the advantages and benefits derived
from good roads, by the farmer and
wheelman alike
Preliminary to the conference on good
roads, the superintendent of divisions
will hold a meeting. At this meeting
samples of recruiting literature used
by the league in the various states will
be compared. 1t is understood that the
league is to adopt a standard treatise
to be used in all the states, in securing
new members for the league.
Sunday racing is one of the impor-
tant questions to be considered, and
the Minnesota delegation go into con-
Vention with instructions to cast their
votes against the proposition.
At the meeting of the local board of
officers of the Minnesota division of the
l.. A. w, last week, it was decided to
open negotiations at ST. Louis, looking
towards securing for st. Paul date
with the national circuit The candi-
dacy of Mr.. Porter was also Endorsed
at InlS m00tlng.
The first thing to be taken in hand by
the Cycle Path association will be 10
repair the old paths. ST Paul has
nearly thirty miles of cycle path, con-
structed at an expenditure of nearly
IS, 900.
In little less than month a meet
ing Of all the wheelmen in the city will
be called by the Cycle Path association.
which will cooperate with the L. A. W.
and other wheeling organizations of the
city, making plans and raising funds
for the construction of several new
| paths.
The work of building the paths will
be pushed this season with the same
spirit which characterized the promo
tiers of the project last year.
Much interest is being taken by the
bicycle clubs in the city as we'll as
individual wheelmen, in the plans of
the Cycle Path association. part of
which were laid out and decided upon
by the association last year.
The paths, which the association are
most DESTROYS of building, and which
will probably be built during the first
part of the season, are as follows:
If the cooperation of the Minneapolis
wheelmen can be secured, path will
be constructed through Como park and
East Minneapolis to Minnehaha falls
and back. This would make one of the
pleasantest rides in the vicinity and
could be covered easily in an after
| noon. The run could be practically
all the way on cycle paths, and would
be about twenty-mile rum Starting
out Summit to Lexington, the path
would run to Como park, thence to
East Minneapolis. over the path which
would be built Jointly by St Paul and
Minneapolis. On the paved streets of
Minneapolis, to the Minnehaha path
to Minnehaha falls, from the falls to
the fort, then across the bridge to the
West Seventh street path, home This
path will be built if the cooperation
| of Minneapolis can be secured
The wheelmen last year were agreed
| that the first work they would take
up this year in the building of new
paths would be putting in a path on
| Cleveland avenue from Summit avenue
| to Fort Smelling, one of the most beau
! tiful and picturesque runs in or about
| st. Faul.
The association is also considering
| the advisability Of putting a path on
| Pleasant avenue from Third street to
| the Oakland avenue hill. Frequent COM
| plants were received last year about
| the muddy condition of Pleasant ave-
| nue.. If arrangements could be made
| with the city engineer to have the
street sprinklerS leave dry space on
| Pleasant avenue. between Third and
! Oakland. path would be unnecessary.
| as the bed of the road Is a clay and
rock foundation, making an excellent
| bicycle path when dry.
Chief Consul A. B. Ovitt, of the l..
| A. w, will present proposition at the
meeting the first week in March looking
| towards the building of a path from
| Como park to Mound park. This would
| also make a fine run, with the excep-
| ton Of one big hill just the other side
| of Mississippi street.
The I. A. W. at their last meetin-