New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
coNnTIoN OF THE ROADS
REPORTS MADE by THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN
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Ady,ce- received by Tho New-York State Division
Of the League Of American Whcelmen from It's cor
rcsrondcnta show the nacadan roads 70 De In
good condition though little dusty I'm places and
the earth roads be fair. within n radius OF Atty
miles OF tho Borough OF Manhattan. The report In
detail Is follows.
MANHATTAN. BRONX AND EAST OF HUDSON.
soventh-avc.. fairly good. caution should be used
at nlght on account OF piles Of building material
- Nicholas and DenoN ayes. fairly good one
hundred and -eiShth-st. between Eighth and
Edgec0mh ayes. bad holes. c-hundred-hnd-ioI-
tleth-st. and Eigccomb-ave.. bad hole in asphalt,
Tho Boulevard IS s'iil torn up below seyeniieth-st
EiEhth-ave.. poor near e-hundrei-and = wentieh-
81 owing 10 pIePsT"bon t9T asphsl'"S y S,5e
ara dangerous IN llaces on siaewak Knss6rdise
Srd 1t Oh piynrsiis Trye ana ~yclc path eood
0fty-nfth-st west OF ST, Nicholas-ave. Fifty-ninth
81 between Eighth and Fifth ayes. poor West
pr,sdvav south % Chanbers-st poor Dangerous
hfih-si bad between Madison Avenue Bridge and
Thlrd-avc. on One-hundred- and twenty -eighth-st
Mot and Jerome aves. good Nlll 5 sood'
good. beyond. poor 20 fair. West Farms Road.
fair to good Tremont-ave; fair Edgecombcay,e.
fair. except NJ hundred -and-iorte,h,S' seuE,
wick-ave good Hailey-avc.. fair 10 good. central
PARK roads. fair. First and second ayes. u lair,
Plains Road fair,to good. Van cortiand-ave fair
good New Rochelle roads good Melr9se' roads
Webster-ave. good Aicxander-aye. good Feather
Boston 'a Road fair to good Repairs completed on
hundred -and-t"nth-st west OF tighth,aNe SIDE
tieth-st dangerous. Harlem and Wcstchester
roads fair 10 good. wheeling IN ms sect ~ Nv, VIII
Sn,sTa1 PARK Hudson River 10 Mamaroneck and
FORT Schuyler on tho Sound the roads both mac
adam and dirt are ~ falr condlton we PP In
in the town Of East Chester. especially IN Noun,
Vernon. Macadnm roads OF Ta Ear, tow cool
in fair condition but IN some place ere n9a
washed - eSpfG Idgd Gn IN e s an G%s vii be IN
good condition n day or tyo Az 'S 9oo r0s sbap o
the wSS from TO c iy Island south on White Plains
road TO Mount Vernon. from Mount Nernon 70
ge eai1' and lev Few his Roads Of cha9paqua and
brewster good
BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND.
condition The drives in Prospect Park are
good near ne Gyc p pa1h cons rs
dition: there are some bad holes near berry.ss,.'
and also at Oyeey Feri
and Twenty-second ave. good Eastern farkway'
f Roads Of bath Beach Bensonhurs and Bay ridge
good. Neptune-ave has been re-Inacad@nlzed
Tushng Baysidc Rcsyn. cold spring Northport.
smithtown. Port Jefferson. all In good condition
Valiey stream. iynbrook. Freeport' Massapequa.
the Merrtck Road. riding first class In every re-
Roads qn le beac at ana d from
To Garden city and Hampstead, excellent
From ..Whitestone fine through Great Neck ana
stone fine. College Point to Whitestone. good; |
Whitestonc 10 Wiets Point. fine: routes TO Camp
Black via Flushing. Jamaica; Queens or College ,
Queens are fine. Roads Of oyster Bay and J
Glen Cove. good Bay Shore TO Smithtown. good. /
Roads from Patchogue east through Moriches.
Good Ground and Amagansett, good Port Jeifer-
Rvcrhead through Mattituck Southold and Green
port excellent Cycle path from Patchogue TO Port !
Jefferson good. From Easthampton to Riverhead. /
and from Wcsthampton to Riverhead. cycle paths |
end OF island In good condition Route TO |
Camp Black by Jericho turnpike. Is good 10 |
Mlneola and fair from Mineola 10 Garden city. BY !
the wav OF Queens and the new Hempstead road |
or the way OF Locust-ave and the new Hampstead |
road roads n In good shape.
STATEN ISLAND AND WEST OF HUDSON. !
on Staten Island all macadam roads are In good |
condition though a trinc dusty; earth roads fair,
some OF the interior roads not In the best OF con I
dition owing the work of macadamizing being ,
lot uncompeted Macadam and earth roads OF !
West brighton Staten Island good Macadam T.
roads of Clifton good. earth roads good macadam |
Macadam roads Of Perth Amboy n. j good but
dusty; earth roads fair. Macadam and earth
roads OF New-Brunswick fine: macadam roads OF .
Trenton In excellent condition; dirt roads good;
ark kne. Roads OF Rosellc dusty; westneld-ave..
tween Elizabeth and Crawford, Macadam roads Of
RAILWAY good earth Toads fsr sde @Ta SXSe
ton and Rosevile. N. j.. In good shape Roads Of
Orange n. j.. In excellent condition. Roads OF
Mountain View, N. j.. In first-class condition; road
Roads OF Rutherford. n. j., in fair condition:
T% tune ~ Z. In good snap: for riding Roads Of