New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-07
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
,e,.c p POTTER TALKS OF l.. A. W.
WORK AND MEMBERSHIP

ISAAC B. POTTER TALKS OF L. A. w
WORK AND MEMBERSHIP.
WHERE IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT BE MNE-T"o
v,ss-NErr1NGs OF wHEELMEN PROPOSED
VETERAN CENTURY RIDER SAID TO
BE DYING FROM CONSUMPTION
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
,-p Potter laughed good-na;uredly yesterday
vhe1 questioned regarding the rumors that the
" was going backward THE ofnciais %
tho L. A. ". ~ present -.Ylng much q 'no!
TIME TO local organization. said ne. Inc "o"o.o
&c that the president Of the League Is pracuodiE
helnless I'm that he can simply recommend TO the
various chief consuls OF the many STATE divisions.
The officers in the different divisions are giving
81 much OF their time to local organization tha'
possibly they have not done the recruiting Wor"
rs they Will do Il later You can say that the
r a. back by a long shot have just had talk
Win Chief Consul l\ireker of New-JGrscy ana ne
sion The backward spring IS another ming VIII
has hurt he League Just e ma r'5nx weather
comes around people think OF puTSnas.as wees er'
ssa ao pan has been per,scted the recruiting
work vii 90 on with much oeiIsr TeS I 1son who
was present. said: The falling OK at this time IS
not so great 5 1t last year Many members
and they are not counted uniil they, renew. on
March 2S of last year the League had o. mem
6 2l a oss Of over POO Now tins year our mem
sershp % S March . Ss was Of 06S on since that
time we have picked up So members, So you
membership is less than 1t was last year"
Dr. L. C. Leroy the Junior consul Of the New
York Consulate. seen yesterday with regard 20
what improvement ought 10 Toe madc In certain
streets in the city. II our city officials were as
careful 10 keep streets IN repair as the Street
Cleaning Department was 70 get the last fall OF
of the streets there would be no srunbins
II the officials would take hold OF little jobs. one
at a time, much good would result; Fourth-ave.
between Fourteenth and Thrty-second SIS. IS in
bad condition II many places 1t is paved WIN
go part Of that route a. times. Madi-
son-GNe Is poor n places from Iwtn'y.slXth 10
Thirtieth-st. there Is noe scyera. ic"t wiie and
neary as long and possibly four ncnes deep IheFe
SO bad The one which have mentioned AZ
near the cartrack which must have caused many
fails Ff,h-aye is all risnt Ynere II IS asphaieG
good, in better condition than think was the case
at this time last year. seveniy-second-si west
FOR whcemen and it is in poor shape The street
ElaVeHfhaVe and St. Nie6oiasvs Gecd repairs
Another prominent cyclist who present
took up the subject. and said: y don't be
lieve IN kicking about little things. but
suppose that II let the little things
the big troubles VIII in the end run away WIKI
Us. l notice that there is lunch wagon at
Twenty-ih rd-st. and LexineiOn-ave. This street IS
fsphated. and II understand Alright 10 owner Of u
wagon has any right 20 keep MS vehicle standing
on aspha.t more thal a SnoIt iiine remember
.'olo,eI Warm he baa 49, -. -. ,,''t Il
becn left on he asnbai,e5 e,rre.s o,a - ,
"a The cornora,io~ ~ ana ,rb.r -b -,
called for them they were fined At IexinPfon,
ave between Twent.-second and Twrnfv-,bird 80
one or the subway companies Uses Il good part u
e.c TsIs - s,-icii, arat-et - - Il, t").s
there Is about one-third Of the HIGHWAY omen 10
trafilc"
Wheelmen who IS riding a century 4 dav bone
that his end Will not be as uufi,oev .s thu, y,
Jack" Knowles who made Tho cousecufivo rooo-l
>o- ,o,,,-ies g, 1909 I'D tsq. t-,,.,-' 49,.
completed his task Of over sixty consecutive CEN
& was said las: nir.t that he is suffering from
cons mn on ire lo"ns Nn""ie VINO Wa Killed
Tsnbew ~ Lack" krov:ica '' ~ nave "'''' q
eor,o oo,osi,t,o has deycloned IN ~. proo,,,.-