New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
CONDITION OF THE ROADS.
EEPoRTs FROM TIE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN
WHEELMEN.

EEPoRTs FROM THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN
wHEELMEN
The condition Of the cycling roads In and around
New York city. reported hy the correspondent.
OF the NewYori: State Division League OF Amerl-
can Wheelmen, IS given In dctan as follows:
MANHATTAN BRONX AND EAST OF HUDSON
Forty-eighth and Forty ninth SITS west Of Eiehih.
ave. being repaired. Madison-ave. between FIfti-
eth and tifiy-thrd SITS. asphalt being torn up for
repairs TO pipes. Eigh;h-aye. below Fifty-ninih-
81 is generally poor; above Ffty-uinih-si 10 one
hundred-ard- thir} hfih-st IL generally fair from
e-hundrcd-and- thirty -Afth-s,. TO One-hundred-
and-hfty- hfh-s, IS being torn NJ previous 10 as
phHlu"S ~ One hundred and-thrty -fifth-st Il
partly blocked F!:ty-ninth-st between E'ifth ami
Sixth ayes is stil torn up and I'm dangerous condl
ton. SiNtY-ninth-st. west # Central Park is b.
ing asphalted. Central PARK roads are generally
good. Scvcnty-sccoud-s'. west OF central Park +.
excellent Work Of repairing NE breaks in tho
lions is nearly completed. Dangerous excavation
at siHilcih-st and Boulevard. Scvcn'h-aVc is good
except at extreme northern end I.enox-ave Z
and-twenty -hfih-st.. though somewhat blocked on
the sides 10y building material. south Of Onc-hun-
dred-and-tw' y-hfih-s,. the avenue is poor River
side Drive IS in good condition. Riverside Drive
ccytcle path is excellent. Fordham Road il poor
good, Upper Boulevard is fair 70 good. sides
unridabl": sidewalk riding allowed Onc-hundrel-
and-nfiy-Afth-s,. west OF St Nicholas-avc. excel
North Broadway, fair. Morris,@ve. poor Van
toItlandt-ave. IS good B9iley-ave. fair. CITY Isl!
and Road. poor. White Pains Road being re-
paired at places. Boston Post Road poor Roads
around Van Cortlandt; Pelham and Bronx parks,
fair 20 good. fremont ave far. Sedgwick-aVe.
good dangerous hili at rs intersection with Ford
pairs. Jeromc-ave Is also being resurfaced riding
fair on one side. however Pelham Road good
faf Scyo s g'oa wills III ned
good One hundred and thirty -eighth-st.. between
Tary poor Rast ana being grede
BAD places Macadam roads Of kingsbrldge fair
oaas oaksrs fa good & G"r a&n" roaG.
roads little rough. With continuous fair weather
dlton; repairing roads from Sing Sing TO Scar
borough o ride v on the old SOoH AanGanG Nat
good. Macadam and earth roads OF Rye Beacn.
good.
BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND
Macadam roads OF Brooklyn fair: earth ronds.
poor. cycle paths 10 and from Concy Island be-
Ing resurfaced in places. In fair to good condi-
ton; rutty edges OF drives outside OF the copious-
ly sprinkled centre being very unpleasant riding.
one-half mile is poor. otherwise fair. Eighteenth
ave. adjoining cycle path for few hundred feet
condition. but rapidly losing its fine surface. Six
tieth-st from Twenty sccond-avc. to Fourth-ave
Sixty-hfth-st. TO Dyker Meadow Park poor in few
places. otherwise good. Cropsey-ave. fair to good
through Liberty:st. Cnon-st.. schermerhorn-st
Flatbush and Sixth ayes and Berkeley Place
fair outside OF few dangerous holes on
Clinton and Schermerhorn SITS Macadam roads
all over the Island in excellent condition.
the recent rain having served to lay the
gust; The dirt roads on the island I'm good
condition. With excellent side paths The South
entire length Roads leading from Jamaica
through Mineola and Jericho are In fine condition
Road TO kockaway, excellent. To Long Beach good
G S5om ps, ely and Hampstead excellent Road
Ground TO Amagansett. excellent. BriIgchamp-
ton 10 Sag Harbor. good. Port Jefferson through
Wadng 10 itiverhead good Rivcrhead through
Mattituck. Southold and Greenport excellent A
bicycle p9th from Ami,yville. through Linden
hurst. TO Babylon Is being built which will max.
this stretch good al season. Path from South Side
Club House TO Onkdalc now In good condition and
path from Patchogue east Is In good riding shape
Considerable work has been done on the stretch
from Mastic through Morlches TO Eastpori The
greater portion of the path is now all right Work
on the path through Westhampton and Quogue 10
Good Ground is under way: edge path is all right ,
Easthampton and East Hampton.
Amagansett path In good condition. The stretch
from Amagansett to Montauk except at low tide.
when beach can be taken. IL not ridabe. The road
from Monnuk to Third House now in fair condition.
Beyond that to the light road riders can get
through Cycle path Patchogue to Port Jsfsrson