New-York tribune., 1899-07-22
CYCLING.
CONDITION OF THE ROADS IN TIE
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.


IN BETTER sHAPD THAN USUAL AT THIS TINE
or THE YEAR-BrcYcLE MANUFACTURERS
HAVE GONE HOME.
The appended report has been arranged from
word sent to the New-York division headquarters
of the League OF American Wheeimen by members
from different districts
While as usual at this season OF the year. all the
roads are dusty, the heavy rains have made riding
In this section much Llore pleasing than usua. In
hard country roads have been washed fairy clear
OF dust. The sidepaths were washed In few
by the Highway Commissioners Sidepath Com
mssioners. All cycle paths are In hrst rate con
way Commissioners have last been aroused 10
Ss % SG ARE roads & sSron n ray these as two
ties. In suffok County the new appointed Side
sale Of licenses and have realized quite fund and
have made no delay IN starting the WORK on tne
and the North Shore Road. Work has been done
Quogue. The sidepath east OF Good Ground for a
short distance Is at present In fair shape only out
work has been begun there, and a.so on the four
and ne-halt mile stretch over the Shnnecock
Hills; between Canoe Place Inn and southampton
be in arst class shape The Patchogue- Port Jerer
son path has had much money spent on H. nd amd h
bs % Rh e a Gqo ony IN
between Bridgehampton and Easthampion and
through Easthampton Village Is in good shape
The he" old path between Sag Harbor and Hog Neck
is to be abandoned and new and better path is
under construction. The cycle path across Snslter
Island. the horae of Chairman Preston OF the Side-
path Commission is four and one-ha mics nSsrbssd
and Greenport and Orient has had more WORK done
on this year and Is 6eeT Rvdr tnam and 'RveThead
fair. The sidepath between Wading RIVER anu foro
Jefferson & fa The S6epaibn bpicb viii rnn from River
head Port Jefferson. on the Pateau ana not no Sa p
shore Sidepath Commissioners building new
path between St. James and Smitht4wn connecT6n Ion
Brentwood path and the path between e% sR pat fs has
seven miles east and connecting with Pachogueo o
Jort Jefferson cross island % eyTe Port Jefferson
and Bridgeport Conn, ana ne,"eehd cen ,hence Ias from
f1 Rock Island to Newport. This gives wheemen
new route and pleasing Sa anq mmch easier
Observation-Disclosures above Forty-seventn-st'
and tho Boulevard. Is poor Central PARK roauS
and Riverside Drive fair; Riverside Drive c'ce
path fine. Seventh-ave north OF One-huhuie
tenth-st is fair Lenox-ave. is poor, except pe-
tween the car tracks. Fifth-ave Is fair Mot-aVe'
at One-hundred nd thirty y-eighth-st Is rioape'
East One-hundred and -thiry-eighth-st from Madi-
bridge to Third-ave i sun IN corilandt
condition Alexander Ms 5aia ana betWeen the
tracks Feahsr6ed Lane n nesr Good St Anns
ave. Is st obstructed by building material West,
cheser-ave % from the strips to the southern S asl
BouevSrd "a Is p0oI Man
Alexander and Willis ayes nave Deem repraIiv
FScS ESSf' # a" hk Landing
roads good, are also those OF Goshen.
There was no meeting Of the American Bicycle
COMPANY at the Waldorf Astoria yesterday the
manufacturers having finished their business TOT
the present and most OF them having left Tor thei
homes A. q. Spading, the prospective preSu'
Of the company, and his son Keith VIII ieaVe .hiS
morning for Maine. where they VIII spenu wv
vaeks resting Oyerwork and worry have told upon
the robust business man. and his friends nave pre-
vailed upon him to retire into the country TOT
time The bicycle manufacturers have nhished
their business. and the bankers VIII nave chaise
of the affairs OF the company from now on IL is
exnected that the men of finance Will appoint
Board OF Directors, which VIII IN turn eeo. .,
officers This may not be done TOT awo o' ama,rs
weeks II was estimated yesterday that the aIiais
Of the company YOU'D BE IN TRe
yesterday were more than satSnndd and theV are
man nimous In the opinion that the move Will prove
10 be good thing for the INDUSTRY N 99r,nfon
that the stock in the company will not want Ios
purchasers The investment Is geneIay yi ~ me
safn one and the chances are that several Oh the
ree makers would take up all Of the stock II tney
were allowed to 90 So
With fair weather to-day and tomorrow the out
no,rirp NJ wheelmen and wheelwomen on the popu-
lar roads promises to be particularly heavy win
all OF the bicycle policemen doing strike au's' INC
popular wheelways Will be left unguardeu' COZ"
diton which should not be allowed 10 pre'ah uiiuei
any circumstances. The scorchers understand 'ho
situation and they are taking advantage OF It. II the
maths and driveways are not patrolled to-morro"
collisions and wrecks are bound to be numerous
The Police Commissoners should ond odhe send the
notice of the condltl9n Oh hn,r rep,ilar posts to-
morrow The bicycle policemen IN 'nelI otSye So,ne
coats and long rousers snd tbey are just as
Portable as they looh'
whaelmen are to have bicycle paths on the new
East River Bridge after ALL even II they secure no
the old structure the appenueu
reso,utions were prepared by Commissioners James
n Rell and seconded by Theodore kiendl' OF the
Associated Cycling Clubs of Long Island They
we're passed at a meeting of the Commission on |
nan the new East River Bridge in course Of
CONSTRUCTION pursuant the provisions Of Csap- |
thereof and supplementary thereto for the reason
abe Accommodation OF persons using bicycles as a |
Resolved That the Chief Engineer be. and he Is |
hereby directed allot and apporton the space
available for travel upon said bridge so that there
shall be two cycle paths each at least seven Ieei
and that he report with all convenient
speed his action hereupon Tor the ihiorrna'ioh ana
The Century Wheelmen have renewed the lease |
of their clubhouse. No. LAG West Seventy-hrst-st,
nd are having It thoroughly ovsrhauled and reno
waited both inside and outside 1t is expected that I
the repairs TO be made will be finished by septem-
ber l. At the last meeting the club voted 10 waive
the initiation fee of s. for the balance Of the season
The members OF the 90 Meet Club expect to have
one the peasantest outings OF their lives on the
occasion OF their visit to the National meet. League
OF American Wheelmen. at Boston, In August. The
trip will occupy eight and half days time.
For the accommodation of the cycling public OF
and the residents OF other States Secrc-
tary-Treasurer W. s. Bull has secured quantity
Bicpclcs.