New-York tribune., 1899-07-23
IN THE CYCLING WORLD
THE IDEAL. ROUTE TO TRAvERs ISLAND
AND CITY ISLAND.
SUMMER HOME OF THE NEw-YoRK ATHLETIC
cLUB-ELDRIDGE ON GOOD ROADS
CLUB RUNS To-DAY-NoTEs

CLUB RUNS To-DAY-NoTES
AND COMMENTS
The route for wheemen this week Is in West
chester County, and the ride is an agreeable one.
not too long The roads are in generally good ccn-
d!tion and the route takes the wheelman through
picturesque districts, many OF which are repiete
with historical interest The rider can go on up
ST. Nchoas-ave. and. crossing Central Bridge, pass
through High Bridge. fremont and Fordham. At
the latter place turn sharp to the right and cross
the Bronx River 10 Morris Park. Now II the rider
wishes he continue on almost in straight line
10 Pelham Bay. or he can turn sharp 10 the rght
beyond Morris Park and pass through Westchester
and then on to Barlow. Here he can take another
sharp turn to the right and down to City Island
The roads in this district this year are in splendid
condition, and the hills are not OF the sort 10
fractions for the wanderer, he can keep ahead and
visit the summer home OF the New York Athletic
Club at Travers Island This is the popular route
generally taken by the wheeling members of that
prosperous club to their country seat. There Is al
TO be found there every Sunday II the rider wishes
he can continue on to Larchmont and Port Chester.
and the Boulevard is about thirty-one miles. The
trip to Fordham is known to every rider OF the
the old Fordham Landing Road. Crossing the
Bronxdale bridge. the wheelman comes to Pelham
finest roads % In this country One can pass through
full at this time, and Is well worth visit.
or the construction OF good country roads Maui
rice o. Eldridge, Of the Office OF Road Inquiry at
Washington. says:
As the L road S, is type Of civilized society," IT be-
solve the great questions of road construction and
maintenance to Its own satisfaction and good
tion which was never before surpassed and which
has been equailed only In the present century and
the public roads in the United States is probably
worse tnan IN any other civilized country In the
the undeveoped condition Of the country and to the
allowing OF local circumstances to determine loca-
OF many road officials as TO the primary principles
of road construction, resulting in the ntudicious
nualy. Quoting an eminent authority, the in
creased cost of haulage actually done is by no
loss Of pershabe products for want Of access to
market the failure M to reach markets when prices
which would be marketable If markets were always
o add ID Daa 6 tSs to the tax e Of bad
communications education and reision In fact
commercial financial and social interest in the
land We are handicapped in all the markets of
primary transportation of our products and manu-
factures, while home markets are restricted
by difficulties in rural distribution which not In
frequently clog all the channels Of transportation.
trade and finance.
have arranged club runs for to-day. Among the
runs arranged are the following: Battery Wheel
men to West Point, Bushwick Wheelmen to White
stone. Calamity Wheelmen to Whtestone. Centaur
Wheelmen to Eagle Rock, Edgecombe Wheelmen
to Valley Stream. Evergreen Wheelmen to White
stone. Foresters Wheelmen to Lyndhurst, Garnet
Wheelmen Richmond Beach, National Athletic
Club to Bath Beach, Penn Glen Wheemen to Lyn-
brook. Pontiac Wheelmen to Rye Beach. Royal
Arcanum Wheelmen 70 Sea Cliff. st. George Wheel
men TO Seabright Tiger Wheelmen TO Yonkers,
Vigant Cycle Club 10 Long Branch, and West
End Wheelmen to Rutherford
The wheelmen Of the two boroughs are at last
beginning to realize that their chance OF securing
a wheelway over the Brooklyn Bridge is small In
deed. Every plan which has been submitted TO
date has been cast aside. and the members OF the
committee from the different cycling associations
are beginning to give UP hope So much was pre-
dicted in these columns three or four weeks ago.
Bridge Commissioner Shea and superintendent
Martin pretend to be sincere In their desire to fur
nsh some accommodation to wheemen on the
structure. but 1t is significant that nothing has
been done. There Is grain of hope In the de-
cison OF the Commissioner of the new bridge
that provisions will be made for wheemen on that
structIr when 1t is built. Still. there Is not much
consolation in the fact that the riders or the wheel