New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-04
CYCLING.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE BROohbiN
BRIDGE-GLASS STREWN
EVERYWHERE.

The lack OF proper facilities for riding over the
Brooklyn Bridge continues. to be lively topic Oh
conversation among wheemen "hhe IL II au
nitted that recent accidents and the large nuinoer
OF narrow escapes from serious injury by wheeimeh
have served to keep many riders off the Bridge II
is also true that the practice Of riding over the
Bridge has not been discontinued by any means
Many young men living in Brooklyn find tnat aoou.
the only time they have for outdoor exercise IS on
their way to and from work. and when they are pre-
vented from riding their wheels they feel that they
are being Disseminated against. Shut up In stuhy
offices all day these young men feel the lack of out
door exercise yet the conditions on the Bridge since
the introduction OF the roley-car have peen sucn
that many hundreds have practically given up Tid-
ing for the present In speaking OF riding wheel
over the Bridge a conductor on trolley-car said: i
think that gheelmen make mistake In attempting
to ride over the Bridge at present. l watch them
with considerable anxiety every day. Inc way
that some Of the wheelmen dart in and out between
moving troey-cars and tracks makes my Diood run
cold at times A wheelman ought to be content
to ride slowly behind Of the wagons or druf tSs
ecaTs and follow it. regatp 5 ms ar spsf re W sp
hs Of f. keep aRsas cd 3 win
give wheelmen all the room they need
What at first glance looked like serious acct
dent happened on the Bridge at p. m. yesterday.
Traffic was rather heavy coming over from Brook
1yn when a wheelman was seen lodging In ana out
between the cars and trucks When near the centre
of the structure he encountered an oVerioaoeu
truck which the two horses attached 1ouhu con-
siderable trouble in pulling up the Incline Inc
horses staggered 10 the left just the rider tried
IN mass and he and his wheel came down IN front
NJ one Of the trolley-cars. The bicycle was
smashed but the rider by clever turn escaped
serious accident, and when he scrampied 10 MS
feet he said that he not hurt to any extent
A delivery wagon driver offered to give the wheel
man and his battered bicycle ride TO the New
offar
Meanwhile the overloaded truck, which snouid
never have been permitted the Bridge nad
stalled, bockading the Bridge The motorman Oh
one of the cars got heavy beam. and attaching
It to the forward part OF the car, put the other
end of the beam against the truck, and turned on
managed to move the truck over the incline ana as
Tea wSs dGS Ss sde ali right driver who saw
the accident TO the wheelman SAID: w Iee .h
w Nive ride over the Bridge deserve what they GET
passenger on car yeIed that wheei men h ht
the car moved on and the reply Of the driver was
not heard
The large amount Of broken glass found all over
the city streets seems to imply that the police are
not doing their duty. II a few arrests were maze
and the culprits were summarily punished the law
would not be violated so freely. policeman In
Brooklyn yesterday explained the amount OF glass
In the streets by saying that he thought much OF IL
came from the glass telephone insuators. which
are left about careiessly by the telephone repair
men and are picked up by boys and thrown about
the streets Certainly much Of the glass seen bo IN
telephone insulators originally 1t is heavy glass,
and when broken up by trucks the pieces are sharp
and Jagged and a tire that goes over II mas niue
chance to escape puncture% In the daytime, tne
average rider might be able to escape the glasS,
but at night he Is helpless mere - 49, 80
riding at night Just now. and the repair-men are
kept busy repairing tires.
wheemen were rather glad to see the recent rain,
for the macadam and dirt roads were getting so
deep in dust that 1t was anything but pleasant 10
attempt to ride any considerable distance through
the suburban or country districts. The rain has
iaid the dust nicely and the roads VIII be IN peter
condition for enjoyable riding to-day than they
hav been for time.