New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-17
CYCLING.
NELSON p LEWIS TALKS ABOUT BoR-
OUCH PAYMENTS.
THE MILES OF ASPHALT. MAcADAM AND sroNh
PAVEMENT IN THE VARIOUS BoRoUGHs-
THB COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BICYCLE
TEAM-PLANs OF THE TRUST MAG

pninstakng and earnest in their efforts to do good
work for wheelmen. and internal strife and teai-
ousies, conspicuous In some ORGANIZATIONS are
seldom allowed TO crop out One Of the interested
spectators at the meeting was Nelson =. Lewis Oh
the Highway Commission Department In Inc
course Of the evening Mr. Lewis was called on Tor
a talk on good roads. and the engineer gave some
interesting statistics and opinions. He was listened
to with close attention by the delegates from the
several clubs present. In the course Of his tax
Mr. Lewis showed how many miles OF improved
and unimproved pavements there were In the ui'-
ferent boroughs. He characterized asphalt ana
uacadam as improved or modern pavement, and
dirt cobb.e gravel and granite blocks as unim-
proved Mr. Lewis showed that in the Borough OF
Manhattan there were 49, So miles Of asphaed
streets and 1894 miles OF macadamized streets and
roads.
In The Bronx there $50 miles Of asphalt and
"a IS miles Of macadam. In the Borough OF BROOK
Ign there are Gjs9 miles OF asphalt and .2S2 miles
OF macadam In Queens there Re, are n Tng of mac
adam roads. In Richmond there Is no aspnst; acc
cordng TO Mr. LEWIS put there are i iSen T wep De
in all The boroughs esso7 miles Of modern pave
and 1874 miles Of , unimpr ROY bor
oughs 100000 year 10 maintain ne r9aas o ana ia
e gGSd there Wee mes
pavement. lie was Of the opinion that II twenty
and better pavements put down, that it would cost
the city an additional 100000 year making inc
me civ could not stand at this time. Mr.. Lewis
in his talk ntmated that while he did not con-
Was the best thing for the city that could be used
at present Just what was likely TO prove me s
did not say
For the first time IN three years 1t looks as II
the Columbia College bicycle team will more than
meet its match this year The intercollegiate
championships will take place at Berkeley oval on
June 3, and the struggle for supremacy promises
to be much interesting than has been the
case for the last year two. when Columbia prac-
ticay had walkover b the contests. But the
old Columbia stars will not this year. for the
college will not have Dawson. Fearing or Powell
10 win points for her. For the last two years
Powell and Dawson practically divided about all
the frsts leaving thirds and 'also-ran" positions
for the Others Those who have kept track OF the
college riders this season OF the opinion that
the real issue this year will be between Yale and
Princeton, Columbia having a bare chance for first
"Mother' Webb who looked after the physical
condition Of Cooper the professional last year
Hall q t6e ma AZ ugs eeorwn Allen Morre and
Rae are said TO he the most promising OF the new
year Hc VII give good 1Seqnnt Of b hmiS Ss
team. MccutcReon gives promise Of being one Of
the Tigers best sprfnters, and his FRIENDS are look
had such poor success the bicycle track that It
would not surprise some people If the Crimson did
Harvard scored Two points, and last year she
failed to score
The bicycle manufacturers were In the city In
large numbers yesterday. but they were not In
laxative mood and little authentic information
could be CLEANED regarding the bicycle trust
Everybody seemed TO think that the trust would
he accomplished on the lines laid down by Mr..
Spalding, but all showed disnclinaton to talk
about the details further than they have already
been printed in The Tribune There was rumor
that Mr. Spaldng had turned the options OF
the many plants the bankers who financer |
.,o frVet hat ha man themselves
bad completed their part OF the combination and
that the bankers would do the rest. IT was also
int IN % s Would nG' be made on n
entirely different basis than in other trusts II Is
stock in the trust they can do later. In the or
gan7aon Of the average trust the general Rocy
the manufacturers were seen yesterday they said
nounced. and that they did not think there would
be one for the present. From another source il |
SpaIding who has engineered the trust might be
chosen president or director5general OF the AmeTi-
Bicycle Company, the official title OF the trust
Complaint was made to the local officials Of the
League of American Wheelmen OF an incident |
which happened on the New-Haven and Hartford /
Roiiroad Sunday. Several riders had been tour
ing through the fine roads about City Island, when |
It noticed that darkness was approaching: and
the wheelmen decided TO take train back to the |
city rather than 10 attempt TO make the return |
trip in the dark along the roads none OF them |
knew any too we'll The wheelmen took the train |
Just IN time to purchase tickets and get the checks
for their wheels and to hasten to the platform and
put their wheels into the baggage-car. One OF the
riders asked the fare to New-York. and he was
supposed two tickets. for himself and friend, and
put TIE GO cents change and the tickets into MS
tickets the whe elmen found that they had only
redeem their wheels when they reached their des
ti=ation. They informed the conductor that they |
had paid for their tickets but he compelled them
showed their bicycle checks. They could not have
least paid for their own passage on the train 4
do not mind the 70 cents SO much" said one Of the
since how many other wheelmen have been treated |
ant the e n Ii he .q haneS way
one is for himself and the other for his wheel"
Many members continue to join the League
Of American Wheelmen eacn week. in face OF the
organized opposition 10 belittle the League OF
American Wheelmen whenever possible. The total
membership 70 date is 6l.lH formidable army
organization last week Massa chusetts had the best
OF it with 12, Pennsylvania 90 New-York 81 and
New-Jersey 10.
The local consulate of the League OF American
wheelmcn reports that the many bad breaks in
the asphalt in One-hundred- a nd thrty-eghth-st
between Third and Willis ayes. have been repaired
Several OF the holes were dangerous. There were
also dangerous holes IN the asphalt IN One-hun:
Willis ayes. and these, too, have been repaired
Arthur A. Zimmerman who IL practising at
Asbury Park the one-third- rnile track of the
Asbury Park Athletic Club experimental yester-
day with Fourier petroleum motorcycle. He
and the Frenchman rode the machine a distance OF
five miles. Jimmy doing the steering while the
Frenchman worked the levers to regulate the
speed; The best time for one mile announced
as las. They expected to make 100
Repairs are needed Mt Of the crossings IN
Brooklyn, where many wheemen cross every day.
Around the cartracks In Flat bush-ave., where the
crossing from Eastern Parkway, toward the
Plaza there are many and holes which are
do A LA Lin