New-York tribune., 1899-07-15
CYCLING.
THE ROADS IN SPLENDID CONDITION FOR
TOURING.
L. A. W. INFORMATION REGARDING HIGHWAYS
COMPLAINTS OF EIGIITH-AvE.-NoTEs


AND COMMENTS.
The army OF wheelmen and wheelwomen abroad
yesterday enjoyed their outing thoroughly. After
the rain the roads found 10 be in splendid con-
dition and the air clear fresh and invigoratnS
The prospects for fine roads and weather for TO-
morrow are excellent. and II the conditions remain
as they yesterday the turnout OF wheeimeh
ought be the arg st OF the All OF the dust
has been washed away from the macadam roads,
leaving them in better condition for enjoyaoe rid-
ing than they have been for a long time. The re-
ports which will be found below are sent 10 W. D
Bull of the New-York Division of the League OF
American Wheelmen. They are as follows:
About NewYorkA dangerous hole m has s, been RE re-
One-hundred- nd tenth-st hl. The Western Boule-
yard q is & s 1e and pdc cyce PATH
ST. AIMS. Lenox and Convent aves falr 70 goodd'
of Guymard, Port Jeryis Milford and the Water
shape. shape Westdeid roads fair to good Railway
Long IslandNCycling on Long Island Is perfect
Macadam and country roads are hara ana & dFy i tie
PATHS depaths in rseass shape all RSSc5 over
nd e the South Shore road to Patchogue is fine and
is in good condition beyond Patchogue Inc ennfe
Amityville and Massapequa is In good shape Road
from Farmingdale to Amityville good Road to
0yir 0cs Bay b4yogfS a9G Fhns FT S to %es Point good
broadway, Flushing. between Bridge and Msin-st
IL being repaired. Thrteenth-st., out OF College
Point. at first railroad crossing for three-quarters
Of mile east is being repaired and Is unpida6ie
and Roslyn excellent. Hyde Park to Little Neck;
fine. Road from Roslyn through Sea Gin and
Glen Cove fine.
! A prominent wheelman writes to The Tribune
follows: "In your Cycling column Of to-day Is n
paragraph as to the condition Of Eighth-ave be-
tween One-hundred- and eleventh and One-hundred-
/ and twelfth whore the thOrOughfare has been
so taken up with building debris as TO leave only
narrow asphalt strip for wheelmen and pedestrians
the tracks That Is not all. Boards have
been so laid down as to present an uneven surface
! at each end which the wheel catches. and the
rider is sometimes thrown across the car tracks
| to the great embarrassment of the motormen and
| the peril and hurt Of the rider Several very bad
falls have taken place there and to my own knowl-
| edge four ladies have received ugly injuries.
! have written to the Bureau Of Encuinbrances on
/ the subtect-as my wife and daughter have both
had bad luck in that way; ! need hardly say that
written two months ago; nor has the evil been
s Is her Tre or 'ns eRe ha his any or her
were broken Or e., crushed at that spot an acSn d for
the drivers of the fire apparatus are loud in their
complaint against the nuisance.
Engineer Martin has written to NJ NJ Beldng.
Jr.. the chairman of the wheelmen's Bridge Wheel
way Committee asking Mr. Beding to get his COM
mttee together again and accompany him, Mr..
Martin. tour of inspection over the structure.
Mr.. Beldng said yesterday that he would do this at
once. as he is as anxious as other wheelmen to
have the vexed Bridge question settled speedily
as possible. 1t Is presumed that fault has
been found with the plan submitted, to commis-
made T haze % ney nien snid wiz M haye TO De
yesterday who tried to look serious but failed 1T
has the virtue of taking away any additional weight
/ or. rather, of not adding any weight to the
pension % part ,' Of t the Bridge Let the wheelway
/ Of the City Hall In Manhattan. 1t could rest on
The top Of each tower. and they could make Il OF
would have just much chance to get that sort of
path as any other | would not be surprised If we
| plan Of that sort"
There Will be racing at the Manhattan Beach
track to-day. and motor paced contest in which
three riders will take part will be the star feature
| What may prove TO be pure gate money affair
will take place at Torrington, Conn. Charles
Murphy will ride wheel against Jimmy" Michael
on horse. The distance will be a mile II Murphy
rides under 1850. his friends will be surprised and
If Michael rides in much faster time than that he
| Is likely TO fall off and break his neck AS
Jockey Michael has much to learn yet, and un-
rather late In life. PlattBetts, the Englishman
threatens TO challenge Murphy for ride behind
| a locomotive. The Englshman is probably using
Murphy's ride on Long Island TO advertise himself
Murphy rode behind a locomotive in 81 40 seconds
somewhere near those figures. the American can
well afford to ignore him Most Of the English
paratively few Of them believe that he actually
made that time.
| Work has been begun the path between Baby
| Ion and Amityvle. Long Island. This path has
been badly needed and the wheelmen have worked
hard to get the matter taken up properly. The
oad It viii bs FIVE and three e h mes in Ge length s
and will be made of cinders for foundation. with
loan on top.
TENNTO