New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-27
CYCLING.
RIDERS OF THE WHEEL DEMAND RIGHTS
ON THE BRIDGE.
ORGANIZED wHEELMEN TO TAKE UP THE
SCHEME FOR cycLEwAY OVER THE
sTRUCTURE-PATHs on LONG


SCHEME FOR cycLEwAy OVER THE
sTRUcTURE-PATHs on LONG
ISLAND.
The serious and perhaps fatal accident TO Felix
Barnett. wheelman. the Brooklyn Bridge on
Monday. when he by trolley-car and
lost both legs. has stirred riders Of the wheel on
both sides OF the Bridge. Prominent officals Of
the League OF, American Whee,men. the Associated
Cycling Clubs OF New-York and OF Long Island, and
the Good Roads Association Of Long Island. when
seen yesterday. were loud in their complaints
garding the condition Of affairs the Bridge Or
ganized wheelmen realize that something should
be done. but they have been agitating the sub
ject for two years they have become discouraged.
Plans for a cycleway have been submitted TO the
Bridge officials and turned 10 c. C. Martin. the
engineer. who In turn has cast them aside as i'm
practicable Joint committees Of the associations held
meetings until they 1t useless to try to
push matters further. and the meetings were dis
continued. with the general understanding that
nothing would be done until possibly some wheel
man was killed While Mr.. Martin admitted that
it easy enough TO arrange plan for wheel
men 10 cross the Bridge. he seemed 10 think the
wheelmen OF the two boroughs ready 10 take
half loaf rather than no loaf at all. They simply
the Bridge and they are willing to carry their
wheels up and down stairs or suffer any other hard
ride their wheels over the structure without being
peds The 81 SUBJECT will come up at the approach
ing meetings OF the Associated cycling Cluos OF
There was some talk yesterday OF calling mass;
meeting OF wheelmen, 70 be held In CITY Han
Square.
Michael Furst. president Of the Associated Cycling
Clubs OF Long Island. yesterday said that wheel
men should not attempt TO ride over the brioge at
present He said he was In favor OF establishing
prohibitive toll for wheemen. which would keep
them off the Bridge He thought 1t would be a good
plan TO charge riders s. to the Bridge on their
wheels Until wheelway has been PROVIDED MI
Furst is in favor Of having checking station
placed near the Brooklyn end OF the Bridge, where
wheelmen riding to and from their places OF ousl-
ness might check their wheels. Mr. Furst made
this suggestion TO Bridge Commissioner John L.
Shea but like other suggestions regarding wheel
ing on the Bridge. nothing ever came OF II by
singular coincidence the two wneenen VINO nars
lost their legs IN railroad accidents IN recent years
both remained perfectly conscious. ana were aoIe
to give directions to their friends wnen ,ney VIZ
being cared for The other wheelman VINO Was IN IN
iured was ''Wally' Edgery, Of the Brooklyn 81,
cycle club After being run over on hs LSag s 10
what should be done when he was pelng carrieo "
the hospital
II B. Fullerton and Eugene La Mamma have just
finished three months tour OF Long Island IN
the interest OF good-roads work. They report tnst
the interest in good roads continues TO spread
remember when we started out upon this work
were five OF US, and were 10 give good-roads
talk with stereopticon views in town on Long
Island When we were ready 10 begin we found
that there were just two people In the audience
besides our own party. The boys wanted to quit,
but the two visitors said that they were interested
and that they would out and bring their friends
and their families TO help the cause along. They
did this and we gave our talk and views on a
screen to a small but think interested number
OF people We tried IT gain last year at Port Je1er
son, and thousand people turned out 10 near ear
ganzed in various localities. and the work Is gong
finely. In recent tour we gave tsiKs d. I,in
huntington and Central Isllp At first was op'
posed to cycle paths as thought they mlgn n oe
tract from the interest in good roads but ma tnse
the actual conditions are just the reverse Inc
cycle path is public educator IN me Ts oon
tfbrougb mud and ruts sees the wheelman whisk
past on the level cycle path, he Is apt 70 nesn 1 70
meeting once in a town and the Supervisors nad
to walk through quagmire IN 4saeT ,s 40 get
The place was fixed up shortly al'er thaD
Those who have travelled over the cycle paths
on Long Island recently say that most OF them are
in excellent condition. The one from Eas'port u
Riyerhead is ten feet wide and seven miles ions'
and is owned by William Pye. The pain was Oui'
nv the Eastport Bicycle Club. and 1t is across
o,rtrv and not along any road. A minstrel sho"
ms held recently to raise money to have the pain
r.naired The Northampton Riverhead pain Is
seven miles long and runs beside the highway Inc
ouogue Riverhead path is six miles long ana heeos
repairs nne S Ts making
10 tb pphirtv-three miles in length. new pain
ba been built across Shelter Island from tsr ,
las PC south Ferry Ii Is four and one-hat rlles
iony The Port Jefferson Patchogue pam - soo
@ NILES long II is to furnish an oolect-lesso,,
Tor highway is to be built beside IT, Anoon e PORT
49, IN the course Of construction Is from az
Jefferson 70 Wading River This VIII De th'i
miles long.
II is said that the promoters VINO are M 80
in sx-day bicycle races are ALREADY so" '."s -
some means Of getting around the law passeu re-
ootI 70 stop such contests The idea Is 10 na sh
nyt ~ intercty team relay race so ths' earv
SOL ta,o,ld he Of the track twelve OUT OF eHery
,wentv-four hours, and yet the race "ouiD NC w"
tinuous
Elliott Mason. in speaking OF trade YESTERDAY Yesterday >
saId. .rt is like the days OF 1895 1t is no trouoie
- coll wheels now The people simply come n ans -
gyab them. II is not hard TO sell them as -
10 get them In stock
PLANS OF BICYCLE TRUST
REPORTED COMBINATION WITH 100000 CAP