New-York tribune., 1899-06-14
CYCLING.
PROMISING PLAN FOR wHEELwAY ON
THE BRIDGE.
pp,,rvrp THAT THE BRIDGE OFFICIALS WILL

tNDoRsE Ir-TAYIOR's REMARKABLE WORK
II is nouy believed that nothing short or oostnacy
on the part of c. c. Martin chief engineer VI 'l
Brooklyn Bridge, will prevent the consumma"o" "
the desire OF the wheelmen for wheeiway over ,a'
Bridge Az the additional weight Will DE ihsis''i-
can't It is not thought by the engineers 'ha' t"'0
will be any objection that ground pa" ~, q
wheelway on the structure has been drawn ana "
is believed by many that 1t Is the one which VIII '
eventually adopted 1t differs materially Iro" any
of those heretofore suggested. and IL appears W w
away with many of the haltng points raised
against other plans. The need CT such
structure becomes more apparent each day. ana
the organized wheelmen in the two ooroughs
have given the matter much thought receht'y'
1t is said that of the wheelmen nave
been in consultation with Engineer Mar,ih, ~ inok AZ
that the two factions are at last coming 70 ioon 80 @
the question in the light The plan mas oeen
examined by competent engineers atng sg of repre-
sentatyes from the League of American W nes"I thc
Good Roads AssoSiaton Of Brooklyn and the As
socated Cycling Clubs Of Long lsana mas tiers e in
the Vanderbilt Building, in Nassau-st YESTERDAY
afternoon The new plan was submitted 70 tne ,t aep
with it. The delegates. however. seemed TO thihk
pab 1h sbo%S %HIi6 be Gf first submitted to Engineer
for his approval before official acton sh0uu Vs
taken. That plan has been unearthed wnicn ~ Ia a
believed Will meet the approval of the Bridge of1-
cials as well the wheelmen Is ENCOURAGING 70
ride bicycles over the Bridge and to the army walt
ing to ride over soon as safe wheelway mas
been constructed
The new plan will not be introduced as the Work
OF any particular Individual Several persons have
taken hand in It, BY the proposed arrangement
wheelmen would be able to ride up to the structure
on the Brooklyn side but they would have TO
trundle their wheels up and down stairway d'
the Manhattan end. This Is an obstacle which
cannot oe surmounted at present The wheelmen
are of the opinion that in the end some plan will
k.tnh fha laVpl ca
this side. but there is no hope Of this being ac-
compished until after the wheeway itself has been
built Tho plan. which will be submitted to Mr.
Martin once. and which 1t is believed he Will APP
prove, will call for IA superstructure on about these
| lines: Starting from the Brooklyn end the wheel
way will in from Sands-st. the south
side OF the main promenade entrance. Ihen IL VIII
the trolley tracks on the south and the tracks OF
| the Bridge 1t Is believed that there will be
From this point there viii be- a gradual incline to
where the treste work begins and the Bel
reached a sufficient height at this point to pass
over tho Bridge cars and across TO the trestle work
over the cars on the north side OF the structure.
| This will carry the rider to the first tower. where
northern part OF the promenade around the tower.
| This would leave the south curve for pedestrians
plan this would not cause any crowding for pedes-
trians At the end Of the tres:le work on the Man
| close to the Bridge terminus or station, where it
viii switch over So the nOrth nth Roadway and continue
|
| trunde their wheels down into Park Row.
! In speaking of the plan yesterday. Chief
Consul Beding of the New-York Division said
| that to his mind It was the best thing that had
been brought to light. The only objection which
think can be raised" said he rs that a few hun
dred feet OF the roadway at the New York end of
| the Bridge Will have to be boarded over Other
wise 1t will not interfere with anybody And even
| the boarding OF few hundred feet Of the
| roadway be N ha obs
| You can see that the part boarded would be
| small and. while 1t might interfere with the light
little, few electric lamps could be put in there
| in such a way that the light would be sufficient.
| Trucks have to move slowly at this point anyway,
| as they are Just emerging into Park Row. Some
wheelmen would prefer. OF course. having wheel
until they reached their destination in this city,
but as It Is at present tho police are compellng
| Park Row, even when they come over the Bridge
as IT is at present As for the stairway to be used
present and it is seldom used, am told The part
Hd the be GS of @ ' ss to s Sa
| again up to- Engineer Martin. and the riders of
his decision There are hundreds OF wheelmen Who
would would use the wheeway to ride to and from their
| was ready for them.
The members Of the Good Roads Association of
| Brooklyn are discussing a scheme looking toward
| the opening up of a from the reservoir
| TO Forest Park through Cypress Hill. II this i'm
| prove enent can be made. II will do away with the
hill-clmbing feats necessary reach the park
| from the Eastern Parkway Extension and along
| Jamaica-ave. The subject was discussed at length
| at a special meeting OF the association, which was
held at schwa66aGhs on N MSnday 1'I night When
was Of his pet schemes. and he offered to favor
Hal Cemetery lndorsed IT, The plan would do away
| with the dangerous coast from the reservoir to
through the cemetery. and whether the present
trustees will favor the plan or not remains to be
| seem
According to the professional riders who have
| seen the work done by Major" Taylor this year,
the champion colored rider Is riding faster even
| than he did last year. when he considered the
best al-arouud rider in the country. The Major"
has done most of his work about Boston this spring
and he has been winning races with alarming regu-
| arity His friends say that they stand ready TO
back the coored against any rider in the
| country for series Of races. OF course. Taylor
could not ride against any of the outlaws at pres
ent. but as the cycle racing secession move
ment collapses and. in the opinion of some II can
not last much longer the profes essionals as soon as
they have been reinstated will at least have an
Major" Taylor is now riding a n4-gear in his
sprint races, and those who have seen him recently
say that he can handle this big gear with as much
ease that with which the average rider pods
along with an 60-gear.
Birdie" Munger the old-tlme racing man. who
a competitor for honors when Zimmerman
was in his prime is giving considerable attention
just now TO arrangement for tire for auto
mobiles. Munger IL an enthusiast on racing and
he is clever In mechanical sense. According TO
Munger the great trouble with tires on automobiles
has been that they Will creep" lie believes that
he has discovered process by which this feature
be eliminated. While Munger himself Will say
nothing about his invention II Is said that he con-
piece II this can be done successfully it win do
away with the creep" Another virtue claimed Is
that the tire will be- able sustain weight
OF many tons in its Debated state
Gus Eglon. the hardy road rider Of the Century
Wheemen. expects to finish a difficult but self
| k..ar