New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
N THE CYCLING WORLD.
CONDITION OF THE ROADS AND PoPU-
LAR ROUTES FOR wHEELMEN.

xronK NEEDED IN WESTMINSTER CooNAh
MOTOR PACING IN EScLAND-ToLEpo
AFTER THE 1902 NATIONAL MEET
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
with one weather to-day the outpouring OF wheei-
men promises TO eclipse anytnihe see" 49,. -
An many a day The number Of riders on 'he roaus
- r,sbt recently shows that there Is no decrease "
che enthusiasm for wheeling. and every ihaica"o"
s,ints 10 the fact that more whee's WI" D f
chased and ridden this year than ever oe'.
Many of the riders will get out to-day posso'y o'
the first time this season, and TOT .ha' ieso
port on the general condition OF the roaos "n" -"
- .,sc,ed routes will interest them as well as
81. ha rdy rider who his wheel right 'hrous"
che winter The appended report has peen eo,,'
ni,ed by W. S. Bull. the secretary-treasurer oi ''o
New-York Division of the League OF Ameii. ,sI
yheeImen These reports are made up from Gus
matches received from locai eon'"i' ~
miles OF this borough
1s. roads Of Orange County around Newburg
and Goshen are reported TO be In fair shape ,n
;hCr,s't TSs d 81 from St GeOrg Ne
ssrhsn n j. is twenty-three and onethird miles.
Tnrk is via the Pennsylvania ferry at jersey
civ n j. The distance to Metuchen tnat NAY 10
rross the Twentythird-st ferry to reach Jersey
CITY the Fort Lee Ferry can M be Ssen nG
and twothirds miles There is only one roue born
Metuchen to Bristol Penn BEYOND srs'e ,rs shsbt
sssad to FTankford but the hills between these
two points be avoided by ,asng 1he Railroad
from Frankford into Philadelphia The road is o a.,
or sspRa b eelms take the train from
Jersey City 10 Newark but the road has onlg lew
s~ tbe Plank Road: another in River.st for mile
before reaching Ferry-st Ferry-st rs patea ntln
fair stone Ss noreR but 1f1 the rider will onc
straight ahead for one short ooEh b ne nav 70 the
s1aysiissi Raroad There piece o, poor
stone pavement for couple OF f oHTK the as
phait pavement and bearing off TO the sou E1,z 10
f@e turn 10 the Vest to Wesed
ave which Is the first street before Ieacn , ' re
~ S@., bridge over the railroad. Cross the roll,
road by this bridge and keep stra,snp1 on ansS
shTCsshR Raoway Here Il cyclists
habit OF going off to Painfed out .h eres ~ ~
SMs,usben or New Brunswick is not good; but the
Tosd now suggested is all macadam from ni When
Sg the railroad beyond RahyS o ,r tine
road straight ahead gSss to there is Also good
anacadam road but the shorter way is 10 ,urn lad u.
the right o npos the railroad and then
20 west through Meno Park TO New,bl ui Iss
following the rnacadsm pavem men street from the
bridge until before the railroad o
s sse ,si'n Rankin PARK miles dirt road
with signboard ITO KINGSTON The roa Pr GCn
{i I'm wrsnceyilie to Trenton. There IS an easy
way 10 get through Trenton oy th n,a cadsm
yos 70 the first bridge the canal Cross
the bridge and csnnn Tor ana oow down along
aide the trolley tracks. and AFTER tnet tu on hrk
the Hisn seeSe s where the troley-cars to
Inc west Continue along Statesf over me thss
20 me and lust after crossing bridge over the
creek keep 70 the right over 10 er 10 the rail-
road crossing where you turn aonssiGe me ra ahs
road bridge The o 6r Is two r csT's ms
vsrn.slmen will not find much pleasure In ridins
q, ,ore psrts az Westchester County ms season
-rhe route formerly followed In reaching the roaos
of that once wellknown cycling olstrict leo owe.
chs Madison Avenue Bridge. which was approached
sroro One-hundred- nd -thirty-eighth The road
.v IN that bridge is badly out OF condition tnat
yis,nr II anything but pleasure once over 'he
bridge the ride continues on rough conoies'one
for nearly half a mile. There are rev oloohs ..
N asphalt strips near the cartracks over i'o nI''
a IN the Southern Boulevard rs coeoiestone' Inc
por,.var6 f. positvely unrida BILE all the way from
Cnebundred- thirty eighth-s 10 fWestchester
av. II has been graded. and will not be IN con-
diton for wheeling until after II has peen paved
When that will be done Is not known. AT present
there IA q gang Of probably a dozen men employed
IN LAYING trolley-car tracks Westchester-aNe'
Troro the Southern Boulevard TO the tracks OF the
Nsw-York. New.Haven and Hartford Railroad
conditions are about the same as In the Boulevard
except that there no trolley.car tracks. Just
fSa Isroad tracks ioose stone has been spread on
the road. This cannot be ridden nnless oycnS ~
not even small space the side that is NJ for
wheeling over THIS stone Ppnn Trough 1e Wes
Chester the rider will encounter these repairs par
nearly al the way to a w trom
Mount Vernon. while from Mount Vernon 10 foh-
kers the riding Is fairly good
Csn.rsIlv the wheelman Is considered only as a
pleasure seeker one who finds full enjoyment IN his
wheel on tours or In seeing enlivening contests on
the track The fact that the bicycle Is one or the
educators OF the age seems 10 have been over
iooked wheelmen deserve high credit for the In
.erest they have awakened In the cause or I'M
,,ye1 highways In this country. Add 10 the strong
array of good-roads advocates something more
Than a million OF young. intelligent, ambitious and
conscientious workers in this cause and you VIII
MAYA such a power as has seldom been In any
branch Of commerce The wheelman wants good
roads on the principle that every resident OF
rt,y wants a hea.thful community. Primarily. II is
for his own personal enjoyment. but fortunately
he cannot restrict good roads 10 his own use. puS
s,st.s today there are many writer's speakers and
workers in the ranks of wheelmen who are work
s Hs sr Stale isf n the Union hgh@sy
drafted BY farmers Of the country have
IN many cases assisted but the brunt OF the WORK
n ns bow we'll thew have borne that burden may be
gathered from the success which mas ATTENDED their
efforts.
An English expert describing motor pacing on
The other side OF the Atlantic. says; The motor
partng at Easter practically its first public
demonstration in this country AS pacing 1t is very
rood; the machines maintain speed which
would very soon exhaust humanity propelled
QUAD or quint. For instance. one tandem led
palmer through the whole OF the thirty-three miles
At the Crystal Palace Monday. II would have
veouired several changes OF quads or quints 10 do
the work At the same time the motor tandem re-
moves the last spark Of interest in paced cycle
racing When the large mutipets with their crews
or four or Ave sweeping smoothly and noise
lessly round the track. II WAS at any rate possible
~ he interested in the exhibition of physical train