New-York tribune., 1899-03-13
CYCLING.
WHEEIMEN WANT CYCLE PATHS WHERE
GOOD ROADS CANNOT BE SECURED.
THE R1cyCr,E sovAD IN BROOKLYN TO ATTEND
TO ITS DUTIES HEREAFTER-N
AND COMMENTS.


AND COMMENTS.
Il Sec" said a prominent League Of American
Wheemer officer. that few unthnking riders
Of the wheel are disposed to crticise the~organiza
ton for working for cycle paths. Admitting that
most of our local cycle paths are not what they
should be- still we arc working in the right line
There has been too much politics in our cycle paths
as there has been in everything else, but we can
helm that. or rather we could not in the past. We
may possibly do in the future, when wheemen
aH work together for the good Of the cause and
forget petty spite and jealossies. United we
stand and we hope TO accomplish much
Now the prominent officers OF the League did not
give its sanction to cycle paths until The suoJect
was thoroughly discussed IN all IT'S phases. ~
course our battle-cry is good roads hTst las, ana
all the time, but when We hnd that mere Is mo, 10
chance TO secure Soo9 ioads III 'tI az ~ a. ~
for the next one hundred years, why then - & sl'.
time to try 10 get som Somei9hng TN r0r @ se the c
clisrs spinning along on a narrow but Level ROAD, II
becomes an object lesson 10 them. and the aglatOp
for good roads Will be FASTENED snouiu Ihc 80 ~
a cycle path between New YORK ana Alnany; Suhe
thing ike the one the baiunoIe n Hnu ",bns tV
cities This path viii be thrty-siX miles long ana
The wteelmen at both ends Of the route are work
ing zealOusly to bring about rs compleu"lii i or
there In districts where there are ridable roads
Gee does not hear much about cycle paths. ! ne M
this borough is that they were not built on the
correct lines You cannot expect a ROAD 10 keep III
The complaints made in these columns that the
bicycle squad in Brooklyn had been taken from It's
proper place and compelled to do regular patrol
duty under Captain OReilly, Of the Fifty-hfth Pre-
cjnct has had the effect of calling the attention
of Chief of Police Devery 20 the matter. The chief
has sent orders to Deputy-Chief Mackellar. Of
Brooklyn In which he called attention to the fact
that the bicycle squad was organized for one pur-
pose and that purpose was not TO attend 10 pauo!-
Hereafter the chances are. the popular wheeling
routes and cycle paths VIII De proIerIy Pot,eTu t
and horsemen and drivers Will be stopped from
using .he cycle paths. AS the result OF the care
lessness, every cycle path IN BrookIyn Is n NOR, nor
rible condition, and considerable money WI nave
10 be spent 10y the city TO get them in anything IKE
about right If Captain Miles O'Reilly were com
PEELED pay for the repairs out OF his own pocket
Every city has Its Bicycle Row" New-York was
one of the first 10 have this sort Of institution its
original Bicycle Row" being at the northern end
OF old Broadway, in the neghborhood OF flfV-
eighth-st AT one time there were few except cycle
stores there but to-day few remain. Western
Boulevard has large number of repair shops and
more pretentious retail establishments, but these
are spread over SC, wide an area that the term
seemed that Eghth-ave was 10 succeed to the
tnyn business streets loomed up and New-York' S
bicycle Row." It soon developed. was 10 reverse
the usual order Of things and abandon an uptown
for downtown situation
The Board of Governors Of the South Brooklyn
Z Wheclncn held its regular annual meeting last
Tuesday evening. The years work was gone over
and the reports Of officers and committees were
read and show tho club to be a sound financial
footing Tho club Is entirely free from any debt
and in a hourishing condition. From TWO to SIX
/ members admitted at every meeting Ine out
look Is bright for 1899 They will not boom racing,
but will enjoy the coming year in runs and social
| intercourse Next month there Will be euchre
! party al the clubhouse. which will in all proba-
bility wind up the winter indoor season.
An Australian rider is suing the Judges OF a re-
cent race meeting for first prize He says that it
was won by him, while the judges decided other
wise A photograph Of the finish was offered in
evidence and accepted by the barristers.
Notwithstanding tho report that Harvard would
have no bicycle this year that college has
/ accepted one Of the Offices in the newly formed
/ Intercollegiate Bicycle Association.