The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-24
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
MANY PERSONS VICTIMS OF sPURI-
OUS AGENT OF THE L. n. ".

rested Gem missioner Bell Says That
Plans Have Been Drawn for Two Cycle
Paths over the New East River Bridge.
For more than year the l.. A. W. has been
seeking the arrest OF man who has been rep
resenting himself as It's agent and gathering
In two-dollar bills BY Offering TO give for that
amount bicycle racks. Nom bership In the
L. A. W.. road books and maps. an "o1iclal
hotel' sanction. and signs setting forth the
fact OF the possession Of all these privileges.
The League officers believe that a man ar
rested Saturday 10 the one sought. The follow
ing letter was sent yesterday to q number OF
hotel and saloon keepers. who have been VIC
timized:
Dear Sir: Possibly the man who swindlsd you out
OF % or So some time since. in the of the LAW
I. A. sanford Of 1855 West Forty eighth street. The
man was remanded until Tomorrow morning. Tues.
ri. the seventh district t SQUIRT on
HasS ). IN S Of TIE S' that
w a swndisd you wh.nsysf called upon to do go
morning II Soad
All n p ss Il yan should of R'y y.. ' II:
court and IDENTITY a prisoner there as being the
same man. Respectfully yours.
A, about 8 o'clock on Saturday night DR.. San:
ford. while standing in front of the Grand
e, dodfoI Ts9% no hailed Lag az
not Davi. and Fney nothing, OF any such trans:
that they 90 tosSshsp to the ThirtetS 0 sreet
a1a al, man b ssssd po
panion started to run away. He was caught by
2 A., policeman and at the station house vas
been swindiine saloon and hotel teepers, used
stores hsp ps.. %sn he in ssysi
he m s and %
u, Alex schwalba OF the Associated Cycling
Clubs OF Long Island. related yesterday an In
tersstinR conversation that he had recently
East RRsp SS. B Of s
ss ss ssd that S tho w.n s Is S
stood that cycle path on the new bridge was
plans have been drawn ss to ncnde sso path.
for those crossing to Brooklyn. Each viii iH be
seven fest wide and at no place has more than
Comm Missioner Bell stated further that 1, the
other Com N issioners should at any time vote
to abolish Lis t the cycle paths from the plans he
sion. When asked why he took such a pro-
nonnoed interest in the accomm odations for
because he realized that cycling was not a fad
any longer, but q permanent sport. and the
on the new bridge would probably be used By
10000 riders a day. The paths would there.
going to, and from their business tb but would
relieve the congestion OF the cars and pedes-
trian ways.
There Is no apparent, likeness. between
motor cycles and autumn leaves. but the noise
day who thought he heard q steam machine
close upon him coming at full speed. 1t was
where the dry i.aves liz tn lex along t shs edge
OF TIE path. The noise Of wheel moving
eraokls OF a motor cycle. The rider re:
rTsd to Of heard sSsm the h han and r and
startled at the faneied imminencs OF danger
t th9s IN attesmpting to ewing quickly to ono
ground he saw that his imaginary motor cycle
was schoolboy on very ordinary wheel on
Toying the sound OF the crunching Of the leaves.
The craze for making Ions, rides on the road
and creating new records has never before
tested this M So eree is the .ner bSrn
ing now that staid oldtimsrs in the sport are
enthusiasm over anew thing. Tho scenes at
Nysslley Stream MT on Saturday night during the
surpassed any o. those Witnessed while Miss
iatman or Mrs. Lindsay was riding. Between
t n}ghy aId forty men and women sat up all
benchsp: The seats about the reception
room Of the hotel were occupied through
ures Who we're ali alive and stirring
every time any one said: Here they come"
On the piano. four men who had each slept less
than Brown since tho start Of his ride, were
that It WAS their turn to make pace for lap.
During this time. men and women IN every
stage OF the century riding fever came and
went. Some. arrived to start on a century and
others were finishing q double or triple CEN
tury. Every few minutes there was shift OF
the scene as some ent,h,ussiastic rider entered
ridden and whom they had met on, the
children, rode triple century with her
RSf3nnd Carrie ,n atShcosk rode double
men. who, rides. all night and works oil
day pedalled off q bridge at 2 O'Clock on
Sunday morninR and broke the head Of his
bicycle: AZ during the day and that night he
was heard frequently to lament. not his wheel.
but the fact that the accident hnd cost him a
couple Of hundred miles" Happy Days"
Pitman. the veteran who taught the hrst riders
In America the cycling knack. said
Il have been Ntudyng this new craze. 1t
surpasses anything | have over seen. 1t is
almost beyond comprehension. 1t has now
reached pass at which only tenderieet ride a
century. The bloods. you understand. do not
century ride"