New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-19
DEMAND A BICYCLE PATH.
ORGANIZATIONS OF wHEELMEN AN
RANGING FOR A MASS MEETlN"'
DELEGATE (


or LONG ISLAND HANDLED WITHOUT
GLovEs-PoLIrIcIANs THREATENED
BY THE wHEELMEN's VOTE.
1h. politicians who stand In the way OF the pro-
nos4d wheelway the Brooklyn brueo q"
threatened by the wheemens vote. Before 'h'
last election various schemes were brought ""t ~
the Democratic politicians TO secure Po'"i0'''
this vote but as none OF the promises have been
lant bv Tammany Hail. the chances are that the
vheelmen's vote at the next election Will go 10
those who have shown disposition IN the past !"
see that riders Of the bicycle get their rights
Another enthusiastic meeting Of the committee
representing the cycling associations was held NJ
the League Of American Wheelmen headquarters
I'm the Vanderbilt Building. yesterday. Theodore
KiendL the member from the Associated cycling
clubs Of Long Island who in the opinion OF the
other delegates has tried to throw down the wheel
vav scheme. was not present. Among those pres
eut were Frederick r. House or the Associated
Cycling Clubs of New-York: II. b. Fullerton. VICE
consul/of tho League Of American Whee!men Tor
this State; Jarvis G. Howard OF the New-York
Consulate; H. VI Valentine and Eugene La Mama,
Of the Good Roads Association, and Robert Dye
of the Associated Cycling Clubs Of Long Island
Each delegate I'm turn took the absent Mr.. kiendl
by the ha r, speak. and dragged MIN around
tho room. Mr.. Fullerton said that Kiendl did not
represent the wheelmen Of Brooklyn. and he did
Kicndl in the action nc had taken. He said that
Kicndl lived in East NewYork, which was merely
a suburb Of Brooklyn, anyway. He said that even
II the Associated Cycling Clubs Of Long Island
did stand up for Kiendl In the action he had taken
it did not mean much for the Associated cycling
Clubs had only thirty-siX clubs. while there were
five hundred clubs In Brooklyn.
Eugene Ia Mama spoke as an engineer as wei
as Il wheeman. Mr. La Mamma said that wheel
way over the structure a necessity for the
masses He said that before the trolley cars had
been admitted to the Bridge, five thousand wheel
men going ono way had used the structure In one
DAY and that In the winter time He considered
that twenty thousand wheelmen day would use
the structure II Wheelway were built 1t was
his opiuon that enough time had been wasted in
discussing the project with politicians, and that
the committee ought to work with public men OF
standing in the community hereafter. He insisted
that wheemen should organize and demand to
know from every political candidate how no stood
before any of the whtelmen voted. He said that
there Wer. six hundred thousand Vhee linen In the
district Interested. Mcssrs. Valentine, Dye and
House spoke at length. IT finally agreed that
another meeting should he held on Monday, at tho
same place, at p. m. The presidents or All cluos
are invited to be present. well as unattached
wheemen. Arrangements will be made At that ses-
sion for the holding of mass meeting. 1t Is not
decided yet where the mass meeting will be held.
that the Cooper Institute would he better
TIE committee drew up statement answering
Kiendrs rambling statement. and all signed the
document Copies were sent 10 the associations
Tho substance of the report follows:
Those who have been long and earnestly striving
FOR cycle path across the Bridge have long since
coma 20 look upon certain men prominently CON
ne,ted with the Associated Cycling clubs Of Long
Island a., not being willing 10 take positive and
firm stand against public officials Of the Borough Of
Brooklyn. and the present IS no exception to that
Not only did these men prepare and l read d. re-
port upholdin2 the stand taken by Mr.. Martin,
chief engineer Of the BROOKLYN Brldge' ano also
recommending that 40 further EFFORT IN the drec-
ton OF path lie made hut ihGL nave telt as,
posed before auy gleettg of their association. 10
consider and pass Judgment lVou III" reioit "hirh
iAcy prepared ana =" nave me Sut ' o. III
a newspaper, backed up ana supported by an ar
cle over tho signature Of one Of their number re-
sponsble for said report.
least and there are many m wheeling circles who
proper the prevailing opinion being thar f. would
have been more proper On the part of these men
having arrived a SopcHslo4 t4at 'ley I,I iTy
and decently Withdrawn from the movement with
position in ts way.
In The article published in support Of their Re-
port the man nOminaly responsible for the article
has allowed himself to become involved in many
misstatements, which really have no bearing upon
path across the Bridge, and were it not for these
palpabe misstatements il is hardly probable that
his article would he dgnlfei by Il reply coming
from those who are determined to carry on the
fight to the bitter end.
In the past efforts to secure a cycle pa across
the Bridge those who have been delegated by the
different wheeling organizations, as well as the
unattached riders, to make the effort in their be
half have acted with considerable moderation and
might ultimately prevail; but the lack OF success.
coupled with the way in which all efforts for the
path have been turned down, leads those to be-
iieve who determined to continue the fight
that mild methods will no longer prevail, and that
It is now necessary to fight with force and vgor
The necessity Of this hghting attitude has been
greatly accentuated by the fact that the attitude
Of the Bridge authorities has resulted In the sact-
fee OF human life 10 their contention that the
ticable" and those who are now remaining IN the
contest do not propose TO have another death occur
without making another and most vigorous effort
70 procure for the cycling public that 10 which they
most certainly are entitled. Every time the matter
81 A cycle path has been agitated Mr.. Martin has
met such agitation with the request that the
wheelmen present a plan for the pain. and each
time that plan was presented IL mas Deeh e.
fectually turned down
At no time has Mr.. Martin suggested that he
himself would attempt to present a plan but has
always insisted that plan come from those repre-
senting the wheeling interests.
Those who remain In the fight are firmly
convinced that a cycle path across the Bridge IS
NOT an engineering impossibty They are backed
nm by the vast majority OF the wheeling public.
and tbey intend now TO enter upon a campaign
which can have but one result
THAR work will be earnest AMI energetic, but
they must have the support OF the wheeling In
terests and they will not be turned aside because
~ the fact that some OF their brother committee
men have deserted them In order TO support me
nresent Bridge Authorization what reason is best
known 70 those who have abandoned the contest
IN the face Of the enemy.
L. A. W. BULLETIN.
A NUMBER OF RACING MEN SUSPENDED AND
orurpe pANsFrRRED-M MANY OF THE