New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-09
ENCOURAGING LETTERS.

When VI NJ Bedding jr. cnei ''"S" s..a
7 oogua ~ American Wheelmen for TINS STATE
-, -, oo.,r,r ~ order letters were read from
II y r,,uerton NJ Long Island the vice-consui lor
/ ,be STATE and from !. c. Howard. OF ms Guy
uroins the committee 10 act Immediately anu ~
insist upon It's rights. 10 secure competent ''t
! 70 assist Il and carry the question 10 ''' ~
,a,rre y # could not secure action any other way
chairman Bedding read Commissioner shea le''eI'
mitch vas short and said pracrcally nothing eN-
con-, that Il contained the peculiar report from
Engineer Martin. which has stirred "hee'i"e" al
over the State inc. "a
Possibly the remarks 81 one OF the committee u'
o. much as anything else 70 stir the other dele
so,as present and turn loose the dogs Of war that
uin not he chained again until something tangible
60 done looking toward securing the wheel~ay over
| the structure. -,,
10 Associated Cycling clubs Of Long Island he
said that the Public Acton Committee Of MS asso-
cation AZ meeting had indorsed the action taken
/ nv Mr. Martin and from his talk II was learned
taat he was OF the same opinion Ihis statement
had the effect Of calling oui some pertinent re-
marks from the representatives, OF the o'her "Sso
Citations 1t was intimated later that Mr.. hlehu'
remarks might have been due to his personal ac-
oi,sir,arce or friendship with Engineer Maruh.
Mr. kicnd has jHst neen t6 eae,e Of American
ou the Board OF Oihcers or 1lY 49,, Enssib, Mr.
Lyheemen in place Of Michael qrSl ne5 ne oting
for the officers begins ,.,o.
Fl " Valentine. Of the Good Roads Association,
e.a.5 the IAN rolling IN the right direction WheA
he took the floor He showed that ominissIoil , =
Shes Letter gave NO @pnq had =" sa% abou, me
,rlN Iern He said he considered Mr. Martin neon
Jster, and he attempted to prove II. and did So
Sir Martin had illustrated hiS incompelehcy ".een
Brdes '"f lie said that no engineer Of IDEAS would
have allowed poles 70 be pu' p VI Nov cod have
been put UP somewhere else ana N"i nave lhter-
had been an earnest worker for the proposed wheel
way from the start, ana ms WoI9S We'r hS'encu
rathv for lukewerm whecmcn who were afraid 10
fight for their rights when they we're AZ ia5t con,
pcgd nat they could not get their rights IN any
MARTIN NOT INFALLIBLE.
Eugene la Mama who is practical engineer
as We'll as an enthusiastic wheelman and good
roads advocate. WAS also present and when he
was called upon to give his opinion he did Sc
freely Mr.. La Mamma declared that because Mr.
Martin said a wheelway over the Bridge was i'm
practicable that that did not make IL So as h. did
j not consider Mr. Martin infallihe. He showed that
IT, r2ey cars haH nS. to her nrodnction on
he Bridge liz wanted It understood that he did
In, 49, "a ctiza1 OF Brookivn He considered maj
fl was the whcclmen of Brooklyn who should make
directly interested than anybody else. He said that
the wage earners Of that borough wanted Mhre
way FOR II meant much 70 them ar. Ia Mama
estimated that wheelmen living IN BROOKLYN woulC
6sness on i an average Of two hundred days each
year. which meant saving Of 20 cents a day, ar
dy 81 bd mSy" cn m2nn p3pr M2nns condemne@
tho policy ~ public officials who granted franchise
Sonveni|nces ard comfort to the citizens ar large
/ He wanted 10 be put on record as Affirming that
wheelway over The Bridge was practicable in ever
way
e Chief Consul Belding was equally as outspokeen
= and his attitude Will strengthen his candidacy 20
# ing ssii that the bicycle was no longer TOY no
wholly vehicle ~ pleasure IT IL tn" POOR man
. horse" said he he considered Mr. Martin incom
VI petent. and he did not mince matters in saving Il
: He said that wheelway could be built and that /
p would have been done long ago except that m
Bridge on Gals did not want 70 10 ~
J. Mt Belding added that the League o. American
o Wh~elmen would make the light for a wheeway no
- thar the matter would he carried 70 tho Legislator
% 4. the rights riders Of the wheel could nor n
N secured IN any other way
.r WHEELMEN DEMAND THEIR RIGHTS
20 Frederick " House the delegate from the As
IN ISOLATED Cycling Clubs Of NeW-York was as en-
er phato IN his utterances. Mr House ntmated tina
De- ne MAS sorry FOR his Brooklyn CO. worker VII
NJ showed disposition 10 give up 90 easily He sal
In that the "Aeelmen % the two boroughs did M
IS Intend IN be turned down when they simply aske
for what was their right This wheelwav nronos
n ton is not an insurmOuntable feat for any nraf
IS tcsi enslHeer 20 'ackie said ne: He recalled III
I'd land and Italy which some engineers on mo otbf
~ side ot the Atlantic Ocean had thought n he IL,
ke / practicable young hustling American enofna,
,a Vas sent for Id the hole was bored fbrof -
le mountain IN short order and the tunnel was ~,
Y OF reality lie considered it shamefll ,naf a., ny IN
al century veteran engineer should say that n ~
go VL~c.Way over such a structure as the Brookiy
of Bridge was impracticabe
Nj House suggested that the Vheelmen shoul
90 at 10 the Legis lature not ask f.
d. favors but make demands for their Just right
N. Ign were ready 10 Quit. as MI kendl had intimate
er that he had done Mr. House said there wei
or In the proposed wheelway. and that they did n,
care for the Mayor Of New-York or any publ