New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-25
CYCLING.
wHEEI.MEN DISCUSS WITH SOME FEEL
ING THE SITUATION ON THE BRIDGE.
THEY ARGUE THAT 1T is THE DUTY OF THE
BRIDGE ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE PLANS FOR
wHEELwAY-How THEY DO IN
HoLLAND-NoTEs AND


wHEELwAY-How THEY DO IN
HoLLAND-NoTEs AND
COMMENTS.
The announcement made yesterday '"a'
Bridge Commissioner Shea and Chief hns'n..'
Martin, Of the Brooklyn Bridge would meet ueio
CATION from the local and National wneennB "'so
Citations on Friday to discuss the possioinues vi "
wheelway that structure. the recent pos
ton taken by Commissioner Shea Is particularly
CALLING to the riders OF the wheel and IN places
where riders OF the wheel congregated yesterday
they outspoken In their opinion OF me wno'e
business Michael Furst. the president OF the Az
ISOLATED Cycling Clubs OF Long Island. said that
ne did not care TO be quoted the subject but
he gave everybody TO understand that he consid-
cred Il the business of the Bridge ofnciaIs 10 pre-
pare n plan instead OF their calling upon wheemeh
to do Il. Said one member OF the Good ROADS
Association: That was all very nice for the
Bridge officials to call upon wheemen to devise
plan for a wheelway on the structure VIII ad-
nit that we have among number some clever
engineers but they are not paid to look after the
Bridge and Its requirements. II know what l
inn certain engineers on the Bridge salaries for
Just such a purpose. II by chance some OF those
to nSk Of are work h sS Ga is time that they
tired and younger and more enthusiastic engineers
wseeway fst Suggested Manns
of our association put on his thinking as soaG one
too but IT did not take Engineer Martin long to
ps al has to ssss cast ssd. Da ia
Il is up to Engineer Martin 10 devise pal a,.nnr
hn h sepsss Of 5 see to
is carried out without further deisy promn nssr
yesterday said that they hoped for the best o h
the way that they said It gave the s @ nome Of
ever seeing wheelway over the Bridge s sisas that
roy was the dnty Of the city or Bridge officials to
provide way for wheemen to cross me str Sehe
In safety ne hrTs ey 10 give Would u be- wSceway
over the structure or not.
While +. is generally admitted that many riders
Of the wheel have recently abandoned attempts to
ride over the Bridge still there are many LETT VINO
cross over the structure on their bcyces uany'
practically taking their lives In their HANDS every
time that they do II. In speaking OF the SUBJECT
Yesterday John B. Uhle, prominent "heeiri'an
and worker for good roads, said THE matter OF
n wheeway over the structure has been discussed
at such length that you would think that the CITY
and Bridge officials would bestr themselves ana
do something Now 1t is simply fooiharhy LOT
any one to ride bicycle over the structure lot
pleasure and 1t should not be done. The case Is
different with others. There are many young
men who have purchased wheels with the idea oI
argue that they secure needed exercise In this
way and at the same time save carfare which
sSs poory paid 70 esGE So% these young people
have the rights n that roSson as should be
made for their safety when they wish to cross the
some people. but what riders want Is wheeiwsy
and there Is no reason why they sno o a mo,
being impossible to arrange a plan for wheeway
was nonsense. There are many oth ,i scho NJ
business men In this district VINO VIII echo WI
Uhle's sentiments.
An athletic-looking wheelman caused several peo-
pe on trolley car on the Bridge yesterday to hod
their breath One woman in the car got so nervous
that she was compelled to turn her head away
Those cars go across the structure at snaii
pace one instant and at tightening speed the next.
An expert wheelman. who has familiarized hlmseH
with the workings Of these cars can sometimes get
over the Bridge without mshap TO himself, out
he rnust he almost as proficient with a wheel as a
trick rider to do It. The troley-cars are supposed
20 keep at least one hundred feet between them'
but in the opinion Of those who have wheeled over
the Bridge the rule is seldom IL ever observed
The roadways yesterday were crowded with moving
trucks and wagons. and the rider mentioned aDoVe
simply fell In behind one of the trolley-cars Inc
car ahead stopped suddenly several times. and the
wheelman In each instance just managed 10 escape
running full tilt into the car. But ne ala H. ana
did It so clevery that the passengers admired the
oed car ,he One Sehd Kept so close the rider
that il looked several times as II he must De run
Oy sssnsn grew weary OF this lodging and made
several attempts to get out into me EyerW lime
tried TO get out of Y the wla @ssd n as s
sI tbe lower end Of Manhattan Island When he
his the wheel Out to one side Shaking his head
he walked the remainder or tne way, anu h,,r, ,
no Pak Ro pss' The Wheema clever
he was had made up his mind that ne sac hau ns The
trolley motormen seem to take oenS before
tunning up as close as possible to wheeimeh DeIore
they check the speed OF their cars
Tho following additional race meets have been
sanctioned by the League OF American Wheeimeh'
Nav - Phillips Andover Track Association An
dover, Mass; May 30, High School bnshan' o %
X v May 90 Union College, Schenectady ~ T.;
Nav 2s Southern Athletic Club. Memphis, Tenn.
Nav 20 Ohio State University. Columbus. Ohio
May % a swartbmOre GOegs Ahenc Asso
caon r IT6 F School Ee PENN May
fnerschoIasc Amateur Athletic Association Assoc Non q
Asn,sogsss Shaw o" Tayor We Tex May 70 State Inter
scho,a.tic Athletic Association, Denver. COL May
o. Lake nj ro'e Nav IT, Northwestern High School
Athletic Association. Remington, Ind
ceoree r. Fischer, the amateur champion OF
1,orard ia a visitor to this country. and he takes
the uveest interest in the differences between the
whee,men here. He is n consul OF the Aisemeene
Nederlandsche Wielrjdersbond, a wheeling or
ganization in his country The squaooie over race
on,rol IN this country" said he. reminds me OF
|. orr troubles at home When the ofices were dis
,r,huted over there It was found that one province
secured all Of the plums, ms you caiI II IN TINS
country This made the wheelmen In the other
places angry and the result Is that now each
we have the Fricschebond with 800 members; the
Iwent schebond, with 400 members; the Limpurg'
with 200 members. and the unie, with Su me
They are souabbling over racing over there. TOO;
Mr. Fischer says that he expects to remain IN
III. country for several months and that ne may
do some racing before he returns home: re en-
necs 10 compete at the international races AT Mon
treai and at the League OF American Wheeimen
National meet at Boston.
"I would like to take exception to Commissioners
sbea,s reply TO the Associated Cycling Clubs reso-
! luton" said a prominent rider yesterday. ITO my
mind. Mr. Shea lodged the question pretty ciev-
erlv That resolution was passed by the Asso-
! ctsted Cycling Clubs on May l5 and was as fol-