New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-10
CYCLING.
COMPLAINTS THAT THE BROOKLYN 81
CYCLE SQUAD is TAKEN AWAY FROM
ITS SPECIFIC DUTIES THE DE-
,-r ROD WHEELS BIG-NOTES
WANT, EoR WHEELS BTG-NOTES.

ITS SPECIFIC III lf'' iA'''
MAND FOR WHEELS BTG-NOTES
,,.-,,ors Of certain bicycle clubs In Brooklyn say
.,'", ,ho intend 10 see that the bicycle policemen
q, that borough perform the duties TOT ""'''
,hcv werc appointed or know the reason why u'ey
a. M, Tho complaint is that the bicycle squad
,,s hoo, in the Fifty-Hfh Precinct station an VII
tor and that St has been compelled by '"p'","
Miles O'Reilv 20 do regular patrol du'y. II SP''
,nq of the matter. yesterday member OF pToHh-
mont club said. "Our bicycle policemen arc oil no
rr,ctiosl use as far ~ cycling g. concerned an"
,bev have not been an winter " 'hey are Z" pe
assigned to do patrolmcn's duty. then distr'oate
can A. a little Cood-roads work occnsion"iiy ana n
thev will be better able 10 sec maj ne - ,I.n
road are observed think y ~ouId ne a s0 ,dt IT.
10 turn the bicycle squad loose at once anu oo a.
find out what ddmag" has been done tI grl tIe m
I'm n horrible condition worse than they ever W.
before. 1t would MOI Do = haa , i,' sav near
re WfIinck entrance OF Prospect Park then orc, ore
ana where TO find policeman. The NeW- f or
squad has hcadquarters AZ flity-ScN en- -cb, d.
rection 10 establish yuch place in Brookxn n
squad should also have a regular c'hi'""''' "
captain. and not merely n sergeant
Local dealers visited yesterday reported that
trade 70 humming. and that "a soon ne the weather
clears up and the roads become rideaole the pros
meets ara that they Will have to do double store
dirty one prominent dealer in Warren-st voiced
the sentiments Of the local trade when ne SAID
our orders are coming fast that we are having
trouble already In supplying the demand W. o.
behind now In filing our orieIS lo "a 30 in
wheels why. II It IL clear and the roads are N
GOOD riding condition next Sunday, New ork ana
Vicinity will have Of the biggest wheeilrk pa"
rades seen In this country ne a,,a1 LII
hermit anybody who thinks that y CliHs Srto va da
INV votaries will he than surprised Inc 49,
conditions are good all over the country. W. I
,Jst as encouraging come from Hartford, mon,
Chicopee Falls. Toledo. Cleveland |hicdbo anu
other manufacturing centres.
Arrangements have been perfected for the no'u-
ing Of the annual League OF American Wheelfnen
state Meet AZ Patchogue. Long Island. on June ~
q and "a The Long Island wheelmen are enthns,s
esfic and q good roads demonstration VIII re NH
~ Patchogue on March o. local consu,ale -" a.
responsible for the good work done there
The orient and the Nassau Wheelmen are AZ ooos
over q basketball game Some OF the teams III
Brooklyn object to playing tho game on rolet
skates has been the rule inder nj ~ "a riirr
held under the auspices ~ tho Assoc'a'eo 'SD'"s
Clubs.
The promoters Of the coming bicycle show 70 oe
held at Grand Central Palace. say that the spaces
are RAPIDLY disappearing. and that they are cor
fdent tho exhibition will be success. Many mover
ties are promised.
An Official connected with one ~ the local oicycie
tracks said yesterday: Manhattan Beach. Berke-
ley oval and Charles River tracks have about seq
tied all the claims made against them for when
Wheenen "A soon az the Indebtedness has been
M id the three tracks will take measures 10 comp"
me other tracks which incurred expenses connecte
with the track association 70 pay up their smart