New-York tribune., 1900-04-24
CYCLING.
PAVEMENT REPAIRS NEEDED IN BROOK
LYN-MONEY FOR HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT.

Improvements are badly needed in Brooklyn at
both ends of the Boulevard. Wheelmen from this
borough-and there hundreds OF them-and the
thousands living in Brooklyn who have visited
CoDey Island this spring are loud In their COM
plants regarding the end of the Boulevard at
Coney Island well the deplorabe condition of
the rests at the southern entrance of Prospect
Park. Wheelmen, drivers of vehicles and the own
ers of automobiles who made the trip down the
Boulevard the Cycle Path to Coney Island on
Sunday thankful If they made the curves into
the Concourse at the island without injury to them
selves to somebody else. That half of the Con-
course nearest the ocean was asphalted some time
ago, and the other half. furthest away from the
ocean. left unrepaired. During the storms of the
and torn up much of the asphalt opposite the end
of the boulevard Only a narrow ridable strip is
both ways try to use the narrow strip. of good
We're many collisions at this point last Sunday and
there will be many more next ana on suosequent
takes coognizance OF the danger and acts without
delay The two rests IN Prospect Park At at present
grounds is neglected The racks out of repair,
a aTe no any HoS on the other side
of the southern entrance of the Park.
These pleasant times for Jaunt into the
country. when the weather is neither cool
too warm. The roads generally good, and the
early spring foliage never looked prettier. The
lacs. magnoas, trailing arbutus and pansies
In bloom. and the willows and grass have dis
carded their winter garb of rust The air Is in
vigorating and full of life tonic But don't dress
too lightly in these opening days of the cycling
season; 1t is better TO be a little too warm on
the wheel than to take any chance of sudden
chill, which VIII mean troublesome cold and
may end In case OF pneumonia.
Now that Judge Lawrence has dissolved tho
troublesome injunction which promised delay
road and street improvements wheemen and
drivers may expect several improvements to be
made once. OF the 81 100000 to be expended the
Borough OF Manhattan will get Sl.0O,0O0: Brooklyn
100000. and the boroughS of Richmond Queens
and The Bronx the other $4,000.
popular dealer who has added automobile re-
pairing to his other work gives this advice: The
owners of several automobiles propelled by gaso-
lene. have stopped at my place to get an extra
supply of gasolene One of them started out on
Long Island Sunday for long trip, and 1
was surprised to that he carried five-gal lion
can or gasolene between his feet In front of him.
he did not want to run any chance of running out
mobile race. Now, would 1t not be a good idea for
the makers to arrange for a reservoir for the
gasolene in the body of the vehicle? They do It in
France"
Most of the local dealers have finished their
spring housecleanng. peculiar incident hap
pened at one store the other day. In getting rid
of a lot of old rubbish il thrown into
a barrel standing the pile. A truckman
came to take the stuff away, and noticing the
barrel, he took that also. The whole thing was
dumped in an ash heap in the outlying district,
Then the dealer missed half q barrel of pedals.
The ash heap visited in a hurry, and over
three hundred pairs of pedals secured and
returned to the dealer.