Fifty Miles Around New York
Contents
- Editor Walter M. Meserole's address 'To the Members of the New York Division', explaining that this first edition was compiled entirely from voluntary contributions by League members, asking riders to report errors and omissions for the next revision, and thanking Col. E. P. North, N. P. Lewis, Geo. W. Tillson and Henry P. Morrison. Ends with the roster of the Road Book Committee of 1897 and a note that the engraving was done by the wax process by Bormay & Co.
- Alphabetical index of every place shown on the route maps, each keyed to its route number (Ackerson Station, N. J. 47; Allendale, N. J. 39, 44; Amagansett 25 …). A note warns that places named only on the index maps are not listed here. The index runs across four pages; the run in this copy jumps from 'Mertons Station 15' to 'Sylvan Grove 42', so a leaf covering M–S is missing.
- Notice from Chief Consul Isaac B. Potter warning that third-class hotels and road-house groggeries display the L. A. W. initials without authority, and that some appointed proprietors refuse League members the contracted 10 to 30 per cent. discount and forfeit $50 for every violation. Members are asked to report both classes of offender to Potter at the Vanderbilt Building, New York.
- Appeal from Chief Consul Isaac B. Potter for members to survey and contribute new routes, with cyclometer-measured distances between all prominent points, crossroads and turns, and to send large-scale detail maps of towns within the territory of the index maps. Contributors are promised their name on the printed map page, and are told to check with Mr. Meserole before duplicating a route already sent in.
- Short good-roads appeal urging wheelmen to write the Chief Consul for their Senator's and Assemblyman's record on the Good Roads question: 'we'll never have good roads till we elect men to office who are broad and brainy enough to know that a good road is a good thing for everybody.'
- Key map of the routes through Manhattan, the Bronx and southern Westchester, numbering the roads between Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Bronxville, White Plains, Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, City Island and College Point so a rider can find the sheet covering any of them.
- Key map of the country north of White Plains, from Dobbs Ferry and Chappaqua up through Croton Falls, Brewster, Carmel, Lake Mahopac, Cold Spring, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie and Verbank Village to Dover Plains and Grant Corners, with each road labelled by route number.
- Key map of Brooklyn, Queens and western Suffolk, showing the numbered routes out through Jamaica, Hempstead, Garden City, Freeport, Amityville, Babylon, Islip, Patchogue, Smithtown and Port Jefferson, and the Rockaway shore.
- Key map of eastern Suffolk from Wading River, Riverhead and Eastport out along both forks, Mattituck, Cutchogue and Greenport on the north, Quogue, Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Montauk Point on the south, with routes 24, 25 and 33 marked.
- Double-page key map of the country west of the Hudson: Ulster, Orange, Sussex, Warren, Morris, Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hunterdon and Monmouth, from New Paltz and Port Jervis to the Delaware Water Gap, Easton, Trenton, Philadelphia and the Jersey shore, with routes 35, 39, 44 to 53 numbered along the roads.
- Detail street map of Staten Island from New Brighton and Tompkinsville south to Tottenville and Perth Amboy, with an 'Explanation' distinguishing fine, fair and unridable or unknown surfaces.
- Detail street map of Manhattan from the Battery and the ferries up to about 61st Street, showing which streets are asphalt and macadam and which are other pavements, and marking the Fulton, Hamilton, Wall Street, Liberty Street and 23rd Street ferries.
- Detail street map of Manhattan from about 51st Street north past Central Park and the Croton Reservoir to 141st Street, with Riverside Drive, the Boulevard, the numbered avenues, Mount Morris Park, Ward's and Randall's Islands, and the ferries to College Point, Bowery Bay and Astoria.
- Detail street map of upper Manhattan and the western Bronx, Spuyten Duyvil, Fordham Heights, High Bridge Park, Morrisania, Melrose, Tremont and Claremont Park, with the Boulevard, Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue and an 'Explanation' of fine, fair and unridable surfaces.
- Double-page detail street map of northern and central Brooklyn, from the Fulton and Wall Street ferries and the United States Navy Yard south past Prospect Park to Greenwood Cemetery, and east through Bushwick, East New York and Flatlands.
- Detail street map of southern Brooklyn, Fort Hamilton, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island and Brighton Beach, showing the Ocean Parkway cycle path, Kings Highway and the Jockey Club and Brighton race tracks.
- Double-page detail street map of Long Island City, Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Blissville, Steinway and Astoria opposite Randall's, Ward's and Blackwell's Islands, running east through Newtown, Maspeth, Woodside, Winfield, Ridgewood and Glendale to Flushing, with the ferries to 23rd Street, 34th Street and Grand and Houston Streets marked.
- Opening sheet of the 80.95-mile Hudson-side run to Poughkeepsie, communicated by Arthur P. Stanley-Hyde, No. 67,270, of New York City. Leaves the city for Fordham Heights past Webb's Shipbuilding Academy and the Old Sailors' Home, 8.94 miles out and 72.01 from Poughkeepsie.
- Second sheet of Stanley-Hyde's New York to Poughkeepsie route, carrying the rider from Fordham Heights to Gray Oaks by Odell Avenue and the Yonkers station, 17.75 miles from New York and 63.20 short of Poughkeepsie.
- Third sheet, Gray Oaks up to Sing Sing, entering the village by Main Street and Croton Avenue past the bank; 35.70 miles run and 45.25 still to go.
- Sing Sing to Peekskill, entering Peekskill by Central Avenue; 48.44 miles from New York, 32.51 from Poughkeepsie. This sheet and those following were communicated by N. Wright, No. 63,576, of Poughkeepsie.
- Peekskill north to Garrison along the Hudson, crossing Philipse Brook by Maple Road past the school; 56.44 miles out, 24.51 from Poughkeepsie.
- Garrison to Fishkill Village, ending at the Old Stone Church; 69.44 miles from New York and 11.51 from Poughkeepsie.
- Final sheet, Fishkill Village into Poughkeepsie by Church, Main and Market Streets past the school and the Soldiers' Fountain, 80.95 miles from New York; the Lake Mahopac road (Route 17) branches here.
- First sheet of John B. Uhle's 29.35-mile west-shore run to Sing Sing, out of Central Park to Fordham Heights past Webb's Shipbuilding Academy and the Old Sailors' Home, 23.66 miles from Sing Sing.
- Fordham Heights by Van Cortlandt Lane to Yonkers, over the railroad bridge and up Nepperhan Avenue, taking the right-hand fork at the fountain; 10.89 miles run, 18.46 to Sing Sing.
- Yonkers to Hastings by Broadway beside the Aqueduct on macadam, 16.47 miles from New York and 12.88 from Sing Sing, with a sharp and bad descent into the village.
- Hastings through Dobb's Ferry to Tarrytown at 22.96 miles, passing Washington's Headquarters of 1781 and its monument; the right fork is more direct but crosses three hills.
- Closing sheet, Tarrytown into Sing Sing past the bank at 29.35 miles, zero on the down-country count.
- Single-sheet cross-country link from Washington Bridge through Williamsbridge to Mount Vernon, communicated by John B. Uhle, with the White Plains road (Route 6) and the New Rochelle road (Route 8) branching off and a note of the local lamp, bell and sidewalk ordinance.
- The return leg, Mount Vernon down Jerome Avenue to Washington Bridge and 181st Street, communicated by John B. Uhle of New York City.
- Short circular run from Washington Bridge east to Bronx Park and back, communicated by John B. Uhle of New York City.
- Opening sheet of John B. Uhle's road to White Plains, running out to Williamsbridge and the Williams Bridge itself, 8.16 miles from the city and 14.85 from White Plains.
- Williamsbridge by Gun Hill Road and the Pipe Line Road past Hartmans Planing Mill and Woodlawn to Bronxville, 14.41 miles out; Route 4 turns back to New York and Route 8 goes to Yonkers.
- Bronxville to White Plains, 23.01 miles from New York, coming in past the soldiers' monument on Broadway.
- First sheet of Arthur P. Stanley-Hyde's Post Road route to Portchester, up through Mount Hope Park to the Bronx River; the sheet notes where the asphalt begins and ends and the tops and bottoms of the hills at 66th, 69th, 72nd and 79th Streets, 24 to 25 miles out.
- Bronx River east to Pelham Manor, second sheet of Stanley-Hyde's Portchester route.
- Pelham Manor along the Sound to Mamaroneck station and its stone bridge, 21.20 miles run with 5.80 to Portchester.
- Closing sheet, Mamaroneck through Rye into Portchester, where the Peach Lake road (Route 13) turns inland.
- Single-sheet 9.52-mile cross-county link communicated by John B. Uhle, running from Yonkers to New Rochelle on macadam by West New Rochelle, Bleeker Street and Broad Avenue, past the two stone posts at Sycamore Avenue and the Post Road, the soldier's monument and the sign of the Huguenot Wheelmen on Huguenot Avenue; Route 7 goes on to Portchester and Route 10 to Dobbs Ferry.
- Yonkers east to Morris Park along the Harlem River Branch of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., 8.15 miles out and 7.56 from City Island; a note warns that the trolley tracks turn right here for West Farms.
- Second sheet, Morris Park out through the eastern Bronx to City Island, communicated by John B. Uhle, No. 61,156.
- John B. Uhle's cross-county route, New Rochelle by Huguenot Avenue and Main Street through Mount Vernon and Midland Avenue to Bronxville, 5.57 miles out; the road is exceedingly sandy with a poor side path in places, then good macadam and dirt down a moderate grade, with the Old Post Road running direct to White Plains.
- Bronxville to Dobb's Ferry at 13.04 miles, with turnings to the village of Dobb's Ferry and its railroad station and to Tarrytown by Route 2.
- A. P. Stanley-Hyde's cross-county route from Portchester by Harrison Avenue to White Plains, passing the lodge of Ophir Farm, home of the Hon. Whitelaw Reid, built like a fort of gray stone; riders follow the telegraph poles and the band stand in the public square, and the Orawaupum Hotel (L. A. W.) stands at White Plains. Route 12 turns off for Kensico and Croton Falls and Route 22 for Bridgeport.
- White Plains west to Tarrytown at about 14 miles, passing the Andre Monument.
- Wilson R. Yard's northward route, White Plains by Railroad Avenue, West Street, Clinton Avenue, Barker Avenue, Lincoln Street and Harrison Avenue to Pleasantville, 8.4 miles out and 18.6 from Croton Falls; Route 11 turns off to Portchester and Rye.
- Pleasantville to Mount Kisco station, 14.7 miles from White Plains and 12.3 from Croton Falls.
- Mount Kisco north to Katonah, third sheet of Wilson R. Yard's route.
- Katonah to Croton Falls, the end of the route, where Route 20 goes on to Brewsters.
- First sheet of Wilson R. Yard's 33.5-mile back-country route, Portchester inland to Armonk at 10.4 miles.
- Armonk north to Bedford, second sheet of the Portchester to Peach Lake route.
- Bedford to Lake Waccabuc, 26.8 miles out and 6.7 from Peach Lake.
- Closing sheet, Lake Waccabuc to Peach Lake at 33.5 miles.
- First sheet of F. B. Hyde's 53-mile route across Fairfield and Westchester counties, Bridgeport to Westport over the Saugatuck River, 11.25 miles out and 41.75 from Peekskill; Route 22 runs on to New York.
- Westport inland to Ridgefield, second sheet of F. B. Hyde's Bridgeport to Peekskill route.
- Route 14c. Bridgeport, Conn., to Peekskill, N. Y.: Ridgefield to Somers Center. (opens in a new tab)Ridgefield across the state line to Somers Center, with a sidewalk ordinance noted on the way.
- Closing sheet, Somers Center down to Peekskill at 53.00 miles, where a sidewalk ordinance is in force.
- Webster Wagner's route up the middle of Westchester, Elmsford to Merritts Corners.
- Merritts Corners past Mertons Station to Lake Mahopac, closing sheet of Webster Wagner's route.
- Single-sheet cross link communicated by Webster Wagner, running from Peekskill up beside the Putnam Division of the railroad past Mohegan Lake, Osceola Lake and Jefferson Valley to Lake Mahopac; Route 14 turns off for Somers Centre and Bridgeport.
- First sheet of S. A. Palmer's 37-mile route through Putnam and Dutchess, Lake Mahopac by Kent Cliff to Boyd's Corner, 9.5 miles out and 27.5 from Poughkeepsie.
- Boyd's Corner to Stormville, 20.0 miles run with 17.0 to Poughkeepsie.
- Stormville, with its hotel, past Didell, Fishkill Plains and Van Wycks Station to New Hackensack and the Woroneck House, 30.0 miles out and 7.0 from Poughkeepsie.
- Closing sheet, New Hackensack into Poughkeepsie at 31 miles.
- S. A. Palmer's route inland from the river. Leaves Fishkill on the Hudson by the trolley line up Beekman Street for Fishkill Village and the Old Dutch Church; the road is macadam to Matteawan and gravel to Fishkill, with two long hills, one up from the river and a red sandstone hill at Glenham, both rideable. Route 1 is the Post Road to New York and Route 19 turns off for Cold Spring.
- Fishkill Village past Brinckerhoff and Swartoutville school house to Fishkill Plains on good gravel roads with no heavy grades; 24.75 miles marked, with Route 17 running to Lake Mahopac and Route 1 the Post Road to Albany.
- Fishkill Plains to Verbank Village, 23.25 miles by one count and 12.75 by the other.
- Closing sheet, Verbank Village to Millbrook.
- N. Wright's short Hudson-side route, Wappingers Falls down by Tompkins Avenue and Lafayette past Verplanck to Fishkill on the Hudson, 6.47 miles out and 7.33 from Cold Spring; Route 18 turns inland here.
- Fishkill on the Hudson under Breakneck Mountain to Cold Spring, 13.50 miles from Wappingers Falls; Route 18 branches for Fishkill Village.
- G. S. Holmes's 34-mile route up the eastern edge of the state, Croton Falls to Pawling at 19.00 miles with 15.00 still to run.
- Pawling to Dover Plains station, the end of the route at 34.00 miles.
- Single-sheet 15.9-mile route communicated by O. W. Swift of Danbury, running from Carmel past the Tilly Foster Mine, Brewsters, the Middle Branch reserve, Borden's Milk Factory and Lake Kenosha through Mill Plain to Danbury; Route 20 turns off for Croton Falls and Route 17 for Lake Mahopac.
- P. W. Westlake's shore route along the Sound, Port Chester east to the Noroton River Bridge, 10.3 miles out and 10.2 from Westport.
- Noroton River Bridge through Darien and Five Mile River station to Westport, 17.5 miles run; roads turn off for New Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Danbury, and Route 14 goes on to Bridgeport.
- First sheet of W. T. Wintringham's 57.4-mile Merrick Road run down Long Island, Brooklyn out to Springfield at 12.5 miles; Route 29 branches for Queens on fine macadam.
- Springfield east to Amityville, 31.5 miles from Brooklyn and 25.9 from Patchogue.
- Amityville to Patchogue and Roe's Hotel at 57.4 miles, where Route 24 goes on to Eastport and Route 32 north to Port Jefferson.
- Cross-island branch of the Patchogue route, communicated by J. W. Eaton, No. 72,695, of Babylon: Great River by Islip north to Smithtown at 16.6 miles, crossing the Long Island Rail Road, with Route 31 turning off for St. James.
- Louis S. Tuttle's route up the north fork, Patchogue over Terrill's River to Centre Moriches and its hotel and cemetery, 13.3 miles out and 34.5 from Greenport.
- Centre Moriches to Jamesport past its church, school and cemetery, 31.3 miles run with 16.5 to Greenport.
- Jamesport to Greenport at 47.8 miles, communicated by H. M. Valentine of New York City; the sheet shows Main Street, the hotel, the station, Greenport Harbor and the Manhanset House, with roads to Orient Point and (by Route 25) Sag Harbor.
- Louis S. Tuttle's south-fork route, Eastport east to Good Ground with its station, post office, hotel and church, 15.2 miles out and 39.6 from the Point.
- Route 25b. Eastport to Montauk Point and Greenport: Good Ground to Water Mills. (opens in a new tab)Good Ground to Water Mills, 24.4 miles run and 30.4 to go.
- Water Mills to Amagansett station and school, 37.8 miles out; this sheet and the next were communicated by J. Finley Bell, M. D., of East Hampton.
- Amagansett out the neck to Montauk Point, the far end of the route at about 54.8 miles.
- The Greenport branch, East Hampton across to Greenport and Orient Point, with Route 24 turning off for Southold.
- Dr. Robert L. Dickinson's inland run across Long Island, Brooklyn out to Queens.
- Queens east to Jericho and its hotel at 19.25 miles, with turnings for East Norwich and Oyster Bay, Syosset three and a half miles on, and Huntington and Port Jefferson.
- Single-sheet route communicated by Dr. Robert L. Dickinson, running by Buhler's Hotel and Hempstead to the Jericho Turnpike. Notes record that Garden City allows wheeling on its paths, which are fine, that the roads are mostly good, that a good side path runs the whole way from Hempstead to the Cathedral if you turn left at the first houses after crossing the tracks, and that wheels are locked up in the Cathedral basement during the 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. services.
- Single-sheet connecting route communicated by Dr. Robt. L. Dickinson, joining Freeport and Millburn to Hempstead and meeting Route 27 on the Jericho Turnpike.
- Circular Queens run communicated by Miss Mary Bockleman of Brooklyn: College Point south to Springfield and its hotel, 10.4 miles out and 12.9 on the return count, with Route 23 turning off for Lynbrook.
- The return half, Springfield back past the cemetery to College Point and the ferry to 99th Street, communicated by John H. Eldert of Jamaica; Route 23 crosses here.
- Dr. Walter Truslow and Dr. Robert L. Dickinson's north-shore run, Flushing by the library and station to Manhasset and Mitchell Pond, fine macadam, nearly level, under avenues of arching trees, 5.20 to 7.65 miles out; Route 29 turns off for Jamaica.
- Manhasset past the Mansion House to Roslyn, with Route 31 branching for East Norwich.
- J. H. Davis's 36.6-mile north-shore route, Roslyn east to Cold Spring, meeting Route 30 back at Roslyn.
- Cold Spring to Smithtown, 24.2 miles out and 12.4 from Port Jefferson, with Route 23 turning south for Brentwood.
- Smithtown to Port Jefferson at 36.6 miles, the sheet marking the L. A. W. hotel on Main Street and the station.
- Single-sheet cross-island route communicated by J. H. Davis of Port Jefferson, running north from Patchogue by the cycle path through Medford, with a deep hollow on the way, to Port Jefferson station, West Broadway, South Street, Jones Street and Robbins Street, and the L. A. W. hotel; a branch turns off to the observatory.
- J. H. Davis's route out the north shore, Port Jefferson to Wading River over rolling ground and down a short hill, 31.0 miles marked; Route 23 turns off for Patchogue.
- Wading River east to Mattituck at 31.0 miles, with the cycle path branch into Riverhead.
- W. T. Wintringham's short run down to the beaches, Lynbrook to Far Rockaway and its bank, 5.9 miles out and 5.3 from Rockaway Park. The continuation sheet is missing from this copy.
- S. A. Palmer's long cross-country route west of the Hudson. Put's Corners by sign boards and the New Paltz hotel, eight miles from Highland Landing, to St. Andrews, with a turning for Jenkintown. The opening sheet 35a is missing from this copy.
- St. Andrews south-west to Stony Ford.
- Stony Ford to Middletown at 43.5 miles, where the Commercial House (L. A. W.) and an L. A. W. repair shop stand beside the N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R.
- Middletown down to Port Jervis on the Delaware, 63.5 miles from Poughkeepsie and 38.3 from the Water Gap.
- Port Jervis over into Pennsylvania by Milford to Bushkill and the Bush Kill itself, 90.8 miles run with 11.0 to the Gap; communicated by W. T. Wintringham of Brooklyn.
- Closing sheet, Bushkill down the Delaware to the Water Gap, with the Trenton road (Route 50) turning off.
- S. A. Palmer's west-bank alternative to the river road, Newburgh north to Lattingtown, 10.0 miles out and 7.5 from Poughkeepsie by this count.
- Route 36b. Newburgh to Poughkeepsie via Back Road: Lattingtown to Poughkeepsie. (opens in a new tab)Lattingtown past the brick church, Highland Village and two cemeteries to the ferry across to Poughkeepsie, 16.5 miles; a note warns to look sharp for one turn, and a road goes off to Milton.
- Single-sheet route communicated by H. B. Moffat of Washingtonville, running west from Newburgh to Wallkill and its railroad.
- H. B. Moffat's 32-mile route into Orange County, Newburgh past the Academy of Music to Washingtonville at 11.00 miles; Route 37 turns off for Wallkill and Route 36 for Highland Village.
- Washingtonville by Blooming Grove station, Craigville, West Craigville station, Chester and Sugar Loaf to Warwick at 32.00 miles, with roads to Monroe and Goshen.
- Dr. George G. Van Schaick's 57-mile route up the Jersey side, Fort Lee to Hohokus at 16.05 miles with 40.95 still to Newburgh.
- Hohokus through Ramsey's, Suffern, Hillburn, Ramapo and Sloatsburg to Tuxedo, 31.15 miles out and 25.85 from Newburgh; a note says the Park can be visited on special permission, and a road turns off for Nyack.
- Tuxedo by Southfields, Central Valley, Highland Mills and Newburgh Junction to Woodbury Falls, 44.95 miles run. Some hills, on fine red shale roads, with a spring of excellent water, red barns and a white house as landmarks; Route 53 turns off for Turners.
- Closing sheet, Woodbury Falls down to Newburgh at 57.00 miles, where Route 36 goes on to Highland Village.
- Single-sheet Rockland County route communicated by L. H. Hutton of Nanuet, running east from Suffern to Nyack, Broadway, the Hudson and the ferry to Tarrytown, with a turning for Haverstraw.
- Single-sheet route communicated by L. H. Hutton of Nanuet, from Spring Valley by Broadway and West Haverstraw to Haverstraw on the Hudson.
- W. T. Wintringham's route up the Palisades. Out of Jersey City by Montgomery Street, Academy Street, Sipp Avenue, Stuyvesant Avenue and the Hackensack Plank Road over Belgian blocks, past Guttenburg race track and Haasis Point hotel to Ridgefield at 31.6 miles, level and fine macadam, but with one very steep hill. Route 49 turns off for Hackensack, Greenwood Lake and the Weehawken ferry.
- Ridgefield north past the church to Tenafly.
- Tenafly over the state line to Tappan station, 27.72 miles out and 16.18 from Haverstraw.
- Tappan past the Major Andre monument to Nyack and Main Street, 33.64 miles run, with the ferry to Tarrytown and roads to Nanuet and Spring Valley; communicated from here on by L. H. Hutton of Nanuet.
- Closing sheet, Nyack up to Haverstraw and Main Street at 43.9 miles, where Route 41 turns off for West Haverstraw.
- Single-sheet 9.75-mile link communicated by L. H. Hutton of Nanuet, running from Ridgewood to Monsey and its Erie Railroad station, where Route 40 goes on to Nyack.
- First sheet of W. T. Wintringham's 80.5-mile route across New Jersey, Newark out to Scotch Plains at 13.25 miles with 65.25 still to the Gap.
- Scotch Plains west to Somerville station, 29.75 miles run and 50.75 to go.
- Somerville up the north branch of the Raritan past White House, Lebanon, Annandale, High Bridge station and Clinton to Glen Gardner, 51.7 miles out and 28.8 from the Gap.
- Glen Gardner by Washington to the Delaware Water Gap and the Kittatinny House at 80.5 miles; a note directs riders from Washington to the Gap to follow Route 50, the Trenton to Water Gap road, and Route 45 also comes in here.
- L. P. Coleman's route into the Jersey hills, Newark by Millburn to Morristown, 9.1 to 14.6 miles out. A note says to follow Route 44 from Newark to Millburn; Routes 47 and 48 also leave the city here, and Route 48 runs back to Jersey City.
- Morristown to German Valley station, 36.3 miles by one count and 30.75 by the other.
- German Valley by Rockport to Easton at 67.5 miles. A note warns that at Hackettstown you take the left-hand route for Easton, the right-hand route going to the Delaware Water Gap as on Sheet 45d.
- The Water Gap fork, Hackettstown by Danville, Townsbury and Buttzville to the Delaware Water Gap at 69.8 miles; notes direct riders to follow Routes 44 and 50 to the Gap and repeat the left-for-Easton, right-for-the-Gap rule at Hackettstown.
- W. T. Wintringham's 68.66-mile run to the Jersey shore. Out of Newark by Market Street, Hamilton Street, Clinton Avenue and Emmett Street through Waverly, Elizabeth (Neck Lane, North Avenue, Fairmount Avenue, Parker Road, E. Jersey Street), Wheatsheaf, Rahway, Woodbridge and Houtenville, fine macadam and rolling, to Iselin. A note explains that the left-hand route is a short cut but the train must be taken from Perth Amboy to Matawan, and that the marginal distances refer to the right-hand route by New Brunswick.
- Iselin south to Matawan, second sheet of the Newark to Ocean Grove route.
- Matawan by Keyport, Middletown, Red Bank and Fairhaven to Seabright, with Perth Amboy and Woodbridge on the alternative line; see the note on sheet 46a.
- Closing sheet, Seabright down the beach to Ocean Grove, 68.66 miles from Newark.
- R. W. Jones's 76.3-mile route across northern New Jersey, Newark to Caldwell church at 9.8 miles with 66.5 to Port Jervis.
- Caldwell by Rockaway to Dover and Sussex Street, 26.95 miles out; Dover has a lamp, speed and bell ordinance and coasting is forbidden. Route 52 turns off for Lake Hopatcong and Budd's Lake.
- Dover north to Sparta church, 39.9 miles run and 36.4 to go.
- Sparta by Woodruff's Gap, the Lehigh crossing, Ackerson Station and Augusta church and school to Branchville, 46.4 miles from Newark and 26.0 from Port Jervis.
- Closing sheet, Branchville up to Port Jervis at 76.3 miles.
- First sheet of W. T. Wintringham's route to Greenwood Lake, Jersey City across the meadows to Newark.
- Newark north-west to Pompton, Pompton Junction and Pompton Lake, about 29.5 miles out.
- Route 48c. Jersey City to Greenwood Lake via Newark: Pompton to Greenwood Lake. (opens in a new tab)Closing sheet, Pompton up into the hills to Greenwood Lake.
- W. T. Wintringham's second road to Greenwood Lake, Weehawken to Arcola at 14.0 miles with 54.6 to run; Route 39 turns off for Ridgewood and Tuxedo.
- Arcola west over the Pequanock to Bloomingdale, 33.50 miles out and 35.1 still ahead.
- Bloomingdale up to Greenwood Lake, its post office and the Windermere Hotel, 58.0 miles from Weehawken and 10.6 from Monroe.
- W. T. Wintringham's route up the Delaware. Titusville past Raven Rock station to Lumberville, 22.8 miles out and 55.0 from the Gap. The opening sheet 50a is missing from this copy.
- Lumberville by Point Pleasant, Byram, Erwinna and the toll bridge to Milford, 42.0 miles to run; the note says to follow the river road to Uhlerstown and cross the river bridge to Frenchtown.
- Milford through the tunnel to Oxford Furnace, 60.0 miles out and 17.8 from the Water Gap.
- Closing sheet, Oxford Furnace by Buttzville, Bridgeville and Manunka Chunk to the Delaware Water Gap at 77.8 miles. Notes direct riders to take the left fork at Buttzville past the hotel and follow it past the Bridgeville Hotel, and a quarter-mile past Ramseysburg to turn right under the railroad bridge, left, straight to White Church, then left to the river and across by the ferry; Route 35 goes off to Port Jervis.
- W. T. Wintringham's through route to Philadelphia. Tottenville on Staten Island across to Franklin Park, New Jersey, 34.25 miles out and 52.55 from Philadelphia. Sheets 51a and 51b are missing from this copy.
- Franklin Park by Ten Mile Run, Monmouth Junction, Kingston and Princeton, past the college grounds, to Trenton and Morrisville, 56.0 miles run with 31.8 to Philadelphia.
- Trenton past the State House down the Pennsylvania side by Bustleton to Holmesburg, 76.90 miles out and 10.9 from the city; communicated by R. W. Jones of Brooklyn.
- Closing sheet, Holmesburg into Philadelphia and Broad Street Station.
- Single-sheet route communicated by Chas. F. Budd, No. 91,905, of Boonton, N. J., running west from Jersey City to Lake Hopatcong and Budds Lake; Route 47 meets it at Dover.
- G. M. Millspaugh's Orange County route, Arden past the Lehigh crossing to Chester, where Route 38 goes on to Newburgh.
- Chester by Denton into Middletown and the Commercial Hotel on Highland Avenue, 27.25 miles from Arden; Route 35 turns off for Mechanicstown and Port Jervis and Route 38 for Newburgh and Warwick.
- Single-sheet Westchester link communicated by H. Kouffman, No. 86,501, of Brooklyn, running from White Plains down to Mamaroneck; Route 11 turns off for Tarrytown and Route 6 for Bronxville.
- Alphabetical directory, town by town, of the New York Division's consuls (C), contracted hotels (H) and official repair shops (R), from Amagansett to Yonkers. Each hotel entry gives the day rate, then breakfast, dinner, supper and lodging charges and the discount due to League members on presentation of an unexpired ticket; the Important Note explains that every proprietor has signed a sealed contract and forfeits $50 if he gives the same discount to non-members.
- Essay by A. B. Barkman on how to plan and ride a cycling tour, with run-in sections on Selecting Route, Each Day's Journey, Companions, Preliminary Training and Luggage. He warns against the beginner's error of planning sixty to a hundred miles a day, recommends forty to fifty with a spare day mid-week, holds that two riders are a good number, four better and six the maximum, and sets out a complete two-week kit, jersey suit, spare undershirt, socks, handkerchiefs, comb, tooth-brush and razor, rolled into two rubber-cloth 'sausages' strapped to the handle-bar.
- Maintenance notes opening with Examine Machine Before Starting, overhaul the head, nuts, spokes and brake, flush gritty bearings with kerosene and re-oil, and carry a wrench, oil can, tire tape, string and cloth, then The Fit of a Wheel (a 23 to 25-inch frame suits most men; you should just reach the lowest pedal with your heel), How to Clean a Chain in a benzine can with a wire-cloth false bottom, Inflating the Tire, and Care of Nickel Plating with vaseline.
- Advice on technique: begin slowly on a level stretch until you have confidence, take a gentle incline for your first hill and learn to brake with the sole of the shoe on the front tire and by back-pedalling, pedal with steady pressure and ankle motion rather than striking the pedal at the top of the stroke, sit up straight, and always stop short of fatigue, 'it is as far back as it is out.'
- Points to oil, wheel axles, crank-axle bearings, pedals, steering head, brake lever and spoon joints, with the rule that the chain takes lubricant, not oil, and should be cleaned and re-lubricated every hundred miles. Adjust every joint so nothing rattles, keep a bearing both tight and loose, never lend your machine, never try to true a wheel, and store cycles in a dry place with the tires deflated and the machine suspended off its rims.
- Thirteen numbered rules of the road: keep right when meeting and left when passing; never expect pedestrians to move; never ride rapidly past an unloading electric car; never coast a hill with cross streets; yield to up-riders on a single path; remember that a rider facing a car headlight cannot see beyond it; ring the bell only to give warning; give a novice plenty of room; and always carry a lantern after dark.
- Short notes on toe clips ('no rider who ever used toe clips continuously for a week was afterwards satisfied to ride without them'), on brakes, a hundred and twenty pounds at twelve miles an hour cannot be checked by back-pedalling, and on L. A. W. membership, which wants numbers but not everybody: 'one good citizen who respects himself and obeys the law is a better league member than forty hoodlums.'
- The two statutes wheelmen most need. Section 652 of the Penal Code, as amended by Chapter 267 of the Laws of 1897, fines anyone who drives a team or vehicle on a side path or wheelway built for bicyclists up to fifty dollars or thirty days; Section 661 makes throwing glass, nails or metal on any road a misdemeanour, with a note explaining that the animal-protection wording is easier to prosecute under than the general law of malicious injury to property.
- City rules affecting riders: trucks and business vehicles must keep single file on their extreme right of the Western Boulevard between 59th and Manhattan Streets; no vehicle may turn a corner faster than three miles an hour or run through the streets above five; cyclists must carry a light visible 200 feet and an alarm bell after sundown, may not exceed eight miles an hour, and may not parade more than two abreast; and the dog laws covering animals that attack travellers on the highway.
- Brooklyn's 'Keep to the Right' ordinance of June 7, 1897, requiring every bicycle or vehicle to hold the curb line on the right and pass on the left, under a five-dollar penalty for each offence.
- Brooklyn ordinance of October 21, 1895, penalising anyone who throws or places glass, tacks, nails or metal on any road, street or public place in the city where it is likely to injure a bicycle, tricycle or other wheel, with a fine of not less than $5 and not more than $25. Followed on the same page by a note on Saddles, arguing that most old saddles are comfortable and most new ones are not, and that adjustment on the post matters more than the make.
- Closing page setting the terms of issue, free to New York Division members resident in the district covered, fifty cents to members elsewhere in the state, $1.00 to members of other divisions and $3.00 to non-members, followed by short notices on loaning League tickets (grounds for expulsion), road improvement and the 'Country Roads' and 'Macadam Roads' handbooks, accidents and the Rights and Privileges Committee, stolen wheels and the Division's $25 reward, fraudulent L. A. W. hotels, recruiting new members with the 1897 Honor Badge, and the discontinued free distribution of the old Road Maps and Tour Book.