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 A PRACTICAL GUIDE. 
 
 The purpose of this book is to supply the cycling and driving publ 
 with information, in compact form, relating to the numerous good stree 
 and roads leading from the city of Philadelphia into the beautiful regio 
 around us ; to the improved highways threading nearby townships, ai 
 by directing attention to the many short excursions which may be mad 
 by wheel or carriage within a few miles of the city, to stimulate the love 
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CITY LINE TOLL GATE, LANCASTER PIKE. 
 
 OUT I^ANCASTMR PIK^. 
 
 From the earliest days of cycling' hereabout, nearly two decades ago, Lan- 
 ster Pike has been dear to the wheelman's heart. Its sinuosities, stiff hills 
 d exhilarating coasts recall to all riders of the old-time "ordinarys " a great 
 ilume of happy memories. It is still one of the most favored outlets from 
 e urban into the rural districts. Environed by a succession of splendid 
 untry seats and dotted by lovely settlements of cottage homes along the 
 ain line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is the pride of the local rider who 
 ves to pilot stranger wheelmen along its beautiful miles. Lancaster Turn- 
 ke extends sixty-seven miles, and is the oldest road of this class in the 
 tiited States. 
 
 The initial point may best be reached by a straight run out Lancaster Ave- 
 le, the last mile of which is Belgian, or by passing from Elm Avenue in the 
 irk along the drive around the Catholic Fountain out upon Fifty-second Street 
 d under the railroad bridge. 
 
 From the centre of the city one of the prettiest routes now available is out 
 lestnut Street to Forty-second, to Market Street, new asphalt to Sixty-third 
 d Arch, then take to Sixty-fourth Street for three blocks, to avoid cobbles, 
 d back upon Sixty-third Street, with a fine spin over the hill straight to 
 /erbrook. At Overbrook one is tempted to indulge in a side run among the 
 rpentine avenues of this charming new suburb. 
 
 City Line Road, with its pretty little church and its cottage toll-house, is 
 st beyond Overbrook, and then it is a mile and a half to Ardmore, where, just 
 iposite the toll gate, the joU}' little country house of the Philadelphia Cycle and 
 eld Club is located, and lucky are you if you know any of the fellows who 
 
 THE RED LION, ARDMORE. 
 3 
 
"live there" on Sundays. Further on is the old "Red Lion " Hotel, wearing , 
 prosperous look since cycling grew fashionable, and a little further Haverfor 
 College grounds, and the other side of the railroad the grounds of the Merio- 
 Cricket Club, whose fine club house will soon 
 replace the one burned in December last. 
 
 Merion was described over two hundred 
 years ago (1694) by Gabriel Thomas as a "coun- 
 try village." Bryn Mawr was named in 1683 by 
 Rowland Ellis, a Quaker preacher, after his na- 
 tive place at Dolgelly, Meriouithshire. From 
 Bryn Mawr, the abode of wealth and fashion, a 
 fine run crosses Mill Creek and the fertile hills 
 to Conshohocken and Norristown. 
 
 At Bryn Mawr the rider may choose either 
 the left or Spring Mill Road via Radnorville, or 
 keep on the pike proper past the Augustinian 
 College of Villa Nova. The roads are reunited 
 at the Spread Eagle Tavern at the upper end of 
 "Wayne. Near Centreville, not far from the 
 Spread Eagle, is a block of granite by the road- 
 side indicating the place, six hundred yards dis- 
 tant, occupied by Gen. Anthony Wayne as head- 
 quarters. At the old St. Da- 
 vid's Church, Radnor, this he- 
 ro's bones are buried. The 
 Wayne homestead, near Paoli, 
 was built half a century prior 
 to the Revolution, and is still 
 in good repair. Near Malvern 
 Station, also, is the monument 
 commemorating the historic 
 Paoli massacre of September 
 16, 1777, one of the most das- 
 tardly acts of the British troops 
 in that war . 
 
 Many of the incidents in T. 
 Buchanan Read's stirring tale, 
 " The Waggoner of the Allegha- 
 nies," have this fine old high- 
 way as tlieir scene of action. 
 This was, in the early days, 
 called the " Old Conestoga 
 Road." It was the first great 
 highway to the West, and for 
 half a century prior to the open- 
 ing of the railroad through to 
 Columbia it was crowded with 
 the trafiic of "road waggons" 
 and stages. The former carried 
 the ever-increasing freightage to 
 and fro, while rival lines of 
 stages competed for passenger 
 travel. A regular stage left the 
 " King of Prussia," upon High 
 Street, above Third, daily for 
 Lancaster in 1785. The original 
 route was via the present Mont- 
 gomery Pike, but in 1794 the 
 new turnpike company altered 
 the course of the road to its 
 present location. The turnpike 
 developed a great tratfic. 
 
 From this time the road- 
 houses multiplied, and through 
 Chester County they were upon 
 the average but a mile apart. 
 Those which became relay- 
 houses, where horses were 
 changed and passengers took 
 their meals, were the envy of 
 their less fortunate rivals be- 
 tween points. Those were in- 
 deed lively days in the early 
 decades of the present century. 
 
 LANCASTER AND MONTGOMERY PIKES. 
 (Distances given from City Hall.) 
 
 It was necessary to not only care for the hungry passengers, but for the more numei 
 ous and voracious wagoners, as well as their horses. The capacity of an inn wa 
 gauged by its "horse power," as it were — its room to shelter and feed the animal 
 dragging thousands of heavy Conestoga wagons to and from the city. The driver 
 carried their own bedding and often slept upon the bar-room floor, j Some tavern 
 
PHILADELPHIA CYCLE AND FIELD CLUB'S HOUSE, ARDMORE. 
 
 ere exclusively " wagon-houses." The best inns became the centre of local affairs, 
 )litical meetings, shows, trainings, vendues, dances, weddings, courts and devo- 
 onal services (sometimes) were held beneath their broad gambrel roofs. 
 
 In 1825 James Reeside, who was a prominent stage owner, introduced gorgeously- 
 linted Troy coaches fitted witli steel springs. These were probably among those 
 hich started daily at 7 A. M. from the "Red Lion," at 200 Market Street, and in 
 lese swift, palatial vehicles the public recognized the ultima thule of modern travel, 
 he mellow note of the horn, warning the hostlers and the kitchen maids to bestir 
 [emselves, was the synonym of the most important haste. And so the Lancaster 
 ke prospered and its little cross-roads settlements, some of them, like Bryn Mawr 
 d Merion, settled long aforetime by hardy Scots, some by the Swedish pioneers, 
 ew into trading centres for the farm people roundabout. Villages hereabout, as 
 on the other roads from the city, took their names from the gay signs of the inns. 
 In 1834 the first train came through from Columbia, and from that time the de- 
 dence of the busy turnpike began. 
 
 MONTGOMERY PIKE. 
 
 For the rider who has gained City Line Avenue after the long pull up Belmont 
 enue, through the park, Montgomery Pike offers the shortest route to Ardmore, 
 iyond which it keeps parallel with the Pennsylvania Railroad and Lancaster Pike 
 \fo miles, deflecting here and ending nine miles from its beginning at Gulf Mills, 
 lere meeting the Gulf Road to the " King of Prussia " Tavern and Valley Forge. 
 5ee Valley Forge.) 
 
 Montgomery Pike is met half a mile or less west of Bala Station, upon City Line 
 venue. At Merionville a quaint little structure of a toll-house (sliown in tlie illustra- 
 an) guards the three roads here converging. At Liberty ville tlie old General Wayne 
 otel still affords " entertainment for man or beast," not to mention myriad cyclers, 
 id divides antiquarian honors with the old Friends' Meeting-house, which also dates 
 way back." 
 
 The " Cyclers' Rest," at Libertyville, is a neat little place, much patronized by 
 )preciative wheelmen. Half a mile beyond is the Jones House, built by Robt. 
 wens in 1695. Beyond Ardmore the Montgomery Pike passes Bryn Mawr and Rose- 
 ont, all the country round about being beautiful witli fine homes and pleasant 
 ts of shade. 
 
 TO VAI,I,EY FORGE— A DAY WITH HISTORY. 
 
 To Mr. Estoclet (in the Call) the writer is indebted for an introduction to the 
 sry interesting tour to and from Valley Forge, over a route measuring forty-four 
 iles. 
 
 It leads out Lancaster Pike to Berwin (see Lancaster Pike), where we cross the 
 rilroad at the station, taking the fine turnpike just to the left, and then to the right 
 )wn Cassatt's Hill, halting to admire the view, and just beyond the crossing of tlie 
 tiester Valley R. K.., as Chesterford stock farm is approached, turn right and down 
 e hill to a brook and a sign, " Valley Forge, two miles ; " here turn left and at a 
 ile cross East Valley Creek, the stream of Valley Forge. The road keeps along the 
 ht bank of the creek to the Schuylkill, where the historic Washington Headquar- 
 rs stands. The remains of the winter encampment of the Continental troops are 
 
TOLL-HOUSE AT MEEIONVILLE, MONTGOMERY PIKE 
 
 found in the woods and upon the hill. Extended embankments and the mound form 
 ing Fort Huntington are still well defined. Every rocky path and acre of soil i 
 eloquent with the story of the patriots who suffered here in the long bleak winteffj 
 of 1777-8, while the British army made themselves comfortable in the snug houses oi i; 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 It is a pleasant run of two miles down the river side to Port Kennedy ; here tun 
 right up the hill and over the fine Gulf Road to the " King of Prussia " Tavern, da< 
 ing back to 1769. The time may be much earlier, as the title papers are dated 1715 
 This famous hostelry was originally kept by a Prussian, who named it in honor o j'jj 
 his monarch. In the time of the Revolution it was a rendezvous for the spies fron 
 the royal army, who came here to get information regarding the patriot army. Th jj 
 kitchen is the only part of the original building left unchanged. The wide fireplac 
 and old crane are still there. From this point it is nearly three miles to Gulf Mills L 
 
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 a place of interest to the historical student, as the large wayside stone records th 
 fact that the " main Continental Army" encamped here one week prior to occu 
 pying Valley Forge. The old " Gulph Mill," built in 1747, was burned within th 
 past year. Our reliable friend, beautiful Montgomery Pike, welcomes us at Gul 
 Mills, and, after climbing the hill, over its well-graded miles we spin rapidly home 
 ward. 
 
 TFAFS TO NORRISTOWN. 
 
 The old route of our " ordinary" days still remains much the most comfortable 
 Reach Bryn Mawr by eitlier Lancaster or Montgomery Pikes, taking the road to th' 
 right, passing Bryn Mawr Hotel, crossing Gulf Road and meeting Conshohockei 
 State Road near West Conshohocken. Keep to the left along the cinder road ti 
 Ford Avenue and Front ^treet, go down Ford Avenue, and keep along the wes 
 side of the Schuylkill, via Front Street, West ronshohocken, and by the i'ailroa( 
 track to Bridgeport (passing Swedesford and its ancient Swedish church, now on 
 hundred and thirty-six years old), crossing to Norristown upon the covered bridge 
 The cycling hotel at Norristown is the " Farmers'." 
 
 For the homeward run the rider may take Ridge Pike, past the "Black Horse' 
 and " Marides," to Barren Hill, and thence by a ride of about one mile to the Wissa 
 hickon at the city line, and thus through the park home. There are few runs of equa 
 length in the United States and none in this region giving such a diversified succes 
 sion of beautiful landscapes as this i-'>und trip of an afternoon. 
 
 By way of variation and as a highly recommended cure for liver complaint 
 riders can try the Conshohocken State Road, upon its sinuous, hilly and rock] 
 course, from Cynwyd Station to West Conshohocken. The outlooks from the hilltops 
 along here are superb. 
 
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THE " GENERAL WAYNE," MONTGOMERY PIKE. 
 
 WMST CHESTER PIK^. 
 
 The West Chester Pike is a continuation, westward, of Market Street, across 
 elaware County and on to the Chester County seat. Cyclists and drivers, who have 
 ng been in the habit of shunning it, will be interested to hear that it is undergoing 
 nsiderable improvement, at least within suburban limits. Since the completion of 
 [e electric railway to Llanerch, seven miles out, much of the road has been re- 
 irfaced. 
 
 Hitherto, Manoa, the only nearby locality along its course frequented by our 
 ubs, has been reached by way of the Lancaster Pike and Haverford. As to West 
 hester itself, the favorite mode of access to it is via tlie Lancaster Pike as far as 
 aoli, and thence southwestward along Goshen Road, which meets the pike outside 
 le town. 
 
 When the whole pike becomes cyclable it will be found hilly and picturesque, 
 aversing as it does Llanerch, Manoa, Broomall (the Drove Tavern of other days) 
 id Newtown Square, with the old-time cemetery where Anthony Wayne's mother 
 buried. 
 
 The distance from the Public Buildings to West Chester, by the pike, is about 
 renty-three miles, while, by the circuitous route just referred to, it is twenty-nine. 
 
 An interesting feature of the West Chester Pike is the new astronomical observa- 
 ry station of Pennsylvania University, located about three miles west of Milbourne 
 ills. 
 
 A fine triangular trip of about seventeen miles may be made by taking the Radnor 
 oad at Llanerch via Lansdowne to Darby and home via Woodland Avenue. 
 
 WOODI^AND AVE;NU^ TO DARBY. 
 
 From the City Hall run out Walnut to the University Grounds and down 
 pruce, which is asphalted to Woodland Cemetery gate, and good Belgian or 
 lacadam to Fifty-eighth Street and Woodland Avenue, which, from this point 
 ) Darby, is paved with brick. The Belgian can be avoided by a preferable 
 )ute along Walnut or Spruce to Forty-second Street, to Chester, to Forty- 
 venth or Forty-ninth Streets, to Woodland Avenue. The most interesting 
 ;atures of this pleasant run are the noble group of the Pennsylvania Uni- 
 ersity Buildings, including its new dormitories; Woodland Cemetery, estab- 
 shed in 1840 upon the old country seat of Andrew Hamilton, to whom it was 
 ceded by Penn in 1704; the Episcopal Divinity School at Fiftieth Street; 
 artram's Garden, now one of the city parks, and reached by a brief detour to 
 le left from Fifty-fourth Street; the old Quaker Church at Sixty-eighth Street; 
 Vincent's Home for Infants; and the Blue Bell Tavern at Paschallville, built 
 1762. Here, upon Cobb's Creek, stood the first grist mill built in the State, 
 tid erected by John Printz, Governor of the Swedish Colony, from whom it was 
 ougbt by William Cobb. Opposite the Blue Bell the Island Road leads over 
 le ridge and the low lands for either Tmicum or Penrose Ferry Bridge. 
 
 The Blue Bell Tavern, at Paschallville, preserves its original quaintness. 
 t was built in part, at least, in 1766. 
 
 Paschallville is five miles from City Hall, and it is one mile and a half to 
 
OLD HOUSE AT BAETEAM'S GARDEN, NEAR 54TH ST. AND WOODLAND AVE. 
 
 Darby. At Darby the Button wood Inn maintains a good restaurant. The orig; 
 inal Buttonwood Inn was built in 1739 ^Y George Wood. Darby Creek, foi 
 many miles, is most attractive for water colorists. From Darby the cyclist ma); 
 surmount the hill across the bridge and speed along Chester Pike to Chester 01 
 Tinicum; or, by choo.sing Darby and Radnor Road (I^ansdowne Avenue), he 
 may return to the city via Lansdowne, Baltimore Pike, through Fernwood anc 
 
 DARBY RIDING DISTRICT. 
 (Distances given from City Hall.) 
 
THE "blue bell," PASCHALLVILLE, WOODLAND AVENUE. 
 
 agora, and the beautiful neighborhood between Forty-ninth and Forty-fifth 
 :reets, all of which is paved with brick. 
 
 The best connecting link between Woodland Avenue and Baltimore Avenue 
 
 Fifty-eighth Street, which is newly telforded to Gray's L,ane, and is very fine. 
 
 short cut may be made from Fifty-eighth Street midway down Gray's Lane, 
 ossing Ameaseka Creek, a very pretty spot, and turning left into Springfield 
 venue, a good dirt road, which, after passing the Belmont Cricket Club grounds, 
 jeets the brick at Forty-ninth Street and Chester Avenue. Church L,ane, 
 ptween Fern wood and Sixty- eighth Streets, crosses a pretty bit of country, but 
 
 not always in prime order. First Avenue, which springs from Church Ivane 
 luthwest at Yeadon, is a thoroughly good run to L,ansdowne Avenue. 
 
 BRIDGE OVER DARBY CREEK, PROVIDENCE ROAD. 
 
'buttonwood inn," darby. 
 
 DARBY TO LANSnOWN:^ AND BnVOND. 
 
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 Round about Darby was the land of the Okehockings. Darby Creek come! 
 from beyond Wayne and Berwyn, gathering the flow of a hundred rivulets anc 
 fretted bv scores of mill wheels. Kvery mile has its gem for the artist and it! 
 exploration to the source is a delight. 
 
 No trollej' cars vex the wheelman beyond Darby on the Darby and Radnoi 
 Road (Lansdowne Avenue). From the Buttonwood Inn to Lansdowne tli( 
 highway runs nearly parallel with beautiful Daroy Creek, and is bordered wit! 
 pretty homes and not a few costly country seats. The Darby Library, upon th( 
 right at the start from Darby, is one of the oldest in the United States. Hal 
 way to Lansdowne First Avenue meets Lansdowne Avenue, and by turning 
 right it will bring the rider past the Holy Cross Cemetery to Church Lane, al 
 Yeadon. A little further along Lansdowne Avenue Providence Road descends 
 steeply on the left to the creek, crossing by a quaint covered bridge. (See illus 
 tration.) After crossing, a little side run up the creek will bring into view the 
 old Garrett mill and its pond. 
 
 All of the roads about Lansdowne are well cared for. Continuing along the 
 Radnor Road, after crossing Baltimore Pike, at one mile we meet Marshal 
 Road. Good riding in connection with the cross road leading to Fernwood 
 Cemetery at Baltimore Avenue. The fine mansion upon the hill-top beyond 
 the Marshall Road is the Drexel place. Radnor Road meets West Chester Pike 
 at the prettv new settlement of Llanerch. (See West Chester Pike ) Garret 
 Road is a direct run to West Chester Pike Chestnut avenue), and connectioi 
 with the Market Street asphalt at Sixty-third Street. 
 
 FROM DARBY TO CHMSTFR. 
 
 The run to Chester is a continuation of the Darby route, via Waodlane; 
 Avenue Chester Turnpike is noted for its ridable qualities. This was once 
 the King's Highway, and its milestones are said to have borne the royal arms 
 Later it was called the Great Southern Road. The old stage lines from Indiar 
 Queen Tavern, in the city, us- d this route, stopping for dinner at the ''Queer 
 of France " Tavern, seven miles beyond Chester. This is now the home of F. F 
 English, the artist. The long hill beyond the ancient hamlet of Darby tries 
 the beginners and many veteran riders, but the climb is worth the trouble 
 The way is bordered with fine homesteads and pretty villages. In turn we pasi 
 
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THE "white horse," CHESTER PIKE. 
 
 ollingdale, Sharon Hill, Llanwellyn, Glenolden, Norwood. Moores and Ridley 
 ark. The old White Horse Tavern stands at the top of the hill just beyond 
 "orwood. Mr. J. T. Knight, the proprietor, has transformed the old orchard 
 ito a pleasant summer garden, where lady and gentlemen wheelers may lunch 
 yreeably. From Moores a side road, now partly occupied by the trolley line, 
 :ads riverward to the Lazaretto at Tinicum, where the Quaker City and Phila- 
 elphia Yacht Clubs have their pretty club houses, and at "Miller's" or Grif- 
 n's the tired wheelman may find refreshment. 
 
 Along Crum Creek was built the first piece of railway track, with the single 
 sception of the piece at Beacon Hill, Boston, in the United States. It was 
 pnstructed by Thos. Leiper, from his quarry, in 1810. 
 
 Ridley Park gained its name from Ridley, England, one Simcock, a native 
 f that place, having been a large land holder here. From Ridley a good road 
 :ads across to Swarthmore, with return via Baltimore Avenue to the city. 
 
 Chester Military Academy is passed to the north of Chester, and the little 
 ty is entered through its most attractive portion Asphalt or good Belgian 
 ads down to Third Street, and the route toward Wilmington may thus be con- 
 nued. By a pleasant additional spin of three miles, following the trolley track 
 om Chester, one may reach the quaint old settlement of Marcus Hook, where 
 le massive stone piers of the winter harbor are located. Chester is the oldest 
 >wn in Pennsylvania, having been founded by the Swedes half a century prior 
 ) the great community laid out by Penn, sixteen miles further up the river, 
 hester was formerly called "Upland," but was rechristened upon the advent 
 f Penn, in honor of the ancient Roman town in England upon the River Dee. 
 [any large industries are located at Chester, the most important being the ship- 
 ards of John Roach & Sons. A pleasant return to the city may be made from 
 hester by steamer. The I,. A. W hotel is the Cambridge. There are several 
 irly good restaurants. No toll is charged south of Chester. 
 
 BAI^TIMORn PIKn. 
 
 Double tracks of the trolley cars fill this road to the city line, and the trip 
 I Media thereon better begin at Lansdowne, reached via Darby Steep hills, 
 ttle mill villages, shady glens and pretty country seats vary the passing scen- 
 ■y. From Swarthmore good roads extend across country to Ridley Park, 
 laking a fine triangular trip. The Central Division of the Pennsylvania R. R. 
 jeeps company with this road all the way down, and one may return from any 
 f the numerous stations conveniently. The L. A. W. hotel, at the fine old- 
 .shioned town of Media, is the Charter House. A few miles beyond Media 
 ,ie Boys House of Refuge and the Williamson School, both worth visiting, are 
 )cated. 
 
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12 
 
O THn NnW CYChn TRACK, PENROSE; FERRY AND 
 ISI^AND ROAD. 
 
 Here is one of the prettiest runs you can find around the Quaker City. Follow 
 e asphalt to its end down Broad Street ; turn right, into Moyamensing Avenue, which 
 fine riding; then into Penrose Ferry Eoad, stopping at the Philadelphia Driving 
 irk to see and perhaps try the new plank cycle track (elsewhere described) ; then 
 )ng between the rich trucking meadows, dotted with queer little homes and clumps 
 willows, to and across Penrose Ferry 
 •idge. It is the most water-colorable place 
 : an artist anywhere near the city. 
 
 Just over the bridge a road (not very 
 od) leads left down the shore to Fort 
 ifllin, a little more than a mile distant, 
 le fort proper, built of stone, is just above 
 e old "mud" fort and is in charge of a 
 rgeant of the army. The old fort was the 
 ne of a siege in 1777, lasting three weeks 
 )m September 27th, when it was 
 bjected to the combined fire of the 
 itish fleet and a series of heavy 
 Qd batteries and floats. At the end , 
 
 this attack forty survivors were \v 
 
 le to retreat. The royal 
 gates " Augusta " and 
 Berlin " were blown up t 
 
 d sunk early in the pro- 
 edings. 
 
 Half a mile from Pen- 
 se Bridge, and just 
 
 fine old Bleakley House 
 (seen upon the left), lo- 
 cally called the " can- 
 non-ball house." The 
 stone portion was built 
 long before the Revolution and the larger 
 brick structure existed at that time. It 
 was a target for the enemy, as its scars 
 easily seen where the ball passed through, 
 testify. In the centre of the bleak, bare 
 cornfield is the little family cemetery, sadly 
 ruined by wandering vandals, where are 
 buried the nineteen-year-old wife of John 
 Bleakley and her two little boys, all of 
 John Bleakley was interred beside them twenty-three years later. 
 
 ILLER'S and QUARANT//VE 
 
 irr/NS HOTELS' 
 
 'ILfl.^nc/ COH/NTHIAA/ Y/JC^T CLUBS, 
 
 ROSE FERRY, ISLAND AND TINI 
 CUM ROADS. 
 
 distances given from City Hall.) 
 
 hom died in 1746 
 
 The Ferry Road meets Island" Road at Sufiblk Park, once a popular race track, 
 rom here the Tinicum Road, generally very ridable, leads down Pi-ovince Island 
 |id on to the Lazaretto, at Tinicum. (See Tinicum chapter.) We turn right and 
 iin along the smooth Island Road over the levels and up the ridge, which brings us 
 •esently face to face with the old " Blue Bell" Tavern, at Paschallville. (See the 
 Run to Darby.") Returning cityward we may choose to turn right into Elmwood 
 venue before reaching the Blue Bell. This highway is well telforded to Fifty- 
 ghth Street, through which two blocks will bring one back to Woodland Avenue 
 )arby Road). 
 
 OLD CANNON-BALL HOUSE. 
 13 
 
It is a nice 
 extension of tliis 
 trip to keep along 
 Fifty - eig h t li 
 Street and Gray's 
 Lane to Baltimore 
 Avenue, or, for 
 that matter, clear 
 to Market Street, 
 as there is a good 
 cinder path most 
 of the way, with 
 a few dismounts 
 onlv. While at 
 
 Fifty-eighth Street and Elmwood Avenue 
 if you want a little side diversion coast 
 down to tlie Schuylkill, pass the oil tanks 
 (don't smoke), and run a mile or more 
 down the dyke to .Point Breeze. Fine 
 groups of shipping here for photographs. 
 By a little walking the river side maybe 
 kept all the way up to Bartram's Garden. 
 
 TINICUM (ESSINGTON 
 STATION). 
 
 ^& 
 
 QUAKER CITY AND CORINTHIAN YACHI 
 
 Tinicum has great historic interest CLUB HOUSES, AT TINICUM. 
 
 through the fact that upon this spot was 
 
 established by Governor John Printz, of Sweden, the iirst centre of civilized govern^ 
 ment upon the DelaMare River half a century before the coming of Penn. Print!! 
 Hall, the governor's residence, is supposed to have stood upon land long since ab' 
 sorbed by the river. 
 
 As already indicated (see " Chester Pike ") Tinicum may be reached via Darby 
 and Chester Pike by a ride eastward one and a half miles from Moore's. This road 
 has been nearly spoiled by the branch trolley line. It can usually be reached quite 
 as pleasantly by the road leading down from the junction of Island and Penrose 
 Ferry Koads, a pleasant spin along the dykes and meadows, but sometimes muddy. 
 
 At Tinicum the State Quarantine establishment is located, but it is of more 
 interest to the fashionable youth of both sexes, who come hither as the headquarters 
 of the Quaker City and Corinthian Yacht Clubs, whose pictui-esque fleets of sailing 
 and steam yachts, big and little, fill the channel in front. Upon Sundays and i-egatta 
 days the Tinicum shore is a lively and picturesque place. Now cycling visitors reach 
 Essington Station upon the Chester trains from B. & O. Station at Twenty-fourth aud 
 Chestnut Streets. 
 
 Nnw cYci,n TRACK AT POINT br^:^z:g driving 
 
 PARK. 
 
 OWNED BY THE PHILADELPHIA DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. 
 
 In connection with the foregoing tour the following description of the new aud 
 costly cycling track above alluded to is in order. 
 
 This is the first track built upon this principle in the United States.^ Its length 
 is seventeen hundred and sixty feet, or one-third of a mile at eighteen inches from 
 the inside pole. It is twenty-six feet six inches wide at the banked ends of the ellipse, 
 twenty-five feet wide on the back-stretch and forty feet wide on the home-stretch, 
 The banks, or curves, are built on a grade of about eighteen degrees. The material 
 used is best Georgia yellow pine, one and a half by two and a half inches, laid on 
 diagonally and keyed in four places. 
 
 The back-stretch is four hundred and forty feet long and the home-stretch, 
 between the meeting points of curved ends with the straight run, is three hundred 
 and forty feet to the tape. 
 
 The high banks at ends are protected by a rail about two feet high. The track 
 has cost about $10,000 to construct, and is the only wooden track in this country. II 
 was built from plans by and under the supervision of Mr. George I. Lovatt, architect, 
 assisted by M. F. X. Foley, consulting engineer. 
 
 Upon an ofiicial trial, November 27th, 1595, Wm. A. Wentzell, of Philadelphia, 
 reduced the Class ,\ record for ten miles by forty seconds, and the following day th( 
 same rider, with Lloyd Beverlin, rode an unoflicial mile upon a tandem in 1.56 
 Inquiries regarding this valuable addition to our local cycling attractions should be 
 addressed to H. H, Bell, at the olfice of the association, 914 South Broad Street, whc 
 issues tickets, giving admission to all cycling meets and the use of the track during 
 the year, at the price of five dollars. 'J ickets may also be bought at the club house. 
 
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ON THE WISSAHICKON. 
 
 THROUGH ^AST FAIRMOUNT PARK AND UP TH^ 
 WISSAHICKON. 
 
 The East River Drive, along the Schuylkill Eiver from Lemon Hill to the mouth 
 " the Wissahickon, may be reached best via Spring Garden Street, Girard Avenue, 
 xford Street, Columbia Avenue or Diamond Street. By the first-named approach 
 itrance is made into the Park at Green Street; passing the Lincoln Monument, 
 •ected in 1871, and the beautiful boat club houses ranged along the shoi"e, iipon the 
 ift, which iu their order are: The Fairmount Rowing Association, Quaker City, 
 ennsylvaiiia, Crescent, Bachelors', University Bar^e, Pliiladelphia, Malta, Vesper, 
 k^est Philadelphia and lona Clubs, with the Philadelphia Skating Club and the 
 [umane Society. Notable features of the drive below (iirard Avenue Bridge are the 
 Tam O'Shanter " group of figures opposite the boat clubs and the new Garfield 
 atue. Half a mile above the tunnel at the Spring Garden Pumping-station.a drive 
 ;ads under the Reading Eailroad and up tlie hill past the I'eservoir and connecting 
 ith Diamond Street. The way to the Wissahickon keeps close to the river, passing 
 aurel Hill, Philadelphia's most noted cemetery, and Fall's Village, where " Tissot's " 
 ell-known hostelry offers a " kind invite," and where, a little above, the Bachelors' 
 ;oat Club country house, the Turf Villa and " Ringstetten," the headquarters of the 
 ^ndine Barge Club, are seen. Just below the Wissahickon the City Line Bridge (toll) 
 sans the river and forms the link connecting the two splendid wheeling sections to 
 le north and south of the Schuylkill together. 
 
 The placid splendor of our peerless Wissahickon is realized at the point of rocks 
 3 we enter its shadows and bowl along its lovely roadway. The stream may be fol- 
 )wed from Ridge Avenue to the city line, a distance of about seven miles, or twelve 
 dies from the City Hall, of which ten are in Fairmount Park, upon one of the best 
 ad most picturesque roads in America. Several quaint little road-houses, of time- 
 onored repute, are maintained along the stream. The first of these is the Riverside 
 t Ridge Avenue ; half a mile above, the Maple Shade ; one mile, the Wissahickon 
 [all at the Red Hridge ; two miles, Lotus Inn ; at vionastery Lane, three miles, the 
 ndian Rock Hotel ; and lastly, three and one-half miles, Valley Green, of many 
 leasant memories. 
 
 ': Beyond the city line the road to the left leads to Barren Hill and Norristown, 
 nd to the right toward Flourtown and thence to Fort Washington and Ambler, 
 iirough White Marsh Valley. Rittenhouse, West Walnut and Springfield Lanes at 
 [alley Green guide the rider up the hills into the riding districts of Germantown. 
 
 Gipsy Lane, at the Maple Shade, is a short but steep and unridable way to School 
 lane. The latter is one of the prettiest of Germantown's drives. 
 i Hermit Lane, indicated upon the map, marks the path to the spot where Johann 
 Lelpius, the Hermit of the Wissahickon, lived two centuries ago. At Rittenhouse 
 ^ane the little Cresheim Creek, named after Kriegsheim, Germany, plashes into the 
 Vissahickon, and just here, at the Devil's Pool at the bend, a skirmish occurred dur- 
 ig the battle of Germantown between Hessians and Continentals. 
 
 15 
 
The beautiful higbland, called Wissabickon Heights, to the northeast of th 
 Wissahickon, is noted in connection -with the elegant and fashionable Wissahickoj 
 Inn, the fine grounds of the Hoi'se Show Association, the club house and field of tli 
 Philadelphia Cricket Club and for many costly residences, which have combined i 
 make this one of the most fashionable of suburbs. Wissahickon Heights are reach t- 
 via the massive stone bridge spanning the creek at Rex Avenue. 
 
 The Wissahickon Inn has always been popular and " up to date." Among the 
 improvements of the last and prtsent season is a large room, well lighted, with an 
 instructor for beginners in the sport of cycling. A large swimming pool is one of the 
 attractions. The manager is Mr. AV. S. Anderson. Eiders to this point may spend 
 an agreeable evening and return to Broad Street Station by rail in less than half- 
 an hour. 
 
 WJ5ST FAIRMOUNT PARK ROADS AND BY-WAYS. 
 
 PAKK REGULATIONS. 
 
 The three thousand acres of Fairmount Park are threaded with some fifty miles 
 of principal drives and nearly one hundred miles of lanes and by-paths. What an 
 endowment for the Philadelphia cyclist ! 
 
 The approaches and roads of the eastern part of the park are described else- 
 where. (See River Drive and Wissahickon.) 
 
 The principal points of ingress to West Fairmount Park are as follows : 
 
 1. At Mantua Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, opposite Fairmount Dam, easily 
 reached from Lancaster Avenue or across Callowhill Street bridge. This leads along 
 the river past Zoo Garden, connecting with Girai'd Avenue entrance or the West 
 River Drive. 
 
 2. At the west end of Girard Avenue bridge. 
 
 3. At Fortieth Street and Elm Avenue. 
 
 4. At Fifty-second Street and Elm Avenue. 
 
 5. Via City Line Bridge from the Germantown district. 
 
 6. At New " Falls " bridge at " Falls of Schuylkill." 
 
 To define all the combinations of rides possible in this charming maze of pict- 
 uresque wanderings would involve a book in itself. 
 
 The three principal drives are : The New River Road, Lansdowne Drive and Bel- 
 mont Avenue. Leading away from these, uphill and down, are the by-ways and 
 short-cuts along Centennial Lake, around Horticultural Hall and Memorial Hall, to 
 George's Hill, to Belmont Mansion, to Belmont Pumping-station, to Chamounix and 
 to the Country Club. 
 
 The worst piece of road in the Park (and there are many) is the River Drive on 
 the west side, from the Stone Bridge to Girard Avenue. It has long been hopelessly 
 unridable, and will probably continue so. 
 
 Park regulations call for a bell, a lantern at night, pace not exceeding seven 
 miles per hour, not more than two abreast, no coasting. 
 
 HISTORIC AND OTH£)R NOTABI^E BUII^DINGS IN 
 FAIRMOUNT PARK. 
 
 The peerless domain of Fairmount Park is made up from a sei-ies of noble old 
 estates once the homes of the "fathers of the soil," notable men of wealth and taste, 
 and there is no space in America of equal area so plentifully dotted with historic re- 
 minders of other times, courtly men and fair women. 
 
 Lemon Hill Mansion stands upon the site of the home of Robert Morris, the 
 patriotic financier of the Revolution, whom an ungrateful people afterwards per- 
 
 16 
 

 ^sJiiSl'Pf 
 
 Imi 
 
 A BY-PATH ALONG THE WISSAHICKON. 
 (Drawn from a Photograph by Dr. A. Wint.) 
 
 17 
 
mitted to suffer in M'ant and spend years in a debtors' prison to their everlasting dis 
 grace. He called the place "Old Vineyard Hill." In 1796 a Mr. Pratt erected tht 
 present structure, and it was known as " Pratt's Garden." 
 
 At Sedgelej", just above Lemon Hill, the guard-house was formerly a porter'! 
 lodge for a fine mansion, built for and occupied by Leslie, the famous English artist 
 
 Mt. Pleasant (now the popular " Dairy ") was built by John McPherson in 17t31 
 whose son, a young officer in the American forces of the British army, resigned auc 
 became a distinguished officer of the Revolution. 
 
 In 1779 the place was bought by Benedict Arnold, prior to his treason, andhithei 
 he brought his bride, the beautiful Peggy Shippen. After its confiscation by th< 
 government it was acquired by Baron iSteuben, of Revolutionary fame and once s 
 staff officer of Frederick the Great. To him was due the discipline of the Continen 
 tal army. He died in the seclusion of the wilderness to the north of Utica, N. Y. 
 and is buried there. 
 
 Rockland Mansion, now used as a guard-house, stands upon what was once the 
 Edgeley estate, acquired by Wm. Orian, a blacksmith, in 1698, from Wm. Peun. 
 
 Strawberry Mansion, well known as a restaurant, was the home of the Swansor 
 family, whose advent long antedated that of Wm. Penn upon this continent. 
 
 Solitude, the fine old house in the Zoo Garden, was the homestead of John Penn 
 the poet (a grandson of the founder), who built it in 1785. The transfer of Solitudi 
 to the city in 1852 disposed of the last item of property held by the Penn family i^ 
 America. 
 
 " Penn's House," the little brick home of the founder, was brought from Letitis 
 Street (named for his daughter) and set up close by Girard Avenue not many year' 
 ago. 
 
 Sweetbriar Mansion, the restaurant upon Lansdowne Drive, was built in 1791 b; 
 a Mr. Ross, and afterward occupied by Samuel Brock, author of the bill for the estal) 
 lishment of the common school system of the State. 
 
 Belmont Mansion is the most notable of the park buildings. It was erected her 
 in 1745 by Wm. Peters. The owner remained a loyalist during the Revolutionar; 
 War, and early in the struggle went to England and ended his days thei'e. His sod 
 Richard Peters, was a patriot, and during the war was Secretary of the Board of War 
 later a member of Congress, and for nearly forty years a judge of the United State 
 District Court. He was renowned for hospitality, and the best song (grave or gay)' 
 Avas a noted wit, and, in all, the most genial and desirable company. The Chevalie 
 de la Luzerne, Benjamin Franklin, Christian Samuel, Rittenhouse the astronomer^ 
 Bartram, Wharton, the Baron de Steuben, Inspector-General of the American Armij 
 during the Revolution, Tallyrand, Louis Philippe, Robert Morris, the Count de Suil 
 villiers, John Penn the governor, Alex. J. Dallas the advocate, John Adams, Jefl'eij 
 son and Washington, were all frequent and welcome guests. On the south front ' 
 few years ago stood a chestnut tree planted by Washington, the hole Ijeing dug by th 
 general with Judge Peters' cane. Two thrifty chestnuts, the offspring of the on 
 planted by Washington, still stand near the site of the parent stock. A white walnu' 
 planted by Lafayette during his visit in 1824, stands close by. The large apartmec 
 in the rear was first used to entertain the Duke Alexis, of Russia. Close by the hous 
 is the head of the ditch once used for the inclined railway, forming a part of the firs 
 rail line to the West. 
 
 Old Landsdowne Mansion, built by John Penn, stood upon the site of Horticu] 
 tural Hall, and was the refuge of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, after AVaterloc 
 
 The little house by the shore of the river, called " Tom Moore's Cottage," gaic 
 its name from the fact of his allusion to it in one of his poems. 
 
 " Chamounix "is the place once called Mt. Prospect, erected by George Pluu 
 sted, merchant, in 1802. It is the most remote and least-visited place in the entir 
 park but the surroundings are extremely picturesque. 
 
 Of the modern structures in the park, the massive Memorial Hall with its super 
 free museum. Horticultural Hall, the English Commission Buildings and the Ohi 
 Buildings, are reminders of the Centennial. There are none others of note. 
 
 During the summer excellent bands give concerts in pavilions at Lemon Hil 
 Strawberry Mansion and Belmont Mansion in the afternoons. 
 
 TH:E^ FRANKFORD, HOI^MFSBURG and TORRESDALi 
 RIDING DISTRICT. 
 
 As yet Frankford enjoys no ideal cycling connection with the interior city. Tl 
 ride across town, via the Girard Avenue asphalt, ends in a cul de sac of hopele 
 cobbles near Port Richmond. Frankford wheelmen come and go via Lehigh Avenu 
 from Broad Street eastward, upon asphalt to Sixth Street, Belgian to Fifth Stree 
 same up Fifth to Glenwood Avenue, along the latter to the right, and up Old SecoB 
 Street to Nicetown I,ane, which brings riders to the Arrott Street asphalt and over 
 to Frankford Avenue. The shortest and most reliable route throughout all seasoi 
 is via Lehigh Avenue to Kensington Avenue and up that busy thoroughfare direct t 
 Frankford. It involves a long stretch about two and a half miles of good Belgia 
 block, considerable of which may lie avciiiled by side paths. From the entrance ini 
 Frankford the asphalt extends up Main Street (or Frankford Avenue) nearly a mil 
 Thence to the foot of the hill at the junction of Bustleton Pike, the surface is rathi 
 poor Belgian. At this point (Kiggins' Hotel) Bridge Street, newly paved Avith Be 
 gian, leads east to Tacony Road and the Bridesburg Arsenal. An alternative rou' 
 used by some riders takes Erie Street eastward from Broad (soon to be asphalted) i 
 
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 THE FKANKFORD, HOLMESBUEG AND TOKEESDALE BIDING DISTRICT. 
 
 Special Note. — Since completion of this map Bridge Street lias been Bel- 
 gian blocked from Kiggins' Hotel eastward, and Cottman Street (Township Line 
 rload) is reported as being perfected west of Oxford Pike. 
 
 19 
 
■rilK ,101, 1.Y POST, FKANR1<X)K1). 
 
 fur Jiw llio Nowlowii Kraiu-h of ilic Nortli Pcnn Kiiilidjul, iiiul iiloiii; tlic r;iilro;i(l U-mU 
 nortlu'usi, {.o Nicctowii l.iuic. Tlu" VriiiikCdrd wliccliiu'ii liiivc a hospilalilc cliili lioiise 
 at Allen niul Main yUvot.s (FniiiklVinl lUnul). At Uu' "Jolly Post," npoii JSlain Street, 
 near Ortluxlox, or at Kiggins' Hotel, at the .iiiuetioii of Jhistleton Pike anil iMaiii 
 ytreet, liood diuMers or lunches may l>e had. The building date of the " .lolly Post" 
 is unknown, hut, in ITtlS it was advertised for sale. Having, in its time, changed 
 liands ol'ten, it was linally hongld hy its present owner, Edwin I'orrest Sniilii. Aftei 
 standing idle for twenty years it was rehabilitated, enlarged and once more became 11 
 popular stopping-place. " In llSlf) a young olUecr, Liout. Richard Smith, shot Oai)t, 
 .lohn Carson at this house, the motive being jealousy. Through Frank ford several 
 blocks of T\lain Street (Frankford Eoad) arc asphalted. Beyond it is Belgian and 
 macadam. ^ t. • 1 -. 
 
 The fa.voral)lc location of Kiggius' Hotel, opposite the end of Bridge Street and 
 at the initial point of Hustleton Pike, together with its excellent reputation, makes ii 
 
 kU.lMNS' UOTl';i., b'KANRFOKO. 
 
 •20 
 
 1 
 
MOUIIKLTON INN, TOI! lUCSIM l,IC. 
 
 wpuliir Iialting-placc. It is conducted by Mr. John F. KiKgiii.s. At the foot of 
 idgf. Street th<! J)elaware E-iver steamerH stoj) both wayn. ThuH a rider f'roin down 
 vn iriay quickJy and pleanantly reach or nvturn from th(! beaiitifiil riuiH from IJridcH- 
 r<^ up the river. Tacony Iload may be reached alno from l''raid<ford lload by tak- 
 j Lon^Hhore Street. Tacony Road, with it,H new telfordifiK, einder side |)!i,t,h and 
 ■i-\ reaehcH, iH a good route to TorreH(UiIe. Morrell.oii Jun atnl Uie ix'iudiful Hummer 
 mcH lier(!id)Out are famouH. MorreJtofi Inn ficeupict.s i\\(: site of Uic ohi IlJHden'H 
 rry Jlotel, the j^rincipal structure iiavifiK been iwlapted from ;i. fine tirown-Htone 
 msion, once the residence of Edwin M. JIopl<ins. Tlie main .slruetun' is surrounded 
 a number of handsome buildings beionging to the liotel comt)any, including a 
 lino, club house, riverside cottage annex, new annex and Jawn f;ottages. The mana- 
 '• now in charge of MorrcJt«m Inn is Mr. Harry A. fJhester. In the immediate 
 sinity arc the country seats of Col. J'3dw. Mornyil .losiah I'.aeon, (Jeo. (Jarson, Thos. 
 ilan, Nelson IJrown, William Fisher. Alexanoer l'>rown, Senator I'orter, Jesse 
 litli and other well-known men. Witnin a short distance are the Morrelton stock 
 rn and track. Steamers reach the city from 'I'orresdale by a run of fifty fninutes. 
 road leads up either side of the creek to the IJrist^)! Pike, whereon the " jled Lion " 
 located. The best is across the stream, as it avoids a- long hill. (Jood riding is 
 md from this point tiirtiugh to Trenton. Oi)i)Osit,c, the " ll.ed Ijon " the trolley 
 npany is creating, at its terminuH, a picrjic ground in the fine grove by the cre(!k. 
 
 TjtfJE BRISTOI, PIKU RUN. 
 
 From Frankford the Pike is best known as the iJristol lioad. It abounds in_ 
 lis but is usually fairly good. The distance to llolmeshurg is three and one-half 
 les, and to Torresdale three miles more. Just Ixdow Ilolmesburg is the beautiful 
 Iwin Forrest Home for Actors. This place was calleii " Sfiringhrook," and was 
 ; old homestead of the Forrest family, ft sUII contains a wealth of interesting 
 ;mento(;8 of the great tragedian. The superintendent willingly allows entrance to 
 iitors. At Ilolmesburg are the Washington and Oreen Tree Hotels, and upon the 
 e, just across the Pennypack ravine, is the " General Wayne," all old-timers and 
 od-jivers. The " Green Tree "was built about the beginning of thi: pn^sent cen- 
 ry. The "General Wayne" has a history dating from 177G, as a,n old sign, which 
 •merly swung from its jAJSt in front, testified. The Washington Hotid is one of the 
 rly hostelries of this road and existed at a tinif when the Hcf,tle;uent was called 
 
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EDWIN FORKEST HOME FOR 
 ACTOKS, NE -S-E HOLMESBUEG. 
 
 "\^ asliins;ton The hotel was.! 
 long conducted by John Eisdon; 
 A\ho had eailiei owned the Pds- 
 don's Feiry Hotel at Toiresdale, 
 and fiorn here he ran a stage 
 line to the city Later it wasi 
 managed bv John Eobinson, 
 Joseph Fell, John Mason, Jos- 
 eph Htllings and F C Mich- 
 enei Capt Eobeit Johnson, 
 the piesent landloid, took it in 
 1^5 Geneial "\\ a^hington is 
 said to have attended fox huntsj 
 here, and iu 1824 Lafayette held 
 a reception at the hotel. For 
 many years it was an important 
 haltiiig-place for the through 
 
 stages to and from New York. It is now a favorite with the cycling public. A. 
 
 splendid coast may be had down Pierson Avenue from Bristol Pike toward the Tacony 
 
 or Eiver Road. 
 
 The principal roads across country from the Frankford and Bristol Pike are : The 
 
 WASHINGTON HOTEL, HOLMESBCRG, 
 
THE KED LION, NEAR TORKESDALE. 
 
 xford Pike from Frankford to Fox Chase, poor in places ; the Bustleton Pike to 
 ustleton, also rather poor; Cottman Street, or Township Line Eoad, excellent to 
 Id Second Street, but rough beyond ; the beautiful Old Welsh Eoad from Holmes- 
 irg via Bustleton to Bethayres, Huntington Valley, Sorrel Horse and Willow Grove, 
 eyond Bustleton the Welsh Eoad is ordinary. 
 
 The " Bed Lion" Hotel, besides the beautiful Poquessing Creek, near Torresdale, 
 as built in 1730 by Philip Amos, but was given its i^resent name in 1770. In 1781 
 ''ashington's army camped here en route to Yorktown. August 2ii, 1774, the Penn- 
 Ivania delegates to the First Continental Congress came out here to the county 
 lie to meet and entertain at the " Eed Lion " the delegates from Massachusetts. 
 
 A round-about but interesting way to reach Holmesburg is via Old York Pike, 
 Iney Eoad, Old Second Street Pike (very fine) and Cottman Street (Township Line 
 oad). (See chapter on Old Second Street Pike.) 
 
 Beyond the Poquessing, through Bensalem Township, the road continues ex- 
 llent through Bristol. The road is especially attractive at Bristol, passing close 
 !side the river bank, which is bordered by many quaint and elegant homes. The 
 i-npike coquettes with the Pennsylvania Eailroad all the way to Trenton, and 
 roughout it presents to the passer by a lovely succession of picturesque features 
 ch as are only found where the fertile uplands and green meadows of the Delaware 
 me together. The United States Hotel, at Trenton, is cycling headquarters. It is 
 ntrally located and among the best known of Jersey hotels. The proprietor is Mr. 
 )hn J. McCarthy. 
 
 oi,D YORK pik:e:, th^ chbit:^nham riding 
 
 DISTRICT AND WII,I,OW GROVM. 
 
 The splendor and dignity of the country life, near our large cities, is nowhere 
 3e more completely exhibited than around about Cheltenham Township, upon 
 liose roads and lanes, which have been favorite drives for generations, seventy 
 ousand dollars have been recently expended. The wheelman who cares to explore 
 is lovely territory, may reach it by a run of fifteen miles. 
 
 Old York Eoad is said to have followed the trace of an Indian trail. It was the 
 incipal road to New York until the more direct and less hilly route via Frankford 
 id Bristol was made. It has been a turnpike since 1803. 
 
 Just below the jimction of Broal and Cayuga Streets take the path along the 
 ace to the left, opposite the Hunting Park, once famous as a race track, now a city • 
 een. Old York Pike is good from Eising Sun Lane. The pike is in superb condi- 
 )n. Just beyond the dip of the road into the Wingohocking Valley, once called 
 lufF Mill Hill, is the beautiful old Lovering place on the left (note the Grecian 
 )rch) now owned by J. B. Lippincott, Esq. Just beyond are the Graham green- 
 )uses. At Logan Station there is a pleasant little restaurant, and to the westward, 
 ong Fisher's Lane, are seen, through the trees, Wakefield (Mrs. Samuel Fox), Little 
 'akefield (George W. Carpenter) and Belfield (W. Eedwood Wright). All this sec- 
 
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TOLL-HOUSE AT HUNTING 
 PARK. 
 
 tion was a part of " Stenton," the famous estate founded by Logan, secretary of Wm. 
 Penn. The handsome place upon the west side beyond Logan Station (note the 
 hedge) is " Fairfield," built by Alfred Cope (Mrs. Philip C. Garrett). " AVoodfield ' 
 is next beyond on west side (Col. J. M. Moore). Upon the east side is the Jewish 
 Hospital. Opposite is the residence of Mr. H. Rogers. At Thorp's Lane, upper sidej 
 and on the west, is the old Butler place, built by a Frenchman, named BouUange. 
 and bought in 1810 by Major Pierce Butler, a wealthy South Carolinian, of noble 
 
 English family, whose unhappy marriage with 
 the famous Fanny Kemble is a matter of his^ 
 tory. The Scheutzen Park is upon Olney Road, 
 east of the Pike. Clayton's Hotel is at Branch 
 town, where Mill Street comes in from Ger-ll 
 mantown. Opposite is the old De Bennevillej 
 house. At Fern Rock, on west side, is the} 
 place of J. S. Lovering Wharton. " The Oaks "j 
 was long owned by the late Charles Sharpless.ij 
 At Green Lane, in the little De Benneville' 
 graveyard, are buried General Agnew and 
 Lieut-Colonel Byrd, British officers, who fell 
 at the battle of Germantown. The graves are 
 unmarked. Dr. Wistar's place, on the west 
 side, "Roadside," was once the home of Lu- 
 cretia Mott. 
 
 From Milestown Oak Lane leads to the right 
 to Oak Lane Station and its pretty group of j 
 properties. City Line Hotel marks the limit 
 of the city. Beyond are Mr. Frey's, Mr. 
 Shinn's, at the corner of Stenton Avenue, with 
 Mr. Dobbins' opposite (on the right), Mr. Stet- 
 son's, Mr. Roelotf 's, Mr. Barney's (where Mr. 
 Jay Cooke resides) and Mrs. Loeb's near the j 
 station. i 
 
 It is a pleasant little run from Ogontz Sta- j 
 tion out the old Pike, turning left on Church ' 
 Road and left again into Rock Creek Lane, j 
 following up the stream behind Ogontz Ladies' 
 Seminary. This is a lovely bit. The Cooke 
 Mausoleum gleams among the verdure across 
 the stream, and for a water colorist the old 
 mill and its pond form a prize. We emerge 
 upon Washington Lane — ride up the hill, to 
 the left, to Chelten Avenue ; here is Chelten- 
 liara Military Academy and opposite Mr. Cres- 
 son's beautiful home. 
 
 Down Chelten Avenue, upon the right, is 
 Mr. Weidener's place and at half a mile, the 
 second road, turn right into a winding lane 
 (Serpentine), passing the princely Elkins' 
 place, the way bordered with great cone-like 
 cellars, locally called "The Needles" — this 
 returns us to Old York Pike. 
 
 Mr. Wanamaker's place is at Chelten Hills 
 Station, reached via Washington Lane. At 
 Jenkintown the Cottman House welcomes 
 wheelmen. Beyond, the hills are long and 
 
 OLU YORK PIKE. 
 (Distances given from City Hall. 
 
 24 
 
 / 
 
ORICINW. CHIl.TtMl^^M ACAOEMV BultPINIi 
 
 eep, but the road magnificent. All about Jenkintown there are handsome homes 
 id fine roads. 
 
 A favorite objective point upon the Old York Pike is Willow Grove, five miles 
 jyond Ogontz, where the old hotel, under the vivifying influence of trolley picnics 
 id wheelmen combined, has become a very lively and delightful place. Non-cycling 
 embers of wheelmen's families may join them here by the trolley cars, which come 
 om Walnut Street. The Union Traction Company has just created a fairy land 
 ■_ fifty acres here, including a pretty lake, rustic lodge, casino, pavilions, an elec- 
 ic fountain, fitted for prismatic effects ; a water chute, cycling track and many 
 her amusing features. The Call's cycling editor has defined a further route from 
 5re up_ the Doylestown Turnpike to Doylestown and back to Willow Grove upon 
 ork Fike, but Willow Grove is far enough and good enough for me. 
 
 xford pikn, or oi,d s:^cond street, to bbth- 
 ayr:^s, sorr^i, hors:^ and nmshaminv fai,i,s. 
 
 If you are strictly an asphalt rider don't attempt this trip ; it has its vicissi- 
 des. 
 
 The adventurous wheelman who essays it comes home enthusiastic and tries it 
 ;ain. 
 
 The way is along Rising Sun Lane through Franklinville to Oxford Pike, cross- 
 g first Wingohocking Creek and then the larger Tacony Creek (both Indian names, 
 spectively, "place for planting" and " uncleared wood"). Olney, Crescentville, 
 awndale and the Old Oxford Church are on the route. At Fox Chase Inn bear to 
 e left toward Rockledge and there enter Montgomery County; then push up 
 allowell Hill, the summit of which is crowned with the fine Craige Lippincott 
 ansion. A telford road to the left, at this point, leads over to Jenkintown and the 
 beltenham riding section — distance two and one-half miles. 
 
 At the foot of the hill we cross the Pennypack Creek at Valley Falls, and close 
 ;yond Bethayres Station upon the " Bound Brook" route (Reading R. R.) — a good 
 ace to rail home from if tired. At Huntington Valley P. O. is the Lady Washing- 
 n Inn, the oldest upon this route ; two miles further reaches the " Sorrel Horse," 
 id dinner. After a smoke on the porch we travel upon Byberry Road over to 
 )merton, two and one-half miles ; turn left at the hotel and zig zag along the " Trap 
 
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 25 
 
TOLL HOUSE UPON LIMEIvILN PIKE, 
 ABOVE WASHINGTON LANE. 
 
 (From drawing loaned by The Times.) 
 
 Road " to the Township Line Eoad, through Prospect Heights, Trevose and Scott's 
 corner, at signboard, " Bristol eight miles," turning right to Neshaminy Falls. 
 
 The home stretch is to Bustleton upon Byberry Pike (crossing Pennypack Creek) 
 six miles more or less rough ; then three miles to Holmesburg upon the beautiful 
 Welsh Road. For the rest see " Bristol Pike." Total ride back to City Hall, forty 
 four miles. 
 
 I,IMMKTI,N PIKn. 
 
 Limekiln Pike has its beginning at Mill Street, near Branchtown, upon Old York 
 Pike. It is to the west and slightly divei'gent from this old highway, traversing 
 Cheltenham, Upper Dublin and Horsham Townships. The road crosses the North 
 Penn Pi.ailroad at Edge Hill, ten miles from the City Hall. The advance of the left 
 wing of the Continental Army at the battle of Germantown was along this old road 
 There are hotels at Fitzwatertown and Jarrettown, but many wlieelmeu make the 
 old "Three Tons," just beyond Pennville upon the Spring House Eoad, their objec- 
 tive point. The Butler Pike leads from here to Ambler. 
 
 snTHI^nHJE^M PIKE;. 
 
 The Bethlehem Pike traverses a section of fruitful Montgomery County, which 
 early attracted a thrifty population of Swedes, English, French, Scotch, Irish and 
 Hollanders, the product of whose grain fields was ground at massive mills estab- 
 lished upon its abundant water courses. The King's Road, this same turnpike, was 
 commenced in 1704, and Avas the great liighway between the town of Philadelphia 
 and the Moravian settlements upon the Lehigh. It was still a rough countrj" road 
 when Washington's ammunition trains and quartermaster's wagons came jolting 
 along from Bethlehem, and the crowding wagons of wounded soldiers were conveyed 
 hither. 
 
 In 1802 it became a part of the property of the Germantown and Perkiomen 
 Turnpike Company, -vvliose route commenced in Second Street, whose original fran-' 
 chise led via Chestnut Hill and the Bethlehem Road, Plymouth Meeting and Perkio- 
 men Stone Bridge. 
 
 " Stage waggons " began regular trips througli to Bethlehem in 1763, starting from 
 the " King of Prussia " in Race Street once every week. In later years several op- 
 position lines were run over the Bethlehem Road, and the frequent taverns did a rat- 
 tling business. Flourtown, the first point above Cliestnut Hill, was the terminus or 
 halting place of the frequent local stages about 1S20. From Flourtown a good road 
 leads to the right to and beyond Camp Plill. At the Trenton Cut-off Railroad the 
 Skippack Pike, a continuation of Church Road from Ogontz (on York Pike) crosses 
 Bethlehem Pike. Just here is the fine old Whitemarsh Church. Beyond the rail- 
 road bridge is Fortside Inn, a new and attractive hotel. Half a mile beyond is a tab- 
 let beside the road upon the right defining the location of Fort Washington, 600 feet 
 
TOLL-GATE AT THOEP'S LANE. 
 From drawing loaned by The Times.) 
 
 Spriaahouse 
 
 BETHLEHEM PIKE. 
 
 (Distances givei; from Chestnut Hill. 
 
 distant upon the hill crest. Here the main 
 part of the American army was camped 
 from October 20th to December 11th, 1777, 
 marching thence to Valley Forge. The 
 substantial house used by General Wash- 
 ington as headquarters is seen to the south 
 of the hill. The hotel at Fort Washington 
 Station has long been a favorite objective 
 point with wheelmen. 
 
 The old settlement of Gilkeson's Cor- 
 ners, through which the jjike continues, is 
 just to the east of the handsome and thriv- 
 ing village of Ambler. Dr. R. V. Matti- 
 son's beautiful home and grounds is to the 
 right and the old Ambler race track upon 
 the left. At Ambler the wheelman may 
 dine at the modern Wyndham Hotel or 
 the Ambler House opposite the station. 
 
 Just above Gilkeson's Corners the But- 
 ler Pike crosses, leading upon the right 
 over to the hotel at " Three Tons " upon 
 Sumneytown Pike, a road met by Bethle- 
 hem Pike at the Spring House. This an- 
 cient hostelry is said to have been the old- 
 est tavern, except the " Blue Anchor" in 
 Dock Street, anywhere in the State. The 
 old building still exists, but has just been 
 merged into a modern structure as a resi- 
 dence. 
 
 From Spring-house Corner the rider 
 may continue to the left to Gwynned Cor- 
 ners, and from that point the State Eoad 
 is direct through Centre Squai'e (on Skip- 
 pack Pike), Washington Square and 
 Springtown (on Reading Pike) to Norris- 
 town. 
 
 From Norristown Ridge Pike leads 
 homeward via Barren Hill and the upper 
 Wissahickon Drive, which is met at the 
 City Line. The circuit may be much short- 
 ened by retttrning upon the Skippack 
 Pike, which passes Blue Bell, Broad Axe 
 and Valley Green Corners, and continues 
 through Cheltenham district to York Road, 
 or by taking the Reading (or Perkiomen) 
 Pike at Penn Square, through Springtown, 
 Plymouth and Barren Hill to the Wissa- 
 hickon. 
 
 p:eRKioMnN and gmr- 
 
 MANTOWN PIKM. 
 
 The Germantown and Perkiomen Pike 
 is the now less favored twin sister of the 
 
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Eidge Pike. Like it, it starts practically from the centre of the city, being a pro 
 longation of Germantown Avenue, but after coming so near as almost to converg 
 ■with it at Barren Hill, it takes a more northerly coui'se, passes Norritonville to th 
 north of Norristown, and terminates at Perkiomen Creek, whence the traveler fol 
 lows the Perkiomen and Reading Pike to the capital of Berks County. This pike i 
 more frequented by the lover of nature than by the average wayfarer awheel. Aloni 
 its course lies the quaint Quaker village of Plymouth Meeting, with its farm an^ 
 meadow lands and its historic souvenirs. There, in a cluster of maples and cedars 
 stands the home of the late lamented painter, Thos. Hovenden. 
 
 RID on pik:^. 
 
 The stranger is not likely to feel prepossessed right away in favor of ttie Ridg 
 Pike on being told that it is a continuation of Ridge Avenue. The poor riding sui 
 face of the latter is unfortunately too familiar, and many who have once followed th 
 pike into Norristown subsequently give their patronage to the ups and downs of th 
 Conshohocken route in preference to it. 
 
 Still the Ridge Pike has improved of late years, and is far from uapleasant _i 
 fair weather west of Lafayette Post-office, on Barren Hill, at which point it is easil 
 struck from the city by way of the Wissahickon Drive. Thence it passes throug 
 Harmanville (where it is crossed at right angles by the Plymouth and Broad Ax 
 Pike), Marple's (the old Seven Stars Inn), Black Horse and on to Norristown, a fei 
 miles beyond which it merges, along with the Perkiomen and Germantown Pike 
 into the Perkiomen and Reading Pike. As indicated in chapter regarding trip t 
 Valley Forge, Ridge Pike may be used as a part of a very enjoyable round trip. 
 
 THE SKIPPACK PIKE. 
 
 This important up-country road has its beginning, properly speaking, at the For 
 side Inn upon the Bethlehem Pike, where it branches to the left, keeping parallel, i 
 a northwesterly direction, with the township lines. For a dozen miles it is as straigl 
 as tlie flight of an arrow, but in its upi^er portion, as it approaches tlie Skippac 
 Creek (twenty-five miles air-line measure from the City Hall), it wobbles after th 
 fashion of Montgomery County roads generally. The Skippack may be reache 
 fi-om Ogontz (on Old York Pike) via Church Road, which is its southeastern extensioi 
 or by the Bethlehem Pike from Chestnut Hill. The most direct route is this waj 
 Taking Cayuga street from Broad, AVayne to Tulpohocken and Green to Upsal. Her 
 take the beautiful Pelham Avenue toward Mt. Airy. One is compensated for th 
 Belgian blocks of Main Street by a halt at the quaint little Mermaid Inn. At Chesi 
 nut Hill Bethlehem Pike leads to the right with a glorious view of Whitemars 
 Valley. The first rest on this road is at the " Wheel Water Pump." _ Near her 
 Northwestern Avenue comes in from Wissahickon Drive, which is the third route t 
 the Skippack. At Floiirtown the "Black Horse," "Farmers' and Citizen's "an 
 " Stahlnecker's " hotels all remain in evidence of the old regime of the stage-coac 
 days. At present no Sunday dinner can be had here. At " Fort Side " fifteen mile 
 have been covered. 
 
 Skippack Pike is hilly and somewhat uneven. Broad Axe (and its hotel) an 
 Blue Bell are respectively seventeen and nineteen miles out. From Broad Axe th 
 Plymouth Road leads to Ambler upon the right and to Plymouth Meeting and Cor 
 shohocken to the left. Opposite the quaint little meeting-house is the home of th 
 noted artist, the late Thomas Hovenden. From this corner tlie return begins via Pei 
 kiomen Pike to Fountain Hotel at Barren Hill, where the fountain still flows, an 
 thence down the long hill (very pasty in wet weather) toward the beautiful conver 
 group and the peerless Wissahickon Di'ive at the City Line. The round trip back t 
 the City Hall, via the East Park Drive, figures about thirty-eight miles. Probabl 
 the most popular meal station on the route is at Farmer Slater's, on the Plymout 
 Road, near Broad Axe. 
 
 NEW JERSEY. 
 
 TO WHITE HORSE PIKE AND ATI, ANTIC CITY. 
 
 A series of turnpiked highways radiate from the suburbs of Camden, which 
 when one has once mastered the perils of our Jersey neighbors' interior high 
 ways, affords most enjoyable riding. 
 
 The White Horse Pike is much used bj' wheelmen. From the Marke 
 Street Ferry-house the route is up two cobble blocks on Delaware Avenue t^ 
 Cooper Street, bricks on Cooper to Seventh Street, south on Seventh Street 
 passing Haddon Avenue Station and the City Hall. A better way is to take th 
 ferry to Federal Street, Camden, ride Federal to Third Street, to Third an( 
 Benson Streets, from which it is brick along Benson to Sixth Street,- Sixth t( 
 Berkley Street, across railroad track to Haddonfield Pike, turn to right beyom 
 first toll-house, and there is White Horse Pike. The rider passes Oaklyn 
 Orston, Haddon Heights and Magnolia— one of the many suburban hamlet 
 
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 cattered over the world which unconsciously perpetuate the memory of Pierre 
 lagnol, the French botanist, born in 1638. Many cottages, plentiful shade and 
 entle hills vary the route to White Horse Inn, distant from Camden eleven 
 liles. The White Horse Inn is about eighty years old and is a picturesque 
 alting-place. It is conducted by E. B. Davis. To the left of the inn is Lake- 
 ide, a pretty summer resort. The pike has recently been extended through to 
 terlin, five miles beyond, and is excellent. Laurel Spring, one mile beyond 
 he inn upon the new portion of road, has a good hotel, the Spring House. The 
 hortest known route to Atlantic City leads this way, via West Berlin, Berlin, 
 iedar Brook, Blue Anchor, Rosedale, Hammonton (dinner). Here take path 
 long the railroad through DaCosta, Colwell, Woodland, Elwood, ^%% Harbor, 
 Jrigantine Junction, Farmington and Pleasantville, in all fifty-eight miles, 
 
 TB:n CAPM MAY rout:e. 
 
 A suggestion is made by Mr. Estoclet, in the Call series of cycle runs regard- 
 ng this trip, viz., to start upon Saturday afternoon, stay over night at Millville 
 thirty -nine miles), at the Weatherby House or the Doughty House, resuming the 
 rip in the morning, and returning at 3 P. M. to Philadelphia upon the steamer 
 ' Republic." The route is by ferry from South Street to Gloucester, through West- 
 dlle, Woodbury, Barnsboro, Pitman Grove, Glassboro, Franklinville, Malaga, Willow 
 3rove, Vineland, Millville, Port Elizabeth, Bricksboro, Leesburg, Ewing's Creek, 
 5ast Creek Dennisville, Goshen, Dias Creek, Rio Grande and Bennett to Cape May 
 ]!ity. Total distance, eighty-five miles. While this little excursion involves some 
 land pounding and considerable inquiry, it is, in the main, a very pleasant tour. 
 
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BI^ACKWOODTOWN PIKM, N. J. 
 
 Many a cyclist, endeavoring to malce his way out of Camden City toward th( 
 Haddontield or the White Horse Pike, passes by the northern extremity of the Black 
 woodtown Pike without noticing it or without dreaming that the nondescript sandj 
 track on his right, east of the Starr's railroad crossing, is the beginning of a pike. 
 
 Starting from this very point, as Ephraim Avenue, alongside the railroad track 
 which it crosses westward a short distance farther, it passes by Evergreen Cemeterj 
 and becomes a good wheelway beyond the first toUgate, past Northmont Lake 
 (skaters, jot it in your notebook for next season) right on to Mount Ephraim and foi 
 a mile or two beyond it. As to the balance of it, through Runnemede and Chew's 
 Landing, the best comment on its present condition may be expressed by a ferveni 
 hope that it may soon be the reverse of what it now is. 
 
 The distance from Camden Ferry to Blackwoodtown is twelve miles. The 
 country is decidedly rolling for New Jersey. 
 
 HADDONFini^Jy PIKn. 
 
 The old-time Haddons would have no cause to be very proud either of Haddoc 
 Avenue, within Camden City, or of Haddonfield Pike outside of it should they re- 
 visit the scenes of their former life and judge of these thoroughfares according to oui 
 modern standard of road construction. 
 
 A wretched pavement, which, were it offensive to the genuine article to designate 
 as Belgian block, suggests the query as to whether any improvement has taken place 
 here ever since the time when our Continentals and British mercenaries tramped this 
 road to and fro during our Revolutionary struggle. Nor does the fitful assistance o1 
 an ill-trodden path make things ai)preciably better for the cyclist. 
 
 Although the centre of Haddonfield is not quite seven miles from Camden Ferry 
 it is best reached at the cost of a little detour by way of the White Horse Pike, and 
 the same applies to the only two intermediate localities along the Haddonfield Pike 
 viz., Collingswood and Westmont. As to points south of Haddonfield, the White 
 Horse Pike affords, beyond comparison, the easier access to them. 
 
 MARI^TON PIKM, N. J. 
 
 The Marlton Pike is a continuation of State Street, Camden, eastward fron 
 Cooper Creek. On reaching the River Road it dips toward the southeast, crossei 
 the Moorestown Pike at Stockton, and makes directly through Cooperstown, Ellis 
 burg (where it meets the Haddonfield and Moorestown Road), and the hamlets of Ow 
 Town and Locust Grove to Marlton, near the head waters of Pensauken Creek. It ii 
 a pike in the sense that the privilege of using it has to be paid for with a toll ; and 
 in truth , there are worse turnpikes, yet nothing like the comfort of the White Horst 
 Pike or the Woodbury Pike should be looked for along its course. It affords, alonj 
 Avith the Moorestown Pike, the means of an out-and-home triangular trip of abou 
 thirty miles ; but the connecting link between Marlton and Mooi-estown is anythinj 
 but pleasant. The distance from Camden Ferry to Marlton is eleven miles. 
 
 MOORnSTOWN ROAD, N. J. 
 
 Moorestown Pioad is the prolongation eastward of Federal Street, Camden 
 After parting company with the Burlington Pike at Stockton it runs up and dowi 
 through Dudley and Rosedale to pretty Merchantville ; thence through Maple Shadi 
 to Moorestown. 
 
 Like the Haddonfield Pike, this road is paved with so-called Belgian blocks. I 
 has not worn quite so unevenly, perhaps, but it is far from an ideal wheelway. It 
 frequent hills, too, accentuate its drawbacks more forcibly than is usually the casi 
 with the average New Jersey flat road. The cyclist will find it to his advantage fa 
 avoid more than half its length by means of a triangular detour east of Merchant 
 ville. Just outside the town let him branch off to the right down Church Roai 
 until he reaches the Haddonfield and Moorestown Road, a distance of less than thre 
 miles, and then follow the latter to his destination. 
 
 Beyond Moorestown lies Mount Holly, whose annual fair and bicycle meet ar 
 too well known to require more than a mention here. 
 
 BURLINGTON PIK^. 
 
 The Burlington Pike might be described as the base of a very irregular triangle 
 of which the River Road forms the other sides. From Stockton to Burlington it 
 course is a practically straight line running through Morrisville, Cinnaminson, Fair 
 view and Bridgeboro to its terminal point where Assiscunk Creek throws itself int 
 the Pelaware. 
 
 The sandy roadway is none of the best, and the path by its side proves a friem 
 in need to the wheelman. He should not forget either that less than two hundrei 
 years ago this section was traveled through by none but Indians, and that this tim 
 one hundred years ago geographers bai'ely indicated this road as a track leadin; 
 
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trough the wilderness from " Bridlington vulgo Burlington " to " Cooper's Ferry," 
 ir present Camden. 
 
 The Pennsylvania Chronicle for March 23, 1767, is authority for the statement 
 lat the distance was then reckoned " seventeen miles from Burlington Court-house 
 I the east end of Cooper's lane." 
 
 RIVnR ROAD, N. J. 
 
 The Kiver Road, as its name implies, skirts the river Delaware, and affords a 
 lore or less desirable thoroughfare through the various waterside localities between 
 amden and Burlington ; a delightful ride it would be on a hot summer's evening 
 nder altered circumstances. 
 
 Its eastern extremity, from Cooper's Creek, through Pavonia to Beideman's and 
 'ish House, is so poor that the latter is generally reached by way of the Burlington 
 ike. Beyond this point it is either cyclable or redeemed by a ridable path through 
 lelair. Palmyra and Riverton to Riverside. Here three miles of it have been piked, 
 le remainder of it, through Beverly and Edgewater Park, is good or improving. 
 
 The distance to Burlington by this River Road is about twenty miles. 
 
 Riverton, with its lively Athletic Association and its popular race track, de- 
 ;rves a special mention in connection with this road. Its meets are the Mecca of 
 lany a cycling pilgrim during the racing season. 
 
 ni^nVATIONS ABOV:^ TIDB WAT:ER. 
 
 ity Hall 40 feet. 
 
 lighteenth and Spring Garden Streets 75 " 
 
 iroad Street and Montgomery Avenue 88 " 
 
 Nineteenth Street and Columbia Avenue 107 " 
 
 "hirty-third and Diamond Streets.... 108 " 
 
 trawberry Mansion 127 " 
 
 'wenty-second Street and Lehigh Avenue 113 " 
 
 Jroad Street and Eising Sun Lane 100 " 
 
 Venty-tbird and Venango Streets 127 " 
 
 iixty-fifth Street and Woodland Avenue 75 " 
 
 Baltimore Avenue and Gray's Lane 94 " 
 
 i'orty-ninth Street and Chester Avenue 84 " 
 
 jancaster Avenue and Belmont Avenue 105 " 
 
 lixty-first and Market Streets 100 " 
 
 iixty-first Street and Haverford Eoad 124 " 
 
 )ixty-third Street, south of Lancaster Pike 200 " 
 
 ij^ancaster Avenue and City Line 226 " 
 
 iJity Line Eoad, at Bala 260 " 
 
 rity Line Eoad, at Belmont Avenue 292 " 
 
 nBelmont Avenue and Elm Avenue 285 " 
 
 )xford Pike, at Olney 112 " 
 
 Mill Street, Germantown, at Magnolia Avenue 217 " 
 
 xreen and Carpenter Streets, Germantown 282 " 
 
 jermantown Eoad, at Mount Airy... 334 " 
 
 lermantown Avenue, at Chestnut Hill 433 " 
 
 5ummit Street, at Chestnut Hill 440 " 
 
 Oresheim Avenue and Cheltenham Avenue 406 " 
 
 Slidge Avenue, near Eeservoir.. 355 " 
 
 Sidge Avenue, near City Line... 409 " 
 
 iSfork Pike, at Olney Eoad.... 203 " 
 
 iSfork Pike, at Branchtown. 216 " 
 
 j^ork Pike, at City Line ., 233 " 
 
 L)xford Pike, at Cottman Street.... 137 " 
 
 )xford Pike, at Fox Chase 209 " 
 
 INNS AND ROAD HOUSHS. 
 
 Fairmount Park. 
 
 East Side — Lemon Hill, Dairy at Mt. Pleasant, Strawberry Mansion, Tissot's, 
 Curf Villa, Riverside. 
 
 West Side — Belmont Mansion, Park Entrance Restaurant at Belmont Avenue, 
 Dhamounix. 
 
 Wissahickon — Maple Shade, Wissahickon Hall, Lotus Inn, Indian Rock, Valley 
 jreen, Wissahickon Inn. 
 
 Montgomery Pike. 
 Wisconsin House, General Wayne, Cyclers' Rest, Brockhurst Inn. 
 
 31 
 
Old Yoek Road. 
 
 Restaurant at Logan Station, Clayton's at Branchtown, Du Bree's at Ogontz 
 Beechvvood at Jenkintown, Cottman House at Jenkintown, Mineral Spring at Willov 
 Grove, Casino at Willow Grove. 
 
 Bethlehem Pike. 
 " Wheel Water Pump " Hotel, Black Horse Hotel at Flourtown, Farmers' anc 
 Citizens' Hotel at Flourtown, Stahlnecker's at Flourtown, Fort-side Inn, Fort Wash 
 ington, Ambler at Ambler Station, Wyndham at Ambler Station. 
 
 Frankford Road. 
 Seven Stars at Frankford, Jolly Post at Frankford, Kiggin's at Frankford. 
 
 Bristol Pike. 
 Green Tree at Holmesburg, General Wayne at Collegeville, Washington a1 
 Holmesburg, Red Lion at Torresdale, Morrelton Inn at Torresdale, United States al 
 Trenton. 
 
 Lancaster Pike. 
 Red Lion at Ardmore, Evans' P^est at Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr at Bryn Mawr, 
 Devon Inn at Devon, Spread Eagle. 
 
 Woodland Avenue. 
 
 Blue Bell at Paschalville, Buttonwood Inn at Darby. 
 
 Chester Pike. 
 
 White Horse at Norwood, P^idley Park at Ridley Park, Cambridge House ai 
 Chester. 
 
 Germantown Road. 
 
 General Wayne, Mermaid Inn, Wyndmoor Hotel. 
 
 TiNicuM Road. 
 
 Miller's at Essington, Griffin's at Essington. 
 
 Gulf Road. 
 King of Prussia. 
 
 Penrose Ferry Road. 
 Point Breeze Track House. 
 
 White Horse Pike, N. J. 
 White Horse Inn, Laurel Springs Hotel. 
 
 Blackvs^oodstown Pike. 
 Mt. Ephraim Hotel, Northmont Hotel, Jackson House. 
 
 Burlington Pike. 
 Bridgeboro Hotel, Belden at Burlington. 
 
 BusTLETON Pike. 
 Somerton Hotel. 
 
 Old Second Street Pike. 
 Fox Chase Inn, Sorrel Horse, Yerkes', Bethayres, Lady Washington. 
 
 Limekiln Pike. 
 
 Edge Hill, Fitzwatertown, Jarrettown, Three Tons. 
 
 Perkiomen Pike. 
 
 Perkiomen Bridge Hotel, Fountain Inn at Barren Hill. 
 
 Skippack Pike. 
 Broad Axe, Blue Bell. 
 
 Ridge Pike. 
 
 Marple's, Black Horse, Farmers' at Norristown, Taylor's Hotel at Norristown, 
 West End at Norristown. 
 
 West Chester Road. 
 
 Eagle at Manoa, Newtown Square Hotel. 
 
 Baltimore Pike. 
 
 Cherry Tree at West Philadelphia, Strathaven Inn at Swarthmore, Charter House 
 at Media, Clifton Heights Hotel. 
 
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PRINCIPAI, C YOKING CI,UBS IN AND N:^AR 
 
 PHII,An:^I,PHIA . 
 
 * Americus Wheelmen, 2013 North Broad Street. 
 Centaur Bicycle Club, 2026 liittenhouse Street 
 Century Wheelmen, 1606 North Broad Street 
 Columbia Cyclers, 1636 Diamond Street. 
 Century Wheelmen, Broad Street, above Oxford Street 
 Eclipse Wheelmen, 4226 Brown Street. 
 Frankford Bicycle Club, 4640 Frankford Ayenue, 
 Holmesburg Wheelmen, Holmesburg 
 Ivy Wheelmen, 3227 Woodland Avenue. 
 Keystone Wheelmen, 1505 Moyamensing Avenue 
 Liberty Wheelmen, 443 North Ninth Street 
 Lulu Wheelmen, 1919 Franklin Street. 
 
 Medical and Pharmaceutical Bicycle Club, Sixteenth and Race Streets 
 Meteor \Vheelmen, 762 South Broad Street. 
 North East Wheelmen, 1856 Frankford Avenue 
 Oxford Wheelmen, 2401 Oxford Street. 
 Pennsylvania Bicycle Club, 3940 Girard Avenue 
 Philadelphia Bicycle Club, Twenty-sixth and Perot Streets 
 Philadelphia Cycle and Field Club, Ardmore Pa 
 Penn Wheelmen, 2016 Diamond Street. 
 Philadelphia Wheelmen, 200 South Thirty-ninth Street 
 Quaker City Wheelmen, 1402 Oxford Street 
 South End Wheelmen, Broad and Morris Streets. 
 South West Cycle Club, 1706 Federal Street. 
 Time Wheelmen, 811 North Broad Street. 
 Kenilworth Wheelmen, 3859 Lancaster Avenue 
 Loughran Bicycle Club, 120 East Chelten Avenue, Germantown. 
 
 ci?lefeeirn!S"clsil1T^^^^^^^ '''' ^^^^^^^^ ^^'•-*' Germantown. 
 
 wSU^trst.aTvvfe^^^^ ^^^^*-"^^ «*-^t- 
 
 Indiana Cycling Club, 3041 Lawrence Street. 
 
 Tioga Wheelmen, Mather and Venango Streets. 
 
 Clipper Wheelmen, Frankford. 
 
 Corsair AVheelmen, 2331 Dean Street. 
 
 Crescent Wheelmen, Camden. 
 
 Philadelphia Turner Cyclists, 435 North Sixth Street 
 
 w ''°T? ^7^^rl '^\^^' ^^'^"^ ^"""^ Harvey Streets, Germantown. 
 
 Wax End Wheelmen Frankford and Oxford Streets, Frankford 
 
 White Fawn Cycle Club, Mascher Street and Girard Avenue 
 
 Young Men s Christian Association Wheelmen, Association Hall, Germantown 
 
 CoUmgswood Wheelmen, Collingswood N J vjeroiautown. 
 
 Clover Wheelmen, Bustleton. ' 
 
 Wayne Cycling Club, Lancaster Pike, Wayne 
 
 Tacony Wheelmen, Tacony. 
 
 Brandywine Wheelmen, West Chester, Pa. 
 
 Chester Bicycle Club, Chester, Pa. 
 
 Stockton Wheelmen, Camden. 
 
 Wissahickon Wheelmen, Germantown Avenue, Germantown. 
 
 Owl Wheelmen, 1212 Columbia Avenue. 
 
 Poxborough Wheelmen, Ridge Avenue and Green Lane. 
 
 Diamond Wheelmen, 2117 Orthodox Street. 
 
 ^- • •, M,- Wheelmen, 311 North Sixteenth Street. 
 
 Fairhill Hill Wheelmen, 2742 North Fifth Street. 
 
 West Side Wheelmen, 4119 Lancaster Avenue. 
 
 Acme Wheelmen, 338 South Twenty-second Street. 
 
 Clearfield Bicycle Club, 2953 Ruth Street, Kensington. 
 
 Forest Wheelmen, 4919 Girard Avenue. 
 
 Fried Oyster Cyclers, Wakefield and Jefferson Streets, Germantown. 
 
 Hygia Bicycle Club, 124 Diamond Street. 
 
 lioga Cricket Club (Bicycle Branch). 
 
 Ho Bo Wheelmen, 1702 Venango Street. 
 
 Idle Hour Wheelmen. 
 
 Lehigh Wheelmen, Lehigh Avenue and Germantown Avenue. 
 
 Liberty Wheelmen, Ninth and Noble Streets. 
 
 Manheim Wheelmen, 5112 Wakefield Street. 
 
 Persimmon Cyclists, 2926 Ridge Avenue. 
 
 Pilot Wheelmen, 3137 Frankford Avenue. 
 
 Schuylkill Navy Wheelmen, 1626 Arch Street. 
 
 Silver Crown Bicycle Club, 2334 Ellsworth Street. 
 
 nilf ^ «f' . ^^M^-'?^'^' ?orthwest corner Eleventh and Rodman Streets. 
 
 United States Military Wheelmen, 1520 North Thirteenth Street. 
 
 University of Pennsylvania Cycle Squad. 
 
 Philadelphia Field and Cycle Club, Ardmore. 
 
 Wissahickon Wheelmen, 431 Green Street, Germantown. 
 
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I,. A. W. HOTMI.S. 
 
 Philadelphia, Colonnade. 
 Burlington, Belden. 
 Bristol, Clossom's. 
 AVillow Grove, Mineral Spring. 
 Woodbury, Paul's. 
 Vineland, Baker. 
 Millville, Doughty's. 
 Cape May, Congress Hall. 
 Swedesboro, Ford's. 
 Woodstown, Woodstown H. 
 Salem, Nelson. 
 Bridgeton, Cumberland. 
 
 Newtown, White Hall. 
 
 King of Prussia, K. of P. Inn. 
 
 Bryn Mawr, Evans' Rest, or B. JI. llote 
 
 Norristown, Farmers'. 
 
 Wilmington, Clayton House. 
 
 AVest Chester, Green Tree. 
 
 Media, Charter House. 
 
 Lansdowne, Junction. 
 
 Chester, Cambridge. 
 
 Paoli, Shoemaker's. 
 
 Devon, Devon Inn. 
 
 Phoenixville, Phoenix. 
 
 A "CENTURY" AND TWO FIFTY 
 MILE ROUTES WITHIN THE 
 CITY LIMITS. 
 
 LOOP FROM A TO B 
 
 AT RITTENH0U5E: L. ej) ^y ^_^ 
 
 DIVIDES-XPJTURY 
 
 This circuit has been worked oi 
 with great care by exact measur 
 ments upon city plan maps of lar^ 
 scale. An effort has been made 
 select the best highways approac 
 iug most nearly or upon the out 
 limit of the city. 
 
 An interesting feature of th 
 route is the fact that it does n 
 cross itself at any point. 
 
 By using Rittenhouse Lane as 
 connecting link between A and 
 the upper and lower portions of tl 
 century route may be convert 
 into TWO FIFTY- MILE RUNS, starti: 
 from any given point. 
 The entire route, except the roads in the extreme northern portic 
 
 takes the rider over excellent surfaces familiar to nearly all of t 
 
 wheeling public. 
 
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The Fastest Wheel in the 
 World is the — 
 
 EASY RUNNING 
 
 rz:^ 
 
 1 Svracuee I 
 
 Its Riders are Winners 
 PARK CYCLE CO. 
 
 916 Arch Street 
 
 HILADlEiLPniA . . . 
 
 Insist upon b2vvir)5 
 f HE fllTCnCOCK ^I^E^WLTT Qo.'5 
 
 ake no BICYCLE LUBRICATING 
 
 ither... ^^AND BURNING OILS 
 
 35 
 
rX^NNSYI^VANIA RAILROAD, SINGI,:E-TRIP FAR:^S. 
 
 IN EFFECT MARCH 16, 1896. 
 
 Between Philadelphia and 
 
 Allen Lane 
 
 Andalusia 
 
 Angora 
 
 Ardmore 
 
 Bala 
 
 Berwyn 
 
 Beverly 
 
 Bonnaffon 
 
 Bordentown 
 
 Bridesburg 
 
 Bristol 
 
 Bryn Mawr 
 
 Burmont 
 
 Chadd's Ford 
 
 Chester Heights 
 
 Chestnut Hill 
 
 Claymont, Del 
 
 Conshohocken 
 
 Crum Lynne 
 
 Cynwyd 
 
 Darby 
 
 Delanco 
 
 Devon 
 
 Eddington 
 
 Eddystone 
 
 Fern Hill 
 
 Fernwood 
 
 Fifty-eighth Street 
 
 Forty-ninth Street 
 
 Frankford 
 
 Germantown 
 
 Glen Mills 
 
 Glen Riddle 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Gray's Ferry.. 
 
 Haddonfield 
 
 Haverford 
 
 Holmesburg 
 
 Kennett 
 
 Lansdowne 
 
 Manayunk 
 
 20 
 
 37 
 
 12 
 
 21 
 
 15 
 
 44 
 
 39 
 
 12 
 
 70 
 
 20 
 
 57 
 
 26 
 
 18 
 
 80 
 
 58 
 
 20 
 
 47 i 
 
 34 
 
 28 
 
 15 ! 
 
 15 i 
 
 33 
 
 41 
 
 44 
 
 31 
 
 73 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 13 
 
 51 
 
 42 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 23 
 
 28 
 
 01 
 
 16 
 
 15 
 
 Between Philadelphia and' 
 
 Media $0 
 
 Merchantville 
 
 Merion 
 
 Moorestown 
 
 Morton 
 
 Mount Holly 
 
 Narberth 
 
 Norristown 
 
 Norwood 
 
 Overbrook 
 
 Palmyra 
 
 Paoli 
 
 Paschall 
 
 Phoenixville 
 
 Primos 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Ridley Park 
 
 Riverside 
 
 Riverton 
 
 Rosemont 
 
 St. David's 
 
 Sharon Hill 
 
 Shawmout 
 
 Swarthmore 
 
 Tacony 
 
 Thurlow 
 
 Torresdale — 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Tulpohocken 
 
 Upsal 
 
 Villa Nova 
 
 Wallingford 
 
 Wawa 
 
 Wayne 
 
 Wenonah 
 
 West Chester 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 Woodbury 
 
 Woodstown 
 
 Wynne wood 
 
 Charge for checking bicycles, 15 cents. 
 
 READING RAILROAD, SINGLE-TRIP FARES. 
 
 IN EFFECT MAKCH 16, 1896. 
 
 Between Philadelphia and 
 
 Allegheny Avenue, Pa $0 05 
 
 Ambler, Pa 41 
 
 Ashbourne, Pa 12 
 
 Atlantic City, N. J 1 25 
 
 Audubon, N. J 
 
 Barrington, N. J 
 
 Bellevue, Pa 
 
 Bellmawr, N. J 
 
 Bell Road, Pa 
 
 Blenheim, N. J 
 
 Blue Anchor, N. J , 
 
 Bonair, Pa 
 
 Bridgeport, Pa 
 
 Camp Hill, Pa 
 
 Chestnut Hill, Pa 
 
 Chew's Landing, N. J 
 
 Clementon, N. J 
 
 Columbia Avenue, Pa 
 
 Darby Creek, Pa 
 
 Eastwicks, Pa 
 
 Eighty-fourth Street, Pa 
 
 Elmwood, Pa 
 
 Erie Avenue, Pa 
 
 Essington, Pa 
 
 14 
 
 18 
 
 07 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 28 
 
 57 
 
 33 
 
 45 
 
 30 
 
 15 
 
 25 
 
 32 
 
 05 
 
 31 
 
 07 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 06 
 
 29 
 (continued 
 
 Between Ph iladelphia and 
 
 Falls, Pa 
 
 Fern Rock, Pa 
 
 Fishers, Pa 
 
 Fort Washington, Fa 
 
 Frankford, Pa 
 
 Fulmor, Pa 
 
 Garden Lake, Pa 
 
 Germantown, Pa 
 
 Gibson's Point, Pa 
 
 Glendora, N. J 
 
 Glenside, Pa 
 
 Glen Willow, Pa 
 
 Gloucester, N. J 
 
 Gravers, Pa 
 
 Gwynedd, Pa 
 
 Hammonton, N. J 
 
 Hatboro, Pa 
 
 Heaton, Pa 
 
 Hillside, Pa 
 
 Ivy Rock, Pa 
 
 Jenkintown, Pa 
 
 King of Prussia, Pa 
 
 Langhorne, Pa 
 
 Lansdale, Pa 
 
 ON page 38.) 
 
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 Manufactured by tlte 
 
 Standard Oil Co. 
 
 ARE TH® ©SST 
 
 ELECTRIC 
 
 lYCLI^aRRIAGi 
 LANTERN OIL. 
 
 MADE EXPRESSLY FOR 
 
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 MANUFACTURED BY 
 
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 Insist upon having "Electric" 
 on can or bottle 
 
 New Bicycle Lamp Wicks 
 
 ATLANTIC 
 
 REFINING 
 
 COMPANY 
 
 125 Arch Street 
 
 PMIliAimZfPHIA, PA. 
 
 Physicians have t^ecommended fot^ 
 
 fleaMy 
 
 Fifty 
 
 Veat^s 
 
 y. p. M. 
 
 WHTSKY 
 
 Hs an Absolutely PupeJCQalt Ltlhisky 
 
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 [f you cannot eall, ofdei* by mail 
 
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Between Philadelphia and 
 
 Lawnton, Pa $0 10 
 
 Logan, Pa 07 
 
 Magnolia, N.J 22 
 
 Manayunk, Pa 12 
 
 Melrose, Pa 10 
 
 Merion, Pa 51 
 
 Mill Eoad, Pa 40 
 
 Mount Airy, Pa 12 
 
 Mount Ephraim, N. J 15 
 
 Neshaminy Falls, Pa 53 
 
 New Britain, Pa 96 
 
 Nicetown, Pa 05 
 
 Ninety-second Street, Pa 19 
 
 Norristown, Pa 45 
 
 North Essington, Pa 24 
 
 Oaklyn, N. J 12 
 
 Oak Lane, Pa 10 
 
 Ogontz, Pa 12 
 
 Penbryn, N. J 42 
 
 Penllyn, Pa 47 
 
 Pennbrook, Pa 69 
 
 Pennington, N. J 1 05 
 
 Perkiomen Junction, Pa 62 
 
 Phoenixville, Pa 70 
 
 Pomona, N.J 1 00 
 
 Between Philadelphia and 
 
 Port Kennedy, Pa §0 54 
 
 Rosedale, N.J 67 
 
 Rubicam, Pa l!' 
 
 School Lane, Pa lu 
 
 Sellersville, Pa 1 OL' 
 
 Shawmont, Pa L'n 
 
 Somerton, Pa 41 
 
 Spring Mill, Pa .ii 
 
 Tioga, Pa or. 
 
 Traymore, Pa '46 
 
 Trevose, Pa 47 
 
 Twenty-second Street, Pa 05 
 
 Valley Forge, Pa 58 
 
 Walnut Lane, Pa 10 
 
 Wayne Junction, Pa 07 
 
 West Collingswood, N. J 10 
 
 West Conshohocken, Pa. 34 
 
 West Manayunk, Pa ; "12 
 
 West Spring Mill, Pa 31 
 
 White Horse, Pa 60 
 
 M^iite Marsh, Pa 6G 
 
 Wingohockiug, Pa 10 
 
 Wissahickon, Pa 10 
 
 Woodland, N. J 82 
 
 Yardley, Pa 80 
 
 BAI^TlMORn AND OHIO RAILROAD, SINGI,:^-TRIP 
 
 FARES. 
 
 IN EFFECT MARCH 16, 1896. 
 
 Between Philadelphia and 
 East Side $0 05 
 
 P. & R. Junction. 
 
 Bartram 
 
 Sixtieth Street.... 
 
 Mount Moriali 
 
 Seventieth Street. 
 
 Darby 
 
 Boone 
 
 CoUingdale 
 
 Oakeola 
 
 Llanwellyn 
 
 Holmes 
 
 Folsom 
 
 Ridley 
 
 Milmont 
 
 06 
 06 
 08 
 09 
 10 
 12 
 13 
 15 
 17 
 17 
 20 
 22 
 24 
 25 
 
 Between Philadelphia and 
 
 Fair view 
 
 Chester 
 
 Upland , 
 
 Felton 
 
 Twin Oaks... 
 Boothwyn.... 
 
 Ogden 
 
 Carpenter.... 
 
 Harvey 
 
 Silver Side... 
 
 Carrcroft 
 
 Concord 
 
 Augustine 
 
 Wilmington. 
 
 $0 
 
 Bicycles are carried free of charge, owner's risk. 
 
 Bicycle Tracks and Kindred Structures 
 
 GEORGE I. LOVATT ,^, M. F. X. FOLEY 
 
 Architect ASSOCIATED Consulting Engineer 
 
 424 Walnut Street •^® 3n Betz Buildin 
 
 PHILADKLF»HIA, PA. 
 
 Desi<5QS - 8peeifieatioi}S - Superiptepder^e^ 
 
 Correspondence Solicited 
 
 Specimen of Work, Point Breeze Bicycle Track, Phila. 
 
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 A FEW REASONS FOR JOINING 
 
 BECAUSE a membership means privileges which can be secured in no other way, 
 anrl wliieli will reimy many times over, the nominal cost involved. 
 
 Because it is the only " square " thing to do. Any rider who is not a member of 
 the League of American Wheelmen is enjoying privileges which others are paying 
 for. 
 
 A handsome leather-bound road-book (obtainable nowhere else at any price) is 
 given to every member. This book, prepared by the gratuitous labor of Pennsyl- 
 vania League members, gives over 200 cycling routes in Pennsylvania and vicinity, 
 as well as many favorite through tours in other sections of the country. It gives the 
 distances between towns, tells the condition, material and grade of every road trav- 
 ersed, names a hotel in nearly every town at which special rates will be given to 
 L. A. W . members, and gives much other valuable information. 
 
 A new and revised road-map of the State on an enlarged scale, printed on bond 
 paper and published for convenie:;ce in three sections, is also sent to every member. 
 
 The L. a. W. Bulletin and Good Roads is the weekly official organ of the 
 League. The amount named below includes a year's subscription. It contains all 
 the current cycling news, interesting descriptive matter relating to tours, tells how 
 wheels should be cared for, and supplies unlimited practical information to the in- 
 quiring cyclist. 
 
 Every member is guaranteed full legal protection (without cost) in case of in- 
 fringement of his or her rights as a cyclist on the road, on railroads or elsewhere. 
 The Pennsylvania Division of the L. A. AV. has never lost a single case of this kind 
 in the courts. 
 
 In nearly every town is a local officer, called a Consul. Your membership card 
 is an introduction to this official, who Avill give you any reasonable assistance. 
 
 The League of American Wheelmen is the pioneer organization in the move- 
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 numbers and influence to pusli this movement, as well as to defeat legislation intended 
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 It controls absolutely all bicycle racing in this country. 
 
 It costs but $2.00 for the first year and Sl-OO for each succeeding year to entitle 
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 If any further information is wanted address the 
 
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 W. C. SNYDER, Treasurer and Claim Adjuster. General Manager. 
 
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WHAT THM L. A.W. OFFICIAI^S SAY ABOUT " B:^ST 
 
 rout:^s.'' 
 
 Office of Samuel A. Boyle, Chief Consul Penna. Division, No. 654 
 City Hall, Philadelphia. 
 
 Philadelphia, 12 March, 1896. 
 Mr. Frank H. Taylor, Philadelphia. 
 
 Dear Sir: — After hearing of your pamphlet detailing the features of the 
 roads surrounding Philadelphia, I have no hesitation in saying that I believe it 
 will meet with a favorable reception on the part of the bicyclers of Philadelphia, 
 and that it will prove to be a valuable supplement to the road book of the Penn- 
 sylvania Division of the League of American Wheelmen. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 S. A. BOYLE, Chief Consul. 
 
 Office Chairman of Racing Board, L. A. W. 
 
 March 14, 1896. 
 Mr. Frank H. Taylor, Philadelphia. 
 
 Dear Sir : — I have inspected the advance sheets of your book, " Best Eoutes 
 
 in and around Philadelphia," and am immensely pleased with its scope and the 
 
 maps provided. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 GEO. D. GIDEON. 
 
 Philadelphia, March 16, 1896. 
 
 I have carefully examined Mr. Frank H. Taylor's book, "Best Koutes for 
 Wheelmen," and feel sure that any rider who sees it will bear me out in saying 
 that it is the best guide in its line {i. e., for local riding) which has ever been 
 published. 
 
 It contains much valuable information about our historic landmarks not 
 generally known to the bulk of our riders. 
 
 For those of our wheelmen (and they are many) who care only for short rides, 
 this book will prove of the greatest service, and worth many times the small price 
 charged for it. The maps are not only clear and well engraved, but what is more 
 to the point, they are accurate. 
 
 W. W. RANDALL, 
 Chairman Penna. Road Book Comm. 
 43 
 
Incie::x:. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Title 1 
 
 A Practical Guide — Acknowledgments 2 
 
 Lancaster Pike 3 
 
 Montgomery Pike 5 
 
 To Valley Forge 5 
 
 Ways to Norristown 6 
 
 West Chester Pike 7 
 
 Woodland Avenue to Darby 8 
 
 From Darby to Chester 10 
 
 Baltimore Pike..... 11 
 
 New Cycle Track, Philadelphia Driving Park (Illustration) 12 
 
 Penrose Ferry and Island Road 13 
 
 Tinicum (Essington Station) 14 
 
 Description of New Cycle Track 14 
 
 Through East Fairmount Park and up the Wissahickon 15 
 
 West Fairmount Park Roads and By-ways 16 
 
 Historic and other Notable Buildings in Fairmount Park 16 
 
 A By-path along the Wissahickon (Illustration) 17 
 
 Frankford, Holmesburg and Torresdale Riding District... 18 
 
 Map of Frankford, Holmesburg and Torresdale Riding District 19 
 
 Bristol Pike Run , 21 
 
 Old York Pike, &c 23 
 
 Oxford Pike to Bethayres, &c ...25 
 
 Limekiln Pike 26 
 
 Bethlehem Pike 26 
 
 Perkiomen and Germantown Pike 27 
 
 Ridge Pike 28 
 
 Skippack Pike 28 
 
 White Horse Pike and to Atlantic City, N. J 28 
 
 Cape May Route 29 
 
 Blackwoodstown Pike, N. J , 30 
 
 Haddonfield Pike, N. J 30 
 
 Marlton Pike, N. J 30 
 
 Moorestown Road, N. J 30 
 
 Burlington Pike, N. J 30 
 
 River Road, N. J 31 
 
 Elevations 31 
 
 Inns and Road Houses 31 
 
 Principal Cycling Clubs of Philadelphia 33 
 
 A "Century" and Two Fifty-Mile Runs Within the City Limits 34 
 
 L. A. W. Hotels 34 
 
 One-way Railroad Fares 36 
 
 One-way Railroad Fares , 38 
 
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