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GYGIiE-SEEN GLORY.
Realties op the proposed cy
cle PATH TO THE SISTER
CITY
6Y WAY OF SUMMIT AVENUE,
AND A LITTLE GOSSIP ABOUT THE
PROPOSED ROUTE TO WHITE
BEAR.
Huns made by local riders
Without the Cycle Paths, Which Am
bit ion h nml Hard Cyclists May
Find Interesting.
Other cities have constructed cycle
paths earlier in the history of the pres
ent popularity than St. Paul, but few,
if any have such routes which are
more enjoyable or picturesque than
will be that which the wheelmen of St.
Paul are to build to a junction with a
similar path constructed by the cy
clists of Minneapolis. All the way it
runs through a beautiful country, and
for the most part over roads of long
standing, where the foundation is al
ready firm enough for the ideal cycle
path.
Starting on Summit avenue, It finds
its beginning to be the most beautiful
locality in the city. On either side
beautiful lawns run back to beautiful
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5 CUDBY CYCLE £0. f
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residences, the buttressed walls of the
old castles at one turn giving way to
the lighter, but none the less pleasing
modern architecture near by. Here
and there, at the crossings of the in-
tersecting streets, or through the green
yards between, are glimpses of the
| broad river valley, with its panoramic
AT TUB FOOTBRIDGE, COMO.
I spectacle of field and farm and factory,
of wood, of water and of wealth, of
plain and precipice
As the rider goes, however, the met-
ropolitan aspect becomes less and less
apparent, the houses become farther
and farther apart, while over to the
left can be seen, through the trees
that skirt the brow of the hill, the
bluffs of the Mississippi's west bank,
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STHEJ SAINT FAUI, JLPAILriT GLOBE, i SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1896.
far away toward Fort Snelling. Fur
ther out are Macalester college, St.
Paul seminary and St. Thomas semi
nary, each of those noted educational
Institutions nestling In one of the
groves along the side nearer the river,
while over the plain to the north ap
pears the spire of Hamline university,
the dome of the main pavilion at the
state fair grounds, and far in the dis
tance the brick cluster which marks
the state agricultural college and ex
perimental farm. Further around to
the northwest the steel gray
walls of the big Union de
vator, in Minneapolis, glisten like
silver in the bright sun, while straight
ahead, over the fringe of trees which
marks the valley of the Mississippi, is
reared the black hulk of the latest ad-
ditlon to the Flour City's array of
grain warehouses, the Peavey elevator,
In South Minneapolis. Under a dingy,
smoked bridge, whose sides were once
red, a toiling engine tugs at a train
, on the heavy grade that rises from
the river valley, a striking contrast
to the noiseless and apparently easy
motion of the cycle on the level road
above. In the fields between these cv-
I Idences of culture and of business en
terprise, horses graze, and calves rest
In the shade of the overhanging trees.
Suddenly, as the trees in front be
come more and more clearly cut, the
road takes a sudden turn, not to the
right or to the left, but down. It Is
the brink of the Mississippi gorge, and
In a moment more the wheel is brought
to a stop by the railing at the end
of Summit avenue. Here is where the
1 real work of building the cycle path Is
to be done, for to that point It is hoped
to make an arrangement by which
it may be built in the middle of the
Summit avenue boulevard, a delightful
strip of beaten earth and cinders, be
tween borders of rich velvety green.
But from this point It is desired to run
the path along the bluff to the Mar
shall avenue or Lake street bridge,
nearly half a mile up stream. If this
is done, the road must be cleared
through the grove of birches that
shades the slope of the Father of Wa
ters. At this season of the year the
location Is most picturesque. Deep in
the valley the muddy water 3 of the
swollen river wind their sinuous, course,
while the steel spans of the." arched
viaduct cross the wide chasm^.in two
long leaps. The east bank drops al
most vertically into the wats;p, save
ia the glen where a once /tenerous
j stream poured itself over the rocks
into the river. Now the shrunken riv
ulet sputters and splashes over the
ledge. "Shadow" falls truly, but a
shadow of former beajity remaining,
save that which is imparted by the
overhanging strata of the rock forma
tion. Into a pile of stones underneath
the wafer splashes and, disappears, for
the stony bed of the old stream is dry
below the falls, as dry as it is but a
short distance above. The water is
sues from one hole in the ground to
disappear but a few minutes later in
another, but in its passage it lends
additional and unique interest to the
territory traversed by the cycle path.
Shadow falls is but=on» of the many
charming little cascades that once tum
bled and chattered irr the rocky dells
along the Mississippi from St.
Anthony falls to the levee at St. Paul.
But with the advent ot civilization,
and the consumption 1-of surface and
other water supplies by settlement,
and the drainage of their water sheds
by.sewers r in some ca^s, all have dim
inished in size, while rfsojfne have van
ished entirely. Bri(^al. rf Veil, at the
Franklin avenue bridge, ,and Shadow
falls are the best extant remains of
these ex-cascades, of course excepting
Minnehaha, and even that haa dwin
dled from much of its former glory.
On the west bank, Aliejriver's line is
marked by a low levee, far enough from
the city's bustle so that it bears the
grassy green of nature, Instead of the
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1 BICYCLE STA\D AT AURORA PARK.
squalid huts and hovels of the similar
levees above It and below it. This
deep green strip along the brown water
stretches away to the south to the
romontory where stands the soldiers'
'■ ome, with its slated poof- rising above
the foliage.
When this patht is-eo^Jpleted, it will
form, one of the prettiest cycle paths
known anywhere. , If Minneapolis does
the right thing and comfes to meet it,
new charnra will be added, too, for
while the ride west on' Lake street on
the Minneapolis bank becomes more
of a prairie nature as soon as" one has
left the river, yet.it has .pleasures in
store at the end to compensate for
the comparative monotony of its early
stages. For after three or four miles
over these rolling prairies, on the right
the black city, with its smoky nucleus
and on the left the more or less open
country, stretching away to the south,
with the bluish, hazy atmosphere that
always hangs over the Minnesota bot
toms, as seen from a distance, the
glistening surface of Lake Cajhoun
appears directly In front, and then fol
lows the ride around the broad boule
vard that fringes with the hedge of
green the gracefully curving lines of
this beautiful "sheet of water. Lake
wood cemetery.with its thousands rest
ing peacefully, overlooking this splen
did lake, is passed.and then up through
a grove to Harriet, whose circling bou
levard has been for years a favorite
speeding place for cyclists of all classes
and conditions.
"What better route need be asked?
It is to be regretted that the citizens
of the sister city are so backward about
coming forward, but eve.n without that,
Lake street, aa it is, is a very admlr.
able road at ordinary seasons, and
for those who have the ambition for a
twenty-flve-mile run, the trip to Har
riet and back, as it will be, can find
few superiors.
As for the interurftan cycle path, Its
route, after reaching Minneapolis, is
as yet but vaguely defined, although
the general opinion is that it will fol
low Minnehaha and Twenty-sixth ave
nues to Lake street after loavl. g the
pavement on Cedar avenue. This route
would make it easily accessible for
cyclists coming from up town, as well
as those living in the vicinity of or
south of Franklin avenue.
Up to the present the Minneapolis
contingent has done little or nothing
In the line of substantial work for the
cycle path. This has not, however,
deterred, and should not deter, the local
cyclists from going ahead with their
portion of the work. It is only a mat
ter of time when the value of the cycle
path must force Itself on the atten
tion, even of Minneapolis, and until
that time comes St. Paul will at least
' have had the use of Its own Improve
ments.
Another path—and it may be re
marked parenthetically that purists
in Boston and elsewhere object to the
term cycle path, on the ground that
paths, etymolatgicatty, are foot walks,
so that to sustain the common term
cycling must be defined by "Doctor"
Burke'a descrJE£i£q. of "sitting down
when I walk"-—ls that planned to be
constructed to White Bear. At pres
ent quite a popular summer route Is
out Lafayette avenue, Edgerton street
and the White Bear road to the irreg
ular shores of the lake that Is the
chief gem in St. Paul's lacustrine
crown.
Practically the same length as the
Minneapolis city run, 22 miles for the
round trip, it makes just a comfort
able Jaunt for the athletic rider who
has passed the stage of the novice
without losing the enthusiasm.
The plan for a path to White Bear
involves more difficulties than the in
terurban, for, while all St. Paul's share
in the latter will be built within the
limits of the city, a portion of the
White Bear path will be without those
limits and subject to the jurisdiction
of the county commissioners. These
tangles, however, are believed to be
only technical, as it is expected that
wn&l Aiwdys
fa n best
Kit at
lo the
Prices, $5 to $15. U Boston!
Trie Latest end most Stylish
BYCYCLE
SUITS,
Enow That They Are Best Satisfied at
the Up=to=Date Establishment,
the county authorities will co-operat*
with the cycle path association. In
so far as may be within their power.
Eut with or without the cycle path,
the riders of St. Paul have a mnnbe*
of nice trips within reach of them*
varying In length according to theha
abilities and endurance.
One of the most frequented for nov«
Ices is that to Como park. The best
road—and the roads here given are aa
described by Tom Bird, one of the most
persistent riders in the two cities, with
the possible exception of August A,
Hansen —out St. Peter street to UnU
versity avenue, University to Dals
etreet. Dale to Como avenue, an<3|
thence to the park; return by SnelU
ing avenue to Summit, and Into ths
city, or reverse the order. The di»»
tance from the court house and re*
turn la twelve mllos, approximately.