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L. Woodruff. His aides, members of the parade committee, 

 were Albert H. Angell, president of the Good Roads Association, 

 W. O. Eschvvege, Durant McLean, Frank P. Share, G. F. Stringer, 

 George T. Stebbins, H. B. Fullerton, D. B. VanVleck and Andrew 

 Peters. The marshal of the first division, which consisted of 

 Brooklyn and Long Island clubs, was Wyllys Terry. The marshal 

 of the second division, made up of various members of the regi- 

 ments of the city who ride a wheel, was Norman S. Dike. The 

 marshal of the next division, made up of wheelmen outside of 

 Long Island, was Will R. Pitman ; and the marshal of the last 

 division, made up of unattached wheelmen, was Alexander 

 Schwalbach. 



The line of the parade was from Bedford avenue and Eastern 

 Parkway to the main entrance of Prospect Park, along the West 

 Drive of the Park to the Nethermead, to the East Drive, and out 

 of the Park by way of Gate 3, and thence along the new path to 

 the ocean. The parade was in every respect a great success. 



THE GLENMORE AVENUE IMPROVEMENT. 



The improvement of Glenmore avenue along the line indicated 

 in the bill was pushed rapidly forward. From East New York 

 avenue a macadam road was built as far as Alabama avenue. 

 From this point to Ashford street asphalt was laid over a block 

 pavement, which could not be removed without invalidating 

 assessments running for twenty years. From Ashford street to 

 the end of the improvement a macadam road was built. It be- 

 came necessary to purchase the right of way, and the tracks of 

 an old railroad company organized in the days of the town gov- 

 ernment in the Twenty-sixth Ward, or New Lots, as it was then 

 known. The rights were held by Justice William J. Gaynor, of 

 the Supreme Court, who had acquired them in a suit to recover 

 moneys loaned. The rights were purchased for the face of the 

 judgment, and the following document was executed: 



PURCHASING A RAILROAD FRANCHISE. 



This indenture, made the twenty-fifth day of May, 1896, be- 

 tween William J. Gaynor, of the City of Brooklyn, County of 



