Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1896 — Two Thousand an Hour. [ARTICLE]

Two Thousand an Hour.

“Standing on the Boulevard the other night at Eighty-sixth street, New York, watching the throng of bicyclists,” said a west-aider. “I counted those going north between the hours of 8.40 and 9.10. There were 545 men and seventyeight women—623 altogether. I did not undertake to count those going south at the same time, but I should say that at a moderate calculation there were at least half as many more, making the total number passing that point in thirty minutes about 1000. The currents vary in strength—later there would be fewer going up and more going down; but in the busier part of the pleasant evenigs a total of 2000 an hour would be a reasonable estimate.” —New York Sun.