The balmy spring-like atmosphere of the past two days has brought out the cyclists in profusion, and Monday the pavements were literally sprinkled with wheels, which moved about from place to place and rightly give the impression that the season for riding is at hand. What then about the sidepaths? In a week, at least, the cycling season will be in full blast.

The riders will be impatient to leave the pavements and get out for a spin on the sidepaths that already extend, for a little ways at least, in every direction from the city. These, then, must be placed in good order immediately. The open winter which has just passed raised havoc along some of the wheel-ways.

The recurring freezing and thawing was productive of considerable damage, and there are always plenty of other agents to break up the paths in places; to even up these rough spots and to put the paths in good rideable condition again is surely going to take money, and the money must come through the sale of badges. The repairs are not of so serious a nature as to occupy along space of time for their completion, provided that the riders furnish the cash that is needed.

Then there is also the matter of extending the sidepaths of the county. Cortland is going to do her share this year toward building a bicycle path that will extend from Syracuse to Binghamton, and about the first work that the commissioners will do after repairing will be to extend the Little York path on through to the Onondaga county line. Then a wheel-way will be built along Groton-ave. to the brick schoolhouse, thence southward to Gillet's grove, and from that point back to the South Cortland path, making a delightful runway of about five miles.