Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 12, No 7
Articles in this issue
- Abbot Bassett's leading July editorial muses on Fourth of July fireworks, St. Swithin's Day, the rest cure and the coming September L.A.W. banquet, and notes Englishman R. Somerset winning a 25-mile Elite C.C. handicap on an 'ordinary' high bicycle once owned by the late Percy Nix.
- Reports that on Pennsylvania's Good Roads Day, May 26, some 10,000 volunteers worked 2,100 miles of highway in Washington County, including 500 students from Washington and Jefferson College, though the editor doubts the skill of professional men and students as road-makers.
- The Monday Club of Boston, old-time cyclists who lunched at the Hotel Venice, has adjourned for the season after celebrating John Kelley's birthday and George L. Cooke of Providence's 66th; members Kilby, Ryder, Nickerson, Irish, Stall, Kendall and others scatter to summer haunts.
- A reader signing 'Old Timer' asks how to protect bicycle tires from street oil and tar, and the editor confesses he has no remedy, oil and rubber being deadly enemies.
- The Rovers' Cycle Club of Charlestown, Mass. held its 28th annual dinner at Winter-Place Tavern, Boston on May 23, re-electing its entire board under President Thomas H. Hall, with Quincy Kilby and Abbot Bassett presenting verse parodies of 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' and speeches from W. G. Kendall and others.
- Editorial notice of the Columbia Mechanical Starter, a $30 solid-rod, backfire-proof automobile self-starter sold attached to the car by the Columbia Nut & Bolt Co. of Bridgeport, Conn.
- Reports the May 26 agreement between the F. & D. Amusement Company of New York and promoters Frank Mihlon and Inglis M. Uppercu's Cycle Racing Association, consolidating control of six-day racing at Madison Square Garden and the Philadelphia and Brighton Beach tracks under William Wellman and Floyd A. MacFarland.
- The American Highway Association and American Bar Association launch a joint movement to repeal obsolete century-old state road laws and urge reforms such as cash road taxes, skilled supervision, appointed officials and continuous maintenance.