Vol 2, No 10

Articles in this issue

• Banchetto Sociale (opens in a new tab)

  Announcement of the club banquet honouring Roads Section chief Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, moved from 8 November to 8 December 1896 at the Ristorante Eden, with a 6-lire subscription payable to headquarters by 6 December.
• Deliberazioni del Consiglio (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of the council's 30 September, 14 October and 21 October 1896 sessions: approving a 50,000-copy propaganda pamphlet drafted by Bertarelli, tasking councillor Favari with reciprocity talks with the Swiss, Danish, Swedish and Dutch touring clubs (and Johnson with the same for the English Touring Club), voting a medal for Bertarelli proposed by the Cremona consulate, recording a 30% fare discount from the Lake Maggiore and Lake Garda steamship companies, and setting the Guida Regionale del Lazio for publication in late January 1897 after weighing Bertarelli's own road survey against the Roman consulate's independent data.
• Consolato Generale (opens in a new tab)

  Nineteenth list of Consular Corps appointments from the 30 September and 14 October sittings, naming new section heads and consuls for Florence, Geneva, Livorno, Foggia and Bucharest and vice-consuls for towns including Valenza Po, Ferrara, Macerata and Naples; also thanks consuls Henry Bianchi of Annecy and Italo Viviani of Locarno for their hospitality to touring members passing through.
• Cancelleria (opens in a new tab)

  Notice that the chancellery has had cloth cases made to hold the complete 1896 series of 18 road profiles, sent post-free on request against a 1-lira advance payment.
• Quinto Elenco delle Località (opens in a new tab)

  Fifth published list of towns holding the club's roadside repair-box depots ("Cassette di Riparazione") for members' exclusive use, naming custodians and routes including Arona-Locarno, Roma-Civitavecchia, Roma-Terni and the Via Appia Nuova to Albano, signed by chancellor A. Provasoli.
• Avviso ai nuovi Soci (opens in a new tab)

  Notice that, per the 21 October council resolution, 1897 members wanting the 1896 publications must pay 1.50 lire for the Guida di Lombardia and 2 lire for the first 18 route Profili at enrolment, while members who already paid 4.50 lire will be refunded 1 lira now that the Guida del Lazio is included free among the 1897 publications.
• Sezione Strade (opens in a new tab)

  Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, head of the Roads Section, gives practical notes on the Maloia, Bernina and Aprica alpine passes forming a circuit through Bregaglia, the Engadine, Poschiavo, Valtellina and Valcamonica, and reports progress on the Guida del Lazio, aided by the Roman consulate's independent road survey credited to Vito Pardo and Guglielmo Pacca.
• Diverse (opens in a new tab)

  Miscellaneous notes: engineer Alberto Riva takes over correspondence on signpost matters from the Roads Section; a third reprint (140,000-150,000 copies) of the Guida delle Grandi Comunicazioni is under way at C. Rebeschini e C.; cumulative print totals are given for the route Profili (127,500 copies across 18 titles) and the Guida di Lombardia (14,000 volumes); an errata corrige fixes Laveno's altitude from 255 to 205 metres; and the Roma-Milano touring caravan itinerary set by Bertarelli, via Terni, Spoleto, Foligno, Gubbio, Fossombrone, Bologna and Piacenza, is confirmed.
• Sezione Comfort (opens in a new tab)

  Marelli, head of the Comfort Section, explains the new percentage-discount system replacing fixed-price hotel contracts and the "Libretto di Legittimazione" booklet for recording members' satisfaction or complaints, then lists dozens of recommended hotels across Italy and Switzerland with their discounts, from Albano and Bellagio to Verona and Zurich.
• Facilitazioni (opens in a new tab)

  Notice of a 15% member discount on cycle tyres from Antonio Natali's shop on Via Rizzoli in Bologna, and the Salò vice-consul's recommendation of the blacksmith-repairer Anastasio Lorenzetti of Arco, Trentino.
• Sezione Medica (opens in a new tab)

  Report on the Touring Medical Section's new nationwide first-aid network of volunteer local doctors, with 70 medical officers stationed along the planned 8 May Rome-Milan caravan route, and the full circular letter from medical chiefs Dott. Remo Segre and Dott. Favari Pietro inviting local doctors to become honorary "Touring doctors" with a badge, plaque and free subscription to the Rivista.
• Sezione Movimento (opens in a new tab)

  Head of the Movement Section Stanislao Parboni reports a 30% fare discount secured from the Lake Maggiore and Lake Garda steamship companies, the lifting (for pedestrians only) of the ban on the Monte Olimpino/Valeria shortcut on the Como-Chiasso road after representations by consul Oreste Bonfanti (with the Como council's reply reprinted in full), and a customs warning after a member was fined for failing to register his bicycle's re-entry from Switzerland.
• Sezioni (opens in a new tab)

  Short branch reports: Borgosesia's new council permission for cyclists to use its streets and hamlets at a walking pace; a Salò club run to Trento via Valle Sabbia and Riva; a 60-strong Florence section outing to the Mugello via Fiesole, Borgo S. Lorenzo and Pontassieve; member Vittorio Pineschi's roughly 1,700km solo tour from Genoa through Turin, Milan, Venice, Bologna and the Abruzzo to Naples in 16 days; a Trapani outing to inaugurate a repair-box depot at Paparella; and a rain-spoiled but well-attended Bardolino rally with delegations from Vicenza, Verona, Valeggio, Salò and Ferrara.
• La Grande Gita Cinegetica (opens in a new tab)

  Report on the Rome section's 4 October "hunting-themed" countryside outing, over 60 riders led by chief consul Vito Pardo, with a mock game auction judged by cav. Staurenghi ("Vamba" of the Don Chisciotte), a countryside luncheon, and prizes won by Reggiani Giovanni and Barbieri Giuseppe.
• Il Bis della Gita Cinegetica (opens in a new tab)

  Report on the 11 October repeat of the Rome hunting-themed outing, over 70 participants led by consuls Magagnini and Sbolci, with comic toy instruments and cheap prop guns, and a shooting contest won by member Cicerchia.
• Iseo (opens in a new tab)

  Extended report on the touring rally at Iseo on Lake Iseo, organised by Dott. Zaccaria Federici with professors Cottarelli and Nigherzoli, drawing 250-300 cyclists from many towns, a 250-cover banquet at comm. Bonardi's villa, speeches by director-general Johnson and the mayor of Iseo, and a chartered steamer excursion on the lake to Lovere.
• Rovigo (opens in a new tab)

  Brief editorial note explaining that, with 529 new-member candidates to publish in a single month, lack of space forced the Rivista to drop its already-prepared account of the touring rally held at Rovigo.