Vol 3, No 1

189718 articles10 imagesItalian

Rivista Mensile del Touring Club Ciclistico Italiano, Vol 3, No 1 cover

Articles in this issue

  • Assemblea Generale del T. C. C. I.
    Notice convening the club's Annual General Meeting for Sunday 14 March 1897 at the Sala del Veloce Club in Milan (via Cappuccini 6 / via Vivaio 11), with an agenda covering the 1896 minutes, the 1896 balance sheet, proposed statute reforms and election of the Administrative Council and auditors for 1897-98. Signed by Director-General Federico Johnson, deputy Alberto Riva and secretary Lorenzi.
  • Rapporto del Direttore Generale sulla situazione sociale al 31 Dicembre 1896
    Federico Johnson's annual report records membership rising from 2,660 to 7,257 in 1896, a federative pact concluded with the Unione Velocipedistica Italiana and the Swiss Touring Club, the Consular Corps passing 500 members, eighty roadside repair boxes installed, and the Roads Section publishing the Guida delle Grandi Comunicazioni, the Lombardy regional guide, eighteen road profiles and the Annuario.
  • Relazione dei Sindaci
    The Board of Auditors, Federico Guasti, Attilio Soffredi and Carlo Vanzetti, confirms the 1896 accounts show assets of L. 14,087.63 against liabilities of L. 11,006.17, a surplus of L. 3,081.46, and recommends the Assembly approve the balance sheet as the Council presents it.
  • Proposte di riforme allo Statuto Sociale
    The Administrative Council proposes amendments to articles 7, 27, 28, 54, 67 and 82 of the statute for the 14 March 1897 assembly: a new members' contribution toward postage and packing costs, a simplified two-instalment payment for clubs joining en masse, abolition of the medical first-aid box service, proxy voting for members living outside Milan, and provision for consuls in smaller circondario towns.
  • Deliberazioni del Consiglio
    Minutes of five Council sittings between 23 December 1896 and 27 January 1897, covering the federation agreement with the Unione Velocipedistica Italiana, customs negotiations with Belgium and Austria, a new member-identification plate for touring in France, the move of the club's offices to via Giulini 2, and a unanimous resolution opposing Milan's proposed municipal cycle tax.
  • Cancelleria. Oggetti d'ornamento.
    Price list of new enamelled badges, cufflinks and a small identification plate for the bicycle's head tube (compulsory for touring in France), plus cloth cases for the 1896 road-profile collection, offered to members through chancellor A. Provasoli.
  • Tesoreria
    Treasurer Riccardo Venegoni reminds members that the L. 5 annual subscription must reach the club's Milan office at via Gabrio Casati 2 by 31 January, to avoid delay in receiving the forthcoming Lazio regional guide.
  • Sezione Strade
    Roads-section head Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli thanks Lieutenant Carlo Bonetti for his survey of Benevento province's roads and Sicilian correspondents Pietro Finocchiaro Crupi and Tom Lo Martire for data on the Catania and Palermo routes, reports road profiles 16-18 (Maloja, Bernina, Aprica) distributed and 19-24 in preparation, and lists dozens of corrections found in Istituto Geografico Militare survey sheets from Lombardy to Calabria.
  • Sezione Medica. Primo Elenco dei Medici del Touring.
    First published roster of the club's affiliated doctors by province, from Alessandria to Genova, followed by an outline of the accident-insurance scheme and a plan to negotiate discounts with pharmacies and spa and climatic resorts, signed by medical-section head Remo Segrè and deputy Piero Favari.
  • Assicurazione contro gli Infortunii Ciclistici
    Details five accident-insurance options open to members, from a daily indemnity of L. 5 for temporary disability (premium L. 2.75) up to combined death, permanent-disability and third-party-liability cover for L. 6.75 a year, valid only within the Kingdom of Italy.
  • Sezione Comfort
    Lists hotels and restaurants newly affiliated to the club between 20 December 1896 and 20 January 1897, from Belgirate to Vogogna, with their room discounts for members, including a 10% fare reduction on the Lake Iseo steamer restaurants.
  • Sezione movimento. Dogane.
    Reports correspondence with the customs directorates of Switzerland (Lugano), France (Paris) and Italy (Rome) on letting members cross frontiers with their bicycles outside normal opening hours; Switzerland and France agree, Italy refuses, and negotiations continue with Austria over a deposit waiver.
  • Accertamento dell'indennità personale nei rapporti col servizio della Posta
    Movement-section head Stanislao Parboni confirms, after a member's suggestion in the journal La Bicicletta, that the club's photographic membership card has been accepted by Italian post offices as valid personal identification since March 1896.
  • Sezioni
    Local-branch notes: a Catania outing on 31 January to install a repair box at Giarre organised by consul Pietro Finocchiaro Crupi; Milan members admitted free to Milano S.V. lectures; a Perugia parchment prepared for the Rome-Milan May rally; Naples' new consulate banqueting at the Ristorante Giardini di Torino and touring to Lake Fusaro and Caserta; Turin's assembly at the Caffè San Carlo planning a Turin-Milan cycle caravan; Pavia planning a three-day May excursion.
  • Candidati
    List of new candidate members enrolled between 20 December 1896 and 20 January 1897, described as the largest monthly intake yet recorded, drawn from across Italy and from London, Berlin, Vienna and Montecarlo.
  • Soci del Veloce Club Veneziano
    First published roster of members of the Veloce Club Veneziano transferring into the Touring club, almost all resident in Venice.
  • Soci del Circolo del Pedale (Bologna)
    First published roster of members of Bologna's Circolo del Pedale joining the Touring club.
  • Soci individuali dell'U.V.I. passanti al T.
    First list of individual Unione Velocipedistica Italiana members transferring to the Touring club under the federation agreement between the two associations, drawn mainly from Piedmont, Liguria and Trieste.