Vol 3, No 3

Articles in this issue

• [Annuncio del dono della Carta del Veneto ai primi 10.000 Soci] (opens in a new tab)

  The Council reports Director-General Federico Johnson's offer, under statute article 92, of a copy of a new 1:500,000 map of the Veneto to each of the club's first 10,000 members for 1897, commissioned from the Istituto Geografico Militare and completed with road data from Bertarelli's own guide; the Council votes Johnson unanimous thanks.
• Tesoreria (opens in a new tab)

  Reminds members in arrears that home collection has begun under statute article 16 (L. 5.20 via the Corriere di Città in Milan, L. 5.55 by postal order elsewhere), and that publications (Lazio, Annuario, Profili, Veneto) are suspended until payment.
• La Carta del Veneto (opens in a new tab)

  Specifies the new Veneto map will print on thin, durable canvas-style paper, with an optional cloth-mounted pocket edition in a gilt-stamped slipcase for L. 1, bookable only until printing begins in mid-May.
• Deliberazioni del Consiglio (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of three March 1897 Council sittings: approval of Marelli's alphabetical-by-comune Annuario layout, the 14 March election results and full slate of new officers (Johnson as Director-General, Bertarelli heading Roads, Segrè Medical), the Veneto map gift resolution, the Swiss customs dispute over 25 members' unreported re-exports, and the office move to Via Giulini 2 on 1 April.
• Verbale delle operazioni di spedizione delle Schede per la votazione (opens in a new tab)

  Major A. Barutta's sworn account of printing, stamping and posting 7,970 ballot papers bound into the January-February Rivista, reconciling 7,759 dispatched against the club's active membership, with 249 undelivered copies later redistributed or sealed and held at headquarters.
• Verbale dell'Assemblea Generale dei Soci del T. (opens in a new tab)

  Full minutes of the 14 March 1897 Annual General Meeting at the Veloce Club di Milano (114 members present, chaired by Avv. Francesco Mira): a heated debate led by Mira, Binda, Favari, Bertarelli, Vanzetti and Agrati over whether the Consular Corps needs formal regulation, closing with an order of the day recommending the incoming Council study reforms to how the annual assembly itself operates.
• Verbale degli Scrutatori sull'esito della votazione del giorno 14 Marzo 1897 (opens in a new tab)

  Scrutineers Barutta, Rapazzini, Magatti and Chiappa report 1,744 valid ballots elected all 18 candidate councillors, led by Bertarelli with 1,706 votes, and 3 auditors, but record that the proposed statute amendments, though carried by wide margins on each article, fell short of the quarter-of-membership quorum required by article 104 and so were not adopted.
• Cancelleria (opens in a new tab)

  Chancellor A. Provasoli asks members to report address changes promptly using a double postcard, and warns that unregistered mail (registration costs L. 2) forfeits any claim to replacement of lost publications, with dispatches suspended for members behind on the L. 5 annual fee.
• Oggetti d'ornamento (opens in a new tab)

  Lists prices for the club's enamelled badges, cufflinks and identification plate for the bicycle's head tube (required for touring in France), noting orders received so far total about L. 2000, plus cloth cases for the 1896 road-profile collection.
• Sezione Comfort (opens in a new tab)

  Lists hotels and restaurants newly affiliated between 20 February and 20 March 1897, and asks members and innkeepers writing to the Comfort section to enclose return postage, citing a single member's enquiry that cost L. 2.50 in stamps.
• Sezione Strade (opens in a new tab)

  Bertarelli declines, for now, suggestions to publish curated regional touring itineraries alongside the road guides, reports the Veneto guide's questionnaire survey is generating both eager offers of help and complaints about overly narrow assignments, and explains why he must favour long-term local residents' detailed knowledge over broad-area contributions.
• L'Annuario 1897 (opens in a new tab)

  Bertarelli previews the forthcoming yearbook, crediting Comfort-section head A. C. Marelli for its calendar, Consular Corps roster, foreign Touring Club data, customs and insurance rules, and its core directory of over 6,000 addresses of consuls, hotels, repairers and doctors.
• Sezione movimento (opens in a new tab)

  Warns that Swiss customs reported 25 T.C.C.I. members who failed to report re-exporting their bicycles at the border, risking loss of the reciprocal concession, and details Switzerland's new three-part Laissez-passer form (madre, pass and tagliando) and its validity periods.
• Consolato Generale (opens in a new tab)

  Corrects an earlier omission of several Rome Consulate resignations, explaining that Vito Pardo and colleagues are being reappointed provisionally at the new head consul's request in recognition of their work on the Rome-Milan rally.
• Ventitreesimo Elenco (opens in a new tab)

  Twenty-third list of Consular Corps appointments approved between 24 February and 31 March 1897, naming new Capi Consoli, Consoli and Vice-Consoli including Duca Luigi di Gallese in Rome and consuls in Prague, Moscow, Berlin and Chicago, plus resignations including Camillo Tacconis in Turin.
• Programma delle Gite primaverili 1897 (opens in a new tab)

  Rome section's full spring 1897 outings calendar, from the 14 March Roma-Ostia ride to the 16 May, 660-kilometre Roma-Milano rally, with meeting points, distances and a 30-centesimo per-rider contribution.
• Ancona (opens in a new tab)

  Reports the Ancona section's first social ride, 14 March to Chiaravalle (36 km), where riders met Falconara members at La Palombina and were welcomed by vice-console Alfonso Umani.
• Casale (opens in a new tab)

  Announces a 25 April cycling gathering at Casale Monferrato for the unveiling of the monument to those who died defending the town in 1848-49, organised by the Veloce-Club Casalese with a commemorative medal for all attending.
• Torino (opens in a new tab)

  Reports the Turin section's first 1897 social ride, 14 March, 31 km via Venaria Reale, Caselle and Leynì despite muddy roads from the previous day's rain, ending with cries of "Viva il Touring!"
• Legnano (opens in a new tab)

  Sets out the Legnano section's spring 1897 outing programme: breakfast rides to Tornavento (21 March), Abbiategrasso (11 April) and Borgomanero (16 May), each with detailed outbound and return routes and distances.
• Candidati (opens in a new tab)

  List of new candidate members enrolled between 20 February and 20 March 1897, spanning Italy and abroad including Geneva, Prague, Chicago and Liverpool.
• Soci del Veloce Club Veneziano. 2.° Elenco (opens in a new tab)

  Second roster of Veloce Club Veneziano members joining the Touring club.
• Società Ciclisti Veneziani. 2.° Elenco (opens in a new tab)

  Second, short list of Società Ciclisti Veneziani members joining the Touring club.
• Società Cairoli di Verona. 2.° Elenco (opens in a new tab)

  Second list of Verona's Società Cairoli members joining the Touring club.
• Soci individuali dell'U.V.I. passanti al T. 3.° Elenco (opens in a new tab)

  Third list of individual Unione Velocipedistica Italiana members transferring into the Touring club, including several from Saint Petersburg and Trieste.
• Parte non Ufficiale. Touring Club de France (opens in a new tab)

  Brief note that the Touring Club de France counted 48,310 members on 1 February 1897, having enrolled 1,475 new candidates in February alone.