Vol 4, No 7

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Rivista Mensile del Touring Club Ciclistico Italiano, Vol 4, No 7 cover

Articles in this issue

  • Deliberazioni del Consiglio.
    Minutes of the Council's 25 May 1898 sitting, Johnson presiding with Riva, Bertarelli, Gavazzi, Gorla, Marelli, Magnasco, Venegoni, Favari and Moro present: a permission letter from General Bava Beccaris for the 26 June Milano-Torino gathering is read, postponement requests from Bologna and the Club Ciclistico di Alessandria are rejected, Director General Johnson's commemorative ride album is unveiled to applause and made a free gift to every registrant, 20 June is fixed as the firm registration deadline, and a new date for the suspended Milano-Erba-Lecco outing (originally 8 May) is deferred.
  • Verbale di scrutinio della votazione per l'approvazione del Bilancio 1897.
    Milan, 1 June 1898: auditors Federico Guasti, Romeo Riva and Attilio Soffredi meet at Via Giulini 2 to count the secret ballot on the 1897 accounts, open since 27 March; of 1,018 ballots cast (15 void), 999 of the 1,003 valid votes favour approval against 4 opposed, and the Bilancio is declared approved under Article 76 of the Statute, countersigned by vice-secretary M. Caspani.
  • Verbale del I Congresso del T. C. C. I. tenuto in Torino il 27 giugno 1898 in occasione del Convegno Ciclistico Nazionale.
    Official minutes of the club's first congress, opened by Nob. Capponi Trenca and chaired by On. Brunialti with Johnson, Bertarelli and Olindo Guerrini at his side and Nino Caimi as secretary: over 100 delegates debate Ing. Piero Gavazzi's proposal for railway insurance of bicycles in transit (contested by A. G. Bianchi, Capponi-Trenca and Avv. Guarnaschelli, who argue the railways are already liable), reject by a large majority Conte Cavazzocca's proposal to drop "Ciclistico" from the club's name, hear Capponi Trenca's report on Italian road maintenance holding up Veneto's system as a model, and discuss the cycling traffic regulation before closing at 18:00 with thanks to On. Brunialti for his parliamentary work for Italian cycling.
  • Il Congresso Internazionale Touristico tenuto a Lussemburgo dal 2 al 7 Agosto 1898.
    Record of the second International Touring Congress, with 17 clubs represented by membership size (Touring Club de France 67,000 via Ballif, Cyclists' Touring Club 55,000 via Ewart/O'Meara/Beatty, League of American Wheelmen 102,000 via Pennell, T.C.C.I. 16,500 via Geisser among them); over three days chaired first by president Wurt-Weiler then by Sweden's Hildebrand, the delegates debate and on 4 August adopt the founding statute of the "Lega Internazionale delle Associazioni Touristiche" (L.I.A.T.), printing its fifteen articles in full, agree French as the Committee's working language, set the next congress for London in June 1899, and pass a resolution urging duty-free customs treatment for touring cyclists' machines.
  • L'assicurazione contro gl'infortuni ciclistici.
    The Sezione Medica reprints the full accident-insurance convention between the Touring, represented by Cav. Federico Johnson, and the Società Anonima Italiana di Assicurazione contro gl'Infortuni, directed by Cav. Gioberti Luzzati: cover excludes racing accidents and members under 18 or over 60, and premiums range from L.4.85 (temporary disability only, up to L.5/day) to L.10.90 (adding L.5,000 death, permanent-disability and third-party-liability cover), with a L.1.50 surcharge for non-members; signed Milan, 28 December 1897.
  • I nuovi medici del Touring.
    Roster of newly appointed club doctors, obliged only to give first aid to injured Touring members within their district, spanning some thirty towns from Albertone (Dott. Ottavio Ronconi) and Anzio (Dott. Torquato Onesti) to Guastalla (Dott. Julio Hotz) and Trento (Dott. Leopoldo Pergher); signed by Capo Sezione Medica Dott. Favari, who promises further lists of affiliated doctors and pharmacists in the next issue.
  • Dogane.
    Sezione Movimento head S. Parboni reminds members travelling to Switzerland and Austria that they must have their machine's re-export certified at the exit customs post using the laissez-passer coupon issued on entry or else owe the import duty with no further recourse, and notes that Milan's central customs office is authorised to issue the export bulletin for members sending bicycles by rail who cannot complete formalities at the frontier in time.
  • Sezione Biblioteca.
    The Istituto Geografico Militare notifies that it will stop freely distributing 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 map sheets except to technical offices, offering the largely up-to-date 1:75,000 and 1:100,000 sheets instead; the section also reminds members that the 17,000 copies of the pamphlet reprinting the 22 July 1897 and 16 December 1898 cycling law, donated by the Società Editrice Libraria Milanese, will ship with the Touring's next publication rather than separately, since the law already appeared in issue No. 12 (30) of 1897 and the 1898 Annuario; signed librarian T. E. Magnasco.
  • Elenco del Corpo Consolare pel triennio 1898-1900.
    Council resolution of 25 August 1898 records new Capi Consoli, Dott. Pietro Niccolini promoted at Ferrara and Avv. Gustavo de Stantz appointed at Geneva, and roughly thirty new consuls from Acquasparta to Todi, including Conte Livio Matteucci at Forlì and Conte Agostino Biglione di Viarigi at Turin, plus resignations at Casalbuttano, Foligno, Livorno and Modena; signed by Deputy Capo Console Generale O. Gorla.
  • Alberghi e Ristoranti che si affigliarono al T. C. C. I.
    Running list, town by town from Aosta's Bue Rosso to Vendrogno's della Fontana, of hotels and restaurants newly affiliated to the Sezione Comfort between 20 July and 20 August 1898, with member discounts on rooms and meals; notes the Albergo Americana at Lugano struck off the rolls, the Albergo Monte Rosa at Macugnaga confirmed affiliated despite an outdated plaque, and an erratum correcting April-May's "Albergo della Pace" at Spotorno to "Trattoria della Pace," plus a note that Turin's hotel contracts have been reviewed after some establishments tried to overcharge cyclists during the Exposition crush.
  • Facilitazioni Diverse ottenute dalla Sezione Comfort dal 20 Giugno al 20 Agosto 1898.
    List of shopkeepers newly granting Comfort Section discounts: Carlo Pini (haberdashery, 10%), Erminio Trivellini (textiles, 15%), N. Marino Grassi on Via Etnea 94 (gloves and linens, 10%), Guido Camisasca on Via Campetto 11 (rubber goods, 10%), Flam. Piacentini on Corso Garibaldi 33 (tailoring, 10%) and Giovanni De Biare on Via Roma 293 (rubber articles, 5%); corrects an earlier misprint, "Lavaggio Vincenzo" of Casale Monferrato should read "Lavagno Vincenzo"; signed Capo-Sezione Comfort A. C. Marelli.
  • Convegno Ciclistico Marchigiano in Recanati.
    Report of the second Marches cycling gathering, held in Recanati on Sunday 7 August 1898: teams from Ancona, Macerata, Fermo, Offida and Porto Potenza rode via Porto Recanati, were welcomed by cashier Attilio Massarini of the Banca Popolare and by Dott. Moretti, Dott. Zucconi and pretore Avv. Barili, watched Capo Console Prof. Re lay a wreath at the Leopardi monument, and closed the day with a banquet at the Hotel Squartini and a visit to the Biblioteca Leopardi; about seventy cyclists took part, though Pesaro's contingent was absent.
  • Sezioni riunite di Verona e Peschiera.
    Full programme for the international cycling gathering at Peschiera on Sunday 18 September 1898, organised by the Touring's Verona and Peschiera consular sections with the Società Cairoli: the Cairoli regional race arrives at 8:30, cycling teams are received at Porta Verona at 9:30 with band music, a plaque commemorating the 1848 siege is unveiled at noon, a lakeside banquet aboard the steamships follows at 14:00 (L.3 a head), rowing regattas with the Società Canottieri del Garda run at 16:00, and fireworks close the evening at 20:00, with a silver medal and diploma awarded to the best-represented Touring section.
  • Sezione di Catania.
    Report of the Catania section's 23-27 August 1898 outing: riders left Catania at 16:00 for Adernò (35 km), continued to Leonforte (45 km) and Castrogiovanni/S. Caterina/Caltanissetta (55 km) with a rest day, then rode to Barrafranca and Piazza Armerina (58 km), Caltagirone (32 km), Palagonia (32 km) and back to Catania via Bonvicino (47 km), 304 km in total, completed on schedule by a large party of the section's members.
  • Avviso Importante.
    Sezione Cancelleria notice on membership-card timing: subscriptions taken out from 1 October run to the end of 1899 by statute, but this does not entitle the member to publications issued during 1898 (the 1898 Piedmont Annuario and road profiles 27-36 go only to 1898 members), so anyone joining after 1 October who wants the 1898 publications must say so at enrolment and later remit the 1899 dues, an option open only until 31 December.
  • La Sezione Fotografica del Touring.
    Dott. Favari floats an idea raised at the Brescia Veneto-Lombard cycling gathering by fellow member Conte Lechi, who had just toured with the American fleet at Manila taking a large haul of photographs: that the Touring, having already mapped Italy geographically through Bertarelli's road-profile work, should next build a photographic record of Italy contributed by members from every region, while admitting the club's current funds are too thin to act on it yet.
  • Cancelleria.
    Price list of items sold at the Milan head office against advance payment: the club badge (Distintivo Sociale, L.1), bicycle tassel (Nappina, L.0.30), hotel plaque (Targa, L.2.60), folder for the 1897 profile collection (L.1), binder for the 1897 monthly Rivista (L.0.80), portrait-card leather case (L.0.50) and first-aid kit (L.1.25), plus enamelled-crest pins and cufflinks ranging from L.3.50 in gilt metal to L.40 in solid gold.
  • Distintivi Mignon.
    Announces the new, smaller "Distintivo Mignon" badge alongside the existing L.1 badge, on sale to members at L.1.50, or L.2 in gilt for consular office-holders, and lists the bicycle nameplate (Targhetta): aluminium at L.1.25 plain plus L.0.75 for engraving the owner's name and town, or silver at L.7.55 plain plus L.0.80 engraved; orders must be prepaid and the club disclaims responsibility for engraving errors caused by illegible handwriting, signed Il Cancelliere.
  • Candidati inscritti dal 20 Luglio 1898 al 20 Agosto 1898.
    Roll of 442 new candidate members admitted in the month, listed province by province from Alessandria to Vicenza, including women members such as Contessa Eugenia Rasponi at Ravenna and Marchesa Matilde Saluzzo at Rome, plus a long "Estero" section from Trieste, Trento, Gorizia and Zurich as far as a Mecklenburg-Schwerin duke; closes with the tally of 16,147 members at 20 July plus 442 enrolled by 20 August for a running total of 16,589, signed by managing editor Francesco Orsi.