The Bearings, Vol 7, No 9
Articles in this issue
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A confusing sequence of events — a newspaper tip, an ambiguous letter from the Wheelman Company, and a postal delay — leads Vice President Sheridan to conclude incorrectly that the LAW's official organ contract has been willfully abrogated, triggering a flurry of denials from Boston.
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Sheridan hints that he would welcome the contract dispute as an opportunity to replace the Wheelman Company with an official supplement to Good Roads, though he declines to state this position officially.
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LAW president Burdett, learning of the Bulletin stoppage on his return from Boston, expresses indignation and immediately orders the Wheelman Company to resume mailing, while declining to comment on the contract dispute.
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Secretary Abbot Bassett and Bulletin editor C.W. Fourdrinier both flatly deny that the contract has been abrogated, attributing the one-day mail delay to a routine post office technicality that has since been resolved.
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The French Army's cycling program has been streamlined following early difficulties with military exams, and the government-adopted 1893 pattern safety bicycle is now assigned to infantry and cavalry regiments for orderly and quartermaster duties.
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C.C. Palmer of Chicago loses both money and a newly purchased Columbia bicycle after the machine turns out to be stolen property, and subsequent court proceedings fail to convict the boy from whom it was bought despite strong circumstantial evidence.
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LAW president Burdett reappoints the membership committee and adds A.B. Choate and H.E. Harris to the highway improvement committee.