L. A. W. Bulletin and Good Roads, Vol 24, No 15
Articles in this issue
- A reader correspondence column debating tire inflation, with A. J. Abbe, M. D. of Fall River advocating soft tires for comfort and health and Jas. H. Post of Carroll, Iowa warning that partially deflated tires invite punctures.
- Editor Sterling Elliott's leader urging wheelmen to find everyday joys close to home rather than chasing distant pleasures, with Nixon Waterman's poem "Song of the Wheel."
- A discussion of tandem bicycle construction and rider placement, weighing whether the lady or the heavier man should take the front or rear seat, inviting experienced wheelmen's views.
- At readers' request, a description of the "Hare and Hounds Chase," in which swift riders designated "Hares" scatter paper trails for pursuing "Hounds" over a course of agreed distance.
- A signed appeal (No. 59,467) urging New York wheelmen to press senatorial and assembly candidates of all parties to back good-roads legislation in the November election.
- A York, Pa. correspondent rebuts Rev. C. H. Woolston of Philadelphia's claim that the bicycle craze caused the hard times, arguing cycling created work for tailors, manufacturers and repairers.
- A signed letter (No. 74,042) explaining New York's 1892 County Law allowing a justice to order a vicious dog killed, recounting the writer's encounter with a shepherd dog near Richfield Springs.
- An editorial opening a two-page section on the free-silver currency debate, urging League members to ask whether money is actually scarce before voting for radical reform, with reader letters from Omaha and Charleston, W. Va.
- F. S. Hesseltine, Boston-based Delegue of the Touring Club de France, explains how League members can join the club for $1.50 to avoid customs duty on bicycles entering France, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium.
- Charles D. White, President of the Oneida County Wheelway League, reports on cinder-and-gravel wheelway construction near Utica, New Hartford and New York Mills, at roughly $250 per mile, and the difficulty of funding by subscription.
- The Good Roads department covers winter-resort roads, the reorganization of Atlanta's Good Roads Club, good roads and prosperity, Georgia's convict road law, and macadamized roads in India.
- Lists League officers for 1896-97 (President Sterling Elliott, Secretary Abbot Bassett), standing committees, and the state divisions' Chief Consuls and Secretary-Treasurers, with membership application and renewal blanks.
- Racing Board notices listing declared professionals (largely from Chicago, New Orleans and Nashville), riders suspended for unsanctioned races and false entries, records accepted, and sanctions granted.
- Consolidated division business including nominations for the New Jersey, New Hampshire and Rhode Island divisions, Ohio League hotel appointments, and the Kentucky, Illinois and Alabama division election notices.
- The state-by-state list of applicants for L. A. W. membership received up to the preceding Monday, published under Article III of the constitution, with October expirations and renewal notices.
- The editor answers readers' queries on sprocket gearing, single-copy subscriptions and criticizing wheels by name, followed by Wm. W. Armstrong's letter to Sterling Elliott on his railroad Baggage Bill.