L. A. W. Bulletin and Good Roads, Vol 24, No 7
Articles in this issue
- Readers' letters on touring and roads, including F. S. Cate on Wakefield, Mass. signboards, Jules Doux of Utica on the Erie Canal tow path being open to wheelmen, Louis Rosen of St. Louis on road courtesies toward frightened horses, and a St. Louis reader's experiment on which wheel revolves the more.
- An editorial reply to a correspondent confirming that tricycle riders and non-riding bicycle owners are eligible, and that only amateur white wheelmen of good character aged eighteen or over, endorsed by two League members, may join and wear the badge.
- Editor Sterling Elliott's leading editorial on the money question, arguing that money is merely a memorandum of value and declaring the BULLETIN in favor of the gold-standard dollar, fewer politicians, and more good roads.
- An editorial urging League members to question candidates on the road question and back the Good Roads party, holding that whatever a man's stance on silver, protection, or prohibition, he should want better highways.
- A note, quoting the St. Paul Dispatch, on the Milwaukee road's new baggage car fitted with rubber-lined holding plates that carry twenty-five bicycles overhead without damage.
- An editorial on a Western correspondent who admits reprinting good-roads articles lifted from the BULLETIN, uncredited, in 14,000 circulars monthly to win over farmers antagonistic to wheelmen; the editor heartily thanks him.
- The full text of the April 27, 1896 Ohio act amending Section 4734, requiring township trustees to erect and maintain guide boards at public-way intersections, followed by the text of the Massachusetts Bicycle Law (Chapter 479, Acts 1894).
- An editorial urging every League member to display the organization's official purple color so members can be distinguished from non-members and credit or blame assigned accordingly.
- Replies to Frank A. Melton's 'What do I get for my dollar?' query, led by Illinois secretary Geo. D. Locke recounting the Peoria 13th annual meeting and joined by New York and Rhode Island members defending League membership; with Sterling Elliott's note on the coming renumbering of members.
- Reprinting and rebutting a Buffalo Sunday Express attack on the rule requiring L. A. W. membership for duty-free entry of bicycles into Canada, the editor explains that the League's bond with Canadian customs is a privilege, not coercion.
- Trade-notes column noticing recently received bicycle catalogues, including the McDaniel & Merrihew 'Robin Hood' and 'Maid Marian' cycles of Wilmington, Del., the Owen cycle of New London, Conn., and Graton & Knight saddles of Worcester, Mass.
- Touring correspondence and road notes, including Port Jervis to Philadelphia, 'The Towpath Wheelway' from the Indianapolis News, New York to Washington, Boston to the White Mountains, and Minneapolis to Chicago, with members' notes on baggage charges and road conditions.
- A full-page map of popular wheeling routes between New York, Boston, the White Mountains, and Canada, noting that the L. A. W. duty-free arrangement has encouraged many wheelmen to cross the line.
- An editorial on courtesy and meanness, citing the New York World on George Stanton Floyd-Jones of Massapequa, L. I., whose roadside 'Cycler's Rest' pump and seats were wrecked by ungentlemanly wheelmen.
- A signed account ('By No. 113') of a leisurely Catskills tour offering practical advice on brakes, walking hills, and sponge baths, and praising the hotel discounts and help that League membership secured the riders.
- Correspondent C. G. M. (No. 84,440) of New York describes the Audubon, a former Colonial mansion near 161st Street turned into a hostelry above the Hudson, recommending its swim and dinner to fellow cyclists; with 'A Warm-Day Run' on Santa Barbara, Cal. wheelmen riding to Ventura.
- An address by Gen. Roy Stone, head of the Government Department of Road Inquiry, before the Teachers' Convention at Buffalo, N. Y., urging teachers to preach and teach good roads and organize boys' road leagues to give country roads daily care.
- A letter from C. W. Nettels of Topeka, Kan. asking which states employ convicts on public highways ahead of his legislature's session, plus reprinted notes on falling New York asphalt prices and fifty miles of Sacramento bicycle paths built by subscription.
- The League's official directory listing the 1896-97 officers (President Sterling Elliott, Secretary Abbot Bassett), standing committees, and the chief consuls and secretary-treasurers of every state and territorial division, with the membership application and renewal blanks.
- Racing Board notices of riders suspended for unsanctioned, novice, or foul racing (including George and Sam Ewen of Woonsocket and many Oregon, Nebraska, and Maryland men), records accepted, professionals declared, and sanctions granted; with Secretary Bassett's 'Don't Get Shut Out' renewal warning.
- Official division notices, including the New York State Division nominating committees and Chief Consul Potter's report, New Hampshire and Rhode Island division meets, and bulletins from Kansas, Indiana (Krietenstein's resignation), Louisiana, Nebraska, Montana, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania.
- The weekly state-by-state list of new membership applications published under Article III of the constitution, totaling 953 names this week, covering divisions from Colorado and Connecticut through New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to Belgium, Canada, and Switzerland.
- Editor's replies to readers' questions on League matters, including lodge meetings and initiation, lantern requirements in Boston, saddle troubles, racing suspensions, and what constitutes a legal sidewalk; with a 'Personal' notice about a rude spectator at the Manhattan Beach Herald Ice Fund races.