L. A. W. Bulletin and Good Roads, Vol 27, No 25
Articles in this issue
- A Pennsylvania court decision holds that a bicycle is not a "vehicle" under an ordinance granting vehicles the right of way on street-railway tracks, a ruling the New York Law Journal doubts will stand.
- Editorial leader prompted by cycling clubs from two New York cities whose Sunday meeting at a third town led to bell-ringing, racing through streets and insults to ladies, reflecting on what truly makes a "good time."
- Editorial arguing that cycling fosters temperance by creating a demand for cold water, citing a letter from Alfred J. Wolf of Brooklyn urging roadhouse-keepers to provide free water to thirsty wheelmen.
- Feature tracing bicycle prices from nearly $200 for imported "ordinaries" in the early eighties down to seventy-five dollars in 1898, crediting public demand, competition and improved factory methods of production.
- Light essay on the Spanish wartime epithet for Americans, tracing a possible origin to the California "Bear Flag" of the 1840s, derided by Spanish settlers as a "Hog Flag."
- Notice of a road-book covering New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island issued by the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, available for one dollar from Chief Consul J. M. Barnes of St. John, N. B.
- Editorial rebutting medical journals that attack cycling wholesale, arguing that the majority of physicians endorse rational cycling as the best exercise yet found.
- Good Roads feature reviewing the evolution of League state road-books and maps, praising English innovations like the "Contour Road-Books" of Scotland and northern England that show road grades in longitudinal section.
- Article on tandem design arguing that, mechanically, the stronger rider's power is best applied from the rear seat, though courtesy entitles the lady to the front seat.
- Good Roads leader crediting the bicycle with awakening road reform, since the rider, as both driver and motor, feels every defect of the highway directly.
- Account of Providence, R. I.'s new rules to curb excessive street-sprinkling that turns dust to mud, reprinting the full ordinance enforced by an inspector and the Commissioner of Public Works.
- Abbot Bassett's official department listing 1898-99 officers (President Isaac B. Potter, Secretary Bassett), standing committees, and the state-by-state directory of division chief consuls and secretary-treasurers.
- Consolidated division notices: Pennsylvania abandons its Allentown State Meet and shifts the Board of Officers meeting to Philadelphia, plus reports from the Iowa, Indiana, New Hampshire and Kansas divisions.
- Reports of the Massachusetts Division Board of Officers meeting at the Parker House, with Chief Consul Sterling Elliott's and Secretary-Treasurer Arthur K. Peck's accounts of membership gains, road-book costs, ballot-secrecy by-law amendments and the free 300-page road book.
- Chief Consul Conway W. Sams details the Maryland Division's work, defeating a bicycle tax in Easton, the Stultz vs. Green road-law case, paving of Mt. Royal and Fulton Avenues, and urges every wheelman to join.
- Racing Board notices from Chairman Albert Mott: Forest Bigelow of Columbus permanently suspended, sanctions and registrations, the national championship scores (Gardiner 37, Cooper 19), and a list of stolen wheels.
- Long state-by-state list of L.A.W. membership applications received up to June 24, 1898, totaling 664 names, published under Article III of the constitution with members invited to protest.
- Reader queries answered, including notes on "bicycle weddings" and the National Cyclists' Union's planned legal action against London hotel-keepers who refuse lady cyclists in rational dress.