The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 20, No 3

Articles in this issue

• Gear Cutters Fight (opens in a new tab)

  Reports on patent litigation between Hugo Bilgram of Philadelphia and the Gleason Company of Rochester over bevel gear-cutting machinery, with Pope Manufacturing and its licensees taking sides.
• Pope's Latest Move: Department Stores as Agents (opens in a new tab)

  Pope Manufacturing arranges for Siegel, Cooper & Co. and Strawbridge & Clothier among others to sell Columbia bicycles, a controversial decision that alarms exclusive agents nationwide.
• Big Jobber Absorbed: Simmons' Purchase of Meacham Co. (opens in a new tab)

  The Simmons Hardware Co. of St. Louis acquires the entire bicycle and sporting goods stock of the E. C. Meacham Arms Co., to the relief of retail dealers who had suffered from Meacham's aggressive installment-plan undercutting.
• Late Chainless Models (opens in a new tab)

  Descriptions of the newest chainless bicycle designs from various manufacturers preparing for the 1898 season.
• Mechanical Matters (opens in a new tab)

  Technical discussion of bicycle mechanisms, manufacturing methods, and engineering innovations.
• Relief for Exporters (opens in a new tab)

  Discussion of proposed measures to ease difficulties faced by American bicycle exporters in foreign markets.
• Americans to Build in Germany (opens in a new tab)

  Reports on plans by American cycle manufacturers to establish factories in Germany to avoid tariff barriers.
• The Six-Day Grind (opens in a new tab)

  Coverage of the six-day professional bicycle racing event.