Vol 22, No 62

Articles in this issue

• Humber Company in Court (opens in a new tab)

  Report on legal proceedings in which B.F. Goodrich seeks to have a receiver appointed to manage the troubled Humber company.
• The Rights of Creditors (opens in a new tab)

  Legal analysis of what rights creditors hold over a debtor's assets under the new federal bankruptcy law.
• Brazing by Immersion (opens in a new tab)

  Further installment of the technical series, this time covering the portable furnace used in the immersion brazing method.
• Editorial (opens in a new tab)

  The week's leaders, headed Compressed Air Vehicles (condensed-air motors and the syndicate promoting them), Local Shows Only (the Chicago and New York cycle shows) and Credit in Foreign Lands (why American exporters lose trade to English and German houses); unheaded paragraphs follow on Mulholland's co-operative bicycle factory, tandems and women's machines.
• No Fear for German Trade (opens in a new tab)

  Reassuring report that despite earlier threats, the boycott of American cycle agents in Germany has not seriously damaged trade volumes.
• Rapid Bevel Gear Cutter (opens in a new tab)

  Technical description of a new machine tool designed to cut bevel gears more quickly for use in chainless bicycles.
• Night Work of Little Value (opens in a new tab)

  Editorial arguing that bicycle repair shops gain little from staying open late, as consumer demand is concentrated in daylight hours.
• New York Cycle Show (opens in a new tab)

  Preview of the forthcoming New York bicycle show, including likely exhibitors and highlights expected on display.
• Commerce in Foreign Markets (opens in a new tab)

  Consular reports on American bicycle prospects in Scotland, China (a proposed Shanghai exhibition), Russia, Japan and Germany, whose 150 cycle makers pay dividends of 20 per cent or more.
• Patronizing Fast Freight (opens in a new tab)

  Letters from retail dealers in Knoxville, Tampa, Oakland, Fort Wayne and elsewhere protesting exorbitant express charges on bicycles and urging shipment by fast freight.
• Subjects of General Interest (opens in a new tab)

  Short pieces on the investigation of John W. Keely's workshop and his motive force, the unenforceable Interstate Commerce Law, the African trans-continental railway, technical education in Germany and a Calcutta to London railway scheme.
• Recent Patents (opens in a new tab)

  Digest of new patents filed in the bicycle and motor vehicle industries.
• Compressed Air Vehicles (opens in a new tab)

  Description of experimental vehicles powered by compressed air, examined as potential alternatives to gasoline motors.
• Information for Buyers (opens in a new tab)

  Trade notes on Esmond bicycle stands, the Perpetual separable pedal, Frontenac models, a floor wheel truing stand, Crown hubs, the Devine cushion-tire wheel, the Reading Standard election and the Sager gear and saddle merger.
• Pastime and Sport (opens in a new tab)

  Racing results and sporting news from the cycling community.