Vol 22, No 65
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The Cycle Age and Trade Review 22, no. 65 (1899). cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/magazines/the-cycle-age-and-trade-review/vol22-65/
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Articles in this issue
- Report on the fire that destroyed the M&M warehouse, causing losses estimated at between one hundred and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
- Outline of the policy to be pursued by the newly formed American Saddle Company, reporting the directors and officers elected by the stockholders at Cleveland and the working capital subscribed.
- Report on a major manufacturer beginning to cut costs and reduce output after the slow winter season.
- Dispatches from Columbus bicycle agents reporting satisfactory early-season trade conditions.
- Leaders headed Bicycles with an Alias (jobbers selling identical machines under two nameplates, to the dealers' anger), Dealers on the Lookout (western agents inspecting motor vehicles at the New York show) and Summer Month Agents (a Pittsburg dealer's complaint of seasonal newcomers), with A. G. Spalding's call for a makers' road-improvement convention.
- Installment of the technical brazing series covering further details of furnace operation and joint quality.
- Review of the range of spanner wrenches used in bicycle assembly and repair, with notes on sizes and quality.
- Full-year statistical summary of American bicycle exports, with comparison to the previous year.
- Bicycle dealers in Oregon, South Carolina, Iowa and Virginia write that they are shifting from express companies to fast freight, and some urge a parcels post.
- Consular reports on the cycle trade in Russia (Odessa, St. Petersburg and Moscow prices and tastes) and Austria (Trieste), German manufacturing progress, a table of tariffs on American cycles by country, catalogues for Germany and space at Philadelphia's exposition.
- Letters from Ohio, Indiana and Michigan dealers on whether the lowered list prices of standard bicycles will lift 1899 sales, especially among country buyers.
- Miscellany including a theory of how the Egyptian pyramids were built with earth embankments, a railway air-brake instruction car, W. J. M. Newburn's world broad-jump record and England's imperial penny postage.
- Report on competition among calcium carbide suppliers driving down the price of the material used in cycle lamps.
- Technical description of specialized machinery used to manufacture bicycle and motor vehicle gears.
- Survey of motor-assisted tricycle designs being produced or imported in the United States market.
- The Self-Propelled Traffic Association of Liverpool plans an open September contest for motor freight vans and welcomes American makers, with a Buffalo park motor-bus franchise noted on the same page.
- Under the sub-head Two Hard Problems Tackled, describes Hildebrandt and McMullin's motor vehicle (patent No. 613,272, November 1, 1898) with chain-supported body and a lengthwise shaft driving all four wheels, among other patents.
- Racing results and club news from cycling associations.
- Describes skate-sailing, popular in Germany and Scandinavia, with sail rigs, sail areas for beginners and regattas on the Havelseen near Berlin, and why winter sports keep riders keen for cycling.
- Trade notices of new goods and firms, including the Maxim Mfg. Co.'s adjustable seat cluster, the Cutting-Kaestner Co. saddle reorganization, the Sanger handle bar with expander and Blodgett's gear-casing frame.