The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 23, No 78
Articles in this issue
- Report confirming the bicycle combine is practically assured, covering Spalding's claim to hold the Western Wheel Works option, Coleman's attorney's qualified denial, negotiations over tube plant consolidations involving Shelby, Pope, and Albany, formation of a rubber goods manufacturing company, Indiana Bicycle Company signing on, and the American Bicycle Company's eighty million dollar incorporation with combined capacity claims exceeding four million machines annually.
- Report on the English tire patent case in which G. & J. and their London manager W. H. Kitto fought to defend their rights to sell tires in England, a battle now awaiting a final decision with a strange recommendation expected from a referee drawn from their opponents' own counsel.
- Analysis of Frederick Halsey's premium system for paying factory workers, which after eight years of practical testing has been shown to increase both wages and output while reducing the cost of production, with detailed schedules drawn from large manufacturing establishments.
- Practical advice on bicycle store window dressing and merchandise display, with criticism of wasted opportunities such as a Chicago repair man's under-used plate glass window near an elevated railway station, and recommendations for window arrangements that attract potential buyers.
- Tables of frame and component repair charges compiled from bicycle dealers in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, covering top tube replacement, fork repairs, seat post work, and standard adjustment operations.
- Racing results and club news including a review of good racing prospects for the season recovering from the disruptions of the Spanish-American War, Tom Linton's victory breaking the French hour record by two laps over Walters, and preparations for the international championship races to be held in Montreal.
- Brief manufacturing news items including the incorporation of the Baltimore Ball Bearing Company with one hundred fifty thousand dollars capital, a rail car of bicycles destroyed by fire near Bristol, and an injury lawsuit at the Buffalo Wheel Company.
- Review of Pope Manufacturing Company's new fifty-page handbook describing how to care for and adjust Columbia, Hartford, and Vedette bicycles, updating the previous year's edition with additional features covering the company's latest machines.
- Coverage of impending French motor races including the Criterium des Voiturettes over one hundred kilometers on June 6 and the Criterium des Motocyclettes on July 11, both organized by Pierre Giffard with weight limits to encourage light construction, plus motor vehicle tire design developments and electric vehicle company news.