The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 95
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Market report from Christchurch, New Zealand describing growing interest in chainless bicycle models, with Columbia, Sterling, and Crescent making inroads despite severe winter weather slowing the market.
- Antipodean Business Methods
Explanation of how New Zealand bicycle dealers distribute machines to rural agents on consignment, with standard ten to twelve percent commissions and deposit requirements.
- Big Reduction for Cash Sales
Report on large additional discounts of up to twenty-five percent offered to New Zealand agents who pay cash for their bicycle stock.
- Four Factories to Be Closed
Report that four American Bicycle Company factories have been designated for immediate permanent closure: Syracuse, Viking, North Buffalo, and White Sewing Machine Company works.
- Employees Stole Bicycles
Account of how four employees of the Western Wheel Works were arrested for stealing two thousand dollars worth of bicycles by lowering them out of upper-floor windows at night using ropes.
- p. 2
Summary of the editorial policy announced in the inaugural issue of The Motor Age, a new trade journal that pledges to cover only proven motor vehicle technology rather than experimental claims.
- Factories to Be Amalgamated
Report that the Meiselbach factory will absorb the machinery and equipment of the Milwaukee Manufacturing Company as part of the American Bicycle Company's consolidation.
- A.B.C. Holds Committee Meetings
Update from New York confirming that the American Bicycle Company is conducting committee-level meetings and that the Flint rubber deal remains unsettled.
- p. 21
Racing results and club news from cycling associations.