The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 111
Articles in this issue
- Accepts the Bottom Bracket Challenge: C.T.P.A. Issues Notice of Intent to Fight the Patent
The Cycle Trades Protective Association formally notified the American Bicycle Company that none of its members would take a license under the Smith-Owen bottom bracket patent, invited the A.B.C. to bring suit against a member, and promised to defend any such action to a final hearing at the association's expense.
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Trade observers believed the Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co. would bear the brunt of the A.B.C.'s legal campaign over the bottom bracket patent, possibly because of bad feeling left from failed merger negotiations, though no suit had yet been formally authorised by the A.B.C.'s legal counsel.
- A.B.C. Check Is Returned: Offer of $100 in Payment of Georgia Tax Declined
Georgia's comptroller-general rejected the American Bicycle Company's attempt to cover all its subsidiary brands under a single $100 state bicycle license, ruling that each brand must pay separately, potentially exposing the combine to a tax bill of some $4,000.
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The Carlisle Manufacturing Co. announced it would exit the bicycle business from 1 January 1900 due to the ill health of M.W. Carlisle, and would sell off its entire plant and stock.