The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 138
Articles in this issue
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The American Bicycle Company reversed its earlier closure order for the Grand Rapids Clipper factory, directing it to assemble 5,000 more machines from finished parts on hand, while reports circulated that Clipper manufacture might eventually be moved to Chicago and that Frank Fowler was inspecting the plant for his own bicycle venture.
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The Iven-Brandenburg Co. bicycle fittings house reorganized as Brandenburg Bros. & Wallace, retaining major lines including the Thor parts and Morse-Keefer spokes while adding new automobile and carriage materials to its range.
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Despite generous relocation offers from Aurora, North Chicago, La Crosse, and other cities, the stockholders of the fire-damaged Wisconsin Wheel Works voted to rebuild on their existing Racine site, with new construction already underway and an August 15 delivery target set.
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Julius Andrae & Sons Co. of Milwaukee, with liabilities of $106,000 against assets of $125,000, called a creditors' meeting and placed its business in their hands, citing years of losses and exhaustion of personal capital, with principal creditors including the Milwaukee National Bank expressing confidence in the firm's integrity and agreeing to continue banking arrangements.
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Dealers from Scranton, Pennsylvania and other cities reported that bicycle sales had fallen somewhat in 1900 but with more cash transactions and less trading of old machines, with Scranton's Bittenbender & Co. finding particular success manufacturing its own Scranton brand of 800 machines rather than handling trust lines.