The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 6
Articles in this issue
- Counsellor Isaac B. Potter is forming the New York State Roads Improvement Association and preparing a bill for an Albany roads commission, with Chief Consul Bidwell urging bicyclists to join.
- Edward A. Paul, principal of the Washington, D.C. High School, was ridden down on his bicycle and fatally injured by Joseph M. Chase, a driver galloping Senator Cullom's horse; Washington wheelmen subscribed a fund to prosecute such offenders.
- A lady correspondent ("Mrs. 4,386") urges country women to ride farther on the tricycle, praises Miss F. K. Erskine's article "The Art of Riding a Tricycle," and gives advice on saddle and handle adjustment.
- Miscellaneous news squibs: the Buffalo Bicycle Club's season event, the disbanded Nonantum club reforming as the Newton Outing Club, the Massachusetts Bicycle Club elections, Pope Mfg. Co.'s new "Tricycling Scrap-Book," and C. R. Overman demonstrating the Victor Safety in the Park.
- Chas. E. Kluge of New York publishes a challenge to W. E. Crist of Washington for a series of three races, which the editor notes will stay open until Crist returns from Europe in the fall.
- At a Young's Hotel dinner under Chief Consul Herbert W. Hayes, the Massachusetts Division L.A.W. decided to hold its summer meet at Martha's Vineyard, voted $300 to the national treasury, and discussed macadamized State roads.
- Following the death of Edward A. Paul, Capital Bicycle Club wheelmen appointed a committee (including Prof. Cleveland Abbe and Gen. Birney) and raised funds to prosecute drivers who run down cyclists.
- An account of the paper's visit from American racing flier W. A. Rowe, described as a modest, strongly-built cyclist resembling John Lee, plus a letter ("J. R.") urging New York wheelmen to support the State's only wheel paper.
- The County Levy Court, in special session, recommended amending the new road law's poll-tax and dividing the county into twelve magisterial districts each with a road surveyor (from the Louisville Journal).
- Ex-Secretary-Editor E. M. Aaron responds to a reference to a bond held against him by the L.A.W., disputing the "debt" to Messrs. Read and Wells and offering to settle any valid claim.
- A memorial poem signed "F. F. S." (reprinted from Bicycling News) mourning Mrs. Allen, the holder of a 200-mile tricycle record, who died at Birmingham.
- Philadelphia correspondence covering the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club's Isle of Wight lantern lecture, the Elite Rink races (Massey vs. Johnson, John Green vs. Sam Crawford), and brisk Columbia and Victor safety trade.
- Report of the L.I.W.'s bi-weekly stag entertainment on March 31, featuring pianist Mr. Schmidt, Dr. Hudnut's mesmerism act, and a burlesque boxing match, with club news of the K.C.W. and Brooklyn clubhouse plans.
- New Jersey correspondence on the great road race entries (Kluge, Stenken, Baggot), Gadfly's reunion proposal, and Charley Kluge's nomination for Alderman in Jersey City.
- Notes on the new one-third-mile Tioga track, Mr. Halsted of the Harlem Wheelmen out-racing local Star riders at the Rink, and the proposed New York-to-Philadelphia century run.
- The Atlanta Wheelmen's preparations for their April 16-17 spring meeting, with prizes selected by E. P. Chalfant and Homer Reid and 150 wheelmen expected, plus brief Kentucky and Connecticut road-improvement correspondence.
- Arrangements for the hill-climbing match between John A. Wells of Philadelphia and Hal Greenwood of St. Louis on Kimswick Hill and Eagle Rock Hill, for a $100 medal; also Orange Wanderers and Wilmington club mileage news.
- Weekly news paragraphs: the Rival safety, the Manhattan Club's possible move, English notices of Rowe, platinum plating, the Coventry Machinists' catalogue, and J. Fred Midgley's racing plans.
- W. A. Rowe won a five-mile match against Lumsden of Aberdeen at the six-days' cowboy bicyclist match at Agricultural Hall, London, in 15m. 22s.
- A description of the Coventry Machinists' Co.'s thirty-two-page 1888 catalogue of "Club" wheels, including the King of Clubs, Universal Club, Swift Safety, and record-holding Marlboro Club tricycles and tandems.
- Harlem Wheelmen bowling match (Harlem 1,446 vs. Atalanta 1,314), Halsted leading Parker for the Bingham prize, and notes on the new Harlem Bicycle Company of Wood and Bartlett.
- An editorial (from the Herkimer Democrat) arguing that Congress should apportion a large sum to the States for scientific road construction by experienced builders rather than the present tax-labor system.
- A Philadelphia correspondent defends nickel-plated bicycles against the claim that "only beginners rode nickeled wheels," arguing nickel is the best-wearing finish for American climates.