The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 4, No 20
Articles in this issue
- Reprints the League's circular to local consuls explaining the authorized road-sign stencil signals (direction/O.K., caution, danger, hotel and club-room signs) and how best to apply them.
- "Ixion" recounts a weekend run from Red Bank to Sea Bright, Long Branch and Elberon hosted by veteran "Doc" Marsden, praising the billiard-smooth roads and urging that Marsden be made L.A.W. consul for the county.
- Advises clubs wanting a position in League parades or representation at conventions to embed a "League Membership" clause in their by-laws, with sample wording supplied.
- Treasurer W. V. Gilman explains that the duplicate red figures the lithographers stamped on this year's membership cards are meaningless; the true number is the one preceded by the letter "D" in the lower centre.
- Lists the many railroads (Baltimore & Ohio, Grand Trunk, Wabash, Michigan Central and others) that carry bicycles free in baggage cars for first-class ticket holders, with the charge schedule for the Pennsylvania and Eastern roads.
- Names newly appointed L.A.W. consuls in Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania, including Wm. H. Burnham (Adrian), G. R. Bidwell (Brooklyn) and Robt. M. Riddle (Altoona).
- Treasurer W. V. Gilman calls attention to amended Rule 34, requiring each member to pay $1 annual dues to his State Division Treasurer by June 1 or forfeit membership for delinquency.
- Club-news department reporting the newly organized Cuyahoga Wheel Club (Cleveland), La Fayette Wheelmen (Baltimore) and Olean Bicycle Club, plus growth at the Northampton Bicycle Club.
- Secretary H. G. Rouse reports the Peoria Bicycle Club's prosperity, its new quarter-mile cinder track with races featuring Louise Armaindo and Tom Eck, and plans for a big September bicycle race at the rebuilt fair grounds.
- Describes the $5,000 club-house the Citizens Bicycle Club is building on Fifty-eighth Street, said to be the only building in the country designed exclusively for a bicycle club, and lists its officers under Rev. Thomas McKee Brown.
- Miscellaneous news including Douglass and Loucks's Brooklyn-to-Patchogue road record, the Minnesota State Meet at Minneapolis (Prince vs. Higham for $2,000), the Pennsylvania Division Meet, and President Beckwith breaking his machine on Riverside Drive.
- Editorial leader arguing the advantages of joining the League "as a Club," contrasting the influence of League clubs such as the Springfield, Massachusetts, Citizens and Germantown with non-League clubs.
- Reports the August 10 meeting at Horticultural Hall that adopted a constitution and by-laws and fixed the Division's annual meet and race meeting for Philadelphia on September 29, jointly with the Philadelphia Wheelmen.
- Correspondent "L. P." complains that the Erie Railroad charged $1 per bicycle on a Port Jervis-Stroudsburg trip despite being advertised as carrying them free, with an editorial reply directing him to the Railroad Committee.
- Fred. C. Dunn of the Fairmount Bi. Club recounts being chased by Norfolk police for blowing his whistle (mistaken for a fire-alarm signal) and a fine 38-mile ride with the Seaside Bi. Club.
- A correspondent praises Robert D. Mead of Newark, who has ridden over 3,000 miles on his 48-inch Harvard and carries his five-year-old son Teddy on the saddle in front of him.
- A run of witty personal paragraphs (the "Owl"): the Kings Co. Wheelmen rid of "chronic kicker" Alex, H. D. Corey's Mt. Washington descent, R. V. R. Schuyler's 63-inch American Club, and Beckwith's framed League Meet picture.