The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-01
The TACK FFHND.
Wheelhen Will
Tend er Him a Neckkie
Party Should They
Catch Hin.
SCRAPPERs VERY BUSY JUST NOW
Toe Early Builds an Old Fashioned
Ring for the drlfO1Lavigne
Bout-A. A. U. Melting.

ror the past two weeks the bicycliats
10 use the New County Road nave
AIMED the roadway ahead Of them WIN
escopic vision. Some diab9lieal person
persons unknown have s~prinklea ear
t lacks and much bent wire nails pm
e road, and punctures are Of suen ire
Eent occurrence that the infuriated
kers swear they will give a neektfe
erty to the tack distributor should
ey catch him redhanded. The memo
10 has so far waged a most success
war against the pneumatic tire ma
MINED his operations to the Greenvlje
d Bayonne sections. Sprinkling carpet
lexis and broken glass on the roadway
an industry tina seems to thrive ~
(eenville and Bayonne, for hardly a day
sses but what Infatuated wheelmen
n be seen walking home With their
sabled wheels. In the days of the
cd old ordinary the wheelnan laughed
tacks and glass. They had no terror
r him. The solid tires could withstand
most any amounted puncturing ana
ting. But with the pneumatic tire IL
different. To wreck its usefulness
90 wiekedly easy that iwheelmen
throughout the country are clamoring Tor
the enactment of laws which shall make
the sprinkling of glass or taeks IN tine
roadway a punishable offense. Broken
glass, as a rule, will cut a tire through,
inner tube and an, or tear such a renG
that the tire collapse with a Missing
report. But the insidious carpet tack
is not noticed at the time. Inc Wheei
picks it up and carries it on The shafp
point penetrates the inner tube. and soon
the tube begins to leak impercepliply.
tt NAV bear the rider home all right,
but next morning he will find II hmp
and melancholy. If half a dozen tacks
are taken up, the eakag IS greater
and the lamentable result is consider
ably FASTENED. Several makes OF tires
are advertised to close up behind a pune
ture so that no air can escape, but an
active carpet tack will leave a pinhead
aperture that will soon grow unless
mended. A carpet tack cannot wreck a
wheel any more than 1t can fatally Pr
lure the country schoolmaster VINO sFs
heavily upon it, but in both INSTANCES
worry of mind and physical discomfoRt
result. The tack nuisance has ruined ao
MANY bicycle tires that the wheeimen
are talking of requesting the Bayonffe
and Jersey City police to make an en-
fort to land the offenders behind tnf
bars.
II is well known that no business haF
been so cut into by the bicycle crap
as that of the livery stable proprietor.
In Hudson county especially the staplet
men complain unanimously that their
business has been tremendously damaged.
One proprietor who for years has MADE
a specially of hiring single teams and
carriages said y~esterday:-"My Eransient
business has fallen off at least fifty PEI
cent. within the last year. I ami tempted
to follow the example of tw9 OF my
friends in New York, sell out my stapFs
and go into the business of keeping pl-
cycles for sale and hire. l an aeaa
serious about it. / can only oepeho oH
my regular boarding business NOW 20
keep the concerns going. Young men
who used to take a buggy every SUNDAY
or oftener, now go out with tnelr siris
awheel. Fathers have their wives anq
cbildren out on the bloomin' machines.
They say a wheel is more beautiful ana
wheels for siO down and 81 a week. Yo nn
can get them for any price Pr ! Raw 7 Genera
ton h~umpbacked and hohoW1Gne5fibe ey
mark my word, and they'll WISH NY
horse the go W" It is safe to say that
the transient livery business IN THIS ce ent
ty has been. cut from 20 to 5g Per ce4 4bbss
and more by bicycling, ana fh aerer u
carriage trade has also suffereq seyHre-
". Many w~ell-to-do-people arr sgilils
their horses and vehicles eha eeea laed much
are cheaper to keep ana are uSeo
more than a team. LII; view to
Inc m The interest Of the members
aurlng t d;yis Wdnte II w naSf MI kaohlfs is
Saptai5. IN division ,sie sv will induHigeei se Is
a1evs Bergen and Paramount avenues.
i Gresny tIn,nl Whes Mltb d IL n 5as
tion Ever sWts since cap ~Livtngtton and
a few other members resigned, ice h cigbs
should the Club disband its loss VII VII
not be felt. not even in the Greenvllie
section. The organization wa5 bn euehSa or
bership never exceeded twenty-five IN
When the thread on a bolt has be- be-
come worn so that the nut Wli not
hold fast. cover the thread WIN ro snd
slightly warm the nut anu poit ahu
then screw down tight.
4 suit of interest to wheelrnen every
where has been Instituted IN BnHalo
nv one James NJ. Nuno; it is OF partlcu-
lar interest to those whose wheels nave
been purchased IN the instalment plan;
and which, ait h9ggh be put ipn aTpy pan IN
the case in question Mr., Nuno IS sulng
the Buffalo Bicycle Protective. Assocla,
ton to recover Sf0. the Naiue OF d wheel
stolen from him and insured With that
company. Mr.. Nuno sues for the. fulfill
ment of a poles which binds the COM,
pany to pay him $40 or Civ him a wheel
as good as the one stolen. He took out
the policy on May 8, soon after buying
the wheel and paid a premium OF $3.50.
The policy also promises that the com
pany will furnish a wheel for use pend
Inc search for the one stolen. The wheel
was stolen on August /. Mr.. Nuno inn
mediately reported the fact to the com
pany. 1t failed to provide him with a
wheel for use during the ten DAYS, ac-
cording to the contract. and at the close
of the allotted time refused TO nay the
Insurance money. In their answer to the
complaint the company admit the is
suing of the policy, but allege that a
stipulated clause is that the wheel in
sured must be the personal property of
the one taking out the insurance, or
the contract must be ratified by the real
owner. Upon that ground they contested
the case. alleging that. It was not the
property of Nuno. ard, therefore,. the
policy was void. Mr.. Nuno claims, how
ever. that the policy contract was rati-
fled by the parties from whom he bought
the wheel, paying part Of the price
down and the rest in installments.
NEW ATHLETIC COMBINE.
Alliance Betyvcen the A.. A.. U. and
Tho w. +. e. a. A. Rafffsed.