The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-19
The Whir Of *
~ The Wheel.

The most impOrtart retail trade 10 klcn-
mend to-day Is the sale OF bicycles. Inc
dealers have multiplied as the business
has increased, ara bicycles Is a part OF
/ the stock IN trade Of various lines OF
business. some Of them very incongruons.
Hardware stores carriages repositories,
agricultural implement houses AMI deal
or~ in sporting goods, all handle them as
a legitimate part Of their trade, without
causing remark but II strikes curiOusly
on tho eye 20 see them standing check by
joNl with tomb-stoncs in a marble yard
or playing vls-a-vis 20 pyramid OF
Wine bottles IN the show windows Of q
liquor saloon, or holding place among
type-Writers. sewing machines, pn0to-
graphic supplies, or dry goods. yet an
agency has been established here IN con-
ncction with each one # these, and nearly
all are doing well
In fact. the agents for well-Known,
popular wheels cannot supply the de-
| mand. and their orders are away ahead
/ Of their deliveries This is so especial
ly with ladies wheels. one well-knoWn
dealer said yesterday that he was wor-
/ ricd 70 death because he could not get
Womans wheels 10 supply bis customers;
/ that ne had a number Of orders ahead
! and not wOman's wheel ia the house.
/ Ho said he had written TO "A dozen fac
tories outside Of his regular supply and
could not get them.
HOPE or GOOD ROADS.
Tho greatest hope of good roads in this
J country is the large number of cyclists
a person who has never considered fnc
subject before takes thoughtful view
Of The matter after Doe has ridden biz
/ cycle week and ere long becomes
/ practical thinker Ou The subject, and at
last an enthusiast.
The wheel is also an assistant 90 The
/ Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty To-
Animals. IL viii open the eyes OF amy
driver of horses 10 become bicycAat
] Indeed, believe IL would Doc paying iu-
/ yesfmcut for every owner of horses fo
/ learn 20 ride "a bicycle, IN not 90 teach
I his drivers 10 DO $50.
The dhicultcs OF grades. sands. head
/ winds, and rough roadways open zap to
/ him in q practical decided manner. which
! If he was not before ignorant Of 10.
/ amounted only 20 a little theorzing now
and then.
But let him ride a wheel ana an the
/ dinerfcnccs between hard and SOFT rough
! aul smooth surfaces. head winds. and
/ steep hills are $50 fOrrlhly brought To-
/ mind that Dee soon puts on his thinking
/ cap a.d finds that Doc has "a fresh. sine
/ ccrc f'llow-fCcling for horse that De
/ never had before.
rhcn again. 10 would Doe a most valuable
Z
! city Council For instance. ! have It-
! tD doubt that the boulevard running
/ from the NeW Reservoir tO Broad street.
which was so badly cut up last winter
/ would have been Oycrhauloi long AGO If
/ the street Committee were an whcolmcu.
/ ift rdrcds of carriages and hundreds of
! bicycles go over 80 daily and b. is fairly
good road. bat the horse and the wheel
/ man see "a vast difference between ITS
condition last fall and this spring
a days work would restore il To its
former superb condition. and sIroly as it
is the one great plcasure-dfiyc of Rich
mond, 1T deserves this mucl arontiou.
| Besides. little repair l0W Vii save
/ large expense later ora.
LAMBS
Now as 20 lamps. great many people
who ride wheels are greatly Boo favor or
other people using them. 4 bicycle lamp
s. ike "a boil The only good place to base
Ole is on another fellows wheel They
are generally considered a bughear wher-
ever the hicychsis have Dceu forced o.
adopt them. and experience has shown
that the evils they bring are greater flau
those they cure. 1t is question which
"Alakos us rather bear those lls $50 have.
than fly 90 others That wc know not Of"
The use of lamps viii mot prevent cole
lisi0ns al night unless the riders keep
90 The right, and if this rule is observed.
thru ihtie ls no necessity LOT i'H'i7'
sii i ihe advocates OF lamps VIII start
lhe fashion ana prove their ch'"'t' ho
doubt Their use VIII become general
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