The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-16
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TO TAX BICYCLES.
A Report That the PennsYl-
vania Railroad Will
Charge Wheels as
Baggage.
ACTIVITY AMONG THE BowLERs
The New Jersey Association Fully
Organized-Footbal at
Orange.

1OA OA@A -l-
road companies that comprise the rum
Line Association have ontenipiae
charging for all bicycles carried on then =.
trains. says the Philadelphia Press
The New York Central took the mieiasiVe
in this step and for a long time II "as
the only line east of Pittsburg thae pue
a charge on bicycles carried IN lhe pas
gage cars. The New England roaos haVe
all adopted his practice now, as aho
the ines in the Central Trafnc Associa-
ton. The bicycle riders OF New Jersey
and Pennsylvania have had greater taN
ors shown them by the RAILROADS. lnan
elsewhere, as their wheels nave peeh
carried from place to place wneh tnes
have no other baggage free 1t IS I'M
derstood now. that within a short time
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company VIII
make A charge on all bicycles carried
while the Philadelphia and Reading
comnany has not taken this matter up
n is thought more than likely that II, as
we'll as the other lines that comprise
the Trunk Line Association Will IoiloN
in the footsteps of the Pennsylvania
Railroad and make a charge on all o-
cycles carried in the baggage cars.
The minimum rate charged Is to De
hfteen cents, and the bicycles are 10 De
classed as weighing 100 pounds ana are
TO be charged the excess baggage raee'
which is Is per cent. OF the price VI ~
first class ticket. When the Fehnsyir
vania Railroad adopts this system 1t WIN
have no provisions attached 10 the Aoin
of shipments of bicycles, as is oone ps
the New York Central mpa ine
latter company makes all Shippers u
h;cycles waive all claim IN account OF
-. 49, hnu soon tnIS
vii, go into effect, but it is said by the
sfae,sls of the company that it will not
he very long before something deAhre
Is 6acided. At the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad office nothing has been
eone in the matter, as the subject mas
never been preached. These officials
hovavsr are averse to making a charge
an bicvcles. as they think they bring trade
~ the road. and by charging the riders
for taking their bicycles from place 10
n,aee will only prevent them from rlolng
ana in this way the revenues or the pas
sanger department will be consioerapis
crinnled 1t is not flown, though, what
aetion win be taken later on, but II IS
more than likely that If the practiee pc
comes universal this company Will 90 as
the other roads will do.
charles Gerdts of the Castle Point
Cvclers of Hoboken is spending MS va
cation at Niagara Fails. He mas ms
h;k with him and from reports received
he is enjoying the trip immensely
THE races of the White Star Cycle
vhea,men of Newark. which were 10
have been held last Saturday, VIII De
held instead on next Saturday. ram
caused the p-ostponernent. The events
viii be the same as originally
.,s the entries will hold good. The races
will be run over the Irvington-Miiourh
course. the start ia each event being
made at Lockwood's Hotel. al.ei
Roome and the other cracks Oh tne eno
wheelmen who were entered VIII NOT
compete owing to the races OF the u in
son County Wheelmen at GutlenpeIS, *
S TSio6 they are also entered. being held
on the same day. -.u ,zoan mn
The Elizabeth Wheslmen WI AeeP how "
ever. viii be given up and the memoers
win nav no dues Ia
The Boulevard Wheelmsn thts even-
ing at the club quarters In Linden Han.
Greenville. A number of propositions aor
ms npsment Viii Be &c mad made Tor the club
run to Morristown ana return On heA
Sunday. CON he car
rfed in ones vest pocket and which con-
tains a complete list of all the cyenng
records to October 5 arranged SO Inat
out destroying the book and a complete
directory Of all the clubs in the Metro
Rg9 oIs aM piiIs and E & rssas' Copies ss sas viii Ifi be
s sspi for for them before next Saturday:
Military wheelmen opened under favor
JDGgins from the number Of prominent
selves In the organization, it promises to
- ssq isSasntisi .PPiss ssi II ; ;hs ranks Of the
~ ssrssant n Ma5 SpS Il. J. Barron, N. G. P,
one 81 the prime factors in the move
msns ana Sod dsmP Sas fyece sssss'fhr Gxna re 'o Of
wishing the new United States Military
M smesa sSe s writer's so Of he encouraging reSnaashus
letters are the following:-Majer General
Nelson A. Miles, who writes Il viii en-
a asa make se = os brRse Ifes aadrs ss sne P eGees cam.
missioner Frederick D: Grant. Colonel
n Iosn p Agpalsson G Of the A Sssenf Wid Rggls
Association of Brooklyn, Colonel William
Fitzgerald, Major General Samuel Dial;
ton, Adtutant General of the National
Guard Of Massachusetts, Major General
National Guard OF Pennsylvania: Major
General Thomas y. McGrath,, late Adju..
taut General or the National GuarQ OF
the State of New York: Adjutant Cen
eral Thomas ]. Stewart Of the Pennsyl-
yania National Guard. Adiutant General
William s. Stryker, National Guard,
State Of New Jersey: ~ex-Captains P. S.
Tflden and Jas. e. Place of the Seventy
first Regiment. Brigadier General Rob
srt shaw .oifver. commanding the Third
Brigade. National Guard, State of New
York: General Bres1er of Detroit, Consul
for Hawaii n Venezuela. and many
others.
The following gentlemen comprise the
various committees that viii make re-
ports at the conventions
Uniform n Wheess-Captain B.. B.
rsssisr. fret Regiment q virg MIA;
Captain Philip S. Ti1den, Seventy-first
Regiment of New York; Captain S.. H.
Vowel. First Regiment OF Minnesota:
Captain August Van Gieson. Second
Regiment Of New Jersey, and Captain
George C. Baker, Union College Cadets
Bicycle Drill Observation-Disclosures
". l. Garcia. Fourteenth Regiment Of
New York; CAPTAIN A. ]. Kuppox. Fourth
Regiment of Wisconsin. First Lieutenant
Al. +. Grimm. ~Sxty-nfnth Regiment of
New York, and Sergeant Josaph b.
Mills. Second Regiment of New Jersey.
Membership OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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