The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
PROPOSED CYCLE SHOW.

To the Editor Of the San Francisco Cnll-DEAR
SIR Referring to you. timely suggestion in
regard to holding Coast Cycle Show in San
Francisco. l will say that this matter has
already been under consideration by promi-
nent and publ ic-spirited citizens, who realize
that it is greatly to the interest of our City that
show of this kind be held here modelled after
the London. New York and Chicago Cycle
Shows. These gentlemen formed an organiza-
ton called 1.-THE Pacific Coast Cycle Show Asso-
clatlon," for the purpose OF holding yearly
Cycle Show in San Francisco. When the mat
ter was sufficiently matured, they placed it in
the hands of people actively connected with
the bicycle trade, who have made a canvass of
the bicycle-dealers and secured the signatures
OF thirty-nine OF the most prominent firms.
Among these are the following Robert C. Len
ME OF Morgan Wright, T. H. B. Varney, 0. s..
Potter q Co, Mohrig & Morrill,, George w.
Alexander, E. C. Stearns & Co., Sterling Cycle
Com pany, Pope Manufacturing Company, In
lana Bicycle Company, Hooker & Co., Pacific
Hayden, March Cycle Company, Deere Imple-
ment Company, Overman Wheel, Crown Bi.
cycle Company, Clipper Bicycle Company, A.
ID. Ayres, w. Evans, Remington Arms Com
pany, Howe Scale Company, F. J. Arnold & Co. ,
Columbus Buggy Company, Gar Cycle Com
pany, Windsor Cycle Company. and others
A preliminary organization of the associa-
ton has been effected, with headquarters in
the Croker building. The present directors
are: William Greer Harrison, John L. Rich
ards, John T. Burns, Leonard Gill, c. F. john
son and A. F. Estabrook.
The Cycle Show will consist principally of
exhibits of bicycles by the different manufac-
tnrers and dealers and bicycle goods of all
kinds. 1t completes the circuit of bicycle
shows which have been held in London, Chi
cago, New York-San Francisco.
More than $50 bicycle firms have entered at
the New York show and IT'S firms in the Chi
cago show.
AT San Francisco enough assurances of
support from the local representatives alone
have been received to make the affair sue
cess, and some of the Eastern concerns will
remove their exhibits bodily from the New
York show at its close to San Francisco.
The committee on arrangements of this
association is laying out comprehensive plans
that Will draw people to San Francisco from
all over the coast States to visit the show.
A band OF music will be in daily attendance,
closing with grand bicycle promenade con-
cert and winding up with bicycle run parti-
cipated in by all the clubs through Golden
Gate Park, with complimentary ride down
down the water chute and salt water swim at
the Lurline Baths. Some of our local dealers
have information that their factories will send
out special displays for this show.
Messrs Morgan Il Wright of Chicago, through
their representative, have assured us that they
vii! make the finest electrical display ever seen
in bicycle show. Other dealers state that
their displays will be equal to those at Chicago
and New York, SO that there is o prospect that
San Francisco people will have a bona-fde
"show" without having to travel East after it,
Very respectfully yours,
C. F. JOHNSON, Secretary
Pacific Coast Cycle Show Association, room
Sc, Croker building, San Francisco, November
IS 1895