The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-21

FOR THE BIG PARADE
Local Cycling Clubs Busy
Making the Necessary
Arrangements.
ARCANUM WHEELMEN's SMOKER
Clos Win a Double Victory From
The Lafayettes = Gaelic
Athletic Games.
ARCANUM WHEELMEN's SMOKER

If any one doubts that the big bicycle
parade IN next Thursday in commemora-
ton of the opening of the Boulevard
will be anything but u success, the large
number of applications from clubs fer
places in line received by Mr.. T. E.
Longield. the Secretary OF the Clio
Wheelmen's Road Committee, should re-
move that doubt. 1.-The prospect for a
monster affair grows brighter each day."
said Mr.. Longtield last evening, and this
statement is borne out by the club let
tiers received by him. The latest clubs
to join in the project are the Borough
Wheelmen of East Newark, and the Ber-
gen County Wheelmen of Ridgefeld.
The former club has a number of fast
riders. and will enter them in the ten
mile handicap road race in the. after
noon. In order to give every fast rider
in the county an opportunity to enter
the event the time for closing the en-
tries will be extended until Tuesday
evening, when the Road Committee will
meet and allot the handicaps.
The fine list of prizes offered for the
race has aroused great interest among
the racing men throughout the county
and that the list of competitors will be
a representative one there is no doubt.
The first time prize, the handsome bronze
clock offered by 1.-The Jersey City News"
was placed on exhibition in the window
of SAMPLERS clothing store on Newark
avenue today, and with it the silver
water pitcher also offered by '"The
News" for the club having the greatest
number of riders in the parade. AS the
visiting clubs are eligible to compete for
this trophy. there is considerable friend
~ rivalry among the clubs. A number
of the local clubs are determined to keep
the pitcher here. if possible. and will
exert their best efforts to bring out
every member. The entry blanks for
the race were received from the printer
today. and were promptly mailed to the
clubs as well as Individual riders. En-
tries should be sent to Mr.. T. E. Long
field. No. II Madison avenue, this city.
Arcanum Wheelmen Play Euchre
The smoker and progressive euehre of
the Arcanum Wheelmen attracted a large
number of members to the club quarters
in Linden Hall last evening. The event
proved SO successful that it was decided
to continue the entertainments through
out the winter. sMein Host" Trembly
provided the cards. .dudeens' and a large
bowl of the finest plug cut and the liquid
refreshments. After the regular meeting
which was first held and adjourned, the
boys filed their pipes and settled down
to the game. Mr.. P. George entertained
the merry party with well played either
selections while the euchre was in pro-
gress. The contest for the prize, a pretty
Messrs. Eugene china and Isaac Col
denhorn being tied with eight games won
out of ten played. In the playon, Col
neither one being able to gain a bigger
lead than n point Holman scored the
in mi Among the players were:
George RlHade, J. Holman, Mr.. Cadmus,
g b.r M9ispiNsI; {. rim 4; MMangsWT; ehb Mr. jensen 1Sen.
land. Mr.. Nicholas. Captain R. W. Barr,
Fred Korb. Mr.. Powell and c. Cavan-
At the meeting Mr.. German. the local
L. A w. consul, was elected to member
ship. Arrangements were also made for
The Committee on Decorations reported
that it had decided upon an american
flag a white streamer with TIT the ea name
ton. The flags will be fastened to the
handle bars and will not interfere with
Mr.. John walbrecht dropped in unex-
pectedly at the euchre and finding the
arair Of go sli hnccess for the 4meI next : ep pcih1S Mr..
E. J. Trembly followed this up with a
prize of a box of 'perfectos' for another
euchre.
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The Lafayette Wheelmen will meet this
evening at the club rooms on Halladay
street. to arrange for the TnanksgIving
Day parade The club will enter a num-
race.
More About the Bicycle Fax.
The railroad papers are rushing to the
defenes Of u the poor aous ee t Taii arSn.
the railroads charge for the carrying of
99i asssn reader bhsreof as rather iabored. to
Ell sA Rsiiroad Gazette. Tor example,
Next to electric motive power for
steam railroads, the most attractive sub
ject for discussion to the end-of-the-cen-
and consequently the efforts. wise and
otherwise, of the railroad companies TO
properly regulate the trahhsport eorna q; If f pr
Chicago, then in New York and then
themselves abused, and the newspapers
rally to their defence.
"At Chicago, the last we heard, the
cars and return by their own motive
power, or vice versa, and the refusal OF
The The rain railr0a sla e e. carr. ar two pa epIgcs Of
one brought out a threat from the SUI
burban passengers to smash the railroads
suburban business eutirely-they would
ride the wheels both ways. This threat.
we suppose, is nov In process of being
.In New York Just now the grievance
is the action of the pennsylSxn Rail-
road in Tightening Up it's extra baggage
rules so that. for instance, from New
York TO Newark a bicycle is charged
ffteen cents, which the papers tell us
Is 5k cents more than a passenger has
10 pay (when he buys a round trip tick
a step backward. This from a ncwspa-
per tina loves high prices in ordinary
mercantile affairs suggests the query
whether a merchant takes a step back
ward when he finds business so active
that he can increase the price of coats
or shoes-lart let that pass.
at is possible that the roads which
charge for bicycles do act contrary to
their own interests. 1t may be that by
nrice that is aslred OF another man for
hhimself alone, enough additional business
NAV he built up to Increase rather thar
decrease the aggregate profit of h pas
senger business; but. let IL be cIearly IN.
derstood what the hicyciiSt Is asking Iors
He is asking to have his ucw1eldy
wheel. occupying two or three times as
ranch sDace as a trunk land monopoiIz-
ing SIX times as much. on account OF the
impracticability of piiing up nlcycles ar
we do trunks on the same terms a.
trunks. He should at once see sns
unraasonableness of this. but thar Is moi
.sThc railroad CANNOT be fairly asked
to take even a trunk for every PASSENGER.
For ourselves we do not admit the JUS
tfce of carrying trunks free; 1t Is ropplng
the ~haggageless passenger for the beneft
al etHass. as the robbery is. not large,