The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

possibility ~ ss1prsmr ass = rzsch hsgaer
Fate o. SPEED can - obtained on she Zee
t1sn can - kzs fro~n an ordinary ma
chine 81 the voafwzvs
Al ordinary rosz nnacasre -. oe very
readily chanwez tato rz&ehsne for Tse
On the ice ~ renewing the whee-s azd
adjusting the fee wAe~ss and skates II .
~ easy matter 20 aaIzxs tAs rear SKATE
ard TIE conneesa1g reds wesls PERU
liar attachment na8 h@e- devised 70 run
fson ire end q the fsrk 20 tfss first pm
ner. Tire regular lee bicycle. however.
= butt Ard tnteneea solely Tor use On iae
sc~. ard IA al such machines the fork :
missing
II ~ csasrned BY TIE iayensor thai the
new tre btcyeSe ear be used % tfs~ fnses
sn0w crnss or on wei beaten snow COW
cred reads an well IS o. shs Tee
A R~lIw - ousarfeycie-
Tne ns~ railway -u.~ssne car harstiy se
esiAss . barycss. as = Eas four whesss.
TWO on either side ard more neer.S r.
s@nbs>s two bcyriex running ass ~
sas@ thar II does single machine
Thls machine has famed whesss- very
m1rn Ike the ore1narg car wheel n4<
nsuca Aghter a construction. ana tney
are set a. The Standard rzilruad g&Ags
A light sron framework sapporFs ne seat.
which 10 set directly over TIE center Q,
ta~ track between the rails
The sprorkes wheel ia tire ordinary rsAa
bicycle j. located directly beneath the
seat and connects wtth smaller ~aees
ST. IN TIE cen1er OF the rear axle
While the machine II rev. raI&rosf men
have rot been slow TO appreciate rs mani
fold advantages. and u - boon 20 II
sDsctorx and track walkers who 30"
mount their railroad evc5e and s2in s2ofa1
CD Or down the Line about the companies
business entirely independent OF tins
tables and trains
Should occasion demand g. the fror;
whaeis car be eoztro.se6 by the hana2s
bar. as IL CUSTOMARY IN the ordinary rcsd
machines. ANAL metal basket or tssay
IL suspended at the front Of the rlacnine'
IN which provisions can se carried or
light track repair tools Tire adsoiaots-
ity OF this machine 20 the needs 81 RAJ
road men has been so manifest that fhas
early many Of tsem have adopted H.
Pumping While -corchlng.
No necessity exists longer for vexatious
delays TO initiate tho bicycle tire. BY
new invenfion which scorchers are wel-
coming. that operation can be rerfornei
without q minutes desav. II IL cai.ea the
automatic bicycle pump. and does is
work rapt8iy ard vel.
II weighs two ounces and IL attached 70
the wheel When fhe air goes out. Il I'M
rnediaseiy begins 30 supply the heed. ard
With human NEFIs%0N Sa0@~ tAAARAH- 49,
instant the tire - filed. The cscler can
speed on as though nothing had happened.
and be viii not have experienced the
sii-hteE. annoyance. The pump is a neat
affair. looking ike a simple rod. and does
not appear cumbersome.
II IL a certain a.ly. always 10 be de-
| pended upon and never falling 10 40 its
| duty. ard no more. II obssstes delay.
1 bruised fingers and eo.led clothing.
| The actual pump Is small affair. which
/ looks like q diminutlve oil car. inverted
| and placed over the air vent on the inner
1 rim OF the wheel. The pump rod. or pss-
/ ton. extends from the pump 20 the axle
! OF the wheel. where IL is attached TO a
1 peculiar fork-sbaped arrangement, with an
/ elbow or bend in IL.
/ As the wheel revoives this bend Is
| worked in ard out, and operating On a
| Joint in the pump rod causes Il 10 work
/ up and down Within the small pump. The
| faster the wheel Tevoives. the faster the
| pump works and By this means the tire
Is kept filled with air to It's fullest ex-