The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-19

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intersectsoa - the srSesssa thcr00gafsres
- the cspisal-PenusygV2asa SvSnae run
ning cost and west. and seventh st-ees.
running north aud so0th. Many pablo
men have exp~sssrd the optniOn thai q
statue q general Grant should have been
erected on that spot and that the Hsneock
statue should Dc p1s Up somewhere else.
A statue % General Sherman will soon he
ERECTED In what i known As the white lot,
or soverrmsnt reservation, lying between
the treasury and executive mansion and
the monument IL i not q conspicuous
site and is unsatisfactory % the admirers
Of the hero OF the mzrch TO the sea But
IL was the best that could he found, all the
more available spots In the travelled sec
tions Of the city having been pre-empted.
No one doubts that congress within a
year or two will make provision for the
erection Of suitable statue to General
Grant, but much difficulty will be encoun-
tered in finding a proper site. One sug-
gestion has been made that the SO called
peace monument q nondescript sort of
composition, which occupies a splendid
spot in front Of the capitol, be removed 20
some other place, and that the memorial
TO Grant be placed there. This Suggestion
ibctts WIN SthtAoA aRlANNoAf aha ~
be carried out. Ii is considered remark
able by all visitors that the national CAPT
tai at this time does not contain one out
door statue TO General 6rant, the hero Of
the rebellion. Nor does IL contain one Of
Lincoln that is worthy the fame and
character OF that great man.
Dangers From the Wheel.
One of the nuisances OF life In the CAPT.
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ton is cycle mad-even more so than any
other city In the country, which Is saying
a great deal. 1t is estimated by people In
the trade that q larger number of bicycles
Is used here in proportion to population
than In any other city in the world. One
Is quite willing TO believe the dealers are
correct when he attempts to walk upon
Washington street. Wheels are flying In
every direction and in such great numbers
that to cross a crowded thoroughfare with
out accident requires steady nerve and
we'll balanced head. All the streets here
are paved with the smooth asphalt, over
which a bicycle makes no more noise than
q hy walking ON the ceiling, and pedes
trians need as many eyes as Argus had in
order to avoid the fast flying steel steeds.
The smooth streets are constant temp
tdtAOn tsNilrle lDtl
scorching all the time, and probably there
Is more fast riding here than in any other
city Of the country. Some weeks ago the
authorities concluded To enforce the bicycle
regulations without fear OF favor, SO
they issued orders to the police that there
should be no more fast riding within the
city, no more riding without bells by day
or lighted lamps by night, no more coast
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more cyclists abreast and no more riding
without the hands upon the handle bars.
For time the police attempted In good
faith TO enforce these regulations, but 1t
was only temporary affair. Now the
cyclists are at IL again as before-rushing
to and fro regardless OF life or limb, riding
with their hands behind their backs, coast
ing down the hills which surround the city
and darting around the streets at night
without lamps upon their wheels. There
are many minor accidents, but not until
few people are killed outright will there
be another and more earnest effort to en-.
force the law.
Result of the Crusade.
One Of the results of tho recent crusade
was rather comical and certainly Very an
noying. When the police issued orders
bell, large numbers of wheelnen provided
themselves with gongs and COW bells and
went up and down the streets In batal.
lions, making the air ring with their dis
cordant' sounds. For week or two the
COW bells and gongs were a horrible nui.
sance In peaceful Washington, and the PEG.
pie were rendy To petition the authorities
to repeal the regulation requiring bells to
ha attached IN al w haaIc rhio xrao Inc,
what the wheelinen wanted, and the result
has been that by common consent the bell
ordinance Is no longer strictly enforced.
A majority Of the wheelmen here claim
that bell is source Of danger instead
Of being protection to pedestrians. Ey.
cry one that rides knows that when ap-
preaching pedestrian the ringing of the
bell is likely to produce NERVOUSNESS, hest.
tation as to whether to go forward, stand
still or turn back Women are especially
liable to this trouble, for when the average
woman hears bell ringing she imagines
danger threatens and that she Is called
upon to do something In order to save her
life. Nine times out of ten She stops.
turns backward, and then changes her
mind and concludes to go on. Right here
Is where the danger comes in. She does
the unexpected, and the wheelman Is I'M
able to arrange his course accordingly.
When he starts to dart behind her, think.
ing she Is going on, she backs into his path.
On the other hand, II he concludes she is
going to step back and tries to go In front
OF her, she changes her mind at the critical
moment and proceeds on her original |
course, which increases the chances of &c.
cident.
Advice to Pedestrians.
Expert wheelmen and wheelwomen say |
there Is little danger Of accidents to pedes-
TRANS II the latter will only 20 straight |
along about their business, turning neither /
to the right nor the left, and not retracing
their steps. 1t Is the business of the cyclist
to keep out Of the way of pedestrians. and /
this he Is easily able To do, no matter how /
thick the crowd, II the pedestrians keep
their courses and do not stop
The wheeling craze has been a good
thing for the coiored men In Washington
In that 1t gives many Of them employ.
mont Colored men are favorites as teach
Brs, and also as professional escorts. I'm
and about the city one may see scores of
fashionable young women riding along
with smart colored youth either at their
sides or trailing respectfully In the rear,
watching the performance of his mistress.
ready 1t any moment to spring to her as.
distance WALTER WELLMAH
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