The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-19
CYCLE TRACK ON BROAD.
THE l.. or ". THREITEN TO 90
IyTO POLTTICs on JHE MEASURE.
The Street Committee Was misunderstood
and They Did Not Take Hostile
Action Towards H..


sas City, and many other cities, have
been forced into politics by hostile legis-
/ lation aud the failure 10 receive fair
! consideration OF reasonable requests.
| The history Of such movements has
| been that the wheelmen elected their
| representatives,. and got what they asked
for in each case.
| The fact that che published reports in
| the newspapers indicated that the Broad
/ street cyclc-path scheme was Quashed I'm
| the committee OF the whole the other
! night, when the sub-committoe and the
| City Engineer, after careful Investigation
/ had recommended Il cheap and feasible
! plan, created much surprise and dis
/ appointment among the whodmcn This
| caused the talk of "eieeuns men who
| would treat them with decent cOnsidera-
ton"
A careful investigation OF this matter
! shows that the committee were NOT hos
| tile % the bicycle track on Broad street.
| but that the plan of gravcled paths
/ was strongly opposed, ON account OF the
/ belief that such tracks would not stand
/ the travel on them. ard that they would
[ create too much dust. Major Otway Ale
I len was among the number who opposed
! the gravel paths. and suggested that a
/ better material ought 90 Dee furnished
lie expressed The belief that. after
| crediting The work with the material now
/ occupying the space. a track on dtrifed
| brick could Dee furnished 40 81 compare
( lively reasonable ost.
COST OF A BRICK TRACK.
Tho city Engineer was then instructed
TO submit an estimate of The cost of iay-
/ ing a pavement Of viu.iel brick be-
[ tween the tracks OF the Richmond Trac-
uoh company, on Broad street, from
LleFehln 10 Laurel streets. after tine
NECESSARY allowance Tor the cost of eran-
company has BEEN ' dede',a5 que '''''' oa'
It is understood that ,he cost OF SUCH
track viii be- in the neiphrorhood of
Eve thousand dollars-a very reasonable
/ figure. when the large number OF citizen.
! 10 be benefited S. considered.
The attitude ascrbed 90 The commit
/ Tee in this matter seems 90 have come
from a. misapprehen i0n. and any nn-
friendly feeling cneenIered in the miua.
of The Wheeimau Wl no doubt Doe disc
sipalee when lie noi uuincngly posse
uoH OF me committee IS understood.
needing 81 the owl cycle club was
held last Friday night % arrange Tor a
smoker, TO Doe held on the last Friday
in tne month.
ola bicycle makers and wheoImen may
expect tual' 40 point ot price, the present
year VIII mark a now era n bicycles. lt
is known that several sewing machine
com p""ie7 nave iahen To bicycle mauu-
l'i1' aHd th'1 are reported ready
w. l'"' SOM lNiA5 IKE million wheels
70" sair u"ilhs me coming season al {9j
e"lA' .elhef ll'} can make at their
own prom Alst-cias5 bicycle at this
price is OF niue moment to others CONF
pdIei WIN inc question; VIII these
i'''-- mes rom me "Aeeiman' stand
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HIGH-GRADE WHEELS
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nave "son sii"H concerns whose output
shown that Of Am ,osrb,-lp ,.i ,.,l na-
can win favor throuch hes own merits
only, after 30 has seen the field OF trial
side by side with its contemporaries.
Two or three years ago "a rumor WAS cir-
culated that the older and leading maru-
facturers OF typewuting machines were
in danger of starvation because tho sev.-
ing machine communicative to erut tt.
market with superior typewriter af ,..,,,
low rates. But this revolution in t,-,a-
writer's stll seems 90 Pee unarcomniiel.l
What the sewing machine manufarf,irars
may be able 90 do for wheaIrr4n 81 ,t
present a matter of conjecture or
course. bicycles can Doe sold rroffahl, 20
prices far below those gen.rau, MAIN
tanned II IS In the way of bainy ee.,
how great a reduction cam f. ,..f.
without detrirent to th, rnaofir. ,,-.r,
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4DN'IlAN'f.
For men outside Of the trade to tell
what can and cannot be- done be- OF about
the same real benefit as would he inf0r-
nation on the Venezuelan question fur
nished By "A Choctaw Indian who had
never been away from his reservation.
it is one thing 20 say that bicycles can De
retaiied proiliahly az ~ ana entirely dlf
feront 10 DO anything OF the kind
The actual cost Of material and labor
employed in making bicycle may not
be more than one-quarter of the retail