The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-29
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LOCAL WHEEL. NOTES.


The Suburban Electric Light company
has purchased two bicycles for the use
of their employees.
Captain Lucas Of the Scranton BIZ
cycle club. has scheduled club run to
Moscow for Sunday next.
The Scranton Bicycle club will close
their indoor social season with a
smoker Friday evening. May 8.
]. q. Cox, Of the Green Ridge Wheel
mems racing team. received his new
racer on Monday. It's keating.
Billy Martin. superintendent Of
Florey's repair shop walked his wheel
to Elmhurst Sunday. He says he rode
back.
Eugene Shifrer. Charles Tropp. John
Raumont. William Brum and Theodore
Fahrenheit rode their bikes to Homes
dale and return on Sunday last.
Fourteen of the Green Ridge wheel
men participated in club run to
Wilkes Barre Sunday morning. The
return was made about six O'Clock p. m.
The Elmhurst boulevard Is in unusu-
ally good shape. A continuous stream
Of humanity on wheels passed back and
forth over that thoroughfare all day
Sunday.
l. s. Rowlson. of the Green Ridge
Wheelmen was elected treasurer of the
Scranton-C -CarbOndale cinder-p path asso-
| citation at the meeting held in Olyphant
last Friday.
Charles Coleman and VIII Dunn rode
| to CarbOndale Sunday. Both are doing
light road work, so as to get hardened
| for their track work, which they will
soon commence.
The social committee of the Green
Ridge Wheelmen have announced q
club smoker for Friday evening, May
/ fc vf,i1 En thn las A.,
Lawrence orchestra will furnish the
| music
a. Hilton, of Duryea, left this city
on his bicycle bound for Albany Tues
| day morning at 7.30. He will 60 by the
way of BinghamtOn and Kingston, N.
Y. Mr.. Hilton expects to make the re-
turn trip in one week.
A bicycle rider experiences the same
| sensation when riding on the asphalt
In the vicinity of the Erie and Wyom-
ing Valley depot on North Washington
avenue as he would If riding over the
old corduroy road near Gouldsboro.
| Twenty-three members of the Scran-
| ton Bicycle club followed Captain Lu-
cas- to Dalton and return last Sunday
The start was made at 1890 a. m. The
boys arrived home at s o'clock. Harry
| Newman punctured his tire as usual.
| The new board of directors Of the
Green Ridge Wheelmen organized Nor,
day evening last. and elected the fol.
lowing gentlemen as house committee
for the ensuing year: Chairman, M
w. Finn; f. l.. Merriman, e. r. Howe
The weather and the roads for the
last few days has been all that wheel
men could wish for. Hundreds OF
wheelmen and wheelwomen have been
enjoying these favorable conditions
throughout the city and on the boule-
wards.
4 typographical error occurred in The
Tribune on Monday last. which made
Chase & Farrar's 'ad" read "Humbe,
Bicycles, price $1.1O" The firm had
many callers all anxious to see the 81 II
bicycle. The Humber" is a fine whee
and sells for $4,000
The old turnpike to Elmhurst vis
Sport hill has been filled in with broker
stone about every twenty yards, near
ly its whole length This road will b,
in good condition after the stone |.
worked down, bu: we would advis,
wheelmen to keep of" for few week.
at least.
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