Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-06
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In the forth} bmi1iu issue Of the consular
report there is an article by Consul Ger
main Of Zurich. which gives the total
number of bicyclesuin use In the country.
The report is as foltows:
The bicycle census recently taken in
France resulted In the following figures:
From january / to December 81. 1895.
329,s1S wheels weres registered throughout
the country, as against 25804 and 203 J26
for 1895 and 1894. The total receipts Of the
bicycle license tax for 1904 wer, 3.272 $50
francs. or $6S1 ,551.42. The Seine depart
ment leads alb others with 62.S02 wheels;
then come the departments of Seine and
Disc with 14,343;4 Nord with 1885; Seine
and Marine. 9.OS5: Seine Inferieure. S,227:
Gironde, 1885. etc. Corsica shows the
smallest number of cyclists, namely. 9S;
Lozere has 131; Hautes Alpes. 800; Bases
Apes, 4U2, and so on. Paris paid one-fffth
OF the whole license tax In 1895, amounting
TO 629,916 francs, or $121 ,0757S.
In the same issue Consul O'Hara sends
a detailed report from San Juan del Norte,
In Nicaragua, regarding the bicycle in that
country. According to the report there ere
only three makes OF wheels sold in the
country. all Of which are manufactured
ana shipped from this country. The re-
wagon roads on this coast, and bicycling
Is confined to the streets and the sea beach.
In many places the sands make wheeling
impossible. The moist atmosphere causes
wooden rims to warp in few weeks, and
steel rims are the only ones that can be
used For the same reason enamel Is pre-
1erred 10 nickel plating. The consul quotes
the opinion of an expert wheeiman that
bicycles for Nicaragua should have low
frames, not to exceed % or "a inches, and
should weigh from % to 25 pounds. The
same authority says that the gear for
mems wheels should be from GO to TO-
should he ia n
that are unpopular at home. Mr.. O'Hara
wrote recently to a bicycle manufacturer
he says, that the establishment of agen-
cies In Nicaragua would probably be fol-
lowed by success. Several Of the towns
III western Nicaragua are quite populous,
and many of the people are rich. The BIZ
cycle Is practically unknown as yet out of
the large cities, and the wheel itself must
be seen before people will buy. Descriptive
catalogues are useless. 1t would pay to
send several bright young men, educated
and well bred, and expert on the wheel,
to give exhibitions of the possibilities of
bicycling. Agents who desire to introduce
ladies' wheels must bring good letters of
Introduction. The sale of bicycles in Mica
raSua Will never equal that in the United
States in proportion to the population.
out earnest and well-direcred effort will
open a good market
1t is considered doubtful by those Gin
the know" of league politics whether Ster-
ly run for the office of president next Feb
ruary. The politicians in the league consid-
er that Mr. Elliotts business contract with
the league in relation to the bulletin mill
tates against his candidacy.
The local consulate idea has been carried
out so successfully in New York that Pres
ident Potter believes the future of the
league depends to a great extent upon this
local organization plan, and he desires TO
encourage it in every city where the L.
A. w. membership is sufficiently strong.
Mr.. Potter has left New York on a trip
that will include visits to Philadelphia,
Baltimore, CinpdHnati, Indianapolis. Chi
cago and MilNsaukeA AT Chicago he will
be rendered sband3Iet by the local con-
sulAfe of that sty:.s
Consul tBurkei at Chihuahua, Mexico, in
a report to the State Department., says
that bicycles in that town, after the streets
of the city are put in better condition, may
become more popnIar with the masculine
portion of the{ community, but with the
feminine the Mexican custom does not per-
NIT Of a lady appearing in pubIic except
attended by q ehaperon.s and as the
duenas are usHflly- lin the sere and yellow
autumn of hfe< khersAis AttlH danger of any
century runs. boomers, etc, by the dark
eyed senoritas Of Latin America