The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-22


Accommodation committee of the l..
A. w. national meet, which will be
held in Philadelphia August Al, is now
in a position to give detailed informa-
tlon regarding accommodations during
the week OF the meet. Chairman w. Il.
Street has been hard at work for the
past two weeks gathering the neces-
sary pointers, and, although the meet
is more than ten weeks off, the inquir-
les are so numerous as to fully justify
the Executive Committees claim that
upwards of 10000 out -of-town cyclers
will visit this city the first week of Au-
gust. Hence it is advisable that those
who contemplate coming to Philadel-
phia during the meet should commune
cate with the Hotel Committee as soon
as possible, in order that their quar-
ters may be assigned them at once.
Regular attendants at former League
meets have doubtless experienced the
discomforts attendant upon securing
quarters at, the last minute, and it is
with a desire to obviate repetition
of this inconvenience that Chairman
Street urges prospective visitors to
communicate with him Immediately.
He has on his list SO hotels (offering a
wide range of choice, suitable to poe
textbooks of every conceivable calibre)
on both the American and European
plans, in addition to quite a number
of first-class boarding houses.
The Press Committee has in prepara-
tion a series of views of the riding dis
trict roundabout Philadelphia, which
1t is proposed to supply weekly to all
cycling and other papers in all sections
of the country which may express
desire to use them. BY this means 1t Is
hoped to give the outside cycling world
some idea of the pleasures in store in
this connection for those who may be
so fortunate as to attend next Augusts
meet Letters recently received at
these headquarters warrant the belief
that not a few of next Augusts visi-
tors are coming here with the sole
purpose of exploring the beauties OF the
famous Philadelphia riding district.
and to such these views cannot fail to
be of immense interest. Famous re-
sorts and historical spots on the Lam
caster Pike, Old York Road, Wissa-
hickon Drive and the numerous other
pixies leading out of the city in ell di-
rections will be shown along with
not few pictures that will convey
an idea of the excellent paving with
which the City of Brotherly Love Is
blessed All the above mentioned
pixies, drives and country roads can lie
reached over streets paved with as
phalt, and this alone is a blessing of
which but few American cities can
boast.
Members of the Century Road club
of America who attend the meet VIII
find here a large coterie of the most
enthusiastic long-distance road riders
in the land. Through the efforts of
these gentlemen the Quaker City cap
tured the cream of the Century Road
clubs '96 honors; and If present indi-
cations go for anything they will be
heard from also at the end of this year.
These "pluggers" are just now consid-
ering the advisability of arranging
some form of entertainment for the
visiting "pluggers" during the week
of the meet. Their programme VIII
very likely include some pleasant" all
day jaunts over their favorite stamping
grounds in South Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is quite probable that some
of the local Century Road club repre-
sentatives will be given places on the
tours and runs committee. as the itin-
erary of that body will include several
long runs. This committee, by the
way, will be mainly made up OF club
captains, who, from their knowledge
of the roads and needs of the riders,
are best equipped to make success Of
this part of the entertainment. The
managers of the meet realize that upon
the selection of the tours and runs in
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considerable extent the enjoyment Of
a large proportion of the visitors, and
every effort will be made to make this
feature as enjoyable as possible.
Willow Grove track, where the
League of American Wheelmen cham
pionships will be run off on, is being
rapidly put into shape for the first race
meet of the season, which will be held
on Saturday, May 29. Comfortable
seating accommodations for 1880 peo-
pie, with standing room for half as
many more, are being put up, the train
ing quarters are being enlarged and
the entire track is inclosed with fence
so high that 1t acts as wind shield.
Members of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen, be they from the north,
SOUTH east or west, will be enabled to
carry their bicycles with them on any
train without being compelled to pay
a considerable charge therefor. The
recent action OF the Trunk Line asso-
citation abolishing the unjust baggage
fee for bicycles accompanied by own
ers will undoubtedly be followed by
similar action by the Western Passen-
ger Traffic associations long before