Evening star., 1897-05-08
THE NATIONAL MEET

League of American Wheelmen meet goes
rierrlly on. Ihe executive committee in
| charge of the eighteenth annual L. A. w.
meet, which will be held in this city Au-
gust 4, 5, and Z, got together today and
appointed the transportation committee
which, next to the race meet committee
| nov actively at work., is one of The most
important In the roster. S. Spencer Chap
man, president of the Wissahickon Wheel
men, a prominent lawyer and thoroughly
POSTED in the matters OF which he will
have charge, Was selected as chairman
His associates will he William r. Tucker
| ex-president of the Assoc .ated Cycling Clubs
of Philadelphia, and secretary of the Phil
adelphia board of trade; Gordon Cham
bers. ex-president of the South End Wheel
men. and president OF the Norwood Athletic
Association; William S. Harper, Joseph u.
Bicknell of the Pennsylvania railroad, Geo.
ID. Barrow ard n. H. Parks. This is a
strong committee, made up as it is of gen.
tlemen we'll qualified to take care of the
manifold details Of the transportation work
of the meet.
The executive committee, pending the Sc
lection of the transportation committee, has
been in communication with William Flem-
ing, secretary of the Trunk Line Associa-
tion and is already assured of rate of one
fare and third for the round trip from all
sections Of the country to Philadelphia on
account CT the meet. but ii is hoped that n
more favorable rate may be obtained as a
result of the labors of the TRANSFORMATION
committee iii this direction. Mr.. Bur!ey T..
Ayers of Chicago, chairman of the trans
portatlOn committee of the l.. A. w is
assisting in the matter, and the prospects
OF making dicker satisfactory to league
me mbers all ever the country are extreme
ly favorable.
Similar arrangements will also be made
with the Central Traffic and Western Pas
senger Associations, and the passenger de-
partments of all the railf Dads belonging to
rnTlf p,,i,y
ceed 10 boom the meet in an advertising
way throughout their entire systems.
1hat the entire country VIII he represent
ed Fl next Augusts meet is apparent from
the numerous inquiries received a: head
quarters from prominent league officials
and others in all sections of our broad land
FROM Boston and Omaha, Chicago and At
ianta, Denver and Cincnnati-from Canad.
eVen-and so on, ad infinitum come re-
quests for information regarding hotel and
railroad rates, good routes to Phiiadelphia
awneel, sue Trips, etc. In reply to these
communications We will say that all these
pointers will be made public In good time
through the medium of this bulletin. ana
wnere the questions asked call for more ex,
pllcit replies Mr.. Joseph Estoclet chair
man of the press committee. will furnish
the desired information.
The subscription committee, which has
peen at work Tor nearly month, has
been canvassing the principal business
forses OF the city, and the success which
has attended their efforts up to date augurs
"eH Tor the completion of the $4,000 fund
which the executive committee considers
necessary for the proper entertainment of
next Apgusts visitors. The local mer-
chants have been brought to realize that
the meet Will be big thing, not only for
the bicycle interests, but for the city at
large. and the majority of them are taking
patriotic interest in the affair PhiIadei.
phians have always been noted for their
local PRIDE and that they will do their ut.
most to make the '9S meet a pronounced
success goes without SAYING
The big run to Atlantic City on the Sum-
day following the meet has been definitely
decided upon. 1t will be a combira ton ar
fair-that is TO say, these who feel disin-
cl:ned to wheel to the city by the sea will
nave an opportunity of participating in the
run through the medium of q special 10
minute flyer, over either the Reading or
Pennsylvania railroads. The majority will
however, naturally prefer to cover the
straight-away level OF fifty-nine miles on
their wheels. and special arrangements for
their entertainment en- route will be made
The wheel section will be started at such
an hour as will allow Of the run reaching
Atlantic City about the same time as the
official train.
Professor Paul Emo q prominent local
wheelman and banjo instructor has made
suggestion, which the entertainment COM
mittee has wisely decided to profit by. He
proposes to gather all the banjo clubs be-
lol gtng to the various cycling organizations
in the city into one vast banjo orchestra
practice together and perform numerous
selections at one OF the evening entertain
ments to be provided by the committee dur
ing the meet. Banjo music by an orchestra
OF upward OF 150 performers-wheelmen
every one OF them-will be something Of q
novelty to the majority Of the visitors
The new road book Of the Pennsylvania
division is now nearly ready for delivery,
and will soon be placed in the hands Of the
more than 1900 league members In the
state. 1t IL the most complete affair Of the