The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-11
COMING CYCLE SHOW.
Preparations for the Event I'm the
minneapolis Exposition.


Since the diagram Of floor space in the
coming cycle show at the Exposition, Mime
apolis, has been put on view at the show
headquarters in the Metropolitan block, there
has been a constant demand for choice cor
ners. ]. A. Wirtensohn, who has charge Of
the intelligence department. finds his hands
full nowadays, and the correspondence bu-
reau, which a week ago had practically moth
ing to do, now has to answer from 200 to 300
letters a day asking all sorts of questions
about the big show. These letters come from
all parts of this state, as well as North and
South Dakota. If the amount Of letter writing
being done is any indication Of the interest
being taken, the attendance at this season s
cycle show will discount that Of 1896.
The big building has been cleaned
up inside and made to look as bright
as new dollar. Preparations are now being
made by number Of exhibitors to get their
fencing and partition building done even
case among the Eastern firms, who evidently
fear that there will be dearth Of carpenters
If the work is delayed until the show is but a
week or two away.
1t needs but a glance over the list Of Min
neapolis St. Paul and Minnesota inventors
generally, who will avail themselves of this
opportunity, to satisfy any one that the move
thus inaugurated by this years management
| is a popular one. A spacious room will be set
apart for this exhibit, and it should be an in
tereSting one. There are two chainleSs wheels
invented by Minneapolis men, and one of
them has been in use during the last two
years by the inventor without repairs of any
KIM. mere are no less imam nail a dozen
patent brakes owned by Minneapolis and st.
Paul men, while another curiosity which
may in time become generally used is a
tire made of innumerable thin layers OF
wood This tire is also in use, but it Is so
radical a departure from the present style
of tire that it has not as yet attracted much
attention. However, one OF the tires
is being used his wheel by the in
ventor, and those who have tried it declare
that it has all the life and other good quail
tiles of pneumatic tire.
Throughout the week there will be some
interesting racing events. All the fastest
of the women riders now in Chicago, includ-
ing Anderson, Baldwin Farnsworth Allen,
CLAW and half dozen others, have been Sc
cured for the big siX-day race to open the
night Of the 10Th, and every day there will be
a special event between some of the best
male riders in the state. for every one Of
which first-class prizes are offered.
Of course the chiefly interesting race will be
the opening ten-mile dash with 100 entries,
the start being from the Hotel St Louis at
Mtnnetonka to the Exposition building. The
most valuable prizes ever offered for a road
race in this part Of the country are up for
this race, and it will be of the hottest
contests ever brought off in the state.
Another Mnnetonka to Minneapolis race
that ought to stir up a good deal of interest
is that between five of the new horseless car
riages, each of which will carry a full COM
plement of passengers. Inquiries as to space
and other matters will receive attention if
addressed to J. A. Wirtensohn, the Metropol-
itan block Minneapolis.