The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-19
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~ss an IDEAL cycling day. IRE
fs s-ssh.iy. but SIS warm rays
- So - tempered by q ligat breeze
ssrs - - EVERY wheel in town nast
4 fss - use. From early morning
pss a. night, they whiried through
90 - ~ ..ve.fs and out into The many
- - ..sss wheels OF al sizes. makes
gill vere IN evidence. ridden by
lss Al sixes shapes and sges. Ev-
80 ..s out ard everybody had a
- o.s ~ Union path attracted the
- ~..rnl,er Of wheels. Ali day long
: f-ssss. and the tinkie Of bells thA
49, laughter OF the riders l3vened
$50 ~ssgss SUBURBS as they have not
= 10, many gay
- waeelers went out upon the
- - sosr9 path that marks the com
s-rz~f Of the Sezttls-T2consa boule-
Eere for G. run OF tvso and ons-haif
- rath l. ike : ballroom floor The
=. 80 vas on the riders back going
x.xser.say and the impulse TO make
~ ssese was irresistible. Coming back
80 miIder pace was generally Oh
s<red. 49,. p..x...,,,
n.,soon was fulfilled. IL was at any
=. All fne city s-wheel.
,,at the bicycle season may BE-
- have fully opened up. the troubles
=. rol.es are likely 10 be Increased .
~sssssd fold.
-. ris1 and healthfuI restrictions
y. e. placed b. the city council upon
= =. a, wheeis. and the members OF
:. ssss, are expected TO see that those
..s.rcsssas are ohserved.
I .sser o. average GOOD sense should APP
.s.rss,s the wisdom that prohibits coast
8 Az seorching and insists on lighted
-.,.~ns after dark. yet there Is little
- taat the police will. for a time a,
- be kept on the jump BY offending
sssssmea.
rs,r1nx the past week two arrests were
-.ss-one for scorching and the other for
- riding without a light. Both Of
sssrrs were let down easily by the mu-
- court. bat the arrests should be q
s,rr.ng. Lignt sentences will not al
SAYS prevail
i. sas az the cases last week the excuse
= sxnarauee Of the existing ordinance
=, made and appears TO have been ac-
ssss8 by the court as a mitigating cir
s1nslance.
ll.sough ignorance is no legal ex-
- II will probably be advanced In
90 out OF every ten future cases. Would
sss BE- a good plan to have the ordi-
sascs. or at least the gist OF the ordi-
..scs printed on suitable cards. These
"a be posted in club rooms and al all
D4sss where bicycles are for sale or hire.
ss-s en,erprEslng dealer might make a
Il ~ presenting each purchaser with a
ssy Of the ordinance. Or the Good Roads
81 aifas%S IL
nsns likely. sooner or later. TO haIe
sssry rider In the town within It's fola.
A,tls knowledge is said 10 be a dan
ssrvas ,hifig. but little knowledge OF the
IT'S bicycling regulations Is likely TO
ass 10, Of trouble
rwhat Is a Pedestrian" was one of the
ssnaons asked In a public school last
xeA
4 person who does not ride a bicycle. :"
sp tie reply.
ne bicycle annex OF the Seattle Ath-
=. Cur is nearly ready FOR occupancy.
aaet IL IL already being used rs soma
EAs members although but a fe~ % the
Ks are In position. The passage has
Va cut through connecting the annex
NJ the club Billiard room and by the
al u this week everything will be in
s2se for The accommodation and care OF
= waeels.
AZ cid and experienced cyciist claims
,Aa be has a weather gauge that Is In
hlshas ana offers, accordingly. this ad-
re. Previous 70 starting out on a spin
ssees the smallest cloud you can see In
ns SKY. Keep your eye on II, and II II
&c-eases and disappears. II shows a state