Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
THE KEARNEy CYCLE co.
The Most Popular wheel House In the
Cfty-Au About Them.

The Most Popular wheel House In the
City-Au About Them.
One OF the most popular business houses
In all Omaha is the Kearney Cycle Co., To-
Gated at 422 South Fifteenth street.
This assertion Is brought out by the fact
that almost any day OF the week the sales
room Is comfortably filled with bicycle ha-
bitues, chasing from the "fend' to the most
prominent man about town.
It is woI dertul the amount OF Nationals
this firm have scattered over this city. II
is a fact that there are more Nationals, al
most two to one, being ridden In Omaha than
any other wheel. Patrolman Barnes rides a
National and 1t is said the scorchers fear him
as they fear nothing else. Barnes always
catches the scorcher. The National he rides
has all to do with 1t, although Mr.. Barnes
Is a pretty swift pedaler himself.
Floyd Mccall, Ralph Brown, l.. f. Germ
hardt and George w. Barnes will represent
the National on the race tracks this season
and Mr.. Mccall and Will Pixley will do the
tandem act for the National.
Among professional and other well to dc
business men the Victor remains a prime
f~avorite. IL is certainly one of the greatest
wheels OF the century. The Victor people
add a remarkable feature to their bicycle
which no other house has yet "coppered," In
that they issue to each purchaser a $4,000
insurance policy, which is payable to the
holder upon satisfactory proof of any acct
dent, by which the rider is injured, which
can be laid to any defect in the wheel.
Patrolman Dan Baldwin rides a truss frame
Fowler, which is also one of the Kearney
Cycle Co.'S most popular wheels. The Fowler
will be represented on the tracks by George
Meirstein and H.. E.. Fredricksen, both rae
ing men of note.
The firm also handles the Orient and in.
tended to sell the "Kearneys'' thie year
but 1t has so far taxed the capacity Of the
factory to supply Denver alone, to say
nothing OF several hundred that are wanted
here. Later in the season, however, they ex
pect to have quite a number of them.
The Kearney Cycle Co. is proprietored by
George G. Sellner, a very popular yount
business man OF this city, and F. u. Van
denberg. known the country over as Happy
Van" and 1t is to this spirit of good humol
possessed by Van that their immense popu
larity is due. Mr.. Vandenbcrg is always a
the head Of affairs and is ably assisted b,
Floyd Mccall and Theo Cline. They carr,
the largest stock of bicycle sundries in thi,
city, being an exclusive bicycle and bicycl,
sundry house. All repairs for any whee
bought here can be had right on the premi
ses, thus avoiding the delay and expense O
sending to the factory.
Their repair shop is also on a large scale
This department is in charge of Superintend
ent w. II. Stewart. who has at least five mel
under him all the time. Wheels bought her,
are repaired, II repairing is necessary free o
charge for one year. In fact, the firm hal
the reputation of being the most liberia
guarantee house in the country, as well al
the most accommodating.
The livery or rental feature of their bust
ness has reached such proportions that |
mas had to be made an entirely separat
department from the rest of the business. AL
the theatrical people and others stoppin,
at the hotels swear by the Kearney Cycl
| Co.'s livery.