The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17
the l.. A. W., and lastly enroll himself
as a member Of the Laurel Cycle club

the L. A. W.. and lastly enroll himself
as a. member Of the Laurel Cycle club
The election of national officers of
the Century Road Club Of America. is
now in progress.
The polls will close on Saturday.
April %.
w. l.. Krietenstein, Of Terre Haute,
Ind, will, without doubt, be awarded
the office of president, as he seems to
be the unanimous choice of the cleo
tors.
c. W. Fordrimeir, of Boston. and W.
H. Mackey, Of New York. the two can
didates for vice president. are running
closely.
The Office of second vice president
will probably come to Minnesota, as
the only name on the ticket for that
Office is that of A. L. Mace, of ST.
Paul, the present chief centurian Of
the Minnesota division.
There are two contestants for the
office of secretary, S. Glen Andrus. Of
Chicago. the present incumbent, and c.
w. Mears, of Cleveland
This contest has developed into one
of the hottest contests in the annals of
the club. The friends Of both gentle
men claim a victory.
Mr.. Andrus has the advantage of the
support of the present administration,
but Mr.. Mears claims to represent the
better element OF the club and has
the unqualified Endorsement of major
ity of the larger Eastern divisions and
enough of the middle Western divisions
to insure his election.
The office of treasurer may go to
| Thomas c. Fry, of Rochester, Pa, al
though o. w. Lawson, of Louisville,
KY. has many supporters on the ma
ticnal board
DR.. c. H. Hunter, of Minneapolis, will
be elected to succeed Mr.. Mace as
chief centurian for this state
DR.. Hunter is an enthusiastic wheel
man devoted to the interests Of the
Century Road club in this state
One of the most unique bicycle in
Ventlons OF the season is the Hacker
Dlcycle path machine, the invention of
Z. E. Hacker, of Brunswick, Me.
Roads in their natural condition are
poorly adapted to bicycle riding and
Mr. Hackers machine is the result Of
MS attempt to remedy the natural con-
dltion Of country roads and make a
smooth. hard path for the wheel
When in operation the four wheels
are raised by clever device and their
weight is added to that Of the machine
which rests upon cast iron plates ar
ranged i'll such way as to smooth
out and harden the surface of the road
and make a perfectly smooth path. 1t
is claimed with this machine one man
with a pair of horses can easily make
ten miles Of path in one day over the
average country road. If used only for
bicycle riding the path will last for a
long time.
The machine has been in actual oper-
alton on Maine roads this season, MAX
ing 104 miles of path in and about
brunswick, which has given perfect
satisfaction to all riders.
Chief Consul Ovitt received a letter
from w. E. Cowles, of the ST. Peter
journal, last week stating that the
wheelmen of St. Peter were taking
great interest in the proposed touring
route which was to pass through ST.
Peter. Mr.. Cowles stated that the
scenery of the Minnesota Valley could
not be eaualed by any in the state
The organization Of a L. A. w. club
was being urged and one would prob
ably be formed before the season had
progressed far.
Mr.. Ovitt also received a letter from
two Minneapolis men yesterday ask
ing for certificates of membership. as
they were to take a trip awheel from
Minneapolis through the states and
Canada. Desiring to avoid the incon-
venience of depositing $25 with the
Canadian customs officials, the Mime
apolis wheelmen applied for the GER
tificates which entitled them to take
their wheels across the border
The L. A. w. becomes responsible
for every wheelman who takes his
wheel across the line on a L. A. w.
certificate of membership. The Cana
dian government compels deposit of
S25 for every wheel taken across the
border, as surety that the wheelmen
will not sell the wheel and thus escape
paying duty.
There is probably no city in the
country where a more complete spirit
Of harmony exists between the different
cycling interests Of the city. The L. A.
W., the cycle clubs and the individual
wheelmen all take lively interest in
the various cycling projects which are
proposed from time to time
The city completed repairs on the
Maryland avenue cycle path as far as
Lake Phalen Thursday last, and an
other crew was Immediately put on the
work by the Cycle Path association MIR.
Ovitt states that the paths will be in
good condition for a greater part Of
the way to White Bear this morning.
AiC SAPCclS tildl Ull6 WOTk OF repair
on the White Bear path will be COM
pleted by next Sunday.
A well known wheelman in speaking
of the movement Of the associated
wheelmen yesterday, stated that it
seemed to be the prevailing impression.
although no circular letter had vet
been issued on the subject, that the as
sociation would confine their efforts to
two things: To secure the election of
Chief Consul Ovitt to the assembly
and to secure the election of Max Bantz
as alderman in the Eighth ward, and
thus defeat Aid. Kaldunski, who made
things very unpleasant for wheelmen
out in his ward last season by oppos-
ing the use of the sidewalks. The only
direct approach to Lake Como was
through the Eighth ward, and the
wheelmen claim that Mr. Kaldunskl
went out Of his way in his aldermanic
capacity to put every barrier in their
way possible.
In the election of representative to
each of the municipal legislative bodies
the wheelmen will secure recognition
from the city which they otherwise
would not be able to obtain