The record-union., 1898-12-24
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
"A CLERGYMAN'S TESTIMONY
C. A. c. C. COMMITTEES.
The c. c. w. Presidency-CycIe
Paths-Foreign Notes.-The Tay-
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President Nippert of the California
Associated Cycling Clubs has named
the following committees for 1899:
Executive-P. NJ. Nippert, J. A.
WoOdson, 7. D. Whitman, r. NJ. Welch,
Charles Albert Adams. Membership ana
nterClub-Emil LenhaTdt, T. n. Bent,
w. H. L. Hynes. Recruiting and Local
Organization-R. w. Neal, Edward
Goeller, W. a. Sangster. Highway I'M
provement-J. A Woodson, V. A Dodd,
Z. b. Jerome, Seth Mann, F. I. Vas
sault. Rights and ges-Charles
Albert Adams, Frank Malone. Rules
and Regulations-P. V Long, w. A.
Sangster, C. 3. Ludlow. Touring-C.
n. Ravlin, Leon Carrau, ]. J. B. Ar
gent. Track Racing and Records-W.
/. Loos, J. F. Hancock, L. S. Upson, j.
b. Lamlin, George Humphrey. Road
Racing and Records w. L. Loos,
J. F. Hancock, George Humphrey. The
first named in each case is Chairman.
The trophy cup raced for the past two
years by the Capital City Wheelmen
and the several wheel clubs of Stockton
was destroyed by fire last summer at
Stockton. 1t was originally put up by
Messrs. Weinstock, Lubin &, Co. of Sac
1amentO. That firm has now advised
the c. c. w. to notify the Terminal City
WheelnIen, who last won the cup, that
the firm will replace the cup with an
other precisely like the original. The
nrODPT- icat t;Opc Oyo ot
have been received and forwarded by
the Race Meet Committee of the c. C.
W.
Rev. NJ. J. Savage in Gunton's Maga-
zine: There are hosts of ministers
who are deplOring the widespread
use Of the bicycle, so many peo-
pie wickedly ride on wheels on
Sunday and do not go to church so
much as they used to before wheels
were introduced. And then I was much
interested and instructed by a conver-
sation I had with one of the leading
manufacturers of one of the shoe cities
of massachusetts,, who told me that
nothing that had happened in fifty
years had done so much to elevate the
morals Of the Workingmen in their
great shoe shops as the widespread, al
most universal use of the wheel. Why?
1t is simple enough, if you stop and
think. Men cannot enjoy smoking
when they are rushing at such rapid
speed on a wheel. A man who is in
toxicated cannot ride q wheel; and
then, those who ride the wheel are
taken out into the country; they have
fine physical exercise; they are brought
into contact with nature; they are
taught to discern and notice some of the
fair, sweet, healthful things they see
about them; they breathe the fresh ai~;
they are lifted to higher realms and bet
ter issues. And So at any rate, he
said that the influence of the wheel had
been of more avail in lifting the moral
level of the city than all the preaching
and teaching together for the last fifty
years.
San Jose Mercury: The Legislature
two years ago passed an Act authoriz-
ing Boards of Supervisors to lay out
paths for wheelmen and pedestrians
along the county roads, but, for some
reason or other, wheelmen generally
have shown no disposition to benefit by
the law. Possibly the excellence of the
highways in Santa Clara County ac-
counts for the apathy Of the local
wheelmen on the subject, as, having the
use of smooth, firm roads for many
miles in all directions the need Of spe-
cial paths for wheelmen is not seriously
felt. But it is surprising that no COM
bined effort has been made by the
cyclers Of San Francisco, San Mateo,
Santa Clara and Alameda Counties to
have pathways set aside along the
roads stretching around the southern
arm Of the bay, from the former city to
Oakland. The proper thing of course,
would be a magnificent boulevard, but
as that appears to be impracticable just
1pow it would be a wise plan for the
wheelmen Of the four counties to unite
hn movement for the construction of
of a path such as the Supervisors are
authorized to provide. The cost to
each county would be slight and the
maintenance. even if the wheelmen
We're required to assume it, would not
DE felt.
The Mercury" recently briefly COM
mented upon the lack Of interest in BIZ
cycle paths, and the Sacramento Rec
ord-Union" reminds this paper that in
Sacramento County there is a decided
interest taken in the subject; so much
So in fact, that several bicycle and pc
destrian paths are maintained along
the roads of that county, one Of which