The record-union., 1898-02-21

ladies who hawk newspapers at the
street corners were to take to the
wheel, that would create a mild sensa-
tion even in London. AT Berlin, how
ever, the newspaper woman has taken
to the wheel like all the rest, and
arouses as little interest as il she had
never been known to move about in
any other way Before day dawn the
old ladies wheel from one newspaper
office to the other, collecting their stock,
which after sorting, they then proceed
to take to the houses of their clients.
again. of course, on the Wheel
The officers Ct the Michigan division of
the League of American Wheeimen are
planning an active campaign in the in
terests of good roads before the next
LEGISLATURE Their ideas have already
been fairly well worked out, and are
taking form in a bin that will be pre-
sented at the next legislative session.
1t will be a State-road law. somewhat
on the plan of the State-aid law in
New Jersey. where the counties have
8 sort of local option in the improve
ment of the highways They vote. that
is, as to the amount they are willing
to expend on making better roads, ana
then the State is 70 add TO the fuhd
for that county just Is much more for
the purpose Such a bill would make
several important changes in the meth
DDS Of caring for the roads in WiscCn-
sin. 1t would abolish the township
and road district system, now conceded
to be the least productive of good re-
suits and most productive of waste and
miserable highways, and 1t would stlll
retain the features of local option as TO
highway improvements. While insurlnS
greater uniformity by putting it in the
hands Of the county administrators
largely This feature would be carry
ing out the idea of county local option
and the county system that has been
tried on a small scale in Michigan al
ready. AT the same time. some Of the
objections against the county system
would be obviat ted by the fact that the
State would have a hand in the i'm
provement of the highways.
The wheelmen of Detroit are talking
Of organizing in each ward for the pur-
pose of looking after their interests
whenever any question, such as bicycle
ordinances, the present proposition to
build a shelter for wheelmen at the
upper end of Belle Isle, ETC., come up
These ward organizations would take
the FORM perhaps. Of committees which
would canvass the aldermanic candi-
dates principally. They would in no
sense attempt to be political clubs, or
to obtain political power beyond look
ing after the interests of the whee!men
of the city in general.
The General Council of the Cyclists
Touring Club of England has accepted
the proposition of the L. A. W. looking
to an interchange of benefits. and con-
tracts are now being prepared which
provide that an L. A. w. member may
ioin the c. r. C. when about to tour
abroadl and receive his membership
ticket. foreign tour books, maps, hotel
lists etc. before. sailing. This arrange
ment will enable him not only to lay out
the details of his trip before reaching
Europe. but will insure to him the bene-
fits of discount rates at hundreds of
hctels in all the popular cycling districts
of the Continent and the British Isles.
The Loan Committee, created by reso-
lution Of the last National Assembly or
the l.. A. w ito provide ways and
means for the help of such divisions
and consulates in the league as may,
from time to time, require financial ald,
has rendered good service in the few
months of its existence. In March last