The times., 1899-02-05

show this season. Those present at the
meeting were: The Gormully & Jeffery
Manufacturing Company, of Chicago H..
represented by Mr. l.. b. Graves: the
| Eclipse Bicycle Company, represented by
| Mr. ]. d. Lasley: the Pope Manufacturing
Company, of Hartford Conn, represented
| by Mr.. w. J. Foss; the West End Cycle
Company Jones & Fellows, ". ID. Hadger,
| representing friquois Bicycle Company;
John Woerner. jr., representing the Cycle
! Repair Company; Miller Bros, Paul Won
Boeckman. McMorgan & Co. Saks Co,
Carpenter Cycle Company. Cleveland Cy-
Gle Company, Washington Cycle Supply
Company Higham 6s Co, and Rudolph
Jose, representing the Washington Circle
| Cycle Company.
With a nucleus OF sixteen concerns the
| Bicycle Show Company Of Washington
was formed. with the ayowed intention to
hold a public exhibition. An organiZa-
| tion resulted in the election of Mr.. L. B.
Graves as president of the company: Mr..
| JOHN ID. Lasley. as secretary; Mr.. w. J.
Foss. as treasurer: Mr.. John Woerner,
| jr, as manager, and Rudolph Jose. as as
sstant manager. 4 board of governors,
: TO have full charge of the show was sub
sequently appointed. consisting of Messrs.
L. B. Graves J. D. Lasley, w. d. Hadger
W. J. Foss and J. 4. Carpenter. This is
the board of officers that will have full
i charge of the entire show, which Will
continue for one week.
! Securing Hall.
The first thing for the consideration of
: the hoard after the determination was
reached to hold an exhibition was to Sc
cure a suitable locality. Only two places
were considered, namely, Convention Hall
and the Washington Light Infantry
| Armory. While the former place was
larger, it was finally cast aside, owing to
the fact that the committee regarded 1t as
| too remote from the business centre of
the city and somewhat inconvenient TO the
| street car lines. AS soon as it was deter
mined TO rent the Light Infantry Armory
for the purpose plans were made for 9TH
er matters concerning the show
The floor space of the hall has been
marked off for exhibition purposes. There
are a total of eighty-five stands erected.
In locating the stands the idea in mind
was to get sufficient number as would en-
title all exhibitors to a good chance Tor
displaying their articles This was upper
most in the minds of the committee, and
while additional stands could be very well
| located it vas deemed to be best tC
sacrifice stands for the sake of the eX-
! hibitors and for the pleasure of the pub
lie. giving plenty of room in which &c
move round in the large hall.
Arrangement Of the stands.
OF the arrangement OF the stands, there
are nine sections of six stands each in th'
center OF the room. so 10 speak. Surround
ing the room bordering the walls of the
hall there are thirty-one booths erected
somewhat smaller than the stands on the
n,
, minds of some for exhibition purposes.
necessary TWO or more side stands can b.
erected at the site of the e Street en-
= trance to the hall but this will hardly b'
dcne The exit may be badly needed II
case of fire and for that reason shoulC
2 not be blocked. By the present arrange
ment OF things the aisles for the publi
2 are nine feet wide which run from cas-
10 west while those running north ant
south are seven feet wide. All of tn
centre booths measure seven by eight feet
: while the size of the side booths. thos'
I against the wall, range from six feet deel
10 from eight to ten feet in length. Stands
} will be erected beneath the balcony at th'
north side of the hall.
Though the plan of the spaces has beer
out for only few weeks something like
sixty-fye of the eighty-tiye stands hav'
! been rented, leaving a month or more a
( booths All of the local dealers supper
the project, and the exhibitions will no
be strictly confined to bicycles and cycl'
, sundries. Exhibitors in other lines o
p business will be permitted to come in, th'
display whole relieving the monoto
ny, If any could exist. of a purely cycl
show. with nothing but bicycles to be seei
on every hand.
List of Exhibitors.
Of .xhg
follows:
5 Stand l. Blackstone, florist.
( Stands . 3. and 4, American Nuto
e scope Company, New York city.
: Stands 6. I, and s. West End Cycle Com
I pany.
r stand ., Cloves Manufacturing Com
d pany, Waterbury. Conn.
y Stand 10, Pneumatic Bicycle Hub Com
4 psny. New York city.
Stands II and y. Jones & Fellows, bi
L cycles.
e Stands Is. II. and Is, W. D. fiadger, bi
0 cycles.
# Stands 1C. II. Is, and 10. Eclipse Bicyc.
e Company. J. ID. Lasley.
). Stand 20, Cycle Repair Company, job
Woerner, jr.
4 Stands q and 22s Cycle Syndicate. {
New York city.
> Stands % ana "a, Miller Bros. bicycles
Stands % and 27. Paul Won Boeckmai
bicycles
y Stands 2s and %. Taylor MANUFACTURED
: Company.
Stands 30 and 81, n. NJ Dobbins & co.
:. Stands 30, 80. and 81. Pope Manufac tul
!. ing Company. Hartford, Conn.
/ Stands 30, sc, and 81, Morgan & Co.
i Stands 81, 80. and 40. Gormully G. Jet
frey Manufacturing Company, Chicago.
Stand 40, Rich Sons, shoes.