The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-02

cut prices or otherwise upset trade
An idea of the standing of the trust can
be CLEANED from the personnel of the
| committee appointed to meet the un-
derwriters-Albert A Pope, r. Philip
Gormully, r. L. Coleman, H. A. Loz-
| Ter, c. l.. Ames, J. w. Kiser, A. l..
! Garford, A. Featherstone, r. S. Craw
ford, A. R. Peck and A. NJ. Johnston
! A style of bicycle intended to dis
place the pneumatic tire is the subject
| of a patent granted to David r. G. De-
/ vine of Philadelphia. The wheel has
| two rims. The inner one is connected
| to the hub by the ordinary means of
| spokes, but between the inner and out
er rims is an arrangement of fiat
| springs, having one end fastened firm
| ly to the outer rim, while the other end
| is fastened by a yielding slot connec-
ton to the inner one. This combina-
ton is said to be more comfortable to
ride than the pneumatic tire, as there
is a wider range of movement
A twenty-four hour match pace race
has been arranged between Frank Wal
Ter, the old man of the cycling game,
and Burns w. Pierce of Boston. The
contest will take place at the Waltham
cycle track, July 8 and 4. Both men
will be paced by motor machines, pro-
vided with wind shields Waller says
that he will attempt to do 700 miles in
the day, averaging almost two minutes
to the mile all the way. The record is
GIG miles, held by Cordang, another
Dutchman, located in London This
record was made against time, and not
in competition. The competition record
is 545 miles, held by Huret, the French
man. There is no doubt that in con-
dition Waller can go the gait at the
pace he has asked for. Pierce has
shown his mettle in a twenty-four hour
1,ll
duranCe record at one time and anoth-
er. Waller now holds the American
competition record for twenty-four
hours, 494 miles, made at Baltimore.
He is AZ years old and has been
thoroughly examined of late by
physician, as has also Burns Pierce.
Both are pronounced in excellent con-
dttion for the strain.
Charley Murphy's ride of one mile
on a bicycle in Is seconds, paced by a
locomotive, at haywood, l.. L., seems to
bear out Murphy's statement, made
two years ago, that it was possible for
a cyclist to ride a mile in one minute.
Murphy has felt no i'll effects as re-
suit of his fast ride, and the physicians
who have watched his work say his
system has not suffered in the least.
Murphy claims that when the final trial
takes place on June 30 he will cover
neer Booth will only open the throttle
wide enough.
Wide tired wagons are becoming pop
ular in country districts. Their bene-
fits to roads in rolling out ruts, as COM
pared with the bad effects of the mar
row tires of most farm and other We
hicles are not to be oVer-eStimated.
Speaking of the wide tire as a friend
of good roads, Chairman Otto Dorner
of the l.. A. w. highway Improvement
committee said:
The principle of wide tires is so gen
orally acknowledged in Europe that
laws have been passed in each country
prescribing their use. Austria requires
tires of at least four and one-half inch
es width, increasing as the load to be
carried exceeds three and one-half tons
In France all freighting and market
wagons are turned into road rollers by
being required to have tires from three
to ten inches wide. Germany requires
four-inch tires for all wagons used for
heavy loads, and Switzerland requires
that they shall be provided with tires
of six inches. These regulations nave
been adopted for the protection of the
high-class European roads built during
the present century.
American tourists who go to Europe
next year during the Paris exposition
will probably profit by an arrangement
which the recently organized 1nterna-
tiona Tourists Association will attempt
to make. Many of the European coun-
tries allow members of cycling orsanl-
cations to cross the borders without
payment of duty, provided they snow
their membership cards. This arrange |
ment is similar to that existing be-
tween Canadian customs authorities
and the League of American Wheel |
men, whereby a member of the League |
of American Wheelmen can cross into
Canada without paying duty. the In
ternational Tourists Association will |
endeavor to make this universal for
the individual members of all the ma
tional organizations, so that the simple |
showing of a membership card Will be |
sufficient for a tour through Europe !
without having to pay any duty what |
ever. The countries on the roll OF the |
new organization are the United states,
England, Scotland, Ireland, France, |
Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Italy Nor
way and Sweden. Members of any OF |
the clubs are to be entitled to the priv |
ileges of a resident member of any one |
of the others.
The aged veteran, j. A. Rape, who |
will start a-wheel for Philadelphia |
about July Is, has begun practice on a
bicycle and is making fair progress.
A Menominee, Wis, factory has con-
structed a wheel designed especially for |
the old man. and he will ride it to Phil |
adelphia To-day he bought machine
for his wife, and it is her intention
to accompany her husband on the trip |
to the reunion of the G. A. r. members
at Philadelphia.
The sight of couple aged 6S and So
years old wheeling through the coun-
try on a journey the length of the pro-
posed one will be without parallel.
Now it is Eddie Bald who has the
motor fever. He is reported as ne
gotiating for petroleum pacing ma
chimes which he will follow in exhibit
lions this season. Bald ojects to the
almost prohlbitive prices charged by
these motor cyclists now doing pacing.
Teddy Edwards says that in France
the charge for a motor to pace is $50
a man, or $50 a machine, without re-
gard to distance. Two machines are in
use by each man in a middle distance
race. Edwards has written Tom Lin
ton to come to this country and bring