New-York tribune., 1899-03-25
THE CYCLE SHOW.
THE ATTENDANCE AT THE GRAND
CENTRAL PALACE SATISFACTORY.
ut,rrr THAT WILL. GENERATE ELECTRICITY
FOR LIGHTING AND LOCoMorloN PROM
1sED-TIIE TOTS PARADE

A WHEEL. THAT WILL. GENERATE ELECTRICITY
. FOR LIGHTING AND IocoMor1oN PROM
1sED-THE TOTS PARADE.
The dealers cyole show at Grand Central Pnl'
ace Yesterday had much more compete "iu
d-essy appearance than 1t did on the opening night
the various booths and the decorations We're IN
eYcallent order as a whole. although there were
few dealers who were still little behind IN AZ
ranging their respective exhibits Considering tho
many other attractions ,ast night the attendance
a, the cycle show must be considered eXceHeh''
There is one enthusiastic exhibitor whose actual
exhibit does not amount to much but whose prom
tses for bicycle innovations are 100 lolN Ior eve"
a building the size Of the Palace il ne can
do one-half that he SAYS he is going 10 do ne VIII
nut the proposed bicycle trust into the sh"oe ]"
short order He has bicycle. with 'he u'"iHe
mechanism attached to the front wheel ihucIl
after the pattern Of a pecuiar-shaped "hee o"''eu
by a dealer in Brooklyn. which was seen on .H0
Cvc,e Path at regular intervals last summer I10
saws that he has applied for four patents and that
a. soon as he gets them all his innovations VIII bc
comprised IN one wheel
This wheel can be ridden. according TO the in
v.ntor. with either low or a high gear. II IS 10
generate rs own electricity. the power pe'ns
stored in the tubing This electricity Will be usel
as motor force IN going up hill ana IN SetUhs Up
great speed and it will also he used for iHnmlna-
rion. The wheel can be turned into n tandem by
a turn Of the wrist according 10 the inventor an"
he nronoses 10 put his marvellous invention ON the
market al such a price that all the other bicycle
makers may as well get right out Of the business
and go 10 making candlcsticks and cneWins-suin'
The tire Is even more wonderful.
Arrangements have been made ny me manage
men, for checking wheels AZ the door. and earH
sning cyclists are availinC themselves Of this on
no-tunitv TO ri 70 End from the show ana nave
their wheels taken care oi Whie. lu'N FNPio'' ''
features of interest. ~, !, .,..o,,
on tho trial track lessons in cycling VIII be gwen
and In this regard well as IN the Ene or anuSt-
menf features special exhibits and other attra'-
lions everything il being done To arouse we W III ll,
tnrest OF people who are nor vet numoered among
fhA army Of cyclists in an endeaVor 10 sumuia,e
the wheel trade and encourage the sport or CS ie'
The cycle museum. whore the eNoIuuon OF ~
hicvcle is shown from ii VelOCip"de az lN' 10 'Iic
present-dGy perfected products or American ot 49,
manufacturers. is complete The eNoluN'h "l Wy
tire the saddle and the cycometer Is also SHOWN
8 Everitt the colored champion backward
pedaller viii give an fnier">tng eAh.niNo4 oil
aiding Wounded buffalo tae lroquos Indian.
who has ridden the entire dis inco between New
York and Montreal. Can. in tfe middle OF winter,
snins around the floor ID show visitors what an
Indian looks Ike on bicycle.
on MONDAY afternoon Ike" Johnson. colored
man will give hts exhibition OF trick rdmg Mon
dav evening the tots parade VIII be hed IN
,his Dsrade viii be the smallest children VINO
ride wheels Among the entries so far received is
rhst Of Ruth Worland. TWO years old. She can
hardly walk or talk. and is .nahle TO mount heI
wheel herself. bur IS a clever rdtr "heh paceI
mon H. William McLam Glroy, TWO years Old.
svin ride seven-ncn frame safety. Albert Lib
schck FIVE years old and Charles Libschck. seven