The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-09
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
4 LULL IN THE ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH
THE BICYCLE TRUST.

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4 LULL IN THE ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH
THE BICYCLE TRUST
Options viii BE Handed Back to Manufac-
turcrs. ms the New Company Will Start
! with Big Concerns Only-Many Reports of
Stolen Wheels at L. A. w. Headquarters.
Since the headquarters OF the bicycle trust.
! the American Bicycle Company. were moved
! from the Waldorf Astoria to the Vanderbilt
| building on Nassau street there has been little
| to be learned concerning the progress OF tho
enterprise. The promoters Of the organization
have been carefully avoiding interviews. and
all the office attaches are mute when ques-
| toned. There is no lobby in which to CLEAN
news from cycle magnates as at the big hotel,
and at what stage matters are is being wildly
! conjectured throughout the trade. A. G..
| Spalding. who holds the options on many
| plants. Is taking q rest at SeabriRht. II 10
understood that the principal work now Is that
OF searching titles in real estate. 1t is believed
| also that Wall street conditions have caused
pause in the proceedings. The slump
OF last week In the Street led to eau
| tiousness on the part OF investors this
| week. and there Is no intention Of launching
| the new company and its stock on slow mar
| ket. That the trust will begin with nucleus
OF big concerns instead of taking in the wheel
manufacturers generally. as was announced in
HE DUN n 1OrtnlGnU ago, SceHlS assured.
Those in the trade who have channels
Of information and have been watching
developments closely think that the ma
jority OF the options obtained will be
handed back to the manufacturers with the
Information that the American Bicycle
Company does not care to buy. The dropping
out Of the little makers after the trust is formed
will help the strong concerns remaining out
side OF the trust as we'll as the combine. and
the makers who are now not certain that they
will be inside and are going ahead independ-
emily are relieved OF all doubts OF their
being able to continue IN existence. AS
an evidence that 1t is ready for fight
one concern. which at no time gave Its option.
has brought out S25 model and put 1t on the
market In quantities. That the trust will be
launched by Aug is believed to be beyond
doubt. Persistent rumors have been ahoat for
q week that there has been hitch in connec
ton with taking in the Pope plant. but regard
sna tops forth
Callers arrived steadily all day yesterday at
Vision rS Of the L. 4. W. each one to tell Of
lost wheel; In all there were about seventy
hope to recover through the pawn tickets
found on the, young man who fell into the
of hG Of Se rSes On as bsud e
given to Secretary Treasurer Bull. l.. A. w.. at
| l32 Nassau street. 80 that the wheels in the
pawnshops can be identified from the de-
ScrlptlOnS
The committee appointed, to confer with
Bridge Commissioner Shea relative to the cycle
path on the East River Bridge has called a
preliminary meeting to be held at l32 Nassau
| street on next Tuesday.
Rafting brakes are annoyances experienced
by many riders who use the ordinary hand
lever variety, The rattle as rule Is caused by
se st the 9nt Thers the
is necessary that there should be some play at
this place in order that the piTn Ig may be de,
ne road a rubber, band ,or. q string
grip. SO that Very siSnt tension Is put on the
lever wi IL check the rattle and save the nerves.
more lasting way TO stop the trouble is when
at home to take the brake apart at the Joint
a beS ana Se sUpar1os b s2
leave the joint free to act Any repair man can
do this for those riders who do not like to work
Spit not at all" should be one Of the cycling
It is practice that often makes a victim OF
some one riding near. and It is not a healthy
that is found on the roads. everywhere and it
is, as offensive as when it is done out Of the
another window. A fool catcher. until stopped
ty the postal authorities made IN oney BY ad-
The victims who sent their ca received the
lqconlc advice; Teach him to spit'", This, in
etdent wa. related BY 5om m while wiring
days ago. and he concluded vigorously: Il
wish sonsons would cure these splitting black
guards by teaching them to sobber." The
assault should be defined making. those who
through carelesSness spit on some one else
amenable to small fine.
Il am a sound. healthy man. single man.
called sick list Cannot THE Sun stop
this thing?" 4 rider; who has evidently been
this question.
NOTES
The Manhattan Bicycle Club has decided to change
Of - and 80 It viii be- S ooWs a"
1880 o'clock in the evening from Bedford avenue
Mmeo d jor S HcSsvilie seaford lmityVille
he eoP s h. % h h1f rs to
The second century will cover the usual course to
will F b Ssa t9S
total Il h. six a nr for rs ana Tnrn.
close with NJ a. King; captain 2o5 West Fifty
The Associated Cycling Clubs OF Chicago. which
early in the gprnE decided to SUPPORT l. racing
to the n &. A for sanction to hold meet on July T.
great amount of interest is being taken in the
apGsHraHre of Arthur zimmerman in competition
morrow. He will start from scratch in a handicap
snd MI, c"mnan"ns on the baek marx viii lie Bait
Cooper and Gardiner.
James =; Sullivan, President Of the Knekcrbocker
A. G. and Secretary of the A. A. u. will act referee
in Charley Murphy's attempt to ride mile in ono
minute. Before the attempt June 80 Sullivan
will measure the course and that it is $3.50 feet
long.
Danger Boards Adopted by tho Interna-
tional Cycling Congress.
Special Gable D,,patch TO THE sux.
LONDON. June S.-The International Cycling
Congress resumed its sittings in the Hotel
Cecil to-day A resolution favoring the adop-
ton OF uniform danger boards was passed
unanimously The American representatives