The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-06


standing on the rear axle of an auto
tricycle.. ciinging to the shoulders of
her companion as they dash in among
carriages and pedestrians
One of the popular bellies Of the re-
cent floral parade of horseless car
riages rode along calmly seated on top
of the cigar-shaped racing motorcycle.
| This machine was the delight and
wonder of all spectators. 1t looks
somewhat like a torpedo. is powerfully
stored with electricity, and in the lit
| tie canoe-like seat in the top, it's own
err leans forward against the wind as
he. let's the powerful machine go for
/ ward. Another attraction was a little
boy on bicycle, burdened with flow
ers and decorations, who bravely drew
| around young woman in a trailer"
also covered with flowers.
The speed with which the wheel car
| ries riders makes it even more import
ant than in the case of horse vehicles
that there should be rules of the road
| and that the rules should be strictly
| observed. We find in an exchange the
| following code, which seems both rea-
sonable and sufficient:
In meeting riders, pedestrians and
| vehicles, keep to the right. In overtak-
ing and passing them, keep to the left.
In turning corners to the left always
keep to the outside of the street.
as far out as possible without tres
passing on the left side of the road.
| Never expect pedestrians to get out
of the way: find way around them.
Never ride rapidly past an electric
car starting to unload passengers.
| Never coast down a hill having cross
| streets along the way.
Never ring your bell except to give
notice of your approach,
In meeting riders ascending a hill.
| where there is only one path, always
| yield the right of way to the up riders.
Bear in mind that a rider meeting
an electric car carrying strong head
light is unable to see beyond the light;
keep out of his way.
When riding straight ahead, never
vary your course suddenly to the right
or left without first assuring yourself
that no other rider is close to your
rear or on the side which you turn.
| Always ring your bell in overtaking
riders and pedestrians, to give warn
ing of your approach. This does not
mean that they are to get out of your
| way.
in meeting a novice given plenty of
| room.
A chain should be a trifle slack; a
| tight chain means hard work in driv
ing.
To try to save weight in your saddle
Is to add to the load of your discom-
fort
Contrary to the general rule. the
pacemakers find their hangers-on a
source of revenue.
It's foolish to worry about the things
in cycling you can help or the things
you can't
Before passing a foot passenger or
| vehicle give ample notice of approach
| by ringing the bell.
In Paris fashionable women ride mo-
| torcycles just as capably and enthusi-
| astically as men,
Nothing is so eXasperating as the
memory of an accident that was all
the riders own fault.
In the course of continuous touring
most riders run over a child or a dog
or an old cat. The most awkward
thing to ride over is a goose-a feath-
cred goose, not a human. In most
parts of the continent it is the dogs
that trouble But in Wurtemberg and
| Bavaria it is the geese that cause an
noyance. They rush at the cyclist
much in the same way parish dog
does. Geese are strong brutes and
when they wriggle and your wheel
| skids on the smooth feathers the APP
probable part of a second seems to be
| several minutes and you feel as though
you were sitting on an earthquake.
After six months of ceaseless work,
during which time many difficulties
| were met and overcome, the American
Bicycle company. better known as the
bicycle trust, is at last complete.
Instead of being capitalized at $50
600 900 the trust will have a capital
stock of $40 900. 900. The stock is di
vided into $40, 600 as common stock
and $40, 900 600 as preferred stock as to
| dividends
| guaranteed 7 per cent, while the re-
| naming 100000 600 will be in debenture
| 2O-year gold bonds at per cent. to be
| sold at 921% and due at lO5 if called in
| before the regular time. AS most of
these bonds will be taken by makers,
| the bankers may not have to put up
| cent.
The bicycle makers accepted the
| proposition of the bankers to sell their
plants at the prices agreed upon with
| Mr. Spalding. taking 80 per cent. cash
| and receiving 80 per cent. in preferred
| and so per cent. common stock, making
10 in all. or 10 per cent. advance.
| Concessions had to be made to
Charles r. Flint, president of the rub
Der trust, who seemed to hold the pow
er among the financial men, and he
now holds an option on the plants of
the Hartford Rubber Works and the
indianapolis Rubber company.
| Some cyclists treat their machines as
if they never needed any attention
and this. carelessness causes a lot of
! inconvenience and unnecessary eX-
| pense Riders become so accustomed
to seeing the machine perform Won
ders, that they look upon it as a mat
| ter of course. These careless riders
never think of looking after the ma
chine while it performs its allotted
work without hitch. Then when the
| machine goes wrong the owner is sur
prised, and Invariably places the
blame on the manufacturers. Any
other piece of machinery is looked af-
ter with extraordinary care. The same
| applies to bicycle in order to guard
| against accidents while on the road.
Half the bicycles, dealers claim, are
| ruined by Carelessness alone. Begin
ners, majority of them. jump on
| machine just as they receive It from
] the factnrN without takins. .ha ~. l.