The record-union., 1899-04-10
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
MHEELWAY REVIVAL-SCHLEY
AVENUE PATH ASSURED.
What the Club Men Are Doing
Continental Touring-New Tire
New Zealand Roads-Notes.

New Zealand ROads-Notes.
The county Supervisors have oroereu
bids for constructing the Scniey
avenue path and wheelway. Surveyor
Boyd. who has taken much interest
ir path propositions generally, is now
at work upon the specifications fos-
sibly to bring the work WITHIN tne
figure that the board is willing TO ex-
pend a five-foot path may have 10 De
fixed upon. But that is ample width IL
it is we'll made and the vegetalloh
cleared away from its edges. Ihe
board is to be commended for its action
The path is greatly needed by the peo-
ple living on the route. As for wheel
men, every new outing nne ineaiis
greater comfort and pleasure in life for
them.
The Capital City Wheelmen have re-
duced their initiation fee to August lst
to 81. This was accomplished for the
one and sole purpose Of aiding the re-
construction of the C. c. w. or Folsom
:Wheelway. every cent taken for initia-
tions to August 1st going to that work.
in addition the club gives one-sixth OF
to wheelway maintenance. Thus mem
bers, old and new, will know that
full share of club income is devoted to
paths. But this is not enough, and to
raise further means for path construc-
tion the club has ordered 500 handsome
wheel badges from the East. Every
hnember is entitled to one of these, bear
ding his club number There will be
s160 however to be sold to those who
cannot OF will not become full mem
,bersEthe great army of the unat-
tached These will be of like design
and will bear the words, Patron OF
Wheelwa,y." The proceeds will all go
to path work. They ought to be sold
out of hand in an hour, and demand
made for 500 more For there are
1000 unattached wheelmen-they ought
to be club members in the main. II
each of them will take a badge the
lWheelway Committee can give the peo-
pie hundred miles of fine path in ad-
dition to what the county now has.
That would mean good roads the sooner,
more rural homes, more life in the open
air, greater human happiness and
greater inducement to live in the coun-
try. The c. c. w. is to be commended
for sticking to this good work. 1t has
its reward in the gratitude of every
citizen who knows what a good road
path means.
The Folsom or c. C. w Wheelway
as reconstructed is now complete to
Mayhews and will be finished to Alder
Creek. The cost will be near to $780,
but it is worth it ten times over. Let
the members of the G. c. W. uphold
its Wheelway Committee, bring in new
members and sell badges and prove to
the committee that its confidence in the
wheelmen of Sacramento is not mis-
placed-for to tell the truth. the com
mittee has probably gone into debt,
overdrawn its account and it must be
made whole.
Major Taylor, the champion sprin-
ter and the holder of most Of the short
distance worlds records, says: IT shall
go for all records, from the quarter mile
to the hour paced, just as soon as the
weather viii permit and I can collect
the necessary pacemakers for these at
tempts. I shall endeavor to get a
match on with McDuffee for Decoration
Day. the race to be, pulled off at CharleA
River track, Boston. After riding
against McDuffee I am willing and
ready to ride any one" Taylor added
that it was his opinion that before May
oOth the League of American Wheel
men would have complete control of
racing, that fines would be raised, and
the same harmony between the fast
riders and the league that has prevail
ed in the past would be re-established.
Taylor's attempts at record breaking
will be made at the Philadelphia track,
which he regards as the fastest track
in America to-day. He thinks that the
mile record will be placed at 1:25 this
year
Another addition to the list of tire
patents Is the invention of a man
named Foote. 1t is designed to rob the
puncture Of it's terrors The tire is
made of alternate hollow and solid Sec
tions of cork, separated by thin disks
The whole is held together in a casing
and the periphery is formed with a
senli-circular channel in which rests a.
rubber tread of cushion tire formation
having side wings to secure it to the
main casing. Several notifications are
provided for, and the instruction IS
given to use saw in case difficulty
Is found in getting the cork ring on the
rim.
Such is the demand for new and old
styles of chainless gears that manufac-
turers are unable to turn out the
mechanism fast enough to fill orders.
One firm making new gear reports
itself 1000 orders behind.
Cyclists who are thinking of touring
on the Continent this season will learn
with pleasure that the N. C. u. is to
complete an agreement with the Swiss
customs authorities enabling members
to take their machines into Switzerland
free of duty; also that arrangements
have been made whereby members are
permitted to travel to Boulogne and
Ostend at reduced fares, cycles to be
charged at half the ordinary rates as
from Tflbury. The officers of the union
are engaged in completing other ar
rangements for the convenience of