The times., 1899-02-05

Stands II. IS, and 49, Western Wheel
Works, Chicago, Ill.
Stands 50, ST. and 50. Saks & Company.
Stands 53 81, and 55 Carpenter Cycle
Company.
Stands Sc. 81 IS, and G7, Cleveland Cycle
Company
Stands sS and II, Washington Cycle Sup
ply Company.
Stand II. Rose Manufacturing Company,
Philadelphia.
Stands "a and 10, Higham & Co.
Stands So 81, and 81. W. E. Baum & Co,
bicycles.
Stands 80 and 60, D. ~ WaIford
Stands 81 and 50, Oakman Motor Vehicle
Company, Greenfield. Mass.
Display of Automobiles.
1t will be Sseen by the above list that
there is only one automobile exhibit in the
entire show. This will hardly be all Ne
| gotiations are now pending for having
| several more exhibits of the kind attend.
| 1t is extremely likely that the exhibition
of this class of vehicles may tend mater
! tally towards the introduction of the hors =
| less carriage in Washington. In New YorI.
/ this class of vehicles has become quite
| the fad, and society is using it in general.
| 1t is a common thing to see an automobile
! gliding over the streets of the metropO-
| lis tangled up with a mass of other We
! hicles, the horses of which do not seem to
! be frightened at the new thing. The skill
| ful man on the box manipulates the
mechanism so as to stop in a much shorter
/ space than horse could be checked. 1t
| might be added that in the exhibit of the
| Pope Manufacturing Company at the show
there Will be more than one specimen of
the horseless carriage.
I The interior decorations and ilumina-
tien q the hall will be something worth
! seeing. The contract for the electrical
| work has been awarded to John Rau. the
electrician There is no limit placed upon
electric lighting by the different exhibit
ors, and each stand can do what it pleases
in the matter. The show company makes
the general illumination OF the place, but
the individual exhibitors will be left tc
exercise their own ingenuity in the mat
ter. This is the case not only in the
electric lighting. but also the decoration:
of each stand. Some novel designs can bs
looked for in the matter.
Erection of Booths
The contract for the erection of the diff
ferent stands has been awarded TO Franl
c. Potts, the contractor, who is also III,
captain of the Arlington Wheelmen H,
will start his work a few days before tht
opening of the show in order to have ev
erything ready for the exhibitors on tn.
night of the opening
While not as yet definitely arranged tn
chances are that every evening of th
show there will be a programme of som,
sort. a full band will be employed for tn
entire week. the contract for the musi
not having yet been awarded though mos
likely Haleys or some other good ban,
Will be in attendance. The programme ev
cry evening will most likely consist of mu
sical selections and solos.
Matinee exhibitions will be held almos
every afternoon of the week of the sho,
for the benefit of the children and thei
mothers. and for them a special programm
will undoubtedly be arranged. The hal
will present the same appearance as q
night and everything will be operated tn
same as at the evening exhibition.
AdnptnbiIity OF the Armory.
The recent cycle show at Madison Squar
Garden, New York city, OF which the pa
} pers gave a big account, was not such
big-looking affair as people would imag
inc. The Garden is not nearly as vel
adapted for a show of this kind as is tn
Light Infantry Armory. and while ther
were a large number Of exhibitors an
some excellent displays. yet the largenes
of the place prevented the effect from be
ing as pretty as il should have been. Il
the local show everything will be so ar
ranged that the general effect will b
, pleasing and attractive and noticeable a
soon as the hall is entered. The surround
ings are such as 10 make this a compare
lively easy task.
Ii can be relied upon that the diferen
exhibitors will strive to outdo one another
not only in the matter of display but ais
in the matter of distributing souvenirs q
) the event Already some of the exhibitor
have made arrangements for securing nov
elites for the occasion, while others hav
sent to their home Offices for a large sup
ply of matter to be distributed. Taken al
in all, the show is expected to have a benc
fetal effect upon bicycling in this city tn
coming season.