The record-union., 1899-07-17
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
AUTOMOBILE TIRES-C. c. w.
MATTERS-GAME
Pavements in Europe-Exercise-
Lamps-Russian Tracks
Arm Cramp.

Lamps-Russian Tracks
Arm Cramp.
The Capital City Wheeimen have re-
ceived the trophy cup won by it's relay
team on the 4th instant at Reno. 1t
is a pretty device and proud souvenir
OF triumph and fairly won by a tine
and ambitious team. In week proba-
bly,, it will be presented formally, and
on that occasion the relay team will be
the special guests and be honored in a
social way.
The Thirtieth street path to Oak
Park has cracked badly on the stretch
between r and Y streets. 1t should
be repaired by the city to prevent ac-
cidents. A half days labor will do the
job, and the city should order 1T done
as the path belongs to it and is great
convenience to the people.
The construction Committee of the g.
C. w. has now completed it's labors and
on the evening of the 10th formally
turned over the new club rooms to tbs
House Committee. Mr.. Prideaux OF that
committee being present and accepting
the trust for the committee formally.
The refitting cost S622.50.
Quot pitching, high jumping and
ground sports are quite the go in the
grounds of the C. c. w. Already some
superior quot throwers have developed,
and an effort is on to organize a tour
ney of the game with twenty pitchers
in five teams. Nearly half the number
has signed already.
Many members of the c. Z. w. are
very DESTROYS of erecting a hand ball
court on the grounds of the c. c. W.,
The club is strongly in favor of the
proposition. The matter of finance is
all that stands in the way. AS the
sum needed is not large, it would seem
that the younger and more athletic men
ought to be able to raise the nleans and
get up the court before the summer is
over 1t ought to be done in time for
winter evening use.
In the c. c. w. rooms light refresh
ments are now served for convenience
but with praiseworthy rigor, liquors ara
absolutely excluded. Sodas, creams and
summer beverages, however, are kept
on hand at outside prices and prove
very acceptable in these warm days
to those who visit the rooms. Let
the club forever adhere to it's TEMPER
ance rule. 1t will lose nothing by 10y
atty to so proper code.
The tire question is one for which the
manufacturers of automobiles have not
yet found a satisfactory answer. Tha
most vulnerable part of the vehicle is
the rim of the wheels, and in order to
insure comfort, safety and beauty OK
perimentS have been made by nearly
all manufacturers which involved much
more expense than is known to the peo
pie outside of the business. The mon
ster pneumatic tires are unsightiy and
give the vehicles a ponderous aid I'M
wieldy appearance, besides being ex
pensive. In order to overcome these
objections tires of various sizes, shapes
and designs have been made and are
being used for the purpose of deter
mining which is the most practicable.
Among the recent patterns is a square
tire with corrugated surface, which is
great Improvement on the old balloon
in looks, although its manufacturers
have not tested 1t sufficiently to give
an opinion on its lasting properties.
Some of the newest pleasure vehicles
have a narrow tire wheel and tire
correspondingly small, and the life of
these tires is also being watched closely
&pA
Not satisfied with cobblestones and
wood, the city of Lyons has been ex.
perimenting with glass as a street
pavement. The Rue de la Republique
has been paved with devitrified glass
This new product is obtained from
broken glass heated to a temperature
of 1,2o0 degrees and compressed in
matrices by hydraulic force. The g.ass
pavement is laid in the form of blocks
eight inches square, each block con-
tanning sixteen parts in the form of
checkers. These blocks are so closely
fitted together that water cannot pass
between them, and the whole pavement
looks like one gigantic draught board.
AS pavement it is said to have greater
resistance than store, it is poor con-
ductor of cold and ice will not form on
1t readily
Among many prominent men who are
members of wheeling organizations are
1ONClhOi IhoOScNell dIlQ Mayor V an
Wyck Of New York, Mayor Taggart of
indianapolis, Governor Rollins OF New
Hampshire, Mayor Hayes Of Baltimore.
Mayor Quincy of Boston, ex-Seeretary
of the Navy w. c. Whitney, Richmond
Pearson Hobson, General Miles, Cen
eral Roy Stone. Colonel John Jacob
Aston, John Wanamaker, Edouard De-
Vile, Surveyor General of Canada :.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New
York, Ex-Governor Adams of Colorado
Attorney General knowlton of Massa-
chusetts and Congressman Sprague of
Massachusetts.
L. A. w. Bulletin: Think of a
wheelman presiding over a farmers ma
tional convention at which the program
has been outlined by another whee,manl
And what for, above all things? Road
Improvement. No longer ago than five
years these two classes were univer-
sally counted as the strongest enemies
ON this very question and now they
are working together. Then the wheel
men were working for the improvement
of the highways of this country just
as they are now, but the farmers did
not see the practical side of the move
ment then. They thought it was but
plan of the Swheelmen to get better
roads for cycling. Such was undoubt-