New-York tribune., 1900-01-26

pressed upon any critical investigator at the Show
in the lower priced Wheels While the % chainIess MESS
and the highest grade machines have been bene-
! medium grades have not been left to form a class
OF 'shoddy" but have bounded forward in a style
that has brought them to where the high grade
wheels es were a year or two ago In fact on some
to-date parts that are on the top grade wheels.
such as the most improved crank fastenings in
ent from what it was formerly as anything be-
This is particularly to be noticed with regard to
makers, such as the Crawford Featherstone,
has been such that it now can be truly said that
a good servceable wheel can be bought for sS5. It
watches You can get articles that will do
for s' S. O'' you cannot SCI -'- ''' "'l''
E. C. Stearns, of Syracuse. said:
There is no end to what may yet be done in the
way OF improving the chainless. The problem OF
machine has been accomplished. but there is an
other surprise to come right on top Of that TINS
was deemed another improbable combination. How
in Syracuse and it is likely " to be Seen at the
! Garden before the show closes. And marked i'm
at our exhibit on the Barnes wheel Instead Of
driving shaft in order to adjust the pInions the new
models have been constructed with elongated
can be placed on the end and all that is necessary
to do TO get at them is to remove one piece of the
gear cup.
c. F. Smith, of the Wavery factory, is at the
show, AMI takes great interest in the company's
display. The automobiles have made themselves so
much part of the show that the community es-
tablished between these two classes of vehicles
VIII undoubtedly always be recognized in the future
The bicycle manufacturers are making automobiles
Wheelmen are operating them, and the devotees of
both recognize that they have Identical interests
in securing good roads and highway rights Moth
ing better illustrates this intimate relationship than
the fact that of the largest of bicycle makers
has of the best exhibits of automobiles This
is the Waverly concern, which shows eight electric
motor vehicles at space, while the Waverly BIZ
cycles exhibition at another space. One of
the exhibits is electric delivery wagon, the top
of which be removed and a seat substituted, so
as to form box wagon for pleasure
An expert gives this explanation of the electric
storage batteries applied to automobiles:
The storage battery consists of number of lead
plates placed in rubber cell and submerged in
acid. The current is led from the batteries to a
controller, and from the controller the motor
The controller is practically a number of small
switches operated by single lever In order to go
number of switches which group the batteries. al
lowing a small amount of current to the motor
Pushing the controller ahead in the second notch
groups the cells differently, allowing a greater
amount of current to flow and commemorative in
creasing the speed. On the reverse the direction
of the current on the motor is simply changed,
which causes 1t to run in an opposite direction by
the same handle of the controller. Steering is
done by a handle that comes within reach of the
hand, and which is simply pushed backward and
forward. The brake Is operated by the foot, and
is generally what is called band brake The
carriages are generally perfectly noiseless and
there is absolutely vibration because the motor
Is of rubber. There is smell smoke nor dirt
of any kind attached to an electric carriage