The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-02
BICYCLE NOTES.

| BICYCLE NOTES.
 l Now that the League of American Wheelmen has abolished it's racing de- i partment every attention will be given the other branches of work. The most ! important of these is the highway lfn- proVement department, in which u en- ! trusted the work in behalf of the gooa i roads movement which was started py the L. A. w., and which has been con- stantly agitated by it for almost twenty years. The League has made raplo strides in this movement, parucularly during the past year, but the raclhS question has reflected upon this as upon all other departments, the belief pelhs disseminated that none of the branches of League work could be made effective until the racing question was settled.
 The most important work accomplish ed last year was the holding or llldhy good roads conventions in various otates the introduction of highway improve ment measures in many ot the otate Legislatures and the evolutlons or lile movement to national proportions, as was evidenced by the bill introduced Ill Congress calling for an appropriation ol $5, 100000. Constitutional amendments were carried in Michigan and Mllneso- ta, and large amount of education on the subject was circulated by the League All of this work will be con- tinued during the present year, but up- on a much larger scale than heretofore. In fact, this will be one of the most im- portant agitations of the year aside iaI a1pptjOpS- The delegates upon the subject, and they will enter into the work with increased vigor. They expect the cooperation or | all wheelmen in the great work they are doing.
 The report of the President of the League of American Wheelmsn to the National Assembly showed the organlza- tion to be in the best financial condl- ton despite the reduction in member ship last year owing to the agitation on the racing question. The treasury IS well equipped for the work of the com ing season, and will be in even better condition very shortly, for all the mem bers who have been in the League TOT four years or more must renew on or before the 1st of April There are over | 10000 of these members, and thelr re- newals, together with new applications, will give the l.. A. w., strong hnanc- ial backing for the opening of the rld- ing season. To supplement this all or the divisions will work with renewed enrgy, since the vexatious racing ques- tion will no longer harass them, and these facts make indications that the L. A. w, will enjoy creditable and effective year.
 President Sams of the League of American Wheelmen, announces the ap- pointment of the following chairmen of committees: Membership, w. A, Howell, | Rockville, Conn; Rights and Privi- leges, Herbert w. Knight, Newark, N. J.; Press, George L. Mccarthy, New York The Rights and Privileges Com mittee last year composed of Messrs Sans, Choate and Knight, The first two were elected to the National Executive Committee and MT. Knight was promot- l ed to the chairmanship. He has been a member of the committee for the past ten years.
 The work done in preparing alliances with the Cyclists Touring Club, of Eng land, and the Canadian Whelmens As sociation, by ex-President Keenan, of the League of American Wheelmen, will be continued by his successor, MT. Sans in anticipation of the travel to the Paris exposition. Their work will be directly in charge of the touring de- partment of the League and President Sams is proceeding carefully in the se- lection of a chairman of the Touring Committee, as this will be one of the most important departments in the or ganzation during the coming season. The same committee will also have charge of the touring in this country, and the work accomplished last year will be completed as expeditiously as possible.
 Secretary Bassett of the League of American Wheelmen, is receiving many applications of the National Cycling Association. The closing actions of the National Assembly in offering the olive branch to the N c. A., are now result ing in a reciprocal feeling on the part of the once opposed organization of wheelmen. Where there has been dis content with the l.. A. w., on account of the racing question the officials or the League hope matters have been so adjusted that those who were formerly identified with it may again return and make still more effective it's fight for good roads, sidepaths and wheelmen's s rights Whatever opinions may have been obtained on the racing question there has never been any adverse criti- cism of the League in it's work in other directions. It is for this reason that re- neWed support Is expected