New-York tribune., 1900-04-10
NOTES OF INTEREST.
LIVELY ELECTION OF BROOKLYN BICYCLE
CLUB EXPECTED-THE COASTER BRAKE.

LlN ELY ELECTION OF BROOkLfN BICfCLt
CLUB EXPECTED-THE COASTER BRAKE.
One of the liveiiest elections in the history of
the Brooklyn Bicycle Club is expected tonight
The election Will take place at the clubhouse. In
Hanson Place, and, according to the members
more ballots will be cast than at any previous
election Of the organization. There are two ucke's
I'm the field and electioneerng of the keenest sort
is being done. The announcement of the regular
ticket created hostilities and the ''kckers were
not long in putting an Independent ticket In the
field The independent people assert that their
ticket will receive the support practically all of
the present officials Of the club. They base their
opposition the alleged fact that on the regular
tkusiastic wheelmen, and that If they are elected @
in such way that the old free and easy spirit that
has been for SO long feature OF life at the ram am
be at p m and yin close at $50 P a:+in m and
the boilers say that they feel sure OF 1 eectloh; n
The claim is made also that there Is Clique IN IN
the club which desires to change a the S ha
are elected TO ofce it will be only short time be
fore all cycling features VIII be eIiminatea ana tne
club become purely social organization
The coaster brake arrangement. as 1t Is attached
the bicycle of to-day, is no longer curiosity
Still it is a mystery to those who have not tried it.
In speaking about the brake veteran rider said
yesterday: Il think that the plan is good one, and
1 would have a coaster brake put on my wheel eX-
cept that it still has faults. For instance, when
come to a track 1 like to rise up in the saddle
to move your wheel backward into wheel rack
you can't do it. Then they tell me that the me-
EASILY i When When told told Of the alleged objections
thing thing Of % the sort doesn't know what he is talking
about l regard the coaster brake arrangement
as one of the cleverest in the evolution OF the
wheel There may be some brakes which will not
permit Of the wheels being moved back TO rack;
but have never seen any of them know several
wheel rack with the rear wheel moving easily as
will one without brake. Because there Is a brake
on the wheel It does not not mean tnat 1ne a,oeT can
l do 1t every day and experience no inconvenience
to get out of order he evidently has not studied
the mechanism of the coaster brake. Why the
of order that the only wonder to me is that it
not discovered years ago.
1T is truly astonishing the way so many wheel
men neglect their machines said the same vet
eran. II talking to man the other day who
had wheel that was loose and rattling. with a
spoke or two missing. of the nuts ready to
drop off, and the tires little better than tatters
He seemed to take positive pride in his dis
reputableness and pointed out, with laugh how
machine is court disaster Personally, l make II
point of never going out for ride without spend
ing half minute in just running over the machine
and seeing that the various parts are all right
Automobile omnibuses will not be permitted on
the West Park boulevard system In Chicago. The
Commissioners decided against them at their regu-
lar meeting when communication from Jefferson
Jackson. asking for this privilege, taken up
for consideration 1t was the unanimous OPINION
that the bouevards in the system should not be
used for this purpose and the privilege was denied
It Is estimated that there already two hun
dred concerns In this country equipped for the
building of automobiles. Possibly the motor car
riage industry may parallel the record for mush-
room factory growth made by the cycle industry in