The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-25
The AUTOMOBILE
10 Gradually Suppisntins Tho
PIebisn 9ioycis--vvhesis.a a.
Labor Savino Devices.

To most people 1t would seem that
end that the riders would now be
storing their bikes in winter quarters,
but not so, say the dealers. Tie pres
ent month and through part Of No.
vember is the best season IN all the
year except the spring months. During
July and August there is falling of.
In September an increase is noted in
the number of riders around the town
but during the Indian summer season
there is great improvement In the
bicycle business.
For several years past tn ,re las been
little riding for pleasure in Canton and
almost no country riding. The wheel
has settled down to an articIcof practi-
cal value. Men ride to business and
return for their meals. young women
use their wheels during the dry, II they
are not engaged IN any commercial
occupation, in going from place to
place that duty or pleasure may
prompt, boys and girls ride to and
from school, the working man Iides out
to the shop, where he Is employed, In
the morning and returns at night to his
home on a wheel, but the knickerbock.
cred dustrbegrimed, cross-country
scorcher is q thing of the past. 1t ar-
pears that as soon as the wheel be.
came an easy running vehicle, almost
to- the point of perfection that its
value as means of pleasure was lost
These warm evenings, great many
riders may be seen riding about the
streets and on Sundays they are very
numerous at certain hours Of the day
but to no such extent as was seen
some years ago. There are more
wheels in actual usuage to-day than at
aEy time since they were introduced
here, but they are not seen as much
because when the riders reach their
places Of business they put them away
estd take them out only when they
mount them to ride back 10 their
homes.
Bicycle dealers say that they are
having an unusual rush of trade in re-
pairing at present. Their store rooms
are full of wheels waiting to be repair
ed but the season for selling them has
passed for this year. ThS selling IL
dcne in the spring and by early sum-
mer the business has slackened down
to only few scattering sales. Then
the repairing business CONNER ces and
gains until it reaches its zenith at this
time of the year.
! As vehicle of pleasure the autOmO
bile has taken the place Of the bicycle
to large extent, not SO much perhaps
In Canton, but In other plat es. Auto
enthusiasts say that it Is safe to pre-
Dict that Canton streets Will have ten
automobiles next summer where there
is one now. At present most every type
of machine that has been produced IL
eeen about the streets. Case.
line, electric and steam carriages
o. many different plans are steeI ed
about the town and last Of all and
perhaps the most interesting one Of all
is machine propelled by coils CT
springs. This last Is machine tha
has been invented and manufactured
by The Balm and Demusey company
When the machine goes down hill the
springs are wound up anu when the
auto strikes level road the power, stor'
ed up, propels 1t. That is the theory
of the machine. Sometimes the springs
run down and then they have to be
wound by hand power. Tae auto has
not proved to be bowling srccess 81
far but later improvements may make
1t practical.