The Washington times., 1907-09-29
Motor Cycle
Sales and
Weeks Trips
Columbia Club Active.
Business Men interest
ed in Machines.

The week has been marked By de-
cided activity ia the motor cycle field
The heavy rains prevented a number
OF oruns planned for last Sunday and
caused considerable inconvenience TO a
number more riders who started out
bright and early before the downpour
began.
The sales have also been especially
heavy. and the dealers who handle
cycles are for the most part ready 10
I'll orders on 1903 mo1el machines
The Sunday run Of the Columbia
Motor Cycle Club was postponed until
today. when about twenty-five cyclists
are expected % make the trip 10 Mari
boro. The roads are said TO be good.
and the distance. twenty miles, IS about
right for "Trip Of this kind. The crowd
will take dinner al the Marlboro House
and leave the town about 3 o'clock Il
conditions are favorable. the run 10
Washington should be made in an hour.
At a meeting Of the club on Vednes-
day evening arrangements were per-
fected for a continuance OF the Sunday
runs and plans laid for a systematic
canvass among the cyclists Of the city
In the hope that they may join the club
on its tours.
a constitution and bylaws vera
drafted and will be acted upon at the
next meeting which VIII be held on
Wednesday Of this week
Lewis Kreuger. who but recently re-
turned from an extended tour. and VII
liam Taylor VIII spend a week IN Vir-
rinia on their Indian motorcycles Sew
eraI days viii be devoted 10 the Shen-
aLLoah valley
vruiam Matehett was the purchaser
Of an Indian this week 70 Re used "a
connection with his paperhanging bust
ness.
T. Z. 8IaugoId and Joseph Donavan
went 70 Baltimore last Sunday on In
dian cycles. The trip over was made
IN less than two hours. but on the
return the riders Vere caught in tho
rain about twenty miles out OF Balti-
more and were cOmpelled-tO come home
on the Baltimore and Ohio The roads
were good before the Pain started and
no trouble was experienced with the
machines
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has ceased 70 be q joke. It IS being
extensively used by business houses re-
curing messenger service. The Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany was a pioneer in this line and
the motorcycle delivered this week by
Charles T. Miller Company makes the
eighth now iR use by that company. 1t
has been found much more convenient
and faster than the bicycle in iaspec-
tier work and hurry up calls in the
downtown business district where al
lowing a phone TO be out Of commits
sion for even a short space Of time may
be a costly procedure
The engineers department Of the War
Department was another purchaser OF
an Indian last week
Among those VINO bought indian mo
tor cycles from the Charles z. Miller
Company for the purpose of making
pleasure trips are a r Burley. who Is
now the owner Of two-cycle machine.
Adolph Amende Of University place
and 4 V Babine. employed in the Ii
bray Of Congress.
VIII Corrigan met with a painful ac-
ci6ent while driving a Reading Stand
ard motor cycle late Monday night
he was coming home through TIC
northeast section Of the city about 1870
o'clock ct a good pace when two pedes-
TRANS blocked Nle way. He guided
close to the curb 10 pass them and en-
countered another obstruction in the
shape OF n team. IN attempting TO
throw OF the power he increased the
speed Of the machine AMI hit the We
hicie. cutting or tho rear wheel at the
axle. Corrigan was thrown clear over
the buggy and sustained a broken leg,
fractured nose. and painful cuts about
the face. lie Is now in Providence Hos
pitaI and is doing we'll
The cycle. in spite OF the rough
treatment, was not broken except Tor
the loss OF pedal and the lamp.
The autodrome commission Of the I'M
perial Automobile Club Of Germany has
been investigating a piece OF land near
Aix-Ia-ChappeIle as a site for the pro-