Evening star., 1935-04-21
secretary, and Frank T. Rawlings

secretary, and Frank T. Rawlings,
| treasurer.
BY 1899, the city directory also lists
the Century Cycle Club, with head
quarters at 1920 New York avenue.
Faber Stevenson was the president,
and our old friend Howard Fisk, was
secretary. Edward S. Byrnes was
| captain. To gain admittance into
this club. the applicant had to COM
plete a Century Club run, or. as its
name would imply, 100 miles in day.
The Park Cycle Club was also in
existence at this time with J. D. Las
ley. president, and E. c. Clark, vice
/ president.
The old Lallament wheels were
equipped with iron tires and one can
imagine the noise they made down.
town, and for this reason the pro-
moters probably moved to the base
ball site. Progress in developing the
bicycle was rather slow, until about
a decade later, when C. K. Bradford.
| an American, invented the rubber
tire.
Charles G. w. Krauskopf intro
cuced the first modern high-wheel
bicycle into Washington in 1878. 1t
was known as the "Ariels," and had
double spokes with 46-inch wheel
Soon Frank G. Wood. Max Hansmann,
Fred D. Owen, L. P. Einolf, Herbert
S. Owen and Louis N. Jesungofsky
were proudly riding with their arms
folded and doing other seemingly
impossible stunts.
Mrs Belva A. Lockwood was the
first woman to ride q tricycle. in
Washington, and then came Mrs. B.
w. Hanna, Mrs. w. c. Scribner and
Mrs. D. E. Fox OF these Mrs. Scrib-
ner Is now Mrs. Pyles, and resides in
Anacostia.
Some of the old racers are still with
us and going strong. Allen C. Moran
who won the D. c. championship In
1897, Is still sturdy, and the same
may be said Of Emmor L. Wilson
who was once L. A. w. champion of
the District. He was as well at home
on q tandem as he was on bike, u
and won many prizes on both.
| Upon many occasions it was nip
and-tuck proposition between Schade
Moran and Wilson, and upon one
occasion, in q mile open race, the
result was a dead heat between the
three crack riders.
MOT long since, the writer came
across q newspaper clipping CIV
ing a list Of the residents of the
District of Columbia, who had paid
an income tax at the close of the
Civil War, and since many of the
descendants of these taxpayers are
living here today, he thought it would
be nice to let them know just what
their ancestors incomes amounted to
SO years before the pink slip question
was agitated. So here 1t Is:
Internal Revenue-Income Tax.
The assessors of internal revenue
for the District have completed the
income lists for 1866. The following
list represents the amounts OF income
over $4,000 returned by property
holders for that year, the amount op-
posite each name being the net in
come of each person after deducting
the 1000 and other deductions al
lowed by law:
Gen. U. S. Grant, $4,7sS; W. B.
Kibbey, $s,763; F. A. Lutz, 1851;
John r. Murray, $6.354; Gustave
Lansberg, $13,335; James c. Nc
Guire, $9,092: A. r. Potts, $6,l84;
John H. Semmes. $9,897; A. r. Shep-
herd, $20,244: W. B. Todd, SIS.
William H. Tayloe, $35,995; Alfred
Ray, $24,o65: Joseph F. Brown,
$4,000; John A. Baker, $4,000; Will
son E. Brown, $3.so2; H. S. Davis,
$3.50: Henry D. Cooke, $6S,67s;
Joseph B. Bryon, $2,6Sl; Samuel
Bacon, $4,000; John w. Boteler,
"A 063; H. s. Benson, $14,625; Joseph
H. Bradley, 1924; Frederick Bates,
s3 408; william H. Claggett, $4,9l9;
P. M. Dubant, $2,687; James Y.
Davis, $10.593; w. D. Davidge, $3,505;
John F. Ellis, $2,264; M. G. Emory,
AZ 8s7; James Bryon, $3,84l; w. A.
Bradley, $s,176; John r. Evans,
s3 .ose; p. w. Browning, $3.008; Mar
shsl Hrown. $2o.o1S: James L. Bar