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Title: The Wheel and cycling trade review
Year: 1888 (1880s)
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Subjects: Cycling Bicycles Cyclists
Publisher: New York : Wheel and Cycling Trade Review
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ne of the members of theChicago Fire Department has been puttingout bicycles, which he manufactured in theengine house and sold at cut rates to cashcustomers. Upon complaint against thisnew form of wheel making, it has been de-cided that in future Chicagos Fire Depart-ment will not be a competitor in the cyclemanufacturing world. THE EARLY BIRD. J. W. Becker, of the Elmore ManufacturingCompany, of Clyde, Ohio, flitted into NewYork last week for a few days, and left ap-parently pleased with the outlook for the dis-position of his firms product for 97. Thecustom of the Elmore Company has ever beenthat of the early bird. It is to dispose oftheir wheels to half a dozen good housesearly in the season, and immediately com-mence the manufacturing of their product,which was the purpose of Mr. Beckers re-cent visit. The Frontenac Two-Step is the style andtitle of a piece of music which has beengotten out by the Syracuse Specialty Manu-facturing Company. The composer is FredW. Edgecomb. t8p6 47
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Kindly mention The Wheel. 48 September 18, SOFT SPROCKETS. Strange as it May Seem, They Are Claimed Superior to the Hardened Articles—The Advantages Pointed Out. Among- the visitors to Gotham last weekwas E. F. Morse, one of the gentlemen le-sponsible for the Morse roller joint chain. Mr. Morse is a quiet, earnest-appearingman, full of mechanical and scientific data.He is plainly a thinker who knows whatswhat, and the evident sincerity of his everyword impresses the stranger. He is deeply in-terested in the present discussion of the re-spective merits of chains and bevel gears. Its a good thing for us. Its a good thingfor the riders, he remarked. It is drawingattention to a most important part of a bi-cycle that is too generally overlooked, andwhich has but comparatively recently beengiven that share of improving notice by thetrade which it deserved. Mr. Morse takes issue with Julius Wilcoxscontentions concerning the roller c.ha.n inlast weeks WHEEL. That rolling frictionshould prov

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