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erroneously, for it has come to stay, has very 
naturally become the subject of the wit of the 
paragrapher, who riots in the ridicule of its 
just demands for right of way and laws to in- 
sure its permanency. This is what one of 
those fellows, who is attached to 7he Ore- 
gonian, writes: 
Portland bicycle riders, who think it a hard- 
ship that pedestrians are allowed on the side- 
walks, may console themselves with the reflec- 
tion that they do not live in New York. A 
legislator at Albany has introduced a bill com- 
pelling wheelmen to stop and signal as they 
approach anybody on foot or in acarriage, and 
making them liable for damages for runaways 
frightened by wheels. 
‘“‘T suppose a man ought to get off the ma- 
chine and go to a corner and flag the passer- 
by, and then lug his wheel across,’’ says a 
New Yorker of this bill. ‘‘ What they want is 
a law that will make every wheelman carry a 
bass drum and atrombone and an E-flat cor- 
net. When he comes to a crossing he could 
play ‘Sweet Marie’ on the horn and beat 
‘Comrades’ on the drum. Then, if they in- 
sisted on his carrying a concertina on the 
pedals, he could do ‘ Rainbow’ on it with his 
feet, while an automatic coffee mill could be 
hung on his suspenders, where he could grind 
by clock work. If noise is what these people 
want, what's the matter with attaching a fog 
horn to the pneumatic tires and getting melody 
that way? I’m going to hire a man to run 
ahead of me with a large American flag and a 
supply of Roman candles. Every time he 
sees a pedestrian he will wave the banner and 
let off a candle, and I will pause until he has 
sung a stanza of ‘Oh, Say Can You See?’ If 
the fellow can't see, I’m going to bump into 
him, feeling that I’ve done my full duty.” 
The Amertcan Angler 
Patrons of the West Shore Railroad will be very 
much pleased at the great improvements made in the 
train service of that line, in connection with their new 
time table, which went into effect Sunday, May 19. 
It will be noted that the local service is greatly im- 
proved, trains making much faster time and the su- 
burban residents having more frequent trains on 
which to go to and fro. The express service to Albany 
and Buffalo, as well as its connections, has been made 
much faster. 
The New York and Chicago limited express, form- 
erly leaving at five o’clock in the evening, now leaves 
New York at six and will arrive in Chicago nearly two 
hours earlier than heretofore. 
Another new departure is the running of a special 
train for the accommodation of the Boston sleepers, 
in connection with this fast train, and, in order to save 
time, the baggage and passenger cars will run through 
via N. Y., C. & St. L. Ry. CNickel Plate) from New 
York without change. The return east-bound train 
from Chicago has been made equally as fast as the 
west-bound train. 
It will be seen that the management of this popular 
road anxious to serve the interests of their 
‘patrons. 
are ever 
Summer Homes and Tours—A beautifully illustrated 
book—list of over three thousand summer hotels and 
boarding houses in Catskill mountains and central 
New York. Send six cents in stamps to H. B. Jagoe, 
General Eastern Passenger Agent, West Shore Rail- 
road, 364 Broadway, New York, or free upon applica- 
tion. . 
Change in Pier Number.—The Fall River Line Wharf 
in New York will, commencing June 1, be known as 
Pier 18, instead of 28, North River, foot of Murray 
street. 
Double service (two boats each way dailv), between 
New York and Fall River, will be operated, com- 
mencing June 77. 
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