BICYCLING. 



TO WORK VIRGINIA'S CONVICTS ON THE 

 ROADS. 



A bill to be introduced in the Virginia 

 Legislature, provides that all able-bodied 

 male prisoners, sentenced to jail or peni- 

 tentiary for more than 90 days, shall be sub- 

 ject to work on the roads. Those sen- 

 tenced to county jails shall work on the 

 roads of such counties, unless there be no 

 immediate need of them, in which case they 

 may be hired to other counties, for road 

 work. 



The convicts not required for services in 

 the penitentiary are to be distributed 

 among the counties, on application, and 

 none are to be hired out for any purpose 

 but road work. Not less than 5, nor more 

 than 25, are to be assigned to any one coun- 

 ty, every assignment to be made for a year, 

 unless shorter time is requested, and then 

 for not less than 90 days. If the number of 

 convicts is not sufficient to fill the applica- 

 tions, they are to be supplied ratably. 



Convicts are to be under the control of 

 the authority of the officers of the counties 

 in which they work; but, as prisoners, they 

 are to remain in the custody of the State 

 authorities as if they remained in the pen- 

 itentiary, and transportation expenses, 

 guarding, feeding, clothing and medical at- 

 tendance are to be paid by the State, the 

 counties to provide suitable shelter. 



Each county is to adopt and put in opera- 

 tion a plan for working its roads by such 

 prisoners in its jail as are available, to- 

 gether with those which may be secured 

 from the State, and every county shall an- 

 nually levy a road tax of not less than 15 

 cents, nor more than 30 cents, on every 

 $100 of the value of the property, real and 

 personal, assessed for taxes in the county, 

 the proceeds to be applied to road improve- 

 ment in said county. 



L. A. W. Bulletin. 



Ned — Your bicycle will only last a sea- 

 son. 



Ted — Oh, no; it's good for many cen- 

 turies. — Boston Courier. 



ROUTES FOR CLUB WHEELMEN. 



John Frick, director of the Morris 

 Wheelmen, proposes to establish club sta- 

 tions, or rendezvous, at the 6 principal 

 points which are outlets for wheelmen of 

 New York City — namely, at Yonkers, City 

 Island, Flushing, Coney Island, Bergen 

 Point and Hackensack. These stations 

 will be located in country club houses, or in 

 first class hotels, arrangements being made 

 for the placing of club registers in each. 

 The route to be followed, from one station 

 to another, will be clearly indicated on a 



map to be supplied to club members. Those 

 desiring to make a run on a Sunday, or a 

 holiday, instead of going to the club house 

 at a specified time will go by the route 

 mapped out to the nearest station to him, 

 and by reference to the register placed there 

 may ascertain whether any other club mem- 

 bers have passed that point. If so he may 

 learn their destination. 



In other words, the purpose is to estab- 

 lish regular routes, to be known as the 

 Morris Wheelmen Routes, on which ar- 

 rangements may be made for regular repair 

 shops, at various points, and for indicated 

 places for rest and refreshment. The Mor- 

 ris Wheelmen have received the proposal 

 with favor, and it will probably be adopted. 



The club has already acquired a lease of 

 the Eastern section of Belden's Point, on 

 City Island, where a summer club will be 

 established, which is likely to be included 

 in the list of stations. 



A SAD STORY. 



The race track nearly " broke " him, 



The press combined to " soak " him, 



The " market " quickly " slumped " on him, 



His enemies all jumped on him, 



He took a despondent fit on him — 



Now the coroner's jury sit on him. 



— L. A. W. Bulletin. 



FOR GOOD STREETS. 



" Good roads and safe streets for the 

 wheelmen " will be the motto of the Asso- 

 ciated Cycling Clubs, .of the city of New 

 York, under its present directorate. Presi- 

 dent Simms and his fellow officers purpose 

 carrying on a more vigorous campaign for 

 improved city pavements this year than 

 ever before; and to this end a strong Com- 

 mittee on Streets and Roads has been ap- 

 pointed. Last year the associated clubs ac- 

 complished great results in the way of street 

 improvement, in what are now the Bor- 

 oughs of Manhattan and the Bronx; but 

 this year the association will extend its field 

 of operations to include the entire Greater 

 New York territory. All wheel clubs in 

 the new boroughs have been invited to 

 affiliate with the association, in order that 

 all districts of the city may be represented 

 on its working committees. 



President Simms has announced the 2 

 most important of these committees. He 

 has the power to add to them, from time to 

 time, which he will probably do when clubs 

 from unrepresented districts come into his 

 league. The committees are: 



Streets and Roads.— Dr. W. K. Doty, 

 Morris Wheelmen; Dr. F. A. Myrick, 

 Tourist Cycle Club; James O'Neil. Mecca 

 Wheelmen; and C. P. Staubach, Triumph 

 Wheelmen. 



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