

RECREATION. 
City of Grand Rapids: 
George KR. Perry, 
(Mapor. 
City, October 24, 1899. 

J. ELMER PRATT, ESQ., 
City. 





Dear Sir: 



Some little time ago you 
asked me how I liked the Chain- 
less. I then told you that I 
5 would tell you later. 
I ride Special Clipper Chainless No. 

28,097, made by you two seasons ago. It 
has been in daily use all of the time, and 
to-day (with the exception of the tires, which 
show the wear of 2,500 miles of riding) the 
wheel is as good as new. «AS a matter of 
fact, I would not care to exchange it for any 
wheel that I know of, unless it might be 
‘another Chainless Clipper. 
I have ridden it on all sorts and con- 
ditions of roads, and in all weathers, and so 
far | have never had occasion to put a tool 
to any part of it, and not one cent has been 
paid for repairs, for none have been needed. 
In twelve years’ riding, and always a * high- 
grade”? machine, I have never had so satis- 
factory a mount as the one I have at present. 
I am, as you know, under no obligations 
to the Clipper people, and I say what I have 
for one reason only, and that is, because lI 
think that a good thing should be appreciated 
and the makers of the ‘‘ good thing” thanked 
for the efforts they make to produce it. 
With best wishes, I am, 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed) F. W. HunTER, 
Mayor’s Secretary. 
No. T. 207. 
Xill 
