The Wheel and cycling trade review . eted by the BrowneBicycle Pump Company, of this city. Thefirm has not yet established offices, its ad-dress being P. O. Box 372. E. W. Austinis president of the company. EIGHT MILES A MINUTE. One of the busiest factories which a press-man enters is the Veeder Mfg. Co., at Hart-ford, Conn., of which D. J. Post is the movingspirit. They employ about 130 girls and alsoa number of men in the manufacture of theVeeder cyclometer. The cyclometer wasplaced upon the market last year, and waswell received. The main parts of it are madefrom a solid bar of steel, mille
The Wheel and cycling trade review . eted by the BrowneBicycle Pump Company, of this city. Thefirm has not yet established offices, its ad-dress being P. O. Box 372. E. W. Austinis president of the company. EIGHT MILES A MINUTE. One of the busiest factories which a press-man enters is the Veeder Mfg. Co., at Hart-ford, Conn., of which D. J. Post is the movingspirit. They employ about 130 girls and alsoa number of men in the manufacture of theVeeder cyclometer. The cyclometer wasplaced upon the market last year, and waswell received. The main parts of it are madefrom a solid bar of steel, milled out, and, as aconsequence, a substantial cyclometer is theresult. Before leaving the factory the cyclom-eters are run at a speed of eight miles perminute, in order to test their accuracy andstrength. TIPS CAN NOT COME OFF. W. B. Jarvis, of Grand Rapids, Mich., hascontributed to the cork grip market. Hiscontribution is pictured herewith. It will benoticed that the tips are part of the woodcore or bushing, the former being enamelled. in different colors resembling hard advantage of this mode of constructionis claimed to be the impossibility of the tipsbreaking or being pulled off. As a starterMr. Jarvis reports an order for 40,000 pairsfrom A. Featherstone & Co. A good many people cast their bread uponthe waters of the wheel trade, and then go thenext day and try to fish it out. LIGHTING LONDONS P. Crary, vice president and managerof the Betts Patent Headlight Company, isat present in London looking after their ex-hibit at the National Cycle Show, which isbeing held at the Crystal Palace. While theBetts companys sales in this country havebeen enormous, their foreign trade has beenalmost as large. GONE OVER THE OCEAN. Exports of bicycles from the port of NewYork for the week ending December 1: Antwerpâ48 cases bicycles, $1,303; 12 packagesbicycle material, $401. Argentine Republicâ13 cases bicycles, $2,008. Bremenâ6 cases bicycles, $395; 5 cases bicyclemater
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