The Wheel and cycling trade review . ucleus to the factoriesand wholesalers whose headquarters arehere. When the first wheels were sold inPeoria the census showed it had a populationof some 30,000; seventeen years later fromalmost the same identical city limits thererolled up a registered list of voters for the1896 election which (figured on the samebasis as used in New York, to 1), indi-cates an actual population of well over 75,-000, although modesty forbids her citizensclaiming more than 70,000. At present thereare four large and well equipped bicycle fac-tories with numbers of repair
The Wheel and cycling trade review . ucleus to the factoriesand wholesalers whose headquarters arehere. When the first wheels were sold inPeoria the census showed it had a populationof some 30,000; seventeen years later fromalmost the same identical city limits thererolled up a registered list of voters for the1896 election which (figured on the samebasis as used in New York, to 1), indi-cates an actual population of well over 75,-000, although modesty forbids her citizensclaiming more than 70,000. At present thereare four large and well equipped bicycle fac-tories with numbers of repair shops wheremore or less manufacturing is done. In thesummer of 1896 there were said to be thirty-six regular retail agencies operating in thecity, and one of the four largest claimed tohave sold up to August 280 of one particularbrand, they carrying four or five will give some idea of the retailerspoint of view in the past. For 1897 therewill apparently be a marked decrease in thenumber of houses handling wheels; several. Peoria Rubber & Mfg. Factory. the much-heralded prosperity the club mayarrogate to itself a home constructed speciallyto meet its requirements. Several years after its effect was being feltin the increased local interest in cycling, thePeoria Bicycle Club inaugurated a series ofinternational tournaments, which brought of those who sold them last summer re-garded them merely as a side line and foundthat however good bicycles might be theydid not mix very well with furniture, drugs,boots and shoes and other such a wholesale way Peorias largest tradehas been from the factories, of which the [896. 33 first one to be mentioned makes the famousSylph and Overland wheels. This factory isa distinct evolution. As before mentionedHarry G. Rouse, the president of the com-pany, was the first rider in Central 1879 he began handling wheels in connec-tion with the trade in farm machinery andvehicles carried on by G. W. Rouse & Son,w
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