Portland evening journal., April 19, 1902, Page 5, Image 5

AMONG THE
WHEELMEN
- iacifls: "Track Proposed Bicy
, cl Tax and Paths. J
An xnrtM)Mu1 Mnvola man front tCli
Nornla 'in jtlj city figuring on jmtUng
ia hars a first-elan four-lap racing
JtMck. - H hu been looking the Held
' ' lover for several days and express Un-
' Salt as highly encouraged wltb, tns oui-
look. H thinks Portland la now one of
' ? & bast blcyda towns on ths coast, and
- lof rs that successful meets can b held
- Iters as well as In other cities. , ,
A, suitable location la the main object
U be attained. Tha Portland track, on
Uia East BW aas been recommended.
and an, examination of this course has
, been made with favorable results.
considerable amount of work will bars
' to be done on It In the war. Of banking
and grading, and m the construction of
s grand stand ana Dieacners.
Should the bicycle meet scheme once
take shape, It is believed by local wheel
men .that the , town would be greatly
beneSted ' thereby, With a good . track,
. professionals as well as amateurs would
, corns : here and eotnAte from, all over
the oountry. ,
The Multnomah $ V Bicycle Tax
Bayers Association It had a meet
- Ing for' months, A organisation
not dead, according 1 opinion of one
of Its Dromlneht mW , it
' "We may be an he continued,
""but. we are keeping on' eye ' open Just
the same. The time is now getting ripe
for, us to do something,' We don't want
to throw' anybody into Convulsions, but
!W would like to make a modest Inquiry
of the Board of County Commissioner.
We are .wondering why they did not
snake some provision for a bicycle track
on the side of the White House road
they recently decided to widen. -They
are willing to spend 84,900 to' have the
roadway widened to 0 feet for a die.
tanoe of over two miles., but they seem
to be- forgetful that the thousands , of
bicycle riders of the city want a path In
this direction very much. It would make
one of the finest rides about Portland
Perhaps Messrs. Cake and Mack, who
have always professed to be the friends
of the Wheelmen, could say something
bertlnant to this matter."
The wheelmen's association feels as If
the county could. do better by them in
the future than it has in the past.
would be more agreeable : for the bicycle
riders who pay taxes if the county would
appoint some competent person to over
see the building of the paths. The asso
ciation Is willing to foot all the expense,
but it would Ilk to b consulted more
' freely n the details of the work under'
taken. They accuse the county authori
ties of conducting a sort of a olose cor1
poratlan" For instance) They have been
trying for a long time to" find out wbat It
coat per block to build the path, on Fif
teenth street.- They have requested this
information and thus far it has never
been givan. They don't mean to charge
' any one with misappropriation of funds,
. but it seems that nobody is required to
make this report. There Is no way of
getting at the facta now... except by dig
gltig up the! bills and vouchers.
Bicycle men explain that riders are
slow about paying thelr.,tax because, of
the bud condition of the Weather at this
season of the year, which! tends to make
riding more or less Inconvenient Since
the sale of tags was opened at the Court-
- house Monday, on an average of about
120 a day has been received. When the
work of building the bicycle paths was
first inaugurated enveral years ago, the
tags were taken out at the rate of from
GOO to 600 a day; one day over 1000 per
sons paid their bicycle license. The to
tal receipts from this source for the year
. was $12,000. The year following only 95000
was received. Under the law which went
Into effect Jast year, a still less amount
was taken in. The Idea of the new law
is that thoge who dance should, pay . the
fiddler." Those who pay for constructing
and keeping paths in repair by paying
an annual, wheel- .tax. of. & are. entitled
to ride on any path In the city, Those
who are caught using the paths without
license are guilty of breaking the law.
end their bicycles may be seised. - :
There Is a general revival of Portland
Wheelmen, especially among the racers,
a number of whom are getting In con
dltton again; T. Inglefleld, Bay Camp
belt and "Keg" Barrell, who will ride
Rambler wheels this year, nave com
menced preliminary training. They go
' out for a spurt whenever the weather
will permit, and find the bicycle tracks
fairly good tor fast work.
Jess Hess Is also to be seen out with
his racing bike, and is promising to put
tip Some fast spinning the coming sea
on. " -
The one thing most needed by the bi
cycle riders of Portland Just now Is a
system of connecting paths. There are
numbers of good paths radiating from
the outskirts of the city, but there is no
way. of reaching them except by using
the streets and sidewalks, which iff often
uphin work. It nas bean suggested to
the City Council that the wheelmen be
allowed to use the outside of certain
sidewalks for bicycle paths to connect
.with the main ones in the suburbs. The
wheelmen's association Is willing to bear
the expense of the construction and
maintenance. - It Is understood that srr
era! members of the Council are in fa
vor of the scheme. ,
- Among the several ) Improvements' de
sired by the wheelmen's association this
year ia a path from the Intersection of
Twenty-second . and , Everett streets,
down Twenty-second, and along iilalelgh
street to the intersection, with' the St
Helens road path, or the Ltnnton path.
At present this portion of the city Is not
accessible. .. The Linnton path is but' of
repair. There is also need of a path out
Hawthorn avenue to Ladd's ' Field. ,
SALEM SHORT STOPS.
BALEM.'April 13. The Republican and
. temocratio county Central Committees
' are mapping out their campaigns this aft
ternoon. The chances are that the par
' ties will tour -together and make, a fight
.for supremacy on the plan of meeting
each other face to face! 1
Special Organiser (?, Y. Harry, of the
'Oregon Federation of Labor, Is In Salem,
and a labor mass meeting will be held to
morrow af tqrnoon. The . Carpenters'
T'nion perfected its Organisation, last
night! Tonight the Painters' Union wltl
elect delegate's to the State tabor Con
' Vantlon which meets in Portland the first
Monday in May., .- , ,
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SENATOR' INMAN' ;
v-' WILL-RESIGN
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H Is riven suon, good authority that
StateStmator R., D..Jaman wiU.resiga
his position In tb Oregon Legislature in
order that "he ,may make- his race for
Mayor perfectly 'iintramelled. It Is also
stated that he will make public bis In
tention to do this before the Democratic
County Convention adjourns sins die AS
the session tonight is likely to be' the
final one of that body,' Mr.: Ionian's pub
110 intention to resign is likely to be
banded out today, in order that the Dem
eoratio caucus tonight may select can
didate for his successor.
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