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pkter HAGAN, TT x
Left rield. i
Ono fact is worthy of particular notlco
In looking over the teim tint will lepre
pent Sctanton in tin- Uistcni league this
i oar: There is not a position on the Held
without a candidate who Is porminently
Mated for tho place, and there is not
among all theso players a single one about
whom there Is any uncertainty regarding
his ability to till a particular position.
This statement, of course, e epts a few
of the pltchcis, hut that feature is always
found In tho early making up of any base
ball team.
A further Important fict to bear In mind
Is that the Infield has an averago batting
percentage of .333 per cent, and tho out
field an averago of .331 per cent. This
makes Scranton tho heaviest hitting club
in the league and is In a large degree re
sponsible for the opinion current through
out the league that the team will finish
among tho first four clubs.
As to that vital department, the pitch
ers', there is no occasion for alarm. There)
are seven of thim and of these Haipet,
GUVon and Morso ha.o been positively se
lected to begin the season's work. Two
more will be chosen from nmong lleanej,
Yorkes, Wellnerv and Tallon. It Is not
unreasonable to say that w hile some other
JACK O'CONNOR ON
THE BATTING ACT
It Is a Natural 01ft and Is Not
Acquired.
PRACTICE AMOUNTS TO LITTLE
If o Player Hasn't the Ability to Hit,
Ho Cnn't 11 o Made to Hit by All tho
Coaching on the lManct--Sccrnl of
O'Connor's Kxnoricnccs ... If n
I'laycr Has a Good Trait Ho Ought
to Nurso It.
Jack O'Connor of tho Cleveland club
waB recently asked: "Is the science of
batting: natural or 1b it an acquired
art?" "I should say that It is a natu
ral acquirement," replied tho gteat
player. "I have never known a. weak
batter to develop Into a great slug
ger, but I have seen great hitters de
teiiorato through age or from other
causes, such as dissipation, failure of
the eyesight or Injury. I never have
seen a miracle woiked by which a
weak hitter developed Into a killer of
pitchers.
"Now, I do not mean to say that a
player may not Impiove in batting or
that he can not be taught something
that will help him. Such is not the
case: Theie aie very few of the
young players who come up to the
big league who have not batting faults
that must be corrected. But they are
minor ones. The chief qualification of
a good hitter are perfect eyesight and
what is known to players as a good
eye. The term good eye covers the en
tire case. It not only means good eye
eight; it also Includes good judgment,
proper arm action; In a word, every
thing that goes to make a good and
buccessful hitter. A good eye tells a
man when to hit at a ball and when
not to.
"Now, given a man with a good eyo
you can mako a hitter out of him. If
you see a young fellow that picks his
Imll well, that never hits at a ball that
Is not over tho plate and between his
shoulder and his knee, you know that
ho Is the possessor of a good eye. If
he is not hitting as he should you will
know that ho has some fault, generally
In the position he assumes at the bat.
HIS POSITION WAS DAD.
"When I first Joined tho big league
I was with the Cincinnati Club of the
American association. I was account
ed a pretty fair hitter In the Western
Association whero I had played tho
previous year. Imagine my surprise
when one day Frank Fennelly, who at
that time was captain of tho Cincin
nati team, came up and told mo that
I would have to chango my batting
position It I proposed to stay with the
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Catcher.
STANLEY YDRKE&
Pitcher.
club has ono pitcher perhaps better thir.
the best one on the Sci anion team, no club
can bo said to possess three w ho v 111 i cr
ago better than H.irpoi, Glllon and Moiho.
Scranton will havo the benclU of the
management of a tiled and competent
base ball expert It the wotd Is piopu.
Manager T C Grltlln, known throughout
base ball as "Sindy," is a player himself,
and an intelligent, pr.ictlrul business man.
and ono who has a thoiough knowledge of
the game and of the details peculiar to his
profession He Is a total abstainer from
the use. of both tobacco and intoxicants
and Just tho m in who should commind
tho itspect as well as obedience of his
players and encourago them to win.
Tho team is well fortilled with catchers.
They are Boyd, O'Neill and Gimson, tho
latter at ptc-ent holding out for an extra
inducement to feign his contract. He has
been offeied tho salary limit and has no
posslblo chance cf playing elsewhere. Ho
must catch foi Scranton or not at all.
Uoj1 has caught for Brio ('3D, Hlmlra
and Buffalo (ii), Cleveland and Buf
falo (-91), Detiolt Cffi), Itoehestcr (').
Ho owned and mamged the Fiank
Un team of tho Iron and Oil league
In ISM until tho league's dlsbandment
club. He said: 'Young fellow, you
have the niak'nr of o great plaver In
you, but j ou must stand up at the
bat and get out after the ball. You
crouch too low and you step oft to
the i ear with your right foot instead
of stepping off to tho front with the
left. In other words, you are'retreat
ing ftom the ball Instead ot going out
to meet It with a swing, which has
with it nil that power ot jour body.'
Then he gave me a lesson and made
me practice hltthig every day. I did as
he bade me and improved dally until
It leathed what I think was its maxi
mum excellence and past that point I
have never been able to advance It.
"I do not think that lnstiuctlons from
a competent man and constant piac
tlce would do a plajer any good unless
he has tho geim of a good batter In
him, and If he has that it will surely
be bi ought out of him when In tho Na
tional league Oood managers never
overlook a bet and If a new man holds
forth any ptomise they leave no stone
unturned to develop any latent talent
he may possess, particularly In a bat
ting line.
"I know men who never will bat any
better than they do now If they had all
the practice and Instruction in the
world. Then I have seen men whoso
batting ability withstood the ravages
of time, tobacco and rum for years, I
do admit, however, that to be a good
hitter a man must practice continually.
Good batters like Hurkett and Dela-
hanty nie always hitting. They have
a bat in their hauds all the time, and
whenever they get on the diamond they
have somebody pitching to them.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYING.
"I feel, however, that this is a trait
of eery man who excels In any de
partment of tho game. If you are a
great pitcher you will want to be pitch
ing all tho time. A good fielder will
not be satisfied unless he is catching
Hlea and an lnflelder is -eager to dig
them up out of the sand. Even good
throwers, who ought to save their
arms, delight In throwing and take
many a chance with their salary wings,
So it is all along the line, I have heard
that it is the samo way in the other
lines of business; tho excellent men In
any department are eager to practice
those arts in which, they excel.
"Of course theie are men like Hughey
Jennings who arc? stars with the wil
low, Jennings, when ho was with'
Louisville, could not hit a Hock of
barns. Well, ho went over to Louis
ville, and In a year or two he was one
of the greatest hitters in the business,
Now, I did not pay any particular at
tention to Jennings' style when he was
with the Colonels, but it is perfection
nowadays. Ho hits clean out with the
wrists and cracks the ball through the
Infield every time.
, "On the other hand, there Is Tom
Brown, of Washington, one of .the
grandest ball players I know, lie la
also one of the brightest men In the
business. He can play the game all
through. A ball player who Juts
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THE BOKAyTQN TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 18f7.
t c oriitin,
Manager.
I'ATIUCK MEANBY,
Pltehci.
john J. o'iminN, v
Bxtrn, Player.
In August, wncn ho went with De
troit. Boj (l is only 2s yeais old. lit is
temperate and well educated. Catcher
O'Neill Is u. Minooka lad and has created
such a good Impression by his phi) Ing that
he will be put behind the plate and with
out an) misgivings if Gunson falls to re
port. Pitcher Georgo Haircr Is conceded ono
of the. best pitchers In the league. Sctan
ton secured tho loan of him a pait of last
year from Brooklyn, which club bought
him fiom Kochtster. His release from
Brookljn was purchased outright by
Scranton last winter. He Is a quiet, un
assuming phi) er, thorough!) conscientious
and to a peison who didn't know his pro
fession he might bo thought a doctor or
lav)er. Tommy Glllon was bought from
Itoehestcr last )ear nnd was Scrailton's.
most successful pltchtr He is the small
est pitcher in tho league, but one of tho
most strategetlc and cunning Ho is 23
)cars old and has pitched for Port Scott,
Kan : Montgomer), Ala ; Nashville, Ba3
ton, St Joseph, Mo , Memphis and Rlch
mond. Moise pitched for Lowibton, of tho
New England league, last )car. Ho was
signed on tho recommendation of somo
of Manager Grltlln's personal friends in
btains nnd who knows how to use them
as a fielder and a base runner Tom
cannot bo beaten, but ho has never
been a strong hitter.
"Take m, for instance, I am rated as
a pretty fair hitler, about .330 Now,
I am on the same team vv 1th Hurkett,
the champion hitter of the vvoild. Why
cannot I hltns well ns he' Simply be
cause: It was not born In me. If I
thought that an) amount ot practice
would make me as good a hitter as
Hurkett, ou bet your life that I would
get theie. .
ALWAYS AT THH TOP.
"Y'ou notice that the natural hitters
stay there nil the time. Now and again
the may hav o a day, a vv eek, a month
or a )ear off, but in the end tho until! al
hitter comes out on top. How Is It that
gii)s llko Turner, Huikett and Stenzel
do nil the hitting, while the college-bted
nun have to take a back seat? And a
college man does more stud) Ing at base
ball than a dozen of us fellows ott the
lots."
WHO WILL SUCCEED FITZ ?
Dcnrtli of Championship MntcrinI in
tho Pugilistic l'iohl.
Assuming that ritzslmmons will keep
his woid and retire fiom the ting, the
interesting question arises. Who Is to
succeed to the heavy-weight champion
ship of the world? Of coutse it is
doubtful if ntzslmmons can success
fully resist tho temptation to enter the
ring again, but with Fltzsimmons out
there are no coming men. If Mahel
and Sharkey weie to make tho match
they have been talking about the win
ner might deserve a right with Fltz
simmons If Fltzsimmons changes his
views. Maher today has no claim on
Fltzsimmons for a fight, and with the
Austtallan out he cannot succeed to
the title. The same statement anplles
In every way to Sharkey, who Is de
servedly unpopular. Ho Is of the old
type of the slugger and his reputation
Is unsavory, Jackson, Mitchell, Sulli
van and Goddard are "nas beens" and
will not do. Steve O'Donnell Is Inca
pable of rising to tho championship
stcndaid.
There is a hope left In Kid McCoy,
who, however, Just now Is not heavy
enough. Ho has tho height and frame,
but lacks weight and muscular power.
Ho has all the cleverness of a finished
boxer and for his weight Is a hard
puncher. Billy Madden is in earnest in
wanting to light Goddaid, but recent
advices were all to the effect that God
daid Is physically unable to copo with
Fltzslmmons.FltzsImmons cannot make
much money out of tho theatrical busi
ness. He has never been a good draw
ing card, although now that he Is tho
champion of tho world In two classes
he would bo ableo make money on the
read for a year at least. Fitzslmmons,
if he wanted to, coula pick up many
bundles of soft money by accepting the
Jackson, Mitchell, Sullivan and God
data challenges, Philadelphia Hccord.
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CIIARLDS morsi:,
Pitcher.
JOHN O'NniLL;
Catcher.
tho base ball void. Ho Is u left-hander
and has rtnurknblo speed for a south
wing. Pat Miany is too well known in Scran
ton to need detailed mention Tor six or
seven )cars he has pli)ed professional
baso ball, nnd has been with Scranton
since tho middle of 1893. He is an out
fielder but has Ditched with remarkable
success at times, and it was Intended to
have- him try fol that position this )ear.
Ho does not want to go in the box, how
iver, and it is not certain that he will
be forced to elo so as he Is a heav y and
miro batter and is good trading ma
terial. Wellner is another candidate for
the box and Is looked upon to be success
ful Ho is now nursing a split hand that
will keep him out ot tho gamo for pos
sibly ttn da)s Ho pitched last year
for Austin, of tho Texas league, and has
pla)ed with Chattanooga, Maysvllle, and
Mlama college. In three gumes last )ear
for Austin of the Texas league, nnd has
pla)ed with Chattanooga, Ma)svillo and
Mlama college In three games last )ear
he held clubs down to , 2 and 1 hits. The
latter was against the Paris team tho scoro
standing 1-1 at the end of tho eleventh
Inning. Pitcher Yorkes, like Wellner, is a
OPEN GOLF TOURNEY
ENDS AT LAKEWOOD
One of the Best Affairs for Hospitality
and Management.
GREAT PLAYS BY TYfsQ AND TOLER
Tjng Is tho Morris County nnd Toler
the UnltMirol Champion Tolor Do
lontcd in tho l'ninls for the Laurel.
Prio nnd Brown Hnndi
cnp'.rortv.four Cards ltctitrncd in
tho Lust r.vcnt-.Tlio Scorci.
Lakowood's three-day open tourna
ment on the Golf club links ended Sit
uiday with the finals in tho two cup
events and a special handicap. It was
one of tho best managed alfaits ever
held at Lakewood, says the New York
Sun, and, besides the details of tho
play, the Golf club made a iccord in
Its hospitable treatment of visitors.
The llnals for the most impoitant
prize, the Laurel-in-the-Plnes cup,
brought Tyng and Toler together, tho
solo survivors of the forty-six who fin
ished In the prelimlnaiy lound on
Thuisday. Tyng is the Morris county
and Toler the Haltsurol champion.
They are home-bied golfers, and havo
for the past year shown the most con
sistent foim of any of the Eastern
amateurs, with the possible exception
ot Fenn and W. II Sands.
Tyng made only one mistake In the
match, at the thirteenth, hoe, of 13J
yards. He made It in two the Hist
round, driving with an iron. The wind
had Increabed, &o he tried a brassey,
but sclaffed slightly, going to the left
ot the green, and ovei playing the
green on his approch. Toler was dead
for three, and Tyng lifted. When ho
made this hole In two, Tyng drove
within six feet of it, Toler laying him
a stlmle. Tyng made a curving put,
drawing the faco of lila club, one of
tho bent putting cleeks, well across the
ball and putting It to tho left, eo that
It twisted safely from the stlmlo and
Into the cup. It was a great spectacu
lar stroke.
A HAD STROKE.
Ho was four-up at the eight hole,
and played tho odd for five on the
ninth', which would have given a recoid
of thirty-seven to him for tho round.
It was only a two-foot put, but Tyng's
ball went pass the holo and a foot be
hind Tolor's ball. Tyng's attempt to
loft tho stlmle overran. Toller won
tho holo In five, Tyng lifting, but as he
was playing It Is safe to approximate
tho homo holo for him. at seven, mak
ing tho round thirty-nine.
The loss of the thirteenth hole felt
OLLIH BBARD,
Captain and Shortstop
JOHN WALTBUS,
Center Field.
THOMAS GILLON,
Pitcher.
big tall feMow. He first pitched for Mart)
Swift in Scranton in 1&9I. He has pitched
for Carbondale, Lancastci and Pa
tucket. He is only 2G )ears oM. Fallon,
the seventh Scranton pitcher, is a local
man on trial. If he is not deemed ex
perlencetl enough he will be fanned until
next spilng.
Of Scrantr-Ts Infield, only First Base
man Mahsy and Third B iseman Ma
gulro weie with tho teum last )ear They
and Bonner, second base, and Beard,
shoitstop, are u quartette of sluggers, who
will make It decidedly Interesting for op
posing pitchers, Beaid vv ill captain the
team. He was with Rochester last )ear
and stood sixth in hitting In the league,
and ranked second among the shortstops
Massey had a hitting percentage of .337,
a high raMng consldeilng that he Joined
the club toward tho close of the season
and after six weeks of Idleness, following
tho dlsbandment of the Carbondale club
of the Penns)lvanla league. Bonner had
a batting average of .337 with Wllkes
Barre, whero he played last )car as a
furmed Uiookl)n player His release from
Brooklyn was purehited along with that
of Harper In J inuaiy. Magulre's flist
season In a major league was last )ear
Tyng only two up. A long drive, fol
lowed by a splendid brassey shot that
cleared tho bunker, was the feature of
Tyng's play lor the fourteenth hole. On
this and the fifteenth green Toler
putted the odd from the far edge and
was down each lime In live, leaving
Tyng six-foot puts to halve In each
case. T) ng's nerves were tested, but
he made tho stiokes needed without a
ti emor.
Toler made mistakes on the second
hole by topping the drive, at the third
by hitting a tree on the drive, at the
sixth, where h used a brassey Instead
of a. cleek on the second shot, and on
the twelfth, whero he failed to chop up
the ball with ft mashlc. Each of these
sent his ball into a bunker, and tho
four llukes vveio Toler's only errors ot
the watch. The cards:
T)ng 3 4 4 2 C C 4 5 7-i9
Toler 1 C G 3 4 7 1 'S S-iij
T)lig t Gl5 G 5 1 0 0-dJ
Toler i 4 7 3 B 5 0 0 0-33
Approximated. Toler gave up cond,
thild, eighth and twelfth Tyng gave up
thlrtentn, B)es not played.
The summary
LauicI-ln-the-Plnes Cup Plml Round.
T)ng beat Toler, 3 up and 2 to phi).
OTHER EVENTS.
Lnrocque and Bowers had the hot
test sort of a match in the llnals for
the Consolation Cup
Summary follows:
Consolation Cui Semi-final Round La
rocquo beat Ken, 3 up and 1 to play;
Boivers beat Murdoek, 2 up and 1 to play.
Pinal Round Larocque beat Bovvers, 1 up.
Bower's card counted in the handi
cap, 94, 3, 91. Larocque had lifted nt
the second hole, and, although he
played out afterward, this disqualified
him. Including Bowers, forty-four
handed In full cards, fourteen falling to
make returns.
Tyng won tho Laurel-In-the-Plnes
Cup and a gold medal for the best
gross score In the preliminary round.
Toler's winnings were a silver trophy,
second prize, and the silver cup of tho
best gross score In tho handicap. La
rocque, Bowers, Brown and Home
each won a prize.
IN OLD ENGLAND.
They Have Good Bonds Thoro 11c
cnuso Tliev Koop 'cm Uood,
An English writer eays that the ex
cellenco of roads In that country Is due
to their constant and good supervision.
Every county council has a standing
committee on roadjj, which takes
charge of the highways and keeps
them In repair. Tho committee la
divided into subcommittees, each of
which is assigned to a division, with
an Inspector for each district, who em
ploys a force of road menders and
holds each responsible for tho portion
ot a road assigned to him. The road
mender lives la a cottage on the lino
of the highway, whlcli ho Is required
to keep In order. Ho goes over tho
road every day and removes in a bar
row everything that is unsightly.
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First Base.
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JAME3 DALY,
Right Field.
with Scranton He had previously been
In tho New Y'ork league, and wns the only
good thing found by McDeimott. He bat
ted out 301 per cent., a good showing for
a llrst year outside tho Mnallest of small
leagues. His arm is said to bo among
the best In the business.
Centerfleldor Walters has the highest
hitting percentage, 374, on tho team, but
It was mado with the New Bodfoid club
of the New England league not nearly as
fast a leaguo as the Eastern, and so Wal
ters' record will hardly stand comparison
with that of Rlghtllelder Daly. Tho latter
hit out .319 pel cent, with Rochester In
115 games Walters has pla)eel with sev
eral clubs In the old state league and tho
old cranks remember him well. Ho Is a
tleet runner, and a good fielder and these
qualifications with his hitting should
mike him a valuable man. One good trait
possessed by Daly Is hid ability to hit
when hits are most needed He uses good
Judgment in fielding
Peter Eagan has, with Meaney, been the
longest time on the team It Is woitn
almost the price of a game to see nlm
covering left field territory. He came here
from Harrlsburg in 1&9", and has slnco
then been ono of the most reliable play-
GOSSIP FROM THE
BICYCLE WORLD
Current Facts ot Interest to Riders of
tbc Silent Steed.
SIX PRI?E RULES FOR NOVICES
They Din) Ho Useful, Too, to Riders
Who Aro Not UeRiiinern--IIow to
Test by n Simple Process tho True
ness of the I'rumc--Leal.!ige3 Often
round nt tho Valve hut They ill ay liu
Easily ltemcdied--CciiMis of tho
Hicjcio Business in Chicngo.
An Kngllfeh publication, announcing a
prize foi tho six best lules tor c)clo be
ginners, decided the following to bo tho
list submitted: (1) When in tho sad
dle do not grasp the handles too tightly.
Sit upright, allow tho head of the m.
ehltie to move freel) , have confidence. (-'.)
Look a few )ards ahead. Shun staring
about until )ou aio prollclent, or you
will "wabble" needlessly. (3) In Pedal
ing, It Is necessary to pi ess during rtio
whole revolution. A slight, even pres
suro when tho pedal U defending Is suf
ficient. (I) When inclined to fall, turn
tho machine gently In the same direc
tion as that to which )ou uto falling,
othcrvvlo tho fall will bo Inevitable. (5.)
Avoid dismounting while tho machine U
moving fast Allow it to como almost
to a sttndstlll, incline it slightly to the
loft, then dismount, (G ) When tho legs
feci weary from the unaccustomed exer
tion, dismount and icst them by walk
ing a short distance. On leaching home
rub them well with a lough towel to pie
vent stiffness.
Thero aro somo riders who cannot tell
w hen their f ramo Is out ot true, unless tho
case bo an exceptionally sovero one. Man)
collisions occur in which everything '.
thought to como out all right, so long as
tho wheels contlnuo to i evolve. Very
often tho front forks nnd tho whole head
of tho wheel Is pushed back an Inch or a
fraction of an Inch, but this Is ucvci no
ticed. An easy way to determine this is
as follows. listen a string to tho rear
part of tho diamond, of the back stay
rod, about six or eight inches above the
hub of the roar wheel, thou carry the
string aiound tho steering head to the
other sldo of tho wheel, and fasten the
other end on the back stay rod, exactly
the samo distance abovo the hub an on
tho other sldo. If the framo Is true (ho
string on both sides of the saddlo post
tubo should bo equally distant from It.
If tho frame la twisted, this will not bo
tho case.
Many tires show the loss of nlr, and
glvo the rider tho impression that there Is
a puncture somewhere, when In reality
such Is not tho case. Tho wholo trouble Is
at tho valve. After pumping up a tire be
sure to return tho valvocap, which should
bo put In place with gontlo pressure, not
turned too hard. Whllo It docs Bomotlmcs
prevent a leakago of air. Its main func
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Pitcher, "
JAMBS MAOUIRD,
Third Base.
ers on tho team In his work In tho field.
on the bases and at bat His batting averi
age last season was .329.
"Jack" O'Brien is tho last, but by na
means the least, player to be mentioned.
It Is doubtful if any club posicsses a
pla)or who can so successfully fill an)"
position In tho outlleld and Infield, pitcher
nnd catcher exceipted. Ho played with
Rochester early last year and llnlshed In
63 games for Scranton, pla)ing ilrst, sec
ond and third bason, shortstop, center
Held and rightfleld No regular position
has been assigned him, but he will bo
carried as a valuable oxtra jilayer. O'Brien
batted .298 per cent, last season, not so
bad for ono who was so shifted about.
This Is a rather Incomplete pencil plc
turo of tho club, individually, as it ap
pears on paoer How It can finish a,
very pronounced loser with so much hit
ting material and intelligence among tho
pla)crs, and with such competent manage
ment nnd captaincy as Griflln and Beard,
respectively will give It, it more than can
bo figured out There Is In addition the
satisfaction of working for generous, prac
tical and popular business men, and that,
too, la a point In favor of the Scranton
club.
tion is to keep dust from the valvo Itself,
and when scrowed down tight, spread
tho plunger washer, which becomes af
fected and refuses to properly work. Thl4
Is evidenced sometimes when It Is found
to bo extremely dllllcult to get air in tho
tire, tho plunger having spread and not
working, A new waher will remedy tho
matter. Another fulluro ot the tire to
hold air can bo traced to the valve In
somo tires a nut Is screwed on tho outsldo
to keep the tubo In Its proper place. Tnli
nut should be screwed dow n as tightly ns
possible, though If not looked after It
r-ometlmes works loose. This iglves ni
play to the whole tire when In use, nnd tha
air Is forced out. If tho nut Is kept tightly
In place this difficulty will not occur.
A census .was recently taken unofficially
of tho blc)clo business of Chicago. Thero
are twelve firms who do a general manu
facturing business on a large scale, turn
ing out fiom a few hundied to ten thou
sand or more machines annual!) , Till
Includes thoso In the city proper and Chi
cago suburbs. One on the south sldo gives
employment to 450 men and boyjt, two at
Boufh Chicago employ 73 to 150 men ea-h,
according to tho teuson; three In the west
division find work for nearly a thousand
person, while half a dozen situated on
tho north sldo and in the northwestern,
suburbs have need of the services of 1,900
persons In nil thero are abput 3,sno per
sons engaged In the manufacture of bU)
cles In Chicago. Theso emplo)es receive
In wageH ncaily $13,000 weekl), or un ag
gregate each year of $2,371,200. Besides
theso there aro 137 stores at which blcy
clse on sale, while moro than a thousand
establishments keep them as a side line.
A moderate estimate places tho number
of persons engaged, solely or pilnclpally
In the sale of wheels at 2,200, whoso sal
aries will foot up to $1,7jO,000.
Does tho uso of nickel in tho composition
of steel have a tendency to strengthen Itf
This Is a question that has been studied
by experts, and It would xetm as though
they havo reached somo conclusion In tha
matter. In our navy most of the armor
used for the piotectlon of ships has a,
pait of nickel In Its composition. In
Germany when the reorganization of tho
military was effected tho gun metal waa
changed, and a portion ot nickel added to
tho eteel to reduce tho liability of burst
ing when In action. While the uso of
nickel may add to safety In Implements
of war, the question now agitated la
whether the use of nlckel-steol tubing
strengthens tho frame of tho wheel to any
considerable extent. By many it it
claimed that the quality of tubing now
used by most of tho manufacturers ot
high-grade wheels Is plenty strong enough
to withstand tho weight and strain that It
Is known to tie subjected to, and that tho
strengthening of the frame Is not neces-
sary, especially whore tho weight can
not bo reduced. This Is ono sldo of tho
question. Tho other sldu takes an en
tlrcly different vlow.
North Caiollna Is working for good
roads In a manner that might be profitably
emulated by other states, particularly In
tho South. Prom a recent report thd
fact appein that $100,000 has been ralsit
by taxation for road Improvement pur
poses, ono county alono having- created a
fund of $30,000, another ono of $12,000 and
a third ono ot $9,800. Somo of the work;
has been dono by convict labor with sat-,
Isfactory results. About thirty) counties
havo levied a road tax,
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