Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1898 — The Place for Bicycles. [ARTICLE]

The Place for Bicycles.

MontieeHo Journal. Bicycles are a convenient and fast mode of travel, are taken care of with little trouble and increase daily in their popularity. In their place they are all right, but when ridden on the sidewalks they are a nuisance and a menace to pedestrains. Now that the riding season has set in those cyclists who happen to strike a bad piece of street glance furtively about, then take to the sidewalk and scorch along, making those who are on foot give the way and totally disregard the fact that they have no more right than some one with a horse and buggy. Little of this is seen in the immediate center of town, but a few squares from the court house in almost any direction on the unimproved streets it can be witnessed hourly. Let the wheels be- banished from the sidewalks, even if stringent measures are required.