W. K. Lis
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Muddy York. The name given to Toronto before it was a city because it's streets were rivers of mud. There were early bikes by about 1818, but it really took off with the penny farthing by 1871. Toronto didn't become a city until 1877, six years after.
However, the bicycle had a problem with Toronto's roads, the mud. To accommodate the bicycle, the streets had to be paved. They did. Now at least after a rain, the roads were not quagmires. Remember the heavy rains, thank the bicycle for getting them paved as protection against the rain.
Unfortunately, the first patents for a kind of automobile started appearing by 1879. By 1895, the automobile industry was growing. And with the automobile, they found a ready made accommodation for them in the form of paved roads. The automobile took over the roads from the bicycle.
Now the bicycle wants back a share of the paved roads from the automoible. Seems only right, it was the bicycle that got them paved in the first place.
However, the bicycle had a problem with Toronto's roads, the mud. To accommodate the bicycle, the streets had to be paved. They did. Now at least after a rain, the roads were not quagmires. Remember the heavy rains, thank the bicycle for getting them paved as protection against the rain.
Unfortunately, the first patents for a kind of automobile started appearing by 1879. By 1895, the automobile industry was growing. And with the automobile, they found a ready made accommodation for them in the form of paved roads. The automobile took over the roads from the bicycle.
Now the bicycle wants back a share of the paved roads from the automoible. Seems only right, it was the bicycle that got them paved in the first place.
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