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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
The Crown" Pianos and Organs. Recent L e g a l D e c i s i o n s .
NEW FACTORY AND NEW IDEAS CONQUER.
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[PREPARED FOR THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.]
ACTION AGAINST CARRIER
FOR EJECTION
FEW weeks ago we gave an illustra
OF PASSENGER.—A railroad company may
tion and description of the new home
require passengers to procure tickets, and
of the "Crown" pianos and organs. It
on their failure to do so exact the regular
takes front rank with the many large fac-
fare instead of a reduced ticket fare, but it
tories that Chicago is noted for. Since that
must provide proper facilities for securing
time Mr. Bent has taken possession of, and
such tickets.
is now manufacturing in his new quarters
The railway company is liable for ejec-
which afford him unequalled facilities for
tion of passenger for failure to pay addi-
meeting the rapidly increasing demand for
tional fare wh^n it is shown that he had
his products. The new factory is a model
applied to the company's agent for a ticket,
of its kind. Its equipment is the result of
which was refused without cause. C. C. C.
much study on the part of Mr. Bent; noth-
& St. L. Ry. Co. vs. Beckett.
39 N. E.
ing has been overlooked that would tend
Rep., 429.
to its completeness, and it is not only a
FRAUDULENT
CONVEYANCES
BETWEEN
monument to Mr. Bent's energy and go-
aheadedness, but an excellent illustration PARTNERS.—Members of a partnership can-
of his character, namely, a desire to reach not create in favor of another firm of which
the ncplus ultra in whatever he engages they are the sole members, a preference,
as against creditors, by making a mortgage
in.
**A fHY do I prefer an upper berth?"
In the manufacturing of the "Crown" on the property of the first mentioned firm,
yY said Kochman, the other day, as
pianos and organs Mr. Bent also displays in its name, to that last named, unless it is
he vigorously wielded a palm leaf fan in a
this faculty, and an honorable and credit- clearly shown, affirmatively, that the trans-
vain attempt to reduce his temperature.
able one it is. He has persistently labored action was free from fraud; and the assign-
"Yes, I should like to know," said THK
to improve and add such innovations as ment of an account afterward secured by
MUSIC TRADK REVIKW man.
"After your
would make them of greater value to the such a mortgage entitles the assignee to no
experience a few years ago at Cedar Rapids,
purchaser and more salable to the dealer. exemption from the operation of this re-
1 should think you would rather prefer a
In his pianos, particularly within recent quirement. Bonwit vs. Heyman (Supreme
lower."
years, he has made such improvements that Court, Neb.) 61 N. W. Rep., 716 (85).
"Yes, that Cedar Rapids affair," and
they have won a distinct recognition in
MIDNIGHT MORTGAGES NOT ALWAYS IN-
Kochman sighed.
the piano world.
Their success at the VALID.—The fact that chattel mortgages are
"How much insurance did you get on
World's Fair is too well known to need re- given between midnight and morning, in
that, Reinhard?"
iteration, and since then their growth in anticipation of attachments by other cred-
No answer, but the genial Reinhard said :
popularity has been steadily on the in- itors; that the mortgagees are relatives or
"As I remarked, I prefer an upper berth
crease. The adoption of the "Crown" Or- intimate friends of the mortgagor; that
for good reasons."
chestral Attachment and Practice Clavier they immediately foreclose and take pos-
"Name them."
has been a feature of novelty, and indeed session, and that they are given for prece-
"Well, there are various reasons. When of merit — it enables purchasers of the
dent debts, does not make them invalid,
I first began to travel, fifteen years ago, "Crown" instruments to have in their
when it appears that they are given bona
the wheel of a car on a train passing us home, and at their disposal, with little ex-
fide and for a valuable consideration, and the
flew off and killed a man in lower No. 6. tra charge, a variety of instruments which
transactions occur in a State which allows
The chap over him never got a scratch. are capable of many pleasing effects. Dur-
preference of creditors, except in con-
Later on, a fellow threw a rock at the car, ing the last six months Mr. Bent has estab-
nection with a general assignment. Davis
and it entered the window of lower No. 4 lished a number of valuable agencies in this
vs. Schwartz (U. S. Supreme Court), 15 S.
and broke the sleeper's thigh. Man over country and in Mexico, and at the present
C. 237 (84).
him never even woke up. Again, a car I time his representative is making an ex-
was on ran over a lot of dynamite. Man in tended trip of Europe, where the merits of
OVER three thousand Steinway pianos
lower No. 7 was blown up with the floor Mr. Bent's wares cannot fail to be appre- were produced last year. When the re-
and killed, but the one over him didn't ciated.
turns for the piesent year are in it will be
even know that anything had happened.
found that the increase this year will smash
His new factory, with its enlarged facili-
Once more, a man in a lower berth can be
all records.
easily robbed, while one in an upper is ties, will enable Mr. Bent to meet his rap-
idly increasing business, for increasing it
seldom troubled. Last, but not least"
will be as long as he pursues his present
"What?" I asked, as he paused.
policy. His motto is originality and prog-
" I always undress, same as at a hotel.
ress, and that means success in every case.
Is made by selling Pianos of
There's no telling when an accident may
Mr. Bent's career, and the development of
the highest excellence. The
come. In case the car goes off, the upper
reputation of many dealers has
his business, are a splendid example of
berth is apt to close up, and you are thus
T
been
made by selling the
what can be attained b} persistent and in-
secure from the gaze of the vulgar public
telligent striving after certain ideals—not
HENRY F.
until the porter can put up a tent alongside
Pianos.
They
impracticable ideals, however.
HILLER cost more than
the track and get your clothes there and
the majority of
help you to dress. Modesty is my chief
Pianos,
but
they
have ac-
CHICKERING & SONS will not only close
reason, but as all you fellows usually break
quired their reputation as
at
noon
Saturdays
during
June,
July
and
your necks to get lower berths, of course, I
Pianos of the highest grade
can't expect you to understand or appre- August, but they will also close at 5
solely because they merit the
highest praise. If there is not
ciate it. Yes, waiter; 1 guess a nice mint o'clock on the other days of these months.
an authorized representative
THK title of Doctor of Laws has been
julep will about strike to-day. By the way,
in your city, write to the man-
conferred
on
Charles
Crozat
Converse
by
have I told you that mint julep story?"
ufacturers
Rutherford
College,
N.
C.
Judge
Con-
"No."
88 Boylston Street
"Well, it's a good cooling story; just verse was formerly manager of the Bur-
dette
Organ
Co.,
of
Erie,
Pa.,
and
is
an
BOSTON, flASS.
right for to-day."
able
writer
and
musician.
"Go ahead, Reinhard," and he did.
With the Travelers-
A Reputation