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VOL.
XX. No. 9.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, March 2,1895.
In The W«st.
must be a large one, for it is said the struc-
ture cost Dunlevy over $135,000.
By the way, the Kimball Co. are now
Trade Shows a Slight Improvement—A adding a five-story and basement addition
to their factory, corner of Rockwell and
New Firm, Straube & Van flatre—The
Twenty-sixth streets, at a cost of something
Whitney Piano Co.—The Kimball Co.
like $25,000. This is only one of half a
buy Kimball Hall—They flake an
dozen additions which have been made
Addition to their Factory — The
within a recent period, and I need not say
Conover Grand—Singer Piano
they haven't been erected for mere orna-
H. D. Cable Returns.
ment.
I can report nothing further in regard to
HICAGO is experiencing Lenten quiet-
the
rumor about Lyon, Potter & Co. hav-
ness, both in the way of news and
ing
leased
the New Music Temple Building
trade. There has been a slight improve-
on
Van
Buren
street. Mr. Potter is not dis-
ment, it is true, in the retail trade, owing
posed
to
say
anything,
and the papers, both
principally to the spring-like weather which
news
and
trade,
are
doing
all the talking.
we have experienced for the past week.
The
Conover
grand
piano
achieved a re-
But there has been no indication, as far as
markable
success
at
the
concert
given last
I can learn, of what is called "better times"
week
in
the
Central
Music
Hall.
The
audi-
having as yet arrived. The principal man-
ence
was
a
large
and
appreciative
one,
and
ufacturers are, however, fairly busy, and
the
daily
papers,
particularly
the
Herald,
judging from their conversation they are
optimistic about trade in general. They spoke in very complimentary terms of the
feel that the currency question has been admirable qualities of the piano. Mme.
temporarily settled, and that more money Anna Weiss was the pianist.
The Singer piano, manufactured, I be-
will be in circulation.
lieve,
by Steger & Co., is meeting with
Straube & Van Matre are a recent addi-
quite
some
favor. It is sold at a medium
tion to what I may call Chicago manufact-
price,
and
is
an excellent instrument for the
urers. They have secured a piano factory
money.
There
has been quite a demand
at Downer's Grove, which is located about
for
the
"Singer,"
and the manufacturers
twenty miles from here, on the C. B. & Q.
have
some
difficulty
in filling orders.
R. R. It is said they will start in immedi-
•
It
is
reported
that
a new structure, to be
ately to manufacture.
called the Handel Music Building, will be
The Whitney Piano and Supply Manu-
erected on Randolph street. It will contain
facturing Co. was incorporated during the
a recital and other halls and club rooms.
past w^ek with a capital of $25,000, by
H. D. Cable has returned from the South.
Alvin Whitney, Arthur E. and Frank H.
He
went as far as Florida, stopping over,
Whitney. It is said that the W. W. Kim-
however,
for the Freyer & Bradley meeting
ball Co. are interested in this concern. Mr.
at
Atlanta,
Ga.
Alvin Whitney is the superintendent of
Messrs.
Furbush and Dowling, of the
the action department of the Kimball fac-
Briggs
Piano
Co., were in the city the early
tory. They will manufacture the Whitney
part
of
the
week.
piano.
Geo. P. Bent is still in the South.
A very important real estate deal was
I understand that C. C. Curtis and A. M.
recorded during the week, whereby the W.
Wright
are in your city for the purpose of
W. Kimball Co. have bought the building
attending
the directors' meeting.
and leasehold of Kimball Hall, 243-253
P.
J.
Healy
has not as yet returned from
Wabash avenue. The owner was Herbert
the
East.
Dunlevy, who erected the building espe-
BLASIUS & SONS, of Philadelphia, recently
cially for the W. W. Kimball Co., five years
ago on leased ground. The owners were sold two magnificent $1,000 Blasius pianos
J. W. Paxton and Henry J. Willing, to to the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.,
whom Dunlevy paid an annual rent of and also a baby grand, costing $1,300, and
$13,500. The sum paid by the W. W. an upright costing $1,000, to the proprietor
Kimball Co. is unknown, but the amount of the Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N. C.
C
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
The Thos. F. G. Foisy Mfg. Co.
M
R. THOS. F. G. FOISY, the energetic
piano manufacturer of Montreal,
found the demand for his popular pianos
increasing to such an extent that he has
organized a stock company of $300,000, so
as to extend the business and manufacture
on a larger scale. The new company will
run under the name of the Thos. F. G.
Foisy Piano Manufacturing Co. It is their
intention to manufacture both pianos and
organs, and to increase their output right
away, and will make things lively for their
competitos. Mr. Foisy found that he could
not devote enough of his personal attention
to the business, which was his reason for
organizing the company. However, he will
be the principal shareholder, and will be
named manager and treasurer of the com-
pany.
There are several large capitalists of the
State of Rhode Island who have subscribed
largely, and Mr. T. Nadeau, of the Wash-
ington Building Trust Co., Providence, R.
I., has been named president. There is no
doubt that under Mr. Foisy, s able manage-
ment the business will rapidly increase.
Labor Arbitration Bill Passed.
T
HE National Arbitration bill has passed
the House without division, with an
amendment providing that no employee
shall be punished for failure to comply with
an arbitration award. It provides a Board
of Conciliation, consisting of the Commis-
sioner of Labor and the chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, who shall
offer their services as mediators in cases of
disagreement between employers and em-
ployees.
Worth Preserving.
The Mason & Hamlin Co. have sent us
a really handsome little volume called
"Stories of the Opera." It is beautifully
illustrated with portraits of the Metropol-
itan Opera Co., and contains abbreviated
descriptions of the operas produced at the
Metropolitan Opera House during the past
season. The book is worth preserving.
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