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VOL
XXII.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street,
N o . 17.
In The West.
BUSINESS
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KIMBALL—BARROWS MUSIC CO. WILL
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THE
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DEATH
RIDES THE
OTHER N EWS.
USINESS out this way is not rushing,
neither is it chill. The manufactur-
ers and retail establishments all seem to be
"doing something"; a few have startled me
by stating that they were well satisfied with
their sales for the past week.
At the Kim ball factory a busy state of
things prevails. They are doing a splendid
trade in pipe organs as well as pianos.
They recently made arrangements with the
Barrows Music Co., of Saginaw, Mich.,
whereby this progressive house will handle
a large number of Kimball pianos. Several
other important deals are now being nego-
tiated, so you see the Kimball people are
forging ahead in good shape. A. G. Cone
has returned from his sojourn in Florida,
and his host of friends are glad to see him
looking so well.
E. P. Mason has again changed his mind
about discontinuing the retail warerooms
here. During his visit last week he ex-
pressed the utmost satisfaction with the
progress of affairs under the management
ot Mr. Detrick. It is now rumored that a
new corporation will be formed in this
State to carry on a local business, and it is
expected that several- Chicago capitalists
will be interested. An effort will-be made
to sub-let part of their present store, or
they may move into new warerooms. Mr.
Mason's latest move is not an unwise one,
but he has changed his mind so often rela-
tive to affairs here that it must not only be
embarrassing to Mr. Detrick, but necessi-
tates a certain reservation with regard to
the moves of this house.
In perusing a list of the stockholders of
the principal banks of the city a few days
ago, I came across the names of W. W.
Kimball, as interested to the extent of 400
shares in the First National Bank; P. J.
New York, May 16,1896.
Healy, as holder of stock in the Bankers'
National Bank and the Chicago National;
H. D. Cable and G. W. Tewksbury also
hold stock in the Bankers' National, while
I. N. Camp is interested in one of the trust
companies.
What a busy trio are Messrs. Maynard,
Strong and French, of the local branch of
the Hallet & Davis Co. Although in busi-
ness a little over twelve months, they have
built up a magnificent trade, and they
are pegging right away in admirable style
toward a big success which every one will
admit is well merited.
F. B. T. Hollenberg, president of the
Hollenberg Music Co., Little Rock, Ark.,
was a recent visitor to town. He is a great
admirer of the Kimball and Hallet &
Davis products, and is doing a big trade
with them in his section. Although his
trip to Chicago was largely one of pleasure,
he left a big order with the Kimball house
before he returned.
It is cheering to visit the Hamilton Or-
gan Co. \s factory these days. A full force
of men and full time is the order of the day.
Superintendent Dickenson reports a big
percentage of increase so far this year over
the same months last year, and yet
people say that the organ trade is decreas-
ing. It is not—at least with the Hamilton
Organ Co.
James B. Whitehead, well known in
musical circles, and who has been connected
with the Lyon & Healy establishment, died
last Friday at his home in this city. He
was thirty-one years old, and a wide circle
of friends regret his demise. His only sur-
viving relative is his mother.
C. H. MacDonald, of popular Pease fame,
has become inoculated with the "bike"
germ, and is now rapidly losing flesh as
the result of his efforts to get the best of
the wheel. Before the season is out we
can expect C. H. M. to train down to one
hundred and twenty pounds. I wonder if
he will look as benign and clerical then as
he does now ?
I heard it stated yesterday that the Coal-
ter & Snelgrove Co., of Salt Lake City,
Utah, had made an assignment. Further
particulars are not to hand, so the matter
must be taken cum grano salts.
Chase Bros. Piano Co. report a marked
improvement in their retail business in
this city.
Hermann Leonard, of Alfred Dolge &
Son, will leave for the East early next
week.
$3.00 PER YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
Prescott Piano Co.
NEW PLANT NOW READY FOR OPERATION.
T
HREE months from the date of the des-
truction of their plant by fire finds
the Prescott Piano Co., of Concord, N. H.,
firmly established in their new quarters,
and in another month the management ex-
pect to have the factory in full operation
in every department, with fifty or more
skilled workmen engaged to their utmost
capacity.
Since the purchase of the Haley plant
the time has been mostly occupied in re-
modeling the buildings and getting ready
to resume operations.
This work has been completed, and as at
present arranged, for convenience, the
shops cannot be excelled. Everything has
been done solely with the idea of handling
the material which enters into the construc-
tion of a piano, with a minimum of labor,
and this result seems to have been accom-
plished.
The shops throughout are fitted with the
latest approved machinery and appliances,
and in their remodeled form present a vast-
ly different appearance than on the day the
company assumed charge of them.
The office, too, has been included in the
work of improvement, and presents at once
an appearance both pleasing and inviting.
The company is now better established
than at any time in its history.
The Colby Piano Co
HAVE NOT SHUT DOWN
TRADE KEEPS UP WELL
HE rumor that the Colby Piano Co.
had shut down last Saturday for the
summer, was due to the fact that the force
connected with the heating department had
been laid off until their services should be
needed again in the fall.
The Colby factory is busy with orders,
and last month manufactured and sold
twenty-five more than they did in April a
year ago.
It was a singular industrial condition that
when Erie's factories were either at a stand-
still or running part time that the Colby
and Shaw piano factories were running
full time and with large forces, and their
business has not lagged since then.
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