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VOL.
XXVII.
No. 4.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, July 23,1898.
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have any marked injurious effect on fall
trade, Mr. Furbush replied, "No, the war
is practically a thing of the past as far as
A RKPORT FROM DOLGEVILLE SAYS THAT THE MILLIONAIRE CHICAGOAN HAS HAD REPRE- its influence on business is concerned. The
|ENTAT1VES IN THAT TOWN EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITIES OF FELT MANUFACTURE.
people are no longer ' scared ' and every-
thing is assuming normal conditions. In
washing purposes. Certain it is that for the meantime, prospects for peace are
Representatives of Philip Armour, of
Chicago, have been in Dolgeville the past some reason Dolge made the best felts, bright. War or no war there will be busi-
few days endeavoring- to secure felt mak- and the products of his factories found a ness for those who seek it the coming fall."
ers, piano hammer makers and other oper- ready sale on the market.
With this condition of affairs confront-
atives in the different departments of the
Checkering Activity.
Dolge felt mills. Several of the old opera- ing the future of the felt business, it is
The splendid record of sales made at
tives and experts in the different depart- imperative that the felt industry be reor-
Chickering
Hall during June is being well
ganized
as
speedily
as
possible
for
the
ben-
ments, attracted by the good positions
maintained
during the present month up
efit
of
the
village
prosperity
in
the
future.
offered them, have accepted the proposi-
tions offered. Others are waiting to as- If the trade is once diverted from the to date. Sales are above the average as
Dolgeville factories into other trade chan- compared with other years for this period.
certain if an immediate resumption of
business, says the Dolgeville Republican, nels, it may take years of hard labor to re- J. Burns Brown, who leaves on a short
vacation Saturday, is of course much
gain the ground lost.
is liable- to take place following the sale of
gratified at the activity in the Chickering
the felt mills the first part of August.
business and attributes it very largely to
The report that a felt mill plant is to be
Two
Popular
Gabler
Styles.
the publicity given the Chickering name
started in which the Armour millions will
be interested is important news to Dolge- ARE NOW, AND WILL BE GREAT LEADERS IN and wares during the last musical season,
through the many orchestral and invita-
THE TRADE THE COMING FALL SEASON.
ville, as it means a future opposition in
tion
concerts given at Chickering Hall.
the business that has not been counted on.
This
opinion
is not based on mere guess
Two
of
the
biggest
successes
in
up-
The Armour capital has been attracted,
work,
but
the
result of careful investiga-
rights
the
coming
season
will
be
the
undoubtedly, to the manufacture of felt
tion,
thus
demonstrating
again the value
Gabler
new
styles
E
and
M.
Both
are
by the enormous profits it has yielded to
of
original
and
effective
modes
of adver-
made
in
figured
walnut,
light
mahogany,
the firm of Alfred Dolge & Son. This
tising.
English
oak,
Circassian
walnut,
dark
ma-
firm and the Daniel Green Shoe Co. had
The Chickering program for the coming
commercial paper in the market amount- hogany and antique oak. Each is a per-
ing to over $2,500,000, and the interest fect example of good taste in designing as musical season as outlined in last week's
account of which must have been over well as in workmanship. In these instru- Review promises to be highly interesting
$150,000 per annum. The revenue from ments, as in all other Gabler styles, every —in fact it will be something unique and
the felt plant and the dividends on the acceptable modern improvement is em- hitherto unsurpassed in the musical world.
stock of the other corporations, provided bodied which would tend to the better- The artists who will participate in the
the funds to pay this interest account for ment of the piano. The scales of both madrigal concerts will constitute the
years. The felt mill alone did a business are admirable, resulting in a beautiful brightest stars in the musical firmament,
of over $80,000 per month, or nearly $i,- quality of tone which is much admired by and in addition there will be a piano
000,000 a year when running at its full connoisseurs. The Gabler representatives virtuoso of international renown. Truly
report phenomenal success with all the this will be a feast that will satisfy the
capacity.
new styles in Gabler uprights—styles E most fastidious musical epicure. Already
The work of the representatives in se-
numerous inquiries are reaching Chicker-
and M, o£ course, being strong favorites.
curing Dolgeville labor has been conducted
ing Hall regarding the madrigal and other
very quietly and only the best experts in
concerts to be given, and there are
the different departments have been of-
E. W. Furbush Optimistic.
abundant indications of their proving an
fered positions. The men have been given
unprecedented success.
to understand that the new felt plant was
E. W. Furbush, the Vose ambassador,
to be started in Chicago. There is another in the course of a chat in The Review
Hazelton Fame.
rumor in circulation to the effect that the sanctum on Tuesday, expressed himself as
Armour capital will be in evidence in quite optimistic regarding" present and
Samuel Hazelton intends to perpetuate
Dolgeville when the sale of the plant is prospective conditions with the Vose & the Hazelton name and fame, and to this
advertised to occur in August.
Sons Piano Co. " Our business," said Mr. end his two sons are undergoing a thor-
The Dolge felts were the standards on Furbush, "both wholesale and retail for ough training in piano making at the fac-
the market, and it has always been claimed June and so far in July, has been exceed- tory in University Place. The reputation
on the part of Alfred Dolge that he was ingly good—in fact has exceeded expecta- of the Hazelton piano, which has ever
able to make the high grade felts he did tions. Orders from the West, especially, been kept up to high-water mark, is some-
by reason of the superior qualities of the are growing in size and frequency."
thing the younger members of the family
waters of the East Canada creek for wool
When asked if he thought the war would can well feel proud of upholding.
Will There Be Armour Felts?