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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Bankruptcy Petition Filed.
The Vose Ambassador.
[Special to The Review.)
Among the visitors to the city this week
Jacksonville, Fla., May 8, 1899.
was E. W. Furbush of Vose fame. The
A petition for involuntary bankruptcy Review found him as usual optimistic and
was filed in the United States Court Friday thoroughly well pleased with business
by several creditors against the Manier & conditions as far as they bear upon the
Lane Music Company. The petitioners trade of the Vose & Sons Piano Co. Like
were William Tonk & Bro. of New York, the house with which he is connected Mr.
the White-Smith Music Publishing Com- Furbush works unostentatiously but effec-
pany of Boston, and the Waterloo Organ tively, and his frequent trips, covering all
Company.
parts of the States, are carried out without
much fuss or bluster. He ' 'gets there every
The Weber's Giant Strides.
time" meanwhile. The Vose prestige and
The Weber products are making giant Vose fame was never as great as to-day,
strides in public estimation this season. and this is due unquestionably to their
Mr. Woodford, the firm's travelling repre- splendid policy of quiet aggressiveness.
sentative, returned on Wednesday from a
three-months' run "round the circle." In
That Hotel Amendment.
a brief talk with The Review on Thursday
The Meriden, Conn., Journal says: The
Mr. Woodford said that his orders received piano dealers of New York state have been
for Weber grands and uprights during the much interested in the bill recently passed
trip on the Pacific Coast alone amounted to by the state Legislature limiting the claims
six carloads.
of the keepers of hotels and boarding
He reports a prevailing condition of houses on the property of their guests, for
prosperity in every section visited. One the settlement of bills. The new law reads
of its most conspicuous indications is the that if the keeper "had notice that such
increasing demand for high-grade instru- property was not then the property of the
ments. Five new Weber strongholds have guest, boarder, or lodger, a lien thereon
been established, the new agencies, in does not exist." The provision was in-
every instance, being of a character calcu- serted at the request of the New York
lated to maintain the Weber prestige and Piano Manufacturers' Association, and ap
advance the firm's best interests at every plies, of course, to pianos sold on the in-
opportunity.
stalment plan.
Incorporates Organ Co.
The Augusta Organ Company has been
organized at Augusta, Me., for the pur-
pose of the manufacture and sale of pipe
organs, with $150,000 capital stock, of
which $400 is paid in. The officers are:
President, F. B. Look, of Hartford, Conn. ;
treasurer, E. A. Davis, of West Tilbury,
Mass. Certificate approved May 6, 1899.
Sanders & Stay man expect to occupy
the building at the corner of Charles and
Fayette streets, Baltimore, Md., which is
now being extensively improved, on or
about June 1st.
Receive Compensation.
THE WEBER-WHEELOCK CO. RECEIVE A GOODLY
SUM THROUGH SEIZURE OF PROPERTY FOk
STREET WIDENING.
Damages amounting to $58,000 with in-
terest from March 1896, was awarded the
Weber-Wheelock Co., this week by the city
authorities for injury to the East 149th
street front of the Wheelock factory caused
by the condemnation of that property for
the purposes of widening 149th street. The
dimensions of the property taken by the
city amount to 20x192 feet. The total sum
which the Weber-Wheelock Co. will receive
will amount to very nearly $70,000. The
work on the widening of the street is now
about being commenced.
Alfred Dolge Goes West.
The Utica Observer of May 8, says:—
Alfred Dolge and his wife left this city on
the Central train at 10:12 this morning for
the west. It is Mr. Dolge's intention to go
west as far as California andprobably he will
go up to Alaska. Mr. Dolge will look over
the west and pick out a location where he
expects to regain his lost fortune. It is
said that he may go into the sheep-raising
industry. After he has selected his loca-
tion his family will join him.
The Everett in Concert.
An Everett concert grand has been used
this week by eminent artists for solo work
at the May Festival in Maine. The Bangor
and Portland press speak in glowing terms
of the merits of the instrument.
Expansion" the word with J. & C. Fischer.
E. N. Kimball, Jr.
E. N.. Kimball, Jr., of the Hallet &
Davis Co., Boston, passed through New
York on Saturday on his way home from a
short trip through Pennsylvania, New
York and some of the southern states. In
the course of a chat with The Review he
expressed himself as well pleased with his
trip which resulted in a good fat book of
orders.
Mr. Kimball's success on the road is
hardly surprising. He is a well-informed,
genial and thoroughly capable traveler
who knows how to talk pianos and sell
them too.
Claims She Was Hypnotized.
The case of Emily Smith against James
H. Puntenney, of Columbus, O., is on trial
this week before Judge Evans in that city.
The plaintiff claims that she was induced
to buy a piano of the defendant while un-
der some hypnotic or magnetic influence.
She claims further that she does not want
the piano, and as soon as she came out of
the spell which the piano agent cast over
her, she realized that she had not been in
possession of her faculties when she made
the bargain.
This week's report at the factory of J. &
C. Fischer is gratifying. Wholesale and
retail trade is active. Henry B. Fischer,
who has been traveling in the firm interests
during the past two months, is expected
home next week.
Ado'.pho H. Fischer, in response to a
question as to trade conditions, declared
the present state of business and trade
prospects during the remainder of May to
be excellent. Asked if results during the
first four months of 1899 compared favor-
ably with a corresponding period in 1898,
he answered in the affirmative stating that
the increase exceeded forty per cent.
The illustration represents Fischer grand
upright, Style 24, 1899, one of the choicest
now on the market. It is being made in
fancy burled walnut and mahogany, and is
a pronounced success.