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THE
REVIEW
fflJJIC TIRADE
V O L . XXXII. No. 1 9 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, May 11,1901.
Jacksonville Fire-swept.
One of the Greatest Conflagrations of Recen t
Years—Hundreds, of Pianos Destroyed in
Homes and Warerdoms—Banks now Opened
up and a ilore Hopeful Feeling; Prevails.
[Special to The Review.]
Jacksonville, Fla., May 7, 1901.
A great calamity has visited our city. On
Saturday over 148 blocks were laid waste,
the approximate loss sustained being about
eleven million dollars.
The burned dis-
trict is two miles long and thirteen
blocks wide and extends from the St.
John's River, where it burned ten docks, to
the water's edge, to Catherine street on the
East, Orange on the North and Davis to the
West. This included the well-known piano
stores of the Cable Piano Co., who lost six
thousand dollars, Ludden & Bates, and the
A. B. Campbell Co., whose loss is estimated
roughly at $35,000. Both of these buildings
on Bay street are familiar to trade visitors
and the extent of the fire can be estimated
when I say that it reached from the Union
Station to far beyond the Campbell and Cable
stores, taking in all of the prominent business
and residence buildings on all sides. Hun-
dreds of pianos and organs were burned up
although the owners tried in every way pos-
sible to remove them to a place of safety.
Indeed the efforts made by the people to save
their most valuable belongings were pitiable.
The appetite of the fire fiend was apparently
insatiable and he demolished all that came in
his way.
The most cheering feature about the situa-
tion is the absence of any great loss of life
and the magnificent conduct of the citizens
of all colors who acted with rare considera-
tion for each other and with a sense of order
that was admirable. The prominent men of
the city have taken immediate and active
steps to bring order out of chaos, and to-day
citizens are waking from their dazed, con-
dition and looking.forward to a new Jackson-
ville. They have been buoyed up by ex-
pressions of sympathy and tenders of assist-
ance which continue to pour in from aH parts
of the United States. Relief is due to-day
and the immediate and noble response of
New York to the call for assistance is keenly
appreciated.
The banks were open to-day and doing
business, though six of them occupied rough-
and-ready quarters. Much to the surprise
of the bank officers the deposits were equal
to the withdrawals, thus setting to rest the
rumor that there would be a run on these
institutions. This, with the fact that the in-
surance agents and adjusters make confi-
dent assertions that all losses will be paid at
once, has done much to restore public confi-
dence, and plans for the fiuure are being
hopefully made.
The local manager of the Cable Co., and
the A. B. Campbell Co., have been in receipt
of telegrams from the manufacturers whose
goods they represent and as soon as a build-
ing can be secured they will at once open up
again.
Invitation to Strauch's
To Inspect
Ivory Cutting, Key,
Hammer Making.
Action and
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
Worcester Association Dines.
[Special to The Review.]
Worcester, Mass., May 6, 1901.
The second annual dinner of the Music
Trade Association of this city was held last
Thursday night at the Worcester Club.
Covers were laid for ten, among those pres-
ent being the officers of the Association:
Frank A. Leland, president; Chas. H. F.
Hanson, vice-president; Chas. A. Williams,
secretary; M. B. Lamb, F. L. Gorham and
Marcellus Roper. As guests, the Associa-
tion entertained Chandler W. Smith, presi-
dent of the Boston Music Trade Associa-
ition, Theodore P. Brown, manufacturer
and proprietor of the Simplex piano-player,
A. J. Brooks, president of the Huntington
Piano Co., and J. F. P. Hale, of Fitchburg,
Mass. The menu discussed was as follows:
Manufacturers and dealers who will be
within our gates next week to attend the
Music Trade Convention, will find a visit
to the Strauch action factory an instruc-
tive as well as a pleasant one. Strauch
Bros, extend a most cordial invitation to
Clam Cocktail
all visiting members of the trade to call Manhattan Cocktail Cream of Asparagus
Boiled Shad
Tartare Sauce
and inspect their plant—the only one of its
Sauterne
Potatoes Royale
kind in New York, where ivory cutting,
Mu.shrooms a la Newburgh
(Cigarettes)
keys, hammers and actions are made in one
^
Roast Grouse
establishment. It will be interesting to many
} Salad,
Lettuce, Cucumber and Tomatoes
Cream Cheese
who have not seen work of this character,
Champagne
to note the development of the work in the
DESSERT
different departments up to the point of Vanilla Ice Cream
with (hot) Chocolate Sauce
Water Crackers and Fromage de la trappe
,
the completed product. A visit there will
Coffee
1
amply repay, as well as give one a definite
and
;
Charlotte russe
idea of the skill required to complete the
After coffee, informal speeches were made
Strauch product, famed for its excellence in
by
the guests and the best of good feeling
all parts of the land.
prevailed. Take it all in all, the affair was
The flcPhail Piano Selected
a most successful one, and there was mani-
fested a spirit of camaraderie among the
For the Oorham flanufacturing Co.'s Casino in
Providence, R. I.—How It Came to be
dealers present that was unthought of five
Chosen.
years ago. There is no question as to the
The McPhail piano was last week paid a value of association in bringing the mem-
very high compliment in Providence, R. I. bers of the trade closer together. Apart
The Gorham Mfg. Co., the large silver man- from the value of an interchange of ideas,
ufacturers of that city, have in connection it affords an opportunity for members to
with their factory a large casino for the use know each other better and it breaks down
of their employes, which they desired to the barriers of prejudice and narrow feel-
equip with a handsome piano.
ing which prevail to too large an extent
In this connection they notified the sales- among music trade men in the principal cit-
men representing the various piano concerns ies of the Union. Mr. Leland and his asso-
to line up on Wednesday morning and tell ciates are to be congratulated on the success
their stories before a committee of three. of their re-union.
The McPhail was among those represented,
Tonk Specialties Abroad.
and without cutting prices in the least it
William Tonk, of William Tonk & Bro.,
was selected on its merits, and now occu-
pies the place of honor in the Gorham casino. speaking with The Review this week con-
The selection of the McPhail is a great cerning export trade, said: "Our arrange-
victory, inasmuch as some of the best pianos ment with Ch. & J. Ullman & Co., of Paris,
in the country were represented in this con- for the European agency for our piano stools,
test for selection. That it came out ahead etc., while likely to be successful, is merely
is only .another tribute. to the many which in the nature of an experiment on both sides.
are being paid to the McPhail piano these Much depends, naturally, on results obtain-
J
able and obtained."
days. J