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V O L . XXXIII N o . 1 5 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, Oct. 12,1901.
ONE OF DENVER'S GREAT HOUSES.
LEGAL STATUS OF A BANK CHECK.
The Denver Music Co.'s new home in the
Coronado Building is the subject of a beau-
tifully illustrated and extremely interesting
article which appeared in a recent issue of
the Denver (Col.) Post. The general scheme
of architecture and decoration employed in
these rooms has elicited the praise of such
well-known piano men as E. W. Furbush,
of Vose & Sons; Geo. E. Griswold, of Lyon
& Healy; F. W. Teeple, of the Cable Co.;
P. J. Gildemeester, the Knabe traveling am-
bassador, and a number of others who have
stated to Myron H. Coloney, the president
of the institution, that in color scheme, size,
and beauty of arrangement, to say nothing
of their value as show rooms, they rank
among the finest in the United States.
The Supreme Court of New York has de-
cided that a bank check is only a piece of
paper until the bank upon which it is drawn
has accepted it. A man in New York city
drew his check, and sent it to his brokers
in payment of a claim that they had made
upon him. Before they had realized upon it
he drew r another check, and with it withdrew
all the money he had in that bank, which ef-
fectually stopped the payment of the first
check.
Litigation arose. Judge O'Gorman, in de-
ciding the case upon its merits, used the fol-
lowing language: '"The delivery of the first
check did not constitute an assignment pro
tanto of the funds in defendant's bank ac-
count, and when lie withdrew the same with
a second check he was acting quite within
his legal rights. An ordinary check does not
operate as an assignment or appropriation of
the drawer's funds, and until acceptance or
payment by the bank the fund remains the
property of the drawer, who reserves the
right to withdraw or otherwise dispose of
his deposits."
That this tribute is merited is apparent
from the illustrations, which give an excel-
lent idea of the beauty and extent of Mr.
Coloney's enterprise. Aside from the gen-
eral display of stock on the main floor, in-
cluding small goods and sheet music, there
are several piano art parlors at the extreme
rear of the great wareroom on the north side
of the store. Through a golden archway, il-
luminated by dozens of electric lights, one
enters the doors leading to the art rooms in
the rear, each room of which is fitted up
with Knabe and Vose pianos, so that artists
can use these instruments as they would in
the concert room or in the home. The south-
ernmost of the room is connected by a Moor-
ish doorway with the red room in the north
where the ^Eolian Orchestrelle attracts
crowds of those musically inclined on Sat-
urday nights, when concerts are usually
given.
The building, from basement to roof, is
a surprise in its modern equipment and ab-
solute perfection, and is certainly a credit
to Mr. Coloney and his co-worker, treasurer
Pattison. The instruments handled by the
Denver Music Co. include the Kna.be, Vose,
Krell, Pease, Royal and Kingsbury pianos,
an enormous number of the latter having
been sold by this concern to the public schools
of Denver. The advance made by the West
in the way of up-to-date music stores is splen-
didly shown in these detailed illustrations.
Enterprise and persistent go-aheadedness
has paid, in this instance, as it will in others
where followed up intelligently.
Geo. Nembach Grass, the Steck road am-
bassador, is "doing" San Francisco this
week.
He is making his usual creditable
record on the road, as the orders reaching
the Steck headquarters indicate.
RIVERSIDE'S NEW PIANO STORE.
[Special to The Review.]
Riverside, Cal., Oct. 5, 1901.
The music firm of Griffin & Keisker will
have the most artistic establishment in South-
ern California when they open for business
next week. Under the direction of Mr. Grif-
fin the storeroom is being beautifully deco-
rated. Musical instruments will be frescoed
on the ceiling and seventy-two lights with
green shades, suspended from above, will
serve to show the pianos and other stock to
advantage. These lights will have wrought
iron fixtures and will be very artistic. In
the center of the room will be a ladies' re-
ception room, and at the back a stage for
convenience of local teachers, who can give
musicales and lessons free of charge Satur-
days. Pictures and rugs will add to the artis-
tic and pleasing effect of the room.
The firm will handle many lines of the best
instruments, among them the Chickering,
Vose, Pease, Decker, Kurtzmann, Schubert,
Martin, etc., all of which have been person-
ally selected by Mr. Keisker and shipped
direct from the factories in carload lots.
H. C. Harney, who represents the inter-
ests of the O. S. Kelly Co., piano plate mak-
ers, Springfield, O., in the East, is making
a number of short trips to various manufac-
turing points in the Eastern territory. There
is a rapidly growing demand for the Kelly
plates.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, to CKNTS.
WILL ASCERTAIN SENTIMENT.
National
Credit
Men's Association's
Bankruptcy Law.
Circular on
The National Association of Credit Men
has taken steps to ascertain the feeling of bus-
iness men throughout the country in regard
to the bankruptcy law and the most effective
means of strengthening the measure through
practical amendments. What the law has ac-
complished is set forth by the Association
as follows in a circular which has been mailed
throughout the country:
The bankruptcy law of 1898 has:
(1) Put an end to chattel mortgage fail-
ures, fake confessions of judgment, and, in
general, to the old-time race for the regis-
ter's office; all now share alike.
(2) Made preferences, where creditors
are vigilant, rare, if not impossible.
(3) Committed the administration of es-
tates to trustees chosen by the creditors ra-
ther than by the failing debtor.
(4) Increased dividends, and cut down
the expenses of administration to a mini-
mum.
(5) Made, as a rule, credit more secure,
without contracting it.
One of the principal objects of the law—
the discharge of debtors—having been com-
plied with, the Association now purposes to
obtain such amendments to the law as will
"put up the bars" again. The Association
points out that the repeal of the law, would
mean a return to the old system of State ad-
ministration, and asks business men which
system they would prefer.
GRAPHOPHONES FOR FAR EAST.
The Columbia Phonograph Co., Bridge-
port, Conn., is at present making some large
consignments of graphophones, etc., to far
Eastern markets. Substantial lots are now
waiting shipment to Reuter, Brockelman &
Co., of Shanghai, which concern imports
large quantities of American machinery.
Shipments are also being made to Hevn,
Brockelman & Co., of Osaka, Japan.
SALESMEN AND SALESMEN.
There are two distinct classes of salesmen
—the salesman who is governed by price,
and the salesman who is governed by qual-
ily. The first calls attention to cheap goods
and dilates on the great value that is to be
obtained for little money. Such men cannot
rise to superior goods and are not the meney-
making men for dealers and manufacturers.
Schmoller & Mueller, the we 1 l-known deal-
ers of Omaha, Neb., have secured the agency
for the Mason & Hamlin pianos.