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REVIEW
V O L . XXXIII N o . 2 0 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, Nov. 16,1901.
WILL TALK RECIPROCITY.
Program for
Convention to be Held Next Week
in Washington.
[Special to The Review.]
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 12, 1901.
The program for the National Reciprocity
Convention at Washington next week was
made public to-day by President Theodore
C. Search, of the National Association of
Manufacturers, who is chairman of the Com-
mittee on Arrangements for the convention.
The program is subject to such changes as
may suggest themselves during the progress
of the meeting.
The first session will be held in the Hotel
Raleigh, Tuesday morning, Nov. 19th, when
the chairman, six vice-presidents and two
secretaries will be selected and the necessary
committees appointed. The formal discus-
sion will begin at the afternoon session and
the entire afternoon and evening will be
devoted to the question of commercial reci-
procity as applicable to relations with the
Spanish-American countries.
Reciprocity in its connection with Euro-
pean countries and with Canada will be dis-
cussed Wednesday. There will be a general
discussion of reciprocity and the consider-
ation of such resolutions as may be reported
from the Committee on Resolutions Thurs-
day.
The final session probably will be held
Thursday afternoon. The Committee on
Resolutions will report during the various
sessions such resolutions as may relate to
the subjects under discussion. All formal
papers or prepared addresses are to be pre-
sented either Tuesday or Wednesday, as the
sessions of the third day are set apart ex-
clusively for general discussion and action
on resolutions.
President Search says every indication
points to a large and representative gather-
ing of manufacturers from all parts of the
country.
A NEW IOWA FIRM.
A new firm of piano dealers has been or-
ganized in Luverne, la., under the title of
Tiss & Mayo, who have arranged to handle
the Hazelton and McPhail pianos, and a num-
ber of cheaper instruments, as well as the
Apollo piano-player. C. Jordan Mayo is the
practical piano man of the firm, while Mr.
Tiss is the financial man of this institution.
The personal property belonging to the
estate of Stultz & Co. will be sold by order
of the trustee, Samuel A. Kross, at public
auction at Nos. 439-445 East 144th street,
this city, on Nov. 21st.
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SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
THE "PEERLESS" WINS FIRST PRIZE
BROOKLYN PIANO MEN PROTEST
At The Oregon State Fair Held in Portland—Orders
Thick and Fast Seem to be Coming the Way of
This Popular Piano Player.
Against Proposed Move to Close a Number of
Stations on the Elevated Road in that Borough
— A n Unnecessary Proceeding.
The Peerless Piano-Player Co., of this
city, were advised on Saturday that the Peer-
less piano-player had received first prize at
the Oregon State Fair held in Portland. The
Peerless player was exhibited by the Eilers
Music House, who brought to the attention
of the public as well as the judges, the many
individual and successful features embodied
in this player. Their general display—which
consisted in addition to the Peerless of two
handsome Kimball pianos, a Milton piano, a
large pipe organ, and some portable organs
—was the center of attraction for Oregonians
musically inclined.
THE STARR CO.'S UNIQUE SWITCH.
[Special to The Review.]
Richmond, Ind., Nov. 11, 1901.
One of the most remarkable pieces of
railroad side-track in this section of the
country has just been put in operation at the
Starr piano works here. The plant is located
in the Whitewater river bottom. Along the
edge of the embankment, eighty feet above,
runs the main track of the Cincinnati, Rich-
mond & Muncie Railroad. The side-track
has been built from the top of the embank-
ment, a half mile below the factory building,
at a gentle grade to a point directly above the
plant. By this first piece of engineering a"*
descent of thirty or forty feet is made. The.
track is then built in the opposite direction
with the slope a trifle greater and then re-
versing again, lands finally at the valley's
base. The siding resembles what is common-
ly known as a "switch-back," and has been
found practical in every way. Nearly a
mile of track has been laid to cover a dis-
tance of eighty feet between the factory and
main track.
W. H. COATES BANKRUPT.
W. H. Coates, Sr., piano dealer of Platts-
burg, N. Y., has filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy with liabilities of $8,638. His
assets include goods in his store valued at
$4,500; furniture and fixtures, $2,300, and
a number of uncollected accounts.
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Judge McCarthy, of the City Court, has
appointed Louis Joseph receiver in supple-
mentary proceedings for the International
Zither Co. on the application of George Herz,
a judgment creditor.
A vigorous protest is being made by the
piano dealers, as well as other merchants of
Brooklyn, against the proposed closing of
a number of elevated railroad stations on
Fulton street in that borough.
W. S. Denslow, of the Sterling Piano Co.,
does not believe that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co. seriously contemplate the dis-
continuance of so important a station as
Flatbush avenue. He said: "I believe that
the needs of this section demand its reten-
tion, even though the management of the
road might consider at first thought that the
company 'would be able to economize by
closing the station. I am sure that a careful
investigation would disclose the fact that
travel in Brooklyn demands the retention of
this important station."
The Wissner Piano Co., through Manager
Colell, "said: "I have a grievance against
the Rapid Transit Co. anyhow. If they want
to abolish the Flatbush avenue station they
must tear it down. Here we have beautiful
windows and an elegant entrance to our
building, and they are obstructed and their
light is taken away by that infernal stairway
to the elevated station. And if that stairway
would only be there for the legitimate use
of a stairway I would not complain so much,
but they use the stairway for advertisements,
they put up posters covering nearly its whole
bottom from the street up with posters and
pictures. Most "of our patrons are women,
who must see these pictures when entering
our store and are offended by them. If the
Rapid Transit Co. wants to abolish the stop-
ping of trains at this station, they must take
it away altogether, or I will tear the stairs
down and then take the consequences."
F. I. Crane, manager of the downtown
Bradbury store at 601 Fulton street, has also
protested against the abolishment of the
Flatbush avenue station and says that the
company should be restrained from taking
such action.
The action of the elevated railway officials
has considerably perturbed the business men
of our sister borough, and with good reason.
It is hardly the place to practice economy in
such a prominent business artery as Fulton
street. We doubt, in view of the unanimous
protests of the leading merchants, that the
elevated road officials will carry out their
proposed plans.