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THE
REVIEW
fflJJIC TIRADE
VOL. XXXVII.
No. 5.
published Etery Sat. by Eflf arfl Lyinan Bill at 1 Madison Aye,, Hew Tort, Aug. 1,1903.
PIPE ORGAN ADVANCE.
HARR1MAN-HILL TIMBER DEAL.
World-wide Recognition of the Valuable Improve-
ments Embodied in American Instruments.
Securing Large Tracts of Western Land to Control
Lumber Market of the World.
[Special to The Review.]
In no department of the musical instru-
ment industry of this country are greater
advances being made to-day than in the
development of the pipe organ. The tire-
less researches of inventors toward the em-
bodiment of quality, particularly in the
domain of tone has resulted in a world-
wide recognition of American pipe organs
by some of the most distinguished organ-
ists of the old world. The organs which
are being erected by the Austin Organ Co.,
of Hartford, Conn., the Kimball Co,, of
Chicago, the Estey Organ Co.. of Brattle-
boro, Vt., M. P. Moller, Hagerstown, Md..
and others, reflect this tendency most pro-
nouncedly in both structural and tone de-
partments. For a long time the pipe or-
gan business was in the hands of conser-
vative and unprogressive "dowri-easters"
who worked along stereotyped lines. The
Western movement in
manufacturing
marked a new departure in pipe organ
building, and we have been making tre-
mendous strides ever since.
S. M. BARNES APPOINTED ORGANIST.
S. M. Barnes, manager of the Weber
Piano Co.'s warerooms, is not only a clever
piano man, but an organist of acknowl-
edged ability. He has just been appointed,
by the way, organist and choirmaster of
the new Church of the Advocate, Wash-
ington Ave. and i8oth St. At the formal
opening of this edifice which occurred on
Sunday of last week, Mr. Barnes gave an
organ recital which called forth the most
appreciative comments on the part of the
large audience present. Among the vocal
soloists on this occasion was E. E. Vidaud,
treasurer of the Weber Piano Co., whose
beautiful tenor voice was heard to decided
advantage. The Church of the Advocate
is fortunate in having such clever men in-
terested in its music.
NEBRASKA'S GREAT WHEAT CROP.
Estimates received from all parts of the
State show that Nebraska's wheat crop will
exceed any previous wheat crop. It is
stated that the acreage, which is 15 per cent,
greater than last year, will yield at least
80,000,000 bushels. This, compared with the
10,000,000 bushels crop of 1890, illustrates
the enormous advance of Nebraska as a
wheat-growing State,
San Francisco, July 2.7, 1903.
E. H. Harriman and James J. Hill are
uniting in a great timber deal whereby they,
with a number of associates, will control the
lumber market of the world. They are se-
curing large tracts of forest land in Northern
California and Oregon through their agents,
who have been for some time quietly buying
property on the coast. Among the associates
of the two railroad magnates are Frederick
Weyerhauser and T. B. Walker, of Minne-
apolis ; Jacob Blodgett, of Grand Rapids, and
a number of other men of influence in the
various timber sections of the Western States.
With the many minor holdings which
Harriman and his associates may count on,
it is said that the plan is to merge the most
valuable lands controlled by the Hill roads
and the Southern Pacific.
TRELAWNEY A PRTSON REFORMER.
Before Chas. H. Trelawney, of Trelawne
Cottage, Lowerre Park, Yonkers, comes to
trial on a charge of forging the name of Si-
mon Shoninger, of the Shoninger Piano
Co., New Haven. Conn., to notes for $1,-
25T, the National Bankers' Association
and the Pinkertons exnect to have this re-
markable man's biography complete.
Now they say that he occupies a celt
in the Tombs only a few doors from the
one he occupied last October, when he
was arrested on a charge of cashing a
forged note for $750 on a Frankfort street
plumbing supply house.
He asserted then that he had received
the note from a canvasser employed by
him, and through the influence of prom-
inent Yonkers residents, into whose socie-
ty he had ingratiated himself he was ac-
quitted. That check was signed with a
rubber stamp.
It is remarked as peculiar that about a
year ago Trelawney visited Sing Sing
Prison as a member of a committee from
his church to see what could be done to
ameliorate the condition of the convicts,
and he remarked:
"It's a comfortable place, indeed. I went
into one of the cells, and really they are
airy and clean and light, and a man could
make himself very comfortable there."
E. Clark & Co., Brattleboro, Vt., has se-
cured the agency for the CeciHan piano
player.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
TRADE IN NEW ORLEANS, LA.
[Special to The Review.]
New Orleans, July 25, 1903.
J. P. Simmons, manager of the Junius
Hart Piano House, Ltd., in discussing the
business outlook, said: "The general condi-
tion of crops throughout our section is not
quite so good as it was last year; however,
there are some certain sections that are bet-
ter and others not so much so.
"So far this summer our business has kept
up fairly well, but we had local conditions
this spring which tended to damage our
trade to a certain extent; namely, the over-
flow of the Mississippi and the Red rivers
and the breaking of some of our levees,
causing a considerable amount of territory to
be inundated for several weeks, thereby
throwing the farmers back to some extent
and causing them great expense.
"We are carrying about the same quantity
in stock that we did last year. We figure it
is best to place our orders ahead for fall and
winter shipments in certain lines, but in
others we are taking our chances of being
able to get what our trade requires.
"Owing to the late spring and other con-
ditions mentioned above, our business does
not show a material increase over last year
and the collections are not nearly so good."
NEW CONCERN IN SALT LAKE CITY.
[Special to The Review.]
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 27, 1903.
A new piano company, to be known as
the Daynes & Romney Piano Co., will be
incorporated in this city about August 1.
The stock is $10,000, divided into 1,000
shares of the par value of $10 each. Evan
Stephens will be president of the company,
Bishop George Romney vice-president,
R. R. Romney treasurer, and H. S. Daynes
secretary and manager. The company will
do a strictly wholesale trade, with office
and warehouses in Salt Lake City. Papers
will be filed immediately upon the return
of Bishop Romney from Mexico, and the
company expects to open its office about
the first of next month.
THE BEHNING IN LOS ANGELES.
The Behning piano is being admirably
advertised by the H. C. Gilbert Piano Co.,
of Los Angeles, Cal., who recently secur-
ed the agency. One of their most recent
ads. contained cuts of four different styles
of Behning pianos. Underneath the hand-
some style in art finish appeared the fol-
lowing: "This beautiful Behning piano is
the new art finish. It will not crack, check
or mar/'