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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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OPENINGS FOR AUTOMATIC PIANOS.
New Motion Picture Theaters,
Hotels and
Restaurants in Various Sections of the
.; Country That Will Require Orchestrions,
• Automatic Pianos and Other Musical Equip-
: ment—Opportunities for Live Dealers.
Make Two Sales Where You Now Make One
T^VERY player-piano sale you make
S Opportunities to make sales of automatic pianos
and orchestrions will be found in this column by
piano dealers desirous of developing these pros-
pects. It will be neted the field covered is a large
one and for those who work it properly it should
prove a profitable one.
*-** should be a "twin-sale"—the player-
piano and bench, and the player-piano roll
cabinet.
If it isn't, you can make it such, by showing
your player-piano customers Udell cabinets,
the construction and finish of which are backed
by the Udell guarantee.
California.
J. G. Scott, Calexico, is preparing plans for a motion
picture theater which will cost about $20,000.
Armory Hall, Visalia, is being remodeled into a moving
picture theater. The work will cost about $18,000.
A motion picture theater is being built on Durant avenue,
Berkeley, for J. A. Elston, 2334 Bowditch street, and
George Clark, of San Francisco.
.Fred Frisk has opened the Florence Theater at Oakland.
|;The Franklin Theater, on Franklin street, Oakland, was
opened a short time ago.
'The Orange County Motion Picture Corporation has re-
cently been incorporated at Huntington Beach.
One
thousand five hundred dollars bonus cash from the city
has been made available, and sites have been secured for
several buildings.
The Udell line includes many new designs, varying
in capacity from 50 to 200 rolls. It is diversified in
both wood and price—insuring you cabinets that will
meet the requirements of every customer.
Connecticut.
:The New Haven Amusement Co., New Haven, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of $5,000. The incor-
porators are Charles A. Bird, Jules Murray, M. F. Fishel,
New York City.
The Burlington Arcade Co. will build a theater building
at New Britain which will cost about $8,000.
Illinois.
YV. Held plans to erect a theater building, to cost $25,000,
at Chicago.
Ashby, Ashby & Schulz, 178 West Jackson boulevard,
Chicago, are preparing plans for a theater building at
Downers Grove.
J. A. Ream, 116 East Main street, Galesburg, will erect
a motion picture theater for O. N. Custer.
Potter, Hunt & Christianson are planning to build a
motion picture theater in St. Charles.
Frank Ishmael, Pekin, opened a motion picture theater
in that city a few weeks ago.
The new Carl Noreen theater on Seventh street, Rock-
ford, will soon be opened.
The Opera House at Walnut has been remodeled and
will open as a movie house very shortly.
Indiana.
Dr. E. C. McBride, Terre Haute, is having plans pre-
pared for a moving picture theater to be erected in that
city.
Michael Cohen will erect an auditorium at Indiana
Harbor.
Iowa.
Middleton & Gephart, Iowa Falls, opened a fine moving
picture theater in that city a short time ago.
The New Brick Theater, at Galva, which is being erected
for William Hopes, will soon be ready to open.
Maryland.
Thomas B. Stanfield, Baltimore, will erect a motion
picture theater, to cost $10,000, for Thomas D. Goldberg,
3113 West North avenue.
The Cortes Amusement Co., Baltimore, will erect a
motion picture theater at the southwest corner of Monu-
rrent street and Patterson Park avenue, which will cost
$9,150.
Massachusetts.
Michael A. and Dennis D. O'Leary are to build a two-
story moving picture theater in Cambridge.
The Old Park Theater on Washington street, Boston,
will be remodeled, at a cost of $30,000, into a motion pic-
ture theater.
The Court Theater, Worcester, was opened Labor Day,
under the management of Mr. Ball.
Cloutier & Denault opened their new Plaza Theater in
Fall River a short time ago.
The C. M. Little Co., Boston, was incorporated with
capital stock of $25,000, to do a restaurant and lunch
room business.
Tncorporators are C. M. Little, Chester V.
Lewis, Lynn, and F. G. Mears.
Catalog No. 46 will tell you about this line—will show you
why it pays to carry Udell music cabinets and benches. Writs
for it.
The Udell Works, 1204 W. 28th Street, Indianapolis
Sheet music cabinets, Piano player roll chbinets, Disc record cabinets, Piano player and Piano
benches.
The Milford Amusement Co., Boston, was incorporated
with capital stock of $5,000.
The incorporators are F.
Tompkins, Harry F. Campbell, West Somerville, and F. C.
Wilcox.
Michigan.
Miss M. Wills is having erected a small theater on
Woodward avenue, Detroit, which will be ready to open
November 1.
The theater being constructed on Woodward and Phila-
delphia avenues, Detroit, for the King Amusement Co.
will be completed about November 1.
The Frank Farrington Co., Detroit, has the contract for
the Alhambra Theater at Woodward and Kenilworth ave-
nues, in that city-
Minnesota.
John V. Koester, 600 Lumber Exchange building, Min-
neapolis, is preparing plans for a vaudeville and moving
picture theater.
The Lake Amusement Co., Minneapolis, will erect a
$2,000 theater adjoining their New Lake Theater on Lake
street.
A new theater is being erected for Hiller Hoffman on
Rice and Manitoba streets, in St. Paul.
Saxe Bros, opened their new theater on Seventh street,
in Minneapolis, a few days ago. The house cost $150,000,
Missouri.
J. C. Lane is building a new theater in Kansas City
which will cost $36,000.
New Hampshire.
The new theater which Messrs. Gray and McDonough
will build in Portsmouth will be of the finest, and they
expect to have it ready to open about the first of the year.
j . H. Bartlett is having plans prepared for a moving
picture theater to be erected in Portsmouth.
New York.
B. and I. Freeman and J. Fisher, Rochester, are planning
to build an $18,000 motion picture theater.
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F. C. Fisher, Seneca Falls, will erect a theater and office
building, which will cost about $£00,000.
J. P. Brenet, Opera House block, Oil City, Pa., is pre-
paring plans for a theater building, to cost $50,000, which
will be built in Dunkirk.
Kirschner Co., capital stock $10,000, was incorporated
to do
restaurant
business.
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eingarten, ay and M. Kirschner, 183 East Second street,
New York City.
The Arcade Restaurant Co., New York, was incorporated
with a capital stock of $70,000. J. E. Mellon, C A. Spring-
stead and S. Geneen, 2 Rector street, New York City, are
the incorporators.
The General Theater Co., Buffalo, has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $50,000. The directors of the
company are Harry 'Marsey, Emil and Ethel Rubenstein.
Weltes new moving picture theater at Buffalo will soon
be completed.
The Cold Spring Realty Co. has been capitalized at
SJO.000 to do a moving picture and theatrical business.
Ihe directors are George M. Wolfe, Charles Wolfe and
Dorothy Wolfe.
North Carolina.
W. A. Maness and A. W. Lashley will erect a motion
picture theater on Carthage street, Sanford.
Ohio.
The Cleveland Fireproof Construction Co., Cleveland
will erect a $15,000 motion picture theater.
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, c , r a - r d Amusement Co., 309 Superior building,
Cleveland, is planning the erection of a $12,000 moving
picture theater.
C. W. Albright, Bucyrus, is preparing to build a $5,000
motion picture theater.
John W Swain, president of the Pastime Amusement
Co., Columbus, reports that work has begun on the tearing
down of the old theater to make room for the New Hippo-
drome to be built in its place.
The building will cost
$io,000, and will be completed October 25.
Oklahoma.
John Atchison, formerly connected
with the Lyric
1 heater at Tulsa, Okla., has refitted the Kreager building
at bkatook, Okla., for use as a motion picture theater.
Pennsylvania.
E. M. Pickin, Hunsicker building, Allentown, is prepar-
ing plans for a modern moving picture theater for Fred
B Garnerd.
The Charleroi Lumber Co., Charleroi, will erect a two-
story moving picture theater and office building, to cost
$30,000, for the County Fair Co.
The Hoffman Co., Philadelphia, is preparing plans for a
theater building, to be built in Conshohocken, to cost about
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Its choice by one of the first rank con-
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This line is being eagerly sought for.
Who has the agency in your territory?
MUELLER & HAINES
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H. K. Bentley, Monongahela, is planning to erect a one-
story moving picture theater.
Plans are being made by Peter Kuhn for a moving pic-
ture theater, to be built at Front street, Philadelphia, for
Jacob Ridgway.
Lester M. Shestall, Philadelphia, will erect a $10,000
theater in that city for George Katz.
John M. Kennedy, Jr., Philadelphia, will erect a motion
picture theater, to cost about $40,000.
A charter has been recently granted under the laws of
New Jersey to the American Amusement Co., with a capital
stock of $125,000.
Object, amusement enterprise. The
incorporators are August M. Bruggemann, James P. Smith
and Leo Mayer. The company will maintain an office in
Hoboken, N. J.
The new Empire Theater at Connellsville was opened
recently under the management of Messrs. Hurley, Robin-
son and Croughanan.
Texas.
The Home Amusement Co., composed of Forth Worth
and Dallas business men will take charge of the new
$15,000 moving picture theater that is being erected on
North Main street in Fort Worth.
L. G. Collins' new Amusu moving picture theater at
Corpus Christi, was opened recently under the manage-
ment of H. H. Elliott.
Tennessee.
The Crescent Amusement Co., of Nashville, is having
plans prepared by C. K. Colley to remodel the building at
217 Fifth avenue into a motion picture theater.
CHANGE IN MOLINE, ILL., CONCERN.
The firm of Norberg & Steenburg, music deal-
ers of Moline, 111., has been dissolved, S. F. Steen-
burg retiring, and the business will ibe continued
by Thor Norberg as the Norberg Music House.