Music Trade Review
Issue: 1889 Vol. 12 N. 22 - Page 1
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VOL. XII. No. 22.
$3.00 PEB YEAR.
8INGLE COPIES, 15 CENTS.
NEW YORK, JUNE 20 TO JULY 5, 1889.
entertain any risks owing to the dangerously light and
inflammable character of the buildings.
PUBLISHED • TWICE * EACH + MONTH.
J E F F . DAVIS B I L L .
1879.
EDWARD LYMAN B I L L .
HERLICH & CO'S CREDITORS.
BILL & BILL,
RESULT OF THEIR FIRST MEETING.
MEETING of the creditors of Herlich & Co.,
whose piano factory at Paterson, N. J., was re-
cently destroyed by fire, was held on Monday last
AH Checks, Drafts, money Orders, Postal
at the offices of Mr. H. S. Crane, felt manufacturer.
Motes and Mall matter should be
No. 13 University Place, N. Y. city. Among the firms
made to
represented were those of Alfred Dolge, Henry Haas
& Son, Brown & Paterson, Lange & Son, F. W, Young,
BILL & BILL,
Strauch Brothers, A. W. Neumann, Pratt, Read & Co.,
EDITOBS & PROPRIETORS.
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., Hepburn & Co , Daven-
port & Treacy, etc. Messrs. Swick & Weser, who were
present at the meeting, were represented by Mr. Eugene
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORE.
Stevens, of Paterson, N. J.
SUBBCBIPTIOS (including postage) United States and Canada,
Mr. Strauch was voted to the chair. Mr. Stevens
$3.00 per year, In advance; Foreign Countries. $4.00
made a statement of the position of the debtors, accord-
ing to which it appeared that the assets remaining after
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per insertion;
payment of preferred debts would amount to $3,500,
nnless inserted upon rates made by special con! ract.
while the liabilities were about $9,000.
Mr. Swick asked for an extension of time, stating that
Entered at the New York Pott Office at Second Clatt Matter.
his firm could pay one hundred cents per dollar if al-
lowed to do so in three yearly instalments. Provided
their creditors would agree to such an arrangement,
several business men of Paterson had undertaken to run
the concern afresh as a stock company, Mr. Weser and
himself to be employed upon salaries.
Mr. Strauch, while compassionating Messrs. Swick
and Weser on the misfortune that had overtaken them,
spoke very strongly upon their neglect to make proper
endeavors to effect insurances. As long as a man asked
HERLICH & CO'S PIANO FACTORY DES-
credit of others he ought to take every possible means
TROYED BY FIRE.
of protecting his creditors. If the debtors had supplied
the factory with automatic sprinklers they would prob-
SEVERE LOSS.
ably have been able to secure fire policies.
T midnight of Thursday, the 6th inst., the piano
After some discussion the offer of payment in full, by
factory of Herlich & Co., Paterson, N. J., was three annual instalments, was agreed to, subject to the
burned to ashes. The fire was discovered in the report of a committee, consisting of Messrs. Crane
northern end of the third story, and spread with such Steinberg and Treacy, whom the meeting appointed to
fearful rapidily through the lightly constructed edifice proceed to Paterson, N. J., for the purpose of investi-
that the efforts of the fire department were almost ab- gating the books and general position of the debtors.
solutely fruitless. Ii is true that fire-quenching appli-
The meeting adjourned until Friday the 21st inst., at
ances were at hand in the shape of hand grenades, casks 2 p.m., when said committee will make their report at
of water, buckets, etc., but as the fire happened to be at the office of Strauch Btothers.
its worst in a part of the building devoted to finishing
Among other amounts owing are, to Lange & Son,
and polishing, it had abundance of inflammable material $500; Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., $500; A. W. Neu-
to feed on. Several explosions occurred in the varnish- mann, $249; Alfred Dolge, $87.50; Brown & Paterson,
ing department, caused by the bursting of cans of var- $35.65; Davenport & Treacy, $1,000, etc.
nish. In a very brief space of time a large quantity of
piano cases and actions in the second story were con-
sumed, though twelve completed pianos were saved by
GAZETTE.
the herculean effort of kind-hearted neighbors. Several
other instruments were afterwards rescued through
LUSK, SERVIUS & CASTLE (varnish manufacturers),
windows. The firemen worked splendidly, but were Quincy, 111., burnt out.
greatly handicapped by scarcity of water. Several of
O T I S & O T I S , Tabor, Ind., dissolved.
them were scorched»
HERLICH & Co., Paterson, N. J. The factory of this
CLOUGH & WARREN ORGANS IN ASIA
The loss on the building and contents is estimated by
Mr. John J. Swick at between $25,000 and $35,000. Mr. firm was destroyed by fire; partly insured.
MINOR.
Swick and his brother Henry slept in a furnished room
KELLER BROS., Paterson, N. J., burnt out.
[Extract from letter from Rev. Geo.A.Ford, Missionary.'] in the factory, from which they only succeeded in sav-
J
A R E D J. LOOSCHEN, Paterson, N. J., burnt o u t
ing a couple of domestic pets. A house near by, occu-
pied by their parents, was also burned down, the furni-
ZAHLEH, SYRIA, January, gth, i88g.
A. ESCHENBACH, Williamspor^tJfr*, ,conf;essie,(i rjudg-
'• The Clough & Warren organs are scattered over ture being saved by volunteers.
ment, $1,500.
_ (|[ ,_ ( . I . I I I ! . I I M | I ; i i I . ',,, ,,.„„.,.,
Ex-Senator John Y. Dater, of Bergen County, N. J.,
the land, doing their Gospel work. The English Mis-
GEORGE C.
sionary ladies have each one at Zahleh, Baalbek, Buk- holds a mortgage for $6,400 on the property, in respect not insured.
feiya, and Beirut. I now have two in Zahleh, one be- of which he effected insurances to the value of $5,500.
ing at Hoskins', one at Haybeya, one at Ibl, one at Otherwise no insurance was effected upon the destroyed 1 , ' l i M I ; I I . . i ! ) L / f , I I V ••! J y i n 1 ' „ , . ' • ' " ' " ' • * ! ; ' • • • • " „
MRS. ALFRED DOLGE, with two of her sons, has sailed
Baaklin, one at Belat, and one at Deir Mimas. They factory, some companies asking higher premiums than
the concern could afford to pay, and others refusing to
are helping many Syrian voices to sing Hosannas."
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Music Trade
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VOL. XII. No. 22.
$3.00 PEB YEAR.
8INGLE COPIES, 15 CENTS.
NEW YORK, JUNE 20 TO JULY 5, 1889.
entertain any risks owing to the dangerously light and
inflammable character of the buildings.
PUBLISHED • TWICE * EACH + MONTH.
J E F F . DAVIS B I L L .
1879.
EDWARD LYMAN B I L L .
HERLICH & CO'S CREDITORS.
BILL & BILL,
RESULT OF THEIR FIRST MEETING.
MEETING of the creditors of Herlich & Co.,
whose piano factory at Paterson, N. J., was re-
cently destroyed by fire, was held on Monday last
AH Checks, Drafts, money Orders, Postal
at the offices of Mr. H. S. Crane, felt manufacturer.
Motes and Mall matter should be
No. 13 University Place, N. Y. city. Among the firms
made to
represented were those of Alfred Dolge, Henry Haas
& Son, Brown & Paterson, Lange & Son, F. W, Young,
BILL & BILL,
Strauch Brothers, A. W. Neumann, Pratt, Read & Co.,
EDITOBS & PROPRIETORS.
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., Hepburn & Co , Daven-
port & Treacy, etc. Messrs. Swick & Weser, who were
present at the meeting, were represented by Mr. Eugene
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORE.
Stevens, of Paterson, N. J.
SUBBCBIPTIOS (including postage) United States and Canada,
Mr. Strauch was voted to the chair. Mr. Stevens
$3.00 per year, In advance; Foreign Countries. $4.00
made a statement of the position of the debtors, accord-
ing to which it appeared that the assets remaining after
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per insertion;
payment of preferred debts would amount to $3,500,
nnless inserted upon rates made by special con! ract.
while the liabilities were about $9,000.
Mr. Swick asked for an extension of time, stating that
Entered at the New York Pott Office at Second Clatt Matter.
his firm could pay one hundred cents per dollar if al-
lowed to do so in three yearly instalments. Provided
their creditors would agree to such an arrangement,
several business men of Paterson had undertaken to run
the concern afresh as a stock company, Mr. Weser and
himself to be employed upon salaries.
Mr. Strauch, while compassionating Messrs. Swick
and Weser on the misfortune that had overtaken them,
spoke very strongly upon their neglect to make proper
endeavors to effect insurances. As long as a man asked
HERLICH & CO'S PIANO FACTORY DES-
credit of others he ought to take every possible means
TROYED BY FIRE.
of protecting his creditors. If the debtors had supplied
the factory with automatic sprinklers they would prob-
SEVERE LOSS.
ably have been able to secure fire policies.
T midnight of Thursday, the 6th inst., the piano
After some discussion the offer of payment in full, by
factory of Herlich & Co., Paterson, N. J., was three annual instalments, was agreed to, subject to the
burned to ashes. The fire was discovered in the report of a committee, consisting of Messrs. Crane
northern end of the third story, and spread with such Steinberg and Treacy, whom the meeting appointed to
fearful rapidily through the lightly constructed edifice proceed to Paterson, N. J., for the purpose of investi-
that the efforts of the fire department were almost ab- gating the books and general position of the debtors.
solutely fruitless. Ii is true that fire-quenching appli-
The meeting adjourned until Friday the 21st inst., at
ances were at hand in the shape of hand grenades, casks 2 p.m., when said committee will make their report at
of water, buckets, etc., but as the fire happened to be at the office of Strauch Btothers.
its worst in a part of the building devoted to finishing
Among other amounts owing are, to Lange & Son,
and polishing, it had abundance of inflammable material $500; Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., $500; A. W. Neu-
to feed on. Several explosions occurred in the varnish- mann, $249; Alfred Dolge, $87.50; Brown & Paterson,
ing department, caused by the bursting of cans of var- $35.65; Davenport & Treacy, $1,000, etc.
nish. In a very brief space of time a large quantity of
piano cases and actions in the second story were con-
sumed, though twelve completed pianos were saved by
GAZETTE.
the herculean effort of kind-hearted neighbors. Several
other instruments were afterwards rescued through
LUSK, SERVIUS & CASTLE (varnish manufacturers),
windows. The firemen worked splendidly, but were Quincy, 111., burnt out.
greatly handicapped by scarcity of water. Several of
O T I S & O T I S , Tabor, Ind., dissolved.
them were scorched»
HERLICH & Co., Paterson, N. J. The factory of this
CLOUGH & WARREN ORGANS IN ASIA
The loss on the building and contents is estimated by
Mr. John J. Swick at between $25,000 and $35,000. Mr. firm was destroyed by fire; partly insured.
MINOR.
Swick and his brother Henry slept in a furnished room
KELLER BROS., Paterson, N. J., burnt out.
[Extract from letter from Rev. Geo.A.Ford, Missionary.'] in the factory, from which they only succeeded in sav-
J
A R E D J. LOOSCHEN, Paterson, N. J., burnt o u t
ing a couple of domestic pets. A house near by, occu-
pied by their parents, was also burned down, the furni-
ZAHLEH, SYRIA, January, gth, i88g.
A. ESCHENBACH, Williamspor^tJfr*, ,conf;essie,(i rjudg-
'• The Clough & Warren organs are scattered over ture being saved by volunteers.
ment, $1,500.
_ (|[ ,_ ( . I . I I I ! . I I M | I ; i i I . ',,, ,,.„„.,.,
Ex-Senator John Y. Dater, of Bergen County, N. J.,
the land, doing their Gospel work. The English Mis-
GEORGE C.
sionary ladies have each one at Zahleh, Baalbek, Buk- holds a mortgage for $6,400 on the property, in respect not insured.
feiya, and Beirut. I now have two in Zahleh, one be- of which he effected insurances to the value of $5,500.
ing at Hoskins', one at Haybeya, one at Ibl, one at Otherwise no insurance was effected upon the destroyed 1 , ' l i M I ; I I . . i ! ) L / f , I I V ••! J y i n 1 ' „ , . ' • ' " ' " ' • * ! ; ' • • • • " „
MRS. ALFRED DOLGE, with two of her sons, has sailed
Baaklin, one at Belat, and one at Deir Mimas. They factory, some companies asking higher premiums than
the concern could afford to pay, and others refusing to
are helping many Syrian voices to sing Hosannas."
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