Music Trade Review
Issue: 1896 Vol. 23 N. 14 - Page 3
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VOL
XXIII. No. 14.
Published Every Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street.
New York, Octo
In The West.
STEGER S ANNIVERSARY
MERITED HONORS—J. A. NORRIS CO. ELECT OFFICERS — DEATH OF
MRS.
CAMP D. W. KIMHALL THE HAMILTON ORGAN IN AND OUT OF TOWN.
A
N evidence of the esteem in which the
people of Columbia Heights hold Mr.
J. V. Steger was forthcoming last Saturday
when the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
arrival in this country was most appropri-
ately celebrated by the citizens of that
thriving village where the Steger factory
is located. The entire affair was quietly
engineered and came as a most agreeable
and pleasing surprise to Mr. Steger. Al-
most everybody in town seemed to take
part, and the large hall in which the fes-
tivities were held contained about two
thousand people, many of whom came from
Chicago especially to honor Mr. Steger.
He was serenaded at his house and escorted
to the hall, where an address was read by
Mr. J. F. Keeney, to which Mr. Steger
made a very happy response. He was much
touched by the warmth of the demonstra-
tion in his honor. He was applauded
heartily when, in the course of impromptu
remarks, he said:
"Whatever success I have had in my life
has been the result of hard work. We
can't have the roses without the thorns,
and I assure you I had plenty of the thorns
in my early years. Indeed soon after com-
ing here, and while struggling to obtain a
foot-hold, I was often discouraged and only
prevented from returning to Europe by the
fact that I didn't have money enough to
pay for my passage. That lack of money
proved to be lucky—in fact the only piece
of real luck I ever had."
He then congratulated the employees
upon the spirit of harmony which prevailed
among them and urged them to take
especial pride in their work. After the ad-
dress a very interesting program was par-
ticipated in by the Columbia Heights
Glee Club, and a number of soloists. The
affair was closed with an elaborate supper,
and dancing was indulged in until the "wee
small hours."
John V. Steger has been a hard worker
during his seventeen years' connection with
the trade and his success is certainly de-
served, as the esteem in which he is held is
well merited.
The new J. A. Norris Co. held a meeting
last Saturday at which Edward P. Mason,
of Boston, was present. The following
officers were elected: Edward P. Mason,
president; H. L. Mason, vice-president; J.
A. Norris, secretary; and Henry Basford
and Lockwood Honore, treasurer and
general manager.
Mrs. F. Carpenter Camp, widow of the
late Isaac N. Camp, who has been ill for a
considerable time, died Wednesday of last
week at her residence, 549 West Monroe
street, this city. She was born in Vermont
in 1837 and has been a resident of Chicago
since 1868. Mrs. Camp was prominently
identified with almost every charitable in-
stitution in this city, and was highly
esteemed for her many sterling virtues.
She leaves three children, Edward N. and
William Carpenter Camp and Mrs. Marvin
A. Farr.
A recent visitor to this city was D. W.
Kimball, who bears a striking resemblance
to his distinguished brother W. W. Kim-
ball. Mr. Kimball is one of the original
settlers in Mitchell County, la., and is one
of those prosperous farmers who take little
stock in the Bryan panacea.
An instrument which will be considerably
in evidence after election is the organ
made by the Hamilton Organ Co., of this
city. Their new styles are beauties.
Your very able, impartial and logical
editorial in last week's REVIEW anent Fisher
methods created considerable talk in trade
circles, which I may say was of a very flat-
tering nature.
Louis Dederick, receiver for the Manu-
facturers' Association, left for New York
Saturday last. E. W. Furbush left for the
East on the same day.
General business is picking up and dealers
in general report a more confident feeling.
A. H. Rintleman is now in the employ
of the Conover Piano Co.
In the "Indicator" of this week is pre-
sented the eloquent speech of Geo. B.
Armstrong, delivered in Chicago before
the Commercial McKinley Club, on Oct.
14th. -
ij.oo PER YEAR
-LE COPIES, 10 CENTS
ill Continue.
E
DWARErSroS^, general agent for
the late Frank Erd, Saginaw, Mich.,
states that the concern will continue manu-
facturing pianos and harps, and that they
will also hold themselves responsible for all
instruments previously sold by the house.
"D.
<& TVs" Boston Branch.
C
OL. DAN. TREACY has been in Bos-
ton this week arranging a suitable
location for the new Boston branch of the
Davenport & Treacy Company. It will be
used in connection with their business for
the Eastern trade in the same way in
which the New York establishment is for
the New York and Western trade.
Boothe's New flove.
T
HIS week Wm. F. Boothe has pur-
chased from J. J. Looschen all the
assets of the old firm of Prince & Son,
corner Park avenue and 128th street, New
York. This business will be conducted
entirely separate from Mr. Boothe's other
enterprises. His brother, Edwin N . , i s i n
charge, and the new company will be in-
corporated and known as the Dunham
Piano Co.
It will be remembered that
the factory occupied by Prince & Son was
formerly used by Dunham & Co.
Elevates Dolgeville.
T
HE hammerfelt fulling machine of Al-
fred Dolge & Son, which has been in
construction for more than two years, is at
last completed and has proved an unquali-
fied success, says the "Dolgeville Herald."
Such inventions and a protective tariff are
what have elevated Dolgeville to the high
position it occupies in the industrial and
commercial world.
Death of Mrs. Johnson.
M
RS. GEO. F. JOHNSON, wife of the
vice-president of Haines Bros.,
died last Monday. Mrs. Johnson was the
daughter of the late James D. McMann, an
old-time New Yorker. The funeral oc-
curred from her late residence, 28 West
Sixty-ninth street, on Thursday morning
at 11 A. M. The interment took place at
Woodlawn. The Haine's Bros, factory was
closed on the day of the funeral.
VOL
XXIII. No. 14.
Published Every Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street.
New York, Octo
In The West.
STEGER S ANNIVERSARY
MERITED HONORS—J. A. NORRIS CO. ELECT OFFICERS — DEATH OF
MRS.
CAMP D. W. KIMHALL THE HAMILTON ORGAN IN AND OUT OF TOWN.
A
N evidence of the esteem in which the
people of Columbia Heights hold Mr.
J. V. Steger was forthcoming last Saturday
when the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
arrival in this country was most appropri-
ately celebrated by the citizens of that
thriving village where the Steger factory
is located. The entire affair was quietly
engineered and came as a most agreeable
and pleasing surprise to Mr. Steger. Al-
most everybody in town seemed to take
part, and the large hall in which the fes-
tivities were held contained about two
thousand people, many of whom came from
Chicago especially to honor Mr. Steger.
He was serenaded at his house and escorted
to the hall, where an address was read by
Mr. J. F. Keeney, to which Mr. Steger
made a very happy response. He was much
touched by the warmth of the demonstra-
tion in his honor. He was applauded
heartily when, in the course of impromptu
remarks, he said:
"Whatever success I have had in my life
has been the result of hard work. We
can't have the roses without the thorns,
and I assure you I had plenty of the thorns
in my early years. Indeed soon after com-
ing here, and while struggling to obtain a
foot-hold, I was often discouraged and only
prevented from returning to Europe by the
fact that I didn't have money enough to
pay for my passage. That lack of money
proved to be lucky—in fact the only piece
of real luck I ever had."
He then congratulated the employees
upon the spirit of harmony which prevailed
among them and urged them to take
especial pride in their work. After the ad-
dress a very interesting program was par-
ticipated in by the Columbia Heights
Glee Club, and a number of soloists. The
affair was closed with an elaborate supper,
and dancing was indulged in until the "wee
small hours."
John V. Steger has been a hard worker
during his seventeen years' connection with
the trade and his success is certainly de-
served, as the esteem in which he is held is
well merited.
The new J. A. Norris Co. held a meeting
last Saturday at which Edward P. Mason,
of Boston, was present. The following
officers were elected: Edward P. Mason,
president; H. L. Mason, vice-president; J.
A. Norris, secretary; and Henry Basford
and Lockwood Honore, treasurer and
general manager.
Mrs. F. Carpenter Camp, widow of the
late Isaac N. Camp, who has been ill for a
considerable time, died Wednesday of last
week at her residence, 549 West Monroe
street, this city. She was born in Vermont
in 1837 and has been a resident of Chicago
since 1868. Mrs. Camp was prominently
identified with almost every charitable in-
stitution in this city, and was highly
esteemed for her many sterling virtues.
She leaves three children, Edward N. and
William Carpenter Camp and Mrs. Marvin
A. Farr.
A recent visitor to this city was D. W.
Kimball, who bears a striking resemblance
to his distinguished brother W. W. Kim-
ball. Mr. Kimball is one of the original
settlers in Mitchell County, la., and is one
of those prosperous farmers who take little
stock in the Bryan panacea.
An instrument which will be considerably
in evidence after election is the organ
made by the Hamilton Organ Co., of this
city. Their new styles are beauties.
Your very able, impartial and logical
editorial in last week's REVIEW anent Fisher
methods created considerable talk in trade
circles, which I may say was of a very flat-
tering nature.
Louis Dederick, receiver for the Manu-
facturers' Association, left for New York
Saturday last. E. W. Furbush left for the
East on the same day.
General business is picking up and dealers
in general report a more confident feeling.
A. H. Rintleman is now in the employ
of the Conover Piano Co.
In the "Indicator" of this week is pre-
sented the eloquent speech of Geo. B.
Armstrong, delivered in Chicago before
the Commercial McKinley Club, on Oct.
14th. -
ij.oo PER YEAR
-LE COPIES, 10 CENTS
ill Continue.
E
DWARErSroS^, general agent for
the late Frank Erd, Saginaw, Mich.,
states that the concern will continue manu-
facturing pianos and harps, and that they
will also hold themselves responsible for all
instruments previously sold by the house.
"D.
<& TVs" Boston Branch.
C
OL. DAN. TREACY has been in Bos-
ton this week arranging a suitable
location for the new Boston branch of the
Davenport & Treacy Company. It will be
used in connection with their business for
the Eastern trade in the same way in
which the New York establishment is for
the New York and Western trade.
Boothe's New flove.
T
HIS week Wm. F. Boothe has pur-
chased from J. J. Looschen all the
assets of the old firm of Prince & Son,
corner Park avenue and 128th street, New
York. This business will be conducted
entirely separate from Mr. Boothe's other
enterprises. His brother, Edwin N . , i s i n
charge, and the new company will be in-
corporated and known as the Dunham
Piano Co.
It will be remembered that
the factory occupied by Prince & Son was
formerly used by Dunham & Co.
Elevates Dolgeville.
T
HE hammerfelt fulling machine of Al-
fred Dolge & Son, which has been in
construction for more than two years, is at
last completed and has proved an unquali-
fied success, says the "Dolgeville Herald."
Such inventions and a protective tariff are
what have elevated Dolgeville to the high
position it occupies in the industrial and
commercial world.
Death of Mrs. Johnson.
M
RS. GEO. F. JOHNSON, wife of the
vice-president of Haines Bros.,
died last Monday. Mrs. Johnson was the
daughter of the late James D. McMann, an
old-time New Yorker. The funeral oc-
curred from her late residence, 28 West
Sixty-ninth street, on Thursday morning
at 11 A. M. The interment took place at
Woodlawn. The Haine's Bros, factory was
closed on the day of the funeral.
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