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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
whether a satisfactory basis had been
reached. The position of the railroad man-
agers is easy to understand, but it may be
determined too much by mere considerations
of "business" for the railroads themselves
and too little by the effect of their opera-
tions upon the business of others and upon
the interests of the public. The economy
of handling and transporting freight on a
large scale, by the carload and trainload
for single customers, over the comparative-
ly retail business of collecting and distrib-
uting small lots for many customers, often
with cars and trains but partly filled, is
sufficiently obvious, but to make a corre-
sponding difference in charges is to increase
the advantage of great concerns with large
capital and a powerful control over many
branches of production. It tends to crush
out the smaller manufacturers and traders
and to build up great centres of industry
and trade at the expense of outlying and
intermediate territory. As a writer in the
New York Times well says: Something
more than the business interests of char-
tered corporations is involved, and it is
not a mere question of the cost of trans-
acting that business in its various details.
It must be regarded with reference to aver-
age results and effects. Each car and train
and each section of the field of operation
cannot be expected to render its due pro-
portion of return for the expense of ser-
vice. There is a large question of private
rights and public policy to be considered.
Those actively concerned in organiza-
tions formed to promote and protect the
interests of the chief customers of rail-
roads, like the Merchants' Association of
this city, are strenuously in favor of reduc-
ing the inequality between the charges
made to shippers on a large scale and those
imposed upon the great mass of producers
and traders who do not deal in carloads and
trainloads at a time; but they say that the
most important thing, after all, is the main-
tenance of stable rates and open and above-
board schedules. Avowed differences in
favor of large customers, with special
rates, rebates, and secret discriminations
in time past, have helped to build up the
great consolidations and combinations
which are now said to tyrannize over the
railroad companies and coerce them into
granting low rates for large lines of busi-
ness. There is little faith now in the uni-
form and steady maintenance of the rates
established under any system of classifica-
tion, because no means has yet been found
for an effective control by the chief officers
and financiers of the companies over the
traffic managers and agents, who are con-
stantly engaged in the strenuous effort to
"get business" for their particular roads.
There seem to be but two ways in which a
reasonable uniformity and stability of rates,
fairly adjusted to the rights and interests
of the public and the railroads, can be per-
manently maintained. One is effective
co-operation in management and the other
effective supervision and control by public
authority. At present we have neither of
these.
ages done to the music beyond ordinary
wear and tear.
The Consul says: " I do not know
whether or not an enterprise of this char-
acter exists in the United States. If not,
it seems to me that it might be generally
and advantageously put into use in our
larger cities. It might even be made a
feature of circulating libraries."
OBITUARY.
\ 1 7 H I L E chatting the other day with a
Frederick C. Marry.
well-known hardware man relative
The death is announced of Frederick C.
to associations he remarked that he became Marry, a prominent architect of this city,
convinced years ago of the beneficial ef- which occurred at his home, 219 W. 135th
fects that might accrue, that acquaintance street, last Sunday evening. Among the
and even friendship might be consistently important buildings erected by him in
and judiciously combined with business, this city is the famous Chickermg Hall,
and that Association work did much to which has ever been noted for the beauty
and correctness of its architectural lines.
bring about these results. He stated that
C. Byron Hunt.
now in the hardware trade organizations
C. Byron Hunt, formerly president of
existed in almost every city, and that there the Bay State Organ Co., died last week in
was a National Hardware Association as Weymouth, Mass., in his sixty-eighth year.
Mr. Hunt was one of the prominent and
well.
wealthy citizens of that town and was
highly respected. He was an original
Krell Closes Contract.
"forty-niner" and leaves a widow and one
[Special to The Review.]
child.
Cincinnati, O., March 6, 1900.
Jarvis S. Peloubet.
The Krell Piano Co. has closed a con-
Word was received Monday night of the
tract to erect an addition to its present fac-
death of Jarvis S. Peloubet, the old-time
tory in Harriet street.. The new addition
organ manufacturer, and formerly of the
v i 1 have a frontage of 185 feet in Carr
firm of Peloubet, Pelton & Co., of Bloom-
street by 50 feet in Richmond street. The
field, N. J. Mr. Peloubet was sixty-six
building will be five stories high, brick,
years old. He died at the home of his
and, when completed, will double the com-
son, Louis S. Peloubet, in Jackson Boule-
pany's working force. The work on the
vard, Chicago, from pleuro-pneumonia.
building will be pushed, as the company
He leaves two sons and one daughter.
is badly in need of room.
Wm. T. Henderson.
William Thomas Henderson, sixty years
Music Library in Geneva.
old, a veteran member of the Stock Ex-
A rather unique enterprise of certain
change, died at his home, No. 59 West
music dealers in Geneva is mentioned by
130th street, this city, Wednesday. He
Consul Ridgely in a recent report to the
was the son of Thomas Henderson, a
Government at Washington.
Scotchman, who came to New York in 1830
The dealers in question keep very large
and was one of the pioneer piano makers
stocks of all sorts of classical and popular
of the country. He leave's a wife, son
music, both instrumental and vocal, to all
and daughter.
of which access may be had by students
and others for a subscription fee of from
A Sundberg Judgment.
50 cents a month up. In other words,
these dealers in this particular operate
Judgment for $9,492 was entered Mon-
their music stores on the plan of a circulat- day against Andrew P. Sundberg and
ing library. Subscribers may take from Henry T. Malcomson, who compost d the
three to twelve pieces of music at a time, firm of Sundberg & Co., manufacturers of
and may change as often as they please. musical instruments at 528 West Forty-
To students who desire to have access to a third street, in favor of Emily B. Malcom-
large and varied repertoire of music and son on four demand notes. A receiver
who cannot afford to buy at will, this ad- was appointed for the firm in August last.
mirable plan comes as a benison, and the
dealers who have inaugurated it in Geneva
Next!
are being well repaid for their enterprise,
The inventive mind of Stanley M. Baltzly
not only by the patronage of the students,
has
produced the "kegollette," whose
but by a large and general clientele. The
music
is, to say the least, different from
subscription fees are as follows:
that of any other known instrument. It
Three pieces of music at a time, one
consists of a long and slender neck, an
month 50 cents, one year $2.40; Five
empty four-gallon keg and four strings.
pieces of music at a time, one month 70
It is played with a bow.—Massillon, O.,
cents, one year $3.00; Eight pieces of mu-
Independent.
sic at a time, one month 90 cents, one
year $4.00; Twelve pieces of music at a
R. E. Hawkins, music dealer of Calvert,
time, one month $1.10, one year $5.00.
Tex., is making preparations to open a
Subscribers are held responsible for dam- music store in Greeneville.