Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 30 N. 16 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Napoleon J. Haines.
One of the patriarchs of the piano indus-
try in the United States passed away last
Thursday in the person of Napoleon J.
Haines, founder of the firm of Haines
Bros. Since his retirement from business
Mr. Haines has been making his home
NAPOLEON J. HAINES.
with his daughter, Mrs. Disbrow, at 153d
street and St. Nicholas avenue, and it was
here that his death, resulting from apo-
plexy, occurred.
Mr. Haines was born in 1824, in London,
England. While a mere lad he came to
the United States, in company with his
brother Francis W. In 1839 the two broth-
ers began piano-making in the works of
the New York Piano Manufacturing Co., a
corporation which had been organized a
few years before by some of the best
workmen of Nunns & Clark, and which
subsequently merged into the firm of
A. H. Gale & Co. In 1851 both broth-
ers started in business for themselves
at Third avenue and Fourteenth street,
under the title of Haines & Co. For
more than forty years Napoleon J. Haines
remained in active participation in the
business and was the inventor of sev-
eral improvements in piano making, nota-
. bly an action invented and patented by
him in 1859—an admirable scheme for reg-
ulating self-escapement in a square action.
Mr. Haines became interested in finan-
cial affairs in 1858, when he helped to or-
ganize the Union Dime Savings Bank, of
which he later in life became vice-presi-
dent and president, serving in each capac-
ity seven years. The first book issued by
the bank, was to Mr. Haines' son John, in
May 1859. Fifteen years later, in 1874,
the bank presented to Mr. Haines a book
prepared in handsome style and bearing
the number 100,001.
In 1873, when there was a run on the
bank, Mr. Haines drew a personal check
for $50,000 on the Ninth National Bank
and restored quiet and confidence. He
negotiated many tran-
sactions which result-
ed in immense profits
for the bank. He took
pride in the fact that,
in 1861, at the begin-
ning of the Civil war,
as president of the
Union Dime Savings
Bank, he was the first
to offer a loan of
money to the govern-
ment. He was instru-
mental in calling a
meeting at the Fifth
A v e n u e Hotel, in
1872, to devise means
of relieving the money
market, and as a re-
sult of his suggestion
the government is-
sued bonds, releasing a
large amount of bills
and currency held in
the Treasury.
With several other
financiers, Mr. Haines
started t h e F i f t h
N a t i o n a 1 Bank[in
1864, and in less than
half an hour the en-
tire stock of $150,000
had been subscribed
for. Mr. Haines re-
mained a director of
the bank until 1896.
After such a brilliant and prosperous
career, the failure of the Haines house
some years ago was a blow from which
Mr. Haines never recovered. He dropped
absolutely out of trade and public life,
and during the last couple of years had
been in failing health.
He is survived by three sons, Wm. P.,
John and Albert M., and three daughters,
one of whom is the wife of Thomas Floyd-
Jones.
The funeral, which occurs to-day, will
be private.
PARIS EXPOSITION NOTES.
Those who are familiar with Exposition
work state that the Paris Exposition will
not be in full working order until June 15,
although it will probably be sufficiently ad-
vanced one month from the opening, name-
ly, May 14, to satisfy visitors.
The price of admission to the Exposition
has been reduced to six cents of American
money. The explanation is that the Gov-
ernment issued three years ago exposition
bonds carrying a total of 65,000,000 tickets.
It is now estimated that the attendance
will fall far below that figure; hence many
millions of tickets will not be used. The
authorities will meet the situation by charg-
ing two, three, five or more tickets for ad-
mission on certain days and at certain
hours. The charge has already been
doubled for admission in the early morn-
ing and after 6 o'clock in the evening.
The American Section will, so far as pos-
sible, be closed on Sunday. Considerable
effort was required to obtain this conces-
sion. A by-law compels the opening of all
the exhibits on the seven days of the week,
and even gives the French authorities pow-
er to remove the coverings over the exhib-
its. The same rule applies to machinery.
The Director-General of the Exposition
has, however, given special permission to
close the American Pavilion on Sunday.
It is impossible to understand the official
figures of the attendance. It is announced
that each day since Sunday the crowd has
been larger than the 118,000 persons who
were certified to have attended on that
day, but it is obvious to any observer that
the number of people in the grounds has
been much below half Sunday's attend-
ance.
The appearance of the grounds is now
much more unsettled than on the opening
day. Many scaffoldings have been re-
placed, paths and avenues have again been
torn up, and general chaos reigns as the
work of construction is resumed. No sim-
ilar exposition ever opened in such a state
of utter unpreparedness. The construc-
tion of some of the minor buildings has
only just commenced. Many of the prin-
cipal structures are still incomplete, and
as for the installation of the exhibits it is
impossible to expect anything approaching
readiness before June.
Varnish Manufacturers Consoli-
A more careful tour of the grounds and
date.
buildings, however, gives an overwhelm-
The Palmer-Price Co. and the Bolen-
Bond Varnish Co., of Newark, N. J., have
consolidated under the title of the Palmer,
Price, Bolen Co., and, with several im-
portant additions to the factory buildings
occupied by the Palmer-Price Co., it is
hoped to handle both concerns' largely in-
creased business.
Bound West.
Among the visitors to The Review
sanctum this week was Major C. F.
Howes, who left on Thursday for a West-
ern trip in the interests of the McPhail Co.
He will be away probably two months.
ing impression of the gigantic nature of
what the completed show will be. None
can fail to admit that all previous interna-
tional expositions, that of Chicago in-
cluded, will be entirely surpassed. In al-
most all respects it will be such a consum-
mation of human handiwork as the world
has never seen.
It is interesting to note that the Russian
Pavilion is the only building that is com-
plete in the whole exhibition. It is, there-
fore, thronged, and the Muscovites are
doing their best to cover the deficiencies
of their French allies by supplying music
by a magnificent band daily.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Napoleon J. Haines.
One of the patriarchs of the piano indus-
try in the United States passed away last
Thursday in the person of Napoleon J.
Haines, founder of the firm of Haines
Bros. Since his retirement from business
Mr. Haines has been making his home
NAPOLEON J. HAINES.
with his daughter, Mrs. Disbrow, at 153d
street and St. Nicholas avenue, and it was
here that his death, resulting from apo-
plexy, occurred.
Mr. Haines was born in 1824, in London,
England. While a mere lad he came to
the United States, in company with his
brother Francis W. In 1839 the two broth-
ers began piano-making in the works of
the New York Piano Manufacturing Co., a
corporation which had been organized a
few years before by some of the best
workmen of Nunns & Clark, and which
subsequently merged into the firm of
A. H. Gale & Co. In 1851 both broth-
ers started in business for themselves
at Third avenue and Fourteenth street,
under the title of Haines & Co. For
more than forty years Napoleon J. Haines
remained in active participation in the
business and was the inventor of sev-
eral improvements in piano making, nota-
. bly an action invented and patented by
him in 1859—an admirable scheme for reg-
ulating self-escapement in a square action.
Mr. Haines became interested in finan-
cial affairs in 1858, when he helped to or-
ganize the Union Dime Savings Bank, of
which he later in life became vice-presi-
dent and president, serving in each capac-
ity seven years. The first book issued by
the bank, was to Mr. Haines' son John, in
May 1859. Fifteen years later, in 1874,
the bank presented to Mr. Haines a book
prepared in handsome style and bearing
the number 100,001.
In 1873, when there was a run on the
bank, Mr. Haines drew a personal check
for $50,000 on the Ninth National Bank
and restored quiet and confidence. He
negotiated many tran-
sactions which result-
ed in immense profits
for the bank. He took
pride in the fact that,
in 1861, at the begin-
ning of the Civil war,
as president of the
Union Dime Savings
Bank, he was the first
to offer a loan of
money to the govern-
ment. He was instru-
mental in calling a
meeting at the Fifth
A v e n u e Hotel, in
1872, to devise means
of relieving the money
market, and as a re-
sult of his suggestion
the government is-
sued bonds, releasing a
large amount of bills
and currency held in
the Treasury.
With several other
financiers, Mr. Haines
started t h e F i f t h
N a t i o n a 1 Bank[in
1864, and in less than
half an hour the en-
tire stock of $150,000
had been subscribed
for. Mr. Haines re-
mained a director of
the bank until 1896.
After such a brilliant and prosperous
career, the failure of the Haines house
some years ago was a blow from which
Mr. Haines never recovered. He dropped
absolutely out of trade and public life,
and during the last couple of years had
been in failing health.
He is survived by three sons, Wm. P.,
John and Albert M., and three daughters,
one of whom is the wife of Thomas Floyd-
Jones.
The funeral, which occurs to-day, will
be private.
PARIS EXPOSITION NOTES.
Those who are familiar with Exposition
work state that the Paris Exposition will
not be in full working order until June 15,
although it will probably be sufficiently ad-
vanced one month from the opening, name-
ly, May 14, to satisfy visitors.
The price of admission to the Exposition
has been reduced to six cents of American
money. The explanation is that the Gov-
ernment issued three years ago exposition
bonds carrying a total of 65,000,000 tickets.
It is now estimated that the attendance
will fall far below that figure; hence many
millions of tickets will not be used. The
authorities will meet the situation by charg-
ing two, three, five or more tickets for ad-
mission on certain days and at certain
hours. The charge has already been
doubled for admission in the early morn-
ing and after 6 o'clock in the evening.
The American Section will, so far as pos-
sible, be closed on Sunday. Considerable
effort was required to obtain this conces-
sion. A by-law compels the opening of all
the exhibits on the seven days of the week,
and even gives the French authorities pow-
er to remove the coverings over the exhib-
its. The same rule applies to machinery.
The Director-General of the Exposition
has, however, given special permission to
close the American Pavilion on Sunday.
It is impossible to understand the official
figures of the attendance. It is announced
that each day since Sunday the crowd has
been larger than the 118,000 persons who
were certified to have attended on that
day, but it is obvious to any observer that
the number of people in the grounds has
been much below half Sunday's attend-
ance.
The appearance of the grounds is now
much more unsettled than on the opening
day. Many scaffoldings have been re-
placed, paths and avenues have again been
torn up, and general chaos reigns as the
work of construction is resumed. No sim-
ilar exposition ever opened in such a state
of utter unpreparedness. The construc-
tion of some of the minor buildings has
only just commenced. Many of the prin-
cipal structures are still incomplete, and
as for the installation of the exhibits it is
impossible to expect anything approaching
readiness before June.
Varnish Manufacturers Consoli-
A more careful tour of the grounds and
date.
buildings, however, gives an overwhelm-
The Palmer-Price Co. and the Bolen-
Bond Varnish Co., of Newark, N. J., have
consolidated under the title of the Palmer,
Price, Bolen Co., and, with several im-
portant additions to the factory buildings
occupied by the Palmer-Price Co., it is
hoped to handle both concerns' largely in-
creased business.
Bound West.
Among the visitors to The Review
sanctum this week was Major C. F.
Howes, who left on Thursday for a West-
ern trip in the interests of the McPhail Co.
He will be away probably two months.
ing impression of the gigantic nature of
what the completed show will be. None
can fail to admit that all previous interna-
tional expositions, that of Chicago in-
cluded, will be entirely surpassed. In al-
most all respects it will be such a consum-
mation of human handiwork as the world
has never seen.
It is interesting to note that the Russian
Pavilion is the only building that is com-
plete in the whole exhibition. It is, there-
fore, thronged, and the Muscovites are
doing their best to cover the deficiencies
of their French allies by supplying music
by a magnificent band daily.
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