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THE MUSIC TRADE
PLAN GREAT RATE ADVANCE.
Trans-continental Railroad Officials Are Plan-
ning, It Is Said, an Advance in Freight Rates
Between Chicago, New York, Boston and
Other Eastern Points and the Pacific Coast
—New York Shippers Will Be Hit Hard by
Proposed Action If It Materializes.
Rates to intermediate points are to be graded
between these figures. On this basis the first class
rate from Chicago to the Pacific would be approx-
imately $3.50 instead of $3.
The principal railroad systems involved in this
plan are the Harriman lines, the Hill lines and the
Gould lines, although nearly every railroad in the
United States is more or less directly affected.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Nov. 29, 1910.
Trans-continental railroad officials are planning
an advance in freight rates between Chicago, New
York, Boston and other Eastern points and the
Pacific Coast, it is now announced.
This advance contemplates an increase amount-
ing to 25 and 35 per cent.
A plan is contemplated which will increase the
rate between Chicago and the Pacific Coast, but will
also cut down materially advantage over Chicago
which New York and Atlantic seaboard shippers
have enjoyed.
Rates from Chicago and New York to the West-
ern coast heretofore have been the same. Under
the proposed schedule, not yet approved by the In-
terstate Commerce Commission, the rate from Chi-
cago is raised 50 cents a hundred pounds, but New
York has a dollar added to its tariff.
Increase as an Alternative.
REVIEW
FIRE CLEANS OUT PIANO STOCK
Of Ferguson Music Co., in St. Petersburg, Fla.
—Loss Estimated at $5,000.
(Special to The Review.)
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 28, 1910.
The stock of the Ferguson Music Co. on Central
avenue, St. Petersburg, Fla., was seriously dam-
aged by fire. Within a half hour's time, the fire
last week, which was of unknown origin, had cost
the company more than $5,000. The loss to the
building will not exceed $500, but the water and
heat practically ruined six pianos, two piano play-
ers, many tools, sheet music and music rolls.
LUCIEN WULSINJ_BANK PRESIDENT.
Head of the Baldwin Co. Elected Temporary-
President of Central Trust and Deposit Co.
The trans-continental lines seek shelter under the
(Special to The Review.)
amendment to the long and short haul clause of
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 28, 1910.
the interstate commerce law, effective February 17.
Lucien Wulsin, president of the Baldwin Piano
They seek this increase as an alternative. They
Co., succeeds temporarily the late Nat Henchman
say they do not want to be forced to reduce their
Davis as president of the Central Trust and Safe
rates to intermediate points in the West, which, in
Deposit Co. After Mr. Davis' sudden death, sev-
some cases, are higher than the through rate.
eral men were mentioned for the office, but the
Their alarm, the roads say, is justified by the ac- directors decided to offer the place to Mr. Wul-
tion of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the sin, who has been first vice-president for several
Spokane case, where the original rate from Eastern years and influential in shaping the policy of the
points equaled the through rate to coast points, institution. Mr. Wulsin's brother, the late Drausir.
plus the local rate from the coast back to Spokane. Wulsin, was attorney for the Central Trust and
The commission reduced the through rate to Safe Deposit Co. from its formation until his
Spokane first to an equality with that to coast death two weeks ago.
points and later to 10 cents less.
The election of Mr. Wulsin is the action of the
The Advances Proposed.
executive committee of the board of directors,
The railroads will first ask the commission to and, .according to the resolution passed by them,
maintain existing rates. Failing in that they will Mr. Wulsin will serve until a permanent president
try for an increase of through rates to the Pacific is elected.
of 25 or even 33% per cent.
A tentative schedule under consideration ad-
PIANO MAN PROVES HERO.
iv*ances the first class rate from New York to
Horace
Hays Runs Elevator Through Smoke to
Pacific Coast cities from $3 to $4 per 100 pounds,
Rescue Employes in Burning Building.
with corresponding increases on the lower five
numbered and five lettered classes.
At a recent fire in the store of E. G. Hays &
Co., Pittsburg, Pa., in which about $300 worth of
damage was done by smoke and chemicals, Horace
Hays, of the company, grasped the opportunity of
proving himself a hero by jumping into the ele-
vator and running the car to the upper floors for
the purpose of taking down those who worked
in the other part of the building. Though several
trips were necessary to get all the employes out,
Mr. Hays stuck to the lever until the last one
had been brought down to safety.
Good Strings a Vital
Necessity!
INTERESTING LEGAL CASE
In
Do you realize the weakness which
comes to a piano through poor strings?
If all piano manufacturers fully real-
ized this they would insist upon the best.
And, right here, we might say that it is
that quality which has gained the Schaff
strings such a strong position with piano
manufacturers.
Critical men know full well their value
and know that the most rigid tests have
been applied to the Schaff products be-
fore leaving the factory.
JOHN A. SCHAFF
CHICAGO:
141 W. Michigan St.
NEW YORK:
767 East 133d St.
Hoboken, N- J., to Decide Possession of
Piano Bought by Wife for Husband—Latter
Gets Decision—The Judge's Reasons There-
for.
An interesting case which involved the posses-
sion of a piano recently came up in the Hoboken
District Court, Hoboken, N. J. Chas. L. Wood
and his wife, a dressmaker, living in Weehawken,
had separated, and Mrs. Wood claimed the posses-
sion of the piano on the plea that she had given
it to her husband as a present and had paid the
instalments thereon. She stated that though her
husband had paid the collector in person several
times it was with her money. In his answer Wood
claimed that the original payments had been made
with his money, as had the majority of subsequent
instalments. The court decided for the husband
on the ground that irrespective of the fact that the
wife may have bought some of the articles with
the moneys which she saved or earned herself or
with moneys which she believed were her own,
the goods belonged to the husband.
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