THE PTTTSBUBG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 18Pa CHOICK rKOrERTiE-i PENN AVENUE PROPERTY. We offer on the best part of Penn avenue, near Xinth btrect, a good dwelling house and lot for less than $1,500 PER FOOT FRONT. This is tlio cheapest and most desirable property in the l'enn avenue district. Pre e'ltiental pajs neaily 5 per cent-en puce aSKcd. TAKTICULAKS FKOM LARKIN & KENNEDY, 132 FIFTH AVEXUE. nihlS23 FOR RENT. 3 Clie B-Stor? Mouses, MERCANTILE BLOCK, On Sew Grant St., ne-ir Union station, Sev enth nve. and Liberty sL, And adjoining the new Bindley Hardware Company and c D. and 1. Telephone Ex change buildinsrs, each floor 23xOo,vitli pri i ate oface, vault, delator; steam heat fur nished. BLACK & BAIRD, nih2-29 05 FOURTH AVE. DON'T READ Or you 'will know that only a few such AKE IX THE REAL ESTATE MARKET TO-DAY A3 ARE SOW OFFERED BY KELLY & ROGERS, i 6226 PENN AVE., E. E. Beautiful level lots within Ave minutes' walk of cither Penn or Xejrley ave, which are selling rapidly at from J375 to $500. with only a few left. mhl-80-TThsu S25sOOO. CITY INVESTMENT. PAYS 7 PER CENT NET. Comer lot, SlxSl, f i onting on three streets, with Ave trick and four frame dwellings. Total rents $3,136 City and county taxes for 1SU2 280 SAMUEL W. BLACK & CO., mh20 123 09 TourtU avenue. $15,000, EAST END, On the ne:t asphalt paved and sewered rc&idenco streets in the East End. Substan tial larRe9-ioom dwelling, (parlor, library, dining room and kitchen on first floor), wide hall, bath, etc. Also very largo nnishea at tic, suitable for S or rooms. Lot 105x225 feet. Only three minutes' walk from rapid transit lines. Terms, $0,000 or ?t,O0O cash, balance long time. M. F. HIPPLE & CO., 85 FOURTH AVENUE. TOh20-17S-TT8a RURAL AVENUE. 4,800. A new frame house of seven rooms, bath, hot and cold water, msido w. c, papered, both eases, clectn iijht, cemented, and, in fact, a complete house. ASPHALT PAVED STREET. THIS IS A BAEGAIN. J. H. COLEMAN & CO., 6212 PENS AVENUE, E. E. mh2Q-TTSu 500 FEET. EAST END. $23 PER FOOT, On 50-foot street, one square from electric cci ulinost leel; very well located; prop ers 111 tamo neuhboihood totalling at $45 to $90 per loot. Veiy easy terms. M. F. HIPPLE & CO., mh!0-178 tuisu 80 Fourth avenue. $68 50 PER FOOT. PAVED AND SEWERED STREET. Flagstone sidewalks. 00-foot street Fine level lot. All improvements and taxes for 1S92 paid. M. F. HIPPLE & CO.. cih20 177-ttsu 86 Fourth av. FOR SALE CHEAP, A HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR, In good condition, with a hardwood car suitable for passengers and freight. Apply to SOLOMON BTJBEH, mh20JI7 421-123 6mithfleld street. SALESLADIES. TEN MILLINERY SALESLfiDIES. FIFTEEN CLOAK SALESLADIES. Tl GLQYE SALESLADIES. Applicants must be experienced and furnish first-class refer ences. mfa20-S13 CANUttis ia cured. ITe send for testlnoB. liu. G-H-KcVlchMl, MJ.. BXUnn st. Snffilo. S. T. mblS-71-TXsMwk WANTED HIGHEST MIES KESORT HOTELS HOTEL KATES AND CIRCULARS Slay Its Obtained at THE DISPATCH'S Business Office, Smlthfield and Diamond. mhlO Atlantic City. HOTEL HOFFMAN, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Near beach. Heated throughout wit steam. Homelike. J. W, CALLAVVAT, JaSl-127-Trssu ' . THE IRVINGTON, On the beach. Improved by tho addition of muslo and billiard halls. Elevator. Sun pallors. Filtered ater. Service first-class. UibU CHAMBERS & HOOPES.. HOTEL, WEOTSHIRH), Virginia avenue, near ocean. A new winter house. Large bav-window rooms, giving Ann view of the ocean. Heated by steam and open grate. Open all the year. fe-23-DSU D. W. CHANDLER. HOTEL WELLINGTON. Ocean End of Kentucky avenue. Atlantic Cltv, N. J. M, A. A H. S. MILNOR. Circulars at Dispatch office. fe27-95 THE WAVERLY, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Opons Feb. 1. Under new management. Comfortable steam heat, sun parlors and excellent table JaSl-12S , Ash-Tille. ASHEVILLE. N. 6. HOTEL HELM ONI, (Sulphur fprlncs). Truly first class. Superb location. New briok building. Electee Streetcars. Mod erate rates. mh6-3 sn OIL WELL SUPPLIES. T. FLETCHER GRUBBS, WITH THE OIL WELL SUPPLY CO., SOS. SI AND 91 WATER STREET. PITTSBURG, PA. Estimates furnished on tho celebrated Mogul & Innls oil well engines. O. W. S. Co.'s Bed Dome steel boilers. O. W. Ss. Cc's tapered Joint casingand tub ing. O. W. S. Co.'s drilling and fishing tools. The Philadelphia & New York Cordage, and everything necessary in an oil well out fit. The patronage of new cotnpanios being lormed earnestly solicited. Drop a postal card and I will call on you. Telephone 1371. sc20-lb9-ssu OIL WELL SuTPLY.U0., 91 and 92 Water Street, HTTSBU&a, PA. PROPOSALS. Orxice OT COSTKOLLBB OP ALLEOHIST COUSTl, FrrrsBUEO, Pa., March 19. J89i Notice to Cabinetmakers and Carpenters. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until IB o'clock K. FRIDAY, Maroh 2a, 1S92, addre-sed to the County Commissioneis, for making and delivering 500 ballot boxes, made to conform to the Baker ballot law, one hundred boxes (100) to be delivered on or berore the 15th day of April, 1893, and the balance to be delivered on or before the 1st dav of October, 1S92. Specifications can be seen at the county Commissioners' office. All bids must he accompanied by bond in amount of bid. The Commissioners reserve the rieht to re ject any or all bids. JAMES A. GP.IER, nihl9103 County Controller. 8 Per Cent City Mortgages. We can take care of a few more good ac counts and net you 8 percent on cltymort. gases and city and county warrants -with perfect Bafet3 Our business is limited and conservative, and we take only sncli as we can personally attend to. For particulars address THOMAS 4 COMPANY, fe5-93-sn Tacoma, Wash. Tab Electrical Construction & Maintenance Co. Electrical Engineers and Contractors. General Electrical Supplies always on hand. INCANDESCENT LAMPS, ALL VOLT AGES, AT LOWEST PRICES. Electric Light and Bell Wiring. 1SS FIFTH AVENUE, delJ-sn Tel. 177. Pittsburg, Pa. TAILORING. Correot Winter Suitings and Orerooatlng3 H. & C. P. AHLERS, Merchant Tailors, S0 Smithfield sw no23-S4-TTS3 "17UROPE--A seleot party sails April 16 for J2i Holy Land. $"5; best ticketlne facilities; choicest ocean berths by all lines at lowest rates: send for "Tourist Gazette." H. GAZE & SONS. 940 Broadway, X. Y- (Est. 1814.) Agt., J. J. MoCOBMICE, 101 and 639 Smith field St. mh20-15-wsn GOLD SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES. We have just received a consignment of 360 pair of Solid Gold. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses, which we will offer at $3 each; the regular prices for same are $5 and $6. The lenses are the best Russian pebble, and we will ex amine the eyes and fit the glasses free of charge. SIMIIT'S, COR. LIBERTY AND SMITHFIELD, AND 311 SMITHFIELD ST, ff mmuiift wmmQdMi' jyourmotto LOW PRICES sixth supdJiiTvE SAVE MONEY We are the largest Cloak and Suit Specialty Manufacturing' Retailers in the United States. The .Parisian is now supplying tho best trade in New York, Chicago, St Louis and Pittsburg. ' - 7 WE ARE THE LEADERS, v enrPIAI 500 all-wool skeleton bell CO IE Or LwlAL""SKIRTS. With Suspend&r, for 4Q, Q,- inn ClflDTC SAME STYLE, WITH CIO 1C lUU OlMrilO, BLAZER JACKET, FORJ)U,0 Complete All-Wool Tailor-made Suits, price from S9-50 TO S35-OCX New Spring Novelties m Jackets received daily. , Ladies, you cannot afford to buy a new spring, garment unless you first : VISIT THE PARISIAN J NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. II PERFECT COMPLEXION. . Mme. Kucpert's World-Benowned Face Bleach positively removes all blemishes of the skin by natural methods, pimples, freckles, blackheads, eczema, etc. Face Bleach is a thorough skin tonic, cleanses the pores of their poisonous fillings, leaving the skin clear and smooth. It is absolutely harmless. If it were not, it onld prominent physicians recommend it in cases of skin disease? It does not drive the Impurities in, but draws them nut, which is the only safe and sure way. Piioe, tl per bottle; three bottles, usually sufficient to dear the skin, $.1. Call or send 6c postage for book "How to be Beautlral,' Room 203, Hamilton Building, 83 FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA. mhlO AN INTERESTING SUBJECT. Our goods and onr low prices are an in teresting subject. This week the following will be of interest to you: WRAPPERS At less than cost of material They are fresh, well made goods At 73c, Worth $1.25. Dark Print "Wrapperi, tight back, with pockets, AT 92, CENTS. Fine Indigo Blue 'Wrappew, newest styles, yoke fronts, Watteau back, worth 5150, . AT 98 CEJNTa Best quality Indigo Bine and Simpson's Mourning Prints,Mother Hubbard front, "Watteau back or watteau front and back., extra vide in the skirt, worth 1 76, AT $1.48. " The choice of 3 extra good styles French Percale or Zephyr CJoth TEA GOWNS, square or round yokes, pleated or plain back or ruffled yokes hack and front, with belts or pockets. VALUE, $3. Spring Jackets. "We show the most complete line of new Eeeiers, Blazers, Capes nd Ulsters in black tan, nary and gray. Nice stylish 'Jackets t 15, f3 fl, U, $5, 56 75, ?7 60 up to J1& "-- Fine rich Gapes Irom 55 to 515. Cape Newmarkets, latest designs, from 56 75, 57 50, 59, 510 to 515, Also, a grand line of Mackintoshes from 54 50 to 515. Our prices will be found lower than, els, where. GOME AHD SEE FOB YOURSELF. 510 to 518 Market St. mh!0-10i SOLE AGENT FOR CHEMICAL DIAMONDS, . mhlS xnnSO yjjjtmQSKBBE MS5 VI0- II WJffilllillllsl 'IllWlVi 0 A GREAT PROPOSAL Made o Good Faith by the P. C, C. O., Clothiers, and Bound to Be Carried Ont to the Letter 1,300 Men's Strictly All Wool Suits, Medium Weights and New Patterns, at ST 50. For to-morrow we make a great proposal, that completely knocks the wind out of all competition. We will sell 1,200 men's strictly all-wool suits sack, cutaway and square cut styles in solid colors, interwoven plaids, neat checks; silk mixed designs, the new shades of iron and steel- gray, plain black cheviots and diagonals, tho new browns and wide wales, at 17 60 a spit: each and every one worth and sold in all clothing houses for ttt to $16. It's a princely offer. Notice A bonus of $300 to anyone proving that these advertised goods, are noj strictly all-wool. $7 CO for your choice. P, 0. C. C., Clothiers, Cor. Grant and Diamond streets. gSo Curtain Poles at IS 1-Sc, Brass-mounted, complete with all trim mings. This is certainly cheap, but our low prices in lacs curtains will be a revelation to you. J, H. KinjKEL & Bro., 1317-1349 Penn avenue, Two squares east of Union denot. Watch for Them. Special advertisements of houses, rooms and business stands for rent in Monday's Dispatch. . Allqulppa will have a big shovel works. Blrthstone Souvenir Spoons, For all the months, price S3 00. K. Sijcdle Ss Sonsv64 Fifth av. Kent Lists To-Morrow. Special advertisements will appear in 'Monday's Dispatch of houses, rooms, offices and business stands to let. Bead them. Bosenbatth & Co. are sole agents for the celebrated P. & P. kid gloves. : g, STOPS v : Jl the ache: ' e5Ji AS NOTHINa BLSB ' fm WILl. NO REMEDY ' 1 LT KNOWK rSNETKATES " ' I fty THtt T1SSUE UKIi 20 WOOD'S PENETRATING ft t In advance of or- B qCTCD dinary porous plaj- rUtOlttt ters. that Is why it ' ' succeeds why Wood's Piaster 'b ' ' worth taking trouble to get. ' ' i i SOU) BY DRUGGISTS BVBRYWHKBK "f' V.Y. Depot, ejWUllam St. f '' HIITHH'''I'T'HI DIBER MTDEI 1 ROSY JEWELED WONDERS AS TIMEKEEPERS. No other line like them in the world. -THE- CANTON, O. mhM The old. saying that "con sumption can be cured if ' taken in time" was poor com fort It seemed to invite a trial, but to anticipate failure. The other one, not so old, consumption can be cured," is considered by many false. , Both are true and not true; the first isjprudent . one cannot begin too early. The means is careful liv ing, Scott's Emulsion of cod-fiver oil is sometimes an important part of that. Let us send you a book on careful xjving free. Scott Bo wmb, Chemists, ijiSouthsth Avenue, Ntw York. 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M.Y.flatetfrey yJ08,yjCEjaGcQSa anddrnsf. BJIIII IHIMB Mnwi B Elbe Ms, Vil Am Awmm jfumm' Mmm r VrTnVhjmk vmwm K.ilEfiMIWIIml6 I'SSMgmflljIWLf x-y OkM.-' ---SSSl HA Soldb gists. 1 THE MUSIC WORLD. High Grade Entertainment by- the Grnenfeld Brothers Last Week. EXPECTATIONS FOR D'ALBEET. Mascagni Has Just Completed the Score tf ' Another Short Opera. PE0TE8T AOAINS! 'TI1E JIARIP BAND Thanks to tho generosity of the manage ment aptly embodied in Mr. Joseph If. Gittings, who attended to the'local arrange ments the GrnenTelds were heard by a Tory large and delighted audience last Mon day evening at Old City HalL. By reason of D' Albert's coining and the Gruenfelds" being less known here, the paid admissions yielded a ridlaulously Vmall retnrn tor a concert of so high a grade. Mention, should be made of tho Improved conditions secured by inclosing a pait or tho stage n a close scene and by opening n, osn tral aisle on the floor of the house. Tlihsex amplo should be followed whenever It Is possible to do so. Monay evening's programme read thus: BKKTHOVEir. Sonata, A Major Op. 63, for Piano and Cello. Allegro ma nqa troppo-. Scherzo Adagio cantablle Auesro vivace, Alfred and Helnrlch Grnenreld. Beithoven. Andante favoiit. Wagxbh-Liszt. Isodoje'a Uebestod. Alfred urneufetd. Moltqu. Second Part from the Concerto. Moszxowski. GniUrre. UelnrlcliOruenfeld. SGnpiLUJ.v. NQvalette, P JIJor Komanco, U Minor, Traumerel. A. GnDENTELD. Hungarian Daneei. Arr. by Alfred Grnenfeld. Alfred qrnenfelo. A. GnuityPELn. Bomanze. Boccbbeini. Menuctto. Pqppeb. Vlto. . . Helnrlch Grnenfeld. A. Gbuexfei.i. Berenade. B Major. Menuctto. Op. SI. Fantatle on motives from Lohencrln & Tannhanter. Alfred Gruenfeld. It should be recorded that the tunlnjr of the pianoforte used was wholly Insufficient to stand under Mr. Alfred Gruenfeld's herolo treatment. Through the earlier numbers, the instrumept kept fretting more ana more ont of tune and theplayeriain larze measure excusable for the disposition he showed, on beginning the Schumann pieces, to knock it right out in that round and settle the mat ter. Subsequently he determined to make the best of it and went on to do as muoh Justice to the composers and to himself as could be done through that faulty medium. Mr. Gruenfeld amply proved -his title to rank amoru the foi emost pianists of the day. His technical equipment u of the best and most complete, compassing with equal ease the most startling bravura, passages and pianissimo effeote of extraordinary de)icaoy. In tliu Wagner transoripttops 1)6 succeeded in pioduomg remarkable orchestral offeotai the ebb and flow of sound la the passion laden italdn masio was such as is rarely cot from a pianoforte. Air. Gruenfeld's own adaptation of Hungarian dances re vealed the player's strong sense of rhythm and a certain naivette of conception pecul iarly appropriate to this type of music His Beethoven playing was muniy and free from all trace of affectation or self-assertion. All in all, Mr. Gruenfeld is a truly delightful, straightforward pianoforte player, a Bound, ing in geniality none of your morbid, meta physical musio-dissectors. Mr, Helnrlch Grnenfeld was a refreshing contrast to tho customary cell virtuoso, with his well-worn display pieces. The Beethoven sonata did not disclose any as. tounding depths or breadths, but was very beautifully played for All th'at. In almost everything else that he did Mr. Gruenfeld showed himself as what rnav be termed a genre player. His selections were mostly of the picturesque order, foil of quaint rhtbms, bizarre minor harmonies and tuneful melodies. In snob pieces his lovely, sensuous tone, finely fin ished phrasing and the archness and aban don of his style bad full opportunity to im press his hearers, who showered upon him, as upon his brother, abundant tokens of their delight and admiration. IV Albert's Piano Kecltal. One of the two or three chief events of the local musical season ooonrs to-morrow even ing, at Old City Hall, when Eu-on D' Albert gives the first pianoforte recital of his pres ent American (our. Last week he appeared several times In the East with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and in May he will rejoin that valiant band on its extended spring tour. In the meantime Manager Kills starts him westward for this series or recitals, and Pittsburg's geographical posi tion gives us the first chance of hearing the great pianist in the wide range of composi tions outside tho orchestral field. The Eastern criticisms last week fully corroborate the reports from Europe that D'Aloert baa improved, if possible, upon the lofty Bt&ndards set by his tormer Ameri can tour, two. seasons ago, when 'Pittsburg first beard him. Barely indeed have the Boston critics so enthused as over D' Al bert's playing of the "Emperor" concerto as witness some of the lines penned bv one of the very best of them, Mr. Philip Hale, in tne Journaii "Mr. D' Albert wasmost enthusiastically ap plauded after tha concerto, and be played a rhapsody by Brahms. His performance- of the oonoerto might Justly excite gaudy words of extravagant praise, were it not that polychromatic adjectives would be at vari ance with the unsurpassable dignity of the occasion. It would be idle to speak of any technical display, for the supreme virtuoso, ship of Mr, D' Albert has been the wonder of his colleagues and the musical public ever since his Si st appearance in Germany. This Vlrtuosoship was at first the plaything of bis youth. The giant delighted in his strength. He abused it so that often he smote the keys unttl tt;e wires shrieked in agony. But now lie seems to bave fully mastered himself, the only task that remained for him. Saturday evening his mighty powers were used reverently In the service of Bee thoven. The reading of the oonoerto was distinguished by its nobility. There was nothing common, mean or earthy. Tho soul of a great man was revealed, and the medium was content with tho holy mission, Bee thoven spoke. The pianist listened. He did not seek to interrupt, to contradict, to ex plain. He did not question any mood of the master. Hs accepted passion, tenderness, pride, arrogance, tumultuous joy, grotesque iancy." J PUtsbnrger's will hear the little giant, of the keyboard In tha following choice and alluring programme! Prelude and fugue D raiJor.,...Bcb-D1Albm Honata, C major, op. 53 ...Beethoven Allegro con Drio. introdtuuoQe e Bondo, WW ' t Cno"n Sonata, ep. M Chopin Allgro. Bcherso, Largo. Finale. Impromptu No.S, op. 90 Schubert Valte, Impromptu, l tt.-.t TarwteUe. "WsjoU." f ' wm This Is a brief sketch of tho young cos mopolite's past careen Eugen D'Alber t, only son of the French oomposer. Charles D'Ai bert, was born in Glasgow in 186. his parents having emigrated thereof rom franco. His evident musical genius was fostered by his father, under whose training be developed rapidly; and in 1875, obtaining a free scholar ship In the National Training School, Loo dan, he studied the pianoforte under Ernest Pauer, harmony under Dr. Stainer, orchestration under Ebenezer Front and composition under Arthur Sullivan. aVIS UCMH JUVU.U U1CI. illU, auu. VbUK nizlntr ths vouth's extraordinary trlfts. took aero nana mooter met mm, ana. veran D'Albart to his own house & Vienna. I taught him for a year, and then "brought him to Pram Ltsat, in whom ha found t I Eugm V Albert. wise teacher and benefaotor. The progress made in the next live months was aston ishing even to the great master, whq called htm "a sooond Tansig," because of his extraordinary technique. At the age of 15 he composed an overture which wai performed in St, James 'HalJ. London; and his compositions number many flne works for orchestra and forplano forte, besides a grand opera. Just completed. His first publio appearance was at the Phil harmonic concerts, in Vienna, whore he played his own composition?, repeating them afterward at the Riuhter concerts in London. Later on he played repeatedly in Weimar, and, in 1SS2, was appointed by the Grand DnkeqfWeiniara couit pianist, adis tinction that had never before been granted to so youthfnl an artist. HI subsequent concerts in Berlin, Diesden, Vienna, Leip. zig and other cities have beeu unparalleled successes, continuing -without a bieak -to tho present. He is' called "the greatest pianisttc talent, after .Liszt," and has made .ood his youthful promtie, as predicted by Von Bulaw, who said, "rheio urebut three gfeat pianists in the world. Eubinsteln, my self and IVAlhert; but tho latter is yet young, and bids fair to surpass "S all." This was said n ben D'Albert was a mere boy, in the Sturm undStrw period to which Mr. Hale alludes. Noting his musical de velopment since then, what may not be ac complished in 'the future by this titanic talent of Only $3 years? .. News That Came Under the Sea. London sends the following items of musical news by cable to Tas Dispxtou: Slgnor Lago offers to take D'Oyley Carte's unfortunate English Opera Houso for an opera eanon, opening in April with "La Basocbe" and other Anglicized walk?. Mr. Carte has deolned to allow the production of Italian woiks which would place the ven ture in competition with Sir Augustus Harris. ' The elocutionist, Kirwin, is arranging to give a novel reading of "Othello" at the Boyal Institute of Painters, During the re cital appropriate pictures drawn by Mr. Dleksee will be reproduced by the lime light process on a screen. As a further at traction incidental muslo will be supplied by a concealed string orchestra. Should the experiment prove a success, Kirwin in ten Us producing "The Foresters" in a similar man ner. Tho impresario, Mapleson, is dangerously ill in Paris. He has been stricken with a paralytio fit. A companion work to "Cavalleria Kustl cana," at least so far as regards brevity, will probably soon be heard, Mascagni has Just completed the score of another short opera entitled "Zanetta." The libretto is founded on Coppee's sketch, "Le Passant." A Pittjbnrger as President. The National League of Musicians at its annual convention, held last week in New York, has done itself credit in eleoting as its President, Mr. 0. H. William Buhe, of this city, President of the local M. M. P. V. However much Th Dispatch has dif fered and may still differ with the policies espoused by Mr. Buhe, bis per sonal abilities and fitness for the post to which he bos been chosen are beyond ques tion. Mr. Buhe has identified bis name in the councils, of the musical unions with such important and deniable movements as the ono for uniform pitch and that which alms at needed educational work among the band and orchestra players. If his admin istration is marked by activity of this nature, rather than by the misapplied trades union pnlioie. it will bo vastly to his credit and to the advantage of all musical interests, The trade union idea, however, seems still to prevail among the musical men. The essential difference between a mechan ical trade and an artistic profession ought to show them the uselessuess and impro priety of trying to advance their own inter ests by shutting off the musical activity of others, supposed to be in competition with them. If tliey realized that all legitimate mnsical activity, of whatever nature ahd by whomsoever carried on, has a direct tendency toward increasing the general interest in the art, extending tha. number of their own pupils and patrons and In every way increasing the demand for their services If they had realized this, they would not be urging the exclusion of foreign players under the alien contract labor law, nor would they have sent that protest (already printed in this Journal during the week) against the pro posed tour of the Marine Band, It is fair to print here the reply of Man ager Biakely to this protest, which reads as follows: To the National Le ague of Musicians, Marlborough Hotel, NewTorki Gl!TLMm-Wm you pardon me for saying that I think yon are misinformed regarding the proposed tour of the Marine Band, which inspired your telegram ofverterday to the Secretary or the Navy, In no respect does this tour bring tha Marine Band into competition with any other band or any other mosieUns, It is undertaken in re sponse to many letters and petitions of prominent eltUens throughout the country addressed to tba Secretary of the Navy, requesting that the people might have inch an op portunity a a ihori tqur would afford to listen to the music of tiie Gove rnment band. The tour ex tends from Washington to California, consists almostwholly of single stands, and the time Is so short within which the tour Is undertaken that there will be the unpreceflcnted average of 3)0 miles of trarel per day. There Is no engagements with expositions or other like organizations, and there Is no chance of competition of any kind with any othsr bands. ..... So far as tbe "speenlatlre contractor" Is con cerned, I may say that tbe excesslva travel (the band being atleast three-fourths of ths time on tha cars) renders the tour so postly that tf tbe bare ex penses reward tbe manager it will be all that he has reason to expect. I believe the Director of tbe Band, as well as the Secretary of the Navy and the President, would be entirely opposed to any eng4gemeot of the band which would actually bring them In competition with civilian musicians. And in assuming that sacb s result It to be ap iirebandeq In this case, tbe National League of Musicians nave done theso gentlemen great injustice. Moreover, I am very sura that on sober second thought tha National League of Mnslciant will come to the wise conclusion thsttbe civil musicians of the country are too strong and too deserving to ba ruined, or in tha remotest degree injured, by thejippearance for a concert or two rn each of tba leading citie". of onr own greatGovernmsnt organ-liatlon-the United btates Marine Band of Wash legion. TW.TeryaJWgUjn!Ly Some of these days the musical union? win come to see that in following these short sighted methods they have been saving at the spigot while losing at the bung-hole. It they only would, these organizations could do a vast deal of good for themselves and for tha mnsical interests of the country at the same time. This item is in last week's Musical Courier: Saint Saens' Biblical opera, i'Samson and Delilah," will be heard for tbe first tlmo in this country at the next publlo rehearsal and concert of tbe Oratorio Society, Maroli 93 and SIS, Tbe work i in three acts and is arranged for solo, chorus and orchestra. Bitter-Goetz, Montarjpl, Emtl Fischer and Mr. Homer Moore ar tu be the soloists. The Oratorio Society chorus of 600 voices and tha Symphony Oiobestra, Walter Damrosch conductor, will take part In this interesting musical event. The Seleetion of Mr. Moore to sing the im portant role of tbe High Print upon this ooca. Slon is a deserved compliment to one of the best singers and all-round musicians Pittsburg nas ever bad. It was, of course, the result of Mr. Damrosoh's hearing Mr. Moore in the similar baritone role of Bene dict's "St, Cecilia," at theNsonoert of tbe Allegheny Musical Association with tbe JTew xork Symphony Orchestra. This month's Boston Murtcal Herald has these authoritative .paragraphs about the World's Fair-musical prospects: "Theodore Thomas holds in charge the honor of music at the Exposition.' Tbe phrase is his own and it Is worthy to be perpetuated. No one in this country has 'more consistently striven for honor in muslo than Mr Thomas, and now, in view of the unprecedented posi tion wbioh tnusio will bold in the vast scheme of the Exposition of 1893 unprece dented when compared with what has been done in the past on occasions of like charac ter, it is a matter for national congratula tion that Mr. Thomas guards its honor. "Mr. Thomas will conduot the music at the dedication ceremonies: the orchestra will number 120, the cberus 000, and one of the largo buildings will be tho scene. Every thing that is possible will be done to make the occasion impressive; there will be fit ting literary exercises and the invited guests will include representatives of all civilized governments. The three October days of jubilation are bnt a prelude to the Exposi tion proper which operas its doors on tbe 1st day of May, 1393, and closes them when Ootober is done. "There will be two halls for muslo at the Exposition. The Muslo Hall will be charm ingly located near the lake a site in every way delightful. It will be reserved for tbe highest class of concerts, to which an ad mission will be charged, and will be built with every care for musical results; its seat ing capacity will be about 2,000 while the stage will be constructed to hold an addi tional 600. A large hall for perform ances by massed choruses, etc., with a seating capacity of from 8,000 to 10,000, and a stage holding an additional 2,500, will occupy a central position in tbe grounds. Both buildings will be attractive to the eye, and acoustically as perfect as it is possible to make them. When it is said that their total cost will approach $300,000, tbe spirit of the Exposition as regards a proper domicile for music is made mani fest;" Mr. George H. Wilson, whose dual capacity as editor ot the Herald and Secretary of the Bureau of Muslo guarantee tbe correctness of what he says, leaves for Europe this week in the interest of the bureau, a complete dlanlav of musical Instruments, etc.. is given outas an object of the trip. We may hear more and still Detter newa "bsktdh wnea an svn SIXTY MILES AF HOUR. All the Great Boads Will Hake That Timo for the World's Fair. HIGH SPEED IS FOUND TO PAT, But Gjlt-Edge limited Yestttrole Trains Are Actual Losers. MAJOR WEBB SATS THERE IS SO DANGER wbittex ron tub nisrATcn. "When Major "Webb, the Third Vice Pres ident of the New York Central Kailroad, stepped from the train which had just beaten the world's record for continuous last running over a distance of many milei, he was asked what the object of this exhibi tion was. "Because It is only recently that the "World's Fair has been located in Chicago," was his reply. In the reply is to he found the reason (or the extraordinary efforts which great trunk lines of railways are now making to increase the rapidity ot certain trains which are run upon their roads. Some estimate has been made of the number of passengers who will be carried from the seaboard States over these trunk lines to Chicago for the six months during which the World's Fair is in progress. These estimates, however, are regarded as practically valueless, and the managers of tne trunk lines have settled dow.n to the conviction that the number of passengers from tne seaboard and its vicin ity who will seek transportation to Chicago will be so great as to tax to the utmost the lacilities of even the best appointed rail ways whose western terminals are on the shores of Lake Michigan, while the eastern toueh the Atlantic. Little need will there be," in the opinion of these managers, of any great stress of advertising, or any conspicu ous announcement of superior facilities by any one of these roads. Each of them will be embarrassed, not by lack of patronage, bnt by the need of taking care of the excess of it. Only One Day on tbe Boad. However, a demand will be made for swift transportation, and it is tbe expectation of all tbe trunk lines to furnish trains which will deliver passengers from the sea coast into the stations in Chicago within Hi hours. Therefore, while tbe railroad man agers are already making plans for the in crease in the number of the cars and en. gines they now possess, and are expecting to perfect their roadbeds in view of this enormous traffic, they are also intensely occupied in the plans which have in con templation the running of such fast trains for long distances every day ss hitherto bave not been known in the railway man agement of tbe world. The demonstration which was. made by a train last September of ;he possibility of covering with perfect ease and comfort the distance from New York to Buffalo in s few seconds less than a mile a minute also sug gested the possibility of continuing such a train through to Chicago. Buffalo is nearly halfway. Pittsburg or "Wheeling likewise are nearly half way on other roads. If it is possible to run a train half way in ii hoars it is deemed possible to continue it so that the entire distance could be made in 16 or 17 hours. The dream ot the railway managers will be reality if they are able to run a train each day from the seaboard to Chicago, so that a passenger bavin? slept in New York or Philadelphia, or Baltimore or "Washington, one night would be able on the following night to retire to his bed in a Chicagonotel, Time Between New Tf rk and Washington. The increasing travel between New York and "Washington had led to as great a reduc tion of time in the past two years as had been secured in the 20,.years previous. Bight hours used to he tbe regular time for express service between New York and "Washington, and when this was reduced to seven and afterward to 6, it was thought that a marvel of railway speed was attained. But within a year trains have been put upon the rival lfnes running between New York and "Washington whose schedule times are respectively five hours' and fire hours and nve minutes. Until within two years the best time made between New York and Boston, which is just about as far to the northeast of New York as "Washington is to the southwest, was seven hours. "When the cat in time for this service was made It was a wholesale one. Three trains daily each way now make the distance in six hours, and tha Eastern railway managers are confident that within another year or two this time will be reduced to five and perhaps ulti mately to four. Of coarse, on special occa sions there have been made phenomenal records. Speoial trains have been run be tween "Washington and New York and be tween New York and Boston in four hours. Mr. Mansfield, the actor, recently left Chi cago with bis company one hour after mid night and dined on the evening of the same day in Philadelphia. Hr. Mackay, the capitalist, was brought from San Francisco to New York in less than four days, and occasional trips have been made by newspo- Ser trains in the summer season between Tew York and the lakes which have run at a continuous speed of over CO miles an hour. Hlgb Speed a Bagnlar Thin;. These phenomenal exhibitions, however, are no longer gratifying to railway man agers. They have served heretofore simply as advertisements, and the time has now come when the demands of railway trafflo in the opinion of the ablest railway man agers require not occasional sensational display, but daily tram service which a few years ago would have been regarded as marvelous. That was the idea which Hr. Webb had in mind when he decided to make an ex perimental trip last September which was to cover 436 miles in 436 minutes. The run was made after deduoting the time spent in cooling a hot box at a rate of 61.44 miles an hour, and the time between New York and Buffalo was permanently cat down by some three hours, for Mr, 'Webb deter mined at once to make this train tbe first of a regular dally passenger ser vice to be maintained at that rate. That train has now been running nearly four months every day in the week except (Sunday. It is as regular a part of the train service as is any otner ot tne tnrougn trains of that company, It maintains an average speed of S3 miles an hour, and it has been successful in more way than one. It 'has shown that it is practicable to run a daily train at this high rate of speed for more Major Wetb. .jhuttOKilei, beating tha bert English J record, and it has also shown that such a service may be maintained at a profit, which is after all the chief consideration. This question of profit is the one in which the railway manacers have been most deeply interested. None of them has doubted the capacity of modern railway science to equip a train, furnish It with a roadbed and with suitable locomotives so that it could main tain continuously a speed of even more than CO miles an hour. Tha Trouble Lies In the Engine. Just what the limit of speed is may be a question of some speculation. It is a purely scientific question. The best railway scien tists agree that with perfect roadbed, stand ard heavy steel rails, gentle carves and trifling grades, combinedwith strong, but light cars, it would be easvto make as much as 100 miles whenever a locomotive is de signed, which, while having comparatively light weight, has sufficient steam-producing power to produce such results. The only problem is tbe construction of the locomo tive. Bat even with tbe present form of locomotive as it has recently been improved it has been demonstrated that a continuous speed of more than 70 miles an hour can be maintained. That, however, is not now the problem. Hallway managers are agreed that those who demand fast transportation are entirely content with a rate of speed be tween S3 and 60 miles an hour. Up to the practical demonstration made under Sir. "Webb's directions tbe important question wa, will such trains as these par if they are run on regalar schedule? Anil many of the managers shook their heads in doubt when it was announced that Major Webb had determined to run a regular train which shoald daily duplicate the ex perience of the reeord-breaker. In a con versation with Major Webb he explained the result of his experiment quite enthu siastically, and it may be of interest to quote his own words: "It has now been demonstrated," said he, "that such a train as this which people have been calling the record-breaker is a source of profit. It has been running long enough for us to figure with exact accuracy its cost ' and to compare the figures with the average receipts. -The charges have been the regular fares charged for any other train. We nave found after four months experiment that the train is a profitable one. It has made money for our company. That is the im portant thing about this experiment." The Limited Vestibules Ara Loser. 'It has been said that what are called the gilt-edged limited trains running only palace cars with vestibule attachments, be tween the sea-coast and Chicago id twenty four hours, are run at a losi. Yon should know something about that, is it so?" Mr. Webb was asked. "1 can only speak from my own knowl edge," he replied. 1t Is the truth, so far as the company with which I am associated is concerned, and it is rumored that it is also true of other companies." "How then can it be explained that this train, which is run at a higher rate of speed tban the yestibuled limited, returns you a profit?" "In this war. The vestibnled cars are the heaviest which are run on our road and they are nearly twice a3 heavy as the parlor cars we run on this record-breaker, as it is called. The vestibuled cars weigh nearly 60 tons, and six or seven of them compose a train. This train carries only two parlor cars, which weigh less than 40 tons, and two or three ordinary passenger coaches, which are even less heavy. This, in a distance of 458 miles, represents an enormous difference in the amount of coal consumed by tho engine. We do not have to carry nearly so heavy a weight, and therefore we do not have to bum so much coal. "Then," continued Mr. Webb, "in the next plaoe the train service is not nearly so expensive.- On these fancy vestibuled trains there are a corps of extra servants, maids in attendance upon the female pas seagers, telegraph operators, stenographers, extra porters, the aggregate of whose sala ries eats up the profits very rapidly. Now we have discovered that to be a money maker a fast train must dispense with the extra service, and it must also be a light train one whioh an engine can draw at high speed with a comparatively small ex penditure of coal. That .is exactly the problem which has been solved -by this train," A New Era of Railroading. "Is it your opinion, Mr. Webb, that the tendency of the great trunk lines is such as to bring about a regular daily service of this kind upon all of them?" "Undoubtedly. This demand for fast travel exists in the other great centers ex actly as it does here, and now that it Is demonstrated that trains running at nearly 6Q miles an hour continuously are safe, comfortable and profitable, I expect to see such service adopted beforrf the opening of the World's Fair bv all the leading lines. The science of railway engineering- h3S reached a very high point. Nothing is left to chance. Tbe steel wljlch composes the rails is chemically analyzed; the depths to which the ballast should go has been accu rately determined; ingenious machines are now constructed which when placed npon a locomotive especially adapted to them will, as that locomotive runs over the rails, leave tracings which show to the eye at once imperfections, if any exist, in the roadbed, the ballast, the sleepers or the rails. We are approaching the English standard respecting grades and curves, a standard much more difficult to maintain here than in England. We are making locomotives which, while not greatly in creased in weight, are furnishing far greater steam power that those in use some years ago, and wo have shown that it is possible to ridq continuously at a rate of 60 miles an hour with the most perfect comfort, and without any appreciation of this enormous speed. Now we have demonstrated that such trains may be run at a profit, both because there is a demand for them and because we understand the economics. That being so, I am firmly convinced that we are entering an era when 40 miles an hour will no longer be considered fast railway traveling." "How about the matter of safety, Mr. Webb?" Major Webb here expressed something of impatience In his manner, saying that he was .somewhat amazed that it should be charged that it was a dangerous thing to run a train continuously at 50 odd miles an hour. "It Is no more dangerous," said he, "to maintain such a 'speed than it is to run st 40 miles an hour. Some managers are in clined to believe that in some cases danger would be overcome by the very fact of greater speed. A train running at a high rate of speed wonld be likely to annihi late an obstruction which would derail a train running at a less rate. And it is quite likely that swiftness of motion itself would tend to cause wheels to cling to a track when a slower motion might, under the same circumstances, aid in throwing them offi" "SLND 3IE OUT A NEW CARPET, Something Cheap. I Don's Want to Scrub That ioor." The above remark was heard yesterday morning in front of a house in Allegheny, as the housewife bade her husband goodby at the door. Cottage carpets are ju3t what people of moderate means want for bedrooms and up stairs rooms. We bave a splendid lot of them at from 18 to 30 cents per yard. Come in and see them. Edward Groetzingeb, 627 and 629 Perm avenue. Yotj'be looking welL I'm taking Bisque of Beet herbs and aromatics; 50c and II. Thorp Has Opened Dressmaking rooms at 913 Penn avenue. Special rent lists to-morrow in The Dis patch. Allqnlppa . Is a manufacturing town. Watch for Them. Special advertisements of houses, rooms and business stands for rent ia. Monday's Dispatch, .' 'w. mM: fsgm zimkumm
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