The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-07
ORGAN NOT READY
Delay in Construction of Big
Auditorium Instrument.
Probably March Before 1t Can
Be Dedicated.
EXPECTED THIS DEC. Is
Big Midwinter Attractions Must
Do Without 1t.
EXPECTED THIS DEC. Is
President Going Still Hopes 1t
May Be Ready Jan. 1.

Because of lack of time for its con-
pipe organ will probably not be com
menced in the Topeka Auditorium be-
fore February Is. and will Consequently
not be in readiness for use before two
weeks or month later.
| Secretary Frank Foster of the To-
pel1a pipe organ organization has been
advised by the Kimball company that
it will be impossible to finish the con-
struction of the instrument and bring
it to Topeka before January or few
days later Between that date and
| February Is, Media, the State Poultry
Show and the Kansas Midwinter fair
are all billed for the big hall and alb
solutely preclude any opportunity of
| the organs erection.
The poultry show begins on January
| 3. If the kimball company can put up
the organ between January the first
and the ninth, Secretary Foster is in
favor of going ahead on that plan. But
that would practically be impossible
because the chicken show promoters
will want the hall for at least three
days before their event begins, which
would only give the Kimball company
five days and nights at the best to put
up the big instrument.
So there will probably be nothing else
to do but give up any idea of having
the organ ready for use before March
1. Just one number on the winters
concert programme will be lost, and
that is the organ dedication recital to
have been given on December Is, when
it was promised that the organ should
be ready for use Fortunately no
organist was engaged as had been plan
ned, and there will be no difficulty on
that score. ItswaS DESTROYS to have the
organ for the concerts of Nina, Davis
and Melba, but its absence will not in
terfere with their performances, which
T-,1
respectively. The organ recitals by
Professor Penny which were planned
for December, January and February
will be given in the spring.
The Kimban company promised two
months ago by letter that the organ
would be ready by December 10, if no
'untoward circumstance should arise
The approval of the plans took place
Kimban company was given six
months in which to construct and erect
the organ, SO in reality February 10 is
the time limit.
In his letter saying that the organ
would not be in readiness for use, F.
w. Hedgeland of. the Kimball company
wrote as follows from Chicago: I'VE
are sorry to say thateit will be impoSSi- |
BILE for us to get the, organ in readiness
on Decenbef 10, notwithstanding the
fact that we have endeaVored from the
first to do this We have been inces- !
sanity at work, but there is so much to |
do, and the time has not been suffi- /
cient to get it done by this time. 1t
looks to the writer as though the |
organ would not be ready for two or
three weeks later or at some time be- !
tween the first and the middle of jan
uary."
1t can be seen from that paragraph |
that no specified 'tuntoward circum- |
stances" are named, and the directors |
of the pipe organization are conse- |
quently still in the dark as to why the |
construction has been delayed. Mr.. |
Foster said that he had no further in
formation on the subject.
II talked over the matter with Mr.. |
Roehr. the Kimball representative |
land he knows of nothing more than |
this letter states. He. like myself. is |
in favor of finding out whether the Or |
gan can be in readiness by the time |
that the poultry show begins on Janu- |
airy 9. In case that is impossible, he, |
too, thinks that it would be better to |
wait until after the conclusion of the |
Midwinter fair on February IA, before |
any steps are taken to erect the or
gan.
81 do not know what will be done. |
however" continued Mr.. Foster. II |
will put the matter up to President J. |
w. Going, and l suppose that he will |
call a meeting of the board of direc- |
tors and make a decision in regard to /
the matter"
Mr.. Going was asked concerning the |
delay and said: II read over the let
ters carefully and there seems to me |
to be some hope of having the organ
finished around January /. But still 1 |
can say nothing definite until we get