Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

see the future of Phoenix as he did For many years MT Redewill has been one of the heavy tax payers in the city. county and territory. his taxes aggregating over $3O.000 the past twenty years When the eXigencies of the towns growth demanded transpor- tation facilities other than the stage coach and the freishters team. he put himself at the front of the movement to secure q railroad. and the efforts of him and his associates resulted in the construction of the Maricopa and Phoenix railroad and also the North and south railroad. When il became necessary to further promote the in . terests of the town by the orgdniZa
 tion of Board of Trade. Mir. Rede- will again went to the front and be came a promoter of the organization that has done and is doing so much for the material interests of the Sal: River valley. He also was q prime mover in the first agricultural lair. He was one ef the hard workers in the agitation to change the capitol from Prescott to Phoenix. and in recognition of his work the governor appointed him on the
 
 change had been decided upon His disbursements for donations for va rious enterprises to promote the well fare of the city and county. run up into the thousands. Mir Redewill is a newspaper writer and music critic of no small ability. as his contributions to various California newspapers attest He is well known bV his newspaper articles as the Phoenix and Arizona booster par excellence just as. in his piano line he has been crowned the Piano King Of Arizona and Sonora. which title first came to him through two. rare achievements. First selling in one day nine pianos in a small ham let having but eight families. each family purchasing one. and the ninth piano being bought for the school house. Second disposing of carload of eighteen pianos in three days His firm has sold in Arizona alone. over 20OO pianos. which is more than all other dealers combined have done.
 Seven years ago Mir. Redewill's bus iness was incorporated under tho name cf Redewill Music Company Inc. with capital stock of SIj0.000.U0. The value of which iS now S200.000.0D He took into the corporation his four sons. A Cass. Dr. Francis H. Eugene R.. and Victor A. all of whom the founder had given a good college and musical education. \. CaSs RcdeWill. ] Nice-P President and Secretary of the firm. is an electrical and civil engineer who graduated from the University of California and had two years practical experience at Schenectady. N. Y. Dr. Francis IL Redewill graduated from th Johns Hopkins Medical College of Baltimore and had three years eN- perieuce in hospitals as United States and surgeon. finally locat- ] ing in Phoenix and forming q partner ] ship with Dr. Wylie. Eugene R.. the of the Phoenix house. has the same facilities for organization that has made his father so famous throughout the entire Southwest. H. is also weIl-known as violinist and leader of the RedeWill opera house orchestra. and previous to locating here was teacher of violin and harm ony at the Conservatory of Music in California Victor \. Redewill. the youngest son. is now a pupil at the New England Conserva- tory of Music in Boston. Alice Rede- will. the only daughter. and the young est of the Redewill family. is a tal- ented and accomplished pianist.
 The Redewill Music Company does { a wholesale and retail business in pianos and all kinds of musical in struments. music and everything mus ! ical. They maintain distributing agencies at Guaymas, Hermosi!lo, and {. Magdalena. Sonora, Mexico. CAt |, which points MT. Redewill. ST. is at i present on one of his regular visits. i and whence he will extend his trip ! further south to Alamos, Mazatlan and : La PaZ.
 It is the intention of the RedewiT : Music Company to build. in the near future, large three to four story stone and brick edifice. lI5 l37Ia feet on7 the ground which they now occupy on West Washington street