Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-03-06
aA l6rRllane0n5.
SPANISH BANKING: SPANISH POST !
AND TELEGRAPH.

SPANISH HBANKTNG: SPANISH POST
AND IELEGRApH.
To see The mode Of doing business in
Spain, take the simple story of one days
work OF mine III getting some money ~
Madrid Holdings letter o credit whl5h
Is promptly huBured IN any pal . IF the world
and is just as good for the gold ia Cairo or
Calcutta ns il Is 10 London. | went im search
Of Spanish banker TO draw a hundred
pounds sIerliug say five hundred dollars
AnastuziO, my counter, led the way, and
soon brought Us TO the house where The mau
If money held lis c0uit Being shown up
stairs, through two or three passages aud
an aute-ch1m0er, We We're at length ushereO
iu Herreseuce. Senior Romero. the banker,
was mau at fifty, dressed, or rather uH-
dressed, IN hose morning gown OF wrapper,
red cap ou his head, slippers Oh his feet,
and pipe IN bis mouth. y clerk was SIT
! ting near 10 10 his bidding. l presented
my letter Ii was carefully read, first by the
I clerk, then by the principal. a long con-
suitatiuu followed, carried un IN low tone
aud In Spanish, quite uuluteilIgihle to me,
1 If il bad been audible. 1t was finally de
! terInued to let me have the money, and
after an amount Of paiaver, sufficient for the
negotiation OF d government loan from the
ANl tl-LtttlANf tAAtl ttlt iNet ~
and draft from uIe, was presented with d
check on the Bank of SPAN When had
iaced the delays were over, they bad only
Just begun The hsuk was IN u distant part
/ ui the cIry, aud thither We ha,tened, taking
a cab TO save all The time VIC could The
bank Is d large and imposing editice of 81 bite
stone. Ia Tie vestihule was guard OF
/ soldiers 4 porter stopped " as we were
1 about to enter the iuuer door. We must
( await our turn as some one else was inside
/ Que at time was the rule Benches were
/ there and ,ge sat down, admirug silentyThe
/ ntotiefaii9H Of banking business IN Srain
/ At length Uur turn came. We entered a
room certainly a hundred feet hong. Tables
! extended the whole length, Behind them
sat clerks very busy doing nothing We
were told 10 pass on, and GU, TO the lower
end Of the ronui, whore we entered another,
/ the back parllr or private room OF the
+ officers. They were cl0>eled 0ut OF sight,
smoking Of cuuTse, and giving their wisdom
! To the business IN hand. | presented the
! cheek at hole out Of which tand was put
I to take It. | saw nothing more. We sat
dowu aud VISITED Waning is Spanish
institution Eyer 5Ddy waits. Nobody gets
/ anything without It. We waited and waited,
and waited, aud az LOST the little hole opened
/ again, the mysterious band was thrust out
I wIJh Ihe---m0ney, sou suppose; not .
/ biz, bCt with the check approved. Wemust
I present il at the table OF counter for pay
inent Returning 10 The long room, we
/ presented The check and were directed to
I the proper bureau. Aud here, of course,
( We got The mnney Not yet Bills Of the
4 Bauk OF Spain were given Us, and when !
! required the gold, | 9as told that gold was
4 paid only az the bureau OF the bank in
another street. Thither we now pursued
our weary way Il was rear entrance OF
the same bank building 4 long line OF
! gold hunters was ahead Of Us. We stood in
/ the cue aud at last were inside In the ante
room we had TO wait SO long thar we took to
the bench again At last, aduli-sinn being
granted. we were told thar only me could be
admitted with a single draft We seut
AuasiaZio ~, aud returned 10 the door
II, re we wrie tod that no erd, only eJt
trance WIS allowed at the rearl Expainiug
: She case, We got out, and returning 30 the
front, patiently as pn~sible, We booked Tor
the appearance If Anastazio lpadei with
gold. Al last. for the longest delay has an
end, the man emerged with the money 10
! his hands Il had cost me from two 10
F, three hours ia the middle OF The day 10 draw
/ this mupey, which IN New York Lopdun,
Paris, or any city out OF Spain, would have
cost Eve minutes or less And | have been
30 particular in the detail because it lets you