The sun., 1878-10-13
NEW FORK HoTEL PORTERS.
Facts About the stnIwart Men who Handle
Tons at I.uanavc.
A haggago WAGON lOndcd high with trunks

"A UuREdEt MUk'Ii lptAhN'l liSi WIN ~ hDhH
stood ut tho st. Nicholas Hotel Yesterday. From
ono five stslwart mon. clad in blue checked
jumpers. walked out Of tho hotel and then
! walked back each with trunk on his bark.
Each carefully placed his burden in the baggage
roOm aud returned for another lund. There
wss no jammipg. and pushing. and sweUrng,
and smashing. none NJ those Accomplishments
cf baggage moving seen at express and railroad
stations. The great Saratogas and sample
cnscs. rs well as the lightcst hand bag. wore
handled carefully. Ii was something OF Il sur
Prise TO thc.writer. who had uncOnsciously i'm
bibed the pnraxruuhists notion that the chief
end o. porter Is to smash something. and that
he is not happy unless surrounded by the frag-
monts Of demolished baggage.
L. II Cun,re ~ the boss porter of the st.
Mel olas Hotel He was formerly hack driver,
and carried the first passenger that over went
IN Il lack to that hoicl. Seventeen years ago he
was romotcd to his present position. and he
knowa something about baggage. He don't
nandlJ 1t now but has eight stawart trunk
manipt ptators who do the work.
All tf my men," said Mr. Can'rell. are old
In the business. Mono of them have been here
iess than fifteen years and some Of them have
been carving baggage In ihi4 house ioriwrnty-
Tour ycur.. GpUt know which ls Inc strong
have to b" I'm order To- do tho work here. We
haven any baggage elevator. and the men have
! 10 carry bal Eug" sometimes up SIX niE, is oi
stairs. AMI away around u spring and Mercer
streets. You know the house extends way out
/ there. That : no iOni OF u job. Why. i would
/ tuke II imam about ton minutes to walk thrre
/ without carrying n 2uO pound trunk. How
! much can they shoulders We'll. 900 pounds
should say. Here's John Connolly: he can tell
I Connolly eliI midilc-aeei Irlshran who
/ would wcigA hounds. walked slowly up nnd
/ lpoAet suspiciDusiy ut the rcu,rter. " can
! Il ouldrr. hc 'u.d at length. nii,r tenEas urcd
/ mat no lut" WIS ninhdHd, ! clt -houtcr a
/ irhnk tLat wr4Ls 2aD pounds II II is IN the right
! -,iap'. or cour rs Ent tu tc IN tlr tight
p slape,Just nix enough To t,ll "a mans arms
/ Whra he Sums IT, Then. II its solid ani all
1 right. can ho.,iG 'r IT, | don't beiieve ihqt
/ there's man IN .lr business can do more than
/ 80 pounds IL the cuts Idle
fts worth n mans position" said Mr. Can
! tr"il. g. drop trunk or smash piece ot bag
gage. You can't call hotel pOItcrs baggage
.fhc tour Of ,ho hotels and the conversation
/ with the puriers brought the following inVs 90
nghl' The porter are. ~ class lrshmen.
! Ihey nre ~ larIe s'aiwart men. Weighing
| from lI5 To- $50 pounds. and mnuy of them are
OF aidcrnanic PROPORTIONS. Their work seems
to agre" with then, well. but for all that th'ir
business is very tylns. I've seen many
| good man die ~ strain from iiftins baggage" q"
| sail a gruy-hair d porter sometimes tie
ana hurt him Ind hut it's thr bnrS that suffers
| most" Portprs hate To- handle heavily-uacked
/ sole leather TRUNKS. They sag ON the shoulder.
ana are not nearly as easy to carry as the big.
'''There's big knack in handling trunks. ."
said u porter. " II the trunk Is Of the right
a man who krows how % cath It and turn Il
and take 0dyantnGc oi the roll can Iut u un
''fs fck nv Ronrk K S4aS ars ri st' IN &
| gage Ut the New lork Hotel Although thr head
self and he is quite a.e. for he weighs over 900
pounds, IT, six feet hieh. and IS a. solid - "a
rock. lie IS, moreover one oi the iolliest men
I nllNe. We Eut fulr men here. said Mr..
OEvurS, and iie l!ttlest on, ran .it the
most l'yc been IN he business long enough =
know all about II. first began business nt
Loveloys those we'e the days when We hnd TO
have caumois pockets in our brooches y hold
trade WAS good then. II porter went out with
a man 10 snow him whore 90 buy suit ot
clothes or the Ike % that. bee meyer goi loss
than dollar Tor hl. trouble. tell you those
w"rr good times. The - weren't any Sarnt gus
IA those days Ia break your back. Nowadays
house. Our trade Is largely southern and West
Indian. and their trunk qrc vrry heavy lou
So" they bring great GeN IT ciutAine. both tor
summer and wintor. nn' IL weigh. think wr
handle heavicr hasgeg' than any house ia
unuea Mr. q Rourk; poiuihEt To- short thick
set young fellow. he's iny best man. H. can
connolly laughed wher he learned the re-
! porters "rrHud. He is Hhopt five feet -iN inch :
Ho moelesty said iat he NrI ii,i.i 80 ,",,nas
but hat was dcnd lit le thought thnt he
could SHOULDER z5O-pouud trunk Il II WAS not
i would not f his arms and hero was dang r
that II would slip. II y WAS to1 large he would
n, Doe able t. Grt 1gd gr.p on H.
Hprn;io Pierce is heal p.r.nr M the As'Dr
lious" and he Thought thW his best trunk
tosser was Fat bowling bowling was sent for,
and, after some relu .tHncr. todd of his powers.
he, TOO is an lriehman. who. after, serving
twelve years IN tho Queens Hotel NJ Naurhe~-
Ger. England. same To- thi, country. where lee
7 mas lived ten years. He 10 very solid man,
/ ALd measures thirteen nul 20 half inches around
. his bicrus. fourteen inches around his lowDr r
arm, ana fury-two inches around his chest.
lie wns very careful IN his si.ieWeni,. an!
wnut to shoulder alone. Tie could curry almost
anything that could BE- placed ON his shoulder.
trunks than Ito Fngiish The latter divided
their luggage NJ into many and smaller par
1t tie Grani Gan,ial iI'ctri John Rothwell
was positive TINT ~ man could shoulder over
egl"red man who worked al the Old Howard
hous"' could shoulder that weight, ,bnt ne WAS
The mn Avenue Hotel employs seven Tor-
ters. and ~ the language Of LoyeIoy. their chief.
they treat luggage much - q careful market
woman treats eggs and Mr. LoYuJoy says That
h" does not know of - single instance where n
trunk has been broken since the house Was u t-t
"lnned' ana he has been III HE position al that
A. he Hoffman House Simon Canary IS tho
oldest man OF ia" three ppIfrrs employed. AMI
for thirty years he has handled lueauge. Tho
lg.l Is beginning TO tell IN his stl'-ning joints.
tolllng NJ stairs with nnuVy trunks.
The Union Place Hotel rruhai,y receives
more heavy lugSnge then rry hoi"l ~ rs s'z'
Tor actors. Cornelius Drl~ 'uu pg' sides over
tnis hnggnEe with rrrat ANUS ' and g',i
hunor. was ilrrt in tl' hutNuoriug bush
ness. said he. and about two vcurs ggo came
} hero. IND the work hard "a .ugh, Tor u %
mol Tn IN ie and pitc n !, On I " iaoF G ."n m nSl @'
nig mistake. Theutors that st.p here ave
'amc nero the ttor y,h i&enty ~ pirre-
alid had Ia carry most oi th"m up stairs 10 hel
rooms. II was me- loo. ul g. Juh.'
with their board. Ina snm" h.tls th"y ar'
: given ,hrir pirqu.ait- ia others tney arr rc.
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