Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-24

me Expesses and Aaseysaers %
which Travellers are suhie<tsd.

me Expessrs and Aaseysaers %
wsteh Travellers are Subjected.
The faiowisR, from q recent letter 20
the Alta CGlr,raia. will DO Of interest
to those contemplating visits to the
great city - he lakes. the "o1een
City Of = "
tf t1te' charges ara from
y saw. ss Tag to location of
a= g q lay IL the price
n5st y s1v-Fs.sr3 10 - prorer 20
F 'h@t tHs g scoospU edstious are
FtY limited and ssJ1n s<oa1sied. Then
goa pay s. 3sE. The Ps'mer. like
ise Eslsre. a,cfHQEaac sfes ECesss In any
gay tabls re. oF EErcpssn style, or
1ces.s - Es,s - dining Foaus The
/ lasier, - olarse IS vsvy xpsBsise- 80
tsy fgT ssS1 gsess, snd ~ many Fps
aoarly a. tnefa ars -arEAnts-
>geakfUG e tips ~tu. mos oBe tGat .ae
40 Euiu4bi. -astlu sh}cE has FIR years
-xssted il Enroye, snd waIc6 - now
C2sslnz life q lzssgty r58Il ig Sev York,
Is rapids taking rC3f 5u Chicago. On
/ every hard II tbs 0uts etched and ex-
D-egAnl paiu5. ouyd oas's soul IL vexed
- tlas rsrsistsnt annoyance. Most OF
sue ssyF as.Ls IN ne hotels are colored,
ard cvsFs bsdy knows what persistent
tip seekers Zoe darkeys are. They crowd
round vou day and night, whisk broom
in b nd, and If you look even asksnt al
ore of them be is en- top of you with his
eternal smlle and his whisk -whisk" OF
the broom. They grab your bags and
satchels and wraps, each article
finding special custodian, and
eacn custodian expecting fee,
They expect a separate eouceur
for every service. however tritIng
or uncslled for or unsouRht. They
haunt the barber shops and the bath
rooms OF the city. One Cares for your
nat-a fee. Another takes your coat -
he too must have a tip" They are
uot ex eueive, hoSever, save In tue
aggregate, a nickel" satisfying the
most expectant of them for a tiaie.
But IT j. SO in every walk in life sere.
iou must pay for everything Won get
and svery attention that 10 forced upon
yuu. From the porteis in the Pullman
cars Who sneer at anything Ices than
half q dollar for services that half the
time you do not ask them 10 perform,
10 the boy who drops your letter In the
laDp- p,,ss box and &c wis at less than
ten cents-the TIP earning p"pulacs Is
ever At your elbow. IL Iva great moi
s,nce, aud the wear and tear On ones
.'.ti-',c- - .xh Austlny :, ~ say nothing
of the expense.
Sp,aAinx Of the Pullman porters, it
N ~ Interest the willing aud unwilling
ID runs of that class tU knox til tt they
sru about the beat paid rtttches OF n
T ilro- al tram. They all adm that II
they can Retain their pi ,c-s On veal
p.trJnlz d rnad for five years tney will
uavo "a m-derats cpInp-tence. h-r-
,re more than n score If the older p,n-
ters running into Chic .xo. wno own
houses and lots. and Their real e~t4l.
and "i,e color. d man ~h beg IN on the
road ten years ago ID now landlord II
~ lkean pret~isions. The great bulk
IF this p-oper'y ia the r.sllt Of fees.
OF all Tia foe-t tkers the Putin IA p-o-
pie are tn, most ex +ciing. Tnev have
heir system down to science. Nobody
iars attempt Ia leave u Pullman Car
Any more without paying literally for
nIs "orush" and bootback. The very
To Est fee accepted is TWENTY-FIVE cents.
Let any person If economical habit, or
Consciousness of not having enjoyed
tuc PbItct . dtkcuttOuS VI Ntiy kECht uc
gree. offer a less sun. and il Is either
taken with sneer Of pity or returned
with n lordly p.liteness that makes the
2iver want to Ro through the floor of
the car.
The WAGES of the Pullman porters are
from $25 to $40 = month. according 10
length of run, but travel Is nig hty slim
when the porters do not take in 50 and
"a day. They often run up to 81 and
IS. A porter on the Union Pacific once
told me he always regarded his round
trip between Omaha and Ogden worth
$25, and oftener II was worth more
when them rich CalIfornians" were
IN the train. When such men az Sha-
ron, Mackty, Senator Jones. Frank
| Obist',n, Bob Heating, Bob Graves (the
d.rkey mad their names all pat) trav
eled they always gave him from 81 To
S. each. Jones always gave s., and on
one occasion, for some extra atten ion,
ne gave $40. Such windfalls the dark
-ys would wait for for months. But
the ordinary fee is a quarter day, and
the porters, II they are provident, can
save great deal out of 1t. About the
| only railways in these parts where the
travelling public ia not mulcted and har-
assed 10y petty restrictions on every side
are the herse roads aud cable lines
Here five cents goes for any distance,
and that is the end of it.
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